yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ff7fan4eva:
It isn't cut off, put the .ftf file (from the ROM version i.e. 2.3.3/2.3.4 etc) in the firmware folder which seems to be on your C:\Flashtool\firmware folder, you don't choose a file
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrandygets:
Okay I did that. And i see the firmware now. But shouldnt there be other buttons to the right? Like exculde kernel, baseband etc.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrandygets:
No one can help me out?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ff7fan4eva:
So you click on flash (lightning icon)

Select Flashmode

And you don't see the stuff in my screenshot

If no make sure you're running the latest version of flashtool and the update that's at the bottom of the flashtool download page
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatsupnow:
If all else fails just uninstall and reinstall the program and see what uff that fixes it
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrandygets:
That is correct. I dont have the check boxes on the right....

And I also uninstalled it and reinstalled it. But I still dont have the check boxes. This is so strange. I am running Windows 7 by the way.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ff7fan4eva:
did you update too? use a different computer and try again, it might be a permission problem in win 7
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrandygets:
I wouldn't think it would be..... I am the admin on this computer...... This is so weird.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orangesunshine:
same problem here,win7 64bit,also seeing no checkboxes..pretty useless
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iisniperzzz:
Is their a free app out their that let's you plug in your phone to the xbox while it charges and play your music
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
There's no question to be answered.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] billydroid:
Yes O.o

10 char
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iisniperzzz:
^lol I hadn't been on this app for a while

n I messed up haha
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
So your saying that you want to play the music files from your phone unto your Xbox? I don't have an Xbox but I would think that it is definitely possible to do so out of the box on both the Xbox and GSII. If not then you most likely will need the correct drivers to allow the Xbox to read and play files from your phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SwervFusion:
I some what tried what u asked. As far as an app, im not sure. But plug your phone onto ur xbox and on ur phone choose 'usb storage' from the notification menu..then on ur xbox go to the music section, choose 'my music apps'..(if ur on the new dashboard).. Then go to 'portable device'. Now u can find the music stored on ur phone. Works the same way for video. Hope that helps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iisniperzzz:
I tried that then it took a long time trying to load it. After 5 minutes I spot
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
Try a simple restart on both the Xbox and phone and see if that fixes the 5 minute waiting time. Is there a progress bar?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iisniperzzz:
yeah thanks it works now
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iisniperzzz:
When

i'm ever i'm in a game it takes way to long. I found a app called imediashare that's very good and fast
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] quest4fire:
With doubletwist/airsync you can stream music to xbox
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mightymike889:
Is there n app that can turn on n control my Xbox...
[Motorola Photon 4G] gothymp:
SO Im trying to reflash 154... And it failed, Flashed again and it failed...

Now I am seeing failed to boot 3

Starting RSD Mode

try to flash 154 again and it fails to enumerate? Failed to re-eumerate after RAM-Downloader

On the phone I see:

SVF 108:1:2

Failed to Boot 3

Starting RSD Mode

SVF 106:1:2

sec_exception: b655,eddc, eb

Anyone able to walk me through this?
[Motorola Photon 4G] gothymp:
Anyone? Anyone else gone through this?
[Motorola Photon 4G] hodiedodie:
You have been heard

Personally I dont know how to fix this because iv not experienced it. Are you using RSD 5.5? Have you tried different sbfs?
[Motorola Photon 4G] gothymp:
RSDlite 5.6
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
Define your initial "failed". RSD is known to say failed during the final reboot, if no errors show up on the phones screen, ignore it. Also try reinstalling the drivers (can't find it but am sure it's reupped in the dev subforum) and using the latest RSD which is RSD lite v5.6 (still have yet to move this to my server, sorry). If 154 fails try 198_7, sometimes it takes a couple runs to get it to work (especially if you didn't hard reset the phone prior to flashing or coming from CM7).
[Motorola Photon 4G] gothymp:
came from bone stock.... it said failed and i manual rebooted it and presto into failed to boot 3.

Its supposed to reboot several times on its own through RSD.... mine doesnt seem to want to reboot.
[Motorola Photon 4G] gothymp:
Right now RSD is creating image file.... 47%

Im betting its going to hang at BP Pass through mode
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
Go, no go? What's the word?
[Motorola Photon 4G] atroph:
Are familiar with Linux? For some reason I have had issues with rsd and fastboot on windows. Took me a few hours tinkering with both until i gave up and used the Linux tools. Flashing sbf is waaaaay faster on Linux vice windows.

This is for the atrix but the principles are the same:

SBF Flash

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1165672

Fastboot

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1138092

I really all depends on you comfort level inside a terminal. If you are not familiar with Linux and want to learn try picking up a dummies book for Ubuntu or open suse. That is how i learned back on red hat 8. The distros are a little different between each other, but the fundamental framework underneath is essentially the same.

Sent from my MoPho. All typos are the phones fault.
[Motorola Photon 4G] corybucher:
Cory-Buchers-iMac:moto corybucher$ sudo ./sbf_flash.sh moto.sbf

SBF FLASH 1.24 (mbm)

http://opticaldelusion.org

mmap: Cannot allocate memory

Usage: sbf_flash <filename>

This is the error I keep getting???
[Motorola Photon 4G] atroph:
Google says that you need more system memory, or you need to allocate more memory to your virtual machine. Remember you are loading the whole sbf which can be upwards of 2gb in size.

Sent from my MoPho. All typos are the phones fault.
[Motorola Photon 4G] corybucher:
I'm running this from my Mac. My phone is saying

SVF:108:1:2

Failed to boot 3

Starting RSD mode

Has been all night and I've tried flashing the SBF File but it never went through with RSD Lite. Kept on failing. I started off trying to unlock it and flashed the wrong sbf file in the first place. Thinking I bricked my phone. Any suggestions?
[Motorola Photon 4G] atroph:
You are soft bricked. Fatal? No. PITA? Yes.

What are the specs of your Mac. Specifically how much ram does it have?

Sent from my MoPho. All typos are the phones fault.
[Motorola Photon 4G] corybucher:
I have 4 gigs with a dual core

---------- Post added at 10:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:55 AM ----------

Well now I have another problem, my battery is dead!

---------- Post added at 10:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:11 AM ----------

Alright I find a thread that explained how to charge the battery with a soft brick so hopefully this will work.
[Motorola Photon 4G] gothymp:
Mine is still a no go.... is it possible to flash via linux live CD?

/

or virtual machine

I Have VMware and Red hat..... 4gigs of ram and ample hard drive...

I bet rSDlite doesnt like 64bit windows to well
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jepod:
I am having nearly identical problems as you, including the dead battery. What thread did you find that shows how to charge your battery while soft bricked?

Edit: Nevermind, I found the thread...

Any luck on restoring from that failed to boot 3?
[Motorola Photon 4G] corybucher:
Havent had any luck at all so this is what I did. I called Sprint and told them that I need help trying to factory reset my phone and listened to the rep explain the steps to do so knowing that it wasn't even on and I couldn't do anything. After she had finished explaining how to do it I told her the screen came back saying the failed to boot 3. After a couple of minutes I told her it was still stuck on that screen (duh) and asked if I should pull the battery. She said yes and of course I said it came to the same screen. She transferred me to a tech rep and then that rep told me to put it into fast boot (volume down and power) and again (duh) came to the same screen. The rep then told me to take it in to a repair center and they can help, so she gave me a ticket and set an appointment and I took it there and should them what was happening (playing dumb) and the tech took my phone and told me to come back at 5:30 and it should be fixed (duh it wont) So most likely I will get a replacement and all is good. And right now I am waiting to go pick up either my fixed phone or replacement. Moral of the story is I called first and the REP is the one who told me what to do. So lets hope this will work if anyone wants to give this a try go ahead. I will update you when I come back.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jepod:
Well I was hoping for better news but I was kind of expecting this. A week after I bought my Photon, I had a very similar thing to our issues happen to my phone all on its own. I took it into my local repair place and they gave me a new one (technically a refab i think). So I am trying one last time to flash and if that doesn't work, I am going to take mine in...
[Motorola Photon 4G] gothymp:
So is it possible to flash it via VMware? I have Redhat, Gnome, or suse in VM format....
[Motorola Photon 4G] atroph:
Yes it is possible. Make sure you have enough ram allocated to the vm

IMO best bet would be a live CD vice the vm. But either should work.

I flash in a XP vm on my Ubuntu box. Then I found the Linux tools and installed the android sdk. Flashing in Linux is sooooooo much faster than rsd.

Sent from my MoPho. All typos are the phones fault.
[Motorola Photon 4G] gothymp:
I have 4gigs of ram in my laptop and a 15gig VM size for linux.....
[Motorola Photon 4G] corybucher:
Update: Went to go pick it up and looks like he was still working on it. Tech said he would try and downgrade the software to an earlier version and get back to me tomorrow. Also said that the worst case would be to get me a replacement which should be there by Thursday.
[Motorola Photon 4G] atroph:
That should be just fine.

Sent from my MoPho. All typos are the phones fault.
[Motorola Photon 4G] gothymp:
hope I can remember how to do this.... Im real rusty on linux.... but it shouldnt be hard to find a walkthrough somewhere on the wide world of XDA... and yes I know seach is my friend.....

I hope to god it works
[Motorola Photon 4G] gothymp:
So in theory

with Red Hat Enterprise 6 running in a Virtual Machine..

I should be able to Terminal these 2 commands

1. "chmod +x sbf_flash"

2. "sudo ./sbf_flash CorrectPhoton154.sbf

and resurrect my dead phone..... hopefully

Update

it wont let me type a password in when prompted and then says Im not in the sudoers file. Incident will be reported
[Motorola Photon 4G] corybucher:
When you type the password it doesn't actually display anything. The default password is sudo or if you have a password on your computer it will be that. Hope that helps.
[Motorola Photon 4G] deedscreen:
This happened to me when I had my first Motorola Photon 4G, before replacing it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] gothymp:
neither sudo nor the password I setup when installing on the virtual machine worked.... Says Im not in the sudoers file
[Motorola Photon 4G] corybucher:
Try this link, looks like you need to add your username to it

http://knol.google.com/k/hesham-elsaghir/user-is-not-in-the-sudoers-file-how-to/3noo92ojj7hi0/8#

Also the password wouldn't be the one for your virtual machine it would be the main computer password if you set one up. But sounds like it's not working because sometimes in the virtual machine not everything is setup with it like your main comp. Let me know if this helps you at all.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
Charge using my wire method, flash 154-5 then 198-6/or 7
[Motorola Photon 4G] camel007:
I have the same sec_exception problem

I tried to flash the 235 pudding SBF for Electrify, it failed and I tried to reflash 154 and 187 , and I ran into the exact same problem as yours. Any updates? Any help is appreciated!
[Motorola Photon 4G] corybucher:
Only thing you can do is try reflashing the Stock SBF file and hopefully it can be redone. If all else fails call sprint and ask them to walk you through a factory reset when they realize it failed they will transfer you to tech support and they will again attempt to fix it, when tech support realizes it failed they will then give you a ticket number to go to your repair center and then from there the techs at the repair center will attempt to fix it and most likely it will fail so they will replace your phone. Reason you want to call sprint first is so you can say that the rep is the one that told you what to do and can blame them plus you will have a ticket number describing what happened on the phone call. I had to do this also and got a replacement phone.

Oh, and don't tell sprint what you were trying to do. Just act dumb and they will take care of the rest. Good luck mate. http://media.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] brucegil:
A survey done for PC World magazine on smartphone reliability and customer satisfaction ranked HTC phones right behind the Apple iPhone in Ease of Use and Features, and third behind Apple and LG for Reliability. Samsung and LG brought up the rear in the Ease of Use and Features categories.

AT&T was ranked the worst for calls and data speed with Verizon the best. When the carriers were ranked on customer service, however, there was little difference among the top four national carriers.

This survey probably does not include the new LTE phones for AT&T.

Here is the link:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2446...hone_tops_the_list.html#tk.nl_dgx_h_cbstories
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jdelano:
Thought you all would be interested in this story ...

LoS (Loss of Signal) bug-fixing update hits the Sprint Samsung Epic 4G Touch

http://www.technobloom.com/los-loss...hits-the-sprint-samsung-epic-4g-touch/222377/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cnstarz:
welcome to 3 weeks ago
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] auau465121:
Dude run back to the epic 4g forum's quickly before the torches come out
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jdelano:
LOL; oops. It was in my new technology articles. My appologies.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] playya:
Wow, I thought it was something I missed...lol Hey quick change the header fast...Change it to I don't know "Android updated to Gingerbread 2.3" yea thats the ticket...lol

J/K it happens b
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] flammenwurfer:
It actually didn't get pushed out to my phone until yesterday morning.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] longhorn65:
I beat ya by a day flammen!! LOL
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crzchn:
http://www.muckrock.com/news/archiv...rrier-iq-files-used-law-enforcement-purposes/

Thanks all you devs for keeping us safe from the people who are supposed to be keeping is safe!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nivron:
Looks like the FOIA request was denied because the data the FBI has is currently part of an investigation. It is possible that the investigation is into CarrierIQ instead of some person. It may be sign of a good thing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dwayneiztheshyt:
That's some scary stuff.. so since my phone is rooted.. they can't do this? Honestly.. I've never doubted the fact that the FBI or the government had the ability to trace my calls and see everything I did.. In my plot to take over the world I.. I never planned to use a cell phone :p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kyhassen:
lol.. hopefully they use it for the greater good.... thats all i would have to say, there is a lot of sickos out there.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crzchn:
Your phone has to be more than rooted to get rid of CarrierIQ, it needs to have a custom ROM as well that states that it has CIQ removed. Unnamed ROM is the best I have used so far.

But if they want to know something, they will find a way. I think, however, we should not make it easy for them. :p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dwayneiztheshyt:
Aha ha I agree!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Actually you can disable CIQ once you are rooted without needing a custom ROM.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ungovernable1977:
the worst part about ciq and other non government agencies collecting data is that they are used by the fbi and cia to share info... which is illegal through direct channels. also, a third party collecting our info and delivering it to the carriers is totally unacceptable. theres tons of threads in the OG epic forums... as thats where konane first found and decided to kill CIQ. i honestly wonder if all the anti-ciq stuff really started there... then the tech pundit sites reported what was in these forums as usual... then the mainstream noticed... idunno. as far as plots to take over the world/bring down systems... keep it analog like good music. all the major telecoms have an open door policy w the feds... so its not like they would need CIQ for normal investigations... and they have a grace period to get warrants after they look at the info... patriot acts sealed the fate of privacy and liberty in this country. all because of a now dead boogeyman living in a cave... good job america... something about a jackboot on a human head... forever...

/rant
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KCRic:
It's the FBI. You don't think while they are combing through all that data while investigating CIQ they won't "stumble" upon certain things? Or mirror those servers? Or realize how useful to them CIQ is and say they've found nothing wrong with what CIQ or the carriers are doing?

Do you think for a moment the FBI isn't already using CIQ as a resource to catch 'terrorists'? Like how the airlines use full body scanners and the TSA to catch 'terrorists' with the same high (lmao!) efficiency.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/12/12/fbi-says-carrieriq-may-be-used-in-law-enforcement-proceedings/

Not saying you think any of that, just making a point. I'm pretty sure most of us are on the same page with this crap.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
I think even if it is big brother watching over us, who cares? For the 99.99999999% of the US population, nothing your talking about is that important or a danger, for the small fraction of the folks that this applies to, i welcome it. I do however take issue with the fact that once the lid was blown off, how the company responded (legal action against Treve) and their continued un-truth's. Do we really think that this sort of monitoring isn't taking place now? Pretty much anytime you use a computer/IT resource for any company or agency, you consent to monitoring, the difference is declaration.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KCRic:
Actually the code may be embedded deeper than we thought. Not just at the system or kernel level, but further. I'm no microprocessor engineer but doesn't almost every chip have instruction sets or at least some sort of code written into it? Because when CIQ itself says one of the 3 methods of loading it on the device is at the hardware level - that's what it sounds like to me. Literally the chips are programed with CIQ in the code.

Remove that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] drksilenc:
then we would have to disable it in drivers
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KCRic:
Oh man, here we go with the "I don't have anything to hide so why should I care" section of this conversation.

I'm not embarrassed about having sex but I sure as hell am not going to let you watch. It's called privacy. Has nothing to do with having things to hide, it has to do with the basic human right to have our own space, time, thoughts, gadgets, property, voice, opinion, and so on.

There are no saints either. Everybody has lied, cheated, stolen, done something wrong that would get them in trouble. Sometimes it was a mistake or even an accident. Does that mean black helicopters should have descended on you to whisk you away to a 5x5 cell without trial? No, and why without trial? Because at this point they don't need a warrant and as per the Patriot Act you don't even have to be charged with something to be held for, well, forever. So no trial is the next logical step.

Just a little interesting fact, the US Patriot Act is actually an acronym for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
:rolleyes:just calling out the fact that more than likely this already takes place and we didn't even know it before and how many CIQ's were there before them? Also, I think you are making the same similar leap. CIQ is step one, step 2 is no trial/minority report type tactics? I agree that privacy when possible should be maintained, but lets not be naive and think that it hasn't already happened.

Prime example of the worst offender? Facebook, yet no one is up in arms about that......
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mindgrind:
I never doubted the gov would trace. Glad its gone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pasta1234:
This whole CIQ thing is being blown out of proportion if you ask me.

If you have nothing to hide then you really shouldn't worry, regardless.

At the end of the day these agencies are trying to help protect us weather you believe it or not. Just like with every system there are flaws that doesn't mean we should abolish them, but rather make them better !!

Pete
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
You can choose weather or not to participate with Facebook, and it is in their TOS, CIQ however, was not.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crzchn:
Protect us from what?

Sent from Tapatalk
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
Agreed, and I believe this was a huge oversight on their part. The point i was trying to make is there are plenty of other spaces where the privacy is willing given away with little notification and facebook is one of them. Hell they have been told they are to comply with any audits for the next 20 years.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dave99:
Ugh, that argument just makes me sick. Those agencies are trying to protect their livelihood, which comes from protecting us, but it's not the same thing. Police detectives get promotions partly based on their case closure rates, that means they have self interest in closing cases that might not be quite airtight. Because who doesn't want a promotion, with the prestige and money that comes with it. The CIA was certain iraq had WMD's, and was trying to obtain yellowcake uranium from Niger, because blockbuster findings like that lead to more funding, which means more turf for those section directors. They aren't all bad obviously, on the contrary I'm certain most of them want to do the right thing. It's the few that don't because they care more about their career than anything else, or the guy that is trying to do the right thing but simply gets it wrong. Mistakes happen, data gets misread or incorrectly analyzed, and people suffer for it. I don't want to be that unlucky person, so I don't want that crap operating on my phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
The carriers are too big to fail. Especially when they all knew, they will get a slap on the wrist and say sorry. They got caught with hand in cookie jar, but that should make us stay on our toes for when they really try and hide it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oklahomatulsa:
@pete Spoken like a good "World Citizen" Congrats on being the majority. Now remember, your Government loves you and Don't Be a Fatty!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
...sure is neo Mcarthyism in here...