yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
Has anyone seen tpu cases at a local retail store? I was thinking about checking those kiosks you see in the malls that sell cheap "stuff". I noticed previously that they rarely carry accessories for new phones besides the iPhone. Any heads up would be appreciated. I could get on Ebay or Amazon but Ebay, you don't know what you're getting because sometimes pictures are poor quality. An issue I have is I really need usps for shipping because of my residence and nobody being home when the other companies delivery trucks show up. Suggestions are welcome.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] parks1205:
Ebay is going to be the cheapest but I wouldn't buy from anyone who isn't in the states or if the pics are fuzzy just keep it moving. There is someone on Ebay that uses usps but double check the shipping info. Also you can just buy it straight from their site for like $8 plus shipping. I haven't seen any of the TPU cases other than Ebay, amazon or their site directly myself.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MattSoRaven:
I got mine from tpu-cases.com I've had it for 7 months and its been great. I drop my phone all the time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
Which would you think would be less likely to slip out of your hand, gloss or matte?

I have a gloss for my ns4g and it feels decent. The inside of the case is matte and it feels slightly more slippery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tkemack:
I have both the gloss and matte mentioned from the site above and I find the gloss to be less slippery. Also, he delivers usps so you shouldn't have an issue there

Sent from my Blazing ET4G
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Malte1234511:
Hello Community,

I have the same Samsung OMNIA 7 as my mother, but my screen is not as bright as hers. My mobile phone is way older than the one from my mum, so I'm not sure, whether Samsung improved the screen for the newer handsets.

Any Idea what is wrong with the phone?

Malte

Here is a pictures
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Salmiery:
Hi guys,

One miraculous day, my efs folder became corrupt, when it just so happened to be the week after the hard drive on my computer took a dump! What a week this has been.. I was wondering if it is possible for someone to zip their EFS folder and send it to me to see if I can't get this phone to connect back to the network again. I honestly think there are applications on androids marketplace that will wipe things if you have superuser installed.. because it was like BAM, one morning I wake up and my efs folder was deleted the day after I had installed some new apps.

So my question is - Will someone send me a backup of their EFS? If that won't conflict with their phone of course -- I would send it back to Samsung, but their 3rd tier support has no idea what I'm talking about - they just hear root and think I'm a piece of trash.

Any help would be greatly appreciated - I have not seen anything about trying someone elses efs so I thought it could be a bit experimental as well.. Thanks

-Brett
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
This is an interesting request, Brett.

I thought the efs.rfs file contains one's phone imei number/network id etc.

idk for sure...

I thought using someone else's imei is kinda like "let me borrow your ss# so i can check the ss office to see if mine is working. :D

I didn't know if you found this link and tried it?

http://forum.samdroid.net/f28/complete-imei-restore-how-1817/

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=882039

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=953436

Fortunately for me, I had a efs backup on my hd.

I think I also saw scripts in Zeus and Doctor ROM that backs up efs also prior to flash..

good luck
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Salmiery:
I wasn't trying to steal anyone's IMEI.. I just have tried multiple techniques, but I have not tried the first link..

I've been having trouble getting a shell with adb, does it need to be in download mode?

I was trying to see if it were possible to copy someone's existing files, and use a hex editor to change things, but reading into it, the IMEI is not able to be edited easily without knowing the encyrption type.

I'm just frustrated and have been back and forth with both at&t and also samsung (Their support is a joke, no one I spoke with even knew what the EFS folder was..)

I will try this technique and will report back later when I get home from work tonight. I've been reading a lot of similar issues with the null/null IMEI in the infuses and the guy at the AT&T store said that this was the reason they stopped selling the phone in their store.

Thanks for the help, I'll let you know what happens.

-Brett
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
Goodluck.

From the tone of your post, I didn't suspect any malice...I had a gist of what you were trying to do.

From reading some of links, there may be some method of recovery.

I hope that you're able to get it back.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Truckerglenn:
I posted one a while back. I think it was in the q&a section. I won't be at my computer for a couple of days or I'd upload it for ya. Try searching or scrolling thru there.

Edit: I just uploaded an EFS.zip, unzip and flash the included efs.tar thru Odin or heimdall.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] badhobz:
I had the same problem but i fixed it through Odin. There is an option in odin where you can click on the side (sorry i just reformated the comp so i dont have odin installed) that says something about the EFS. Try that, it fixed it for me.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] rxnelson:
On a related note. I thought I read somewhere that typical backups such as tibu and nandroid do NOT back up the efs folder. Is this correct? Should we all be doing this manually to protect against corruption?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] diablo009:
Try searching here or on market. I remember there was this app called "nitrality" something. This app backs up EFS that we can restore in case we mess it up.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
I did try to dl that app and ran it. It didn't work for me. The app hung up the system until you fc it.

If you're versed in linux or Term emu, you can use script to back up your efs.

If you had flashed zeus or doctorz, there are scripts build in that backs up your efs.

if you had root explorer, you can find efs folder in your root. long press on the folder allows you to create zip or tar of this as well.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] rxnelson:
Any harm in just copy/paste the whole folder to external SD with root explorer? Then copy paste to windows over USB? Will permissions get messed up?

I think I've already backed it up but there have been a couple threads on this. Wonder if it should be part of superthread or a sticky...do this first :...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
no problem with copy/paste that I know of.

Being cautious, I have a zip, a tar, and the whole folder on my PC, USB and box.net.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Salmiery:
Hypothetically,

I have access to another Infuse on the same family plan at that, if i were to copy the efs folder to mine what would that do?

I want to make sure not to have the same IMEI number on the network though, but this could save me a lot of hassle...

any thoughts?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
Read the threads on the links I provided...you will get more understanding.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Salmiery:
I have multiple times, but the first post that seemed like it would be the best fix, I have to get him to send me a fixed nv_data file and he seems to be unresponsive at the moment.

I think I'm going to root the 2nd infuse, back up her efs folder (MULTIPLE times lol) and fix it so it's generic and not an exact replica of hers..

Do you see any problems there? I'm definitely not an expert at all with this.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
In order to see what is on the root of a phone, you may need to root it.

Once rooted, you can look for the efs folder.

I haven't used z4root in a while on an unrooted phone, I don't know if this program will let you see the root folder or not. It's possible.

The efs on my phone shows several programs and folders.

One of the folder is /imei. I suppose this is where the unique id is located.

read the thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1372455

as you can see, the efs contains unique id...i'm not sure of even how to make up a different imei file from using someone else's efs folder.

if your phone boots up but does not connect, if you go to settings/about phone/status

does it list the imei?

if it does, are you able to use a script in terminal emulator to back it up?

if you can't find the script, you can try flashing doctor or zeus rom, they have scripts to back up your efs folder. then try locating it on your phone.

the other thought i had was for you to call your provider to see if they can give you your previous imei number.

I'm only reasoning from what I have read...these are new territory to me.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Salmiery:
Right, I have rooted my phone and for whatever reason the EFS folder is completely empty... The folder is there, but completley empty.

I have the IMEI number, its on the back of the phone as well as AT&T gave it to me.

The fact that my entire folder is empty, and I hadn't backed anything up because I never flashed the kernel or rom makes me think that the android marketplace does have malicious code that simply says:

if(phone==rooted){

wipe efs foler

}

continuing to pull my hair out and attempt new things, if anyone has any ideas let me know.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Truckerglenn:
Check out Post # 5, I just edited my post.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
its not simply a folder its actually a partition, on Linux you can mount drives/partitions however you like so it can appear to be under another directory and be an entirely different device.

you can make a .rfs image from the dd command through adb or terminal emulator.

if it is corrupt you "may" be able to salvage it through options of the dd command.

I gotta look up the device path and whatnot but if there is anything on there, visable or not, you might be able to recover the unique files and paste them over the files from someone else's efs backup. if not I have heard but never tried it, but I heard that fromatting the partition will cause the system to generate a generic efs, but I don't know for sure.

edit: the device location is /dev/block/stl3

you can dump it to the SD card with

dd if=/dev/block/stl3 of=/sdcard/efs.rfs bs=4096

if there are bad blocks I think but not quite sure you can add noerror to the end

dd if=/dev/block/stl3 of=/sdcard/efs.rfs bs=4096 noerror

but if the information has actually been deleted unless it was overwritten it is mostly intact. it is not well known that delete doesn't actually delete the data, even after a format data can be recovered with the right program. if the dumps come up empty there is also dd_rescue and foremost but I don't know if those commands are available on android, but you may be able to loop mount the dump on a Linux box or in cygwin and try the ddrescue or foremost commands.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/learn-the-dd-command-362506/

hopefully you can recover something. and learn something along the way. this is also useful for recovering deleted files and securely deleting stuff you want gone for real.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Delgoth:
i remember I lost my efs on my captivate. There are tools in the forum to get it back.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rocket42:
Uh, NO than you. My EFS folder has nothing to do with yours. Don't know how that would work...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] pease:
I have the same problem recently with my new infuse which locked with Rogers network. Unknow IMEI and unknow baseban. I bought this phone from someone through Internet. Cannot send back to Rogers for replacement.:(

Searching this isssue for almost one week. still don't have solution.

Dose anyone has this issue solved?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] The_Zodiac:
I don't think that you can use sometimes eldest because abstained us different. Which is why your supposed to back it up as soon as you get your phone.

If I'm wrong someone can correct me

nt from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using XDA App
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Sarius24:
Aw man i always tell ppl to make sure to backup the EFS folder before anything. We should make this priority for new flashers. Like make them somehow aware.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Truckerglenn:
Are any of you reading this forum??????

There is a fix and I posted it. I had the same issue.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] pease:
Thanks, Truckerglenn.

I tried to flash your efs file in your post (#5). But I still have unknown baseband and IMEI issue.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] JIMMYTHEGENT9:
I flashed it and it works, thanks for all the help. I'm always on this forum and trying to learn everything I can.

I did notice that the IMEI number doesn't match the one behind the battery, is it some sort of generic IMEI?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Punnyabrata:
Truckerglenn - The efs file has an extension .rfs which Odin cannot detect. How do I convert this to .tar or .tar.md5?

Many thanks,

PC
[Samsung Infuse 4G] raymcoy:
hello everyone I follow directions without problems

but my phone still does not work

use odin 3.07 and 3.09

flash uckd5 and uclb3 unlock unbrick root 1.1

use

http://xdaforums.com/show...post27286083):

all ok no work

use efs and EFS clear no work

can you help?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/harimakenji/10783996003/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/harimakenji/10783996473/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] croccio:
i've a mediacom 810c/bq kepler/premium next8/md 808/prestigio pm5080 and when i connect the hdmi cable the screen is visible only on my tv and tablet's screen became black and wont turn on. how can i do to turn on the screen on my tablet? is there any patch or any mod???
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nyijedi:
Since the Prime is an MTP device and doesn't show up as a mounted drive in Windows, I am unable to use Synctoy to sync files between my Prime and my desktop. Does anyone know of a way to sync files to an MTP device? This is driving me crazy.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsungxx:
Hi Guys I have a samsung galaxy s2 now its firmware has crashed i dont know the correct stock rom for the phone how how can i flash it do i flash another galaxy`s s2 stock rom on my galaxy s2 PLZZZ HELP ME GUYSSS>>>>>>
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Firmware crashed whatever you mean by that try a factory reset first .

If you dont know your correct stock shall we guess Chinese Brazil ??? Iceland ???

Stock roms post read and understand first .

Stock Roms .and csc

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsungxx:
I Tried To reset But No Use Its Hang on andriod logo CAn i use Different PDA On My Galaxy S2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Good lord, dude. You give next to no details on what specific phone you have beyond the fact you have a "Galaxy S2", and are expecting someone to tell you what to flash to it. From the wikipedia article, I count nearly a dozen COMPLETELY different models of phones that are called Galaxy S2, and TWO that are similarly modeled, (GT-I9100, and GT-I9100G) but different enough that if you flash a firmware intended for one onto the other, you end up with a paperweight.

First things first: what the heck model phone do you have? It's on the label under the battery.

If (and ONLY IF) your model is "GT-I9100" (NOTE: NO "G" AT THE END), then follow the link that JJEgan posted. There are instructions in the first post. You can probably use the latest firmware in post #2.

If your model is something else (ANYTHING that starts with "SGH-"), than you are in the wrong forum, and DO NOT flash anything you get from any postings under the I9100 forum.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsungxx:
Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 Bricked

[Now Im Using Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-i9100 Nw the phone is Bricked So i want to flash But I dont know the correct firmware PDA so pls help me Whic firmware is suitable do i flash another samsung galaxy s2 GT_I9100 `s Pda File
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigMrB:
Your phone is bricked ??? so you cannot access ANYTHING?

Hang on .... yet again today i'll get out my crystal ball that tells me all about your phone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
Read this thread and this one and this one then maybe you will understand enough to flash a firmware or explain to use whats wrong.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stylez:
Well since you have not provided any information from the offset how will anyone be able to help.

Being mobile can't even see location to which would be a start since CSC is location based...

Go to thread linked prior as will have information you need...

Sent from the valley of the shadows....
[Desire General] chatfan:
Hello people, just wondering if there is any App that a designed part of size of the microSD and simulate that's internal memory, something like that cause the real thing is that I am getting without free space on my internal memory....

I have moved several app to SD card but this is not enough it seems..

any idea?

thanks

BR,

chatfan
[Desire General] PilgrimToHyperion:
You'll have to go with a custom ROM with something like AD2SDX or A2SD.

Go look at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1315961 . If I might make a recommendation, that would be it. Just make sure your SD is fast.

I'm running the A2SD edition and have got probably around 51 games installed, 30 apps etc and still have about 50MB's free internally. I did move a lot of data using Titanium Backup though.

good luck!
[Desire General] knoer:
I had the same issue when running the official HTC ROM. Had to decide between uninstalling apps or changing to a custom ROM.

Did the latter, and have not had any regrets since.

I rather like the Sense UI, so one of the primary concerns was finding a ROM with Sense and Apps2SD. Tried the Revolution ROM reinstalled all my apps, and instead of having 15MB available, I had 115MB - no more space issues here..

I think you should have a look here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=809328

Personally, I'd go for one of the Sense 1.9/2.1 or 2.1/3.0.

I'm seriously considering moving to AN-Droid - not many tweaks, but the old Sense 1.9 along with Apps2SD.
[Desire General] slaxy:
Even i am facing the same issue, low memory was making me crazy, so i finally started to process of installing ROM on my desire
[Desire General] jukyO:
Backup all apps with Titanium.

Backup your SDcard to PC.

Root and/or S-OFF your phone.

Partition your SDCARD so it has 2 ext partition (1Gb and 300 Mb) and remaining FAT32.

Flash MIUI XJ XPART, and you'll have 1024 Mb for your apps and games. And very fast and smooth ROM.

Cheers.

Sent from MIUI powered phone
[Xoom General] mrdeviance:
Sorry guys, I unlocked, rooted and flashed the latest EOS nightly #33. All has gone well, but I cant see the Market app, or find a way to link my Google account to get my calendar, mail and apps restored.

Could someone nudge me in the right direction please?!

thanks

EDIT - In case anyone has this problem, the link to the GA package is below:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1396251
[Xoom General] jmgib:
You'll need to install the GApps package linked in the thread for the ROM. AOSP ROMs generally do not include the Google Apps by default and must be installed separately.

There should be a .zip file you can flash from recovery.
[Xoom General] Justin.G11:
You need to flash gapps as those are google apps and required to be a separate download. Check the eos thread, they link the latest gapps there (v8 I believe)
[Xoom General] mrdeviance:
ok thanks, will look now, and any ideas about the Android Market app?
[Xoom General] patrickww:
You could try uninstalling the Market App in the settings and then have it redownload the market. That should work.
[Xoom General] mrdeviance:
It came with the Google Apps package - I have included the link in my first post just in case anyone has the same problem. Thanks for you help all :)
[Xoom General] patrickww:
thanks again
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmyjames72:
i used to have 5 icons in my bottom dock and now my APPS icon is missing, where the hell did it go and how do i get it back,i cant figure out how to access any apps now that i dont have the icon...unless the have an icon on one of the screens which all of them didnt;)
[Desire HD Android Development] shaky156:
[YOUTUBE]EJyrOa3ElS0[/YOUTUBE]​

- Android Version: 4.0.1 (IceCream Sandwich)

- Based on: Sensation LE 3.25

- Sense Version: 3.5

Working:

Light sensor

Audio (not beats yet)

Phone calls/Sms/Mms

GPU acceleration (3D)

Keys/Key lights

Touchscreen

SD Card

GPU Acceleration (2D rendering UI)

Screenshot function

3D Games

Accelerometer

Flashlight

Compass

Mic

Not Working:

Wifi

Bluetooth

Mobile Network/3g

Camera

GPS

HW Accelerated Video playback

More things...

V1.2[FONT=Tahoma]

- [/FONT]More App Resizing
- Improved GPU Performance/ UI rendering smoother again :)
- Removed Loggers
- Latest Gapps
- Fixed some booting issues
- Accelerometer fixed
- Compass fixed
- Double checked mic and it works (voice recognition doesn't)
- Some other things can't remember :D

V1.1
- Fixed App Resizing [SIZE=1](Not Finished Yet, But Good Progress)[/SIZE]
- Removed Physical Memory Allocated to Carrier IQ
- Improved GPU Performance
- Added New Boot Animation
- Removed Sony Bravia Engine As It Has No Effect
- Fixed SD Card Mounts the Right Way [SIZE=1](No services.jar Hack)[/SIZE]
- Added Inspire & Telus Sound Support
- Added Support for Encryption/Decryption of SDcard/Phone Internal Memory [SIZE=1](Supported in 4.0.3 Sense 3.6)[/SIZE]
- Improved GPU 2D Core Rendering UI [SIZE=1](UI Smooth)[/SIZE]

V1.0
- Initial Release

Shake N Bake v1.2 :

Link1: http://hotfile.com/dl/145623949/49861c3/TEST2.zip.html

Link2: http://www.4shared.com/zip/iU7gd-sq/ShakeNBakeV12.html

Link3 (NO ADS): http://www.liamstears-dhd.co.uk/shakenbake/TEST2.zip

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SnB.ics

Blog: http://snbics.blogspot.com/

General discussion: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1461958

Donations:

Thank you to all donators!! :)

If donating please donate equal amounts to developers Mikenf, Sbryan and QD2DC

Previous Donators:

jamie randall

zole2112 x2

Credits:

My team members SBryan/QD2DC/Mikenf

Simon_WM

Robocik

Lordclockan

Flow-wolf

Liamstears

Users/Beta testers
[Desire HD Android Development] shaky156:
[ROM][WIP] Ics Sense v1.0 alpha (Android 4.0.1 HTC Sense 3.5)

Reserved For OP
[Desire HD Android Development] shaky156:
[ROM][WIP] Ics Sense v1.0 alpha (Android 4.0.1 HTC Sense 3.5)

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

Q. ETA?

A. No ETA :D

​
[Desire HD Android Development] Andy:
Lets get this out of the way early on.

No "Thanks" posts. - Hit the relevant users "Thanks" button.

No Off-Topic. - Post -->HERE<-- if you want to talk about unicorns.

No "Downloading now..." type posts - Just download it, we don't really care.

I'll delete anything other than relevant developer feedback & discussion. Then I'll infract you, then you'll get a ban. You the community can help, report anything that is not relevant.

Lets keep this one clean please.

Keep Calm and Carry On.
[Desire HD Android Development] Quinny899:
Shaky, is there a media_profiles.xml in here? I think it may be linked to the camera issues
[Desire HD Android Development] shaky156:
In the build in OP? nope dont see any media_profiles.xml there as there isnt a build in op yet lol as soon as I get this 1 thing fixed itll be up, camera is last on my list (Currently havent tested), and it isnt easy as media_profiles.xml
[Desire HD Android Development] Quinny899:
That's for camcorder (or part of it) after you build camera into source
[Desire HD Android Development] shaky156:
Are you on the right thread? (Cause you mentioned building camera into source) lol

last time I checked, media_profiles.xml contained image quality too, Someone e-mailed me on camera and showed me a logcat, they were going in the right direction, I'm curious as to who it was, anyone here?
[Desire HD Android Development] shaky156:
What's interesting about this?
[Desire HD Android Development] Quinny899:
The fact that it was missing. It seems to control the encoding and decoding of the video. When I added it, the camera stopped force closing on video but wouldn't start. lgcamera started recording, but wrote only to 0 bytes files