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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_clean5953:
Flash a rom not designed for your phone

Sent from my SGS 2 LTE running SkyICS
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] santhoshssx:
Is your phone is switching on now
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] santhoshssx:
If it is on means connect it to your PC and copy the files you needed and delete it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] santhoshssx:
If it not means flash through cwm and do a data wipe
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedisturbedone:
I vote this method. Definite brick!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anvith Lobo:
Ah! Dint work

:crying:

I used it on my OP2 but there was a problem i don't know why was that but when i used the command on an lollipop or an marshmellow device it just strated doing everything it had to do but most were access denied so i would just get a blank screen and then i would restart the phone then there was a factory reset that's it my device didn't brick

i want to brick my device through this way i know the other ways which work i have already tried those but could any one tell me how to brick an android using rm -rf

i have already tried

adb shell

su

cd /system/framework

rm -rf /*

or

or -rf *.*

none of them worked

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ya it wont delete everything maybe its a security feature in lollipop

tried everything i could possibly do
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] midzan21:
Real method of bricking device

1) Boot to recovery using adb - adb reboot recovery

2) flash wrong system image like ROm from wrong device

Another way using adb

adb shell

su

mount -o remount, rw /system

mount -o remount, rw /data

rm -rf /data/*

rm -rf /system/*

reboot

Give a try for a first method and this what all people say is wrong because you are missing mount command to mount system rewriteable
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ka-B00M:
Root it, then zero-fill or one-fill it. Turn it off or reboot, and it will never work again. Goodbye to the data. RIP phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mattwmaster58:
Take your phone apart, find the EMMC memory chip and get a hot air gun and take it off. Then, bake the chip in the microwave for a couple minutes (Disclaimer: Microwave may take some collateral damage:good:)

Come to think of it, you could just microwave your entire phone. Ok, not your entire phone, but just the motherboard.

Edit: Wow I didn't even notice this thread is a decade old. woops!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hauckk@sfreserves.org:
Deleted
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RicardoMullion:
Try

su

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 or /dev/mmcblk0
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lum_UK:
if you have adb shell, why not just wipe the /sdcard partition to clear out your data, rather than risk invalidating your warranty with overkill bricking attempts.
[Android General] s1lenz:
One of the coolest features on ICS is the lack of capacitive buttons on the phone. the nexus has done it, the tablets have done it - why do companies like HTC and Samsung insist on using capacitive buttons on their ICS ready flagship phones? Isn't it time we get rid of these buttons once and for all?
[Android General] QBANBOY407:
Some people like or are used to buttons...
[Android General] RoberGalarga:
While people still buy phones with buttons... manufacturers don't have reasons to change :D
[Android General] rori~:
I guess, cause users still like them..

I for myself, would love to have a trackball and I would even pay some bugs more to have a new ICS device with a trackball.

For sure, it's cool without any buttons, but usability of a trackball is unbeatable.

Sent from my Premium Xx
[Android General] imheroldman:
I think it will happen in the next round of phone releases. You can see with the new lines coming out that they have diminished the number of buttons transitioning, if you will, to the no button design.

The only advantage to having the physical buttons it's the screen realestate is not taken up by the nav bar. For example, the 4.65 in Galaxy Nexus is much smaller than the 4.7 in of the One X. As the nav bar buttons take up the bottom at all times, though im sure they still auto hide when necessary.

You get the idea...
[Android General] cajunflavoredbob:
I'm one of those old fashioned people who actually likes hard buttons on my phone. As I see it, I want fast access to the actual phone. I realize I'm one of a dying breed who likes the answer and end buttons, among others, but the main function of my phone is to be a phone. I like to be able to feel for the buttons in a dark room or in my pocket. I like that if my digitizer dies, I can still make and receive calls until a replacement arrives. Yes, hard buttons are just one more thing to go wrong, but they provide me with more benefits than anything.

-- Sent from my TouchPad using Communities
[Android General] zanderman112:
I agree. Benefits of Capacitive and Hard keys out way the "cool factor" of the navigation bar.

~E.R.A.
[Android General] thedisturbedone:
Some people may like it. But I believe its essential. In case the screen freezes or touch stops responding theres always a hardware button to get through right?
[Android General] D3aTH™:
I think sum people dont like to use touch phone..
[Android General] scottjb:
I'm generally OK without mechanical buttons on the device. I do wish it had a dedicated camera button. Taking pictures by tapping the screen makes it much harder to get a good, quick picture.
[Android General] SifJar:
I'd rather my row of four capacitative buttons than a few on screen icons. It bothers me when there is screen real estate not available to apps, as is the case when there are buttons there. I'm sure they can probably auto hide or whatever, but they are there at least some of the time and I'd rather just have them as buttons.
[Android General] ARNOB:
The on-screen buttons have a lot of disadvantages as well, one of them is you can't quick reset your phone. If touchscreen stops responding, you can do nothing!

A minimal button is at least needed!
[Android General] aydc:
Samsung does it to copy iPhone. All they care about is stealing users from Apple. Since most Apple users aren't sophisticated, they get scared when they see a phone with no buttons.
[Android General] Mooem7:
Well not necessarily true as power buttons more than likely won't go away, as well as volume buttons which can be used for a hard reset in the event the touch screen is unresponsive.
[Android General] doncortio:
In Android devices, I want mechanical buttons. There ease the situations, like advanced user methods. However, on WP7 (f.e. Lumia 800/900) i dont want mechanical buttons, but capacitive yes. On-screen buttons? Danke, nein. Camera button wont standard at everywhere.
[Android General] Matheus-007:
Because some buttons are actually pretty necesary. Power button, for example. How else are you gonna use your phone?
[Android General] masondoctorjt:
Many times I do wish there were send and end buttons.
[Android General] cajunflavoredbob:
Yup. One of many reasons I still use my HD2.
[Android General] snapper.fishes:
IMHO none of the reasons listed so far makes sense. The Samsung Galaxy series has garnered enough reputation that people will buy the damn thing with or without buttons. I think it's something with their designers or someone further up in the company that got scared about lack of physical buttons (even though power and volume buttons are still there.)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jpcdeux:
I cannot express how much I hate that stupid smiley key! I want a return key. Here's a stock kb with such a mod. It's GB themed if that matters to anyone but I'm using it on Uni**** ICS.

DL, Install, enable in settings
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Techno848:
Man u r just awesome I we just wanting this than broda
[Samsung Infuse 4G] DangKid:
Would you mind uploading the unthemed version?

Sent from my Samsung Infuse running AOKP.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jpcdeux:
Its not themed. It's stock GB colored
[HTC One X] backudog:
HTC Sync has just started to give me "Failed to mount/unmount device storage card (1020)" whenever i try to transfer vids onto my HOX, i click the sync button and it sits there saying "sync starting" but actually does nowt, then the HTCSync program sort of goes fuzzy and then the failed wotsit comes up? WHY?! i have my fone set to htc sync when usb attached, i did try to set it to the storage option before but it never showed up on the pc when i did that? how in the name of sweet baby jebus do i get this to work? is there another program i can use?

UPDATE: I just tried pressing the power button for approx 10 seconds, this worked like a battery pull, and now my pc can see my phone when set to disk drive mode or whatever its called, not sure what the problem was or is but sod htc sync i'll do it this way from now on.
[HTC Sensation] tonylee83:
I had nexus s before sensation I know realize that free ram on sensation is about 120~140mb on average which is even lesser than nexus s. So it would be good idea to get more ram from camera or such as what have been done in nexus s kernel. Is this difficult to do so??
[HTC Sensation] ChobbyNS:
Install non-sense rom and you will get 100% more free ram.

Sense is ram killer.

Nexus s is runing pure android,thats the point.
[HTC Sensation] tonylee83:
I meant is there a dev working on the kernel to get extra ram from camera or such just like wat devs have done in nexus s lol since the sensation can only use 581mb and I didn't buy a sensation to use sense less rom
[HTC Sensation] FrenzyGr:
ARHD 6.6.4 with Leedroid tweaks 240 - 260 free ram.
[HTC Sensation] geoffcorey:
There won't be a kernel that "gets extra ram from camera". It's not needed. Also, free ram is wasted ram, plus when you open an app that needs more than 140mB, the os will close some apps until it has enough space.
[HTC Sensation] craven667:
Not sure why people think that more ram mean faster boot if there is ram it boot if not it has to close it clear ram then open it so more ram faster just like a pc
[HTC Sensation] sshede:
So wrong. So, horribly, wrong. Android keeps enough ram free to launch an application or two (a massive application or two) without having to close anything. You have 120MB free on average? That's plenty to launch the browser, music app, gallery, and about 4 other things before Android has to close anything at all. Free ram is wasted ram.

That "like a PC" part is also wrong. You should always have enough ram to run whatever it is you're running. If you don't have enough, you simply add more to accommodate. The only way you're really going to become faster with ram is to install faster ram (you also have to remove the slower ram because PCs run on the slowest speed available).
[HTC Sensation] tonylee83:
What I'm trying to say is that when I play a game such as drow something I sometimes click home button to go web to find out what it looks like. However, when I go back to the game, it was closed most of times. That's why I asked. Nexus s uses 402~3 ram out of 512(not sure) atm.
[HTC Sensation] tingtan:
Maybe you can try kernel with ZRAM capability, faux123 has a good explanation on ZRAM in http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1216197:

ZRAM allows real-time compression of memory objects in RAM thus reducing memory pressure for the Linux kernel and can keep more apps in memory longer (more apps in RAM == better performance, less fetching from slower MMC or SDCard). Compression, however, is not Free. Some CPU cycles are required to do the compress/decompression, so there's a slight penalty for it. The original CompCache / RAMZSwap required a user space binary to control its behavior which adds additional penalty to performance, but the new version ZRAM eliminated the need for a separate dedicated daemon, thus reducing the overhead and increased performance from the old CompCache by 20%. Therefore, with the newer implementation of ZRAM interface, the performance penalty is almost negligible.

faux kernel and Bricked kernel support ZRAM capability.

Hope it helps.
[HTC Sensation] geoffcorey:
Maybe try removing some of the sense bloat items you don't need/use?
[HTC Sensation] sshede:
Agreed. I can trim about 200MBs off Sense using Titanium Backup. Roughly 70 to 80 applications can be removed without issue. Things like HTC's GPS application (there's like 4 components), Friendstream, pre-installed Facebook garbage, Low Storage Wizard, both Sense and AOSP Setup Wizards, half of the Sense widgets, HTC Watch + widget, HTC Hub, HTC Likes, etc etc.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Djchinzz:
I am trying to Flash my Galaxy Note with Stock Rom.

1. Put file in PDA N7000XXKL3_N7000ODDKL1_INU and

2. Q1_20110914_16GB.pit Pit file. Using ODIN V 1.85

Click on start it got stuck in the last and not moving. Please help

I am in big mess. If i remove it says please connect the phone to kies and then move it recovery. Nothing Working..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Invasor_Anulado:
I think you are installing the wrong versión i recommend you try with another rom.... THE ICS its currently available..

Enviado desde mi GT-N7000 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vijai2011:
No.ICS is not for noobs.try any other rom in odin without wipe.it will take about 15 mins to complete.donot remove the cable
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Djteaser:
Hello there,

As the registration video pointed out to me that i'm a noob i have noob question.

Im running Android Revolution HD 6.3.3 By mike1986

with these radio thingies.

12.65.60.29U_26.14.04.28_M

But my gps isn't getting a fix. What is wrong with my phone settings?

Hope to hear from you.

Greetings

Youri
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walent:
Hello.. Maybe try flashing the AGPS patch from this thread.

Here's the direct link... flash that through recovery and see if it works
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hunt3r.j2:
And if you are having crappy GPS accuracy once you lock, your best bet is just to find some way to get a solid connection from the GPS antenna to the motherboard.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nardagus:
Question is if you've had problems with gps fix since flashing Mike's rom or has it happened after a while.

Next question is what navi software do you use.

I tried two navi programs: Google's and beta version of Automapa (although beta is closed for now)

GPS always gets fix after couple of seconds. With Automapa it is also very accurate. Google is worse than Automapa but still quite good.

Both programs were running on ARHD 6.3.1

Anyway I'd try reflashing with full wipe again. Or maybe try newer (or older) version of ARHD?

Regards

Rafal
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul c:
There are several possibilities:

1) environmental - try again outside, in plenty of open space. Try with & without your case, if you're using one.

2) config: download FasterFix from the market and choose your preferred server (there is a preconfigured list, but you can also type your own in: Spain is es.pool.ntp.org France is fr.ntp.pool.org etc) also check out GPS Test, also from the market, and you will see exactly how many satellites are in view etc.

3) hardware - bad connection. If you can't get a result from 1 or 2, well maybe there is a bad connection (the GPS antenna is around the flash). This is unlikely, I'd say.

A reboot may help to clear the cache - as suggested above, a superwipe is the way to clean before flashing a new ROM. You can also clear caches from Recovery.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RASTAVIPER:
First do some testing before install any patches.

Go out under clear sky and after activate gps sattelites from settings, download and run from market the Gps Test apk.

Write us the results here.How many satellites and after how much time did you get.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsenseb:
I`maar also noob without same issue. Same rom and same radio.

Before flashing, gps worked flawless, after flashing no more fix.

Even the quality of the signal for calling is nota wat it was.

Tried 3 navigation apps, open area,... nothing works.

I really Need the gps, so i`m thinking of unrooting if there isn't aan sollution.

Or could this be solved by flashing an stock rom ? Any tips or hints are welcome

Thanks in advance!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 20mark:
Personally i reccommend this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1318892

it seems a bit risky,but it shouldnt be a problem opening the flash case. Im not into soldering, and im afraid of burn motherboard,so i just pulled up the golden springs a bit,cleaned with alchool, an voilà! fix in < 10 seconds with < 20 meters precision.

hope it helps.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsenseb:
It seems to me that if gps worked stock, the hardware is ok
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Muikkuman:
Yeah try the Rom in my signature its awsome :thumbup:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wiwaxia:
I had problem with my GPS too. It's doesent a rom or radio problem. In other thread it's show how to hardware hack the GPS under flash cover of our dhd. I won't hardware hack so gently push down the flash cover. Go out and GPS status and gmaps fix in less then 10 sec.

Inviato dal mio Desire HD con Tapatalk 2
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsenseb:
i'm noob with rooting phones, but not with pc's or other electric equipment.

If i say gps worked FLAWLESS on my stock DHD, how can my antenna suddenly be defected after flashing a rom?

I even went to open field with NOTHING in a 500m radius

it has to be something software....

i'll try to flash other rom like someone suggested...

already thanks for the replies!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] preslmayer:
check if GPS is broken?

I have the same problem! My GPS is running but it cannot find any sattelite!

Is ther any method to check the GPS if there is a hardware problem or a software problem?

Maybe there is a logging like "logcat" for GPS which i can check?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerL:
I'd recommend trying the app Faster Fix. You select your region, and it sets the correct GPS configuration data. If that's the issue, that app will solve it.

Also worth trying the app AGPS Inject, which downloads GPS assist data when opening gps apps like gmaps.

Also recently removed the letters "supl" from the APN type in the data access point settings. Resulted in a faster fix.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] preslmayer:
Thank you Swell6 for your tips, but nothing helped!

I think it's an hardwareproblem. :(

Does someone know where in the phone the GPS Module is sitting?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerL:
With the dhd there's a known hardware issue with the GPS antenna, which is part of the black plastic led cover. Over time it can lose contact with the main board, and sometimes just pressing it in can fix it. If it needs more, there's loads of posts on what can be done. Worth a try!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] freerider_4life:
Canadian here,

I picked up an LG P999DW Optimus G2X (Optimus 2x) Link and I unlocked it with the Octopus. I have put in a Rogers(GSM) Sim and I cannot get it to work with 3G even after I put in the correct APN settings. Can anyone help me get 3G working please?

Thanks,

Freerider_4life
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] freerider_4life:
Bump, can someone please give me a hand with this? 2g is terribly slow
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] abrar2011:
Make sure the phone and sim are cooperating

I'm sorry to hear that you are having issues with getting the right network, but you might wanna check with the phone's hardware, and ask the people who you bought it from. I remember my brother got an iPhone 4S unlocked straight from Apple store, and even though the iPhone 4S supports at least 3G speed, my brother is not getting the 3G speed because he is using a T-Mobile powered SIM, not exactly T-Mobile. At the same time, I use that exact same SIM on my HTC G2 and I get 4G/HSPA+ speed, so it clearly depends on the phone.

The phone itself and the SIM has to cooperate in order for you to get the speed you deserve for that phone.

Hope that helps, I don't know much but I've noticed it a lot.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] adolfo778:
it all depends on bands, most unlocked devices only get EDGE(or 2g) on other networks it will only get 4g or 3g on the device the carrier it was made for unless the phone was made otherwise
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zeppelin89:
Hey, were you able to get this to work on Rogers 3G?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Chynkinese:
I have the same problem. Unlocked P999 from Wind and I'm using it for Fido (Rogers network) but I can only get 2g.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Taraen:
I found this just now and thought I need to share it. :) This app is kinda young, but can be really useful.

You need to do some tasks in your phones file system, let's say if you have just bricked it and need to copy some files to your external sd as backup before you just kill everything and reflash the ROM. You can use this! :cool:

You want to flash a zip file, have a current backup but since than copied one file into your system that's not in the backup and you only have it on your computer at home? Use this and create a backup only this instead of everything again! :eek:

What I am talkin about is AROMA Filemanager: The first filemanager you can use without booting up android. This app is opened by "flashing" this like you would install a ROM. If you have used Vurrut ROM with AROMA Installer you know how it works. After start you have a full filemanager within your Clockworkmod Recovery system.

I have not tried it yet, I will do that tommorow, but I am that excited that I had to share it now. :D

Link to thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1646108
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] nsle:
Works fine, excellent
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Taraen:
I tried it now. So far I can say it works. The only problem was the touchscreen on calibrating. I had to activate alternative touch and move the finger a bit when touching the given points. If you fail callibrating you can access the settings with the hardware buttons and redo it.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] simmer14:
working great on my phon !
[Nokia Lumia 800] Deleted member 2634725:
I need to find the product code for lumia 710, is it anywhere written on the phone like the lumia 800? or do i need to connect it to Nokia Care Suit to find out?
[Nokia Lumia 800] wardoc22:
Hmm? You mean the activation code?

If so call microsoft and tell them I bought a windows phone and it is asking for an activation code. If they don't give it to you, keep calling and ask for one from someone else. Took me a couple tries.

If you are talking about the serial number, take off the back cover and it should be on a sticker under the battery.
[Nokia Lumia 800] hungtt7:
you can go here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1626317

and look at step 7.1 => go to Microsoft support then

Click "General Inquiries about Microsoft Products and Services or Genuine Advantage Questions "

and chat with microsoft supporter
[Nokia Lumia 800] Varun Redd:
yeah its written on the panel behind the battery...it starts wid 05 and u have to consider the first 7 characters only..leave the rest.. ;)

u can also find it by connecting to NCS!
[Nokia Lumia 800] asadnow2k:
do u mean Nokia Care suite by NCS?
[Nokia Lumia 800] Varun Redd:
Yes!!
[Nokia Lumia 800] lomcho:
Just remove your battery and check it out. :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] guma671:
Hello,

So today I tried to fix my nandroid backup through adb shell because I was getting the md5sum mismatch. Once I fixed it I proceeded to try and restore it but then I got the "error while restoring boot image" and is there a way to fix this?

Thanks as always
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] guma671:
Bump
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] edbanger1975:
Has anyone heard any rumers about a note 2 being developed? My upgrade is due in Sept, so a while to go yet, but just wondered.....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Arrancamos:
Keep using ur HTC :p
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] GR36:
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