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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tsymyn:
My wife and I ditched Sprint when the GNex came out. I looked back at what I paid to "upgrade" after to years to the Instinct and then to the EVO 4G after another 2 years, and it was cheaper to get two new phones from Verizon and pay ETF to Sprint than to "upgrade" with them. All that and our town of 150,000 didn't get 3G with them until 2010, and it would slow down to unusable at all times other than the middle of the night. Verizon just rolled out LTE here over the weekend. I miss unlimited data, and Sprint is cheaper than the other contract carriers, but since data never really worked here, it was worth it for us to jump ship.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gbmitchell:
Here's what I have decided. I am going to preorder one on each of my lines. Verizon said they would give plenty of warning for when they will change the tiers. Make the preorder and I have it. If they do it I am out. I don't think they will if they are really shooting for the same June release as everyone else. It just is not that much time. If everything goes well and I get the devices, I will sell one on ebay the day I get it, give my wife one of my backup phones to get her on 4g and wait for the next iPhone to give her later this year.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] j0hnnyth3f0x:
Yeah, I figure Sprint can do unlimited data cause their speeds are so slow and Wimax is so spotty that they're not really providing that much data to users...a VZW rep told me about their buy back program and I plan on switching lines with my wife and using her evo design to cover what's left of my etf so I can actually have good data speed, even if I'm limited to 4GB usage. I figure that's better than having a 4G device that can't be fully used y'know?

Sent from my wickedly sensational e4gt
[HTC One X] kaminix:
Hi

So I don't really mind if I have to hook it up to the computer or anything, I just want a really complete backup solution. It should backup pretty much everything I have on my SD Card.

I already have Titanium Backup Pro and upuntil now I thought it was complete, but after completely wiping my SD Card in an attempt to install the latest RUU (which didn't work btw, but that's off topic...) and copying my Titanium Backup-stuff from a computer backup I realized it's really really incomplete. To be honest I'm not at all sure what it even is backing up... maybe my Titanium is just set wrong?

So what happened is this... like I said my SD Card was wiped but I had previously backed up Titanium to my Dropbox and pushed the whole folder to my phone after the wipe. However none of my settings for Nova Launcher were saved. My Nova settings back up was not saved. Passwords for Google, Facebook, Dropbox etc were not saved. Data from Swiftkey was not saved. Kakao Talk and SMS messaging history was not saved.

Like I said, I'm not sure what actually was saved...

I don't really mind, maybe even prefer, if I could use my computer to store these backups instead of the SD since I don't always have a lot of space left on my device.

(I think I got the filesystem thing and updating to the latest RUU didn't work - that's what landed me in this situation to begin with by the way.)
[HTC One X] poofish:
Even if you pushed the whole folder back to your phone...did you actually restore the app/data using Titanium afterwards? Pushing the back-up folder back to your phone just means Titanium can access it. It doesn't restore everything unless you actually do so using Titanium.

Otherwise, making a nandroid backup using CWM recovery takes a perfect snapshot of your phone at that moment. So your texts will all be in place, passwords, settings etc. will all be as they are now. Of course, you can't really flash your nandroid over a new ROM just to restore app data, but it allows you to revert your phone back to its original state before flashing (like in your above scenario where you had a failed RUU installation)
[HTC One X] kaminix:
Hi, thanks for your reply.

Yes I did restore. When I backup I do the full backup thingie in batch operations and when I restore I do the restore apps and system data + restore app data.

Yeah, I was thinking of Nandroid too but doesn't that just do non-SD card? I'm very new to Android but isn't most of the stuff I actually care about (app data and such) on the SD?
[HTC One X] wintermute000:
titanium doesn't restore system bits by default and google/facebook/dropbox is integrated into the OS.

You CAN force it to I believe but it WILL break things if you change your ROM at all.

IN my mind a small issue doesn't take long to sign back into those services as long as all your apps and data is intact thats all good.

If you have the filesystem thing I STRONGLY SUGGEST you up to 1.29.xyz.11 before you do any more custom rom/CWM work. Even relock/RUU, OTA then unlock and go. I had very bad experiences with this bug.
[HTC One X] kaminix:
Hi. Thanks for your reply. :-)

I totally would upgrade to the RUU if HTC there wasn't this small issue of the RUU not working. I live and bought my phone in Sweden and my CID confirms it's a european phone - however when I run the RUU it formats the phone and transfers about half the ROM then setup says "nope, wrong ROM." and leaves me with a dysfunctional OS. I'm also on a Mac so I have to run Windows 7 in VM Ware Fusion and starting that stupid RUU-file and everything takes AGES. I've already spent the better part of a day and night trying to get it to work and if I'm opening that RUU one more time with VM Ware if it doesn't work I think I'm gonna hang myself. So very very very sick and tired of that bullcrap. So... for now I'm either waiting for access to a Windows computer so I can try all of the RUUs and see if my phone's transmutated into the wrong region OR I'm awaiting an S-OFF mod so I don't need to use RUU.

As for the logins and such, it's not only google/facebook/dropbox. It's also Twitter, Evernote, Swiftkey and well... pretty much everything. Chrome seems to be logged in. AnkiDroid didn't get to save it's data (which luckily is saved in the cloud... and backed up manually).

Google Music offline data would be nice to keep to since it's pretty slow to sync. Plus I have to look-up what I actually want everytime I reflash.

Also, if I'm only flashing an upgrade to my current ROM must I really enter all the passwords again anyway?
[HTC One X] wintermute000:
Not sure if its not vmware thats breaking your RUU..... you can check your CID in fastboot and verify, if its supposed to work then its supposed to work, its vmware breaking it.

Hey at least you can flash a ROM right? 10 minutes entering passwords again is a lot less problems than a lot of people have encountered (including me, I got a corrupted super laggy file system IO after CWM and the disappearing SD card space bug hit at once).

As for nandroid, yes it doesn't touch your sd card but otherwise its 1:1 I've always gotten back from a nandroid with everything exactly as it was
[HTC One X] kaminix:
Maybe. But it's very strange that VM Ware would be breaking a RUU isn't it?

Either way it means I need access to a Windows computer, either because VM Ware is breaking or because it's too darn slow. Indeed I have checked my CID in fastboot and it does say euro (well, I don't remember the CID itself but it correlated to euro).

Thanks for all your help. :-) Greatly appreciated. :-)
[HTC One X] wintermute000:
no probs good luck

edit: are you sure you are unbranded. If you are branded (Carrier handset) you need the carrier's RUU

its not that strange vmware breaks it, you are doing something that requires low level write access via USB.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] GeneralSky2004:
I like to send people 100s if texts at once, but my phone throws the warning message when I do it. It isn't a big deal, all I have to do is click okay, but I know there is a way to remove that. Anyone know how?

On the latest AOKP.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rum2rum:
How do you send hundreds of texts?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] GeneralSky2004:
Google "SMS Bomber". First link.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
Would an email be less of a fuss?
[Dell Streak 7] chipis:
I looked everywhere and tried everything but i have not find the solution.

I bought this Dell Streak 7" at the Discount Wed site used.

And it already had the Rom manager Pre Installed, Superuser, ect.

The Weird thing is that i tried to flash a recovery within the Rom Manager and when i wanted to Boot onto recovery theres was none.

I need some one please that had the same issue like me to help to this process of flashing a recovery.

:(
[Dell Streak 7] datfat:
Rom manager cannot boot your device into recovery( at least not for me)

you can boot into recovery by powering off then press both: volume up and power. you will see a screen with choices you will need to choose number 2 and it should boot into recovery.

I would suggest that you start over completely which will wipe the whole system. And use a rooted stock or custom rom from this forum. There is substantial amount of information on doing this in this forum and you will have to read, research before doing anything.

You can achieve this by reading the second post in general forum and skip to post 10.
[Dell Streak 7] cdzo72:
Wish you would do a search here in the forum

If you did then you'd find a custom Clockwork Mod for your Streak but you're gonna have to not be lazy and learn to flash it with fastboot commands

And.even then you can't boot directly into Clockwork Mod. You have to go through stock recovery first

You have some reading to do
[Dell Streak 7] chipis:
Well thanks for the help, but somehow it dont boot into stock recovery

and now it has bootloops for trying many things and dont work for me.

Bad thing i not good on commands and dont know how to flash it that way.:(
[Dell Streak 7] chipis:
Thanks Your Help Is very appreciated, I just did that and dont do nothing just reboots normally. No Stock Recovery. OR iam dong it wrong

I press Vol + and then power and goes through the dell light color ect.

Well through all the normal reboot

Here another thing that i cant used the devised because now it has bootloops, I tried SaveMode and the device runs great that way, but when i go to settings to Factory restore it reboots but then again with the bootloops.

So in another words i have to flash a recovery and another Rom or theres another easy way besides Commands?
[Dell Streak 7] cdzo72:
Well I have some possibly bad news for you....

Unfortunately most that have tried to do a Factory Reset from within Android end up with their Streak 7 in what is called Read Only mode for which the only fix is sending it to Dell.

To boot recovery you have to hold BOTH the Volume + and Power buttons at the same time until its in recovery.

From stock recovery you then choose factory reset. I would recommend you do nothing more than that until you learn fastboot and adb commands. Like I told you earlier, you have a lot of reading to do
[Dell Streak 7] chipis:
Ok Finally, at least got to Flash A Recovery but When i go press Vol + and power at the same time it does not go thru the recovery mode.

I have to flash a stock recovery ? If so can some one provide me the link that great.

I tried the APX fastboot and the Tablet recognize the command thru command promt.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
First, APX and Fastboot are two completely separate systems.

Second, Press Volume+ and Power, then chose the section option there that says "Install a package" that should take you into recovery.
[Dell Streak 7] chipis:
Ok this what i did, I installed the drivers. and ones it installed i looked at the Device Manager and it saids ADB Thats when the Tablet its on Fastboot ( Where the Red letters and white )

Then I went to the Command Manager and This Type in "fastboot flash recovery NAME-OF-RECOVERY-IMAGE.img

And The Command Promt actually Flashes Sucessfully.

Something its wrong, or i not pressing the right buttons to getting to Recovery.

Vol + and power then The Dell Logo flashes follow by the Dell Animation With Kind Blue Flash But it goes straight to normal reboot.
[Dell Streak 7] cdzo72:
You have to hold the buttons until it actually boots into recovery
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
For fastboot , press and HOLD (Volume Down) and (Power), press and hold till its at a black screen with red text.

Then in device manager install the Dell Streak 7 Bootloader (we call them fastboot) drivers.

Command will NOT flash, and be done

It will say something like this

"reading recovery.....OKAY

writing recovery.....OKAY

completed in xxxx seconds"
[Dell Streak 7] chipis:
ok Thats exactly what i have on my computer.

So what the best way, because i cant boot into recovery mode it goes straight to the normal boot, some how its not installed the recovery mode i guess.?
[Dell Streak 7] chipis:
ok how do i installed recovery. I follow the step but iam kind of noob on this.?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ks1102:
Hi, all

any experts here who can help advise me how to flash the N7000 which i had

downloaded from Samfirmwaew.com

since just downloaded N7000OZSLPF, but only 2 file one is TAR file and one is "SS_DL.dll"

how do i flashed ??

how do i used the ""SS_DL.dll" ???

please help.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andreww88:
The TAR file is the only one you need. And you need to download Odin. Find the link in drketan's thread in the android development section.

Place the TAR file in the PDA section of Odin.

However, do NOT do any kind of wipe/factory reset in recovery or settings with LPF as it is official rom that contains the emmc brick bug that will brick your phone.

I seriously recommend doing more reading before you embark on the flashing journey.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ks1102:
Thanks the advised ...

actually just want upgraded ICS from official 2.3.6 does only flashed with the tar file is ok

:)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andreww88:
So, you are on GB now? If you are already on GB, don't bother flashing LPF (at least I wouldn't).

Are you rooted?

If so, just download a CM9 rom and flash it from Gingerbread. That way, you stay on a safe kernel.

If you insist on stock ICS, download Franco's kernel or Speedmod kernel and flash those in Mobile Odin after you Odin stock ICS. (Do NOT wipe data in stock ICS before you flash either of those kernels).

Read, Read, Read!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ks1102:
Thanks very much ...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andreww88:
The "Thanks" button would be nice......;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zibri:
SS_DL.dll IS Odin!

These are the exported functions.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Way to go. You get a gold star.

It's always so much harder when you have to try (David Gray).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnson3143:
Flash device via Odin .dll SS_DL.dll

thanks
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lakeshow423:
I bought a used phone and it had 2.3.4. I've rooted about 4 MT4G with visionary and TE with no problems. I put the file in the root of the SD card. Booted into bootliader and it started checking the file. It then said "Upgrade failed because file is older than current" . Never once did it ask me if I wanted to install upgrade. It just tells me to reboot after all that. Can anybody help? Thanks in advance!

June 5 Update:

Hey guys...Im trying to fast boot flash the StockRom zip for the MT4G but I'm getting this message:

C:\androidsdk\tools>fastboot flash zip StockRom.zip

sending 'zip' (319593 KB)... OKAY

writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this image...

INFOsignature checking...

INFOzip header checking...

INFOzip info parsing...

INFOchecking model ID...

INFOchecking custom ID...

INFOchecking main version...

FAILED (remote: 43 main version check fail)

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lakeshow423:
OP Updated...I tried flashing the stock 2.2.1 through fastboot wityh the instructions through the g2/MT4G downgrade thread. I got the message that I posted in the OP. Please help fellas. Thanks!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ...Awesome...:
Maybe cuz your a Lakers fan lol

Edit: what boot loader do u have
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
You didn't downgrade the main version. You missed something in the instructions and/or prerequisites and/or failed to follow a perfectly detailed guide. Sorry, but what help are you expecting? Please follow the guide you've been pointed to until you realize what was the mistake you were making.

I guess that the options are:

1) You didn't complete the "Gaining temp root" and "Changing Version Number to Allow Downgrade" parts, assuming that you don't need those and can skip straight to downgrading part.

2) You successfully followed the guide, but the downgrade wasn't accepted - please look at your bootloader info and confirm that you have **UNLOCKED** in big red letters above it. Then, as Google would have suggested, please relock the bootloader - and it'll allow you to downgrade.
[Captivate General] lightdub:
Alright my friend gave me his rooted captivate because he thought he bricked it. Turns out it was fine. Used odin one click and its back to stock. The phone is still rooted but now theres nothing in recovery but options to delete user data and cache and to reboot system. I want to flash a different rom but i cant. Do i need to reroot it or is that not even necessary? Not sure for a solution to this problem. I looked at quite a few threads already and they dont really help so im just getting a second opinion for help.

ANY AND ALL ADVICE IS APRECIATED :)

Edit:sorry posted in wrong thread.
[Captivate General] RootTheMachine:
Really, dude, read the stickies/dev section. You need to flash a kernel that has CWM recovery baked in.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate General] lightdub:
I know i figured it out pretty quick..my fault
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirrdeezy:
I'm asking cause I'm a phone addict I have a verizon and AT&T line. I was wondering which will people b getting and why? I myself will be getting the red one on AT&T when it comes out the htc one x will hold me til then.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] socalwrx:
Waiting for the verizon white 16gb.. lookin to grab it day of release! hopefully sell the D3 for close to 200 on ebay.. should offset most of the cost. Also my first 4G phone so looking forward to that
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] accordex:
T-Mobile... blue if possible... cheap rate plans
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CB620:
T-Mobile Marble Blue than when white gets released ill get that and sale the Blue.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JawjaBill:
Blue T-Mobile
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HaloMediaz:
The red att version will be released much later this summer than the blue and white ones. Are you going to have 2 phones the one x and the sgs3? If so then I would wait for the red one. :)

I will be getting the white tmobile sgs3, because I don't like metallic colors. That for me is the only reason why I chose white over blue.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_Biz:
Blue TMobile 32gb. Might sell the gs2 to offset the price but I doubt it.

Deebo took your bike too?!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neyenlives:
VZW in Blue/Grey whatever they are calling it now, 16Gb....32GB sdcard in my Charge will find a new home in the GSIII, Charge gets sold with a 16Gb card :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LLStarks:
Blue Verizon
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scataldo721:
sprint white(:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] secano:
White 16GB T-Mobile
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirrdeezy:
Yea I got the one x so I'm holding off on getting a sgs3 on release I have the white one so ima wait for the red I'm not in a rush to get on plus I wanna hear a lot of reviews on them b4 I get it
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbmitchell:
I might get one of each from Verizon and then sell the one I don't like on ebay. I am leaning toward white.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ECrispy:
Blue 32GB Verizon.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] penpower:
white 16gb AT&T
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhoshman:
Blue 16gb Sprint.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gadgetz:
I'm also on AT&T, getting the Pebble Blue on the 6th when preorders open :cool:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] triStateMindgate:
Either 2 Blue 16gb (Unless 32gb will be available by the 27th)

or

1 Blue / 1 White T-Mobile

both will be gratis...;);)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirrdeezy:
Can't go wrong what the color but I kno wen that red comes out its gonna b awesome worth the wait
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twitch88:
I'm going to stick with Sprint because of the unlimited data package. I haven't decided which color yet
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] braschlosan:
I am trying to make a minor change to my services.jar and so far have no been successful.

I deodexed the file with xultimate2.3.3 , extracted the classes.dex with 7zip 9.2, I used apktool 1.4.3 to "expand" the contents, made the change, repacked the dex file and put it back into services.jar and the phone cannot compelete boot. I made sure to change the permissions, owner a group to match the previous file.

I then tried using Xultimate to deodex the file and put it back on the phone and this also keeps it from booting.

I then tried using the already deodexed file from another rom (2.2.1 vs 2.2.2) and it had the same issue.

So far I have to reflash my phone with Odin every time and I am getting tired of making the same mistake over and over.

edit: Maybe I should ask - what is the appropraite way to move the file over? I am doing it by going into root explorer, deleting /system/framework/services.jar+services.odex, using adb push to put the file on the sdcard, using root explorer to move it from sdcard to /system/framework then changing the permissions in root explorer to match the previous file before finally running "chown root.root /system/framework/services.jar" from adb shell

Either my method for copying the file is bad or xultimate 2.3.3 is messing up the deodex. Any advice on another tool to use to deodex this file?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kong:
You should be using baksmali/smali to decompile/recompile classes.dex, not apktool :/
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] varun.chitre15:
Apktool can decompile .jars too :p

I use it and works fine :p

@OP

After deodexing decompile the jar using Virtuous Ten Studio by Diamondback(Google it)

Burned from my laser torch using pencil cells
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] braschlosan:
Thank you for the replies. I will try these suggestions.

As a side note I also tried to use Xultimate to deodex the file, then ran dexopt-wrapper on the output to reodex the unchanged file and the phone is stuck in a boot loop.

You can read about re-odexing files here http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...w-About-adb-odex-themes-etc&p=75225#post75225
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] braschlosan:
Can you give suggestions on another tool to de-odex the services.jar file? I think xultimate is the problem. It is the only common denominator.

I forgot to add that the original services.odex is a different size and has different contents from the new services.odex created by xultimate+dexopt-wrapper
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] braschlosan:
I didn't expect it to work but I took the modified/deodex services.jar from a 2.2.1 rom and put it into my 2.2.2 rom and it had the same non boot issue.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] twinkyz1979:
The newest version of xUltimate i could find.

Enjoy

http://www.xeudoxus.com/android/xUltimate-v2.4.2.zip