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[General Questions and Answers] sobanek:
I don't want to overclock, I want to downclock to increase the battery life. Besides I want some songs for Tap Tap Revenge, but that requires root too :P
[General Questions and Answers] sobanek:
bumpy bump
[General Questions and Answers] jaredw444:
quick and stupid question that im 99.99% sure i know the answer but need to ask anyway.

My brother has a samsung galaxy s2 on AT&T, they released an update to make it ICS, There is a custom rom that is the Official Update but modded alittle and prerooted. if he goes to turn in the phone later on if i update the phone with the AT&T update will it let me since its already ICS? and doing the Official update will unroot and get rid of custom recovery.... i'm certain i know the answer just want verification.

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] -m3tac0rt3x-:
Just watch ;)

Your Warranty is Not Void – XDA TV
[General Questions and Answers] jaredw444:
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yes, that may be a federal law, but the wireless companies have the right to protect the networks, rooting in itself is not a security issue, its changing prl, roms, etc that cause a security issue. Google by itself does want android to be opened source and universal. the only way google will do that is if they start their own wireless network.

This is straight from AT&T terms of use that you sign when buying a phone and using their towers

att.com/AcceptableUsePolicy.

You are not permitted to use the Software in any manner not authorized by this License. You may not (and you agree not to enable others to) copy, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, reproduce, attempt to derive the source code of, decrypt, modify, defeat protective mechanisms, combine with other software, or create derivative works of the Software or any portion thereof.

so when you sign the contract you are signing that you will not mess with the phones os or files within the phone, giving them the right to deny your warranty. and if they really wanted to, file charges on the basis of a contract breach.

Sooooo..... using AT&T's update will get rid of custom recovery's and unroot?
[General Questions and Answers] xenochaosxeno:
yes

I googled your question and people have posted about rooting the phone and of course it voids the warranty.
[General Questions and Answers] jaredw444:
I wanna see some one show their phone provider that "law" and see how hard they laugh. It says right there messing with the phones files is against the set of rules and I guess people missed that when the read the warranty, and plus this is American what's written and what actually happens are rarely the same.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] speckdzl4shzl:
so my screen cracked almost 4 months ago. been using an old iPhone 3gs and i can't take it anymore! i want my data and MUCH better phone back in my pocket.

So i need to replace my screen and i want to know if someone can help me find what i need. also can i swap a different Galaxy S2 model screen onto it?

help a brotha out. direct links to what i'd need are appreciated :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] speckdzl4shzl:
can someone verify that this will work for me? http://www.ebay.com/itm/White-Epic-Touch-4g-Touch-Galaxy-S-II-Screen-LCD-Digitizer-Assembly-/221060073154?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33783506c2#ht_500wt_949

mines black but w/e
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Tubifex:
I believe that is a bigger screen that the i777.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Simba501:
You need to look for one with the I777 model identifier. Shouldn't be hard to find.

Right.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] speckdzl4shzl:
Ok so it's about 180 bucks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Simba501:
Yep....that was around the price I saw.

Sent from my Galaxy S2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] aj9507:
try this I used them to get a replacement speaker module

http://www.cellphone-repair-shop.com/

HTH
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jt.61:
Try looking on your local Craigslist for an i777, there are always some cheap deals.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] pmatrisotto:
Parts

www whole sale gadget parts dot com is a good place for parts, but the galaxy screen is EXPENSIVE!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Turbodeezul:
The options I found

First post..lurker here. Thanks to everyone with all the awesome info.

Story for your amusement:

I did the same, early in my contract, no insurance... and looking at a 285 cancellation fee. So, borrowed the wife's old 3G for awhile. ..... I drove over it, yes drove over it. Pulverized I was barely able to recover the sim with needle nose pliers digging through the rubble that was once an iPhone. I was then down to a Samsung Eternity with a cracked screen (it took me a year and a half before I broke that one though)

Options:

Buy the Part: pay the 180-230 to replace/repair myself (saw the video, figured I'd screw up the PSA)

Repair: I got a quote for 285.

AT&T: add a line for 10 bucks (240 for the term of the contract plus whatever phone you buy, 100 est.) This would push me to 340-400 by the time you include taxes and other fees

Option Three: Called Samsung....150 bucks to repair. Just got the phone back and I updated to 4.0.3 They even replaced the front perimeter bezel that had a couple light dings. Took a week and a half, but they were very easy to deal with and helpful.

Now I need to find a case, but considering selling and getting a rugged phone for just call text and a tablet with a data plan.

I will never forgo insurance again. Brother-in-law only had two words for me: "LAND LINE"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Tubifex:
LOL... Your brother in law might be right.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Hotfire1:
That's not a bad price from Samsung. Nice touch for repairing the bezel too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] speckdzl4shzl:
called Samsung and just sent it in. we'll see what happens. if they try to charge me i'm going to fight it since it died while it was in my POCKET. hasn't ever been dropped or seen any physical damage ever. my donor iPhone 3gs takes a BEATING, has been dropped a million times (by my GF) and still works 100%
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rkanwar:
Hi guys everything is working fine for me however my question is today all of a sudden im getting a sign in error for my google account. I enter my password it wont accept it and ive changed my password now. Rebooted device and worjed fine then two seconds later it said the same thing again after I updated apps on play store. Im running stock .75 no root or anything
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Spectre51:
I was getting this last night on my Xperia S and Xperia ion as well. It seems to have cleared up for me though. Maybe Google was/is having some issues or something.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] k1018277:
I have this as well. Tried signing in but keeps coming up.

Everything is working so I have just left.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Dany XP:
I thought was google+ too, but after uninstall it and reboot, after a couple of hours, same error...it's something with g-apps in general. I have a XPeria Play

Xperia Play
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] athiskir:
Same error.

I've got the same error too.

But everything (play store, mail etc) works even with the error.

Sent from my Desire HD View attachment 1163385
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] FANdroid:
This started happening after I updated my apps yesterday. Google Maps, Google + etc.

I am running stock gingerbread 2.3.6 on my i717 galaxy note.

I thought it was malware, so I have been just cancelling the request and my phone and all services continue to work normally.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] justin_nys:
Same problem here too and Problem started yesterday night here in KL. I'm using an HTC Incredible S btw.

It's getting really annoying now so hopefully Google will get it fixed ASAP.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Spectre51:
Mine stopped last night. Haven't gotten the error again since then.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] TheKorbenDallas:
Got it this morning (HTC Sensation 4G). Trying to enter my correct password didn't help. Meanwhile, all Google accounts work fine.

Went to Google+ and did "Sign Out" and signed in again. The notification disappeared. Bur after a while it reappeared again.

Doing "Sign Out" -> sign in in Google+ clears it for a while, but it eventually reappears.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Gloris:
i had this today too

i'm now a bit concerned

can anyone confirm that this is actually officially google? or could it be another third party app pretending to be google to get my password? :(

i'm concerned because i tried putting my password in and it would not accept it....but if it's not actually from google team. maybe now someone has my password? but i don't want to go through all the hassle of changing my password if it's not necessary
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rkanwar:
Not sure what the problem is but like one of the posters said after updating the google apps it started but mine also stopped last night.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rkanwar:
Ill take that back. I just rebooted my device and the message came up again.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] athiskir:
Okay it stopped for some time. Returned again.

Seems to happen only when auto syncing.

Is this google?

Sent from my Desire HD.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] defsix:
I had the same problem on my GF's phone and my Xperia S as well, on hers it was a sync error with google+, on mine it was a sync error with bookmarks. It went away after a i switched the sync off then on.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] TheKorbenDallas:
1. Go to Settings -> Accounts & Sync

2. Open "Google" section

3. Uncheck all Google accounts (i.e. disable sync for Picasa, Google+, contacts, calendar, everything)

4. Enable just one Google sync account and hit "Sync now" button

5. Wait for the sync to finish

6. See if it makes the "bad password" notification to appear

7. Do steps 4-6 for each individual Google sync account (Picasa, Google+, contacts etc. one by one)

That way you will find the culprit. In my case it is Google+. I think this should be the same with all other phones. They screwed something up with background syncing for Google+. For now, uncheck "Sync Google+" in your Google sync settings and the problem should go away. I hope they fix it soon.

Meanwhile, the Google+ app works perfectly fine. And doing Sign Out -> Sign In in Google+ clears that notification.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Gloris:
thanks for the info, so it is definitely a google issue, not some third party app trying to steal our passwords? that's good to know
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Saberfang321:
fixed for now

I had the same problem, until just after I got off work at 11 and turned on my phone, and now it's accepting my new password and updating all my applications and syncing everything. Everything is fine now, but I'll post if anything changes, I hope Google has fixed this issue because that notification was really annoying.

Oh and I have the Tmobile prepaid Samsung Exhibit II 4g with a rooted Android 2.3 Gingerbread operatng system.
[HTC One S] davi2d:
Hi

I just wondering about buying htc one s.

But i have two questions :

- does it work with copilot ( Offline Gps ) ?

And if you wanna answer to this question too :

- would you have prefer wait and buy the x one ?

Thank you so much

=> on their website, they say it is, but i'm looking for someone who already did it (you can test free version of copilot as well, but shutdown data and wifi)
[HTC One S] baseballfanz:
I don't see why CoPilot shouldn't work. I have it on my N1 and tablet.

I'll install it on the One S tonight and post back.
[HTC One S] davi2d:
I asked it, because at beginning i saw sony xperia s , but it doesn't appear on copilot website http://copilotlive.com/uk/personal/android.asp, clique on "Is your phone/tablet compatible?" on the right.

So the xperia s isn't listed, so i look about the htc one s (which is in the list)
[HTC One S] davi2d:
maybe i'm too hurried, but what was the result ?

:o
[HTC One S] davi2d:
I just bought it.

I'll have it on wednesday, i'll tell you.

I hope i'll not be disapointed, by this phone with/without this app.
[HTC One S] ascot17:
Yes. I have Co-pilot and it works fine.
[HTC One S] baseballfanz:
Sorry I didn't get back to this thread.

Yes it work as posted already by ascot17 already.
[HTC One S] Gavin01:
works fine but is totally useless on the one s as the speaker volume is so low its unusable in a car. Or at least in mine and my friends instance.
[HTC One S] ascot17:
Agreed that the speaker volume is not great. I find it better using Co-pilot however than Google Navigation which is even quieter!
[HTC One S] Gavin01:
I can't work it out as my cheap 50 pound android phone is louder
[HTC One S] davi2d:
Hi

Thank you all for your responses.

The sound doesn't matter for me, because i always mute it (i just take a look sometimes to see my way ; exept when I use the speed alert).

Sad to see that this phone already has a bad point.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pinoymutt:
This one definitely deserves a sticky!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] altitude909:
Nice. Subscribed..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] linuxchan6:
Great job.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wraithdu:
Does this wipe /data, /sdcard, or /extSdCard or anything like a factory reset? Either way, that bit of info should be added to the description.

You'll probably also wanna find better hosting than dropbox... that's gonna go over quota reeeaaaaalllll fast ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pinoymutt:
Would one of the nice devs with access to a better hosting solution be willing to donate some space to the OP for this one? :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nakedninja42:
Thanks!!! Now I hope someone is able to figure out how to reset the counter for those of us who didn't wait :o
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drwx:
awesome.. i'm sure lots of people have been waiting on this.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pinoymutt:
I think that one is going to be more complicated... on the Note it involved some tweaking and flashing on one of the bootloader files, but it appears that the counter is in a different location on our phones.

Probably going to need some folks to really investigate at a code level to figure out where the counter is hidden - which apparently is the trickiest part.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] altitude909:
So once this method is complete CWM and SU will be installed? I've been reading through the threads and I'm not sure (coming from a Sony phone, new to samsung). Also flashing things (not roms) in recovery wont trip the counter?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pinoymutt:
Yep :D, or if you just want root on stock you can just flash the package and not mess with the command line flashing part for CWM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lensgrabber:
Has anyone verified that the device says "Normal" after rooting or CWM with this method? Settings -> About Device -> Status -> Device Status
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrRobinson:
Confirmed. my flash counter is at 3 due to the first method and then my failed testing attempts but after going back to stock and doing this method this field does say Normal. Download mode says "samsung official" and my flash counter didn't increase past the 3 flashing the tar in the OP or dd'ing the recovery image.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nakedninja42:
I'm in no rush, I know someone one day will figure it out. :cool:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] snotyak:
Just wondering....how does one view the flash counter?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nakedninja42:
You see it in Download mode.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] altitude909:
Gotcha, first tarball is just for root on stock, second one via ADB adds the CWM recovery.. Very cool.

Will a rooted/CWM'd device using this method be able to flash roms/code (i.e. the thether fix) without tripping the counter?

Thanks for the great work, sorry about all the questions :P
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nakedninja42:
Need a mirror, the dropbox link in OP already hit its limit :eek:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pinoymutt:
Any good recommendations on hosts? I was trying to find a mirror to upload to that's free and takes large files.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Joe777G:
Yes, once rooted and CWM is installed you can flash anything from CWM without tripping the counter. Odin the only thing that trips the counter.

It would be great if the SGS III LTE got Mobile ODIN support! Making the ODIN root one click and then using Mobile ODIN to apply the CWM recovery image would be awesome, but I'm just really happy that I can root and get CWM without tripping the counter. It is go time.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ForcedZucchini:
Should I do a factory reset before i start rooting?

If not will all my data and setting still be there once I finish.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrRobinson:
No real need for a reset. and all data will remain.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pinoymutt:
This process will not wipe your data, and so you need to manually wipe if you want a clean slate.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] anag7771:
But on your CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: does it say NO?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tech3dout:
Hey, guys im very new to android and rooting,

I want to be able to use rooted apps, like wifi tethering and light flow, if I do just the first two steps will that get me super user which will allow me to use root apps or do I have to do step three in order to get super user and root apps?

Thanks in advance for the help, this community is amazing.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nakedninja42:
Flash step 1 and 2 to have root and use apps the require root. The third step is to have CWM (ClockWorkMod). CWM allows us to flash mods and ROMS that the dev community makes.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pinoymutt:
If you just want to run apps that require root on the stock ROM then the first part is all you need.

You would want CWM if you plan to install custom ROMs or install certain components that require install through recovery.

I am not sure about the particular apps you want to install but the instructions should tell you if you need CWM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tech3dout:
Thanks to both of you guys for quick responses.

At this point in time I am not as interested in custom roms as I am in root apps. I just want to make sure i can give them super user access so they will run right. Plus I figure for a noob like me the first two steps will be easy enough.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lensgrabber:
Yes that is the one I used. I install it from Play then launch "Busybox Free" and using all of the default settings (Replace All [symlinks all] and clean mode are unchecked) then install. It does it's thing and installs. I restart and it shows modified. I then go into busybox free again, choose uninstall, restart, and device status is back to normal. When I uninstall it's from within the app itself and not from application manager.

What the heck am I doing that everyone else isn't?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tech3dout:
I downloaded this then extracted with win rar but i did not get odin. Did I do something wrong or am I confused?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pinoymutt:
Odin is an separate download. The file you downloaded is the file you flash in Odin.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tech3dout:
Lol late at night makes me a genius. What is the best version or place to get odin if you dont mind please sir?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pinoymutt:
Check the stickies in the ATT development section. The latest 3 versions of Odin are posted -just grab the latest (3.07)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ForcedZucchini:
Having a problem with Odin. when i try to start its says <OSM> All threads completed (succeed 0 / failed 0).

Phones in download mode and connected to computer.

EDIT: figured it out, USB debugging wasn't enabled on phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdbx18:
Anyone else having issues with getting Tibu to do any restores? I used the new img, installed cwm, copied my old phone's Tibu backup folder over to the new phone. But a test restore just sits there with the circle going for a loooooong time before I gave up. Thinking it may be the system space issue, I redid everying, used the new img, cwm, reinstalled busybox and all. And it still does the same thing on every app restore, just sitting there with the circle going next to the app name. Ideas?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mastarifla:
Just popping in to let everyone know that the 'busybox installer' app is the culprit for showing 'modified' instead of 'normal'

Uninstall busybox through the app itself and restart and you should be fine. Use the original busybox if you need busybox.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] caveman999:
Did you make sure you told titanium the location of the folder where you keep your backups?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PMad:
So went from straight stock to 06.29 with only few minor issues.. Moved my laptop while Odin was doing its thing causing it to fail. Thought it was gonna brick! But i had to close odin, unplug my phone, plug it back in and start Odin again, then it went through and finished successfully... Went through and did a Nandroid through CWM which is by far the slowest backup ive ever done on an android phone! Whats up with that? I have a quarter of the stuff on this phone that i normally have and it took 3 times longer than normal!

Anyway, after the nandroid i received an error: "Error while making a backup image of /data!"

Any ideas? I read the posts yesterday and there was 11 pages, today there's over 100! Yikes! Tried search but didnt find anything? Honestly didnt search hard though...

So after Root, CWM, and a Nandroid, Device Status shows Normal, and download mode shows:

So looks to me like another successful install! :)

also, OP, can you put the link to odin in the main post? That way its all in one place, preventing people from running all over the place trying to find all the files they need... Never see anyone keep it all in one spot! :good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
For mirroring purposes, if bandwidth is an issue, I have 105/10 just no where to mirror things permanently...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pinoymutt:
What version of CWM Recovery did you install? Apparently v2 had some issues with backups, so they just released a new V3 today that you may want to try if you haven't already.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
You might just want to factory reset and then ODIN the non rooted factory stock ROM. This will ensure you get rid of all evidence of rooting your phone and protect your personal data. Just be sure to back up any data you want to keep for later before factory reset.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] keithspg:
In my experience, when the usb quits being recognized, powering down then removing the battery restores usb functionality.

Keith
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MurphyZombie:
Well the problem with that is my usb port is flaky. When I connect it to my computer it will just constantly connect and disconnect. So I'm not sure I really want to try flashing anything. One of the reasons I want to send it back to get it fixed.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] saj222:
You could try giving mobile Odin a shot.

I agree with the full reinstall with Odin. The warranty repair tech will most likely give your phone back in a factory reset condition anyway.