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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Stuff to try when Odin doesn't work:-

*Must run Odin as administrator in Windoze.

*Ensure Kies & it's processes aren't running in Windoze task manager. Kill them if they are.

*Try different USB ports; you must be using a 'powered' or mainboard port.

*Try different USB cables (particularly the cable that came with the phone if you're not using it now)

*Try different versions of Odin (search on here/Google)

*Uninstall Kies, reboot, redownload & reinstall it, reboot, try the flash again. Also run Windoze Update.

And if all this fails, try a different PC. If it doesn't work first try on the other PC, go through the above steps on that PC as well.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vylle:
dont have another pc available so im stuck with this one, tried other USB cables, tried running odin as administrator, tried uninstalling n reinstalling kies, tried another version of odin (1.87)

nothing is working -_-

i should mention that when i attempt to boot normally, the PC is able to discover the drivers and connect to the device. even MTP connects and im able to view the contents of my phone's memory (for some reason, its all 0MB in size)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vylle:
based on my readings, havent heard anyone having my specific symptoms for my phone.. im getting more and more depressed because i use my phone so much and now that its down and i cant fix it.. just feeling sad :crying:

and all this because i tried to uninstall touchwiz.. :crying:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vylle:
ok this is what i will try doing

since my PC recognizes my phone only when it boots normally, i will try to flash a recovery image by dropping it on my SD card, then flashing it using droid explorer's "flash recovery image" option - REALLY hope this works

EDIT

nope - not working, even after flashing using droid explorer phone reboots into black screen, no recovery, no nothing..

i recently tried odin3 v 3.04 and odin still doesnt detect my phone in download mode.. drivers are still saying "unknown device" when i boot into download mode.. ive uninstalled and reinstalled and restarted both pc and phone so many times i just feel helpless right now.. like i should just give up and buy a new phone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vylle:
Need this question answered

does odin pic up the ID:COM on a device whether it is in download mode or not? based on what i read here

http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-1484607.htm

odin is capable of picking up on an ID:COM even if the device isnt in download mode - in my case, odin isnt picking it up at all nd as is, windows is still able to pick up my device if i boot it normally and load MTP and the correct drivers

24 hours now since problem occured and i have made no progress whatsoever.. feeling like giving up.. dont know what to do, and dont think anyone can help me anymore -_-
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vylle:
After 26 hrs of talking to myself and dedication - i finally solved my problem.. i decided to update my windows base and cleared the registry on all installations and all current associated drivers, reinstalled kies, updated new drivers and when connected my phone which was in download mode my phone connected as a "gadget serial" device.. with this - odin was able to pick up on my phone and i flashed a new kernel + recovery.. with that flashed back my rom and bam - back to status :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Just an observation... isn't this more or less what MistahBungle said to do in his post in his last suggestion? (short of clearing the registry entries, which is a good idea as well.)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vylle:
honestly, i tried everything he suggested, but i suppose without the windows update + updating the USB drivers through kies (not download them by themself) - i possibly wouldnt have been successful. i read a tutorial that told me that kies could put my phone into download mode for an update - so what i did was clear registry, uninstall all current drivers and manually made kies reinstall them.. then after that, connected my phone while it was on (with the screen still blank) and selected the option to peform firmware update from kies (which put my phone into download mode) from there, when my phone got into download mode the new drivers loaded up and thats when odin was able to connect

in my situation, the constant plugging out and plugging in and hoping windows by itself could pick up the drivers never helped at all.. few people stated that i didnt need kies and that it interferes with it so what i did was only install the drivers and got rid of kies.. however in my case if not for kies i wouldnt have been able to connect to odin
[HTC Wildfire S] xfra:
There's a group of user that can't install in any described way the CWM Recovery.

My question is: is there any way to root the phone without CWM ?

And.. Is there any way to install a Custom ROM via Fastboot or any other method (without CWM?)

Thanks! :good:
[HTC Wildfire S] vbhtt:
Yeah there is. Check the index

Is it important how I sent this?
[HTC Wildfire S] Guitarfreak12:
I made my own root tool, it automatically flash cwm, i'll post a link tomorrow, ok?
[HTC Wildfire S] xfra:
I can't find it, maybe my english is not good enough! Can you link me that topic?

I think that no CWM recovery will work on my Wildfire S because I'v read that for lasts devices there's an updated video driver that cause error recovery's boot.
[HTC Wildfire S] Guitarfreak12:
If you dont try it, you will never know:D
[HTC Wildfire S] Guitarfreak12:
here's the download link:

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/sy9n4z3h7eaiaui/Mega Root Tool.exe?dl=1
[HTC Wildfire S] xfra:
I've tried every method described on the index and in other forums.

The conclusion, as i wrote before, is that we have something different about our video part that blocks the booting of the custom recovery.

Thanks for the link, I'll try :good:
[HTC Wildfire S] Guitarfreak12:
Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] patricklph:
Hi guys:

I have noticed a weird thing, I know there's a feature that you can say "google" after holding the home button and drag it to the google icon to activate the voice search. It works fine on me for a while, but I realized that after a while it doesn't work. Moreover, after a reboot, it would work again. Regular voice search still works fine by pressing the microphone button. Anyone know what's going on? I am on stock jellybean btw, but only rooted.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 318vert:
So it only works every now and again?

Also dragging any of the soft buttons up opens google now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trmiv:
I have the same issue. The hotword option just randomly disappears. If you go into Google Now/Settings/Voice, the option to toggle it off and on is even gone. When you reboot it comes back, but then randomly disappears again at some point.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rogerxgt11:
I had the same problem and realized i had the language under Google Now/settings/voice/language set to English (Australian).

After changing it back to Default-English (US), I have been able to consistently see the "say Google" option in the main Google Now page.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PeritoX:
I have exactly the same problem, the language is always English (US), it still randomly disappears.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1769846
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PeritoX:
I use both, light flow and Swype Beta. Which is killing the hot word detection ? How are they interfering anyway :s
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NeoMagus:
I know from reading the issues log Light flow uses the Accessibility service. When you toggle Accessibility on and off, hotword detection disappears. It will just say "Search" in Google Now instead of Search or say Google. Dont know why but try it and youll see best way to avoid it is to not toggle that or just reboot after it happens
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PeritoX:
is there a good replacement for light flow ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] patricklph:
I only use lightflow, not swype, so I am sure lightflow will interfere for sure.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] batonikus:
the same problem in here

just got an update of lightflow - we'll see how it rolls

anyway google now 'google' saying works only when EN(US) is set as language

what is more - i see that any internal integration (e.g. saying 'set timer for 10 minutes') works as well only when the overall system language is set to EN(US)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] S2svetko:
I noticed this last week also. When it wouldnt respond to saying "Google" it didnt say "Search, or say Google" in the textbox on the voice Search (Google Now) page.

I uninstalled Lightflow and not had any issues since.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] philwaud:
I've noticed that the hot word and hot word option only appears when you have English us set.

Change to English uk and they both don't work, also the other hot word functions, send email etc don't work as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vickpick:
Disabling light flow and restarting the phone fixes it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hyghonryce:
So while I was on my trip to Vegas I was charging my phone and it was really unstable. It would connect and disconnect every now and then. I thought it was the usb plug but I tried my friends as well. Right now I cleaned my phone's USB area to see if the removal of dust would work. I would like to get more help from this because My battery hasnt gone above 30 percent because of the unstable charging activity. (It would connect and disconnect repeatedly one after another. ) (and there are sudden no service moments while it disconnects.)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] snappjay:
Wondering if you guys could solve my new Nexus issue.

- Working fine this morning.. alarm went off, checked the weather (via Google Now, of course), traffic, etc. Charged overnight with the Samsung cable and wall adaptor.

- When I got to work, I noticed a blank triangle where the mobile signal usually is and "Cannot connect to mobile network" on the home screen with "retry" under it. I hit retry a few times but no joy. So, I powered off......

- It powers off, per usual. I wait the usual 10 seconds or so and I hold in the power button. Nothing. I hold it in longer. Nothing.

- I google for some reset tricks. I hold in the up and down volume at the same time then hold in the power button. Nothing.

- I remove the battery and sim. Plug up the phone to power (even though it was at 99% when I powered down). Do the volume trick. Nothing.

- I plug back in the battery, now connected to the wall, do the volume trick again. Nothing. No flashing lights, no on screen icon telling me it's even plugged in.

The battery doesn't appear to be swollen or anything out of the usual. No electrical storms last night. No blackouts/grayouts according to our microwave.

Any other tips or tricks? I have spoken with Samsung via phone and they said "return it to Google".... Really helpful! :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ozkitar:
can you enter bootloader? Vol up + vol down + power?

If you can you can try restore a factory image from google
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] snappjay:
Thanks for the tip! The volume up + down + pwr was the first troubleshooting tip I found on Google. No Joy :(

What really worries me is that, even though it's plugged up, there isn't an icon or light on the device telling me it's hooked up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Carlos_Manuel:
When plugging Nexus via USB to PC you can hear the sound if that USB device/thing is connected.. so then should be maybe some ways to fix it with some programs..

does the Odin flash mode work..? when off then press power and then volume down if I remember right..

Try this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1640443
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] snappjay:
I'll give it a shot! Thanks!:fingers-crossed:

Oops, forgot to mention. It does NOT make a ding when plugging up. Tried other USB plugs in the back and front... :-|
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] z06mike:
Strange?! I would say leave it charging for a couple of hours and then come back and see if it will power back up..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] huskers15:
Sounds like your phone has died. Better to take it to corporate Verizon store and get it replaced
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Carlos_Manuel:
Okay..

try this:

take battery off and then plug it to PC via USB cable, let it to be like that something 30 seconds and then open CMD in Windows and then put cd ADB platform-tools location to it if you have installed SDK, you need USB driver from AVD manager!...

then type to CMD: adb devices and if it can find your device then put to cmd the adb re-boot or what is the command, maybe it works..

If PC says cannot be installed the USB driver then find from google the OMAP4440 driver and install it and then type ADB devices..

for ZTE Blade this de-bricking was so easy, just needed to pust image folder where is the tpt files and then to boot by pressing power, menu and volume -...

To unbrick Galaxy Nexus is a bit harder but you might be able to fix it like with the OMAP4440 files + driver to flash the boot stuff to it.. there was something thread how to do it (in thegeneral forum,maybe 5-8 threads back..) ..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] huskers15:
He says the phone is brand new and didn't mention it was rooted. I don't think he bricked his phone. It probably just died. He can replace it since its under warranty.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Carlos_Manuel:
the ROOT is not needed if not editing any system files...

if ADB can find the device then the phone can be fixed via ADB!

also with the OMAP4440 files..

So he doesn't need any root!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] snappjay:
Thanks for all the help, guys.

This phone is completely "virgin" with 4.1.1. No root, bootloader, or anything at all. I wanted to get the feel of stock JB before I went rom crazy.

I always figured I'd brick a phone at some point, but I didn't think I would brick it before rooting! :p

Also, this is the GSM (post-ban) GNex directly from Google Play. I'm on the phone now with Google Support (45 minutes and counting! Yikes!) :silly:

Also, the phone has been plugged in for around an hour now without any life. I had the battery out for 30 minutes before that, each time cleaning the contacts on both battery and SIM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] snappjay:
As Professor Farnsworth would say...

"GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE!"

Not sure why, or how, but leaving the battery out for an hour or so will, apparently, bring a dead phone back to life. :eek:

I haven't had a removable battery since 2007 (pre iPhone 2G), so this stuff is new to me :good:

You guys rock. :highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gucci.Nexus:
Does anyone know of a good speed test app that records what the baseband and ril are with the result? It would help me with me compare.

Phone:

GSM Galaxy Nexus

ROM:

JRO03C 4.1.1

Kernel:

4.11 stock

Recovery:

ClockworkMod Recovery

Launcher:

TouchWiz

Additions:

none...yet
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps  (US Carriers)] JohnM:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...emed-battery-widget-that-packs-a-ton-of-info/

Could anyone take this app, decompile, get the png's, and then make a flashable that makes them our actual battery indicator?

I'd be extremely grateful plus I can see this particular battery indicator becoming very popular.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps  (US Carriers)] Jirv311:
I'm not real sure what you're asking here because the widget does work. Are you talking about using the circle battery for your status bar battery?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps  (US Carriers)] JohnM:
Sorry if I was unclear. Yes, that's exactly what I meant. There is also a notification version of it so it should probably be easy to port.

I'll take a look at apkmanager and try my hand at a port as it's probably just a bunch of .png's in systemui.apk.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps  (US Carriers)] smartguy044:
That circle batt mod is in my rom
[HTC Rezound] derek4484:
I'm currently running Scott's CleanROM 4.4. In the "Scott's Tweaks" there is an option for MMS Screen On. I have that option checked but it appears to only be for MMS, not SMS. I've noticed in Newt's new Sense 4.0 ROM, one of the tweaks he has is called SMS screen on. I assume based on the name that it does what I'm looking for. But I really dont want to have to load an entire Sense 4.0 ROM just to get that one benefit. Is there any way that I can get that tweak for the Sense 3.6 ROM I'm running?

Thanks!
[HTC Rezound] carngeX:
GoSMS has that option built in. I've used it since my Incredible.
[HTC Rezound] derek4484:
Yea, I know all the alternate messaging apps have that ability. I like to use the stock messaging app because its ad-free. I've used GoSMS and Handcent in the past. I also know there is an app called SMS Popup that works in conjunction with the stock messaging app.

I was mainly talking just about the Sense Tweak. I'm guessing Scott would have to manually add that in to his ROM.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slipmeknot:
While flashing param.tar from TriangleAway thread by Chainfire, Odin showed that its a failed operation. Then when I tried to restart my phone (pull battery) screen only shows "nps_fail.jpg" error message. Is there anyway to fixed this? :( I can only enter download mode and not in recovery. Will this be fixed by flashing a stock firmware?

*Resolved thanks to guide by Phistachio cheers!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
That's what I recommend.

Flash a stock ROM with Odin.

Maybe you will have to do a wipe in recovery ... if your phone will be able to boot into recovery after flashing the ROM.

Good luck !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scarface1991:
Had a similar problem just minutes ago but was related to Rom Manager not Triangle Away mod but I couldn`t go into recovery and couldn`t boot the Rom.

This is how I solved it:

Installed Stock ICS 4.0.3 Firmware through Odin but then I got stuck at the Galaxy SII Bootanimation.

Then I flashed Chainfire Kernel and got into CWM and then without a full wipe just installed my old rom and it worked. All apps are still there.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] RossiH:
Hi all,

Hopefully one of you out there will be able to help me. I see that there is an update for s3 that helps fix the re-draw issues, adds a brightness toggle and such other things. However when I connect my phone to KIES it tells me I have the latest firmware and I cannot update. I have the latest version of KIES also and it still does not recognise this update?

As well as this within my 'About Device' area of my phone I know that most other devices have a 'Software Update' button situated at the top, yet mine does not have this either, so I cannot check for the update this way? As well as this I understand there is also a software update widget? Yet again my phone does not seem to have this?

None of the standard ways is allowing me to update my phone, I managed to get KIES to update my phone to a particular firmware only to find out that this new firmware was the same as one my mate got already on the phone?

I really want to get this new update so any advice would be appreciated. If it helps I am with orange and upgraded to this phone over the phone.

Thanks again

Ross
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] RossiH:
Anybody have any idea what the problem is?

Bumping this to the top of threads to see if anyone has an idea why?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CTSRP:
Hi

A friend of mine asked me if I could put Android on his HD2 as he bought one with German language and he doesn't understand anything at all. Now we wan't to completely remove Windows Mobile 6.5.x from the phone and install Android. ICS with HTC sense is prefered but and older version will also do.

I have found multiple tutorials, but I wonder which method is the best. NAND or SD?

At this point in time we don't have any SD-card in the phone, so I asume the Sd method isn't usable. But which method and ROM is the best to use if we want to be able to switch language and want Android experience as close to the HTC android phones as possible.

Are there any bugs with the HD2 in Android? I've heard that there should be problems with the sound when calling people, and the data-connection should be unstable as well. Are these rumors still current or have they been solved?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] adil1508:
Ok. First of all, Nand is the better of the two. As your friend want to COMPLETELY remove winmo6.5 its better to use NAND. Currently there is no ICS sense rom but the sense gingerbread roms work very smoothly with all features working. So you may want to try that. And dont worry you can change language from german to english. You basically select english at the startup setup.

One more thing. Even when installing the NAND version of android you will need a sd-card. The rom is a .zip file which must be copied to the sd card and this rom will be installed on the phones internal memory hence: NAND.

Hope it helps

Feel free to ask but i suggest you search it first and read more, because clearly you are lacking information
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CTSRP:
Thanks for the quick reply. I will read further on how to install using NAND method. But how big should the SD-card be. As said he doesn't have a SD-card in his phone. I have one but it's only 128MB, so not a whole lot. If the phone was using the MiniSD cards instead of microSD I had a 1GB card. But isn't it possible to get a Gingerbread HTC Sense ROM and then extract and repack it on the PC so it can fit the 128MB card. Or are the packed ROM's small enough to fit on a 128MB card?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] parker09:
Tell your friend to invest in about 4GB or more, once you've got a few apps, video video clips, music files and recovery backups then the 4GB will be eaten fairly fast imo. If you grab a class 6 card you can get one for less then $1/GB (aud).
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CTSRP:
Sure I'll tell him that. But will the installationsfiles for Android fit on my 128MB card?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Burag:
No.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] adil1508:
Dont forget the thanks button :D:D

Anyways, basically the sd card is used to put the rom in and all music, pics, apps etc. will be stored on the sd card. plus, the 128 mb card will not hold the rom. Some files of the rom are installed on the sd card as well(some) so yeah, like the above user said, invest in a class 4 sd card with a fairly high amount of memory.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mengfei:
try the link below, it could give you an idea :cowboy:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Bacelo:
You will need an SD card anyhow as mentioned before. Not only for flashing it to Nand, also some ROMs needs an ext(2 or 3) partition on the SD card. Specially when it's an EU device as yours might seems.

F.e.: I got an EU model and the great Energy ROM running - this needs a 1Gb ext(2 or 3) partition on the SD card!

-> It depends on the ROM of your choice.

Right now, I guess there is now ICS ROM with sense out there - or an I wrong?

I can definetly recommend the NRG ROM as this one runs really great. There is also a very good lashing instruction in its thread.

Good luck :good:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shaggydabbydo:
Ooh, ooh, me too!!

I also want to completely remove winmo6.5 from my wife's stock UK HTC HD2 and put some form of Android OS on it so I can then get her Ovivo Mobile mobile connection to work (I'm not bothered about dual boot functionality). Could you quickly link to a guide you would recommend to do this ("Thanks" will always be given :good: ).

(Note: I had an HD2 once, and bricked it after 9 months of ownership with a dodgy radio, so I'm a bit once-bitten-twice-shy about doing it).
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Nigeldg:
Here is my favourite guide. It's incredibly simple. You should really search before posting though, it isn't difficult to find.