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[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] SamsungVibrant:
Internal counter

I believe SGS2 had an internal counter that kept track if the phone had been rooted or a rom installed, the counter could NOT be reset, this is how they kept track if you had messed with the phone or not if I'm not mistaken.

I'm assuming sgs3 also has an internal counter that can not be reset.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] JDMpire:
Yup, BusyBox is what did it to me as well. I didn't look in that settings pane you have pictured there, however I noticed a "Custom Rom" text displayed during boot-up. This didn't exist prior to busybox installation, despite being rooted...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] fwdkiller:
After removing busy my device still says modified.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] JDMpire:
Im not going to try that but Im sure mine will perform the same way...

How did you root btw?

I did it using the Odin-flashable image (Stock + Root) found here in the Android dev subforum...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] norbarb:
Hmmm . So is not related to just busybox. Should this me related to everything you do with your phone?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] blue265:
When I had the SGS3 International mine said modified. Before I sold it I ran triangle away (which works on our phones now btw) and flashed back to stock. Status went back to normal. I wouldn't worry about it unless you're returning it for warranty or the person you sell it to wants it un-modified. And then just flash back to stock and run triangle away beforehand to wipe flash counter
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] NewKlNGjames:
Doesn't triangle away fix this now?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mod2max:
Hi all,

So as many of you probably already know (I have just discovered) that you need to reformat the memory on i9000 with a PIT file so that ICS will work on an i9000, well at least get past boot and be 'usable'.

While I have the PIT file to do this (and am happy to share it with anyone) I would really love it if I had the PIT that sets the memory up like it is right for use with Gingerbread.

I achieve so much stuff specifically for the i9000 so if anyone wants to know if I have something they're having trouble finding on the Internet, just ask ;)

If I've got any of this information wrong, please put me right! I'm always learning :)

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Cheers yo'll.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mod2max:
Hold the phone!

I am a failing even to my self some times... as I've just answered my own questions, and yes I did get my question slightly wrong for a definitive response :o

Here are two guides detailing this exactly problem on the i9000.

To downgrade from Ice Cream Sandwich to Gingerbread, carefully follow this guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1729458

To upgrade from Gingerbread to Ice cream Sandwich, carefully follow this guide:

https://gurde.com/2012/04/how-to-android-ics-4-0-4-on-galaxy-s-i9000/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jtiger12:
It been over a week now and I am starting to get concerned. I've tried everything. Different cable.re download Roms. Odin. Factory reset. Everytime I flash in Odin I get to nand write. Then failure. I don't have my pc right now to post pictures. Any advice? I'm coming from a fascinate, which I have flashed at least 30 times with Odin or heimdall. I've never had this many problems getting a tar or M.D.5 file to flash. The only thing I havn't done is set my phone back to cdma/evdo/ lte in phone info. I turn off 4g to save battery.

Has anyone else encountered write failures while trying to flash their gs3?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dtoye:
I think you're running into the locked bootloader issue. Check this thread out http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28402810

On the OP there is a script taken from odin if yours matches its because of the bootloader. Take a look around the dev section for the Verizon model.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nightwind Hawk:
What exactly are you trying to flash, and how are you doing it?

I didn't have any problem at all flashing the root66 rooted-stock from the forums. Are you selecting the file for "PDA" (not phone)??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] usatf1290:
Yes, as Nightwind Hawk said, you should only be using the PDA button while flashing in Odin, as i believe this flashes the system file, one part that is not digitally signed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jtiger12:
i'm trying to flash the root66 image. I am fairly certain this has nothing to do with the locked boot-loader. As mentioned, I am coming from a fascinate which I have flashed MANY times. I know how to flash a samsung phone in odin. Lots of other guys have flashed that tar file over a stock vzw gs3 with no issues. I cannot even flash the stock rom that is in the verizon developer section. here is what happens.

Boot to download mode

fire up odin, phone makes connection

put stock.vzw_root66.tar into pda

start

error message

soft brick

reboot

get error message that firmware is corrupt and to connect to KIES for emergency recovery

connect phone to odin

flash stock kernel.tar

phone will work again

here is an associated thread with the error i get, however i have already tried re-downloading everything, tried every USB port on the machine, and re-installed drivers

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28611363
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jtiger12:
Resolution: Somehow the version of ODIN 3.07 i had was the issue. It would appear to run properly and would never return corrupt file messages. I re-downloaded odin from samsung developer site, and the root66 flashed no problem..
[HTC One X] invisibleelvis:
Mozilla just released nightlies for their boot2gecko operating system http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/b2g/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/ would any of the amazing developers on the One X forum be able to port it?
[HTC One X] jorank:
sounds interesting, would love to test once it's ported over to our lovely phone.
[HTC One X] dr9722:
It's a totally different OS. No chance would we ever see it on our One X. It's like asking for a Rom with WinMo on it - never going to happen!
[HTC One X] Gizmo_x:
What about with emulators?
[HTC One X] charmthief88:
Ummmm are you sure

Really, So what obsticles does the One X face it can't overcome that SGS2 could? As the earlier version of Firefox OS, Boot2geko was ported over to the SGS2 (and a few others android phones as well I believe)
[HTC One X] eyosen:
Forgive my ignorance but why????
[HTC One X] treebill:
Pretty sure that requires s-off.
[HTC One X] cYbOrG5:
eagerly waiting to try this one out..someday?
[HTC One X] cYbOrG5:
still waiting for this one :)

i gathered this is opensourced(coming from mozilla), so the same people who ports aosp to htconeX can really do their magic on this one.

or maybe thats just wishful thinking of me.
[HTC One X] Tom_H_:
Thats the dumbest thing I've ever heard... Look at the HD2. Developers here are capable of doing anything.
[HTC One X] Bram89:
I believe this is because the software of the HD2 is completely open. This enables developers to port android, meego, windows phone, and recently even Windows RT on it.

Developers can only do so much is the source isn't fully open.
[HTC One X] {< r o N o $:
Now thats the attitude people like to see here.
[HTC One X] BenPope:
HD2 has S-Off, which means it's possible to change every partition, including how the OS boots. In case you haven't noticed, we don't have access to all of our partitions because we don't have S-Off. Given that everybody apart from you is so dumb, can you tell us how to boot arbitrary OSs?
[HTC One X] tbirdguy:
Came here to say this... HD2 has winmo 6.5, 7 and android
[HTC One X] convict_moody:
Please don't forget that HOX is nvidia tegra 3 device, and it is too hard to port drivers to it, don't forget that ubuntu touch didn't even fully worked on box devices.
[HTC One X] treebill:
Point is it did work, at leaste in part.

If there was a team of devs on it, it could happen problem is the amount of effort it would take.
[HTC One X] convict_moody:
It just booted with plenty of bugs and fcs, and all beta releases of ubuntu touch are discontinued, and there is a reason for that.
[HTC One X] treebill:
Not enough interest to port it :)
[HTC One X] convict_moody:
But interesting more than Firefox OS :o
[HTC One X] desmond1303:
It might be possible but it would need to much hard work and effort to do so, since we are not only S-ON but Tegra 3, to witch it's very hard to port to...

It's just wouldn't pay off, as there might be like 100 people, like you, who would even consider installing Firefox OS OR any other non-android OS, since it is hard to do to a normal user as well...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffrey1027:
I have a nexus s and its showing no boot or img error.

i know how to fix by just flashing cwm through cmd but the thing is, I don't have the nexus s drivers installed. the only way to get it reconized last time before I restored my win7 was having the phone in usb debugging mode. now I cant. anyone know how I can get the phone to show up in device manager? your helpis greatly apreciated. thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffrey1027:
anyone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
Why don't you just install the drivers?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diddly3000:
hi

i have installed the pfittech rom and noticed very high cpu usage and never deep sleep on cpu spy, so i reinstalled it and same thing.

i installed OlloSII Monster Jkay Androidiani Edition rom and got same issue

before every install i wipe cache dalvic cache factory reset data multiple times to make sure its done correctly.

having failed at all that i decided to restore backup of previous rom rootbox which was workin perfect before, ie deep sleep was perfect

but now it constantly runs at 200mhz with screen off
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caddi234:
I had this problem for a time, i had an app called "Battery Drain", this app didn't allow the phone go into Deep Sleep... Do a factory reset and don't install any app and close stock apps whith task manager... And install Siyah kernel, may help.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diddly3000:
Hi thanks. I was getting drainage with fresh install of rom and zero apps installed except the cpy spy and bbs. I found my mediascannerservice was running all the time I deleted some photos I downloaded and it fixed itself.

Must have been a corrupt media file keeping it from stopping after initial scan on boot.

Thanks anyway :)
[General Questions and Answers] TocSyk:
hello everyone,

i've got a big problem. my samsung galaxy s1 gt-i9003 stucks at logo screen. i flashed many roms, wiped everything, still got the problem. don;t know what to do. can someone please help me? before i got this problem, i used firmware only by kies.
[General Questions and Answers] vx117:
Well, try booting into download mode: hold power + volume down.

Then download odin and use that program to flash a stock rom to your phone. The problem is most likely that you did not wipe correctly.

If you're stil confused look here:

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_Series#Download_Mode
[General Questions and Answers] TocSyk:
well i did flashed wiht odin in download mode. still can get the problem fixed :(
[General Questions and Answers] vx117:
Okay, then you need to give me more details, like whether you rooted your phone or have CWM Recovery installed. What ROMs did you flash and how you flashed them. Give me anything that might be relevant and I may be able to help.
[General Questions and Answers] TocSyk:
i downloaded firmwares from samfirmware,com. i just downloaded firmwares for i9003. how i flashed? well i wiped data/factory, then i just opened odin, puted all files (pit, pda, phone, etc.) and checked the repartition box. btw, after the install is completed, the phone reboots and i get this error:

E: format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 Data wipe failed

when i try to wipe it, i get this error:

Can't mount /data

And there is more: those 2 buttons (back and menu) are switched off :(

PS: sorry for my bad english
[General Questions and Answers] vx117:
Yikes, you *MAY* have soft-bricked your phone. It seems that internal memory might have been corrupted.

Take a look at this post, this guy had the same problem and several solutions are listed:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1252947

Good luck!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jimlarck:
So, I've been thinking of getting the Galaxy Nexus. But I am in sprint. The only issue I have with sprint. Is that they hold back Updates. And if I order from the Play store. I get it cheaper. And its unlocked , and not to mention that I'll be getting the updates Directly from google. Now, the only thing is that if I buy it off the Play Store I won't be able to connect it to sprint. So Metaphorically speaking, I'll be spending 350 for an iPod.

Or can you connect the Google Play store Nexus to Sprint?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cretheus:
Please search before you create another thread that relates to about a few dozen posted in the last few weeks.

The Galaxy Nexus from the Google Play Store is a GSM model and you cannot use it with Sprint or Verizon (CDMA Networks).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ÜBER™:
NO, the one from the play store is GSM not CDMA two completely different radio technologies. You would have to get it put on T-Mobile or some other carrier similar to them. Like AT&T.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
Play Store Google Galaxy Nexus is for GSM only. It says on it their page

https://play.google.com/store/devic...XZpY2VzX1VTX18xX3Byb21vXzEzNDA1MTg5NjUwMzYiXQ..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jimlarck:
I know it is. I am asking wether I should get it or not. Asking for an Opinion.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ÜBER™:
You asked if you could put it on sprint.. we told you no. If you plan on putting it on some other carrier i would say yes. Try and make yourself a list of reason why your shouldnt.. then make a list of why you should. .. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mbh87:
Just buy the Nexus 7 and be done. Why would you spend $350 on a phone that you can't use other than on wifi?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] I Am Marino:
If you're going to use it on AT&T, T Mobile, Straight Talk, etc.

Go for it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thedudejdog:
I was on Sprint paying $90 something a month. Now I'm using a prepaid carrier paying $60 a month. The savings will pay for this phone before the next nexus comes out ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] netbuzz:
I am on T-Mob plan that costs me flat $30/mo. I paid $350 for the phone, plus taxes and shipping. It's only a matter of months before I am saving money compared to Sprint/Verizon users. Plus, the phone is already unlocked, I can take it anywhere in Europe and stick in a foreign carrier's SIM card.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] ace9988:
Well I shared this before on the touchpad forums thought I'd share it here since it works

Catch up TV beta app for UK TV freeview channels, available to use via UK IP addresses only

http://tvcatchup.com/android.html

Hit thanks if it helps
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] j1mmyg88:
thanks for reminding me of this app
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] ghost-5:
Brilliant app. Already use it on my one x a lot
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] cpalmer98:
Great thanks, wondered if there was an app for this.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] LoneGunmanUK:
Very good quality streams and helps feed my addiction to news channels :)
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] leelaa:
Good stuff, nice one mate will be able to watch top gear now on dave :)
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Slymobi:
Nvm mistaken

Forum fishing.... Who's biting!
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] stuntdouble:
Seems to have expired and for some reason I cant sign up on their site for the new free version. Anyone got the latest apk they can share please?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Slymobi:
I will upload asap :)

Here you are http://db.tt/khQOIxgJ

I just clicked the link in op and it took me to the page with the download, it showed me already logged in? Strange lol.

Say oooh la la
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] LondonLion:
The download page is working again, have just downloaded the APK directly.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] LoneGunmanUK:
The on-screen menu when you tap the screen whilst watching a channel seems to randomly disappear for me with the latest version.

Very good app though especially handy during the Olympics as you can watch multiple events at the same time.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] compact_bijou:
I think it's literally just come out of beta ?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Jon565G:
Just found it on the store if anyone is interested: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...esult#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5nemVyby50diJd
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Slymobi:
ah so sorry,I was meaning to tell you all. been using it for a few days now,no problems for me.

"what was that!!!"
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Jutt69:
Been using MyPlayer+ up until now. Feel like a sucker for paying for that pile of crap now.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] hoosbude:
Didn't realise there was an app, I've been using http://android.tvcatchup.com/
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] JPHCCFC:
Can someone upload the apk to dropbox please. I'm overseas and the play store won't let me download.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] compact_bijou:
It won't work from outside the UK.

Sent from my sodastream
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] ace9988:
That's correct...the app checks your isp to see if it's a uk isp to provide these channels because WE PAY the license fee for these "free" channels
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] JPHCCFC:
I have a VPN for running UK apps and tv
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bigmout:
I was out and about when I realized a pdf I'd emailed earlier [to someone for publication online] had some information I wanted to scrub. Opened it up on my Galaxy Note, used the S-Pen to white out the problem, then resent. S-Pen FTW!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] studacris:
ummm...doesn't the recipient still have the first email you sent with all the info?

Not sure what editing after the fact then resending did...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] cwhitney24:
Ummm yeah i agree with Studa. and how dare you open a thread with the title of Bacon and not proved any BACON.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1439948
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Clark Joseph Kent:
SOME SAY BACON?!?!?!?! O wait...nvm

​
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bigmout:
Ummm... yeah. It was going to be published online. I was concerned about people besides the email recipient reading it. But way to...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Dynablue:
BigJoe, you need to start eating at different establishments.. Apparently that one serves food high in fat.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] fbauto1:
Sorry. Had to use your image :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bigmout:
A wonderful, magical animal for a wonderful, magical pen, lol!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Clark Joseph Kent:
yes sir....but I love me some bacon....fat is our friend....plus you get see all the nice tat's.....LMAO...but is was a salad bar....LMAO
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
Bacon salad.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] O_G:
Thread Closed​

Kindergarten is closed​
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fernandodx15:
[Q] hello and sorry for my english but i really want to know if it is possible tu run flash in android 4.0.X because adobe doesnt support it anymore. And i need it in my web browser (dolphin browser hd) like for watching a video that cant be open with the player. If you know how to get it or if exists another app that do that, please help me :(
[Motorola Photon 4G] selection7:
I have a 2.3.4 (45.3.6.MB855.Sprint.en.US) Photon 4g. After reading a bunch of threads, I still want to ask some questions to make sure I'm understanding this all correctly, so I can best decide what I want to do.

I had been putting off rooting, but now I've got this annoying nag screen about upgrading to 2.3.5, and it seems the only way to get rid of the nag screen is to be rooted, right? [EDIT: it's a good month later now. i've actually forgotten what I did to get rid of the nag screen, but it involved finding a file on the part of the system files that gets revealed when you root the phone, and then changing some value in a file from 1 to 0 or vice-versa.]

If I only want to root to have access to the full internal file structure of my phone, I don't need to rom flash, right?[EDIT: right]

Once rooted, I can unroot and upgrade at a later time if some future version comes out that I do want to update to, right? Do I even need to unroot to upgrade if I'm comfortable with never rooting* again and I haven't rom flashed but only rooted? For example, would a 2.3.5 upgrade hurt a rooted 2.3.4 phone or just unroot it?

Rooting will delete everything** and cause me to have to reinstall every app, right? [EDIT: no, it doesn't; bootloader unlocking could though.] If that's true, can I make a backup first that would make reloading apps easy?

What about eFuse? No one's mentioning it as a problem though this older article says it should be.

Type "bad-news-root-crew-the-droid-3-has-a-locked-bootloader" into Google, b/c I can't post hyperlinks as a new user.[EDIT: I dont' know about efuse, but having rooted now, I never ran into a problem caused by it.]

*Actually, the below copy-pasted reply from another thread makes it sound like even after upgrading to 2.3.5, the device can still be rooted, presumably using the photon torpedo method.

"My opinion is do not do the update right now .. It will lock your bootloader.. yes you can root your phone again but thats basically it.. You wont be able the flash any unlocked custom roms"

**This youtube video seems to suggest so: "deleting all yo ****" Go to youtube for qbking77's "How to root the Motorola Photon 4G and get Free Wifi Wireless Hotspot"
[Motorola Photon 4G] JohnH4:
If you update to 2.35 you should be able to root. Rooting should not wipe your device. You won't be able to unlock your bootloader. So don't do it. If you must update to 2.35, root first and see if you can find a version of it on these forums with a bootloader that won't permanently lock yours. I think I read a post somewhere about that. Google is your friend.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mof9336:
Really depends on how you intend to use the phone. If you ever want to flash custom kernels as of right now you need to unlock the bootloader. With the update to 2.3.5. right now you cannot unlock your bootloader. The update to 2.3.5. brings really negligible upgrades to the phone and in my opinion the update is really only meant to lock the phone down further.

Rooting does not delete any system files(apps and such) the AIO root seen in the video by QBKing77 prints out deleting all yo ****, shabbypenguin intended this as a joke I think. You can unroot by flashing one of the sbf images floating around.

Hope this helps some.
[Motorola Photon 4G] selection7:
Thanks for the input JohnH4 and mof9336. My paranoia about the phone getting wiped comes from...

"Warning: Unlocking your phone’s bootloader voids its warranty. It also completely wipes (formats) your Android phone’s internal memory including applications, contacts, SMS and MMS messages etc."

from googling "what-is-bootloader-and-how-to-unlock-bootloader-on-android-phones-complete-guide"

...though I guess "unlocking your phone's bootloader" is not the same thing as rooting.
[Motorola Photon 4G] JohnH4:
Exactly. They're two seperate critters.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pariahcomplex:
Been on the site for a few years modding my phones, just found out that phones are a lot easier, the download of the room got corrupted and my own complacency from changing rooms on my phone so many times left my scooping to do a nandroid, dumb i know. So my tab sits at the splash screen, its unlocked and rooted, i was able to get into CMD but that no longer works after trying a one click brick fix, i can use Vol - and pow to get to that menu which recently list one potion as well, it now only has fast boot and wipe data, and with Vol + and power the screen goes black and the computer asks for vtx(?) drivers. Any help on where to go from here would be greatly appreciated, thanks
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atomicblue:
flash cmw using fastboot and adb push your desired rom to your tablet's internal memory and flash with cmw?

Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T