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[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisleealee:
Hello everyone, my name is Christina and I am a fellow newb that needs your help...

I really really really need my kindle fire... and I promise I tried to look for help in the previous threads!!! Please find the generosities in your souls to help a newb like me!!!

My story:

About a year ago, I bought a KF and I successfully rooted it to ice cream sandwich (6.3.1 I think.. newest at the time). It had the play store, TWRP, etc.. So basically I believe I followed all of the steps on youtube correctly. But more recently.. my kindle started to shut down all of a sudden. My first thought was.. I think its crashing because im downloading these "new" applications and my KF cant handle it. So I decided to do some research and see if there has been any updates. I found that there was the new Jelly bean OS that I could update to, so I tried it out.

What I did:

First, I followed the video on youtube by TechBoss96 titled "restoring kindle fire..." and it didnt work. My computer (windows 7) didnt detect the "ADB android phone" in the device manager. I made sure I followed every step, and sadly it failed. So I tried to do the entire process again and it failed. So out of frustration, I went to my computer, and clicked on "format" for my KF...

Whats going on now (after a week of frustration):

When I plug in my KF to my computer, it is still charging succesfully.. Phew! But.. in my computer I do NOT see the KINDLE drive anymore (it was there before...) And in device manager, I do not see adb android phone or the kindle fire drive either.

When I try to turn on my KF: I see the original white and blue "kindle fire" logo. It doesnt go to the swirly loading page anymore. I see the logo for about 3-4 seconds then it just turns off -___-

Can anyone help me? It would be VERY VERY much appreciated! If its possible, I would like to at least have a "live chat" with someone that is willing to help me. You have NO IDEA how much it would mean to me if I can get this fixed in a timely manner. I leave for basic military training as of TUESDAY 8/14/2012 so I must get it fixed by then. I miss my kindle fire!!!
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
Glad it was an easy fix chrisleealee enjoy the modified stock for awhile but when you do decide to move on here is my pick http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1778010 don't forget to add system to your scheme of wipes when changing systems good luck and have fun :)

---------- Post added at 04:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:37 AM ----------

I think that was timely :) :) :)
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisleealee:
THANK YOU!

Thanks a million!! You were soo incredibly helpful! I wish I could press the thank you button a million times!!
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
Your welcome anytime:)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bso44:
Is there a way to get the stock lockscreen notification for text messages with a third party app like GO SMS? I'm talking about the little circle with the number of messages that you can swipe to open and not a pop-up. Since I disabled notifications for the stock messaging app, I only get the notification bar alert for GO SMS.

Also, is there a way to make swipe to left in contacts go to GO SMS like it does with stock messaging?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Speedin07si:
First part of you question. You can use a third party launcher like nova,apex,go launcher.

2nd part I have no idea.

Sent from Pluto.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bso44:
So with Nova, you still get that lockscreen notification even if you disable notifications for the stock messaging app and use a 3rd party one instead?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bso44:
Is there any way to do this with the stock launcher?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Speedin07si:
No but you can mask a short cut to messages.

Sent from Pluto.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bso44:
Yea but I wish that shortcut would go directly to the new message and not just the inbox.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StormtrooprDave:
I installed the stock ICS browser on my GS3 from a Titanium backup from CM9. When I search from the address bar there are these red back arrows where the auto suggestions should be. Does anyone know what they are? I also installed iCS browser+ from the market and that does the same thing.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treUse:
I get the exact same thing. Annoying, as I'd much rather use that browser...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StormtrooprDave:
Anyone else get the same thing?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tjb433:
This is a formal request for any developer capable of doing so, to take a look at this problem.

There is a growing number of users noticing a severe battery drain and hot phone at times, caused by the runaway process; (gsiff_daemon)

The threads discussing this as of now are scattered and unorganized, and with the number of users experiencing this problem, it would be excellent to have one central thread for everyone to work together on this.

Here's what we know so far:

The problem occurs for most on a hot-boot, and can be triggered by forcing a hot-boot.

It is not carrier specific, At&t, Tmobile, and Verizon users have all confirmed this problem.

The only reliable way to rid of this at this time, is a reboot, although some have had luck ending the gsiff_daemon process, or renaming the file, although this requires further testing.

Here are a few threads that have been started on the issue, with some good reading:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30074303#post30074303

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1800812&page=3

Anyone capable of looking into this, and know what they are looking at enough to determine the cause, will be eternally thanked, and i will personally donate a case of beer(or soda) to whoever fixes it.

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jvoisin:
I just renamed the file.. problem went away. it doesn't run anymore.. and haven't had any negative effects that I can tell....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] themadproducer:
FULL REPORT

HARDWARE and OS

I747m, Stock LH1 4.0.4, Rooted

SOFTWARE

SetCpu 384-1512mhz OnDemand

System Tuner Pro 2.5.5 (STP)

Rebooter 1.6.0, Author: DAVIDJR621

BetterBatteryStats 1.11.0.0

Battery: /menu/settings/battery/

NORMAL OPERATION

- Reboot normally until system settles in fully loaded and in idle

- check SetCpu. Scaling should hover at 384mhz and with occasional spikes usually up to 1512.

- check BetterBatteryStats, switch top drop down selection to "Process" and secondary selection to "Since Unplugged". "gsiff_daemon" should NOT be listed there

REPRODUCING THE ISSUE

- Open Rebooter app and launch the HOT REBOOT option and wait for the system to reboot and settle.

- Open SetCpu and you should notice that the scaler will be at 1512mhz >90% of the time. IF NOT...repeat the hot reboot step.

- Open BetterBatteryStats as you did above and notice that "gsiff_daemon" is now listed in there.

- Open Battery info and notice that ANDROID SYSTEM is at the top of the list usually around 60%. Now STARE at Android system and click the refresh button...and notice for a brief Milli Second you will see,,,,"gsiff_daemon". Not sure about this but interesting.

- Open STP, launch it's built in Task Manager, make sure you allow viewing of SYSTEM and KERNEL. (at the bottom you can click on their ICONS) Scroll down near the bottom third of the list where it shows KERNEL elements, and you will see /system/bin/gsiff_daemon. Click on /system/bin/gsiff_daemon. Under CPU Consumption....you can watch the % climb.

- at this point, if you KILL /system/bin/gsiff_daemon, the CPU will settle back down to 384mhz and the statistics of cpu usage will not climb/grow.

WORKAROUNDS

- kill /system/bin/gsiff_daemon/ after a hot reboot or reboot your S3

- with a Root File Explorer, rename your /system/bin/gsiff_daemon to /system/bin/gsiff_daemonBAK and reboot normally. This should prevent the issue but it is not known whether it is adversely affecting any system components.

- /system/bin/gsiff_daemon/ should not show up in STP if you have renamed the file.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
isn'ttthere a period before bak?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 78c10:
What JB ROM are you using? I had the issue when I was running stock, rooted, with the Sammy KT747 kernel, but after flashing CM10, landing the AOKP KT747 Kernel, and running Pimp My ROM on it, I've never seen it crop back up. (knocking on wood here).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
I am using rooted stock rom

This is only an issue with touchwiz, so you won't see it on cm10
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] themadproducer:
NOPE!

Specifically though, I used uppercase BAK....doubt that makes a difference.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
What is the difference of having or not having a period?

Upper casing probably doesn't make a difference though
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] themadproducer:
Eyecon82...really...don't worry about the period. It's irrelevant.

So long is the file is renamed, it wont be triggered/found by whatever normally triggers/finds it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Janis:
http://pastebin.com/siAGdxp4

It looks like it's sending gyroscope and accelerometer data to the locapi, (location application interface) and there's some reference to sns there as well.

So, why would a location app need accelerometer data? Or maybe the question is why would someone who's getting my location data need my accelerometer data, too? What's in it for Samsung that they would bother developing it and roll it out? Why wasn't it there in June?

Ok, having a little fun speculating, but perhaps blackboxing for car accidents? Your phone log is the first thing they check and see if you were texting, or whatever, right before impact. Oh, wait, if they have a location-accessing app, they don't need your locally stored log. Nah, probably something technical with the compass....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] harryshepard:
I am having this issue. I've just rooted my phone and the file seems to no longer be in /system/bin and running a search for it the file isn't found. Yet it's completely killing my battery. It's quite annoying to have to monitor battery use and kill this off or restart the phone so renaming it would be nice to disable it fully but I can't seem to find the file
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rani9990:
You sure it's gsiff_daemon that's causing the issue? Have you renaming qosmgr in system/bin?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] harryshepard:
Sorry, didn't have reply notification. Yes I am sure. I Google'd it after seeing it using 30% of my battery with about 50s use. I will try renaming qosmgr but how do you diagnose which process is actually doing it? This time battery doesn't specifically say gsiff_daemon but not sure if that's where I saw it before.

I have attached my battery use screenshot. Game and screen a the top, fair enough. But 13 hours on battery and 75% drained, 6% of which is 7 seconds of the gpsd process. It's a little odd
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Cookie799:
fix yet ? mines doing same
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Kingg3000:
gsiff_daemon

Mine has been doing the same ever since the kitkat update.

I am running an unrooted EE note 3 (n9005) in the UK.

Gsiff_daemon is constantly my top battery drainer according to the battery app (35% - 47%).

I have not been able to find any consistent method to either activate this rogue app or to get rid of it.

Is there any solution without rooting it as I understand that renaming it should do the trick?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] donangel:
+1 from me about this problem.

Uprooted, up to date Note 3.

No solution so far, will try turning off WiFi when screen off and auto rotation... Let's see...

Hopefully it'll be fixed soon or in next version. It's a shame, though, my Windows phone pals are teasing me!

Best regards,

Doncho
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaycee099:
Hi guys,

After updating my baseband to DXLF3 an icon appeared on my top left side of my screen.

Can you tell me whats the ucon about?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Notifications are turned off
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IamIrene:
yours notification is turn off already
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaycee099:
Thanks guys for answering

Btw how can i turn the notification on? Or will it turn on automatically if there is a motification?

Sorry for the noob question im new on android..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 123shree:
Just pull the notification bar down and there you will see an icon called "notification". Just turn it on. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IamIrene:
scroll down the notification, scroll from right to left, and click the notification
[HTC Sensation] mort_pp:
Just over half a year ago (January 2012) I have unlocked my sensation with rev. h-boot, installed 4 ext recovery and flashed Android Revolution. I've been using the phone in a number of countries since, with no problems. A couple of days (9/08) back, when I returned to the UK my sensation started behaving as if it had been IMEI blocked, and after fiddling around for a while I discovered that the IMEI android reports is different that the one printed under the battery/on the box. Given it doesn't seem I have any backup (bear in mind it worked like a charm for past half a year) is there any way of repairing that corrupt IMEI? Is it (so naive) stored in more than one place on the phone so I could access the factory IMEI or anything of that sort? I've tried using the fastboot oem writeimei command, as well as the root terminal emulator command that have been posted on these forums a number of times but neither of them worked.
[HTC Sensation] gefilus:
Go to shop where you get it
[HTC Sensation] gol_n_dal:
From the dialler which one does *#06# report ?
[HTC Sensation] krazykipa:
Your fastboot might be neutered (can't issue write commands properly) if you upgraded the HBOOT using the universal firmware packages posted in the Dev section, even though it is still s-off.

When you boot into the bootloader, does it say *** LOCKED *** or Revolutionary in the very top left? If it's *** LOCKED ***, you need to reinstall the Revolutionary HBOOT.

If it says Revolutionary, issue the following commands from Windows to fix your IMEI:

fastboot getvar imei
[shows old imei]
fastboot oem writeimei 123456789012345
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot getvar imei
[shows new imei]
[HTC Sensation] tessut:
Is this not a little illegal ?
[HTC Sensation] krazykipa:
*shrugs* just suggesting a solution, maybe using the phone as he has it right now is illegal... !
[HTC Sensation] gefilus:
This works :D it is ilegal, kinda.
[HTC Sensation] lj27416:
not really

I dont believe its illegal if he's repairing/restoring IMEI back to original, if he/she's "changing" a valid IMEI then yes.
[HTC Sensation] freelanc45:
My fastboot doesn't give the option of the command ' writeimei' .

Only:

usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>

commands:

update <filename> reflash device from update.zip

flashall flash boot + recovery + system

flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition

erase <partition> erase a flash partition

getvar <variable> display a bootloader variable

boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] download and boot kernel

flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] create bootimage and flash it

devices list all connected devices

continue continue with autoboot

reboot reboot device normally

reboot-bootloader reboot device into bootloader

options:

-w erase userdata and cache

-s <serial number> specify device serial number

-p <product> specify product name

-c <cmdline> override kernel commandline

-i <vendor id> specify a custom USB vendor id

-b <base_addr> specify a custom kernel base address

-n <page size> specify the nand page size. default:

2048
[HTC Sensation] Harakhti:
It needs a custom fastboot binary (Revolutionary) and you are (technically) legally limited to restoring a damaged IMEI on your own consent. As explained, creating a false IMEI is illegal. Just a heads-up.
[HTC One X] restart_77:
bottom buttons not working, none of the three. when i try to press back or menu, sometimes nothing happens and sometimes i press above, like menu at home page. And also when i try to keep touching them after a while the phone gets crazy, and starts to make strange things like entering some apps, switching between them, taking screen shots (normally i do not know how to do it), beeping, and going on like this without stopping. if i can press power of, it stops, otherwise it goes on himself.

i try pressing all three at same time may times, and i restart many times. Sometimes it starts normal with buttons working, usually with not-working buttons, but it gone againg :( Now i am trying to use without buttons, but when i start any apps, i can not back, so everytime i restart :(((( offfff

My device is original , original rom without root, or something else. i just install apps from market thats all.

Before it goes crazy with non-working buttons, i just start to use a Bluetooth headset (discovery 975), after pairing with it for a time i use normal both device. and my last app which i install via google market was "GSM Signal Monitoring". Now i uninstall it, and bluetooth is off. But problem is still valid :(

info:

HTC One X

android version 4.0.3

Htc Sense version 4.0

Software number 1.28.401.9

HTC SDK Api Level 4.12

HTC Extension version HTCExtension_403_1_GA_7
[HTC One X] Arsaw:
Have you try factory reset? Backup data 1st.
[HTC One X] BenPope:
Happened to me, I got a new screen under warranty.
[HTC One X] restart_77:
i did not do a factory reset yet, because backup everything and saving passwords... it is also a hard work :(

but at last i will do it
[HTC One X] dreaswar:
Same here, mine also get replaced under warranty and it is a hardware problem
[HTC One X] restart_77:
i hope mine's is not a hardware problem, because i have no warranty :(

but for a 12 hours it works normal, i do not know what effects it but i make bluetooth on, and it seems normal now.

just strange
[HTC One X] Nemesco:
I had the same problem, they replaced the touch screen under warranty.

Even with an unlocked bootloader.
[HTC One X] restart_77:
please please not he hardware problem :( i have NO WARRANTY :(
[HTC One X] pranam:
i had a similar problem on my first hox and it was replaced under warranty

my buttons were completely dead. yours seem to still have some life in them. try a factory reset. if that doesnt work then try holding all 3 keys at once for 3 seconds. i am told that this "resets" them

if neither of these work them i am afraid the screen is broken :(
[HTC One X] BenPope:
Yeah it's broken.

In the HTC shop they reflashed the RUU just in case, but, it was broken.

Why do you have no warranty?
[HTC One X] Hitman21R:
i have the same problem with the same facts

Hi friend, just know i read your invoice while i was trying to find a solution in my same problem. My device HTC One X (32Gb official rom, not rooted, android 4.2.2, Sense 5.0)

Most of my friends say that the only thing i have to do is to send it at the service as it is still on warranty. I have tried everything before, like reset, remove everything, but the problem still occurs.

Tomorrow i will try the service
[HTC One X] shashanks:
Can this be due to the recent update?

Hi. I've never imagined such a thing to happen at random and I strongly believe this to be an outcome of the recent OTA update (4.4.2, S5). Everything was working fine until today evening when I picked up my phone to make a call and boom...the buttons just stopped responding. I barely stay away from my phone...and I had it functioning fine 2 minutes before they stopped responding.

What could be the cause of it? Is there anyone out here who can please...please shed some light on this. I'm not opting in to do a hard reset yet because I have this thing called 'button savior' doing the job for me but of course it ain't nothing in comparison to the stock thing. Plus, this is annoying to see your device go off on you in such random fashion. Any help will be highly appreciated...really looking forward to hearing from someone.

Best regards,

Shashank.S
[HTC One X] shashanks:
BUMP!

Is there anyone who can throw some light on this? I have been told that front panel is faulty and it'd cost me approx. 8k+ for the replacement of the entire front panelo_O. I'd rather sell this than spend 8k on it.
[HTC One X] se7envirtues:
Mine started doing the same thing and I also had no warranty for the device. The way I got around not being able to use the physical buttons was through an app called Button Savior. You can download it from the play store and there is a free version that functions perfectly well. If you aren't rooted then install the non-root version. This app puts touch buttons on your screen. It takes a little getting used to, but overall Button Savior was a great alternative for me.
[HTC One X] christmobiles:
htc one xl touch screen menu not working

the same problem here pls can any one help, i did hard rest still the same. i also flash with strock rom not fix pls help i dont have any wrinty
[HTC One X] shashanks:
There's no way the buttons will come to life after the reset. I tried all of that but to no use. As a last option, try to place all 3 fingers on the bottom buttons for few seconds (I've heard few cases reporting it to be the magic key but not in my case ). If still the things dont work, the only good option is to download this app called 'button savior'. This will save you from the big replacement expense (I think the front panel is close to 100$+ and about INR 8,000 here in India). As someone else also stated here, it will take you a little while to get used to it but believe me it will still be better than betting that kind of amount on a dead device. Good luck!
[HTC One X] klinux:
An alternative solution for hardware buttons problem

Hi guys,

After getting the same problem as all of you, and due to no warranty for my HOX, I searched over googleplay and find out this very useful application which replaces the hardware buttons, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smart.swkey , thanks to the developper he really saves my life and my HOX's life :D

Hope that this app will help you as it did for me!

Regards
[HTC One X] xaralambos:
My softkeys also didnt work BUT

if you believe it or not :D

it was only a virus!!!

i dont know how (because i have only 12 apps including games) but i found it

VERY unnormal that the keys didnt work until 10 PM and them for 3 hours everything

was fine.

at the day they worked sometimes but mostly not.

i thought of a virus before having to make a FULL WIPE aaaaaand yeahhhhh

quihoo found the virus in the last 1% of his scan.

MAYBE this will help somebody...someday :laugh::angel::p:good::good::good:
[HTC One X] mgul:
VisruS???

.......

So how you found it? did you run any apps to find the virus? how you clean it?
[HTC One X] brale:
THANK YOU!!! I was really desperate and without warranty. Try you said and it works. Too much porn on my HOX :p:angel:
[HTC One X] akjkhalsa:
sir can you provide the name of that antivirus or any other antivirus which scan system files in my htc one x plus (rooted).
[HTC One X] Abdulrazak_Kh:
bump! anyone found a solution for this ? please share ..
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayBeeNZ:
Hi everyone,

I have installed CM9 (stable release) onto my phone, and the WiFi always goes in a loop, from connecting, obtaing ip address, until it just says avoided poor internet connection.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Thanks in Advance. :)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grrrr_unt:
Wipe data

Did you install using the update guide? @ wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Sony_Ericsson_Xperia_Play_(GSM):_Full_Update_Guide

Well, try wiping all data/factory reset!

All functions should then be working fine (:

If not, it may be a problem with the wifi!