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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dexter35803:
Well i have a way to bypass activation on the GS3 the problem is that we need USB Debugging enabled in order to do it. Now i have tried to make a custom System img with USB Debugging enabled(I HAZ FAILED) i dont even need it rooted if any devs can help me out i would like to post the activation bypass for people who dont wanna use VZW for there service and do not have a USED VZW LTE Sim card handy

*Edit*

Activation Bypass for VZW GSIII for NOOBS

At the Language Selection screen

1. Touch Bottom Left Corner

2. Touch Bottom Right Corner

3. Touch Bottom Left Corner

4. Touch Bottom Right Corner

5. Press the Volume Up button

6. Profit
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Deliquified:
All you have to do is press the corners of the screen starting with upper left and go clockwise.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xsteven77x:
Hasn't it always been like that since Android was invented?.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dexter35803:
on this device that does not work

and no not all androids do that on the fascinate u have to *#TESTMODE to enable soft keys then press home on LG Devices it s Vol Up Vol Down Back and Search (if no search then its home)

Different OEMs bypass activation differently unforunately *#Testmode which works on almost all Sammys does not work on this device
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] songjacked:
I believe it's lower left, lower right, lower left, lower right, volume up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dexter35803:
Well Sir i thank you for the bypass i tried everythign else and it would not work thank you once again and Mods pleas kill my thread :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] grin0048:
Or better yet, add the instructions to the OP so it's right there for anyone looking for how to do it. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dexter35803:
I have modified the thread title and the OP just for that thanks for the idea
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] luke1987:
The 4 corners trick works on this phone. I've done it with jcsullins cm10
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Robster180:
This is to skip initial out of the box activation, basically to use through WiFi only
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jay Evans:
I know on my old Galaxy S you could use do it using the volume keys. Up once, down twice, up three times, down 4 times and then a Skip button appears. Don't know if it would work on a S3 or not.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fventura03:
worked here, verizon galaxy s3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sunilj75:
Thanks for great info
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariosanoguera:
Is this even possible?

I have read a wiki from adw but there is no such info there

the stuff that I want to do is that I dont want to have any desktop, when I press back I want to see the app launcher with all of its apps and when I unlock the phone I dont want to see the wallpaper/desktop I just want to have the app list :)

I know there are orhter launchers that can do so, but Is this possible with adw launcher?

ty
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neo.ank:
It isn't possible with ADW or ADW EX
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steveletack:
You can install a launcher that offers this feature and delete ADW with an app like titanium

But i guess Miui would be better for you
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeremyt727:
Just a bit curious as to what ROM the lovely threaders of XDA are using?

Ice Cream Sandwich or the lovely Jelly Bean?

Which Kernel? Why?

If you can take a screenshot of the information on the "About phone" section in your settings and post it on this thread, that'll be great!

I only asked because i want to hear everyones experience thus far with all that these lovely developers have done! Also, i'd be interested in trying out what YOU have been using depending on what it's done for you (performance, battery, customization, etc).

Heres a screenshot of what im running.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ÜBER™:
stop just stop...

Sent From My Toro+ via RED Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeremyt727:
I'm sorry.. Why? :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] minhajmsd:
Its just that there are many threads like this already
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeremyt727:
Forgive me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tgyberg:
IB4TL
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] El Daddy:
It's cool. Just make sure you use search before posting threads like these. You'll come to find that many questions have been asked many times. Feel free to post in those. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pkgnex:
I'm on Bugless Beast Jellybean (8-7 build) running Franco's kernel. None of my kernel settings, minfree settings, or VM cache settings will "stick" after a boot. I noticed I did not have a /etc/init.d folder or a syscntl.cfg file anywhere on my system. I tried manually adding these files, adding scripts, and totally opening permissions (0777) on the folders and files, then rebooting into recovery, wiping cache/dalvik, and rebooting. Nothing still sticks. Is there a way to get this to work without unpacking / repacking my boot image, preferably a way to add the init.d folder (manual or flash a .zip), or secondly using some sort of auto-script tool? I have my build.prop set up how I want, and that sticks. Thanks for any suggestions, and sorry if this has been answered elsewhere - I'm a noob to the site, but I did search first!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dascjb:
You should install supersu from the market, open it and it will update binary and be the default su application. All settings will stick than
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pkgnex:
Different than Superuser?

You're thinking of a different app than the Superuser (by chainsdd) app? If so, I'll give it a shot. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dascjb:
Yeah, supersu by chain fire.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pkgnex:
Trying it out!

I'll give it a shot. Thanks again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pkgnex:
Partial Fix

So, supersu fixed one of my issues - the Franco kernel settings now stick (thanks!). However, I still can't get minfree settings to stick after a boot. It seems that any scripts I write in /etc/init.d/* are not being read. Suggestions on how to get minfree and VM cache settings to stick?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dascjb:
Do you have busybox installed?

---------- Post added at 12:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:53 AM ----------

Also did you add sysctl.conf in system? and not syscntl.cfg?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pkgnex:
sysctl

I do have the latest busybox installed.

As of right now, I actually am re-trying one step at a time... at the moment I have no sysctl.conf, trying to get /etc/init.d/tweaks file to work, still no luck.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dascjb:
Not sure if it is required but all files in my init.d all started with a number ie. 98tweaks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pkgnex:
Yeah

Yeah, I've actually been doing that just in case!

Did your rom come with an init.d folder, or did you flash something to get it or create it "by hand" like I'm trying to do?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dascjb:
The ROM I am using now came with the init.d support. Not sure if it matters but it looks like there is a symlink from /etc to /system/etc
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pkgnex:
symlink?

Which means? How do I handle this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dascjb:
you would need to use terminal emulator app or, easier, adb. If you connect your phone and type in 'adb shell' you will get a terminal on phone. You should be able to just type

su

ln -s /system/etc etc

this will make the symbolic link from the root of the device to /system/etc
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pkgnex:
alternate method

Looking into work-around's, found "smanager" app to run scripts. It successfully executed my minfree script, so if the "set at boot" option works, it will be what I need (albeit through and app and not purely at the system level). It's progress!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cilraaz:
Just symlinking /system/etc to /etc won't magically make init.d scripts work if the init.d service isn't being invoked in init.rc.

You need a ROM/kernel that will support init.d scripts. If the ROM/kernel don't support init.d, then you can't get them to auto-run on boot, except for work-arounds like using Script Manager to run them on boot.

Also, your link command is only correct if you're in the root directory of your phone. Executed from anywhere else, you don't end up with /etc. It should be:

ln -s /system/etc /etc
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tysonpr33:
A friend of mine just got his hands on a new note a few days ago from at&t, it doesnt have the ICS update yet and he gets way better signal and data connection than me. I figure it has to be the modem that i have installed isnt very effective in my area. Im from Puerto Rico.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gregsarg:
Yes...

flash the CWM modem UCLA1 from the "note everything" thread in the general section.

Then Thank flappjaxxx for his flashable zip version....

it will work fine.....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
Modems don't care what rom you have. They only care about the radio chip they are rewriting.
[General Questions and Answers] zatera33:
comeon people, where the f*** is the root for this thing? i got this thing last christmas and still havent heard anything about a working root. id rather not buy a new tablet just to get root access. any help would be appreciated.:rolleyes:
[General Questions and Answers] mckeven:
I'm in the same boat. Looked all around, and it looks like there's no way to root this thing if you updated to the .57 build. Wish I could help.
[General Questions and Answers] ManWithCamera:
It's so frustrating to not have root access. The tablet works well for the most part, but every couple of months something gets corrupted and I have to do a factory reset. No root access means no Titanium Backup, which means having to reinstall all of the apps and manually enter the passwords to all of the different apps that have accounts tied to them. So annoying! I'll never buy a tablet again without researching it first to ensure that root access can be achieved.

I would never buy a computer that prevented me from getting root/administrator access. I don't understand the point of locking these devices down so that their owners don't have full access to their file system.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yoske84:
I flashed Elite's JB beta 9 and i don't have the OTA-updater installed on the phone or in the system\app folder, any idea what can be the problem?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gatesmarch123:
Okay the kernel that comes with Caulk's E4GT 3.0 gb rom (rouge) is showing as eating 86 percent of my battery in battery monitor. So... From all your experiences which is the best kernel for battery life?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PanchoPlanet:
What battery monitor are you looking at?

Pp.

Sent from my ginger infused Mayan calculator.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gatesmarch123:
I use badass battery monitor.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crkdslider:
Are you referring to the Rogue kernel?

2.6.35.14-rogue_ET-1.4.1+
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elterible:
So i was browsing through the "data usage" feature of of my GSIII and i noticed that the "News Republic" app had used about 863 MB of data as a

background process

since August 6th! I am usually on wifi so hopefully this is a non-issue but I think this is an absolute ludicrous amount for an app I rarely use.

Just want to give this as a warning to everyone, since many of us TMO folk have data throttling caps.

Anyone else experience this?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Mobiles Republic US:
Request that you contact News Republic, offer to help

Hello elterible,

While many apps continue to run in the background, especially on Android devices, News Republic should not be using such a significantly high amount of data, even for several weeks of time. It is possible that you are looking at the total aggregate data of all apps for that time frame, or that a setting is misconfigured. We would like to help you to resolve this, so that you can continue to use News Republic in the comfort of knowing that it is no more a "data hog" than most other news apps, and less than many!

We value all user comments, and would offer to put you in direct contact with our developer team at: contact.tech@mobilesrepublic.com

Please write to us, and I will have a developer review whether any of our settings are using more data on your specific device than it should.

We appreciate that you use our app to read your news!

-Rich @ Mobiles Republic / US
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elterible:
Wow, i was not expecting the company to reply to my post directly.

I have since uninstalled News Republic but let me try to reinstall the app and try to recreate the data usage that i saw. While i am confident that i did not mistake my aggregate usage for just News Republic usage, if i cannot replicate my high data usage results, I will adjust my post here on xda accordingly. I will follow up directly to the e-maill address you posted with my results.

Again, thank you for taking the time to read and reply to my issue. This clearly shows that mobile republic takes pride in their products and sometimes, good service and response time alone is worth the cost of admission
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] princepilot:
Hi I have a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse and it keeps dropping the connection to the mouse. The keyboard always stays connected. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OliverHaslam:
I've just got an SGS3 and have an odd problem.

I have noticed that the phone reports that the phone has a 'Time Without Signal' of 6%. What's odd is that I've got No Signal Alert installed and it has not reported any loss of signal all day.

Is this part of the bug that I keep reading about?

Cheers.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mrBoie:
Hi Xda community

I have a problem and wonder if there is anybody here who knows what might be wrong :/

I left my eee pad for the summer and wanted to use it now after a couple of months of downtime, the problem is that it wont start...

When i connect the power cable to it i hear the "camera click" so its not totally dead,

but it wont react even after trying to fully load it and waiting for a couple of times.

i tried getting into apx mode in order to flash a stock rom but it doesn't react.

Is it just angry at me for not leaving it for so long or is it sick? :crying:

I've tried:

usb 2 / 3

normal boot / apx boot

Brk' ASUS Transformer Root Toolkit

Loading it for a "full workday" 3 times

talking nicely to it

Trying a moral speech about being there for its friends (me)...

These were my ideas for how to solve the problem and they had no effect so now i wonder what would the experts do :)?

(i agreed to couples therapy) ^^

MrBoie
[Eee Pad Transformer General] JoinTheRealms:
You should connect it to an hdmi device to rule out a faulty screen
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Jeffzig:
Kind of sounds like a mostly dead battery, did you leave it in extreme heat?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gee one:
Plug it into the wall overnight- a USB port only has 5v. Your TF needs 15V to charge, which the wall plug has. Don't use any extentsion cables either. Then, get some flowers to say your sorry.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Rumbleweed:
When the battery get very low, the charge circuit in the TF will not charge due to the safety circuit. Plug into the usb port on a computer (low current source) let it sit overnight. It will not charge much but it will charge enough to then allow you to charge via the 15v wall wart that came with the TF
[HTC Desire S] Abdiou:
Hi,

I'm, obviously, an owner of an HTC Desire S running stock software (Android 2.3.5, HTC Sense 3.0) and waiting for an upgrade :/

I'd really like to try a custom ROM but loosing stability or functionality would most likely cause me a lot of daily problems.

Is there a custom ROM out there that has no troubles with everything working on a stable basis? Or should I just wait, wait, and wait for that update?
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
if your not sure you want to root, simple answer is don't.
[HTC Desire S] toxic-hero:
stability is a relative term. if we have 1000 people, we also got 1000 different opinions what "stable" is. so i'm affraid you'll have to decide for yourself. ;)
[HTC Desire S] broomer68:
You can try Fallout, with sense 4.0, but then you loose the 3d-flip-clock and other nice graphics, that still are within sense 3.6.

But 3.6 is very cpu-intensive, so you miss some snappyness and battery time.

So the choice will be snappy and more power with fallout or virtous, or nice with ice-ds or icsaga.

Verstuurd van mijn Nexus 7 met Tapatalk
[HTC Desire S] kwisatz79:
I suggest trying Fallout (Sense 4A, just wifi tethering not working) or Endymion (Sense 3.5, rock solid, in my opinion more stable than stock). But before, plz read the threads about rooting flashing etc to avoid bad surprises.
[HTC Desire S] elitecmdr666:
i know the feeling but my advice is if your not familiar with rooting, unrooting and odin i would just wait cause it would suck if you brick your device. Also if it you can find a used version of your phone for cheap with a clean esn then you could test or even mess around with thing until you become familiar and test any rom you wish before flashing it on your original device that you use on a daily basis...hope this helps
[HTC Desire S] johnnyomair:
Try Ice Cold Sandwich. Pretty stable, only bug is the wrong inversion of the front cam. Also, a clean vanilla android is more attractive than sense :)
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
if you want something stable, go for the GB Roms, nothing with ics is truly stable until we get the kernel, the best GB Rom I've used is reaper, if you really want too to do it then that's probably your best starter Rom. Not a sense based one though. If you want sense have a read of the Rom threads. I got rid of sense and havnt looked back.
[HTC Desire S] Sehe:
i'm going through the exact same thing. I'm totally impressed with all the rooting, modding and custom rom stuff but something makes me uncomfortable trying it. I will see how the thread is developing :D
[HTC Desire S] elitecmdr666:
Just start little a used phone that works or even a galaxy mp3 player. I started with the vzw tablet and bought a used phone from swappa. Its fun to flash and test someones hard work i owe alot to this community cause i sure learned alot...
[HTC Desire S] toxic-hero:
when you succsesfully root your phone and want to try different roms it's crucial that you become familliar with nandroid backup. you do nandroid backup in your recovery just before you flash the new rom. it saves the current (fully configured) system to your sdcard and you can always come back if you do not want to use the newly flashed rom anymore. you do nandroid backup of all tested roms that you liked and save yourself time and pain of flashing and configuring them again and again every time.
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
+1 for backup. Titanium backup is also a must for me, the free one is good but it's well worth paying for the full app.
[HTC Desire S] Auke11:
I like to play with alternative roms, so i have taken the step to root. But to be true. The only real improvement for me is to get rid of adds and to get rid off sense. The stock rom was good enough though.

I have read a lot before i taken the step. I have made a list wat was important. Here it is

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30004373
[HTC Desire S] Abdiou:
Thank you so much guys for your replies.

Now, I'm sure that I want to use a custom ROM, not sure witch one yet, but my choice will be either Fallout or ICE with no Sense.

Gonna read as much as I can and let you know guys.

Please keep on replying as it's really helpful for me, and maybe others like me..

P.S. I'm not quite sure what are the steps to properly backup then install a custom ROM, a little help with that too would be much appreciated, but I'm quite sure a guide exist here somewhere ^^
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Extreme_One:
I have an in-car DVD system with a mini-jack AV input.

I've found this :- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1080P-HDM...Play-on-TV-VHS-VCR-DVD-Recorder-/230824555182

I can easily pick up a RCA to AV mini-jack adaptor if the converter box will work.

Has anyone tried to use something similar? Any good?

Anyone have any other recommendations?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btrcp2000:
In the states, but I used something similar. Worked fine but it got annoying to have to also drag around a power inverter. Two extra little boxes and a rats nest of wires on the floor just to have low def video got old. So I spent about 150 $usd for an xovision in car DVD player with HDMI in. Had the installers pull an HDMI cable into the glove box, and the g9 plays videos from there. When kids arent watching movies, I turn on Google navigation and refuse to answer "are we there yet" questions
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] babytux:
I can get signal inside, I only get signal on outside place. I don't know if that is by JB because my device is new and I didn't use with ICS.

So, does anyone have the same problem?

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wolfbeef123:
Could you be more specific?

what Gnex are you on? (maguro, toro, or toroplus?)

are you running any custom ROMS?

and i''m guessing it was a typo in the OP and that you CAN'T get signal inside. am i correct?

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] babytux:
Hi Wolfbeef123,

My Gnex is maguro (GSM/HSPA) and I'm using stock rom with stock ril and stock kernel and is rooted.

I booted with ICS 4.0.2 without SIM card first time. I connected to WIFI and upgraded to 4.0.4 and later to 4.1.1. After that, I rebooted my phone with SIM card, and I don't get signed inside, even in the car.

Thanks,
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wolfbeef123:
I unfortunately don't have experience with maguro, only toro and toroplus.

But i have had some signal issues in the past.

If you havent thrown your phone at the wall or boiled it in water, and you had signal before then it most likely isn't hardware.

Try booting into recovery, doing a nandroid backup, and reflashing your ROM with a FULL wipe. if that doesn't fix it, you can just restore.

also, if that fails, try flashing the latest Maguro Radio from the development section.

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1339

I'm sorry i couldn't really aid you much more, but I'm here for you, comrade!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
Update to latest bootloader/radio (dont use a toolkit), if you havent already.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] babytux:
I don't know if the phone had signal before, because It's new and I updated via WIFI without SIM card. After that I inserted my sim card and the signal is too low or none.

I left my gnex to technical service of Samsumg before I change something (bootloader, recovery) to avoid lost my warranty. So, thanks for your replies. If I still have the same issue, I will report in this thread.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Thremix:
I've been looking and looking, I just cant seem to find anything....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nunyabiziz:
First unlock your phone then add the medianet apn. Research how to do these things.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Thremix:
I sir, have been looking, I cant find any real info...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Halmo:
Have you tried the APN settings from this thread.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nunyabiziz:
Maybe your computer works different than mine, but when I search for "unlock" this is at least one of many that comes up:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1748619&highlight=unlock

Of course Halmo linked to the apn thread. Maybe you should message a mod and let them know that your search function isnt working correctly and should be fix.:confused:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Thremix:
You spent so much time... not answering the question. would it not have been easier just to answer it? googling this subject gives no results with clear cut data. searching for unlock gave me nothing, the link you posted again yielded nothing.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] meleii:
And not to point out the obvious but you are in the at&t forum. You may get more help in the tmo forum.