yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeetu1981:
Got that, I am talking about wipe after flashing stock firmware. It is better to flash GB instead of ICS, so that you can safely wipe after flash.

By the way factory reset and wipe from recovery both can trigger that bug on stock ICS kernels.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geekynoob:
wasnt on stock..i was running notecore 13...

dwnloading gb now.. pre rooted version.. God knws.. d speed from dev servers is too slow...

2.14 am.. work tommorow.. no phone.. no sleep what else cud hv happened.. :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeetu1981:
I know :), that was just FYI only. Good luck!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geekynoob:
what luck... lol.. kept it on charging...

usual dwnloading speed is about 250-260 kbps... at present its 40

well.. cant help it..guess will have to go to the samsung service center any how tommorow...

if i cant fig it out myself...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
Till you download gb, do one thing

If you wr using notecore v13 oc version, then download v13 std(now v13.3is thr), and flash std version with pc odin, if reboot to recovery, then wipe all three.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geekynoob:
using standard version. :)

i will try n wipe all three now..!

God bless me.. :(

Edit--wiped all three... waiting to see what happens next..

i guess it will boot..i can see the button lights coming up...

it boots..........!

can anyone just tell me what on earth just happened???

Edit2.-- Why is the screen flickeing?? battery low dats y??? :eek:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
Remove battery.for few min, reinsert and plug in to charge without.switching on for few min

Goodluck !
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geekynoob:
kept it for charging.. but i still cant figure out what happened..!

damn..!

Feel lyk such a noob..! :(

Thnks for the prompt replies.. :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
Was it rebooted last time? Except screen.flickering?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geekynoob:
Yup..its charging now...!

wiped all three...

booted in a flash..!

will still do a clean flash tommorow.. formatting my memory card too..if there was some issue created by it.. may b.. :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
Now just check can you open gallery? And earlier u wr on oc version?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeetu1981:
Thanks for jumping in Doc, he was on std version only, he has just wiped all three this time. Is this happened just because of changing kernels? I once flashed Notecore over Speedmod and lost my root.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geekynoob:
i guess yes... the momnt i flashed speedmod over notecore.. all this started happening..and ther was no looking back..!

haah..!

if yess.. i wonder why :eek::eek:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
Ya actually he was in contact with me on pm parellel thread here. I think issue was at data level or may b he hav flashed oc kernel, but as u said already on std so that shud not b issue. Basically he was needed to wipe data too.. I pm him just before asked to wipe data here on thread. Changing kernel can unroot may b coz of different path of binarries

---------- Post added at 03:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:09 AM ----------

One think i have marked not to force reboot till media scanning finish. Perticular before flashing. Otherwise later hav to wipe data sometime.

In my 100 flash i got only 1bootloop and that was with terminating meria scanning.

Oh guys gudnite here 3.15 am, have surgery at 9 :p
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geekynoob:
can we say we shud come back to stock kernel before flashing another over a custm kernel??

as in..

Avoid

notecore---->Speedmod..

Do

Notecore---->Stock---->Speedmod

Names used just to give an exapmle..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
I dont think so but really i never likes idea to use pc odin to flash kernel
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geekynoob:
u mean to use mobile odin??

isnt dat slow?? Kernel may isntall fast but a whole rom.... :eek:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
No i mean when have to just change kernel you shud use mobile odin instead. It takes even less time then pc. No need to enter download mode, just select path of kernel on mobile oein and done.

Another thing, i think it also dont change path of binaries so there wont b rooting issue too.

When you are using first time to root device thats ok, subsequently mobile odin is fine.
[Asus Transformer TF700] wolfman87:
Like I'm sure many of you did, I read a TON of reviews before buying the Infinity. I mean I read and re-read almost every english site out there that had gotten their hands on a pre-release version a month or so before the device came out (and videos too!). All of these glowing reviews seemed to reassure me that I was making the right decision and amped up my excitement and expectations. But when I got the tablet I was really disappointed about the speed, stuttering, and lagging both while browsing and the device itself. I've upgraded to .26 and have been VERY happy with it since. I'm not complaining about the device or asking how to make it better. I love my tablet and can't wait to rock some custom roms!

My point is that everyone here noticed the problems almost immediately after opening the box. Lately I've been thinking about the inconsistency between the reviews and the initial release of the product and was wondering if anyone else noticed this and is now either more skeptical of review sites, or (especially after some of the debacles with Asus Device Tracker, the Unlock Tool Serial Issue, etc) if there is more going on behind the scenes with Asus.

I remember reading reviews for Motherboards a few years ago and while ASUS has always been one of the top players it seems that other entrants are doing just as good if not better. Other users were noticing the same trend in innovation and frankly quality. I applaud Asus for venturing out into new product lines, but I get this nagging feeling that they're really not doing the best they can and I'm surprised no reviewer called them out on it. I used to be a huge brand champion for them, but I might be slowly losing it....

Just something I've been thinking about and decided to share.
[Asus Transformer TF700] MartyHulskemper:
I know exactly how you feel. I have noticed absolutely raving reviews for hardware that was less than overwhelming out of the box before, but the past few year, the number of times I've noticed significant discrepancies between the reviews and the actual buyer's user experience far more often, it seems.

I'd imagine that either the manufacturer is buying off the reviewer (I know several hardware companies only make their products available for review on the explicit notice that only positive aspects are to be referenced, or that the review overall must at least be positive), or that they send off devices that have been pulled inside out by the engineers and have been tweaked to hell (and back), even as far as swapping out components. This isn't so hard to do when you haven't even settled on an actual end-product design.

I know that there's alsways a negative bias on the user forums (like XDA, for example), but the positive review bias is putting me off even more. :mad:
[Asus Transformer TF700] yumms:
Excellent thread.

I wonder about this too, take the Prime...that device was virtually broken out of the box. How could any reviewer not mention the constant ANRs with the web browsing, slowness when installing anything and broken bluetooth?
[Asus Transformer TF700] zenaxe:
My Infinity has been great right out of the box. So, no, it doesn't have any impact on my perspective since most of the reviews are in-line with my experience.

The Prime is altogether different, though. It had some clear problems that were broken at the hardware level, so it seemed like someone should have called it out much more quickly.

I would expect the manufacturer to more closely QA a unit they knew was going to be a hardware review unit, so minor flaws that are due to poor QA (a dead pixel/light bleed/etc) I would NOT expect to be called out by most reviewers. But a design defect as glaring and fundamental as WiFi and GPS iisues the Prime had? Not so much.
[Asus Transformer TF700] slybarman:
I expressed the same thoughts back in February with respect to the original prime:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22396949&postcount=7
[Asus Transformer TF700] Thats OK:
Good thread!

The reviews for me add a lot of confusion as I'm sure happens to most.

As a long time home PC builder I got mad at Asus years back because of

some serious issues with their motherboards. So I've always just stepped

over the brand until recently. Asus seems to have changed or maybe it's

just hardware advancements that have become common.

We have a couple of other tablets and I've always thought they we're a hassle

to use in most cases. I've wanted a 10.1 tablet for a couple of years, yet wanted

to wait for some vast hardware improvement. That's where the TF700 comes into play.

I bought this thing for the inside first, quality second, reviews third Asus name last.

I dunno what will happen maybe Android 4.1 will give all the tablets wings...
[Asus Transformer TF700] wolfman87:
That won't happen until CM18 - Redbull :)

But you hit on exactly what I was getting at with the motherboards. Innovation and quality are not always the same thing. I ended up with a Gigabyte board and was very happy btw.

To be honest I think that consumers in general are ok with sub-par build quality though. As long as something works and isn't absolutely terrible most people are cool with it. Basically as consumers we allow companies to get away with it because we still buy the products. It's a vicious cycle. ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] zenaxe:
I also think that consumers (Americans in particular, myself included) tend to be incredibly price conscious and this has been further exacerbated by both the world economy and the pace of technology. So, the past decade or so, this has really accelerated.

As you note, nowadays, poor build quality is not preferred but it is highly tolerated... probably because the item was viewed as a "good deal" and we know we're just going to buy a new one and literally scrap the old one in just a year or two. We are not buying things with the intent to keep them for years or call a "repairman" if they break, like people did with TV sets in the 50s and 60s.

I have a Moto Droid 1 that was just released from it's 2 year contract in Jan and I've known people who have upgraded phones four or five times since I've owned mine. It's nuts. I'm finally going to replace it because the volume button broke but I found myself half wishing it wasn't so sturdy when I see everyone with their shiny new phones. It's hard not to fall into the rampant consumerism that helps fuel this negative quality trend.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Thats OK:
Chuckle OL

"CM18 Redbull"

You may have actually tagged a future version!
[Asus Transformer TF700] guthrien:
Gadget reviews on the Internet are on the whole quite poor. There are a lot of factors that most users here could add to.

- they're all tied into an endless consumer release cycle that has to gear up every few months or year depending on the vendor. In that sense they're part of a big ball of constant marketing, hype and desire that people and places like here feed into (I'm guilty!)

- the explosion of 24hr tech coverage on the Internet has all these gadget sites competing for page views, advertising and even access from the very companies they're assessing.

- the gadget "journalists" are constantly switching to new devices, never living with it before they are pressured to judge it for an article that will likely never be updated but always searchable on the net. How many tablet reviews have you seen where someone is paging through home pages as they state how fast or slow a device is? Useless.

-it's true you see more negatives on XDA as far as quality control, but you also see more unfounded hype for new or unreleased devices because people want the next new thing or to feel like their emotional or financial purchase is worthwhile. I trust net reviewers when they uniformly say a device is mediocre (ie Note 10.1) because you know it had to be bad if it sucked in the brief amount of time they gave it. I don't trust their praise until I know for myself it's decent (Nexus 7, Infinity) because there are all sorts of issues they won't be around to see (Prime).
[HTC One X] Desaf:
Hi Guys,

What will happen if I format my sd(internal memory)? Will it cause problems for the rom?
[HTC One X] thunderc8:
SD

You will loose all data/programs on the sd card.
[HTC One X] ArmedandDangerous:
ROMS are stored in the internal phone memory which you do not have access through unless through recovery or through apps like Root Explorer :) Format your SD all you want, your ROM will still work.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Xperia4life:
Hello guys,

Soon I am going to lets plays on games on android because some are good. But in the mean while I would like if you could help me out in a new hobby http://youtube.com/user/tgtwletsplays . Also do any of you think call of duty would come in the future not a dumb question but a disscusion because if it did then/:) I would hope that when android hardware improves we would get a better FPS game than gamelofts!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] UndisputedGuy:
Call of duty: zombies is already on android
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Xperia4life:
I mean multiplayer and campaign
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Selim873:
Most likely not, but maybe a developer can port the first Call of Duty, it runs on a heavily modified version of the Quake 3 engine, which is already availiable for the Play called Zeus Arena, spec requirements are about the same anyway. You wouldn't be able to just place the COD PAK files, I don't think there are any anyway. Just hope from here. Check Doom 3 for Android, that's on it's way!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonzai1888:
Got the Galaxy S3 on the 3 network in the UK, all was fine & dandy then found out about how the phone was updated & basically 3 sit twiddling their thumbs on it. Went looking for a solution, found a nice simple flash the phone with Odin, use proper Samsung firmware, thought that will do the trick for me.

Unfortunately I did exactly as I was told (didn't go down the root, well, route as there were too many options and I was lost as to wether I was using the right stuff) People swore by the flash to samsung firmware, did that last night, was perfect. Only thing left was the change csc thing, to select BTU but the option wasnt there...was told to download another firmware.......the phone returned with a "unfortunately, the process android.acore has stopped" message, was told to to a reset.......then got "unfortunately, messaging has stopped". Have flashed a few times now to no avail, I can no longer text, is my phone basically broken beyond repair?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilvFlashProd:
Not ruined, but it sounds like you have clobbered some system files. Read up on rooting. Hopefully you can Root and then install a custom recovery like CWM then install a custom ROM.

It would have been better to have made a backup via recovery before you started flashing stuff.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kobz1973:
Flash stock ROM and start again
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Or even factory reset .

But its a bad flash probably could be a corrupt download or wrong firmware .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkr32:
seems like u didnt follow the instructions and u could have even bricked your device all that i can say is factory reset or flash a new rom
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esist:
(s)he is having issues just fixing a stock rom misflash and you recommend a custom ROM? Even root was too complicated

I've flashed past phones to death and even still following instructions exactly, they don't always work as they should. Yeah they have cool features and yeah me or you can probably manage to fix any issues they throw up, but they are definitely not for everyone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shorty1483:
Bull****...his problems have nothing to do with a brick. Don't scare him.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da.trute:
i'd defo try a factory, cache and dalvik reset first before flashing again, you'l loose all your data but it may fix the problems you are experiencing.. Boot into recovery mode to do that.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonzai1888:
Thanks for all the replies. I have flashed with Odin 3.04 & have found out 3.07 is out...could this be where it all went wrong? I tried following the rooting stuff but found so many variations & in my head (technology challenged when it comes to this) it was all going over my head. I did do the factory reset & reflash with a stock software (the latest I believe) but I don't know if it is a network thing which knackerec me, in CSC I have sales code saying H3G with no options to select BTU. If I post a screenshot of my settings (about device) would that help someone steer me in the right direction as a possible starting point.

My phone appears to be no longer 3 branded, but it should be locked to the 3 network in the uk.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djstevie:
I had the same issue with my Three branded phone. What i did was flash the rom with the PDA button ticked in Odin and then flashed it again with the same file but ticked the CSC icon instead of the PDA and it worked and then let me select BTU from the menu. Give it a try and report back, i'm 99% sure it'll work.

BTW you'll lose the HD voice by flashing it. I still havent found and easy way to get it back working.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonzai1888:
If I try this, what Rom did you use, was it the one in link after you?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
What do you want .

Wait for updates via Kies and OTA or join XDA and flash Stock Samsung rom as released ???

Me no Kies and no OTA on my phone

Stock LG9 or leaked Jelly Bean .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonzai1888:
I am happy flashing on release, please understand this is all new. If losing kies is not an issue coz I can just flash then cool. I thought kies was an essential part of the updating. I can use my phone fine just now (using go SMS Pro) but would like it back to fully working phone which would be sweet.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ceo.mtcl:
Nothing good is wrong with your phone. It's not even a brick yet. Flash a cwm recovery and then re trying using check rom.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avocco:
None of these guys no what there talking about. You've bricked your phone and you won't be able to fix it. Best thing to do is cut your loss and sell it. I'll be generous and give you £50 pounds for it. That's right a fresh £50 note right now, hard cash delivered right to your door step, no questions asked!

Honestly though try flashing the original 3 firmware, it should be in the firmware thread I believe.

P.S You've not bricked your phone, no where near it so don't worry about it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonzai1888:
Thanks...I was giving up again to be honest as once again I was left not knowing what to do. I thought this would be the easiest place to ask but it was ending up in riddles, which is why I gave up on rooting it in the first place.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazbutler1:
I'm on 3 UK same happened to me when I unbranded. Don't panic your phone is fine. Turn off phone then hold power + home + volume up. Let go when you see the Android man. Wipe factory reset and dalvik cache you will lose everything. Then reboot. Don't bother letting it boot back up, just hold power + home + volume down. Then flash unbranded rom via odin. Once done and booted type *#272*yourimei# and you should now have option of btu.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djstevie:
Was the latest UK unbranded rom in the first page.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonzai1888:
It just says wipe cache partition....is the the dalvik cache? Don't want to do something else wrong.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ry4n:
Wipe dalvik cache is in the advanced menu fella.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonzai1888:
Advanced menu? There is another one? I am using vol up + home + power,if that's not the advanced menu how do I get into it? Does my phone need to be rooted to get into this advanced menu? I use google & it mentions custom roms, cwm to get into the dalvik cache, is this the case?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazbutler1:
Sorry I meant just cache advanced menu is clockwork mod recovery so forget that. Factory reset wipe cache partition then flash with odin
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kerman19:
Odin version has little to do with it, I use an old ass version.

However, I've unbranded a ton of 3 phones since they're so behind on the updates it's unreal... and in comparison to my own which is stock simfree/unbranded they run like crap.

Download this

http://hotfile.com/dl/164677005/982413d/I9300XXBLG8_I9300OXABLG8_I9300XXLG8_BTU.zip.html

Extract and flash with Odin as PDA, using default options.

Download the S2 CSC changer from the market when the phone boots back up, change it to BTU, the phone will think about it for a bit then reboot and the phone will be completely wiped.

Job done, unbranded.

As a side note, you do not need root, you do not need CWM, unless that is something you want specifically, and plan on flashing a custom rom. Certainly it's not required for unbranding.

Phil
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonzai1888:
Thanks for the input...I am leaving it alone now. Reflashed to the latest UK stock, messaging still not working, in fact, can't find it at all now. I know it's there, when I go to install the apk it won't do it coz it it already installed. As long I can flash with the new firmware I will be fine (I take it that is ok), just annoyed coz I will have lost some selling value should I ever decide to get rid of it.

Just going with GO SMS Pro for texting, it works, I do actually prefer it, just wanted my mobily back to how it came. Anyway, it's unbranded, will be back for jellybean firmware.

Oh, & still can't change the CSC to BTU, there are no options to choose (& yes, I know what I am looking for there).

Cheers again.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhariamine:
Usually a factory reset would wipe all the bloatware and the Firemware of 3 network and you can flash a stock rom from Sammobile and start fresh!!!!Hope this helped
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f0xy:
You need to do a he'll of a lot of reading and learning my friend...

Knowledge is power
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonzai1888:
It did work first time, but coz the guy kept insisting i needed kies, i had to change the CSC...that just wont take on my phone...basically i got it right the first time what i wanted the phone to do, was the second stock i was told to use caused the problem. I am sure if i really need to i will take the steps neccesarry to sort it out...unfortunately sitting reading walls of text on how to root just goes right over my head.

I have my unbranded phone with the stock samsung firmware, will do for now.

Of course, if you updated the phone like an iphone i wouldnt have felt the need to flash the phone in the first place...i can see it being months before 3 get to where we are now.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kkercor:
I flashed CM10 UNOFFICIAL V2 follow all instructions in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1775373, everything works fine and fast:good:. but I set up the tone of the phone and notifications does not work.

sorry for the translation, don´t speak English.:p