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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jakealex2:
IMEI

If you flash a non TW ROM you could lose your IMEI, which allows you to log on to the Verizon network. If it gets borked you'll have to restore a back-up or try to restore from the IMEI number in the battery compartment. There are a couple of great threads on hot to do it. Just Search. I just backed-up mine and it was really easy. Don't forget to thank the DEV. They are amazing. If i could have children I would want one of there's. ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tu3218:
You can lose it with a TW rom as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdk2:
Consider the IMEI as a serial number of sorts that's unique to your device (though not necessarily true) so that it can identify itself to the network through the sim card. Also consider that it can be corrupted and removed for many unknown reasons at this time.

Moral of the story: Back it up before making any changes to the phone.

This method backs it up from stock while your IMEI is still intact: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/32397-tutorial-imei-backup-nv-with-qpst-us-variants/

This method with attempt to repair said IMEI when it's gone south/missing: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1802024
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Div033:
Actually if you're on stock rom/kernel then you don't have to worry about randomly losing your IMEI. It only seems to occur when flashing or running a custom kernel. This means a custom touchwiz kernel can cause it.

Some people are saying its not a preventable issue. I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that's unacceptable. I'm hopeful one of the many smart devs working on this phone can figure it out. This phone has overcome too much to be gimped by an issue like this. The IMEI issue essentially makes running custom kernels impractical for people who cannot afford to lose their phone's basic functions; it can happen at any given time.

I'll continue to hope that since this issue exists across all carrier editions it will be solved.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jothen2002:
First of all thanks for sharing...

So I have already installed a custom rom ( currently synergy r39) and a custom kernel imoseyon 0.2.2...

So I better go make a back up ASAP ...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ruben8448:
I lost mine once while running an unofficial cm nightly. I flashed it and everything worked fine. Then I restarted the phone and I lost my imei. It was a pretty quick fix because I backed up efs.bin file. I then used the qualcomm tool to restore the imei and then I pushed the efs.bin backup over the current one. I then reflashed that cm nightly again and I was working again. It took about 25 min. The only downside is if this happens and you don't have a computer you can't use your phone till you get to one.

Best thing is to not panic and check the threads here. It's an easy fix. I wouldn't be worried.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] knifedroid:
+ 1

This issue has pretty much scared me away from flashing. The set up I have going is working, so I'm hesitant to take nightlies for a test drive and increase my chances of being without a phone until I can cuss enough to get it fixed.

Sent from an overpriced Verizon tower.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
I'm curious if the AT&T or Sprint Galaxy S III owners are seeing this IMEI issue much, as well.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xsteven77x:
All variants are.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master_Tak:
Had a couple questions for you as I'm running the CM10 alpha and about to move to the nightlies. Is there any advantage to backing up the efs.bin file as opposed to creating the QCN file that is described in the IMEI backup threads? Can you use QPST to backup the efs.bin? It sounds like its better to have both than just the QCN file. Sorry I don't know what exactly the efs.bin file is so apologies if I'm not making sense.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
Yeah, I have been getting that impression from reading around since my post.

I'm not going beyond root for this phone until something more definitive to prevent the IMEI issue can be found.

I must have flashed ROMs on my Incredible hundreds of times, quite casually, and it seems best to avoid the problems we're seeing with people who have attempted to restore their identifier and still have roaming indicator showing, etc.

- ooofest
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hostet:
Hi,

ICS was first released for Galaxy S2 is unable to fetch email (@gmail.com and gmail business accountP) through m.google.com using Ms exchange as it would just stay loading with no mail being downloaded. I would like to check if this problem have been solved in current build. If it is working now, what is the build that works. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hostet:
Nobody have an answer to my question?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MercilessLTD:
My network icons (WiFi, Cell Signal) used to turn blue (showing connectivity to Google). I tried XenonHD and decided it wasn't for me so I flashed back my Nandroid of the 4.1.1 OTA from kibmcz. For some reason, it seems that after flashing back, my icon never turns blue, even though I can connect to the Play Store, retrieve Gmail, receive Google Voice notifications, etc.

Any thoughts on how to restore this background connection to allow my network icons to turn blue?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MercilessLTD:
I'm backing up (TB) and getting a Nandroid, then reflashing. I think it may be due to the device ID. This was the first time I chose to get the old device ID back when restoring from TB, instead of choosing ignore and keep the new device ID.

Update coming soon...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvorak67:
I've never had issues with changing or not changing the device ID (I've done both over the course of trying out way too many roms). Any chance you accidentally restored some system or Google date with TB? That could cause some problems. In general, don't restore through TB unless there is unrecoverable data that doesn't really interact with the system (such as game scores). If you can restore the data from somewhere else (email from a server, etc) do that. Restore any apps that don't need their data restored from the Play Store (translate, browsers, etc)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MercilessLTD:
Instead of reflashing the OTA, I decided to go with a CM10 (listed in signature). This time I selected "Ignore (keep the new device ID)" and this seemed to work. Coincidental or not, the only time this has been an issue is when I told TB to restore the device ID. Perhaps a TB bug? I'm not sure. I've always restore almost everything stored in TB and never had any issues, especially since I typically don't flash multiple ROMs. I usually stick to stock OTA.

Thanks for the reply, dvorak. I may start doing that if I switch ROMs and not just re-flash the same ROM.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cganesh75:
I have a Mytouch 4g (I got it in this condition from somebody else, so i dont know the history).. phone seems be in mint condition and from what i can tell it never got disassembled.

Phone seems to be completely dead, when i power on, nothing comes up, no boot splash etc.. but something odd happened when i plug it in to my computer.. it started blinking orange light and i noticed that my computer detected a USB mass storage device and such. still the phone wont boot for any combination of buttons. the orange blinking light stops few seconds after i remove the cable. Battery seems to have gotten charged by this phone. My computer shows a new "removable drive".. but my SD card that i put in it cannot be accessed.

anything i can try? any ideas? i do see that when its plugged in, if i hold power button down, it will stop blinking and then starts blinking again.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bas3balman:
You're battery is completely drained. If you have an HTC charger plug it in and let it sit. After awhile the blinking orange light will turn in to a steady orange light to indicate that it is charging. It has nothing to do with bricking, you just have a dead battery :)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cganesh75:
negative on that. i put a fully charged battery from my other MT4G into this one. when its not plugged in, i dont get any blinking light. when i have it plugged in, its constantly blinking.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cganesh75:
also, everytime i connect it the computer, it does detect the USB . i get the connection sound through the PC speaker

I have Pdanet installed.. I tried with my other mt4g, powered it off, connected to the computer.. USB is detected and the PDANet detects the phone being attached (even though the phone is off), orange light stays solid

when i connect the MT4G (bricked).. USB gets detected, Pdanet never detects a phone being attached.. orange light keeps blinking
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cganesh75:
is it possible that the phone is not detecting the battery? or the battery status?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] the-cybersapien:
Hello all developers,

I wanted help in resizing /system and /data partitions on Samsung Galaxy Ace. You see we got unofficial CM9 by Maclaw, which is the only way to get ICS on our now low end device.

The problem with it is that it takes up almost whole 205 MBs system partition. Even if we delete some heavy apps and replace them with lite ones, We dont get much space for MODs.

Our galaxy Ace doesn't have a fastboot mode to use mods from the LG optimus Gt540 developers.

Can someone help in increasing /system space?

We can resize the /data partition and use link2SD or some scripts for Data partition.

Or

Is there any way to link system files to Ext?

Please help.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] {ParanoiA}:
Maybe this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1370963
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cameraz:
After downloading and installing Ice Cream Sandwich on my Galaxy 10.1 tab, my video playback now lags, whether watching YouTube, Netflix or my own video files. Trying to play 1080 video is hopeless ... it lags to the point of being unwatchable.

I use Dice Player, and before the update my video ran flawlessly.

Meanwhile, I would like to inform Samsung of this problem, but when I go to their support site there appears to be no way to contact them about tablets. Under "mobile computing" they have netbooks and laptops, but no tablets.

If you are experiencing video problems after the ics update, please contact Samsung and let them know. It's the only way we're going to get a fix.

Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beezer80:
Have you checked the Samsung site? They should have a support avenue you can take.
[Gen9, Gen10 General] MiSSigNNo:
If I have installed a SDE firmware, and I'm having some hardware isues, can I undo the installation so Archos cannot detect I've done this process and warranty is still "active"?
[Gen9, Gen10 General] bothylad:
Hi

I recently returned my rooted Archos with the SDE firmware installed, the USB port was faulty I reformatted the device and returned it .

The replacement was a brand new tablet .

Cheers
[Gen9, Gen10 General] MiSSigNNo:
Exactly the same also happened to me, but last time i did not played around with customized roms. They gave me a new tablet, but now I'm experiencing issues with the screen, when I turn it on, it starts to fade suddenly.
[Motorola Droid 3] kamazepine:
Hi,

Now that there is a real possibility that motorola unlock the droid 3 bootloader, will it be possible to flash a modified radio that will bypass Verizon's subsidy lock? this would solve the simlock problem for all of us stuck with locked phones not responding to normal unlock codes available online.

If I'm correct this has already been done on the atrix?

What do you think? if it's possible we could gather up a task force to do the job.
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
A true bootloader unlock from Motorola? Where did you hear about this?

Sent from my HTC Raider
[Motorola Droid 3] vbhokiefan:
Its been all over the web. (although the only phone on the list is Sprint's Photon Q which was already announced as unlockable)

BUT

1. If you think Moto will unlock the bootloader so you can run ICS or JB on your D3 rather than buy a new phone......

or

2. If you think VZW would allow Moto to unlock the bootloader (if you're in the US) so you can run ICS or JB on your D3 rather than buy a new phone.....

you, my friend, are :p:eek::p:eek::p

sorry, but that's the cold hard truth.
[Motorola Droid 3] kamazepine:
Actually I'm a bit :p:eek::p:eek::p, nonetheless I'm really hoping that it will be possible to unlock my Droid3.

I live outside the US and none of the subsidy codes I bought over the web worked. *

running ICS/JB on this phone is only a matter of tie, whether the BL gets unlocked or not, thanks to Hashcode's et al. efforts.

What I hope will happen if/when the BL gets unlocked is the possibilty to run custom/patched radio that will bypass Verizon's *%$£d subsidy lock.
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
Yes motodev has released a bootloader unlock tool. The only devices supported are photon q, razr dev edition (which was always unlockable) and the xoom. We are likely to see more devices going forward but i doubt any older devices will get support. As mentioned by someone else, why open up more options for us, when they can get us to buy a new device.

Honestly I don't know why they bother. Seems in the end many devices get their bootloader bypassed or cracked. Kecex is going to support a number of devices. The verizon sgs3 got cracked in a couple weeks. All they do is drive innovation in hacking.
[Motorola Droid 3] tcrews:
First, the bootloader has to be unlockable which the Droid 3's is not. Motorola would have to release an updated bootloader which they will not do.

The site also states that August 2012 and future devices will be able to access this feature/function. Nothing for current devices.
[Motorola Droid 3] muse00:
droid 3 xt883 chıne rom unlocked ?
[Motorola Droid 3] Theri0n:
Never with Droid 3. As fas as I understand Droid 3 is the most replaced phone in the history of Verizon. They have lotsa problems with stock-flashed handsets and it's going to be total disaster if they officially allow custom ROMs.
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
Why? Just make it so unlocking voids warranty - so you can't send it back
[Motorola Droid 3] xantanion:
Even without an official bootloader unlock I am quite sure there will be a bypass shortly.
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
There already is. Kernel is still alpha but it's usable.
[Motorola Droid 3] kamazepine:
We're talking about sim unlocking, not custom kernels, do you think once the kexec is done it will allow custom basebands ?
[Motorola Droid 3] leerpsp:
me my self i think it wood work. but i think they need so me keys for the droid 3 to get that working but it will help a lot of others that can not unlock with a unlock code to bypass it to get there phones working on at&t
[Motorola Droid 3] CrinoidQueen:
Hi

I recently dropped my Droid 3 that had been unlocked by my ex boyfriend in water and was unable to save it. I do not believe I can do the process myself. I am wondering if there is any one close to the Springfield, IL area that can like meet me and help me or do it for me and I can pay them. I really loved that phone. I don't think I would be happy with a different one. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Th3H4r0015k:
Get all the info here

th3h4r0015k.blogspot.in/2012/08/run-python-on-your-android_20.html

This app works great on our Gfit...get it now here

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inportb.botbrew

dont forget follow my blog for more this kinds apps:cool:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jvdv360:
Hi all,

I found one thread here on xda from a guy that had converted the nxt apps to mini pro for gingerbread.

However, after having installed them on my v.62 with locked bootloader, I had many issues: force closes on calendar, contacts etc etc.

Is there any alternative to have the nxt apps correctly working on v62?

EDIT: this is the mod I'm talking about: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1520456&highlight=nxt
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] gmp009:
have a look at this may be they will work i dont have GB so i havnt tested but i think they will work try it!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1800009
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jvdv360:
Thx, I'll check them out!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jvdv360:
Well, again, most of them don't work. Seems I'm missing out something.

(I only replaced some apks in /system/app)

Was worth the try though :)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaaka78:
I know there are other browsers (Quick ICS, ICS Browser+) where you can select the UA String and it sticks. I was hoping for a mod that does the same thing for the stock browser since I like having the split screen option. I've tried the about:debug method and it doesn't stay in desktop mode. Thoughts anyone? It gets tedious to always select desktop view every time you open the browser.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchellvii:
Dunno. That's the way I was doing it. Wasn't aware it didn't stick.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TweakerL:
You can download chrome and create a file in /data/local called chrome-command-line and in it write

chrome --user-agent="Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/22.0.1207.1 Safari/537.1"

And now you have chrome always in desktop mode. That command seems to affect the stock browser too.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] budalica:
Browser

I always use opera mobile browser . Stock browser and others are giving me trouble when downloading stuff . Either it quits few hundred kilobits into download or Parsing package error . Opera mobile works great for me .
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blulite:
This works for chrome (thanks), but it does not seem to affect internal browser.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hchxoom:
I've had a Xoom for the past 15 or so months, and this is an issue from the beginning and for which it seems there is no solution. It is an android issue.

I switched to Dolphin for a long time, until finding Boat browser, which I've found lighter and quicker.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavilan2010:
I use dolphin too...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pachi72:
Best browsers to DL files are Boat and Dolphin.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sparksltd:
Type in the address bar about:debug and press go or the search button. Then goto settings-debug-UAString and select desktop. The debug settings will go away in time.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrADP:
Great tip. Despite this it still reverts to mobile sites

---------- Post added at 08:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:54 PM ----------

Update: then go into settings and tick desktop view. Should stay checked now.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchellvii:
The thing that makes it hard for me to give up Dolphin is the way it handles bookmarks. Dragging the screen to the right and selecting a bookmark is just so cool and efficient. I also like how I leaves my bookmark trees as I last left them instead of closing all my folders every time.

The stock browser is pretty good at that as well but the bookmarks tree takes like 2 seconds to open each time which is qquite annoying.

Sent from my awesome Note 10.1
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sparksltd:
After changing useragent my stock brouser stayed on desktop mode, but all of a sudden after a few days its started to show mobile sites. Strange thing is the useragent is still set to desktop. So im guessing it must be a bug or something.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Prof-KOS:
- nevermind - found similar thread and posting my question there to keep it clean
[LG Nitro HD] HO!NO!:
This is the Official ICS V20e from Telus

ClockWorkMod flashable

I did not remove or add anything this is really stock.

Enjoy!

HO!NO!_P935_Telus-V20e-CWM-Flashable.zip
[LG Nitro HD] GuestD2786:
Does it have the scrolling carrier name in the notification bar like Bell's rom?
[LG Nitro HD] Dmitry_D:
I have error whan install this .zip
[LG Nitro HD] kavena78:
I also got error
[LG Nitro HD] john9:
will test this out!
[LG Nitro HD] HO!NO!:
I just re-upload file sory for the problem....
[LG Nitro HD] Dmitry_D:
again error
[LG Nitro HD] navik:
still install error
[LG Nitro HD] sookster54:
Yup errors.
[LG Nitro HD] leoaries1986:
V20e for Telus and Bell, which is better? Telus flashable zip is smaller size than Bell.
[LG Nitro HD] drumist:
Telus ROM removed some stuff (like theming). But apparently lots of people have had problems installing this flashable version of the Telus ROM, so you should use the Bell one.
[LG Nitro HD] leitian:
where i can find the bell one?
[LG Nitro HD] KronicSkillz:
HONO is this install stable yet?
[LG Nitro HD] AllstarE4:
HONO! Has moved on from the nitro. I don't think he's watching this anymore.
[LG Nitro HD] xyz#1:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2185178

Here is bell the best ever. Enjoy.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] proson:
Hello.

I have a Galaxy note phone,and I was planing to buy a nite 10.1 tablet. But before I want to know if is possible to sync the notes on S-note application between the two devices. I think is important.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freedomispopular:
It looks like all you can do is just share the .snb files between the two. Not very elegant, but looks to be the best we have at the moment. Hopefully future updates will bring tighter integration.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RocketManOO7:
I used Dropbox, then paid 4.99 for pro unlock key. Perfect. Syncs both ways. Very nice so far.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cc1995:
I think you can use a feature on the Note called wifi direct to transfer things back and forth between the two devices. Give it a try. I don't have the Note phone so i can't, but I know this feature is supposed to work. Let me know how you make out.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] janniklindquist:
In theory, yes - but the S Note doesn't auto sync
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daciple:
To sum up answers, no. First SNore does indeed auto-sync. At least on Note devices. For integration, the SNote will not sync from one device to another. It sucks really, I have the Galaxy Note 10.1 Tablet & the Galaxy Note 2 phone, no integration, hopefully that changes!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aalupatti:
My note 10.1 and original note ( gt-n7000) sync well with no issues.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chocu1a:
My notes sync between my note 2 and 10.1. You have to have an active Samsung account and be logged in on both devices.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N8shon:
I'm trying to do exactly that, and on my Verizon Note 2 it says under the Samsung Account "Sync Disabled" with no apparent way to enable it. It looks like a carrier greyed out feature. Anyone else seeing this?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N8shon:
Looks like I've found a way around this with Dropsync.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] hoddy4:
Is there an ICS ROM available for the ATT Version of the Galaxy 8.9? What is the best Honeycomb ROM?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] orlandoxpolice:
I like danno
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] hoddy4:
Danno

Thanks, Is danno Honeycomb? Any problems using it on ATT network?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] ZX6Chris:
You have a choice of 2 ROM's. Try them both? Lol. I'm dying for ICS too.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] orlandoxpolice:
Works fine on att
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] chrootz:
I am running Danno ROM on ATT working just fine.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] unashamed:
Whats added/missing from stock?

anything you miss?

is it any faster?

is tethering built in?