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[Motorola Photon 4G] Mills00013:
Unlocking a stock USCC Electrify tonight using Pudding.

Plan on installing CWM or TWRP (after doing more research or heeding advice).

Not many ROMs say Electrify compatibility is included. Is anyone having any luck flashing these to their Electrify? Is there a universal conversion zip a la the ones used in the D2/DX days?
[Motorola Photon 4G] na7q:
it's the same phone minus 4g. everything is compatible with one another. no mods needed. just flash away.

be sure to flash this for eri/roaming fix. it's recommended.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1675772

you can also check out my site below for some electrify info.

good luck on unlocking. not many people have an electrify that they can unlock.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Mills00013:
Thanks for the tips, this is exactly what I figured!

I'm not to nervous about the unlocking process, and I know the device I'll be working with this evening is a completely bone stock 2.3.5 USCC device which appears (from my limited reading) to have the best of chances. Any further tips I should know before this? I'm no novice, so feel free to talk as high level as you want.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Mills00013:
And your site looks extremely helpful. I'll read through it in it's entirety by the time I attempt the procedure tonight. Thanks for the heads up!
[Motorola Photon 4G] na7q:
well 2.3.4 is fully unlockable. 2.3.5 is only unlockable if you have a device that was shipped with 2.3.5. if it was updated or flashed to it you will not be able to unlock it. it's basically permanently locked. no way around it.

good luck!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Acvice:
Wait, 2.3.5 is unlockable if the phone came with it? Has this always been the case? Did I miss a memo?
[Motorola Photon 4G] na7q:
this has always been the case for the electrify. not the photon.

i don't know what took so long for the photon users to get 2.3.5 but the electrify has had it since nov/dec.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mof9336:
If the electrify is shipped with 2.3.5. Its sv1 so you can unlock it. But if it was updated via ota to 2.3.5. Then its sv2 and unlockable.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Mills00013:
Is there a quick way to check the SV level? I assume it might tell me in the bootloader itself?

And thanks for the tips and help again to everyone, very helpful.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
IIRC, it will error out, harming nothing, if it can't be unlocked. That's what it says in the instructions I received, though.

My Electrify was shipped with 2.3.5, and I'm running Jelly Bean now. I've flashed more ROMs than I can count in the last week alone.

As for the boot loaders (recoveries), CWM-Recovery that comes with the Electrify.zip unlock pack is the same as Joker's v3, and is your standard text-based, no-touch recovery. You navigate with volume and Power is your Enter. TWRP is all-touch, nice as hell. Both should work for you. TWRP is just nicer looking.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cruzad3r:
not sure if anyone is using their phone while tethering to another device but when i tried to use my phone while tethering, i'm getting a lot of drop connection. It's so bad that while using the stock "internet" application to browse the site or streaming music from sites; it won't load. All this goes away when i shut down the hot spot tethering.

i'm on stock ATT rom with no trip counter flash root and tether mod. if you're having this issue or had this in the past, please leave some feedback and comment as to how you've fixed it. thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] richb500:
You are probably getting throttled while on the call. AT&T recently implemented a silent throttle of about 1mbps down and 20kbps up while talking on the phone. This makes all but the simplest web browsing impossible. Using the internet while talking on the phone used to be a feature that made AT&T better. Funny, they still advertise it as a benefit.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bravomail:
Since all stock ROMs are really the same - try AOKP and CM10, see if they're better in this regard.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cruzad3r:
so i wasn't on call. i was actually streaming music online using the stock "internet application" from Sammy. let me try to explain again.

hot spot is enable - stock app from ATT rom and my Asus tablet is connected. i then stream music using the internet application / similar to the "browser" application on the asus through a website. so basically using flash to listen to music online. then i use my Asus tablet to surf the net. when doing that, i can not stream music at all on my phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TheFiveDots:
Maybe you just don't have the mobile bandwidth for it? Is your signal strong? Have you tried running a Speedtest to see what kind of DL speeds you're getting?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cruzad3r:
i'm having a hard time with the speedtest on this S3. first it's connecting to some far away server than the one that i'm used to and the speed is horrendous. .23 up and .20 down - what in the hell is that!

i get a different connection result when i used my tablet and do the speed test while tethering off my phone.

WEird!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick Graham:
It appears this can be done, but I could really use a How To guide, which I have not been able to locate in my searches thus far.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giacomo.c:
I've been looking around for this, too. My friend got his incredible flashed for him by a 3rd party, but had to pay 80 bucks. I'm betting its not that hard.

From what I understand, you may have to buy a temp phone through straight talk and then flash that phone's ESN to your Incredible, but I may have that all wrong.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmlusco:
That is basicly correct. You need a CDMA Straight Talk phone. You can tell if its CDMA because the phones model number will end with a C. Then you need to use a pc program called QPST to flash the ESN of the Straight Talk phone to your incredible, along with all the CDMA and data settings. I have never done it but have been really thinking about it since vzw came out with there new share everything bs. I have been researching and i think in november when my contracts up im going to try it.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timothy08:
so how do i use this in like DFS or some other windows app like that... i want to pull aaa shared from it... any thing will help i tryed 4 different ways to that..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salemfox:
Just wondering if T-Mobile in the USA lock their phones as I'd buy the Blaze/Relay out of contract when it comes out. Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gagdude:
They lock it, but you can buy an unlocked version, or buy a locked version and unlock it with an unlock code
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronbo76:
Unlocked phones are the way to go

Almost all the major US carriers sell their phones locked. However, there is some kind of regulation that they must upon request provide the unlock code to the customer. I just google T-Mobile's unlock code docs, and here is a link to the cached document:

http://74.6.117.48/search/srpcache?ei=UTF-8&p=unlock+code&fr=moz35&u=http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=unlock+code&d=4814057732507625&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=306b1278,f2206927&icp=1&.intl=us&sig=7aRKgNJGsEkbvHzQ_G2bLw--

I can't remember what the regulation is on this but it is most likely contingent or similar to what is in this T-Mobile doc which states in essence the release is contingent on where the phone was bought, number of days on contract/service and/or contract type with the caveat the code must be available from the manufacturer.

That all being said, you're better off buying an unlocked phone. My last two phones have been unlocked and were bought on eBay. This year I saved at least $20 by going straight to a Chinese vendor. I bet if you looked on eBay, you can find the unlocked phone you mention in your post.
[HTC Desire S] jepe63:
Hi Guys,

I've noticed this today on the htcdev website, did i missed this the last few weeks ? or is it new ?

Just wondering......:o
[HTC Desire S] Googley35:
it's new. it was released on 20/08
[HTC Desire S] jepe63:
oke thx, noticed that htcdev is very slow here but managed to download it , so if anyone has problems downloading , PM me and i give my personal link !
[HTC Desire S] Juppehup:
Is this the final door which leads us to problem-free ICS & JB?

Verstuurd van mijn HTC Desire S met Tapatalk
[HTC Desire S] dizz74:
try it

http://narod.ru/disk/59712318001.de...a5ff99c1/saga-ics-crc-3.0.16-62a67df.zip.html
[HTC Desire S] jepe63:
i'm afraid only ICS , it's not a JB kernel (i think) , correct me if i'm wrong :o
[HTC Desire S] jepe63:
thx , but like i said , i've already have it !!

I only wanna help you guys when you have problems with downloading.....then i can give you a fast link....
[HTC Desire S] eternalfrozen:
This is an official release?

Does it means now every bugs on ics will be solved????

:eek:
[HTC Desire S] nodeffect:
Great news. This also means that we can overclock our ics roms
[HTC Desire S] king_josh60:
Does it need any modifying before using? I want the camera to work all the time on the latest fallout ROM and if so, how do I flash it? In recovery? Thanks
[HTC Desire S] cnote74:
Its kernel source must compile from a PC first.
[HTC Desire S] mikisbd:
Great News...
[HTC Desire S] first_damned:
Fallout already has the leaked sense kernel 3
[HTC Desire S] eternalfrozen:
a bit confusing here...:confused:

leaked kernel 3 is same with htcdev kernel 3 release?:silly:
[HTC Desire S] manquetin:
Leaked kernel 3 is in binary form if i'm not wrong. Here's a chance to build from scratch and to improve the configuration to make it even faster.
[HTC Desire S] first_damned:
We have leaked HTC sense kernel 3 used in fallout, but now we have kernel 3 source to be used on aosp or sense roms as it can be modified
[HTC Desire S] kether81:
it´s possible to implement this kernel in a MIUI v4 rom?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jediknight111:
App usage counter? An app that will tell me what app has been used and how many times?

Is there an app that will tell me what has been used and how many times recently? Preferably something that I can reset the counter on

My friend borrows my phone and I want to make sure he isn't accessing my private apps

I know about the app usage statistics with the secret menu *#*#4636#*#*, but I can't find a way to reset the counter on that
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhendy91:
I have no idea on an app that does that. But why not use an app such as app lock. That way you can lock your private apps with a pin or pattern to stop him or anybody using them? Hope that helps
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uk786:
HI,

Smart started no longer seems to be working. Tried different screen time out settings and everything but the eye icon just doesn't appear and the screen just turns off like normal. :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arsaw:
Are you sure smart stay is not turn off in setting?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uk786:
Yeah, its definitely turned on.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Conflict94:
have you tried using different lighting conditions?

mine only worked during afternoons, and even during then, its a hit or miss.

so i ended up just disabling it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uk786:
Tried under all conditions, the eye icon in the status bar just wont appear. Used to work before, don't know why its stopped.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SirKunon:
In my case its working just fine, but after i turned it on first time i had to reboot my phone. Now is working (almost) perfect. If its oto dark front camera see s*** and power off the screen if you dont touch the screen. ;)

Try to disable this feature, reboot your phone, turn smart stay on and reboot one more time. Should work.

Wysyłane z mojego GT-I9300 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uk786:
Tried that still not working.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SirKunon:
Have you checked your front camera? Is it working right?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uk786:
Camera is working fine, use it on Tango and for snapping photos.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SirKunon:
Try to also enable power save mode, maybe this will help. ???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uk786:
Still no luck
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krico:
Glad to see I'm not the only one with this problem.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android_user89:
Fix

Look under Settings->Security->Lock Screen->Secured Lock Time and see if any of the options is selected. Select the option you like and this might fix the problem (it fixed mine).
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Messi10:
hi guys, as tittle says i'm planning to buy galaxy ace 2 or galaxy s advance :cool: and i want to give my phone to my mom:p.

do i have to flash stock rom then unroot, or unroot then flash stock and can i use superoneclick to unroot beacause i used it to root:confused:.

thanks in advance:angel:
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] hsay:
Just flash your original firmware via Odin for the original firmware you can download from samfirmware.com
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] kirakun:
I'm 98% sure u just flash via odin and its unrooted, clean. U can then break it and go to service centre to get a new, if ur warranty is on ;> (joking lol). Be sure to visit mini thread sometimes when u get ur new device, we would be happy to see u :)

Edit: i heard atrix 2 is good too, u should check it out. If u want samsung,... i would lean for s advance bcause of amoled, but ace2 is more likely to get ICS. Or as i said to a guy earlier, u can get the xperia p or sola if u want sony. But if u want to flash custom ROM, go for samsung cause thier bootloaders are most likely unlocked.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Messi10:
thanks for your replies

i flashed stock, and i will go today to buy galaxy ace 2 beacause i read that ace 2 will get ICS and i want unlocked bootloader and i don't care too much about super amoled blah blah...
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] kirakun:
Bye ;( :crying:
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Messi10:
bye:crying:

i will visit galaxy mini forum when i'm free;)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] nico28:
So u r not use mini anymore but perhaps everyone will miss you coz u was always help while everyone stuck. We'll always welcome you :)

Sent from Lil'G GT-S5570

Press "Thanks" if I'm helping you
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fayosi:
I have tried an swype apk...but it does not work.:o

CAN anyone help me to get swype on my phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GuestK007:
http://beta.swype.com/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TECK:
I don't know about you, but I can type a lot faster the hole words with 2 fingers compared to swiping.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fayosi:
Thanks Guy's

I will download swype when i figure out to flash a custom recovery on this phone.

(Its soo hard) Compared to my other samsung phone

It's so confusing with all the drivers and stuff. I wish i could just use ODIN because that's 100% easier.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ppog:
I've never used swype, I don't know what features it offers, apart from ummmmm, swyping(?) but I'm using this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cootek.smartinputv5&hl=en

Has the same type of thing, sliding your finger to write, and other features. I like it, find it good, but as i say I've never used swype, so can't compare. Sliding does take a bit of getting used to though...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jpinsl:
Just go to http://beta.swype.com/ and follow their directions.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Echo5ive:
you just have to practice. If you try and be super precise with Swype, you wind up losing a lot of time compared to just tapping everything out and letting the spell check handle it. Swype is certainly not perfect but I've been using it for about a year now and the only reason I go back to the aosp keyboard is the terminal, Swype acts weird on it...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kyokeun1234:
Dude, swype is much faster than regular keyboard. Also it is really handy to type fast with only one finger ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fayosi:
true....i very used to it now
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ryu234:
Swiftkey 3 is much better?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] viskon:
I find Swype to be the best for me. Register at Swype.com and they will send you the download link. The various apks that I downloaded over the internet did not work for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrtraveler:
Ok, how?

It would be personal preference if you ask me. I've tried all the ones that are offered on the Android store and still keep going back to Swype. The keyboard is great but the best feature that I find is that you can totally mess up a word and 9 times out of 10 Swype will pick the correct word or give you a choice of words with the word you were trying to type being 1st or in the first row of choices.

Installation is easy, just go to the website and follow there instructions, its a total walk through. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ProDriver77:
Had Swype on my old Epic and my wife's LG Optimus S when she had it. Tried it again last night on my GNex and I can honestly say I like the stock keyboard better.

Like the previous poster stated......persoal preference.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus on Verizon Wireless
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sacthegreat:
I have used swype for a few months now, and i just cant use the normal keyboard again!!! Once when I was installing a custom ROM, i faced a problem with the installation of swype, and I just stopped msging or chatting with anyone that day!!

and I can even swype without even looking at the screen now!!

But in my opinion, u can't do the same on a normal keyboard coz u cant feel the keys!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bozzykid:
Swype is good at spell correct but Swiftkey does predictions better than anyone. So while you are swyping all your letters, I just type one or two and hit space :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Hagow:
The select all, copy, paste short cut in Skype wins hands down!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JediNinjafication:
i must have different Swype because mines all jacked up...had been for a while. Basically since flashed jb. Anyone have a better apk than the Swype site

*This Jedi master be a Ninj-ESS*
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bubas_smith:
+1 Swipping! I've been using it since the Windows Mobile 6 ages (HTC Touch Pro) and I can't use no other keyboard since then.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Empty Hand:
All about preference. I used to use swype beta, but have been using SwiftKey 3 for months and haven't looked back. That said, swiping is great, but I rarely type more than two letters before SwiftKey predicts my word.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zeinzu:
Newest Swype beta worked fine for me on 4.1 but I got rid of it as I'm actually more use to the stock keyboard now.

Sent from my Stock AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JediNinjafication:
I need to find something. if in browser it doesn't auto space and if I'm Swyping and choose one of the words from the choice list it will place the word that originally Swyped then move the curser to the very beginning and place the word i chose from the list. And as you can see, it doesn't auto cap unless am trying to share something from one app, news for example to another app, let's say Facebook. Then it auto caps every word and doesn't auto space. But, i can't stock keyboard as can no longer type without it. as screwy as it is. I've redownloaded from Swype and tried modded versions. It was perfect before jellybean.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Guiding.God:
The new update today seems to have made a somewhat more stable for me, on JB. It used to act all wonky at times (missed letters etc). On the stock browser that's on most of the JB Roms I've flashed it doesn't autospace but does so fine on chrome.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sacthegreat:
Same here! Got the update yester! Missed letters was a problem for me too previously! But still too early to say!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JediNinjafication:
hmmm...maybe i should h have them resend my installer...thanks for the update info
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrtraveler:
This has happened to me on several different devices to correct it I just change the keyboard to another keyboard, finish what I'm typing and then force close Swype and restart it. Change the keyboard back to Swype and it works fine. Not sure why this happens, maybe that's why it still a beta. :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Il_Tene:
I've started using Swype because it's strange and looks "cool". I'd like it but I decided to go back to stock keyboard because it's better integrated in the system. But man, after 2 weeks of Swype I couldn't go back, too lazy to type prefect words. However I never tried swiftkey so I can't make a comparison.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JediNinjafication:
i went with touch pro or whatever. the video was pretty sweet and it seems decent. think once it figures out my strokes it will be better than swype.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zeinzu:
Your strokes?

I'd like to figure out your strokes.

.....

Sent from my Stock AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JediNinjafication:
inappropriate
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zeinzu:
Indeed.

Sent from my Stock AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus.
[HTC Sensation] nuwanmw1988:
Does anybody know what settings should I use to get the FM radio worked in miui v4?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] juvezavala:
Hello everyone,

I'll admit, I flashed a CWM touch recovery to my phone believing it was meant for it, turns out after CWM flashed it that it read something about Nexus 7 touch recovery successfully installed. I was like "NO!" Since then I had to restore my /efs directory from scratch. Only I still have one problem. I have a generic IMEI and AT&T suspended my service. I called them to restore it, giving them my real IMEI from behind the battery. Service came back on immediately after they confirmed it on their end however my phone still shows an incorrect-generic IMEI. How do I get my real IMEI programmed back onto my phone again? :confused: All help is appreciated. I'm currently running a CWM/SU injected stock ICS ROM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] joshyy_rey:
if you are stock ics i'd just odin back to stock ukk6 or whatever it was (gingerbread). Just for a fresh start and see if that helps...other than that i have no idea.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] juvezavala:
Update

I've done enough searching to understand somewhat that this relies on the nv_data.bin file that is located inside of the /efs directory. I've gone in to look at the file through hex editor and have managed to change the model number back to my correct one (SGH-I777, it was showing SGH-I897Z or something before). My best guess is that the data in this file is either showing the incorrect IMEI but I just can't figure out which hex line it is so that I can go in and change it. If anyone beats me to the punch please let me know! Hope this helps someone else out too!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Simba501:
Going back to stock may help. I guess all you can do is attempt to restore your /efs again. I was in a similar situation (generic imei due to an unlock tool) and ended up having to get warranty repair. I had several /efs backups and attempted to restore it using numerous methods: all to no avail.

It appears that your options are as follows.

1. Keep attempting to restore/repair /efs (tons of threads around on it) using multiple tools. The key lies in the nvdata.bin file.

2. Samsung Warranty Repair

3. Mobile Tech Videos repair

4. AT&T insurance replacement may be an option?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] juvezavala:
Just a few questions then...

1. Will flashing to stock 2.3.4 2.3.6 overwrite the /efs directory to where it goes back to stock too?

2. Is there any harm in leaving the generic IMEI in place?

I think I'll close this thread after this.

Thanks!