yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jamcar:
is mmcblk0p18 the recovery partition for the sprint only? or US only? or all sIII?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Dont think the partitions are even remotely the same on the international version but I'm pretty sure they all have the same partition setup for the us variants.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jamcar:
That's what I was Thinking, thanks
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] KitsunePaws:
She got naked.

All screws are T5.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] gTen:
wth...are all the components sealed...:/

Someone mentioned a GSM component in another thread, is there any model number visible for that one? (can't see anything like it on the pic but it might be one of those small components that can't be made out)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] KitsunePaws:
yeah :(
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] shabbypenguin:
typical ****ing moto.....

photon was all soldered on as well...

so anyone else thinking they could swap out sim cards now? :(
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] gTen:
With the help of faeries maybe? Well all hope is not fully lost. If the simcard is like that, that means they have to somehow program them right? That means that it should have away to program the sim card via usb for example.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] shabbypenguin:
yea i imagine its in teh nv items like the LTE stuff.. lemme hit up an expert i know about it :P
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] KitsunePaws:
There's a little port next to a silver screw in one of the photos. Nothing connects to it, I assume factory program. Perhaps tomorrow we'll see what the bus pirate has to say.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] gTen:
That would be awesome,hoping for some good news.

You mean a round antenna port? or some other kind?

Oh and out of curiosity, is there any small text or labels there that are not visible in the shot? or that is all there is?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] KitsunePaws:
There's writing on a sticker on the side which is either bt or wifi antenna, nothing on or near the sadness board (calling it that from now on)

The chip info will be hiding under the shields, if somebody with enough knowledge can tell me how much of this is actual shielding and how much is crap I have a rework station and can make quick work of that crap. Keep in mind this is my daily driver.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] cloud_9:
any Idea, where the "embedded" SIM Card should be? :D
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] agrif89:
Naked?

I can't fap to this.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] lickarock:
Its all sealed because of the nano-polymer coating. Makes it harder for water to get in. Makes it impossibe to tear down, but it also makes it a beast of a phone.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] djshelto:
Bummer...I was hoping this would confirm the CPU, but no love. I know it's rumored to be an s4, but is there any way to confirm it??
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] shabbypenguin:
adb shell cat /proc/cpuinfo

and there is no rumored it has it
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] richyoung:
How do you remove the back cover???

My apologies. I am attempting to remove the back cover. Are there screws hidden that I need to remove? I tried prying, but it seems like I am making no progress and don't want to break anything. Thanks.

Actually, do you see any label for the MEID in the radio? I have a "test" radio that had the MEID blanked because it was for a test account. I need to have a valid MEID entered in order to activate the phone. Any ideas on how to approach this?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] gTen:
I don't have the phone so can't say for sure but you don't see it under:

Settings -> About phone -> Status

?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kcrudup:
Yeah, so much for that- but as someone else had posted, perhaps there's a way to get to the NVItems somehow.

Thing is, from my (admittedly-limited) understanding of SIM cards, we'd need a way to read out every part of an existing SIM, then be able to write it back in (EPST?).
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] KitsunePaws:
Verified location, you can find it by following the steps above.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] shabbypenguin:
correct you would need to somehow read and program each time. and since att uses the same sim for gsm and lte its entirely possible that the lte programming info would be wiped out if you could do anything like you were thinking
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kcrudup:
Well, we'd obviously have to save off the original NVItems first, for when we get back from wherever GSM country we're visiting :)

If (big if) we could actually read and write all this stuff successfully, then the next big hurdle would be being able to read all of the SIM we'd buy from wherever (my goal is to be able to use this phone when I travel outside the US; I have GSM Android handsets sitting around at home, but it'd be great to have one device that can do it all). Apparently the GSM "encryption key seed" (there's a real name for that ...) is stored in the SIM and only known to the SIM and the authentication DB at the carrier so we couldn't just plug in the IMEI/IMSI.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] richyoung:
That entry has been modified ;). I am looking for the original MEID or at least a valid, unused value...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] draven187:
I'm not that technical but maybe a simcard holder that can bypass that buildin chip
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wolfie359:
Any possibility of making a mod to add a plug for an external antenna? I'm fairly handy with a soldering gun :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] gTen:
If you are serious about this then I'd first look into the 4-6 antenna ports already on the phone to see what they do first. Generally they are things like GPS and etc, but there are way too many of them in comparison to other phones I have seen.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ikv:
Hi All,

I bought Photon Q 4G before few days and I thought that it will be possible to change sim card.

I have done the tomographic scan of this phone today and I have found this thread right now.

So I can see that someone disassemble whole phone before me :D

If you want to see images which I have got then just tell me.

I suppose only way to get it working in Europe is to reprogram embedded sim.

Lukas
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Which is probably not possible.

Just wait for the XT898 people! Sucks that Sprint/Moto did this crap, but Sprint is probably tired of all their iPhones getting sold overseas :p.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] KitsunePaws:
Well that answers that question, looks like I don't need to buy a broken device. May I ask what hardware you used to do this?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ikv:
You mean what branch of micro CT ?

I have whole dataset, but I don't want to say what talk about CT.

I just didn't know if the phone will be still work after scan, but it is alive :D

On this image you can see a chip close to micro SD card slot.

It has eight pins and it should be the sim card.

I don't have to much experience with mobile phone programming, but

why couldn't be possible to reprogram sim card?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
I've never heard of such a thing, it's probably illegal...

Regardless, without access to the SIM itself, reprogramming seems impossible.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ikv:
I see.

So I had a look at the tomographic images and I believe the sim card is under micro sd card reader.

You can see five gold wires in chip as well.

I really like tomography images :D

So question is, If I will remove this chip and I will connect ordinary sim card by wires, will it be working?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] KitsunePaws:
Only one way to find out ;)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kcrudup:
Good find- but now I wonder if "soldered in" means the RF-shield, or the Nano(?)-SIM itself?

In any case I could see Sprint being dicks and also SIM-locking the GSM radio as well. I really hope someone gets to try this!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ikv:
That's right.

I will do it and then I will publish my results.

we will see :D

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I am a bit afraid from this sim lock. I hope!

We will see.

I suppose inside shield is SON-8 Embedded SIM so some wiring will be necessary.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
...this IC can really be sim chip, but before unsolder check voltage on pins.

Metalic cover over IC must be unsoldered with hotair with approx 400°C.

On multimeter switch to Continuity Check (diode/sound symbol),

red (+) wire connect to GND on the board and leave it connected.

With black wire check pins. Check it with phone powered off.

...make please detail photo with text on the ic...

...THIS IMAGE IS WRONG - PLEASE WAIT FOR MY NEW THREAD !!!...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ikv:
I will take the pictures of whole modification.

Thanks for your pinouts suggestion I agree with this as well. :good:

I guess I will finish this during this weekend.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
....check PM
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] KitsunePaws:
I'd apply some flux and try at 350 before ramping up to 400. The last thing you want is a warped pcb.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
SIM solved by me...check this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1929143
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ogrfnkl:
Motorola is nuts...

It is SO disappointing that Motorola has chosen to use a non-removable SIM in this phone, which makes it unusable outside Sprint. I am not a Sprint customer and I can't possibly be, as I live abroad. I was hoping to be able to use this otherwise great phone on a different carrier's GSM network, but no such luck. By making this decision, Motorola has lost many potential customers worldwide. :(
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
I'm sure it wasn't Moto's decision, it was Sprint's. Regardless, there is supposedly a GSM friendly variant going to AT&T - XT898. Nothing but rumors on the internets about it, but I would honestly be surprised if this phone only went to Sprint.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Armadill0:
What is this slot, which I marked with the red rectangle, about? (sorry for "stealing" your image)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] gehstock:
Earphone jack
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] craby1925:
Even if this seems like pulling the head off a hammer, can the keyboard and it's middle part of the frame to make the phone theoretically thinner? This would be some serious modding but.

Sent from my Fire HD with root!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kit257:
How did you do it

[MENTION=523137]KitsunePaws[/MENTION]:

how were you able to take the phone apart? I for the life of me I am not able to figure out how to take the phone apart in order to take the battery out. I would greatly appreciate any assistance you could offer me in order to be able to take the battery out of this phone.

Thank you!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] slimbrady:
Slide out the keyboard and look at the thin border going around the outside, this is where the back cover detaches to get at the battery etc. I broke my last MoPho when I accidentally pushed it out of a big uhaul i was driving, haha, so had some fun taking it apart before getting an insurance replacement. From what I remember there isn't any easy way to detach the back you just need something really thing to slide into the gap and slowly work your way around the case taking care to pop out(and not snap) the retention clips.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
If you want a complete video teardown, watch this. Screen replacement, has everything.
[Desire HD General] omario8484:
I am coming up to my upgrade well its available tomorrow...I was wanting the one x....should I get it? Is it getting sense 4.1 and jb update? And

Are they going to release any new top notch devices soon or thjey going to stick with the one series for a while? I heard rumor of a 4.0 display screen that they have crafting.up
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Sorry to be a d*ck, but google IS your friend.

Sent from a dream.
[Desire HD General] Muikkuman:
Wouldn't go for the one X, just wait for the next generation. Best would be to skip HTC and go for a nexus or Samsung.
[Desire HD General] ghostofcain:
Personally the lack of SD slot and non removable battery ruled the one series out for , waiting on my S3 to arrive instead. just know I will miss HTC build quality though.
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Yeah, I have moved away from HTC not only for the lack of sdcard and removable battery but for the lack of upates and they way they manage them.

I am running a galaxy note and way beyong happy with it. Since I got it in may I have had 2 updates and it is rumoured that will get jellybean in the not long run. :)
[Desire HD General] synergydevelopment:
Yeah, but nothing quite like the feeling of getting lib source and directions on building AOSP with Samsung kernel source :)
[Desire HD General] hans moleman:
Agreed, also the micro sim is a bit of a pain because you need an adapter if you want to put your sim in another phone
[Desire HD General] Hunt3r.j2:
Micro-SIM is here to stay. It's very easy to change back and forth, just use some very sticky packing tape, and if you punched the SIM to make a microSIM, just fit it back into the cutout and hold the plastic backs with tape.

Non-removable battery sucks, and in the One X it's very hard to work with. Non-expandable storage too. But maybe next generation.
[Desire HD General] omario8484:
If you guys care at all I got the one xl ...I do hate the non removeable battery option and storage but I never find my self using that much storage...I rooted and unlocked it and happily playing with sense 4.1 and aokp roms...I still love my unbrickable desire hd :p it was a great community
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PurpleMelbourne:
Hello all,

My Note is now 9 months old. The ROMs and kernels are approaching perfection. Its been a rough glorious road. Just a little way to go.

OK the NoteCore kernel looks to almost perfect with one big drawback. It doesn't work with the CM10 based LiquidBlack hybrid ROM. Well it works but you lose your SD card access. I would love to put those together but cannot do without my 32GB SD storage (or 64GB upgrade).

Can it be done?

Plus I would love to run S Planer on LiquidBlack too but maybe now I'm getting greedy.. ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonpaslim:
Go to goku kernel thread it is a kernel that can run both tw and aosp. Pls read it first i maybe wrong.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @denny:
Snote. .notecore..etc..cannot and probably will not ever co exist on cm9 based roms...dual boot roms are exactly that dual boot. .you run one or the other at a time..both exist but do not co exist...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] little-vince:
You don't understand.

OP wants to run NoteCore kernal because it is "almost perfect".

And I agree. NoteCore has received such incredible feedback, if I wasn't hooked on tablet mode, I would be running CleanNote w/ NoteCore right now.

As @denny pointed out, you cannot run a TW kernel on CM9.

That is the bottom line.

So you can either dual boot as @denny also suggested, or just go with CleanNote (or whatever TW rom you want).

This also gives you all the Samsung only apps back like S-Memo.

Who knows, you might grow to like it more than CM10.

Just make a nandroid backup beforehand so if you really don't like it you can always go back.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawlage:
been having annoying issues with the ole craptivate lately. to save time im just going to ask about the latest.

if im on a stock rom it seems to do fine. if i flash a froyo, gb, ics, or jb custom rom it thinks its plugged into a usb port and spams usb notifications. what the hell causes that? whats in a custom rom that would make it think it was plugged in? its to the point that when i power it down it shows the spiked wheen image that shows before the charging battery image when you first plug it in when powered down. since it cant show the battery charging image it just loops that dumb wheel image. that issue makes it nearly impossible to turn the phone back on. best way ive found is to flash a kernal or something with heimdall and that will restart it but then of course it still thinks im pluggin it in and out of the usb port rapidly. smdh...

ideas?

EDIT: seems to be originating from within the usb settings on the phone. i just flashed firefly and it was spamming the notification. i turned off usb debugging and the spam stopped. i selected mass storage and it started back up again. i selected kies and it stopped.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawlage:
thump
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silvertag:
Try cleaning your usb port. Might have some bad connections and prompting the notification.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2727alex2727:
What are the best settings for no lag? Including i/o scheduler, Z-Ram, absolutely everything.

I get good benchmark scores like 14500 on antutu but when scrolling through the home screen i get occasional lags :(

Any posts will be appreciated!

Have a great day !
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Not only is there a siyah thread but also a siyah general discussion thread.......so you want to start a new one?!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2727alex2727:
Yeah, why not. You can never have to many ;)
[HTC One X] shinigamikris:
If I put the .apk for titanium backup in system apps folder will the app be available in the app drawer if I do a full wipe and flash another rom? Will it be installed already?

Sent from my HTC One X
[HTC One X] a704e:
No, full wipe and flash will wipe /system/
[HTC One X] vivek_bhoj:
no, it won't be there...

just make an update zip file using it which u can flash from recovery anytime
[HTC One X] shinigamikris:
Thanks! Where does this update.zip file get stored? Do I choose apply update in clockwork mod or install?

Sent from my HTC One X
[HTC One X] BenPope:
Been a while since I've done it, but I think it creates update.zip on root of SD. Flashable from CWM (recommend booting the ROM between ROM flash and update.zip flash).
[HTC One X] vivek_bhoj:
It's stored on sd card, just scroll down and u will get it

Just go to recovery and choose install zip from sd card and install it after booting ur Rom once though
[HTC One X] shinigamikris:
Thanks for that. Figured it out. Great little tool that is. I'm a flash junkie and some of the roms don't come with a file explorer so I have to keep downloading one to get to my tb.apk but with this.... its awesome :) wish I knew about this before...

Sent from my HTC One X
[HTC One X] vivek_bhoj:
You are welcome

This is why I love tb

If you have it you can flash anything any number of times in ur Rom without worrying about apps data anything
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] th3controller:
Hello! I am thecontroller or you can call me Mike and I am a flashaholic (jk). I am part of a great new team! Which is Unknown! I am proud to be their GFX person! I'll be making themes and stuff for them now! I'm also working on a boot animation to represent our team! I also like to stay simple just like what I do with my phone. Also to represent our team, what can be better than NEW FREE JACKETS LOGOS! I was gonna upload these to my dropbox but they are experiencing issues so I am very disappointed, I am going to call 911 right now and cry. Anyways here they are!

Here's your own personal logos!

If I missed you I'm sorry, just request for one if I missed you :P I only made ones for the CURRENT members I know.

BOOT ANIMATION!

Wooo! I finally finished the boot animation! It took 30 minutes to do all the 3D stuff with Cinema4D (It would have been faster but I haven't used the program for awhile) and it took more than 30 minutes to compile everything together, why? Because this is my first time making a boot animation. I have tested the boot animation and it is smooth for me. If you encounter any problems like lag maybe its because you have a bad download.

TUK Boot Animation:

Download: http://db.tt/iYNdYV9t

MD5: 7ae01ee842c375d32d6d3f7e719d2dfc

Instruction:

Get a file explorer capable of R/W of the /system partition

Place your bootanimation.zip in /system/media

Reboot and see your new TUK boot animation!

Developers (TUK only, sorry :P)! If you want a specific boot animation for your ROM please send me a PM.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] daothanhduy1996:
Hey man, dont forget DnickDominic lol...he is our founder haha
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] th3controller:
I'm such a disgrace! Please punish me in a very erotic way. :P I'll be posting it soon
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] th3controller:
I need a quick inspiration for a boot animation!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] itzik2sh:
I'm not sure this is the right forum/site for that...

sent from me
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] solrac1212:
great job man

---------- Post added at 09:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:49 AM ----------

Hey btw you forgot digitaldopeboy ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] th3controller:
I updated the Op with one more member and edited a logo :D
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] digitaldopeboy:
good job bro... lol looks like mine 404'd but thanks take care
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] th3controller:
It's not 404 on my end. Hmmm... Try again :P
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] pisherthefisher:
I miss your "sent straight from the dope house" signature :(
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] digitaldopeboy:
I hadn't noticed it was gone... lol take care :cool:

straight from the dope house!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] th3controller:
BOOT ANIMATION!

Wooo! I finally finished the boot animation! It took 30 minutes to do all the 3D stuff with Cinema4D (It would have been faster but I haven't used the program for awhile) and it took more than 30 minutes to compile everything together, why? Because this is my first time making a boot animation. I have tested the boot animation and it is smooth for me. If you encounter any problems like lag maybe its because you have a bad download.

TUK Boot Animation:

Download: http://db.tt/iYNdYV9t

MD5: 7ae01ee842c375d32d6d3f7e719d2dfc

Instruction:

Get a file explorer capable of R/W of the /system partition

Place your bootanimation.zip in /system/media

Reboot and see your new TUK boot animation!

Developers (TUK only, sorry :P)! If you want a specific boot animation for your ROM please send me a PM.
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] fsubartender:
Ok. I got a crazy idea to use my Titanium backup files from my evo 4g. I bluetoothed the backups to the 3113 and restored...and the video chat is working.

I also used the backups from GO SMS Pro to get that working on the wifi tablet...still a work in progress.
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] fsubartender:
This type of workaround mite work for other apps "not for" our lil tablets.
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] Archer:
Not a development thread - moved to General.
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] fsubartender:
Thanks. I didnt know where to put this lil discovery.

:good:
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] wowmail:
I got it working, but front cam is rotated 90 degrees, seems a common issue in this build of Messenger.
[General Questions and Answers] freedert001:
Hello Sir,

Im new here in XDA-developers, can anybody help me me with this device's? I'm trying to run GTA III on my tablet "Eken W70"

but when SD data download finish, I reopen the app and clicked home and then click noti. the apps goes back on my homescreen when i click onto the notification.

I'm running now 4.0.3 ICS kernel 3.0.8 "Rooted"

PLEASE ANYBODY HELP ME :D
[General Questions and Answers] freedert001:
up
[Android Apps and Games] Palingenesis:
I love the batch backup and restore features of apps+data with titanium backup. Any good free alternatives with this feature?

Edit: Never mind, I found the best one. Go Backup. Please delete.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] Floydroider:
Hi. Long time ago here in this forum, I found a ROM themed with a modded version of the achep icsandwich, I can't remember if it was a mod of icsunday or other rom, but the theme had lots of window animations. Just like to know if someone have this theme, or can give me a link to a theme with window animations.

Thanks
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] noobdroid_90:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1511494&highlight=ics+theme