yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antonio1475:
The firsts versions of CM10 required wipe data (factory reset) before and after flashing.

Before flashing, wipe data (factory reset) and cache (I think factory reset also wipes cache), and if you wish, advanced->Wipe dalvik cache.

Later versions don't require wipe after anymore (I don't wipe after flashing anymore), but you lose nothing wiping after flashing if you want to be sure...

:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxx74:
Thanks for your quick answer...

Then if i choose "cm-10-20120824-NIGHTLY-i9100g.zip", i must do a "wipe data/factory reset" and a "wipe cache partition", after i install my cm10.zip, and after, if i want, i can do again the same thing "wipe data/factory reset" and a "wipe cache partition".

And normaly, i won't lost data in my sdcard and external sd ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antonio1475:
Just wipe data/factory reset.

And no, you won't lose data in sd memory.

PS: I never ask anyone to press the Thanks button, but after all these answers, if I helped you it would be nice you press the button in my posts (and the other who replied too)

:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxx74:
You helped me too much, thanks !!

Sorry for the "thank" button, it's the first time i see this thing...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antonio1475:
:) Good luck.

By the way, many of your questions already have thousands of replies over the internet and you "should" read and try before asking "simple" things. But anyway... ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noob95:
Hi guys (and girls)

I just made a wrong move on my galaxy S3 and ended up changing my IMEI and loosing my backup EFS folder in a full wipe, I know I should have known better :crying:

So do you guys know a way to restore my S3's IMEI or could you guys give me your EFS folder and a way to modify it to change the IMEI inside?

I'm up for any solution, just help me out guys, I'm desperate :crying:

Thanks again :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Changing an IMEI is illegal and as such is banned on XDA .

Repairing your own IMEI is by restoring your EFS folder .

Not some other EFS folder as that does not have your IMEI .

Only other solution is a service centre .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noob95:
Well here in France the service center verifies if the IMEI on the box and the back of the phone is the same as on the mobile! :(

So it's quite risky for me to return it. at best they would hand it back to me but won't repair it and at worst they would take it and never return it unless i filed a lawsuit and that's costly as hell :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xiuluozhang:
If you have used ktool to backup EFS,you can unzip efsdev-mmcblkop3 to get your efs...It's only my experience

Sent from my lovely GT-I9300,by the way,I'm a Chinese!Glad to communicate with you
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mopral:
That's why I have multiple backup of my EFS: on my phone, on my SDcard, on my USB stick, on my NAS, on my dropbox and on my computer (one on system HDD and one on data HDD)

Now, if you have no backup of your EFS your last chance is to go to a service center and hope that they accept to repair your phone...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ev0d3vil:
Is it just an issue with money if they have to reflash your phone?
[HTC Rezound] teckels:
Hey, I am on the latest firmware, running simplicstic rom, so ICS Global with the OTA. I just called verizon to get the unlock code since I plan on using a prepaid sim in Europe next week. They would not give any code because they said that update is not out yet.

Does anyone think it will still work? Can anyone verify? If not, what can I do now?

Sorry not much out there on international usage and I can't test anything, kinda have it or not.
[HTC Rezound] HowardZ:
You can try

123456 or

000000
[HTC Rezound] con247:
It should be sim unlocked by default.

WTF? Unlock Code != SPC Code.
[HTC Rezound] HowardZ:
Anytime Verizon wants a code for anything, these are likely to work.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
Hi all,

I have a i9100P (with NFC) and it is stuck at the boot screen with the yellow triangle after I installed CWM using this method here:

galaxys2root (DOT) com/galaxy-s2-root/how-to-install-clockworkmod-recovery-on-rooted-galaxy-s2-i9100/

I can still enter Download mode and even the installed CWM, but i cannot boot into android, its just stuck on the screen :(

I have searched on the internet for a solution, and i cannot find a solution for this :(

would installing a new ROM via an SD card work? What shall i do?

HELP me PLS!!

thanks in advance!!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oddlyshapedstickman:
Quote taken from site:

I wouldn't have tried this as your phone is i9100P, although I know the difference isn't that big.

Also, was your phone rooted? It had to have been rooted beforehand.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
Hi, yes it was rooted prior to this, but i thought the only difference was that the P version had NFC - but now it seems I am stuck at the boot screen - any ideas? I would appreciate it a lot!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stileth:
Flash your stock ROM and check it it works.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
Hi, thanks for the reply - i will try flashing it after i finish downloading it. I presume I will have to do the usual wipe data, clear cache etc?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
"I searched all over the internet and couldnt find a solution"

Biggest load of crap Ive read on here.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stileth:
Yes, that should help. Btw what version you are downloading? 4.0.3 or 4.0.4?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
I am downloading 4.0.3 from here: devsrom4android.blogspot (DOT)co (DOT) uk/2012/06/i9100pxxlph-o2-uk-samsung-galaxy-s2-gt.html

4.0.3 is what I previously had, and I believe that was the exact firmware I had on the phone (o2 NFC version)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
That's your problem. You were on 4.0.3, which is ICS.

The instructions at galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-root/how-to-install-clockworkmod-recovery-on-rooted-galaxy-s2-i9100/ don't specify, but they are for Gingerbread ONLY. The recovery kernel contained within that zip package is ClockworkMod Recovery 4.0.1.4, which is for Gingerbread.

This thread (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1118693) is the updated version of that recovery kernel for ICS.

You don't have to flash the full firmware, just flash a kernel that is meant to work with ICS and you should be fine.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
Thanks for the advice - but i already have the stock ROM on an SD card so i think i will flash this. Problem is i cannot get CWM to read from the external SD card, so i cannot locate the zip and install it - help?

EDIT: if i install the kernel you gave me the link to ([KERNEL][ICS] ClockworkMod Recovery 5.5.0.4) , will it remove the root access i had?

EDIT 2: I have just flashed the kernel via odin, and it finally got past the screen with the yellow triangle! However, it is now stuck on the second screen which shows the 'S' logo with the words 'Samsung Galaxy SII' under it. Any more ideas?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Can you boot to recovery? If so, you can try a factory reset/wipe data. You'll lose all your data, (not counting pictures/media) but at this point, do you have anything to lose?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
I just tried that, i can boot into the new cwm - have nothing to lose since i've only had it for about 3 days - however even after the wipe data, cache and dalvik it is still stuck on the 'S' screen now :confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Well, now I'd say you need to flash a full firmware. You said you downloaded I9100PXXLPH from here? Should work. But you'll no longer be rooted, and you won't have CWM recovery.

How did you get into this in the first place? You wanted CWM recovery?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
I will be sure to try that, and basically earlier today i rooted it successfully, and then i had to get CWM onto it so i could start flashing new ROMs etc, and i tried installing CWM via that method that has now caused all of this :(

Never the less i will try your suggestion, so should i basically mount usb from CWM, then copy the firmware over to the phone, unmount, and then wipe, and then flash it finally?

EDIT: it wont allow me to mount USB in CWM :(

can i just flash the ZIP using odin in download mode, or does it have to be a .tar file?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
No. That download is for a package that must be flashed while the phone is in download mode. That will require you to use a computer, and a flashing tool, such as Odin or Heimdall.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
How would I go about flashing it in download mode, i really have no idea as I don't think you can flash zip files in odin, forgive me for all of the questions :o I really appreciate your help!

EDIT: I have unzipped the file and hooray lies in it the .tar.md5 file! I am in the middle of flashing this and will report back on results :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
Thanks a lot guys!!

THANKS GUYS FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP, my SII is now working fully again! Cheers to all that helped, flashing the stock firmware worked with wipe/cache :D :D

Can't thank you enough!

Last thing if you don't mind, i want to root it again using this: (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1321582)

Now after that, how can i install CWM without getting into the mess i got into today? cheers!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stileth:
Nope, I think that's for GB. For easy root use method 1 from 1st guide in my signature.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
But it appears that this will not give you permanent CWM recovery. Which is what I think he wants.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stileth:
Well I think Chainfire's CF-Root kernels (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399) are not for i9100P, so not sure if he can achieve permanent CWM recovery. Anyway if he don't plan to flash every hour new ROM he should be fine with latest temporary CWM 6: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1840223 although will ask Phil about compatibility.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
Yep I believe that the CF kernels are not for the i9100P. Anyway, I have just finished rooting it again, successfully. Now, to get CWM: could I use this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1118693 - just flash that via odin? Or is it not that simple to get CWM on an i9100P?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stileth:
No, it's not that simple. Our problem is that recovery is part of the kernel, so you need modified/custom kernel which contains CWM. And that thread looks old and also is only for i9100. Anyway you don't need permanent CWM to flash new ROMs.

Odoslané z GT-I9100 cez Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
OK so I guess I will have to use a non-permanent CWM for now, so is there absolutely no method of getting a permanent CWM installed on my i9100P? damn if there isn't. Appreciate your help a lot dude.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
I've been doing a bit of research myself, and I have come across this: http://androidforums.com/galaxy-s2-...ing-galaxy-s2-sii-i9100p-newbie-nerves-s.html

It seems that "CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_LPH-v5.2-CWM5.zip" is compatible, according to the replies on that thread?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stileth:
Well that's the CF-Root from Chainfire's thread and I guess it's compatible as P model is almost identical to international version except the NFC function, but I am not sure if the NFC will continue to work as it's not kernel for P model.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
I have heard that NFC can be re-enabled after - http://www.xda-developers.com/android/enable-nfc-on-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-variants-running-jelly-bean/

So basically can I flash that CF-Root via odin then (PDA) to my phone then, as this will give me CWM - correct? I am not too bothered about NFC for now.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stileth:
Basically yes, you can flash it via Odit as PDA although if you plan to flash custom ROMs then all will be overwritten anyway, so up to you :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
cheers for the help, but How do you mean overwritten? If i install this, wouldn't it give me permanent CWM, which i can flash custom ROMS from? Obviously the kernel and stuff will get overwritten, but i will still have CWM right?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stileth:
If the new custom ROM don't have CWM then no, you would need to flash another kernel which have it. Also as I have said before you can use temporary CWM to flash new ROM, the functionality is same.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
alright cheers mate for all your help, i will probably use one of those two methods. I'm used to CWM, ROMs, etc as I do it all the time with my XOOM, but with the S II things seem a little different - it's much more complex and It's hard to know where to start :) Appreciate it mate.

EDIT: you know the temporary CWM (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1840223) it says 'Galaxy S2 - i9100 Version Only' - will it still work?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
Ok after some more looking around, i just had a wild thought: isn't it much easier to install CWM via the ROM Manager app for the i9100P?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stileth:
No cause ROM Manager isn't compatible with SGS2. I am one from many others who had their problems with it.

Odoslané z GT-I9100 cez Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
Guess i'll steer clear of that, cheers again for all your help :)
[HTC Desire S] skim0322:
I would like my next device to be a nexus device. However the current nexus device (galaxy nexus) is already almost a year old... I'm wondering if its worth buying it now or waiting a bit for the next nexus device. I have googled but could not find an approximate released date... is it worth waiting?
[HTC Desire S] mzr92:
If you look at the previous Nexus phone, the Nexus S, it is running Jelly Bean despite being released in 2010 so they have very long lives

That being said if you can afford a brand new device it might be worth holding on till the Google conference in October or November
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tweetatoo:
Hello guys :)

I recently installed Samsung's Readers Hub 2, and it installs books from the store perfectly.

My question: is there any method of installing non-store epub books into Readers Hub 2?

Thank you :)
[EVO 4G General] ApocalypseJ117:
Hey guys, I'm running into a problem with my HTC Evo 4G. I have the latest ICS ROM running on my phone but for some unknown reason the screen colors become very saturated on the screen. It will become normal sometimes but for the most part on everything from the background to the camera the colors are saturated enough to where there is no blending but a distinct line visible between different color hues. The screen will also flicker sometimes and the colors begin to bug out.

Here are the specs of my phone:

Model Number: HTC Evo 4G

Android Version 4.0.4

CPU: 1.0 Ghz

RAM: 512 MB

Baseband Version: 2.15.00.12.19

Kernel Version: 2.6.38.8-evervolv-acies-ice+

drew@master #1

Build Number: MIUI-2.8.3.0 MIUI

BTW guys I'm new to these forums, so if I'm doing something wrong or against the rules just let me know and Ill fix it right away.
[EVO 4G General] MBQ_:
1. How long have you had the phone?

2. Has it taken any damage? (Falling, thrown, etc)

3. When did it start?
[EVO 4G General] ApocalypseJ117:
1.) Ive had the phone since February

2.) It hasn't taken damage (has a pretty good protective case)

3.) It started a while after I put the first ROM on it, which was one of the first iterations of ICS
[EVO 4G General] alaman68:
also, have you tried flashing a sense ROM to make sure it is not the camera itself? I believe hardware 0004 cameras did this occasionally.
[EVO 4G General] ApocalypseJ117:
I have not tried that but the color saturation is there all the time, not just with the camera, its very visible on the background and when dealing with apps that have different shades of color.
[EVO 4G General] alaman68:
first try a sense based ROM, it could be glitch with that ICS ROM you are running
[EVO 4G General] ApocalypseJ117:
Do you think it could be a issue with the kernel I'm running?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rvpals:
I can send multiple images and video using Samsung beam nfc.

Is there a way to transfer non media files in multiples with NFC beam?

Thanks

I am using stock Verizon s 3.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amritttt:
Yes u can send non media files but its a bit different procedure. You can send it through wifi direct.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rvpals:
What app do you use? How do you do it?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alejandrissimo:
any good file manager can do that.

ES File Manager its very nice.
[HTC One S] touch of jobo:
Does anybody know what the tz.img and rpm.img are for? (Or point me to where this is explained.)

From the looks of it, tz has to do with encryption and security,

and rpm has to do with clocks, voltages (power management).

Those of us with older hboots who don't take RUUs or OTAs but manually flash radios will fall behind on those. Since that typically involves radio (cellular/gps/..?), wcnss (wifi) and adsp (audio processing and routing?).

I don't think I'm too interested in updating tz.img, in case it causes more restrictions, much like updating hboot,

but I wonder whether updating rpm.img could be beneficial, or at some point even necessary for compatibility.

(rpm goes in mmcblk0p10, tz goes in mmcblk0p11)

Thanks,

-Jobo

Edit: Ok, so I flashed the rpm.img from the 2.31 OTA, and I can hereby report that

* it takes (I extracted it again after a reboot and it was the new one) and

* it does not brick the device, nothing seems broken.
[HTC One S] phositadc:
do you notice any differences whatsoever? How do you know it properly flashed?

-Sent from my HTC One S.-
[HTC One S] touch of jobo:
I know it flashed, because after a reboot I extracted the partition again from the device. What I got out was the same as what I put in, not the same as what was in there before. (So at least hboot-1.06 lets you do this.)

I don't notice any difference. Everything just works like it did. Keep in mind that this is nothing exotic. Everyone who took the OTA now has this same image in place, but they're now on hboot-1.14.0002.
[HTC One S] phositadc:
I'm also on hboot 1.06 and resisting ruus. What command did you use to flash? Fastboot flash rpm rpm.img?

-Sent from my HTC One S.-
[HTC One S] touch of jobo:
dd in an adb shell in recovery, same as with radio images.
[HTC One S] phositadc:
hmm that's beyond my expertise. Notice any differences at all yet?

-Sent from my HTC One S.-
[HTC One S] teh_pwnrer:
What is going on!!

I have a T-MO one s came from a S2 t-989. WHY are flashing new radios so complicated with this new phone!! they need to make thread specifically for the tmo variant...

Will someone nice please help me out... I read that the 2.21 radio is the best at the moment and that is the one I want

Currently I have HBOOT 1.09, radio 0.16.31501S.16_2 and says tampered and unlocked

I already have ViperOneS on my phone and it works good but the signal is poor goes from G, to 3G, and under one circumstance it said 4g...

I live in Texas and when it was stock I had 4G ALL the time...

Used the all in one kit to flash TWRP and was lucky enough to get the rom on there

The reason I am posting here is because it wont let me in the dev section
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] islandmixed:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1354888

I followed the above method to remove trinagle and reset binary. Now iam on ics stock 4.0.4 so i followed the exact instructions, it tells you exactly what you need to do if your on ics 4.0.4. i used the first tar file in PDA, followed by the secound tar file in bootloader as it sugessted. Now everything went fine, it said PASS! tried to turn on my phone and its BLANK screen. i can hear it turn on and it lights up but thats it, i cannot anything. my phone can connect to the pc but everytime i try to turn it off with a battery pull, soon as i put battery back in, it loads up again! so how on earth would i ever get this in download mode if it can be fixed!!

ive replied to the OP thread but he has not yet replied, iam unsure if its bricked or can i recover this?

cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
I had a yellow triangle on my note 4.0.4 yest.. i used triangle away by chainfire and worked like a charm

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just press (home+power+vol dwn) together in wat ever state and check if it goes to the download mode
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R@J$3K#@R:
I think you are not bricked:)

Are you able to enter recovery mode

If yo can,try clearing cache and dalvic cache,but dont do a factory reset since you are on ics

If it doesnt work,try flashing a gb rom
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] islandmixed:
The screen is black! cannot see anything on it so i wont be able to see what iam doing. i can hear start up sound and see the lights only.

right now my phone is off so iam sure i can go into download mode and connect it to odin!

i need the correct steps if possible, i dont think its bricked at all either. hopefully the OP thread guy has a solution but if he does not, i will need some damn help!

BTW iam on a speedmod v13 kernal. so if ive got no choice but to flash a rom, my kernal is safe right?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
Run PC odin and connect the cable to the pc and phone... then press the vol dwn+pwr+home ... if the phone goes to download mode the odin shud show the com port connected in yellow....

SMv13 seems to be safe as i had a bootloop and i did a nandroid backup to rectify it... so ... but not sure 100%

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altho.. im lil confused... pardon me for asking...

but i understand that when u power on the phone the screen is blank and cant see anything just sounds and the touch key lights...

but when u boot the recovery or download mode, even then ... is the screen blank???
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] islandmixed:
YEP it has connected and is showing yellow in the port!

YES screen is blank, NOTHING is showing up at all. it might be due to the 2.tar file i had to flash in bootloader in odin.

What methods does anyone recommend? or shall i also wait until the OP guy responds incase he has a solution. does this mean iam not bricked if i can connect and hear restart sound and lights?