yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbbigdave:
Sounds like a pooched bootloader / recovery. If you can get into download then don't worry, Odin will be able to sort your problems. As people have said you flash over the Stock with Odin and you will have recovered the device to a workable condition.

Where do i get such confidence...I have soft bricked a few devices in my time.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AusafSal:
So what you're saying is that if I flash the Stock JB XXDLH4 Firmware even at such a condition, the phone will be all good to go? I don't wanna risk this phone at this time at all :/
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Flash any stock ICS rom via Odin .

Alternative flash stock ICS rom for your region .

Download rom for your region via CHECKFUS .

Does not matter if its an old version to get the phone working .

There are older firmwares here as well .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1646610

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AusafSal:
Shouldn't I just download the one I previously had on my phone? XXBLH1?

I live in Pakistan but this phone came from Europe or somewhere else. Its not a Pakistani version where I live. Should I install the XXBLH1?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
You can install whatever you want .If LH1 worked then install that .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AusafSal:
Guys, i installed the firmware, but the problem still exists,

it reboots automatically as it is showing the "Samsung Galaxy S III" screen, (it sometimes proceeds to the "Samsung" Logo" but thats all. it reboots again.)

the firmware is installed fine from odin, it gives no problem while installing the actual rom as well, but it just reboots after a few seconds.

One more thing i tried to install backup from the CWM i made earlier, but it too restarts when i go into recovery mode after a few seconds.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AusafSal:
This is what it said after i installed the rom from Odin.

> I updated my rooted S3 phone on stock rom. After that it was stuck on "Samsung Galaxy S 3" screen.

> I have the CWM backup made earlier, but when i go into recovery mode, the phone restarts.

> When i do the phone's firmware through Odin, it says on phone in its stock recovery

"

--Installing Package...

Finding update Package...

Opening Update Package...

Verifying Update Package...

E:Failed to verity whole-fine signature

Esignature verification failed

Installation Aborted "

Please help me out in this, i am very worried about the phone...

Thank you in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Bad file or wrong file redownload .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AusafSal:
Okay, Thanks.

I downloaded it from sammobile.com

is there any other place i can download it from?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AusafSal:
And is there a way i can recover using CWM, i have a backup i made before, but it is not in the internal SD.

and the CWM crashes and restarts whenever i go to recovery mode, and when i do, mounting sd card says "error mounting /sdcard" (or something like that...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arsaw:
Already mentioned on page1 (8th-post) - use Checkfus.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AusafSal:
I downloaded from there too, gives the same result... :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
LG8 from here known good file .

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25922341&postcount=2

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arsaw:
It should works. Try download again or try with other firmware version
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AusafSal:
Downloading Now...

lets hope for the best...

thanks for the help EVERY ONE... i am really appreciating this :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AusafSal:
Is there a way CWM can be made stable so i can copy the backup made earlier to the internal sd and restore from there?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AusafSal:
what do i do with the "SS_DL.dll" file i get when i extract the .zip?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AusafSal:
still the same error... :/

what am i doing wrong?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
I think your last choice before a service centre is to try flashing just the root file .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AusafSal:
i already used this before, it reboots during CWM is on :/
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AusafSal:
How about the option of J-Tagging it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Christianfrank:
Hi there.

Is it possible to close apps, so they dont show up when i hit multitask button?

So my question is 1, can i close apps completly? And 2, can I remove them from multitasking?

I am using jelly bean

/ Christian
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Petrovski80:
Yes. Open multitask view and swipe them away to remove them from the list. This will also close them.

Furthermore, some custom roms have an option that will allow you close an app by long pressing the back softkey.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] abtxpress:
Swiping them away only removes them from the recent apps. There is no real way to close apps in a Linux environment. They don't need to close. Your system will turn off apps on its own when and if it needs the ram. Android is not like a windows PC that needs more ram to run applications.

I hate when this question is asked. If your that dead set on closing apps then you should get a useless app call advanced task killer.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lesicnik1:
But the swipe does close apps sometimes .

Just now I hit the home key and swiped away XDA. When I opened it again, I was the first screen again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Petrovski80:
Not only. Try it yourself: open an app, tap home, re-open app. It will show the state it was in when you left it.

Now try this: open an app, tap home, open recent list, swipe it away, re-open app. It will start from scratch.

Of course there is. But hardly relevant, because on Android apps don't run on the kernel natively.

That's true. There might be other reasons than performance related to remove apps from the recent list though. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RogerPodacter:
Swipe away the app in the recent list, it closes the app. It closes activities but not services.
[HTC One S] roakes:
Hey all,

In an attempt to get the latest radio I followed the same process as I did last time...

nandroid backup

re-lock bootloader

install RUU

Except the RUU sat there saying "Sending...." and got no further even after 30 mins then failed eventually. Now I am stuck with the phone only rebooting into the bootloader, no recovery and obviously no ROM.

Not sure how to recover from this as the RUU still fails?
[HTC One S] bobsie41:
Try fastboot erase cache

fastboot reboot

Hopefully, if RUU has simply not worked, no damage will have been done.

Let me know how you get on .

If the RUU has been interupted mid-stream it may be more serious but don't panic yet as there is a few things to try to remedy the situation.
[HTC One S] roakes:
Well with a bit of tinkering I am back up and running, it seems the RUU failed completely but my phone was not booting due to the bootloader still being locked, I unlocked again and although I've got to set everything up again I do still have a small issue.

As I was back to a fresh install of the Modaco ROM I thought I'd give the latest CM10 a go but now when I try to copy the files onto my SD it's just failing, this is a brand new issue...joy! I can browse it OK and was able to create a folder but copying files just fails, doesn't even make any progress just sits there doing nothing then eventually comes up with a windows error basically saying unable to write.

Any ideas on that one? :)
[HTC One S] roakes:
Actually I'm back to square 1 thanks to trying to get CM10 working now!

I am in Fastboot and trying to flash the ROM zip but with no progress, it just sticks at

"C:\HTC\ROM>fastboot flash zip rom.zip

sending 'zip' (157776 KB)..."

I can see that the little progress indicator on the right of the fastboot screen has appeared but is not moving. Considering the RUU update and the general file copying to my phone all failed it sounds like my SD card is not writeable or is just too slow to do so maybe? (I say too slow as it managed to allow me to create a folder on the SD originally)
[HTC One S] roakes:
Panic over, seems my trusty USB cable decided to give up on being any use for more than charging *sigh*
[HTC Desire S] niravnn:
I love my desire s but unfortunately its hardware is now outdated but it seems HTC is releasing its successor "desire x" with respectable hardware I'd love to buy it if it comes with respective price what do you guys think?

http://m.gsmarena.com/htc_desire_x_returns_with_new_photos_more_info-news-4708.php
[HTC Desire S] skim0322:
Id rather spend a bit more and invest in a samsung or a nexus phone...
[HTC Desire S] dan_alexandre:
To be honest, and personally speaking.. the One S felt like a successor to me.. The Desire X looks like it'll be a respectable phone though hehe :)
[HTC Desire S] niravnn:
the one thing I hate about one s is only 16gb memory and no memory card slot and for me 16 gb isn't enough ;)

so that's why I think desire x is very good package it is not like have awesome hardware but very good hardware and also use the one series camera n chipset so it is a good package
[HTC Desire S] niravnn:
I like compact phones I love nexus or also one x but they are tooooo big for my pockets thats why I like desire s and now desire x fit perfect:angel:
[HTC Desire S] dan_alexandre:
Oh, I wasn't comparing the One S with the Desire X, just that when the One S came out it felt like a successor, unibody, good hardware.. mid/high price range.

I agree however with what you said, the lack of expansion might bother some, I personally don't make use of my SD card that much on my desire S but I can easily imagine some people doing so. :)
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Do keep in mind the screen is only WVGA which is quite poor for today's standards.
[HTC Desire S] niravnn:
That's the only down side of desire x I guess and HTC also haven't declared the processor s3 or s4 I guess desire x is targeted for midrange as desire s was :)
[HTC Desire S] JackyJack:
One S is way too big, this Desire X is really sexy I think it will be my next phone, but I am afraid about the Adreno 203 GPU (our Desire S has 205)...

Anyway, I'll wait for it to be unlocked and 1st MIUI port done, I need MIUI as my OS.
[HTC Desire S] Skanob:
True. But keep in mind that the Desire S and Desire X has the same screen resolution. Based on my research. It will have Full Sense 4. It should be much easier to port than resizing.
[HTC Desire S] JackyJack:
Actually I saw some advised post on gsmarena about Desire X that changed my mind, especially the HSDPA thing :

I'll just stick with my good old Desire S for the moment, hoping a stable MIUI JB to be released.
[HTC Desire S] linqdesires:
Desire X still have the wifi antenna trouble!! Incredible HTC made it again.

watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdlzvOCuIjU

not satisfied with the issue they made on DS. :eek:
[HTC Desire S] JackyJack:
New challenger in Desire S successor :

http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_razr_m-4974.php
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
I prefer it to the desire x. Not bad looking, if have to hold it before I made a final decision though

sent from the thing I stab with my finger when I get two minutes
[HTC Desire S] niravnn:
Well if I'm not wrong it has S4 krait processor so it won't cheap as desire x

And in my opinion desire x will perform better than desire s coz it has S4 play series dual core processor
[HTC Desire S] JackyJack:
MSM8960, dual-core Krait, this is the same chip as GS III, ONE X, LUMIA 920, XPERIA GX/SX and other high end phones.

Good thing is it should make the ROM ports easier xD

This is definitly going to be my next phone.

I am not really sure about the Desire X perfs, dual core should give it better perfs in system and 2D stuff like using the browser or navigating in menus, but in 3D apps (games) it should have similar perfs as the Desire S.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robbyr:
Sorry! I know this is a double post. After I did it, I realized that the Q&A section was a better spot. Anyhow....

I'm on CM9 (tried CM10) and I am really missing stock. I have been searching different forums with no luck! All I am looking for is the latest (not sure what that is) stock ROM either tweaked or not. Where can I find it?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viasat:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1857670
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gururoop:
Can anyone help me root Karbonn A18. From what I have gathered in searching around is that Karbonn is marketing phones from China and some of these phones have already been rooted elsewhere. If we are able to find the original phone then it would be simple to root as the same root procedure shall apply for this phone too.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ABHIII:
You already got one?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gururoop:
not yet... planning to buy one if i figure out how to root it...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pkb_always4u:
Hahahahaha
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Karbonn a18

hello friends my bro got one karbonn a18 its good for price any help on how we can root
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gururoop:
I read some where that:

"The phone is pre-rooted and with apps+ADB access.(Install superuser simply and use root apps)"

can somebody check and confirm?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gururoop:
got the phone yesterday... i can confirm that this phone is pre-rooted...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anirudhbaji:
i used root checker it says phone has no root access.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gururoop:
u need to confirm whether root access is enabled in developer options... select it to root+adb... then install superuser from play store and then check again...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spacedge:
Hi,i need ur help

1.Hows the performance of the phone.I am reading much about this fone,every1 has reviewed it ,with positive remarks.

2. it need not to be rooted , right ?

3. i needed a sub10k android ICS gaming ,with video calling over the network,not thru' SKYPE

4.Hows touch response.

5.Doest it have full access to google play?

I am currently using SPICE MI 425,and happy with it.

I need A18 as a gift to my wife?:)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cool_ravi78:
It's nice phone.. Used it no problem at all.. Prerooted just install superuser or supersu.. Bett backup is not so good but if u have auto killer app or like this than provide more by killing background process... Touch is very responsive never find a problem.. Camera quality is also very good.. All apps r available in play store. Even large games which I thinks that's not the played plays smoothly like all glu game..I played 600 mb game with smoothness... So it's a nice budget phone... Custom ROM also available so u can relax and do anything...

Sent from my Karbonn_A18
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robgee789:
Right so I'm in the UK and I was hydro ics and wanted to update the jb hydro so I downloaded the us jb update from Asus and tried to flash it to my tab but it filed and now I when I try to boot it up it shows the white Asus logo then it goes to a dead android, if I boot holding the volume down I get 4 choices rck which goes to a dead android, android which goes to a dead android, USB it installed some drivers but it doesn't show up any where on my laptop, and wipe which has the android with the spinning in his chest for about 30 seconds then I get the dead android image again, how can I fix this ?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barkiecol:
Hold the power button + volume down --> enter usb mode -->

connect your tablet with a pc --> open cmd-prompt -->

fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery twrp-2.2.2.0-jb.blob

fastboot -i 0x0b05 reboot

Good luck!
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robgee789:
Is that the file straight from download with out beimg renamed mate
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robgee789:
i opened cmd but i typed exactly what you put but it gave me this

C:\Users\Rob>fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery twrp-2.2.2.0-jb.blob

'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Rob>fastboot -i 0x0b05 reboot
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robgee789:
ok so the reboot command works but not the recovery blob one
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barkiecol:
Do you have the Android SDK installed?

You have to do this, otherwise fastboot will not be recognized!!
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robgee789:
i didnt have but i do know mate and the reboot command works but not the flash recovery one :(

when i try to flash the recovery i get error: cannot load twrp
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barkiecol:
that was just an example for the filename....

fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery example.blob

Make sure you get the jelly bean (2.2.2.0) version!!
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robgee789:
i renamed the .blob file to twrp.blob and ran this command

fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob

but it still gives me this

C:\Users\Rob>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob

error: cannot load 'twrp.blob'

i tried the jb and ics version
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barkiecol:
make sure the blob-file is in the same directory as fastboot
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robgee789:
is is but i had to type cd \android then the flash command and im in twrp :) now i just gotta put the update zip on and job done should i do a wipe aswell (if yes will i lose twrp??)
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barkiecol:
Nice job!

Now you can put whatever-file.zip on the sdcard.

You can wipe and the recovery will still be there, because it's on a separate partition!!
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robgee789:
sweet i think im gonna go back to ics for now :)
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robgee789:
grrrrr i got a signature mismatch when i flashed back to ics:(

jb worked :)
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barkiecol:
When you want to get back to ice cream, I think you first have to flash the ics recovery blob.

Since you now have the jelly-bean recovery.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robgee789:
forget all that im on jb and all is working so i think ill just wait for a way to root it as it is lol
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seshaz:
There's a root zip you can flash, it's in cwm and twrp jb recovery thread
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whiteze:
I was sitting down with my mate today and we were comparing our phones, i was praising android all along but when it came to web browsing Nokia just blew Galaxy away. Were on the same network, sitting in the same room, nokia had one bar more of reception, but speed of was like 10x faster on it. He just laughed at me... Im running Thebyani JB v.3, tried stock, dolphin and chrome browser, pretty much same speeds from them all. Any ideas? Cheers.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheWarKeeper:
Well you can laugh back at him for having windows phone failure operating system, back in time when android did not exist, i still prefered symbian over windows os for phones, now vs android imho stands no chance, microsoft is ran by amateurs these days you can see their disgusting strategy at making operating systems, they release 1, fix a couple of bugs leave all other issues unsorted and get to make a new one, fix few bugs of that, leave all other issues unsorted, and make a new one and so on so forth...

As for windows 8, its the dumbest idea ive ever heard, you have the same operating system running on completely different platforms with different instruction sets making your apps available for windows 8 but not for arm processors for example, its just garbage in concept.

EDIT: oh and btw, his screen is inferior to yours, his video recording resolution is inferior to yours as you can 1080p and he can only 720p, his cpu is single core 1.4ghz, you have 1.2 dual core ghz which blows his away for multitasking, ur gpu also blows his away also.

The speed on my gs2 is pretty good with just 2 bars, with full bars is as fast as the phone can process the pages and that means fast enough to not keep you waiting, if hes faster then good for him thats all his phone is ever going to do better than you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atulalvenkar:
Most probably nothing to do with OS nokia makes very good hardware.

Also you were running an hour experimental jb rom. Try with stock ROM and see if you get the same results.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] norpan111:
Yeah Nokia has far less specs but wp7 is the smoothest os I've ever played with on a phone

Skickat från min GT-I9100 via Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Because the Nokia browser loads less information. It will look faster just like Windows 95 on a modern machine will be faster than Windows 7 on similar machine

Swyped from my Galaxy SII
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] TiredHornet:
Hi,

I have been thinking about buying a Android tablet for some time. I don't really need a tablet, but would like to give it a try anyhow. I would probably use it mostly for surfing the web, reading new sites and watching movies when on the train. I might play some games from time to time. I would also like to use it for Skype voice and video chat. I'm also prepared to root the device and flash custom roms for better performance.

At the moment the Galaxy Tab 8.9 (Wifi) is on sale for about $ 220 here in Switzerland. It seems like a good deal for this tablet and within the amound of money I am prepared to spend for something "unnessecary", but would you still buy it given that the hardware is somewhat dated? How well does Skype work?

Any advice is greately appreciated!

Cheers

TiredHornet
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] sgauge:
To my opinion, the Galaxy Tab 8.9 has a unique form factor and weight (approx 420g), that make it still very desirable to my eyes. The screen is very good. ICS with an alternative launcher like 'Nova' or 'Apex' makes it lovely to use on a daily basis (I don't appreciate the Touchwiz one much).

I learned to live without any sd card expansion slot. I bought a 32gb model to compensate for the lack of memory extension, but finally I don't use the internal storage at all, except of course for apps. If I had to buy it again, I would simply stick with the 16Gb version...

The only complain I have is the outdated Tegra 2 processor, that's why I use to overclock a little bit (1.2Ghz). Works like a charm.

PS: I tested Skype a little bit and seemed good enough to me and to the people at the other end.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] gbparkers:
Yes, definitely. sgauge points out some great benefits of the 8.9, the form factor is just right. I'm still using 3.2 Overcome Rom also OC'd to 1.2 and really it runs super smooth. I also have the 16gb and that's plenty of space. I bought the usb dongle which can read off a usb stick so no need to carry movies on the tablet itself. It's really replaced my laptop for internet browsing, following live sports streams online and casual emailing. Just an extra aside, but I also invested in the official external keyboard and dock (amazon uk had them at rock bottom prices a few weeks back) and they are classy add-ons making the tablet a real smart package. And with ICS seemingly here, perhaps I'll think of upgrading my rom too!

Update: Skype works great, impressed with video/sound quality and stability!