yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kintwofan:
They can not just search your phone. When you call in if they need to use it, they ask your permission and before it is initiated you have to enter a code to grant access.

Having said that, don't take an ota if you're rooted
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hypertek:
I always thought about how celeb nude cell phone pictures get leaked by some nerd at the cell phone company digging though their phones lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sleeper24:
As soon as I saw this on my fiance's stock phone, I said "No way, no chance I'm going to update my rooted phone." Like others have said, if you're rooted, you shouldn't be taking the update. If you updated your rooted phone and ran into issues, these post have warn you already.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JayGoat:
To my understanding, it was on our phones when we first got them. I've called into Verizon to troubleshoot a signal issue and the computer and technician both asked me to let the use it. I have always declined. My brothers Droid Razr Maxx also has this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blue6IX:
My thought is to use cwm to banish the update to cache limbo, where I can pick it apart at my liesure and choose what (if anything) I want from it before filing the update as a whole with my S3 data.

I miss the days when people wanted an ota to hit so we could pick it apart for new software, anymore it seems most people are afraid of it...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
Remote Diagnostic is a really really old news. I have this on my Charge and I rooted the hell out of it with many many custom roms and kernels. I flash like 1000 times and when I need to exchange, I just flash back to stock and they gave me a new one. In short, it's nothing people, it just being used to fix your phone remotely, of course, before you give them permission to look around, you have to roll it back to stock first.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sRDennyCrane:
This was on my old Razr Maxx. As stated, you have to allow it for Verizon to use it.

And with it, Verizon was able to see how Flash video was broken on my phone after the ICS update.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lucidvtec:
Ur way off

I called about my coverage and was told I was rooted..I wasn't even talking to tech support

Get ur facts strait before u mislead more noobs like yourself
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techgov8:
There's no way cause everytime I ever called I've been rooted and they never said anything so dont come in here flaming people. You need to chill out

Tap'n
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kintwofan:
People were saying this BEFORE this update apparently Samsung has a root checker on these phones. My Droid charge had the same remote diagnostics. They can only use it if you enter the code. So you need to know what you're taking about before you start flaming. By the way how exactly am I noob?

By the way read previous post of people who have used it AFTER being asked to.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eman3316@optonline.net:
What exactly will a tech be able to trouble shoot? All they know how to do is reset your phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mcduck$:
All of the major telecoms have had entire floors in their office buildings full of NSA employees and government snooping equipment for years now. Root is the least of your worries.

https://www.eff.org/nsa/faq
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xyrcncp:
From my post in another thread. This is your only hope against the evils of remote diagnostics:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ilprobu2:
Cool where can I buy one .. I feel them closing in

s3 driving an S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Stresa:
Thanks for that ... was the best laugh I've had all day!! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dave_k605:
Careful, apple might sue... due to you infringing upon their external antenna patent.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] DarkCoding:
First, hello :)

So, I‘d like to know, how to build ROMs for our devices from source (like GitHUB). I have already Linux, and configured GitHUB, now how do I compille a working ROM, which is booting?

A simple and short question:

How do I build ROMs from source?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Jrhodes85:
An excellent place to start is sweetnsours sticky thread....there's one in particular that I found interesting and its from the cyanogenmod team....

---------- Post added at 03:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:51 AM ----------

There's no simple way of explaining building roms from source anyhow...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] rohitsk:
tons of articles already present on the forum. just google "building from source xda". checkout multiple threads and their experiences.

Also below link is good for starting for AOSP

http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skibadee:
Just tried adding a contact picture via

Contacts, edit, + (on the blank picture) then selecting from the photo gallery. After selecting the persons face and saving it kept using another person's photo instead. I tried this for 3 other people with the same result.

If i go to the gallery, tag a face and select to use as caller I.d it works fine.

Is this a known bug?

I'm using stock rooted btw

Ta
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skibadee:
No one?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick Fury:
Not too sure about that or maybe its the way thay made it. But as long as you can get it done by going through the gallery first then its still a result lol
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasterTB:
What os are you using? I'm on JB now but I neither had problems with 4.0.4, I used haxsync and manual selection for some contacts, they all worked fine.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skibadee:
I'm on stock 4.0.4
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GranPaSmurf:
Galaxy Nexus (Sprint) unlocked and rooted to use SuperUser.

Running JB 4.1.1 Baseband ver: L700.05 V.FH05 / L700.FH05, Kernel ver 3.0.31-00006-gea59422 Build JRO03U.L700FH06

When I bought my Nexus from Sprint I thought I would be getting timely updates from Google, or Samsung. With the recent update to JB, I learned I was wrong.

Can I flash a Google version to my Sprint Galaxy Nexus, so that the updates will not have to filter through Sprint and then come from them? If I do this, (if it is the way it works) does it void my agreement with Sprint? I pay them for two levels of insurance; if I were to need to repair/return to them, would I have to unroot and re-flash to Sprint Stock?

I am not, at this time, particularly interested in flashing a ROM from a developer. I think I want to feel like I have mastered the stock version first.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
With the Sprint model, there is no other choice for official updates than to stay with your stock firmware and wait for Sprint to update it. Google does not provide a stock image that magically puts you on a different update pathway. You're using a carrier branded device with CDMA and LTE that Google doesn't have the rights to distribute. Sprint holds those keys.

If you want updates timely and directly from Google you need to buy an unlocked GSM Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GranPaSmurf:
Maybe next time

Thanks, I seem to learn lots of things after the window of opportunity is past. So when this contract is done, do a bit more research before buying.
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] Chad The Pathfinder:
I'm a big fan for the Galaxy Sense clock and thought I'd share in case anyone is interested.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1721809
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kakuji:
I have just a little question: Will the future updates (4.0.4 or even 4.1) will continue to appear by going to:

Settings -> About Phone ->Software Update -> Update if my phone is rooted?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Yes you will get notification when update is available but except you are using Korea firmware, i believe Odin will update faster update than your kies

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII

Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12

Dorimanx kernel 5.76B

GT I9100

Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kakuji:
Google'd and it seems it is a Belgium firmware I9100XXLPW ICS 4.0.3.

I guess it's allright
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kakuji:
Also, I forgot to ask (I'd rather make another post instead of making another thread),when you get an official update (for exemple,I live in Romania, and the update 4.0.4 appeared just for the carrier Orange) the phone has to locked in that carrier, or just has to use a SIM card of same carrier?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Immortalis:
Branding means that the phone software was modified by carrier. So it doesn't have anything to do with SIM cards.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kakuji:
Oh okay, and thank you for replying.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
Hey guys,

My wifes e4gt is completely stock 4.0.4 ics, for whatever reason it will not connect to transfer pictures to her imac. We've downloaded the android file transfer app and all we get is the message that "no android device is connected"

The only connection options we have are mtp and ptp. Ideas?

Sent from my Rejected Crack SPH-D710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leaderbuilder:
I'm sure you've tried this originally [ http://bit.ly/QiJ5ok ] right?

And you said you've done this to [http://www.android.com/filetransfer/] and it still doesn't work.

Then try going to Settings>Developer Option> and check USB Debugging; that may do it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
Totally forgot about usb debug lol its always enabled on my phone. It worked flawlessly, thank you kind sir! :beer:

Sent from my Rejected Crack SPH-D710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leaderbuilder:
Glad you got it. Always nice to know the outcome.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] brandao.gabe:
I recently learned that I can use an OTG cable to basically siphon battery from my tablet. I'm in college and I use my tablet for notes but I can still finish the day with over 60% battery on my tablet so I've started to charge my phone during classes and have to admit it's working out pretty good. Charges at the same rate of plugging it into your computer but I have not tested it with fast charge kernel yet. The phones get about 3% battery for every 1% it takes from the tablet, I haven't done any real testing but if enough people are interested I will.

Just wanted to share this information and see if anyone else has been doing the same :D
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Geordie Lad:
Almost never use my tablet anymore since getting S3, but I do occasionally charge other things up using my S3.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kl25:
what widget are you using for the time, weather and batt life? looks good!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] DROID3R:
For the millionth time its called

ONE MORE CLOCK

in the playstore

Dont thank/like/rep my posts or ill report you.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kl25:
take a chill pill, my first time seeing that widget let alone first time asking.

matter fact, wasn't even asking you.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] pham818:
sooo mad.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] YRAJ23:
As a senior member please learn to be polite and guide others. You don't have to be rude. If you don't feel like answering, no one is forcing you to do so. Cheers
[Galaxy S III Accessories] zmagas1:
hi, somehow this trick does not work for me. I have attached USB OTG cable to my Samsung Galaxy Tab P7300 and put the micro usb cable in it. But this doesn't charge my phone.

Do I need to have some specific configuration (kernel or something)?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] BluTheCool:
Ive tried the same thing, but my tablet says a high power device was attached and doesnt mount it. Did you have any app that helped you do this or did yours just work out? Im using a Nexus 4 and a Galaxy Note N8000.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] pham818:
sorry about the this dead thread, but how fast does it charge you know?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lorenzo_9:
Hi, I saw Bin4ry root method that can be done with locked bootloader. I tried it on my Gnexus but it doesn't work.

Can someone make it working on the galaxy nexus?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
makes it working with a locked bootloader, on Sony NXT, and we don't have /data/local.prop, at least checking it on the device/gui, in the shell it could be different.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lorenzo_9:
Ok. But in some nexus 7 it works so I thought it could be done in Gnexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
That's a very interesting way to get root! Props to Bin4ry for this .

I was just going over his script, and I may have an idea. Can you tell me where if fails for you?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lorenzo_9:
Here's what I get with the script:

Normal Mode enabled!

Please connect device with ADB-Debugging enabled now....

3995 KB/s (1085140 bytes in 0.265s)

1399 KB/s (22364 bytes in 0.015s)

3771 KB/s (843503 bytes in 0.218s)

Please look at your device and click RESTORE!

If all is successful i will tell you, if not this shell will run forever.

Successful, going to reboot your device!

Waiting for device to show up again....

mount: permission denied (are you root?)

remount failed: Operation not permitted

/system/xbin/su: cannot open for write: Read-only file system

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory

/system/app/Superuser.apk: cannot open for write: Read-only file system

Unable to chmod /system/app/Superuser.apk: No such file or directory

rm failed for /data/local.prop, No such file or directory

You can close all open command-prompts now!

After reboot all is done! Have fun with Root!

Bin4ry

Premere un tasto per continuare . . .
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Try using the attached script instead of the Runme.bat that Bin4ry had included, and let me know if there is any change.

EDIT: Deleted attachment.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lorenzo_9:
It doesn't work:

Please connect device with ADB-Debugging enabled now....

3260 KB/s (1085140 bytes in 0.325s)

325 KB/s (22364 bytes in 0.067s)

2366 KB/s (843503 bytes in 0.348s)

Please look at your device and click RESTORE!

If all is successful i will tell you, if not this shell will run forever.

Successful, going to reboot your device!

Waiting for device to show up again....

mount: permission denied (are you root?)

/system/bin/su: cannot open for write: Read-only file system

Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: No such file or directory

link failed Read-only file system

/system/app/Superuser.apk: cannot open for write: Read-only file system

Unable to chmod /system/app/Superuser.apk: No such file or directory

rm failed for /data/local.prop, No such file or directory

You can close all open command-prompts now!

After reboot all is done!

Premere un tasto per continuare . . .
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] infazzdar:
Try running it as a superuser (sudo su). Seems this is for Windows, try running as administrator.

Also, including 'adb remount' in the script before the files are pushed may help with the read-only errors.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andQlimax:
@efrant

like someone said before, could be a problem the fact that we don't have the file /data/local.prop ?

the script say succesfull even the file is not found i though
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Nope, it wouldn't have to do with that.

If I understand correctly how this is supposed to work, is that Android will look for local.prop when booting, and if the qemu flag is set to 1 in that, then shell will run as root. What this does is supposed to do is create the local.prop file with ro.kernel.qemu=1, so that on the following reboot, adb will run as root.

I'm not sure why it's failing. I'll post in Bin4ry's thread for him to have a look over here. Hopefully he can sort it out with folks here testing (as I'm sure he doesn't have the GNex).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
I just had a look over at his thread (I haven't gone through it all yet). Let's see if we can figure this out before we have to bug Bin4ry.

Try doing this steps here to enter the first three lines of code, and see if you end up with a root shell (#) or a normal shell ($).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cilraaz:
On the subsequent reboot (after putting the local.prop in place), couldn't you run:

$ getprop | grep qemu

At least then you could confirm if the setting in local.prop is being read/applied.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Well, I have good news and bad news.

Good news: I tried this out (typing in the commands manually, not using the provided script), and it seems to have given me a root shell. Not sure why others were having issues.

Bad news: Something seems to have gotten corrupt in the process, so I had to wipe.

I may take another stab at trying to figure it out when I have time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lorenzo_9:
Ok thank you very much for your work
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31751966
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bin4ry:
Hey guys, can you please test the new attached v5 in the thread?

I adjusted some stuff, hopefully normal mode should work here then :)

Regards
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wictor1992:
EDIT:

v5 runs through the process but doesn't work at the end, see screenshot.

v6 doesn't work as well. The DOS window forcecloses without a notice, here is a screen right before the crash.

Device specs: Galaxy Nexus, 4.1.1, GSM version, Build JRO03C
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bin4ry:
Thanks for testing.

can you run most latest version of today? I had an annoying fault inside the script it is now corrected :D

Regards
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] strumcat:
Great work discovering this exploit, Bin4ry.

Please see the following topic where this discussion is continuing:

[HOW-TO] [GSM & CDMA] How to root without unlocking bootloader (for all ICS & JB)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1894717
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wictor1992:
Still no luck with v9, similar error as in v5: "mount: permission denied". Superuser app isn't being pushed on my phone.

Btw great work on the Tablet S root, worked perfectly!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Look at the link in the post above yours. That manual method works fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wictor1992:
stiaryo equal

Already discovered your thread yesterday. I will try it this evening. Just wanted to help bin4ry as long as my nexus is unrooted :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bin4ry:
Thanks for testing, it is really confusing, manual method does nothing more or less :D

Thanks for testing so =)

Regards
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Yes, confusing indeed.

The only things I changed (compared to your script) were:

1) I changed your mounting command from mount -o remount,rw /system to mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system

2) I used cat to copy the files over instead of dd or mv (thus eliminating the need for busybox)

3) I copied the su binary to /system/bin (instead of /system/xbin) and symlinked it to /system/xbin/su

EDIT: Oh, and I used a newer version of su and Superuser.apk
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wictor1992:
I just tried the manual way and it worked fine, a big thanks to both of you. What about adding the script to Bin4ry's batch file?
[HTC Wildfire S] sghegde87:
Hi,

Could anyone pleeeez tell me how to "PAUSE" a video while I am recording it from cam coder and continue recording right from where I paused?

I couldn't find a 'pause' button in the cam-coder of android. I have a HTC Wildfire S (unlocked boot loader) and have tried many custom roms but couldn't find the pausing option while recording.

Could anyone help me with this ??? or suggest me an app from play store??

It will be really helpful for me..

PS: :

I already know that video can be recorded as different clips and then can be joined using some video editing s/w .:silly:

Thank You in advance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sprintuser1977:
1. Note 1/2 (pre-emptive)

2. S3 (very close)

3. Original Evo

Synergized at 1.9ghz Ikilling
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tykalx:
Sg3

Sg2 epic touch

O. G. Evo
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Seirÿu:
1. O.G. Moto Droid (was what got me going on Android and lasted forever)

2. Samsung GS3

3. N/A (I've had a few other phones but I didn't care for them my 1 and 2 I have a love for).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skater95:
S3.

IPhone 4.

Fascinate.

Sent from my Cocaine White S3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xXJay_RXx:
I'm gonna throw my Top 5 instead

1. Galaxy S3

2. Rezound

3. Sidekick 2-Sidekick LX (multiple phones but I loved them all)

4. iPhone 4S

5. Nexus One (my very first Android phone. It really got me hooked to Android)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sasquatch080:
1. THE OG Evo. (Still going strong.)

2. S3 going up the ranks fast.

3. Droid Charge (love the community)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zedocus16:
in no order

OG Droid - still used as GPS

Gs3 - so far only issue is reception

LG vx10 - loved the pull up antenna, now a toy for nephew but still works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sRDennyCrane:
Well, we have to put things in context... like when they were released.

1) Motorola Micro-TAC flip phone. I got it in 1994 and it was light years beyond anything else out there. It's competition was the notorious "brick" phone.

2) Samsung Omnia. 2008, it was great to have an alternative to the iPhone.

3) Motorola Razr Maxx. Best battery in the industry. 2 days between charges with a lot of use. Motorola screwed it all up when they updated to ICS and broke Flash video. Oh well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tekrhino:
Samsung Galaxy S III

LG T-Mobile G2x

Google Nexus One
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tsnstuff:
Top 3 is difficult. But here are some of my favorite phones in the last 10 or so years in order of how I got them.

1. Kyocera Slider - Don't know why, I used to love this little phone. It was a Virgin Mobile phone and it worked fine for me back then.

2. LG VX10000 (Voyager Titanium) - Got this phone in 2009 when I first got Verizon.

3. iPhone 3G - Even though I really liked my LG Voyager, the iPhone is what I really wanted. Got me a second cell phone just to get it.

4. Original Droid - Gave my iPhone to a friend so he'd let me use his upgrade so I could get an iPhone 3GS. After a few months of that I got really sick already of Apple. Telling me the iPhone 3GS was now able to do things that I was able to do just fine with my Jailbroken 3G. So I made the switch. Rooted it the next day and I lost count of how many different roms I tried on it.

Fifth spot is difficult. Since the Original Droid I've had the Thunderbolt which was amazing when it worked but I also had so many issues with it. I had a Verizon Galaxy Nexus which was nice but Verizon Kind of kills the Nexus brand. I currently have the Galaxy Nexus GSM with a $30 T-Mobile prepaid and I have the Galaxy S3.

The Galaxy S3 I just recently got but I must say that so far I'm really liking it. Personally I think it looks beautiful and I just really like a lot of the little Touchwiz specific things like the fact that I can call someone I'm texting by putting the phone to my ear. Sadly I wish I could install Jelly Bean but I don't want to lose those little things. But right now if I was to pick another winner it'd be a tie between my Nexus and my S3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] johnwaco:
1. SG3

2. OG Droid

3. Fascinate

Fascinate sucked until rooted them became a really good phone. My daughter is running jt's jellybean on it still

Sent from my SGH-I535
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] t0rr3nt:
1.iPhone 3G

2.Samsung Galaxy S3

3.enV Touch

1. Because it got me interested in android (irony noted)

2. Just because :p

3. Most hackable brew phone I have ever owned
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Fadingintofall:
1) galaxy s3

2) BlackBerry curve something...it was my first smart phone and it lasted through.... more than any phone has a right to last through. It will still work and has been used as a replacement a couple years back.

3) thunderbolt. It had its flaws but I loved it.

galaxy. s3. synergy. yadda yadda.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TypoCorrecto:
1. OG Droid

2. SGS3

3. HTC ReZound
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bsannes:
Would have to be no order because they were the best at the time

LG dare

Dinc 2

S3

DROID Eris (First Android love)

LG vx8300

Sent from skynet.... I mean my S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Tatius:
1. S3

2. Moto X -my first droid

3. HTC XV6800 -Windows base

Sent from my SCH-I535 using magic.