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[Motorola Droid RAZR] Psychlone:
With all due respect, bwheelies, cite your source(s).

I have done some testing on my own Razr Maxx, and checked the little qe count and it was 0/0 (zero). I then rooted and checked again and qe had changed to 1/1.

I then restored via recovery to a stock recovery and qe remained 1/1. I then restored via RSD (FXZ) to stock and checked and qe was 0/1... meaning that it tracked that I had rooted once and it never went away.

I brought up the same exact scenario on my Bionic (XT875), but with it, I could simply FXZ back to an older GB stock ROM and the qe didn't exist - and when I OTA updated it to ICS the qe counter existed, but registered 0/0 as though nothing had ever been done to it. Any time the XT875 was rooted in ICS 4.03 or higher, the qe counter increased a point. Any time the XT875 was restored back to a GB stock ROM via full FXZ, the qe counter didn't exist anymore.

I thought it was pretty clear that they have a way to track whether the phone has been rooted or not. Whether they use that info to get out of warranty is entirely up to them, but we all know that as soon as we root our phone, we're taking a chance on voiding our warranty - that's been the basis of modding since day 1 of the original Droid and everyone *should* know it.

**EDIT: I re-read my post and didn't mean to come across as dickish. What I personally experienced leads me to believe that qe, whatever it is, is tied to ICS and does indeed check *something*. Perhaps it's tracking something altogether different and it's just me connecting the dots between each step in the scenarios that I experienced above. Maybe it's nothing, but my own tests (starting with the Bionic and ending with the Razr Maxx) show that qe shows up after updating to an ICS ROM, and changes in count depending on if/when rooted and how many times it's been performed. The only difference that I could find personally, is that the qe disappeared altogether on the Bionic after a full FXZ back to .902 or earlier.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] bwheelies:
I am will not go back through the thread to check all of the inconsistent findings of phones from all over. Some stock phones show 2/1.

The thread always stays near the first page here.

I have rooted in the past but have flashed back to stone stock and I am at 1/1.

Already an inconsistency with what you have found.

See my point?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] evltwn72:
I have to agree with Psychlone. It is a root tracker. I currently have 2 RAZR's one I rooted while on GB. I unrooted it and went back to stock GB to get the ICS update. I went into the recovery, and there it was. The qe says 1/1. Even though I've never rooted ICS, it still has the 1/1. The 2nd RAZR I have has never been rooted, and the recovery shows qe 0/0. Now you tell me. I also check 2 other friends who have the MAXX and they are not into rooting, and their phones say 0/0.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] bwheelies:
I can't put stock into the mixed information we have. Mine has never said 0/0 and I got my phone new from Verizon.

Tried custom roms twice and have been back to stock since.

With custom rom on the phone it still said 1/1.

Would love to see someone video the progression of qe change during root and rom'ing.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Psychlone:
Well, no, I can't exactly see your point because I didn't do any tests on your phone and neither of us did baseline ops on each other's devices.

On my own phones (Bionic and Razr Maxx), I did baseline tests at BONE STOCK and then changed the equation one step at a time, marking the changes at each interval. Now, as mentioned, it's entirely possible that the qe counter is counting something else and I'm just connecting those dots to what I did in between.

And as far as the inconsistencies you mentioned, I thought that it had already been determined that the different country qe codes start at a different delimiter than US codes. For instance, everyone that's posted that their Razr started at 2/1 were running an Asian country code ROM, whereas everyone that's mentioned seeing 0/0 or 0/1, 1/1 have been running US country code ROMs. Perhaps that's just me connecting the dots again.

Whatever happened to P3's input on this subject anyway? I've followed pretty much everyone that's anyone with Twitter, and no one seems to have a conclusive anything as far as qe codes are concerned. But clearly, absence of proof doesn't equate to proof of absence - the qe counter is definitely counting something.

Curiosity question: did you do a full FXZ back to GB when you "flashed back to stone stock"? The reason I ask this is because when I would FXZ my Bionic back to .902 or earlier (which are official Moto Blur GB ROMs), the qe counter didn't exist, I would then update the phone via OTA and the qe counter would reset to 0/0 until I rooted, after which it would read 0/1. I did this no less than 3 different times on that phone.

Again, no offense intended, bwheelies. I'm very analytic by nature and have connected what dots I see to paint a picture that really makes quite a bit of sense in my own perception.

As mentioned, I don't think Verizon or Motorola even gives a crap about the root count on these phones (if that's what the qe counter is indeed counting) - but they certainly could use it to deny a warranty claim if they wanted to (again, if that's what the qe counter is counting)

It's far more likely that the qe counter (if counting root attempts/custom ROM flashes) is logging modding info for Motorola's R&D department so they can justify releasing an unlocked bootloader in the future, or that they're using this qe info to justify certain means of bootloader protection for future models. We simply don't know.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] bwheelies:
I have always used Matt's utilities, requisite for each OS, to do my fast booting back to stock.

I have never done an ota with my phone either.

When going from gb to ics I used the update file in stock recovery.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Thank Me Later:
I use Matt's utility as well. I don't know whether a root checker was always built in or if it came on the ICS builds. 211 is the official OTA so even though we load it differently (Fast Boot, side loading, ect) we're still excepting the OTA.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Dilhrnhydramine:
When I updated my Prime to HairyBean 1.0 I noticed that they had opted for the CM10 keyboard and absolutely loved it over the stock on screen keyboard. After 1.2, it switched back to Asus onscreen keyboard. Is there anyway to get the CM10 keyboard installed on 1.2?
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] mpoendi:
Is it posible pulling semcMusic.apk to another ROM?

And what libs did semcMusic.apk needed to work. I know the libs are somewhere in the package, but whats are they name?

If somebody care, tell me what libs are needed?
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] xnan:
I think those apps are DRM related
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] mpoendi:
But in sde is working, using nAa kernel...
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Chris95X8:
Yeah because the developer got the DRM files working.
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Aria:
what is DRM :confused:
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] X8invisible:
Kernel isnt enough, you need some drm files in the rom itself because in the 1st place standard cm7 roms don't care if their kernel has some drm files in, it's like there isn't

Sent from my heart™ using Xperia X8
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] itzzjason:
I found a stock Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III. In the "About Device" section, it says the model is SCH-I535. I'm extremely new to android and rooting, etc. This is my first android phone.

If possible, how can I unlock this phone to use for T-Mobile USA? Also, if it does unlock, will I get 4G data speed on the phone?

Thank you,

Jason
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] itzzjason:
Sorry, I don't understand what that means
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] manojcitc:
Try to use sim from tmobile or att and see what it say?

...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
its not going to work properly on t-mobile...yet I should say.

fyi check my guide in the dev section...section 7 directory, should be a link to unlocking device for gsm capability.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] grin0048:
How about attempt to get it back to its owner?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KennyG123:
OK, first off the carrier will never give you the owner information. Second, other than calling the number in about phone there is no other way to get it to the previous owner. You can try calling the most recent dialed to try and get it back to the owner but if they already claimed it as lost on their insurance there is no going back. They do not stop the claim.. Third, I will not tolerate abuse on my forums.

Thank you for your cooperation

Friendly Neighborhood Moderator
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lareq:
I have stock ROM 4.1.1, original firmware, rooted and unlocked. My Question is what my gnex has done. The in-system data-volume manager says that "Android OS" has downloaded 800 MB in the background over the mobile network. This is the third time; in the last few months it has done this 2 times. In the meantime it has been reset twice.

Has anyone an answer?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Petrovski80:
Try disabling 'backup my data' under Settings > backup & reset.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lareq:
But what does this "backup my data" save? Every App? The whole app? Every Data? I thought that this backup service only saves informations?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Petrovski80:
No it doesn't upload apks to Google if that's what you mean. It's worth a shot though before you factory reset.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fire n mage:
Go to data usage in settings, press the menu button, and then "restrict background data"
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Petrovski80:
That will pretty much disable auto sync for all apps unless connected to wifi.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jcmm11:
True but on that same screen you can see a list of all apps and how much they downloaded. Clicking on each app will take you to a screen that shows how much that app downloaded both in foreground and background. You can restrict background data on a per app basis from there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Petrovski80:
For user apps, yes you can. For android os, you cannot.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cordell507:
most data that any app uses is background data, almost all streamed music is categorized as background data....as long as your not hitting a data cap i wouldn't worry about it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] La Rascassa:
Hello everyone, today I've noticed that on landscape mode my GN has a lighter and brighter vertical line of pixels on the left side, if I turn the phone on the left; if I turn the phone on the right it doesn't happen and everything is fine on both sides. It is really annoying me and I can't say if it is the first time it happens or this kind of issue has been always there. It can be noticed only with white or light backgrounds and in EVERY photo, if brightness is switched to max it is hard to see but with automatic or half brightness is pretty clear.

I tried to screenshot it but I'm afraid this is something hardware since it doesn't show on screenshot.

Anyone else with the same problem?

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/542/img5505n.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/208/img5503n.jpg/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bar_rodoy:
Is it green? I have a similar issue. I think it's a case of screen burn.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] La Rascassa:
See the attached pics...I didn't manage to attach them to my first post.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bar_rodoy:
I think its related to the screen burn issue. I have somthibg similair too, but it noticeable only on white background. I see green color there..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
That's covered under warranty. Get it replaced.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] La Rascassa:
Do you know how this thing is technically called?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bozint:
I think I have the same issue. Don't know if I should go and get a replacement. It also only shows on white background while browsing.

EDIT: The captured screenshot doesn't show this, so no point in uploading it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] La Rascassa:
Took it to assistance. It'll be back in 10 working days and since I don't have something not even similar to replace it I'm stuck with an old Sony Ericsson W205...what a nightmare!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bar_rodoy:
At least you can replace it. I am from Israel and I bought the Gnex in the US directly from Google. I noticed this problem a day before I went on the flight so I didnt have much time to replace it. But it doesnt much bother me. I know that those Super AMOLED screen have too much problems... Just live with it right now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alewillywonka:
i have the same issue right now.

For replacing the GNex i had to go in a samsung point or they come to my home for took it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jackerhack:
I have the exact same issue on my Galaxy Nexus. The same row of pixels (along the top-edge). It's not visible in portrait mode because the notification bar is black and the pixels are switched off.

Here's the kicker: since this afternoon, the row of pixels are switched on even when the background is black. They appear as a faint line and become brighter when there's a background image. I put the phone under a magnifying glass and there appear to be three such rows, not one. It could be the pentile matrix playing with my eyes since the pixels are too small to see even with a (low power) magnifying glass, but there's definitely more than one row.

Anyone else?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] La Rascassa:
Can you post or link a picture? I mean under a magnifying glass, just to see how it looks like...ehm not sure if it is possible though :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kcshmo:
I am having the same problem on mine too. There are these streaks that runs across in landscape or portrait. it's more noticable in a grayish white background. It's very easy to see with a screen test app that shows one color on the whole screen. Lately, I also notice the very top and bottom line of pixels like would lit up brighter. For example, when i touch the context buttons at the bottom, bottom pixels of the buttom would lit up bright white.

Edit: clariification, it's the same lines of streaks if held in portrait, it would go across. when in landscape, the same streaks goes to to bottom.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] salem_christ:
I also have a lighter vertical line of pixels on the side of the screen when in landscape. The interesting thing, though, is that it is on the left, regardless of whether my phone is in landscape with the power button on the top or the button. either way it's on the left of the picture. So I don't think it's a hardware issue. More likely a calibration issue?

I also have horizontal banding of slightly different shades in portrait on grey/white backgrounds (eg: facebook app). These become harder to see the more brightness I turn up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mach3.2:
Yep, have it too...

Now I'm deciding whether to go to the Service Center....

Other than that small line, the phone is perfect so i guess i won't bother..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] La Rascassa:
I got the entire screen replaced by Samsung Italy. 100% hardware issue
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rodmc123:
i have the same issue... but i think it is not "burn in", it is just a pixel line brighter than the rest, in my case it shows all the colors as it should, just brighter.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Olpraim:
Strange...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Flanimal:
A couple of weeks ago I noticed the topmost line of pixels of my Gnex is miscoloured or brighter than normal, and yet sometimes displays correctly, usually when black.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Olpraim:
I noticed it's on the bottom too. Maybe some backlight problem or something... But sometimes it changes colour due to shades changing, it's like in half shades it's shining more and in other half it's darker. Like some software compensating. There's other colours, but blue looks differently.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] La Rascassa:
As I already told the other guy, send it back to Samsung. They will replace the entire screen. There's no other way to fix it.

It is hardware. Happened to me and had the screen replaced in a couple of weeks. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jackerhack:
I gave it to Samsung last week and they returned it unfixed because they have no spare parts in India. They charged me anyway for inspecting it -- despite the device being within warranty period.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sergini:
LOL? That makes no sense at all!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jackerhack:
That's Samsung for you. Apparently I have to mail it to Samsung in the US or Europe if I want it serviced. I'm so glad the Nexus 4 is not by Samsung -- mine should arrive next week.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mach3.2:
The last time I checked Samsung did not release the gnex in India and they do not offer international warranty, so your warranty is as useful as a piece of toilet paper would get.

Beamed from my Maguro.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mono28aug:
Even m starting to see this annoying thing now...time for nexus 5 but still its very annoying
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Speedin07si:
Well first find the right section for the galaxy s2 , this section is for the galaxy s3.

Sent from Pluto.
[XPERIA X8 General] ScatteredHell:
Hi all, this is not mine.

Credit goes to - http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/

I'm sharing with this you. :)

Installation

1 - Install the android sdk (download here)

2 - Connect your device through USB cable and ensure it's detected with "adb devices"

3 - Make sure you have Java Runtime Environnement 5 or later installed.

4 - Click HERE -http://androidscreencast.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/AndroidScreencast/dist/androidscreencast.jnlp . You can launch it by typing "javaws androidscreencast.jnlp" from a command line.

If mouse/keyboard control doesn't work, open a command line and type :

**adb shell

**su

**chmod 777 /data/dalvik-cache

**cd /data/dalvik-cache

**chmod 777 ./

Features

**Mouse and keyboard control FOR ROOTED DEVICES ONLY

**Landscape mode (right click)

**Video recording

**Basic file browser

Current limitations

**Slow refresh rate (about 4-5 fps)

**Not all keycode are mapped. See KeyMapping

Todo

**Automatic screen rotation based on the device current state.

**Improve speed

**Audio redirection

How can i help ?

Just visit here - http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/

and Donate them
[XPERIA X8 General] ScatteredHell:
For Installation-

Copy the downloaded androidscreencast.jnlp file to anywhere you want.

Run Command Prompt.

Go to the folder that u have placed aandroidscreencast.jnlp

Type this javaws androidscreencast.jnlp
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huvar:
Hi

I recently bought a Huawei Ascend g300. I updated today from GB to ICS and I noticed a slight change in behaviour.

After instaling titanium and beyondpod, none of them recognized my backups or downloaded episodes. This had never happened with sw upgrades or model changes.

It seems that these apps are now using the internal sd instead of the external, maybe because the int-sd was mounted as sdcard and the external as sdcard2. Anyone has a clue about how does android or android apps choose which sd to use? What I do not understand is also what is the different between GB and ICS regard this? Is there any way we can manage this?

thanks
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] landlord28:
Hi im on cod rom usin merruk kernel and trying to partition my sd card using the built in cwm. Usually if i use the partition sd card on temporary cwm it takes a while to complete but in the built in cwm in merruk kernel it is fast and does not partition my sd card at all. Btw im using mt kernel dev edition 7

Sent from my gY CoD rom by D.J. and merruk dev edition 7+ext4 :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] kishorsidu:
mount storage before partition.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] shivang005:
there is a alternate using mini tool partition
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] MAGNUM.:
MOUNT sdcard before partioning ur sdcard....

and prefer cwm over minitool to partion ur sd card.....
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] xfactor_ro:
minitool can partition without losing data. i used cwm to partition and my sd card was wiped clean
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] landlord28:
Thanks for reply guys it worxnow :))
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] MAGNUM.:
Minitool creates problem sumtimes....thats why i prefer cwm.....
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Samuel IP:
I'm also facing same problem

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Galaxy Y users Click here for 1.2Ghz and 1Gb internel
[Off-topic] keenofhiphop:
Hello mates,

I want to play my old psp games on my windows 7 laptop, so I downloaded Pcsp...

I downloaded "gta chinatown wars" (no worries I own the Original Game on UMD) but the file doesnt seemed to work.

First try was the nintendo ds version^^

the i downloaded gtacw.ISO because i read on homepage that iso and cso roms are supported.

But when I try to open the file (as UMD, just my psp is broken) ot shows "Error: cant open, file is encrypted"

I know that it could be that this game isnt supported (didnt find a list) or that the file is crap. So I just wanted to ask if anyone here has already some knowledge about emulators and what to do about this error and where I can get working isos.

I wrote this on this forum because here are lots of peoples with computer skills amd I didnt want to create a new account only for this :)

Greets

Came. Saw. Sent.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] donavo:
phone stuck in bootloop. the kicker is my volume rocker is shot. and adb doesnt recognize while still in boot up. aaaaaaaaaaand the warranty is definetly not an option since i have had the inductive charge mod for quite some time now. if anyone knows of a way to go into recovery mode without turning the device on, OR pressing the volume buttons, please, come forth....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimmyco2008:
I think if all of those are true, you're SOL. In order for ADB or Fastboot commands from your PC to work, the phone must either be in the Bootloader or in Android with USB debugging on.

And to get into Bootloader, you must have a working volume rocker.... Are you sure you can't like hit it and it'll work or something like that?

Otherwise, your best bet is to send it in for warranty replacement and hope they won't notice, which might not be as much of a long shot as you think...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] donavo:
Well if they turn it on wouldn't they notice the different bootup animation and the fact that it wont turn on? Who should I send it to? Google or Samsung? And how? Do u know of a best method?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] donavo:
bump for possible genius to know if theres a way to enter recovery without volume rocker or phone being on.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Andro X:
Are you stuck at the Google screen and when you use adb does it just say waiting for device?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] donavo:
no it goes past the google screen and gets stuck on the bootup image. it happened when i flashed superROM. it never went past the bootup image after that. and adb commands say "waiting for device" yes.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Andro X:
Ok. Are you using windows on your pc?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] donavo:
yeah. windows
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimmyco2008:
Oh yeah what about ODIN? That might work for getting back to stock and a working Android OS that'll actually boot up.

That's probably why he's asking. Forgot all about ODIN. Although the fact that you can't boot up might be an issue... I'm gonna hand this over to Andro X.

I just meant hit like a light hit on the volume rocker to see if it'll knock something back into place...I don't think it'll really work though, I just gave out a sort of last resort option.