yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chickentuna:
You can't go wrong with hydracore kernel. It's tried and tested. You don't need to go back to GB just flash the kernel via PC Odin and you can wipe whenever you want when you're on a safe kernel like HydraCore and the other kernels jeetu1981 mentioned. Going back to GB is really good as well, there is 0% risking of bricking you're device once you're on GB.

For starters just flash the above mentioned kernels and you will be granted root access once flashing is done. After that install Titanium Backup via Google Play and you will be able to remove all those bloatware, games and other nasty crap that your carrier has added on the system. Just be careful uninstalling system apps.

Feel free to read and explore XDA threads, this will help you get through the learning curve of flashing stuff on your device. Good luck and enjoy your stay!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WatchIT:
thank you guys for your help!

everything worked fine! nice! :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xterra91:
New Drive Link 1.1.021

https://www.dropbox.com/s/66jls0b7yxghusf/app.scm-2.apk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xterra91:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxJuPLsfJaO2Q0FqOFg0R095Q00/edit
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] crupp:
Link says need permission to access.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xterra91:
Try second one
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] crupp:
Same message
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bbeelzebub:
I don't have Samsung Apps installed on my phone to know if it's accessible from the VZW GS3. Anyhow, in case anybody wants to try it. http://www.samsungapps.com/topApps/topAppsDetail.as?productId=G00008708915
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xterra91:
http://db.tt/xL3u29hw
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NuclearEMP:
thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xterra91:
Is the last link working?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rkerrddd:
This work on a aosp ROM or have too be a tw rom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xterra91:
Im on tw but did work on my nexus too
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] technut:
Many thanks for the APK,I have been looking for this for days.:)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] piiman:
What is "Ssamsung Drive Link"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blkdrgn613:
i can confirm drive link works on vzw sg3. installed from samsungapps and work fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Amphibliam:
I think this is the worst "driving mode" app I have ever had the displeasure of using. First of all, it is FAR from intuitive, making you sift through several menus before reaching the shortcuts you want, instead of having the main screen. Plus, they put ones there that are dumb and you can't remove. Instead, they fill up the main screen with weather which, since I have eyes, I can look outside my car and see. Secondly, it is locked into landscape mode, which is horrible since for navigation, you want it in portrait, so you can see more of the road ahead not to the sides. Thirdly, it acts as a normal app, in that when you press home, it goes back to the homescreen. You have to rely on the onscreen horribly placed buttons. If you want a decent one, get Google Car Home. It would be easier to just use my phone normally than use this.

/rant
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mobilelg:
I have huge problem, becouse then phone is in my pocket, it many times answers to call by my leg.

So, is any tool to disable sliding call answer, and make ability only answer by power on button, pressing two times in a row, or something ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monkeywithbanana:
Hi,

is it possible to customize android volume bar to look like WP7 volume bar?

I mean this volume bar Z-player has it but it crashes all the time and i want that bar for whole system not just for music or media.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CP24EVA:
Hi all. Is there a way that when my S3 is connected to my car via bluetooth that it can read any text message that comes in out loud and then gives me a chance to respond to it with my voice and converts it to a text message? My previous phone had this option and it was SO helpful.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] smelenchuk:
I read your message to mean that your car supports this, and you want to know if the phone does.

The requirement for this is Bluetooth's Message Access Profile (MAP). I believe the stock ROM is supposed to have this, but I've heard reports that it doesn't work properly (this might vary by carrier, and/or might be fixed when stock JB arrives).

Custom ROMs probably have a better chance of working with MAP (CyanogenMod has had it for a while, up to and including CM10).

Good luck!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CP24EVA:
Correct. So I guess I will have to get on the ball with rooting my phone
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] lee480:
I tried rooting XPU ST25a firmware with CMD admin power.

Please advice.

======================================================================
= This script will root your Android phone with adb restore function =
= Script by Bin4ry (thanks to Goroh_kun and tkymgr for the idea) =
= Idea for Tablet S from Fi01_IS01 =
= (02.10.2012) v13 =
======================================================================

Device type:
1) Normal
2) Special (for example: Sony Tablet S, Medion Lifetab)

x) Unroot

Make a choice: 1
Checking if i should run in Normal Mode or special Sony Mode
Please connect your device with USB-Debugging enabled now
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.
.

Normal Mode enabled!
Could Not Find C:\Windows\system32\build.prop

The system cannot find the path specified.
Pushing busybox....
The system cannot find the path specified.
Pushing su binary ....
The system cannot find the path specified.
Pushing Superuser app
The system cannot find the path specified.
Making busybox runable ...
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.
Please look at your device and click RESTORE!
If all is successful i will tell you, if not this shell will run forever.
Running ...
The system cannot find the path specified.
Successful, going to reboot your device!
The system cannot find the path specified.
Waiting for device to show up again....
The system cannot find the path specified.
Going to copy files to it's place
The system cannot find the path specified.
You can close all open command-prompts now!
After reboot all is done! Have fun!
Bin4ry
Press any key to continue . . .
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] chewdaniel:
looks like u didn't extract the zip and tried to run the bat file directly :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] squiggles1111:
Ok i have the very same problem and I have extracted the file . . . .am i missing drivers or something? and how do i get them?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] lee480:
I did extract the zip
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] imanesaurus:
i have the same problem and i've solved that.

just copy the file (stuff, RunMe.bat, etc) in the folder, change the name of the folder to something else like 'root' or something you like, and copy the folder C: directory on your PC.

and then open command prompt, just type cmd start > search if u in windows 7

and in command prompt type cd C:\root

and then type RunMe.bat

and just following the instructions how to root our XU. :D

sorry for my bad english ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sunshinekhan:
Xperia Sola wont Root!

Hi!

I get the the error after the device reboots which reads something as:

mount: access denied are you root?

End result, no root and no Superuser.

Device: MT27i

Android: 4.0.4

Software Version: 6.1.1.B.1.54

I have not installed any additional drivers on my Windows 7 PC, but Sony PC Companion is installed.

Please help.

Regards,

sunshinekhan
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] azfar:
I had same issue so simply revert back to .10 firmware.

.54 is not supported atm if I am not wrong.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sunshinekhan:
Xperia Sola wont Root!

Thanks for the reply azfar!

Can you update to .54 after root? I believe not!

Is there a revert feature in the PC companion?

Also can you please provide your feedback here for the devs to know, because I can't with my current post count:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1916702
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] jatinrungta:
You cant root .54 firmware with this or anything

You need to flash kernel of B.10 first then root and then flash .54 Kernel afain

Get C here Better than B.54

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35339192&postcount=173 :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bfrancom:
Hello everyone. I have a galaxy s3 i535 on verizon wireless. I am currently rooted and have CWM and a backup of CyanogenMod10 (jellybean). I am currently on stock ICS my phone shipped with. My question is how to i get rid of CWM and my root. I want to be ready for JB OTA. Also, does my bootloader need to be locked when i accept OTA updates?

I want my phone back to just like it came when i took it out of the box.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .xxx.:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1762709

This might help. Post in there.

Sent from Hell!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rudjgaard:
Root has nothing to do with ota updates, if you update rooted phone it will most likely loose it during the process. What you need is bootloader locked, unlocked bootloader on ota upgrade can brick the device
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bfrancom:
Do i need to get rid of cwm and my backups first?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gagdude:
I'm pretty sure yes, you do need stock recovery but you can keep your backups, those are just files saved onto the SD card
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bfrancom:
How do o get rid of it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rudjgaard:
No you don't need to get rid of it...as i said before the only thing required is locked bootloader, the update will overwrite anything on the sytem partition and eventually will get erased with the update. If you really want to return to stock find the stock .ftf file for your phone and flash it using flashtools or odin similar program..it's all explained in section 6 of the link posted by .xxx. second post of this thread....
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bfrancom:
Ok i dont want to brick it. So all i need to do is lock ny bootloader the when i get jb ota i wont brick it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bfrancom:
Can someone else verify this?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rudjgaard:
Just read here if you want further proof, it's in the sony forum but same rules apply to all devices

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1568792
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] batman_112:
Please don't forget to hit the "THANKS" button! :p

This is the generic and unbranded firmware. The SI is 1265-8787. The CDA customization is 1266-0471.

1.Download the new JB 9.1.A.1.140 from HERE or HERE.

Download the previous JB 9.1.A.0.489 from HERE or HERE.

You can download the ICS FW 7.0.A.3.223 from HERE or HERE or

the old 7.0.A.3.195 ftf file from HERE or HERE or HERE or

the initial FW version 7.0.A.1.303 HERE or HERE.

2. Install flashtool.

3. Copy and past the downloaded ftf file from step 1 into the firmware folder of flashtool. The path is typically C:\Flashtool\firmwares unless you chose another directory when installing flashtool.

4. If you haven't already, make sure you run Sony PC Companion (while your phone is connected to the PC) at least once to ensure that the proper phone drivers have been installed.

5. Run flashtool and follow on screen instructions.

6. Please hit the THANKS button! :D

ENJOY!! :D
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] spida_singh:
Nice one, been wanting to get rid of the o2 branding for a while! :D
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] batman_112:
Enjoy! Please let me know how it works out for you. :good:
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] LadFromWales85:
Can this be flashed without unlocking the bootloader? Don't wanna unlock just yet :)
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] batman_112:
Yes, it can. You do not need to unlock the bootloader. Just flash with flash tool.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] spida_singh:
Flashed, rooted and set-up ok, many thanks :D
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] batman_112:
Good to hear. Enjoy! :D
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] ratedr75:
Any chance of some instructions for using the Flashtool?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] batman_112:
Check HERE and HERE.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] LadFromWales85:
Popped this on my handset earlier, working fine.

Apparently the UK unbranded handset comes with box.net pre-installed, its not there. Also Astro was pre-installed on this ftf too?

Thank you for the file anyway, got rid of network branding for me :)
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] batman_112:
Yes Astro was pre-installed. And there was no Box installed. This is the generic firmware "as-is". I did not add or remove anything from it.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] ratedr75:
Tried this last night and halfway through the flash one of the files corrupted.

Then the phone got stuck in boot loop and it took the best part of two hours to get it fixed again through SEUS.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] batman_112:
Sorry to hear that. It might be a one-off problem with your PC. People have flashed this ftf file with no problems.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] ruwsoft:
same here.. sim free from phones4u. Astro came with it and no Box app.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] LadFromWales85:
I'm pretty sure it should come with box.net app as Sony have a deal with them to give users 50GB with an Xperia phone. Perhaps this isn't on the Xperia t...
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] ruwsoft:
The deal is there. All you need to do is install the box app from Google Play and register/sign on through the app. (Think part of the sign in needed a pc for me but when logged through the phone the account got upgraded to 50GB)
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] batman_112:
The deal is there. Once you download the app and install it and sign up (or sign in if you already have an account), it will detect that you have an Xperia phone and will give you the 50 GB upgrade.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] JJD809:
Is the file in the first link corrupted? I have now downloaded it 3 times and every time when I try to open or extract the zip file I get an error message stating that the file is invalid and that it cannot be opened. I use 7zip.

The second link is blocked where I am so cannot access it.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] batman_112:
The file is fine. People have downloaded and flashed it. Try unzipping with the native windows un-compression tool. I will upload the unzipped files too...
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] batman_112:
OK I have now uploaded to the ftf file without zipping it. So all you have to do is download it and follow the guide in my first post.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] bluesalmon:
Thanks for the file will try it soon :)
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] josephnero:
is anybody having decreased brightness after update?or its only me?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Alex Slane:
This firmware is rock solid to say the least. Ain't had any problems what so ever.

Thanks for the FTF mate.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] del1701:
I still haven't flashed to this one yet, but I think I will this week as I'm beginning to get some minor bugs with the central European bond ftf :rolleyes:

Sent from the event horizon of a quantum singularity :D
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Alex Slane:
Like what mate, like I said I ain't had a problem yet. All seems to be going well.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] LesPaulGuitarPlayer:
The only problems I've experienced with both .140 UK and .140 Central EU Bond is that auto screen brightness does not work after a few reboots after a fresh flashing. I prefer Central EU Bond due to less bloatware. Plus the Bond theme has tan-colored UI accents which are nice. :cool:
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] del1701:
I've found that all of a sudden it will lose its sound settings and vibrate only when receiving a call, message, email etc and the only way to get them back is restart the phone :confused: I had to restart it today because of this :rolleyes:

And it's just not today, this has been happening for quite a few weeks now, thought I was going mad to begin with lol

Sent from the event horizon of a quantum singularity :D
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Alex Slane:
You can get the tan ui accents on the central firmware mate :)

---------- Post added at 12:32 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:32 AM ----------

Funny enough mate think I had that bug when I was using the bond firmware.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] LesPaulGuitarPlayer:
Agreed. It's just that the Bond theme's accents are just a slightly different shade that I happen to like. :)
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] ruwsoft:
I am on the CE fw (after going to UK and back). I haven't come across an instance of it loosing the sounds. One issue I have is, if you decrease ring volume using the volume keys to be 1/2 levels...the notification volume sometimes remains at the previous higher level. it gets sorted after changing ring volume up and down again. Also from time to time, the swipe down of notification bar (without sliding to unlock) stops working. Have to restart to fix it.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] del1701:
Well I just flashed this one and now I'm going to run it without root completely stock for a while just to see how it is.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Alex Slane:
Yeah let me know how you get on mate.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] del1701:
One thing I did notice after flashing this ftf this morning is that I got a system app update, the album got updated to 3. something or other.

Sent from the event horizon of a quantum singularity :D
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Alex Slane:
Yeah I got that as well mate.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] del1701:
Well that's a bit disappointing, I still have the same bug where once I restart my phone after a day or two I lose my alarm and text message sounds, it will just vibrate :banghead: not happy at the moment.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] del1701:
And now a random restart this morning :rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Alex Slane:
I can't understand that at all. strange that your having problems mate. I don't think I have had any except people saying now and again that my voice sounds muffled. But to be honest most of the Roms that I have tried they have said the same thing.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] ruwsoft:
Maybe the voice issues are hardware related or a hardware driver related which will be common to any rom.

I've been having issues with auto brightness.. trying to re enable it was a bit tough..with it not adjusting brightness till a reboot.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] SniperZoz:
Hi all ... thinking of installing this .. i'm on Orange and still no JB update ... once I install this will I still get OTA or Companion updates?

Also - will this update the phone ... or factory reset it completely?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Supersonic335:
1 Yes

2 uncheck all wipe options in flashtool(3) and phone will be only updated...
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] del1701:
Hi mate, I don't understand this one myself lol I'm just wondering whether it's the blue tooth volume bug going crazy because I do use bt every day in my car :confused:
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] ruwsoft:
I also use Bluetooth with the MW600 headset on mine.. n not have had this issue.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] del1701:
Ah bugger, oh well I haven't got a clue then

Sent from the event horizon of a quantum singularity :D
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Alex Slane:
It's calls mate to be honest the silly thing is that when I make calls via the headset everybody says it's clear as day. But when I make a call from the handset Mic they day it's muffled. So do you think that I should take it for repair?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] del1701:
Tbh mate other people have said to me that on this phone and the last couple phones I've had, lumia 820, and xperia s that the sound is muffled and wafts in and out so all of the phones can't have been bad, maybe the issue is with the sim card or the network? Just a thought ;)
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Alex Slane:
I'm on vodaphone you?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] daztd94:
If I flash the generic. 140 UK, should I excluded the basebands or leave it unchecked if I'm flashing for T-Mobile network? I recently flashed the UK. 140 and excluded the basebands, but it doesn't show UMTS-BC4(1700/2100). If I don't check the box, will I finally get the right baseband and also keep the LTE? TIA

Sony Xperia S Tablet
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] ruwsoft:
I am on O2 and have tried same sim with the n900.. and the call had been much clearer with it than with the XPT...

Not too sure on the repair scenario..with someone posting their not so great experience on the Sony forum with regard to repair on the same issue...
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Alex Slane:
Oh great seems like I might be stuffed then. Any suggestions guys.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] del1701:
Well I'm on T-Mobile and have had this problem since I got the micro SIM so I'm thinking of getting it swapped and seeing if this helps.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Alex Slane:
Funny enough mate that's the problem I seem to have had. Do maybe change the SIM?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] del1701:
Well ever since I bought the old xperia s last year and changed sim cards people have said that my voice wafts in and out, then I bought a Lumia 820 and the same was happening but there was a confirmed bug with that handset that did this so not wanting to wait for the fix I sold it and bought the t and now people are saying the same thing so it must be the sim card me thinks :rolleyes:

But my contact is up for renewal in a couple of months so I'll probably change it then when I renegotiate with T-Mobile lol or I'll leave them and move to another network ;)

Sent from the event horizon of a quantum singularity :D
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Alex Slane:
Do you know mate it's the bloody dame thing exactly with me. But I had the Nokia 800 lumia, great phone but people where saying that they could nit hear me properly, so I sold it And got the t. Same thing again.

Out of interest is there a Vodafone firmware that I could try to see if that makes a difference.

---------- Post added at 04:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:35 PM ----------

Or maybe even flash a Vodafone base band.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] del1701:
Not sure about the voda firmware mate, but I think if you flash one you'll have to be careful as it might sim lock your phone, I'm not to sure about that one though, maybe someone else can confirm this?

I've always wondered myself about flashing a T-Mobile firmware to see if it made a difference.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Alex Slane:
Well just downloaded the firmware might as well try it I suppose.

Cam anyone confirm the SIM lock before I do please. Thanks.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] del1701:
I'm thinking if you open the ftf in 7zip and delete the simlock ta file you should be ok, but I've never tried it myself so be careful bud ;)
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Alex Slane:
To be honest mate I was thinking. , keep this firmware and just flash the base band?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] del1701:
Yep or that, let me know how it goes bud ;) I might have a look at downloading the T-Mobile firmware.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Alex Slane:
OK so this is what i have done , downloaded the official voda firmware and flashed via flash tool , then selected this ftf and then excluded the base band to see if this made a difference oh and also i have re-locked the boot loader .

will let you know of the outcome tomorrow when i have had chance to play with it .

Chris.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] ruwsoft:
I've used the same micro sim from the T with an adapter to fit on the n900...and the call quality changed.. So i somewhat ruled the sim as the issue.. I just speak louder when people say they cant hear lol
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] del1701:
Blow me, just lost the volume in my notifications again :banghead:

This is just crazy.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] batman_112:
Could it be a hardware problem you have?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] del1701:
I'm not sure, but it was fine on ics, is there any way to check like from the service menu?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Alex Slane:
Yep that is weird mate. Maybe worth getting it down to the repair centre.