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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alchemist83:
Help us sort this please!?

Same problem here yet Im on CM10 Dark Paranoid Android. Does same on any other CM10 ROM that I've tried too (Slim bean, CM10 Milestone 1 etc). Doesn't affect usage, just looks unpretty because now displays "NO SERVICE". Now and again says T-Mobile, but never lasts long. Have tried the option of editing a file - I think was callled spn, and also have tried Carrier Name Changer from google market with no avail.

Any help would be much appreciated :D
[Sony Tablet S] bjanice44:
I am wondering if anyone knows of a way to take the latest ota zip for the Xperia S, decrypt it, edit the version, repack it, then be able to flash it. Right now it will not let me flash over the current version r5 because it is the same version. I am stuck on the blue wave animation perpetually after screwing up my services.jar. I have no adb access and my only hope is to flash in recovery or wait until the next update comes out...

I was told by a Sony tech yesterday the Jelly Bean update for the Xperia S will not be until January...

EDIT: There is a way to fool the recovery. Does anyone have a modified r5 ota for the Xperia edited for a higher incremented version they could share?
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
If it is the same as Sony Tab S then you would need to disable the signature check to flash a modded update. To add to the bad news, that is no longer able to work with new recovery (that came with r5, for older tab anyway)

Any chance you can take it in under warrantly?? They may not be able to tell that you messed with it :rolleyes:
[Sony Tablet S] bjanice44:
Thanks for the response. Yeah I guess I am going to have to send it in or .. the other option is to wait for another update, but not knowing when that will be sucks. The Sony tech told me yesterday (when I called to find out my options..and I can send it in) that the Jelly Bean update is coming in January..So the question is will Sony have another update to ICS before then. Perhaps..
[Sony Tablet S] bjanice44:
The funny thing is that I know which file is corrupted in the system. Its the services.jar. If only there was a way for me to replace that file....It would boot.
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Yeh guttered. Can you check if you can get adb shell in recovery??? I know it is late now but this is why the AIO tool changes the incremental to a lower one... So we can flash same update if it turns to custard :)
[Sony Tablet S] bjanice44:
No ADB shell. I guess I'll send it in. Watch.. 2 days after I send it in there will be an update..:D
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Lol. That would be awesome :)
[Sony Tablet S] mawnstermew:
stifilz is there really no other way we can revert back to the old Recovery? I mean like finding someone who is still on HC 3.2? and asking him to prepare the needed stuffs like the decrypt one? sorry but im really desperate on fixing the issue my tab is experiencing. and can we still hope for an updated AIO tool that might even work with the latest recovery mode?
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
I have tried to flash 11000 (3.2), 0035(3.2.1), 0042(3.2.1R2), ICS, R1A and NONE of these change the recovery back, i also tied NZ and US files, I was lucky enough to locate US files and had the NZ files saved to my PC. I have looked into AIO tool and read through the code, it runs a certain command in adb shell in recovery (WHICH WE NO LONGER HAVE GRR) so it can not be done ATM.

Maybe there is some file we can change on the tab to enable shell in adb again. From memory shell does not work with non-root devices and when we root we can use adb shell. (Can someone verify this, bad memory lol)

Anyway there could be something I am missing, well hoping anyway :)

You know you can change the incremental in vendor/vendor.prop to a lower one to flash an OLDER OTA.... Right??

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] mawnstermew:
-.- sadly i dont know how to change such things. can you please tell me how to do it? ive been looking for ways to downgrade to HC but iim getting prohibit basebrand or SKU version or something like that
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Use AIO tool. Tweaks and mods then install rescue backdoor

Or

Download root explorer or similar. Open riot exolorer and navigate to vendor folder.

Long click vendor.prop and then select edit with text editor

Change the number to a lower one. Take of the last digit will do.

Click three dots for options and save

All done flash what you like :)
[Sony Tablet S] mawnstermew:
That one needs a rooted tablet right? Im having troubles rootig my tab even with b4narys script. If I choose to downgrade to 3.2 what no should I chane the las t two digits to?
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Needs root yes. Just delete the last digit :)
[Sony Tablet S] mawnstermew:
thanks! BTW im still able to flash to ICS updates right? BTW im not able to install pre rooted ics if i try to reflash to lower versions due to the inability of AIO tool to decrypt?
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
From AIO you can decrypt and flash anything lol. Except if you have the r5 recovery it wont work at all
[Sony Tablet S] mawnstermew:
i tried with B4nary's script again but all im getting is the terminal emulator. did you do something with the backupandrestore.apk? cuz i tried installing it and im getting forced close everytime i try to open it.

BTW im on r5 so i wont be able to downgrade? im still stuck at rooting it :(
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
You are typing in /data/local/tmp/onload.sh and then /data/local/tmp/onload2.sh????

You can change incremental after root and flash a ICS or R1A or even HC if you have the file :)

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] mawnstermew:
i just followed the instrucions stated here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460 i used the normal mode to unlock but then im getting the on the "mount: permission denied and then i tried using special mode to root and finally after everything was done all that was installed in my tablet is a terminal emulator, some applications were lost in the process such as my avast anti virus and play store.
[Sony Tablet S] mawnstermew:
app_117@android:/ $ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH

app_117@android:/ $ /data/local/tmp/onload.sh

Unable to chmod /data: Operation not permitted

Unable to chmod /data/local/tmp/mkdevsh: Operation not permitted

failed on 'property' - Permission denied

mkdir failed for property, File exists

link failed Permission denied

link failed Permission denied

rm failed for property, Permission denied

failed on 'property.org' - Permission denied

255|app_117@android:/ $ data/local/tmp/onload2.sh

Unable to chmod /data: Operation not permitted

Unable to chmod /data/local/tmp/remount.sh: Operation not permitted

failed on 'property' - Permission denied

mkdir failed for property, File exists

link failed Permission denied

link failed Permission denied

rm failed for property, Permission denied

failed on 'property.org' - Permission denied

255|app_117@android:/ $

btw stifilz, can you share to me your edited bin4ry's script? the one with the re-signed vpnfaker? it tried signing it but it still doesnt work saying something about the vpnfaker. I think there was something wrong with the way i signed it. it might work if i try to use the one you made.
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Ok doubt it will work but it is attached. I have zipped it up to add as attachment.

Please unzip it and then replace the file (of same name) in the 'stuff' directory of bin4ry's tool.

Good luck once again
[Sony Tablet S] mawnstermew:
still stuck saying the same problem about vpn. and after reboot the terminal emulator doesnt show up..

BTW is it normal to get permission denied almost on all comands when using bin4ary's script?
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Yeh I got some errors and kept going and it worked.

Wow this is such a mission for some stupid reason :mad:
[Sony Tablet S] mawnstermew:
i was finally able to get a functional root... believe me, ive been to hell... how do you downgrade so easily? im confused on when to hold vol+ could you please tell me in detail how to do it. i tried doing it but i was stuck at sony logo. does that count as bootloop? is it normal to stay at sony logo for sometime? i was impatient to wait and redo the whole situation but it keeps getting stuck there
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
You have tab s or xperia? Cant remember lol. Although AIO install backdoor should work on both.

As for recovery should be able to turn off tab. Hold vol + and press power until tab is on and keep holdin vol+ until recovery menu
[Sony Tablet S] mawnstermew:
I mean what is the timing to wipe data after flashing the zip file? Im trying to flash 3.2.0 and I dont seem to get the tyming to wipe the data. It seems to be stuck at sony logo for about as 5mins or so I think. Wiping it means doing a factory reset via recovery right?
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Yeh. Wipe it first then flash it multiple times. Remember there are two system partitions. It takes a few tries. If you can go to ICS R0 first then root and go down to HC from there :)
[Sony Tablet S] mawnstermew:
wait you mean you got to factory reset it first before updating? on Condi's thread it says you got to factory reset before the last third dot restart. im confused can you tell me how you do downgrading? i only downloaded the 3.2.0
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
I am trying to do the same as we speak... You can not use AIO with R5 the recovery has changed?? Well mine has....

Ok don't think it works with the new recovery.

Tried flashing standard 3.2.1R2 HC 0042.001.zip

Force recovery, not allow to boot into system

Reflash standard 3.2.1R2 HC 0042.001.zip

Got stuck on Sony logo

Forced off, held Power button

Turn Back on, took ages to boot and booted into ICS R5.

Grr WTF?

It is weird, any reason you want to go to HC and not ICS R0 or ICS R1A?

I have all files if you need.

Stifilz
[Sony Tablet S] mawnstermew:
its because the touchscreen panel.. random touches on the lower buttons(back,home and recent apps) it used to work when i was still on hc 3.2.0. but is it possible to get from ICS r5 >r1>r0>HC?

everytime i flash HC i see touchscreen panel firmware updated. well.. thats the silver string im clinging on hoping to fix this darn problem
[Sony Tablet S] bjanice44:
Arrrghh!!!! I knew it!

My tablet is with Sony getting fixed in Texas due to the bootloop. Supposed to get it back tomorrow... Low and behold.....R6 comes out.. like I said the moment I send it in a release will come out that I could flash and fix it myself.

On the bright side, they did replace my rear cover for the "splash-proof" issue.
[Sony Tablet S] zorbakun:
What do you mean by the rear cover?
[Sony Tablet S] bjanice44:
I mean the aluminum back cover. The silver part. Just got it back.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Static89:
So my xoom Keeps restarting, its not on any particular program. it just suddenly decides to restart, i have tried factory reset. wiping all data off ( although i notice that it still has terminal emulator installed. im thinking previous owner has done something while rooting it, and messed it up, then sold it on, any ideas how to fix this? or hard reset so it completly installs a fresh system?

my understanding of it is the system restores itself from a locked area of storage, im thinking mr previous owner has messed something up in that section, and then stuffed it for me.

Static.

MZ601 wifi-3g
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poli7247:
If you have overclock you can decrease the frequence of CPU
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ngr.hd:
Is there any method or trick for the same? If 'yes' then please do enlighten me, since it's very cumbersome touching the back button using fingers when working on the phone particularly when using it with the S-Pen only.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyuk:
press the s-pen button and draw a '^' to get menu and a "<" to go back.
[Galaxy S III General] izbr1234:
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[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Ah, leave it. Can't be bothered to troll. (>_>)
[Galaxy S III General] kofiaa:
Op we can go on YouTube and find many of the hd games that the s3 can play.

There is even a thread that discusses gaming on s3.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaos748:
When i fall asleep i just place my phone nearby the bed and its on airplane mode,wifi closed,data closed and generally no apps running(i think so).The battery is level (ex)50% and when i wake up,about 7 hours later its always about 15-20%.why this happen?

I checked the battery manager just after i waked up and the first was screen(56%) and after that adobe reader(10%)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Start with Better Battery Stats and read the ten million battery posts on XDA .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macwai1:
Mine drops about 1.5% every hour whenever it's on standby.:confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaos748:
Better battery stats does not work.dont know why.and i made my own post cause i cannot find the solution of the problem on other posts.try to be more polite to your answers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ikarus17:
have you tried downloading the xda version of the better battery stats? if not here it is

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coop_fr:
Is your phone rooted? Like others said, try to install the xda-forum version of BBS but it's weird because I did install the one from GPlay.

One of the first lead is the WiFi? Is it always turned on? There's a bug with it. Go into the advanced WiFi settings and set it to 'only if activated' (I don't know the exact spell in English but it's something like that).

But you better have to dl BBS & check the wakelocks.

Sent from my Galaxy S3 with Omega ROM v27.2 / Phenomenal Extreme 4.0 kernel
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EduMonzter:
which rom are you using?

that should be solved flashing another kernel, try it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaos748:
dont use a rom...my phone is just rooted
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Deleted.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaos748:
what?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterex567:
Underclock when you're not using your phone.

That will save battery.

If ur using stock TW. Put on power saving mode

PM Me if u want to know more.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XenomorphXx121:
Try using an app called easy battery saver and only use the cable and plug that came with your galaxy s3 it works for me, today I had eight hours after charge and using internet with 3g nearly continuously.

You would get much more by leaving it on standby.

Also restrict your background data, turn off your automatic updates at play store andturn off WiFi while screen is asleep.

Follow all these for better battery.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spamtrash:
Use any battery investigation apk/widget (I'd recommend battery monitor widget) and look what is causing the drain...

may I guess: cell standby or gpsd?;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaos748:
guys i remember you that the cell phone is on flight mode with wifi,gps and data turned off
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spamtrash:
and, if you have a soft which contains a bug - you'll have such processes running.

It is up to you to install any apk which will contain more detailed statistics what actually is consuming so much juice.

If you do not want - no one would force you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gabilondo:
I have the exactly same problem,30% drain overnight.That happens after updating to 4.1.1 JellyBean.With ICS never happened.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sleepycat3:
Go into the battery page, click on the graph and then post a screenshot of the detailed graph here. It is usually an app or process not letting the phone go into standby. Happened to me when I had my phone on ICS out of the box. I fixed that all up through the individual app settings and all was sweet. Then when I went from ICS to JB, the issue came up again and I had to go through the apps again to change the settings back. It seems that by updating from ICS to JB, certain settings get set back to default, which then does not allow the phone to go into standby.

Culprits that I have found are:

Facebook - set to manual refresh interval

Weather (or any weather widget) - manual refresh interval

Google play store - Turn off Google AdMob Ads

Any form of newsreader (I was using Pulse) - Turn off notification when there are new stories

Wifi advanced settings - Set Keep Wifi on during sleep to "Always"

Samsung account - Turn off sync

Samsung app store - Turn off Update Notification, turn off push notification, turn off ad preferences.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vipsms:
Maybe some apps running in background if you are using *viber* delete it

It makes proximity sensor always on.

Try delete apps like that

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gramrock:
Guys please keep in mind that keeping the stock os without any custom kernel might be not as effective than using an adequate custom rom...

In addition remember, cooler temperatures cause ur battery to lose its charge faster...

So if ur phone is placed on the window shelf and its getting cold during the night it might cause ur battery to drop fast..

I made this observation with my sgs plus....

Hope i helped.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] GFunkOfLex:
As the thread says I'm using Task's 10.5 AOKP build on my i777. I'm trying to listen to music in my car using the official Samsung car dock and Google Play Music. I've tried using the Settings->Device options->Dock->Use Dock USB Audio checked or unchecked but it didn't make a difference. Settings->System->Dock->Audio is always grayed out for me, even when docked.

I've posted in Task's thread but I expect it to get burried :)

Has anyone used any AOKP ICS/Jellybean ROM with a dock and gotten the audio to go out the USB port?

Thanks,

GFunk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Risingsunn:
This issue is not specific to the Galaxy S2 nor Task's ROMs, it seems this is common with ALL AOKP/AOSP/CM ROMs I don't know the specifics but I would guess that since these ROMs are based on original android source code and not off of ROMs written for the phone, there is no Samsung coding written in for the docks.

I have an S3 and would really like to get dock support for it too, but I'm not sure the mentioned ROMs will ever have support for it. You could always request it in the Rootwiki's (home of AOKP) website and see what they say.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] GFunkOfLex:
Thanks, Risingsunn. I was starting to gather it was an AOSP issue. I was hoping it'd be some easy xml or sql setting that could be set from false to true or something similar. But I've been scouring with root explorer and haven't found anything promising. If it's ROM-based as opposed to Kernel-based I would expect it to be a setting rather than baked into a launcher or music app.

It's just interesting that there's a Dock Audio setting in the device options, and my phone goes into "Car Mode" when docked...but the audio never goes to the dock via the USB port. So I'm convincing myself it's a setting somewhere and will continue to dig :).

Edit: Looks like they were playing with this issue over at CM:

https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_frameworks_base/blob/e91a2373758b2302370c826b56cc022d2eb04b5d/services/java/com/android/server/WiredAccessoryObserver.java

If you search for "dock" you can run across a few instances where extra code was apparently added to be able to use dock audio on Samsung devices. I've never tried a CM ROM to see if this is actually implemented correctly, have you? You mentioned CM in your post, that's why I ask.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Androidio:
AOKP Dock Issues

...AFAIK this is an issue

only

with AOKP based ROMs. :crying:

AOSP based ones don't have this problem; I have SlimRoms since version 2.7.0 (AOSP based) perfectly working with my docks... ;)

Hope this clarifies the matter...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bartusiomek:
Hi guys,

I downloaded french ICS for my Xperia U (I'm from Poland) and I flashed it with Flashtool. Now, how can I root it?

Thanks for your time,

Bartusiomek
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] GEKTHEBOSS:
Open flashtool,connect the u with usb debug on and unkown application, in flashtool click root,adbrestore hack,restore rootme backup from u!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben36:
Or just use the tool stuck at the top of Xperia S development forum
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bartusiomek:
Thank you ;) I have finally done it!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] GEKTHEBOSS:
For Thanks just click the button!;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rezwanhaq:
Can anyone plz tell me about the adb hack ??? , i had rooted Gb, then updated to ICS , whenever i click root button on Flashtool nothing happens, tried binary its says NO SPECIFIED PATH FOUND or sumthing like that really confused what to doit, you anyone be kind enough to help me out plzzz !!!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] GEKTHEBOSS:
1 Activate unkown sources and debug usb on

2 Download latest flashtool

3 Install it

4 Go in flashtool driver folder and run the exe

5 Install U driver and fastboot and flashmode driver.

6 Open flashtool as administrator

7 Connect U and wait flashtool say ST25

8 Click Root and adbrestore hack

9 Wait the U say restore root me backup,restore it!

10 Wait a while and when flashtool say disconnect device l,disconnect U

11 Reboot U and close flashtool!:p
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ~Amar~:
On step 8, how to do adbrestore hack?? I a bit confius.. :(:(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] GEKTHEBOSS:
In flashtool,root and you have the voice adbrestore
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nate>u:
If i click on "Adb restore hack" flashtool does nothing... ST25i with St25a ICS firmware...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jmcd4ever:
I tried to upgrade CWM Touch version through Odin on my SGS3 LTE. After doing so, I can't boot into CWM and realized I installed the GSM version. Do I go through the same Odin process to change to the correct CWM version>
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tonymtl:
Yes
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] liltitiz:
You are lucky they are on the same partition... you could have bricked your phone !
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philbaines:
Hello all.

Recently started flashing custom Roms and I'm wondering how I completely wipe my phone so I don't get any files left from previous roms.

At the mo I'm wiping user data, cash and delvek cash and also formatting system via clockwork.

Cheers

Phil
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stephendt0:
That's all you should have to do. A factory reset consisting of wiping data, cache, dalvik (usually cleared on ROM installation anyway) and formatting system is a full wipe, as far as I'm aware. Done it many times and never have any problems.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krs360:
I know what you mean... after years of flashing I always have tons of redundant crap left over.

Use this tool - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1832326&highlight=superwipe

The Megawipe option is pretty full on though.. read it all carefully, make sure you have a backup (particularly of your EFS folder), and also make sure you have an Odin flashable ROM ready!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philbaines:
So it seems buy reading them that I'm doing a full wipe anyway.

I don't seem to be able in install roms from my external sd card so would it be a case of flashing with Odin?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krs360:
Really? I can. What recovery are you using? What format is your SD card?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philbaines:
I'm using clockwork, and I think it's formatted in fat32
[Galaxy S III Accessories] b1gb1ng:
Hy,

do you know many bumpers for ours SGS3?

Thank you
[Galaxy S III Accessories] jasvncnt1:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1918150

You can also find a few on ebay.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] b1gb1ng:
Thank you very much
[Galaxy S III Accessories] saf100792:
Draco also makes a few aluminum ones. I have the silver one. A bit pricey but pretty high quality. And there was a 30% off code floating around here