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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orb360:
It's flagged as 'Unknown Device'

When I attempt to upgrade the drivers, it says it's already using the best known drivers.

I've tried forcing it to use the samsung drivers by clicking 'have disk' and selecting the inf file... But that doesn't work either. (Still gives an error)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiloah:
Ill hook mine to my comp when I get home and see if mine says the same, try uninstalling them and then unplugging the phone installing the drivers. Check if. 64/32 before installing. Then attach phone after drivers are installed sometimes if u force a driver it'll stop it from auto detecting
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orb360:
Uninstalled drivers (reboot)

Got new fancy cable! :D

Installed 64 bit drivers... (reboot)

aaand... Still Unknown Device

Boot into linux with new cable... Doesn't show up in Heimdall.

Not even listed in lsusb

Sleeper Rom corrupts my cache when I install it... (CWM starts erroring on cache logs when I install it)

Formatted SDCard with both computer (FAT32) and CWM... Still gives me an error when trying to mount USB storage:

E:Unable to open ums lunfile (No such file or directory)

(Does this whether /sdcard is mounted or not)

So yeah... Wasn't the cable... (Been through 6 of them now... 2 stock, 1 monoprice, 2 generic random ones, 1 LG)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orb360:
I still can boot into CWM 3.0.0.6 though....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiloah:
Okay I did some checking on my laptop with my epicmtd, install android sdk check extras and tools. Picked up samsung composite usb and installed loaded into odin without a hitch

** actually just install tools the extras weren't needed

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orb360:
I'll try installing the SDK...

Some good news... I got http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1339217 (ERA Legendary 2.2) to flash from CWM...

I would still really like to ODIN... But at least the phone boots again.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiloah:
I started with my laptop which I never used Odin from the SDK stopped the unknown prob the drivers from Samsung did jack
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orb360:
/sigh.... no luck

It would seem my phone's USB port is borked... Or something about the phone's software is borking the USB port.

Now that it boots again I tried to mount the SD card over the USB... From CWM, from Android... Doesn't matter... The computer won't recognize the device at all.

Not as mass storage, not kies, not for flashing... Nothing.

:(
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiloah:
With the rom I'm on it won't mount usb storage unless I have android debugging off I don't remember for that rom if its the same
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orb360:
Debugging mode was off.

I checked the usb mode and it is set to pda (not modem) too
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] socos25:
I'm having a similar but different problem with mine, but I've found the following:

If your computer doesn't recognize the device, take out the battery. Let it set for about 25 - 30 minutes. Leave the battery out, hook up the USB cable and then press 1, power whalla download mode. The problem I'm having is it fails on odining.. Grrrr....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
That is your cable causing odin to fail.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] socos25:
I'll try the other one I have, but the last fail I got was off of a freshly bought Blackberry cable.

It fails after nearly completing the Modem.bin.

Edit: I mispoke.. I've tried the Samsung and HTC cable. The last flash I thought was the freshly bought Blackberry, but I mixed it with the Samsung. I will try again here shortly.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demanufacturer:
Hey. I think my question is mostly around locking down apps somehow.

I have an N7 and i want to be able to give it to girls when they come over to play games, browse the web, Facebook etc.. Can anyone recommend the best way to hide all my stuff? I wanna load it with tonnes of games (all the stuff i bought but never played) but still have an app or two on there for me. Evernote, gmail etc.

I have chameleon and nova launchers, figured in nova i can hide apps but they can just be shown again via the options menu.. There's no password option.

Im running stock jb, rooted.

My only other thought is to manually backup>verify>uninstall via titanium apps like Gmail, then manually restore when i want them??

I searched for app lockers but most seem to be poorly maintained / aren't compatible with jb or are easily bypassed by the recent menu..

Does anyone have any suggestions for a device i can safely share with other people?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krazeecracker:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiddoware.kidsplace
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] player911:
This is why I like Go Launcher:

It has a Running Apps section in the App Tray

You can hide apps

You can lock the desktop (nice for kids so they don't screw up your mojo)

While I don't personally use Go Launcher, it is pretty high in features and functionality. It has folder support in both the App drawer and desktop, themeable, and attractive. Sure you CAN unlock apps through options, but they'd probably never find it.

Somewhere I saw a profile manager where you could setup different users with different launchers, wallpapers, and apps. Might be worth checking out.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
Go launcher also collects more data than it needs.

Remember CIQ? Yeah like that...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demanufacturer:
Yeah profile management would be perfect, like a login on a PC.. there was some mention of google getting a patent for this based on face recog but.. I might do a search to see if there is secure profile management somewhere..

Thanks for the tip. I'm wary of those premium but free apps sharing info >_< plus having paid for nova (albeit on the 25c sale) and chameleon, i'd rather find an option that uses those..

I'll check this out and post my thoughts, thx =)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magick86:
CM10 (and other ROMs I am sure) also have the profile options. It sounds exactly like what you're looking for.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apocalypse487:
You can try app protector apps. You can lock it down with a pin
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wilks3y:
I would try a Profile Manager, one for kids/missus, one for you.

Then you can easily switch between them as and when you need.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ynrozturk:
ZDBox has an app locker which seems to do the job for me.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEsImNvbS56ZHdvcmtzLmFuZHJvaWQudG9vbGJveCJd
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demanufacturer:
Yet to try those apps but so far the best solution I've found is to "freeze" the apps in Titanium Backup

It moves the links from the launcher.. every launcher, as if they arent there at all.

There seems to be a batch defrost/unfreeze option, but I'm not sure if theres an easy way to re-freeze a set of apps..

Not sure if titanium backup has a PIN / password option though.. but it would be complicated for a non-tech user to figure out how to unfreeze apps in Titanium Backup..
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strongergravity:
You could try SwitchMe. It basically reboots the tablet when you switch users. Each user can have their own apps, etc.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bombadier:
App lock could be worth a look.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CharliesTheMan:
Freezing in titanium is my solution and works great for that purpose unless she's an android nerd and you pissed her off enough for her to install titanium and thaw out your frozen apps.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcast61:
You should def look into hide it pro. I've been using it for a while n love it. It gives a fake crash report dialogue to unlock apps n hides pics n videos

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Z-11:
Hi everyone,

Please excuse my English and my knowledge about all this subject is so limited.

Today I connected my phone to Kies and was offered firmware update automatically. So i went for it (believe that it will be only for good) and the phone is now in some sort of freeze mode. It only starts up to "S Samsung galaxy S II" screen and that's it. Completely non responsive. If i try to turn it off it restart itself to that point again.

Unfortunately i can not provide any details of my phone as i cant get access to it right now. i remember that it was on gingerbread and firmware update was offering icecreamsandwich. its Galaxy S2 i9100

i don't know if its related but I'll mention it. This morning i followed instruction (i found on this forum) how to root my phone. Although i am not sure, everything went smooth and according to explanation. If was working fine until this firmware upgrade. Once again i don't know if this contributed to fail or not. Kernel i needed for my model was GT-I9100_BVKE2.

I would appreciate any help how to go back to square one (if possible) and make it work.

Thank You
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *boy*racer*:
OK so if you updated it to 4.0.3 and Not 4.0.4, then enter stock recovery (power, volume down, home button) and do a factory reset. Then reboot.

Edit: I mean volume up button

Sent from my sexy Galaxy SII
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Z-11:
Thank you for your reply - how do i perform factory reset? From phone? I got to "android Downloading" screen (power, volume down, home button) and what then? Do I need to use Kies ...?

Thx
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boki9999:
Recovery is Vol up+home+power. You move through options with volume keys and select with power or home button.

Sent from my Galaxy S2 GT i9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Z-11:
I got it from youtube.

NOPE - it wont allow me to go factory reset menu. Only goes back to "S samsung galaxy sII screen".

Does this mean what i think it means? :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
If youve lost stock recovery then all you can do is go to download mode and flash a 4.0.3 .tar file you download for your region from sammobile.

Then you can root the phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Z-11:
Thank you everyone for your inputs.

I went to local store and sort it out for £10. I wish i had more time to play with it but to be honest with you i lost my nerves at some point.

Thanks to all for your help!! :good:

Best
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheATHEiST:
Well you just wasted £10. You could have fixed it yourself in minutes if you had bothered to read in first place. There is plenty of guides and help here and its just a forum or search button click away.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flashdot:
If I want to make a rom using someone else's base, what's xda policy on this?

Sent free-falling from space
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soap:
Ask the OP of the rom you want to port in PM
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flashdot:
Yeah, my bad. Really does help to read stuff guys. Thanks for the answer though. :)

Sent free-falling from space
[HTC EVO 3D] Juanito216:
Hey guys, my 3VO hasn't been acting right lately. I was having trouble booting Agrabrens latest CM10 build for CDMA, it bootlooped, but then i was able to run it again later without issue. Now my phone is having trouble running ICS based Sense roms, the roms bootloop. None of these roms have a 1.58 hboot requirement and i'm running eng hboot. Lately my phone only can run AOSP/AOSP based roms(except for at least one i've tried) without bootloops. Does anyone know what the problem could be?
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
Sounds like Sense is mad at you for trying AOSP ROM's. :)

I'm assuming you are S-OFF since you mentioned the ENG bootloader, but have you flashed the 2.89.651.2 (Sprint ICS) firmware yet? My preference would be to flash the whole RUU if you haven't already and then reflash recovery, but there is a .zip file in Virus's OTA thread that contains only the firmware, including hboot 1.58, that can be flashed from your current bootloader. You can always go back to the ENG bootloader once you get past this problem.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] Mobilemodz:
Does your recovery bootloop as well? What recovery on are you on?

Details, details.
[HTC EVO 3D] Jsparta26:
Recovery wouldnt have anything to do with his bootloops unless you flashed the a mod, kernel, or theme that doesnt play nice with the Rom. Like ramjet said, its more than likely a firmware and or hboot issue. Go with ramjet and try his solution.:o
[HTC EVO 3D] Juanito216:
Thanks bro, flashing the newest boot helped. Iinm I used Viruses zip. Now I'm back on eng hboot.
[HTC EVO 3D] riassan:
damn im in the same boat right now, tried virus zip and no luck......continuous boot loop. :confused::confused::confused:
[HTC EVO 3D] riassan:
Edit: for this puppy back in business has to flash full ruu as you mentioned ramjet73 and not I'm 1.58 s-off locked, which really doesn't matter since I can just flash PG86IMG and go back to eng hboot.:D
[Motorola Photon 4G] rajmicro30:
Hi

I am looking for some help for Japanese Motorola-Photon.

I have purchased Motorola-Photon (Japanese version) with Au-Kddi carrier.

Now, I want to use Photon with Softbank carrier. When I am putting softbank sim, it is asking unlock code.

I know that some web-site give unlock by paying $30. but I am looking for any other work around.

Is there any other way (Free mode) to unlock it and use with Softbank carrier?

I hope that some one will help on this.

Thanks.
[Motorola Photon 4G] rajmicro30:
Any help on this????
[Motorola Photon 4G] rbeavers:
My only idea is do a factory restore in recovery and see if it flushes out the lock code.

The KDDI radio opens the US phones, no sim locking problems.
[Motorola Photon 4G] na7q:
It sounds more like the sim card is locked and not the phone. I don't think they lock the phones in Japan?
[Galaxy Note II General] hyelton:
What kinda speed are you all getting? Posts your screenshots of the speedtest.and also where it was at:)

Heres mine in a bad area in north carolina
[Galaxy Note II General] littleguevara:
If you dont mind me asking where abouts are you in NC? i ask because im in elizabeth city and on verizon with a S3, but im seriously considering buying the 7100 and going with straight talk.

I only get about 10 mbps download on LTE here anyhow
[Galaxy Note II General] hyelton:
A good bit from there haha. I live near forest city just google map it. AT&Ts 3G can go as fast as that in certain places ive gotten 9-12 megs down in Wilmington nc, Knoxville and Nashville tn
[Galaxy Note II General] Alienex22:
At Paris in H+
[Galaxy Note II General] CurrentlyPissed:
Can't post since at work, best yet on HSPDA+ is 7.01 dowm / 1.07 up

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[Galaxy Note II General] RavenY2K3:
The best I've measured so far.
[Galaxy Note II General] apascual89:
At&T Atlanta area
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yukidamzai:
Hi there just want to ask whether the cm9 player apollo able to show lyrics of the song ?if the sog have the lyrics
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Technowolf:
Yes They do show lyrics
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] PythonFanTN:
I keep thinking I read a post by someone saying this was possible at some point but if they did, I can't seem to find it by searching. Is there a way to try and force the phone to connect to LTE connections only? I can't find anything obvious in the settings to do this if so...CDMA only certainly. Seems like though if I'm remembering right it might have been in one of the dialer menu settings?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] zodiac12345:
Go into Phone, dial *#*#4636#*#*, then go into phone information, slide to the bottom, and there will be an option for "LTE Only"
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] PythonFanTN:
Don't have that option here....when I go into that menu I see:

Phone information

Battery information

Usage statistics

Wi-Fi information

Motorola Services

That's it.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] zodiac12345:
Did you miss the body of my post?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] PythonFanTN:
Ok I see it now, I went into all the submenus earlier but didn't see it originally. Its not all the way at the bottom of Phone Info, it's about 2/3rds of the way down cramped between a couple of buttons that it sits above, and underneath the title header 'Set preferred network type', just for anyone else that may be looking for this.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] whitelightnin3006:
Can you confirm that this works?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] PythonFanTN:
I can confirm that you can toggle it back and forth, but I can't confirm it works in the purest sense because thus far there's no LTE in my area unfortunately.

When I originally posted inquiring about this was the night before I headed back home from PA and had hoped I'd be able to use the ability to to do some more fully-fleshed out Sensorly mapping rather than constantly having to toggle airplane mode on and off, but I didn't get the answer until I was back home.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] whitelightnin3006:
Now that i am home i can confirm this does work. Thanks again zodiac!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DavidFlory:
Has any one tried the unreleased Gmail 4.2 on a GNex? I am running MMuzzy's 4.1.2 Jelly Bean on a Verizon LTE and would like to try it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vhgomez36:
Yes..I'm even running it on 4.1.1 Stock JellyBean
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kyokeun1234:
Yeah it works flawlessly. You just gotta replace the apk from system app folder with the 4.2 version because the signature is different

Swyped on my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP with Franco Kernel
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DavidFlory:
Thanks all. I will give it a try.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shreddintyres:
Just back up and uninstall gmail using TiBU, then install apk like you would anyother, no need to go through the hassle of hunting down all associated files in /data and /system/app
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kyokeun1234:
Well if you do that, the app will become user app, not system app. I don't know about you, but I personally would rather have Gmail system app then user app :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fooman123:
I've have it installed for couple of days on 4.1.2 - without any issues. Like the pinch to zoom and swipe to delete..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gek00:
After the Rooting procedure failed (for some reason), my phone just went popped up with an error "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again"

EDITS:

Progress 1: Got into the download mode but I cant seem to find the firmware appropriate for it:

SGH-1747M

Baseband: 1747MVLLH1

Progress 2: After scouring the internet I have found SGH-1747M I747MVLALH1

The problem is its 1747MVLALH1

Rather than 1747MVLLH1

Not quite sure at the moment if this is the right firmware for my phone

Advice would be appreciated
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arsaw:
Take out the battery. Put it back and press&hold volume down+power+home button. It should boot into download mode.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gek00:
Yeah just made it worked that way, now my problem is finding the appropriate firmware

I edited the OT as accurate as possible

Thanks for the reply
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zoot1:
Maybe..you can also try using the appropriate forum..this is for International Galaxy S3 GT-I9300..anything used from here will possibly brick your phone..
[HTC EVO 3D] Max_Pain:
hey guys.

I gifted my mom my Evo 3D a bit over a month ago. It was in perfect condition after a year of use. she says she hasn't sat on it. no screen cracks, no indications of any physical abuse.

we first thought it was the keyboard. and she had been telling me of so many issues she was having. so I updated her to freeza's 5.5 rom, sense 3.6 version (how come I didn't see any JB roms?! I've been on JB for a while...).

same thing kept happening. i started looking into it. turned on the pointer touches thing in developer options...turns out, the screen keeps pressing itself exactly in the middle horizontally, and about 85% of the way down vertically.

sometimes it keeps pressing so when it's a keyboard up, it presses the letter v continuously. but it presses everywhere. so it makes phone calls, selects things in market, selects in root explorer, etc. sometimes it gets "stuck" on pressing down, so nothing else works. you can see the pointer is stuck as if it was being pressed.

in TWRP i couldn't select the last item in the list (the one i was trying to flash!) but all other "lines" could be selected.

there are other issues (since we're on MetroPCS) but I can figure that out after the screen issue. since it happens across roms and in TWRP, I'm fairly confident this is not a software issue?

what can I do? is replacing the digitizer a sound idea? how much would that run me? how difficult is it to do? i'm trying to wonder if it's just a better idea for her to get a new phone....

any help with this is highly welcome. this is WEIRD!
[HTC EVO 3D] klect:
id say the digitalizer. around 80,-, google. since you flashed another rom, it's highly unlikely its software..
[HTC EVO 3D] bmaggot:
Mine also does that. Rarely though. I thought it was because of protective film. Turning screen off and on fixes this.

I also have the same problem when typing with wet fingers.
[HTC EVO 3D] dessolator666:
Your digitizers are dying :(
[HTC EVO 3D] Jsparta26:
My advice is to keep a stuck ruu in your phone's sdcard in case of scenerios like this one because we all know that sprint techs may not even touch the phone if they discover your rooted and s-off. So, getting back on stock with "locked" bootloader is your next move. Thankfully that procedure doesn't involve using the touchscreen.
[HTC EVO 3D] danaff37:
Take off any screen protectors, and make sure you are using the default HTC lock screen - HTC hard coded the calibration for the screen into the lock screen. If still problems, then yeah, you need the digitiEr
[HTC EVO 3D] Max_Pain:
you missed the boat there. i'm on MetroPCS and so is that Evo 3D...not to mention this phone is 1.5 years old and has had its warranty voided multiple times;)

that was my first thought. to remove the old screen protector. but no, it's definitely messed up

no problems. the same store I bought that phone from and my other Evo 3D and the two Galaxy S3s from does repairs and they replace the lcd and the digitizer for $80. i've dealt with them for years now so I trust them.
[HTC EVO 3D] dessolator666:
Uhm... the digitizer for our phone costs about $10 or so... and from what you said your LCD is just fine... so I really wouldn't trust a store that's offering a $10 fix for $80... so bottom line just check if they can just replace the digitizer as it's the exact same procedure...
[HTC EVO 3D] Max_Pain:
well looking online it looked like the whole thing was $60-100. on this thread i was told about $80.

that's not the issue though, problem is putting it together. I watched the video of the step by step, and there's way too many ways I can mess it up, and then my mom is out of a phone, instead of spending $80 for guaranteed work.
[HTC EVO 3D] xNotta:
On my iphone I had a dead spot in the middle where you could see the digitizer was discolored if you looked at it at an angle.

I had a screen protector(or clear plastic, etc) placed between the LCD glass and the digitizer and it fixed the problem.

I guess it kept even pressure between the glass and the digitizer.

Worth a try if you don't mind experimenting but YMMV.

Don't risk it if you aren't confident though... I did it to my iphone because I hated it, lol.

Good luck. :D