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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Markuzy:
Are your contacts online in your Google account?

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emyaz:
so there are many possibilities...

if your phone boot loops:

1. install cwm recovery

2. make a full backup

3. you can try to flash a custom rom (without wipe). maybe it works. if not follow step 4.

4. do a full wipe

5. install a rom

6. root your phone (if you install a custom rom its already rooted)

7. copy the file "data.zip" (or something like that) to your computer and unpack it.

8. copy the files/folder you need with adb to your phone.

if your phone doesnt boot loop (phone stucks at boot) :

1. root your phone

2. copy the files you need with adb

3. install a new rom and copy the files back to your phone

i dont know if it will work but i think it will. and please dont brick your phone while installing cwm :D

sorry for my bad englisch :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muranaman:
Unfortunately I didn't have contacts sync to google on, so I don't have them backuped there.

Is it possible to install cwm on Android 2.2 which is not rooted? I understood it requires 2.3?

Is this the right way to install cwm recovery?

wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Mini:_Full_Update_Guide#Installing_the_ClockworkMod_Recovery

edit: the guide seems to be for Android 2.3 and I think I had the stock 2.2, so is there any way to do it with 2.2?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muranaman:
Well now I managed to install cwm recovery with this guide: xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342190 and the CWM-Froyo.tar found there.

I tried to do a backup to sd card in cwm recovery, but found only boot.img and recovery.img files on the card, both sized 8192kb, and I don't think they include the whole system. It seems to be impossible to mount the /data folder from there, maybe because the phone is not rooted. Can somebody help me how I should continue?

How can I flash a custom (or stock) rom without wipe, or is there any other way to get my own data?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emyaz:
you cant mount /system, /data and so on because the recovery you flashed supports only ext4 filesystems. but stock roms use rfs filesystem. so you need a cwm version that supports rfs + ext4.

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i am not sure but i think you can root your phone with the stock recovery.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muranaman:
Okay, but I can't seem to find a cwm recovery version that supports rfs + ext4, for Galaxy Mini. If there is none with rfs support, are there any ways left then? How would I flash a stock or modified rom without wiping my data?

I don't think I can get back to stock recovery anymore as I now have cwm, and also I haven't found any guide how to do it on android 2.2, on gingerbread is seems possible.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emyaz:
you cant flash a custom rom without wipe because the filesystem of the partitions is rfs and all custom roms use ext4 (as far as i know).

i search a bit in the web if there is anothr way. i will write it if i find something :)

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i found an other recovery. there is also a stock pluging. maybe you can do a backup of data with this recovery.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1439731

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muranaman:
Thanks, but unfortunately that one didn't work either, now the phone seems even a bit more bricked because now it only shows the Samsung still logo, and I can't get into recovery mode. Maybe it was for android 2.3.

But it still goes into download mode, is it possible then to reflash a stock rom, without wiping my /data with contacts and so on? How should I do it in Odin, without wiping my data? Or is there some other more safe way?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emyaz:
i think there is no chance anymore :(

if you flash a stock rom with odin it will wipe everything and there is no option to flash without wipe (as i know)

sorry but i have no idea anymore.

flash a stock rom with odin and post at facebook or something like that (if you are using it) that you need the numbers of your friends, family, etc :)

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohazia:
who tell u that ODIN should wipe data partitio, do it but alway double check to remove trik beside wipe all.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muranaman:
Okay.. How are the stock updates installed then, because I've understood that they don't always wipe? Is it impossible to just overwrite the existing files with all files from a stock android 2.2 image? Why isn't it possible to dump the content of the entire flash memory...

I know I can get the most important phone numbers, and I also have an almost one year backup in Kies, but I was kind of hoping to also get my notes that are written with the notes app. Maybe I still should try to install CWM recovery in download mode if it would help anything. I think sending the phone for warranty repair also won't help if it's impossible to get the files.

Edit:

Mohazia: Where in Odin should I unselect that wipe all? I can't find such marking: xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=782552&d=1321297175
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muranaman:
Now I reinstalled the CWM I had earlier, and now the phone boot loops just as earlier. How can I now reflash a stock image of android 2.2, without wiping data?

Is it, or is it not possible to flash a stock image without wiping data, from odin? Can I install some of the 2.2 images from here: yagyagaire.blogspot.fi/2012/01/official-samsung-firmwares.html

In the image I found the following files:

APBOOT_S5570XXJL9_CL816096_REV02_user_mid_false.tar.md5

CODE_S5570XXJL9_CL816096_REV02_user_mid_false.tar.md5

CSC_S5570SERJL9_CL816096_REV02_user_mid_false.tar.md5

MODEM_S5570XXJL9_CL816096_REV02.tar.md5

TASS_v1.0.ops

Should I install some of them, or all, if I want to keep my personal data?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohazia:
Sorry I have to review it on my laptop, just give me 1hr to reply, but I'm sure that u can do it without wipping /data
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohazia:
OK, Now we have 2 options,

If it only the Street View issue, you can download update.zip file and put it in the root of SD-Card, and flash it via CWM.

The Other Option is to use ODIN 4.38 and make sure to select Debug Only, and sure you have to remove One Package, and sure

OPS: TASS_v1.0.ops

BOOT: APBOOT_S5570XXJL9_CL816096_REV02_user_mid_false.ta r.md5

Phone: MODEM_S5570XXJL9_CL816096_REV02.tar.md5

PDA; CODE_S5570XXJL9_CL816096_REV02_user_mid_false.tar. md5

CSC: CSC_S5570SERJL9_CL816096_REV02_user_mid_false.tar. md5

all hopes, but never to forget to

1- root

2- switch USB Debugging Mode

3- upload your contacts to Gmail Contacts

4- Install SMS Backup+

5- GNote

so, what ever happen, your data is safe :fingers-crossed:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muranaman:
Thanks a lot for the help but unfortunately it didn't help. The update.zip didn't make any difference, and flashing through Odin made the system work, but the contacts are not there. It now has a different language, so that might be a reason, the version was not totally the same. I had debug only selected so that is not the reason. I guess there is nothing to do anymore, but at least the system works now...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohazia:
Sorry for lossing ur contacts, maybe because you select deferent frameware version than existed.

maybe for update.zip, 2 reasons, either there is some else than street view, or you have to mount system 1st.

anyhow, nothing to do now :(

now, go to sync every things for future ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emyaz:
he cant mount system because his cwm version supports only ext4 but the filesystem of a stock rom is rfs.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muranaman:
Just for trying I tried and made some contacts and notes, and then I reflashed the same version from Odin the same way, and they was gone. So it seems impossible to reflash from Odin without wiping data. Maybe JTAG is the only way to get stuff out from a boot looping phone with stock 2.2 then.
[Galaxy S III General] latinracer:
Hi im sorry if i posted this wrong just really looking for help i bought a cell phone from hong kong. That i thought had a android OS on it ,but its not. From wha the seller is telling my there is no andriod software on this phone, even though it looks like it.

i01.i.aliimg.com/img/pb/001/613/488/488613001_453.jpg

i00.i.aliimg.com/img/pb/542/612/488/488612542_895.jpg

Heres some Secs:

Model

i9300 (MT-6225)

Network	GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz

wifi	YES

status	Available

color	black/white

Weight	392g

Display	4.0-inch hvga 320X480 TFT

Ringtone type	Polyphonic(64 chords)

Vibration	Yes

Phonebook	500

Call records	Yes

Card slot	Micro sd (T-Flash), support 2G, 4G, 8G

Internal memory	43M

Connectivity	Bluetooth

Data transfer	USB cable/udisc/Bluetooth(voice stereo)

Messaging	SMS, MMS

TV	YES

User profiles	General, meeting outdoor, indoor, headset, bluetooth

Camera	Dual cameras with back flash, video recorder

Games	Games

Multi-language interfaces

English, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Francais, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa melayu, Portugues, Russian, Spanish, Turkish,Poland ect

Asking the people i bought it from like talking to the wall. It looks nice but alot of the apps are worthless and their vesrion of google play is

skybuddy looks like a fake itunes apps program when ur in it with very little apps to it. What i would like to do is get some sort of a andriod OS on this phone so i can use this phone alot better. Thanks for anyone who can help
[Galaxy S III General] kofiaa:
Unfortunately no one on here can help. It's better to do a search. You may find something through Google.
[Galaxy S III General] screwjack:
I hope you did not pay much for it.

Even from the specs it looks obviously fake. (Box and phone also look very fake).

And I doubt you would be able to get android on this.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Where did you buy it from?

If it's eBay, contact them for fraud and return it back.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
those specs look rubbish, why would you buy it looking at those specs?

Polyphonic ringtone type LOOOL my god
[Galaxy S III General] Galactus:
Look at those specs, definitely fraud, damn shame "facepalm"
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
That's a Chinese copy of the real thing. It'll be worth around $50... MAX.
[Galaxy S III General] criosray:
Woah... that's a heavy brick.
[Galaxy S III General] android.francis:
Those specs are really nice... back in 2005
[Galaxy S III General] Htc_One_X:
You sir just got TROLLED. . . .

Pro tip, If it seems to good to be true it usually is.

Tbh what do you expect buying it from alibaba . . :silly:
[Galaxy S III General] hero000:
Weight 325g lol that is a real brick.
[Galaxy S III General] latinracer:
I use a little crappy phone cause I change over to Walmart straight talk service.Only paid 38bux was hope it a cheap upgrade to what I got stuck with.I used to have a droid x when I was with Verizon ,but they kept getting to expensive.So that's why I wanna see if I can add the android OS to this phone to make it more American friendly lol only way I can put it.I searched through google and kept getting the real galaxy 3 advise which wasn't helping my cause
[Galaxy S III General] Newbieshwa:
What did I just read? ^
[Galaxy S III General] demlasjr:
True...you can kill somebody with it.

How somebody can believe that thing is running on Android ? I better buy a Sony Erricson X8 Mini than that thing.
[Galaxy S III General] terranoid:
That's the stupidest thing i've ever read..........
[Galaxy S III General] kofiaa:
Just curious, but op did you see the specs before buying? Hvga on a 4" screen, 43mb internal memory.
[Galaxy S III General] demlasjr:
I guess you don't want to hear about the processor and RAM. Oh wait....this thing doesn't have CPU and RAM :o

I guess is something similar to this one: http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/604355854/2012_new_phone_i9300_phone_4.html

Love the camera....way better than...my first phone, about 14 years ago.
[Galaxy S III General] Newbieshwa:
Lol this thread is crackup

Bro it has DUAL SIM capabilities!
[Galaxy S III General] demlasjr:
Yup, I think I will sell my S3 and get one of this :laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] kofiaa:
The specs :eek:. It says nothing anywhere about it being android.
[Galaxy S III General] cyberbobpt:
Thats scam look this video.

youtube.com/watch?v=znIXpN-vhSk
[Galaxy S III General] alexx910:
Dude, actually its your own fault you bought this faked piece of sh*t. So dont expect support in this forum, since your phone is a fake. You should spend you money on a original samsung phone like the galaxy s advance, ace 2 or even the galaxy s2 and you would get much more for your money.
[Galaxy S III General] demlasjr:
So...the box worth more than the phone, right ? At least that one is running on Android
[Galaxy S III General] Odia:
The MT-6225 is not capable of running Android, it would have to be a MT-657x.
[Galaxy S III General] da.trute:
Look before you leap, no sympathy for the foolish.
[Galaxy S III General] Odia:
[RANT]

Do you think your answer will help the OP in any way? This forum is getting worse for iDiots, why people cannot just fcuking answer the question or STFU? I for one are getting very very very very very very very very very very very very tired from reading replies like this in this forum, why should I or other devs make/produce anything for such ignorant people?

Its way past a joke now, this forum should have a "No thanks" button and when users reach negative they should not be allowed to post for 6 months.

[/RANT]
[Galaxy S III General] Your_Haven:
what.? i do not know
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
This is not a fake lol it is so clearly different that only a blind person might get fooled. I said "might" I don't think they are trying to fool anyone . This device is probably useful for an 8yr old's first phone. I would rather use an iPhone lol ;) now that tells u something.

You are NEVER going to find support for a device like that. Even the creator's probably have never used it lol

Nah but honestly only thing you can do now is search and hope there is a community of ppl using this device. Good luck.
[Galaxy S III General] latinracer:
Lol it's ok I figured there would be people making fun of me for this . Not looking for any sympathies just hoping with the advancement of technology now a day and all these ability to root so many devices, that I found a cheep fix for my situation.But thanks for those with the replys
[Galaxy S III General] demlasjr:
No mate, we are not making fun on you, but on your phone. You got phished, busted, robbed or however you want to call it. We have compassion and feel bad for you, don't worry. There is nothing to do now in case you can report the fraud, and we hope you haven't paid a fortune on it. Next time be more careful and don't buy such things from weird websites like alibaba or whatever...
[Galaxy S III General] kouger1:
Any luck wit your phone yet - I was just in China and saw these phones, looked exactly the same as the real deal. I knew it was fake but I wanted one anyway - I have a My Touch but don't like it - way too slow.

I got back to the States and put the sim into the Fake Galaxy - all works fine and is actually a lot quicker than the My Touch. The only thing I have a problem with is the GPS and sometimes the Data connections seems quite slow. I too was hoping I could change over the firmware as this phone has some funky stuff on it - also has to change over the language to English which was challenging at first as it was in Chenese.

Apart from the GPS not working and slow Data connections - I actually like the phone. I unfortunately do use the GPS at least once a week so I am now thinking about getting rid of it and going back to the My Touch.

Please let me know if you were able to get your phone updated or if you have any advice.

Thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bubbajoe777:
Hey guys I just installed the miui rom on my lt28i everything is working fine except I don't get any 3g (data) is there any fix for this?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
Wrong section and you should post issues with the rom in the roms thread under development. Probably get it answered there if it hasn't already.

Sent from my Sony Xperia™ ion
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bubbajoe777:
i would if i could man but it wont let me post in devolpment... sorry.... but can you help me?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bubbajoe777:
i love you man
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
He would also love you, if you would click the thanks button.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Toledo_JAB:
Awe.. One big happy family. I love all of you. Lol :p:D;):)

~Jaramie

from my LT28at ION rooted, customized & eating an Ice Cream Sandwich ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] warfexion:
How do I change images out of themes for cm10? Like lets say I want a black pulldown bar or black settings background how would I do this? I tried opening up the png in photoshop and making it black, saving it as the same exact name and put it back in the .apk but when I try to install it doesn't work. Would appreciate any help, Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] poli7247:
You need to recompile the theme
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] warfexion:
How would I do that?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ÜBER™:
You would need to decompile it first, the pulldown background is a .9.png so you would have to make whatever is inside the .9 border, if you screw up the border by the slightest it wont compile correctly. So i would suggest you keep you work area selected within the border. Then once you've made the corrections recompile and sign the apk. Otherwise it wont install.

You'll have to google how to decompile and signing apk's.. its relatively easy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chopper the dog:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10965186&postcount=3

good day.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] XGrinder911:
Just extract the theme, edit/replace what you want, then zip it and flash.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] djcasao:
How can I disable the NFC icon on the status bar? I want to keep my NFC on but the icon is just clutter in my status bar...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] poli7247:
Long press on notification, go to setting application and disable notification
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] djcasao:
Actually its not a notification, its just an icon on the status bar... just like the alarm icon, wifi icon and the battery...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] waiters:
There is no nfc icon notification on stock rom? :
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cmjkxa:
On US s3's there's no status icon for NFC, Canadian models do. There was another thread with someone else who had the same problem.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] djcasao:
Actually its not quite of a problem, i just dont want to see it there...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] djcasao:
This thingy here (jellybean touchwiz)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cosminmocan:
Hi, as the title says am interested to stream my desktop games to my android phone , maybe even play from it using a wireles mouse and keyboar but the streaming is the one thats important to me right now .

Im using an motorola atrix ,and my pc is enough fast and the internet is also pretty fast (7 down ,3 mbits upload )

Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Markuzy:
You may want to look into Splashtop paid app. That one has audio and video support and I once played plant vs zombie from my pc using my galaxy Note.

Your experience may defer depending on both PC and phone hardware. Do some read up on it.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] graemeakerby:
Splashtop is the best option but you will get max of 30fps (well that's my experience) so its not entirely smooth. I think splashtop 2 is better but it is tablet only.
[Gen9 Android Development] Quinny899:
So, I was doing some research on how you can change it and I ended up finding this in initramfs/etc/scripts/init_sde:

# Show a nice boot image
case "$PRODUCT_NAME" in
A80S)
BOOT_IMAGE=$BOOT_IMAGE_BASE-1024x768.gz
;;
A80H)
BOOT_IMAGE=$BOOT_IMAGE_BASE-1024x768.gz
;;
A101S)
BOOT_IMAGE=$BOOT_IMAGE_BASE-1280x800.gz
;;
A101H)
BOOT_IMAGE=$BOOT_IMAGE_BASE-1280x800.gz
;;
esac
$ZCAT $BOOT_IMAGE > /dev/fb0

And at the top of that file:

BOOT_IMAGE_BASE="/SDE"

Now, if we could either find those gz files and edit them or extract and link the file to the right place, we'd change it

Any ideas?
[Gen9 Android Development] julle131:
Well, first idea would be using root explorer to check, if /SDE folder exists. If not, rooting stock rom, like 4.0.5, with universal rooting tools, and check if it's visible in that rom. I mean, root the stock rom which you install with aos.
[Gen9 Android Development] trevd:
Hi

I'll save you the trouble as you won't find an SDE directory anywhere on a rom, "SDE" is just the prefix used for the gz file, e.g SDE-1024x768.gz. The script and Image live in the archos gitorious gpl repo.The image is a bitmap so is simple to change.

Archos GPL Code is built using BuildRoot which is a popular build system for embedded devices, but it's kinda of non-standard for Android.

If you want to do anything with it you will need to run the full Build first by running "make" in the buildroot directory, then afterwards run "make sde" which will create the gzipped image files. The full build takes about an hour as you cannot pass an -j modifies to make when using buildroot :( . However you only need to do the full make once, Obviously if you know what you're doing you can just run the bitmap through whatever conversion process is being run, then gzip it up but for the easy life it's recommended to do the full build first.

I think the bitmap is being converted to a raw argb file, although don't quote me on that! :). Once it's been converted you don't even have to gzip it really as you can replace the "zcat" call with a call to "cat" but it makes no odds either way really apart from in size

To get started have a look here [ gitorious archos-gpl-gen9 tree ], read both the readme files, then you can find the image and build script in the buildroot/packages/sde directory.

Thanks

EDIT: I'll also add that this won't change the "power on" splash, I believe that is displayed by avboot which, from what I can gather is the 3rd stage bootloader, If I recall it was possible ( although dangerous ) to change it on earlier archos devices but due to checks in the gen 9 version there is a very real risk of bricking the device. From the various threads I've read, I believe Letama and Scholbert know more about this.
[Gen9 Android Development] scholbert:
Hi Quinny899!

I'd suggest to read this thread in the Gen8 section completely.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1290242

AFAIK, nothing changed on the Gen9 devices.

To point it out again:

It's risky... if you mix things up in the rawfs, you'll brick your tablet... at least it will stuck in bootloader.

Someday we'll be able to recover ;)

Anyway, please be aware of this!

By wiping the boot logo you're entering low level hacking.

Nothing to add here... anyway here i am :D

Letama wrote a tool to parse the files inside rawfs and tweak them. See the thread i pointed to in my above statement!

Best regards,

scholbert