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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hx4700 Killer:
If you are looking at another ROM to flash anyway it will most likely have root enabled. You just have to unlock the bootloader with the ASUS tool (which voids warranty) and do it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matt_7:
My Galaxy S2 refuses to play WMV/ASF/AVI (not supported format) when trying to play via Wifi using Samsung's own PC Share Manager, however it would play 720p/1080p mp4 via Wifi perfectly.

Copying all those previously unplayable files from my PC to MicroSD or the phone's internal memory and wahla, it now can play all WMV/ASF/AVI files...what gives?

P/s using the default player (ICS 4.0.3)

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WeBMaZTaH:
Those files are not supported. Try using MXplayer from the Play Store.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] savie:
Forgive me if annoying to open new thread..

Yes, theres awesome github source for P1000

But please can someone give proven tutorial to compile kernel for P1000 from samsung source ??

Kernel Source: update2 (opensource.samsung) & voodoo (github)

Initramfs Source: stock & cfroot (extract with unpack-initramfs on cygwin coz on linux always failed) , voodoo (github)

Toolchain: arm-2009q3-67-arm-none-linux-gnueabi gcc 4.4.1 , arm-2009q3-68-arm-none-eabi gcc 4.4.1 , arm-2011.03-arm-none-linux-gnueabi gcc 4.5.2

Trying combination source kernel, initramfs, and toolchain but still device cant booting :(

Thank you before for helping..
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] savie:
Still dont know what happen.. :confused:

Compiling without problem but still not luck to booting.. :(

Trying with alterbridge source..
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] savie:
Using old ubuntu8.04 Hardy Heron to build..

Is this one of problem even i have all tools?? :confused:
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] savie:
At least can go to recovery now.. but still cant mount anything :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyana:
Once you are successful, need you to help look at incorporating TWRP recovery into our tab. Their site seems to say easy to port to any device that already has cwm.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] savie:
Hello priyana..

Not yet mate.. to many home work to do since only google as my friend so only one way info direction to me.. 1st thing is booting.. :p

Its more hard for noob like me even ive done this thing on other device.. :)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] savie:
Combination samsung update2 source + arm2009q3 + modified koxudaxi initramfs = can go to recovery but still cant booting (cant mount everything except usb storage) :(

Try to modified initramfs with alterbridge, chainfire and stock still dont know which part but one problem come internal mmc corrupt :(

I fix it yesterday after read and ask on other forum and now i know how to change size partition on internal mmc which use for /data /preload /sdcard :D

Thank you asvantypography :)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] savie:
Trying to change linux from ubuntu8.4.0 to ubuntu12.10 to check out is this one of cause i cant compile kernel.. :)

@mod: im sorry posting useless thing coz i dont know where should i ask and share my problem.. All refering ask in xda but still no solution for me till now.. :)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] savie:
Solved :)

Finally combination from all source that I have can booting :D

Even only basic kernel but it work..
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] savie:
I dont like open new thread so I wanna ask in this thread..

Why on recovery mode with overcome recovery adb shell not work with ubuntu12.10 but working well on window.. Whats wrong and what should I do? :confused:

Ps. Few hours ago still work
[Motorola Droid 4] jsnweitzel:
Go here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1797292

Justin has several options now.
[Motorola Droid 4] 93fuelslut:
i suppose i cant flash those gapps unless i want to totaly start over, right?

im already runnin liquid and all set up. and the directions say a total wipe and install rom.
[Motorola Droid 4] kwyrt:
I think gapps are installed in /system so if you wipe system, cache, and dalvik, then reflash the ROM and the inverted gapps, I think that would do it without having to wipe out data.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

I might test this out later today if I have time.

Sent from my Droid 4 - LiquidSmooth
[Motorola Droid 4] 93fuelslut:
i think we are on a different page. im running liquid with the regular white gapps. iv got my rom all set up with themed holo apps (some).

but if i flash the inverted gapps like the directions say, wont i be starting complety over?

or is there a way to flash the inverted gapps to replace the regular gapps without starting all over?
[Motorola Droid 4] 93fuelslut:
Links are down? Where do I go?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cd993:
Hi, I have an official MHL to HDMI adapter, a high quality HDMI cable, using an official charger to power the adapter, all plugged in to my Samsung 40" 1080p tv. I'm running Hypernote 0.2.5.

The problem is that it keeps losing signal and therefore cutting out the display. I at first thought it may be the charger cable, despite it being the original it is very loose inside and so I tried another (a nokia one) which although fits perfectly inside the adapter to power it, i am still experiencing cut outs. My phone network signal is low too, it's low in my house anyway but is lower when plugged in to the adapter. Also although my wife does work it seems to be affected too when connected to the adapter.

I've read that disabling data and 3G may help, but I've not seen any improvement. This is really annoying asbim using all official Samsung products and a high quality HDMI cable to avoid problems and unfortunately have ran into problems!

What I may try is perhaps a different kernel, as it doesn't seem to be a hardware problem.

Any suggestions?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedicemaster:
tried unplugging the charger?

even if the adapter needed power, it should be able to get enough from your tv and phone.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cd993:
Thanks for the reply. The charger is required. I first thought that the problem lies with the charger given that with the original charging cable, which doesn't stay firmly in the adapter, upon falling out even slightly it would cut the signal out. Nowbthatcicusee a firmly fitting one the problem still persists. I will be flashing the latest Omega rom, perhaps with Hypernote some essential files have been removed causing instability,. I'll also try Omegas kernel, and then try alternatives as perhaps it's a power issue?

Just seems strange that with all official products I'm experiencing problems, so it must be a rom/kernel issue
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studentjunk:
I have a similar problem on my galaxy s3. I found that it happened when my treadmill was running. do you have anything like that to cause interference?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Romaan:
Hello,

As many of you might already know of the app "Flash Image Gui"and that it alows the user to flash a kernel without having to unlock the bootlader. I had contacted the creator of the application to ask whether it would be possible for the Xperia Play!!!!!!!! He replied fairly short after saying

"To add support I need a tester with ADB and custom recovery knowledge to help me test, If you think you fit these criteria, let me know and we can work on testing!"

If anyone does fill the criteria could you please email androidapps@joeykrim.com so that we can attempt to get Flash Image Gui for Xperia Play!!!!:laugh:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AzNTypeR:
>.< Do you really need to multipost...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickholtus:
i dno if this can work, because the kernel partition is hidded, so not visible without fxp's kernel.

and then when it is visible, it is protected
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatsupnow:
It doesn't hurt to try. Maybe this guy has found a back door..... So to speak, if I knew more about it I'd definitely be down my xplay isn't doing anything but collecting dust
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leraeniesh:
I have talked with the developer, and he has told me this method is for flashing kernels without fast boot, but am unlocked boot loader is required.

This does seem like an interesting concept, and hopefully it will make life easier for those that do nit have access to a computer 100% of the time.

Sent from R800x
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dany XP:
Interesting
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkharbinger81:
Well I will find out Saturday if this will work as I have a meeting with him will let u guys know if it does
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheCraig:
Is it possible to flash a kernel with CWM? Because I've never seen it done with the play yet while flashing CM10 on my Galxay S3 its the easiest thing I've ever done with android, I just flash CWM and flash cm10 and its done... So is it possible?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solar.Plexus:
Flashing a kernel from CWM is not possible for the Play. The reason is because recovery is within the kernel.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DubleJayJ:
Not on stock play. It's booted from SD.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solar.Plexus:
Well, on stock ROM and kernel, recovery is usually installed to the /system partition.

Just curious, where's the information about recovery from SD?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickholtus:
That's all wrong

Recovery is loaded from ramdisk.

We can't flash a kernel from recovery because sony ericsson protected the /boot partition
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solar.Plexus:
Isn't /boot the location of the kernel?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickholtus:
Yes, but that's only accisble when the phone is in fastboot
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdojoin:
Does this thread is suggesting to flash a kernel using a flashable .zip with "write raw image" method?? Honestly it "CAN'T" be done. Nick already explain it but still.. Meh... Just so to get the whole idea of this suggestion, i tried it on mine. It just abort it coz there's no boot partition to load & write the boot.img(kernel). It can only be done if the recovery were not part of the boot partition. So...this is a pointless arguement. Mybe this thread oughta be closed. Just saying;)

Regards,

Sdojoin
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solar.Plexus:
And just so I have my facts straight, doesn't XParts install CWM to /system on stock ROM? Since the Play has no recovery partition?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickholtus:
It can only be done if the recovery were not part of the boot partition

Not true, look at xperia 2012. Recovery included in kernel and you can flash from recovery
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dany XP:
What about overclock with stock kernel then?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravid1323:
if this will happened, psxperia developer, will be enable to install ICS or JB or any other platform and make the psxperia available to ICS or JB or any other platform (he has r800at with lock bootloader so he can't test psxperia on other platform, and that's why he stooped the project. i asked him for port for ics, and he told me that he can't test it on xperia play with ics with full gamepad+touchpad support)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickholtus:
oc on stock kernel locked bootloader is higly possible.

i saw someone posted the modules on arc forum.

ask if he wants to make them for play stock 2.3.4 too
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dany XP:
MOdder: "I'm sorry guys, but I don't work for Arc anymore - I have changed the phone and also very little time on my hands ..."

:eek:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeykrim:
Wanted to follow up on this thread as I was reviewing prior emails I didn't have time to fully research when I received them.

The original Samsung android devices also put the recovery binary and boot mode handling in the main kernel/boot partition, but they could still be flashed and I added support in Flash Image GUI for them.

Unfortunately, the odd issue here seems to be the "boot partition" is either write-protected and/or hidden?

If anybody has the time, could you post up information from the following commands?

adb shell cat /proc/partitions

adb shell cat /proc/mtd

adb shell cat /proc/emmc

Thanks for the support and interest!
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickholtus:
Yes, hidden and protected, we got is visible, but couldn't write to it
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] myjoejoe:
Hello can someone help me to unbrick my galaxy mini. I what happened was that I try to use rom manager to install recovery and it brick my phone. Please help me to unbrick it. Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] A_U:
u cant unbrick if u used rom manager :( u need to go to samsung service... act dumb and if u have warranty, maybe they will replace ur motherboard.

good luck.. and in future dont use rom manager if u get ur mini back.. its incompatible..
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] myjoejoe:
Tnx so much for your response but I don't have anything like that so I guess I should start thinking on how to forget it
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] enskje:
JTAG/usb jig
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jon3sh:
What are those folders inside Blobs folder, are they safe to delete? Its taking like almost 2gb in my internal sd. Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xdanoober:
If I remember correctly, newer version of CWM supports incremental backups, so the Blobs folder is for that reason.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Dankest:
Blobs are the data that is stored whenever u make a backup in cwm. And yes it is quite a large sum of data. I used to be a fervent cwm user and have recently started using twrp. Never looked back since. The compression in twrl for your backups is very handy when u want to keep multiple backups on hand without sacrificing your storage space.

AT&T SGS3

ParanoidKangdroid 1.00 ROM

KT747 OC'ed & UV'ed

Medical MJ Supporter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jon3sh:
So I can just safely delete all those folders inside blob folder right? I dont really need to have to keep back up since I have all my roms saved in my external sd card. Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] promidgetmafia:
I would recommend transferring the entire clockworkmod folder to your computer and for safe keeping as that is the nandroid backup you created. It's always best to hang onto those in case you ever need to restore for whatever reason.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] polobreaka:
all my nandroids are restored to ext sdcard. but there are still blob folders in my int sdcard, can i delete those?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vinuneuro:
Are blobs created in cwm even if you use the .tar option?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MoeisHere:
I have no idea, thats the reason i switched to twrp. i prefer the old way of backing things up
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zamula:
I can confirm if you re-save all of your backups as tar it's safe to delete the blobs folder. Haven't tried a new backup yet to see if blobs is recreated though.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] phillysdon04:
I just deleted all the files in the blobs folder and I regained 7 gb of storage.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] y0yerrj0sh:
+1 same reason i switched to TWRP
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jdelano:
Hello

I ran into this folder today myself; I started searching around (and found this thread).

I also found this Google+ page where this "feature" is explained more here:

New ClockworkMod Backup Format

I hope this helps explain what they intended, albiet with more consequences than they may have intended.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] naddie:
It's safer to run the clean up in CWM. I think it's under backup & restore, and then free space.

What this does is check to see if any current backups need files in the blob. Any unneeded files will be deleted.

The blob is a way to reduce disk space by using deduplication.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_deduplication.

The downside is, if you want to copy your backup elsewhere, you will need to copy the backup folders (which are only pointers to the files in the blob folder, and the reason why they are so small now) as well as the blob folder and keep the directory structure intact. You can't just copy a single instance backup somewhere else by itself.

You can still use CWM to backup using the old tar method, which makes self-contained backups like before. No blob folders.

I mix and match. For a clean ROM and no data, I make a tar backup. After I have all of my data and apps and set up the way I want it, I make a deduped (blob) backup. This is because I know most of the apps are the same moving from one ROM to another, so the dedupe will save me disk space.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] i.rradu:
Sorry for reviving an old thread, but if I just copy the folder 'as it is' on my PC and then, in case I need backups, I just copy it back on the card, will the backups be good? I have a 8GB card and it's almost full. Blobs for two backups are almost 3GB, kinda' a lot.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tempnick:
Hello forum-comers,

I want to update my cell's firmware using Kies, but neither this nor FOTA are possible. I've trying using Kies to download a firmware file (to %username%\appdata\local\temp\Binary\GT-I9000 folder), and got a "download complete" notice. The file is supposed to be a *.tar archive containing other *.tar archives that are flashable with Odin, but it has no extension (just a name) and I can't open it. I've tried adding a *.tar or a *.zip extension but it didn't seem to help.

Does anyone know how to open or use that file?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tempnick:
Problem solved

Okay, it turns out that the file is encrypted somehow, and there's a program that can open it (as well as check and download firmware without the Kies suite) - it's called Check Fus, and you can read about it on this thread from a couple of years ago, or head to the dev's website. The decrypted file is a zip containing both a firmware *.tar file that can be flashed using Odin, as well as a *.dll the purpose of which I don't know.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atomic339:
Hi

It is normal usage by this process? I made full wipe and restore app in cwm restore /data and I don't know it it ok or something went wrong?

Screen on: 1h 7 min
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HAXTREME:
You still have 62% battery available. That's not alarming battery life. If you've just flashed the Rom and this is the first few cycles, it won't be the best. Battery life will improve after a few cycles.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atomic339:
I had only 2 full cycles.

I know I have bad battery life, but I have bln, 1400 MHz, 400 MHz but I worry about this two process. It is too much, isn't it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Immortalis:
Nothing to worry about. 22% is not too much.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
If you are really worried get cpu spy to see if your device is deep sleeping and better battery stats to check the wakelocks.
[HTC One X] preeyen:
everything i have done:

unlocked botloader, flashed paranoid android, flashed ncx kernel, tried to restore nandroid backup [stupid i know, battery would only last 3 hours and i got scared :( ], got a bootloop hang, used this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1738274 to charge my phone as the battery was so bad i couldnt even flash in fasboot. charged the phone using above method, reflashed paranoid android and have left the phone charging, but now the rom is flickering showing the bootloader menu underneath it around the edges. help please :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bytek:
Hello guys,

I am looking for Jelly Bean ROM ( I mean JB look, i don`t like samsung overlay on android) but with all special functions of Samsung Galaxy s 3 such as S Voice, Smart Stay and touch options( zooming with two fingers on picture in gallery etc.) I spent whole day on searching but didn`t find any :( maybe looking in wrong place? or just doesn`t exist? :(

Also i would like to add that it isn`t my very beginig on flashing roms. Previously I had HTC Desire HD with plenty roms tried.

Please help
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Basics including rom list .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1927113

AOKP /AOSP are non Samsung roms

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lownita:
I would suggest a custom deodexed sammy rom (wanam, omega etc) with http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1730397 and nova or apex launcher! Thats as close as you can get.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bytek:
And does the "pan to move icons" works? I have already found http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886332 MS Team HD 5.0 and it doesn`y support it :( but just it so it`s very acceptable. Another thing, but propably in every rom, lack of S Planner widget.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinpanalley:
Would totally love this combination as well. Mainly so I can keep WiFi tethering which Vanilla JB ROMs don't have.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bytek:
Nice to hear that I`m not alone :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lownita:
S Planner and other samsung applicatins might be in the rom, depending if the author put it in or not. I can not give you that specific advice because I am using cm10. So you gotta check some roms out and see whats in there.

You also have the option to flash deodexed stock rom and then vertumus theme, so you got the complete Samsung stuff. Here you get the rom: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1704185

Oh and perhaps also check this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1911572 Has the JB look out of the box :D

http://galaxys3.roms-db.com/ also very neat when trying to find a suiting rom!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheDarkLord1997:
Apex or Nova launcher with holo locker.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] myjoejoe:
I try to use rom manager to install clockwork recovery on my galaxy gio and it brick it for me, I want to know if there is a way to unbrick it... Please help me. Tnx
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] voetbalremco:
nopee. bring it to service center and tell them it happened after using KIES.

theres no way unbricking it yourself.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Galaxy_Rohit:
There are some methods like riff jtag box but many would find this hard to manage and hence, it's better to contact Service Centres rather than messing up ur phone yourself.

You can also try USB Jig.:sly:

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[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] myjoejoe:
Thank very much guys. For all you help. Gonna think of what to do hehe:D

myjoejoe