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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohnim:
I wanna buy a 8gb nexus 4 but I want to know how much of this can I use and how much is taken up by system, some users say about 4gb will be useable for apps etc and the rest is used by system, if so then that sucks

I also like to know would I be able to buy it with my debit card from play store, cause some users wrote that u need credit card
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jnewman1991:
The Nexus 7 had something like 5.92GB of usable storage. I'd expect the same out of the Nexus 4.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iqsoft:
Actual Usable Storage

Hi Guys,

I put together a list of the actual usable internal storage of different phones so that we can compare and see which one has how much. This can be found on:

http://icethreads.com/actual-usable-storage-of-mobile-phones/

Let me know if you found it useful!

Regards,

- Harris
[Nexus 4 General] Docavelli:
For all of you , "omg! No removable battery!" people.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/12jze2/nexus_4_battery_may_not_be_so_hard_to_replace_acc/

So while you cant just swap on the go, if you should need to replace it, it looks pretty simple.
[Nexus 4 General] Kookas:
There are screws on the bottom, I'm surprised no one figured this out.

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[Nexus 4 General] abe in space:
They did. Did you see this thread?

It's just that "you can get a particularly sized torx screwdriver and remove the back, then there are a couple more screws holding the battery in place. If you're very careful, (be sure to wear an anti-static wristband) you can replace the battery. Though it may void the warranty." has never really met the standard of "replaceable battery" when it comes to most users. By this standard, the iPhone's battery is replaceable; in fact, by the looks of it, my iPhone 4's battery is slightly easier to replace; not only because it uses Philips screw heads, but there's less to remove in the phone itself.
[Nexus 4 General] galaxys:
This is very good to know!
[Nexus 4 General] xzr3b0rnzx:
I hope some case maker can make back cover out of some other material like plastic or aluminum since the glass back is removable so easily..
[Nexus 4 General] Anubis007:
LG will offer bumper cases that wouldn't cover the patterned back. i am definitely going to get me one of those when it comes out :)
[Nexus 4 General] Docavelli:
I believe antenna and charging coils are in the back. Custom backs may be a problem. Or very expensive.
[Nexus 4 General] noobdeagle:
the most striking thing to me is internally it looks really well built.
[Nexus 4 General] bmg1001:
Aluminum Backs will mess up NFC and Signal sadly...
[Nexus 4 General] _guzzler_:
Any of these bare electrical connectors seen in the pics let us put microsd card receptor?
[Nexus 4 General] Initial_G:
Replacement

Well at least we know it won't be too difficult to replace the back housing if needed to!
[Nexus 4 General] Mighty Arceus493:
So I'm assuming that those two screws on the silver bit just above the battery are they key to take out the battery?
[Nexus 4 General] RedBlueGreen:
so... does that mean we can basically get a back cover without the coil (wireless charging) and make the phone slimmer?

I might even try to replace the glass with a shade of grey aluminium.
[Nexus 4 General] PhilipL:
Hi

The back cover contains the GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth antennas, so any replacement backs would need the same antennas and contact points. The cell antenna is at the bottom of the phone rather than being on the back cover so that is okay. The charging and NFC coils are on the back cover as well. So any replacement or after market back cover is going to cost quite a bit and will need to be well made. If you replace the back cover with metal, then you will end up with poor GPS and Wi-Fi signals, if they work at all.

The charging coil is already recessed in the back. If you look at the back cover, the plastic is cut away and the charging coil sits in flush up against the glass back.

We can also see hot spots, presumably the processor and other hot components. Loot at the phone in the picture, towards the top right hand side is a foil covered square (I assume this is the S4 processor), and just up to the left of it are some components, these are exposed through the black plastic cover which goes over most of the motherboard. Now look at the back cover, in matching positions are cutaways where we can the back of the patterned glass. So the processor and other hot components sit up as close to the glass as possible to help cool. It's a shame that the glass is an insulator though, although so is plastic and the glass is very thin, so the phone fairs no worse than anything else.

Regards

Phil
[Nexus 4 General] Initial_G:
With all that on the back cover, I wonder how much a replacement back cover would cost.
[Nexus 4 General] PhilipL:
Hi

The HTC One X has a similar arrangement of antennas and NFC on the back cover and that cost in the UK around £28.00 via Ebay. The Nexus though has the Gorilla Glass on the back which may make it cost more or hopefully cost less. If there is a big market for replacement backs because the glass is getting broken a lot, that would mean more are made as spare parts reducing costs and more places would supply them, driving prices lower due to competition. We wait and see :)

Regards

Phil
[Nexus 4 General] draugaz:
FCC is very helpful in this regard, just query the FCC ID:

https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=278241&fcc_id=%27ZNFE960%27

and look at the internal photos.

That foil covered square is almost certain not the S4, that one sits on the other side of the PCB.
[Nexus 4 General] PhilipL:
Hi

Thanks for the link. Hard to see what that raised area relates to on those pictures. Odd the processor is the other side sandwiched in the phone, and lets hope that isn't the cause of alleged thermal throttling causing low speeds. On phones like the HTC One X the processor is against the back with a large area of copper foil to dissipate heat, although the S4 has the benefit of being 28nm.

Looking at different FCC photos and knowing it isn't the processor, it must be some sort of power regulation circuitry.

Regards

Phil
[Acer Iconia A500] gjoris:
Hi guys,

Original post was made on the AcerTabletForums, but I'd like to post it here too.

I kind of bricked my device, and I was hoping any of you might have useful input.

What did I do?

- I installed the CWN JB 4.1.1 found on this forum. Everything worked ok.

- I found the CWN JB 4.1.2 ROM on this forum, and decided to install that.

- Booted into recovery, wiped the cache partition -> ok

- Tried to wipe the data partition -> NOT ok, the system froze

- Could not boot anymore into the normal system, so rebooted again into recovery.

- Tried to install the CWN JB 4.1.2 ROM, to get back to a normal system -> NOT ok, the system froze again

And now, my A200 isn't doing anything anymore. I just get a black screen. The light on the button is on, but that's about it. All the key combinations to get it into recovery aren't working, it's simply black.

Is there a way to hack my way into the device without it booting? I guess I just have to build the file system again, but I can't manipulate the system if it's not booting ...

So far, I can only see my device popping up as "APX" in Windows. I can also see it in Linux when I probe it. That's good, right? The thing is still alive. However, I can't do any more than that :( ADB does not see it, so FastBoot doesn't see it either ...

Is there any way to do a low level flash of the device?

BTW: it is rooted, so I won't be able to send it to Acer. *sigh*
[Acer Iconia A500] calvin_ng:
your device is still alive sort of... look around th thread there is some guide to revive it
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
You are in APX mode, which means, basically, you can only flash via NVFlash. This really is only useful for flashing bootloader files more or less. In some cases you can flash recovery image files , but probably not in your case, Unless you have the SBK (secured bootloader key), you're pretty much in a dire shape.

You can try installing an A200 stock update.zip from your ext sd. By holding vol+ and PWR. However, you may not get that far. Your recovery may be cooked as well.

I wouldn't worry too much about Acer Repair. Seeings they can't boot the tab to see what's on it, more than likely they will just change the mainboard and write it off as a bad chipset. They may try to run a service rom, which uses NVFlash, but the end result will be a clean tab anyhow.

Considering a percentage of tabs that take OTA result in APX or bootloop, I suspect there won't be an issue.
[Acer Iconia A500] pooranran:
Hi there,

Sorry to hijack but I have a similar problem and I'm hoping someone can help.

I have a stock as a rock unrooted A200. I think my son let the battery drain and I haven't been able to turn it on ever since. I've kept the charger on overnight but I only get a black screen no matter what key combinations I use. The hard reset must have worked (even though I couldn't see anything) because my Win7 machine recognises the tablet and all my data is gone.

Is there a way I can revive it using the PC? I bought it cheap so it's not worth fixing but I kinda like it and it would be good for the kids to muck around on.

Thanks in advance.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] fanboat:
Hi, I'm in America most of the time, but looking for an Android phone that could potentially be rooted/unlocked and then take a local SIM card in Eastern Europe when I'm back there.

I saw on the Wirefly listing (can't put full link because i'm new but wirefly and then /product/sprint/lg/optimus-g/)

"Internationally Compatible - No"

Do you think that Sprint LG Optimus G will be capable of doing what I'm describing (with some modification)? Or, alternatively how about the AT&T model?

If not, what do you think is the best phone for potentially working abroad with a local SIM? I'm out of contract and open to any Android/WP8 phone on any network.

Thanks!!
[Sprint LG Optimus G] latindor17:
AT&T version is more likely because it has a sim card slot while the Sprint version doesn't.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] fanboat:
Oh wow, so they actually don't even have a SIM card slot on the Sprint model? I didn't realize the difference was that extreme.

Thanks, that answers my question.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] xboxfanj:
They do for LTE, but I believe its embedded. If you can get to that by unscrewing some stuff, you can probably be gsm if you (or I) add some radio files from the nexus 4.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] gregajones:
As latindor17 said a gsm phone from a US provider would have a sim card. Sometime ago I used a prepaid sim card in my unlocked T-Mobile phone for voice calls in Europe, the card had an option for a US phone number, so I forwarded my T-Mobile number and never missed a call. No bargain tho paying by the minute. Not sure what options are available for data, I relied on WiFi.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] autoprime:
afaik, all Sprint embedded "sims" are actually eUICC chips... no actual card is used. This has been the case for all current LTE devices, minus the iPhone 5.
[RAZR HD General] jojo4747:
Root permission not granted after jb update. Phone is rooted, and su is installed. superuser is installed but can't get root access. The any one know how to get this started up again
[RAZR HD General] croso:
Try this, I just did it a few minutes ago and I'm all back to good.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33654062&postcount=119
[RAZR HD General] jojo4747:
Will try right now. I need to install adb first right? Thank you
[RAZR HD General] jojo4747:
just tried your method and said that it was a read only file system after chmod 06755 /system/bin/su i was able to move the su from sd card to system/bin but when it comes to that step its read only
[RAZR HD General] koftheworld:
Try updating binaries in super user before you go crazy.
[RAZR HD General] jojo4747:
just checked that and did not worked so started from scratch and removed su from system and sdcard now when typing su at adb shell screen it says system/sh :su not found. confused on what to do now
[RAZR HD General] RayLovesick:
I can confirm the steps in this comment allowed me to regain root. Thanks!!
[RAZR HD General] jojo4747:
I can confirm that it works as well but I missed a step and now I gotta sbf :-\
[RAZR HD General] croso:
Sorry I didn't provide some warnings and things to try to verify some of the steps. When I was figuring it out I knew I had one shot so I did it in another system folder first to confirm.

Glad to help others not have to spend the time restoring though :)
[RAZR HD General] jojo4747:
Thanks for the help. Still struggling with rsd because my stupid computer froze while installing fast boot drivers so now my computer thinks i have them installed so it doesn't try to download them again but rsd fails due to lack of the drivers. Looking for those ap fast boot drivers and its hard doing that for phone as new as ours
[Motorola Atrix HD] ranfot:
I have downloaded couple of bootanimations for my AHD , tested them and they worked.

I wanted to add sound to them, so I edited desc.txt and added line

s sound.ogg

audio file was converted from mp3 to ogg and placed in system\media

After rebooting, bootanimation is not playing at all, after startup logo, it shows blank screen until phone is fully booted.

I have made sure permissions are the same as original bootanimation on both zip and ogg files.

Tries to add sound to another zip file, but had same results - animation is not coming up at bootup at all.

What am I doing wrong?

thank you for any help
[Motorola Atrix HD] ATGAdmin:
What are you using to create/and/or edit your boot animations with?

The only program I've had luck with is 7zip, with compression set to "store".

I had the same problem when I created my first boot ani, but not since doing what I just described. ;)

Sent from my A H Delicious Maxxx!
[Motorola Atrix HD] ranfot:
The animations were downloaded from this site and worked fine before I started adding the code into txt file.

I have used winrar to pack archive in "store" mode. but I will try with 7zip too.
[Motorola Atrix HD] ranfot:
zipping it with 7zip definitely helped. i now have working boot animation with custom sound. works great. thank you
[Motorola Atrix HD] ATGAdmin:
That was my mistake as well. I used winrar at first, and I figured it was 7zip that would fix you up.

Glad you got it working ;)
[Motorola Atrix HD] IP IHI II IL:
Any chance we can get a preview of your work? I haven't tried yet, but really wanna get rid of the AT&T boot animation...

Deep rooted in the mAtrix HD...

http://android-gz.com
[Motorola Atrix HD] ranfot:
the actual animation is not my work, Its an original animation from Droid razr, I just added different sound to it. but here what it looks like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vLMa5tq1tE&feature=fvwrel
[Motorola Atrix HD] IP IHI II IL:
Oh man, that makes me miss my RAZR... :(

Deep rooted in the mAtrix HD...

http://android-gz.com
[Motorola Atrix HD] fullpozzy:
Making sound work

Kinda of a noob at this but i made mine work.

I started with downlaoding the droid animation zip i found in these forums unzipped it and verified contents

Next I opened the .txt file and verified what is said

720 1280 15

p 1 5 01_droid

p 1 0 02_mobility

p 1 0 03_loop

the i added s and droidhd.ogg for my sound in the location that i wanted it

720 1280 15

p 1 5 01_droid

p 1 0 02_mobility

s droidhd.ogg

p 1 0 03_loop

my sound will start as soon as the mobility folder begins if i understand things correctly.

Next I followed the advice of ATGAdmin from this thread and when i highlighted my files, added them to archive via 7zip, it brought a new window and this is where I told it to make it a .zip file and set them "store". this was key to making the sound function along with the animation.

I then place the new zipped file named bootanimation.zip and my sound droidhd.ogg in my /system/media using root explorer and moved my original animation and sound to my back up folder and rebooted. sound and animation fully functional.

I hope this helps
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fadim14:
Just a quick question because im not familiar with terms used.

i installed Official AOKP JB M1 on my ATT S3

will this kernel work with it or brick my phone?

AOSP JELLYBEAN: Download CWM flashable zip kernel

i dont know when to use the touchwiz jb or aosp jb version please help
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] njq1234:
Not to sure about the question here. Is that the ROM you flashed? Or the kernel? You always have the potential of bricking your phone flashing anything to it. I know this from experience!! Make a nandroid backup through recovery an flash what you want. I am currently using AOKP by task650 and ktoonsez, accompanied by the KT747 kernel. Cant go wrong with that setup!!! Hope this helped.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DarthDerron:
Same as above, don't really know what you're asking. If you are wanting to install the KT747 Kernel (by the sounds of it), then you would need to install the AOSP version after installing the rom (flash in recovery). Sorry I can't help you much, didn't really understand the question.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SeanHacker:
I highly suggest you do a little research before flashing anything else to your device. If you don't know what something is or does, don't flash it until you do. You dont need it. Unless you would like to brick your device.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Dankest:
Just for your information aokp(android open kang project) uses the same kernel as aosp(android open source project). If you are unsure about flashing kernels then by all means don't flash it until you do a little research about it, usually when installing a new kernel you should...

1install ROM from clean wipe(wipe caches,system)

2install kernel

3wipe caches, davlik cache, and fix permissions after you install kernel.

You should be fine after following these instructions.

Now if you plan on tweaker your systems performance via ktweaker read this before as it explains undervolting and the effects it has on your phone.

Undervolting: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33282284

If after reading this you think you understand a little bit more. Reply if you would like some stable settings for ktweaker.

Kt747 kernel link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28399829

You want to one titled aosp jellybean

AT&T SGS3

ParanoidKangDroid 1.1.0 ROM

KT747 10/31 OC'ed & UV'ed

Medical MJ Supporter
[General Questions and Answers] ovidio.catrina:
Hy there

I bought an Galasxy S3 from internet and it seems to be IMEI locked form the operator.

I called them and they said that was blocked because this terminal has been robbed :(((((

I tried to contact the person from who i bought the phone but no chance :(((

So my cuestion is this.

Is there a way yo unlock the IMEI block because I spent 400$ to buy it and I dont want to have a nice phone just to play android games.....

thanks
[General Questions and Answers] SimonTS:
If you have some form of paperwork to prove that you bought it in good faith and who you bought it from then take that to the network provider. If they won't help you then take it to the police instead.
[General Questions and Answers] rohanjain91:
I can use it for parts .. My s3 screen is broken. Do u want to sell it to recover some money ??
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] omarh3:
I relocked my bootloader so I could get back to stock from soft brick. I changed to super cid and reulocked it, but it still says relocked. Now when I try to unlock it again I get an error from command prompt. Is it really locked still and what can I do to reunlock it if is. Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] DvineLord:
try getting into bootloader with the phone plugged up to computer. sometimes the token wont take when its plugged up to computer.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] omarh3:
The token took and sent me to the unlock bootloader prompt, but now when I run the unlock token thru cmd it gives me an error message, something about the unlock token itself, also did this when trying to flash recovery.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] DvineLord:
if your already supercid you dont go through the supercid process again. the token should always work though. just try again and again. get into bootloader manually then plug phone into computer and do it.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] omarh3:
Should I try bootloader oem unlock since the unlock token isn't working, and its supposed to be unlocked. I ran the htcdev instructed command successfully and chose to allow unlock on my phone once but it still says relocked
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Deleted member 3452239:
its fastboot oem unlock

and

fastboot oem get_identifier_token (if you need to do htcdev again for whatever reason)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] omarh3:
Thanks I'm at work but I'm going to try it here in about twenty minutes, I'll let u know what happens. Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bcbrad3:
so what happended? I am having the same problem and can't figure it out. Let me know if you got it re-unlocked and how.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] iElvis:
Sometimes the unlock codes need a few attempts to take. Try disconnecting your phone and shutting it down, then restart and try again. That worked for me.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] alexaso13:
i lost my backup after swapping...

someone can send me the original?

please, i need you all help...

thank you~~
[Asus Transformer TF700] polish_pat:
OMG yes i know im a newb but there is a first time for everybody for anything.

So i'm trying to unlock, root, install cwm and install custom roms but ive looked at all the instruction from many thread and a lot of them had missing steps

Anyways, i've downgraded from JB to 4.0.3, rooted, unlocked and now i'm trying to install CWM. So i installed android SDK and all tools, i've put recovery image in same folder as fastboot.exe, i've booted the tablet and selectied USB icon but wtf do i do now??

I'm basically here:

** FastBoot Method **

1) Install Android SDK

2) Download CWM Recovery image from the original thread and check the MD5 sum (don't skip MD5 check,is there to make sure the file is not corrupted)

3) Copy the downloaded file in the same directory as your fastboot.exe (unless you have /platform-tools in PATH then you can flash from anywhere)

4) Turn off your device and boot into fastboot mode (power on while holding volume down, then select the usb icon and hit volume up to confirm)

5) Plug the device into your computer

6) Run the following command via the command line:

fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot reboot

Where do i get this command line?? is it command line from windows such as CMD?? cause if it is, i've tried it and nothing. Do i have to point to where is the recovery image?? Its in C:\Users\Patrick\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools but i'm lost from that point, i'm not sure what command line i have to use, and how to set it up so i can tell it where to look.

Can anybody help me please?
[Asus Transformer TF700] 7786:
change directory to the folder the recover/fastboot is in, using the CMD on windows. So:

"cd C:\Users\Patrick\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools"

make sure the recovery is called "recovery.img" and that its in the "platform-tools" folder alongside the fastboot.exe, then run the commands:

"fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery recovery.img"

and

"fastboot reboot"