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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vido.ardes:
I just want to clear up some terminology to stop people getting confused...

Bootloader a.k.a HBoot - This is the piece of software that runs before anything else on the phone. It basically packages it all up, tells what to run in what order e.t.c Every computer device has a bootloader in some form or another, be it an Android Phone, iPhone, Windows PC, iMac e.t.c. The HBoot is accessible by switching your phone off, then holding down volume down as you turn it back on. The first line of the HBoot will tell you if you are S-OFF or S-ON.

Recovery - The recovery is the piece of software that allows us to write files to partitions while they aren't being used. It is the portal to allow us to flash custom ROM's and kernels. There are custom recoveries with more options than the stock such as ClockworkMod.

Superuser a.k.a su or Root - This is a user that is present on all linux distros that allows higher permissions than standard users have access to. Certain apps need superuser permissions to function, such as Titanium Backup.

A bootloader is traditionally locked. This means it stops you from writing to any partition on the device other than data. What is always true of Nexus devices, and now true of most consumer devices, there is an offical method for unlocking the bootloader. With HTC, you have to download some software, with Nexus devices, it is as simple as booting into fastboot mode, and typing the command "fastboot oem unlock" (assuming you have fastboot installed on your connected PC / mac).

Although this unlocks the bootloader (which by the way resets your device to factory settings), you still aren't rooted. You now have the ability to flash images to the previously locked partitions. Once you have access to write to partitions, the easiest method of rooting is installing a custom recovery (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img, and then using that to flash a superuser zip.

There are exploits for rooting, which either eman the recovery partition gets written to without the bootloader unlocking OR the su files get pushed to the system partition while the bootloader is locked. These exploits are more tricky and are getting harder to find, but allow you to gain root access without voiding your warranty.

To answer someone else's question, when you unlocked the bootloader on the Nexus One you got a watermark on the bootsplash, I don't know about any Nexus after that.

EDIT - Unlocked Phone: To throw some further clarification, when people talk about "unlocked phones" what they actually means is carrier. This term pre-dates smartphones, and a locked phone just meant that if you bought your phone through a carrier, you could only use it on their network, so no other SIM would work unless you bought a code off them to unlock it. This only applied to GSM phones (not CDMA) and s still practised today. The Nexus 4 will not be carrier locked wherever you buy it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] endlesstrail:
Thanks for the excellent clarification. It's much clearer now.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Unlawful:
Both the Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus 7 don't have anything changed when you unlock the bootloader (apart from an unlocked lock image on the boot screen beneath the Google logo and then it disappears after going to the boot animation). I would assume this was the same with the Nexus S . Also another good thing about Nexus devices is that you can relock the bootloader after unlocking it and it will be back to a stock configuration (assuming you're on the Google-built ROM).
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cephalus:
I beg to differ; DroidWall is the one utility I refuse to live without, and that requires root.

Other than that and TitaniumBackup though, you're quite right; the new stock features of JellyBean mean I likely won't even bother with any major third-party modifications. Indeed, I'm thinking this'll be the first 'phone in many a year which I won't be installing a custom ROM on for at least the first six months of use.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] USSENTERNCC1701E:
Lol, the irony is I really only use TB because I'm switching ROMs. I disagree though, I really like the extra customization that comes with a lot of custom ROM's. But I've run phones for a few months with OEM skins, while waiting on an exploit. I agree there won't be a pressing need for root.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albundy2010:
I guess you guys like to actually see ads on your phones.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacklebott:
I actually don't find many apps to have very intrusive ads at all. I also feel better knowing I'm not ripping off the devs
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] USSENTERNCC1701E:
I've never actually ended up with an air push app, and the rest of the ads really don't bother me, sometimes I'll go on a clicking spree to support devs. If it really bothers me I buy the full version or uninstall it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eksasol:
HBoot and S-on and S-off are strictly HTC terminologies and not used by other manufacturers. Also you lose your warranty if you unlock HTC bootloader through HTC Dev, even if you relocked it, you've entered your device IMEI. This isn't an issue with Nexus devices.

Sent from my SGH-T959

---------- Post added at 09:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:40 PM ----------

Then ask them to charge money for the apps, if I like it I will by it, otherwise I'm blocking it's Internet connection.

Sent from my SGH-T959
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efrant:
^ This.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alewis2k12:
Myself....Ms Team 5.0 with black bean theme.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b-eock:
-_- someone report this foo... Slaapy i am looking at you!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Looking at me....Looking at you :p

It's borderline......someone has beaten the system! Noooooooooooo! :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b-eock:
There isnt a report button for the XDA Premium app :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
You have to go to web view and do it via that ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b-eock:
Yeah yeah, i knoe that way. I save all that "work" for the ones that are really bad :P
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Same here :p

Looks like this one has been spared!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mputtr:
reported.

This is another seed for a best rom thread.

People need to stop trying to do a workaround of the rules.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Spoke too soon! :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niitro1:
mod

My self

Liquid v 2.0 rc 7

Siyah kernel 1.7rc1+
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisd1a1:
closed. we don't allow comparison threads
[Epic 4G General] j00manji:
so I have kindof always wanted a job with Sprint, I think I'd do well with them, and after many applications being submitted I have landed an interview and its a couple days out. I really want this job and im not sure what I can do to prepare for this interview. Do we have any sprint employees here? Anyone have any tips or know what sort of questions I should be ready for? any help is appreciated
[Epic 4G General] jeffreyjicha:
Although I don't have any suggestions, let us know how it goes, because I've been trying to get hired as well.
[Epic 4G General] alyptic:
Are you being interviews for a position as a tech? or a service rep? or in store sales? I'd think the interview would vary wildly based on the position.
[Epic 4G General] DJSmoove:
I worked at sprint for 3 years, its a good and fun job. I got a lot of over time with them. I start with consultant sales, then to tech support. For the interview all I have to say just be yourself and act professional. They ask basic questions why you think you should have this job? and etc. Its mainly basic questions how you would help customers. Good Luck with the interview!
[Epic 4G General] Andy_nu:
be yourself! no manager wants to hire a liar and 2 weeks later have a completely different person. if you like the job, tell them why you think you could fit the company, and yourself into the job, stay away from, and another thing, stay TALKATIVE! and friendly! and do not let the manager keep the conversation
[Epic 4G General] bstevens23:
I worked at a Sprint store a couple of years ago and the interview was extremely painless. It just felt I was talking with someone about my life. What I liked best about phones, why I thought I'd do well there and what I could bring to the company. I thought the fact it was so casual was a bad thing and that I didn't get the job but I got a call a day later and was offered the job. Just be yourself and you can't go wrong. If they don't hire you then you stuck to yourself and it just wasn't a good match rather than trying to be something you aren't. Sprint's qualifications aren't exactly high so... Haha. You should be fine. Let us know how it goes.
[Epic 4G General] j00manji:
so I had my interview, it went pretty well, apparently it was for a technician position and I was asked to dismantle an Epic4g Touch on the spot, so I did. Then he had me put it together, pretty painless. I was amazed at what I had learned in such a short amount of time, I really hope I get that call back. Will keep ya all posted!
[Epic 4G General] j00manji:
so I did a second interview back on Tuesday, soon I should hear back on weather or not I get to become a technician.

The store manager was impressed with my jelly beaned epic4g running Paranoid. Hes afraid to root his big awesome phone, haha.
[Epic 4G General] j00manji:
I got the job! 5 days at a week, 5 hours a day for training then full time employment, whoop whoop!
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Congrats man!
[Epic 4G General] bstevens23:
Great news! Congrats!
[Epic 4G General] DJSmoove:
Awesome to hear! Congrats and hope everything goes well with that job!
[Epic 4G General] j00manji:
thanks guys, i had a great first day. mainly seems like a bunch of banged up evos coming in all the time. Fun easy stuff.
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
Is the number of broken phones surprising
[Epic 4G General] orlzzt:
What store are you in? Our locals will come in and give you commissions...
[Epic 4G General] j00manji:
the number of broken phones is a littler surprising, whats more surprising is how most of the phones that come in are Evos or other htcs of all types mainly. Everyone at the store owns a samsung device and loves them. Im in a northern California store.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiwas:
Hi guys,

This really isn't so much a Nexus One question as it is a "how can I fool Google Play into believing my S3 is a Nexus One?" question. I hope that's cool :)

I would really appreciate it if someone could help me out with the following values from their build.prop file.

ro.product.model

ro.product.manufaturer

Cheers :)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommert38:
You can download a Nexus One ROM and extract the build.prop...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CQd44:
Hey everyone. I got my SL101 in the mail today and went straight to work rooting it. I got root access, flashed a non-CWM recovery, but I tried using Rom Manager to reboot to recovery. After granting SU permissions it turned off and.... stayed off.

Now it will not power on no matter what button combination I try. I've had it charging for 6 hours with the wall adapter (which does work as I've tested it with my phone, and it was charging before this mishap).

Should I just keep charging it or did my little "Reboot to recovery" adventure break my tablet? =\

Any help is greatly appreciated and I'll provide info upon request.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solar.Plexus:
ROM Manager.... shouldn't be used for the Slider or Transformer. Ever.

Take a look at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26522267
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CQd44:
I didn't think a simple "reboot" command would totally render my device useless.

Would a "reboot recovery" in terminal emulator have done the same to my tablet?

EDIT: I appreciate the response, but now do you have any idea how to fix my tablet? =\ This is a real bummer. I knew not to install CWM through the app at least.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solar.Plexus:
I'm not sure. Have you checked out the PERI tool? It might be of help here for your soft brick.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CQd44:
PERI tool doesn't detect my tablet being plugged in. Neither does... anything, really. ADB doesn't detect a device at all.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solar.Plexus:
Running out of options here... Darn. Only other thing I can think is plug it into your PC then try to manually power on the tablet to see if the PC will recognize anything being turned on.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CQd44:
Nada. Zip.

Too bad too. I normally don't have any trouble with ASUS products =\
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solar.Plexus:
I can't believe it won't even power on. You could probably send it in for hardware failure if that's the case though...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CQd44:
Well, ASUS gave me an RMA number so I'm sending it off today. I appreciate your efforts though!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tweaked:
Mine is doing the same thing. I rma-d it when it stopped booting too. They said they had to reload the BIOS. I got it back....it. boots but. Still no USB..I just bought another USB cable.waiting to get it. If it don't work, i all ready have another rma number.. ill wait to send it until I have my nexus4 so I don't go crazy from another 10 days without my tab....
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solar.Plexus:
Ah, sorry to hear about this guys. Hopefully everything gets worked out. It still puzzles me that the tablet's hardware failed.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mad_Wolf:
Guys I have a S3(omega rom) and a note II(default) and I have a very big mediaserver problem with my Note 2

When I play games listen music etc mediaserver eats my battery(When do the same stuff on my s3 no mediaserver appears)

For example when I play a game or music the game or the music apps drains my battery also mediaserver does

I tried everything I found on the net

Reformated my sd card nothing changed so I removed it completely

Turned data and wifi off

Cheked dlna,nearby devies allshare cast and other stuff but nothing changed

Can you help my its nearly eating my battery as much as the screen
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] touness69:
I have the exact same problem ! If someone can help :(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mad_Wolf:
tried nearly everything but couldnt find a solution
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mad_Wolf:
M8 I found the problem at least my problem

Today I installed need for speed to my s3 (which that was the only different app that I had from my note 2)

Bang mediaserver also start working at my s3 :)

I will do further tests
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] touness69:
I have need for speed too installed on my note II !

I will investigate and report back ;)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melagodo:
same problem here, but no NFS installed.

"mediaserver" eats from 8 to 15% of my battery :(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Install StartupManager from Google Play and Rescan Media Root, open StartupManager and go to system (middle row) and look for Media Storage and disable it. Then open Rescan Root once and close it. That`s it, Samsung media storage sync (also on boot) is now disabled and is taken over by Rescan. This should solve the problem. Problem also occured on the S3 and this how i solved it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melagodo:
Do i need my device to be rooted, right?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Yes mate you need root.

Verstuurd van mijn GT-N7100 met Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melagodo:
That's very cool, thanks so much.

I've done everything you told, but when I listen to some music watchdog gives me "mediaserver" process using from 6 to 10% of CPU.

Is this normal?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Delano.888:
I had the same problem, but installed LBE, which has a boot-manager. I switched off all the samsung stuff that boots with the device, and the problem was fixed.

LBE:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1422479
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melagodo:
Could you please tell exaxctly which "samsung stuff" did you switched off?

And, can I use startup manager instead of LBE?

Thanks :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Delano.888:
Basically everything that had samsung in it, but also a lot of other stuff. Here's a screen of the stuff I think causes it:

http://i.imgur.com/3dCVf.png

But I also switched off a ****load of other apps I don't see the need in having boot up with the device, this is for example a part of it:

http://i.imgur.com/KJlkd.png

(btw I only use gmail, so e-mail app is not useful for me)

You might want to keep camera enabled though for faster launching.

Remember, all the stuff you disable at launch still works perfectly, you only have to click it before it starts.

I don't know about startup manager, I use LBE because it also does permission control.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mad_Wolf:
did both of them

and now "media" eats my battery more than screen
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] legendneverdies:
Requirements:Flash Aeon's LockScreen mod

Thanks for Aeon

Updated camera text from 5 post

Then move downloaded UxpNxtLockScreen.apk from here with right permissions RW-R-R to system/app

If u had already installed Aeon's LockScreen then directly move it to system/app

If u like the mod then hit thanks

DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.sendspace.com/file/tgpsy0

LEGEND ARC
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] legendneverdies:
Res
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] salman_eq:
lookine nice

i will chk it on my lt15
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] kaz93:
No camera text?
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] legendneverdies:
Camera Text Added

http://www.sendspace.com/file/tgpsy0
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] legendneverdies:
Another mod
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] conelo:
Could i use this mod for gb ???
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] DdcCabuslay:
Being that this mod is based off the ICS lockscreen, no. But someone could probably port the images to the GB lockscreen.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Thijs Arc S:
What do you mean with RW-R-R ? :o *shame*
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] legendneverdies:
RW-R-R means giving the permissions for the selected app to read and write on the user moile simply making it to work;)
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Thijs Arc S:
Thanks, And how can i do that ?
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] legendneverdies:
By using root explorer or any other app that gives u root access means ur mobile should be rooted firstly
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Thijs Arc S:
My phone is rooted, So i just place the .apk file there and reboot ? :)

Where can i find the file that i have to flash first ?
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] legendneverdies:
download upnxtlockscreen from here

http://www.sendspace.com/file/tgpsy0

U should have rootexplorer.apk installed in ur mobile

Download it from here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/7ifblf and install it

Then go to sdcard/download then find upnxtlockscreen there in rootexplorer then move it to System and on the top right side u will find mount R/W press it and change permissions RW-R-R as shown at images then move to system/app and replace with existing upnxt lockscreen

Hint THANKS if it helped you
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] legendneverdies:
Got it?
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Thijs Arc S:
Yeah, Thanks mate !
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Steven Seagal:
Thank you , work good in my xperia pro mk16i :laugh::laugh:
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Adiassidik:
where's the download link for this one?
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] legendneverdies:
I will update by evening
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] legendneverdies:
Here it is http://www.sendspace.com/file/o5o83v

Hit thanks if u like this
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] graycow9:
So I've been playing some old games of mine on my SK, through psx4droid. Yes I have the original copies so no worries. But I've come to notice that I can only use up to 2 hard keys at once? I play Twisted Metal, but I can't turn and shoot while driving at the same time. Is there a way to fix this, or is this a hardware limitation on the Sidekick 4g's keyboard? Any info would be appreciated :) (and I think this is in the right section for a post, I appologize if not :\ )

Sent from my SK4G with Tiger Blood v2.2 coursing through its processors >:D
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] djh:
Yes, only 2 keypresses can be detected at once. No, there's no fix for this. Many threads about many phones with same problem here on XDA. Makes me sad too...
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] graycow9:
Damn, not what I was hoping to hear. That blows :\ thank you for the reply though. :)

I wonder if there ever will be a fix. Hmm...
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Jax184:
Personally I use a PS3 controller using the sixaxis driver. It's very cheap and works great. Plus the author is here on XDA.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] djh:
Well... I can't always have a PS3 controller with me. That would be a bit geeky :)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] graycow9:
Still, its kind of a reasonable workaround :) could be worse haha.

And you have a full set of controls :D
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Tsloble:
I remember reading something on XDA front page a few months back about a phone that was able to fix the 2 button limit. Forgive my bad memory, but all I can remember about the problem/fix is that it used the term ghost something.

Either way, it was an exciting new development on an upcoming phone back then - definitely after the time of SK4G. 6 axis + TV out.
[LG Optimus 2x] jagwant:
I was using this rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1959545

then i tried to go to recovery and install CM10 Nightly but i was not able to enter recovery mode so i install Rom Manager and Flash CWM 6 and tried to flash cm10 but recovery stopped whwn i tried to choose zip from external sd card. so i remove the battery and restart the device but it is saying Encryption Unsuccessful and i am also not able to enter revery mode.

i also tried this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1229407&highlight=smartflash

but when i tried to flash.bat it says usb not found

Please Help me

I solved It

I Installed Stock Clean ROM from Homero using NVFlash and it worked.
[LG Optimus 2x] SREEPRAJAY:
CWM recovery 6 does not like O2X and custom ROMs-best is the CWM 5series for me.....but its performance varies according to a few devices and ROMs.

try to pull out battery, wait for sometime and then try it again.USB Cable might also be a spoilsport....check that as well.

As you have tried the Rusty's thread /method(strange it did not work), try the "Unbrick with Stock Clean ROM from Homero"....it is somewhere in the developers section.

Hope it helps you
[LG Optimus 2x] Itaka06:
Maybe this helps you to repair your device, try it

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1975274
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
As this is not any kind of development I have posted it here.
[Galaxy S III General] android_master:
looks good.......
[Galaxy S III General] w1nter456:
Anyone would like to try it out? Looks cool.
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
I am using it...everything seems to work ..but I have not tested all the features.;)
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
No Takers!!

Try out the new Camera and Gesture Typing...you will not regret it..

You can try it out by Dual Booting it :P
[Galaxy S III General] jetbruceli:
If the apps work why not make a flashable zip for the stock jb roms?
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
Because some Apps like the Email app is dependant on the stock Framework-res and may not work on Sammy ROMs..
[Galaxy S III General] Byakuya88:
is it possible to make more screenshots ?????
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
Which screen shot do you want?
[Galaxy S III General] Byakuya88:
-Phonesky

-Calendar

-Exchange2

-4.2 Keyboard (LatinIME)

-Youtube

-Google Play Music