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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ackliph:
Seems like tape. Or maybe even a sharpie would do the trick... A sharpie would be permanent until you rubbed it off with some rubbing alcohol.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hung0702:
A lot of government buildings don't permit camera phones in the workplace. Same with a lot of private defense or research firms. OP probably isn't allowed to have a camera in his workplace, but loves the phone. A few years ago–to fill this small but certain niche–RIM made BlackBerry phones without cameras that were otherwise identical to their camera phone counterparts.

Tbh, the camera sucks. White balance compensation is worse than it is on my original Galaxy S. Pixels don't really mean that much when the picture is poor quality. I can't imagine how bad the camera is on Galaxy Nexus phones if the 4 is considered to have significantly improved optics.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Endoran:
I find the picture quality to be better than my S2 international. But I'm no optic guru.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FatalityBoyZahy:
Pictures come out fine for me, it's just the flash that ruins things.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hung0702:
Actually, I noticed that outdoor photos are acceptable. At night, with the standard lighting you'd expect from any venue or abode, the white balance is terribly far off.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ami.v:
Is it possible to turn off the camera by software?

I mean when I click the icon of the camera, the camera will not work at all.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
You can get rid of the camera libs and camera app
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ami.v:
and how i do that ?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] athani:
Root. And then use Titanium to freeze or un install unwanted stuff.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ami.v:
If i do the root and freez or uninstall the camera the other application that use with the camera still can work with the camera ?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyokeun1234:
Not that I know.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BobbyBest:
No Apps that relay on a camera app will work, but apps with their own camera app (like PicsArt) propably will.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snowmanwithahat:
Either the government thing or he has a teenaged daughter lol
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sparta507:
Save yourself the trouble and duct tape the camera hole!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fuzz Pucker:
I just removed the back cover to play around. Really pretty easy.

1. Remove the SIM card tray, set it aside

2. Remove the two Torx (size 5) screws on the bottom of the phone.

3. Use a prying tool around the phone to pop the back cover straight off (I used a guitar pick and a small flathead screwdriver)

When you remove the back panel, it would be quite easy to put a little piece of paper to cover the camera.

However, even with the back camera covered, the front camera could still be used to take pictures... and removing/covering the front-facing camera is a lot more involving tear down process. I think a software mod would be your best bet.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donec:
Here is a great youtube on disassembly and reassembly of the Nexus4.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZDAIgwbXk4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ami.v:
But I do not want to disassmble or block the camera, I need to block the camera by software-only.

I mean like do the root and freez or uninstall the camera But that no application could not start the camera, can i do that ?

(someting like delete the com line with the camera)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donec:
Quote of original request is...

Your original post and the thread title says you want to remove the back cover. The video shows how to do that and is a video as you requested.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] articoceanic:
hello

Have checked the forums and found nothing.

But windows phone keyboard has this great feature, after writing your text or message. You can then go back through the whole message just tapping on misspelt words once and it will highlight the whole word and give you suggestions that you can pick from.

Its such a great feature, I've looked for a keyboard that replicates it but have found none. they only give suggestions as you type and not after you've finished writing, which breaks your train of thoughts.

Does anyone know of a keyboard that does this.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] premsrj:
Which Android version are you on? The stock android keyboard of 4.1 does the exact same thing.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] articoceanic:
I'm on 2.2 froyo, which is old.

I've downloaded the jellybean keyboard off of google play store, but it only offers suggestion as i type. Not after i have finished typing and when i look back i realise I've misspelt words.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
Better keyboard does this also. The reason you don't see it is that it needs to be built into the system for 3rd party apps to use it. If it is not there then no app will do it.

Sent from Arkham
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daveg891:
Just wondering how people are finding the sound quality of their Nexus 4's when listening to music.

I use a nice pair of Klipsch headphones and thought they sounded great on my Galaxy Nexus, but finding the sound more harsh on the N4. However, the N4 is a fair bit louder which was a complaint I had with the Galaxy Nexus.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icehanyou:
SOLVED!!!!

after many hrs of trying to save my phone it finally worked, darkymod is a lifesaver.... :P

thank you so much for responding and helping :) since i couldnt find a guide for this problem ill make one :)

hi, so I wanted to root my galaxy s3 gt-i9300 and now its stuck at the Samsung logo:(

tried to download original firmware to odin it from Samsung-update but says md5 hash invalid...

after browsing for few hrs I found out I suck at browsing :laugh:

My device is bought in Denmark provider 3 *three* so if anyone could please point me in the right direction for working firmware or anotherway to make my galaxy work again, I can still go to download mode so still got hope :cowboy:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] littlegreenrobot:
Help please

I too have the same problem after searching for a while i can't seem to find were to download the stock firmware for a device bought from KOGAN it arrived from HONG KONG so I guess I need a firmware version compatible with the HONG KONG version. Also do you know where i can find details on how to load the software via odin.

any help greatly appreciated

Andrew
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spoonymoon:
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Hej fellow Dane ;)

Just follow this guide step by step its excellent and proven always to work :cool:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1703488

Then you will have your phone rooted through the kernel and the necessary CWM (recovery) installed - !

After that dl your chosen rom + kernel and reboot into recovery flash rom zip file then kernel zip, reboot and voila welcome to JB 4.1.2

And since you are a newbie (we all were once) i suggest you dont flash through odin/heimdal but only through CWM until you get more experience overall !!

Then you will be ok :laugh:

Suggestion of a very good rom+kernel is >

PA rom > http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1745003

Yank555 kernel >http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2006459

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Only other JB compatible kernel we have to S3 right now is Siyah witch is also awesome >

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1709686
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] existinguser:
awesome

I will so much try this!

Tusind tak!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] littlegreenrobot:
hey spoonymoon

thanks for the reply i am very new to this I assume I just flash the clockwork mod recovery then install the custom rom via clockwork mod quick question is it similar to xrecovery on the sony x10i my old phone.

thanks for your help sorry for newbie questions

Andrew
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spoonymoon:
Hi all ok ask away ;)

Yes first clockwork recovery first then boot into cwm (clockwork)then what rom you choose - and i should think its pretty similar to what ever recovery's you've seen, at least in Principe of how it get things done!

You can boot from os to cwm through rooted kernels, by holding power button and choose reboot, that will give you two options to reboot or into recovery (no need for the combo buttons)

Edit: in CWM there´s a menu and one option is install zip from sd card (nternal/external) and then you browse through your sd with volumebutton (or in the new CWM you'll get when flashing a JB kernel a touch recovery - awesome by the way )

Greetz ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icehanyou:
see the problem I have is I cant do what the steps describe as it requires I turn on my phone and see what build it has, and copy zip files to internal storage....so only option I have I think is odin :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spoonymoon:
Ohh yes this way wont do then - you have to get a stock sammyrom with a pit,md5 or sometimes called tar file and make sure you tick repartition in odin before flash - then you will have a working OS and can do the above steps!

Or mayby better her

http://www.darkyrom.com/index.php?threads/darkyrom-iii-v7-0-aroma-android-4-1-2-xxelk4.8301/e Darkys soft is just great

>http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/

But if you havent wrote down what excact firmware you had..you gotta pick the closent match you can think off , thats gonna be ok

Or try find your spcific region code for your country/region
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icehanyou:
just making shure, u said click repartition cuz always see warnings that say dont with big red letters :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spoonymoon:
Yes you're right be careful with that, if its necessary, it will be auto ticked when loading the pit file, dont tick it other than guide from dev says so=

But always read the dev´s guide carefully, right :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icehanyou:
allright downloading :) hope it works
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icehanyou:
ok i flashed it with odin with the firmware i downloaded from samsung site, using my region code but still same problem...samsung logo stuck...if i check repartition says failed, cant open some file...but can still open odin :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spoonymoon:
try darky's rom then
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icehanyou:
finally solved
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] existinguser:
CONGRATULATIONS BROTHER! Post here what you did?

Sent from my HTC Desire using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spoonymoon:
Soo great told u Darkyroms were great......Glad to hear :P

I think you own me to push my thx button :highfive:

To get CWM again do this >

*Installation

1. Download Odin3 and CF-Root-SGS3-vxx.zip

2. Power off your phone

3. Boot into download mod (Press vol down + Home + Power on)

4. Unzip CF-Root-SGS3-vxx.zip. You need to end up with a .tar file, dont extract .tar file.

5. Open Odin

6. Select PDA as CF-Root-SGS3-vxx.tar

7. Connect the phone to your computer

8. Make sure that re-partition is not ticked

9. Click Start Button

10. Wait for phone to reboot.

Link>http://speedy.sh/kcqvD/CF-Root-SGS3-v6.2.tar

Now you successfully installed CWM + Super User + CWM Manager.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] existinguser:
In cooperation with ICEHANYIOU, i promised to say how he unbricked it:

*Installed CWM with ODIN

*threw darky rom on external sd (awesome rom btw)

*flashed the rom with CWM from external sd

*working, unbricked phone.

:)
[About XDA developers] whodisname:
I bought xda premium twice. (on two lines) it says incompatible with my phone. Samsung stratosphere with dwitherells tweaked 2.2 and the oc kernel (from he who got angry!!) why it says i cant get what i paid for?
[About XDA developers] whodisname:
And i bet my lunch money it would work as i had it on this same mop phone before i got an insurance replacement due to a screen crash!!
[About XDA developers] KidCarter93:
What version of android is your phone running?

If your on GB then the newest XDA Premium app won't work because it's for 3.0 upwards.
[About XDA developers] rtotheichie:
I'm having the same problem with my T-Mobile G2x since I reverted back to rooted stock (2.3.4). If they updated it to only work with 3.+, then they should either offer a refund or create a GB version available (which in reality would only be the last version before the update)
[Nexus 4 General] tanman1975:
a lot of people are getting hung up at the proceed button part of the Play Store order. Don't click proceed. Instead, tab over to the proceed button and then hold down the enter key.

It might take a couple of minutes, but keep holding the button down until you see the busy animation. Your order is officially going though.

Oops, I see others have already mentioned this trick. If people want me to delete this I can.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] DrDoctor:
Anyone know of any good free SNES/GBA/GB emulators?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] whodisname:
Man just spend them $5.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] DrDoctor:
Why when there are likely ones I can get for free?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] MasterDecker:
Google is your FRIEND. Talk to him, use him, LOVE HIM.

And yes this subject has been brought up in a BUNCH of older threads previously. Take the time to search through the forum, read various posts. Patience my young padohopper.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Jnewell05:
Yeah if you use slideme market developer yongzh has them for free. I use them all the time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] The_Blue_Waffle:
Is it warez or is it legal
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tjsooley:
Emulators are not. The rims are if you don't own the games
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] The_Blue_Waffle:
No I was talking about the offerings on that market I'm aware of the legality of emu and roms
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] DrDoctor:
It's only a Google Play alternative.

Thanks, I'll try it when I can!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Decepticaons:
Super GNES lite is free on the market. Tons and tons of games. Im rockin tecmo super bowl 3 as we speak.

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/6020/1352790016228.png
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] DrDoctor:
That doesn't let you save, though, which kind of defeats the purpose.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tjsooley:
Here are some emulators I use. They are no longer on the market. They work well on cm10.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] DrDoctor:
Will they work well on stock?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] crashpsycho:
dont see a reason why not there apk files
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] DrDoctor:
Then why did he specifically say they work well on CM10? Is he saying that they may not run on stock?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tjsooley:
I don't know if they work on stock I don't use stock
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] crashpsycho:
he mentions Cm10 only because he is on the rom and even then its an apk that used to be on the market so is it gonna work with stock Hell Yeah will u get a FC possibly but more then likely not
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] crashpsycho:
if your looks for some good emulaters you can pm me all the emus I got work awesome
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] phantomjerky:
I use SNES A.D. from BSlapps:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bslapps.snes

It works great and has a lot of features. Best of all, it is free. As far as I know, it's only for SNES and not GBA.

I also have the .apk for psx4droid. If you're interested in that, PM me.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WhenBearsReign:
Okay, not sure if this is even possible to do but I'm hoping the XDA'ers might be able to assist. I purchased a new battery for my Nexus S. I plugged the bad-boy in and try turning it on and nothing. I plug it into the wall and try turning it on-- nothing. I try putting the old battery back in.........nothing.....

I then noticed the new battery I purchased is a 1440 mAh and the old battery is 1500 mAh. This is probably something I should have checked before I bought it, and something that now makes me feel like a total idiot. What I'm wondering is could this have a hand in bricking my phone? Is there any way of fixing it? Luckily I have a Nexus 4 on the way (eventually ¬.¬) but I was planning on giving the Nexus S to my girlfriend.

Thanks in advance, guys.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whodisname:
No. This is totally tolerable. +-5% is the least that might cause trouble. Well within tolerances. Charge overnight and if no good then return for replacement.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WhenBearsReign:
Thanks for the quick reply. The issue is that even the old battery which was at ~75% life isn't even working, even while plugged in.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DizturbedOne:
Can't help much, but just so you can be at ease, mah stands for milli-amp hours, and is a measure of capacity, not power put forth. You want to match the voltage to prevent damage.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WhenBearsReign:
At least I've got a Nexus 4 on the way. It just sucks that I can't give this Nexus S to my girlfriend, she's stuck with an iPhone 3G =/
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WhenBearsReign:
As an update, I had it plugged in overnight and still nothing. I had the original battery in.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polobunny:
I'm just thinking you shorted it. It seems to be happening a lot lately in the Nexus S forums when people pull their battery. Haven't seen anyone able to fix it themselves, they usually send it for repair to Samsung. :/
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WhenBearsReign:
That's unfortunate because mine is out of warranty now. Thanks for the help, hopefully I can dispute it with Amazon and at least get the cost of the battery back.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polobunny:
Get in touch with Samsung or even your phone company. You could be surprised at what they have to offer. I've heard of some people getting absolutely free fixing from Samsung (albeit not specifically the Nexus S) when out of warranty.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] frozeninferno:
I have looked all over the internet and all through XDA and I have either not seen it or it isn't there. I am currently running NOVENA on my i717 and I am using the PIN lock. I really liked on other ROMs how I could just type the password and it would automatically unlock. I was wondering if this was a mod that I could put on the phone myself or what I need to do!:confused:

Sorry about another Quick Pin Unlock to the series of questions. :laugh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] UnicornKaz:
you mean to tell me that adding an extra click by pressing the OK button after entering your PIN is such a hassle that it warrant a new MOD ??

Think of it as an extra character ... ie. instead of my usual 8 characters... I now have 9... etc

that was hard !! :confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] frozeninferno:
I wasn't saying at all that its any hard work or anything, because obviously hitting one extra button isn't that hard. I just liked that if you entered it correctly it would just unlock. Personal preference is all. :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Richyrich_one:
This option would allow much easier single handed operation(for right-handers at least) due to the OK placement.
[HTC Rezound] jaredvillhelm2002:
I managed to soft brick my phone or i believe so. I unlocked the bootloader, flashed cwm to the phone, rooted then read that it fails alot with the rezound so i prepped my phone to unroot and remove cwm and install Amon Ra and nodded off to sleep while in the recovery menu... This is where it gets weird... I woke up to my phone like this. I uploaded a picture of the bootloader screen... Its relocked and will not allow me to do jack... Im not the best at development and relatively inexperienced... I desperately need help. Please.
[HTC Rezound] texascfdad:
Well you have hboot so its not bricked. I would pull the battery and then make sure you don't have a ph98img.zip in root of sd. Then put battery back in and see what happens.
[HTC Rezound] jaredvillhelm2002:
When I I rooted my phone i had forgotten to put my sd card in so it rooted using the internal sd. I cannot find external or internal sd card through the bootloader or via usb connection. Here is what the bootloader shows when i try to launch recovery.
[HTC Rezound] Snuzzo:
Reunlock your hboot then try a regular reboot.

Sent from my ADR6425LVW using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[HTC Rezound] jaredvillhelm2002:
I've tried to use hasoon2000's kit to reunlock my phone and to no effect. It cant even locate my device... Here's a screen shot...
[HTC Rezound] darkghost568:
Does the phone say fastboot usb?
[HTC Rezound] jaredvillhelm2002:
When connected to the pc via usb cable yes. My pc however cannot find any files or even recognize the phone as a device. Ive put my microsd card into the reader and it is also completely wiped... nothing...
[HTC Rezound] darkghost568:
Do you have HTC sync installed?
[HTC Rezound] bwthor20:
Have you tried to download a complete RUU in PH98IMG.zip form and see if it will install from the bootloader?

Here is a link...
[HTC Rezound] WeThePeople13:
Flash ruu of your choosing then use the toolbox to install amon ra. When in doubt use ruu to get back to square one. I have had to do it a few times lol.
[HTC Rezound] jaredvillhelm2002:
I've downloaded HTC sync and it's fully updated. I downloaded the 4.0.3.xxxx ph98img.zip from I can't remember where and tried throwing it onto my sd card but when I booted the phone I to hboot it did nothing. I'll try again if someone can guide me through it. And this is my fault for thinking after being out of the tech loop for years that I could jump back in and do a full root and rom flash without much more extensive research. I found out what happened also. My gf was trying to get the phone to turn on and couldn't figure out what was happening and turned out she was playing with the volume rocker and power button. So god knows she may have wiped everything from the inside out...
[HTC Rezound] feralicious:
We've all heard the gf excuse... not gonna fly. :p

You could try reformatting the sd card using your pc and using that one to flash the RUU?
[HTC Rezound] zetsumeikuro:
<3.
[HTC Rezound] Snuzzo:
Not going to pull any punches. 1st off; learn your fastboot commands hassoon's toolkit is for ease of use. 2nd; You were almost there. 3rd; When trying to use fastboot/adb, make sure HTC sync isn't running in the background.

Have it named PH98IMG.zip(watch your filenames, be careful not to name it PH98IMG.zip.zip). But first try reunlocking again and see if you get boot. If you at least get boot animation that tells me you have a working boot partition. If not then you would need to reflash a boot.img. If you are adamant about gaining root, you could have just flashed a custom rom after flashing Amon RA + a data wipe along with proper boot.img in fastboot.