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[General Questions and Answers] jimbobboy:
You are not alone!

Several of us junior members seem to have made the same mistake, and now have dark KF8.9s unreachable by any means. Well, since my device is now bricked, there seems little risk in trying something. I intend to crack the case, remove and replace the battery, and see if I can then communicate and activate fastboot. I have run across mentions of a hard reboot trick involving a USB short. I have not read the details, but it is my impression that this is intended simply to force depletion of the battery, and cause a hard reset. If so, I can achieve the same result with the battery. Any other ideas? A reliable way to recover from this ultimately dire situation would be EXTREMELY valuable.
[General Questions and Answers] telodvon:
I did the same and bricked my KF HD 8.9"

This KFU-version seems to be a real KF 8.9"-killer.

The device does not respond to anything, regardless what I tried. Connecting to a PC does not trigger any reaction - not at pc-side and not at kindle-side. The device is not recognized by the PC in any way. I believe that there is no USB-communication at all. I tried a factory-mode cable and this didn't work, too.

Maybe the shorting trick could work, but one would need to know. where the respective pin is located in the new KFHD 8.9

I do not believe that removing battery power helps. The shorting trick is is not a hard reset, it will force the device booting via USB.

If the KFHD 8.9 is able to do so and if the other tools like Firekit could help then - I do not know...
[General Questions and Answers] mikandlotta:
Any good news? I am just trying to recover from a similar situation...
[General Questions and Answers] sashka_nem:
Unfortunately, no success yet. Please post here if you have any success with the issue :crying::crying::crying:
[General Questions and Answers] Pennycake:
If you guys were talking about Android phones I would think you'd be looking at needing JTAG repair - I'm guessing that it's not all that different for what's basically and Android tablet. Look into that ?

There's the intermediate step of trying a jig - I don't know how this would work for a Kindle Fire, or if it would work with the state that your devices are in.

If there's no way to get it to even turn on, no way to get into download mode (I'd guess it has one ?), I'm guessing a JTAG repair service is your only hope to de-brick it, since that's the last resort when a device is hard-bricked beyond any ability to even turn on.

Sorry I can't be more help, I don't really know anything about the Kindle Fire in particular - but wanted to give you some ideas based on the fact it's basically an Android tablet.
[General Questions and Answers] kevk60:
I just read a thread on XDA dev on how to possibly fix your problem. Look for "How to unbrick Kindle Fire 8.9 without factory cable"
[General Questions and Answers] quasiperfect:
Got root to work on KFHD8.9 but...

I rooted my KFHD 8.9 and got it pretty stable. I think I used bin4ry on win 7. It was very nice.

Then Amazon, in their kindness, sent along OTA 7.3.

I had access but no root. So the first thing I did was 'adb backup -apk -shared -all -f <filename>'

I got back to root yesterday with soupkit (again) on ububtu running under vmware. I got it pretty stable. It was very nice.

But I didn't like the fact that my system partition only had 25MB free.

I read somewhere that you need a non-stock recovery to change the size of the system partion.

I had reason to trust soupkit since it got me to root. so:

[+]=========================================================================[+]

|| Root Plus for second generation Kindle Fires

||---------------------------------------------------------------------------

|| Obtain Root, Google Play, Lockscreen Ad remover & OTA Killer

|| +

|| Bootloader and Recovery Installer

||

|| 1 - Root, install Google Play, Remove ads & Stop OTA updates

|| 2 - Root (only)

|| 3 - Install Google Play only (requires root)

|| 4 - Remove ads & Stop OTA updates only (requires root)

|| 5 - Backup stock system, recovery, and boot partitions (requires root)

|| 6 - Install Bootloader Hack & TWRP Recovery (requires root)

|| 7 - Restore saved partition images (removes TWRP, stack, etc.)

|| 8 - Uninstall Google Play only (requires root)

|| 9 - Restore ads (requires root)

|| 10 - Enable OTA Updates (requires root)

|| U - Update recovery

|| X - Unroot

||

[+]=========================================================================[+]

ADB status: ONLINE

Root status: ROOTED

Please select from the list above: 6

Your device appears to be a *Kindle Fire HD 8.9"*.

If this is correct, enter "1". If not, enter "0": 1

This may take a long time. Be patient.

Backing up the system partition. Please wait...

Then :crying: just an orange screen at power on after a brief kindle logo. OUCH!

Yes. "This may take a long time." ... He was not kidding.
[HTC One S] Btrim14:
Hi All,

So I've got Paranoid Android JB on my HOS and have a question. Usually, or at least on ICS, in the Google Play store there were 3 dots that when click listed something like "My Apps" or gave you some more options. Similarly in the Contacts App, there was an extra menu button that allowed you to edit and delete etc.

Well, I don't seem to have that option. How on earth do I edit a contact or view my installed Apps via the Play Store?
[HTC One S] Darknites:
Not 100% but if it got some kind of toolboox in the settings menu then its in there somewhere under Hardware Keys.
[HTC One S] AKToronto:
If your ROM has AOKP "ROM Control" under Settings, then its under Rom Control, General UI, and all the way at the bottom w "Show Menu UI Overflow"

It has to be somewhere in your settings though.

AKToronto
[HTC One S] Btrim14:
Spot on, thank you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jeweladdict:
Use to have an S2 and it didn't have any issues with my car fob. Now, when i have my note 2 in the same pocket as my car fob, the car won't respond (open doors, start engine). I've turned off NFC and Sbeam, but that didn't help. Any ideas?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] stevessvt:
New battery for the remote??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jeweladdict:
already did that. Was one of the first things I did.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] molesaied88:
what car? i know my brothers 2010 mitsubishi lancer had a keyless entry system, and if the key was too close to your phone it was liable to wipe it. Could be that the antenna of the Note II is more powerful than the S2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jeweladdict:
lexus is350.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mdt73:
I cringed when I realized you keep your phone in the same pocket as your keys...

*Signature blocks shouldn't default to free advertising.*

Sent from my T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 2 via Solavei.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jeweladdict:
I've got a flip cover case :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ady:
Is the car rooted?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] hsvsunshyn:
Car Kies, of course...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrchris1234:
Interesting... I was just thinking that my remotes needed new batteries as they seemed to have very limited distance. I don't keep my phone in my pocket but on a case on my belt within inches of my keys. Even after swapping batteries the remotes are not nearly as effective. So after reading this I walked outside and left the phone in the house and they worked fine. Came back out with the phone next to it and I had to get within 5 feet for the cars to unlock. Both are MB's but ones nearly new the other about 5 years old. I'm going to disable wifi and NFC and see if either makes a difference.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jeweladdict:
yea, reading about it online and it looks like I am not the only one, and I'm lucky to only experience it now. Wonder if a key fob leather case would help...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mdt73:
Did airplane mode or nfc change anything? I don't have any worse range with my fob.

*Signature blocks shouldn't default to free advertising.*

Sent from my T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 2 via Solavei.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eltarod:
Is there a way to have stock camera in CM10?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] jonmanson:
I had a galaxy tab 2 and when I opened a comic with comicrack and took screenshot I could doodle on the screenshot.How do I do this with note tab.Im loving this tablet went through 4 different tablets till I decided on this one.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] HasC:
When you take the screen shot, long press on the screen if you are using the S-pen or the screen capture button on the tablet. When you do this, it will capture your screen and load an in built app that will allow you to doodle/annotate on the image. Unfortunately, there does not seem to be a way to bring this great tool any other way.
[Captivate General] laughingT:
I use my captivate as my primary phone, so am pretty careful about what, when, and how I flash the phone. I see a few people posting problems with CM10 upgrade, even the stable build.

I've found CM10 exceptionally solid during a couple of weeks of use, and thought it might be helpful to share some specifics, if anyone is considering the upgrade but concerned about result.

Here are the details of my upgrade path and config. This JB config has been more stable than the stock GB or Froyo roms I've run on this phone in the past.

I upgraded to CM10 from GB KK4, Corn 7.06a with ext4 filesystem, not rfs). my cappy is August 2011 build date.

files used:

CM10.0

http://get.cm/get/jenkins/12598/cm-10.0.0-captivatemtd.zip

Gapps

http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip

---

sequence used:

1. complete cwm backup, complete TiBU Pro backup, copy both to remote cloud.

2. from cwm, clear both dalvik and system caches, then factory reset.

3. from cwm, flash captivatemtd, twice, then reboot to recovery, flash gapps, then reboot.

4. Restoration:

entered Google accounts profiles.

Rather than batch restore user apps from TiBU, I selectively restored apps from Google Play. Then restored data only for user apps from TiBU.

Significant diffs in beginning of my setup:

1. used TouchPal 5 keyboard. some folks have reported cappy probs with CM keyboard. Touchpal is laggy startup on first use after each boot, but okay afterwards.

2. I prefer GO Launcher Ex to Trebuchet launcher. I also use the Go Contacts app and dialer only because I could not find a way to create speed dials in the dialer included in CM10. If there is a way to create speed dials in the included dialer, I couldn't find it.

3. Settings, performance: Interactive governor, cfq, CPU 100-1000. I ran it with 1200 OC, and while stable, it reduces batt life, so I only switch to OC occasionally. Battery life is about 20% less than GB, but I'm fairly sure it will improve as I tweak it further.

Don't be surprised if it takes a few boots and several hours of use before the cappy really starts running without many lags.

Governor note: JB definitely balks at conservative gov and the default ondemand gov is okay, but interactive seems best. I wish CM included SmartassV2 gov in their kernel - that was best one for me when running GB.

4. I used System Tuner app to disable several apps at startup (ones that don't need it, e.g., Google maps), and to set SD buffer to 1024 instead of default 128. This increases write speed to both internal and external sd by about 30% in sd tools test).

Frozen apps

Apollo

DSP manager

Talk

TalkBack

Disabled startups, these system apps only launch when needed or not at all., the default was launch at boot:

Exchange Services

Gallery

Maps

News and Weather

and also a bunch of user apps that don't need to run at startup (EBay, various games, etc)

hope this is helpful to anyone considering jump to JB via CM10.

Sent from my SGH-I897

edit: added the list of apps frozen or disabled startup at boot. edited links.
[Captivate General] laughingT:
Screenshot

View attachment 1552619

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate General] laughingT:
This speed test result with JB 4.1.2 CM10 @ 6 Mbps download is significantly better than the 3 to 4 Mbps that I got with GB. I don't know how much of this may be due to AT&T network changes versus better network performance with JB. In the screenshot below, my IP address is scratched out for security.

View attachment 1576039

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate General] laughingT:
Re: Jelly Bean: my stable CM10 path with notes

recently flashed Semaphore 2.6.5c and am pleased with the result.

using Semaphore manager to tweak a few things. It has SmartassV2 governor, and SD card read ahead tweaks. OC doesn't seem to work, however.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate General] laughingT:
Re: Jelly Bean: my stable CM10 path with notes

changes, updated from feb 1 post, and written on 4/13.

running cm10.1 nightly, 2013 April 12.

holo launcher hd.

better bean blue/black theme

system tuner pro used to disable many apps at start up and set sd read ahead to 512 on boot completed.

bug that remains since late March nightlies-

custom mp3 ringtones on internal sd don't remain set after boot, even if in auto created ringtone folder. it happens with the regular ringtone in setttings, and with ringtone assigned to a contact. also with alarm tones.

the custom tone assignments are replaced with a series of numbers, or 'unknown ringtone'. i think it is a media storage bug and reported it to nightly thread a week or to ago.

my first solution was to copy the files to system/media/ringtones folder and chmod 644, then set the custom tone assignments for default tone and for various contacts that each have their own custom tone.

it is a pain to repeat those tasks after flashing each rom update, so I've found an easier way to do the workaround-

I add my custom ringtones into the system/media/ringtones folder of the nightly zip file before flashing, and then cwm flash from recovery with sig verification disabled. The custom tone assignments now survive updates and reboots because they are always in the system/media/ringtones folder.
[Captivate General] laughingT:
additional notes-

the migration from cm10.0 to cm10.1 in january was easy. wipe cache and dalvik cache, then flash.

I find the cwm dup format unhelpful for two reasons-

1. the many folders and files under blobs take longer to backup to my cloud storage.

2. if I have removed an app and then do a backup via cwm, then cwm removes the app from the blobs, even if it included in an earlier cwm backup. So restoring from that earlier backup would be incomplete.

I have changed my default cwm backup format to tar, not dup. while this takes more storage space than dup, it ensures that each backup contains all the files needed to restore complete system with all apps.

sent via carrier pigeon, jungle drums and smoke signals.
[Captivate General] laughingT:
Running the April 24th nightly CM 10.1 and am very pleased with the continuous improvements in this Jelly Bean 4.2.2 ROM.

Also switched from TouchPal to SwiftKey, which is better, IMHO.

I also appreciate the well documented change log for each CM nightly. I take a look at the change log before deciding to flash a particular nightly. Unless there are many changes, or a particular change that addresses a noticeable bug, then I'll wait a few days before my next flash.

I am grateful for the work by pawitp and the entire CM team.

sent by the scare crow, tin man, and cowardly lion on the yellow brickfree cm10.1 road.
[Captivate General] x0ne215:
What clock widget is that?
[Captivate General] laughingT:
One More Clock Widget free. It has seventy different clock widgets

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sunnykwong.freeomc

sent by the scare crow, tin man, and cowardly lion on the yellow brickfree cm10.1 road.
[Captivate General] laughingT:
for reference, a list of cm10.1 mounts, excluding individual app license key mounts.

rootfs / rootfs ro,relatime 0 0

tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,nosuid,relatime,mode=755 0 0

devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0

none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0

proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0

sysfs /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0

/sys/kernel/debug /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,relatime 0 0

tmpfs /storage tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=050,gid=1028 0 0

none /acct cgroup rw,relatime,cpuacct 0 0

tmpfs /mnt/secure tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=700 0 0

tmpfs /mnt/asec tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0

tmpfs /mnt/obb tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0

tmpfs /mnt/fuse tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=775,gid=1000 0 0

/dev/block/mtdblock3 /cache yaffs2 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime 0 0

/dev/block/mtdblock5 /radio yaffs2 rw,relatime 0 0

/dev/block/mtdblock2 /datadata yaffs2 rw,relatime 0 0

/dev/lvpool/system /system ext4 ro,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0

/dev/lvpool/userdata /data ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,errors=panic,barrier=1,nomblk_io_submit,data=ordered 0 0

/dev/block/mtdblock4 /efs yaffs2 rw,relatime 0 0

/dev/block/vold/179:9 /storage/sdcard1 vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0

/dev/block/vold/179:1 /storage/sdcard0 vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0

tmpfs /storage/sdcard0/.android_secure tmpfs ro,relatime,size=0k,mode=000 0 0

Sent via Monty Pythons Flying Circus
[Captivate General] laughingT:
well, now I have blown it. my speaker went fluky. fixed it once with taking cappy apart and fixed, by the screw adustment. a month later, when it started failing, I took it apart again and attempted to fix it again, this time by releasing the speaker cable from the duaghter board to reseat the cable.

the problem, with aging and possibly heat, the connector release was so brittle that it just crumbled. so, I now have a speakerless, vibratorless cappy. otherwise, phone is good, works well, including ear speaker. I get ringtones via bluetooth headset or wired headset.

jeez. well, two years of good use, contract is up in October.

Sent via Monty Pythons Flying Circus
[Captivate General] thebulletfromhell:
Well, its been 8 month, and you haven't encountered the Encryption bug, so thats a blessing there XD. Put the board up for sales here as a replacement for borked Internal SD devices
[Captivate General] laughingT:
thanks, but not for sale.

Sent via Monty Pythons Flying Circus
[Galaxy S II General] edumartini:
Hola Buenas tardes a todos.

Mi problema es el siguiente. He actualizado mi I9100 (S2) al 4.1.2, y resulta que me sale el (pin de desbloqueo de red de sim) he intentado varios programas de play store pero nada mi sigue saliendo el mensaje!!!! Hay alguien que lo paso lo mismo y lo soluciono .????

Porfavor necesito ayuda..:crying:

Muchas gracias a todos
[Galaxy S II General] frnkly:
this is a english forum please use translator
[Galaxy S II General] Nyssa1104:
english please or add translation with post..
[Galaxy S II General] graffixnyc:
One of the rules of the forum is you must post in English.

Thread closed
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tammyjustin:
I'm a loyal sprint customer, but about sick of this. ..close to two years of crap
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
And making a thread about it and complaining is magically going to make you service better.have you even tried getting a airwave that thing works magic for inside your home.

Here just to make you feel a bit worse....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tammyjustin:
Lol...just pissy I guess
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Like I just commented . if this is inside your house or just your overall coverage at your city/town I would suggest to switch companies or something. Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] m20120:
Your speeds look similar to what I get in NoVa. There is already a thread dedicated to this topic... no need for another.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tammyjustin:
Didnt know sorry
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdealers:
Hold out a bit longer. Once you get 4g in your area you'll be glad you stayed with sprint.

Sent from my GS3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DirtyShroomz:
2 years is loyal? That's just one contract term you agreed to. Let us know when you're at 10 years.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
How about 16, like me and for those 16 I've had 3 or more lines open, currently at 5 lines

Sent from my hand to your eyes!

Samsung: Intercept, Galaxy S2, Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 2, Nexus10

HTC: EVO4g, EVO 3d

LG: Optimus G, Nexus 4

Asus: Nexus7

Motorola: Photon

Amazon: Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD

We are legion, for we are many!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tammyjustin:
10 plus years...2yrs of crap service
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Mines the opposite. 10 years of crap service, now decent service. They added a tower in my area in 2010. Been with Sprint since 1999.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] m20120:
I have been with Sprint since '98 and I have been very happy with my service until the last couple of years... seems to be about when the iPhone arrived at Sprint (coincidence?).

I am still very happy with the voice service, reasonably happy with the price but the data network has gone to crap. If I did not have Wifi at home and work (where I spend most of my time) I would not be able to stand it. It was good for a little while when I could get Wimax on my Evo in spots. Now that I have upgraded to the S3 I am playing the waiting game again... wondering when Sprint will fix the 3G and bring LTE. I am patient and I will stick by Sprint for a while longer... no way I am going to VZ or ATT. Not sure which is worse. Not sure TMO is an option for me either.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Been with them since 09. Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Visionikz03:
Haven't u heardView attachment 1553817! Just like jobs u gotta move where the network performs lol :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LexLuger82:
In 6 years lol
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Vaizen:
Thanks to Ticklefish for redirecting me to the Tickle my android thread. After a long struggle with my PC and the tool finally I was able to do a modification that works ando doesn't leave the stock battery percentage.

This is my first work, What I present here are 4 mods taken from TMA and compiled by me for the Xperia T

ICS Version

Download Links

Stencil Battery: http://db.tt/M8GFrokP

Blue Circle White text: http://db.tt/bCVdaAZg

Circle by Hoolm: http://db.tt/yMHKrFTM

Full Circle: http://db.tt/gJfMQdMw

Minimal Circle: http://db.tt/n8nrhr02

JB Version

Stencil Battery

Circles By Hoolm

Full Circle

Minimal Circle (This time I've increased the size of the battery circle because the default size was too small for me, See Screenshots to spot the difference)

Bue Circle White Text

To Install Just flash it via CWM

Always make a backup of your ROM so in case of any errors, you have a point to go back. I'm not responsible of any damage you do to your device.

FOR JELLYBEAN MODS

It is recommended that you flash recoba23's small buttons and gregbradley's version of peetr_'s lidroid mod before flashing any of JB Mods, this mod will not reset your navigation buttons to big size, so no worries

.

Always it's recommended to wipe cache and dalvik before flashing

PS: Stencil battery does have a charging icon but it doesn't show up and i don't know why, nontheless it works perfectly.

Mnimal Circle DOES NOT have a charging icon/animation.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Ticklefish:
Have you tried Tickle My Android? :)
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Vaizen:
No, what's that?

Edit: by looking at your signaturre i discovered what it is. Interesting will give it a try
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Ticklefish:
tinyurl.com\ticklemyandroid

It's a theming tool that has several different battery icons, as well as other things, to choose from.

I'm sure it'll have an icon you'll like.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Vaizen:
Been trying to use the tool but it keeps saying that i don't have java installed and in fact i do have it so i don't know what is the problem?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Ticklefish:
You haven't got the full java installed. You need to get the latest version from www.java.com

If you just can't get it to work, I'm happy to do the mod for you. But try to get it to work first!