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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sW333t11:
Hi guys,

I'm pretty sure I soft bricked my s3, upon reboot I get the samsung logo followed by a black screen with the bootloader sound in the background. I have looked into "unbricking" guides, but I can't follow them correctly because of the problem I wil explain below.

The main issue here is that I can't get a PC or Mac to read my phone, so technically I can't unbrick it until i solve this issue. On PC, I have installed the correct drivers multiple times without success, and as for Mac I am using Android File Transfer.app which was working for me fine up until I soft bricked. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I've had this phone for 12 hours and now I can't use it lol.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xSpeced:
Kies firmware fix? There's this re-inisitalization for firmwares on kies if you don't wanna mess with Odin and whatnot.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sW333t11:
The only problem with this is that my phone doesn't even show up on Kies.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sW333t11:
bump.

still can't figure this out.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcos600rr:
Use a jig to force it to downlod mode find a friends pc with windos and flah it via odin mac have a serius problem with androids
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sW333t11:
I do have a mac, but have tried the PC way via VMWare with no success. But I guess there's not harm in trying it on another computer. Will report back
[Legend Themes and Apps] OZNER93:
I found the boot animation of jelly bean for MDPI devices. It was made for galaxy ace but I tried it and works for our legend.(I have cm9 beta 8 and unlocked hboot) Here is the link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28252828
[Legend Themes and Apps] subyf:
thanks.... will give a try ;)
[About XDA developers] Min3r:
Hey guys,

For the past few days, Ive been getting issues whenever I try to post threads/messages or reply to them. I tried both Quick Reply & Advanced Reply same story. Further tested with changing the theme from XDA 2013 - 1024 to XDA Classic and also tried switching browser from Chrome to IE10 and still same issue :( Basically, when I click submit, the loading of page seems to progress forever till the error message comes saying Server sent no reply data :( Its been bugging me for days and its annoying as hell :(

2 Points to note :

I might have issue posting to a specific thread for hours but I can post in other threads quite easily. After a while, I will be able to post again to the thread which I previously had issues.

I dont think I've made any changes my side and after trying 2 different browsers as well as different themes, I think its a problem on the Server itself :(

Hope the Site Devs can fix this soon :) Thanks in Advance and Keep up the Good Work :D

Cheers & Happy New Year :)
[About XDA developers] BigBroham1984:
+1 Same here
[About XDA developers] Deadly:
His problem is different.. yours is because of 10 post count.. read rules.. you will understand.. now you have 11.. so you have ability to post in development section now..

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If you want to borrow money, get it from a pessimist
[About XDA developers] Min3r:
Just to confirm, Tried another computer and same issues :(
[About XDA developers] Deadly:
I think you should contact admins here..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1976627

Give details with links to threads where you are not able to post and when it happened etc..

Hope it will get solved..

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If you want to borrow money, get it from a pessimist
[About XDA developers] Min3r:
Thx :p I forgot all about that thread when I replied ;( Thx mate ;)
[About XDA developers] pranavs7:
same problem

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i am having the same problem:crying:
[About XDA developers] Deadly:
You sure its same issue?:confused:

Because you don't have 10 posts.. so you don't have permission to post in development section threads.. if you got problems in that section.. then its common.. if you got problems while replying in other section then contact mods.. see link in above posts .. I think its just 10 post rule you missed..

Now that you have 10.. you can post anywhere..

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“If you wait to do everything until you’re sure it’s right, you’ll probably never do much of anything.” –Win Borden
[About XDA developers] Min3r:
Ps any update on my problem ? I posted this long ago in the Thread to notify Staff and absolutely no replies :( Just went ignored :( I know its not the staff's fault but if they could take alook at it when they get a chance, would be grateful :p
[About XDA developers] kelvin99:
i think that problem is in the server and it is inevitable...because we so many users in here...
[About XDA developers] the_scotsman:
Hmmmm...this is strange. Apologies for no one having tried to help sooner. I'll see what we can do :)
[About XDA developers] Min3r:
Thanks for the albeit delayed feedback :) just in case it helps, I noticed that it depends in some way on the message content or the title. If I start a new page and retype (not copy paste) the same thing, it won't work :( sometimes changing the title helps and other times, the message itself... In the case of posts, if I can't post a certain message, copy pasting and then adding it via a quick edit works :) but if it doesn't, then same issue will show in normal reply.. I confirmed that its browser and platform independent and also, I didn't accidentally add any Unicode characters :(

Hope the above might give a clue what the issue is :) thanks in advance :p

Cheers
[About XDA developers] bitpushr:
I have't heard this error reported elsewhere, it sounds like a network issue possibly.

Have you tried on another connection?
[About XDA developers] Min3r:
I considered the possibility but I'm mostly at college and only one ISP here plus it's not exactly reproducible so I couldn't find out about that :( if it's a network issue, any idea why it occurs ? I only see this issue on xda,ie, I can read posts and all, make different replies etc but specific messages won't work ( at sometimes and work fine later) :( and same issue with browsing in iPad so can't see why or how I'm getting this error :( and it's been bugging me for ages popping up for so long. Again, hope you have any advice :)

Thanks for the quick reply

Cheers
[About XDA developers] mrjraider:
No issue here. ;)

Sometimes loading seems to take a while but the pages are loading correctly :)
[About XDA developers] thesellerfrank:
I've seen in the past weeks that sometimes this forum taking long before it load, maybe due to lot of traffics from readers...

Hopefully some issues from other user will be fixed!
[About XDA developers] sununs11:
+1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] P2o8wer:
Has anyone notice the L button doesn't work every time you press it? I called verizon they said it's a known issue. my white n2 worked perfect. Now the grey one has that problem.. Press on the L key real fast and u will see what I mean . it doesn't register every time. I don't have to do it real fast for it not to work on mine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DaRkL3AD3R:
So this is a wierd situation for me. My old Thunderbolt had this exact same problem, certain keys would not register most of the time, and I'm pretty darn sure L was one of them. When I downloaded this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.batterypoweredgames.mtvistest&hl=en and tried pressing on the screen where my L key generally is, I could see what was going on. Something was wrong with the digitizer or how the software was interpreting the input.

Now this is where I got scared. You are not the first person to talk about this problem with the Note 2, and when I tried it after reading the first post a few weeks ago, I too was having the problem. It was about in the same spot as the L key. And sure enough when I opened up the touch visible app and checked that spot there was something wrong. There was like a dead spot in the shape of a circle in that area. Now I don't know what happened to it, but that was on stock unrooted. Once I unlocked and installed Jelly'Beans' the problem went away and I haven't had it since... knock on wood.

If it's software then whatever, software can be fixed easily. Hardware though.... ugh I do not want to replace this thing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] s10sdeville:
Hmmm I hope I dont have this problem, that exact thing happened on my thunderbolt also and drove me nuts it just started one day always had to use in landscape thats why I got the note 2...hopefully its just some sorta software issue
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] johnwaynegacy:
I had this problem on my rezound, I replaced the digitizer twice.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] adrynalyne:
Surely after the first digitizer you realized that wan't the problem?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] johnwaynegacy:
Actually I thought I messed up the first one, there was dust under it and I took it back off by prying instead of taking the phone apart. It also worked if I rotated the phone 180 degrees
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DaRkL3AD3R:
I noticed the same thing with my Thunderbolt. If I put the phone in landscape those dead spots worked just fine using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.batterypoweredgames.mtvistest&hl=en to see if the screen was registering. This lead me to believe it was a software issue, and it unfortunately was never resolved.

Thankfully though I am not on the Note 2 and am not experiencing and screen dead spots, yet (knock on wood)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] heatpipe:
Just out of curiosity...are any of you using the Otterbox Defender? I have the dysfunctional 'L' key, and I think it's because the screen protector built into the case is raised at the edge of the screen. When I take it out of the case, I never get the 'L' key problem. Oh, and also the backspace key as you've noted. LOL I'm just glad I'm not alone.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jaisan72980:
Ok I need help i have just Unlocked my prime , and I have a lot of questions. First let me say Im aking because i have already researched so please no smart a$$ comments! I am on ICS .28

1) what do I do next?

2) do i need to root or do the roms give me root

3) do i need to do nv flash i looked at the instructions and im lost.

4) I dont have any other progrms so not sure what i need

5) do I install clockwork recovery mod or twrp does it matter?

I really need help to make my prime great , please help!!!!!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Restorer:
Simple advice: read more! The questions you ask are all very basic and have been answered in depth on this forum. It is really important you understand what you are doing before proceeding further since Asus in their wisdom have adopted a policy which makes their devices particularly easy to brick.

It is a very good thing you are on ICS so whether you find it difficult or not your first step must be to understand and implement NVFlash. This is your insurance policy and you really should go no further without it :).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Jgrimoldy:
Why exactly did you unlock your Prime? What was the limitation or the roadblock that you ran into that unlocking solved?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] whycali:
did you miss this part "to make my prime great"?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Jgrimoldy:
Actually, I saw that. I was a little curious about specifics. Among the countless threads of folks bricking their Primes, it's amusing to read a justification of "to make it great".
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Rydian:
I partially unlocked in order to replace the stock ROM with one that didn't have a gimped download manager. The default download manager will give a fake error and then actively delete the file upon completing any .APK (yes, it judges on the extension) download from a website that doesn't give it specific headers, which is used to stop people from pirating apps via common file sharing sites (which are not set to give these headers)... but also stops a lot of normal android dev page downloads from working as well (for example emulator programs not available in the market).

Previously I needed to download things with Opera (which has it's own download manager and thus doesn't pass files to the stock one) in order to get around this anti-piracy code, but that's just a chore. After swapping ROMs, I haven't had that happen (though the ROM I swapped to forgot to remove similar protection on bluetooth files, which I'm going to report now as soon as I get 10 damn posts).

Also when I updated to Jelly Bean, I lost root (Voodoo root keeper was used but it failed, read around to see I'm not the only one that had the root backup wiped out when doing the official Jelly Bean upgrade), and so far unlocking in order to be able to flash custom updates is the only way to regain it.

Anyways the OP will want to install some recovery.flash thing like TWRP so they can flash their own files to the ROM, like the su binary, which is needed to root.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] boxerlover02:
Was wondering before I go to best buy and return my note. Does anybody else's speaker sound distorted almost like its blown? Ring tones are by far the worst. It was something I noticed like 3 days ago but didn't pay attention to it much, but after like 3-4 people mentioned it last night I think the speaker might be borked
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Sher The Love:
Mine distorts sometimes if the volume is all the way up on certain games or songs. Otherwise I don't have any issues.

Edit: For the centaurus ring tone, it distorts on the highest and second highest volume settings. This is my third note, they've all had similar issues. I just think Samsung amplified the speaker to more than it can handle and is only noticeable on certain songs
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] LittleRedDot:
Mine too, but it's barely there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kcsakenn:
I can't say I've really noticed much in terms of distortion on my Note II... the speaker is definitely louder than my S III though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] 4u2nvinmtl:
I just traded my Nexus 4 for a Note 2 and the only thing I don't like is the speaker 90% of my ring tones now sound like SH*T... I thought for sure the person who traded my the Note 2 blew out the speaker. But now that I read a lot of people having problems at max vol I guess i shouldn't try to replace the speaker...

FYI best trade I ever made for a phone :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pantapanta1:
Hello!

I just bought my note ii and the phone its awesome! I just wanna ask if there is a problem charging the phone overnight?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naztybox:
No. It will be fine. That what I do all the time when battery hits 1%
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylec:
No problem. I charge every night regardless of percentage.

Although if it's like 90 or higher i just leave it til next day.

I like to make sure i have a full battery each day instead of charging as little as possible like other people
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rptoma:
Hello!

I have a Galaxy S3 9300 Vodafone Romania . I have rooted my device with Odin, then I have flashed via CWM SuperNexus 5.

Now I would like to unroot my device and go back to the stock Samsung ROM.

I have tried to remove the counter ( 1 ) with TriangleAway but it won't reset it to 0. It remains 1. Is this beacuse of SuperNexus 5? Do I have to be on the stock Samsung rom?

Can I directly flash the stock rom via CWM?

Please help me!

I want to unroot it and don't know how to get rid of that counter!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcos600rr:
Some devices need to have the stock boot image to erase counter im having the same isue!!!! When i flash the stock boot image and use triangle away it stays in 0 in the counter flash that happens when you have jb bootloader

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To unroot theres an long method that i have manage to do to achieve counter 0 and fully stock with any rom need more help pm me!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WannabeDeveloper:
flash stock rom with root and then Triangle Away and then flash stock, worked for me
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lord12:
Hey!

First of all, sorry for my english there will be some failures in the text below.

Here we go, thats what happened:

1) I updated the firmware on my Stock Galaxy I9300 with Kies to Android 4.1.2

All works great the first day.

Next day the power-on button was nearly without function:

no menue appears (restart,shutdown, offline mode, ...) when pressing it and no screen off function. Only shutdown works by

pressing the button longer.

After restart, all works correct for short time (30min - 3h)

2) I read in the internet that a factory reset helps and after a update it is recommended to do this. So i pressed the volume up button + home

button + power off/on and made a factory reset in the menue.

Since i've done this, the power off/on button works correct (menue appers, screen of function works)

BUT

now my home button don't work anymore. Without any function. Can't wake up my phone or go to the Homescreen.

Yesterday the home button suddenly works correct for a short time (a few minutes)

Really strange is, that when i do something on the phone, sometimes the phone switch to the task manager menue short time (like i was

pushing the home button long time)

I don't know what i should do now, i made 2 factory resets and it doesn't help. (realy annoying to make all settings/apps again after reset)

I think there are more users with this problem. Some of them wrote a factory reset helps

Maybe flash with odin (But i don't know whether it helps and how to do this) And also flashing = no waranty

Please can somebody give me a hint to solve this problem?

Thanks for your answeres,

Best Regards
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lord12:
Please can someone help me.

Any ideas?

If not i've to flash or send in the phone (this means 3 weeks no Phone :crying: )
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcly:
Download the same firmware from sammobile and flash it using odin. Factory reset, bit if the problem persists, I'd send it off to samsung
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lord12:
Thanks for your response.

My problem now is that i cant flash my phone because if i go to dowload mode then i am asked to press volume up to enter dowload mode or volume down to restart. If i press up or down it doesnt matter, i cant do anything. No restart no dowload mode :/ i stack in the menue till i restart the phone.

In the recoery menue the volume buttons work.

Nothing than troubles with my phone (had it already 1 time to repair)

I think i will use my phone from now on without the home button. Dont want to send it back and w8t another 3 weeks to get it back.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcly:
If you don't mind treading the rooting methods, install exynosabuse app from chainfire to root your device and try use mobile odin instead? I thought your buttons do work on occasion but can't say much else.

If you wish to keep everything clean, I'd say send it to samsung and see what they can do..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lord12:
thank you for your help!

The way with exynosabuse app and mobile odin and then flashing the phone would probably help, but it is to risky for me.

I will w8t for the next KIES update.

If it solves my problems it is great, if not i will send my phone to samsung.

By the way, do you know when samsung releases a new update für the S3?

Now i've the 4.1.2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcly:
Won't be for quite some time I'd say.. though they have the LLA firmware, that's still 4.1.2..

I guess they'd update once they fix the sudden death issue.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Humpie:
At the galaxy tab10.1 section I found out that it was actually possible to enable the CRT animation on a bigger tablet.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1849978

Could someone try out if this also works on our xoom and make a special zip file for that?

It would be very awesome!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
Thread also available at rirozizo.blogspot.com

you can see all the details here, but i changed the kernel, so... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1320941

Features:

Credits & Thanks:

How To:

FAQ

Known Issues:

You tell me!

Porting Issues:

DownLoads:

how to download this and not get me into closing my account for traffic:

and now...

SIGPICS!

:D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HTCDreamOn:
Still into Gingerbread :) ?

People / devs are still into CM7 then, eh? Looks good, the features list is pretty extensive :D . Why some thanks to Microsoft? Did you compile it on Windows or something?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
i ported it using my windows pc :P

and actually i think I'm the only one here still interested in CM7 :)

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i didn't mean to mock you or to offend you in any kind of way
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kamau79:
downloading rom now

Going to flash this tonight or tomorrow, something old but new love it. I been trying to get into porting roms also, so if you know any good instructions to help please post. Also keep up the good work, I mean some people still use windows xp and ubuntu 9.04. :laugh:

update: just flashed rom and loving it. Seems fast and snappy, and feels very stable so far.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] demkantor:
On this phone I almost always am running gingerbread so I guess there is two of us left!

Thanks for bringing in another option!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Palingenesis:
Download link will not work.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] danow11:
Gonna try this one out too! glad to know there are people out there still active on gb development.

is there any way that I can disable the track pad unlock?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
uhhh... working here, can anyone

post a mirror, i'm still not on my PC

yes, settings-absolution-cyanogenmod settings-and somewhere in the lockscreen options

EDIT: i still haven't switched hw acc on, and disabled cpu rendering, i just tested it on subway surfers and the game has less lag, so i'll do it today.

two ways to do it: update the ROM and upload it (will take a day) or make a "patch" and release it today.

you decide.

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i didn't mean to mock you or to offend you in any kind of way
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Palingenesis:
Physical buttons are too bright.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
that is something i don't know how to fix, the only way is to enable the statusbar brightness option, and use that for brightness, that way the physical buttons will follow screen brightness.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] danow11:
Looked through the settings you said along with any others and still had no such luck, maybe im just an idiot.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] strawmetal:
I'm on gingerbread too...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Palingenesis:
There is an app called TwitchTV, on ICS and jellybean, I am able to watch 720p video. However, on gingerbread, I can only watch up to 360p. Anyway to change that?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rirozizo:
probably yes by enabling hardware acceleration.

i can't upload a patch now, I'll try either tomorrow or Saturday, but if u know how to enable it, try it for yourself :)

EDIT: weirdly tried it now, unfortunately i don't know edify scripting, so i couldn't do it. can anyone do the patch for me? i'll give the iinfo about the patch once someone responds.

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i didn't mean to mock you or to offend you in any kind of way
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Palingenesis:
I have no idea how to do it. :( I hope you figure it out. :D

Edit: there is a script called pimp my rom that has "enable hardware acceleration" option, I enabled it but I have no idea how to tell if it is working. The 720p playback on TwitchTV is still not working. I can only watch 360p or less.