yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamersipaq:
I'll check to make sure that these don't contain any personal or private info and if not I'll pull them for you guys.

Also, please stop bricking your devices trying to tether... Try this: it works for moto phones, and it's just a SQL db hack which disables entitlement checking on the stock hotspot app so you can use it to tether. Worst case is it doesn't work and you undo the changes, or the files don't exist

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1981625

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Also, I get the first 7 mounts. Why do you need a backup of system and recovery?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zachariahpope:
As far your concern with personal data, I fully understand. However the only partition that would even hold ANY form of data whatsoever is the userdata.img and no one is going to ask for that. We only need those core files Kado01 mentioned to run a stock MJ2 system. If we run an older system.img with the new MJ2 baseband, then wifi and Bluetooth functionality will be lost. As for recovery.img that's just the stock android recovery that you access by pressing power & volume up when your phone is off. Its essential to the whole package in case anyone runs into a bootloop. And needs to factory reset. ..As with the tether, I actually started sifting through various database edits such as the Motorola Tether exploit, but there was only one value to change for tethering and somehow it always reverted back to the original value on reboot. I'm a small developer myself I have one rom on XDA for the LG G2 already that's pretty popular. The problem is, every firmware for the Strat II so far has allowed you to backwards flash so to speak to earlier firmwares. MJ2 is different because the ABOOT.mbn file (bootloader) file is set so that no other previous modem.Img or NON-HLOS.bin (whichever image Samsung phones use for modem) cannot be re-written unless it's signed as a newer modem update, not older. (Actually, ODIN WILL let you flash an old baseband, but doing so yields complete bricking.. You can't flash past the ABOOT.MBN file if you're on MJ2 already.. The signature check on the bootloader is strict and locked. Also for anyone with bricked wifi/bluetooth this is due to flashing an older ODIN .Tar package that only contained a system.img.ext4, and no baseband files. The only thing that can bring back your wifi & bluetooth is the same MJ2 firmware package that the full brick users need UNLESS you modify your build.prop & system.prop files to show matching pre MJ2 firmwares and basebands.(Then you can capture an OTA update). The way that we all got into this mess is because we (in my case my mom) took an OTA update in December, hence all the bricked Strat IIs in January that used the Odin downloader root method. Your discovery of the SafeRoot method for SCH-I415 is actually pretty crucial for any further development of this phone. You have no idea how many bricks that has prevented/ will prevent... All of this added to the fact that Verizon's changelog didn't note any "security enhancements" or "internet security enhancements" has screwed a lot of folks..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamersipaq:
Gotcha. Stupid question but when you're modifying the databases, are you mounting system / required position as RW?

I was more so just curious about why system and recovery was wanted.

Yeah, I hate Verizon and am moving back to att this month. Glad I could help with root for you guys. I always thought the strat 2 didn't get the cred it deserved.

Kinda of topic but we should also check that there were no changes to /persist in the last update...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamersipaq:
If you got it to work, and all your issue is that it resets on reboot, why not just save a copy of the modified db onto your SDcard and run a script using init.d to replace the "reset" file with your modified file from your SDcard at bootup. With init, it would only be a headache once. then awesomesauce.

My init.d sets up cron and crontab, changes entropy settings, and runs busybox's fstrim once a day with reboot to mimick what the nexus devices do with TRIM as of 4.2. Was a little annoying to set up, but now it's all on auto... you don't even need init kernel support, look at "Universal Init" on the playstore.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zachariahpope:
I did mount system when I modified the DB which I want to say was in some strange location in the framework-res file & nowhere in the settings or settings-storage where I expected it to be. As far as init.d, that's actually a great idea... the start up script might would have done the trick but I just opted to downgrade it to MF1 since it was my moms phone, and all she wanted was a working tether plus I knew tether previously worked on MF1... I just wish I would have known more about MJ2s lockdowns before I sent her phone to its death bed lol...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamersipaq:
LOL, well if you get it working, think about init.d... I didn't think the stock hotspot app would touch framework-res... hmm... perhaps there's another db like in the link i shared... dunno.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zachariahpope:
Well with my LG rom for instance, I just modified the hotspot.apk to skip the provision check... I caught myself looking throughout the Strat II system, but there's just no actual hotspot apk.. just an icon in your app drawer that takes u to settings. So I'm thinking it is built into framework
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamersipaq:
Hey,

Kind of a random thought, but instead of trying to pull all these files, would it be easier / more beneficial to modify the build.prop?

I can modify the build.prop and pull all of the update images from ma3 up... that way we'll have them. I can pull them from cache. that way we'll have them.

What do you think?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zachariahpope:
You could and I appreciate the thought but that's not gonna do any good for bricks on MJ2
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colopedo:
So..i got confused...is dreamesripac sending the files to kado ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbrayut:
I came across this thread looking for a CM 11 ROM for the SCH-I415, but looks like it hasn't been ported yet. My wife has one and it has been a bit sluggish, so I was planning on loading a new ROM to speed things up. I saw the request for a dump of the stock I415VRBMJ2 files and figured I'd lend a helping hand.

After doing a factory reset I used SafeRoot to install SuperUser, and then ran the adb commands to export the image files. I uploaded them to a web server, and they can be downloaded here:

www theg2.net/android/SCH-I415_I415VRBMJ2_DD_Images.zip

I probably can only keep them up there for a few weeks, but that should be enough for someone else to download and/or mirror them.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamersipaq:
YOU ROCK MAN!! I got home from work about an hour ago and pulled the images too. Went here to ask if anyone knew where I could host them, and you beat me to it :)

I'm pulling yours now in case they're needed later so I have a copy if anything. Probably better that you pulled then since my /system wasn't stock.

Regarding your wife's phone, take a look at greenify with the xposed module/xposed, app quarantine, and setting up fstrim and entropy settings using init.d and cron. Made my wife's phone fly. Let me know if you need instructions or help setting up. Will be pretty close in speed to cm but more stable. As a plus, xposed modules give you some nice settings to tinker with that custom rooms have.

On a side note... Being on call sucks!!! Since i got some free time thanks to you I'm off to fix a leaky window :( later...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kado01:
Thanks to gbrayut.

For now, I have created a MJ2 tar package for Odin3 that contain kernel / recovery / baseband / system. (not contained bootchain and bootloader)

On MF1, it can update to MJ2 with keeping bootloader.

(If using CWM, please backup /dev/block/mmcblk0p18 in advance)

Since I have not update to MJ2 bootloader yet, it has not tested on MJ2 bootloader.

Please try, for people who have issue after MJ2 update.

I415VRBMJ2_system_rooted.tar

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BytbaB5uKpOZdFRad1hUdjZaMk0/edit?usp=sharing

I will continue try to analyze MJ2 bootloader.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kado01:
It is a bad news.

My phone has totally bricked.

I have updated bootchain and bootloader by dd.

It was successful.

And I reverting bootchain and bootloader to MF1.

When rebooting, phone was became unresponsive completely...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colopedo:
Wow...I am sorry to hear that kado01. If I can help in any way let me know because u have been such a big help to me. I can confirm that your most recent tar for us mismatched mj2 badebaners works perfectly! Thank u so much for sacrificing your gone to help us all.

U said it was for those on mf1 but I'll add that it skso worked for those with a ma3 mismatch...just in time for valentines day so a new gone is. Off the shopping list thanks to u and gbraybut!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
[MENTION=1779880]kado01[/MENTION] here's an unbrick thread for the sgsiii with instructions on creating an unbrick file

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2549068

(tl;dr, have someone make you this dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/storage/sdcard1/debrick.bin bs=1024 count=81920)

You should be able to debrick completely after getting booted up with this

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48743435&postcount=2
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Could someone with MJ2 on their phone please create an unbrick file for [MENTION=371032]kad[/MENTION]01?

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/storage/sdcard1/debrick.bin bs=1024 count=81920 on the command line should do it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kado01:
Thanks for help and very interesting information.

I thought until yesterday that jtag is only way to fix my phone.

I checked the information about unbrick. I think it is probable.

I should have tried this method in advance.

But I can not self backup now. I am hoping that someone can provide me an unbrick image.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zachariahpope:
This unbricked me! THANK YOU SO MUCH <333
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ianisthewalrus:
usb in early versions?

hi guys, i am wondering if someone with the original default os can check if usb otg host is working. all the info i can find online says it supports it, but i am unable to get it working on mf1 with kados oc kernel. i have tried 2 different otg adaptors and an mhl hdmi adaptor to no avail.

anyone got any hints or info on this?

thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ianisthewalrus:
instability

hello again,

im noticing a fair amount of instability in my phone as of late. ocasionally it just freezes up. for the most part, it happens on file opperations, which is concerning. local coppies or writes happen fairly frequently, but it happens at around 90% of the time if i am hooked up to my computer with the data cable. occasionally these are caused by stock android apps requesting root privlages, and superuser just keeps asking until it locks up and freezes, evenif you select to remember your choice. is anyone else experiencing this? could this be related to the oc kernel i have installed? ive tried underclocking it, but it doesnt fix it. does anyone have a stock kernel i can flash?

thanks!

EDIT: i have noticed i allowed datacrate in super user. disalowing it again brings the superuser popups back when copying files and freezes the phone. i assume it was just requesting root access before and locking the phone even tho it was allowed? anyone have any ideas about this? thanks again.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xbaba:
Looks like that together with kado01's phone the whole thread died :(

I'm also wondering what happened to the efforts of porting CM to it...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gagome_Smirnja:
OK, finally I got my hands on a Stratosphere II with stock MJ2 installed.

I have rooted it using saferoot.

And then I run the following command:

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/storage/extSdCard/div/debrick.bin bs=1024 count=81920
81920+0 records in
81920+0 records out
83886080 bytes transferred in 7.578 secs (11069685 bytes/sec)

I have shared this file (zipped to make it smaller; it is still 26 MB large) using my SugarSync account:

https://www.sugarsync.com/pf/D6851824_96718839_29823

I hope kado01 can unbrick his phone now.

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Hi kado01.

See my previous post.

I have shared an unbrick file.

Hopefully you are now able to unbrick your phone.

And please keep up the great work you have done so far.

Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oface82:
Hey guys! Just wanted to say that even though I've only one posted to the thread a couple times, I've been following closely since the beginning. It would a real shame for the thread to die now, especially with everything you guys have accomplished on a phone that's been completely ignored by 99.99% of the device world.

Kado, I might actually even have an upgrade coming on a spare line I've got. If that's what it would take to keep you on the team I would consider using it for a free strat and lending it to you on a semi permanent basis.

I've actually been on a deodexed version of MF1 for a while by teaching myself about smali and baksmali but the tw-framework is a real bear. Just saying that I'm sure there are more people out there like me following and not saying much so don't assume interest is dead
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kado01:
Many thanks for your help.

Unfortunately, my bricked Strat2 has no response when using that image.

It might not able to unbrick method..?

However, I have got two Strat2 now. (MJ2 and LJ2)

I am going to report results of some tries on new bootloader, soon.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oface82:
Well I'm sorry to hear about the first phone but glad to hear you got another! You've definitely been the guy leading the charge on this and we appreciate it. I've actually begun taking classes in development since having the phone but am sorry to say that my education is not yet at the point that I can make my very useful. Let us if we can help in any way

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Just out of curiosity (and because I'm sure there's an answer I'm not thinking of), why the concern over unlocking the MJ2 bootloader at all? We've already determined that the MF1 bootloader can be maintained under MJ2 system so why not just do that? Though I'll agree that when I odined that combo the system didn't seem as stable as it could have been. I odined back to MD1 after that anyway because I forgotten to back up my recovery first anyway.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gagome_Smirnja:
To bad that image didn't work. Is there anything else I can extract from the phone which might be helpful?

And it is great you are back!

One question about your MJ2 package with the MF1 bootloader:

When I backup the CWM recovery how do I reinstall it after I used Odin to update the phone to MJ2 with MF1 bootloader?

With a dd command?

Or only with adb flash recovery?

Or is there another method?

Or is it dangerous to restore the CWM recovery image?

Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kado01:
As simple method, please use dd.

However, it will not check version. If you flash recovery for different bootloader, phone will be soft-brick. (in this case, re-flash recovery via Odin)

Most safe method, please use loki_flash. (attached)

adb push loki_flash /data/local/tmp/
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/loki_flash
adb push I415MF1_cwm.lok /data/local/tmp/
adb shell su -c "/data/local/tmp/loki_flash recovery /data/local/tmp/I415MF1_cwm.lok"
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kado01:
I have tried loki boot method on MJ2 bootloader to bootup CWM.

But it seems not work.

Since not able to downgrade from MJ2 bootloader, there is no way to flash custom recovery on MJ2 bootloader at the moment.

So, I have modified Hashcode's Safestrap. (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2605648)

Using this, be able to bootup custom recovery on MJ2 bootloader.

Preparation for use:

(require root)

install attached APK and launch Safestrap app.

press "Install Recovery".

To launch CWM:

press "Reboot to Recovery" in Safestrap app.

or

press menu button while displaying Safestrap screen on bootup.

Note:

This is used for launch CWM only.

Not able to enable safestrap.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oface82:
Wow nice work! Even though I still have the MF1 bootloader I'm glad to see that those who updated can still have a custom recovery. As far as actually having an unlocked bootloader goes, the custom recovery is its only purpose right now since there are no roms available. So really safestrap is just as good!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gagome_Smirnja:
Thanks kado01. I have used loki_flash.

It worked perfectly.

Now my main I415 phone is on MJ2 with MF1 bootloader and CWM recovery.

It works great so far.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kallencarter:
mj2 stock image

does anyone have a stock image for mj2 that is not rooted. the stock root img make my phone just randomly reboot........any ideas??
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZornsLemma:
LagFix and BrickBug?

I apologise if this is considered off-topic, but this thread seems to constitute about the only Stratosphere II activity on xda-developers...

I have been having some problems with lag and I'd like to try LagFix (from the Play Store), which I believe basically issues a TRIM on the internal storage, to see if it helps, but I see the scary warnings about some Samsung devices being bricked by doing this. The 'Got Brickbug?' app from the xda-developers thread says the chip (type: M8G2FB CID: <long hex number> revision: 0x8) in my Stratosphere II is "unknown".

Has anyone been brave/foolish enough to try LagFix on a Stratosphere II? [Or does anyone have any suggestions for resolving lag?]

Incidentally, I understand the kernel has to be dangerous as well as the chip. Just in case I get desperate/stupid enough to try this later, I'll note down now that my device has Android 4.1.2, kernel version "3.0.31 se.infra@SEP-100 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Feb 8 01:35:31 KST 2013", build number "JZO54K.I415VRBMF1". I won't be able to get that info out if I brick it. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gagome_Smirnja:
Yes, I have installed LagFix (Premium version because of the schedule function) on my Stratosphere II and it runs without any problem.

I let it run every sunday at 01:00.

But I have a newer ROM version installed. My Stratosphere II is at level I415VRBMJ2.

I guess it should run on the older version you have installed too.

I even remember reading in this thread that somebody else has used it on his Stratosphere II successfully too.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kallencarter:
Custom Rom????

Has anyone got a custom rom that is stable yet and let me know how i can help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akgxd:
Stratosphere 2 rom doubt

Hi everybody.

I'm new in this forum, so I'd appreciate a lot your help, cuz I'm such a noob on this. xD

I have a Stratosphere 2, and I've been through a lot with this phone. At first I had to unlock it, because I'm not living in the USA, I'm living in Peru.

Then, thanks to this website I could root it.

Besides that, reading this post I saw many things like: You can update the baseband to the latest one, then something about a ROM called Cm11 (I'ts kind of a theme or UI, right?)

How do I change the radio frequency of the phone, because I can't connect to 3G or HSDPA just EDGE. In spite of I have the correct APN's from my carrier, and my area has 3G coverage, I'ts still on EDGE. I used HiApn global and Apn manager pro to set the apns.

Then I used ServiceMode shorcut to set the correct wcdma frequenzy but I'm still getting EDGE.

I hope someone could help me, I'll appreciate that a lot.

Thank you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
What service provider do you have? Some carriers use data frequencies that the phone does not support.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akgxd:
Hi, thanks for answering.

What do you mean by service provider?

The name of my carrier is Claro Perú and it offers hpsdpa in my area. I read on Internet that the frequenzy they use in wcdma (3G) is 850 mzh, so I tryed to set that frequenzy with ServiceMode shorcut but I'm still getting edge :/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
So that would be why...

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_stratosphere_ii_i415-5124.php

This phone only supports WCDMA on the 2100 MHz frequency. It's not physically possible for it to get 3G/4G on Claro.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akgxd:
Oh, really? That definitely sucks..

Are you sure there's anything I can do? The phone is rooted. :/

Thank you for your time, I do appreciate it!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
Very certain. Doesn't matter what you do to the software if the phone doesn't have the correct hardware.

But you're welcome. This stuff can be very confusing if you haven't messed with it before.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akgxd:
Haha, Ok. That's life!

By the way, do you if you can install a ROM on this phone and if so, how? I'm such a noob on those topics xD
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akgxd:
Hi, I have an stratosphere 2 and it's rooted. I downloaded that app and it runs fine on my phone. See the attached pictures. Hope you find it useful.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
Doesn't look like there are any custom roms for your phone. This is due to a combo of weak sales (it was only sold for 1 carrier, and a mid-tier phone at best) as well as the locked bootloader (which is a special security partition) which makes it much harder to install all things custom. There is a way to get ClockWorkMod Recovery installed which is a custom version of android recovery system that would allow you to back up the operating system as well as do full resets and install files not specifically signed from Samsung. But solid ways around this really need a lot more experienced developer support as it can be tricky. The thing is that most developers are interested in more popular / exciting phones.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akgxd:
Oh, I see, I thought that too. It's a shame. I received this phone as a gift when I was living in the US cuz I had an iPhone without sim card and I needed a phone. I liked it because of the keyboard. But that's okay.

What is Clockworkmod recovery? And what is its function?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daaabs:
Deleting VZWINTERNET APN

Hey everybody! I've been using this phone for a while. Managed to root it thanks to Kado. Learned how to add APNs and all had been going well. However, I recently switched to Vodafone (which apparently owns Verizon) and I can't get a data connection at all. The VZWINTERNET APN, which had been inactive with the Three (H3G) SIM, has suddenly activated *alongside* the Vodafone APN, and I'm getting no data at all. Is there any way to delete the Verizon APN for good?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
Not trying to be rude, but...really? I gave you this info in my last post...

That and there's about 100000 different threads and posts online about what it is and does.

Good break down of info (for another phone, but general principles are the same)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2190211
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nickelme:
I have this phone and i used odin to flash a PDA. i have root now but i have lost both wifi and bluetooth. if anyone has a fix for this that'd be great please let me know, even if the fix is a loose root because i need my wifi more then i need root.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akgxd:
Sorry.

I'm sorry, I didn't notice your post. I also didn't know how to use this forum. Even now I don't know.