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[Galaxy S III Mini Android Development] flentus:
Precise connexions?

Hi guys,

I'm working on a way to unbrick fully bricked I9070 (Galaxy S Advance) and I8190 (SIII mini) (based on U8500 chip).

This is possible because full sources have been disclosed begining of 2014 (sources contain everything including IBL, SBL, etc... + certificates to sign them).

Study of the service manual containing main components wiring + various docs (mainly from source distib. + Calao systems) shown that there is no such OM pins to play with to boot from USB.

You just need the right tools to assemble and sign the bootloader components (xloader, ISSW etc...) and the right tool to talk with the phone : the sources contains all this ("ready to compile"... after a lot of work)

-> I've reached the point where I'm able to compile everything and manage to talk with the, so called, dead phone, but up to now not able to have it boot the bootloader I've setup.

So I need UART debug working to figure out what's wrong.

I've not been able to setup my debug USB/UART cable, I see you have: could you post more detailed explanations?

My USB/UART debug cable seems to be working (it's based on Prolific chip): connecting it's RX and TX together (alone), I get the charaters I type on my terminal echoed on screen.

I have made a breakout micro USB out of an "opened" micro usb cable on which I soldered a wire on pin 5 (pinout checked with a multimeter)

This cable should be OK because it boots my working SIII mini when I put 301k Ohm between pins 4 and 5.

So the issue might be connecting all together ;)

I've paied attention to cross RX and TX from mobile and cable, but no dice: i see nothing on my terminal when booting the phone.

Note: I've based the identification of RX and TX on the mobile side on the spec sheet of the chip inside the phone (TSU6111). DM_CON (USB port) is connected to TxD on the processor when the right resistor is detected (and DP_CON to RxD).

So could you detail how to connect both parts together? Do I have to connect just the RX and TX? What about grounds? On my cable I have 2 unconnected grounds: one connected to the shield of the wire and one on a green wire (traced back to Prolific ground).

Thanks a lot in advance for your support!
[Galaxy S III Mini Android Development] xd.bx:
Hi flentus,

I don't think you can do it with a micro-USB cable, you need the beakout board from Sparkfun.

The reason is, the cable most likely does not contain a wire for the ID, which is absolutely necessary otherwise the USB port won't switch to uart.

Wrt the prolific cable, it should be fine as long as it's 3.3v. Do NOT use a usb-rs232 cable! The high voltage will fry your phone's USB port.
[Galaxy S III Mini Android Development] flentus:
Hi xd.bx!

Thanks for your reply.

The cable I have opened has all the 5 pins: one was not wired, I soldered a wire on it and checked the continuity on pin 4 (ID) with a multimeter: it's good. If I put a 301kOhm resistor between pins 4 and 5 and plug the modified wire in my working GSIII mini (without connecting the other end of the cable to anything), it boots in recovery mode which is what is expected. This validates my ID pins wiring.

My Prolific cable is a 3.3V (it's a data cable coming from an "old school" phone). I had to put it appart to identify which wire was connected to what. There is a Prolific chip in it (and no voltage amplifier as there usualy has on RS232 similar cables), so I looked for the reference guide of the chip, which I found. Then I traced back the wires to the chip connexions using my multimeter.

So I managed to identify the RxD and TxD wires (+ the other ones -RTS etc...- I don't care about) and validated this by connecting these 2 wires together, opening a terminal on the corresponding COM port and seeing the typed characters on the terminal. Any mistake on this would have shown nothing (or garbage).

So, as I said, both parts of my setup seem pretty well validated.

But when I put everything together, it doesn't seem to work (no output on my terminal), so I must be wrong somewhere...

From the source code, I'm almost sure the UART setup is the classical 115200 bauds, no parity, 1 bit stop, 8 data bits

(from xloader_pl011.c :

#define BAUDRATE BR115200BAUD

#define PARITYBIT NOPARITY_BIT

#define STOPBITS ONE_STOPBIT

#define DATABITS DATABITS_8

)

Which connexions have you made on your breakout board?

- you have the 620kOhm resistor between pin 4 and 5

- the USB/UART cable RxD connected to the D- pin (= µUSB pin 2) of the breakout board. This is connected internally via the switch matrix to the TxD of UART2 of the processor according to TSU6111.pdf reference doc + I9070 light schematics.

- and USB/UART cable TxD connected to the D+ pin (=µUSB pin 3) of the breakout board (leading to proc UART2 RxD)

What about the grounds? Do you have any connected? If yes, which ones?

On my Prolific cable, I have 2 grounds: 1 connected to the Prolific chip ground and one connected to the USB cable shield. They are *not* connected together.

If I remember well, I tried this setup: ground of the Prolific chip connected to the shield of my modified µUSB cable, that is to say to pin5. My asumption was that there must have a ground connected between the cable and the phone as 0V reference for UART signals, maybe I'm wrong, I'm not an expert in electronics...

Thanks in advance for your support!
[Galaxy S III Mini Android Development] core7x:
this is fun stuff. good job
[Galaxy S III Mini Android Development] xd.bx:
Hi flentus,

Your setup looks correct to me. I don't remember the connections I made, but you can simply connect RX to D- and then switch to D+ if you don't get output on D-. GND on the PL2303 must be connected to the USB GND, which is a black wire (not the shield). If it still doesn't work, then maybe something else is wrong: perhaps Samsung released a hardware variant? Or the PL2303 cable is defective? Here is the usb-serial dongle I use: http://www.dx.com/p/usb-to-uart-5-pin-cp2102-module-serial-converter-81872 , it's cheap and super reliable.
[Galaxy S III Mini Android Development] flentus:
Hi!

Thanks a lot for your reply :)

Ok, so I'll have to try again, maybe I did a mistake the first time. My cable seems fine as when setup in loopback mode (RX connected to TX) it works perfectly. I have 2 or 3 others in cartboxes somewhere in my basement, maybe I'll give one of them a ride ;)

Have a nice day :)
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djhifi:
Hi guys,

I flashed JB on my S advance. Everything goes ok except for my simcard.

It says "SIM Card Bad/blocked, only enabled to make emergency calls".

Anyone knows why?

Im from Portugal, Vodafone.

EDIT: Solved
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
P

You have your phone locked to the provider? If yes, thats why.

Anyway, try with factory reset in recovery.

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[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mathei:
I'm from Romania, sim locked on Vodafone. JB work fine! Try factory reset.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djhifi:
Thanks it solved! Wierd tough...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] WiMARSHANA:
Hi..

I have a Xperia P (LT22i). Stock rom. build number 6.1.1.B.1.54. rooted. locked bootloader. froze some bloatware with Titanium Backup.

Recently I've noticed that, in settings WiFi/Bluetooth toggle buttons has jumbled. As you may know those are circular buttons. but now, its different.

I have attached a screen shot how its look like now..

I dunno how this happened..I did settings restore, but it didn't work. Tried to search a solution on the net, but no luck.. tried cleaning dalvik cache, it didn't work either.:crying:

this is very annoying thing for me...can anyone help me to get it back to original icon..?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] _nafets_:
did you tried to load another theme?? Like silk?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] WiMARSHANA:
tried everything... but nothing worked
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] maazdraco:
Is your settings>development>force gpu rendering on?? If it is... Put it off and try
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] niko626:
Do you use apps like Root DIM , Lux or any other brightness software? Try disabling them. If not, try flashing thP's framwork mod, on the Themes and Apps forum.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] WiMARSHANA:
No mate I do not use that setting.

I don't use any brightness s/w s.
[Nokia Lumia 920] shdwknt:
I havent found anything on Google or anywhere else - is it possible to share the nokia 920 screen onto a PC for then projecting.. or hooking hdmi out from the phone..

If anyone knows of anything so far.. the windows 7 to windows 8 phone software only syncs music/videos/playlist/itunes
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nevermore:
Quick question.

Does anyone know if you need GMail installed for Google Now to scan your e-mail for tracked packages, vacations, trips, etc etc? I am using Enhanced EMail instead of GMail and would like to uninstall it to save some battery, but I don't want to lose e-mail scanning function of Google Now.

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plegdroid:
Afternoon, no. as long as you've got an active gmail account, and your Google now is linked to the same account, it should still bring tracking cards. it would still pull the data from your "account". just think of the gmail app as a terminal (front end) to your gmail account.:)

nb, the tracking would still only track your "gmail account" if using something other like Hotmail it won't work as only tracks your gmail.

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[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrian.sd27:
My "HOME", "MENU", "BACK", and "SEARCH" keys do not light up.

Hello everyone! I'm using a Desire HD and my "HOME", "MENU", "BACK", and "SEARCH" keys do not light up anymore after flashing Sabsa Prime v12. Any help to fix it? Thanks!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Muikkuman:
And they did work before flashing v.12

Sent from my Desire HD using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mstickland:
Re: My "HOME", "MENU", "BACK", and "SEARCH" keys do not light up.

Sounds like a rom issue. Try formatting cache, wiping data and dalvik and flash a different rom (or previous version).
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubykon:
Re: My "HOME", "MENU", "BACK", and "SEARCH" keys do not light up.

Possibly a feature. Keys only light up in low light conditions. You can test this by covering the light sensor on the top of the device (next to the speaker grill) and see if the keys light up...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] WangoMango:
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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] krwkenn:
Did you have a message somewhere in the thread fail to send by any chance?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ainen:
It could be something with delivery reports. Not sure though, I don't use them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dnanj:
I believe it has to do with Google Talk status. Green filled circle if online.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mizz lia:
Its frm google talk x means they not online I think or idle if it turns green they are online and avaliable

Sent from my lovely Note 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] WangoMango:
Thank you guys.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minipot:
Pretty much says it in the title.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olokos:
IMO it could but it would be laggy as hell and buggy also as our phone barely meets the minimum requirements.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minipot:
Okay thanks I was just wondering :):)

WARNING long boring explanation about why I asked the question below:

my contract runs out this year and I'm probably going to move away from android so I was looking at Ubuntu for phones and wanted to "try" it for a bit on my xperia till a phone with it on comes out.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eksasol:
Check the auction and get yourself a used Galaxy Nexus for $250 or less. Its the best choice if you want to use third party OS on an android device.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minipot:
I'm waiting a while as I go to america this year as everythings generally cheaper there (and I want to see what happens in terms of sailfish, bb10, whether the rumoured surface phone is announced.etc)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dx09:
Guys i had paranoid android 2.54 installed on my gs3 and today decided to install [ROM 4.1.2 - 4.2.1] JELLYBAM - v4.0.0 [12/01] [i9300] [PA.AOKP.CM10] and did so (wipe data/cache).. but after rebooting from recovery the phone became damn slow (slow as a snail).. When i try to unlock , it takes about 5-10 seconds to open up and goes of within a second so i cant unlock it too... it erased all the data on the phone too .. please help/suggest what i do .... :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikep99:
Try asking in the Jellybam thread, you'll probably get more answers there :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dx09:
Done .. Hope i get a solution :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikep99:
looks like a few people are having issues with JellyBam, flash another ROM would be an option :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dx09:
i thought of the same thing... but i thought i might wait for some answers ,, or i might go back to paranoid android but there was some precious data that is gone... is there a chance to get that back ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Not if it was on internal sd.....at which point I would suggest doing a clean install if you lost all your sd card contents.....it's a good opportunity to do it and to my mind is good practise to do occasionally if you are flashing a lot
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Just go in recovery, do a full wipe (especialy format system) and flash PA and you`re done.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dx09:
Problem Solved... Thanks for the help guys :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dx09:
Got twrp recovery and flashed v4.0 jellybam rom... got all data recovered after flashing
[HTC Droid DNA] impala454:
I got a notification today that the My Verizon app wants to update. I noticed it has two new permissions:

Storage

-modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Your messages

-Read your text messages (SMS or MMS)

-Receieve text messages (SMS)

The "What's New" section says just this:

App permissions updated to support storage of PDF files and global roaming alerts.

Anyone have any idea why these permissions are needed? I'm a little hesitant to allow Verizon to read or intercept my SMS messages.
[HTC Droid DNA] jreed2560:
Sounds like its going to need to store something to your internal storage and needs to send you alerts via sms. Nothing scary
[HTC Droid DNA] ML417:
they pretty much already do because they're sending it through their network, if they wanted to intercept them they would have already
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krazyito:
I was wondering if ther was a way for me to wirelessly unroot my E4GT? I need to send it back to sprint because of hardware issues with the charging port. So obviously I'm not able to hook it up to a computer.

If this is impossible, anyone know what the harm would be to send it back in? Would I get charged something extra? Would it be safer to pay the $100 deductible at a repair center to fix the port?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
Mobile odin a stock rom. Or the exynos abuse apk can do it. Also supersu I am pretty sure

sent from MY BAD A$$ ET4G
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krazyito:
Where can I find a stock rom? Sorry, I usualy used a odin one-click method from Qbking's videos.

specifically this FI27 video

http://www.qbking77.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch3.html
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MoHoGalore:
RWilco's Repo.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1903252
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krazyito:
Awesome Thanks! When I get home today I'm gonna look up how to use mobile odin or SuperSU to do this.. Hopefully it goes well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
There is a free version here on xda of mobile odin . Use that and follow thr instructions. And if it helps you as much as it did me, I highly suggest buying the app on the playstore to support the dev chainfire

sent from MY BAD A$$ ET4G
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krazyito:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1347899 ?

Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
Yes. Follow instructions on that page. Including the flash kernel download for sph-d710. If you buy pro it will do that automatically.

sent from MY BAD A$$ ET4G
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jiinxd:
I recently purchased two refurbished HTC Glacier (myTouch 4g) phones.

The phones work great! with a small hitch, i was attempting to set up the phone on the router (wifi) and the two phones are connecting to the same IP address. In the 'about phone' section, both phones have the same s/n, which does not match the s/n under the battery.

We have a 3rd MT4G bought via retail and the s/n's match.

I have tried searching for how to edit the s/n and have seen the responses about it being illegal; but the question is .. how do I get the s/n in the OS to match the hardware s/n?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Looks like corrupted EFS in Samsungs.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jiinxd:
Im not sure what it is or how to correct, is there some suggested reading you could recommend

tia
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Well, search Samsung XDA sections of devices that are built on Qualcomm SoCs (which would be, for example, Galaxy S2 Skyrocket - SGH-I727). Look for "corrupted EFS". See if you can find anything relevant in revival procedures.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chewyrite:
Just flashed the JB kernel and rage rom and juice defender no longer seems to control my mobile data. I know JD hasn't been updated in a long time, any replacement suggestions? (currently playing with GreenPower, but doesnt seem as effictive)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Jack'O:
DeepSleep
[Motorola Droid RAZR] dkghos:
Is iy really better than Juice Defender ultimate??
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chewyrite:
I have actually tried DeepSleep and a few others. I haven't found any that I liked at much as JD ultimate. I am going to reinstall it and see if maybe I was wrong. I have contacted the dev thru their website and still no response.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] HSD-Pilot:
AW: Juice Defender

In my opinion JD is dead. Try Easy Data, it works flawless on JB & ICS

Sent from my XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chewyrite:
I heard back from the dev on this, and have included the latest beta 3.9.6, the one on the market is 3.9.4. install the beta and then upgrade with your purchased version from the market and get your permissions back. gonna give it a shot and see how things go.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Bully Dawg:
+1 for JD Ultimate

I too like JD Ultimate. I have upgraded to 3.9.6Beta and am giving it a shot. So far, so good. Thought I lost my locations, but those are saved in Android. I only lost my record of location in JD (as well as my history of percentage savings. No worries, though.

One issue: I have never been able to get the JD Mobile Data Toggle widget to work. If Wi-Fi is active, the widget will not enable Mobile Data.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] arnesottolo:
I'm on jb kernel too and Juice Defender works very well for me.

You could also try Llama, I liked it very much but it misses many data load controls that I really needed.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chewyrite:
I am actually using both now, juice defender for just data and llama for other stuff. Thanks for recommending llama, that app is kinda addicting lol, I love it
[Motorola Droid RAZR] davpod:
Is anybody still using JD?? I have a problem with WIFI, it works great with mobile data, however on wifi it wont reconnect automatically every 15 minutes.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Drunkula:
I use it but I'm not entirely sold on it. Where I work I have lousy reception as I work in an aircraft hangar (big metal building). It takes way too long to reacquire network when manually waking the phone. Take the good with the bad, I guess.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] heblu:
wifi/settings

here you must uncheck option "avoid poor connection"
[Motorola Droid RAZR] davpod:
It has been unchecked all the time. Then when unlock my phone it connects to my home wifi and all the notifications come in all together.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] heblu:
you can disable useless notifications

I use JD with this setting and is good. When phone is turned off, wi-fi is also. Good for battery
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Portovelo:
juice defender, se me reinicia constantemente desde que instale el framework xposed

de primero me reiniciaba el celular cada vez que intentaba abrir la aplicacion
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] petai88:
i just happen download the firmware from sammobiles site...

this firmware I9000DXJV9_I9000OLBJV9_XME..

BUT I DONT KNOW HOW TO FLASH IT...

i do this because i have gt-i9000 and i want to downgrade my android system...

so i need someone to help me...

REALLY NEEDED.....PLEASE ANYONE...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] catalinjulia:
why downgrade?

anyway here is a link do the same but replace the stock firmware with the one you want:

http://www.totallydubbed.net/2012/02/21/how-to-flash-stock-samsung-galaxy-s-gt-i9000-firmware/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] petai88:
replay

why must i change my firmware(just ask)...

i have download that sofware from the link u give....

but my network operator got error...
[Android Apps and Games] ajftl:
I'm looking for this widget http://www.htc.com/help/www/howto_iframe.aspx?id=96796&type=1&p_id=423

It comes on my butterfly but I would love to have it on my one x+ anyone knows?

Kinda the way to fit more apps without any mods using sense
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] TayzGpa:
Have had my Note II for a couple of days now. When I connect my phone to my computer and go into Windows Explorer I can see the "Card" and the "phone" and I can see files and folders on both. What I cannot see is any hidden folders/files (i.e. those that begin with a period).

I was able to see hidden folders on my old Galaxy S under Windows, but not the Note 2 for some reason.

I can, however, see the hidden files using "File Manager" from the google play store.

I have tried reinstaling the drivers (v1.5.14 and v1.5.16) several times. No help.

Have tried turing debug mode on and installing drivers. Nope.

Tried turning debug mode off and installing drivers. Nada.

Obviously, I am missing something somewhere. Any hints?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wase4711:
turn on view hidden folders in win 7
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] TayzGpa:
It's on. If I take the SD card out of my phone and put it in the pc, launch Explorer, the hidden (.) files and folders show up just fine.

If I put the SD card back in the phone, connect the phone to the computer, launch Explorer, I cant see the hidden files.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wase4711:
why do you need to see them natively in the phone?

there is nothing there that you should need to mess with...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] TayzGpa:
Do you suppose it might be that the phone is not rooted?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wase4711:
yes, that is probably why..but, once again, what are you looking for that you need to see in the hidden folders/files?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] TayzGpa:
Have a couple of directories on my SD card that I dont want scanned for photos/music,etc. Have a .nomedia file in those directories (I think) but they are still showing up in my pictures on my phone. Also, I have a directory from my old phone (.Fav.Apps and .eMail.History) that I wanted to be able to get to from my PC. I wound up just renaming the .Fav.Apps to _Fav_Apps and .eMail.History to _eMail_History which allowed me to see the directories. But still cant see the .nomedia files. Guess I'll just root the phone with ChainFires root and see what happens. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] LittleRedDot:
Because it's his phone and he wants it that way.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wase4711:
what are you, his mother?

considering how many times you screwed up your phone, you should be the LAST person who offers ANY advice on ANYTHING..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] twanskys204:
+1 :)

●○●○takin a crap as we speak●○●○
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] LittleRedDot:
How many times have I screwed up my phone? And you're acting more like his mother than I am. Grow up