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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ballaz:
I recently rma'd my rev 10 nexus 4 because the volume buttons ceased to work after a week. Everything else was perfect (no buzz, weakness, or usb troubles). I received my ne rev 11 nexus for and tried to open random application on both the rev 11 and rev 10. Results showed the rev 10 always finished a hair quicker than the rev 11 and the rev 10's animation was smoother. My rev 11 has no problems except for not being as smooth as the rev 10. I also went to tmobile to put my rev 11 against their rev 10 and my rev 11 was still slightly slower at opening applications and the animations were not as smooth. My rev 11 was built jan 2013. Has anyone else experienced this same phenomenon and should a play RMA roulette and hope a get a new one as smooth as my rev 10? Simple inquiry so please no flaming answers. Thanks
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnichols189:
If the phone works why RMA it? "a hair quicker" means nothing. There could be a number of factors at play. It isn't a big deal.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iFalcon:
No differences.at all.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] t1op:
I brought my phone to stock. Installed a rom. Fine. Went back into CWM recovery. Every time I reboot the phone (power button or in recovery) it returns to recovery.

I brought my phone back to stock again. Installed another rom. Went back to TWRP. Again, I can't reboot the system, only return to recovery.

Is there a way to fix this, or can I never use recovery after installing a rom?

{I'm sure this question has probably been asked before, but I've been searching for hours and can't find a fix.)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] champ1919:
Did you wipe data & caches? What did you flash and how? Cwm, heimdall or Odin? Sgh-t959v under battery?

Find lumin30's guides. They/he will steer you straight.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] WayTooGosu:
This would occur for me when I had installed an incompatiable kernel with the ROM I am trying to install. I would fix this problem by either looking at the thread for a compatiable kernel if it does not come with one, or if it is an ICS ROM, Team Acid's ICS Kernel works fine. I think Team Acid's ICS kernel is included in their unofficial AOKP release if you have that downloaded. I hoped this help!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lumin30:
All of our ROM's have kernels. It is the kernel you flash from that makes a difference. And once you flash the ROM, the kernel that is packaged with the ROM replaces the kernel you previously had/flashed from. However, the OP of the ROM's usually specify what you need to do to flash the ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] WayTooGosu:
Ah I see. But my point was that some ROMs state that the user must be on an ICS ROM/Kernel to flash this. I guess I wasn't very clear as I am new here and lack understanding.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] t1op:
I used Odin to return to stock. I used Super One Click to root. I used root explorer modify the recovery to allow me to boot into "CWM final for Froyo". That much each and every time.

The first time I installed

[TFQ - 30/12/2012]X.A.O.K[Kanged - Xperia Style]

That is an ICS rom. Installed fine with a new CWM.

The second time I installed the same.

The third time I installed

ROM-MTD-TWRP-ICS-4.x-Audiophile

That is another ICS rom. Installed fine with TWRP.

Each and every time, when returning to recovery to flash more, I got stuck. I can't boot to anything except recovery.

My brother suggested that the problem is using the Volume up and down and power button ("three finger salute") to return to recovery instead of from OS power down menu.

For a fourth time I started over again. Now, using the reboot>recovery, everything works fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] champ1919:
One thing, you need to have ginger bread bootloaders. So, when you say Odin back to stock, are you referring to kj6?

You could cut down some of the work by using Odin to flash a kernel with recovery & root in it. Antonx & drhonk both have kernels that will do that with odin.

I flash bhundven's cm9 Rom before jumping to any of the others(and wipe between). I believe some of the Rom authors have that in their instructions.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Theraze:
Yeah... GB bootloaders, not Froyo. Your return to stock should be a return to GB stock, not Froyo... and your return to stock can be a return to a rooted stock. If you want to make your life less painful.

It's about MTD to BML, not really about the base version. You just don't want to wipe out what allows later stuff to actually work properly...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] t1op:
Thanks for the advice. I haven't used custom roms very much. Trying to figure out which ones to choose was difficult. I started on stock Gingerbread, but everything I encountered in searching indicated that I needed to go back to Froyo to get CWM then go from there. ...Perhaps I kept running into very old instructions? In any case, should I need to go back to stock again some day, I'll try to figure out which GB roms I could use, including root and custom recovery.

I guess the solution to my problem is: 1) flash back to Froyo or Gingerbread; 2) after flashing an ICS+ rom, only go to recovery from OS reboot menu (never "three finger salute").

I'm actually surprised that people don't run into this problem more often, enough to create a sticky about it. I'm sure I'd still be pulling my hair out if my brother hadn't run into the problem on his Fascinate a year ago.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Theraze:
On mine, the 3 finger boot to recovery works fine. Then again, I haven't been on Froyo since Samsung and TMo said to stop using Froyo back in November (October?) 2011 with the official 2.3.6 update. And the only boot-loops I have, whether recovery is booted through the menu or salute, are when I flash something invalid.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] t1op:
Interesting... Perhaps if I went back to a gingerbread stock then upgraded to ICS the problem wouldn't occur?

I'll have to try that the next time I might need to return to stock.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] droidlolz:
Hello,

First I just want to say thank you to the mods for running a great forum and to the devs for keeping this device current.

I just struggled over a period of days with this issue.

The end result being, that you need to go to CM9 BEFORE you try JellyBean or later!

Just hope this helps someone else who missed that instruction. :-p :eek:

Thanks devs/mods/everyone for keeping this device alive!!!! :good::good::good: :)

*EDIT* correction... i THINK you need to go CM9 Before trying something else :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] itzik2sh:
Not all ICS ROMs require CM9, but you must have at least CWM5 recovery to be able to flash CM9 or these ROMs. Follow ROMs' OP instructions.

I personally tested HebMIUI flash over Stock GB with CWM5 (Basic with a twist kernel) without going through CM9.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
This. Is my first post I'm trying. To root my telstra 9305t lte .I'm led to believe telstra firmware is different to the norm . Can someone please help it would be much appreciated thanx
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] realionaire:
When I was rooting i9305 I rooted it with the i9300 Odin package wouldn't recommend trying this maybe I was just lucky I sopposs but down the i9305t Odin package and flash via Odin routing is complex its only a click of few bottuns
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
thanks

downloaded cf auto root for my firmware thankyou for your help ill get it on odin thanx
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Pheoxy:
If you want to flash ROM's you can use any i9305 ROM and it will work fine. Your Modem however has to be a i9305T Model otherwise you will get no reception anywhere.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Thanx I didn't think of that. Rom is goin strong still

sent from my i9305 running xpower
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] !crazy:
The most easiest way to root your phone, could be (If you have an older firmware.) installing exynos abuse app from chainfire.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Already done thanx though:)

sent from my i9305 running xpower
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MelaPL:
I've tried to install Cyanogenmod 9 on my Xperia Sola, I've unlocked bootloader official way, flashed kernel from this forum specialy made for sola (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28957468&postcount=412 This One), then boot.img of cyanogenmod 9 (FXP203) and...

When I want to do anything with phone, it just flashes my red led. I mean, that led is still on, when I press Power it just turn off. And when I try to connect my phone in fastboot mode, It don't react at all. Can I already throw it away through window?

I put it under a charger to see if it's just off energy, but i've noticed, that after a while, red led just turns off and that's all.

My god, help me or I'll be back on Nokia 3310 :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Snowstormzzz:
You've used the S kernel, not the Sola.

Download the FXP for Sola (Pepper) here;

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1876929

Flash boot.img via fastboot. To get in, hold vol up + power. Wait for 3 vibrations.

Hold vol up. Then jam the USB cable in. You should be in fastboot.

Alternatively, flash the stock sola ftf via flashboot.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MelaPL:
Problem is, my phone does not react, it does not vibrate, just that red led is on or off. Nothing else. I've tried all of those combinations. I can't get to fastboot mode or anything else.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mathbalaji:
Happened to me (I use Xperia GO). What I did is (as mentioned above) - Hold the power button and Volume Up button for sometime (it vibrates once after a few seconds, do not leave the buttons - continue to do so and after a few more seconds until 3 vibrations) and then the phone switches off. Now, hold the Volume Up button and plug in the USB cable - you'd be able to get in the fastboot mode. Flash a stock kernal and that should help.

If your phone is completely down (no charge at all), then above won't help. Plugin the charger and and wait for a few mins (before the red light goes off - you should now have a good knowledge on when the light goes off!) and try then try the above step. Once the 3 vibration comes, remove the charger and go ahead with the flash mode.

Hope this helps!

Thanks,

B.

Edit: By the way, I had my SIM Card and Memory card inserted in the phone when the phone was completely down without any charge. I don't know how, but it makes a difference with you try so (atleast in my case) with them.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Snowstormzzz:
If it does not vibrate, then it's a hard brick =\ You need the phone to be at least partially responsive to get into fastboot/flashboot.

Keep holding down. It should vibrate after 25 seconds or so.

Otherwise, you have to bring it to Sony and tell them their phone died on you.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MelaPL:
Right now It dosen't even blink with Led. It's totaly down. I cant lock fbootloader, so I'm doomned. Hope that won't cost much...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Snowstormzzz:
Install Sony Update Service (SUS) and try to recover your phone from there.

Last shot here, but here's to hoping that the PC at least detects your phone.

Otherwise.... Yeah =\
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ianjay06:
If you unlocked your bootloader Pc companion will be useless for you cause it will not detect your phone,.,,

i think other way is to flash the stock ftf for you device using flashtool.... that wuld be the best shot for you...

please respond if this fix your problem
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Snowstormzzz:
No, SUS will detect, but will refuse to flash. It will say "Phone has been modified".

Need to see whether it's a hard brick. If even SUS does not recognise, then bring it to Sony =\
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MelaPL:
None of the above works. It's just dead and sometimes flashes red light. PC Companion says that there's no phone connected. Hope I will be able to gain a varranty or I'll be on Nokia 3310. But I'm not verry cheerful about that...

Flashtool does not react when I plug in my phone in fastboot or flash.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Min3r:
Hey bro,

Its highly unlikely for hardbrick to happen to Sony phones by flashing a differnt Kernel when Flashtool is there ;) Pretty sure that it ought to work, follow the steps below (Note that the order of usb cable connection is the most important thing as doing it wrong will not allow Flashtool to connect to the phone when its bricked ! )

First, try plugging it in to charger for a while to ensure that there's some charge. Follow up with the Vol and power Button to make sure its turned off. Then after that follow this procedure *exactly*

1) Prepare Flashtool and select the FTF. (Flashmode )

2) When flashtool asks yo to connect the phone, connect the USB cable to PC

3) Then, holding down ONLY the Vol Down button (No Power button, Note that ) connect the phone to the USB cable and in a few seconds, Flashtool will start flashing :p

I know you tried many variations but missing out on one or the other detail during your previous tries might have caused the lack of success :( Just try it and let us know what happens :)

Best of luck and hope you dont have to go to Nokia World !

Cheers
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MelaPL:
Nope, it's still not working. It just dosent detect phone. I'm pluging in, holding only volume key and I'm waiting 5 minutes - nothing happend.

Nokia 5530 for now, but come one...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wermesz:
Hi,

I am currently having the same problem (I have bricked my sola by flashing with fxp boot.img). After digging the internet I found out that you can start fastboot by:

1. holding all 3 buttons (power on, volume +, volume -)

2. the phone will vibrate

3. the phone will vibrate 3 times

4. release the buttons

5. hold the volume + button and plug in the cable

6. you should be in fastboot now (blue light on)

If fastboot does not work then do 1-4 3x. Good luck! Hopefully we will unbrick our phones :)

Br,

Wermesz
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] soulhackereborn:
Lol things u get on the internet!!!

First there is no such key combination to start fastboot k so just dun break ur buttons in an attempt to start it ...

Steps 1,2&3 are steps to get ur device force restart and force shutdown and let me tell you one thing

step 1 is wrong it power button and volume + button. That's it first the phone will vibrate once for force restart and if u keep pressing it will bypass over to force shutdown which is indicated by 3 vibrations..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] werty100:
could work

I have a Xperia U and triying to port JB to it I briked two or three times.

I hold power botom and it vibrate and doesnt happen anything ok.?¿

The possible solution could be this(for my works)

Charge the phone like 1 hour for my doesnt charge with the animation but its for security.

With the nest steps you are going to lose all CWM and tweaks and apks but personal data still there.

You have two options:

Flash a new rom with flashtool, but when you pluged with volum - you hold it for allmost all process becose for my i conect to PC and its goes quikly so i cant do annything.

If the phone is not recognised by Flashtool:

You have to repair it with PC Companion or Bridge for Mac, and also the same hold volum - almost all process.

For my it works, tell my if for you works:cyclops::cyclops::cyclops::D:D:D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wermesz:
Hi,

it worked ! :)

after doing the steps I have posted earlier I managed to flash my xperia sola with the right boot.img (the one from fxp pepper) and install fxp via CWM. Should work for you too.

One tip: you have to remove the assert from fxp installation script.

Br,

Wermesz
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] satya-1998:
@op, your battery is dead and isn't accepting any external charge. Try replacing your battery with a charged one. That is if sola supports user replaceable batteries.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] TeamHackura:
Got a Kenwood stereo and my phone disconnects after about two minutes. After that it will usually reconnect and stay connected. Had the same problem exactly with my T-Mobile galaxy s2. With the s2 it only happened on touchwiz/T-Mobile ROMs. Haven't tried anything but touch wiz on note two as I actually like the features (WiFi calling). Spent months trying to fix on last phone until I just gave up. Any ideas?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] eurohomie:
you tried connecting any other devices? maybe its the headunit
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] BACARDILIMON:
Did u update ur car radio bluetooth?

Sent from my SGH-T889
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] TeamHackura:
Works fine with all other devices and with t989cm based roms . something about touchwiz/tmo ROMs breaks it. Head unit has no updates and poetically never will
[Nexus 4 General] blendobass:
Someone make a carbon back cover, that comes off easy (ok for me if nfc attenna gone)

Make it so you can remove and change batteries...

Put a micro SD card slot in the new back and wire it somehow ..

Wow that would be my dream phone...
[Nexus 4 General] cheetah2k:
Yeah, if only there was 32gb, kevlar back, and SAMOLED screen. This would be the ultimate phone for me....

I dont't understand why its so impossible for manufacturers to go 2/3rds the way every single time.
[Nexus 4 General] El Daddy:
Because if they went all the way you wouldn't buy another phone. :D
[Nexus 4 General] mitchdickson:
Great thread.

Sent from my iPad 4
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Super AMOLED are you kidding me :rolleyes:

As far as 32gb do u remember how much this phone cost?

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 General] filthykid:
Nice thought.. But it should be Locked.

Mods. Help him please :rolleyes:
[Nexus 4 General] ptesmoke:
Uhm why? Its general and its about this device. New threads really upset ppl it seems.
[Nexus 4 General] muyoso:
Because that isn't going to happen. Ever.
[Nexus 4 General] filthykid:
This.

I did not mean to discourage the guy but this won't happen. At least not this year. There have been plenty of discussions and articles relating to "what 'I' want in a phone". The company naturally doesn't care. So it's useless to make such discussion. However, andriod being open source, let all companies use the OS. Hence you got "plenty" of options to move onto. Why stick with a device you wish it "had" the features you desire?
[Nexus 4 General] blendobass:
I don't get the whole flash memory is expensive thing, it's like $1 a gig around here... I just got a 16 gig micro SD for $12 on sale. Are they making these phones so cheap that the few dollars it takes to put a little storage in makes them not afford it ?

I don't need so many apps, I don't care to much about total control, I am maybe the only one on here that is interested in Blackberry 10 phones, did you know part of the design is a BB should withstand a 20 ft drop and also a drop in a puddle ? If they happen to have a sd card, removable battery that lasts 3 days, and aren't lying about the browser being the fastest of any mobile, and add that it is higher end components I can see why people might switch to BB, i know you will laugh, but the joke is you might be able to sideload android on it and have a dual handset if you choose, or at least the apps..

I need a phone that can go threw hell and still work at the end of the day.
[Nexus 4 General] blendobass:
It's not what "I" want in a phone.

The big joke is everyone wants the same in a phone.. they want the longest lasting, toughest build, most options for expandable memory, best antennas but not cancer, longest lasting, great screen, loudest speakers for music, the most connections possible, they want it all.. updateable phone possible for the dollars... its not math. They just like to minus stuff so you buy one per year.

Vote with your dollars.. that's all you can do, and while the arrogant fail sooner or later, there is always someone else providing what you need.

Many people in China for instance have dual sim card phones, I would like that, I can see how others wouldn't want it.
[Nexus 4 General] filthykid:
There is no way you r wrong here by demanding all what one can ask for. But think for a second, if you are a phone manufacturer, you would want people to buy your phones every year.. probably twice or even thrice a year.. (yeah i have seen that happen). If a manufacturer gives all what is required in ONE phone... Boooom! who would ever switch?

Take Galaxy S2's example, there wasn't really any other such high-spec'd phone from known manufacturers in 2011. Hence if u see, many people who owned S2 at that time haven't switched to S3 or any other phone in 2012. Regardless of dual-core or quad-core, the phone:

a) is snappy

b) is slim

c) has enough internal space

d) got SD slot

e) got 8 MP camera which was still standard in 2012

f) got latest Adnriod OS

g) got latest OEM UI

h) standard RAM

i) large battery

What not?

Although they threw Quad-core but S2 still sold like a Boss. Hence they need to cut out corners and save them for their new device so that they force us to switch. They run a business and what matters the most to them is profit.
[Nexus 4 General] ChongoDroid:
Samoled smh

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] atulalvenkar:
Engineering isn't magic.At every point in designing there is a decision to make.

You can get the best antenna which will give you best coverage, but it requies more battery to send airwaves all the way.

Loudest speakers, again need a bigger driver and more battery power. For adding all these features you need a bigger battery, which means a thicker phone.

Toughest build, yes things are happening e.g Xperia Z. However when Samsung comes with a phone that can take some beating as it's plastic half the crowd goes boo.

When LG comes with N4 the other half does not like it as it breaks easily.

About dual SIM, I am not sure where you live but here in India you get dual sim android phones from Samsung. So it's not like few Chinese manufacturers are making it.

Samsung has brand called Duos, there is Galaxy S Duos, Galaxy Ace Duos etc all with dual sim.Maybe they aren't getting it to the place you live as they don't see too

many people going for it. e.g in US market where out of 4 major carriers only 2 are GSM and with incompatible 3G frequencies and carrier subsidies there is no market for

dual SIM.
[Nexus 4 General] crachel:
This isn't really an appropriate thread for this website.

Closed
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] stanlin salu:
In October 2012, the Librarian of Congress, who determines exemptions to a strict anti-hacking law called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), decided that unlocking mobile phones would no longer be allowed. But the librarian provided a 90-day window during which people could still buy a phone and unlock it. That window closes on January 26.

Unlocking a phone frees it from restrictions that keep the device from working on more than one carrier's network, allowing it run on other networks that use the same wireless standard. This can be useful to international travellers who need their phones to work on different networks. Other people just like the freedom of being able to switch carriers as they please.

http://www.livescience.com/26541-unlocking-cellphones-becomes-illegal.html

Maybe this might wake some people up since it is tyranny that directly effects you .
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] chepoz:
Bad news for some countries....

But not a problem in mine. :D

Sent from Hubble Telescope
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] predatOr:
Same here:D

Also it just refers to SIM carrier unlock...

Not applicable on bootloaders;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] chepoz:
Yep, in my country some network provider made simlock just for chinese phone. But no one made for android. Good guy network provider....

Sent from Hubble Telescope
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] iPusak Gaoq™:
Hmmmm......Just one sentence comes in my mind.... " MARKETING STRATEGY "...............