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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdelano:
http://gizmodo.com/5978982/unlocking-your-phone-is-illegal-starting-tomorrow

oh boy - i wonder how strongly they'll track this ...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Personally, I think thats really dumb because its only gonna make people want to it more.

Sent from my PG06100
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] KennyG123:
That is NOT rooting. That is using QPST to flash to another carrier and there are so many exceptions in there that it probably affects 0.2% users on here. It just means that a Boost dealer is not going to just randomly unlock any phone and flash it for you.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xCovErtWolFx757:
Since 2010 rooting has been protected. But they'll probably go after it again soon

The prey is just simply another predator
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
In order to go after rooting they would need to get SCOTUS to change their ruling. Even an act of congress can't overturn the SCOTUS ruling so it would take a hell of alot of good convincing arguments to get them to do a 180. Apple tried and failed, Google doesn't care if you root or not and Verizon is the only carrier that would really put up a fight against rooting so I don't see it happening anytime soon. The problem is they let old farts that have no clue about technology write these stupid laws. When you have an uneducated person write a law you end up with laws that make no sense. More or less someone's just trying to make up a new crime to generate more revenue:rolleyes: personally I'll tell em right where they can take that law turn it sideways and shove it

I like to break stuff! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bob_ross:
So I don't need to scramble and root my phone tonight possibly bricking in fit of panic?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
No you don't. Lol, honestly even if you want to unlock a gsm phone I wouldn't rush, how the hell will they prove you did it after tomorrow

I like to break stuff! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gtuansdiamm:
Lol I don't care

The slight chance I leave sprint for a GSM carrier I'll be sure to buy the play store nexus but I guess not being able to use whatever phone I want defeats the purpose of a GSM carrier

But if rooting becomes illegal I wonder what I'll do

I like to brick stuff!:D

Edit: because every one who's phone I root or jailbreak always tells me the wrong phone name or gets scammed in to getting the wrong phone.

One guy bought a galaxy s 4g from Chinatown with the galaxy s 4g box and back cover but it was a vibrant in disguise
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Yup guys lol, rooting is to unlocking as peanut butter is to jelly. They go hand in hand but totally different things :)

Sent from my PG06100
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rocket321:
Well there really is no such thing as unlocking a cdma phone. If you are flashing your sprint phone to another carrier you were already doing something in the gray area of illegal.

For gsm this sucks a lot. One of the big reasons to go gsm is the open ability to pop a sim into any phone and use it. I hope this is repealed. Sure, companies are pretty willing to unlock phones now, but I can see that all changing now that the law is in their court.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] scottspa74:
Here's a petition I stumbled across today

http://androidcommunity.com/unlocking-your-phone-petition-started-to-make-it-legal-20130127/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nightvision1:
Really don't care what they make illegal.. ..I don't like rules anyways..!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DimonKP:
Just 1 question. What for thay make it? I`m trying understand their law about "music content", they make on it huge money. But unlocked devices? All were made on open code, midified it (even adding 1 letter) & closed it. Which ":silly:" will modify it, if it works well? But if it works sh..ty & developer doesn`t want to improve it why they prohibiting us to do that. If it has sh..t code it can`t have any value, if it really good code & we can improve it (without taking money for & from it), why they prohibit this?

& what they prohibit next..?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] falconey07:
Just an fyi, that this isn't for phone purchased prior to the ruling. This ruling is only for newly purchased phones, as in the date of ruling and going forward. Also this is more for large scale/business purchases. Apparently business would buy the subsidized phones, then unlock them and send them overseas for sale. This was the main reason for this new law.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
just signed the petition but would like to ask a Q.

i just bought a Sprint S3 with cracked screen and bad esn off craigslist for $125 total

i was thinking about flashing to boost or straight talk but can see that is possibly illegal.

anyhow what if i get a sprint donor phone and flash it over to my bad esn sprint s3?

since its not switching carriers that would be ok wouldnt it?

do i need to take the esn sticker off donor phone and put it on phone with bad esn whenever i do this if i do?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chrischoi:
How is that not switching carriers? Sprint is a carrier and Boost is an "Affiliate" carrier or whatever you want to call them. Just just pay Sprint to run off their towers.

Unlocked phones can be used on multiple GSM carriers. If you flashed one to Boost, I personally don't think that matters.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
re-read what i wrote

guess you didnt get it.

My S3 (WITH BAD ESN)

Get a DONOR (SPRINT Phone)

(Flash Donor Phone SPRINT Info to the Sprint S3 Bad ESN phone)

Get it?

is it illegal?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chrischoi:
So you're saying you want to take a non-S3's ESN / IMEI and attempt to flash it to the BAD ESN S3?

So when you say DONOR, you just want the other "DONOR" phone's ESN.

Yes. That is supposedly illegal. If you're here even asking if that's illegal or not, I don't think you'll even be able to pull it off.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
what i said was clearly stated and now you are twisiting it again.

SPRINT Bad ESN (my GS3)

DONOR = SPRINT Good ESN

TAKE DONOR INFO PUT IN MY GS3?

SAME CARRIER
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] city2black:
Rooting and unlocking are 2 different things. Please do some research. Even if rooting becomes illegal people will still continue to do so...:D
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siguchi:
Hello everyone...

Yesterday I noticed two dark spots on the screen of my Nexus 4. These two spots were not there before! At first I thought they were dead pixels but on further inspection I think they are speckles of dust that managed to get in-between the front glass and the screen... Out of curiosity, I took some macro shots (cf. attached)... What do you think ? And did anyone here have the same problem ?

P.S. I've sent the device to get it repaired this morning... It already had the earpiece buzzing problem (but that didn't bother me) so I mentioned both defects and I hope they can sort it and send me back my device ASAP ! :(
[HTC Incredible S] JELLYZ:
how to disable the 4 buttons vibration on unofficial cm10?
[HTC Incredible S] shtresatu:
Setings, sound
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] darkrain82:
Hi guys.

I'm hoping someone can recommend an app for me for a project I'm working on basically to mount my phone in my car and have it read an nfc tag when it is in there and perform a set of specific actions only while it's in range of the tag.

So essentially the app will know when is in the car and keep maps or torque app open and adopt a certain data/power profile then revert to previous settings when it's removed from the dock.

Does anybody know of an app that can achieve this?

☆ Sent using tapatalk for Samsung Note II ☆
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] darwinwin:
You should take a look at an app called tasker... it requires root tough
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] DaveHTC200:
NFC task launcher will do most of this, but I don't know anything that will reset the state when removed from the tag, I think you would have to tap the tag again, or use another tag to reset the state.

You could just have a second tag for when you leave the car to put phone back to normal

Shame through!
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] MohammadAG:
I use Llama, find it more user friendly than Tasker. You'll need to tap the tag twice, apparently Android's API doesn't notify apps that a tag was lost (although it does know about it, that can be seen in logcat).

I'll export my configuration if you want to use it.
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] darkrain82:
Yes please Mohammad that'd be great as it looks like exactly the sort of thing I wish to achieve! Thank you :)

☆ Sent using tapatalk for Samsung Note II ☆
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] MohammadAG:
You'll need

* Car mode control or change the Llama actions enable car mode rather than running this app, the reason I used this instead of the built in function is that it auto launches the car home app, rather than just turning car mode on, and do the same for the off event (again, I used the app instead because it closes car home and returns to default launcher).

* Driving mode widget, this is optional, but it provides an intent that turns on/off driving mode, which is for spoken alerts.

* Rotation locker, locks orientation, invisible notification bar icon only visible when in car mode, so it shouldn't affect you, the service doesn't run in the background when car mode is turned off.

* Llama, obviously :p

You can hide all the icons for those three apps, you don't need to interact with them yourself.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/68401892/Llama.zip

Put the Llama folder from the zip file in /sdcard, open Llama, open action menu, and import settings.

You will need to reconfigure the NFC events for your NFC tag, rather than mine (I disabled the built in Tags application using Titanium backup, either do that so "Empty tag" doesn't show up or simply format the tag in Llama).

VW Golf is a wireless AP I had in the car, you should probably remove that too unless you have a similar setup.

You will probably need to reconfigure the sounds, they're in the Llama folder, but since it uses content URIs specific to my device you might need to reselect them.

And that's it :)
[LG Optimus 3D] makaramk:
Hello everyone... I am using ported ICS on my O3D with the Dark International ROM v2... I have a problem restoring the SMS backup on my phone the threads are shown like one.. I mean the conversation is separated my messages are in different thread and the other person in new thread.. I think this is app related because my backup was created on GB. Is there any way that I can fix this or I will need the GB SMS app ported (if its possible)??
[LG Optimus 3D] jocazmaj:
I am on the same rom and I also made my backup on GB but with sms backup and restore app and now I can't restore them.It gives me an error when I try to restore..

:confused:
[LG Optimus 3D] makaramk:
Try rebooting and do the process again. I had the same problem. But anyway it seems that I cant do the backup properly, maybe the GB uses other style from the ICS while reading the threads.. I really have no idea :(
[LG Optimus 3D] jocazmaj:
Well, my solution was a stupid one but it did work...XD

I had around 8000messages and when I tried to restore I always got an error after the first 700-1500messages.After that the phone's internal sms ap crashed and the go sms didn't see the messages so I restarted the phone.After restart the messages were there.When I went to restore again sms backup and restore skipped those messages and restored another 700-1500...So I repeated the proces around 10times and it worked.haha

Now I want to back it up with Titanium Backup just in case but I don't know how..jet.
[LG Optimus 3D] makaramk:
Sooo no one? Cmon I really need the message's.. Can anyone try to port the GB app?

Sent from my ultra super Optimus 3D
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neetloaf:
When I pull down the settings screen on my nexus 4 Instead of it saying my name it says 'owner' and when I press it it tells me that that contact doesn't exist. Any suggestions?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neetloaf:
View attachment 1676144
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tibbz96:
Have you linked a gmail account to the phone?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plznote:
Nice WiFi SSID
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neetloaf:
That's the weird part I have, it should change automatically to my pictures and name but it refuses.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shotta35:
Google+ will update it but you can manually edit the "Me" contact in People Hub and it will show there. If you deleted it, i'm not sure how to get it back.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ntc3freak:
As soon as you sign into Google+ and let it sync, it will change to your name and Google+ profile picture.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neetloaf:
There it is login to google+ did it! Thanks boys!
[General Topics] Spastic909:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/25/unlocking_change/

If I pay for something its mine..apparently not here in the US after tonight
[General Topics] eminembdg:
I don't see how this will work if you actually buy a phone full price and not on a contract. Because like you stated, if you buy something it's yours.

Interesting
[General Topics] Spastic909:
I would understand if the device was leased..but last I checked cell companies don't do that.

If you are paying anywhere between 200 and 600 bucks fit something they will never see again and plan to switch providers but now can't afford a handset then it's bs.
[General Topics] theguitarman94:
wow in the UK we went the opposite way a couple years back. We totally got rid of the power to lock down devices! It just makes no sense to lock them
[General Topics] essentialmindz:
I was about to post that, lol
[General Topics] adolfo778:
Guys, please take a moment to sign this https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-unlocking-cell-phones-legal/1g9KhZG7
[General Topics] M9x3mos:
To be clear though the law does not outlaw unlocking the phone.

You are still legally able to unlock the device but you need to have the code from the manufacturer or carrier.

It makes it illegal to hack the phone to sim unlock like what is done with the iPhone.
[General Topics] Goatshocker:
If buy it on contract I can understand it, sort of...

If you buy it retail its not locked in the first place, at least not here. Hell, I dont think even contract phones are locked lol (my blade wasnt).

Americans :rolleyes::silly:;)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Jay_N:
I believe I have bricked my phone. I was running a rooted HTC One X AT&T with an odex Jellybean/HTC Sense 4+ ROM. I wanted to test out a Cyanogenmod. Big mistake. I tried to flash it from TWRP recovery, after backing up my previous ROM, however, it was stuck in an endless boot loop. I took advice from some people online and reflashed it/ wiped caches/dalvik cache etc... When I realized it would not work unless I fastbooted it myself using USB debugging I tried to reinstall the old ROM, of course, after wiping the Cyanogenmod. Long story short there was no backup even though I backed up the phone! I now have no ROM and everything on my system is gone! My SD card folder only has a TWRP recovery and I can't install any .zip files. TWRP isn't even allowing me to mount my SD card so putting any files are out of the question. I believe, however, that usb debugging was on the whole time :eek: (is it on if on the boot loader it says fastboot usb when I plug in a USB?). Is there anyway to fix this?? I'm really screwed if I can't and please don't direct me to another thread because I need personalized help. I'm doing this on a mac by the way so anyone who knows how to use the terminal would help a lot. I can get access to windows though if needed. Just please help.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sourshin:
Have you tried to flash the boot.img from the zip file in fastboot?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] InflatedTitan:
Do you know what a brick is? When your phone does NOTHING... Similar to a brick.

What happened to you is you didn't flash the boot.img through fastboot, which caused your first problem, the bootloop..

Second thing you did incorrect was perform a factory reset in boot loader... Which completely wipes your SD card and corrupts it, and which just so happened to contain your backup ;) no worries, easily fixable...

Download a rom on your computer. While its downloading, enter recovery and choose mount. Navigate to my computer and right click the removable storage option. Choose format. Once its done, drag rom onto phone.. Flash rom in twrp.

Extract rom on your computer, grab the boot.img and flash with fastboot.

Fastboot flash boot boot.img

Reboot phone and profit

EDIT: sorry but I hastily skimmed through your post... Those are half-assed instructions for windows, I have no clue what to do on a mac
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sourshin:
What he said. Toolkits are easily found too
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hack Xda:
Hi all when i open my samsung video hub app its asking for a update when i click continue it comes up error failed can i get help please thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxPixX:
you might not be logged into your samsung account, are you by any chance on a leaked JB?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hack Xda:
Yes I am on a ultimate Jelly bean rom and i am logged in
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hack Xda:
Hi there yes I'm on a jelly bean rom
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 70x7:
I'm with the same problem in the I9100, using latest Omega Rom (ls8).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hack Xda:
Hi there its annoying dont know what to fo cant watch movies lol
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hack Xda:
Please can someone one help Samsung video hub still not working
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hack Xda:
I thought we helped each other on :banghead:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThaiDai:
There are a few possibilities:

- no member has this problem

- no member uses Samsung video hub

- no member has a solution

- no member wants to answer

After reading your last post I choose no. 4
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hack Xda:
So you r that
[Bada Software Development] zookarma:
Thanks and gona try
[Bada Software Development] k8500:
Updated, added Wave 2 versions! Wave 2 version uses the JVLC2 core as the XXLG1 core is unavailable for it. Also, Wave 2 version contains files for RTL (arabic/hebrew/...) languages as there is no alternative arabic liteRemix around for this device.
[Bada Software Development] FPSUsername:
what is the newest firmware??

DDLC2, JVLC2 or XXLG1?

(i think DDLC2 or JVLC2 cuz of the nr.2)
[Bada Software Development] Cooetzee:
Can you please attach some pictures? Does the social hub has live feeds for facebook and IM?
[Bada Software Development] k8500:
XXLG1 is the newest one (but not the best imho). XX is the country code, L means the year (2012), G the month (July), 1 is the revision number (for multiple releases within one month.

1. I'll see about it and 2. yes.
[Bada Software Development] zookarma:
What is the best by your ho ;)
[Bada Software Development] k8500:
JVLC2 (core patch included in the archive), which is what I'm using, too. Everyone always wants the newest one (XXLG1), that's why the liteRemix is based upon XXLG1 and the core can be switched via a simple patch.

Although the JVLC2 is older than the XXLG1, it comes from another development string. Not as different from XXLG1 as chinese ZCLC4, but still different. So, technically it is not worse or outdated compared to XXLG1. Also, keep in mind that there was little to none development from XXLA1 to XXLG1.

The DDLC2 core, btw. is very similar to the JVLC2 core.

If you don't mind the occasional bug and special quirks of the chinese FW and also not being able to use T9 in other languages than english, the China liteRemix ZCLC4 is also worth a try. I think this is the smoothest among the four base FWs.
[Bada Software Development] FPSUsername:
so witch one is the smoothest patch?
[Bada Software Development] k8500:
I think JVLC2, but your results may vary, depending on varying usage. Example: I might text much, but you might play many games - so possibly a different core is better for you. If you're unhappy with smoothness/stability you can always switch without data loss.
[Bada Software Development] FPSUsername:
well. i play games at android, but i mean smooth ui/launcher.
[Bada Software Development] k8500:
That was only an example ;). I think the JVLC2 core is best for everything, so try it. If you're unhappy you can always switch back.
[Bada Software Development] FPSUsername:
also, did you fixed the reboot crash??

because when i tried 4.1, after boot, i needed to wait so memory wouldnt get full easy. but when i tick about 5 times on menu/home, it crashed.

very annoying
[Bada Software Development] tofifo:
At the option of voice input and output can not hear any language

The Samsung store can be downloaded and installed perfectly languages ​​for voice input and output

But after entering the option of voice input and output and move the slider to test how sound is heard no sound .... then and notifications and voice mail messages and so on are not heard

How to solve it?

Maybe changing ffs ?

or flash file needed?
[Bada Software Development] k8500:
Fixed, as written in the first post :).

Don't change the FFS - that problem seems to be connected with something else. Maybe the users here can help.You may also try switching to a different core (which won't lead to data loss).
[Bada Software Development] FPSUsername:
Removed Polaris, YouTube and Google from main installation.

WHY DID YOU REMOVED YOUTUBE??

This was the best app for bada
[Bada Software Development] k8500:
Polaris is available via the bonus pack. And Google: That thing took space (it's actually a widget) and wasn't that useful at all - the live panel search or starting your browser of choice (Dolfin or Opera) do the job as well. As for Youtube: I disagree. You know, Youtube was never an app but only a Dolfin shortcut :). Anyways, with the right MenuCFG you can have it back, but you'd have to full flash again. Interested?
[Bada Software Development] himadri_sm:
Can you please share the default theme from your FW separately as an .smt file ? Thanks a lot.
[Bada Software Development] FPSUsername:
sure. because im still on turko v8.1 because had not much time to flash rom
[Bada Software Development] Cooetzee:
I tried to log into facebook account in SOCIAL HUB but its not working....It says "connection failed" even if using wifi or data packets included in the subscription....Can yu help?
[Bada Software Development] k8500:
Not possible, cause Idon't have it as SMT file (the theme is actually integrated into FW). I remember the Turko CFW v8 theme was available from somewhere (maybe Badahub), so Google might help.

See attachment. This one has no Java Apps in the main menu, but Youtube is included.

Well, sorry. I'd really like to help but this is one of those problems that I never experienced and therefore I can't find the cause. You may try switching to a different core, a factory reset or a full flash.
[Bada Software Development] k8500:
I hope you haven't downloaded the Youtube-enabled MenuCFG yet, cause this had a small bug. If you did, just redownload (I updated the attachment).
[Bada Software Development] k8500:
Bugfix Time!

Here's a possible fix for Facebook, SocialHub and Market issues. Install only the one(s) you need!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/rfpr6y

Use King_Fix_FBauth.app if you got trouble with Facebook authentification.

Use King_Fix_SHP.app if you got general trouble with Social Hub or Google authentification issues.

Use King_Fix_Market.app if you got trouble updating the Market only if the included fix did not work.

Use King_Fix_SHP&Market.app if all of the above applies to you.

And, last but not least: Give me feedback!
[Bada Software Development] Cooetzee:
I tried and does not work :(. Still using the facebook on dolphin browser :(