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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rapperman:
I've searched high and low for an answer to this problem but I'm still coming up empty.

I have the AT&T variant of the Xperia Ion (LT28AT) and have managed to root it using Bin4ry's method, but for the life of me I cannot install CWM. When I run popfan/ganeshbiyer's "RECOVERY for XperiaIon v.4.zip" I get zero error messages and it appears to finish as expected, however I cannot enter CWM. I have tried using the expected 5 or 6 presses of the Sony logo at boot, and also using jrummy's ROM Toolbox.

Any ideas? In searching the CWM thread in the development forum it appears that others with my variant have indeed been able to install CWM. What could I be doing wrong? Btw, I am on the latest firmware for my variant 6.1.C.1.105.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] luisoman2000:
You can try flashing any other generic firmwares for the ion( lt28h ir i firnwares work ok), maybe that will help(plus it would remive the at&t bloatwaere
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] badday2:
OK, so what I think is that this image is somehow messed up as these unresolved dependencies indicate - in my opinion - some mis-configured setup.

Maybe the fastest solution might be to try the alpha-Image I used - if you still face trouble, please feel free to describe it as precisely and well as you did this time.

Good luck :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] paulgydos:
I am about to repeat the process with the ALPHA image but..

I am about to repeat the process with the ALPHA image. But...it would help if you made comment on more than the dependency problems...

These three areas in your instructions and my comments are areas I am particularly curious about and think your input would be valuable in.

1)

For instance it would be helpful to know about what you think about what you think about my comments with the strange behavior around the /home/fedora/.vnc/xstartup file and the del and add of the fedora user.

Wouldn't it be better just to add the .vnc folder and xtartup file and doesn't the lack of a .vnc folder at all seem to indicate a step that wasn't documented?

2)

Please examine what I wrote about the MAKEDEV command. Was I correct about the typo?

3)

Please enlighten me further about your instructions regarding "Vol-up" and "w" - I can't find any information anywhere that gives me a clue about what you were trying to do there. I wasn't able to reproduce the result you got - maybe if I understood more I will be able to replicate what you were trying to do there and or find another way to do it.

Thanks so much in advance... I appreciate your interest in this topic!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] badday2:
As I understood you, yum install tightvnc-server fails due to unresolved dependencies. Therefore, no such folder will be created as the program is not installed. That is also why you will not get such a folder after recreating the user.

It might be the case that it was in fact pty, not pts, I am not sure about that anymore. You can check for the success by changing into the /dev directory ( cd /dev ) and then list all entries of pty ( ls pty* ) to see whether the device was created successfully.

This is only for convenience so that you do not have to write the hole command again. So when you are in the terminal emulator, by default, you should be able to go up in your bash history by pressing "Vol-up" and "w", similar to the "arrow-up" on your PC.

I hope I could help you, good luck.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] paulgydos:
Thank you.

Thank you, those are some very useful replies!

I will be sure to post the results of my next binge of effort on this project.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tunderpimp:
Alright I've rooted, flashed before with my sgh-t959v. I've been doing a lot of sticky reading and Google searching. If I got it straight I unlock my bootloader first, then root so I can flash it up.

Sent from my SGH-T959V
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android88:
Yup, pretty much. "fastboot oem unlock" to unlock the bootloader and then "fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img" to get a custom recovery.
[Trophy General] Slisky:
Hello guys,

I have a "small problem"

I upgraded my phone to wp 7.8 using seven-eighter, it all worked, wp7.8 looked great until i figured out i can't go to "about phone" its instantly kicking me back. The same thing is when i try to enter any thread it just kick me out instantly to main screen.

And i have no idea what to do. I tried soft reset (vol- vol+ and power) and it didnt work. I tried also to restore backup from zune. I have now older version of wp, but still can't go to messages or info about phone.

I found one or two information about this problem after updating mozart... but thats all, no solution. Any one have any ideas how to fix it?

If i posted this thread in wrong section im sorry. I just don't know where it should be.

Thanks
[Trophy General] kmotrzak:
Hello. Have You managed to solve the problem? I have completely the same situation, and nothing seems to help it. I've tried with SevenEighter_LanguageRestore but it's the same!

I Have german version of the software, and it comes with Vodafone.
[Trophy General] drill_sarge:
You forgot to update the languages/did not update your language correctly.

Go here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1306415

and send the correct language cabs to your phone using cab sender.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] killer98:
I just flashed CM10 Experimental build 02/11/13, and it is stuck on the boot logo. I have tried relocking the bootloader, running the RUU, unlocking the bootloader, and reflashing CM but it still won't work.

EDIT: Now, I can't even boot into HBOOT!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] camo_flage:
Did you flash the boot IMG when u flashed or are you s-off

Sent from my Cyan HTC Raider on the Rogers Wireless Network
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] killer98:
Sorry for the late response, but yes, I did everything necessary for a device with S-ON. I can now confirm it's bricked.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] dt@yahoo:
How did you brick it? It's almost impossible if you flashed the rom than fastboot flashed the boot.img, wipe cache and dalvik.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] kikokazuma:
You didn't brick it. CM10 for the Vivid has boot issues. Keep flashing the boot.img and ROM while wiping caches and factory resetting repeatedly until it boots.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] killer98:
Well, the device does not turn on at all. No recovery, no bootloader, no fastboot, nothing.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] ZeRo2o9:
Idk how you guys have problems I have never had 1 problem flashing ROMs I bet this guy was on a gingerbread ROM and flashed cm10
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] killer98:
No, actually. I was on the previous build of CM10
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] killer98:
Anyways, you're on a different phone. Issues are different from phone to phone
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] salade618:
Is your problem solved yet?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] killer98:
Nope, not yet, sadly :( Any help is appreciated :)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] salade618:
At what point does your phone reboots? At the white HTC screen or at the Cyanogenmod boot animation?

Have you tried removing the battery for 30 seconds, putting it back in, waiting 10 seconds and then the bootloader button sequence?

Sent from my CM10 Raider on Rogers
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] killer98:
Actually, my phone doesn't boot, at all. So, it would be impossible to say when it stops working...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] salade618:
Does your orange light up when you plug it? Could you try another battery? I heard battery durability was short on some devices.

If another battery doesn't work, I'm afraid I'm out of options...

Sent from my CM10 Raider on Rogers
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] killer98:
No light turns on, nothing.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] salade618:
Out of options

I'm out of options... Sorry :(
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] cmerlyn:
Dead battery

I would suspect the battery has cratered. The symptoms are identical, doesn't boot, doesn't light when plugged in, etc.

1. Get an external battery charger. I have had good luck with one by Anker on Amazon

2. Charge your battery in the external system.

3. Pop it back into your phone and turn it on.

When you go to Amazon to buy that charger, buy yourself a spare battery. My favorite system is to keep a charged battery with me, swap it in when the phone battery gets too low, and get that battery into a charger. Total phone down time, less than 1 minute. And for those occasions when the battery takes a dump like yours did, you have a charged backup waiting.

cmerlyn
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] mg2195:
Just pointing this out....ignore tapatalk signatures as many people have more than one device...Zero actually has his own dev thread here for the vivid for miui

I don't really have much to offer help wise...but the vivid is known for corrupting batteries if they die while the phone is not booted up...or at least jot being able to charge a dead battery...try getting a new battery and see if that helps...best of luck to you...hope you figure it out...its a shame when an expensive device becomes nothing more than a paper weight...if I get any other ideas I'll let you know...

Edit: try the option listed right above my post...didn't see that lol

Worst case scenario...you can try selling it for $25-75 depending on physical condition...some people love buying broken phones cause they know how to fix them...then you can put that money towards a new phone :D
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] jherbold:
Sounds like you've taken several steps to try to resolve your issue. Can you say with 100% certainty which recovery was last installed and whether that recovery flashed correctly? The symptoms sound like a discharged battery with no charge support in recovery, or a corrupted recovery image.

These are the steps I would take. Obtain a charged battery. This could be a standalone battery charger, where you remove the battery from your device and plug it into the charger. The charger should indicate the current charge condition of the battery and when it is fully charged. Or, buy/borrow a battery you know to have a charge. There are inexpensive batteries @ Amazon that would suffice for this effort.

If, with a known charged battery you can't get into bootloader, you have bigger issues. If you can, then find the instructions on the forum to get back to stock and start over.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] killer98:
Last recovery I flashed was TWRP, it flashed perfectly... and I guess I'll look for a new battery :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronosis7906:
Hello guys, I´ve been since monday trying to find an answer to my problem all over the internet but there seems to be no one else with the same problem.. here´s what happened:

On Friday I took my phone to a Samsung official support store in my country (Argentina) to fix something that was wrong with the display, I went back on saturday to find out that they had updated my phone to Jellybean... but then they told me that for some reason the unlock that I had on the phone was gone... and that there was no way they could unlock it again because the new jellybean didnt allowed it or something like that, and that they "forgot" to do a restore backup of the phone before they updated it. At that point I wanted to kill somebody::mad::mad:, i filled complaint forms and etc but they gave me no solution..

I went back home and tried to find a solution on my own, I ve tried different methods like galaxysunlock and other stuff and even though it shows like its unlocked it doesnt allow me to call or receive calls but it picks up signal. Then I thought maybe they´re right and it has something to do with JB but when I tried to change the ROM to 4.0.4 even 4.0.3 with ODIN the phone doesnt start it just stays in the first screen with the S shining and thats all... The only ROM that works is this one : I9100XWLS8_I9100XXLS8_I9100FOPLS3_HOME.tar the one with JB..

Please I really need help with this issue :(:(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f-r:
You haven't found not a single thread on the internet on how to stop the bootloop on the GS2....Really?

And no one managed *ever* to fix the SIM lock?

I find it hard to belive....

Google "xda i9100 fix bootloop" first and stop being lazy.

Read some XDA i9100 threads before posting.

Sent from my digital submersible hovercraft.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
now wait a second, where did you take your device?

Lol you took it for screen repair and they ended updating it to JB?

JB is not even out in this region.

Te cagaron mal, and try galaxysim unlock, it's free here at xda.

And also check if it's your device your holding, sounds like swap to me.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronosis7906:
Overall I appreciate you took time to look into my problem and give me an answer.. I just dont think you know me that well to give such an opinion.

About the bootloop I`ll look into it but If I could find a way to unlock it I dont care if I have JB, I didnt say no one was able to fix the SIM lock, thats what THEY told me, in fact I read lots of post where people unlocked it with no problem, I just dont know what the FK Im doing wrong that I cant, thats why Im asking for help.

But again, thank you for your answer.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronosis7906:
For what it seems I took it to the worst placen in town, but they were the only place that had the display (we have serious problems to get this kind of stuff here because of the import laws of the country)... Unfortunatly this is (sadly) normal around here, if it had worked out well they would have told me that I needed to pay some extra money for the update...

Ive tried the galaxysim unlock from this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1846451 I followed all the steps, rooted the JB, installed busybox then the app, but even though it says its unlocked and it picks up signal it says "emergecy calls only" and I cant neither send or receive any calls.

lol I just cheked the imei in the phone and behind the battery and at least its my device :)

Thank you for your answers!! I hope I can get this fixed!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Whatever they've flashed, they've shouldn't have, It doesn't make any sense.

Now, you need to change your modem. Flash nordic LSD, I was in Argentina the other day an roaming didn't work first, at night it settled.

If that doesn't work, flash the leak's modem, LS6.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronosis7906:
Ok, so I should flash this ROM http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1544487 with ODIN, then root it and try to unlock it with galaxysimunlock right?

Let me know and Ill do it as soon as possible!

Thank! :good:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Yeah, flash that. You'll remain unlocked, no worries.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronosis7906:
It didn´t work :mad:, Here´s what I did just to see if something´s wrong and thats why the unlock doesn´t work:

-Flashed this ROM I9100XWLSD (4.1.2)

-Then rooted it with PhilZ-cwm6-XWLSD-OXX-4.35-signed

-Downloaded and installed BusyBox (Stephen Stericson)

-Then installed galaxysim unlock

When I installed it I got a message saying this model has not been tested with this app, try it at your own risk. I clicked unlock, restarted it and got the same message: emergency calls only, and when I try to call it says "not registered in the network". I tried with a SIM card from another carrier and same thing, I`ll try tomorrow with another carrier and see what happens..

Is there a provider to unlock it internationally by IMEI even if I have to pay for it? Because I spend all day trying to find someone here to do it but they all use the same method you recommend me.

I really appreciate your help!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Wait a second, you don't need galaxysim unlock anymore.

You are already unlocked

.

What you need is a modem.

Here, flash this. (Extract and flash ONLY LS6 in PHONE section).

That's an international modem, should work.

And do me a favour, can you post some "Acerca del Dispositivo"'s screen shots?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronosis7906:
Well I just flashed this file MODEM_I9100XXLS6 as you said, put it in the phone section from ODIN and... keeps asking for the SIM unlock code.

Heres the screenshot:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
You got signal there, what's up with that?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronosis7906:
adiniti commands

Thats what I dont understand, I always get signal, but whenever I try to call I get this message: Not registered on the network

And I have this message also on the top bar saying "Emergency calls only", there´s something I dont understand, I bought the phone from someone else and it was unlocked (I dont know if factory unlocked or he did it on his own) but now it doesnt work with none of the carriers here, if it wasnt factory unlocked, should it at least work with the original carrier it was locked for?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Was it assembled at Tierra del fuego?

Run galaxysim unlock again and post that "device not sopported" screen.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronosis7906:
Yes is the one assebled at Tierra del Fuego! Here are the screen captures, first is showing that the device has not been tested, and then once I click unlock saying its unlocked but not working:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Get the new version from the store and check the info.

Mean while get a branded/unbranded argentinean ROM (not 4.0.4)

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronosis7906:
Well, this is driving me crazy, here`s what I did; fixed the bootloop and istalled this ROM:

I9100UHLPS Download

Base Firmware: I9100UHLPS (4.0.3)

Region: South America

Country Argentina

Carrier: Unbranded

Build Date: 12 June 2012

Modem: UHLPG

CSC: AROLP4

Change List: 709483

Rooted it with: CF-Root-SGS2_UH_UVC_LPK-v5.5-CWM5, then installed and buyed the GalaxSIM unlock and.......... didn´t work, should I try to change the modem again? in the meantime I´m getting ready to sue this unbelievable a--holes..

Here are some screen capture:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Carta docomento comming up!

Now that you mention it...you did go to that store to fix your screen.....wnna know what the might have done?

BUSTED THE ANTENNA!

Go there and tell em to supply you with a new device or else lawsuit coming right up.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronosis7906:
I took it early this morning to another store to check the phone just in case something like that could´ve happened, but they said beside the unlocking problem everything seems to be fine, I have no idea how they fkd it up so bad that seems impossible to unlock!! I am getting ready to send them a carta documento tomorrow morning that´s for sure.. Are we out of options?? Cant I copy an efs folder from an unlocked phone and copy it to mine? sounds crazy I know but I just need it really bad for my job.

What about unlocking it by IMEI, I cant find anyone here to do it, and I buyed an unlock service from Spain and they "forgot" to tell me they only unlock european IMEI.. Do you know any international IMEI unlock service?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
The thing is that I dunno if this is an IMEI problem.....and don't copy another's device EFS folder to your device, that would be a mess.

Go to the store and ask for a new one, if they refuse let me know so I can burn the place down with a couple of Kristina's guys :p

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronosis7906:
Wait a sec.. is it possible that the "original" IMEI from the phone could have been restored through all the ROM changes that I´ve been making o because of a wipe/reset factory seettings and cache? Because if it is I could have bought a stolen second hand device wich whas reported to the different carriers here and they have the IMEI blocked, and somehow the guy who sold it to me managed to change the IMEI in the first place..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
I'm gonna say maybe but i'm also gonna say unlikely.

Why don't you check if your IMEI is blacklisted or not?

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cursed Pirate:
Just to put my input in, It does look to be a stolen phone and it has been listed. If you have the box for the phone you can simply compare the IMEI to the box and see if it is the same and if not they gave you another phone. Other side is the person who sold you the phone stole it from someone else and the original owner finally reported it.

There is a few apps out there that will and can change IMEI but you will have to do some hunting around for them. It will be pretty tough to obtain one that will function.

I have to say, I am surprised your so quick at trying soo many different Rom;s with the possibility of bricking the phone. Unless that is not something your worried about. Well anyways good luck.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChavitoArg:
Hi amigazo! Maybe they have changed your motherboard with a balcklisted IMEI, those services are a pain in the ass, you sent your device to Multipoint? Send me a PM, maybe we can talk. I had a bad experience and went to consumer's defense, now i have a new S2 ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
qué haces nene? had a little dancing with Personal?

Those f*ckers, charged me $ 680 for 1 week in uruguay, gotta hate roaming.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dlw1146:
Need keyboard for gb with a mic that allows for pause.

The one now only allows for when you speak.

When you pause, it stops. I need one that allows you to hesitate.

Downloaded a few keyboard apk's but none work so far.

The keyboard apk on jb allows for this but will not work on gb.

Need recommentations?

dlw
[HTC Sensation] jonathan_phang:
Hi all,

after almost getting rid of my Sensation, finaly got round to taking the leap to get a JB rom, to extend the life of the handset. Everything has gone well, and I've installed Albinomans ROM fine. I have noticed one thing so wanted to ask any JB based rom users a question.

In the stock JB camera app the pictures are in 4:3 format (which is fine, and I know there is a flashable zip, but bear with me). I prefer this aspect ratio for pictures, however, when taking a picture, the whole screen is taken up, which is effectively a 16:9 screen, so its hard to frame pictures correctly.

Basically, if you have a JB rom, when taking a picture, is the whole screen taken up? And then when you look at the picture taken it the gallery, is there more above and below what you saw then you took the photo.

I'm interested to know if this is the behaviour of a JB camera in general or maybe something to do with the ROM I have. I dont have enough posts to ask a specific queestion in the DEV thread, but I would appreciate any feedback.

If there is no way round it then I will have to just settle for using camera ICS from the market so I can see what I want to take :)

Thanks in advance

Jonny
[HTC Sensation] hltbest:
Hi, ive been using this mod for a while now http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1901917 . Just flash it and then make sure you are opening the right camera app (There will be 2 now!) . The correct one has the option to choose 16:9. However if force closes first time but dont worry it only happens once!