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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] xdazev:
My Verizon Note 2 came with a glaring bad pixel and an entire line on the screen that went bad. I just got my RMA replacement unit.

I'm not rooted - I didn't want to mess around knowing I'd be returning it. So, neither Titanium Backup nor nandroid backup is available. I didn't move any apps to the external SD card, though for some apps I set the destination for new files to the external card when the default was internal.

What is the best procedure to migrate from old unit to new one? My thought was:

- Save configs for any app that allows you to save a config (e.g. Touchdown)

- Email Apps will re-sync with the servers (e.g. Touchdown, K-9)

- Most apps just re-install from Google play

- Drag and drop files on internal SD card to desktop (Windows)

- Anything on removable SD card will be fine.

Issues I'm wondering about:

- Dropbox. Should I uninstall and reinstall and let it all re-sync?

- Android settings - volume, ring tones, brightness, etc. - is there a file that saves all that? Will they get picked up if I copy a few directories from the internal storage back from Window? If so, what are those directories or files?

- Will there be hidden files on the internal storage that I need that won't be copied to Windows by drag & drop? Is there a way to save them?

- What am I missing? Anything else I should worry about? It seems simple enough, but having moved between platforms many times, there is always something that can go wrong.

Many thanks in advance for the help. I can't imagine I'm the only one with a defective unit, so hopefully this will help the next noob.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DJ1994:
To be honest I'm sure there is a way to do what you are asking. Other than s note things which can be easily found with access to the internal storage.... For settings and whatnot I recommend just starting over it won't take that long and it is part of the fun of starting over :)

The reason I recommend starring over is it is easy to get way to complicated and messy trying to move things like that. I would only move app data that is vital. Good luck with your move.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] xdazev:
Thanks, it was good advice. I was able to export and import my tasker profiles (those would have been painful to re-create), and for everything else I just did a side-by-side comparison with the old unit. Time consuming, but effective.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Katamo Jones:
I really enjoyed the app Video Wiz that came with my original stock Rom. I've temporary lost my first backup after rooting due to a computer crash that I've yet to fix and I can't find this stock app for download anywhere. Anyone have a copy they can share? Or give me the right location to buy it if it's a paid app? I've searched extensively so suggestions won't really help, all I need is a link. Thanks!
[AT&T LG Optimus G] nymica:
it's in the stock rom you should be able to pull it out of this rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35929652
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Katamo Jones:
Thanks man. Yeah, I know it's there. That was gonna be my last option. I've been hoping not to download the whole thing and just come across the app on its own. General circumstance day to day leaves me with no Wi-Fi and I'm already way over my plan. I'll give this thread another day of two and try to find Wi-Fi in the meantime. Thanks again.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] nymica:
Once my son goes to sleep I'll grab it and dig through it and try to grab you the apk ;)
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Katamo Jones:
you just made me tinkle with excitement! :highfive: The copy stuck in that zip will taunt me no longer.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] nymica:
here ya go just unpack it and push the apk and odex files to /system/app and set permissions/reboot hope it works for ya!
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Katamo Jones:
works wonderfully! Thanks a lot!
[AT&T LG Optimus G] bleached45:
Can't tell if you meant tinkle... or tingle.

I've always heard tinkle to mean pee... you had an excited pee?

:p
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Katamo Jones:
I'm not ashamed. I really wanted that app back..:)
[AT&T LG Optimus G] ahsan hayat:
Hi
[AT&T LG Optimus G] nymica:
Talk about raising a thread from the dead!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a2296455:
I flashed my Xperia X10 to Donut HD and later on to Kickass, in both ocations I tried to boost the performance of the cellphone by disabling a few apps with Autorun, and deleting some files from the system folder like the calculator.

Now everytime the battery drops to 74%, if I open a few apps and start a normal use on the cellphone(Web browsing, Calls, Messaging) It powers off by itself, what could this be?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dunc4n88:
I had this problem and it was the battery I tried several roms and kernels and all did the same apart from mine shutdown at 89% I bought a new battery but found out it was undervolted at 1200mAh and it shut down from 20% so I bought a new battery a business line battery from eBay rated at 2680mAh and now I have no problems battery takes roughly 3 days to get down to around 5% with occasional usage but under heavy usage ie music playing all day an browsing occasionally on breaks at work, I can get around 2 days before I need to charge it again
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bimmerman7:
Tried pulling battery, cant get to my recovery, phone boots up fine but the lockscreen is frozen sideways and all phone buttons are unrespomsive, pull down is unresponsive, lock is unresponsive, tried usb...device not recognized....i can in to odin recovery but wont do anything either...am I bricked? or is there something I can do? Thank you in advance!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] maddmatt02:
alright, I have had my et4g for about a year and a half now, I have successfully flashed probably close to 100 times if not more, back and forth from GB to ICS, NOT because Im actually smart enough to know whats going on, just that Im smart enough to read and follow the steps you smart people lay out for me in your posts.

I am also pretty sure I have gone back from JB to GB before but I dont remember for sure. I was currently running FK23 and wanted to revert to EL29 and just get whatever the latest official build was onto the phone because I was going to sell it since I just upgraded. AND heres where the problem came, I was doing the restore one click el29(same computer/cable/file I have always used) and everything was going fine and out of the corner of my eye I noticed the monitor dimmed a little bit (didnt sleep or anything, just dimmed. on a laptop that was plugged in) and not sure if thats when it happened but I saw the red fail, the bar on the phone was SO CLOSE to completed its not even funny, but it just continued to sit there. I noticed at the end of the script was a series of "removed" "added" and ended at another "removed".

I can get it into download mode but 2 different computers, 2 different odin OC's, 2 different cables, full odin, nothing recognizes it. when I plugged it into the other computer the computer played the sound and brought up a notification that the usb device had malfunctioned.

tried to use kies as well because when trying a normal boot it says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies & try again" but it doesnt recognize the phone either, and I have no recovery code to try.

I have searched and found NUMEROUS threads about this problem, most never were resolved, ALL that were resolved were other devices or they could still boot, or something else.

I have no idea where to go from here, can anyone give me some help?

thanks in advance
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] graydiggy:
Is it possible that the USB port on the device has finally kicked the bucket? Check the pins. See of they are lifted, bent, broken, etc. You can also pull the device apart and check the solder joints on the port. They could just have a bad connection on one of the data leads. Another thing to try, get a full stock flashable restore zip file and place it on your external SD card. Rename it to "update.zip" then in CWM or the stock recovery hit apply update from SD card.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] maddmatt02:
volume up + power just takes me to the "firmware upgrade encountered..." message, no way to get to recovery. looking in with a flashlight the port seems to be fine. now it has been acting up lately where it wouldnt charge if the cord was coming out at a little bit of an angle. it really only was happening with this dirt cheap car charger I got off monoprice though and Ive still been able to transfer files and charge for quite some time so I figured that wouldnt be the problem, especially when the problem happened in the middle of it having a steady connection for ~20 minutes prior to the issue.

know of a source to buy a cheap port I can try and repair myself (Im better at that sort of thing than messing with software so I think I might be able to do it)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] graydiggy:
It might auto flash it at that point if it scans and detects "update.zip". I may be wrong though... Ebay will have them. I will think of some other options and report back. Last resort is to J-Tag it if even replacing the port doesn't work and there is nothing you can do with software. Either that or replace it with insurance and tell them you were updating to the newest ICS.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] maddmatt02:
well, didnt know what JTAG was, looked it up and looks like I have to send it off somewhere and pay 40+ bucks plus shipping to possibly get it fixed, to probably not sell the phone for THAT much more, so if it comes to that I just might leave the phone in its current state and forget about it. Ill try the port first though, and anything else you(or others) can think of trying. also I dont have insurance, I dont get it on my phones. I used to but by the time Ive had the phone for a while plus the cost of the deductible I could just buy a nice one off contract on ebay or something anyways. and this is actually the first time in a very long time I would need to make a claim. last time I would have needed to file it lost/stolen/broken was back on cingular when I had that wierd spin open walkman phone because it fell apart. and monthly insurance costs since then could buy me a couple new phones by now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] maddmatt02:
also, could it be that the usb port finally crapped out if the computer sees it every time I plug it in, it just says the usb device has malfunctioned. Im trying to find an update.zip to give a shot right now also, so far they are very specific on the condition of the phone to flash (must run this version, usb storage off, usb debugging on).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] maddmatt02:
auto update.zip was a no go
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] calisro:
try a 3rd cable
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] maddmatt02:
well, I can give that a shot but I used both cables to successfully transfer files from the wifes et4g to the computer that I am trying to fix my phone with, so I know the drivers are in there to recognize the phone and the cables work with another phone of the same model.

last night I tore the phone down and just made sure everything was clean and connected. none of the data connections behind the usb port were damaged, or inside the port but who knows about the part you cant see. anyways the phone still turns on and shows on the screen so I didnt make it worse. I ordered up a new port last night also so I guess as a last resort I am going to try that. I did notice that the moisture indicator on the inside of the back panel that pops off when dissasembling the phone shows it has gotten "wet", but I know its never sat in a puddle, never left on a counter with a spill. I have talked on it in the rain (inside the hood I was wearing) and also gotten some rain drops on the screen while I was dialing the number in the rain or checking a text in the rain but I just wipe it off and put it back in my pocket, which might have been a little damp from the rain, so how sensitive are these things, humid air must be enough to trigger the little purple "x"s then, right?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jaxon01:
I had a Nexus S that quit working. Like your phone, it would go into download mode but none of my 3 computers would recognize it, but they did recognize my og Epic. Turned out the internal memory went bad without warning. It was still under factory warranty so I sent it to Samsung and they replaced the mainboard. I hope your problem is something simpler.

Sent from my SPH-D710 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] calisro:
ah, another phone is using those cables fine. . Ok, my bad. Does sound like something borked on the phone (USB, flash memory, etc).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] graydiggy:
The purple X's dissapeared and the paper turns red when it gets wet. You are good.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] maddmatt02:
oh, ok. for some reason I thought that they were white then the purple x's appeared when they got wet, didnt spend any time today messing with the phone at all today, although nothing I can really do anyways til the port comes in the mail.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] neno2323:
If i do a factory reset from backup and restore in settings will it erase my sd storage? ( music , pics...... etc ) thanks
[Sprint LG Optimus G] alsaces daddy:
It did for me

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[LG Nitro HD] AUSTIN3:16:
This may sound dumb but.....what is the difference between V20c, V20e, & V20f Roms?
[LG Nitro HD] AUSTIN3:16:
I think I found the answer.....V20c is AT&T, V20e & V20f are Canadian carriers.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] polishfly:
What is the best kernel I should use on my trusty TF101? I am currently running a nightly of CM10 with TWRP recovery. Since I'm new to the whole process, do I wipe everything before installing the new kernel, then install the CM10 ROM and so forth or can I just install the kernel on top of the CM10 install and go from there?

Much thanks to everyone!
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] JoinTheRealms:
Wrong place mate, you need to post in the questions forum next time. Afaik RaymanFX's Elite kernel is good for cm10 (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1998297) just make sure you download the cm10 specific version, no wipe is necessary just flash and reboot.
[General Questions and Answers] tspirtle:
Hopefully this is the right forum. I wasn't sure where to put this thread,.

The Nexus 4 has been my first Android phone. Now that I've had about a month to get used to Android, I decided it was time to start having fun with it. I installed UCCW and Apex Launcher and I've been teaching myself how to use them.

I came across this homescreen, and I'm trying to base my own homescreen off of it:

http://mycolorscreen.com/2013/02/25/ubuntu-touch/

So far, this is what I've come up with:

View attachment 1767113

My question is, how do I remove the margin/spacing between widgets? In the picture above, it's most noticeable between the "Notifications" title and the weather. I really haven't figured out spacing at all. Changing my homescreen grid to 10x6 helped, but it still isn't quite what I need.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strip419:
any way of overclocking the gpu?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidify:
i flashed a custom ROM ..Cool Rom V2.1 Alpha to MyPhoneA848 DUO .. after gflashing i have no signal any way to fix it???
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lubos07:
i got a problem with download mode.

i can put the phone in download mode by pressing vol- / home / power but the pc doesn't recognize him but just in download mode.

i have twrp recovery and i tryed to instal new rom but it show me E: signature verification failed so after i wanted to instal new rom throught odin but ...

any help please? thanks
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iKlutz:
Fix the drivers with kies troubleshooting connection.

Sent from the dark side on my GT-I8190
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lubos07:
so when i connect phone with kies everything work great. but i cannot connect phone in download mode with odin.

now windows shows that it was unable to find u8500 USB ROM
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackknightavalon:
Everything points to a driver problem. Weird.

Sent from Spaceball One.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lubos07:
i tried on two pc's but same result
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tys0n:
Use a usb on the backside, with original cable if nothing else works. Launch Odin. Put phone in download and connect cable.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iKlutz:
Did you enable usb debugging??

Sent from the dark side on my GT-I8190
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lubos07:
i tried but nothing happens :(
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lubos07:
of course it is enabled :o
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tys0n:
Usb debug doesnt matter. Download mode works either way. If you cant boot normal to activate it, you can still flash new fw through Odin.

Open task manager and kill all process with kies and try again.

Sometimes they interfere each other.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lubos07:
i killed 2 process with kies but again nothing happens.

the odin can recognize phone when is turn on but if is in download mode the odin cannot recognize phone.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kicker63:
Or exit any Anti–virus software you may have as well.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lubos07:
ok guys

after fresh win instal everything work grat :laugh:

anyway thanks you
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Desparoux:
mate use original usb cable don't use other fake ones
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rarog:
How should this matter at all? What are fake usb cables? USB 1.0 to 2.0 has the same standard - a set of to wires that hast to handle 5V+ (and max 1.8A with dedicated chargers, if you use USB 2.0 and especially MicroUSB-B slot on the 2nd side) and ground, and 2 wires for data (+ Data and - Data). Micro-USB has another 5th wire to check, if host or slave connection method is used. Technically all USB cables are interchangable.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tys0n:
Yes, in theory they're all the same but they do come in different qualities and it's a well known fact that changing usb-cable can be the differens for a successful flash.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rarog:
In that case I had the luck to use only good cables, I never had any problem besides cases, where the cable was broken, so the contacts were not always closed. But this was a problem with normal USB connection, too, so I got rid of it anyway.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Desparoux:
U think so but its has diff quality so u need to use original cables use and see what I really mean
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exotycc:
Go To TecnicalServis Usb Daata connect point repair.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] brion1020:
My T-Mobile T989UVLH1 4.0.4 is currently using the stock rom and is rooted. Before updating to a newer firmware, do I need to unroot?

Please provide friendly steps and reasonable options.

Also I'd like to know the proper steps of backing up everything on my phone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] zombielion:
Update how thru kies or to custom?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jester6:
Updating as in flashing a new rom? Then no, if you're doing it through kies then the answer is no as well. Though if you plan on updating through kies the newest firmware is 4.0.4 anyway and you will also lose root if updating via kies.
[HTC One S] ted619:
hi my friend has 2 htc one s he has one with broken motherboard and he bought

a new one from craigslist but it has a Blacklisted IMEI im wondering if there is a

way of switching his old IMEI to the one with Bad IMEI???
[HTC One S] Spastic909:
Questions have a dedicated section you know
[HTC One S] ted619:
really??? what does Q&A stand for?
[HTC One S] Spastic909:
O snap...my bad lol. I was just in general and thought I still was. My bad. Don't think there is a way to swap but I could be wrong
[HTC One S] ryanshew:
Take it easy, they call him spastic for a reason:p

HTC_One_S | Xparent_ICS_Blue_Tapatalk 1.06_Hboot_Downgrade | Root_Box | Komodo_Kernel | S-OFF
[HTC One S] wolfirotisha:
IMEI switching is ILLEGAL and ahouldnt be talked about on the forums. If you want to proceed with it. GIYF.
[HTC One S] devgee:
AW: IMEI transfer Question

When i downgraded my hboot to 0.6, it automatically changed to 00000000000

Gesendet von meinem HTC One S mit Tapatalk 2
[HTC One S] untrueparadox:
HTC phone's imei is stored in mmcblk0p4. you can hex edit the value to change it. if you don't understand that, you should not attempt it. it will brick your phone if you make a mistake.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freedom Yonder:
My micro sd card seems to not be working at all.

Have been googling this problem for about a good 2 weeks now.

Reason this happened: was installing a ROM on phone, and I have no idea what happened.

Weird enough though, I was listening to music randomly one night no problem. Morning after I had some blank/unsupported fiel system error on sd card.

Tried many things:

fdisk (gave bad file descriptor error)

DD (read-only file system)

Disk management in windows (shows up, but no options availble. Won't even let me format.)

Device Manager in Windows says I need to troubleshoot USB MASS Storage (Using Microsd card adapter), troubleshoot to no avail.

Diskpart in windows

ChkDsk in Windows as well

fdisk -l output

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000255e5

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 67583 32768 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 67584 1116159 524288 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 1116160 976773167 487828504 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdd: 15.8 GB, 15829303296 bytes
256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1916 cylinders, total 30916608 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 * 2048 30916607 15457280 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

When I try mounting /dev/sdd

mount /dev/sdd /media/usb1
mount: block device /dev/sdd is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manu_ha2001:
flash back to odin...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cole hii:
Hello every professional.

I have one galaxy note model GT-N7000

andriod version "4.0.4"

basebrand version "N7000DXLR1"

kernel version "3.0.15-N7000DXLR5-CL968032 dpi@DELL141 #3 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jul 27 18:19:04 KST 2012"

build number "IMM76D.DXLR5"

I want to root my phone to lasted root version.

Any guide can lead me? :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dagger:
I guess that there's a thing named google...

Why u no go and search instead of opening a new thread..

Go and search, you will find hundreds of links.. :mad::mad:

sent from my phone using hands and brain...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bikil:
Flash Philz Kernel

Check this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1329360
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvinhaw:
here u can find DXLR5.zip http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1901191

make sure the file downloaded in external sdcard！

go to recovery select update from external storage look for the dxlr5.zip which u downloaded press enter

reboot system n u're done ！