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[General Questions and Answers] STAticKY:
Samsung galaxy s3. So much horsepower at your fingertips, one of the most activly developed phones of all time, constant updates from samsung, soooo many custom roms and tweaks etc.. and they are pretty dam hard to brick as long as ur not a complete n00b when it comes to flashing. :)
[General Questions and Answers] Juice3250:
Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S2, S3, LG Nexus 4. There are a lot of roms available right now for Galaxy Nexus and S3. Those two would be at the top of my list. Especially with N4 out and S4 set to be released soon, these two will become more affordable.
[General Questions and Answers] bal01:
Pretty much any of the phones that the previous posters said, they're the most well known android phones, and they're the phones with the most users. When I think of android, I think of a Galaxy Nexus and a Galaxy SIII.
[General Questions and Answers] Abhinandh Ajay:
Best phone for getting OS updates will definitely be a Nexus device. :thumbup:
[General Questions and Answers] kevin95:
Nexus 4 currently gets the fastest updates. Google is going to announce a new phone, possibly a nexus device, on May so whatever that phone is, it's probably going to get the latest updates before any other phone too.

Btw, the Nexus 4 is only $300 for 8gb (unlocked) and $350 for the 16gb model.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[General Questions and Answers] xzn:
of course gadget with great specs like xperia z, galaxy s 4, nexus one x

my xm only up to ics -_- and that's way xda is made :D
[General Questions and Answers] ravisghosh:
I can keep my 4 year old laptop live and kicking, always up to date with Arch Linux. Unfortunately, that is not true for phones :(

Micromax and Karbonn make phones with good specs but are they good when it comes to availability of custom roms and their upgradability?
[General Questions and Answers] Pennycake:
I think another issue is that, while the rate of progress has slowed down from previous years, it's still going ahead.

A 4-year-old phone at this point is much farther behind than a typical 4-year-old laptop.

I think we'll certainly see a day when hardware development makes it possible to keep a phone "alive" for 4 years - but at this point technology is moving fast enough that there really isn't the 3rd-party interest to keep things going for years and years - if someone's hobby is playing with technology they can reasonably be expected to be spending some money every now and again on it - so why would they stick with the same phone for four years when there really isn't any reason to at this point ?

I don't think it makes sense for carriers to keep the phones updated for years and years, either - they're constantly making new phones and new innovations - to keep updating old phones would mean diverting resources - a trade off. Like I said, with the rate of technological advancement, I don't think it makes sense for them to shift focus and "slow down" right now. It may make sense in the future if technology reaches a sort of glass ceiling where it can't get "better" without some big breakthrough - at that point, things may change (but they're still going to need to sell new things in order to make money).
[General Questions and Answers] shashivydyula:
HTC variants are also under active development.

HTC OneX:good:
[General Questions and Answers] ravisghosh:
that was a good point Pennycake. Nice insight.
[General Questions and Answers] vidyamit:
Hi All - i just joined the forum. I have a Samsung Galaxy S Advance I9070 with DDLK2 kernel.

I did root the phone and installed the SU and busybox. Now i have 2 new icons Superuser and busybox... on Superuser - when i open that application at one point it reads "binary not up to date". I tap on update, it gives a fail at unable to root. Busybox as well i have an icon and where it reads as install - it does not install.

I need help. all i need / want is to root my Samsung Galaxy S Advance - i am absolutely fine with OS 2.3.6... i do not want to flash any custom rom's. just gain root access.... PLs help....
[General Questions and Answers] vidyamit:
Some help on this is appreciated from the forum... kindly assist / help...
[General Questions and Answers] Lifehacker7:
What method did ya use? Try this thread and see if it's gonna work.

Ask any of your questions in that thread itself.

And again, since s advance has a specific forum, you could have asked this question in the Q&A of s advance itself.

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LIFE!

IT'S WHAT YOU MAKE OUT OF IT!
[Windows RT Development and Hacking] bartekxyz:
Nevermind. Mods, thrash this thread please
[Windows RT Development and Hacking] bfosterjr:
Care to share the work so others can help?
[Windows RT Development and Hacking] bartekxyz:
Sorry, updated first post with link.
[Windows RT Development and Hacking] SixSixSevenSeven:
In theory couldnt a directX 11 plugin be made for RT?
[Windows RT Development and Hacking] ssfirme:
Care to share the work so others can help?
[Windows RT Development and Hacking] SixSixSevenSeven:
he did....
[Windows RT Development and Hacking] netham45:
He didn't post source.
[Windows RT Development and Hacking] bartekxyz:
You obviously have problems with reading. I asked for help in finding and porting gpu plugins. Those don't require source of core exe. But if you want pscxr source, it's really easy to find: PCSXR. I'm starting to wonder if it's worth porting all that crap. Work for nothing.
[Windows RT Development and Hacking] jessenic:
Well the license requires you to post the source. Could you set up a github repo for it? Also the pcsx2 d3d11 plugin should work if someone ports it, I looked into it but too much work for me.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Bully:
It seems from the description that there will be a camera with the lens on the back of the unit, this would seem to mean no external battery. Bum!
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jarrin92:
Hello people!

First of all; thank you very much for your time and effort in developing ROMS for all of my android devices. Keep up the good work :good:

Now, I just bought the galaxy tab 2 10.1 Wifi (p5110) a month ago. Naturally I didn't like the bloatware Samsung shipped with their default ROM.

So I started flashing some custom ROM's. All went flawless until yesterday.

I guess it's my own fault, but here's my situation:

Yesterday, in order to install the Zap Blaster rom, I installed TWRP.

Here is where i think it went wrong:

I Wiped the /system partition and then rebooted the device. Naturally it wouldn't boot up anymore. But I wasn't able to shutdown the device anymore and enter the Recovery (or so I may thought).

My next action was to drain the battery, in order to completely shutdown the device. But now it only shows a battery with a loading indicator.

I charged the device for 8 hours but it still only shows the battery with the loading indicator. This screen appears when I connect the tablet to a power source. I can then "hard"-shutdown the device, by pressing the power button for 10 secs.

Otherwise it isn't responding at all.

When I connect the device to my computer, it shows up as a omap4430 device, but it quickly disappears. Only to show the device again, and so on.

Can I save my tablet? Or do I need to send it to the Customer Service and pay for my "sins"?

Like to hear from you, and thanks in advance for your time!

Greetings!

P.S: Sorry if my English isn't that good, I did my best effort!

P.P.S: I know my tablet isn't complety bricked, but I didn't know any other word for it.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamJParkinson:
I just got done with that same problem, you. Can actually still power off your device from the battery logo.

Then you will have to hold the power and volume down to get into download mode and flash the stock rom using odin for windows or heimdall for Linux/mac.

If that dosent work then let me know i have another solution to ypur problem. I just meed to know if u can get into the download mode or not
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noahthedominator:
Hope i can help

Whatever you do dont send it in quite yet. Try holding the power and volume down button and wait till the samsung logo comes up. keep holding them until the samsung logo a second time. If you can get into recovery mode i will be able to guide u from there. If that doesnt work i have one other idea too
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nascio:
not in preorder.. but already aviable

Now i'm using my old nokia n70 waiting htc device...

thanks
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superchilpil:
Nowhere currently
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nascio:
ah ok, thanks...:(
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YoungAceAtlanta:
i would assume some people who claim to got it early have it on eBay already..

probly for a stupid amount
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kingroot-team:
please wait，haha
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] envoy_467:
some german online shop way have it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinkster:
Hi to all. A couple of months ago I attempted an uninstall/reinstall of linux(dualboot with windows7) on my laptop due to a fs corruption. I failed, though obviously I still have windows running, but I'm left with the grub boot partition which is preventing a new install of linux. I don't wanna mess with my boot partition so I may do a windows reinstall(I have no restore point). All I want to know is, can I move adb/flashtool(windows) to my external drive to restore after this and would it just be the ADB/fastboot folders, or would I have to go through the whole download process again? Thanks
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voltron2k11:
I can get the HTC One with Vodafone Branding for 360 Euro .. I haven't had a branded device before,

what are the downsides besides no OTA from HTC?

Is there a way to unbrand the phone?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arknailed7754:
You can root mate to get rid of branded bloatware. If not though your limited to carrier pushed out updates and if they do the cid way again regardless of if your rooted or not your stuffed

Shouldn't stop you getting it though. Hopefully HTC won't do the cid way again
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superchilpil:
They always do the cid way if there is carrier bloat. Because it's the carrier pushing out the software not HTC

Just hope for s-off or supercid
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voltron2k11:
How likely will there be supercid or s-off?

For 360 it is a good deal, so I would be ready to take a small risk haha
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superchilpil:
We won't know until the device is released, more people have a chance to try

And those who already have a device that are working on it will remain quiet until it's released
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voltron2k11:
I heard that with previous devices like the One S or One X+ there have been problems with getting s-off on bloated phones and changing the cid ..
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superchilpil:
There's always an exploit, they just haven't found it yet

We can only hope
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YoungAceAtlanta:
the One X was just left to eat dust.. while its cousins and brothers "The EVO 4G LTE, DNA etc" got s-off days or a few months after release
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superchilpil:
The devices with sd cards are easier to exploit to begin with, especially the Qualcomm ones

They also recently found a common exploit with the Qualcomm processors

Since the one will have a Qualcomm processor we can hope a similar exploit is found
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voltron2k11:
Thanks for the info .. I guess I will just go for it :)

It's a great phone even when I can't get it exploited.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superchilpil:
My suggestion to all is to never buy a phone (besides a nexus) that you aren't happy to have with the stock software, just in case :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voltron2k11:
That is how I felt about it, but it's a bargain for a great phone with already awesome software :)

I can wait for custom roms or go without :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ross1998:
hey I'm new to HTC phones so whats the difference with bootloader unlock, s-off, and supercid?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Riyal:
unlocking the bootloader let's you mess with the /system, flashing kernel & recovery partition(using a PC only). Setting the phone to S-Off let's you flash kernels, baseband/radio, recovery, hboot(through your phone directly), Super CID I'd like to know also. This CID thing just came out on the One series so no idea what is it. :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CirgioD:
CID is HTC's way to differentiate between carrier and regional devices, also that's how they push updates and they started CIDs a while ago...:)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ph3rOn!xX:
Guys I am a current Note 2 owner. ..

Is this phone good ?? Shall I get it ?

I had just purchased SanDisk 64gb mobile ultra sdcard... will it work Z ????

Help guys....
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeadlyDazza:
Dear oh dear... Where to start?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Teknohtc:
lol
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dsteppa:
I'll help you out.

Yes

Yes
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sachinaik:
I dont thinkbit will provide any advantages over note2.

Except good build quality and slimness.

I dont recommend you to buy xperia z.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trytohaxme:
Hello everyone,

This is just a quick question, that I searched but couldn't find a reasonable answer too.

I have an older LG Optimus One P500 android phone, that I would like to do some customization's too.

I noticed there are some ports already available for this phone, but not any that I actually liked.

Is it possible for me or anyone to port any phone they choose to there local phone?

For instance, wouldn't I be able to grab let's say a Galaxy S3 rom and port it to work with my LG P500?

How exactly does porting work, and can someone link me to a tutorial on how to at least edit or customize a already working rom?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinkster:
Depends on the phone limitations. Here's the link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1908008

This should be in q&a, though ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trytohaxme:
My gratitude to you my good sir, thanks for the help/link.
[Xperia Z Android Development] Roscobigfoot:
Quick question, does it wipe /data?

- First reply FTW. If you need this post just ask :P

EDIT: This worked on my C6603 in the UK on the Three network. Build: 10.1.A.1.350
[Xperia Z Android Development] lordjan1986:
Re: [ROOT] Xperia Z for LOCKED bootloaders! [Exploit by: goroh_kun & huhka_com]

One question.. If i relock my bootloader will i have bravia back...
[Xperia Z Android Development] robogo1982:
Re: [ROOT] Xperia Z for LOCKED bootloaders! [Exploit by: goroh_kun & huhka_com]

This method DOES NOT touch the bootloader nor any of the partitions in the phone. You lose absolutely NOTHING.
[Xperia Z Android Development] DennisDD78:
That`s it, thay`s it, yes yes yes!!! ))

I knew should not to unlock teh BL and wait a bit :)

Thank you!!!!
[Xperia Z Android Development] Milaann57:
Is it possible to turn notification and softbutton bars black without deodexed rom and only root?

Thnx in advance
[Xperia Z Android Development] cognosco:
Thanks, now I have root with locked bootloader :)
[Xperia Z Android Development] gm007:
Re: [ROOT] Xperia Z for LOCKED bootloaders! [Exploit by: goroh_kun & huhka_com]

Yes you can just check the app and themes section.

By the way some users are reporting that NFC is broken ofter this root method.
[Xperia Z Android Development] Bin4ry:
Hehe, i have also incorporated the version to my Rooting Toolkit here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460

Regards
[Xperia Z Android Development] DooMLoRD:
awesome!

thank Bin4ry!

BTW NFC is broken after this rooting method! so be careful!
[Xperia Z Android Development] Milaann57:
Can't find it.

One is a whole flasheble rom which requires unlocking the bootloader.

The other is a .zip file which requires cwm to be installed.

Grz
[Xperia Z Android Development] robt772000:
This looks amazing. I can't wait to try it. Root with be2!

Thanks doom.
[Xperia Z Android Development] DooMLoRD:
all thanks to goroh_kun & huhka_com!

i have only written the step-by-step guide :P
[Xperia Z Android Development] VTR1000SP:
NFC broken as in ? payment or file sending ? im still able to beam file to my N2.
[Xperia Z Android Development] gm007:
Re: [ROOT] Xperia Z for LOCKED bootloaders! [Exploit by: goroh_kun & huhka_com]

You can extract the zip and copy the needed files using root explorer.

Let's move from this thread to keep it clean for rooting method.

Sorry Doom
[Xperia Z Android Development] DooMLoRD:
not really sure... please do testing and report back..
[Xperia Z Android Development] xl VipeR lx:
Re: [ROOT] Xperia Z for LOCKED bootloaders! [Exploit by: goroh_kun & huhka_com]

Thanks. I knew it was better to wait. I was so tempted but thank God I didn't. Woohoo
[Xperia Z Android Development] sdujolo:
I can´t install driver I have used Flashtool-driver in the first post. I have tested every driver I found for Xperia Z. Any idea?

Installed the same driver in virtual machine and now it´s working. Very strange. I am rooted now:)
[Xperia Z Android Development] PeterPan6754:
Thx works on my xperia V too :good::laugh:
[Xperia Z Android Development] Bin4ry:
Yep just found out, but i have fixed it already :D Just download my file and re-root after that re-root NFC will work again :D

Regards
[Xperia Z Android Development] zippy01:
Re: [ROOT] Xperia Z for LOCKED, UNLOCKED bootloaders! [Exploit by: goroh_kun & huhka_

Well what's the patched apk?
[Xperia Z Android Development] schaggo:
AW: [ROOT] Xperia Z for LOCKED, UNLOCKED bootloaders! [Exploit by: goroh_kun & huhka_

See attachment.

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[Xperia Z Android Development] kheni:
Re: [ROOT] Xperia Z for LOCKED, UNLOCKED bootloaders! [Exploit by: goroh_kun & huhka_

dear all,

my xperia z is in 10.1.A.1.434. I confirm that root method is still working. ;)
[Xperia Z Android Development] zippy01:
Re: [ROOT] Xperia Z for LOCKED, UNLOCKED bootloaders! [Exploit by: goroh_kun & huhka_

Ok, what does it do lol
[Xperia Z Android Development] schaggo:
AW: [ROOT] Xperia Z for LOCKED, UNLOCKED bootloaders! [Exploit by: goroh_kun & huhka_

Stuff like that: see attachment.

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[Xperia Z Android Development] fareeed:
Here is the fix I posted earlier before, after rooting your phone, flash this in recovery and your default bootloader status will be restored. It simply replaces the patched libservicemenu.so with the default one..
[Xperia Z Android Development] schaggo:
AW: [ROOT] Xperia Z for LOCKED, UNLOCKED bootloaders! [Exploit by: goroh_kun & huhka_

It is the .so, not the .apk then. Sorry for that.
[Xperia Z Android Development] robogo1982:
I can confirm it as well. :)
[Xperia Z Android Development] Mitsuya Cider:
But if I use the flashtool it will unlock my bootloader won't it?

Or how can I flash the original rom without affecting anything else?

:crying:
[Xperia Z Android Development] schaggo:
AW: [ROOT] Xperia Z for LOCKED, UNLOCKED bootloaders! [Exploit by: goroh_kun & huhka_

No, unlocking unlocks your bootloader. Flashing an official rom most certainly does not unlock your bootloader.

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[Xperia Z Android Development] NeidRider:
Yes, it works. Tested on mine with 9.1.A.0.490.
[Xperia Z Android Development] mengsuan:
Is the directory /data/usf already there before rooting? Any further technical information about why this /data/usf causes issue after rooting and what is the impact of removing?
[Xperia Z Android Development] fareeed:
Doom you are amazing! Tried Bin4ry's script about 5 times and it didn't want to work. First time trying your method and it worked perfectly. Thank you so much! :D
[Xperia Z Android Development] torespen:
Not working :(

Start the script ok, restore ok.. but after that when pressing a key, the script takes me automatically to service screen.. no need to use phone keypad..

When entering the display sub menu (white screen) the script just halts...

See attached picture..

Any sugestions?

Drivers should be good, and tried on both win 8 and win 7... same result...
[Xperia Z Android Development] schaggo:
AW: [ROOT] Xperia Z for LOCKED, UNLOCKED bootloaders! [Exploit by: goroh_kun & huhka_

Reboot the phone and retry.

I reckon the script hangs because stuff has been pushed to the device in an earlier try and now the script hangs failing at overwriting stuff on the phone.

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[Xperia Z Android Development] BeDesireS:
I have exact the same problem.

Tried it over 10 times with no luck.

Is there a way to delete the copied files manualy, so the script will continue?

Where are these files located?
[Xperia Z Android Development] nurps:
Same for me, but it disabled NFC anyway. And i cant finde DATA/USF
[Xperia Z Android Development] schaggo:
I formatted and reflashed it with clean latest stock from the forum and rooted that one. It didn't initially work though, after about 5 fruitless tries I flashed, set up the phone, let it hang on the homescreen for about an hour and watched some TV, then it worked flawlessly.

You may try to download superuser from the market and check if the rooting actually went through or not. If not, you may try bin4rys rooting toolkit, it may work where this one fails. Don't know, just a suggestion.
[Xperia Z Android Development] nurps:
Did it just work after that hour pausing in operation or did you have to restart it again and then it worked?
[Xperia Z Android Development] BeDesireS:
AW: [ROOT] Xperia Z for LOCKED, UNLOCKED bootloaders! [Exploit by: goroh_kun & huhka_

You are right mate!

I just tried and installed superuser and my phone is rooted!

Yesterday it didn't work and I have done nothing in between.

That's really wired!

Thanks for the tip!

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[Xperia Z Android Development] schaggo:
AW: [ROOT] Xperia Z for LOCKED, UNLOCKED bootloaders! [Exploit by: goroh_kun & huhka_

There are left overs though from the script not finishing the run. Should not interfere with daily or root operations though.

I did not restart. I did restart on earlier tries. As explained, I went through numerous tries of using the rootkit, always right respectivy ASAP after a fresh total reflash of the device including wipes through flashtool. I reckon first-time background activity, system optimisations eccetera broke the execution of the script. After every failure, I reflashed and wiped and started over.

The script finished successfully when I let the device settle for about an hour after the flash and initial setup.

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[Xperia Z Android Development] BeDesireS:
AW: [ROOT] Xperia Z for LOCKED, UNLOCKED bootloaders! [Exploit by: goroh_kun & huhka_

Ah okay. That was not my problem.

Even at the first try it didn't finish proper and I was not rooted.

Therfore I tried many times with both methods but it always stuck in the service menu. And root didn't work.

Then I saw your post a day later and just installed superuser and it worked. :confused:

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[Xperia Z Android Development] torespen:
Thanks, seems i actually was rooted, just the scrifpt failed to push superuser..

Downloaded superuser from store, an voila! :)

Thx :)
[Xperia Z Android Development] nurps:
Same for me LBE is working. So its rooted.
[Xperia Z Android Development] lancebuks:
10.1.D.0.333

I got a "New system update available" for 10.1.D.0.333 message. Does anyone know if the root exploit still works with .333? I would try it myself but I'm too much of a p u s s y so I'll let someone else do it :p
[Xperia Z Android Development] Georges2251:
Works on Xperia T.
[Xperia Z Android Development] lancebuks:
10.1.D.0.333 on Docomo keeps root WOOT WOOT!!! :good:
[Xperia Z Android Development] efgee:
Worked perfect!

root checker sayd it was not rooted, but after a restart everthing is ok :victory:
[Xperia Z Android Development] smooth_gl:
Works also on Xperia V

Works also on Xperia V. Thanks guys.