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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metheviewer:
Hi all.

Despite having bought a phone in China before, I made the same mistake again. You all probably know that Android devices in China usually don't ship with any of the default google apps. I got tired of having to do everything in Chinese, and I question the safety of apps available on Chinese markets, so I thought I'd flash another stock Rom to my phone. I tried flashing a stock ROM from Hong Kong and Taiwan (where they don't censor and google is available, I heard) that I downloaded from Baidu, but they both soft bricked my phone, and I had to find a mainland stock rom to get things working.

Sites like hotfile and mediafire are blocked in mainland China, so I have to use a VPN to download from them. The connection is spotty at best, and I've often had my download fail at 97%. Does anyone know of an ODIN compatible ROM, that includes google play, which has been confirmed as working?

Any help or direct links will be much appreciated.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrismast:
are you sure it is a I9300?? Maybe this helps: click
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
the phone you have has nothing to do with the i9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metheviewer:
It's definitely an I9300. It says so in settings, and Kies identified it and upgraded my firmware to 4.2.1. If there's a workaround to install google play that anyone knows of I'd be much obliged. Also my phone isn't a unicom model, I'm using China Mobile.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
There's no official 4.2.1 for the i9300, Kies couldn't have upgraded you to that
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
If you search through the s3 general forum there is a thread for owners of the Chinese variants with plenty of hints and tips on how to get it flashed to decent firmware :)

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I'm guessing it was a typo :rolleyes:

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Here go, took a while to find... aren't I nice ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1702244

CHINESE owners and buyers of SIII discussion thread.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metheviewer:
Thanks buddy, seems like a decent place to start looking.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glassman12:
Does anyone know how to fix?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShapesBlue:
Are you referring to the battery being the red flashing part?

Sent from my GT-P3113
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ketut.kumajaya:
What exactly your problem? Your device, your ROM? Any screenshot or pics?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squ89r97:
if it's a red flashing light around the boarder of the screen, you may have strict mode enabled. go to settings then developer options and untick strict mode.
[Asus Transformer TF700] S3owner:
I have 2 TF700's in my family. They both have the problem.

The stock browser and alot of third party browsers keep giving me this error "browser not responding" and then gives me the option to "wait" or "close".

Is this common among the TF700's?

Is there a solution?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Tylorw1:
I am guessing you are pure stalk? then yes it seems to be a stock Rom problem. You can usually click "wait" and it will come back but not always. The only solution I know is flashing back to ICS and rooting, or unlocking(which voids ASUS warranty), flash a custom recovery, and flash CleanRom. cyanogen, or a different custom rom.

Tylor
[Asus Transformer TF700] S3owner:
Are you saying that many others with this tablet that are running stock asus software have this problem?

it's hard to believe since this tablet got such rave reviews.

BTW what's the difference between "unlocking" and "rooting"?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Tylorw1:
Not all people seem to report this problem but I never had success with the stock rom. And yes quite a few others have similar problem but not all. I have heard the newest version of Chrome has fixed lots of lag browsing wise, try it if you have not already. When the tf700 first came out it was the first of its kind, HD screen, Keyboard Dock, Decent sized CPU and GPU. But being so introduced new problems.

Rooting gives you administer privileges and it will make you be able to install browser2ram which increases the speed of your browser tremendously.

Unlocking is unlocking the bootloader, which voids the asus warranty, and allows you to install a custom recovery, which then allows you to install other roms. Custom roms like Cromi and Cyanogen come prerooted. Custom roms fix many issues but also create some new ones.

Tylor

Rom: Cyanogen Nightlies 10.1 or CleanRom 3.4.4 - Depends on the mood :p .
[Asus Transformer TF700] ljg600:
I do not have this issue with Boat Browser.
[Asus Transformer TF700] S3owner:
Your right, Chrome does work better, but Chrome doesn't support plugins like ( ie. flash) which makes some content not work.

I'm guessing rooting on the tablets are different than rooting on the smartphones since you need to install custom recovery in order to root a smartphone.

So what issues do the custom roms bring to the table?; I hope the advantages are worth the trouble.
[Asus Transformer TF700] S3owner:
at ljg600

I kind of liked the stock browser, it was working fine at the beginning, it started happening after a certain update I think.

Did you have this issue with the stock browser as well?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Tylorw1:
Rooting does not require unlocking your boot loader. It just requires you to flash stock ice cream sandwich, root, then install ota rootkeeper, once you have that done you can upgrade to the latest android and restore the root. You cannot root Jelly bean directly. You dont need a custom recovery to root ICS, but you cannot root Jelly Bean directly .

Custom roms bring few issues to the table as long as you follow the procedures. You must first use ASUS' unlock tool, then install a recovery via fastboot, and you should be good. However if you consider unlocking I would look through all the posts of people who have messed up their devices so you dont make the same mistake. As long as you have the 10.4.4.25 bootloader and a jellybean compatible recovery you wont have problems. That seems to be the main issue when people brick their tf700's. People installing jelly bean when they do not have compatible recoveries / boot loaders.

Tylor

Rom: Cyanogen Nightlies 10.1 or CleanRom 3.4.4 - Depends on the mood :p .
[Asus Transformer TF700] buhohitr:
The only custom rom WILL NOT give you any trouble but 100% faster and smoother is Clean Rom (ppl called it CROMI) currently at version 3.4.4. This is stock rom with supercharge installed. It will be night and day between stock and CROMI. You would be glad and kick yourself in the bud that you didn't use this rom sooner! and your stock browser once again will be the best browser.
[Asus Transformer TF700] S3owner:
That's weird I rooted my JB Galaxy S3 directly, why can't the TF700 JB be like the GS3 JB....?:D
[Asus Transformer TF700] S3owner:
at buhohitr

yeah, but is it worth losing all asus support and warranty?

can they really tell I've unlocked it, even lets say for example if the screen stops working?
[Asus Transformer TF700] buhohitr:
You can't compare phone S3 with Asus tablet. They have different hardward bootloder etc..There is NO ODIN for tf700. In S3 you need to Odin insecure bootloader in order to root and flash custom recovery. There is no loop hole in tf700 while you're on JB (Asus patched), but there is in ICS. So if you just want root, you need to downgrade back to ICS. If you're on JB the only way you can root or flash custom recovery is to unlock your device, this allow you to use fastboot function in JB bootloader to flash custom recovery (TWRP,CWM), then use custom recovery to flash root(SuperSU) or pre-rooted custom rom.
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
That is a very personal decision. It was worth it to me. Instead of getting annoyed by my TF700 a dozen times a day and enjoying a warranty I may never need, I now have a tablet that runs like a dream!!

And the support the dev and others on the CROMI thread provide puts Asus to shame - easily.

When you use the Asus unlock tool it phones home to Asus servers. From then on they know that your specific tablet is unlocked. Also says so on the boot screen. And no way to reverse it, btw.
[Asus Transformer TF700] S3owner:
I guess rooting doesn't void the warranty, but don't I need root to flash back to ICS?

What are the advantages of JB versus ICS anyway?
[Asus Transformer TF700] S3owner:
Isn't anybody else dissappointed in Asus since their software seems to be crap?

what are the advantages of CROMI (CleanRom) anyway?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Tylorw1:
Personally I dont know any advantage on ICS over JB as I never put ICS on my tablet. Cromi is the stock asus rom, broken apart, then rebuilt. It contains the same layout and some asus stock apps however since it has different internals and all bloatware is gone is makes most if not all lag disappear. Yes we are disappointed but it is easily solved after you put a different Rom on it. Also the support for Cromi is MUCH better tehn any support ASUS could provide. To be mad at ASUS does no good. The only option if you are that disappointed it to send them back or modify the tablet yourself. Cromi and cyanogen put the stock rom to shame, and both have better support.

Tylor

PS: and yes to root you must revert back to ICS.

Rom: Cyanogen Nightlies 10.1 or CleanRom 3.4.4 - Depends on the mood :p .
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
No, you don't need root to downgrade to ICS. You are going from one official Asus firmware release to another. That's perfectly fine.

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You can always wait and hope for the JB 4.2 release. The TF300 got it and a lot of owners seem to report much better performance and less lag. Compared to the stock 4.1 of course....

I doubt stock 4.2 is going to be as good as CROMI is already :p
[Asus Transformer TF700] buhohitr:
For me and most of us here, yes unlocking is well worth it.

and NO, you don't need root to flash back to ICS, just download Asus full firmware ICS .30 version, unzip it then copy it to the root of your MICROsdcard and it will flash back to ICS (some cases, you need to rename the file to EP201_768_SDUPDATE.zip then boot into stock recovery in order to work) . Once you're back on ICS, debugfs root tool will help you to achieve root.
[Asus Transformer TF700] S3owner:
Thanks for the education guys.

Can CROMI ( CleanRom) play flash content, though?

What are the other advantages, other than being smooooge?

Is CROMI made specifically for the TF700?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Tylorw1:
During the installation of Cromi, sbdags put the flashplayer into the setup, so yes flash is supported on Cromi, by default unless you choose not to install it. Cromi is made for other devices but Cromi in the tf700 part of the forums is made specifically for the tf700. The speed is the main advantage, also it is pre rooted, and the support if you have a problem is great.

Tylor

Rom: Cyanogen Nightlies 10.1 or CleanRom 3.4.4 - Depends on the mood :p .
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Lino.:
My phone has tried to update a few times in the past week, and the only way out is I have to do a restore.

How can I prevent this update, Im happy running andibones from early last year.

How can I stop this update?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jeremytn86:
There's a file you have to delete or rename, its been so long since this issue popped up I don't remember the specifics, it would take forever to dig up, hopefully someone will remember...
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Lino.:
I did that once, it was in a directory misc\security\otacerts, I no longer have this file on my SIM card.

Anyway tonight it started again, and I was able to defere the update until the 17th at 8.31pm

Anyone else have any ideas?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ChrisDDD:
As far as I remember, the otacerts was just some way to check the update after downloading it but before installing it.

I'm pretty sure DmClient.apk in /system/app is the actual app that checks for and initiates the update download, check, install process.

I've been removing it from any Sense rom I've used and have never had an update notification.

If you want to be safe, just rename it .old or something to test before removing it completely.

Hope this helps.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Lino.:
I don't even have a directory named system, ES file explorer could not find that file.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gtdtm:
You have to make sure and allow root to ES. I don't run it, but there is a setting to run it as root, and then you can see the root folder which includes system.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ChrisDDD:
Yea, the directory is there, it just isn't being displayed by ES. I never liked that file manager for some reason.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gtdtm:
X-Plore is where it's at. Most under-appreciated file browser in my opinion.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Lino.:
It was as you stated.

Thank you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cybervyrus8587:
I don't believe this is ROM related because it also happened on my evo.

I'm not sure if drive has anything to do with it but the problem pursists whether it's checked our not. Also none of my other accounts have this issue. Anyone know what's going on?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] brokenbmx06:
I have been having the same issue with contacts and gmail. No idea whats causing it but it is annoying. I have tried wiping cache and dalvik, fixing permissions, wiping app data and nothing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cybervyrus8587:
Ya I've tried going stock and starting over but it always comes back
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cbarth3:
I was having this issue with the calendar after adding my samsung account. I had to install the google calendar from the play store to get it to work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] anishannayya:
Remove the account and add it again. Maybe you changed your password? Either way, this will reauthorize your phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jbourque:
I had the same problem and removing it and re adding it fixed my problem

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[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] ken_pfp:
hey,all.i have a rebooting problem after i install a custom rom.I always stuck on sony logo.i try to power off but nothing happen.what can i do now?please advise..thanks alot
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Attitude.SSJ:
Some more details will be helpful... The Rom you are trying to install? What kernel you are using? Bootloader status?...to go back to stock you can flash stock firmware through flashtool...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] ErecDeGraal:
If you are installing a custom ROM, have you flashed the kernel? Do you have unlocked the bootloader?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] hemantgogia09:
This is mostly because of wrong kernal/ missing stock ROM before switching between versions or unlocked bootloader just follow the instructions properly you will solve this
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Ghostfreak NB:
Not necessarily!

It could be cos he forgot some wipes

It could be low system partition memory too

In addition to what you mentioned

So better if we let him clarify things first than just random guessing :p
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] hemantgogia09:
Agree with you
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] cphilippou:
to anyone that reasure me,

the best option for me seems to be to buy a new O2 XDA and unlock it, in order to allow it to accept a Greek GPRS enable sim-card. am i on the right track? or does the subscriber need to be to be on of the ones listed on the XDA developers Special EditionROM v1.2 report, e.g. Austria, Germany and so on. or are these just the countries that the Developers had information on at the time that they developed the software? if so will i have to configure my Greek GPRS settings on my own and is this difficult? i know i have aske loads of questions but i hope someone will be able to answer them thanks a million in advance.

Costas
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reamer09:
I received my Nexus 10 in the mail today (I thought I would never get off of work!) and when I opened the shipping package I noticed the actual Nexus box with the stickers on it saying "If this seal is broken, do not accept", the seals were in fact, broken. A bit disappointed, I figured since they were already tore I might as well look inside. Everything inside looks completely perfect and doesn't seem to be tampered with at all. As you see in my signature, it hasn't stopped me from using it (and loving it!) but I was just curious to know if anyone else had this happen. The tears aren't clean, and actually look like they could have occurred during shipping (that's what I'm telling myself anyways), but I've kept all the static wrapping on the device for the time being in case an issue comes up I can report the broken seal on arrival...hopefully their support doesn't read this thread. Haha.

Sent from my Nexus 10
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoodratchandler:
Last sentence is the best thing I have ever read on XDA. lol. If I were you id contact where you bought it from and say it arrived with broken seals. You may be compensated with some extra gift cards or something.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reamer09:
Lol. Well I bought it directly from Google and what I've heard about their customer service that is unlikely. I'll give it a shot though. Thanks.

Sent from my Nexus 10
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dannyada1988:
I have ever had the same thing. But I just ignored it because the device can be used normally.But I think we can contact the support center to give them our feedback and let they improve it.However, just annoying.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reamer09:
It sucks that it happened to you too, but I'm glad I'm not the only one. I'll let support know and they'll probably ignore it, but we'll see. I don't plan on returning it unless I have issues, and I'm not seeing any yet.

Sent from my HTC One X
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killerapl:
They will suggest you get a replacement. If you're happy with what you have then I suggest you keep it. You might get a replacement with a creaky back or more light bleed.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sher The Love:
I got two from walmart, both with something similar. One sticker on both looked like it was perforated, almost torn, while the other sides sticker was fine. Both from different Walmarts.

First one had dust under the screen so I returned it and got the other. It was fine otherwise. No issues so far with the second.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reamer09:
Thanks for all of the feedback. It makes me feel better about my stickers being torn. My device is working well for the time being so I'm not going to concern myself with the error in packaging.

Sent from my Nexus 10
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sardonik:
I expect you're right about the cause: bad packaging/packing. Bought mine on release day direct from Google and it came with broken seals. No problems so far...
[General Questions and Answers] murtisagar:
i have qmobile a100. its stock is also not available. plz guide me how to reflash.
[General Questions and Answers] Shyam Chauhan:
didn't you make the backup of ur custom....??
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Makaveli1490:
I had no idea AT&T micro sim cards were sold out, I thought it only came with T-Mobile's

The issue is I can't receive any picture messages. Does anybody have t-mobile sim card/net10 and can send pictures? Is it better if I order AT&T micro sim card and change my APN settings, because I've researched and I've found a couple fixes with AT&T, but not with T-Mobile
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hhairplane:
First thing is I would double check to see if Wifi is turned off, even with the regular T-Mobile SIM card this is often an issue, as pictures are sent over 4G rather than Wifi.
[HTC Butterfly] vjeson:
Help me!!!

The phone have been s-off and unlock bootloader before.

But after bricked, I want to flash official RUU to fix it,

So I run fastboot oem lock , the bootloader was locked again and can't be be unlock again ,becuase the hboot version has changed.

Current status:

Screen is not bright ,but plug my phone with usb can list unknown devices. and I can use fastboot command to list devices. but can't flash any files.

F:\signed>fastboot flash zip PL99IMG.zip

sending 'zip' (488 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.025s]

writing 'zip'...

FAILED (remote: not allowed)

finished. total time: 0.035s

F:\signed>fastboot devices

???????????? fastboot

F:\signed>fastboot getvar all

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.41.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.01.10.0201

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main:

(bootloader) version-misc: UNKNOWN

(bootloader) serialno:

(bootloader) imei: 355195000000010

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product:

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064

(bootloader) modelid: *********

(bootloader) cidnum:

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3800mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: off

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: UNKNOWN

getvar:all FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))

finished. total time: 0.070s

Thanks
[HTC Butterfly] Flyhalf205:
If you can get into fastboot like you are. Your not hard bricked.

To flash the RUU like you are doing. In fastboot do the following commands...

Fastboot oem rebootRUU

Fastboot flash zip PL99IMG.zip

That should work.
[HTC Butterfly] vjeson:
not work

Fixed by RIFF box JTAG

Thanks
[HTC Butterfly] ALLE1979:
Help, HTC butterfly bricked,blocked in fastboot

Hello everyone,

asking for your help because my htc butterfly is stuck in fastboot after the procedure to bring it back to stock rom.

Unfortunately I could not find the ruu.exe and tried as indicated but unfortunately they are now in this situation.

Now the phone is relocked and S-ON, is there any way to replace it?

thanks to those who help me.
[HTC Butterfly] alesul:
help

can you make downgrade from 1.29 ota to 1.15 with riff box?

I am locked and I can sim unlock! please give more details!

thank you
[HTC Butterfly] heobanhki:
you're have soff, are you chaged cid? with stock rom you're need write cid (your CID of stock rom) , flash FW and get token code again (fastboot oem get_identifier_token)

after unlock bootloader, you can flash stock rom.
[HTC Butterfly] Gue:
Junior Member - OP :

How can you Fixed by RIFF box JTAG

no JTAG for HTL21...

can you help me..

I Have the same problem as you..

bright screen (blank), fastboot ok..

but failed..

please help me..

Thanks.
[HTC Butterfly] annoyunot:
1. Download firmware from here:

https://mega.co.nz/#!pEVXGZ6K!auhgoO81DzNQduWfJPQJ-lBV6g29PL6wAOEvpYsm1Hk

2. On fastboot, flash this firmware

fastboot oem rebootRUU

fastboot erase cache

fastboot flash zip firmware1.55_cid044.zip

fastboot reboot-bootloader

and see if you can manage from here.

Credits:

victor0888

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Try to download and flash a new/different firmware.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] gavin574:
I have a tmoblie note 2 unlocked I am using straight talk sim att compatible one tmobile sucks were I live and I called straight talk the rest the network thing were it well pick up the best tower around and att is the best and I still pick up tmoblie is there a way I can just force it to att and stay on att towers???
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] KennyG123:
Please reads forum rules before posting

Questions and help issues go in Q&A

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ac29593:
Does anyone know a theme or add on I can install that has this feature?

I am currently on Clean Rom.