yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] Jesse72:
Thanks, it's for some reason partitioned itself. How do I remove this partition?
[General Questions and Answers] bweN diorD:
in disk manager, you should be able to right click and delete partitions.
[General Questions and Answers] Jesse72:
All the extend/shrink/delete volume options are blanked out
[General Questions and Answers] bweN diorD:
mmk

let me go try and find this tool i saw others using to format their cards. brb

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try this http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm

i never used it, but many others claimed good things with it.
[General Questions and Answers] markfm:
Looking for the PC tool for formatting SD? http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm

It's what some people with higher capacity sd used, when twrp's built in function gave them problems.

Whoops, bweN beat me to it :)
[General Questions and Answers] cresch07:
That is why I said, look into it. It could lead somewhere. For me personally, fastboot and ADB run a little over my head. I am learning, but if someone is unfamiliar with flashing through ADB that may not be theyre first option. What I suggested was simply a direction to head. I never told him to actually do it.
[General Questions and Answers] Jesse72:
just found how to do it in command prompt.

http://nlb-creations.com/2013/01/17/removing-partitions-from-a-usb-thumb-drive/

thanks for all the help
[General Questions and Answers] mrrocketdog:
hang on just a darn minute ! [MENTION=1028135]nookieforlife3[/MENTION]is now just a one night stand ?

"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
[General Questions and Answers] cresch07:
As far as I saw, I was the one who made the mistake, I apologized for it. I am currently balls deep in learning how to use ADB so I can pass it on to others. [MENTION=4987085]xunholyx[/MENTION] thank you for letting me know, I wouldnt want to be responsible for a brick.
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
This is a thread for noobs. If you suggest something, there is a good chance they will try it.

My advice to you was simple. Don't give answers unless you are sure about them. If you don't have the answer, then don't answer. Suggestions are okay, but you are suggesting things that can break his phone. Do you not understand why this is a bad thing?

I am not trying to start an argument, and as far as I am concerned, this conversation is over.

EDIT: I see you posted before I finished writing this post. I am glad you understand.
[General Questions and Answers] cresch07:
Il tell you, I'm not one to get pissed at people for saying I'm wrong. If I'm wrong, I will definitely fix it. Such is this case. I hate arguing over forums, that's why I don't ever do it. That being said, you make a fair point. This is a noob thread, so don't post things that could be misunderstood/damaging. Message recieved. Now, where should I start for ADB tutorials? There seems to be thousands of them but I'm not sure where to start. I've downloaded the ADB and SDK packages, and I am now staring at my screen with glazed eyes lol

Edit: Sorry I just saw your edit lol POST TAG!!!
[General Questions and Answers] umeshkrishnan:
Hi Guys,

I am planning to learn flashing and rooting.

My wife's S3 is behaving weird regarding RAM and battery. I have decided to try to root and flash some good custom rom there.

I am completely new to this and would like to read up about it and learn. Can someone point me to good documents or articles for beginners. If there is any S3 specific, it will be great.

I have used odin sometimes and flashed stock rom to s3 but that was a long time back and was for work. Thats all the experience i have with it.

Thanks in advance.
[General Questions and Answers] cresch07:
Could you be more specific with "wierd" behavior?
[General Questions and Answers] :
What, you got a problem with my hip username change?

And by "hip" I'm referring to the fact that a bunch of the XDA big-shots are changing their usernames. Check out my list:

IAmTheOneTheyCallNeo changed his name to [MENTION=4203241]ΠΣΘ[/MENTION]

KJ changed his name to [MENTION=4036181]Darth[/MENTION]

Ghost changed his name to [MENTION=2746542]Stephen[/MENTION]

Perseus71 changed his name to [MENTION=3639717]Perseus[/MENTION]

You see what I mean?

;) :p
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
Personally, I use EaseUS Partition Master. If you want to try it, you can download it for free from here.

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http://galaxys3root.com/

It is run by xda member [MENTION=2447605]zedomax[/MENTION], who is also one of the guys from High On Android.

It explains how to root, and gives you a lot of custom ROM suggestions, all with videos demonstrations and written instructions.
[General Questions and Answers] cresch07:
What is wierd behavior? What model of S3 do you have?
[General Questions and Answers] bweN diorD:
lol its just a nic, no one really cares if the person helping them has a "hip" nic or not. just sayin, there is no stature associated with a nic.
[General Questions and Answers] :
I wasn't saying that I'm any cooler or more intelligent than the rest of you helpers just because I changed my name - I was just making a little corny reply to [MENTION=5511100]mrrocketdog[/MENTION]'s equally comical post.

I would like to ask you, though - what is a "nic"?
[General Questions and Answers] bweN diorD:
"A network interface controller (NIC, also known as a network interface card, network adapter, LAN adapter, and by similar terms) is a computer hardware component that connects a computer to a computer network."

:p
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
I think we lost one in limbo, maybe?

Sent from my SCH-S968C
[General Questions and Answers] :
Uh, yeah, I googled "nic" before I posted and that's what came up, but what the heck does it have to do with a username?

:confused:³
[General Questions and Answers] bweN diorD:
its an abbreviation or slang for "nick name".
[General Questions and Answers] cresch07:
LOL Kind of seems that way. Samsung devices are where I shine.
[General Questions and Answers] mrrocketdog:
yeah , i see. you were nookieforlife3. now you're [MENTION=354863]Nookie[/MENTION]. AND spelled really hip also!
[General Questions and Answers] :
[MENTION=4132606]bweN diorD[/MENTION], well, in my experience the abbreviation is "nick", but to each his own. ;)

[MENTION=5511100]mrrocketdog[/MENTION], all credit for the cool spelling goes to Neo - his cool spelling is what inspired mine. Hopefully you aren't too sad that I'm not "for life" anymore. :laugh:

P.S. [MENTION=354863]Nookie[/MENTION] is actually a different user from me - mentioning him won't notify me, it'll notify him/her. Therefore, if you want to mention me, use copy-and-paste. :p
[General Questions and Answers] umeshkrishnan:
Sorry. Was travelling to office and was not able to check the forum. (I don't have a good healthy internet connection on my phone :) )

I have a Samsung GT-I9300..

Battery drains too much when connected to 2g internet. On wifi it seems its not that much draining but still its not *as it was 7-8 months back.

The phone is terribly slow. I used clean master to free up RAM and I still see only 140Mb or so.. Cleaned cache also.

Tried uninstalling background RAM eaters (like messenger, facebook and some like that), also force stop Google+ and Hangouts but still not much improvement in the RAM.

Occasionally phone just restarts out of the blue.. Sometimes it takes around 1-2 second to respond to touches..*

Have around 55% internal storage free (around 8.5 GB).* Use 5 widgets in one homescreen like alarm, torch, date/time and clean master (which have no much background data and dont need internet connection) and some folders for apps.

I use Nova launcher. The customizations I use there are only light animation for the app drawer.

Have not used TouchWiz for quite sometime now. Thats one thing I have to check. But I felt Nova was light.

I have not formatted my SD card for sometime. Will that help? SD card is 16GB with almost 13.5GB free.
[General Questions and Answers] Toymanidis:
Serching for Iman I3 firmware

Hi Friends!

I've got damage firmware for Iman i3 smartphone. :(

If somebody has backup with stock firmware let me know please. I'll don't stay in dept!
[General Questions and Answers] cresch07:
Ok well several things. Do you have bad service in your area? Why would you be connected to such a slow internet? Using RAM cleaners are ok, but they also cause problems in that some of the processes they kill (messenger, what not) are going to need to be restarted every time it cleans your system. Your phone can bog down while it reinitializes these processes. You could try going here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2201860

Thats the link to Philz Recovery. It has a "How To Install" Link in there as well.

Use Odin to flash Philz. (You can easily google this part, including Odin screenshots on what options to select, that kind of thing.)

When you have the recovery installed, Just search for a ROM you like (believe me there a plenty out there for I9300)

Copy the ROM .zip file to your phones sd card, boot into recovery. Select Wipe Data/Factory Reset. Your next option should be "Wipe for new ROM" or some such. When it completes, select "install from SD card" then choose the ZIP. Click it and let it run. You should be golden. Some people choose not to wipe before a new ROM install, but its something Ive always done. Just be sure to select a ROM that is FOR the I9300. This will help prevent possible bricking.

Odin download link: http://odindownload.com/

Philz Recovery Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/download/zjqi96y5sni343n/philz_touch_5.00.5-i9300.tar.md5

PS: I will say I use NOVA and I love it, although the messenger does seem to bog down for mas well occasionally. It could just be badly coded facebook app). Also, if a tutorial says to load the Recovery file into the PDA slot, thats the AP slot in the newest version of Odin.
[General Questions and Answers] umeshkrishnan:
:) I guess its my SIM, I dont know.. But the internet is pathetic. And since its corporate connection, i have to live with it (for sometime more, i hope).

I tried multiple times replying back from the web from my PC but for some reaseon the session was getting expired and it wasn't working. Thats why it took time to respond. Sorry.

Thanks for the link. I will try that out.

Being a complete noob to this territory, I will require to understand how all this works and need to understand unlocking bootloaders, Recovery and most importantly "how not to brick" :)

Thanks again for the detailed explanation.
[General Questions and Answers] cresch07:
Not a problem. Perhaps part of your battery problem could be that its consistently trying to find faster/better signal. Also, using Odin and what not, if you follow the instructions you shouldnt have to worry about bootloaders and all that, just click where the tutorial tells you to click and you should be fine. If you need I can provide you with a step-by-step tutorial. As far as "how not to brick"? Again, just be careful and make sure the programs/roms you download are designed specifically for your phone. Here is a link to stable ROMs from the CyanogenMod Team. Theyve been around the block a few times and I've found them to be pretty good. No bloatware, no extra crap, just a clean ROM.

----> https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=i9300&type=stable

and heres the gapps as well (google apps)

----> https://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip/

Install these from the sd card using philz according to the instructions above.
[General Questions and Answers] umeshkrishnan:
Thanks. I will definitely try these out when I get the phone in the weekend.

Partly I want to try out step by step (command by command) because I want to learn and understand them too.. :)

Kind of not want to completely follow a GUI based tool completely. But I think for this, I might!

If you have a step-by-step tutorial, then it will be great. Appreciate it.

And yes, I know CyanogenMod. I own a OnePlus One :)

Thanks again.
[General Questions and Answers] cresch07:
Ok then sweet. Here it is:

Things you will need--

Computer

GT-I9300

USB Cable

Odin

Philz Recovery

ROM of your choice

1. Start Odin, click "AP" and select the .tar file you downloaded from here: https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/i9300/philz_touch_6.48.4-i9300.tar.md5/

Do not change anything on the left side of program, only "F. Reset Time" and "Auto-Reboot should be checked.

2. Shut off your phone, then boot into download mode (Press VolumeDown+Home+Power in that order, and hold them until you see it come up.

3. Plug your phone into your computer via USB

4. Press VolumeUp to proceed to Download mode. Now it should say "Now in download mode, do not turn off target" or some such.

5. Odin should now say "ADDED!" If it does not, repeat previous steps.

6. Once Odin has recognized your phone, says added, and you have selected the proper tar file, click start. Wait a few moments, and your phone should restart. When it does, power off and attempt to boot into recovery by pressing VolumeUp+Home+Power in that order and hold. It should display something like "Now Entering Recovery" You should now see Philz Recovery Touch load up. If it does, success.

7. With the phone still connected, navigate through recovery until you get to "Mount USB Storage" it should be under "Mounts and Storage" Click it.

8. [OPTIONAL] Use recovery to Wipe data/factory reset for new ROM

9. Go back to your computer, when your phone pops up, go ahead copy the ROM file to your SD card. Internal or external it doesn't matter.

10. When it completes, go back to your phone and proceed to the recovery main menu. Select the option that says Install from SD card or something like that, and scroll down to where you copied your file. Select it and press install.

11. When it completes, go back to the main menu, and click reboot. Your new ROM should be up and running, rooted and bloatware free.

12. Now back to recovery, mount usb storage again, copy the gapps file i pointed you to, and install the same way you did the rom. Wipe data again (NOT FORMAT), then reboot. sign in and enjoy!

Hope this helps! Sorry if TL,DR
[General Questions and Answers] umeshkrishnan:
Thanks a lot.. Will definitely try and let u know.

Adding this to my notes.. :)

Awesome..
[General Questions and Answers] cresch07:
anytime :)
[General Questions and Answers] alemoazezo:
Hi guys

well if you are not able to suggest a solution regarding my problem or you are not interested to do so (i am guessing:confused:)

then could you at least tell me where specifically on xda-developers should i explain my problem to get a suggestion?

because believe me this problem is making me go nuts !
[General Questions and Answers] cresch07:
I would help but I am unfamiliar with dual-sim phones. Let me poke around on here and see if I can point you somewhere helpful. What kind of phone do you have?
[General Questions and Answers] umeshkrishnan:
What will brick it? If the custom rom i selected is not compatible, then only?

Which step should i be careful about?
[General Questions and Answers] cresch07:
well you should be careful during all the steps. There are many things that COULD, given the right circumstances, brick it. They are rare though. any smart dev will post the specific devices their roms are compatible on.
[General Questions and Answers] umeshkrishnan:
OK thanks.. I will be careful during the whole process.

Keeping the battery at greater than 75% would be helpful.

I just hope the phone doesnt restart spuriously :D

Thank you.. :)
[General Questions and Answers] cresch07:
Just let it do its thing and dont mess with it while its working. When i am working with my phone, i make sure i dont even bump the usb cable. Disconnecting the phone while flashing can definitely screw something up.
[General Questions and Answers] umeshkrishnan:
Ok thanks. Will take care.
[General Questions and Answers] archie2001:
Hi m8 i'm a newcomer to flashing roms etc. I rooted my lg g3 and did a nandroid backup then installed a custom rom. The custom rom that i flashed corrupted my phone(certain apps would'nt work)so decided to go back to my nandroid backup. When i booted into recovery and hit restore my nandroid would not show up so booted back into my phone and found the backup on my sd card. I decided to try and move it and accidently deleted 2 files,i think which were the boot images.Ive now manged to transfer it to a flash drive and when plugged in to my phone it shows up in twrp. I was just after some advice as to whether it would be safe to flash or not (dont want to mess my phone up). Hope this explains it a bit better.
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
So I'm guessing that if it shows up in twrp when you have it on a flash drive, you're using an otg cable? That's perfectly safe to restore from. I do it all the time.
[General Questions and Answers] bweN diorD:
That makes sense now.

I would NOT restore that without the boot files.

Your best option would be to re-flash stock and start over.

Sent from my G3, Unlocked by Team Codefire

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Nooo!

He accidentally deleted the kernel out of the nandroid.

Sent from my G3, Unlocked by Team Codefire
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
Then I apologize. I misunderstood his post. I thought he deleted boot image files from his device.

Why was the backup opened up to move it would be my question at this point...
[General Questions and Answers] SilentStrider:
Unfortunately I can't help you in depth with your HTC, you should head over to the Q&A in your device's dedicated threads, just search for it!

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Device: SGS3 LTE GT-I9305 4G

Rom: Paranoid Android 3.65

Recovery: Philz_Touch_Recovery 5.08.5

Kernel:

AgNi Pure CM v2.3

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[General Questions and Answers] superwittekz:
Errors installing meanrom ics

k I try that thank you
[General Questions and Answers] usp_master:
HTC wildfire s

I'm new on this site, so i do not know if i am writing my question in correct way.... I have bought HTC wildfire s updated to 2.3.5 gingerbread, but i installed belly jean 4.1.2 and i am very disappointed.. I want to downgrade it to 2.3.5 ginger bread or it's official version (2.1)..I do not know go to downgrade or install or root it.. So i need your help very much.. thanx
[General Questions and Answers] sarahcuda:
I got it working, never mind! It's rooted! But thank you everyone with your willingness to help a noob :D
[General Questions and Answers] sgs22012:
Per re-root stock tar then root

Sent from my GT-I9505 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[General Questions and Answers] SilentStrider:
Clad to hear that!

How did you solved your problem?

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Device: SGS3 LTE GT-I9305 4G

Rom: Paranoid Android 3.65

Recovery: Philz_Touch_Recovery 5.08.5

Kernel:

AgNi Pure CM v2.3

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In lame terms yes! Did you used the CF method? But as long you are all stock (no custom recovery and kernel) yes you will receive OTA updates!

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Device: SGS3 LTE GT-I9305 4G

Rom: Paranoid Android 3.65

Recovery: Philz_Touch_Recovery 5.08.5

Kernel:

AgNi Pure CM v2.3

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[General Questions and Answers] keifus.rahn:
Needing a lil help with Kyocera in boot loop & using a certain back up

My Kyocera Hydro went into boot loop a few days ago and ive been trying to restore it my self. Ive researched and try a ton of things a no luck-done system restore- every time i power it on it says launcher stoped ans system ui has stoped? And this is my other question i dont have the hydro Backup so im using the Kyocera Rise backup and copying it to the phones storage :/ and hoping that will fix it. If ant one can help me out it would be much apprecited. Thank You

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My Kyocera Hydro went into boot loop a few days ago and ive been trying to restore it my self. Ive researched and try a ton of things a no luck-done system restore- every time i power it on it says launcher stoped ans system ui has stoped? And this is my other question i dont have the hydro Backup so im using the Kyocera Rise backup and copying it to the phones storage :/ and hoping that will fix it if that will work lol. I know alot of pepole are having the boot loop problem with the hydro and no real way to repair it as far as i know. so If any one can help me out it would be much apprecited. Thank You

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[General Questions and Answers] nkbrown:
Website accessed by phone or mobile device only?

Is there a way to make my website accessible by phone only?
[General Questions and Answers] post-mortem:
It's not at all foolproof, but you can look at the User Agent string for a mobile device. Though that would exclude laptops & netbooks running full desktop software. Is a laptop a mobile device to you? How about a Chromebook?
[General Questions and Answers] nkbrown:
Yes, I only want my website accessible by tablets, and or cell phones. I was told that it's possible but it would require a script in my web page to be able to block a range of IP addresses so that only mobiles like cells and tablets can get through, but it is possible right? :confused:
[General Questions and Answers] post-mortem:
That would work if they're on mobile data. That wouldn't block laptops or desktops connecting to the internet by tethering to a cell phone. It also would block all mobile devices connecting via wifi.

You could maybe release an app, and your website would only work through your app. But then you'd have to make an app for each mobile OS.

I don't think it's an easy, straightforward solution.
[General Questions and Answers] mpeyrac:
Hi Guys,

I have installed a CWM recovery and a custom rom. I wanted to find out if I use ODIN to flash a stock rom with stock recovery will this work and remove CWM or will I need to do something prior?

I found a rom which says it can be flashed with ODIN and has stock recovery included.. will this work?

Any advice will be appreciated.

On a side note - will the flash counter increment or be reset?
[General Questions and Answers] Kagemusha-:
Adding a theme NOT in TweakTools

Phone: Droid Charge SCH-I510

Build: FP5

Mod: Tweaked 3.2

CM: v10

I came across a Theme that I would like to use, but this Theme is not in the list native to TweakTools. I read on another website that the way to install the Theme is to put the .apk file on the SD card and then install it from there. Once installed, I could apply the theme using the Theme Chooser that comes with CM9. The Theme I downloaded from Google Play is Mesh Blue by DeNitE and it is compatible with CM10. So, I'm guessing my options are (and please, correct me if I'm wrong):

1. Find a way to add the Theme to Tweaktools;

2. Find a way to access Theme Chooser; or

3. Simply give up.
[General Questions and Answers] yac116:
not working

not working and yes it is rooted,any way thx for replaing
[General Questions and Answers] ^Diamond^:
I am using the PAC ROM on my HTC DESIRE HD. can anyone tell me how to change the app label color on the home screen on the default PAC ROM launcher? I don't want to install other launchers like GO :)
[General Questions and Answers] mwersch:
Cwm or twrp necessary?

Just rooted phone but don't have cwm or twrp...do I need?
[General Questions and Answers] post-mortem:
The most useful features are to backup/restore on the device (no computer necessary), and to install any old flashable .zip you want. So the answer is that it depends on what you want to accomplish.

Why did you root your phone?

Edit: EFS Professional can also be used to make nandroid backups.