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[General Questions and Answers] excn31:
question about XDA

I'm trying to find out if I am doing anything illegally wrong by flashing Android stock OS on my phone or a custom rom that also has android on it without google play but with Google keyboard if for example i am legally only allowed to have one OS that comes with the phone per person(if i flash another copy over the purchased Android Phone w/ OS does that mean Android or me owes microsoft for each time i flash a rom)? I have been trying to figure out sometime now and happen to not see anything specific on XDA through the google search engine. i think about 3 questions about whether it is legal or not i found out by searching on google with keywords xda, but no clear answers from what i've been reading as far as responses. I just want to clear the confusion of what is right and wrong legal or illegal for my own conscience and for others that want to know to make a decision if that makes sense

and that is what had me sign up just about two days ago to find out

thanks for your replies
[General Questions and Answers] bweN diorD:
not sure i can be of help, but the most obvious is a driver issue. formatting system doesn't affect your ability to connect in flash mode or recovery.

try finding some newer drivers or re-installing the newest ones, put your phone in flash mode, change your usb cable to another 2.0 port, then plug in the phone and see if your pc proceeds to install the drivers and will recognize the phone in the factory flash tool.

if you can get it recognized in the factory tool, you can proceed to re-flash stock.
[General Questions and Answers] kostikasdrift:
vodafone smart 2 v860 problem installing pc drivers

hi guys.! while i was installing kitkat rom using recovery, my phone turned off in the middle of proccess.. now i have no recovery and no system.. only the start android picture.. im trying to install drivers but phone not recognised from pc.. what can i do? am using windows 7 profetional x32..
[General Questions and Answers] Galaxy droid fan 7:
Hello xda I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 which I would like to root however I don't have the ability to root it by a computer I did some searches on YouTube and found this app called master root you can found on 4shared can someone please tell me whether or not it works and if it doesn't work can someone tell me about something that does? SMT 310 by the way running Android 4.4. 2
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
There's a thread on here about using towel root for tab 3, check it out...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2784152

... let me play with your evil inside ...
[General Questions and Answers] bweN diorD:
the answer is simple but the explanation is not so much.

i have been involved with android through various forums going on 4 years, and have flashed every phone i have/had many hundreds of times .

there is nothing inherently illegal about flashing your phone, as much as you want, with stock or custom roms. no money is owed to anyone.

the only real issue that would concern you is your carrier.

they really dont want you doing any flashing to your phone, stock or custom, for the simple fact that people break the phone not knowing what they are doing most of the time then return it under warranty. this is simply fraud, but since the carrier (or manufacturer) cant prove it, they are left to eat the cost.

honestly, you are unlikely to find any roms to use, on any reputable forum, that contain anything illegal. it is just not going to happen.

the forum would be buried in legal bills and out of business in no time.

i know im doing a terrible job of explaining this.

i think its honorable that you are trying to do the right thing, but i think you are just over thinking this too much.

trust in the fact that xda (and other reputable sites) have done their homework, and would not allow anything posted that would get you or them in trouble.

i hope that makes sense.

we take the things you ask for granted out of experience, im doing my best to help you understand. :)
[General Questions and Answers] tetakpatak:
[MENTION=5955967]excn31[/MENTION] it is your device, you can do what you wish with it. Android is open source, free OS. It is Linux' child. Flashing custom roms will bring you system updates much longer than the brand & provider desire. They usually give you only 1-2 updates so they can tell you after 2 years to get rid od outdated device and to take your money again for the new one. And to make electronic waste out of your still excellent device. Bastards.

tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo

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We have excellent guides here on the forum. I see your ADB is on windows/system32 what is uncommon. Normally, whole SDK suite is placed on C:\ and there you have to change directionary in command line into sdk\platform-tools

Also the files you desire to flash or push must be saved in the same folder. Yet, try now to save your files in C:\Windows\System32 folder (really not the best place on your PC)

tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
[General Questions and Answers] bweN diorD:
actually, i believe that would only be true on phones you own. carrier subsidized phones have to agree with their terms.

otherwise, nice rant lol :)

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this post seem to have some good solutions.

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i would only add to this,

if you dont fully understand what you are doing, search for answers to your questions on google, and/or post them here or your devices q&a forum (preferred), before you try anything your not sure of.

we are happy to help :)

a bricked phone is like the black eye your sister gave you when she was 3 and you were 8. :p

not kewl lol
[General Questions and Answers] MaHo_66:
yep :good:
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
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[General Questions and Answers] Fat Tone:
Ok. Here we go. have a Sprint M8 that has been flashed to cricket. Everything was fine until I recently changed phone numbers. Now I cant access gmail,chrome,play store and youtube while on wifi. Everything works fine when I turn wifi off. But as soon as I turn it on everything except the browser stops working. Tried clear data and delete wifi network from phone and reconnect but that is not helping. Nor is resetting the router.

Please help. Been spending many hours searching trying to fix this issue.
[General Questions and Answers] excn31:
question about XDA

hi again! i appreciate you taking the time to reply back to me. i know if Google had a webpage detailing whether it was okay or not to download their roms/flash/rooting that would help.

- i'm still hoping to find out whether there are licensing issues between Google and Microsoft for the Android Operating system to see if it is an issue for flashing a persons stock rom and/or a custom rom. for example if i flash a custom rom, is it considered unlicensed because it wasn't purchased with the phone that i bought?

i'm not currently under warranty for the phone any longer i think since about mid 2011 so i think it is okay there.

about rooting our phones, it says on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooting_(Android_OS) :

for the United States

Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act rooting is illegal in the United States except by exemption. The U.S. Copyright Office currently grants phones an exemption to this law "at least through 2015".[34]

- we need permission from the US Copyright Office to root our phones?

and

- it is legal to use third party software to do so? or do we need to goto a store that does the rooting?

thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
Whoa... I think you're reading too much into all this.

First of all, almost anything at wikipedia is crap, search elsewhere. Secondly, if you're that concerned, don't do it. That being said, it's your phone, you own it, it has no warranty to blow... go to town on it. The US marshals office is not going to show up at your door for rooting your phone and placing a custom ROM on it.

If Google had a problem with all this, they would shut down all the sites like this, remove their GAPPS from the web and they wouldn't have their source code out there for anyone to get.

What phones are becoming by the cellular providers is NOT what Google Android envisioned when they launched all this several years ago. It's been an open source project for people to play with, add to, modify, etc. It's the cell phone providers trying to lock down all the phones and force you into only having what they say.

... let me play with your evil inside ...
[General Questions and Answers] xx33l:
how

how to create smali?
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2193735
[General Questions and Answers] aizaizbhaby:
air gesture doesn't work

My air gesture doesn't work. Please help. Even the icon isn't showing
[General Questions and Answers] stevenkosar:
I downloaded what im sure is the nexus drivers(usb?) and im not sure how to install them. this computer is the very confusing windows 8 by the way.

and is flash mode another way to say recovery?

thank you for any feedback, I appreciate it.
[General Questions and Answers] andreiav:
Never tried to sideload to be honest, so I don't know. I have a micro SD card slot so I can use that one if I ever need anything similar. ;)
[General Questions and Answers] tetakpatak:
He has meant bootloader mode. You have to unzip the driver and run the .exe application. Wait until PC installs the driver and after that you have to connect your phone and wait until PC installs your device.

It is all so much easier under Linux, no drivers necessary- connect and there you go.

tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
[General Questions and Answers] steve8x8:
OTA/CMUpdater Milestone2

Anyone knows whether there's a download URI for Milestone2 CM11 ROM updates? czechop's ROM comes with a Defy URI - and I'm seriously in doubt it'll work...
[General Questions and Answers] r_kalar_2:
Xolo a500s custom rom for Maximus 908

Hi, I am new here. As my post count below 10(This is my first post) I can't post at developers thread. Can any one tell me if I can flash Xolo a500s custom roms to my Maximus 908. I think these phones are identical.
[General Questions and Answers] cybercrawler:
If your device is a clone of A500s you can flash the ROM.Just simply REPLACE the boot.img & modem.img of your device with the one which is in the A500s custom ROM before flashing otherwise you may end up in a boot loop.
[General Questions and Answers] r_kalar_2:
I think it is a clone of a500s. I have already installed incredible rom by nightwalker in my phone. everything was fine except loudspeaker, wifi and Bluetooth. Solved the loudspeaker problem though. Wifi and bluetooth was ok initially. But after sometimes I Can't change their settings. I have to reboot to use them again. It has happened several times. Any solution?

Didn't find any modem.img in my backup stock rom.
[General Questions and Answers] telemetric:
Virginity13 + XBlast Tools Color Scheme (Android 4.1.2)

Hello, I have a question that might belong here, and it's about color and it might be noobish.

So I've put the Virginity13 custom rom on my S3 mini (Android 4.1.2) and I love it, the only thing that bothers me are some colors I cannot change.

I used the XBlast Tools to change some of them, but there are still some that stay the way they are (ugly shades of green).

Is there any way to change them? What exactly are the areas called? Maybe someone even has some experience with xblast.

I included 2 screenshots, settings and mp3 player, however the green is also in some other things.

Thank you,

tm
[General Questions and Answers] Leftrand:
Please help here http://xdaforums.com/general/help/please-help-urgent-t2826456
[General Questions and Answers] steve8x8:
tun.ko for Samsung Callisto?

Where may I ask for a tun.ko module that matches the Callisto GB kernel, 2.6.35.7-perf-CL684871? Tun.ko installer's database doesn't know about that one, and DroidVPN fails to open /dev/tun (which seems to indicate that the functionality isn't built in).
[General Questions and Answers] xx33l:
what application should i use?
[General Questions and Answers] MufcTK:
Is it possible to purchase apps from Google play using the balance you have in your phone? If anyone knows of a way please let me know! Thanks!! :)
[General Questions and Answers] EmBeez:
No I dont think so, you need to set up Google Credit account using your credit card to do that.
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
Everything is laid out in there as far as what to use. Read it all, it's all fairly simple.

... let me play with your evil inside ...
[General Questions and Answers] meatboy371:
Yes, it is possible, but only for some countries and carriers. Just search for "Google Play carrier billing".
[General Questions and Answers] sco-mito:
how can i fix overlay and flickering of the screen?
[General Questions and Answers] Galaxy droid fan 7:
I tried and it said my tablet wasn't supported any other ideas sir?
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
Search around here on xda or Google is my best suggestion. I'm not all that familiar with it all, just enough to be dangerous. Lol

If I don't know it, I come here because of the vast amount of knowledge, I dig around and always find a solution.

... let me play with your evil inside ...
[General Questions and Answers] Galaxy droid fan 7:
Lol same here thank you though
[General Questions and Answers] steve8x8:
Not sure whether you like my suggestions... you should try to sideload the recovery first before you install it (and possibly lose the oppotunity to install another one).
[General Questions and Answers] nemesisam:
HTC Sensation Cyanogen Sultan Problem

Hi thanks for all you have done to my phone! I mean it. THANKS. I post here because as a "new" member I cant post in the thread.

here is a problem I encountered when I had the J[ROM][STABLE][Android 4.4.4] CyanogenMod 11 with 3.0.16 kernel [July 18, 2014] installed. My wi-fi interception signal is so weak now that I cant even connect to the same places I used to while I had the previous version. Why is that? I tried to install only the Kernel update, only the ROM and other tests. Same results.

I have already tried to find something in the forums but I cant find something other than another guys who has the same problem but still there was no answer. So, any advice?
[General Questions and Answers] Depool:
Error when installing CM11 on i8730 galaxy express

I was installing the CM11 ROM from internal sdcard using ClockworkMod Recovery

Then I got this error:

this package is for "expressltexx.expresslte" devices: this is a "serranolte".
[General Questions and Answers] steve8x8:
You can't even go back to the previous version (by restoring a nandroid, or performing a full flash of the old version) to restore your Wifi connectivity? If so, I'd suspect the baseband :/

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Although it's possible that the same device may be around under several different names (e.g. my Galaxy 551 is better known as Callisto), are you 120% (minimum) sure that this is the ROM you want to have on your phone? (Quick googling suggests that "serrano" is the nickname of a S4 mini / i9195, while "express" seems to be a i87xx? You might check your current build.prop against the one that comes with the new FW.)

If so: this ROM updater-script saved your life^Wphone
[General Questions and Answers] Hemant117:
Help please....

How to root Xolo Q1000 opus 2? And is there any custom ROM made for it? My friend baught this phone recently but it has some bug which causes all the apps to shutdown on its own. And service centre is no use. Please help me...thank you :) :)
[General Questions and Answers] maddboss:
yo, can I install Sony 4.2, 4.3 or 4.4 system apps to my 4.1.2 Xperia S without port. and can I install another phone's (like Xperia Z) 4.1.2 system apps?
[General Questions and Answers] stevenkosar:
Oh okay, I assume I didn't download the correct drivers because there is no .exe file anywhere in it.

I will look for the drivers more and let you know what I've found.

thank you

Edit - Re-downloaded the same file and there was no exe in it. So I'm downloading the android sdk to see if that has anything useful.
[General Questions and Answers] prashantmall1997:
Differences b/w Release and Unofficial build

What is the differences b/w nightly official unofficial and release ROM build?
[General Questions and Answers] Hellmanjk:
Google Maps error with a rom

I am using this:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2585690

I am not allowed to post questions there so I am gonna ask you guys. I read somewhere else on these forums that Google maps doesn't run right on amazon os. That the text overlays itself.

Source:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2654749 The second poster says it works on the ROM I am using but this is the error I get:http://postimg.org/image/ml7kgkhw1/

I simply want to know if there is a fix for text problem and in general the app doesn't work but crashes.

Thank you.
[General Questions and Answers] Kas:
Can't install Nokia X ADB Driver

Plz help me. I can't install Nokia X ADB driver on pc. It shows a error- The current language is not suppoprted. I'm using win 8.
[General Questions and Answers] dnndbrkt:
Nightlies are not supported in any way by the developer, it's an experimental build. You can use it on a daily basis to have all the latest features, but don't flash it if you want a bug-free experience.

Stable builds - also called final releases - are intended for normal, everyday use. Stable versions receive extensive testing from the developer (and community) prior to release.

An unofficial rom is a version of a rom, made by a different developer than the original one. The developer just uses the source of an existing rom, and adds or removes some features.

I hope that is clear. Good luck flashing!

Daan
[General Questions and Answers] steve8x8:
The drivers may be "naked", worry not - if there's an exe, it's usually a self-unpacking installer, often containing more than you need.
[General Questions and Answers] DroidEater1028:
When I started unlocking my bootloader and all on my htc one s (first phone i every did any of this stuff on) I wondered the same thing because it because sort of a hassle. Anyways I never found an actual way to successfully run fastboot without a computer because in the end i would somehow need to run a terminal but ya so from what I know I don't think it is possible.
[General Questions and Answers] RottenKitten:
How is that my whatsapp was renewed after a year of use if I have no credit card, google wallet, etc.? D:
[General Questions and Answers] DroidEater1028:
port maybe

From what it sounds like it could be the port i had a similar problem on an older phone and it turned out that one of the charging port pins were bent.
[General Questions and Answers] ZeroTheScyther:
Can an android phone do this?

Hello XDA. I was curious about something. Someone told me once that nothing is impossible when it comes to scripting, programming or other things. So can an android device do the next things?

Can an android device (From Romania) ...

1. Fry/Flood/Brick/Break another phone?

2. Locate another android phone without the user's knowing or permission? (Actually without having to install an APP on the other device)

3. Listen to another's phone converstaion without user's knowing or permission?

4. Send a SMS as an unknown person?

5. Call someone showing a fake number to the one called? (I guess that's Call spoofer)

6. Download or upload data/files to another phone/PC without user's knowing or permission?

7. Find out who called you with a private number? (Like the bored kids that prank on phone)
[General Questions and Answers] simonmbjornes:
Is there nobody who can help?
[General Questions and Answers] nothing2lose01:
directories

Hey guys,

i flashed a rom from 4.1 to 4.2 (i think it was this one) and got the extra directories eg. sdcard/0/0/0... how do I get rid of that?

the rom was all jbsourcery for verizon galaxy nexus. Not sure on what update that occurred.

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] andrewk7750:
I was wondering can I flash the froyomod ROM for the milestone 1 onto my Verizon s3

Edit: never mind it works, thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] android07:
Please help me out!

updated in newer post
[General Questions and Answers] ChikeD:
Trying to config PegasusQ

Hello,

I have a custom kenel (Phantom) on my Xperia P and I have tried to config PegasusQ governer.

I have read this post but it seems this governer has a mind of it's own and settings do not alwats change, or sometimes change by themselves so obviosely there is more to it.

Where should I post to get help with this?
[General Questions and Answers] Hothead11:
Xperia Sola boot loop

Hey guys!

I was trying to root my xperia sola since I had flashed jb on the device and had lost root access, long story short it didn't work and when I tried to turn on my phone I got a black screen so I tried flashing my phone to the ics kernal, now the problem is I'm stuck in a boot loop with no root and I don't have cwm installed because of that, I already went to the thread for boot loops but as I said I don't have any way to access cwm, so I really am stumped as to what to do...

Any help would be apreciated!
[General Questions and Answers] kv25ram:
I have a Enspire c8660 and i have been searching for a while now for a way to root but i am unable to find one! :(

It has ginger bread 2.3.6.

I greatly appreciate any reply! Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] Vinlux:
[HELP] Ask about original android phone

Hi,everyone,

I really need your helps..

I got a new phone from my friend.

She told me that it's samsung galaxy s4.

But i feel a lil doubt, becase the baseband doesnt same with another galaxy s4.

Would you help me to recognize it?

This is the baseband:

MAUI.11AMD.W12.22.SP.V17

Kernel version:

3.0.13

1313 v17

Number build:

JDQ39.I9500ZHUAMDE

Custom rom:

1370866190

That're the informations. And i try to search air gesture menu, but i couldn't find it..

Please,help me.

Thank you, God Bless you :)
[General Questions and Answers] ChikeD:
I think you must flash the JB kernel.

I had boot loob when I mistakenly flashed an ICS kernel to JB installation on my Xperia P.
[General Questions and Answers] binaryfalcon:
Looking at build, I'm quite sure thats a s4.
[General Questions and Answers] Vinlux:
Really? :)

Becase i cant find the air gesture menu on it.

And this is mu first time using android phone.

Is it ok with the baseband version?

Thank you very much :)
[General Questions and Answers] binaryfalcon:
essiogn october

I'm not quite sure about baseband version, but maybe the reason for the air gesture missing is because your using a custom rom ( custom firmware)
[General Questions and Answers] Hothead11:
!

Thank you!!! It worked I'm back to normal! Guess it was stupid on my part to flash ics instead of jb.... but any way thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] Vinlux:
So the best way i can do is trying to unroot it?
[General Questions and Answers] binaryfalcon:
Unrooting it won't bring you back to stock firmware.

If it is already rooted, you can easily install cwm and just flash a stock rom.

When you compared it to the other s4, could you see difference in build quality?

And you are sure you are running android? Ask your friend if it's a replica. (fake).
[General Questions and Answers] amany khalil:
htc desire hd wont works :(

please can any one help me

my htc desire hd wont turn on its stuck on htc desire hd logo i cant even chose recovery on bootloader