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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saber:
The steps you've said are indeed correct. But why flash stock kernel. Stock kernel would be included already with the ROM. BTW, if you want to install cwm, use philz recovery because it is the best :cool:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nasimaziz:
Flashing CWM over TWRP

Thanks for your direction, which led to the following understanding of mine- that I can simply flash fantasy mod using TWRP? Its written in Fantasy Mod that we need to have CWM to flash this mod, and I would like to go by steps.

Once again, looking forward

regards,
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nasimaziz:
Flashing CWM over TWRP

thanks for your advice. Can I bother you further by asking that - flashing Fantasy Mod and flashing custom stock rom is different in the areas where a mod need to be flashed over rooted stock, is that so? or a Mod is a complete package like a custom rom (i.e., Mod = custom stock rom?).

regards,
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saber:
mods are generally standalone packages that install over an existing rom. It doesn't necessarily have to be rooted stock, it can be any rooted rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 1FstYOTA:
Anyone one else have noticed when snoozing it doesn't ring the alarm again.

Usually I hit the snooze about 3 times before getting up so now it doesn't work after the update.

It will ring the initial alarm once you hit snooze it just goes away.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cbucz24:
There is a setting that you may not see.

At the bottom of the alarm screen should be a more button. Hit that and it shows you more options. .View attachment 1948816

As you can see, the amount of snooze and duration is adjustable. .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 1FstYOTA:
Its set exactly like that and once I hit snooze the first time it doesn't ring again.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Dhia.Mili:
Hi, a friend of mine had his One X stolen then he found it , anyway now the phone dosen't boot, i can go to FASBOOT MENU , but there's no backlight at all the screen is almost black, and in the FASTBOOT menu i can't select anything : if i press the 'volume -' it does nothing, 'volume + ' it moves down, power button it moves down( like if i have prseeed the volume + button not the power buton) and dosen't select anything.

Any help ? Or is the device hardware-bricked not just soft-bricked ?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
typically, any time you can get into bootloader, you're not bricked, however in this case, seems like your volume buttons are broken which leaves you SOL unless you can fix them. Since it gets into fastboot, you could probably RUU if you're S-OFF and then return for warranty for the hardware issues?

Also, sounds like your backlights broken. Need to replace the screen to fix that and since prying the digitizer off is next to impossible, you would replace the digitizer too. If you're going to do it yourself, keep the old screen to in case you need to sync the screens. Replacing screens on this phone can be tricky so I don't suggest trying it if you don't have some experience already.

Good luck

*edit* if you're not S-OFF you could also fastboot flash zip rom.zip whatever rom and then access recovery using ADB then S-OFF then RUU, then try to have it replaced/fixed under warranty.

Hope this helps.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Dhia.Mili:
Thanks, so the backlight is definitely a hardware issue ? I don't think that replacing the screen is worth it , i guess the motherboard needs to be replaced too since the hardware buttons aren't fully working ( at first i thought that the person who stole it wanted to run RUU to get past the screen lock and did something wrong while flashing but now i think that he maybe dropped it into water ) .

I can flash the phone even if i'm unable to select either one of FASTBOOT and HBOOT modes ? (I'm not familiar with HTCs only samsung moto and zte)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
The one xl should jump to fastboot right away when entering bootloader... at least my phone does anyway, so i assume they all do.

But yeah, sounds like that phone is ALL KINDS of messed up.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Dhia.Mili:
Yeah i guess buying a new one is the only soloution
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afadzil21:
I have a weird 'bug' that has been occurring randomly. When I launch the camera using the locksreen widget. App start, camera shows no image and bam, reboot. After they reboot, doing the same thing doesn't cause a reboot. Weird. Anyone else have this 'bug:?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamali2300:
yes i have the same probleme BUG AND RESTART
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaunco:
I see this about 50% of the time I launch the camera from the the home screen. I haven't seen it yet when I launch the camera from the lock screen.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaki67:
I also have this problem after the update whenever I launch the camera not only from the lock screen.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @xDeepS:
Happening here too, works after reboot though. Think its got something to do with device heat? Cause the other day the cam app force closed cause device was too hot -_-
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khoaitaychienvn:
I am facing this problem but not just open from the lock screen. It happens even when I open other camera app.

And the camera start up time is way too slow compared to my previous Android phones.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] renomael:
auto reboot

Agreed ! Mine is the same... When I launch the camera in whatsapp, it will 100% reboot !
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] armedking:
A lot of people got this problem I got it too on my gt-i9500
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdaebert:
Go to developer options and change "limit background processes" to 4. It should work.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolraghav:
my s4 (i9500) has rebooted couple of times whenever I open camera app. (running latest firmware)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G-XtremE:
I'm also experiencing the same problems, also, sometimes when i tap the take picture button it won't take a picture regardless of how many times I tap the button.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] armedking:
Lets hope update comes soon too fix this .. its getting anoying
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afadzil21:
Thank god I'm not alone on this. I thought I had a bad unit. And yeah, on mine too it started after the update. It was fine before. It's less frequent now as I wake the phone, launch something else before going to the camera. Avoids an unnecessary reboot. But the camera launch lag is bad. Launching the camera on my S3 was much, much faster.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maximusl:
have the same issue.. :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G-XtremE:
This actually worked for me, I haven't experienced any restarts since I limited the background processes. Launching the camera is still laggy though.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdaebert:
As long as the restart has stopped. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G-XtremE:
Scratch that, it rebooted again.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdaebert:
Remember if you reboot, the developer options changes to standard. So make sure it's on 4 processers and see if it restars again..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoezay:
Oh god now i can't wait to know what happens next.same problems on my octa i9500DDUAMDK . India. Can't replicate it everytime , but happens ocassionally when i use the camera the phone reboots....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c!T!zen:
same issue with s4

So I have noticed and have had the same issue. Phone restarts wen the camera opens. But the good thing is ththeseworks once i. restarts.

I also noticed that it get hot right below the camera. Even if the phone is in idle mode. Hope samsung sort these issues soon
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozkaya:
Same here, opening the camera is slow and sometimes restarts the phone after update to MDK firmware.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziedrich:
I also have this problem but it occurs after 1 days of use or so. I use wanam custom rom v1.2 which use Samsung latest fw but stillthis problem occurs.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozkaya:
Try ME1 firmware, still testing but looking good.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vijays4:
S4 Bugs

My Samsung galaxy S4 at times reboots when i open camera but works fine after restarting. Is this a bug everyone has or my instrument alone? pls reply. And when i open my contact it takes around 5-10 sec to display. i dont have more than 200 contacts either.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
few are having camera reboot bug, update to the latest firmware it will be resolved. i havent faced a single reboot due to camera in ME1 firmware. Unless you clear memory via task manager the contact will open in a second or two.

give contacts+app from market a try its fantastic
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdaebert:
Are you using the Indonesian or HK?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
indonesian
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdaebert:
Ok Thanks. I downloaded the HK. It was kinda buggy for me..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hotzigetty:
I'm on the ME1 firmware Bala, still have the reboots (reported in the other thread).

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcwee011:
i have tried changing the "limit background processes"to 4 still the same. phone reboted quite frequently when launch camera app
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yaarnick:
What is the different between standard processes and 4 processes?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WitchMX:
Ok, take into account that everytime you reboot this setting goes back to "Standard Limit"

I have the limit set to 4 and although at the beginning it kept rebooting, I haven't got a reboot in about 3 days, and I have tried to make the phone reboot by launching the camera app in different scenarios, but nothing. Everything is ok now.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toi1em:
I have the same. Octa 9500 version with firmware DXUAMDK. It 's random, for example when you open Optical reader, close it and then open camera app.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoezay:
TRY THIS.

1.Turn Your i9500 Off.

2.Remove your Sd card.

3.Power up your phone.

4.Use the camera ( you will most probably notice it's significantly faster )

5.With the phone ON, insert your sd card into the phone.

I did this and the lag on my camera seems to have disappeared and the phone is suddenly performing like a beast.

I have no idea why this works, but it works for me,[ so far NO REBOOTS ]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hotzigetty:
How long has it been?

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoezay:
how long since "possible" fix

It has been 38 hours and counting. By now i should have had at least a few reboots.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hotzigetty:
Thanks I'll give it a try. Limiting background processes had no effect. A few friends have rooted and used Doc's camera fix, which makes a big difference. Launch times were faster too.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoezay:
didn't work

bad news, this doesn't work. Got 2 reboots back to back just now.:(

Noticed that my my 64gb sandisk class 10 card is fat 32 . going to re format it in the phone and check if it makes a difference.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hotzigetty:
Yup. Kept getting reboots.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nokia7Vista:
Any updates ? ... Did anyone get this issue solved?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Can you tell me more about this "Doc's Camera Fix"?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hotzigetty:
End of this post.

http://wanamlite.com/2013/05/14/adam-kernel-galaxys4-i9500-v1-2/

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Thanks :highfive:. I just copied fimc_is_gumi_fw2.bin & fimc_is_sec_fw2.bin to /system/vendor/firmware/ directory (replacing the original file). I will test it and update if that fixes the random reboot issue.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hotzigetty:
Awesome! Thanks!

Haven't rooted yet so I can't try this, but I've flashed this on a couple of friends' phones and it's awesome. Lemme know if just replacing those files works.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronj1986:
Can someone test video playback for me? On the GS3 & GN2 whenever I watched a video on my SD Card, there was a button that you could click that would take a picture of the video frame on the display. I have the AT&T GS4, but this button isn't there. Do you guys have it on the GT-I9505?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Bad news. Random reboots still happen. So this does not actually fix the reboot problem, maybe just the "camera failed" problem.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hotzigetty:
Did you flash Adam kernel and then the camera fix? From what I've seen, so far, it fixes the freeze.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Nope. I use stock kernel. I just replaced the 2 files mentioned above. Anyway, I think I'll just wait for Samsung's official update. :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nokia7Vista:
The fix is working great here !!!

Thank you very much :o
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nokia7Vista:
Made a video for Docs fix ;)

[YOUTUBE]yN7rwvldVzU[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ingleonardo:
I had the reboot problem when opening the camera app. I read that by opening another app before the camera app solved it but no luck for me. What solved the problem was to open another app that use the camera, I'm opening "Video cam illusion" before using the camera app and for 4 days in a row it hasn't reboot, also now the camera app opens faster than before. Hope it helps anyone else too. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zoddex:
I found this but not sure if safe.... im new to android and also have the issue on my gt-i9500 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN7rwvldVzU
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amin101:
I'm getting random reboots camera non-related

mostly when phone is sleep (standby) like on the table or in my pocket
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rithwik:
same here , sometimes restarts even from unlocked screen also
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maximusl:
Reboots with no reason is faulty device, try to rma them. I had random reboots, changed it and have no problem. (Except camera reboots, by the way change camera photos location,to internal memory, I changed it and had no reboot since then)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hotzigetty:
Changing from external to internal had no effect for me. And the reboot issue started only after the mdk update for me.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amin101:
I removed my sdcard and I have no problem anymore

My sdcard is 16 GB Patriot class 10

what sdcard is the best for Galaxy S4 ?

which one do you suggest ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tareqlilo:
Fixing the camera problem in galaxy s4

Guys this is what you can do to fix the camera issue, first it's a software problem not a hardware one you have to take the device to any Samsung service center and they will download new software for you, "you have to backup your device first" but that's not enough you need not to add to much Widgets to keep the rams empty (this way worked for me and I have no issue at all)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ch0use:
just started seeing these this evening, running slim bean rom build 6 on verizon galaxy s 4. phone was powered on with screen off, i keep wifi enabled during sleep, went to turn screen on and wifi was not connected. while in settings to toggle wifi, phone soft reset on me. then 3 or 4 more times just during normal usage. been fine on stock and fine for a few days on this rom, until now. powered off and pulled battery, powered back on, still doing it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amin101:
remove your sdcard

and see if that happen again
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] therom30:
s4 i9500

My octa device is overheating and powercycling occacionally. Im running the UBUAMDK version and the powercycling issue doesnt happen only when launching the camera,it happens with games as well.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsarin2:
Reboot woes- camera, random et al!

SO this has really got me worrying as i bought the S4 octa core version in India at a really high price! Whenever i put on the camera and i try to switch the camera from front cam to back cam or vice versa invariably i will get a reboot! one time i got a reboot while in middle of a call! now u really dont expect such behaviour from a flagship! At first i thought i had a faulty device but by going through this thread i realize there are others facing the same problems too!

AS a solution i factory reset my device! I formatted my class 10 memory card! the result: the reboots have lowered in frequency but are still there in numbers enough to really piss me off!

I hope samsung comes out with a solution to this problem as there is some serious compatibility issues with the octa core version!

Peace!:confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dawie180:
I was having the same prob for the past 2 weeks, noticed it happened when RAM ussage was above 1.55gb when i launch the camera. I think i might have a solution. Go to "Manage Apps", select the "All" tab, scroll down to "Camera" and select it, select "Clear data" and reboot. I've been able to launch camera with over 1.6gb RAM usage. No reboots so far and even when i really try and eat RAM.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gillion:
Better yet... install the ota update from samsung... that fixed it permanently.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dawie180:
My solution is permanent and no OTA update here yet.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doga.ozkaraca:
i'm getting this problem too-when i try to use in whatsapp

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my octa device is heating too much .too.. it's bllsht
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chinowppp:
Random camera reboot bug

The latest over the air update from samsung will solve the issue..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amivieu:
no fix yet ?

Hi ,

same problem for my s4 .

they mentioned this XDA thread in the following adress http://www.mobilenapps.com/articles...booting-issues-surface-require-update-fix.htm
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lolo9393:
This was MAY/JUNE issue, from MEA firmware update was fixed may be not 100% solved but...

What is your FW release? may be MDK? ....

So update your FW and much better you flash Wanamlite ROM or any other available custom ROm with latest FW.
[Android Themes] vhl71:
I've been using MIUI for a while now - main reason being the icons are spaced out with correct size. With 5 rows and 4 columns their sizes look like iphone. But when i use the same 5x4 with other lauchers the icons and the labels are too small for me to read..Not sure why?

I'd love to use APEX or nova if i can get the same layout as miui - they're more flexible for icon change and app drawer etc..

Any ideas or tips?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jricks:
I first want to start off that I am brand new to all of this. I have been reading up about this for a while and finally decided to root my Galaxy S3 the other night. I followed the instructions by Phone Rebel in his Youtube video. I used these files: Download and Install Samsung Official USB Drivers - Link

Download and extract ODIN v3.07 - Link

Download the Zip Below

For Both Root and Unlocked Bootloader ***RECOMMENDED*** – Download SuperSU + Unlocked Bootloader to your SD Card - Link

Download the VRALEC Bootchain - Link

Download one of the below

For ClockworkMod Touch Recovery 6.0.1.2 (Download this to your computer) - Link

For TWRP Recovery 2.3.1.0 (Download this to your computer) - Link

Download the VRBLK3 Bootchain - Link

After completing the root, it automatically installed SuperSU. (not quite sure what it does, again, i'm very new to all of this) After reading up on what to do after you root, I read that it is a good idea to download ROM Manager as well as Mobile ODIN. I installed both, difference being I bought Mobile ODIN Pro.

Using ROM Manager, I tried flashing CWM Touch, I was successful in doing so. However, when I boot into recovery, I get a message stating that ROM will flash back to stock after boot. Do you want to fix? Yes= this can not be undone. No. Or Go Back. I was scared to press yes because I didn't know what it would do. I have not installed any custom ROM because I'm not 100% sure on how to do it so I am not going to take the plung until I know.

Any suggestions or answrs on how to fix this issue would be appreciated. I do want to flash a custom ROM like Cyanogenmod. I've just read that it's a really good custom ROM. Any ROM suggestions will be greatly appreciated as well.

Also, I've read that you have to back up IEML or IMEL? ( I probably butchered that all up, again i'm sorry) I have Titanium Backup, can i do it with that? And if you install a custom ROM do you have to do a wipe of your phone? If so, how do i do that? And if Verizon releases another OTA update, can I accept it or will it brick my device?

Thank you in advance for all your help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ramdesai:
It will ask disable stock recovery flash. You have to say yes else it will flash stock recovery and you will loose the cwm touch recovery which you flashed.

Thanks doesn't hurt....

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As for the imei backup, you can not use Titanium Backup. There is a thread which talks about the imei backup and restore process. Try searching for it.

Thanks doesn't hurt....
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Jerry Ocampo:
My apologies if this subject has been discussed before.

My Outlook Contacts currently holds about 2,100 records from around the world, which are primarily business contacts. As it would not be practical to sync everything to my imate, I put the most frequently called contacts into a custom category and sync that category only.

It has become a problem, however, when I need to have access to a contact which is not in my ppc and I have to wait to get to my pc.

Is there a way to segregate selected phone contacts for access by the ppc Contact software, and then have a separate contact database where I can put the rest of my 2,100 contacts for access anytime I want to, with full phone features?

To put it in another way, is there a ppc facility or a 3rd party software which can create and keep updated a Contacts database, with full phone features, but is separated from the regular ppc Contacts database (which is accessed by the phone)?

Would appreciate your suggestions. Thanks.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] ardarby:
Not sure what the problem is, I have over 2.5K Contacts and still less than half my memory is used.

All of my Calendar, Tasks and the last 3 weeks of email.

My Contacts are also business related and are heavily Categorised with some Contacts being in 4 different Categories.

I'm using ActiveSync 3.7.1
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] cchris:
No problem

I have the same numbers of contacs and I synch them everyday...
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Jerry Ocampo:
Synchronizing 2,100 is not a problem at all. What I want is not to see all of these 2,100 contacts everytime I want to dial a number through the Contacts directory. I want only about 4 dozen most-frequently called number to appear on this directory, with the rest in a separate database, referable only when I need to.

My question: Is this possible?