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[Nexus 4 Accessories] GuestK00135:
As we know, Nexus 4 can't provide needed power for OTG devices so you need to use external powered USB Y cable with OTG cable, how it works you can read here.

So Im wondering, if USB Y cable have three ports(MicroUSB, USB for power and USB) can we port for power attach on external battery? I have one external battery which gives 5V and 1A, usb on computer gives 5V and 500mA so I think it will be possible with external battery !!

I don't have N4 but planning to buy it so can someone try this with external battery and confirm that it works please?
[Nexus 4 Accessories] GuestK00135:
Anyone?
[Nexus 4 Accessories] RussianBear:
Male micro usb to female usb to hook the battery to the female micro usb part of the y cable.
[Nexus 4 Accessories] GuestK00135:
So it is possible to power whole "system" form external battery? yeey, i'm so happy !
[Nexus 4 Accessories] RussianBear:
I believe so.all you're doing is replacing a conventional charger.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Eli9144:
i have a galaxy s3 and i tried to install a rom and mess around with it and its stock on a boot screen that has a spinning cirlce and says CyanogenMod and continues to spin and i dont wanna re do my phone how can i just get it back to the way it was before without losing anything thank you
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
Restore your nandroid.

Other way is to factory reset, which will wipe your data.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Eli9144:
is there any other way i have tons of personal information on my phone
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
You need to factory reset in order to install Cyan anyways or most custom roms.

Best alternate route is to sideload a touchwiz rom, but that will probably fail also now. You need to factory reset to boot back up probably. I suggest more reading before doing things, as you are probably upset now.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Misterjunky:
re: stock rom

Easy step by step guide:

After you have followed these instructions your phone will have stock rom except for

benefit of being rooted and you will NOT loose any pictures, videos. contacts or music.

Download the stock-rooted T999 firmware: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390169635556426451

After downloading it make a folder on your computer's desktop and unzip the

file using Winzip or 7zip so the .TAR file is in the new folder you just made.

Here is a link for ODIN which is required for flashing the stock rooted firmware (a windows app) http://d-h.st/Q14

Download and extract Odin into the same folder you made containing the TAR file.

Download the Odin Flash firmware for T999 Tmobile then copy it to the same folder as Odin

Run Odin by double clicking the Odin.exe within the same folder as the TAR file you extracted

Turn off your phone and boot into

DOWNLOAD MODE

(Volume Down + Home + Power Hold until phone powers up, then release and press Volume Up to enter Download Mode)

Once in Download Mode, connect the USB/Charger cable to the phone and plug into the USB port on your computer.

You should now see a COM** port listed toward the top-left of Odin (under ID:COM)

Click on the PDA button in the middle-right area of Odin.

Browse to and select the Firmware you downloaded (TAR file)

Make sure Auto-Reboot and F. Reset Time are the only options checked and that PDA is the only other thing checked.

TRIPLE CHECK your settings and that you have selected the correct firmware for your model phone and are using the correct options.

If you are using a laptop, make absolutely sure you are plugged in, or if on battery, that it is charged enough and will not go into sleep mode during flash.

Click Start to begin the flash. This will take a while, so be patient!

Once complete, in the top-left box in Odin, it will say PASS and the phone should have automatically rebooted.

You may unplug the phone and close Odin if you wish.

Wait at least 5-10 minutes for the system to boot the first time and then build its cache!

(It may seem to hang during boot, this is normal and you must be patient!!!)

Good Luck!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
For the love of all that is holy, make a new thread. Put the contents of this post in said thread. Put link to said thread in your signature. Tell people to look at your signature instead of clogging my screen with this crap several times a day.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Misterjunky:
re: contents

Can you please tell me where I can find the "Un-Thank" button?

I looked everywhere but cannot find it. LOL
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
Multiple times a day, this huge post pops up, as it is helpful, it is annoying along with the Einstein head.
[HTC One X] Baz030385:
I'm hoping some of you wise heads on here might be able to help me out with a problem that has got me totally and utterly stumped!

Last week I was using my One X and noticed the battery was down to aorund 14%. I plugged it into a charger and nothing happened...no light...nothing. I tried various different chargers and cables to pc etc and nothing seemed to do anything.

After leaving the phone plugged into the mains for a few hours, I noticed that a very slow/long flashing red/amber light appeared. It kind of stays on for 5 seconds and then off for the same amount of time. I left the phone in this state for about 14 hours and when turning on it would say battery was somewhere between 0%, 1% and 2% and would promptly switch itself off.

I messed about for hours on end trying many different button combinations, sim in/out and came to this bizarre conclusion.........If I plug the phone into the mains for a few minutes, then press power and volume down to get to the HBOOT menu then hold power in again to reboot, the phone reboots into the OS and is functional. It still reads as having 0% or 1% battery and shows as not charging, but it must be getting some juice for it to be working. If I leave the phone in this state for a while I can then unhook it from the charger and use it as normal, even though battery is displaying as 0%. I can use the phone like this for some time, although the battery does not appear to last as long.

Also, the phone is not recognised at all by the PC when plug in via usb when in android os - nothing at all shows in device manager, but it is recognised from the fastboot menu and tries to install device drivers.

Has anybody got any clue if I can save my HOX or am I without a paddle?? Many thanks in advance
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] abesgs2:
Hey Im new to the s3 forum and was on the s2 forum..

Question is, what are some good ROMs that are stable and have the CRT off animation effect?

Only one I have seen is the older AOSP Jovy Rom where he implemented The sony xperia feel

Any other choices? Thanks!!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
Keep reading. There are about 25 good roms for the S III. No TouchWiz roms have the CRT animation in them (I'm almost positive) not sure why not, but it is a great deal of Smali coding and not every one likes it, so it's just not worth their time maybe. AOSP roms are strong here cause of the qualcomm chip and their support for the Open Alliance. Just backup your IMEI and start testing, there is also an abundance of videos of each rom on YouTube watch those to get a better feeling.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] klin1344:
Haha I remember the galaxy s1 days when enabling CRT off animation just meant changing a boolean value in framework-res...I guess that it requires more smali hacks nowadays so people are including it Sammy ROMs less.

However all AOSP based ROMs for the s3, have the CRT off animation by default.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tp2215:
Like mentioned, none of the sammy roms have the crt off effect however nearly all aosp ones do. It is an integrated feature in both cyanogenmod and aokp. My favorite is the pacman rom. It is completely stable as a daily driver but does have a few bugs that can be easily fixed.There are also nightly releases adding the best from all the other roms.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] abesgs2:
thanks to all!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Thelejay:
AxisM RLS19 by Hero
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ayeitschris:
Cyanogen and liquid smooth has the option to enable/disable.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
You sure it has the CRT effect, I haven't tried that rom, but I need to and need to add it to my Resource guide.

I think almost all AOSP based roms have the option by now.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Thelejay:
I'm pretty sure, I've been running it for like 2 days (if that matters) I believe the CRT effect is the TV mimic thing? Yeh, it doesn't have it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
Lol, then why'd you say it has it?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Thelejay:
I was referring to your title. I thought you don't want the animation, right? Or you need the toggles too? Sorry for misunderstanding.:confused:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
No no no. They want the animation to be there.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arielito:
Hi there,

I am just having the most weird thing on my phone since yesterday. Some apps won't open. I mean, I click on them and nothing happens, no error message, nothing. I thought it was a virus so I ran the antivirus (trustgo) but nothing is found.

The strangest thing is that sometimes if I insist and keep touching an app it may open.

If I reset my phone it starts working normally again. Then I install my apps but if I reboot it...bam! I cannot even drag and drop the apps!

Does anybody know something about this ? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dsteppa:
I'd say don't try to figure out why. Just do a factory reset, if that doesn't work, reflash.

If that doesn't work get a new phone.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arielito:
Thank you. I have done the factory reset and it works fine. It's just that I begin installing my apps and then I reboot it ( and rebooting always now to check on this) and that's when it happens.

I mean, if it was an app with a virus, the antivirus program would let me know, right?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dsteppa:
I don't think viruses on Android work that way. They just steal some of your info:p

Antiviruses on Android are still at Alpha/Beta stage I believe. I think it was an app that messed up with your system files or something.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maddhouse:
i was just about to say the same thing you had, I am pretty sure a system file got corrupt/confused

Doesn't a virus/spy ware need su rights ?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gm007:
If you turned off animations could do this.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arielito:
Thank you all. Gosh!!! No, I am at the office so I cannot laugh out loud for my own stupidity. You know what? Yes, indeed, as soon as I flashed a room, I turned off all animations so that ( supposedly) it would have no lag at the homescreen. All this time thinking about a virus, a malware. I was even thinking that the ROMS I flashed were not working well, etc and it was that....OH GOODNESS!!!!!!!

Thank you very much! What I will do now is that I will set animations at 0.5 then.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheetah2k:
There is a problem with the Xperia Z launcher where the shortcuts become unresponsive after using an aftermarket launcher.

To fix this problem, go into App Management and find Xperia Home, then wipe its cache

This seems to to do the trick also.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] econan1214:
Anyone running this ROM and have issues like me?

I've been getting quite a lot of reboots. Sometimes, it happens when I'm watching a video on a website. Sometimes, it happens when I unlock the screen. Sometimes, it happens when the screen is turned off. It just happens randomly. I tried to file where is the logcats located in the ROM but I couldn't find it anywhere.

The OP says this is a stable version, but turns out it is not :D....

I don't really want to flash a new rom because to my surprise, GPS signal on this Rom is so good, it locks about 17/22, which is awesome to me. (I don't know if this is because of the kernel that I've flashed )

What should i do?
[HTC Rezound] esheesle:
Now that we have the global update officially pushed, do we still need the gsmfix, etc to support AT&T or T-Mobile SIMS? If I were to want to use one, what would the steps be after inserting the new SIM?

Assume voice should work easily, but what about SMS and 3g?
[HTC Rezound] J D A:
I'd like to know the same too. I know the Rezound supports T-Mobile's AWS bands / refarmed 1900 MHz bands.

I'll probably be switching to Straight Talk to so I just want to know. If not then I'll just use the SIM card-less Verizon Straight Talk method.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] fabianomf:
Hi folks.

I've flashed liquid smooth 2.3 (jelly bean 4.2.2) by safestrap 3.1 on slot 3, just like recommended by its developers (at least is what I've read on some tutorials).

I'm enjoying this rom very much, but I've experienced some issues, like:

1) File explorers incompatibility. When I open a file explorer (tried some), it just close automatically at the moment I try to open internal sdcard.

2) Some random reboots (just a few. commonly after trying installing some app by play store - couldn't see a pattern - or trying to use a file explorer).

3) Battery seems to be drained faster. On stock rom the battery used to last about 3-4 days. I'm not a heavy user and I turn off the phone by night near to 11/12pm, turning it on again by 6/7 am. Now the battery lasts 2 days, at most, using the same way.

It has 4 months of use, never dropped or something harmful. I'd like to keep this rom, even in the case these issues are not solved.

Any clue?

Thanks!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] hrishi21007:
Not sure about the Force closures....

But one thing is for sure when it comes to custom ROMS

you need to atleast have the rom for 1 week before you really judge the Battery life...

By 1 week i meant about 5-7 charge n discharge cycles...

The ROM will be Sucking the battery for in initial days after which it will stablise! :) hope this helps!

(i have flashed many rom n have seen this trend)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] fabianomf:
Thanks, buddy.

Actually I've flashed it a few days ago and did just two cycles of full discharge/charge. I'll wait for another three or four cycles to see what happen.

Other doubt, I've noted the wifi's signal is weaker. Where I used to see two or three bars, now I'm getting just one or two. Do you know what it can be?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] fabianomf:
Today the nova launcher was updated by the play store and it seems to be solved the internal sdcard issue. Now I can access sdcard0 with several file explorers I've tried.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] max2069:
I'm using it with the boot menu, and I have a problem with the wifi does not detect the 5Ghz band.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] fabianomf:
Hi Max.

I didn't even know our xt910 can capture 5 GHz signal. :)

I've noted the strenght of the signal dropped down, but I've been using it just at 2.4 GHz.

The battery began to show some improvement. I'm using it for 3 days and 6 hours and still have 14%. (Couldn't send a screenshot)

In short, this is my definitive rom. I'll get use with this weaker signal.

I got a router wifi at work right beside me, and at home the distance is not that long, at most about 12 meters straight ahead, with two walls in between.

I'll live... :D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] fabianomf:
Well, now I'm testing Liquid Smooth 2.3 + JBX Kernel 0.4.6 OCE (OverClocking Edition).

So far, it's stable and raised up AnTuTu 3 to 8986 points at 1350 MHz.

I've tested JBX Kernel 0.4.5 BSE (Battery Saving Edition) for only two days. Despite was not time enough to test its main characteristic (battery saving), I can say that had run stable, marked 7479 point on AnTuTu 3 with the clock at 1000 MHz.

Let's see if this kernel actually is stable. I've flashed 0.4.6 OCE just about 4 hours until now... :p

Max, I finally saw where we set wifi to operate with 5 GHz. I was pleased to know about this possibility. I'm going to try it and let you know about.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] shiznit1:
Llama wifi off

Hi, does anyone have a problem using Llama to turn wifi off? Llama crashes every time it tries.

Thanks.

EDIT: I just deleted the slot, recreated and reflashed. It looks like it's working fine now.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] fabianomf:
News from other rom (avatar)

Hi guys!

Well, I've tested Liquid Smooth 2.8 and liked it. Basically it seemed to be a bit more stable than the last I've used (version 2.3). Battery life is about to 2-3 days, depends basically on 3g (the Aquiles' heels of all batteries). Some few loss of wifi and needed to reboot. Wifi calibration won't help when this issue happens. I liked LS and the only issue that bothered me a little was the fact the wifi's signal was a bit weaker. Just it.

I've tested CyanogenMod 10.1 and basically almost the same: wifi's signal weaker, but in this case I haven't got wifi loss of signal. Liquid Smooth uses a little bit less memory than CyanogenMod, about 50-80 MB in general. Battery life is quite as good as LS. I've got until 4 days of battery life with CyanogenMod 10.1, but with less usage. Detail: wifi is always on (both cases).

Now I'm testing Avatar, based on 3.0 arion (CyanogenMod), about 2 weeks. This rom doesn't loss wifi's signal, but I need to calibrate it every boot. Just it.

I've noted that wifi's signal is as good as stock rom, better than LS and pure Cyanogen. For the first time I've got 5(!) days and 9 hours of battery life. I was amazed about that.

In this 5 days:

- wifi always on

- e-mail checking (everyday)

- music playing about some hours in 2 days (weekend)

- some internet surfing (everyday)

- about 2 hours of 3g (weekend)

- some photos (3 days I guess, don't remember exactly)

- some google play updates on wifi

- whatsapp e gmail always on

- some skype conversation (just chat)

What taked my attention the most was the fact I've used in other roms JBX kernel in underclock mode (100 mhz - 1200 mhz) and now it's stock tuned (300 mhz - 1200 mhz) (the kernel thas was shipped with avatar rom).

I've used and I'm using (in all roms) the app PimpMyRom beta. Did all the tweaks. I've used in all roms.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] fabianomf:
Avatar Antutu 3.3.2

Forgot to mention.

Antutu 3.3.2: 8510 (stock 1200 mhz, HotPlug, Noop)

The best score until then was 8929 with overclock (1350 mhz) on jbx kernel (don't remember exactly the version) with Liquid Smooth 2.8.

I'm enjoying this rom until now. No lag at all, always at least 300 mb of free ram, better battery life and good wifi signal strength.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] fabianomf:
Just now I could send the screenshot. :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] fabianomf:
Good news from version 3.0.1. Don't need to calibrate WiFi to put it on.

Just installed this update.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] fabianomf:
Flashed 3.0.3.

Need to calibrate WiFi only the first time after flashing, not on every reboot.

I've tested jbx 0.7d on 3.0.1 but it didn't work well. Stucked on a reboot and needed to reflash stock again.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] fabianomf:
Antutu 3.4: 8749@1200 Mhz (interactive, cfq)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] fabianomf:
Tried 3.0.4. Need more memory than 3.0.3, about 100 MB. Removed.

Tried 3.1. Some force closures and reboots. Removed.

Tried 3.0.5 (after 3.1). The same as 3.0.4. Removed.

Got back to 3.0.3. Nice again. Less than 400 MB used RAM. Stable.

Versions 3.0.4 and 3.0.5 are stable, but they use more RAM than 3.0.3. Don't know why.

I did clean installatons. Removed slot 1. Create it again. Flashed the new ROM.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] fabianomf:
I've flashed cm10.2 to find out what's new on Android 4.3, but it doesn't turn WiFi on, even wether I run wifical.sh. Just gave up by now.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] fabianomf:
Something weird happened yesterday.

I use to listen to some music when I go home after job, but last evening the music player just refused to work saying that it couldn't read the mp3s.

Well, I went to open the music folder in the sdcard when I was surprised by the non existence of an sdcard.

I rebooted, cleared the caches by safestrap and then... it booted on stock....

Rebooted again, opened safestrap and was caught by a suprisingly loss of the slot1. It was not there anymore. Booted in stock again and it showed up the sdcard and the internal memory empty.

Any clue?

Now I'm trying cm10.2 again. WiFi is working, but just after a calibration. Until now it seems everything is working: WiFi, camera, 3g, apps in general, GPS, sensors, etc. Just didn't test HDMI, but I've never used it, neither at stock ROM, so it doesn't bother me.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tsunamik:
Whoa, you really made me wanna try Avatar ROM hehe... :D

But no clue about your ROM slot disappearing issue, never heard of it... is your SD card working right now?

I was trying CM10.2 aswell, and it worked really great, but right now I am back on latest AOKP nightly, i have never seen any other ROM works so smooth and fast... + I love their features :) Only problem is that you have to manually fix GPS, but thats job for 2 minutes.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] fabianomf:
Hi tsunamik

Yes, sd card is working fine, but guess what? I'm back on stock rom... :o

Do you know if it's possible to flash custom roms on stock slot?

It seems the slots are made on user partition, not on rom partition. That's why I'm wondering about that.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] tiger2089:
when i trying to update my radio by using zip file in recovery mode....my magic stop working in unpack screen and not able to start bootloader or any thing...when i press <home + power OR back + power OR press home + back + power > It open only this screen

please i need a help ??
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] pmerced:
Can you tell us the screen info when pressing vol down + power?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] tiger2089:
the same screen A:\
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] pmerced:
Let me clear things for me to be able to know if I can help you. When I ask about the screen info, what I meant was after you shut down the phone and then pressing volume down + power is supposed to take you in bootloader mode screen. We need to know the exact output of that screen to determine the phone model.

In any other case , do you have information of the original hboot, radio, etc, (bootloader screen) of your phone?