yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] alexsaidtome:
So I was able to successfully unlock the bootloader on my HTC One (Tmobile). I then tried to root it and install the CWM recovery, but that's where things went awry. Somehow (I think) I ended up installing the CWM Recovery as my boot instead of my recovery and now the phone will only boot into CWM. I can't get back into bootloader mode and my computer (I'm using a mac) wont recognize my device. I'm somewhat familiar with using terminal. Is there a way to salvage this mess? I attempted to push something back onto the device but the computer wont recognize it so I'm not sure where to go from here. Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] nkdwpn:
So when you hold down the volume and power button, it will skip the bootloader menu and go straight into cwm. Can you even boot into android?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brjig:
I have a question and I cant seem to figure out the answer. Im sure this is a no brainer but Im still not sure on the answer. So i have my phone rooted and been using mostly slimbean or liquidsmooth roms, but I have been looking into roms that are based on samsungs touchwiz or whatever there called.

I know theat Slim and liquid is based on AOSP roms (if thats the correct term) but I want to try different ones too, im happy with what I have running as my daily, but i also like to try to change things up, once in a while.

My question is, can I go from an aosp rom to the ones based on the Touchwiz and vise versa? ill go through the usual steps, wipe/reset data, cache and delvik, format system and then install rom and gapps. Is that all thats needed? Does it really matter what rom it is as long as its for the d2att (im on canadian virgin mobile s3) as long as I follow the usual installation steps?

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhomiec:
does not matter. just go about your regular steps. i do it all the time.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
As long as you wipe all that you have mentioned you should be good. Just so you know...do not flash gapps on Touchwiz roms unless the dev specifically says to do so. They are normally already included. AOSP are the ones you need Gapps with normally. Heads up regarding internal storage as well. If you are on a 4.2.2 AOSP rom and go to a 4.1.x rom, your internal storage will mostly be moved to a folder "0". This is a known issue so don't panic. Everything is in that folder.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TheSocalGuy79:
I did a search and didn't find what I was looking for. Wondering if the S4 MMS apk would be easy to port over to the S3?

Sent from my Freeza MD4 Stock Rooted Galaxy S3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Alavan:
Me too

I need this apk also. I uninstalled it to install the stock android mms app, but then realized that only the original samsung mms app can recieve mms messages.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Alavan:
Never Mind

Never mind. I found a solution.

Install this with System App Installer and reboot, and you should be good to go if you accidentally uninstall your samsung messaging app.

Also, SocialGuy, I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but you could give it a shot since I can confirm it works on a Verizon S4 (sch i545)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Azzair113:
Is this the s4 messaging app i like the white and don't mind installing it if it works on rooted stock 4.1.2
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mickomounir:
what is the best Bluetooth ear phone foe my u8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] angmarGR:
I'm using a Samsung HM1200 with my phone and it works brilliantly. Plus it's cheap and supports two phones if you have them.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Robson:
hello,

not sure if this one has been discussed; but if it has apologies if i bring it up again.

is there an app / program which allows the xda to act as a mousepad? i've been doing some browsing and one of the programs i saw was called "Pebbles" and it claimed to be able to set your pda as being capable of acting as the mouse and even keyboard for your pc. sort of like the new device by wacom called penpartner...

cheers in advance

robson
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Robson:
sorry, answered my own inquiry. found the software called total input; works great.

cheers

robson
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Rudegar:
you can use your xda as a mousepad without extre software ;)

but to use it as a touchpad you'll need that extre software ;)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Robson:
hey rudegar,

re: "you can use your xda as a mousepad without extre software"

Question: how? total input is okay, a little slow though considering you have to use the stylus to draw the pointer on the pc screen. also takes some getting used to...

thanks in advance

robson
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Bully:
I think you'll find matey, that was Danish humour! :wink: He means you can literally use it as a mousepad, ie, you can move your mouse about on it! Incidentally, why would you want to?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Robson:
man, i've been living in this country for way toooo long! think i'll ask to be relocated again :D cheers on that. i need a stella beer...oh, forgot they don't sell it here.

re: mousepad...just curious if i can do this. browsed through the latest of t3 mag and saw wacom's penpartner....just had a thought if i could do this using the xda...

have a nice one
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattygaga2012:
Hello can someone maybe tell me how I can change my SI number on my Xperia Z please? My box says 1270-5658.4 but my phone says 1269-5309 and I need to change it. Any help would be great!!

I have searched forums on here and all over the net but to no avail. They were all for Sony Ericsson older handsets or poorly worded so I would be grateful if one of you techie whizzes on XDA can shed some light thanks :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubenswing:
This is the guide for xperia Arc.... but u can use it the methods remain the same, you must know the customization number of the firmware which u want to change to... anyways **please do use at your own risk**

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1096394

How to find your customization number:

- Go to the dialer and press *#*#7378423#*#*

- Go to service info

- Go to software info

- See the customization version
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattygaga2012:
Ah mate you don't realise how much of a lifesaver you are!!! Thanks soooo much!!! :D:victory:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karahasan:
While we're on the topic of changing SI numbers:

Does anyone know the CDA string for Vodafone Germany (i.e. 1270-4231_Rxx, I'm missing the "Rxx" part)?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] got_milk:
In the morning before I go to work I usually disable WiFi as I don't use it at work and would like to save a little battery. However, I've noticed that throughout the day, I'll check a notification and see that WiFi has turned on without me turning it on myself. I can't see any pattern or correlation that would match up with this. Does anyone know what would cause this? I factory reset last night (due to an unrelated issue) and it's still occurring. I only have a couple of extra apps installed, Falcon Pro and reddit sync.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fade2green514:
i think power saving mode sometimes enables wifi when its available... not sure how often this happens or if thats even the issue you're having but check the power save mode settings... 3g and 4g use more power than wifi
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] got_milk:
I don't have the power saving settings enabled, and I don't see any setting that resembles that kind of behaviour.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] got_milk:
So at some point while I was driving home from work WiFi enabled itself again (I didn't even touch the phone). I'm wondering if it may be S Beam causing it? I haven't actually used it but it's the only thing I can think of that would need to actually turn WiFi on. I may try turning it off tomorrow morning when I turn WiFi off and see if that stops WiFi from randomly enabling.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sancmat:
Galaxy S4 Wifi auto enable

Is there a resolution for this? I heard that on the S3 it would pay attention to what cell towers you are using and if it recognizes you are in an area where you have used wifi before it will enable and connect. This seems to be the symptom that I am seeing and it's bad for me. It keeps trying to connect to my work network because occationally I log on so I can access materials. but when I want to listen to Slacker Radio I can't because it's blocked. This is a cronic problem for my phone and I'm not able to find out how to disable it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavin-phelan:
if you have got any battery saving apps delete them
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortar2142:
Hello friends,

I have a Galaxy S3 - i9300 and it seems that I was luck enough to get a good half sds, I am no expert so I can be sure of nothing...

Here are the symptoms:

In the last weeks I had a few resets and freezes but they were so unnusual that I simply did not care.

My S3 is 4.0.4 if I am not wrong, I only rooted it after buying back on september 2012 and did not update afterwards.

Overnight something happened to my phone, when I woke up it was in a constant loop: the "Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300" kept appearing and disappearing over and over again.

Sometimes it goes beyond that message up to the classic "Samsung" animation but then the company name keeps shinning and nothing else happens.

I can get to clockwork recovery mode, but once it starts I get a few messages telling me that it cannot mount /cache and another one telling me it cannot open /cache.

I can navigate through all menus of recovery mode but all "format" options seems to freeze the phone, I can get to download mode without any issues.

By using Download mode + Odin I tried to install a Stock ROM I got from Sammobile, in fact I tried 3 different roms, all of them seem to get stuck at "Write NAND". During the "Writing NAND" my phone shows the classic blue progress bar completly full but I get no update from neither Odin or my phone.

It's curious to note that the bar get instantly to 100%.

I tried using GT-I9300_mx_20120220.pit / GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit and desperatly mx.pit All of them got perfectly applied to my phone but did not help.

Yes, I tried to install all 3 roms after each .pit change and I did restart my computer.

No Kies proccesses were running during any of these steps I have taken.

I am desperate.

Not "Oh my god what should I do with my life" desperate. Something more like "My freacking 500 bucks!!"

I dont know if that is allowed or not but I am willing to donate a beer or two to whoever helps me recover my phone. If the person would prefer charity I can buy and donate some clothes to some local institution and send a picture of my action taken with my recovered phone xD

Thank You in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
If you have not flashed anything besides OFFICIAL ROMs (I.E: CF-Root or similar) that increases your binary counter (red little mark on the left top corner of screen) yo haven't voided your warranty, so you can send it back to Samsung tecchies ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortar2142:
The problem is, my counter is actually on five, I do recall in my "Hey, a new toy!" week I have tried different custom firmwares but then I got all crazy about it and got back to a Official ROM, the counter was already on 5 by the time I returned to stock, if I somehow get samsung to take my phone I don`t believe they would take my word and restore my phone, nor I can prove to anyone that its a stock ROM that I have on it...

Anyway, I will try to contact Samsung tomorrow but my phone is the internacional one, I bought it in the USA but I live in Brazil... I am not counting on their support and my counter does me no good on that quest...

EDIT:

My custom recovery is, by what I can see, not formatting my internal SD, but maybe, just maybe, I can prove I was using a Stock ROM if they look at my files... Or even better, my phone did daily backups to dropbox using Titanium Backup, sure there is something there that proves that my firmware was a official one...

Who am I kidding, this is not a court...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterex567:
Hmm, afaik about sds, you can't get into recovery or download mode at all...

Looks like you've tried all options, it could be bootloader related...idk its worth a try.

Try flashing this through cwm: Click Me
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
not necessarily
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortar2142:
To do this I would have to get access to the internal sd to copy that file, if my phone wont go past boot how could I do that?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterex567:
Get your external sd card, and use a micro-sd card adapter to copy the file over..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortar2142:
Ok, just tried it:

I got again to cwm without any issues, selected "install zip from sdcard", then "choose zip from sdcard".

It started to update, and then a bunch of fast messages and REBOOT, it all happens pretty fast after the "Update in process" appear.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterex567:
Wait, you mean it starts the "Optimizing apps" message?

Did you try restoring your efs backup?

Check in ur ext sd card if you have an efs backup...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortar2142:
I am sorry, the message I am talking about is within the cwm. If I got the optimizing apps message I would be in a bar celebrating...

My phone does not have external sd card, I just used my roommate one to try this.

Another curious fact, I cannot access my INTERNAL sd card, every time I try to navigate its folders to search for a zip file I get a freeze and the reboot cycle starts again, just like when I try to format cache or do a factory reset...

I am starting to think this may be an internal sd problem...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterex567:
Hmm...

Yes, it is probably a internal memory problem..

because, your odin stops at writing nand, well best solution is to take it up to sammy.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortar2142:
Its the best solution but not the ideal... Lets wait up and see if someones come with a super efficient solution, in the meantime I will try finding any local assistance that may solve my problem.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dj_crash1981:
Do we no if the new paranoid android rom will be ported. I love the look of the Halo app.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] harshadura:
me too :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MopHeadGeek:
Does anyone know where I can get this darn wallpaper looked everywhere got simular but not this one http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2013/02/28/003LG_Optimus_G_Pro_35615393_300x214.jpg
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] user 6230:
Where I can found TW5 For ASOP ICS 4.0.4
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] tcris45:
here you go again http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1958021
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] user 6230:
Thanks argain
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] greenzone560:
After rooting my S4 I was checking around online for any way to boot into ubuntu on it as I think it would look awesome on the S4 and it would run smoother than it did on my dead Note. While snooping around google I was suprised that no one even mentioned trying to run ubuntu on the new Galaxy S4 so I took it upon myself to try to run it through the terminal into vnc.

Sadly after a lot of attempts I keep getting the script to boot I started looking online for a similar ubuntu.sh script and found one for the S3 herehttp://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-run-ubuntu-linux-on-galaxy-s-iii/. So I got it and changed the /sdacrd that most phones have and changed it to /storage/extSdCard as this is where the external sdcard on the S4 is and now get this error in the terminal.

.../storage/extSdCard/ubuntu # sh ubuntu.sh

ubuntu.sh[17]: syntax error: "if" unmatched

I know this is an error in line 17 which is:

if [ -b /dev/block/loop255 ]; then

echo "Loop device exists"

else

busybox mknod /dev/block/loop255 b 7 255

fi

I'm not really familiar with loops and would be happy for some help with this as others might find it useful too.

I have attached the original ubuntu.sh by zacthespack with only the directories changed.

NOTE: I have an ubuntu.sh that I got to boot last night at home, but all I got is a white screen in vnc. zacthespack says it might be a vnc issue but I doubt it as I have tried multiple different vnc's. I will upload the ubuntu.sh when I get home (if zac allows me :P)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] greenzone560:
Sorry...first time posting. Anyway to move it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] LLStarks:
Couple of things...

1. You need to boot or chroot into an Ubuntu image (Complete Linux Installer does this)

2. Running Ubuntu natively is pointless and very difficult since you need a working Freedreno setup and the means to hijack the screen

3. What are you trying to do again?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] greenzone560:
To boot into ubuntu. I have complete ubuntu installer and it still doesn't work.

To be more specific it says "cannot attach image to loop device"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Bender B. Rodgriguez:
Ubuntu is nice but would like to see backtrack5 . Nothing like a full (well mostly full if chroot) pentest suite in your pocket.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] greenzone560:
Yeah that would be pretty cool too. Im going to look into it on my free time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jbe4:
fwiw dsploit does ~80% of what BT5 does

http://www.dsploit.net/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Bender B. Rodgriguez:
Yeah I agree, Ive used it before. Still like to have the full bt5 suite tho.

Only so much can be done with MITM , session hijacking stuff. I also like to have dirbuster, and the webapp tools as well.

I also prefer not to use tools that any monkey can pick up on. Not that BT is uber-hard and only for the dedicated pentester, but the linux learning curve is enough to keep it out of the hands of the truly unworthy. ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Scott:
Are you 100% positive that is the correct mount point?

I ask because with Android 4.2.2 they have emulated mount points for the internal SD card but not 100% sure about the external.

Can you browse to the image using an app like ES file Explorer. If so what is the path you used?

Do an 'ls' command from the prompt you showed and see whats there?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mcmb03:
if you truly know your way around BT5, or the newer Kali Linux, no, dsploit does not do ~80% of what they do, but a mere 5% at most.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] greenzone560:
Im not 100% sure that the external SD has emulated points but, it sure seems like it. Yes I can browse it with Root Browser (personal preference). The mount point for ext. sd card is /storage/extSdCard...Im 100% sure of that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] greenzone560:
I used motochoppers exploit to root, so I don't know if that makes a difference. As far as I know it should not affect the emulation process since we are at the root level anyways. Vnc and rdp apps work, so emulation on the internal sd is fine. Its just that it doesn't want to bind internal and external into one process...so to speak.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mcmb03:
yep, that's the correct mount for the external. I had seen this article previously too for bt5, idk if it'll actually help though
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Bender B. Rodgriguez:
Just reread this post. I see you are making good progress here.

As for the vnc issue. When I did a backtrack chroot on my skyrocket there were similar issues. The fix was basically to edit the vnc ui file and set it to the correct screen dimensions of the phone.

Read this and try the sed command to change them accordingly. The path to the vnc files may be different in ubuntu as well.

Sorry if way off base here , just figured I would offer a suggestion

---------- Post added at 01:39 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:38 AM ----------
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] greenzone560:
Nope, not off topic at all. I will look into the .img file and see if anything is different there. Which I'm assuming I will need to change from sdcard to extSdCard for it to let through to the vnc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] greenzone560:
I have finally found a solution to the "if" unmatched problem. The ubuntu.sh needs to edited in a linux enviorment because it breaks if you edit it in windows. I will post the ubuntu.sh later today. Also I think I have backtrack 5 down too ;)

EDIT: Okay, I'm stumped...I have no idea why it can't see "system/bin/sh"

Here is the error:

u0_a197@android:/storage/extSdCard/bt5 # sh bootbt

BACKTRACK 5 IS STARTING PLEASE WAIT...

loop device exists!

net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1

chroot: can't execute '/bin/bash': No such file or directory

....

unmount: can't unmount /data/local/mnt/dev/proc: invalid argument

unmount: can't unmount /data/local/mnt/sys: invalid argument

etc...

losetup: /dev/block/loop255: No such device or address

And here is the script I used:

echo "BACKTRACK 5 IS STARTING PLEASE WAIT..."

perm=$(id|cut -b 5)

if [ "$perm" != "0" ];

then echo "This Script Needs Root! Type : su";exit;fi

chmod 755 /data/local

mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system

export bin=/system/bin/

####Sometimes people have busybox installed in /xbin##########

export bin=/system/xbin/

export kit=/storage/extSdCard/bt5

export mnt=/data/local/mnt

mkdir -p $mnt

export PATH=$bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/games:$PATH

export TERM=linux

export HOME=/root

if [ -b /dev/block/loop255 ]; then

echo "loop device exists!"

else

busybox mknod /dev/block/loop255 b 7 255

fi

busybox mkdir /data/local/mnt > /dev/null 2>&1

busybox mkdir /data/local/mnt/proc > /dev/null 2>&1

busybox mkdir /data/local/mnt/sys > /dev/null 2>&1

busybox mkdir /data/local/mnt/dev > /dev/null 2>&1

busybox mkdir /data/local/mnt/dev/pts > /dev/null 2>&1

busybox mkdir /data/local/mnt/sdcard > /dev/null 2>&1

busybox mkdir /data/local/mnt/extSdCard > /dev/null 2>&1

busybox mkdir /data/local/bin/bash > /dev/null 2>&1

if

[ ! -d "/data/local/mnt/sdcard" ]; then

mkdir /data/local/mnt/sdcard

fi

busybox mount -o bind /sdcard /data/local/mnt/sdcard

busybox sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1

echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > $mnt/etc/resolv.conf

echo "nameserver 8.8.4.4" >> $mnt/etc/resolv.conf

echo "127.0.0.1 localhost bt5" > $mnt/etc/hosts

echo "Back Track is configured with SSH and VNC servers that can be accessed from the IP:"

if

config wlan0

echo " "

busybox chroot $mnt /bin/bash

echo "Shutting down BackTrack ARM"

umount /sdcard

umount /storage/extSdCard

umount $mnt/dev/pts

umount $mnt/proc

umount $mnt/sys

umount $mnt

losetup -d /dev/block/loop255

If anyone can help, then please do :) Thanks in advance...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] greenzone560:
Bump. Anyone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Bender B. Rodgriguez:
Hey greenzone,

I had a few minutes tonight so I took the scripts that worked for the sgs2 and made a few minor changes to them. I got BT5 to boot! VNC only shows the grey screen though. I will have to take a look at it a little closer. Here are the scripts that used.

Drop files in sdcard/bt

image needs to be named bt.img

Busybox needs to be installed in /system/xbin
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] greenzone560:
Wont boot on mine..I get system/xbin/busybox not found error. I tried changing it to /bin still no go. What can cause that? I tried reinstalling in both of those directories so dont even go there lol

EDIT: here is a screen.

http://s24.postimg.org/nqoclmal1/Screenshot_2013_05_18_21_54_13.png