yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] djgromit:
Can you edit the build.prop after the fact and then have it work?

Here's where I think I went wrong:

1) I already had Wallet installed, but it would just tell me I had an invalid device (probably should have uninstalled it)

2) Like an idiot, I didn't do the build.prop steps first

3) Flashed the file in CWM and Fix Permissions (Stuck on 4G LTE screen)

4) In an effort to recover from this, flashed TWRP and reflashed zip and fixed permissions (no luck)

5) Pulled build.prop with adb, edited it, pushed it back and set perms to rw-r-r

6) Retried flash/fix perms with TWRP

Still no go...anyone have any thoughts on what I can do to recover without a reflash of a ROM?

Am I lost if I didn't do the build.prop first?

Thanks,

Jason
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] movieaddict:
if u get stuck on set up screen!i i made sure the build prop said sprint and then i wiped the data of google wallet and cache, then i rebooted. Then after the reboot i turned on google wallet and now i have a fully functional google wallet!

I dont know if this will work for u, but this method did get me past the set up screen ....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] djgromit:
I appreciate the response. I ended up reflashing stock OTA, and after I root again, I'll give it another try.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] dominante58:
I follow the instructions and ended up boot looping ... ended up having to wipe and reflash new rom to get back running. Was running stock rooted odexed rom with mdl base.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] rainynight88:
Same here. Rooted on Stock Odexed MDL. Good thing I had made a backup prior though... Please fix when you can :). More people than not are experiencing boot loops/soft bricks and having to reflash. Not a one-off case here. As always, keep doing your thing, DEVS! :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] XeoNoX:
when is it bootlooping for you guys? at what step??

after editing build.prop

or

after flashing zip

or

after installing the exposed and/or module?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] movieaddict:
I don't know how people are boot looping? Weird! It's work exactly as it says it does.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] AGunz82:
Mine bootloops after fixing permissions.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] dominante58:
I renamed the build prop ( had write permissions set for the system folder). And then rebooted into recovery. Flashed the file and then restarted and thats where it bootlooped. And by bootloop for me it was just stuck on the white tmobile 4g lte screen. Didnt make a backup either so had to wipe and reflash. Not a huge deal for me but just wanted to report back to try n figure out where the issue might be.

---------- Post added at 10:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:27 PM ----------

When I flash anything I always wipe caches and fix permissions as good practice so i also fixed permissions before restarting.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] kevinbear:
Bootlooping after flashing zip & fixing file permissions and then trying to reboot back to system.

Tried refixing permissions. Tried wiping both caches. No go.

Then I tried reflashing my ROM, but now I get stuck at the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen...

Odd. Never ran into a situation that I couldn't do a full wipe and flash to get out of.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] AGunz82:
Same here.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] kevinbear:
Yeah had to push a whole other ROM over via ADB to get it booting again.

Weird.

---------- Post added at 11:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:55 PM ----------

Trying again...

At the T-Mobile 4G LTE screen...

aaand... seems to be looping on that.

adb logcat is showing a whole lot of "Failure getting entry for..." messages. And then eventually a bunch of errors including a "FATAL EXCEPTION IN SYSTEM PROCESS". Then seems to restart the loop.

Going to try a deodexed ROM now...

---------- Post added 20th May 2013 at 12:09 AM ---------- Previous post was 19th May 2013 at 11:45 PM ----------

Just an FYI...

After switching to evil1art's modded base rom (deodexed): http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2274795

I was able to successfully flash and reboot (using the appropriate files for a deodexed rom of course).

So if you're having trouble, might try a deodexed rom.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] glensta:
Mods please close this thread, seems alot of folks having issues after attempting it.

FYI, I ended up flashing Evils stock deodexed rom here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2274795

and then flashing the other wallet mod here :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2282892

and that worked perfectly
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] XeoNoX:
i havent personally tried it, but it sounds to me like its a MDB and MDL version issue with the odexed files....problem may also be by some people flashing roms and not ODINing may be having MDL build with MDB baseband. obivously it seems so far that no one with MDL has goten it to work, however no mention of MDB looping...so that leads me to the following quesiton:

Can anyone verify that it works with BOTH the MDL "Build" and "baseband"?

and

And who can verify that it works with BOTH the MDB "Build" and "baseband"?

can check by going to <settings><more><about device> <build number> <baseband version>

in the meantime i made a quick RESTORE for those having problems that are using ODEX MDL and had bootloop... just flash this attachment RESTORE file using recovery and it will undo the files replaced by MikesTooLz's zip and should get u out of the loop if u are using ODEX MDL build
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] MikesTooLz:
I'm running it on Baseband MDL, MDB Build.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] dominante58:
I also flashed evils modded stock deoxed rom to get back up and running
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] rainynight88:
I switch build prop to Sprint's version, download the sgs4 fix, flash it in CWM, fixed permissions, and BAM lol. Forever T-Mobile bootup screen. :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] dominante58:
I was using MDL build and baseband when my bootloop occured.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] XeoNoX:
there u go, problem solved, seems as the fix is for odexed MDB Build builds only. OP should put that in the OP so people dont soft bootloop their phones. On the odexed MDL build/baseband it seems to loop.

a fix for the odexed MDL wouldnt be to hard just too time consuming .. considering there is already a working MDL de-odexed version out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] coyttl:
Late to the party, but I had it working on Wicked v2 (heck if I can remember if that was MDL or MDB), with MDL radio. Reading one of the other comments, it was stated that it has to be on a de-oxed ROM, which is why it worked for me on Wicked v2.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] skygear:
I would personally like a MDL version.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] KryptosXLayer2:
Looks like I spoke too soon..... was running MDB AT&T stock odexed ROM and the same thing happened to me:

just, obviously, with the AT&T logo screen instead!

I got back into recovery and restored my backup (always make backups!) and got it back up and running, but this goes to show that it doesn't even work well with MDB odexed ROMs for AT&T at least.... will have to get over to a deodexed ROM and try those GWallet lib fixes since everyone seems to have good luck with them
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] godzulu:
ATT SGH-I337 success. Used MDOB deodexed rom, followed instructions, works flawlessly. Thank you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] KryptosXLayer2:
ummmmmmmmmm, you know this was for ODEXED ROMs, right? Strange that it worked for you, or maybe not, maybe there isn't a working odexed solution and they're all for deodexed ROMs!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] godzulu:
Yep, my bad. Posted in wrong forum
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] open1your1eyes0:
I wish we could get this working for Verizon's VRUAMDK build. Bootlooping last time I tried. ADB won't even come online so can't pull logcat even.

EDIT: Got tired of waiting so I figured it out and made one myself: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2303325 :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] hurrpancakes:
Running stock ODEXED MDB build, followed instructions exactly, and got it installed and running! Just have to see if it'll work later today
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] XeoNoX:
this is the universal patch, works on odex and non odex, supposidly works with all version of the USA's carrier's S4, i confirmed it working on Tmobile MDL odex

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42029814
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] skygear:
Appreciated! Been using a custom rom for some time now but the rest of the community will bennefit from it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Busch38:
Cause that an MDA2 shows me the dlls in MS File Explorer and the other not, I made a Backup from both devices on SD Card , than hardreset devices and made a restore ofter changing the cards.

Now I see dlls on the other device in Fileexplorer,on the first not more. ( registry setting?? )

But now a great problem :

If I klick on VB.Net.exes they dont start.

When I try them to install again from VS.net it cant connect to devices and message comes that I should check if they are physically conncet to PC.

Active Sync works properly.

What could this be and how to solve this ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatsrightbru:
Hi, i have a really bad situation here.

so my phone needs its firmware flashed as it no longer will boot in either recovery mode or boot in general.

so i have to correct firmware open in odin and my phone in download mode but the firmware flashing failed.

the error was "Can't open the serial(COM) port."

im unsure if it has anything to do with the fact that my phone is not in usb debugging mode although i thought that the downloading mode bypassed that?

i would really like to save my data on my phone (pictures and such) so if anyone has a way i can either flash my firmware or retrieve my data that would be wonderful.

There is a picture of my attempt at flashing my firmware attached. (i think)

and here is the firmware i used (not a link to a download): firmwaredown.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/i9100tdvlp4-android-403-ics-australia.html
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themadba:
Do you have the correct drivers installed? Make sure Kies isn't running in the background, try different USB ports and download Odin v1.85 (most stable version).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatsrightbru:
i am just trying odin 1.85 now. thankyou!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatsrightbru:
so it has been stuck on this screen for a while now, should i be worried?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatsrightbru:
yeah it is not changing :/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Worried? Hmm.. A little.

Before I suggest anything, tell us how u messed up ur phone.

How did it get bricked?

What firmware are you on now?

Are you rooted?

As for the problem u have now, its called a NAND corruption. It may or may not be fixable.

Try these steps (all of them) first and see if you can successfully flash a rom:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25731280&postcount=4

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatsrightbru:
okay immortal. tried all of that list with no improvement.

the firmware im running is the stock GT-19100T for australia.

i havnt fiddled or touched it in anyway.

as to how it bricked im unsure, yesterday my apps stopped working (like couldnt open them) and so i restarted only to get stuck on the screen that says "samsung galaxy s II GT-19100T"

ahhh anything i missed?

p.s. i might be going to sleep soonish so if i dont reply soon thats why.

and i realllllyyy appreciate your help!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Keep trying a few more times. There must be something u haven't tried yet.

Also try flashing another firmware.

Once Odin flash succeeds, let us know.

If you can't get it to flash after a lot of trying, ur NAND could be borked. Take it to a service centre then.

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themadba:
Only thing I can suggest it to download a stock ROM for your region from sammobile.com (sign up required - 5 mins) then select i9100T etc and then get the latest ROM for your region, if you can compare the md5 checksum then do this. If they match, stick your phone in download mode (you can still do this yes?) and pray that it goes well.

But before you should do this, wait and see if anyone shouts at me for suggesting this since you may have NAND corruption and it would be a bad idea! You never know...

Edit: well according to post above, you can continue to flash away, so try a few different ROM's, try to compare the md5 checksums for errors during downloading, and hope.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatsrightbru:
okay, you guys are amazing!

thanks heaps!

ill check back after a good sleep and see if that helps as well :S

i do fear that it will end up a costly adventure for me :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatsrightbru:
i think my nand is borked :(

which sucks! :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
As Gaston & I were saying last week, in these instances, it's either a case of something really simple being missed/not being done (people not trying all the things suggested/saying they have but they haven't, etc) which is more likely, or the phone is genuinely borked, which is less likely (Tho it does happen).

Unless you've left something out (about what's happened to the phone, what you have/haven't done with & to it), it makes no sense for it to be 'borked' given what you've told us. I suggest you keep trying, and try with as many different PC's as you can get access to (and try all the troubleshooting steps you've been given on each PC if necessary).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sadekmefti:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1457458 Or JTAG !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
What's all this jtag frenzee?

Please read more about this method before you keep suggesting it.

Soon people will start throwing it to solve bootloops and we'll have a big brick-o-rama.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
N00bs trying to JTAG. Can't wait to see that start happening. Seriously, if someone is incapable of doing something as simple as flash a phone, you really think they're going to be able to JTAG without permanently damaging the phone beyond repair ?

Please.

The advice should be 'Take it to someone who knows what they're doing'.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Lol they must be mistaking "riffbox" for "magic box", the box that solves it all.

Sent from the little guy
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] joeym11:
I had this same problem where Text to Speech would crash, and I thought it was bloatware being deleted, but it is looking like that just rooting is the problem, as somebody in another thread said they didn't uninstall anything, and it still did the same thing. Maybe we need to wait for a new root?

Just letting you all know,

Joe
[LG Optimus G Pro] rjan22:
My cousin told me he went to frys palo alto and bought an OGP for $99 on new contract and it comes with $25 gift card, i am not sure if upgrading will include the gc, but he said that upgrading too is only $99, call your local frys and let me know, i might be heading there if i got time after work.

Link: http://www.frys.com/search?search_t...ring=Lg+optimus+g&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&cat=0
[LG Optimus G Pro] RaiderDuck:
Just checked the Fry's website, and that's what they're offering it for (limit one per household). Great deal.
[LG Optimus G Pro] mrfeuss:
AT&T is also running a promotion currently where you trade in an old device and they give you a credit towards an upgrade. I traded in a Skyrocket and got the OG Pro for $130-ish with tax and upgrade charges.
[LG Optimus G Pro] rjan22:
But frys is a better deal $99 + $25 gift card, and you can even sell you skyrocket fro $50 or more, don't you think?
[LG Optimus G Pro] nthknd:
I sold my skyrocket for 200 on eBay.
[LG Optimus G Pro] mrfeuss:
I suppose it is, but I'm in NJ and I've never even heard of Fry's.
[LG Optimus G Pro] ap3604:
Thanks for the heads up! Just might have to jump on this :highfive:

Any idea regarding Fry's and how I keep my unlimited data plan? :confused:

Won't upgrade to LTE unless I can keep my 'unlimited' data plan...
[LG Optimus G Pro] dexim:
According to AT&Ts website, the credit will be in the form of an AT&T gift card that can be used at any company owned store, their website, or towards your bill. If you get the phone at Fry's, and use the $100 credit towards your monthly bill, your new phone will basically be free. Sounds like a pretty damn good deal to me.

FYI, Fry's won't ship AT&T phones, so you will have to live near one.
[LG Optimus G Pro] rjan22:
Kept mine buying on Frys.
[LG Optimus G Pro] fryguy128:
It's only $99 almost everywhere now.

Current Devices:

LG Optimus G Pro (LG-E980)

HP Touchpad (Tenderloin)

Previous Devices:

Samsung Galaxy SII (SGH-i777)

Pantech Burst (P9070)
[LG Optimus G Pro] jbatacan:
i picked up a working blackberry 9330 for like 50 bucks, traded it in for 100 bucks towards my ogpro :good:
[LG Optimus G Pro] rch1028:
Walmart $49.99

http://wireless.walmart.com/eCommerce/SpecialOffer.aspx?cid=36575_dbc46429413f4888bd543bdf872b9df9
[LG Optimus G Pro] MDMTahiti:
LG Optimus G Pro @ Costco $79

I just got my LG Optimus G Pro E980 @ Costco for $79 and free junk pack
[LG Optimus G Pro] fryguy128:
I knew I should've waited and gotten mine from Costco instead of AT&T.

Current Devices:

LG Optimus G Pro (LG-E980)

HP Touchpad (Tenderloin)

Previous Devices:

Samsung Galaxy SII (SGH-i777)

Pantech Burst (P9070)
[LG Optimus G Pro] android_ace:
I just upgraded and a brand new LG Optimus G Pro cost me a whopping $8! I had a Samsung Infuse that I traded in for $100.
[LG Optimus G Pro] jmoss1972:
Where did you trade it in I'm sure for an upgrade and have an infuse to trade in as well?
[LG Optimus G Pro] android_ace:
AT&T store. I was very surprised I got that much considering my Infuse was 2+ years old and rooted with a custom CM10 ROM on it
[LG Optimus G Pro] cproaudio:
Got mine from Costco. I know I can trade my old phone in and get it for free. I'd rather pay the money and get a no question asked phone exchange and full refund, no restocking fee if I decide to cancel my upgrade. 2 years ago I bricked my Thrill 3 months after buying from Costco. They changed it no questions asked.
[LG Optimus G Pro] MDMTahiti:
I got my LG OGP at Costco for $79. The price is still good 8/1/13.
[LG Optimus G Pro] psal217050:
Just ordered from Amazon for $59.99.
[Xperia Z General] Gandalf Greyhelm:
Having tried both the global and EU varieties in the UK - just a heads up.

Neither has the sign-in for Sony Networks.

For me, this meant I was unable to access Videos Unlimited (the app from Playstore says incompatible when trying to download the Sony Account Manager) and unable to use a Sony account to sign into Socialife - again, I guess, because of the Account Manager incompatibility.

No biggies I guess - but just so you're aware.

Having reverted to the unbranded UK .434 all apps are back and accessible.

Guess I'll wait for the UK version to be released.
[Xperia Z General] MJ_QaT:
It happened with me too when I tried different firmware other than UK, I had to revert back to stock UK just to have Sony account manager back..

By the way the account manager in play store is for Tablets as seen in screenshots
[Xperia Z General] Gandalf Greyhelm:
Ah, so the account manager has to be installed via the ROM so to speak - interesting.
[Xperia Z General] Mobe1969:
Is it related to the update though? I've had two handsets, one was returned under warranty, and both still show under google play when I log in. The returned one would not have been upgraded, but BOTH units show as incompatible, and I doubt the returned unit was updated. I bet if you were on 434 and tried to download it, you couldn't.

It is more likely they temporarily pulled it (possibly due to the voucher exploit??)

And note, the one in the play store is the one my phone takes me to when I try to say use video unlimited and it says I need account manager and then takes me to the play store.
[Android Software Development] RazaVakil7995:
I'm kind of a newb to the programming world and I have made some simple programs using eclipse IDE. Now my question is that is there a better IDE or I can continue programming with the same? Many thanks :)
[Android Software Development] HTCDreamOn:
Why don't you try the new Android Studio, it was announced at the I/O event. It's based in IntelliJ IDEA which has been featured on the Portal before, it's meant to be very good. I haven't tried it yet though, although I don't doubt it's better than Eclipse. Anyway, you can find out about Android Studio here.
[Android Software Development] Night5talker:
any updates on android studio?

i started not long time ago with some eclipse coding and then started to work, and now when i have some time i would like to back to android apps

my question is eclipse vs android studio? eclipse have lots of tutorials and all... but will android studio overcome eclipse? and is it NOW good time to start with it or i should use eclipse first?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buggatti:
Hi

I am have a nexus s 4g running latest cyanogen 10.1 nightly. How can i turn off fsync. After turning it off in Nexus 7 that this is blazing fast. Can i somehow do the same for the nexus s

Thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] migueldbr:
i dont think you should do that really...i have been using dynamic fsync and yesterday had a reboot when pluging my NS to my pc, and when it restarted it was like i had restored an older backup.everything was disconfigured lol. I knew that this could happen when one disables fsync but i ignored warnings...

anyway if you really want to do it, flash devil kernel and install devil tools. There is an option there called dynamic fsync(it disables fsync when the screen is on and turns it back on when screen is off).
[HTC Desire C] pknagi:
I bought this phone today n its working flawlessly... but I have a question does capacitive buttons light up or not?
[HTC Desire C] noahvt:
No they don't light up
[HTC Desire C] MrToastedAndroid:
Yeah the Desire C doesn't have a notification LED or capacitive buttons that light up. Before I really liked the the touch buttons that light up on the HTC One S and the Wildfire S but I got used to it.
[HTC Desire C] pknagi:
Not even with cm roms?
[HTC Desire C] bogdy5:
no software can install a LED into the capacitive buttons :) as from what i've heard there isn't one. for me its not really a drawback;think of the buttons as your mouth, you know where it while you are eating, without being illuminated :D (dumb comparison i know)
[HTC Desire C] pknagi:
Haha right.... In fact I also own pico so I get mixed up when I use pico then desire c!
[HTC Desire C] Phenziox:
Maybe you could have seen the 5+ other threads asking this question before posting ;)

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manrock111:
Hello there,

I just got my phone i read alot and searched a lot too but still but able to find direct root method for root my DDLPA firmware.

May any one please guide me with this.

here is screeshot of my phone about http://i.imgur.com/8bw48WK.jpg

so we can clearly see kernel is XWLP7

may CWM for XWLP7 will work on DDLPA?

Waiting for flashing :silly:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
DDLPA is the baseband (modem) version. It has no role in selecting a root kernel. Only look at the kernel version (XWLP7) and choose the matching cf kernel. :)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manrock111:
Ohh thanks bro, i am soo dump sometimes, i even dont see build version lol and waste my time.