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[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] ahmednaseer:
Hi Guys!

Whenever I remove the battery of my XDA2, it keeps on hard resetting the phone. No matter how quick I replace my battery.

Noticed this problem only a week back. When I noticed this 1st I did it 2nd time also and replaced battery in 3 seconds but samething happened. Lost all the data, starting from the scratch and installs OS.

Is this something serious or is there anything that I can do to solve this problem? Can anyone help?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] gadjet:
As the memory is RAM I guess this is normal, you should back up yor device with ActiveSync before removing your battery.

I use Sprite Backup as it is quicker, and it stores all the data to your SD card so you don't need a PC to restore your device.

Hope this helps you. :)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] SteveD:
Your advice about using Sprite Backup is goof, but IT IS NOT NORMAL for the XDA II to hard reset whenever the battery is changed. The XDA II contains a backup battery precisely to be able to maintain the data while the battery is changed.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] GoldenSands:
Well, in my imate, some times I remove the battery to replace the SIM card, hard reset never happens! some times I keep the battery out for 15 minutes or 20 minutes, and still; the imate is normal and hard reset does not take place.

I'm not sure if your case is due to a software or a hardware problem. Does your back-up battery show "full" in the Power Setting?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Loony:
Quoting the obvious.....!!!

You probbably have a problem with your Backup Battery..

I assume when you check "Start menu/settings/system/power"

that the backup battery shows fully charged........??

Otherwise if still under guarantee.... get it checked out... pronto...!!!

8)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] ahmednaseer:
My backup battery looks OK. At least it shows "battery power remaining 100%" which is ok I assume.

Removing battery even frequently didn't lose any of my data earlier.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] ahmednaseer:
Thanks guys!

My backup battery looks OK. At least it shows "battery power remaining 100%" which is ok I assume.

Removing battery even frequently didn't lose any of my data earlier.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] yuhaohuang:
mine hardresets as well !!!

ermm .. was this problem ever solved ???

cos mine seems to suffer from the same problem now.

Clicking the red switch at the batter should have switched the power to backup mode ... it seems to do that alright, but after switching the power back to battery, the memory is all gone.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] adbradwell:
Re: mine hardresets as well !!!

I have the same problem. but I'd tried to open up my device and compare with others. and the problem is with the red switch button. It should be switching the button on the board so when U switch the red button down it suppose to switch the device from the main batt to backup batt. But mine doesn't. the red button kindda miss the board switch little bit to the left. so I use the soldiering iron to bent it little bit to the right. And the problem solved.

sorry about my english....:)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Rudegar:
i've heard alot of people report this problem also when changing sim

some say that putting the phone in fligth mode helps

but unless you switch between sims or have more then 1 batt you never have to take it out so i've never had the issue
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] yuhaohuang:
hmm ... will try flight mode .. but backup first .. :)

The soldering things is interesting. But opening up the unit voids the warranty which mine is still in.

mm .. a question I'd like to ask tho ... since mine was O2 originally and is now on a imate firmware, that immediately discards warranty does it ?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Marc MD:
this problem has never been solved... best bet is to use Sprite Backup... i think this is about hardware problems in the XDA2 so... its either backup or send it back to the manufacturer..
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] pochreyes:
I experienced this a-couple of times already. That’s why I avoid removing my unit's battery. I also got a backpack for more juice capacity. I hope this problem gets solved.

I use sprite backup as a quick way of reinstalling everything if ever the inevitable happens and then do a fresh install when I have time.

Poch
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] semis0nic:
How to prevent hard resets when changing sims etc..

Ok guys...i had this experience every time i changed my sim. but i avoided it the last time i took the batt off. If youll notice, the battery cover is METAL, which is having a "contact " on the upper left terminal of the XDA which "drained " all power ( back-up batt as well ).

To prevent this :arrow: make sure your xda metal back cover doesnt physically contact with the said terminal when inserting it back.

cheers!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] yuhaohuang:
i restored to a backup a couple of weeks bk, but i donno why, after restoring, i wasnt able to receive sms. I mean ... u could c that an sms is received, the screen will light up but no sms icon will appear and nothing in the mail box either.

Anyway, i gave up and decided to jus do a hardreset and fresh install of everything.

The interesting thing is that straight after i hardresetted, i decided to take the batt out and c wot happens and to my suprise, it didnt hard reset. I repeated for a couple of times and made sure that i left the batt out for a couple of min and it never hardresetted again.

I jus came to a conclusion that i just havent taken the batt out and switching the backup battery switch for too long.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] semis0nic:
some pictures of the connectors that contacts with the case

...hmmmm.....this is also discussed in this forum..http://en.pdamobiz.com/en/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=48&PN=4

:wink:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] duxz:
had the same problems about hard reset during the process of changing batteries....... i was told to turn on the flight mode first then do the batt change.... so far after tat, i dont face any more problems.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] yuhaohuang:
mm ... its been a while ago, but i dont remember ever placing the cover back while the battery is out.

I was changing the sim so i would've place the batt back straight after i changed the sim.

btw though, the back cover doesnt feel metallic. But more like plastic, jus coated with silver paint or something. I'll do a conductivity test on it tomoro ...
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Marc MD:
i personally dont agree that this is because of the back cover being metallic... coz u can always replace the sim or battery without putting back yet the back cover... as a matter of fact once you put the battery back the unit will automatically turn on right? and thats before you get to put the back cover back again.. so it doesnt really affect the connectors... :P
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] semis0nic:
in my case, yes.. :wink:

i miss the red switch : its enables the back up battery once you pulled it down. make sure it contacts properly. right now, no hard resets for me.

Its cool to be precautious... :lol:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Marc MD:
i think i see what youre aiming at... its not about the metal back cover... you must be careful of making contact with the connectors near the sim compartment... most people will neglect these connectors and might actually discharge the backup battery with the mere conductivity of our own hands by accidentaly touching these said connectors...
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] FDPM:
Could it be a problem related to the rom version?

I have rom 1.72 on an imate and I do not have the problem.

Regards
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] j0rdz02:
:crying::crying::crying:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben Ling:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2252778
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] j0rdz02:
Thanks!!

Thanks!!, but is this safe for xperia go?. .i read it and its under xperia p android development

Sorry newbie here
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben Ling:
yes i think is safe,just follow the procedure and hit thanks button instead of saying thanks. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] billinaz:
I am not sure what I did, but for some reason I can no longer change the volume.

Im not talking about on the lockscreen, but on a homescreen.

If I push down on the volume rocker I get an audible tone and a message in the notification area that the volume is locked. The slider moves about 3mm but returns back to its original position.

Does anyone know what I may have accidentally enabled?
[One (M7) General] Pinkthesink:
Hey all,

Just got an email from HTC. They apologized for the shipment delay, thanked me for the purchase, and included a $25 redeemable code for the Google play market.

I preordered the Att HTC One and developers edition. So I'm not sure which this email referred to.
[One (M7) General] SmiLey497:
I ordered the Dev edition and got it.
[One (M7) General] msmith1991:
Yup, I got it too!
[One (M7) General] crachel:
Already a thread here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2291186

Closed
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] seattlestexan:
I'm not really sure what happened. I followed verbatim the instructions for motochopper, I was able to flash TWRP, and I was even able to flash the 4.2 Camera with Photo Sphere (though it doesn't work at all.), but when I try to run anything that requires root access, (Titanium Backup, for example), it tells me that it was unable to get root access. SuperSU tells me that it needs to update the superuser binary, but it always fails, and never tells me why. ChainsDD superuser is also giving me the same issue. I am very definitely stumped. I am open to all ideas at this point.

It's also starting to get glitchy since I did this, so I may just reset it until I can find some other way to get this thing rooted.

I do love it tho. Surprised a friend by controlling their TV with it. :angel:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Garrett92:
I believe you need this: (I had to install before my root worked.)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2271976
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Spud37:
Thats what happened to me, and this is thread where I asked and got help to fix it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2288234
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] seattlestexan:
Okay, now I have root, verified that with SuperSU, Titanium Backup, and ROM Manager. Schweeeeeeeeet! Now if I could just get the Photospheres to work, I'd be in great shape! :)
[HTC Sensation] lukasrb:
Hello to all. I bought second hand sensation and facing one issue which i think is not normal. My screen colors are bit faded and main and dominant color is green, whatever u watch or do on it, it is predominantely greenish. Does enyone know what is aproblem and how to fix it, Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] pezlomd:
Hey whats up I exchange my phone once and got the new device and now I noticed it has this pinkish glare on the bottom half of the screen. It's not all that noticeable but it's definitely there and comparing to other s4s you can tell mind gets darker towards the bottom of the screen and greys our little purple pink ish. What I want to know is if I have a buyer's remorse. With this new exchanged device. Do I get another 14 days because this is a new phone or does it only allow me to exchange previous within the first 14 days of the initial purchase?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheAtheistOtaku:
im pretty sure the pinkish tint is a known issue with some units and im pretty sure its a hardware issue (someone please correct me if im wrong) which means you would in fact, have to do another exchange for a better unit,

though i can tell you once you get a fully functional unit, you will not regret anything
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Towle:
The pink tint is a hardware issue and is pretty widespread. The buyer's remorse goes from the purchase date of your first phone. If you did installments on the phone, you get 14 days. If you bought it outright, you get 30 days. If you're past your buyer's remorse period, your only option is a warranty exchange through customer care.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] pezlomd:
OK but would I have to be phone less for the warranty exchange? Or do they send me one and then I send mine?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] pezlomd:
Funny thing is my first unit didn't have this issue.. Now this one does. And now it bothers the hell outta me
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Towle:
No. They send you the replacement via next day air shipping, then you send the defective phone back in the same box with the provided prepaid shipping label.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Razzzzer:
in california they give you 30days.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] aznmode:
If you but in store it's 30 days. If you buy online it's 20 days. It's on tmobile return exchange page.

http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-2624
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] gameriot:
Hey guys, this is my first post, so if I did something wrong, don't strangle me. :p

In this guide, we're going to use djrbliss's Motochopper tool. The download will be attached, as I can't place outside links.

As said in the title, this will work ONLY on the AT&T i337 and Verizon i545.

This root WILL work on Linux/Ubuntu, Windows, and Mac.

Step 1. Go to Settings->More->About device then hit “Build Number” about 5-10 times until you see “Developer mode has been enabled” message.

Step 2. Next hit the Back button and you should see a new option called “Developer options”, hit that option.

Step 3. Make sure Developer options is checked ON and also check “USB debugging” ON.

Step 4. Connect a micro-USB cable from your Galaxy S4 to your computer, you should see a “Allow USB debugging” window pop-up on your phone, hit OK. If you don’t see it yet, just skip this step and check back on Step 7. Sometimes this won't show up, but it should.

Step 5. Mac and Linux users can skip this step, because you don't need to install drivers. Windows users: go to Device Manager on your computer and make sure you have something like “Samsung Android ADB Interface” or some type of “ADB Interface”. If you don’t see it, you don’t have Galaxy S4 USB drivers installed, download and install Galaxy S4 Windows drivers. (The link to the drivers is attached in a file, because I can't post outside links, yet)

Step 6. Download Motochopper.zip (attached) and unzip, you should find a bunch of files in it.

Step 7. For Windows, double-click on “run.bat” to start the rooting script.

For Mac or Linux, go to terminal/cmd (whatever you have), and type:

cd Downloads/motochopper

cd motochopper

chmod 755 *

sudo sh run.sh

Step 8. On your keyboard, hit "enter" to begin the rooting process.

If you skipped Step 4, you should now see “Allow USB debugging” window pop-up on your phone, hit OK.

Make sure to hit “Agree” on your phone if you see a “Verify apps?” window pop up during rooting.

Step 9. When the process is done, hit enter on your keyboard. The rooting process will finalize and reboot your phone.

Congratulations, your phone is now rooted!

To make sure it worked, go to your app drawer, and look for an app called "Superuser". If it's there, your phone is rooted!

Now, you can download apps that have "root" in their names in the Play Store.

Once again, congrats for your new rooted phone! Have fun!

If I helped you with rooting your GS4, please hit the thanks button! :victory::laugh:

*can't wait until the bootloader is unlocked* Btw, this is my first Android, so cheers!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Naddict:
This thread already is covered here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2283918

Always read search and study before you post duplicate material. But thank you for the guide.

Thread Closed
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rey2gato:
Hi all!, i have the GTab 2 7.0 with JellyBean 4.1.2 rooted, i know that there is the 4.1.2 but my version has IR.. but, my version doesnt have SmartStay, like the S3 and s4, and i heard that the 4.1.2 have that!, its from stock or a modification?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daniel644:
That is a feature of those devices not a feature of android 4.1.2, simply having android 4.1.2 wont automatically get you that feature. Unless a developer decides to take the time to try and port that feature (if it's even possible) to our tablet then we will not see it.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluecarbon:
Ripper ROM has it. I'm pretty sure microdelta does too, and they both support ir.

---------- Post added at 04:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:40 AM ----------

And seeing as how the p3110's 4.1.2 has it, I'm sure the p3113 will have it when our 4.1.2 firmwares start rolling out.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blagginspaziyonokip:
It is in the 4.1.2 update but it doesn't work.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daniel644:
SmartStay has nothing to do with the IR, it's a thing that uses the front facing camera to tell whether or not your looking at the screen and turn the screen off if you aren't.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluecarbon:
I know what smart stay is. The op said he had the gtab 2 7.0 with the ir blaster and wanted smart stay. Well, ripper ROM works on that tab, and supports both ir and smart stay. It works most of the time for me, if i am in portrait.

Hence the word "and".
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skazzy3:
Smart stay never works on gtab2. For me at least.
[MENTION=381438]samsung[/MENTION] Y U VGA FRONT FACING
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluecarbon:
Yeah, it is not working for me now either. When I first installed this rom, it would at least detect them in portratit, maybe the lighting was better or something.

I use keep screen on, anyways. it keeps the screen on depending on the position of the tablet, upright vs flat.

Edit: yeah it depends on the lighting, because it is working fine now. When I move my head it starts to fadenthen when I bring my face back into view the screen comes back on. Still, keep screen on works better, great app.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Z3HR81:
So I'm not sure if this is Samsung's fault or Androids. But I'm very disappointed with the Samsung Note 2 on Verizon, for one MAIN reason. The SD card is 16GB internal which honestly isn't very much. Everything you put on your phone is put onto the internal storage of the device instead of the " optional " SD card slot which I have a 32GB in there. WHY even have this option if you can't use it to put apps on it? My main beef with this is Google Play Music and Video's. Recently Google Play launched the service where it has unlimited streaming etc which is wonderful. Come to find out you can't change the directory of where it's put at. I am Rooted. I have tried beans ROM SD swap which STILL puts the music on the 16gb even though the swap says it did the transfer and I have 32GB free. I have looked for weeks and ran many scripts, use Rom Tool Box Pro and there is just no work around for this that I have found to work on my phone. Heck I even go to sdcard/data/android/come.google.android.music and yeah it has a data and file folder but there is NOTHING even in them, even when I cache my music in Google Play or click the " keep on device " Im so frustrated I don't even know what to do. I bought the new Die Hard movie yesterday which is 3GB and of course it saved it to my internal storage. The reason I wanted it on my phone is because I'm taking a trip to California soon and being a Verizon customer I only have 2GB of Data ( which sucks ) so Yeah. I know this is really my first post and I'm sorry to be ranting and raving but I have no IRL i can vent to about this because they will have NO clue what I am talking about. So besides beating my head on my keyboard, slicing my wrists or throwing the phone away does ANYONE have some good advice on what to do with my whole situation?

Hope everyone has a good memorial day weekend. Thanks All.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] geoff5093:
I hate this too, but I think both are to blame. I blame Google for no longer allowing us to install apps to the SD card, and for not allowing developers to install additional game content to the SD card. I'm not sure if this is the fault of Samsung, but why did they call the internal memory sdcard instead of internal? Every app that defaults to the external card such as Titanium Backup thinks the internal "sdcard" is actually the sdcard, because I seem to recall that on my Thunderbolt Google Play Music always downloaded songs to the external card.

Having expandable memory is pretty pointless for me, because the only thing I can use it for it TWRP backups, Titanium Backups, Pictures, and manual files that I copy over. I need more memory for apps, app data, and Google Play Music files.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] braxtoq:
I have my camera setup to save pictures to my SD Card and my music is also saved there and I'm not rooted.

Just checked and Amazon MP3 files are stored on the internal memory.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Z3HR81:
So you feel my pain geoff5093. If I knew this was going to happen I would of opted to find a "comparable" phome with 32gb internal but then I looked and everything has 16. This is really a remarkable device except for that fact. I think your right about it being both samsung and androids dault. I seem to remember on gingerbread OS you could move apps so I dont know why they would take a step back. Having the SD card on here is about as useless as a turd in a toilet. I doubt 4.2.2 will fix this issue as well. No clue what to do.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Z3HR81:
Also I came from the Samsung Galaxy Nexus which had 32gb internal and no SD and I was happy with that. Blah lol I need a beer!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] MizSxxyBych:
So any of the apps2sd apps don't work no
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Z3HR81:
Thats correct or if it does say it moves it , it just tricks you to think you it is but in reality its putting everything on your internal memory.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] MizSxxyBych:
Ah that sucks! Even those for root?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lwsoccjs:
Huh

So what's the problem.? There is plenty of space just use sd card put all movies and pics on it. Then use the program gl to sd to put large games on sd card. I have a 64gb sd card you should have no problem putting a 3gb movie of the phone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Z3HR81:
The problem is google music and movies.. I cant just simple move the movies I buy or rent on google play to my sd card because the program doeant see them then.. I when I put music on my devie for google play it does the same thing.. Im *****ing because google wants u to buy their movies and music but dont give you a viable solution to store them and 16gb isnt a lot especially when apps and the system take almost have of the disk space. I realize I can take music from my computer and use the usb to transfer music but thats not what im trying to do.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lwsoccjs:
Got it

Okay well with movies bought through Google movies you can download them to do card via wifi once downloaded you can move them to sd of phone would that not accomplish what you want?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] torr310:
Have you tried this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2285312
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Z3HR81:
Actually No I have not.. Have you tried it.. Thank you for showing me that thread I am goingbto check it out now and see what it all does and how it does it. Thank You
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Z3HR81:
While I am checking this out.. Does any one know for sure where Google Play Music puts it's music? I thought and have read it was sdcard/data/Android/come.google.android.music but the Cache and File folder on there are completely empty... ( I am rooted and using root browser ) and if I add an entire album from google play to device it shows that my internal storage went down but I still can't see the files..

I am currently downloading that Master Clean app off of google play to see what it does.