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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Justin Thought:
KitKat--again

Me checking in again. Is there anybody out there using LiquidSmooth but me? Or is everybody else just using it and is so satisfied that they have nothing to say? If the latter, at least give kudos to Toyes for this fine ROM!

I have to confess, I became impatient to check out KitKat, and while some of the adaptations I tried for the Skyrocket were pretty good, I really didn't see anything special about them. Of course, the first thing I noticed was the lack of the "glitz" I talked about in my previous posts--i.e. the animated transitions and listview animations that I've become so used to since--what?--4.3.1 or thereabouts.

Unfortunately, the second thing I noticed was during the company Christmas party--when it came time for the kids to do the pinata, which it's almost my responsibility to record--the freakin' video camera didn't work. (Never go to a photo op with new software on your phone camera.) I quickly restored the LiquidSmooth backup I always keep handy, but by the time it was booted, there was candy all over the place. Of course, had I read all of the thread, I would have known that it was a known bug. My bad.

But I'm still eagerly awaiting the LiquidSmooth KitKat version, because Toyes always seems to manage to tweak CyanogenMod past excellence to perfection. I'd try it myself, but I'm so out of date on my technical skills, I haven't even managed to get Ubuntu to operate on my 'puter.

Merry Christmas to all, and wishing for a prosperous new year for everyone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Smittiegee19:
I don't even know that toyes is around any more. Short of abandoned all his ROMs unfortunately
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Justin Thought:
He seems to be around, just focusing on the Nexus right now. Maybe now that he has that out, he can focus on the Skyrocket again?

At least I can keep my fingers crossed; or maybe someone with skills (!exclude: current writer) will pick up the ball.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] hiryusama:
bootanimation sound

Hello guys. Anybody knows if theres a way to add bootanimation sound to this rom? Running the 4.3 ver and nothing works.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Justin Thought:
Now that my Skyrocket is dead, finally, there's a LiquidSmooth KitKat available.

Look here:

[ROM] [4.4.2] [OFFICIAL] LiquidSmooth v3.0 Beta - SkyRocket

Who knows, maybe I can get my Skyrocket repaired...eventually. Then I can enjoy the pleasure of LiquidSmooth and KitKat on it as well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] usafbordeaux:
Phone is hard bricked. I didn't realize it until CWM was telling me "HEY IDIOT THIS ROM ISN"T FOR YOUR PHONE".... anyway it doesn't turn on, the screen doesn't come on or anything. The only life i get out of it is when I unplug it from my computer i hear a noise. NOT EVEN WHEN I PLUG IT IN. Odin doesn't recognize it or anything.

I will be visiting Sprint tomorrow and going to play it dumb saying IDK WHATS GOING ON. THE PHONE WONT TURN ON!?!?

When they get the phone back will they know that I bricked it?.. Like the flash counters and everything on it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Wow, just wow, you don't have to go and play dumb, I'm guessing they will know that right away.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] miller710:
Play dumb? U bricked your phone with a rom clearly not for it. Are you sure its playing? Btw its your fault own it. Dont commit fraud

Sent from my blue galaxy

---------- Post added at 11:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:43 PM ----------

quoted wrong post. Lol my bad

Sent from my blue galaxy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Evilone69tmg:
It just amazes me how many times this happens. Read before you flash anything. Important word READ.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JoeFCaputo113:
I seriously question if some of these people know how to read...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VikingoRMCF:
Let this be a lesson.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sevenpioverthree:
I'm all for giving someone a hard time for bricking their phone but I think y'all are being a little too harsh on the guy I mean he's not blaming anyone else and he did call himself an idiot in his post and he's not asking for some cure all solution

Give the man a break I'm sure he learned a lesson without you guys heckling him

Edit: and he's just asking if they'll know that he bricked his phone, I don't see what's so wrong with that

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Fraud. That's what his intentions are. Which will impact us all.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VikingoRMCF:
Isn't bricking covered by insurance?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jfcooley:
If he pays the deductible then yes, he can make a claim with the insurance. Playing dumb and having Sprint replace for $35 (or whatever it is) is being fraudulent.

OP, you have sort of stepped up and sort of owned the mistake. Sort of unless you pay the deductible or buy out right. Otherwise even that "sort of" is negated.

Own it, pay it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sevenpioverthree:
Tell me you never dropped a burger and then took it and said it was poorly made :P or something to that effect

If he has insurance then they'll cover it with a deductible, if he doesn't then they won't right? Just let the man be :)

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Never, if it drop my burger I go buy a new one. But i have never dropped my burger:D and if I couldn't afford another I blow it off and eat it.

Also let me point out if you have insurance on your car and get into an accident they fix it that's what you pay insurance. If you crash your car into a tree to collect money it's called insurance fraud they don't pay and have the right to prosecute.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jfcooley:
So if you dropped a burger you'd aacuse some poor schlep of not doing his job properly just to cover a $5 mistake you made?

Just...wow.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sevenpioverthree:
I just made up an example i don't know what's so upsetting about all this to you we've all committed some level of fraud because we felt dumb.

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jfcooley:
No, I can say I haven't. I was brought up and taught to take ownership of my mistakes and learn from them, not pass the buck.

Believe it is called character.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gitardan17:
Pull your battery out, put back, hold volume down, keep holding v down, after 3 or 4 seconds, press & hold power button for about a sec & release while still holding volume down. Hopefully your splash screen will pop up. Make sure you use the volume up/down to pick boot into recovery & press power to select. Good luck.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] topherk:
I think the correlation is not really accurate.

When you drop your burger, that's accidental and most restaurants will absorb the cost of that one burger because gaining a repeat customer is worth more than that one meal. If you stare the manager in the eye and purposefully drop the burger and demand another one, they'll laugh as they kick you to the curb.

On the other hand, when someone flashes a ROM, they have to know that they are voiding their claim on the warranty. It's a deliberate thing. The OP's phone didn't boot itself into recovery and try to flash an international ROM. The OP made the choice to root and flash ROMs, therefore any issues caused by said flashing is his responsibility. Not Sprint's. Not Samsung's. OP's responsibility.

And the solution to the problem is a simple JTAG procedure. The cost of $60 is a small price to pay in order to learn a valuable lesson: be 100% sure of what you're flashing prior to flashing it.

Edit: And the fact that there is a cost is really important. The retention of these type of lessons is directly proportional to the price paid. If there's no price paid ('cause he played dumb and got a free phone), then the lesson's impact will be negligible.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TheSocalGuy79:
They will know what you did. Should just buy a used phone off Craigslist or eBay. Going through insurance playing stupid just makes Sprint hike up prices for everyone else. Next time read before you flash something.

Sent from my Freeza MD4 Stock Rooted Galaxy S3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mastalee420:
First off everyone needs to stop all the ignorant nonsense about returning a phone through the insurance will jack up prices on Sprint. It's really just sad that you don't understand a thing about how the business works.

Asurion is the company that handles the phone insurance for Sprint, they are not owned by Sprint nor are they ran by Sprint. Asurion is the phone insurance company for 15 other Carriers, including AT&T, Verizon, Boost, T-Mobile, etc... They make tons of money for every single person on those carriers who pay the monthly premium to insure their phones. Multiply that ludicrous amount by 12 for each month and you'll see they can easily bankroll their insurance operation, becuase 100% of those people don't necessarily have issues with their phones.

Dead phones are usually sent back to the manufacturer and fixed/replaced and those are called Refurbs. Refurbs are usually what Asurion provides back as a replacement phone.

As to the OP's phone, I've had a similar issue happen to me and it wasn't due to flashing a ROM at all, the internal memory failed and it wasn't due to flashing. I took my phone to Sprint, which I have flash many roms on prior, and they couldn't do a thing to the phone, nor did they know I flashed it or whether or not it had a custom rom on it. It was DOA.

I paid ZERO deductible and got a new phone in 3 days and nobody's ass got hurt in the process, so all you Sprint Price Jacker conspiracy theorist need to get some sleep, preferably with your tin hats on.

OP, just take your phone in, if you have insurance or not Sprint will help you out. Just like the friggin' burger example, they'll help you out if you drop your burger.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jfcooley:
So just because the company that insures the device makes money its OK to lie and avoid paying the deductible?

Man, morals have gone down the hole haven't they?

Isn't about whether or not they know its been flashed. I believe the insurance covers pretty much all that. Its the issue of lying to avoid paying when you made a mistake.

Guess I'm old. In my day, when one screwed the pooch one cowboyed up and took responsibility. No matter how you spin it, its lying and fraud.

If telling yourself that no one is hurt because said company makes enough money helps you, then so be it. I dont need a tin hat to sleep, clean conscience helps me just fine.

/rant and all i have to say.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Wrong forum dude, this isn't an HTC device. There's no hboot menu in these.

And he's essentially flashed garbage to his hboot. No way to get it back but JTAG

For the rest of you, let me point you to an interesting post by XDA elite developer Chainfire: http://www.chainfire.eu/articles/118/Triangle_Away_vs_Samsung

Read the section on "Custom ROMs, root, bricks, and warranty".
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] topherk:
Wow, such vitriol over this. Yes, going to Sprint and saying "my phone just won't turn on" will most-likely get you a new (or most-likely refurbished) phone for cheap or free. If I woke up one morning and my phone was completely unresponsive (i.e. not a direct cause of my actions), I might consider doing this.

The issue I have with your statements is that you're making a number of assumptions:

1. Claiming through the TEP (Asurion) will not cause cost increases. I agree with you that this will not cause direct phone cost increases, but it will cause increased cost of insurance, in the form of monthly payments and deductibles. If I were an insurance company and I saw even a 2% increase in claims, I'd raise the monthly rates and deductibles to stay well in the black. It's basic economics.

2. Refurbished phones cost nothing to fix. You never exactly stated this, but you made a statement about broken phones getting fixed and labeled refurbished. It seems to me like you're understating (whether intentional or not) the cost of troubleshooting a broken phone and repairing it to "refurbished" status. Increased costs will lead to increased prices. If Samsung's the one doing the refurbishing, you can bet they'll try to recoup their costs (i.e. increased phone costs). If it's not Samsung, but a contractor for Asurion, you can bet Asurion will recoup their losses (again, through increased premiums and deductibles)

3. Those of us complaining are only talking about the phone's base cost. Nowadays, I mainly complain about the monthly TEP fee. It's high and the $150 deductible is high, too. Back when I was on the Palm Pre (top-tier phone on TEP back in the day), the deductible was $50. Now it's three times as high. Partially that's due to increased phone costs, but I don't doubt that increased claims has something to do with it.

Now, onto the part that really gets me really riled up.

There's not a strong sense of personal responsibility on our society nowadays. In a lot of circumstances, we assume that the prices of our own mistakes (or accidents) should be covered by someone else. It's much less of a price if I can claim ignorance and get it for free than if I actually own up to my mistake and pay the costs associated with it. There's value in making mistakes: they have the potential to teach us really important lessons (like double-checking what you're flashing). But that potential lesson is muted when the costs aren't paid.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TheSocalGuy79:
Ok remember your statement when the deductible pricing goes up. True maybe Sprint cost won't go up. But insurance will go up in price, the line of what is covered and not covered will narrow. But hey promote stupidness and people who can't own up to a mistake.

Sent from my Freeza MD4 Stock Rooted Galaxy S3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
HERE HERE!!!!! WAY TO SAY IT!!!

I have been with Sprint since 1999 I use to pay 1.00 for insurance now it's 12.00 that 120% increase in 13+ years because of these Noobs.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TheSocalGuy79:
*couldn't careless. If you could careless then you would. American schools taught me that.

Sent from my Freeza MD4 Stock Rooted Galaxy S3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Rotflmao you say not to reply back you don't want to waste time Richie Rich your the one who came into the thread and posted idiotic comments. Just separate yourself from the thread and shut the pie hole up. Then you got nothing to worry about but keep making these stupid remarks like your daddy dollar and we all have the right to comment or retort on your Pdiddy attitude.

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[Sprint LG Optimus G] sapa243:
Hello,

I rooted my phone using ZVB and used a custom clockworkmod recovery from below. Every since I installed the clockwork recovery I unable to boot or boot into recovery. The only thing I can get into is download mode. Is there anything I can do to unbrick this phone? I just got it today :p

Please help!

theunlockr.com/2013/04/27/how-to-install-clockworkmod-recovery-on-the-lg-optimus-g-pro-f240/
[Sprint LG Optimus G] engine95:
I don't think that root is for this phone. As for the recovery... It's for the Pro. This is just the plan ol' Optimus G.

If you have the Optimus G, use LGPST to fix your recovery. I think that's your only option.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] sapa243:
Oh well maybe it was from here then..

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2039421

I lost the link after I thought I was done with it.. At any rate I got LGPST but not sure what to do from there as I can only get into download mode.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] sapa243:
Problem solved. Nevermind.. I had to install a proper LGPST with the correct .dll's and then use tinybean.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] zobaoyzo:
lg-optimus-g-pro-f240 bricked

Hi. Can you please give me a step by step guide on how you unbricked it please. I'm a novice. I tried to install an aosp rom, turned out to be for the Optimus G, not LG Pro. Hence the bricking. Please help. Step by step guide and the download links will be very helpful
[General Topics] reyser:
Hi,

I have a Nokia HDW2 bluetooth headset for the XDA2, it's pretty bad, keeps dropping off, not sure if their is a better bluetooth headset on the market or whether I need to upgrade the bluetooth stack on the XDA2, any advice please?

Reyser
[General Topics] henrylim:
I believe Jabra 250/258 has the best connection insofar.

G2 seems to be good as well.

I understand Nokia BT does not use generic BT standards, and

Sony Ericsson Headsets are erratic.

Cheers.
[General Topics] reyser:
Thanks Henry,

has anyone tried upgrading the bluetooth stack? Also in Singapore the XDA2 has a decent BT headset in their recent offer, what make is this?
[General Topics] Rudegar:
lots of people have upgraded their bluetooth stack well not really upgraded because ms dont have any upgrades

but you can put the vidcomm bluetooth stack on it a lot of people in the forum have don that
[General Topics] dcs:
You can find the Widcomm stuff here: http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=11729
[General Topics] reyser:
do you have any instructions for Widcomm, tried to install but kept getting errors for all exe files
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shayden:
hi everyone im wanting to create my own rom from scratch using code for my samsung galaxy ace and its a little a difficult to setup a build envirenment so i was wondering if any knows about a virtual box or vmware linux image that has the build envirenment setup on it or could anybody make one please thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] CinderCloud:
I have a Droid Bionic and I waited for a long time for the ICS OTA leak. I have really enjoyed it. The OTA jellybean update was just released and now I want to install that. I have downloaded it, but now it fails whenever I try to install it. What is my best plan of action to install it without losing anything? Any help would be appreciated.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] akshay.mehta9:
Backup your user data and flash the firmware
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nevadasaga:
I think you were swapped external card into internal. Try to restore original one vold.fstab, and do OTA. I tried that and its work.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] CinderCloud:
I would really like to do the OTA update from my phone and not lose any apps or lose Root privileges. Is there a way to do that?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] akshay.mehta9:
Flash the latest jb firmware

You can backup your apps+data with any backup app like titanium/go backup

Search in Google that how to root this jb firmware

Or use pc suit for backup and software update
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nevadasaga:
Dude, i think OTA-ing wont lose your any data/apps.

For root keep available after OTA, just use OTA Rootkeeper, available in Play Store.(just make sure if you wont lose your root)

My Grandma's advice "make a backup if something goes wrong"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] novacaine86:
i think i smurfed up!!!!!! i started a Odin recovery to get back to factory settings after installing the new loki mod for att and verizon bootloaders and got 2 errors. im using odin 304 and the factory .tar file for the att galaxy s4. some one please save my baby i dont know what i would do without her :crying:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] alacrify:
You're not offering anything for people to help you. What errors? What were you trying to Odin? What settings? What machine (PC, Mac, Linux)? Odin has a 3.07 for this, so you might try that, but otherwise, you just said "it's broke -fix it!". More information gets better answers.

And you didn't even say what or why you started this in the first place.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] novacaine86:
that would be kinda important smh.

errors

start [224, 1440]

bar [240, 1440]

it gives a third one but it blinks out faster than i can read it....it started after i attempted to flash slimbeans rom onto it. it boots all the way up to att and just sits there if anymore information is needed just ask ill give all i can to fix this problem
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] novacaine86:
i got it to go odin 307 didnt fix it if any one else has this problem on windows or any system that has kies just run emergency recovery and it will fix it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] evolution2012:
I had to use KIES emergency firmware recovery. ODIN flashed fine for me after loki, but I was stuck on the samsung custom screen afterwards. The KIES emergency firware recovery did the trick. Hopefully this helps others.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EVOme:
I am going to give the stock browser a shot. I have 300+ bookmarks I need to copy over. Is there a way to do this?
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] mog44net:
Hi everybody, just scored a 2nd gen Kindle Fire off ebay for a great price, loved my KF 1st gen.

I have been reading up and wanted to get some clarification on a few things before I start hacking it into pieces. XDA is amazing but can be confusing at times due to the raw amount of data and the age of some of the posts.

First, my info:

* KF 2nd gen 7" (non HD)

* 10.3.1 software ver (stock)

* Windows 7 pro x64 available

or

* Ubuntu 12.10 availalbe

* No Fastboot cable, but I am ok trying it without and ordering if I need to

Now, my questions:

* Is Jordan11's root method still the most usefull/sucessfull for 10.3.1 or is there another more accepted route to root? - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2075959

* Is fmkilo's 2nd bootloader/twrp script the accepted model for loading recovery image or is there a more manual but more sucessfull method? - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2106463

* Does the boot0 block still need to be backed up or has this issue been fixed? - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2106463

If the above methods are generally frowned on, please link replacement for root/2nd bootloader/recovery that you would recommend.

**Last but not least thanks for reading, any helpfull info you can think to add is much appreciated.
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] mog44net:
Anybody?

Never seen an unanswered post this long, is the kf2 not a popular device?

Or maybe just a holiday weekend?

I plan on attempting the above monday if nobody can steer me better by then...
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] mrkhigh:
Yes the method of root you choose will work,

I'd use hashcodes instructions for twrp install, but both should work fine

Backup your boot0 for good measure
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] mog44net:
Much thanks, i'll put it through the paces tomorrow, anybody else is welcome to continue posting tips for success.
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] mog44net:
Worked fine, booted into twrp recovery, did a factory reset wipe, loaded cm10.1 and it boot looped.

Ended up getting a factory fastboot cable and restoring it, then downgraded to 10.2.3, worked like a charm after that.

FYI, after root I used the adb install apk route to get and use the apk twrp and 2nd bootloader method, works perfect and fast.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] evolution2012:
Hey guys,

I flashed back to stock with ODIN. Everything passes. But when the phone reboots it comes up with Samsung custom logo and seems to get stuck there? Any ideas?

EDIT: this is the ATT I337, I have flashed with ODIN before and it worked out fine. I am doing everything I normally did.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] hamzer11:
Have you made any changes since you last used ODIN? Did you flash a different version? How long are you waiting?