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[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Because CM kernel was left, I think. Make nandroid backup in CWM/TWRP before flashing CM. It will restore kernel too.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phyowaiummg:
It is from HTCMANIA Forum by Chycky6600.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phyowaiummg:
If I flash custom kernel before changing rom from CM,can my phone brick?:confused:
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BOOTMGR:
nope.after flashing kernel goto advance>reboot recovery and then flash other ROM.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MOVZX:
Hello, I think I have did a big mistake.

I was trying to install CWM via Terminal Emulator with this command:

dd if=/sdcard/cwm.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7

Then I know what mmcblk0p7 was not the recovery partition, but it is a PER partition.

Until now, my device is still on because I didn't reboot/turn-off it. I'm afraid if I reboot it, then it will die because mmcblk0p7 was flashed with wrong image.

Does anybody know how to fix it, or is it safe if I reboot my device? It has been 4 days of no reboot until I'm sure it's ok for reboot.

Thanks in advance!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgt. meow:
What exactly lies in the mmcblk0p7 partition?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GedBlake:
PER - Per device provisioned data or per device calibration.

A cursory scout around XDA suggests this contains sensor calibration and such like.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1739119

(edit: checkout the last posts by osm0sis - this guy knows his stuff when it comes to partitions).

I'm pretty sure it isn't the BOOTLOADER partition...

I would tentatively suggest you're OK for a reboot. I can't think of what else you can do, to be honest.

-----------

If you must flash a recovery using the dd command use the by-name syntax...

su

dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/SOS

Rgrds,

Ged.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgt. meow:
[MENTION=5049483]GedBlake[/MENTION]

Thanks for the info. I was asking, because if it didn't vary from device to device I could probably dd up a backup of the partition and upload it here for the user to dd into his partition in his tablet.

That being said, I'll keep an eye on this thread for further consequences or the like.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
[MENTION=4460588]MOVZX[/MENTION]

Please state whether you have a Grouper or Tilapia device, and the approximate manufacturing date, if known.

The PER partition is formatted as a FAT filesystem**. It seems to contain measurement data created during factory testing procedures. See here.

Note that there seem to be differences from device to device (compare the two posts in the above link). Here are the two critical questions:

1) What is the exact FAT format? (There are a couple of different FAT variants)

2) Does the bootloader read this partition during hardware initialization?

I seem to remember a thread here in the Nexus 7 forums where someone was claiming to adjust the ambient light sensor by altering a file in the PER partition. If that is correct, then indeed this partition *could* be critical to correct operation of the device.

I think you are being prudent about not rebooting. I also think that you should find someone to volunteer to give you a raw image dump (dd) from a device that is as close to yours as possible. Note that like many other devices, the N7 has hardware variants, and the PER partition seems to reflect that.

The calibration data for your device is now permanently lost, and you are the unfortunate experimenter who will find out the consequences of that.

**If you can not get someone to help you, the issue of the filesystem formatting can be solved by one of us by:

- raw dumping our PER partition, loopback mounting it, removing all files, unmounting it, and then giving that to you.

At least you would then have the correct filesystem formatting, but empty.

Also, please do a

dd bs=1024 of=/dev/null if=/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/PER

to let us know what size your partition is.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
[MENTION=4460588]MOVZX[/MENTION]

I did a little more poking around. What I had recalled about the lightsensor thing was users reporting mods to a setting in

/data/lightsensor/AL3010_Config.ini

not the file of the same name in the PER partition.

The file in PER (of this same name) appears to have the same value (1382) on my tablet in both the above location as well as the file in PER. I don't know if that really means anything though.

I looked through the ASCII strings in the bootloader image (v 4.18) to see if there was any evidence of the bootloader using the file names in the (intact) PER partition. There was no evidence of this happening whatsoever. Does that mean that the bootloader does not read the PER partition? No, but at least there is no direct evidence of that nature that it does. That is certainly hopeful for you.

I dumped my own PER partition to have a look at it. It is definitely FAT32, but probably was not created with a variant of 'mkdosfs' - more likely a BSD tool, as it has a "BSD 4.4" OEM name. I tried to erase/remove files from a copy of my PER image; unfortunately the linux "shred" utility doesn't really do it's job correctly. I failed trying to create an identical (blank) image using 'mkfs.vfat' - I couldn't get the FAT header data identical to the FAT32 headers in the from-the-factory image in the PER partition on my device.

None of this might be important, though. It is possible that the only reason that there is manufacturing data on the tablet is if Asus wanted to look at aging effects for units returned for RMA (or subjected to shake-n-bake testing).

good luck with your tablet - let us know how everything turns out.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GedBlake:
Interesting stuff, bftb0, as always...

So what, in your opinion, is the worst case scenario?

If the bootloader is still accessible, couldn't the OP just fastboot flash back to stock?

(Assuming a simple reboot doesn't fix it).

Or does this not touch the PER partition? I would have thought that running the flash-all.* script would reset all partitions back to their default values.

I'm probably missing something here, so apologies - just a suggestion.

Rgrds,

Ged.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
[MENTION=5049483]GedBlake[/MENTION]

The factory install procedure doesn't touch anything but the "usual suspects".

We sort of already know what the worst case is. As to whether to bootloader "needs" the PER partition or not, I don't really know. At this point my bet is that it does not, but that is purely an educated guess.

[MENTION=4460588]MOVZX[/MENTION]

I am attaching a "PER-empty.zip" file to this post. It is tiny because it is an almost empty FAT32 filesystem image (PER.img), so it compressed by nearly 100%. (When you unzip it, the "PER.img" image file should be 5,242,880 bytes, or 5120 kB) If you want to, feel free to un-zip it, and then flash the extracted "PER.img" file to the PER partition on your device.

Assuming you are using adb from your PC with the custom recovery still running:

Unzip PER-empty.zip, then

adb push PER.img /sdcard/PER.img
adb shell dd if=/sdcard/PER.img bs=1024 of=/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/PER

What this will do is install an almost empty FAT32 filesystem which was created with the exact parameters used on my device. (I assume that your device also has a 5120 kB PER partition, but you have not replied.) The almost part is that I truncated every file in my image to zero length.

That's not much, but at least you will have a valid filesystem and most files of the correct name, even if they are zero length.

Note that once you have a filesystem in the PER partition, you are free to mount it using the custom recovery, and do whatever you please, e.g.:

adb shell mkdir /data/local/tmp/permount
adb shell mount -t vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p7 /data/local/tmp/permount
adb shell
$ cd /data/local/tmp/permount
... do whatever you want in here...
$ sync
$ exit
adb shell umount /data/local/tmp/permount
adb shell rmdir /data/local/tmp/permount

good luck with your tablet - let us know how everything turns out.

.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MOVZX:
I'm using Nexus 7 WiFi 16GB.

I almost have all the required files. The sensors and lightsensor directories were found mounted at /data/sensors and /data/lightsensor, so I copied it.

Here is the content of my sensors & lightsensore files:

The FAT partitions is now Ok.

Now, I'm missing these files:

I'm having no confidence to reboot this device yet :confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tatesn:
I have a GS 2 I777 on AT&T that ran 4.0.4 with the latest update from AT&T. I used Odin to install Siyah version 3.4.2 and since i have, the phone is in an infinite loop when booting. I get the first screen with the yellow warning icon and the device name, then it goes to the siyah kernel logo, and then back to the device name screen. This repeats over and over.

I've tried putting different versions of Siyah back on the device: 3.2.6 and 5.0.1, but none work and leaving the battery out for 15 minutes

What can I do to fix this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gastonw:
By moving this thread to your forum :)

Ask a mod to take it over there.

Sent from the little guy
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Sun90:
1)u are in the first place on a wrong thread (meant for I9100).

2)And foolish enough to flash a kernel meant for I9100 on ur I777 phone (which is quite Different hardware wise compared to I9100).

3)U should feel lucky that ur phone is still ON.

4) Visit www.sammobile.com and download a stock firmware meant for ur I777 AT & T version.

5)flash the same from ODIN to get rid of the mess.

6)Finally put some sanity into ur brains and Do some reading before doing anything silly :)

Good Luck!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
That's not true those two phones are extremely similar hardware wise.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
You may be able to fix it by flashing a version of siyah or another similar kernel which is compiled specifically for the SGH-I777. If that doesn't work, then as someone stated, you should flash back to stock, or stock plus root if you plan to modify the firmware. See the links in my signature for more information, and after you have read, feel free to ask any questions here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tatesn:
That did it, thanks! I following the links in your signature.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Safar®:
guys..

i can't record video on my xperia sola

but can take picture

please help:crying:

please look at my screen shot for further detail
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben Ling:
Clear data and cache of Cyber-shot at Settings>Apps>All
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Mtakween:
this won't work in jb but he can try
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] matood:
If you installed 5.7.2 it will not work, read the op, its a bug. Use 4.7.2 instead.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] villagermd:
I wiped cache and dalvik cache and flashed 4.7.2 but still taking Safar's error on jb..

MT27i cihazımdan gönderildi
[General Topics] z0mbi3:
Hi as stated in a previous post I'm after one of these devices as a present for somoene for x-mas.

currently best place to get one seems to be http://www.smesolutions.co.uk/modaco/imate.htm

Has anyone else got any reccomendations for where to order one / or similar devices?
[General Topics] RamX2:
Try www.clubimate.com
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcigre:
How long does it usually take for HTC to ship phones that have on stock status? I ordered Dev Edition 2 days ago and it's kind a still in "picking" status.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nullkill:
You phone should go out around the 31st. That is when more stock should be arriving. It may take a couple of days after that for them to ship.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcigre:
Ouch. That's quite late considering that it was stating "in stock" when I ordered it. Anyway, thanks for info, I'll save some hope that it will arrive at start of next week.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tjmortenson:
I am running cm10, I switched from carbon ROM because I was getting a lot of RRs, and I like cm, but I miss being able to change the pixel density in the settings. So how do I change it in build.prop? Or even better is there a kernel that would add it to the settings?

Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] richardlibeau:
Look for ro. sf.lcd_density=240 and change it to whatever you want. Rom toolbox and other applications can change it as well. Most of the roms out now have it a build in options in settings to change it just have to dig for it sometimes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tjmortenson:
Thanks I'll try that
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] richardlibeau:
Don't forget to reboot after you change it or it will not take effect.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tjmortenson:
Yea it worked great thanks! What other cool tweaks are there that I can change in the build.prop?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nashy10:
Hey man, I'd check out xposed framework mod, works on all roms and has per app dpi scaling features
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] richardlibeau:
Download android tweaker or pimp my rom and you can change all kind of build prop settings.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] BlackLie:
Hi all! :D

I am looking for a name and place(*.apk) of picture which appears when clicking on sth... I mean, hmm... In settings I've got a lot of tabs (Wi-fi, bluetooth, Cyanogenmod settings etc.) and when I click on one of them it shows diffrent color...

STH LIKE THIS: http://i.stack.imgur.com/1LJmD.png

My suppose: somewhere in framework-res.apk but can't find it
​

Please help me !
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] hsay:
I think there is no png it must be a hex code in some xml...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sikalb:
i dropped my phone last night and now i have an ugly bezel chip in a few places. lucky thats all it was. is there anywaybto repair it or will at&t help me out at all? my eyes go directly to the damage and it bugs me rotten!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Thermalwolf:
If you have AT&T insurance you'll have to pay a $200 deductible. It's an eye sore but that's just it, an eye sore so there's not much to be done. Could possibly buy a new frame for it if you wanna invest the time and money. It would be a little cheaper too that route.

On the bright side it shows the durability of the phone, if all that you got was some dented in polycarbonate then consider yourself lucky heheh.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sikalb:
would i be right if i assumed buying insurance now would be much to late?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mattdm:
Buying insurance now and then submitting a claim would constitute insurance fraud.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] getbuzzin:
Might be cheaper to buy a case. It should cover up most of the bezel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crammer04:
ATT is easy to get over, you just need to get the right representative.

I have had many problems with phones over the years. The thing i learned about att is that you can get anything you want out of them if you try, and, never pay for a new phone. When i get an annoying scratch/crack on my screen, all i do is call up att and tell them my phone is constantly freezing up. Dont go to the store, do it over the phone. Tell them it freezes up when you do a certain thing. If they ask you if the phone is rooted, the obvious answer is no. They will tell you to do a factory reset, which you can do it if you want, or just play along and say you are doing a factory reset (you dont actually need to do it, just say you are) when they ask you if the problem is fixed say no it is not fixed, it froze when the phone boot up. they will ask you if the phone has physical damage, you can answer just normal wear and ear or say no, i use a case. They will tell you they will replace the phone and you need to return the old phone, if they see any cracks/water damage they say they will charge you. I would not get scared. I must have done this over 15 times over the year and they have never ever charged me for a scratch or crack when i return the phone. I have never had water damage but from what i have heard, they do get some people on the water damage, so i would advise against this if you have water damage. Also, whenever you get an upgrade, use this method before upgrading your phone, this way you can sell it for more when you upgrade. You should always make money on an upgrade. The high end phones cost around $200 for upgrade, and by the time you are getting the next upgrade, you can sell the old phone for more than the upgrade price usually.

BTW: if the rep on the phone does not want to help you, or seems like a jerk, just say okay, hang up, call back and tell the new rep that the last rep hung up on you bc she seemed confused, they will feel inclined to help you more.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mattdm:
That's not a good idea. A customer service rep would never hang up on a customer. And any other customer service rep would know that. If you told them that, they would see right through you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crammer04:
Not necessarily. They always feel bad and it works. Ill start off with something like i would appreciate if you can help me, im very frustrated i spent an hour on the phone just now with a rep and it finally seemed like he was going to fix the problem and then he either hung up, or we got disconnected... Works like a charm.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX:
They hang up on you.. happened to me a few times.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nyydynasty:
instead of trying to scam the system, how about you either (1) replace the bezel or (2) use a case and you wont see the damage anymore...after all, you DID drop it to no one else's fault but your own.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Thermalwolf:
So what you're saying is, you're a scammer? NO seriously, that's flat out wrong dude! You're the reason why AT&T makes it hard for everyone else to file valid claims.

Very ironic how well your name rhymes with scammer :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ricktat:
I wrecked my new car last night. I didn't have insurance.

Maybe I should go back to Honda and see if they will fix it for free because it was my fault:cyclops::good:

Just buy a case.. it should cover the uglies
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sgs2_1.6:
Go to squaretrade.com and buy a phone insurance, and then file for insurace replacement.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Tekjunke:
To all those suggesting fraud, this is the most important definition you could possibly memorize. It will change your life.

in·teg·ri·ty [in-teg-ri-tee]

noun

1.

adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sabre31:
I have had reps hang up or the called dropped out which I find hard to believe as I was on a land line calling them and it upset me because I would be on hold for 30 minutes to get somebody and talk to them for 5 mins and then bam hung up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] polish_pat:
I work in a call center for the a major insurance company, and people that give me attitude are the ones that have the most chances of getting the line cut, if you know what i mean. We are humans, we try to help you, but if you're impolite, aggressive and think we are your servants, then go ***** yourself and solve your own problems. I'm not saying thats your case, i'm saying about 2-3% of people think that are those are the people that leave dissatisfied. There is always room for litigation resolution, but it has to be done right, if not, we wont help you just like we know we could. I often purposely don't want to help client to my full extent when they give me attitude, and on the other side, i can go far out of my power to help a client that is nice and polite. Now that you know that, i hope it will make the right call. Polite and persistant is much easier to help then impolite and persistant
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sabre31:
I hear you I am not rude as I used to work in retail a long while ago but I think some reps are faced with a tough problem they don't know how to handle and simply kill the line or its close to them leaving as their shift is up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] plwalsh88:
Impressive. I could barely use a phone, let alone call customer service when I was in 8th grade.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sikalb:
the only reason i asked is because i was told i could buy the insurance within the 30 day period of receiving it. never did i imply i wanted to 'scam' the system.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] aturbs:
**** move
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] SlimJ87D:
I don't see that as fraud as you are within the range of their offering of insurance. Unless if it says specifically your phone should be like new in those 30 days.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nani4215:
Check with your credit card company. Your credit card might have purchase protection policy included.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drive88mph:
So i found many posts on how to move your music on the Google Play Music app from the internal memory to the external SD card but they were only available for the Galaxy S2 only.

So does anyone know how to do this on the Note 2?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Primokorn:
I think you're talking about this guide: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1785245

It should work for Note II too or you can try FolderMount.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] aniketh12:
I just wanted to know how to implement the feature of touch based volume control like in ICS roms in CM7 roms like mebitek i.e cyanogenmod..:confused:

I know itz present in CyanmobileX but that rom is too full of features ad cm7 by mebitek is better than that.

and the question is because my power button not working:(. i have remapped volume up for power button. hence cant increase volume in GB based roms. i have to use ICS because of this. bt they dont have good battery. some roms do have but ultimately ICS roms never match battery backup when compared to GB based roms.

Hence anyone who knows some developing or modding can u please tell me how to implement volume control using touchscreen.

Thanks in advance to all.....!!:good::o
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] hsay:
Instead of going through all the trouble just use a 3rd party app with widget to modify the sound else you can go again and again in settings...
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] aniketh12:
Thankz for the reply bro...!! will try a widget then...!!
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] crullick:
try volumer (++, pro) - it sits in status bar and has nice variety of options :good:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Narga:
I can't choose the correct forum for this topic, may be mod will help me because this topic content about the apps that support smart cover.

I've bought Nillkin Fresh cover, it's working perfect and I'm love it. Like another cheap smart (flip) cover, we need a apps use proximitiy sensor to turn off and turn on screen after it's opened or closed. I've installed some apps from Play Store but it's drain battery too fast.

With SmartCover (by ThinkIDEA) it's draining 6-8% per night (about 6 hours of sleeping)

With IntelliCover it's draining 7% of batter after 6 hours of sleeping.

Currently I'm using CM 10.1 RC2 with Franco kernel r142, I check it via battery usage screen

Are you found the best apps can control sensor for flip cover like Nillkin Fresh? Let's sharing :fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Narga:
No one using flip cover?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedygonzo:
Use intellicover.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zenko84:
I used proximity tool extension it worked great for me