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[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ginjarou:
Dear all,

Firstly, I'm new to this forum - hi. I have done an extensive search and found some guides but even those confuse me so I'd appreciated some constructive comments without any links to guides I may also find difficult.

I'm trying to install Jellybean to my device using a guide (that I currently can't link to because I haven't had 10 posts).

I have downloaded the two zip files it says I need (ROM and Google Apps) and have copied them to my SD card. However I don't know how to get into recovery mode to then load these. I downloaded RecoverX and tried to install it but it says my phone is either not connecting or is missing some drivers. I have busybox installed and my phone is connected with USB debugging enabled.

Can anyone advise me further?

Thank you.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djbadgerry:
What have you got?? Unlocked or Locked Bootloader ???:confused::p
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheHaso:
You forgot the first step.

Unlocking your bootloader

You have to unlock bootloader to flash custom jelly bean kernel. Then you can load cwm
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djbadgerry:
Download the official cyanogenmod 10 and the gapps,flash the incluedid kernel.When the phone start press lot of time the volume down button.After format /system /data /cache just flash the rom and the gapps.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ginjarou:
The temnito

I'm sorry but I don't really know what 'bootloader' is? My phone is rooted though, if that's any help? :eek:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ginjarou:
are tygenet

I got into recovery mode using X fast app (I think that's what it was called). I then backed up and wipe everything as the guide said. I then installed the cmon and gapps zips and rebooted but it just stays on the 'Sony' screen and I can't boot into recovery mode either!!! :( Help!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] One4EV3r:
Restore backup, its only thing u can do right now. If u want to flash custom JB rom, u must unlock bootloader as said before because different versions of Android cant run on the same kernel.

To install custom rom, do this steps:

1) unlock bootloader (if possible, otherwise, u r stuck with ICS roms.)

http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/instructions

2) After that, its simple - flash selected kernel via flashtool and then flash desired ROM!

And piece of advice, u have search on this forum, its quite usefull :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ginjarou:
How can I restore the backup? I can't load into recovery mode :(
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] One4EV3r:
If u cant get into recovery, try flash stock .ftf file via flashtool. 1st enter flashmode, then flash it. U have here on forum stock firmware, download it.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ginjarou:
Do you have a link to that please? If I Google it a get a whole load of different results. Also, I can't load into recovery mode nor can I even get past the 'Sony' boot logo - it just hangs. Am I still able to use this flashtool??
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xavi34:
I'm new on this forum.

I've installed the Slim Bean rom last friday, and i have a problem. With this rom, i don't have the android standard e-mail app installed. Use this app to sync my Exchange calendar. How can i install this app?

Excuse me for my english, and thx a lot for your answers. :good:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ApriliaM3:
Rather than randomly posting your question in someone's existing thread, try creating your own new thread in this forum...

You will probably get a faster reply.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xavi34:
Ok, thank you!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rt235130:
Of course you can still use flashtool

You should flash back to stock Rom again and root again

If you want to use jelly bean, you have to unlock your bootloaderfirst ;)

Link:

http://forum.android.com.pl/f308/oprogramowanie-dla-sony-ericsson-xperiaa-arc-s-147007/
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ginjarou:
Thanks!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phenomzye:
For that you have to flash via CWM the Google Apps or the so-called Gapps. Link: http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip (If you flashed the 4.1.2 official SlimBean). I help you because that's the ROM I use :p (but the 4.1.2 version, not the 4.2.2 by besttt)
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phanbach92:
Hello! My device stucks in the Kindle Fire logo and keeps looping. I know that a lot of people face this problem and i've read a lot of topics but i cant find the answer. I made a factory cable and on the screen it says "Fastboot kindle fire" in orange. But my computer recognizes it as Tate-PVT-08. Although in the device manager it shows Kindle Fire/Android ADB Interface. I used KFHD System.img Restore Tool and chose 4-th option, it shows:

"product: Tate-PVT-08

finished. total time: 0.003s

rebooting...

finished. total time: 0.002s

Please wait for your device to reboot fully, unlock the screen and make sure ADB

is enabled in settings, as well as install unknown applications.

Press any key to continue . . .

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

error: device not found

- waiting for device -"

And then I ran the "restore-su only"option. the prog worked but nothing happened to my kindle.

What I have to do? Please help me, it's driving me mad!
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomtekd:
Hey buddy, I actually went through something similar not too long ago so let me see if I can help. First off, download the tool from this link and make sure it's the proper OS version you were using before:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39687961

The OS version might not matter, but to be safe you might want to pick the version you were using. I selected the first option to restore with a rooted OS, and a couple extra boot-loaders's and that way it came out nicely rooted for me with NOVA launcher (which is awesome).

The only hiccup I ran into was I was changing versions, so I had to erase user data (it's one of the menu options) and then I had to manually copy boot and recovery files. I lost my user data, but that just lost me some saved game files and everything else I could get from amazon.com. Good luck, and if I can help in any way let me know.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phanbach92:
Thank you for your reply :), but i wish it was that simple. My os version is 7.1.5 as i remember, i've tried the 1.0 version of that program. It worked but nothing happened, the problem still remains. Now i'm downloading the 1.2 version.Hope it works...

I think the problem is that my PC can't recognize my kindle. Although it shows Kindle Fire ADB driver in the Device Manager. Did your PC recognize your device as Kindle Fire? or something like "TATE-PVT-08"?
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phanbach92:
I just want to ask, is that normal if my device shows Tate-PVT-08?
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seokhun:
That shows that your fastboot works. Thread in my signature, #6.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phanbach92:
i plugged my device and checked for the adb status, it says device's not found. Then i tried "restore-su only" the program worked till finish, but my kindle is still bricked, like nothing's happened. One more thing, i use windows 8.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seokhun:
Okay, back up. If your device is bricked, that means the bootloader is damaged. You have to overwrite the bootloader if you want it to boot at all, restoring su binaries won't do a thing.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phanbach92:
Is there any tutorial for that?
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seokhun:
/facepalm. I told you, thread in my signature, #6. You already have the factory cable, use it.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phanbach92:
I mean how to overwrite the bootloader?

I tried this:

2. Download this file: Amazon OS 7.2.3. Once it finishes, place that file in the same folder as your fastboot.exe (this is found in the Android SDK folder, so if you haven't installed the Android SDK, do so) which should be the platform-tools folder. Rename the file to amazon723.bin for easier flashing (or rename it however you want, but use that name later on).

Now plug the device into the computer using the factory cable, and the device should reboot into fastboot mode (you'll see "fastboot" in orange on the device). From there, type this command and hit enter:

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot amazon723.bin

Now the OS will be flashed, and after it finishes, type:

fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot

After the reboot completes, you'll be back at the very start.

but when it flashes the OS it says FALED: <remote: image is too large for partition>
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quan_1986:
Do you have factory cable ? Now you dowload KFHD_SRT_v1.3.5- 7.3.0 (seperate option for restoring factory recovery) .See here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1951254

Follow the instructions of your device will work again. Hope help you
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seokhun:
Use the KFHD System Restore tool. If you want to go that route, change "boot" to "system" and it should work.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phanbach92:
Cảm ơn bạn rất nhiều! Tôi làm theo cách của bạn và đã sửa được máy!!:good:
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quan_1986:
:good: Group our https://www.facebook.com/groups/KFHDVN/
[HTC One X] hopeless12:
I have this huge problem with the camera, whenever i take photos, i can get the camera to focus in closeup, and normal photos dont look sharp as ive seen in other HOXs, the problem with the focus leads to be unable to read QR codes, due to bad focus or i dont know,even the photos in normal distance looks foggy and the flash doesnt work properly, ill upload some example...

These photos ive taken with my HOX

This is a photo i took with a galaxys3 mini i got from my carrier

So sharp i can even see my fingerprints....

Even a low-ended phone takes batter photos than my HOX, nobody has been able to tell me the problem,

This is from a cheap phone, got better colors and saturation than what i get from my HOX

Any advice or a clue? im running a custom rom, ive tried all roms avalible for the HOX, none has solved the problem, even the stock rom, so its not a software issue, i dont know, you tell me.. please? xD
[HTC One X] vin4yak:
Which rom are you using? AOS/KP rom's camera are not up to the mark with sense... However, in your case, the auto focus seems to be messed up!

Click on the spot where you want to focus and then click the photo... does it focus then? Or still blurry images?
[HTC One X] hopeless12:
Im using the Android Revolution HD 21.0 with lyapota_modPack_3.20.401.1_Ver_6_6, thanks for the quick reply D;

If i touch where i want to focus sounds like its tryingto focus, the screens zooms a little, but nothing focus at all
[HTC One X] hopeless12:
anyone? please help? whats wrong with the camera? D:
[HTC One X] vin4yak:
I'm on AOKP Rom, so can't go in detail withe the Sense camera...

Try rebooting your device, try another camera app like camera FX or pics art and then click pics with it and see whether images are being focused or not?
[HTC One X] hopeless12:
ive tried everything mate, to rebooting to flashing every custom rom aosp, aokp or sense based, even tried stock, the thing is, this wasnt a proble before..

You see, the fist days i purchased my HOX, it took perfectly super quality photos

Example

Photo from dicember 19, 2012

Now this photo i took mins ago from the same zoom distance and angle (maybe), doesnt look as you see, how it should look

First the battery drain made me want to throw the phone to the ground, now the camera, im willing to throw this is the garbage and buy a samsung....
[HTC One X] vin4yak:
If it's not software related problem, then it's surely hardware related I supose! :(

Might be dust in between? or the camera module might be scratched up?! Who knows...
[HTC One X] athulele:
I think you have some dust and fog between the camera and the lens cover.... Try cleaning it somehow..
[HTC One X] Vcek:
+1 either there is an obstruction in under the camera lens cover, or the camera is hardware is broken. It doesn't look like a software problem at all.

To clean the camera,

take of back case (many youtube tutorials)

GENTLY clean the camera lens and both sides of the camera cover(I used an ear-cotton-bud), dont apply too much pressure or it will break, just continuous circular movement.

good luck
[HTC One X] hopeless12:
thanks this is really useful, im just waiting for the display i bought on ebay, so i can open the phone and try that
[HTC One X] athulele:
Do report back. :)
[HTC One X] hopeless12:
I did open the phone, tried to clean the lens, but everythign the same, the front camera takes better photos, even though the front camera cant focus, takes better focused photos... i lol at my phone
[HTC One X] athulele:
I guess you'll have to use your warranty. :)

Best of luck.:thumbup:
[HTC One X] hopeless12:
as a xda member, and super user, i guess warranty is avoided xD, but i tried again, since im having problems again.., i tried to clean again, but this time it did work, now i take clear photos, but the focus is still bad, not as before
[HTC One X] athulele:
Well, if it's a hardware problem and you're still under warranty, they should repair it.

While giving for repair, just make sure that the phone is completely stock. :)
[HTC One X] hopeless12:
i lost warranty, anyway, the camera's back housing is so scratched, it was what made my photos look awful, i guess i gotta buy a new housing at ebay
[HTC One X] Xcaliber:
Just an opinion .... (correct me if I am wrong)

As far as I have experimented, I have realized that the HTC camera ACTUALLY has moving parts. Maybe one? Correct me if I am wrong, but when you shake your phone you can hear a small thing moving around in the camera housing. I googled for a while but found nothing about the HOX, but I did find some people talking about other similar phones that have moving focus! What I am trying to say is, its not only the housing that could be your problem, it could be that the focus (arm? mover? engine?) is just dead after the drop. If that's the case, ull need to replace the entire camera. Good luck!
[HTC One X] hopeless12:
Damn, yes, the focus in close range fails, like 3 cms from the item i want to take a pictore of, so its back housing to fix scratching and new camera to fix focus, $40 for both items on ebay, i guess gotta be cheap, ill try that, thnks
[HTC One X] Xcaliber:
Long range focus

3 CM ... that seems VERY close. My phone in perfect condition and only 6 months old, cannot even focus on that an item that close. The HTC camera does not focus on VERY near items, but have amazing focus long range. I don't think its a problem if it doesnt focus VERY close, but if it doesnt focus any farther than that then there is definitely a problem.
[Sony Xperia ZL] EightFinger:
Hey,

Yesterday, i updated my C6503 with the 253. update for MEA, because i haven't had an update from PC Companion yet, here in germany. I only excluded the baseband at the install via flashtool.

But now i can't connect to 3G. Does anybody had or have a similiar problem with his ZL?

Edit: Ok, maybe i found a solution, will try when i get home.
[Sony Xperia ZL] riz157:
Had the same issue now it's stuck in loop. Can't start it just keeps going startup loop.

Stay away from update.
[General Topics] DenisJ:
Hy all

anybody now how can i (or what sw to use to) hear mp3's with the closed screen ?

If i use media player i must let the xda open ...

Thanks

DenisJ
[General Topics] findus:
Do you mean with the screen switched off? If so there is a button you can map in media player called screen toggle which will turn the screen off and still let you listen to music, saving lots of battery!
[General Topics] DenisJ:
Thanks a lot my friend

DenisJ
[Acer Iconia A500] jah6719:
I have an Acer A500 with ICS, stock. After I restarted the tablet it won't boot. The power lights all worked fine. Reset seemed to work (blinked power light). The tab wouldn't vibrate and would only show a black screen. If connected to a computer via USB it would show as APX mode.

I tried the hard reset with nothing happening. Nothing would ever show on the display. I read multiple threads about using different programs to soft unbrick and lots of people with the same problem.

BATTERY!!! I removed the cover, unplugged the battery, plugged the charger in... Works fine. New battery on order.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Lagos3sgte:
Has anyone found a good car dock for the s4? I'm not looking for a car holder, but a real dock that the phone will slide into and will have a hard mounted usb connection on the bottom for charging the phone while in the dock. Something with bluetooth audio would be a bonus. I'm basically tired of having to plug in my usb and 1/8th inch jacks every time. I'd like to just dock the phone and have everything connected.

I see tons of cheap desktop docks on ebay, but nothing for the car.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jpen:
Check out ibolt dock. I haven't gotten the phone yet but i saw that somewhere.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] blazingwolf:
I've been looking myself and haven't found one yet. Even the iBolt one needs you to plug it in everytime. :(

Hopefully something will come up.
[HTC One X] GoodFriend.Trojan:
Hello:

I attempted to load AT&T Stock Rooted DE-ODEX - 1.26.502.12 today, since I was having some issues with the camera/video while using Rage One 1.1.0, which worked great for a few weeks other than that, but now my phone is completely stuck after several hours and full battery on "HTC quietly brilliant (pun intended?) with the red text on the bottom "This build is for development...blah blah blah".

Is this thing seriously bricked with no hope? I've searched all over the web and seems like people use the term too loosely, making it really difficult to figure out if there's any hope for a phone in this state.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
[HTC One X] vin4yak:
You are in the wrong forum mate! This is the International One X forum...

This is the AT&T One : http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1538

Good Luck with your phone!! :)
[HTC One X] GoodFriend.Trojan:
Yikes, sorry about that! Thanks so much for the quick reply to the correct one!
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Original Android Developm] civato:
As there is no CWM for our device that supports EFS backup I found this and I wanted to share it.

It is easy one click tool.

Here is the link or here to the tool but just to be sure if it is down I uploaded the tool and I post the explanation here also.

No credits to me but to the creators. I tested it on my tab and pc (windows7) and it works without any problem.

It finds the correct partition where the EFS is (dev/block/mmcblk0p3) on our device.

What is EFS:

EFS folder is the very sensitive system folder that contains Phone-specific information such as the IMEI, wireless devices MAC addresses, product code, and much more. If this thing not handled properly, can turn your device completely useless as it will no longer be recognized by your carrier.

Problem is, flashing custom ROMs sometime can corrupt contains within EFS folder. That’s why backing up EFS folder is very important if you love to flash new ROM. Good thing is, Developer develop a tool that can backup and restore ‘EFS’ folder of your device easily called EFS Pro. No need to say, this tool require a rooted device.

Features of the tool

Supports Backup and Restore of Partition Image (*.img) and Compressed TAR Archive (*.tar) formats.

Automatically detects saved EFS Backups on Device and PC for hassle free restoring.

Re-Scan option to refresh Backup list for restoring Backups.

Automatically Re-Mounts ‘EFS’ folder with Read/Write permissions during restore for users ‘stuck’ with Read Only permissions.

Automatic detection and prompting of Mass Storage Mode.

Automatic detection and termination of SAMSUNG Kies application on startup.

Supports Multiple Backup handling.

Option to Format ‘EFS’ partition before restoring an EFS Backup.

Displays various Device, ROM and BusyBox related information on startup.

Attempt NV Recovery – Restores NV Data from ‘*.bak’ files if they exist to fix corrupt or incorrect IMEI number.

Repair NV Data – Repairs NV Data file ownership to fix ‘Unknown Baseband’ and ‘No Network / Signal’.

AUTOMATIC ‘/efs’ partition location detection to add support for many more including future devices.

Hashing of Partition Image Backups to verify the data written.

To use this tool, just connect your Samsung devices with your Windows computer and make sure your device is NOT in Mass Storage Mode or Backup and Restore functions will fail.

Download EFS Pro v1.9.12

Now, run EFS Pro.exe file and follow the onscreen instruction to backup or restore your device’s ‘/efs’ folder.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Original Android Developm] GhorX:
bigfood - N5100, rooted by framaroot, efs backup suceed... According to first part of log is problem in application GUI, where one visual component is not initialized. This may be caused by visual or regional settings of Windows, or most likely due to wrong or corrupted installation of Windows or MS dotNET.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Original Android Developm] PIRATA!:
Does this app support all Samsung devices, like Note 10.1 and Galaxy S3 or S4???

Thank you.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Original Android Developm] raakaysh:
The new version does have support for Samsung Galaxy S4. I have tested it.

http://droidviews.com/2013/how-to-b...imei-on-samsung-galaxy-devices-did-you-do-it/
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Original Android Developm] marklam_hk:
For LTE device, backup the EFS folder won't be able to save the IMEI.

N5120 user should be aware.

Correct me if i m wrong.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Original Android Developm] anto2k:
EFS success

I already tried your way, n successfully backup EFS with my Samsung Galaxy Note 8.

but i do not have brave to try to restored efs now..... :D

so tq again. :good:

i had shared how to use this efs pro with indonesian language:

http://aryanto165.com/2013/06/27/backup-efs-samsung-galaxy-note-8-n5100/
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Original Android Developm] simo.scorpion:
one question : N5110 (only wifi version) has the efs folder?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Original Android Developm] danyvw:
Yes it has it like any other Samsung android device
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Original Android Developm] imranaryan:
will this works with samsung captivate i897
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Original Android Developm] chdiryoung:
Haven't tried it yet but it should. It was created for all Samsung Android Devices.

Make sure and install Microsoft .NET Framework 4 if you don't already have it. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17851
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Original Android Developm] chdiryoung:
Won't recognize i317. Too bad.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Original Android Developm] simo.scorpion:
hello I have rooted my N5110 with cf root, to use this tool I need to install busybox?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Original Android Developm] erwinsie:
report:

works fine with Note 2 N7105, optus edition LTE, australia
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Original Android Developm] onizuka77:
why this keep initializing, please wait.... ??

I've rooted my device....

using windows 7, and install framework 4,
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Original Android Developm] gabripranzo:
If anyone is interested, the latest release (currently 2.0.70) starts correctly

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308546

but can't find anything to backup :(

---------- Post added at 05:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:36 PM ----------

I have found that Obackup https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pommedeterresautee.twoborange3, which is a great backup tool, supports also the efs directory (advanced backup configuration, select partition and select efs).

It's really the best solution in my opinion.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Original Android Developm] Jasi2169:
i have copied efs folder to my pc ,aint that right

i can copy paste anytime when needed :)