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[General Questions and Answers] Chronic2k13:
Can somebody help pls!! Updated my S to JB build .200,but am unable to root!! Tried all the Bin4ry methods and none worked,also tried to flash the pre rooted rom that's floating around but to no avail!! Xperia s,bootloader locked,but i have previously flashed other roms i.e xzxperience 2 and stock firmwares .50 and .55!! Can anyone help pls!! Many thanks in advance!!
[General Questions and Answers] Chronic2k13:
Can anyone Help???
[General Questions and Answers] aiola1982:
go back to stock ICS, root it, install cwm, flash doomlords prerooted stock JB, be happy
[General Questions and Answers] Chronic2k13:
Tried it!! doesn't work!! Do i have to do a factory reset??? And what firmware?? .50 or .55??
[General Questions and Answers] aiola1982:
I used .45 and is worked just fine. But .50 and .55 should work fine, too.

The JB update will do the wipe for you (system/data/cache)

What exactly doesn't work?

Any errors?
[General Questions and Answers] waiz13:
Bookmark this first Index 1 Index 2

For flashing with stock rom go here

Regards.

If this helped you Click Thanks :good::highfive:

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Device' : Xperia Arc

ROM : ★ Xperia Z Jelly Bean v3 ★

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[General Questions and Answers] Chronic2k13:
Just says installation aborted!! I flashed .50 firmware,rooted and installed cwm successfully and then tried to flash the pre rooted ROM and that's what came up,error....installation aborted!! Should i try flashing .45 firmware??? My bootloader is locked!!
[General Questions and Answers] aiola1982:
Did you try doomlords workarounds?

See http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42011355&postcount=2
[General Questions and Answers] Chronic2k13:
Many thanks Aiola!!! Worked a treat,i think i was gwtting confused in cwm as to which way was mount and unmount!!! But all sorted now!! Thank you very much!!
[General Questions and Answers] aiola1982:
you're welcome
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sam-Junior:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 clone.

I've been using it for about a month. It worked fine.

When I Shut down the device i.e (Switch off or power off), a black screen displaying"Samsung GT-19300" shows up.

Just from today, when I shut down the phone I am seeing a black screen displaying ANDROID appears.

Why has it changed?

What should I do to get things back to normal?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diwakarchopra:
I'm going to buy the S4 in a few weeks, and I can't decide which one to choose, especially after google released the one running vanilla android.

The international, i9500 exynos variant is the best one, I think, as its the international version and it might get more dev support.

on the other hand, the i9505 snapdragon variant is more reliable when it comes to dev support, as qualcomm does release the source code for its SD600 processor.

The google edition, as its going to support LTE, i think will be based on the i9505, as our dear Samsung very conveniently disable the LTE radios on its exynos processors.

So I am confused which one to buy.

If i get the i9505 (snapdragon), would i be able to flash an AOSP/AOKP rom perfectly, without any issues? Like will I be able to switch between AOSP and touchwiz without any hassle? and as the google edition will have the same chipset, would i be able to run rock solid and bug free aosp roms on it? (i honestly am more inclined towards touchwiz than aosp/aokp, but i dont mind switching for some time)

Also, I heard that i9500 has a better camera sensor, and has slightly better battery life than i9505. Is that true?

And qualcomm is going to release the snapdragon 800 within a couple of months, and i dont want to buy a phone for about $800 (nearly 50k in rupees here in India) only to realize that my latest gadget is now obsolete. I have already experienced that with my iPad 3 :( .

I'll be moving to USA in august for college, and honestly, i dont think LTE would be much use to me as 3G is more than enough for my needs. Plus LTE is a huge battery hog.

Also, as our dear Samsung does not release source code for exynos, more CM/AOKP/PA devs will move towards the i9505, and with that logic, the i9500 should get more support from devs working on TW based roms, like salesale and :indie: (I love neatrom on my S2).

So which one should I get?

P.S. Only the i9500 version is available in India, I'll have to get the i9505 from amazon if I end up buying that.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Obagleyfreer:
Just be careful what bands the phone supports. I think if you in the States it would be wise to get your carrier branded version
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diwakarchopra:
as both the i9500 and i9505 are unlocked and unbranded, I think I'll go for either of them, as they will be compatible with all bands worldwide, not only US and India. Also, I prefer not to be tied to a network with a contract. (I'm more of a free bird :P )

But the question that remians in, which one should I go for? The i9500, the i9505, or the stock google edition?

The google edition will be based on i9505, so on one hand i'll recieve updates as soon as they are released, but would i be able to switch between AOSP roms and TW-based roms?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whatthehckeric:
I just received my i9500 a week ago and I am lovin it! The phone is one heckuva beast and I have yet to run into any problems with it. Also a heads up, I've heard TouchWiz runs smoother on the i9500 than the i9505 as it is optimized for it better. The camera is definitely one of this phone's highlights and I can say for myself that I see the differences in camera sensors/image quality between the two.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diwakarchopra:
Sorry for the late reply, I was busy with my high school finals!

And thank you all for your opinions, but im still pretty much confused on which one to go for. the i9500 or thr i9505?

As I said before, the variant needs to be GSM, and only two networks in the US offer GSM: AT&T and T-Mobile.

I'll be moving to West-Lafayette, Indiana in a couple of months, therefore, I need to know which one of the two (AT&T and TMobile) would support the GS4 properly. I dont care about 4G LTE as HSDPA+ is fast enough for me, but I've heard that some frequencies don't work properly on those networks, resulting in poor reception and slow data transfer speeds.

So, it would be really helpful is someone could point me in the right direction, should I go for i9500 or i9505? I'm a bit more inclined towards i9500.

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] echenze:
Go for the one with Samsung's modified version of Android. Don't wait for the Google Edition. The advantage with this one is as soon the Google Edition drops, there will be AOSP ROMs for the Samsung edition S4 but the vice-versa won't be true.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diwakarchopra:
That's all fine, but now I'm asking which one should I go for? the i9500 (Exynos) or the i9505 (snapdragon)? I'm not sure which one would work better in Lafayette Indiana on AT&T or T-Mobile (in terms of network coverage, 3G download/upload speeds etc)
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ham_is_here:
Here is the latest Android Jellybean 4.1.1 .FTF file for Xperia E Dual [C1605](Download here)

This can be flashed via FlashTool (Download here)

How to do it all?

Source - XperiaFirmware.com
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] fAtAl1ty22:
it says too many downloads on the google drive page. can u upload it again somewhere else?? thanks in advance.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] foma84:
Cool!

I was waiting for it to go public.

Do you think we can backport it to Tipo Dual?
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] siddheshvartak:
can anybody give link for the Indian firmware....
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Toka97:
Help me

Hello guyes, is there any way to install it or any other ROM without pc in my Xperia E Dual?
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Deleted member 5439257:
Well, you could download it using your browser, and place it in the desired folder, but that's going to take a while ;).

In the meanwhile check this thread by me, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2553609

It provides every stock .ftf out there for our e single/e dual.

Have a nice day, and good luck.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Rlin5741:
Is there any way to update from a stock rooted MDB to stock rooted MDL. I originally rooted and then set up under MDB, knowing that the MDL process would be a little tougher, but not realizing that stock rooted would not take OTAs (on my VZ SGS3, stock rooted would often OTA just fine, and there was also a dev that released stock rooted "no wipe" flashable zips of all OTAs anyway). Since my phone is all set up, I would rather dirty flash MDB to MDL without Odin-ing a full image - is this possible/available? Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Misterjunky:
re: MDB to MDL

Yes you can as long as you either have TWRP or CWM recovery installed first.

If you do don't do a dirty flash, be sure to do a full wipe including "Factory Reset", "Wipe System", "Wipe Cache" and "Wipe Dalvik Cache".

A lot of people have already done exactly that without any issues or problems.

Just make sure that your phone is ROOTED.

If you do a dirty flash you are just asking for problems. Just be sure to make a Nandroid backup before you do anything, just in case.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Rlin5741:
I couldn't find any posts of just the stock ROM updates that are flashable in recovery - maybe I am missing it? I saw one that flashes only system and framework which I think will work but needs a post mdb base
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mike105217:
There is a few methods to do this depending on what you want to do the best way i have found is to

1. Do a backup in twrp, and titanium backup

2. Put Samsung Keis on your comp and then flash to stock.

3. Follow the guide to root MDL http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2268880

Or

1. Do a full backup

2. Do a full wipe

3. Flash newest kernal

4. Wipe Daviant Cach, Cach again
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] xperianeoldev:
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[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] martinusbe:
Should be in accessories thread

Ask a mod to move it ;)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] cables2590:
I have been trying to run a RUU to unroot the phone before I bring it in for a repair. I keep getting the 155 error and I searched through google for help on the error. I have read a few post about it but nothing works. I tried to run it through fastboot as well and that does not work. My phone information while in bootloader is Evita pvt ship s-on rl hboot 1.09.0000 radio .17.32.09.12 and I am running cleanrom v 6.5 as my rom. Since my rom and boot.img is based of 3.18 I tried to run the ruu on 3.18. Im not sure if its because it is an older verdion of bootloader while im running a rom that is based off the 3.18. So I also tried to flash a older rom and run the ruu for 1.73 but that didnt work either. Im stumped and very frustrated so please I need your help.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Arrow44:
Could you post the download link for the RUU? Just wanna make sure you go the right one.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] cables2590:
Yeah for the 3.18 its http://bugsylawson.com/HTCFiles/Evi....24p.32.09.06_10.130.32.34_release_signed.exe

and for the 1.73 its http://www.ponack.net/designgears/b...73.502.2_2FE6772699D8596307CC997452BB8D25.exe

Also I read that in order to use the RUU correct I need to soff the phone, but then I cant upgrade the firmware to jellybean. Do you know if this is correct?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
The phone will brick if you try to ruu or update to 3.18 while S-ON and superCID. Your CID right now, no doubt is 11111111. When the RUU runs it checks to see what your CID is, if it's not what it should be, it gives an error. If you change your CID back to CWS__001 you can run the 1.73 RUU but you can never update to 3.18 unless you S-OFF first or you'll brick.

to check your CID fastboot oem readcid.

You can change it once without S-OFF with fastboot oem writecid CWS__001 but you can't change it again with that command unless you're S-OFF
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] cables2590:
Ok thanks. Im in the process of doing the S-OFF right now. What I want to do is get rid of the red text and make my phone look like the bootloader is locked and never tampered with. I remember doing this with my EVOLTE so it will look like the phone is S-ON and locked. After all that run the RUU for 2.20 so it can get repaired. Now after the repair I can root again and upgrade to the Jellybean firmware right?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ronnie498:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2156368
[Nexus 7 Accessories] gordanfreeman509:
I have an idea, many of us really feel the lack of a notification LED, so how about a hardware mod.

How about an LED that connects via Micro USB or the Pogo pins, in combination with an App?

I am not very clued up on Android, but I am sure that someone on this forum has thought of it before? Or tried making it?

Just imagine if you had a custom made case, covering the bottom of the device, with a cut out for the LED., making it look OEM?

Just a thought guys.
[Nexus 7 Accessories] Warren_Orange:
Try noLED from the play store.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] alanwwm:
Hi guys,

I have just upgraded to WM2003SE Asia Edition.

Everything works great but only 1 hiccup, MMS.

I have configured the MMS setting but it keeps telling me that my sending limit is too small whenever I try to send a 23k MMS. I also add an entry in Servers tab but no help.

I couldn't even remove or edit the entry in the Server Tabs.

Is this a bug in WM2003SE?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] hanza:
:)

not in wm2003se but it's a bug or I don't know what else it could be in the mms software version, change it to 2.0.0.13 found somewhere here by just installing it over the old one and everything gonna be ok :)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] alanwwm:
That's the version I have.

That's the version I have in my XDAII.

It was a older version before upgrading to WM2003SE. After upgrading, I can't even send or receive MMS with this version.

Any help would be appreciate.

Thanks.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Z-man:
ey bro.... are you sure that you had configured the mms?

if so, go to inbox, then accounts, then select MMS.

then create a new mms message then.. send :)

MMS and INBOX are now integrated
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] alanwwm:
Yes, I \'m very sure that I have configured the MMS Setting. Whenever I tried to send a MMS, it prompts me the sending limit is too small. I went to the MMS Setting but couldn't find sending limit.

I tab on the Servers Tab and create a new Server. Also cannot work.

I found a strange thing is that the list is getting longer and longer in the Server Tab for no reason. And most of them are empty. I also cannot delete those empty entries. The 1 I created also cannot be edited or deleted.

Very strange.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] hanza:
YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG VERSION AFTER UPGRADE TO SE !

get 2.0.0.13, if you have any older one it just the wrong one that will not work
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] cags:
Hi alanwwm,

I had exactly the same problem - the way I got around it was to get a registry editor and navigate to;

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcsoft\ArcSoft MMS UA\Config\mm1

Under this folder you will see a few numerical folders, as well as the server you created. Navigate to the server you created, and add 2 keys (you can copy them from one of the other numerical folders).

RecvDefault 99999999

SendDefault 102400

Which will set your send to 100kb.

Hope this works for you as well as it did for me.

cg
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dragooon123:
Okay, so my nexus 7 got completely discharged a couple of days ago. Now when I try to charge it using an AC charger (even tried the one that came with it) it starts up, then powers off due to insufficient power and keeps repeating this cycle indefinitely. Its not charging up and I have no idea what to do.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dragooon123:
Okay, I fixed it :D. Should've read the stickies.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] neovitwin:
I have looked every where for this with no luck on how to fix it yet. I flashed Rom on my HTC ONE and discover everything I had previously was gone. I check and it looks like I am running the system from a new sub folder called "0". I flashed the ROM with the latest ClockWorkMod so it was not supposed to happen. Now I have no idea how to either get rid of the sub folder "0" or the files I had/have on the actual upper folder of my system. I have looked every where for a RUU for Tmobile with no luck. Any help would be highly appreciated.

I tried mounting the device but it always point me into the inside of the folder 0 as my root directory, so no clue on what to try next.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] isaster1:
Data/media
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] npalmy:
This explains the file system http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42050197
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinz_bangiz:
Hi Guys!

Unlocked, flashed TWRP and rooted phone via twrp su for the first time in my life. Next move is installing custom PA rom. After browsing xda and other sites for many days to learn how to do it, basically, its just doing it in trwp recovery mode the factory reset, clearing cache and clearing delvic cache, then install rom and gapps then clear again then you are done. Is this right?

now, about factory reset, clearing cache and delvic cache in twrp, when you do this, does it in anyway delete or removes any data or setting in my phone just like when doing it in factory reset in the "Backup & Reset" in "settings" or just like what happens when you unlock/lock your phone? Or it does not really "erase anything"? Coz I do not know if I should backup first and if I must back up, I do not know which to backup or if I should have to make a full backup? Because I might not have to do backups after all for flashing PA custom rom and save time and internal space. If clearing caches and factory reset in TWRP doesnt really delete or mess up anything in android mode then I will go ahead now and install the custom PA ROM. so I need your advice before I proceed.

About flashing back stock recovery, I DL the stock 4.2.2 rom from google dev. do I just flash recovery using this file or is there another specific stock recover file to DL and flash into the phone just like what I did when I flashed TWRP which I was able to DL from goo.im?

Hope you could help me with these clarifications. I did try to search and learn from different threads about this but I not 100% sure I understood it correctly. So I made this thread to make sure of facts and clarify these things.

Hope you could enlighten me. Thanks!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Isn`t this clear enough!

Quoted from PA OP:

INSTRUCTIONS,

1. UPDATE RECOVERY

2. FACTORY RESET

3. INSTALL ROM, GAPPS, FIX-IF ANY

4. WIPE CACHE & DALVIK CACHE

5. REBOOT

PA 3+ UPDATES DO NOT NEED A FACTORY RESET,

BUT YOU NEED TO INSTALL GAPPS ASWELL.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinz_bangiz:
I think you misundestood me. I am aware already of how to do it but I was just hoping on some clarifications as I have mentioned in my concerns.

I hope you would be considerate enough that I have no experience yet on this and I did some browsing and learning thru the guides and threads here in xda and other forums which is why I know the proceedure. I was only clarifying some things this matter that I have quoted now.

also, if someone would be kind enough to lead me to a link where I could find a stock recovery img. the only latest I have found is not JDQ39.

Thanks
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex240188:
Perform a backup of your current ROM first as this will be replaced by paranoid and all app data will be lost when factory resetting.

I don't know where all the need to wipe caches comes from.

Wiping cache and dalvik cache will not erase any of your data

Factory reset will erase all user data (apps, app data, signed in accounts, phone contacts (Google contacts will be downloaded again when you sign into your Google account during setup of new ROM) and SMS messages etc.

Here is the process I usually follow.

Place new ROM & gapps on phone storage

Reboot into twrp

Perform a backup of my working ROM

Factory reset from main page in twrp (the one that says it won't touch your sdcard)

Flash ROM &gapps

Reboot

Once fully setup. Move my old backup from phone storage to pc
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinz_bangiz:
Thank you very much for the reply! So in making a backup, i could use the backup feature of twrp and this is enough and would make a FULL backup? Meaning all data, app, settings, vault app and files inside vault and go back into its original state as if nothing happened? Or i am wrong? Should i be making or using another backup method aside from the backup feature of the twrp?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex240188:
The twrp backup is in essence creating a custom ROM of your phone. Exactly the way it currently is. Including all apps & their data.

If you flash a different ROM and decide you don't like it.

Restore the twrp backup and you will be right back as you was before flashing the custom rom.

If you factory reset (erasing all your data) then restore the backup. It will restore all your data etc...

It's just like a save game. If you mess up. Just reload from there

Note it's not the ultimate tool. If you mess with partitions that are not included in the backup then you might have problems. But for the average user just flashing custom roms . it will backup everything you need
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinz_bangiz:
Thanks again for the reply. Now another clarification. So when you say the twrp back is just like making a rom of its current status or like a saved game and if i did not want the new rom then i could revert back to this backed up rom. So does it mean that if i install PA rom then restore the backup from twrp, will it overwrite the PA rom and go back to my original rom that i have backed up or will it only restore the apps and settings, etc.?

Also about this twrp backup, will it also backup and return to old state when restored certain apps like notepad and the notes i have saved in this app. The same goes to the vault app and all the files i have hidden in this app, will it back it up as well and will be restored?

Thanks for your patience..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex240188:
Correct. It will revert the entire ROM back to what it was.

Basically how your device is when you backup. Is how it will be when you restore.

All app preferences and settings. All apps. Widgets everything.

The only thing it doesn't alter is what's on your internal storage

And a point to note.

If you make changes to contacts or have received texts after the backup. It will revert them if you restore back to what they were when you backed up.

It is just like turning back the clock on your phone. Putting everything back to the point you backed up except files you have put on to the internal storage
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
I think you are saying that you will want to restore data on PA. You can backup/restore data with titanium backup or carbon.