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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giovox:
Hello everybody! Whats up?

I come from the i9003 community but i'm switching to the galaxy s2 in a few days so i have some questions because i'll probably start flashing roms right off of the box

1) How does the stock roms itself works compared to custom roms?

2) Does OTG feature works on cyanogenmod-based/AOSP/AOKP roms?

3) Do I have to take some cautions before flashing roms besides saving the efs folder? And, about the efs, ¿Is it normal to f*ck things up and break the efs partition or things like that on this phone?

4) Does this phone has any weird issue like SOD (sleep of death), backlight bug, wifi disconnecting, contact erasing, or anything that I should look for in the first 3 days? (that's the time they give us to try the phone and if it has something they change it or give the money back)

5) Is there anything that can hardbrick the phone that I should be aware of? (besides flashing roms or kernels, like, something that bricks it)

6) i live in Argentina, so, Will i have to flash a custom modem.bin file? And, if so, Where can i find modem.bin files that are for my region? (latin america)

7) Is there any usual issue that I shouldn't freak off if I step with it? (like a media scanner issue that i9003 phones usually have)

And that's it, if you could answer i'd be really pleased.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] king_below_my_lord:
1.You must try that yourself, both have their pros and cons

2.Yes

3.Yes if you're not careful you can corrupt efs partition, always make a backup.

4.All of these issues may or may not happen depends on your roms and usage.

5.Yes the brickbug present in stock 4.0.4 firmware is a serious issue, read up on it.

6.Not necessarily, only if you have poor signal and other network related problems. Use search function to find what you need.

7.Yes media scanner bugs can happen(but not usually) again it depends on your roms and usage.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Awesome Gauge:
i believe i could create the app relatively easily as i am a c++ programmer and would learn the language used for android providing if anyone can tell me if the wifi chip set on the Samsung galaxy s4 can write to disk. if not it would be impossible without connecting an external method of capturing and saving the packets. if anybody could direct me to the correct place for the information i need or if there is already a project underway could you provide information. would be interesting to see if it is possible with the existing wifi chip-set.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jacob.alberty:
I'm not aware of any networking cards that can write directly to disk so thats really not a requirement for pcap. You are unlikely to be able to run pcap on just an android device however if you search google play for pcap you'll find the author of kismet implemented a rtl 8187 driver in userspace that runs without root, all you have to do is plug in a rtl8187 base usb wlan card and you're good to go. http://www.kismetwireless.net/android-pcap/
[General Questions and Answers] lorenzoros88:
Hi all,i installed the supernexus 2.0 M1 rom on my GT-I9000 and evrything works fine exept for the camera and youtube app.

The problem is that when i try to record a video with the camera application,the app crashes.I can take photos even in panorama mode but i can't shoot video.It's the same with the youtube app,when i try to watch a video i get stucked in the loading screen and nothing happens.

What can i do to solve this problem?
[General Questions and Answers] hc_styler:
I have the same prboblem with the same device :rolleyes:
[General Questions and Answers] Mometazon:
Hy! I have the same problem here, i9000, supernexus 2.0 droid 4.2.2.

glad to receive any help! thanks
[General Questions and Answers] g3o_m3:
Same here.....
[General Questions and Answers] jacopo3001:
same here.

still, this is the best ROM so far on i9000 as it has the best memory usage.

Anyother ROM would eat up all resources and would make it hard also to perform basic tasks.

So I dont want to give it up yet.

Please help with solutions!

thanks
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Ph33zy:
I'm currently running a stock deodex ROM and was messing around with OMJ's Modpack. It froze on me a couple times and when it worked, the mods that I selected were 7 icon on dock and lower brightness tweak. After flashing that, my lockscreen shortcuts seem to have disappeared even though my the icons are present in the dock in unlocked mode. I've tried removing and re-adding the icons but have not had success.

I didn't make a nandroid, but have tried to adb push the original framework.res.apk, idlelockscreen.apk, and prism.apk and it still doesn't show up. I also tried clearing cache/dalvik cache. I'd like to avoid hard reset if possible. Any suggestions on what would modify this?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] tiato:
You can just reflash the ROM without wiping data and they will come back.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Ph33zy:
I actually just decided to wipe Prism.apk data, which seemed to did the trick. I have to setup my desktop again, but it's better than setting up everything.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] imranh101:
I have juice defender and have also tried the built in power-saving app.

I have wifi, bluetooth, GPS off. Screen brightness at about 20%

Using 4G LTE.

Phone sits in my pocket all day at work. I take it out on my breaks and browse Reddit, for 15 minutes or 30 minutes depending on the break.

Usually by the time I get to my car after work it is down to like 20%.

Having only had something like 45 minutes of on-screen time, and having started at a full battery.

Do I need to disable LTE? If using just HSPA will increase my battery life a lot I have no problem with it.

PS. It's running stock 4.0.1
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] terryowen:
How is your reception at work? When I am in certain areas at work where the signal is weak or non-existent, my battery drains very fast. Maybe try keeping the phone on your desk if possible?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] imranh101:
I work at Target walking around all day, not a desk job (unfortunately :P). My reception is quite good never dropping under 3 bars.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] w3nZ:
U have to post screenshots...

In JD, try to set 2g when screen is off.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] imranh101:
Uhm screenshots of what sir?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] luisoman2000:
Your battery usage. In settings on battery you can see what it's draining your battery.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] w3nZ:
yep, screenshots of this list and the graph.
[HTC Droid DNA] _phoey:
When moonshine is released, I will be custom romming my DNA. I've narrowed my choice down to CM10.1 and Hatka Supreme. I'm looking for some input on this to help me decide, so I know what to download when Moonshine is released.

Sent from my (sadley) stock HTC Droid DNA
[HTC Droid DNA] Sutko82:
Try them all!
[HTC Droid DNA] OddFutur3:
^^^

I'd like to think I will pick one rom and stay on that one, but I know Im going to end up flashing all of them to find out which one I like :D
[HTC Droid DNA] axeldiks1:
newtoroot's NOS m7
[HTC Droid DNA] CharliesTheMan:
It's so easy to flash roms once you learn your way around, you would truly be limiting your experience and cutting yourself short if you don't try different roms. But I'm more than willing to talk someone through the process of narrowing things down, and based on your usage, likes and dislikes I can make some recommendations but I do it based on each users needs. Feel free to PM me if I can answer any questions or point you in the right direction.
[HTC Droid DNA] 123421342:
The best advice is to make a backup of stock and then flash every ROM. I love revokt and soon pio will make a thread for carbon which I will try. These are both based on the cm build for the drivers (simplified explanation). I personally don't like sense but you might so try them all especially the aosp based!
[HTC Droid DNA] orangechoochoo:
I used to be an CM/AOKP fan, but after trying the Sense roms i was convinced they could do everything a CM/AOKP rom could do.

Boy I was wrong. As soon as I flashed Revolt rom the DNA beast was released. It was fast, snappy, and responsive. I've tried all of Pio's work and i settled on Carbon.

As people have said, try them all and see for yourself. You may come to a different conclusion than me and that is fine because the rom has to fit you, not what someone on the internets suggests.
[HTC Droid DNA] -DroidIsDNA-:
Hm, I read this and I'm curious to know what you mean by carbon. Lol I'm thinking I'm just missing some gold somewhere...
[HTC Droid DNA] firstEncounter:
CarbonROM in the Original Development forum. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2310695
[HTC Droid DNA] _phoey:
Thanks for the responses and opinions. I'm fairly familiar with flashing on my Sammy Captivate, but not much experience with HTC and a locked bootloader. I think once I can get S-off it'll be to the point I can figure it out. I had used CM10.1 on the cappy and loved it, but I've heard sence 5 is amazing, so I'll probably just try a bunch of them.

Sent from my (sadley) stock HTC Droid DNA
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1roxtar:
I have installed Ubuntu Touch on my Nexus 7 and after the March 28th daily build update, my device will not shut down. I hold down the power button, it shuts down and powers back on by itself. The only way it shuts off completely is when the battery drains out. Even after updating as recently as yesterday still hasn't fixed the problem. I'm kind of afraid to ruin my Nexus 7 tablet now. Is anyone else experiencing this problem?
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p4rot:
Today i installed the latest build to this date( June 6) and noticed the same problem , theres no power off/shutdown option, so what i do i just hold power+volume up+volume down and boot back in bootloader.

After that if i want to shutdown the tablet i do so or boot back in recovery to boot in another rom.

Of course you need MultiRom to boot back in another rom
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1roxtar:
Good Tip

Thank you for this idea. I didn't think about that. Now I can keep testing Ubuntu Touch without fear of messing up my device.
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhall119:
Bug in powerd

There was a bug in powerd 0.11, where they added proximity sensor support for the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4, where it would segfault when it didn't find a proximity sensor (as in the Nexus 7). This was fixed in powerd 0.13, which is available part of the daily images now or upgradable using apt-get.
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p4rot:
If it was fixed I doubt so.

The build from yesterday still had the same issue on my nexus 7
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhall119:
What build number are you using? I have 153 on my Nexus 7 and powerd isn't segfaulting anymore. I can suspend the OS with the power button, though the screen backlight cycles on and off constantly when it's suspended. But I was told this is a separate issue from powerd.
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1roxtar:
Fixed

After the 153 build I am no longer having the same problem. My N7 now goes to sleep and shuts down again. I am now updating to 156.
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p4rot:
I downloaded the latest one today the 158 and still i have problems, i cant connect to my wifi because when i want to type the keyboard doesnt appear.

The calculator app seem to work on that build btw.
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1roxtar:
Build 158

I updated to Build 158...very frustrating. Everything I click on just takes me to a blank white screen. The keyboard is even buggier than before. It's completely unusable on my Nexus 7 and the update was over 300 megabytes. :(
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p4rot:
I've been able to get Ubuntu touch to work on my nexus 7 , but like the poster above me said I had issues with white screen and no keyboard.

All that was fixed by updating and flashing the latest app collection on my computer with Ubuntu 13.04.

There's still issues like the location is wrong even I'd I flashed the timezone.

It fixed the time but not the location.

Also the weather app, I'm not able to add a location.
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1roxtar:
Updated To Build 160

Just made the update and everything seems functional again. I finally got to play around with terminal for a bit. I would like to see if I can install any apps from the PPA Collection. If anyone knows how, please let me know. Thanks.
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p4rot:
i suggest you to read this page if you want to flash the latest apps: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/ReleaseNotes#Upgrades
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexfocus:
Hi

Many devices on the Android platform 4.1 and above doesn't work well with the GPS receiver and transmit via the API false values.

I have Chinese ZOPO zp810 on MT6589 (chip MT6628Q).

The obtained values of NMEA directly taken from the GPS chip differs considerably from data sent through the API. As a result of this wrong errors are calculated HDOP and some navigation programs are not operating correctly.

Anybody can help?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] thefunkygibbon:
Hi,

Sorry if this sounds dumb but i cant seem to find the answer.

What exactly IS this update to WM2003SE? I recently updated to rom 1.72 which i thought was WM2003SE but i have read a few people replying to the wm2003se threads saying thanks and that they've just updated to 1.72 too.

whats the difference between the "upgrade to wm2003se" and the 1.72 rom update? i thought the rom included the OS.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Guest:
Hi,

WM2003SE for is the unoffical update. If you have updated the ROM 1.72 downloaded from the official website then it is the legal update.

Regards,
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] thefunkygibbon:
ummm ok so if i've updated to 1.72 then i dont need to update to this wm2003SE thats kicking around at the moment? i'm using a orange m1000 and the 1.72 rom update was for o2 so its not exactly "legal"
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] vjj:
1.72 is NOT the WM2003SE, it's "only" WM2003 (that is the FIRST Edition)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Vallista:
I'm having a major issue with installing a new rom. I currently have the Cyanmod on my phone. I wanted to change to a new rom, So I did the normal steps and was able to install the new rom. However, once my device booted up, it ask for a encrypted password. I know I didn't have a encrypted password set previously, So I tried restalling, wiping everything, and etc. Here is the weird thing, whenever I reinstall my previous rom cyanmod everything goes back to normal. I'm able to boot up and I don't have an encrypted password. Anyone have any solutions for this?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tomitzam3:
Hi, I just flashed UK Retail firmware from here ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2231289 ) and I wanna go back to nonEIFGS Retail. How can i do that ? When I'm trying to flash an old firmware RSD fails and the phone remains in Fastboot.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] dubisz:
It's impossible due to locked bootloader.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tomitzam3:
If there is no way back, can someone leave a tutorial on how to flash CM10.1 ? And if I flash CM10.1 it would be the only ROM in my phone or I need to keep the Stock too ?

PS: Forgive me but on my old phone things were simplier.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] dubisz:
First of all - is your phone rooted? I assume it's not. So the first thing to do if you want CM 10.1 is rooting your phone. Then you should install boot menu manager or safe strap recovery. And with one of these tools you'll be able to flash cm or any other rom. It depends on you whether you want to keep your stock rom or just back it up and delete it.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tomitzam3:
Yes, my phone is rooted and I tried with BMM but when I booted with the custom rom nothing happend and the red let turned on.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jacobs7th:
You have to install BMM from google play...

Try booting with BPTools.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] uscpsycho:
There are two people (at least) that I can't send text messages to. One is on AT&T and one is on Sprint so their carrier isn't the issue. And it doesn't matter which sms app I use.

When I use Chomp I get this result: "Unfortunately, chomp SMS has stopped."

When I use the stock messaging app I get this result: "Unfortunately, Messaging has stopped."

There is no existing thread with these people and their cell phone numbers are valid. When they send me texts everything looks normal on their end but I don't get the message.

I am bone dry stock.

Any ideas? This is very annoying and I probably will have the same problem with other people, I just haven't discovered it yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Cbass15:
I've never heard of this issue before :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] prboy1969:
Did you accidentally Block them ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] uscpsycho:
I don't think so. How do I check? When I long press their names in the contact list I see an option to "add to reject list" which suggests they aren't blocked. How else can I check?

I don't think I've blocked anyone. Is there a way to check everyone I've blocked? And on a related note, what happens when I add someone to the reject list? If they call me will they go straight to voicemail or what?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] topherk:
Are you opposed to rooting and trying out a ROM? I honestly don't know what's going on, but if it's crashing your sms programs, it sounds to me somehow software or settings related (but I've never seen anything that could do that). Since it's most-likely software related, I'd bet a fresh install would solve it.

But that being said, it's a really bizarre thing to have happened.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] z28clark:
I'd try erasing the problem contacts and re-adding them before going too far into it. Very odd problem though, thats for sure!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] prboy1969:
It does not sound like you have anyone Blocked / Rejected. Did you install any apps before the issue started?

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Honestly, I have never heard of this before. Usually, I would never want to bother sprint tech, but I would go show them and see what they think. That is very odd. Have you tried a factory reset? (Backup everything first)

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Sprint Galaxy S3 "Supernexus"

Whiplashh Rom

Look it up. :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] uscpsycho:
So I'm in a major bind. I realized that the problem was for anyone who I didn't already have a sms thread with. If I send/receive text messages with someone that has an existing thread, it works fine. If they don't have a thread send/receive text fails as I described.

I tried uninstalling Chomp SMS and that didn't help. So I figured there might be some corruption in my text message store so I backed up my sms & mms and then deleted everything. Now I can't send/receive text messages from ANYONE and when I try to restore my text messages it fails. I backed up with two different apps to be safe and they both failed.

At this point it seems like the only option is a factory reset. Does anyone have another suggestion to fix this?

Before doing a factory reset I'd like to back everything up but I'm not rooted yet and to make matters worse I'm on vacation with my Mac rather than my Windows laptop -- so rooting is not possible. I don't want to do a factory reset and lose everything but I can't be away for this many days without the capability to send/receive text messages. Especially since people who are texting me have no idea I'm not getting their texts. FML
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Spark91:
Turn on Mobile Data. Update Profile & PRL, Turn off your mobile data.

Backup export your contacts list. should be like a

Contacts.VCF file.

And backup your SMS messages if possible

Go into applications / All Applications > Wipe Data for both messaging apps + Wipe Contacts list.

Turn off your sync for contacts.

Reboot your device.

Open up both messaging apps and tweak / change what ever you need in the settings for both applications.

Turn on your data and reset LTE/CMDA CMDA/EVDO back and forth once

Reboot your phone.

Import your contacts list.

Re-sync your contacts.

Then try messaging them.

If that doesn't work then I have no clue what'll help with your issue being non-rooted.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] uscpsycho:
I tried this, it didn't work.

Now I have another problem. When I try to sync my contacts, after restoring them from the backup, I'm getting an error. The error says "Sync is currently experiencing problems.It will be back shortly." Maybe it will be back shortly but in my experience with a similar problem with calendar syncing a couple years back, this is not so easy to fix.

Any suggestions?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Spark91:
Your firmware and base is updated to MD4 right?

EDIT:

Have you tried Go SMS Pro Using this method?

Download from Google play

Open application and go to settings

Click Advanced Tab.

Click MMS Settings

Checkmark Fill APN Configuration Manually.

MMSC
http://mms.sprintpcs.com
MMS Proxy
68.28.31.7
MMS Port
80

Force Close application, and then reboot it, and now try sending something SMS or MMS.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] uscpsycho:
Yes, I'm on MD4.

I actually think MD4 may have something to do with this. The first time I noticed the problem was right around the time I installed MD4. It was within a day, either right before or right after. For some reason Sprint pushed MD4 to may waaaaay after everyone else got it which is why I just recently got it.

I tried your Go SMS Pro technique but got not joy. The stock messaging app still crashes. Go SMS doesn't crash when I send messages but nothing is actually sent. And whenever someone sends me text messages I still don't get them.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rabz_82:
hi there,

I am need of a good and most importantly trustworthy dev who can help remotely sim unlock my xperia arc LT15i.

If you know someone who you have tried and trust please recommend and if you are the dev pls pm me with the cost for your services.

Thank you.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] terryowen:
This morning my Ion fell off the counter onto the floor. (It does have a gel case on it.) As I picked it up, it rebooted and when it came back up, at first I thought all the text had disappeared. I still have icons but it looks like I have no text messages, no contacts. But as I looked around, I realized that the system text is there, just practically microscopic so the text looks like lines.

The fall wasn't that bad and it fell onto a rug, but I suppose something could have been damaged. I would hate that, because I really like this phone. The other thought I had was that perhaps AT&T pushed out an update. I've had them do that once, even though I'm not on their system. I usually just ignore system update notifications and there haven't been any recently. But I'm not sure where to disable updates so never did it. :(

I searched Google and XDA and didn't find anything on topic but didn't want to wade through thousands of results. I have the feeling that I've seen something like this before and I'm hoping maybe someone else has seen this and knows a fix?

I'm rooted on a stock, but unlocked AT&T Ion using a Straight Talk sim. I'm not sure what version of Android is on it, except that it's some variant of ICS. The phone does make and receive calls but since I can't see anything, not sure how to even look at settings.

Thanks,

Terry
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben Ling:
so now your phone don't have text?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] terryowen:
The text is there but so small it can't be read. I finally ended up doing a system repair using the Sony software - and have lost everything including root. But at least I can read my screen now.

Edited to show how hard it would be to navigate to anything unless you had the screens and options memorized.