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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rushless:
I agree that the display is amazing, and the camera too, but the device seems no faster and radios no better.

From normal viewing distance, the display does not stand out either, but is better if you view closer. It is the size of the display that minimizes the higher def effectiveness.

I only have 6gb free on my S3 32gb, so do not see enough improvement to sacrifice the storage. I still want the S4, but only if a 32gb is ever released.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Ayesuku:
Haha, I got mine with a new contract (Coming from Sprint, never had Verizon before). When the guy asked me if I wanted the insurance for $199 and I told him no, he was straight-up BEWILDERED. He literally could not comprehend how in the world I would not want to pay $200 to replace my phone if I smashed it. And then he was like, "Well, let's go look at cases now," as if he had just assumed I would, of course, want a case. But I didn't want a case. He was so flabbergasted. His eyes went as wide as possible and he just stared at me for a good 10 seconds before saying, "What if you drop it? What then?!"

It was more funny than weird, to me. I've never bought insurance for any phone I've ever had, and I've never regretted it. I honestly could not tell if the guy was seriously just that crazy, or if it was just some really stupid sales technique that, of course, did not work on me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rushless:
Because one out of five people react to the bewildered face and get the insurance ;) They ARE sales people, you know.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] elucid:
Is it possible to get quickpic to show the pics in internal memory without being rooted? I'm only seeing the pics on my SD card.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mutelight:
When you saw the screen flicker, were you outside by any chance?

I have noticed that when I am inside then step out into direct sunlight, the screen flickers while it ramps up to full brightness, then it stabilizes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Super Sam Galaxy:
Actually, I hate to say it as I'm sure this will not help you diagnose any issues you may have been experiencing, but I don't think that I was. If I remember correctly it was mostly when I was in my apartment. I remember this because I have an overhead light that is florescent and I remember at least on one occasion wondering if that was what was flickering.

Sorry if that doesn't help. :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mutelight:
Oh, no worries! The only time I have seen the screen flicker was under the scenario I described or if I look down at the display with a pair of my active shutter 3D glasses.

I can see the PenTile dithering in the display however, so my eyes are fairly sensitive.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Super Sam Galaxy:
Oh, I see! Well I would assume in my case it was just the fluorescent lighting. My eyes are not all that sensitive, so I may not notice small flickers like that. The part that confused me is that it stopped! But I think that also suggests it's just the light, because sometimes they seem to flicker depending on how they are sitting, and if you tap them a bit they stop. Either that, or it actually was flickering, but to such an unnoticeable extent that I got used to it very quickly. It was one of those undefinable things where you feel like you saw it flicker but if you have to explain exactly what part flickered, you wouldn't really be able to.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jimmiem:
I didn't install it because I like the S4 Gallery better. You should be able to, though. Just poke around in the settings and look for included folders.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] gb985:
My G2X is rooted and flashed with CWM recovery v6.0.2.5. I was attempting to install a new ROM, and it stalled forever at the LG screen with the blue background. The phone boots into recovery mode and will execute any of the recovery commands. I've tried installing ROM zips from the external SD, but when I reboot it always returns to recovery mode. I can mount USB storage and see the internal and external SD cards.

What am I doing wrong?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Pain-N-Panic:
Isn't that version the experimental version of cwm? The one wwith touch screen capability? I would downgrade to v5.x.x.x and see if that helps. Its the version i use and have never had any issues with it

-custom sig.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] gb985:
The downgrade seems to have done the trick. Thanks.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Pain-N-Panic:
No problem sir.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fathur_21:
There is a problem with my L3. I hardbrick L3 and repair with octopus box. after repairing, this phone is always restart every minute. But after I flash a kgdhost custom kernel, it's go back to normal. but my L3 is also problematic in cwm, can not backup nand, restart during flash custom rom. can not also work with stock kernel and other custom kernel other. So I can only use the stock rom + kgdhost custom stock kernel.

pleas helpme. Sorry for my bad english :crying:
[RAZR HD Android Development] Tomsgt:
Nice work Matt here is the Video on how to use this Utility

http://youtu.be/ej7HBxvNPv0
[RAZR HD Android Development] reigndropz:
Awesome work on this video. I appreciate the time you put into it!

Kudos to Matt for another spectacular work also.
[RAZR HD Android Development] dano1282:
okay cool matt does it again!! just solved all my problems in one shot LOL
[RAZR HD Android Development] Megaroad:
Yeah this utility is great!
[RAZR HD Android Development] dano1282:
Worked like a charm!!!

edit: How does one boot into the recovery? like when i power down the device and power it back on it just boots normal..i know the recovery is there..but how do i access it? With Safestrap it gave me the option beforehand.
[RAZR HD Android Development] mattlgroff:
From the Boot Menu you select Recovery. This replaces the stock Moto Recover unlike Safestrap.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Tomsgt:
Power on phone while holding volume up and down at same time this will make the phone enter boot mode then press volume down to highlight recovery then volume up to select this will boot recovery.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Megaroad:
In these recoveries you don't use slots. You just make a backup, wipe, and flash something new.
[RAZR HD Android Development] dano1282:
so kind of like the how the old Safestrap used to be... so there is no quick way to switch from multiple roms..say i wanna boot CM10.1 but then I wanna switch back to stock..
[RAZR HD Android Development] itzik_man:
What about the xt925 ?

Matt - Is it possible to adapt such a tool to the xt925, using a stock 4.1.2 firmware of our choice ?
[RAZR HD Android Development] mattlgroff:
Just drag in your files and overwrite XT926 ones and you would be fine.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Megaroad:
Nah, you just have to either restore a backup or flash something new.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Danzoman:
I've been away from Moto for a long time and coming back soon, do you have to rsd back to a prior version to unlock the bootloader and root? I'm going to buy one new does it matter if it is updated out of the box? Thanks!
[RAZR HD Android Development] infinit22:
I cannot get the drivers to install correctly. Have tried on windows and Mac. The mot single adb interface is not installing. Has anyone had this problem?
[RAZR HD Android Development] cj360:
Make sure you're running the installer as admin win 7 and below, win 8 you'll need to reboot and disable driver signature enforcement and install them.

Also would this work to root, unlock if I were to get a new razr hd from VZW with the jellybean firmware preloaded on it?
[RAZR HD Android Development] xmguy:
Can this reset the root checker in the Program menu to Unrooted for the Maxx HD?

Tried a bit of everything. Need to returned a phone to VZW. Rather phone show not rooted currently.

Current methods of flashing back to ICS or JB 4.1.1 failed to reset checker. Phone is NOT rooted anymore but program menu and recovery shows it still is. There was a method I found when on 4.1.1 that flashing back to ICS then its up to JB would reset the checker. But since the kernel changed in the latest release this isn't possible. Matt, If your app can't reset that, do you know a method that might. Rather not get charged especially since the phone isn't rooted. No matter what the checker says.

Thanks
[RAZR HD Android Development] mattlgroff:
You cannot reset the root checker with current methods available. Not going to reset that.
[RAZR HD Android Development] xmguy:
Even the program menu root checker?
[RAZR HD Android Development] recDNA:
So if I root, unlock, and install cwm using this app can I then update cwm from rom manager?
[RAZR HD Android Development] haoyong:
Just got to say thanks for this utility. Saved me from a brick last night after one of the other utilities on the board nuked my Razr. Mattlgroff, you are the man!!
[RAZR HD Android Development] recDNA:
Which utility "nuked" your razr? You could save people some aggravation.
[RAZR HD Android Development] haoyong:
The Razr HD Toolkit 4.0 (Bootloader/Recovery/Root/Modems/And more...) from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2154995.

Honestly, it was probably my own fault. I tried to unlock the bootloader from that app, and it brought up the whole "generate a code, login to the Motorola web-site, etc." process. I didn't want to go through the headache, and then tried installing a custom recovery from the app, without unlocking the bootloader first. Got some kind of partition error when I tried flashing the recovery, and was then stuck in a Fastboot bootloop, citing "Fastboot reason - flash failure".

At that point, I panicked, and started looking for something to get me out of the bootloop. From here on, I also ran into a strange issue where neither the Razr HD Toolkit 4.0 nor Mr. Parkinson's utility would write to the phone in fastboot. I think this must have had something to do with a driver I was missing that this utility had.

Only thing I could find that worked was this utility, and flash restoring 4.1.2. Made for a long, stressful evening, but so glad that it's fixed now :victory:

In hindsight, I should have RTFM'ed on the bootloader / custom recovery issue, and made sure that I needed to be unlocked before trying to install a custom recovery. Lesson definitely learned. Hopefully, my saga of woe will help someone else learn, as well.
[RAZR HD Android Development] recDNA:
That's good to know. I had no idea that during unlock process you had to log in with Motorola. Those are the kind of surprises that freak me out. I did know that you cannot install custom recovery with locked bootloader so I wouldn't have made that mistake. I wonder if all the unlock bootloader utilities require logging in to Motorola?

I watched the video but then they said bootloader is already unlocked so i can't do that but will edit in in later. I thought he had already showed unlock process and I saw no step to log in to anything. More paranoid than most am I? You bet. Since I can only follow monkey see monkey do not understanding anything it is very important that I understand every little step... like if they forget to tell me to plug cable. into computer I won't then everyone laughs when I ask what went wrong (he did show that step just an example). With an ota coming shortly that may block bootloader and root exploits I feel pressured to make a decision right now.

With my old tbolt the decision was easy since stock tbolt didn't work very well and custom roms were much better than stock. I'm more torn with this phone because everything does work and the only roms that seem to work well are basically just themed stock. At this point I can't think of a great reason to root other than the itch to flash new roms.... that I won't like if bluetooth doesn't work perfectly. I'm constantly using bluetooth. In the stock based roms everything will work but I don't see any real functionality that I am now missing.
[RAZR HD Android Development] haoyong:
Can't blame you for being hesitant at all. At this point, a Razr HD is still a mighty expensive brick.

Yeah, that whole "go to Motorola's web-site and input this code to unlock" thing was a pretty rude surprise. Especially since after doing all that, the code generated by the app didn't work, and there was no way to get the unlock code back out of the Motorola website :rolleyes:

To the positive, after getting the factory restore to work through mattlgroff's app, I used the root and unlock bootloader procedures from his app, and both seemed to have worked flawlessly. I have yet to try anything with either, though, to confirm whether or not they are working.
[RAZR HD Android Development] recDNA:
Oh yes, the work is first rate. Universally acclaimed. I just can't decide if there is any significant benefit for me to unlock and root.
[RAZR HD Android Development] PearlMikeJam:
I took the latest update yesterday and have nothing but problems. Will this tool work on the latest OTA to return back to the previous 4.1.2 stock? I think I had a bad OTA/flash of that and am hoping this will help that. The latest OTA is supposed to block the bootloader exploit, but I just want to flash back to stock, with root. Has that been tested yet?
[RAZR HD Android Development] Almighty2:
My question is, is there a way to mount/view/extract the system.img in Windows to get all the stock apk's?
[RAZR HD Android Development] jeph0r3:
Awesome App Dev! Thanks for making this phone even more awesome!!!
[RAZR HD Android Development] recDNA:
Does any part of this tool work after installation of the recent update?
[RAZR HD Android Development] PearlMikeJam:
I can confirm options 1 (Flash stock 4.1.2) and option 3 (root) both work. I downgraded from the recent OTA because my original install of 4.1.2 gave me issues. I wanted to start fresh to see if that fixes things. I have not downloaded the latest OTA yet, nor have I tried the other options. I am curious about the bootloader option.
[RAZR HD Android Development] recDNA:
So if it works, and I flash back to older 4.1.2 available in this tool, would that mean I could theoretically u lock bootloader or did the ota make some change in the bootloader so that flashing back to older 4.1.2 has no effect on it?
[RAZR HD Android Development] Almighty2:
Need a favor, any chance you can get all the apk files from /vendor/app and /system/app and make it available somewhere for download as I can't do the OTA when I replaced my apk files with newer versions by integrating and moving from /data/app. Thanks!
[RAZR HD Android Development] PearlMikeJam:
I should be able to do that tonight.

That is what I would like to know. My suspicion is that some things were changed that will prevent it, but I am waiting patiently to see if someone can confirm.
[RAZR HD Android Development] erikoink:
I rooted/unlocked my phone just before allowing the update to proceed. After the update, I tried pushing the exploits to my phone again (because I discovered it no longer had root) and it failed.

I would say you're SOL for now. As I understand, these updates targeted exploits like these.
[RAZR HD Android Development] recDNA:
Thanks for the 411. I wanted to wait to check out the moto x and ultra b4 rooting and unlocking cuz if I buy one I will sell this phone. Buyer might not want unlocked phone.
[RAZR HD Android Development] erikoink:
I guess depends on the buyer. I probably would :)

But my reading suggests to me that a physical change occurs in the phone to unlock it. That a fuse is blown internally. No way to reverse that.

Oh. Also.. it alerts you that it's been done on every boot. Kind of annoying. Was not aware of that, either.

I do eventually plan to go to either a custom or pre-built ROM in the future though. Stock is too dang bloated. Blah!
[RAZR HD Android Development] recDNA:
There is a script to get rid of that unlocked warning. Of course I haven't tested it myself.
[RAZR HD Android Development] erikoink:
Looks pretty straight forward..

I'll just leave this here :)

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/remove-unlocked-bootloader-warning-from-your-razr-m/
[RAZR HD Android Development] IDroidThere4Iam:
If you have an unlocked bootloader, you don't need to root using the exploit. If you have CWM or TWRP installed as a recovery you should be able to flash a superuser zip. You'll have root again after that.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Mr-Glass:
Regarding the latest 4.1.2 OTA update:

Looks like Matt updated the OP to say "DO NOT USE THIS UTILITY ON THE LATEST 4.1.2 OTA UPDATE" - I have seen multiple threads both here and other sites, with nothing written in stone.. If we have stock rom - rooted -unlocked bootloader with Custom recovery (CWM/TWRP) Is the procedure to 1. Protect root with OTA rootkeeper - 2.temp unroot - 3. return to stock recovery (how? are we not to use 1.21 utility?) - 4.run OTA - 5. check to make sure OTA took by checking about phone.. 6. Restore root with OTA rootkeeper.. 7. Install TWRP/CWM via fastboot command and not the 1.21 utility..

This maybe the wrong thread, but some of the functions seem to need a few of the features the tool has..
[RAZR HD Android Development] Tomsgt:
This tool was made for the last ota update not the new one so all the system file are old. The only part of the tool you can use is the flashing of twrp. If you unlocked your boot loader that puts even more problems in the mix. Best idea is if you are unlock and have root and custom recovery is to wait a week until a dev can make a ROM based on the new ota then install that.
[RAZR HD Android Development] SquireSCA:
From what I can see, there is no way to flash the stock US VZW radio? Phone is rooted, unlocked and running CM10.1 and apparently it lost the radio and there doesn't seem to be a way to install it in any of the utilities I have found.

Girlfriend is pissed that her phone is now a paperweight.

And she did not have the latest OTA, we did not install that prior to rooting and unlocking...
[RAZR HD Android Development] recDNA:
windows can you get back to recovery? If so why can't you use utility to flash back to original system?

Option 1
[RAZR HD Android Development] SquireSCA:
Found the problem, the latest CM10.1 from Skrilax has broken the radio, had to roll back to 07/20 and it started working again.
[RAZR HD Android Development] dragonboydbboy:
Hello! I recently acquired a new Droid Razr HD maxx, and I was very disappointed to see that I cannot unlock the bootloader to install a custom ROM (xenonhd) with the latest OTA update. I was wondering, can I just downgrade the system version to an earlier version, and then use this utility to unlock the bootloader? Could I just flash the System ROM, option 1 of this utility? And then unlock boot loader and root? Let me know if anybody thinks this will not work, otherwise I will try it and report.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Mr-Glass:
If you already have the latest update and the phone is still locked - there is no way to get the phone unlocked now.. Sorry to say..
[RAZR HD Android Development] dragonboydbboy:
Damn. Is there a fix/work around in progress? Or have they permalocked it?

And just out of curiosity, what is the latest update? Maybe the device hasn't received it yet...

It is currently 9.18.79.XT926
[RAZR HD Android Development] Mr-Glass:
My understanding is that the QFuse has been physically changed with the update (burned out) - so with the Bootloader unlock it was unlocked then burned out.. With this update if you are locked and the Qfuse has been burned out there is no easy way to replace the Qfuse - This is all a low level explanation, however I am sure someone else will jump in with the higher level version... I am thinking that the price of unlocked Razr HD and Razr Maxx HD's has just gone up a little...
[RAZR HD Android Development] scoobaspeaz:
To answer your question the original guy who found the exploit, Dan Rosenburg, said he is done after the last one he found. Mostly because its becoming more time consuming for him to find root exploits now that Android is getting more secure. Each time he finds an exploit the exploit gets patched so over time that adds up. The BL unlock method was a huge security exploit that he found that has been patched. Probably not able to exploit it the same way anymore or perhaps at all.

I have not heard of anyone but Dan working on this before and he has already said he isnt going to do it anymore. Unless he changes his mind I would probably have to say no.
[RAZR HD Android Development] dragonboydbboy:
Well that is all very poopy, so much for Motorola being "a Google company"

But thanks to Dan for all is hard work! It seems I inherited the device a little too late...

Would it be pointless to try the Motorola unlock tool, provided by them? Even though its for the dev edition...
[RAZR HD Android Development] Mr-Glass:
Here is some more reading - The girl has the HD today so I had to look on the version to be sure, but looks like you are on the latest update.. :( - On a good note they are working on Root for the latest update, just no joy on the bootloader..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2358388
[RAZR HD Android Development] dragonboydbboy:
Ya, already read about that, sucks that the bootloader is stuck now :(

Makes it pointless for me, no android device will work unless I can put ROMS on it, my Galaxy Nexus ruined me! Lol

But thanks for all the replies!

Guess this one will just go on Amazon to help me finance some other phone. Motorola Nexus...? :fingers-crossed:
[RAZR HD Android Development] Mr-Glass:
On another note - Before the bootloader was unlocked custom roms were still possible with Safestrap and Root - I have never used this on the HD, however my original Razr does not have an unlocked bootloader and I am running the latest CM10.1 and Liquidsmooth 2.9.. I know that there are several Roms out there for the HD for use with Safestrap.. anyway, just a thought..
[RAZR HD Android Development] dragonboydbboy:
Really? Thats interesting...

Might be worth looking into... that way I can still sell it as locked later

Thanks!
[RAZR HD Android Development] :
Real talk, w/out an unlocked bootloader this phone isn't worth a single thing, most roms in the future will require kernel mods to even boot up (like MIUI does now), on that premise alone this is not even a phone worth owning if the bootloader isn't unlocked; and It's not a phone worth developing for because of this fact
[RAZR HD Android Development] dragonboydbboy:
Agreed. That's why it's nexus or no for me ;)
[RAZR HD Android Development] recDNA:
Fortunately, most who wanted to unlock already have.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Almighty2:
Any luck getting this done?
[RAZR HD Android Development] scoobaspeaz:
I will sell you mine..its unlocked :)
[RAZR HD Android Development] PearlMikeJam:
No luck. I unrooted to try to fix some things and cannot get to the files anymore. Sorry.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Almighty2:
That's okay... Just wished there was a way to extract from the .bin files included in this utility.
[RAZR HD Android Development] dragonboydbboy:
Lol thanks, but no thanks! :)
[RAZR HD Android Development] recDNA:
You know it's funny. I like to unlock and root my phones but I would never purchase a phone that has been rooted.
[RAZR HD Android Development] Ronbo85:
Reading the post about using this toolkit with the last update begs me to ask. I have 4.1.2 system version 9.16.6.xt926

Can I use this I see there is a newer one 9.18.79 available I rejected?
[RAZR HD Android Development] Harley_Rider:
Yes, I believe if you are on 9.16 you can use the took kit, and as stated in this thread, if you update to 9.18 you will not be able to unlock your BL.

JohnT
[RAZR HD Android Development] 007shark:
Thank you so much for this utility. I was using Safestrap and a modified stock rom. Following your tool I successfully went back to stock, rerooted, unlocked bootloader, installed custom recovery, and then took and installed the 9.18 OTA update. I used OTA Rootkeeper to save root prior to the OTA and now I have the latest Moto firmware with UL bootloader and root.