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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] caffeineighted:
That's amazing. The never ending kindness of the community at its best lol

I'm still trying to figure out how to make a tar.gz file. I'm understanding that front-end makes it, and I've even watched a video guide, but no one specifies what file to use when you click "Browse..." and choose a file to put in as "Heimdall Firmware File"

I've been using the original .zip I downloaded from the rooting guide, but I get that error about the file being the wrong size or something.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] caffeineighted:
So I tried to download the PIT just to see if I can even make parts of this program work. It failed.

When I researched the error "Claiming interface failed" I found this.

It describes some sort of issue with the fact that I've installed Kies.

Is this part of my problem?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Misterjunky:
re: Heimdall

Did you rename the TAR file? - if you did try naming it back to the original name.

All firmware TAR files are fully compatible with Heimdall and Odin plus Heimdall One-Click..

Also I know one thing for sure, that when you press the "Browse" button it's looking for a TAR file.

The MD5 just tells the winzip or winrar if the checksum of the file is the same as it's sopposed to be.

Another thing, the Heimdall One-Click JAR file also wants the TAR file, none of these things work

with Zipfiles with the exception of Mobile Odin, but that has a problem now, it's not yet compatible

with any of the Galaxy S4 variants like the M919 , I9500 and all the others.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] caffeineighted:
Here's exactly what I've done so far, and I've re-downloaded everything so I have fresh files and filenames/extensions just to clear any mucking up I did:

I downloaded this file from this thread as I understand this is the stock firmware necessary to use here.

I unzipped the file, and used 7-zip to extract the tar.md5 which also extracted a .dll.

The tar.md5 file is named: M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_M919UVUAMDL_HOME_.tar.md5

I have installed Heimdall version 1.3.1 as the download site claims that version 1.3.2 broke compatability with many devices.

I downloaded the two .jar files you linked to which make up the one-click.

If all of this is correct so far, I'm understanding that I need to now feed a tar.gz file to heimdall one-click, however, I don't have any files that end in .gz. Just the tar.md5, which the one-click does not accept.

The button on the one-click literally says, "Select a Heimdall tar.gz for one-click" - So I'm lost there.

I'm reading that the front-end GUI is what would be used to create a tar.gz, but it seems to require downloading the PIT file from your phone, and this is failing now, possible due to me having installed Kies and now having different kernel extensions that apparently need to be unloaded (no idea how to do that lol).

This is so complicated! Makes me want to go buy a cheap netbook lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Misterjunky:
re: gz

Why not browse to the TAR file, you can also add the .gz to the filename.tar and see if it helps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] caffeineighted:
I've tried that too, and it just says, "error Could not write to temp folder" and then "Could not write to file"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Misterjunky:
re: flashing

Well I know one thing for sure, that with a PC it's best to uninstall kies completely so it cannot interfere with Odin.

After kies is uninstalled you need to install the latest Samsung USB drivers then reboot the computer.

Kies comes with the usb drivers which uninstalls when you uninstall kies.

The main purpose of kies is to check for new OTA updates and flash them. All the other options it has are built into the

phone like file transfers, media transfers, conversions and a few other minor things which all can be done with apps like

Rom Manager, Titanium Backup and a couple other apps from the play store.

If you know how to use TWRP or CWM recovery you don't even need rom manager.

After flashing CWM/TWRP zipfile custom or rooted stock roms it prevents Kies from doing an OTA update even

though Kies reconizes your phone if you have anything other than a stock rom installed in it which is good because

who wants to update/overwrite an excellent custom rom with a stock unrooted rom again.

But it can be done by simply flashing the 100% stock TAR Unrooted Samsung M919 MDL rom.

The only purpose I see in doing that is if the phone for some reason needs to be returned to Tmobile for an exchange.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] caffeineighted:
So you're saying I should uninstall Kies, but then go find the USB drivers and re-intall them? I thought in order to install the USB drivers, you need Kies?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] caffeineighted:
I'm currently setting up Windows 7 in Parallels lol

My brain is fried.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
Hello everyone

here's the story from the start:

I was chatting on Skype when my Galaxy S II GT-I9100 suddenly freezed. I removed the battery and booted the phone but it was stock at the Samsung logo.

What happened since then:

1- My device has never been rooted before.

2- I was running official Jelly Bean 4.1.2

3- I have only access to download mode.

4- I tried flashing stock Jelly Bean "I9100XWLSD_I9100OJVLS6_I9100XXLS8_HOME.tar" and "I9100_CODE_I9100XXLPH_CL118559_REV02_user_low_ship.tar" using Odin 3.07 and Odin 1.83.

5- The device started to show "firmware upgrade encountered an issue ..."

6- Tried to flash stock kernel. "KERNEL_XWLPM"

7- Tried to flash custom kernels. "Siyah-s2-v5.0.1" and "Siyah-s2-v6.0b5"

8- In download mode: Current Binary changed from "official" to "custom" and Custom Binary from "no" to "yes" (3 counts) WHAT IS THIS?

Questions:

1- Is my S II soft bricked or hard bricked?

2- Can I install CWM recovery with my S II in the current situation? I read somewhere in the forum that this could help me install a custom rom.

3- Can I flash custom roms via Odin? I have no problem using any rom available I just want my S II working again :(

4- Please keep in mind that I'm new to this so I hope that you can provide me with step by step instructions.

5- Thank you everyone in advance for your help.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Flash JB leak:

PDA: LSJ

PHONE: LS6

CSC: LS1

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
no luck :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Try another usb port.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
1- tried different usb ports. even usb 3.0 ports

2- tried different Samsung drivers. (kies is not installed)

3- used the usb cable that came with S II.

What about Re-Partitioning the device, will that help? What are the danger of using it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
It won't, it'll likely brick your device.

Install kies, by installing different drivers you're creating conflict.

If it fails, try with another PC/laptop.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
downloaded kies; still nothing!

don't you think my S II is bricked already? If so, what options do I have?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
It's not.

Keep trying

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
I almost gave up!

thank you for putting hope in my heart, dude :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x1123:
Since you can still go to "download mode", first recharge your battery till full, get CWR and flash CWR only via ODIN, boot to recovery, format system, cache, data partitions. Obtain any custom ROM, flash with custom rom via CWR. Your device id soft brick only .... have FUN dude !!! :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
a million thanks x1123

However, I have few questions on my mind:

1- How am I supposed to know that the battery is fully charged while the screen displays "firmware upgrade encountered an issue ..." while charging?

2- Where can I get CWR? Would you be so kind to provide a link?

3- Which custom rom is the most stable that you can recommend?

4- Do I need to flash a new kernel? Which one is the most stable\safe?

thank you so much for all the help :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raghavendra_atp:
1.first download ics 4.0.3 or 4.0.4 flash in odin

and keep mind when if it is succesfully completed it restar and struck at samsung logo means "s: symbol

remove u r battery and wait for one minute replace the battery and hold down the volume up+menu button+and press the power button u will go to recovery menu now with the help of volume button go to factory reset and press the power button to select and select yes and reboot.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
thank you Raghavendra_atp for the advice but I already tried that but my device refused to be flashed due to NAND corruption.

I'd appreciate it if you could read my first post to know more about my current situation. Thank you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raghavendra_atp:
ok tell me that if u going to recover mode and download mode
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
I can only access download mode
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raghavendra_atp:
If that means u r mobile motherboard is gone it will cost nearly 8000rs sorry for that b'coz i had also same problem

i replace the mother baord in samsung service center
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestD0539:
Have you tried following the guide on how to recover a soft bricked GS2?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1457458

On an off chance, are you trying to flash a rom for an i9100, but maybe you have an i9100G (newer GS2)?

This can be checked on the sticker behind the battery. Just suggesting that because you were previously on the factory rom.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
I did follow that guide; tried flashing the provided kernel with no luck.

I'm positive that I have i9100 not i9100G.

How much does a motherboard cost in USD?!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
150 buck but I'm pretty sure this is a drivers conflict.

Keep trying, we've got plenty of threads about that.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
New problem!

"Battery low cannot access download mode."

The battery is empty and I can longer recharge it. I was able before, but after I used Odin, the following phrase started to appear "firmware upgrade encountered an issue ..." Does that mean that my phone is dead?!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nikhilmendu:
No bro you can definitely recover it try other PC with only kies installed and there shouod be no drivers of any other android or smartphone driver

And your mother board isn't gone don't worry

And for battery just charge it with universal charger can found in eBay around 4$ don't worry
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
well, I cannot buy universal charger from eBay since I'm from Syria. So I'm gonna try to find another s2 to charge my battery with.

Thank you so much for everything guys.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
tried different PCs with clean windows and only kies installed, but stopped, same results. The samsung logo and the battery icon -indicates charging- are back, however.

I'm thinking of trying to flash a bootloader as mentioned in this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1457458.

Is it too dangerous, or is it worth the risk?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Keep trying to flash a kernel like philz come with cwm. If it gos to download its not dead. Make sure kies is off.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Flash this again.

Remember to kill ALL 4 kies applications.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
after flashing philz kernal a yellow triangle appeared. What is that?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Try and get into recovery mate vol up home down and then power till it boots to recovery. May get into it

Means phone is rooted.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YoUnEs DeX:
install

jeboo_kernel_i9100_v1-2a.tar
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Does it go to recovery? ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
no it did not :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
have you tried to flash what gastonw said?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
tried.. did not help
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
can you provide me with link?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
found it; didn't work
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Does Odin passes at least?

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
no it gets stuck at zimage or something. No matter what I flash, it ends up with fail to write :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Try another odin version/cable/pc and report if you get stucked and where.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
My phone is no longer shows the charging icon -although it's heating up while charging- and no longer access the download mode. Actually, the screen does not display anything at all. Does that mean my beloved is S2 has finally kicked the bucket? Should I buy a new mainboard? Or replacing the PCB -whatever that is- should do the trick?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x1123:
In my opinion better you buy GPG JTAG BOX which supported SGS2 all version. In my country is cost usd 115 and you will have Phone Service Center in your hand :D with surrection cable, less hazle and no soldering problem. If you dont want make money with the box, you can help many friends.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zMoondanceR:
here in Syria we have no such thing. Any alternative?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ChristopherShort:
I have been romming for years now, and it made sense back in the DROID2 days. Now phones are so much faster and have so much ram that what does running lean really help? I have horrible battery life with anything other than stock based. I mean hell my wifi doesn't work now on aosp. I know that isn't a problem on every rom, but one or two problems are. I need help seeing the benefit of aosp or aokp anymore.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joshm.1219:
I mean the differences between stock and custom ROM's are obvious but there's not many advantages of Aosp than the TW-based ones. they're generally more customizable and most have MIUI theme engines but that's about it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shrike1978:
Because AOSP ROMs for non-AOSP phones are a hack...and I mean no disrespect by saying that. It's just that on phones that aren't AOSP out of the box, there's no source or AOSP compatible drivers or libs available. It all has to be done by the community, and usually has to be done blind. Making AOSP work at all on a TouchWiz (or Sense or Motoblur) device is an exercise in old school hacking and reverse engineering, and it's almost never going to be as complete as what comes from the factory. It's not a simple matter of compiling the code and running, there is significant work that has to be done just to get it to boot, and then endless repetitions of improving the implementations. On some devices, it ends up so close as to be virtually indistinguishable from stock...on others, it never gets to daily driver status.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ChristopherShort:
I agree, back in the DROID2 days, cm7 was necessary due to bloatware, but these days there is so much memory, it doesn't matter. I do prefer screen shot being on the power menu, but the other customizations don't out weigh the battery and other issues
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jcollier:
I used to be a a fan of this, but now I just swipe my hand across the screen for a shot.
[Oppo Find 5] beama:
Hi out there

http://www.oppoforums.com/attachments/oppofront-png.2580/

Can anyone share this wallpaper plz?

THX a lot

Beama
[Oppo Find 5] bierpatriot1:
There is an app in the playstore Oppo Mobile Wallpaper should be all stock wallpapers
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] gksmith:
I just got my Note 2 and may have missed the answer some FAQ. But today I noticed that while using Google Maps to do some navigation, I received a phone call and during the call, the screen went blank. The phone kept telling me the turn by turn information but kept the screen off. The screen only came on after the call was completed. I don't remember my SG2 doing this.

Google maps has an option to dim screen - which isn't the same as turning it off. I'm not sure if was triggered due to the phone call or something else. On a recent trip with my SG2, the phone never turned the screen off during navigation.

Is there a setting someplace? I know there are apps but I don't want to have to remember to do 2 or 3 things in order to navigate.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] XxLostSoulxX:
See I'm not sure but people in general have this issue. When during a phone call the screen will stay off. However I've been on stock and I don't have this issue as soon as I let my hand away and the proximity sensor sense is that the phone is not close to my ear the screen will turn on. And then I just hit the home button and then go back into navigation.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] shabgard:
Have you tried that on driving mode see if does the same thing?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] gksmith:
No, I haven't tried driving mode yet.. I'm going to test navigation without sending or receiving call to see what happens. The device is sitting in a cubby on the dash and I use an integrated Bluetooth solution. I verified the SG2 doesn't exhibit this issue - but then again, the SG2 is on a custom rom so there could be a patch in play.
[Sailfish General] Cybertron™:
can i possible fully port Jolla Sailfish os in HTC One X + international version :cool:
[Sailfish General] convict_moody:
I don't this you can since Sailfish OS is only compatible with Novathor Chipsets and is Meego based OS, and when the first port of Sailfish to any android device it will be able to port sailfish to other devices...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Schoat333:
I think its time that we have a place for specific TW theming questions on the S4. Post your questions, or answer if you can, and we will build a resource for everyone to use.

I'll ask the first questions. Has anyone found where the image is for the volume and brightness scrubber track?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MR H3LLMAN:
Aw yeah here we go. I'm going to be utilizing this thread a lot. Never themed touchwiz before haha.

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] nweaver11:
When we change images, do we change the ones under drawable-xhdpi or xxhdpi?

Sent from my SCH-I545
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] prstorero:
xxhdpi :) If there aren't any there (or very few) do hdpi as well
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Schoat333:
I noticed the hdpi thing as well. Also look for images in the drawable folder itself. This usually only contains xml's, but Samsung's apks are a mess when it comes to images.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] prstorero:
You got that right about the images lol. Also having so many random things tied into framework and twframework makes finding things a pain. It's taken me days to black out mms, contacts, framework, twframework, and the calculator haha.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] prstorero:
I found some in twframework in more than one of the drawable folders. So look there :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Schoat333:
I've tried em all with no luck yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] prstorero:
I would try if I wasn't stuck looking for what ever is used for the hover preview lol. http://db.tt/ZdKeG7yB

The problem is I don't believe its a standard PNG. The arrow you see actually follows you as your finger moves from side to side, so I have no idea where they put the stupid thing lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Morocotopo0301:
I got one, why is it that when I edit the color on the messaging bubbles, it makes the bubble itself look stretched?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] prstorero:
It sounds like you messed with a .9 border :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Morocotopo0301:
All I did was change the hue. How can I go about it without messing it up?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] prstorero:
Changing the hue (if you didn't select only a portion of the image) will change the borders as well. If they aren't solid black, then the image will be jacked up. You can also re-trace over those borders with a pencil tool set to 100% black "ff000000" and that should work too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Morocotopo0301:
Wow, thank you very much sir
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] prstorero:
No problem. Post back if you still need help :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Schoat333:
Are you decompiling the apk, or just pulling the image out of the apk using 7.zip?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Morocotopo0301:
I'm decompiling using apk manager and then modifying the png
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Schoat333:
OK, thats good.

Are you then recompiling the APK so your .9 image is batched? If not, that's what your missing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Morocotopo0301:
So that's what I'm missing, would you mind explaining how to batch the. 9?

Sent from my GS IV
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Schoat333:
Well the process of recompiling the apk will do it for you. You can then pull that image of of the compiled apk, in the dist folder, and put it into your original to flash in recovery, or push using adb.

There is also a tool somewhere out there that will process the .9 without using apktool, I don't remember what its called tho.
[HTC One X+] netghoster:
I have a few of car chargers with 1A output. However when I use regular USB cable to charge my HTC one X+, it only charges as 0.5A. Could any one let me know where I can buy a charging cable that allow me to charge HTC one X+ at 1A, the faster rate.

Thank you,
[HTC One X+] yokozuna82:
How do you know it's charging a 0.5A?
[HTC One X+] netghoster:
I am using an app called CurrentWidget to tell the charging current. It may not be 100% accurate but is a good indicator.
[HTC One X+] Gregsy:
You don't really get a charging cable. Its the charger that sets the charge current. Can you modify the charger? Short out the data pins on the charger (the middle two). This tells the phone its not on usb.

---------- Post added at 11:12 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:10 AM ----------

Or flash a new kernel and Rom and enable fast charge :thumbup:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] tsouza:
Hello all,

I'm coming from int'l i9505 to att version (long story). So I've got some basic questions... First of all, it seems that the bootloader is locked, does this imposes any real limitation or is a just a matter of unlocking (through loki, i suppose)? Can I upgrade baseband firmware freely or should I stick with the current one? I'm missing the "Cloud" account which provides sms backup and picture sync (with dropbox and picasa), can I flash any int'l based rom which provides these features (after unlocking, of course) ?

Cheers
[HTC Sensation] filmeonlinesub:
Hello,

I have a HTC sensation with stock rom and i would like to change the rom bit i don;t know how and i found a lot of post on this forum with many links sending you in other posts... If someone can tell me exactly what should i do step by step to flash a custom rom

Details of my phone are:

LOCKED

Pyramid PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT - 1.27.0000

Looking forward for instructions. Thank you
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
You have two options

First is to follow the guide with flashing roms with s-on

It exists in general section

Second is to use ganeshp's guide to s-off and then root

In general section too

I can't post links because I am using xda app