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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maliusmaximus:
Well until your final post I wasn't aware that download mode was also called Odin mode and that is perfectly normal for a stock phone to say this. I think it's perfectly reasonable for someone who has done a fair bit of research into fixing a stock phone to hear about Odin only in the context of rooting and CFW (pages which I avoid because I'm not interested in CFW), and thus to be surprised when they see Odin mentioned on their stock phone. Now that you've made me aware that this is normal, I'm perfectly capable of finding the info required to fix the phone.

I appreciate your help. I just wanted to mention this as it seems you feel I have asked this question unnecessarily. I hope this points out that if one follows this particular train of thought of fixing a stock phone then its very possible and not unreasonable to arrive at this conclusion.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zukito:
hi every one, i've testing the Vanilla Rootbox 4 on my gt-i9300, soo far its a great rom, but sometimes it consumes too much battery, so i've tryed to check for a kernel change, but i haven't find any, so plz, help me to find a compatible kernel (or more) for this great rom!, thanks in advance :good::laugh:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrismast:
you will find kernel here & here
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zukito:
Well, ive cheked many post like past two hours but couldnt find any specific to my rom, links to same forums dont help too much...but thanks anyway
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrismast:
you just have to compare the base of your ROM (e.g. Samsung, AOSP/AOKP, CM) and compare it with the compatibility of the kernels, not that complicated. After that it is up to you to test different once as it depends on the use of your phone.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Me:
:shock: Please help me to uninstall the Ext ROM .

To many subgects on this forum . But no one explaning how

to do that step by step .
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] merlin_uk:
You cannot uninstall the Ext Rom as such....

but what you can do is use the Extended Rom Unlocker which can be easily found on this fourm to unlock this area. Remove the CAB files and then Hard Reset your device.... this will cause a reinstall but without the Ext Rom bits....

Of course you will lose all your data and anything else that you have installed.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Me:
Need help

:shock: I spend more then one hour on the forum again .

Can you help me please . Instead of telling me : Look at the forum.

Very disorganized forum . Need help .
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] cruisin-thru:
It is very easy to search "extended rom unlock".
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Me:
Reinstalling Ext ROM

So ... what about reinstalling Ext ROM .

Do I have to uninstall the previous one or not ?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] M4io:
Extended rom does not contain installed programs, it contains installers.

The files there will install programs whenever you do a hard reset.

These programs aren't always listed in the list of programs that can be uninstalled.

If you want some programs not installed, you have to change extrom . With the "extended rom unlocker". and then do a hard reset.

or "bake" your own ms_.nbf with ER2003EDIT and do a full upgrade (also NK & radio).

Afterwards don't do a restore from backup :-)

interesting literature : http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HimalayaRomkitchen
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Me:
Thank you

Thank you . I got what I need .
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] arosemena:
I bought the phone over the mexican equivalent of ebay, it came with 4.0.2.A.0.58 firmware which is android 2.4.3, once i connected to wifi the phone prompted me with an OTA update to 4.0.2.A.0.62, i accepted it and when it finished the download and rebooted it never came on, i tried removing the battery, holding the button for a long time but nothing worked, after some reading i downloaded the SEUS tool, it detected the phone fine and downloaded a 230mb file which i assume was the latest FW, it said that the installation was sucessful and that i should turn on my phone, again it didn't turn on, it vibrates but the screen never comes on, after giving up on SEUS i read about flashtools, i downloaded the previous firmware that i had which was 4.0.2.A.0.58, the one that was working fine before the OTA, file name is

SK17i_4.0.2.A.0.58_GLOBAL.tft

I start flashtools and select the firmware, phone is detected fine but the flashing gets stuck at

Processing system.sin

Checking Header

Flashing data

i left it running for 30 mins and it didn't move from there, the person that sold it to me says the phone is new and says that it is my fault that the phone doesn't work anymore because according to him he asked in an email not to update the phone or the warranty was void with him, i live in mexico so there's not a sony center i can go for help, i really want to fix the phone, was pretty excited about getting it and now it wont turn on :(

what can i do next?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Aayushya:
Well there must be a problem with the phone already.

Or else why would the seller say "not to upgrade"?

Flashtool was the only option that i would have recommended.

But you say it didnt work.

Are you sure you put the phone in flash mode?

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And by the way, it takes time for the phone to turn on after an update.

Leave it for a while and see if it opens or not.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] arosemena:
Yes, i've tried with 3 different ftf files and they all get stuck in system.sin when flashing, this really sucks :(
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] andogeek10:
Have you asked the person from whom you bought the phone whether the bootloader of the phone is locked or unlocked?

I ask this because the people with unlocked bootloader are advised not to accept ota updates as it will brick their devices.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Aayushya:
You can't possibly update OTA with an unlocked bootloader it would get downloaded but it wont update.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] andogeek10:
It's possible, but it'll brick your device.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Aayushya:
No it doesn't!

The phone will switch back to normal and a notification says:- OTA upgrade failed
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] arosemena:
maybe it was this, is there any way to unbrick it?, this is my first android phone, i had no clue this could happen

EDIT:

i think i unbricked it, i managed to get the screen to show by flashing with this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1553601

i'll update once i get a firmware working

EDIT 2:

still getting stuck on system.sin when trying to flash it :(, is there any way i can get the original update to work?

this show in the flashtool

INFO - Current device : SK17i - BX902JQK2V - 1250-0861_R13D - 1244-7088_4.0.2.A.0.58 - WORLD-i_4.0.2.A.0.58
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Aayushya:
NO! IT doesn't get bricked!

I had an unlocked bl too i upgraded OTA but it wasn't successful.

However,my phone switched back on and the notif. said OTA upgrade failed or sumthng like that.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] andogeek10:
From the Q6. of this thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1568792

You are very lucky if you did not brick your phone.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] r.ifat381:
At first unbrick ur phone by the following xda link u given.i think ur ftf file is corrupted.so flash another ftf file for which is for ur device.don't flash any other device's ftf file.try ics firmware .431 or .587. Or u can try any other custom rom.

Last month my lww bricked by receiving ota update.my bootloader is unlock.then I unbrick through the link you mentioned.i confirmed that if ur device is unlocked then it will work for u also.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePatelBros:
So I have a rooted GS3 running stock 4.1.2 and I flashed one of those inverted Google play store apps using twrp. Then when I rebooted my device for another reason and went into the play store, it said no connection even though my WiFi and 4g are both fine. I uninstalled all updates to the app, but then the play store would crash even when running in the background. So I found the latest version of the play store I could online, which was 4.0.2.5 which isn't the most recent. But now I still have the same no connection problem. Any solutions? I've also tried clearing data and cache from the app
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkMenace:
Have you tried Google Play Store 4.1.10 yet?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
This happened to me to me once, I fixed it by restoring a backup. I couldn't really figure out what was causing it. I know I messed it up by clearing data on system framework. But I have no idea how that messed it up.

You could just flash a custom rom and that will fix the issue. The problem is that the playstore is being updated constantly. Any Inverted playstore I have running ends up getting automatically updated to the most recent release anyways, so I just kind of gave up theming it. You probably installed an old version of playstore. The playstore must have some automatic connection protocol that enables it to automatically update without permission, and an old playstore might not allow that connection.

You might just be able to completely delete the playstore from your phone to install a recent one, but I have no idea if that would work. Someone has to know how to fix this without a restore or flashing a new rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] amplatfus:
today also on CM 10.1 4.2.2 Nightly 01.06

Also in my case. Tried cache from safestrap, restore with Titanium. I mention that I have been "playing" yesterday with gps.conf. But today morning it worked.

PS: In my case it was because Adway Host. After delete the blacklist from hosts it fix without restart.

If work to anybody else, please hit thanks :)

I am happy now. Wish you all :)

amplatfus
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePatelBros:
I just did. Same problem
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePatelBros:
So pretty much I should just do a Titanium Backup for all my apps except the Play Store, install the custom ROM, then restore the data for all my apps and hope the Play Store works?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
That will work for sure, just have to find a custom rom you like. Your play store won't restore even if it's backed up through titanium. It's a good idea to have titanium anyway.

Never restore system data, only restore user apps + data. That's known to cause problems after a restore.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePatelBros:
Okay I'm about to back up my apps and Ill find a ROM later today
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Are you new to flashing roms? Just make sure you do all the proper steps first.

Nandroid and unlock bootloader first.

factory reset, wipe cache and Dalvik cache, format system, then flash rom.

Follow the instructions on the roms page and you're good to go.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePatelBros:
I've flashed a few roms before. Its just a matter of which one I'll flash
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePatelBros:
I'm now at the point where Google Drive and Google+ keep crashing too. I'm realizing this is a problem with all the google apps, so what would happen if I just flashed a gapps zip file for 4.1.2 via TWRP? would that work since this seems to be a problem within all the apps by google? im running the latest ota, the MD3 build.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
That is very strange, give it a shot, flashing a gapps package might work. I do think it's a problem with the Google apps though, so your play store is working right? I think all you need now is let the play store auto update. Maybe there's a way to force it. That should allow the rest of your apps to work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePatelBros:
Yup. Play store worked after that, but I went ahead and still flashed a custom rom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Sounds like you're close to getting things back to normal, let me know If you get everything working.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePatelBros:
Yup everything's fine now. No crashes at all and everything works. Thanks for your help btw
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jordan~Kurniawan:
so if anybody having this problem again

i get mine fixed by doing this :

1. Open any file explorer that have root access

2. Search for a folder named "system" and then look for a folder that says "etc"

3. Inside "etc" folder search for a file that says "host" . edit that text using any text editor

4. Delete everything in the host file﻿

5. Save
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dgameman1:
I ended up fixing it by flashing another rom, using titanium backup to copy the play store. and then reflashed back to the original rom I was using and then restored with copy of the play store i previously had.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] damiloveu:
The host file is read-only, I can't modify it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hijqx:
I too have the same issue and cannot edit the file due to read-only permissions.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sniper:
Reserved
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Papa Smurf151:
Original OP
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Papa Smurf151:
Full Changelog can be found here :[/U][/B] Click Here

Nightlies changelog

Click Me

22.3.0 -> 22.4.0

Updated all CM commits to RC4[szl.kiev]

Updated PA commits[singhdd93]

Fix Pie & Tablet Date View[singhdd93]

Update AOKP Ribbons[xLaMbChOpSx]

Fix 3-dot Menu Button[xLaMbChOpSx]

22.2.0 -> 22.3.0

Updated all CM commits[singhdd93]

Setting layout redone, New header for PAC In Black[blindndumb]

Dark Calculator[TRDS/kufikugel]

Statusbar auto collapse is back[g2usr]

Calendar now work on 960p[PA/beerbong]

Phone layouts for Tablet/Phablet UI[PA/beerbong]

Email FC Fixed[Sniper-]

Lockscreen shortcuts for now[Langes72]

CM's lockscreen slider shortcut is back[g2usr]

View PAC-man contributors in Settings > About phone[Sniper]
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Papa Smurf151:
fixed, try it now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] apascual89:
Great work man!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] wotandsdwys:
Downloading now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] cidica:
The AOSP love for this phone is amazing me. So glad I got it. Can't wait to get the time to use the roms good work man :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] mjs2011:
Lol that's a contradictory statement if I've ever seen one.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] R0CKSTAR3N3RGY:
Glad to see this for the S4! Loved PAC-in-black on my S2!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] adrianjr84:
Do you lose camera features (slow motion..etc) on this Rom?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] atman8r:
if its a part of TW then yes. search before asking. SOOOO glad to see PAC on the s4! i used it on the s2, s3 and now on the sIV;]

:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] xxaddictedxx:
nice!! downloading now :) papa smurf........i love your face for this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] atman8r:
Is it just me or is this ROM missing the fundamental volume-to-skip-tracks feature in most AOSP ROMs? Not meaning to sound rude.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Papa Smurf151:
Its there. Go to rom control I believe. I know it's there someone I'm settings.

XDA Moderator
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] atman8r:
You were right, its in Lock screen settings... Anyways, thanks for your work Papa Smurf, running this on my nexus 7 as well and the setting is in sound lol. Thanks again. :thumbup: oh and something else I noticed is that for whatever reason the lock screen slider from ROM control with 8 spots doesn't show up, only the one with 4 under lock screen settings in the normal settings menu is ever applied.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Rasmux:
Hey I'm not currently able to read my messages, is this normal?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sweets55:
Did your try turning on/off the dark mode? What theme and font is that? Does your issue happen with the stock theme?

Papa Smurf151 thanks for this Rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Rasmux:
That worked just fine it was dark mode the issue, thanks a lot, btw theme is blue alloy cm 10.1 and the font is from Rom Toolbox Pro
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] PwnCloud:
Same issue. One of them was almost completely green.

Also, I can't manage to change the bootanimation in the AOKP settings, and I can't find the location of the bootanimation.zip anyway.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] meatfist:
ok i'll flash the chronic kernel first. if that doesn't work i'll do a logcat and send you the results. thanks guys.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] laestrella:
Emoji Support

I can send emoji's to my iphone friends just fine on this rom. However, I can't see them in the SMS app. They come up as question marks. Is there anything special that I need to do? Is anyone else having this issue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] tyronemillay:
Proceess stoped?

unfortunately. the process com.android.phone has stop

...... anyone know what i can do about this :confused::(:confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] zplunk:
It's hard to know what happened when you don't say anything about what you were doing when that happened. That's like saying: "my car won't start" and failing to mention this problem started after you ran into a tree. How is anyone supposed to help you?

You would get a much better response if you said "such and such happened when I was..." And I'd you can provide a logcat that would be even better.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] gr33nd3vil:
When you wipe an flash or dirty flash the phone app crashes not allowing it to start on 4.3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] zplunk:
So just to clarify are you saying he should manually format /system, /cache, /dalvik cache. Install the ROM then gapps. Then format/cache, /dalvik cache, fix permissions, then reboot?

That's what I did using the official CWM and have had zero issues with force closings.

Edit: I would like to add that I wasn't trying to be offensive when asking for clarification on how and when his problem arose.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] lambing08:
market wont load when using 3G

whenever I try to access the market on 3G it will not load and tells me connection timeout. I have tried toggling airplane mode on/off and restarting and reflashing ROM. Is this a known issue or something specific to my particular phone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] b0tes:
I'm on ClockworkMod Touch 6.0.3.2. Should I be updating my recovery to a different version of CWM in order to flash the latest 4.3 alpha?

I prefer to stick with CWM and not switch to TWRP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] gr33nd3vil:
I was thinking the same an I flashed 3xs an still got the phone app crashing don't care I can stay on milestone 4.3 should be farther but Google sat on it fn idiots.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] laestrella:
Is anyone having an issue where during a phone call with headphones that have a built in mic, the mic on the phone is used instead. I'm on RC1. To other people I sound low and the quality only improves when I move the phone mic closer to my face.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] b0tes:
I use the stock headphones that came with the retail packaging of my phone and do not have that issue.

Are the mic'd headphones the OEM Samsung buds or an aftermarket pair?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] laestrella:
Thank you so much for the quick response. They are the newer apple headphones. I had someone else try to other cheap headphones and the issue was still there. I will try the stock ones.

Also, when you plug in your headphones do you get a little headphone icon in the notification area? Was that just a Samsung feature?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] b0tes:
Yes, my general rule of thumb when it comes to accessories is to stick to the original manufacturer, with the exception of cases and Anker batteries.

And I barely ran the stock Touchwiz ROM for more than a few hours before rooting and installing PACman, so I can't confirm, but I do know that there is no such notification on RC1, but again, the stock buds work perfectly.

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Any feedback at all from those running the Sniper's latest 4.3 alpha?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] laestrella:
Just got home and tried out the Samsung headphones that came with the phone. Same issue. The mic on the phone is picking up instead of the headphone mic. Try calling someone and covering up the phone mic and see if they can hear you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sniper:
I've been using it as a daily driver for days on end now. It works pretty flawlessly, but not everything from the 4.2.2 version is added back yet. We're also working on adding more features and simplifying the settings menu.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] PwnCloud:
Same. Only issue I've noticed was front facing camera as well as HDR.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sniper:
What's wrong with them? I don't notice any problems :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] b0tes:
Not sure what to tell you, other than RC1 and the embedded inline microphone on the stock buds work perfectly for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] PwnCloud:
With FFC it shows lines of green pixels, some pictures more than others. With HDR everything is extremely underexposed, and much of the time the photos are corrupt.

Just to clarify, I did a completely clean wipe prior to flashing and I have had no issues otherwise.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] KelevrA_8:
I get green lines all over a picture taken with front facing camera on every aosp Rom. I haven't tried hdr mode, the green lines on the front facing camera was enough to deter me from using the Rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Ckao:
Is there anyway to disable the dual pane especially with email.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] b0tes:
Settings > Hybrid Properties > ParanoidAndroid Settings > Apps > Email > Layout > 360p
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Ckao:
You are the man!!! Thank you.... I am assuming theres no way to change the dual pane in settings right?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] b0tes:
Lol...Settings > Hybrid Properties > ParanoidAndroid Settings > Apps > Settings > Layout > 360p
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Ckao:
Damn brother!! I love this ROM!! Peep my main screen!

Thank You!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] lexball50:
I downloaded the latest Alpha release, did a complete wipe and install with GApps but I dont have a keyboard. I click to type and it says keyboard has unfortunately stopped. Am i missing something?? Does a certain zip need to be flashed??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sniper:
Which gapps? That happened to me but with a 4.2.2 gapps package. They aren't compatible.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sniper:
Newest alpha from today: all rom settings are now in one place! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] gr33nd3vil:
Nice!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sniper:
Front facing camera and HDR also work now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] gr33nd3vil:
Is there a update recovery to use to flash these
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] PwnCloud:
Is it safe to just wipe cache and dalvik cache to update to latest 4.3 alpha (from earliest 4.3 alpha)?