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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] beerindex:
So I have solved the problem. Below is a reference for other users who might have the same issue:

1) Used GoodManager for Reboot Recovery

2) Made a new Nandroid backup, this time discovering that I could assign the backup to my sd card. And so I did exactly that.

3) Rebooted after backup made.

4) Connect phone to computer via USB, and use Windows Explorer to drag and drop the backup that was sitting on the phone in the same area where the new backup is.

Basically, knowing that I could back up to the SD card, and that TWRP created a file path for exactly that, I knew that I could move the old backup there too.

That said, I very much appreciate the help given to me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jj14:
I was able to use TWRP to perform nandroid backup directly to my 64GB microUSB - it supported it without any problems (didn't have to even take the microSD out of the phone)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] DarkMenace:
So TWRP reads extFAT?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jj14:
apparently it can read and write! :)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42318153&postcount=46

(device specific)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] DarkMenace:
I can't find TWRP in the market and when I goto their website it shows every carrier but Verizon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jj14:
Just noticed you are on Verizon - I installed on my Sprint device, but it looks like it is available for Verizon S4 as well (I went to http://teamw.in/project/twrp2, and clicked "Get TWRP for your device", entered S4 as search criteria and found "TWRP for Samsung Galaxy S4 (Verizon) [jfltevzw]" as the last entry in the list.

Personally, I'd recommend downloading goomanager from the play store, and using that to install.

From http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/181

"Android App Install Method (Preferred):

You must be rooted to use the GooManager install. Download the GooManager app from either location:

Market Link

Direct Download

Install the app and open it. Tap menu then hit Install OpenRecoveryScript. Tap Yes. Verify that the filename displays your device's code name and hit Yes. The file will download and your device will install the recovery automatically."
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] DarkMenace:
What's goomanager? I've never heard of it. What's it do?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jj14:
It is basically a front end for goo.im (which is a very popular Android file hosting site) - provides downloads of ROMs, kernels, apps, GApps, recoveries etc

Read more at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25943528
[Xperia Z Accessories] unixwise:
My source have both front and back, with loopholes for camera and sensors(0.3mm think & round edge), the down side with back film is unabled to place into docking.

US$20 each
[Xperia Z Accessories] cy888:
Do you have a link to site? and its only $20 for both front and back?
[Xperia Z Accessories] unixwise:
$20 for either one, $40 for both. It's under promotion (limited to first 100 pcs or so), it shall costs around $25-30 each late.

You may go to taobao.com and serach for '強化玻璃膜', that should pop up a few suppliers.
[Xperia Z Accessories] unixwise:
Ok, I am trying to setup the logistic in Amazon.com and hope it could help. said US$35 including international shipment, would that be reasonable ?
[Xperia Z Accessories] cy888:
If its $35, then its not that cheap anymore, similar to others. But they offer rear glass protector.

Also still cant find them on taobao. got a direct link?
[Xperia Z Accessories] unixwise:
I've make it up at ebay finally, $30 including international shipment fee

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=121124692188
[Xperia Z Accessories] unixwise:
some direct link below, but the matter is they don't speak and/or read English:

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.400.ej4Jgk&id=20469503935

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.52.J5WI4J&id=20405271102

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.136.J5WI4J&id=18702770142
[Xperia Z Accessories] RalphLauren:
Link does not work. The item does not exist or removed says eBay.

Are you going to set the auctions for the frond and back protectors separately, or it will be as a bundle : front+back ????
[Xperia Z Accessories] cy888:
I saw those also, and a couple cheaper ones too, but didn't see any back glass protectors.
[Xperia Z Accessories] unixwise:
got removal from ebay without any clues, anyway you could PM me if any assistant is required

In short, you need to aware the rear glass will resist you to put the mobile into the docking.
[Xperia Z Accessories] unixwise:
you have to able to read those Simplified Chinese(Handicap Chinese in my term) characters to see the details, sheer amount of shop highlighted their protector could be available below US$15 but that's a fake (unless you know how they trade).

the rear/back is hardly be available for the time being, and you have to ask the seller directly.
[Xperia Z Accessories] donottouch:
its the same crap as glas.t sharp on the edges and within 4weeks is going to chipping on the edges.... i had one , but when i cut my face with it i removed. if you want to keep your phone protected , leave it in the box...:D
[Xperia Z Accessories] arickss:
wow that great

i love u to buy that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] anotherron:
I was trying to install a new ROM on my Verizon Galaxy S4, but the phone seems to be bricked. It gets stuck on the Verizon screen and will not go beyond it. I can boot into ODEN download mode. Oden3 starts OK but when it reboots it too gets stuck at the Verizon screen. I can boot into recovery using CWM but when I try to restore a backup I get an error in the data partition; when I try to reboot, the phone gets stuck at the same place. I cannot turn it off; I have to remove the battery to do anything.

Any suggestions as to how to solve this? I at a loss and worried that this may be irreparable. Thanks for any help you may be able to give.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DarkMenace:
You should do a Restore of the System. I have the Restore files in my signature. This would be the only way I assume to fix your problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sparkerjc:
I bricked my phone tonight with a bad download I think, thanks for the files, they got me up and running again. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] anotherron:
Thanks. I'll try it and repot back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TechSavvy2:
I think there seems to be some misunderstanding of what constitutes a "brick" in here......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] anotherron:
I am receiving an error when running Odin. Near the end of flashing the rom, I receiver a runtime error message "The application requested the Runtime to terminate in an unusual way." If I do nothing, Odin never ends; if I respond OK, the flash does not complete correctly. My system, Win7 64, is up to date.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] anotherron:
You're right! How should I refer to my problem? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wolfgrrl:
BRICK is when a phone will not turn on, vibrate, or show any lights whatsoever.

SOFT BRICK is what you described......the phone will boot but gets caught up somewhere in the boot process.

Your phone was "soft bricked". Hope this helps :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PaulJ69:
I soft bricked my phone. When powering on, I get "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." When I power into Odin mode I get the warning, then vol + to continue and goes to the downloading... I stock restore but it keeps failing.

I used the files in DarkMenace signature.

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> Can't open the specified file. (Line: 479)

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

<ID:0/004> Removed!!

Any help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DarkMenace:
Go into the recovery mode and do the wipe system and clear your caches. Then try again. Not positive on the error message but when I get back to the office around 9:15pm CST I can see what I can pull up if you still have issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PaulJ69:
I'm not sure, but I don't think I can get into recovery mode. I try and the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue." yellow exclamation mark shows up. I can't do anything else except a battery pull.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DarkMenace:
It says you can boot into CWM iin the original post so I assumed you could get there and do the wipes. You might also try the PIT file as well. Then you could try to Odin the stock recovery file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PaulJ69:
ceaheno and

I can get into the download screen on my handset, just can't do anything from there. Is the system wipe on odin3 or on the handset?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DarkMenace:
The system wipe is done via the recovery. Hold the power button and volume up. When it vibrates release the power button while holding the volume up key.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PaulJ69:
When I try to get into recovery I end up with the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen and no matter how long I hold the volume up botton, it won't go into recovery mode.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DarkMenace:
I would recommend that you try download the file again. Then retry. Your download may have been messed up. If that doesn't work you may need to send your phone in to get fixed. If under warranty then just swap phones.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PaulJ69:
Thanks for the help, I'll try to dl it 1 more time tomorrow and since I just got it today I will be swapping it out for a new one if it still doesn't work..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DarkMenace:
Ok
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hethor:
Hey just trying to try a few things. I wiped my phone in TWRP when trying to install a new rom, and i think i deleted something by accident. When i first installed the rom it was good until I did a restart.. then it hung on the Samsung S4 logo. I then when back to TWRP and did the swipe factory reset option and tried to restore from my stock root backup. That went through, but still hanging on the Samsung S4 logo on boot. So i went to your link and read the instructions. I went to download the VRAUMK_NOWIPE.tar.zip , but it was 1.8gb in size (Is that suppose to be right?) and it had a winrar error at around 400mb which stopped the download. I'm nowcurrently downloading "SCH-I545_MDK_562219_Stock_Restore.tar.md5.gz" which is 1.8gb too.

My question, do I just boot into the download mode, run odin, put that 1.8gb file into the PDA section, hit flash and HOPEFULLY it should restore everything to bone stock? (Also any idea why the NOWIPE had an error when downloading?)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DarkMenace:
Yes, they go in the PDA spot in Odin. I also downloaded the file you mentioned and it extracted with no issues with winrar.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hethor:
Thanks so much man, really saved me. Downloaded "SCH-I545_MDK_562219_Stock_Restore.tar.md5.gz" and ran it in the PDA section. Glad my phone is up and running again!! Will this method pretty much work as long as I am able to get into Odin Mode? ( Assuming i'll probably break something again)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DarkMenace:
Yes you can always restore in Odin mode. You should be able to root now also.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hethor:
Yep, i'm on my way to getting back to that pesky ROM heh. For future reference, when clean installing to a new ROM, in TWRP all I need to do is go into "Wipe" and just "Slide to Factory Reset"? No need to go into advanced wipe? I believe that's probably what messed me up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DarkMenace:
I believe so. I don't use custom roms. I just root to freeze bloat and use ad blockers.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JKrescent:
Legend:

Blue = Details / situation

Red = Question

Hi,

I've recently just installed the TeamWin Recovery Project.

my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 has been rooted, and I even checked with some application on the Google Play market, and it has indicated that it indeed was rooted.

But I still kept on getting the annoying "some application need attention blah blah blah..." in the notification bar, and when I click it it gave me options reboot now or reboot later.

Of course I clicked "reboot now" and after a while, I messed up on my cyananogen mod I guess and I recovered using TWRP through a back up that I have already made prior to flashing the CM 10.1. And it was working normally.

Then I some how went to the TWRP again and it said that my phone wasn't rooted any longer! So I swiped the "root the device now" knob thing and ever since then it has been stuck in the "samsung" screen with the unlocked labeled as "custom" underneath.

Even if I try to do Volume Up + Power + Home button it doesn't send me back to the TWRP screen, rather I see the indication that TWRP has been initiated, but it just crashes and turns my phone off.

When I do Volume down + Power + Home button I can get to the Download mode, but it doesn't seem like my computer can recognize the device.

After the Download page and I push the Volume Up button for the actual download mode on the top left it says

And when I do get to this point my computer does recognize the phone and I know this by hearing the usb connection sound that a computer makes.

How do I get my phone back to factory state so that I can maybe once again trying rooting it again?

Do I just go to the "download mode" with volume down + power + home buttons -> volume up -> run odin 3.07 -> Check PDA section -> browse for "SCH-I545_MDK_562219_Stock_Restore.tar.md5.gz"and hit start as Hethor has done will that work?

Thanks in advance.

and I apologize for so much information even if the rules say that I should be brief as possible, but it felt like the details were needed. (correct me if I'm wrong).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DarkMenace:
I'll send you a PM.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baothangba_tc:
I have problems with gps, when I use the gps status software, the following error message and it does not detect gps

please help me !
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonylee000:
Compass sensors and gps are different things. Try this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest

I believe the gps chip is behind the flash module, give that a firm press to make sure it has not worked loose.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baothangba_tc:
when I installed the 22.3.0 rom like pacman the gps use entirely normal, until I installed the new 2.3.0 rom viper encounter such problems gps

. I can not post in development areas viper rom so I post here to ask for help
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] capriott:
The GPS is working, the problem is with compass.

I have same issue with Viper but it works with other roms (i.e Revolution, PacMan or stock RUU). Maps navigation works fine but I cannot use Street view (or Ingress) compass mode or download a Compass app from google play (no longer compatible with my device).

There are some posts about that but I didn't find the solution or a workaround:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39997666&highlight=compass#post39997666

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36232936&highlight=compass#post36232936

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34721236&highlight=compass#post34721236

I'm using ViperDHD v2.2.0, kernel 3.0.16-PachaRX-VS4-2.0XxXPachaXxX#9 and radio 12.69a.60.29_U_26.17.14.11_M.

Any idea?

Bye

--

capriott
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] MiPaDo:
So, in an attempt to help give back to a community that's provided me with info like this countless times, I am going to compare two high end Micro SD cards, and one pretty typical class 10. I threw the class 10 in at the last second kinda as a baseline and I'm glad I did

View attachment 2030605

Not going to make observations, just post my results. I used an app that allowed me to adjust files size, and that was set at 307MB, and the testsbwere executed on my VZW GS4 running Hyperdrive RLS2

View attachment 2030615

SanDisk Class 10;

Write - 7.9MB/s

Read - 30.87MB/s

View attachment 2030617

Samsung Pro UHS-1

Write - 16.05MB/s

Read - 27.22MB/s

View attachment 2030618

SanDisk Ultra UHS-1

Write - 7.17MB/s

Read - 30.25MB/s

If anyone wants me to test using a another APP, or under a different set of parameters let me know

Sent from my Jitterbug Jr. is has AppS!
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] 299792458:
Nice..thanks for showing. :thumbup:

Ive had both...currently have the Samsung card. Have no idea on good test apps, but would like to see smaller multiple files too.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] JayceOoi:
My SanDisk Ultra speed is better. :p

The best micro SD card for Samsung Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] MiPaDo:
The app in that article was the first app I downloaded to test, but I didnt think it was as accurate. And both yielded differant results, when I adjusted size of the data packet to match the apo from that article I was able to get much faster results on all three

Sent from my Jitterbug Jr. is has APPS!
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] delahmed:
Sandisk Ultra 32GB Micro SDHC vs Samsung PRO 64GB Micro SDXC (Using Samsung Note 3)

First post!

I would also like to submit my test results.

Bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 32GB (9505) and it came with a free Sandisk Ultra 32GB Micro SDHC card.

I just received my Samsung PRO 64GB Micro SDXC from Amazon.co.uk today and thought I would do some benchmarks on my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 32GB (9505).

Please check the images attached to this post down below.

Results using A1 SD Bench Android App

Sandisk Ultra 32GB Micro SDHC

Read: 21.14MB/s

Write: 8.07MB/s

Samsung PRO 64GB Micro SDXC

Read: 22.50MB/s

Write: 14.41MB/s

There we have it. Samsung is nearly twice as fast as for write speed. Read speeds are similar. Nothing close to the 70Mb/s read and 20MB/s write speed that Samsung advertise.

Both cards were tested after a reboot and closing all apps in memory and then running A1 SD Bench.

Although both cards are Class 10 and UHS-I, the note 3 cannot take advantage of UHS-I speeds as it is not UHS-I compliant. I'm sure if i put these two in my laptop and ran a test they would both be faster and closer to their respected advertised speeds.

I would have liked to have bought the Sandisk Extreme 64GB Micro SDXC card, but it's so ridiculously overpriced and I assume the read / write speeds would be slightly better than the Samsung PRO, but as my Note 3 is not UHS-I compliant, the price is not worth it if using solely in your Samusung Galaxy Note 3 (9505). I think the non LTE version running the enoxys processor is UHS-I compliant, so would be interesting in running the tests on that phone, but that phone is rare in the UK.

If anyone has this phone and any of the 3 cards i have mentioned in this post, please do post your results.

Hope this post helps someone who is deciding on which to buy.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Brutal Pineapple:
Got my sammy pro sd a couple days ago. Haven't had time to test it. Had to find a kernal that supports exfat lol.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] AndreiLux:
The Qualcomm versions are useless since they don't support UHS.

The i9500 is semi-useless because it is configured by default to support only SDR50 bandwidths, but can be raised to SDR104 in a kernel.

The N900 Note 3 supports SDR104 out of the box and can fully use the full speeds.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] wanxu:
Hi everyone,

According to your recommendations, just bought this card: Samsung MicroSDHC Plus - (class 10, UHS-1,48 MB/s) 32 gb. I' ll let you know about the benchmarks!!

I bought it because I was using an old microSD card and the results with A1 SD were awful: Writing 3,9MB/s - Reading 11,7MB/s.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] choboii:
So I flashed the ARHD rom and ElementalX kernel and ever since my phone seems to only be able to pick up 1 bar everywhere I go. I don't know if flashing the rom and kernel could affect the network somehow, but I am going to try to flash back to stock to see if my network improves. Is there a way to just wipe the rom and kernel memory off my phone, or would I need to flash another rom and kernel? I have never reverse flashed back to stock. Any help is much appreciated,
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] drewdatrip:
Relock bootloader and flash ruu

Drew
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] DimitriyMatusov:
I've done so but my Kernel is still the same. I want to go have stock kernel, so I can recive OTA updates. Any solutions?View attachment 2776208
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] hafizimtiaz:
Which RUU did you use? Also, please reboot in bootloader mode and see if any TAMPERED sign is showing or not. If no TAMPERED is shown, you will get and be able to install OTA.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] DimitriyMatusov:
I've used RUU_M7_UL_JB_50_Cingular and also RUU_M7_UL_JB43_SENSE50_MR_Cingular_US_3.17.502.3_Radio_4A.19.3263.13_10.38j.1157.04_release_334235_signed_2 but it didn't work
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] hafizimtiaz:
Does the bootloader mode show Tampered?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] clsA:
did the RUU complete if so your phone is Stock

the kernel in your screen shot is stock

did you try software update / AT&T Update ?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] DimitriyMatusov:
After relocking and installin RUU it's no more tampered, but kernel version is still the same
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] hafizimtiaz:
According to my understanding, if it doesn't show TAMPERED, then everything about your phone is stock (except for S-OFF). Did you try AT&T OTA?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] DimitriyMatusov:
Yeah, but i've also read that it works only in USA
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] clsA:
your phone is stock use my thread here to manually update to 4.4

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2659374
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skwieradee:
Hi there i got my One from 3, unfortunately it didnt come with polish language preinstalled so I use it in english. It is not a problem at all for me but when it comes to google navigation app Id like to have it in polish. Is there any chance to add polish language as a system language what should change some apps language too or maybe a language pack only for navigation app? Im running stock, not rooted but could do if necessary.

Thanks in advance
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JEANRIVERA:
Flash a custom Rom based on WWE that has all languages pack like rayglobe
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] s3V3n:
good morning to everybody...

i have an xda I

my akku went off during my holiday. now i recharged it an the wallaby bootloader v5.22

starts an nothing else doesn´t start.... can anybody tell me how to start the windows mobile software?

thx 4 help
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] LumpiStefan:
Have you tried a hard reset?

Are you sure, you do not have an hardware problem? Normaly you enter the bootloader by pressing power button and making a soft reset. Maybe this switch is blockated by anything....

HTH

Stefan
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Guest:
yes i don´t think its a hardware problem because nobody touched it during the week of my holiday but i´ll go to the shop tomorrow looking they will say
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Guest:
oh and yes i did a few hard and soft resets... no effect... he only doesnt boot windows the bootloader starts but there i can only do selftests
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Guest:
please can any one tell me how to fromat Qtek 1010?? thanks in advance
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Ali GÖKMEN:
XDA won't start

Dear forum users,

I own a XDA I, which is sold as PCT 206 in Turkey. The original OS is ppc 2002

I also have the same problem on my XDA 1. I used up the battery to the end and after plugging the charger I got the bootloader screen.

At that time a had a cooked rom ppc 2003.

I tried to flash from SD to the original ppc 2002 but I still get the bootloader after soft and/or hard resetting.

Does somebody have an idea.

Best regards.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] cruisin-thru:
Sounds like the power switch may be stuck if you are entering bootloader from soft reset.