yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia SP Android Development] alivanov79:
Did it by myself. Checked it twice before publishing here.

I always try and check everything what I'm going to publish.

PS There is no TA backup. There is preset.ta which contains data for re-lock.
[Xperia SP Android Development] varun.chitre15:
Well as far as I have read, TA partition differs device to device. And flashing someone else's TA partition can hardbrick your phone :p
[Xperia SP Android Development] alivanov79:
I totally agree. But there is no any TA partition backup in this .ftf file. There are only loader.sin (which is unique to each phone and in this .ftf it was taken from stock fw .257 - the same for all customizations and all fw versions of C5302/03/06) and preset.ta (which contains data for re-lock and that is the same for all phones Sony).

I remind that I checked it twiсe: relocked bootloader and than unlocked it via fastboot and via flashtool.

By the way, it is more convenient to relock bootloader via Flashtool using "BLU" button.
[Xperia SP Android Development] Souleymane93:
Hi, someone try to do a backup TA with flashtool?

Envoyé depuis mon C5302 avec Tapatalk
[Xperia SP Android Development] frogerra:
Cause now we can root without unlock bootloader. There's anyone try to backup TA, unlock bootloader, restore TA with this tools. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2292598?!
[Xperia SP Android Development] watchman.see:
I don't quite understand this part. I thought rooting and unlocking bootloader are two mutually exclusive and that you can execute one independently of each other. My Xperia SP is rooted using DoomLord toolkit but I don;t think my bootloader is unlocked.
[Xperia SP Android Development] alivanov79:
This was true when there was no rooting method for our phone. See the date of the post.
[Xperia SP Android Development] watchman.see:
Sorry for the noob response. so, basically, for gaining root on device with no straightforward method, it can still be done by unlocking bootloader and then installing custom ROM, which is only possible with an unlocked bootloader ?
[Xperia SP Android Development] JoleDev:
Unlock the boot loader

We can easily use Doomloard's easy rooting tool kit to root our device (It is a Super fast Super easy method) and it will not unlock your boot loader (refer Xperia SP Android Development section there is a tutorial by Doomlord how to Unlock the Boot loader and also there is a specific tool to backing up our TA Partition before you unlock the boot loader so you can keep your DRM keys for later use, Don't know exactly whether this method is working (because i did not use it) or not so please go through the respective thread before you proceed) and Unlocked boot loader is required only to flash CUSTOM KERNELs and not to flash CUSTOM ROMs. You can find many custom Roms developed for locked boot loaders developed by our super developers in the Xperia SP Android Development section.

Cheers
[Xperia SP Android Development] abakash9:
hey,

i need help, am trying to update my firmware but i cant since my BL is unlocked , i tried flashing downloaded ftf and PCC but all in vain, then according to this thread i tried using flashtool but while flashing relock bootloader.ftf, i got following message

INFO - Processing loader.sin

INFO - Checking header

INFO - Ending flash session

- ERROR -

- ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

can someone please help me out.
[Xperia SP Android Development] Siddhesh:
U can relock ur bootloader by flashtool

click on the BLU icon in flashtool n follow the steps
[Xperia SP Android Development] abakash9:
Hey, thanks, did you read my post, I got the error after going through BLU tab. I have tried everything I could, I don't understand. I just want to revert back to stock rom.

Can any gentleman help out a fellow friend here who is learning his way through.

Thanks
[Xperia SP Android Development] Siddhesh:
Check ur pm
[Xperia SP Android Development] sasank teja:
where can i get the stock kernel. please some one tell me:confused:
[Xperia SP Android Development] Dr.TheMaster:
extract the FTF stock ROM file (make the extension .zip then extract it), you will find a file that is kernel.sin , flash it via flashtool in fastboot mode, or you can flash the stock ROM via flashtool and exclude all the ROM elements in options except the kernel.. I highly recommend that you flash the latest .207 kernel for XSP if you want a 4.3 kernel..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] korny249:
How long should it take to get past the rotating CM animation? ...I just installed a ROM first time..I guess its trying to install itself..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Cody42:
A newly flashed rom can take anywhere from 30 seconds to 10 minutes to boot up. It's always different. With that said; I've never had to wait longer than a minute or two unless something went wrong with the flash. But that's my personal experience.

Just be sure to leave the phone be for a few minutes after it's booted up to the Google account setup screen. Gives the phone time to settle in and rebuild dalvik cache. After that, reboot and enjoy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Neet:
Generally 2-5 mins...after that wait for ~10 mins after boot to let things happen in background..

If ur phone is not booting in 10 mins then something went wrong during flash...re do clean flash!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] korny249:
Thanks for the reply. Thats what I was afraid of. Looks like Im having it initialize the ROM on my 989..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] platinumn23:
So, I was reading up on things and from what I've read was that if you have a BAD IMEI phone on t-mobile - it's going to be bad on AT&T as well...

What prepaid services, if any, can I flash the phone to so that it works?

Thanks,
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mrascend:
as far as i know i think only cricket will do it but then again you might be able to get it on simple mobile or something.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] platinumn23:
Yea, I was thinking Straight Talk uses AT&T and T-mobile - so that's out of the question..

I know Page Plus uses Verizon (I believe) so that is a possibility.. I just don't know about TracFone, Net 10, Cricket, Boost, and any others that may be out there.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] tony yayo:
Verizon and Boost are CDMA phones as far as I know. Had a Net 10 phone years ago but don't remember who's network they used, I want to say Sprint's but I could be wrong. Cricket might be CDMA also, I'm not sure.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] bipoler:
Just buy a good imei
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] abrcrmdl23:
I used to have a bad and blocked imei phone I got on eBay for tmo. I had it unlocked and was able to use it in att straight talk just fine with no problems. I even tried to put my wife's att SIM card in and it worked on it too.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Darkshado:
AT&T and T-Mobile did not initially share their blacklists, they reportedly have begun doing it in late 2012 from what I recall reading here, so you're really taking a chance in that department. Canadian carriers are supposed to implement blacklists by November of this year as well. I wouldn't be surprised if those were all eventually plugged into the GSM Association's Central Equipment Identity Register.

"Flashing" for prepaid services is a CDMA thing. I'm not familiar with the specifics, but one thing that needs to be changed is the PRL, a.k.a. preferred roaming list, to tell the phone to connect to a given set of towers instead of the one it initially used. (That info is on the SIM card for GSM-lineage devices.) So long as the ESN/MEID remains intact, I can't think of anything illegal about it, as other CDMA carriers could still check the phone's serial number versus the blacklist.

Changing the IMEI on that phone to try and circumvent the blacklist is legally dubious at best. Stateside, some are pushing for legislation to make it a federal felony.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] chase357_501:
This is my 1st real guide, so bear with me!

I am not liable if you damage your phone in anyway! if you have any doubts, don't do it!!

I confirm this is working great on my Sprint S4, so ill give yall a step by step of how I did it.

Now of course you can get this by flashing Free Gs4 rom, but if you don't like that rom, or just like a different rom, but still want that split view toggle effect then this is for you! Im using it on Force Rom, so I am only going to recommend using this method on TW based roms. and only for sprint, it may crash if used for other carriers.

1.Download FreeGs4 Rom.

https://www.copy.com/s/W602hFj2bLqR/FreeGS4-v2.0.0SPR-Clark44.zip

2. Download whatever TW rom you decide on. go ahead and flash it, root it first of course (you know the steps)

3. I recommend going ahead and downloading droid explorer. That will help out the process, just so your pc see's the apk's right.

http://de.codeplex.com/releases/view/107423

4. Open up the FreeGs4 rom, go to System/Apps/SecMms.apk, go ahead and drag SecMms.apk and put it on your desktop.

5. Plug your device in and make sure USB debugging on (I recommend having it on at all times).

6. From your Desktop go ahead and drag the SecMms.apk and put it on the root of your external sd card( you could use your internal if need be)

7. Go to Playstore and download Root Explorer, once in root explorer, find your /system/app/SecMms.apk

8. Rename your SecMms.apk. Rename it SecMms.apk.bak

9. Now go to where you placed the SecMms.apk from FreeGs4, and copy it.

10. Paste the FreeGs4 SecMms.apk into /System/Apps

11. Reboot and Enjoy! :laugh::laugh:

(you shouldn't have to change permissions on the FreeGs4 SecMms.apk, they should already be ready to go!

Please give me thanks, if this helped you out at all,

and reply if you have any questions.

I check back pretty frequently!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] chase357_501:
Heres a screen shot!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] shubh961:
Why would someone download a whole ROM (1.5 GB) for just one apk. Just upload the secMms.apk from that ROM and it should work fine for all.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] chase357_501:
I didn't get around to uploading it, so that's the best way. but ill upload it in a little while.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] smccall:
Here is the note 2 sms apk from clarks free gs4 rom so no one has to download the whole rom.

free gs4 sec.sms apk: http://db.tt/WecHPg7r
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] ktetreault14:
Thanks man
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Ls1ssz28:
Just curious I'm running Freegs4 and my messaging app doesn't look like that
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] apexcell:
Even in landscape? What does it look like?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] JoeFCaputo113:
Have rotation turned on and rotate your phone then it will look like that! Might have to turn it on in the messaging settings somewhere, not sure.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] gotablunt:
mf9 unsupported

Op can you update your title to mdc/mdl, it messed up my messaging app and I now have to find a mf9 copy, I really dont wanna download a rom just for one app, and I know it sounds weird but my data is screwed up,im losing signal really bad, no data error (ill see if its sprints tower)...btw I even changed permissions
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nagboy:
Hi,

Just bought a I-9505 and wanted to install the CyanogenMod 10.1.

I followed the instructions i could find. Rooted with CF-AutoRoot. Installed the CWM recovery. Rebooted into recovery mode. Had the nightly build of CyanogenMod on the SD card as a zip file. The process started. After a few minutes i got an error message inthe CWM. The change to CyanogenMod apparently failed. Now the phone is stuck at the Samsung Galaxy Logo. I can get into the download menu and flash things from ODIN but i cannot get into the recovery mode again.

What can i do? Any suggestion is deeply appreciated.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polish_pat:
restore with odin ans start over
[General Topics] z0mbi3:
Hi,

Just want to see if anyone has info on this.

I get my upgrade very soon and was thinking about getting the XDA 2i and reselling it on ebay. I wanted to check if this was legal under my contract? Bearing in mind I'm only selling the handset.

Just judging from how the XDA 2's rocketed on ebay with their release , thought might be able to cash in...

Thanks
[General Topics] thanatos:
I've done it loads of time, I always get bored of my phone before the 12months is up (18months in my MDAIII case), but its only been to friends, who are normally on the same network.

No doubt its against your T&Cs, but hey ho!
[General Topics] cruisin-thru:
Dont tell them, as long as you keep your contract paid up there will be no problem, if you default on the contract they will probably block the imei of the phone.
[General Topics] z0mbi3:
Yeah.. I might just keep the phone myself lol or hangon for my upgrade a while longer.

tho i like thel ook of the SX1...
[General Topics] Anton.Valleyman:
How much is an XDA2 going for on eBay these days??

Cheers

Anthony
[General Topics] Blackhorse:
Done it many many times.

Ive even check T's&C's they state any items that were aquired with the creation of the contract remain your property and will not anything to do with the network.

Sim cards however are the networks and can be recalled at any time
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
My wife own a Xperia U device. I've been flashing it to ICS (eXperience v2 which was the best I guess), JB (a few, all lagging), back to ICS and now down to GB (GB-Rocks) to try and get the best battery life. I must say I'm not happy with the result. The most I can get is about 24 hours.

My wife's demands are minimal. She's using her phone for calls and whatsapp. Most of the day it's idle. All she want is it'll have the longest battery life as possible. She also hates it when I put a new ROM as she needs to get to used to a new interface/system (I've also unlocked the bootloader).

So... What would be the best ROM/Kernel/Governer combination to have the longest battery life?

Thanks in advance.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mirost1:
Bro, GB is the best for battery - its best optimized between performance and battery, all other versions are laggy and battery drains faster.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
Thanks, I think I got to the same conclusion, but am still looking for the best GB rom there is. Or should I go back to the stock ROM?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mirost1:
If i were you i would use stock, its stable enough mate.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
Does it matter which version? I saw some from Croatia and other countries.

Could you direct me to the best link for stock rom, please?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DaRk-L0rD:
I would recommend you to try also terra rom v5 or v6 based on ics. Has a very good battery life. [MENTION=4878711]Ring_C[/MENTION] for terra rom chech here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2141726&highlight=terrarom

For stock rom and stock basrd roms chech here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1936477
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
Thanks.

This one? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2141726&highlight=terra

What's the difference between v5 and v6? I understand it's the baseband, but it says nothing to me.

Also, can you confirm it's not laggy?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DaRk-L0rD:
each rom has different features.some users said that v5 is more stable than v6. I personally use v6 and have no problems.

Don't have any lags at all so far.

It's not the baseband the difference between those versions, as the dev provided a link to flash in your phone is the st25a instead of st25i.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
Mine is ST25i
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DaRk-L0rD:
So you have to flash only the version you want. No need to flash the cwm file for st25a baseband.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] raisedadead:
Hi Try eXperience V2, Version 3 Comming up soon.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2173413
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
Which would be better regarding lag and battery life - eXperience v2 or Xperience lite v3 (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2201030)?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Phantom Pt. II:
I've flashed that one on my gf's Xperia U last weekend. She's complaining that there are really slow moments and the Phone and Messaging Apps open up really slow.

Would a custom Kernel solve this, or might it be the best option to revert back to GB (I'm thinking of going with GB-ROCKS v3?)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
I'm a GB-ROCKS v3 now. Don't like it. Bad battery performance. drains 20-30% every 6 hours with minimum usage.

Find me a good GB rom, and I'm there...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
[MENTION=4872623]DaRk-L0rD[/MENTION], I flashed the Terra rom v6 as you've mentioned, and guess what. It's draining like hell, when in use.

So I went reading the post, and it seems I'm not the only one complaining. So... back to square one.

I NEED A NON DRAINING ROM. PLEASE!

I don't care if it's GB, ICS or whatever. I just want a drain free rom.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DaRk-L0rD:
Really sorry about that mate. I don't face any problems at all personally. The battery lasts for 1,5 day. I am using xda app, fb, whatsapp, browser and all of them on data.

Which apps do you use? Maybe you are using different apps and that's why you have the drain.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben36:
Or maybe you're not actually giving enough time for the rom to settle and the battery cycle to sort itself out. You need at least a couple of full charges and use in between to know what the battery use is gonna be like
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
Maybe it's the kernel? I'm on stock. What are you using?

Have you changed the home.apk as suggested in the thread?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben36:
The U is my mum's phone and is currently on stock ics (debloated) .89 firmware. She gets a couple of days out of it but hates how laggy it is. So in a couple of weeks when I i see her again (we live 230 miles away) I'm putting on GB rocks for her.

Besides the way i see it, if you're phone lasts all day then that's all you need. Charge it when you're asleep as why not? You can't use it then anyway
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DaRk-L0rD:
I'm on stock kernel. Didn't flash a custom one. Did you try also greenify? It's a free app from playstore. Stops background apps, only those you choose. You will notice the difference!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
I tried with previous roms. the thing is I'm not 100% sure what should be killed and what not. Anyway, this only lasts till next boot, right? So you have to do it every time again and again. My wife is not a techy and she hates these technical things (for me it's a therapy :).
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
I'm telling you, GB-Rocks is not that good as you think. I had it till last night. It's draining too fast for a GB rom.

The problem is, I couldn't find a decent GB rom to flash. can you?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Phantom Pt. II:
How would I downgrade to a rooted GB from rooted ICS?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
Actually GB-Rocks is a full rom, and it's doing all by itself. I've flashed it over an ICS rom with no problem.

Check the installation instructions.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben36:
She's more annoyed at how laggy ics is to be honest tho
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
My wife too. I've installed Terra rom v6 last night (yeah, ICS). If this won't remove the lagging, I'll have to make a massive research for a decent GB rom.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben36:
It's the poor amount of ram that ruins the U's performance. What ever you install you will need root and remove everything that you don't use
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Phantom Pt. II:
But I thought kernel doesn't get flashed on Locked bootloader and I'm guessing with an ICS rom, the phone is running an ICS kernel?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
A. I have an unlocked bootloader. But I don't think this is the issue.

B. This is a full ROM, over 350MB size. It comes with everything. Here are the installation instructions:

You can ignore the "join the parts with HJ split" part. He has a link to MEGA with single file download.

As you see, he says "No need to wipe data if u are coming from GB-ROCKS earlier builds". Meaning you can flash it even coming from other than GB. Just "Wipe Data/Factory Reset, wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik cache".

I didn't like the battery drain issue (in my opinion) and the battery icon itself. The one with the percentage. Soooooo ugly!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Phantom Pt. II:
So when the Bootloader is unlocked you can flash from GB > ICS > JB > GB > ICS > GB, etc, so it doesn't matter which version of Android it is you can just cross flash?

Yea I don't really like the customisations in the interface, but I like mods that improve performance. Maybe I should figure out how to build a GB ROM for Xperia U myself.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
I don't think this is why I could downgrade, but I don't want to take any responsibility.

Actually, unlocking the bootloader is very easy. Any reason why you won't unlock yours?

Hehehehe.... this is the exact same thought I had running in my head the last hour... :D

So when and if you do - tell me.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben36:
Cm7 would be good for the U
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
Link?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Phantom Pt. II:
Waranty. It's not my phone but my girlfriend's. Relocking the bootloader seemed quite tricky and if she would ever need it to go in for repair I'd have spoiled it by unlocking the bootloader. Unrooting is easy so I did root it.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
You can always relock:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23188292#post23188292
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben36:
Unfortunately no one has ever done it

---------- Post added at 12:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:34 PM ----------

As long as GB-ROCKS contains the official sony signed kernel it will be installed through cwm still even on locked bootloader. Just don't know if it does
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
I just came back here to thank you, [MENTION=4872623]DaRk-L0rD[/MENTION] !

I've flashed Terra ROM and after some adjustment (flashing Sliding_XU kernel, governer and IO changes) I think I got what I was looking for.

1. This morning, after about 30 hours since it was fully charged, the phone still had 43% ! For me, that's amazing!

2. According to the original thread of Terra ROM, the main drainer is the launcher, which I still didn't change (any recommendations?). So it seems it can still improve.

3. And the most important one - my wife is not complaining about lagging anymore!

THANK YOU!!!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DaRk-L0rD:
It's a pleasure mate! As about the launcherI use the one that was on this rom. You could try Sony xperia z launcher.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Phantom Pt. II:
Not even the delayed opening and slow Phone/Dialer app?

And what kernel settings did you do?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
Well, I've read almost the whole thread. Here (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40567452&highlight=launcher#post40567452) you can see that this person is saying the current xperia home is causing battery drain, and he's suggesting to install a former version. One message below him, another user says Sony Xperia Z launcher is a drainer.

So I think I'll go with Apex and see if there's any improvement.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
At least, not that she told me. And usually she tells me immediately.

As to the governer - I've used Pegasus or something alike (sorry, I don't have an Android. I'm one of the few miserable that got a fuc*ing BlackBerry from their workplace) and SIO.

Did I mention I've flashed Sliding_XU?

Also, I've used Speedy Droid to remove some apps - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2135702.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Phantom Pt. II:
Awesome thanks. I think I'll try the same setup as yours then to test performance. Hopefully it'll get rid of the crappy slowness.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ring_C:
Good luck! Would love to know how it went out for you.