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[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eureckou:
Question:

How to turn back my phone to normal after installing Chainfire 3D v3.3? Or how to uninstall the chainfire 3d driver?

What Happened:

To improve gaming experience, I happen to tumble with Chainfire 3D. I read that this is not compatible with JB. But the notes in the page where I downloaded the Chainfire 3D apk says that it requires ANDROID - 2.1+, so I concluded that JB 4.1 passed the requirement. After installing Chainfire 3D, I installed its drivers, phone automatically reboots, then voila! I am stuck with the SONY logo.

I tried to do some research on how to undo the Chainfire3d installation and i found this:

"To uninstall it I installed ADB, I went to CWM and from console of ADB I executed this: adb shell /system/lib/cf3d_uninstall.sh"

And now my 2nd problem appeared. I CAN'T ENTER THE CWM! T_T

I am wondering why. I remembered entering it when I rooted my phone. (Turn-On, wait for blue led, then press Vol+ and Vol- simultaneously)

But now, it doesn't work anymore. I tried reading some posts here about entering CWM, tried all of them, still no luck.

Now, I am stuck with the SONY logo. What shall I do? T_T

Technical Details:

Rooted Phone: Yes

Bootloader Unlocked: Yes

Phone Model: Sony Xperia J ST26i

Android: Jellybean 4.1

Additional Details:

I rooted my phone using some tutorial that includes a fastboot mode. I read somewhere that using fastboot mode has only temporary recovery mode. Thus, it will be impossible for me to enter CWM since it is not existing anymore in my phone?

A shed of light will be greatly appreciated. A solution would be exemplary. Thanks.

Jay-Arr
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] roofrider:
Did you read/search the CF thread for similar cases? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1087427

It's better to ask this in the Xperia J forum, i've asked for this thread to be moved, hopefully it'll be done fairly quickly.

I dunno much about Xperia devices.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eureckou:
Yeah, I already read that. Unfortunately, after I installed the Chainfire 3D. This problem of mine actually leads me here to XDA.

And there's no information there either on how to undo it if someone happens to installed it on Android 4.1 and above.

I actually read several threads here so far regarding the chainfire 3D limitiations. But none has any solution to my problem.

I wanna try the solution i found, but I couldn't access my CWM. I also read several posts about entering CWM here. But just I said, all of them didn't worked for me.

The worse case could be, I dont have a CWM yet. Given that that is true, and given that I am stuck with the SONY logo, can I still install a CWM on my phone given these circumstances? I also read that there's no CWM yet for Xperia J 4.1 users yet. T_T
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] roofrider:
Yes that is what i suspected, that you dont have CWM but rather the stock recovery. But i dunno the flashing procedure of xperia well enough.

Maybe enter fastboot and flash a different rom? cm10?
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eureckou:
Hi,

Can you check this link for me?

rootlord.blogspot.com/2013/04/root-sony-xperia-j-jellybean-112a021.html?showComment=1371884082709#c8724425202135341446

That's how I rooted my phone. As you can see, I accessed CWM there.

For reference, here's the process:

1. Connect Your Xperia J To Your PC

2. Download This Root File- Root_xperi_signed.zip

3. Copy "root_xperia_signed.zip" file to sd card (ext...)

4. Disconect Your Xperia J and switch it off

5. Launch Xperia flashtool

6. Hold volume + button and connect phone with usb cable to pc, you'll saw blue led light (Now You have entered to Fastboot mode)

7. Download this: Boot.img

8. Copy "boot.img" file to flashtool/firmwares

9. Click on lightening icon in flashtool and click fastboot mode

10. Click "Select kernel to Flash" on right side in flashtool

11. Browse and choose "boot.img" , flashtool will automaticly flash this file

12. Turn off phone after flashing

13. Turn on phone,when you'll see blue﻿ light at bottom phone not the small blue led up, start pressing all volume buttons + and - .

14. If you succed,you'll enter to CWM recovery,click "install zip from ext card" and find "root_xperia_signed.zip" file and flash it.

15. After flashing,click reboot system,but don't wait for reboot,just take battery out for few second and put it back

16. Now download: kernal.sin and copy "kernel.sin" file to flashtool/firmwares

17. Follow step 9 and 10.

18. Disconnect phone and Switch It On.

I am thinking, for me to have an access to CWM, maybe i can try to re-do Steps 5 to 13?

What I dont know is that, since I am re-flashing the same image file (back when i rooted my phone), can it result into something unexpected? such as bricking my phone? What's your opinion on this?

Thanks.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] roofrider:
Yes, worth a try.

No, i don't think anything odd will happen from flashing that boot.img.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eureckou:
Failed.

I went to all the trouble this guy made, xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1124668&page=2

I still ended up in SONY logo in the end. Nothing changed.

By the way, how can I turn ON USB Debugging from PC? From the flashtool it says that it's off, where in fact it's always turned ON before this catastrophe happened to me.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] roofrider:
Not possible http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27745780 :(

But you should be able to flash roms and boot images from fastboot successfully, wonder what's wrong.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eureckou:
Im down to my last resort i guess. Where can I download ROMS/IMAGES?
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] roofrider:
Here in the Dev and Original Dev forums http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1976 of xperia j, read carefully though.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Dmartelli84:
same thing happened to me. Here's what fixed it

Yup same thing happened to me with my galaxy s4. Here's what you gotta do. Install SAMSUNG kie. Going to the tools and there will be a option to restore your phone. Click on it and it will have you enter your model number and serial number and this could be found underneath the battery. After doing that will give you a small directions to follow. Then it will download the latest firmware for your device and bring you to the installation screen. Here have you remove your battery and put it back together and boot into download mode. After this it will have a few boxes for you to check and you'll be able to start it. You'll see loading bar come up it will restore your phone to factory settings. Once you get it all set up again you could use kie to make a backup of your phone. Then you'll be all set.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Shafwan7:
chainfire not work for jellybean
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eureckou:
I gave up on finding a solution for this one. I just flashed a stock ROM using flashtool to my Xperia J. Re-installed everything.

One thing I learned though, read before you click. ^_^

For anyone trying to find xperia official firmwares, here's the link:

http://www.qosmodro.me/2013/01/xperia-2011-official-stock-firmware.html#.UcZx2pxgGJB

Thanks guys.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] tonychopper:
INSTALLED CHAINFIRE 3d got Stocked on SONY Logo [Xperia J]

I've had the same situation too, here's the fix for it

if you UNLOCKED your BOOTLOADER

RELOCK it, I used Flashtools for UNLOCK and RELOCK

Then install SONY UPDATE SERVICE

REINSTALL YOUR FIRMWARE

that will do the trick :)
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] rhnfzl:
I got the same problem with my xperia j.. please Help

Please see the attachment.. Help Me
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] jeko21:
i even cant anter in cwm what can i do?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Jezzika:
Since middle of yesterday, User Agent changing on my desktop browser (firefox) does not prevent the upsell page while using Treve Mod on my S3 and the only way to resume normal usage is to use a VPN service on the phone. Previously changing to Android Firefox or just using chrome alone was good enough, and VPN on the desktop would work, Now not!

Sometime i even get upsell page using firefox and chrome on the same phone! I can connect through android acer tablet with the stock browser without VPN but that is all for other devices.

Can anyone confirm the same happenings?

p.s sorry for my english
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KennyG123:
Questions and help issues go in Q&A and Help section

Thread moved

FNM
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] SacredAce:
So, I am looking for an app to store passwords and credit card pin numbers. Any ideas?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Nicknoxx:
I use keepass droid - there's a Windows version too and you can keep the encrypted database in he cloud so access the same file from multiple machines. Choose a VERY strong password.Mine's is similar to 8UU3DFkvpe~lf (but completely different).
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] CMNein:
I'm loving Lastpass; desktop client and Android app, although the app needs an overhaul. ~50 passwords that I don't have to remember. $1/month for the premium version. As mentioned above, letters, numbers, special characters, etc... passwords can be generated for you.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] maulich:
Your brain is the safest place. Why anyone would trust thier passwords to a cloud app is beyond me.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] CMNein:
Because two step authentication as well. Also very hard to remember OR brute force crack this: DRbppa^m9egK
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] fernandezhjr:
I have 93 entries in my safe and my brain just doesn't work like it used to. It is amazing what it can do at times and then it forgets the simplest thing.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] grubbster:
No system including your brain is perfect. You must not have multiple applications that require complex passwords you must change on a regular basis and prohibit the reuse of passwords. Complicated by the fact that if you enter the incorrect password "x" times you will be locked out and have to enter the customer service black hole. :eek:
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] invisible_touch:
there would

UPM universal password manager

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ult#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS51MTdvZC51cG0iXQ..
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] SacredAce:
Thanx for the answers!

I agree that the brain would be the safest way, but lets get real, I really can't memorize every password and pin, since I'm not a rain man :)

Will give these few apps a try!
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] tosin01:
I use my brain and forgotten password option.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] jawz101:
I currently have 221 credentials in lastpass. Granted, most don't have anything of significance associated with them. Every site has it's own randomly generated password and I've started using more throwaway emails. It'd be nice if everyone used openid but whatever.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] clintb:
SafeWallet! I've been using it for years and love the flexibility of templates.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...lt#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zYWZld2FsbGV0Il0.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Wezi:
Kuffs Password Safe Pro. The best imo. Has upto 256bit encryption should you need it and sync to cloud (dropbox / drive etc). Has a windows version also you you can sync your data across devices. I've been using it for a while now, it did have a 'non internet' version also (Lite) which did the same thing but had no network connection (incase you are paranoid).

Very good average rating also.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Digitalralf:
Hello everybody,

My friend owns a galaxy s3 mini in an attempt to root his phone he accedently bricked it. I don't know exactly how because he was being really stupid. I tried to flash his phone back to a stock firmware with a guide here on XDA, but it didn't work

I think he flashed a (custom) galaxy s2 firmware on his phone and totally bricked it.

When I boot up his phone It says Galaxy S2 and not s3 mini and won't boot any further.

Also his battery won't charge i left it on a charger all night, but it wouldn't properly charge and i could only leave it on for 10 minutes.

I put the phone with an old battery from my old Samsung Wave 525 in download mode. I flashed the Dutch version of the stock firmware and after it was done it would still only show galaxy s2 and not boot further

I don't think their is a solution but it would be great if their is one.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AwsmJ11:
just flash it with an s3 firm XDD .
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Digitalralf:
ummmm i did that already. I explained that in the first post?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssToast:
refer here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2159660

should work if you flash the param.tar
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Digitalralf:
wow thanks to you guys
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andr0id_n00b:
what did u do to fix the problem? :)
[HTC EVO 3D] thewraith420:
Was just curious if anyone could tell me if they even boot on the cdma variant? I'm aware the radios are entirely different so i wouldn't have service but is that the only problem?
[HTC EVO 3D] Brian706:
The simple answer is don't flash gsm anything on cdma...

Even if you got one to flash, you would never have service. It's not even that the radios are different but the fact that they are two completely different network types. Incompatible.
[HTC EVO 3D] thewraith420:
So.. Insta-brick?
[HTC EVO 3D] Brian706:
I don't think that flashing a rom would Perma brick the phone but you wouldn't want to flash a gsm hboot or radio I'd imagine. Dunno if you'd be able to recover from that :eek:

Don't take my word for it though, I can't guarantee a rom wouldn't brick...
[HTC EVO 3D] thewraith420:
Thanks, that basically what I was getting at. I had some thoughts about about trying to port a rom or 2 just messing around. I'm not really scared of bootloops as I can easily get out of that threw recovery. Just needed to know if there was something else I was missing.

Obviously I have no intentions of flashing gsm radios or anything that deep but I've been messing with system files long enough to attempt a port. Perhaps fail at getting it to boot but that doesn't bother me so long as I can still pull the battery and boot to hboot/recovery and flash a compatible rom or nandroid restore.
[HTC EVO 3D] Snoob25:
You have to modify updater-script before flashing, otherwise you'll install Rom in wrong partitions! Then you can flash whatever you want without major problems!
[HTC EVO 3D] thewraith420:
Thanks for the tip! :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mobileman:
CAN WE CONVERT OR UPDATE NOKIA OR SOMEOTHE HANDSET WHICH IS NOT HAVING A RADIO INTO A RADIO HANDSET.

DOES HARDWARE NEED TO BE UPDATED OR ADDED...OR ONLY THE SOFTWARE WILL WORK.?

????

????

????
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cruisin-thru:
I would think FM radio receiver would be hardware based.
[HTC Desire X] Lazar47:
Hi all.

I wanted to ask You, how to raise overall performance of our phone?

Or which rom has the best smooth/speed/fps in games?
[HTC Desire X] mirost1:
Why this question mate, i am very satisfied with the performance of the phone, i come from Sony Xperia Sola and trust me - you dont know what is bad performance and lag...
[HTC Desire X] Lazar47:
Im asking, because Im pretty sure that each rom has a different performance. For example, ROM with lots of stuff has lower performance for sure.

I did benchmark, now i have mysensedx jb with full sense and I get less score than when I had nonsense revolution.

So, can someone tell me, on what ROM u have expirienced the best performance ?
[HTC Desire X] AlcatraxSVK:
You should better wait for CyanogenMod 10.1, which will be ported to Desire X after we get our 3.4 Kernel. After that, I will think about rooting my phone and use it. :laugh:
[HTC Desire X] ICUDeadNow:
We may get it before that ;) I'm trying my best to get it to boot with existing 3.0 sources :)

P.S.

I'm compiling it again atm...hoping it boots this time :)
[HTC Desire X] AlcatraxSVK:
Good luck with that! I really do hope for it to be released very soon. :fingers-crossed:
[HTC Desire X] mirost1:
I would really love to see CM 10.1 working for our device.
[HTC Desire X] neXus PRIME:
Your git tree link ? Just to see
[HTC Desire X] Lazar47:
But CM 10.1 has a lots of bugs.

I dont wanna pay with not working rom for better performance.

But mb someone know , when CM will release with 100% working ?
[HTC Desire X] ICUDeadNow:
When I have some progress ill make a git account :p

I didn't make yet due to slow net.

P.S I used Pico device tree with some modifications, I need some dev help I don't know much...
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaliMravac:
Is it possible to remove network name (T-Mobile for example) from notification bar.

I'm using stock non rooted firmware.

Thanks!
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dagoban:
There is, but only for rooted phones.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Jishnu Sur™:
Please Do give me 4 files from the official 4.1.2 JB.

1)Framework-res.apk

2)Lge-res.apk

3)LG systemUI.apk

4)Lgsettings.apk

Please do upload them ASAP. Thanks :D
[LG Optimus 4X HD] tobixdev:
http://d-h.st/146 :)

Its from Zaiben ROM (JB 4.1.2 tweaked/deodexed/zipaligened... etc i hope it is the apk you're searching for).
[LG Optimus 4X HD] liti15:
But we have this program in play store
[LG Optimus 4X HD] fatality911:
Will this work on custom 4.2.2 roms too?
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Koersten:
Searching for this too.

---------- Post added at 07:56 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:57 AM ----------

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1804461

I think i found it
[LG Optimus 4X HD] JAsko_san:
And what do we do with this ? :D that would be to good to be true :)
[LG Optimus 4X HD] arararagi:
Isn't this just a fancy GUI for selecting a governor?
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Jishnu Sur™:
It is for userspace governor I guess.. the problem is guys, the JB lge-res doesnt have that option to enable it.. god where as it is present for P990 which is a dual core phone.. and it works on that too..
[LG Optimus 4X HD] FettleifIsMyUserName:
maybe u should get yourself an lg optimus 4x hd to, i would love a opti-thrust rom for this phone ;)
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Jishnu Sur™:
It is my dream phone after the 2X.. hehe but it ia very costly friend..
[LG Optimus 4X HD] liti15:
How much is there?
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Jishnu Sur™:
$480
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Flying_Bear:
that's waaay too much. it's around 200-250 eur here where i live.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] ectoplasma22:
Wow that's expensive. It is about 350 here :)
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Adam77Root:
Same here. Will get it soon. :)
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Vinndimon:
Need it so much on CM 10.1. If You can port it - would be great!
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Jishnu Sur™:
Trying my best.. :) someone in bangalore please meet me up in july..please
[LG Optimus 4X HD] wajahebat:
Someone in xda android have posted the command to run this app from terminal manually....

Im running JB v20a, currently enabled the EcoMode and it seems to save me more juice than before...from my observation, enabling this mod will adjust the cpu usage of core 2 and core 3...as i see most of the time only core 0 and core 1 are running when enable the ecomode
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Jishnu Sur™:
Op & Title Updated!! :D
[LG Optimus 4X HD] liti15:
http://db.tt/YXygEjse

Here is the link for the files

Sent from my LG-P880
[LG Optimus 4X HD] liti15:
Here they are

Sent from my LG-P880
[LG Optimus 4X HD] liti15:
Here

Sent from my LG-P880
[Sony Xperia L] :
What you need to know beforehand?

1. You'll need an

unlocked

device.

2. Device Info :

Official name - Xperia L

Codename - TaoShan/sa77

Model no - C2104/C2105/S36h

Chipset - Qualcomm

Snapdragon

MSM8230

Sources can be found on official open source archive

website

.

Let's take

15.0.A.1.36

for now.

I'm now assuming that you've set your toolchain path beforehand. I would recommend editing .bashrc.

For example I've set my toolchain (Google gcc 4.7) path like this -

export PATH=$PATH:/home/rachit/android/toolchains/google/bin

Alternatively, you can define it in your build script or enter everytime you plan to compile ( which is hefty ).

It's better if you remove werror/wall flags beforehand.

You can also suppress all warnings with -w flag ( Not recommended )

Step 1. Getting the defconfig

You can get defconfig in 2 ways.

From device;

adb pull /proc/config.gz

From source:

sa77_defconfig

Step 2. Import defconfig

ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-androideabi- make [COLOR="Red"]sa77_defconfig[/COLOR]

Step 3. Build zImage

ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-androideabi- make -j[COLOR="Red"]x[/COLOR] (Replace x with twice the number of cores your processor has)

In case you get error like :

error : /scripts/gcc-wrapper.py

Set permissions to executable

chmod +x ./scripts/gcc-wrapper.py

Building boot.img :

Currently only .img format is supported. You can also make an elf but device doesn't accept it.

mkbootimg --base 0x80200000 --kernel kernel/arch/arm/boot/zImage --ramdisk_offset 0x02000000 --cmdline "console=ttyHSL0,115200,n8 androidboot.hardware=qcom user_debug=31 msm_rtb.filter=0x3F ehci-hcd.park=3" --ramdisk ramdisk.img --pagesize 4096 -o boot.img

Flashing instructions :

fastboot flash boot boot.img

Unpacking instructions :

Use my boot.img unpack/repack tool from

here

* Use pack-sa77.sh while repacking
[Sony Xperia L] adridu59:
Defconfig should be in the sources
[Sony Xperia L] hashroot:
Hello, I bought Xperia L today...Are you working on any ROM for this device?
[Sony Xperia L] jayaura:
linaro toolchain

Does that matter if my toolchain is (linaro) prefixed linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf rather than arm-linux-androideabi

What does the "hf" at the end of my toolchain symbolize ?

I downlaoded the toolchain from http://www.linaro.org/downloads/
[Sony Xperia L] :
You can use exact same command as I've used with google gcc

arm-linux-androideabi-
[Sony Xperia L] jayaura:
Well. Sure I can. I think you didnt get my question. I just wanted to know if there is any serious technical difference with andriod eabi from google and linux eabi from linaro? I mean both of these are *NOT* bare metal toolchains right? I believe a kernel built with either of the two toolchains shoul work on the same device. Or am I wrong?
[Sony Xperia L] :
This will clear all your doubts

As you can see, linaro is just a patched GCC with some optimizations. A kernel built with any android toolchain viz Google, linaro, code sourcery, sabermod etc will work on the same device ( In most cases )
[Sony Xperia L] jayaura:
Thank you very much boss! ;)
[Sony Xperia L] yajnab:
Where is the RAMDISK files
[Sony Xperia L] :
You can extract ramdisk from stock kernel.
[Sony Xperia L] sherry_94:
How much a msm8227 is different from msm8230 ?

Is portinv possible from 8230 to 8227 ?

sent from my tipo ss