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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusdi:
So this a random question I've done some searching but this question not people ask but I want to brick my Nexus7

Why I want to this because my cousin dropped it from his balcony and the screen smashed and it cost more then the tablet to replace so I want to hard brick it to put it out of its misery thank you
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N10AP:
Put it in water? Remove the back and fry it with a car battery charger? Flash a galaxy s2 ROM?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Billchen0014:
this is the weirdest post i've ever seen on this forum, i highly doubt ur intent... :confused::)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusdi:
The device isn't rooted so shall I just root it and flash a ROM not made for the nxus 7
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] najaboy:
Even if it did flash, which it most likely would not, it would not brick the tablet. Using fastboot to erase the bootloader, on the other hand, would get you a hard brick.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dustinhayes93:
Its almost 4th of July if your in the us. Go buy you some fireworks and send it out with a bang!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N10AP:
Remove asserts. Should flash then. Repartition the SD card or erase bootloader
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darth:
Obviously he's looking for a way to return it. LOL. If its smashed....hows he gonna flash anything.

I hope you brick it, return it and they get it going and void your warranty! LOL

Cheers!

Sent from my cell phone telephone....
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Username invalid:
Break the micro USB port, drain the battery or open the back and disconnect the battery from the motherboard.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GedBlake:
Easiest way of hardbricking a Nexus 7 (and I can't believe I'm saying this!)... and assuming there isn't a more surreptitious motive here...

fastboot erase bootloader

...will certainly do the job... (cf.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/ne...1-nexus-7-bricked-bootloader-erased-help.html

).

(If you're not familiar with fastboot, then a bowl of water is a good backup plan!)

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Normally, I would sign off at this point with a valediction of "Good luck... hope it works"... but it would feel like I'm advocating an act of vandalism, which is inimical to my natural sensibilities.

This has to be the most oddest, weirdest and downright most peculiar thread on XDA I have thus far encountered - not how to 'fix', but how to 'break'.

Rgrds,

Ged
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veeman:
This thread reminds me of this. Many lulz were had. :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1896617

OP of that thread should be able to tell you all about bricking.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darth:
He is either A: looking for a refund or something, so he wants to brick it and return it claiming DOA.... Or B: looking to destroy someone's n7 who wronged him terribly.

Either way I hope it backfires in his face.

And yes, he lied.....if the screen is "smashed", he wouldn't be able to use it period, let alone do anything to brick it.

Wait....I smell a C:.....he did smash it, but can return it cause he is covered, but rooted it....so wants to brick it so they don't void his warranty.

;)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Username invalid:
If the screen was broken, he could still plug it into a PC and use Nexus Root Toolkit or something similar to relock/unroot/restore stock image/kernel.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusdi:
I'll tell you my true intent for this Nexus 7 bricking situation first of all the screen isn't smashed the Nexus 7 was just having a little problem easily fixable when you know XDA. But this cousin of mine has really p****d me in the years but i don't know what to do shall i return the Nexus 7 fine and dandy or shall i return it bricked saying that i couldn't do anything to fix it

P.S..

I'm sorry i lied in the OP
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darth:
Lol wow! Kids.

Thread reported. ;)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GedBlake:
Wow... I'm not sure which is worse... the 'lie' or the petty vindictive spite that lies behind the lie.

If you have issues with your cousin, then I would suggest you deal with them elsewhere.

Asking such questions of XDA members (who reply in good faith, even if the query is a little bizarre), is a pointless waste of everybody's time.

You might want to consider doing the 'right thing' by your cousin, and hopefully, mend some bridges.

Rgrds,

Ged.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darth:
No one on earth could possibly follow the above post. Wow.... LOL. Was that just a cluster of random words....or are there hidden sentences in there?

Bahahaha
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koko98:
Why do you post the same on every thread??

Enviado desde mi Nexus 7 usando Tapatalk 4 Beta
[One (M7) Accessories] rsktkr1:
Hey:

Is anyone us a multi-port usb hub with their OTG cable?
[One (M7) Accessories] aspast:
I tried to use a normal otg cable that is micro USB to USB 2.0. It never detects the USB drive and I can't seem to mount the drive either. USB debugging is enabled in the developer settings. Any tips to get this to work?

Thanks!
[One (M7) Accessories] jamieunit:
Mine works only when in recovery and after I mount it.

I haven't used a multiport

Sent from my One running Slim Bean
[One (M7) Accessories] aspast:
Any chance that this will be fixed in the next nightlies? It seems like quite a few people have problem with USB OTG.

HTC one. CM 10.1
[One (M7) Accessories] sdpinsens:
I‛m using the original stock ROM HTC one....and usb OTG work fine without any hard setting, just mount usb storage when you use it...
[One (M7) Accessories] dpshptl:
I'm all stock and all I do is just plug in the drive and it reads it and ready to use.
[One (M7) Accessories] RaptorMD:
I have one of those OTG cables from when I had another device that could use it, never considered trying it on my H1 with a thumb drive as external storage.
[One (M7) Accessories] reddog:
Can anyone confirm that the HTC ONE (M7) will charge via the OTG a cable while using SD function. If someone has successfully done that which cable was used.

Would like to use my SD while keeping the phone charged.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] stlautolycus:
I rooted my sprint GS4 using CF-auto-root and now I'm a bit lost as to how i can flash the Blu Kuban Rom. I used the same procedure i used to do for my HTC evo 4g; booted to recovery and chose install zip from external and then accepted Blu Kuban in the menu but the install failed. I spent about 1.5 hrs trying to better understand, but i just don't. Do i need to install a custom recovery? I feel like this is a very easy thing to do and im just confused. How do I flash this ROM?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] :
You don't have a custom recovery? If the answer is no then yes you need one. I personally use twrp

How to install twrp:

1. Download "goomanager" from the play store

2. Open goomanager and grant root access

3. Press menu and select install openrecoveryscript

4. Done

Boot in recovery

Backup up current rom

Install blu rom

If that fails re-download blu rom

Should had been the same way you did it with the og evo
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] devoureddreams:
First you need to install twrp 5.0.0.2 then boot into recovery and flash it if it fails its prob a corrupt dl
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] stlautolycus:
Thank you kindly gents!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] wolf1o:
Hi,

I just purchased the S4. I read that a samsung recently updated and allowed to move to apps. (funny that it wasn't to begin with...).

For some reason , even though my phone software is up to date, I don't have the "move to SD card" option under my apps settings...no matter which app I try to check and move...I just don't have this button there. Can someone help? Is it not available for sprint S4 yet?

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
We haven't gotten the update yet, only the international version.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] wolf1_o:
Amazing...and the sprint support guy/woman at facebook tries to explain to me how to do it...

Is there any forecast when will sprint get the update?...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
Nope, no date yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Reng:
any custom rom that are currently out allows you to push app2sd?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JoeFCaputo113:
BAM!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jj14:
Have you been able to get any of these apps to successfully move apps+appdata from internal storage to microSD on your Sprint Galaxy S4 (stock ROM)? The only option that worked for me is foldermount
[Nexus 4 General] BrutalGreen:
Just a little survey; what's your favorite kernel and

WHY

?

I'll start first. I'm constantly swapping between Franco and Matr1x.

- I like franco as it's probably the most polished kernel that suits my needs of performance, simplicity and good battery life.

- Matr1x does everything I want even better than Franco except even on the latest version (9.5) the lock screen animation still stutters...making me go back to franco cause of my OCD.
[Nexus 4 General] Whelan189:
Matrix cause it gives good battery performance
[Nexus 4 General] mongonexus:
i use faux and faux123 app,with performance and stability its tits
[Nexus 4 General] crachel:
These type of threads aren't allowed. Each kernel has its own thread for people to post their views in.

Closed
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] pezlomd:
Hello I live in Miami Florida I just came from a note 2 and prior to that I had an s3.. Both phones while on the HSPA plus APN did very well with speeds. The s4 does pretty well with speeds but I do notice that the data will get stuck sometimes and you see the arrows working as if they are transferring data but in reality its stuck most of the time I have to turn on airplane mode and then turn it off to get my data working again. This happens on any ROM and I never had this problem before this phone. I know that they are working on towers but even on the HSPA plus APN I'm having issues which I never have many issues on this network with other phones. Even on the LTE APN I noticed that a lot of times when switching from LTE to 4G I get so call drops or I get the internet stuck and have to turn on airplane mode even togglingmobile data on and off doesn't help.. Has anyone else experienced this problem I'm wondering if we were going back to the first modem on the first firmware will maybe help? Or is it just them working on the towers? If anyone has a good solution to this please let me know
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Toleraen:
If you can live without LTE for now, go into Settings -> Connections -> More networks -> Mobile networks -> Network Mode -> select GSM/WCMDA (auto connect)

I've had issues around here where the modem REALLLLY wants to grab LTE, but can't, and gets kind of stuck. But, HSPA+ is also pretty solid around here.
[General Topics] kevin.beecher:
hi guys

have any of you suffered from a loose key board on the xda2s mine has got looser and looser and i have had it only 2 months. i am with 02 have any of you had any dealings with 02 and what have they said and done. i would prefer if they took mine back and exchanged for a xda2i without the keyboard.

regards kevin beecher :(
[General Topics] cruisin-thru:
You could try returning it as "unfit for the purpose" it was made for, it seems to be a common problem so just ask for a replacement with a different model.
[General Topics] applecom:
Kevin, i did the same they will change it without any problems as they know just how bad the XDA2s is

John
[General Topics] kevin.beecher:
loose keyboard

hi guys

i have tried to get my xda2s changed by 02 but they are only willing to send it away for repair but i have only had it since december. they have offered me a loan phone ( a nokia ) but i dont want a nokia its doesent do any thing the xda does. if any of you have had any joy at getting it exchanged could you post a reply please.

regards kevin
[General Topics] padlad:
I've only had mine since December as well and my keyboard is loose. Has anyone managed to get a replacement? If so, how did you go about it?
[General Topics] cruisin-thru:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog/guides_to/consumerlaw/index2.shtml

I would reject it on the grounds "not fit for the purpose", please read link above.
[General Topics] funhat:
My house mate had exactly the same thing, he contacted o2 who arranged for the phone to be returned for repair, be warned though, it was nearly 3 weeks before the replacement was actually sent out, and typical o2 customer services were very unhelpful until cancelling the contract was mentioned
[General Topics] Swifty:
Mine has also developed a loose keyboard.. I've had it since December, and also the paint has scratched off where the keyboard slides.. I'd love to hear if anyone gets any joy changing their XDA with O2
[General Topics] kevin.beecher:
hi guys

02 say my phone is over the 14 day trial period and wont exchange it. they will repair it but i will take 2 weeks. also i am amazed that 02 havent orgainised a loan xda because these phones are a lot more then phones they are tools which we use daily. if any one has had a replacement who did you talk to as the customer service at 02 is crap. i have treatened to cancell my contract nut they say i cant and i will be charged my monthly rental.

regards kevin beecher
[HTC Sensation] PantsFullOfGuns:
Hello,

I recently used Pdanet to connect my desktop to my wi-fi network and ran into the problem of using up all my data. I have t-mobile and I was connected to my wi-fi but it still counted the data and I was sent a text message saying that the rest of my data usage would be throttled. I was using albinomans CM10 rom and have heard of it reporting incorrect data usage if that is the problem. So my question is how can I use my phone to connect devices to my own wi-fi network but not use up my data? Thanks
[HTC Sensation] nicknc:
Albinoman's data usage bug is isolated to the phone. Tmobile meters your data outside the phone.

In all likelihood, your desktop blew through whatever your 4G allotment was-- not surprising given that a few windows updates, an hour or so of music and a TV show or two will easily eat up 1GB.

Also consider that accessing webpages via your desktop uses a lot more data than accessing the mobile versions on your PC.

The only real solution is to upgrade to unlimited 4G, but some have reported nag web pages from TMobile for tethering on that plan. There are a few ways around it, well documented here.
[HTC Sensation] PantsFullOfGuns:
I really don't understand why I'm being charged then if I'm using data that is from my network. There has to be a way to work around this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cmurker:
Does anybody know of any mods or apps that will disable the lock screen security when you connect to home wifi?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gdeal:
You can try "Delayed Lock" by j4velin in the play store. Great app - It will even turn your lock back on after disconnecting from home wifi. Works for blue tooth as well. Trial version just has a nag screen every 5 unlocks. Worth the purchase to support the dev. Also, support available here at XDA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] templton:
Currently running wifi@home app with Unlock with wifi app works great for me.... Also if you're willing to learn check out Tasker..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 96cobra:
A slight hijack... I want to do the same thing, but slightly different. Does anyone know of an app that unlocks when you are NEAR your home wifi, but not actually connected to it? I live in the sticks & have 12Mbps satellite internet with a 10GB monthly limit. My 4g connection is faster & I'm still on unlimited. I've tried using Tasker, but can't seem to get it to work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gdeal:
You can try this:

With this:

"Delayed Lock Location Plugin" - in the play store (same developer).

(same lock screen functionality, just location based, not GPS, uses cell towers)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skiddingus:
I use an app called "phone locator pro" and it has the option. It works great. I've tested the remote features including locating, camera snapshots, and even remote wiping. All work great. It disables the lock when on any wifi connection that you register with the app. I just wish that you could also add a bluetooth connection so when I am in my car I do not have to unlock it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 654321:
Here is with tasker and secure setting example. Tasker never fails me.

http://tasker.wikidot.com/disable-keyguard-when-at-home
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] flemdroid:
Ya man use tasker its perfect for such a thing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skiddingus:
I've never used Tasker. Do you think it would be possible to keep the phone unlocked when connected to any bluetooth connection? This would be awesome if you could keep the phone unlocked in your car.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zxsix:
yes tasker ia certainly capable of that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brizey:
I am a fan of tasker, but I think delay lock is better. It does Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. I have never been satisfied with using tasker for this purpose...it "misses" too often.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] robotics5000:
I just flashed CWM Recovery 6.0.2.5 onto my galaxy nexus. However, I really would like to delete some backups because the space is becoming much too scarce (10MB left!).

I tried to find a "clockworkmod" folder with the backups in my phone's storage space but nothing seems to be there. I have tried for a few weeks to do this and still cannot find any such folder with the backups. I have even tried showing hidden files in the windows explorer but to no avail.

Someone - please, please help! I couldn't do anything in the past few days with such low storage!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
You need to use a root explorer and go to /data/media/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] robotics5000:
Could you recommend one?

However...my gnex isn't rooted. What should I d
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
If you don't have root then you need to delete them in recovery
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] robotics5000:
How do I do that? I go into fastboot and go to recovery - I can even view my backups but it doesn't tell me where they are or give me an option to delete them
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] robotics5000:
Can anyone please help? I don't know how much longer I have to be with about 10 MB...thanks for listening!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pirateghost:
ADB is a remarkable tool to learn. You could have had this done by now if you knew how to use some simple ADB commands.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] robotics5000:
Do you have any specific commands to suggest?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pirateghost:
adb pull /data/media/clockworkmod /location/on/local/machine/where/i/want/my/crap/saved/to

adb shell

rm /data/media/clockworkmod/backups/nameofbackup
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] robotics5000:
Thank you for that! I managed to quickly learn adb

The correct command is ...for future refernce a "rf -rt" to delte not rm
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pirateghost:
rm - Rf should work just fine

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] robotics5000:
Thank you for all your help!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kklizzle:
I just flashed the most recent AOKP on my AT&T GS3 and can't receive MMS. the issue is the same on the stock messaging app as well as handcent, my APN settings are all correct, and every other option that I've researched (here and elsewhere) yields no positive results. I didn't have an issue with an older version of AOKP, but I updated because other aspects of the ROM were getting a little glitchy. This version is much smoother, but now MMS isn't working. what the heck is going on?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kklizzle:
unable to send recently as well...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KorGuy123:
Dirty flash?

Check your apn settings
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kklizzle:
clean flash, all apn settings are the same as before the flash
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nysom16:
I believe the default sms app might not be compressing the image to fit your carriers mms limit. Try using a different sms app and see if it sends. If that's the problem you could use an alternative sms app or try decreasing your cameras quality to make the images smaller.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kklizzle:
update: I did a factory reset, and mms started working again... for about a day. it then started doing the same things as before, so I'm totally lost. same issue arises whether I use handcent or the stock app. will attempt a third messaging app for the purpose of covering all bases
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kklizzle:
no other third party messaging apps work either. I can't think of anything else that could be an issue. any more help?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mkfryan:
Had similar issues do you use ad blocker? Apparently it's a common issue ad blocker has
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kklizzle:
good heavens! I never would've guessed adblock plus would be affecting messaging! I disabled adblock and after a reboot was able to receive an mms. thank you for that little pearl of wisdom!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mkfryan:
Took me forever to figure it out customized it how I wanted tested then had to add apps back one at a time until it stopped working my friend got really sick of getting mms from me while testing. It's a known issues listed on their Web page apparently the block port 80 and that's what mms goes thru
[General Questions and Answers] upncoming:
I'm looking for a way to remove the IMEI from a NV data backup .qcn file and make it so anyone that has the same phone model can restore it and keep their own IMEI. I can locate the IMEI with a hex editor, change or remove it, but I'd like the file to work so it doesn't have to be edited every time to include the IMEI for each phone it's being restored to.

Is it as easy as setting all the blocks for IMEI to 00? Thanks in advance!
[General Questions and Answers] upncoming:
I'm looking to do what was done with the NV data backup in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2068041
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] w3r3w0lv33:
I unlocked my bootloader today, and was just about done completely rooting my device, until when I flashed TWRP recovery, it looked like my phone was turned off with the charging LED still on. I held the power button until my phone completely turned off, and then I booted up to HBOOT. Above the *UNLOCKED* banner, it showed *TAMPERED*. I tried to reboot into recovery, and I saw the HTC splash screen, but this time with red text under it. It read something like this: "This device is for development use only, etc." And it stayed stuck on that screen. Once again I shut off my phone completely, and it's working normally, other than the recovery. I cannot boot into recovery. Can anyone help me fix the recovery so I can continue with the rooting process?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 31ken31:
Make sure u flash twrp 2.3.3.1 and fastboot erase cache afterwards.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] w3r3w0lv33:
Ok. I flashed the new recovery. However, it is still stuck in the HTC splash screen stating, "This build is for development purposes only. Do not distribute outside of HTC without HTC's written permission. Failure to comply may lead to legal action." This has never happened before I unlocked the bootloader, so I'm pretty sure it is a false message. Any one out there that can help?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
That red text is completely normal, it's meant to be there after unlocking. Do you have a ROM installed?

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] w3r3w0lv33:
I haven't flashed a ROM yet, because I haven't completely rooted yet. My problem is that it would fully boot to the recovery. My phone freezes up on that HTC splash screen with the red text.