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[General Questions and Answers] kovdan88:
Hi i did http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2235675 , and i accidentaly flased a simlock to my phone with the kernel, and now i cant use is as a phone. What should i do? sorry for the noob question
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skinja99:
Feedback Appreciated:

Would you recommend getting the VZW Developer Edition or sticking with the normal VZW S4 ?? (not the google edition)

Here are my notes:

-I already have the normal VZW S4. I have about 5 days to return it

-My current S4 is not yet rooted

-I am paying full retail either way in order to keep unlimited data. (I use a ton of data)

-The Developer Edition looks like it only has a 30 day warranty. Is that true? even for hardware?

-I'd like to be able to easily root my phone in order to do things like easily wifi tether, record voice calls, remove bloatware, etc.

Should I stick with the normal S4 and root it, or go with the Developer Edition. It seems like if I have an issue on the normal version, I could always De-root it, and deal with any warranty that way.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bc760:
Personally I'll be honest with you, if you're going to root why not just throw CM10 on? Idk I paid full retail for mine also but I just don't see the big hype about the developer edition if we can do all of it with the regular edition.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] crunchybutternut:
From what I have seen, the Google Edition S4 is GSM only, meaning AT&T or T-Mobile.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bigmook:
Developer edition with the unlocked boot loader was release for Verizon today?. Hmmmm
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] droidrev71:
I ordered one. I believe it comes carrier unlocked which is a bonus. I hope there is some support for it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skinja99:
I think even the normal retail ones will work with another SIM. I don't think you have to do anything special.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chrishoyt2012:
Negative... Vzw is getting Google Edition...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] markwebb:
Really? What source? I was under the impression no Google Edition for VZW, only the Dev Edition.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skinja99:
Do you have a source or link for that information?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] failboats:
Having some difficulties with the GPS on my TF101. I've done complete wipes and installed the latest stock ROM, a CM variant, and EOS 4 w/ Kat kernel.

At each stage, I attempted to get a fix using Google Maps, then with GPS Status. I tried rooted vs unrooted. I tried using the Kat GPS fix, and with the GPS wipe / download in GPS Status -- all to no avail.

The absolute most I ever see is a single, solitary GPS (getting 0/1 in GPS Status). Never enough to locate my position.

Had someone else who bought a TF101 around the same time as me try it as well. He is running the stock firmware, and has the same issues with the GPS.

Is there any obscure fix that someone here knows about that has solved their GPS issues on the Transformer? Anything else I can try? With my Galaxy S3, I get 9 almost immediately, and it goes to 11 within a few seconds. Is it just that the GPS in the Transformer is full of fail?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frederuco:
If it does not work on complete stock, there is a chance your GPS radio is fubar.

I have no idea how to diagnose this, just a thought.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TomTcom:
Look at your GPS.conf file and on the net there is the GPS government website I think it is that tells you what servers to use. Maybe you can compare what your file has versus what the site says.

The file dictates what is will do and how it connects. Programs that show your GPS like agps or others on the play store don't actually edit the file so garbage in garbage out.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Try this app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.fastergps
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aidanbree:
For the past few months I have had random freezes on my SII. The only way to get it working again is to pull the battery.

Are there any known issues / ways to resolve?

It is a T-Mobile UK handset that hasn't been modified in any way...

Cheers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
What firmware.

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maybe your an iphone expert

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aidanbree:
Just checked and it is 4.0.4
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
flash siyah v6 via odin and then factory reset.

You can also flash jb so you don't have to worry about the brick bug.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aidanbree:
Is there no alternative to a full reset?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
You can flash 4.0.3.

Sent from the little guy
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] captaincrook:
I present you all with a new root method provided by the the immaculate jcase. Rooting with this is fairly simple and the only requirement is that you have Jellybean for your device. This has proven to work with a variety of phones on Jellybean, with ICS turning up no rooted results. Thus, you must (!!) have Jellybean on your device.

NOTE: The latest T-Mobile USA OTA update (ver. 20F) is confirmed to still work with this method.

This has proven to work on a variety of phones across the P76* line including:

P769

Phones with the Canada WindMobile ROM

P768e

P768

P760

DO NOT THANK ME. INSTEAD THANK JCASE, WHO DID ALL THE WORK. I'M JUST A PARROT. BAWK.

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STEP 1

First, we must make sure you have spritebud. No it isn't a soda/beer mix! You can check for this either via ADB or through the app Terminal Emulator. Unhide the code for your selected method.

ADB:

adb shell ls -l /system/xbin/spritebud

Terminal Emulator:

ls -l /system/xbin/spritebud

If you get any error message along the lines of "no such file or directory", then you my friend are unable to root. Otherwise, you should be presented with information about spritebud, and that is your golden ticket to root.

STEP 2

Now that you know whether or not you are able to root, let us carry on for those who can.

I have written a thin guide on achieving root based on the steps that jcase has provided. They are as follows:

Download LGPwn.apk attached to this post

Install LGPwn.apk on your device

Launch LGPwn

READ popup message

Press "root me" to carry on the next part

When Backup has launched, choose Restore

Choose Internal storage

Choose LGPwn

Hit OK at the popup about Cross Model Restore

Make sure the Applications checkbox is checked, then select Continue

Let the app finish the restoring process[/code]

STEP 3

Once your decive has finished the restore process, you may ither reboot your phone from the current screen, or you may immediately head to the Play Store. Whichever choice you make, your next step is to download SuperSu from the Play Store and install it. When prompted, select normal install, and you sohuld be good to go with regards to root.

Congratulations! New root get!

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APK Link:

http://malware.asia/LGPwn.apk[/strike]

Original post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42938989#post42938989

Github

Original post quoted:
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jcase:
adb shell ls -l /system/xbin/spritebud

if spritebud exists on your firmware, then it will most likely work

The apk is in my original post only works on API 16 and up, just because of how I built it. If you have the spritebud binary, I will rebuild it for you
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Tablechair:
Spritebud is there. I've copied it from xbin and zipped it up for you here. Thanks http://db.tt/IPbe5O8w
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jcase:
*edit* let me fix some bugs
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jcase:
[MENTION=5114759]Tablechair[/MENTION] [MENTION=2962874]captaincrook[/MENTION] updated github and the apk, try this apk http://malware.asia/LGPwn.apk. It should support Andoid 2.3.3 and up, and check for spritebud before allowing you to continue.

If this doesnt work, dump your stock system image and I will give you a different root
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Tablechair:
Will unroot and give it a shot once I get home later thanks dude.

---------- Post added at 09:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:57 PM ----------

It occurred to me that I don't need my PC to try this so I did a full unroot in supersu. Installed and ran your apk then restored lgpwn backup when the menu came up. After a reboot I couldn't find the supersu or superuser app but I got superSU from the playstore and it installed and prompted me to update binary after that I'm back rooted again. Spread the good word I guess. Thanks a lot dude!
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jcase:
Great, perhaps [MENTION=2962874]captaincrook[/MENTION] can change the title, and manage the thread here?
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Tablechair:
If he wants to I'll delete mine. Got really excited wanted to let people know.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] captaincrook:
I have just tested this and I have no positive results. I'm running ICS, firmware version 10G. I don't know if the KDZ is good enough for a system dump but I'd otherwise have to setup adb to grab a full one after I factory restore. I'll link the KDZ after I find a working link (or someone can assist with that?).

Let me note that I did find it bizarre to download and install SuperSu after the phone rebooted but I do not doubt your instructions.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] capfl2k5:
Works with the l9 with 20d
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Tablechair:
Afterwards I thought well maybe something with the lelus rooting method made it so Supersu could just simply be reinstalled.(like it was just a placebo effect.) I again unrooted fully, tried to reinstall supersu it refused, and I again rerooted with LGpwn. You can also get supersu before running lgpwn and at the end of the restore a supersu permission thing pops up before restarting.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jcase:
Why is it strange to install supersu? Exploit jsut installs "su" from Supersu. At the rate chainfire updates, it is a waste of space to include it in the exploit. Use can install and update, much safer.

does /system/xbin/spritebud exist on your device? Has your rom been modified at all?

I only tested this on one device, the rest were based on information obtained from firmware.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Moto Mouth:
P769 v20D. That's a +1 for me. Works great thanks for the heads up.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Swag-Mo:
you should change the thread title to read as New Riot Method...!!!

delighted to report back that this certainly does work on P768 running v20A south Africa... this is officially the easiest method for routing our... should be stickied in the general and development forums asap...
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] captaincrook:
I'll run more in the morning. Are you on 20D? I have supersu installed and get no such popup.

I have purposely not modified my device in any way (waiting for an easier root method). Is there any way I can check for success? I normally check if su exists in the app drawer (hence installing after being weird for me) or in system through terminal but I don't see it.

Spritebud does exist and was the first thing I checked for. Differences seeing here are me still being on the pure stock firmware the phone came with and not the jellybean upgrade. I will upgrade if I get nowhere by afternoon tomorrow and I'll see what's up with my phone and jellybean.

By the way, thanks for assisting us users.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Tablechair:
I am on v21b windmobile canada.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] kuma82:
The app did not find the spiritbud on the v10B (LGMS769)
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Tablechair:
I loaded up one of my old 10g nandroid backups and fully unrooted. Kuma beat me to it ^^^^ :D This does not work on ICS roms for L9. It goes thru the motions but the su app is not found afterward. I have uploaded a copy of the ICS P769 spritebud. https://www.dropbox.com/s/zhnkrlpu4u6k744/spritebudICSp769.zip

Thanks
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jcase:
It does not install superuser app, just su. If the phone reboots on its own, it should be successful.

You can check for su by installing supersu from the market, and allowing it to update.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jcase:
Then that firmware is not compatible, its missing the vulnerable component.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] lickarock:
Hi all. I am working on SecMMS currently, and I am trying to track down where the black background in the conversation list is declared in messaging. I have been looking for a while and cannot find it. Any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mr pnut:
If I'm correct its a PNG file in the drawable xhdpi folder but then I could be wrong.....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] lickarock:
... I can be a little dense sometimes. Wow. I assumed since it was a simple flat black background it would be declared in an xml. It never even occurred to me to look for a png for that one.
[Android Apps and Games] Rhyskymud:
PPSSPP (psp emulator) v8

Requirements: 2.0+

Overview: PPSSPP is still in its early stages and thus very few games are currently playable. However, this will change over time!

GAME PLAY VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhmBKlVSRQ0

HERE IS THE WIKI FOR THE GAMES WHICH ARE WORK ON THIS EMULATOR GO AND CHECK THEM

http://wiki.ppsspp.org/index.php?title=Game_Compatibility

Growing compatibility!

Dragonball Evolution

God Of War

Burnout Dominator

Mortal Kombat

Grand Theft Auto : Vice City Stories

3rd Birthday

Ace Combat

Compatibility List

click on this link for full compatibility

http://www.ppsspp.org/compatibility.html

Android Device Compatibility

PPSSPP should work on all modern Android devices. It's been confirmed to run on the following:

Android Device Compatibility

PPSSPP should work on all modern Android devices. It's been confirmed to run on the following:

Nexus One (the slow GPU will probably be a problem later)

Nexus S

Nexus 7

Galaxy Nexus

Galaxy S2

Galaxy S3

Xperia Play

Asus Transformer

Ainol Novo7 Advanced II

Galaxy Note 2

© PPSSPP project 2012. PSP is a trademark of Sony, Inc.

PPSSPP is an open source project, licensed under the GPL 2.0 (or later). Anyone is welcome to contribute their improvements to the code, and the hope is that over time this will resolve the compatibility problem.

PPSSPP is free to download and use

Development

http://www.ppsspp.org/development.html

GitHub

www.github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp

© PPSSPP project 2012. PSP is a trademark of Sony, Inc.

This app has no advertisements

More Info:

Code:

http://www.ppsspp.org/index.html

PPSSPP is an open source project, licensed under the GPL 2.0 (or later). Anyone is welcome to contribute their improvements to the code, and the hope is that over time this will resolve the compatibility problem.

PPSSPP is free to download and use

Development

http://www.ppsspp.org/development.html

GitHub

www.github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp

© PPSSPP project 2012. PSP is a trademark of Sony, Inc.

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ppsspp.ppsspp

PRESS THANKS​
[Android Apps and Games] Basche:
This is nice and all, but there's already an official thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1970933
[Android Apps and Games] Rhyskymud:
I know..i just wanna share the new version dude..:)
[Android Apps and Games] noobiei5:
Wiki link ( http://wiki.ppsspp.org/index.php?title=Game_Compatibility) down?
[Android Apps and Games] Basche:
Sorry man, they have the new version there too :(
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwardo:
Hello all

I've owned a DZ for 2 years now And like it so wanted some spare parts...

So I purchased 2 partially broken T-Mobile G2's this summer off ebay:

* G2_1 one with cracked digitizer (all else operational)

* G2_2 one with dead LCD (all else operational)

As soon as I got them I took them apart and transformed

G2_1+G2_2 --> G2_OK + G2_PARTS (cracked digitizer+dead LCD+rest ok as spare parts)

G2_OK has been the ROM test phone while DZ has remained my everyday phone

Well in the past 3 weeks my DZ has grown old:

* vibrator went dead so I remplaced it by switching it from that of G2_PARTS --> worked great !!!

* mainboard went dead (basicaly it only works after leaving the phone in the freezer - until it heats up and shuts off and won't boot [fortunately worked long enough to do a nandroid backup]) so I switched it with htat of G2_PARTS

So now I have a Hybrid: a French DZ with an American T-Mobile G2 mainboard...

Everything works just fine except the physical keyboard which behaves in a very weird way !!! It is neither qwerty nor azerty, what ever key layout I pick some keys are off. FN key registers properly in KeyEvent Display but is unusable (i.e. FN+R nevers gives me a 4, I get nothing)...

Using KeyEvent display it seems that keys having the same geographic position (but labels differ) on the french keyboard and american keyboard generate the same scancodes (seems logical as the mainboards are the same) layouts are not working on top on the DZ...

So I'm gessing the scancodes changed on the DZ with the mainboard change.

Finally some keys have the same labels such as ", ;" (on the left of spacebar) have the same scancodes but not the same keykodes. On the hybrid DZ_G2 it is seen as SEMI_COLON wihc is wrong it should be COMMA as on the G2.

I'm trying to see If I can alter the kl and kcm files to work around my issue, but any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Regards
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NeverGone\RU:
This is probably wrong forum, but you should change your phone's CID to a French one.

It's stored in mmcblk0p17, and changing it instafixes all the keyboard issues.

@Mods: please move this thread to a General section.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwardo:
Thanks that worked :) !

I had to modify partition17 but also partition7

using dd and a hex editopr changing partition7 worked.

However same procedure did not work on partition17 so I had to go abck to 1.33.405.5 and use gfree to change CID in partition7
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
Future reference, changing cid is simple with fastboot so you don't risk bricks with dd and hex editor

fastboot oem changeCid 11111111
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwardo:
Well I actually tried that first... but it failed. Which was bizarre and lead me to investigate how the G2 the mainborad came from had been unlocked given that

the DZ engineering hboot installed

CMW recovery installed

by the previous owner (I bought it from off ebay).

It turned out (by looking at partition7 with the hex editor and looking at gfree source code to see what it actually does) that partition7 was still:

cid=T-MOB010

secu_flag=1

simlocked (although I was able to make calls through french carrier I'm guessing Engineering Hboot was what made that possible)

So I figured only

./gfree -b hboot-eng.img -y recovery.img

had been run instead of

./gfree -f -b hboot-eng.img -y recovery.img

Hence my trying to do it manually at first and then resorting to gfree as dd was actually not writing the hex editor modified partition7 (Which lead me to believe gfree's powercycling the mmc was required before being able to write to it)

So as a summary, I messed up initially because I didn't check that the G2 bought off ebay had been fully unlocked and assumed it had been just because engineering hboot and CMW were installed...

Oh and by the way, I had to

set cid to HTC__203

reboot

set cid to 1111111

reboot

else the backup cid would have stayed as T-MOB010 and keyboard would have stayed FUBAR.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
Ah yes forgot to add the caveat that you need all secure flags removed as in used the gfree method to root.

Glad you sorted everything out without any damage... Its not that a hex editor or dd commands in themselves are going to brick its that some people aren't careful and do sometimes mistype
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] bleepy:
Hi everyone! This is my 1st post here so hopefully all goes well

I have had my new magician (O2 XDA II mini) for a week now, and have been playing round installing software and stuff and seeing what this thing will do.

I have installed Pocket Informant and like it - mostly for the ability to set sub-tasks (child tasks). I looked at Agenda Fusion & didn't see this feature.

Other apps I've got installed are pocket breeze, wisbar, pocket artist, betaplayer, pocket music and total commander. But i'll be looking thru these forums to get other ideas of software to trial before I decide what I like best.

BUT... I have found a strange problem. Once PI has run, my incoming calls are muted until I soft-reset (no sound, no vibration). The only notification I get that a call has occured is a "missed call" tool tip.

I think I've proven it is PI by calling my fone before PI has run (ervything normal), minimizing PI (muted), and closing PI (still muted).

I haven't seen any mention of this problem on this (or other) forums but haven't been around for long... maybe its familiar to a regular in the forum...?

Should I look at another PIM program? (know any with sub-tasks?)

Should I look at a setting somewhere? In PI? In windows?

umm.. basically just "help!" :?

edit: see below but I'm looking at Wisbar....
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] mfmmfm:
check out the wishbar advance... maybe that is one of the problem!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] bleepy:
yeah... I was just trolling through the forums and came across this... testing it out now... thanks!

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=15211
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] notyourstar:
My phone is rooted, yet I don't seem to be able to access my root folder anymore to see my files, etc.

When I plug my phone in, the computer doesn't recognize it anymore. When I try to use the Storage tool under settings,

it just says calculating forever and doesn't tell me what's taking up what.

I only have 2gb left on my phone, and I have no idea what's taking up so much space.

Where can I find the clockwork mod folder to delete old backups? How do you guys manage your space?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xadro:
You could try Totalcommander .

Backups sit in /data/media/clockworkmod/backup/ (if you made your backups to the internal sd).
[Other Tools & General Discussion] N4t4ly45:
I am looking for a good laptop to use for coding, programming, and android development. Not too graphically challenging but would like them to be decent. My budget is $500 and under. I am willing to buy referbished or used. Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] gsrac3r:
Galaxy Mini running Android version 2.3.5 (Gingerbread)

How do I install this CM10.1 ROM on my phone?

I've rooted + flashed ROMs before on my i9100 but it appears the Galaxy Mini process is much different. Help is greatly appreciated!

Does the Mini have to be rooted prior to installing CWM or custom ROMs?

As far as I know I simply plug my phone into computer, download a CWM file and flash it to phone with Odin. Then I drag the CM10.1 zip file onto the phone and using the CWM recovery menu, flash the ROM?

Thank you in advance

SOLVED
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Mamato Z:
how you flash the rom?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] gsrac3r:
I don't understand what you are meaning here. I asked in my original post the instructions for flashing CM10 onto my Galaxy Mini and whether or not the steps I outlined above are correct or if I am missing something.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Masrepus:
Ya thats right, but u before must do hard reset, cache and dalvik wipe but i think u already knew that :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] SamsungGalaxyMiniPro:
First root it , then flash cwm tar file in odin as one package , and thej you can put custom rom on sd and go to cwm recovery wipe cache/data and cache partitation. Then just install the rom zip and there you go.

If you dislike the rom just flash another and if your tired off custom roms flash back stock rom
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] F4uzan:
Dude ! It's already solved ! Read the OP !