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[Galaxy S 4 Active General] suSpendr:
Possible unlocked bootloader

So feel free to call me out if this is a rookie mis-read, but I noticed something very interesting on my S4 Active yesterday...

Background: I managed to lose my ATT S4A already and got it replaced by Asurion. I am also an admin on a Mobile Iron MDM server and wanted to play with the Knox features of the replaced device, but it wouldn't let me, stating that I was 'unlocked'. From my end there was no obvious way to tell as the device would boot normally with the ATT logo and the standard splash screen for the device. I proceeded to root using activeroot to try and figure out the issue. No leads yet... Because I am already rooted I cannot guarantee that the root vuln is not partially to blame for the odd behavior I saw...

Yesterday: I was taking photos and attempted to take a video. The phone immediately rebooted. The splash screen that followed was the unlocked lock with the word "Custom" underneath. I tried this 3 times, same result every time. While I currently cannot take videos, this is intriguing as a possible path to a solution.

Also, I have never messed with this sort of dev, so if this seems useful and you have some pointers to share it, please let me know.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] besweeet:
Same thing happened to me early-on. I guess it was just a root-related thing.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] uvbeenzaned:
You could very well be unlocked! The boot animation usually won't act that way unless it's been unlocked. But then again I may be wrong. [MENTION=4434032]thatbigmoose[/MENTION] [MENTION=4315861]joshuadjohnson22[/MENTION] maybe? Sounds interesting anyway.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] vandieutot:
I love galaxy s4 and I still love this version more
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
Looks like that is the normal custom boot after your root your device. Most likely the lock and custom stamp has nothing to do with the issues, probably the mods you applied. Anytime you root you have a chance to get that on boot up. normally updating binaries will remove that

Every once in a while I get the same thing
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] illcaptive:
I'll be in for $10 on the boot loader will it work for the i537 also?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
It's the I537 that they are trying to find the workaround for. It's my understanding that the international Active doesn't have the locked bootloader.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] ilovepj:
I just unlocked my bootloader,
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
Can you elaborate?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] uvbeenzaned:
Lol I'm not so sure you did with that info. Haha.

GS4A ST AT&T
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
Let's put it this way, if they did unlock their bootloader I'm sure they would be posting photos and telling the community the release will be out shortly so they can collect their money. So send us a video or admit you misunderstood and/or have a different device
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] JEZZEJAMEZ:
X2

I hope someone can do it. I'll have to jump ship if not in a week... I'm sure that's not nearly enough time. But I got my eyes on the LG Optimus g pro... Looks very slick.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
Yes, you should just go now then. Cracking phones take time, you probably wont see it in a week. But the G pro has just as little development(and it has been out longer) and locked bootloader. My buddy has one and is frustrated with the lack of anything. We have more mods then G pro. Good luck
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] JEZZEJAMEZ:
Yikes your right, I do have to admit this is growing on me. I might be in it for the long haul... Thanks for the advice.. :beer:

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] besweeet:
you're*

Had to do it. #TheMoreYouKnow
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dave5777:
"#" Lol this isn't Twitter or 10th grade English.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] besweeet:
It's not Twitter, yes, but it doesn't have to be ;).

10th grade English? If you learned your vs. you're in 10th grade, then the education system is wrong. Regardless, what's wrong with having proper grammar? *waits for it*
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dave5777:
This is a thread about getting our bootloader unlocked. Nobody effing cares about grammar. Most people use trace or swype and makes mistakes. Get a life!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] besweeet:
And if you cared as much as to keep this thread on topic, why have you kept going? You're apparently offended that someone else corrected somebody else's mistake. You're just the typical, ignorant person who must not take kindly to such things, unfortunately. Instead of getting all angry over a simple correction, why not just learn from it, or better yet, promote it so that others do the same? Or just learn to proofread? Granted, it's just a forum, but that's no excuse to spell things wrong.

Anything else?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dave5777:
Like I said why correct everyone's typos? Get a life!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] besweeet:
"Get a life."

I won't even begin to go into why that's the most ignorant, arrogant and idiotic statement that anybody could possibly say to anyone.

Or, even better, why's it so hard to learn proper grammar? Is it that hard? Heck, he only got your vs. you're wrong. I can only imagine the ****storm you'd start if someone else got other things wrong. It was just a simple correction, to somebody else, so I have no idea why you're even involved. But, this sort of reaction seems typical of the uneducated bunch on the Internet, which I guess I should learn to accept?

Regardless, what's wrong with having correct grammar? If not, those who aren't already aware of the proper ways of writing things will only begin to accept that that's the proper way of doing it. Therefore, nobody will learn, and people will further become incorrect and invalid.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
I like a healthy debate as much as the next guy. But can y'all maybe deal with this via PM? I'm subscribed to this thread for when some advancements come around. Please and thank you :)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dave5777:
Good for you!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
Guys, we are a family, let's not turn on each other. Let's besweet to one another and grow this community the proper way. I don't know about you but I have been a part of an XDA community where I hated to post because of the hostility. I don't want that to happen here, you never know when the person you are mad at will help you out with something.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] pyro254750:
In addition to what Josh has said, you both look like idiots. Just stop.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] JEZZEJAMEZ:
As you can see this went off topic, I'm not the best at spelling also. I don't mind if you follow me around and correct me I just keep moving. I don't need to reply to my corrections. JUST A HEADS UP I'LL DO IT OVER AND OVER SO DONT WASTE YOUR TIME TRYING TO FIX MY MISTAKE. I don't use punctuation unless auto correct adds it.

Moving on.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
Honestly I NEED people to correct my grammar.. I am horrible... good thing I don't care
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] besweeet:
Ah, then I apologize for trying to talk sense to people who seem to refuse to want any of it. :cyclops:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] uvbeenzaned:
Whoa, I must be in the wrong thread. I thought this was the bounty thread for unlocking the boot loader. A couple days ago, it was okay here.

GS4A ST AT&T
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] besweeet:
Nothing has changed.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] uvbeenzaned:
That's good to know. Anyway, back on subject. [MENTION=4315861]joshuadjohnson22[/MENTION] did moose ever say anything to you about the kernels available now?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
no he has been off the grid, my guess is he is waiting to hear back from the flash gordon guy. I am pretty sure it means nothing to us yet. Once we have a work around or bootloader unlock it will be helpful

p.s. you spelled my name wrong so I wasn't notified ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gnoop:
I was going to pick up a Note II on Sunday but the debate between the S4 and Note 2 lasted a bit long. By the time I was ready to buy, it was late and we needed to get the kids home and tucked in. That was Sunday. I look today and... $299 online. What the hell?

Best Buy's got it for $199 wit a $50 BB gift card. Tempted to do that so long as I can still upgrade it on my wife's line and move it over to mine, keeping unlimited data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JeramyEggs:
Yeah, do a round of online shopping. I got 2 for 216.00 from price matching sams club. If you can find a deal without gift cards verizon onlone match.

"One small step for man, One giant leap for mankind" said anyone who has tried Moon Rom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gnoop:
Yup, I'm looking around. Best Buy's deal is pretty decent as the price was already approved and I'm sure I can make use of the $50 gift card ;)

The one alternative stuck in my head now is that the House Finance Committee has said she's fine with me picking up the Note 3 for the assumed $299 price.

The only thing I'd have to check on there is whether or not TrevE gets tethering working on it. I might just get the Note 2, then upgrade later to the 3 as the wife wants the Note 2 once I'm done with it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] kimdoocheol:
Just get it at best buy. I got my note 2s with 100 gift cards due to a price match and recently got an s4 from a deal match at Dell for 129. It isn't worth it to buy through Verizon since they don't price match and you can get it elsewhere for cheaper from vendors that don't charge a restocking fee.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wuestsider:
Never never never buy a phone directly from the carrier. Carriers don't offer deals that can beat third party stores such as Radio Shack, Best Buy, Wirefly and etc. For example, yesterday I purchased the Galaxy Note 2 and S3 from Radio for the total cost of $179. The Note 2 is only $149 at Radio Shack online store and Wirefly.

WUESTSIDER X!

Sent from my Might Galaxy S III.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] b1ackplague:
Amazon has it for $150 as an upgrade and $80 for a new line.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AB7FVCY
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] killerapl:
Costco is also 199 and give you accessories.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] michigan66:
I always print an online offer and head to Best Buy and they price match. Just did it a month ago for an s4 for my daughter. They matched amazons sale price and saved $100 by not going to a Verizon store.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wishkah420:
I clicked the link and it shows $699. I then tried to search Amazon and it said not available for my zip code? Weird!

Sprint is giving me the boot for excessive voice roaming and best buy said they'd give me $275 for my phone and it's only 199 for a new line so I'm already making money off the deal I guess I'm just being greedy and trying to squeeze them for more lol.

Gonna miss unlimited data but I guess the silver lining is being paid to switch. Bonus is I'm running goodness rom now and it's available for Verizon too! :cool:

Edit: found the Amazon deal. Just needed to use the computer lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] iluciferi:
Honestly I work at a Verizon premium retailer and I can say I don't know why we don't price match. Thing I hate though is people getting the phone somewhere else and asking us to fix the screwed up plans or transfer contacts and put on screen protectors. If you don't want to spend the extra money here, don't ask us to do work for free, as we are 100 percent commision.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BoostedB18C:
Not saying you are out of line or anything, but that's part of retail/customer service. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nrfitchett4:
Only problem is he wants to transfer upgrade and when I got my Note 2, best buy told me that only Verizon could do it because they would only do it when I upgraded, not before and have it ready on my acct. Amazon couldn't do it either.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gnoop:
Looks like I missed Amazon's $149.99 price. I was going to hit Best Buy yesterday and got caught up with other things so it didn't happen and we figured on getting it Saturday. Amazon has it at $179.99 right now. Not bad and still the cheapest price for upgrading a line (new service is cheaper).

As to the upgrades, no, I won't be moving upgrades around. I'll be upgrading my wife's line as it's eligible for an upgrade. Then just move the phone to my line and reactivate her current phone. Once the Note 3 is out, I'll need to move my upgrade over to her line to do it again so I may run into the necessity of using Verizon there. I'll have to see how that goes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wuestsider:
Radio Shack is offering $149 for new customers & $199 for upgrade.

Wuestsider X!

Sent with my mighty Galaxy Note II!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Deekayy:
Costco has it for $179.99 2yr. upgrade.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] killerapl:
Costco did it for me. It was 199 but I think it just went down to 179
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gnoop:
Well damn. Amazon went back up to $199. NewEgg's got it at $189. I'd do Costco but Best Buy won't price match them (the $50 BB gift card is still a solid deal) and I doubt the Costco deal includes extras. I guess if you snooze, you lose :(

Whatever the best price, hopefully I'll have a new Note 2 later this afternoon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Fitgyrl:
$149 deal

Gnoop not sure if you've already made your Note 2 purchase, but if not "letstalk" is still running deal for $149 new customer or upgrade and it includes upgraded free next day shipping as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gnoop:
I did pick it up but thank you for the info. I ended up getting it at Best Buy on the last day of the gift card deal. The gift card was able to be used immediately so it came to $149 and I walked out of the store with the phone working. Now I just need to wait for Amazon to ship my case and memory card.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Deekayy:
If you want to be a frugal shopper, you can provide your receipt to the kiosk booth to get back your $20 for the difference in the price drop.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Maceee:
Hey everyone. My WT19i device was unused for quite a long time, maybe 8 months, and I just thought to take it from the box where it has spent so much time and remember the good old times with my wise old mate running CM 9.1 FXP builds. So I just flashed boot.img from FXP 216 build, then got into recovery, did wipe data/factory reset, wipe chache, wipe dalvik cache, format system, then flashed the CM ROM, then did data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache and boot to the ROM. Everything seemed okay but I recognised some laucher lags and redraws so I launched Quadrant Standard Edition and then just saw that my phone only scores around 1200 - 1300. Then I didn't give up and flashed stock FW to check and saw even lower 1100 - 1200 scores. I was used to get 1600 without OC and 2000 + score OCed. So is it possible that my phone slowed down while it has not been used? Maybe some chips got corrupted? What can you suggest me? Maybe some system check apps?

Here's the picture of Quadrant Standard Edition stats of my phone running CM 9.1 FXP 2013 04 19 build

View attachment 2087083

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: with AnTuTu I get ~4980 score. I guess that's pretty cool for this device. Maybe Quadrant Standard Edition is not optimised for singlecore processors or maybe the score is low because of my cheap SD card so it lowers IO score?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frnkly:
Just how many of you droid users use widgets and do they serve you or phone any benefit to your usage.

Also what ones do you use.

And use i have an s3 and use some widgets.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ballsofsteel:
I think this should belong to the android general forum... But I may be wrong.

Anyhow, I only use widgets that actually make my life easier. For example, the bookmarks widget saves me time to browse webs I often use. Metoffice gives me the weather on my home screen, and other toggles like flashlight and turn all sounds off can be done via the home screen without venturing into the abyss of settings
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UrbanDrawer:
Quite a lot, I suppose. Except those who worry too much about their battery lives.

My widget-setup is pretty basic: big clock screen on the home page, google now toolbar, music player widget and a forecast widget.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dxppxd:
Music player on homescreen (big) and lockscreen (small), calendar widget to check / edit upcoming events, UCCW with camera + clock / alarm settings + favorite contacts.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrismast:
I just got one widget on my home screen which is the calendar widget (agenda view), not because of any battery saving, just because I do not use any others.

My music is controlled via headset (as I only listen over it), my profiles (loud, vibrate alarm etc.) are controlled via tasker, the clock I can see in the notification bar, controls for WiFi, Bluetooth etc. are in the notification drawer.

I would even say that I use the notification bar much more than I ever used widgets.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yuezhe:
dont use those things a lot.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KMino:
Great benefit...

Facebook, Twitter (Android pro widgets)

G+, email (stock widgets)

Calender (jorte widget)

weather clock (beautiful widget)

System tuner pro & Battery pro widgets

Audio control widget.

Using Greenify and temasek CM10.1 ROM and kernel. Battery life is way better than any Sammy ROM :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeadSOL:
I think you're spot on!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frnkly:
That's fine with me if mods want to move this thread they will. ...

so thanks for the comments .....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bondx99:
Here is my setup! :cool:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yuvas:
Can you please tell me which music widget is that?? Looks awesome!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] delsus:
I'm mostly the standard big clock with weather, music player, search bar and full screen S planner. Been tempted to throw a flipboard one on though.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bondx99:
Its Poweramp :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddziaduch:
I don't use them at all. Everything what I need I have in status bar (weather and any.do) or in folders on dock. I'm enjoying my wallpaper ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaakup:
Hi.

I just went to my carrier for a Mobile-ID. It is a pretty common thing in Estonia so i thought why not.

I have a GT-i9100 with CM 10.1 Nightly and sim toolkit does not work. I see the STK app installed on my phone and i also tried my sim with another phone. It worked there.

So my question is what could i check and how could i get my ID working.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArnomaF:
SIM Toolkit works only with Sammy ROMs at the moment.

I also hope that any day it works on 4.2 ROMs.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] BlitzWater:
I updated my Samsung Galaxy S II T989 Unlocked through Samsung Kies and it seemed I made the mistake in upgrading the device to jelly bean 4.1.2 according to the seller they said

(Dear customer,

when you buy unlocked phones , you should know that you are not supposed to upgrade the software or update the versions of the program because that will lock the phone and it will not be usable.

the only way to fix the problem is to reprogram the phone which will cost $40.00 and I can not do it myself, I have to send it back to manufacture and get it done and ship it back to you.

if you send it back and pay $40.00 , I will send a replacement for you and you don't need to wait for the old phone to come back from manufacture.

thanks)

Initially the phone would not boot, and I tried using odin with a recovery "recovery-cmw-hercules" and that partially helped but I had to do a factory restore wipe and that seemed to work.

So the strange thing is it did boot into jelly bean once but It seems that was short lived when I made a mistake doing a factory wipe again to see if it would do that again. So it now keeps rebooting and showing the T Mobile logo with Android and constantly restarting and vibrating. And here I am posting here cause of that. If there's nothing else I can do, I'll have to just take the offer on the replacement.

Is there any way to fix this manually?

A friend is suggesting that I root the phone.

Any helpful advice would be nice. Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] XCXXCX:
I would odin back to stock,

Go into your stock recovery and wipe everything (Factory Reset)

Download this - https://www.dropbox.com/s/0krqts8qdu08z9m/T989 ROOT.zip

Technically you just need the twrp to flash after you flash back to stock,

Then go into your twrp and flash these - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2235141

Then flash if you want the touchwiz stock feel - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1645985 or http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1818305 whatever you feel has the most suited add-ons for you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] BlitzWater:
Got it working thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] oldtimehc:
install cyanogenmod for gt-i9082 model on a samsung gt-i9080l, the rom installs fine but appears a message ''network sim unlock'' the phone comes factory unlocked and with the stock rom I have signal. im from chile

sorry for my english.
[General Questions and Answers] AndreRaptor:
check if in the bug-list of the rom there is your problem
[General Questions and Answers] oldtimehc:
i think not 100% functional. thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Mvasquez:
hello.

I have the same problem with the official firmware GT-I9080L Entel. to put a chip CLARO. CL :rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] escander12:
Hi!

Very much I ask to help with a solution of a problem!!!

:crying:. Start of mode GPS passes normally. At start of any navigating program phone hangs and leaves in reboot. Programs at switched off GPS work normally. The unique program which sometimes works it GPS Status (sometimes it too reboots phone). Restoration through CWM has not helped. Reinstallation of navigating programs has not helped. What to do I do not understand further. Earlier all worked perfectly. At start GPS test (gps location) in the engineering menu phone leaves in reboot.

In advance I thank for any ideas and the help!!!

I ask to excuse for bad English.

Sony ion lt28at

ICS 6.1...37 Generic (lt28i)

Root, CWM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Mship:
So I have the S4 on sprints network in the wonderful NYC. I'm curious what other people experience has been in their areas, because while I love the phone and unlimited data. Sprint network on this phone leaves a lot to be desired.

I came to this phone on from the S2 and I swear I got much better reception even on 3g.

Is the 3g for this phone different than on the S2, because I could be sitting in the one area and my S2 would get perfect signal but the S4 is only get 1 or 2 bars if any at all (this was done with both phones said by said, before I gave the phone to my brother) . I don't mention lte, because I know it's not officially released yet in my area.

So I'm curious about your 3g reception on the S4.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eskomo:
I didn't have the S2 but had the S3 and people said the S3 had much better signal than the S2. My S4 has great signal. I still have the S3 and its usually same amount of bars or one less than the S4. Dunno if that helps at all. :/

Sent from my SGS4. Go Blue!! Buck the Fuc keyes!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] budde2:
I think its better than the S3 and the Note 2 I get better speeds and I always have crappy service in my APT but its 70%better with S4. And when on LTE I get great coverage as well, I'm in Tampa FL.