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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DeMi-GoD:
My only option is to have Verizon send me a refurbished phone. Do you think I should? The lady at the Verizon store said that since the s4 just came out that the refurbished phone would probably be brand new. Should I take the risk? I mean, if they sent me a refurbished one and it was scratched etc I'd send it back and tell them send me a different one. Wouldn't send them my original s4 until I made sure I was happy with the refurbished one.

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] heath2805:
I'd send it back. There would be no scratches on a refurbished phone. They have new screens on them. They are rebuilt and go through inspection. Honestly it would be no different than the one you have now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DeMi-GoD:
Hope you're right.. Does the refurbished one have a warranty? I think my new one has 1 year.

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] heath2805:
Yes you will still have a warranty on it. You'll be alright, just make sure if your rooted you return it to stock before you send it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DeMi-GoD:
Nope, I'm not rooted. Just idk why my camera started to wobble. Maybe I cleaned it too hard with my microfiber cloth. So lame.

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DeMi-GoD:
What would happen if the sent me the refurbished and didn't mail the original s4 to them and just kept both? I'm wondering just out of total curiosity.

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] heath2805:
You would be charged for it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DeMi-GoD:
Hey, at least with a refurbished phone I could test it for a couple days and make sure everything seems fine before I send my original back to them..

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] imablackhat:
I posted in your other thread. I share the same issue. But I live with it because it's not worth the hassle.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Delakit:
Both of my Sprint S4's were like that. Thought it was just the way it goes until I just saw this thread and checked my Verizon S4 and it's superb. Interesting. We'll see if my replacement S4 on Sprint has the same thing my others did. Nothing good seems to come from or to Sprint. Lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] drivie:
Not sure if this will put your mind at ease but I just received a replacement phone as my earpiece sounded like a blown speaker...very annoying. The replacement had a screen cover indicating that it was certified like new so I assume it was a refurb but it looks and performs perfectly for me. No issues in five days so far with the replacement *knock wood*.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] imablackhat:
Like new cert is a refurbished. You can compare the back inside sticker to stock and tell it's a refurbished.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DeMi-GoD:
I took a video of my camera wobble using my note 2. Check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvSZUT1itgg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DeMi-GoD:
Ok well I guess I'm happy. I called Verizon and they are shipping me a phone and it will be here tomorrow. They let me change colors too. I have a black one but I think the white looks cleaner. He also put it in the notes that I would prefer a brand new device instead of refurbished. I'm definitely going to check everything on the phone tomorrow. Speed, build quality, battery temp, call quality and benchmarks. If all of that checks out then I'll keep the new phone and ship mine back.

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bryantjopplin:
On stock rooted the wifi will be connected then a few minutes later the wifi is off. It's also will do it within seconds of me turning it on. I have turned off wifi sleep and everything else I could find.

Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bryantjopplin:
Nobody knows? Man this sucks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] R4NDR01D:
I'm also stock rooted and have not had this problem. Every now and then I think I recall it turning off, but it turns right back on again...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Eric214:
On Router turn off the WMM feature under advanced. The issues is not only related to Dlink routers but can be others as well. Make sure you turn off WMM (WiFi Multimedia) of your routers equivalent.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bryantjopplin:
It hasn't happened again. I wonder what it was. Thank you though
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] iwearthebelt:
If you have this issue again, search for the post on how to enable the hidden menu. Once the hidden menu is enabled, dial *#0011# this will bring you to the service menu. Hit your menu button, select WiFi, then turn WiFi power save to from on to off. This solved that issue for me.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve16:
I have rooted the phone but now unable to connect to Skygo. If I want to go back to stock is it just a matter of factory reset ? Thanks
[General Topics] arthuros23:
If anyone here works for a wireless operator and would not mind sharing how well the HTC devices are selling, I'd love some insight.

I am trying to do some market research and am finding HTC and M$ very short on details :x
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RCamacho50:
I Wanted To Know If I Can Flash A Custom Recovery And A Custom ROM On The Amazon 7" Kindle Fire HD?
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drugfreejonnyxxx:
Yes.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stunts513:
For the sake of not bricking your kindle here's a heads up, you don't flash anything like clockworks, only thing we can use right now I'm aware of is twrp. For more information read this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2271909
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DeerSteak:
It all started here:

http://support.t-mobile.com/thread/44716

I griped on the T-Mobile forums about the struggle I've had in finding a smooth ROM for my T999. And I made an off-handed comment in another thread that got me pointed in the right direction hopefully. I'm looking for other T999 owners that have this problem.

The problem on DMD5 is all related to (apparently) intensive tasks. Playing games, mostly. Temple Run 2 and Fruit Ninja, neither of which are all that intensive, were nigh-on unplayable. Other games like Scramble with Friends would lag and stutter a bit, too. So after a lot of searching, I reverted to a pre-rooted T999UVDLJC with the matching baseband, so that way my phone doesn't try to update itself OTA. And performance is pretty good. But I'd like to think that I'm not alone, and I found I'm not alone in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2326763&page=33

At the bottom of this page and the top of the next one, I found at least one kindred spirit that has a rev0 phone and has the same issue with DMD5.

NO other ROM has this issue. I've tried all of the official Samsung ROMs and I have tried official CM10.1 nightlies and the official 10.1 stable release and performance is very good on all of them. But it took a huge serious nosedive on T999UVDMD5.

So I'm curious about two things:

Does DMD5 run well on your phone? Particularly with games - that's where it was most notable, but even TWLauncher is laggy for me.

How old is your phone? According to the box for my phone it was built 6/30/2012.

If you are affected, could you help us all out on the T-Mobile support forum, and post a message in my thread at the top of the page? If we can get T-Mo and/or Samsung to look into it maybe we won't get left behind. I plan on using this phone for another year or more and I'd rather get the official updates in the future, too.

Update July 6, 2013: I found out thanks to help from people in this thread that I can run mismatched modem firmware/ROM and with the JLC modem on MD5 ROM, my phone runs fantastic. Or at least it has for about 2 hours - usually issues have shown themselves by now, and since they haven't cropped up I'm calling this resolved.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
When you were on MD5, how did you update to it? OTA? Odin? Recovery flashable ROM?

And how much data have you been carrying over? (When did you last wipe data/factory reset, without restoring backups?)

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Btw, I'm on MD5, completely stock right now. Hw is Rev. 0

I get very little lag, if any, ever. Simple games or even intensive games run very fluidly for me.

For example, I just got Man of Steel when it went on sale and it works almost perfectly. Disney, Gameloft, EA games have all worked just fine.

The only MD5 issues I've seen around here seem to occur when someone is using a mixed build with the MD5 radio. And then its only been reports of heat issues and slight battery issues. Haven't seen much of anything regarding poor performance.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KennyG123:
Please do not check "yes this is a question" if it is "info gathering" as all Q's are moved to Q&A. I will edit the title for you.

FNM
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DeerSteak:
I've tried all of the above. I even let Kies install it once. I've used TriangleAway and Odin to install 4.0.4 and let it do all the OTAs. Iv'e done factory resets and I've told setup not to restore my data to the phone and started from scratch. I used a flashable ZIP with the pre-rooted ROM, and when I did that I also got the DMD5 modem flashable ZIP to go along with it. I've tried not rooted. I've tried custom kernels, and I've tried stock. Odin completely stock and flashable zip totally customized. I've played with custom DMD5-based ROMs with the v6 script and I've tried not. I'm way out of ideas right now.

Sorry, [MENTION=3125148]kennyglass123[/MENTION], I didn't realize I'd checked that box.

Starting to think all of them have "rev 0" for the CPU identifier, so that may not be the way to tell who has what.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Just to be clear, did you ever Factory Reset, then Odin flash MD5 (not mobile odin btw), and factory reset again to ensure internal sd was cleaned out too? If for MD5, you only flashed the Rom and Modem, you would have been on a mixed build. Also, many devs suggest waiting an hour before starting with any testing or reconfiguring. I'm not convinced this is always necessary, but they do usually kno more than me!

Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to argue against your point, just to make sure not only that you've covered all angles, but that anyone who wants to back up your claim has also done the same.

As for the revision number, it may still be relevant as mine would have been among the first built too. We would need to find at least several others with the same, and different, to know for sure if it matters here.

Its always possible too that you got the unlucky pick of the hardware. (Just as possible though that I got a lucky pick)

Anyway, if you really are having that bad of problems with it, you may want to check if its still under warranty. I don't believe its the norm though.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DeerSteak:
Yeah I'm pretty sure, but I'm willing to do anything at this point. I'll do it again. I've stashed the Odin tar.md5 file on my backup hard drive, so I'll back up my working config and flash it again. Worst case scenario is that I re-root it, re-install recovery, and then restore my backup. Should take an hour max.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Use the root66 version of the firmware. Its pre rooted and is what I am running right now. Root alone won't have any negative effect, but will allow for much better troubleshooting.

Aside from that, keep it as clean from restored data as possible. Even a single corrupted contact entry can cause services to hang and eat up resources. I wouldn't even flash a recovery until you're ready to restore something.

(I use Mobile Odin Pro and it almost completely replaces the need for cwm or twrp. The only thing it can't do yet is make a nandroid backup.)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DeerSteak:
So the root66 is an Odin image? I assume you're talking about this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771687

I've got it downloading now. Thanks for all your suggestions. I've not heard of Mobile Odin Pro, is it a custom recovery?

Whoops - found the Mobile Odin thread on XDA and got the lite version and the T999 flashing kernel. I'll give it a go.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
Regarding The AOSP MD5 issues: the same thing is happening to me on stock. Have to use LJC or the battery sucks. What are your reboot habits like?

There is no possible way it could be necessary. Proof or it's placebo.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Yes, root66 is basically just 100% stock firmware, only rooted. Itll download as a .7z file. Just extract it and use the .tar.md5. You have the correct thread.

Mobile Odin is one of my all time favorite apps. Its from Chainfire if you are familiar with him. (SuperSU)

Its not a recovery exactly. What it does is reboots using what's called a flash kernel. This allows it to flash firmware like PC Odin, but also can flash roms that are made for recovery flashing. It doesn't replace the stock recovery like cwm/twrp either, so it also won't trip the flash counter. (I know that doesn't really matter with Triangle Away available (also by Chainfire)).

The only two drawbacks, (minor imo) are that it can't create nandroids, and it doesn't flash the FULL firmware (this is by design though).

I wouldn't bother with it right now, but definitely check it out after testing all this. Theres a free, lite, version here on xda. Ill send more info from my computer later.

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Don't use Mobile Odin for testin right now. It doesn't flash the full firmware.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DeerSteak:
OK awesome, I will check it out. I think what I'm going to do right now is just reset the flash counter, flash the Odin image, and then factory reset and set it up as a new phone. Does that sound reasonable? If I reboot into CWM after triangle away, it trips the flash counter again, at least that's what it seems to do, so I can't do anything other than reboot to download after Triangle Away.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DeerSteak:
I don't reboot unless the battery dies, or I was rebooting a lot when I was on MD5 trying to get stuff to work well. Generally I try not to mess with a good thing.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
That sounds fine. Remember, if you factory reset with stock recovery installed, it will wipe internal sdcard.

As long as you have cwm or twrp, the flash counter will always be at 1. I wouldn't worry about that for now though. It won't affect overall operation.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DeerSteak:
OK, I won't mess with it too much then. I've backed up my internal storage already and I've backed up my SMS using SMS Backup and Restore. That thing has been very handy keeping copies of my texts while I screw with this.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Cool, sounds like you're good to go! Good luck! And let us know how things seem to be acting after flashing.

Don't forget to factory reset after flashing md5.

:thumbup:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DeerSteak:
OK I got as far as the factory reset and then it was time to paint. My daughter's bedroom wasn't going to paint itself. I finally came back to the phone and it was patiently waiting for me to log in. I logged in and installed just a couple apps while I ate lunch, and then it sat until we were done painting and cleaning up. Logged into Facebook and Twitter, set up Google Now and updated Samsung apps. Once all that was done, I fired up Temple Run 2 and it was OK at first, but within 3-4 minutes it was choppy and laggy again. The phone never got warm to the touch. It just ran poorly. I exited out and killed all apps with the built-in task manager, and went back to the game. Not really any better. It's just super choppy. I even turned down all the graphics options in the settings for the game and that made zero difference.

Eventually I gave up. Restored my 4.1.1 backup, fired up some stuff, performance was great. It's just the combination of my phone and that software. No idea what it is at this point. I do appreciate all the assistance you guys have lent me.

Right now I'm on T-mo and was waiting out the 60 days before I ported my wife's number in to my account. Now that that's over, I'll eventually port in her number. She's extremely happy with her iPhone 4s and insists she's not interested in an iPhone 5, so what I'll probably do is use the ability to get new hardware as an excuse to get a Galaxy S4. WHen I first came to T-mo I just got a SIM and bought the phone used - found out later on that I should have just bought a phone through T-mo because I can't get a new phone on a payment plan for a year unless it's as part of a new line. She'll be a new line, so I'll get a phone.

This hasn't put me off on Samsung or even on the GS3 - it's just my phone has a weird issue of some sort. And the people here have been super awesome. Thanks tons for all your advice. In the meantime I'll run JLC and leave well enough alone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
Before you give up, try debloating your install. I will PM you a link to the one I made. Backup first.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DeerSteak:
OK i'll give it a go. Thanks. :D

Should I re-flash the MD5 modem?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
I'd flash the LJC firmware, Third firmware link in my sig. LJC link is buried in the OP.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DeerSteak:
OK I see it there. So I should use the LJC modem/firmware with the DMD5 debloat ROM you're going to PM the link for to me? Will they work if they're mismatched? I assumed (not that I'd bothered asking before) that they'd all have to be the same.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
They will work together. Its just a matter of seeing how well on your phone. I have to agree that you do have a strange issue there!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
Didn't I already PM you? Nope. I typed the message... but never hit send......... sent it this time.

Flash the full LJC firmware (this includes the baseband). You can stay on the MD5 ROM, no problem.

So, right now, you're on your TW ROM. Flash the debloater, then flash the LJC firmware. Reboot and see if performance is better.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DeerSteak:
Ok will do. Thanks man.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DeerSteak:
Well this is kind of amusing - flashed the LJC firmware and your de bloat uninstaller, and things are actually pretty good. There are occasional bursts of stutter but way better than before. But since I'd never tried the LJC firmware with the MD5 ROM before I flashed the deodexed MD5 ROM over what I had and fired it up again. If it doesn't deteriorate at all I think I'm good. Maybe some but of MD5 firmware was the culprit all along. Is that possible?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
It seems that it is. Its just usually an issue like this is hardware related because the md5 is proven on other phones to work fine. But if it were hardware I'd think you be seeing the same issue regardless of which build you're on.

All I can think of is something about your hardware doesn't work right with some of the major changes or additions Samsung made in the jump to 4.1.2. But that's all speculation. I think this is one of those where you just have to find what works best and stick with it. Not sure its something we would be able to troubleshoot and fix.

Unless Aerowinder or someone else has any ideas as to the cause.....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DeerSteak:
Well again I want to thank you and Aerowinder for all your help today. As the ROM ran for a while this have been smooth. As good as JLC, I'd say. At least now I know I can run mismatched modems and ROMs. That's a big takeaway for me.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Anytime! Glad to have been able to help!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] keplenk:
Hey Guys,

According to this article, http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s4-developer-edition-headed-att-and-verizon

There would be a a Developer Version of the S4 for AT&T.

I feel like this is much better than the Google Play Edition since GPE is just a Nexus experience but still use the TW kernel.

Anyway, I was not really impressed with the GPE so do you know when will AT&T release the DE?

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] scott14719:
Still just 16GB...I'll pass.
[One (M7) General] driodmaster92:
Hello guys,

I'm currently compiling a ROM I've been working on, and I need some testers!

It is source based ...forked from slim with heavy modifications...its name is Illusion ROM

Please PM me

Quote:

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Dark UI

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Per-App Permissions Manager

Dual Pane

Low Battery Warning

cLock

Custom Hardware Keys

Widgets Viewpager

Notification Drawer Options

Power sound on plug-in/plug-out

Custom Lockscreen Sliders & Shortcuts

Navbar Customizations

PIE Controls

Power Menu Controls

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[One (M7) General] xXxG0dzRAgexXx:
You should give a few details about what is included. People who are happily using one ROM won't bother flashing another person's ROM that needs testing if no list of features are added explained.
[One (M7) General] driodmaster92:
Ok here I have updated the OP as it was there in my other thread with all the features
[One (M7) General] Dangermous79:
May check this out when have some free time.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Alex1123:
So downloaded the zip extracted it and put it in the root of the c drive renamed it to android and downloaded the tools need i believe if someone could look over what i have installed and if its correct that would be helpful. Also i installed htc sync because i thought i might of been missing some drivers also im running windows 8. Anyways when i run adb devices in cmd i get adb is not a command
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] CNexus:
You need to add the folder containing adb to your PATH to be able to run it from anywhere.

Here's a good explanation: http://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to-addedit-environment-variables-in-windows-7/

The Thanks button is just to avoid "THANKS" posts in threads. Nothing more. Don't defeat the purpose of why it was introduced.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Alex1123:
Still nothing my device is also on my device manager but not as adb device shouldnt it be under that aswell
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] CNexus:
What does "adb devices" show?

If it's detecting your phone, it should show something like:

List of connected devices
xxxxxxxxx device

If not, try rebooting your phone and computer.

The Thanks button is just to avoid "THANKS" posts in threads. Nothing more. Don't defeat the purpose of why it was introduced.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Alex1123:
C:\android>adb devices

'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\android>

reboot didnt fix it

EDIT got it lol i feel dumb it was C:\android\platform-tools anyways thank you for the help haha
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] CNexus:
What folder did you add to your path? You need to the folder that immediately contains adb.

If your folders are like this:

C:\

---android

-----platform-tools

--------adb.exe

Then you would add the platform-tools folder.

The Thanks button is just to avoid "THANKS" posts in threads. Nothing more. Don't defeat the purpose of why it was introduced.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Alex1123:
so this? right