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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
No offense meant, I honestly can't suggest you Root or ROM your phone if you can't follow the root procedure without getting confused. If you don't understand the basics how are you going to take care of issues that will inevitably come up? Desperately asking for help when your phone is looping isn't a good answer.

ADB

Odex and Deodex

ATT galaxy s4 forums, kernels are under Original Development

TWRP and CWM are just different types of recoveries. I don't like CWM because the wipe options aren't all in one menu which is bothersome. But both work well. I suggest TWRP to all my friends to limit the amount of "my phone won't boot" phone calls I get.

And the only way to ensure you don't mess up your phone is by not messing with it at all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Delakit:
Every last one of those questions can and would be answered through very few Google searches. Hell, searching this site will return a lot of the same results. There's even an XDA Wiki for such FAQ. And why are you posting in Verizon if you have AT&T and there's and AT&T section for the S4? Just sayin' :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Icculus760:
Wrong forum

I would also like to suggest you make sure to post in the correct forum for your device to ensure any answers you get are applicable to what you're using. The OP indicates you have an AT&T S4, yet you posted in the Verizon forum. Should you ever have an issue with your device and need further assistance, getting responses specific to the Verizon device versus your actual device could cause further problems for you.

EDIT: Didn't see Delakit's response before posting mine
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mebct76:
Yeah I just noticed it was in the Verizon section. My bad. It appears I wasn't paying close enough attention when I posted that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mebct76:
I can follow the root procedure just fine and have rooted my phone. How can I learn if I just sit back and say "well guess I can't do it". Your right there are going to be the inevitable issues. The only way to ensure that I never learn this stuff is to not mess with it. I'm fully aware of the risks and potential rewards of this. But I'd like to figure it out. It is probably difficult for the senior guys such as yourself to remember what it was like first starting out. You've got multiple devices with multiple influences on the current setup of the phone at stock and because of the multiple hands in the making of each phone you have different rules and procedures for each one. The sprint S4 is different from the AT&T s4 which is different from the T-mobile S4. So following a guide doesn't always help if you don't completely understand the terminology. Can I use a mod kernel on a stock rom? From what i've read, yes but if it is AT&T it must be loki'd, ok What does loki do, why does it need to be loki'd, can I loki any S4 designed kernel, and HOW do i Loki something. I have yet to find something that answers all of those. Would you like to try? Maybe someone has answered them and I just can't find it.

Also, it appears I posted this in the Verizon forum instead of the AT&T forum. It was late and I wasn't paying that close of attention. My apologies.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mebct76:
Thanks...I wasn't paying close enough attention when I posted that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dubbsy:
Holy crap, hyper questions. Let me try to tackle them.

I remember what is was like. As weird as it sounds, I've never been hesitant about breaking my phone even when it was my only device. But everyone is different. I have learned the most when I've made my device unusable for a few days. Everyone learns and functions differently though. In Psychology they call it the Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Some people are brilliant but can't visualize anything. Some are brilliant and can't take tests. I could go on and rant about our school's piss poor management of teaching children correctly according to their "intelligences" but I'll just stop there. :D

GSM is different than the CDMA versions because the radios are looking for entirely different signals. Srint, USC, Metro, and Verizon all being CDMA. Radios are the biggest pain when trying to port IMO.

Loki is an exploit to work around the locked bootloaders of ATT and VZW. There is a thread somewhere on exactly how it works. But there are also loki patches posted and the better recoveries all automatically loki patch boot.img's for you.

Almost every gs4 version has their own versions of each kernel built off of the aboot and boot images of the stock files. For instance ktoonsez has a kernel available for all the carriers and one for touchwiz and one for aosp. If you are running stock you would simply flash his kernel for TW and it would install just fine on the stock ROM without you knowing anything about loki or how it works.

To be honest, I don't know enough about the actual vulnerabilities and exploits to FULLY understand loki. But I don't need to. It works. I plan to learn more about root vulnerabilities later. But I can only work on so much at once.

You can flash other carrier's kernels, but I wouldn't recommend it if there are kernels that suit your need for your carrier. I say this because I did loki the 4.3 kernel designed for the 9505 and got it working on my vzw gs4. BUT things may be broken or not fully working due to the differences in the kernels themselves. If you don't want to tear into things, it's best to just run the one for your phone.

I think I got it all. Maybe not though. :confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jova33:
The best way to learn is with a nexus device. You can't brick that thing if you tried, and even if you were trying, you'd have to know what you were doing to brick it.

I mean, as long as you have the money to replace your phone, and don't mind not having an operational phone, dive right in. I've gone a weekend without a phone, stayed up til 2am trying to fix my phone when I had to be at work at 6:30, but I like to tinker with stuff and I'm fine with that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] goudroid:
Yeah I've bricked my gnex before and I learned a lot from it. There is almost always a way to fix a bricked phone whether its Odin or somehow flashing a new ROM. And like what was said before there is only a 1% chance you'll actually brick your phone. A lot of people think they are bricked when it is only a soft brick instead.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkFranX:
Hello everyone! I'm new to this forum so let's make a first post.

I've always used OTG with my 32gb flash drive with stock rom and it worked perfectly, but with liquidsmooth it doesn't work... well, not like before. When I insert the flash drive I get "SD card removed" looping in notification bar and after couple seconds my phone crashes, auto reboots. I can get a 8gb flash drive to work SOMETIMES, my external HDD usb powered doesn't work either. Is it something with the ROM or is it kernel related?

I also get "Damaged" or "Blank" SD card.. it seems very buggy..

The USB host app it said everything was fine except "Rooted API:N/A", I don't even know what is rooted api

This is the only thing that bugs me about this setup..

PS: I have a S3 i747M (rogers). How can I make a signature and put useful spec in it?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkFranX:
Anyone ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Deathsting_50cal:
No clue fellow Rogers s3 user. I will try to find an answer for you.. Give me a bit of time :)

Cheers
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkFranX:
Thank you! :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] joemommasfat:
I had a similar problem. My phone reset during a flash and corrupted my data partition. I had to do a full "format data" in wipe to fix it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jamesc760:
Go back to stock rom???
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkFranX:
I like my actual custom rom, except for the otg
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ARTAQaf:
bah, i don't see how to delete this thread...i posted it in the Padawan thread.

is Deletion possible?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] smokinmoses:
Tell a mod
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bubba:
Manners Son ..... All a mod is so much more polite. :D :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] smokinmoses:
Sorry dad :( you did teach me better.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bubba:
Yup :D
[General Topics] karatekev:
ive unlocked my xda2s and now use orange, how do you remove the o2 start up screen and also the o2 background on the phone keypad :?:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PanchoPlanet:
I have read and searched google for a while now and cant find anything recent concerning the ATT Captivate on the Tmobile network.

Some Youtube vids but they are all ancient.

The latest tread i found was dated around mid June 2013 involving Straight Talk and it did not seem to have a final resolution as to weather it's possible or not to use att's cap on Tmobile network.

Phone in question belongs to my daughter in-law and wants to have phone active for basic call use, not interested in getting new updated phone (S3 or S4) just concerned with basic calling and texting.

I have put phone thru its paces and it works fine as a 4" tablet on wifi , its running GB 2.3.5 , baseband I897UCKJ3 , kernel 2.6.35.7-I897UCKJ3 -CL614489 , build GB.UCKJ3.

I would appreciate any input on this from anyone that may still have a Captivate running on any pay as you go plan.

TIA.

Pp. :confused:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m1batt1:
The most basic answer is yes you can run the cappy on T-Mobile. That being said the phone will have to be unlocked in order to work on another carrier. You can either contact AT&T and ask them to give you the unlock code, find a site online that will sell you the unlock code, or find one of the many threads on here about how to do it yourself. If you do it yourself it will most likely require your phone to be rooted first. I even believe it's as simple as downloading an app from the play store and running it to unlock.

Now with all that being said if the person plans on using data at all you could run into a small problem. T-Mobile uses a different frequency for 3G/4G data than AT&T so you may only be able to connect to EDGE which is very slow compared to what you may be used to.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PanchoPlanet:
Thanks ml, its rooted already and looking into unlocking. Afterwards is it just a matter of slipping a tmob card into SIM slot?

Thanks again for your input, much appreciated. :thumbup::)

Pp.

From my Epic Touch full of Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m1batt1:
Yes after its unlocked you should be able to pop the sim in and go. The only thing you might have to do is figure apn settings to make data services work. But that's not nessecary for calls and basic texting to work.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fleagalbaum:
I used my Cappy last year with a Roam Mobilility, a company that sells

US airtime here in Canada for travelers. It runs on the T-mobile network. T-mobile is slowly changing their data network so you can get the H symbol when connected in larger centers. If you aren't in those areas you only get edge data speeds. Vegas, and Phoenix both had the new towers set up and I got great speeds there. The phone does work well for calls also.
[Surround General] janky_hanky:
I have an AT&T Surround on v 7.10.7720.68. I think I'm on Mango, certainly not 7.8. I believe I developer unlocked it well over a year ago through MS student developer program (the name escapes me) but I think that expired already. And that method grants the least permissions anyway.

It looks like the state of development has changed a lot since I last checked over a year ago.

My question, plain and simple. How do I tether?

What is the easiest way to tether that will (1) take the least amount of time to both learn and execute, and (2) have the most stability?

I am down to root and install a custom rom if that's the best answer. But I can't tell which roms have tethering except maybe Intrinsic. But what solution is most stable? I saw a xap from ansar that offered tethering but didnt know if that was out of date; the instructions also seemed excruciatingly long. Do I need full unlock? How do I get there?

Thanks for the help. I spent two hours skimming xda and couldn't figure it out.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] pasan077:
Guys any idea about this?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sourabhp:
Android 4.3 for 2011 Xperias

Doesnt look like we will get latest android 4.3 for 2011 line up. The 2011 models are scratched by Sony. Only if few developers can port something for us.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ShinOrochiX:
If Xperia X8 got Jelly Bean running, I am sure some devs will port 4.3 onto our 2011 Xperias. Can't guarantee that it will work fast and be stable though.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
1st of all, Android 4.3 is not even released yet. Even if it does get released, it will take maybe a few months before a developer actually succeeds at getting a working ROM.

Don't expect anything official from Sony.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jahlee:
sony are getting like Samsuck behavior-abandoned their old devices after making more new shining device..after all,xperia 2011 line are still in 'Ericsson'..hahah:p

sent from another space
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] najodleglejszy:
well I don't know, I'm pretty sure their 2015 flagship will run 4.3 out of the box.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
This is a 2011 Xperia forum, so we are talking about 2011 Xperia devices, not 2015 ones.

Sent from LT18i with custom firmware by myself.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] cs098:
4.3 should work well on 2011, 4.2.2 (pac man) is not laggy on my xmp.

Since 4.3 is even lighter than 4.2, I'll say it will still work well, better I hope :P
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] firdyRAY:
4.3 will be probably come with less feature such as radio and camera in 4.2.2

4.2 is still not stable for our device, don't think 4.3 will be better despite being lightweight.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] bejunk:
not all is about performance and lightness, may new android dosent support some hw-codes from our oldschooldevices, aloso we must think on camera, it was a long way to get it good working on cm10.1..... there also other problems, u can only tell if u get it boot on our devices (even this is hard devolpment..) but lets hope the best ;)

... like said this u now only when 4.3 gets booted on our devices (and use many, many logs :D) and i dont think so, the camera leaked from 4.3 worked for me on 4.2.2 but only bug was u cant see wahat u shot :D... (small compared to 4.12 & 4.2.2 problems)

it think 4.2.2 is really stable only think may is battery drain if u heavy user...

peace, bejunk
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] amnher:
Mike is already working on it
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Aneel:
As of i know.... There will be a release of android 4.3 a.k.a CM 10.2 for our devices too..... coz I just saw a few videos where android 4.3 was installed in Galaxy Gio and galaxy SII

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So Fingers crossed :P for the CM 10.2 to release for our devices as soon as possible
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] keibak:
Chances are good. In first screenshots I saw that Android 4.3 is using kernel 3.4, the same as Legacy Xperia which is based on 4.2.2.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] :
There is a chance that we may get Official CM10.2. :fingers-crossed:

Till then Mike is providing support for most of 2011 Xperias (LegacyXperia) :good:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] JpDany:
Let sony release the JB camera drivers first. Then i will worry about android 4.2.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] bejunk:
i was @ SONY EUROPE LTD. headquarters here in berlin and asked about the drivers

1. it was really hard to find somebody who i can ask about that,,after some discuss with 2 ppl and the security man they only gave me a appointment. (for other day)

2. i was there. there was an guy who maked a cigarette break, and he was quite an asshole (sry but its true.) he told me (in short) that i would be to much work to find these codes in sony :eek: bcuz our devices are old.

great sony. :thumbdown:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] partypumper:
oh man.. :(
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] bejunk:
i think they didnt take me for sure but i wanna only know 'why' they are not releasing some source code or libs?? it was only a try :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] JpDany:
no wonder sony is going down... can't the people at sony search a little and provide us a fortune... i wish sony ericsson was still present:(
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] :
The facts is,

When Sony Ericsson turned into Sony, they spent plenty of money in development & production of new devices to make a fame in market; but kept the hardware same/old for successive devices. Now condition is, they have way too many devices to maintain & money to spend on software development & software distribution for all the devices manufactured so far. It's not economical for them to do so now but as we customers have spent our money into their devices, it's our right to ask for software updates. So now they are giving reasons only to avoid old customers.

Now 'Xperienced' customers avoid Sony.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] fingerslip:
from Sony i don't believe we will have, but unofficially we have from LegacyXperia
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Virus1x:
I purchased my N4 straight from google do i still need to select unlock since it's already unlocked?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rohit02:
Yes after rooting you have to unlock it using boot unlocker app.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Virus1x:
You mean before right?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rohit02:
NO, I meant AFTER. :)

See actually I rooted my phone through framaroot and boot unlocker it took hardly 5mins. :)

Root through Framaroot and then I unlocked the boot as it was giving a message "Waiting for root access"

Don't know about Toolkits. Sorry.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
its two different types of unlocked. the nexus 4 is carrier unlocked, no matter where you buy it. but if you are unlocking the bootloader, thats a completely different thing that you are unlocking.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Virus1x:
One more question does rooting with tool-kit and giving the device superuser cause issues with updates from google?

I really don't wanna run a custom rom.

also if I check the button USE CUSTOM RECOVERY it will use CWM right?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike_24_11:
If u want OTA, don't use custom recovery. Only unlocking and rooting don't mess with OTA.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spaceman860:
This is wrong having a custom recovery will not prevent you from receiving or installing the ota update. Its actually better to use a custom recovery because when you update it breaks root and twrp will ask you if you want it restored

From my BLACKED OUT N4
[Moto X General] -DroidIsDNA-:
What are you guys' thoughts about the rumor of august 23rd the Motorola x is coming out? Straight Google on vzw (unfortunately I'm still contracted) with possibly a maxx size battery sounds sweet.

Do you think there will be enough development?
[Moto X General] shobon:
With all the hype, specs, and stock Android, there will definitely be a ton of development for it.
[Moto X General] d08speed3:
I hate all Motorola phones Lol. Just looked up the specs and its on dual core 1.7. Other specs don't look too thrilling

His: HTC DNA

Hers: LG Optimus G
[Moto X General] shobon:
The specs aren't all that fantastic. The last I heard it wasn't even 1080p, and dual-core anything isn't all the impressive.

But since it has stock aosp (which I never personally was that big a fan of), everyone is going to drool over it, and it'll have relatively good developer support.
[Moto X General] Bigandrewgold:
There are apparently multiple tiers of them. With the highest being amazing.

S800 processor(simply the best out there)

1080p screen 5ish inch screen

Keller back with drop and water resistant

2 gigs of ram

With or without a maxx size battery.
[Moto X General] -DroidIsDNA-:
So you can customize the processor too? I'm thinking that would split development...like this ROM is for 600 processors, ROMs won't be universal. I have an upgrade 8/29 luckily. If you can get a quad core 1.7, maxx battery. 1080p, 2gb of ram, with Google source aosp backing, I'll be all over this

Regardless of if it is moto
[Moto X General] Bigandrewgold:
It isn't necessarily customizing. Just that there is a mid range phone and a high end phone.
[Moto X General] -DroidIsDNA-:
Oh cool!

I'm either looking at this or a newer HTC around Christmas. Verizon will get the one too late...hopefully there is a ground breaking dna2. Otherwise, this is a powerhouse of a phone and I love the developers
[Moto X General] doctajay:
For me it's all about specs. The moto x needs to have at least 8 cores or a much faster quad core set up.it needs to have more ram, an equal or better camera, an equal or better screen, an equal or better build quality. I have 2 small kids and taking pics on the fly is really important. I just switch from an iPhone 5 to the DNA and after using the camera for the past week I've been pleasantly surprised. I think everyone will agree that Motorola has never been known for its camera. Hopefully Google has improved this
[Moto X General] Dri94:
8 cores?
[Moto X General] dashshiron:
You're confusing the X and the new Droid Ultra variants. The X has standard internals across all versions but is supposed to have an array of new and advanced sensors and custom colors. The others are the new Droid phones headed to Verizon.
[Moto X General] doctajay:
Yeah like the Exynos 5 Octa 5410 cpu that the galaxy s4 international is sporting. Another quad core cpu that it's overclocked a bit higher went be enough for me to move on
[Moto X General] Dri94:
It only utilizes four cores at once. The name is a gimmick. It uses four A15s for intense tasks and the for A7s for low end tasks
[Moto X General] Bigandrewgold:
According to recent leaks the ultra and the 'X phone' are very similar. Both have a mid range version, and that is what leaked quite a few months ago. Recently there have been leaks for a high end version in both line ups.

---------- Post added at 09:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:09 PM ----------

That processor doesn't actually use 8 cores. It is essentially 2 quad core processor smacked together, with only one being run at once. It is no faster than a normal quad core processor.
[Moto X General] -DroidIsDNA-:
The idea behind octo core is battery.minimal tasks use the less powerful four. Gaming, etc, using the more powerful set. So ironically it is about battery. I agree, a new phone has to be super impressive for me to leave the DNA.
[Moto X General] orangechoochoo:
That should be the minimum if they hope to impress the jaded.
[Moto X General] .torrented:
I think he is thinking of samsungs Exynos5 cpu, in reality its a dual-quad core cpu, you can only use 4 cores at any given time, like different power states low power cores and high power cores
[Moto X General] axeldiks1:
I will get Moto X no doubts about that . The most important thing would be that - "first smartphone designed, engineered and assembled in the USA". Finally our first American made smartphone . I am tired of asian cra' :)
[Moto X General] Phaded:
Moto X is a mid range device with custom colors

Moto Droid Ultra (regular and maxx) are your high end devices

See droid life. Android police, any android blog....
[Moto X General] -DroidIsDNA-:
http://m.cnet.com/news/moto-x-will-sport-always-on-voice-commands-leaked-video-shows/57593663

Oh yeahhhh