yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rpenrod23:
All the info you need is right here on XDA... search for it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jonsmiff:
Thanks for helping me guys!! I just went ahead and Chainfire's rooting method. It was actually easier than I thought it would be. Now I have one last question for you. The whole reason I rooted my device was because I want to use my "Unlimited Data' that I get through Sprint to tether to my laptop. Which app do you guys suggest to do this?

Thanks again!! You guys/gals are awesome!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] miketucky350:
Check in dev section. Crawjs hotspot hack. The old versions 3.0 of PDA net work great for USB tether
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] seanskiT!:
Go here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40860639

That is hacked hot spot mod. Also most all custom ROMS have it built in.

sent from my GS3 runnin Wicked
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jonsmiff:
Thanks guys everything works... I really appreciate everything!!
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] BEingNiCK:
hi dev's am v.thankful for all mods created by you

i tried this myself but none of them worked

first xposed then adding & changing some system files as posted on s2 & note 2 threads broken rom 7-8

later tried decompiling but :( nothing

please do make a floating multiwindow mod for grand

i guess its possible cause recently released synergyRom has this feature inbuilt for s3 & also on s2 if we change android system dp to tablet dp it shows pin mark on multiwindow apps

if i have created thread in wrong section am sorry :)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] tiwari434:
Wow it would be very nice for our grand hope may be developer will be some interest in this

A very good thread
[HTC One S] Vuciz:
Im in the process of restoring the correct RUU but it's been "Sending" for around 30-45 minutes.

Is it supposed to take this long?
[HTC One S] mike102871:
No. Maybe 20 min
[HTC One S] Vuciz:
Why would it be taking so long? Do I need an SD card or something?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blackdragon12:
So,

I flashed the new camera that was released for android 4.3 on my S3.. it worked fine, so I used titanium backup to uninstall the other camera on my CM10.1.2 rom. Anyways, now I notice that I get alot of "cannot connect to camera" errors when I try to launch the app, and sometimes when it does launch, when I take a picture, it freezes and I have to force close the app...

Anyways, since I uninstalled the original camera app I had before, what are my options now? :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
You probably have to reflash (clean not dirty) the ROM since you messed with a system app. Did you make a back up though?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blackdragon12:
I did, but it was a long time ago.

I am currently using Snap Camera as an alternative... seems to be working fine so far
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
Always make a back up. It will save you from tight situations.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Domoo:
Just use root explorer and go into the zip file of the rom and find the camera apk. Delete the current camera apk then copy it and paste it into your system/apps. Click the apk and install it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blackdragon12:
Awesome, this worked!

Thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bigpappags3:
So obviously I am not on T-mo, but a buddy of mine is. What we are trying to find out is if when you are using ur data and voice simultaneously, and you loose data in the middle of a call, why do you have to hang up to get data back? I noticed this same thing with I phone users on GSM networks too. As you can tell I'm on Sprint and had no answers for him. All I could say is that I don't have to hang up to get my data back. Thanks for the help in advance it really is frustrating the mess out of him.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Try different modems. Aside from that the best first step I know of is call support and troubleshoot with them. If it doesn't help, let us know what was done and maybe we can figure something out.

If data works fine while not on a call, it's most likely either a problem with the phone, or on their end.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bigpappags3:
@ the moment can't try different modems because he is not rooted ( I'm trying to convince him though). I know I didn't make this part clear...we drive for a living so he may be going through an area that doesn't have 4g or whatever looses it and then instead of it just coming back while he's on a call he has to hang up. I will let him know to call support definitely if this is not normal.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
No idea if that's normal, but if it's happening while on the move I could see that making more sense. If on a call and you drive out of 4g coverage, it may or may not pick it back up when you reenter covered areas while still on the phone. You'd have to wait till it hands over to a 4g capable tower.

It's hard to say though, I think you'd get much more reliable info if you can get this answered by a tech who actually works on these things. When you call support you may have to have a ticket escalated to another level to do so though.

Anything I could come up with would just be theory and there'd be very little, if anything we could do from this side of the network to solve it.
[HTC Droid DNA] Bareq:
Hello my friends, I have a problem with my droid dna, the in call volume is too low in handset speaker, but if turned on the loud speaker it seems that it is normal..... I am on NOS ROM using a global GSM SIM card, I hope to get some help here...... Please confirme whether it is software or hardware issue, and howbto resolve it.....

Any help will be much appreciated

EDIT: I solved my problem, I just dismantled my devise and found that the earpiece speaker is not fixed well, so I just fixed it in the right place, and everything goes fine.
[HTC Droid DNA] huffy11:
Low Volume Issues

I also have a Droid DNA and have had volume issues since the beginning. I took it into a Verizon store and was told that I would have to purchase headphones.......I purchased the Klipsch headphones but find it ridiculous that I had to do that. No one can hear me when I don't have them plugged in and I have to yell in my phone to have them hear me.
[HTC Droid DNA] _phoey:
Mine is working fine. Maybe it has to do with GSM? I bought the phone through Verizon, and to use on Verizon, and I have no problems with it.

Sent from my crDroid DNA
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tzur87:
i will visit south korea in one week,

and i want to know what do you think about this device ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ccrrazzzy:
It is from an HP 6315 from 3/31/05

http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/HandheldiPAQ/us/download/22539.html

I would love to see if we could get this stack and the settings on our XDAII and other HTC devices,,, THAT would be cool.

Bluetooth build 1.0.0.3701:

Corrects inaccurate display of headset icon when a call is in progress.

Adds a check to determine if Bluetooth stack is initialized before accepting messages from phone.

Adds a user interface (UI) change to enable a connected headset to automatically disconnect before attempting to connect to a different headset when the user chooses to connect to a second headset.

Corrects check for invalid device name.

Corrects issue where handheld could not reconnect to remote device after a page timeout.

Corrects Object push profile update so it sends all files.

Updates FTP connection wizard to correct service discovery issue.

Corrects issue with call waiting for incoming call handling while dialing out.

Corrects issue with headset connection icon so it is correctly displayed after power cycling.

Corrects audio to make it compatible with an in-car solution.

Corrects audio issue where the right channel for a headset was unavailable for playing audio and during calls.

Corrects issue where the LED and network status were not properly synchronized.

Corrects issue where the user could not send multimedia messaging (MMS) message.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] HappyGoat:
Hmmmm....a few remarks, correct me if I am wrong:

1. There is already a BT version 1.0.0.3900 available

2. This is not a HTC device, so I doubt the tools developed here will work on it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mamaich:
This is an HTC device. All HPs are designed by HTC.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dmc874:
Well, even though I don't want to stop progress because I would like to have the ROM taken apart for my own personal reasons, the 6315 was actually made by Compal. Bad move on the part of HP in my opinion. However, the bluetooth stack that was taken from an iMate JAM worked on the 6315 and that is how most survived until the update was released. So it very well could work on the HTC's. On a side note, if someone could point me in the right direction, I will take the ROM apart, just don't know where to start.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] HappyGoat:
Oops....my bad....excuses! ;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Rudegar:
no htc dont make ALL hp's pda's the H5400's was oem'd from LG

and even if the ipaq in question is made by HTC then that dont garentee that the xda tools work as they are not made by HTC
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dmc874:
I can tell you now that the XDA tools do not work on that ROM as it stands. However, looking through the HEX, it is laid out a little differently than the XDA ROM's but have some of the same portions, just in different locations. Now if I knew more about what I was looking at, I could take it apart for you. The 6315 uses Widcomm BT and like I stated before the BT drivers ripped from a JAM worked great on the 6315 so I have a feeling the 6315 drivers will work on the XDA's.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dmc874:
I can also tell anyone looking at it that in the first header of the ROM the letters are shifted 13 characters. So when you see RAT it equals ENG and so on. It looks like they don't do that for very long though.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ccrrazzzy:
BT

BT 3900 and 3500 do not support Hands Free Profile or even Headset Profile on my XDAII.. This is important so people can use Caller ID on a BT device and OR a Car Kit with the Hands Free Profile....

Switching stacks is a pain in the but...

Even so, the only OS that even slightly works with Hands Free on the Himalaya, is 2.20 translated but even that has bugs that makes it very frustrating. The 2005 did have a fully functional BT, even having separate serial ports for each BT device, (like GPS), but the other bugs and the limited memory left over from the useless and unerasable Extended ROM from the other OS made it no good..

With this new ROM, I may be tempted to buy the HP again.. When I first bought one, it was DAM slow and the BT SUCKED!!!

Maybe now it is usable.

I love my Himalaya and it's 128 of built in..

http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=PDA2&asource=IMATE

http://www.expansys-usa.com/product.asp?code=PDA2&asource=IMATE

I will just have to keep waiting for one of the above unless someone finds a fix for the BT Hands Free.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] jkelly0o0:
I powered off my phone this morning and left it in a hot car for about 6 1/2 hours, and when I tried to turn it back on, no dice. The LG logo comes up for a split second and thats it. I can tell the screen is still on, it's just black. No luck booting into recovery. It is rooted, and I honestly don't know what recovery I installed, probably twrp. Any advice before I take it to best buy or sprint?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] engine95:
Are you sure it's turning off? Press and hold the power button for 20+sec. Then see if it'll boot, or recovery
[Sprint LG Optimus G] jkelly0o0:
Fixed using teeny bin/LGNPST after doing some research. I love the internet, I'm not smart enough to figure this stuff out on my own.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gooface:
I have a new (refurb) Kindle Fire HD 8.9 unit with a new Poetic brand case/cover. When I first was using it, closing the cover of the case would send the Kindle to sleep; opening it would wake it up again, like it is supposed to do. Now it suddenly no longer goes to sleep when I close the case, nor does it "wake up" when I open it. I have to use the power button. Not sure if this is a problem with the light sensor in the Kindle, if my unit is defective, or what. Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions, if I need to use the warranty and return the Kindle, or ?

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions you can offer.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manchucka:
I'm not writing with a solution but I do have a little feedback that might send you down the right track. The function that automatically turns off your screen relies on a magnetic sensor found about 2/3 to the right (from left edge of device) and 2/3 down (from top of device) when in portrait orientation. If the sensor is working you can find it by passing a magnet over the spot described above, either from the back of the device or directly on the screen.

Now, have you put the case on backwards, changing the position of the magnet embedded within it relative to the sensor?

I have the Poetic case and I can report that the on/off function works perfectly using Hashcode's JB 4.2.2 ROM without having to set any options. Try to determine first if your sensor is working before moving on to further troubleshooting steps.

I hope this helps.

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[Galaxy Note II Accessories] hristopelov:
Not sure how long itll last, so act quick, it might be just for the weekend...

Make an account real quick, the usual, email, pass stuff...

Choose your accesories and add them to card...

Use cupon code: RV18623

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MHL 2.0 HDTV Smart Adapter - $20:

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ET-H10FAUWESTA

Galaxy Note™ II Protective Cover +, WHITE - $15:

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/EFC-1J9BWEGSTA

Galaxy Note™ II Protective Cover +, BLACK - $15:

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/EFC-1J9BBEGSTA

Galaxy Note™ II Protective Cover +, PINK - $15:

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/EFC-1J9BPEGSTA
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] hawkerpilot05:
Thanks
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] vikramdhani:
I only want a smart dock and not sure of this code will work for it. If anyone know how can I get that on discount then let me know
[Galaxy S III General] abaaaabbbb63:
Every phone specific section needs something like this.

Very well done!:beer:
[Galaxy S III General] Choristav:
Now you need the difficult part, people to actually read it.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Nice work [MENTION=2872010]rootSU[/MENTION]

Needs to be stickied and a humongous "READ ME" sticker attached! :thumbup::D:thumbup:

Edit........Reported©®™ so it gets stickied! :D
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Its getting noobs to actually bother to read is the problem .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
True but i'll start with the "read my sig" method. At least if it's here, thats a small part of the battle. Anyone anything to add to post 1? Slappy? jje?
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Add backup EFS first ??

jje
[Galaxy S III General] boomboomer:
Some of the stickies in the roll up thread are badly out of date, you also might want to link to Mike Skip's toolbox, which reduces the chances of bricking considerably.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Seeing as this may well attract lots of attention, possibly add a reminder about reading the rules and link? I know it's not relevant particularly, but any chance to ram the message home is good :thumbup::D
[Galaxy S III General] abaaaabbbb63:
Instead of [REF] you should write [BOOBS]. That would attract attention.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Added:

Link to forum rules and "post in Q&A" threads

Important links and resources

efs (in partitions)

backups
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
I'm sure there's still loads missing, I just can't think of much so all suggestions welcome.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Added "The advantages of rooting". Miss anything? :p

EDIT > added disadvantages too.
[Galaxy S III General] Towle:
OP, I have moved your thread to the q&a section and stuck it. It is a great FAQ type thread and will serve a good purpose being stuck where people go to ask these types of questions. :good:

Towle

XDA Moderator
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Thanks [MENTION=3101740]Towle[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
I've updated the following to sections to read as below:

Bootloader - this is what handles what you boot into. When you see the black Galaxy s III text, thats the bootloader. Its job is to handle the boot. It is responsible for booting into android, or if you manipulate the buttons in a certain way, it will boot into recovery or download mode. PLEASE NOTE, i9300 Bootloader is NOT LOCKED. DO NOT TRY TO UNLOCK IT.

Download mode is part of the bootloader itself. Again, it is a mini OS. It is designed for flashing stock (official) ROMs onto the phone. It is also used by Samsung to detect the status of your phone (if you have modified it or not).

If you have an official ROM above 4.1.1, Your bootloader flash counter in download mode will change to "1" at every boot, if you have a custom kernel or recovery - even if you reset it with Triangle Away. See the return for warranty link later in this post to get around this.
[Galaxy S III General] qtwrk:
oops

first i thought it was typo but after i check out dictionary i just learn a new and rare word ... teh ....:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Not new, not rare:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teh
[Galaxy S III General] qtwrk:
I mean, a new word for me, actually this is the first time read that word...
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Ahhhhhh ;)
[Galaxy S III General] Glebun:
both, according to the article
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
No, it said "not common outside..." but its by no means rare. You youngsters probably aren't as familiar as some of us older, more seasoned internet users. It's dying out thankfully.

Anyway, enough off topic please!
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Added a popular misconceptions section which i'll build upon as and when...
[Galaxy S III General] chrismast:
Great thread, well done !

There should be a forum function to make any new user read a thread (like blocking for posting in dev sections) :).
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
I'm just writing a glossary for post 2. Rather than copy/pasting someone elses, in keeping with the rest of the thread I'm using my own words. If there are any terms you want to see there, please let me know.
[Galaxy S III General] Glebun:
You need to clear up the "no more official updates" part - that it affects only the OTA and you can have perfectly official updates through kies, needing to reroot afterwards
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Good call. I'll do that today / tonight
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Added updates as requested.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
In glossary under baseband could you also put in brackets (also referred to as modern).......saves scrolling to modem to scroll back again! :D
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
done ;)
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Well I had to find something wrong with it! :p

As you know, seriously well written guide :thumbup::D:thumbup:
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Thanks. (I'm out of "thanks").

I guess now I'll just monitor threads and hope something lets the penny drop ;)
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
This could be the thread that changes the world! I am, if nothing else, an optimist :D
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Ha ha. Would be nice if I could get more to read it
[Galaxy S III General] jamie.miro:
this is a real nice thread [MENTION=2872010]rootSU[/MENTION] !! thanks!!

btw, this thread should be made sticky if possible. Me being a new member, had a real hard time finding this.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Stickied in Q&A ;)
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
It was originally stickied in q&a. It was then moved to sticky in general. Then it was relegated to the "ref" section of the general "sticky roll-up thread". It has since been promoted to the top ref thread in the roll-up....
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Added a little warranty section in post 1.
[Galaxy S III General] TieNN89:
Hi there

I don't really want to be rooting my i9300 but I want to back up my efs which requires me to have a rooted phone to be able to do it.

I want to do this before I flash my firmware to a newer stock firmware.

I have a few questions.

After reading the first post I should use CF Auto Root.

Then use EFS Professional

Does that sound right?

I shouldn't get any of those modified flash counters right?

BUT when I flash the newer firmware will I lose root? Or does root stick with the phone until I somehow unroot it? :s
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Read "official updates" in post 1.
[Galaxy S III General] TieNN89:
Now I'm getting even more confused

So if I root then my phone will get modified flash counters? or is that if I flash a custom rom ? :S

From what I can understand if I flash a stock firmware then I will loose root so everything goes back to stock like it was never rooted before? :S
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
Just stay unrooted. If you root with that confusion on your mind it'll only lead to an even bigger confusion.

But to answer your question...

If you root your phone yes you will get modified flash counters UNLESS you flash an older bootloader. Newer bootloaders have this security feature that even if you reset the counter with triangle away it will always stay at 1.

And yes you will lose root if you flash a stock firmware the traditional way but there are various ways such as Mobile Odin to flash the stock rom without losing root.
[Galaxy S III General] TieNN89:
yeah I want to stay unrooted but want to back up the efs incase things go bad but maybe I might just wing it and flash that new stock firmware LOL
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
You can't backup efs without root
[Galaxy S III General] MIKEMON:
Absolutely complete information, this thread should be alike to everyone

read
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Added

efs | backup your efs | backup your efs | backup your efs | backup your efs | backup your

To the top of post 1.
[Galaxy S III General] Sag711:
Can you give me rooting zip for galaxy s3 i9300
[Galaxy S III General] mikep99:
All the links you require are in the 1st post.

Please read it thoroughly....
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Can you read post 1?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
added md5 checksum to glossary thanks to [MENTION=5091801]molland[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Living proof that people just don't read! :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
I was half tempted to paste post 1 into a zip file and zip it up
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Ha ha ha :D I wonder how many people would try and flash it? :D
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Hmm wonder if we could make a tasker app that flashes to /system/app and automatically opens a text file on boot? hahha.
[Galaxy S III General] abaaaabbbb63:
Or a boot animation :P