yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] TorontoBoy9:
V20D to V20H upgrade using CWM Restore

I could not find any V20D to V20F to V20H upgrade zip files, so did an Nandroid backup of my V20D, then found a CWM Backup of a rooted V20H from T3HG00GLEG33K (I thanked him/her), XDA-Developers. Wiped data, system, dalvik, then restored V20H, and then immediately did a CWM advanced restore of only my data (apps and data) from my V20D backup. This worked very well. I quickly had a new rom but with my apps and settings. Once booted the phone was laggy, but after debloating 48 apps the phone is now fast and responsive. I thank all past posters for contributing their knowledge, though it was a lot of studying to get my knowledge to where I am now.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] haitinhvuong:
Hi every one,

I'm new to android and htc one is my first android phone. I bought htc one at&t from a guy who said he had inserted sim code unlock to the phone to convert to international one. Now i can use my carrier on the phone but i am wondering if my phone will become locked again and under what circumstance or actions? Thanks
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] xeni:
Once you sim-unlock your phone it will not re-lock.
[HTC One X+] pradeepd:
Does anyone who updated to Google maps v7 have screen going black. First load works fine, but after unlocking the screen the maps keeps flickering.

Anyone?
[HTC One X+] macarong35:
Me too. Google removed V7 from Play.
[HTC One X+] Addicted2xda:
It's back. I guess the problem has been fixed.
[HTC One X+] Fr3D_HTC:
Can you tell me how to update to v7?
[HTC One X+] Addicted2xda:
It will update through play store...
[HTC One X+] Fr3D_HTC:
Oh I overlooked the "user will get the update step by step".

Thx.
[HTC One X+] Notechis:
You can look for the apk here at xda

Gesendet von meinem One X+ mit Tapatalk 2
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] zax10:
Guys. If I am s-on running viper. Would I be able to run my backup from stock and then switch back to viper again?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] junkmail9:
You probably can, but I have a few questions:

Which recovery are you using?

What kernel are you running?

How did you make your backup?

Better question: Why do you want to do this?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] zax10:
Twrp recovery. Stock viper kernel. And backed up with twrp
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] junkmail9:
I suggest making another nandroid/twrp backup of your as-is, then restoring your stock backup.

With s-on, you may need to manually reflash the kernel from adb after the stock restore.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] vazersecurity:
I'd do it this way as well.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] zax10:
Well I have switched back and fourth with no problems.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] vazersecurity:
Alrighty then. :)

EDIT: Oh, I see the question. (I think) you would have to reflash the kernel (boot.img) again. I think is what you are asking? I can't really remember because I have been S-OFF for so long. I remember switching from ROM to ROM was a pain in the ass because I would have to be at my computer to flash the boot.img manually via fastboot.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanpr123:
Alright, starting here in this thread you can see what I've tried to fix this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43218631#post43218631

My internal sdcard has been wiped and is no longer available in CWM or the OS. Have tried multiple ftf flashes from stock 2.1, 2.3 and CM10 but no luck. If I have an external sdcard in the phone while flashing it uses that as the internal space, but it's not seeing the flash memory that should be available in the actual device.

Everything works 'fine' without that space available, just that file explorers can't see it, camera can't take pictures, about what you may expect.

Anybody experience anything similar?

Been around Android a long time now and quite familiar with the ins-and-outs but this has me stumped.

Thanks!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ronald G V A:
Try Another Rom My Friend :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanpr123:
It's definitely not just a ROM install issue as I've tried 3 or 4 different ones now and they don't fix the underlying issue.

Need to properly repartition my internal sdcard so it's visible to recovery/Android.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ronald G V A:
jaja ok Senior Member :D All as you said (Y) :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanpr123:
I tried another ROM and kernel, no luck.

Anybody else have any thoughts/suggestions?

Please please
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanpr123:
Please, anybody else have any input?

Stuck in the mud here... :-\
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danny23:
Hi there, if been wondering the same things and i almost sure how it works and that particular service is set from the services in one of the .rc files but we doesnt seem to have it.

Its about a binary and needs to be set from the kernels ramdisk.

This is what i found so far on info about it.

the /system/bin/sdcard binary, which mounts the /data/media folder at /mnt/sdcard and does some magic with the user/group ids. from one of the

/init.????.rc files.

This i saw in another devices .rc file.

# create virtual SD card at /mnt/sdcard, based on the /data/media directory

# deamon will drop to user/group system/media_rw after initializing

# underlying files in /data/media wil be created with user and group media_rw (1023)

service sdcard /system/bin/sdcard /data/media 1023 1023

class late_start

If i have some time i will try to set that services in x10i ramdisk with kernel to see if that will work.

Sent from my x10i
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanpr123:
Not really following that, what are you suggesting I try?

Simply a new kernel or something else?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danny23:
QUOTE=seanpr123;43754685]Not really following that, what are you suggesting I try?

Simply a new kernel or something else?[/QUOTE]

I am sorry it still not 100% clear to me.

But you need a new ramdisk inside the kernel.

And the framework-res.apk storage-list.xml needs also to be edited and recovery.fstab and vold.fstab.

And a file which we dont have some devices have it and i got it from Google search.

Its a file named "vold.conf".

I did these mods and cwm recovery is acting weird crying about log but some new options apeared and roms stil boots.

Here are few pictures of it with my gtn-n7000.

Sent from my x10i
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fireboypr:
Hi, I have a galaxy S3 with T-mobile. I'm in a place where I have excellent 4G speeds (about 5-6 Mbps :speedtest), I noticed that when I'm on a call the 4G data speed drops to useless speeds. I can barely open a website or download an app. Speedtest shows like 500+ ping and about 500kbps download which is NOT constant (goes up, stops, goes down, etc). Real speed is way less than that. Websites don't open or take forever.. Is this normal? I am using stock rom (but also happened with other roms). I went back to stock thinking that this was a problem with other roms only, but the same thing happen with stock rom. Any ideas/clues/solutions? thanks in advance
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Long ping times is normal due to how it operates. But only 5-6mbps? That's pretty slow. Most get averages of 13-18mbps and some get averages around 25.

Try the different modems to see which will be better for your location.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fireboypr:
So, its kind of normal to get slower speed while on a call?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
It would seem a logical conclusion. But I've never tested it. But I've never had anything not load or go slow enough for me to notice. If I think about it on my next call ill try to test it out.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fireboypr:
Ok thanks, The problem here is that I find it way to slow.. lets say I'm downloading a file with no phone call going and I get 600KB/s, during I call I get like 16 to 40KB/s at most... It's like having dial up again... way to slow.. I think something is not right but can't figure out what, since I reverted back to stock wiped everything and also formatted the system after installing stock..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Have you checked your imei or ever lost it?

If not you should really try the different modems.

If this is a recent development you should also call support to see if they have any tower issues in your area.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fireboypr:
IMEI still intact, and have never lost it. I will try with different modems thank you! I'm not sure if this is a new issue since I didn't use my internet as I am using it now while on a call before, also I moved from Puerto Rico to the states for a few months, so there are many variables at the same time. But will try with the modems.

Another question, when I odin Stock (not rooted) ROM does everything (incl. modem, kernel, etc) goes back to stock?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Good luck.with the modems! It takes patience, but is worth it in the end!

Yes, Odin flashing the official firmware will set everything back on stock.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fireboypr:
Hello, spent the whole day testing out every single JB modem from your post and none of them solved my problem... did find better speeds with some on them while not on a call. But as soon as I'm on a call the speed drops to about 47kbps, looks like a cap or something because I get constant speed of 47-49 kbps. Sometimes it goes over the cap and works normally but for a few seconds then the speed drops and its not constant anymore until it reaches around 47kbps... This is so frustrating... is there anything else that I can try out??
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
Flash the LJC firmware package. Third firmware link in my signature. This is for SGH-T999 (d2tmo) only. Unsure about the download cap while talking on the phone. Aren't the two separate? Cell and data, right? Shouldn't be a cap then, but I've never been talking on the phone while downloading a file. I will try it if I think about it tomorrow.

5-6Mbps is not bad. It just depends so much on where you are. My fastest test ever was the other day @ 14.4Mbps. It's not a big city, but it's sizable. It's usually under 10Mbps in that location. And normally less than that everywhere else in the area. There are some areas that put me on Edge. Might as well just turn on airplane mode. Because T-Mobile's Edge... is actually worse than no data connection at all.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fireboypr:
Thank you, will try that tomorrow. 5-6mbps is fine for me but that is without call. While on call is like 0.37mbps constant or really bad ups and downs.. is like edge (worst than not having connection at all).. anyways will try and report back. Thanks again
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Sorry I couldn't remember this before, but I have a theory that could explain what's going on there.

Voice calls and 2g (GPRS) both share the same frequency spectrum. I remember doing some 3g research in the past and one of the benefits to the introduction of 3g was more overall bandwidth for all, even those left on 2g. At the time, 2g data service was greatly impacted by how much voice traffic was going across the network at any given time.

During peak voice call times, there was less bandwidth for mobile data users because the tech was designed to give priority to the calls. This meant even slower than usual 2g data speeds.

But as people moved to 3g, there were less using 2g for data lessening the impact caused by voice and sms communications.

So what I'm getting at is when you are on a call, that call is going across 2g frequencies, meaning you are connected to 2g. (Though 4g data should still be available to you regardless. But it may have something to do with what you're experiencing.)

Keep in mind that this was 3 or 4 years ago. I'd think that it'd work differently now. But it is possible that they never changed the fact that voice shares its spectrum with 2g. I could be seriously off with all of this, but I still thought I'd mention it since it would make a little sense with the speeds you're seeing.

The thing is, the S3.is capable of using DC-HSPA (dual carrier) which means it can use 2 different signals at once (one from T-Mobile, one from a partner carrier) for greater speeds (HSPA+42). So I don't understand why it won't use this same tech to give you better data speeds while on a call.

I know I've used mobile data while on the phone before, and never felt like the qos was lacking. But I never speed tested it either.

The more I think about it though, the more I'm thinking it's either firmware (see aerowinders post above), hardware, or you're connecting to a tower that either has problems or hasn't been upgraded in a long time. I don't believe that what you're seeing is normal operation.

Of course every bit of this is speculation at this point. Hope no one thinks I wasted their time with it. I thought it may spark some ideas though!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I was looking up some information and ran across this. Figured Id link you to it since it is directly related to your problem.

You can pretty much ignore my above post! LOL

T-Mobile Support Document - Using Voice and Data Services at the Same Time

Basically, it looks like you should call Tmobile.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fireboypr:
Tried with the file you provided and still the same results.. I guess I will have to call tmobile to troubleshoot this problem :/ thanks tho
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Good luck! Let us know your results if you don't mind.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fireboypr:
Hello, I still have not called customer service, but I'm going to be back where I din't have any problems next week. I'm going to test it out there. If I don't have problems there, then it's this area the one with problems. Anyways I will let you all know my findings.. Thank you all for the support!

Edit: I just confirmed that it works perfectly fine where it used to worked fine. It must be the new area where I moved recently that has issues. Thank you all for your time and help.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] S1MB4D:
hey ppl

i was asked by my bro if he can trace calls on the xda2 using a program on the phone. i am unsure of this so if any ppl out there can help woudl appricate it a lot!

thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cruisin-thru:
Are you referring to caller ID, this gives the number of the person calling, no good though if the number is witheld, or is he referring to tracking the actual phone.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] S1MB4D:
the phone

my bro wants to trace the phone
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] S1MB4D:
the phone

my bro wants to trace the phone. he can get the numba but wants to trace the phone just like in the movies
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Rudegar:
the phone company know which tranciever people are connected to but i kinda doubt that they send that along to the person you call to

and if they dont do that the only place you can trace the phone is sitting at the cellphone operator system
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] wholelottahustle:
Hi,

I've searched but couldn't find an answer.

1)So I loaded CWM 5.xx and tried to install CM10, SlimBean, Carbon rom.

Everything loaded just fine , but when I booted up all the ROMs hung up on the splash screen and wouldn't get past it.

2) So from my research someone mentioned that I needed CWM 6.xx in order to load CM10.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2354581

I loaded this version of CWM 6.xx ,flashable_CWM_6.0.2.9.zip,

From here: http://goo.im/devs/succulent/acclaim/recovery.

From there I reloaded the ROMs with no problem.

3) Now when I reboot it only reboots into CWM, rather then into the new OS

Any ideas?

I'm so close, yet so far!

Thanks in advance for any help.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
I'd suggest you try flashing Succulent's flashable_fix_bootloop.zip posted at his blog http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] wholelottahustle:
Thanks for the quick reply. It worked!

Thanks again for your time and consideration.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killgrozrism:
My xperia Z has been exposed to tiny amount of fluid through the headphone jack, im using stock rom, but with doomkernel v9, after exposed to the little amount of fluid, it suddenly shut down and turn on again, but then the rom appear what it says at the bottom left "Safe Mode", at first i thought theres nothing to worry about, just reboot then everything back to normal... but when i done that, the LED indicator show Red color, vibrate once, few second later it vibrate 3 times and it begins to do that over and over again without even entering the boot screen... now i cant get the rom booted... Help me, what must i do?? Can i get it to work again by drying it up using a hair dryer???
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ambroos:
It's dead, red LED, vibrate > 2 sec > 3x vibrate and reboot is an unrecoverable hardware fault.

Whatever you do, don't use heat. Put it in a bowl of dry rice with all flaps open for a day or two to absorb the liquid. If that doesn't help there is nothing to do.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soldiers33:
leave it in rice for a few weeks since its water resistant it will tak longer to absorb anything.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rekoil:
Copypasta from another thread I posted in:

Vacuum/hair-dryer are both bad ideas for electronics. The vacuum is bad because it creates a lot of static electricity, and the hair-dryer because, obviously, it heats the phone up to high temperatures.

What you should do

immediately

is to turn it off (hold Power and Volume up until it vibrates thrice), open all the flaps and put the phone in a bag of rice, letting the rice absorb the water

for around a week or so

(or at the very least 3-4 days), preferably with a drained/removed battery but this isn't really an option with Xperia Z. After this you need to make sure to get all the rice out before closing the flaps and starting it up.

Fingers crossed nothing has short circuited and/or corroded yet!

Please note: leave the phone in the rice for at least a full week with all flaps open and removable components taken out.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killgrozrism:
Thanks for the reply guys, and yeah old tricks using a bag of rice... erm, does a silica gel helps, because im using it now... hopefully...
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
The silica should work better than the rice.

...Sent from Zed
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killgrozrism:
Owh ****! I really hate this kinda situation... really got me down and depressing... :(
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rekoil:
Hope it's OK. And yeah, as he said, the silica will work even better that's what it's designed for after all.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
Why is nobody putting forward the fact that the OP's phone might be permanently damaged? It was powered on with fluid inside it, which may have shorted out some critical components.

In that case, no amount of time in rice or silica will do any good.

Edit, I see Rekoil mentioned shorting/corrosion above. While getting the phone near absorbent material quickly may prevent corrosion, it's likely that any shorting out of components would have happened instantly. I hope the OP's phone isn't destroyed, but I wouldn't hold much hope for it as powering on a device with fluid inside it is pretty much the worst thing that you can do.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rekoil:
Because OP probably knows that and it would be of no use to discuss it?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
You'd think. But then you'd think that sense would dictate immediately powering off the device in the situation they were in. :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rekoil:
You gotta learn one way or another.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
The possible loss of a really expensive phone is a hard lesson to learn, but yes I agree that everyone learns somehow. ;)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killgrozrism:
Lesson learn, dont take for granted the water resistant features... Hope ill be able to get my phone to boot again by trying out the rice/silica method... Thanks y'all!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QualQuek:
I've had exactly ther same problem with my Z.

The jack connector with the water sensor is really bad placed!

I've listened to music under the rain with an umbrella, i've just taken one drop directly on the sensor, so now i've the detector totally red but my phone works perfectly, when i've contacted Sony they said that not taking in charge of warranty :'(

Just be carefull with your phone if you're listening to music with this jack connector or use blutooth headset.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rekoil:
Don't take them for granted, but that doesn't mean they are completely unreliable. Just really make sure the flaps are closed and you'll be fine.

Getting a Bluetooth headset was a pretty obvious decision for me I must say.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
While I agree with the sentiment that you should indeed be careful with the phone, the water ingress tape is in exactly the right place. The water resistance is compromised with the flap open (even with headphones connected), therefore the tape is positioned to indicate that the flap was open when contact with water was made ;)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rekoil:
Which is why this is such a good idea for this reason as well.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QualQuek:
Indeed that a wise choice, sadly i've bought with my a Bose OE2 in same time as my Xperia Z...
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rekoil:
So buy a Sony SBH50 or something. That way you can use your regular headphones and still not have to open the flap for them.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radoshka:
Had many phones in the water, even an n95 when it was the best phone in its days, and after drying always worked. Once had a Samsung C100 in the washing machine :D and the screen wasn't working for couple of months, after that it started working, like magic, I was so happy, I almost "put smelly bricks" in my pants. So don't give up maybe it will work. The biggest problem is the non removable battery, don't they put short circuit protection in them?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QualQuek:
I think that's normal that we can't remove battery, the could compromise the water resistant that's why Sony engaged to change battery failure for free :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rekoil:
Fairly certain that is not what [MENTION=2726430]radoshka[/MENTION] was talking about.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killgrozrism:
HAHA! That really help... 8least inject a little bit of hope on my XZ, hope to get it working again probably within few days or maybe more... Thanks mate!:good:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killgrozrism:
By the way [MENTION=2726430]radoshka[/MENTION], all those phone that u mention, did u put them in a bowl of rice too?? :confused:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radoshka:
Never used rice, I only heard about it when dunk my N95 in the toilet, but by that time it was almost dry, but im sure there was moisture inside, so using moisture absorbent is good, after a while my my headphone jack seem corroded, but worked fine. Try using a moisture absorber, used to try out humid air in your home, put it in a bag with your phone, they sure are effective and can absorb a lot of water from the air.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killgrozrism:
hmmm, its has been a week since my phone was dead due to exposed from a little amount of liquid... still cant get it to boot... need to leave it for another week maybe???
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rekoil:
Sorry mate, your phone is likely dead. :(
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QualQuek:
Fairly certain that i wasn't talking to him but answering to a post auto-quote it, deal with it.