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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rosswaa:
So I need a tablet to, shame u can't plug in a wacom tablet into the phone lol

Is there no good capacitive styluses then?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] MiG8GT:
Bought this one off of eBay for $4.25 shipped. They have numerous colors and they usually go for about what I paid at auction via bid, buy it now for a few more dollars. Search "dual layer hybrid case s3" and you'll find them. Figured I'd give everyone a heads up who like the ballistic style cases because for the price you can't go wrong.

Now to my review... Fits surprisingly well, conforms to the phone tight. Buttons all line up fine, only negative is I had to trim a small amount around the charge port in order to get the charger to fit as snug as stock. As far as protection it looks as if it will do very well. Thick bumpers to protect the edges and a plastic hard case to protect the sides & rear. This case also feels way lighter and makes the phone feel much smaller than my otterbox defender did. Pretty happy with the case for the cost! Anyways here's a few pics.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] bigmann77:
I recently tried to unroot my Telus S4 and it is now showing firmware from the Bell device version and has the Bell applications built into the software. I have downloaded the firmware several times from samsung-updates and samfirmware for the correct Telus phone, but once the process is done through Odin it still has the applications etc built in. Even when I connect the device into Kies it says BMC under firmware instead of TLS. I have factory reset the device and cache over and over again. Any suggestions?

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] niceppl:
*#272*IMEI#*

IMEI = your imei

change csc to tls..

this will wipe your data..though
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] bigmann77:
hey there.

it said connection problem or invalid mmi code. any suggestions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] kmart1574:
Had the same issue - Resolved

Many thanks, niceppl!! Worked like a charm. I used the dialer and input exactly what you had mentioned. I was panicking there for a minute. You saved the day! :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] AnalogTrail:
Type in only the first 15 digits of your IMEI (don't enter the two digits after the / ). That should do it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dkvanb:
Thanks for this, what caused this? Do you have to do this often?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] markdexter:
thankyou for this Info, I was in the same boat!! All fixed now:good:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Galadai:
IMEI-Check used to run by a guy called Florin Mandache. He always seemed very good, helpful and I think was highly regarded, from what I've read on various forums.

Suddenly his unlocking site has insisted that you need to send them some Photo-ID in addition to the PayPal payment. Hang on a minute, fraud is not his problem, that's up to PayPal and PayPal say they do not need it.

In my case the payment has gone from PayPal to IMEI-Check but they're still insisting on Photo-ID

So I inquired to support@imei-check.co.uk as to why Photo-ID was needed as just about everybody advises you nowadays, not to give out that kinda stuff on the net!

The reply "Below" was not like any reply I'd seen Florin make on bulletin boards before (his english is better!) and now I'm very nervous about using them...

Unlockitnow.com are a reseller???..

Does anybody have any thoughts?

Thanks,

Dai
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] florin_m:
Hi there,

We had to introduce this protection to avoid people buying with hijacked accounts , because two weeks ago we cought one of the big scammers/phishers and now police is investigating this and paypal and ebay need (a much to long) time to investigate.

So to protect ourself we had to install this extra protection.

The seller is not getting any money if was used by hijacked paypal accounts. Even worse we have to pay GBP7 / reversed transaction...

To keep this service online we request something which proves identity of the paypal account holder. So the hijacker (which sold for 15GBP on ebay) will not have a chance anymore. We have to continue until police arrested this guy (full address and name are known)

Regarding paypal saying not to send anything is not true! Paypal says NOT TO SEND CREDIT CARD DETAILS OR BANK DETAILS (we never ask for them).

Also here is a quote from our paypal manager (when we said to them that we had to introduce this verification because PayPal don't protect us and our sells droped):

CREDIT CARD FRAUD IS A CRIME![/quote]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oneandroidnut:
Ok guys I'm on stock rooted right now. Was on rls 7 hyper and the blue kubatan* rom and when rebooting trying mods it froze on custom splash. So I boot into twrp and wipe dalvik and cache. Reboot from twrp and no issues. Restore to stock no problem. Swap batteries on stock and boom custom splash. Went through wipe in recovery and fine but any reboot from stock tw goes straight to custom splash. Did the kernel get messed up or recovery what? Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oneandroidnut:
Fixed it by odin
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rickt1152:
I'm having a similar issue. I did a full wipe and installed Hyper Rls 7 and it was working great. I made no changes or flashed anything new, but when trying to reboot it gets stuck at the Samsung Custom screen. I've waited 30 minutes with no change. I wiped with CWM and reflashed the rom with the same results multiple times. Any ideas short of going back to stock would be appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oneandroidnut:
I don't think there is another way. I flashed numerous roms in hope of something that would work and no. Phone also ran hot like over 100°+ at idle or screen off and lagged bad when I did get it to boot. After flashing back to stock rerooting and restoring my backup it runs like brand new. Wonder is rls 7 is screwing with something?

Play it safe and go back to stock man
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] AxAtAx:
You must flash your Verizon loki kernel after you flash any rom, not all of the roms are loki'ed, so it will hang at the boot screen.

Thanks you...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oneandroidnut:
Doesn't apply to us or rom wouldn't have booted first time after install. And a quick wipe of cache boots it so can't be that issue thanks though
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] AxAtAx:
Wrong, it is a kernel issue, try another. I have seen it boot once, then hang the next. Whatever.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oneandroidnut:
Then why would wipe cache make it work? & no issues before with it. Had to be a mod we tried to install
[HTC One X] TwinAdk:
Hello.

I have the XDA HD app installed, but occasionally, it will ask for my XDA login informations, when i open the app? It happens about once a week, and often in relation to soft / hard reboots (phone crashing)... The crashes are not related to the XDA app. Have anyone experienced this themselves?

Kind Regards

TwinAdk
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] tintguy:
So I found a HTC One X from AT&T on the side of the road the other day, surprisingly in great condition. I unlocked the bootloader, rooted, have SuperCID, and have S-OFF. I was wondering if anyone here knew if it is possible to change this phone over in order to use on the Virgin Mobile network?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] RollTribe:
You can buy a sim unlock key.

Sent from my evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
Don't be surprised if someone comes looking for it. Very simple matter to track these phones to their exact location.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Crappyvate:
Nope, Virgin uses Sprint network CDMA as opposed to GSM for ATT
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 31ken31:
When i lost my sensation I used Google play and maps combo to track it within 30'

If imei has been registered with Google it can be easily tracked even without a aim card as long as it gets WiFi signal. And the phone can easily be blacklisted as long as imei is known.

And on the point of using it on virgin mobile if they are at all like Verizon they will have a SIM but only for the 4g data. Like a sprint iPhone. Uses cmda for calls and the sim for data connection.

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He should just buy his own device, and look in the one xl for a contact named mom, dad or something and call and let them know u found the phone. That's the right thing to do.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] RollTribe:
[MENTION=3155542]31ken31[/MENTION] I know it's the right thing to do, but I was just answering his question.

Sent from my evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
So you didn't try to find the owner and return the phone? That's pretty dodgy man.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 31ken31:
Finders keepers I assume. Lol when I left my hox at

the grocery store I was happy the person who found it was honest. They called my mom and told her it was found, I had it back an hour later. Worse part was I didn't realize I had even lost it yet
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] twistedddx:
Karma. If you take someone's property without even trying to return it, you deserve to have your property stolen or destroyed without a word of complaint.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] tintguy:
I tried to return the phone....the phone was locked and I was unable to retrieve any numbers from it. There was a missed call on the lockscreen and I called that number but it had been disconnected. I put an ad on craigslist for a "FOUND LOST PHONE", I got a few replies but they were all looking for a different brand of phone.I have found atleast half a dozen phones in the last year and returned everyone of them. It's not like I just picked up the phone and immediately done a factory reset so I could start using it.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
OK your karma should be in line then lol

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] twistedddx:
Yea, if you tried but could not find the owner then finders keepers kicks in :)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 31ken31:
As long as a honest attempt was made. But you will need to switch to a gsm carrier and need an unlock code
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] tintguy:
I read a thread for the One S that said the unlock code could be mathematically derived from the IMEI. Any known method such as this for the One X?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
No. The same method may work. Never tried it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mynameistory:
Hey guys,

I tried searching on the topic but I'm hoping for more information specific to this phone.

I'm traveling to Germany in September. This will be my first time out of the country. I just called Sprint and requested for the phone to be unlocked for international travel. Since I've had the GS4 less than 90 days, I'm told this process will take a few days.

My questions are:

Now that my phone is unlocked, I can use international/locally bought micro-SIM cards, correct?

If I use these SIMs, will I still be subject to Sprint's high usage billing or will it operate entirely independently of Sprint's service?

If I flash a ROM, should I stick to the TW-based variants to ensure international capability? Or is it safer to leave the phone entirely stock until my trip is over?

If you have any tips and tricks for traveling (best SIM card, how to save money, the ROM you used while traveling, best apps for using minimal data, etc.) please do so! I appreciate your advice, everybody.

Thanks

-Tory
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mynameistory:
Edit:

D'oh! Thought I was in the Q&A forum. Mods, please move.

-Tory
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] obender:
If you lucky and your unlocking will go through without issues that some of us here are having then you should be able to use any non-US sim cards while outside the US. You will be subject to those carriers charges only. Just don't forget to turn off CDMA roaming and switch the phone to GMS/UMTS mode.

I cannot comment on the ROMs though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] buck1623:
I'm currently delpoyed with the military. Had my gs4 remotely unlocked and I now use a rebelphone sim card for my local area. Just turn your phone to gsm and I turn off data because its not included in my rebel phone package. Should be all good to go once u get that done.

Oh and I use blue kabans ROM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kate98:
Possible to use US sim?

Is it possible to use a US sim card from another carrier in the US to check that the phone has successfully been unlocked before traveling? Sprint's told me that they unlocked my phone, but I want to be absolutely sure before I step on a plane in two weeks. I also have an update procedure to unlock the phone - I'd like to do that here in the US before I leave so that if there's any problem, I can work them in advance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mynameistory:
Thanks for moving Kenny!

Kate, from what I've been reading, under no circumstances will Sprint allow the phone to connect to a US GSM network using a T-Mobile or AT&T SIM card. I think this is analogous to "unlocking" the phone from its carrier, which carriers do not tolerate.

Buck, I will look at rebel phone among others. It seems data will be expensive, no matter what SIM card I choose. I expect things like Facebook updates and photo uploads should wait until I connect to wireless at hostels or my friend's place.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] obender:
I'm in the same boat as you are, from what I could gather from forums and Sprint itself, the answer is NO, you cannot verify that you phone was unlock while here in the US with _ANY_ SIM card.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mynameistory:
Hey obender, when you use international SIM cards, you lose your phone number for one they provide, correct?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] obender:
Yes, that's correct.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RhinoDoc:
And does the phone need to be rooted? It sounds like maybe not for voice, probably for data? I will want both when we go to Spain in a few months. I don't have the phone yet but plan to pick one up this week - love my S3 but I can't use it internationally, and I don't think I can go back to my Photon for the trip.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] obender:
People report issues with data but according to sprint once it is unlocked it should work just fine both gsm voice and data, no rooting should be needed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] autoprime:
You can verify your UICC(sim) slot is unlocked by sticking in any "non-Sprint" sim card... if you get an error saying "Invalid Sim" then it's not unlocked... if you see no error.. you are probably unlocked. You can further verify this by going into About Device > Status and seeing if it's reading the ICCID of your new sim card.

You can test this with domestic sims too(ATT/Tmo etc).. though you will not get service due to Samsung blocking them. But yes.. the phone will read the ATT/Tmo ICCID if unlocked.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] obender:
According to sprint what you just said is not true. It should show "invalid SIM" all the time while you are in US no matter if you unlocked or not.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] wolf1_o:
Hi,

I got my sprint s4 unlocked by sprint for international use. I've got a europe orange sim, and when I put it in the phone, I don't get any error msg. (BTW, when I leave the phone without any sim card, it shows some small icon on top saying I'm missing a sim, also it won't let me go into network settings..) is it how it's suppose to be when Sprint unlock the phone for 3rd party sim (international) card? meaning If the phone was "unlocked" i would have get some error msg. saying the device "Can't access" the sim card etc.?

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] obender:
The error message would be the same small icon but it would just say "Invalid SIM", but this is just on my phone that was supposedly unlocked by Sprint, I cannot confirm that it actually works with non US SIM card since I haven't had a chance yet to travel outside the US. Your phone can be unlocked as well or not, you, unfortunately, have no way of telling this until you travel outside the US and try it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] tarasator:
Alright, If it says invalid sim after you put international card in it's definitely not unlocked. Me and me friend got the phone on the same day and called sprint about 100 time to get the phones working. After sprint told me and my buddy that phones are unlocked, we put it German sim card in and it said invalid sim, but sprint said it will change when you go to Germany. So i didn't believe them and called them another 100 times till about mid June I talked to some supervisor and she said that phone is unlocked. So I put it my German sim back in and it sent me an SMS about the rates of that German service in USA. After that my friend called those assholes another 100 times and they assured him that it will definitely work even though it says invalid SIM. Long story shor... we get there and he is screwed for 3 weeks. Even more so, he was willing to pay $10 per minute to roam in Germany with Sprint... NO SIGNAL ANYWHERE... AND my data did not work with different sim card. only calls and sms. Later i found out that it could be fixed by going to a local branch and downloading something but it was too late. SO Sprint sucks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mynameistory:
Here's the email I got upon requesting the unlock:

Hello Torrance,

This email is intended to confirm that Sprint has successfully processed the unlock request for your Samsung Galaxy s4 Device.* In order for the unlock to be completed, the device has to be connected to the CDMA Network or Wi-Fi connection for the update to finalize.

*Once the update has been completed, please follow the steps below to unlock the device after you have the third party SIM:

*Turn off device > Insert 3rd party SIM > go to Settings > More (tab) > System Update > UICC unlock.* You will receive the update and it should change to GSM Mode.* *

*Phone number: XXX-XXX-XXXX

*If you have any additional questions comments or concerns please contact Sprint World Wide care 24/7 at 888-226-7212

*Thank you,

Ayesha J.

Sprint eCare
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] obender:
What version of the firmware are you running, is it the latest OTA MF9?

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Could you be more specific?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] autoprime:
Sprint doesnt know what theyre talking about half the time. that is incorrect info.

no matter what sim you put in... if its PROPERLY unlocked... then you wont see a "invalid sim error". even att/tmobile.

if you put a sim in and it says "invalid sim" then the OTA sim unlock was not properly done and despite saying unlocked in sprints system.. it's really not.

I have both a sprint gs4 and sprint htc one. it's exactly the same on both.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ehaalandtluk:
But did the sprint s4 ever finally get unlocked?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] autoprime:
sure. Just call Sprint and have them unlock it.

If you meant without Sprint... then no that is not public yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ehaalandtluk:
I see.

Originally, I had requested that my phone be unlocked. I went to my destination country, popped in a local SIM, and discovered it wouldn't recognize it.

Then after returning home, I had a conversation with Sprint International which said "It's been unlocked already blahblah" I requested they send the unlock once again. After that, I was able to input the SIM without getting any "invalid sim" error. However I was not prompted to input any carrier info/codes, which concerns me. I made a NANDROID backup, but I don't know if this will allow me to save the state of the phone in regards to the ability to use a non-US sim card.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] wolf1_o:
Hi,

I just tried it: when i'm still in the cdma/lte network mode, I can definitely see a different "ICCID" number when I'm putting the international SIM card. (different number than the sprint SIM has). But when I switch to GSM network (btw, the international SIM isn't loaded or can be used now - i purchased it empty just to see if the phone will "accept" it and I won't have any "invalid sim" message etc.) I don't see any ICCID - both on sprint's SIM or the international one. Isn't there any way to identify the SIM in GSM mode? or shouldn't I be worry, as the phone doesn't give me any "invalid sim" message and also I can read its ICCID - does it all mean that the phone is probably really unlocked? (to be used abroad with the international sim card...)

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] alphabet_789:
I have a similar question. i recently ordered a t-mobile s4 (on Swappa). I don't want to unlock it, because I will stick with t-mobile for at least a while unless the reception is pretty bad in my area, but i travel abroad occasionally and don't want to use t-mobile roaming when i do that. If I am in Europe, say, can I use a local SIM card without unlocking the phone?

If this has already been answered on XDA, would appreciate it if someone pointed me to that thread...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mobileunlocked:
I'd imagine it has been answered, but to cut to the chase, no - unfortunately you wouldn't be able to use the phone without roaming if it isn't unlocked.

The only way you can use the phone on a different network would be to unlock it.

I don't however understand your reasoning for not wanting to unlock the phone. If you do, you can still use T-Mobile and it wouldn't affect current service in any way. Unlocking it would just allow you to use a different network as and when you wish, abroad or not.

Of course however, completely up to you.

I hope that helps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] alphabet_789:
thanks for the information. my only hesitation was that i have never unlocked a phone myself before, so i have no idea if there is some risk of fatally messing with the software by doing so. but based on the XDA thread with instructions on how to unlock this phone it seems like many people have done it without a problem, so i think i'll give it a shot.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsmaori:
Sorry if this has been asked but I did search before asking. Is there any way of changing the icons (the pictures representing apps) in sense? I know it can be done with different launchers but I'm curious about the stock launcher?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hand76:
Im sure there are plenty of apps that do this but one that I used was folder organizer. You can upload pictures and use them as icons in the app, than select those shortcuts on your screen.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avery.0:
Install xposed installer then download icon themer
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Cybereu:
I'm owner of an Live with Walkman (wt19i) and would like to get walkman light auto turn on when i open walkman or play music.

Ehen setting the value of /sys/class/leds/music-light/brightness to 255 the walkman light turn on, so i tried to make a shell script to run it with Tasker app to when music is playing script runs but no sucessm tried on terminal and doesnt change the values.

Don't know with it possible but later i'll try modify apk to run the script.

I'm running scripts with root access,

the script are:

#!/bin/bash
echo 255 > /sys/class/leds/music-light/brightness

#!/bin/bash
sed 's/0/255/' /sys/class/leds/music-light/brightness