yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verynoob:
I eventually entered recovery mode, and flashed the CM 10.1 again, and it worked, but if you say I must try a kernel with CWM, how exactly do I do that?

Can you link me a good kernel (stable.. better battery life<<sorry I'm noob :laugh:), and also link me to a guide on how to install/flash a kernel? because I've never tried a different kernel, so I have no idea how to install a new kernel, Thanks!

**I have another question (:cyclops:) : If you flash a kernel, and then you change rom, will this rom remove the previously flashed kernel? or the kernel I manually installed will remain?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GFXfre@k:
use odin and go to stock
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blackbox421:
Btw I also faced this problem after I flashed the Fly-on mod. The first time it booted but then suddenly not (I havent installed any apps!)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viper The Ripper:
ALWAYS what you want to restore a backup do the 3 wipes (data, cache and dalvik-cache) fist and then restore your rom ;)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] habit81:
Hi All,

like many of the users I have a problem with missing /efs folder. Although I can't find it I have my IMEI and my phone (S5830) works fine. I can make and receive calls.

But let's start from the beginning. I had Android in 2.3.3 version.

Using this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1034145 I have upgraded it to 2.3.6.

I have also rooted it using universal_gb_root_v25.zip.

Now I wanted to play with it a little more so I though of doing backup. Previously I made one using CWM but I read that it doesn't backup /efs folder that stores IMEI and other important data. So I started searching through the forum for a solution. I've downloaded EFS Professional but for some reason it gives me error "An error occured while getting partition list!" when I select my phone from the drop-down list on the backup tab. I cannot do backup because the "Device Partitions" window is empty.

I did not give up and searched the forum a little more. So I've downloaded two apps: ES File Explorer and Root Explorer. Unfortunately both could not locate /efs folder. All the Linux folders were there except /efs. There's dev and next is etc. No efs.

So I though that maybe the folder was hidden but the I checked the options of Root Explorer to show hidden files.

Lastly I checked the method with adb shell and busybox like below:

adb shell

su

tar zcvf /sdcard/efs-backup.tar.gz /efs

but as I though I got the message that /efs folder could not be found.

Has anyone have an idea how to get to /efs folder in my case? Where does my phone keep IMEI? How to backup (and restore) my phone in this scenario? Is there any other way to backup the most important files?

I know there are lot of questions but I'd appreciate helping me with it. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mandark52:
its difficult to find the efs folder bt u can check ur IMEI number by this code *#06#.

you can backup efs files by efs professional tool.

a CWM backup is also safe as it includes most of important files.

hit thanx if helped.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] habit81:
I was clever enough to write down my IMEI before but this is not an issue. The phone works fine.

I already wrote that I'm getting an error "An error occured while getting partition list!" using EFS Pro

Anyone has other ideas?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mandark52:
xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1637249 may this thread help u
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] habit81:
Thanks for the one above. From this post I read that SGA does not have /efs (folder/partition) or it is not mounted by default so I can't see it. Which one is the right answer? It does not exists or it is not mounted?

If doesn't exists then where should I look for IMEI data and all other critical stuff?

If it exists I could issue:

mount -r -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /efs

-r not to make any changes. I would have to create /efs folder first using: adb shell mkdir /efs

Am I following the right path?

I'd have already tried that but don't want to screw up my phone. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viper The Ripper:
I can suggest you ;)

DON'T TOUCH/MOUNT ESF FOLDER AND DON'T TRY TO BACK UP IT EITHER,

DOING IT = BRICK!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] habit81:
Thanks for the suggestion however this doesn't bring any useful information to this topic. I already know to be very careful with EFS data.

I would like to get some answers about configuration of this data on SGA. I would like to know whether there is a way to back it up That's all :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viper The Ripper:
:eek::eek: :eek: :eek:

I think it's useful...anyway It's really simple, FORGET TO BACKUP YOUR EFS FOLDER OR YOU'LL BRICK YOUR PHONE!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Venomous Viper 119:
First... the question is why would you wanna backup your IMEI ? You needn't even write it down as a backup if you have the bill of your phone. And in case if you ever lost the IMEI, there is a guide to restore it & you can restore your older IMEI. So why worry to backup ?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] habit81:
I wrote the IMEI down just as a precaution. I didn't know it was on the bill as to be honest the phone used to belong to my wife. I know there are several threads about restoring IMEI and other necessary data. I have already viewed them.

The reason I put this thread was that I was unable to locate the famous efs folder. I'm new in this stuff but I'm also a quick learner. After going through several threads and articles I was curious why I could not locate efs folder on my SGA. Answers such as "don't look for it or you will damage your phone" are just simply not what I was looking for. Anyway if someone please explain me the technical details of this phone and the reason why I can't make a backup using several tools and methods I would be very grateful.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Venomous Viper 119:
Your quest for the efs folder is unending. I appreciate your effort in learning new things but what's the point of finding something that's of no practical use ? Yeah, you can't find the efs folder & no one else has ever worried about it coz everyone knows how to get their phone back online when they lose their IMEI. So either backing it up or looking for it is not worth a penny . All that counts is that the phone works & that the IMEI is secured, be it without that folder of your interest. If you clearly state your intentions with what you have to do by backing it up, someone might be able to help.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiko6383:
Hi I am have just joined the forum searching for a help. It was my first time flashing custom roms and had been at fault in technically missing some of the instruction. I have failed to backup any bin, img or efs folder which could help me fix IMEI. using MTK droid tool (for MT6589), I am receiving an error of missing pttycmd1 and even searching the root of my phone, I can't find any nv_ram or efs. Is there any other way to fix my device?

Baseband: Unknown

No IMEI

cannot use AT+egmr command

thanks for the reply.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oussAC:
efs ?

efs is a partition for sim unlock right ?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiko6383:
i do hope so, because I just read from other threads about exploring and backup of efs can fix baseband & imei.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lizpim:
I can't find my efs either. The issue I'm having is to get rid of Factory Mode. Have seen tutorials on how to do it, but the efs file is missing and so I can't actually do it. Any suggestions on how to fix these issues? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] hjs89:
TOUCHWIZ 5 by hjs89

for FLYonGB by LoLaTiOn​

Hi guys!

Since FLYonGB by LoLaTiOn is an excelent daily rom but it I'm a bit bored of holo theme. So I've started to theme it like last TouchWiz roms, like Galaxy S3.

This theme is based and tested on V3.0.2, but since it's a MORPH theme it will be easy to update it and maybe It can work on newer versions of the rom ( V3.0.3 not tested right now)

The theme is not finished right now and it will be updated to compatible with the rom's updates and to improve the theme.

INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS

If you are using other rom

Flash FLYonGB before (read LoLaTiOn's instruction in his rom's thread)

Flash the ZIP in CWM

If you are using FLYonGB V3.0.2

Just flash the ZIP in CWM

SCREENSHOTS

CHANGELOG

THEME

StatusBar Icons like TW5.

Battery Icon like TW5.

Statusbar Drawer like TW5.

Lockscreen Pattern like TW5.

Galaxy S3 Icons

APPS

Camera with low battery mod (by LoLaTiOn)

Messaging app from V2.0.2 (TW theme & unrestricted)

Settings categorized and themed to look like TW5.

STK Toolkit from stock.

TW Launcher 4 MOD (from SAUROM i9000)

DOWNLOAD LINK

(3.0.2) [THEME][FLYonGB]TouchWiz5_hjs89_v1.zip

CREDITS

LoLaTiOn

ammar786

thomassafca

lirik0
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] xezeroglu:
Hi my friend

thank you for your great work.

the theme seems very beautiful.

I am one of TOUCHWIZZ fanatic followers.

I have a request for you. please port this theme for JPKPM arabic stock Rom. I cant use DDLF2 and DDMF1 and Lola's fantastic rom for some reasons.

Special Thank

:)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] TTMaster:
How to set up the dock to add icons? Phone, contacts...

Como configuro el dock??
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] LoLaTiOn:
add contact pictures ?

if this i think only for contact registred on google
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] TTMaster:
No. Only I have the app icon. I need to add more icons

Enviado desde mi GT-I9003 usando Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] hjs89:
Sorry pal, this theme is based on LoLaTiOn's rom (DDMF1). Why you can't use it? Maybe you need an Arabic Fix?

It works like stock TWLauncher. Go to app drawer, touch de left touch button and go to "edit". Now just drop the icons to Dock :good:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] xezeroglu:
no dear friend, I flash arabic patch on DDMF1Stock Rom and it works. but at the DDMF1 stock Rom and Lola's Rom, some of Arabic Apps was crash.

very strange bug. because of that issue I come back to JPKPM that it is best Arabic firmware.

l regret when l see that your most beautiful theme and lola's great Rom...!

Special Thanks for You and Lola
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] cukierkas:
nice one.

what about xperia theme?

would you be able to make such one?

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] abderrezak:
is this work on other version like 2.0.1 or 2.0.2 ???

plz tell me ??
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] LoLaTiOn:
yes work on all version
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jka_dark28:
I installed this theme and I have not had any problems. But I had to reflash and reinstall FLYonGB from scratch. Install this theme but now appears accuweather widget, what happens?

:confused:

Excuse my English.-
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Darktitor:
Can you just add the s3 toogles on the status bar and it'll be perfect ;)

Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9003 en utilisant Tapatalk 4 Beta
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Anurag pandey:
i have been off from xda lately due to my admission process.logged in some time ago and saw that tytung has stopped support on xda and all his threads closed.why did this happen.can someone shed a light on this.

I am not offending anybody's decision. Just curious
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Marvlesz:
Whats happened to tytung
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Nigeldg:
Ah that's a real shame. He put out some great ROMs but that's what happens when you don't obey the rules I guess. It's also nice to see that the mods are completely unbiased and won't give members preferential treatment due to their titles.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Robbie P:
Oddly, tytung's threads were all closed apparently because he stated that he would not support them (although he did update). That is the reason given in [MENTION=4422144]kinfauns[/MENTION] closing post(s). This is the first time that I am aware of, of threads being closed due to lack of support by the dev. And I can see no rule which states that a dev MUST provide support.

In fact (some) support for these threads was being provided by members, and that is the case for many threads in which the developer/OP is no longer contributing to xda for whatever reason.

People using tytung's roms and needing support on xda, have no choice now but to seek support from "another place". Is it the intention of xda to force people to use a rival site? Or is it to stop people from promoting a rival site and therefore breaking xda rules?

I am just a bit confused as to why these threads were closed, any clarification would be appreciated.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Anurag pandey:
I agree with Robbie p that the threads should be kept open for the users to help each other. Still if the mods are against it we can have a support thread in the general section.

Feels to lose a great dev
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] retsam88:
It more looks like few moderators are simply emotionally hurt(you know what I mean) because Tytung's left.

No seriously, this is dumb. I can't post and provide ANY support for Tytungs ROM's(as many other people who got knowledge) because someone closed threads.

Even if there's no Tytung's, WE can provide basic support, for older iterations of ROM. There's much magic still to be done with HD2 android.

This is abusive. Mod responsible for this kind of damage should be punished.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Kameirus:
disclaimer ....the following reply is only my opinions

i agree with you ..there are many threads in the hd2 android dev section that should also be closed for no dev support ..in fact 98 percent of them shold be closed for lack of dev support

but what i think was the underlying problem was his links for roms went to links that generated money for him..

and i know if i was a dev that had 3 or 4 different rom threads i wouldnt wanna have to monitor 3 or 4 different q/a&t threads for those roms either that would make 6 or 8 threads a dev would have to monitor ,most dont have the time for that

hell you can see the activity in both sections has almost ground to a crawl ..its as if xda is slowly trying to fade out the hd2 android section

dont be surprised if you see some of the few remaining devs stop making roms and move on to something else

and those posts about about this being a dev thread please post in the q&a section blah blah blah are not helpfull to anyone and just clutter up the dev threads even more then offtopic posts do ..xda is trying to do much to late .ive been on xda since 2010 and there was never a problem with how the threads were maintained and handled ..

hell if the wanna do something good for the forum ..then they should change the signup rules and stop all the lazy people from just coming in new and immediatly posting about something that they couldve searched and read about but are to lazy to and want it all handed to them on a silver plate .....also they could remove people like abumaha who has never posted a single post about how good a rom is ..but always post how do i do this and why doesnt this rom work

ok im off my soapbox now
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Nigeldg:
^ Still don't believe that abumaha is somehow still here :') But yeah I agree with Kam, things haven't been done completely correctly IMO.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] gilbert32:
+1 to kameirus i agree 143%

and abuhama.. just lol

on off topic on topic, if you want to find tytung , just google "forum tytung android" and you should find his forums ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] famewolf:
Everyone knows the mod's in question were just looking for an excuse they could give. He had dropped a new hd2 rom about 2 or 3 weeks prior. He had instructions on how to install it in post 1. Exactly how much "support" does a dev have to provide the users anyway? It was bs plain and simple....oh and if you looked at his status later they knocked him down to a "Senior Member"......I haven't seen any of the OTHER idle dev's getting their status pulled for being "idle".

As mentioned..they've done an excellent job of killing off the hd2 forum....there is almost no active development going on and the closest rom to tytungs still has a long list of things marked "not working". Tytung was also the only one producing recent jelly bean kernels with hd2 specific fixes so everything worked.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] gilbert32:
now that was very low from them

That's right. all they're doing is killing the HD2 forums ... :(

i had reported all the "thread closed" posts by that mod, and i got:

but in addition to close his threads, they also lowered him to senior member???

sorry if this is rude, but kinda reminds me of when a kid has his candy bar stoled, and he does everything to take revenge and take it back. enough for me
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] MarkAtHome:
I do not know who made the decision re Tytung, but it was not made by a matured intellect. I have run systems since 1979 (with over 35 years as a senior networks systems/operations engineer) and have dealt with many experienced administrators, moderators and sysops, and the way this was handled shows nothing but ego-driven/threatened immaturity.

Shame on XDA.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] retsam88:
It does feel like some immature revenge.

It's not like only Tytung's got punished, but XDA users who were using his ROM's

I got unnerving thought, that this whole action is to bury HD2 development and make it Low legacy. While it's still in it's strenght despite old age :(

Shame on you XDA
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] gilbert32:
yeah! i just bet anyone who made this decision to port android and then build it from source and support a device that was never intended to run android in the first place!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] orangekid:
Some of you may remember me from back in the "glory days" of Android on the HD2 when Cotulla and Darkstone were making the very first ROMs. I was here daily loading new builds, even when you could not turn the screen off one time or you'd get the SOD. That was when you could only do it through haret.

Fast forward a bit and we had magldr and cLK and where we really had a million options. Personally after a while I would pretty much stick with ACA on SD dual booted with WP7, but there were some really cool things out there to do. I spent many hours trying to troubleshoot people to flash hspl 2.08 or the right radio or to NOT flash certain radios etc. to get things going right.

Tytung was one of the greats as far as ROM and kernel development, and I am not prevaricating when I tell you that there is no XDA Staff on this site who does not respect what Tytung brought to the table. To put it in very simple yet eloquent terms: Dude had skill...

But our standing policy at XDA has always been that we do not keep open development threads with no support. Due to the fact that we just don't talk about individual dealings in public at XDA for privacy concerns we cannot get into specifics. But I can tell you that XDA has zero to gain from a developer such as that no longer supporting development threads here.

When something like this happens, there is no "victory" and no winner. sometimes things just don't work out for various reasons, and then sometimes things work out just fine in the end.

I can respect the disappointment and ambivalence on this matter, and believe me when I say that the HD2 is still a mighty device worthy of respect. I still own an HD2 along with all of the other devices I use, and it can still do some cool stuff. I wouldn't consider it a Legacy Device just yet!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Marvlesz:
We understand all of this, but why close the threads? If you check the second or third page of the development forum and further, you can see many, and I mean MANY threads of ROMs which are either discontinued or whose developers moved onto other things, other devices. Yet, they are still open, and from time to time you see people bringing them back to surface and getting help. Just because the developer ceased support, it doesn't mean the threads should be closed. Delete his links, remove his other websites, just keep the threads open for members' discussion.

If the developer haven't requested a closure, I don't see a reason why they should be closed.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mikef:
When a developer publicly announces

he will no longer follow the rules

, no longer support his work posted here, and is actively trying to recruit members away from XDA to his new site, what do you really expect us to do? Cooperate with this effort? Seriously? Sure there are lots of other threads that have been effectively abandoned by their dev/OP when they moved on to a new device, but we simply do not have the luxury of time to go sift through thousands of threads to find them. When they are reported, we evaluate the situation and then act on it according to our guidelines.

Decisions like this are

never

made quickly, lightly, or on the fly by a single mod here. Now, I am closing this thread and I would appreciate it if no further threads were opened on this topic as it won't help to resolve the situation but will only make it worse.

You all do not know all of the facts in this situation, nor will you as we must respect tytung's privacy in his communications with us so we will not divulge them publicly. tytung is not banned or blacklisted, and is welcome to return here should he change his mind about following the rules. If he does not want to do that, it is entirely up to him.

Thank you,

mikef

XDA Senior Moderator
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gege88:
Hi,its possible to decreas the app symbols on the home screen?

Actually I have 4 x 4 apps I would like to have 6 x 6, it is possible?

thanks 4 help!

gege
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x102x96x:
ur rom must have Launcher control Or ROM control

if the rom doesn't have these, so u should use another launcher like nova, apex and etc

some rom like CM, Paranoid, pacman and etc support this

:good:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dark_polok:
I S-offed my phone today and did a factory reset to wipe everything before the OTA coz the last time I downloaded the OTA, it said the software update was corrupted, so a reset might help.

But after the reset my phone says it is a test device and i cannot turn off Tell HTC, regardless of the settings in the phone. How can I resolve this?

Thanks in advance.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rex2369:
You cannot get rid of it until have S-ON back. Download OTA again. If you get the "System variant version" window then your MID doesn't match the OTA you are downloading.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dark_polok:
How can I get back to S-on? I dont wantmy cell phone to report to HTC all the time.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kazprotos:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2358392&page=2
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
The opposite of S-OFF. Read the thread of the method you used...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shohag_prince:
my friend has a dead HTC HD2 and he is selling it for a very very low price .. .

so if i buy it can i repair it using JTAG :confused:??? any suggestion ???
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yuvrajdhariwal:
will u discribe the pproblem.

i want 2 buy