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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nlz242:
Hello,

I've hardbricked my i747m by flashing an i747 bootloader+modem. Over at the Sprint Galaxy S3 forums, some guys have succesfully unbricked their phones by flashing the first 128mb of mmcblk0 on an SDCard and booting the phone with it.

See http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43724690&postcount=1 and http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=44278681&postcount=32

So, i would like to try that out before i send my phone out for a jtag repair...

Anyone on a i747m that could run

busybox dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/debrick.img bs=1M count=128

And share that file ?

I've been trying to make one myself using bits and pieces found on the forums and my personal backups, without much succes. :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nlz242:
Bump. Anyone please? It may not work but id like to at least give it a shot! :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kramey:
I'm your hucklebeery

I have an IMG that works. I'm booted off it now. My only problem is that the I747 bootloader and modem that I flashed also had an sbl1.mbn. None of the stock roms I have have that partition, just modem, sbl2, sbl3, aboot... Without that I cant see anyway to boot him under his own steam. That said he boots just fine from the SD card. Just need to find a place to UL the file
[One (M7) General] bmtdan:
With 4.3 out now was the wait to long compared to nexus devices? I for one am completely satisfied that it didn't take to long.
[One (M7) General] devinthomas:
There was literally a week's turn around. How can anyone be unhappy with that? Fingers crossed that they keep it up. Any indication on if the update came from HTC or Google?
[One (M7) General] superchilpil:
People are unhappy with the turn around on sense based roms. We haven't gotten one of those yet.

Porting aosp with some modifications to a device is relatively easy, especially if it's the manufacturer of the device.
[One (M7) General] gunnyman:
I was very shocked when it dropped on Friday. My wife's Nexus 7 didn't get it until last night. :D
[One (M7) General] RuleOfSines:
I was so happy and surprised I decided to convert mine over to GPE rather than wait for sense version updates.
[One (M7) General] HRodMusic:
This was the fastest update I have ever received!!
[One (M7) General] futuregerald:
yea can't be mad with a 1 week turn around time on AOSP. I wonder what other changes they will do in the sense 4.3 update other than the 4.3 changes.
[One (M7) General] eallan:
This is easily the most positive press HTC has EVER received regarding an update. Google/Samsung/HTC did a great job. Let's hope they keep it up.
[One (M7) General] Andrmgic:
I was very surprised that they got 4.3 out so quickly.

Hats off to Google, Samsung and HTC for releasing 4.3 so quickly for these phones.
[One (M7) General] RodKahx:
Very relieved to see the fast update on the gpe.

sent from my ge HTC One
[One (M7) General] 0neblock:
Does it strike anyone else as surprising that HTC are so keen to update the google edition of their phones, but knowingly take forever to update sense. Or would this be some sort of software agreement with google?
[One (M7) General] CraigP17:
I'm not making excuses for them... But it is way easier to update the vanilla android experience than it is to do the same for sense. They have to build and test sense on top of these updates. They still haven't updated all the unbranded unlocked devices or developer editions running sense.

Add carrier testing on top of that...
[One (M7) General] eallan:
Absolutely, but they're dealing with the problem that they created entirely on their own
[One (M7) General] I Am Marino:
Well everyone wants to be different with their skins.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kdogguk:
Is anyone else getting this error?

I've done a search and tried the possible solutions (2 restarts, older versions of Netflix) but neither seem to work.

I am I'm the UK and using the DNS from unotelly website.

I can log in ok if I don't change the DNS but UK Netflix is poor compared to the American one.

Forgot to add...

I am on Du@lnote v13
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kdogguk:
Ok so I tried the restarting device twice again and it's now working.

I must have restarted the device at least 20 times last night trying different things. But simply change the DNS and try to log in, get the error then exit out. Restart device... Wait for SetDNS to aquire superuser rights then restart device again... Once it restarts and gains superuser rights again log in Netflix and it's working now :confused:

Happy but also very confused.
[Google Chromecast] tyraelasd:
Hello guys,

Somehow my brother messed up the cable and the little things that make it "click" when it's connected are gonne. It works but sometimes it doesn't

I was wondering if any of you has used it succesfully with another USB cable, I know it's gonna work since it's just a mico usb cable but I'm a little concerned since the original has something like a resistance in there that spherical thing along the cable.

Thanks :)
[Google Chromecast] raptir:
The casing around part of the cable is a ferrite core. It is used to reduce magnetic interference on cables. In the case of the Chromecast, they probably included it to reduce any chance of interference in your HDMI devices from the power to the Chromecast.

I wouldn't worry too much about getting one with a ferrite core, but Monoprice sells good quality cables and offers micro USB with the ferrite core.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=5458&seq=1&format=2

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=5459&seq=1&format=2

They are good quality cables and also have a lifetime guarantee, but they're cheap enough it's probably easier to just buy a backup or two.
[Google Chromecast] tyraelasd:
Thanks you so much for your well informed response, really appreciate it.
[Google Chromecast] tyraelasd:
[MENTION=2550520]raptir[/MENTION] , do you think it's gonna be some trouble using a normal micro usb cable if the original cable doesnt work anymore? I'm thinking on getting one of these but I'm not sure if they ship to chile, need to find that out.
[Google Chromecast] Maggard:
Without a ferrite choke you *might* get some audio or video interference. No damage, just the digital equivalent of static. So try it. If you get a bad signal then get the fancy cable.
[Google Chromecast] Drewmungus:
I have a semi non related question. Would a cable with a ferrite core eliminate the interference you get charging your phone and playing music out the 3.5mm jack at the same time?
[Google Chromecast] Maggard:
The ferrite choke, er, chokes, some types of interference from being transmitted on the cable it is on.

Thus if you've a junky 3rd party power supply it could well be spewing all kinds of noise on the line. Then a choke can help. However if the em noise is coming from within the handset then no, the choke will have no effect.

My advice would be to use the proper charger, from the OEM, and seeing if that makes a difference. If that corrects the problem you'll not only be able to power 'n play but also extend the life of the battery by charging it as it was intended.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] koekiemonster:
hello all,

i have spend the last 24 hours searching this forum, as any true newbie with an XDA should :-) i got mine from a friend, but it was not used for over a year, so the battery was empty. i recharged the phone, but it won't turn on. i have readed a lot of topics here about phones that only go into bootloader, but mine does nothing at all. when i put it in the charger, the led turns red first and then orange and stays that way. it also won't turn on while it's in the charger.

i tried a soft and a hard reset, several times, i checked the battery, it gives 2.8-2.9 volts, i also tested the sim door switch, but that also seems to be ok.

also when i attach the USB cable to my pc (windows XP SP2 prof) it detects a device, but cannot make out what kind of, active sync also cant find the xda.

i don't know many more specs about it, cause i have not yet got it running. anyone got any sugestions for me that would bring back the phone to life?

greetings and thanks in advance!
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] icarusbop:
These units tend to use a Lithium Ion battery:

If the battery is left plugged in and not charged for an extended duration, they tend to die beyond repair. Even though it says it may be charged, it is probable that it is not, and the unit will not power on without a certain amount of charge.

Is there any way you can try a known good working battery??
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] koekiemonster:
i know a few things about batterys too, so this thought had crossed my mind allready, but i hoped the xda would be able to run from the charger, so i could see if it was working.

the battery is coming back to life real slowly, but i think i'll have to look for a new one. the voltage is 2.93 volts at the moment and coming up with about .1 volt/hour. i think it needs to be 3.6 volts (like most lion accus)

tnx 4 the msg, if anyone has any other suggestions, would love to hear them :)

ps. maybe someone with an xda can measure his battery voltage for me so i can compare? you can check it on the back of your XDA with a simple voltage meter, just take the cap of the contact pins for the external battery and use the most left and most right pin.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] icarusbop:
Don't know about the XDA, but my XDA II does not run from the charger if the battery is removed or really flat - if it is really flat, I get nothing but a red lamp for a while till the charge has reached a certain level, then the unit turns itself on.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaleem_qadir:
hi....

dear friendz after flashing of super wipe from recovery my phone is totaly dead.... not booted into rocvery or fast boot or boot loader ..... any method to restore it ? plz plz help..... thanx in advance
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aviwdoowks:
More info. Links to what you did. Phone sw ver? Bootloader status?

What is Super wipe?....
[HTC One S] thienvandac:
My phone come back after 1 year dead with many time to store,repair center. Now it can turn on the fastboot interface(with picture). It can not do anything without the power or plug into usb port( I think the battery have problem), anyway, How can I turn it back to normal state? stock or any working rom

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8gmb2ssa8sptqtp/IMG_20130805_021902.jpg

by the way, my phone is from contract with CID: Optus001
[HTC One S] khan.orak:
Try running an RUU.

if that doesn't help, then flash a custom recovery and then flash a custom ROM + Kernel.
[HTC One S] thienvandac:
I have 2 problems with the Ruu, the first one is battery under 30%(it is likely no battery inside), second stuff is It not recognize I already plug in the usb port when I install htc syns manager.

In the recovery, it say signature verify fail--> I cant install any recovery yet.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8gmb2ssa8sptqtp/IMG_20130805_021902.jpg

That is the picture of my current state
[HTC One S] khan.orak:
1. Your pic is not working.

2. No battery inside???
[HTC One S] thienvandac:
I feel the battery still there(by the weight), my pic is working at facebook once, I can reopen it now, maybe you can try later.

I also have nexus 7 as you but I receive update 4.3 :D
[HTC One S] thienvandac:
After I success unlock bootloader, my phone die again, while plug with charger it turn the orange light but I cant do anything, my laptop is not recognize the phone too. What should I do???
[HTC One S] thienvandac:
News, the phone can turn to HTC interface with red notice under the logo but not thing more happen. So what should I do
[HTC One S] khan.orak:
I think that's the stock recovery. can you go into Bootloader?
[HTC One S] thienvandac:
I try but it dead again, no signal to come back.....
[HTC One S] thienvandac:
It dead again after I try power+vol down, not thing change...
[HTC One S] khan.orak:
Well then you must ask for help in Unbrick Project thread.
[HTC One S] thienvandac:
Could you pl show me the link? I thought I can use it back after a year but then it ....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jbean924:
Hey guys, my phone shattered and has a big crack. Also whenn u turn on the screen it has some weird colors so i cant see whats on the screen. But i need to know where someone would fix this im not confident enough to go head and do it myself. Idc how easy it may be its just not my type of thing but itd be great if someone could tell me where i could get it fixed. Thx!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] justin94:
If u have insurance. Claim it. Its $100 USD. If not. Its gonna run u around 250-300 to replace the glass and digitizer. U might be able to get away with just the glass for around $50. But the glass and dizitizer are fused together and the risk of getting dust in between is high. Check you local Craig's list for the last option. Amazon for the second or even a mall. Some stores in malls can do it also. Last would be to send it to Samsung for repairs.... But then you're looking at around 2-4 weeks with out your phone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jbean924:
Thanks ill definetly be looking into those options it sucked that this happened cuz its such a great phone but oh well!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Pixelation:
I shattered mine after 13 days. Hopefully you have insurance. Asurion is fast at replacing your device. I called them but Verizon also mentioned phoneclaim.com which is Asurion's website. .. use that. It will cost you $99. And you'll also have to send old phone back.

Good luck
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aypeeootrek:
so im trying to download some files on my compo to transfer to phone so i can unroot it and send it back to verizon. im on the latest beanstalk rom and when i hook up my phone to the comp, its saying unable to recognize the phone. any suggestions on what to do? i have debugging turned on in the developer options as well. thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1kd:
Check drivers and try battery pull
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aypeeootrek:
ive restarted the phone and i havent had trouble in the past but ill double check the drivers. thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aypeeootrek:
figured it out. its because i have kies installed. tried returning to stock through heimdall but was having an issue and installed kies for that. thanks though
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sjpritch25:
I tell you what, I'm not a big fan of MTP especially with ubuntu. I had issues mounting, until i figured it out in Qualcomm usb settings in hidden menu. You would think our phone would mount easily out of the box.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aypeeootrek:
For awhile I had no issue. Even after I realized that I had kies installed and uninstalled it, still had issues mounting it. Couldn't get it and couldn't get the file I need to flash in mobile odin. I have an old Mac btw running 10.5.8. I'm going to have to use a friend's comp to both root my new phone and transfer a stock Rom to return my phone to factory.
[Motorola Droid X2] btrayler:
Recently upgraded phone and transferred sim card to new phone, and now trying to restore droidx2 to factory reset. Do I need to have the sim card in to enter recovery? It no longer boots into boot choices like android recovery, but will still boot up into Eclipse and work fine otherwise.

Not very familiar with the process, so apologize if it's a stupid question and truly appreciate any assistance you can provide. Thanks!
[Motorola Droid X2] sd_shadow:
the droid x2, has no sim card slot, it does have a sd card slot.

you do not need a sd card, to boot to the dx2 custom recovery

use the the recovery in menu>settings>eclipse parts

and a wall charger is needed.
[Motorola Droid X2] btrayler:
That worked perfectly!

That's what I was looking for; thank you very much.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mzahmed95:
Hey guys...

I'm currently trying out CM10.1 and I'm loving it.

As its better than any other cm based roms like PA, Pac man etc

I'm really disappointed from the battery life, it drains so quickly :(

I tried NEAK kernel but it didn't help, can some one help me out to get good battery life out of cm10.1?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imzaki1994:
I use carbon rom and neak kernel and i get about 22 hours with 5 hours screen on that's the best aosp rom i have seen for the battery
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Boymysterio29:
I got 10 hours on average(Which i guess is ok)when I was on Cm 10.1. I used to set CPU to about 400 MHz when I was just listening to music but 200mhz when it was sleep. It was a hassle to do but it did help.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedadio:
Im curious aswell. Im running cleanrom ace 4.9 and im getting around 1day 12hrs with 4 hours screen on. I want to move away from stock again but can never get more than 16 17 hours on aosp.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hendog4385:
I heard devil kernel is pretty good with battery on AOSP, also try downloading greenify from the play store. It take apps that constantly run in the background that aren't in use and hibernates them. I'm a heavy user of youtube and radios and I get around 20-24 hrs. But on light days I get over a day. I'm currently using ProBAM
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bushako:
The most I could ever get was always 5hours screen time and thats after using Greenify, Droid wall and uv/uc with slimbean, carbon and pa. I've heard of some people getting upto 7 hours on aosp but they never seem to share the setup, most likely in airplane mode though. Ultimately battery life was always an important factor for me so I reverted back to tw roms. Sad.
[LG Optimus 3D] mkiller88:
I have an 16Gb stick connected via OTG cable but the phone dose not recognise the stick , i have try some apps from market but with no results.

How can i make the phone to recognise the USB stick or an Xbox 360 controller .
[LG Optimus 3D] p-vlad:
No OTG with this phone
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mufaa:
Hey guys,

I want to perform a complete DFG fix on my S3 (running SlimBean), so I want to free up as much memory as I possibly can. I have 3.7GB worth of photos and videos - is there a proper way to perform a backup and restore while keeping the date organization?

As a test I transferred my S3's DCIM folder to my Nexus 7's. The result was that the gallery was disorganized, where some of the videos where clumped together in the front, and images taken last year appearing before recent pictures.

So is there a way to restore the gallery while keeping the date organization of the photos and videos?

Thanks for the help!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chaitanyapatel8880:
You should have backed up with Dropbox... but any ways... you can still just copy paste to your computer. it will just change the modify date in your picture cata. Created date will stay untouched...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mufaa:
I have a backup on my PC + Google+. That's not the problem. I am worried that when I restore the images, I will loose the picture's data organization as it is now, sort of by when I took the pictures.

I guess there is no proper way. :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrismast:
Shouldn't this information be stored in the picture itself, talking about date when taken etc.?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joevik:
Just copy and paste all the data you need to back up on your computer and copy them back afterwards.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mufaa:
I would assume so, but as I said in my original post, when I had transferred all the images on my Nexus 7, as a test, the gallery wasn't organized correctly, where some of the videos where clumped together in the front, along with some old pictures, followed then by the new pictures.

I am assuming I will face the same issue when I restore my pictures on the S3, and that's something I want to avoid.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shikhar.smc:
Hello, I have installed the A Droid ROM by Ashish for Ace Duos

link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33037765

In this rom i am not able to connect to 3G network. If anyone is having this rom and know how to select the 3G netrwork plz help me.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hawkeye00:
im using the rom right now and it works fine....the 3g is also working....View attachment 2472631

Maybe you can activate the 3g here.... hope im help....

Im still new...sorry....
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] witeboy07:
They have coupon out there where you get 20% off, which means if you buy the 32gb you end up paying $215 plus tax. I have attached the coupon for you deal lovers!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] rumatt:
Sweet. Anyone know if they sell the 16gb model in stores?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] mmikeee:
My store only had the 32gb one. 32gb with 20% is the way to go. The price came out to be the same price as the 16gb, $235.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] witeboy07:
Here in chicago it varies from store to store, some have 16 some have 32 and some have both. I actually returned my 16gb and bought the 32gb with this deal and they ended up paying me..hahah..nice
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] cdmoore74:
Coupon worked with no problems here in Elgin Illinois. I think the problem will be finding stock. Nearest location was 1 hour away from me and the last one was spoken for. Luckily my motorcycle gets 50mpg.

But excellent deal on a week old tablet.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] sevron:
I could only get the 16gb. May try again tomorrow for a 32gb even if its not tax free.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] player911:
Already a 3 page thread on this.

Sent from Nexus 7 FHD from XDA Premium HD
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] hendra1211:
anyone knows how to change the sound of sms notification in xdaII, with my personal ringtone?

thank you
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Rudegar:
if the file is wav and pcm and places in the windows\ dir it should be possible to choose from the list in sounds and notifications
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Troute:
The case came from Amazon UK but is available on eBay and probably other places as well, it came with a couple of screen protectors, a mini stylus and a small cleaning cloth. It's very lightweight which is good, the inner phone holder section is a gel type case to which the outer cover is attached. It doesn't feel very substantial and I'm not sure of it's survivability in my pocket over time but for now and until Seidio or Otterbox come up with something better, it will do the job.

I've had it a few days now and it has it's good points but I'm liking it less all the time. It feels plasticky and cheap although it does protect the phone as well as any case of this type could. I'm a lefty and the wrap around magnetic closure is awkward for me to use (not Safvys fault)

Pictures below show the case, the last ones with the phone in it, one showing the Sview section in operation and the other shows the anti glare screen protector I've fitted. I prefer these although they do add a bit of graininess to the screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Kangburra:
Needs a credit card slot, then it would be perfect :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dawgboy1783:
Ok so I used triangle away and mobile Odin tons of times and all of the sudden they both give me the same error that they can't download the appropriate packages they need to install to continue with the process they both say make sure you have an Internet connection I do so wtf is going on any body experience this before both aps are updated and I have root and su installed iv done it hundreds of times but now this im a little cornfused at this point any ideas anybody please.

Thank you any body for any help on this
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] pvsgh:
I think it will depend whether you have the correct rom installed on your phone.

Make sure to install stock ROM(possibly de-odexed & rooted) before using Triangle Away.

If you have T-mobile version phone and using International ROM then the phone property will list your phone as international version and Triangle Away won't work.