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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] richardlibeau:
Just get into download and flash cwm recovery tar using odin. Place tar file in pda section and hit start. Should reboot after pass that's what I did last night when my recovery was missing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] eddies92:
I know it's that easy. that's exactly what I do. it fails everytime and softbricks my phone. Let me as this, is there a need to unlock the bootloader?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knightsray:
So far I haven't seen a whole lot on this just that CM doesn't work right now. Does that mean roms like Paranoid Android and PAC Man won't work either??

Which type of roms will work?

Can anyone list a few of the best ones? Mine's coming through UPS on Wednesday and I wanna be prepared to do everything right away. Thanks!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
I assume you mean the C6606 (the T-Mobile US Z).

If so, you can only flash stock based roms.

The bootloader cannot be unlocked on the C6606. Locked bootloader means no custom kernels, which in turn means no roms like PA, CM, PAC etc will work.

So, to answer your question, any rom that says it's for locked bootloader should work.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonathan2677:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2293957

I'm running this Rom, I really like it,fast stable smooth and a great daily driver,I rooted using doomlord method,installed the dual recovery by nut also updated to newest 244 firmware with is the newest 4.2.2 update you will have to update to that by flashing a ftf. For the 6603 with will make everything still work but wifi. Calling,just read alot till wed but again you'll have to use stuff for 6603 because nothing for our model,but it will work good,you'll keep lte but won't get future updates from tmobile,I can help but read and search alot
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knightsray:
Okay I've since rooted my phone and installed dual recovery. do I only have to flash that 15mb ftf file now? That's where I'm stuck at. The instructions in that forum didn't exactly work for me. Can you tell me everything you did please? Hopefully you can get back to me in the next ten hours :) thanks for your help
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knightsray:
I'm opening flashtools. I click flash at the top, click flashmode, then I click that newest ftp and click flash. The window that says wait for flashtool pops up.I power off my phone..hold down the volume up button and enter the usb cable. The light turns blue and I believe that's fastboot mode but nothing happens. That window just stays open on my computer. It's ftf C6603_10.3.1A.0.244_GenericCE-stripped.ftf
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
Volume up is fastboot. You don't want to be in fastboot mode.

You need to hold volume down and plug the USB cable in to enter flashmode to use flashtool.

How to flash stock roms with Flashtool
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knightsray:
Okay so do I need to flash just that ftf or a whole 6603 Rom?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bud760:
rooted t-mo xperia z with cwm for recovery here. been looking for a ROM where I won't lose wifi or LTE. so for us that have a locked bootloader we can't flash a kernel and overclock our phone? :p
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knightsray:
I have the T-Mobile Sony Xperia Z. First I rooted with doomlords method. Then I installed dual recovery. I made a backup of my phone and installed the newest ftf file using flashtools. Then right after I flashed the rom that was posted above. It's working great so far and you keep lte and wifi. Hope that helps. It really is the best rom available to us at the moment because of the locked bootloader.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Radsolutionz:
i have been researching this. it doesnt seem like there is going to be anyone who can unlock the bootloader. but there might be another way around it kind of like "mini loader" basically we will be able to flash aosp roms and custom kernals just no unlocked bootloader. pretty much jump thru hoops to do anything with c6606 t-mobile has Royally F'ed us... i really want someone to unlock that bootloader n RUB IT IN THEIR FACE! i dont know why they bothered with this... but theres got to be a way around this.... keep on hoping and lets see what happens i guess...
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deyanimay:
My xperia z should be arriving in the mail soon so I have a few questions. Just to confirm can the dual recovery foound here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2261606 be installed on the c6606? Also are there any custom roms based on the t-mobile firmware because I would like to keep wifi calling. Thanks.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bud760:
what is not working with wifi? please explain

are you sure your wifi is working? do i need dual recovery or is CWM for locked bootloader ok? which ftf did you flash? thanks for all the help in advance.:D
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fumetsu:
He meant Wifi Calling, which is only available on T-Mobile firmware. He just put a period in the wrong place. :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bud760:
Bump...any new Roms where we don't lose wi-fi calling?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fumetsu:
None that Ive seen. Only ROMs for locked BL that are coming out are based on firmware made for the international market (4.2.2), none on T-Mobile (4.1.1).

The locked BL is really disappointing. Really limits the possibilities. I bought the Z on impulse and didnt research the Development situation on the Tmobile version before i bought, now im regretting it. I love the hardware and design, but will likely be trading it in by Christmas because of the lack of options for custom ROMs. Samsungs may be ugly as hell but you can hack the hell out of them. If HTC makes a phablet with the design of the One, Ill probably make the switch.

Back on topic, which LB ROM is most recommended and bug free? Any way to fix the poor wifi signal? Its chewing my battery like nobody's business.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bud760:
Really disappointed with no custom Roms too might trade for another phone but not going to samsuck. Still have faith in what the devs here can do though.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seniorstew:
Getting my z tomorrow from Tmo.. I'm pretty advanced in Android but in the Rom instructions it says to flash the new baseband.. wouldn't that mess with the LTE connection?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bud760:
did you end up flashing a custom rom? we're in the same city so if u happen to not get 4G i don't want to flash what u flashed
[General Questions and Answers] andy121212:
Hey, I'm new to this forum so if I'm posting this question in the wrong section, go easy on me. So I have 3 extremely good ideas for mobile apps and I don't know what to do with them. I'm not an app developer or programmer, I don't have capital to pay other developers and programmers to put these apps into motion and I'm not sure what steps I could take to get these ideas off the ground. I have a feeling some people will say, that's nice, but without any of the things I listed in the previous sentence, it'll be just a pipe dream and until I have capital, I'd be better off to forget about my ideas. So I'm here to see if maybe there is a place to go or how to find the right people to talk to about giving out ideas and getting a small percentage from the apps success.

All three ideas are related to business operations and one, in my opinion would be easier to develop than the other two, and as far as I know, there isn't any apps right now that do what my idea for the 3 apps would be doing. I could teach myself how to develop the apps but that would take years and by then, they may already be developed by someone else. I will vaguely describe the 3 ideas as one would grab information from GPS locations to gather information from the user and would be extremely beneficial to any private or public sector's finances. The second one would use a persons location and SIRI. The third would mainly use location and video/audio.

Is there a website people with ideas can go to and send the idea to whoever there with clear terms mentioned before submission of how the ideas are dealt with so that the idea holder gets some recognition or stake in the idea development and then passes on the idea to a company that will make good use out of it. If there isn't anything like that, a website similar to that would also be a good idea. Businesses need to constantly evolve and come up with new ways to attract and retain customers, and my ideas would benefit business operations by saving time, minimizing costs, and staying ahead of the game by taking advantage of new technology.

Even if my app ideas don't come to fruition, I'm still happy that I came up with them and can come up with more, because without new ideas this world would be a sad and boring place to live.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated! Thanks for your time and help in advance!
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dimitris CH:
Hello guys.

I'm considering to buy this phone since it packs some great hardware, it looks great, it has a big battery and now has official CM support! :laugh:

(I lost my Xperia T a couple of weeks ago so now I am looking for its replacement)

Given the various versions (Verizon, global, developer edition), I am wondering if somebody could show me which threads are related to rooting the European version (Razr HD), changing the recovery and installing CM?

Thanks a lot.

I have some experience installing custom software to my devices (LG Optimus One, LG Optimus 2X, HP Touchpad and Huawei Mediapad), but Motorola is not know to be very developer-friendly, so I would like to check how it works before I do buy the phone.

Thanks in advance. :o
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killrhythm09:
This guide should help:

http://www.andromods.com/basic-how-...ootloader-motorola-unlocking-tool-online.html

Follow their link to the Motorola unlock tool and make sure you have the correct drivers. Once you have the bootloader unlocked, you can push a custom recovery in fastboot, then flash SU binaries, ROMs, and whatever else you want.

EDIT: Whoops, missed the part where you said you don't actually have the phone yet. Well, in my opinion it's still a pretty simple process if you've flashed custom software on your previous devices.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dimitris CH:
Thanks a lot. :)
[General Questions and Answers] Alienoid:
Hello...i have a sony xperia Z running 4.2 stock android,rom..etc..unrooted......and i really do not like all the other file managers on the play store..and i am really amazed by the stock "my files" on most of the samsung devices..and i am wondering is there is any way some one can send me a link to the samsungs stock "my files apk"so that i can just install it right away without root?..please help if possible!:cyclops:
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] AndyCr15:
I know the BA has a built in Screen lock that means I have to press the power button and no other ones, to get it to turn on, but... if I have bluetooth on and it connects to my car kit, that 'wakes' the PDA and before I know it I have all kinds of applications opened cause my case is pressing keys.

I installed a Screen Lock I used on my 2210 which, when activated means I have to first press power to wake the PDA, then press key 4 and 1 to actually bring the screen back. None of the other keys will work unless I press 1 and 4 together first. This is great if I'm listening to music, I tap Screen Lock and put it in my belt case.

The problem with this is, when someone calls me, I don't seem to be able to wake it by pressing 1st and 4th keys like normal. I have to let the call go to answer machine, then I can wake the PDA...

Does anyone know of a better screen lock program that will let me take calls (or should I say, let me wake the PDA when a call comes in)?

Thanks.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] AndyCr15:
No one can help with this? :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] illogic6:
WE HAVE A FIX

- See this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=44329396&postcount=35 (Mirror for the modem here.)

- Then this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=44332874&postcount=54

- i9505g_mfd_stock.tar.md5 can be found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2388504

Obviously, these flashes are all done at your own risk. If you break your phone, we will laugh at you. Please shower [MENTION=2812087]SamuriHL[/MENTION] with your thanks.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The other thread was beginning to become difficult to read, so let's use this as our main hub for tackling this issue.

If you flashed one of the GT-I9505G 4.3 leaks, and cannot apply the 4.3 OTA, you are probably affected by this issue. Attached is a photo of what this error looks like.

I will do my best to continually update the first two posts with up to date information.

Here are the MH1 4.3 modem files: https://mega.co.nz/#!FsozybQD!AvrykxBO2jvx7hJL8mehmBl8GohfM5HerQ73nOeTh6Y

Here are the MFD 4.2.2 modem files: https://mega.co.nz/#!SdwWnIQK!CMGuL2Q0cNSRPJKJyPTicA6sW0JykFRU8xyhdo7bWMk

Here are the mount points for the GT-I9505g:

aboot -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p6
apnhlos -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
backup -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p24
boot -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p21
cache -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p18
efs -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p10
fota -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p23
fsg -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p25
m9kefs1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p13
m9kefs2 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p14
m9kefs3 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p15
mdm -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
misc -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p19
modemst1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p11
modemst2 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p12
pad -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p9
param -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p20
persdata -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p27
persist -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p17
recovery -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p22
rpm -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p7
sbl1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
sbl2 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p4
sbl3 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p5
ssd -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p26
system -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p16
tz -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
userdata -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p28

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Things we've tried to flash baseband MH1:

Packaging NON-HLOS.bin and modem.bin in a tar and flashing with Odin. Flash errors out with a Fail(Auth) message.

Pushing these two bins by Heimdall to the appropriate devs. Both fail. Will grab the specific error message when I get home.

Zipping and flashing the BINs in TWRP. Flash completed successfully for me. Still shows old baseband when you reboot to system.

DD'ing bins to appropriate devs with root ADB shell. Appears to write successfully. Still shows old baseband in About Phone menu.

Fastboot oem lock, fastboot oem unlock, then attempting to flash the baseband
[Galaxy S 4 General] illogic6:
To the best of my knowledge, there are only two Samsung-signed Odin firmware packages available for our phones. These are both 4.3 leaks: I9505GUEUBMFP, I9505GUEUBMG8

Either of these will successfully flash and update the baseband. The OTA to 4.3 fails with either though. I'm starting to think it might be impossible to flash an official baseband over an engineering baseband.

I'm thinking that we might need to get our hands on an official MH1 Odin firmware package to get to where we need to be. I am under the impression Samsung doesn't release these to the public though, so we might have to pray for a leak. Samsung, if you're reading, please help a brother out.
[Galaxy S 4 General] qnet:
Thanks for starting this thread. I actually had minimal problems with the leak but, I wanted to get the official update. I'm back on 4.2.2 and rooted but still have the MG8 baseband.
[Galaxy S 4 General] yeahmann:
Can you post the bins?
[Galaxy S 4 General] illogic6:
Updated OP with a link.
[Galaxy S 4 General] mrvirginia:
just remove the assert and re-sign the zip...
[Galaxy S 4 General] iB4STiD:
ok whos feeling lucky ? :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] mrvirginia:
meeeeeee
[Galaxy S 4 General] iB4STiD:
brave man :good:
[Galaxy S 4 General] illogic6:
Yes, but this leaves us on the old baseband still. I imagine that'll also mean we won't be able to accept future OTA updates.

Of course, we could continue to remove the asserts that refer to the baseband... but I'd really like to be able to get everyone's phone to a known state, including the baseband.

Edit: Also it seems like the Settings > Security force close was caused by the incorrect baseband. The source code of the kernel had to be edited to workaround that. We might wind up having to deal with more of this kind of nonsense in the future.
[Galaxy S 4 General] mrvirginia:
gotcha. well it looks like the best way is to get onto the newest baseband for actual GPE devices. looks like faux has a solution for us non-GPE kids
[Galaxy S 4 General] mastergrillo:
Yep guess thats the solution since us non gpe ueser will not be able to flash the baseband/modem

Sent from my GT-I9505G
[Galaxy S 4 General] iB4STiD:
flashed mh1 modem .. and not good :eek:
[Galaxy S 4 General] mastergrillo:
Thx for trying just curious what did it do?

Sent from my GT-I9505G
[Galaxy S 4 General] iB4STiD:
I had no baseband... lol.... all is back to normal now ... that will wake u up :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] illogic6:
The zip in the OP is not flashable. It just contains the BINs that were copied from phones that took the OTA.
[Galaxy S 4 General] iB4STiD:
I made it flash able ... :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] illogic6:
I see. I tried that before as well. I'll add that to the OP.

When I did it, it seemed to successfully flash. When you reboot to system it still shows the old baseband.
[Galaxy S 4 General] iB4STiD:
same here but i had unknown as baseband
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
So no one's succeeded in flashing the baseband with ODIN? That's depressing.
[Galaxy S 4 General] illogic6:
Nope. I'm beginning to suspect the Odin package would have to be signed by Samsung or something, which is why I'm hoping for an official MH1 leak.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
I think I now know why they forced everyone to pull the 4.3 ODIN flashable leak. SIGH. I'm SO glad I didn't flash it. That would have massively sucked. I can't believe with an unlocked phone we have these kinds of problems still. :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] qnet:
I agree and wish I had not flashed it. Having said that, the leak ran pretty well for me. I didn't have any bugs and it was very smooth. The only issue I had was with my Poweramp app and it was really minor, I couldn't get a recently purchased song to transfer to my ex-sd card using the Isycr app.

I'm tempted to flash it back.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
I wish I was up to speed on this Samsung stuff so I could help. New world to me and I'm slowly playing catch up on everything. If this were the motorola world I'd have a utility written for this already. sigh.
[Galaxy S 4 General] taney:
Subscribed. I just went through a handful of threads with hope and now all is lost. MFP ruined my life!
[Galaxy S 4 General] qnet:
I wouldn't loose hope, it seems like others are working on it but it may take some time. I installed the leak with the MG8 baseband so I'm in the same boat. I've installed it back since I can't update anyway.
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJHawaii:
UPDATE: So since my tutorial I noticed that anyone not on the MFD baseband had trouble pushing the update. I tried making Odin modem packages that failed and so when 4.3 came out I attempted to make Full Restore Firmware packages that fail when I package the NON-HLOS, about.mbn, sbl's 1,2, & 3 along with the rpm.mbn. If I create a package with just system.img.ext4, boot, and recovery it passes but I still cannot flash any modem. This goes back to signed packages and after reviewing the U-script with all the patches and changes goes beyond my scope of knowledge. I've been in collaboration with different sources and my own research but this is where I hit the wall.

If anyone has some feedback, knowledge or direction on this I would be happy to keep trying different things.

Finally the bugs and glitches on 4.3 are so much is it even worth it for this build, Yes! Because we are going to still have the same problems creating Odin packages for the next one after MH1. If anyone has a suggestions or direction please reply or PM
[Galaxy S 4 General] xyzulu:
It's baffling why making a full system dump for this device is proving so difficult. Why have Samsung made it so hard? To stop i9505 users installing it?

That said, a 4.22 stock odin package (system dump) or a 4.3 one would be fine.. if it were 4.22, the OTA update could just be done to update to 4.3.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
I have an idea, but, I need the 4.2.2 modem bin and NON-HLOS bin files. And I mean the ones that match the sha1 hashes I posted in the other thread. Without those, there's nothing I can do. With those, it might be possible.
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJHawaii:
What's your idea please share
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
If you read my post in the other thread about creating the recovery.img you have some idea of where I'm going. Basically when you run the update, it runs an apply patch against the partitions on your phone. It checks the sha1 hash of the partitions to verify that they're the proper versions. (The asserts). If I had the files that match the assert sha1 hashes, I can patch them and create the new files. And in theory, since they are created using the process that the update uses, they should be able to be flashed. I was able to do so with recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJHawaii:
Nice! So all you need is the NON-HLOS and modem.bin file?

I'm away from my desk:eek:
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
No, but, I figured out how to do it. :) Give me a few. But I'll need some help once I'm done. Maybe 15 minutes. :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJHawaii:
Well I'm not gonna be back home for a couple hours but if you do figure it out please share
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
I just need information. I have a patched modem.bin and patched NON-HLOS.bin. I want to make an ODIN flashable file for someone to try. NOTICE I SAID TRY!!! :) Whoever does this, it's going to be experimental until someone has the, uh, nerve to try flashing it.

Info I need. Which file is added to the tar first? modem.bin or NON-HLOS.bin?

---------- Post added at 11:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:31 PM ----------

WARNING: This is completely untested! Flash at your OWN RISK!!!

http://www.mediafire.com/?xtp9844uj42ov58

That is my ODIN flashable modem updater for 4.3. It should bring you up to the MH1 baseband if it works. The modem.bin and NON-HLOS.bin were created from patched 4.2.2 files using applypatch...the same as what the OTA update does.

Seriously, though, I have not tested this so I really only want someone WAY more experienced in S4 land than I am to flash this. I'm not new to android by any means, but, my experience up to this point has been in Motorola land. I genuinely hope this works and if it does I'll document how I created this and the recovery img fully for everyone's amusement.
[Galaxy S 4 General] irishrally:
All in favor of illogic trying it first ... :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
:good: :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] qnet:
I would really like to try this but I don't consider myself way more experienced. I agree that maybe the OP should give it a try. From reading his posts I think he may be able to assist you better.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Yeah just wait for someone who's experienced to give this a try. I don't want to be the cause of anyone's problems. I'm hoping once this is vetted it will hopefully solve problems. But I haven't tested it so I don't if it works yet.
[Galaxy S 4 General] manager77:
it doesnt work!
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Um well, that isn't exactly a lot of feedback...
[Galaxy S 4 General] illogic6:
Did it successfully flash or did it fail to get that far?
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Someone in the other thread said they tried to dd the bin files. I suppose someone could pull them out of my Odin flash and try it.
[Galaxy S 4 General] irishrally:
He has a i9505. Disregard his post.
[Galaxy S 4 General] illogic6:
I've tried it, but please feel free to try again. I believe this is the command. (Must be at root prompt.)

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/path/to/NON-HLOS.bin
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=/path/to/modem.bin

It looks like it works, but when you go to About Phone it still shows the old baseband.