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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TheKenRob:
I have an odd problem..

everything was going along just fine when 2 days ago I went into recovery wiped and flashed one of my noids. Since then I haven't been able to do anything. I want to be as detailed as possible (so excuse the length of this post)

I flash to recovery whether its a previous backed up noid or fresh install of a ROM once it goes through the TWRP process past the bootanimation, it starts to loop. It goes back to the boot animation, then to the startup screen then starts looping. I've completely wiped and returned to stock, used odin to flash a new tar, flashed new update for TWRPS 2.6.3, and used 2.3.3.0 and 2.6.0, dirty flashed, the gambit. I am not stuck I can get to Open recovery, or into download, just won't complete flash of nanoids, or custom ROMs. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Oh also used the MD4 reset and cannot get any mobile data
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wired0980:
I would recommend trying clockworkmod recovery. I've tried twrp but it never wipes right for me. As far as no data after going back to md4 did you update your prl after.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bthorne79:
It will not flash any aosp ROMs if you needed the modified CWM sorry your stuck with TW.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Tromatic:
Is it a hardware issue? AOSP just won't work at all?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bthorne79:
It is people turning in bricks on insurance and messing it up for every one so a sprint and Samsung learned how to block it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Tromatic:
Thanks again. To be sure, I need to look for TW-based ROM's, correct?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bthorne79:
Yes try the Peoples ROM or wicked
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bsaucier0810:
You could always try trading colors with someone on Craigslist..I went from a newer s3 in blue to an older one in white...just an idea
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bthorne79:
I was lucky I have rev4 blue I got it in feb-march and I didn't have the problem I made it by a few months
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ayushbaheti:
Since Xperia Ion, S, SL and other devices in this category have a hardware for ambient sensor, but Sony did't gave the auto brightness option in the display settings. Here is a small app which I recently found for enabling auto brightness in your phones. Download from attachments.

Download it from here and enjoy ! :good: :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Morlock O:
Just tried it an it works! Thanks!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ayushbaheti:
You're welcome :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
May be u didn't notice.. I had posted this in a new thread months back.. Please check the threads before creating a new one..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hisoka78:
Is there a way to dim the screen more smoothly as it is in GS4 or G tab2

Because the device Xperia S blackout be step-by-step Is there another way? Or depend on the type of screen
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] uuggu:
Works just fine on Acro S.

Thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ayushbaheti:
Change Smoothing time to 3000ms under sensitivity in settings, that would help.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] skywalkerdroid:
SONY XPERIA S has auto brightness enabled, and it's always ON.

Ceck it : Go out in bright light, and then put your finger on the sensor. You'll see the difference.

TIP : Settings/Display/Brightness : Must be set over 60 % for the auto brightness to work, if you set your brightness under 50 % it will not work. Enjoy auto brightness in SONY XPERIA S without an app to do the job.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] slink722:
didnt work for me. i have xperia SL. trinity rom 2.9 and doomkernel >.<
[General Questions and Answers] l2u2k2e:
Hey guys. I'm on Simple mobile (T mobile). I'm currently using a Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4g (not exhibit 2), and it is... terrible. I seem to have picked the worst phone I could have imagined. It is slow, unreliable, the touchscreen is inaccurate, the gps is not reliable, the battery life is awful, and sometimes it just freezes for no apparent reason.

That being said, I don't think I should pick my next phone by myself and I would like a little help. My main use is texting, getting bus schedules, and occasional phone calls or internet usage. I just need something reliable that will get me information without freezing and has a battery that lasts a full day.

My budget is about $200, hopefully less. The phone needs to work with Simple/T mobile (1700 band). I would prefer something fairly standard size (3.7"-4" ish).

I'm not in a great hurry, so if anyone can recommend a few models to watch I can wait for a decent deal. I also don't need the latest software, but android 4.0 at least would be appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] amit@12:
s dous

More questions here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1846277

Sent by typing by my fingers
[General Questions and Answers] astroxchan:
I would say get the nexus 4 or 5. Save a bit more. Otherwise the sony xperia lineup are pretty affordable as well. And nice design
[General Questions and Answers] kamendra:
According to me you should go with Nokia Lumia 720. Nice mobile phone with best features.
[General Questions and Answers] Seraz007:
^^^^LOL^^^^

Typical Nokia Fanboy :rolleyes:
[General Questions and Answers] prime3045:
PLS any one suggest hd android phone under 15000/-

I heard Micro MAx Canvas HD has Issuses????
[General Questions and Answers] JPuzzle0:
If you don't absolutely need the phone now and your upgrades will come up soon, I'd try to wait until a sale. For the S3 last year it was 399 and then in November they had it down to 100. I got my g2 3 years ago for free waiting for a deal. Look for back to school sales and black Friday sales if you can wait that long. That's 2 to 3 months and will be here before you know it.

If you can't and don't have an update, nexus 4 unless you need an sd card (why I didn't get it). If you have an update and can't wait, just spend the extra 100-200 for the best phone as while it seems like a lot, over 24 months it's 4 to 8 a month. Would you buy one less foofy coffee or beer out a month to have a much better phone that you use every day and you won't be in the same situation in 6 months? I know I would.

Also, buy a popular phone so you're guaranteed development support a year in. I learned that with the galaxy tab 8.9. No development on it but 10.1 is still supported by cm. Got the s3 bc with 30 million units sold when I bought it, IT WILL BE SUPPORTED FOR AWHILE!
[General Questions and Answers] Trivialian:
Acer Liquid E1

If you search a lowbudget midrange smartphone you may want to take a look at the Acer Liquid series.

I have the E1 and it may be a low-activity device, there is a custom rom made by Brick3ed that improves almost every vital part

of the OS.

The screen is quite big (4.5") and Acer uses a IPS panel, and that just works out fine for me. It has one gig ram, dual core cpu and runs on android 4.1.1

I suggest you watch some videos on youtube
[General Questions and Answers] igayan1991:
Sony Xperia P:D
[General Questions and Answers] l2u2k2e:
Thanks for the suggestions so far everyone. Careful though. Simple Mobile operates on the 1700 band. A lot of the seggested phones don't work on that band.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hawaiianmofo:
Hey fellas

So after dwelling on the decision to upgrade from GB to something higher (ICS), I have decided to go for it.

Only except now that I'm trying to do it, it all seems to complicated.

Im using :

Model Number: GT-I9000

Firmware Version: 2.3.3

Baseband Version: I9000SRJV1

Kernal Version: 2.6.35.7-I9000XWJVN-CL366455root@DELL86 #2

Buid Number: GINGERBREAD.XWJVN

I've tried rooting via this one-click thing: z4root.1.3.0

But everytime I open it on my phone it says: 'There is a problem parsing the package'

So I have researched it, and apparently this does not work with XWJVN :( P.S. (Have no idea what that code means)

But I need to root first, which, is the hard part; hence needing some guidance on how to root this phone :)

Thankyou very much!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soryuu:
Hey there,

Before I begin, the five letter code, XWJVN is like the identification for the firmware you're using.

So I'll make this brief and hopefully simple enough to understand:

1.) Download a stock firmware from http://www.sammobile.com under the "Firmware" section (in the search bar under Firmware just type in I9000 and a whole list should come up). For simplicity of rooting, find XXJW4 (its dead easy to root).

2.) In the I9000 development section somewhere there's a thread about something called CF-Root. Scroll down the thread to the second to last post. There should be a link for XXJW4 CF-Root. Download it.

3.) Also download a version of Odin from these forums somewhere

3) Unzip both the stock 2.3.6 you downloaded and CF-Root.

4.) Make sure the phone has at least 60% battery or so (to be on the safe side). Turn the phone off, and put it into Download mode by holding down Volume Down, Home and Power simultaneously.

5.) Open Odin on your PC. Connect your phone to the computer via USB cable.

6.) Check that the phone has successfully connected (a yellow box saying ID:COM and a number should appear).

7.) Select PDA in Odin and navigate to the stock rom your downloaded (it should be in a .tar file). Select it and DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE. Press Start.

8.) Wait for it to flash in. Let 2.3.6 boot up.

9.) Repeat steps 4 to 7, but this time navigate to the CF-Root file (again, .tar). Again, don;t touch anything else except Start. Wait for it to finish.

And done! You should be rooted, ready to flash any ICS rom.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] compacity:
so long ur explanation mr soryuu, hope u got da thanks for it :)

i ll hit later da thanks button for u, my thanks usage today already at max.

n for OP, U need to read it real careful, n dont forget this, any inconvenient occur.........its ur own risk to bear, we here can juz giv explanation n guide, sumtime, it juz lady luck luv to ignoring u in this matter :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soryuu:
Cheers dude :D

And to [MENTION=5350037]hawaiianmofo[/MENTION] , please do read over that carefully because as you said yourself it ca be a tricky process if you don't know where to start (I tried following those guides as well, in the end I resorted to experimentation) and things can go wrong quite badly...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hawaiianmofo:
Thanks for the quick reply!

Not to be annoying, but is that SamsMobile thing, suppose to have UK as the description thing?

Also can't find this CF-Root thing. Could you link it to me here?

Thanks, (sorry)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soryuu:
Yup.

The firmwares are coded by region as well, so XXJW4 is localised for the UK.

As for CF-Root, give me a moment to find the thread again.

EDIT: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788108

(link fixed)

The CF-Root you're looking for is on the second to last post on the first page, it says "XXJW4 2.3.6" build or something like that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hawaiianmofo:
Thanks! All good and working!

Now if I feel that I really don't like the ROM I have flashed, and would much rather revert back to GB. Could I just hook my phone back up to odin, and redo the steps you have laid out for me above? (i.e using the same thing I downloaded when I was flashing)

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
Which ROM do you use, dude? And what is what you dislike?

Usually, yes, reverting should work fine by using again Odin 1.82 and flashing again the ROM you liked more. GB roms can be easily rooted by Semaphore kernel, which features CWM and if I remember well even root, all-in. Just find the version compatible with your ROM.

Did you try CM10.2? Works great for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soryuu:
Yeah man, same steps, except don't flash CF-Root, and instead flash a file called dbsdata.rfs.tar (can be downloaded somewhere in these forums).

Really, after flashing the rom, all you have to do:

1.) The phone will display errors in red in the stock recovery saying it can't mount data, etc etc. Don't worry about it, its normal. Just take out the battery and put it back in.

2.) Get into Download mode, connect to the computer, open Odin. Same stuff as usual.

3.) Select PDA again and then navigate to dbsdata.rfs.tar and select it.

4.) Again, don't touch anything else. Just start it and let in flash.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hawaiianmofo:
I was just under the impression that perhaps ICS would conserve more battery, not sure if it is?

The lock screen/unlock bit is kinda annoying with the buzz

The apps for Music are ugly and Gallery can't open GIFs, as opposed to the original ones I was using on GB.

What's CM10.2 like?

[MENTION=4799887]Soryuu[/MENTION]

I remember when I was flashing ICS I had to download gapps, do I need to do the same, or will those files get me through fine?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soryuu:
ICS does conserve more battery, its true. JB has hardware acceleration which does make things either super smooth or pretty laggy, because it does take a hell of a toll on the processor.

Still, CM10.2 is a major improvement over some of the 4.2.2 roms I've tried. Its quite smooth, and I'd say worth a shot. GPS is (reportedly) better, so is battery (it is, at least on the builds I've tried), things are much smoother. There are a few things that need to be fixed though, but for the most part its brilliant.

And if you're flashing ICS only to get to Jelly Bean, you don't need gapps, you can just go straight ahead. You only need gapps if you plan on using ICS as a daily driver.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetakpatak:
For battery life people write different experiences....my own was:

ICS4.0x/cm9.1 good

JB4.2x/cm10.1x not so good

JB4.3/cm10.2 very good

I never used buzz, and of course it is matter of own taste

I love CM10.2,the ROM is still in development (it is a mirracle that developer pawitp still works on menawhile "old" i9000 and brings us android 4.3 where Samsung gave up with 2.3.6) I use nightly 20130828 and it works perfect on my i9000. Some other people report different bugs, though. So if you prefer to use only stable ROMs, wait until it gets at least RC
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hawaiianmofo:
So now that im on ICS, say I'm not entirely loving it, could I go back to odin flash the bolded above, and be all good? Or would I need to download gapps specific to that 2.3.6 stock?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soryuu:
The guide I sent you is the same up to step seven. Then just follow what I posted on the page before (below) and you're all set. :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xda___:
Hi, noob here...

Looking to install Paranoid Android 4.1.2 on my htc one v. In the tutorial I was reading, it stated that the instructions would only work for one v international Tegra 3 version...

Not sure what this means, I just learned that there are 2 types, the Tegra3 and S4?

Does that mean if I have Qualcomm S4 I cannot use pa Rom?

Or do I need to find the pa Rom S4 version.

Further more, how can I determine wich version I have?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JimmyDeemo:
I'm looking for a bit of advice please. I am UK based and have the 3G version of the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (P5100) and as I am aware i'm not going to be getting the official Jelly Bean update for my tablet via kies or OTA.

Is that correct? Is my only option to root my tab and flash a rom? I've rooted and flashed stuff on my phone before but wanted to try and keep my tablet kosher for a while so was disappointing that the wifi version of my tab got the update an not me.

So yeah any help much appreciated.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] Talents:
So far, we know that BigStorage can be created for 1.11 or 1.12 ROMs by replacing

80 00

with

b8 01

at the following two locations:

English version (i-mate JAM, T-mobile compact, etc.)

7e32 and 211e32e

French version (qtek, etc.)

7e32 and 212332e

German version (T-mobile compact, etc.)

7e32 and 213232e

Traditional Chinese version (Dopod 818, O2 Asia, etc.)

7e4a and 1fc232e

Simplified Chinese version (Dopod 818, etc.)

7e42 and 1fc232e

It seems that the two locations change with the language, rather than the brand. Older ROM versions have different locations.

Could anybody provide the locations of other language versions for the reference of those who need them?

Please note that some have reported success in creating the BigStorage by replacing the bytes at the first location only, leaving the second location unchanged.

For those who need a summary of the steps:

1. Dump your original ROM to SD card. (romupdate.exe and ntrw.exe)

2. Edit your own ROM. (hex editor)

i.e. search for the two locations in the ROM with "02 00 00

80 00

20" and replace

80 00

with

b8 01

.

3. Write the edited ROM back to the Magician and hard reset your machine. (ntrw.exe)

That's it!

- no more downloading of others' BigStorage ROMs

- no need to replace the first 416 bytes

- no more unsolicited splash screens

- a simple, safe, do-it-yourself method to create your own BigStorage based on whatever ROM version you already have or upgraded.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] Amateur:
Thank you so much.

I have an Italian ROM. Can anybody give me some help?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] sh500:
Talents,

A good assurance for people....

Nice one
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] duncan888:
I put this together with bits taken from this forum
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] faustiano:
Does anyone know if this will work for older versions of the ROM (i.e. 1.03 or 1.06)? I still am having problems with the GPRS with the newer ROMs so I would like to apply the BigStorage to older ROMs.

Thank you,

F
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] polera257:
I used this method on the 1.03 wwe version and it is working perfectly. I used the same method as described. Found the two locations made the changes etc. and all is well.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] faustiano:
Thanks, I will try it out :)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] micha:
NTRW PROBLEM

Everytime i try to run NTRW

i get the following message

USAGE: NTRW FILE DRIVE:

and it doesn't create a file

what am i doing wrong?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] tadzio:
Re: NTRW PROBLEM

You seem to have an old version of ntrw. Get the latest one (2.0) from this forum's FTP server.

Cheers

Daniel
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] bubble:
Worked for me with French_11202_125_11210 8)

The first reboot took more than 5 min though.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] Talents:
glad to know that it works on your French ROM.

We should have warned everyone to be patient with the first boot up after upgrading. It takes 5-10 minutes to format the BigStorage, with the screen apparently "stuck" at the splash screen.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] welrogie:
I've found a .nb1 file for BigStorage on the ftp server of this forum. I think it's the BigStorage version for ROM 1.12. Is it possible to use that file and enable BigStorage without a cardreader?

For example, when you execute the upgrade program an TEMP directory is created with a bunch of files in it. If I were to copy those files (which also include some .nb1 files) and replace one of those with the one I found on the ftp, would that give me BigStorage?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] sh500:
Welrogie,

I was actually thinking the same thing as you...

Although if it were possible, I'm sure someone would have posted somewhere on this site anyway (?)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] Xetra:
BigStorager work great for 1.12 FR ROM
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] toho:
many thanks

your post is excellent, did it to a 1.12 and no probs, please just check the pdf instruction sheet as it mentions 2 different file names, 1 to download from SD card and another to upload, maybe I misread it but I just uploaded the modified version of the file I downloaded and it all went swimmingly. cheers
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] sh500:
Just carrying out a few 'test' searches on rom files to locate the necessary information...

On the 3 that I have performed the search on, i seem to find the bytes ok but the locations never matches the one stated by Talents and others. Does it matter that they appear in different locations than the ones specified?

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] Girts:
I am developing an application (Eclipse + Android plugin).

Where can I find the error codes explanation for errors Adreno200 in the LogCat?

For example:

dreno200-ES20(2551): <qgl2DrvAPI_glUseProgram:1318>: **** 2702:

glUseProgram(1)

Thank you in advance - Girts.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] threatalive:
I have an MTK6575 based device.

I made a CWM recovery for it with MTK Droid Tools and flashed it.

Then I rooted it with MTK Droid Tools.

Everything was working fine.

Then I made a backup with MTK Droid Tools.

I restored the backup from CWM.

SuperSU works fine and grants permission to Root Explorer which also works fine.

But 'getprop: permission denied' is shown in front of most of the headings in 'Phone information' tab in MTK Droid Tools.

And when I click 'Root' button in MTK Droid Tools the following message is shown 'ERROR: SU inaccessible'.

I have granted permission to ADB Shell in SuperSU.

If I manually open adb shell I get $ prompt and then I type su to get # prompt.

I think that maybe permissions of some files are not ok.

Please help!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bilalz400:
try fix permission in cwm recovery

is this a2 classic ??

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] threatalive:
solved the problem, it wasn't permissions.

yes, it's a2 classic.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veeny101:
How did you resolve the problem? I having tha same problem.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arckingpin:
hey man!! how did you fix it....having the same prob..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hunter_RE:
I hate when someone posts that has resolved the problem, but doesn't explains the solution...!!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] threatalive:
I had posted the solution in another thread.
[MENTION=4449008]veeny101[/MENTION] [MENTION=5512962]arckingpin[/MENTION] [MENTION=1523671]Hunter_RE[/MENTION] please, see the solution:

'getprop: permission denied' error in MTK Droid Tools