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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] bob10123:
So I just wanted to flash omega rom onto my T-Mobile i9505 galaxy s4. It worked, but the wifi didn't work, and it said that I needed to flash a file through odin. I flashed the file, but an error occurred in odin. Then, I unplugged my phone, and booted it into twrp recovery. All of a sudden, it asked me for a password, which I did not set. So I hit cancel, then did a wipe of the cache and user data. I then tried to go and flash an old rom, but all of my microsd card files were not there! The folders were showing up, but not the files. Then I tried to boot my phone and it wouldn't boot at all. After trying to install a stock firmware through odin, the phone turns on for 2 seconds, then shuts off. I can't get into recovery anymore either.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Biker1:
First, do you mean you have a T-Mobile M919 S4 and you tried to flash an i9505 ROM?

You are able to, but I want to just clear things up.

Let me write a little something, then we'll see if we can get you back to where you want to be.

- Sometimes when things don't go 100%, you gotta take a deep breath, step away and then go over the steps you took to get to the point of where the issue started. When in doubt on what to do next, youccan read around the threads on xda and other resources. After doing a little research and you still have doubt, just ask questions by posting the issue likeyyou're doing now.

The natural reaction is to fix the issue, and to do this and that without being sure. The combination of the latter with a little panic and perhaps not enough patience, can make matters worse. I'm not saying all of the above pertains to your situation, but some of the comments may, as they have to me during certain situations. Anyway, something to keep keep in mind for the future ;)

Now to the issues at hand.

Can you get into download/ODIN mode?

Power down the phone and pull the battery.

Wait 10s and insert the battery but Don't power on the phone.

Hold power button & volume down button at the same time until the screen turns on.

When you've read the above, let me know if you're able to get your S4 into Download/ODIN mode.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] bob10123:
Fixed

The problem was that the phone was just completely out of battery, and I was trying to flash the stock firmware onto it but it could not boot into it because there was no battery. Charged it, and could access recovery and the phone booted! Yeah I guess I wasn't patient and made a simple mistake. OP, Please close thread thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Biker1:
Ah, :good: to hear.

I sometimes forget to add that step and another into my tutorial/how to posts:

- Prior to ROM installation, please make sure you have at least 50% battery charge available.

- Please check your usb cable to be in good working order.

The above are 2 reminders are a of couple of the most overlooked steps prior to flashing ROMs and other associated goodies :)
[Transformer TF300T General] toanau:
I was looking at the new HP Slate book X2. The specs are pretty good price wise its is OK.
[Transformer TF300T General] Rydo111:
There is some discussion on the x2 in this thread...http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=44574394#post44574394
[Transformer TF300T General] toanau:
I did purchased the HP tablet. I end up returning it. Dam tablet was terrible. Screen was terrible and the battery life was worst. And to make things worst there was no development. But the only good thing was the integra 4 processor There was zero lag.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Aiekazie:
Running Slimbean4.2.2 with AT&T Straight Talk sim card with the UCMB4 radio. My H+ keeps jumping down to H, then 3G, then reestablishing an H+ connection. Keeps causing errors while using browser and makes pages load halfway. Any help?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rquiett:
There is a pretty good chance they are doing a tower upgrade in your area. That's what my phone has done every time I've been in an area when they are upgrading
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] scariola:
UCMD3 is the newest radio. Yours was the one before official JB landed.

Always worth a shot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Aiekazie:
Took Scar's advice. Everything is fine as hell now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] scariola:
Glad I could help. Thanks for reporting your findings.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] JCon0320:
Hello, everyone! at this point in time, the NFL season is about to get underway. I am just wondering if there is a way for football fans like myself can use the game rewind app on our phone. I have the subscription right now, and I realized that I can't use this service outside of my pc. I don't have a tablet yet so that's why this is quite an issue.

I need help on first getting this app to download, and install on my phone, and get it to work from there. I already tried editing my build prop to reflect that of a Nexus 7, as well as using the app market helper, to no avail.. I would appreciate any help guys!

Sent from my sexy One XL:

hboot 2.14

s-off, post 3.18 ruu, AT&T

rooted, unlocked, twrp 2.6
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Trailertrash:
Same here. It just stops after the load screen.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ceo4eva:
+1 on this, I think you would get more visibility if you posted this on the main app developement section of XDA
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Lokifish Marz:
Elite Recognized Developer jcase has found an item of concern that affects the LG Optimus G running Stock and Stock based JellyBean ROMs

Even though I no longer dev on this device I will follow up on this and double check my releases.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] scottndville:
Ok, to us less smart guys that just like to tweak on our phones what does this mean? Lol thanks
[Sprint LG Optimus G] jcase:
Means there is possibly a vulnerability on your phone that could be exploited by malware. Removing LGInstallServices.apk/.odex will mitigate it but may cause other problems
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Greatness83:
so only way to really solve, is switch rom formats(asop or aokp, etc)
[Sprint LG Optimus G] jcase:
No, you can try removing lginstallservices entirely
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Greatness83:
Interesting..... Can that be done with Titanium Backup? Or ES File Explorer?

Sent from my LG-LS970
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Lokifish Marz:
So I double checked and LGInstallServices.apk is in Imperium Initiative. This means that Stock, Imperium Agent, Imperium Initiative and anything based on Imperium Initiative like Lifeless and nexOGen will have it as well. I'm really sorry I didn't catch this when I was still on the OG. I have been able to at least confirm removing LGInstallServices.apk does not make the phone unbootable but I was not able to get my hands on an LGOG for more in depth testing.

A big thanks goes out to jcase for dropping in on the thread.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] foxsdaddy67:
does disabling it do any good?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Lokifish Marz:
I suggest you rename it LGInstallServices.apk.bak. Then play around with the phone to see if it causes issues. If it doesn't then leave it renamed. If it does cause issues I would honestly suggest moving to CM/AOSP based ROMs.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] jcase:
You could just psych it as well to just not do anything critical
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Lokifish Marz:
If none of the current devs look into it I'll see if I can get my hands on a LGOG and see about digging deeper. My apk skills are garbage so it would be more of a "do we really need it in the first place" approach.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] droidmk:
I flashed a new nexOGen without the lginstallservice and it seems to be working fine. No FCs or anything as of yet. Looks like it will be alright.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Greatness83:
So that would be the only way to remove it? By flashing again when the devs remove it? Can't do it threw File Explorer?

****EDIT****

I just removed it with Titanium Backup.... No problems

Sent from my LG-LS970
[Sprint LG Optimus G] engine95:
I run stock ROM mostly, and deleted the apk and odex files when this came out and have had no issues so far.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] droidmk:
I just flashed the ROM without so if it linked with anything it wouldn't be able to, but removing it should work too.
[Security Discussion] jcase:
Vulnerability in BackupManagerService

Android 4.x to 4.2.2, POC is for HTC (awaiting hosting for POC, will post shortly)

Google's Fix

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base.git/+/jb-dev^1..jb-dev/

POC uses this bug to restore altered backup for Cisco Anyconnect then uses a now fixed issue in of anyconnect that allows execution of modified binary (busybox) to gain system user, then uses GiantPune's property_service vuln to install root shell to /data/local/tmp/gimme

Usage:

Put in airplane mode (app updates break POC as new version of app is installed)

adb restore pwnhtc.ab

run any connect twice (1st time will crash)

wait for hotplug event, receive root shell at /data/local/tmp/gimme
[Security Discussion] jcase:
Here is the exploit http://xchg.info/TeamAndIRC/pwnhtc.ab
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] the_gts:
Ok this is the situation:

yesterday my phone started malfunctioning, my screen was flickering going to white then back to color, when i turned it off using the power button it dies and needs a reset to turn back on. i contacted imate and they said to reinstall the ROM i started to do so but it kinda got stuck and said there was a different language rom (even though it was what i put on it a month ago) anyway i disconnected it and now i am stuck with the bootloader screen (says serial v2.06 and when i connect it to the hub it changes to USB v2.06) i canceled the active syncs usb connection but when i tried to reinstall the rom it just gets stuck and gives me an error 201 cant get data from device, also when this happens the device gets stuck on USB even if i take it off the hub (it is supposed to change back to serial) and if i dont reset it windows says the device malfunctioned and doesnt communicate with it. Please help
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cruisin-thru:
Try using the usb lead direct to the usb port, sometimes the hub will make it fail.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] the_gts:
I cant cause this imate just came with the hub and it specifically states that it has to be connected to the hub AND the hub has to be connected to the power supply

please help
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bigmo152:
it is fixable

hi my friend, i had the same problem with my t mobile mda 3. it is fixable . the problem simly is that your rom is erased and you need to get another one by upgrading it. that's all and i recommend using cradle if you have one. i upgraded mine to 1.40 i mate rom.

tell me if you need more help,

next time back up your phone beforehand
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] amendolaro1:
so im rooted, and used the AWS hack to get hspa (which i was actually showing 4g before i did this) anyway, i was in BJs today (supermarket lol) and i noticed i was on Edge, looked at my wifes s4 (tmo) and was on 4g. i went airplane mode and restarted, still on edge. out of the store went right back to 4g (and parts of the front of store) is there anything i can do you think? can i flash a tmo modem or will that mess things up since im using an att phone?

BTW im using straight talk tmobile - 4g is very fast here, one night i pulled 11mbps. but i average around 6-8mbps
[AT&T LG Optimus G] mushroomcaps:
Alright. After 2 very long days of researching this issue and trying various fixes, I am at a loss. Really hoping someone here has a working solution.

So I've been using WiFi Tether (3.3beta2 most recent working version) as long as I can remember now. I've got an E970 on AT&T with unlimited data. Just to clear the air, I use about 25 to 30 GB per month (tethered and un-, combined), and I've never gotten a warning text/call/threat from my carrier.

I have also been using Nocturnal Limited Edition 1.0 since about the 2nd or 3rd day after purchasing my phone. Therein lies the beginning of my woes; not the rom itself, but the fact that I was bored a few days ago and realized there have been many updates since December 2012. So naturally I decided to update, and it's truly a thing of beauty. Just the one problem; at some point the base was updated to 4.1.2 and now WiFi Tether no longer works.

I considered posting this cry for help in the rom thread, but after much research on this issue, it's my understanding that WiFi Tether has broken for many people on many devices and various roms after updating to 4.1.2 and higher.

So far I have tried all available versions of the app, including the latest experimental build, as well as TrevE's mod. Each with a plethora of settings and each time without success. I've also attempted the entitlement check modification without success, after verifying the change remained post-reboot.

I don't think I've left any critical information out. That just about sums up my current situation. As a last resort I'm willing to downgrade back to what I had before (4.0.x), if that's even possible. When I'm home, my tether extends to a nano router with WISP which then feeds into another.. well.. it feeds the whole house with delicious 4G LTE. Any and all assistance with this issue will be greatly appreciated.

-mushroomcaps
[AT&T LG Optimus G] littleguy101:
Why don't you just use the built in WiFi tethering? Not sure about nocturnal but most of the AOSP ROMs don't have validation checks to turn on WiFi tethering.

Edit: Guessing nocturnal is stock based ROM so you can turn off the verification with SQL editor. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=44339653
[AT&T LG Optimus G] mushroomcaps:
Unfortunately I have already attempted the entitlement check modification without success. Changed to zero, rebooted, verified value was still zero after reboot, WiFi Tether will not function. The built in wifi tether never worked even before the update but WiFi Tether always has before now. Thanks for the reply.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] littleguy101:
Maybe you just need to do a fresh install of your ROM. Backup your current ROM and data. Wipe data, cache and dalvik cache. Then install which ever ROM you like. If you want to stick to stock ROM I recommend MEs odex ROM http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43984577. But I have to say I am loving CM10.2. Anyway good luck to you.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] mushroomcaps:
Just an update. I reinstalled the ROM as suggested without success. I ended up installing version 1.3 of Nocturnal LE which downgraded the base to 4.0.4. Downloaded WiFi Tether for root users from the play store. Fired right up with high speed tethering.

So it looks like I'm stuck with ICS for now. Until hopefully someone finds a fix. There's a lot of really cool ROMs out there I'd like to play with, but right now I'm relying on this 4G flowing through my network. Thanks for the replies. If ever I come across a fix, I'll post it here.

-mushroomcaps
[AT&T LG Optimus G] yshar:
this will work for you.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2283615
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] rockky:
My main account connects fine with Nexus 7,Samsung Note, but 'cannot connect to the Google servers on the Ultra...despite wiping and clearing about everything, hard resetting...no result.

Have to use another account that unfortunately doesn't have many of my paid apps/services.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
I am selling one of my Rezounds I need to return it to mostly stock.

Before installing the latest Infection rom I was on the current OTA rom. Basically I think all I need to do is reflash the stock recovery image and the current OTA rom and if needed go back to locked. Problem is, I don't have a copy of the recovery.img from the current OTA rom. Can anybody link me to it. Thanks

Sent from my Infected Rezound
[HTC Rezound] mikeyk101:
Here is a post with the full OTApkg.zip for 4.05.605.14:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40757466&postcount=19

If you extract the firmware.zip, there is the recovery.img which you can either put into a custom ph98img.zip and run in hboot or flash it from your computer using adb stuff. I recently had to restore my Rez back to stock as it is getting returned to Verizon for a replacement. I used the ph98img route to reinstall recovery after unrooting. I also then had to S-on the phone so I had to make sure it was bone stock so the S-on didn't brick it.

ETA: I'm not sure if that full OTApkg.zip will be enough to get you back to stock but what I had done in the past was to flash this stock rooted rom with Amonra 3.16 http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40941755&postcount=1 ( I was already on 4.05.605.14), do the full unroot option using the supersu app that was already there, and then flash the stock recovery and I was back to fully stock.

---------- Post added at 12:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:09 PM ----------

Any chance your phone was S-off?
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
Thanks... I am S-ON but that should really be all I need... I don't really need to go 100% pure stock, but if I can get it close that will work. Replacing the recovery image and leaving it S-ON, then flash the Stock OTA Rooted ROM from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2260154 and I think I will be close enough to sell it. If someone wants it with a custom ROM I can just leave TWRP and Infection, or whatever ROM they want, but I just need a quick option to return to "stock" if the buyer wants.
[HTC Rezound] mikeyk101:
You may want to flash the rooted stock before replacing the recovery back to stock. I don't know if the stock recovery will allow it...
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
The beauty of being unlocked is it doesn't matter... All I need to do is go into fastboot and use "fastboot boot recovery.img" for TWRP and I can flash anything, irregardless of what the installed recovery allows. But thanks for the warning, this is probably what I would do anyway.
[HTC Rezound] mikeyk101:
Doh!, I completely forgot about that way... Yup, that would work as well
[HTC Rezound] 318sugarhill:
I'm trying to give this phone to my buddy. Haven't used it since I got the S4, and he is still using a Dinc. I tried what was listed here, but it's only made things worse. I was on Stock 4.03.605 (leaked Global RUU) unlocked, rooted, s-on. I tried updating the firmware with the OTAzip. I made the PH98IMG.zip, and ran it through the bootloader. It only updated Hboot from 2.7 to 2.8. It did NOT give me 4.05.605 like I was looking for. I tried to run the Global Stock rom but got stuck in a white HTC screen. The only thing I can make work right now is a viperrom, but wifi will not turn on. I was hoping to give this to him as close to stock, but without wifi, it's not going to be very useful.

Currently I have it locked s-on with stock recovery, but I can unlock and put amon ra back on it. I use a mac so commands are a bit different for me, but I know the basics and what to on the mac (mostly). Any help would be appreciated. I tried to run the leaked global RUU again to reset it, but because the Hboot updated, it won't run it. I can't find an RUU for 4.05.605
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
My circumstance was very specific, this thread was not really intended to be a guide to take any version of software to another, I already had the firmware (HBoot & radios) for 4.5.605.14, just needed a few pieces to get back to "stockish"... There are other ways to return to stock for different software versions and this thread doesn't address any of those.

The OTApkg.zip is only for going from 3.14.605.13 to 4.5.605.14, no other combinations of versions will work properly. I am surprised that HBoot updated... what radios are you on now? If the radios updated then you might be OK, you can just unlock, then fastboot boot recovery.img of TWRP and flash in the stock/rooted 4.5.605.14 ROM (NOT an RUU, but just the ROM), otherwise you could be in a situation where you need to S-OFF and flash radios and tweak from there. If your HBoot updated then the leaked RUU won't work either, you could be in a tight spot. :(

BTW, the reason Viper won't work is you likely have a kernel mismatch, to install a ROM on an S-ON Rezound you need to flash the boot.img separately, that is where the kernel is, but that also requires you to be unlocked by HTCdev.
[HTC Rezound] 318sugarhill:
Damn....I have tried to flash the kernel (boot.img) through the fastboot command, but it never works right and leaves me stuck with a white HTC screen. Again, if it's bricked, it's not the end of the world for me as I upgraded to the S4, but my buddy was looking forward to 4g.

Basebands are 2.23.10.0123r, and 2.23.10.0124r
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
Well I think you're in luck, you have the firmware for the latest software installed... hboot and radios match for 4.5.605.14, all you need now is to unlock and flash a correct ROM! Working so I can't grab link right now, just get unlocked via HTCdev and post when that's done... all isn't list yet!
[HTC Rezound] 318sugarhill:
I just unlocked again..I don't need the HTCdev site anymore. The token and all that jazz is all saved to an android folder on the my macHD. I downloaded TRWP. Should I flash that next?
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
If you wish..

Actually installing a custom recovery is not required as long as you can fastboot boot the recovery image.

Did you want to return to mostly stock, or did you want to run a custom ROM like Infection Or something else?
[HTC Rezound] 318sugarhill:
I was looking for stock. 4.05.605 is ideal so he can play with it if he wishes. I don't want to have to field questions once its his. I don't mind helping him, but I don't want to cause him issues he's not looking for.

I have the image downloaded. How do I fastboot boot the recovery? Just ./fastboot boot recovery.img (as i have renamed the img as recovery.img)
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
Use this one

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2260154

[ROM] OTA-Global-Stock-4.05.605.14 710RD-Rooted 5/1/13

Flash ROM, extract boot.img and flash then should be goof to go.
[HTC Rezound] 318sugarhill:
I tried this earlier, but I get the white HTC screen lockup. When you say extract boot.img, you mean unzip the download, pull out the boot.img and put it in my android folder to fastboot flash correct? The command I use is ./fastboot flash boot boot.img. It appears everything works, but it never boots. Just gets stuck in the white screen.

I'm downloading it now, should be about 14 more minutes. I will try it all again, and see what happens. Fingers crossed. let me know if my commands are wrong or I'm missing anything. the ./ is needed for mac.
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
If you load TWRP via Fastboot boot it will flash boot.img for you, if you load if from hboot you have to flash manually.

Before flashing ROM, download and flash the CleanWipe x5 script found in a thread on the development forum.
[HTC Rezound] 318sugarhill:
I flashed twrp via fastboot flash recovery. I'm missing something. what is fastboot boot for TWRP?
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
That works, just requires extra steps. I don't flash recovery anymore, you can go into fastboot on the phone, then execute fastboot boot recovery.img from PC, this gives an unlocked HTC phone temporary S-OFF saving steps of flashing boot.img seperately and avoiding the dreaded Tampered flag (if it hasn't been set).

Lots of ways to skin a cat I guess. :)
[HTC Rezound] 318sugarhill:
I have the tampered flag. But I don't care about that. I'm long past warranty anyway. But when I use the command ./fastboot boot recovery.img it says cannot load "recovery.img"
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
You need to extract the recovery.img file from the TWRP zip and put it in the fastboot directory.
[HTC Rezound] 318sugarhill:
I did. It still gives me "cannot load 'recovery.img' "

Oh, doesn't matter. It worked. You are the mother &%&$&ing man. Thanks a ton. I love this stuff. I learn a little more each day (mostly how I'm a moron). Not sure if there was an issue with Amon Ra, but it worked with TWRP. I'm on the latest OTA build #, Basebands, and HBoot, and rooted. I owe you (well actually my buddy does :p)

I've never had success trying to flash the boot.img from fastboot before. It ALWAYS ended up in a stuck HTC screen. Thanks again man.