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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Splifff:
Hello all,

I tried searching the forum and google for this problem but haven't come across anything.

I really hope someone can help me out or I'm gonna have to buy a new phone.

I need to access the PhoneUtil menu by punching in *#7284# so I can continue with this procedure to enable AWS. But the menu is not coming up. I even restored the phone to factory settings but still no menu. USB debugging is enabled.

I followed this procedure when I first got the phone a few months ago and it worked. Now all of a sudden my phone only starts to detect Bell/Rogers network and not Mobilicity. So I'm guessing if I went through this process again it will work...but I can't get phoneUtil to pop up this time.

Any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] scott14719:
Do you have an AT&T S4? And, if so, did you take the MF3 firmware update? Because if you do, and you did, you shouldn't have. The only thing you can do with a phone on MF3 is Root. No service menu, no Kies, No ODIN, and no going back.

If this is the case, there is a lot of information about it all throughout the General and Q&A sub forums and this information has been there for a while.

If it isn't the case, maybe you can give a little more information and someone can help you. Good luck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] atomicspaceindian:
did you install the phone util apk?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Splifff:
Yes I downloaded and installed phoneutil.apk from multiple sources many times, but the menu never shows. It's a Bell S4 not AT&T. Could I have installed the MF3 update even though its a Bell phone?

Not sure how to root but I can search. Will rooting it solve the problem?

If you need any other information let me know.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] SOFKAZ:
I had the same problem too :( I think it is becoz of the OTA update..which disables that USSD code...did u find any solution how to solve the issue? I really do not want to root the phone..thank u.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] skeith223:
Do anyone have this HTC one radio app mine will not work I'm gonna try and reinstall it, the ones in the play store won't work either.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Aldo101t:
what rom are you running, i don't think fm works on aosp, and you'll need the fm framework as well.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] qualitymove13:
Also make sure you have the headphones in for the antennae to find the signal. You can then put it on speaker if need be.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergiotucano:
Hi all!

All ok?!

Guys, I search in the forum but don't found a solution for my problem.

I've a Galaxy Ace 2 GT-I8160L with JB ROM. The problem is..RAM.

My total RAM is 624 MB, but only 100 ~ 150 MB FREE. If I open Chome + Free SMS or Facebook App + TED APP the RAM go down!

In many times appear a Black Screen and Ace 2 reboot.

Have a method to free more RAM in GT-8160L using JB ROM?

Tanks all!
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superlenvin:
If you are using stock Touchwiz JB, then stuff like this is normal:silly:

If you really want to use your Ace 2 like a smartphone then, you could remove samsung bloatware:good:

Or you could reduce the hassle by installing stock-based or AOSP based custom rom:laugh:
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lab34:
It's a normal thing to see android consuming the ram. It's by design...

First, I was very happy with my i8160p with 482MB of ram :o. My son gave it a try and said "your phone is a ****, he is very slow, and always black screen, freeze, and so on..." :crying:

So, we investigate a bit, and we realized that he was using google chrome, and I was using the stock browser.

Since I remove Chrome, no more problem ! :laugh:

(But to be honest, after that, I decide to upgrade to 624 mb with the tutorial... because Nova Launcher was not kept in memory)
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergiotucano:
I use a New Zeland Stock Rom, without bloatware.

Well, I will search a AOSP ROM for GT-I8160L. ;)

I Flash a New Zeland Rom and this come to 624mb of Ram... ;)

I use Nova launcher... I will make a test. I will remove Chorome and install Dolphin... :good:

But be honest! Is very very very low free ram for a smartphone...
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S.AMU:
Why? My galaxy 5 is also a smartphone and normally I have between 1 and 15mb of free ram. Total ram is 180mb.

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[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergiotucano:
In my Galaxy Y the free memory was little too. But Galaxy 5, Y etc. Are entry level smartphone. :good:

The Ace 2 is a mid level with 768MB and 624 only usable.. :(

I mean, if the phone have 768 is natural that remain more space on RAM...

But is this...If I don't solve my problem with any Rom I try make a tweak for this problem, :laugh:
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superlenvin:
I also used to have a Ace-i, it had the same specs as Galaxy Y (POS):mad:

from there I had a long journey, I bought an awesome HTC(Got stolen), got the crappy Lumia 620(Gave it back to the shop, Got ace 2):laugh:

The Ace 2 shows only 624mb usable because the rest mb of ram is used by the GPU and maybe by the CPU:mad:
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S.AMU:
Yeah, the galaxy 5 has 256mb of Ram, but only 180 usable. Se developers tried to unlock the rest, but it worked only with one mb more. The rest is used by kernel, gpu....

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[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergiotucano:
In this case. I think that best option is create a swap in sdcard, no?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S.AMU:
Yes, or comp cache.

But 624mb is better than 180 and swap or compchache. (just ordered the ace 2 - in two days

..... )

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[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergiotucano:
Is very better ! :laugh:

:good:
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lewsa17:
Uninstall Google apps and Services:D and used replacement apps which not runing on boot, possibly you can deactive some apps ;) Last time when i tryin' increase some memory from stock rom i got used memory on level 260 mb maybe less.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergiotucano:
When I flash JB in my phone I delete all stock apps, only play be stay in cell :D

:good:
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lewsa17:
I'm not sure in 100% but deleting play store we can gain 40 MB maybe more free memory
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simonna:
To have more free RAM you should to root your phone and to delete all Samsung crap!!!!!!!:cyclops:
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lewsa17:
It's logical, without root preinstalled apps can't delete
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergiotucano:
I've root access in my phone :good:

The first thing that I made is gaim root access in my phones ! :laugh::good:
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superlenvin:
Why dont you guys use Supercharger V6 ??

Rox made an excellent tutorial on it !!:laugh:
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lewsa17:
For me better then supercharger is pure performance
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lab34:
with "try and see" method, with rootappdelete in safe mode I have removed:

-news and weather

-chaton

-samsung account

-game hub

-google play films, magazines, books, music

-mini diary

-music hub

-samsung apps

-sns (related to facebook...)

-talk

-talkback

-weather daemon

-weather widget

-all Y! (news, finance, finance daemon)

And I don't use google now and google chrome (stock browser instead), and google+ and facebook (atrium instead) and google maps (waze instead)

and I'm happy ;)

Just sometimes, the new youtube freeze, when switching from fullscreen or when iconifying the video while searching (nice feature)...
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] filippino:
Hi everybody!

my dream will be to have my Jam connecting to my Parrot CarKit CK3100 sending all the audio to it and navigating using TomTom5.

Which bluetooth stack I have to use ???

I tried the Toshiba but really a lot of problem....sometimes work, sometimes not..... any suggestion ??

Thanx a lot !
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] filippino:
32 people read my message!

Nobody wants to share his opinion about M$ ****stack ??

Thanx again
[HTC EVO 3D] thatdumbguy:
So today, i went to load up a book in kindle and it crashed a couple times in a row. I figured no biggy, and rebooted the phone (which I can't remember the last time I did, weeks ago).

Upon reboot, for some reason, I'm stuck in a boot loop. I get the white screen with the HTC logo for about 15-30 seconds, it shuts down, repeat. I figured no biggy, everything is stock, I don't care about anything on it, I'll just use the RUU to fix it.

That is where my problem begins. Unforunately, I am updated to 2.95, and the last release RUU is 2.89, so it won't let me install. I can get into hboot, I can use fastboot, so I used fastboot to erase the cache. Anything I select (factory reset, recovery, etc) in hboot just sends me back into the reboot loop. Manually flashing errors out because of the mainver discrepancy. I can't use the low version fix because I'm not rooted, so sure, let's try that... I started the process and unlocked successfully. Now the problem is, any recovery I've installed (4ext from the root thread, CWM5.8 from the boot loop thread) installs fine, but whenever I reboot recovery, again, boot loop. It doesn't matter whether the reboot comes from a fastboot command or selecting recovery reboot from inside hboot.

So, desperate (and somewhat ignorant), I booted up into Linux and tried the unbrick post, and of course, the device never shows up with the battery out, cause it ain't bricked. I was hoping somehow that I could use it to replace hboot, figuring that might be corrupt or something crazy like that (grasping at straws really).

What I really need is a 2.95 RUU, but that hasn't been released, and I figured if that didn't work, something is probably fried hardware wise.

I restored a stock signed recovery, so more or less, right now I'm back exactly where I'm started (other then the fact that my phone is now unlocked) and just not sure where to go from here. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks!

EDIT: I'm a moron, and I forgot to specify, but the phone is sprint. I also don't have any service on it (mainly used as an mp3 player) so I don't have any recourse through them.

I'm almost considering bricking the thing to change the hboot (I haven't done my homework on it yet) any thoughts there? Or is it not something I can do because of my problem?
[HTC EVO 3D] hossman:
Sounds like you didn't flash a ROM after getting into recovery.

You need to make sure you're unlocked, and flash a recovery...4ext recovery is highly recommended as it has a setting just to help s on users.

To start and get you up and going, i suggest downloading butterz sense ROM and placing it on your SD card.

Then you need to wipe everything except your SD card

Now flash a new rom, like butterz sense.

Reboot and you should be good

If not you may need to flash boot.IMG in fast boot.

to run an old ruu, you will need to get s off and for that you need a booting ROM.

Good luck!
[HTC EVO 3D] thatdumbguy:
Well, the problem is that I can't get into a recovery after I install it, I'm still caught in the boot loop... but I will try flashing the boot img. Thanks!
[HTC EVO 3D] hossman:
If you would like a quicker response/fix check your pm....i can try to help
[HTC EVO 3D] thatdumbguy:
Well, I did reflash boot.img with no success. I went to relock the phone and was just gonna throw it on the shelf for a couple weeks (as I do have another one), and when I did that using fastboot, it sent the command over and the phone received it, but it gave me a failure message. So now, it doesn't turn on, when I hook it up to the charger, I get the red charging light for about 10 seconds, and very occasionally when I remove the battery and put it back in the HTC logo appears for about 3-5 seconds before the phone cuts off again.

I'm starting to think there was some hardware issue. Since it had a screwy digitizer anyways (and I chose to get another evo for 65 rather then paying 30-35 for the ldc/dig combo), I'm just going to keep it around for parts and maybe play with it another time.

Your offer of help is greatly appreciated however, thank you.

EDIT: It doesn't seem to be truly bricked, or it isn't a recoverable brick... not really seeing the dim red light and the unbrick script doesn't detect it... the phone isn't in emmc mode... but I'm not hugely concerned with it now like I said.
[HTC EVO 3D] thatdumbguy:
LOL I'm a moron... my battery went dead during the whole recovery thing. Slapped another battery in and I am back to the original problem. Ignore my last post, basically.

At this point, I think that I might be possible that I can't get into recovery because, to the best of my knowledge, the "fast boot" option is ticked in the settings. Unfortunately, I can't get into the phone to change it, so even more chicken/egg stuff. Bleh. I'm still chugging along, any input appreciated. Maybe I can call HTC or Sprint and beg for an RUU?
[HTC EVO 3D] hossman:
Good luck!

So pull the battery, and put it back in.

Hold volume up and then press power.

Does that bring you to boot loader?

Does it say unlocked?
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Skitals:
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Quick video to illustrate some of the difference. I bought the fake one on Amazon from a US based seller with Amazon fulfillment.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] scott_0:
good info, hopefully this will help others, I was beat on one of these fake charger kits, mine came in a single package but looked like yours, I had my doubts that it was fake from the day I got it, my battery wouldnt charge all the way and died quickly, so I started digging around and researching and found it to be a fake, I ended up buying an authentic system directly from Samsung
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Skitals:
The ironic thing is the authentic one was cheaper than the knock-off. Samsung still has a coupon for 50% of all accessories under $50, so the charging system comes to $24.50. Orders over $50 get free shipping, so I got two charging systems and a pack of Tectiles for $57 shipping :)

Check retailmenot for current coupons: http://www.retailmenot.com/view/samsung.com?c=4772794

Not affiliated in anyway with retailmenot or samsung, just passing it forward.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] scott_0:
yeah I missed the 50% discount by like a week when I ordered my charger kit :mad:
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] big samm:
I have the authentic one from samsung but mine didn't come with a wall charger... you said the wall charger 0.7 amps? In reality it should be 2amps just like the charger that came the phone no? It will charge the battery much slower

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Phatdawg:
Mine also didn't come with the wall charger. But everything else looks the same.

Battery charging at 700 mah will have your battery charged in 4 hours. If your phone is on, it draws about 400-500 with the screen on idle, so it would be considerably slower.

Since it's just a charger and there isn't actual use, it charges well at 700 mah. I didn't bother looking at the fine print of the charger so I take your word for it. The charger itself should have an input and output on it's power.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] big samm:
Here is the sticker inside the charger...

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Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Skitals:
That is definitely legit. I forgot to mention to mention the fake/foreign one has a different model number... it ends in a C instead of a U. I'm guessing maybe "China" vs "US" market? They look very similar, but there are some obvious differences besides the sticker and packaging. The LED light bleeding through the plastic is most obvious. I also noticed the Chinese version had a green PCB instead of black. I didn't do a complete teardown, but you can see it through the holes in the corner of the battery tray.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] slofmb:
Am not so sure that those things mean that anything is fake.

For example, the original battery in my s4 says Made in Chine, assembled in china.

Those big companies produce slightly different versions of products for different markets for pretty obvious reasons.1st of all is Regulations and 2nd is demand. For example they judge that people in China are likely not going to pay 50$ for the charger so they opt for lower cost materials to drop the costs.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Skitals:
I agree. But when you pay for the US version, and shady sellers pawn off the lower quality foreign market product, that isnt acceptable. The product description on Amazon even warns buyers to look for the Samsung hologram on the packaging. These cheap versions, real or not, dont have any holograms and shouldn't be sold as substitutes. If you want to pay less for the foreign version on aliexpress or wherever, and you know what youre getting, more power to you!
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] slofmb:
Definitely. Nobody should be paying the price of the American market product and getting the inferior (maybe quality-wise but not performance wise). But then there are people (and i admit that sometimes am one of them) who dont care if the light shines through the plastic and i wouldnt mind paying almost 1/2 the price for that.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] anuj6111:
HELP PLEASE !!!

just got my s4 battery kit delivered ...

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can any1 tell me is this fake/ oem ??

i haven't opened it yet .... :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] anuj6111:
the battery that came with my device is "made in Japan and assembled in china"

the one with the battery kit is "made in Korea"

it is still not clear which is oem / fake !!!
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] dtrinh4000:
the battery that came with my phone also says made in japan and assembled in china. i don't think that means the phone is a knockoff though... the batteries are made in various different placesi t seems.
[EVO 4G General] BackseatDriver:
Please close this thread. I have officially moved to BlackBerry and these files are being removed from my storage accounts. Thank you in advance
[EVO 4G General] orangekid:
Thanks for sharing.

next time, unless you developed said files, please share in General (where I have moved this thread)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grollaz:
Hello everyone, I crashed my Desire S, making various messes I also formatted, now practically not start if you do not hold down volume and power button.

I want to restore the original rom and make it as out of the factory, does anyone know how to do?

I searched various forums and guides, but none complete, the fact is that I can not restore it, who can tell me how to do step by step?

Thanks in advance!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nikguy:
[SOLVED] So who wants a challenge? Here we go:

So long story short I formatted date/cache and all that stuff with team win touch recovery. After i found out that i was unable to re-flash a new zip for some reason, I decided to use the nexus root toolkit to try to factory reset.

Anyyyway, somehow Fastboot failed halfway through and now recovery is gone with everything else. The only thing i can get into is the bootloader mode....

My device is still listed as a fastboot device, but when i try to re-run the 'flash-to-stock from bricked' mode i get this: (see attached picture)

Please help, I honestly have been working on this for days, but i simply do not know enough to fix it! I have also been on this site for some time, but i have not been able to find a solution.....

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

-Nick

EDIT- So I solved my problem, but i have no real explanation as to why it worked. I literally tried it over and over and over, then it eventually worked. Sooooooo your guess is as good as mine!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Blagoja D.:
Hi guys, just bought my Z Ultra (upgrading from Note II + Nexus 7 v1). Bought the white/silver trim version - I liked it more than the uniform black version. I updated the firmware (with the latest sony official) but I've noticed (and this was also before the upgrade) that only 1 loudspeaker works (the one on the opposite side of the Sony logo - the bottom speaker). So while playing media, sound files, youtube, videos etc, sound is only coming out from the bottom loudspeaker - the top one remains quiet. During calls, the top speaker works fine as intended, I can hear voice through it.

So is this normal or I've got a defective unit? I thought this device had stereo sound from both speakers (like HTC one).

Thanks.

B
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] corrado85:
The top is not a speaker sir. It is a placement for second microphone for noise cancellation. Z ultra only has one loud speaker :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] avetny:
looooooool !

Thread of the year !!!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] zylor:
You won the Internet. Please accept my Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dfwjose:
So I rooted my Skyrocket last week and I screwed something up and since than I've had problems with the audio on the phone part. So I'm running Odin and even after double and triple checking I managed to screw it up by not having Auto Reboot checked. In a panic (and after waiting a long time) I unplugged the phone and powered it down. I booted into Recovery and did a wipe and installed CM 10.1.2 and I swear it worked fine for a week but all of a sudden I started having this weird issue with the phone audio. I'll call a number up and I won't be able to hear anything but I can put it on Speaker and it comes through fine or if I use my Bluetooth Headset it works fine.

I reloaded CM 10.1.2 and still nothing. I tried a nightly, I tried 10.1, I tried Beanstalk, and I now I'm back to stock and no luck on the phone audio. I have no idea what to do. I've tried Google searching and I'm coming up with a bunch of things but not what I'm looking for. I've even found some people having similar problems but they got no answer as well and I'm waiting to hear back from them (I found at least three people reporting the problem over on Cyanogenmod's Skyrocket Forum). I found some reference to it possibly being a Kernel problem. Thoughts?? I'll do some reading up on that tonight.

As a last resort I'm looking into buying a used Skyrocket to replace this one because I'm still 6 or 7 months till I'm eligible for an upgrade. HELP!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jd1639:
Edit, sounds like a hardware problem.

Have you tried to odin back to stock?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dfwjose:
Well I wondered about the hardware problem myself but it was working fine before I flashed everything and was working fine for a while afterwards. But I do have an issue with hardware. A few months ago I ran over the tip of my headphones at work with my chair and broke it off. Without thinking about it I put the tip back and reinserted it back on the phone again. I immediately realized what I had done and when I pulled the headphone jack out the tip remained inside the phone. I'm pretty sure it's caused some odd issues with my phone when trying to play audio using the speaker as sometimes it would play and other times I would hear anything unless I played it through Bluetooth. I took the phone apart thinking I could get to the tip that's inserted in there but it really can't be reached.

With the new phone audio problem I didn't think it was related because it was working fine before and for a little while afterwards. Plus I've seen other people post on the Cyanogenmod Forum about having the same problem so I'm not sure.

So no thoughts on it being a Kernel issue or some other software problem?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dfwjose:
Oh and yes I've tried back to stock with no luck.