yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jabk1327:
This is my phone too, totally bricked after installing (and trying) all the NAND roms available in needrom site.

Flash tool gives error 3004 (brom error: S_DA_DRAM_NOT_SUPPORT) the handset does not support DRAM

not sure what else to do, I've tried about 40 different roms for i9500 galaxy S4 A3LGTI9500 ssn:I9500GSMH single SIM
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jabk1327:
Please share!

Please please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need this rom I have the exact same phone (NAND type) and can't find a rom that works, I've found some but give no image. I can restore your samsung logo, can tell you the steps. You will need to have the phone rooted, and install a file explorer like "root explorer" to be able to see your system files. I can tell you what files to modify.

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Well I found several roms that brought my phone from a total brick to a soft brick. The PC can see it, the phone starts, plays music, receives calls! but there is no image in the screen, just lots of colorful lines that come and go, sometimes it looks like an abstract painting LOL

can't find the exact rom for a phone type I9500GSMH like the one some members have here. I need the NAND rom, for a screen size of 960 x 540, Quad-core processor, ARMV7, Universal 5410, from Imagination Technologies, PowerVR 56x544mp OpenGL e520

Please if somebody has this phone could you share the rom, or tell me How to convert my .backup file (made through the phone's recovery screen) or maybe this backup is just for user info and does not work as rom backup? I'm desperate to find the right rom.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmali92:
Hey guys, I had lost my IMEI today.

I was lucky to find an auto-backed up .tar.gz file of my EFS folder.

Restored that folder and my IMEI is back and calls and everything is working.

Problem? I'm stuck in a permanent factory mode.

There's no lock screen, power menu directly reboots phone and there's a frustrating yellow overlay of my phone information. These things just won't go away whatsoever. Tried ODIN and a lot of methods on the internet.

Tried these via terminal emulator:

rm /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
rm /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
chown 1000.1000 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
chown 1000.1000 /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
chmod 0744 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
chmod 0744 /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode

and tried to do these via root explorer apps also.

Please help I need to bring my phone back to life.

Edit: How I fixed it:

Not sure if step 1 is needed but this is how I did it. (I've used X-plore File Manager for all the file operations)

1.Change permission of every file and folder in /efs folder to 777. Reboot.

2.Delete the folder /efs/FactoryApp (NOT ENTIRE EFS FOLDER).

3.Wipe data/Factory Reset. (/efs/FactoryApp will get regenerated here)

4.Open /efs/FactoryApp/keystr file and change its contents to ON.

5.Open /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode file and change its contents to ON.

6. Reboot and your problem should be fixed now. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Are you doing it as root "su"?

What errors?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nik60:
try this

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-9sw7RUYVLTQW5sSzR1aXJUams/edit?usp=sharing

install apk and open

method number 2 -go to efs/factory app/factorymode and open with file texteditor with root permission if is OFF you change in ON and save changes

but with apk is very easyer
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmali92:
Hey, yes I'm doing it with su and there are no errors. I reboot after everything and it still stays the same.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmali92:
Hey I've tried method no. 2

I'll try that apk now and get back, thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmali92:
Tried the apk. Negative :(

No errors but still unsuccessful.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
If you look at the 4th command in post 1, if you browse to and open that file, does it say "on" in it?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmali92:
Yes I've checked both factorymode and keystr file, both are on. And I've also made sure their permissions are 744

Im using x-plore file manager.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wangdaning:
What permissions does the whole efs have?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmali92:
It's 771. What should it be?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmali92:
Logcat

OK I tried to logcat it and these are just a few of the unhealthy statements(A lot were repetitions I guess).

E/KeyguardViewMediator( 2258): cannot open file : /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
E/FlashBarService( 2596): cannot open file : /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
D/ActivityManager( 2258): cannot open file : /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
W/System.err( 2832): java.io.FileNotFoundException: /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
D/SetupWizardSkipReceiver( 3403): cannot open file : /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
W/FactoryTestApp( 3403): WARNNING: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /efs/FactoryApp/hw_ver: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
E/FactoryTestApp( 3403): [Class] Support , [Method] setPermission , [Message] File not found : /efs/FactoryApp/hw_ver
W/FactoryTestApp( 3403): WARNNING: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /efs/FactoryApp/serial_no: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
E/FactoryTestApp( 3403): [Class] Support , [Method] setPermission , [Message] File not found : /efs/FactoryApp/serial_no

I know almost all of these are pointing towards permission problems but I don't know why they're occurring. I've set all the permissions according to all the suggestions I could find here on xda.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MemoryController:
Why don't you try setting perms to 777 and if it works start removing until it breaks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmali92:
Tried. Didn't work. :banghead:

What if I delete the /efs/FactoryApp folder and factory reset the device?

It should automatically get regenerated right? And will my IMEI stay after that? :-|
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmali92:
God it's finally gone. I think my whole FactoryApp folder was messed up.

I deleted it and wiped data from CWM. Rebooted and factory mode was still there. Opened both factorymode and keystr files and changed them from OFF to ON and rebooted again.

And I was greeted with the new phone setup on reboot :D

Thanks a ton all you fells. Problem fixed :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
hmmm interesting...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zachlag:
cannot find factoryapp

Hey I can't seem to find efs/factoryapp, it keeps telling me that the directory isn't there, I've done a factory reset via recovery mode it's still there, I can't exit factory mode
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmy080705:
OK I can confirm that you only need to delete the FactoryApp folder and do a factory reset for this to work. Dont worry about permissions. I couldnt get rid of the yellow writing even though my FactoryApp files said ON. Obviously corrupted because after deleting they said OFF, so changed to ON and fixed (6hours later!!!). All the abd stuff and terminal commands didnt work, only this solution. Dont worry the folder regenerates itself as he says so no risk.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] en11gma:
i have

us cellular note 3 on mk2

i was rooted (supersu1.93) with twrp 2.6.3.7

i used es explorer to write off to both those files and rebooted,

comes back on

deleted the factory mode dir after i made backup on sd card

factory data reset

on still there and wont change to off

boot into twrp and wipe everything i can (dont think its wipe is really working well. its the first twrp officially for this device)

odin stock recovery

odin over full official mk2

factory mode still on upon boot

did a ##RTN#

still there

just wanted do add i dont have the yellow overlay and my power button works ok

i have swipe to unlock and no mobile data

if i set unlock to pattern it does stop and wait

if set to swipe to unlock it just goes right on past it on reboots

factory data mode is supposed to turn off isnt it?

what exactly is its function

well i just follow the directions with the echo commands and it actually made my phone worse

now i dont even see the swipe screen AND my power button has no menu to restart phone. when i hold power button in when phone is at ui it just shuts off now

that is new

i can edit them both to off but phone power button = shut down and no swipe screen seen at all upon boot
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] en11gma:
i made a backup before i deleted the /efs/FactoryApp directory. i copied the backup i made back into place and now i can see the swipe screen "for a sec or 2" and now my power button working but still stuck in factory mode.

really could use some help on this one as it looks like its really gonna be a good one
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ah-Bollox:
Thank you very much

I had the exact same problem, spent the whole weekend looking for a fix,

Cheers mate ur a lifesaver.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arsenicas:
Thanks man. You're a genius. Had been stuck on this for three days.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tourafri:
Need help plz

ive tried the emulator method , doesnt work , ive tried the explorer version and there is nothing in the efs folder :( :crying:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] byakuya9687:
Lockscreen apk

do still have the apk.. I can't download it from the link.. Plz need it... Email me..

byakuya9687@gmail.com
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmali92:
No man. Device changed. Got nothing related to the old device.
[Sony Xperia ZL] acabreram:
Hi i´m looking for stock contacts and dialer.

Thanks
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akI*:
Dear all,

i dont know exactly how i did it but im now on my ubuntu touch in a read only filesystem... :eek:

sudo apt-get update
sudo: unable to mkdir /var/lib/sudo/phablet: Read-only file system

I noticed that as i wanted to connect with ssh to the phone to transfer my .csv file but have no write access anymore.

If i flash the phone with

phablet-flash cdimage-legacy

i have write access.

Reflashing to

phablet-flash cdimage-touch

bring me back to a Read-only file system

What did i wrong (well this could be hard to answer by you ^^) and how can i solve this?
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Try phablet-flash cdimage-touch -b

You'll lose all your data!!
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akI*:
Thanks!

So to understand it for the future:

phablet-flash cdimage touch [B]-b[/B]

performs a full bootstrap where

phablet-flash cdimage touch

just flash the daily build without data whiping?
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Yes, you're right! With -b you do a clean flash and you can start from scratch. Without the bootstrap it just overwrites system data (system apps, ...) but all your files are still on the device.

Tip: Type into a terminal phablet-flash cdimage-touch -h to see all commands (but I think you've already done this).
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eagleofdeath13:
If you are on Read-Only (recent builds) you can switch with :

$ adb shell

$ mount /dev/loop0 / -o remount,rw

It remains only one session ;)

source : https://wiki.edubuntu.org/QATeam/TouchTesting
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RumoredNow:
That's the most helpful thing I've seen since ubuntu-system emerged... Thanks, I was ready to revert to cdimage-touch, but now I won't have to. :highfive:

So following the example, I opened terminal on my GNex (latest ubuntu-system --channel saucy --no-backup) and typed in

sudo mount /dev/loop0/ -o remount, rw

after entering the password for sudo, I next typed

sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

and it brought up the timezone applet.

I was allowed to write my current time to the system!!!!!

:D
[Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eagleofdeath13:
I did the same ;)

And you can apt-get too ^^
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Androiduser96:
Hi guys I flashed a 4.3 ROM and when I'm going to restore a backup the first time it didn't let me. It gave me a error. I couldn't flash any other ROM. So I Odin. This time when I was going to restore my backup wasn't there.

What might it be?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Da Kine:
You need to be more clear when asking for help, help us help you. Were you on a touchwiz rom before flashing a 4.3 rom? Your backup might be gone now if you odin'd back to stock.

Try connecting your phone to a computer and see if you can find you backup, if your back up hasnt been deleted, it will be in a folder with the same name as your recovery (TWRP, CLOCKWORK MOD RECOVERY OR CWM).
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Androiduser96:
Yeah I was on touchwiz. The backup fot deleted before using odin. I connected it hut I didn't find it on the computer neither
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Da Kine:
Theres the problem. Google changed the file structure in android 4.2.x.

Just type into google "android 0 folder".

Sounds like your backup is gone and you have to basically start over. You should keep an extra copy of any backups you make on an extra sd card or even on your computer.
[Android General] Defees:
Sorry if this is against any rules, but I'm desperate, due to the massive range of phones.

My Xperia Ray is starting to show issues ("sim card missing", wifi disconnects... etc) and my notebooks battery is running to an end (if I unplug, it's dead within 10 minutes)

So I've been looking for the last 2 weeks for the best "bang for the buck" Android smartphone, with a maximum mental budget of around 250 euro's, but able to satisfy my basic internet needs

My priorities are battery life ("extensive all day internet usage") and a decent screen (resolution and scratch proof)

I've been focusing on Quadcores,and a display around 4,5 - 5 inch.

what phone would you choose from the following, or would you recommend one not mentioned?:

Acer Liquid E2 (scratch free?)

Alcatel Scribe HD (appearantly overpriced?)

HTC Desire 500 (over priced ? )

Huawei G525 (quite ok?)

Huawei G615 (better than ok)

Jiayu G3S (no decent benchmarks found, looks quite OK)

Jiayu G4 (no decent benchmarks found, looks better than OK, retina screen)

Lenovo A820 (alot of bang for the buck at first sight)

Pomp W88 (lots of bang for the buck)

Pomp W99 (alittle more bang for the buck.)

You also got "Star" Galaxy clones... but I'm not sure about them.

My main concern is availability via European vendors, since I do want a decent support/an European contact in case of a non-delivery of my order.
[Android General] hertogjanstefan:
I have the jiayu G4 for 2 weeks now and i realy like it.

Its the on with 3000 mAh battery and has a realy long life.

The only thing is that the GPS sucks. You can find alot about that on internet.

It cost me about 200 euro at pandawill.

Jiayu coms with the S1 and i think its better than the G4, but you have to eait a wile than

Verstuurd van mijn JY-G4 met Tapatalk
[Android General] TiTAN-O-One:
I'm considering of buying the Jiayu G4 or G5 Advanced or the iOCEAN X7 Elite. All of them look superb other then the slightly low benchmark of the X7 elite due to the 1080p res. Any ideas which to buy? I think all are of the same 299USD :D:confused:

CyanogenMod® :D
[Android General] cian hackett:
just got an xperia m for 200 euro this thing is sweet, definate bang for buck
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] latts:
Hi,

Been looking all over for this and I can't find anything and was wondering if someone here could help :!:

I am running windows2000 on my laptop and so can't download and use Media player 10. I am trying to send playlists to my QTEK S100 but so far can't get the device recognised by MP9.

It recognises it in Options -> Devices but I cannot find how to download a plug-in (if required) so that it can be seen. All I have at the moment is my Nero plugin available.

Anyone? :lol:
[LG Optimus G (International)] banangrg:
Hi, i've got some questions about e975.

1. I an looking for a kernel with oc option.

2. And would be good if this one or anything could minimize throttling issue. If not, i would only want to know how to fix throttling.

3. How big is the difference beetween 4.2 and 4.3 roms in performance.

4. Is 4.3 roms drains battery faster?

5. Does 4.3 roms has an effect on throttling and overheating?
[LG Optimus G (International)] kimitza:
1. Why do you need oc ?i said it many times,doing oc on this cpu is like adding 10 bhp to a 600bhp engine. The improvements are almost 0. If you want to score big in tests,you are in the wrong forum.

2. No throttle or overheating. Besides,if you want oc,won't that be another heating source?so,you must make up your mind.what do you really want?oc or a cool cpu?

3. If you mean by performance benchmark results,again,you are in the wrong forum.

4. Depends. You do realise both 4.2 and 4.3 are UNOFFICIAL builds,so the drain,compared to stock is a litle higher. This is also relative to every phone/user. If you have 2-3 email accounts,with push notifications,use 3g/4g connection 24/7 on a weak signal area,gps on,autosync on,not to mention what apps/services are runing in the background....well...buy yourself a mini nuclear plant.you will need it.again,non-sense question. We don't know how you use your phone...

5. Don't know what phone you have,but,at least on mine and my friends phone,throttle and overheat are urban myths. Amd most of us are power users,not newbies regarding smartphones. The phone behaves as it should,even on stock.no abnormal,paranormal activity with the cpu,as we constantly monitor it. Same with heating. The g is one cool device.

Sent from LG E975 pwd by CM 10.2/smart phones,dumb people.
[LG Optimus G (International)] MitoTakatori:
Nice points cited. :D :good:
[LG Optimus G (International)] banangrg:
* 1.You're right, there's no serious reason to oc Optimus G, i had an old routing from single core snapdragons (there overclocking from 1ghz to 1,4ghz gave an pretty big effect in apps).

* 2.Ok, if my phone will have 1,5 ghz if there will be a necessity (gaming) i don't have to oc it. (My problem is that I am poweruser too (i have e975 not so long) and i have a cm 10.1 based rom, but i still have overheating and throttling issues, (that is cpu slows down to 1,1ghz so i've got non-smooth gaming). After about 15 minutes G gets insanely hot. I heard about the same problem in Nexus 4, but in that case there were sth like a patch, which reduces heating effect.

* 3.I mean performance in demanding games (like Asphalt 8 etc.)

* 5.I've got a E-975 (European Version of Optimus G).
[LG Optimus G (International)] kimitza:
1 have the e975 since march. never encountered the slightest issue in games. and i play alot of games(rr3,asphalt series,modern combat series,nova series,shadowgun,galaxy on fire,you name it). you do realise G is top hardware,right?And the asphalt series is not so demanding. It's working fluid on my gf's arc s.

about the throttle,if you are a power user,you know this is a rare thing, and it happens if you make a dirty flash. when you do the things by the book, the phone flies. same with the heating. my old s2 was hotter than the g when i play games.again, measured with proffesional tool, not by hand.sometimes the s2 was over 57 degrees.with e975, after playing modern combat 4 for about 40 minutes, it never got over 50. not to mention i'm using a silicon case.
[LG Optimus G (International)] banangrg:
I never do dirty flash, I always do a full wipe (because i flash a new version of rom when the changes are major).

LOL, so you said that asphalt series are not so demanding? Asphalt 8 Airborne: doesn't even work perfectly fluid even on Medium quality, on High i have very unstable framerate (12-28 fps). I thought that temp nearly 48 Celsius degrees is very high, I afraid that my screen will broke because of temperature.

Is your Optimus G is underclocked to 1,1 ghz? If not , does it works always on 1,5ghz when it's necesary?

EDIT:

Whoa! I've flashed 4.3 rom (Mokee OS), and now Asphalt 8 works fluid on high,no framerate decreasing, i was playing for 10 minutes and phone isn't so hot. It's on a kernel attached to rom.
[LG Optimus G (International)] bogdan1980:
Guys, the G has cpu temperature sensor? Sell mine and forget to look at it. You can check with android Tuner, on cpu tab. Pay attention, I'm not talking about battery temperature.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cedropol:
Hello,

I found strange fact: when I call to any busy line I do not get busy signal/tone, there is only silence in phone and call ends immediately.

When I switch to speaker I get busy tone...

I've tried call to different networks - the same, when I put my SIM in an old Nokia - I have busy tone inside.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cedropol:
Nobody has such problem?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] john5220:
I once bought a N7 and the screen was bad compared t my S2 with super amoled

I liked my S2 as it was very colorful.

I heard the N4 was the same problem however that 4.3 increased the saturation or something like that?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
there is no such problem. amoled and IPS LCD are two completely diferent bits of tech. (s)amoled screens are pretty, but the colors are not real, and they are oversaturated. compared to a samoled, ips lcd look like they are undersaturated. but in reality, the n4 screen is closer to the true color than a samoled screen.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] john5220:
so its a matter of getting used to it? adjusting and retraining your eyes yeah?

cause I think my S2 didnt show web pages too nice. It kinda used to stink the white was not nice at all either blueish with powersaver on or yellowish without powersaver
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
Yes. My wife has a Note 2. She's used to it and so my screen looks dull and bland. When I look at her phone I feel like my eyes are going to bleed. It's what you're used to.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] john5220:
^ yeah thats how I felt after using my old N7 for 1 day

Went to answer my phone call later that day and when I looked at the yellow folder icons on my S2 was yuck.

Offcourse looking at the S2 for 1 day and then going back to the N7 was like YUCK so washed out like just make it black and white while you are at it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
i felt the same after going from the galaxy nexus samoled to the n4 lcd. but, with time, i did get used to it. and kinda like it now :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JaylanPHNX:
Of course there are custom kernels (like Faux123's) that let you adjust gamma settings for a much more saturated look.

Sent from an N4 blessed with AOKP and sanctified by Faux123!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] john5220:
IC so that means I will have to root the phone and then flash the kernel?

Is it a straight forward process on the N4? I used odin to root my S2 and S3 mini already and it was really easy just uploaded the pda file and waited

Do you have to pay for any app to adjust the gamma setting for saturation?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] john5220:
if I buy a Nexus 4 from google play store will they send a invoice/Receipt?

I live in Trinidad which is the Caribbean so when we buy electronics it will endure a 38% TAX fee when it enters the country.

If customs dont get a invoice they will google the price of nexus 4 in most cases they would check amazon or ebay

Amazon and Ebay currently has it for high prices like $400 USD

I want to pay $200 USD on google store.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
you receive a receipt by email
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kodochax:
I'm pretty sure there was a receipt in the box.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] john5220:
ok so the nexus box comes packaged in a normal cardboard box right?

And in that cardboard box is the normal nexus 4 box and a receipt right?

just clearing this up
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Salvy:
Install franco kernel, get his kernel updater (paid version) and use the recommended values (found in screen gamma settings).