yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razieltov:
I meant in the states its illegal to sim unlock a phone yourself. The carrier can unlock it and its not illegal.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joselv456:
I've never heard of this where did you get this info from I live in Texas

Sent from inside the T.A.R.D.I.S
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the1onewolf:
This is a new law passed by the library of congress.

It'll probably take one or two years to repeal.

Regardless, it's not illegal for you because you have a time machine.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joselv456:
Yes I do but I really haven't heard of this law and I work for a local phone shop and we do unlocks all the time lol

Sent from inside the T.A.R.D.I.S
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razieltov:
Yes, its illegal for new phones. But phones sold before the beginning of the year are ok. Yes its a stupid law and it should and hopefully will be repelled.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NubzX:
So if the phone is unlocked and s-off AND has a custom rom it isn't carrier specific anymore correct?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pav3:
can i use galaxy note 2 stock launcher on android 4.3 ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avercros:
Just install Nova or Holo launcher, both of them looks like the stock Android.

Enviado desde mi GT-N7100 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pav3:
i have Nova and its not like stoke i want launcher like note 2 or s4 .
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ncvikingx97:
He means can he use the touchwiz launcher . I don't think so, but if you have nova prime, turn the drawer effects to zero, transparency to full, and turn desktop animations to glass. That will look more like touchwiz than stock, if you also install a touch wiz icon pack.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayo234:
There are some custom roms that have the stick launcher. Just go find one

Sent from that one guy with the cool phone

If I helped you hit that Thanks button!
[Sony Tablet S] sanderz17:
Hello sir ..I have problem with my sony tablet s it is annoying autoclicking on home and back when i update it to ics 4.0.3r5a please help :( i cant use it properly
[Sony Tablet S] smgdev:
Try cleaning screen or removing factory installer screen protector.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] montana:
Guys, I got a HUGE problem.

I got my new Qtek S100, magician the other day with:

WM2003SE

ROM Version: 1,11,00 WWE

Radio Version: 1,11,00

Protocol version: 1337,42

ExtROM Version: 1,11,133 WWE

Model NO: PM10A

The phone works great as a PDA....but I cant get any service at all!

1. I did try Itsme's unlock tool (not pinlocked SIM in it, that is, I unlocked the sim card, then tried it) it said that it unlocked the phone OK.

2. Tried to reinstall the ROM, no difference.

3. I went to Settings---Phone--Network

Tried to "Find Network" = Nothing

Tried "Set Networks" = Gives me this message;

"Unable to read setting from the network. Try viewing settings later, or disconnect data connection and try again".

No USB or BT connection is established with a PC at the moment.

Please advise, and help!!

Thanks a bunch,

Monty
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] vijay555:
Sure you're not in flight mode?

V
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] montana:
Yeah Im not.

btw, vija as in vija who developed smart401?

Any other ideas by the way?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] vijay555:
What country are you in? Sure you're using the right radio type/band/ROM?

V
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] montana:
Yeah, I downloaded the swedish Qtek ROM (yeah Im in Sweden alright)

However, I tested with a diff. simcard from a diff. provider, that one gets signal but I cant make any calls, they just end abruptly.

Again, I used the unlock tool from itsme, and my device is listed so I really dont know whats wrong...
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] DON2003:
your mini might be Blocked (not locked) by your provider.

the network won't allow your imei on the network and when you use the other sim (it should be using only high bands 1800/1900) so it can't set to lock the whole network system bec sms and radio transmit at different freq) so you can get signal, send and receive sms but can't make calls.

just try this to confirm, plug in the sim that can make sms and search networks, if you can see all the networks available then I think it is blocked.

this is only what I know after some research but I may be wrong, hope this give you some help
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] montana:
Hi,

Yeah, when I put in the other SIM card, and I search for networks, it finds all of them.

Thing is, its brand new, but I bought it from a private person from the Internet (from a similar site to Ebay) guess this one didn't come with a reciept eh :D

Guess it wont do to just change the IMEI # then? I read somewhere that you could change it. Oh well, guess I'll return it to the seller then and get a new one.....:(
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] DON2003:
so it works like I describe? then it is BLOCKED by the order of NTC

XDA can change IMEI as it is hard burned on the ROM, good luck
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] bbcba:
[quote="DON2003

XDA can change IMEI as it is hard burned on the ROM, good luck[/quote]

can change IMEI? really?how to change?i also have a prob, when i softreset my mini,must wait almost 10 or 15 mins,then can find network?i already flash a few diffrent rom but still same. :( :(
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] DON2003:
can change IMEI? really?how to change?i also have a prob, when i softreset my mini,must wait almost 10 or 15 mins,then can find network?i already flash a few diffrent rom but still same. :( :([/quote]

very sorry, mistype in my previous post,

it should said CAN'T change IMEI
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loginsvarios:
Hi there!.

I do not know the name of this alarm tone I want, as I got it from one of the many ROMs I've tried.

The problem is that I saved it on the internal memory of my phone (so it can be always available when changing ROMs) but it broke down and returned formatted.

I know that this is an instrumental relaxed tone, with a sound like a forest/birds background. Very dawn style.

To give you an idea I have whistled, here:

- Unknown Tone -
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loginsvarios:
[Up]

No one knows that alarm tone?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Obviously not, or you would have got a reply.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DenisLBH:
The secret forest s2
[Off-topic] T3ER:
I haven't found anywhere how so please help, if its possible because i don't want windows 8 even it has better performance, yes it is true just seach windows 8 performance. I just have no it an i know those previews but i want first know if i don't need it, and that game i want you can't get on win 7
[Off-topic] LoopDoGG79:
Ask here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=17916356

OT gaming thread. Maybe someone will know there.
[Off-topic] namasteji1:
I think you can run all the games on win 7 and 8 vice versa as the compatibility mode runs fine and should work for most games. Hope this helps.
[Off-topic] veeman:
One way would be to update to Windows 8...
[Off-topic] kirby1fan:
Virtual Machines

You can get VMware or VirtualBox or something like those and acquire Windows 8 or 8.1. You would be running Windows 8 (or 8.1) within Windows 7.
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
As a Gamer, I much prefer 8 over 7... Compatibility with older games is much better than it was.

Playing newer-OS games-only on an older OS requires serious hacking. They did it with Halo 2 once, which ended up launching through DOScommand in 600x800 modus.
[LG Optimus G Pro] cynosure4sure:
Hi!

Problem:

I have a Korean LG Optimus Pro F240K and we can only select between GSM and WCDMA in Network settings. In my case I I wanted a 3G only WCDMA connection i.e. connects to 3G but doesn't try to search for LTE . So my data worked but sometimes it gave a pop-up message "Network not found" , nothing serious but slightly annoying.

Fix:

if you are rooted go and edit your build.prop, find the line:

telephony.lteOnCdmaDevice=1 -----> telephony.lteOnCdmaDevice=0

reboot :cowboy:

Problem2:

The camera shutter sound was on even if the phone was silent or in vibrate which was again a bit annoying.

Fix:

if you are rooted go and edit your build.prop, find the line:

ro.camera.sound.forced=1 -----> ro.camera.sound.forced=0

reboot :angel:

Hope this helps someone
[LG Optimus G Pro] spiderx_mm:
strage. ... mine is E988 (SG version) I don't need to root or mod anything to fix those things.

For problem 1 go to: Settings> Tethering & Networks > Mobile Networks > Network Mode > Select "WCDMA Only"

for problem 2 open camera, turn off "iA" if you've enabled it. Then click setting (on the bottom left), scroll down, select "Off" in shutter sound.

is that because F240Ks don't have such functions???
[LG Optimus G Pro] cynosure4sure:
1. Yes, we can choose WCDMA only in K model but there are no other detailed options like mentioned in the other thread...... in my case i wanted a 3G only WCDMA not a 3G+LTE WCDMA so i did it this way...

2. No option to turn off shutter sound completely in F240K
[LG Optimus G Pro] joshofali:
Yeah right no option to turn sound off in camera settings in F240K.
[LG Optimus G Pro] fosunite:
For my LG G Pro E986 i could shut off the camera shutter sound like this:

1) Find the build.prop file in the /system folder.

2) open the build.prop file with an text editor (which has root access)

3) Scroll down to the category called "ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES" or use search function

4) Look up for the keyword called "ro.camera.sound.forced" and set this to "0"

5) reboot your phone and that's it.
[LG Optimus G Pro] cynosure4sure:
sorry it was a typo...fixed it

thanks :angel:
[LG Optimus G Pro] scufutz:
thx

by reading this i manage to fix the service lost on my f240k
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orangepeel:
I'm writing on behalf of my partner who has been having a few issues with her Nexus 7 for a while now. It's running completely stock and on 2.2 i think.

We turn it on and get a repeating message of "Unfortunately system UI has stopped". you press ok and it pops right back up. Tried hard resets but no joy. It did try and update to 4.3 but because of the UI message I couldn't continue he installation. This error message sometimes changes to something like "Unfortunately NFC has stopped". I can't even get into it to turn usb debugging on to do a manual update.

Just before we send it back to Asus, I wondered i there was any solutions I could try. I have tried using the Nexus Root Toolkit but the tablet, with no debugging, is not being recognised or connecting to the pc properly

On a side note before it got this got bad, we were having problems with google apps crashing when we tried entering anything in text fields, with just really erratic behaviour.

Any help greatly appreciated.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrman:
Can you still get to the bootloader? Hold down "volume-down" and "power" simultaneously when powering up.

If so, it sounds like a fresh start may be in order. Don't mess with the toolkits, just learn the commands, so you know what is happening when. Go to the first stickie in this section and read it thoroughly. Then proceed paying particular attention to steps 6&7 in the driver installation section. If all is well proceed further.

It does appear from reading the last few pages of the guide thread, that there is currently a problem with the bootloader contained in the 4.3 JWR66Y image file from Google. There are two ways around this problem. If you want to run 4.3, Comminus was kind enough to post an image of the previous 4.3 bootloader here Go ahead and download it.

Because of this bootloader issue you won't be able to use the exact instructions contained in step 4 of the section "Flashing The Factory Image". What you'll need to do is extract the individual image files from the google download and flash them separately, replacing the "bootloader-grouper-x.xx.img file with the previous version posted by Comminus. A good post from mnoguti that lists the individual commands for this method is here on the Galaxy Nexus forum. You'll be replacing "maguro" with "grouper" or 'tilapia" and there won't be a radio.img file to flash if you have a "grouper".

If you just want to flash 4.2.2, you can just follow the instructions in the first post I linked. However, you will eventually be prompted to dl the ota update and upgrade, so you might as well just do it now and be done with it. Make sure and read everything here twice and understand it before proceeding. It's best to ask any questions before you're in the middle of a flash. Oh yeah, and please hit the "Thanks" button on all those posts I previously listed.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] msc3169:
Can anyone share the Phonebook.apk from the latest firmware?

Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GretaLewd:
Hi all,

There is a lot of evidence on the web of people with Sony devices (like Xperia Z phone) who have unlocked their bootloader, done an OTA update and ended up with a bricked device:eek:

The Sony developer website also warns people not to use OTA if you have unlocked your bootloader.

Can anyone comment on this for the Xperia Tablet Z?

Has anyone here with an unlocked bootloader used OTA..and survived ?
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andymg350:
If you have unlocked your bootloader OTA updates wont work you have to use Emma or flashtool
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GretaLewd:
Interesting.

In all the reports I've read people definitely were able to use OTA after unlocking the bootloader - that's how they ended up in a mess.

Also, on the Sony developer site, here : http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/ it advises people not to accept OTA updates. Why say that if you can't anyway :confused:

Maybe they've changed the functionality on newer devices....but people may need to be careful.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andymg350:
its never worked for me since i unlocked my bootloader, either sony pc companion spits out an error when it tries to install any new firmware saying its using custom software and using software update in settings > about tablet does the same thing spits out an error saying it cant install software, so i use flashtool or emma.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] frznto:
Searched and couldnt find anything that was my exact though close issue

Phone turns on says samsung then hits galaxy 3 screen then off.

Cant get into recovery, phone turns off before it loads; blue text does show up so its trying to load

Gets into Download for about a second then the phone turns off

Tried with a JIG phone stays on for a few seconds then just turns off

Tried doing this then connecting to my pc but turns off before odin can show a connection

Tried multiple battery pull ways, quick, kept the battery out for a few minutes then tried.

Swapped it into my girlfriends phone thinking the screen might be an issue but no avail

tried three total different batteries, two samsung official S3 and one hyperion 4600

Phone was rooted and was running intergalactic 2.9 then upgraded to venom 7.0 about a week ago

My apologies if this has been answered and if it has been solved please point me in the direction

at this point if I could get my internal storage I would be okay
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaibhav414:
My brand new Nexus 4 got stolen within a week of buying it while traveling in Bombay. I was hoping to get it back after lodging a police complaint and they assured me it will get traced using the IMEI number. But recently I have came across many newspaper articles saying that the IMEI number can be changed using software's from the internet.

If such is the case, aren't the IMEI numbers useless in the first place?

The new IMEI number doesn't make the phone unstable or make it share its IMEI number with any other phone?

Can phones with changed IMEI numbers be used with regular mobile networks?

Modern technology isnt making this impossible?

Can someone well versed in these issues answer these questions?

Thanks
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devhux:
I'm pretty sure changing the IMEI number would be illegal.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
So is stealing the device in the first place! The thief won`t care for that. As discussions about changing Imei numbers are not allowed on XDA that doesn`t mean there isn`t some dark app/software around to change the Imei though.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Warbuff:
Is illegal and you would have to have some sort of access to be able to change it
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaibhav414:
there are many softwares avb thru which the IMEI can be changed. But adding extra digits to the IMEI number or having two phones with the same IMEI number not make the phone useless? can the telephone companies not read these type of phones?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaibhav414:
In India the success rate of phones getting recovered is merely 2%. There are many shops in seedy places where thieves can get the phones wiped or get the IMEI changed. Manufacturers need to come up with better solutions to prevent theft or make the phone unusable once stolen. If they expect people to buy such expensive phones, it wouldnt hurt them to make them more secure and in turn safe guarding our costly indulgence.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exb0:
I'm sure it's possible for them to make the phone trackable as long as the phone has charge. Eg, a small chip that is ALWAYS on to enable 24/7 GPS tracking.

Although that's nice, people would complain about privacy. They would say the manufacturers are tracking them and soon there will be some illuminati or political war going on with the manufacturer.

Is it possible? Very likely.

Will people like it? Yes and No.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaibhav414:
Thats a good idea. and Privacy-shrivacy! People who make a big deal about privacy should pay everyone who loses their phone and then cant track it.

Also, manufacturers have done away with a tiny slot that you could used to tie a cord around. I feel tying your phone to your trousers is the only way not to lose your phone in India. We are packed like sardines here when we use the public transport and thats the only way to secure your phone.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eksasol:
Wouldn't be surprised if they're already doing that, atleast American carrier locked phones. But then it would be detected by engineers by examining the motherboard? Although it's not necessary with network and software capability like Carrier IQ and Prism.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danielms22:
Pretty annoyed by people who keep whining about privacy as well. Germany is probably the worst worldwide right now when it comes to such people. Like a while back, when they all complained about Google Streetview and set them back via lawsuits and politics several times. Now it was only passed when people were able so request their houses(!) to be pixelated. I mean srsly, it's not like it's their faces or licence plates, it's just some outer walls, every one can see when driving by themselves! Anyway, that's why there isn't much Streetview going on here right now (Google probably got tired of it). And it's just one of many annoying examples.

But back to topic: I think Google is doing some good first steps in the anti-theft and recovery direction with the Device manager. Now it just has to work for me...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exb0:
Nope. I actually don't like "big brother" tracking me down.

So what if you can track it? I might be able to track it down to a condo, so how are you gonna know who took the phone?

I doubt the police would make a raid JUST FOR A PHONE.

Yes I know, I've been to India. Yep, I agree on this one. I do want a strap.

If they were, engineers would see it.

No, with software it's easily wipeable. If the nexus 4 came with a tracking app named TRACK (for an example) , I can just take the phone, wipe it and install cyanogenmod on it. There you go, the app "TRACK" will be gone. Software side would be useless. If i'm not mistaken cerberus suffers from the same problem. It's a software. I'm sure you can wipe it.

Bottom line is, unless manufacturers make a HARDWARE that lets you track it, there's no full proof way of tracking it. Even then, it's hard to convict someone of stealing your phone.

In case you're thinking that I don't understand your pain of losing a nexus 4, trust me when I say I do. I lost my nexus 4 IN SCHOOL about 2 weeks go.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaibhav414:
The point is to make stealing phones difficult. If the police raid a couple of times, the thieves would think that its useless stealing phones, since they get tracked and would discourage them from this practice. Till the someone found an IMEI loophole, im guessing phone theft would be on decline too. For eg: Modern cars. Since the chip installed in the Key. Car theft has gone down considerably.

Also, were not really upset upon losing your Nexus 4? What steps did you take to get it back, if at all?

I was hoping mine would get recovered eventually. But i have lost all hope.

I wish the thief gets slow roasted in hell.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Serathian:
hey guys.

I've got a few questions regarding my i9100's kernels and ROMs.

I'm currently running dual boot RR Rom in primary on dorimanx v7.8 kernel, the kernel got updated to v7.8 when i installed M1UI ROM in the secondary ROM space. Both ROMs are 4.1.2.

I've tried to install the latest stable version of root box and paranoid android into 2nd ROM position. When installing them via cwm recovery I didn't get the launcher like with M1UI or RR, so there was no option to upgrade the kernel.

Paranoid android didn't boot at all after install and root box booted but the start animation was laggy when booting and once booted the system UI crashed with everything else. Both ROMs are jellybean and dorimanx v7.8 supports jellybean?

I'm guessing I'm missing a obvious compatibility issue.

My question lays with updating the kernel. Is there a proper way to update the kernel so I can try paranoid android and root box?

Should I clean/wipe both ROMs and caches, run a kernel cleaning script and install a new kernel (the latest version of dorimanx)? Then my current ROM will be incompatible?

Do I just got ahead and install a compatible rom (root box / paranoid android)?

Is this the right way to go about updating kernel to try new ROMs?

I haven't been able to find a guide on this subject. Leaving me with a small fear of fiddling with things I don't fully understand. If someone could point me in the right direction that would be great.

Many thanks.

serathian
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
For the latest root box and pa to work you need say dormanx 8.xx. Do clean your system up with kernel nuke and rom nuke then flash rootbox 4.2.2rom to first rom then pa 4.3 rom to 2nd rom. I say 8.xx cuz if you want to use a stock based rom you will need 8.xx as this is for both stock and custom rom. 9.xx is just for custom. By all means if your going to run just custom the use 9.xx

I9100/I9300
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Serathian:
So once I've nuked ROM and kernel do I just go ahead and run rootbox.zip or do I flash dormanx 8.xx first?

I'm guessing I have to install dormanx first as its not included In root box?

How do you classify stock based ROMs and custom ROMs?

PA is based from cm, aokp. cm and aokp are based on stock ROMs?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Flash rootbox then flash dormanx then reboot. Set up rootbox then bk into dormanx cwm an flash 2nd rom. Forget about dori 7.xx as it's old and out dated. That's for ics custom jb rom. Stock firmware is any thing that uses the stock base. If you want to run jb stock based rom it needs to be a modded for dual booting stock based rom.

Cm aokp pa custom roms

Ics jb firmware is stock rom

I9100/I9300