yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
That backup is for OpenRecovery. No guarantees it works on CWM buddy. You'll have to figure out converting it, or switch to Open Recovery.

I've also posted some stock backups with TWRP... But again, I don't know if those will work for CWM or not. Maybe you can convert them?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] penguinpal:
I as thinking of switching to TWRP - maybe I can replace CMW with TWRP on my phone as it is now. And then restore on of the TWRP backups?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Yes, if you wish. That same thread had stock backups for TWRP of ICS and JB.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] penguinpal:
Ok I have TWRP in and now looking for jellybeans to restore!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
lol, same thread. Look up one post.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=41542856&postcount=9
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] penguinpal:
ok windows I will try

I could not find a JB TWRP to restore. And I discovered I have a laptop with windows8 that I was planning to put ubuntu on - but I have not yet. So I thought I would give the windows way a go.

So I have RSD lite and the motorola drivers installed. The FXZ downloaded and edited.

And I found your (arrrghhh) edit with basic RSD direction - and I am VERY grateful.

But I am stuck here:

You also need to have fastboot on both your phone and the computer.

where do I get fastboot? is it part of sdk below? Or how do I put the phone into Bootloader ?

And I need the sdk aswell?? Cause the post says:

I have /sdk-tools/ in my c:/ drive.

It's just about 2am, so I am going to bed - but I will look back here first chance I get.

Getting this to jellybean is quite the adventure (ordeal).

But I am very thankful that so far every time I restored my phone to my last running state, it does so smoothly. CWM or TWRP. That at least is warm and fuzzy.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] penguinpal:
Somewhere along the way I had downloaded a PQ_JB-421.rar file which as it turns out WAS a TWRP backup - just without the data. So I used the data pieces from the other TWRP backup I downloaded Stock-PhotonQ-TWRP-Recovery. Then I could use TWRP to recover the PQ_JB-421 backup and I am up on 4.1.2

yeah!

Thanks to arrrghhh who helped me actively and to everyone who posted something that helped me along the way.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Just for future reference - the backups posted WON'T include data. That is personal stuff, and can be safely wiped, as it will be recreated on first boot.

So all you need to restore is boot and system. Hope that makes sense.

Enjoy.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] penguinpal:
Yes It was an "aha" moment when I realized what data was and why it was not there. I should have quit sooner - I was way to tired/irritated/distracted to make sense of what was in front of me. Thanks again.
[General Questions and Answers] jualmarxkh:
Hi all, first of all I apologize for my bad English, well what happens to me is that I install the ROM Touchwiz 5.0-V3.1 Revolutionized all walks of wonders Sky_Walker but when I wanted to use the GPS put me in a town in the I'm not at a time in the middle of Atlantic Ocean and elsewhere in NY.

I'm from Dominican Republic and that's the only drawback I wrong or is this ROM Allado eh, I like their looks and everything else.

I hope someone can help me, thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] akafaze:
T-Mobile surprised me when I was offered unlimited LTE, capped at around 4800GB of data. I have rooted my phone and I'm running VirginROM (4.3 Vanilla), and the default WiFi hotspot option doesn't work. I get data when my phone is on HSPA+, but an LTE connection will just not send data to my laptop or PS Vita. Are there any reliable apps or methods to turn my phone into a LTE hotspot?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Exel:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=android.tether&hl=en
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] norml:
Use this http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/ and https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hotspotshield.android.vpn&hl=en
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] akafaze:
Carrier not supported for that app, sucks since it has good reviews. And the other app the poster shared below doesn't seem to work either. Anyone else have reliable working tether apps?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] norml:
WiFi Tether 3.3 beta 2 works fine. What's the problem ur having?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] destritox:
i've got an archos arnova

7h g3 4go arm7 1ghz 512mb and i can't access my bootloader pleas help me i've try adb fastboot but nothing happened pleas help me !!!!!!! :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pimbo:
8)

While browsing the wiki i found there were no dutch operator settings for T-Mobile on it.

So i commited my files of the Customization of T-mobile.

On the ftp upload site

Busytone.cab

TMD_AP_NL.CAB

TMDNLCustomize.sa.CAB

TMO_DialSkin.CAB

T-mobilesplash.CAB

T-MOsetting.CAB

version.CAB

I think this are all the files, or did i forgot one :?: please led me know so i can post it as well.

8)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaywik1:
My camera says it can't connect to camera why, i tried re flashing the rom it worked but when i switch to front camera it happens again, so im just confused is it the romS or my camera, *I tried different roms and the same thing happens, Im not sure if this was because i updated my bootloader and radio....Can someone just give me sum type of info, other than that i believe the Nexus 4 is a BEAST device.......:laugh:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hern1989:
I believe its your camera. I own two nexus 4's and no problem with the camera. Flash it to stock. Lock the bootloader and RMA it. Actually flash back to stock and see if your problem is still there. Then you can RMA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Today I picked up my new GS4 and it comes with MDK (sw ver on box ends in MDK). I want to root right away and probably unlock in a few days, so I have a question.

Do I need to activate before I do anything or can I just turn it on for the first time and root? I ask because I have heard that it will try to update as soon as I power up the first time and I do not want ME7.

I have searched a bit and wasn't sure so I am in a holding pattern. I have found the rooting directions and have everything together.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hexitnow:
You can go ahead and root. You can put your phone in airplane mode so it wont download anything. Afterwards youll have to disable it so you can update root binaries. The update file is a hundred megabytes so youll have time and by chance if you get the whole file you can postpone it. After rooting I recommend freezing/renaming/deleting sdm.apk to get rid of the update notifications. This will also kill the update process as well so you dont have to worry about it updating your phone afterwards.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
I don't think you have to activate but even if you do, just root your phone now like right this second root and install a custom recovery. I activated my phone, deferred the update and then got root and installed twrp.

P.s. incase you accidently press accept on the ota, pull your batt and come back here for help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Thought I could, but wasn't sure.

Thanks!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
I'm rooted!

Thanks for the help!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Ok, I have another question. Does installing a custom recovery break 4G? I ask because on my last device (Motorola Photon 4G on Sprint) lost 4G service when flashing a custom recovery. I have Rom Manager installed and would like to flash the latest CWM as long as 4G will still work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jd1639:
It doesn't have any affect on 4g.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
That's a nice change. Thanks!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
One final question before I become a serial flasher trying a few ROMs that just interest me so much. Which recovery? I want to eventually run Cyanogenmod, that is, unless I like something else better than CM (it was hard to beat on my Photon). Should I use the one I can install through ROM Manager, TWRP, or a CWM based recovery (such as the one linked on CM's webpage)? Whichever it is needs to work installing CM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Heatshiver:
TWRP is cool, but wasn't working for downloading as of yesterday (for me). I used Rom Manager since it was easy, quick, and I'm very used to them. I always hesitate a bit on CWM just because I remember some bricking issues on the SGS3, however, it never happened to me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Cool, Thanks! I'm familiar with CWM but for some reason I don't have the same good feel with the GS4 as I did with other devices. I guess I'll go with Rom Manager.

Let the flashing begin!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
If you guys want to switch between recoveries you just flash the other ones. I've posted a few zips that i use to switch between recoveries.

ClockworkMod 6.0.3.2 Touch zip here

ClockworkMod 6.0.3.6 Touch zip here

TWRP 2.5.0.2 zip here
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Heatshiver:
Surge, do you by chance have the latest TWRP? I'd really like to give that a go.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
I have 2.6.0.0 but I don't recommend using it. I personally use 2.5.0.2 and if you were talking about 2.6.1.0 I don't think anyone has complied it for the Verizon gs4.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Heatshiver:
I was thinking 2.6.0.0, any particular reason not use it, or just preference?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
It freezes on the boot logo too often and in general isn't as stable as 2.5.0.2 also I hate the new placement of where cache and dalvik-cache are in the wipe menu. It makes it way to easy to accidentally wipe the wrong partitions. But if you want to try it I can make a zip.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Heatshiver:
I won't try it immediately, but I would like to some time. If you could post or send a zip, I would appreciate it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Just made the TWRP 2.6.0.0 zip. Flashed it myself to make sure it works.

Note: I dont recommend flashing twrp 2.6.0.0 unless you knew what you're doing and have a way to restore a recovery. If you do install it you may get stuck on the teamwin blue screen the next time you reboot recovery. Don't freak out, just hold menu + power button for ~15 seconds and the device will shut down. Reboot and it should reboot to twrp this time, without getting stuck on the splash screen

ClockworkMod 6.0.3.2 Touch zip here

ClockworkMod 6.0.3.6 Touch zip here

TWRP 2.5.0.2 zip here

TWRP 2.6.0.0 zip here

TWRP 2.6.3.0 zip here

(9/09/13) Edit: Added TWRP 2.6.0.0

(9/17/13) Edit: Added TWRP 2.6.3.0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Heatshiver:
Thanks, Surge. I'll probably try it in the coming week, just to give it a go. Disappointing to hear that it isn't up to snuff though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mlin:
I second this version 2.6.0.0 is unstable and not worth using. Look around the forums and you'll find plenty of complaints about it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FernBch:
Well, finally installed a custom recovery yesterday and have made a nandroid. I went with CWM 6.0.3.2 and also installed Rom Manager. I like the features it has. I almost decided to go with a different recovery because the text was rediculously small hut when I opened Rom Manager it linked up to 6.0.3.2 and told me there was an update available, so I took it. 6.0.3.6 is so much better.

Now the serial flashing can begin! I just can't get use to TW but may try a couple TW ROMs for haha's. CM and the AOSP style is my fav so that's where I'll most likely wind up.

Thanks Everyone for the pointers.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wtherrell:
Be sure to try Hyperdrive.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] lordandroid:
I just bought this on amazon its a really nice cradle charger Im using it with my S4. Nicely designed grippy texture an additional slot for spare battery charging. Plus I'm using it with a 2.0 Amp charger for speedy charging. The S4 sits nicely with a case (Spigen SGP ultra slim feather light) or if your using your S4 with out a case then you attach a slide in sleeve onto the cradle so that the case less S4 sits snug. I also purchased Ravpower's 2800 Mah non NFC battery but awaiting its arrival. What's nice about it is no extended battery door needed.

sent from my 2013 Nexus 7
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] darren.wlsn1:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2418934
[One (M7) General] For_itembine:
Its there. And it happens a lot. On 4.2.2 and on 4.3. I had to disable all transitions/animations because it is annoying to have a beastly phone with choppy stuttering animations

Inb4 my HTC one is silky smooth.. ..
[One (M7) General] austriak:
I don't have any of the issues you are referring to. My One GPE runs extremely smoothly with transitions/animations.
[One (M7) General] FanDroid09:
Uhhh maybe because most people aren't having issues with chopiness? What GE rom(s) have you been using? I've been running sinless and it's silky smooth.
[One (M7) General] Alcoholic:
No problems here either
[One (M7) General] For_itembine:
I think I'm running the first or second 4.2.2 ROM that came out. I also used the 4.3 ROM with the ridiculous huge icons and the animations stutter. Not all the time. But quite often.

Tell me what ROM you guys are using which is not choppy?
[One (M7) General] mchockeyvette27:
Running sinless and I don't have the choppiness. It's 4.3 as well. Have you tried fully wiping before flashing?
[One (M7) General] ryanfsdf:
Ive run all the GE's 4.3 and it seems pretty choppy for the specs. For example, scrolling to side pictures in gallery isn't perfectly smooth. I didn't notice the very slight choppiness until I met the Moto X, which has worse specs but seems to pull out on top in overall smoothness
[One (M7) General] Ciebiada:
Android just isn't perfectly smooth. You have to deal with it. There was a reason for Google Project Butter in the first place and I highly doubt they could fix all the lag in a one go. However, don't get me wrong. The current state of smoothness is manageable and perfectly fine. Yet for a trained eye it is still not at the level of iOS.

All the guys saying their android device is perfectly smooth were probably saying the same thing back in the ICS days. Until they realized that it can be smoother after Google announced Project Butter.
[One (M7) General] EddyOS:
I'm running the stock 4.3 image posted up and I do very occasionally get a few dropped frames but nothing to bother me about - quite surprised how well it runs tbh! :D
[One (M7) General] mgymnop:
I have the HTC One GPE edition and there is no choppyness at all. My Nexus 4 was very choppy on 4.2.2 but it went almost away with 4.3. Still HTC One is much smoother.
[One (M7) General] io53:
I remember noticing this when I did GE convertion on 4.2.2. I think i figured out that the stock kernel is ramping up the cpu frequency too slow sometimes, try the performance CPU governor as see if things gets smoother. Haven't noticed the lag on 4.3 tho, not sure if it disappeared or I just got used to it. I noticed the same behavior on my Nexus 4 sometimes.
[One (M7) General] austriak:
I went from iPhone 5 to the HTC one and converted it to Google play edition. I am running 4.3 and see little to no difference in smoothness between the one and the iPhone.
[One (M7) General] Cyrixfreak:
Yes it's true. With sense I never had a shred of stutter but I'm on my second stock GE 4.3 and still have to lower animation settings to look "perfect". I'm still happy though, few tiny stutters don't bother me but makes me wonder why sense never did that.
[One (M7) General] revamper:
Buy an iPhone
[One (M7) General] vicious_killa24:
That troll face fits you well sir.

Better yet try AHRD. Its the bee's knees.
[One (M7) General] Roadrunner100:
"why is nobody mentioning the choppy animations in the GE??"

On a stock unmolested GPE (4.3) - no choppiness whatsoever. Animations fly like turd off a lubricated shovel.
[One (M7) General] sagarsamtani:
I am having same problem on GE 4.3 .... However i thought its because of Modaco Switch that i am using...

The htc sense 5 is very smooth ... Hats off to HTC for that... I had been using iphones from years .. Until i sold iphone 5 to get Htc one...smoothness is not on par with iphones but enough to satisfy me... Thanks HTC
[One (M7) General] killman2659:
I agree 100%. Android will probably never be as smooth as an iPhone. And so what. I personally could care less if my phone drops a few frames here and there. If people have the time to worry about it then they should just get an iPhone or WP if they want a super smooth UI/UX. An to answer the question, OP, I am on 100% stock GPE 4.3 and i rarely see and lags. If there are, they are very subtle and i almost never notice them at all.
[One (M7) General] Cyrixfreak:
That's definitely not a fact. I use and setup iPhone 4/4s, 5's and they still have stutters and hiccups like jelly bean. No difference. I hate it when people's default answer is "get an iPhone for perfection". Obviously you haven't used enough iPhones to get an educated opinion.
[One (M7) General] Ciebiada:
Well, sure they have hiccups from time to time, like for example the new youtube app on the iphone 4, it lags as hell, but things like that are to be expected.

I was talking solely about the fluidity of the UI animations, I am still amazed how fluid my fiance's iphone 4 is when I get to use it.

And nobody said about iphone being perfect. Like myself for example, there is a reason I have switched from iphone to android devices and I am not planning to go back.

I am just admitting that iOS was always better in regard of UI animations despite the inferior hardware. Android on the other hand is getting there, or the current generation cpus are (getting ready for android) I should say ;).
[One (M7) General] killman2659:
I wouldn't say that I haven't used an iPhone. I had an iPhone 3GS, 4, and 5. All 3 had issues but the animations were smooth. Don't get me wrong, Android is catching up but iOS tends to have less frame drops than Android (from my experience).
[One (M7) General] io53:
Could someone that notices the lag try to use the performance CPU governor and tell if the lag is still there?
[One (M7) General] Theshawty:
I tried GE 4.3 a few days ago. Didn't notice anything out of the ordinary and certainly no stuttering animations. I tried SinLess. Though GPE wasn't better nor worse than Sense roms.
[One (M7) General] pr0x2:
No frame drops here. It all depends how you use your phone. If you have 20 apps open and ****ty connection your phone will get hot and slow. Why iPhone does not have this is because no real multi tasking. Also no widgets or live wallpaper and no 1080p screen not even 720p. And if you use iPhone for few weeks all day you will have same speed as android 4.2 only in your mind it will be faster. People that have laggy phones should have kept it stock because sounds to me you are clueless in flashing roms lol.
[One (M7) General] InflatedTitan:
I can say with an honest heart there are no lags or any studdering while running stock odexed GE 4.3 on my personal device. Its extremely fluid and smooth for me. Scrolling is smooth and animations are smooth, animations at 1x or .5x doesn't matter, K-Y all day every day
[One (M7) General] Stephen:
Thread closed

Guys why are we talking about iPhones and nexus phones on the HTC One forum? Remember forum rules keep posts on topic and comparison posts are not allowed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] catcatscats:
Updgraded to Jelly Bean 4.1.2 via Kies. Un-rooted, stock SGH-I777. Stuck in bootloop now at AT&T logo. I already did the wipe data cache in recovery mode with no luck so it leaves me to factory reset as my next option. I've spent several hours browsing through the forum already. Do any of the below allow me to keep data?

1) Use Odin and stock firmware - downloaded the UCMD8 tar file

2) Root, install kernel w/ CWM to use backup functionality. (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1285894)

Just need a point in the direction I need to go, I'll handle the rest.

If the result is all the same (i.e. data loss), I'll use this issue as an opportunity to put a custom ROM on my phone.

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Yes, most likely a wipe data/factory reset performed in recovery would correct the problem, but you will lose some system data. Which specific things are you worried about losing? You won't lose your photos, or any data from applications installed from the play store.

You are going to have to perform a wipe data/factory reset to use odin and the stock UCMD8 firmware. In fact, at this point it is probably the only way out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 4-2ndtwin:
U could try to re Odin the firmware first. Not sure where ya got it from, but it should be a no wipe. But if that doesn't solve ur problem, then ya have a few options--- Odin a custom kernel (like AJK), and then u could Mount usb storage through recovery and backup ur stuff to ur pc. Then try to see if it will boot up without looping. If it still loops then u need to go back into recovery and wipe data/factory reset. Reboot. And it should be good. Or if ya don't care about ur data, then just reboot to recovery and wipe data and reboot.

Edit: Ninja'd by creepyncrawly ! :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] catcatscats:
mostly just concerned with losing SMS but i have a backup from a few weeks ago so im not out much.

thanks for the answers! I guess i'll just have to make the plunge on one of the options.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] thatg:
hey so i flashed the newest clean rom and tried to flash the logo menu button hack and after trying to reboot the screen is just blank. Any combination of buttons makes the bottom two buttons flash but nothing appears on the screen. Please tell me there is a fix for this. thanks guys
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] thatg:
anybody?! ive tried using the RUU but my computer doesnt recognize the phone, it'll make a noise when i plug it in but wont recognize it
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] ahm12:
see what other people say...

but if nothing works out send it to HTC..i recently bricked my rooted ONE X ..could not find any answer on XDA and end up sending it to HTC..

came back working perfectly fine
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] thatg:
i let the battery drain last night and plugged it back in and it showed the charging light. then i held the power button and the htc development software screen came on then it goes black again.

theres an mtp driving missing, if i can find that i think the ruu will work. ive downloaded the drivers from the tool kit and the htc sync manager but still no mtp driver found. any ideas?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] CheesyNutz:
thats a driver problem install the proper drivers and the RUU will work
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] f6v8nf1:
Try

Try:

- Put your phone into fastboot mode : power + volume down

- Reinstall HTC driver, uninstall HTC syn

Goodluck :D
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] CheesyNutz:
Not sure why you quoted me lol

Sent from my METAL PHONE not some plastic phone bloated phone
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] thatg:
so heres what i did, im not sure what i did when flashed the logo menu button kernel but it messed something up during the boot process and wouldnt let me use any button combo to fix it.

i let the battery drain, charged it up till i had a steady orange led light, held volume down + power and got into recovery and restored the backup i made before i flashed the kernel.

I'd still like to get the logo used as the menu button if anyone has been able to get this working on an AT&T htc one I'd appreciate being pointed in the right direction. thanks guys.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] kennypow3rs:
Logo2menu works fine. I'm unlocked s-off and rooted and I've used it on almost every Rom I've tried. It's enabled at the kernel level. Find a rom you like, then find a supported kernel then flash it and usually most kernels flash from aroma and let you pick from a list of features. Here's my last tip. Go to the regular HTC one forums not att HTC one. No one really hangs around here. It's the same phone...