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[Droid Ultra General] reggie14:
That's what I was talking about. Can you unlock the Maxx DE just by issuing fastboot oem unlock, or do you need an unlock code from the Motorola website, too? I've been assuming that you can just issue the unlock command, like a Nexus device.

Do you know if Motorola blows a fuse when you unlock the phone?

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You're analogy is great, but I think you got it a little wrong. It would be like like if you bought a car, installed a sound system, and then the refused to honor the warranty on the drivetrain. They're not going to do that without pretty good evidence that you caused the problem.

They ought to be able to make it work. Computer manufacturers don't refuse to honor warranties if install other operating systems. They mostly can't refuse to honor warranties if you overclock, since they can't easily tell that you've done that.

They ought to be able to do a reasonably good job of determining if the user's modifications likely resulted in problem. Obviously they're not always going to get it right, but neither can computer manufacturers.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
The unlock method is the e-fuse that Moto uses on all of their devices. You need the code from Moto to complete the process. Once you obtain your code (even if you don't use it) your warranty is void. Says it right on the page when you get your code. They assume at that point that you're going to use it. The only difference between the DE devices and the consumer devices is that the IMEI/Unlock data is not blacklisted by Moto and is allowed to obtain a code whereas the consumer versions are not allowed to receive a code. Well, that and the pretty DE stamp on the back :P

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Actually I used to work in warranty facilitation for a major computer manufacterer. They do not support or facilitate warranty work on machines without the factory OS (or a sanctioned upgrade like win vista to 7 or win7 to 8, etc). You can always re-install the factory OS (or sometimes they'll do it for you) and they'll cover it but... That's just how it is.

When it comes to the phones its just what you accept for running non-factory software. If you unlock the device the warranty is void. This is true of all mfg not just Motorola. There are ways to skirt the system if you don't want to unlock the bootloader (safestrap etc) but even in those cases the warranty is void they just have very little way to track it.
[Droid Ultra General] reggie14:
I only had a warranty issue once. The fan in my Dell laptop failed. They certainly didn't ask about what OSes were installed before they came to my house to fix the fan.

I think there are steps that companies could take to limit the potential for abuse. Having people restore to stock and relock might be one. But, if your warranty issue is that the USB jack came loose (which has been covered under warranty on several phones), whether you unlocked your phone really shouldn't be an issue.

Anyways, we might have to agree to disagree on this one. If I get a Maxx DE I'm going to get a SquareTrade warranty to guard against problems. They've gone on record saying they'll cover rooted devices.

It's interesting that you need the code for the Maxx DE, but I guess that makes sense. As you said, then the firmware doesn't need to change at all.
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
The problem is this: many people would rather prefer to send the phone for replacement (even if they could recover it by themselves) in the US - and that costs $$. It's why Verizon and AT&T don't like unlocked bootloader. This doesn't happen in Europe generally, so that's why the bootloaders are unlockable there for all phones.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Exactly
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
As for the shipped indication, it rather looks like they change it to "shipped" upon when you receive it based on the description.
[Droid Ultra General] eraursls1984:
All they would have to do to avoid this is to have the FXZ, ODIN, and whatever files LG and HTC use to restore devices to stock at the corporate stores.
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
These are lately quite available ;)
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
Ah yeah, about the "out of stock" thing, they will restock the phone by the end of the week (approximately). Unfortunately, that hit my order too, so delayed tsk tsk tsk ...
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Bleh. I was hoping you'd have a chance to take a look at that 4.3 build soon lol
[Droid Ultra General] reggie14:
That dev doesn't seem to have the capacitive buttons working, either.

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Sorry to hear that, but it's good that they plan to restock it fairly quickly.

It's interesting that there are so many sales. Based on the nearly lack of development, I'm guessing a lot of the sales for the dev edition are going to folks outside the US that want a Moto X with better battery life.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
I know. I was the one that tested and posted that they weren't working... :P
[Droid Ultra General] reggie14:
Really? I don't see any posts from you over there. Are you Gundabolu SC?

Are we talking about the same thing? I thought you were talking about the new PAC ROM thread.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Lol no. I was talking about in this very thread earlier when I was talking about flashing the official 4.3 engineering build found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2460923
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
Actually, the Moto store doesn't accept a debit card outside US - they don't ship outside US and didn't even accept my debit card from CZ. Also usually dev. edition is purchased by those who would eventually want to put custom ROM on it, that doesn't mean they are developers.

I made some experimental CM builds here: http://skrilax.droid-developers.org/cm10.2nightly/razrqcom/index.php?device=xt1080 (get.cm so far has only three variants of the Moto X). There is some small difference between mine and official, none apply for the MAXX though.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
This post in particular from that thread might be of interest to you http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2460923

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Did they cancel your order? If so that blows. Let me know if you need help. I'll order it for you if you wire me the money.

If you have the time can you look at the engineering build I just linked above and see if you can make heads or tails on getting the capacitive keys working?
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
Ah no, the order is OK, only placed it later because I had to get a US bank account first. It's interesting that T-Mobile ROM works actually, do you have the navigation bar when using it?
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Everything works except the capacitive keys. The soft keys are there so it's usable but I'd like to get the capacitive keys working so i can disable the soft keys in build.prop. A couple posts up I put a link to my post in that thread where I detailed the changes that need be made to get it running.
[Droid Ultra General] TechSavvy2:
So am I to believe the VZW Moto X roms are flashable on the dev edition Maxx (with slight modification)? Reading up, that seems to be the case. Was gonna go with Dev Ed Moto X, but maybe I'll do this for battery and mooch off their roms, lolz. :p

Plus I really wanna support Moto in their new wave of doing things :good:
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
It's probably wrong devtree in the boot.img for the MAXX. Will need some experimenting first.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Yup. I've tested a few and they all work fine regardless of carrier base. Have to change some modem defaults but that's easy enough.

Okie. Let me know if you need me to test anything before you get your device.
[Droid Ultra General] LunaticSerenade:
I'm also open to testing, if needed.

Sent from my XT1080
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
The reason why the cap. buttons weren't working is missing idc and kl files probably (they were not in Moto X firmware I saw):

Put the file from https://github.com/razrqcom-dev-team/android_device_motorola_xt1080/tree/cm-10.2/idc to /system/usr/idc/ and the file from https://github.com/razrqcom-dev-team/android_device_motorola_xt1080/tree/cm-10.2/keylayout to /system/usr/keylayout/ (reboot if not done via recovery).

Then navbar has to be hidden in the config of framework-res.apk (you can use apktool), find where "config_showNavigationBar" and make sure it's set to false (I can do that if you send me /system/frameworks/framework-res.apk). There may be a problem that the cap keys don't have menu key, I don't recall how that works in stock ROM.
[Droid Ultra General] Gundabolu SC:
Here you go.. The framework-res.apk! I actually tried replacing "/system/usr/idc/" and "/system/usr/keylayout/" from our 4.2.2 ROM before, it booted fine but the capacitive buttons never worked... :(
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
I tested also with the same results. I also tried pulling the ones currently installed on my device just in case and that didn't work either.
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
I see. Looks like it's really going to be the devtree then.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Ok thanks for checking. That's kinda what I figured.
[Droid Ultra General] 181charan:
Yeah probably... And your CM build has the same problem, its got the NAV bar n no capacitive buttons..
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
Interesting, because I added the overlay on the CM buildd to disable it. Guess there is more to it, can you guys post me "dmesg" right after booting it?
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
I got the new radios if anyone wants to screw around with them. I created a thread here in case you want to tinker: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2504712
[Droid Ultra General] SymbioticGenius:
As far as radios, is there any way to get the droid Maxx enabled on LTE for GSM networks?
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
The current radio (75) does not support band 4 which is what TMO/ATT use. VZW does have plans to enable band 4 on these devices and the one i just posted today might do it but I haven't had a chance to test yet. The GS4 got their band 4 update this week so it wouldn't surprise me if this radio did the trick but again, I haven't had a chance to test yet.
[Droid Ultra General] reggie14:
AT&T has some LTE deployed in band 4, but most of their LTE coverage is in band 17. I don't think the Maxx is going to be able to support that.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
AT&T and T-Mobile are both band 4. AT&T also utilizes some 17. Sprint uses 25/26 (wtf) but they don't matter for our purposes since this device will never natively function there. Same for US cellular who use 5/12. Band 4 is the only one we really care about here as its the only band all 3 of the main carriers share that this phone is compatible with.
[Droid Ultra General] reggie14:
I'm not disagreeing, although perhaps changing the emphasis. My understanding is that the majority of AT&T's LTE coverage area is band 17 only at this point. It's easier to deploy LTE on the lower 700MHz frequencies than the higher frequencies of AWS. Plus, AT&T doesn't even have a license to use band 4 in a large portion of the country.

My point is just that anyone thinking about getting a Maxx to use with AT&T should realize they're not going to be able to get LTE everywhere AT&T has it deployed- they'll only get it where AT&T uses band 4.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
You would be correct if the user isn't in a metro area. They use band 4 in more poplulus areas much like vzw does. I get where you're coming from though. Many people are eyeing T-Mobile for their unlimited data these days even though their coverage is a but spotty if you get away from those same metro areas.
[Droid Ultra General] reggie14:
Didn't AT&T have to give T-mobile a fair amount of its AWS spectrum, even in a handful of large cities? I don't think AT&T has deployed LTE in band 4 in as many areas as you think.

I'm sort of torn right now. The Droid Maxx looks great, but the Nexus 5 looks better in every way except for battery life. The idea of dropping $650 for a Droid Maxx DE doesn't look so attractive compared to a $400 Nexus 5. But, that would require me to move off of Verizon. If it were just me, I'd be perfectly fine with that. I get terrible Verizon coverage at home (so I use a network extender), but my wife needs a Verizon phone for work. It would cost a fair amount more per month to move off our Verizon family plan for a separate AT&T plan.

Anyways, I'm in a holding pattern now. My contract isn't up until Verizon, and their ETF is fairly steep even when you're just a month out. And I can't buy a Droid Maxx DE now anyway.
[Droid Ultra General] AjStone:
Is there a program that tells you radio information like which band you are using?
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Not that I'm aware of. Some of the ROMs will tell you though.
[Droid Ultra General] reggie14:
I think you can sometimes tell from field test mode. You'd have to figure out how to bring up the field test screen and interpret the codes.
[Droid Ultra General] 181charan:
Hey bro... The capacitive buttons from ur latest builds don't work either.. U got the Maxx yet!? Can I help in anyway!?
[Droid Ultra General] ssfunnay:
Is anyone experiencing signal issues with Skrilax's latest ROM? I'm in an area with strong 4G LTE signal, but was only getting two bars of 3G. Is this why you brought up testing out radios, arcanexvi? Also, I'm up for any testing and very interested in helping make this better. I'm also going to be trying to tweak my phone / learn more about this whole process. I have the Droid MAXX DE rooted and unlocked with TWRP installed.
[Droid Ultra General] 181charan:
Doesn't your phone force close?!? And the capacitive buttons?! I think the RADIO was just an update...
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
I don't run Skrilax_CZ 's ROM but the radio should be fine unless something is borked. I yanked the radio from the Moto X update as the reception on it is better.
[Droid Ultra General] ssfunnay:
Nope. No force closing here. Everything is working smoothly as far as I've noticed except for recording, capacitive buttons (but that's being discussed above), and the signal. I fixed this, though, by dialing *#*#4636#*#* and setting my preferred network type to LTE/GSM/CDMA auto (PRL). I have to do this fix every time I reboot though.. :(

I see. It would seem something is borked, unless it's just me.. :/ See above for how I'm having to fix the issue.

Edit: By the way, I'm running: 04/11/2013 19:39:40.

[MENTION=2228410]Skrilax_CZ[/MENTION] -> If you need any help testing things, just let me know. I'm all for learning how to debug/fix/edit/etc. I'm very new to this process currently.
[Droid Ultra General] Skrilax_CZ:
I'm still waiting for my MAXX, going to pester them tomorrow again, because this "out of stock" crap takes too long. Oh, video recording doesn't work (same for X), don't know about other issues.

You can post me kernel log ("dmesg > /data/local/kernel.log" in a root shell on the phone, then "adb pull /data/local/kernel.log ."). maybe there is something interesting there. Anyway CM10.2 is experimental still, so will take some while for it to work.
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
On an up note, the forthcoming update has band 4 support if you want to use Tmobile or ATT :)
[Droid Ultra General] 181charan:
Soak test eh?!
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
I have no idea what you're talking about.
[Droid Ultra General] 181charan:
I read somewhere that the latest SOAK test comes with a newer radio that enables band 4 in the Droids too! So was just wondering if u were part of the soak test too... :confused:
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
Soak tests are confidential. I wouldn't tell u if i was in it or not :P
[Droid Ultra General] 181charan:
:D Okay!! :p :D
[Droid Ultra General] ssfunnay:
It would also seem that Bluetooth connectivity is broken as well. :( You're able to pair with devices, but you are unable to maintain a connection.
[Droid Ultra General] 181charan:
Any of u flashed the Moto X's 4.4 img?!?! Well i did and it works just fine!! :D
[Droid Ultra General] AjStone:
As in fine with no broken camera, Bluetooth, working capacitive buttons, no force closing, no spotty radio coverage, as in fine???
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
The main issue it'll have is the same as the 4.3 build. No capacitive keys.

Sent from my XT1080MDEV.
[Droid Ultra General] 181charan:
Of course no capacitive buttons! but almost all other basic functions are working perfectly... Well decided to give the Nav buttons a go while i wait for someone to figure out how to get the capacitive buttons working!! :D
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] avatarx1:
I don't like the new Google Maps and want to install an older version. I clicked uninstall updates button and it still loads the new Google Maps. Do I just download an apk file and install it over the new version?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] z0phi3l:
Better get used to the new version, eventually all old versions will stop working like they should already
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] AnarchoXen:
You need a root explorer app, I use ES.

Then use the uninstall system app. tool.

Install the older apk.

I am running an older version so I can use My maps. Works fine.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] avatarx1:
Thank you. I'll try it later.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Today I flashed a new build of carbon I compiled and go figure I lost my ERI. How do I go about getting it back

Thank You in advanced

EDIT - Luckly I backed up my IMEI to NV when i revived my phone so I just did an NVrestore :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] succumbtothegreater:
I know on some ROMs there are options to make the status bar background transparent, but is there any way to make it blur the background as well? I haven't seen anything like this for android.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whittikins:
If I need to root, that's fine. Is there an app in the Play store that will do this? I see quite a few Font Installer apps, but I know that not all of them work correctly on different phones and OEM rom's.

On my Nexus 4 I had a Roboto Light zip file that just told the system to use Roboto Light (as opposed to actually overwriting fonts). Can the same method be used on this phone?

Thanks!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canecbr600:
I use Font installer by JRummy. Has tons of fonts to choose from. Have to be rooted. The weird thing about it is, that when you find a font u like, and install it, the phone will reboot, and the font will look the same as it was. You have to go into settings/display/font type, and if u look at roboto, it changes that one to the one u installed. Just choose roboto, and it will be the font u downloaded with the app....
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whittikins:
Great, thanks! Is there an easy way to undo this if I want?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canecbr600:
The app makes a backup of the stock font that can be restored .....
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hackarchive:
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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gregcapps:
I'm on stock 4.1.1 and tried the unlock tool, while connected ti wifi, but it fails every time. I am already rooted, is is neccesary to unlock the bootloader to flash custom ROMs? I am wanting to go to 4.3.

EDIT: finally unlocked using tethered wifi from my phone, something weird going on with my home wifi, it errors out on software update too, but apps and browser work fine.
[Android Apps and Games] Conpol:
This application was developed for Android apps testing. It monitors for applications, installed on your device, which are in error state - CRASH or ANR.

If this happens, application notifies you about new error in notification bar and create an error report file with stacktrace and device info in phone memory, inside Bug Radar folder. After that you can simply send error report via email by clicking the notification.

It also allows to choose what exactly apps to monitor.

It allows to receive error report immediately via email and not wait 1-2 days for reports from Google reporting. It's service will always run in the background (after device restart as well) and you'll not miss any bug in your app even being on the go.

It's free and without ads - Enjoy!

To find this app on Play Store just search for package - com.error.hunter
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] SC:
did somebody test qtek 9100 gsm ? the qtek 2020i reception is very good , it works where signal was very poor (1 or 2 heels signal power), the 9100 is the same? :roll:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] jaythemagician:
I don't know about the 202 but i have the k-jam and it's just as good if not a little better than my jam if that helps!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] SC:
i need to know if it work with gsm signal very poor and not costant , my home is in this situation and i need to solve this problem with my next gsm (now i have a siemens me45 and it not satisfact me on this aspect),

do k-jam work very fine as cellular?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] pcutrone:
I just got my KJAM and the signal is not as good as my old PocketPC Phone. Also, I can get no signal in one room of the house and then lan hour later 2 bars in the same room...Weird...

The KJAM works well as a phone whereas my old PocketPC was crappy at best.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] john3166:
No credits to me but to the creators. I tested it on my tab and pc (windows7) and it works without any problem.

It finds the correct partition where the EFS is (dev/block/mmcblk0p3) on our device.

If it is in a wrong section, please move.

What is EFS:

EFS folder is the very sensitive system folder that contains Phone-specific information such as the IMEI, wireless devices MAC addresses, product code, and much more. If this thing not handled properly, can turn your device completely useless as it will no longer be recognized by your carrier.

Problem is, flashing custom ROMs sometime can corrupt contains within EFS folder. That’s why backing up EFS folder is very important if you love to flash new ROM. Good thing is, Developer develop a tool that can backup and restore ‘EFS’ folder of your device easily called EFS Pro. No need to say, this tool require a rooted device.

Features of the tool

Supports Backup and Restore of Partition Image (*.img) and Compressed TAR Archive (*.tar) formats.

Automatically detects saved EFS Backups on Device and PC for hassle free restoring.

Re-Scan option to refresh Backup list for restoring Backups.

Automatically Re-Mounts ‘EFS’ folder with Read/Write permissions during restore for users ‘stuck’ with Read Only permissions.

Automatic detection and prompting of Mass Storage Mode.

Automatic detection and termination of SAMSUNG Kies application on startup.

Supports Multiple Backup handling.

Option to Format ‘EFS’ partition before restoring an EFS Backup.

Displays various Device, ROM and BusyBox related information on startup.

Attempt NV Recovery – Restores NV Data from ‘*.bak’ files if they exist to fix corrupt or incorrect IMEI number.

Repair NV Data – Repairs NV Data file ownership to fix ‘Unknown Baseband’ and ‘No Network / Signal’.

AUTOMATIC ‘/efs’ partition location detection to add support for many more including future devices.

Hashing of Partition Image Backups to verify the data written.

To use this tool, just connect your Samsung devices with your Windows computer and make sure your device is NOT in Mass Storage Mode or Backup and Restore functions will fail.

Download EFS Pro v1.9.12

Now, run EFS Pro.exe file and follow the onscreen instruction to backup or restore your device’s ‘/efs’ folder.

http://www.mediafire.com/?lh5zu67l3a4pnf3
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] john3166:
Post updated !

Mirror link added.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Slimegod:
Question, after I did a port from Verizon to Sprint I wasn't able to get data unless it was with WiFi. So if I use your method that you have here of backing up and restoring I should get data correct?