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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Penner5a:
Helloel everyone,

I tried searching to no avail. I have dropped my phone and had to sand down the front chrome bezel. I would prefer not to replace it.

Can anyone direct me to a specific model paint that matches? I bought a chrome paint but it's pebbled.

Model numbers would be awesome.

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Penner5a:
Darn... Nothing?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knightandroid:
Sorry, I have not heard of any.

But is it insured or under warranty? If is is maybe you could get it replaced for free.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Penner5a:
Unfortunately I dropped the phone and it dented the bezel. I don't think it is warrantied.

Thanks for the reply.

I tried a silver model paint which looked promising..but it didn't stick. I also tried X-11 paint but it was too "speckly".

My last option is the chrome spray paint. I will be spraying it onto a plate and using small brushes to transfer it to the bezel. Will keep the forum posted.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackURbody:
I'm also looking to fix the small chips on the chrome part of my Note 2 before giving it to my mum. Gonna buy some paint from Halfords and see what happens. Damn plastic.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Th3R1pp3r:
Hello everyone.. So I updated my HTC One Developer Edition to 4.3 yesterday, and I noticed that my "Weather Clock" widget was an hour ahead of the actual time. I went to the Settings / Date & Time and I noticed that my "Automatic Time Zone" switched to GMT-03:00 Chile Summer Time, and what I had is GMT-4:00 Eastern Time.

I live in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and now I have to set my Location to Puerto Rico in order to have the right time displayed. If I choose Santo Domingo, DR it will show incorrect time (1 hour ahead).

Other than that the 4.3 Update has made the phone appear snappier/faster overall.

Any thoughts on what could be done? Anyone else experienced something similar?

Thanks!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hotrodanimal:
Are you having an issue with "daylight savings time" ?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Th3R1pp3r:
Not really, I don't see any option referring to Daylight Savings.. This issue is new after updating to 4.3.. I googled and noticed someone else mentioned the same problem too. Anyone else has experienced anything similar?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cobbcobbdavid:
What is your ROM version occurs this kind of timezone problem?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] microcris:
Hi there!

I have been noticing this some time ago.

My timezone is London/Lisbon GMT + 0 and until the 4.3 update I had no problem in setting on the "Automatic time zone". After the 4.3 update if I set "Automatic time zone" ON the time zone will be set to "GMT-01:00, Azores Standard Time" which is wrong. Maybe it is due wrong info from the GSM cell... don't know
[Sprint LG Optimus G] andriusic:
I've seen so much people complaining about flashing their cellphones to another carrier but the phone isnt saving 3g info to the efs. Well, it seems like something blocked by Sprint. To get it working do this:

-Connect your phone in dial mode to your windows pc(doesnt work on other OS).

-Download this file

-Download this FREE version CDMA Workshop

-Open CDMA Workshop, on the right top side, check the box next to the textbox and introduce your spc and click connect and read.

-Navigate to memory tab and in "NV-items" click write and select the 1st file you just downloaded.

-Finally close CDMA Workshop and it'll ask you to reboot the phone, click yes and then proceed to flash your phone.

I used Qualcomm QPST to configure data in my country. I guess DFS also work but I havent tested it yet.

Links are not mine but tested it.

Original thread here, in spanish.
[Android General] itsmepawan:
*#1234# View SW Version PDA, CSC,MODEM

*#12580*369# SW & HW Info

*#197328640# Service Mode

*#0228# ADC Reading

*#32489# Ciphering Info

*#232337# Bluetooth Address

*#232331# Bluetooth Test Mode

*#232338# WLAN MAC Address

*#232339# WLAN Test Mode

*#0842# Vibra Motor Test Mode

*#0782# Real Time Clock Test

*#0673# Audio Test Mode

*#0*# General Test Mode

*#2263# RF Band Selection

*#9090# Diagnostic ConfiguratioN

*#7284# USB I2C Mode Control

*#872564# USB Logging Control

*#4238378# GCF Configuration

*#0283# Audio Loopback Control

*#1575# GPS Control Menu

*#3214789650# LBS Test Mode

*#745# RIL Dump Menu

*#746# Debug Dump Menu

*#9900# System Dump Mode

*#44336# Sofware Version Info

*#7780# Factory Reset

*2767*3855# Full Factory Reset

*#0289# Melody Test Mode

*#2663# TSP / TSK firmware update

*#03# NAND Flash S/N

*#0589# Light Sensor Test Mode

*#0588# Proximity Sensor Test Mode

*#273283*255*3282*# Data Create Menu

*#273283*255*663282*# Data Create SD Card

*#3282*727336*# Data Usage Status

*#7594# Remap Shutdown to EndCall TSK

*#34971539# Camera Firmware Update

*#526# WLAN Engineering Mode

*#528# WLAN Engineering Mode

*#7412365# Camera Firmware Menu

*#07# Test History

*#3214789# GCF Mode Status

*#272886# Auto Answer Selection

*#8736364# OTA Update Menu

*#301279# HSDPA/HSUPA Control Menu

*#7353# Quick Test Menu

*2767*4387264636# Sellout SMS / PCODE view

*#7465625# View Phone Lock Status

*7465625*638*# Configure Network Lock MCC/MNC

#7465625*638*# Insert Network Lock Keycode

*7465625*782*# Configure Network Lock NSP

#7465625*782*# Insert Partitial Network LockKeycode

*7465625*77*# Insert Network Lock KeycodeSP

#7465625*77*# Insert Operator Lock Keycode

*7465625*27*# Insert Network Lock KeycodeNSP/CP

#7465625*27*# Insert Content ProviderKeycode

*#272*imei#* Product code , works onFroyo

*#*#7780#*#* Factory data reset

*#06# IMEI Number.

*#1234# Firmware Version.

*#2222# H/W Version.

*#8999*8376263# All Versions Together.

*#8999*8378# Test Menu.

*#4777*8665# GPRS Tool.

*#8999*523# LCD Brightness.

*#8999*377# Error Menu.

*#8999*327# EEP Menu.

*#8999*667# Debug Mode.

*#92782# PhoneModel. (Wap)

*#*#4636#*#* Shows,Phone & Battery information

*#*#8255#*#* Show GTalk service monitor

*#*#1111#*#* Service Mode

*#*#232331#*#* Bluetooth test

*#*#3264#*#* RAM version

*#*#0588#*#* Proximity sensor test

*#*#2664#*#* Touch screen test

*#*#0842#*#* Vibration test

Resources:

Blogs, few Manuals and Thanks to Sanjeet Ajnabee.

Don't learn all of them, just grasp the use full one's.;)
[Android General] itsmepawan:
Collected few more USSD codes, for Mobile operators in INDIA.

Soon after collecting for all the operators, I will update this thread :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ClarkieBrenzuela:
Can someone help me out how to unbrick my o+ 8.15 android phone ? Please ?
[HTC Desire C] sadiafrin2013:
my apologies if this question has been asked before but since i couldnt find it anywhere so i am posting now:

this is my first time rooting an android device and that too coz recently my htc desire c had become super slow so i unlocked bootloader and downloaded the hasoon2000 tool but after the recovery step i was totally lost on how to flash kernel and all so i switched to superboot and i successfully rooted my phone.

now i wanted to install a rom so i chose nameless rom but the instructions were so confusing and i messed up. i couldn't install it and then my phn wnt start so i went back to hasoon2000 and flashed kernel using the boot.img from the nameless rom and my phn was back up but my wifi is not on anymore. its says error and i saw that my mac address was gone. then i tried again installing the rom and this time i did successfully install it but my wifi is gone

i have two questions:

1. how can i get my wifi back in this rom?

2. can i install any other rom and if i do then will i get my wifi back?
[HTC Desire C] aashay960:
Click on the second link in my signature.. Look for Prometheus Sense Kernel there. Flash that using fastboot, (or the toolkit) and your wifi should be back.
[HTC Desire C] sadiafrin2013:
thanx so much its working now
[HTC Desire C] me4488:
Nameless is really outdated. I suggest you switching roms ASAP.
[HTC Desire C] sadiafrin2013:
what rom should i install then?
[HTC Desire C] aashay960:
Again, second link in my signature.... Check out those roms, look at screenshots and decide
[HTC Desire C] sadiafrin2013:
hey u think if i knew what im doing then i would have just done it already :P

on serious note please suggest me what should i install

here is what i am thinking of doing

either get the revolution sense5 edition

or the jellybean looks tempting but im sot sure if i can install it by myself
[HTC Desire C] aashay960:
The 'method' to install any ROM is the same and its not difficult. And there is no such thing as a best rom. It's just personal preferences. So if you like HTC Sense, then go for Revolution or Sensational Rom. And if you like a more 'Nexus-like' feel then we've got a lot of JB Roms for you. JB ROMs are believed to be faster than Sense ROMs in general.

So just look at threads of the different ROMs and once you decide to install, download it. I'm running Cyanogenmod 10 right now. I've been using it for a long while now. It was the first JB rom made for this phone and all the other ROMs are made using this as a base..

We even have Samsung-like and Xperia-like Roms. So if you're interested in that, have a look.

And for Sense, Sensational ROM V4 is the most up to date ROM we have. It has a Sense 5 feel to it..

Hope that helps a bit. One more thing - never ask for best rom or best kernel. It's bad manners. But we can understand as you're new..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] _thejas_:
hello all

I own a sony ericsson xperia mini st15i, I donno y unexpectedly the home screen started rotating when i rotated the handset.. i checked display settings and the auto screen rotation is disabled but yet only home screen and settings screen rotate when the phone is rotated.. I donno how to disable it cuz i dont like the home screen rotation..can anyone please help me how to disable the home screen rotation?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Aneel:
i think you have installed a launcher which has auto rotation enabled.. try downloading any other launcher whose auto rotation is disabled.. :angel:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] _thejas_:
thanks but No aneel i havent installed any launcher..its the sony's default.. and the OS is 4.0.4 stock rom ICS
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] _thejas_:
ohh well.. i just rebooted my phone and my home screen is back to normal...its not rotating anymore....weird..sounds like its a bug....
[Motorola Atrix HD] mikelets456:
I bought the Atrix HD (ATT) for my wife new (no contract) and set it up for her. Everything worked fine, I rooted via "Motochopper", downloaded Titanium back up and began freezing bloat. Next day I called my wife and she said none of the contact pictures nor assigned ringtones work. Only the main converted ringtone works.

I don't know if the root has anything to do with it as I rooted it literally the end of the day she got it. I'm on 4.1.1 with unlocked boot loader. Also, how come there is no "task bar" on the top (pull down) like on every other Android I've had or have?

Anyway, any help would be appreciated. BTW, for the price this ain't a bad phone at all. Quick, good battery life, nice screen, etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Soccer1725:
So I went in to best buy today to have them flash my phone back to stock. I had talked with the guy the other night for a while and he was pretty open to helping me out no matter what. I left my phone with him while I looked around. When I came back he said that the sock firmware was flashed and that the updates were installing now. I asked what updates and he told me that since my phone came with MDL that is what was installed and that the updates had to be installed to bring it current. I asked him if he could have stopped the process before the updates and he said he could have if his boss wasnt there. He said that Verizon has a single package that won't allow this but that it's possible with att.

That would definitely explain why AT&T hasn't made the MF 3 updates available via kies yet

Just thought I would throw this out there in case it helps the effort somehow.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CZ Eddie:
I'm kind of out of the loop on this latest update and Best Buy stuff. Why are people going to Best Buy to flash phone back to stock. How come ya'll don't just use ODIN to go back to stock?

I bought my phone the first day it was released. But I can flash AMDL with ODIN.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Soccer1725:
Once you update to MF3 you cant downdrade to MDL using ODIN or Kies and there is no image that will work with ODIN or Kies for MF3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] msd24200:
The day I got my AT&T branded s4 before the clerk handed it to me he said that he updated it for me :( wish he wouldn't have. I didn't know best buy could flash the firmware. Would be nice to revert so I could flash.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mg2195:
Well the only way that would work is if they flashed MDL with a different bootloader...just like Att most of these best buy people have NO idea what they are really doing,

Samsung provides them a program and they just press some buttons...in the beginning it seemed like every best buy had to call Samsung and have Samsung walk them through the process

---------- Post added at 01:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:16 PM ----------

The official mf3 update came with a new bootloader which blew a qfuse that makes it impossible to flash anything lower than mf3 ...problem is we don't have an mf3 image to use for Odin, and than Samsung gave best buy a special program that allows them to reflash mf3 firmware
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Soccer1725:
All I can tell you is that the Samsung rep told me it flashed MDL and then updated to MF3. I have no way to verify that so it's entirely possible he was blowing smoke.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sharpehenry:
Could you just go back and ask him to reflash back to MDL for you? Just tell him you'll update on your own or just take the sim out when he flashes so it won't update itself.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] 13lack13ox:
hmm all this sounds interesting, I may make the trek out to a best buy for some social engineering!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] slicknsxy:
Please report back...... really want to get back to cm
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] deron37129:
Yes please report bk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] l Frosty l:
Let me see what i can do. I work for BestBuy (not Samsung) .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] 13lack13ox:
well, I am under a license suspension so it may be a bit b4 i can get out to a bestbuy,

But i have been calling samsung, and att customer support numbers, even live chatting. On every occasion, I have been told it's not possible to perform a downgrade. No reasons givin just it's not possible. Was even offered to send the phone to samsung for a free flash of firmware. Which when i asked which version it would be, I was told the latest.

Don't worry I will keep at it lol it's kinda fun messing with support

---------- Post added at 11:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:14 PM ----------

Just dont do anything that may cause you to loose your job, would hate to see that happen. Looking for information on flashing tools, or procedures used by tech support, not ppl at best buy but when you send it to samsung, or the provider. Any kinda of info would be nice, like names of software/tools etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] l Frosty l:
My only thought is (from what i read in other forums and possibly here as well) that its not possible (qfuse and such). But i will see whats the dealio with their stuff.

Im not gonna attempt to lose it. I'm Curious. I have an S4 so this directly would effect me as well. I know everyday i see people getting phones updated via ODIN/Download mode. They always say its quicker.

And honestly MF3 isn't so bad now that theres an alternative with Safestrap from Hashcode. But i can understand the potential of having a full bootloader unlock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] l Frosty l:
No can do. The software will not go below the latest. There Is no option for it either. It only shows MF3 available.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] krzychnip:
man...thats a bummer :crying: my phone had some weird hardware issue where the screen contrast was borked so I had to go through the warranty replacement department and now im stuck with mf3 firmware and no way around it :crying:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Knight613:
Are basically all new S4s coming with MF3 installed already?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ronnie498:
It's kinda of a toss up just depends on the inventory on hand at that location
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Knight613:
I'll keep that in mind. I would really like to get an S4, but I'm way too scared it'll come with MF3. Just feels like the odds of MF3 models ever seeing Kit Kat are very slim at this rate. Hopefully the 4.3 update that's scheduled to come out soon leads to new exploits though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] RobbieL811:
Do like I did & go to your good old local Walmart & ask them if they have one on MDL. When I got mine a week ago, the guy checked for me & all of the ones that he had were on MDL. They're cheaper at Walmart also. I paid like $135 ($65 cheaper than the AT&T store) & they threw in a $40 Walmart gift card.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Knight613:
I would but there's literally no Walmart near me. Stupid city being against big corporations. We just got a Target this year. Is there a way to tell on the box what firmware it'll come with?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CZ Eddie:
You bought your phone with one particular software.

You did not buy it with the latest software.

There should be some sort of legal precedent that says you should be allowed to get back on warranty, the same exact software that you purchased.

Damn you, AT&T.

I was always pushing you onto my friends and now, I just want to get rid of you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] 13lack13ox:
oh im sure there is something in the contracts to cover their arse. But the thing that kills me is the people that paid outright, and did not sign a new contract.

And this update actually physically killed some components (those fuses), what if I wanted those intact? It was forced apon the world. Even if you cancel the ota, it still finds away unless you froze the stuff right fast.

Its like buying a new car you paid upfront for it in full, then the car got recalled. Cuz the tires will explode, but now they changed it so that I can only use winter radials. There goes my gas mileage during the summer.

Oh thats right it was my choice to take the car in for repair right? was it my choice for them to mod it so its only usable for a certain tire?

I'm still pretty sure it could be legally argued, I mean anything can be really. But software update implies a change to software, not hardware inside. Which is what the update changed as well and or damaged. Anyways whatever, im not gonna freat over the subject any longer, and save myself the stress over the whole thing. I got my friends mf3 att I337 rooted+busybox, and official. I'll just tell everyone I know to stay away from these guys and samsung if they are gonna go about locking them down so crazy. Its really not about locking it down like they do but more about damaging stuff inside, its just a dumb system period.

So my last words guys stay away from contracts, and buy HTC =] https://www.facebook.com/HTC/posts/10150307320018084
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] graydiggy:
Are you guys serious? The software update does not modify any hardware physically. It blows a qfuse. That's is a software fuse that when tripped (written) will not allow downgrades or flashing. Technically speaking, it could be re-written, but we have to either figure out how or wait for a leak/exploit in a new version. All of you are also acting like there is absolutely no options... Ummm... Safestrap. You can flash TW based ROMs with that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] RobbieL811:
Yes. You can definitely tell what version you're getting by looking at the box. On the side with the barcodes, it will say what version it is. Just ask whoever's working in electronics if it says UCUAMDL on the side of the box or ask them to let you look.

Sent from my AT&T Galaxy S4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ~wolverine~:
Yes it's on the box.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] graydiggy:
Cover up that IMEI.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ~wolverine~:
It's not mine. I got the pic from the web. :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] graydiggy:
Well whoever posted it is not smart...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ~wolverine~:
@ graydiggy

I agree
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] flinttownbrown:
I believe this is incorrect. Secure fuses are a hardware element in the chip that are one-way programmable. When the fuse is blown, it is physically not possible to revert the fuse to a non-blown state. They are generally active low devices. It is very similar to a regular fuse - somewhat like a filament in a bulb. In their unblown state they conduct like a wire. To blow them, a higher voltage is passed through the "wire" which causes the fuse to no longer conduct.

Just like an ordinary fuse in a fusebox, once it is blown there is no "unblowing" it. Furthermore, these secure fuses are on-chip so you can't swap them out.

The simplest form of a qfuse is a basic PN junction diode. At the saturation voltage the junction passes electrons/holes as expected. Crank up the voltage past the breakdown voltage and it will burn the junction out and never conduct again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Wittyusernametaken:
The att store here had mdl 32gigs but mf3 16gigs.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] krzychnip:
haha yeah man...if only :(

This is how I understood it to be, then again...im a noob :laugh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] graydiggy:
That would be an efuse if I am not mistaken. A qfuse is different from what I have read somewhere around here on the forums.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jeboo:
With regards to MF3, we are dealing with qfuses. And the prior post regarding the electrical engineering is spot on. In one of the threads here, they discussed them and someone even posted an example pic. Higher voltage is exactly what blows them, however, they can be repaired. Just find a local shop with an electron microscope and you're good :silly:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] graydiggy:
I stand corrected then. What I read was basically that a qfuse is a software fuse that when tripped with a certain line of code, had a key that was flashed to it. If someone flashed something without that specific key, it would fail. Or it would "succeed" but not actually be functional.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] flinttownbrown:
IIRC, qfuse is just Qualcomm's name for efuse.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] graydiggy:
Well they suck. But yeah, I still stand by some of what I said in regards to there being options.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Delakit:
I'm excited to get home in an hour to my MF3 replacement. Can't find the sarcasm button.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hecpilot:
Just curious what part of the country you are in. I'm on the hunt to get my phone replaced and am looking for a 32 gb MDL version. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] adambombz:
If you upgraded OTA you can take it to an AT&T device service center and make up something or ask them to re-flash the firmware and then it will go back to the MDL and you can ask for them not to update it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] flinttownbrown:
If this is true (seems to match what the OP was indicating) then this means that they must have a special version of the MDL bootloader which allows booting the device with an altered qfuse state. For those that have been following along, something akin to the "second engineering bootloader" mentioned by AdamOutler.

Personally I don't believe this to be true, but then again I have not tried so I do not know for sure. But if someone would be able to get their hands on this bootloader and release it, that would be a huge deal.