yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andymg350:
Use sonys flashtool Emma to recover stock firmware but be warned it will delete everything in the process.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] My Gnexi:
^^^And then restore your TA backup
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chadman4:
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/17/4740120/galaxy-note-3-in-one-handed-screen-mode

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=327bLcLfBZA[/YOUTUBE]

For some reason, the feature mentioned in the video above does not work in my phone.

I already activated this in the Settings. Any thoughts why?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c-mack:
it should work if you checked one handed operations in the settings. this was the first thing i tried on the display model at the at&t store today. the guy in the video is kinda doing the wrong gesture to get it to work though. its not a half circle gesture, you need to swipe the screen to the left and back to the right real quick with out taking your finger off the screen. or vice versa.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chadman4:
Did that already. Still does not work. Dont know why. Hehe.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] szotyi:
Here is the same problem, and really annoying.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chadman4:
Good to know it's not just me :)

Maybe software thing.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geek78:
It works on mine (French device) .
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CorruptedSanity:
Works on mine.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neoKushan:
I'm also having the same issue, haven't got it to work yet either. Again, I've enabled it in the options but no matter what gesture I make, it doesn't work.

I've got a suspicion that there's another setting conflicting with it somewhere but I don't know what.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazyboy0172:
Does it only work on the home screen with the stock launcher or is this supposed to work anywhere? In the videos I've seen demoing it it's always been on the main home screen.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CorruptedSanity:
Anywhere

Anytime

Even in multi window mode
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neoKushan:
I can't even get it to work on the home screen. I'll try to record a video tonight.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmaq:
It works on app as well.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroTechMaster:
I had problem to turn that on first time and still i cant turn that on sometimes. I dont know if that help but this option work only with finger, no s-pen

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Swipe frome right edge to the left and back to the right with about 2cm swipe lenght
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neoKushan:
I've just made a quick video showing this not working on mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AddrtLg1Ok4

Please excuse the poor quality, that's my old phone (and the woman in the background is my wife, ignore her).

Believe me, I've tried every variant of swiping that I can think of, I just cannot make this work.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] szotyi:
Somebody did a factory reset and after tried? May be some settings or app cause this.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onyxogen:
I had the same problem. I solved it by disabling all accessibility services, in my case it was lightflow that caused it. If you enable lightflow you get a warning that talkback can't be active in junction with several Samsung services, which is on one hand exactly what happens. On the other hand it's not talkback that's activated, but lightflow. which is really strange : the message is simply wrong.

I spotted this thread here:

http://developer.samsung.com/forum/...=GeneralB&messageId=204387&messageNumber=2156

Look at post #35. This is a bug of the S4 but it seems to be also existent on the note 3. this is what also breaks the gesture for one handed operation .
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neoKushan:
This is it! I disabled all my accessibility services and suddenly one-handed mode worked right away!

That's a bit of a damn shame, as I need those services for my Pebble and to a lesser extent, Lama. Oh well, fingers crossed for a bugfix.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onyxogen:
We better cross fingers very hard because Samsung had not fixed this for over a year!!! :(
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htc6500uk:
To get this working it seems all accessibility options have to be turned off. I don't think any specific third party app is to blame as any of the ones on the screen cap caused the function to stop if it was turned on. If they are turned of it works fine in Touch wiz and other launchers tried.

Hope this is fixed soon as Lightflow, DynamicNotifications, Pebble and Tasker etc. are very useful to me - even more so when rooting is reliably sorted.

It's also worth mentioning that turning on any of these accessibility options also causes the standard browser to keep talking annoyingly saying "Page Loading", Page Loaded" etc. Further indication it is an Android bug.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] szotyi:
Yes you are wright. This was the problem. But without pebble and tasker is not my option, so I'll wait for the fix it.

Really thanks for your solution!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amdathlonuk:
Damn.....I have to stop using Knock V2 notifications. :(
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zimmn:
Thanks! For me it was the Facebook quick view for the gear that crippled the function.

so no Facebook for my gear I guess..
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mustangnismo:
After fighting with it for 2 days I found mine was associated with MightyText being enabled in settings. The pop up when you enable it also mentioned TalkBack, which is another problem I was having. I couldn't get my phone to shut up. Now one handed operation is working and my phone only responds back when spoken to. Awesome!

How this helps someone.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neoKushan:
The new MJ6 update supposedly fixes this bug.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gack69:
Can anyone confirm this? I haven't odin'd back to stock to take it yet as my sound quality is just fine and don't feel like setting my phone back up...lol
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neoKushan:
Yup, I can confirm that MJ6 fixes one-handed mode not working.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gack69:
Thank you!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gack69:
Well BOO! One handed isn't working for me, even after taking the update. By that, I am referring to shrinking of all apps when swiping from the edge towards the middle and back again fast. I still have to go into accessibility and turn off everything like my Pebble, and Tasker before it works. Grrr...I really wish Samsung would fix that.

As an alternative...I saved 2 configurations for my accessibility app states. One with them all off, and one with them all on. Added the Accessibility to the long press power menu to quick access the page, then I can restore whichever one I want. Not sure if its any faster than manually turning them back off and on, but hey...it's another option at least.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neoKushan:
Are you sure? Because it definitely works for me and I've got a couple of accessibility options selected:

Remember, "Talkback" is what actually breaks one-handed mode, the bug that was fixed was that the system was treating ALL accessibility services like Talkback.

Turn Talkback off

.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gack69:
Hmm...I'm sure it didn't work..but after I Odin'd stock M15 and took the update, rooted, and installed TWRP, I restored my previous M15 nandroid, but only restoring system, cache and data. I wonder if doing that somehow hosed it. Was really hoping I wouldn't have to entirely set the whole phone up again...argh.

Let me do some more testing...thanks a TON for your help and verifying it does work!

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I'm running Exposed and Wanam. Do you by any chance have those installed and using them? I do have Talk Back turned off. Even turned it on and back up to make sure.

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Well..restored the fresh and only rooted MJ4 nandroid that I made immediately after getting the update from M15...installed a couple Pebble apps, and Tasker...enabled them and it's still not working. Turn them off, and it works. So...whatever my problem is....it isn't due from me restoring my previously setup M15 Nandroid, as this one was BONE stock from sammobile M15, that only took the update...was rooted and TWRP installed...nothing else. I'm at a loss.

Might it be carrier specific? I'm on Sprint. What carrier are you?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doroyce05:
Mine is actually not working when I have anything in the Service section.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neoKushan:
My network is a UK operator called Three, however Rom I'm using is completely unbranded. International / UK. You keep saying about M15 or MJ4, but what about MJ6? Why not Odin that directly instead of trying to update? Your carrier probably hasn't pushed the MJ6 update yet.

Also: Not running Xposed.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gack69:
My carrier has pushed MJ6, that's how I got it, OTA... Not by Odin. Since I was on custom status having Rooted and custom recovery installed. ..I had to Odin back to M15 (tar from sammobile.com) so my device would get it OTA. There isn't a tar for MJ6 for us yet. :( only OTA.

I'll try again once there is one.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkai:
If the Note 3 is plugged into USB then one handed operation will not work.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deusson:
i have the same issue

for me answer was really easy but i must look everything

the answer was

off acessibility of lightflow

see if you dont have any app i accesibility that makes one handed no working (i mind accesibility in settings)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvane1225:
ha ha thanks. that's what got me. should have known better. I've seen weird things with power cables before.

galaxy s4 I337
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EverLost123:
I can't remember exactly the problem but i guess that screen mirroring disables one handed operation.. i'm not sure exaclty but is something related to the screen
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Juma2000:
Thank you! That was the problem. Unplugged and worked fine.:o
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnty virus:
suppose you are doing it in wrong way..

do it straight.....i got the same problem after upgrading "android 5.0" in my note3...

then i tried it straight- not like the V , try it like I, accurately like " I "

and do it very very fast..

& make sure that your phone is not connected with USB, or S-Pen should be attached.

hope it 'll be OK...

otherwise you can contact me via whats app..+91-9563138969.

thanks, Johnty..
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electroman365:
Yes. You're right. I was having such a hard time getting the one-hand operation (shrinking the screen) to work. I was following Samsung's instruction doing the swipe in a < shape but that didn't work. Finally after reading this reply I tried doing it in a straight line (swiping from edge to the middle of the screen then back in a straight line) and voila, it worked.

Thanks.
[Micromax A116] jagbalan:
After moving to stock 4.2.1, whenever I click on system update, it shows network error.

Actually micromax registration couldnt complete since I didnt have network after I came out of service center.

Could this be the reason?

How to solve this problem?
[Micromax A116] rajneeshk:
Don't worry. It is normal and is with all users. As per my understanding the path set in firmware for firmware update is not up.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] RemigioB:
hi all,

I have formatted by mistake the whole flash + Nvram memory of my Starmobile Astra with Sp format tool. Unfortunately, as a consequence I have lost IMEi. after research , have i successful restored the IMEI back.

As I fixed the Invalid IMEI issue, now am facing the wifi issue, where in whenever i turn on wifi i get an open network which states NVRAM WARNING: ERR 0x10..

How I can solve the problem? Unfortunately i didn't make any backup for Nvram memory

Can someone upload the nvram and/or the original firmware for me please?

Are there any custom room available?

Thank you very much

RemigioB

Thanks

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kelzon:
Hi!

CAn you teach me how to fix imei issue for starmobile? i also have the same problem.

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] miwmaw:
Sir can u teach me how to fix invalid imei
[Sony Xperia ZR] ste.chung:
Nice, thanks! Is it the stock ROM though?
[Sony Xperia ZR] chewdaniel:
ahhhh great. just what i needed without all those extra regional bloatware. tks! :D
[Sony Xperia ZR] Ilko:
Of course, full stock untouched. It should be worldwide compatible.
[Sony Xperia ZR] shteren:
great, now we just need a working cwm...
[Sony Xperia ZR] Ilko:
We mainly need a pretty dev :)

Made in ZR
[Sony Xperia ZR] chewdaniel:
we HAVE a working cwm... look properly
[Sony Xperia ZR] Ilko:
But it has not been confirmed working on the 2.67 FW yet.

Made in ZR
[Sony Xperia ZR] chewdaniel:
i made a post there last week... i'm using it now with 2.67
[Sony Xperia ZR] Ilko:
Oh sorry my previous post was supposed to be a question. Which version of cwm do you use?

Made in ZR
[Sony Xperia ZR] chewdaniel:
the same one found in dev thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2408371

remember to install busybox first
[Sony Xperia ZR] Ilko:
That's great, I'll test it out. what about this one ?
[Sony Xperia ZR] chewdaniel:
no idea. but looks the same tho
[Sony Xperia ZR] resolution7228:
Is this a deodexed or odexed rom?
[Sony Xperia ZR] Ilko:
This is a stock firmware file, not a ROM. So odexed of course

Made in ZR
[Sony Xperia ZR] Lasantha:
[MENTION=641506]iiko[/MENTION] installed..working well so far thanks
[Sony Xperia ZR] njsdante:
I want Global version firmware of c5502.

Where can i find it?

:confused::confused:
[Sony Xperia ZR] zappenduster:
Thank you for your work.

sure that is global? In chrome there are the bookmarks from nordic?
[Sony Xperia ZR] Ilko:
I've read that C5503 FWs can be flashed on C5502. They seem to be the same, except for the fact that you won't get 4G features, of course. I can't confirm this, so it's up to you to test. But be advised, i believe this FW will replace the software informations, showing you that it's a C5503. Also if it's confirmed, this have some chances to brick the device in future, if Sony deploys major updates which won't suit for your device (so you'll probably receive C5503 updates instead of C5502 ones). What we need to know, is if PC Companion reads informations from softwares or the hardware. If it's by hardware, no queries at all, so the next update might probably fix C5503 infos by overwriting with C5502 ones. All of these are supositions.

see :

http://xdaforums.com/show...hp?t=2448360#9
[Sony Xperia ZR] Ilko:
probably because I had the ncb fw (.310) previously for being able to root. But in software infos it's specified as Generic global.
[Sony Xperia ZR] Lasantha:
Editing build prop would be enough to change C5503 to C5502 right? or am i missing something here?
[Sony Xperia ZR] Ilko:
I can't confirm it since I don't have played enough with my device. You can simply do a quick test before flashing to verify.

edit build.prop and replace all occurences of C55XX by C6606 or any other model

reboot

run pc companion

plug the phone and let's see.

I'm gonna do it and report the result...

#edit : doesn't work. my device is still recognized as a ZR. These informations are certainly somewhere within the firmware itself, otherwise it's identified by checking the hardware (in that case, no way out)
[Sony Xperia ZR] Lasantha:
it worked for me change every instance of 5503 to 5502 shutdown battery removed.then it worked pc companion says 5502
[Sony Xperia ZR] Ilko:
that's what I did, but put 6606. maybe it was too different from C55XX lol... that would be helpful if another user could also confirm this.
[Sony Xperia ZR] Lasantha:
https://db.tt/AXu7Ad53 my build. Prop
[Sony Xperia ZR] zu0ke:
I truly appreciate.
[Sony Xperia ZR] Ilko:
Now I know a bit more about firmwares, I can confirm that this is the customized nordic version. I've added some more infos about it on the main post.
[Sony Xperia ZR] guianne13:
Hi Ilko. Can I use this to update my XZR? I haven't received any OTA update nor on PC companion yet. It is still on 10.1.1.A.1.310 and I want to have JB 4.2.2 on it already. Is it okay to use this to update mine? I will be reading other threads with the step-by-step procedure on manually updating my XZR using ftf files 'cause I am still new to this.

I have an unrooted XZR btw and I don't have any plans on rooting it (for now).

Thank you in advance!

-Guianne13
[Sony Xperia ZR] itandy:
I don't see why not. Just follow this guide to use FlashTool to flash the FTF.
[Sony Xperia ZR] guianne13:
Thanks itandy. I was just curious if this would have any effect on my phone as it is not the "official" update available for it. Will it have any issue or no? Also, will I still be able to get the warranty if ever something happens to my phone under this software?

Thank you so much! :)

P.S. Thanks for the link. I would want to see the photos though as they already exceeded the bandwidth. Too bad for me :(
[Sony Xperia ZR] itandy:
These FTF files are absolutely fine. We've been using them here for a long time. As for the warranty issue, I just can't comment on that. Sony only tell us that unlocking the bootloader will void the warranty. Technically you should be able to re-flash the firmware for your region before taking it to repair.
[Sony Xperia ZR] guianne13:
Thanks again itandy. Might try this when I got home.

BTW, stock ftf means android stock or the sony xperia stock? I got confused reading the thread again. Also, can you enlighten me on this global vs customized nordic version?

Thank you so much! :)
[Sony Xperia ZR] itandy:
These are all stock ROM from Sony. Android stock is usually refer to as AOSP. So far there's no AOSP ROM for ZR. We only have CM/MIUI ROM and stock ROM.
[Sony Xperia ZR] guianne13:
I see, I see. THANK YOU SO MUCH THEN! Will download this when I get home and follow the instructions on flashing. Might as well backup my app data to retain the levels reached on my games. :D
[Sony Xperia ZR] Kratellismorru:
Question

Can the Nordic 4.1.2 flashed on a Device which is R2B_Hongkong?
[Sony Xperia ZR] Lasantha:
Yep:D
[Sony Xperia ZR] Ilko:
yeah, you may keep datas, but don't forget to wipe cache and applogs. everything else must be overwritten

From my funky P970
[Sony Xperia ZR] njsdante:
Can I get C5502 4.2.2 Firmware Please?

:good::good:
[Sony Xperia ZR] Ilko:
I didn't find a reliable method to get 5502 firmwares yet. I can cheat with SEMC infos for having various updates from different regions, but I think that the model is checked by hardware. Despite that, you may still flash a /03 fw over a /02.
[Sony Xperia ZR] sijav:
No, It will being checked by build.prop in system folder, there's 3 si code to change! search in google and you will find more how to update your phone via pcc without having the update that soon :D

Also will you tell us about the si code that have updates?

EDIT: Never mind I found an update just change the fiorst 25 line to this if you have root and you will get hongkong (or someplace near) update

##### Merging of the /util/data/semc_kernel_time_stamp.prop file #####
ro.build.date=Tue Jul 2 07:57:34 2013
ro.build.date.utc=1372744654
ro.build.user=BuildUser
ro.build.host=BuildHost

##### Final patch of properties #####
ro.build.product=C5502
ro.build.description=C5502-user 4.2.2 10.3.1.A.0.244 C_93rg test-keys

ro.product.brand=Sony
ro.product.name=C5502_1272-7047
ro.product.device=C5502
ro.build.tags=release-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=Sony/C5502_1272-7047/C5502:4.2.2/10.3.1.A.0.244/C_93rg:user/release-keys

######################## Customized property values #########################
ro.semc.version.cust=1272-7047
ro.semc.version.cust_revision=R1B
ro.somc.customerid=111
ro.nfc.icon.enable=true
persist.ro.ril.sms_sync_sending=1
ro.product.locale.language=zh
ro.product.locale.region=TW
#############################################################################
[Sony Xperia ZR] Ilko:
Thanks for the suggestions mate, but believe me, I modified the build.prop until death however my device is still identified as a /03, whether with pcc or seus. I've one last trick to try though.

could someone give me the prop of ro.semc.version.fr= of the C5502 ? In /03 it's GLOBAL-LTE. Of what I know, it may be WORLD, like other non-LTE xperia devices.

thanks
[Sony Xperia ZR] Lasantha:
its GLOBAL-HSPA IM USING INDIAN 5502 :)
[Sony Xperia ZR] sijav:
Just put the lines i gave you, I'm currently downloading official hong kong rom from SUS with that (even pcc now tells me I have an update to catch :D)

and then do not forget to reboot fully your phone after change (DO NOT use soft reboot). It is necessary (not sure why)
[Sony Xperia ZR] Ilko:
no, and I think it won't work at all. I've sniffed PCC and discovered that the outgoing infos include my IMEI. Too bad : O

I'll do some more tests but I'm very pessimist now.
[Sony Xperia ZR] Ilko:
okay, here the report. I simply can't download any /02 fw. I even flashed a /02 fw over my /03 without problems. It works and is identified as a /02 by PCC, but still, my IMEI is in front of the rest.

I've found two /02 FWs though and added them. All /02 owners need a good guy for sharing FWs : D
[Sony Xperia ZR] sijav:
I'm really not sure about your pertinacity but I can assure you that I'm alive, understands what am I doing perfectly, and I can see (it's probably obvious because I'm typing this!!) and already getting Chinese Rom by changing only and only build.prop (only Si Code!!) I really don't know if you can get C5502 over C5503 (because of the kernel definition of C5502!) but Pcc and SUS really doesn't care about IMEI! (maybe it collect those data for further management notify or advertisement purposes or even better see if your phone is stolen or not!!) and can you tell me why are you trying to get C5502 instead of C5503?

EDIT: Speaking of kernel maybe you should flash the C5502 official kernel (.sin file or ftf file) and then see if anything changed
[Sony Xperia ZR] Ilko:
dude, no need to be sarcastic. I know what I do, no cares. I can't force PCC to detect a false update. To be clear, did you really understand me well ? "flashed a /02 fw on my /03 device", so flashing the kernel only is useless. It still doesn't act as expected. What am I supposed to do then ? If you know a way to access to Sony's servers, share. I don't own a C5502.

it's just all about sharing, contributing... call it as you want. I usually don't like to be a spectator. I do what I can.
[Sony Xperia ZR] sijav:
Oh :D

good job then :D and thanks,

well I think you have miss understood me about kernel I said maybe you should flash C5502 kernel (build 10.3.1.A.0.244 ) in order to tell PCC you have C5502 device, getting kernel information was at least what Sony Update Service known as SUS did on getting update ... If you want I can give you the C5502 .sin official kernel which can be flashed on locked bootloader too ... but I really have no idea what that will do on your device so proceed with your own risk, (believing that C5503 kernel can be flashed on the C5502 it may not harm your devices as well but ... you never know) I have downloaded 568MB from 703MB my internet speed is so slow and I will create the ftf and will upload and share the link if it's that all you want ;)