yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
Trust and believe: she is the love of my life and I, frankly, don't want to find out the hard way that she does mind. Plus she has a bit of a vengeful side. So yeah...previous statement retracted.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] yamugushi:
This is a n00b question but what is MF3 and why do I need it?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
It is the last three characters in the "Baseband Version" under "About Phone" in Settings. You don't *need* it.

The thing is, before SafeStrap, many of us rooted our phones and played around with modding /system, flashing zips with Flash Gordon, etc and bricked our phones. Without a custom recovery, we had to flash the only thing we had: MF1 (a pre-release of the I537 firmware). Once we did that though, OTA updates became broken and we couldn't update to MF3.

I personally don't notice a difference between MF1 and MF3. The problem is that once a new firmware is released, those of us on MF1 will have no way to get it. Then again, I'd rather stick with the pre-release and have root anyway.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] br0adband:
Did I miss something 'cause when I got my GS4A it had MF2 on it, then I did the OTA update to get MF3, then did the research and learned about activeroot which rooted it in a second flat and... well, rooted MF3 was what I used for some time before mucking around with things and falling back to MF1 which I'm stuck with at the present time 'cause of my wasted attempts as noted above.

We do have another Best Buy or two here in the Vegas area, perhaps if my travels put me close to one of the other ones I'll make another attempt to get to MF3 again. If the rumors beginning to gather are true we could see an official 4.3 by the end of October or early November so yeah, it would be nice to get that installed obviously.

But I'm pretty sure activeroot works just fine with MF3 - the issue is if you do it then unrooting becomes a chore since the only way to do it would be (tada!) flash MF1 and get stuck and start this whole fiasco over again - that could be your meaning, I suppose.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
Sorry, I wasn't very clear: I meant that I'd rather be on MF1 (as I am now) than take a 4.3 update and lose root.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] br0adband:
Ah, yeah, that's what I somewhat figured but whenever I make assumptions I end up being wrong all too often. ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] :
I think I'll going to have to agree. Im on mf1 and was going to go to best buy for mf3 but I'm happy were I'm at. Root is to important. Once they push 4.3 that will be it.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] TreyLWalker:
Might not be true. It may be possible to do OTA updates (once they're released) using the JSS15J - I537UCUBMI2 oneclick. We have yet to see.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dave5777:
I wasted half an hour at Best Buy why the Samsung Rep repeatedly tried to update my phone through my phone settings while the whole time I tried explaining to him that he has the firmware tool, and he needs to put my phone into dl mode and press ALT+F10 lol. He said "I don't have the latest update the Samsung tech support say's there is an update available but your phone won't take it just keep trying it every 5 hours...." Excrement for brains is his only excuse.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] hannahkittykitty:
What three ROMS are you booting? Stock, AOSP, and what else..?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dave5777:
Let us know when you get the OTA then I'll give it another try or just toss it in a bowl of water with my flap open :p
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] br0adband:
Might not be a bad idea considering AT&T will do the one-time water-damage replacement... ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] chronicaust:
I've flashed quite a few. I've flashed the roms from active development and lots of s4 roms. only gotten stock based roms to work though other than aosp. But with safestrap I can flash whatever I want. If you flash an s4 rom your menu and back buttons don't work that's the only current problem. But that's not definitive.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
This post will tell you how to fix the menu and back keys.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46563568
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] yankeesfan714:
So in theory any s4 stockbased 4.2.2 ROM will run on s4a with this buildprop edit?

GT-i9295(i537) running SafeStrap
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] chronicaust:
In my experience, yes this is true. My wifi always works. I'm on MF1 and I always flash the modules before and after I flash my rom.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] yankeesfan714:
I'm kinda nervous to try this. Not sure why.

GT-i9295(i537) running SafeStrap
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dave5777:
Why it's "Safe"Strap you can't brick it :)

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Just flashed this in safe strap http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2280556

I haven't fixed the hardware keys yet I just installed pie controls and setup a back and menu button. No issues yet :)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Margarita933:
confirmation

Just for my own confirmation this is for the ATT i537 correct?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] chronicaust:
Yes sir. I537.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Denny770:
[ROOT] Root Samsung Galaxy S4 with Motochopper

A recent root exploit I published for Motorola devices, Motochopper, should do the trick for rooting the Qualcomm-based variants of the Samsung Galaxy S...
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] chronicaust:
Very interesting. Anyone willing to try?

Wanna share any details about the exploit? Any possibility it could be used to unlock the boatloader?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dave5777:
The Active has a root method. A root method alone will not unlock the bootloader. Maybe someone on the 4.3 pre release with no root method can try it.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Bernice619:
Hello.

How to get updated after going back to MF1 firmware with Odin One Click? Maybe someone has the MF3 flashable firmware?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dave5777:
Only one method exist. Find a Best Buy with a Samsung Rep willing to flash it with their proprietary software.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bobkeown:
Getting back to MF3

So I am finally back from MF1 to MF3. Here is how I did it:

1.) Went to Best Buy and spoke with the Samsung rep.

2.) He plugged the phone up to his tool and discovered that the device was not recognized

3.) Came back home and flashed the unit back to MF1 version, un-rooted, thinking the root may have been the issue.

4.) Took it back to Best Buy and tried again. It was still not recognized by the Samsung Upgrade Tool

5.) Came home to read the posts in here about how to have Best Buy flash the device via the Recovery Tool while in Software Download mode (Home+ Vol Down + Power).

6.) Went back to Best Buy a third time and showed them this thread. They ensured that the unit was connected in Recovery Mode.

7.) They hooked the device up in download/recovery mode and 10 minutes later I am back to MF3.

Thanks XDA!!

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So I am finally back from MF1 to MF3. Here is how I did it:

1.) Went to Best Buy and spoke with the Samsung rep.

2.) He plugged the phone up to his tool and discovered that the device was not recognized

3.) Came back home and flashed the unit back to MF1 version

4.) Took it back to Best Buy and tried again. It was still not recognized by the Samsung Upgrade Tool

5.) Came home to read the post in here about how to have Best Buy flash the device back to MF1 unrooted version.

6.) Went back to Best Buy a third time

7.) Showed them the directions on how to flash the unit by using the Recovery Tool and to put the phone in Download Mode

1.) They hooked the device up in download/recovery mode and 10 minutes later I am back to MF3.

Thanks XDA!!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] TwoStroker37:
I flashed back to MF1. I don't know about you guys but I think MF3 sucks. It's laggy.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] :
Ok here was my attempt to get back on MF3 from MF1. I went to best buy last night to do some shopping. While I was there I thought to myself, hell with it I'll go by the samsung experience shop and see if they will update my phone. I walked over and there was one samsung rep and he was helping a customer. I decided to shop for a minute and then I'd go back. Thirty minutes later I go back and there's still one rep and the same customer. The customer was not buying anything he was asking random questions about tablets and he could easily go home and look it up himself. My wife wasn't done shopping yet so I told her to just meet me back over there and I would wait on the rep. Twenty more minutes go by and the annoying customer finally leaves. By this time my blood was boiling with frustration from having to wait and from the fact that the rep didn't acknowledge that I was there. The rep finally comes over and asks me if I need help. I explain that I need a firmware update to mf3 because my phone won't do a ota. He hooks my phone up to the computer and less than five seconds later he tells me my phone is up to date and that MF1 is the current firmware. I explained to him that I was on a pre release firmware and explained to him the steps he needed to take to get me on mf3. He said that I was up to date on the current at&t firmware and it was impossible for me to be on a pre release. I was so full of rage by this point that I honestly did not know how to react. I basically told him that it's pretty bad when a average person knows more about firmwares for Samsung than it's own employees. I grabbed phone and walked out pissed. The only other best buy is thirty miles away from me so I'm just staying on mf1 until we get 4.3 or 4.4. Well that's my story and just wanted to share.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dave5777:
I feel your pain when I tried he hooked up my phone and said " there's an update for your phone but it's not downloading it just keep trying every few hours" I agree the reps don't know anything.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] :
Ya they are idiots. I'm still pretty pissed off about it. I'm the type of person that hates to be told I'm wrong and in this case I was really mad about it.:)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] greeneyez15o:
Samsung reps need to take a course or something

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I guess they see it as theyre not making any money off of u, so y bother...

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I guess they see it as theyre not making any money off of u, so y bother...
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] namitutonka:
I just got a Samsung Galaxy S4 Active SGH-i537 last week, as my first smartphone. I has as a Baseband Version named I537UCUAMF3. There is also a Kernel Version named 3.4.0-784654. It is running Android version 4.2.2. I used the app SuperSU to sucessfully disable Knox and enable Root access. I'm a noob, and if there is any way I can get I537UCUAMF3 off of this phone, I will jump through any hoops to provide it to you.

I only got a SIM card in it yesterday from AT&T. But before that it worked perfectly on Wifi with all the bells and whistles of Samsung TouchWiz.

I bought it factory unlocked.. If I can get I537UCUAMF3 as a flashable ROM off of my phone somehow, I will upload it. The only problem is I'm a no nothing noob. Any possibility of getting it off my phone would take someone walking me through the steps. Let me know if anyone, who actually knows it is possible, wants to take time with the walk through.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] br0adband:
Would be nice for GS4A owners I suppose, but now that Android 4.4.2 is available for the GS4A I can't imagine why anyone in their right (or left) mind would willingly stick with Jelly Bean anymore - aside from the obvious potential for root, that is. I haven't owner a GS4A in some time, would love to get another one but my current Galaxy Express is a fine device that will hold me over till "the next great deal" drops in my lap I suppose.

Always wondered why it was so difficult to pull MF3 off the GS4A but I'm not a dev or serious ROM fanatic, I just never got into things that deeply.

Of course, right now I wish I had 'cause I'd love to get a custom kernel working on this GE running CM11 but it appears Cyanogenmod now does strange crap with their builds (CAF or whatever) and it makes having custom kernels more difficult or they need to be specifically compiled for the device in question, I don't know but research continues.

Anyway, good luck with the GS4A, it's an awesome device and if I could choose any phone on the market today for free I'd still take a blue GS4A over anything else.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] ShaDDES:
how much does it cost to have them reflash it?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
It's free.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] gino1974:
What's new?

Could you enlighten me and replace my ignorance with knowledge as to what is better about KitKat over Jellybean? I'm undecided about flashing KitKat on my GS4A. Being completely new to this has alot to do with it, but also, I am not aware of what the pros and cons are over 4.2.2.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joel32137:
MF3 No Longer Available at Best Buy?

Can anyone confirm that the Samsung Best Buy Restore program no longer lists MF3?

Just went to Best Buy and went down the list of available software... only thing available was the latest KitKat 4.4.2...

Can anyone confirm this?

Any info is appreciated.

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] br0adband:
Haven't had my GS4A for a long time, sold it many months ago - replaced it then sold that one too. Having said that, the most obvious benefit of KitKat over Jelly Bean is that KitKat supports TRIM on the Flash storage automagically to improve performance over time. There are other performance improvements by default, of course, but TRIM certainly keeps devices running much smoother over time than the same device with Jelly Bean ever would.

Yes there are utilities that you can run manually to force a TRIM operation if you wish to use Jelly Bean but, KitKat does it just fine and just works better overall.

There's zero legitimate reason(s) that I can think of to use Jelly Bean over KitKat as long as you have device support for the OS (as some devices still don't have 4.4 support from their manufacturers but potentially through custom ROMs, etc).

Hope this helps...
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joel32137:
Keep in mind that if you need your i537 to be compatible with TMo's LTE bands, there's no exploits on 4.4.2.

For me, this is the main reason why I want to stick with 4.2.2.

So, in a nut shell, if you need Tmo LTE, then don't upgrade. stay at 4.2.2. Supposedly, there's an exploit on 4.3 but I personally didn't want to take the chance...
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] baldusiek:
Hey Joel, Could I ask you how did you exactly make T-Mo LTE work on your I537 with 4.2.2?

Mine is rooted, running on T-Mo with 4.2.2 MF3 but even when 4G is on and goes fast it's not satisfying like the LTE device next to mine..

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joel32137:
I followed this and worked like a charm :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2441211
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] baldusiek:
I've been doing that but my rom was rooted. When you did this, were you unrooted?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joel32137:
My active was rooted (via towelroot) and sim unlocked (via regionlock away). Afterwards, I then followed the directions/thread from the link posted earlier...

You may want to post your issue in the other thread and see if anyone can help there...

If I know the answer, I'll certainly help out in the other thread... :)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] jtat4eva:
[MENTION=5429604]chronicaust[/MENTION] is it also possible for them to unbrick an AT&T samsung galaxy s4 active (sgh-i537) running 4.2.2 mf3 firmware ?
[LG Optimus Me P350] interista4e:
Who are the developers that are working on this phone now?
[LG Optimus Me P350] Shaka96:
Cm9-cm10-cm10.1 building is stopped but there are people like me that are working on port rom and mod rom for better performance ...
[LG Optimus Me P350] interista4e:
:crying::crying::crying:
[LG Optimus Me P350] Shaka96:
Are you italian?
[LG Optimus Me P350] interista4e:
Certo vecchio! :cool:
[LG Optimus Me P350] Shaka96:
Ho 17 anni non sono vecchio :D
[LG Optimus Me P350] interista4e:
Io 19, di che zona sei? :D
[LG Optimus Me P350] Shaka96:
Messina e sono interista tu?
[LG Optimus Me P350] interista4e:
Io polentone padovano ;D
[LG Optimus Me P350] Shaka96:
Ahahah immagino :D che rom hai installato?
[LG Optimus Me P350] interista4e:
Ho l'ultima weekly cm10.1 che è bella, se non fosse per il lockscreen che mi fa girare le palle :eek: . se lo aggiustassero sarei bello contento, ma si è fermato tutto....
[LG Optimus Me P350] Shaka96:
Ma a te non è un po lenta? Qualche volta non compare una strana schermata bianca e si riavvia a volte? Comunque se vuoi posso darti il link del kernel 2.6.32 che fixa il bug della lockscreen ma riduce le performance
[LG Optimus Me P350] interista4e:
No anzi, quando ho flashato il pureperformance x va da dio, è rimasto solo il lockscreen e sarebbe perfetta :) prova a mandarmi lo stesso il link del kernel che provo
[LG Optimus Me P350] Shaka96:
A questo punto inviami il link del pureperformance x :D

Tieni flasha questo kernel da recovery: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f0gzjkzd....32/PecanCM.cm-10.1-p350-26-02-2013_23-29.zip
[LG Optimus Me P350] interista4e:
Basta che cerchi su google pure performance x e vai sul primo link ;)
[LG Optimus Me P350] Shaka96:
Fammi sapere come ti trovi :)
[LG Optimus Me P350] interista4e:
Non mi sembra di notare grandi cali di prestazioni, ottimo :D ....e a te produce il pure x?
[LG Optimus Me P350] Shaka96:
Un macello grazie :D ti va di aiutarmi con qualche rom?
[LG Optimus Me P350] interista4e:
Scusa ma sono un noob, non sono capace di creare o modificare rom :(
[LG Optimus Me P350] Shaka96:
Ti insegno se ti va :)
[LG Optimus Me P350] interista4e:
Vorrei ma quest'anno ho gli esami e devo impiegare il poco tempo che ho per studiare sul serio D;, comunque con quel kernel non vanno fotocamera e bluetooth :(
[LG Optimus Me P350] Shaka96:
Mmm a me non risulta D: hai un backup? Se non flasha il kernel 3.0 su original android develepoment
[LG Optimus Me P350] interista4e:
Ho rimesso quello vecchio... Quali bug dovrebbe avere il kernel 2.6...?
[LG Optimus Me P350] Shaka96:
Che io sappia nessuno... hai provato fare un wipe cache e dalvick cache dopo aver installato il kernel?
[LG Optimus Me P350] interista4e:
Si ma non va lo stesso D:
[LG Optimus Me P350] Shaka96:
Prova ha scaricare una app fotocamera dal playstore(una qualsiasi che la sostituisce)
[LG Optimus Me P350] interista4e:
Avevo installato camerazoom ma dice errore della fotocamera :(
[LG Optimus Me P350] Shaka96:
Mentre quella stock che fa? Interruzione imprevista? D:
[LG Optimus Me P350] interista4e:
Quello stock sembra abbia solo il lockscreen, per il resto è apposto
[LG Optimus Me P350] Shaka96:
Capito...prova a cercare su taringa(scrivi lg p350 taringa su google) e scorri le pagine fino a quando non trovi quello che ti serve. In caso poi tardi do un occhiata anche io ;)
[Sony Xperia L] Hnk1:
Hi there

I recently bought Xperia L and today out of no where it was dead in my pocket. It was 60% charged. I just drove five minutes whilst xperia in my pocket. I thought maybe it hanged and I took out battery n it worked fine. Then suddenly it switched off again n wouldn't turn on. I took out my charger n connected. After good 15 seconds it showed dead battery n red light. I was wondering maybe my battery is bad so I took it out to examine. I put it back n tried turning it on again which wasnt previously due to dead battery. Suddenly it switched on and showed 55 percent battery as it should have. It seems like a bug like Xperia Z. Anyone experienced it? Any fix ?

I am on stock unrooted with latest firmware. My model is c2105.

Update

Another Bug Found

While charging, if I am browsing and hold down screen with my finger, the screen starts to go crazy n I see jumping behavior.

Update 2

Only happens on Opera classic. Not on chrome
[Sony Xperia L] Sparksys:
Never experienced it ,, maybe your battery is bad -_-
[Sony Xperia L] Hnk1:
I updated my post with screenshot. Look it suddenly goes dead. Red area. Plus what about the screen bug?
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] sexyali:
i'm new to this forum i just wanted to ask for some advice, i've just got the xda IIi on the o2 network in the uk.

now i was told not to upgrade the rom as it would kill the battery life.... is this true?

currently here is my system info

ROM Version 1.11.00 WWE

ROM Date 01/27/05

Radio Version 1.00.0

Protocol 1337.39

all help would be much appreciated.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] sexyali:
any1?
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] Sean uk:
If you do a search you will find lots of posts, on what roms are best for the IIi.

I personaly didnt notice much difference in battery life when I changed rom it was stability that improved greatly, need to do a soft reset less.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raheemdot:
Hello,

I have an issue with my Xperia Z. It will not allow me to add widgets on other launchers except the stock launcher itself. I am running a ROM on it currently (it is the eXistenZ) one.

I have tried making the other launcher a system app however that does not work.

Please help me because I want to start using Nova and other launchers.

Regards,

Raheem
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raheemdot:
Can someone please reply?? I really need help.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raheemdot:
Please help guys! It is really frustrating!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warface:
You can't use any of the Sony ones like Walkman and Weather on a custom launcher.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raheemdot:
Hello, yes I am aware of this, any widget I try to add it says "Settings has stopped", whether it's a Sony widget or not. What could be the issue I am running eXistenZ v3 ROM?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warface:
Ah, sorry, I didn't read the op properly.

Have you tried reflashing the ROM?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raheemdot:
Yes multiple times I have also tried flashing various different Honami ROM's on my Xperia Z still doesn't work.

Do you know how to fix this?
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlgallag:
I don't know if it's considered bad forum manners to recommend that users look outside the xda forums for solutions and if it is I apologize. but recently I have noticed comments in xda Nook HD/HD+ threads asking about the availability of the Tablet UI function as a built-in capability in any of the HD/HD+ 4.3 ROMs. The responses to these questions are usually that there is no plan to add this feature into the ROM and that the best way to get the Tablet UI is to install the separate zip that patches this function into the tablet after the ROM in question has been installed. I have been using a couple of 4.3 EMMC ROMs that include the Tablet UI as a built-in function in my Nook HD+ and my Nook Tablet. These ROMs were compiled by iamafanof and can be found on his wordpress page. I have been using both ROMs for a while now and have experienced no issues while using either of them. The Tablet UI function works perfectly as far as I can tell and includes customization in the form of scalable font sizes and different colors and allowing the positions of the navigation buttons and the status indicators to be flipped. The overall ROM performance, as was the case for earlier 4.1 and 4,2 ROMs from iamafanof, is very reliable - no unexpected reboots or momentary black screens like I and many others have experienced with other ROMs. For anyone who really wants the Tablet UI and can't find it in other ROMs these might be worth a look and a try. Again, it I have violated any forum rules by recommending this solution I apologize.