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[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Deleted member 5439257:
Hello,

Well, I rooted my C1505 11.3.A.2.13 using http://cydiaimpactor.com.

First of all: go to your phone and checkmark Enable USB debugging, and Installation from unknown sources)

1. Download the version for Windows(or if you are on a Mac, the the Mac version, pretty obvious :p)

2. Open the .rar file with 7z or Winrar.(free download, just google, if you haven't already installed one of the two)

3. Just click Impactor.exe, no need to extract anything. It will take a few seconds to start)

4. Connect your phone, and if you haven't already, install the drivers.

5. Set Cydia to: # drop SuperSU su to /system/xbin/su (probably already the selected way)

6. Click start, and wait 20 seconds. And... You are done! Rooted!

You just have to install superuser/SuperSU manually to give apps root acces. And download Root Checker Basis, so you can check if Cydia worke!

Goodluck!

Cheerios
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xperiaeroot:
It's the

11.A.2.23

What app is the right root check?
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Deleted member 5439257:
Hello,

The best rootchecker is this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joeykrim.rootcheck&hl=nl

It is a free download, just go your phone's playstore and download it+install, and just click on verify root acces. That's it. It will show you, if your device is rooted!.

Check also this thread for 11.3.A.2.23(because Cydia doesn't suport 11.3.A.2.23, oops :p): http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2435957

Flashing the kernel is possible with Flashtool(https://github.com/Androxyde/Flashtool/downloads). Just download the zip, and search for a proper Flashtool tutorial! If you don't know what you should do, I am happy to help you out! Just ask.

Cheerios, and goodluck!
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xperiaeroot:
I know my sxe isn't rooted. I bought it new, it's my first smartphone.

Do I have to flash it?
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Deleted member 5439257:
Hello,

The root checker is for if you are done with the rooting process. To verify if it worked. You need to flash the kernels with Androxyde's Flashtool. Just Google. Can't help you out more, cuz I'm on phone.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xperiaeroot:
Did Download the zip but there is only the x10 firmware in it? How do i get the right one?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Boris1M:
Hello all.

I've been using ExtendLockTime (ever since the original DInc) to, well, extend lock time due to corporate Exchange connection. Sometime last week it had stopped working. The ExtendLockTime app itself works and says that the new time-out value is written OK, but the phone still locks after 10 minutes.

Anyone has any ideas?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
Hey guys,

I'll cut to the chase - earlier on I noticed the signal indicator wasn't displaying anything. Took the sim out and popped it back in, and rebooted. Nope - nothing. Further analysis reveals my baseband version and IMEI both show up as "unknown."

Anyhow, I DO have a backup of my efs folder, both as an .img and a .tar. The backups were taken with kTool. My initial reaction was to load up kTool again and just restore the files, and (hopefully) get back my IMEI and whatnot. However, before I went and pressed "backup", a message popped up and said this should only be done as a last resort, and that it's dangerous (then again, anything to do with the efs folder is probably dangerous anyway).

I wanted to post here just to check that it'll be okay if I do this, and I'm not completely screwing up my phone forever! If there's a simpler, easier way or just something else you can recommend for me to do, hit me!

Would it be okay just to restore the efs.img with kTool, and I'll get my baseband/IMEI etc. back? Thanks in advance, apologies if I sound a bit noobish!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
That's what it's for. Restore and reboot. :thumbup:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
Thanks andrewwright, I just restored the backed up efs. Rebooted, and strangely both the IMEI and baseband remains "unknown" :confused: Any idea what to do now?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Restore your modem. Do you remember what modem you had? If so flash that. If not just pick one and flash it. Make sure it's for right version of firmware
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
Yeah, I have a screenshot showing it's XXLPC, which seems pretty rare and not easy to find. So I found a modem, called "radio-cm-9-SGS2-LP6-signed.zip." It's perfectly fine to flash this Lp6 modem right?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
What rom/firmware are you on now?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
4.3, ParanoidAndroid3.99. I actually just flashed it (the modem), and even after successfully installing and rebooting, everything is still unavailable. It was perfectly fine yesterday, then in the blink of an eye POOF - it just goes! So far, everything I've tried hasn't worked.

Any ideas now? It seems odd, restoring the efs should have just made it work and that was that...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Do you have a nandroid bkup. If so flash that. I think that modem is for ics and you should flash jb modem. Say ls8 modem.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
Thanks for putting up with me andrewwright, I do have a nandroid backup, and I've just flashed it, but it's still the same I'm afraid :( Even if I flash a new modem, that won't fix the IMEI issue, will it? This is not looking easy...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
What is your nandroid bkup? What rom.restore ktool now your on your nandroid bk up rom. Reboot. If not work go to recovery and factory reset then reboot. If it 4.0.4 don't factory reset!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bihslk:
Try restore phone flash stockROM again with ODIN and see if it gets back. Dont restore IMEI and play with custom roms.

It worked for me for about 2 yrs ago i had my first S2 and it worked.

---------- Post added at 10:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:28 PM ----------

Or try this after you restored your imei

adb shell ( use this command of you use ADB, if you're using terminal, skip this line )

su

chown 1001:radio /efs/nv_data.bin
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f-r:
Ktool saved me a couple of days ago. I'm glad I've backed up my efs....

Use it with no fear. Just make sure you don't overwrite the backup on your real efs file.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlover1998:
Thanks guys, I was going to try out what you all suggested, but in the last minute my IMEI, baseband and signal came back! I don;t know how this is possible, it randomly went, and randomly came back. How do you explain that?! Not sure if it will happen again, seems interesting - I did nothing at all to it for it to return. I don;t suppose it could be a hardware issue?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mas5acre:
Kinda of screwed it up a little. Deleted some apps in Titanium backup and even made backups but couldn't get the latestr firmware. So I factory restore, Still missing the apps and I need to reflash stock rom. Where can I find the stock rom and how to flash it?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Restore the backup you made.

Or flash the stock FTF you should have made

Or just use PCCompanion to repair your phone.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mas5acre:
Didn't make a backup but I flashed the new 534 firmware with flashtool, all is good.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fergusstrachan:
Does anyone else get the following:

1. GMaps not recognising the compass and not turning its compass as you turn round;

2. Compass app goes mental when you test by spinning round (mine spins the wrong way then back randomly)

?

Looks like my Note3 is proper fkd. At the moment it's just peeing me off.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PeteFinn:
Sounds like the Note 3 is suffering from the same compass issue as the S4. The compass just needs to be calibrated. Download GPS Status & Toolbox (excellent app!) from Google Play Store and go to Tools/Compass calibration. That should fix it. Calibrate the compass outdoors away from metal structures for best accuracy. Factory reset resets also the compass calibration data, but luckily the calibration takes only about 10 seconds or so. Hope this helps!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fergusstrachan:
Cheers Pete.

I did try that but it's still flying all over the place.

Sending it back as faulty. There's too much I dislike about this phone to make it worth £620.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
I tried with mine and a few demo units from the stores.

After a thorough test, they all essentially have this problem. My one, when you go to *#0*# it would just either not spin or spin sporadically, same with the demo units.

I guess it's a software problem, 4.3 problem essentially, my AOSP'd Note 2 also has this problem
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fergusstrachan:
Wow, so perhaps all of them come with a feature that just doesn't work? Weird.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
Well, probably just the batch that first came out. Do you have this problem?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fergusstrachan:
I did, but sent it back.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
Does your replacement have the same issue?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fergusstrachan:
Ah, I see what you're getting at.

No, I didn't get a replacement. Sammy's seem to be all about the gimmick now, and I'm waiting for the N5 or a 32GB G2 to hit these shores.

Besides, £620 for a phone that does the pen-hover thing that my 2003 Windows tablet PC did? Nah. :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
Oh right okay, so you yourself had the same problem, but probably some external reason not mainly because of this, you sent it back and issued a refund?

I have a feeling that when I leave my house, there is a lot of magnetic interference because my compass always works in my house :/
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fergusstrachan:
?

I had the problem, per my original post, so I sent it back as faulty. There are other reasons I was happy to send it back though, as I wrote above.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
Yeah, I noticed I was speaking to the OP like a min ago, I thought the OP got a replacement and never responded back, but alright! I hope a software update could fix this :/
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fergusstrachan:
Heh. I hope they sort it out for you. :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
I'll be sending this device back and getting a replacement, since Rogers has a 15 days return policy if under 30 mins talk time, I'm gonna exchange for a brand new one and see whether that helps :)

Sent from my fingers to your face using my Samsung Galaxy Note 3!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
Got a brand new one! If it still doesn't work, well then screw it, I guess a software update would fix it.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaderoid:
so you have found a solution for your compass problem?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sophocles65:
Following up...

Anyone have any luck getting the compass fixed? Just got my Note 3 (T Mobile US) and I am having the same problem. Makes orienteering and geocaching all but impossible...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
My new device still has this bug, but calibrates faster than my first one. It's a widely known bug, maybe Samsung needs to fix it.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knightnz:
FWIW mine has the same problem. I did manage to get it work work correctly for a little while by using a "metal detector" app which vibrated when it detected something. It suddenly started behaving correctly for a short while.

Calibrating it with the GPS Tools app also fixes it for a little while.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noteworthy:
Having the same issue with my Note 3 as well.The GPS Status app using the compass calibration fixes the problem but once you restart the phone the compass no longer works again and you need to calibrate once more.

It seems like a software bug issue rather than a faulty compass.It's annoying but at least there is a solution.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daniels45:
Same thing here. After calibration it works great but after I restart the compass needs a recalibration. This is the second issue I find after the multitouch issue and now Im past my 15 day return period :(
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eybee1970:
just shake your device heavily once (the way you wanna beat someone with it) and it will be calibrated ;)

This is no joke, works perfectly :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noteworthy:
Hey this does work.At least on my unit.Thanks.Much faster than doing it through GPS Status.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cytoh83:
Holy crap it does work ! Thanks bro !
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GodXen:
Well tried this method, but unlucky. When I type *#0*# there shows that need calibration. But there's no setting for that. Then I tried to calibrate with gps tool but that's also doesn't works for me.

So anyone tried to send for replacement or fix? Because without working compass the walking navigation is really hard.

Also maybe someone tried 4.4 unofficial rom? Does it fixes the problem? Because my girlfriend's HTC one is having the same issues. Maybe it's only the problem in 4.3?

P. S. Forgot to mention that in GPS tool I see that the magnetic Field is always about 300... I know that's not normal.

Please any suggestions
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddieN:
I did the same with *#0*# and couldnt find any setting for calibrating the compass, as it also said "needs calibration" for me. But there is no need for a setting, just rotate the phone along all of its axes and you will see that the compass will calibrate itself when you look at the screen. My compass had a small "2" underneath the needle, not sure what that means though. Haven't tried calibrating it again to see if i get another number.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Morningstar:
I'm kind of curious as to what the numbers mean as well. The first few times I calibrated it, I got a green line with the number 2. Just calibrated again, and this time I got a blue line with the number 3.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
I think it is the accuracy level.

0 & 1: RED (Needs calibration)

2: GREEN (Shows a proper calibration)

3: BLUE (Shows a more exact calibration)

Just try a compass app on different calibration levels to the difference.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] V@no:
In my tests the calibration doesn't require any 3nd party apps. It can be done by rotating the phone several times in 3 different axles at any time, just like eybee1970's method.

I'm afraid this is not a software issue, otherwise it would not do crazy spin depends on phones angle when you slowly rotate the phone when it's laying on table.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iphantomi:
Hey guys,

I think this is a software issue. Im using google maps with gps a lot these days(out of country), and I noticed this bug.

At first I thought it was a hardware issue, but then I noticed that the compass would start working automatically once I would turn gps off. Turning it on again would cause it to freeze.

I think an update to maps could fix this.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hp79:
If it was a software issue I think they would have fixed it by now. My at&t note3 points to weird directions sometimes complete opposite or jumping around even after calibrations and figure 8 calibration method and gps turned off. This is stupid. When I had a Moto X it had very good compass and much snappier overall. Note3's compass is just unusable. I tried another one and same problem there too.

I have n900a with 4.4.2 kitkat nc2.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ox_eye:
Any news about a fix to resolve the problem?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowLea:
Aside from hilariously occasionally going backwards or sideways, and Location Services rather disturbingly still thinking I'm in Serbia, I've not noticed any issues. And I've navigated half the world with it in the last few months.

Unless I go near a skyscraper, or there's another solar flare. (we've had a number of those recently, they wreak havoc on the GPS satellites.) But you can't blame a phone for physics.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haxnhaxn:
CM12 compass issue

Hi all,

My Note 3 (sm-n9005) always had compass issues. On TouchWiz KitKat ROMs I must recalibrate the compass from time to time and after each restart. Now I'm on CM12 and compass is not working at all. When I enable compass in the notification drawer, close and reopen the notification drawer it is disabled. Compass is important for me. Anyone have an idea for me?

ROM: [CM12][5.0.2] Temasek's UNOFFICIAL Build [v6.2]

Kernel: CM / lean (both have the problem)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] puddi:
is this issue fixed in lolipop update ?

can someone check it

thanks in advance
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haxnhaxn:
On TouchWiz Lollipop ROMs I must recalibrate the compass from time to time and after each restart as well. Also the compass is often 90° off.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bladecgn:
Have a look at this:

https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/CYAN-4608

But no fix since 11.0 :(((( Could some dev please look into it?
[Blade General] Makers_F:
Hi everyone

I bought an used ZTE 2 years ago. It was already rooted, I just reset to factory settings and updated to CyanogenMod 7.2.

It worked fine (except for a few problems sometimes) for almost 2 years, but since last 2 weeks it started to lose the network connection (no SMSs, phone calls or data connection. The wifi works fine), and since few days it hasn't connected to the network at all.

I tried to do a factory reset, but it didn't change a thing about the problem.

If in the option I set to show the number of decibels instead of the bar for the signal strength I can read -infinity, from settings -> telephone informations -> status -> signal intensity (in english it can be different since I'm translating from my home language) it says 0 dBm 0 asu.

If you need more information do not hesitate to ask.

What can the problem be? Is it an hardware problem, even if the phone didn't receive any hit or fall recently?

What other things could i do to?

Thanks
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] yarod_g14:
Over the last few weeks, I noticed my Safecom Wifi Card wasnt being recognised by my magician more and more frequently. I would have to soft reset with the card in the device to get it to recognise. Now it wont even do that :(

I have to turn off device and leave battery off for a few mins if I change SDIO.

Even if I remove my Storage card and replace it.....my SD goes.

I just performed a hard reset......no luck.....

This sucks.......My Jam is dying........

Anyone come accross this before?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] fone_fanatic:
i havent, but my jam every now and then doesnt read my sd card. for example i'll try to take a picture and it will tell me not enough memory. i open file explorer and my storage card isnt even there. soft resetting helps some times other times, it just comes back on its own. maybe dirt and lint is getting in the sd slot.. try cleaning the slot with a air can that are used to clean cleaboards and such.
[Moto X Q&A] mikeosu:
I was talking with a friend the other day who is also tech savvy, and he said his only worry about the Moto X was the questionable future of Motorola. Obviously if they were to go away, we would stop getting updates. This seems a little unlikely though given they just started manufacturing phones under google, doesn't it?
[Moto X Q&A] majp89:
They still sell well on Verizon, and now that they have a presence on multiple carriers I don't think they're going to be going away anytime soon. We will know for sure if someone would release some sales numbers on the Moto X. All I can think of is it has been out for over a month now and no price drops yet!
[Moto X Q&A] farkam135:
It is always a possibility. Google however is a long term investment, nobody was expecting motorola to become the new apple as soon as google took ownership. However as time goes by it is going to be harder to get rid of motorola.
[Moto X Q&A] Infekxion:
You gotta look at how much other stuff Motorola makes; ever been arrested, got any military/government associates? Motorola Mobility has a parent with VERY deep pockets and the parent makes its longest green off of software that's why Nexus devices are priced so low. Google will let Moto spend what it needs like the 500 million it spent on advertising.

Sent from my Moto Ghost
[Moto X Q&A] n1ckr0th:
I wouldn't worry about the future of Motorola as far as their mobility products go. I am a manager at a relatively busy AT&T store and they have been selling well. It's not a galaxy so the massive marketing done by Samsung does outdo Moto as far as awareness goes, but their "lazy phone" and "moto maker" ad campaign is certainly effective. Every employee in the store is looking to acquire one, and being on company lines we don't receive upgrades, we must purchase them at cost. So if multiple knowledgeable people in sales are looking to put down around ~$500 for a phone, you can say with certainty it is a good phone. Google wouldn't make such a large purchase to merely throw away or disband shortly after. Motorola with Google is here to stay.
[Moto X Q&A] mikeosu:
Good to know! I figured that was the case, but I was just curious if maybe he knew something I didn't haha.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rain175:
I've had my G2 for less than 24 hours. I put on the top of my car, just to open and close the back door for my kid! I closed the door, and the phone went flying. It cracked the top half of the screen only by a little bit, but the middle of the touch screen is unresponsive....

So, I found a replacement screen and digitizer for it. But I can't find any guides on taking the thing apart! Anytime I do a web search for the G2 it always brings up the G2x, which is an old crappy device from years ago. I couldn't even find an iFixit tear down... I thought they did everything!

Any ideas from anyone?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballplaya:
I have broke my digitizer as well, however LCD is still intact. I have not yet found any digitizers or lcd assemblies yet for this phone (D800). I did find some for the international versions D801, D802 but without taking the phone apart I'd be cautious with your purchase. When you do your web searches, type in -g2x . That will limit results for the g2x.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaungregg:
If you didn't already purchase the replacements this company sells it for 139.99 and offers free support, call them and maybe they send instructions with it or offer help over the phone. I once Fedexed a phone to a guy on Ebay and he fixed it for me and over nighted it back so you could ask about that too. Also maybe ask some local cell repair shops if you bring in the parts will they fix it for cheap, say 1 hour labor. If you can get the parts for 140.00 and offer a guy 50 or 60 to fix it then your still on par with what someone would pay for the insurance deductible on one of the major carriers.

Well this is the D802 I listed sorry but whoever you get the part from, good luck.

https://www.gounlock.com/details.php?itemId=10080#
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rain175:
I'm so glad you guys mentioned the D800... I would have got the wrong one... I am fine replacing the screen myself, I have done it many times on other phones. Just would have liked to find a little tear down guide helping with the process...

thanks for the input though.