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[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsdecker10:
What's the deal with the Market Helper app? Why won't it help? I know what Market Helper is used for, but have the big name app stores caught onto this sneaky little app and found a work-around to STILL block specific devices from dl'ing device specific apps? Reason being, I've got a Galaxy Note 3 and I'm trying to get the Watch Disney Jr. app on my phone for my son, but I'm havin a heck of a time figuring this out! lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 1dollarbi11:
I have the galaxy s4 from sprint (sph-l720). I was having the phone flashed to page plus. something went wrong and he couldnt get it to flash. now the phone won't boot past the samsung screen but, i can get to recovery. I have been searching for days and days on how to figure this out. When i connect it to my computer odin wont recognize the phone in download mode. i have tried to re-install the drivers but they keep failing. my computer does make the sound when i connect the usb and it does attempt to install the drivers but fails. If anyone can help me i would greatly appreciate it. i know time and knowledge is money, i am not looking for a hand out. I am out of options here, please.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
Sounds like a couple of things.

First go buy (or use) a brand new usb cable!

A buddy of mine was banning his head trying to connect recently and found his cable was for charging only. And I've had old usb cable s cause a world of frustration.

next uninstall the Samsung drivers and then reinstall them "as administrator".

then go find the full tar of the m f9 Rom not just the firmware but the full tar. its a zip extract it. open up Odin as administrator, put it in the PDA slot. then plug your device in and flash
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 1dollarbi11:
okay i will try the install as admin, guess i missed that and will report back thank you for responding so fast this is driving me crazy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 1dollarbi11:
looks like odin still wont show the magic connection
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 1dollarbi11:
oh and before this happened odin did work fine with this USB that i have (the one that came with the S4)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] gotablunt:
You said you can access recovery..is it a custom recovery? If so flash a stock rom

If not heres a ota mf9 flashed from stock recovery http://androidromupdate.com/2013/07/09/sprint-galaxy-s4-ota-update-l720vpuamf9-stock-via-recovery/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
Ok uninstall your old sammy driver and install the latest Sammy drivers 'as administrator'.

Make sure your phone is charged to at least 60%. Even if it doesn't turn on plug it in to the wall for a while and let it charge.

Don't connect it to PC yet.

HERE is the FULL system tar. All stock, kernel, recovery, ROM Modem.

Extract the zip and extract the .tar.md5.

Run Odin 'as administrator'. Place tar.md5 into PDA slot of Odin. Odin should look like this If you check on 'repartition or anything you are going to hose your phone...

With Odin open on your PC and your

phone still not connected

, put it into download mode - Simultaneously Press and Hold [Power][VolDn] until confirmation screen appears

Press [VolUp] to enter Download mode.

NOW plug your phone into the PC [Windows may install additional drivers; hopefully] and see if it shows up in any COM port (doesn't matter which one). If it shows up press start and let it finish. You should then have a stock MF9 working. First boot takes about 5 full earth minutes, let it go for even a little longer if necessary. If it doesn't boot after 10 earth minutes you may have to pulll the battery and then restart it but it should start.

You can then use the CF-Autoroot method to quickly root the phone. Then download goomanager and install a custom recovery and your off to the races.

Good luck.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 1dollarbi11:
way cool thank you for the write up I am in the process of trying this out. thank you very much
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 1dollarbi11:
dang still a no go as far as odin seeing the phone. i guess i dont understand why odin was working before but now after reinstalling the drivers several times still cant pick it up.... any ideas? tried different port and new cable. anyone able to check it out remotely?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
one more silly thing to try.

After your phone is fairly well charged take out the battery for 1/2 hour or more even. I had some issues with other sammy's and doing that worked a few times; think it lets all the capicitors fully discharge on the device.

Put it back in the phone and go straight to download mode. Then start Odin and plug your phone in.

Also did you uninstall the old drivers, reboot, then install the new drivers and then reboot again before trying to connect?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] richardpunch:
I had this problem as well once. My cure was using Revo or some other advanced uninstaller to remove Samsung Kies, then I reinstalled the Samsung drivers.

However, that is only assuming that your problem is coming from your computer. Sounds like your phone's usb drivers got messed up during the flash. This seems somewhat reasonable to me, as I assume the USB drivers are in /system and the flash would disturb files there.

One other idea: be advised that Download Mode eventually times out. So, if you turn your phone on in Download Mode and leave it there for a while THEN connect it. Odin may not register it because your phone shuts off the download stream after a certain time of inactivity.

Hope this helps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] maurogg84:
What are you guys using to unzip this image files, I downloaded like more than 10 stock files, every time I try to unzip them, it says the file is broken. I used 7zip, WinZip. My laptop has windows 7.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] richardpunch:
You should just have a .zip file that you flash via the recovery interface.

-Mobile post
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] maurogg84:
No, I'm talking about stock images that are in zip or rar files, that I need to unzip to get the the other tar.md5 files to odin, cause my phone is not working anymore. I think it might be my computer, or my internet connection. I don't know, I'm lost
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
NO just unzip the zip file.

Download the zip. extract the .tar.md5 file - it's a 2.10GB file after extraction named "L720VPUAMF9_L720SPTAMF9_L720VPUAMF9_HOME.tar.md5" .

Launch Odin 'as administrator' and put that ONE .tar.md5 file in the PDA slot.

Re-read the tips here on the rest.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] maurogg84:
I used a friend computer, and I was able to unzip the file, I think my computer is corrupting those files some how. Thanks for the help though.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FxSxKx:
I need help to build cyanogenmod or AOKP rom (android 4.1) for a device that is not yet supported by anyone (I have not found threads on forums about some rom for this device, nor found something of this model on github). That's why I would like to try to build a custom rom for this device, so also learn a little more about android (I have basic knowledge).

I have alcatel sources in this link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/alcatel/files/

I read that first I have to create the device tree to begin building the rom in ubuntu. Could anyone guide me on how to use the sources (android 4.1) alcatel to create the device tree well or that could be the procedure to start with this?

In advance thank you very much.

PS: Any help is welcome, I hope some experienced developer can help me xD
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawong:
hi i was using the phone for a few month and put it in a flip casing.. but a few days ago when im tried to switch to another sim(remove the casing from the phone) and discovered that the side of the phone ( top side housing where the top mic placed) and right side of the phone are cracked. im absolutely dnt know how its became like that..

will it affect the touch panel?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Its common. And no...

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawong:
thanks for the answer.. its been worried me for a few days :D ..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Mines near the usb port. Been there about a year

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[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dreamzeh:
Hey XDA!

I recently purchased an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 Active. It has MF3 and is rooted (obviously). I installed SafeStrap earlier this morning and was looking for custom roms to put onto my phone. However, I was unable to find any for the Active version. I have seen plenty for the regular s4, but none for mine. Do you guys know of any that I could use? Or a better question would be is it even possible? I dont think I can put the roms for the regular s4 on but correct me if im wrong.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pyro254750:
Currently the only functional rom is the active Intl Google edition.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] br0adband:
The AOSP ROM from LeJay is presently the only known working ROM compatible with Safestrap (I think I said that correctly, who knows) and it can be found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2406177
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dealwitit187:
i537 or i9295 ???

Can someone please state whether its the galaxy s4 active i537 or galaxy s4 active i9295?? would be very appreciated
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
The OP's signature states he has the i537 and the 2nd poster has a i9295
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yankeesfan714:
Hey [MENTION=907867]br0adband[/MENTION] did you read that we can flash stock based 4.2.2 gs4 Roms for our actives? Its only a matter of adding the two physical menu and back buttons. I am anxiously awaiting more people to try and verify. If I get brave I will attempt it after work today.

GT-i9295(i537) running SafeStrap
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] br0adband:
Didn't know that, no, but I no longer have the Active. ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yankeesfan714:
What happened? Fall out of love?

GT-i9295(i537) running SafeStrap
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yankeesfan714:
I too can confirm the s4 stock based roms can be flashed on i537
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hokeymcf:
Same here.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yankeesfan714:
Have you tried the Jedi ROM?

GT-i9295(i537) running SafeStrap
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hokeymcf:
Not yet. I'm a sucker for touchwiz though, so I'll give it a try in a couple of days. aosp has too much black and blue coloring for me. I tried shostock first because that's what I had on my s2, and I loved it.

EDIT: d/l link is down :(
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Margarita933:
maxwen's

MOD EDIT: THERE IS NO BEST! AS EVERY MEMBER'S SETUP/PHONE/USAGE/APPS/SIGNAL STRENGTH ARE DIFFERENT. YOU MUST TRY FOR YOURSELF TO FIND WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dealwitit187:
I am sorry that if I may just be too worry about my device but I think everyone should be the real question I am asking is whether there are any current roms that are working with the Samsung galaxy s4 active AT&T (i537) F3, That is the phone I have, its running Geohot Root and Safestrap 6.3 and can not wait to hear that Task650 is working for it, That would be my perfected phone!

I appreciate the Responds I get, its my first time Posting on XDA! Great Site!!
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zarycki345:
as I think that

OPPO kind of ruined color rom and I do not want to use it anymore because of it not being ready for daily use, I would like to ask you folks which custom rom is the best in your opinion. Therefore I would like to know what the most positive and most negative aspects of each custom rom are so that I can compare them.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devo7v:
Check this thread, it's a work in progress, but it is being maintained.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dealwitit187:
Thank You But I did find this finally about a week ago it feels like haha I was looking in the wrong section the whole time.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Naddict:
To keep things orderly, please take any further discussion to an earlier created thread here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2467824
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Jimbob0001:
Hi. Would be very grateful for any help.

I have the following issues:

1) External buttons don't work in clamshell mode (except answer call button). At the very least I'd like to use the volume control.

2) Keyboard backlight never comes on (have tried the button on front and with backlight sensor enabled and disabled in settings).

I was wondering if this is anything to do with the corporate install, as I'm almost positive that before I hard-reset and went into corporate, the volume control at least worked in clamshell mode.

Many thanks! jim
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] EyeOfTheStorm:
Keyboard backlight will only get on in very dark environment. Universal has a light sensor.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Jimbob0001:
I know: backlight doesn't come on even with my thumb over it.

On the other issue, though, does anyone know if the outer buttons and the volume slider _should_ work with the lid closed?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] CJSnet:
I too thought the backlight was broken, but it has to be REALLY dark, and your thumb has to seal every area of it. Alternatively find and change the setting to disable the backlight sensor, then it comes on every time you press a key! :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sagirfahmid3:
I was wondering if anyone here knows of a widget app that will allow me to quickly set my min and max frequency from the home screen?

Imagine the power manager widget (the GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, Brightness, etc, toggle widget) but instead with a bunch of frequencies for me to select. That's what I mean.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
I just picked up an S4 off swappa, MDK build already rooted and loki'd running TWRP 2.5.0.2

So I'll flash a ROM and sometimes they'll boot, sometimes they get stuck on the splash screen. If I reboot a ROM at all, it sticks on the splash screen. Sometimes it will randomly reboot itself. I have to battery pull from there, manually boot into recovery (sometimes it hangs on the splash here too), then reflash.

Weirdly, every time I do this (AKA everytime I try to reboot a ROM), once I get into the recovery it basically doesn't see my internal storage, shows it as "Internal Storage (0 mb)", no files shown in it.

I've tried fixing permissions yada yada, anyone have an idea as to what to do?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Internal storage? Like when you're trying to make a back up and you can choose between saving to the micro sdcard and internal, the internal shows 0mb there?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
Shows it like that everywhere in the recovery; install & restore section, file manager...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
It has to be a recovery issue. I just formatted data with TWRP then booted into a ROM. Wtf.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
Now I can't get anything to boot besides recovery... nor is there any guides for this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Odin back to stock mdk, use the sch 1545 pit while in odin then reroot, install custom recovery
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hexitnow:
Are you wiping all the proper partitions before installing your rom? Ie factory data reset/system/both caches.

Hit thanks if I helped you out. Doing a little bit of reading goes a long way. Sent via tapatalk. now Free
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
Yeah this is what I did.

I don't know what he did to this phone before I got it needed to start from scratch.

Yeah of course but the thing that was weird is that even when I hit "format data", which in twrp formats the whole internal sd; I could still boot the rom which shouldn't be possible.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] IRAQIGHOST:
Hi Guys

Today i read the specifications of my device and i have read two things

1- RAM 1GB but my device read it 804MB!!! and also my brother have Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 have 824MB!! WHY?

2- The Internal Memory 8GB but my device is 4GB!!! WHY?

Thanks
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Suraj007:
Out of 8gb half is occupied by android system to run and for ram its somewhat hidden like if buy a 16 memory card but u will get 14.5gb something like that

Sent from my GT-I9082
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Tianhe:
The internal memory of 8GB is not fully user available because Android OS and files take up about half of it. So availability for user is near about 4GB. You can root and remove bloatware to increase internal memory if you want. Alternatively you can swap int/ext memory. Changing file systems and partition size is beyond the scope of this discussion

A part of the 1GB RAM is required to run the Android OS in itself so you will never get fully free 1GB RAM. Again, removing unnecessary apps, especially apps which start on boot, can increase RAM. And RAM has nothing to do with SDcard / external storage capacity unless it is required to initialize and run the card itself
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] adi160699:
You can Root your phone and download system app remover and uninstall system apps which you don't use!
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] alpine111573:
my device always goes on safe mode when ever i reboot. any work around on this....
[Samsung Captivate Glide] Gunstar_Hero:
I recently bought another glide on ebay (my old one met with a...rough end) in supposed "Manufacturer Refurbished" condition. The phone looks great, and I quickly rooted and installed a custom rom on it (without ever plugging in my SIM / SD card first) and finally was ready to put my SIM card in. However, the phone seemed to have signal only for a few seconds and then ceased to have ANY signal.

Regardless of ROM, fumbling with the SIM card, doing the "tape trick" to get better contact, the phone doesn't seem to want to work.

I noticed that with the SIM in, the phone claims to have a signal (something like -111) and Mobile Network Type will say things like "HSPA", which implies that something is at least part way working. Service State says "Out of Service" or something though.

My IMEI is fine by the way. I'm flashing back to stock EVERYTHING at the moment to see if it'll help.

Any ideas guys?

UPDATE: Stock ROM flashed through ODIN is still broken. And I think the "signal" I saw for a few seconds was actually wifi...so, I'm going to open a case on ebay I suppose after talking to the seller.
[G2 General] bova80:
For those saying call volume is quiet when you are on a call if you hit the menu button there is a noise suppression option that is checked. Unchecking this increases the volume.
[G2 General] tiguy99:
Mine says voice enhancement. Hit that & the call got louder & a little fuller
[G2 General] donnybright:
Any difference in call quality to the other person on the line?
[G2 General] tiguy99:
Not sure. Still on the same phone call...over an hour and they didnt mention anything. I haven't heard any crackles or strange sounds other people complained about either.

Mobile data is on...hence me being on this site @ this time. (Testing the bluetooth now) Call quality & range are excellent as well (Plantronics Voyager Legend).

Battery hasn't dropped @ all & the phone is cold to the touch. So glad i got this phone
[General Questions and Answers] jamespoo:
i need to fix my phone it has no rom on it anymore and i need to put it back on its a android cheap Chinese one i got for $48usd

i have the .img file but have no clue what to do with them
[General Questions and Answers] ashlward:
.img file?

Could you please tell me the phone make and model?
[General Questions and Answers] aksingh05:
img files,ok you can use them

but there should be many img files

like

system.img

boot.img

recovery.img etc

if these all you got,then try to flash via any software,which can flash them in your phone.

good luck
[Galaxy S III General] lawong:
did u guys noticed that s3 amoled deep black are more 'whiter' than galaxy note and s2..
[Galaxy S III General] oswade:
Yeap. Nothing we can do about it. Even S1 has deeper blacks. Not sure about S4/Note 3 though.
[Galaxy S III General] lawong:
i've seen s4 screen, it got a pure deep black.. im using galaxy nexus too before , the screen are same like our s3,that black are not so deep..

i hope its only software related problems that can be fixed somedays.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
eh? Black is black. Amoled turns off all pixels / led's if pure black
[Galaxy S III General] Skander1998:
He's talking about the bleeding under really low light environments, you can kinda see light coming out, completely gone in the S4 and Note 3.
[Galaxy S III General] Dima_2005:
Technically it's not bleeding as there is no backlight...

There was another thread about that. If you're in a completely dark room and put on a black screen, you'll see that the pixels aren't completely off.

That's a small issue, mostly due to still a bit of power going to the display.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Perhaps this depends on whether you're on a Samsung ROM or not. Can't say I have ever noticed it but I'll test tonight on AOSP. It wouldn't surprise me if it was a software issue.
[Galaxy S III General] Striatum_bdr:
Note 3 black is probably one of the darkest one in all phones, many reviews say it's very hard to measure it.
[Galaxy S III General] Dima_2005:
I've tested it with both roms. As well as cm10.2 and Sammy.

If you calibrate your screen perfectly in stweaks, the issue is then hardly noticeable. So it's partly a software issue.
[Galaxy S III General] oswade:
Sorry but it's a hardware issue. But you wouldn't notice it unless you were in a very dark room.
[Galaxy S III General] lawong:
yeah i thnk its a hardware issue too..
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] kat3k:
I'm leaving Sprint, and was planning on moving to ATT, but now taking a look at Verizon. It appears that VZ has slightly better coverage in my rural area. I'm also moving up to the GN3 and have been reading that some features may not be available on VZ. I would really appreciate any opinions or recommendations that would make this decision easier.

Cost? Seems pretty close.

Phones? Does one carrier limit their instruments more than the other?

Coverage and reliability?

Anything else?

Thanks in advance.

I'm posting in General, because although there are question marks here, they're not exactly questions. Please move if you think so.