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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] flashbolt:
Yaaaay xD!!

i already did that xD

googling again with ur keyword, please wait....

yes i see what u meant, but all the link are not available/downloadable

that's why i had to ask u, i think this is my first time to ever ask something in any forum hehe, i've never been this stuck in my life xD

but sadly I've lost all my chakara xD

anyway it seems that even if i did find it i won't be able to install it, the reason why is like below

1- i remembered i had a note 3 verizon, i attached it, copied the vzw software assistance.exe and all files related

2- tried to install it from my local harddrive copy, nothing would lunch or pop-up

3- backed it up as *iso and mounted it, still got nothing lunching or popping up when i try to open the *exe

4- connected my note 3 and lunched it from the phone and it directly pop up an agreement message with "install" button,

one must be connected to the internet when installing

so after all it turns out without a verizon device connected and used to install it, one cant use the software unless it's already installed

so i thought i'd share this info for anyone who wants

anyway thank you for your time and help =D

unbricking my note 2 sch-i605 ongoing.. xD

wish me luck =d
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] flashbolt:
i'll post this just for information

so after i have soft bricked my phone to a brick that cannot be fixed through odin i managed to fix it with the verizon software repair

the error i have faced was that everytime i try to flash any rom or anything to sch-i605 verizon note 2 phone it will return an erorr messag sayong

<ID:0/008> File analysis..

<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/008> Initialzation..

<ID:0/008> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/008> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/008> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/008> sboot.bin

<ID:0/008> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/008> FAIL!

<ID:0/008>

<ID:0/008> Complete (Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

so after installing Verizon software assistant and connecting my phone to it, it have completely repaired my phone :victory:

tip: u have to install "Verizon software assistant" from a working Verizon phone only, you can't install it from copied files.

Thanks for all you provide XDA Dev's !!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bkkzak:
The software might be too outdated, I can't get it to run. It keeps force closing on my mac. It won't even launch in windows, I found a report of a user that had removed the samsung signature on the file with launching success, but even that didn't work for me. Lol I'm just going to have to wait for the stock rom to download so I can Odin it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] supertester:
Same situation here - I am stuck with the phone telling me to run Verizon Software Repair Assistant. and that does not work on Windows 10. I was able to remove the digirtal signature. I have the task manager running and the app does appear to launch but gets closes right away. Stuck phone - please help....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lgg2flash:
Just an update for those who care. I had success with windows 10. I plugged in a working verizon phone to get the upgrade assistant which has the repair assistant in it. It installed without a hitch. It wouldn't recognise my phone until I manually put it in download mode. Took about 7 mins to repair with fiber internet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gsausalito:
Sorry folk, can't install software.

Any help?

Running Windows 7 x64, drivers installed.

Regards
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pritchfest:
Working file FOUND!!!

Thanks for the info and initial file OP. Unfortunately, the zip is out of date and does not install on any version of Windows I have tried.

I have tried Windows 7 64 bit and 32 bit, as well as windows XP 32 bit. The assistant did not open in any of these versions of windows.

I found a working file...

Direct download link (as of 11/3/2016) for the repair assistant from Samsung's website:

http

://support

-us.samsung.com/VerizonSoftwareUpdateWin/

I was directed to the above download link from this Verizon web page. You can find any needed instructions on using the tool there.

https

://www

.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-80201/

Here is the Verizon page for the Software Upgrade Assistant:

https

://www

.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-80200/#windows
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K3nshiro:
Dear Forum,

I’m having some hiccups migrating the birthdays from an old nokia 7230 to Google, and let them sync from there to a S3.

I’ve been able to transfer all the Contacts to google with *.vfc, used Nokia PC Suite to transfer Calendar (Events + Birthdays) to Outlook and from there synced with google.

I have a problem with the layout or rather the way Outlook interprets the data which was placed in the Nokia.

Outlook just places the Event on the top bar for the day it was created, not respecting the time it was scheduled for. The time of the event is mentioned, e.g. “Dentist 18:45”…it’s not a big issue, as I can just drag the event to the proper time. I hope that Google Calendar will get synced with the same alert I set in Outlook though…

For birthdays, the Nokia has a very efficient way to remind. You just enter the exact birthdate (year included) and on that specific day you get an alert for that person, showing even the age.

Now – how do you do this in Outlook or Google ? It indeed imported all the data from the Nokia, but it’s not showing the age neither the year or birth. I’ve found a few apps like Age+ or Birthdays that do exactly that.

However, if you uninstall the app those dates are gone…not good… Obviously they are backed up in Outlook/Google… but I haven’t found anything else that comes close.

I was thinking of maybe using GoogleDocs, make a formula, and link it to the cell in GoogleCalendar…not sure if that works though…

Do you maybe have another idea ? :laugh:

Thank you for reading me,

Kind regards,

Ken
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Howmor:
Possible fix for your calendar

This fix works for me on a Nokia Lumia 820 synching with Outlook (!Live/Hotmail).

The fault is with Outlook (!Live/Hotmail). Just follow the instructions in the attached PDF.

The PDF is for the Birthday calendar but will probably work for the others too.

Hope this works for you.

Regards,

Howard
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wm2001wm2001:
Problem: Constent annoying background noise when not playing audio. It is gone when any audio is playing.

Trigger:

Very tricky, needs 3 conditions

1. Bose QC15 with HI Gain Switch (earpod ok)

2. Charger plugged into Note 3

3. No audio playing

It seems that HI Gain is somehow too sensitive, but it never happen on iPod Nano 7th Gen, Nexus 7 or any other of my devices.

The noise start when Usb cable (both 2.0 and 3.0 will do) conduct any part inside the port, no need to plug into position.

Tried apple earpod, no noise.

So what shoud the conclusion be based on these confused result?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Melhisedek:
I tried completely dark wallpaper but it is kinda too much. What do you guys use?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joooe:
No wallpaper. The pixels are off = more battery.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killbubble:
I've got this very neat wallpaper pack i got off the web somewhere a long time ago.

I will upload it tomorrow (somewhere where uploading like 50mb is possible within a day) and give you a link ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killbubble:
The mega link for wallpapers: https://mega.co.nz/#!4lgBHQAQ!TCEeWIhaWuoNEV1XxU0qRkgl514Y7Nuv0x1RseFKFjk
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] skearon:
Can anyone recommend a compatible GSM aerial I can attach to the JJ

It has two aerial connections, one for GSM and one for 3G.

At home I have poor GSM reception and no 3G and the JJ seems far worse at picking up a signal here compared to my Sony K750i

Or can someone tell me the connection type used for GSM on the JJ so I can do some research myself via Google
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] rlwaugh:
I have a similar problem and would also like to hear of an ariel to use at home.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] srmz:
Same here!!!

Need urgent of the experts in this community.

Kind Regards
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] edgley:
I am going to try one from these guys:

http://www.enetrics.co.uk/browse_espx/cat-aerial.html
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] naslador:
Have you find some correct connector ?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatpimp007:
Anyone having issues playing movies where there's no sound? Every time I open a movie that's on my SDCard, I get an error message saying "Unsupported Audio Codec." However, the video plays fine.

Not sure if it's a Note 3 issue or not but when I had the Galaxy S4, the movies played fine.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bladerunner1825us:
Are you using the stock program to play it? Are you open to use a third party player? I found mx player to be the best one out there or ive heard vlc is good too
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatpimp007:
Stock. I've never had a problem with the stock player but worst case scenario I can give MX a try.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TJCacher:
Definitely seems to be a difference from the stock video player on the Note 2. My pirated mkv files with dolby 5.1 tracks indicate "unsupported audio codec" on my new Note 3 but played fine on my Note 2.

Fortunately, the files can still be served to my Sammy TV from the Note 3 and my surround receiver still gets the Dolby bits to decode.

Guess I'll use a different player for playing them on-device.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bladerunner1825us:
Could be related to new security features implemented on this
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TJCacher:
Not really sure what security features you're referring to as I am just getting caught up on all this for the first time in about six months.

Do you have a link where I could learn more about the security features you referred to?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bladerunner1825us:
Its all the new knox stuff which goes with the locked bootloader. There are a few threads here that talk about it.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Archon810:
Was shocked to find that audio in regular Divx and mkv files don't even play on the Note 3, while they played fine on the Note 2. That was one of the most important features for me, god damnit.

The reason most, if not all, aftermarket players suck is they have BT audio lag. Only the stock apps have ever worked flawlessly for me. The video app on the Note 2 was fantastic.

---------- Post added at 04:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:44 PM ----------

Here's the problem:

Note 3: MP3, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA, AMR-NB/WB, FLAC, WAV, Vorbis

Note 2: MP3, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA, AMR-NB/WB, FLAC, WAV, MIDI, OGG, AC-3

See AC3 support in the Note 3? Neither do I. It's a very popular audio codec, and Samsung (or Qualcomm) decided we didn't need it. Even the Nexus 4 supports AC3. This is god damn infuriating.

---------- Post added at 04:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:00 PM ----------

AT&T is even falsely advertising it with AC3 support: http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/devices/samsung/galaxy-note-3-jet-black.html.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyline23:
Same problem here. Very disappointed. Coming from the N2, and the Optimus G pro, both stock players played all my files with no issues.

The N3 player seems very stripped. I also have Mx player, but that does not support DLNA, which is very important to me.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Archon810:
Good point. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like there are any updates about DLNA: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!s.../dlna/mx-videoplayer/3UJsfnRnoYU/3Iw7UUarkUsJ.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyline23:
Thanks!

sucks that the onboard player is so stripped down compared to the N2.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TJCacher:
I am also disappointed in the stock player's lack of support for ac3, but I've discovered it can still be used as a source server to play mkv files on my phone to my Samsung TV and surround sound receiver.

While the audio track cannot be rendered by the player on-device, the Dolby bits are correctly sent to and seen by the Samsung TV via the wireless connection to my phone and then passed to the receiver by the TV.

This was my primary use case for the player software on my N2, so I'm not as bummed by this loss as some others may be.

I feel sure that somewhere some Samsung engineer will read this post and add "Break Dolby pass-through" to the to-do list for the next N3 software update.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] know50:
Work around for now...

Download mx player from play store. Open mx player and go to settings/ decoder and scroll to the bottom and download custom codec that is recommended. Use a file manager like root explorer and extract the custom codec. Then go back to mx player settings/ decoder scroll to the bottom and install the custom codec then set mx player to use s/w decoder (local) and s/w audio then start the movie over and there ya go. Took me a minute to figure out but at least I can watch my movies with sound again. Good luck
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Archon810:
I didn't need to do any such things with MX Player - just install the base app, switch it to either S/W or H/W+ mode, and it worked fine.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] know50:
Cool. Yeah that was my first go at it and I just posted what worked for me
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lizardwithhat:
I can confirm this is a Note 3 issue, downloaded some MKV videos and it said unsupported audio video, video plays fine same with MX player. Plays fine on my older HTC Sensation.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kursk:
here's the solution

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-3/general/gn3-ac3-support-mod-pako777-t2867140
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikep90:
How are you spose to do that.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kursk:
With a root access and a file explore / editor such as fix
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikep90:
What you just copy those tags and that's it and put those files under libs
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kursk:
Basically yes. Copy two files and insert 5 lines into the right file a the right place

Sry I meant fx explorer
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AppleJuice3:
I did this fix and now my youtube, soundcloud, netflix, hangouts apps force close. The AC3 audio does work though. Any thoughts?:confused::confused::confused:

Factory reset did not fix the issue and AC3 audio is still playing. I guess the reset didn't undo the 'fix' .
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrkhigh:
Fwiw I've never heard of anything good coming from a factory reset. People do this when a device is half soft bricked then realize they no longer have USB debugging enabled...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikep90:
I didn't have none of those problems. Did you copy those two files to system/lib and copy those couple of lines.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kursk:
Yep factory rest doesnt affect system folders

Anyway :

1 what's your rom build number / android version ?

2 is your device a snapdragon note 3 or an exynos one ?

3 share your media_codecs.xml file

4 send a logcat

To rollback you should delete added line from media_codecs.xml

Cheers
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AppleJuice3:
quick update. I fixed it by reflashing with Odin. I have a t-mobile note 3 running 4.4.2. I may experiment again. If i run into the same problems, I'll post the XML files and logcat here.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] temark1:
Same problem with Note 4 no AC3 CODEC!

Same problem with Note 4 no AC3 codec. Will this method work for Note 4? Found media codec xml. File.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cjonesfan921:
I have an issue with Instagram video when it relates to the Front facing camera...anyone else? It'll not connect to the camera and just freeze up. The Pic part works fine.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyH2:
On my Galaxy Note 3, when at home I am connected to my WIFI. When I leave the house or switch off my WIFI the phone seems unable to connect to the network (in this case Three) and the browser, email and any other data apps state they cannot connect to the Internet.

The only way to resolve it is to switch on Flight Mode and then turn it off again. I saw a comment in the reviews for the Note 3's keyboard fix that one other person is experiencing the same as me.

Is anyone else having this problem and do you know of a permanent fix? The only info I can find is a similar issue on the Note 2 at time of launch which look to have been corrected by a patch.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KevandLynds:
i have this problem so i flashed h3g uk firmware and it kept failing, so i flashed back to uk btu firmware and im stuck with the exact same problem. no idea how to fix either,

p.s my problem only seems to be with google now, play store and sometimes on any app that uses internet i get news feed error no connection ect..
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jowett69:
I am on Three network and mine works OK.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyH2:
Solution

I think I have found a work around to this annoying problem. It was losing the ability to use any data when I left a WIFI spot I was connected to, or when out and about and the phone picked up an open WIFI spot. None of the WIFI advanced options made any difference. It would affect 3G data too, I'd lose all data access until I toggled Flight mode off & on...that was the only way I could get it working again other than restart the phone.

I found a post about a similar issue with the Note 2 when it was first released and it mentioned a WIFI power saving mode. It turns out you can get to this from the SeviceMode screen by dialing this number *#0011# (ServiceMode will start as soon as you enter the second #) - assume it is the same for all. Once in ServiceMode, tap the menu button and chose WIFI. You will then see a WIFI Power Save Mode label with a button underneath. Tap the button to set it to OFF.

I've been testing this all day, normally I'd lose data at least three times, sometimes more, while travelling but so far today everything has worked flawlessly ... no loss of data connectivity. From what I have been reading, switching off power save mode does not affect battery life despite what you might think and I've not noticed any unusual battery drain today so far. So if you are experiencing the same annoying loss of data, try this before you take your phone back. Hopefully this is a software issue that will be fixed in the future.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ripnetuk:
I swapped the phone

Hi,

I had something similar, except it wasnt wifi related, it happened after I lost the signal for a while (eg, in a lift/elevator).

I tried a new simcard, and that didnt help (also Three UK).

Then I got the handset swapped for a new one at carphonewarehouse, and it fixed the issue, so I put it down to a lemon unit.

cheers

George
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bubblesmoney:
on my s4 and n3 i did more than 10 tests each on wifi and 3g with phones simultaeneously, both on same network, both held in my either hands, both using speedtest both connecting to same server, both on the three network sims on the one plan with unlimited internet including tethering (both pans in my name), same location, same times tests were done.

both on 3g and wifi the n3 is MUCH MUCH slower than the s4 both on three network and same wifi

********************* on wifi on 3G

S4 PING TIME 32 to 173 66 to 86

N3 Ping Time 30 - 37 73 to 1110

S4 upload speeds 8 to 17.79mbps 1.65 to 2.27

N3 upload speeds 7.11 to 12.58 1.74 to 3.77

s4 download speeds 17.79 to 22.38 6.61 tp 7.68

N3 download speeds 7.93 to 12.58 mbps 0.92 to 8.04

the numbers are not just it, even during speed tests i was losing wifi connection on the N3 a couple of times and see the same happening on streaming youtube where it keeps stalling on wifi unlike the s4. surely there is something wrong with the hardware of firmware
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyH2:
Looks like the WIFI setting only helped and it has not solved my problem. l now lose network data connection less often when leaving a wifi zone but it still happens. More worryingly on two occasions now I have lost all access to three including calls, texts and data. Toggling Airplane mode brings everything back to life but this makes the service unreliable.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TiGer0:
Sometime I also have this problem. This is similar to when I went overseas, I turned off the data roaming, but it always unable to connect to data when I returned. Usually I have to reboot it.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahmoud1594:
same problem

Same problem any one can help without custom rom :(
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bubblesmoney:
Just got this alert as it was in my spam box hence the late reply.

Had done this comparison video of the note 3 versus nexus 5 WiFi speeds on same router and nexus 5 was giving speeds of up to 50 Mbps and the Samsung galaxy note 3 was giving 0.5mbps plus drop outs! See video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-XvFPwTAGA

The router works fine with my 3 nexus 7 tablets, 3 Tegra note 7 tablets, Samsung galaxy note (original), 2x android mini PC, 2x smart TV's from Sony and LG, 2x smart bluray players from Sony and LG, laptop, smart camera from Samsung, Panasonic stranger, my NAS drives, 2x old HTC desire phones, a few other old phones from Sony and Nokia and media player from samsung and archos, the only device that ever had a problem with any Router is this Samsung galaxy note 3.

Main problem happens when there are open WiFi networks around our you have selected the auto detect in settings. Here is the solution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjL8JbSQCvw and now I get 50mbps with same phone and router! So it was **** Samsung software to blame!

Now I have triple sim adapter in phone and all three give me 3g signal in Many areas.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mentoz:
I have a Note 3 and this always happens to me when I return from travel overseas. I turn off mobile data and data roaming and use Wifi, but am never able to reconnect when I return. The first time I fixed this by rebooting. This time I tried restarting my phone, removing the battery, turning off Wifi Power Saving Mode by dialing *#0011#. Fortunately I was able to fix the problem simply by toggling Airplane mode without having to reboot. Hope this helps.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andyhartono87:
i have same problem. but i'll wait another solution that permanently fix it without toggling airplane mode.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oldyin:
Same issue

I have the Note 3 & the same issue I'm not a fan of the lollipop look so kept my Kit.4.4.2,

I don't use tethering I play Clash of when I can but it never connects until I turn mobile data off then on this is a pain

i have no solution just having a moan about it.

I use CM Browser

:Telephony info:

IP : ml>

Network type :HSPA

Signal: -91dBm

IMEI : *****

Help !

Cheers oldyin