yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmcclue:
in my sig (click to show content) theres 4ext recovery as PB99IMG, click the link and follow instructions to flash recovery.

Or

Use the twrp recovery img that u have and flash it using fastboot command

fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img

Then u should be able to boot into recovery
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sudd1976:
It's ALIVE !!!!

Guys,

Ok, so i realised that I was being a major dumbass and using the wrong fastboot command to try and flash my recovery.

Even when I used the command - fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img, the result was the same, no recovery for me and a bootloop:(

But the 4ext recovery as PB99IMG zip file on the root of my S/d card has worked, I now have a working recovery and no more bootloop.

Thanks for all your help guys:D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmcclue:
Glad it worked :cyclops: ps: 4ext recovery is by far the best recovery so keep using it ;)

Out of interest, what version of twrp were u trying to flash??

This is the official device listing TWRP Recovery

But i found this version for desire

By island3r

Im guessing u tried to flash wrong version, hense the fail.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sudd1976:
I tried flashing both of these recoveries

CWM - Touch 5.8.2.0 - Bravo

TWRP - 2.6.0.0 - 2013.07.16

Had the same result on both neither would flash in fastboot.

Taking a look through the files on the phone i can see leftover data from both CWM and also Titanium backup, so its totally been flashed and rooted before I got my hands on it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] boaz65:
I was very excited at the notion of getting my N3 today. I drive like a mad man to the Sprint store closest to my home. I was expecting to see SOME type of crowd...(2 p.m.).the store was absolutely empty! So I tell the rep that I want to buy the N3, she said they never got any, not even 1 for launch day? In fact, she said that during the morning conference call, there was no mention of the N3 at all, WTF? She didn't know model numbers or anything else about it, do people really hate the Samsung line that much? After driving to the 3rd Sprint store, I bought the only one that was shipped to their store. Overall, I'm kind of miffed that even the store reps aren't/weren't prepared, knowledgeable or even slightly enthusiastic about this launch, but I'm glad I got my phone!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] smooth703:
i went straight to best buy and got mine this morning but they did say they had a limited quantity and no accessories.. so i went to the sprint store around the corner to get a case.

they were excited to see mine said they have never seen the phone and didnt get any in
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] aquaholik:
Local Clearwater store had plenty. Despite all the hype of the Note 3, it's always a sleeper at the Sprint store. The same thing happened last year at the Note 2 launch, and that was even more of a bigger hype since it is the first time the Note series is available from Sprint.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] atuarre:
You took the time to complain because there was no rabid crowd like the iPhone zealots do every year? You should be thankful. The store I was at had limited stock AND some stores got their shipments and could not locate them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] crusnik23:
The sprint store here didn't receive theirs and one radioshack only got white ones while the other didn't get theirs at all. I just decided to order mine straight from sprint to avoid everything and to keep myself from being tempted into a white one.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] danon.brown:
No sign, accessories, or display model at the one i was at. However i was the 4th one sold within the hour.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] DCLocal:
I had an appointment at Best Buy for 10:00 a.m. this morning. There weren't many people when I arrived but by the time I was done (took almost an hour!) there was a line of about a dozen people and and lots of talk about the Note 3.

Overall I am much more impressed with the look of the phone and the soft texture of the back; much better than I thought it might be based on many comments in the forums.

Best Buy also had the Galaxy Gear but it was tethered and the security device made the watch look so thick and impossible to test fit. The whole presentation did nothing to help sell the device. Overall from what I could see it looked nice but not for $300. I think Samsung and/or Best Buy really missed an opportunity by not offering some kind of Note/Gear bundle. Even $50 discount might have made me consider getting both.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] boaz65:
I was passing on an observation, not really meant to be a complaint. But it was if they had no idea that it was a launch date, no display units, no in-store posters, like they hadn't even heard of the phone. I just found it strange, maybe others here don't.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dallastx:
All the stores in Dallas/Ft.Worth got at least 10-20. I got there at 9am with 1 guy waiting and by the time i left after i kept telling the salesman i dont have to give them my phone that is not under contract..... I saw about 4 people leave the store with them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] aquaholik:
We are smartphone enthusiasts. Sprint employees or corporate generally do not care. If they do, they would be working with Sony to push their XPERIA line. With a little encouragement and dealing, Sony will add a CDMA version. Look at the mistake with the uniband Note 3 and the lack of waterproof phone.

Get a couple of enthusiasts from XDA to the Sprint corporate board room and the company will be profitable real fast. Sprint corporate is often clueless just like the people at HP, just like the idiots at LG and HTC that decides their phone do not need an SD card. They make $5 mistake that cost them lots of unsold phones and hundreds of millions. Samsung don't have to beat them when they keep making stupid decision like that. Of course, this is just IMHO.

If I was managing the Sprint corporate store, you bet I will be promoting the Note 3 or any flagship phone launch with posters, display, cases, hooking it up to the smart dock, etc.. Look at the home page at Sprint. They are pushing the Iphones. Nothing wrong with that but they should be pushing any new flagship phone launch. They do not have the passion like the John Legre dude at T Mobile.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dallastx:
Thats because no one is trying to hear they only have one option for a plan. lol If you start advertising the Note 3 also people need to be informed that there plan is changing. People hate switching plans especially when the store reps even have a hard time explaining the new plans. Most people can care less about a new phone every yr. We are the minority. I personally thought you get $15 off the plan immediately. Then they tell me you have to wait 2 months. Just very confusing. :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] danon.brown:
You have to wait 2 months for the 15$ off to kick in? They surely didn't tell me that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Bradfordv:
I pre ordered mine at the best buy in metro Detroit and had mine when I get off work at 2 pm. I got the black one
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] thermus:
I called sprint to get my upgrade today and the rep was asking me questions on how the galaxy gear worked. Lol.

He said they get a tiny ass powerpoint about the basics and that's it. When I worked for Apple (worst company), I would research online so that I knew everything. Better customer service, better results.

C'mon Sprint. Step your game up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kaisutam:
Got mine and a Gear, I really like the Gear. It really compliments the Note.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nolimit06:
My Sprint store got the boxes from UPS as I arrived at 10am. They even had a Samsung Rep on hand doing Note 3 demos and Galaxy Gear. Cases were limited, all they had was the Body Glove case which is actually pretty nice. Overall this is a great phone and im so happy I exchanged my HTC One for this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] otamctech:
My sentiments exactly. I dread going to my corporate sprint store. Yesterday, however, i was plesantly suprised that there was no traffic and i was served instantly upon walking into the store. TWICE. By 12 tho, it was filling up and i was glad i was finished.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] henbone11:
It is very weird, regardless of what some will have you believe. I was first at one of my local stores to get one (was the only one in the store for the hour or so it took to futz with my account and activate the phone. Got there at store opening). They had not even taken them out of the shipping box yet. Had to go back to the store this morning and they said that I am still the only one to have gotten one. Inexplicable.

I realize the price bump to give preference to Apple (don't agree with it, but understand) but it's almost like Sprint didn't even want this phone to launch at all. Last to announce launch date. No marketing at all. With millions of Note and Note 2's sold, and several million Note 3's already sold world wide, I really can't figure out what's going on. I have seen companies do a lot of weird things, but whatever is going on with Sprint and the Note 3 is beyond me. Sprint's overall lineup of phones is horrendous anyway, getting a true flagship phone should be more of a big deal to them.

I have to say that I love this phone. Coming from a beat up Epic 4G Touch, this is like upgrading from a Pentium 4 to an i7. This is also the first time I have been able to use LTE and I love it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] inmnbob:
There is a business aspect to this. Now trust me I don't want to give Sprint more credit than they deserve for being smart because at the retail level they are any thing but smart. However, the bigger push for Apple in all the stores may be a business decision and by design. If you recall, Sprint had to commit to hundreds of millions if dollars to Apple when they got the iPhone line.

Retail stinks anyhow for all manufacturers. I used to be a vp of salrs for a PC company and always felt like being held hostage to retail reps who can't add any value. I recall the days of ComputerLand when I got them to carry my new really cool laptop. There were two versions and we spent a lot of money and time training and motivating their retail team for the launch. I secret shopped the stores and when I asked the sales team what was the difference between model 1 and 2 he said $199 ....I was smart enough to calculate that myself ....the price was on the display.

Yesterday was another good example. I went to the Sprint store and there were no notes on display although they were in inventory. Then I drove to the Best Buy mobile store. Again nothing on display but a bunch in stock. Talked to store manager who said she was given a demo unit by Samsung a few days ago but didn't open it. She also had a Gear which she said she hasn't opened.

A Samsung experience in BestBuy stores is a good idea to help overcome the retail inefficiencies but ultimately we will pay the extra cost. No wonder internet commerce is a multi billion dollar channel
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] grifter9931:
I almost teared up reading this........ Everything you have stated is correct...

Sprint isn't a very effective VAR for Samsung products and I think they are in so deep with the fruit that they are beginning to regret their metric quotas they are obligated to meet on a quarterly basis in order to be in compliance with the distribution contract they signed in order to get into the very lucrative (Icraze) business model/ecosystem.

I wish Samsung would open a retail brick and mortar but the cult-ish following isn't near the same level as Apple.

So for the near future, we will have to go through the regular channels and hopefully the Samsung experience @ BB can get a foothold and become a starting off point for something better and a more customer orientated experience for Samsung users.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] hurt8000:
I purchased mine at sams club best deal in town,$288 , love this phone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chaosrecords:
I work for an indirect dealer. Nobody even mentioned it, other than an email we sent out to alert reps when it comes in we cant sell it until Friday.

You also have to keep in mind, we weren't told about the launch until a week before it actually came out.

The actual "official way" we found out was when it appeared on the handset hot sheet on Wednesday the 25th from ISC Portal.

We knew it was coming in October sometime, thats it. Im sure it was mentioned on one of the dealer calls, but I haven't been on them this month because Ive been busy doing other things. We had our orders in for Brightpoint on Monday so they would arrive on Wednesday.

There was no big "STAR" training push for these from Sprint, and no accessories were available to even order off the bat.

Other phones you can usually get a stockpile before the phone is released.

My personal opinion is the iPhone 5s/5c is still the launch baby for this quarter, and the sales/demand has not been as large because this is an "off year" for apple, so they want to focus on keeping that flowing.

The note 3 just came out at a bad time. Late Spring/Early Summer is the time to push a flagship phone, especially one to compete with apple. But the Note is a special breed, the S4 is samsung's bread and butter. The Note series is more or less a "bonus" for us.

Also keep in mind the Note 2 adopters are only one year in to contract, so next year's Note will probably get some more attention, depending on what Apple decides to do if they come up with an iPhone 6 and when they launch it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BlackWolf757:
This phone will sell regardless of hype. But then again, not everyone is into the phablets. A good point was made about the fact that most Note 2 owners are still in their 1st year. There is the Sprint One Up program...which is awesome for those looking to upgrade to a new Note every year lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] EillonCross:
First Note

This is my first Note. Samsung was my first Android device (Sprint Samsung Moment), and I was one of those people who wrote off the note when it released. I was saying things like "Why would you want a device that huge?", but I now know the truth; once you go BIG, you can't go back. I have been letting everyone here at work hold it and play with it a little. Then, when they go back to their iPhones and S4's they claim those phones now feel "weird". It is a shame that the Note got hardly any retail accessory support for its launch. I ordered all of my cables, chargers, cases, and screen protectors 1 week in advance of the launch on Amazon. So i was ready!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Gene-:
Yeah, I showed up at my local Sprint store 10 minutes before it opened and they didn't get any. Thankfully the one in a nearby mall had them though. There were actually one or two other people waiting, but they were there to get their phones fixed (it's actually a repair center as well as a store). The mall store was empty though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] EillonCross:
The Best Buy I got mine at only had pre-orderes. In fact, if you checked bestbuy.com that particular store showed unavailable for the Note 3. So if I hadn't have pre-ordered i would've had to drive all over town.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] thermus:
So, I heard from a previous sprint corporate employee who still has insiders on the manufacture side that she should wait to upgrade her husband's account. He said there is low hype on the GN3 because they released in a hurry to have something when the iCrap 5s came out.

He said GN4 COULD be as early as first quarter next year. Thinking I'm gonna wait this one out even though I want the GN3 pretty bad.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] M1nze:
yeah right. :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] thermus:
Seriously. I don't spread mumbo jumbo. I'm not a troll. I have been on xda for some time now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ericdabbs:
I don't get why people like to see their phone of choice with a lot of hype as if they want to see people line up in front of stores for days. I rather have the phone be low profile where I don't have to camp in front of store 2 days before the launch date just to secure the phone. I rather walk in at 4 PM on the day of the launch and still be able to pick up my phone.

Ask the folks who are dying to get the 16 GB iPhone 5S in Gold or Silver color that have to wait 4-6 weeks to get the iPhone 5S if they care at all about hype. They are probably pissed they have to wait 1-2 months to get their phone. At the end of the day we want to get our smartphone of choice right away when we decide to go to the Sprint store. Ah well....I guess people like to play hipster and feel special that they are part of the "in" crowd.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dallastx:
I wouldn't of minded alitle more hype. We proably would of had a much needed kernal by now. Then again the Note 2 got a lot of hype and I was one of the only one's around town "dallas" that I ever saw. It took 2-3 months and then every one including the women start carrying them. This time I around I even convinced a woman to buy Note 3 on the first day of release. So I don't know... it will get its needed hype by users, so Sprint actually saved money.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] d12unk13astard:
I had to laugh at this!!

Sprint employees dont know jack sh!T about nothing! Everyone already knows that Samsung releases their Galaxy S devices in the spring/summer and then follow up with their Note line in the fall/winter. Makes no damn sense for them to contradict their sales by releasing the GN4 so soon.

Sent from my note 2 ya bish!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] M1nze:
thank you. :p :laugh: lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] IFMISM:
I don't Know about anyone elsebut I like not having the same phone everyone else has. I like being different. I actually prefer No hype so when I get around other phones I can show what mine can do. People usually want One after the proper demonstration
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] networx2002:
fyi you get the $15 off the 1st bill, but the installment might take up to 3 billing cycle.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dallastx:
Funny how I can change my plan instantly but takes 3 months for $15 credit. Yea they told me 2 months at the store. Smh.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ericdabbs:
Do you even know what you just said?!?!? You are trying to equate more sales to faster/more android development which is never the case and is very naive thinking. The fact is that about 95% of the users who buy any smartphone (Android or iOS) are just users and not developers. The truth is that there are only several developers that actually make ROMs for any smartphone and as long as those potential developers pick up the Note 3 and begin tinkering with it, development is progressing.

The fact that if more men, women or a teenagers buying a Note 3 on launch day does not mean that Android development will be any slower or faster. Hell to give you some food for thought... you see the iPhone 5S sold out in a lot of store on launch day with a ton of hype but yet you don't see an iOS 7 untethered jailbreak yet. Does that mean that the jailbreaking community is weak? NOOOO...it just means it takes more time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] GEMINI365I:
What you don't undersatand is this: Sprint MUST sell those iPhones, because they put a lot @ stake for that Apple contract! So, anything Sprint does is going to push the iPhone over any other device HARD! The otherside of the story is, no one wants to mess with Sprint. They suck in rural and wooded areas! The company will NEVER be a formidable competitor to Verizon or AT&T! in order to compete, you have to provide great service in NON-URBAN areas!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] humdrum2009:
Sprint (Softbank)

Sprint is actually on track to have coverage on past with att ,Verizon in less than 2 years.

We are all experiencing the growing pains of it.

They Just allocated $20 billion for new towers.

And more to come as time marches on.

I just wonder how many customers will be lost before network vision happens to be near completion.

Also there is talk of a t mobile merger.

They will at the least share metro pics coma coverage sooner or later.

I bit the bullet and got this phone giving them a few more chances.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] supersonic64126:
You want hype? Get an iPhone! I'm good taking the road less traveled! Sure it's annoying when your local store doesn't have it in stock on launch day, but I'd rather wait a few days than have to camp at the store for a week waiting for my gold iPhone! :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Omar04:
I got mine at Sprint store in Puerto Rico at $287.49
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Nevell:
Got mine for $200 from best buy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jbwell62:
Got mine for the $107 Sprint store in CLT:but had to port over my home phone from TWC($60) to there's ($20) unlimited.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Earthbrain:
Yesterday the $20 coupon works and unfortunately I missed the opportunity to go through with the order. Unfortunately the coupon code no longer work today. If anyone has a new code, please post it here. There is a member here who is from Negri and if you are reading this post, I hope that you can ecourage the company to give out a new coupon
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evilmonstertruck:
Is there a button combo for recovery? Or for fastboot?

thank you
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heleos:
I've not tried it, but i read Vol-down + power until LG splash screen, release, then Vol-down + power again
[Moto X Themes and Apps] krohnjw:
Here's a quick APK to allow you to create a base Skip tag to activate NFC unlock. Apparently non dev devices don't have this available out of the box.

A few notes.

You can't re-write this tag using the Moto X. The NFC service intercepts these tags and won't deliver them to another app to write (even with foregroundDispatch set up as far as I can tell). You can freely overwrite it with any other device though and it will work with any app again on the Moto X

This should allow you to use a tag as a Skip tag as well as expose the NFC Lock Screen option and Manage NFC Unlock options under security settings (see screenshot) if you don't have an official skip tag. Using this you can create new skip tags using any writable tag and add them to your supported tag list.

Grab it here: http://goo.gl/5bUqPW

NFC Lock settings
[Moto X Themes and Apps] Yoshiofthewire:
FYI: Once you have the NFC unlock option in the lock screen part of setting you can just hold up any writable tag at the add new tag step, and the phone will write the skip code on to the tag.
[Moto X Themes and Apps] krohnjw:
This is for everyone that does not have this exposed. Apparently this is most carrier devices. The NFC unlock lock screen does not appear until after they scan a skip tag. This is just to encode a single skip so they can scan it and effectively unlock the option. Dev devices don't appear to have this issue (gsm at least) as it is available out of the box and works fine with any writable, supported tag.
[Moto X Themes and Apps] Yoshiofthewire:
Yeah, saw that. Edited post to show that.
[Moto X Themes and Apps] mentose457:
Thanks for the app OP. It worked great. I programmed two tags. I also have an assortment of magnets I'm testing for turning on NFC.

Sent from my Moto X.
[Moto X Themes and Apps] km8j:
What am I missing? I have a VZW Rooted Moto X (non-dev). I installed this app but don't see the NFC security options. I even went into the Skip app and scanned a tag and it said created successfully.
[Moto X Themes and Apps] krohnjw:
Tap that tag you created, it will take you through the setup. After that the NFC unlock options will be present.
[Moto X Themes and Apps] km8j:
That literally does absolutely nothing. I've tried with two tags. It says write successful but subsequent scans (while app is open or closed) do literally nothing. FWIW, clicking "settings" does nothing either.