yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] asctony:
Sorry I didn't post that. Yes, it is rooted. I did that a coupple of days ago using Kingo Android Root. Very quick (less than 3 minutes) and simple.

Thanks for your reply and help.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] kozmo21:
Here you go... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34250986
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] asctony:
I did find that posting yesterday and downloaded mrRobinson_Note_II_De_Bloater.v1.00.zip to my PC. When I unzipped this file I saw folders:

apps

assets

meta-inf

These folders dated back to 2/28/2008. So, I was very unsure to use this.

When I opened:

apps it contained: GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk

Assets contained; common, fonts, icons, langs and themes.

Meta-inf contained: Com, Cert, Cert and manifest.

This just did not look right for what this was suppose to do. So, I left it.

Your opinion?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] kozmo21:
You are using a custom recovery, aren't you? CWM or TWRP ... Just follow the instructions in the 1st post. Boot into recovery and select that file and click custom and either run the program or just look through the files that you can remove and exit if you don't want to use the program.

Or, you could just install a custom ROM and not have to worry about this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] docfreed:
That thread is quite old and if you noticed, somewhat inactive with some issues reported. I always use Titanium Backup to "freeze" apps - this usually removes them from being active (and thus saving CPU and battery) but they still remain should you want them. It's a simple and painless process as you are not really deleting them and they do not use much memory anyway.

Here's a great list for the Samsung Galaxy line of devices from Android Forums: http://androidforums.com/metropcs-cdma-galaxy-s3-all-things-root/695070-safe-apps-remove.html
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhxDroid86:
I honestly suggest using a custom rom instead... there are lists out there of apps to remove but it is more based on whats safe to remove vs not safe... ultimately its all user dependant (ie what apps do you use vs what someone else uses)... for me, I love to just install either CM (as reliable and "bare" as any of the roms come) or Jedi roms via aroma (if you still want to hang on to the TouchWiz side of things)... Aroma installs allow you to choose the bloatware you want to have and disregard the ones you dont want... there are tons of tutorials online that take you step by step... make sure you follow the directions (completely) and happy flashing!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] asctony:
Thank you all for all your suggestions and help. I will try your suggestions and report back on what I did. Thanks again!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] asctony:
Started looking at the various ROMs. What is the easiest to flash and your recommendations?

Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ls5280:
Dont know if you are still in need of help trying to figure out how to flash roms but, you would first need to install a custom recovery. The two major recoveries are TWRP and CWM. They're on par. I used CWM for years but switched to TWRP. From there you first want to make a backup of your original rom and flash as many roms you want to try out. If you dont like the rom, just restore. I dont know how familiar you are with flashing roms but it takes like one try and you pretty much do the same thing over and over.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] asctony:
Thanks for your advise and help. Just got through uninstalling all recommended bloatware via TBpro. Will look at your recommendations. Thanks again!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] asctony:
MTP USB Device?

I thought I was doing great after uninstalling bloatware. However, when I tried to connect my Note 2 to my PC via USB I received the error that MTP USB Device driver could not be loaded. Apparently I must have uninstalled something on my Note 2 that is not allowing me to connect to the PC via USB. I have been searching all day, downloading various Driver apps to no avail. I even downloaded and installed Samsung Drivers which also did not work.

It never ends. Fix one thing and then another pops up. LOL

What else can I say except - H-E-L-P.

I still can use my USB plug from NOTE 2 to my Flash Drive to get stuff transfered to/from Note2/PC.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dhangejr:
can you reflash? I hope so! There is sitll a way to reflash from sd card thought and install stock f/w or if you could remember or figure out which apk is responsible for that function. ...

That latter option is why I started this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2584200

I really wanna get a list of what's what...Im sure its a cry in the dark lol

happy christmas

---------- Post added at 07:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:22 AM ----------

ps this is why its so important to make a backup in twrp or cwm....google it or find it here! they also call it a nandroid backup...VERY IMPORTANT for issues like this. As previsouly stated you should be able to put the stock rom (check out sammobile's web page for official f.w) on the sd card and from there you can boot into recovery mode and install it from there. I believe. If that don't work look into mobile odin which I have never used. sorry for he typos lazy!
[Sony Xperia L] baraozemo:
[STOCK][ROM][BRAZIL] - Xperia L C2104 - 15.0.A.1.31

I found this link to brazilian stock rom made by a member of GSMFans forum. (solidsnakeninja)

and I think that is very usefull to all that need to NFC working or want to try to restore a backup after a bad firmware... lol

image backup: 08-november-2013

Xperia_L_C2104_15.0.a.1.31_Brasil_Original.ftf (576,94 MB)

download:

packed with winrar

http://uploaded.net/file/2mwjre5l

not packed

http://uploaded.net/file/p4bs8oyi
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] neon933:
Hii guyzz..I downloded dead trigger and six guns.but both games giving so poor graphix on grand:(..and I also download those two games on my xperia z..but the graphics is so poor on grand :(compared to xperia z..so can I fix dis graphix issue??:confused::confused:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] adi160699:
I have played dead trigger and its graphics are good but six guns is a bit laggy.

You cannot compare galaxy grand to experia z as experia z is a high end phone!! :/
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjraider:
Hi,

I am always afraid of not being able to restore my phone with some sort of backup. Due to the fact that the amazing flashtool is a bit to high tech for me I was able to find a way to easy restore my device. Here is how I did this:

1: Downloade Sony Update Service from here: (Click)

2: Install it ;)

3: Open it (it is wise to close Sony PC companion)

4: Accept the terms and contitions and click next

5: Select your device:

6: Click Next

7: Follow intstuctions on screen. If you are running the latest stock it will tell you. You can abort it and you can continue it. You also see some warnings about loosing data!!

8: After flash it will tell you to unplug device and turn it on.

9: DONE
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jancsessz:
+charging your phone 50%

Tapatalk 2-vel küldve az én C5303-ről
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjraider:
No I've contacted Sony and they said that if you are on Windows 8/8.1 you need to run the program in compatible mode Windows 7..
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smogf:
How about TA partition for unlocked bootloader??

First lock bootloader and then restore it? Or first restore and than lock??
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ma1panet:
It works in WinXP compatiibility mode, thanks.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ronny suzin:
I unlocked my bootloader and installed ROM 4.3 of doomlord, so i can do use this metod for restore for stock ROM ?

Enviado de meu C5303 usando Tapatalk HD
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjraider:
No you first need to relock your bootloader and restore TA. After that you can use this. But you need to be on a 2.254 based rom before relocking so flashing any ftf with Flashtool will work aswel.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ronny suzin:
But i dont create TA restore :/ and now, What i do?

Sorry bad english, i'm brazilian :)

Enviado de meu C5303 usando Tapatalk HD
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjraider:
That is very very dumb. The tutorial of Doomlord indicates that it is very very important to create a TA backup before unlocking bootloader. You can relock bootloader but features that needed the TA files (DRM keys) will no longer work.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tsaska:
I am using a custom rom but have not unlocked my bootloader. Can I use this and get back to stock?

Sorry if this is a silly question :P
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tutadse:
Yes, you can!

Devices in use:

Xperia ZL eXistenZ Ultra 4.0

Xperia SP eXistenZ Ultra 2.0

Xperia Tablet Z => Stock deodext 4.3 (waiting for eXistenZ)
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kelumsd:
Pls someone answer this. :( I'm also waiting for answer for that....:good:
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smogf:
Restoring TA Partition will lock your BL.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azhar.munshi:
after flashing ftf of 4.1.2 from flashtool same error is coming

kindly check same error is coming boot loop

21/032/2014 15:32:29 - INFO - Device disconnected

21/032/2014 15:32:40 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

21/032/2014 15:32:40 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

21/032/2014 15:32:41 - INFO - Reading device information

21/032/2014 15:32:41 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.

21/032/2014 15:32:41 - INFO - Current device : C5302 - YT910LE998 - 1272-1094_R2B - 1269-3538_12.1.A.0.266 - INDIA-HSPA_12.1.A.0.266

21/032/2014 15:32:41 - INFO - Start Flashing

21/032/2014 15:32:41 - INFO - Processing loader

21/032/2014 15:32:41 - INFO - Checking header

21/032/2014 15:32:41 - INFO - Flashing data

21/032/2014 15:32:46 - INFO - Loader : S1_Root_7054 - Version : R5G006 / Bootloader status : ROOTABLE

21/032/2014 15:32:48 - INFO - Processing partition-image.sin

21/032/2014 15:32:49 - INFO - Checking header

21/032/2014 15:32:49 - INFO - Flashing data

21/032/2014 15:32:52 - WARN - This file is ignored : simlock.ta

21/032/2014 15:32:52 - INFO - Processing kernel.sin

21/032/2014 15:32:52 - INFO - Checking header

21/032/2014 15:32:52 - INFO - Flashing data
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kunjar:
You are a life saver! Thank you so much. I was messing around in CWM and hit format sdcard, data, system etc LOL

Then i powered off the phone thinking i could start it later and get back into CWM to flash a different ROM but my phone just powered on to the SONY logo and nothing else.

This worked great. Very quick and easy :good:
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjraider:
Hi all,

I've ask a mod to close this thread of mine the reason for this is simple. Sony has stopped it's support for the Sony Update Service or SUS.. It has been merged into Sony PC companion or PCC. When I have the time I will create a new thread with explanation about the Sony PC Companion and the use of the "SUS" function!

Sorry guys I can't help it...

Regards
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] digitalfiend:
I've got a T-Mobile Note 3 that I picked it up on launch day last Thursday at a T-mobile store. I proceeded to root the phone with Odin, then restore via Titanium Backup and then fix the backup with "restorecon -R -v /data". Life has been great until last night. Initially I got a circle with a line through it instead of the mobile signal and my cellular link would not connect, but my wifi was fine. When the problem was sill occurring this morning I figured it was an odd cellular problem and rebooted the phone this morning when it persisted. Now the phone is rebooting a few minutes after it completes booting.

It will boot normally, then I'll unlock the phone and get my window manager (Holo)...then I'll get the error "Process system isn't responding. Do you want to close it?". Then I get the error "Unfortunately, Favorite Apps has stopped." Regardless whether I interact with those error messages the phone then reboots a minute later. I have *not* done a restore from CWM ever and the phone doesn't seem to have suffered any physical damage.

The things I've tried include:

*) power down, remove sdcard, then reboot

*) power down, remove sim card, then reboot

*) power down, remove sim card, remove sdcard, then reboot

*) clear cache, then reboot

*) clear dalvik-cache, then reboot

*) clear dalvik-cache and cache, then reboot

*) clear dalvik-cache, clean cache, then wipe to factory, then reboot

In all the above scenarios nothing has changed. The phone reboots after it completes booting.

In the past, I've rooted and flashed on a G1, a G2, and an S3. I've bricked my S3 that had to be repaired via JTAG. This reboot problem with my Note 3 is completely unlike any of the things I've seen with previous phones.

I've read through some of the other threads about reboot loops, but all the threads I've read were caused by a CWM restore and have no solution yet.

Does anyone know the cause of this and what could fix it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] YellowGTO:
I would just Odin to stock and restart. I'm guessing some app your restored form another phone did it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] digitalfiend:
I don't believe it was an app that was restored because the restore had run perfectly for 5 full days. I completed the restore last Thursday...that's what makes this so unusual.

Do you know where to get the stock zips to use with Odin?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jmerlos:
There's some stock Odin tar files in the Android development forum. Download and flash using Odin. Once it reboots, remove battery and manually boot into stock recovery and do a factory reset/wipe. Reboot and it should work.

Sent from my SGH-T889
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] digitalfiend:
It looks as if the stock tar in zip format (N900TUVUBMI7_N900TTMBBMI7_TMB.zip) can be downloaded from either of these links:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2465764 (faster download link)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2468275 (slow download link)

I just finished downloading from the first link and after extracting the zip file I have these files:

N900TUVUBMI7_N900TTMBBMI7_N900TUVUBMI7_HOME.tar.md5

SS_DL.dll

This seems like an obvious thing, but want to ask because of how odd this problem is: Do I simply flash the "N900TUVUBMI7_N900TTMBBMI7_N900TUVUBMI7_HOME.tar.md5" file the same way that I flashed the CWM through Odin?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Yes, but IIRC, just uncheck reboot, reboot manually into recovery, then wipe, factory reset, etc. Pull your battery, reboot. Check the TWRP thread, it has exact directions.

sgh-TWEAKED-889©
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] digitalfiend:
Got it, thank you! Here's what I'm referencing for the Odin options:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=46110842&postcount=2

I'll flash this and update the thread.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Good luck bro!!

sgh-TWEAKED-889©
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] digitalfiend:
Ok, I flashed with Odin then once it completed I got the "PASS!" status in Odin. I shut down Odin, pulled the battery from the Note 3, then allowed the phone to boot. There was a "booting recovery" message in blue at the top of the screen before the phone booted, then it booted to the "samsung logo", then the animated circular logo, then the white screen with the "T-Mobile 4G LTE" logo, then rebooted. The second boot, it did the same thing but stayed on the "T-Mobile 4G LTE" screen for many minutes...then it seemed as if it was completing it's reboot because I got the notification bar with the time and the circle with the line through it for the cell signal strength. I got the same error when the phone seemed to have completed booting, then a reboot. Now it's back to the same place it started in it's rebooting cycle.

This makes absolutely no sense at all. If I'd have done a CWM restore then I could understand that...but there's no reason for this that I can see. The phone acts as if it was knocked off of the T-Mobile network and now it finishes it's booting cycle long enough to be rebooted.

So now I have a useless Note 3. :( I'm game for taking the phone back to the T-Mobile store and requesting that they replace the phone, which they probably would, but I have no guarantee that this wouldn't happen again. I'm open to suggestions as long as they don't cause me to brick my phone completely.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] digitalfiend:
I finished installing TWRP and darthrom successfully. However, after the darthrom finishes booting I have the exact same problem with the phone rebooting that the stock ROM had.

I'm back to square one.

I'm open to suggestions.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Dumbo53:
There are a lot of people having boot loop problems even without root though they are spread out among various sub forums. Try this thread for example:

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2467005[Q] Reboot cycle after restart help

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] digitalfiend:
I saw a couple threads last night when I was searching around on the web about other models of phones with SIM socket and SIM card issues. I'm beginning to think that my issue is hardware-related, and not software. I did another wipe last night based on this thread's post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=46157872&postcount=6&nocache=1&z=7848000959493220

Instead of simply wiping, I formatted /data/, then wiped, then I flashed on the stock ROM, then flashed on the darth rom. I got slightly different results once the phone was done with it's firstboot - it kept giving me the error that a new SIM card had been installed and the phone needed to be rebooted. This causes me to suspect the physical hardware of my Note 3 or the SIM card. I have ruled out the SIM card because I've been using it in my old G2 since this started, via an adapter for the G2's SIM socket, and it's been fine. I'm planning on taking the phone to T-Mobile today and seeing what they can sort out with either a SIM exchange or phone exchange.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] digitalfiend:
The note 3 misbehaved the same way while in the T-Mobile store. They swapped the phone out under warranty after asking only the basic questions and trying a factory reset. The same SIM card in the new note 3 works fine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Wally72:
I'm on the same boat. Got my Note 3 this morning, rooted an hour ago with CMW, made backup and flashed Stock ROM from Jovy. Result: bootloop. Restore backup and still on bootloop. DLing the Odin stock .tar to see if it helps. Any more suggestions?

Edit: After flashing with Odin the stock tar from Sammy all it's good...at least for now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] digitalfiend:
How far into the booting process would you get before the phone rebooted?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Wally72:
Never passed Samsung! In my case, flashing the .tar with Odin from Samfirmware fixed my issue. I think imma wait for a more stable recovery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] digitalfiend:
Interesting...it sounds like you had the boot loop that many others have had...it's cool to hear that you got it fixed. I think my problem was hardware-based since the phone completed it's boot process and *then* had issues. Luckily T-Mobile was there for me and helped out.

I know what you mean as far as waiting for a stable recovery. If it's any help, I've decided to stay far away from the recovery restore and simply use Titanium backup to do restores. It's more work than a nandroid recovery, but it reliably does it's job well for me. :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Wally72:
Well...I'm doing a lot of reading. I can't stand this "stock look" and me, every time I root a phone, I always do my own modifications within the ROM I choose to flash. SystemUI and apk's. I only change the .png's, therefore, getting the visual look I want/like. Always done it with certain ROMs/Themes. I downloaded Jovy's stock ROM and made the visual changes I wanted. I flashed and got into that bootloop scenario. Restore backup with CWM provided by Zedomax and made it worse. I think the problem is recovery (at least from what I've read). In this case, CWM been less unstable than TWRP. I f you read a bit around, must ppl if not all, had the "dead bootloop" issue with TWRP. I haven't read from anybody yet having the "dead bootloop" with CWM. Ppl with CWM that flashed their backup and got that bootloop, fixed it flashing back to stock, where ppl that had TWRP have tried to flash back to stock and their phones never boot completely

Again...imma wait a little more for good reports as far as recovery goes!;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Bigbiff has a file he uploaded, it may be a fix for the bootlooping issue. You'd be the first to try at this point. It's linked below, but the entire thread is in the OG development of tmobile.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46379854

sgh-TWEAKED-889©
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] vibrantliker:
I've never seen so many issues with a brand new flagship phone before. Makes me think it wasn't tested fully before release. I mean all these problems!

Even though I returned my N3 after I tried restoring and getting bootloop of death, I feel this model is really flawed. Hearing new things everyday.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Warrior1975:
Possible fix:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46391737

sgh-TWEAKED-889©
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] imablackhat:
I found a glitch I've been trying to work around. I use an XDA IIs from O2 with the current Asian WWE O2 ROM in English ;-). Well if I connect to GPRS and use the internet for whatever amount of time I need it for, and disconnect, connect again, and disconnect, it will eventually freeze up the connection when I try to connect again. Either way after like 3 GPRS usages I must softreset in order to connect to GPRS, anyone have this same problem? I would like WM5 but I've upgrade and downgraded 4 times, its just not for my phone, its too slow even with overclocking.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] maradori:
i had the same problem~

and found this as the solution from somewhere in the search
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] bramscolnick:
Hi there,

I posted a problem today that doesn't sound quite like the one above.. but maybe it is... please read my post (don't want to make a mess by posting here too) and let me know if you think the caller id could the issue.

Thanks.

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=181358
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] weasel:
Hi there,

following my reply on the other thread, I found this one & followed the instructions. Since then I can always connect & disconnect GPRS and never need to use flight mode to re-activate GPRS
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] bramscolnick:
So far... soooo good. Strange that caller id would cause the issue. I also downloaded a "Keep your GPRS connection alive" app from another posting. That may be helping as well. Either way, no headaches thus far.

Thanks!
[Android Themes] lokeshsaini94:
Yet another creation of GFX Bandits

Please request icons here and help me add more icons to this awesome icon pack.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-qO2Xvk5QIORWQCjaPyUYTR-I3E_F0lqK9_CyP2gI1w/viewform

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lokeshsaini.threed.box​
[Android Themes] deeplyyoung:
Awesome/Beautiful/Mind Blowing & on n on n on

I already a big fan of ur all work...

Hats off to u man...

Using it with Nova Launcher & looking gr8...

keep it Cmg....:good::good:
[Android Themes] lokeshsaini94:
Maybe Go launcher support and proper wallpaper support with a nice user interface coming in next update along with more icons...
[Android Themes] chris264:
Very Nice Icons.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9505 mit Tapatalk
[Android Themes] scottspa74:
Very cool stiff, man.
[Moto X Q&A] mwedemeier11:
I currently am not on the ota for the sprint moto x, my boot loader is unlocked, and I'm rooted. I'm not familiar with ota updating since I've always used Roms. Can I simply rsd back to stock with stock recovery, then accept the ota, flash twrp recovery and reroot?