yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nil Einne:
Hi,

I've been doing a fair amount of searching so I'n pretty sure I'm correct but just wanted to ask for confirmation I haven't missed anything.

Anyway am I right there's no way to backup firmware on phone without rooting or flashing? (And just to be clear, when I say firmware I mean the firmware not the data I've added.) From my searches it seems the general recommend way to backup firmware is to flash an alternative recovery e.g. Clockworkmod recovery and use that to backup the firmware. Possibly there are also ways to do it with root and normal recovery (dd perhaps) but I'm not entirely sure and in any case it's still not what I'm interested in.

The other alternative is just to download the same firmware from e.g. sammobile.com, samsung-updates.com or from Samsung themselves either via Check Fus which hasn't been working for a while or by saving a copy when Kies downloads it (which means if it's the current firmware on your phone you want, you need to downgrade or otherwise convince Kies to upgrade). You'd generally want to do this to replace the custom recovery.

A final alternative would be of course opening the phone and soldering JTAG and using that, or even backuping up the eMMC directly.

Or is there something I've missed and there is a way to do it with Kies or Odin or just the USB jig?

(This isn't that important, I just wanted to check before I did anything.)

Cheers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ricardo.a.r:
I wonder if they know any stock ROM STOCK as you can but it is deodexed, or alternatively could be a deodexed that this optimized. The point is that I would like a ROM deodexed stock as possible since that I have presented problems. Thank you for taking the time to read my query.

I use google translator.

Español: Quisiera saber si conocen alguna ROM STOCK lo más stock que se pueda pero que sea deodexed, o en su defecto podría ser una deodexed que este optimizada. El punto es que quisiera una ROM deodexed lo más stock posible ya que la que tengo presenta problemas. Muchísimas gracias por tomarse el tiempo de leer mi consulta.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrismast:
there is a thread in the general section which has deodexed & odexed stock ROMs, have a look.

edit: sorry, just saw it is discontinued, anyway you could always try wanam's stock roms as well
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ricardo.a.r:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1868004

Thanks for comment, i found a post in the general section, and worked :D
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nolimitplr:
Why does my keyboard keep disappearing after each text message I send? I keep having to touch the input area every time I want to write. Why doesn't it stay up? I can't find any setting for this. And I have tried multiple keyboards.

Any one know is this can be changed?

Thanks for looking
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nolimitplr:
Anyone have any ideas?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] mozer0:
HTC One (Rogers)

*** TAMPERED ***

*** RELOCKED ***

*** Security Warning ***

S-ON

HBOOT-1.44.0000

Things kinda went sideways when I tried flashing a MOD without making a backup. I know what you're thinking, you can make fun of me all you want lol.

I'm only writing this post after having spent hours reading other posts. I'm kind of confused at this point, what is the easiest way to get my phone working again.

At the moment, I don't have a working ROM installed and I don't have access to my clockworkmod custom recovery. I only have Fastboot to work with. My understanding is that I have the following options:

Somehow Unlock my RELOCKED bootloader and flash a custom ROM

Find the original Rogers Stock ROM for my phone

I'm not sure how to go about doing the first option. And I don't know where I can find the Stock ROM for my phone.

If you have any info you can shed my way, I'd really appreciate it! And if there are similar posts already existing, I apologize for making a new one. I just didn't find anything that speaks to my exact problem out there.

UPDATE: I figured it out! Thank God!! I just had to "fastboot oem rebootRUU" then unlock bootloader, then install custom recover, then custom ROM.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] shanewilliamson:
im in the same boat now and have no idea what to do

can you help?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] mozer0:
Hi shanewilliamson,

1. Reboot your phone to fastboot mode

2. Connect to PC (assuming you have the fastboot kit on your PC)

3. On the CMD window, type "fastboot oem rebootRUU" and hit Enter.

4. Your phone will ask you if you want to unlock the bootloader. Choose YES

5. Reboot back into fastboot mode. Download your favorite Recovery from the internet, i.e. Clockworkmod or TWRP.

6. Flash Recovery into your phone (tons of tutorials out there on how do this)

7. Reboot your phone into Recovery.

8. Flash your favorite ROM

Hope this helps!
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] shanewilliamson:
hi,

thanks for getting back to me but its not working

phone just has a black screen with silver htc logo on it when i do this
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] mozer0:
Try fastboot oem boot

Then fastboot oem rebootRUU

Your phone is RELOCKED right?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] shanewilliamson:
hi,

fastboot oem rebootRUU runs through a load on the cmd prompt

last line is failed (status read failed (too many links))

how do i know if the phone is unlocked or relocked now?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] mozer0:
First line on the bootloader screen (highlighted in purple)
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] shanewilliamson:
yes its unlocked

says

tampered

unlocked
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] mozer0:
Oh... you're good then, you don't need "fastboot oem rebootRUU".

Do you have a custom recovery installed too? TWRP or Clockworkmod?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] shanewilliamson:
i had twrp installed before i flashed the wrong rom

now all i have is the boot loader screen

im trying to install a custom recovery and cant

process goes through ok on the cmd p
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] clsA:
Have a look here >> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2529225
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] shanewilliamson:
i have the twrp image file and use fastboot to put on the phone but i wont work

so cant get any further
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] clsA:
type the steps you use to flash TWRP
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] shanewilliamson:
first rename the twrp recovery to recovery

then enter the bootloader

connect to pc and open up a CMD window where your adb and fastboot commands are," shift and left mouse to open up CMD "

type fastboot devices. if a random serial no is returned your ok

put your recovery into the adb/fastboot folder and

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

once done

fastboot erase cache

reboot into bootloader and choose recovery
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] clsA:
and what happen's when you reboot to the bootloader and choose recovery ?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] shanewilliamson:
it just goes back to the boot loader menu
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] clsA:
Did you do this step ?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] shanewilliamson:
just tried all that again in case but exactly the same result
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] clsA:
Seems hopeless

your only hope is someone can rebuild your partitions but with s-on it won't be easy
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] ExcelonGT:
I'm in the same exact position as the original poster. However, when I'm in the bootloader and connected to my PC. typing

puts the phone into a black screen with a silver HTC logo. Nothing happens afterwards. Any help is appreciated. My end goal is to get this phone back to stock AT&T rom (4.4.2) with Sense 6)

My phone is

Tampered

Relocked

S-On

HBoot 1.44
[LG Optimus 4X HD] leortez:
Guys i would like to share with you a good battery saving tip, I Downloaded 2 applications that made my phone get twice the battery i used to get.

Go ahead and download wakelock detector and greenify apps. Wakelock detector will help you identify which apps continuosly wake up your processor and this is what mainly keeps your phone from deep sleep which means continuos battery drain, once you identify these misbehaving apps you can either do 2 things:

1. Uninstall those apps

2. greenify those apps(root required). This is very useful because this app allows you to hibernate the activities of the apps you want to control. This gives you the chance to manipulate apps and free your phone from constant battery drain.

For me Facebook app is the worse and heavy battery drainer so i keep it greenified. Just by this i get around twice the battery i used to get.

I hope this helps, i know there are many of us that have complained about battery life in this phone. In my case the phone was not the problem but poorly designed apps.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Omario-242:
Hey :)

Thanks for your effort to give us those tips but if you'd search you'd see that most people know about this.

And BetterBatteryStats is even better than Wakelock Detector :)
[LG Optimus 4X HD] greece-for-ever:
i use greenify and one power guard . and battery hold too much
[LG Optimus 4X HD] sui785:
After the 4.1.2 update i have a strong battery drain because of baseband_xmm
[LG Optimus 4X HD] agentourisk:
Yes battery drain is strong is there any possibility to fix it ?
[LG Optimus 4X HD] sui785:
No, i even tried with custom roms but no luck. Guess we have to stay on 4.0.3 forever lol.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] agentourisk:
Lol I hope no. I was ready to install SuperXE-Intact-AOSP but i will wait whishing they announce kitkat for the 4xHD.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] sui785:
I suggest u try that one out if u want, because i only tried 3 or 4 roms a couple of months ago. Its possible the issue is fixed now, i dont have the time to look into it myself.

Let me know how it works out.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mizerab1e:
Hello everyone, I just got S-OFF, and flashed the latest firmware 3.57.401.500 and installed stabled version of 10.1 CM, and noticed everything is extremely choppy. I thought it might be the firmware causing the issue, so I am trying to downgrade to 1.26.502.12 and installation process is failing everytime. (Error 155) I have relocked the bootloader and made sure CID is stock, but can't figure it out. Worse yet, I restored everything to 1.26.502.10 before attempting to downgrade and touch screen no longer works. I would appreciate any help from you guys, thanks.

INFOversion: 0.5

INFOversion-bootloader: 1.55.0000

INFOversion-baseband: 4A.20.3263.30

INFOversion-cpld: None

INFOversion-microp: None

INFOversion-main: 3.57.401.500

INFOversion-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF

INFOserialno:

INFOimei:

INFOmeid: 00000000000000

INFOproduct: m7_ul

INFOplatform: HBOOT-8064

INFOmodelid: PN0712000

INFOcidnum: 11111111

INFObattery-status: good

INFObattery-voltage: 3865mV

INFOpartition-layout: Generic

INFOsecurity: off

INFObuild-mode: SHIP

INFOboot-mode: FASTBOOT

INFOcommitno-bootloader: dirty-6cad6811

INFOhbootpreupdate: 11

INFOgencheckpt: 0

all: Done!

finished. total time: 0.065s
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] _Epic:
I rooted using the CF-Root method and installed TWRP via ODIN and everything was fine. I went through and wiped cache and dalvik cache in TWRP and now the device sits at the "Samsung Galaxy Note 3" screen. I am currently downloading the ODIN restore to MI3 but it's slated to take 4 hours to complete. :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] _Epic:
Was able to flash TWRP and it tells me no OS is installed. The Stock ROM is on my Micro SD card, which isn't being read by TWRP for some reason..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] _Epic:
I guess I'll have to wait for the ODIN download... I installed the CWM and it won't read my SD card either. Any way to mount the internal storage?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayfizze:
Hi All,

Ive been trying to reload the OS on a Q88 7 inch tablet for the past 4 days to no avail. Everytime I try to use Live Suite (Version 1.07 ,1.09,1.11) it process about 3 percent then stops .... some (1.07,1.11) give the error update fails 0x162.:confused:

I have tried about 6 roms to no avail ..... Is this tablet dead ??? :confused::confused:

The issue I having is that has a number errors after it boots and you try to unlock the screen.

Namely com.android has stopped working and System UI has stopped working .... So I thought I could just reload it and id be fine but it still isnt working so now I have no idea what to do. :crying::crying:

Any help would be appreciated....

:eek::eek: HELP PLZ!!! :crying:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] levi727:
So I've rooted my normal T-mo phone, and was fine for a while with the Stock TouchWiz with root.

Then I come across the Google Play ROMs.

This is the one I ended up and am currently using. I tried another one that was a "version 2" but it ended up breaking my WiFi: (never got it to connect again)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2341026

The issue I'm having is that both of these Google Play Edition ROMs are sending VERY LOW quality pics. I start with a 2.2 MB picture, and it compressed it down to 115K! Very pixelated, and choppy.

Coming from the stock MMS, which was actually really nice to be able to send very good quality pics through MMS, this is quite disappointing.

I've tried to modify the /system/etc/feature_defaults.xml file to change the max height and width for messages, in hopes that might help tweak something; but that probably doesn't have anything to do with it.

I'd love to stay on the GPE ROM, but I really need the MMS quality figured out... Otherwise I may have to restore the TW setup...

Does anyone know how to resolve (and I mean really resolve; not just try this try that) this issue?

Side note: Anyone know how to turn off the shutter sound on the GPE camera?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] baseballfanz:
Once you flash the GE Rom, Tmobile system doesn't recognized it as one of their device. Anytime that happened the server will resize your picture.

Had this problem with the N1 with CM ROM before. Except CM ROM later on implemented a "user agent spoofer" to trick the system.

You can use 3rd party app like Go SMS that has user agent spoofer.
[HTC Amaze 4G] josh2020glacier:
Im new on the amaze seen and was wondering what phones are the best to port from for this phone. Really trying to help keep this phone alive. Any suggestionswould be greatly appreciated. Thankyou

TEAM US!
[HTC Amaze 4G] SuperAfnan:
Definitely the Sensation bro. It's the Amaze's little brother! In fact they're so similar practically just the RAM and model are different. It has the same processor branch (MSM 8660), same screen, same camera, a lot of very similar stuff! :cool:

The second best phone to port from would be the VilleC2 (HTC ONE S, C2 model) or Shooteru (HTC EVO 3D GSM). Basically the rule of thumb is to port something from a device as similar as the one your porting it onto.

When you port make sure you get permission from the developer, and ask nicely! ;)
[HTC Amaze 4G] josh2020glacier:
Def thanks for the advice look foward to seeing some ports popping up when I get off vocation lol. Thank again.

TEAM US!
[HTC Amaze 4G] SuperAfnan:
Don't say thanks, rather, just use my thanks button. :)

Yeah the Amaze is just an upped up sensation. Pretty much everything is the same, if not similar.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] mingo3369:
The reason I am interested in WM 5.0 is the purported direct integration of Exchange 2003 and WM 5.0 via some push technology call the Messaging & Security Feature Pack. Has anyone brave enough to make the upgrade used this integration? Any thoughts? :?:
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] chosl:
Brave or not, it's not available yet. Q1 as promised...Do a search?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] mingo3369:
Thanks

Thanks, as you are surely aware some folks in this forum may be party to prerelease versions and/or even working on it's development. Just wanted to check with the group.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hieu604:
hey guys i recently upgraded to the HTC one m7 and i ported my existing tasker profiles over and i have one setup which causes pattern lock to be set when i disconnect from my home wifi but when im trying to use it i keep getting an error "an error occoured while executing action pattern lock". I am however able to set a pin/password just cant use pattern and i would like to use pattern only as i have setup the 3 times pattern lock wrong take picture profile in tasker. I have tried removing secure settings and re installing removed the helper and installed it again. I email the secure settings developer but got no reply from them. BTW i have secure settings pro.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnbasarir:
Did you try to use the "helper alternative" within secure settings app?

<<Turc şi Mândru>>
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hieu604:
No I haven't but all I did was

Opening Secure Settings

Go to the Preferences

Click the "Pattern Unlock Method [4.1+]" option

Choose "Lock Settings (Experimental)"

So far it's working great
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnbasarir:
I'd suggest going to helper tab and removing the helper app and using the latest 4.1+ root method. This most likely will clear all the issues.

<<Turc şi Mândru>>
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Bsmith0731:
Is this just me? Netflix looks horrible on my screen.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] DoctorOhh:
It may be your connection to Netflix. Netflix ramps up quality from poor to amazing as the speed allows. Are you connecting via a VPN?

It looks great on my Nexus.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Bsmith0731:
K. It could have been a bad connection
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viniturb0:
There is terrible speaker distortion during voice calls, Its fine during music and film playback

The email notifications keep disappearing.

Transition animations can't be turned off if you do, they come back on.

What samsung need to do is pick some real users on xda to test their devices before they are released.

I can't believe that they don't foresee the problems that the device could have and the main reason for losing some good customers to other brands is poor testing and quality standards.

The only reason I'm using this phone is because it offers push email for all service providers which is huge for me.

I would appreciate some thought on this.

(I used 3 notes before i wrote this all of them suffered the same problem)

Please be aware that i am not writing this to wind people up or insult anyone it is purely an opinion and I wish Samsung listened
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sherrillsml:
I only have the call distortion. I ordered two from Verizon, they replaced both, went to corporate store and tried two, so that is six with the same issue. Verizon said they had a ticket with Samsung but no exact date for the fix. I then called Samsung and they confirmed they were working the issue for Verizon but could get no indication as to when it would be resolved. It appears that Sprint which rolled out the phone before Verizon had a Samsung OTA to fix it a couple of days ago. Sorry I don't have any additional info but I feel your pain.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Terramoto:
Hey,

Is it possible to reduce the boot brightness? im very sensitive to light even in minimum level the phone hurts my eyes, im already trying to reduce the brightness to -0% on Homescreen but i would like to reduce it in the boot too.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] luigi311:
U might be able to if u know how to edit the hboot but I'm not sure
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] flex360:
easy fix

dont look at it at boot

jk :P
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Terramoto:
wouldn't you think its a waste of battery? And the increase of temperature (ex: after flashing ROM) slowly degrading the battery. I might set a black animation screen if possible.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] flex360:
which boot screen are you talking about?

the first one or the second?

my rom has a black boot anim

you can pull it if you know how to
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Terramoto:
the first one is the bootloader right? the HTC Logo with the white background, that one must be (right now) impossible to change? I just felt so much heat everytime a install a ROM but its probably from the CPU.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] fachadick:
I think you're talking about the splash screen. Changing the splash screen to a dark one is the first thing I did when I got s-off, and is one the reasons people s-off in the first place (you can't change the splash if you're s-on). There are some threads around here with a ton of splash screens, and a lot of them are nice and dark.

Edit- here's the thread from the Sprint One forum

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2317202

and here's the thread from the international One forum.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2324746

They use different methods to change your splash - the international thread uses recovery, but some people don't like to use recovery to change their splash because of how it works with partitions. The Sprint thread uses bootloader commands, and has some other requirements I think. For what it's worth, I flashed a splash form the international thread in recovery, and it worked fine for me, but ymmv.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ikarus.bliss:
Hiya,

Does anyone know if it is possible to install the Samsung keyboard into the Xperia Z1?

Thanks
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] astralmaze05:
if you are going for swype function try SwiftKey keyboard from the google play store
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maltloaf:
I tried swift key as I had bought it during the anniversary sale a year or more back but I soon installed Swype instead. Much more intuitive word recognition, less frustrated deleting of words wondering "wtf did it choose that ?" :)
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] joshm.1219:
damn thats sick good job
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] elesbb:
Not bad! Was thinking of making something removable for my OtterBox. Oh, and btw, you spelled "GUIDE" wrong in your thread title xD
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] CZ Eddie:
Thanks!

I'm going to head to a hobby shop later today or tomorrow to pick up some 1/8" trim to make the cutout appear more stock looking.

It's hard as heck to cut out a perfect square.

LMAO, thanks. "Quide". sheesh

Btw, I was actually going to do this with the Otterbox Commuter case. But Otterbox put their name in HUGE letters right where the kickstand needs to be mounted. So it would have looked kind of bad. IMO.

Do-able, but a little off looking. You would have seen "OT____OX" with a kickstand in the middle. :D

FYI, the pic below shows the other two kickstand cases I tried on the S4.

The one on the right was more stable in portrait mode. But it was absolute junk and broke on the first day and nothing fit very nice.

The one on the left was nice as an everyday case. But the kickstand was not very stable in portrait.

I actually had two of these types of cases. The kickstand on both was designed poorly. Always falling out of the case.

The first one fell out so many times that it just wouldn't stay in any longer.

I also tried many kickstand cases on my S3 that I didn't like, such as Body Glove, Seidio, Spigen, etc.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] CZ Eddie:
The other nice thing about large portrait-mode kickstands is they make great carrying handles.

Kind of like what this item below was designed for.

I just slip the kickstand between my two middle fingers and everything is stable in my palm.

No needing to "grip" the phone.

This makes one-handed operation of a large phone much easier.

And also a good shoulder cradle.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Broli@666:
Nice work!

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9505 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] CZ Eddie:
I struck out at Hobby Lobby in my quest to find material to make a super nice looking "trim ring".

I have a CNC friend. I may ask him if he can make up some precision cut CNC aluminum 1/8" x 1/8" trim rings to go around the kickstand cutout.

If he goes for it, would anyone else be interested in buying one or two rings for their own kickstand project? The trim ring would be for the kickstand itself, so it would work on any case you used the kickstand on.

If the cost is reasonable and he has the downtime, I might have him work up a trim ring for the Kickstand4U also, since it's a really nice looking kickstand and smaller in size, so it may be more attractive to some users for certain cases.