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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AcmeWidgets:
My contract has been up. I'm having trouble justifying an upgrade on my phone. The I777 seems to be working for me. I don't have any need for more processing or memory. Curious: what apps do y'all use that requires more than our dual core processor? I'm wondering if I'm missing something?

I'm using SHOstock3 4.0 and no hiccups, plenty of speed. Battery is not an issue as I carry an extra battery and usually in a place where I can charge. I just feel like I have everything set the way I want. Again, I'm wondering what I may be missing?

I also sort of have the option to switch carriers. ATT data plans are ridiculous. 300mb for $20.00 a month is not cutting it. My son (also has I77) on my plan goes over on the data about every month and I had to put a "smart limits" for an extra $5.00 per month (should be free for this!) I travel with my job and often in other countries so I kinda need a GSM phone as many other countries do not even use CDMA. But my goal is to try and get my bill lower. I will not pay more.

If I do upgrade; so far the S4 is in the lead. But I do know I want a phone that has a removable battery and memory card slot. I will not compromise on this.

I really hate these decisions!!! I always have done 2 yr. contracts (I hate contracts, but it's the cheapest way) and whatever one decides on a phone upgrade; your stuck for 2 years!

Think about holding out for the S5. I'm also curious about the Moto G.

What am I leaving out of my thought process?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] sajjad30:
Hi guys.

I've bought Samsung Galaxy S3 E210L and i dont want to use korean Rom on it.

It is rooted and now i want to install cynogen mode Rom on it

I wana know is it possible and if yes i shuld install I9300 rom or I9305 rom..because some people say install I9300 rom and some say it will brick the device install I9305 i am confused.Plz help me guys
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] sajjad30:
is there any one who can help me or tell me where i can fined these info..i shall b thankful
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Raistlin1158:
Read this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1887702
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] sajjad30:
This thread is not helpfull..my question is which one's Rom shuld i use I9300 or I9305 on my korean E210L
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] JJEgan:
neither as you do not have a I9300 or I9305 .
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slingblade01:
Hi

I am a noob that is rooted.

sys ver: 9.16.XT926.Verizon.en.US

And. ver: 4.1.2

Build #: 9.8.1Q-62_VQW_MR-2

I am running stock except for the edited "mobile hotspot" file.

I am running in temp unrooted.

I have no need to flash rom.

Should I go ahead and take the next two OTAs that I have been avoiding?

Will they affect my hotspot setting?

TIA
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bweN diorD:
if you havent unlocked the bootloader yet, i highly recommend it, if 1- your warranty is expired or 2- you really don't care.

with an unlocked bootloader you can get root back no matter what. with the 2nd ota, if you loose root, you are SOL until someone finds a new exploit.

im not positive but i would think if you loose root your hotspot hack will probably stop working.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slingblade01:
Thank you for the reply.

Well, I've never needed to unlock the bootloader. But you argue a good point.

With an unlocked bootloader, can I keep the stock ROM and will it take OTAs without any problems?

TIA
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bweN diorD:
yes and sort of yes lol.

its kinda confusing to explain if you really dont know what im talking about, bottom line is yes you will still get ota's, they will install fine, yet say they failed. this is normal.

bonus to unlocking the bootloader is, if you want to flash back to another version or an ota doesn't install quite right, you can flash/fix it yourself.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deeje00:
Or trade someone that would like an unlocked bootloader for one that has the ota's already. I'm sure someone would be interested and throw in cash.

Sent from my PACMAN MATRIX HD MAXX
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mirko0950:
hi i have a samsung galaxy s4 gt-i9505 xxuemj7 with android 4.3 and knox, how can i root and install CWM?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
If your root and flash recovery note you will loose KNOX capabilities and trigger the KNOX counter and you can not downgrade to any lower firmware version after that.

If your happy with the above:

Flash CF-Root as PDA in Odin:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2219803&highlight=chainfire

Then download any recovery you want to use, and flash again with Odin. Most here recommend TWRP or Philz Recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mirko0950:
Doesn't work, odin flash complete but the SU isn' installed
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickboy360:
Flash philz recovery using odin and after that flash the update of supersuv1.65 using recovery ... then update ur su to 1.69 and install the binaries . Plz dont install binaries on su v1.65 as it give u FC of any apps..
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Phatsnake:
Hi xda. I know there are third party keyboard apps that can do split tablet mode and small keyboard on the side for typing with one hand but I don't really like it. Is there a way to do it with the default keyboard? If not is it possible to use the nexus 10 keyboard? Has someone extracted the apk? Thank you in advance.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Georges2251:
My phone is not detecting the microsim. It started to do so for a really short while when I push the Sim very deep inside. Now it doesn't work at all. Is the problem with the kernel or is it hardware?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] FaiselW:
Try a software repair. If it doesn't work it is a hardware problem. YOU SHOULD NOT PUSH THE SIM CARD DEEP INSIDE OR YOU WILL DAMAGE THE SIM CARD READER. Just push it gently untill you hear a click
[Micromax A110] cantor03:
Hey guys..

I've been trying to install cm themes on Canvas 2 but so far no success..

Can somebody help?

The theme I want to install is in apk format.
[Micromax A110] CylorZ:
Do you use other launcher like Apex or Nova ?
[Micromax A110] gaurav247star:
buddy those cm themes are only compatible & can be used with Cyanogenmod only ....

BUt u can use xtheme engine an xposed module & it has various cm ported themes as well ... go check it out i'd given the links:angel:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kamikazee1989:
Hi,

My brother's SGH-T989D phone (Koodo / Telus) crashed during an android update. Now, the phone boots to a black screen with the taskbar on top. There is no menu screen anymore. No apps at all. Doing a factory reset via the recovery mode does not change anything.

My PC does not detect the phone. Therefore, I am unable to install a new ROM with Odin. Here are all the infos I have :

1. The phone boots, but there is absolutely nothing except the task bar (I can toggle the wifi and bluetooth on and off, thats it...). There phone says preparing SD storage upon booting. There are no SD card and SIM card.

2. The phone is able to go into recovery and download modes.

3. My PC does not detect the phone. I know the Samsung drivers, Odin v3.07 and USB cable are working properly because I am able to connect my own phone which is also a SGH-T989D.

4. In recovery mode, there is a dead android with a red triangle with an "!" in the background.

5. It used to have the stock gingerbread Koodo ROM, and was probably updated over the air to the newest ICS from Koodo.

6. The phone was never rooted or messed with. I don't think it was ever connected to a computer before.

7. It is not under warranty anymore.

I've spent hours trying to get it recognized by the computer. I've tried putting the ROM on the SD card and applying the update via external storage in recovery mode. I get a message about Signature verification failure.

I've tried cleaning the micro-usb slot. Blowing in it resulted in the computer saying "Unknown device malfunctioned" a single time, which leads me to believe it only did that because some saliva created a short somewhere in there. The connections look clean.

I'm about to throw this phone off the building. What is wrong with it?

**EDIT**

Forgot to mention...the phone does charge when connected to the usb cable.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] magda623:
IDK if this will help you. IF the phone isn't rooted or a custom recovery installed I don't believe you can reinstall the ROM. It does say 'signature verification error' so you might be able to turn off MD5 checking before install. It will be in the settings menu if TWRP is used. I don't believe its an option to do if on stock recovery.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toanau:
How do I reset a primary downloading app. Currently I am using Chrome but I want to use ES file as the primary.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Settings > apps > chrome > reset defaults

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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] knowsleyroader:
Is there anyway to improve the signal strength on the mini S ? It doesnt seem to be giving me anywhere near as strong a signal on O2 as I got with my Nokia 3650.

Im sure I remember reading something on a model of phone where you could improve the reception although it hit the battery a little.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] fone_fanatic:
your thinking of the nokia's and other phones where you could enter a keypress and it would increase the signal and reduce battery life or you could decrease signal and increase battery life. but with my jam in Texas i do have a really bad reception issue, but thats because i have the international jam thats 900/1800/1900 and cingular runs on 850/1900 so thats why i'm getting the k-jam which is quad band... maybe if you go to the power settings and click move the slider to best performance, see if that helps
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] inquisitor:
How do you realize signal strength is lower? Have you actually noticed lower speech quality or is it only the lower count of antenna bars on your display?

Keep in mind that there is no standard on how signal strength has to be displayed. Nokia phones tend to show more bars, whereas a Siemens phone receiving the same signal strength (in dB) would show fewer bars. They do that intentionally, so customers think a Nokia has better radio quality.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] knowsleyroader:
My wife said I was going louder and quieter on one occasion although I could hear her fine. In some places its only on 1 bar on the signal strength indicator. I believe there are 3 or 4 in total arnt there ? So I would consider it a weak signal.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] robfactory:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/mobile-...&DCMP=rdr115316&loc=265&id=pcmcat317600050015

Mind you, it's only for students, but not bad.

This holiday season, only in Best Buy stores, any eligible student* can get 12 months of free talk, text and 1GB data when they buy a qualifying phone

and get an Unlimited, My WaySM plan.

To qualify for this offer, phone must be purchased at Student Activated Price. See eligible phones and pricing ›

This plan includes:

Unlimited talk, text and 1GB of data for smartphones (Reg. $70/mo.), or

Unlimited talk, text and blocked data for basic phones (Reg. $50/mo.)

Easily add unlimited data for just $10/mo.

All lines can enjoy unlimited talk, text and data while on the Sprint network with the Sprint Unlimited Guarantee — not just for now, but for life
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] wp7chris:
Yeah the only issue is no subsidized phone pricing...GET THE NEXUS 5 FROM GOOGLE PLAY IT WORKS SWEET DEAL OMG
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] thesabri:
Just to clarify, you purchased the nex5 from Google play and was able to get the 12 free service for students? Or are you saying the nex5 is great?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] wp7chris:
I am saying I purchased the Nexus 5 from google play and it activates on Sprint just fine for me, so yes it can be used for this plan.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul22000:
Is it possible to root without wiping, and without blocking future OTAs?

All I want to do is use an ad-blocker like AdFree, so if possible, I'd like to root, run AdFree, and unroot, so I can still get OTA updates.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Petrovski80:
You don't have to unroot to receive OTA updates.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
The only wipe required is to unlock the bootloader. Rooting itself doesn't wipe anything.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
As Petrovski80 said, unlocking the bootloader and so the device getting wiped is innevitable. If you install superSU set it into survival mode in the SU settings so root will stick after you installed the OTA.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul22000:
Is it possible to root without unlocking the bootloader?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
No.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peron:
I remember reading about rooting without unlocking the boot loader was possible.

Will try to find the link
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
On the Nexus 5 specifically?

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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul22000:
That would be great.

All I want is to block ads one-time. If I can do it without wiping, that would be great. If not, I'm not sure if it's worth it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Don`t get your hopes up bro, not posssible for the intial root. There is an app to lock and relock the bootloader once you are rooted without wiping the phone, link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1731993.

BTW: you can backup your user apps and data with Helium, link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup&hl=nl.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
I thought one of the ad free type apps had a none root option that symlinked to /data anyway

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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul22000:
Can you explain a bit more? What app is that?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
"Ad free"

http://adfree.bigtincan.com/

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2190310

Although looks like support has stopped so no idea if it will even work.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peron:
This was the app I was thinking of but I missed the bit about an initial bootloader unlock. :(

I have never found an app that would backup and restore the exact state of the phone beside a nandroid but that requires an unlocked bootloader.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul22000:
That's the one I was using. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it definitely DOES need root, no?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Like I said, there used to be a non-root option in the app to symlink to /data. I've not used it in a while because adaway is just better. But the option definitely used to be there

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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piratefinn:
This. As Titanium backup requires root, just backup your apps/whatever and you are set. You can also set Google to backup contacts, Wifi passwords and such to your Google account. As usual, don't backup system data, its not necessary. That's nandroid's job ;)

Unlocking though is a bit of a funny process with the N5, mostly due to Google not giving us drivers. Therefore don't be too hasty and read up first. Rooting though most recoveries will do as well as SuperSU.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul22000:
Does adaway offer a non-root options?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
No, all ad-blockers need root. I guess you`re new to this but to sum it all up: for ad-blocking you need root and to get rooted you need to unlock the BL which will wipe the device but you may or may not backup your apps and data with Helium. That`s realy it bro :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Adfree had a non-root option. Also quick Google and I found ad block plus does too.

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[Sprint LG G2] robfactory:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/mobile-...&DCMP=rdr115316&loc=265&id=pcmcat317600050015

Mind you, it's only for students, but not bad.

"This holiday season, only in Best Buy stores, any eligible student* can get 12 months of free talk, text and 1GB data when they buy a qualifying phone

and get an Unlimited, My WaySM plan.

To qualify for this offer, phone must be purchased at Student Activated Price. See eligible phones and pricing ›

This plan includes:

Unlimited talk, text and 1GB of data for smartphones (Reg. $70/mo.), or

Unlimited talk, text and blocked data for basic phones (Reg. $50/mo.)

Easily add unlimited data for just $10/mo.

All lines can enjoy unlimited talk, text and data while on the Sprint network with the Sprint Unlimited Guarantee — not just for now, but for life"
[Moto X Q&A] ericizzy1:
Can anyone with kitkat the Verizon Moto x , can confirm if foxfi works please? I don't want to update unless it works
[Moto X Q&A] Ratamacue:
FoxFi is definitely broken after the update. :'(
[Moto X Q&A] ericizzy1:
yes it is, i hope a fix or another way to tether will come soon...
[Moto X Q&A] flintdog:
I would like to know when there is a fix too!! i am on KitKat and FoxFi is now broke on my phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergiosch:
Hi all, I'm a new I9195GT owner (for a week already) and have been researching and having some satisfaction rooting and restoring all my apps with Titanium from my previous smartphone.

The phone works fine and I'm quite happy with it. I've already done a full backup with CWM recovery for any trouble I might come across in future but I don't know if a full backup from recovery contains all important and sensible data like EFS and NV data. Those two things are totally new for me as I'm coming from a HTC Desire which didn't require attention to those sensible points.

So I would be very grateful if anybody clears some doubts I have relating EFS and NV data:

- Does a full backup from recovery contain EFS and NV data, so in case that flashing a custom ROM results in corrupted EFS data, I would fix it just by restoring the full backup from recovery?

- What is the best and safest way for backup EFS and NV?

I've seen this post from arco68 which states a command I guess should be executed from Terminal directly in the smartphone, but I don't know how should that .img file restored to the phone in case it becomes corrupted.

I've also seen this post about the EFS Professional tool from lyriquidperfection but in the whole post I havent found anybody confirming it works in the S4 Mini i9195.... so it sounds good but I don't want to brick my new device being the first one to run the tool with the i9195 :o

Thank you very much
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] batareikin51:
As far as I know CWM does not back up EFS.

The good idea is to use TWRP recovery instead of CWM. TWRP does backup EFS.

You can get TWRP for 9195 here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2449107
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergiosch:
Thanks for the idea. I'm ready to install TWRP recovery but, before installing it and replacing CWM,

Is it possible to launch TWRP recovery from CWM recovery, as temporary? And when rebooting CWM is back.

I remember doing something like this in my previous device: from 4EXT recovery launching a CWM recovery for some particular reason I don't remember
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farewellartist:
TWRP Recovery does not backup full EFS. IMEI is not included at least. Even though it lists a possibility of EFS backup, all it does is backups /efs partition. which does not contain IMEI in it. This concerns specifically I9195, which I own too and am researching this issue and also lost IMEI issue.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergiosch:
:eek:

I already had installed TWRP and made backups and nandroids....

So how can we safely backup IMEI in a way we can restore it in case it gets corrupted?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farewellartist:
Good question, I've been looking for answer for weeks.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radicspeter:
Guys!

The most simple method to backup our IMEI (efs folder) is:

1.Install rootexplorer

2.open it with superuser permission

3. Copy efs folder from root main folder to your sd card.

4.Upload from sd card to clouds to be sure you have a backup a different places. ;)

5. Push thx for me ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergiosch:
I did already that too, not with rootexplorer but TotalCommander which also has root access to any partition, I guess it performs the same backup just copying everything.

But then I don't know why it is valid to do "raw" directory/file copy with root explorer but it is not valid an EFS partition backup with TWRP recovery. I'm a newbie with this but, it seems the same to me.... :confused:

Can anyone tell exactly in which file is stored imei? Isn't the same structure/process valid for other Galaxy brand smartphones so we can follow them?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farewellartist:
I repeat, EFS FOLDER / PARTITION even on a raw byte level DOESN'T CONTAIN phones IMEI. This concerns specifically Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini LTE (I9195).

---------- Post added at 03:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:31 PM ----------

Normally, phones IMEI in previous galaxy devices (don't know about current S4, I own S4 Mini LTE), was stored in nv_data.bin file which was located in /efs folder on root. (which is a mount point for mmcblk0p10 partition in S4 Mini LTE). But, in this device, there is no nv_data bin file and IMEI is not stored nowhere close to efs partition. Not too many people own S4 Mini's and almost everybody whom I asked an information based their knowdledge on another devices and were feeding me false information I heard over and over again.

To clarify something, I know, that EFS partition doesn't contain IMEI, because:

No file in efs mount point contains IMEI.

No IMEI found checking EFS Professional backup (tar) on HEX level using various search methods. Even through-looked it, file is not that big.

No IMEI found through-looking .raw backup made using cygwin (which contains every single byte of partition, even though it is not a part of a file), which is 95+% warrant, that IMEI is not in EFS partition.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergiosch:
Thanks mate. Pretty clear :good:

I was also not confident about some tutorials I read in other forums claiming that just doing a copy of file structure from /EFS folder would backup our IMEI. Your explanation is appreciated.

Hope to find some way to effectively backup sensitive data as IMEI is....
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farewellartist:
Found it! Making guide right now. Basically IMEI is contained in both mmcblk0p11 and mmcblk0p12 partitions. Samsung apparently has developed a new error-safe phone nv data preservation system, I'll explain in details in tutorial.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergiosch:
Great news! looking forward to read that guide :good::good:
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deliog:
How do you mount those partitions? I've tried with no success. All I get is "mount: No such device".
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farewellartist:
Don't mount, just backup.

Through terminal emulator, enter commands

su

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p12