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[Nexus 5 Android Development] tibere86:
Is it me or is noise cancellation on calls not yet implemented in CM11? It's night and day versus an AOSP based ROM or factory image. The mic picks up every little sound.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] jdbeitz:
What commands do you run for and between builds? I keep running into random errors.

I usually just open terminal and run:

repo sync

source build/envsetup.sh

breakfast hammerhead

brunch hammerhead
[Nexus 5 Android Development] IharpI:
breakfast is not needed everytime.

you can add make installclean before brunching or mm -B for the modules that make problems due to makefile changes.

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It is pretty save to say that video streaming erros are caused by some changes from cm to the audio librarys.

I build my rom without cm audio libraries for now and it is running great!
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Lazz:
What carrier are you using? Sprint here. This just recently started happening where I live, and seems to also be happening at random to other people I know with different Android handsets. (Nexus 5, Evo LTE, Galaxy Note 3).

-Edit for clarity.
[General Questions and Answers] Akalsemann:
Hello guys.

I am wondering if there's any option/programme/app that can detect changes in apk files.

For example:

A dev releases a mod for something, let's say swaps a .png files to a custom .png and shares the mod in a thread.

And i want the same mod but in a different .png.

Now i can ofcourse ask the dev to do it, which is easy but i wont learn anything.

So i decide to try to make it for myself, but having no past experience with android i don't know how to do it.

And here's where the app/programme comes in (if there is one, ofc). A software that can detect any kinds of changes after decompiling apk files. Now many of you know that apk files have several folders inside, and inside those folder are various files.

So this software (if it exists) could be able to detect changes in the modded apk compared to my unmodded apk, and tell me where exactly the change(s) have been made.

In this way i don't need to bother a dev, and i maybe start to learn how to mod special areas of my phones UI.

Thanks for any reply!

Good day! :)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Faheem anjum:
check the info from attachment
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Red Devil:
I suppose you mean RUU ?

You can find RUUs at http://www.androidruu.com/?developer=Pico

Otherwise it is very difficult to find RUUs for our phone ever since HTC RUU got closed.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] shubhojit89:
i can provide you the link for stock rom but its flashable zip..
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Faheem anjum:
i solved my problem thank you
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] spudowiar:
Lazy!

Too lazy to put the info in the question? :rolleyes: :(

Tut, tut, tut.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Barkat.Paki:
You Found a RUU for that radio???

1.11.82.30??

Link me to that plz.

What kinda solution??
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] anandnsharma:
Here is the link for HTC EXPLORER stock rom

htcpicco.blogspot.com/2013/09/stock-htc-explorer-roms.html?m=1

These are flashable zip files you have to instal via CWM. Please don't forget to tap thanks... :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ansib:
I know the developer has stated that it is 'erratic' at times but it just doesn't work for me period. I get blimps of the toggle on and off for the mobile data for a millisecond before it goes off. My question is, which JellyTime ROM is the most stable at the moment that has the mobile data + wifi working?

Was kinda bummed to find the mobile data not working when at work :p

Thanks Again!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yumm91:
R11
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ansib:
Thanks! Works perfectly ;)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shashi_sh:
Hi, i have an xperia pro MK16i

initially the phone was slow so i used the custom rom and flashed the phone

but then after using it for some day i decided to roll back to the original ICS ROM as it was not stable enough

now here the actual problem started after loading the ICS "MK16i_4.1.B.0.587_Central_Europe.ftf"

the battery shows always 100% so not letting me charge the phone n when battery is exhausted shutdown the phone

so tried several other kernel n rom both generic and custom to check if only the official ICS has an issue or other also

some r working fine but facing the issue with other

so i decided to downgrade to GB, GB is working fine no issue battery charging, i tried to ICS upgrade using the Sony Update Service and PC Companion, but still facing the same issue

Please HELP.... I wanna switch to the Official ICS :crying:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mokoobr:
hello .. could someone give me a link how do I get the samsung`s app that within the original rom?

I apologize if I posted in wrong place
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edmalou33:
You can just flash a samsung stock ROM
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlackingVeteran:
to get the stock apps you need to use stock firmware, download stock firmware for you sgs3 from sammobile.com, firmwares found there are all official..
[General Questions and Answers] renato1967:
Hi

I have:

- Sony xperia sola

- CGM 9.x

from 2 or 3 hour, I've installed FB, and it has replaced the launcher (maybe, not sure)

How can I remove it?

If I go to the setting panel, I don't find anithing to remove it.

How can I do that?

TIA

Renato
[General Questions and Answers] davidsa:
Hi, do you just want to unistall facebook app?

You need to root your device and after that you have access to all device app's. Just install TITANIUM BACKUP, and unistall the facebook app :) (care, do not unistall things that you dont know)

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If you installed FB recently, i think that you were enable to unistall it easily (root device is only 2nd choice, sorry). Go to the app menu, and go to options, you should have the option to remove recent apps ...
[General Questions and Answers] Chickenmunga:
Before doing anything, I would try to go to play.google.com/apps. Click my apps, find facebook, and uninstall. I haven't heard of any devices so far that have facebook baked in...
[General Questions and Answers] renato1967:
TITANIUM BACKUP is my friend :)

I've installed it and finaly... delted FB

Thanks to all!

Renato
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ChmT:
I tried 2 versions of Android on HD2 and both are running fine except one problem. When I make a call with HD2 the other person hears me too loud and voice is not clear. When someone calls me he hear me everything is fine. So the problem occurs only when I'm calling.

How can I fix this problem? I have radio 2.15.50.14. Should I maybe flash another one?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] lukes91:
try to flash radio again, the one you have is the best available...
[HTC One S] downbringer:
Anyone have any idea why I could be missing 14GB worth of storage?

I'm rooted with S-OFF using MaximusHD 10.

I had a similar problem with my HTC One after a firmware update altered how the internal SD card was recognised.

But I'm not having any luck finding out where and what is using up this space.

Anyone else have this problem?
[HTC One S] AlyCuong:
You must flash firmware (Hboot 2.16) 2 times, the problem will be solve.

The first flashing, It get "Failed"; the second time it get successful and then your memory will be correct.
[HTC One S] downbringer:
I'm running with hboot 2.15 at the moment. As far as I was aware I would need to run the relevant RUU to update my hboot on the One S.

I shall give it a go - I understand that 2.16 is a bit of pain when flashing new roms.

Update:

I ran a RUU relevant to my device and it's running running the older hboot 2.15 which is good. It looks as if it has resolved the storage issue looking at the storage screen on the stock rom.

Luckily enough, S-Off and SuperCID remained so I don't have to fiddle about with that again.

Flashing CM 4.4 and seeing how that goes.

Thanks for the help.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Byteater:
If this works, you have made an excellent work and i think this has to be stickied :sly:

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Woolf:
Well done fella, good work!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stefan.slavici:
Hi SlashV,

Very interesting approach of one of the most frequent issues for I9300!

My case is as follows: I have recovered IMEI with more common methods: kTool,and..

- in 4.3 ROM's my IMEI and serial are ok ... and I have network ,but

- in CM11 or OMNI 4.4 my IMEI is correct but the serial number is wrong !

(and therefore I have no network)

Could you suggest, please, a way to read and/or repair the Serial number in CM11 ?!

( using Terminal Emulator would be also possible?)

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlashV:
serial number in cm

Thanks.

I think my serial number got restored by step 5 of what I did even before I restored my original nv_data.bin, so you might try that. It's easy from the terminal and I'm fairly sure it won't hurt. Make a backup of you efs first!

However, I am somewhat surprised by your issue. How can the serial number change? I did notice CM shows a different serial for me than is on the sticker, so maybe I have the same issue, or CM just shows a different representation of the same number. Anyway, I have no network issues because of it. Maybe your network issues have to do with something else than the serial no?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sriram231092:
no! the serial number changed when i flashed CM11 but no network problem. and then it is back to the previous serial number when i flashed s4 evolution rom!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laura almeida:
OMG

You are a genius

This Thread should be moved to General
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Glad that the op got his imei & serial back, also that he's posted such detailed instructions (although I think a couple of them won't be necessary for most). For the majority of those who arrive at xda, after breaking their phone by flashing random things they didn't understand it will read like diy brain surgery.

Best option, as always, is to backup the efs -unfortunately it's usually far too late by the time they get to xda.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gonzakpo:
I also had a similar problem. I had IMEI but not valid serial (000000). I solved temporaly using Ariza Patch. But if I can restore the serial using your method.... then I MUST BUY YOU A BEER MY FRIEND!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gonzakpo:
Some news. In my case I have a correct IMEI but a wrong serial (000000). Resulting in a no network conenctivity.

I've tried modifing the efs.img directly by hand and adding the serial to the serial_no file (it's in plain text). Then I restored using ktool. And nothing. It still says 0000000.

So. Then I tried over adb as you did. echo -n <serial> > serial_no. The operation went succesfully but when I rebooted my phone it still shows 000000.

So I'm guessing (as excepted) these things have protection against tampered serials/imei. Maybe a hash somewhere... But I'm not willing to reverse engineer that (I don't even have the knowledge!).

So....I don't know how you did it. But that step alone doesn't restore the serial number.

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So I decided to took my investigation a little further.

I had an efs back up so I reproduced all your steps but only on linux.

The offsets of my nv_data.bin are the same as yours. I extracted my new_nv_data.bin from my efs.img (using dd). Then I compared the nv_data.bin extracted mounting the efs.img. They are the same. Not a single bit difference.

I guess it was expected. I just wanted to make sure there wasn't anything wrong with my efs backup.

So. This method really works if you lost you efs partition (corrupted). But In my case (efs not corrupted, IMEI ok, serial 0000), it didn't help. :(

I bet there's a solution floating around. But there's also a business behind this (all those boxes). So, I don't know if I will be ever be available to fix this by myself.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gonzakpo:
I'm starting to think that maybe the trick is to format efs (having a backup of course). But I don't know. I'm not that brave haha.

Changing the serial_no file does nothing. That doesn't work for sure. I've tried one more time using root browser and it didn't change from 00000.

Everything is inside nv_data.bin I think. Even the serial. But I guess nobody will tell me here how to correct that so I have network connectivity again without patching.

Anyway, I don't know why so secretive about all this info. I mean, all the boxes out there let you change you IMEI. I bet all the burglers out there already know how to do it. The only ones that still don't know how to do it are the honest people haha. Kind of ironic.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Because it's illegal and gets you five years. Follow the guides on how to restore your efs backup. Discussing imei changing will get the thread locked.

If you don't have backup then pay for a repair.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gonzakpo:
In my case my phone came like this. I can't return it because I bought it abroad.

I have a backup of my efs. I did restored it. But serial is still 0000. IMEI is FINE. I don't want to change IMEI. Just fix my EFS to have a proper serial. Only way of having connectivity back is ariza patch. But I would love to return my phone to factory state. That is not illegal.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hyperorb:
Always wonder how the repair shops are able to restore. Still OP post is informational.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gonzakpo:
Yes. Maybe formatting the EFS is the key. Because the phone will regerate a dummy one without errors. And then restore the files individually insted of the whole partition.

But... that's is just a guess. And I'm not willing to try it either. I will start worrying when Samsung releases a decent 4.3 version of the stock firmware. Until then I will stay on 4.1.2 with Ariza Patch.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlashV:
Boxes

I think they use tools like the SmartSamBox. I contacted the manufacturer and they claim that you can restore imei and serial with it. A box like that isn't even that expensive. I considered buying one before I tried my final "I must get lucky" shot described in this thread.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlashV:
lost serial

If you dumped an image of it, it can't really hurt you imho.

Yeah, everything is in nv_data.bin. It's a pity I am not a 100% sure, but I really think I got the serial back though before restoring my original nv_data.bin. Changing the serial_no file now, doesn't do anything, like you say, but I added it to an /efs that was created from scratch after a format. Like you, I am a bit reluctant to try and reformat it again, just to see if that would work, but maybe I will. It won't help you though, because starting out with an /efs from scratch is not an option for you. You won't have an imei in that case.

Welcome to the World my Friend :cowboy:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustArchi:
Formatting /efs in fact results in automatic regeneration of file structure, just with a null (but still valid) data. By replacing important files with a working backup you can actually revive your phone, as long as you have valid core files.

Anyway, hats off for the solution. May help someone :cowboy:.

You could also try to mke2fs -n /dev/loop0 (with mounted efs.img), and then read superblocks and restore them with e2fsck -b block_number /dev/loop0.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gonzakpo:
Wow. Thank you for the answers. For a moment I though I was talking alone hahaha :p

Well. I made the jump and formatted the efs to see what happens. I was on stock 4.1.2 (the old EFS one == I9300XXELLC_I9300XEFELL1_I9300XXELKB)

Surprisingly, after a reboot the EFS wasn't restored for a dummy one. It was empty. I even tried a wipe from the recovery and it didn't work either.

Then I freaked out (haha) and restored my EFS backup and everything was back to normal.

Conclusion. 4.1.2 is no good for this method? Maybe I should try with stock 4.0.4?

SlashV, what firmware do you refere when you say "G4". Latest Android 4.1.2 (mg4 modem)?

I hope I can reproduce your method. So we can at least help the community with a more tested solution.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hkamiah:
dont work on my galaxy s3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cz4r3n:
Can I apply this on SGN2 (n7100)?I think they have the same EFS Address?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikasjoman:
I have a Mac so I cant do the steps in this guide. I got an efs.img file that seems broken (can not mount it), but when I do a cat command in the terminal I can see I have allot of things inside of it. If anyone here has linux, could I send it to you and see if you can have a go at it? I have a N7100 note 2.

Cheers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StephanFourie:
IMEI repair needed

Hey Guys.

Hope you all are doing well.

I saw this amazing post and got all excited. I somehow managed to corrupt my IMEI by installing ROM's.

I dont know it happened as nothing went wrong that I could see. All of a sudden I cannot connect to the mobile network.

I tried several things and some were just a waste of time. This solution looked promising and I tried it.

I do get stuck at the following line : dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/data/efs.img

to make an image. I did install CF-Root but when I enter that command I get en error saying "access denied".

Please help. I dont have a backup (UNFREEKINFORTUNATELY) and I dont want to send it in for repairs as the service here in South Africa will be between useless and non-existent.

Please help.

Excuse my english as it is not my mother tongue.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wangdaning:
Did you first type su in shell?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StephanFourie:
IMEI repair needed

Hey wangdaning.

Thanks for the reply I really appreciate it.

It is way past my bed time and my eyes are blood shot.

No I havent entered su. I will try that.

Maybe I must just make sure that I am doing it the right way.

I got the android sdk installed already as I am a beginner android software developer.

So I went into dos prompt and navigated to the folder where adb.exe is located.

Then I entered:

1: adb root

2: adb shell

3: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/data/efs.img

and that is where I got the error.

I am currently looking at EFS pro. I am no android master so I am having a hard time here.

Thanks again for the reply,

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My new Hero is not Spartacus or Crixus or Gannicus...

It is now JustArchi!

Thanks a mil for the modem fix.

I guess the efs was not corrupt but was a newer version or something because everything works again.

I am in your debt!

Thanks for the speedy reply wangdaning.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3d_jc:
Kudos and thanks to the OP, your post did save my son's S3 ! A couple of comment based on my experience today :

Initial situation was the same :/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 completely out (bad block, bad superblock, bad everything !).

Couple of the issues I faced :

1) adb root doesn't want to work in recovery-> need to root. Went the CF-Auto root way. adb root still doesn't work, but adb shell then su does.

2) you can't adb pull efs.img, because of 1) and the need to shell then su. Solution chmod 0644 the file and pull it

3) mke2fs was not part of the rom I was using (official samsung one), I had to use make_ext4

after recreating the /dev/block/mmcblk0p3, I checked it by rebooting the phone in recevery, this time, not more cannot mount /efs error ! Rebooted the phone, and this time, no more bootloops. At that time, I did NOT to the factory mode thing.

I went into my partition dump and extracted the first 0x0200000 bytes at the very first ccurence of keyword MODEM (mine was at 0x0100000). For those who wonder in your exemple how you go from 0x0600000 to 1228, here is the chain :

0x0600000 = 6291456 (decimal), you divide the decimal value by 512 : 12288

Rebooted the phone, GREAT IMEI was there, but not only, serial was in there too (remember I did not do the factory mode yet), but yes I was i factory mode, so did the factory mode part, but WITHOUT the serial number entry

Decided that while I was at it (rooted I mean), did the triangle away magic, go to odim, flash latest 4.3 samsung rom, recovery, wipe cache and factory reset.

A bit nervous, but let's roll and reboot : PERFECT, like a brand new S3 ! Again, thanks a lot OP, your post was inspirational !

3d_jc
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] safwan97:
Cracking?

When I opened my nv.log in my efs folder..

Tue Feb 18 23:10:53 2014: NV restored

Tue Feb 18 23:15:59 2014: cracking detected

Tue Feb 18 23:15:59 2014: NV backup has been rebuilt

Tue Feb 18 23:15:59 2014: NV restored

Cracking?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geekboy26:
Good work!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] instinctless:
i have a very easier method to recover the imei on sgs3

hi,

i can recover your imei broken sgs3 for a few bucks if you live in germany.

pn me if you are interested
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Olek94:
Thank you - same on ai9300

Thank you for posting that it is very didactic , helped me to understand minimally a few things.

When you said "your serial number" I suppose you mean the IMEI number ?

To train, I used just the 3 parts with the pipes (it happend the entered data to a new file or an existing one ?)

I used the real S/N of my phone, not the IMEI

That changed the boot , still no modem (but I boot with a 9100 bootload - an EFS mounted with Odin so may be that is normal.)

As if I was the first user of the phone, booted clean and asked me all personal stuff. the SIM card is read (was not before) but still no modem ;)

Do you think I destroyed the hidden version of IMEIif any ? (the "golden file ?" )

Thank you in advance for your time and I am sorry for being so noob and forgive my English please.

All the best

Isaac

I used ADB shell and SU in terminal mode on the phone, as other options did not work for me at the time.

Seem to be the simplest way , but I have to learn where to write backup files and copies.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Olek94:
micro coding hardware

Hello, a simple question :

Is micro coding for IMei and SN only on most recent phones ?

or did they always be present and used only with latest versions of Android ?

EFS format change happens with 3.2.0 or more recently ?

Thank you in advance my I9300 dates october 2012.

THANK YOU
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Olek94:
Hi I am admirative !

Sure having some knowledge around Linux file architecture is mandatory to be able of such manipulations.

I am facing a similar situation. How long may it take for me to learn to read/compare blocks in the partition files ? (stupid question !)

Could you post also the non corrupted file ?

Thanks and congratulations
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jabirrockzzz:
help

hi i was on stock 4.1.2 then i rooted flashed twrp recovery using toolkit and flashed revolutionary 5 4.3 straight away i didn't backup efs i know it was dump thing to do but i was new to galaxy s3 flashing so basically i f***k up. then i flashed official 4.3 firmware using odin.now i have a network reception but can't make or attend calls i still have my iemi.i was thinking to go back to 4.1.2 in hope of getting things to work. please help n reply asap!! thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayozo:
Hello, can anybody tell me if it works for 0049 error? Tried everything but this and has im very noob i would like to know before spending a thousand hours trying this method. :good: