yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
You can't root 257. You have to downgrade to 532 first, root, possibly change the CDA (if you don't get the OTA update), update through OTA, and you're done.

So...

- Find a 532 ROM here.

- Flash the 532 build using Flashtool.

- Root it using this tool.

- If you don't get the OTA update, follow this guide and change your CDA.

- Install OTA Root Keeper from the Play Store.

- Once the OTA is available, download it.

Congratulations, you're on 257 again and you're rooted. This is it, and there's plenty of helpful threads here if you SEARCH, so please search before you ask. Answering questions all day long isn't our job.

EDIT: God damn it, @shaolin95, i just wasted 4 minutes on my "Rooting Guide For Dummies" :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] shaolin95:
hahahah I just wanted you to get some rest since you spent so much time helping me the last few days! :D

still your explanation is very detailed so it works better. :highfive:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] x5starguerillaa:
[MENTION=254166]Lord[/MENTION] M

You sir.............are very nice to people demanding links/instructions on rooting.

I must've come from "school of hard knocks" forums previous.

Folks like that got shot down with the NOOOOOOOOB CANON!

perhaps its time to grab the old link to the YouTube video.

Edit......couldnt resist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] SpyderTracks:
I do love that video :D
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Sgt_Hawk:
I tried to root my wifi Note 10.1(wifi) using TWRP and the SuperSU flashable zip, but when wiping cache and Dalvik the tablet shut down. Now when I try to boot the device it only plays part of the boot sound and gets stuck on the "Samsung" logo. I've tried searching for ODIN flashable stock firmware, but with Hotfile being down(sammobile's file host) and the rest requiring a paid subscription to their site, I'm screwed.

I've tried using Kies' emergency recovery option, but it won't recognize the device as needing recovered. When I try to search for updates through Kies it tells me the model name is invalid(P600, SMP600, SM-P6000ZKYXAR, Galaxy Note 10.1 2014).

I can still boot into download mode and TWRP.(I REALLY should have made a backup first.)

All I need is the stock US(XAR) firmware, preferably ODIN flashable. I'm not sure if I trust TWRP to flash it just yet considering it crashed wiping dalvik, but if it's my only option I'm willing to try it.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] jpearn:
I have seen somewhere that TWRP is a bit temperamental on our devices with wiping cache, and you sometimes have to do it twice, have you tried it the 2nd time ?? Use the advanced menu, wipe cache and reboot.

Edit

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47379905&highlight=cache#post47379905
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] toomex:
i did this

::
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Sgt_Hawk:
It took a long time to finish, but it successfully wiped the cache the second time and booted successfully! Thanks for the link by the way.
[Moto X Q&A] phositadc:
Anybody tried it? Do you think it would enable GSM Dev Ed to work on Verizon?

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Moto X Q&A] mhamann:
Yes, it works perfectly! Let us know how you make out...
[Moto X Q&A] phositadc:
I don't appreciate your sarcasm, sir. You do realize this has been done with other devices, right? Most devices that are built for multiple carriers have all of the radios on the soc, and the unused ones are just dormant. With unlocked bootloaders sometimes all it takes to activate them is flashing the radio from a different carrier.

So before acting like someone is crazy, consider educating yourself first.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Moto X Q&A] imnuts:
I've never heard of

ANY

CDMA phone having GSM radios flashed to it (or GSM flashed with CDMA) and getting more frequencies. I have heard of using different PRLs on CDMA phones to get to non-standard networks, or flashing another GSM modem to a GSM phone to get different frequencies, but not crossing CDMA & GSM.
[Moto X Q&A] phositadc:
I've heard of at&t radios being flashed to the Verizon variant of a phone and enabling att LTE. In fact I'm pretty sure it was a Motorola phone. It might have been the X att radio flashed to the Dev Ed droid ultra maxx.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Moto X Q&A] phositadc:
Dupe
[Moto X Q&A] Steve-x:
The CDMA variants of the Moto X have an extra chip installed on the PCB to handle the CDMA duties, there is zero chance of enabling CDMA on GSM Dev edition.
[Moto X Q&A] phositadc:
But theoretically you could flash AT&T radios to vzw dev ed and get AT&T lte? I guess that's what I read of people doing with ultra maxx.

Sent from my iPhone
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] datboyc:
Like the title says, I'm stuck at the erasing 'userdata' part of flashing back to stock.

I'm following the information from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2513701

I chose to use method 1, since i'm lazy and just want the new 4.4.1. Everything was going well until that part. Please help, I don't want to brick my phone by doing something stupid like unplugging it.... Unless that'll work.

also the little android with the ! is not present. The screen still shows the large android with blue squares inside. I also did not factory reset before i tried to do this.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] comicbookguy72:
formatting partitions can take ages on this phone. i stopped mid-format on cache with an early version of TWRP a couple of weeks ago and it's taken the best part of a day yesterday to sort it out - i couldn't even flash kernels or boot animations without bootloop (on the second boot? wtf??), and ended up going back to stock, locking the bootloader and repeatedly formatting all partitions to sort it! (it might be worth locking and unlocking the bootloader before you put your data back since you're there anyway....)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] datboyc:
Well I decided to be brave and boot from TWRP recovery, but when I unplugged the phone ADB showed an error saying "Too many open files in system". The phone then rebooted on its own, and the little android with the ! came up, and the process seems to have worked. Thank you for the information about taking forever on the formatting, I will keep that in mind when I flash a custom recovery again.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arturo.app:
I know its a little outdated, but i had the same problems few days ago, and i solved the problem using a pc in windows xp and everything went great, but in Windows 7 everytime got stuck at erasing userdata.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shipopi:
Permission issue fixed!

To all of you that have permission issues, problems etc. check out this on youtube!

[Tutorial] How to Flash ASUS Zenfone 5 CN/TW to WW Firmware [EN]

This made a huge difference on my phone. Phone is much smoother than before and now my speaker has started working again.

Took some time to get it done (couple of hours) but it was worth it!

If you encounter any problems, just read the comments.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beekay201:
huh???

"How to flash Asus Zenfone 5"???

What??

ffs.
[Nook Touch General] Rekesz:
I'm going to buy a Nook Simple Touch in a month's time and I really love how better software can be hacked onto the device. I would just like to ask if there is any way to read translated japanese visual novels on the Nook Simple Touch. I'm asking this because they are programs created for Windows. Or would this be the same as trying to run Windows apps on Linux?
[Nook Touch General] lekofraggle:
That is a good question. I know you cannot run windows apps. Even java applets will probably not work. However, there are other comic viewers and they may be able to display your manga.

I have not yet rooted, so I thought I would try my Barnes and noble books.

Vampire hunter d works okay, but it to s zoomed odd and you cannot zoom in per frame.

Death note (which is a nook comic) will not load on the stock reader.

Good luck.

~Leko

Go forth and work toward your salvation with diligence.
[Nook Touch General] Rekesz:
Thank you for the quick answer, but I wasn't actually thinking of manga. I heard about Perfect viewer, which is said to be a great app for comics, but I was actually thinking of visual novels. I asked this question because I know that yo need to run a .exe file to "read" these, so I was hoping that there was possibly some way that I could convert these into a format that the nook could run.
[Nook Touch General] lekofraggle:
Oh, I now get it. Okay. So then bad news is that some visual novels don't just need supporting exe files, they are programs in and of themselves. So, there are two ways to run them on android.

Buy them from the market or amazon (I had a few a while ago but I do not remember what they were.

Take yours and port them.

The latter is going to be difficult and beyond my expertise.

However, after some research, I found this thread.

http://forums.fuwanovel.org/index.p...isual-novel-lets-play-visual-novel-on-the-go/

The app is still in the market and it is only 1.99 in the US.

In order to run an app on the nst, a few conditions need to be met...

You need to root.

The app needs to be made for SDK 7 which is pretty old, but there are sometimes ways around that involving tricking the app to think it needs a lower SDK.

You the app needs to be compatible with the nst hardware.

After you root, I suggest you try. good luck. The Net that I ordered does not have working touch so I am awaiting my replacement.

~Leko

Go forth and work toward your salvation with diligence.
[Nook Touch General] Rekesz:
Holy frak, I actually started this to confirm my fear that it is impossible. And I actually bought this app a long time ago, but it was rather uncomfortable on my galaxy mini. I'm grateful for this, thank you very much!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadoevox:
I have a Sero 7 Pro, and for some odd reason, the camera stops. Doesn't stop working, just goes black. I have to stop recording and restart. Sometimes it will record for hours, other times for 20 to 30 seconds. I use it as a dash cam and it's getting irritating. Any ideas?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChameleonGeek:
Try erasing data and cache of the app

Xperia Neo | Spanish | Smartphone
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadoevox:
Okey dokey, I'll give it a try. Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Joe Antonetti:
Hello,

Today, I updated to CM11 (the nightly), and got stuck on the white screen. This normally wouldn't be a problem, but my backup ROM (yesterday's nightly) will no longer install on my recovery (CWM 0.6.4.4). It gives an error along the lines of "assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "evita". Whenever I connect it to the computer, it appears as the "One X" under "unknown devices", and won't respond to Fastboot or allow me to see the drive. I have the drivers installed because I have done this before.

What should I do?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
The error you're getting when trying to restore your backup is saying that it's for the wrong device. Is it your own backup? Did you create the backup using CWM or TWRP?

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jahanzaiblohani:
can u boot ur device in hboot ? and ur hboot version ? :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] tzuik:
Hello guys, thanks to Chainfire, who made the tool RegionLock Away, you can SIM unlock your Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini I9195 with it. I did it just now, my phone was locked on TIM form Italy and I'm now using it on BASE in Belgium, before it said it could not register on the network. First I rooted it with S4Mini RootKit v1.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] _humi_:
hi

does the phone remain "unlocked" if you flash other stock rom? (i.e some debranded version)

or you need to stay rooted? :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] stiffmeister75:
can confirm,

works fine.

to unlock you must be on a stock rom.

flashed than back my nandroid backup cm11 and stayed unlocked :)

thx to Chainfire :good:

stiffmeister
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] eduardito:
I dont think works for sim unlock I did it with Telcel from Mexico and nothing happend I insert one from movistar and the lock message apears??
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] stiffmeister75:
maybe you don't think so, but when i inserted a t-mobile sim, then i should enter a code.

so took back my vodafone sim, ran the app and re-inserted the t-mobile sim.

AND

Voila it works...

stiffmeister
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] eduardito:
I did it folowing your procedure and still the sam a message network lock?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] marouane80:
1- You must have a stock and original rom (odexed and flashed with odin) not a custom rom !

2- Root you phone (see arco OP) and install "RegionLock Away" from chainfire, open it and follow instruction and reboot.

(Don't put any sim card at this step)

3- Now Shutdown your phone and put any sim card you want and reboot. That's all !

You can flash any custom rom after this procedure. You will always have your sim unlocked.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] eduardito:
Thanks a lot for you post, when i did it my phone had and still have the custom rom, was already rooted, and i run the region lock away

With the sim inside the phone, latter i did again with other carrier sim and still nothing, showld i proced to do it without sim again.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] marouane80:
it will never works on custom rom. i said : original rom (flashed in odin). follow the steps. then flash anything you want
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] eduardito:
Sorry for my mistake but my rom is the original (stock) and is rooted and flashed with odin, do you think I have to run the region lock away

Without the sim inside the phone?

When I did it was with the stock rom already rooted with odin but with the sim inside?

thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] marouane80:
yes, in the first step don't put your sim card. just install "RegionLock Away". Run it and reboot without sim card again.

shutdown and put what you want:silly:

it's easy
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] eduardito:
Thnaks for your responses I follow your procedure and still the same sim locked??
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] jlqm09:
S4 Mini Telcel

The S4 Mini has number I9195L, that's probably why it doesn't work (as the OP specifically says is for Model I9195).
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] delvydavis:
any luck to unlock I9195L ?:eek:
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] eduardito:
no
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] delvydavis:
alright, that means, change the firmware to I9195 and try this method.

hopefully, it will work. Did you try that?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] eduardito:
I9195L is hard locked so no screen to input the code for unlock?? what to do??
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Regensburg:
Whom should I provide IMEI to get code for unlock?

Are you talking here about regional lock or SIM-lock?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] TURBOSKILL:
This doesn't work with my I9195, tried every method that everyone's said so far in this thread and nothing. The phone is bound to an EE (UK) SIM and I'm trying to use an O2 (UK) SIM with it.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] civicsr2cool:
This worked for my Rogers i257m perfectly! I rooted with vroot, updated to supersu, flashed twrp through odin, then used this app and now im on US AT&T. Thanks for sharing the info!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Tuxxperia:
it's not working for me neither. i9195 is from some UK carrier, and i need to unlock it, but it is still asking for network lock code :(
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] drakic:
doesent work my I9195 also, first i have installed custom recovery, rooted and installed apk. after that without SIM runned apk and do as it says in aplication. it restared phone and asked for phone unlock code. waited 60sec and restarted again with non accepted sim card and phone asked for sim unlock code again and it wont work.

after that i have relocked phone (option in apk) and tried to unlock with non accepted sim in phone, restared, waited for 60sec and restarted again and after that again asked for sim unlock code.

mobile is locked on tmobile Croatia.

any other solution for unlocking?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Darktitor:
Try to flash MJ7 stock firmware first ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] drakic:
do you mean this firmware http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2533727

why do you think will help? did you try it?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Darktitor:
I'm a moderator in the french forum Phonandroid.

I've helped many people with this and working great with MJ7.

Flash it with Odin

https://mega.co.nz/#!8J5yESgL!U9Qd2Ems4b86hI9DEiCfWm26IjYXZS7fLwzKrSXdpdc

Envoyé de mon GT-I9195 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Tuxxperia:
still no luck. I used MJ7, rooted, installed Region Away, rebooted twice, but still invalid SIM asking network code :(
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] nicobase:
can't unlock

I tryied with mj7, root, region lock away and it does not work on gt-i9195.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] nicobase:
which rom did you have when unlocked ?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] mbgheban:
Unlock SIM - OK!

Hi,

I used RegionLock Away successfully on i9195, I9195XXUBML4 firmware locked in Vodafone Romania.

Tks.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Quickvic30:
Has anyone been able to access the hidden menu to unlock the phone from the there? If someone could try to a access the menu for me that would be great. I'm thinking of purchasing a s4 mini but all the ones for sale are on NA7 but are still android 4.2.2. The service menu code is *#0011# the if the service menu doesn't come up hit menu then select 1 then back and it may come up. If not try menu then select 2 then back. Any info on getting into the hidden menu on the mini will be greatly appreciated!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] David T 19:
Does this work for EE sim cards? I can't seem to unlock my EE phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] FrancoBegbie:
Unlocking a UK O2 bound phone

The link below take you to a form that allows you to submit your details and the phones details if you're an O2 customer and they'll provide you (for free) the network unlock code for you phone.

I've used it and it worked fine

https://www.o2.co.uk/apps/help/help?qid=1&q1=2&route=unlocking&case=Handset Unlocking Form

got this resopnse:

Dear O2 Customer,

Thank you for your email.

The code you require for IMEI XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX is as follows:-

12345678

Unlatching a Samsung device;

1. Insert a non O2 active sim card in the device.

2. This should ask for a code.

3. Input 8 digits unlock code when requested.

4. Device will be unlocked.

Note: If the unlocking code is entered incorrectly 3 times the device

will be locked.

Kind Regards

Back Office Support
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] jics91:
S4 Mini GT-i9190

Does this tool work on i9190?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] kwalsh24:
Has anyone else had any success with this unlock method for the I257m? Ive followed the guide and still get invalid sim on the phone. Its a fido/rogers phone that I am trying to unlock to use on Virgin. I am going to Odin the phone to Virgin, then run vroot and see if that does anything.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] supermaxkato:
sph-l520 sprint sim unlock

Has anyone used this to unlock sprint sph-l520 variant? I would like to use at&t service when I travel out of state, instead of switching to a different phone. That way I could have my sprint contract and at&t pre-paid on same phone.

If this doesn't work, does anyone know of a different way to accomplish this?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] kabar1256:
Hey,

I didn't have any success with my GT-I9195 (XXUBNA1). I used the ClockworkMod recovery to root it beforehand but I didn't flash a custom ROM.

RegionLock Away didn't work (also reboot and wait didnt help). And GalaxSim Unlock also said this device isn't supported.

Any ideas, what else to do?

[MENTION=5149713]Quickvic30[/MENTION]

I tried your instructions about the hidden menu. I get to the service menu but after that the instructions are a bit confusing.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Quickvic30:
Just read through those instructions a few times and you will get it! It took me a few tries but now its pretty darn easy now that ive done it a bunch of times.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] kabar1256:
So

I enter *#0011#

service menu comes up

I press menu button and press "Select"

enter 1, press OK

then again menu and press "Back"

Nothing happens. Same when I enter 2.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] jommyme:
Hello Guys

i´m almost sim unlocking just need some help. i got all the way to network lock but i only have 1 option:

1. PERSO SHA256 INFO

There is no PERSO SHA256 OFF, Does anyone have a clue how to activate the missing options on this menu?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] spawnofdonny:
I dont think you can unlock ee or virgin in uk yet http://community.giffgaff.com/t5/Bl...xy-S4-free-unlocksamsunggalaxys4/ba-p/9649852
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] i7demon:
Guts did anyone have any luck with unlocking the S4 mini (GT i9195) this way if so how did you do it pls?

cheers
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] i7demon:
Anyone know a way to unlock an S4 mini (GT i 9195) please i'm not intrested in websites that charge it should be a free option to do?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] kabar1256:
Same here.

I also tried enabling the menu items with the files in /efs but without success.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] jommyme:
I was reading in the S4 forum, and some people just by flashing an old MODEM version their were able to unlock it wit the chainfire lock away 1.3 apk !!!

this the threat http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2282683&page=120

If anyone tries let us know :)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Kiiing:
For those who have successfully sim unlocked their I9195 with RegionLock Away, which android version were you using when you unlocked it?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] kabar1256:
lwehingspeech

I managed to unlock mine now.

Bit ago I got the original package and there was a note stating:

its a european modell, only works with european SIM cards.

to use it with other SIM cards you have to put in an european SIM card and make a phone call of at least 5 minutes length

I put in my german SIM card and made a phone call over 5 minutes and afterwards my Non-european SIM cards was accepted!

:rolleyes:

HTH somebody
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] lulisat:
[MENTION=4668054]Darktitor[/MENTION] i installed MJ7 but i try all modem methods and i cannot install modem .So what im doing wrong

mercii.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Darktitor:
[MENTION=426486]lulisat[/MENTION]

Boot your device in download mode

Plug in to your computer

Run Odin as Administrator

Put the modem in AP

Uncheck auto reboot and repartition and F Reset Time

Click on Start

When it's finished unplug it from the computer and remove the battery

Boot it back to Download mode and flash modem again but this time with auto reboot

Enjoy!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] lulisat:
thanks m8 for your advice but no chance to make modem to work .i can install MJ7 firmware but modem no

p.s i have I9195 from orange fr with kit kat 4.4.2 but i have downgraded
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] klevismartini:
hi, please let me know if i can use this for my sprint s4 mini L520?

and than unlock it? i rooted it and installed the region lock way but nothing i still get invalid sim.

let me know please.