yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4529355:
Its normal, just the NSA stealing your data. The Facebook app is a known RAM hogger, like windows facebook will eat as much RAM as you have available.

PS: Try restarting your phone once in a while.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Th3Duck:
Hello,

Dont know if your ever tried fast facebook? I really like it has a nice holo theme to it and is pretty fast, only problem is that the app is very slow at 2G or something but on wifi and 3G no problems. You only need to install other apps for notifications and widgets. And the app isnt hogging ram or something :D.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jayden69:
I had never heard speak, and is cool :p

tks!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f891roy:
Will any superwipe work on the I9195 S4 mini?

I have done a search and can find nothing on it. Or is the wipe via CWR enough?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AtzeOnAcid:
Enough for what?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mrstone77:
We could possibly get Kit Kat next month according to this article

http://www.unwiredview.com/2013/11/...ch-s4-and-note-3-could-be-updated-in-january/
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] lmike6453:
I don't think it's coming for awhile after experiencing Samsung's delayed updates across multiple devices in the past few years
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] TechBSwift:
They might not have a choice, other companies are pushing Samsung to update sooner. Sony & HTC have been excellent the last couple of months in regards to software updates.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Reilly1812:
read it twice. article one month old. nowhere did i see the word verizon. i wouldn't hold my breath on that one...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] justin94:
Every time another website breaths some sort of rummor, someone has to open a new thread here.....
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] neyenlives:
This is wrong?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] justin94:
Technically. No. Is it annoying.... yes
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] KennyG123:
ALWAYS these articles are for international versions of the phone. Unless they specifically state "The US Carriers" in the article it is not for this device.

Thread closed
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kevinga:
Just started learning this stuff about a month ago. Decided to use my Infuse and Captivate as sacrificial phones to learn on before I do anything on my S3. I have been successful with rooting the Infuse and Captivate along with installing several custom roms on each.

A couple of weeks ago I sucessfully rooted my S3 which had the AT&T 4.3 OTA update on it. I rooted using this method by Loxla http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2562802.

I have enjoyed the advantages of a rooted S3. Now I would like to install a custom rom on this S3. In consideration of the bootloader dangers, what are my options for installing a custom rom?

Many thanks. And thanks to Loxla for a successful root. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kevinga:
Maybe I need to rephrase my question. I rooted my S3 AFTER I did the 4.3 AT&T OTA update. What ROM's can I flash from this point forward? Any rom that is based on 4.3 or higher? I understand that there is an issue if the bootloader is downgraded. But what about going UP? I have done extensive searching on this scenario but can't come up with an answer.

Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Cooro:
For me, I used cyanogenmod 10.2 d2att stable rom and it flashed successfully with twrp recovery. My phone was a samsung s3 i747m and it had android 4.3 OTA update and it was also rooted.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Mikessv:
You could try Dandroid 5, its 4.3 touchwiz with asop looks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dntesinfrno:
I answered this question in a different thread here.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kevinga:
Thanks for the reply and the link. Could I install the Beanstalk 4.4 rom? I can't find any information regarding the bootloader. Here is the link to the rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2485628
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kevinga:
I am assuming that you rooted AFTER you did the 4.3 OTA?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] XXDroidZillaXX:
I thought once someone updated to 4.3, installing custom recovery would crash the device?

I know Verizon and at&t are different, I was just curious.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] indymx:
No, custom recovery won't brick your phone. Just trying to downgrade the boot loader will.

To the OP, most custom ROMs do not change the boot loader. If know of no ROM that changes the boot loader when you install thru recovery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] XXDroidZillaXX:
So could I flash a 4.4 ROM? I miss cm 11.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dntesinfrno:
Certainly, the only potential road block would be the bootloader assert in the updater script. If the list of acceptable bootloader's doesn't include MJB then it wont flash. The updater script is located under \META-INF\com\google\android in the rom zip. Here is a sample of the code :

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "d2att" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "d2att");

assert(getprop("ro.bootloader") == "I747UCDLK3" ||

getprop("ro.bootloader") == "I747UCDMG2" ||

getprop("ro.bootloader") == "I747MVLDLK4" ||

getprop("ro.bootloader") == "I747MVLDMF1" ||

getprop("ro.bootloader") == "I747MUMBLK3" ||

getprop("ro.bootloader") == "I747MUMBLL1");

If your bootloader isn't listed you can either add a new line for it to add it to the check, or delete the entire segment. Be warned that this will force and/or skip the check and go straight into installing the ROM regardless of the bootloader on your device, do so at your own risk. From what i've read the only functional difference between MJB and the earlier bootloaders is the addition of the Qfuse disallowing bootloader downgrading, adding the warranty bit counter, and implementing KNOX support in the security chain of trust so it shouldn't be a big deal but just sayin.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] XXDroidZillaXX:
OK thanks, I'm not real comfortable getting in to code just yet I'm still learning.

I just didn't want to brick my phone, I couldn't care less about the KNOX warranty or whatever. I'm due for a new phone in a few months anyway.

---------- Post added at 06:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:05 PM ----------

OK thanks, I'm not real comfortable getting in to code just yet I'm still learning.

I just didn't want to brick my phone, I couldn't care less about the KNOX warranty or whatever. I'm due for a new phone in a few months anyway.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] indymx:
I've installed CM11.. I had minor issues going back to stock after, but installing CM11 on top of the OTA 4.3 boot loaders is no problem.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] XXDroidZillaXX:
Awesome! Thanks, I really wanted to know if anyone out there had done successfully. Will it make a big difference since I'm on Verizon?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] indymx:
Shouldn't.. CM11 doesn't change the boot loader.

I've heard good things about the CM11 version for your phone. I'm not happy with it on mine, but my buddy who's got a Verizon S3 says it runs great on his.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] XXDroidZillaXX:
Its great. I was on cm11 before I lost all good sense and updated to stock 4.3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] indymx:
There are some things in TW I like.. Like the calendar app.. I love that thing.. But, there are features of CM11 that rock too..

The camera in CM11 on ATT S3 sucks balls. TW's is a lot better. I use Nova Launchers, So the interface is mostly the same. And I'm currently running without any of the bloat. Also, TW has emoji working right.. I don't think CM11 does.

Minor issues true, but still..

The major issue I had with CM11 is the battery. CM11 took forever to charge, and would only charge with the screen off. They may have fixed that by now, but I'm thinking I'll wait a bit before I try again. It's too much hassle to get back to 4.3 Stock TW for me to want to try it too quickly.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] XXDroidZillaXX:
I agree about the camera on CM.. It sucks. That is my only real issue.

How difficult was it to return to stock?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] indymx:
Well, its not horrible. Just have to have a nandroid backup plus a backup of all of your app data.

When I booted up after restoring my nandroid, I got a million FC's. Only good way out of it was a reset.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] indymx:
So far the latest nightly of CM11 is pretty good.. Camera is working as good as stock, battery seems to charge normally, and no other oddities.. I'll keep my eye on it for a day or so and see how it goes. No fancy calendar, but I can live with that.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] XXDroidZillaXX:
Apparently Verizon has locked everything down, I almost killed my phone this morning. I couldn't even flash CWM recovery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Abzfly:
Rooted Need to get CWM

Complete noob here.

Just rooted AFTER updating to 4.3 OTA using Mr. Robinson's method. Worked great!

Now how do I get CWM? My final goal is to get CM 11 (is this possible?)

I would prefer to flash through Odin if possible, but are there any easier methods out there?

Thanks in advance,

A Canadian User stuck with 4.3 OTA
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dntesinfrno:
Not trying to be a **** but did you even read this thread? If you look back i covered the main issues with installing a ROM with the MJB bootloader. Also as previously mention by another user in this thread installing a recovery is unchanged from any other instance with this device, I.E. the new bootloader changes nothing. If you are unaware of this process you should follow the guidelines of this forum as you agreed upon when you registered and search. I'll give you a hint.....the general forum for this device. Lastly, you also broke another rule of the site by hijacking someone else's thread, although it has already been done once in this particular and not been called out.....since im throwing the proverbial book at you, heads up.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kozmikkick:
Details:

OS - Paranoid Android

Recovery TWRP

I flashed my kernel that I had just compiled. After flashing it I rebooted and it brought up a screen saying:

Fastboot mode

udc_start()

I was curious and since my kernel obviously wasn't working I decided to try flashing back the stock kernel for paranoid android...

The problem is that I decided to do this while in this fastboot mode.

I ran the typical fastboot flash boot boot.img command with the boot.img which I see now was a big mistake.

Now my phone still not boot into the os, nor will it boot into recovery. The only thing I can get it to load into is Download Mode. Well ok, so I go to flash the stock image from lg using LGFlashTool which I've done before. Except now it tells me the that Device Model is incorrect for the image I am trying to flash?...

Has anyone had this issue or have any idea on how to fix? I've tried using the LGMobile Support Tool to update recovery and potentially flash the stock image that way but it hangs up and the log show's that it's pretty much erroring out.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kozmikkick:
No one?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] pwebber09:
This from a real noob, but I thought I would solict some additional input if there is some trick I have missed on my problem.

Since installing CM 10 on my Vivid, everything has worked well except the fact my internal SD has gone away. Based on stuff I have read here I have tried the following:

1. Factory Reset - no help

2. Mount drive using installed recovery, CWM - No Help

3. Install TWRP recover and try that, no help

4, Try various apps from Play Store, No Help

At this point it seems best to me to return the phone to factory state and see if the internal card is there, if it is, unlock the boat loader, install TWRP recover, then flash the rom, then boot imate (s on) and hope it works.

Any app that requires root and access to all the drives errors out.

A large group thanks to all of you who post so much info on the phone, and how to do things.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] calikevin:
I assume you've tried mounting Internal SD in the Settings/Storage menu?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] pwebber09:
Internal Mounting

Thanks for reminding me about this, but yes, I have tried it numerous times but it doesn't work. A bit frustrating since it keeps me from storing certain stuff or using some rooted apps. Unless I find some other way, I will give the restore option a try in a few days when I get home.

Appreciate the reply.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] rignfool:
My guess... Is you did a reset from fastboot...

If that is the case... I recommend getting twrp... Installing that... Mounting both storages in recovery... Then hook to your windows PC... And let windows format your internal SD...

After a reboot... Your phone will either mount your internal... Or offer to format it again... At which point it will work...

Unless we are talking about apps2sd in CM11...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] pwebber09:
More Info

____________________

As far as I know I did not reset from fastboot, but I have been in that mode a good number of times, so it is very possible.

I replaced CWM recover with TWRP and it would not allow me to mount the internal card, but the phone booted up OK, just no internal card. So I tried another factory reset and while in TWRP I noticed I was also getting a "can't mount /emmc/" message. Phone still boots up ok and works except for apps requiring access to the internal card.

I ran across some reference to a recovery called aroma something that is supposed to help with this problem, but am not sure it will work with my phone, still researching that.

So maybe this is pretty good evidence I did screw up and reset from fastboot?

I figure I am going to have to restore the phone to factory status, and start over, but I will wait to see if there any other suggestions.

Thanks again for the feedback.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] rignfool:
Ok...

You were close...

Don't mount internal for twrp...

Mount as USB mass storage in the same menu...

Then connect to windows...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] pwebber09:
I will give it a try

Thanks very much, I will probably do this a bit later today and will let you know how it goes. Thanks for taking the time to help me out.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] pwebber09:
It Works!

Thanks againk, that solution did the trick.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bakuLaw:
thanks for this very useful thread my friend,

I tried flashing VibeROM,

but it seems no network/signal comming even there is sim card after flashing the ROM.

what seems to be the problem?

Lenovo S820 ROW
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zorangr:
repartition

hi great guide. do you have some info how to repartition internal memory on this phone. i have ROW model with 4GB
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Pr0xiMUS:
It may help if you change the modem.img; try the modem.img from ROW version of the firmware...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bakuLaw:
the problem is when you this procedure,

ur device must be rooted,

its very hard to root viberom,

i try framaroot and the link above,

all failed.

do u have the modem.img from stock ROM,

so that i can flash it with Viberom?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SIMPLEFBB:
Hi! Does the european Rom (4G) has greek language? Or else, is there anywhere to download the ROM provided by chinese websites (for example to2c.com) which includes aprox. 52 languages?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Pr0xiMUS:
Try installing MoreLocale2 from Play Store... Those ROMs are not fully translated, you can achieve almost the same with MoreLocale on any other ROM.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SIMPLEFBB:
Hey, thanks for your answer, but I finally figureed it out on my own :cyclops:..!!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bloxlogger:
Pr0xiMUS, thanks for this great tutorial,

could you please just give a more noob explanation of step 6 ? (swapping the modem)

im stuck with it and i cannot find my way at lenovo-forums.ru translated.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] _Pago_:
Hi, I've just tried to flash a rom on my s820. All the procedure went fine (I thought) with a green circle on the screen at the end...

but after disconnecting it from PC, my phone doesn't boot anymore! No way to turn it on, also with powerbutton and vol+, it doesn't show anything on the screen, nor vibrate. Also connected with the charger will not show the charging led signal.

If I connect again to PC it is recognised differently in it has or not the battery, but with flashtools I can't download anything.

Do you have any idea of what I can do?

Thanks

Pago
[Miscellaneous Android Development] JimieTheFox:
I have also the same problem ! I tried flashing the 119 firm. but then when I try to flash the recovery it gives me an error about the DRAM ! Also phone can;t get past the Lanovo boot screen !

FIXED : Anyone who has the same issue here's the solution :

1) Flash JUST the 119 Firmware

2) Boot into the phone (it will take some time)

3) Connect to WiFi

4) Go to Settings and do an update to get the 120 Firmware through OTA

5) Follow the rest of the Guide !
[Miscellaneous Android Development] _Pago_:
First of all, thank you for your time and help!

I tried to keep the button pressed for a long time and to wait for a looooong boot, but nothing happens...

Sadly, I can't download the 119 firmware (or any other..) because as soon as I connect the USB, SP Flash Tool doesn't allow to download anything on the phone and windows start to make the "USB plug" and "USB unplug" sound loop repeated.

Do you have a different way to flash the firmware to the phone?

Bye

Pago
[Miscellaneous Android Development] JimieTheFox:
Try this

Ok here're the specific instructions I followed and I have it on 120 ROW + CWM Recovery now :

1) Power off thee phone

2) Follow the Guide on choosing the files

3) Press Firmare Upgrade button and wait for the pink bars to finish

4) Take off the battery

5) While pressing volume up connect the usb cable

6) When the red bar starts let go of volume button

7) Wait for flashing to finish

8) Boot into 119 Firmware

9) Get the 120 via OTA

10) Flash CWM as shown by Guide

P.S. I used Framaroot to root it and it worked fine, got the latest SuperSU now on it and everything works perfect !!!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] _Pago_:
Tried almost everything.... no success!

Drivers are installed, I have downloaded the wrong preload on the phone with SP Flash with those driver.

When I plug in the USB in the peripheral list appear "Alcatel Single RNDIS Interface", and it suddenly disappears, and then it appears again with a yellow exlamation mark, then again disappears, and so on...

I tried all the possible combinations for enter the META mode (as I can remember it worked when I flashed the incorrect rom some days ago), but the correct device never appears!

I think I have to go with test point way, perhaps it works.

If even this does not, then I'll sadly quit the battle...

Thanks for your help!

Pago

NEVER SAY NEVER!!!!

After reading a LOT of posts... I tried to understand why the phone was recognized as "Alcatel Single RNDIS Interface", and then I tried to reinstall the drivers.

Drivers were already installed, BUT with the phone already connected, during the driver installation, for a while the correct driver was shown... and then disappeared again and there was only "Alcatel Single RNDIS Interface"... again!

So I tried, with SP Flash ready, to reinstall drivers once again, and in the correct moment, I did "software upgrade" and it WORKED!!!

Now I've already booted the phone and is working!

Thanks to all the guys that wrote so many interesting and helping posts and to the guys that answered me!

Hope this can help some other.

Bye

Pago
[Miscellaneous Android Development] JimieTheFox:
Nice :D Great job buddy !! It would be nice to know there is a way to get our phones back if we screw up :silly:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bakuLaw:
it would be good if someone successfully installed Viberom with gsm signal working + root tutorial
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yuval gur:
Grate guide, thank you.

I have a problem with my Bluetooth car set. the other side can't hear me well.

what can I do?

thank you
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ChevanLemon:
Hello,

This is really great I've been waiting for Lenovo S820 thread.

...and of course I do have some questions as follow:

FYI: My version infos are:

Lenovo S820_ROW

Android Version 4.2.1

Baseband S820.V21

Build number S820_ROW_8G_S121_131128

My question is: How do I know if I already have the latest modem? How do I checked it?

Does the CWM File is for the ROW - International (European?) version 4 GB or 8 GB internal memory? Cause I heard the CWM file will be different.

Does the CWM file will be working on my S820_ROW_8G_S121?

Thank you
[Miscellaneous Android Development] gerstavros:
This doesn't work, even with the chinese modem, my phone has awfull 3G 2100MHz signal
[Miscellaneous Android Development] JimieTheFox:
Latest firmware !

Hi everyone ! I got the latest firmware on my phone ! Not many changes, just a few UI improvements and 1-2 performance improvements ! Also I got koush's superuser in there and latest CWM !!

All i did was :

1) flash the ROW version from the first post

2) get ALL other updates through OTA and NOT flash any CWM or SU !

3) And when I was on the 124 version I flashed the CWM recovery and through recovery I flashed koush's superuser ( much better on my opinion )

(optional)4) I used MTKDroid Tools 2.5.3 to backup my NVRAM and IMEI and delete ALL useless Chinese apps and Lenovo apps and change my locale to eu instead of cn ( Europe instead of Chinese )

I DID NOT REPLACE THE modem.img file and I am getting perfect signal ( Greece ) and perfect 3G speed !!!!!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] M3n0:
I got an upgrade a few days ago to KitKat (4.4.2), and since the upgrade was OTA, had to unroot and now I can't seem to find any way to root the phone again. Anyone experiencing similar problems?

Lenovo S820 ROW (4G)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] superdragonpt:
Hi

FYI

MTK ROMs builds:

CN = Chinese

US = United States

RU = Russia

ROW = Rest Of World

WW = World Wide

Regards

---------- Post added at 09:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:25 AM ----------

The new MTK KK builds with kernel 3.4.67 are yet to be rooted.

Just wait, an solution is being worked on...

Regards
[Miscellaneous Android Development] M3n0:
Yes I thought that could be it. Maybe it's the best time i start looking for exploits myself. Thx for info. :D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] cityengineers:
There is already a rooting process available. Look for 4.4Root.zip. you have to flash it using your custom recovery. U will have root. :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] M3n0:
Thank you, it worked just fine. In case anyone else is looking for the zip, I'll post the link from my dropbox, probably won't delete it:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/crzo40couzvskei/4.4Root.zip
[Miscellaneous Android Development] LoverOfLife:
Please friends, my phone is dead, not starting at all, not charging.. :( When i connect to computer with volume+ still recognize it. I tried with SP Flash but i get this error: BROM ERROR : S_FT_ENABLE_DRAM_FAIL (4302)

What shoul i do ? please help
[Miscellaneous Android Development] M3n0:
Try this https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-Phones/I-brick-my-Lenovo-S820/m-p/1397759#M3454

Worked for me. Good luck
[Miscellaneous Android Development] LoverOfLife:
Not working, again.. the same error BROM ERROR : S_FT_ENABLE_DRAM_FAIL (4302)

Not working even with: Power + Volume up
[Miscellaneous Android Development] M3n0:
Try Power+Volume Up+Volume Down