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[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helyg:
I'm still within the 14 day purchase and want to return my note 3. The problem is I rooted and got the custom status padlock. I've tried every single way to fix it posted on this forum and google. Aside from the root problem I can not deal with the wifi issues and low earpiece during phone calls that I've been getting. Can anybody here point in the right direction. I have full root access and running MJ5.

The goal is to hardbrick and not let the custom status screen turn on.

Any help is appreciated thanks guys.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carl1961:
have you tried doing a factory reset, Settings-General Backup and Reset
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helyg:
I've tried literally everything. Nothing works. That forsaken padlock just keeps appearing and the custom status stays.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Sounds like fraud to me.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helyg:
A fraud? What would I have to gain from making this up?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] getbuzzin:
Lol. He meant insurance fraud.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
You want to return your phone but you hosed it up, now you can't. So...let's see if we can hose it up even more and say it just broke. That's fraud
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helyg:
Oh LOL, no if that were the case I would have just reported it stolen or something.

I just want to return it and swap it for a G2.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] getbuzzin:
Have you try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2567183
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helyg:
Yes I did sir, Everything to try and return to stock and every trick to try and just get rid of the padlock but nothing has worked. So I figured, just bork the phone and return it.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carl1961:
helyg try this

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47671004&postcount=217
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helyg:
to brick or restore the phone? i downloaded both linked files but im unsure of how to use them
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pham818:
i guess you didnt look hard enough

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2559715

you're welcome.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helyg:
Thanks, i confused that as a fix for people who messed up merging the I9 with J5. I'll give it a go and see if it'll get rid of the padlock.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilpotatoman:
It will, just don't do the last step (rldv.zip) and reboot twice
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helyg:
Well Mr. Evilpotatoman I bid you good day sir. I could of taken the easy way out and just took my note 3 for a spin in the toilet and called it a day, but After a couple of hours everything is now set and good as new. Thank you very much.

Tomorrow I will return to the AT&T store, return the phone and get my maw-knees back. :highfive:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtien:
I want to also get back to factory stock...due to my phone's been acting buggy after messing with wanam xposed. Did you root using Kingo? I am wondering if this would work for mj5 rooted with kingo? Thanks!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helyg:
Yes sir, I rooted with Kingo. I was on MJ5, i accidently took the OTA when i connected to Wifi. This is the only method that worked for me. Like Potatoman said, complete the procedure and padlock will erase and everything will be squeaky clean like the day you opened the phone box.
[General Questions and Answers] Galaxyplayer3.6:
About a month ago I tried rooting my galaxy player using odin and if failed and then just said A FIRMWARE UPGRADE ENCOUNTERED AN ISSUE. PLEASE SELECT RECOVERY MODE IN KIES AND TRY AGAIN. That was before i could even get to recovery or turn it on, I couldnt even get to downloading mode. After about a week I got it back to downloading mode by flashing a PIT file. I still cant turn it on because a message says LOGO.JPG DRAW FAILED message shows up. If you find any files that might work post them (try to use mediafire)

Thank you in advance!!
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackassassinuk:
hi all,

I am hoping someone can help me with a fairly simple request....

I use gesture control on my phone rather than navbar however every mod that disables navbar disables my status bar too.

I still use my status bar and notifications drop down a lot so this is a problem.

I currently use miui v2.1 and the closest answer I came across is using mi tools to drop DPI of navbar to 26.

Can someone please explain how this mod works?

I'm thinking if I reduce the DPI further to say like 1 DPI it will still have the desired effect of keeping the status bar.

Or if its not difficult could someone make a flashable mod?
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackassassinuk:
Just answered my own question so request is no longer needed.

For anyone wanting to know, edit your build.prop file and add the following on the end.

qemu.hw.mainkeys = 1

The space between mainkeys and =, as well as the space between = and 1 is important. Save build.prop then reboot phone with navbar gone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usd95:
Hey guys...my friend put a pattern on his phone having android 4.4 kitkat and forgot it ...the no. of attempts seem unlimited as he has gone till a 105 attempts...and there appears no option like "forgot pattern?" ....wht to do??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] michael1026:
My Galaxy s3 turned off randomly today at about 50% battery life. I tried getting it to turn back on, but my power button is broken. So, if I take out the batter and put it back in, it will say "Samsung" for about 2 seconds, and just turns off again. If I plug it in, it doesn't do anything. Sometimes if I take out the battery, put it in, then plug it in while it's turning on, it'll show an empty battery for about a second, then turn off. What can I do? I can't take it to Verizon because it's rooted. This isn't newly rooted, it's been rooted for about 4-5 months, so I don't think that's the problem. There is no custom rom and I've tried a new battery. I want to fix my phone, but I really want to keep the pictures on it. Any help?

Edit: The problem is my power button being defective. If I could just boot one time to backup everything, I'll be happy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
What rom are you on and what were you doing just before it turned off? Can you boot into Download mode from a powered off state? That's the key thing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] michael1026:
Thank you for the reply.

I'm on whatever the default rom is. I never loaded a custom one. And before it turned off, I wasn't doing anything. I believe I simply pulled it out of my pocket. I figured I accidentally turned it off on my own because since my power button is broken, it will ask me if I want to turn it off at random times. I'm not sure if I can boot into download mode. I thought I saw a tutorial on getting into download mode without using the power button, but I'll have to find it again and try it out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] beepea206:
Hold volume up, home and then put the battery in. Sounds like the power button is stuck on, so you should be able to boot into the stock recovery and wipe day. Though with the power stuck on, it's probably the signal from the button that says the issue.

Do you have the vz extended warranty insurance? If so, take it in and they'll give you a new one. It covers any phone you activate (I'd never consider not having that coverage)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] michael1026:
Thank you.

Well, I tried what you said and saw "Recovery booting", but then it shut off.

I have insurance, but my phone is also cracked, so they won't replace it.

Edit: I've been able to get it into download mode, but it just turns off still. It's definitely the power button because I don't even have to hold it to go into download mode.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] beepea206:
Damn.

Honestly, if it were me, I'd raise Hell at a store with a manager until they did a warranty replacement. Crack or no, its the power button you're complaining about, so if there are no marks on the power button, they can't claim it's user-damage (like a drop).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] michael1026:
Thank you.

So there's no way I could at least get it to boot temporarily? Or back it up in any way?
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] placebo_domingo:
I'm using the tiKtaK GPE ROM and I can't find any Recent Apps list. In CM 10.2 I could long press the home key and bring up the list. In this ROM, it brings up Google Now if I long press home. Is this standard on 4.4.2, or is recent apps secretly hidden and I can't find it? Thanks.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] santod040:
Double tap Home
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seraphicus:
I have some problems with OpenVPN in KitKat 4.4 & ARHD 40.3.

It connects and disconnect and seems to loop like this. After some googling I found out it seems to be a problem with KitKat itself, not necessarily the OpenVPN software.

Has anyone found some sort of solution to this problem? Or is there a different recommended VPN-app I should use?
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] thedeva:
Hi all,

Anyone know if there is Blackberry software released for the Prophet yet?

Or has anyone tried the Magicians Blackberry software to see if it works?

Cheers,

Deva
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jc_bonsol:
my phone boot but stuck in that part after I format my phone, I can't access recovery and can't go through download mode/ bootloader (right? i'm not sure if this two are the same.) I have a root access, I have unlock my bootloader and my phone is u8150 Huawei, please help i can't solve this problem, thanks in advance for any help!!!!:D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PINGXIANG840:
You have to got fastboot files and boot into the safemode and startover. Sorrey
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ummarrkhan:
try USB JIG
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jc_bonsol:
how to make it I don't have much knowledge about that, but its ok for me to lose all of my file inside my phone instead to lose my whole phone
[Moto X General] dapezboy:
Not sure how many other people are getting this update. But I just got Android 4.4 KitKat on my Moto X.

Its downloading right now and should be installed in the next few minutes.

Odd Note:

I got another (very small) update before the kitkat update came.

This small update failed, so when I went to go retry it instead of saying the the other update it said that KitKat 4.4 was ready to download. :victory:
[Moto X General] shaya4207:
And the second one worked no problem? I thought it failed by me because of root, are you rooted?
[Moto X General] dapezboy:
So, 4.4 failed too. Perhaps because of my bootloader unlock? I'm not rooted.

Anyone have any guides to revert to full stock?
[Moto X General] taifuller:
Got the 4.4 update today. Didn't notice a intermediate update though. - stock - locked BL.
[Moto X General] charlie-n:
The update started last week, and the stock firmware is posted in a thread with instructions
[Moto X General] qhinton:
I'm stock and not unlocked. Update came through attempted to install and it says something to the effect of no recovery. Sprint now has my phone to see if they can fix it.
[Moto X General] jkimbro:
Finally got KitKat here as well. Little disappointed about the dialer lacking nearby searching.
[Moto X General] robbi24r:
Lose Root

Will I lose root if I update?
[Moto X General] eurominican:
Just activated a Moto X today and got OTA right away.
[Moto X General] yghrv:
need to flash to stock then take the OTA or you'll see endless reboot loop.
[General Questions and Answers] DatamacJoe:
Currently have Galaxy Prevail on Boost Mobile and need to replace it with HTC Evo 3D. The Evo came off Virgin Mobile network. Has been completely removed from Virgin network and database. Is there a clear method, I can be directed to, for obtaining info off of my Prevail and activating the Evo in place of it on Boost's network?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] achayan007:
Hi every one

I hve an Xperia S BL JellySlim_FullPower[HSDProject4]LB installed

I try to instal the Paranoidandroid 4.0 BETA but the instalation failure and my smartphon bricked---Black SCreen

I resolve the probleme and instal an official ROM 1.96

Now looking for the right methode and installation instruction for this ROM

Any link please
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Kinan9011:
i didnt try "Paranoidandroid 4.0 BETA" but if you want 4.4 try this rom its perfect :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2555243

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download Gapp from cyanogenmod wiki site

How to Install :

1. Wiping and Format Cache and System

2. Flash The OpenSEMC-kk-beta1.zip

3. Wip Cache and Dalvik cash

4. Flash The Gapp

5. Wip Cache and Dalvik cash

reboot
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] achayan007:
Is it right for my Unlocked Bootloader ????
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Darth Inferno:
Here you have a detailed guide install since the ROM, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2299317

follows these steps and you will be able to install the rom without problems, And yes this one is for the Xperia S with Unloked bootloader
[Nexus 5 Accessories] gwertheim:
I just got the Ballistic SG MAXX Case and I was wondering if there's something I can get to protect the rear camera from getting scratched??
[Nexus 5 Accessories] Salsbury:
I had the same question a couple weeks ago and the only solution I came across was to purchase a rear skin. Most skins for the n5 come with a piece to give the camera some protection against scratches.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] gwertheim:
Can you suggest a skin worth getting that will protect my screen and camera??
[Nexus 5 Accessories] nataka3211:
But, will it downgrade the camera quality?
[Nexus 5 Accessories] DeGygii:
I saw this post a while back with a diy solution. maybe worth a shot since it's almost free.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2543479
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkakckk:
Hello

So my phone power button and home button doesn't respond right away, it would have a 3-5 second delay before it would turn on the lock screen. This started after I figure out my Android OS is draining most of my battery. The samsung store recomend a factory reset on my phone( which seems to be the solution to everything). Anyone having this problem? Thanks in advcance for the help.

:D
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkakckk:
update: I have taken my phone to Service Absolut in Richmond and they did not do anything to my phone other then hard reset.
[Android Apps and Games] SBC_games:
Hello,

yesterday we released free vrsion of FRUIT DATING - original puzzle game. Get it here: FRUIT DATING

Help the lonely fruit finding someone for a date in the original puzzle game.

FRUIT DATING is an original puzzle game in which you match pairs of fruit of the same color simply by swiping with your finger. The finger motion matches the tilting of the board in any given direction. So, while trying to fulfill your goal, various obstacles like stones, cars or other fruit, hinder the way.

With advanced levels the date-lusty fruit are encountering various other pitfalls such as: one-way tiles, puddles of mud or animal kingdom representatives looking forward to enliven their diet with juicy fruit!

Features

•	three unique worlds,

•	challenge in each of 60+ levels,

•	addictive game play and graphics,

•	new game elements to diversify the game and bring new challenges,

•	25 achievements to fulfill,

•	original music soundtrack.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_dracula:
Just got a new S4 and on factory 4.2.2 and before I put a custom ROM on it I want to do a full backup with Titanium Backup or Nandroid but I need root first.

Can someone please point me at the right thread for my particular setup.

Baseband: I9505XXUDMGG

Kernel: 3.4.0 - 1220396

Build number: JDQ39.I9505XXUDMGG
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharingan:
this link might help you

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2192841
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_dracula:
Ok I had managed to root on 4.2.2 and TWRP 2.6.3.1 and then updated to 4.3 and root is no longer active.

Also the phone drops the signal when locking.

How can I fix root and the signal issue?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharingan:
signal issue may be also due to network carrier
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
How did you update to 4.3?

Did you use Odin? Did you do an OTA (probably not if you were previously rooted)? Did you go to a custom 4.3 ROM?

The answers to thsoe questions are important in figuring out how to restore root. It may be as simple as flashing SuperUser in recovery. The ROM you are using might just need to have Root access activated. Or you may have to re-root from scratc. None of these are hard, but the correct sollution depends on what you've done so far.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmustangx:
i have an lg g2 d802 which is rooted and had it twrp'd and tried several roms ..but when i flashed aeon rom all i see is the fastboot mode..and i cant get it into recovery mode ..whenever i get it into factory reset it goes into twrp then wipes the phone and gets into fastboot again... the phone just cant get into recovery mode....and i cant seem to get it with adb either...please help guys !!!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] sarvesvara.dasa:
HI,

I have a XLS with cricket fixtures with dates, I want to enter them into my events / calender.... can I do a BULK entry... any utility / software like would be much appretiated.

Regards,

SPS
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] z06mike:
How can we tell the difference between the regular SIM and the secure one? I'm pretty sure I used the SIM that came with the N3 (I was under the impression that this was the "secure" SIM) and ISIS says it requires a SIM with the secure element. I also Googled secure SIM to see a pic and it appears I have the correct one. :confused::confused::confused:
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pdbogen:
*Update*: Finally got a recovery flashed, using ROM Manager from inside a Rooted stock ROM (flashed via Heimdall). What a pain! But hopefully this will clear the way for me to install CM11.

Howdy, folks.

My boss bought an unlocked I8190 off Amazon, and I volunteered to throw CM11 on it. I'm having some odd problems that I can't find documented elsewhere.

I'm able to boot into both Recovery and Download mode with no problem. Stock recovery only, note.

In Download mode, I can flash to my heart's content- including recoveries, roms, you name it. I'm using Heimdall from Linux, rather than ODIN. I don't have access to a Windows system.

I can flash a CM11 rom, and it gets to the CM11 boot screen (i.e., Cid with the arrow spinning around him indefinitely).

What I can't do is seem to get into CWM or TWRP. No matter how many times I flash them to the device (as recovery.img, to Partition Identifier 19, apparently named Kernel2), it always goes back into stock recovery.

Any thoughts? I've tried:

Flashing PARAM_i8190 from http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1597045&d=1356657742

Flashing "service rom" components from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2157105, i.e., i8190_buttonenable_cwm6.0.2.7.tar

Flashing a pre-rooted ROM (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2546043) flashing worked, but using goo.im app to flash recovery still didn't

Various types of wiping (flashing "wipe" images, wiping through stock recovery)

Flashing back to a stock ROM (which I can boot successfully)

Rebooting directly into recovery after flashing (i.e., heimdall --no-reboot, followed by pulling the battery and holding down VolUp+Power+Home, which boots into Stock recovery.)

I'd like to get this fixed in the next couple hours before my boss leaves for the middle east (the purpose for the phone). If not, I should be able to take another crack at it after Christmas, once he's back.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maheepmaurya:
I have exactly similar issues. If anybody found any solution to this please help us out.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daywalk3r666:
did you try this

New release (20131218) of CM11.0 thats the odin version with team win recovery project include

Install guide

GAPPS
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eswarvf:
did u wait atleast 15 min after flashing cm11
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pdbogen:
Yes, I did. This wouldn't have any impact on being unable to flash a new recovery, however.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eswarvf:
Leave it

U did install from maclaws recovery right and did u wipe/ factory reset
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pdbogen:
That's brand new; I haven't tried it yet. I did try the older version of Maclaw's CM11 ODIN w/ TWRP. There's already an even newer one out, as well. I don't know if I'll get a chance to try these before my boss leaves, but if so, I'll give it a shot. If not, I'll likely resume my attempts after the holidays.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pdbogen:
I did not install from Maclaw's recovery, because I am unable to flash a custom recovery to the phone. I did *attempt* to install Maclaw's recovery (as well as the first-party TWRP recovery, as well as CWM Touch). Any attempt to flash any recovery is apparently "ignored" by the device, which reboots into the stock recovery no matter what. This happens even when rebooting to recovery (i.e., 3-button) directly from download mode (i.e., no auto-reboot).

I wiped/factory reset several times, through several different mechanisms, including:

Via stock recovery

Via stock ROM's "factory reset" option

Via flashing "wipe" files using Heimdall
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eswarvf:
I say Odin (all father) is our best friend stick to it

Meanwhile I will ask developers about this its like very unusual

Post a video so we can know

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And hell what's ur device info as it sounded unlocked version its like i8190x right

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First of all use wine ( Linux app for exe) and open Odin from it .
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pdbogen:
I confirmed that I'll have some time to hack on the device tomorrow, so I'll make videos of the problem and post them. Do you have a specific test case you'd like to see?

Everything I can find on the phone seems to indicate it's just an i8190; nothing on the phone itself says i8190X, but I dunno. The branding on the box is mostly French and English. The CSC on the phone seems to indicate it's Romanian, so idk on that. If you have a more concrete method of determining this, let me know.

I'll try Odin via Wine. Is this generally known to work? I have a feeling it'll be hard to get it to talk to the phone via USB. I'll bring a Windows laptop from home tomorrow to try native Odin, too. (I only have OS X and Linux at work.)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eswarvf:
OK I8190x is series ( I8190,I8190N,I8190L) like that and nah not a test case I want to see using stock recovery is not recommended on our phone and I didn't had a stock recovery at all so first I just rooted my phone and installed cwm everything just fine coming to your phone installing maclaw cm11 by odin is bad process even though i t comes with prerooted firmware but u have to factory reset before and after I think u skipped one of them flashing cm11 with recovery is good process and it rejects everything because we don't because no one here tried maclaw on a fresh piece
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chan1628:
i'm having the same problem as you with my 2nd I8190...

however, i am running win7 and even though ODIN tells me everything is PASS, nothing is booting up. I can't get any recovery/rom to boot up

now i'm just stuck in this endless bootloop, no matter what I flash with ODIN