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[Hardware Hacking General] resinis:
cheap china tablets are easy to open up. just pry the back cover off carefully and put a volt meter on the battery. its probably dead.

check your power supply first, it might have croaked too.
[Hardware Hacking General] mrnjau:
Would it be possible to run tablet with removed battery, straight off adapter to check is it working?
[Hardware Hacking General] Renate:
Possibly, at least some part of startup.

Most device processors will start up if they notice power coming from somewhere.

At some point try will try to access the state and source of power.

If they notices that the battery is really dead (that is, the power is only from USB) they will shut down and go into charge-only mode.

It may be more likely that your battery is charged and the processor got wedged somehow.

Disconnect from USB, open the back, disconnect the battery and reconnect it.
[Hardware Hacking General] mrnjau:
Thank you for your reply,

I've precedeed as you sugested.

Solder is pretty hard on battery connection, so I unsoldered just one (negative wire, red one) and pluged it to charger and try to start it. I undsolderd just one because I don't want heat to ruin something and I guessed it should be enough to try this.

It still shows no signs of life.

However I've noticed something, when re-soldering red wire I have noticed that there is a spark when wire is near the solder point. So, there is some power in battery.

Any idea how to proceed? I still don't have multimeter to test battery voltage so that will have to wait.

Thanks once again.
[Hardware Hacking General] Renate:
Oh, sorry, I thought that the battery was on a connector.

That makes life easier than soldering.

The red wire(s) are always the positive.

The black wire(s) are always the negative (ground).

Any other color wires on a battery are thermistor, id sense or communication.

Yes, finding/borrowing a voltmeter is the next step.
[Hardware Hacking General] mrnjau:
Renate, I hope you still follow this topic.

I'm sorry for 2 months without updates, I've waited for some time for parts from China.

So, what have I done so far...

1) Get multimeter.

2) Test battery.

Battery is designated as 3.7V, however output is 4.15 - 4.16 V.

I've presumed this is fine.

3) Test the charger.

Charger is designated on 5V and 3A. I've tested voltage, it is fine. However ampers dance between 0.5A and 3.5A. I've presumed that charger is faulty, so I've ordered new one. Generic 5V, 3A charger.

4) Put it back together, re-solder the battery and connect charger. Test again.

Voltage on battery connectory is same as before - 4.15V.

After 20min there is no change in battery temperature (source: my fingers), however power jack where new charger is connected is getting warm, but not too warm.

Tried to power it on, no signs of life. Tried holding restart button for forewer, no sign of life.

I'm out of ideas.
[Hardware Hacking General] Renate:
3 Amps is a heck of a charger.

Where did that come from? Is it stock?

You have a little round coaxial connector for the charging input on the tablet?

There's no reason that it should be drawing 3 amps or anything getting warm.

The battery is fully charged.

There could be a high resistance in the battery protection module so that it looks charged but can't actually supply any current when called upon.

There's a USB connector on this too?

And nothing appears when you connect a USB cable to it?

I wouldn't expect ADB, but maybe a bootloader.

Run devmgmt.msc when plugging it in and see if anything at all shows up.
[Hardware Hacking General] mrnjau:
Stock charger is 3A, so I bought with indetical specs. My research showed that a lot of chinese tabs use 3A chargers (Ainol Hero, etc..)

Yes, charger connector is 2.5mm "needle".

Some 30min after I posted this area around connector and speaker on motherboard got very very hot, I almost injured myself by touching it. So I've disconnected it.

No, nothing on USB. I've mentioned it in my first post, there are no signs of life on adb. Or "dmesg", which should list something even if device was bricked.
[Hardware Hacking General] Renate:
Um, are you sure that the polarity of the supply is correct?

For coaxial plugs the center is usually positive.

If it got that hot you probably have blown something.
[Hardware Hacking General] mrnjau:
http://www.amazon.com/2000mah-Adapt...6-6172141?ie=UTF8&refRID=1AED4Q5XRX7QS8JJ91Y9

This is that kind of power connector, 2.5mm. Are we talking about the same thing? Is is possible for this kind of connectors to have non-standard polarity.

Maybe nothing is blown, I would smell that. Maybe there just hi resistance somewhere along the line.
[Hardware Hacking General] Renate:
Well, if it's the same charger and it used to charge then the polarity must be ok.

Still, something is not happy.

You should have been able to get it working with just the battery.

The DC input should not be getting hot.

I can only say so much from this distance.
[Hardware Hacking General] mrnjau:
I can't find any info on ampers and battery. I can't measure any amps coming out of battery, that's strange. I don't know much about this but should not battery put up some ampers?

Yeah, I understand that DC port should not get hot. Only 2 options.

1) Charger (the new one) is putting up too much electricity, to many amps that is.

2) There is something faulty on DC port or around it and causes too much resistance and thus heat.
[Nexus 5 General] GalaxyUser:
Hi,

I need testers to check if my rom is booting and if everything is working. I don't have the Nexus 5 (some days to wait for) but i would like to provide my rom.

If your are interested, please send me a MP or answer on this topic.

Thank you !!
[Nexus 5 General] ceasee:
I'm interested in testing. Would need more info before I flashed though.

I'm a flash-a-holic and am always looking for something new/different.
[Android Apps and Games] ALIENwoods:
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Features:

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[Android Apps and Games] Small_match:
where is the game.........

:pI need a game about Christmas.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] justin94:
Hello everyone, Im not sure if this topic has been discuss in detail or not, but I have managed to connect a spare 500gb hard drive to my note 3. Here is everything I used.

I upgraded my laptop to a Samsung 250gb SSD, which provided me with a spare HDD:

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-MZ-7T...=1387366438&sr=8-2&keywords=samsung+250gb+ssd

It comes with a cable already in it (USB 2.0) so this next item is optional, A Apricorn USB 3.0 Transger cable:

http://www.amazon.com/Apricorn-Note...qid=1387366498&sr=8-1&keywords=apricorn+clone

And lastly, it needs to connect to the phone, so I picked up this USB 3.0 OTG cable:

http://www.amazon.com/White-Color-M...7366411&sr=8-3&keywords=galaxy+note+3+usb+otg

Now here is the steps I took.

Since my HDD still had stuff on it, and it was partitioned, I had to wipe it clean. I formatted the HDD on my computer first. I formatted it to exfat. Maybe another way will work but I'm not testing it. I then hooked up all the wires accordingly and plugged it into my phone. The N3 did not recognize the file format of the HDD so I re-formatted it to the N3 standard. After that, it is as simple as plug and play. I was even able to use the stock My Files app.

Note*** obviously the SSD is not a requirement, unfortunately, I am unable to test it as it has been in my computer for several months and I dont want to risk corrupting anything. It may work with the SSD as well, although I doubt it will reach the speeds it can on a computer.

I am not rooted and did not have to download anything extra for it.

Pics:
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] unleashd:
Cool. But curious as to why you would need a 500G HDD attached to the N3 :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] tyvar1:
You can use this powerful phone for other things like use it as a media center and connect the phone to your TV :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] unleashd:
Hmm..Never thought of that :good:
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] justin94:
Transfer movies and stuff back and forth. Also pictures, downloaded documents. Mostly my school work is backed up to it now so if Google drive fails. I'll still be safe :):):beer:
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] papabear:
Can never have too much space
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] goldcupsniper:
This. We were using a variant setup, pushing the content via DLNA to our Xbox 360 (connected to a good ole 'dumb' tube TV). Quite enjoyable.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] trillog:
Damn I didnt even know you could do this
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] rEVOLVE:
Has anyone found a way to pass through power with a splitter or something so while connecting the USB OTG cable you could still run the phone off of power without depleting the battery? I asked this same question in the Note 8 forum but no one found a way.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] justin94:
I'm sure it can be done. That would be ideal. I have the 10,000mah zero Lemmon battery set to notify me when it's available again. I'll look around for a spilter
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] thelostlegend:
what format was the hdd in exFAT or NTFS ?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] mrwoofus:
I use the OTG dongle to hook up my 1TB drive and play movies and TV shows directly from the drive. :)

(Also works with the tablet)
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] justin94:
I formatted it to exfat. I have a 1tb external also. But it's already formatted to ntfs. And it's full so I'm not going to risk losing a thing on it.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] HottKarl:
This is awesome! I have an otg on order from Amazon. I was hoping to use a Logitech wireless receiver for my mouse, and a large 3.0 usb when needed.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] papabear:
Do not remember where, maybe mono price, but have seen micro USB 2.0 to USB 'A' female splitters.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] b00mb00mchuck:
Because it's not supposed to work that way... The OTG cable puts your device in "host" mode... so it will use the phones power to run your HDD and kill the ability to charge... there are ways to get power to the HDD so you don't drain your device battery as much but the charging thing is a native function of OTG switching.

This is what i've been using... it has HDMI out ... microUSB 5v input to run the HDD... USB port for HDD or any other USB device... (using a wireless keyboard on it right now)... and card reader ports...

You can fake this thing into trying to charge the phone by plugging in the micro USB connection first and THEN plugging the hub into the phone with the microUSB power already on... then you see the charge notification in the status bar but it still doesn't charge the device... even with the samsung 2amp charger as a power supply... the battery still drains
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] justin94:
What about wireless charging? I Don't have a wireless charger or battery cover to test this. But this may work
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] rEVOLVE:
That actually is a good idea to try. I'm less optimistic about that as my previous experience with wireless charging has shown that it is less efficient t getting current to the phone as a wired connection and there are some things done on your phone that even when plugged to a 2A wired connection will still drain the battery.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] HitBobLer:
What about the Smart dock? With 2 USB ports an HDMI and power in?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] b00mb00mchuck:
That's the problem I'm running into... I'm running the HDMI/MHL/OTG hub... I got the HDMI out to my flat screen... OTG to a wireless keyboard... bluetooth mouse... When it all hooks up properly (you have to plug everything in the right order) the Note 3 screen shuts off and it runs as a proper CPU with output to the flat screen...but even with the samsung 2 amp charger plugged in I still lose about 1% battery every 5 minutes... better than running without the charger but that s$#t can't be good for the battery running that hard and charging at the same time AND losing the battle. :(
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] snn47:
multiple USB devices - use an USB-Hub with external power in

If you want to supply multiple USB devices, e.g. HDD, USB-Sticks, keyboard mouse just do it via an USB-Hub with external power in. I tried several hubs USB 2.0 and 3.0 and connected 5 USB sticks and could r/w to them.

SInce I was unlucky accessing NTFS, ext x or other file systems has anyone had luck to do so?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] jsdecker10:
Lemme ask ya this then...I'm sure this is an obvious no-brainer, but I figured I'd double check anyway. I just got THIS USB 3.0 OTG Cable in the mail on Friday. I have a USB 3.0 3TB Externally Powered(It has its own power cord) Hard Drive sittin on my desk. I'm assuming that with my new USB 3.0 OTG Cable that I can just hook this OTG cable into my Note 3, then run the USB 3.0 cable from the hard drive to connect straight into the female end of my OTG cable? The hard drive gets its power source from plugging it up into the wall, so I'm assuming that I shouldn't run into any weird "power starvation" issues, should I? And I guess this is all I've gotta do to connect my 3TB drive to my phone?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] thelostlegend:
if u are on stock rom then it won't recognise ntfs and exfat.... so the hdd should be in fat32 I tried my wd 2 tb hdd.. since it was in ntfs.. it didn't work
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] jsdecker10:
I forgot to mention that I'm also running an app which allows me to do this... it's on the Play Store and it's called "Paragon exFAT, NTFS & HFS+". This app has worked flawlessly for me so far(*knock on wood*) and it's EXTREMELY easy to use!! It worked the first time I tried it out, and without any headaches. :D And yes, I'm on the stock Samsung ROM...no hyperdrive, no beansrom, no butter, nothin...just plain ol from the factory, stock.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] snn47:
[MENTION=4729202]jsdecker10[/MENTION]

Just to be shure is your note rooted or not?

For the "Paragon exFAT, NTFS & HFS+" APP it says
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] jsdecker10:
Yea, it's rooted, but still on the stock Samsung ROM. Just to make sure everything works fine, I just plugged up that new USB 3.0 OTG Cable I got from Amazon into my phone, then started up the Paragon App(VERY, VERY SIMPLE TO RUN...practically plug-n-play with this app), then plugged my hard drive's usb 3.0 cable into the female end of the USB 3.0 OTG Cable. The Paragon app started to recognize it within just a couple of seconds, mounted the drive, then I just opened up ES File Explorer and started to browse my hard drive with no problem. I transferred several GB's worth of home movies back and forth from my phone to the hard drive, played some large movies using MX Player that were stored on the hard drive....all with ease. But yes, I AM ROOTED, but I'm on the stock Verizon Samsung ROM(MI9) :good:
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] technointellects:
Error while tryinf to read 1 tb disk

Screen attached

FILE SYSTEM : NTFS

Could the file system be a problem?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] apanayis:
Hey guys noob here so bare with me plz.

Saw this thread and wanted to say thanks firstly for all the info.

I've attached a pic of the drive I'm trying to get access to using my n 3 and cable.

Have installed paragon but no joy as of yet.

My 32GB Kingston card reads no problem.

I'll list here everything for your information :

Lacie 500GB hard drive (starck design)

ibrand Note3 OTA Cable

The hard drive is on 470GB FULL.

Have no access to a computer.

Have installed Paragon NTFS & HFS+

Opened app but don't really know what to do so if possible looking for a step by step guide to help get this sorted.

Again thanks guys in advance for any help given.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NOORHASHIM:
Hello Guys ,,

i just having 3 little problem in my connection and automatic software update

when i downloading any thing from Web browser and my Network change from 3g , 4g or 2g ,, the download stopped ! so i should to make it WCDMA Only !

The Secound Problem ,, when i want to updates all my apps by Click in Updates all in Google Play ,, and the screen turned off ,, the upate stopped too !

The Third is ,, i click in automatic download software update when connected wifi ,, but that's not working ! i should download it manually by mobile data or Wifi !

Thnx ;) :cool:

best wishes
[General Topics] pmaddern:
I have installed Pixer4 MMS client by Electric Pocket on my PDA2K which has been upgraded to Windows Mobile 5.

I can send MMS's okay but cannot receive.

On searching the forum, I came across several postings where users had the same problem as me.

Has anyone got it working si that they can RECEIVE as well as well as send?

I am on O2 UK Pay and Go.

Connection settings:-

Cellular line (GRPS)

APN: payandgo.o2.co.uk

Username: payandgo

Password: password

Pixer settings:

In "Preferences" - Ticked option Get Message Immediately"

in "Advanced" - WAP Gateway IP address - 193.113.200.195

MMS URL - http://mmsc.mns.02.co.uk:8002

Service - I have directed it to the above GPRS connection
[Galaxy Note II General] navendugoyal:
puzzled for choices in custom roms .

which is the best and the most stable at the moment ?

i am on Omni for the moment because its officially supported and latest updates are released as nightlies .

please help
[Galaxy Note II General] cabessius:
Didn't try PA, although it has unique features you may like.

I was on Omni until yesterday's nightly messed up everything, then switched back to CM11 based Probam, which is also great.

Try yourself and then decide.

Sent from my N7100, a.k.a. THE BEAST
[Galaxy Note II General] shieldee:
I'm using t0lte CM11 myself, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2530116. It's very good. The battery life is great 2+ days with a lot of messaging, e-mail-ing and about 1-2 hrs of talk.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Abhi1587:
Hello guys,

I was looking for flashing the Pound Linaro Rom by [MENTION=4473033]LoLaTiOn[/MENTION]. But I suspect the battery backup is low in that. Can someone give me reviews about this rom. I am kinda new to this so need a lil help. Though I have been following the dev thread for the same, but wanted few answers before flashing it as I cant post in dev thread.

Please any help would be appreciated :fingers-crossed: :D :good:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Abhi1587:
Help me guys!!!!

I see many ppl using Linaro Rom..I really need to know if it is stable and good for daily use..currently I am on Carbon-JB-v 1.8 [4.2.2]. But I dont get much of a battery backup. My main usage is calls, whatsapp n music. Apart from battery i face a familiar issue that while listening to music it gets hanged suddenly n player doesnt respond anymore. I ultimately have reboot it twice to make it work which is very annoying as I am hard core music lover :p ..So I actually want to know if Linaro (which many r appreciating) or any rom in JB with good battery life n no prob with playing music is available or not.

I am a noob here so need a lil help from u guys:D:good: Please give me some suggestions n reviews:p:)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] wiebertje:
Experience Pound-20131124-UNOFFICIAL

Hi, everything seems to work and untill know it is the best rom for me! I did face with nasty SOD`s and these are gone to NOT let the processor run at 300Mhz (use a CPU app for that). When Cpu is set to minimum 600Mhz there are no problems with SOD. Short battery lenght is an issue. I hope the new version will fix it.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Abhi1587:
what app u used to hold the processor??..how much backup u get in general with this rom??

Did you find any issue with Music playback..that's too something imp to me :p
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] wiebertje:
I use Cpu Adjuster. No problems with Music playback found and it is now using 8% battery per hour :(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xavier1337:
Heya,

First of all, I'd like to apologise for being a massive noob at all this, but my experience has always been with JB iPhones :-/

Anyway I never rooted my Note 2 when it was on 4.1.2 mainly because I knew the 4.3 firmware was just out in the next couple of months, but since updating to 4.3 the other day I'd basically like to give it a shot and done some searching around to try and do it and came across this tutorial.

Youtube Link CLICK HERE

After a couple of attempts at installing philz_touch, I am unsuccessful in getting it to run and when I go into recovery I am presented with the following options

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Android system recovery <3e>

Volume up/down to move highlight;

power button to select.

• reboot system now

• apply update from ADB

• apply update from external storage

• wipe data/factory reset

• wipe cache partition

• apply update from cache

(and at the bottom in yellow text)

# MANUAL MODE#

-- Appling Multi-CSC. . .

Applied the CSC-code : BTU

Successfully applied multi-CSC.

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I'm hoping one of you geniuses at this kinda thing can help me and again I'm sorry if there is already a thread for this, I did search, but couldnt come up with a successful remedy for it.

Many thanks in advance.

:fingers-crossed:;):fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xavier1337:
I forgot to add this is shown in the "Root status" box in the About box.

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OFFICIAL

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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xavier1337:
Anyone?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sora9009:
maybe try with different version of odin may help
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xavier1337:
Ok m8, does that make a difference then?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piotrekbo:
any progresses ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xavier1337:
No mate, no success yet :'(

Yourself?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prav82:
Same here

Iam having the same problem...not able to root after 4.3 update ( india )
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xavier1337:
Hopefully there will be a remedy/fix for this soon.

:fingerscrossed:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prav82:
It wrked for me

Hi..i have sorted out the main problem and in this process i managed to get my phone bricked.:cyclops: but now i have a rooted phone with DN3 rom installed.

Note:

Make sure u click USB debugging on under Developer Options.( If u don't see Developer option on ur phone go to Settings> General>About Device> and then tap ur finger 2-3 times on ur " Build Number " option. that will turn on ur developer option on ur handset.)

Now install philz CWM recovery Through ODIN ( make sure ur samsung kies is not open on ur computer while flashing )

Go to recovery and then flash the latest SuperSU.zip file.

This will solve the problem.

Cheers.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xavier1337:
:(

Heya bud,

I've just tried the above and i managed to enable "Developer Mode", then i booted into download mode and tried flashing "philz_touch_5.15.0-n7100.tar"... it says 'pass' but after i boot into recovery mode it shows the little Android robot lying flat with a red triangle and exclamation (!) mark about his body...and it goes into "Android system recovery <3e>"

I don't understand what I'm doing wrong? I've followed all the tutorials ive came across and also your own..

:(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xavier1337:
Is this any good?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47572994&postcount=1