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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Rad ryan:
Thank you very much for that answer, that was an excellent answer. Although I'm not a noob bc I've been doing this stuff for years and been a member for years.I did the trading but I am not familiar with Samsung at all bc the last Samsung I had was a captivate. It's there a lot of active development for the t mobile variant? I'm guessing it's probably around $600, right? Lastly do you think that there will be a solution to the lock down of mf3 and later in the next few months?

Again thanks for your very helpful answer.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] MattMJB0188:
The development for the AT&T S4 has died down. In my opinion, no one will ever unlock the bootloader for it. Maybe someday with some future device, but not this device. The closest we got was with the loki method, which was great. But that's long gone now.

Look on negri for the T-Mobile variant. I think its M919. I'm not sure. T-Mobile developers have been able to make great roms for the device, instead of wasting so much time to find a workaround. Maybe even try T-Mobile out and see if they've improved in your area. They got a lot better in my area, but still a lot of EDGE.

If I were you, I'd go for the Nexus 5.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mg2195:
Heres my suggestion, if you want the s4, get it from best buy than sell it unopened for as much as you can and than with the money you get buy a tmobile or i9505 international variant...(not i9500 or the verizon or sprint one)

The tmobile variant is probably your best bet, the tmobile variant supports all of ATT service bands so youll have no issues with reception or internet. The tmobile variant can flash roms from any of the other s4 variants (verizon sprint att i9505...just not any roms from the i9500)

So in other words if you get the tmobile variant you dont have to worry about a dead dev scene as you can always flash roms from a differnt carrier...only thing is you will probably have to set up your apns for att rom flashes

Hope that helps you :D

And on another note if you decide to stick with the ATT s4, every firmware can be rooted

Mdb has real recoveries, so you can flash anything as long as you "loki" the kernel - Unfortunately I do not think there are any stores that are selling phones with this firmware

Mdl has real recoveries, so you can flash anything as long as you "loki" the kernel...Unfortunately it is pretty much impossible to find a phone with this firmware in any store now

Mf3 has safestrap which is kinda like a recovery, with it you can flash any touchwiz based 4.2.2 rom (stock roms) or any 4.2.2 Google Phone Edition (aka GPE, which is an aosp experience S4, no bloatware no samsung features, its like having a nexus in the body of an s4) rom...NO CUSTOM KERNELS, NO AOSP ROMS (no cyanogenmod) - this is the firmware most phones come with

Mk2 (latest firmware) recently got a beta safestrap...as of now you can flash some 4.3 touchwiz stock based roms, alot dont boot yet, and the GPE 4.3 rom doesn't boot with it either. As it becomes stable it should work identical to the one for mf3 - phones will probably start coming with this one soon

In other words, safestrap allows you to run roms that are built off the same firmware version as your stock rom, safestrap flashes no kernel, so whatever rom you flash has to be compatible with the stock kernel of your current firmware

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They actually seem to be getting close to another work around which will allow you to flash any rom or kernel using safestrap...turns out theres a feature in the 4.3 mk2 kernel which allows unsigned drivers to run, in theory they can compile a kexec driver for the kernel which would allow you to use any kernel thus allowing the flash of any rom...theres a how-to thread in the original development section with more info, however...its not a guarentee we will see this anytime soon, as you never know what issues they may run into...but something to look into if your interested

EDIT: actually heres a post from the thread i mentioned which pretty much sums up how we hope this "exploit" will work as far as kernel flashing goes http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48703510&postcount=10
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] noel_leon:
With all that said; how come I have the MF3 baseband my s4 (jflteatt), and I still have a custom recovery with the ability to flash different roms and kernels? Is it because I installed the custom recovery on an earlier baseband and then it got updated to a newer baseband but still kept recovery?

I only found out I had MF3 on my phone now because I couldn't flash a different recovery anymore.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] graydiggy:
It is literally impossible to have officially updated through OTA while on a custom Recovery. What I suspect has been done is the same as my phone. I got an MDL device and quickly installed TWRP and a custom ROM. As new updates came out, I flashed just the baseband. So now, I have a 4.4 ROM with the MK2 baseband and am able to install anything I like.

If I were to have ever done an OTA, I would no longer be able to have a custom recovery because of a blown Qfuse.

Please don't try to say that what you have is the only phone with OTA MF3 and custom recovery.

The only way to have anything like that is through SS and that is not a true recovery. If you do have that, you can only install certain ROMs not including AOSP, AOKP, MIUI, or CM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] noel_leon:
When did I ever say I was the only one? I asked a simple question that I mostly had the answer to already; which in turn was answered by a simple "Yes" from HiTideBlastoise.

And I never said anything about OTA either. I said I had installed custom recovery on an earlier baseband and then my baseband was updated but recovery was still intact.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] graydiggy:
I never said you did say that. It was preemptive. Secondly, you make it out to seem like you did nothing to update your baseband. You are making it seem like it just happened. Well, that can't happen without either updating the entire phone or flashing it yourself. The funny thing is the baseband means nothing when it comes to recoveries and flashing ROMs. It can only be used as a possible sign on a stock device as to what version one is running. On a modified device, like yours, it is worthless information on the version of Android. Like I said before, I have 4.4 with MK2 as my baseband. How can I install ROMs. Not because it updated my baseband after I already have a custom recovery... But because I never took an OTA and made it do the stuff I wanted.

Basically what I am saying is that you need to be clear with what you say. Everything you said makes it sound like your phone did it all by itself without you or someone else making it the way it is. There is no other option. You have to have done something to have a custom recovery and an MF3 baseband with pre MF3 bootloaders.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] vegita319:
I agree with graydiggy that the only way to still have a custom recovery and mf3 baseband is that you either flashed an mf3 tw rom with a modem or a a standalone modem to your mdl software. If you took the "OTA" successfully, you will definitely have a locked down bootloader now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dannyben:
mine...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bx10r:
Themed dialer completed my phone...awesome swesome mod bro.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] T3T3droid:
Love the phone/contacts theme and want to use it but the dialer fc's on HD rls11... contacts works fine though. I'm gunna port it over to these apks and I'll toss you them if you want to add them to the installer :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dannyben:
I figured that part wouldnt work for you since its GSM based. But sure, port it over and I'll include it in a special version for verizon. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] T3T3droid:
Alright I'll work on it tonight :)

Can you send me the orig phone and contacts apks you used so I can compare easier? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dannyben:
Youre going about it backwards. The easiest way to do it would simply be to take your SecContacts.apk and replace the .png images with the ones that are in mine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] T3T3droid:
You didn't change any xmls? If not then you're right ;) I always do a compare in case xml or smali were changed... But if it is just image changes then I'll be good thanks! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dannyben:
Give this a try. Hopefully it'll work out perfectly for you without needing to change any of the xml's around. It will flash right on top of any roms SecContacts.apk and will ONLY change the icons.

I did it with a vr theme zip, so if for whatever reason its not working, there will be a backup in your sdcard folder vrtheme-backup. Just copy the SecContacts.apk file back to your /system/app folder and fix permissions and you'll be back to your original dialer/contacts.

Let me know how it works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] T3T3droid:
I'll give it a try but I just swapped all the images and the bgs were all still white so I think I at least have to change the colors.xml... no biggie though cause I can deal with what it is for now :) thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] -Zero-Cool-:
Just to throw in some input, on first download from android file host the zip failed to flash, going to try the DL from mega and try again.

Good stuff BTW :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dannyben:
Small update guys....

OP Updated to v3.1

-Enable Custom Boot Animations

- BluPlazmaII

- CrystalMachinaII

- Galaxus

- MachineAzul

- MBokeh

Edit: This mod allows bootanimation.zip to load instead of samsung's .qmg. I've included the above 5 bootanimations, but you can now also add your own to /system/media/bootanimation.zip. There's also an option to revert back to your original .qmg boot animation if you'd like.

Enjoy!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ct_tec313:
Love the mod so far...compatible with safe strap
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dannyben:
Another small (but good) Update....

OP Updated to v3.2

What's New:

- Note III S-Pen Window Launcher with Floating Multi-Window

To use this Ported App, you MUST FIRST download PEN Window Launcher from the Playstore. Do NOT flash the mod before first installing this app, as the flash will need to change files of the app to allow it to run on the SGS4.

Instructions:

1. Download app from Playstore -- but do NOT run it.

2. Choose to install NOTE 3 S-Pen in the Aroma Installer

3. Reboot & Enjoy!!!

[youtube]watch?v=TJjcbbyvjck[/youtube]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dannyben:
OP Updated to v4

What' New:

- OG Battery Mod

Over EIGHTY (80) different batteries to choose from

(Triple click on the battery icon to access the menu)

- OG YouTube

All qualities playable *140p~720p* (Google disable 1080p from being playable)

Download all available qualities

Download more than one video at the same time

4 Formats available to download 3GB, FLV, MP4 and MP3

Pause/Resume option for downloads

Download videos as MP3 directly

Background & Screen off playback

Select default quality

And more

*** You CAN'T log on to your YouTube account or you will get an error.

- Menu Changes

New Layout
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dannyben:
OP Updated to v5

Whats New

:

Universal Kernel Script Cleaner -- Will remove all residual files (including tweaker apps) left over by previous Kernel. Recommended for New kernel OPTIMUM performance.

Unthemed Icons in 5x5 and 5x6 TW Launchers

Added Google KitKat Launcher (swipe left for Google Now & Just say 'OK Google')

Added Blue Themed Samsung Keyboard

Added MMS Themed

Added Settings Themed

Added BigCat3 Signal/Wifi Icons

Sony Walkman ported from XperiaZ1 (Not just the app but the Sound Mods as well)

★ ► LEAVE FEEDBACK! AND HIT THANKS IF YOU LIKE THIS MOD ◄ ★

:D DONATIONS ARE WELCOME!! :D

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] warchyld77:
Tried several times and it either takes forever to dl or when you flash it it fails
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sam00r:
Hi guys

I wanted to try X-Note on my Note 3 which was Stock rooted MJ7.

So first I used kn0x0ut to do a backup of System, Data and EFS, then went ahead and installed X-Note, did the usual data/cache/dalvik wipes which the script does.

That didn't go too well, for some reason I got a boot loop, not like I have now, but where it wouldn't even get to the OOB wizard.

So I decided to just restore the backup I made, which also didn't appear to go very well because now I have a phone which is acting very strangely.

After the restore screwed up, I used ODIN to restore my original MJ1 ROM. Previously, I had gone from Stock MJ1 to Rooted MJ1 with RDLV, then updated to MJ7 via Mobile Odin Pro.

Basically what's happening now, is it will boot up to the OOB wizard, then I'll get a message that says "Process system has stopped responding", usually followed by "Samsung keyboard has closed".

Wifi doesn't work, it says I don't have any sim card installed and my baseband is "unknown". I've only got about 20 seconds to look around before it will reboot. Most apps that I try to open like the dialler just FC as soon as they open.

What I've done so far (which I REALLY wanted to avoid) is installed TWRP so I could at least flash something else, not via ODIN or Kn0x0ut (which I will NOT be using again!). I managed to restore the EFS using dd but it didn't appear to do anything. I've also tried this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2507403 - that didn't help either.

I'm pretty stuck now, since I have a voided warranty and no usable phone....

Any help would be great, I really need to get this thing working again!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Killberty:
Your fault was to try to flash mj1, even if u had mj7 before.

Try to flash mj7 or mk2 with odin and you shd be fine.

hit 'thanks' if i helped you

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[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sam00r:
I had that brainwave myself this morning.

I guess mj7 upgrades the efs in some way that's incompatible with mj1?

I did try xnote mk2 and got the same issue, but that's obviously not stock, so I'll get mj7 and mk2 stock downloaded and give it a go.

Cheers!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Killberty:
Haha :p report back your results

hit 'thanks' if i helped you

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[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sam00r:
With our powers combined! It worked mate :)

Cheers! Where's the thanks button? Maybe it doesn't show cause this is like my third post ever...

I'm guessing then that the device needs to be on the same level as any custom rom that I want to install, and if I want to upgrade to a higher level I will need to flash stock first?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Killberty:
Yes u will have to flash stock before cuz some files arent overwritten.

Thanks button pc:left bottom corner

Thanks button app: tap the post u wanna thank

;)

hit 'thanks' if i helped you

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[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] rawhide85:
Costco has the N3 for $229.99 plus a mail-in rebate of $50 with 2yr contract. Not only is this a great price, but it comes with an accessory pack. Available online or in-store till December 26th.

http://membershipwireless.com/index.cfm/go/shop/do/PhoneDetails/productId/23647

$50 Rebate: http://membershipwireless.com/Conte...c-f80d-4172-9816-e8f7775dc05f&file=Rebate.pdf

Accessory Pack Rebate: http://membershipwireless.com/Conte...4-557c-4e92-bb2f-5a14327423f0&file=Rebate.pdf

Another plus with Costco is the 2 year Squaretrade warranty for $99 at time of purchase with a $50 deductible.

http://m.squaretrade.com/m/smartphone
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] chewy2314:
Looks like new accounts only. Upgrades are $229.99 after $50 rebate.

Amazon has the AT&T GN3 upgrade for $179.99. no rebate and membership required. Sorry, i cannot post URL since i'm still under the 10 post mark.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] hipporun:
I feel stupid now that I payed 370$ after tax for N3 when it first came out
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] rkub:
Ya there are some good deals for the note 3 with a new line. Amazon has it for $149, Costco $179 & Fry's $189. For upgrades Amazon is $179, Costco is $229 and I think Fry's price is still $189 for upgrade (sale right now). Only thing about going to Costco is that you only pay taxes on the amount you pay, not on the full price of the phone, this can save quite a bit. It's almost the same price as going thru Amazon, after taxes... Plus Costco give you the accessory pack. I'm personally waiting for it to go down to $179 at Costco. They seem to follow amazon's pricing, just a couple days later...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tomthedancingbug:
don't worry, atleast we got our notes unlocked off the bat no contract and sold them for profit!!!!!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] MMcCraryNJ:
Got mine from Best Buy last week for $149, plus a free on contract S4. Walked out with both for $160 out the door.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wm388:
I accidentally deleted my Wireless Storage system apk from my phone without backing it up with TiBu. Can anyone send me theirs? Stock rooted Verizon, not latest OTA btw.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luhanglei:
I have a NFC-SIM card in my phone. But my nexus4 doesn't support it. When I open the app, It told me that my phone was not supported. Nexus4 is a phone with NFC, It should be supported. What should i do to let my nexus4 support a swp-sim card?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luhanglei:
Is there anybody knowing how to do?

Is there anybody knowing how to do?
[General Questions and Answers] skyking_comms:
Want to upgrade from my 7" 1st Gen Google Nexus. There seems to be so many 10" tablets out there but confused which one to go for?

So far looked at Galaxy Tab 3 and Nexus 10. Fast and good quality HD are a must!
[General Questions and Answers] CodeIndia:
Nexus 10(new model) any day :D

nothing beats this device :good:

for detail comparison check out

google nexus 10 vs tab3(i cant post outside links )
[General Questions and Answers] skyking_comms:
I thought there was only one Nexus 10 released with a new one planned for 2014?
[General Questions and Answers] CodeIndia:
I meant 2013 edition
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flintdragon:
I have a new N5 where contacts were transferred by Sprint from a dumb phone. The contact/number is there but there are some I want to delete but I get an error saying it is read-only.

Two questions:

1. where are these contacts stored?

2. how can I delete them?

Thanks!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omgbuffguy:
Log into Gmail on a computer,go into contacts tab, delete it from there. Or just Google "Google contacts" and sign in into the first link. You need a computer for it.

Then come back and resync on your phone.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deftoner:
Hi guys! I'm a little confused about kernel and recovery on the z1.

On all my others phones, flash the recovery was a separate task.

Now I cant find the CWM for z1. All I read is that the DooM kernel comes with the recovery?

is this a difference on the z1 or just another method to do it?

I'm a little scared to flash a kernel that doent work and can goes to recovery either. I'm always sure that the recovery is there to help me for any bad flashing, but if now is on the kernel, if I flash a rom with a kernel without recovery.. ? what happen?

thanks again for the time guys!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Just2Cause:
Flashing DooMKerneL is another method, you can install it normally.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MohammadAG:
There is no exposed recovery on Xperia devices, so all recovery methods are some tricks that load a recovery instead of a normal ramdisk.

The fact that both the kernel and recovery are in the same image is the same on the Galaxy SII. Although stock kernel had a recovery there.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deftoner:
Oh I see!

thank for your help :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] williamchan_hksar:
Hi ! I'd like to register my Wizard on T-Mobile website however it need to send a SMS to the mobile but it seems unavailable to put a HK mobile phone number.

May I know if there are any way to register ?

Thanks in advance ! :lol:

Cheers

William
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fiso:
Hi so I found some easy way to unlock bootloader from xperiafirmware(DOT)com (not allowed to post link because new account at xda) because Sony's official instruction are not mac user friendly (for me anyway). So i tried them and it want smoothly until i realised that sdcard was not wiped. So I'm doubting whether it is unlocked. The instructions where:

4. how to unlock your bootloader

a) download and install latest Flashtool from here (mirrors Google Drive or Mega)

b) start Flashtool and click on BLU button on the top

c) turn off your phone and when Flashtool shows pop up window, connect phone to PC with holding volume down button

d) click on get unlock key button, it will switch you to Sony Mobile website, here complete all boxes

e) copy IMEI form Flashtool to Sony Mobile site, than you will get unlock code to your mailbox

f) copy unlock key to Flashtool window and than click unlock

g) connect phone with holding volume up button when Flashtool shows pop up window

h) wait to unlock finish

I did this using the latest flashtool 0.9.13.0-mac. and the instructs where for Z1 C6903
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Just2Cause:
Everything seems right, Why are you worried??

Unlocking bootloader shouldn't wipe SD card, you are not flashing or wiping data, you are just unlocking the bootloader.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlads:
Not all phones can be unlocked by the way. Mine can't be for instance, check in diagnostics.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
EDIT

Dial *#*#7378423#*#* and goto service info / configuration

if the last line says

bootloader unlocked: Yes

Then its unlocked

if it says

bootloader unlocked allowed: Yes

then it is locked but you can unlock it

if it says

bootloader unlock allowed: No

then you cannot unlock it
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fiso:
It say Bootloader unlocked: yes

So I think it's unlocked thanks for the reply :)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlads:
Prior to attempting to unlock, do what Greg wrote and as he wrote if it says no then youre stuffed by all accounts.

Which sucks so bad it's unreal.

I went ahead and tried anyway, just didn't work, would be good to see what the actual differences are between models, must be a way to migrate some stuff to get it to work, notice i wrote stuff as i have no idea what that stuff would be. :)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LiquidNitrogen1412:
Hey guys,

i have a question is it so much better to unlock the BL because i know that i can get like normal Android developing roms like cm and i have less bloatware.But does it bring also much benchmark power and smoothness to phone ? or is it just for people wo try around roms and likes to Flash?.

best regards and wishes,

Nico
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlads:
Potentially yes, I can't advise you to go for it, you will need to weigh up if it's right for you or not? Much more customisation vs possible loss of warranty, personally i'd do it but that's me.

You would have to decide for yourself.