yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxpower7:
I've been rooting and flashing my phones (12 total) since the OG Droid days. This is the first phone where I have no particular desire to flash a custom rom. Stock KitKat has everything I need, and Android has really evolved into an attractive and highly capable OS (definitely moreso than iOS). ART is great for pure speed, but if you stay on Dalvik you can use Xposed framework (the Gravity Box module, in particular), which gives you all the customization options you could possibly need without flashing a rom.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nbsss:
+1 to stock rom and gravity box (immersive mode is awesome)

Also recommend:

Multirom

Franco kernel

LMT launcher and hiding nav bar

SwiftKey

Swapps
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herrwinkler:
I'll definitely check those out, thanks. I thought the latest iOS Felt like a more polished touchwiz. I like how the nexus devices have evolved. The creative apps are the only thing I haven't found replacements for yet (garageband iDraw). Otherwise, music and podcasts were a huge let down in the early days. With spotify I can't remember the last time I had actual music files on my phone. No need to sync with iTunes and less of a dependence on the Ecosystem has made it very easy to use whatever I want.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxpower7:
Those are all valid points. I think my main issue with iOS (other than the lack of customizability) is the fact that there's absolutely no access to the file system. It limits what you can do in pretty significant ways and makes the iPhone more of an appliance that a full-featured computer. Android is just much more of a PC replacement for me.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herrwinkler:
Ha, yeah. I remember my wife noting how much more free time I had after switching to iOS.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alb-o:
hey guys im trying to use the touchpad on my dock for qiii4a to play open arena, im currently running cromi-x and have tried using /dev/input/event4 and /dev/input/event5. back when i was on the original cleanrom i tried lots of different events that i thought might be the touchpad but none worked, any ideas?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spenat:
Hi, there should be an option for using external mouse in the settings of the game, so you don't need to do it anywhere else. It's actually one and only game, that I know that supports mouse look.

Anyway, it requires Root, but it works amazingly :)
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alb-o:
lol that dosent help at all, i dont think you understand. i know the game allows for use of an external mouse, i want to use the touchpad that is built into my dock. cromi-x is rooted, and the option in the game to use a mouse asks for the event device that the mouse registers at, i keep trying to give it the touchpads event but its still not letting me use the touchpad as mouse for the game. anyone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] noobjmac99:
Hello im fairly new to the rooting stuff so bear with me and I hope im posting this in the right place. Iv looked for other post and most have people believe they have soft bricked there phone, I was able to get out of it

I have a Samsung galaxy s4 with Verizon

model # sch-i545,

android version 4.3,

baseband version i545vruemj7,

kernel version 3.4.0 se.infa@ro210-02 #1,

build # jss15j. i545vruemj7

Hope this is enough info for some help. I do have root using the chines root and terminal emulator to get supersu. I also use titanium backup pro. So here is where I have my problem I was wanting to have a recover backup just in case I messed up my phone. I looked up ways to do this and the one I picked was using goomanager.

1.	Opened goomanager and opened the menu and clicked install openrecoveryscript

2.	Download and installed and it said download complete

3.	I rebooted my phone in recovery mode

4.	Now it comes up in odin mode in the top left corner, it says in red could not do normal boot under that

product name: sch-i545,

current binary: Samsung official,

system states: custom,

knox kurnal lock:0x0,

knox warranty void: 0x0,

csb-config-lsb:0x30,

wright protection enabled,

eMAC burst mode enabled

5.	And I have the big green droid with downloading… do not turn off target!!

6.	This is where everyone else believes they soft bricked and are stuck in a bootloop but if you pull the battery and start up in odin and restart from there you get out of it

So I cant use recovery mode at all, is there any thing I can do to fix this or do I not get to use recovery ever again

Like I said I am new to rooting and all the great stuff it offers, I have rooted my old droid x2 and done a full recovery with it, I haven’t flashed a rom yet but I still don’t know all the in’s and out’s

Thank you for all the help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] clapper66:
what it sounds like is you phone is going into download mode. when you are trying to enter recovery are you holding volume up or volume down when you boot? because volume down takes you to download mode and volume up take you to your recovery! :p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] noobjmac99:
I hold the volume up, power and home keys and it goes in to odin mode and goomanager can boot into recovery mode and still goes into odin mode. I think goomanager doesn’t do the team win recovery and messed up the code for recovery

And thank you I double checked that and still odin mode comes up
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
first problem was using goo manager, your phone base does not support any custom recoveries. The only available option is safestrap after u obtain root

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2578569
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] noobjmac99:
Thank you again

Thanks for the help and sorry for the late reply, will this fix the recovery mode
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
What are you thinking "recovery mode" is?

safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] noobjmac99:
What bugs me is that I can't get Into recovery anymore. *I have used recovery mode to re install some dumb apps by making a back up with Titanium Backup Pro And made a zip of the apps and re installed them through it. I just don't want to brick my phone hard. But please explain what it is and for.

All I wanted to do was be able to do a nandord backup which is what I thought I was trying todo.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
You aren't making any sense, so you need to be a lot more specific about what you're doing.

One, you said above that you're on the MJ7 bootloader. That means that you can't have a custom recovery.

So what the heck does "using recovery mode to install some dumb apps by making a back up with Titanium Backup Pro" mean? You don't run Ti from recovery, you run it from a booted and rooted phone.

"All I wanted to do was to be able to make a nandord (sic) backup"

Oh well. You can't install a custom recovery on your phone since the bootloader is locked. This has been stated repeatedly in these forums.

Sadly, the moderators of this forum are refusing to post a sticky to help guide people like you to avoid this common mistake.

The only way you can back up your existing ROM is to root it and install Safestrap. Do a bit of searching around before flashing anything else.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
So you are rooted...what recovery did you install? I'm still not clear in understanding your position.

safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] noobjmac99:
Im sorry im new to asking for help.

Yes I now know there is no custom recovery and found out the hard way and didn’t do enough research.

With Ti pro, in batch actions-All, section Recovery mode you can create “ update.zip” from apps and data backup. I know this is not a true recovery or nandorid, so I made the zip went into recovery mode and reinstalled the apps I deleted. I was just toying around with that

My original intent was to be able to do a nandorid backup

I have looked at the safestrap method and it looks like it will work for my build I just wanted to know since my recovery mode is corrupt or I believe it is will it work

thank you again for any help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] noobjmac99:
yes i am rooted with the chinese root method and emulator now have supersu

the recovery i tried to install was team win recovery through goo manager which softbricked my phone after 30 minutes or so i finally got it out of the bootloop but now everything I try to go in to recovery it just loops

I have looked at the safestrap method and it looks like it will work for my build I just wanted to know since my recovery mode is corrupt or I believe it is will it work

thank you again for any help if there is anything else i need to proived please tell me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chematj94:
have the same problem :/

help please.

can't enter in recovery mode.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
read the sticky

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2606501

info there will tell you how you messed up and give you links on what you are suppose to do
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tmaddison93:
safestrap says that installled correctly and i see installed on there but when i hit boot recovery it goes to lock screen and then boots normally. what did i do wrong? i have samsung galaxy s4 sgh-i337. is there another method where i can get it to boot to install the stocked root. i am on mk2 now and i am rooted
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
This is a Verizon forum, and you have an AT&T phone. You may have better luck in the AT&T forums, especially since this is such an old thread.

What version of safestrap?

When you say "that installed correctly" do you mean safestrap recovery?

How did you try to enter recovery? Normally, you reboot, then press the "Recovery" button from the Safestrap splash screen. If you try the normal boot to recovery, it'll boot stock recovery, not Safestrap.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chrisjife:
Hello everyone. I am new here. I have a samsung s4 verizon. It runned on android version 4.4.2. The hotspot was not working so i decide to root it and flash it with a new custom rom. Using odin i tried flashing it and it said failed. And now it can not boot into the recovery mode.It says when I tried to boot into recovery mode it says firmware upgrade encounter an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again. I downloaded and installed kies but it not connecting in kies .

Please i need help asap
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jeepguy_1980:
My S4 suffered a hairline crack on the digitizer (under the glass). I don't know how this happened, but it's not a warranty item. Only the top 1" of my phone is visible, and the phone doesn't seem to respond to touch, though I cannot be certain.

I got the Verizon Asurion coverage. But my phone is running Hyperdrive with TWRP. Is it possible to load a factory image back to my phone without being able to see or touch the screen?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] clapper66:
you should be able to because to get into download mode when you phone boots you hold the volume down button then press up to continue then get your stock image and flash it in odin
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jeepguy_1980:
That worked. Thank you. Now I just hope I grabbed a legal image. I used I545VRUEMK2_I545VZWEMK2_VZW
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nepturion:
When i first bought the phone i had no problem flashing different firmwares, used a German region.. But after the 4.3 upgrade from the PC Companion i cant reroll back to later firmwares. When i do, i got no cell service, cant even configure 3G/4G.. anything.

When trying to update from OTA when i have root and CWM the update fails and reboots. This is an ongoing issue, tried 4 different firmwares, exclude TA and Baseband.. doesnt work.. IMEI does show on 4.3 firmware, but not on any previous firmwares.

Anyone can help me?

From firmware 14.1.G.1.518_1276-4314_R2A:

http://i.imgbox.com/abgcZCXg.png

http://i.imgbox.com/abwb6puW.png

http://i.imgbox.com/abimyT6H.png

http://i.imgbox.com/acz8eEWO.png

From firmware 14.2.A.0.290_Generic Central Europe 1276-4314_R1B:

http://i.imgbox.com/acoctUMq.png

http://i.imgbox.com/adgBZfPK.png

http://i.imgbox.com/adeggcgC.png

http://i.imgbox.com/acvlySxK.png

Is it the customization settings thats messing things up? If so how do i get 14.1.G.1.518_R1B?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Just2Cause:
I had the same issue when I downgraded from Android 4.3 to another older firmware.

I tried everything I thought of, and now it's working.

I first tried to flash the global firmware, got no signal.

flashed it again (I thought that something went wrong while flashing) with no success.

tried the Android 4.3 ftf that I created, and I got signal, So I flashed the .534 ftf of the same customization number (I was on the Generic MEA) and then used Sony Update Service to search for updates (Didn't even power on the device to check the signal) and it said I have the latest firmware, so I clicked on reinstall, when it finished I powered on my Z1 to find out that I have Android 4.3.

I then flashed the .257 (MEA) ftf and surprisingly the issue was solved.

I now have signal on .257 so I flashed the .534 (Global) ftf and it worked just fine.

I don't know what you should do and what will work for you, but that's how I solved it ;)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nepturion:
Thanks i'll give it a try, only thing i havent tried is the MEA :)

If it doesnt work i need to keep the TA when flashing or something.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Just2Cause:
I flashed the older version of MEA because I had MEA 4.3

I suggest you try older ftf of the current 4.3 branding you have.

But I think that SUS is the thing that fixed the issue.

Regards,

~J2C
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nepturion:
I have tried every firmware of the older versions and i either cant get signal on most of them or i cant OTA to newer 4.2.2.

So i just gave up, was the 11th time i have flashed now... Done UK, DE, Central Europe and MEA.. Looks like im stuck with 4.3 with no root for now :(

Didnt help backing up TA or Baseband, im should have just left the .257 root untouched until a 4.3 LB root was avaliable. ;)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Just2Cause:
Try reinstalling software using SUS then flash older ftf
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nepturion:
Tried that, its either a problem with the phone or the firmware/baseband doesnt match.

Tried using SEUS twice, then flash .534 (and root). still no service and aint capable of OTA to .257.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Just2Cause:
Flash from 4.3 to .275 then from 275 to 534
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nepturion:
Still the same... no service and it wont OTA.

So i gave it up a few hours ago, i dont know if the 4.3 did change how the device reacts...

But i never had any issues with flashing older firmware with root and OTA before 4.3.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Just2Cause:
275 is the unrootable android 4.2 you are flashing 534 then you try to update to 257 OTA, im telling you to flash 275, then 534, then root and OTA 257.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Just2Cause:
Oh! So you are having signal from service provider!

Well, now since everything is clear, I can solve your problem.

The reason you can't OTA is that you install CWM then try OTA, you actually should root then OTA then install CWM.

Enjoy your rooted Xperia Z1.

Regards,

~J2C

---------- Post added at 08:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:25 PM ----------

Can I say that your problem is solved or should I wait for a reply? :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nepturion:
Did the order you told me to: ¨The reason you can't OTA is that you install CWM then try OTA, you actually should root then OTA then install CWM.¨

And the update works.. didnt know that CWM needed to be the last thing installed :)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Just2Cause:
Happy to hear that it worked :silly:

Regards,

~J2C
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] graysky:
How do I rearrange the app icons on the app pages, not home screen? Does this require an app? They are in alphabetical order, and I want to arrange them according to use.

Phone is a Moto-G with ICS 4.3 as delivered from Motorola.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksuuk:
Some alternative launcher may help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] johnowenstko:
I flashed Imnuts 4.3 this morning. Before I did I was running JellyWiz 2.0. After doing the Odin back to stock 4.3 did this just lock my bootloader and stop me from flashing another ROM?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mike7728:
yep,no way of unlocking or rooting now until the devs here find a way to get around knox
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hopesrequiem:
Smh. You should have read first...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] johnowenstko:
Thanks
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] henerz:
Hi,

Have had K-Jam for about a month now. ROM up to date (pending new ROM in next few weeks I believe). Activesync 4.1 installed on WinXPSP2, running Norton Internet Security 2006 (incl firewall etc) on a Vaio Laptop. Out of box the K-Jam synchronised easily and quickly to Outlook through USB, never had any connectivity issues. Synching also worked fine through Bluetooth which I tried only as a test as charging and synching all day was useful at my desk and stopped my speakers making a racket every time the GPRS kicked in to download my email (every 15 mins * 2 accounts). Everything was working perfectly, I was a very happy man and I have to say I am very happy indeed with the K-Jam other than occasional performance issues (bad button/touch screen lag occasionally).

HOWEVER

Firstly, I was hugely disappointed with Activesync 4.1 which seems a big step backwards not least through the loss of useful features such as Backup/Restore. It seems like a nasty cheap alternative to the older Activesync 3.8 which I used happily with my Ipaq for over a year. Nevermind - I bought my own backup software spBackup which runs every night and backs up onto my sd card - a nice feature for when I am travelling without laptop and need to cold boot and restore (something that always worried me with Backup/Restore being based on my PC with AS3.8).

Secondly, the K-Jam hung on an incoming phonecall and the soft reset button would not work. Thank god for spBackup I thought, so did a hard reboot and ran the spBackup executable on the storage card. On restore, the K-Jam looked fine, everything was back to the state it was in at 3am that morning.

BUT

Now, when I plug the USB cable between K-Jam and laptop, Activesync just sits saying "Connecting" with the spinning circle green and never gets any further. I can hear windows detect the device, and the first time I connected it it installed "Generic RDIS device" plus whatever other bits and bobs - so the device is clearly connecting. Activesync just never gets any further than "Connecting". I have searched high and low, but there is nothing other than advice re Windows Firewall (my Norton Firewall for instance). I went to the extent of removing the firewall etc, and have got to the stage that I can confirm that it is not a firewall issue. If I try to get a connection from activesync from the K-Jam, the activesync on the device flashes momentarily and is then in the disconnected stage again. I removed all partnerships from both devices, tried again - no joy. I then tried to synchronise with Bluetooth - Success!

Therefore all is not lost, I can connect with Bluetooth. But it is irritating not being able to connect via USB. My suspicion is that I am going to have to hard reset and reinstall everything once more - but before I go that route does anyone have any advice that may be able to help me?

Thanks.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Silentz:
Try this: http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=41955&highlight=activesync+solution

Sounds like exactly the same problem I had. Worth a go, anyway.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] henerz:
Had a go. No joy unfortunately.

Looking through the forum there are a lot of issues with AS4.1 which fills me with dread...

I'll keep googling and hoping someone else has resolved this issue.

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KathyLady:
I had a note 2 and the foxfi app worked for a ffree hotspot. I upgraded to the note 3 and foxfii won't work. At&t. Any suggestions
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ryo Misaki:
Foxfi works on the ATT note three.

When you activate it, you're gonna get the ATT Hotspot notice...

Do not hit OK. Leave the window up!

Hotspot should work fine.

If you NEED to use the phone for something while the popup is there, click the Home button.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slackys:
As the title says I need the original rom for the SCH-S960L. I only found it on a site with the .pit and the md5 file but ask me to pay for it. I try all night searching but so far only the sprint one. I need the one for the tracfone variant. I could boot into the recovery since I got it rooted but wont let me even install the Cyanogenmod. So if anybody could point me to the Odin files for it I will appreciated.

*UPDATE*

I bought the premium account from the site and download the .pit and the .md5 file for Odin and I got it back to full stock. I just root it again and is working perfectly. I would upload the files later since it cant be find anywhere.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chxnugs:
man, i need that file so bad too. as you know, there is nothing for our phones online. just like you I searched everywheres. if you would upload them it would be MUCH appreciated. i never even found the site where you buy it at. thank you very much in advance

EDIT: also, i extracted the MD6 modem from mine if anyone needs it i will upload it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slackys:
Gimme a few while I upload it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chriskay4:
Bump

I'd also appreciate the stock rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hazedabeast:
Are you still going to upload the ROM?
[Moto X Q&A] redhonker:
I have a short trip coming and would like to have the WiFi tethering if possible. My current data plan does not have the subscription.

And my phone is not rooted.

Is it possible to have by-pass check for a week?

Thanks
[Moto X Q&A] GandalfTehGray:
Havent seen any nonroot tethering working, i know Verizon will let you for $1 a day if you call ahead.
[Moto X Q&A] scottws:
Since the T-Mobile version is basically the same as a Developer Edition phone, can you enable WiFi hotspot on that one without additional fees?
[Moto X Q&A] androidlicious:
With the Moto X, they seem to know that you're tethering... I as able to do this on my Nexus 4 running < 4.4 but once I upgraded, I wasn't able to anymore...

I haven't found a workaround right now.
[Moto X Q&A] Solutions Etcetera:
My understanding is that there is no work around under 4.4 without root.
[Moto X Q&A] liveMike:
Just root and get it. rooting this device was pretty easy. if you do not have the developer edition it will void your warranty though.
[Moto X Q&A] redhonker:
I use GFE. Until that thread sorts out KitKat, I'd have to wait. :(
[Moto X Q&A] cheaplikeafox:
what about the moto X and 4.3? Were you able to tether with t-mobile without a tethering plan before the kitkat upgrade? Thanks.
[Moto X Q&A] Solutions Etcetera:
I'm on the $30 T-Mobile plan. Tethering worked before 4.4.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nickstopo:
So I had no GPS after I flashed the MK2 modem. Can you lose GPS from going from Kit Kat back to Jelly Bean? I was on 4.2.2, then flashed 4.4.2, installed MK2, then decided to go try 4.3. What do you think? I ended up making a complete flash to Samsung Original Stock firmware MDL and finally, I see the birdies.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] xdapowerapps:
I didn't lose mine going from 4.2.2 --> 4.3.1 --> 4.4.2 --> 4.3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nickstopo:
Totally weird. I just don't know what caused it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] lordcheeto03:
I'm the exact opposite.. I had lost my GPS a few months back. Nothing restored it; different ROMs, GPS status apps from the Play Store, full restore to stock (both MDB and MDL) via Odin, etc. It wasn't until I flashed MK2 modem/bb that my GPS came back. :highfive: