yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Misterjunky:
re: boot failure

Next time flash a real rom. :)

Any roms you find here in XDA which are not based on the Samsung Galaxy

S4 Jellybean 4.2.2 or 4.3 Touchwiz firmware are experimental. (some more than others)

Once you get the Danvdh - Google Edition AOSP rom to boot properly you

will find yourself right back here in the Q&A thread with a lot of other issues.

If you want that rom to fully boot, try this:

(hopefully you have a nandroid backup of a working rom)

Go into recovery and and do a "factory reset" and don't select "Reboot"

instead unplug the usb cable and manually power down the phone using

a long press of the power button.

Once it's powered down power it back up and it should now fully boot.

Good luck!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Noel2255:
Sorry if this has been spoken about before, I tried searching and found nothing.

Yesterday my phone went to complete crap between flashing roms and I tried using Odin 3.07 and once I hit start, it automatically went to fail.

I searched on youtube for some how-to videos on how to odin, just incase I was doing it wrong, and I saw quite a bit of people with the same problem. If anyone has any insight on this please let me know! Thanks.:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Goat1378:
What are you doing Exactly? you've flashed b4 yes?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bignick1215:
Have you tried the newer Odin version 3.09?? You can get it here!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2189539

Not sure if that'll do it or not but worth a shot!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] frostedunit:
If you are on MJA or mk2 you cannot flash anything non 4.3 via Odin. Download the new tar and you'll be fine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
Are you running it 'as administrator'?

You must on any OS above and including Vista.

Right-click and then choose 'Run as Administrator'.

Also make sure you have a brand new USB cable,

Start PC Odin 1st (with out your phone connected) and then put your phone into 'Download mode' and then connect it to you PC.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] heltonlevi85:
I used Odin3 v3.07
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] theheathen:
Make sure you don't have Kies installed. This happened to me and a soon as I uninstalled, I was able to flash again. Oh, and don't uninstall the USB drivers.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] sk907:
cf auto root for mk2 stock

Ok I apologize but I've searched and searched I'm on sph-l720 running mk2 all stock I'm trying to root using auto root and odin I can't find a working link for cf auto root that will work found one that claimed it worked but when I ran thru the process it failed right away can anyone help me please and yes I'm new to rooting
[HTC One X] DMADMV:
I'm a bit of a novice when it comes to all this, I need help as when I was trying to revert back to my stock rom from the CyanogenMOD 10.2.0 my phone doesn't go further than the recovery then stio when restoring. I went back to the custom rom but i still want to go back to my stock rom. Does anyone know how to overcome the MD5 error message, if you do help me, you would have to explain the steps very simply.

Please help
[HTC One X] DMADMV:
Solved :D

For anyone who finds the same problem, I found the solution here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1609387

Simple solution took less than a minute
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Jizie:
Im noob..don't jump on me if I post at wrong place..sorry..

Before try it..read first..

Root only..

first follow this step :

Go to /System/app

remove this two item:

Initial-boot-setup.apk and SEMCSetupWizard.apk

(because this app will make u stop when u want make new User) u can copy too if u want..

After that u must follow this step:

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...upport-for-rooted-phones-running-android-4-2/

Xposed Framework for Xperia 4.3 :

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48484642&postcount=6846

And Enjoy!

Screenshot Jb 4.3 :

https://picasaweb.google.com/m/viewer#album/110579765611381704763/5965444541125237217

Screenshot Jb 4.2 :

Special Thanks to Who make Xposed Framework and Modaco Toolkit
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] chengmc:
It's an interesting thing in phone..

but i wanna know how the data will be shared among different users..

e.g. can all users access the data in sdcard??
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Jizie:
only owner can access sd card..i don't know how to acess sd card on another user..i still searching about tht..if someone know, let me know too..

But if u want Share app..just use muliti-user app share (jb 4.2 user)

For Jb 4.3 user can just use Restricted Profile when add New Profile :
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Dekum:
Has Any one found a program or hack that aloows you to close the running programs when you hit the little X ? It seems simple but Im not sure why they made it so they still run when you close the program for all of the applications. When I pess the X I'm done what about you all?

Dekum of the New Outriders :roll:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] vijay555:
Dekum:

Many people have found many ways of doing it. A search will open this world up to you.

Here's a good way to do it though:

http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/smclose.shtml

As I said, there are other ways, it may be in your interest to get a wider opinion before diving in to smclose.

V
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Dekum:
Thanks thats what I was looking for I will let you know how it works.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] GaZ:
I use one called Close All. Basically a red X that when executed will close all running apps. Very handy. Much quicker than Start>Settings>System>Memory>Running Programs>Stop All.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Vap:
I've tried a lot of these and all suffer the problem of not being able to close the phone dialer and most bork some how. ActiveSync can also be a pain closing, but some tools are better than others.

My personal favs are:

vbar: http://www.vieka.com/vbar.htm

magicbutton: http://www.trancreative.com/mb.aspx

I've stuck with magicbutton til I find something that reliably closes the apps above and provides it's simplicity and functionality. I use the battery meter it provides as I have the systray off (until I find something remotely useful for that area). Also I can hide dialer and async and also set them to keep alive, which both keeps them happy and me not seeing them unless I want to ;)

Anyways, plenty of choices, most can be found on google using a search phrase like "pocketpc task manager" or ppc... etc. Gl.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] yusman82:
any programs that could be customized (we can choose) whether if we like to close it or just minimize it?

eg: for file explorer if we tap close button then it will close the application, but for messaging if we tap close button then it only minimize it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Rudegar:
yeah many pda programs dont like being terminated in that way

doing it just after sending a sms is giving ppl problems with 2 sms's sendt and sms iron not going away from the title bar

other programs would prob also act up thinking of data not being saved correct

since i suspect some pda programs only really save in when they are closed the normal way as in by the OS
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Dekum:
I did try the magicbutton and it seem to work better than the smclose I havnt tried the other yet let know and thanks for the help all this is a great source of information for the 8125 and htc phones.

Thumbs way up!!!! :P
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] vijay555:
Vap: VJOkButt has a specific mode for closing the phone, -phclose.

It will close the phone, but it's not advisable to close the phone because it introduces a minor incompatibility - trying to dial from the contacts app will cause problems. However, if you never do this, it'll save you a few 100k.

I've also written two apps specifically to close the phone, I think one if VJPhoneToggle or something.

Again, closing activesync is not advisable because if you're connected through GPRS/Wifi etc, it'll hangup your connection. In most use the app will be hidden from view anyway. VJOkButt ignores ActiveSync.

V
[Theme Screenshots and ZIPs] I-IoLLoW:
EXTERMINATE!!! DALEK THEME!

My second Dr Who theme, this time featuring the Daleks! Only Themer widgets were used in the making of this theme. To install simply copy the zip to /mycolorscreen/themer/exported. Then go to the theme browser, click exported and choose this theme. I have included two download links, one at dev host, and the other attached directly to this post. Main Font "PROMETHEUS" can be found for free, here. :)

Screenshots:

Downloads:

Exterminate.zip

-OR-

See attached below!​

Feel free to leave feedback/suggestions!!
[Theme Screenshots and ZIPs] the_wanderer519:
Ah, very unique!
[Theme Screenshots and ZIPs] zebell:
This is sick! might download it
[Moto X Q&A] dzlvs8:
I can push files but telnet doesnt want to run them or something.

ERROR MESSAGE:

"dalvik vm unable to locate class 'rockmymoto'.

I dont think I could be anymore drained and pissed off right now. I'm trying to get 4.4 rooted. It's been SIX HOURS so far. Not sure whats wrong. I've seen that other people have had the problem and there solutions don't fix my problem.

I've reinstalled everything, drivers sdk/adb, java, motorola device drivers, etc multiple times.

I have rsdlite'd back to 4.2.2 camera update

installed motorola mobility drivers (phone says "mot composite adb device" under device manager)

I run adb and do an "adb devices" and my device shows up.

I run a adb push rockmymoto.jar /sdcard/ and also SU

I reboot

the files show up

I connect to 2222 with cylmida (*sp) impactor

obtained my ip address,

ran telnet and connected

but when I do the dalvikvm -cp /sdcard/rockmymoto.jar rockmymoto command

I get teh #$^*$# error that says "dalvik vm unable to locate class 'rockmymoto'.

#&($#& YOU MACHINE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Any idea what I am doing wrong? I have unauthorized apps installation enabled. I have usb debugging enabled. ????
[Moto X Q&A] MikeG7265:
If you're trying to root 4.4, I think you need to be using slapmymoto.
[Moto X Q&A] dzlvs8:
Thanks but I'm trying to root 4.2.2 and then go to 4.4. To do that I need rock and motowpnomodofrodo. then slappy

I'm still stuck with the same dalvikvm error like it cant find the rock and su even though it was pushed with ADB. I've spent WAY too much time trying to get this working. I even had to dig out the old wireless router. and YES AP is off in my router.
[Moto X Q&A] nhizzat:
Possibly an issue with case sensitivity?
[Moto X Q&A] dzlvs8:
OMG that was it. THANK YOU! The next thing I ran into was the math problem that RockmyMoto gave me. It was: a/50=? ....WTF. Thankfully i reran rock and it asked me a real math question.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] TopDogg1:
Kies 3 doesn't support my phone which is note 3 and Kies 2.6 won't work either...I'm trying to update my gg. Help plz
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] redalertlb:
Just use odin
[HTC One X] Gentle Jesus:
Hello All

I have a HTC one X. I installed Cyanogenmod on it a few days ago and it was running pretty fine. Until last night my phone started to freeze a few times. So I reflashed the rom ect and it fixed it.

This morning I was messing around on this phone and it froze yet again so I held down the power button to reboot the phone.

Now the phone itself turns on but its shows a black screen. I can unlock, I can hear sounds, I can even receive phone calls and text messages and play around on the phone (but cant see anything)

I have tried plugging it in to my pc and going in to the SD card but in order to do that on cyanogenmod I will have to tun usb storage on, on the phone which i cant seem to do.

I am wondering whats going on with my phone and are there any ways to fix it or is this the end of it ?

Regards

Gentle
[Sony Xperia M] andro-SYR:
Just wanted to share my flashable zip witch I used to flash kernels for my XMD,

Just rename the kernel u want to flash to boot.img and put it in the root of the zip and ur flashable zip is ready.

It's handy if u want to test kernels without PC.

Its tested with XM dual,

If u want to check if its workung for XM single just use root explorer and head to dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name and look for boot

If boot is shortcut to mmcblk0p17 then it will work

If not change the updater-script in the zip with the right one

See the attached pic

Enjoy.

http://d-h.st/gpC
[Sony Xperia M] LIONS1:
It's better if you use kernel partition than boot partition

And you can use this script with all Xperia 2013:

package_extract_file("boot.img", "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/Kernel");

It's better & safer this way ;)
[Sony Xperia M] alvinhochun:
No, the Xperia M don't have a "kernel" partition and the boot image is stored in the boot partition.

Not every Xperia devices are the same.
[Sony Xperia M] amritmalviya:
Can i use it in xperia m ss ?
[Sony Xperia M] haresh311999:
Yes you can use it I am also using it on xperia m ss to flash kernels just add your boot.IMG to the zip
[Sony Xperia M] amritmalviya:
Can i flash elixer kernel on stock via this....
[Sony Xperia M] haresh311999:
Yes you can.
[Sony Xperia M] andro-SYR:
If you have cwm, then you can use it.
[Sony Xperia M] Kuato:
Is this method work if I flash cm11 kernel? Is that possible??
[Sony Xperia M] b16h22:
It works,using this zip from alpha 1 days to flash kernel
[Sony Xperia M] thirdzcee:
Good one... Big2 thanks to this... Now I can upload my kernel releases as a flashable zip :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::D
[Sony Xperia M] dunc4n88:
Could this method be used via flash gordon for locked bootloaders or only unlocked bootloaders
[Sony Xperia M] andro-SYR:
I didn't used the app and don't know how work but u can't flash modified kernel on locked boot loader anyway
[Sony Xperia M] Kuato:
I want to use CM11 ROM, but I dont hav a pc for flash the kernel, is there any tutorial for flash CM11 with this kernel flasher??? What should I do first, flash the rom or flash the kernel first? Then should I wipe all partition (Data/cache/system) ????
[Sony Xperia M] andro-SYR:
Flash cm kernel.with attached zip then reboot to recovery and flash cm rom

For wipe question u should ask in cm thread.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealthj:
I used the sony backup and restore app on the phone.

I then unlocked my bootloader, this is all on .290 firmware

In the middle of restoring, it reboots.

any ideas? I still have the .semc-fullbackup folder on my SD card, is there any way i can extract those or something? they are not APK's and sony PC companion software saves stuff as one big dbk file so i couldnbt drag it into there... any help would be much appreciated... my messages are very much needed!

c6903 tmobile usa
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealthj:
anyone?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shteren:
i'm guessing sony back and restore app only works with locked bootloader?

try a third party app from playstore, there are some who don't require root.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealthj:
I relocked the boot loader and still the same thing. Any way to get data out of these files??
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ermond012:
Have you tried factory resetting your phone? It works on mine.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealthj:
Yes I've relocked, reflashed, re updated, tried again, didn't work, unlocked bootloader again, didn't work
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geoffxx:
try doing a selective restore to get back stuff like contacts and sms etc, at least you will have the important stuff, then just re-install all your apps - settings may also restore some stuff

Backup and restore does not backup your homepage folders and stuff like that, I have an SD card which I use for all my music pics videos and files, you can also copy the contents of your internal SD card/drive to a computer as a backup of those

You can also export your contacts as a VCF to your PC

Unfortunately I can't rely on backups working all the time especially if you are trying to restore a backup to a new version of FW, so I keep and hour a week and do a lot of stuff manually

PC Companion is the best option if trying to restore to newer devices or FW/OS it can often do a conversion on the fly

I've never tried any 3rd party backup app but I'd assume they are more flexible
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealthj:
Can't seem to do a selective restore on the stock sony backup and restore app. You have a way of doing that? I have all my contacts and other stuff were all saved to my google accounjt, its just those SMS's that I need
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shem2409:
Maybe try downgrading back to the firmware on which you did the backup and see if the restore function works. If it does restore your data and try to get a backup using Titanium Backup or other software.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealthj:
Unfortunately I tried that already, seems like a part of the restorenis corrupt? This is really odd. Anyone know how to take data out of the backups?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealthj:
Any idea??
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geoffxx:
unfortunately not, I assume you've never done a backup using PCC

There might be some software out there that can extract the contents of the backup or there might be an update to the software at some point if it's not working properly

I was going to suggest rolling back to a previous firmware you never know, always keep a backup using PCC
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealthj:
Nah I didn't start messing with pc companion until my restore didn't work and I was looking for new ways to extract my backup but I guess they're in different formats. I'll keep looking, later I'll open the conversations backup with wordpad and see whats in there... its 50mB though...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AlchemicalVibrations:
After doing some research, I've decided that I need outside assistance: not sure if I'm just searching the wrong terms and phrases but I cannot manage to find info.

Trying to find links, writeups , tutorials etc that take an in-depth look at the OTA update process. Not how to do it but from the moment I either click "check for updates" or receive the notification that there is an update, what goes on so far as the internals of the system where things are downloaded, what is affected, where things are stored, when I accept the installation what happens , what files and systems are affected et cetera. A true dissection.

[MENTION=3576831]SlimSnoopOS[/MENTION] provided me with with this tidbit which in turn piqued my curiosity:

"Excluding the ADB part, that's what I did lol I switched to my rooted VRBMF1 rom and did so. OTAs are a two step process. First, it asks if you want to download the update and then once it downloads you'll receive another popup asking if you want to install it at which point you can select Later or Install now. If you stay on stock though, and if you move that update.zip from /Cache, it will repeatedly ask you later to download again so freeze/rename system app "sdm 1.0" if you don't want it to autoinstall if you're asleep or away for too long."

Please forgive my question if this is readily available information someplace easy to find, I just could not find the right search operators. Thank you for the pointers, they are greatly appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 0331:
The search functions on both xda and Tapatalk are weak. It takes reading a lot of threads sometimes. It's tedious.

I would look on G+ for Android development.

Sent From My Last Ever Samsung Device.
[HTC Desire X] ptaq1234:
Hello everyone

I was looking for the answet yet I couldn't find it.

I have rooted HTC Desire X, S-ON, and stock rom (TMobile), Android 4.0, and I wanted to delete some system apps I found useless (facebook, twitter etc). Unfortunatelly, once I deleted them and rebooted my phone, everything came back to normal state (all apps were restored). I tried different apps to remove system ones, but every time it is the same. I cannot change my boot animation as well, cause it restores default one as well.

All help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you guys
[HTC Desire X] $îMpŁÿ_¢ØmPłİÇåŤęĎ:
You need to have a custom kernel with 'htc write protection disabled'
[HTC Desire X] ptaq1234:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2483489

it this kernel fine? :)
[HTC Desire X] $îMpŁÿ_¢ØmPłİÇåŤęĎ:
Yes.
[HTC Desire X] ptaq1234:
after flashing this kernel phone booting stoped on white HTC screen and stoped reacting. I rebooted into fastboot and flashed another kernel and it is fine for now ( a little bit buggy I'd say and slower than stock one), but what to do to make the first kernel work?

EDIT:

Now I'm working with this kernel:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2142286&page=2

still cannot remove system apps :(

Tried to flash 1st kernel once again, but it failed again, same as previously.
[HTC Desire X] $îMpŁÿ_¢ØmPłİÇåŤęĎ:
Did u flash infinity kernel v5? Or nexus kernel v3? Try & then report again.

Edit: the kernel with 1.4 ghz overclock that you flashed is for ics only! So try infinity kernel v5 or nexus kernel v3
[HTC Desire X] GtrCraft:
Read OP he is on ICS
[HTC Desire X] $îMpŁÿ_¢ØmPłİÇåŤęĎ:
Ohh...sorry.

Didn't pay attention on that!:(
[HTC Desire X] ptaq1234:
Android 4.0.4 is ICS, right? :) then everything should work fine ;(

I installed v5 first, then boot failed>installed 1.4GHz, everything fine except I can't delete sys apps > then tried v5 again, boot failed again > now I'm on 1.4GHz again to keep phone working :)
[HTC Desire X] $îMpŁÿ_¢ØmPłİÇåŤęĎ:
Hey, flash this --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2252103 or this--> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2168771 ( flash the older ics version v3 in this)

They both are ics kernels & should work & can delete system apps.:good:
[HTC Desire X] ptaq1234:
Nexus kernel is laggy on my Desire X, I'll try second one in a moment :D
[HTC Desire X] $îMpŁÿ_¢ØmPłİÇåŤęĎ:
It will always take time for a custom kernel to set up! So immediately after flashing,it will show some lags

U need to have patience that's it.
[HTC Desire X] ptaq1234:
yep, I noticed that with these kernels I've flashed earlier, but this was extremely laggy ;)

After flashing Prototype #13 it is lightspeed and removing apps works as well.

So thanks a lot :)

P.S.: I've also installed PurePerformances (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2360670) and it is great ;D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Booger:
(Sorry, this is a cross-post from HOFO. I'm at my absolute end here with activesync and am thinking about returning my device if I can't get it to work)

When I first set up activesync, I was able to get it connected once. Now, when I try to reconnect, nothing. It sits there and says "connecting" before eventually timing out. Before I spend hours troubleshooting this, anyone know what could be causing this?

I've tried all the usual tricks. Soft and Hard reset, re-installing activesync, firewall, etc.

PPC: T-Mobile MDA

Activesync V4.1
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] williamchan_hksar:
Do you think it maybe conflict with other USB device connected to your computer ? Unplug all other USB devices may help. :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] nightowl007:
Here is what I tried and it worked.

* Connect Pocket PC

* Go to Network Connections and Find the Local Area Network Connection for the Pocket PC

* Properties

* Make sure TCPIP is selected

Viola!

That worked on both my AS problems as well as my buddies.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] mrbo:
If you're using ZoneAlarm free edition firewall, that could be causing your problems. I had a similar problem, until I added a new rule to the firewall to define a new trusted IP address range of 169.254.2.1 - 169.254.2.5. Once I did that, ActiveSync started working fine.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] ChrisSpera:
I ran into the same problem. I have been working directly with Microsoft on this and another ActiveSync issue.

Try the hard reset again, and make certain that it takes. Then try to sync ONLY items from the Exchange Server and let us know how it goes.