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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jasminthoria:
Hello all hope somebody will give me proper guidance and links of threads.

Just got my Xperia ultra today it is United Kingdom (GB) model number C6833 with Build number 14.2.A.0.290

I am very new to Sony Xperia phones, have bit experience in rooting HTC, Archos, Samsung but Xperia is new to me.

I did some research and found it is only possible to root 290 firmware with Unlocked bootloader. Here is the problem start I don't want to loose my DRM keys by unlocking bootloader, wanted to have backup of TA partition before I unlock my bootloader if I needed in case. I can't backup without Root so I am stuck and confused what to do? Is it possible to downgrade to other firmware to root my Xperia ultra then I can backup my DRM keys. Also found some posts by users saying if you downgrade from 290 you loose IMEI so is there any solution?

your help and guidance will be highly appreciated.:D
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
Follow the top sticky in this section.

Imei isn't a problem if you go back to 290 ftf, and even if you don't there are solutions.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jasminthoria:
could you please send link of that thread
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2569904

Goodluck
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Reb0rn:
You can revert back and will probably loose imei. But you will still be able to root and backup your TA that is intact. And from there use any ROM you want.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jasminthoria:
what about if I wanted to use stock but rooted, rather then flashing any custom rom?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
My lame 4 year old Android finally died (well, actually more like the touch screen went epileptic), and I'm going to pick up a Note 3 from a VZW store in a couple hours.

(Even more insane, I'm going to drop my month-to-month unlimited data plan for the carrier subsidy and re-up with BigRed for 2 years - but that's a topic for another time)

Anyway, what I wanted to ask was this: is there any reason that I should insist that the VZW rep just leave the phone in the box rather than activating it in the store (and risking an OTA update)?

I'm comfortable doing the activation later if there is a credible reason to take the phone home and check it's bootloader version info before I boot it normally for the first time. (I suspect that the Note 3 inventories are moving at a good clip, so a unit bought from a VZW store might have recent firmware anyway).

Apologies for the lame question; I had 4 candidate phones in mind (Sammy S4, LG G2, HTC One) and didn't have much time to become an expert in the current state of affairs about rooting all of them... other than to note that Samsung has recently become much more restrictive in the past couple of months (e.g. with the S4/Knox stuff).

tia
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harleydroid:
The most current version is MJE. Which you can root with Kingo app. MI9 was what the phone had when it first came out. Which was rooted by designgears with de la vega. Then mJ7 was released and we had to use Kingo. So since the second update everyone has had to use kingo.

So if you want to root that's what your going to have to use.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lightyear25:
My reccomendation is this 1. Stay far away from the Smartwatch they will try and sell you 2. Ignore their offered Insurion Warantee, and go with Square Trade (Just Google it)

No issues with rooting and custom ROM's are doable. Gopher it man!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jack584:
If it's not too late, get the 6 GB plan for $30 instead of the 2 GB for $30 they will try to out you on. If you do not do it at the time you buy the phone there is no other way to get it. If you already have the 2 GB plan it is impossible to get onto the 6 GB one.

The only way you can get it is when you are upgrading and loosing unlimited. The system will not let you get the plan if you are not about to loose unlimited.

Here's a more detailed thread on Howard forums: http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1816163-6-GB-for-30
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
[MENTION=4467350]jack584[/MENTION]

Thanks. I gave it a bit of thought; the other alternative to the Max 6GB plan is a 2 GB "loyalty" data plan for $60/mo. Someone coming off of a month-to-month unlimited plan has 14 days to waffle about their decision.

Phone is rooted. (Kingo + safestrap + SuperSU replace)

For grins (post-rooting), I started the OTA and let it download (phone came out if the box with MJ7). When the download finished, I pulled the OTA file out of /cache/fota/ and then "took" the OTA. Naturally it failed :) I guess I'll see if I get nags now...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nsak47:
Hey Guys ;)

New to the forum and having just installed the Energy Team HD 2.0 ROM I am finding a little issue. It seems that the ROM I installed does not contain the correct Modem Info for my version, as I am unable to access my service providers network (ie GSM).

Thank you for any help you might be able to give ;)

If you need further information let me know.

Cheers,

Nicolas
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Start by reading the sticky threads over in general forum, use the search facility to find similar solutions.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nsak47:
Sorry about that thanks for your reply ;) I will check it out :p
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nsak47:
Can not find anything on the issue that concerns me. I am not having an FM radio problem so it's not that ;)

Sorry if I am a little slow but your help would be greatly appreciated.

I simply have no service after flashing the Energy HD 2.0 ROM on my I9300

Thanks a million,

Nicolas
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
There can be many reasons for no network, wrong modem is unlikely as most (not all custom roms leave your existing modem). Are your imei and serial numbers intact, APN and network set? Has your handset been tampered with previously, e.g patched for efs problems or lock patched?

Try reading the efs 'know this stuff' for more clues.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milktea91:
So I had attempted to root my unlocked international i9100g a few years back but had accidentally flashed firmware for i9100, which nearly bricked my phone and haven't made a second attempt since barely being able to fix it.

I'd like to try again but am confused about which set of directions to follow, so I just want to know which set of directions are for sure correct so can someone reassure/confirm for me with which links I should follow? I apologize in advance if these are extremely noob questions with answers everywhere but I just want to be safe this time.

This is what I currently have:

I want the latest stable clockwordmod which should be this one right?

http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=i9100g

The directions on the official site seem pretty clear and should work for my phone regardless of whether it's international/unlocked or not? Or are there simpler directions elsewhere?

I just want a basic root with nothing else before running CM. Which method should I be using? So far I've only found

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1501719

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1570377

http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s2-i9100-icsandroid-4-0/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keithross39:
Your CM link looks good....just choose one of the newer builds.....

As for rooting....try chainfires CF Root.....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399

Read the first few posts IN FULL so that you get familiar with what you are doing and you're good to go......

This might be my S2, or it might be my W...but it's definitely CM
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thuva06:
The method for rooting and flashing CWM

1) Download Odin (http://androidfirmwares.net/Tools)

2) Download root kernel (http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1103399)

-- just scroll down and search for ur version (settings>about phone>basis version)

3) Flash it via Odin

-- Extract .zip

-- load the root kernel in Odin (as PDA)

-- Put SGSII in download mode (Vol-, Home and Powerbutton)

-- Press "Start"

4) Phone should reboot by itself

5) Turn it off, then start phone in recovery mode (Vol+, Home and Powerbutton)

6) Check if u have enough space for backup on sd card (to be sure: 2GB)

7) Go to:

-- Backup and restore

-- Backup to internal sd card (for sure u can choose external if have and want it there)

-- confirm it and then let do the phone the backup (can take a while [5-20 min])

method to flash rom

1) Download Rom

2) Put it on internal sd card

3) Go into recovery mode (see above)

4) DO A FULL WIPE!! (U won't loose ur backup on sd card [but u can copy it to PC, too, if u want])

-- wipe data/ factory reset

-- wipe cahe partition

-- advanced > wipe dalvik cache

-- mount and storage > format data/system/cache

5) Then flash Rom via recovery

-- install .zip from sd card > choose .zip from sd card

-- Select the downloaded Custom Rom and flash it

6) Reboot and u r done!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keithross39:
Don't need to go to 'androidfirmwares' to download Odin.......a link is provided in the cf root thread that we both supplied to the OP.........

This might be my S2, or it might be my W...but it's definitely CM
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vivek_Neel:
Easiest method to root .

Use frameroot apk.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mareers:
How was your rooting experience this time? If you're having issues with using Odin, can try ryuinferno's method at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2293576. This will also root your device!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TLRtheory:
It seems to have controller support, and works like a charm on my nvidia shield... thing is, I want it on my Xperia play. Is it a situation like Ravensword where it actually will work on new fws? I'd really rather not sacrifice the stability and awesome battery life of my stock 2.3.4 ROM, but this game might give me some incentive to.

I'd imagine it's not a terribly high resource game... anyone with a 4.x ROM that can go to the play store and see if it offers the purchase?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] darkharbinger81:
It's says it's $5.00 I'm using cm9.1 4.0.4 r800x
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dg731:
Alright, So i rooted my lg g2, for some reason couldnt flash anything using TWRP. i flashed cwm, only to have my recovery screwed. I tried flashing back to stock, but couldnt get into device manager for some reason, im running windows 2002, I NEED my phone hopefully by today. Im kind of a noob when it comes to this stuff. With my recovery obliterated, i did a stupid thing and accepted the OTA update from verizon and i think im stuck inside some kind of bootloop. it shows the lg logo along with some writing at the top left hand corner, something like a error message it seems like. PLEASE HELP. How do i fix this?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Falaco147:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45293512

Next time try search....
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dg731:
but my problem is that it wont boot into recovery, Im really stressing out. ive seen that link but not sure how im supposed to do stuff without recovery. it boots then shows like a few little messages on the top left corner, then turns off
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vepaot:
It has nothing to do with recovery. Read the forum he linked VERY carefully and follow their steps. If you still can't get it to work, then ask for help.

Sent from CAMACHO, my Verizon G2 (VS980) running PAC ROM 4.3.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Falaco147:
Omg! You didnt even took u time, to read and understand... Well can't help if u dont try Step by step... And take some time off, reading this guide, and read it until u clearly understand, what u doing..
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigoliver:
Good luck mate, I hope you manage to get it working
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] ramiscat:
Hey all,

I brought you a very nice weather widget called Yahoo Weather

Check it out!

Kindly find attached.
[Moto G Accessories] Shadow_2k:
I've received my universal Qi wireless receiver today. The receiver is smaller than I had thought and fits perfectly into the Moto G. Since our phone lacks internal preparation for Qi (like it can be found on the Samsung Note 2), the connection is made via a micro USB plug. The backdoor can still be clipped on without being disturbed by the Qi receiver pad or its flat band cable. Charging time should be about the about the same as charging the phone from a PC USB port that doesn't output more than 500mA.

This solution is obviously for those who don't need the phones usb port on a daily basis.

The adapter on the left picture (and in the video) is from ebay and is the one that arrived here first. I’ve changed the cable routing to remove the ugly bulge that was visible on my first picture. This adapter outputs a maximum of 500mA and can be purchased from ebay.

Make sure to purchase the "interface layout A, narrow interface up” variant.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261348107126

17.Jan.2014 - The picture on the right shows an adapter purchased from DealExtreme, that arrived here yesterday. This adapter delivers up to 650mA and the flat band cable comes out of the lower side instead out of the backside which removes the need to bent over the cable.

http://dx.com/p/zy-408-wireless-charging-receiver-for-mobile-phone-micro-usb-black-259151

Both adapters work well, so don't worry if you've already bought the one I've first reviewed. (I have both version in use on different phones)

Here is a small video that shows me placing the receiver inside the Moto G:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2WPjw-WaCI

Update 13.02.2014

From my testing I can tell the following:

1. An unrooted Moto G needs to be screen locked (I use the pattern lock type) or it will refuse to charge due to the missing pins. You can unlock the screen while it is charging as long as you don't lift it from the qi charger. (tested on 4.3 and 4.4.2, DE and FR firmware)

2. Root in combination with dubidu's tool makes it more straightforward but is not required.
[Moto G Accessories] neilt0:
Nice. Can you tell us where you got it from -- is it just one manufacturer making these?

Cheers.
[Moto G Accessories] JCBomb:
I just bought it off amazon (hooray rewards card, it was free).

http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Wir...micro-USB/dp/B00H7FJX7M/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_tnr_1

Theres a few on ebay if you just look up "Universal QI Wireless Charging Receiver film"
[Moto G Accessories] neilt0:
Thanks. I had looked on fleaBay and it looks like they all have the same packaging. I imagine any qi wireless charger thingy should work. In theory.
[Moto G Accessories] twister99403:
anyone know if this would work through an otterbox case? or I guess if this would even work with one due to the fact the part that plugs in sticks out a little bit...
[Moto G Accessories] Shadow_2k:
I've bought it here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261348107126

The auction uses the same pictures as used in the amazon offer posted by JCBomb, might even be the same seller.
[Moto G Accessories] monchee:
This is cool! I just hope there's like another way we can integrate that wireless charger.
[Moto G Accessories] Kameo:
Just saw your post at android.hilfe and started looking for some charger, it's indeed a neat solution.

Universal QI Wireless Charging Receiver film for micro-USB of All Android Mobile (7,99 USD):

http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...eName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

QI Wireless Charger Transmitter Charging Pad for Nokia Lumia 920 HTC 8X Nexus 4 (15,39 USD):

http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...eName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
[Moto G Accessories] thiagoserrao:
Are u guys using this wireless QI receiver? I'm going to buy one next month, D: . Just for curiosity, how much time do u guys spend to get a full charge with the QI:confused:
[Moto G Accessories] thiagoserrao:
Guys i found this one at dx.com

http://dx.com/pt/p/micro-usb-qi-wireless-charging-back-clip-black-253066
[Moto G Accessories] Kameo:
Those kind of product are not so great are chaging, basically it's almost the same power that if you charge through uSB = 500mA.

What you need to check is the charging value, sometime it's :

- 400mA or less (avoid it, will take ages to charge),

- 500mA (just like your regular USB charger),

- 1000mA (great ones, will charge just like a wall charger, twice as fast as the previous model).

So the one at DX is great, but they're cheaper on ebay, plus you can choose between Black or White - http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...eName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
[Moto G Accessories] dubidu:
This one was the cheapest (around £15) I could find and works fine.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2601628
[Moto G Accessories] reali:
impressive

wow, so cool :good:
[Moto G Accessories] ctechbob:
Am I the only one thinking about finding the plug they use with all the pins intact and integrating a micro sd card into it for OTG storage? Wireless charging and storage, all in one, and fitting under a case.
[Moto G Accessories] BionicSniper:
I had that exact thought about two hours ago. Throw NFC in their while your at it.
[Moto G Accessories] ctechbob:
I had actually started to do some verrrry preliminary research into something like it using a ribbon cable and another usb port, so you could plug the phone into a wall charger and have the usb/sd card piggybacked off the cable. Hadn't gotten very far though...job, kid, wife etc.......

Someone TAKE MY MONEY for it!! Especially since it seems we're all soon to be headed down the 'no sd card' path.
[Moto G Accessories] tomciopaluch357:
I just got a Moto G for my wife and Nokia Wireless Charging Plate DT900 is not working any ideas why ?
[Moto G Accessories] dubidu:
It's not working with one of the universal QI receivers? Have you try enabling the floating charging (see my post)
[Moto G Accessories] krucymucy:
Yes, you also need receiver in your phone.
[Moto G Accessories] Shadow_2k:
Hello.

The Moto G doesn't support Qi on its own, you'll need to rig it with an universal wireless Qi charging receiver.

You can buy them from ebay, dealextreme and some other china based stores. The first post contains a short installation video.

This one from dealextreme will work (Output up to 650mA):

http://dx.com/p/zy-408-wireless-charging-receiver-for-mobile-phone-micro-usb-black-259151

as well as this one from ebay (Output up to 500mA):

make sure to purchase "interface layout A, narrow interface up)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261348107126
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] viazevedo:
Hi.

I just bought a qtek 2020, but it's in french, I think that to put it in english i must upgrade rom, right? but how can i do it?

thank u
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Rudegar:
get an english rom from the ftp

and read this

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Himalaya
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dazed Blazer:
Hey I have currently got CM 11 on my i9000 but I can't customize some things I could with other ROMs. Things like changing the battery icon colour in the status bar. Does anybody know if any kitkat ROMs support this for our phone? Or could work on making it so?
[Google Chromecast] smrsxn:
Background:

I have a netgear WNDR3400v2 router that has a readyshare USB port (no DLNA server though). I have loaded a few chromecast compatible video's on a usb drive and plugged it into my router. I have also copied the exact same files on my android device.

I am using avia for casting.

Scenario 1: (when video is stored locally on my android device) - WORKS

I open avia, lookup the video to play and cast it to chromecast. all works well.

Scenario 2 (Same video is stored in my router storage. Avia is NOT casting to chromecast) - WORKS

I open ES file explorer, and lookup the network storage. Locate the video and play it to avia player from ES file explorer.

AVIA window opens and video is played flawlessly.

Scenario 3 (Same video is stored in my router storage. Avia is casting to chromecast) - DOES NOT WORK

I open ES file explorer, and lookup the network storage. Locate the video and play it to avia player from ES file explorer.

AVIA window opens and only casts audio to chromecast.

No video is displayed on my TV, only audio is casted.

Has someone faced this issue and solved it? please share how did you make it work.

Ideally, I would like to store all my local media on a USB device and attach it to my router, and then be able to cast it to chromecast.

Appreciate any help.

Thanks and a very happy new year to you all!
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
Only a few Options for you right now...

1 - Re-Encode (Transcode) All of your video Library to MP4/H264/AAC 4-8Mbps VBitrate. All files in that format should play without issues on the CCast (exception bad Network congestion or Reception. aVia should work for you in this example as will anything that has CCast support. (See #3 as an add on to this Option as it might give you a better Interface)

2 (and obviously the BEST Option) - Run a DLNA server that does Transcoding on the fly. Map the drives on your Router to the machine running the DLNA server and add that drive to the DLNA Server Library, Plex and Twonky are both considered the best DLNA servers out there and Plex gets a plus for having an Android App that is far superior as far as Display and it supports CCast directly. Twonky doesn't have an App that supports CCast but you can use aVia with both of those DLNA Servers. But Ples Server with Plex app is probably the best most complete solution right now (Transcoding and a few bugs not withstanding)

All Options that follow will require you doing Option 1 because they do not Transcode, and having aVia Player installed

3 - Get Movie Browser UPnP (another Paid App), Set up sources via UPnP (Your router seems to support this and if not) or Samba. When you try and play a Video for the first time it should ask you what Player to use, Select aVia.

(sorry forgot to add #4)

4 - Install Playon Server on your Desktop, It will aggregate all media the Desktop can see and if you use aVia as a Player for now that will work. PlayOn is promising CCast support in their App soon so when they do aVia will no longer be needed. PlayOn I hear DOES do some transcoding but aVia doesn't and until they support CCast natively I can't say for certain if you could skip Option 1 using this method.

So you pretty much have two choices. Re-Encode all of your Library or Set up a DLNA server that will transcode the source files for you on the fly and as needed.

Thats the best method for supporting media streaming to ALL of your devices.

If you have an old computer laying around that has more than a Pentium 4 Proc then Throw Linux on it, get Plex for Linux and it should be powerful enough to transcode for you. Windows would take up too many resources but Linux is lean enough to get away with an older proc.
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
I read your scenario 2 and scenario 3 a number of times and I can't figure out what's different in the setup between the two.

The result is different, but both lead up with opening in ES File Explorer and playing it via Avia?

I must be missing something...?
[Google Chromecast] ETFoneHome:
I find that DNLA feature on many routers is often buggy. My USB drive connected to one of my routers will show mp4 files as music on any Android DNLA media player. However, mkv files will show up as a video file.

My solution was to rename mp4 extention to mkv. Now Avia sees it as video and cast away. :o
[Google Chromecast] smrsxn:
Differnce is that avia is not casting in scenario 2, but casting in scenario 3.

When avia is not casting, then video plays fine on my device.

When avia is casting same video, then only audio plays on chromecast.