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[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rinuvimal:
We'll probably need to wait till Samsung rolls out 4.4 for Hong Kong. Hong Kong models do not accept other region firmware, and vice versa.

The Hong Kong ROMs are usually in the first batch of roll outs, so hopefully our wait will be short!

Pls press the thanks button if I helped. Cheers.

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Did you go to mount/dismount and format system in recovery? This is different from factory reset.

Try installing SweetROM after that. As of now, sweet ROM is the only option to get the phone up running. Wait till the 4.4 rolls out for HongKong region to move to Stock.

Pls.click thanks button if I helped.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] con2vp1:
I would believe i have found the stock firmware that i used to have see picture below which makes sense because the firmware month is September and i bought this phone by the month. Either of these two.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radicalisto:
Do what rinuvimal said.

You cannot go back to them older firmwares now you have upgraded. You are stuck on the new bootloader NA6.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rinuvimal:
Unfortunately, you cannot go back to 4.3 once you try to install Official 4.4.2 and fails. But, do try by all means, and share the results. I tried, and it did not work for me. Nor did it work for anyone else going by the posts on these forums.

R
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] con2vp1:
The mount/dismount and format system recovery i have to do it via ADB? or is there other way? im getting this error when i try to load sweet rom via recovery
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rinuvimal:
Follow exactly these steps (I've fixed the second link.). Update progress.

METHOD​

In Odin mode

1. Flash the latest cf-autoroot (Kitkat support) [http://download.chainfire.eu/352/CF-...x-smn9005.zip]

2. Flash the Chenglu's latest CWM - 6.0.4.6 (the one that supports KitKat) http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2454079

Download Sweet Rom and place it in ExtSDcard (http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2487425)

I tried external sd-card with various format and could not install the ROM. After format my SD Card to FAT32, the ROM can be installed.

On Device

1. Boot in to Recovery mode by Volume up + Home + Power

2. Wipe Factory reset / Dalvik Cache

3. Format /System (under "mount and storage" menu) [IMPORTANT STEP]

4. Install Rom from SD Card

5. Say your prayer. You'll need it. (The installation could take sometimes. If the device screen shows Samsung boot animation, you're half way there)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] con2vp1:
Ok followed instructions now it keeps rebooting? let me know if this is right
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rinuvimal:
Looks good from the photos. Thats what should show after successful installation of the ROM.

Did you follow these steps BEFORE installing SweetRom? Especially step 3 and 4?

1. Boot in to Recovery mode by Volume up + Home + Power

2. Wipe Factory reset

3. Dalvik Cache (under Advanced )

4. Format /System (under "mount and storage" menu) [IMPORTANT STEP]

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WAIT! You've installed the wrong version of SweetROM. You've installed the 4.3 version you need to install Sweet ROM V7 NA6 4.4.2 KIT KAT

Link here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2487425
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] con2vp1:
i followed it it keeps rebooting still, i even wipe the dalvik after install
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rinuvimal:
[MENTION=3652098]con2vp1[/MENTION] , You've installed the WRONG version of SweetROM. You've installed the 4.3 version.

You need to install Sweet ROM V7 NA6 4.4.2 KIT KAT from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2487425
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] con2vp1:
LOL ill try again simple mistakes can make a big difference, or too much searching for this i have spent the whole two days now just to recover this phone.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rinuvimal:
LOL. Totally understandable. I went through that before I found this solution posted by another member.

Do try and help someone else when you get the chance!

R

PS. And pls click the thanks button on my helpful posts :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andrewtst:
You cannot downgrade to any 4.3 ROM and also remember Hong Kong N9005 is unique, it not friend with any others country official stock ROM, cannot cross flashing.

The only way for you solve your phone now is using custom ROM - Sweet ROM v7 KitKat.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] con2vp1:
Thanks i was able to install this rom but it looks like its keeps crashing before i even start setting up the phone. And i would get just the signal bars with black screen. Restarting it again not sure why, but ill have it to take a rest from it for now and leave it alone for awhile. But thanks for all the efforts keep suggesting solution and ill try them again over the weekend.

For now ill be using my Nexus 5.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alom5:
Do a factory reset and all should be good
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radicalisto:
Andrewtst is correct 100% with his post. -- Wipe data, then reflash SweetROM again and you should be OK. Seems maybe a hiccup during install has meesed up RC's
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] con2vp1:
It still crashing and i followed what you said do the process again, but its still crashing? is there any other rom that i can use?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaistah:
Now what you need to do to fix the crashing problem is to wipe cache partition/delvik cache and do a factory reset via pressing volume up+home+power. You can do it via cwm or stock recovery but i suggest install cwm 6.0.4.6 bt chenglu / xiaolui
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krausy87:
I think what you need is the CSC file for Hong Kong. I have done the same thing on my phone and I cannot get it to work because the CSC is set to Poland. Does anyone know where I can get the CSC file? Link please for both of us!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] al3asmawe:
i had the same problem now .. what happen to you device ??
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GSXR6:
If you are refering to Kit Kat 4.4.3 android fix for the wacked up 4.4.2, its not out for galaxy note 3 in the States.
[General Accessories] pewe:
I don't use outlook and when deciding on an alternative was looking for something which would allow me to Sync with Win Mobile.

I now use Thunderbird which has e-mail, tasks and calendar ( http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/ ) and have found this free programme for syncing to my device - http://www.finchsync.com/.

Easy to install and setup and works a treat.
[General Accessories] mcnasby:
I've been looking for this forever!! Thanks!
[General Accessories] blueskater:
This is available for Pocket PC 2002 and Windows Mobile 2003 not fot your new products... :evil:
[General Accessories] pewe:
???

I am using it with WM5 and the latest IMate ROM.
[General Accessories] EViS:
Couldn't get on with finchsync, everytime it said that it had updated my contacts, when clearly it hadn't... Birdiesync worked first time, was fast, and did a very sweet job of carrying out its intended task :).
[General Accessories] pewe:
This has the advantage over Finchsync in that it sync automatically with activesync, but at the time of writing it does not deal with the calendar, which to me is more important.

I have never had a problem with it not updating contacts, it always works for me, and $19.95 is not worth it for just contacts.

It may be worth reconsidering if they release a calendar update that works.

I am using it with Windows Mobile 5.
[General Accessories] SubZero5:
how do you compare Finchsync to Outlook?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] HumanCaviar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15SIu84TDSQ

Seriously, where's the development community on these devices?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] BarryH_GEG:
It's luck of the draw. You're talking about a $500+ device when the tablet (including iPad) ASP is $343. The N10.1-14's price alone relegates it to niche status. Scott Crossler who's a sought after dev is working on the P-600 which is a coup. In the N10.1-12 forum there was little development on the 3/4G versions because very few were sold. There was no development for the U.S. LTE versions of N10.1-12.

So if you're looking for a tablet with tons of development this isn't going to be it. Just hope a developer you follow gets a hankering for a N10.1-14. Short of buying devs N10.1-14's to curry their favor I don't see a massive influx of development happening any time soon. Also, fear of tripping KNOX has shrunk the number of root'rs which doesn't help the case of devices like the N10.1-14 which aren't sold in big volumes in the first place.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] C2Q:
Just hope that the new TabPro/NotePro line gets more development that can be ported over due to the exact same internals. Also yes, Knox is a huge deterrent to rooting for many people (including myself). I don't see rooting to be worth it right now, but if say CM11 came to this device, I might bite the bullet and decide to flash it.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] HumanCaviar:
Well said. I really do have a hard time wrapping my head around the Knox hesitation. I've had a bucketload of rooted sammies (Custom Kernels with OC/UV to boot), none of which I needed the manufacturer warranty. A

flight data recorder

, the presence of which shouldn't have an effect on how you

pilot

, and shouldnt have a direct correlative to a potential

crash of the plane

(Replace w/ "knox bit", "use or modify your device", "hard brick"). I wish a silly little e-fuse didn't have such a chilling effect, it's disheartening.

I hope your point proves to be a valid counter to the price condition Barry so eloquently and aptly identified as a major drag on development. Soldier forth my friend, do not let inappropriate enterprise features keep you from fully owning your device!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] BarryH_GEG:
People hesitating because of KNOX fall in to two categories - 1) tech dabblers that lightly played with their devices because there were no consequences, and 2) people who connect to highly managed networks that read the KNOX flag and if its tripped refuse access. I'm in the latter category. I connect to multiple secured networks and in the past would root my device, make it my own, and then unroot it. If I trip the KNOX flag on my N10.1-14 and N3 they are basically paper weights unless I pay (out of warranty) to get the motherboards replaced. So the consequences of the KNOX flag won't deter tech demons it's the other categories that are now a bit gun shy (risk<>reward).
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Duly.noted:
So the efuse has been confirmed to keep the device from connecting to secured networks even if knox is uninstalled?? If thats the case there must be a way to intercept the way that the device identifies to the network and stop it or impose a normal reading. We need someone with a knox enabled network.... Doesn't matter to me in the least bit though.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] BarryH_GEG:
Yep. And network admins are giddy about it. In the past 90 day three of the five highly managed networks I connect to started reading the KNOX indicator. It's easy to spoof integrity on an Android device with s/w but the blown eFuse is pretty much black and white. The network folks I've talked to have all said they wish more Android phones behaved like Samsung's do. When that trickles up the chain of command to purchasing and control Samsung's diabolic plan with KNOX will have been successful and they'll sell more devices. We enthusiasts have been expendable all along.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] madsquabbles:
so how do the admins feel about "rooted" windows, Linux, or osx. devices. I got a asus t100 this week and had no need to wait on someone to root it. granted the modern ui side sucks compaired to android.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] BarryH_GEG:
In addition to whatever technology is put in place to secure a corporate network, the back up is always the signing of a technology compliance agreement. In it, you agree not to access the network with any device that's either not directly provided by the company, if provided by you that it has been inspected and approved by IT, and that if either category is modified by you in any way that could potentially allow the network to be breached (even if it's not) your employment will be immediately terminated. I connect to five secure networks at three different companies and have had to sign a technology compliance agreement at all three. And I've seen dozens of staff walked out of the building at all three companies for things simpler than what you're suggesting. So I guess people working at companies that take network security seriously must feel really strongly about the need to customize their mobile devices to put six-figure jobs at risk and explain why they were fired for cause to their next employer.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] madsquabbles:
didn't really let that settle in that it's not their personal device that's being tampered with, but a company owned device. in that case easy detection of a breach sure is a plus.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] BarryH_GEG:
Quite a few (if not the majority) of large companies now have "bring your own device" (BYOD) policies. That means that employees can provide their own devices which the company loads their s/w on, usually in a discreet partition. So there's a "fun" side of the device and a "business" side. The network security and things the company needs to protect exist on the business side. No employee wants to carry a work and personal device that do the exact same thing. Advances in device security (with or without KNOX) mean they don't have to.

One of the biggest challenges for IT is ensuring that, because Android's so easy to hack, that technically adept staff don't screw around with their devices for personal benefit (tinkering and customization) and potentially expose the corporate network and/or content in the process. KNOX is gaining IT department fans because of a h/w tamper detector and the preloaded "work" and "play" partitions starting with 4.3.

For people that don't connect to secure and/or highly managed networks none of this means squat. But for those that do the world's changed pretty fast in terms of what you can and can't do to your device.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] MasterZoen:
KNOX trips so easily it's not even funny. My IT has found more than 30 different apps that apparently trip KNOX in our network when not a single device is tampered with. One of them is Evernote!?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] BarryH_GEG:
The only known issue with KNOX (the actual eFuse flag) tripping that I've heard from IT that's collectively responsible for over 200K mobile devices is that an emergency s/w recovery via Kies does trip it. Samsung's obviously working on it and it may already be corrected because there's been a bunch of recent Kies3 updates. They've replaced the motherboards for free where its happened. One of the company's I connect to uses Evernote for collaboration and I have it on my N3 and N10.1-14. My KNOX status is fine.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] needo2:
I tried UOT Xposed module and various other Xposed modules but couldn't change battery icon

Anyone knows a way?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] GSLEON3:
I want to tell you to beware & to check your bank statements if you have made in-app purchases in Madden 25. If you play, you no doubt have realized that it is unstable & a lot of time things do not come thru, forcing you to re-purchase. This happens with Madden Cash, with promotional cards & even with completed collection.

unfortunately, if Madden fails, even if it says it fails, sometimes you cannot re-purchase without a restart because Play Store continually fails, or errors out, or says you already own this & will not let you purchase again.

Even though you do not receive your purchased item, until you purchase again, you may be getting double billed by Google. I just got a balance notification & upon checking my account & found a dozen purchase within one to 3 minutes of each other for the exact same thing. So, even if it is crashing before you get your purchase (& it never shows up) you may also be getting charged. Check it out & see if you are a victim of this crap too.
[Moto X Q&A] mjulio:
Okay, so here is the deal, yesterday I flashed 4.4 on my XT1058 and everything was cool, i used it the whole day and then i went to sleep, on the morning (like 10 mins ago) I woke up and I opened the camera app and then I saw this... Im not sure if it is a software problem or perhaps dirt in the lens, but i want to kill myself =). any ideas ??

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/203/26t6.jpg
[Moto X Q&A] :
Dirt. Or scratch or something. That's my guess. Put it under very bright light and check it out. A magnifying glass would help.

Sent from my Moto X cellular telephone...
[Moto X Q&A] elaflamme:
Dust particle on the lens?
[Moto X Q&A] Trigold:
Mine would be worse than yours. I just couldn't imagine how it could look so flurry…

https://plus.google.com/110635838402548237356/posts/PWvrLWupnYD
[Moto X Q&A] :
Not sure what you think a phone camera can do...and the Moto x camera being an average one at that.....a couple of your pics look pretty good to me...for a phone.

You'll be disappointed if you exchange it. I guarantee.

Maybe get a lumia, or a camera if you want much better. ;)

Sent from my Moto X cellular telephone...
[Moto X Q&A] mjulio:
Actually I called MotoCare and they told me to take it to the Motorola Technical Service here in Chile, It was a nice surprise that it was just 2 miles away from my home, so I went there yesterday and they replaced my Camera for free, the camera was defective according to them, and they applied the warranty, I was really surprised because I have my BL unlocked, rooted and with TWRP... so I guess is a big WIN, and Motorola is the sh!t.
[Moto X Q&A] :
Awesome

Sent from my Moto X cellular telephone...
[Moto X Q&A] Trigold:
Plz double check the pics that u thought looked good to you by enlarging the pics to the fullest and you'll see how blurry they look, which is absolutely below the average (worse than NN7 or even Galaxy Nexus). I didn't expect that and they could be better.

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Cool! I was wondering when you got your brand new moto x and when you found out the issue?
[Moto X Q&A] :
Its a phone camera. I have a real camera for events and such where I know I want great pics. No phone takes pics that compare with even a cheap dedicated camera. That's life. ;)

Phone companies don't claim their phone cameras will replace your real camera. Yet so many here think they should it seems. And yes...some are definitely better than the moto x.....but its an amazing phone regardless. :)

What I'm saying is...I don't care what it looks like if I zoom in. Its a tiny cheap camera...like all phones. I don't expect awesome pics....I expect to capture unexpected moments.....and it does that just fine.

But that's just me. ;)

Sent from my Moto X cellular telephone...

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Oh...and I use camera fv-5. Much better pics when you learn how to use it.

Sent from my Moto X cellular telephone...
[Moto X Q&A] mjulio:
I have my X since 16 September, and I noticed about this issue 2 days ago, then I started to look my last week photos and the black dot was on every of them after New Year...
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] AbsorbAndroid:
Hi,

I want to install surdu petru's TWRP to install CM10.1

but my cwm wont open my external_sd and also not internal storage.

It gives: unable to mount external_sd

I cant install anything.

Please help!

(P.s. I tried reflashing many times!)
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] piccolo001:
Have you tried taking out the SD Card and put it back in?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] logicredefined:
Long time viewer, first time posting.

I'm a science teacher and I use a galaxy note 10.1 (original) to do my lectures and I project the image on the screen with allshare cast. The problem is, our school has old projectors with no HDMI and only XGA resolution. Up until now, I have been using an HDMI --> DVI cable which displays the image clearly. The problem of course is that there is no sound. I don't need sound most of the time, so I've been getting by without it.

However, after reading a few threads on here I found that people had success using allshare with the Cable Matters active HDMI --> VGA with audio cable on amazon. So I picked up one of those. I connected the cable and sound, made sure to power it with the usb cable, and it shows up with just a black screen. No matter what configuration it is in, it just shows a black screen. When I pull the HDMI cable out of allshare and put it into a laptop (acer chromebook), the image displays on the screen fine. So the VGA cable and adapter both work.

Allshare works on the projector with DVI, but not VGA, whereas a laptop works with both on the same projector. Any help?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcrudup:
Does that HDMI-VGA adapter support HDCP? I'm pretty sure there's been a change to the ASCD to require HDCP support on the "display" end.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] logicredefined:
I did see that, though I'm still on the old LJ02 firmware and furthermore the others I've heard with hdcp issues received a message saying that the device was not hdcp compatible. In my case I cant even see the allshare cast instruction screen (it's black) but I CAN see the dongle on my device and connect.
[Xperia Z1 General] risogalo:
Hey guys!

I have a problem with my Z1!

Everytime I take pictures in the dark, and the flash is enabled, there is a white area in my picture!!

I added pictures so that you can see what I mean! :)

Is it a hardware or a software problem!? I already talked to the Sony support but there was no solution!

Do you have the same problem??

Thanks for your help! :)

risogalo
[Xperia Z1 General] Kirkymole:
Do you have the white version by any chance?

I know a few people have mentioned the placement of the camera flash causes some flashback, causing the white marks you see in the pictures, my camera is useless in my case, total whiteout.
[Xperia Z1 General] Riemen:
Do you have a scrren protector sheet on the backside or a phone case? Try to remove both and check, if the Problem is gone.

I had this problem too, until I realized that it was caused by the protector sheet which scattered the flash light into the camera lens. I solved this by cutting the sheet area between camera and flash in shape of a V. Now the picture artefacts are gone.

Another cause for this effect can be light from the flash, reflected by your fingers. This can happen, even if the fingers are not in front of the lens itself, so you don't see them. I crippled a few photos that way, so now I take care not to touch the upper left corner of the phone while using the camera.
[Xperia Z1 General] risogalo:
Yes, I have it by any chance when I take pictures in the dark! With the screen protector and without - with case and without!

And now, after 4.3 finally arrived for unbranded devices in Germany, I can slightly see an improvement of this problem! :)

But anyway its annoying!

But why does that happen? Will Sony send my a new phone when I send it to them? Or is this problem with every Xperia Z1??