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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gruka:
My causin bought for me samsung SHV-E120s from china which when i put Airtel Gsm band 900mhz to 1800 mhz only shows zero with across at the centre on whre gsm network bars comes. The fone Model no:

SHV-E120s

,

Android version 4.0.4

,Baseband SHV-E120s.UH17.1736.ST. Kernel version:3.0.8-1045781,Build number:IMM76D.UH20

What do i need to do to this fone to make it work and bring network bars.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] vv91xv:
I am today find file explorer, AntTek beat ES, INKA, ASTRO and others...

Clean and super fast..

Swipe, simple...

Theme...

Download:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ad3voo8ssvtdquo/com.anttek.explorerex-1.apk
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] maamdroid:
Just gave it a try. Very nice, will be using it as my main file explorer app.

Thanks
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Savant:
Root explorer is still the best for me.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] danarama:
If its "best", perhaps some feature comparisons are in order?

No way I'm just gonna randomly install apks from someone's dropbox.

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[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] aooga:
Honestly even if he put it on the play store, it wouldn't be much safer. Now, that's not to say that it was completely safe the entire time. :D
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Pekempy:
Personally I'll always stick with FX File Explorer.

Multiple windows, clipboard management, cloud management (with plus addon), root permissions, great UI
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] ElefantPhace:
It's on the play store, not sure why he didn't post a link to it on there... Kind of sketchy. Looking at it on the play store it does seem to have some interesting features such as multi windows with drag and drop.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Shanks:
Why not download from someone's dropbox? Is it not safe?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] danarama:
Precisely. How would I know its safe? Op gives hardly any app description then doesn't upload it to Google play. Just doesn't necessarily scream "legit" to me
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] 0rigin:
The app is available on the Play Store for a while now. It's also featured among "apps to watch" section.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anttek.explorerex
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] daewond3r:
I just switched from Root Explorer to this a couple days ago. Very nice on the eyes and seems to do just about everything the others do.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] matteventu:
I absolutely quote.

This is not the best, and is not safe to install an apk "spammed" from a DropBox account (while the original is simply on the Play Store, easy to be linked...).

This, Solid Explorer and X-plore are the best "advanced" file managers.

Clean File Manager ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.clean ) is the best "simple, quick and easy" file manager for basic operations.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] random45:
I find myself using different explorers for different reasons. I find myself using X-plorer a lot though. Once you get used to it, it functionality is great.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] deadpedal:
I wanted to test this file explorer out awhile ago but every time I launched it I got this message:

Not sure what the problem is.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] cobyman7035:
Solid explorer has the nicest blue folders GUI IMO

Via my NeXus™ 7 FHD on Tapatalk⁴ Pro
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] RobLudo:
I use Es File Explorer. I love it because of the sliding tab navigation, the SMB auto discovery and FTP support (used to move files between Nexus 5 and my Pc), the ability to send directly file to another phone using ES in the same LAN, the Cloud support, root access, gestures, recycle bin.

I can copy/paste from every local/remote/cloud folder directly to another local/remote/cloud folder, and i think this feature is just amazing.

And it's free!!! What else? :D
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Pain-N-Panic:
Root Explorer FTW
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] danarama:
I settled on Solid for my day-to-day file manager needs, including SMB, FTP and SFTP. I still use root explorer for root exploring though.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] rofik_gitara:
still use solidExploer unlocked

love it when u can slide file in everywhere
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] reup247:
I like this one, File Manager...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rhmsoft.fm
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] massy11:
I use total commander, I think it's the best.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] :
root explorer is simply the best one for me :)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] galaxys:
ES File Explorer rocks for me.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Aashuk Mehta:
Can't download
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Absolut`:
Like others have said, FX is the best.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] danarama:
There is no best. Its subjective. To me that looks clunky and messy. In fact after using solid, everything looks clunky. That's just opinion though
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] martinsskutans:
Can't get FTP work with this one...
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] DigitalUnderground:
With fx u can change the layout. Icon size and what folders to display... As well as list view or grid view options and light/dark themes. It is the best

His thread is always busy too improving upon it... Check it out
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] :
Hi,

Some people don't care if they can change the theme or the layout for example, so for these peoples this file explorer will certainly not be the best if they want something simple without these kind of features.

Like rootSU sait there is no best, it's the best for you and maybe for others, but not for everybody...

If you can't understand that saying "It is the best" is really subjective and don't suit the needs of each others... :rolleyes:, each user that uses X file explorer or Y file explorer will qualify it as "the best" because they have what they want with it but it's maybe not the case for me, you, etc... Maybe it's time to stop calling things "the best" as like an evidence for everyone.

For me Root Explorer is the best... :D :laugh:

:)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] tcat007:
Agreed... and you can make them any color/size you want.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] iTalisman:
'Tetra' for simple sdcard file management. 'Root Explorer' to access root.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] twister99403:
Solid Explorer all the way :)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] mercuriox85:
The best for me is Fx file Explorer....storage root and cloud.

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] jtwlbz:
Es here
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] jj14:
BUT... BUT.... BUT...... MixaDJ from Zlatibor said that it was da bestest!! 


ES for me (and occasionally root explorer)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] gd6noob:
been using Root Explorer ever since I got into android... do not think I will switch..

tried Solid explorer but went back to root..

wow.. this looks fancy.. might try it..
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] lfelipe1501:
I do not agree

in my opinion and for me the best file browser is the OI FILE MANAGER... ;)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] LiquidSolstice:
Another vote for FX File Manager. I've been using it for a long time. It is the most full-featured, and even includes a root-module for free, which means it does literally everything Root Explorer does but with a much nicer UI.

I even shelled out for the plus pack, but I certainly didn't have to. Give it a shot, these other File Managers just don't compare. (Unless you really, really need a Holo-themed file manager). It even has customizable themes if you don't like what it looks like.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx&hl=en
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] supguise:
Sliding Explorer for me. Beautiful, minimalistic holo design. Root functionality. :good:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ballerapps.slidingexplorer&hl=en
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] tcat007:
Play ratings:

Total Commander: 4.8

Solid Explorer: 4.7 (the one I use/like), very customizable

X-Plore: 4.7

FX: 4.6

ES: 4.6
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nys299:
Help, this morning when I did an OTA update to the new 4.4.2 it installed fine. But after re-starting, the phone keeps on freezing and not working properly. The screen goes blank and I have to hold the power button for about 8-9 seconds for the phone to reset. Once it goes in, it freezes again. The notification panel no longer works and in fact causes the phone to totally freeze. HELP!!! I have been using Iphones for so long and never have any updates had these sorts of problems. Please tell me what I can do.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabilsweet007:
rset ur phone through security menu
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flow78:
Try to full wipe in recovery
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lumi74:
I have the same problem with my German Vodafone Galaxy Note 3 since the update to Android 4.4.2 (Build KOT49H.N9005XXUENA6).

The phone completely freezes every couple of hours and can only be restarted with power button helt for 10 seconds.

First I tried a factory reset, which didn´d help.

Next I swapped the phone via Vodafone - but the new device also freezes.

Then I started to uninstall several apps, which didn´t help anything.

Uninstalling my MicroSD-Card (Sandisk Ultra 64 GB) seemed to help a Little bit, but finally the phone started freezing again.

It´s really annoying - Samsung told me to swap the device once again, but I don´t believe, this will help.

I now uninstalled my original S-View-Cover - maybe there´s a bug even with original accessories.

Does anyone else experience similar problems?

Lumi74
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radicalisto:
It is possible that it's Vodafone's software causing the glitch. You could, providing your device is sim unlocked try the Polish firmware and see. You can do it without tripping knox also.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gatuso:
hello I have the same problem this is a software or hardware problem thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lumi74:
Do you also use the S-View cover?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gatuso:
no don't use any cover
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cootje_NL:
Same problem here. Also thought it would be the s-view cover, but today I found out that it wasn't the problem :(. Dryving me nuts.

I have the Dutch phone which is totally original. Problems started after update. Freezes followed by reboots.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jya188:
Same problem without using S-View cover. It happened only after kitkat upgrade. However it will back to normal itself after leave it alone for 1-2 minutes.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kriskras:
Any more info about this? Did you all use OTA update? I have a Dutch n3 too but I'm not updating just yet.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lumi74:
Here´s what I found out so far:

-> This ist most probably a software problem, as my device was swapped already and still has the same problem.

-> The problem occurred after OTA update to Android 4.4.2 (Build KOT49H.N9005XXUENA6 [German vodafone device]).

-> System often hangs and finally freezes every couple of hours.

-> The device didn´t freeze for 24h after removing the S-View-Cover, but still is hanging sometimes.

Greetings,

Lumi74
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lumi74:
I talked to Vodafone this morning and they told me, that this is an incompatibility problem between the LTE-net and the new Note-3-firmware. They suggested to disable LTE-mode on the phone. Alternatively they offered me to swap the phone again and then not to update to 4.4.2.

I disabled LTE now and will report, if it helps.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cootje_NL:
I'm using a Dutch provider which doesn't support LTE. Despite of that, my phone still freezes and reboots every few hours.

Can you tell us how you disabled LTE? Although I won't think it works, I still want to try because this issue is driving me nuts.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skalium:
Just to shed some light on the "cover suspect": for me, my unofficial cover was found guilty. 100% sure. Tried everything, then took out the cover, made a hard reset, and the freezing thing was gone.

Now, have other issues, but no freezing at all.

N9005 updated to kitkat via ota. not rooted (yet).
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cootje_NL:
Glad to hear it worked out for you. Unfortunately for me it didn't work. Changed cover back to the normal backcover that came with the device, but still the same issues.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lumi74:
As I have a german device, I can only provide the german menu names:

-> Einstellungen -> Verbindungen -> (Netzwerkverbindungen) Weitere Einstellungen -> Mobile Netzwerke -> Netzwerkmodus: WCDMA/GSM

Translation:

-> Settings -> Connections -> (Network settings) More settings -> Mobile networks -> Network mode: WCDMA/GSM
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skalium:
Did you try to remove the external SD card too? Some suggested that it could help. Good luck !
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lumi74:
My device froze again yesterday, inspite of

- microSD staying removed

- S-View - Cover staying removed

- LTE staying disabled.

It's really annoying, I think I will swap the phone again through Vodafone and stay on Android 4.3.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cootje_NL:
Same here.

- MicroSD removed

- S-View cover removed

- LTE disabled

- Sync disabled

- Mobile Data disabled

- Bluetooth disabled

Still the same issues. Waiting till Samsung rolls out the first fix. If it's not fixed after that, I want a replacement.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jya188:
After upgraded to 4.4.2, here is my note 3 phone's freezing symptoms when it happens:-

- the bottom part of the phone no response - touch screen or home, or back button all freeze. Upper part touch screen area working, and the power/voice button working.

- phone is actually working, e.g. when running WAZE, the apps is working as normal, but the lower part button and touch screen area not working.

- I have to wait for 30s or 1min before it gets back to normal by itself.

- I don't use any smart cover

Hope Samsung can fix it fast, it is very problematic and annoying.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lumi74:
This all is so annoying - I am considering to return my Note 3 and buy another device.

My phone keeps freezing several times a day. Nothing of the following helped:

- removing the S-View-Cover

- removing the microSd-card

- inactivating LTE

- uninstalling 60-70 apps

- swapping the device through Vodafone

- several factory-resets

This is really intolerable for a high-end device. I´ve been an enthusiatisc user of the Note 1 and Note 2.

But this is really enough - I can´t use Samsung Hub anymore as my Note 3 had to be switched several times already. Samsung can´t even remove the old devices from Samsung Hub.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yavarehame:
Finally solved!

Hi

I had same problem

I did everything u said like:

mega wipe and changing rom

custom roms

taking out battery when it's on ( I Did this but I don't know It had any effects on my phone or not!)

taking out external card

But I still Had the Problem

Solution:

But I had a flip cover and I separated that from phone and thanks God,surprisingly It's Fixed and it works like a charm!!! after that I used my original cover and there is no problem till now.

Good Luck
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cootje_NL:
Testing

I'm testing something right now. Yesterday I noticed that TouchWiz had problems. So I downloaded Nova launcher to test if this could be a quickfix.

Although I'm not sure if this will "fix" my problem, but for now this is my first 24 hours of uptime since the upgrade.

I will keep you posted if my phone will crash again or not. If I can have an uptime of 1 week then I will be confident that this is a workable workaround and that the problem is a software problem. But for now it's too early to tell.

If you have problems (or not) please share if you are using a custom launcher like Nova, Go Launcher, etc.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cootje_NL:
Too bad. After 26 hours, my phone rebooted (while I was not using it). :crying:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayanramesh:
NOTE 3

Not only you most of the people who have upgraded to kit kat by any means experiencing the same problem. May be due to the the bugs in the software . We will wait till someone will show the appropriate way to fix it.

PS: I too have the same problem . I did wipe delvic , fac. reset and whatnot but of no avail.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cootje_NL:
Last Friday I flashed my phone with the stock firmware from sammobile and (just to be sure) wiped everything.

I only installed WhatsApp and K9. I didn't change any settings, I never started any Samsung App. I only ready my e-mail and some WhatsApp messages. After more than 12 hours, it froze and rebooted again. So I'm convinced that this is not a software issue but a hardware issue. At this moment I had 7 freezes with reboots.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lumi74:
I made similar experiences within the last days.

I got my third (swapped) device from Vodafone, that I wanted to use with android 4.3. Unfortunately this device came with a defective microSD-slot. So I decided to update to 4.4.2 again in order to see, if this device would also freeze on 4.4.2.

This time I did not install any apps but the pre-installed apps from Google and Vodafone. Nevertheless the phone froze again!

It´s really strange to me, that there are obviously many users, who don´t have problems with 4.4.2 on the Note 3. In spite of that I had three devices now, that starting freezing again and again on 4.4.2 in spite of having done a factory reset and not having installed any further apps.

It´s really weird - in my eyes it could be a problem of some devices, that have different hardware components from the most other devices, that are causing trouble on 4.4.2.

I´m waiting for my fourth Note 3 now and will definitely stay on 4.3, when it arrives.

I was also looking for alternatives beside the Note 3, but there still is no phone, that comes close to it, if it runs properly.

So I guess it´s worth waiting for a proper update, even if it is a shame what Samsung delivers here.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pierre118:
I think you are right, you did everything you could do. It must be a hardware issue. Success!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lumi74:
Problem solved

My problem seems to be solved:

I received two further swapped devices from Vodafone, that all came up with the same freezing-problem after updating to 4.4.2.

Finally I tried the following, after having read several hints in several fourms:

0) Save relevant data on PC.

1) Uninstall all (removable) apps from Play Store.

2) Remove following folders and files from microSD:

- ANDROID

- LOST.DIR

- .android_secure

3) Remove microSD from phone

4) Remove S-View-Cover from phone and install original cover

5) Do a full wipe / factory reset.

6) Enter logon-data for Samsung account and choose to restore data (if you want to do so).

7)

Skip

entering the logon-data for your Google account.

8) Complete the Setup process and wait for the phone to complete startup-process.

9) Start Play Store, enter your account data and wait for standard apps (from Google and Samsung) to be installed.

10) Install your personal apps from Play Store.

11) Turn off the phone and re-install microSD and S-View-Cover.

After having done so, my Note 3 is running without any freezes or even hanging for 48h now.

It´s a little bit of work, but maybe this will help you, too.

Good luck!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lumi74:
The problem is back. Argh!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wrathlon:
Have you resolved this? If not can you please tell me what it says under Baseband in About.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lumi74:
No, unfortunately the problem is still there. I've had 4 devices from Vodafone now. Each of them had the problem. In addition the keyboard doesn't work sometimes.

Vodafone confirmed, that there is a problem with the firmware and that they exchanged hundreds of Note 3 yet.

I think I will finally return the Note 3 and buy another phone.

Maybe it's time to turn over to Apple - Samsung makes life easy for Apple like this.

My baseband is: N9005XXUENA2.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wrathlon:
Had a friend and myself in your exact situation and I have a solution for you.

Im assuming you know how to use odin etc?

---------- Post added at 08:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:56 PM ----------

Before you return it - try this first:

***THIS SHOULD NOT AFFECT KNOX IN ANY WAY AS YOU ARE ONLY FLASHING SIGNED STOCK SAMSUNG STUFF***

First off, backup anything on the phone you want to keep and download the following then extract them all to the same folder:

Samsung USB Drivers - http://developer.samsung.com/android/tools-sdks/Samsung-Andorid-USB-Driver-for-Windows

Odin - http://uploaded.net/file/hwtdrpll

Latest 4.4.2 Firmware - https://mega.co.nz/#!QVwlVDgJ!QyAxmDMcsIA-56cX_28Ua2aPZLcJATVvdM07LOs0V10

PIT File for 4.4.2 Firmware - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50614669&postcount=77

NB1 Modem Firmware - https://mega.co.nz/#!JJBglRDY!ZT5SkT3Lo9D7bB39kJW0DhMgHPVNNzbW4obRSKpB4B8NB1

1) Install Samsung Drivers

2) On your phone go Settings --> General --> About and keep tapping "Build Number" until it says developer mode enabled.

3) Go back to Settings --> General and tap Developer Options.

4) Tick enable "USB Debugging" then plug the phone into your computer.

5) Push and hold Volume Down + Home Button + Power Button all at the same time - hold until it goes black and vibrates indicating it

rebooted. Once it vibrates, release the power button but keep the other two held down - when you get the prompt on the screen press Volume Up - this will put the phone into Odin mode.

6) On the computer, right click Odin and click "Run as Administrator"

7) Click the button labelled PIT and select the file "My_N9005.pit"

8) Click the button labelled AP and select the file labelled "N9005XXUENB4_N9005DBTENB1_N9005XXUENB1_HOME.tar.md5"

9) Make sure Re-Partition is ticked and click start.

10) When it finishes your phone will reboot - once you see the Samsung Logo, put the phone back into Odin Mode by pushing and holding Volume Down + Home Button + Power Button again, same as last time. Don't close Odin just yet.

12) In Odin, click Reset and then click the button labelled AP and select the file called "N9005XXUENB3_Modem-XXUENB1-LTE.tar.md5"

13) Click Start

14) When it finishes it should reboot. Dont panic about your phone appearing german, you can change the language right at the start on the first screen :p

***Optional Steps***

If your phone doesn't boot still, do the following:

1) Hold down Volume Up + Home Button + Power until it reboots, then release the power button keeping the other two held down (Basically the same as Odin mode except Volume Up instead of Volume Down).

2) You should now be in recovery - ignore any errors. Select Wipe Data/Factory Reset then Wipe Cache Partition - you don't need to reboot in between.

3) Once that's done, reboot and you should be up and running fine. If it still hasn't booted after 10 mins at this point, it's the phone itself most likely.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lumi74:
Actually I didn't flash custom roms, since I'm using Samsung phones. Nevertheless I'd be interested in the solution!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wrathlon:
I edited the post above yours, instructions are fixing via odin which can be used for signed samsung stuff too, not just custom roms.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lumi74:
Thanks for the detailed description. I´m not sure, if I should give it a try. I guess I spent already too much time on finding a solution for Samsungs fault.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowLea:
This rather reminds me of the issue the S3 used to have after the insane-eMMC fix...

IT could also be related to the Writing permissions that were changed with KK. Does the problem persist after you pull out the MicroSD?