yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Using Rom Manager was a mistake, but probably wouldn't brick your phone. It just doesn't play nice with the S2, tends to cause bootloops & break recovery.

If the phone won't boot at all, no download mode, no recovery - your only option is service centre or local mobile repair shop. Nothing you can do to fix it.

I mean, try a jig by all means, but understand this is very unlikely to get you into download mode.

Having said that, you need to be 100% sure you can't get into download mode (power/home/vol down), if it was me in your situation, I'd be trying over & over & over given the alternative.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redrover69:
So..

Once you root...what processes do you look at stopping/removing to speed up your phone and save battery life?

Thanks
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r333xxh4v0k:
I usually remove all samsung/at&t/google apps (except for playstore)

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A

---------- Post added at 06:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:56 PM ----------

Actually theres a nice littler debloater script I used when I first rooted my stock firmware that our friend [MENTION=5575828]Walter.White[/MENTION] provided us

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2587899
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redrover69:
How much performance and battery life did you notice after you removed the bloat ware?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bebeloneovvl:
I remove all Samsung services. I don't use them anyways. Also lookup Greenify, noce little app helps on the battery, a lot! My setup is better battery stats to monitor any wakelocks, greenify to hibernaye apps that keep running in the background and now I'm testing Snapdragon Battery Guru, which is like a Juice Defender kind of thing. But designed for Snapdragon devices, so they say.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] stdly:
I see there is a new 4.2.2 build released for our L variant

I9082LUBUBMK2

Changelist 2212586

http://www.officialrom.com/samsung/GT-I9082L/
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] bhsiddharth:
I guess it's an old build only as the build date is of November, 2013.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] stdly:
Ya its is an old build but just released I have been watching, and the change list # is the newest one I can find if that means anything.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Aziz Ahmadi:
Which Firmware 4.2.2 is better to flash ???

Hello Every one as you all know in many Est Asia countess incloud of Afghanistan still nor released official firmware jally bean 4.2.2, so my question is there which firmware is good to install by odin without bugs?
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] stdly:
This is an official release and I have not had and issues with it.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] DMJoh:
It is better to stay with JB 4.1.2. The new update, 4.2.2 looks more appealing.. But it is the flop update i had ever seen.. Battery backup decreases like hell.. phone becomes laggy... Better to stay with stock 4.1.2. If u need a change.. Flash some custom ROMs

Sent From GT-I9082 with RR v5.0.2
[HTC EVO 3D] freakified:
No third party app I've found is able to change the camera exposure -- whether on the stock rom or the others I've tried, it just stays the same, no matter what you set it to. Looking through these forums, it seems this is a pretty well-known problem, but I couldn't find a solution.

Is there still no known way to fix this? Do any alternate roms or kernels help?
[HTC EVO 3D] shadowgrower420:
i don't think our phones have the hardware capable for this . there may be away to simulate it but true exposure timing adjustment is mechanical
[HTC EVO 3D] freakified:
True, but it is definitely capable of adjusting the exposure when it detects brighter or darker light. It's unfortunate that unlike my horrible old HTC phone (Wildfire S), the functionality doesn't seem to be exposed in software...
[HTC EVO 3D] shadowgrower420:
i believe the iso is adjusted not the exsposure, to assist with light .
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shengwlano:
So second day with my phone, I decide to root it! notice how much you can do with it such as changing the boot animations :good:

So I download an app for changing the boot animation "Boot Animations ★ root".

I try out a few like the Aperture Science (works like a dream! except its too big for my screen)

So I change it again to blood drips (along those lines)

When it boots, it says "sony" like normal but then is just black! The buttons along the bottom are alight and so is the one at the top.

I can unlock it, it makes the sound and vibrates but I cannot see anything...

What have I done? What is up with the phone? How can I fix it?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] lunardi:
J AI ACHETE UN XDA EXEC O2 IL EST EN ANGLAIS SOUS WM05 JE SUIS CLIENT ORANGE ET JE VOUDRAIS LE METTRE EN FRANCAIS POUR UTILISER MON GPS DESSUS MERCI DE BIEN VOULOIR ME RENSEIGNER....
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] HDuser:
Moved to universal section
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] Lana:
http://www.pdafrance.com/pdaforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=74713 :wink:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] len_smith:
I am on an original Galaxy Note and will be ready for an upgrade in a few months. I am looking at the S4, among others. I am leary of getting another Samsung device only to have Sammy abandon it for its successor, leaving owners in the lunch. I was an early adopter of the Note and now, 19 months on we have the Note 3 out and Sammy stopped supporting upgrades on the original Note not long after the device was just a year old.

My question is....knowing what you know today, would you buy another S4? If so, why? If you wouldn't, what bothers you most?

What would you buy in place of the S4?

Thanks to you all.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] len_smith:
Lurch. Not lunch. :eek:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] HiTideBlastoise:
At this point, I would not, you'd have a locked bootloader and an older phone. I'd probably get a nexus 5.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] damnmachine:
You may as well wait and see what the S5 offers. The launch might coincide with your upgrade timeline anyways. Aside from that, I also came from an O.G. Note to the S4. While I do love it, I kinda wish I had gone with a Note 3. I was spoiled by the larger screen. :-$ And yes, locked bootloader does suck. Really limits development. And we are coming up on a year that this phone has been on the market.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] eachitandi:
I just upgraded from the skyrocket to the S4 a week ago and I'm not disappointed at all. I was lucky that it came with the MDL build do it was easy to root and get TWRP flashed as recovery. I installed the Xposed framework and a module to enable "hold back to kill" feature as well as a couple others that I like. I actually think I'm done modding the phone now, it does everything I want it to do.

Do would I do it again...absolutely!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Naddict:
There is an off topic thread for this type of stuff...http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2433789
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StickyBomb:
Sup guys. I have a problem with my S4. I doubt anyone will be able to help me find a fix but its worth a try. I hope someone will help.

Anyway, I flashed my GT-i9500 (Galaxy S4) from 4.2.2 to 4.3. Now it doesnt boot, It just gets stuck at the 2nd boot screen. Its not even a bootloop. It just hangs there. The S4 sound that plays gets cut like halfway.

I tried flashing a lot of different ROMS, and it still does the same thing. When I rooted it, I noticed the boot welcome sound plays full, but it still hangs after that.

I used Philz Recovery and mounted all the folders etc, but efs says invalid. So that means the EFS folder is messed. I get that, but I cannot repair the EFS if I cant boot the phone, I need the Samsung MTP **** for Samsung Tool to work. I have an N7100 (Note 2) Where I repaired the EFS with Samsung Tool, I was able to boot the phone.

I looked ALL over the net including this forum and found nothing. Right now the phone is just worth nothing. This is my last option, to ask here myself. If it cant be fixed I just cut my losses and get another phone.

I also flashed a PIT file, CSC file, Modem file during the period I was trying to get this fixed. If anybody knows this problem, It'll be very helpful.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andy1weir:
you could try upgrading to 4.4, i have all the files for omega v21

heres the link for all the stuff from my google drive.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_trhAurRvdmb0RkNGpoTkVNU0k&usp=sharing

instal the bootloader and phone file via odin, bl = bootloader cp = goes into the phone part of odin

then fash the rom via philz recovery, worth a try !!

good luck
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StickyBomb:
That wouldn't work, thats for the Snapdragon variant I think. The i9505. I have the i9500. I'll download the Omega ROM for i9500 and try it anyway.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StickyBomb:
Still doesnt work.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smittie-4:
Did you tried complete of phone, than power and vol up, at the buzz lose vol up and at loge lose power button.

and then flash with odin bl. and modem

etc.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StickyBomb:
I've flashed with Odin & Recovery.

I flashed another bootloader, XXUEMK8 & Odexed Knox Free Stock ROM XXEUMK8 & it still does the same. I dont know whats wrong with it.

Another thing I forgot to mention is if I root it using Odin, the welcome sound plays full and it hangs, and if I reboot it, the welcome sound goes back to cutting off again.

This phone probably cant be fixed. I dont know wtf's wrong with this phone. This is WORSE than hard bricked.

oh & as I mentioned before, I have a Galaxy Note 2 & had an EFS problem with it. I fixed it, the difference was this Note 2 actually booted properly with any ROM installed. I used a Z3X Box & Samsung Tool to fix up the EFS. Maybe this problem is only with i9500 or with i9500 & newer models.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Obagleyfreer:
Eeeer don't mean to point out the obvious here but you did do a factory reset in stock recovery after flashing stock 4.3 in Odin? That's all you needed to do at the start.

When I went from 4.2 to 4.3 I couldn't get it to boot at all unless I performed factory reset after flash.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smittie-4:
I came from a rooted Samsung org. rom 4.3 to omega v21.1 Android 4.4.2

After this i tried slimkat, and had from first start the same issue, no booting.

Nothing works

only starting with power and vol. up as descried above, I could flash XXUFNA5 bootloader & modems.

After this twrp.

And at last I flashed S4 Google Edition - 4.4.2, a ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S 4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StickyBomb:
Thanks for the help people.

I gave up on trying. I tried everything even factory reset after flashing, different ROMS, different Android versions. 4.1.2, 4.2.2 & 4.3. Today I ended up selling the phone's LCD. Atleast I didnt everything. lol. Wouldn't be buying another Samsung EVER. I was thinking I need another box and stuff, like NSPRO but I dont have that.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Qbm:
I've got a review video of MegaBlast V2.0.0 and some of the most useful apps and tweaks. Tested over the last 24 hours to make this tablet run at turbo speeds. While still saving battery with a nice stable uv. Sorry about the camera, me having a cold and the cool turbo background but here it is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpImBE_DIK8

Rom and updated kernel I used in my video can be found on this link

Kernel download link

http://roms.bindroid.com/downloads/viewcategory/15-kernel

Kernel for Wifi & 3G Users ! ! !

Flash BinDroid-Kernel-SM-P600-P601-XXX.zip

Wipe Cache & Dalvik Cache

Reboot

Megablast rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2631038

Apps used in my video

Battery control

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.battery.BatteryControlTrial

Gmd gesture control

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodmooddroid.gesturecontrol

Faux123

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teamkang.fauxclock

Xplore file manager

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lonelycatgames.Xplore

One I forgot to include in the video

Root cleaner

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartprojects.RootCleaner

Hope this helps

Don't forget to hit thanks if this helped
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] alias747:
Thanks for the video :)

Does Samsung video allow you to sign in?

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Qbm:
I don't use it don't see the point just use bs player and download movies from other source's
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] ThePotatoRage:
Wait, is that a REAL Vanilla ROM? O:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Qbm:
No but as close as we are gonna get in the near future
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] ThePotatoRage:
/:

I don't see what the problem to port Note 3's CM to our device...

Do you know somthing about it?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Qbm:
I know its possible however I think the next rom would be based around 4.4 not cm. Saying that for the right price at right dev they may bump it up there list. Ask around mate is the best advice I can give you ;)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] alias747:
I understand you don't use it but could you try it for me?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] ThePotatoRage:
CM 11 is 4.4 (;

Do you think that it will be a hard work to port the ROM?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Qbm:
If you ask in the rom thread they will be able to help you as none of the testers use it. Here's the link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2631038
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Qbm:
At a guess it won't be easy. Without trying I couldn't tell you. I'm not skilled enough to be able to finish the project though so won't try lol
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] ThePotatoRage:
Well, ok. Thanks for the information and for the ROM (:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Qbm:
Its not my rom just helping out with what I can. 4.4.2 will be my stomping ground....
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Qbm:
Updated first post with links to apps
[App Stores] Natha Odedara:
If anyone cab mod TeenPatti by Octro

Mod This game please, I need Unlimited chips or High Chips digits seted.

Thanks if anyone can mod this :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justintime001:
Sooooooooo what's the best way to transfer SMS and MMS group messages (ideally photos included) from my Samsung S4 KIES full backup to my New unlocked boot loader, custom recovery, rooted Nexus 5?

I tried SMS Backup & Restore and it's not quite restoring entire convos and not at all restoring group MMS messages.

Also, what's a good way to backup iMessages to have them weaved into convo threads?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
There were answers to this in the other kies restore thread. You should be able to find it using the search function
[Sony Xperia L] mjgpt:
Does the gaming os work with the newest Phantom kernel v4.5?
[Sony Xperia L] przemek4113:
Should work as it worked with older version of phantom kernel, but I 'm not 100 % sure.Try, nothing bad can happen,but maybe it can just hang on bootanimation (bootoloop) then just flash ftf with 1.14 fw and everything will work.
[Sony Xperia L] mjgpt:
Thanks man, I'll try right now!
[Sony Xperia L] mjgpt:
flashed Phantom v4.5 through recovery, works fine thanks!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitu12345:
Recently i reseted my nexus tablet and found that there was no google earth installed so I downloaded an apk file frm external source and installed google earth from it

but now when i try to uninstall it

There no such button as it shows only disable button

But since it wasn't there before how come now its not uninstalling

Plz anyone clear my query.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vineethng:
where to get housing case for i9003
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bread999:
A buddy of mine recieved an uodate on his stock at&t galaxy tab 2. He said it was charging when he accepted the update and just let it do its thing. It turned off and now wont turn on. It wont even recognize the charger when it is pluged in. Any suggestions to fix this or what caused it ?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinman07a:
Having same problem after trying to flash cm I took it of of the charger and am going to wait a couple days untill battery runs out I hope it works:crying:

---------- Post added at 03:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:46 PM ----------

If you can boot into recovery then flash a different rom, If you can boot into usb download mode then use odin, If all else fails then let the battery run out and plug in again after a few days.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] AA1973:
Welcome to the N7000 [MENTION=2069027]metalgearhathaway[/MENTION]

Just as a matter of caution, an idea. Would you mind considering to add something like "please backup all your photos, videos and other important stuff on your PC, in the cloud or somewhere else where it is safe, as all your stuff on your internal SD card will be deleted!"

Thanks again for your contribution ?

Sent via GALAXY NOTE N7000 // KitKat
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] metalgearhathaway:
Done, would thank you, but only 8 allowed, needs extending a little I reckon :good:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] Pandur:
Works like a charme! Thank you, been waiting for this since I have my Note! You made my Day!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] metalgearhathaway:
Cool, pleased to be of service!

Nice to see positive results back so quickly :good:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] Pandur:
Great

BUT your Instruction 4b dosnt work for me, CM11 told me some thing like Device Auto is not supported... after flashing a complete Sammy-ROM as instructed in 4a evrything works fine!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] metalgearhathaway:
Cheers for letting me know this.

To check, did you then follow 4a and get stock rom on and then upgrade to cm11 afterwards and all worked? I assume so?

Please confirm that and I'll update OP for CM/KK users :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] Kamy:
Thanks. Just tried it and re-partitioning is done very well.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] Pandur:
Yes, let the SammyROM Boot, Format internal SD and then install CM

Gesendet von meinem GT-N7000 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] daeinnor:
Amazing! Simply works. Big THANKS OP.

With a new & better custom TW custom ROM (Arya V4) & a reborn C.O.H.-based kernel (Forrest-Helloworld-Make), the only missing thing in our N7000 is a dual boot using the latest kernels & CWM recovery.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] XxPixX:
Wow, thanks a lot for this!

Is there a chance though that you could remove (or decrease the size) of the preload partition? A lot of us use AOSP and that doesn't even use preload so that space is wasted.

Also, I understand if I want to go back to the default partition layout I need only flash the stock pit file? just to be sure ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] metalgearhathaway:
Yes, that should be the case by flashing stock or one of my standard modded ones.

I could decrease the preload, where would you want the regained space placing?

Only thing is, it is tested at your risk, I've never played with the preload, so anything may happen, it will be out of my control.

Let me know more and confirm you are happy with the risk.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] XxPixX:
Hmmm, perhaps in the future then? Since I started flashing ROMs over a year ago I have never been able to stay on one for more than a week, but I have been running this last one for a month now so I am rather resentful to re-partitioning the device.

I also found this:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] XxPixX:
Ok, may I request then a pit file with an increased (so that there is say ~20MB in the /preload partition AND about a 2 gig decrease in the sdcard size) data partition please? I will flash it hopefully on Saturday (I will have to make some backups and recompile Omni for myself and I haven't got much time until Saturday) and report back on how it goes ;)

To make it clear:

/preload total size about 20MB (just in case - it's currently using 8.4MB for an unknown reason)

/storage/sdcard0 decreased by about 2GB

/data increase by 2068MB (about)

Also, I checked with "partition table" and it says the /preload partition is 503.9MB in size whereas the /system is 838.6 MB

Thanks a lot!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] nokiamodeln91:
I think preload is the hidden.img one which is about 512

FACTORYFS is the /system.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] maktama:
Pit file in OP works perfectly:) thanks

GT-N7000 cihazımdan Tapatalk 2 ile gönderildi
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] metalgearhathaway:
Here you go then, I have made the following changes labelled and explain in RED:

Entry Memory Address: 0x5C8

----------------------------------------------------------

Binary Type: 0 (UNKNOWN)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 11

Attribute: 1 (READ / WRITE)

Update Attribute: 0 (UNKNOWN)

Block Size: 1,392,640

Block Count: 8,388,608 - 4GB DATA PARTITION (CHANGED FROM 2GB)

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: DATAFS

Flash FileName: data.img

FOTA FileName:

----------------------------------------------------------

Entry Memory Address: 0x64C

----------------------------------------------------------

Binary Type: 0 (UNKNOWN)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 12

Attribute: 2 (STL)

Update Attribute: 0 (UNKNOWN)

Block Size: 9,781,248

Block Count: 20,946,944 - 10.5GB(ISH) INTERNAL SD CARD PARTITION

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: UMS

Flash FileName:

FOTA FileName:

----------------------------------------------------------

Entry Memory Address: 0x6D0

----------------------------------------------------------

Binary Type: 0 (UNKNOWN)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 13

Attribute: 1 (READ / WRITE)

Update Attribute: 0 (UNKNOWN)

Block Size: 30,728,192

Block Count: 40,960 - 20MB PRELOAD AREA

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: HIDDEN

Flash FileName: hidden.img

FOTA FileName:

You are taking the risk by flashing, as explained, but if it works I will add thanks and credits for your bold testing and offer the community the option to claim half a gig of space back if they have no desire to use dual boot, or indeed that they understand the need to go back to stock based preload pit files should they ever want to return to official samung firmwares :)

EDIT: Tested it myself, does not work! It ignores the alterations to hidden image, so maybe something blocks me changing certain area's :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] XxPixX:
Thanks very much! I will test it on Saturday.

I double checked the numbers and they seem to be alright, but I have a question about the name of the file:

Was that just a mistype or did you accidentally base it on the i9100 pit file?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] metalgearhathaway:
Sorry, I deleted the file, yes it was i9100!

Plus i tested it out on my i9100, the preload area's appears to be untouchable, so I reckon its blocked from alteration sadly :(

EDIT: I might be wrong, I think I have sorted it, on i9100 atleast, let me test it out a bit longer and I'll report back with a file for you to use in the next couple of days!

EDIT 2: Here is a shot of the result on my i9100, so I will try for you on n7000 now! :)