yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Meticulus:
1. I can't remember what all of those acronyms mean. I remember PBL = Primative Boot Loader. They are not partition types but rater a label to say that, for example the PBL goes in this partition...

2. Most roms are zip files because they are OTA packages designed to be flashed from recovery; not odin or heimdal. Official zip are "signed" and in the stock recovery the signature is checked and if it doesn't match the flash is aborted. On a custom recovery, signature check is disabled and even an unsigned zip can be flashed.

3. If you are flashing a "custom" rom, you should follow the developers instruction for flashing. Typically, you want to do a full wipe and also format /system but the developer may have special notes...

4. Is rooting necessary for what? Obviously no one is "required" to root. Rooting does have benefits but also has dangers if you are not experienced...

I hope that begins to answer some of your questions ;)

EDIT: The file from the first link that you mention is meant to be flashed with Clockworkmod Recovery...
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] hbob:
Thanks Meticulus for replying, I'm beginning to understand this now, I think.

So it seems that most of the custom roms here are provided as zip packages, meaning my best bet is to get Clockworkmod Recovery for my device and go from there. I've read somewhere that CWM Recovery is not supported on the YP-G1, but obviously the folks here have it working. How would I install CWM Recovery on my (unrooted) stock device? Should I just follow the official instructions? Or is there some customized version that is designed to work for the YP-G1?

Also, how do I do a full wipe? Wouldn't wiping /system and /data make my device non-functional?

Oh and for my previous post, I meant to ask if rooting is necessary for installing CWM Recovery. It seems the answer is yes, yes?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Meticulus:
I know much more about the YP-G70 than the YP-G1. I believe that the YP-G1 is similar the the YP-G70 in this regard. For us [YP-G70 users] in order to get CWM [Clockworkmod recovery], from stock, we need to flash a custom Gingerbread kernel. Recovery, for us, is in the initramfs of the kernel.

Check here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1720457

Scroll down to "4. Custom Kernels" then look under 4.0 then GB. What your looking for is a custom kernel for Gingerbread that you can flash with Odin.( You can do it with heimdall but heimdal may not have been working the Galaxy players at that time ). Make sure and read the developers notes and instructions.

Oh and thank zaclimon for is awesome "All in one thread". I'm starting to use it as a reference all the time

EDIT: Wiping system before flashing a new ROM is equivalent to formatting your hard drive before installing a new OS. You don't want bits of an old OS floating around messing up your new OS... Wiping data removes your apps and app configurations but also removes configurations for the previous ROM before installing a new one. You don't want stuff configured for your old ROM on your new ROM. Could potentially cause problems.

However yes, if you format /system without installing a new ROM then, of course, it won't boot. It should still boot to recovery though.

It is not necessary to root for installing CWM...
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] hbob:
Thanks Meticulus, you have been very helpful. I was able to flash a new kernel on my YP-G1 using Odin, and with that I was able to go into Clockwork Recovery. So CWM is a part of the kernel? I thought it was an app, oh silly me...

Anyways, thanks again Meticulus, much appreciated!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] 1900-Hustler:
Hello,

yesterday i got my new MDA-Compact from T-mobile (germany).

Software/Rom:

R 1.12.00

G 1337.42

D 1.13.01 GER

its all not that bad but the MDA itsself doesnt check the 1GB Memory Card wich was working in my older one. I Always get the Message from the MDA to format the card to make it readable. If i format it it doesnt work eighter and after the formating in the MDA my PC and the MDA cannot read the card anymore. Its pretty strange please help
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] mrwell:
Maybe It's an stupid cuestion but... did you format the card on FAT (only FAT not FAT32) format?. WM2003 doesn't read FAT32.

Good luck!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] 1900-Hustler:
yes i tried all formats. still the same problem. pretty strange is:

i upgraded the rom/software now with GER_11301_129_11200. after the update was done the mda still has the :

R 1.12.00

G 1337.42

D 1.13.01 GER

and still the same problem
[Moto X Q&A] sekelink:
can I install the 4.4.2 upgrade on 4.4 without flashing the bootloader??

opinions?
[Moto X Q&A] Darth:
No. :)

Sent from my Moto X cellular telephone...
[Moto X Q&A] flashallthetime:
The sbf firmware no don't even try, your best bet is to wait for either eclipse or kangakat ROMs to be updated, you need to have a unlocked bootloader with a custom recovery. Please people do not take short cuts with your bootloader

Sent on my Gummy running Lenoto X
[Moto X Q&A] sekelink:
Yes i have bootloader unlocked and rooted xt1058 latin america phone. I would like to test the 4.4.2 update without flash the gpt and motoboot. This is because i want my phone with the bootloader not stuck in 4.4.2
[Moto X Q&A] flashallthetime:
No no no, if you have problems please don't open a thread if your phone gets borked, theres minor differences between 4,4 and 4.4.2 you want even know what they changed

Sent on my Lenoto A2109 tablet :) :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] OxygeenHD:
Hi everybody, i make this thread to ask to anybody if he can provide me a link to get Savie CM kernel, he seems to be bugless than Jarvis and Percy kernel someone told me that he didn't have any wifi random disconnecting and Wake lock problem, that's i wanted to test :) Thanks everybody :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
posting this kernel would be against xda rules

this is because savie did not post kernel sources as required and so the kernel was removed from xda

my advice - google is your friend
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] malybru:
Mod Edit

Savie CM Kernel is indeed a banned kernel.

So , discussing/asking about it is not allowed on XDA

Thread closed

malybru

Forum Moderator
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indigoataxia:
I just downgraded my Verizon G2 from 12b to 11a with this guide: (because of the push email issue)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2448960

What I didn't realize was it would erase the data partition and now all my pictures are gone (idiot, I know)

Recovery software wont work because the G2 is only listed as a MTP device and they software doesn't see it.

I tried using this guide here, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1994705, which has instructions for the Galaxy Nexus which has the same MTP only issue. It basically dumps the partition as a .raw file to the computer through adb and then you can recover from that. I'm having a problem with this command "/system/bin/busybox nc -l -p 5555 -e /system/bin/busybox dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p12" mmcblk0p12 is the block on the galaxy nexus where the userdata was stored. I thought I had found the G2's block at "/dev/block/platform/msmsdcc.1/by-name/userdata" but the command doesn't work

Does anyone have any idea what the block path really is or an alternative to recover my lost stuff? Thanks.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indigoataxia:
Also tried to flash TWRP and then mount from there so software will see it but mounting does nothing :(
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yahooyahoo:
Hi there,

You should identify which partition is your data partition (link in step 1 of the guide). I did it, it shows me mmcblk0p35 (i have D802). But I had another problem.

I have rooted stock rom (D80210f-EUR-XX) with stock recovery. After modyfying /system/build.prop i got bootloop. the only thing I could do was to enter stock recovery and "Reset to defaults", so I did, but I lost all my data, messages, settings etc.

I tried to recover data partition using the same guide, but i'm stuck at step 6. It shows me speed of 0 B/s and creates file of 0B nomatter how long I wait.

Can anybody help please?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetractius:
I'have your same issue (LG G2 D802)

I tried with:

/system/xbin/busybox ncat -l -p 5555 -e /system/xbin/busybox dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/mmcblk0p35

/system/xbin/busybox nc -l -p 5555 -e /system/xbin/busybox dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/mmcblk0p35

/system/xbin/busybox ncat -l -p 5555 -e /system/xbin/busybox dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p35

/system/xbin/busybox nc -l -p 5555 -e /system/xbin/busybox dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p35

but nothing happen!

did you solve? if yes, how???
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indigoataxia:
No, never was able to recover.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djbaha:
Sorry for reviving a dead thread.

Has anyone been able to successfully recover their deep formatted drive? Like the guide mentioned does? I'm currently trying, but no success..
[Micromax A116] anish792:
How to get orignal rom of canvas hd and orignal recovery of canvas hd from cwm recovery
[Micromax A116] rajneeshk:
if CWM recovery is installed , original recovery is already gone and can't be restored. You can get original ROM from here
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] vinodr5371@xdaroms.co.in:
I updated without using computer to my device mk1 version, clockwork recovery not installing on this method how to root?
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] bhsiddharth:
Try the process mentioned here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2160671
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] vinodr5371@xdaroms.co.in:
I tried this metod not working flashing is pass but recoverymod not showing.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ashwin77sgg:
Try flash recovery with auto reboot option unchecked in Odin..
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] DMJoh:
If the flashing get passed the recovery should boot up, Actually what happens when you switch on the device by holding Volume UP+Home Button+Power Key??

Revovery should boot up man, if you are doing it correctly
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] vinodr5371@xdaroms.co.in:
Stock recovery comes
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] DMJoh:
uff!! sorry, you meant you cant flash it using Odin in to your phone huh?

okay it says pass, have you tried wiping up cache both dalvik n cache partition, this wont help much, even though!

try it with odin again, or you may hav to go for a file system re-partition or nand erase, but thats a risky process... do try nw

You try flashing the stock OS once into the device and try flashing recovery (play safe)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] vinodr5371@xdaroms.co.in:
Its OK now thanks friends.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] DMJoh:
Share It

It will be great info if u share what you did to correct, so that others can benefit from that :) :good:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] vinodr5371@xdaroms.co.in:
I flash the stock ROM again then root my device.that's it bro
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ltindi32:
hello. I'm considering buying a galaxy s3 sprint sph-L710 but to unlock and use it with tmobile gsm. is there a method for sph-L720 s4 but not if for shp-L710 is the same unlock for use with tmobile, att etc. if anyone know if you can, appreciate your help
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
You can't use a sprint model gs3 on T-Mobile or AT&T. The sim card is integrated into the board and they run on different frequencies.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ltindi32:
ok. thanks
[M.O.J.O. General] mokdakid:
Recently my mojo is freezing while I'm on the internet. Im wondering if anybody else is having this issue. It is annoying having to unplug and restart it. It happens while connected through cable & wifi.Any advice is appreciated
[M.O.J.O. General] Domomojo:
I've had it happen to me a couple of times over the last couple of days while watching "bootleg" cable channel video streams using the web browser (not Dolphin). Like you, I've had to unplug to restart.
[M.O.J.O. General] Mad Catz Rich:
If you use Dolphin does the same issue occur?
[M.O.J.O. General] ExtremeRyno:
No problems with Lightning Browser. It's been updated to work with the MOJO.
[M.O.J.O. General] Domomojo:
I used Dolphin to stream a bootleg channel for a couple of hours this afternoon with no issue. I'll test it more later.
[M.O.J.O. General] mokdakid:
It doesn't matter what I'm doing and it randomly freezes
[M.O.J.O. General] Mad Catz Rich:
Have you tried a different browser though? Give a few of them a try and see if it makes any difference (Lightning, Dolphin... there are others, especially if you're rooted).
[M.O.J.O. General] Domomojo:
Using Dolphin, I've been streaming the same bootleg channel that was locking up MOJO while using the pre loaded browser (the name escapes me, but has the blue globe as its icon) for roughly six hours over the last couple of days with no issues.

I'll try the pre loaded browser again later and see it MOJO locks up again.
[M.O.J.O. General] Domomojo:
For what it's worth, I just tried to watch streaming video with the pre loaded browser. My MOJO froze after about 5 minutes, requiring a reboot. I'm concluding the issue must be browser related. If it ever happens with Dolphin, I'll post about it.
[M.O.J.O. General] Dead-neM:
Same problem i did a factory reset and it's the same

i think it's a nand problem or cache that can be solved by a software update
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] bmlsbr:
Bought this phone a day ago. Applied the rom UNI_QTEK_13077_176_10900_WWE_Ship.exe and now the phone is dead.

Hard reset results in "press 0 to erase and X to cancel".

Checked other postings and nothing worked so far. Please help me.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] belfast-biker:
What happens if you press 0?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] spdfrx:
YESH YOU SHOULD PRESS 0!

i had the same thing haha don't worry it's a good thing..it just means it hard resets the phone to the new ROM, so not to worry! it's still alive and kicking! 8)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] bmlsbr:
qtek dead

when I press 0, the device screen goes black and dead again.

ANy clue as to how to recover from this?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] vondutch:
Re: qtek dead

Just retry the update. Even if you don't see anything on your screen.

More people had this and fixed it.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] qtotter:
Just calm down. Your messages are very vague. You need describe your situation better so that others can help you.

>the phone is dead.

What do you mean by dead? Can you see "Serial" on the screen that you believe is black? If so, it's not dead yet. Try this;

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=254595#254595

>Checked other postings and nothing worked so far.

Explain nothing worked. What did you exactly do??

qt
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] IamGuest:
BL

I think your bootloader is v0.56.

Try to change the bootloader to v1.00.

You will change your rom to any version.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] dvl:
hmm

had something similar.. weirdest thing was.. i almost gave up.. went to my other pc and tried it to update there.. and voila worked like a dream?

Seems xp can be a bit buggy.. My advise is to also try it on another pc!

Greetz

DvL
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanshinron:
Yesterday I've tried to switch ROMs from Cyanogenmod nightly (camera was crashing) to AOSP 4.4.2. AOSP ROM had some problem with CWM 6.0.4.7 (Status 7 error) and when I reverted to Cyanogenmod I had no gsm service. Flashing modem from newest samsung firmware available resulted in working GSM, but I've lost all sound!.

Then I've found out that for older bootloaders I should flash other modem file and I've managed to get sound to work. Now I'm back on Cyanogenmod 11 Nightly and suprisingly, camera works! I suspect that newer modem file I've flashed with Odin fixed camera/cyanogenmod problems.

My first question is:

Should I try to find newest knox-free bootloader and update to it? Is it possible that new ROMs will be working better with newer bootloader?

If so, can you point me to the latest knox-free bootloader?

Second question:

My is taken from firmware for "Open Europe". Since I live in Poland, will I benefit in any way from switching to XEO modem (firmware for Poland)?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mustajab Is'haq:
Salam and Hello xda community. As you may know that Samsung has not yet sent the OTA of JB 4.2.2 for Galaxy Tab 2 (GT-P3100) in middle eastern countries like Saudi,Egypt etc. It's not available through Kies or Sammobile. Even though its been more than a year since the tab's release here.

I think we should bomb Samsung Arabia's twitter account and maybe even start a petition so they will roll out the OTA atleast. Anyone with me?

Please someone point me in the right direction if I'm doing something wrong here.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharingan:
my brother if they have to they will definitely roll out 4.2.2 but if they dont all this request and petition is useless
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mythi:
lol... i live in Saudia And i have not even got 4.0.4 :laugh: i simply flash with odin (***** samsung arabia dont ever wait for them to make updates :mad::mad:)

no need for petintion sammy won't listen :(:(
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mustajab Is'haq:
Wow Samsung should be ashamed of themselves. I mean why the hell do they behave like this with Middle Eastern countries only?

My friends have a Note II and 2 S III's that are still on JB 4.1. I wonder if this is the case with the Note 3. If so I may have to get it from somewhere else :(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dave2metz:
I have a hard time understanding a changelog. I mean, I obviously know what they are for, but I'm flashing Vanir 4.4.2 Nightly Builds a lot. I see the specific phone names and underneath of the that, what was merged since the previous nightly. I think I'm correct so far... Then sometimes I see several paragraphs of merged improvements with no specific phone attached to it. Does that mean it's merged to all phones? Lastly, a lot of times when I look at a changelog, I don't see my device (Nexus 5). Does this mean that nothing was merged or fixed for my phone? I usually can find most changes by reading through the Rom thread, but I'd like to be able to know for myself. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

NEXUS 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kraven001:
the trees are separate as far as I know, or better yet there are specific things for certain devices, so for simplicity yes, if there are no common stuff pushed and no changes for your device the "nightly" will bring not much, if anything.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b.spec:
Typically changes that are followed by specific devices are exclusive to those alone. Any changes that don't would be for all devices that are supported by the ROM. So if you don't see Nexus 5 or Hammerhead, then the changes that apply would be ones that don't have a specific device attached to it.
[General Questions and Answers] multispastic:


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Is this a normal lg vu2? Everything except the processor looks ok in my droid id program...it scores 16 k in antutu but both processor scores are about 1k...

I bought it in phnom penh cambodia 2nd hand and it has a 7 day warranty...it performs well amd has the adreno 225 gpu/2gb ram and 16gb hd...i just thought arm7 was an older cpu and this should have a different one...any other vu2 owners that could clarify please and thanks...the shop did say he got them in korea.
[General Questions and Answers] Kenneth Hinh:
I had an fake LG optimus L9 before, prolly Chinese, with almost the same spec with official but having single core CPU and instead of dual core. If you found the spec info in Antutu showing differently from the official one, it is possible to be a fake.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Delakit:
I found this to be a very interesting read so I thought I'd share it.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/haydnsh...5-comes-early-and-with-a-hint-of-desperation/
[Galaxy S 5 General] BarryH_GEG:
Samsung's suffering the same thing Apple is - Western smartphone markets are approaching saturation which is causing a drop in margins as manufacturers turn to emerging markets where selling price and margin are lower. In quarterly revenue, market share, and margin growth Samsung still outperformed all other Android device manufacturers based on last quarter's earnings. Their revenue was actually up but their earning's were depressed because of lower margins in mobile devices. LG (who gets over half their mobile revenue from dumb phones) and the other Chinese (physically based and selling market) manufacturers showed YOY gains but everyone else is dying including Sony, HTC, and Motorola.

So if articles like you quoted predicting Samsung's death and desperation are true I hope you like Apple and iOS. Because if changing market conditions are going to kill Samsung then they'll be the last to go behind every other brand discussed on XDA.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Delakit:
Quite an intelligent response. I didn't perceive the article as pointing towards the death of Samsung. Samsung obviously isn't going anywhere anytime soon. I'd rather be without a phone than having an Apple product.
[Galaxy S 5 General] donkeyholder:
The is the problem you going to get In an ecosystem with so many competition. Every manufacturer costs raise to compete with each other and in the end becomes a zero sum game for them. Just like sony needing to exit their PC biz, some manufacturers who can't play well in smartphone world will need to exit too.

Only winner here is Google and in some way Apple owning their own ecosystems, Consumers definitely benefit the most with the amount of choices of phones out there to tinker with :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] arknailed7754:
Phones are overpriced anyway. I've never seen the actual costs but it's silly.

I think if anyone's in danger Apple are in trouble. They are still overpricing. I know quite a few who have jumped ship from Apple.
[Galaxy S 5 General] G1_enthusiast:
Samsung is being force to compete now, the likes of LG has making them a little bit more competitive, which is a good thing since before Samsung was the Android king and the King of smart phone besting out Apple and Window phones. Since the LG G2 was introduce, Samsung customer have been looking toward LG direction, I am one of them and I am glad I picked the G2 over the S4. Let the two giant battle it out, the winner will be the customer.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DigitalDreamer:
I decided to go back to CM9 after a while, but FXP decided to kill the links of the CM9 kumquat zips.

Can somebody please upload fxp216 kumquat and post a link here?

Thank you.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] nidzo031:
Hi. I downloaded cm9 from this link:

pan.baidu.com/share/link?shareid=535585&uk=3727614522

It's latest version for Xperia U FXP216 kumquat.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morfini:
On stock gallery for no obvious reason screen rotation when viewing pictures can become very slow. Is anyone else facing such an issue?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flochy:
Hi !

Yes, I was just looking for that, and found this post.

Now we're officially two facing that issue :/

EDIT : it's actually in every app that rotates, not only in gallery.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mukhlis Aziz:
True that..it happened after 4.4.2 update..
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ricardo671:
Hey, I have the same problem, the screen rotation was ridiculously slow (3-5sec) in every app.

However, I just contacted Samsung about this issue and they said that a factory reset would solve it.

I'm gonna try that now and after I'll let you know if it actually worked!