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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
No, you didn't install a different kernel, unless you're running the MDK build.

Reading between the lines, you rooted and now your phone says "Custom" when you boot it. That's normal.

There's information in the Saferoot thread telling people that their phone will be "Custom" after rooting.

Read that thread, post #2 gives unrooting directions. If you don't want a custom phone, you don't want it rooted.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoaxdream:
solve

mods please delete thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Lucky_Slevin:
Well my coworkers and I were having a discussion about what we thought about all the flagship phones that have been a real let down in certain categories.

Such as:

1: build quality

2: poor internals

3: bad user interface

And well we all concluded that although we like Samsung products the Galaxy S4 was a let down for us. Not to say we hate it, since 4 out of 10 of my coworkers have Galaxy S3s and 4s. But they stated they would have either A: not have got any Samsung product or B: just get a case. Which in turn asks the question, why do I need to buy a case so that my phone doesn't feel cheap ?(feel not price since we all know they are not cheap)

Now I want to here your opinions on what you consider the worst or biggest let down flagship phone.

I don't want people flaming each other for their opinions and I think if were old enough to get cellphones were old enough to converse like adults.

Begin.
[General Questions and Answers] piscesjoey:
Evo 3D, HTC & Sprint abandoned this phone before they even released it lol, & to this day I still think about all that could've been good for it if they would've gave it the attention & support like they did for the OG Evo.
[General Questions and Answers] diestarbucks:
These threads have a tendency to start going badly, so just a reminder to keep things polite and civil. That being said:

Man that phone's build quality was horrible. It's the only phone I've ever owned that started falling apart and it was never even close to abused. No nicks, dents or scratches, but the camera bezel kept falling off and eventually the front bezel started separating from the rest of the body, and it had a truly awful camera. I used it less than a year.
[General Questions and Answers] piscesjoey:
I had the same problem on mines too with the front bezel hanging half off & I only had the phone for 6 months then before it was stolen from my job & Asurion ended up giving me an Epic 4G Touch to replace my Evo 3D.

Sent from my HTC One Max
[General Questions and Answers] mike21pr:
Palm Pre

It deserved much more that It got. Software was so much more deserving than the cheap hardware it got.

Sent from my Moto G GPE
[General Accessories] 99.9F:
Dear Gurus,

I got the Omiz Bluetooth Stereo Headset last night and haven't had any success pairing it with my phone!

Do you think it's the Bluetooth version?

This is what happened:

Dopod searched and found the device( Cyber Headset), key in pass key

Set as Handsfree.

But on the headset, the orange searching light keeps flashing....

Alas, there was no sound

On my powerbook, I managed to paired them up but after listening to 1 song, there was a Bluetooth Audio error and the partnership went off and could not be paired again.

Tried it on a Nokia phone and it didn't work too.

But could establish partnership with Sony Ericsson and a Panasonic phone..

I've soft reset the phone and the headset a couple of times to keep trying but to no avail.

Does any here know what the problem might be?

Thank you very much!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] herbiehusker2608:
Looking for the camera apk that will record in slow motion?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TokedUp:
Intl forum, Note 2 camera
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ersersoy:
Hey guys, i mistaken deleted my host file, i have a samsung galaxy s3 mini, could any of you send me host file? it is in System/etc i have no host file atm and well im not having any trouble with connecting internet or google play or anything. should i have to have a host file on my phone? and if i just find a host file and copy it to system/etc would it work like this? Thank you.

Regards,
[HTC Droid DNA] AznXJin123:
So right now, my DNA is s-on and relocked(by accident). What im trying to do is get my hboot to stock so i can flash the RUU and get my phone back to its normal state. My problem right now is that im trying to unlock bootloader but i use the command fastboot fastboot flash unlocktoken unlock_code.bin, accept, then it reboots. But it still says its relocked and refuses to unlock. I don't know how to unlock it another way with S-on
[HTC Droid DNA] Phaded:
You need to s-off, then go stock
[HTC Droid DNA] AznXJin123:
How would I s-off?
[HTC Droid DNA] Uzephi:
Rumrunner.us type that in your browser and download the one for the DNA.

Sent from my DNA using my mind.
[HTC Droid DNA] AznXJin123:
Update:

So i did some stuff( I honestly don't even know what) and i was able to unlock bootloader. Next i'm unsure of what to do to get the RUU on my phone. Anyways, i tried the rumrunner but it just ended because it couldn't detect any adb connection to my phone. That was also one of the problems i forgot to mention
[HTC Droid DNA] thayl0:
We don't know what version he is on...

OP what version are you on?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommie87:
Hi Guys! Just bought a phone from a friend and everything is working as it should (I was told about the volume down button being broken) , but I did not think that would bother me much.. Except.. The phone boots in safe mode, AT ALL TIMES, making me unable to install new apps and such, and that does bother me.. ALOT. So my question is.. Is the any way to remove either the safe mode function alltogether, or just disable the volume down key in any way? I know its broken, but I really dont need the volume down function, I just need it to not be in my way.

And I would like to do this at home, not sending it away for 4 weeks and then get it back, probably without the problem even beeing fixed, dont have much faith in the so called "pros"..

Thanks!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliakbar.mirzaee:
no way,i think.because it's a factory-configured default way to boot in safe mode with vol. down key :)

try to repair your phone
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommie87:
I saw someone on a swedish forum that had disabled some vol.tkr or vol.mngr or something like that, but I dont know how to do that and he just wrote that he had found the solution on some forum in english.. There should be a way since phones are more like small computers nowadays.. Just dont know how :-/
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alnikki25k:
See if this works

EDIT: That might work only at run-time sadly. If you want it to work right from boot, then I am afraid we need to make changes to the kernel. I can modify the kernel for you if you are ready to unlock your bootloader.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommie87:
Hi! I understood nothing of that :) Do I download and install the app? The problem is that I cant install anything new, since the phone is in safe mode :/

How do I unlock my bootloader and can I lock it again afterwards?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] sphinxaur:
hello

my phone is a samsung galaxy s4 sprint, I have a problem with calls

I make a call to another cell in which if given all of the caller, but the S4 sprint cell nothing happens .. like nobody's calling, also happens when I make a call if he does, but when I end the call the call is locked and continues

As shown in this video

youtube.com/watch?v=ayS7sf-GkQ0

The only way to stop the call is putting it in flight mode
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
Looks like you are runing AOKP or some other CM based rom. That is a common problem on those roms and you should ask in the rom thread. There have been several posts complaining about your issue.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subxero123:
Its been in perfect condition, its hard to believe it just stopped working

Only thing I can think of, I didn't update to kit Kat, did updating ever cause screen responsiveness for any of u? He updated and says its not working.

Telling me there's a crack on the screen when I gave it to him in perfect condition

What should I do? His stories really shady, he's asking for his money back, but I'm pretty sure he did something to make it stop working, either dropped it in snow or something because its been working perfectly, even showed it in front of him
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike102871:
If he says its cracked and he took delivery in perfect condition . I'd say he's out of luck.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lndulgence:
Buyer's fault on this one. He should have checked the unit thoroughly before closing the deal. A crack is easily noticeable, he could have noticed it when you show him the unit, so why just now?

(btw, is it cash on delivery or shipping transaction?)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subxero123:
He checked it before he bought it, everything was working perfectly, he knows my address, I'm scared he'll call the cops and lie that I scammed him

Sorry for duplicate threads
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subxero123:
We met up, I posted the ad on kijiji, he came to my house to pick it up
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vencc:
You may be held liable to a certain degree. If you say the phone was in 100% working order and was in mint condition without a scratch/crack and he inspected it himself finding nothing then it's his negligence. However, if the phone suddenly stopped working a day after, and suddenly "died" on him without him tempering with it, then you may be held responsible due to a innocent misrepresentation.

I have no reason to believe he is a crook and possibly switched your phone to a different already broken one, and is just looking to scam you. Not much people are that low, and hopefully you have some type of background knowledge of him before you did the exchange. If you have the IMEI Number/Seriel Number of your phone still, I'd ask him to send that information back to you to ensure it's the same phone.

The worst that can happen if he called the cops is you would have to give him his money back, and he can't press any charges on you due to the innocent misrepresentation tort.

edit: I don't think you should be concerned at all to be honest, you can try to help him if you're tech savvy and guide him through Odin his phone back to stock, but if its a hardware problem, it's most likely his fault for dropping it or something.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subxero123:
No it was in perfect condition, I showed it to him, I saw it before too, everything's working, he definitely did something to it, and yeah it was a teenager
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subxero123:
He just called again, asking if we could meet up today, but I'm at work, pretty sure he'll just show outside my house tomorrow even if I say no, what should I do?

I gave him literally a brand new nexus 4

And he's gonna give me a broken one back
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
This is a tough call. I'm not sure how much he paid for the phone but it may be simpler just to refund the purchase price and eat the loss just to have peace of mind. If you take it back, make sure the imei matches the phone you sold.

How long did the buyer have the phone before contacting you?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hypertech:
if what you wrote is complete and real, then in that case, I would not give the money back to the person for these reasons.

1. worked when he bought it.

2. he inspected it, it was in mint condition, now it have a crack.

3. crack doesnt appear by magic.

tell him, if he want hes money back, then he have to give back the items in the exact same condition, thats mean, mint condition, without any crack or defect.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subxero123:
Of course what I wrote is real, and I've decided I'm not giving him his money back unless he gives the phone in the exact same condition I gave it, which was perfect
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hypertech:
good decision! :good:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snapper.fishes:
If he wants his money back and you refuse, there's nothing he can do except to take you to court. The police has no reason to deal with this kind of issues (except to try to persuade you to settle it because the other guy is bugging them). Personal safety however is another issue entirely. If he keeps on calling you or even show up at your doorstep, you can call the police to and tell them that you feel threatened by his actions. Unfortunately, if he does decide to attack you, you are going to have to learn to defence yourself. Therefore, next time don't give anyone your home or work address.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmoss74:
this is a cautionary tale of how to (and not to) sell a phone. i go through phones like underwear, and i can tell you that covering your own butt is the easiest way to avoid these unfortunate situations.

first off: NEVER have someone to your home. you never know who you're dealing with. secondly, make sure that the person fully checks out the phone, and is completely satisfied with what they are buying BEFORE they leave. unfortunately, a lot of people get buyer's remorse, and expect you to just refund the money to them, despite you selling an item that was properly described.

when selling a phone, i always make sure to overstate any possible problems, even if they don't really exist. i feel it's better to be as up front as possible. that way the persons are usually surprised at how much better the phone actually is.

i just sold an unlocked phone to a guy a few weeks ago, and was with him for ten minutes as he went over the phone. i plainly asked him to make sure if he had any problems now, since this was a no refund sale. he said all was good, and paid me. well, five hours later i get a text from him saying the phone doesn't work, and he wants his money back. it was an unlocked g2, and he said it wasn't getting any data with his tmobile plan.

i reminded him that he had looked at it for a good while, and assured me he had no problems with it. at this point, there was nothing i could do. apparently he had checked out the phone with the wifi on, and hadn't tried the data plan. i also did all the requisite checking on google (something he wouldn't do himself) and had discovered that all he had to do was call tmobile and get the proper apn settings so that he would get the data working.

from that point he claimed he was a moron, and that he didn't even know how to do that. after i laughed at him for that response, i reminded him to take a deep breath, absorb what i had told him, and to fix the problem himself. it was not my responsibility to show him how to do that, and the extra time i took to find this out was above and beyond anything i should have been expected to do for this sale.

he eventually stopped texting me, and i assume he went ahead and made the adjustments on his own.

but i would NEVER have someone meet me in my home, for various reasons; but the main one is what you are looking at now.

from now on (after my last experience) i am going to make the person sign a contract stating that the phone was sold as described, and that they fully checked it out before buying it. i know there are shady people out there...those that buy, and sell. you need to cover your bases as best you can.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobola:
I think you be fine.

No one would believe him.

Who in the right mind would've purchase a phone with a crack in the first place.

The screen is unresponsive AFTER he updated.

It was perfectly fine before the update. So obviously he screwed up with the update.

So he should not be seeking support from you. Is not your fault.

Is a private sale, there no refund or warranty.

But hope you learn something. Don't use your home or even workplace as a place to meet up random stranger to buy/sell.

Like what other said: Safety first, call police if you see him linger around your place!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndianKarmas:
As everyone else said, there's nothing really person could do...BUT most importantly....DONT EVER EVER invite strangers to your place....I am sure there are lots of Tim Hortons around where u can meetup in Brampton.

If you had images on your ad that you might have sent him you might be lucky...but even if u dont...no biggy...for him to convince anyone that u sold him cracked screen without him knowing is just plain dumb n stupid on his part.....

all u have to deal with is...him nagging u at ur place (phone/text etc u can block through various apps), except for that u should be good. dont be scared about it. u could tell him things as is & not to bother u again!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badboy47:
Do not give back the money. I wouldnt care much if he knows where i live. Big deal anyway. When you gave the phone it was in perfect condition and was working. Why did he bother messing with the software if he is noob? Ask him to give the phone back in the exact condition as it was sold and he can have his money back. If not, avoid him. Let him call the cops; in fact let him call the army. Its not your fault. Last year, I remember an idiot broke my tablet and he was trying to blame it on me. Btw, you don't have to pick up his call right away; just tell him to call you only certain time in a day as you are working.

If I see him around my place; I would just call the cops and explain the situation.
[General Questions and Answers] sychobob:
Hi!

I recently upgraded my ROM from NeatRom 5.6 to 5.7 and now everytime I reboot the phone, the battery uptime is getting reset to 0h0mm0ss. So because of that I don't know for how many hours or days I am really running with the same charge. NeatRom 5.6 was not doing that and I can confirm because I went back to NeatRom 5.6 and the battery uptime is not resetting when I reboot the phone. Does anybody else is living the same problem?

Thank you!

Running on Jeboo 2.3a+ kernel and the battery life if wonderfull with this kernel.

My phone is a Samsung Galaxy GT-i9100M
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dharkan:
Hey guys,

So today I noticed a few dead pixels on my screen, I have no idea for how long they've been there but now I know they are there. They are not clustered and to be honest they are not too easy to see unless you try to look for them in a dark background. BUT I know they are there.

What should I do? Should I just ignore them and get used to living with them? Because after getting a screen change I'm afraid of two things happening;

1. Getting my flawless HTC One scratched by service

2. Getting obsessed with dead pixels and looking for them constantly. We all know they will happen again eventually.

I'd really love your comments on that.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] alex7875:
Dear elite members of XDA-Developers.com:

I am new to Pocket PC Phone and New to HTC Universal, but cerntainly not new for hot gadgets, have owned various Palm and PPC unite. I've been reading there forums and couldn't come up with an confirmed answer.

My question is, can my Vodaphone be able to flash to ROMs like the Asian Dopod, O2 XDA Exec or I-Mate Jasar? If that's out of the question, am I be able to atleast flash the radio from my current 1.04.10 to the newest? I am also without the exe file to flash the radio file. Can someone kindly provide his compatible version to me here? My main concern is can I still flash the whole rom?

I find it is very trouble to unclock any kind of HTC universal currently, I am asking my UK friends to help me find a local service to see if they can unlock my phone, if that attempt failed, I am gonna give a go to www.imei-check.co.uk, just got their comfirm that they can unlock my phone but for a charge of 50GBP plus 16GBP to mail the unit back to me. Which gonna be quite a bit of money even before adding my cost of shipment to send the unit to them.

Finally, please answer my questions, I did the search but couldn't come up with a confirm answer, thank you very much.

Alex
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] djwillis:
I'll write some more info later but just so you know flashing all Universal devices from one operator rom to another is not a problem.

We have several V1640's running custom brewed ROMs or the AKU2 iMate ROMs without any issues. You will need to use the "No country ID" upgrade exe and you really would need to check the bootloader (read other threads) as bootloaders pre 1.00 can be a bit funny and most of our V1640's where running really old bootloaders and ROMs.

John
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jbn:
There is no linkage between the SP lock and the ROM image. Even if you upgrade you will not see any difference in this respect.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] alex7875:
Thank you for clearing my irresolute mind. I am feel much safer to flash my rom to a much newer version. Any recommandation? Good news is, I do have a bootloader v1.0, this support by what I saw from the bootloader screen, it has v1.0 at the bottom. :twisted:

Thank you jbn for the the reminder. I've been educated through out these useful forums that there is no charmer to unlock the phone via flashing rom files. Good point yo've brought up that there is no linkage between the SP lock and ROM image. Maybe that's why when I asked www.imei-check.co.uk a question that is sort of vice versa, I asked them after unlocking, can I still flash the phone to a newer software without affecting the unlocked status of the phone, that answer was a firmly 'NO'.

Thank you guys for the answer. By reading the forums, I've got a impression that the only way to unlock this phone without sending the phone out is to contact the provider, which in this case is Vodafone UK. I've called them and they said they need a phone number that come with this phone when it was purchased. I've been trying to work with the eBay guys who sold me this phone to get a phone number. But he seems unwilling to cooperate with me by agreeing to look for on-line unlocking service for me. Which I've already looked.

I am planning to call Vodaphone again see if I can get a unlock code from them without the phone number for a charge. Before I do that, is any of you guys have experience that this will work? Or is there any possibility that you can legally own a vodaphone without owning a phone number (signing contract). Because the guy did mention that he bought the phone without phone numbers, and he's selling whole bunch of them.

Thank you again

Alex
[Nexus 7 (2013) Accessories] Lttlwing16:
Just ordered this from Shopandroid.com for 29.99. Looks to be higher quality than the moko/poetic, but cheaper than the dodo/portenzo/buk group. Will update when I get it !

Edit: Case arrived! See below for a video walkthrough and NFC\Wireless charging video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqnVIFz7rFw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgTiseuJ4zA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Nexus 7 (2013) Accessories] vectron:
How did you get it for $29.99? Their current on-line price is $36.95 after discount?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Accessories] Lttlwing16:
I saw a discount code for valentines.. I think SWEET20..20% off I believe.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Accessories] DuCray:
Hi the discount code works perfectly !!!

Thanks a lot !

Du.Cray
[Nexus 7 (2013) Accessories] charesa39:
Hi there. Just curious if you've received this case yet. This looks like the exact case I may be looking for. Something around the same size, but better quality than the Poetic Slimline/Moko Ultra Slim. I'm curious if it stays closed using magnets like the Poetic/Moko. I've been reading, but it doesn't say anywhere.

Edit: NEVERMIND. I found the answer shortly after posting this. Unfortunately, it doesn't stay closed with any mechanism. Deal breaker for me. Thanks for the heads up though.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Accessories] Lttlwing16:
Yeah, mine is set to arrive tomorrow. I'll try to make a short video when it arrives. Good to know about the screen lock. I know it does have sleep/wake, and the screen staying close isn't a deal breaker for me personally, but I understand where it could be.

Cheers!