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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prospidnick:
I have bought what i originaly thought was a genuine S3 i9300 with a camera fault. It turns out to be an extremely good 1:1 replica. Had it not been for the fact that i have a genuine S3 i could easily have been fooled. The rear of the phone is so close to the original other than some missing lettering and font type on the MicroSD card slot. It even scores very highly on Antutu like 18615, only 300 less than my genuine S3. On futher inspection you can see that the screen is 2mm smaller and the sensors and front camera 2mm higher to compensate for the smaller screen. As well as Antutu i have used a number of system checking APK's including the "GS3 Identity_playstore.apk" and it passes them all, but i still feel that it is a fake as i am told that Samsung never made different screen sizes on the S3.

It arrived with 4.0.4 and what looked like a genuine 3e Samsung recovery, that the previous owner had not rooted correctly, therefore i rooted it with CF-Root-SGS3-v6.1.tar which went fine, i tried both CWM touch version and TWRP which both installed perfectly. I then decided to unroot it and restore it to factory 4.3 using odin, again all went fine. At this point i was still unaware that it was a copy, i went to use the phone and it returned "Not registered on network". I can not recall exactly what i tried and did not try, but it was this that made me aware that it was a copy having checked the IMEI number on the phone compared to that on the label on the back which related to a Sony Erricson ? It was then i decided to re-root the phone now on 4.3 and then install a different ROM, i tried 3 different ROMS, all of which have worked fine on my genuine S3, non of which installed, which i sort of understand. I can install any one of the 3 stock standard ROMS 4.0.4 and 4.1.1 or 4.3.0

I have been all over google trying to find out who made this phone, i can not find one reference to a 1:1 copy as good as this one and therefore can not find the orginal ROM, which may or may not get the phone registered again. I'm not sure any of the fixes i have found will work as it is not genuine, can anyone tell me how i can find out what 1:1 phone i have or how i can fix the SIM network error.

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amirTor:
I best way to know for sure is by installing cpu-z app for examining device's hardware compared to genuine s3.

If the hardware matches, well its probably a genuine device with replaced plastics and IMEI. For unregistered issue- search the 'general' stickies, or down below
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prospidnick:
Thanks for the quick response, ok i did that both S3's gave the exact same results other than the fake? having more results on the number of sensors. I don't understand how or why if the plastics have been changed why would the screen size be different and also why can i not install a different ROM, they all fail?

Very confused indeed, but thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amirTor:
Can you see a difference in screen's quality/brightness/viewing angles?

Does the camera's picture quality is any different?

Try to root the device using CF-Auto root + flash the latest Philz recovery.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Search the multiple fake posts a lot of them have more information .
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheAwesomeBit:
Your EFS folder might have got updated. Did u try flashing the modem separately? Restoring an EFS backup?

Edit: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prospidnick:
Thanks, i have been all over Google and XDA and can find nothing that matches my possible fake, hence the post. ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Oh well some of them posted details from about phone and AnTuTu that proved fake usually MTK something .

Another guess is that its not a I9300 but some other S3 version .
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prospidnick:
Yes the screen on the 'Fake' is much brighter than on my S3 also the camera is better, i'm even more bamboozled, may be i have them mixed, i don't, just joking.

Ok I will try, i have used Philz recovery before, can't recal which devices, but it was not that long ago, but given the other genuine S3 has no issues loading various ROMS i'm not so sure.

Can we at least clarify that if it were a Chinese MTK6???T copy it would not root the way it currently does, i.e. the same as a normal S3 or 2 or my Tab?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prospidnick:
A very interesting read indeed thanks, however, i do have a IMEI number "showing in about phone" but it relates to a Ericsson P900 / P908 according to the www.numberingplans.com/ website....nice, the label beneath the battery shows a completely different IMEI, but it does relate to an S3 which is a bonus LOL. Also my serial number is a full set of zeros

I did try to flash the modem separately using XXDME4 and DDEMG2, no change. I did this some time back, the very first thing i did when i got the phone was to root it and backup it up CWM 6.0.4.6 , i have since restored the phone with that backup therefore should the modem not be as before ?

Just an aside, whlst typing this i have just requested to reboot into recovery using the CWM manager (the wrong one) and it's rebooted into downloading and only downloading had to re-root, how strange.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahfu25:
I just got my note 3 and I updated all the apps. I'm not rooted and haven't downloaded anything from the play store aside from the updates. What can this be?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 440bro:
That's lookout security app. It comes pre-installed.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahfu25:
I know what app iit is. I just want to know why am I getting this notification without me downloading any apps.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solarenemy68:
This is normal, it is a bug that hopefully they will fix one day. Everyone has been getting it, some more than others and a few have not. Just tap not to remind me for 30 days and go on with life.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheDriller:
Actually that's not Lookout. Its the new built in security policy. It looks similar. It can be turned off in settings>security
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XiphoneUzer:
Now there's a non-helpful answer to a post that already has 8 threads currently running, nice job RErick, like tits on a bull you are. :rolleyes:

settings/security/ then what Einstein?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheDriller:
Since you are a previous iPhone user, I will assume that this ignorant post is based on lack of knowledge. However, flaming is not tolerated in xda forums. By the way, did you ever successfully transfer your data off of your 4s?

No matter, this is what you should look for...

Sent from my SM-N900A
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahfu25:
Thank you!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheDriller:
No problem friend. Sorry I couldn't elaborate earlier I had a few things going on.
[Asus Transformer TF701] ATPS:
Hi guys,

So here's my list of problems i have encountered with my recently purchased asus tf701t (4 weeks back)

1 - the docking station doesn't charge since day one (although it's AD02, but from the october release), always at 0% with or without the tablet attached.Nor does it charge the tablet when its attached to it, rather drains its battery.

Even left it charging over night.

2 - 3 days back , vol up key stopped working without any apparent physical damage.

so far have tried:

contacting asus customer support without any positive solution, all they could come up with was that i do a "whip data" which i did to no avail.

currently the rom is stock rom JB 4.3, with latest US firmware and isn't rooted.

The problem am facing is i can't ship it back since i bought it online and paid a large amount for it to be shipped to my country, so shipping it back isn't an option for me.

PS: while the dock is connected to the wall charger and if i go into fastboot mode (power+vol down), the blinking of the 3 icons is painfully slow as compared to when i remove the charging cable. Also the docking station shows that its charging but actually drains the tablets battery instead.

so here's what am thinking will rooting and changing the firmware from US to ww be of any help?

Is there anything that can be done to fix the charging issue + the vol up key issue ?

also is there any way i could perform a triple whip data or cold boot without my vol up key working?

Please help me guys..............
[Asus Transformer TF701] sbdags:
Sounds like a hardware fault to me - I don't think rooting or installing a custom rom will help at all unfortunately. :(
[Asus Transformer TF701] ATPS:
Thankyou for your prompt reply.

Well is there any way i could perform a whip data or cold boot without my vol up key working?
[Asus Transformer TF701] sbdags:
Good question! I'm struggling to think of a way to do it as the volume up acts as the execute button......
[Asus Transformer TF701] ATPS:
hum... seems like am in a fix here. Not what i had expected from my first android tablet experience tbh.

Hope we get a work around for my vol up key problem which apparently had no problems 3 days back.

Another thing i have noticed is after three consecutive "factory rests" ,docking station when attached to a wall charger along with table "falsely" shows charging of tablet (instead it still keeps draining it battery) when its screen is off and goes back to not charging sign for tablet battery when it's screen is switched back on.

Throughout this time, the tablet battery shows its charging which it isn't. Also when the docking station is connected to wall charger independently it's charging (orange blinking led) does not light up....!!!:crying:
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Deadpikle:
Howdy.

I recently updated my YP-G1 from CM10 to CM 11 [4.4.2]. I need to use my device for Android app development (and have used it before way back when it was on stock, but haven't used it in a very long time), but am unable to get ADB/Eclipse to detect that there is a device detected. Using the emulator is not an option at this point, as I need to do some work with a real camera.

I've got the Android USB debugging enabled on the device, and the little notification that debugging is enabled comes up when I plug it in.

Things I've tried:

1) Update Eclipse/ADT (complete uninstall + reinstall)

2) Update Google USB Driver (from SDK manager)

3) Update Samsung Kies

4) Google

The only related forum thread that I've located for this situation is: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1776828, which just implies that Windows should be auto-detecting the device. Windows is not doing that.

I have noticed that the YP-G1 drivers do not show up as installed under Device Manager. Perhaps that is the source of the problem? I have not been able to rectify that situation via Kies, so I am unsure. Kies doesn't even detect that the device is connected!

If it matters, I'm running on Windows 8.

Thanks much.

P.S. -- I'd post in the CM11 thread, but since I just registered, I am not allowed to do so, unfortunately.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] shockersify:
Edit: I got mine to work finally. I solved my issue by allowing windows to automatically search windows updates for drivers. After I did that it found them and it worked, so try that.

I too am having this issue and it's really bugging me. I've tried everything I can possibly think of but I cannot get the drivers to install. I'm using windows 7 64 bit and it sees the YP-G1 but it doesn't have the drivers so things like kies and adb won't detect it. Any solution would be very helpful.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Deadpikle:
Strange...that's what the thread I linked to suggested. I've tried that multiple times to no avail. Perhaps Windows 8 doesn't find it, while 7 does for some reason? I've tried doing searches via both Device Manager and Windows Update.

Could you perhaps upload the driver files it found? You should be able to figure out what/where those are by using Device Manager, then right click the YP-G1 and go to Properties, then the driver tab, then driver details. Maybe they'll work on Windows 8 as well as 7. I might try plugging my device into someone else's computer to see if somehow mine is just acting stupid.

Thanks for your reply!

Edit: I've plugged my device into another computer. You're right -- on Windows 7, it can find the drivers just fine. On Windows 8, it can't. Go figure. Now to figure out where to get those files and/or how to get the device recognized..... (??)
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drb01:
Does anyone know if it is possible to get a digital audio output from this tablet? Stereo is fine - don't need surround sound or anything fancy, although that would be nice too!
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Armpowered:
Yes, I was surprised that when I plugged my Fiio E17 in it just worked with the standard LG ROM. Recent custom ROMs also now support USB audio.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drb01:
Great news, but how in practice do I do it? I am hoping to plug the lg into my hifi audio amp via the coax digital input...
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Armpowered:
You need a USB "on the go" (otg) cable, £1-2 from famous "auction" site.

Then (something I haven't used) you'd need a USB to coax converter - which seem to exist. I just tried a cheap (£11) USB sound card that I have and it happily converted the USB output of gpad into optical or analogue (not coax).

An alternative could be to look at a Bluetooth solution.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drb01:
As you say it seems like an OTG connector plugged into a sound card would do the trick. But is there a more direct method? E.g. my old laptop has a straight digital output. I am trying to avoid latency apart from anything, as one application would be to use it at the same time as Miracast (my surround sound pre-amp is very good but doesn't have HDMI so my blu-ray player's HDMI goes to a projector, and the sound is handled separately via coax - works surprisingly well). Would like to replicate with the LG.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Armpowered:
I've not come across a tablet with direct digital audio out via optical or coax. This is now a different question from how I originally understood it (I assumed just wanting to listen to audio).

Can't you get the audio via Miracast (I'm not getting it ATM but I thought it did when I've tried previously)? I suppose it really depends on what you are trying to play and what to, there are all sorts of possibilities.

I use the Netflix and YouTube apps on tablet to control play on recent Samsung tv / Chromecast dongle (not actually streaming). You can play audio/video via dlna to appropriate players, you can stream to Apple TV with appropriate app. etc..
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drb01:
I guess I have two needs, one for straight audio which now seems fairly straight forward (and thanks for your help), and then it would be nice to get video as well. I thought the LG was Miracast, not Chromecast or can it do both? Either way I would need to get a dongle for HDMI into my projector, and separate sound to the audio processor.

But how would it do DLNA? My Sony blu ray player BDP-S570 does DLNA and that would be a really neat way to do the video as it would handle sound at the same time...
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Armpowered:
Miracast is the screen mirroring system, Chromecast is Google's dongle for playing some streaming video sources on TV. Matching apps on tablet/phone can control the playback on Chromecast, some recent TVs use the same control protocol (DIAL) so their respective streaming apps can be controlled in the same way

---------- Post added at 02:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:13 PM ----------

I use the BubbleUPnP app, it discovers media servers and playback devices on you home network and allows you to control play. It also acts as a dlna server itself, so video stored on phone/tablet can be played on dlna player (TV/blu ray/streaming box/other mobile device).

Note that dlna doesn't guarantee playback, the rendering device needs to understand the format of media from the server, the more recent the equipment the greater the chance of success (eg my recent TV plays streamed video better than the two year old bluray player, my 4 year old TV won't even play video via dlna but will music and jpegs).
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Armpowered:
It really depends exactly what you want to do.

Miracast mirrors the tablet display, so anything you see on the tablet will appear on TV including games (but lag is too much to really be usable for this).

Google's Chromecast dongle doesn't allow you to show any random video, there needs to be a matching Chromecast app. (I've only used Netflix and Youtube). You start the matching app on the tablet, tap an icon and choose where (on which device) to view the video, you can then pause/play rewind etc. using the tablet.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drb01:
Thanks again. I get the difference between the two, but I just want to make sure that my LG G Pad is compatible with both Miracast and Chromecast dongles. I have to say that these dongles don't get very good reviews on Amazon but I guess Ill have to get one or the other ...
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Armpowered:
If you don't mind the cable you could use a Slimport adapter to get HDMI out of the USB socket - have never tried it so don't know the pros/cons.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drb01:
That could well be the way forward - at least it should work! I am surprised there are not people commenting on miracast etc.
[Android Apps and Games] AmatuerAppDeveloper:
This is just a quick simple torch app that only took me an hour or so to make, due to having most the code done from a previous app.

There is however, one problem and i don't know if it's just my phone or the code but when you exit the app, it comes up with a force close but other than that, it works how it should.

The design isn't anything special but it's also nothing bad!

So yeah, enjoy!
[Android Apps and Games] blackassassin3333:
same problem on my Xperia U xnovathor jb.
[Android Apps and Games] AmatuerAppDeveloper:
Ah that sucks. Other than that though, does it work?
[Android Apps and Games] blackassassin3333:
yes works fine. just force close issue.
[Android Apps and Games] AmatuerAppDeveloper:
Right I've updated the app and It's now fully working!

I have also put it on the PlayStore so if you could download give a rating or something then I'd really appreciate it!

Thanks... Oh and DON'T download it with attached APK because that's the old one! xD

The Iink: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplistic.simpleflashlight
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] nathiemad:
hi every1 hope sum1 can help me??????i work for a big retail store which sells pc and tablets etc....i brought a store demo samsung note 10.1 gt-8010 this is where the problem begins because samsung sent us the samsung demo unit it has all the demos stored on the tablet when u do a factory rest it brings it all back,,when the tablet is pluged into the pc it charges it but dosent show up on the pc..so i dont know how to flash it so i can either have the proper rom or a custom rom on it..so im hoping sum1 has the knowhow on this site to help
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] max621:
Ur note origin ?

Look at www.sammobile.com for the rom.. and thru odin flash that rom....
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] ultramag69:
Make sure you have the Samsung drivers installed, exit Kies if its running, put note into download mode before plugging into PC. Open ODIN, then flash a new rom.

Just a quick thought though - In my wanderings there was a few threads about demo models having problems being flashed. You might need to do a search in case there is some kind of lock that needs to be removed before flashing...
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sifosifo:
My device freezes frequently. I don't have a warranty, so I'm trying to make a device usable by SW.

I'm sure the problem comes from GPU. Device freezes during gfx intense situations (video playback) or overlay (eg. hitting search button in google play - it openes small overlay win with suggestions).

I tried to underclock CPU, but with no effect on problem.

I have root console on my device if it helps.

Is it possible to force CPU rendering? I think, it might solve my issue.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Markus_W:
Hello,

I have bought a used Xoom which shows after reboot the message "Tablet could not be use, please insert the valid sim card"

But I also can't go in recovery / fastboot mode during boot operation. I tried this instruction.

"Boot XOOM into Recovery, Fastboot, or RSD mode

So you need to get into Recovery to backup your XOOM (you do nandroid don't you?). Or perhaps you were working on creating new levels of awesome and something happend and you find yourself staring at the Motorola Dual Core boot screen with your XOOM refusing to boot any further. Fear not, you are only a few clicks away from finding your way back into recovery or fastboot goodness.

Turn your XOOM off

Press Power to turn your XOOM back on

When the Motorola Dual Core boot screen appears tap Volume Down repeatedly until "Android Recovery" is displayed

Press Volume Up to enter Recovery"

So root is also not possible because, I can't activate the USB debugging.

What is the best way to install CM10.2 on my XOOM?

Thanks a lot

Markus
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webeougher:
Instead of repeatedly tapping volume down, boot the "M" logo screen, wait three seconds and press Volume Down once. Some white text should appear. Volume Up changes the text, Volume Down selects it. If you can get into recovery that way, then you can probably make some headway.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Markus_W:
So I found the problem!

Whats a good dealer for spare parts? It seems that also the sim slot is defect. HM can I root the xoom without sim reader and without volume buttons?

Thanks

Markus
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] heliosfa:
OK, i have finally taken the plunge and got a working ROM dump from my v1640. I have tested this rom, and it can be flashed back and it works (includeds the extended rom and version 1.09.00 radio).

If anyone wants this ROM, please post here and i will upload it to the FTP (I don't want to go wasting space on the FTP site, or my upload allowance if no-one is going to use it)

I know that this is an older ROM, but with all the new ROMs from other providers out, and the lack of one from Vodafone, i know that some people will be wanting to upgrade to a new ROM, but will be wary to do so without the option to go back to original. There may also be people who want to experiment and see how this rom performs compared to other ROMs.

I also have the ms_.nbf file for the extended rom if anyone wants it seperately.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] lupick:
Great,

I'm really interested. In fact I'mplanning to upgrade my v1640 ITalian version and I'd like to have a backup.

I assume your image is the English one.

Could you send to me an howto dump my Italian image?

Or maybe I can try with some product like sprite clone?

Thank you

Lupick