yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] scrowdid:
I was rooted and made the mistake of accepting the latest OTA update, which I assume was the new and devious 4.3. The update process seemed to work fine, but on reboot, phone is now freezing at the white Verizon logo screen.

My boot sequence looks like this: "SAMSUNG ([lock pic] Custom)" -> "SAMSUNG GALAXY S III" on black -> Swirly SAMSUNG logo on black -> Verizon animation on white -> HANG at indefinitely repeating few-frame loop animation of shining Verizon logo on white background.

I can get to Download mode - it looks like this:

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: SCH-I535

CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: Yes (2 counts)

CURRENT BINARY: Custom

SYSTEM STATUS: Custom

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE

*NO* mention of Warranty Bit.

Does this mean I am still on 4.1.2 and not dreaded 4.3 Knox? I don't want to screw up and accidentally brick this thing.

Unfortunately I have crappy notes from my original rooting, so I don't know if I had a simple root or custom ROM or custom bootloader or what. I know I have CF-Auto-Root-d2vzw-d2vzw-schi535.tar.md5, VRBMB1_Bootchain.tar.md5, and VRALEC.bootchain.tar.md5 in my work folder, and I was only rooting so I could use SGS3 Easy UMS so I likely did whatever method was needed for that.

How can I get back to functional? Stock or custom, I don't care, but with all the bricking dangers I'm reading about after this new OTA update I just want to proceed extra carefully. Also I'd really like to not have to wipe the phone with a factory reset or anything like that.

Thanks for your help!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
You got lucky. For some reason your boot chain didn't flash so it's still unlockable.

You need to flash this file in Odin:

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23134718111254196

Using section 5 of this guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1762709

Then root and unlock with casual:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2332825

Then download ez unlock 1.2 and verify it's unlocked.

Then you're good to go again. Install a custom rom and never accept an Ota again.

As far as wiping your phone goes, you can't really do much about that, this is pretty much a last resort.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
It's a nice write up Badusername..:good:

I just want to add that if you want to keep stock rooted, just make sure you disabled OTA. Like Badusername mentioned if you decided to flash custom rom then you don't have to worry about OTA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
If that's everything in download mode, then you are still on 4.1.2. If you want to try retaining your /sdcard data, then you could try Odin flashing the no-wipe VRBMB1 image.

If you would like to start clean and wipe away /sdcard, then Odin flash this VRBMF1 4.1.2 stock image. You would need to root and unlock in both cases. DO NOT accept the 4.3 OTA in either case.

Edit: ninja'd lmao...badly
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] scrowdid:
Thanks! I am operational again with the No-Wipe flash. Whew!

Unfortunately, it looks like I lost all my text messages though. That was one of the main things I had been hoping to preserve, to keep a record of some conversations. Unless there's something I'm missing and they might still be lurking somewhere?

My photos survived and it looks like apart from a few settings it's mostly unwiped. Cool! Glad I didn't ruin it. Now I can try a custom 4.3 or something else if I want, but for now I'm just glad to have it working again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blueblur:
This happened to me after flashing VZW-I535VRUCML1-20131220083128 instentionally to return back to stock.

after flashing with odin in PDA mode, the samsung 'custom' screen came on then the loop on the white logo.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Did you boot into recovery and do a factory reset?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blueblur:
When? Before flashing stock? No. After? No, but if I can get into recovery, I will.

edit:::

went into recovery after flashing odin image, that did the trick. thank you.

still showing 'custom' when starting up
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
No problem. Idk why custom would be there unless you tried flashing something pre-4.3 in Odin beforehand? Odin flashing the VRUCML1 tar would wipe everything else off the phone in terms of rom and root. It doesn't affect anything unless you plan on doing a warranty replacement.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blueblur:
I was trading it in to verizon for the note 3. i'm good to go now. thanks for your help!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Just a suggestion. I use an app in the play store called sms backup plus. It backs up your texts to your email.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] hotbutcoldbacon:
I wanted to know how do i go back to the sprint stock rom after i flashed a 4.4.2 Rom?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] daniel4653:
Are you saying that you updated to NAE, rooted, and now trying to unroot? If so I don't know of any way to do it since there is no tar for NAE yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] hotbutcoldbacon:
Im not sure what NAE is but the rom I have is Octo-Kat from this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2493128 any info is greatly appreicated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] daniel4653:
NAE is the new 4.4.2 TOUCHWIZ update that just came out for the phone. That's what I thought you meant. To go back to stock, if you mean stock unroofed. It would depend on what version of touchwiz you were on before. If you were on 4.2 then Odin a 4.2 tar. If you were on 4.3 with Knox then Odin MK2 kernel.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] hotbutcoldbacon:
Well before I rooted and flash a custom rom I was on 4.3. However I did flash a 4.4.2 so would that mean im out of out or should I go ahead flash a 4.3 tar
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] daniel4653:
If you were on 4.3 touchwiz previously then yes you are okay to odin the MK2 tar.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] hotbutcoldbacon:
Thank you I will try it out.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] dh010447:
Hi Guys,

Firstly, i am new to this - so if i ask any stupid Q's, please forgive me :)

I will be getting my MDA Vario tomorrow, and before i do too much customisaton and transfer my phonebook over, i would like some advice on upgrading.

From reading this Forum, i believe that I have to do a CID unlock and a SIM unlock. I am familier with a SIM unlock, but what it a CID unlock?

Also, from what i can gather, in order to do this - i have to downgrade to an older version of the rom first. Once i have done this and unlocked the device, does anyone have any recomendations on what ROM i should upgrade it to? I have heard the Qtek rom is a good one, but will is this the best one to be going for?

Thanks for your input guys. You can be asured, once i get familier with this device i shall be providing much imput to this forum!

Glyn
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] MikeProcter:
Hi, I'm new to WM5/vario as well (experienced on palms & treos).

You only need to unlock the wizard if you want to use another suppliers SIM card, and to get rid of the T-Mobile stuff you need to remove the Carrier ID (CID), so you can then change the rom to another one not recognised by your TMobile rom.

I understand, but could be wrong, that you only need to down grade if your device already has one of the latest a2dp stereo roms with push email built in.

Hope this helps (if I'm right)!!!
[LG Optimus 4X HD] greece-for-ever:
I wonder if it is possible the battery on screen endure four hours or More:confused:
[LG Optimus 4X HD] dimi89:
Battery thread ? Really? No one will answer not because we are dicks but because there are 435276589124567 threads about battery lifeon our device and you didnt bother to search even 5 min for them.
[Galaxy Note II General] syriusblack:
ok here it is. i've flashed various roms but don't really know what everything is, i just followed all those insturctions but never bricked my device..

I live in China, use 3g mobile internet, my phone is korean note2(shv-e250l), use slimkat 4.4.2 nightly, bandwidth MI1, kernel thor 2.9.

i've been using these for about 1 month, and there was not any big problems, except that it feels like my signal strength or internet speed isn't as good as stock rom

but yesterday, when I hung up after calling my friend, all of sudden my phone can't read my sim card, so i reboot the device, and my mobile network doesn't work, and i reboot again, finally everything works.

after that, everytime i call someone my phone goes stupid and i have to reboot it twice.

and I started to wonder, does my bandwidth need to be updated? can I use newest stock rom's bandwidth?

newest stock rom of korean note2 is NA1, will using its bandwidth solve my problem?

if it does the magic, how do i apply bandwidth of NA1 to my phone?

HELP ME.............
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dannyboy_uk12:
I have had the nexus a good couple of months, and still haven't rooted due to the fact that after what seems a lifetime with a desire HD, until release candidates pop up, there's always something that needs flashing, or random reboots.

I've never owned a new android practically from the release date, so, I guess the question in short is, how long until Roms turn up that are as stable, If not more than stock. Something I can just flash and never worry about again?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raynan:
There are plenty of very stable custom ROMs out there. Even a fair amount that are stable ART. Just look at the postings and comments. CM, AOKP and PA are always good places to start.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GUGUITOMTG4:
Hi, I come from HTC devices too. I can certify that I got shocked when I flashed the first Rom on the nexus 5 And it was as stable as the most stable Rom on Htc one S and previous phones. That just less than 1 month after N5 was released.

The advantage here is that devs have 1st class sources where on Htc they have to work harder and migrate to another phone. Or most are just ports from cousin phones. I admire from those developers the fact that without much help from HTC, they do hardly to port everything on those phones. However, there is were trouble begins: random bootloops, camera wont record, battey dies fast...etc. Not the case on nexus 5.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dannyboy_uk12:
Il never buy a HTC again, they really ****ed up big time.

Looks like I'll end up Rooting sooner than I thought then, thanks for the info. now to wait for paranoid android to add a few more features then il be straight on it
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
Why wait when you can flash now and enjoy the weekly progressions.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dannyboy_uk12:
I dont have a laptop at the moment, so Rooting and backing up stuff is a bit difficult really
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndrasLOHF:
AKAIK SlimKat would be the way to go if you're looking for RC right now. They're only 1 or 2 builds away from it. The ROM itself has been absolutely rock solid since the first week of November.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Titolito:
Hi,

to begining, i'm sorry for my bad langage, i'm not english and it's difficult to speak on this tong to me.

I've Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 on 4.3 with IMEI null/ null. I try to fix it with EFS Professional but i can't because i've an error.

- My phone is rooted

- I've Busybox pro and i use on v. 1.20.2 (only it work better)

- I use EFS Professional 2.0.80 (other don't run adb)

- 'ive S4 driver

- I've EFS Floder save with root explorer but it was save after imei null/null problème and few restoration.

- I've already try to flashe with my countrie firmware

I try to write my imei with EFS pro and i proccess like that :

1 - Run Busybox and wait all is load

2 - Run EFS professional

3 - autoriser l'accès avec l'option de débogage usb

4 - Wait result

That remains blocked in " checking device status..."

Have you an idea to my problème ?

2 - I've à second question, i have an galaxy S3, can i increase his imei, write the imei of my S4 and copy his esf folder on my S4 ?

3 - If i try to update on 4.4.2 to keep a chance to find my IMEI, can i Downgrade on 4.3 after ?

Thanks you for advance
[Nexus 7 (2013) Accessories] ahmetcan44:
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/pro...1.7049941.1996153261.85&promotionId=251034063

It is on discount. I'm looking for a cheap charger for Nexus 7 2013. Would you recommend this one?

I couldn't see Nexus 7 2013 name on explanation. Also do I need anything else to charge my Nexus, besides this mat?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Accessories] ahmetcan44:
Here is what seller says;

Would you give him a credit?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Accessories] colt45x:
The description says that it should work with all Qi enabled devices. Nexus 7 is Qi enabled so it "should" work. I bet it would work fine.
[Sony Xperia L] KillerKink:
Got a bootable OnmiRom based on the latest kitkat branch. Most of the things work...

Issues:

Unable to activate OmniSwitch

Sources:

Omini

Kernel

C2105 Device Tree
[Sony Xperia L] Joel16:
Nice work but I thought xda doesn't allow place holders. You might wanna release a beta or something, if you want this to stay.

Even the strongest opponent always has a weakness.

- Itachi Uchiha
[Sony Xperia L] KillerKink:
Thanks for the reminder. There should be a beta soon. I am not publishing one yet since it has not been fully tested and there is also the deep sleep issue that I am working on.

However, I have just posted all the sources that I have been using for those advanced users who want to have a quick peek.
[Sony Xperia L] saurabh007:
There is OmniROM by # root you can check out his thread for any errors he is having on his ROM..
[Sony Xperia L] KillerKink:
Yes, I saw. But the development seem to have stopped and none of the sony AOSP issues has been resolved.
[Sony Xperia L] Navneet Suresh:
hmm

I have got a possible solution to it if we could change the partition size to we could solve it as of the new samsung galaxy grand it has got full 8 GB as internal storage which solves the issue. If we could merge the partition(highly risky) :confused:
[Sony Xperia L] FantasticalX:
Is the internal got fixed? I am worried about this bug :(
[Sony Xperia L] KillerKink:
No, but it will be. Right now the most critical issue is that of the deep sleep.
[Sony Xperia L] KillerKink:
Thanks. Yes, this do come to my mine as its the most appropriate solution available. However, since this involved partitioning, there is a high risk in bricking the device and I am not familiar with the Xperia yet to do so.
[Sony Xperia L] saurabh007:
Repartitioning device is highly risky.. I guess uberlaggydarwin has solved the deep sleep bug in his CM11 for Xperia L which would be released in few days..

It would be easier for you to solve the bugs..
[Sony Xperia L] Navneet Suresh:
If sony does

If sony does it it would be coolest thing we should email this thing to them ?? If they are relesing a os update the should also change partiton style ;)
[Sony Xperia L] KillerKink:
They might if there are going to release a kitkat version for XperiaL.:good:
[Sony Xperia L] KillerKink:
Where did you see this?
[Sony Xperia L] saurabh007:
Well, you can check it on his G+

https://plus.google.com/+BrinlyTaylor/posts/icKNF1R6fic
[Sony Xperia L] KillerKink:
Very cool. Glad that he manage to solve it and hope to see the fix. I have a vague idea as well and testing it out. :)
[Sony Xperia L] saurabh007:
But only god knows when he will release CyanogenMod :silly:
[Sony Xperia L] KillerKink:
In due time I guess. he did mentioned that in a few days time.
[Sony Xperia L] Me_Shazzy:
Great Work bro!

Hope you find success

But why no u add a file manager to the rom ! its annoys many people
[Sony Xperia L] ApriliaM3:
Guys I've renamed this thread to [DISCUSSION] and moved it to the General forum for now.

If a ROM eventuates from this, feel free to report the thread and request it be moved back.

Thanks.
[Sony Xperia L] KillerKink:
guess I will just add have to add the alpha binaries then.
[Sony Xperia L] KillerKink:
Its still pretty much early work as there are more pressing issues to resolve. :)
[Sony Xperia L] Me_Shazzy:
hmm

And yeah there's 'Cpu spy plus' hope you dont add it in the final rom as it is a paid app..
[Sony Xperia L] KillerKink:
Its not a paid app.
[Sony Xperia L] Me_Shazzy:
Sorry my mistake

Hope you will not mind
[Sony Xperia L] Strider77:
thanks bro,,

it wud be even cooler if you release a build with the storage and deepsleep bugs fixed, before brinly :P

hope you keep us updated wth your work unlike him...

btw all the best...
[Sony Xperia L] KillerKink:
the deep sleep issue has a workaround. see the kernel thread.
[Sony Xperia L] Desmaize38:
Why did you remove the link for the rom?
[Sony Xperia L] KillerKink:
seriously, there was never a rom. I have not release any rom yet which is why the moderator moved the thread to here. there is no point in a half-bake rom that is not useful for others.
[Sony Xperia L] b00tbu9:
Nice point. Thank you for taking the effort in getting us to taste KK for Xperia L :good:
[Sony Xperia L] KillerKink:
I have already working on it. In the mean time, you can try out other KK roms while waiting. :)

:)
[Sony Xperia L] b00tbu9:
Sure..
[Sony Xperia L] KillerKink:
for your wifi issue, you need to be on stock build 15.3.A.x.x before flashing kitkat.
[Sony Xperia L] b00tbu9:
flashing system.img solved my issue :)
[General Questions and Answers] 99dandan99:
Recently I messed with Flappy Bird's files to up my highscore (to mess with people :p ). I thought that was pretty fun so i wanted to see if i could do it with other games

So I was looking through a game's data trying to change the levels just for fun. I would change them back, because who wants to ruin a perfectly good game?

Anyway, in the xml file for the game I found the part that I think should be the level, but the place where i would think the number would be was "F5uaTyMiAtv8FU".

I think that should be the number 10... my question is: is that some way to write numbers so its not super easy to tamper

with them? Im doing all this for learning and fun, im not trying to cheat in the game.

Well i suppose i am.. but its for educational purposes! :eek:

So anyway, what is that? I'm rather new to android-screwing, so if you know, tell me :p

sorry for the noob question.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenneu:
Is there a setting, app, or feature that will temporarily turn the screen on to show incoming notifications? My last Motorola device did this as did one of my HTC devices. My iPhone did it. I can't seem to find the settings to make my note 3 do it....

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenneu:
Ok, I know it's bad karma to reply to your own post, but I think I've got the whole notifications not built in thing worked out with an app and a few settings... There still seem to be a few kinks to work out, but here's what I did in case anyone wants to replicate my "success". Note that this has a configuration tool similar to the one found on iPhone that lets you turn on/off notifications on the lock screen for each app that sends notifications.

Download and install Nils from the google play store - make sure to enable it after installing

go to settings, lockscreen and turn on multiple widgets

Set screen lock to "swipe". I didnt' test this with other lockscreens but it may work

turn off, then on your device to see the default clock lockscreen.

Press and hold the stock clock and slide down to make it bigger

Press and hold the stock clock widget on the lockscreen and drag it to the trash

Click the new "+" symbol on the lockscreen and choose the Nils widget

Play with the settings.

I tested this on a rooted cleanrom installed device and it works for messages, corporate email, and gmail. That's all I'm interested in, but this will also work on all sorts of other system messages.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] gkkovacs:
I have an Xperia T that I got from T-Mobile Hungary, currently using a flashed 9.1.A.1.145 firmware that is Orange Poland based.

1. Does PC Companion see my phone as T-Mobile Hungary (based on IMEI) or as Orange Poland (based on the current ROM)?

2. Does the update to 4.3 delete user data or it simply upgrades system/apps and leaves data intact?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] im_iceman:
I also have a question... How do you switch USB debugging on in the new 4.3 rom... can't find developer options in the menu's now..
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] datagubben:
Press 7 times on android version.

Skickat från min LT25i via Tapatalk
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] decmac:
For those who have Neo's and were afraid to update to an English ROM in case they ever needed to return to the German version :)

New ROM now available here:

http://www.o2online.de/o2/kunden/technikundeinst/exclusive/xda/xdaneo/update/xda-neo-update.exe
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] rodigezstyle:
A2DP Profil on this ROM ???
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] decmac:
Don't know, haven't installed it yet.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] Gegenpapst:
let's go ...

Hi there!

I'm at the universtiy right now and i don't have my usb-cable with me.

I'll give it a try this afternoon and post a "features-list" afterwards.

Or did anyone try it yet?
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] Sauron1978de:
yes, but don't see a big difference to the one that was installed. (didn't look at the old version number *g*)

perhaps a "new features" list would be nice.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] anybody:
I had version v2.4.9.120 according to the update utility

and it is now updating to v2.15.04.115...

At least when judging it by the numbers it seems like a big step ahead :-)
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] anybody:
Good news everyone! It actually is charging now while being connected to the computer :-)

At least one major problem gone, i didn't notice any differences apart from that though (but i haven't really searched for any).
[Lenovo K900] trungduc5151:
download xperia style led widget from playstore
[Asus Transformer TF700] snoboardfrk:
Hi Guys,

When trying to flash a ROM using TWRP v2.5.0 it keeps giving me this error: Unable to mount '/external_sdcard and then Unable to open zip file. I have tried to use multiple zip files and none of them work. I have also tried installing it from my microsd and no luck there either. I am a big noob so any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

thanks in advance!
[Asus Transformer TF700] lj50036:
feedback

Just need a little more info....

What bootloader are you on??

What format is your ext sdcard??

What zips are you trying to flash??

How did you install twrp??

What is the OS of your PC??
[Asus Transformer TF700] snoboardfrk:
Well I have successfully flashed ROMS before and installed twrp through goo manager. I wanted to bring my tablet back to stock because I was going to sell it. When I went to wipe before installing back the stock rom i wiped the system and everything so I cant boot it up after since it doesnt have a rom on it atm. I also cant get it to connect to my computer through the recovery for some reason so I had to use an external sd card to put roms on but that isnt working. I forget what bootloader I'm on since its been a while since I have done anythign with this tablet but that latest ROM I had on it was a jellybean one so i probably updated the bootloader before installing the rom.

I am just trying to flash stock rom back on but I have tried others and no luck with a few different ones. I was trying to experiment with a what format the sd was to see if that would help but so far I have tried exFAT and FAT and neither has helped. My pc is windows 7 64 bit.