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[Android General] editheraven:
Today I've brought my first 4.4.* device, a nexus 7 from 2012. I did installed cwm (with some efforts, though. It seemed that cwm would not install if bootloader was not unlocked). In file manager I cannot acces backup path.

root@grouper:/sdcard # cd clockworkmod
root@grouper:/sdcard/clockworkmod # ls
root@grouper:/sdcard/clockworkmod #

In the real sdcard path I found only the log (in file manager) adb still shows nothing

root@grouper:/storage/emulated/0 # cd clockworkmod
root@grouper:/storage/emulated/0/clockworkmod # ls
root@grouper:/storage/emulated/0/clockworkmod #

I find the same folder structure in several paths : /storage/sdcard0, /storage/emulated/legacy.

I think i'm failing to understand the FS of kitkat. The backups are present (in cwm they are shown as being located in /sdcard/clockworkmod but I cannot find them. What am I missing here?

le : I found the path. It is /mnt/shell/emulated/cwm.
[Android General] mothyl.w:
Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] d2616ae26016:
Resolved: see below

Hi. I have flashed a custom recovery to my Galaxy Gio, based on CWM. But when I boot into recovery I keep getting these errors:

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

and I can do nothing. Now how can I flash a new recovery? I can't use adb because it doesn't detect my device even if I have installed all the drivers, and I can't use Odin because I can't find version 4.42 anywhere!!

Please, help! Thank you

_________________

[Resolved]: I changed computer and I could use Odin to flash a new version of CWM.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Pietplezier:
I do have the same problem. My Gio can only come into Download modus, But even with the correct drivers, 2 pc's and 3 different usb cables wont work :(. I can't get into recovery modus anymore. If odin will recognize the gio i can flash a stock rom, but i cant flash now :(
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Nikiz:
Are those computers running Windows 8.1? Windows 8.1 refuses to detect the Gio on download-mode, because it misses some verifications. I had the same problem, but I managed to flash the recovery with Windows 7.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] d2616ae26016:
^ This is the answer
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Pietplezier:
Yes windows 8.1. F*ck windows 8.1. I will fix the phone on windows 7. Thnx for the help!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r7r8:
I have he Nexus 5 since the past 5 months now! I never faced any battery problem. Now since 3-4 days, i have terrible battery drain. I charge my phone to 100% and sleep and in 8-10hrs sleep, the battery is down to 50% . Android OS and Android system are using 30-35% each. I'm on stock and not rooted. What should I do?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Find out where you wake locks are. Get something like betterbatterystats.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r7r8:
I did! It shows PowerManagerService as the main culprit. wlan_rx_wake and wlan_wd_wake aer also equally responsible. But i dont know what that means. Any suggestions?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
It's likely your wifi. Did you recently switch to a different router? Some routers cause excessive wakelocks which in turn cause bad drain. If I leave my wifi on overnight I can sometimes lose 10-15%, if I leave wifi off I generally only lose 1-2% overnight.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r7r8:
Nope! i have been using the same router. Thinking of buying a new one though as this one is 2-3 yrs old!

Anything else I can do? Apart from changing my router?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
Try disabling wifi before you hit the sack tonight just to see if that is indeed the cause.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r7r8:
Ok cool! ill give it a try
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bblzd:
Do you know if your wireless network is using 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz? Selecting one or the other and not using Automatic seems to fix speed issues and might also help with wake locks.

Otherwise you can try setting Locations to Device Only instead of Battery Saver and also disable Wifi always scanning if it's on.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tien113:
why don't use both?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrObvious:
Clear your cache. Sometimes weirdness can result from that.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoei92:
Hello,( i'm french sorry for my english )

I have a problem with my htc one,

I was in 4.3 stock, i installed android revo hd 51.0, so i unlocked bootloader (with htcdev) but phone is still in S-ON, hboot is 1.55

It bootloop now.. i installed TWRP 2.6.3.3 to try change rom but doesn't works

ADB sideload give an error : failed to write data 'protocol fault (no status)''

ADB push give an error : protocol failure

I tried some methods like 'firewater' but blocks at command : adb wait-for-device push firewater /data/local/tmp

So i can access to fastboot and recovery but impossible to make the htc works stock or custom..

You have an idea to save my htc one ?

Thanks a lot
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoei92:
Nobody have an idea ?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrCrunch:
Try to kill all running adb instances (adb kill-server) or via task manager (adb.exe)

Have you tried to update your adb/fastboot to the newest version?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcnboy:
Thanks sir you made my day kill adb.exe in process and it works ok sideload
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fcb13:
Hey guys, looking for a cheap place to unlock my Bell Xperia Z. Any thoughts?
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Tigerstown:
So when I heard the bad news bout our great dev was thinking bout stepping down I wanted to fig out how to make a ota stock Rom zip for next update incase the dev is really gone. So far I extracted the ota which gave me my firmware zip. Then I got my fastboot.exe an adb.exe. so my question is I want to know

EDIT I have figured it out so my question above is no longer needed!

sent from my JAVA CARD S-OFF FAUX HBOOT BLUE HTC ONE using the XDA premium app.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Leechoonhwee:
HI all,

Anyone tried the dopod 900 rom on their exec? I got this country error when I tried... anyway to bypass this thing?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jmdrizen:
I had that when I tried to flash an iMate ROM on my MDA Pro.

Do a search for MAUpdate, and you'll find how to get round it...

Regards.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quetsch:
Hi!

I did some skype video calling lately and experienced something strange. The quality of the transmitted video was way better from Note 2 than from Note 3 in various aspects:

Concerning the front cam, I had 17 to 7 fps, a much better quality in terms of light and color of the pictures. Turning on the the quality information the Note 2 also showed a lower cpu usage (!!).

Skype version on both: 4.5.0.39600

Note 2 rooted stock ROM 4.1.2, Note 3 rooted stock 4.3 MJ7.

So, is the current skype version not as optimized for snapdragon 800 as for Exynos?

The results for the back cams were similar, but not with such drastic difference. Still higher frame rates on Note 2, a bit more "natural" picture and lower cpu usage. This was kinda disappointing. I love boths my devices, but comparing them in many aspects of everyday usage, the Note 3 is not superior to the Note 2 in all aspects! Skype is just 1 thing, there are quite some things still lacking on Note 3, UMS e.g.

So, can somebody confirm my "discoveries" in terms of skype video quality?

Anyone to bring a bit more insight into that issue?

P.S. Anything similar on Hangouts video?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krayzieboi:
Note3 sucks videocalling

Hi,

Any solutions for this thing here? really dissapointed with Note3 video calling this is to all applications not only in skype. video quality is bad. same goes with Xperia Z1 i changed to note 3 to eliminate the problem but only to find out that its just same freaking problem video quality so Bad.

hope someone could find a way regarding this problem. my Gf uses note 2 and way better video when we videocalling.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xeinebiu:
I just did a nandroid backup and i saw this ... i know this is a patch for my service sim card because when i dont have this patch i cant make call , not registered network show up ... then i pay 20$ someone to install me this patch ... can i backup just these patched files ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ancientsthe:
I make also nandroid backups and see the same message but I'm 100% sure I don't have a patch installed for issue's with my service sim or any other part, because I dont have any issue's with my phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xeinebiu:
thnx 4 ur reply ... but i know i have a patchi file installed and i have to find it out
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ancientsthe:
I also must have a patch installed but it's not for my service sim but I do see that same message.

Very much like to know how to read this patch installed message also
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ancientsthe:
Still no anwser to the question but I think I have an anwser for you because yesterday I got a little trouble

see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2652796

and this morning when I checked my backup I did see this log:

Starting backup...

Running with the following commands: -i --utc --storage /storage/sdcard1 -pd -r -nd

Dedupe not found... Installing dedupe...

Missing patch detected... Installing patch...

Using ash Shell

##########################################

Online Nandroid Backup v9.20

* A tool to perform a nandroid backup

without booting into recovery.

* It is fully compatible with nandroid.

* Type 'onandroid --help' for usage

instructions.

* Created by Ameer Dawood

##########################################

02:02:06 Using busybox from: /data/data/com.h3r3t1c.onnandbup/files/busybox

02:02:06 Checking for root permissions...

02:02:06 Root permissions acquired!

02:02:06 Analysing battery level...

02:02:06 Sufficient battery available!

02:02:06 Checking version of BusyBox installed...

02:02:06 BusyBox version 1.20 or above installed!

02:02:06 Searching for SD card...

02:02:06 Alternate storage media provided!

02:02:06 This device has a patch file installed!

02:02:06 Incremental backup mode selected at run time!

02:02:06 Checking for required tools...

02:02:06 All required tools available!

02:02:07 Checking disk space...

02:02:08 SD Card Free Space: 11548 MB

02:02:08 Required Space: 3315 MB

02:02:08 Necessary disk space available!

02:02:08 Detecting mountpoints to exclude...

02:02:08 Backing up to /storage/sdcard1/clockworkmod/backup/2014-02-19.02.02.06

02:02:08 Backing up the old backup for replace operation... 100%

02:02:11 Backing up /boot.... 100%

02:02:13 Backing up /recovery.... 100%

02:02:16 Backing up /system....................................................... 100%

02:04:08 Backing up /data......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 100%

02:25:53 Backing up /cache... 100%

02:25:55 Backing up /efs.... 100%

02:26:00 Backing up /preload..... 100%

02:26:08 Replacing old backup with new backup... 100%

02:26:11 Generating md5sum... 100%

02:26:13 Verifying md5sum... 100%

02:26:14 Online Nandroid Backup Completed in 24 minutes 8 seconds!

exitcode [0]

Think this explains my patch but also your patch installed :good:

Did you checked your selective restore options you have when you start a restore of the system Apps+Data with Nandroid?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ninja-grandpa:
So is it because it had to find an alternative saving point? Mine says that to an its never done it b4.... Mine don't say [/color] though .... I don't quite understand

---------- Post added at 09:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:26 AM ----------

Or do you mean its because of selective restore?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ancientsthe:
No, I dont think your $20 patch is the same patch you see during the backup. This patch must be needed to make your backup work. Your patch is needed to make calls.

My question to check your selective restore was about if your patch was actually a file or script to check on your phone. Maybe you can check the filename or script name who ever installed the $20 patch ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Manneman32:
I have spent the day to figure out how to root an S3 with 4.3.

I´m no stranger to flashing but I get confused with all the threads and all the links, stickies and "how to´s" all over the forum.

Can someone please link me to the proper stuff I need?

* I know I have to downgrade via ODIN to be able to gain root and thereby get a custom recovery. But to WHAT version do I need to downgrade to? 4.1.2? 4.2.2?

* Is there an absolute STOCK deodexed 4.3 prerooted firmware that can be flashed after gaining root and custom recovery.

Just to make myself clear... the searchfunction has not been working today, so I have been making my searches via google... and that can be a bummer when looking for some handson instructions.

Can anyone be a gent and provide me with some links?

Best regards
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Just flash a custom recovery with odin (I'd suggest philz) then the rooted 4.3 stock rom, you don't need root to do this. Chose the stock rom from several in the general forum.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Manneman32:
Really? That easy? Great news!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Manneman32:
Just a question... I have to flash the custom recovery and the flash the rooted 4.3 ROM before first boot? I have to enter custom recovery directly and flash the new ROM? Or can I boot the phone with just flashing the custom recovery, and then take my time finding a good ROM while running the stock 4.3...

Sweet jesus... I have been away for too long, damn Windows Phone
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Stock rom flash recovery via Odin that's all .

= rooted stock

Custom rom is then flashed whenever via recovery .

STICKYS

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2344125

UNDERSTAND FIRST

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2362743

Network IMEI EFS

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
You may find that a stock rom will restore stock recovery on first boot, so you may need to flash your new rom straight away.

You could also root your existing rom just by flashing CF autoroot.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Manneman32:
Well... everything went fine!

PhilzTouch via ODIN and after that a good 4.3 stock ROM. Just as mentioned above I just had to make sure in recovery that the custom one wouldn´t get overwritten.

I made a full backup... I have also saved that backup om a HD on my PC. However... when I made a backup of my efs-folder I couldn´t find the backup file efterwards. Not even as a hidden file. I choose to make the efs-backup on my SD-card. Any idea where to find it?

Manneman
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
i was having problems with my uscc GS3 on MJA so i was using dfs cdma tool and i seen the "NV" tab and there was a local / server box on the right.

when i clicked on server a big list of phones would show up.

i seen the exact same model so i selected it and flashed it.

which did repair my phone but now when i look in settings>more>about device>status>meid it shows it is different then the one in dfs tool program>general>meid which matches my sticker

im of course wanting the meid that is showing in about device changed to the original (correct) meid showing on my sticker

what do i do?
[HTC One X] ucof:
Hi all,

the wife's HOX died suddenly, won't turn on at all, wont recoginse being plugged in into either the wall or the PC, no lights, nothing.

Unfortunately she has taken a number of pictures of our 5 month year old son on it, which obviously we would like to have back!

I'm competent with taking the phone apart and putting it back togther, however what I want to know is how the Samsung Flash chip is connected to the mainboard.

I can see black glue around the outside of it, but I am unsure if the underlying pins are also soldered down.

My intention was to razor blade the glue away and then buy a knackered (but working) HOX and transfer the chips over.

Obviously I wouldnt be able to do this if the chip is soldered down. I have monkey hands when it comes to soldering things.

Is anyone able to offer any insight?

I've had a google and read the datasheet for the specific chip, but it says nothing about how it is connected.

Thanks in advance.
[HTC One X] de4life:
I really can't see this being successful, sorry. I'm fairly sure the chip is soldered down, and the chances of damaging the chip are very, very high if you want to try and get it off.

If the phone didn't come into contact with water a JTAG recovery might be possible. It may not get the phone working again but it could get your data back. Alternatively companies like DriveSavers have an excellent reputation for getting data off flash chips, but it'll cost you in the region of $400 - $1400 (I got a quote a month or so back, when I thought my HOX was finished.)

I really wouldn't recommend trying to remove the chip though. You could do irreparable damage to the chip, which would render it completely unreadable.
[HTC One X] Thant:
Try first change the battery to see if the phone will start again it is the cheap way and most secure
[HTC One X] ucof:
de4life - thanks, I've had a quote for data recovery from Kroll. They want £95+ to look at it and provide a list of what can be recovered and then between £195 and £395 for actually recovering it for me. Far too expensive!

As for JTAG, there's been no water damage whatsoever; I've had a quick Google and it says this is more for Routers. How could I do it to my phone? Im not fussed about getting the phone working again, just want the contents of the flash storage back.

Thant - alas, the was the first thing I tried. New battery has made no difference. Which is annoying as her old Desire Z showed the same symptoms, we bought a new battery and its works again. She's currently using that until we decide what to do.
[HTC One X] de4life:
First thing's first, if you do go down the data recovery route try to avoid companies that charge any type of analysis fee. Kroll are a well known company but I've not heard much good things about them. I went through an extensive search of companies when I thought I'd killed my HOX and found DriveSavers were the best in terms of reputation, and they don't charge a fee to look at the phone. They are very expensive though, perhaps more so than Kroll, and you have to send the phone to the States which is daunting and costly in of itself (I assume from your £ quotation that you're UK based?).

It's good that there's no water damage. It's difficult to say what can cause the motherboard to suddenly stop working like that, but it's unlikely there has been a serious short circuit that could have affected the memory chip. Have you tried dissembling the phone completely and putting it back together? It may sound ridiculous to even try it, but when one of my older phones suddenly died I managed to get it working by taking it apart and then just putting it back together again. There are a lot of connections within the HOX motherboard framework that could easily have come loose. You might already have done this, but just a thought.

In terms of JTAG, it can be done on mobile phone motherboards with the right equipment. It's usually used for soft bricked phones to reset the software back to its original form if it's been corrupted, but I have seen cases where hard bricked phones were brought back to life using this method, including the HOX. It's not really something you can do at home (not cheaply, anyway) but there are companies that provide this service. One of the more popular services is here: http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/htc-one-x-jtag-brick-repair/ - I believe they post on here from time to time as well. Again, based in the States, but significantly cheaper than data recovery and as far as I've heard very professional. I don't know of any mobile phone JTAG services in the UK, though they probably do exist.

Keep in mind the data chip on your phone is likely fine. Even if the motherboard has stopped working, the memory chip itself is unlikely to be affected and will still contain all of your data - albeit in a scrambled form. If you send it out to companies then they can potentially damage the chip beyond repair, if you go down the route of sending the phone out to repair/data recovery companies I would urge extreme caution. If it's still on the chip the data itself isn't going anywhere. Take your time and make sure you're sending your phone to the right people, because one false move and your data is gone for good.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AzurA86:
im running RGUI V12 on my i9300 for more than a year now, couldnt be more happy with it

works smoothly, fast with not lags , the best miui rom i found yet

im getting my I9500 tomorrow, i couldnt find a rom from the same developer compatible for I9500

is there an other release that works as good as RGUI ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matitorres07:
Really? Do you think this is the right place to ask that? Go to q&a section.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] jonbubble:
can anyone tell me how to get mhl working on latest vanir rom is there a kernal or fix i can flash or is it just a matter of waiting for it to be fixed?
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Flying_Bear:
Iodak v10 should have it fixed in near future
[LG Optimus 4X HD] jonbubble:
OK thanks look forward to it only bug I've found :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ultra74:
Hello,

Quick question about the wireless charge terminals. I am on a stockish 4.3 software (Beanstown official stock 4.3 root).

I used the copper tape method to make board contact, but have not been able to get the charging to initiate. I tested connectivity on the contacts and the Duracel powermat EVO 4G charger outputs ~5.04 volts.

Is this disabled on the newest firmware? Is anyone running a stock 4.3 rom with a working wireless charge mod?

I know that the t-mobile board needs a hardhack to add the 5v charge wire, but I did not think this was needed with the verizon note 2.

Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Ray
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] noutoo:
I haven't been able to get the Note 2 to charge wireless either. I get green lights on the charger and the QI pack connected to the phone.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Tomtooter:
My M500 (Magician) prompts previous/stored numbers as soon as I start entering digits, also I find the digits small - even on the large setting. The blue background does not help.

Q? Is there any way to 'clean up' the dialling screen to make it more like my M2000 (Blue Angel)?

TIA

Peter
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] hanmin:
Try this?

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=49011&highlight=
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] cameljockey1:
Can someone tell me where I can get the sony support apk? I liked it. I lost it after flashing monx rom. Thanks
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
I guess someone here (who's rooted) could copy it and upload it here? I don't have my ZU right now, so i can't do it.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] cameljockey1:
Would happen to know what the apk is called?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
I have no idea, but it could be "semc.support.apk", but don't take my word for it.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] herogjan:
This one:)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] cameljockey1:
That would be the one :) thank you so much. I have to install as system app correct?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] herogjan:
It shouldn't matter.