yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thebballkid:
Hey thanks for chiming in, really appreciated your guide. I followed everything to the T and had no luck. Tried both Odin 3.07 (PDA) and 3.09 (AP) and your method kept getting stuck at Initialzation in Odin. I tried the PIT file on both too, same thing. Tried the Verizon Utility and at 83% it says "phone is disconnected, lease reconnect and try again."

I will say this: when it gets stuck on Initialzation and I unplug the phone, Odin says "PIT file not found." Not sure if that means anything since the phone is unplugged but only other info I can think to share.

Got any other ideas? Would hate to be the first one that couldn't be helped by your directions. Thanks anyways!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thebballkid:
I have tried, been using two official Samsung USB cables that came with the phone and my Nexus 10. I'm working on two laptops and tried all of the different ports getting the same result, Odin hangs on Initialzation.

I tried using both Odin 3.07 (PDA) and 3.09 (AP).

Any other ideas? Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
I didn't write the softbrick guide, [MENTION=4725496]ThePagel[/MENTION] deserves that credit. I just made a sticky thread to have everything in one place.

I think you followed everything perfectly and did all that you could, you've read around a lot and tried everything you found. My guess is somehow your system partition is in a read only state and simply isn't letting anything write to it. That would explain what is happening.

What I would do is treat this as a hard brick. I would do one of 3 things:

1) try to hardbrick the phone yourself, maybe run the old version of casual and flash the insecure aboot file to unlock the phone, this obviously will corrupt the 4.3 bootloader and hardbrick the phone. Then you could use the hardbrick restore guide to fix it that way.

2) or you could send it in "as is" for jtag that will write the bootchain for you and most likely fix the problem.

3) try to use the methods in this thread but use all the 4.3 files. If you could somehow get this to work you should write a guide for it and I'll post it in the sticky. I think you have enough know how to attempt it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thebballkid:
I tried the method you posted under 3) and Odin is still stuck on Initialzation :(

As for hard bricking it myself, it does look like that's my only choice now since booting into download mode does nothing for me since I can't flash anything. When you talk about the insecure aboot file from casual, can you please be more specific? I looked at the casual thread (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2332825) and in the jar file I downloaded, there's a Scripts folder, under which there's a d2vzw toolkit zip file, in which there's a aboot.mbn file. Is this what you were referring to?

If I can avoid JTAG I would prefer that. Guess my next goal is to hard brick then try the write to SD Card and boot method.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Just make sure you have all the equipment for a hard brick restore first.

There's an old version of casual, not the most recent one, it's on the thread. It has an option to unlock the device. I'm not sure it will work in this circumstance, but if you can get it to recognize your phone you should be able to select that option only.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thebballkid:
Casual won't recognize the phone :(

I tried flashing a GSM radio and it hung on initialzation again. Am I somehow stuck between a soft and hard brick now?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Man you have a tough situation.

I'd just get it a jtag repair. It'll start you clean and you can start over. I can't think of anyway to force download mode to write something to your phone.

That other guide is your exact symptom, but we don't have a way to fix a read only state on a 4.3 system.

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Technically you're softbricked in a read only state.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ryan829:
NEED HELP

I have the same problem as the OP. Nothing will work. Any ideas? :/. I have tried absolutely everything
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thebballkid:
I sent it for JTAG repair. Apparently it was a burnt chip that wouldn't let anything be written or something along those lines. Got it back working and the total cost was around $100 if I recall.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cguymartin:
omg, we are in the EXACT same boat!

i am in the same situation...took the ota to 4.4.2 and then did the towelroot thing and was so excited. resaerched on how to tell if the bootloader was unlocked or not and then added some importand apps like TB and busybox, root checker, etc...all was wonderful untill i opened this one app that was supposed to unlock the bootloader so i could start laying down some sick ROMs...was not meant to be...i then tried odin and downgrading and finally the VZW software assistant and it hangs up at EXACTLY 83%! what the hell! hope you find out a fix! let me know bud and good luck:)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
your problem is vzw software assistant is still pushing 4.3 NC1. after 4.4.2 starts to come out of the assistant it will work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ryan829:
thanks

This is a little late but thanks . The software utility started pushing 4.4.2 now I am fine. I am using my htc one m8 now though

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Also, Goodluck to the OP hope you fixed your problem
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kickenwing13:
I have flashed Mj7 and tried the whole root de la vegas thing and messed it up so i just stuck with kingo. I have Odined to mj7 and to MJE... I have flashed beans pit file as well... But every single time I ODIN, root, install safestrap, create a slot, dirty flash, but then factory reset, install eclipse and i get all kinds of force closes.. .Everyone was really sure If i just flashed MJE again i'd be fine. So i did mje and the pit file, root, safestrap, created a slot, wiped, installed eclipse and force closes and no service.....

Through this whole process, earlier today I installed mj7 with the MJE radio, apparently that may have been really stupid... Since then I have odined MJE with and without hte pit file to no avail... my phone's about me reads. Baseband N900vvrubmje Kernel 3.4.0 nov 11

build number JSS15jN900xxrubmje

se for android status permissive

What am I messing up. This is killing me. Eclipse would run when I was on MJ7, All i wanted was a clean do-over with the newest stuff and I've really screwed up ..

I'm on the retail version about ready to try clean rom to see if it will work at least.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kickenwing13:
It's all over! ReODIN'ed and factory reset afterwards throguh the stock recovery.. All is well in the world. Eclipse is perfect.. Thank you
[HTC Droid DNA] booked:
I just received a replacement phone from insurance. I have developer mode on, DNA drivers and adb drivers installed. Still cannot get phone to be recognized in adb devices. Therefore rumrunner will not work. Any ideas why?
[HTC Droid DNA] .torrented:
Did you try running it from the directory that the adb executable is in?
[HTC Droid DNA] booked:
Yeah. Tried running it as administrator still with no luck. It was easy when I did it with moonshine on Linux with my first DNA but idk what the problem is now. I'm trying it on windows so I may be missing something.
[HTC Droid DNA] .torrented:
do you even get this when you run adb devices?

PS C:\Users\Ryan> adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
[HTC Droid DNA] booked:
Yep. Got that exactly. Just doesn't show the device.
[HTC Droid DNA] .torrented:
Under Control Panel > Device Manager, When the device is plugged in what does it list as? Does it say something like MyHTC?
[HTC Droid DNA] booked:
Under portable devices I have HTC6435LVW.
[HTC Droid DNA] .torrented:
Install HTC Sync if you haven't already. (You can then remove the sync part and leave the drivers installed)
[HTC Droid DNA] booked:
Already did that.
[HTC Droid DNA] .torrented:
And you said you did go into the developers options and enable USB Debugging?
[HTC Droid DNA] booked:
I tapped on the build number repeatedly to enter developer mode.
[HTC Droid DNA] .torrented:
But in the dev mode did you actually check the "usb debugging" option?

Sometimes you need to turn off Dev mode and turn it back on a few times (making sure to re-check USB Debugging) and then it should work.

I don't mean to sound like you don't know what you're doing I'm just trying to cover all possible options.
[HTC Droid DNA] booked:
so to answer your question, no. I somehow either skipped right over it or the option wasnt there when I looked. Its recognized by adb but now when I try to flash a recovery I just get "Waiting for device".
[HTC Droid DNA] .torrented:
You are using the Fastboot command right and not the adb command to flash the recovery
[HTC Droid DNA] booked:
I do adb devices to make sure that it is connected, which it is. then the fastboot flash recovery followed by file name.
[HTC Droid DNA] .torrented:
To flash a recovery you have to boot into bootloader mode first
[HTC Droid DNA] booked:
Gotcha. New I was missing something. Its been a while since I've done this.
[HTC Droid DNA] booked:
errrrrr. now i get error: cannot open when I enter the fastboot recovery command.

nvm. just had to put .img after

thanks for the help.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] asjdwf:
I have a question about this Official Extended battery.

http://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Samsung-Extended-Battery-3000mAh/dp/B00BMQ56QE/ref=cm_cd_ql_qh_dp_t

Will it work on an AT&T Galaxy S3 or is it made for unlocked/overseas versions?

Also, if it does work on my phone what good protection cases are out there that will fit my phone after this is used?

Thank you all

AJ
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] R5R:
Yes it works on the all north american galaxy S3 phones, I have one.

One thing you should know is that if you take the extended battery cover off and on alot, it develops small cracks in the corners and you can't buy replacement covers, harmless but annoying
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] tdhite:
Just letting everyone know -- we now have the most up to date recovery around, anywhere -- literally! OTG? Fixed. Off-line charging with animations? Fixed. Screen blank never reviving? Fixed. More to come too.

If you don't mind, don't do a lot of replying in this thread. General questions -- that's ok -- I probably will miss many, but we have great folks who helped me test the beast [MENTION=2610120]avwheeler[/MENTION] (really took some risks with me as the early guinea pig); [MENTION=3173383]elvisypi[/MENTION], [MENTION=4609217]BD619[/MENTION], and others. Hit up the Q&A forum with questions and those guys are always helping out. Honestly, I'd be nowhere without the BigDaddy helping me first few days of having this phone.

For info and downloads, go to my development thread here: [RECOVERY] TWRP 2.6.3.4 Touch Recovery.

Have fun folks -- we finally have TWRP in all its glory.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] FrostyF7:
My boy!
[Motorola Atrix HD] kitkat2014:
good was changing rom did all wipes and other and want to install the rom the following image appears to me, apparently the internal memory is damaged case is attempting to rds and gives failure in the first partition use the MyTools ahd and nothing and I know I have a brick or can be recovered thanks what if the external memory reads and installing the rom stays in bootloop and not start and fails to mount system and data

this gets me in the recovery
[Motorola Atrix HD] mauchito:
That doesn't looks good... You say that you can't flash it with RSD? Have you tried to flash with any other original ROM? Like MX or AT&T?
[Motorola Atrix HD] kitkat2014:
If I try with both at & t 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 and from Mexico and did zilch for rsd and fastboot not worked not to do
[Motorola Atrix HD] bmatney:
Try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2259661
[Motorola Atrix HD] kitkat2014:
and try the method you told me but it goes to the next picture
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] d2a:
i assume this is possible but can't work out how. i'm a PPC novice. basically want to browse the file systems of my LAN at home via WiFi - vario is connected and can surf the internet via wiFi, i have two XP boxes and a Linux box, all of which are networked and can see each other etc. and i can see them and browse files via my CE.net machine. so what do i need to cnfigure in order to browse from my vario?

any help gratefully received

Al
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] cozzykim:
Hi, there's probably an expert way to do it (but I ain't one) so I used this prog :-

http://www.vmobilesoftware.com/NetworkBrowser.htm

to map my network shares - the network drives seem to stay visible once the trial period is up by the way

HTH

Kim
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] toshik1:
Quite annoying feature - the screen turns on and stays on while phone is charging. Sometimes it does sometimes it does not.

The way to fix it is to take the battery out and reinsert it.

Since the power supply runs red hot in this strange mode I'd find it quite annoying in $700 plus tax phone.

Yes "stay awake" is unchecked and everything is original (no ROM reflashing) and such.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
Something won't with either phone or charger

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Compusmurf:
Do you have any xposed tweaks installed? Some of them, like wanam have those options.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Techngro:
Wanam Exposed has an option under lockscreen to keep the screen from turning on when you unplug the device. Don't know if that might fix the problem you are having.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] V@no:
Had similar issue after failed attempt remove boot animation by deleting /system/media/bootsamsung.qmg
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
He running stock no root

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] toshik1:
No add-ons or roots.

Noted today that the screen comes on and stays on only when the battery charges up to about 50%.

Reboot does not help, only unplugging the battery, otherwise the power supply might melt down...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] toshik1:
Turned out to be faulty power supply.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] d12unk13astard:
Screen lights on for me when charging phone too, I always just press the power on/off to turn it back off while charging. Is yours turning back on even after a manual screen off or maybe it's

lighting back up because of some notifications?

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Oh ok that makes sense since it would be like the phone constantly being charged/running idle constantly and since the screen comes on every time you charge it...

Glad you figured it out:thumbup:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Limeybastard:
Just wondering if HD voice works on the N900A if being used with a T Mobile sim card?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tree.tw:
I killed my ContactsProvider (com.android.providers.contacts) in /system/app,

I need recovery the ContactsProvider service.

My problem is:

I can't find ContactsProvider.apk and ContactsProvider.odex in SONY ftf firmware file.

I don't what's wrong with me.

I tryed these steps:

(1) I got "C6502_10.3.1.A.2.67_Generic US.ftf" (SONY ZL, v4.2.2) from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2458246

(2) extracted "system.sin" by 7-zip

(3) used "Flashtool" (v0.9.14.0), in [Tools]-->[Sin Editor]--> selected "system.sin" --> pressed [Extract data], then got "system.ext4"

(4) used "Ext2explore" (v2.2.71) to browse the "system.ext4" file, go into "app" folder,

I can see most apk and odex files of Android system, but can't see ContactsProvider.apk and ContactsProvider.odex anyway:

I need help,

Who know what wrong whit me?

How can I get ContactsProvider from SONY ftf firmware file?

Thank you!
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] babak:
hello guys

has anyone used this screen protector? in the site there are two models, one 02 mm specified and costs $ 29 while the other specified rounded, costs less but does not say the thickness, I do not know which one to choose, do not use any flip cover.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] grabshell:
I have used both t.glass from brando. I would say the 0.2mm is the best choice. Really very thin, comparable to film screen protectors. They also have an excellent customer support
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] babak:
thanks my friend,i'v ordered the 0.2 mm and waiting :)
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] franco077:
Whatsapp has a problem in cm7 and all roms based on cm7. I think it's a kernel problem :S

The problem is that when i open a chat, and someone sends me a message, i have to scroll to update the screen and receive the message.

It's too anoying. Can someone give me a solution?

Sorry for my bad english
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] pavel73:
i have the same problem on cm7 switch to another 4+ rom
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] franco077:
but i want cm7 because stability and because it's too smooth.

What about camera in cm7.. there is no way to improve video, or only the sound of camcorder? :S

cm9 has a better camera than cm7.
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] DoxMAZz:
+1 but after i always recommanded stock rom or rom based on stock. now all are gone happy with nexus 5
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Kim Entity:
Hi

See this thread for Cam tweaks and improvement for CM7. It works for my Fit.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2448150

And about WhatsApp, is the Play Store version?.
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] yzak58:
Naa

Actually I have been on official CM7.2 fot an year or so and I have never felt this problem with whatsapp, not even once :eek:.
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] SohamJ:
Ya I too face this but I think that this error is related to network not kernel, because I don't face it on wifi but at the same time I do on 2g

Do you use 2g or get weak network signal at your place ? that can be a problem
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] franco077:
I found the problem!

I think it's relationated with scroll.

It's not a wifi or 3g problem. The messages always arrives:

•If you open a chat, and dont do scroll, you can send and receive messages without problems.

But when you do scroll (to down) and you go to the limit, you can send messages, but when you receive a message, the screen doesn't update, and you have to do scroll again to update.

You can fix this problem doing scroll (to up), or reloading the chat window.

So i think the problem comes with cm7.... but its not a kernel problem.

Sorry if you dont understand me.. because i speak spanish... english not very well
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Kim Entity:
I've used the stable version of cm7 and faced the same issue. I think is a cyanogen issue related to compatibility. WhatsApp announce that their app doesn't work pretty well on modified roms at the start of the app. In stock rom based roms that does not occur. At least that's what I know.

Sorry for my english. Im from chile.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colint3:
Can anyone tell me where Samsung Readers Hub has gone in 4.3. I know it is in 4.2.2 because I have a note 8 with 4.2.2 and it has Readers Hub but when I upgraded my note 2 readers hub has disappeared. I really miss having my books on the shelves of Readers Hub.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AestethicFlea3:
i just got a tab 3 7.0 SM-T210R and i want to root it but i run ubuntu 12.04 and trying to find threads to root something through ubuntu and not a virtual box is hard. can someone kick me to the general area?

.

flea
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brody328:
I was on 4.3 rooted, bootloader unlocked with ez-unlock, i downloaded GooManager and tried to install twrp and I then shut off my phone after installation, the proceeded to turn on phone and nothing happened. nothing at all. I can't boot into recovery/odin mode either.

PLEASE HELP ME
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
Seems like you attempted to unlock a 4.3 locked bootloader and caused a hard brick. Give this a try:

SOFT BRICK - able to get to download mode

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2586319

------------------------------

HARD BRICK - phone not turn on

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2581166
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brody328:
I dont have a microSD card atm. anything else?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Nope, that's it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lopedog:
I'm gonna have to give a shot on my old s3 sitting in the closet. Nice write up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cynflux:
Hello,

Can anyone recommend a good video playlist editor?

I am currently using MoboPlayer and its playlist feature is not great at all.

I can create a playlist and add files to it, but i cannot change the order of files without having to start a brand new playlist.

If there is a better video player i can use, then i would appreciate that info as well.

Thank you in advance.
[Moto X Q&A] youwonder:
Person A has ATT Moto x

Person A decides ATT is mean and wants to go to Tmobile

Person A could probably get an unlock code for said Moto x

Person A then notices that Tmobile uses 1700/2100Mhz bands for things, but the ATT version of the Moto X doesn't do 1700

Person A wants to know if this would be a big problem.

Person A also is kind of frustrated that he can't find a frequency map for Tmobile in his area (southwest florida, for reference).

sigh.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] bcasper12:
I tried using the Siemens upgrade for my SX66, which made it display Serial on the top and v2.07 on the bottom

I followed the steps reccomended for when such a thing takes place (ie doing a flash reset on the phone) but now the screen remains black and doesn't even display Serial and v2.07

When plugged into my computer, absolutely nothing happens and the computer does not recognize it.

I eventually got the screen to display USB, ran the update again but after about 15 minutes I got an error screen on the PC that read:

Error 201: Get Device Data Error

Can not get device data. Please make sure device are connected to PC and execute this update utility again

Please help!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] hlcm151:
I got a n900t a few day ago, but the wifi has problem , disconnect ...ect

so can it be fix with n9005 rom ?

Or i have to wait for the 4.4 kitkat from t-mobile ?

Thank you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Liquorsicc92:
Is this happening on every network or one specific network?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
What error message

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] hlcm151:
it's showed me , unstable connection and droped out often ...:rolleyes:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
How stable is ur connection. Test it and see

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chipworkz:
I was having issues with my WIFI also. It wouldn't connect on 2.4 GHz but would on 5 GHz. The performance wasn't great and I would get the connection isn't stable message a lot. I tried a bunch of things on my router and finally just did a factory reset on the router. I can now connect of both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. My connection speed has also improved dramatically. I didn't think it was a router issue since the Note 3 WIFI issues are pretty well known to be a problem. In my case, doing a factory reset on the router helped my problem a lot. For reference it is an ASUS RT-AC66R

I used the app WIFI Analyzer from the play store to monitor the signal strengths. Since doing the factory reset on the router, I only see the connection is unstable message very rarely.

Chris
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
I had same issues I thought phone was junk but it was my router. So I upgraded and set my Wi-Fi channel manually and not I am without Wi-Fi issues

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