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[Networking] bhelman:
Nighthawk VPN on Android

Yes, you can use the OpenVPN client to connect to a Netgear Nighthawk, but you have to use the paid version of the client. The free version does not support TAP. Use the Windows configuration files generated by the Nighthawk and copy them to your Android device. Then import them in to OpenVPN. I had seen somewhere that there is a parameter that should be changed, but without changing anything it mostly worked on my Galaxy S4 running Lollypop.

One thing I did notice is that I seem to be running in some kind of split tunnel mode where traffic for my home network works over the VPN, but anything for the Internet does not go through my home network. I'd like to figure that out so when I'm traveling, I know I'm secure through whatever open network I may be on.

-Brian
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] johnnyphive:
Looking for a little help.

I've been out of the scene for quite a while. My phone is currently Stock (MDL Software, Baseband, and Build) Rooted with only the Hot Spot Mod installed. Looking to get updated to the latest (NAE??) and curious what my best course of action is...

Obviously, i don't want my phone "locked down" (i believe this was post MF9, but i could be wrong)

I prefer to stay stock, just want the ability to root.

Also, i would prefer to not have to "wipe" my phone, as i have it set the way i like it. If that is possible, that would be great, if not, well, oh well :)

Suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cmonsterf50:
I would odin to MF9 ... I don't think Knox is tied to that bootloader.

From there you can flash NAE and the firmware separately.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] m52go:
I purchased a Z Ultra about a week ago and don't think it's going to work out. It's too HUGE. I will probably exchange it for a Z1, but I want to know:

Will it be a problem to have CM installed on it? Will they reject the return upon receiving it at the facility?

I don't want to take any chances...but I also don't want to go through the hassle of taking it back to stock...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] SpyderTracks:
They won't accept it with any trace of root or custom rom as it voids the warranty. You'll need to flash complete stock, it's pretty straightforward.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
What Spyder said.

Also, why don't you just wait a couple of weeks for the Z2? It looks so much nicer than the Z1. Even I would get it! (but i won't).
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] m52go:
Hmm...I didn't back up the TA partition. I hope I'm not screwed.

Regarding the Z2, I would totally go for it, but 1) I'm getting a pretty good deal on the Z1...20% off the sale price and 2) I'm not sure I have time to wait for its release and 3) it's going to be very expensive. I hate paying full-price for just-released electronics.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
I think you are screwed :(

I'm sure that you get used to the ZU eventually
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] SpyderTracks:
No ta partition means no drm keys which is definitely void warranty, i doubt very much they'd accept it back.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] m52go:
Yeah I effed up BADLY on this one.

To add insult to injury, I woke up an hour ago to find 2 scratches on the front screen...my best guess is that the glass of the Z1 scratched the Ultra when I placed the Z1 on top of the Ultra to compare the two earlier today.

So now the software is screwed AND the hardware is screwed! Yay. What a disaster.

This phone is FIVE DAYS OLD. [sigh] If anyone wants an Ultra to mess around with, mine's for sale for CHEAP. PM me or check out Swappa. Thanks for the help guys.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] SPtheALIEN:
Keep in mind that you likely just scratched the anti-shatter film, and not the actual screen itself. That film it just so soft, it scratches easy.

I say try the phone out for another week...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Yup, he/she will eventually get used to its size.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] bucho2004:
O very found the xperia z ultra huge, for about a week, now I find every other smartphone tiny and unusable. Any other smartphone with a screen size of 5 inches or above is cumbersome to use with one hand, so might aswell go bigger
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] SPtheALIEN:
I absolutely agree.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] bryanky5:
I thought most people who bought this phone knew how big it was going to be and that's why they bought it!

But yeah i think you will get used to it..I don't think it's that huge anymore.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jaime4272:
before I got the ultra I had the note II. that I gave to my wife and now I see the note II and I don't think can go back to smaller screen size. I could go bigger though.
[Verizon LG G2] Jeffruby:
Love my g2- but have the issue with gps not locking or locating (I can locate via wifi-but in a car can't use navigation.

Has anyone had gps issue (Verizon) and gotten it fixed with a new one? Or is it an inherent problem with the lgg2.

Thx
[Verizon LG G2] IamPro:
Have you tried GPS Status & Toolbox? Seems to do the trick, does take a few minutes to get lock but after its solid (under Tools --> Manage GPS State, you need to hit download)
[Verizon LG G2] Bam9:
the biggest challenge ive had is the compass ( arrow ) on Google maps being a bit off, but my gps and reception has been just fine.

im rooted, running stock rom ( for now) flashed to page plus
[Verizon LG G2] Jeffruby:
So I used gps test- and yeah, it took a long time (like 5minutes) but now gps works. Thanks. Seems I have to do this after each reboot though. No?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] droidshadow:
Hello everyone,

So i am about to purchase the Nexus 7 32GB 2013 4G/LTE tablet from Verizon tomorrow and I really need to get some confirmation about if i am able to unlock the bootloader for this tablet.

Now i have the Nexus 7 2013 Wifi only tablet which is code name FLO and i know that the N7 32GB 2013 4G/LTE tablet is code named "DEB" but i am not sure about the Verizon Model of this tablet.

I know that Verizon has a habit of locking/encrypting their bootloaders on some of their devices so that no customizations can be done, for example how they did on the S4, NOTE3 and the S3 after the Android 4.3 update.

Does anyone here have a 4G Nexus 7 tablet from Verizon and were you able to unlock your bootloader?

Considering that the Nexus 7 is a google product i am almost positive that I should be able to unlock the bootloader, but I want to be 100% sure before i spend $300 dollars!

If anyone could help confirm this for me i would really really appreciate the assistance.

Thank you all for your time and your assistance.

-droidshadow
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] rekids:
I too would like to know for sure. Finding info on Google search for the recent Verizon release has returned thin at best results.

1080xt root 12.15.15
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] droidshadow:
So I know this is a very late reply to this thread but I want to close it down and let everyone know that yes you can unlock the bootloader on the Verizon Nexus 7 deb tablet. It unlocks just like the Flo tablet...very very easy.

I hope this helps out anyone else thinking of getting the nexus 7 2013 on the Verizon network.

Droidshadow
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Explore3:
Once you unlock the bootloader, can you install the standard LTE roms? I am trying to determine if you can get LTE speeds on a GSM network.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] nhizzat:
The "Verizon" Nexus 7 is no different from the T-Mobile Nexus 7 or any LTE Nexus 7.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samanderson:
Are you able to send & receive calls? Have you checked your APN as well? Wondering if one of the apps you've tried has changed a setting or set itself as some kind of proxy that your phone's still trying to use even though you've uninstalled it.....not sure......had a similar experience when I tried out a firewall app & removed it without disabling the settings it applied. Can't think of anything else, sorry mate :(
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hardtmuth:
Yes, sms and calls works fine. APN is okey, moment ago I've sent configuration sms for internet apn from my operator. I know that it could be one of my apps, which I've uninstalled, but I don' know which one it was :).
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samanderson:
Might be worth checking device administrators in settings as well just in case the culprits there? Good luck :)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hardtmuth:
Checked that, there is only Android device manager (sorry, maybe there is another translation, I'm not using EN lang in my phone) enabled. The rest dev admins are disabled.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scott_doyland:
Factory reset. That way you start from scratch and if still a problem you can rule out any apps or incorrect config etc. Its the easiest way to narrow down the issue.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hardtmuth:
maybe it's the easiest way, but I think it's not an option if I want to know what was wrong...
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lost101:
Sounds like one of the apps is the problem, as you already suspect. You may have to concede and do a factory reset:

Settings > Backup & reset > Factory data reset​
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hardtmuth:
Please make some effort... factory reset is not the first thing to do when sth is wrong.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scott_doyland:
I suggested a factory reset as this then rules out all apps and config you have setup. If the problem still happens after a factory reset then you have narrowed down the problem a lot. Possibly it will just fix it though.

However if you want to find the cause of the issue then factory resetting is not the best thing to do as you say. But you seem to have installed a whole bunch of apps in a short space of time so even if you find the problem I doubt you will be able to find out why it happened, ie which app caused it.

You will maybe fix it but never know what caused it or how to prevent it again.

If you factory reset and it fixes it you can take things more slowly this time, is install apps and configure more slowly until you hit the problem, then its easier to see what caused it.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hardtmuth:
As there was no chance to get other suggestions than "do factory reset" :), I've made factory default. Unfortunately, without any change in my problem. Right now wifi works fine, but 3g/data is dead. I've checked my sim card in another phone and 3g/data didn't work too. So I've called to my telco and heard that everything is ok, but probably my sim card is damaged and that's why my data connection is dead. I will try to get new sim card tomorrow.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scott_doyland:
So those of us suggesting a factory reset were correct then. Had you not reset you would have spent wasted time trying to fix what now appears to be a sim card error. Possibly best not to tell people to 'make an effort' when they are trying to help.
[Nexus 4 General] BoneXDA:
The Nexus 4 is getting better with time. 4.3 went crazy on me so often I can't tell you, Google Keep, Calendar, Google Now! (now off) and other rogue apps causing wakelocks left and right... then KitKat came - with a rough start - and since on 4.4.2, I can't recall a single wakelock battery drainage. So much so that my utter disappointment of WLDetector unsupported then complicated on ART 4.4 quickly went away, and like task killers back in the day, wake fighting now seems like deeds of distant past...

So yeah, standby improved a great bit, just the other days I cracked the 100 hour barrier (not much stuff done, but with WiFi & hi accuracy on), so things are pretty nice. Now when traveling a lot, high accuracy taxes the battery plus ART runtime (the best thing in 2013) appears to be a bit heavier on resources. But oh the goodies of it! Spent like 2 hours last week playing around with the Z1, Z1 compact, Note 3, G2, couple of Lumias and HTCs, and all were noticeably laggier - no, they all had lags and stutters, this Nexus doesn't. Other than the choppy framerates of Real Racing 3 heh... We have an AndroiPhone on our hands, guys!

The 3rd thing I wanna say is how awesome and 'goodbye Nova' Action Launcher is, one home screen, swype right for app list, left for bookmarks/custom widgets, up for recents, down for notifications, tap on icons to launch app, swype over to pop-up folders or widgets - this thing is so simple and useful! Awesome to get the app & swype widget menu in any app too.

2014 on the Nexus 4 has been quite awesome so far for me! How about you?
[Nexus 4 General] lndulgence:
Wakelock? What's that? ;)

No seriously, after the 4.4.2 KK update, everything went from good to great! Battery life really improved! So it all boils down to which ROM and kernel you're going to use to drive your Nexus 4. Quite happy with what i have right now. :)
[Nexus 4 General] sandy-achar:
Without wakelocks your device wouldnt get up from deep sleep to get notifications, etc. For example WhatsApp has 250+ wake-locks. Hence wakelocks arent bad. Wakelocks turn into a bad thing when they are unnecessary i.e the device will wake up for no reason or wont go to deep sleep, hence lesser battery life.

A partial wakelock means the CPU is ON, but the screen is OFF.

A full wakelock means the CPU and Screen are ON. (we don't really need to worry about this)

So the whole concept of saying u haven't had wakelocks since 2013 is flawed.

Here - http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-nexus/general/kernel-wakelocks-t1462020
[Nexus 4 General] Zinken:
Well, I wish I could be as fortunate as you are. I have massive issues with msn_hsic_host kernel wakelock. Pretty much had it since I bought the phone a year ago. My feeling is that it got worse again with 4.4

On wifi everything is fine. On mobile data it can be ok or terrible. No way to tell why or when. A reboot solves it but I usually doesn't notice until the battery is already drained.

So my options seems to be to reboot the phone everytime I leave a wifi network or to use my Nexus as a dumphone. Right now I have background data restricted so it is pretty much a dumphone. Another option would be throw out this piece of **** and buy a good phone.
[Nexus 4 General] BoneXDA:
Glad I'm not alone, Indulgence!

Thx, yeah you're right obviously, I should've said I haven't had any wakelock battery loops or whatnot, I changed the title. But you get the point. Things are great. :good:

Sorry to hear that, no issues as such here. Maybe a factory reset? I'm sure you tried that already. Anyway, quick search brought this up, so I'm sharing:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2297291
[Nexus 4 General] Zinken:
Thanks for sharing but I have already googled my *ss off about this, nothing seems to help (other than disabling mobile data). I found 2 threads in google products forum about this where google employees admit that they are aware of the issue and investigating. Only problem is that those responses are many months old and the threads are closed due to inactivity.

Haven't done a factory reset on 4.4.2 but I did a clean install when moving to 4.4 - really hope to avoid losing all my data again.

Maybe I need to try to move away from stock and try a different ROM/kernel but that was one of the main reasons I bought the nexus, to have the latest android without having to flash. To easy to get addicted :silly:
[Nexus 4 General] razi914:
What setup are u using? Audio mix, msim wakelocks are a pain in my arse right now
[Nexus 4 General] Zinken:
Was that directed to me?

I'm completely stock 4.4.2. Google Now and location off. No "shadowy" apps, just mainstream popular apps on play store.

Still terrible wakelocks. With wifi or background data restricted it behaves "as it should".
[Nexus 4 General] razi914:
To the OP actually, u face my situation btw!!
[Nexus 4 General] BoneXDA:
Stock unrooted 4.4.2 on ART (no FR), no Now!, 2G network preference (I'm almost exclusively near WiFi), Action Launcher with 6-7 widgets updating, GPS high accuracy mode. Wifi always on, but auto-search for networks off, no location sharing etc.

However today I installed Google Now Launcher, which means Now is active, let's see how it treats standby, probably bad. Oh and BTW, I run Google Now Launcher run over Action Launcher so I still retain the nice side-swype function, so it's a good mix, although GNL is quite limited and I'd prefer having "OK Google" listening on AL.

In other news: I did 2 further things to simplify my life:

- remove the dust and fingerprint collecting screen protector, tapping feels much nicer, navigation is much easier screen is a lot cleaner and the gorilla glass doesn't collect finger oil as much. Seriously guys, don't ruin your experience with cases and protectors, you treat your phone right, and it will treat you back :)

- turn off lockscreen. Since I look after my phone, there's little chance of theft and there's still locking option from any computer, so why lockscreen then? Whatever that was on it is on my homescreen (DashClock widget with notifications, camera icon plus everything else), lockscreen is... redundancy
[Nexus 4 General] br0ok1ynb0i:
At a good place right now on 4.3. Have everything I need: touch control, pie, halo, lte. Less I look for wakelocks,the more I notice the phone does pretty decent on battery. One time I came home from work with 74% battery (min usage- about 2 hour talk time on bluetooth). I never turn of lte and wifi. :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JJ2525:
I've searched around for a definitive answer on this, but haven't found one.

I see a lot of N900T's advertised as unlocked with a bad IMEI. Does this mean that since it's unlocked I can use the phone with AT&T in the USA, just not with TMo? Does it depend on the specific N900T at hand or is there a uniform rule?

Thankful for any and all help.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mem4720:
Yes, you can use it on AT&T without issue. I am doing this for a few months. But, there is a chance AT&T and T-Mobile will someday share blacklists and it could be blocked by both networks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] xile6:
What this means is the imei is block by tmobile. It will not connect to its network.

Now att and tmobile have started to share networks. So its possible that it will be block by att also.

Over sea carries dont share the same list. (at lest not for now.) so there good to go,

Also note that there is no way to remove the device from the blacklist. Also just because its fine right now on att it doesnt mean it wont get updated down the road.

Then you will be left with a phone that you cant use.

I stop buying phones online because its harder to trust people and when something goes wrong you get the bad part of it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] atlzonly89:
I know for a fact they have been sharing the same list for atleast a year or so if im correct. You might be able to use it,but chances are it wont work. sorry to burst your bubble. just sell it on ebay and you might be able to get more money off it! good luck
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gmr2048:
Does anybody know where I can find a CWM/TW-flashable stock ROM? The USB port on my I8190XXAMA2 phone is messed up, and I want to send it in for warranty repair. I currently have CM11 on it, and need to get back to stock, but can't Odin, due to damaged USB port.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mauam:
Here &/or here.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gmr2048:
Thanks, but both of those seem to be based on stock, but significantly modified. Meaning, I couldn't send my phone back to Samsung for warranty repair as if I'd never replaced the original ROM (which is my goal here). Unless I'm mistaken.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clostry:
Even if a "pure stock" cwm/twrp flashable firmware doesn't exist it's still possible to create one extracting the partitions images from the PDA, I'm not an expert in making edify scripts, maybe someone can help you for this. :)

PS: Remember that to have warranty back you need to reset the flash counter with triangle away and flash stock recovery (not included in stock PDAs)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gmr2048:
Thanks! I've never looked into converting a stock ROM to a flashable zip. I'll see how involved that is. Tho I suspect if it were easy, somebody would have already done it :)

Thanks for the tip about Triangle Away. I've already bought it (and used it on my original GS3).
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dafuqzz:
Whats the difference between older version and ANA2 firmware?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koragg97:
That's exactly what I am wondering. Should I update to ANA2?

Currently on AMA2 :D
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dafuqzz:
Still waiting for the answer:D
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clostry:
uhm off topic?

however...who knows?I don't think there's a public changelog.

I dubt you will see any difference upgrading btw.

---------- Post added at 06:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:49 PM ----------

Back to topic...

To make the zip...if you have little practice with scripts/partitons/command line it's not hard, it just take some time to research what you need.

First of all you have to extract the files from the PDA, for each file you have to find the right partition, for example system.img -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p22, there should be a complete table for s3 mini somewhere in the forum...

Second you need a tool called simg2img, because some of the images need to be converted to be flashed in recovery cause they're somehow compressed. See here http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s2/general/ref-unpacking-repacking-stock-rom-img-t1081239

Third you need a working edify script to edit. You can extract it from the zips of this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2526831. You may do a zip file for each image replacing the modem.bin and editing the updater-script. My doubt is that this script uses tmpfs to cache the image, and with system and cache images this is a problem because they will not fit in it. In theory you can remove the caching part and use directly the command like that: package_extract_file("system.img","/dev/block/mmcblk0p22"), but as I said i'm not an expert of edify scripts, I don't know if it will work.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timobarbiersmit:
When i start my tf101 the eeepad logo appears, i hear a clicking sound and then it's stuck(won't boot) then i go in apx and restore it whas fine, but after i rebooted again the problem is back.

Hope you can help me out.

Greeting from timo from the Netherlands.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Clicking sound is normal, it's the camera hardware

Try EasyFlasher to load up TWRP and flash another ROM
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] the peppi:
hi

i have a m3000 from orange and i think it is the 9100 if i read it correct

my problem is 2 things

1: i want to put tom tom on the device and it wont work its like it won't let me (i do have the correct version)

2: the languages is in polish and i want to put it in english

i have heard that i should flash it in order to get it in english

can anyone tell me if the flashing is possible

and can anyone tell me why the tom tom can not be installed (is there an install block)

thnx in adv

ps sorry for my english i am dutch :lol: :lol:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] HLaan:
TomTom on SPV M3000

Hi,

I have the same device.

Installing TomTom is a snap.

(I used a copy of the maps from my SD-card, so I did not need a reinstall of those)

It's even registered with TomTom.

But TomTom/the SPV won't recognise my bluetooth GPS.

Which I had running for GPSdash.

SO? is anything wrong with the SPV bluetooth??

Hans