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[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DHM078:
Unlike an actual bootloader unlock, Loki is dependent upon the kernel.

When you boot the phone, the bootloader loads the kernel into the memory and then verifies it. In that order. If the signature verification is successful, the bootloader proceeds with the boot process. If it does not, the boot process is aborted and a security error is displayed.

The key to the Loki exploit is actually at the step where the kernel is loaded into the memory. The flaw in the bootloader is that it relies upon the boot image header to determine the location at which to load the kernel and the ramdisk in the memory. The signature verification occurs after this. The exploit works by using an address in the boot image header that actually overwrites the part of the bootloader in the memory that does the signature verification. Shellcode added by the user is loaded to where the ramdisk is expected to reside and patches up boot image header and loads the kernel and ramdisk into the memory at the correct location, and then returns a value that would indicate that signature verification was successful, and thus the bootloader proceeds with the boot process with the custom kernel.

All in all it's pretty simple, and quite brilliant.

If you are installing a custom ROM or kernel, all of boot images have this exploit written into them, otherwise they will not boot. As an end user, all you need to really worry about is things like checking integrity, as if you flash a damaged image it will not run the exploit as it is supposed to and fail to boot, you'll get a security error, and basically have no option other than to flash completely back to stock (or if you end up in fastboot, flash a good boot image and recovery that properly exploit the bootloader and can boot the ROM you have installed or recovery). It's not much different from an actual bootloader unlock to the user, as if you get a bad download and flash it you're going to have problems no matter what. Check your md5s always!

Perhaps worth noting is that this exploit has been patched in the official kit-kat releases. I do not know too much about the new bootloader, but I am told that it includes steps that verify it's own integrity so it will not boot if it is overwritten. Since the old bootloader won't boot official 4.4.2, there is currently no way to get both official 4.4.2 and a custom recovery.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] feom:
Thanks

Thanks, but I'm still confused about the practical ramifications.

When I choose a rom to install does it need to specifically be built on the 12b ota? when I'm on a particular ota can I restore a backup that was had a different base? both of those things were things I couldn't do with safestrap, but I could on my bootloader-unlocked phones
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DHM078:
Edited my first post with a little more info. Loki had to be updated for 12B. Most ROMs and kernels have been updated but some won't work. I would read the ROMs thread to make sure. I am on 12B currently and I have not run into any problems with it yet, but it never hurts to read the thread for the things you are flashing and seeing if others are having a problem. This is not like safestrap where you are limited to the stock kernel (or one specific kernel if you have kexec). Any kernel that is properly Loki'd will be bootable as long as you don't do something like try to boot an AOSP ROM on a stock kernel. There are a few incompatibilities between ROMs and kernels that arise from various ROMs moving away from AOSP but this has nothing to do with this specific exploit and would happen regardless of bootloader unlocking/hacking methods
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] realrickjames:
In Android, I've found that some apps don't work well (or at all) if you move them to the SD Card partition. I'd much rather just have all of my storage be seen as Android data/internal storage.

If I plan on using my Touchpad only for Android, is there any reason not to just use Tailor to allocate all of my USB (media) storage to my Android (data) partition?
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] realrickjames:
Nevermind, I see that this is what I'm looking for:

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/113874-r...edia-builds-on-the-hp-touchpad-edited-030414/
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DCFlyer:
Link is dead
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pvblx:
Hello!! i come to the best forum desperately looking for help after three days of weird behaviour, i had already rooted my galaxy tab 3 10.1 using a guide i found here on xda-developers months ago, i cant remember which one, it used Odin and custom recovery says BinDroid CWM-based recovery v6.0.2.8, it was successfully rooted, installed busybox 1.21.1 (stericsson) almost all root apps working fine, but some of them like network spoofer or dsploit telling that busybox was not installed correctly or some binary could not be found, im not a tech noob, but definitely new to android, so one day i tried installing them both in /system/xbin and /system/bin because some apps read from one directory or the other and the dual install would not be harmful for the device, also installed it symlinking with manual install, after i did that, those apps worked finally!! but, root checker said my device was not rooted anymore... so weird

So i tried rooting again over CWM, same method and still showing no root access, i decided then to make a full factory reset, after doing that, wifi is stuck on "obtaining ip address" avoided slow connection, it only connects when i set a static ip, some problem with dhcp i guess, and also, super user app is still there but showing no SU found and not able to uninstall the app, only shows the option, enable and disable, tired of this, i followed this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2625805 with both ROMs in order to go back to stock, both installed just fine, but i saw "installing busybox" during the process, is that suposed to happen with a stock rom? i mean the first one on the thread suposed to be the stock one, and the second rom is not showing root access on root checker either, even though the author says it is rooted ... at least super user app is no longer there, but both ROMs still stuck on "obtaining ip" bucle, and now it got worse, most apps downloaded are not working, chrome for example opens for a second and closes, other apps open, but only show a black screen and the notification bar, i uploaded the root.zip i used for rooting in first place, please tell me if there is something left to do to fix this, anything, i would really apreciate it!!

Apologize my bad english and my ignorance on android... thanks for reading and all help in advance!!
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nonta72:
Hey there,

Please search the forum to root your tab again

Sent from Gallifrey using TARDIS
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sensamic:
Yesterday I was trying some new roms and maybe I screwed something. I did try a 4.1 official samsung rom downgrading from 4.3. I had the IMEI problem but I fixed it flashing a stock rom from my carrier through Odin.

I even have an EFS backup folder in my extSD.

I've tried to flash again CM11 but it fails. All other custom roms fails too. It read "Fail" in TWRP.

What should I do?

I tried restoring the EFS folder with the backup too, or maybe I did it wrong... Don't know.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tallman43:
Does it fail with other recoveries?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sensamic:
Im gonna try right now with CWM.

EDIT: CWM seems to work fine.
[About XDA developers] doglet:
Why can't I post in a development section? I have had over 10 posts. I dont get it.
[About XDA developers] Jonny:
The server sometimes takes a while to catch up - give it a few hours and if the posting restrictions haven't lifted by then PM an admin who can look into it further :)

Edit: Also you spammed your way to 10 posts by posting useless posts such as "thanks!" and "love it!" so your posts have been deleted and account permissions reset.
[About XDA developers] {ESO}:
Actually also I think that it doesn't suppose to be like this... I'm a bad example but let's say I want to give my contribute to a Dev thread and i'm not interested in other stuff rather than development I just get stuck and I cannot help
[Sony Xperia L] sladeslayer:
Is there any way to install and use offline dictionary in Google play book without leaving the screen!?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ippeman:
Hi! I just installed foxhound ground zeroes rom to my samsung galaxy s4 i9505 and yeah it got stuck to the bootloader and there's a blinking blue led on the corner. I could go to my old rom but it was foxhound 2.0 and the 4.2.2 would be nice. I didn't wipe all the data because of so many apps and stuff i need. And what about the modem and the other thing that was supposed to flash on odin, what do they do? Any suggestions?:confused:

Edit: New thing popped up, i can't go to recovery for an unknown reason.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Choster:
Hmm, this has happened to me before too.

If you cannot get into recovery, can you get into download mode?

When it happened to me I used Odin to flash the stock firmware to get the phone working again. Hope this helps
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] FOSA:
Hi!

Just asking whether anyone tested a wifi 'g' card on his Universal?

Any increase in speed performance and by how much for data transfer?

Thanks
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] b3n_asian_freak:
why would you want to do that while you can change the registry and give the universal the power of using WIFI G network ?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] FOSA:
RE

I'm thinking of 'g' WiFi it to the Wi-Drive hard disk....later

You're right about the registry change. I'll look into it later

:D
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] ncruz:
there isn't any registry hack to change wifi to G on a universal it's all bulls...
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] JasperJanssen:
There is a registry hack to make the universal into a wireless-g device, it just doesn't make it faster than 11 Mbits. It's useful though to find access points that are limited to only seeing g devices. I wouldn't expect an SDIO-g card to make any difference -- certainly web browsing speed would be approximately the same, and you can't use it and put in an SD card so downloading large files is a non-issue. Maybe streaming video, but then, I wouldn't expect the uni to be able to keep up with a full 11 Mbit streaming video in the first place.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] b3n_asian_freak:
That's is what I think too. I'm getting a Exec so I have been looing into this device for a while. Anyway, making the Universal to be able to get the network from a 802.11g is will be so much helpful since there is no much thing requires high data-transfer speed on the Universal like on a normal computer so 11mbps should be just fine.

Quote from msmobiles.com:

Here is description how to do it:

We have tested it with HTC Universal (Orange M5000) and it seems to work!

The test was done in the following way: a Wi-Fi access point that previously was running in 802.11g-only mode, had to be put into dual mode (802.11b + 802.11g) to support Orange M5000 (HTC Universal), but thanks to making the following changes into registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMM\TIACXWLN1\PARMS: dot11SupportedRateMask=1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMM\TIACXWLN1\PARMS: dot11SupportedRateMaskG=8

... the HTC Universal is able to access Wi-Fi access point that works in 802.11g -only mode. PHM Registry Editor was used to effect this change (but any freeware or commerical registy editor can do it). As before with HTC Wizard, please note: you must reset your phone after making the changes in the registry!

Credit: Brendon Ranum from UK/New Zealand.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] davidpenn:
I set it in the registry w/ PHM registery Editor. But I can't connect to G-mode only AP yet. My phone is T-Mobile version MDA pro. Any suggestions? Anyone succeeded to connect to G only AP with Universal?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] mamaich:
You can try dot11SupportedRateMask=8 and delete dot11SupportedRateMaskG from registry.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoJo ^^:
I installed lupus jb + paranoid android quite long ago, i need to restore the phone to 2.3.x in order to get smoothness in emulators. please tell me how to so i don't ruin the device.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoJo ^^:
People should know.. This was originally posted on the lupus thread and they moved without asking..
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saqibkhan:
flash the ftf file.. in FLashtool. the FTF file can be found in the sticky threads in the Dev forum of Xperia Play. and ur back to Stock.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EwanG:
Am supposed to get my Note 3 late tomorrow. Ordered an Unlocked N9005 version. I presume it will not come with 4.4 but something earlier.

Based on my reading here I'm a bit confused. Do I need to make sure I root before I take any OTA update? Or take the update first? Anything I need to do or be careful not to do on first boot?

Thanks in advance...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ione2380:
You should wait to see with what firmware it will arrive first, then based on that, you'll find out if you can root it without tripping knox!

Or if you don't care about your warranty, you can update ota and after that, root it with cf-root!

Trimis de pe al meu SM-N9005 folosind Tapatalk
[Moto X Q&A] grifforama:
The warranty only states

MOTOROLA STRONGLY RECOMMENDS AGAINST

ALTERING A PRODUCT'S OPERATING SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDES UNLOCKING THE

BOOTLOADER, ROOTING A DEVICE

It's only a recommendation.

Is it Verizon that lock it down, rather than Motorola ?
[Moto X Q&A] blueice5249:
Basically, yes.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @non4:
So I've debloated my tab and limited background process with dev options, this has made games playable but some aren't exactly smooth compared to my xperia sp, I feel it can do more, any suggestions?

Sent while my supervisor wasn't looking
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ReeceWyld:
i enabled "Force GPU rendering" and it seems to work more fluently.

Be careful with limiting processes though. Some games actually run more than one or two at a time, and limiting to anything less than 4 often causes the games to stall and crash. Sometimes even 4 isn't enough.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @non4:
Thanks but force gpu is mainly for 2D stuff, it also causes Mc3 to crash on launch. I have background process set to 4 and have no issues

Sent while my supervisor wasn't looking
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] andrewdroid:
I was messing around with updating roms and stuff and noticed a bright random green pixel when I was nandroid backing up.

I thought nothing of it and let nandroid do its stuff. Now the bright green pixel is stuck there. I've flashed back to stock... still bright green pixel... it's there upon boot, in download mode, in recovery... it's just there... annoying me.

What do ya think I should do? Has anyone tried any of those pixel fixer apps? Do they even work? Should I try to get an exchange? I really love my screen (well used to) and now it's annoying me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] andrewdroid:
anyone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adisso:
Hi. Can someone mod this game for me? I just want unlimited gems or much gems, nothing more. If you are not doing this on this forum, just close this thread and take my sorry.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gentrie:
I am looking for this too! Freedom doesnt work with it :( Maybe someone have a instruction how to do it with gamecih or alternatives. This games dont have a online mode and i bought it.

PM are welcomed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amnesia1000:
I do not approve, but to have gems go into /data/data/com.turner.cardwars/files/game.json and where it says "gems": 0 you change the 0 to the number you want, and save.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adisso:
I do not have game.json file. ;/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leonix24:
just use sb-gamehacker tool to hack gem,exp and coins.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amnesia1000:
Impossible, the game.json file is the save file. The path is /data/data/com.turner.cardwars/files/game.json. Now you must have played has been created for the game. You need to be root to access and modify that file. Tell me you have files in the Files folder. Sorry for my english
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adisso:
Ah, my bad, I dont have rooted phone. I will root tomorrow, and then try to found this file. If it dont help, I write here again. My english sucks too. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adisso:
Okay, i rooted phone, and all worked, got 999gems now. Thank you very much. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Manbot27:
Do I have to do this on my phones file explorer or the computer? Also does it require a program to be used or simply opening it up in notepad or something and changing the value?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amnesia1000:
In your phone. Solid I use Explorer to navigate the phone, when you open the file it asks what type of file it is, and you want to open it. You choose the editor from Solid Explorer and change the 0 to where it says "Gems" = 0 for the number of gems you want to get.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AmbientGhe:
Modifying the games.jason or using a value editor like GameKiller

To modify game.json

You may need to be Rooted and posses a file explorer tool

1. Locate and open /data/data/com.turner.cardwars/files/game.json

2. Search for gems = and modify that value to your desired amount of diamonds (apply's to all in-game integers i.e coins)

Using a Value Editor

You will need 3-4 gems, may need to be rooted to use the application

1. Open your Value Editor (i.e GameKiller) then Card Wars

2. Click the over-lay in game and search for the amount of gems you currently have (you will have many results at first)

3. Spend one gem then research the new amount of gems (repeat untill you have 1 value)

4. Select that value then edit the amount according to your hunger for gems

This method also apply's to all in-game integers i.e coins
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Manbot27:
Thanks guys
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oreenx519x:
HELP doesn't work

doesn't work. please help. i'm using rooted LG G2X. my game.json file is edited with 500 gems. Still doesnt work when i open the game. I tried gamekiller and 900+ results show up when i try to look up gems. then after buying something it should reduce the match, but i still get about 900 results. it's not working. HELP
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chromezeal:
Bro help me.

Can you send me the apk of modded card wars adventure time. neilski2013@gmail.com. thanks bro
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monoxide child:
Ok I got it the easiest way to do this is to root your phone and use root explorer thank you guys for the help

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SoulcakeDuck:
I don´t have /data/data...

Hey guys, this solution to get unlimited gems sounds easy n great but although I have a problem. I dont have a "/data/data..." path in my root but i have "Android/data/com.turner.cardwars/files/...". The problem is, that i have no such "game.json" file in there. And I can´t find it on my phone anywhere else - but played for a while and must have something like a savegame on my phone. So what can I do? Is the file hidden? I rooted my phone yesterday and used a file explorer -> no results. I have Android 4.4.

:confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AreYouDeadYet9:
Make sure to allow root access to the file explorer youre using, if you dont than you cant acess the "data/data..."
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] severman2nk:
Can you give the link on Google Play?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhimzter:
Ok so i found the game.json file but my problem is when i change the value of the gem and save and open the game it did not work,and when i check the game.json again the gem value reverts back to 0..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supergamer123:
there is a problem

First I dont know how to root my device

And card wars is not compatble to my device

So can you mod it put for me please
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monoxide child:
Ok so I got a new one family guy the quest for stuff I need clams any one hack it yet?

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpunkyPoolBoy:
I cannot find the .json file on my Kindle Fire. My device is rooted, but I can't find the file. Tried using sb-gamehacker and gamekiller and I can't find the value for gems, but I found the value for pretty much everything else. Can anyone help?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monoxide child:
You need to download an app called root explorer and go to data data tunercardwars files .jason you have to open and play the game atleast once for the file to be made

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpunkyPoolBoy:
Strange. the file wasn't there when I was 20 levels in, but then I got it after I finished the 30th level. Seems a bit weird to me. Thanks tho!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monoxide child:
Thats very odd but im glad I could help

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geektronic:
This should help: Card Wars Modded Apk

The modded version of the game is available at MOD EDIT: Link removed (convert those dashes into fullstops). I used it and it worked perfectly.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monoxide child:
The new update has fed everything up im stuck in tutorial cuz It just keeps skipping attack and defend so no one takes damage and it just keeps going

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] migatxu:
Can I restore the game data after a new installation (new rom installation for example) making previously a back up of that directory or file and restoring it again?

That would be great.. If nobody tried it maybe I could try in a few days and tell you

Uninstalled and reinstalled the game, and restored the directory. I opened the game and all were ok.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seijinzero:
gotta do whatcha gotta do.

Now that they added multiplayer, I can understand your objections, but this game is definitely EXTREMELY pay-to-win, which is just not cool. With my modified game.json file, it went from unenjoyable, to one of my favorite touchscreen games ever. The multiplayer even was smart enough to pair me with other players that have hacked their file too, and those were some EPIC card wars battles.

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you have to finsh the first boss fight (bigger icon level) and craft a card before you can use the modded game.json file.

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I made my own game.json file for the andriod version, not sure if iOS is the same or not. probably is. It has 99999 hearts, 99999 gems, 99999999 coins, ALL CHARACTER CARDS at level 26 where your deck size maxes out, change any of them to 999999 if you want to be at max level 40. 4 of EVERY CARD IN GOLD since 4 is the max you can put in your deck. Deck size is 730 to accomoodate all 728 of the cards and force you to sell any extra ones to keep it orderly. Once you go over 900 or so cards, the game.son file usually won't let you edit it anymore since it's trying to read it as 1 word thats 20 pages long. Plus the game starts getting buggy. Not very far in the game, but change current quest and last quest to 120 if you want them all available. Just copy and paste the text into your file and save. Remember to delete any spaces! Andriod adds a space before and after every paste. I'm new so I can't directly post a link, you'll have to replace the "[DOT]"s with"."s.

MOD EDIT: LInk removed