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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @rbiter:
What is up with xda/mod community and locked bootloaders? Why are we letting OEM's like Samsung force feeding us enterprise security through consumer channels/devices instead of giving us choice? I was very upset tripping Knox disallowed encryption altogether. Not all of us need or want that. Many xda'ers are fairly savvy enough to do as we please with little repercussions. The ones that aren't don't read or don't Google. As a community we should voice our concerns that there should be separate markets/devices/firmware for consumer grade security and enterprise security. Actually I have no qualms with a low level Knox implementation to trip efuses to void warranty for modders. Fair enough without explanation. I want to encrypt my phone even with a tripped fuse. Force feeding Knox is lame and retards the beauty of open source. Knox grade security just doesn't make for an open source recipe anymore. I probably won't get an s5 but it is mainly because of knox and all the disadvantages that are tied into it whether we can cherry pick our security or not. Honestly, as much as I want Samsung and competitors to succeed financially and market share wise, the s5 really needs to fail. BAAAAD. Just so the message gets across to Samsung brass that when we void our warranties, not only do we want to own our phones but we should still be able to add a layer of security that otherwise isn't there because of Knox's all or nothing approach. Knox doesn't let us own our phones. It is an illusion when knox is tripped. The masses don't void their warranties in any way, including just basic root, so why exclude the very very valuable 5% that perpetuates the very nature of open source and furthers the development and customization that has made Android the juggernaut it is? I just don't understand. The masses don't even understand a sliver of what knox offers, not even including the small 5% that don't want it but can't avoid it. I truly hope our small community can put enough of a dent in s5 sales and future knoxified phones that Samsung will sit up and notice. A little HTC or Sony sideline contemplation of what we did wrong and what can we do to invite potentially loyal customers back would do Samsung a lot of good. SMDH. Thoughts?

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
Well, HTC has S-ON, LG has GATE, Sammy has Knox. We all know Android wasn't meant to be secure (?), and in the age of NSA and it's friends spying the world I guess people are looking at way to keep things safe. Of course the GS5 won't be a fail, probably will be another hit and is Android really that open as some people believe? Because Android without Google isn't true Android.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @rbiter:
I know android isn't full throttle open. Nonetheless, secure android should be an option. Not shoveled in. Android has enough fragmentation. Knox and the equivalent just throws the open part out the window and hinders development and freedom. It really is bunk we can't encrypt if we trip knox. That just throws any illusion of security out the window. Like I said. All or nothing. No middle ground. Pure lame. I hope people vote with their wallets and make Samsung reconsider the faux security. I'd rather have no security than knox bulltihs. Software security will never be 100% secure and when there is a will there is a way. All it takes is any flaw and exploits galore are there for the taking.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xeizo:
Samsung MUST have Knox or something similar to be able to sell their phones as Business Phones, otherwise that will be a sole market for Apple(who even thinks about Windows Phone?), so Knox it is. But the implementation could have been far better, that is true, but it has to be there anyway :p

Lets hope Samsung develops Knox to be more dev-friendly!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LyuboA:
i agree with you completely but they can easy make the phones with Knox and Non Knox bootloader-kernels-roms want secure or not we deserve at least to have a CHOISE FOR OUR MONEY dont you think that is so easy to make KIES option secure rom or not i love samsung devices but because of their NO CHOISE policy i will not get S5 i guess S4 will be the last Samsung device for me atleast until some one figure out how to rip knox out
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CLARiiON:
I really don't understand why Samsung should even think 2 sec about few geeks who don't even make up 1% of potential sales?? In any case, geeks love to hate Samsung.

Here's something -- don't like it, don't buy it. You got Nexus, HTC, Moto, Sony and tons of other phones. Why keep whining about same exact issue 10x everyday? it's not like Samsung is your only choice.

Out of all polls done recently by all tech blogs, 80-90% of the voters didn't like/want S5. If I was a Samsung manager, I will simply think that you guys anyway don't want my phones. So, why the hell should I bother about 10% of geek population?? even if I lose those 10% geeks, it hardly makes any difference to my balance sheet.

Bottomline, Samsung (rightly) ignores anything on XDA/androidpolice/or any other tech blog. They are in a business to sell phones to common people and businesses. Whether 0.5% of population are pissed at them is totally irrelevant. if I want in Samsung sales guy, I won't ever thin about what guys say in XDA.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
+1 but there's also these "I was expecting innovation." comments like Samsung has a magic wand to bring the future to the present without any compromises to usability. I'll quote a comment I saw in Apple Insider.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CLARiiON:
That is some seriously solid statement, absolutely true. It's not like any of the competitor actually got a holographic display or a processor which doesn't suck battery.

And out of so many so-called *innovators*, Samsung got the best mobile device award in MWC 2014 (Gear Fit). I would say that's pretty good for a company that doesn't innovate.

For a *normal* person, upgrading from S2/S3 to S5 is a decent jump. Obviously, someone upgrading from S4 to S5 won't find much value, same goes for every other flagship.

Apple/Samsung are victims of hype-machine. Obviously they are also the best in milking this hype. And I say both of them have earned their spot in the top of food chain.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] karmasblade:
I'm running Task650's ROM and I need to get into DIAG Mode. What do I do? When I run a script in script manager, it says that it can't create a file because the directory does not exist. Any workarounds?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayinc11:
I am very comfortable rooting a Galaxy Note i717 via odin. Reading through captivate method I am not following it too well and I am not confident that I can do it without bricking the phone. I am wondering if the odin method for i717 is confirmed to work on this phone as well? It's stock 2.3.5
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
You can't use another phone's file and/or method to root your cappy.

As for rooting, the easiest method is to flash a pre-rooted kernel (speedmod for 2.2 and Corn for 2.3). They both can be flashed using Odin 1.08.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayinc11:
Phone is now rooted but it still has Android System Recov. <3>. Can I flash the latest CWM via ODIN?

I rooted via this guide here
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
Refer to my previous post where I said to flash Corn kernel. That will install cwm for you. It can be flashed with Odin.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
Hi All:

I am not experienced with smart phones and therefore would like to seek your advice/assistance regarding an issue that came up with my S 4 GT-I9505 International.

What happened:

- The 4.4 Kitkat update came out on my phone through my provider (Rogers, Canada)

- I downloaded the update via Wifi and began its installation at a relatively low battery

- During the update, precisely after the reboot while the % bar with the android guy was filling up, I plugged in my phone to ensure it would not die (wall outlet)

- Coming back to the phone after some time I noticed it was OFF

My phone is the international version, unlocked and was going to be sent to Europe (Portugal) based on the language of the manual and the fact that it came with a North American adapter.

What I have done since then:

- The phone turns on and the Samsung words appear on the screen with the model number and then it goes BLACK

- When plugged in, it turns on and shows the ''very low'' battery symbol and stays like that

- It is recognized through USB but does not connect to Kies

I have done the factory restore and cache wipes, those work fine. But when I do go to reboot the device I notice that "Error!" appears under the little android guy momentarily before booting up.

Any help is well appreciated. Thanks so much.

Jay
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aayushkhajuria2842:
Its a brick .....u need to flash a stock firmware via odin :rolleyes:

Hit thanx if I helped u

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2673134 here u will get the full guide to unbrick your phn and also download firmwarepackages through alternative download links (faster)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaswinky:
Are you really sure your charger works? Are you sure your battery is not damaged? Try with a different charged battery and you will get your answers.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aayushkhajuria2842:
Oh didnt noticed last two things
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anubhav Agrawal:
I think it's a case of soft brick..

If your warranty is intact then go to Samsung care they will fix it for you.

Don't tell then what exactly happened. .

Say I updated and it's not working..

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
Thanks for the replies everyone. I will attempt these solutions.

Does anyone advise against going to one of those kiosk style cellular repair shops?

Jay
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaswinky:
Before doing that, try to buy a new battery and test it. In the worst-case you will get a new replacement battery ; in the better case you will save a lot of money trying to repair something that it is not needed to be repaired.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
Hey all,

Good news. So I got on SamMobile.com, grabbed a UK 4.3 Android file and used Odin to flash it onto my unresponsive S4. It worked like a charm and the phone is back up and running.

Just a few questions as I am new to "flashing":

So now that I will have to flash UK releases of the latest firmware as my Canadian network provider will probably brick my phone every time they release the latest firmware, should I simply wait for the internet to have the latest firmware of my regions version and flash it every time via odin?

Also, is flashing over time going to decrease my phone's performance in terms of processing speed and memory (RAM)?

Finally, any suggestions that are different from what I plan to do as described above?

Thanks to everyone who contributed, I "thanked" the posts.

Jay
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aayushkhajuria2842:
You can flash the latest release of your region nd then follow ota updates .....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
Aren't OTA updates from my network provider which would mean that installing their firmware update would result in bricking? May you please elaborate?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aayushkhajuria2842:
Why would it brick installing their firmware :confused: .....u r on 4.3 without root so why would I m not able to understand ur question either
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
Well OK I use my phone in Canada but since its a UK phone I went out and got the UK firmware. So now when I get the latest firmware update (4.4) from Canada, won't it brick?

I mean that is what happened last time...

The phone is unlocked and I have never rooted it. Just used Odin to throw on the firmware.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aayushkhajuria2842:
Last time u said u had less battery I dont think flashing canada firmware will brick your phn
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
Ya I mean I did updates BEFORE the last one so that got me thinking, maybe it WAS the battery...

So do you think its safe that I go and try to update my firmware from my network provider on top of the UK firmware I put on it just last night?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aayushkhajuria2842:
U can flash any firmware on any othe bt just cant downgrade from 4.4.2 if u flashed it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
No I mean like, is it safe if I just do an "update" in my settings on the phone? That won't brick my phone if my battery is charged?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aayushkhajuria2842:
Yes updating in this way is the safest but u should have adequate battery
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
TYVM
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aayushkhajuria2842:
Ur device status must be custom ?

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I mean is your device status custom
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
no it is OFFICIAL. and now when I try to do an update it says everything is updated.

but im on 4.3 and Rogers just put out 4.4.2 or Kitkat, or whatever....hmmm....weird...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aayushkhajuria2842:
Updates u will get of the region wheres firware u flashed....uk I think is yours

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The firmware u flashed via odin was of which region
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
Ok makes sense..I don't think the UK has 4.4.2 out yet.

Thanks a lot, truly appreciate the help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aayushkhajuria2842:
You should press thanks instead of saying :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
I DID!!!! :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaswinky:
You are luck. 4.4 flashing was interrupted before installing 4.4 bootloader...

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
Hey guys:

So I opened up the latest Kies software and plugged in my phone. No firmware update pop-up comes up.

I'm on 4.3, status is OFFICIAL.

I'm on a Canadian network but the GT-I9505 is a UK phone. Its unlocked too. Since my phone bricked last week I had wiped it and flashed a UK "BTU" 4.3 firmware onto it.

Now when I try to update on the phone through settings or through Kies nothing happens.

Since I am on a Canadian network will I never get the 4.4.2 update?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaswinky:
Kies and ota are both dangerous methods for updating stock roms. Download the correct rom from sammo ile and flash it with Odin 3.09.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
Ya I did that. But my question is from now on, do I have to update my firmware manually using sam mobile/odin?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaswinky:
If you don't change anything for the rom, and even if you don't root it, you will be able to update in the future by ota/kies, otherwise, if your root it or if you flash a custom kernel or recovery, you only be able to flash new stock rom updates by odin.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
Ok so how do I know what my case is? I am not familiar with "rom", "flashing" and their differences.

All I did was upload Android 4.3 UK BTU from sammobile using Odin.

So am I safe to use OTA/kies or am I stuck with odin updates manually?

Thanks for the continual assistance and patience, I really appreciate it. You guys are great.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaswinky:
You are always safe, kies, ota or odin...

If you have installed 4.3 UK BTU and you didn't anything more (you are actually not root), you will be able to update by ota or kies when a update will be released for UK BTU. So you will have to wait till UK BTU release 4.2.2 kit kat to update it, but If you decide to install 4.2.2 rusian rom by odin you will not have to wait. In this case ota/kies will update with new releases when rusia releases them. If you decide to root your device, you will always be able to update it with new releases, but only by odin as you recently did, cause you ota/kies would not work for you.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
Perfect, exactly what I was looking for. Thanks (I pressed the button).

:D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aayushkhajuria2842:
You need to flash your regions firmware first manually
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shohat:
hi

i had the same problem. i just flashed new stock firmware and my phone is now okay !
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
You mean I can't get UK BTU firmware updates OTA while I'm on a Canadian network?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aayushkhajuria2842:
Yup first flash uk btu firmware then u will get ota updates for that
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
Ok so on Sam Mobile I see 4.4.2 is now listed under UK BTU. I got the 4.3.

When I go to my OTA updates on my GT-I9505 it says its up to date. Shouldn't it be recognizing that UK BTU has released 4.4.2?

PS: I am in CANADA so is that a problem?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aayushkhajuria2842:
Didnt meant to thank .....sorry ........

Place doesnt matter the firmware u have on ur device matters
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
So I guess there's some delay between Sam Mobile having 4.4.2 and my network pushing the new firmware so that I can download it...I'm still suspicious that I won't receive a UK update on a Canadian network but perhaps that's just my lack of understanding!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aayushkhajuria2842:
But u can still flash that firmware manually
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
Ya I'll wait a few days and see if I get OTA or KIES update. Otherwise I will flash manually.

Thanks :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaswinky:
Man, i didn't know you are from Canada, then i would suggest a different stock rom. It is true any rom from any country and carrier will work on your device (from same model, of course), since our device is four band compatible both for gsm (voice) and umts (data), but the real thing is that modems (included in the rom) are tested before release on its country /carrier frequencies which are different depending on region and carrier. UK will work for you, and for me, but you can find both rom-modem pack more compatible to your region so that you can improve probability of any 3G issue.

Tell me your carrier name in Canada and your device (i9500 or i9505?) and i will suggest a firmware with same umts frequencies.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
i9505 and Rogers Network.

I found this on WIKI: Under Rogers Wireless...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UMTS_networks

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaswinky:
Your carrier is 850/1900 as Latin America. Ok, your device (LTE version) is not yet commercialized in Canada or Latin America. This lte version is released specifically for countries which casually use frequencies 900/2100 mainly. The most close I found is this 4.4.2 from Brazil (850/2100):

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=26258

Because there is not yet a full both frequencies compatibility for you, i would let uk btu firmware add you have actually, but if you detect any issue on your modem (gsm voice, gprs data, umts 3G data or 4G - if it is available in your country-), change it for brazil rom.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
That's very interesting. The inside label of my phone is written in Portuguese and it says "product of Brasilia".
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaswinky:
Bingo! It comes from Brazilian LTE market. But the important think is to make it as compatible to your country frequencies as possible... You can help yourself with that wiki umts frequencies page.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
Ya to be honest I only have 250 MB of data per month and rarely use data.

So far the BTU firmware works fine but it's just that if I have to manually use Odin to get new Android firmware it will be annoying...So far Rogers hasn't allowed me to get the 4.4.2 which originally is what screwed my phone up cause of low battery during the update.

I'll wait a bit more. But I doubt even switching the Brazil firmware you noted above would resolve that issues (thoughts?).

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaswinky:
Yes, if uk btu is OK for you it's fine, but note that any issue with modem affecting to the signal coverage quality, directly affects to the battery consumption.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
Good point, thanks.

In that case I will wait till one of the other countries from the Americas releases 4.4.2 so that it matches EXACTLY what rogers cellular uses (argentina, ecuador, etc). For now I will use the 4.3 UK BTU.

Either way, do you think I'll be stuck using Odin to update Android firmware from now on? I don't think so because since I bought the phone online it was international phone so it obviously didn't have the Rogers build on it in the first place.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaswinky:
There is no reason for that...

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerospaceCU:
But I want 4.4.2!!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaswinky:
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But I want 4.4.2!!![/QUOTE]

Sorry, i didn't catch you... You can install odin odin ANY i9505 4.4.2 rom you want. Try several roms (uk btu, brazil, etc...) and decide yourself for your compatibility...

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[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] RussellEstridge25:
I don't see the f(x) button is referring to
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] RussellEstridge25:
Found it but your pic doesn't show how to get to that part. Had a friend tell me I had to hover the pen over the search bar to get to your photo
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilgeor:
Hi Guys,

After I "replaced" the screen,it was blank, yet booting and visible to computer,

I decided to recheck - and switched to the old screen. It didn't work either!

So now I have two sceens but non is functional

Any ideas?

Btw, i found this topic

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2529791

but there is no solution
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deltatux:
Got the same problem right now, trying to solve it. Was about to post new topic but saw yours. Can you boot your device into bootloader? Mine seems to be able to do that and I see everything but once it shows the Google logo during normal boot or recovery, the screen goes dark and blank.

Very mysterious indeed, never seen this issue before...

Hoping someone can shed some light on this...

deltatux
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilgeor:
Can you remind me of how you did it?

Cause vol up+power\vol down+power won't work for me

What screen have you bought?

Cause I was super anxious about getting original Hydis, now chungwa they now sell everywhere

at first, I would think that I somehow messed uo the cable - but if you are saying, that you are able to boot

mystery!

I guess, we need some experienced service man here