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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PausedDreams:
Hello everyone. Congratulations for the wonderful forum you have here.

Before you read my post i suggest you arm yourselves with some pop corn/ tortilas/ chips/ because i will keep you here for a while.

I have searched for quite a long time and tried a couple of things which i found in the forum but didn't work before i ended up signing up and posting..i might have missed the right answer, so please forgive me if i did.

A friend of mine accidentally bought a fake/clone galaxy s4. (Phone info on first photo)

When he came to show it to me i could see that the phone was running really slowly and laggy (lot of fps drops even when sliding through the apps pages), and despite that he only managed to put just one application which was less than 500kb, he would constantly get the message of 'low storage' so he had to delete it to free up some space. I checked his storage through phone settings and he had total space 16GB and from these, 13GB would be used up by apps but since he hasn't downloaded so many apps yet it seemed illogical. Same goes with the phone storage, 16.53 GB total space and despite this it would show that he has used up a lot of it on apps pictures videos etc. We hadn't taken any photos yet so it is again weird. Please have a look at the second and third screenshots. (i also put a 4gb sd card which was almost empty, and it would show that i inserted a 16gb sd card which had about 2 gb free memory :/ )

So i offered to try to format the memory and do a factory reset. I did it since i had some experience with my galaxy s2 which is original.

Guess what, it would show the same storage as if i never touched it, run really slow, PLUS 23 hours a day there is no signal and can't make any phone calls. And even if there is little signal once i try to make a phone call the signal gets lost.

I have managed to download cpu z and hardware info and as you can see from the rest of the screenshots the actual storage is 137 MB internal and 12 MB (!) external.

What is going on exactly with this phone? How can i make the phone run faster and not so annoyingly slow and laggy? How can i get the signal back to normal? And is there a way to make the memory be 16GB for real? Maybe this firmware is 'masking' the phone's true memory capacity? Or is it really just 137MB and there is no way to expand it's capacity? Maybe a root or some new firmware? The only experience i have with rooting is with my original galaxy s2 so if there is such a solution please tell me in detail the procedure as i suppose it would be different from original phones. Looking forward for your replies. Thank you for walking with me so far.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
Unfortunately xda doesnt offer any support for clones/fakes.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lolo9393:
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What is going on exactly with this phone?

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SORRY to confirm this a clone and we can't help you in any way.

no worry you surely paid for what you get. a good phone clone!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LyuboA:
I have some expirience with S3 i9300 clone wich was almost identical to this one specs and after 2 days playing with it i can tell you this you cant install almost no apps on these phone and this is if the phone use some old android cause most of these replicas use some made up OS and only says android they cannot be rooted you cant do anything to improve it you can use them only to make calls well i guess you cant do even that with this one so better try to get your money back cause there is no hope for these clones
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PausedDreams:
Thank you for your replies guys. So i guess it is not worth any more of my time.
[Moto X Q&A] ddiehl:
As the topic states.. Juts randomly turns off when not connected and I have to go into setting and turn it on again which isn't something I want to fiddle with when I'm driving.. Is this a known issue? Any work around or app I could try?

Phone is non-rooted/stock

Thanks
[Moto X Q&A] sumonmolla:
Turn of your Bluetooth when you did not want it. Because it bear a great virus for your phone to other phone..
[Moto X Q&A] sherweed:
I have exactly the same problem. Did you ever find a solution?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SonicTab:
Has written math input f (x) been removed from sNote and sFinder in the 12.2?

I can't see the f (x) icon in either app . Was a great feature on the Note 2 , 3 , 8, 10 tying to Wolfram alpha.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExtremeRyno:
I've not personally tried this, but you might see if this works for you:
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SonicTab:
Thanks that did it!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] i7vSa7vi7y:
I'm trying to flash 4.4 Negalite ROM from MK2 4.3 Negalite.

I just factory reset and wiped cache and delvic.

I'm in download mode. I'm about to flash NAE Firmware and Philz recovery.

I just want some reassurance. In Odin do I click "AP" for the NAE firmware and Philz recovery?

Please let me know if this is correct. I don't want a brick.

Reply ASAP if possible
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] chris-allen:
I didnt know you could flash negalite from odin.. i learn.something everyday.. the easiest way is to put the file onto your phone...boot into recovery and flash
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] i7vSa7vi7y:
I don't think you can. I'm flashing the NAE firmware and recovery from Odin not the ROM itself. I'll flash the ROM with Philz recovery

EDIT: Nevermind. I flashed both via AP and they both passed
[Xperia Z2 General] 23Six:
Here we post in order to give an idea of whether bootloaders will be unlockable for devices depending on carrier and source:

Example 1:

Example 2:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] garyh140:
Hello all,

I am looking for a custom ROM for my AT&T sgh-i747 that most emulates Samsung's 4.3 Stock ROM. I am looking for all the features and functions that the stock rom has with all the rooted goodness.

Does such a thing exist?

Thanks in advance for your help
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] chriscockerham1976:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2541900

I recommend the deodexed version to be able to mod it easily.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kangi26:
This should be in the Q&A section
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
These type of threads get closed as they become discussions/arguments over which rom is best.

The question you pose is only one you can answer by testing, reading, and interacting with those members in the development threads.

As XDA is not a support site, members are expected to do their own research and experimentation in these matters.

Please head over to the development sections and enjoy,
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mmarquis:
My wife's S3 shows an SMS video sent from an iPhone with a very skinny aspect ratio. The same SMS video on my S3 is OK. Is there some hidden setting where this is adjustable?

Mike
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moparman1513:
Does anyone have any trouble getting the screen to come on after you push the power button? Every time I try to wake my phone up it takes about 3 to 5 secs to come on
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kamau54:
Mine does it, but not every time. More often than not though.

Coming from where the wind begins.....
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 440bro:
Mine varies from 1sec to 3secs. I'm assuming it takes longer at times because it's in its deep sleep state. And that's a good thing if it is in deep sleep. I'll live with it.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mw86:
I notice this too. It definitely was not delayed like this on my GS4 but like 440bro points out perhaps it is required for a better sleep state.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Microchaoitc:
Hello everyone,

My phone had been messing up lately, and I'm trying to get back to a stock ROM.

I ran followed the instructions in this thread [RUU] Sprint HTC One | 4.06.651.4 | Encrypted | Decrypted | Stock Rooted ROMs

and everything flashed successfully. But the only thing is the phone won't boot, it goes straight to the bootloader. I've tried flashing a recovery and when I try entering recovery, it kicks back out to fastboot. I've even tried 'fastboot boot recovery.img' but it just freezes at fastboot.

I'm wondering if anyone has ran into this problem and/or have come up with a solution to fix it?

My bootloader reads as such:

*** UNLOCKED ***

M7_WLS PVT SHIP S-OFF RH

CID-SPCS_001

HBOOT-1.56.0000

RADIO-1.00.20.1100

OpenDSP-v32.120.274.0909

OS-4.06.651.4

eMMC-boot 2048MB

Thanks in advanced for your help.

Microchaotic

P.S. Other things to note, I S-Off'd using Firewater if that's information that's at all valuable
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Astrikz:
Had a similar problem where the guy would just not update and my phone wouldn't boot other then in boot loader. I suggest downing the 4.3 Ruu 3.04.651.02 which seems to be the only ruu that works on both my computer and laptop that were able to boot my phone. After running the Ruu and hopefully your phone turning on your can just check for HTC updates and update your device to 4.4 not until then should you flash a recovery. Hopefully this helps you out . Seems like a lot of work but it has been the only solution that I know for now.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] jayas.mayank:
have you relocked your bootloader before trying to run the ruu??because the new hboot 1.56 needs a locked bootloader...me too have faced this problem but no issue now..!! try relocking the bootloader with

fastboot oem lock

now download this firmware( http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407568410) and rename this firmware to firmware.zip and then do this-

fastboot oem rebootRUU

fastboot flash zip firmware.zip

fastboot reboot

and then run the ruu again...it should work..!!:good::good:

Hit Thanks button if i have helped you..!!

Sprint htc one

androdi 4.4.2

os-4.06.651.4

hboot-1.56

radio-1.00.20.1108
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hashcode:
Reserved

TWRP for OtterX

Now supports both EXT4 and F2FS at the same time!

This is a build of TWRP 2.8.2.x(as of 2014/12/09) which uses the Nexus-style /data & /sdcard combined storage method of OtterX

BE WARNED: Due to the way combined storage works. The mass storage sharing functions in TWRP won't work anymore. You will need to use adb to push files to the device (in recovery). ROMs will use MTP file sharing.

INSTALLATION OPTION A (ASSUMES COMING FROM A PREVIOUS TWRP INSTALL):

Download the new TWRP flash.zip:

Mirror 1 (Goo.im)

Place this downloaded file on your Kindle's "sdcard" area

(If following STEPS 1-4 you should already be in recovery at this point -- if not get into recovery by using the power button press during the initial boot and then continue to press power till "RECOVERY" is highlighted)

Use "Install" and find the TWRP flash.zip that you placed on the device. Select it and then Swipe to install.

INSTALLATION OPTION B (USES FASTBOOT):

Download the new TWRP IMAGE FILE: otterx-twrp-2.8.2.0-recovery.img

Mirror 1 (Goo.im)

Open a command prompt on your computer and "cd" to the directory where it's saved

Enter this command and press enter. It should say "< waiting for device >"

fastboot flash recovery <recovery filename>

Now with the device plugged into USB. Reboot.

You should see the fastboot command execute
[Kindle Fire Android Development] kornklown69:
gunna wait this out but exciting development!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] :
2nd! Testing
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hashcode:
Just a note: not much out there to support the OtterX partition layout yet. So you don't need to bother turning that on.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pfederighi:
Very cool. Thanks for being such an awesome developer.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] lovejoy777:
thanks hash. ill try this tonight on my newer kindle. my older emmc damaged one awaits your next move :D. Thanks again Steve
[Kindle Fire Android Development] lifegap:
Love it, will try to my beloved KF

Great job Hashcode, I will try on my beloved Kindle Fire. Thanks God, it never have any trouble with eMMC, only the charging port fixed by local technician. Which ROM support the OtterX partition layout? And the TWRP 2.6.3.1 working on this bootloader?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] lovejoy777:
:) all working good. i seem to have a slight issue with holding longpress too long to enter boot menu and accidentally selecting a random boot option. is there anyway to turn off scroll/selecting of anything from the boot menu until you release from your initial long press plus a couple of seconds pause. ? just giving some feedback and not meaning to be critical. Thanks again Steve
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hashcode:
Yeah the long press option might need some minor tweaks to it.

Thanks for the feedback!

Are you all backed up in your emmc bricked device? If so, you can be my beta tester for that feature.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ammubarak:
Greet job Hashcode. Tested adb reboot, and and reboot recovery..etc no problems at all.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] lovejoy777:
my partitions are so screwed i can't back anything up:(. I'm game to be a tester though.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] lovejoy777:
just some info hash. when i usb_boot_Twrp it just hangs on the twrp boot logo. no shell but i have adb working. will this still be a possible fix with no shell?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hashcode:
Once I add the code needed to the bootloader, you won't need to use the old instructions. In theory, if the process works correctly, it will also backup/restore your important partitions (like boot0/boot1). But I always ask users to backup anyway in case something goes badly.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] lovejoy777:
few. thanks again
[Kindle Fire Android Development] tobiascuypers:
I've been waiting for a long, long time for this.. Time to whip out the old thang and see what's new! I'll let you know what I find!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] lovejoy777:
ready :)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hashcode:
Hoping to get some time tonight to finish the unbrick commands in the bootloader.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] lovejoy777:
he he he:D
[Kindle Fire Android Development] koop1955:
Adb kill-server

Abd start-server

After killing and restarting the server, type:

Adb devices

to see if your OtterX is detected.

This might help you: https://developer.amazon.com/post/T...p-the-ADB-driver-for-Kindle-Fire-Devices.html
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hashcode:
This could be a topic for discussion, while I'm also debating an increase in the system partition size.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] lovejoy777:
ill have a read up about it. sounds very interesting
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Koopa777:
The system size increase might be necessary. A few recent AOSP commits for "API 20"(a.k.a. Android 5.0) involve an increase in /system size for a few devices(mako being one of them I believe). So Lollipop(or whatever it ends up being named) might have a bigger footprint right off the bat.

Also, it's pretty much confirmed that 5.0 uses Linux kernel 3.10(all recent kernel commits for API 20 are on the 3.10 branch, and a bunch of HTC devs are making 3.10 commits for their new device, the "flounder"), so my question is where does the otterx stand in terms of driver support? I know TI has been out of the game for a while, but you were talking about black magic to make 3.8/3.10 work, so I figure it might be possible. It just might have to happen sooner than anticipated. :p

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I see that you have a Nexus 5. The N5 has an f2fs and an f2fs-all implementation, so if you want to see the effects firsthand, you can. It's a bit of a pain(specific recoveries, smaller kernel selection, you have to make the ROM f2fs-all compatable yourself, etc.), but the benefits are definitely there. f2fs-all is new territory, most positive feedback has been on f2fs, which is just the /data partition formatted to f2fs, the rest on ext4. f2fs-all is where the /system, /data, and /cache are all f2fs, no ext4 anywhere. I haven't personally tried f2fs-all yet, but the benefits should be even greater. Especially on devices with older eMMCs and thus, slower i/o speeds on ext4.

Here's the nitty-gritty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F2FS

Also: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/speed-up-your-aging-nexus-7-2012s-storage-with-f2fs/

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/f2fs-put-to-the-test-against-ext4/
[Kindle Fire Android Development] lovejoy777:
like this? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2571011

[MOD][MAY 11] MultiROM v24

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post 1039

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https://github.com/Tasssadar/Team-Win-Recovery-Project
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Koopa777:
That's standard f2fs in multiROM I believe. Here's everything that you need...

Recovery: http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/orig-development/recovery-twrp-2-7-0-0-f2fs-support-t2746030

ROM Converter: http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/development/script-convert-rom-to-f2fs-t2748116

Kernels: http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/development/kernel-f2fs-supported-kernels-t2746951

Again, I have not yet tried f2fs-all yet, I might give it a whirl tomorrow. Others are reporting success, however.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hashcode:
I'm fairly familiar with what it takes to add full f2fs support from my dealings with the Moto X where it was first introduced in a mainstream Android release.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] shuvabrata:
Tried the ADB server restart. The OtterX is still not detected. I guess its a driver issue. Is there any way to load any file to recovery without ADB / Drivers?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Koopa777:
I'm sure of it, with all of the other crazy stuff you've pulled off with this device. My post was primarily for Lovejoy to experiment with f2fs on his hammerhead right this second. [emoji106]
[Kindle Fire Android Development] shuvabrata:
Need Help - URGENT !!!

Guys,

I am stuck in the last step of getting OtterX installed on my Kindle Fire. After installing TWRP for OtterX and Reformatting the filesystem, my OtterX is not being detected by my machine (running Windows 8.1). I see Amazon OtterX in the device manager but its saying drivers are not installed. So i am without a ROM on the KF and its completely useless. I can boot into TWRP fine though.

How do i recover the KF to a working state?

I don't understand much of ADB. Please help.

regards,

Nandi
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Koopa777:
When drivers were being a ***** for me, I just installed Koush's Universal Drivers. Google it(I'm about to fall asleep and don't want to :p). Just basically install the Composite drivers in System and Recovery, and the other one for Fastboot(boot loader). Then adb push/adb side load, whichever you prefer. [emoji106]

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I'll post more detailed instructions tomorrow if you'd like.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] shuvabrata:
Please send me detailed instructions. I have installed Koush Universal ADB Drivers. The device is still not recognized. Windows is saying drivers not installed for Amazon OtterX.

Please help.

Is there any way for me to revert back to Kindle Official Firmware and strat from scratch?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] koop1955:
Go to Device Manager in Windows (Computer -> Right Click - Properties -> Device Manager) and find the OtterX. Right click and select update drivers. Select Update Driver Software. Then Browse My Computer for Drivers. Select Search in the following location. Then point it to:

C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\extras\amazon\kindle_fire_usb_driver

That location is going to depend on where you installed the ADB drivers.

After you are down with that, it should show in device manager as an ADB Composite Device. Then you can push everything over.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] shuvabrata:
In Update drivers, i chose list all installed devices and from the list selected Amazon ADB Device. Now i can push files. ADB is working. However, i am facing a different challenge. Under advanced, if i choose partition scheme as OtterX, TWRP is not loading .. it stays on the TeamWin Splashscreen and keeps flickering. Under the partition scheme amazon, TWRP is loading. What should i do now? Which ROM to flash?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] koop1955:
Did you follow the instructions in the OP and download the required build of TWRP?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50852364&postcount=3

At the very least you can now use ADB to flash that.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] shuvabrata:
The required build of TWRP is flashed and that's the one i am running now. However, when i go to change the partition layout from Amazon to OtterX, TWRP doesn't load again. So i am using TWRP for OtterX with partition mode of Amazon.

What to do now?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Idontwantausername:
Let's make sure that it was flashed successfully - do you see the "Format Data" option in the "Wipe" screen?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] shuvabrata:
Yes i can. I have flashed the cm-11-20140508-UNOFFICIAL-otterx.zip and Gapps from TWRP using Amazon partition layout and now the tablet is showing only 1.09 GB internal storage and no internal SD Card. Completely confused. What do i need to do?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Idontwantausername:
Please try to follow the instructions. The ROM you flashed is only compatible with the OtterX partitioning scheme. I suggest you resume following Hashcode's instructions from step 2.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] koop1955:
If you continue in the Amazon partitioning scheme, that is what you will get. The whole point of this is to switch to OtterX partitioning.

I would go back and make sure that you are running the right version of the bootloader, the right version of TWRP. If are running those and after setting the partitions to OtterX, you can't boot into TWRP, you are the only one that has reported that.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dokie80:
Just follow the step exactly. Don't read it as a whole if it makes u confuse. Be dumb and do word to word. But stop and ask if u encounter problem.

Ur mistake as I see is u use amazon partition but flash ROM (and twrp?) for otterX.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] shuvabrata:
Started from step 2 onwards .. this time worked like a charm .. Thanks a lot guys !!!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] brandon_L:
Here is where I'm at, when I get to the format data part of the first time instillation, I get a failed. failed to mount data. I just went on with the rest but when I try to push the rom and gapps, everything appears to work but then the twrp reboots as it is finishing. When I boot back in there are no files.

The drivers are fine. It shows up with adb devices.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] koop1955:
Follow the instructions found here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52344179&postcount=87

That should get you sorted.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Ixthusdan:
I finally got adb working for my kindle. I downloaded the boot loader, the twrp, and the cm11 ROM by Hash (could not get twa_priv's ROM due to goo not working, again) I followed the steps, but at format data, it fails. Now, the kindle reboots to fastboot mode because it has no system or formatting. Cache formatted fine, bootloader works, twrp seems to work. I can issue commends to the kindle just fine. What do I do to get the data partition formatted? Oh, since there is no place to go, I cannot push any files to the kindle. What do I do?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dokie80:
Does this mean no recovery on Ur KF? I think u should install recovery via fastboot and do the repartition thing again. But I'm not an expert here. Just a thought.