yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC One S] LS.xD:
For using the toolkit you have to start the phone in fastboot mode.

Turn it off. Then press "VOL down + Power" at the same time.
[HTC One S] ArnisHoti:
i am trying to enter, i am pressing volume down, and power at the same time for a long time and nothing happens, just a little orange light at the speaker it turns on and than off ??????
[HTC One S] LS.xD:
Disconnect USB cable first. Then press "Vol down + power". May be after some seconds release "power" but still keep "Vol down" pressed.

The screen will look about this:

In the menu you ca navigate with "Vol up/down" and select with "Power"

Once the menu opened you press 1x "Power" to enter "fastboot"

Then plug in usb cable.
[HTC One S] ArnisHoti:
No success, it doesn't enter. Just black screen. :(
[HTC One S] LS.xD:
Disconnect USB cable first. Then press "Vol down + power". May be after some seconds release "power" but still keep "Vol down" pressed.
[HTC One S] ArnisHoti:
i tried a hundred times, in different ways, no success. !
[HTC One S] LS.xD:
If you power it on normal way you stuck at HTC logo? Does phone reboot/turn off automatically?

You also will find the Model-ID (MID) under the cover of your phone as marked in the picture

PJ401xxx = Ville S4

PJ402xxx = Ville C2 S3

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If you really cant acces the bootloader. Your friend probably flashed a inappropiate bootloader version. That means you will need a JTAG unbrick. You can find this service on ebay. It will cost 30€.

EDIT:

Are you sure your phone is completely powered off? I couldn't figure that from all these posts...

Could you please hold that power button pressed when see HTC logo. Keep power pressed like 10 secs after the blinking starts. Then take your finger from power button, press and hold vol down button and with other finger, press power button again for 2-3 secs while still holding pressed vol down. Phone should go to bootloader
[HTC One S] ArnisHoti:
it seems that it has a s3 processor, And yes, it is totally turned off, i can not even turn the phone normally, its like every button don't work, i have not managed even to have a blink in my screen. :s
[HTC One S] LS.xD:
--> HARD BRICK :crying:

Will have to revive it via JTAG repair. Just look for it on ebay.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] dreadlord:
pardon me im a noob around

but pls can any1 help me here? ...i have an o2 xda2s and i want to change it to wm5 ...

i dunno how to do it with no knowledge of any scripting language and i dont seriously get the whole concept of ROM....EXT ROM...and MKROM for the fact.....

if any1 is able to help me out ......help is greatly appreciated...

i would like to know how to that exactly....and pls try to help me get the concept of ROM
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] andytl:
Your best bet is to search this forum thats how we all learn how to do it. The tools to unlock your BA can be found on the ftp site and all information you require are their on the wiki link at top of the page here.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] dreadlord:
i dont think u got me since i mentioned i quite dont get the terms.....i just want to know if yu can help me out and wether it is possible to upgrade my o2 xda 2s without damging it...

plz some one just help me out....
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] MrPhilly:
Hi Dreadlord,

In a nutshell, yes, it is possible to update your unit.

My personal recommendation to you is that you stay with what you have. Presently, there are few advantages that you, as an end user, would gain from an upgrade to WM5. Perhaps, it's just an appearance issue..?

To Upgrade a BA to WM5 requires some end user knowledge of the day to day running of the device and if you're having problems understanding the daily terms within posts here then you might end up damaging your BA.

Don't forget that these ROMS are not official releases. They are patched reverse engineered Operating Systems that still, at this stage, feature bugs & code issues. Granted they are getting better with each release and I strongly believe that one day they'll be a "plug & Play" version that people can just load and use..

This is why I presently am running the latest 1.42 WWE ROM for WM2003SE.. Yes, I have updated my BA to WM5 several times but I have always downgraded again to WM2003SE as so far as I rely on my BA too much for it to use [compared to WM2003SE] an unstable system.

Another thing is that the majority of users on this forum have all had to read the wiki on here and learn. There's very few people who are lucky enough to have this kind of information in their brains already. (Click the link in my Signature to start reading Wiki)

You might not get a good response from others on here if you reply in bold (or caps) stating that you don't understand things - It's not their fault you don't know..

Hope this helps..

Cheers!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] MrPhilly:
Blah Blah.. etc etc.. Hehe

My previous post was my 100th - I'm an an old salt now.. hehe.. Apologies for not being around lately.. I've been in a different country!

Hope all is well with everyone..?

I've noticed the high degree of work that's been done lately on WM5 and all I can say is:

Take care all - it's nice to be back!
[General Questions and Answers] HellM@ster:
Hi Guys,

I'm trying to install the firmaware in subject using PhilZ Touch but after a data ad cache reset I'm still in trouble

set_perm: some changes failed

e: error in /data

/media/0/Download/I9505XXUFNB8-PRE-ROOTED-Adam_Kernel-Odex-KNOXFree-Full-CWM.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted

And I cannot proceed.

Any idea?

Thanks

M.
[General Questions and Answers] HellM@ster:
Ok Guys,

I solved.

I used openrecovery-twrp-2 instead philZtouch.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoisonBullet9:
I have the S3 Mini for Verizon (SM-G730V)

I rooted my phone a while back but my phone updated this month and it automatically unrooted. I tried using Kingo to root it because it had worked previously but I got an error saying "NEEDROOT"

I've been searching for a program ever since, but every one I've tried doesn't work. One even hard reset my phone :(

Does anyone know a root method that works for my phone??
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmed.ragab:
Try to use vroot
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoisonBullet9:
I did, with no luck. I also tried various other programs, like one click, odin, and phone apps like poot. None seem to work with my phone.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aronuser:
why not just flash a custom rom with odin? you could try cyanogenmod though the 11 version maybe has hard battery drain. carbon should be fine though! then you also have kitkat 4,4,2

good luck... click the thanks button if you think this is useful ;)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmed.ragab:
if you have custom recovery try to flash this file and see if it will work

http://www.mediafire.com/download/r229vw3lt10n45e/Superuser-3.1.3-Recovery.zip
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoisonBullet9:
Flashing ROMs thought Odin is inconvenient, I'd prefer to just root the phone for ease of use.

I think I found the source of the problem:

When I was using vRoot, it said that I didn't have 'root permission' and gave me a how-to in order to solve that problem. However it was in Chinese so I couldn't figure it out. Is it possible that I just need to find a way to get root permission for my phone? How do I get permission?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoisonBullet9:
Nope, doesn't have the correct files for Odin (PDA, Phone, CSC...)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aronuser:
there is an english version of vroot too now check it here http://www.mgyun.com/en/getvroot

if you consider this useful please click thanks button under my post thanks :)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoisonBullet9:
The English version is a little broken, not all of it is in English. I'm talking about the app they have for the phone. I downloaded it and it said it couldn't root my phone (at least that's what I think it said it was all Chinese) and it gave me a list of instructions I couldn't understand. I already tried the English vRoot and it didn't work.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gw|n:
IMHO best way how to root your phone is by flashing custom recovery (TWRP or CWM) via Odin and then by flashing root binaries from recovery.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoisonBullet9:
Can you explain how to do that? Or provide a link that does?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gw|n:
I've updated my previous post. Download some custom recovery and flash it as pda, then reboot into it by pressing vol. up + home + power and finally flash zip with root from recovery.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aronuser:
and after you have custom recovery it's also super easy to flash .zip files with recovery only (not odin) so then you can flash custom roms .zip's ;)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoisonBullet9:
Can I get a link for any custom recovery that is compatible with the Verizon S3 mini? (SM-G730V)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ImproAptoVictum:
Try using Unified Android Toolkit and

simply following the on screen instructions.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slwelsh:
I am having the same issue with my wife's phone. Rooted once with Kingo but she accidentally accepted an OTA update and we lost root. Now Kingo just says "Root failed."

Verizon has locked the bootloader on these phones so that it is, AFAIK, not possible at all to flash a custom recovery. I have plenty of experience with CWM and TWRP from my own two previous sammys (Epic 4G and Galaxy S4, both on Sprint). If someone here (with a VZW model) has experience otherwise, I'd love to hear about it and how you got around the lock.

Downloading Unified Android Toolkit now and we'll see how it goes, but it is not looking good.

-Sean

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Well, that lead me nowhere. It comes up with a list of S3 Mini model numbers that does not include Verizon's. On top of that, AVG said one of the executables was infected with a virus (a warning which I bypassed in order to test).

Any other suggestions?

-Sean
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ImproAptoVictum:
Tried saferoot?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slwelsh:
Trying now, but it doesn't look good. It's been stuck on "Testing adb usability" for ten minutes or so.

So I am now noticing that any time I plug this phone in, during the "Found new hardware" for the ADB interface it is telling me that my new hardware "might not work." This does not happen when I plug in my S4. I'm wondering if VZW has done something to block ADB access...

I've backed the phone up with Kies and now I am thinking about a factory reset before trying again. I just don't want to make things any worse, knowing I can't simply Odin the stock image on this phone.

Any other recommendations?

-Sean

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Update: on retry, I got past this spot, but ultimately the root failed and it told me the model was not supported.

Kingo gets further than anything else I've tried, but eventually fails with the error "NeedRoot." Ironically.

I'm going to try a factory reset. I am wondering if the fact that SuperSu is still in ROM is what's tripping Kingo up. I can force stop it and "turn it off" but, of course, without root I can't actually remove it from the ROM.

-Sean
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ImproAptoVictum:
That sounds plausible, factory reset might help avoid the issue, but if SuperSu is installed as system app (normally the case), it might in some cases still be there after a factory reset.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B.E.McAllister:
I'm having the same issues. I have tried with three different cables, using three different programs. Do you think it's because I don't have three original cable I only have moto ones? I can reset using kries so it's not like the computer doesn't see it
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slwelsh:
Well, the factory reset did not help. As you note, SuperSu is installed as a system app so it is still there.

I'm stumped. I've sent a support message to Kingo to see if they can resolve this, considering their method gets further than anything else.

I have heard rumors that Odin can flash the stock image, which would get me back to square one and I could try again, but as far as I can tell, no one has the stock image for this model.

-Sean
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ImproAptoVictum:
Flashing stock firmware might be worth a try. Firmware for SM-G730V (USA Verizon).

Model: SM-G730V

Model name: GALAXY S III mini

Country: USA (Verizon)

Version: Android 4.2.2

Changelist: 2501699

Build date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 12:29:19 +0000

Product Code: VZW

PDA: G730VVRUANA4

CSC: G730VVZWANA4

MODEM: G730VVRUANA4

Be sure to have the proper device driver installed and Samsung Kies disabled/not running prior and while using Odin.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricco:
Update unrooted and can't re-root!

Verizon did an OTA update earlier this month (March, 2014) and rooting is not possible with current versions of:

Kingo

Vroot

or anything else that has worked before.

Would a developer please look at the build #VRUANA4 and provide a working root app?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slwelsh:
That neatly sums it up, and glad to know it's not just me beating my head against the wall.

Does anyone know if Odin will let me flash the previous release (G730VVRUAMI9), or does the locked bootloader prevent flashing even these official releases? I'm trying to download it now, but at over a gig, it's going to take me several tries, and that's a lot of work (and bandwidth) to invest only to find out it can't be loaded.

If I can fall back to the old firmware, I can root again with Kingo and then, presumably, edit build.prop to stop it from pestering us about "updating" to the new firmware.

Thanks.

-Sean
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricco:
Tried that last week. Dead end.

Ricco
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slwelsh:
Could you be more specific? Were you not able to flash, or did the root no longer work even after flashing?

-Sean
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B.E.McAllister:
I haven't tried it but i would think if the security level has been changed there is no going back
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricco:
As I recall, I tried this with odin and external sd card flashing as a zip file. Odin got more than half-way through before it failed and flashing from the external sd card got the "failed/abort" mssg. I had hoped that I could just roll it back to the build I had successfully used the Kingo app with, as everything (you name it, I tried it) had failed. Looks like the Verizon rom-writers really earned their pay with this one!

Ricco
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koragg97:
+1
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slwelsh:
-1
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B.E.McAllister:
Odin won't let me flash recoveries or anything else
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koragg97:
check if you have usb debugging ticked on under developer options in settings
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slwelsh:
That won't work. As we have said here before (and is posted many other places), Verizon has LOCKED THE BOOT LOADER on this phone. You can not flash CWM, TWRP, or any other custom recovery, at least until someone (pretty please?) comes up with a different exploit to get into this phone. You also therefore can not flash ROMs.

Prior to the latest firmware, some existing exploits could get you root, which is what we've been discussing. However, VZW seems to have closed even that loophole with the latest update. Here again, a new exploit is needed. Even when we could root the phone, we still could not flash a custom recovery. But at least we could make backups with, for example, Titanium, and modify the system apps. No longer.

So please, folks. let's stop suggesting "just flash a custom recovery" as if we're all stoopid noobs -- we're not. We know how to enable USB debugging, use ADB, load APKs, flash with Odin, etc. etc. I've got two other Sammys which are rooted and/or on custom ROMs, and I've made my share of offerings to the Norse gods. This phone is different from most of the Sammys up to this point (although I suspect we'll be seeing more of this in the future). It's not flashable with anything released to date. I would be more than happy to be proved wrong here, but I'd like to hear it from someone who's done it ON A G730V with VRUANA4 firmware. Experience with some other random Sammy, or even a G730V on an earlier firmware, is not really relevant.

-Sean
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Venlor:
I found this thread that states the same problem for the S4, and using this method to root. I have no experience but will try to find out what needs to be done for it to work on the S3 mini.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slwelsh:
Great find; looks promising. I look forward to hearing what you find out. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help out.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Venlor:
Can you please post your build number?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Venlor:
My progress on the file is slow. In the meantime see if you can flash this rooted stock ROM. Make a backup, it will probably wipe your data.
[Sprint LG G2] jthein1989:
Has anybody gotten a wired Xbox controller to work with our G2?
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
We've all had issues with the play store over the years, but this one has me stumped.

Rooted phone, but that's all

everything was fine for almost a month, but a few days ago, i noticed I was no longer able to connect to the play store.

I did all the "normal" things, cleared caches/data from play store, google framework, uninstalled my gmail account and re-installed it, downgraded play store, upgraded play store, tried the hosts file trick, even did a factory reset, and still no play store connection.

Even called Tmobile tech support, and got to the tier 2 folks, and they couldn't get it to work either, so they are sending a new phone tuesday.

Until then, I want to keep on trying to get this to work; I haven't unrooted with Supersu yet, figuring that rooting had nothing to do with this, since it worked fine for a month, rooted, but does anyone else have any suggestions?

Its weird; when I open the play store app, and type something into the search box, it will actually take me to the page where that app is, but when I try to download/install it, I get the dreaded error 927; when I back out, and just try to open the play store app, It doesnt connect at all.

When I try to send files to my phone from my computer, it shows "my apps", but when I try to send them to my phone, I get an error on my phone saying "failed to install" app..

Any thing else I might have not tried with this?

Thanks!
[LG G Flex] imarq:
You dont have any battery saver apps going do you...because sometimes they can mess with network settings. Also that error 927 is a network error so you may want to start sniffing around your network settings. I have the tmobile flex so let me know if you need any settings.
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
no, no battery saver apps running, and I went through a couple of complete factory resets on my own, and with tier 2 from TMobile, plus they re-provisioned my phone, and even that didn't help.

Whats so weird is that when I type an app name in the search bar in the play store app, it takes me to the page where that app, and others like it get listed.

If I click on one of the app, it takes me to the download page of that app, and once I click on "Install", the progress bar starts, and it looks like its going to download/install, but then it throws the dreaded error 927 flag.

Trust me, I've been modding phones for many many years, and this play store stuff has happened to me before, but never this stubborn as to make me have to replace the phone.
[LG G Flex] imarq:
Yeah that is weird. Well if you do figure it out post the solution. I would love to put the solution in the memory bank just in case.

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Hey just thought of something....have you tried making a new gmail acct to see if that one will work? Another idea is changing your gmail password. Give those a try and see what happens.
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
Changed my password, and it didnt work..I'll try the new gmail account and see if that helps..
[LG G Flex] imarq:
Okay.
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
your idea of creating a new gmail account works!

Only problem of course is all the things I have purchased originally through the play store wont be accessible to me under a different identity..

Can you "combine" identities on the play store, or add others to your account so you can share stuff?

Thanks for the suggestion about creating a new identity! :good:

I'm still gonna try the replacement phone that t-mobile is sending, to see if that one works normally..
[LG G Flex] imarq:
I'm glad it worked for you. I don't think you can share apps... Although that would be awesome!!
[LG G Flex] brittoking:
You can share apps in the sense that when you open up the playstore you can choose which account to use in settings and then download all your apps. I do that for all my daughters androids. Log

both in turn everything off from my Gmail account so that she doesn't get my email etcetera, and then log into the playstore using my Gmail when she needs paid apps and so on.

EDIT: Right after I posted this I rethought the idea and realized that may not work for you because your whole problem is that YOUR Gmail acct is the one acting up throwing the 927 error
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
you are correct....I did try your suggestion, and it actually let me download one of my apps, but, after that one is was back to 927...
[LG G Flex] colbynmeghan:
You can try signing into the play store in browsers and send the apps to your phone.
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
tried that; doesnt work..
[LG G Flex] justinswidebody:
Did you clear the cashe in Google play services?
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
yes, multiple times..
[LG G Flex] kintwofan:
Not the answer you want, but wipe these internal sd. I've had this before and that was the only fix
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
yep, I think I did the same thing in my Samsung Days..was so easy to wipe and restore...seems like a long time ago...

Fortunately, T-Mobile is sending a replacement phone today, so I dont have to deal with that..

If we had a custom recovery, it would be a non issue.....soon, hopefully!
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
just an FYI...

A new phone did NOT fix this; the only thing that works, is setting up a new gmail account, and using that to get apps in the play store..

There has to be a way to fix this; I wasn't happy re-buying all my paid apps again...
[LG G Flex] kintwofan:
Get in touch with google customer service. This is obviously a problem in their end
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
thanks man, i didnt know/think they had actual customer service, but I just spent 30 minutes on the phone with them, and they are escalating the issue to their top tier dept.

I appreciate the suggestion! :good:
[LG G Flex] stuckmoto:
Wase, thanks for documenting your story. I'm considering the flex so I poke my nose into the threads. Just not sure I want to leave my note2. Please let us know what Google does for you.

sent from my NOTE 2
[LG G Flex] wase4711:
NP man...don't let this weird incident keep you from grabbing this great phone. I am the only person reporting this weird situation, and, since T-mobile sent me a new replacement phone that is doing the same thing, its obviously something that has nothing to do with T-mobile or the Flex phone itself..