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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Johnny Depth:
Hello everyone,

Just received my Nexus 5 yesterday and loving so far!

My question is: If I root my phone, will I have to set up my pay as you go plan again? From what I have researched, once I root, the phone gets wiped out, including data? Just curious if I will have to go back to At&t and have them set it up again.

Thanks!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
If it doesn't automatically detect your APN, you may need to set the APN up again so make a note of them first.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aDigitalPhantom:
I was looking at Verizon Prepaid devices and I saw this http://www.verizonwireless.com/prepaid/smartphone-plans/moto-g-by-motorola+prepaid/

Has anyone else seen that?

Is it possible to use a Pre-Paid phone on a line with a monthly bill?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zmk76:
Where do you see a reference to a monthly bill? Am I missing it?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pfroo40:
I think he is asking if you can use the prepaid VZW Moto G on a postpaid plan.

The answer is yes, but you have to activate the phone by dialing *228. It'll prompt you for your postpaid phone number of the line you want to activate it on, and ask you for your numeric account password. After that, voila, you've got an amazing phone for only $99. I know, because I just did it myself a couple weeks ago.

But don't ask Verizon to activate it for you. They'll tell you that you need to have it active on a prepaid plan for 6 months before it can be moved to a postpaid plan.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zmk76:
I wonder if activating like you said on postpaid would clear the phone for activation on Page Plus.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pfroo40:
I doubt it... Activating *228 doesn't change anything on the phone, it just allows you to circumvent the activation restrictions VZW places on devices on their end when you try to activate by web or directly through them.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ahzhang452:
Hello, I have this HTC One XL that appears to be dead (it died while charging at about 90%) according to the owner and he wants me to fix it.

I have encountered this issue on the HTC One S before and a simple battery pull seemed to fix it, so I opened this phone up, pulled the battery, left it there for awhile, put it back on charge - no led, no response to power button (or any other combination of buttons) like before, plugging it into my computer also did not give me any driver prompts. I measured the battery with my multimeter - it says the battery is at about 4+ volts.

any ideas?

Thanks :D
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
It would appear that the device is bricked. Try connecting it to a charger (AC outlet, not USB) for a day or two, see if it'll power on (either normally or via the bootloader button combo). If it doesn't power on it's most likely fried. Does it show up as anything in Device Manager in Windows at the moment?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ahzhang452:
nope, dosnt show up on windows at all, why would it randomly brick or fry for no reason tho? the dude was just charging it normally.

luckily I don't use HTC devices, seen this happen 2 times to my friends before :P

EDIT: To add on: the centre area above the battery feels hot to the touch, but the battery is cold (room temp)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
This kind of thing happens to electronic devices from time to time. It doesn't matter whether it's from HTC, Samsung, LG, it can happen. In fact, a survey done a year or so ago revealed that HTC have a below average rate of malfunction (compared to the other manufacturers). So you'd actually have better odds if you had a HTC device.

Anyway, if charging for an extended period of time doesn't work, it's bricked. Give that a try and report back.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ahzhang452:
my previous phone's were all moto's no problems with them, but alot of the phones that get sent to me for repair are htc's and iPhones ._.

I'll leave it there for a day or 2, plonked down a heatsink on the mobo incase my house catches fire or anything :P
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
Anecdotal evidence. Things break, and nothing last forever (particularly electronics and batteries). It doesn't matter what brand. Most of the components of all smartphones (regardless of brand) come from the same 2 or 3 suppliers, anyway.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ahzhang452:
well, just sharing some personal experience, maybe my friends are not too careful with using their devices or something :P
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] twistedddx:
Lots of these devices are coming up 2 years old now.

Rolling around in pockets with cotton lint, dropped from 4 feet repeatedly, pressed to a hot sweaty face, had their mechanical buttons pushed hundreds of thousands of times.

Some will have dropped out the race due to mishandling, most are still going.

Electronics die. New electronics die quicker.

Some may say "its because they don't make them like they use to", to that I say "correct because they are not very large heavy bricks with the most basic of function anymore"

I look around and see smashed screens of more or less every Apple, Samsung and Nokia. I actually haven't seen a smashed HTC yet.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ahzhang452:
I have seen many smashed iPhones and Samsngs, and only one Sensation XE with a nice clean crack across the screen.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ahzhang452:
well, I have left the phone there to charge for some time now, at certain times the battery feels warm, other times it's cold, and it still dosnt respond to any key combinations, any ideas?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
You can try holding the power button while the charge is attached (seen one user on here that was able to power up this way, when nothing else worked). Also try bootloader (power + volume down, release power after a few seconds but keep holding vol down) with charger attached. But power, and power+vol down are the

only

button combos you should try.

I don't know what "charge for some time" means, its vague and doesn't tell us anything - leave it on the charger for 8+ hours. If you still don't have an LED after charging for 8+ hours, the phone is bricked. JTAG is likely your only option. Do you have access to JTAG equipment?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ahzhang452:
well, I held the power button down for about 30 seconds while it is attached to the charger, no response.

I left it there on charge before I started this thread, until now, no led's are on

is there anything that would cause a brick? The owner says he did not do anything out of the ordinary to the phone when this happened.

what's JTAG? ._.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
There are a number of things that can lead to a spontaneous brick. Not an expert, but I think any hardware failure that prevents access to bootloader would do it. Or possibly a corruption of the memory that holds the hboot files or partition tables.

A spontaneous brick is not unheard of on this device.

Riff Box JTAG is a piece of equipment that when hardwired to the mainboard, can rewrite the memory on the phone and thereby resurrect a bricked device. I was under the impression from your comments, that you run some type of repair service or shop. But if you aren't even familiar with the JTAG concept, than its not something you should try yourself.

You can often find services (either local or online) that can JTAG for you. For a price, of course.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ahzhang452:
well, repair service is my part time, just trying to earn some extra pocket money from fixing phones (chassis replacement, screen replacement, etc.), I'm a 15 year old student you know :P
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
Ha, I see. Well, I don't think there is much else you can do for this person's phone.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ahzhang452:
well, that sucks, I'll just leave it on charge for a few more days and hope that something happens, thanks for all your help :D
[General AOKP Discussion] rahul.pipaliya007:
Hello..

Plz any1 can tell me how to build

Aokp for new Samsung device
[General AOKP Discussion] irfanjunaid:
You could rather try porting! If you're good in programming, you could build. But very tedious job!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] fuel925:
I use PicoDrive as my megadrive / genesis emulator. The roms run just fine, however there is a problem with the controls... when I go into options, I select a control (up or down for instance), I then press the key I want to use on the slide out keyboard, and this registers on the options. Once i've set all the controls like this I go to play the game, but the controls are all messed up - pressing up makes my character move down, left makes it go right etc. Has anyone else experienced this problem with picodrive?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] fuel925:
does no one else have this problem?
[Sony Xperia ZR] juanjovasquek:
Is oficial, kitkat for xperia zr. Good sony!!!
[Sony Xperia ZR] knnam:
yes it is

http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/software/phones/xperia-zr/
[Sony Xperia ZR] John98Zakaria:
Let's rock with it
[Sony Xperia ZR] juanenbas:
Yes in June !! patience
[Sony Xperia ZR] Kratellismorru:
May or June guys! Can't wait for It!
[Sony Xperia ZR] john_cena163:
mid april/may... we gona get the update.. cheers
[Sony Xperia ZR] John98Zakaria:
Is it Stable and good ?

I don't know why but i don't feel safe when upgrading or i might regret it

For Example Xperia Z1 users say

No ART

Bluetooth Messed up

Also android 4.4 external SD Stupidity

And what about the re-mount reboot fix what would happen to it in the KitKat Update? This would do a bootloop for Link2Sd and folder mount users

And About rooting how will we root ? Will the CM Kernel work with the super SU zip?

There are many questions I can'T answer
[Sony Xperia ZR] Kratellismorru:
I don't know if my comment is effective against this issue, but, just in case you guys don't have any idea about this

A Bit of A Problem, I Think
[Sony Xperia ZR] priyank07:
Why do we always get less features?

First, Sony decides to cut "Profiles" feature in 4.3. Then we discover "App-ops" is missing too.

And now no ART for 4.4. Add to that, the SD card restrictions!

Why Sony?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ATZ-007:
Hi everyone,

I opened a website on my Nexus 5 today, selected everything (select all) and then sent it to my work email. I was expecting text only to arrive on my work Outlook however to my pleasant surprised email contained full formatting (as far as I can tell) including pictures between paragraphs.

That means Gmail app supports (send and receive) formatting (i.e. Bold, Italic, font, font size, etc). Don’t think this is any type of phone dependency.

My questing and request is, would it be possible for someone to modify Gmail app and add formatting option?

If I knew anything about developing I would have done this myself, unfortunately I don’t.

Thank you,
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xanaxnow:
Hi,

My problem is simple : I have an android i9505 under 4.2 which I rooted (I derooted just yesterday by trying things...) and that'all : never installed a ROM or anything else apart this root thing one day.

When i go to DOWNLOAD MODE it says "Custom" so the Samsung warranty can take it in charge, they say that I have to put it like it was before. Of course I don't have any mention of knox since i'm still in android 4.2

So I want to install a stock ROM but I CAN'T do that with ODIN : I tried 4 PC, 10 USB ports, all the drivers in the world, did a numerous wipe cache and stuff but nothing works : the device (in download mode or in normal btw) is not recognized. In the best cases I have a "unknown device" popping up but no version of Odin recognized the device.

Can I install a stock ROM from the SD CARD ? Because when I start in RECOVERY MODE i can see that i can "apply update from..." but all the tutorial says to install fro example "CWM" and choose "install from zip...". Of course I would like to keep a stock ROM and to not have a know Ox1

So to summarize I have :

- a Galaxy S4 i9505 working, NOT ROOTED (checked with "Root Checker Basic"

- with android 4.2

- apparently which is "Custom" but still the samsung touchwizz stock rom...

- NO WAY to make it work via Odin or anything else because the USB connection doesn't work at all

- an external SD card on what I can install stuff : CWM ? a STOCK ROM ?...

Thank you in advance, I passed hours and hours searching for solutions but now i'm quite desperate... :eek:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
1. Use Triangle Away for reset ur flash counter and change ur status to OFFICIAL.

2. Maybe u arent flashing in correct way. I let u this nice GUIDE.

3. Install the latest Samsung drivers -> HERE
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xanaxnow:
Hi, thank you for your response.

1 : I have no root so i can't use your method. Plus : my ROM is flaged as "Custom" in recovery mode, note sure if it would make this go away anyway ?

2 : I used this exact guide and a million ways others on internet (connect USB BEFORE odin, after, put the files BEFOR, AFTER...). What make me think that my USB port is broken is that a guy from a phone shop didn't manage either to make ODIN work on his machine. He changed the USB stuff TWICE and suggests me that it was the motherboard who was probably messed... But apparently I have to pay Samsung 65€ for them to take it in warranty since there's a "custom" ROM. I repeat : I never installed a custom ROM ever in my life, I just rooted it long months ago

3 : I took these exact drivers, among others, KIES, KIES 3, different USB ports, differents cables, cleans installations each time, reboot beetween installation, different OS...

I'm out of ideas now....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] debbuger:
If u have unrooted sucessfully and if u use memory card on ur device then remove memory card , hard reset ur s4 from recovery format internal memory hard reset again device status returns to official..I tried it on 3 or 4 s4 it works..if u want to use memory card just format it in pc first then insert it in s4 and format it again in s4 ...and plz note hard reset will delete all the data like pics videos everything every app so if u want u can backup things first.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xanaxnow:
Hi, I want to try your method but just note sure to do it :

1 : hard reset ur s4 = I launch the RECOVERY MODE and i choose "wipe data/factory reset" if i understood it right ?

2 : format internal memory = How do i do that ? Is it an option from the RECOVERY MODE or in the Android system ?

3 : hard reset again like step 1 ?

Thank you in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xanaxnow:
I did what you said (I think) :

hard reset from recovery mode (factory reset)

reset all from android settings

hard reset again from recovery settings (factory reset)

=> I choose "reboot now" from the menu and went directly into the DOWNLOAD MODE. It's always saying "CUSTOM" ....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xanaxnow:
Up anyone ?..... :crying:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
Did u wipe data, system, cache and dalvik cache? Everything?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xanaxnow:
NO : because my RECOVERY MODE does not have these option. I just have :

- wipe cache/factory reset

- wipe cache partition (wich seems to work and then show an error)

That's all since I never isntalled any other recovery system on it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
1. You can root it again with Kingoroot without void the warranty.

2. Use Triangle away for reset ur flash counter and change ur system to OFFICIAL

3. Update via OTA :highfive:

4. All done :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xanaxnow:
Like I said it's IMPOSSIBLE for me to me to connect my device by USB : Odin, Kingoroot, heimdall... I tried 4 differents machines, all OS, all USB cables, all USB ports, all clean installation off drivers, KIES, KIES 3, with a samsung guy from a phone shop...

No USB at all. :crying:

BUT I can copy stuff on internal memory wia airdroid or on the SD card : is it possible to install root by this way ?

Thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
Yeah. You can use MobileODIN and flash this FILE

*EDIT: - I think you can't do nothing if you dont fix ur USB port :(

- If the USB port dont work, how do u charge ur phone??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xanaxnow:
A BIG thank you for your advices. But... since I am not rooted I cannot use MobileOdin right ? In french we say : "le serpent qui se mord la queue" ie "it's the snake who bites his own tail".

Maybe if I copy files directly on the internal memory ? And install them by RECOVER MODE ?

My USB charging is still working. A samsung guy tried to change 2 times my USB stuff in the phone : same result on his computer, no ay to make it recognize by ODIN it always says "unknown device connected"....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xanaxnow:
The charge is working though
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
When u conected it to your pc, open C:\Windows\System32\devmgmt.msc and take a look if you see some yellow triangle and paste me one screenshot. Maybe is question of drivers :highfive:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xanaxnow:
Ok, I will try this. Note that i effectively have a YELLOW TRIANGLE when i boot up the device in "DOWNLOAD mode".

I'll check this file and take a screnshot.

EDIT : Ho sorry you were talking about the yellow triangle that you get in the device manager when you have a bad device installed...

Bad news : my 2 PC doesn't recognize the device anymore. I have to wait on monday to try this on my work computer on which there ONE specific USB ports that recognize it...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xanaxnow:
Weird : after 20 minutes my PC pop up the "bad device". Here is the screenshot :
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
Ok, uninstall this driver. Put ur phone in DOWNLOAD MODE and conect it to ur pc. The driver will install again automatically, if not no worries. Plug off ur phone, install this drivers. This will solve ur problems :highfive:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xanaxnow:
I installed the last drivers : it shows ut the date "19/03/2014" in the programme management interface.

When I plug my phone it's always the same thing : UNKOWN DEVICE

Nothing install. I also try :

- hdwwiz.exe and install the samsung aDB interface by myself but it says error 10 the peripheral couldn't boot

- to clean PERFECTLY the USB port of the S4 : i pulled out all the dust and stuff inside, it's perfectly clean now

What else can I do ?... :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] likeminas:
I have a rooted Sprint Samsung Galaxy note 3.

my current Android version is : 4.3

Build number: JSS15J.N900PVPUBMJ4

I received a notification for an update but since my device is rooted, I can't do OTA updates.

so my questions are; Is it worth going through the trouble of updating, and if so, how do I go about doing it???

And as always, thank a lot guys, for your help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] tonyevo52:
Since you are rooted, you can just goto the Android development forum and use rwilco's one step to go back completely stock and then take the ota (may or may not work to get the ota) or just goto the Android development forum and use one of the methods there to upgrade to KK.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MrWicked1:
1. Download http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2657828

2. Flash this next via Odin http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2469904 this will root your device

3. Then either (philz) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2596001 or (twrp) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2471564

4. Flash your rom of choice or run stock
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Greatness83:
thanks for this. fixed my problem
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] flipq88:
Thanks, I rooted my friend's N3 and now he wants to update to kk.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] apex2000:
I read that rooting a phone changes the KNOX counter and, after unrooting, the KNOX counter remains changed so that updates are not possible OTA. Unfortunately, I cannot post the link but it is on the galaxynote3root.com website.

Would someone care to comment on this, please?

My Note3 is rooted at the moment and, before unrooting to update, I would like to know whether after unrooting, the update problem still exists or not

Hope you understand and someone can help. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Epix4G:
Just flash back to stock using Odin then reboot into stock recovery and wipe data .... you will need to have your SD card removed for it to work also .... you may then have to reflash the Odin rom again and you will have official status and be able to accept ota or just use the nc5 Odin tar and you are good

..

The KNOX counter has nothing to do with it ... it's the official status

Sent from my SM-G900P using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] apex2000:
Thanks very much for your answer. Please excuse my lack of knowledge on this subject.

I guess that I can flash back to stock using Odin quite easily, but how do I "reboot into stock recovery and wipe data"?

And, what is "the nc5 Odin tar"?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Epix4G:
This is the latest ota nc5 .... it has directions in the op for using this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2712205

After flashing this volume up home key and power from the off position will get you into stock recovery

Sent from my SM-G900P using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve01351:
updating without unrooting?

Sorry if the answer is here, but I can't seem to find it. I want to be able to record conversations on my phone, but can't because it was Android 4.4.when I rooted. I absolutely do not want to unroot. So, my question is, can I update without unrooting and if so, how do I do it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jimzweb1:
No you have to be unrooted to take an OTA update. But there are other options. First what version of KitKat are you on ? If you are on say 4.4.2 NC5 and you want to get to 4.4.4 NH7 or 4.4.4 NK4, you can unroot your device and take the OTA. Or you can flash a complete new version of KitKat 4.4.4 with odin, and then root your device again.

However, if you are rooted on 4.4.2 NC5 with TowelRoot, and no custom recovery installed. Chances are you have not tripped KNOX yet. So, if you update to 4.4.4 NH7 or NK4 or install a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM you will trip KNOX. Here is my thread for more info http://xdaforums.com/note-3-sprint/general/samsung-note-3-rom-flashin-basics-t2896440 .

As for recording conversations have you checked the play store for an app here is a link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.killermobile.totalrecall&hl=en Enjoy !!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Steve01351:
Many thanks. All I really wanted was to be able to record conversations. I tried 4 of the apps listed in the Play store. 2 of them recorded just my side of a conversation with blanks where the other side should be - and the other 2 just recorded static. Total Recall works like a charm though. Thanks again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rcflyer40t:
Sprint MJ4 Upgrade without data loss

I'm in the same boat, I've got an app I need to run, but can't due to the version difference. I used Odin with one click flash (no data loss) to root. Awesome because I didn't loose any apps or any data whatsoever. My question is this, being I'm already rooted with MJ4 by TWRP. Is there a way to upgrade without losing my data (apps , contacts or any sort of complete reset that loses everything) or having to unroot?

My apologies on not knowing this well enough, can I flash the newer version as it is, or will that cause an issue? I'm not even sure what version we're currently on.

Thank you for your work and all that has gone into creating these tools and available sources for us to work on our phones. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rcflyer40t:
Bump

Any thoughts?