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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zlatan13:
Well it is really simple. All you need is to root your phone. Install custom recovery (PhilZ or twrp), backup your EFS, do nandroid backup just in case something goes wrong. Then all you need is to download custom roms zip file, gapps for that Rom also, place it on your SD card, reboot phone into recovery again, wipe clean for new rom 2x, cache and dalvik cache wipe also. And then install Rom and gapps zip from SD card. Proces is the same for every custom rom out there.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeKay35:
UP
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blandroid:
Hi, I'd like some help please if possible.

I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300 (unlocked) that's in what I think is a soft brick. I flashed CM11 yesterday (the phone came pre-rooted with a custom recovery) and got stuck in a boot-loop. I read around and did what I thought would fix it, ie clearing the cache but it made no difference.

Since then, I've dowloaded the stock f/w from SAM but every time I attempt to flash it through Odin it either fails or gets stuck at the sboot.bin I have no idea what that means or how to address this problem and I was hoping that someone here might know what I can do.

Right now, I don't even care about losing root or anything - I'd just like a working phone.

Oh and yesterday I could get it into recovery but I can't do that now either - I can only get into the DL mode.

Any help would be welcomed - thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zlatan13:
What recovery do you have, twrp or PhilZ? If you can download any custom Rom and place it on your SD card via external reader or USB cable, you can install it from recovery. Just wipe clean dalvik, cache and install that rom.zip from recovery. Then reboot your phone. Probably you will also need gapps for that rom... You flash them same as Rom
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blandroid:
Thanks for your reply :) I wouldn't know how to do that because, as I said in my post - I cannot get into recovery any more. Only the DL mode. I know very little about using command prompts either. I'm good at following instructions though so if anyone could point me in the direction of where I can find a tutorial - I'd be really grateful.

I've just installed the Android Toolkit but don't know if that will be able to help at all.
[General Questions and Answers] Manimecker:
Hello, my name is Armando. This is my first post here, and I only have one question. First of all I want to say thanks to all you guys, I've found a lot of useful stuff here for my phone :D Ok, let's go for it:

I recently unlocked my Huawei Y511 to use it on any carrier, and it was succesful (I didn't unlock it by myself, a repairman did it). The problem is... my phone still got all the original carrier stuff (boot animation, some crappy apps and sounds) and I want to delete all of them. I rooted my phone before the unlock (temporary root which I found in this same forum: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2130276) and I leave all the stock ROM untouched before the unlock. I noticed that the guy who unlocked it used a "unlock box" named "SigmaBox" and he told me that my phone was able to be unlocked directly, without needing to wipe and reinstall all the software (I give him the phone, then one hour later I have my phone all unlocked, and it was the same way it was before it).

Now my question is... if I install a new ROM or whatever... will I lose my sim unlock?

I don't understand how he unlocked the phone, all I know is that he did a "direct unlock" but I don't know if he used unlocking codes. All I know is that he used some kind of USB box connected from my phone to a computer, and did his magic and surprise, phone unlocked.

Do you know what kind of unlock is this? And how does it work?

PD: Sorry for my bad english, my native language is spanish but I'm trying to improve my english skills (so I didn't use a translator). :D
[General Questions and Answers] atulkris:
I don't know much about unlocking. But I'm pretty sure that you won't loose the unlock status if you flash custom rom
[General Questions and Answers] Manimecker:
Thanks for your reply, and yeah, I think you are right.

After doing a little research, I found that a "direct unlock" is basically the generation and input of unlocking codes generated by both IMEI and carrier code, and the unlock box generated three codes which only one of them worked and the phone gets unlocked. So, my phone is

unlocked for ever and I won't lose my unlock status even if I install/update/reinstall the ROM.

If any of you guys know something else about this unlock procedure, please let us know!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkwoof:
Hi,

I'm on the LTE Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005 with KitKat 4.4.2 preinstalled. Anyone with the same issues below able to provide any advice? I came from an SGS II with an AOKP-based ROM and Samsung's new phone is driving me nuts. Trying not to root/custom ROM it until after my warranty has expired as my local service centres can be pretty anal.

1) I had added both English (UK) and English (US) as language packs, but now realised that English (UK) keeps getting set as the default, and some of the often used punctuation on the UK keyboard doesn't match what I usually use (and screws up my input when I'm using a US-styled keyboard.) I've removed the English (UK) input language in the keyboard's settings, but it still shows up (and sets as default) whenever I'm using the keyboard. The 'reset' features in the settings resets everything EXCEPT the downloaded input language files. How can I remove this language? Or perhaps at least set English (US) as the default? (similar to my system locale settings)

UPDATE to (1): Apparently the "Reset" does work, somewhat... I still can't remove the extra languages downloaded, but resetting does set my default back to English (US). Oddly under the downloaded languages list if you press option there is a "Delete" button,but it's disabled for all languages.

UPDATE 2 to (2): Ugh. For some odd reason, this morning "English (UK)" decided to return without it being selected in the list (I didn't even reboot or anything this time!), and this time no amount of resetting works. I even tried clearing the app cache and data from application manager to no avail. Seriously contemplating a factory reset since the setting gets in the way *everytime* I enter a new text field to type. What the hell is wrong with Samsung and their software?!

2) I also tried using other keyboards, however Samsung Keyboard (and "English (UK)") keeps getting set as the default upon every reboot. Any advice?

Preferably I would like to continue keeping Samsung Keyboard as an option (due to some of its features on Note 3), but the constant reset to English (UK) when it is unwanted is driving me crazy.

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowLea:
Is your main system language set to US or UK?

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[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkwoof:
Original I set it up as English (UK) so I thought that was the problem. After that I actually did a full factory restore, selected English (US) but the problem came back again.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AldrichDSaints:
I have a problem on my Note 3 N9005 regarding the "Samsung keyboard has stopped". It started when I flash yesterday the Luxembourg NC2 firmware. I came from Poland NB3 firmware. The installation failed so I tried it again and again. My phone doesn't reboot it just show that I need to fix it through Samsung Kies but the status is still custom since it failed the installation. It's always failed so I decided to flash CWM and perform wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition and wipe dalvik cache and it reeboted. When it rebooted, the Samsung keyboard is unable to use even i perform another factory reset. As of now I'm using a different keyboard. Can anyone suggest me what can I do to be able to use the samsung keyboard? I like it better than any third party keyboard. Thanks in advance :)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] shing:
anyone who has the bootloader 0.56, or any bootloader below 1.00 please upload and post. :)
[Java for Android App Development] angelgavipo:
Hi, I dont know java but I know a little about Eclipse and make apps.

But I nedd know if is possible learn by my self.

And How??

Thanks
[Java for Android App Development] deanwray:
Well you really need to know Java basics, and then just start learning off the getting started guides on the official site
[Java for Android App Development] angelgavipo:
Thanks
[Java for Android App Development] Feesh!:
It's possible to learn on your own, but it can be good to have others to either learn from or run your ideas by also. It's difficult to notice you're stuck in a box sometimes!

It's also a good idea to play with the SDK sample apps when you're learning not only Java but Android APIs.
[Java for Android App Development] gh0stslayer:
YES YOU CAN

The best place to start would be to download and import the source codes of very simple open source android apps, read them thoroughly and then start making little modifications to it to learn what code affects what part of the app's functionality, try adding new functions and features. This way you will learn and build up your confidence.
[Java for Android App Development] Aluxzi:
Although it would probably be easier if you were taught it in an educational envrionment (university maybe?) or, like driving lessons, you had an actual android developer sit down next to you when learning/developing I personally think the official android Design and Develop series can take you from novice to intermediate - low end of complicated development. You could use these in conjunction with xda dev or stackoverflow to get any information/code that's missing or you don't understand how to implement.

developer.android.com/design

developer.android.com/develop

developer.android.com/training (especially this one)
[Java for Android App Development] angelgavipo:
Thankyou very much, I will start download source code and test modifys.

Android Developer official Israel very difficult for me.

But thanks
[Java for Android App Development] voilaworks:
Yes you can...Headfirst Java is a good book for beginners plus there are many web Tutorials on Youtube. You just need to be patient and work hard.All The best.
[Java for Android App Development] angelgavipo:
Thank you
[Java for Android App Development] Android-xp:
You can learn the basics by reading books or doing online Tutorials :) Did it aswell - successfully ofc
[Java for Android App Development] MattMatt0240:
Hello, the answer you are looking for is absolutely! You can learn everything you need to by yourself, granted it will take much longer than if you had someone to ask questions.

How do I know? I started programming on Android ~3 years ago, by myself. I had nobody that talked me into it, and I didn't attend any colleges. A motivational spark encouraged me. I had absolutely no programming experience, how it worked, or anything about it. Now, I have 5 apps on Google Play, and am working on my 1st game. All with the knowledge I've accumulated over the years out of pure interest. People laugh when I tell them it's my hobby, I stand serious haha.

For me, youtube (something visual) helped me get started, as you can easily follow along. After you feel you have a grasp on the basics, I started looking online further. Searching this site, and StackOverflow.com are great learning resources. Before you know it, you'll be a master! Good luck!:good:
[Java for Android App Development] kevin619:
Firstly, it might help if you describe what is your exact situation. How much experience (not job experience, but coding experience) do you have in programming? How much comfortable you are with any programming language, say C? How familiar you are with OO concepts? Are you uncomfortable just because there's something different with Java, or is it because Java is your first programming language? If you read carefully, the preface of SCJP book says that this book is not to be used to learn Java from the scratch.

Btw, unless you get all building blocks in place (e.g logic constructs - loops, basic data structures, OO concepts etc.) don't go for other stuff like threading, swing, JDBC, xml parsing etc. :good:
[Java for Android App Development] auricPuneet:
You can definitely learn it on your own as long as you have to drive to do so. I taught myself ( I had no computer background). I am no expert but I can get by. And I just released my first multi-player game, Word Cloud Social, on Google Play yesterday. Check it out :).
[Java for Android App Development] angelgavipo:
Wow, thanks for your words, inspired to me.

A friend teach me a little and gime me a source code of a theme pack and I know change the image and customize this, but I need learn more.

Thank youvery much
[Java for Android App Development] MattMatt0240:
As auric stated, you have to have the motivation and determination to learn by yourself, but it is definitely possible.

Don't rush it, take your time and try to understand it. Analyze everything, and if you have questions search the web, or ask on sites like here right away.

You have to believe in yourself

Noted to self thrice via tapatalk
[Java for Android App Development] astoncheah:
yes you CAN, i did it my self one year back, now i have my own app in playstore:)

useful links:

http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/android.html

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/

http://omapzoom.org/

http://grepcode.com/project/repository.grepcode.com/java/ext/com.google.android/android/
[Java for Android App Development] Androguide.fr:
Of course you can, read a lot of tutorials or watch a lot of video tutorials depending on what you prefer and how you learn best, but most importantly: practice.

I think the best way is to find a simple idea you like for an app, and learn just what you need to create this app along the way, start off with a basic "how to setup an android app project" tutorial and work your up from there.

The android framework is quite wide, you can't learn all at once, I think this method allows you to stay on a defined path and actually achieve something.

And by learning the APIs you need for your app idea, it'll open more doors for you to learn other APIs to improve upon your project, or start a new one being more comfortable with the environment.

If you're more the type of learner which learns best by watching, I recommend you watch the 200 videos series for beginners by TheNewBoston, it's a good start:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2F07DBCDCC01493A

The official training courses and docs can be a bit overwhelming for beginners I think.

If it's something you really want to do, then just practice a lot and stick with it, you'll get there.

Just 3 or 4 years ago I didn't know anything about programming except some very basic HTML, I learned by myself and now I work full-time as a front-end Web & Android engineer at a french startup (IZIPass), on projects for clients such as McDonalds and Subway.

If you're looking for some inspiration, the series about Hacker Schools by former XDA TV producer Jayce Broda is an awesome one.

It shows how Mark Rossetti evolved from a total beginner to being hired by SalesForce in the SF bay area in 12 weeks.

You really get to see his progression as these are weekly interviews, it's great, I know it inspired me a lot. And still inspires me to try and go live in San Francisco, but that's another subject^^

Just make your own "Hacker School" for yourself ;)
[Java for Android App Development] fallen101:
You certainly can. I'm still in highschool and I'm self taught. I educational book I've enjoyed reading was Java Notes 6. Its free of charge on his website!
[Java for Android App Development] Ricky Divjakovski:
Love this idea.
[Java for Android App Development] gh0stslayer:
Thank you

To get interesting app's source codes one could use F-Droid (it's an app store which only hosts open source apps).

And also people with somewhat limited coding knowledge could use APIs to further reduce their efforts.

I found this app very helpful and inspiring in this regard.
[Java for Android App Development] Ricky Divjakovski:
The think im trying to achieve is executing a shell script via main activity, my friend explain how java on pc and on device are different, but I still cant manage to find how to run shell commands :/
[Java for Android App Development] gh0stslayer:
I don't think you can do that in Java.

You will have to open a shell. Here is a good tutorial

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2226664

Or you can use a superuser library to easily run a shell command.

As for the command, you should pass

sh /file_directory/filename

Edit : Feel free to PM me if you need help with the shell execution part.
[Java for Android App Development] Ricky Divjakovski:
Thanks mate, ill check it out when I get home, I know its possible to do it on pc but on android im not too sure, allthough im quite sure xposed drops code to shell, but going through the sourcecode I cant seem to find anything :/
[Java for Android App Development] ks@ace:
You can definitely pick up programming on your own if you really have the passion in developing software. All the best!
[Java for Android App Development] Mgssky:
It's like every other field or discipline you just have to dedicate some time to it and be eager to learn.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Louie2397:
How can I remove cwm to install twrp recovery on sgt 3 10.1?
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brian D:
I think you can just use ODIN and load TWRP right over CWM. This is nothing more than a recovery program and one writes either CWM or TWRP over the OEM recovery program. Shouldn't be any different.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Peeodee:
Yep, flash in Odin. CWM takes FOREVER to backup. Twrp is fast like CWM is normally.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Louie2397:
Thank you :)
[Micromax Canvas Turbo A250] jvk8peru8:
Respected devs, Is there any chance to port Kitkat or Cyanogen rom to our a250 in the future?
[Micromax Canvas Turbo A250] satyamdhaker:
Same question...
[Micromax Canvas Turbo A250] Aaron Gomes:
Seriously... I don't think so... But we can get it by rooting our cell phone & then installing it... But wait for the Camera bud to be fixed... Even in waiting:D
[Micromax Canvas Turbo A250] Aaron Gomes:
Can some one Plz tell me whether we can root our phone after upgrading it to 4.4.2 Kitkat
[Micromax Canvas Turbo A250] jvk8peru8:
Is there any 4.4.2 based roms for our turbo?!??
[Micromax Canvas Turbo A250] suhas.holla:
yes rooting is possible ...

I have already ported cm11 form wiko stairway device and with my own patched kernel ..but its not stable

So didnt post

u can refer here for whats working http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2676086
[Micromax Canvas Turbo A250] nrupesh2912:
Please upload it as i want to try it !!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beanaroo:
Is it just me or do the Ganymede, Callisto and Titania ringtones included in AOSP 4.4 sound like they were just cut out one of The Sims games?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Paulx777:
Out of the blue, my WiFi stopped working. I know occasionally this happens and is usually fixed by simply turning WiFi off then on again our by unplugging the router for about ten seconds, but neither of these methods is working this time. This is different, I'm stumped. (By the way I have the SM-P600)

So, the error message I'm getting is, "failed to obtain IP address", then if I click, "RETRY" I get an error message that says, "Network disabled because internet connection is too slow." Which doesn't make sense because all my other devices on my WiFi network have no problems connecting and have no speed issues.

Really, really frustrating. Any help would really be appreciated! Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] skyhigh73:
The same problems occurs frequently with my tab P-601.

But I have to restart the tab and it works fine. I have to use mobile data for internet connection instead of wifi.

I appreciate any help.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Paulx777:
Anybody else have this happen?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] WJThomas:
I haven't had this problem on my P600, but have had something like it happen on other devices. I think the issue is that Android will remember and avoid WiFi APs with a poor signal. When I am on the fringe of my home WiFi the signal is weak and my network gets blacklisted. To clear the blacklisting I have to force the device to forget the network, the connect again as a new network.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Duna92:
Couldn't detect WIFI

I updated the Android 4.4.2 and since then my tablet couldn't find my WIFI.

My phone and my computer found the network normally but my tablet just showed some of my neihbors' networks. I tried to restart the tablet and reset the router but didn't help.

Now I tried changing he router's settings through my computer and set the frequency to a higher value and now my tablet finds and connects to the WIFI normally!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GlennBrownie:
As the title suggests, every time I make a backup using Titanium Backup it seems to freeze on around 20%.

I know I have plenty of space on my SD card, but it just hangs and I have to Force Stop the process.

Anyone else having / had this problem??
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattyyey:
Depending on ROM and storage permissions or busybox or even which root app your using could cause problems. There are several options to try. Sometimes however I find some apps hang the process. It's the app not Titanium. All you have to do it exit and manually FC and or remove from regents. I have to do this when backing up some of the Google apps for example.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] namartlu:
Hi,

Bluetooth works fine with headset and car (Toyota Highlander). But after switching from car to headset, the media playback has a lot of stuttering, needs to reboot to fix, very inconvenient.

Tried multiple ROMs but similar results.... would it be ROM issues, kernel or something else?

any suggestions welcome.
[Samsung Galaxy 551 Callisto] Bhargav97:
Main thread + Features + Dev support

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2201860

CWM 6.0.4.8 Advanced Edition / PhilZ Touch Recovery 6.27.9

for Galaxy 551 / GT-I5510 / callisto

PhilZ Recovery is a CWM Advanced Edition that adds all the features you could ever miss in CWM.

It is a well proven recovery for many phones.

Please give your feedback, what works, and any bug you could encounter.

Read the features at the Main thread, and check if you are missing something.

To take a screen shot, just slide left!

And don't forget to read about powerful aroma file manager integration and double-tap shortcut (in FAQs).

How to install recovery?

From download link below, you'll get a 'recovery.img' file. Put that recovery.img at root directory of your sdcard. (means not in any folder)

Now, go to terminal emulator.

Give command:

su

You'll be asked to grant superuser permissions, grant it.

Now, give the following command:

flash_image recoveryonly /sdcard/recovery.img

Wait until it executes the command (4-5 seconds), it is installing the recovery.

Now, normally reboot to recovery and enjoy new recovery!

Download links

Latest version can be found here:

Special thanks to:

[MENTION=4666971]Phil3759[/MENTION] : For this awesome open source recovery.

[MENTION=4141775]chraso[/MENTION]: For hosting and compatible flags.

AndroidARMv6 Team: For keeping this device alive.

Cyanogenmod Team: For making all these possible.