yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] poldone:
I bought an english i-mate k-jam, actual situation:

ROM: 2.16.9.1 WWE

ROM DATE: 2/6/06

RADIO: 02.07.10

PROTOCOL: 413.1.03

EXTROM: 2.16.9.101

now It seems not locked because even if from UK I tried to make some call with my italian SIM and it works.

What I want to do now is:

- backup on file the actual situation (ROM version) so if I need to sell or return it I can put it back as original

- upgrade it with tha last italian ROM from IMATE, so I'll have everything in my language

thanx
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] gamescan:
1) CID Unlock your device.

2) Search the forum for ROM backup and use one of the many utilities to backup your ROM to SD card.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] poldone:
i think it ia already CID unlocked (i can use my italian sim).

i'd like to backup on a file on pc since I don't have any mini-sd

thanx
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] gamescan:
Do some searches and you'll find that CID unlocking is NOT the same as SIM unlocking.

If you want to back up your ROM you need to buy a MiniSD card. If you don't want to buy a card, you're not backing up your ROM.

This is all here in the forum.
[HTC Droid DNA] john.serey:
I was running cm 11 I was moonshine s-off and running twrp recovery last night I got a call and when I slid the bar to answer my phone screen. Went black and hasn't been able to be turned on since my pc will not recognize my device am I sol or can this be fixed?
[HTC Droid DNA] thayl0:
First question can you get into the boot loader by holding vol down and power button.
[HTC Droid DNA] john.serey:
Nope nothing happens the screen doesn't light up and when plugged into charger the led doesn't turn on either
[HTC Droid DNA] mejakola:
What model of htc do you have?

Dumb question, have you taken the battery out?

and a light should come on when its charging but doesnt?

it is more than likely possible to recover as long as nothing is damaged, i had a bootloop virus after trying to root, i had a friend fix it for me but all he did was flash the stock ruu using adb which was a pain in the ace because adb couldnt find the phone and the stock ruu was a Beach.

um, if none of those work, try a different cable i guess? trying to see if it is just an easy fix before you have to do anything 'fun'
[HTC Droid DNA] john.serey:
No I didn't take the battery out it's not removable and no lights come on whatsoever and the pc can not see my phone no matter what cable I use
[HTC Droid DNA] .torrented:
Let it sit on the charger for a day (24 hours) and then try to turn it on, this has been known to work. If this doesn't work then you may need to send it in. Could be bad battery or motherboard.
[HTC Droid DNA] john.serey:
Thanks I'll try it man
[HTC Droid DNA] biggiesmalls657:
Have you performed the 3 finger salute for about 10 seconds? It drains all power so you know if your toast. Hold the volumes and power.
[HTC Droid DNA] john.serey:
I have yet to try it but I will. Thanks.
[HTC Droid DNA] john.serey:
It did not work. I tried all possible button combinations and still nothing.
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vrushabh sutar:
why does grand 2 has so less motions and s features than the galaxy Grand and s2 and s3??

our motion only provide useless mute/pause feature

and only one S feature i.e smart stay!

whereas there are other S features using same technology(front camera)

such as smart scroll smart pause etc..

and talking abt motions, other phones with lower performance i.e galaxy grand have lots of motion controls

such as

pan to zoom

tilt

direct call

and many more.

WHY?
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Probowmaster:
Ya, kind of disappointing actually. Lets not talk about S feature which will be only appear on those high-end samsung device like S4,S5 and etc. But one things that pissed me off is samsung even skip some of the feature for grand 2 like direct call which appear on grand duos....hopefully will get those feature in future update....:rolleyes:
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vrushabh sutar:
please re-read my post..

i talked features like Smart scroll and smart rotation,smart pause and all...

and ALL of them are related to front cam (and so is smart stay)

therefore our grand2 is capable of all s features and still we aren't getting them :(
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elia2741:
Yes this is very bad....i hope they include this stuff in the next update
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dobbs3x:
Try a new computer...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] xmatic:
You think a new computer might solve this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dragonstalker:
Try using Heimdall. That should work natively on your Mac.

You can read about it and download it from here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7679702&postcount=1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Techngro:
Actually, he might be right. But you may need to just try a different USB port instead of a new computer.

I had a problem with Odin failing when I tried to install a ROM. I remembered something about there being problems with certain USB ports, so I switched it to a port on the front of my PC and it worked. This was despite the fact that Odin recognized the device in the first port.

Hope that helps.

TL;DR: Just read through your post again and saw that you already tried that. Sorry.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] lanwarrior:
I use Odin all the time for rooting Samsung phones. Never used Heimdall, but love the idea of using it in my Mac.

Does this works with Note 3?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] xmatic:
Thanks for all the help, I was able to install the original rom back and restore the phone to it's original state through my mac side. I have downloaded Heimdall, but what are the steps necessary to root my phone? I only see an option to load package, flash or create package but it seems it's requiring a "PIT" file. Can anyone point me in the right direction of which particular file I need to root this note 3 with Heimdall? Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dragonstalker:
CF_Autoroot does not work with Heimdall? I have yet to use it eventhough i have a Ubuntu Box. So i'm curious to know also.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] xmatic:
The auto root is not working for me period! it bricked my phone 3 times already and I had to unbrick. It was a pain in the butt. All ulitmately due to odin failing with the flashes. I've tried different versions of Odin, different versions of windows within vmware and different usb slots/cables. All fail! Is there another way to root this phone guys! Please help? I am on a mac. Obviously Odin is now out of the question.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dragonstalker:
Um please don't yell at me, but, are you using the cf_autoroot from the N9005 or the N900T. The N900t version doesn't work. You have to use the N9005 CF_Autoroot.

Try This. Although its a mirror. PLEASE go to CHAINFIRE page and thank him. http://tekhd.com/downloads/CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005.zip
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
That is what I used but get on a PC. Go over a friends house and borrow his.

TWEAKED N3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] xmatic:
My apologies, I didn't think I was yelling, and I didn't mean to be ass. I am just a little frustrated because i've never had any issues before in the past rooting a phone, especially a samsung phone via Odin. I'll try this as I was using the n900t auto root. I'll advise how it goes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dragonstalker:
OH no. i was saying don't yell at me for asking the question.

If you still have issues pm me. i'll give you my number and we'll walk thru it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] xmatic:
I failed again, can't get it to work. I wouldn't be surprised if it's a vmware thing. I just can't find anyone with a pc around.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
Sorry bro I just don't know enuff about Mac products to point you in the right direction.

TWEAKED N3

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https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z12yzpirzqf4srxw204cjl1aoor5ezninhc

He just updated the apps like 50 min ago

TWEAKED N3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] starscrean:
This is the same exact problem I'm having. Also not new to rooting.

Guess what. I'm also trying on a mac with VMWARE. Makes me wonder. But I've rooted so many times this way. What makes this android any different. Tomorrow I'll try making a boot able window HD.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] xmatic:
Yeah, i've given up with rooting via VMWARE and Odin, it just doesn't work, period. I've tried to virtual machines, a win 8 and win 7 all with the same results. I have a feeling it's VMware, I am trying parallels now and I'll post updates afterwards. Thanks to everyone for contributing. BTW, does anyone know if it's even possible to root with Heimdall?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] xmatic:
Update:

I was able to root fine without any issues, it seems the issue was ONLY because I used VMWARE! To all you mac users out there, I tried Parallels 9 and voila it worked!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] starscrean:
This is good to hear. I'll give a try and update later. Thanks

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In the future another easy way to unbrick your Samsung just open Kies in tools drop down select the emergency firmware. A pop up will ask you to put in your phone model and S/N. Kies restores firmware via download mode. This is how I restored from 5 bricks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] starscrean:
MUCH THANKS !!! To you my friend. I must've bricked my phone 5x trying to gain root using vmware.

So I downloaded the parellel 9. And BOOMMMM. I was so glad to see a big green pass in Odin lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] xmatic:
Yeah bro, glad to hear it worked for you! I was pulling my hair trying to figure this all out. I had to troubleshoot for 2 days in order to figure this out. I got Jedi elite rom installed how about you?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] starscrean:
I also am trying the elite jedi rom. The Rest Of Roms Looks Great As Well And I Can't Wait To Try Them Out.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] nick325i:
I play a trading card game called Reign of Dragons and whenever i enter the Enhance animation screen or pvp battle screen the game slows to a crawl and basically forcing me to close it manually. This thing is supposed to be uber powerful, what gives?

Regards,

Nic
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] sharingan:
brother this thing is powerful but a software update will eventually fix everything in future

so dont worry

thing problem with games in this slate is not only with you
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whytechapel_x:
I can't download anything. It just stays there stalling. I already cleared data for the aop and rebooted my phone. Anyone else with this problem?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whytechapel_x:
Nvm mods delete thread
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] EVoorhees:
Hey, everyone.

I've been searching around XDA and RootzWiki to try and see how I would be able to root my S III.

I found this one thread that recommended to downgrade to the VRBLK3 firmware.

I attempted to flash it VIA Odinv3.07 and the firmware update (or downgrade) failed.

I don't know what is causing it, probably a patched hole. But, when I rebooted my phone, it told me that the OS was "broken" and I needed to use Verizon's repair utility (I just flashed back the 4.3 MD5 and all my stuff came back).

My question is...

Does anyone know how to root the Verizon S III from 4.3?

OR

Does anyone know why Odin is failing on the downgrade?

Any help or comments are appreciated greatly.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
You can't downgrade.

And here's all the information you need.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2639337
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] EVoorhees:
Alright, thank you for the information. :good:

I thought it was an old sticky from before and it just went over my head.
[HTC Desire V] vijay.dimri:
hieee... i am having desire v. i have bought it on 2012. now i want to root the device. I have tried many things but those are not working please help me in rooting. It will be very nice if you could reply with the utilities for the same ;)
[Paranoid Android Q&A] Godson777:
So, I updated to PA 4.2 BETA1 20140318 (Not sure if this matters, but just making sure) and I'm loving the KitKat OS so far, but I noticed the DPI was set to phone UI, so I went to settings to change the DPI for some of my apps like the launcher and stuff, only to find out there's no PA prefences, or any ASOP settings, like assigning items to the quick settings.

Is this some kind of glitch that may have occurred while installing or something? Or was this intentional? It's kinda bugging me knowing I can't modify the phone like in PA 3.99

(P.S: Using Galaxy Nexus, just in case this matters...)
[Paranoid Android Q&A] Pirateghost:
If you take the time to read the change log thread, you wouldn't have needed to post this

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Paranoid Android Q&A] Android5ever:
This is not a bug PA is completely rewriting the ROM from the ground up making the rim feel more "googly" so you won't find a ROM setting section in settings also since it still in beta and PA is starting from scratch most functionality from 3.99 is not there but you have to give PA credit for building one of the best looking/ feeling roms ever made.
[Paranoid Android Q&A] Godson777:
Don't you think I already checked? I didn't see anything about the ROM's settings. ._.

Oh, okay. Thanks for the info.
[Paranoid Android Q&A] Pirateghost:
The change log literally explains every feature, where to find the settings for them, and how to use them. That is actually the entire purpose of the thread. How can one possibly say there was nothing in the about rom settings?

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Paranoid Android Q&A] yogi.306:
Thanks for the information

Thanks for the information, but i would say, the time you have spent replying to him for his question, by that time you may have answered the question he asked.
[Paranoid Android Q&A] Pirateghost:
Unless he had of course actually read the thread and learned what he needed rather than just giving a quick answer on this worthless thread.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Paranoid Android Q&A] yogi.306:
+1

+ 1 to you :good::good::good:
[Paranoid Android Q&A] adomol:
The way people ask for the PA settings around these forums you would think it was code for crack!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fabg2:
Hi All,

I'm newbie and newbie make mistakes and i did a big one.

I tried to install Android 4.4 on my LG G2 32Gb i followed a tutorial but...now my phone can't start on the OS.

I have the logo LG and nothing happen.

What can i do to install a new OS like Jelly Bean ?

My phone is good to the garbage ?

Many thanks for all suggestion
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Critical Detox:
What variant is the G2?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LS.xD:
Can you still enter "download" mode?

Here is a guide getting back to stock --> http://www.lg-phones.org/how-to-flash-unbrick-lg-g2-back-to-stock.html
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fabg2:
LG G2 32Gb with the D80210A_00 rom who has been installed.

Yes, I can use the download mode.

(sorry for the delay of my answer, i live in France)

I will try the link you posted and come back to you when it's done.

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fabg2:
All is good now, i reinstalled Android and found my backup to restore my data.

Thanks a lot for your help.:good:
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stilez:
Long ago, I unlocked my s5830i and installed CWM 5.x, but keeping Samsung's firmware. Long story short, I decided to try a new rom recently. I used CWM to take a backup, wiped and flashed the new rom, and used it a month, before deciding yesterday I preferred the previous rom.

So today I went into CWM, hit "restore", and it started to reflash back as normal, but after erasing the boot partition said there was an error in flashing and stopped. I tried a couple more times, same error. So I retried with my other 2 backups on the sdcard to get at least boot flashed properly, but both of those gave md5 errors. I haven't done more. Right now I have the phone showing the CWM screen, and on a charger so it can't shut down. If it truly doesn't have a valid boot partition then I am scared that any reboot or exit from CWM might leave me with an unbootable phone. Please help, as I have no idea what to do next and terrified I'll lose the device entirely or something.

Things I've tied and information that might help:

No evidence of error or issue on the sdcard itself, though I can't rule out the chance it has an issue.

The /recovery directory was previously copied via USB mass storage to my desktop, and SHA1 verified as accurate on backup. The SD card was formatted at some point. I used sha1 verification to copy /recovery back to the sdcard, today, again using USB mass storage.

The phone's been plugged into a USB2 port all day, but I'm not sure if that charges it or not, and some people say there is a 70% charge limit otherwise flashing won't wor, could that be the problem? Might my boot partition be ok after all?

No other sdcard holding device, I could borrow a Galaxy S2 from a friend and change the card then reinsert it, if needed?

adb + fastboot 1.83 + samsung USB drivers + copies of the /recovery backups are all on still the desktop if needed and all good AFAIK (if they work when at the recovery screen). Don't know if fastboot helps but I have it and it works.

Two backup subfolders on the desktop have a boot.img file in them (5,242,880 bytes). No idea why the others don't.

I don't want my phone bricked or inaccessible, and I don't want to make it worse by mistake, what can I do?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shikharmn:
Try this........

You can try to flash the stock ROM using Odin. Download the stock ROM from:-

h t t p : / / w w w .mediafire.com/download/x22525oizrrzmr7/S5830i_XXLI1_ODDLI1_DDLI1_by_SplitFUS2 . zip

[Remove the spaces. I'm new here so I can't post URLs. Forgive the cheating]

Download Odin from:-

h t t p s : / / w w w . dropbox.com/s/44mi0ybm3i0qbvo/Odin . rar

Happy flashing!
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amolgosavi:
Go to backup and restore option in cwm and in restore go to advance restore there you restore only system and boot your mobile..if that dosnt boot your mobile then flash stock rom thru odin..

Here is the link for all your doubts.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1840645
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stilez:
That's a pretty good resource page. I'll look at it when I get home! Thank you!!

I have two questions before going ahead with whatever it says.

Is adb active during CWM? Can I also use that to reflash boot.img orthe system recovery, or something, because if so, I'm used to adb but so it's got the advantage it's familiar compared to odin.

If the boot partition flash did fail, and its contents are corrupted, how does it reboot after CWM? Or does it warm reboot and not use the boot partition in that case? When does it use the boot partition?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stilez:
Okay, made progress, almost there

Okay, I found out partly what went on, enough to fix it part way.....

Like many people, I renamed my CWM backups to be clear what they were, and CWM doesn't warn that files with spaces will fail to recover with an MD5 error. Fixed that with ADB. Second I moved from stock to CM7.2 and obviously the file system was silently updated or something (my CM7.2 /system seems to use ext4). None of my CWM backups of the original install work, they all fail. But all my backups from CM7.2 onward worked fine, so it's got to be something CWM can't do if /system was previously used on CM7.2, or something. No idea why it couldn't mount system but could restore a CM7.2 backup to it even if the file system was updated though, doesn't make sense (yet!)

I'd like to understand what actually happened, so I don't make the same mistake again, and what's the best way (now I have access to CM7.2 again) to restore my CWM backup I took before CM7.2 when I was running the stock rom?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amolgosavi:
You can't restore your cwm backup of stock rom if you are on cm7.2
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stilez:
Because the device storage was converted from rfs to ext4, I guess? But it can be converted back surely.

If so, surely a key part of "recovery" is to be able to recover old backups. Seems a bit weak to say it can't restore unless the filing system is working and unchanged (I appreciate you're explaining how it is, but don't you agree it just seems very weak to have that issue when a different rom often uses a different fs and at least 3 or 4 are common).

Presumably a way exists to convert the storage back to rfs, just not built into recovery. Any ideas what would be needed to return to my stock backup? I'd really like to avoid odin + stock flash + re-root if possible as it's simply a fs format change and I still get nervous of rooting in case of error :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amolgosavi:
I dont know much about it... :o
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hitesh2626:
Go to XDA search for MultiFormator

and Download it and Flash it in CWM , Aroma will startup now Choose your System to be changed like RFS to ExT4 or EXT4 to RFS

For stock base Rom restoration Select RFS ,After process completes do wipe data ,wipe cache ,dalvik in CWM and then hit restore , your phone will boot up with your backup.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amolgosavi:
Flash stock rom from odin..

Go to this link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1840645
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Envy-X:
[MENTION=5058823]Stilez[/MENTION] if you made your backup on temporary cwm then restore with that cwm. Cm7 kernel's inbuilt cwm is different.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NightRaven49:
But it would be best to flash stock ROM via Odin then restoring that backup.

Sent because I <3 Aerith :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stilez:
Wow. Just exactly what I was after - thank you! Worked brilliantly.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stilez:
Probably yes :) I might do that anyway seeing as the CM7.2 kernel is still lingering and boot flash is fail. But at least I can switch back and forth between my original rom (which mostly does work) and cm7.2 if I need to.

Interesting point on the side - my original CWM (5.0.2.6) worked but the one installed with cm7.2 didn't, any idea why?)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] pinoiplayah:
I am in dire need of getting cool and useful iLauncher icons for my apps and various things. Please feel free to post and display how ur today screen looks with your layout of icons.
[Themer General Discussion] cbarnes913:
Is there a way to build Themer themes (or even Zooper widgets) on a PC or Mac and export them back out, transfer them to the device and import them into Themer?

I have been trying to build a theme but I keep getting frustrated with how cumbersome it is to use these tools on a touchscreen device. I would be able to create a theme a lot more quickly and efficiently if I could drag elements around with a mouse, type on a physical keyboard and make use of a larger screen with more real estate than my phone. I also think it would be much more precise.

A tool like this would be fairly easy to build. It'd just have to have a few basic options for the device like resolution and dpi and could also have presets so that a designer could select the device he or she is exporting to. This would also be helpful for people who are modifying themes to work with other devices or if users are running their phones with custom DPI settings (I do).

Would anyone else find this useful?

Please forgive me if this has been asked and answered already. I did a bunch of searching and couldn't come up with anything.

Thanks,

Cass