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[Asus Transformer TF700] zabolots:
I've been reading up on the process and it appears that I need to downgrade from .10 to .8 in order for motochopper to root the device so that I can install TWRP. Is this correct or is there another way to install TWRP on an unlocked but not rooted device?

If I do need to downgrade, is it as simple as downloading the image from the Asus site, extracting the ZIP to /sdcard and rebooting or do I need to boot in some special way to tell the device to flash the downloaded image that I saved at /sdcard?

Thanks...Scott
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
No you don't need to downgrade as you don't need root ;)

You can't install TWRP without unlocking.

So

1. Unlock

2, Install TWRP

3. Flash ROM

4. Enjoy a rooted fast device.

More reading. [MENTION=4968172]berndblb[/MENTION] has written a great guide
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Uhhh - I'm so tickled :blush:

[MENTION=721395]zabalots[/MENTION] The guide is here: http://www.transformerforums.com/fo...ginners-guide-flashing-custom-rom-tf700t.html

PM me if you have questions
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Any chance you can put that guide on XDA? ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
But, but.... XDA is for Xperts, I thought!

Do I dare???? LOL

Well, if YOU think it's worthy to share the same server space with your fabulous work I'll paste it right over! ;) :silly: :p

Tomorrow - getting late here

PS: I'm having a lot of fun with CROMBi-KK, but man: CROMi-X on the TF701? Now THAT is sweet!
[Asus Transformer TF700] zabolots:
I managed to get CROMi-X installed but was surprised that all my apps and data were present after I rebooted. I assumed I'd be starting with a completely clean system. I did select the wipe cache options when flashing. Is there a way to reset the system to be a completely clean system with only the apps/data installed by the CROMi-X installer? Normally I'd do a "Wipe System" but from what I've read you're not supposed to do that with non-stock ROM's.

Thanks...Scott
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Congrats!

With a custom recovery installed you do not want to wipe from 'Backup & Restore' in Settings or do 'Wipe Data" from the bootloader menu - you use the recovery to do it.

Enter TWRP, choose 'Wipe' and swipe the button. This will wipe all your apps but not your /data/media/ folder where your personal stuff is stored. TWRP calls this a factory wipe and it is a good idea to do when you switch roms (also called a "clean install").

If you want to erase everything on your data partition you would go to 'Advanced' and perform a Format Data. You may have to re-flash the rom after formatting data - anything installed to /data during the flash would be gone too.

Dirty flash: Flashing a rom with only wiping cache and Dalvik. Ok to do for flashing the latest and greatest update to your rom

Clean Install: Using the Factory Wipe in TWRP before flashing a new rom or major upgrade. Also helpful to do every once in a while to clear out the cobwebs. I do it about every 10 flashes

Format Data: The nuclear option and rarely used unless you have corrupted data or problems noobody knows how to fix

Familiarize yourself with the Backup/Restore function in TWRP and get Titanium Backup Pro. Makes the above a breeze
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Done :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2688891
[Asus Transformer TF700] zabolots:
Although I managed to get everything working, the one thing I didn't understand about the installation instructions for this was that you first needed to install TWRP and then run Scott's installation batch file which seems to overwrite that TWRP with another recovery.blob. What's the point of installing two recovery images?
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Mhhhh - could you point me to where it says that?

Because you're right: That would not make sense [emoji12]
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Sheesh Quality Control these days...... :p
[Asus Transformer TF700] zabolots:
Right here in the main thread at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2425383

Unelss it is trying to say "In order to install TWRP, run Scott's TF700T Recovery Install Tool"

but that's not how I read it since there is a link to "TWRP XDA Thread" where it says to install TWRP.

Like I said, I got it figured out but the way the instructions are written/formatted it was confusing to me as a first time tablet flasher (that sounds weird :laugh: )
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
It is and that's how I read it. That was a common problem with my ex: I said one thing, she heard something entirely different....[emoji89]
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmed Baig:
I want To Update My Samsung Galay Note 1 GT-N7000 To 4.4.2 Kit Kat Please Hel ME Out :crying:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RealMrFun:
there is a tutorial available for this on youtube
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmed Baig:
No I dOnT wanna Take Help frOm Youtube

I want Help frOm You Please :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robjperez:
You can use Cyanogen Mod to do that

I cannot post links yet, but refer to its website.

It is a official supported dev, so it should be easy using cyanogen installer.

Search for "Quincytmo_Info" in Google and the first result is the wiki of cyanogen project.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khan.28885:
You can try carbon rom also its very good very fast.
[Sony Xperia L] eLGi:
Hey guys. I have strange problem. When I'm using a traffic data transfer, all I can get access to is Fb, Google and Yahoo via the web browser. The whole rest (and I mean WHOLE rest - other websites via Browser, play store, or anything that connects with internet to gather data) shows me notification that I have no internet connection. On WiFi there is no such problem. I looked for solution in firewall but found nothing and, if so, why on WiFi everything works. I'm on Phoenix Kernel (but on CIvic was the same) and Kartini Engine, newest version. Anyone know how to fix it?
[Sony Xperia L] hexr96:
Try if this works : Go to root, go to etc folder, find hosts file, edit whatever contents are to this : 127.0.0.1 localhost

I had a problem with google play store, doing this repaired it

report if your hosts file already contains this so someone else can help :)
[Sony Xperia L] eLGi:
What do you mean by that? I removed every entry from this file and left only this one and some comments, but it didn't worked (I didn't try to restart my phone, will post info after restarting), did you mean to replace every entry with this (I had this as the first entry before like thousand of other)? If so then would removing other entries help?
[Sony Xperia L] hexr96:
I meant you replace everything in that file, all entries, with a text editor with the one i just provided :) I'm just a noob, but its a solution that worked for me

Try restarting too, tell me us if it works
[Sony Xperia L] hexr96:
Can somebody confirm that the hosts file is that large? the only thing my hosts and hosts.bak file have is this : 127.0.0.1 localhost

I'm running stock, bootloader unlockable, not unlocked, rooted
[Sony Xperia L] saurabh007:
You can try flashing stock ftf again, it might be problem from your operator's end
[Sony Xperia L] hexr96:
He could try that :) Also a factory reset might work.. it'd save the work of going on a PC? Apparently I'm having absolutely no problems with my 3G/wifi with any of my applications ( i play clash of clans, absolutely no problems ) and i did a factory reset recently. So I'd say try a factory reset too
[Sony Xperia L] eLGi:
Tried reflashing whole firmware. After factory reset my SIM was locked and PIN enter dialog didn't show up. But unfortunately it gave me sh*t! I still can't enter any other address than Fb and google.
[Sony Xperia L] eLGi:
Finally! I made it! All I had to do was to configure APN based on my service provider configuration (Orange) instead of downloading configuration using myXperia settings.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Gwanatu:
So Google just announced a new Android fork today called Android Wearables. They're partnering with every major OEM including Samsung to bring new Android Wearables-powered smartwatches to the market. The SDK Developer Previews is available NOW at http://developer.android.com/wear/index.html. How fast do we see this stuff being ported to the Gear? This is some seriously exciting stuff!
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] ktetreault14:
Noticed this also
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Gwanatu:
And here's the first official product too:

http://motorola-blog.blogspot.com/2014/03/moto-360-its-time.html

EDIT: LG G Watch too: http://www.slashgear.com/lg-g-watch-detailed-as-first-android-wear-wearable-device-18321063/
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] nowy57:
good question

is that OS will work with old school galaxy gear? (non Gear2)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Muffycheeks:
Samsung is moving forward without Android and if there Tizen powered Gear watch flair's well it will be Google vs. Samsung. As for the Galaxy Gear it's all but dead. The new watch is called Samsung Gear 2. dropping Galaxy from the name because Galaxy will be associated with Android based products.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] wuxiekeji:
My take on it is that Google's offering in its current incarnation just makes a phone easier to use. Google does not offer camera, advanced sensors, or other things that could be used for augmented reality. Samsung actually has good hardware, just that the battery technology and software haven't caught up yet.

What Google is trying to do is just provide a polished product using stuff that IS market-ready. Samsung will inevitably have to join the competition, but they might have an upper hand when battery technology and software DO catch up.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] kaseykrehbiel:
Has anyone found an XPosed module that will make both the Vol. Up/Dn track skip as well as the long-press VolUp (or Home, etc.) Torch work with a KitKat ROM?

I have so far been unsuccessful in finding a way to make this work (again, on a 4.4.2 ROM, not a 4.3 ROM.) I have tried several combinations, and eventually had to restore a backup because one of them made it so I couldn't lock my phone (lock screen was disabled and couldn't get it back) and any option on the reboot menu resulted in a UI crash/soft reboot, and turning off all XPosed modules did not fix it.

Thanks in advance.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] av911:
Wanam, Gravity Box.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajdevera:
So I rooted my T211. After sometime, I wanted to update the software (maybe I'll get better stability and performance?) so I unrooted it. After successfully unrooted it using Kingo app, I can't update it saying "the device was modified. Software updates are not available." Btw my device is in stock rom and never flashed a custom rom. How do I fix this w/o flashing stock rom (download always corrupt, damn!) and w/o using Kies?
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nonta72:
OMG !

I am a bit confused !

Tab 3 7.0 (SM-T210 Variants and SM-T211 Variants) don't have a Software update yet !

It only have the stock version the one it was release w/ :D

If you want Android 4.2.2 or 4.3 or even KitKat then that's NOT going to happen right now.

No software update even if your device wasn't modified.

You can also use this great app from Chainfire ! to reset flash counter BUT there's NO guarantee it will work since any version of Tab 3 isn't listed !

Apart from this, the only way will be ODIN since KIES won't also update it if you're running already Android 4.1.2

Sent from Gallifrey using TARDIS
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] wiredout46:
i'm having trouble sharing data between apps. when ever i try, i get a black screen as if the app is loading, but it never clears from the black screen.

it's happened when sharing data to hangouts, facebook, and mail.

i'm on viperone 5.7.0

any help would be appreciated.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Oscar_david:
I've had this same problem on my gs4 with all current AOSP ROMs I've tried.

I've looked before through the threads of the ROMs I've encountered this issue with and have never found a mention regarding this issue till I found the this post doing a search in XDA app.

Have you had any luck finding a solution or at least information? Thanks.

Cheers
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Oscar_david:
Update: I did a clean install per someone's suggestion. But I think I've narrowed this down. I finally tracked down the problem to xposed module xmultiwindow. Disabling it made the problem go away. That module is lacking in usability anyway. Oh well.

Cheers
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dpross16:
So, let me tell you how this all started. I kept getting the update notification on my Samsung Galaxy s4 SPH-L720 to update to NAE from MJA. So I ignored it for a while and finally decided I should do some research into the possibilities of updating. BAD IDEA! I should have just left well enough alone. I HAD a perfectly working rooted, hotspot mod phone that worked good for the most part. SPRINT is horrible where I live so that was always frustrating and i read a couple things that upgrading may help service. It may have, I wouldn't know, my phone doesn't actually work anymore. So, I have done everything possible to this phone. I have flashed every update I could find, I have tried to change about every kernel I could find and nothing. It all started on Day 1 when I did the NAE upgrade, the first time it didn't take all the way things worked fine. So, I tried again and BAM, no WI-FI. You have no idea how miserable this made me, as I was hours away from going on "vacation". So, I tried everything I read on the internet about how to fix the Wi-Fi. Nothing worked. And as I kept trying new things, I was only compounding the problem. I tried to make an actual phone call yesterday and my phone froze up. I am getting a signal, so I can receive texts and email, but that is about it. I tried to flash Philz recovery and TWRP recovery but when I try to go into recovery mode the screen says "system software not authorized by Samsung has been found on your phone." When I go into download mode, the upper right corner says (in very small type):

ODIN MODE

Product Name: SPH-L720

Current Binary: Custom

System Status: Custom

Knox Kernel Lock: 0xffffffc

Knox Warranty Void: 0xffffffc

CSB_Config-LSB: 0x30

Write Protection: Enabled

eMMC Burst Mode: enabled

Also please see attachment for what my about screen looks like.

So my questions are, what do I do next? Do I try to go back to Stock ROM? If so, which one? Will it fix my Wi-Fi? Really, that is the most important part. Well, I would like my phone to work, but i think I will take Wi-Fi over phone. :) Thank you everyone in advance for your help.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] VandyCWG:
If you never updated, I would ODIN back to stock firmware of MJA.

If you did update, just ODIN NAE. If you get a stock tar, you should be good.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dpross16:
Thank you

I odin'd back to MK2 stock and everything is fine. I have rooted it and now I am trying to figure out the Hotspot Mod. Any help would be great.

Thanks again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] daniel4653:
There's a whole thread for the hotspot. Grab the correct zip file for either deodex or odex. Flash it and you should be fine.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] khsaleh:
Hi all after upgrading to win 2k5 my device worked for 6 hr and while installing software it hanged resting didnt open it i cant get it to connect to activ sync is there a way to get windows agine on this device please advice

regards
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] xplode:
Do a hard reset, it will solve your problems
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] khsaleh:
nothing works no hard reset nothing is working it stand on the colored window nothig else i cant even get the boot lodar screen only the 4 colores screen and the blue tooth led working and the phone is working but no rings isnt there a way i can flash with sd card like in wallaby please help me
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] Black6spdZ:
try doing a soft reset "power+reset" then right afterwards press "record+camera".. use the record and camera to set the bottom two options to yes and press your mail button.. maybe this will get it going again.. if not do the normal 05 bootloader "power+record+camera+reset" and dock it and hopefully you will see the USB and can reflash it again or back to 2k3
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] khsaleh:
THx a lot Black6spdZ it's working now :lol:
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] Black6spdZ:
what fixed it?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] khsaleh:
i just did as you told me (try doing a soft reset "power+reset" then right afterwards press "record+camera".. use the record and camera to set the bottom two options to yes and press your mail button.. ) then the windows opend correctly and i could get it connected to active sync i instaled another ver. of windows TuMa_v1.4 but the camera didnt work i'm looking now for a way to make it work if u can help me ;)

PS i recive this message each time i rest the device (the file camera_Detect cannot be opend. either its not sined ....)
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] Black6spdZ:
are you flashing an ext rom with the main rom? If not it may be trying to load the old 2k3 ext rom programs on top of your newly installed 05 main rom. if that is your only problem look with the files that came with the 05 zip, I believe there is a compatible Camera app included with it that you can load and should hopefully overwrite the older version. You can keep that message from appearing by going into your Windows/Startup folder and deleting the camera detect startup program until you get the new camera app loaded. What I did was use the ext rom tools to unlock and then format the ext rom so that there were no programs on it. From then on I only flash the main rom when needed and load just the programs that I need to keep it nice and fast. Hope this info gets you going.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] khsaleh:
yah this is a good information now it's working fine thx a lot :lol: i found the application on the ext rom htc one and everything is gr8
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdaorxan:
How Can i root???
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] St.Jimmy90:
This has been answered so many times..... If your bootloader is unlocked and you have a recovery just flash the supersu zip. If your bl is locked, downgrade to 4.2.2, root it and update ota to 4.3
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdaorxan:
How can i downgrade?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
Get a 4.2 FTF from the general section (use the search function) and flash it with Flashtool.

www.flashtool.net
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdaorxan:
I found only 4.3 versions on the site.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdaorxan:
And my phone version is C6602
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
This took me literally 10 seconds to find.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2573610
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdaorxan:
Thanks.I already downloaded it.If i flash my phone and root,then can i update my phone with ota (to 4.3)? Will root keep?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
If OTA is successful, then you should keep root.

Be warned, though, that the OTA fails for some people including myself. I couldn't update via OTA and had to unlock my bootloader to root.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdaorxan:
Thanks.So can i flash rooted stock rom (4.3)?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
Yes, if you downgrade and root then you can flash a prerooted rom.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tg2012:
Yeah but I'm trying to downgrade and can't figure it out! All of the 10.3.1.A.2.67 are for spain it's saying.

EDIT: I think I might have have found it actually.

EDIT: NVM I can't figure it out!!!!!!!!!

---------- Post added at 11:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:56 PM ----------

How do I go about downgrading????
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pablosch23:
dude read this post http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z/development/stock-update-to-10-4-1-b-0-101-t2643898 I read it also works on c6602 give it a try
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdaorxan:
Thanks everyone.Can i backup only with Pc companion?

and Advice me for rooted rom (4.3)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chron0s:
Please excuse asking questions as a first post, but I'm at the stage where I'm stumped and a search isn't helping.

Mlais MX28 fresh from MM pre-rooted. Managed to get the ROM backed up and CWM installed with Rua1's excellent MTK Droid Root & Tools. However, removing the Chinese useless (for me - no offence intended) apks proved not to be happening from the one-click button in that excellent piece of software. No bother, thought I, I'll just use adb and remove the relevant apks manually from /system/app. Famous last words.

Here's where things get really odd. I can mount root fine using the usual procedure but mount -o rw,remount /emmc@android /system works once and once only. Even stranger is that the first time gets you a rw mounted filesystem for about 10 seconds, at which point it gets remounted ro and no amount of faff will get it back to rw without a full power off and restart. All it does is spits out

mount: Read-only file system

Any ideas, please? I suspect there's some write protection going on but I haven't the first idea where to look.

Edit: Having done a little more searching on this issue, it seems there's a few Acers with the same behaviour, caused by a compiled-in kernel option. Looks like it may well be "wait for a custom ROM" is the answer. Not sure if rolling our own is possible unless anyone knows where to get the Mediatek sources for this device from?

Anyway, :good: to all those who have viewed my question. It's appreciated.

Edit 2: There's an S4UI ROM on needrom<dot>com that is rumoured to have solved this issue. Note that if you have installed CWM using the "magic" MTK Droid Root & Tools method, chances are you can't mount /system rw using ADB in CWM either - I suspect they share the same kernel. I haven't tried the S4UI ROM myself as the recovery needed to install it seems to be in Chinese. Possible solution for anyone with a grasp of that language and script but that someone isn't me :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codedmax:
[Q] Mlais MX28 Recovery in Chinese Any help with translation

Hello, bud Any help yet also gut stuck in this.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chron0s:
I'm afraid not at the moment. The S4UI ROM on needrom does indeed enable /system rw but the WiFi and Bluetooth will not activate. Replacing mtk_stp_wmt.ko in /system/lib/modules/ with the version from the stock ROM that should fix this issue, doesn't fix this issue. It's a shame as the S4UI ROM is rather pleasant to use and if I could get that fully operational I expect I would be quite happy with this device. Oddly, the stock ROM came back with a different MAC for the WiFi. As I restored from a backup created with MTKDR&T, this is a little perplexing.

I'll update if I find any more clues.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chron0s:
{Possible solution/nasty hack]

Here's a way to get full /system access on the stock ROM. It requires

Clockwork Mod recovery

ADB

Courage

Install/create Clockwork Mod with MTKDR&T. Now boot into recovery by holding Vol+ and power until the boot selection screen appears and then select recovery with Vol+ and press Vol- to accept.

Do not mount /system in CWM.

On your ADB equipped computer, start

adb shell

Now issue the following at the root shell prompt:

tune2fs -e continue /dev/block/mmcblk0p5

Reboot the system and enjoy the power of full root.

This may well be a nasty hack. I was convinced the issue was a protected kernel module but it seems the ext4fs image of the system block is corrupt in some way and the default error action is to mount -o ro. We're disabling that default action and letting the mount remain unchanged.

As always with these things, proceed at your own risk. If you break it, you have the privilege of keeping both bits. :D