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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Not a problem. It was just a suggestion anyway. Its good to have alternatives available, but considering a lot of people still use this thread for their step by step, I thought it might be a good idea for their sakes to have one of the simpler methods highlighted.

Tbh, I had forgotten I even asked! So much going on!

Thanks for the update and all your help around here!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Doc, I had created this thread as a stop gap till Root66 came into existence. I have been mulling on closing this thread. What do you think ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I wouldnt necessarily close it. Maybe just put links in the op and explain to post in those threads if support is needed. Then make a final post stating to follow the op to what they need and not to use this thread as it has depreciated and is no longer monitored.

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If you do want to close it, msg a mod and ask them to do it for you. Either way is fine. Up to you though if you want it closed.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
To everyone wanting to Root the 4.3 update UVUENC2, please follow the steps as described in OP. This thread is now depreciated given that Root66 version UVUENC2 has been tested successfully. Hence this thread is no longer monitored.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Ricky Divjakovski:
check the S5 android development thread foe the dump!
[Galaxy S 5 General] bungadudu:
S5 is now available in 100 best buy stores!

http://phandroid.com/2014/03/21/best-buy-galaxy-s5-preview/

The leaks are close [emoji106]
[Galaxy S 5 General] Hellscythe:
Casually walking into a bestbuy and hooking one of their S5 units into your laptop haha ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Ricky Divjakovski:
ahahaha! that could work! just "adb pull /system"
[Galaxy S 5 General] Hellscythe:
"hold on a second sir, i'll be done in just a minute!"
[Galaxy S 5 General] Ricky Divjakovski:
customer service - "is there a problem sir? you have had the S5 connected to the laptop in your bag for 10 minutes"

you - "im just.. testing how quick the device charges.. yeah, how quick it charges" *shifty eyes*
[Galaxy S 5 General] Rektroid:
Then they kick you,because they think you are going take or something

Sent from my SMALL LG 3 2
[Galaxy S 5 General] hooligan007:
Customer service guy: what are you doing?

You without flinching tells: Iam collecting dump from S5... Wanna see ...badum tsss
[Galaxy S 5 General] Ricky Divjakovski:
Nek minute

Customer service guy: Please sir, put the cable down and back away from the device, we dont want anyone hurt here..
[Galaxy S 5 General] Hellscythe:
At least we now know what happened if we don't get a system dump anytime soon ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Ricky Divjakovski:
LOL! the S5 hasnt even hit australia yet.. i know a few people and could dump one ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Hellscythe:
Man, this is how drug deals go hahaha
[Galaxy S 5 General] leoaudio13:
Please, I'm having SM-G900F available to dump. :) Please PM me
[Galaxy S 5 General] plasmastate:
Its very easy. You just have to breathe & let it go.

Good Luck!
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
One problem: they have security plugs on the USB3 port.

Just thought I'd put that out there :P
[Galaxy S 5 General] leoaudio13:
Haha!
[Galaxy S 5 General] Ricky Divjakovski:
check you PM!
[Galaxy S 5 General] leoaudio13:
Chcked! Chcked back please
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EvanNexus:
Hey guys,

So I don't know all the lingo you fellas use all that well so a more detailed explanation would be great if you could help me.

Here's what I've done: Downloaded desired Cyanogen mod onto my computer and placed it on my phone, booted into the bootloader (I believe this is where I've found myself after holding all 3 external buttons on my Galaxy Nexus), gone into recovery mode, performed all of the following: wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik cache, format /sdcard, format /system, format /cache, format /data and /data/media (/sdcard).

Reason I did this is because I never can get my phone to run quite like new so I wanted to start as close to from scratch as possible, and I think I've probably accomplished that as far as my knowledge. I planned on doing a few other things to help speed up the system but that was to be done after I loaded on Cyanogen mod. Needless to say, I can no longer install cyanogen mod onto my device, as I've erased the file.

My computer won't allow me into the device through the normal process so I have searched and found I needed to download some developer tools. I've tried to download them 5 or 6 times and continue receiving a network error in which the download stops and will not resume or start where it left off. Here is what I tried to download for Windows 8 - 64 bit : //developer.android .cm/sdk/index.html

This problem could be attributed to my spotty internet, it is wireless from the house to the tower. It's also somewhat slow downloading, smaller files to download for fixes would be ideal.

So now that I've wiped everything, without creating any restore point, what will be my best bet or quickest way to undo a few steps or head on my way to starting a new so I can get this bad boy up and running again?

I'm far from experienced with this stuff so please, if you use abbreviations at least explain to me how to take the steps you are asking of me.

Thanks guys, I know you wouldn't be looking around unless you liked helping people who dive in first and learn how to swim later so.. thank me later! But seriously, thanks for taking your time to look or help.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] comk4ver:
I guess you never made a backup of your phone before you starting to soft mod your phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EvanNexus:
Unfortunately for me, I did not. I've since tried downloading the Dev tools from another computer and am getting the network interference error every time towards the end of the download so perhaps someone has a link to another download for win 8 x64
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] comk4ver:
http://goo.gl/ABCT6G that should help you I would recommend looking for your exact model because the files are different
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] comk4ver:
Sorry I found the right post. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain Sweatpants:
Hi all before I get flamed I did not brick a tablet without having a cwm installed first and a nandroid backup. However I am trying to help someone who has. The tablet is an allwinner a23 not in some peoples opinion worth a lot of effort to fix. We have an identical tablet with the same firmware. If I root and install a custom recovery on the unbricked tablet can that zip be flashed without a custom recovery? I have looked about a bit and there seems to be conflicting opinions on this. The only prob I can see is the stock recovery may not have the option to wipe the dalvik cache.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lacoursiere18:
If it's totally unlocked I would have to say yes..but the ? Is if it is unlocked why not just flash a custom recovery than you will have the option..;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain Sweatpants:
I think the answer to why not flash a custom recovery is best known to himself. Fastboot doesn't seem to be working and apparently never has so trying to push cwm is no longer an option I guess there is not much to lose by trying to flash a zip file. If it doesn't work well he will learn a valuable life lesson.:D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lacoursiere18:
Very true.. adb available?..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain Sweatpants:
That's I mean no fastboot mode=no adb I can't work out why it won't work the boot loader is not locked
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lacoursiere18:
Got to get it working.. I would think it's the only safe way..adb doesn't recognize device what's the problem
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain Sweatpants:
Got to get it working.. I would think it's the only safe way..adb doesn't recognize device what's the problem

Got adb working problem was incorrect drivers and also got a full factory image so tablets working again there is no cwm for an a23 and I don't have the time to write one so at least he can always go back to stock
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lacoursiere18:
Got adb working problem was incorrect drivers and also got a full factory image so tablets working again there is no cwm for an a23 and I don't have the time to write one so at least he can always go back to stock

Great to hear! And your a great friend to him! Good job;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jean_pulbere:
Hello...hello... I am the guy with tablet probl.

Captain i apreciate your help allot to solve my probl.

So... Has the Captain say,

Dont have any CWM on tablet,only the defaul cmd wit NO option to flash or others. The options are: 1 restore factory default delete data user.2 Restored from internal memory,3-Restore from external memory,and 4- restore from cache. That s all i have in factory defalut CMW.

So...if i find the ORIGINAL rom of tablet, i must flash my tablet with livesuite or phoenixusb not from original cmw meniu because that is only for restore soft stuff i think. The probl is i CANT find the original firmware ...

I find a post with a firmware for A23 model Allwinner but im not sure if is for my model type so i dont wanna risk till im not sure :((

I have the imag firmware and flashing soft in my pc if iy help you guys, i can post it here or give you the link to check.

2-probl - I cant make any nandroid backup from working tablet because dont hv an CMW working for this model :(((

3- the adb shell cant see my model tablet, only an chinesse soft see it with name A70h ...but this soft is an file manager not for flashing or something so...no use for .

So has you see ...im stuck in this point no clue foward...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain Sweatpants:
Have you tried looking for a23 drivers? I thought you had adb working now
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lacoursiere18:
Whats the problem with adb.. What comes up when you type ad devices where you have adb in your path
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jean_pulbere:
The probl is like this :

C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb device

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

List of devices attached

C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>

So... no device found

With adb on my phone i extended the internal for apps, with settinstalllocation 2 bla bla etc.. so with my phone it work..with my wife phone,work again.... with terorist tablet ...NO WAY .. not evean see as a device ..grrrrrrr
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain Sweatpants:
I just found this app which says it can take a nandroid backup without recovery mode its called online nandroid backup from the play store. Its not compatible with all devices but worth a shot. If you root the other tablet then install titanium backup. Backup all apps and data on the second tablet then factory reset it. Install online nandroid backup and take the backup and flash it to the problem tablet. Then restore the titanium backup to get all apps and settings back. Doesn't get adb working but it may just sort the ROM
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jean_pulbere:
I so that app too on market ,thinking to try this method but have to ask: if that doesn t work , i kill the tablet forever ?? Because my wife just says to me ,if you brick my tablet you have an divorce and if my tablet die,you die !! :)))))) So very risky .

so let me get it straight ,

after i make titanium backup, i take the backup files from working tablet and put it on damage tablet on the sd card.After this,i flash WHAT ?? because the damage tablet has no working firmware so how do i flash it?????.BTW firmware... did you have a look on firmware adress i give to you?? is not the original firmware for my model ?? http://www.techknow.me/forum/index.php?topic=7854.0
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lacoursiere18:
Download this and see if it picks up your device..https://play.google.com/store/apps/...e+now&pcampaignid=APPU_88oqU6fgCoqy2QXhzIC4Bw it seems like drivers for adb and your tablet are not installed/installed properly;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain Sweatpants:
OK let me start by saying none of this is risk free. That being said I don't think this will brick your wife's tablet.

You need to take a NANDROID backup of your wife's tablet this is what you are going to flash onto your tablet.

This is where titanium backup comes into it. In order to preserve your marriage you will need to give your wife her tablet back without wiping it.

The Nandroid backup would be best if you did it just after a factory reset this is not essential but would help eliminate risks.

So in order of how to do this:

Root your wife's tablet using the method used to root yours in the first place.

Take a TITANIUM backup of your wife's tablet. This will preserve all her apps and data. To restore at the end of the process.

Now perform a factory reset. Download and install online nandroid backup from the play store.

Run the Nandroid backup. If this works you should now have a full nandroid backup of your ROM.

Flash the backup to YOUR tablet and wipe the cache if all goes well the tablet should now boot.

Now restore the TITANIUM backup to your wife's tablet to restore her apps and data.

This will not remove the root from her tablet if you want to remove root access from her tablet then we can go through that later

These instructions are correct to the best of my knowledge I am not responsible for anything you do to your tablet
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain Sweatpants:
Forgot to mention nandroid backup doesn't produce a flashable zip I'm looking into how to convert it there is a lot of conflicting opinions but it can be done alternatively you may be able to flash the boot.img file from livesuite or phoenixusb I don't know as I have not used them

I am not a B@st@rd I am THE B@st@rd and I'm MR B@st@rd to you
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jean_pulbere:
Captain ,is desaster...bad news. today i was at service again,and told technician about youre advice with online nandroid backup. I pick up my whife tablet ( she dont no that) and go to service with booth tablet and try many variants. One of them it was this with nandroid you told me , and surprise...NOOT WORKING !!!! The program it stop and reboot the tablet because dont reconize the model type. All the variants we try on service ,fail because model unkown.We try and flash many firmwares (diffrent firmwares) the same... all fails,we have diffrent errors after install .Example:1- firmware flashed- everything ok,the tablet boot wellcomme scren BUT no camera function,no g sensor (rotate screen chaotic up and down) 2-FW flashed, the same...all ok ,booting...i have camera ok but- NO WIFI this time, and g sensor again is chaotic .and so on ...every FW i try on service has the own errors because is not for this model is jus from closer model ...so ..no luck to repair the tablet at all. The technician say to me to let the tablet one more day to try the last 3 FW he has...if is not working with those...is game over :((( sad moment I hope the chinesse sailor who asamble this type of tablet on the ship to have the same faith like Titanic . This tablet is killing me. About nandroid online backup, i get it full, and i tested on my mobile phone...work like charm on the phone..it s perfect but on the tablet .. no way . Me is ...very sad
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain Sweatpants:
Sorry to hear that. If you have no adb and the nandroid app won't work then I think that is the end of the line I can't think of any other way to pull the firmware off a device and use it on another device. Time for a new tablet I think. Next time round go for one that has some developer support or at least one that you can find the firmware for.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jean_pulbere:
with nandroid we copy the rom, he make an backup but after this ,it mush be flashed on tablet, but...how to flash if the tablet dont have option for flashing a FW ... and with the soft from service cant flash because dont reconize model type... so.... end of the line for my tablet i think. My last solution is to tell the service tehnician, to put a rom woth working camera and wifi at list... and after this to search for a patch for g sensor fix or to modify g sensor values from build-prop file ... that s the best solution i have in this moment :((((((

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I really apreciate guys all the help you give me for my tablet, to bad none of the solution works. ... pfffffff... i must go in china .. search for the producer of this tablet ....
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jean_pulbere:
Huuooop huuooop ...back from China . I have an WORKING TABLET !!! :)))))))

So..it run an firmware from another model (MAPAN MX723

it run allmost perfect, all aplication works,camera works wifi works. The only probl i have till now is G-SENSOR wich is going(or stuck) LEFT in games ...in rest is everthyng ok. The best thing is i have the firmware img too , so if it crush,i can flashed my selff (i hope) .The adb shell still dont see my tablet. Question... is anyway to fix g sensor from build prop or gsensor file ??? Or..if i copy the gsensor file values from the other working tablet and overite in this one, can be fix ???
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nootjesbv:
Can you share the image?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrStee97:
Not To Be Off Topic...

not to be off topic, but where does one find cwm for the a23? i have recently purchased one and have been unable to find one for it anywhere....the same can be said for custom roms :confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrStee97:
In response to the original post, i came across one of these tablets, and full bricked it myself. its not particularly the easiest thing to find, but theres a flash utility to burn the original firmware to an sd card. upon inserting it back into the tablet, it automatically started re-installing EVERYTHING. Here is the tool i used, and they have firmwares for the different versions of the tablets.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mshipXZ:
Xperia Arc S is a 1.4GHz CPU.

I notice the 400 MHz boost increase in some apps:

1. FPse. greatly boost FPS. Comparing 1GHz to 1.4GHz there is a huge difference. I can run Crash Team Racing smoothly on Arc S compared to Arc.

2. Drastic DS Emuator. Greatly boost FPS!

Still experimenting...

So I consider this a major boost even most says it's just a minor one. Is Acro S good?????? Thanks, I was just sharing my experience from Arc to Arc S. I have two of them I need a new Motherboard for the other one(Damaged IMEI, Flashmode fastboot and TA testpoint not working) I think... Where to get Motherboard? What is NAND in android???
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 3493119:
Buy a Arc S with cracked display on ebay and then take the mainboard from that.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lithiumions:
I have had an Arc S for two years now and this phone is really good. Flashed it with 4.4.2 ROM couple of days ago and it worked just fine.

I have also used Acro S and it is more powerful than the Arc S and has bigger screen and performs better with 4.4.2.

I suggest you try both and see.
[Moto X Themes and Apps] sprovo:
Does anyone know of an xposed module that can change widget transparency on the fly?
[Moto X Themes and Apps] SnuggP:
Funny how if its about a rom, root or knox nobody answers your questions like whats the point.
[Moto X Themes and Apps] nhizzat:
Or maybe, just maybe, nobody knows the answer or there is no answer. I know, crazy theory right?
[Moto X Themes and Apps] SnuggP:
Yeah. i have a post thats still unanswered.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xcarab:
Hey guys..

I made a search on google for the best rom for a Moto G, and found a website with links for Paranoid, CNM, and Slim.. and i picked SLIMKAT

But after dong the process of installing twrp or CWM Recovery.. ended up sticking with CWM recovery cause of the buggy touch on the TWRP

so i was able to flash the rom and did it in this order

Flash Rom

Flash Gapps

Flash SU

reboot.. and got stucked at "slimkat logo"

then i decided maybe there was something wrong with the rom so i tried flashing Paranoid.. same deal.. stucked at logo.

Would anyoen please point me in the right direction fo what i need to do to fix this?

Thank you
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xcarab:
SD card

Genius me, seems at some point i deleted or formatted the sdcard now when i go to install zip on cwm recovery i get "Can't mount sd card
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Landrea:
I'd restore stock firmware (that should get rid of those "sd card" errors) and then flash the custom recovery again.

I'd try the philZ recovery instead of CMW. And finally flash the Rom you want to.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xcarab:
Thank you

Ty Landrea.. in the process of doing exactly that now.. struggling on the "bootloader permission denied"

going trought the steps of unlocking bootloader again... will post how it goes
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denzel09:
But are you sure that bootloader is unlocked?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xcarab:
Well i guess

This is prove enough that it was

E:\Kindle Fire Utility\tools\Firmware restore lock and more 4.4.2>fastboot oem u

nlock UNIQUE_KEY

...

(bootloader) Device already unlocked!

FAILED (remote failure)

finished. total time: 0.013s

E:\Kindle Fire Utility\tools\Firmware restore lock and more 4.4.2>
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Landrea:
Omg that's strange. Unlocked bootloader once = unlocked bootloader forever, it's impossible you somehow re-lock it.

Did you follow the instructions on Motorola webiste to unlock?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xcarab:
Returning to stock process

Yes i think the problem is in the way i am returning to stock.

I found a thread with here in XDA last night were called "Firmware restock and more 4.4.2

but instead of using the batch file i oped them up in a text editor and run every line manually to see what the console answers after each command.

i downloaded the stock rom according to my country and carrie and simply rpelaced the files but i think the checksum did not match and thats why i was getting the denied message when doing this

%fastboot% flash system system.img_sparsechunk1

%fastboot% flash system system.img_sparsechunk2

%fastboot% flash system system.img_sparsechunk3

I'm going to rename my country stock rom xml file to match the original xml file and see
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denzel09:
Buddy be careful when you go to do all this "stuff" :good:

Try to help you with Moto Tool by Alonosoch in Android Original Development section ;)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xcarab:
Thank you Denzel

"Man on Fire"

I called in sick for work already.. have to be at this all day.. so i will try everything and wont stop untill it is fixed.

Following the step by step instructions at: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2542219&highlight=sparsechunk
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Landrea:
When I restored Stock, in the zip file I downloaded (en version) instead of:

system.img_sparsechunk1

system.img_sparsechunk2

system.img_sparsechunk3

there were

system.img_sparsechunk0

system.img_sparsechunk1

system.img_sparsechunk2

so I had to edit the prompt commands to match the file names.

May you're facing the same issue?

Try to auto-complete commands witht the tab key, it helps you not to give the wrong imputs :)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denzel09:
Ok, do you tried the Alonsoch tool? Read carefully the op, there is your "sparsechunk" problem and how fix it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2635706
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xcarab:
Thank you Landrea and Denzel

Yes Landrea, you were absolutely right the file names did not match.. i typed in the propper names and i was able to finish the whole process

Now i'm waiting for it to boot...

Finger crossed.

Thanks a lot to both of you.. You Rock!