yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 5 General] jphilippon:
Oh gosh. Give the guy some credit. It's really nice. Some people don't want to learn.

sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] simms22:
credit for what? making something that there are a bunch of available already? or credit for making it easier to be clueless about what you are actually doing to your device? the only root toolkit that ill ever give credit to is the toolkit that goes through all the steps, and teaches you what you are actually doing to your device per step, and how to fix it if you mess something up. but it doesnt exist yet.

anyways, this isnt really about the op, its about root toolkits in general. kudos to the op for being able to make it nevertheless.
[Nexus 5 General] Darth:
In reality...those that don't want to learn and use toolkits, are usually the ones posting " my phone is bricked" threads.

Not knowing how this stuff works is a bad idea. Unless you have money to burn on new phones. :)
[Nexus 5 General] jphilippon:
The kid is 15. such a waste of effort to post these stupid comments. If you're tired of telling people how to fix their phones when they don't know how to use adb stop doing it.

sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] simms22:
i think you missed my "kudos to the op for being able to make it nevertheless". if i waa tired of helping people fix their phones, i wouldnt be here. besides for trinity kernel, the only reason im here is to help people. obviously you arent here to help other people, youre here to help yourself(which you have asked for help from other people before). anyways, adb isnt needed. you can greatly enjoy modding your devices(the right way) and never learn adb. heck, i dont know adb(ok, very basically). i dont even own a computer, desktop nor laptop. what IS needed to know is just fastboot. everything else besides initially unlocking the bootloader and first recovery flash doesn't need any kind of computer access, can be done without a computer.
[Nexus 5 General] jphilippon:
I help every chance I know how, and I ask when I don't. I don't put people down for working hard.

sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Robinrob88:
Grt job bro
[Nexus 5 General] simms22:
again, what i said has nothing to do with the op. that the op is 15, and is able to make such a thing, is just wonderful, really.
[Nexus 5 General] Citizen_Snips:
Hi, OP. I usually use ADB / fastboot commands, but I liked the look of your toolkit. I was going to download and check it out, but Chrome blocks the download every time for Malware. No other toolkit is blocked by this. Just checked to make sure. Might want to take a look at that.
[Nexus 5 General] GabrijelBoduljak:
Sorry, but here is no malware, maybe it blocks because there is an exe in archive.
[Nexus 5 General] rayiskon:
It's sad that this thread got hijacked by the pro/against toolkits discussion.

OP is a young guy, he's in Grade 8, and the fact that he wrote this piece of software is just wonderful. His Android Toolkit project won 1st place in the informatics competition for elementary schools in Croatia. Some well known Croatian web portals interviewed him and wrote about what he's doing, this can only be encouraging for other kids to pick up a programming language and step into the world of coding and software development.

One of my best friends develops for iOS , he traveled to many parts of the world and pitched his projects in many contests. He got job offers from companies in Canada and the US (a big deal when you're from a small European country). Hell, he even got to meet Steve Wozniak in London earlier this year.

So whether you like toolkits or not, give this guy credit, don't bash his efforts. A lot of opportunities and doors will open for him if he continues with development.

[MENTION=5097320]GabrijelBoduljak[/MENTION] buddy keep up the good work. Kudos for the nice Holo layout.
[Nexus 5 General] GabrijelBoduljak:
[MENTION=3466355]rayiskon[/MENTION] - thanks for the recently written post. I would also like to say that the next version will include the tutorial and detailed guide. But, this tool was made for users who really know what they are doing.
[Nexus 5 General] TyrionGOT:
Indeed, why have a nice and easy-to-use interface for anything? You should definitely put down someone's effort to increase ease of use because people should use manual command line interface for everything. Icons? Install files? Silly nonsense. It's so easy to launch a program by command or pack an install file. So much more control and knowledge. :rolleyes: It's precisely this mentality that held the Linux community to a marginal group for so many years.

OP: Thanks for the sleek program and pleasant interface. Great work on this.
[Nexus 5 General] simms22:
great, you replied to a two month old post in a dead thread.

and yes, what are YOU going to tell all those that learned absolutely nothing because of using the toolkit, yet cry about their phone being "bricked" because it won't pass the bootscreen. yet all it would take is some simple maintenance that they didn't learn just because they were lazy and used the toolkit. and end up throwing their perfectly good phones away because of it?

yea, nice first post of yours.
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
Alternatively, let's promote the use of toolkits, get jobs as "garbage men" and really reap the rewards ;)
[Nexus 5 General] trsix:
shuddup

SHUDDUP
[Nexus 5 General] simms22:
great post. I looked up shuddup in a few dictionaries, it doesn't exist, its not a word. when you learn how to use real words(doesn't matter what language), please repost.
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
How cruel :( :p
[Nexus 5 General] :
The truth is often unkind. The bottom line is, toolkits do NOT promote knowledge. They promote laziness. Then the forums fill up with "HELP" or "CRYING" or "MY PHONE IS BRICKED" threads. When the painful truth is, if the user knew just the slightest bit of information about fastboot, they could fix their own problem. While I give kudos to the OP for his creation, especially for someone so young, I still, and will continue, to strongly recommend that users avoid toolkits and learn how to use fastboot and ADB commands.
[Nexus 5 General] Koopa777:
It's not even like they need to be command line gurus...adb push/pull, adb/fastboot devices, fastboot flash, adb/fastboot reboot, adb bugreport/taking a logcat....that's practically all you need to fix 99% of issues. :D
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
I don't know why you've quoted me. I think you didn't see the sarcasm in my post. :angel::silly:

Anyways, enough of OT! Outa here! :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] GiGaLeOnZa:
Did you hard brick your Verizon Note 2? Flashed the wrong boot loader, now you're bootlooping and ODIN can't save you??

We all know a ton of users who have had this happen to them, I read it all the time. After stumbling upon another post I figured I had a chance. The instructions are clear but I want to build upon them with my own experience.

So first off many, many thanks to KOBOL for posting his guide which is buried below a ton of other posts in this General Section. I wouldn’t have a working phone without his work!

A bit of background info: I flashed a T-Mobile Note 2, 4.3 ODIN Image for My Verizon Note 2 because I wasn't paying attention... All I saw: "4.3 stock/rooted/deodex with 4.1.2 bootloader" (which I have) and "no wifi fix needed & stock kernel running smooth" (I have wifi fix & custom kernel, both which cause constant reboots) SO... I flashed it and boot-looped. "Good job, dumb dumb" I thought to myself as I gazed upon my hard bricked phone. No ODIN restore could get me out of this one, and I tried for 2 hours...

Then I found Kobol's post on unbricking your phone. I read the instructions, I was very confused at first as to how I was going to get this accomplished, so I am writing up this re-tutorial with new instructions. Make sure you have precision screwdrivers, flat and philips head.

Continue to Post #2 to Unbrick your i605!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] GiGaLeOnZa:
Instructions for Unbricking Hard-bricked i605

1a) DOWNLOAD THIS - It contains an IMG file you'll need to restore your 4.1.2 Bootloader, also contains 2 pictures of the resistor you'll need to short. More on that later.

1b) The above download is all you need if you're on 4.1.2.If you're on the newer 4.3 MJ9 Bootloader, download this too and use that IMG instead. the 4.1.2 download is necessary because of the pictures. Not 56k friendly. I will edit when KOBOL reviews this and allows me re-upload his pictures as a separate download.

2) Download and install win32diskimager. it'll write those image files to the micro SD card properly. DO NOT JUST DRAG AND DROP THE IMG... YOU MUST WRITE IT WITH AN IMAGING PROGRAM :)

3) Write the downloaded IMG file to the Micro SD using win32diskimager. Select the source and destination, that's it super easy. Make sure Micro SD is at least 2GB. I used a 32GB it was the only one I had and it worked fine, no need for exactly 2GB micro SD.

4) Open phone, no need to completely dismantle to the screen.... many good videos can be found on youtube. Take out every screw you can see and remove the rear outer plastic casing.

5) Once the board is exposed, remove the black screw that holds the speaker assembly to the phone. Remove and place speaker aside.

6) Remove 2nd screw on the right side along the skinny motherboard strip. Remove all wifi connectors/lcd connectors/camera connectors, etc. The motherboard can now be removed completely.

7) Gently remove the speaker/power button, the power button has a mild adhesive to hold it to the phone, as does the headphone speaker. Peel them off and out of the phone.

8) remove the charging port board from the phone housing, that too has adhesive, peel up carefully and place aside. You'll need this outside and plugged into the board eventually as well.

On to Post #3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] GiGaLeOnZa:
17) Power up your phone and you should be greeted with the "Verizon has detected..." blah blah unauthorized software. AWESOME AND CONGRATS! Pull the battery and boot to Download/ODIN mode.

** NOTE ** I have NO IDEA if you can downgrade during this process, no one in KOBOL's thread had yet to confirm as of this writing. Flash whatever you're coming from, you went this far to Un-brick your phone, why do it again? If you went to 4.3, deal with it ;) and restore 4.3 Coming from 4.1.2? restore 4.1.2 then! Besides SafeStrapping is coming soon

18) Restore your phone with a working ODIN image, whether it be a stock keis image, your favorite ODIN image (root66 ODIN is great) etc. etc.

19) After the ODIN restore is complete, you may boot loop but this is normal, you need a factory reset. Pull battery, boot recovery, do a factory reset. You'll be OK now!

20) BASK IN THE GLORY OF YOUR RESTORED VERIZON GALAXY NOTE 2!

I'm sorry I don't have any of my own pictures, it was nerve-racking enough just to get through this and have enough hands to do it. Waking up my girlfriend so I can ask her "hold the battery just like this..." at 2 AM would have been a bad idea..

MANY, MANY, MAAAANY thanks to KOBOL for engineering this very clever recovery process... I would be out a phone right now or shopping online for JTAG devices. All the while be at work with no phone tomorrow and the next day while I wait for a replacement phone to arrive. To think I have insurance and most likely would have been fine to get a replacement (sent rooted & unlocked phones back several times no issues) I did this all so I wouldn't be without my phone for 36 hours!!

May this guide be helpful to even ONE PERSON... please give thanks, and more importantly, message KOBOL and ask him how to send a donation, I will be doing so myself!

Best of luck to all. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] OffTheChainz:
Excellent DIY post! Thank you for sharing your experience and methods!

In your final comments are you mentioning this will also allow you to downgrade for those who did the 4.3 OTA update?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] roflcoptersoisoi:
If someone would help me put setup my micro sd for the flash i would try a downgrade. I dont have a micro sd to sd adapter for my laptop.......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigshotrob22:
I tried this for a bout a 2 hours. I got a white screen a few times. Weird thing is I couldn't get it to boot and when I finally did I was able to boot into Odin mode only
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] iooooooc:
Were you attempting to downgrade? Once you got into ODIN, could you actually download ROMS?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigshotrob22:
Yea I was attempting to downgrade. I noticed the resistor was broken so now I need to fix the resistor and try this again
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] iooooooc:
Can't wait...took my phone apart last week and had the same reaction you did in KOBOL's original thread (this crap is WAY to small)...I am looking forward to see if this downgrade is possible. I will keep you posted if I get around to trying this method before you get the chance to fix that resistor...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigshotrob22:
Sounds good. I got a message to appear on the screen but right after the screen went crazy and that's when I noticed the resistor was broken.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] GiGaLeOnZa:
Aww shucks, yea that puppy is really tiny so best of luck. When it's time to remove it you can nuke it real quick with a soldering iron and pull it off with tweezers. Pre-tin the new resistor and then blast it onto the board. that'll be pretty tricky.

FYI to those who continue onwards to fix their phones... do not short it while giving it power for more than 5 seconds. KOBOL mentioned that in his original post and I headed to it, it appears that resistor can be damaged so be careful. I guess after several hours of attempts it gave out. Best of luck, bigshotrob22.

Thank you! I didn't mean to insinuate that a 4.3 downgrade could be possible with this method, more like I was mentioning people were contemplating doing it. If I was on the 4.3 bootloader I'd have tried it, I think this is more of a backdoor homebrew j-tag to restore. I'm interested to see if it can be done too!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] roflcoptersoisoi:
Any tips on shorting this? I'm going to test this for a downgrade this weekend.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] iooooooc:
I plan on using a pair of fine tip tweezers...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] GiGaLeOnZa:
Be careful!

I had used a very small precision screwdriver, like one you would get in an eye glass kit. It worked just fine for me. You don't need to grab the sides of the resistor, there is enough metal on top of it to short it with a screwdriver. Just be careful, everyone.

I don't know how you'd get a new resistor on the board, that is a bit beyond my technical abilities. Maybe with a magnifying glass, a needle-tipped soldering iron and a very steady hand??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jkiwitt:
I have successfully unbricked two Sch-I605 by writing image to sd card . One I used a usb jig for 5 seconds the other by using three buttons to get in download mode I did not have to short resistor and those two were bricked.after screen said sdcard is loaded to emmc I pulled battery then reflashed with odin. One was on 4.3 the other was 4.12. Thanks to all involved for making this possible. I now have two working notes with unlocked bootloaders.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] roflcoptersoisoi:
How did a jig work... doesn't USB jigs put you in download mode...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] GiGaLeOnZa:
Same issue, different solutions? Unlocked 4.3??

Please explain the conditions the phones were in a bit more, I'm curious as to how you did it without the resistor trick. I was able to boot my phone to download mode but I couldn't flash it with ODIN for PC because it would write fail. Perhaps I could have re-flashed the phone by using the SD only, no resistor shorting necessary?

I think the resistor shorting is for people who are truly F'ed and have no Download mode, booting etc. I would love to get more clarification on this. I'll append my original post/guide and leave out the entire disassembling process and just have the users use the SD image KOBOL provided.

There's a few scenarios I can imagine:

1) Bricked like I was, flashed right phone, but wrong carrier firmware. Download mode only, can't write anything to NAND, boot-looped constantly - SD Card re-image Only?

2) Bricked with NO use-able interface. Download mode is toast, no life from phone whatsoever. (Perhaps flashed not only wrong carrier bootloader like I did, maybe user flashed completely different phone firmware?!) - Resistor trick??

3) Bricked via flashing correct firmware that is somehow corrupted. ODIN froze mid-flash, cable unplugged accidentally, etc. - SD Card re-image Only?

I would like to verify the repairable condition of any bricked state so I can at least know exactly what to do to fix it. The opening line of my OP is "flashed wrong firmware now you're bootlooping?" but there are so many ways to make this happen that require different solutions.

Let me know about those 2 phones when you can, thanks. and WAIT A SEC... I just noticed your statement, "I now have two working notes with unlocked bootloaders." So did you unlock 4.3 with this method?!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] GiGaLeOnZa:
Did my research, looks like a jig forces download mode yes? so I see 3 things happening...

1) you CAN access Download Mode manually with 3-button power up. No ODIN flashing can save you but the SD Card trick works. I did the resistor method anyways because I didn't try it with SD-Only. This is still a soft brick I guess, if it can be fixed via SD and not a teardown. Worked for me because I had correct phone, but improper carrier firmware so Download Mode still worked??

2) you CAN'T get to Download Mode so you use a jig which forces Download Mode. I'm assuming if Download Mode can't even be accessed pre-jig or pre-resistor attempt... how is the firmware capable of being re-written from SD?

3) you CAN'T access Download Mode and you don't have a jig, so you use the resistor technique. It sort of does what the jig does only forces it at the board level and requires a teardown.

Next time I F-up my phone, I'll try and restore it via SD-Only. Otherwise, we might be able to skip this resistor-technique and use a jig instead. More info on USB Jigs here
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] iooooooc:
Could you please clarify? I just attempted the three button method and was able to access download mode, but nothing will write from my SD card. Is there another step I need to do to get the .img to write once I am in download mode? I am attempting to downgrade from 4.3 to 4.1.2
[Android Apps and Games] javamonkey:
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As he eats more, he grows bigger.

Help Bobo to collect all the candy, but watch his size in this tricky puzzler !

Video:

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Screenshots:

Complete 10 levels with maximum amount of stars.

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Every level can be completed with 3 stars.

1 star - All candy eaten

2 star - All bonuses eaten

3 star - Level completed in limited amount of time

Features:

- Winter graphics

- Icy levels

- Different controlling inputs(slide penguin Bobo with joistick or with tapping (best for tablets))

- 10 levels with different complexity

- Dynamically growing character

- Collect candy and earn stars

QR Code:

Your feedback and opinions about it are warmly welcome :)
[Android Apps and Games] shaheen916:
Sorry

This app deosnt supports my phone. Micromax A63. Can you post .apk file.?
[Android Apps and Games] javamonkey:
Thank you !

Attached APK to thread.
[Moto X Q&A] hackercity:
I am looking for a TWRP flashable zip of the latest OTA.

I dont really want to RSD back to accept the OTA. I am running Eclipse 3.2.1 now.

Kind of a pain to safe all my data off, revert back then restore

Thanks,
[Moto X Q&A] thelandon:
I'd love to have this available to the community as well!
[Moto X Q&A] murso74:
Been waiting on the same because lazy
[Moto X Q&A] hackercity:
There has to be someone who can build one.

I have been trying for the last few hours.

I am trying to extract the system.IMG. I have used a number of tools but no success...
[Moto X Q&A] KidJoe:
Keep in mind the OTA has a manifest file of "check sums" of files it looks for on your phone. If they are not there, or the ones there don't match the check sum, the OTA will fail. So if Eclipse 3.2.1 is a custom rom, the OTA will most certainly fail.

The way OTA (inside the zip) is written, it wont install from TWRP either. You'd have to open it up, and try to modify it, to make it installable via TWRP or CWM.
[Web App Development] Gpoyle2016:
So i found this project : [Simple-android-instant-messaging-application] on google code : and want to play around with it personally, i set it up how it says but when i try to register it just says unfortunately androidIM has stopped. And in the server logs it says Error: SignUpUser or Authenticate user.... can anyone tell me whats wrong? :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] 7mada:
Hello :)

Can I install (carbon rom) using safestrap?

https://carbon-rom.com/downloads/?device=jflteatt
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
No, only tw based roms will work. Carbon is asop based

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] omarilzz:
Swap Sd Card in Galaxy Ace Plus GT-S7500

This Mod is Ported From Galaxy Ace 2 CM 11

Mod Was Created Under init.d And Made By Souffre and Ported By Omarilzz And Fixed By mon_iker

What Works?

IT Replaces Your 1.8 GB Internal With Your External SD What Ever Size it was Mine is 15 GB

Bugs Need To Be Fixed

Solved By mon_iker

Proof of its Working

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Mod Download Link: Download or From Attachment if link does not work

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Best Luck

Don`t Forget to give your opinion and donate Please :) :D :cool:

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[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] mon_iker:
Link not working
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] j.posarekar70:
[MENTION=4635200]omarilzz[/MENTION] is back.. :highfive:

try to fix your download link bro..
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] mon_iker:
Anyway, thanks for the heads up OP. I took Souffre's script and modified it for ace plus. Both internal and external sdcards are getting swapped perfectly. Thanks for the inspiration and credits to Souffre for the script.
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] omarilzz:
How Did you accomplish to fix it what dev blocks you changed :)
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] mon_iker:
For ace plus original dev block for sdcard0 is 179.23 and sdcard1 179.97. Just swap it.
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] coolfzk:
install abort.
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] syahradzi:
Aborted

How to installed this mod? because i cant flash it.
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] omarilzz:
if it don`t install by flashing then all you have to do is extract it and then copy the file from the extracted system\etc\init.d which is called Swap SD Ace Plus initd and paste it into your phone system\etc\init.d and reboot your phone
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] wmfaiz:
already do that and not work
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] MegaBoyX9:
Is it required to fix permissions doing it this way? I'm not trying this as I moved away from swapping, it's dirty and sloppy I just couldn't get used to it.
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] trendchanger:
HEY ..I got error while flashing so tried moving the files to respected folder ..while extracting saw the swap ace plus initd file was inside system folder...i guess as u said i should be inside system /et/initd right???? may be this is the reason for error??

also am confused..the main file should replace some files already present hence naming of the files should be exactly same i guess????:rolleyes:

make it flashable :cowboy:
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] omarilzz:
it should be inside init.d folder
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] syahradzi:
not working.. :(