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[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lelouch20:
Download first the flashtool then download ftf filein the general section..be sure to download the correct model number..you can update to 4.4 by this.. What country are you from?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sFranKv:
23852392 9

El Salvador, model number is c6902, so its doesnt matter if i have a locked bootloader i can just flash any ftf file?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lelouch20:
Yup..but make sure that you only flash c6902 ftf..or you will problems later...in locked bootloaders you cant flash custom kernels..thats it..as long as it is stock you can flash it..
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sFranKv:
Great!, tnx a lot for the help!.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lelouch20:
Happy to help mate...
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] floezz:
Branded phone. on stock 14.2.a.1.136

I have a question, Would my phone Imei number set itself to 000000000 if I flash the kitkat rom for my device? I tried flashing a stock rom on another build number which was unbranded and that resulted in no service, no connection to my sim manufacturer or able to look up the kernel, nothing worked. So please reply to my post. My phone is bound for 12 months and I would really like to flash a custom rom like Cyanogen on my device. Is there a way to do this or do I have to wait for a year?

After searching the xda forums I finally found a way to get my phone service up and running again.

My phone is Sony Xperia z1 build 6903 Stock 14.2.a.1.136. bound to a norwegian phone service named Telenor.

Any help or tips are much appreciated, I would really like to avoid encountering the same problem again it costed me alot of grief and will not continue to flash or do anything regarding my phone until someone would be kind enough to point me towards the how to's. Thank you for reading :)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
The "how to's" are very well sign posted in the general and development threads, they are stickies

No, you will not lose IMEI
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] floezz:
Thx for replying to my post. one up :)

I flashed a rom on saturday, stock unbranded. resulted in my IMEI settings to dissappear. They came reapeared after i flashed 290 build back on my phone.

can I ask you to please point me to the right thread regarding this problem? :)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Flash a 534 FTF

instal dual recovery

flash SuperSU from chainfire

flash a prerooted 4,4 rom

21 times this week.....
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lelouch20:
you cant use cyanogen rom bcoz it needs a custom kernel, and for you to be able to flash custom kernel you must have an unlocked bootloader..

im not an expert here but i think you cant unlock your bootloader if it is simlocked to your operator:confused:

you can only use modified stock rom as mention here by ;) "gregbradley"

so i think you'll have to wait for 12 months for you to flash cyanogen based rom:eek:
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Sim lock had nothing to do with boot loader unlock. Some Sim locked devices can be unlocked, some Sim free devices can not be unlocked
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] floezz:
Well i already have the sim unlock code. :) so i Will still use the same sim card, but how do warp into the sim unlock mode? I tried setting in another sim card but the phone just asked me to insert the pin for that as well. Then again I would love to unlock my phone and use the same sim card, only difference the phone will be totally mine. So i can flash whatever rom and kernel that suits me. I have been using cyanogen since day one and would love continue to do so.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Your SIM unlock code will not unlock the bootloader, so you will still be unable to flash custom kernels.

Please read what I have said, SIM unlock has nothing to do with Bootloader unlock.

It is true most branded phones have bootloaders which cannot be unlocked and most SIM free phones canbe unlocked. But that is not an exclusive rule.

If you cannot unlock it now, entering a SIM unlock code will NOT unlock your bootloader.

To enter your SIM unlock code, contact your provider who would have given it to you.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] floezz:
delete

My settings

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[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
You may want to not show your IMEI number to the world.

You can now goto the Sony website and unlock your bootloader using the official way. You can do this whilst you are still SIM locked, proving my point that SIM lock has nothing to do with bootloader unlock :D
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] floezz:
What possible harm can be done with my imei number? Well sim lock certainly voids the service connection flashing builds earlier than 290.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
If you don't know, then don't worry about it....but now anyone in the world can block your phone

That's not the SIM lock that does that. It does it on my phone and its SIM free.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] floezz:
Ok

---------- Post added at 12:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:28 PM ----------

I deleted the post, now final question deleting the sim lock literally will then not unlock my bootloader, that I am able to do as of now. But Completely deleting the sim lock will then leave my phone at my disposal, right? Since I have the sim unlock code, but I need to know how to remove the sim lock from my phone, cause using another sim card, which is not from the same company does not jump start the unlock mode.

Tell me if I got everything right. when I insert the sim unlock the sim lock will be completely gone from my phone right? regardless of what kernel or rom I use? and it can never come back?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Yes, just ask the provider of the sim unlock code how to enter it. It should be your network provider. SIM locks or restrictiosn are nothing to do with firmware, android versions or kernels.

Your bootloader can be unlocked now by visiting the official sony website.

Please do not confuse bootloader and sim lock. they are two different issues and you keep talking as if they are related.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] floezz:
When i flashed 534 the first time i got an issue a warning message this file is ignored simlock.bat and when i turned it back on my service provider was gone, the sim card didn't connect to any server (sattelite) so i can't flash any build for my phone?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
No, you can use it. Just follow the instructions and everything will be fine...
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] floezz:
Thanks

---------- Post added at 01:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:08 PM ----------

Thank you so much for the info :)
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mazdarati2:
I am using the Latte ROM with SDmerge but I'm not really a fan of it because of the speed. I want to go back to the Stock ROM but ofcourse, that's without SDmerge. Is there a stock rooted rom available for me?

Also, What do I need to do to give this phone to my GF, who will use another SD?

EDIT: Oh I screwed up the title...
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _conors_:
Hey, you can use the V10S Rooted Deodexed and Zipaligned made ​​by [MENTION=3485499]andwie[/MENTION].

You can add Step4 (SDmerge in Stock) to have 1.1 GB free applications, experience is like you've flashed via KDZ. :cool:

Here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2256583 you can find the rom.

And here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2209768 you can find the Step4 for StockMerge

(I suggest adding compressed files in zip Step4 the rom so you do not error with superuser binaries)

Luck

PD last thing about your girlfriend do not understand :confused:
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mazdarati2:
Oops, my girlfriend gave this phone to me as a replacement so this is actually her phone. When I pass my exams this phone will back to my girlfriend. Not sure how I need to set this phone up since it recognizes this SD for the SDmerge and not her SD.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _conors_:
What you want is to leave the phone without SDmerge or mistaken, to reverse this should make a flash using KDZ Updater.

After making the memories will return to KDZ detected separately, as if it came from the factory. :laugh:

If you like you can follow this video recommend you see it several times so that nothing bad room.

Luck.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mazdarati2:
So following this video will leave the phone on the stock ROM with warranty and with SDmerge on her SD?
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _conors_:
No, just do what you comment first, you install the V10s made ​​by andwie. Just follow the instructions I gave you in the second comment.

What the warranty I'm not sure if preserved, but should not give you problems :good:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sami7791:
I update my htc one to kitkat 4.19.401.5.after update my weather sound and animation is not working.i did everything such as reset factory,wiping the weather data in setting>App,checking sound effect in weather setting but still does not working!!!

help please!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sami7791:
i tried to flash nandroid restore to before android version 3.63.401.3 and update again the phone without unlocking boot loader so there was no problem weather animation but when i did unlock boot loader the problem is returned,now how can i unlock my phone without that problem?

sorry because of my poor english.

i'm persian ;)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tikerz:
I decided to download this and check it out. I expected to see all 4 cores running 100% @ 2.3GHz, but it seems to be throttled at 1.7GHz when all 4 cores are maxed out. CPU and Battery temp are normal so it's not overheating or anything.

Has anyone else played with it?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mushages:
you have the asian version of M8?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tikerz:
Oh no, sorry I typed 2.5, but I meant 2.3.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tikerz:
Using Trickster Mod, I enabled frequency lock and it worked. Now all 4 cores at 2.3GHz @ 100% load. Now I can warm my hands...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyorbee:
Hi, I'm on KK stock, rooted without custom recovery. I've changed some values in mixer_paths.xml to boost speakers, rebooted phone, and now it won't boot. I'm stuck after but animation on logo... It's there any way to fix this, maybe via an or something?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
Changing xml on the phone can cause issues such as the one you are experiencing now and since you don't have custom recovery the only way is to go back to stock
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyorbee:
I was trying to avoid that... You sure there is no other way?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guppysb:
When all else fails, use the LG flash tool to go back to stock. That's what I've learned.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyorbee:
Maybe there is some way to restore this file?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
well like I said without custom recovery there is no way of flashing anything so the only way is to go back to stock

It's moments like these you notice how important custom recovery is...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyorbee:
Ok, I restore stock via lg tool from kdz file, but on fresh stock, and even ehen i restore JB backup, phone don't see sim card...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AnantSimran:
I have a rooted motorola MB8655.

My phone's microphone volume is low such that the voice is not heard on the opposite side. I want to change it such that during calls the device inputting my voice belongs to that used during speakers.

Any help would be appreciated.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliud:
Hi, after a factory reset from twrp, i lost all the preinstalled apps and the weather app animation. Right now i'm downloadind viper one to try to extract them e put them back into my one. Should it works? Any other help?

Edit

Just extact from any stock-based rom the folder "weather" from system>media and put into the same folder in my One. Put permission to 755, restart and everything works fine!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulhm81:
I need some help. I have the same problem. I downloaded a stock rom and copied the folder on my phone via usb cable. I tried to copy the weather folder in /system/media and it only copies around 20 files, not all 36 of them. Anyway, after reboot the folder is gone. Can someone please tell me what am i doing wrong and why does the folder disappear on restart?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
You can't write files to /system unless you have an unsecured kernel, otherwise all files will be deleted after reboot like you are experiencing. Weather animations are stored in /data/preload btw.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulhm81:
ok, thanks for the info. I copied the files in data/preload and restarted the phone and it doesn't work. I rooted my phone a week ago and I noticed the weather wasn't animated anymore and I searched the forum for a solution and this thread said "solved" and that was the solution to copy them in system/media/weather/. Do you have any idea why isn't it working?

Thanks!

nervermind - permissions 755
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
I guess it depend on what sw version you are. On dev edition sw they are located in /data/preload. If you lost you weather animation, I guess its because you have unlocked bootloader. When you unlock the bootloader, /data get wiped including the /preload folder where stock apps like calculator, flashlight etc are stored and where the weather animations are stored. Don't forget to set permission to rw-r-r for all files in /data/preload
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonhX:
Same issue for unlock bootloader

Can u please tell me if I Lock the bootloader again (and of course doing a factory reset):

*Loose root access?

*can have flashlight, calculator and whether animations back?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
no. Factory reset wipe user data stored in /data partition. Root files are stored in /system partition so a factory reset will not unroot the phone. Relocking the bootloader (and/or factory reset) will not restore wiped apps (apps stored in /data/preload) caused by htcdev.com bootloader unlock. All files in /data/preload must be restored manually or you have to reset your phone back to 100% stock using a ruu, a nandroid backup, a stock odexed rom or a guru reset rom.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonhX:
Got it!

Would you mind giving me that apk's & animations so I can install/put them in their folders back? ?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
There are all different depeding your phone software version number. Post the output of "fastboot getvar all" except the imei and serialno.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] undergrid:
This is an interesting subject to me as the company I work for is acutally in the business of providing a service just as being discussed.

I'm not going to turn this into an advert, but let me give you a quick overview of our service. We run a fully mananged network which connects to a customers office network and to the 4 major MNO's in the UK (plus a few outside the UK, and were expanding). We have at least two private AP's on each MNO plus terminals can connect via a VPN over the internet. We support a number of terminals (mainly from HTC from the Wallaby to the Prophet, but also some from Panasonic, Symbol and Intermec) that connect VIA GPRS but also through GSM DUN as a fallback.

I've worked on the terminal side for about 7 years, I've been involved in development of most areas of the code at one time or another, but for a long time I was responsible for the module that is responsible for connecting to and maintaining the connection to either the MNO network (our AP's or the Public AP) or our own network (via GSM).

The one thing I've learned while doing this is that you can't rely on the MNO for anything. We've had MNO's disconnect us from AP's without warning, we've had IP connections stop passing data again without warning, we've had AP's reject a connection when out auth server told the AP to accept it.

This being true, if your claiming your software is reliable and expecting someone to bet their business on using it, you'd better make sure that it can handle all these issue. Theres nothing worse than trying to explain to a customer why his message didn't go through when both the back-end office and mobile device claim their connected.

And one last thing, and its a big one, Cost. Its easy to make a system that costs so much to run that its economically unviable. Remember every GPRS byte or GSM second costs money, so polling for messages every few seconds may not be a great idea.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] undergrid:
Hurm....

This was supposed to be a reply to this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=43426

I have no idea how it got into its own thread...

Appologies.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] OdeeanRDeathshead:
That is exactly my point of veiw. Why have to be constantly connected? Its a dirty solution. The only ones who benifit from a middle man are the service providers. Thats why I have put all my effort into using what is reliable. A normal phone call.

I have spent the last 9 months creating something that can reliably transfer data over calls. When I say reliable I mean when data is sent the user will get a confirmation for each packet sent an can be 100% certain it arrived intact when with the confirmation.

Depending on the phone plan it can be cheaper than other means of communication like gprs and mms on phones. When there is no flag fall I can transfer the same data as an mms (on my account anyway) for about half the cost. In free times transmition can be free. What makes the technology usefull is the price. In Australia all forms of data transfer are VERY high, but that is not the case in other countries.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] undergrid:
You miss my point somewhat. I don't know about Australia but here in the UK your not actually charged for having a GPRS connection up and running just for the data you transfer over it and so our GPRS connections are up all the time assuming you have coverage. Its how you manage the connection (detecting the IP layer stopping working for example) and the data that flows over it thats important.

When it comes to GSM though your right, there is no way you want to have a permanent connection up, it has to be on-demand based. That in itself leads to problems, the main being that you have to handle charging your customer for the data calls you make to the terminal. Or if you don't connect to the terminal, and it only connects to you, how does the terminal know when messages are waiting.

For us, GSM us a last-ditch solution when GPRS isn't available. However in the UK we've generally found that if you can make a GSM call you can connect to GPRS, and if GPRS is down for some reason, the whole cell is generally not available (so GSM doesn't work either). There are occasions where a hardware failure on a MNO (not at the cell but in the rest of the network) may cause GPRS to stop working but allow GSM to work but situations like that are rare and generally quickly rectified by the MNO.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] biso46:
I flashed Reincarnation for GT-S5570I as steps and it didn't boot why???
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] biso46:
Accually, I really don't have 10 posts to post on our fourm so i think you could help me.

Right?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] ast00:
Did you wipe? Most people say they did everything and they don't wipe. And are you using CWM or stock recovery? That's another mistake people often make.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] biso46:
I wiped factory data and data partition and using CWM v.5
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] biso46:
Btw, It has an installation while flashing and it was written that it's for galaxy Y but the topic that i got link from was on Galaxy mini GT-S5570I android development fourm
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] ast00:
Are you using this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2649487 recovery or which?

And the text at installation can say anything, it's a matter of changing a line in the updater script. You can make it say Galaxy S5 and work on s5570i.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] NightRaven49:
I think just wiping data isn't enough. You might want to wipe everything like /data, /cache and /system.

Also (this is important), remember to mount all partitions before flashing the kernel first (wiping /system probably removes the kernel, just in case) and then flashing the ROM.

In the installation it says Galaxy Y GT-S5360, but the necessary porting has been done so it is safe to flash for our phone. You can edit it not in the updater-script but in some txt files related to the Aroma Installer.

Sent because I <3 Aerith :D
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] biso46:
Ok, Thanks, Guys

Sent from my device GT-S5570I with my own words
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] biso46:
Yes, I use this Version of CWM

Sent from my device GT-S5570I with my own words
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] ast00:
Updater script should mount everything and unmount everything when finished.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] NightRaven49:
I don't know if it does, just mount to be sure.

Sent because I <3 Aerith :D
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] biso46:
Allright guys,

If tried to reflash it and was done and on it's fourm someone said that he was on boot for 3 hours!!!!!

Sent from my device GT-S5570I in my own words ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] foxthemene:
hello there

i have xperia p that worked like charm

suddenly the back light disappear

i can see the screen but with no light and everything is working

plz help me

i flashed it with flashtool but with no success
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] matood:
Try just adkust backlight in settings
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dhtj:
it could be hardware problem. Which isnt very cheap :(
[G2 General] penfold:
"Unfortunately the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped" fix after kitkat

didn't see this solution elsewhere so if it's already covered feel free to delete this...

After OTA update to kitkat kept getting the "Unfortunately the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped" on every reboot.

If reported fix disabling and re-enabling "Downloads" does not work:

Clear the cache and data for all the keyboards you are using and reboot.

I was using the Google keyboard and this worked for me.
[G2 General] latinoboi30:
I still haven't received the OTA update to KitKat yet but as of about an hour ago, my phone has been popping up with that exact same message.
[G2 General] goast:
This worked for me too... Thanks bro
[G2 General] Bulutz:
Thanks

Thanks. It worked for me too :)
[G2 General] pangouan:
SwiftKey also have this problem
[G2 General] Mattecko99:
Using Swiftkey, neither options are fixing this error.
[G2 General] AndrewM3:
swiftkey

I switched to swiftkey and then the problem went away
[G2 General] largepkg:
Thanks, cleared the Google keyboard and it fixed the pop-up error. However, in the app drawer a lot of Google apps show a date of 12/31/1969. Any reason for this and is it normal?
[G2 General] Mattecko99:
I am using swiftkey but the problem persists.
[G2 General] Chris_n00bz:
Uninstall, restart your phone then reinstall SwiftKey. That did the trick for me.
[G2 General] Yz_:
Oh yeah, it work.... Just clear data&cache both lg keyboard n' SwiftKey
[G2 General] saturnz96:
Just had to register and say thanks, clearing all the keyboards worked, I had tried almost everything!:good:
[G2 General] billykxda:
Worked for me too.

Thanks OP.

-bk
[G2 General] ShahinTehShiz:
Worked for me, thanks a bunch!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tarun93:
hi guys i m noob to this but i found a source code for Lenovo S930 which is getting 4.4 update now can someone guide me how do i port the ROM to my Xolo Q700S ??

help is thelink

the s930 has a screen res of 720p which higher then the Q700s(480 x 854) and the front cam is 1.3 mp(my xolo q700s has VGA)

pls someone help or guide me how do i port it pls guys