yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] risidoro:
Machinegod is right (as always): the only way to change a G4 ROM (upgrade or dowgrade) is to cook a ROM without IPL/SPL. I wrote a tutorial on how to do it here: http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=56088.

bye
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] kamakazi17:
Incorrect.

I started off with 2.25 G3 Chipped cingular First thing i did was unlock the sim with 3.0a. Then i downgraded to 1.8 custom rom. From there i went with Loki's 2.0b CID unlock.

Just make sure you don't have 2.25.001 etc. You don't want trailing ".001" after the 2.25. if you have trailing numbers, it means that you have the G4 chips and you'll probably fry your system if you try reflashing it.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] mengesb:
keyword - G3 chipset.

The above is refering to G4 chipsets and difficulties doing upgrades with that chipset. If you have a G4 chipset you'll have to cook your own rom without ipl/spl updates - which is what gets updated typically and requires a CID unlock.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] titus666:
Just on that note, I followed your lovely tutorial, cooked a ROM without the IPL/SPL and now can use the BB connect client without issues! Thanks for the tutorial.
[Sprint LG G2] Abu Nazir:
So just got my G2 the other day and noticed whenever im in LTE area my weather widget will not update and gps doesnt hardly work either. Also when using browser, at the bottom of google it will say location unknown. When i try to update my weather widget it will fail and pop up a black box at the bottom of screne saying location services temporarily unavailable. When i go out of LTE back into 3G all of those things work just fine. Gps locates fast, weather widget updates, and in google it will show my precise location. Told sprint about this, guy at store gave me a new phone thinking it was a problem with the phone. Got the new phone home into LTE and exact same issue. 3G everything is fine. Called sprint dude and he told me i would have to call tech support. So, im wondering if this has happened to anyone else and is there a fix. Really dont know what else to do and really dont feal like dealing with sprint doofs not understanding what im talking about asking me if ive turned on location access. Lol. Ive seen posts about dialer codes and all that but am too nervous to mess something up when i dont quite understand what the issue could even be. So im calling tech support right now. You guys! Lol. Any help would be great. Thanks
[General Topics] wingnutg144:
I had wanted to reset my Galaxy Tab P5113 to factory OS, and download a couple versions of factory firmware, but when I use ODIN to flash it, the tablet just boots and then cycles and reboots again.

Any way to fix this?? It had CM11 on it before I tried to reset it to factory default.

Ideas???

Thanks
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddytheyeti2:
Hey, I rooted my Lg g2, and I see that there is an update for srpint G2's to get to kitkat, however I am on jellybean. I am not seeing an update for kitkat, and when I manually check it says I am up to date? is this because I rooted, or?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BreakingVZW:
No it isn't because you have root. I wouldn't accept the OTA though. There isn't a native root process for KitKat as of yet. We just have the sneaky pants ninja workaround at the moment bc of the new KitKat security shenanigans. OTAs are sometimes pushed out in waves. When the AT&T OTA pushed I didn't get it until 2 days after it was initially pushed. I'd just keep checking. If you get the "Device is up to date. You can check again in 24 hrs" message you can get around that by going into date and time and manually changing your date to tomorrow and it lets you check again right away.

Also you might want to edit your post title. Spring G2 :P

EDIT: Actually I just found out ioroot25 roots KitKat without the downgrade workaround. Yay XDA devs!!!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddytheyeti2:
Thanks for the info! however, still no update available
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
you can always try either a)contacting your company and asking them to push the ota or b)depending on which device you have there are roms/kdz/tots to flash kk if you don't want to wait http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2705259
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bennyboy2120:
my friend wiped his kindle and there is no os the first time it booted after it took us to twrp now it wont there is no blue logo i used fire utility but now it doesnt say its online please help.\!!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guru Zeb:
Hi

I rooted my S5830i then moved onto add CWM this one ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2583845 )

was sure it was correct version.

After flash and reboot am stuck in boot loop samsung logo no further.

i can get back into recovery but cannot seem to flash a clean rom.

Recovery reports

Appling muti-CSC-

E:failed to mount /system (invalid argument)

E:failed to mount /system (invalid argument)

tried reflashing CWM

and tried to flash a couple of roms

nothing seems to work always get samsung logo and boots no further.

Really appreciate some assistance.

Thanks in advance

Zeb
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikunj.baheti@gmail.com:
your bad bro

hey bro i visited the link given by you and by mistake you have flashed GT-S5830's CWM over you GT-S5830i and the device might be bricked is the download mode accessible
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amolgosavi:
Go to this link for s5830i cwm file..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1552792
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guru Zeb:
Hi thanks for the reply and assistance.

Yes i can still boot into download mode

any suggestions??
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikunj.baheti@gmail.com:
then visit this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1840645 and follow the instructions to flash you mobile back to stock rom and report

hope it helps
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guru Zeb:
Thanks for your help.

downloaded and flashed. On flash i get CWM options but am back to stock bootloader on reboot.

Any further suggestions ??
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guru Zeb:
Hi guys

Seriously thanks for the help. Am now back into my phone got AceCream flashed and working like a dream.

Thanks soooo much for your help and assistance guys seriously.

Thanks

Zeb
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikunj.baheti@gmail.com:
press the thanks button if we helped
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xlSKYFiRElx:
that is for S5830 not s5830i

i attached CWM5 which is the latest and currently stable CWM for Ace-i

The GT-S5830i CWM.zip is a temporary CWM, which means once you restarted your phone, your recovery will be reverted to stock recovery.

here is how to make CWM permanent

1. Go To Stock Recovery [Home + Vol Up + Power]

2. install from SD Card

3. Locate GT-S5830i CWM.zip and flash

after that you will be booted to CWM Recovery

4. install from SD Card

5. Locate Permanent CWM.zip and flash

6. reboot

now you have a permanent CWM

NOTE: the Permanent CWM.zip has some apps with it like a very outdated SuperSU, DroidWall and No Frills. So you must reflash your Custom ROM to get rid of it

CREDITS TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE CWM ZIPS :) ..

HIT THANKS IF I HELPED :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hynes21:
Hello, So I rooted my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777, my main problem was it was really slow as in molasses up a hill slow, so I rooted it could I get sum assistance as to specific apps that can removed to help speed it up
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
It isn't always that easy. What are you on now? Stock Gingerbread or Jelly Bean?

Sometimes simply changing the kernel can speed up the device, but if you're still on the stock kernel you're limited in the tweak options available to you.

Also, we have no way of knowing what apps you have in the first place, so, again, more information please.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hynes21:
My apologies for not providing enough data.. I'm running jellybean Kernel version: 3.0.31-844945 se. Infra@sep. 143#1...apps that i currently have.. Whatsapp, skype, titanium back up pro, Instagram, Facebook, gmail, es explorer.. Etc nothing out of the ordinary
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
That's the stock kernel you're on, so unless you switch to AJK 4.9 NoSwap you're going to be greatly limited in what you can do to "speed" up your device.

One of the most basic things to do is to turn off sync, and control that process manually. This will not only save you battery it'll also give you the ability to control this process from running in the background. Facebook and Skype are massive resource hogs, Facebook being the biggest offender. You need to delete that one immediately and use either the browser version or this modded apk developed by [MENTION=2675647]elesbb[/MENTION] that does a great job of silencing certain permissions.

But the best thing you can do is read read read; there are hundreds of guides around XDA that are filled with wonderful things!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Another thing that might help right off the bat is to install Greenify. Then set it to put apps that you use into hibernation when not in use. You can download it free from the play store.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
When were you going to tell me about THIS little jewel!? You're holding out on me [MENTION=4608191]SteveMurphy[/MENTION] :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
Yep, it's what I do! Just gave you another possible solution for FastDormancy in the RR thread...
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] longtrenton1242:
I cannot get my sprint S4 Mini to root using kingo app. KNOX pops up and says unauthorized access or something like that. My first phone I had from sprint would root using kingo app. But I had to get a replacement and it came with the "WiFi Calling" update or whatever. How can I get it to root now?

Model number: SPH-l520

Android Version: 4.2.2

Kernel Version: 3.4.0-2489097
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leaderbuilder:
You're in the wrong forum sport.

This is for the Sprint Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] longtrenton1242:
There is no spot for the Sprint S4 mini. So this is the second best spot
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daniel4653:
You could contact chainfire or check his thread to see of it works.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VECTUS:
Yes there is and I moved it here.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] longtrenton1242:
Anyone know how to help? I've tried contacting chainfire but he/she did not answer me
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justlovejoy:
If the device in question is indeed the mini.. Your Op has the wrong model number for the sprint version. Starts with L- not I and I think that's what was thrown off. However, don't use Kingo these days you must search. It's in here I'll check.

Edit:

No help yet, sorry I don't know.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] longtrenton1242:
I have L. it is just not capital. little l big L
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbpaddler:
If chainfire won't help, then there is no help. I've been asking around to no avail. My Mini is getting returned. Done with Samsung.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justlovejoy:
Saferoot is what I think most use:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48392009&postcount=1
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] longtrenton1242:
It has been patched in the latest s4 mini for sprint update
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justlovejoy:
Dang, I'm not sure of what will work for you but did you fix it already?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbpaddler:
The only fix is for someone to create a way to root via odin that bypasses knox, and since nobody cares about this phone, that's not happening any time soon. It's already been EOL'd so it's not going to gain any traction. I just returned mine. Not worth having at this point.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dominique.j.lopez:
Root Works

I got mine rooted today after coming back to stock from custom ROM. I have my KNOX Tripped which i dont care about and if you dont care about tripping it either ill let ya know how i did it. LMK
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbpaddler:
Do tell. I just ordered a return kit to send mine back. If I know I can root it after each update, I might keep it.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dominique.j.lopez:
You have to flash a custom Recovery via Odin. This will Trip KNOX to 0X1! Here is a link to the file. https://www.dropbox.com/s/3d1q1dzelglf093/recovery.tar.md5

Once you have flashed the recovery reboot into Recovery and install from ZIP. the zip file you need to flash is. https://www.dropbox.com/s/xpoc279um1b6uf9/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.94%5B1%5D.zip

Once that is complete reboot and go to SuperSU App and Bam you are rooted.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbpaddler:
Where'd the custom recovery come from?

Ugh...decisions decisions...Keep or return.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dominique.j.lopez:
The recovery was used from S0be's thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2669991. I used his recovery-serranoltespr_cwm_based_6.0.4.7.img link and converted to MD5.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] signal34:
I just got a used one in the mail today that was already on NA7 and factory reset it just to be safe. So we can now root even on NA7?

Any chance of bricking it using the custom recovery?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbpaddler:
Possible but not probable. The only issue we have now I believe is no NA7 tar to fall back on.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dominique.j.lopez:
I havent experienced a brick...Again im also on NA7 with my KNOX Warranty set to 0x1...

There is a stock image for NA7 to flash through ODIN if you do brick. Here it is https://www.dropbox.com/s/bbe4s4njo21e7lx/L520VPUANA7_L520SPTANA7_L520VPUANA7_HOME.tar.md5
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snoop1979:
Its already out i downloaded last night from sammobile

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=28267

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My phone is off contract in fact is flashed to plageplus (by me) should i care about the knox tripped? would i be able to installed newer firmwares if they come available or will the phone bricked it knox tripped? would any apps stop working?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dominique.j.lopez:
Knox being tripped is just a warranty thing. If you dont care about warranty then Knox Counter shouldnt matter....As I stated earlier i was on a separate custon rom created by S0be i wanted to come back to stock for testing reasons and i was able to flash the NA7 MD5 file without a problem worked on the first try. If KNOX is tripped no apps will stop working..again its just a warranty thing that tells samsung hey this device has been modded.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbpaddler:
Exactly. And even if you had an issue and could take it to service, they might not even look at it anyway. Sending it in to Samsung would be a different story.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snoop1979:
Thanks. That's what i though. Also i read that apparently we would not be able to install any other odin than 4.2.2 NA7 (if the phone ever gets updated) but also i dont really care about that since we can load custom rom.

Would you please direct me to any custom rom i can load on this phone?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dominique.j.lopez:
This is the only one i know of so far but it works very well. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2669991
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbpaddler:
thankfully rooted. I don't think the NA7 tar has been up long. I was searching their site for a bit and couldn't find it. Maybe I wasn't looking in the right spot. Thanks djl.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dominique.j.lopez:
NP and yeah I think its only been up a week.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snoop1979:
This is off topic but maybe any of you guys know how to deal with this:

My phone keeps trying to activate but is off contract in fact is bad ESN AFAIK. the problem is the i would never finish the sprint setup and therefore i always says on the network (SAMSUNG) instead of sprint. is there a way i can set a flag or something that the setup is done?

I installed CM11 and works great but wont save APN settings and can't connect online.

The phone is flashed to pageplus cellular it was working fine but i did a ##RTN# and thats when it took a dump.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NCTP2:
Awesome. Dont keep up like I should. Glad to be rooted on NA7. Thanks dominique.j.lopez.

And for the record, I can unroot and odin stock NA7 with no flags and its official. If that helps anyone.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dukeoid:
I am on NA7 and when I get in Download mode phone says write protection enabled. Odin says successful but custom recovery is not installed. Any suggestions? Just got the phone and not really good to me if no root and rom.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbpaddler:
Try running Odin in administrator mode. Right click on the icon and choose "run as administrator". If that doesn't work, try a different version of Odin. For me on win 8, I ran it as administrator and it took. Didn't take just running it normal. And that's not the first time I've seen it happen.

Side note. I'm a little bummed about CM being the only ROM. I got used to using Xposed to tweak things a bit. But CM is interesting. Closest to vanilla Android I've ever gotten.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] signal34:
I just used Odin v3.09, ran as Administrator and put the .md5 recovery file in the CP slot. All worked without a hitch.

Can I now remove bloatware or will the system freeze/refuse to boot?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbpaddler:
Yes. Feel free to remove whatever crap you don't want. Even if you screw up you can restore a nandroid or Odin back to stock.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dukeoid:
View attachment 2712683I have tried different versions of odin on multiple computers. Still recovery will not install. Is this what stock recovery normally looks like?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbpaddler:
That's stock recovery. Did you run Odin as administrator?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dukeoid:
Yes, keep trying as administrator and Odin says successful. But no custom recovery.

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Though I have tried 2 different downloads. Which link did you download recovery from?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbpaddler:
I used Dominique's links. Did you try different cables, different USB ports? Oddly enough, they can make a difference sometimes. I fall back to the stock cable or one I know has worked previously. Or try a different computer if you have access to one. (nevermore. Saw you did that.)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dukeoid:
Still no luck. This is what I see when I get in download mode:

Odin Mode

Product Name SPH-L520

Current Binary: Custom

System Status: Custom

Knox Kernel Lock 0x0

Knox Warranty Void 0x0

CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30

Bootloader AP SWREV: 3

Write Protection: Enable

Does that look like it should?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbpaddler:
Look's normal. Are you putting the recovery file in the PDA section?

I'm odin'ing back to stock and will run through it again.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbpaddler:
Just did it again with no issues. Used Used Odin 3.09 from the sammobile link. Ran as administrator. Put the file in the AP section, phone in download mode, connected and clicked start. Reboot into recovery and CWM comes up.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dukeoid:
Finally!!! Using the Odin in your link, unchecking auto reboot, pulling battery to get out of download mode I was able to get custom recovery. I had tried that with different Odin's including 3.09. Bought the phone used but who knows if that had anything to do with my problems.

Thank you for all your help!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbpaddler:
Amazing how finicky it can be. Glad you finally got it to work.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micallen:
Finicky indeed. I can Odin the recovery, and move the SU file to the SD card. It just won't install. It goes through the install process, but if something is failing, I can't tell what - it goes by too fast. No SU for me.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbpaddler:
So the SU zip file won't install via clockwork? That's kinda the whole rooting procedure.

ODIN the recovery, reboot right into recovery, install the SU zip file and reboot.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micallen:
That's what I did. But when I check apps, the SU app is not there.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbpaddler:
hmmm...have no clue on that one.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micallen:
I just tried the install again. As it progresses through the "steps" (like 10-15 seconds) it's all in yellow, except 3 items written in red. I can't read it all, but I see the word failed in red. Something wrong with my SU zip file ?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbpaddler:
Could be a bad download. download again, switch them out and try again.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micallen:
Well, I tried that. Same results.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dominique.j.lopez:
One last time

Try One last time from this download link. http://download.chainfire.eu/396/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.94.zip
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micallen:
Will do. Gimme 10 min...

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No... same results. :(
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dominique.j.lopez:
That is odd...Ok so we have gotten CWM installed you download the ZIP and place in SD...Boot into CWM and install from ZIP..Once it starts to process thats where you recieve the error correct?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micallen:
That is correct. It starts the process, looks good for about 10 seconds, then it looks like it's giving 3 error lines. I just can't read them.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viper32:
micallen,

I just did it on the one I have here and all works. I did the install zip and side loaded it with adb while in recovery and that did the trick. I could not get it to do it when it was on the phone either but it worked this way...............

Viper
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micallen:
Nope. Same results. However, for whatever reason, this time I can see the 3 error statements on the phone during install - they don't zip away immediately. They say (in red):

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signature verification failed

Installation aborted
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbpaddler:
Would think it's a bad download. You could also try a different location. If you had it on the card, put it on internal and vice versa.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micallen:
From a Samsung forum regarding those error messages:

"You usually get that kind of message when you are trying to load update files that haven't been digitally "signed" by Samsung as official, when using Android 2.2 or later. The advice you have been given about changing the Kernel is correct, because a custom one wouldn't bother checking for signed files."

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dbpaddler,

I've tried another download, and another location (SD card, sideload from computer). I give up.

I actually just bought a brand new VZW S4 Mini and will flash it and use it when it comes in. I will sell this one.