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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sgtcanadian:
Hi, I have an SGH-I747M that was originally purchased through Bell. In an attempt to unlock to make it work on Koodo, I went through SamMobile (after reading there was no way to unlock post 4.3 OTA update) and that seemed to half work.They resell a service from 123unlock.nl which is a client that uses adb or something of the sort to mess with phone files. The program afterwards said "Your phone is now unlocked! However if you don't see any carriers you need to do something in the advanced option and pay another $2x.xx dollars to do so". I didn't feel like giving them any more money at this point because I was upset that what I originally paid for didn't work properly. The fix was apparently an option in the advanced options that was an NVM repair/rebuild or something of the sort. I should have screenshotted the issue but of course didn't.

Now, the phone will boot up and does not offer me a SIM unlock option anymore. When searching for carriers it will ever only find Rogers for some reason. It won't recognize Koodo or Telus or anything of the sort (or bell when my bell SIM is in). Every now and then when it boots up, it will successfully send a text but only within a 5-10 second time frame after boot (I've made 1 phone call as well for 3 seconds). I've tried the Koodo SIM in my own Nexus 5 and works fine so the network is okay at least (plus I called Koodo and they verified on their end things look good... if that makes a difference). The SGS3 won't even accept an original Bell SIM at this point. It's always on either no network, 1 bar or full bars, never anything in between. I've tried flashing different ROMs from Bell stock to Koodo stock and CM11 and it won't work no matter what I do. Under all ROMs it pops up an "ME Returned temporary error" message on the screen.

I'm hoping someone might have seen this issue before or know what's going on with the phone that I can fix. I'm assuming it's something to do with the modem part of the phone that's refusing to connect to carriers but I'm at a loss to fix it. I haven't tried flashing different modems on it yet because I'm unsure which one would be a good fix and no one has had roughly the same issue I could find in 3 days of Googling for this issue. Any ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Larry2999:
Can you check your phone's settings => About Device and let's know what parameters you have there (Android Version, Baseband Version, Build Number>.

You mentioned you can send text or make call within a limited time frame. Was that with the Koodo SIM or the Bell? If the former, it would suggest the phone is unlocked to some extent but you are probably experiencing a baseband failure or need to correct the APN settings. Did you also try doing a factory reset?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sgtcanadian:
The information you're asking for is attached.

The texts I got off were from the Koodo SIM. I have updated the APN as well, and I did do a flash back to stock resetting all settings through Kies emergency update. I found a little trick where if you softbrick it by trying to flash 4.1, it'll give you the "Please use kies" error and that'll take you back to full stock 4.3. I'm pretty sure the baseband failure is the option I need to explore but at this point I don't know where to go to fix this.

Edit: I read this online and tried it: "The 4.3 update introduces a "security feature" which requires carrier- or region-locked phones to be activated once on the original locked network before the unlock code will work." The phone didn't recognize any network with the Bell SIM in except "EXT" which I've never heard of before and it did not connect properly so that didn't work. I also read that inputting #7465625*638*# will give me the Samsung SIM unlock menu which it did however I don't think the issue here is with the root and I'd hate to pay $50 at this point to have that not work as well.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Larry2999:
It's unlikely to be the regional lock as this feature means your phone will work with compatible networks in the region but not in other regions. You may, however, run Chainfire's Region Lock Away to be sure <http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2470551>

Your firmware settings look OK so I'd be doubtful about a corrupted modem. You may still try to re-flash the modem via custom recovery. Download link for the CWM flashable zip is available here ... http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23252070760973552

The guys who sold you the original code seem to have sold a dud as there is no reason for them to be asking for secondary payments and this sounds like the footprint of a regular scam. I'd be surprised though as they seem to be well rated
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sgtcanadian:
I've tried reflashing the modem and I've actually paid $50 for the unlock code from Bell, the original carrier. I used the code to get the network unlock menu and inserted the code. I still get between 1-4 bars now with no network access on either network. It's not showing anything except Rogers still in network operator selection.

Any ideas at this point? It refuses to connect to any networks. I'm out of options.

Edit: I don't know if this makes a difference, but when I do root explorer I can't actually find the nv_data.bin file. It doesn't have anything of the sort in the /efs folder.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Larry2999:
Please let me understand a few things ... when you first acquired the phone, was it working normally on Bell prior to the first unlock attempt or you never used it at all until you tried Koodo? Secondly, was the unlock code you got from Bell identical to the one you got from the online service?

I'm trying to establish if it is a case of hardware failure not reported by the previous user especially if you bought it pre-owned from the secondary market. If you are not sure of the previous usage history, it could be a faulty or disconnected antenna which may require professional service. On the other hand if you are sure it was working fine prior to the unlock attempt, try the following ...

1) From the dial pad, enter *#197328640#

2) [1] UMTS

3) [1] DEBUG SCREEN

4) [8] PHONE CONTROL

5) [6] NETWORK LOCK

6) [3] PERSO SHA256 OFF

7) Press Menu => Back button and go all the way back to Step 3) above

8) [6] COMMON

9) [6] NV REBUILD

10) [1] NV REBUILD

Reboot and restart and let's see if this does it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] reggie77:
I've got a similar symtom different scenario (sister in-laws phone). I was also only able to see Rogers network on a search. I've got Telus version. It was working fine until it was brought to the Philippines, got unlocked there and brought back to Canada.

I was only able to see Rogers network until I went into the Service Menu (similar to above) and found the option to change the band. I changed it to Automatic. After that I was able to see Telus network. When trying to connect/register it would take a long time and give me an error "Unable to connect, try again later". I still need to do more troubleshooting, but that might be something to look at.

Note: Phone has stock MOD ROM, rooted and unlocked.
[Sony Xperia M] pokerttfu:
Unlocked the bootloader, flashed cwm (working fine).

Copied CM11 zip (fxp312) to sd card and extracted boot.img from the pack and placed it in desktop.

After flashing the boot.img in fastboot using flash tool (Androxyde), the phone doesn't boot . There is no SONY logo.

I have no other option but to flash it with stock rom in flash mode. I want to install CM11, so is there any way !?
[Sony Xperia M] 8hodgsonkh:
just flash a differnt cm11 kernel :)
[Sony Xperia M] shiromau:
follow these steps buddy... m using same rom...

1.Before flashing CM11 make sure ua on 4.1.2 stock (rooted unrooted dosent matters)

2.download latest cm11 (fxp14 xp m's codename is nicki)

3.take boot.img from zip and flash it through Flashtool or use "fastboot flash boot boot.img" command in command prompt (assuming u knw how to use adb and fastboot)

4.reboot your phone.. u will see free xperia cm screen after that Pink led will turn on.. as soon it turns on press volume up...it will turn cyan i=and u will in CWM

5.now flash CM11 and reboot... it will work.. i used this steps...
[Sony Xperia M] pokerttfu:
Thanks man figured it out finally install CM11 with stock gapps but how to turn on the led light effects like while playing the next track ?
[Sony Xperia M] Akhil Mukkamala:
desire S .. I DID eVERYTHING FINE >> BUT COULDNT INSTALL CM 11 .. PLEASE HELP
[Sony Xperia M] sunny54_8:
hello I just flashed boot.img from CM11 but after flash boot.img now phone does'nt boot anymore. even battery charging not shows red LED, help please
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Opman711:
Got my M8 at the Sprint store today and of course they ran the update to 1.54.651.8. Can anyone tell me if this is I can still obtain root with the update using BD619's method?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2698394

Thanks!!!
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Magnum_Enforcer:
Yes, you can still root.

Sent from my EVO LTE
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Opman711:
Thanks FinZ
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Magnum_Enforcer:
Glad to help. Keep in mind that the root method generally doesn't change, but the S-off method may. So far, looks like Firewater works for the original software version that came on the phone, as well as the OTA.

Sent from my EVO LTE
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] mcwups1:
Why would they take it out of the box, much less run an update on it?

We'd be fighting.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] METHOD1911:
Can I ask you fellas a question. I'm still running stock but I'm rooted and s-off. I keep getting the system update and I want to accept the update because it adds the extreme power saver to my Sprint M8. If I do exactly how do reroot. I know I'll stay S-off. Thanks in advance.

One method1911
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] josh030181:
Why not just flash the stock rooted rom
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Magnum_Enforcer:
I think Captain Throwback has a stock rooted ROM based off the latest OTA. I would flash that, instead. Too much trouble if you choose the other route.

Sent from my EVO LTE
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] henderjr:
Flash the rom along with the firmware.

But if you wanted to flash the update from sprint it's not that hard. You would need Sprints stock recovery flashed on your device (it's in one of Captains threads) and your software would need to have all of the files the OTA wants to update since it fails if it doesn't find all the files it is changing. Other than that take the update, let it finish and boot up, and then flash twrp (or cwm), flash SU, and you're back to rooted.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Magnum_Enforcer:
Yeah, forgot to mention flashing the new firmware. Good looking out:thumbup:

Sent from my EVO LTE
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Star2dn:
Rookie Mistake!

Just for the record I took the Update. Not realizing that the firmware was going to be updated as well. My bad, now I can't even unlock my bootloader, I get an error message(pwr/vol.dn). I also tried to using cmd(adb) error message cannot 'flash' Now what? I usually root my devices on day one. oh well. Noob I am not.:confused a I am...

Any Ideas?

Sprint HTC M8
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Sloth:
Shouldn't matter if you took the update

HTC Dev will unlock your bootloader unless Sprint blocked it like what happened to Verizon...they blocked folks from using HTC Dev.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] djjroc007:
I took the update a couple days ago, and just rooted last night. Htcdev worked fine for me. Followed this video:

Root the Sprint HTC One M8: http://youtu.be/wy8Htj2YL4E
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Star2dn:
Got It

Late last night I tried out Hasoon2000's (EASY) ALL-IN-ONE KIT. It got me rooted. Always did it manually never had any issue before, oh well I'm rooted that's what matter.

Thanks for the feedback

And a big thanks to Hasoon2000's.

Great Work!

lol
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnino4style:
The title says it all.

Explain some reason or opinion.

Thanks in advance. :good:
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Subtleone:
Why would 4.2.2 ever be preferable?
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattia.b89:
4.4 is lightyears ahead compared to 4.2 (I'm talking about stocks only)

E.g:

More free RAM (200mb at least)

more smoothness

Better performance (10% with benchmark antutu and 3dmark)

Stronger wifi signal
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnino4style:
The tablet I bought it two days ago ... I immediately updated to 4.4.2 without testing the performance of 4.2.2. So I asked for advice. ;)

Thank you bro! ;)
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Motawa88:
has the gamma/brightnes problem been fixed with kitkat? What about battery life?
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Subtleone:
Battery life is better, and gamma/brightness depend on your previous ROM. Try the one in my sig if you want a definite improvement.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erwaso:
Right now im content with 4.2.2 because i'm rooted, use Nova Launcher and it connects to my dual micro usb/usb flash drive to watch movies. I can also move files around using ES file explorer.

Is there OTG support with the KK update?

Can you write files to SD card with KK?
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fechinator:
battery life with ART runtime in 4.4.2 is just amazing. had no problems since 2 weeks running.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] getmealive:
When I enable ART runtime, my G Pad runs very slow. For me Dalvik runtime is the best.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leslkchan:
Same as title. Can any user upload the official rom of Korean version SM-G900S here? Need it badly..Thanks..
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clark Joseph Kent:
Moved here, as this does not belong in the Development Sections. Thank You.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alex2wr:
Hello there, I'm new to this forum and I want to start by saying that I was able to root and install my first customer ROM thanks to you.

That being said, everything seems to be in order except that I don't see Paranoid Settings.

I'm running the following:

Device: Nexus 7 2013

Recovery: TWRP

ROM: pa_flo-4.2-BETA4-20140408

This is a snapshot of my settings menu.

If I'm missing any information or posted in the wrong place, please excuse me.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bert98:
Yep, PA hasn't implemented them yet, it's normal I think :)

Inviato dal mio Nexus 7 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lolcopter:
This gets asked daily in their dedicated thread

(spoiler alert: kit Kat killed a lot of them)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timmytim:
If you want customization then I'd use Xposed Framework with the GravityBox module but if you're looking for the signature PA per-app dpi and tablet/phablet modes then unfortunately they aren't included with the KK ROMs
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alex2wr:
Thank you guys for the responses.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alex2wr:
What do you mean with KitKat killed a lot of them, do you mean features?

And which one is the dedicated thread, I've seen plenty of them?

Thanks for the help.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cnstarz:
KitKat didn't kill the features, PA killed the features because they decided to start from scratch and build their ROMs in a different way.
[HTC One Max] rowihel2012:
just finished rooting and flashing twpr recovery 2.6.3.0

every thing is okay

but when trying to flash twpr 2.7 it sayes

target reported max download size of 1542111232 bytes

error: cannot load 'openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.0-t6ul': No error

what is this problem?

how to flash the new twpr recovery?
[HTC One Max] Vinchenzop:
How are you flashing it? like, exact commands?
[HTC One Max] rowihel2012:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.0-t6ul

itried flashing the old one too but the same
[HTC One Max] Vinchenzop:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.0-t6ul.img

Looks like you forgot to add .img to the filename
[HTC One Max] rowihel2012:
thank you my friend i forgot to type img

thank you very much Vinchenzop

is their any mod to Make speaker louder ?
[HTC One Max] Vinchenzop:
No problem, glad that was the only issue. I'm sure there are various mods that are currently not made for the One Max that could increase speaker volume, however, those type of mods also come with the risk of damaging your actual hardware. I know it's a good bit of change, but I personally bought a JBL charge for about $150 and the sound quality is clear and loud enough to use as a primary output for house parties. That may be a better route if you'd like to avoid hardware damage to your device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lowmanb94:
So I am poking around in the CM d2 fork of the android kernel

https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_kernel_samsung_d2

and wondering where I could find the voltage / frequency table. I got pretty lucky with my soc... It stays stable at very very low voltages (<700), and I am looking to build CM from source with these lower voltages configured at compile time. I am aware of other kernels that offer more robust support, but the rapidly changing CM source usually means they are less stable (at least in my experience), and I am skeptical that they offer that much improvement over what has been development buy lots and lots of software engineers at google (no disrespect to any community devs, of course).

I would appreciate if anyone could point me in the right direction...

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] armelcy:
hey eveyone is it possible to install this rom to t-mobile note 2 :confused:??

right now i am using DN3 3.1.1 which is awesome but i just want some kitkat :;(.

i try to flash it before and ended up on the booting screen for hours. Thank you :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] madmatt079:
I have a Cingular/HTC 8125 running the latest official ROM from HTC. On my start menu I have a list of recently used programs (the last five or so). I want to disable this feature so only the applications that I want there are there.

Does anyone know how to disable it or at least clear it?

Thank you.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] dno555:
I would love to know too
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] meschle:
There is a small app here that does the job http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=35536
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] vijay555:
VJEschaton has this feature built in too - but with the same limitations, it only takes effect after the reset.

I think there may be another way to entirely remove recent programs, but it needs some hacking that I don't have time for right now.

If anyone is interested and would feel competent to write it, PM me.

V
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] madmatt079:
The first solution worked well. Thank you.

Although if there is a method to remove "Recent Programs" all together then I'd like to know.

Thank you.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Danny-B-:
Dont they disapear when you soft reset ?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] jolas:
In another forum some guy (sorry I can't remember where and who), gave this solution:

"Use some type of utility (like Resco File Explorer or just browse to the PDA while in the cradle from your PC) and browse to the Windows\Start Menu\Programs folder on the PDA. Create sub-folders in the root of the Programs folder (such as Utilities, Applications, Games, etc) and copy all of your shortcuts from the Windows\Start Menu\Programs folder into these sub-folders. Once complete, go to Settings and Menus. From here, uncheck all of the programs that are checked and place checks next to all the sub-folders that you just created (* Make sure you stay under the maximum limit of 5 (or whatever)).

It seems that the "recent list" only monitors the Start Menu\Programs folder. If you move your shortcuts out of this folder, they no longer appear on that dreaded recent list. The major bonus that I've noticed is that the Start menu no longer has that 3 - 5 second lag!!!

Note: Using this work around, you will need to move the shortcuts of any newly installed applications into your sub-folders manually. Also, be sure you remap your PDA buttons to the location of the new shortcuts. Other then these two "cons", this solution works GREAT!!!"

I've tested it and it sure works great!!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] jolas:
I forgot to mention that with this trick you can DISABLE recent documents list
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] madmatt079:
Danny-B-, yes, it worked well.

jolas, I attempted this exactly as you described. I renamed "Accessory" to "Accessories" and created "Tools". I moved everything that I didn't want to appear in the recent programs list including moving Calculator to Accessories. I then launched Calculator and it appeared in the list.

None of which except the defaults (IE, Messaging, WMP, etc.) are checked in the menu settings.

Did I miss something?

Thank you.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] rubbercow:
Delicious, worked for me on my Cingular 8125 w/ 2.25. I was really getting tired of running ClearTemp all the bloody time.

Interestingly enough I have a folder called "Settings" and it won't let me show it on the Start Menu - I had to rename it to "Utilities".
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] rubbercow:
EDIT: Screenshot added of what your tree should look like after this change. Removed confusing post.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] hanmin:
rubbercow, your `drawing` is as confusing as words.. with the DO, DO NOT seems to be at the same place.

Anyway, I was confused myself too. However, after reading through and some fiddling around, I finally got what these posts are trying to say.

Just to make this as clear as possible.

Definition:

Sticky Start Menu Item (SSMI) - I defined it as those items that always appear on your start menu (top section). You can add/remove your SSMIs in the Settings->Menus

Recently Launched Programs (RLP) - the items in the Recently launched program list (e.g. the list under SSMIs list).

Fact:

WM5 will not put any of your SSMIs into the RLP list (or else, you will have duplicate icon/item of the same program in your start menu).

More talking:

Using the fact above, we can avoid programs that we do not want to be put into the RLP list (e.g. stuff in SD card that is large and takes ages for it to load the icon when you press the Start) by having them as SSMIs (in the list). However, WM5 only allows up to 7 items in the SSMIs list. So, we create a folder for it.

E.g. By default you should have a directory structure that looks like this

\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Games

To test it, you can try putting the `Games` folder (the folder!) into the SSMIs list. After doing so, any programs (games) you start (that is under the Games folder) will not appear on the RLP list. This is the thing we are trying to exploit.

Hence, to avoid stuff going into the RLP list, you create some other folders, e.g. Tools

\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Games

\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Tools

And move everything into this `Tools` folder. Make this `Tools` folder as one of the SSMIs. Then any software under this Tools will not appear on the RLPs list.

Process Summary

Simple procedure. Modified to suits your needs.

(1) Create a `Tools` (or any name) folder under the Start Menu\Programs. Example, this folder

\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Tools

(2) Move everything into this newly created `Tools` folder.

(3) Make this `Tools` folder (the folder) as sticky on the start menu by 'ticking' it in the Setting->Menus

- now all your stuff will not appear in the recently launched programs list

- end -