yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Star] :
making changes in the kernel is more of a workaround than a actual fix.. :rolleyes: if we know someone who has a galaxy star and can boot into recovery from stock... then we can extract the bootloader and flash it in ours.. but thats risky.. O.O bootloaders are not something one should be playing with :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Star] insomaniacdev:
Yea, buddy thats the major reason as if bootloader is messed up than device would get hardbricked. :p
[Samsung Galaxy Star] ArshArora:
Dude

I got a solution

My frnd had same problem

Unroot ur phone and Update ur phone with wifi

This way working for my frnd

Hope it works for u too

:)
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
Can u tell wat region d phone belonged to...?? INS or INU...??
[Samsung Galaxy Star] :
wat region?? i have latest stock firmware with all updates already installed... still the same :(
[Samsung Galaxy Star] insomaniacdev:
That would not work as der bootloader is ****ed up
[Samsung Galaxy Star] ArshArora:
:(

Hmmm

Bad luck
[Samsung Galaxy Star] insomaniacdev:
Yea.. He had a bad luck...

Just Call me Rahul :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
So nothin can b dne... :( :(
[Samsung Galaxy Star] insomaniacdev:
No, buddy, V r not saying like this.... buddy... try to flash bootloader of s5282 in which key combo works. But note that its very risky.

Just Call me Rahul :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
I m ready to take the risk... but I need smeone to guide me...
[Samsung Galaxy Star] jephimax:
The 3-button combo is not working so I tried a Rebooter app (Quick Boot) and rebooted to recovery, and that worked for me. xD
[Samsung Galaxy Star] T3snake:
u cant do it if u go into bootloop

and thats the problem
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
Do u think d combo mite wrk if I use firmware from another region... ??
[Samsung Galaxy Star] jephimax:
I already tried using different firmware from another region, but it is still the same.
[Samsung Galaxy Star] jayc137:
My mom's Galaxy Star S5282 does boot into recovery with the combo and its unrooted.
[Samsung Galaxy Star] :
Okay, samsung knows what samsung really did with Star S5282. Ask them.

But generally speaking. on devices with seperate recovery partiton the bootloader detects the key combo and loads the appropriate kernel to boot into recovery or fastboot mode.

recovery mode is kind of like a small OS itself.. cause recovery has it's own kernel and initramfs, you don't need /data /system or other stuffs to load recovery.. ( yea it will mount /cache.. but that's just for storing logs.. )

Hell.. you can even boot into recovery mode with h/w keys.. even if you format the boot parition.. so i don't know what's the point in trying firmware of other region..

well.. one can try by flashing a bootloader of a known working recovery combo.. but i'm not suggesting this to anyone.. if someone tries it. it's their own responsibility for any damage to the device. ..
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
Do you think if I take my phone to Samsung repair centre and tell them about my phone recovery problem.. They will fix it...??
[Samsung Galaxy Star] :
ummm.. i don't know...

how about you give it a try .. and report back the conversation here..

let's see what they have to say about this :D
[Samsung Galaxy Star] T3snake:
it is a problem in just a few devices that the combination wont work

BTW akira toriyama rocks!!!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Star] jayc137:
If its related to bootloader, then it could be fixed by flashing bootloader which has the recovery combo working such as mine.
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
M ready to take d risk. . jst provide me d bootloader... :)
[Samsung Galaxy Star] T3snake:
It is not a riskk if u know basics of adb.

Adb can be used to go to recovery
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
But it wnt wrk durin bootloops... once when my phone stuck in bootloop I tried goin to recovery through adb... but it didn't wrk. .. d device wasn't gettin detected...
[Samsung Galaxy Star] T3snake:
i see.

but how did u comeback from bootloop?
[Samsung Galaxy Star] :
if the bootloader is screwed up.. the kernel won't even boot.. let alone adb... o.o

bootloader is not exactly but kinda like BIOS of computers...

a computer with no BIOS is just metal and plastic... same goes for the mobile and bootloader...
[Samsung Galaxy Star] T3snake:
So how exactly do people revert from that case?
[Samsung Galaxy Star] jayc137:
Flashing stock firmware via Odin.
[Samsung Galaxy Star] T3snake:
they cant go to download mode if the key combination not working
[Samsung Galaxy Star] jayc137:
Fkn crap.

I thought atleast download mode could've been universally working on all Sammys.

Does "adb reboot download" work for you guys ?
[Samsung Galaxy Star] T3snake:
Yes when the device is booting properly.

Vortex99 said that adb doesnt work during bootloops

I can feel the pain of those users. But sadly cant do anything.

BTW I somewhat agree with your signature (Bout quadrant scores) but they do give an idea though
[Samsung Galaxy Star] :
if you delete the bootloader.. your phones dead.. you need nvflash via JTAG... there wont be no any mode... your phone will become piece of metal and plastic...

i can boot into download mode with keys.. but no recovery mode..

if i press the recovery key combo it just blinks and goes back to normal boot

thats why i assumed the phone's bootloader has problem... maybe its looking in wrong partition or wrong offset..

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if usb debugging was enabled before a bootloop... then adb works... but you need to be unpossibly quick....

depending on what caused bootloops... a group of service restarted... if it happens to be main.. adbd is also restarted... which leaves it with less than 1 second for your computer to recongize the device.. for adb to find the device.. and you to type the command...
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
I could boot into download mode but not recovery jst like psych.half said.... but flashing stock rom didn't fix my bootloop problem... I had to press nand erase and then I had flash pit file and finally stock firmware... I used to get bootloops through cwm5 when I did data wipe... that's why maybe the adb didn't work...
[Samsung Galaxy Star] jayc137:
Samsung has seriously f**ked up some Stars. NAND ERASE ALL is a function that is VERY,VERY,...... DANGEROUS.
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
And another thing I have noticed... if I power off phone through recovery like going to recovery and pressing power off... the key combo works... but if I power off phone directly and then try to go to recovery it doesn't work... maybe the key combo points to wrong partition...or maybe the partition isn't getting mounted or something. .. maybe the kernel only mounts system and other partitions. .. correct me if I am wrong... I am jst a noob...

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Yea man... I really hate this phone.. plus samsung has stopped giving it updates too.... :(
[Samsung Galaxy Star] :
lol buddy.. i think you are talking about going "advanced > power off" in cwm.. of course it will work.. infact it will work even if you don't press the key combo...

if you pull out battery or power off from cwm.. it will boot recovery next time you power on.. no need to press any extra keys..

seeing we can boot into recovery from other ways than hardware keys.. and all our hardware keys are working.. i'd say the problem is in bootloader... but what's the real problem can be only found by a debugging with jtag... even so.. to do that one must know all the engineering and low level programming about the board and the bootloader.. so we can only make assumptions.. :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
I will go to Samsung next week and tell about my recovery problem. .. but I am sure those people won't help... but still I will give it a try... :P :P :P
[Samsung Galaxy Star] jayc137:
Their reply will probably be:

1) Did you try rebooting ?

2) Did you try factory reset ?

3) What is recovery mode ?
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
lol... I am sure they will ask the 3rd question... :P :P
[Samsung Galaxy Star] :
I just stumbled upon this 3 year old post.. http://boink.pbworks.com/w/page/34158713/3-Button Fix for Samsung Galaxy S

Here's the part that intresting..

Could it be that Samsung repeated history again with Galaxy Star??
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
Might be... he did say several phones... but wat was d fix. ..??

edit:- I read d fix... I am seriously ready to try it... but I need someones secondary bootloader.. :( :(
[Samsung Galaxy Star] :
okay lookin at here.. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2462785

SBL1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p9

SBL2 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p10

don't know which one is for recovery... but i guess we can try flash both...

we just need a partition dump of those two.. it's only 2mb each...

recovery key combo works on [MENTION=5532729]@rchit[/MENTION] phone right?? maybe we can ask him..
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
I guess even T3 has a working bootloader... I hope my risk works... :( :(
[Samsung Galaxy Star] :
don't worry buddy.. you don't need to take risk... i will try this first.. :silly:

i know about these stuffs.. and i will use raw data flash no need to mess with Odin.. :highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
Oh man thanks a lot... ur a true angel man... hope our device gets more devs like u... :) :)
[Samsung Galaxy Star] @rchit:
yup i have a phone which boots into recovery with key combo

but i must tell u guys

there is sumthing funny with my phone

remember when all ppl were getting a black screen in jellykat rom

i did not get that atall and i had not even flashed the kernel required

ill give u guys what u want just wanted to clarify this

tell me what to do and ill help
[Samsung Galaxy Star] :
i just need your two partitions dump... remember how you dumped part1.img for me???

now you just need to dump part9.img and part10.img... you know where to type these..

and you know what to upload... :)

--------------------------

i found the cause of blackscreen... the kernel modules of jellykatrom are compatible with your kernel...

whats your kernel build date/version???
[Samsung Galaxy Star] @rchit:
i have provided with my build and kernel info above

hit thx if i helped
[Samsung Galaxy Star] :
its 2013 stock build... by se -infra aka Samsung Electronics Infra-whatever

2014 builds have black screen problem.. because samsung added some sh**s in kernel later.. sambthpkr kernel is also stock 2013 build.. he didnt compile the kernel... thats why his kernel works
[Samsung Galaxy Star] @rchit:
oohh i see now
[Samsung Galaxy Star] :
yeah.. its some sort of a security feature that prevents unknown modules to load... i guess samsung planned the last update for star...

by the way i did manage to get my compiled kernel working on cm10.1 but it doesnt work on stock.. :(

and thanks veeerry much for the dumps.. i hope they fix the recovery problem

..

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@@rchit [MENTION=5268512]Vortex99[/MENTION]

IT WORKED !!!!!! IT F DOUBLE U KIN WORKED !!!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
U mean key combo works.... :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

So tell me how can I do it... Can you tell me how you flashed those files... Pls... :victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::D:D:D

Btw Even I have 2014 kernel build... Will it be a problem... ??
[Samsung Galaxy Star] :
i used raw flash.. it's hard to explain how to do it..

i will make a tar odin flashable and give it to you on pm...

test it and report kay??
[Samsung Galaxy Star] T3snake:
NICE!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Star] @rchit:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=52691060 check this out guys

recovery problem finally solved
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Jonny:
Thread closed as the OP is perma banned from XDA.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hittman73:
I am trying to root my N5 with Chainfire but when I attempt the final step it says "fastboot-windows.exe" is not recognized as a internal,external or operable program or batch file."

Phone is unlocked.

Thanks for any help.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vin4yak:
Hi,

I would strongly suggest you to follow this guide to root your device! : http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/general/guide-nexus-5-how-to-unlock-bootloader-t2507905
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hittman73:
Thanks so much!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joannn:
Cf -auto root

Chainfire released CF-Auto-Root ,CF-Auto-Root can be thought of as “root for rooting beginners,” as well as those who want to stay as close to stock as possible while enjoying the sweet, root-enabled goods.

CF-Auto-Root for the Nexus 5 supports Windows, Linux, and Mac, and turns the whole rooting process into an incredibly simple process. All you have to do is download the zip from the thread and extract it, boot your device into fastboot (power off, then VolUp+VolDown+Power), connect via USB, run a command on your host computer, and follow the on-screen prompts on your device and PC.:good:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
And....You never learn fastboot commands and when you get into real trouble you're at a lost and it makes it real difficult for someone to try and help you

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Agreed. Plus, being rooted without custom recovery is not a good idea.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nocturin:
Why not.?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Because root opens up the door for you to screw things up. Recovery allows you to do backups so you can recover from these screw ups.
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GT-I93oo:
i have installed galaxy charging current from play store.

while charging my grand 2 i am getting 400 to 700 current.

is this the correct value??
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bibhu60:
May be

Usual value while AC charging should be 999

and 466 while usb charging..

But it may be giving wrong data as they have said " It may also work on other devices, but such is not guaranteed."

Hit thanks if i helped...
[HTC Startrek] surur:
This may be the wrong forum, but all the geniuses hang out here. As we know smartphone lacks word mobile, but in theory there is no reason why it would not run, and also run well without a touch screen.

I manage to install Textmaker to the Windows Mobile Smartphone emulator. It runs fine, but does not provide for one-handed usage.

Is it possible to rip word mobile from a pocketpc ROM and make it installable on smartphone OS? Devices like the Samsung i320 and Moto Q would definitely benefit.

Anyone ambitious enough for this task?

Surur
[HTC Startrek] surur:
bump.

Surur
[Android Apps and Games] dmchale92:
Hey guys,

This is my first android game, I'm really excited to finally get something into the play store, and I'm looking for critical feedback to make the game tighter and more fun to play!

Description:

Get ready to catch some monsters!

Escape from Lab 19 is a thrilling game for wannabe mad scientists and monster catchers!

Tap the monsters before they reach the exit or they'll escape from the lab!

FEATURES:

* Beautiful and colorful graphics

* 5 vicious enemies

* Fun Characters and Cool Animation

* Simple and Challenging Gameplay

* Share your score with friends on Facebook

* Track your high scores

Gamelink: bit.ly/1gG9HNe
[Android Apps and Games] dmchale92:
Update!

V1.01

Improved image scaling on 7" and 10" tablets

Improved quality of backgrounds

Improved quality of enemy animations

V1.02

Updated background music

Reduced app size from 4.5mb to 1.27mb

Added support for following languages:

Spanish

Italian

Japanese

German

Chinese (Simplified)

Korean

French
[Android Apps and Games] f0tl:
little tired eyes, but not bad! Yellow monters twinkle in half - unpleasantly. Testing on BlueStack.
[Android Apps and Games] dmchale92:
V1.06

Added Support for:

Afrikaans

Portuguese

Russian

Turkish

Vietnamese

I took a look into your complaint and improved character animations. Thank you for bringing that to my attention!
[Android Apps and Games] SnottyApps:
Really liked the background art and cute monsters! It seems a bit laggy on my Galaxy Tab 2. Also, sometimes monster would fly under the in-game UI, so I can't hunt them down without turning some setting off or pausing the game.

It would be nice to see more animations. Your monster are really nice, you could make them flap their hands and die in some funny way (explode). That way player could get better feedback, that he did hit an enemy.
[Android Apps and Games] dmchale92:
I'll see what I can do to make it less laggy.

I completely agree with the animations, I'm working on drawing up some explosions to make the interactions a little more meaty!
[Android Apps and Games] dmchale92:
1.07:

Further reduced APK size! It's a tiny download now.
[Android Apps and Games] vihag007:
Nice game

Congratulations for your first release. I must say for your first time this is really cool.

I liked the art style.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] louie875:
I recently purchased a galaxy S5 from the carphonewarehouse in the UK and noticed that my screen was slightly off-centre with a wider black space between the white bezel and the screen on one side and at the top. I went back into store to look at some of their display models and they all seemed to be off-centre either to one side or too high or low. I exchanged it for another device which still is slightly off centre but not as much as the original. Has anybody else noticed this. When I mean off centre I'm talking 0.X mm. Once you notice it though you cannot un-notice it. Its easier to notice when comparing each corner with the black spaces.

The best way to notice is to get a pure white screen up by saving a white image in the gallery.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THFourteen:
I'd rather not notice it!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyecon82:
Didn't notice it here

-Sent from Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amsguitarist:
Who cares?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electricview:
Yep mine has this too, noticed it first day out. Mine has a slightly thicker black boarder on the right side and bottom though...

that doesn't bug me as much as my home button, the silver boarder around it has a small 'gouge' in it where it looks like its slightly peeled up.. It's tiny, but still.. Fit and finish is a little 'rushed' for these phones I feel. but as long as it works, it's good therapy to calm my OCD that everything has to be perfect, so i'll learn to get over it :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] louie875:
Yes my first one had a thicker bar at the top and on the left side. This one I have now is only off centre a tad to the right.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] louie875:
When you pay £570 for a device you would expect them to at least be capable of putting it together properly.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amsguitarist:
I can understand functional defects but this has to be about the absolute worst complaint I have ever heard about a phone. It does not affect your usage AT ALL. I used to work retail and hated to deal with people who would return a laptop because the printed T on the keyboard was slightly off centered. Get a grip on reality. Jeez.

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Are any of you mechanical engineers or familiar with production and automated manufacturing equipment. If you were familiar with them, I guarantee you would have a much greater appreciation for engineering put into a device like this. Not only from a design perspective but also from a manufacturing standpoint.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] louie875:
That's your opinion and I appreciate it, but I don't agree with it. :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jalcon9:
Lol. Dude, you spend good money on something, it's suppose to be right. Something like the screen being dead on center is to be expected. Come on man. It's the same when you buy anything of "quality" So what it doesn't effect performance?

Would you buy a brand new car and be ok with it having a huge scratch down the side of it before you leave the lot? Doesn't effect performance does it?

Didn't think so.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amsguitarist:
This isn't the equivalent of having a huge scratch on the side of the car. It's the equivalent of complaining that your A/C button has too much play or the logo on the hood is not centered by .003 microns. The type of precision you guys are requesting would fall in the medical devices category which falls in the thousands of dollars because the precision is exact down to the micron. If you are willing to pay $3000 to have a perfectly symmetrical phone, then I say you could complain. Absolutely ridiculous.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jalcon9:
Ehh...I disagree. Your phone is with you all day and you probably stare at it more than anything else you own.

I think most here with disagree but hey it's all good!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amsguitarist:
are you willing to pay $3000 grand for a perfectly symmetrical phone? I'm sure the inexactness of the display falls within quality control parameters. The type of precision you are requesting would cost a lot more than $700. Are you willing to pay more?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jalcon9:
$3000 to make a phone symmetrical made me chuckle quite loudly. Brb, my $18 dollar calculator on my desk has a perfect screen, brb, perfect display on my conference phone, brb the knife I am carrying has perfect blade centering, which is tougher to do then make the screen perfectly in the middle of a phone. HAHAHA. Bro..just....bro

Solid troll effort though, had me for a second.

/
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amsguitarist:
Seriously comparing a calculator to a cell phone? I work in manufacturing. There is a reason that $2 worth of metal costs $100 when it is formed into an exact size down to .000001 of an inch. Samsung does not have quality controls or manufacturing processes in place to have this amount of precision. Why? Because it is unnecessary and I doubt they care that one whiner like you complains about the screen being off centered by .00001 inches. Do you think a metal hip replacement, which is only $50 in materials only costs $700 to produce? Since it has to be nearly exact in size, it costs a lot more than that. Stop being ridiculous.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jalcon9:
The human eye can't detect .00001 inches lmao. Might see +/- .01 but not past that. From your dialogue, I highly doubt you work in manufacturing.

What do you manufacture? Footlong subs at subway?

Agree to disagree!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amsguitarist:
I work in medical devices manufacturing. I dare you not to look at the camera lenses also being off centered on the front and the back. Totally ruins the phone right?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dawgboy1783:
LMAO!! :thumbup:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amsguitarist:
You pay lots of money for an expensive car. Do you really think from model to model that every single button, display, crevice, vent, molding has exactly the same spacing? Is the stitching on the upholstery symmetrical? Are all the printed logos exactly in the same spot for every part on the car? By your logic, if I'm buying a BMW that every single tiny little piece of hardware, no matter how insignificant should be absolutely symmetrical and perfect even if it does not affect the use of the car? Seriously. Instead of using ad-hominem attacks, why do you refuse to use logic?

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Or look at it from this standpoint. If you're Samsung, would you invest 10 million dollars in a new automated glass digitizer fusing machine that is capable of the precision you guys are demanding? It makes no sense to waste money on something that 1 in 30,000 people will complain about. They could tighten QC and have to rework or scrap thousands of display assemblies because one guy on XDA whined about the tolerance? Sorry. You lose.