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[General Questions and Answers] dic1911:
I know the module, but my HTC Desire 200 stock Rom is ICS 4.0.3, gravity box supports only JB and up.

I can't figure out any other method than mod systemui.apk and framework-res.apk right now.

Ps. There's no working recovery and newer Rom for this phone now and maybe forever

Sorry for my bad English...
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] zookkz:
So after absolutely no help from Cyanogen mod and their forum I thought I'd come here.

I have an HTC One M7 from Verizon with 4.4.2 and I'm just getting really "bored" of the Sense 5 feel. I used to like it at first with my DNA, and thought I'd like the M7 more, but I don't...it's just "dull" and I feel like it's meant for the average user.

Enough about that, here's what I'm trying to do..I want to put a new "skin" on my phone, but have never rooted or done anything like this to a phone before. After doing some research into the M7 for Verizon, it seems that Verizon puts a lot of blocks on their phones to prevent this.

Does anyone have a detailed guide on how to do this safely? Like I said, I'm new to this, and need a thorough explanation since a lot of the terminology I don't understand 100%.

I've been looped around at Cyanogen mod about S-Off and Bootloader, been told different things about what each one does and people just made it very confusing.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] brymaster5000:
Root can be found in the original development section. The thread is called weaksauce. Root is essentially a binary file that allows you access to the "root" files of your phone and its system.

S-off is a boot loader or hboot (similar to the bios on a pc) that has its security unlocked...allowing you to truly customize your phone. In order to s-off after gaining root. See the link in the weaksauce thread for fire water.

Once done you will flash a new recovery (controls the makings of your system). Then you will finally flash a new Rom CM11 if that's what you want.

I suggest doing a bit of reading in this forum before proceeding. Good luck.

Sent from my Lunar Ecliptic One.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MichaelDrakeMS:
Would anyone be able to help me please. I am looking for the pit file for the Sprint Galaxy Tab 3 7.0. I ended up messing around and can't get the /data partition to mount. Can someone help me out please?
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gr8nole:
Edit: Link removed. Sorry, didn't see that you said Sprint version.
[Sony Xperia C] papawil01:
Hi, I have an Xperia C and it's just 3 months old. To cut the story short, one moment I was using it, the next thing happened is that touch wont work at all. Hardware buttons, sound, camera, led, all working except for touch. Tried repairing via PCC and SUS but still no luck. anyone pls help me im desperate. thanks
[Sony Xperia C] Ben Ling:
download an ftf for your phone & flash it.
[Sony Xperia C] papawil01:
apparently, flashtool doesnt work on xperia c :(
[Sony Xperia C] Ben Ling:
opps...i forgot that Xperia C uses MTK chipset

but for MTK also uses flashtool,called SP flashtool

do you tried to repair your phone by using Sony PCC ?

repair your phone means it reflash the whole firmware on your phone
[Sony Xperia C] TacoNikky:
WMShua Flashtool works :good:

Check it out

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2695344
[Sony Xperia C] papawil01:
ive tried repairing via PCC and SUS but it still doesnt work. do you think flashing via flashtool will work? thanks
[Sony Xperia C] TacoNikky:
I think it's a hardware issue. Best thing is sending the device to Sony Repair Center.

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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] mcbungie:
Hi my phone was playing up the last few days needing reset all the time so I reinstalled the rom and the phone was running great until yesterday I insalled sim city 2000 which worked no probs but I couldnt exit the program so done a soft reset and now all I get is a pure white screen it does nothing at all. any ideas ???

cheers :(
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] mcbungie:
Also the dpad buttons are getting very hot . its as if the phone is working as when I connect to usb active sync will do its stuff and I can browse the software on the phone using windows. But just cant see anything but a white sceen on the device itself.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] mcbungie:
Anyone any ideas

Please :?
[HTC Amaze 4G] huzefaonline:
Hi, i have gone through most of the threads i believe and it is becoming very difficult for me to get through doing s-off for htc amaze. have unlocked it, installed recovery(4EXT) and perm root the device using hasoon's toolkit but for s-off his toolkit is not available and the joupunbear method is too difficult for me. though i have installed ubuntu but its taken a long time in loading and never comes to a screen like window. does it even have a screen like windows? if someone here can guide me on what to do after i have installed ubuntu then i'll be really gratefull. and also i wanted to ask that since the amaze is on gingerbread 2.3.4 i will have to s-ff the device to flash the ics ruu. if i cant install the ics ruu then i cant install any other rom, right? is there anyway i can install custom roms with s-on? even if i can what about the ics ruu that is a must for installing custom roms?

Desperately need help :crying::(
[HTC Amaze 4G] Odysseus1962:
OK, a multi-part question, so a multi-part answer. First, you didn't have to install Ubuntu you could have just run it from a disc and ran joupunbear that way. Now I'm no expert in attaining s-off, for as you can see I'm s-on myself, but from what I understand it's a matter of timing and persistence. Some users have posted that it took them a dozen or more attempts before they were able to get the timing right. So in this aspect it's a matter of trying until you succeed. Now as to Ubuntu, there I can help you, because I've been running Linux as my primary OS for over 15 years.

When you first install it you get what is known as a shell with no GUI or a minimum X interface unless you selected one during the install. The default UI for the version of Ubuntu recommended by joupunbear is Gnome. However as a Windows user you would probably feel a lot more comfortable in the KDE desktop environment, which looks and behaves a lot like Windows XP. My suggestion would be to look into Kubuntu. It is an officially supported fork of Ubuntu that uses KDE by default. Because of this it sets up KDE right from the installation so you can boot into it and have a friendly familiar looking GUI right from the get go. Try it and I'll think you'll be a lot more at home with it.

Now as to the other parts of your questions. Yes you can run other ROMs with s-on, but you'll be limited to Gingerbread based ones. Unfortunately, that would mean digging through old threads and finding one, plus being limited to only old stock based sense ROMs. There never was a usable functional CM or other aftermarket GB ROM for the Amaze.

You need the ICS radio baseband to run ICS and newer ROMs, and the only way to get it is to flash ICS firmware, and the catch-22 is you need s-off to flash ICS on devices that didn't have official manufacturer ICS ROMs as is the case with all of the Asian and unbranded Amaze. Which brings us back to square one.

Instead of installing Ubuntu or Kubuntu another option is to download the recommended version image and run it directly off of the disc. But if you'd like to do any Android development it's probably a good idea to install it and learn at least the basics, since nearly any Android dev work requires a functioning Linux environment.

I hope this helps.
[HTC Amaze 4G] pbergonzi:
Nice synopsis--that ought to sticky.

Nice synopsis--that ought to sticky.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] trook:
Yo, my 1st htc phone and I love it to death but the past few days my sim has been randomly going in and out, only for a second and only once or twice a day but it's tripping me out. No new app installs, didn't drop the phone, also my signal bounces around constantly. Anyone else have these problems? Should I throw it in the gutter and go buy another? Walking home and I see the g ride_ sorry, I come from the easy e generation. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] kc6wke:
.

Got the same on mine after 3 days old, replaced sim did not help.

VZW said defective device sending out a new one so we will see.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] deeznuts:
Damnit!!! I was just coming on here to make a thread about this and there already is one! This started for me about 3 days ago, before then i got the phone when verizon released it and been fine since.

What happens for me is when trying to go to visual voicemail it asks for pin, i type it in, then my signal bars go to zero, sim card icon on notification bar, then says preparing sim, then i get a couple bars of service and visual voicemail connects.

I noticed this too just sending text or mms messages! I receive them ok it seems (still need to test myself) but when i send them sometimes i get the same issue! Says no service, sim card icon shows, says preparing sim card, then i get bars and text goes through.

I tried taking my sim card out of the tray, wipe it down, place it back in securely, made zero difference! I was hoping the sim card just went bad and need a replacement. Hope that helps but with people saying you need a replacement on here, that would suck! Love how i have my device setup and still in mint condition. Not looking for a refurb, WTF?!?

I'm using Viper 1.5 rom if that makes a difference and installed the stock messaging zip put together in this forum so we have visual voicemail working with Viper rom.

I also did the update for firmware and radio that was compiled in a zip on here as well. It only updated the radio and firmware, nothing else. Did this though when it first came out on here and worked fine so not sure how this if could be related? Just thought i'd throw it out there to maybe pin point this issue???
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] deeznuts:
Have any of you tried sending a group mms message? Doing this makes it the worst for me! If i send a group mms, it will take away all signal bars, then sim card icon pops up on notification bar, then goes away and on the bottom a small bubble comes up saying preparing sim card, then i get signal bars, then this cycle repeats itself several times before the group mms actually gets sent out!

This happens when i send mms, contact vcard, group mms, and when connecting to visual voicemail. This just started a couple of days ago with no changes on my end. I even did a full factory reset, no change.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] trook:
I actually received a group mms today and it happened. I'm stock, rooted, s-off, running xposed and I got the phone on the release date, mine too was fine until a few days ago. Wtf is happening?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] deeznuts:
Same here! I hardly send mms or groups message. First time I sent out a group message was a few days ago and talking with the family via group text message whenever I send us when it happened! Then I tried sending mms and it happened. Then I tried accessing VVM and it happened. Now it won't stop. Doesn't happen all the time don't get me wrong but at least every other time I send mms or VVM it happens. Almost 100% of the time I send group mms it happens.

Connection settings correct?

---------- Post added at 01:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:19 PM ----------

I tried changing my settings as the MMS port was blank originally. I changed it to 80 as shown from the web, reboot, made zero difference! I'm really hoping i just need a new sim card and NOT a new device. Damn

http://buzzmobile.us/verizon-apn-settings-verizon-mms-settings-android-phones/
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] trook:
I haven't touched mine. I wonder if it has something to do with the ota? I looked around on the net and it's happening to enough people to start a petition! Plus there's a couple people saying it's the tray.... Either way it's not just us.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] deeznuts:
Doesn't seem many on this site are complaining yet, where do you see online? I doubt it's the tray to be honest. My last device was the HTC One X+ and that device it was proven the tray was bad. Had to scotch tape the sim card down on the tray.

This is why i'm thinking it's a network issue or settings issue:

1. If sim card is bad how can we make and receive calls? How can we send and receive regular text messages fine?

2. This ONLY happens when sending group mms, mms, or accessing VVM. At least for me these are the only 3 features that set this off. After testing for awhile it seems the larger the mms file is being sent the more likely this happens.

3. This happens randomly. I can send a picture to my work cell just fine. I then try 10 seconds later to send it again and get this issue. Why did it send the first time just fine and the second time get issues???

I tried these settings made no difference. http://www.4gtricks.com/2013/03/verizon-4g-apn-settings.html

I doubt it's a physical sim card issue but going to try today after work and get a new sim and see. I don't think it's the sim because again sim card works to make calls, texts, mail, etc. Not sure why a physical sim card would not work specifically only when trying to send mms, group mms, use VVM?

I don't have OTA and getting this issue. I only did the no boot firmware zip flash on here so only my firmware and radio have been updated. I'm using Viper 1.5 rom, full root, s-off, twrp, etc. Started about 2 days ago, no other changes have been made on my end. This just happened out of no where and won't stop.

---------- Post added at 02:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:45 PM ----------

Has anyone tried these settings? http://www.4gtricks.com/2013/03/verizon-4g-apn-settings.html
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] droidkevlar:
I have the same issue when using hangouts for SMS. Whenever a mms comes in or sent out, does what u guys have mentioned. If I use stock messaging it works fine. I have tried in insert coin and skyfall, same thing. Also tried on fresh I stall with nothing installed. I pray its not phone. And only started happening over last 3 days or so
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] deeznuts:
This is freaking weird, seems everyone posting about this on XDA it started about 3 days ago! Did verizon maybe do a system update or something that could cause it? Looks like we're not the only ones going crazy over this...

http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-one-m8/374584-verizon-htc-one-m8-sim-card-error.html

Only other thing i can find on the net besides what's posted here about the issue. Seems the theory a new sim card, even a device replacement does nothing to fix the problem. WTF?!? My M8 have a life span of a couple months before it goes bunk with issues?!?

I'm out of solutions. I've tried factory reset, ive tried restoring old twrp backups from good working roms, nothing helps or works! I'm thinking maybe there's a hard code that might carry over to my twrp backup restore since it happens on those backup restores too? If that is not possible well then, this device just turned into an unreliable POS over night, literally!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jayle007:
My business partner has the exact M8 but stocked. Mine is rooted and running Viper 1.50. We both have the same "Preparing Sim Card" message throughout the day. It started a few days ago too and I thought nothing of it. I'm leaning towards network issues and not hardware or custom rom.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] deeznuts:
I'm leaning that way too but damn, hope it clears up soon!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] buddahj:
Have you contacted Verizon about it?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] deeznuts:
Yes today! They said I'm the first with this issue with this device. Yeah ok. Usual crap from them, try a new SIM card if that doesn't work then u get a replacement. Awesome, thanks for fixing nothing as usual!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] buddahj:
That sucks man. Good luck & hope you get your issue resolved.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] trook:
I'm a field tech for Verizon in the southern California market and we're currently rolling out the AWS upgrade... I'm wondering if it's a handover issue or possibly a compression issue with mms but mine does it at random, I don't have to send or receive an mms for it to happen, the scripts for the new sites we upgraded might have a bug. I'll talk to an engineer on Monday and see if it's isolated to our phones or if everyone is experiencing this. Are you guys in southern California?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] deeznuts:
I'm in socal!!! In the Long Beach area and South Los Angeles and Orange County areas.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jayle007:
Southern Ca. too, San Diego!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] DoanLC:
only started happening to me 2 or 3 days ago? have had the phone since released and haven't had any issues up until that point.

orange county area as well
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] deeznuts:
Does anyone know what these settings do? Default on Viper Rom is Global. I changed to CDMA/LTE and reboot. Reception was just as good but didn't notice any difference with this mms issue. Didn't know if this setting did much or what it does?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] droidkevlar:
I have lost all service now. In Ventura. Nothing works to bring it back
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] trook:
I'm doing a site in Calabasas right now, I know of sites all over Ventura being upgraded and I haven't heard anyone from anywhere else than so CA speak up so it's got to be the network. Well at least we're narrowing it down. I have site's going everywhere in so cal, San Diego, Idyllwild, Riverside, I'll definitely report this to the market manager on Monday. So trippy cause my test phone doesn't show any site issues on the tower by my house but it's still happening. Anyone not in southern California have this problem?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] trook:
Did you try the tape trick from you tube?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] bertbear:
Same here

Both my wife's M8 and mine are doing this. Both bone stock in the San Fernando valley. Driving us nuts. Will watch this thread.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Napoleones:
I think, they will give you a new SIM holder if the new SIM card will not work.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] droidkevlar:
So is everyone with issues in So Cal?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] droidkevlar:
So all my issues are gone now. Hangouts working correctly too. Think it was a network issue. Were all of u in Cali?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] deeznuts:
Wow, that was a scare. Hopefully it was just a Network issue. Almost thought i broke my phone and wasted all the time flashing back to previous backed up roms through twrp, doing factory resets, etc.

I just sent a couple mms pictures around 1mb in size to my work cell and worked fine. Also sent a group mms and worked fine. Only did these 3 so far to test today as it's early still for me but no sim card issue today yet :highfive:.

Guess we can at least rule out at this point it's a hardware/sim card issue hopefully?

Found this, http://downdetector.com/status/verizon-communications/news/11814-problems-at-verizon-communications
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jayle007:
Same here in San Diego. NO preparing sim card message for 1 full day now. I think it was a network issue. What was interesting is that my phone lost root access when the network went down. I had to reinstall superSu to get root back. Weird.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] trook:
My phone hasn't done it either today! Let's hope it's over!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] trook:
That's crazy
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Napoleones:
Yeah. I think it's network issue. How many days did it happen?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] droidkevlar:
At least 3 days of weirdness for me. I'm now back to getting amazing battery life.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Div033:
I've been having an issue lately where the Sim card becomes undetectable and I lose all network access til I eject the Sim card and re-insert it. Very annoying and dangerous while driving. It just happened while I was writing this post in fact.

I am uncertain as to why this is happening... I just took a look at the Sim card and noticed it had some smudges on it possibly from the initial install but I did drop the phone once and am wondering if it impacted the Sim card area and it's now fubared... I dunno, hopefully wiping it down good will prevent any future instances but... We'll see. I just put on my tempered glass protector so if I have to get a replacement I'll be pretty unhappy.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Div033:
Follow up: I did have the issue again. I think it's a connection issue with the sim. I took the tray out, physically bent it just a little to angle the tray DOWN in an attempt to improve the contact of the sim with the phone. It seems to have worked as I haven't had an issue since.

The tray is made of a very durable metal so bending it is very hard. The bend I made is not noticeable, but I notice that when inserted it sits slightly different along the edge. That tiny bit of extra pressure connecting the phone with the sim seems to have corrected it.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] chiilguy:
Preparing sim card

Hey folks, I just thought I would share my experience even tho my M8 is stock on T-Mobile. I started to randomly get the "preparing sim card" message, often times when downloading multiple updates from Google Play. I read thru all the forums and tried taking out the sim, cleaning it, and putting a thin layer of tape on the top so that it fits more securely in the sim tray slot. This helped for a while and then the problem returned. After reading further forum posts, I disabled the "My.T-Mobile" app and other T-mo related apps; so far this has seemed to fix the issue. Try as I might I have not been able to get the error again (hope I am not jixing myself) I know you guys are Verizon but that they have similar apps... It may be worth a try to disable them and see. I love the phone but the error was really buggin me. Hope this may help someone.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shirazs:
I connect my Note 3 to my car's Aux-In using a standard Aux-In cable. When speaking on the phone, I hear the person I'm speaking to perfectly clear through my car's speakers. However, they hear an echo in my voice, which lessens if I turn down the volume. I understand this to be an issue with noise cancellation. However, I'm a little baffled that with my Note 2 (and previously HTC One, Note 1), using exactly the same cable and in the same car, I didn't have this issue. Are there any software solutions (app or settings) - I am rooted and using Stock Touchwiz 4.4.2. Alternatively, can someone recommend a cable that would work without this echo issue.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xclub_101:
I do not think it is from the cable - have you tried (in call settings somewhere) to change the call sound effect to something else? And of course the Noise reduction checkbox!?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shirazs:
Thanks, no luck with settings, can't toggle noise reduction once the aux-in cable is connected.
[Verizon LG G2] willi_3609:
I recently explored apex launcher and long pressed on the home screen. This brings up a dialog and it has different options. If you choose activity, then scroll down and expand settings, there are things like screen mode, touch key light settings, phone mode... And more, they seem like they would be useful for this phone if they worked... But the touch key light one is useless for the g2. In screen mode it shows standard. Vivid. And natural. It would be nice to see these, but changing them makes no difference. Still I wonder why they are in the ROM in the first place? Anybody have thoughts. Try it yourself too!
[Verizon LG G2] fit4ugolf:
Can you set APEX to lock by holding down the home screen instead of double tapping?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] gatz27:
Any mods for TW based Rom gt-i9505 (transparent)