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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nascar895:
I flashed Gt-i9100 firmware on shw-m250k anycall. Now no imei and no baseband. I tried flashing shw-m250k firmware but still no luck. How to fix it please help me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] banjara:
There is a thread with exact same name in general section. Did you read that?

Try a search first.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nascar895:
Yes it doesn't work
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nascar895:
Anyone?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nascar895:
Help :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Many mobile repair shops have equipment which can re-write the IMEI back to the device fairly cheaply. If you have no EFS backup & tried flashing stock/that didn't work, you don't really have any other option.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nascar895:
I have efs folder backup but phone doesn't boot into international firmware saying

"e: can't mount efs (invalid argument)"

Then tried this method but no luck

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2204960
[LG Optimus G Pro] cletusarrarr:
So ive flashed the 4.4.2 stock E988 rom on my E980. Couldnt help notice the stock Email/Exchange app isnt present , how could i get the stock google exchange app to work here, im surrectly using a 3rd party app that syncs email but doesnt do calendar, so the stock app from google should help

is there one from LG that im missing ? willing to try that as well , inputs if from anyone would help.
[LG Optimus G Pro] DroidSK:
You can try to extract the app from the e988 or e980 kdz file. Or you can extract the apk from CM or Vanir ROMS for e988.
[LG Optimus G Pro] spexwood:
I flashed the stock 4.4.2 E980 rom (not the E988 one) and it has the stock email app.

I know this doesn't really answer your question, but if you want to install the e980 rom, then you'll have the app for sure.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sfawadh:
I just found out that when you go to settings>General (Tab)> Security, there's an option "Set up SIM Lock". When I tap on it, I get 2 options, 1 saying "Lock SIM Card" and there's a box with a check mark on it. When I tap on this option, it asks me a code.

Now, after seeing this can anyone tell me whether we can remove the SIM lock by some sort of a code (like other GSM Note 3s)?

Can anyone refer to a website from where I can get the unlock codes?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] topherk:
First, a disclaimer, then your answer...

Disclaimer: Searching first is the best policy

People posting questions before searching for them is a big problem here on XDA. So much so, in fact, that it has become rule number one in our

Forum Rules

. Posting multiple Q&A threads not only makes those of us who answer questions exasperated, it also means floods the forum with multiple threads that essentially hold identical information. If there are 10 posts talking about updating your phone, it's easier to miss the 1 that refers to your specific problem.

Searching is a great tool here on XDA. I know that the mobile search functions aren't the best, but it's still possible to at least Google for it. A simple search for "international" in the Q&A and General Forums comes up with the following threads, all of which have relatively recent information:

[Q] Unlocking Sim for International use (Sprint)

(Last reply May 22nd)

International Use Without Sprint unlock?

(Last reply May 15th)

International sim unlock wasn't approved

(Last reply April 29th)

It's always better to "bump" an existing thread than it is to create a new one, since it means less clutter on the site and it centralizes information (there are

rules on bumping

, though). A future person with the same question will see a post with 20+ replies and know it's worth reading.

Answer: Call Sprint

Currently, the only solution for unlocking your SIM for international use it to call Sprint and ask very nicely. It seems that Sprint isn't very keen on releasing this phone for international use, but some people have gotten them to do it. See post 11 in

this thread

.

I hope this adequately answers your question.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sfawadh:
Thank you very much for your detailed reply but I've been following all these threads (and some more) for a long time and I know that only Sprint is unlocking it.

What I was wondering was that if there is an unlock option that requires a code, can any developer create an app that would try different combinations for 4 to 8 digits until the actual code is found and accepted.

I don't know much about development so I don't even know if this is even possible. That's why I asked here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] cor4twenty:
The lock you are looking at is not a lock/unlock for carriers but rather a security measure for the sim in the same way one can lock or encrypt an sd card.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cnile:
so i downgraded from 4.1.2 to 4.1.1, i sim unlocked my phome and i installed the root thing, both with odin.

now i want to upgrade to 4.1.2, so i have this link to a 4.1.2 zip file, not the same as the other odin files which were like md5 or something that i used with PDA with odin, here is this link.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2387423

specific download link

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23060877489997375

it is on the first post of that forum, it says

update412.zip

now my question is how to i use the zip file to update, it says something about mobile odin but there are no real instructions to update from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2

also will i loose my downloaded files and my root?

also how to update to 4.3 after i update to 4.1.2

thanks for all your help!!!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
You don't have to update to 4.1.2 to update to 4.3.

If you go with a custom ROM, you will keep root. Although, if you flash stock ROM with Odin, you will lose it.

Mobile Odin can be used to flash (don't interrupt it), if you wish to go that route. No special instructions.

You can also flash using Odin (PC version), once again, don't interrupt it. You'll have to unzip and use the PDA file.

Finally, if you wanna flash a custom ROM, you can install TWRP, which you can get from GooManager on the Play Store (menu then install recovery). That will let you flash a custom ROM in recovery.

Now before you do any of that, please take the time to read and fully understand what you are doing, w/e option you choose to go with.

GL!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cnile:
Well I would want stock 4.3 the thing is I cannot find download for it. Do you know where to get it?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
Did you look in the stickied?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33570269#post33570269
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Larry2999:
You can only flash the zips via recovery. Download both zip files to your PC and copy to a good quality micro SD card. Place the card in your phone and boot your phone to recovery mode. First you flash the 4.1.2 zip, then reboot to recovery again and repeat the process with the 4.3 zip.

Yes, you will lose root and you may lose your downloaded files which is why you need to do a back-up before updating. Once you have updated to 4.3, you can re-root your phone.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sassyboy2412:
Dear all,

My Xoom was working fine with 4.2.2 EOS Rom but it was updated to Omni 4.4.2 which is little slow in performance. So i return my xoom to 4.2.2 but it's got stuck in Motorola logo, kindly help, i have try many times wipe cache/ data/ ...

Thank you for your help
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webeougher:
Did you undo the BigPart process and go back to stock partition sizes?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhakobian:
The other option is to try to flash one of the bigPart boot images on top of the new rom and see if that works.

If it does, you would need to re-flash after every rom update, and might lose some ROM features if the kernel doesn't support them. It might be worth a shot.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robgee789:
Hey guys I've been trying to get the album art to display properly in the Google music app but I can't seem to get it to show certain covers, some albums work fine but others just won't work any ideas how to fix it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] yahoonuts:
Does anyone have or can make a 4.4.2 debrick file for a gs3 r530u and r530?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 3izz:
Please someone help us
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
what service provider model is that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 3izz:
Is the same as the i535 for Verizon
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] robbiejobs:
I've waited for almost 2 years to have R530C debrick image, no one have that file. I almost give up, and then my stupid idea came up... ( You'll need linux terminal, and basic linux command knowledge )

1.) Download odin package for your device ( make sure it's the same version with your latest firmware before got bricked )

2.) Extract the .tar.md5 file ( WinRar / 7zip will give error message, just ignore it )

3.) Grab debrick image for your device, or at least the same variant ( R530C / U / M ) firmware version doesn't matter.

4.) Clone the debrick image to your microSD card.

5.) Now back to extracted folder of your firmware, copy these files :

sbl1.mbn

sbl2.mbn

sbl3.mbn

aboot.mbn

rpm.mbn

tz.mbn

to your working directory

6.) List your debrick microSD partition using parted ( mine was /dev/sdb, make sure you have the right partition before doing these commands )

I forgot the command, but it's something like

parted /dev/sdb

(parted) print

7.) Now you can see the partition list (sbl1,sbl2,etc)

8.) And then do this :

sudo dd if=sbl1.mbn of=/dev/sdbX

sudo dd if=sbl2.mbn of=/dev/sdbX

sudo dd if=sbl3.mbn of=/dev/sdbX

sudo dd if=aboot.mbn of=/dev/sdbX

sudo dd if=rpm.mbn of=/dev/sdbX

sudo dd if=tz.mbn of=/dev/sdbX

9.) After finishing all the command, remove your microSD from card reader, cross finger.. and Good Luck.

Sorry for my "not-so-easy" tutorial, I wish I could explain it a little easier to understand.. but my english sucks :D
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] nomadman:
Sorry if this is already posted. I got this from a "un-named" website because I could not find it on MS's site. I got a few errors on first connect, which I sent to MS. No errors with the rest of the syncs. Running WinXP SP2.

edit: Now it's available for download on MS site. The one I download earlier was a dud and was removed. it was replaced by another download with the same version and no more errors.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ledvedder:
I was having issues with my phone not getting a GPS fix. So, I figured I'd try a few different ROMs. I was on this rom, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2771110, and everything worked great except the GPS. I then did a TWRP backup and installed Cyanogen 11. It booted fine into it, but I still couldn't get a GPS lock. So, I thought, maybe it's a kitkat issue with my phone. So, I tried installing this rom, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2595586, after doing a full wipe except for internal storage. It sat at "formatting", as the OP says it may, but it finally finished. Then, it wouldn't boot. It just sat at the LG logo screen. I went back into TWRP and tried a few wipes (cache, dalvik, and data), but it still wouldn't boot. So, I decided to restore my TWRP backup of Lam Hoang 7.1, and now it is still stuck at the LG logo, and won't boot.

Any help would be appreciated!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CharliexCharger:
Try a different recovery. I'd start with Philz recovery. After flashing Philz recovery I'd reflash the most recent ROM listed in your second link. In my experience twrp has given me quite the trouble. Good luck.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ledvedder:
Can I restore a TWRP backup with Philz recovery?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CharliexCharger:
Not that I've ever been made aware of.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxZombiePikachu:
Yes you can but you cannot restore a philz backup with twrp

Sent from my Potato powered G2 D800
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ledvedder:
How? When I go into restore backup in Philz and select my backup, it just shows me a bunch of files (some with a .md5 extension).
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ledvedder:
I got it back up. Flashed Philz and installed a rom. Then, I restored one of my backups, and it booted fine.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CharliexCharger:
Awesome. Twrp just seems buggy from time to time.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ledvedder:
Still have no GPS though. I wish I knew why, because it used to work fine.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snowf0x:
Hey All,

Anyone of you experiencing app resolution and screen size issue? all my side load apps (except XBMC, which i can manually adjust the screen) is little bigger than my screen. i couldnt see or select the button near the border. Is there any way i could force the app display at the correct resolution?

Thanks!
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roustabout:
Have you used the Amazon utility to calibrate your screen?

Settings .. System .. Display .. Calibrate Display.

It doesn't adjust color but lets you dial screen size back or up a bit. Don't know if it's globally effective?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vyktym:
Overscan

I recently ran into the same problem and after endless searching, it was my TV causing all the issues. If your TV is cutting off a small portion of each each side, check its Overscan setting; it's usually on by default. I have a Panny, so for me it was under Screen Setting, but once I turned it off, I could finally read all the text. Hope that helps!
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snowf0x:
That solved my problem!!! thank you so much! I have a Panny TV as well!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dannyfranks76:
I've got a head scratcher that I can't fix. I can't hear anything in calls and the other end can't hear me. My speaker and mic work perfectly in all other applications - I can record video and hear the audio in that, I can make and receive calls in Skype and Viber and the speaker and mic work flawlessly in both but the standard phone just doesn't work. I hear the rising been after dialling and then nothing - I can't hear it ringing and can't hear anything once it is answere and the other end don't hear me.

Phone was totally stock (not even rooted) when this first happened and I figured I'd fix it through a new rom so I rooted and first one I tried was an old familiar ARHD (I'd used the equivalent on my last phone) and it was odd as I think that seemed to fix it for the first test call and then stopped again. This seemed to be an oddity as no other rom I've tried even worked once.

I figured something Samsung was still updating after the install and causing the problem so next I tried Cyanogen 11 - didn't work even once. Tried Cyanogen 10.1.3, same thing. Just tried the AOSB rom and still the same thing...

Really not sure what to do now - any ideas?

Thanks,

DF
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viber Team:
Hi,

Custom ROMs can be difficult and might be a source of the issue itself. Since your issue was present before installing the custom ROM, we might be able to assist. Please open a support ticket at this link: http://bit.ly/1aOwGy2 and a support agent will be in touch.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dannyfranks76:
Hi,

Thanks for the offer of help but Viber actually works perfectly - it's just the built in phone that stopped working. Unfortunately GiffGaff don't seem to support Viber In for all calls otherwise I would just enable that and not worry about the normal phone not working...

Thanks,

DF
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] etgreat:
Hi!

I have a (pretty complicated) problem on my hands it seems.

I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S III (Verizon, sch-i535), running cyanogenmod 10.1.2.

A couple days ago, I realized I wasn't able to press to power button to lock my screen.

I hadn't installed anything new, or changed any settings that was relevant recently.

It showed all the symptoms (that I have heard of) of a "stuck" power button:

Can't lock screen

Can't open sleeping phone with power button

Screen sporadically locks by itself

Power menu (the one that pops up when you hold the power button) pops up randomly and sporadically

Phone boots by itself when the battery is inserted

I figured it was a hardware issue, and I took it to a Samsung Repair center, where I was told there was nothing wrong with the button.

I returned home confused. I decided I should try flashing a newer version of cyanogenmod, where I realized I wasn't able to access either download mode or recovery mode. Let me elaborate:

When I put in my battery, it first (by itself) tries to enter recovery mode. It flashes a cyanogen booting screen for a a bit (varies in length, sometimes up to 1 second, sometimes not at all) and goes dark.

If I reinsert the battery, it repeats.

When I try to enter download mode, I can access the yellow exclamation point warning about custom OSes, where I can press volume up to start the process.

It shows the green android, says downloading, do not turn off, ODIN mode, etc, and soon crashes.

After a long time of trying to boot the phone, I found the only way to boot it is to first go through download mode, wait for it to crash, take out and reinsert the battery, and then wait (after which it will boot normally).

I've tried various apps that have a "reboot to download mode" or "reboot to recovery mode" function, but they all result in the phone crashing and staying dark.

tl;dr power button doesn't work (not hardware) so I can't access download mode or recovery mode

Edit: It seems that the power button action seems to get registered more when I move / shake the phone (not strictly the case, just seems like a pattern)

Does anyone know what's going on, or what I can do to get out of this mess?

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yosterwp:
Actually, I had this problem too where the phone thought the power button was being pressed even though it physically wasn't. The only difference though is that I was (and still am) using a TW rom. I ended up fixing it by just firmly holding down the power button (with a bit more pressure than normal) for a couple seconds and then letting go while the phone was on.

I'm not sure why that worked, but... it did.

Hope that helps
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BattsNotIncld:
Like you said, all of the symptoms you are describing would be indicative of a stuck power button. How did they test the button at the repair center? I'd take it back to them. Otherwise i know mobiletechvideos.com has a fairly cheap power button repair service ($40).

A simple DIY fix you can try is to lightly smack the power button on the edge of a table, obviously not too hard or you can damage the phone/screen. I've seen people claim this has fixed a stuck power button issue. It's similar to what the poster above did. Sometimes dirt/gunk gets under the button and into the electrical contacts and this could help jar anything loose.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
Yeah this worked for me for a couple months. It ended up completely stuck so this is probably not a long term solution.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] etgreat:
Hey guys,

Thanks for the replies.

The guy at the repair center took it apart, and tried resoldering the power button (twice).

He seemed pretty convinced it was a software issue (might be because he's obligated to? not sure what their policy is on rooted phones).

Does anyone know of a software issue that might lead to something like this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nithin Nath:
Please help me. Once when I tried to upgrade my phone it got damaged and i repaired it in a near by local shop.. I don't know what they did to my phone... now i can't upgrade my phone and i don't understand which recovery mode is in my phone. I got only four options in it.

1) reboot system now

2) apply sd card :update zip

3) wipe data factory reset.

4) wipe cache partition

Now the main option needed to upgrade "install zip from sd card" is not available.. Could someone help me to change it or atleast tell me which mode is this

This is that recovery mode View attachment 2813666View attachment 2813666View attachment 2813666

Sent from my galaxy ace GT-S5830
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
That's stock recovery. Not a custom recovery on a Samsung device. If you have a Galaxy Ace like your signature suggests, go to their forums. We can't help you here. If you do not have a Verizon Galaxy S3 (sch-i535), we can not help you.
[Ouya Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Onetearfalls:
looking for an app that will let me use the ouya controller to control playstore games. Either by screen mapping keys or something i know the M.O.J.O console has software like it and i wanted to know if it got ported over or is there anything else i can use.
[Ouya Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mindslave:
I think the best you can do if the game you want to play doesn't have a controller set up page, like emulators do, is play moga optimized games using the xposed app found here to make the ouya control look like a moga to the game: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2359390
[Ouya Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gueschmid:
There is also the "tincore" App ! You have to map the controller actions to places on the touchscreen, so you can play games without controller support. There are some threads an ouyaforum.com sideloading, whre you can get support. It is possible to load profils for each game from the net, so you need not make your own.

I do not use tincore!

gueschmid
[XDA Assist] shiftyund:
I have a Note 2 sph-l900 that received the OTA update 4.4 from sprint the other day and it bricked my phone. The problem i'm having is I'm not able to boot into recovery mode. I can boot into download and successfully use odin to install philz, clockwork, or twrp. I've tried various versions of all three but none of them will let me boot into recovery mode. My phone just sits at the samsung galaxy note II logo.

I've also to return the phone to stock through odin but it always fails at sboot.bin...

I'm sort of stuck and run out of options if anybody has some ideas I would appreciate any help I can get. thanks
[XDA Assist] Perseus:
There has been a very good Discussion regarding the Recent 4.4.2 update for your Device. The discussion is in the thread

Note II - the 4.4.2 update - discussion thread has details on what you need to be doing in those circustances. If you still have issues, you can post in that thread and someone will be able to help you.
[XDA Assist] shiftyund:
Thanks for the point in the right direction. I was able to get it working using this file fix.tar - [Click for QR Code] (14.55 MB, 27 views)

on page 29 and and then loaded this http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.ph...store/Unrooted with odin located on page 40 post by rwilco12
[XDA Assist] Perseus:
Glad it all worked out.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamo86:
I was able to switch between 2 languages using the space bar now I'm unable to do this.i need help.i can select only one language.

Solved turning accessibility for floating notification caused the issue.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hack droid:
how to root my samsung galaxy star 3 duos gt s5282?

with safety??
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rophaq:
go here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2378158
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] danishsajjad:
HTC Alert tones which can surprise your friends when you use on your Sony Devices!!!​

These alert sounds are extracted from HTC One X​

Just flash the ZIP file and you are all set to go... :cool:

I can even provide ui sounds if you like...

Just PM me and I'll do it for you!

Kindly report any problems...... However, successfully tested on Xperia U