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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anupd29:
hi

yesterday i had faced very weird problem with nexus 5 (rooted with CF-Auto root).. it got locked on me.

What happened was i installed swiftkey on my nexus 5. I had to go out and battery was low so I turned off mobile data and kept it for charging. I dont really lock my nexus when I am at home but whenever I go out I set up PIN for security and its been the same 4 digits number since my first android cell. So this time I went into settings=>Security and set it up. The only change was that instead of usual keyboard, swiftkey opened. So I inserted the number twice.. Nothing weird so far.. right ?...

Well, what happened after that was weird.. I couldnt unlock my nexus. No matter how many time I tried I couldnt unlock it. I can swear that I inserted my usual PIN but it wouldnt unlock. Then I started panicking. After few unsuccessful attempts the usual prompt came so I waited 30 secs and tried again. But no avail. So there was no option but to recover password via gmail, right ? well I wasnt that lucky.. I tried wrong pin for more than 50 times but "forgot password" prompt wouldnt come. (i hadnt taken nandroid backup for last 2 months so i started getting mini heart attacks :p) then I tried 40-50 times more.. restarted my cell 3-4 times.. neither would it get locked not it would give me alternate method of unlocking.. thats stupid right ?? :silly:

I couldnt do anything. I checked online and found out that KITKAT DOESNT HAVE ALTERNATIVE OPTION of locking (or unlocking for that matter). Since my mobile data was off (I dont have wifi) I couldnt lock and unlock it using Android Device Manager (ADM) as well. So I was royally screwed ... and only apparent way out would entail data loss :crying:

I could just use camera and nothing else.

So I slept badly thinking that I would factory reset my nexus the next day. And in the morning it suddenly hit me :good:. I had also installed Floating Toucher app yesterday and I could see the floater even on my camera app. So I touched that.. opened quick launch and enabled mobile data. Then went on and locked my nexus using ADM and then I could unlock it with new password. phew...

so it was in all weirdest experience.

Now here are my findings

1) KitKat doesnt have alternative unlocking method

2) Nor does it lock your cell permanently. I mean you could try all permutations and combinations till you unlock it. (my ancient nokia would lock after few wrong tries..) and thats serious flow in system

3) Swiftkey may have screwed me over.

4) Floating Toucher (though proved as my saviour) could bypass system lock and thus one could use (or misuse) it.

Any thoughts on these people ??
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anupd29:
Sorry for looooooong post

and sorry for toooooooo long post. I couldnt wrap it up without telling everything. :p
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RioPalmares:
I would like to buy Note 3 n900a so as to use it with Straight Talk carrier (using AT&T towers) on LTE data speed.

Will it work? Should I buy locked or unlocked version?

Or perhaps I should buy n900t unlocked version? I've seen the info that n900t is compatible with any LTE carriers in the US unlike n900a which supports only AT&T LTE.

The main issue for me is to get LTE data speeds.

Thanks!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GalaxyNotesTx:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2479927
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RioPalmares:
Thanks, I already read the thread but unfortunately I didn't find the info will locked n900a work with StraighTalk ATT sim card.

Or may be I'd better should purchase unlocked n900t?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 440bro:
In my "opinion" the 900t is superior over the 900a. The 900a has a locked bootloader where the 900t doesn't. The 900t is able to have a custom recovery installed which allows for custom roms and development. Since the 900a has a locked bootloader your stuck with the software and bloat that at&t has provided. If you don't care about software, the 900t is better for tmobile network, and the 900a is better for at&t's network.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RioPalmares:
Well all I really care is LTE.

So I can assume that n900a is better for me since I'm using StraightTalk ATT sim?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 440bro:
I would assume the 900a would be better lte connection wise myself. If your really worried about connection speed, I wouldn't go with straight talk.

*30 day Unlimited Plans include 3 GB of high speed data per 30 day cycle. After 3 GB, your data speed will be reduced for the remainder of the 30 day cycle. High speed data is restored once a new 30 day service plan is redeemed at the end of the 30 day plan cycle. Other limitations, terms and conditions of service apply. Straight Talk reserves the right to terminate your service for unauthorized or abnormal usage.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RioPalmares:
Should I switch to Verizon. lol?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rukbat:
Sraight talk uses either an AT&T SIM or a T-Mobile SIM (the "unlocked" SIM is a T-Mobile SIM). The 900A will work - as is - with the AT&T SIM, the 900T will work with the T-Movile SIM.

First decide which network gives you better coverage. That will decide which phone you want. (Unless you care about being able to load different ROMs into the phone. You can't with the 900A - all ROMs are variants of he stock ROM - the bootloader is locked. In that case, if you want to use the phone on AT&T, you'll have to get the 900T unlocked.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RioPalmares:
Thanks. I gonna get n900A. ATT coverage is better than T-Mobile in SFBA and I don't care about ROM.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExtctnLvlEvnt:
I use straight talk, have a locked AT&T note 3, and I get LTE speeds no problem, just have to set the APN
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tratious:
I have the "Straight Talk" AT&T Sim card that works perfect in the 900a model, I get LTE perfectly. I didnt even have to mess with my APN on this phone it all just worked.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] Moko:
Does anyone know for certain if the M600/Prophet will work in Japan?

Looking at the Orange international useage it says the M600 won't workbecause you need a quad band phone...I thought the M600 was quad band so why won't it work?

Does anyone also know if you can buy a pay as you go SIM for use while in Japan?
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] hanmin:
As far as I know Japan use a totally different protocol for their mobile phone. Most of the phone will not work (tri and quad). Unless, I think there are some company there supports GSM phone which works on 'normal' GSM phone, but I think these GSM phone companies are not that popular in Japan.

You need to check the telco company on this matter.. or post at a forum where people may have been to japan ... OH.. here is a good forum :D :D (I'm so lame)

Anyway, try asking Asukal on this matter.
[Samsung Gear 2] pepetone:
hello ... you can place an icon on the home of a contact from the address book to directly call and / or send text messages? thanks
[Samsung Gear 2] BigDanInTX:
I don't believe there's any application that will do this currently for the Gear 2.
[Samsung Gear 2] Bladder61:
One recommendation is set the gear contacts up to only show favorites. Then use the Shortcut Clock as your home screen with Contacts as one of your 3 Icons. Instead of having to scroll through your entire phone book, only your few selected favorites will pop up. I only initiate calls from the gear to family and friends for a quick chat, I don't call work contacts or plan long conversation from the gear.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Louietheflyisme:
Hello everyone,

I use an LG Optimus L4 II (e445). I rooted it but then decided I had too much on it and decided to restore to factory settings. It all worked fine. However, when I got to the Google Account sign in page, it gave me the "couldn't establish a reliable connection to the server" error message. I followed every single tutorial I could find online as to how to solve this. None of them worked. Eventually, I re-rooted it (using VRoot) and managed to download an apk of ES file explorer and locate the hosts file. This had one line that shouldn't have been there:

127.234.104.240	android.clients.google.com

From what I can make out, this is the address of google's sign in servers. So somehow (I suspect malware/dodgy rooting program?) my hosts file has been edited to stop me logging into google. Restoring the device does nothing, neither does unrooting/rerooting. When I open up the file in ES (when rooted) and edit out the bad lines, I can't save for some reason- I think the /system folder is write protected.

So I tried to make the /system folder writeable. I used the android sdk to do this (mount -o command) but this did not do anything. I downloaded the mount /system apk and installed that, it did not help either. I tried /pull and /push on the hosts file to edit it and send it back using the apk. I could successfully pull and edit it, but it would not let me push it back. I'm kind of stuck here. I can effectively not use my phone- I can't use most apps and can't download any, and have no other solutions up my sleeve. Any ideas?

Thanks a lot,

Louis

(PS I hope I've posted correctly, I'm a n00b to this website :) )
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Louietheflyisme:
After trying for a few weeks now, I've still had no success. One idea has come to me though- installing a rom. Would downloading a custom ROM change my hosts file? Also, if so, could anyone recommend one that is similar to default android? One last idea that I've got at the moment is sonehow completely wiping the hard drive of the phone and reinstalling androud on it, though I have no idea whether that is even possible, and if so, how to do it. I would really appreciate some help here!

Thanks again,

Louis
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J2270A:
After reading, I can only talk as one who knows less than you.

Let me say this from the start.

Root=/= unlock bootloader

Find a way to unlock boot loader first, with a Google search.

Use fastboot to flash a recovery (.IMG) made for your phone. fastboot is something like adb.

Let's just say that that is more complicated than rooting. It gave me a headache at first.

_______/

Pertaining to your problem, how about a reflash of the system image?

The official lg mobile support tool may help you with this.

Search for your phone model on the lg support page, look under manuals and downloads, then under software update.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Louietheflyisme:
I'm not entirely sure I understand you here, but I'll try. What would unlocking the bootloader do to my phone? Would it enable r/w on the system folder? Also, what is a reflash of the system image? How would I do that?

I'll try these things if I can, but would still appreciate help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J2270A:
Look around on http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Basic_concepts?

It should give you some info in flashing and unlocking.

It can give people quite a headache, with all those terms.

________

As for the part under the line, I'm talking about a restoring of the phone to the default state via official methods.

Instructions would be given by the official support programme.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Louietheflyisme:
Ok, so from what I can work out, cyanogen does not support my device. Would doing it for a similar device work? Are there any ROMs that support my device?

under the line, restoring the phone via the official ways actually just wipes the user data, not including the HOSTS file which is what I need to wipe. What I really need it is basically a ROM that completely wipes my phone and reinstalls some version of android.

Any other ideas?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J2270A:
While there may not be official support for a phone for a custom ROM, you may be able to find unofficial ports/versions if you search for it in the forums.

From what I know, a system reinstall via official methods wipes data and almost everything else, then downloads from its servers system files to be installed to the phone. At least, my phone was reverted to a stock ROM when I restored it after using a custom ROM. It may be different for some, but generally, this is what I think.

Important: only use a ROM made for your device model only, do not use the ones made for a similar phone, the small differences are no longer small in this case and will cause a system error(?)

Generally, once you have successfully unlocked boot loader using a method for your phone, the instructions afterwards are generally the same for all phones. You'll be able to get better answers in the threads specifically for your phone, so try to look for one and look for the already tried methods,

Here's one:

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ish Takkar:
Well, the same problem persists on my phone as well. Whenever I change the hosts file by removing the additional line, it saves but after some time it comes again and I have to remove it again and again!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhalizade:
I have this problem with my S3 and I always delete the "hosts" file! I should find witch process make this file!!
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SinWei97:
I Cant Find The Latest Version Of Novathor Setting Can Anybody Give Me The Latest Link? TY
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TPD-21:
Download the latest release CM11 ROM. Because the last version has been integrated in the last release any CM11 ROM. The last version is the version-1.5.

PS. [MENTION=5268305]SinWei97[/MENTION] : Did you download this file, as you asked? Here
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SinWei97:
Thank for the link bro! And ty for the quick reply
[General Questions and Answers] dasarinarendra:
I want to install cwm recovery on my funbook p280. My device is already rooted but not unlocked my bootloader to install custom roms please help me. My device is rooted with the help of bin4ry. (Same procedure followed for a89). I tried a lot of procedures like novotools,nandroid manager,flashing cwm using adb drivers, rom manager they are not working. My device has Jellybean(4.2.2) inbuilt.
[General Questions and Answers] dasarinarendra:
Rooting funbook p280

1.Enable usb debugging in settings -> Developer options in your tablet

2.connect your tablet to pc(Windows 7 or xp)

3.You have to innstall adb drivers in your pc.

4.Unzip A89 Rooting.rar file.

5.Then run Runme.bat file.

6.Select option normal by entering option 1.

7.Then follow instructions on the screen.
[General Questions and Answers] dasarinarendra:
Stock rom installation on Funbook P280

1.Download stock rom and Live suite pack from attachments.

2.Switch off your Tablet.

3.Connect your device to your pc(windows xp or windows 7)

4.Now press volume down and power button until the pc detects and shows unknown device in device manager.

5.Then double click on live suite pack.

6.While extracting it will ask for installing drivers automatically.

7.I will post remaining on next replay.
[General Questions and Answers] sarath kadavul:
After flashing my auto rotation got screwed any help
[General Questions and Answers] dasarinarendra:
Sorry to say that I am also facing same problem. I am not using Auto rotation now.
[HTC Wildfire S] 4everwfs:
Hello my friends...i have some problems to solve...first of all i want to update my TWRP from 2.2.7. to 2.7....how????

After that i want to update my CM10.1 to CM11 and install the properly Gapps for CM11 (i haven't install Gapps at CM10.1)

THANKS IN ADVANCE

Wildfire S Unlocked S-ON

CM 10.1

TWRP 2.2

Pureperfonce X
[HTC Wildfire S] 4everwfs:
The problem with TWRP is solved with GOO.im app!Now i want to ask if i install CM11 is there any fix for CAMERA?
[HTC Wildfire S] AFN:
Camera's fixed in new builds
[HTC Wildfire S] 4everwfs:
Please upload in a reply the fix ╯﹏╰
[HTC Wildfire S] aWFSuser:
Just read the CM11 thread. The changelog clearly states its not required to flash any patch anymore. Just download the ROM and flash it. Any fix is included. At least try to find out for yourself before opening a thread.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulmuning:
NOTE: I have been also searching in other threads, but as of now, to no avail. Still failed!

After trying to flash in Odin, got stuck in "get pit for mapping". Tried below steps but still no go:

-tried using different original cables

-tried using other computers

-installed proper drivers (checked device manager, and detected by Odin)

-tried using different versions of Odin

Details of my phone:

-SHV-E210K

-unrooted 4.3 (official, OTA updated)

-baseband - E210KKKND3

-Kernel - 3.0.31 - 2bb039b

-build # - JSS15J.E210KKKUGND3

My phone is NOT bricked, it is usable right now. But I want to gain root access, by flashing CF-Root in Odin. But everytime I flash, it got stuck in "get pit for mapping"

In addition, I have noticed that my device only detects 16GB of internal storage instead of it's original 32GB storage, I have used an app (just can't remember the name) in figuring it out. I believe this is the root cause. Any help/advise would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnie498:
Mod Edit

Thread Closed - Please answer in this thread already started	[q] q> galaxy s3 (shv-e210k) always stucked @ get pit for mapping

ronnie498

Forum Moderator
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
We all know that since KitKat 4.4.2 Google has clamped down on writing to the MicroSD card.

To that I have a couple of questions I'm going to throw into the audience:-

1. Default Camera photo/video storage

Do we know for definite if the G3 allows you to save your photo and video files directly to the MicroSD card?

I can not remember seeing a choice between Internal or External.

2. Default File Manager writing to the MicroSD card

As file managers such as Solid Explorer etc. now no longer have write permissions (unless rooted) for the MicroSD card, the only file managers that can now write to MicroSD is those that have been given write permissions as in the default file manager.

Question being, again do we know for definite if the G3 default File Manager will allow you to copy to the MicroSD card?

If the answer is yes, then just how good is the G3's default File Manager?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arnonrgo:
RE:Default MicroSD card ~ Write Permissions

Yes and yes - both programs support writing to the SD card

I've used both features on my F400K

The explorer is not the best of its kind but it is OK
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
Thanks.

That's another tick in the box. :)
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeythedude:
Similar to the user above, I can read/write to my 32gb FAT32 formatted MicroSDHC card with the G3 file explorer. I personally prefer ES File explorer myself, but I found no issues with their default file explorer. Hope that helps answer your question ;)
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arnonrgo:
Also

By the way you can also you can set the LG PC Suite to sync to the SD
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
Definitely, thanks also left to you. :)
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
Interesting..... I'm not familiar with this software. I'll have to look into it.

Thanks added.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoangnova:
Follow this guide. http://lgviet.com/forum/threads/fix-loi-ghi-the-nho-tren-lg-g2-4-4-kitkat.14391/

:D
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
Thanks..... Only problem though it's not in English.

No problem though, I'll sort it out later.

Thanks left to you. :)
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] u1988:
http://technofaq.org/posts/2014/04/fixing-external-sd-card-write-issue-on-android-kitkat/
[General Questions and Answers] gazt4:
Hello Experts,

I really need some help from you guys. I have a Xperia neo MT15. Recently I bought a new phone and I gave this Neo to my sister and she gave the phone back to me after a while. I didn't really use it for a while coz I had a new phone. But now when I tried the unlock pattern didn't work. Plus my sister doesn't remember it as well. I really need to unlock this device can someone please please help me ? I tried to flash but it says the phone needs to be allowed in debug mode or whatever. So there is no way that I can access up to that point and do such things. Can someone please tell me how to fix this issue. I would be really grateful to you guys if you could help me out. I'd be in your debt.

THanks
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] nikunjgami:
Hello friends I have question regarding bettery on costom rom .on costom rom bettery drain fast even on charging while using mobile .and stock rom bettery charging well even using mobile while charging .that means costom rom takes to much time to charge mobile .how to make faster charging on cm 11 or any other cm .

Please I need stock bettery kernals which can be use in cm

Sorry for my silly question but I have post here for your help. Thanks
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] say2sumit:
Dude use carbon 4.4.3 or c ROM single sim in my case i got more backup time of battery compare to other custom rom.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] banerjeeayan1996:
If you have it means that you didnt flash the custom rom correctly. Now go back to CWM and goto ADVANCED and choose wipe battery stats. Hope this may solve your problem.

Sent from my GT-S7562

IF I HELPED YOU PLEASE PRESS THANKS
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] SVR:
Use Battery Calibration App from Play Store

By default you should have better battery backup with Custom ROMS available on XDA Threads. But you should follow the instructions in the OP carefully. Download and run Battery Calibration app link here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration&hl=en.

. Its free app.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soumen.sam:
I use skype all the time and I know there have few apps for starting skype on boot but is there any way to start skype on system boot without any separate app and also without rooting the phone? like avast antivirus does which is added in administrative?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Viper®:
Is it possible (through registry maybe) to let the keyboard light ben always on when it's on power.

I'm a lot in the car at night, and it's really annoying that I have to push some key to activate the keyboard light and see what I really wanted to type.

I've seen 2 entries, Qkeyledtimeout and on/off

but those aren't the ones I was looking for.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChiragRed:
I have been trying to install some custom rom from many days. i have to flash a custom recovery, i have been trying many ways to flash a new custom recovery but to my surprise i just realised that my device is not supported and compatible with any custom recovery.i have a wham ws50 i guess none of u even would have heard about it. but i have bought the device and I really want to flash a recovery now. plz tell me if u need any details. The device name again is wham ws50(india). please tell me what to do about this.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SHRAVAN123:
EVEN m' ALSO FACING SAME PROBLEM AND MY DEVICE DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS;

Hardware : MT6572

Model : WS50

Build number : WHAM_WS50-4-8_V1.5_20130817

Build date UTC : 20130817-053918

Android v : 4.2.2

Baseband v: MOLY.WR8.W1315.MD.WG.MP.V1.P3, 2013/07/26 15:09

Kernel v : 3.4.5 (builder@buildMachine) (gcc version 4.6.x-google 20120106 (prerelease) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Sat Aug 17 13:35:06 CST 2013
[Java for Android App Development] nikita1977:
new SigninActivity(this,status,role,1).execute(username,password);

this start a new instance of the class SigninActivity passing:

this(context)

status(textview)

role(TextView )

1(integer)

that are requested in SigninActivity(Context context,TextView statusField,TextView roleField,int flag)

and execute tha asynctask passing the variables username and password for doInBackground method

sorry for my English

Nik