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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Karolis:
I had a similar issue with my Nexus 5. No amount of rebooting/reinstalling was helping, until I realised one corner of my phone was pried open, probably when I dropped it the day before. I pushed it back in, and all of a sugged GPS is back to normal.

So I'm afraid your problem sounds like a hardware issue. Did you drop it recently?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdabs:
Nope, Did not loose it all, it was bought dec 2013. Guess I have to return it
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrandonPrice31:
Why doesn't doubletap2wake not work when in phone call on speakerphone and screen goes off?

Does anyone else have this, can someone test?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wittanny:
I face the same problem.
[General Questions and Answers] thejorodan:
So i have a Canadian Galaxy Note 3 (Sm900w8) and i decided to root it. It is the first thing i've rooted so i'm a total noob. I wanted to get rid of some of the samsung bloatware so i deleted it with some app but it wouldn't let me restore it after. Only then did i realize that i wouldn't be able to receive ota updates so i want to find out how to get it back to stock when the day comes that the next update for the note 3 comes. So i did a factory reset thinking that it would bring back the stuff i deleted which it obviously didn't. I've been told that i have to "Flash the factory image" or something like that so i've been looking for the stock firmware for my carrier but i just cant find it. My carrier is MTS ( a manitoba carrier). If someone could please tell me where to find the firmware for MTS and maybe walk me through how to flash it that would be amazing! keep in mind i'm a total noob :laugh:
[General Questions and Answers] pushkardua:
Try Samsung-updates.com
[General Questions and Answers] tvsizle:
thanks

thanks
[General Questions and Answers] thejorodan:
Thanks for the reply! the website you gave has a bunch of firmware options but none of them are carrier specific. what exactly has to match for it to be compatible? the version of the firmware on the website matches the baseband version on my phone, is that all that needs to match?
[General Topics] ruski:
I am looking into the E-ten 500 and 600 for our work purposes, would anyone be able to tell me anything about these and where they are from etc

This is a review on the 600, a windows Mobile 5 device http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/ETEN-M600-PocketPC-Review-review-r_1448.html gives the specs.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZeroDiamond:
i have the M8 sinds 2 days but where can i find the folders and file or do i need a special program for it.

i also have that every micro sd card sayes that its damaged... formatted on pc and in the phone. tried 5 different ones

5.

Internal store can be swapped with SD card by changing two lines in /system/etc/vold.fstab from:

dev_mount sdcard /storage/sdcard0 emmc@fat /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/mtk-msdc.0/mmc_host
dev_mount sdcard2 /storage/sdcard1 auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.1 /devices/platform/mtk-msdc.1/mmc_host

to

dev_mount sdcard /storage/sdcard1 emmc@fat /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/mtk-msdc.0/mmc_host
dev_mount sdcard2 /storage/sdcard0 auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.1 /devices/platform/mtk-msdc.1/mmc_host

and rebooting. Do it on clean phone or do factory wipe in recovery mode after this swap because otherwise it will mess up already installed apps.

Now it will be possible to install big and extremely dumb apps (such as Need For Speed: Most Wanted) that cannot simply store its bulky data on external SD for unknown reasons...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drsjmiddleton:
NFC functionality

Hi There,

thanks for all your work on this phone.

Have you found out how to get the NFC working?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbkr:
I've contacted reseller and it appeared that NFC was not in spec they received.

On Snopow site it says "NFC customizable". Maybe phone is missing some hardware and they didn't properly undefined it in software causing weird error?

I've wrote them about this (and many others) error but Snopow support is TERRIBLE. They simply ignored every email I've sent, pure "buy and go f*ck yourself" policy.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbkr:
UPDATE: My Snopow M8 broke few days ago - flashlight died.

I'll let you know how they handled warranty.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Patrick Futch:
sorry to hear about your m8.

Mine comes in the mail tomorrow. Any advice about other general faults or weaknesses of the phone, like the antenna snaps easy or trying to install custom boot screens are likley to brick it, etc. Thanks for the help.

Cheers,

Patrick
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbkr:
Let me think about weaknesses: broken OTA, frequent restarts, not working Google apps like YT, extremely weak GPS receiver, NVRAM errors while connecting to wi-fi, storage partitioning stupid to the bone, lack of NFC despite being listed in spec, lasts about 5% of declared time on battery, terrible support, even worse warranty (it is almost 2 months since I sent it back), shadows on screen, crappy camera, even more crappy flash diode, finger tracking goes crazy on tiniest water drops on the screen, outdated android, prone to "=" sms bug.

But it is really rugged - I dropped it several times on the concrete, stones and into the mud. It was under water. Body is quite well designed.

My advice - return / sell it ASAP and go for Cat S50 or Kyocera Brigadier for example. Not worth its price, tons of irritating issues.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Patrick Futch:
shock and awe

JTE=bbkr;56024948]Let me think about weaknesses: broken OTA, frequent restarts, not working Google apps like YT, extremely weak GPS receiver, NVRAM errors while connecting to wi-fi, storage partitioning stupid to the bone, lack of NFC despite being listed in spec, lasts about 5% of declared time on battery, terrible support, even worse warranty (it is almost 2 months since I sent it back), shadows on screen, crappy camera, even more crappy flash diode, finger tracking goes crazy on tiniest water drops on the screen, outdated android, prone to "=" sms bug.

But it is really rugged - I dropped it several times on the concrete, stones and into the mud. It was under water. Body is quite well designed.

My advice - return / sell it ASAP and go for Cat S50 or Kyocera Brigadier for example. Not worth its price, tons of irritating issues.[/QUOTE]

I Just read that list, on my new snopow m8. Thats tragic. Im out of luck for a new one, so im praying you were just unluckly. Ill let you know when it goes south, fingers crossed it doesnt.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbkr:
How is your phone? Do you have the same issues as I described?

Mine was quite early revision - V4_20140401, maybe they fixed software since then.

BTW: It is still on the warranty. Stupid flashlight being fixed for 2 months. Ridiculous!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnjoan:
Hey, what did you do for a firmware on the Snopow? There are now many differences with the NVRAM, G-APPs, etc. Even the battery life is htat since changed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbkr:
Phone finally came back. Flashlight fixed. They even noticed broken screw that I overtightened and fixed that also.

As for long wait time - it turned out that it was held by customs most of the time on the border.

So their tech service is good. Keep it this way guys :)

But today I sold it, making room for CAT S50.

Would I recommend this phone?

Well, It was the most annoying phone I've ever owned. Early revision ROM was to blame - I had early V4 version while current is V39. The guy I sold the phone to had access to some old Windows machine so we upgraded to V31 2014-08-01, which is considered most stable. And phone got way better in literally every aspect! So they are improving.

BTW: They don't really upload new ROMs to ota.mediatek.com server. Phone connects there but they do not use it. Too bad, because most negative feedback could be avoided by providing updates. If you buy this phone you are on your own to find new firmware on Russian forum and figure out SP FlashTool process in case of bugs.

Good bye Snopow users.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djeremic:
snopow overall with enggineering code

I got snopow m8+ recently overall impressions are VERY good, here I wont write how rugged it is because there are bunch of youtube videos about that, so I write my OTHER impressions which I did not find on popular sites.

Good sides:

fast response in use, nice and configurable user interface, no bloatware (unnecessary and never used programs which you cannot remove) nice looking, excellent bag to carry phone on belt

nice looking wireless charger. My version don’t have youtube bug. External antenna connector on phone is really good because it don’t affect water resistance (it seems it is sealed so you can use it in heavy rain!!!)

Neither bad or good, just my taste and observations:

SOS button should be programmable as well as other hard buttons. Lanyard carry hole/bar should be on top on the phone, not on bottom, weight is around 299g.

Factory charger cannot deliver more than 1A current? I tested current both with hardware ampermeter/voltmeter and also with battery monitor widget. When I charge it on wireless, it draws about 350mA, on USB charge it draws about 550mA.To access engineering mode type *#*#3646633#*#* within dialer(BE CAREFUL, write down ANY changes!!!). External antenna is NOT connected with GSM, 3G, FM radio, wi-fi hardware parts on phone so it is used only for walkie-talkie (as I know, but I am not expert, it can be really used at least for FM radio). I don’t know, if external antenna is connected with bluetooh hardware or GPS, I suppose not.

BAD:

Telephone comed with broken pin on primary SIM card slot (so it did not worked). I fixed this issue within local phone service for 20 euros. Now both SIM work flawlessly. I asked rooted phone because I KNEW that there is not so much space within phone memory to put many offline GPS maps(rooting is a must if you intend to swap phone memory and SD card). Phone DID NOT come rooted so I rooted it myself with kingoroot from PC.

Programs which REALLY need newer/better versions(since I cannot find alternatives on apk stores):

ptt program to use as walkie-talkie could be more user friendly and with more options

If I loose/break external antenna and I wish replacement, it have ridiculous shipping fee on aliexpress of ~850 euros!!! for something that cost 8 euros!

also there is no usb plug replacement if i break existing one...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djeremic:
what i used from engineering menu and more

when i type in dialer menu that engineering code i noticed in previous post, i disabled networks that are not supported in my country(i left active only 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz bands-i live in eastern Europe) that should save some battery life.

Other things within that menu i did not changed although i try both to turn off FM radio and reprogram it to 88.9MHz which i did not succed.

P.S. engineering menu do not require rooted phone.

please, someone should make app for better usage of built in walkie talkie
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djeremic:
another useful tips for snopow m8+

screenshoot= vol down+power for ~2sec at same time

entering bootloader= do hardware reset with dedicated button, then volume up+ power on for like 2-4sec
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VuDuCuRSe:
Hi there.

I have been recently working outside my home country and I disable my mobile data as soon as I reach the airport.

My Nexus 5, now with 4.4.3 reports 0 bytes of data when I am in roaming and I never got a notification or any sort of activity that may point to a data access being made, yet my service provider sent a big bill with many 10KB accesses during the time I was in roaming.

The same problem might exist while at my home country, but since I have a few hundreds of MB to use each month, I can't really tell.

Anyone else is facing the same problem?

I will temporarily ask my service provider to block my data access while in roaming, but I would like to understand if that is some sort of Android bug or a service provider charging what it shouldn't.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VuDuCuRSe:
I've looked a bit more into this issue and I suspect that it was the Google Location Services that try to obtain the positioning from the cellular mobile network.

I've installed the Network Monitor Mini and it showed me a few times that process has a residual network usage.

Since I'm on Wifi most of the time, I assumed that network usage was on the WiFi but now I understand that being connected to the WiFi doesn't mean that the phone cannot use cellular data.

Can anyone that uses little Mobile Data (disabled in the Settings most of the time) confirm that the eventually you get some cellular data charged if you have the Location Settings set to use the mobile networks?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VuDuCuRSe:
Sorry for the monologue, but this might be useful for someone that may face this problem in the feature.

After being more attentive to the network usage pointed by Network Monitor Mini, I think I found the culprit.

I've spent the last weeks with mobile data completely off, using only WiFi, yet on a couple of occasions I noticed Network Monitor Mini reporting minimal network usage being made when no know network WiFi was around.

As the screenshot shows, the WiFi is not connected to any known access point, yet some data was being uploaded by one of those processes.

I think the phone is trying to ping the cellular antenna for a location, thus accounting for mobile data access.

I've disabled the location and I will keep monitoring the data usage to see if that is the real culprit. Also noticed that Network Monitor Mini has a traffic breakdown mode per interface. I'll use that to distinguish wifi and cellular data.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
why not just disable data complete, a data signal wont even appear because it wont be connected to data? go to main settings, more, mobile networks, data enabled.. now uncheck it and your data connection will disappear, but your phone connection will stay.

edit.. and if you have root, you can install the disable service app, then you can disable the 5 differing types of location services that your phone uses.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VuDuCuRSe:
Hi simms22.

Like I said on the first post, that was the first thing I did in the airport. I'm not saying simply disabling roaming data, I disabled data completely.

The point I'm trying to show is that even with mobile data disabled, in roaming I still got several tiny chunks of data registered by my operator and I occasionally noticed Network Monitor Mini showing 0.1KB upload, as shown in the screenshot.

Regards.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
well, a little bit of data can be transferred through the phone signal(sms). do you have disabled in wifi settings, bottom right three dots, advanced, scanning always available? that uses the wifi to scan for location even when wifi is off, maybe they do that with the mobile signal as well. anyways, about a month ago, google location services kept waking my device non stop, so i completely disabled them in the google play services using the disable service app(i have root). now google never checks for my location unless i let it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VuDuCuRSe:
Hey.

I disabled the Location services in Settings, restricted the background data and so far it has been three days with no data accesses registered by my provider.

I don't think the background data is responsible for the traffic so I will wait a couple more days and then re-enable it.

I think the Location services are useful and I do like those small things it offers like weather prediction for where you are, where you parked the car, time to go home/work and movie times near you. The only problem is that it doesn't seem to respect the Mobile data status.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VuDuCuRSe:
Just raised an issue in the AOSP tracker

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=72332&colspec=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars

If you share the concern on this problem, please star it to give visibility.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thyogo:
It also happens with me but I have a Galaxy S4. It's a huge defect to alow location to consume mobile data even with the data roaming and mobile data disabled.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Switiz:
Up :)

Help plz.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bukithd:
Two things, trying to return to stock and lock up my device so I can sell it to a friend but I am having trouble with it not letting me downgrade versions.

1. I need the full system image for the XT1034 4.4.3 preferrably in an xml package.

or

2. I need someone to point me in a direction on how to downgrade from a 4.4.3 system to a 4.4.2 base that way I can just let it get the OTA like normal.

Thank you.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scrizz:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2542219
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bukithd:
I had looked at that thread 30 times over and just now saw the line about downgrading... Doh! I swear I'm not new at this...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Switiz:
Up :)

Help plz.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DEVILLER:
Hi I am currently using an xperia c and I found a serious problem on my phone recently. Is that I uninstalled some important apps or widgets from my xperia c? How come the icons are all having black background?Anyone could help me? Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DEVILLER:
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Deviller
[General Questions and Answers] kirbymaster101:
Phone auto reboots when tryng to wipe data, cant install new rom, what to do? Q_Q

EDIT: nvm, for some reason fix permissions fixed this. idk why though.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diamondback17:
First of all-mods, feel free to move this if it needs to go somewhere else.

Anyway, I just flashed Cyanogenmod 11, after rebooting from recovery after flashing the zip, I get nothing but a black screen. Now here's the odd part- it is recognized by Windows when plugged in as "LG Android USB Device." I have tried everything to hard reset it but nothing works. My gut feeling tells me its hard-bricked but just figured I'd see what everyone thinks. Any input is appreciated!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CRIME INC.:
Can you get into fastboot? Or recovery?

sent from my "Rasta" HAMMERHEAD
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diamondback17:
No matter what i do, nothing shows on the screen, so no. Oddly,when its plugged into my computer, Windows makes noises when it connects and disconnects.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diamondback17:
Problem resolved. Finally after hours of trying to hard reset it, it has booted into the bootloader. Back to stock Android we go!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estate:
How do you solved it, i have the same problem!!!

please, help meeeee
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erikscbd:
nexus 5 doesn't turn on

I have the same proble, help, anyone??
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
try pressing the power button for 20-25 seconds, do not let go.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erikscbd:
Still no luck... I can't get the screen to come on no matter what I do.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toussaintjames:
Ok hi im new to here..good afternoon everybody...i need ur help urgently please...the problem is i have a note 3...sm-n900...running kit kat right...but something got corrupted and now my phone it boots..but when it fully boots the touch works..the botton works but i dont see nothing on the screen...but if i keep pressing up the bottons..the screen turns on for a while and i see the time and whatever else on the screen and then its closes off..the pc even reads it and ask me if i wanna open the mass storage so i kno everythings working but now i got this prob before..and i fixed it by luckily getting access to the recovery mode and factory resetting and clearing the cache...now the problem is i can only go into download mode and this time i cant get into recovery mode..and to make it worse odin doesnt have a option to clear cache and factory reset....can someone plz plz help me out i really dont wanna have this phone as a paper weight
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4aces:
Why don't you just flash stock rom in Odin? Before try taking the battery out wait a few seconds put it back in and Press volume up home and power
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toussaintjames:
thanks for ur reply on my post and i tried that alot of times..but my phone jus doesnt wanna go into recovery mode :( :( im really frustrated n dont know what else to do....i looked everwhere online ..i saw it had a full wipe odin that ppl made specific for theif devices whihc wipes the cache , dalvic n factory resets the phone one time..but they didnt make any for the note 3....n if it was possible to turn on my adb debugging on my phone that would of helped i dont know what to do
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4aces:
Type n900 and look for your country. Download and flash in Odin

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/

Btw. there are a lot of how to in xda
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toussaintjames:
thanks ..im not new to flashing via odin i did it a few times but i tried flashing new roms from the sam mobile site..and nothing is helping the situation im in..it flashes like normal it succeeds..but same problem n still cant get into recovery mode...i can only go into download mode..n its a sm-n900 i have btw
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4aces:
Maybe you post some pics. Best would be if you download the correct firmware and also check the bootloader. Did you flash kitkat from 4.3 or was it always 4.4?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toussaintjames:
it was always kitkat..n i feel ur right about the bootloader thing cuz im trying to flash the bootloader and it wont go tru :( idk why
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Atrankas:
There is a free program for Windows called "My Phone Explorer". It has the "monitor" feature (you'll see the screen of your Note 3 on your pc). You can check if it's only a software problem. I used it for unroot my S3 with cracked screen, try it

Envidado desde mi Note 3.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toussaintjames:
thanks also for ur reply ..i just downloaded the "my phone explorer" as u instructed to me..the only problem is my usb debugging is not on ..n i cant turn it on :/
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4aces:
It's in settings, general, developer mode. Which you activate by going to my device and clicking a couple of times on build number. If you have access to your phone settings that is.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Without Reason:
I have the Galaxy S3 I747 rooted with CF auto-root (I used the instructions on the second post of this thread:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1963790) and the root went great. But now that it's rooted, I can't flash CWM ROM manager recovery because the KNOX security system won't let me. I can't install new ROMs and I keep getting a pop-up that says 'superSU has stopped working.'

Dose anyone know of a way to remove KNOX or of some other solution that will allow me to flash custom ROMs? I've skimmed a lot of the threads in the development forums and the general discussion forums but haven't found any sort of guide that I can understand (I'm a bit of a n00b when it comes to bootloaders and such).