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[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackSilverGT:
Hi everyone, I'm new and I wanted to make you my compliments for this great forum

I am a happy owner of a Samsung Ativ S upgraded to wp8.1 and wanted to try this custom rom: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2735495

My question is this: once you have installed this rom can I follow official Microsoft updates without losing the custom rom?

I tried searching here on the forum but have not found anything

Thanks in advance,

Christian
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DilanChd:
This not custom rom, is most custom csc...

Normally yes, as long as there is no update samsung.

Anyway if you lose some capacity after microsoft update, you can reflash the custom csc.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackSilverGT:
Thank you so much for helping me responded ...

How can I tell if it is a Microsoft Update or Samsung?
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DilanChd:
In the description of the update that is mentioned if Microsoft or Samsung or both.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] io585:
Anyone tried a custom recovery (or rom) after rooting with towelroot without tripping knox?

We should have an unlocked bootloader, will it make some differences?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sincci:
Custom recovery/kernel will trip knox even with towelroot.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jb_alphamale:
Confirmed here. G900W8. Tripped KNOX with TWRP.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kabauterman:
Hello Guys,

I know the Z2 is Waterproof for 30 min at maximum 1.5 m deep in freshwater.

Saltwater, as far as I have read, is an absolute no go.

But my question is just, why?

Saltwater has a little higher thickness so it can no enter the phone as easy as freshwater does.

But it is highly corrosive to unprotected metal.

But of course the phones frame is made of aluminium wich is highly corrosion proof up to a pH-value of 9, saltwater has something arround 8.

So from the simple chemical point there should be no problem and Youtube shows in several videos that some brave people allready have done this.

So, what are the effects of saltwater and will it be enoght so wash it is freshwater afterwards?

Thanks in advance :)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] misiakr:
I think it's about the seals. They are made of rubber, which can be (up to Sony, I don't know if it's truth) damaged by saltwater.

Wysłane z mojego D6503 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Envious_Data:
yes Salt is obviously harder and rougher than water in some respects so salty water will actualy erode even the glass on your device a bit more, its probably not a good idea to keep your phone in salt water for long at all
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kabauterman:
I am just afraid of the headphone jack and the Speakers/Microphone outlets..

ok you can seal the headphone jack easily but what will happen to the microphone or the speakers..

I've just read something here: http://pocketnow.com/2014/02/19/smartphone-salt-water-problems
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmcs:
I've damaged my headphone jack because of salt water.

I used my phone in sea water and the phone doesn't connect headphones, anymore.

The outlet is green (inside). I've tried to clean it with fresh water but it still doesn't work :(.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmcs:
<SOLVED>

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Clean-a-18-3.5mm-Headphone-Jack/
[Sony Xperia M2] dymson:
Hiii

I'm having problem with "deasapearing ram" Every 2-3 days i've to restart phone completly becouse when i check in working apps settings i've like 40-80 free ram. in use is about 780-820 mb. it does not add up to 1gb anyway. So when i have so little ram to use apps are force to close, mx player, some ****ty family guy app even chrome is closing down. apps like app killer are not helping tehy free like about 10-60 mb. anyone noticed something like me, any advice?
[Sony Xperia M2] NewTimesTube:
I think it is the phone, I have the same problem :/
[Sony Xperia M2] dymson:
yeah, but this **** doesn't happen to all m2. i hope this is software problem not hardware.
[Sony Xperia M2] batoem:
im not facing this problem, maybe reflash the stock firmware resolve the problem :o
[Sony Xperia M2] dymson:
i did it already through pc companion suite. no help at all.
[Sony Xperia M2] vusun123:
Maybe root and uninstall bloatware can help you with this situation
[Sony Xperia M2] Azene:
this problem probaly because of too many background apps

and one more thing .. linux based OS , ram always been used everytime

you can disable some apps like google maps or integrated apps that u dont use :)
[Sony Xperia M2] LiquidShot:
I have the similar problem with my RAM. As 1st, RAM is always at 70% usage.

How can i disable some applications permanently so they do not run by themselves? I dont want to unninstal them, just disable them, is it possible and if it is can u please tell me how to do it in few short steps.

Second thing, beside other apps i have installed Facebook, WhatsApp and CleanMaster app. Every time i go Settings -> Aplications -> Running Aplications, there are these 3 apps always running. I dont know whats causing them to be opened at all times. I think if i open Facebook (for example) even once, it stays up and running in background even if i remove it from that Dock Menu Tab by sliding it a side.

Is there anything i can do to make this stop, and save some of my RAM free?

Thanks in advance
[Sony Xperia M2] peter-k:
4.3 is the worst from all versions in terms of memory handling. On top of that it comes very heavy on memory foot-print right after booting up.

After booting up your phone has about 300 - 350 Mb left to work with. Open your Navigation app and your browser, and the memory of your phone is "done". The happy apps reshuffling starts, causing screen lag and app start-up delay.

When a phone app with1 mB in size was considered big, and 5 mB of RAM consumption enormous, than shuffling things around was no prob. Now shuffle a 240 mB Navi app out of the memory, and replace it with that 70 mB home launcher when you are done. Takes the same time and is the same, right? And users have no clue how memory is used, right? And if so many complain about memory handling? But still, Many will tell us "unused RAM is wasted RAM".

What can you do?

- Root your pone and remove all apps you don't need, diligently and consequently

- Greenify user apps, in particular those which you do not need always.

- Rethink if you need to be on Viber, Whatsapp and Skype constanly. If not, greenify.

- Access Facebook from a browser, ditto for other functions and apps where a website is availabe and mostly does the same

- When installing a new app always go for the smaller one that just does what you need to do. Not the one with all the function that you could need, and not the one with more eye candy.
[Sony Xperia M2] ismithx:
certain apps on android are a no-no. For example, facebook (from what I've heard) and skype use lots of resources and slow down the phone. You should disable or uninstall any app that isn't of use to you. To check the RAM usage of apps and disable them, go to settings -> apps, running will show you current apps, and if you go in all apps you can scroll through them and disable unneeded apps.
[Sony Xperia M2] peter-k:
Search for an app that lets you manage startup apps on boot. Another way is Greenify, as it unloads apps from memory.

BTW. Cleanmaster is redundant in my eyes.
[Sony Xperia M2] LiquidShot:
Thank you very much, this helped a lot. :)
[Sony Xperia M2] dymson:
i've disabled around 15 apps, some sony crap and stuff what i know what it is and i don't use. still the same.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anderson2:
Nexus 5 stock 4.4.2 ROM.

What would cause this on rebooting? After the popup error booting continues and the phone seems to work correctly.

I deleted both cache and dalvik cache but that didn't help.

What is Process system?

Thanks.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walpurgisnacht30:
Maybe you need to factory reset your device. Or if you rooted clean flash your rom.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vin4yak:
Probably some of the system files got messed up? If it's bugging you, Flash the stock system, boot images and re-root.. Apps and it's settings can be backed up and restored via Titanium Backup.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anderson2:
Seems pretty radical. I was hoping for something less radical.

If I reset won't I lose all my system settings, accounts, and who knows what? I don't think tibu can restore those, can it?

If I accept the ota update to 4.4.3 (despite the problems about the radio, etc) would that overwrite all the system files?

I have nandroid back-ups and TWRP if that is helpful.

I am now having problems with widgets not working, Tapatalk not refreshing, etc.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vin4yak:
It takes about 10-15 mins to setup your google, other accounts and system settings.

No, OTA update won't delete anything. But if you have changed any 4.4.2 system files you shouldn't install the OTA as it would break and abort installation.

If you have the nandroid backup of your complete stock rom, you could restore it and then proceed with the OTA. Kindly refer to the OTA helpdesk in the General forum which will clear all your doubts.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anderson2:
Thank you again.

I took the plunge, uninstalled xposed, and accepted the ota. It updated with no problems - but I lost root. So I will spend the 10 minutes rerooting instead.

On the good side, after the update, the error no longer appears and the widgets work again.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vin4yak:
That's great! Good to hear. :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anderson2:
Thanks. I wanted to post my solution so others might benefit.

While searching for a solution I discovered that several others have faced this problem. So it is not that rare.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Behnamrend:
Hi There

my Xperia T Has a problem with Signal and sometime its gone when im using phone.:(

Im using Stock 4.3 Now But i had this Problem before in 4.1 and 4.0(even CM rom's)

any idea how can i fix this:(
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] victorgmz:
If you change the language to another one (doenst matter what), the problem disappears until you reboot the phone again :(
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] skromni:
I unlocked my 8125 using the lokiwiz utility and it worked great.

I am using my ATT sim on 8125 and cannot receive MMS. I tried changing the settings as specified on the Cingular site for ATT but it didnt work.

Can anyone help me with the directions of setting it up. It seems like it is connecting to the GPRS server but gives me an error that it was unable to download the message.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] andu86:
Hi all,

there is a new app for rooting phones, the name is Towelroot and it was made especially for Verizon Glaxaxy s5 but the dev says that every phone with kernel build date < 3 June can be rooted.

With this app you can root Galaxy S4 Mini with kitkat firmware without tripping knox counter. It will stay 0x0 and you will have root access.

First of all you must put a vulnerable kernel with build date <3 june

you can grab one from [INDEX] Official Stock KERNEL collection for Galaxy S4 Mini (Kernel for I9195XXUCNF7 is the one you have to grab to work with towelroot, offcourse if you own an i9195 )

Flash it via odin. Leave everything intact and load the kernel to AP.

After the phone boots, install towelroot, press makeitra1n and you are rooted.

Next step is to install SupserSU from google play.

After all the above steps are done, flash the kernel from your firmware the same way as you did it the first time.

There you go, knox 0x0 and root access.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2783157
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] 96DANGER96:
Download link?

Inviato dal mio GT-I9195 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Aronuser:
http://towelroot.com/

click the logo and save as
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] vriz27:
just tried it.rooted successfully the phone in 15 seconds.the bad thing is that I've already tripped Knox warranty so I cannot tell if it stays 0x0.I'm on latest 4.4.2 stock
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] tobbbie:
Ooohhh - this is tempting :)

towelroot did not work for 4.2.2. latest stock for my German device. Can you tell which is your firmeare and if German is a supported language?

I think KNOX should NOT be tripped if you only upgrade to official FW (i.e. kernel and recovery builds have valid checksums) - so how did you get KNOX tripped earlier - for CWM based rooting?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] vriz27:
I have latest official stock 4.4.2. which I think is for Belgium,but as far as I know it's the only one that has already came out. German language is fully functional and supported. I live in Greece and Greek language is also supported. I think that official Roms are multilingual
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] tobbbie:
How can you be sure that the root explot worked from towelroot and not from your actions earlier tripping KNOX?

You have already a custom recovery and custom ROM - this would not be possible without bootloader having KNOX triggered. So I guess that with this price paid you have already rooted the "regular" way - didn't you?

---------- Post added at 06:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:21 PM ----------

Another thing with upgrade is that you may loose your installed apps.

I remember this from my first steps with Xperia Ray some years ago, but this could also have been due to unlocking the bootloader and installing a custom kernel. Back that time I was not so knowing about what should be done in the process of unlocking bootloader, CWM recovery install and finally rooting. I may have scratched data partition that time without knowing what it actually means - and without it being needed as well.

Is this the case here as well? Non-root means no Nandroid backup and so what happens to the data-partition in this process?

---------- Post added at 06:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:29 PM ----------

Finally to all who want to dare testing:

It is highly unlikely that KNOX would be tripped here. As far I understand the process of image integrity that KNOX tries to maintain, the booloader checks if the image checksum of the kernel or recovery partition is intact - at upgrade time (not runtime at boot?). The towelroot exploit is compromising kernel security (aka "exploit") with some instructions (lib\armeabi\libexploit.so) to gain root and retain that state across the re-boot process. I am not aware of the details how this can be achieved (this is real high-tech hackery) - but the towelroot exploit does NOT install SU on system partition yet - this has to happen in a second step - and failed with 4.2.2 stock ROM on my GT-I9195.

So if there is anyone out there with just upgraded 4.4.2 and confirmed non-rooted - please check if you can get root with this method!

EDIT 20140705: Towelroot does NOT make the reboot in case of successful root. It gets you root in the same session immediately after you click "make it ra1n". So there is no reason why/how KNOX could be tripped. I did root my device with this method and still have KNOX intact (I just checked again to be sure). I have in the meantime made some changes to the /system folder, e.g. removed the photo-click sound, freed some space by removing the japanese language files for text-to-speech (gives you 25MB) and inserted all the updated system apps back to the system (did not ODEX them and removed classes.dex from the .apk - so they are all larger than the ODEXed originals). Also I moved out Google+ from System to be regular app.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] vriz27:
well maybe i wasn't so clear. i was on CM m7 snapshot,then flashed through odin the samsung's 4.4.2 firmware. after that my root privilages were gone(as i presume,flashing the new firmware formats system,and installs new one) and i was left with plain stock firmware. checked with root checker,tried with titanium,tried with ES file explorer to remove anything from system partition but this was a no-go. so NO root after installing 4.4.2. installed towelroot,run the app and after 15 or so seconds,the phone rebooted and root privileges were back on! track!

with ES and Titanium i removed all of the knox related stuff with absolutely no problem. i read in the towelroot app's that SU app is not installed and i manually installed it from chainfire's thread. that's all i did.

the knox warranty 0x1 was triggered loooooooooong ago, and thankfully i haven't need the waranty for the time being...

hope it helps :laugh:;)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] luisbraz:
There are several testimonials that this don't trip KNOX on S5.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] KumailHyderMirza:
4.4.2? :o?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] vriz27:
View attachment 2807291
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Bullet92:
Here are some screenshots for those who don't believe KNOX is not triggered:
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] androitri:
What about Verizon S4 mini, anyone can confirm it.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] comaX13:
This doesn't work for me. It just reboots my phone. It's an unbranded european S4 mini LTE.

I'm on 4.2.2 and I read before someone couldn't root with it on 4.2.2, and I'm not sure I can update it to 4.4.2 because

1) I tried flashing it before and it says i have an unofficial rom (or kernel, can't rememebr which) which in the end I don't have... edit "updates are not available because your device had been modified".

2) I'm not sure the update has rolled out for France. Edit : It hasn't, according to Sammobile. Only Belgium. I'll try to update through Odin and get back to you. In the mean time, feel free to make any suggestion to resolve the issue! Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] fburgos:
You have to upgrade with Odin.

But don't do it if you're in the old bootloader

sent from my i9192 with CM11 by sekil
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] andu86:
if it says that the updates are not available because your device has been modified, it means that you are rooted. you have to install supersu separretly.

this exploit was meant for all kernel built before 3 june, so it will work on your device.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] killov1982:
Dear friends, now we have learned to put ROOT using TowelROOT without a computer, and that's a great application with which you can easily install and Rekoveri kernel (Kernel and Recovery) in the form *. Img files. You can also do a pre-backup.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mkrtchyan.recoverytools
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] ondoy1943:
Towelroot with GT-I9192

No go for my i9192 having jdq39.i9192ububnd2 build. :crying:
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] kev23m:
I have gone back to the stock firmware and this did not work. Baseband - ddu1bml1
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betajosh711:
Heyas guys,

I had my N4 on charge overnight, woke up to the alarm i set but as soon as i touched my phone it turned off and wouldn't turn on again.

on charge it showed a steady red LED. i realised that the charging cable had its D+ and V+ (Green and Red wires) broken so i assumed the battery had just reversed its flow of current and drained.

I tried all the button combos to no avail, so i ordered a NEW battery and replaced it just then.

still no boot, steady red LED on charge.

Any Solutions? (i've searched)

and any way of getting the data off somehow?

thanks!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omar youssef:
please read carefully ..

I have note 2 gt-n7100 when I bought it it was running android 4.1.2 after a few weeks I updated it to 4.3 but I noticed that the download mode screen changed and additional details appeared like knox an warranty void which wasn't apear before but the strange thing is that the old download mode start to appear again when I use kies but it is use less and not download any thing seems like I have 2 download modes but I can't maje any of them default or delete the other altough when I press home and power and volume down the new one always appear.. I rooted my devise using odin and there was no problem then the new update of kitkat 4.4.2 comes to france I couldn't wait then i downloaded it flashing it using odin again and rooted it with no problrm via odin and philz touch .. a few weeks i tried to connect it to odin to downgrade it to 4.3 again but it didn't appear in odin ! i thought that it could be somthing in the new software like they have stoped flash player of working so i thought that they possible avoid using odin or someting like that .. i tried using mobile odin buy chain fire and i flashed 4.3 again but the root permission was lost .. i tried again to connect it with odin but nothing changed at all i tried every possible way to use odin again installing the new drivers required and the latest version of odin and using another pc and cables altough all of them was working with no problem after 4.3 version .. tried every possible one clike root app like framaroot and etc .. tried the adb mode via my pc and it said kernel is patched I updated it to 4.4.2 again via the built in software update and nothing changed .. any way to solve that re root my mobile again !!! .. it seems like a hopeless case :'( help me please and for any additional details I will reply immediately .. thx in advance and sorry for my bad english :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] note2nooby:
You can try towelroot also. Google it. If I remember correctly the site is called the same way dot com. Geohot made it.

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omar youssef:
i tried it today but nothing changed only my mobile rebooted but still have no root access ! nothing changed unfortunately .. please help and thx for your reply :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] note2nooby:
Which bootloader are you on now.?

Check with phone app info from play store.

And make sure the bootloader is the same/correct for your actual rom.

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omar youssef:
what do you think about that ? is there any problem with this details ??
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] note2nooby:
No , everything is correct. Have to search the solution in other place.

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omar youssef:
other place like what ? I can't know what's the problen definiltely ! but still can't do any thing to root my mobile :(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] optimusPRIME:
Your Usb is debugging is ON in developer mode?

Under settings.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omar youssef:
the debugging mode is checked via the developer options in the settings but don't know if there Is any missing options shoul I do !
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omar youssef:
there is any wrong with that ??
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] simpletona70:
So I'm sending in my phone already to get the screen fixed, which broke by some weird accident. But I have unlocked, rooted and all that jazz. I know HTC is going to wipe my phone when they get it, but do you think I'd have any issue because I have modified the recovery? I restored back to the stock rom with nothing installed except SuperSU. I could understand if I had a problem with the hardware in the phone itself, but they should have no reason not to fix my broken screen which has nothing to do with firmware or unlocking. I've already reset the phone myself which has no personal information. I haven't even set up my google account on it.
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] redpoint73:
I think reports have been mixed on whether HTC honors the screen replacement warranty on modded phones (bootloader unlocked, etc). Return the device to as close to stock as possible, and hope for the best is probably all you can do.

One person on here has mentioned that while the "regular" device warranty mentions that modding the phone may void the warranty; the "add-on" screen replacement warranty does not make any mention of this. So that may be an point of argument in your favor.