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[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david19au:
Hello guys,

I'm as of now an iPhone 5 user and my parents have took my phone away because i was using it "too much" for about 5 months ago. Today, me and my parents have been saiyng that because my mom bought a Lumia 920 but she haves some problems with it etc. etc... She said, that she will be using my iPhone 5 as shes normal phone and they offered me a deal, i would still have the iPhone 5 which i can't use much, OR if i'll consider about the S3 Mini. So here's my question, does the S3 Mini worth? Are there many ROMs? Do the features are almost same as in iPhone 5? Does CM11 lags really much or bugs? Is the multitasking good as in iPhone? Can the phone be good in hardware for about next 3-4 years? Therefore, thanks to all who can answer me those questions.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrainInBlack:
Is it worth the money?

Yes it is, just bought mine a few months ago, but i think i'll be happy with it for at least a few years.

Same features as the iPhone 5?

Yes and no... there will always be some differences and the most notably will be the display, which is good, but not as good as the one off the iPhone 5.

CM11?

Works fine on my S3 mini GT-I8190, with no lags and bugs at all, if you ignore the small problem with the haptic-feedback on the softbuttons.

Mutitasking?

It is even better than the MT implementation of the iPhone, simply because Android was designed for MT right away.

Will it last for 3-4 years?

Probably not. It's already "old" and samsung isn't even considering updating it to android 4.4.3. It is clearly possible, at least with a stock-like ROM, but they wont do it because their apps won't work very well on it, or they're just to lazy. Take a pic.

With that said, it is still a very good phone, otherwise it wouldn't be sold anymore by major retailers. And the userbase is big enough so that the CM community will supply updated ROM's for it, keeping it up to date, sort of. So it isn't a bad pic, but there won't be much manufacture support for it anymore.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david19au:
Ok, thanks for the reply, just again with the phone, i meaned the CPU architecture ARMv7, will it be good for gaming, for some apps for the 2-3 years? 'cause i still have a Galaxy Mini which has ARMv6 and there's almost nothing except like really obsolete apps and so on. I'm asking because in case like i have buyed the phone and the next they would announce ARMv8 i would sit in back in front of the door and cry. (Not true but i hope someone understands it :D)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrainInBlack:
When it comes to mobile games, I'm not your man. I just have some casual stuff but it works just fine. I mainly use my pc for gaming.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I8190 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koragg97:
Depends which games you wanna play on it. Small games (less than 100MB) run fine with music playback and a bunch of apps syncing in the background (like Whatsapp, FB, Skype etc.). But when it comes to games like GTA, NFS or similar, they do indeed SOMETIMES lag noticably. In other words, if you're just gonna use the phone for calls, music, web, small games, etc. then it's great. But if you expect to play the newest available games on the S3 Mini without lagging then go look elsewhere (S4 Mini comes to mind). So yeah, that's about it. Let us know what you buy :) Good luck!
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david19au:
Thank You guys really much, but it's not only games, there are also apps that require the ARMv7 architecture. So I'll simple the question, will be there any new mobile CPU architecture ? (ARMv8 etc.)

Odesláno z mého PAP3400DUO pomocí Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koragg97:
I'm reading this article http://www.androidauthority.com/arms-rise-small-acorn-world-leader-376606/ and found out that there might be ARMv8 64-bit. It's written in the 1st paragraph of the article. Take a look.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david19au:
Ok but when the architecture of the processor will be taken to mobile devices, i think that most of the app will require that architecture... but as they do that, it would need like 2 years so the mobile application companies starts officially supporting and requiring the CPU architecture for their apps, or?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrainInBlack:
If you're worrying about the architecture, then i can tell you don't have to... the switch to 64 bit only apps wont happen within the next 3-5 years. Just look at the PC, 64 bit for more than 10 years... and still almost no 64bit exclusive programs.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shervinkh:
This phone works really nice for me with Carbon ROM 4.4.3 by Maclaw.

i'd go for full-time s3 mini :)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efaustino84:
congrats you are the n'th user to post a thread asking if this phone is worth buying

thank you for taking the time to search through xda forums for the answers you required
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiagobt:
Is these any way to make the softkey bar always transparent when using Sense 6? It's already transparent in the home screen and BlinkFeed, but it's completely black in other apps.

Thanks a lot!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Hofs:
Questions belong in the Q&A section, not the apps & themes section !
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dwight Caffery:
If your rooted with xposed installed, you could try Tinted Tranlucent Status Bar (search for it in xposed, and make sure you have beta modules enabled in settings.) I havnt tried it on sense 6 yet (I'm running an aosp rom). If you try it, please report back :)
[RAZR HD General] :
Hi,

Root works using [MENTION=3280118]geohot[/MENTION] kernel exploit. And when you root it you can use old bootloader exploit to unlock bootloader. Just unlocked my razr:)

Edit:

After reading some comments I decided to add quick walkthrough (there are other ones inside this thread, so you're not obligated to use mine;):

1. Get root exploit either from the original thread or from my dropbox.

2. You can also download bl unlocker motopocalypse.apk from my dropbox.

3. Put those files on your phone.

4. Install tr.apk and motopocalypse.apk

5. Run tr.apk, wait till it reboots your phone.

6. Check if root is working, if it does then run motopocalypse.

7. Check in fastboot more if "status code" equals "3" (turn off your phone and start it with power button + vol up pressed simultaneously).

8. If it does, you can appreciate [MENTION=3514712]geohut[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4229979]djrbliss[/MENTION] work by donating to them.
[RAZR HD General] :
Awesome stuff i saw this mentioned in the other thread but wasnt sure if it was the real deal. I'm locked on the previous jelly bean build so i'm guessing if i now update to kitkat i can then gain root and unlock the bootloader?
[RAZR HD General] :
Happy Father's Day!

do you have a link to download the exploit?
[RAZR HD General] :
Link here- http://towelroot.com/ but i'm scared to use it until someone verifies.
[RAZR HD General] :
I was on stock jb, updated to stock kk, then used root exploit and BL unlocker.

Wysłane z mojego DROID RAZR HD przy użyciu Tapatalka
[RAZR HD General] :
Downloading the KK update now! I'm so excited just hope its not going to let me down.

Just to verify will this work on a locked xt926 running JB 9.18.94?
[RAZR HD General] :
this is extremely lucky we get two chances to unlock our boot loaders every one who still has this phone better do this while they still can i almost think Motorola made it so we could unlock again because they felt sorry for us.:laugh:
[RAZR HD General] :
were you able to update via OTA?
[RAZR HD General] :
I flashed using kk zip from sbf.droid-developers.org
[RAZR HD General] :
I think that too. They left us backdoor to unlock BL.
[RAZR HD General] :
I used it, it works.
[RAZR HD General] drkdeath5000:
I seem to be having problems updating to kitkat ota- after clicking install it rebooted and failed to update.

Which link do we use on here http://sbf.droid-developers.org/ for the maxx hd as it only mentions the razr hd?
[RAZR HD General] killrhythm09:
Maxx HD is the same hardware as the RAZR HD, just a bigger battery.
[RAZR HD General] drkdeath5000:
Okay thanks i'm downloading the xt926 version now.

When its finished do i just flash it using odin or is there something else i should use? Being stuck with a locked bootloader all this time has made me forget a few things :confused:.
[RAZR HD General] billycar11:
rsd lite 6.1.6
[RAZR HD General] krystianp:
As said in previous post use rds lite. Load xml file in rds and flash it. It should all go smoothly.
[RAZR HD General] joshhendry:
Which old bootloader exploit can we use for the Razr HD?
[RAZR HD General] krystianp:
one made by Dan Rosenberg. You can find it in droid toolkits in dev part. Since trustzone kernel's smc handling in kk firmware is the same as in ICS and first JB it works like charm:)
[RAZR HD General] joshhendry:
Is it called Motoacolypse by chance?
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Yes, motoapocalypse. Someone on droidrzr just tried it on his HD and it worked for him. OMFG!
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Now unlock.
[RAZR HD General] talkl:
confirmed to be working - tethering working

Wow that was easier than i thought.

Just wanted to note also that the tethering is working without any further hacking.

that is odd
[RAZR HD General] pgranix:
Confirmation:

towelroot roots stock Kitkat on the Droid RAZR HD (XT926). Much obliged to geohot for a virtual universal android root :good:
[RAZR HD General] ShadyDreamer:
I think the manual update check still works if you disable the update checker. If Motorola Services still exists, try disabling that.
[RAZR HD General] MrPib:
THANK YOU!!!

First RAZR M was already on 4.4.2, and so it was trivial.

2nd RAZR M was on rooted 4.1.2, so more work was involved, but the instructions were perfect.

I'd hoped that a factory reset would let me get 4.4.2 OTA, but an earlier update fails, so I had to RSD.

One question -- since we now have a 4.4.2 image that can be flashed with RSD, and we can subsequently root and unlock it, what does it matter what Moto releases at this point?
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
It matters for those that haven't unlocked. If they take the update that's coming before they unlock, they'll never be able to. You can't downgrade back to this version on a locked phone and even unlocked you can never downgrade the tz partition. Hence why you see me everywhere trying my best to ensure everyone is unlocked while the opportunity exists. Once it's gone, it's gone. And we'll start to see the when is root coming posts again. And those annoy me. So unlock. Everyone... Unfreakinglock. Lol
[RAZR HD General] thewraith420:
This is great news! I'd almost given up hope for getting my RAZR m rooted again much less bootloader unlocked!
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Now you don't have to worry about root anymore. No more exploits. Fire up the custom recovery and flash supersu. Done. :)
[RAZR HD General] caveman921:
Like we haven't heard that before... :laugh:

I received my phone after the last update and was very depressed when I learned that i was possible to unlock but I had missed it.

Thank everyone involved in making this happen. We "missed-the-boaters" really appreciate it!

- Unlocked and loving it!
[RAZR HD General] James1795:
XT907

Was able to flash the two files for unlocked bootloader and rooting. After which i used flashify to flash the twrp 2710 for razr m recovery. Tried to flash the latest cm-11-20140617-NIGHTLY-moto_msm8960 but it wouldn't boot. Is there something I am doing wrong never thought it was this hard to flash a new rom.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
It's like seeing 100 bucks laying on the ground. And you walk past it. Others join you on your walk and you tell them about the 100 bucks laying on the ground and how you left it there. "If only I had joined the walk sooner!" After a few miles, you see another 100 bucks laying on the ground. Do you pick it up this time? Or do you walk by it yet again knowing that it's likely gone. The chances of this happening again are not exceptional. I won't say impossible because honestly, I would have thought this current situation were impossible before, but, here we are. I'll go with the word improbable. :)
[RAZR HD General] caveman921:
I'm not sure I would ever walk past a hundo... I pass up quarters just because I'm old and don't want to hurt myself bending over my big ass belly..

I have worked for a couple of software companies in my days and I am not at all shocked that something that was patched doesn't get into the next release.

I would not have expected something this big to be missed. However, what is BIG to us may not be BIG to them..
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
I don't believe this was anything but intentional. And on 18 month old phones I doubt very much that Moto cares. VZW, otoh, may, but, too bad. LOL.
[RAZR HD General] Mr-Glass:
IMO - a lot of locked XT926 phones were bricked with the latest OTA poor release... Unlocked phones were able to recover - seems a better business model to allow people to fix their phones,
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Well they're pushing out a new release so I'm guessing that'll fix some of the issues with this poorly released 4.4.2 build. Whether it's 4.4.2 or 4.4.3 I don't know but it should contain a few fixes.
[RAZR HD General] pothole:
So Samuri, is there anything we should do to ensure, or at least attempt to ensure, that we maintain root/unlocked status in the event this new update tries to undo these exploits on the already rooted/unlocked devices?
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Naw. If they were going to do something, they'd have done it the first time around last year. People who unlocked back then have been taking updates just fine ever since. Root is another story. And not something you have to worry about getting back since you can always flash custom recovery with fastboot, boot into it, and flash supersu. What you now have to worry about is the modifications you make with root. Any changes to the system partition can negatively impact the OTA's ability to update. Assertion checks are done to ensure the update won't brick you, so, if it decides your phone doesn't match what it expects, it aborts the update. Personally I'd always wait until an FXZ shows up unless you ABSOLUTELY need to take an update. Use the KEEP DATA script, install recovery, flash supersu, call it good. That's just my personal recommendation and opinion.
[RAZR HD General] iBolski:
As far as being unlocked, once unlocked, always unlocked since it's a physical change in the phone. Now, that's not to say they could find a way to make it locked again, but I doubt it. But then, we said you would never be able to unlock this phone once they patched exploit. Of course, that was because of a mistake on Moto's part, but never say never.

However, once unlocked, you always have a way to root - adb sideload.

Now, if you decide NOT to unlock your phone right now, then you're gambling with your life savings basically.

By all accounts, root will be lost unless you are unlocked.

SamuriHL and the rest of us cannot stress it more than enough - unlock your phones NOW and you will be safe to have root always.
[RAZR HD General] derpyherp:
why roms wont boot on the new ota

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2785214

look there it said do not flash a rom without a 3.4 kernel because the new boot loader uses 3.4 it will not boot.

:(:(
[RAZR HD General] pothole:
Well, that's a good point actually. If this as yet to be released update behaves anything like the KK update, as rooted users the install will fail and we will have to make a deliberate effort to install it, like you said, with the FXZ file...at which point it will be fully vetted. Thanks.
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
i unlocked the first time, so i have some experience with ota's after unlocking.

for me, every time i took an ota, it always said it failed even though i proved later that it didnt.

something related to the bootloader unlock didnt jive with any ota's.

i cant speak for how it will act on kk, but if it fails, i would verify through the about phone screen, as it may well have not failed.

just something to think about/remember going forward.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Yea, that failure you're referring to is in making a backup of certain things after the update is done. When I had my HD last year, I had the same issue and it never made any difference at all.
[RAZR HD General] Zeljko1234:
First Moto released update for old phone, then returned back exploit to unlock bl and now pushing out new update. That's really respectable community support!
[RAZR HD General] Adiseshanaik:
A big save for me, got back the previous XT907 on JB yesterday. Successfully rooted and unlocked the boot loader ( got KK update 20 days back). Used Towelroot and Motopocalypse. Used superuser files from different site (google it for details, really forgot, got it from a forum). Love my Droid Razr M again. My battery backup recovered to old days (yesterday whole night with WiFi ON only 1% dropped, it was 15-20% during KK time), CDMA data connection started working (Reliance, India). Thank you guys, you are genious, love you so much.
[RAZR HD General] HemRoyd:
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[RAZR HD General] MDicnMan:
I hate feeling like I am asking a stupid question but I have been avoiding the KK OTA because I really need to stay on JB. Can I definitely flash back to 4.1.2 after I go to KK and unlock the bootloader?
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
I want to give you a complete answer on that. Some partitions can't be downgraded even on unlocked phones such at GPT and TZ. Therefore I added the creation of a UNIVERSAL script to my RSD Script Generator that allows unlocked users to downgrade. So you could:

o) Upgrade to build 183 4.4.2

o) Root with towel root

o) Install SuperSU from play store and update the binary

o) Unlock with the motoapocalypse app

o) Extract the 9.30.1 FXZ

o) Run the script generator to generate the RSD scripts

o) Flash the universal script

This will keep data....BUT, be warned that some people have bootlooped going back to JB from KK so you MAY be required to FDR if it bootloops.

Clear?
[RAZR HD General] bmwh0r3:
I picked up this for 80 bucks to have a play phone and keep my note3 safe... what shall I do? Lol

Sent from my DROID RAZR HD unmolested... for now
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Upgrade it, root it, unlock it.
[RAZR HD General] MDicnMan:
Crystal! You rock!
[RAZR HD General] Spacerider:
I'm in heaven...

Thanks for all this info... I'm root now and my bootloader is unlocked... :victory:

Can I uninstall the tr.apk and motopocalypse.apk after all this process?

Thanks again...
[RAZR HD General] bmwh0r3:
Running cm11 on her now. I missed my screen size though

sent from my baja15 n3 *drool*
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Yes.

Nice. :)
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
i just made this if you have any additions or suggestions let me know ant i will add them right in.

thanks
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Yea I saw it. Looks good.
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
thanks,

things get drawn out through a thread, this seemed a good idea to reference the facts.

if you pointed to this thread i would appreciate it, and in turn, i will prop any of your work in the op to help everyone.

let me know if i need to add anything :)
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
Did you miss my thread? :D I agree that a one stop shop for all the info is needed that's why I created this one back when the update came out to monitor the search for root on 4.4.2 for all phones to see if one could apply to the HD/M.

http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/46155-rootunlock-razr-hdm-build-183-kitkat-towel-root/

I've tried to keep it up to date.
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
i missed it bro, sorry, i had a link in the op, now you have 2.
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
No worries at all. The more we get this info out to people the better. I want EVERYONE unlocked. That is my goal.
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
well, matt started these utilities,

and you did your thing wit the great tools.

i just want to maintain proper credit.

im just a maintainer....
[RAZR HD General] SamuriHL:
The House of Bionic started as a baby bat file and has grown into the House of Moto. LOL. Damn thing has become a dragon. LMAO
[RAZR HD General] dmbtimmyb21:
Awesome

TY Very much for these links, multi-booted Fedora, Ubuntu, and Mint Debian here (No Windows)....Often have issues executing the scripts in terminal with chmod +x (missing .adb -related files).

Ridiculously stoked that I finally rooted and successfully Unlocked Bootloader on XT907.

Cheers. :cool:
[RAZR HD General] GOhowardtx:
xt926 cant unlock bootloader

HI,

I have successfully gotten root back. I have updated SU.

When I run the motopocalypse.apk it installs and I reboot but still

have status 0

No errors no problems.

Did I miss a step?

Any help would be appreciated.
[RAZR HD General] boomertwo:
This is awesome news!

Rooted, unlocked and then unrooted.

I don't need root at this time but I wanted my bootloader unlocked. In the future I may load a custom rom such as cyanogen but I'm happy with KK and my third party launcher "Smart Launcher".

^.^
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
Follow this thread to be sure you are where you need to be for it to work. Also, you may have to run the app a few times before it works (as reported by some users).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2789743
[RAZR HD General] sieberroid:
did you run motopocalyse after install apk? if not, you must run and choose unlock bootloader.
[RAZR HD General] brandogg:
I've been using an M8 for a couple months and gave my RAZR HD to my wife (using it on Net 10, AT&T-based). It has been rooted using Motochopper and thus won't install the latest update (stock recovery) - is there an easy way to unroot (without wiping), so I can update, towelroot, and unlock the bootloader?.

I just need unroot instructions (hiding root does not work) basically.
[RAZR HD General] Alex_GP:
Rooted and unlocked :) Many thanks to everyone involved.
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
you cant unroot properly without flashing, its been tried 10 dozen times and always fails.

you can try using my script and keep data option, it would be the same as taking the ota, but i would still backup data first. some times the data doesnt mesh properly with new builds (as reported by others) and you would have to wipe to fix it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2789743
[RAZR HD General] brandogg:
OK thanks, I figured a no-wipe script would be the way to go. I'm a couple updates back on that one actually, I think it's just a 4.1.2 - 4.1.2 bugfix update that I'm sitting on, so I should be able to keep or restore the data properly, then do the KK update and root and unlock from there.
[RAZR HD General] GOhowardtx:
Hi thanks for the reply.

Yes I am running the motopocalyse

I get a messages saying it has been granted superuser access.

I have tried powering off and back on.

Using widgetoid reboot option.

motopocalyse make it sound like after rebooting you should be abkle to go back into the app press the button "Unlock bootloader" and something should be different but it is not

Also when I reboot into AP fast boot it still has status 0.

Any other thoughts or suggestions?
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
you are on kitkat version right?
[RAZR HD General] GOhowardtx:
THanks.

Yes I am running

android version 4.4.2

System version

183.46.10.xt926.verizon.en.US

This was an OTA update I received.
[RAZR HD General] bweN diorD:
i would flash stock again. something may not have upgraded properly. everyone else is getting it to work, there is no good reason you shouldnt be able to also.
[RAZR HD General] GOhowardtx:
Thanks for the help

I followed:

www droidrzr com/index.php/topic/45494-how-to-xt926-upgrade-to-kitkat-ota[/url]

with the keep data option and then followed the steps in this with the one exception

I installed SuperSU ver 2.0 and had to check enable SU during boot to get this to work.

moving on to install TRWP

THanks for the help!!!