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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] gr0wlithee:
Please tell me I'm not the only one with this issue!

For the past three weeks, I can't send/receive texts or even calls sometimes while WiFi is turned on. However, when I'm out and not connected to WiFi, there is no issue. I've tried calling T-Mobile but all they wanted to do was factory reset my phone. When I DO get phone calls, the other people seem as though they are breaking up and I can't understand them AT ALL. And when I do manage to send texts, they take forever to reach their destinations.

Anyone else experiencing this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] 1iwilly:
i had that kind of issue after installing adblockplus couldn't even download mms or sms.or if the sms would take long time to send.i remove adbplus fix the issue at least for me

so trace back if you started having the problem after adding an app.????

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also on my daughters same problem no apps install t-mobile had here take out the batt then the sim card wait 30 seconds re install everything back. they re flash the sim over the air. hope this helps
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] gr0wlithee:
thanks for the answer! I used to have adblockplus but I uninstalleunit and did a factory reset and the problem still persists. I tried the other solution also and it worked for a good five minutes and now back to square one... :(

It's getting really annoying because I feel as though TMobile didn't really know what was going on either.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] 1iwilly:
well since last night my daughters phone would receive phone calls but she couldn't call out everything else was working call t-mobile again had phone off had them re send signal to sim. working now but this is what bothers me now he said that it seems from time to time the sim card would disconnect from the phone and we should get in the habit of turning the phone off and then back on to fix this issue.i wouldn't tell a customer that just bought the phone 2 month ago that kind of respond especially when you are buying a $600.00+ for this phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] TheArtiszan:
What type of WiFi do you use?

I use WiFi calling on mine frequently and don't have any problems.

For the sms, are you using hangouts for texting?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] gr0wlithee:
Just your average home WiFi connection if that's what you're asking.. I saw that WiFi calling was causing the problem for some people so it's been turned off on my phone for a while.

And I used to use hangouts but I switched back to regular messaging.... Then a few weeks later, this problem!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] mahanddeem:
Some people reported same type of issues when they had"smart network switch" on. Disable that if it's on and see if that fixes the problem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] gr0wlithee:
Thanks I'll be sure to give it a try and see what happens!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fastest83:
Finally I'm (again) rooted on stock, but that GPE rom becomes more and more attractive every single day...

My questions are:

I still have my TA Backup from the VRoot days (more or less day 1), is it still actual or do I have to redo a more recent backup? The TA partition changes with firmware updates?

And then, I'm unlocking, therefore deleting any user data on my internal memory, and subsequently I'm installing the GPE rom from scratch.

Let's say I'll stay like that for a week and then I'll miss the Sony rom, can I simply restore my previous (locked) nandroid backup? Would I get any troubles from that?

Thanks for the help in advance!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
Numbered you Q's

1, Yes it will still be valid, even though the TA changes with each firmware update.

I take it you relocked the BL at some stage?

2, Yes re-unlocking will do a data wipe again. If you had taken a TA backup with a unlocked BL as well you could use that to unlock again without the data wipe - just make sure to make sure to name them well and dont lose the 'locked' one

3, The nandroid should work fine, but wont relock the BL (from what I understand)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fastest83:
I'll reply with numbers as well ;)

1)Seeing I'm rooted again, I may as well redo the TA backup and keep both, you'll never know...

2)I never unlocked the bootloader, so I don't have a TA Backup with the bootloader unlocked...

3) What I really was asking was if I could (if fed up with the GPE or another rom) restore my old (locked) nandroid even if I was unlocked. I think once unlocked I'll stay that way unless there's a problem, so relocking it's not a concern right now (and will not be anyway because if I have to send it in for warranty wiping would be the first thing to do... :D).

Basically, I want to:

- do the TA backup now while rooted and never locked,

- make a nandroid backup

- unlock

- restore my nandroid backup -----> this is what I'm interested in, because I don't want to start from scratch if I don't feel like keeping another ROM.

By the way, redoing the TA backup while unlocked would be great if it'd mean never wiping data again... But correct me if I'm wrong, once you relock (with the TA backup) you'll end up wiping everything anyway, so... :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
Yeah those steps are about it, the nandroid should work just fine even with the new unlocked BL

I dont think that restoring the TA wipes data :confused:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fastest83:
Thanks for the quick replies, but as this is uncharted territory for me, I would like some certainties, while all I find over the net are should and would... :(

I'm baffled over the fact that nobody ever tried (or ever reported) to do as I'm trying to do... :confused:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
You should be fine. I've never done a NANDROID on a locked bootloader before, but I have switched between the GPe and Stock ROM like every couple of weeks for several months now, and it restores it just fine. Will a backup made while on a locked bootloader make any difference? I highly doubt that.

Either way, backup your stuff to your computer and the cloud, and expect things to go straight south. Nothing bad will happen of course, but you should always be prepared.

Let's say that you can't restore you NAND. What's the big deal? You can either flash an FTF in Flashtool, or if you want the local build, re-lock the bootloader, un-root and download it from PC Companion.

I understand that you have a lot of stuff on your phone and you want to keep it that way, and that's why you want to be sure that the NAND will work, but you shouldn't keep important things in one place, and definitely not on your phone. Again, back it up and save it on your computer/Dropbox/Drive/etc.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fastest83:
First of all, thanks for the reply.

Secondly, you're right, nobody should keep their stuff in one place, and that's what I do with Drive, Box and Dropbox.

There's nothing that important on my phone, and even if I can't restore the nandroid backup and I remember there's one particular I should have backupped (there's ALWAYS something you forget), if I remember correctly Titanium Backup PRO lets you browse nandroid backups for apps and files and stuff... :)

That said, how do I proceed? My steps would be:

1)unlock bootloader

2)install dual recovery

3)wipe data from recovery

4)flash GPe rom

Is that right?

Wish me luck!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Yup. That's pretty much it.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fastest83:
I have NUT's dual recovery installed, and that's what I was planning to install, but I read that's only for stock kernels...

Do I have to go with Doomlord one, once wiped after unlocking the bootloader? Or there's something better?

What I don't understand is if I have to install NUT's dual recovery (cause I'll be on stock before GPe), and then install the zip file with Scrubber's GPe rom (which from what I understand, has the dual recovery included that overwrites the stock dual one?)...

I think I'll flash through Flashtool to be sure...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
The kernel isn't that important when you're about to flash a different ROM. The ROM you'll flash will flash another recovery, so you'll only use the "first" recovery to be able to flash the ROM.

Use Flashtool or QuickIMG to flash the kernel/boot.img if you want a GUI, and do not want to use ADB.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fastest83:
I thought that might be the case, but wanted to be sure anyway.

Ok, I have my unlock code now, let's try and not f*ck this up then... :D

Thanks mate!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
How did it go? Are you weeping in a corner now, or what? Haha
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fastest83:
Ahahahah I didn't do it yet, I made all the backups and everything but I didn't have the time to go through with the steps.

That's partly because family takes all of my time now (we're preparing for a vacation next week), but I confess, part of me doesn't like changes at all...

Yeah, I'm a lazy mot*erfu**er... :D
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Hmm, alright so you should probably wait until you're back from vacation before messing with it. I don't wanna get yelled at when you're having car issues and can't make a call or something unexpected, OR you feel adventurous and want to mess with it BECAUSE you have a lot of free time on your hands?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
So... any progress? :P
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fastest83:
Are you crazy? Do you have the slightest idea of what is like to have 2 kids and a wife screaming at you for this or that and you're freaking out because ADB is not working at the moment, or the single file you planned to flash was corrupted so you end up wiping everything for nothing? Well, I do. :D

And no, it's not pretty. XD

Anyway, now 4.4.4 is in sight, so I'm even more confused...

After all, I use mini apps a lot, device is super responsive, now I can use gestures and xposed, viper for the sound, I don't really know how much could this be improved with vanilla android...

(Yeah, monkey on my shoulder, I see your point, but eat your banana and shut the fu*k up for now... :D)

P. S. Just for a laugh, my friend's S4 literally EXPLODED last night, battery fused with back cover and cell destroyed... I told him to get a Sony...

(they gave him an S5 in exchange, and that seems a bit admitting they know it's something that can actually happen...)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Dude, is your friend a Reddit user? And did he post about his S4? Because some guy posted about a burning S4 yesterday or something, LOL.

Aaaaand no. I don't have the slightest idea, and thank God for that, hahah :P So... You're not sure if you're going to stick with the new 4.4.4 stock ROM or the ridiculously smooth GPe ROM? If you're really happy with your current setup then just keep it. Don't mess up "perfection". If you're bored on the other hand, then flash GPe.

Or you know.. I can do it for you if you pay for my flight down. I'm only a couple of hours away, LOL!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fastest83:
No actually he's not, but I did find the user you pointed out, and that is NOTHING compared to what happened to his S4...

I mean...

Anyway, the smoothness really attracts me, but I really never encountered nothing but, in this particular phone.

With Sammy I was forced to flash something else (CM) because the system was laggy to say the least, but with this?

I guess I'll really flash when updates are far far away... :D

P.s. I'll pay the flight next time, I swear! Ehm...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Woow.. WTF man! He should contact Samsung ASAP, and he'll probably get a new phone of his choice so he doesn't sue them. This is normal. If not, make him publish it so Samsung gets a bad rep. I'm completely serious, but I'm guessing that Samsung doesn't want bad PR, so they'll give him a new device ASAP as long as he signs some papers.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] adfurgerson:
I think I would require years of therapy to get over that traumatic experience.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] a7m2dz:
Hello , how are you ?

i have some problems with my ASCEND p6 ,

This The Model Number : P6-U06

And Emotion UI v : 1.6

System : 4.2.2

i Hate this System version it's Sucks ,,

and i need to Upgrade to KitKat !

i don't know how , so i need someone to teach me :D , step by step how to update my damn phone :(

i just Root it , what i have to do , what i must have , cables , roms , tools , etc : )

and thank you :$
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] lester78:
As long as you're still on stock recovery, you can use the UPDATE.APP method. Just download an applicable update for your device, place the UPDATE.APP on dload folder in your sdcard then perform a local update in settings.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] a7m2dz:
Thanks ,

But how can i find " dload " folder !

i just insert my SDcard recently after your replay ,

^ from i buy my phone until now : (

So what i have to do ?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MeltdownSpectre:
So I'm making this quick, my dad's on vacation and he has a C6602 as well. He's in London, he called and said that his phone was 9% battery level so he turned it off. He then later called me from his other phone and said the Z isn't charging. He doesn't have the Z's original charger with him, for the past week he had been charging it with his Moto G charger and Nexus 7 charger. When he tried putting it on charge, he said the phone wasn't doing anything. The LED isn't lighting up and the phone isn't responding to anything. Any ideas on what to do? Its been used with care and was bought in Jan 2014. The phone has been left on charge for 7 hours straight and still no reaction!

What's wrong with it and is there a quick solution?

Thanks :)

Just letting you know, the phone was on 4.3 Jellybean (the build that ends with .101).

Sent from my C6602
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidfreak70:
if the phone no vibrate+no led+no screen on+charger connect nothing do+pc connect, the pc dont see the phone = HARD BRICKED ( throw it in the trash can)

and if no flashmode (hold vol down and plug into pc) and fastboot mode ( hold vol up and plug into pc) so BE SURE IT'S HARD BRICKED!!!!!

Send form my Xperia™ Z (C6602) using tapatalk?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wozzels:
Hi Mate, I had a similar issue where my phone would not respond to anything, it only showed 3 red blinking lights when plugged into the charger, I left it for hours to charge but nothing, it would not even turn on while it was plugged into the charger, I read a few post and it seemed to be a battery issue. I tried one solution and it worked for me. Basically I had to wrap a rubber band around the phone so it holds the power button down and leave it on charge for a good few hours, it eventually came on again. now I know you said nothing happens when its plugged into the charger, but it won't hurt to give it a try and see if it helps, this may not be the solution to your problem but it might help. also try use the correct charger if possible. let me know if it worked.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MeltdownSpectre:
:( but how does this happen? or is a Hard Brick just random? the phone wasn't rooted or anything.

Thanks man. I'll try that. :)

I hope it works! :D

Sent from my C6602
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emiglet:
Is it still on warranty? And do you have back-ups? I know it's an obvious answer, but a warranty claim is at its best.

Otherwise, bring it to a service. They can open the phone, connect a fresh battery and eventually swap it.

Otherwise, try plugging it in and out. Sometimes it works, sometimes not.

When I connect my Xperia Z with my battery unplugged, the phone doesn't do anything, unless I connect the battery. Obviously, I had to remove the back cover and I don't advise this. But it will give you insight.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MeltdownSpectre:
Unfortunately in Pakistan, there is no Sony warranty.

Also, I might remove the back cover if I convince my dad to get a new phone and let me experiment with his old Z.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidtweaker1:
Try using flashtool to flash to stock ftf.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MeltdownSpectre:
So I removed the back cover, removed the plastic housing (that sits on top of the front camera cable and charging port) very violently disconnected the battery and connected the original charger and the red LED switched on. Now, while the charger was connected I re-connected the battery and the phone started charging. I switched the phone on and it was working fine. Now after the phone had charged to 50%, I copied my data to an SD Card. Then I (very stupid of me), very violently tried to re-fit that small piece of plastic housing back in and now the phone wont charge anymore and the plastic housing is slightly bent. check the picture to see how it looks. I then noticed the plastic housing had these little gold things inside it that make contact with the other little gold things on the motherboard. The phone is off right now but how do I fit that piece of crap plastic housing back in it's place? Any help will be appreciated.

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[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MeltdownSpectre:
Okay, so I managed to fit the black piece of housing back in, BUT.

The phone only charges when its off.

If I switch it on, it doesn't charge and it doesn't show the Red/Orange LED either.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MeltdownSpectre:
Please close the thread now. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Z-Raptr:
First off, here are the details for my phone:

Alcatel Onetouch Fierce from Tmobile

It is in fact rooted

Running Android 4.2.2

Basically, i have been looking to either flash a ROM onto my phone (Have not found any ROM yet, let alone a good one) or make my own. The problem with that is the system files. I've been going through this tut here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1801690 and the terminal code gives me the error "sh: tar-c: not found" Also, file explorers have not worked, even ones with SU access.

My question is does anyone know a way around this? If not, I want to either port a ROM to this phone or find one. The only problem with that is finding a base ROM. If anyone could help with this issue it would be fantastic as I know quite a few people with this phone looking for a ROM. Thanks in advance as all help is much obliged.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hd2_iFan:
My device got bricked, NO LG LOGO or BLACK SCREEN nothing. So i have sent it to LG for RMA, when I contacted LG for repair status they said "This product is damaged and not repairable, sorry. Epoxy cracked."

Does any 1 know what is Epoxy ?

Any suggestion to solve this problem ?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] szabyka95:
it's a type of glue
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hd2_iFan:
How could i get it fixed ?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] szabyka95:
i don't know
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hd2_iFan:
Any1 knows how to fix this ?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrfochs:
If your phone is bricked and that is what LG sent you, then their repair shop is just getting lazy. I shattered my Nexus 5 screen after a drop and sent it in to be replaced. Just got my phone shipped back to me with the screen still shattered and the reason being "Not repairable: Epoxy Crack." Apparently they just use that as a excuse to not do anything. My phone still turns on and is fully functional. As a result we can learn that LG uses the same excuse for both a bricked phone and a functioning phone with a cracked screen.... that Epoxy sure must be an amazing part in order to be the not repairable feature in both of these situations.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ITGuy420:
Hello,

Today I upgraded my Galaxy S3 over the air via AT&T. Afterwards, my phone was stuck at the AT&T splash screen. Now after trying to reformat my phone I have no OS and i just boot to the Galaxy S3 screen. My phone is unrooted and has a custom recovery. What should I do in order to get my phone back to stock rom and updated to 4.4?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rishidhar:
Boot into download mode (Press Vol Down + HOME + POWER) and ODIN flash this image

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2722660
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ITGuy420:
I will have to give this a try. Thank you.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rishidhar:
If the OTA did go through and you are now on the NE4 firmware (bootloader + modem) you will need the NE4 modem to get signal (wifi and cellular) on MBJ and above firmwares.

Download the modem from here and flash it to get signal back.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2792571
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ITGuy420:
Yes, It worked for me. But as you stated, I have no cellular service and it won't recognize my IMEI. So what do i have to do next?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rishidhar:
Did you flash the modem zip in recovery?

Is your Wifi working?

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Did you flash the OTA back through stock recovery? If you did that then it should flash the new modem for you.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ITGuy420:
I flashed back to the stock rom (4.3) and for some reason it didn't flash my modem. But when I followed the instructions to flash to 4.4 on my phone, it flashed it to 4.4 and now my modem works. So everything works correctly now.
[General Topics] Slider758:
Hi, does anyone know if there is any software out there that will make a shortcut so you can quickly connect/disconnect from Bluetooth/WiFi/GPRS.

It would be really useful to have 3 such buttons on the today screen.

Thanks for any ideas.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] mms047:
I flashed my mobile a few days ago. But after flashing stock rom My memory card isnt mounting in stock recovery. Help me plz.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
copy all sd card contents to pc

If you have any 2nd partitions delete them first using mini tool - if not move onto next steps

boot phone normally

goto

settings

storage

unmount sd card

format/erase sd card

your card should now be mountable in recovery (you can then create a 2nd partition in cwm if you want - note this will format sd card again)

you can then copy everything back to sd card
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] mms047:
Will try and confirm you later.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captaincado:
I messed up, when loading Hyperdrive into a ROM slot, battery went dead. Now does the vibrate thing and the screen lightens a bit, (still black) and boot loops. Can't get into recovery, but can get into download mode. Any file on here set up so as to load phone in download mode?

Sent from my backup phone
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devo7v:
Flash the ML2 Odin package (links in the Firmware Thread). You have to be in download mode to flash anything with Odin.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captaincado:
OK, but I should of stated that I was on 4.4.2.NE3...my guess is to follow the guide for rooting by sunderwear and not load the boot loader.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devo7v:
Correct. There will be a couple things that don't work when you're on 4.3 (WiFi and sound), but once you flash the NE3 update everything should be back to normal.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] eortizr:
Just wanted to share.

This SystemUI.apk has the singal icons replaced with the iOS7 styled icons (dots). Just replace your SystemUI.apk with the attached one and set permission using 'Root Explorer' or equivalent.

**** IMPORTANT *****

You can not just replace the apk or you will get FC. The best way to do it is to copy the apk to a system folder other than the actual location of the file. For example if the apk to be replaces is in /System/app, then copy the apk first to /system/priv-app, set the correct permissions there and then move to system/app and vice-verse. (the same applies to the odex file)

reboot the device after moving the files.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] JoeFCaputo113:
Made a flashable for you. Here ya go buddy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] moonmanxo:
I tried this and nothing changed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] thereassaad:
Nothing changed