yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhnet:
Steps are correct. Try flashing build #4 with Philz. Many have confirmed it's working with Philz (checkout the responses in PA thread). If still not working, I don't know what's going on :(.

Edit: just thinking.. whether c5303 kernel is causing an issue on your c5306 phone??

(You got your imei once but Wi-Fi modules didn't load while on stock 4.3 (c5306) kernel + cm-11 ROM no?)

. Can test this by flashing the given c5303_205 stock kernel (which is meant for cm-11/PA) while on your imei working 4.3 (c5306_205) stock ROM. If imei issue crops up, then we know it's the cause.

OR if you're now on PA/Slim/cm-11-lbl (and no imei), other thing you can do to test is flash a c5306_205 stock kernel while on that custom ROM. If imei appears, it's clear that the different kernel is causing the issue (but, expect Wi-Fi modules not to load!)

*Hope I'm not confusing you.. if you're not fed-up of this issue yet (;))and interested on testing things, just save all the .ko files found in /system/lib/modules of your working stock 4.3 ROM to somewhere (sdcard), so can try those later with c5306 kernel + custom ROM. (But I have no idea whether it will work).

But first thing is to make sure that flashing PA build #4 with Philz doesn't solve the issue

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Any idea why this strange imei issue??
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pixielikescandy:
Yeah, flashing with PhilZ still doesn't fix IMEI.

This isn't confusing for me, so I'll let you know about these tomorrow, but two things:

- I can't find the C5306 kernel, is leaving the kernel the way it is (not flashing C5303) fine?

- To re-install .ko files do I just place them in that same directory with a file manager?

EDIT: Yup, flashing .205 kernel for C5303 on stock 4.3 erases IMEI.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhnet:
-yes, leave the c5306 kernel as it is (don't flash c5303 kernel after custom ROM flashing, just reboot).

So, what you can do is, flash eg. PA build #4 with Philz, while on c5306_205 kernel/ROM (working imei), and reboot without flashing c5303 kernel. Hope imei not missing!

Then, if Wi-Fi not working, try copying those 4.3 .ko files to the same place (overwrite) and make sure file permissions are 644 (rw-r--r--). Reboot, hope Wi-Fi works! (Not sure about that really.. :D). Try modprobe and lsmod commands to see what's happening..
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pixielikescandy:
The IMEI appeared when I flashed PA with C5306 kernel, but I haven't done the Wi-Fi fix yet.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhnet:
If you have time, can read the section 6 in the following link, to have an idea why kernel modules won't load if the base kernel is different.

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Module-HOWTO/

Copy those matching 4.3 .ko files (and set perms) and see what happens..
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pixielikescandy:
Thank you so, so much! wlan.ko from 4.3 fixed it. PA is now running with both SIM and Wi-Fi working.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] headache59:
Installed bagyuz's CM11 on locked bl recently. Loving it.

Just set ART, and now dolphin seems to fly instead of swimming.

Issues I need help with:

a. How do one lock the 5 buttons (on homescreen) above the nav bar?

b. the quick launch button (the one you get when you swipe up the home button) - I get the same 3 buttons on locked and unlocked screen. I can't seem to activate the quick launch for locked screen...
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] headache59:
my bad - for (b) above, it was because I set the security on 'pattern' and not 'slide'

But I can't find a solution for part (a) still...
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 96modelpmsajal:
install kklauncher from playstore.same look as cm11 but with option for locking icons on the homescreen
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terghalin:
Where i can see cm11 logs when it gets rebooted on crash?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] david_12121:
So I took one wrong turn and bricked my htc one x.

It was in a restart loop, and I hadn't changed anything before that. I let it restart on charge for a couple of days hopefully it works one time (it did once but happened again the next time I shut it off)

So I had no luck with that, so I backed up all my data with twrp. I went to wipe and I accidentally pressed "system" too.

Now the phone only gives me the bootloader and not even twrp.

Tampered

unlocked

s-on

What can I do?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] marknoll:
If u can access bl,ur not bricked
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] david_12121:
great...what can I do?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] marknoll:
Wiping system is just the files inside the ROM. Just ref lash the rom

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Ur gonna hafta reflash the recovery

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I would strongly advise u to s off your Evita. Look under timaaas signature.. You will find the necessary steps to achieve this.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Luckily you're not even close to being bricked, all you've done is wipe the system. That's easily fixed by flashing a ROM again, you're s-on so don't forget to flash the boot.img with fastboot afterwards. Check out the Evita FAQ thread and the How-To Guide For Beginners thread in my signature, you'll find them really valuable. I'd also strongly suggest you get s-off, it's very easy and is pretty much a necessity these days.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] david_12121:
can you guys give a more detailed explanation? I ****ed up once already and am a bit scared lol

So I flash twrp again, then install a rom? Does it have to be the original or can I go custom at this point?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] marknoll:
Recovery depends on the ROM type. Some Roms require a fstab or selinux, and sometimes a modded recovery . Always read the Roms o.p..

Happy flashing!![emoji14]

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Keep us posted Dave. We are here to help. ?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Did you read the How-To Guide For Beginners thread like I suggested? It contains detailed instructions on anything you need to do right now (flashing recovery, ROM, boot.img). You might as well use the latest TWRP recovery (2.7.1.0), as it should flash anything. You'll find it here:

http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/evita

As long as you have TWRP recovery installed, you can flash any ROM you like, as long as it's for this device of course.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] david_12121:
fixed...

installed twrp 2.7.1.0

was not letting me mount, so I formatted with the pc

put PACMAN's 4.4.4 on it, which sucks so far. Doesn't open play store.

I might put on a different one. We'll see.

Thanks for the help guys
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Did you flash the correct gapps package to go with PACman? You need to flash the appropriate package to match the Android version of the ROM.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] david_12121:
Yes I did. already doing the recovery. Dr. Fone seems to be promising but I don't wanna pay. Know of any other apps?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Apps to do what exactly?

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] david_12121:
data recovery.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
I don't really know of any, sorry.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] obsidian_eclipse:
I'm not sure what data you'll be able to recover having formated and flashed ROMs
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Come to think of it, exactly what data are you wanting to recover? You're not really providing enough information about what's going on that'd enable us to assist you properly.

Sent from my Evita
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madhacker7:
***Edit- Never mind. Uninstalled and reinstalled SuperSU and all is well.

The title pretty much say it all. I've verified root but apps like greenify and better battery stats not prompting for root and therefore not functioning fully. Any ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PuffJr2:
SuperSu is set, that once you grant permissions, you have to wait for the app to be update whether its SuperSu or said app.

Or you have to revoke permissions.
[Galaxy S 5 General] tmaynehassuru:
Realized I bought a fake galaxy s5 earlier today. I didn't know there were so good fakes out there now, I haven't kept up with cell phones since the HTC EVO 3D. I'm mad, I bought it for $325 :( . I am so ****ing pissed at myself for being so stupid. I should have come on here first and done some research but I was dying for a new phone since I have been on the Nokia Lumia 900 for the past year and its on its last legs, saw the 325 price tag on CL and jumped on it thinking I got a good deal. Never again will I let impulses get the best of me. This is more of a rant, but also here is this guys information in case any of you are in the Central Florida region (this is a copy and paste of a CL ad I just made warning other users on CL):

This mother****er sold me a fake Galaxy S5. His ads are the following links:

links are blocked because I have less than 10 posts

His phone number is: 7862021013

And he calls himself T. He is a tall black man that drives a sedan. He will ask you to meet him in front of Walmart on Turkey Lake Rd.

DO NOT BUY THE GALAXY S5 or any phones from him, no matter how low he is going. The S5 is 100% fake. Run CPU-ID app on phone and you will see that it does not have a Snapdragon process but an ARM Cortex old ass one. It also does not have 16gb memory but 1.7gb. Also if you look at the box you will notice that it says 3GB of RAM when the original Galaxy S5 really has 2GB. This man is a lie and a cheat. Do not get conned like I have. I gave him $325 and am stuck with a fake ass replica.

This is only fair warning to other CL users, I would hate to hear of others fall victim to this con.

**edit: Updated with pictures of the fake s5. I should have looked at the box itself more closely, right there it said 3GB RAM, Fell so stupid.
[Galaxy S 5 General] hyelton:
For $325 for an S5 you should expect it to be stolen, Broken, or bad IMEI. Or in this case fake. I NEVER use craglist anymore due to this happening to people with any & everything. I also Highly Recomend Swappa.com I see fakes sold ALL the time on Cragslist. I Usually send harassing texts about to them as well. lol.

But could you not tell it was fake? I know they have gotten better at making decent knock offs but usually at first glance of the front and or software / Screen I can tell easily.
[Galaxy S 5 General] SnuggP:
That wretch, I feel for you! Just make sure when you get the S5 get the new one with more memory. Just chalk it up as a lesson learned, heck you have a little toy to play with now.
[Galaxy S 5 General] cmd512:
$325, really? Even if it were stolen / hot, he'd be selling it for more than that...
[Galaxy S 5 General] daoom:
Did you contact the police?
[Galaxy S 5 General] tmaynehassuru:
I didn't look at it very closely, like I said I haven't really been in the market for phones for awhile. I didn't realize the fakes are so much better than it used to be. I also did 0 research before buying and the thought of a fake one didn't occur, stupid me. I also put up pictures just now to show you all what I got.

What is the new one with more memory? There's a new version of the s5 coming out? Lol I am putting it back on CL for a 100 dollars, i put it up as replica I dont want to con nobody, I'm sure somebody will want it, its still a decent phone. I also put up pictures just now to show you all what I got.

Ya. I don't know what happened today, normally I'm very skeptical, but the dire need for a new phone got the better of me and I really wanted the S5...thought i hit gold with this deal...I would rather have donated or gambled that money away then give it to that conning ****er on CL. I also put up pictures just now to show you all what I got.

Orlando Police are jokes. They don't do squat EVEN if you give them all the evidence they need. I only have his phone number, I don't have a pic of him or his car plate. I should have been more skeptical when I saw him take out a burner phone...so stupid. I also put up pictures just now to show you all what I got.
[Galaxy S 5 General] WizeGuyDezignz:
The first giveaway is that the earpiece should be black and not silver.

So sorry you got screwed over man.
[Galaxy S 5 General] daoom:
You have a phone number and a CR add, they could easily find him.

Dude, be honest here, you were buying a new phone for $325 from a dude in a parking lot. You KNEW you were likely buying stolen property and didn't care. Your not calling the police has nothing to do with their competence .. or lack there of.
[Galaxy S 5 General] chungdae:
13

Doesn't hurt to call and talk to PD.
[Galaxy S 5 General] moizhaque:
Are you sure ?

Hi, Sad to hear that... But you 100% sure that its fake ? did you factory reset it once before use ? coz everything else its pretty perfect did you check camera before buy like selected focus n hdr ??
[Galaxy S 5 General] alexnaoumi:
That's a legit looking fake man. Few minor appearances should've given it away. Software was a dead giveaway that if was fake. Sorry you got scammed. It sucks there are some scum in this world
[Galaxy S 5 General] tmaynehassuru:
I am too, thanks for your condolences

.

No man, I just thought I got a good deal lol. 325 is still a lot of money for a stolen/fake phone. I have gotten good deals like that in the past before, and have met ppl in a parking lot, so this wasn't very off to me. But I think I probably will call them tomorrow.

I probably will tomorrow.

Ya, you can tell just from the CPU-ID pictures I have there, the processor isn't the real one and theres only 2GB of usable memory...100% fake. Also the outside cosmetics are off. I wish I had researched this before I bought it. Stupid me. And no I didn't check the camera, I was actually in a rush to leave cuz it was 96 degrees out here today and I was sweating balls lolz. Next time I'll meet people in a starbucks or something and take time to look over what I'm buying
[Galaxy S 5 General] Aradfan:
For me the first thing that popped was the led flash. In every fake cell phone it has that look/texture whereas in original phones it has a totally different look. For the author of this thread, this is something to be learned. Even if the phone is sealed in a box, open it, check it, look carefully at the exterior and then look in the phone info. If the seller does not want you to open the box simply pass, there are enough phones out there.
[Galaxy S 5 General] oTToToTenTanz:
Of course its fake...look at this home button....its silver! lol
[Galaxy S 5 General] johan81:
I just took a look at the home button and it is black, from the outside it does look remarkably well done! But I would never buy on a parking lot, that is always fishy, no matter where you are from.
[Galaxy S 5 General] jawmail:
Well lesson learned. Be glad it's only for $325. Please call the police and see if they can do anything. Thanks BTW, I just downloaded CPU-Z, nice app, everyone should use it when buying any used phone.
[Galaxy S 5 General] barondebxl:
Damn that sucks bad man. I never buy on craigslist, I only sell. I feel for you buddy. Lesson learned for all of us.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Michael_P:
You got it backwards because genuine phones have silver earpiece.
[Galaxy S 5 General] WizeGuyDezignz:
Incorrect. The S4 had silver, are you thinking of that? If you have a black S5 and your earpiece is silver, it's you that has a fake lol.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Michael_P:
It's the white S5 I have and they do have silver earpiece, but maybe you right about the black version.
[Galaxy S 5 General] WizeGuyDezignz:
You are correct, white has silver. Black has black. I guess I forgot about the white since I never get white phones lol.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Rippley05:
The battery icon is also green, it's white in Kit Kat on the S5. I'm sorry you got ripped off, same thing happened to a buddy of mine with a fake S4.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Noob-xda:
I live in the Central FL region. Thank you for informing me about this. I have my Galaxy S5. I will inform my other friends that are trying to purchase this phone on craigslist. :D
[Galaxy S 5 General] Hausch:
Damn dude, that really sucks I'd text the guy from a different phone asking for one and kick his ass haha
[Galaxy S 5 General] xaznxplaya:
Suck to hear, I guess that's a fake copy from China. Does it have a SD at least? I saw the S's 5 optium which is the copycat of the s5 on eBay, only at 100$ though but it does Optium. I've sold phone local ( Montreal, Quebec) people rarely open the phone and take a look at it. Fortunately for them, mine always been legit.

Sent from my s5 you 'mirin?
[Galaxy S 5 General] radicalisto:
Ahh the classic Fake Samsung device. The Note 3 forums are full of people who bought replica's - Sorry it's happened, give the PD a call. And learn from it. Hard lesson to learn I know, and I do feel sympathy for you, but always always be careful when buying from

1) Craigslist

B) Used Devices

3) Cheap prices.. If it looks to good to be true, it always is.
[Galaxy S 5 General] hypersonicx:
The Solution!!!

Hey man I am sorry that has happened to you.

I myself here in Nashville TN has been in the craigslist game for years. I have seen in my transactions everything from FAKE Galaxy Note 3s to Fake S4 and last week Fake Galaxy S5s.

I too purchased a FAKE Galaxy S4 about 2 years ago and that's when I learned my lesson. Now every time I come across a fake Galaxy Device, I know what to look for and can tell right off the bat.

I got conned originally with a Fake Galaxy S4. The guy sold me the Fake S4 for $400.

So yeah, he made a killing off me. Didn't realize it was fake until I got to work and started playing with it. It was also new with box and plastic on screen etc......

With that 400 being a large sum of money couldn't just take as a loss.... I did the next best thing.... I put the Fake S4 back on craigslist. Created an add saying it was the international version and just sold it for 350 to someone else so I was at a loss of $50 and gas at that point. Im sure what I did was wrong also but sh*t happens and that's just the way it is.

All in all.... Lesson learned and now I know what to look for when buying and sale phones on craigslist.

You can either keep it and take it as a lost or put it back into rotation!

Mod Edit – Some content removed

You gone learn today!!! (just adding some humor!!)
[Galaxy S 5 General] MOPKOBKA:
Unfortunately all SM-G900H Octa Core sold on eBay are counterfeit phones. Bad thing that atutu detects them as genuine S5. Fortunately I wrote my application which clearly detects fake. So I am currently looking for a place were to buy a real one for about $600. Everything lower definitely fake phones. Did somebody try B&H photo store? They have free return so I have a hope they sell a real one.
[Galaxy S 5 General] drakester09:
You are a great human being, Sonic.
[Galaxy S 5 General] hypersonicx:
The world we live in today.
[Galaxy S 5 General] MOPKOBKA:
Major problem that fake phones sellers read your post and got an idea to do not put lower price to do not look suspicious. I can tell that fake S5 seller puts price $550 on e-bay and a lot people buy it as real S5. So profit from one phone is about $400 and they sell thousands of them, so entire non taxable revenue is about $400,000.It is also good profit for e-bay, so here no concern to protect buyer. If you claim you got a fake phone you get refund in a second, but you pay back shipping, and they sell the phone some other person without giving up any profit. I do not understand why Samsung is so silent, I guess they lose millions.
[Galaxy S 5 General] SnuggP:
or Samsung may know something about it *wink wink* like how can one make a fake s5 so damn fast and Sammie not chase these bootlegging jackals down and put a end to it but then they wanna knox up they product [emoji844]
[Galaxy S 5 General] Sippay:
You deserve the money back. You were misinformed and scammed. Contact the police.
[Galaxy S 5 General] xaznxplaya:
You guys have a law that's against that?Overhere (Quebec, Canada), it's at your own risk when you buy something from someone, you have no proof at all, it's not like it was coming from a retail store.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Sippay:
When he bought it, he had no idea that it was fake. There was no reason to believe it was fake, because the product description was accurate and it looked legit, and it wasn't extremely cheap either. The price someone would pay for a secondhand phone is 20-40% off.
[Galaxy S 5 General] xaznxplaya:
And how do you explain that to the Cops?
[Galaxy S 5 General] dtrail1:
According to your Screenshot from CPU-Z it has a Qcomm quad core cortex 9 ARM v7 (just an older model/revision?) , and 2GB of ram inside - or is it just comparison with a real S5?

Well, 325$ are something about 250€ in my country. Regarding to the built in hardware it's an acceptable price indeed - or how does it run for you?

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[Galaxy S 5 General] xaznxplaya:
1.7Gb internal storage is poor, though.
[Galaxy S 5 General] grizzlebizzle:
Seems risky to try to sell fakes on eBay/Paypal considering how quick they are to do a chargeback on a seller (and banning accounts if they seem to be causing trouble). Probably the biggest risk on eBay is the "unlocked" phone that is really locked, sometimes by people who don't know any better. Or bad ESN phones.

Craigslist on the other hand is just full of scams and fake stuff. There are also people on there selling prepaid phone cards for half of face - they can get 95% of face on eBay so why are they selling them for half on CL unless they are bogus? Even the 95% of face ones on ebay seem a little shady - they are real cards but they are buying them at retail stores with loads of giftcards and selling them at a loss. Gift cards they probably got by stealing stuff and returning it for store credit.
[Galaxy S 5 General] hypersonicx:
The only way he can get his money back is to sale the fake phone to someone else back on craigslist.

That's what I did when it happens to me and now lesson learned!
[Galaxy S 5 General] p4ck3ts3nd3r:
According to CPU-Z it IS an S5.

I'm not too big into Samsung, so what's the biggest sign of it being fake? (noob question from a Samsung noob) :/
[Galaxy S 5 General] xaznxplaya:
S5 come with 2gb of ram 16gb of storage at least, black model with a black ear piece and the rear cover is soft ( not sure how op cover feels)
[Galaxy S 5 General] kuromusha38:
look pretty genuine to me.
[Galaxy S 5 General] xaznxplaya:
Well what was the original ad?
[Galaxy S 5 General] kuromusha38:
no racism please. Black people can be honest too.
[Galaxy S 5 General] MOPKOBKA:
Yes, it is exact how SCAM works. Most of software relays on data in some structures reported by underline OS. They can't access actual hardware directly unless device is rooted. So I can modify open source Android to report correctly any imaginable phone I want. So easiest way to figure out if you got replica is trying camera. If you can't get photo in resolution matching 16mp, then you get SCAMed.
[Galaxy S 5 General] kgyirhj:
Price: 325USD

Condition:New in box

Sellers name: "T"

Place:Wallmart parkinglot

Seems legit. :good:
[Galaxy S 5 General] kuromusha38:
but what if they put a 16mp camera in a fake S5?
[Galaxy S 5 General] MOPKOBKA:
In this case I will buy it any day saving $$$, so inform me when it happens. It was funny story in my past when some jeweler used higher quality gold in making replicas, like 24kt instead of 14kt in genuine ones. So people didn't blame him for that, but he ended in jail for reason that the high quality gold was stolen
[Galaxy S 5 General] coolicool:
call the police
[Galaxy S 5 General] kuromusha38:
it's not a police matter. It's a civil matter.
[Galaxy S 5 General] xaznxplaya:
To say what? I don't have the s5 I expected?