yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Atrix 2] Barb3r:
I tried again this time flashing the rom first then rebooting. Rom loaded up nice with BMM already installed. However, when I went back to recovery to flash the gapps I got a boot loop.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RR-99:
Since updating my N7100 to 4.4.2, it is not reliably switching between WiFi and mobile data when it should. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. Until I updated it was always !00% reliable.

I found the new setting under the WiFi tab - 'Smart Network Switch', and this is checked.

Has anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions to cure it? The phone isn't rooted and I don't want to do that.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Androidwizzard:
You got to disable Smart Network Switch cause whenever mobile data is stronger than wifi signal (even, let's say for a second) it will disconnect from wifi and vice versa.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RR-99:
Thanks. I'll try that.

It seems that the Smart Switch isn't working as it should because sometimes when I get home I can hold the phone right up to the WiFi router and it still doesn't switch to WiFi.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Androidwizzard:
Normally no need for network switch, only on special occasions when needs continuous connection and wifi isn't that strong whereas mobile is.

If you untick (disable) you will see, that coming home into reach of wifi will automatically change from mobile to wifi. :good:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RR-99:
I have it unticked now and I will see how it works. Will it be exactly like it was before I updated to 4.4.2?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mrej201:
will this be available on the note 3 or is there away i can put it on the note 3

http://www.androidauthority.com/google-search-3-5-397702/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Mr Ian B:
Tried downloading and installing apk from linked website but it kept failing.

Ian B
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] phil.culler:
PM me and I'll send them to you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mrej201:
really lol did you read the question im asking will this work with the note 3 i swear people these days
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mrej201:
did it work for you if so how did you manage to make it work
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Morningstar:
Google is enabling the option account by account, so it could take a few days, but eventually everyone will have it. I got it yesterday.

For those of you who just can't wait, though, there's an apk called 'UnleashTheGoogle' that will enable it. Basically, you install the apk, force stop Google Search, then re-open it. This allows access to test/debug/developer menus, and will let you manually enable the new hotword detection features. I don't remember the specifics, so search 'unleashthegoogle' to find the apk and the full instructions.

Sent from my SM-N900T
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Mr Ian B:
My question was not posed as a response to yours. Don't worry I got it figured out for my Note 3.

Ian. B
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] phil.culler:
For mine, after I installed the 2 apps, opened google now, went to settings, went to "Voice", went to "OK Google detection". Checked the top 2 options (or the 3rd as well if you use a secure lockscreen) then trained the voice model. It works good for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mrej201:
what 2 app??? plz help me out im want this so bad ???
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mrej201:
lol sorry how did you go it to work
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] phil.culler:
You have to update google search and google play services, the 2 files I sent you via dropbox.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] andrewnelson23:
https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z12sczagllb1inism235gtbp1mb2j3qb204
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] aznmode:
This was such a cool feature but 2 things I didn't like. First it won't work with the screen off unless the charging cable is connect. Second, it drains my battery. Anyone else notice more battery drain?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Morningstar:
I haven't noticed any significant battery drain, but I haven't left it enabled for more than ~10 hours at a time, so I can't say for certain.

I, for one, am glad it doesn't work with the screen off. If it did, I'd have to disable it permanently or else my asshole friends would be screaming "OK Google" every 5 minutes lol

Sent from my SM-N900T
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] aznmode:
Haha. I know what you mean. My a$$hole coworker is always saying "hi galaxy" to turn my phone on. Although OK Google can be voice trained, it can be triggered by anyone. But it would be so much useful in my car when I'm driving and not have to plug the phone in. That's the reason I bought a spare battery so I can swap back and forth without having to ever charge my phone.

But I still think google voice still needs some work though. It would be nice for it to be able to read my messages out loud and can respond by voice and it tells me what my response message is so I don't ever have to take my eyes off the road. I'm using Utter app which does what I want but it too drains my battery specially if I have always listening enabled. For now I just just manually launch it and it doesn't affect my battery at all.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] joe1blue:
Watch "Google Now Easter Eggs (Updated 2014)" on YouTube

Google Now Easter Eggs (Updated 2014): http://youtu.be/shCcjU54iYg
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] stevetrooper:
What I have found is if enable Google Now then Voice Control does not work. If I disable Google Now, then Voice Control works.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] satru:
from the screen- select Apps - google folder - google setting- search & now - turn on google now and follow the instructions
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Mr Ian B:
Nova launcher updated their app today and now able to do Google Now from within any app.

Ian B
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] deeznutz1977:
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/quick-tip-get-ok-google-everywhere-right-now/

Sent from my bad ass Kryon infused TWEAKED..Note 3
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] DooMLoRD:
As the title states here are the 4.4.4 GPE System, Boot, and FOTAKernel images. The System is prerooted with busybox installed

system

MD5HASH: 49aa7777a1c60fc6742f12c2a31f1cdf

Size: 481 MB

Type: disk dump (compressed 7z)

Boot Kernel

MD5HASH: 5e8f72fd24ad3ebd993d6be621423e90

Size: 20 MB

Type: disk dump (ELF)

FOTAKernel

MD5HASH: ce19ddc8ef9c269f431c6387ec769002

Size: 16 MB

Type: disk dump (ELF)

Disclaimer:

I am not responsible if you use this and brick your device or if your device blows up, implodes, flames start shooting from it... It was the other guy... I swear.... Flash at your own risk
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] scrubber:
Hi DOOMLORD!

All users are waiting UPLOADING dump GPE 4.4.4 System!

P.S. Kernel now ported :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] DooMLoRD:
stupid asymmetric ADSL speeds... get 4 MBPS download and only 256KBPS upload :crying::crying:

restarted uploaded twice yesterday...

will try again today
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] scrubber:
:( Ok. Will arrange topic :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] DooMLoRD:
ok i give up...

again twice today it (filezilla) restarted midway from upload :'(

let me try uploading it to mega.co.nz
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] scrubber:
No problem, any source and can parts ;)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] joluke:
We can wait :D
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] DooMLoRD:
done :)

https://mega.co.nz/#!4RNx0Jaa!trTgJIXt8bB9R8LW6z3IVejSRV0MfqNvviD769UUsDo
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ekrunch:
[MENTION=2784807]DooMLoRD[/MENTION]

Have you seen a XZU GPe get stuck and be unable to flash the boot partition? I get this every time I attempt to flash it.

[root@f20 4.4.4 Stock Rooted]# fastboot flash boot boot_4.4.4.img
sending 'boot' (20480 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.462s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: image is not a boot image)
finished. total time: 2.466s

Now before we all start screaming bad download, here's the list of things that I've tried...

I've tried multiple boot images from various sources, validating md5 sums accordingly. I even tried the restoration procedure from your thread about restoring to stock.

I've tried to erase the partition using fastboot (which doesn't return an error) but I still can't flash after that.

I've tried using a different OS with fresh drivers. I normally run on a Fedora 20 box but I've tried on Windows 7 using Flashtool as well.

I've tried to wipe & clear cache. (Didn't think this would help, but what the hell?)

Anyway, I'm out of ideas. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

And thank you for all of your hard work on the Xperia line. I've appreciated all of the posts in this forum, the system images and tutorials, as well as the custom recoveries!

Update : flashing boot.img from CM11 works fine. Clearly I'm missing something about how to flash the boot partition on this device. Apparently not all boot.img files are created equal...

Update 2 : I can flash the Advanced Stock Kernel with Dual Recovery without issue, so I'm going to flash my way back to 4.4.3 and go from there.

Fixed! : In the end, it was because I was using an ELF image and fastboot didn't like flashing it for some reason. I reverted my phone back to 4.4.3 using the stock system.img and FOTAKernel.img, then used the Advanced Stock Kernel with Dual Recovery, since they were all flashable via fastboot. Once the system was up, I used adb to push the 4.4.3 stock boot.img to the device and the did an adb shell, su'ed to root, and dd'it onto the boot device. Rebooted, OTA'ed it to 4.4.4. Done.

What a night. This is what I get for starting this project late...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ddslee:
Has anyone with a broken camera tried flashing this image?

Does the camera work in 4.4.4 after the flash?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pudgewack:
Sorry for the newbie question, but what is the proper way to flash these files?

This is what I tried:

fastboot flash system <system.img>

fastboot flash boot <boot.img>

fastboot flash FOTAKernel <FOTAKernel.img>

I got an error for the boot.img (same error as ekrunch), but system and FOTAKernel successfully flash.

This is my first Sony device, so not too familiar with flashing this type of phone.

Thanks,

Matt
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ekrunch:
Forgive the long post, I'm sure some of this is repetitive, just trying to be complete for those who don't.

Sounds like you have the same exact problem as mine. Something about restoring an ELF image to the boot partition via Fastboot isn't working. Weird.

Alright, get ready to have some fun!

Get your device working again. I recommend using the 4.4.3 system.img/FOTAKernel.img and DooMLord's Advanced Stock Kernel with Dual Recovery. Worked like a charm for me. Get the 4.4.3 images from here and the kernel from here. Use "fastboot flash" accordingly for these 3 images. Note: The reason I use the custom kernel is b/c the 4.4.3 boot.img didn't flash correctly either.

Now you're running on 4.4.3 again, rooted. If you wiped data, don't bother signing in to your Google account, we're going to wipe again.

Now on to 4.4.4...

Okay so what we're going to do now is flash the boot.img for 4.4.4 on your running 4.4.3. Once you do this, the device probably won't boot Android again without some flashing in the boot loader, so brace yourself. :laugh:

First up, push the boot image to your device. You can do that with an ADB push, or ES File Explorer's handy FTP server, or just download the image with the phone. I used the 4.4.4 images from here. Get the boot-4.4.4.img on your device somehow and leave the system-4.4.4.img and FOTAKernel-4.4.4.img on your PC.

## [I](Not sure if you need the full path, I didn't push it this way)[/I]
adb push boot-4.4.4.img /storage/sdcard0/Download

Get a shell going

adb shell

Now that you're in the shell on your device, change to the right directory on the device, and copy the ELF image to the raw device using DD. (Everybody get your UNIX party hat out, we're going old school...)

su -
cd /storage/sdcard0/Download
dd if=boot4.4.4.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot

Alright, you have a 4.4.4 boot image. Now get back to the boot loader.

adb reboot-bootloader

And now it's time to get those 4.4.4 images onto the system. I'd highly recommend a good wipe of data/cache while you're at it. ("fastboot -w" will do this for you.)

fastboot flash FOTAKernel FOTAKernel-4.4.4.img
fastboot flash system system-4.4.4.img

That should do it. Reboot, lock on to your Google account, then fire up the developer's menu and crank up ART, then enjoy your device on 4.4.4. (BTW, this still didn't fix my camera. :crying: )

Good luck everyone! Hope this helps someone out. And would somebody please chime in with the simple command that I'm missing that fixes this problem and avoids all of this foolery? :D
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
Nice, well explained post.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] DooMLoRD:
you should read the "TYPE" mentioned in the OP ;)

you cant flash ELF images using fastboot on newer s1 bootloaders

my camera was working fine (could take pics in 4.4.3)...

after flashing to 4.4.4 i can no longer "take pics" using the camera app... though the camera preview is coming...

thanks for creating it ;) i was lazy to write all this
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] egzthunder1:
Preview comes out ok as the hardware does initialize. The issue is, from what I have seen and other who may have corroborated this, is the AF on the camera. You see, photosphere actually works well, just not the regular camera. Someone else mentioned that apps using infinity focus work as well.

My guess is that something in 4.4.3 and 4.4.4 (maybe in the kernel?) is looking for the missing DRM keys from devices with unlocked BL. Several people have already stated that they have no issues with their cameras, with the only difference being the locked bootloader in their devices. Considering that Sony had done something similar with the Z1 last year, I would not be surprised if it was the case here as well. Not sure why this would be the case for a GPE unit as it has no proprietary software (other than X-Reality)...

As I said, nothing but a guess albeit it does make sense (to me anyways).
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] wyvernwaddell:
Finally!!

Finally got my GPE to update using ekrunches excellent post..it took a little fiddling, (WIPE!! REALLY!!) but everything else went quite smoothly. I did find that fastboot -w didn't format partitions on cache and data and ended up in stock recovery to do a full wipe, after which things worked perfectly. Before that it was bootlooping on me. Didn't fix the camera though. I may leave this sucker mostly stock until someone fixes the camera...and on that note-I unlocked my bootloader immediately on getting the phone, before any updates ran. I've been considering the idea that if you unlocked before 4.4.2, that might be what's messing the camera up. I don't have any evidence for this though, it's just a guess.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ekrunch:
hahahaha I did. But it's the same for the boot and FOTAKernel images. ;) What kept throwing me was one working while the other didn't but they were both the same type of file. How nice of Sony to do this... *cough cough*

So is there a better way to flash that boot image or is this it?

You're quite welcome. Thank you for all of the dumps, kernels, write ups, etc. It is much appreciated. I've been leeching information from this forum for years with no contribution other than some donations so I'm glad to help out. I was beating my head up against the wall when I wrote that first post as it was driving me crazy that I couldn't flash that boot image. I've been spoiled by Nexus devices. :D
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Pallavgarg10:
Do i need to flash BootKernel and FOTAKernel as well or will simply flashing the system image work ?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
Depends what you are trying to achieve?

Fully update your new GPe ZU?

From 4.4.2 to 4.4.4?

Already rooted or not, if not I would just flash the OTAs
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Pallavgarg10:
I just want to update to 4.4.4 with as little modification as possible
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gabrielhz:
Tengo instalado VN-ROM-v14en Note 3 N900, al instalar otra Rom o una stock, quedo sin IMEI y sin base band, no puedo instalar ninguna otra ROM, aun teniendo copia de la carpeta EFS y restaurandola no logro recuperar el IMEI

Solo flasheando la misma VN-ROM-v14 consigo recuperar el IMEI y la Base Band.

Ayuda porfavor.: Crying:

Moderator translation...Please post in English !!!

I have installed VN-ROM-v14en Note 3 N900, to install another Rom or stock, I am without IMEI and baseless band, I can not install any other ROM, even taking copy of the EFS folder and restoring profit not retrieve the IMEI

Just flashing the same VN-ROM-v14 him and retrieve the IMEI Base Band.

Help please:. Crying:
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] New Macław:
Hello!

This is development thread of TWRP Recovery v2.7.1.0 by NovaFusion.

Credits:

marcin1147

Macław

We have never seen device as bugged as Galaxy Core, and we had a great troubles with porting our TWRP. But finally it’s there.

You can get it from our download page and flash it under Odin.

IMPORTANT NOTICE! We have discovered that Galaxy Core is affected by infamous Samsung EMMC bug and for now our recovery is the only one for Galaxy Core which is not affected. By using the other recoveries (Phillz or CWM – especially Factory Reset/Wipe/Format feature) you are risking a hard-brick of your device. Also that’s why we provide only Odin package for now, because flashing anything using your current recoveries might cause hard-brick!

Huge thanks to TWRP team.

You can get it from http://novafusion.pl/.

Download is directly provided from our servers - it's fast, stable and fully resumable!

If you appreciate our work, please, use thanks button!

XDA:DevDB Information

TWRP v2.7.1.0, Kernel for the Samsung Galaxy Core

Contributors

New Macław, marcin1147

Kernel Special Features: the only one not affected by samsung emmc bug

Version Information

Status: Stable

Current Stable Version: 20140701

Stable Release Date: 2014-07-01

Created 2014-06-29

Last Updated 2014-07-01
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] New Macław:
Changelog

20140701

fixed bootloop when rebooting to recovery

fixed issues with Windows ADB drivers

merged TWRP changes

20140629

first fully working and bugfree recovery for Galaxy Core!
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] New Macław:
Downloads

All releases are available for download from:

http://novafusion.pl

Download is directly provided from our servers - it's fast, stable and fully resumable!
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] weim1:
I have just installed the recovery but I am having an issue I can't mount external sdcard
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] vvaibhavv:
Great work

I appreciate your team work . I have tested TWRP recovery and almost every thing is working fine .
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] New Macław:
What ROM? Probably package with ROM has been modified to flash under broken recovery ;)

Damn, I don't believe development here was so terrible...
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] New Macław:
External SD works fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] cahyabudi100:
Is this TRWP support to restore Philz CWM Backup ???

I had Original stockrom backup with Philz cwm, its very important :cool:

Sent from my GT-I8262
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] Ann.Vogelfang:
Recovery fully working here. Thanks guys! Now waiting for the roms :)
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] MirXas:
THE BUG:

You'll get into a bootloop if you're rebooting to recovery directly from android (Reboot to Recovery option).

If you enter the recovery by manually holding HOME, VOL UP and POWER buttons, you won't get into a recovery bootloop.

Re-flashing TWRP exits the bootloop.
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] Digimon Master Online:
thank you....

working fine in my GT-I8262.... :happy:
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] ali.filth:
[MENTION=226169]Nova[/MENTION]Fusion team, thanks for your first release, but i see you missed one thing, if you go to recovery with command like "reboot recovery" or using existing reboot recovery menu on this recovery, you'll get recovery loop.

param must be reset before go out from recovery, you need to add postrecoveryboot.sh below ( which I have implemented in my Philz Recovery : D) to reset the param (mmcblk0p14 is param of these devices).

postrecoveryboot.sh
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] New Macław:
It's workaround as hell.

But thanks for explaining what is wrong here ;) It will help a lot ;)

Regards!
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] afaquekhaja:
How to switch to twrp from cwm or philz? Don't tell me I have to flash stock rom.
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] MirXas:
Flash TWRP by exactly the same way that you flashed CWM or PHILZ.
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] friendfriend:
Is it possible via Terminal emulator?
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] The_Rencis:
Just boot in download mode, and flash TWRP with odin!
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] MirXas:
Yes, it's possible.
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] marcin1147:
Thank you! :victory:
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] lols21.10:
Did you uploaded the source to github?
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] kanivier:
Sup people I need some assistance I tried flashing twrp on my Duos and I got some "signature verification failed" on the phone even though I got a pass on Odin.
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] marcin1147:
It's a standard message.
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] kanivier:
I didn't know about that but still when I boot to recovery mode I find only stock recovery no twrp
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] marcin1147:
Maybe try a different version of Odin. Make sure to flash it as "AP".
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] abhijeetc9762:
Help guys I cannot see my internal memory in twrp
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] F@HIM:
Hey guys need some help.....if we flash that .IMG through flashify app will it cause any probss.....em on Philz touch now

Always press the thanks button if helped :):):)
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] MirXas:
No, it will be just fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] Azaruddin:
[Q]For Flashing the TWR

Can I use the following method to flash the TWR as i flashed the PhilZ Touch CWM

Terminal emulator (root) :

- put recovery.img file on internal sdcard

- open terminal emulator

- type :

Code:

su

dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=dev/block/mmcblk0p13

and also Can i use Flashy app to Flash TWR:rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] MirXas:
You can. The both ways you mentioned are good to install this recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] friendfriend:
Is there still bootloop problem with twrp, as smbdy mentioned before?
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] eliott410:
Yes, it is.
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] Old User:
Never mind, solved :)
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] MirXas:
What do you mean ? You never posted in this thread.

EDIT:

Ohh, sorry, I just realised what you meant.
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] New Macław:
New stable release is out!

You can get it from:

http://novafusion.pl/

If you like it, please, use thanks button ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] friendfriend:
I want to install recovery via Terminal emulator:

How to get recovery.img file from .tar? Extract maybe?
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] wait_close:
You need to convert it...there is method to convert from tar to img

Press thanks if I help You ^_^
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] F@HIM:
Yes extract it and to be more easy use flashify from PS to flash it

Always press the thanks button if helped :):):)
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] MirXas:
To be precise, that method is called EXTRACTING the *.img file from *.tar archive :)
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] friendfriend:
What android software can I use for extracting? :)
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] MirXas:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.zdevs.zarchiver

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ais.archidroid

This is just a couple of programs, that are dedicated for archiving/extracting.
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] abhijeetc9762:
Installed latest recovery but problem still persists. Not showing internal memory. External memory is just fine. Please help.
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] MirXas:
At first you have to MOUNT /system, wich you can do in the MOUNT menu. Then, open up File Manager and manage your "Internal SD" files.
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] friendfriend:
Thanx, it did the job!

Twrp is working like charm.

No bootloop, internal and external memory are there.

Thanx team!
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] Digimon Master Online:
thank you for the best update ever.. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] ryeoman:
Thanks a lot, that's great work :good::fingers-crossed: