yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
The only root exploit for VRUDNE1 4.4.2 that works on our phone is "Towelroot" by Geohot which is in the S5 section.

Once rooted, these things apply to everyone on VRUDNE1 4.4.2 as well as anyone on 4.3 VRUCML1 or VRUCNC1 OTAs:

a) You can NOT install a custom recovery (No CWM, No TWRP, nothing)

b) You can NOT install any AOSP rom

c) You can NOT install a custom kernel

d) Only an unofficial version of Safestrap can be used on VRUDNE1. This is not a custom recovery, Safestrap is NOT a custom recovery.

e) As of 8:50 EST, there is no custom VRUDNE1 TouchWiz rom to install. Safestrap hijacks the bootprocess and only uses the stock kernel, in your case stock VRUDNE1 4.4.2 kernel, in order to boot other custom TouchWiz roms. Only VRUDNE1 roms would be able to successfully flash on your phone. But none exist yet.

Literally all that you can do as of this post is root, debloat, install Safestrap, and hope that you will be able to use custom VRUDNE1 based TouchWiz roms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] broazny:
back to 4.3

will i be able to odin back to 4.3 without tripping knox and locking the bootloader?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
No, you can not downgrade once on 4.4.2 VRUDNE1.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] broazny:
thank you very much, do you know when the devs will be able to find a way to downgrade or unlock the bootloader
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
I'll be blunt with you, I sincerely doubt that's being actively worked on for our 2 year old device. The bootloader has yet to be unlocked on the S4 which has had an active bounty with numerous devs so its not happening here. If AOSP means that much to you, sell your S3 for a bootloader unlocked S3 or get another device which has less hurdles to get AOSP.

Edit: Or you can email these guys at MobileTechVideos and see if their S3 bootloader downgrade process works on 4.4.2. It is a paid service either way, but some people have considered this when on 4.3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcbjoe:
Is there any successes to this downgrade of the bootloader of the link that you sent? I'm not on a s4 I'm on a SCH-I535 sgs3 same as s4 if I'm correct.. Correct me if I'm wrong s4 and s3 have a lot of the same stuff
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
I haven't seen anyone report back on having used this. I figured someone would have done so and posted on xda but, nothing. That link is for the Verizon S3 btw. The S4 was mentioned just for comparison purposes only.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
I originally saw it on XDA. Josh inadvertently reverted one while doing a JTag service. He was able to reproduce it several times in testing. Most don't even know about it till they brick their device and need JTag service. :cool:
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2006ducatis4r:
Can ANYONE please let me know if it's possible to Towelroot the Samsung S5 for Sprint using this method.

* I know it will work for the S4:

* Download latest towelroot (v3), click the title 3 times, enter "1337 0 1 7380 4 0". Click "Make it rain".

ANY HELP is much appreciated.

Thank you!!!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBugHmb:
SuperSu from PlayStore installed too?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diggy94:
Yes it is possible. I have done it my self. After that just install SU from the playstore
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AustinDizzy:
I actually just did it last night. I didn't have to make any modifications to towelroot's modstrings, it just worked right from the download. I ended up having to install SuperSU's APK manually (not from the play store), but besides that it was as simple as can be.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burnshroom:
Did it trip the Knox Warranty void?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CCallahan:
Should not trip the Knox counter.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2006ducatis4r:
TowelRoot Sprint S5 *** Flash ROMS ***

Hello,

I just TowelRooted my Sprint S5. Can you please assist me with the following:

- Flash Roms

Thank you!

DucatiS4r
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zune70:
To flash a rom you will need to install a custom recovery which will trip the Knox counter.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] szszab:
I've installed Prophet AKU2.3 pdamobiz customized rom [G4!!, with SPL 2.15.0001] 16 MB version yesterday to try:

http://www.pdamobiz.com/show_news.asp?NewsID=68863

and it's AWESOME. The whole device is boosted up, so fast then never before! It's the best rom I've ever tried so far, honestly. Also movies, musics, all the menus and everything works fine, properly, without stack or any problem. It didn't need and CID unlock or anything, I had just to follow the instructions the program gave me.

The link above is in thai, but mainly the procedure is the following:

1. download the program (unrar it to the folder you want)

2. Backup all your important data from the Prophet

3. Run "Clear Storage" program on your device, wait for soft reset

4. Tap the screen once to get to the "Align" procedure, but stop here (cross will be shown in the middle)

4. attach your Prophet to the PC with active sync (cable!)

5. Cancel the Active sync recognizing procedure (anyway, Active Sync will establish the connection)

6. Now start the program from PC called "UPGRADE_ROM.bat"

7. Wait, give it the time to install ext.rom and everything

8. Hard reset your device (Push at a time: camera, conn.comm buttons and reset with the stylus, hold on on camera a connection button, then push the green phone button)

and it's done. The only disatvantage is that it installs a lot of quite unusuable program, too, but it's not annoying at all. If you install Spb pocket plus and Pocket informant, you're done, no need for these progs (more or less).

Szszab
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] Looking Glass:
minor glitches

Is anybody out there wich gets a "can not ececute TimeWizard.exe" error?

My upgrade hanged before the second reboot, and everything looks OK but I keep getting this annoying error.

The file is missing in the Windows directory. What is this suppossed to do?

Any help?

?
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] fharni:
What can I do to translate this Rom into a german one? Or is a language Pack out there?
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] mccune:
Isn't there an other link? PDAMobiz is to slow... ...downloaden for hours! :P
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] purp:
yeah a faster dl link would be great, tia
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] purp:
tried that ROM aswell, but it stucks after flashing at the dopod screen :\
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] isomaniac:
Is this AKU3 rom ENGLISH version? Any traditional chinese version?
[IDEs, Libraries, & Programming Tools] XxPixX:
Hi, I'm using Android Studio 0.6.1 and whenever I want to run an app then at the dialog pop-up where you select the device, my Phone (Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000, KK 4.4.4, CarbonROM latest nightly) has the following serial number: 0123456789ABCDEF.

Is that a bug with my phone's OS, with Android Studio or is it just not a bug?
[IDEs, Libraries, & Programming Tools] Saenchai:
Not sure, to be honest. For my devices it show me real looking serials, like 015d2c308c23.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slash8915:
I never use HDR when taking pics on my GS4, because frankly, it doesn't need it. But I saw a couple of pictures taken with the G3 in HDR that looked AMAZING. It makes me think I'll be using HDR quite a bit. My question is, how exactly does the phone know when to use HDR and when not to? Is it somewhat intelligent about when using it would make the picture better?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dondavis007:
Listening in.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
HDR is used to brighten the dark surrounds of where the lens is pointing towards a bright area.

Without HDR if you took a shot of say looking out of a window the light meter inside the camera exposes the shot for what you see outside the window but unlike our eyes which manage to 'balance the lighting' of everything else inside (surrounding walls) this non HDR shot would make these walls black.

Now take the same shot with HDR and although the exposure is still focused on what you see outside everything else inside the building has it's light lifted, so giving you an effect similar to what your eyes actually see.

The better the camera and I do mean dedicated DSLR type the better the HDR effect.

So, how does it do it......

Well, unknown to you when you take that HDR shot out of the window the sensor immediately notices the lighting is extremely bright in certain areas of the shot. So, instead of exposing the shot to either inside which would result in what is seen out of the window being washed out is extreme brightness or exposing the shot to what is seen outside which results in everything inside being extremely dark, what the sensor now does is say "Hey, let me lift the dark areas and lower the bright areas and give you are more balanced shot"!

It does this by taking two very quick successive shots, one bright areas and one dark areas and then quickly combines the two together.

All you get to see is the final shot.

Some camera apps such as Camera 360 offer a dedicated HDR section where you can control more of the shot.

There is even dedicated standalone apps which concentrate on nothing but HDR.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trahald:
Hi guys,

I have DZ6503 unlocked bought from Clove.uk. I only see 4G icon not LTE! I have downloaded internet settings automaticly. Is there anything to do to see LTE?

Thanks!
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farfromovin:
That's odd, I setup my D6503 and it immediately showed LTE when I turned on LTE in the network settings: Wireless & Networks>More...>Mobile network settings>Network Mode
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trahald:
There isn't LTE in network settings. Only 4G. I was searching online and some people mention, LTE icon has gone after latest software update. Now it only shows 4G. I just wanted to make sure that information is right.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verve50:
It depends on what region your firmware is from. You will still get the correct speeds.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Q.Entity:
UK phone from Clove, latest stock, on TMo. Shows 4G. Getting 4G/LTE speeds. Icon is irrelevant...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rrravipatel:
So I am trying to get the update for my Tmobile s3 to get it up to 4.3 from 4.1. When I go to the download mode and connect it to my computer, ODIN does not recognize it. The com doesnt show up. I know it has to do with my trying to root it but I need help on how I can solve this issue and then update my phone.

Odin Mode shows as follows:

Product Name: SGH-T999

Custom Binary download: Yes (10 counts)

Current Binary: Custom

System Status: Custom

Qualcomm Secureboot: Enable
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matheeus7:
Hello guys, after update my xperia z1 for version "4.4.2 - 14.3.A.0.68" my application for take a picture stop working. Does anybody know what happened?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcruz767:
My brother recently got a tmobile nexus 5 on craigslist, and it turns out it can't be activated on tmobile. My question is could he use the nexus 5 on sprint or does he have to get it carrier unlocked. I've read around and some say that the phone is carrier locked and some say it isn't. Just wanted to get an answer from the reliable xda community.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zepius:
its not carrier locked, but you might have to get level 2 support for them to add the IMEI to their system.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
he cant activate it on tmobile then it must be blacklisted. if its blacklisted, it goes on a national registry. i know att and vetizon are part of the registry, if sprints on it as well then you wont be able to use it on sprint.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BirchBarlow:
This. Not to mention the fact that there is no such thing as a carrier locked Nexus 5. If you want to take a Nexus from one carrier to another, you simply add the IMEI to their system when you activate the new service. If you can't activate it, then the phone must be blacklisted which makes you SOL. All the more reason not to buy a phone off of Craigslist.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
you can check if its been blacklisted, for free, here http://swappa.com/esn
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iLikeTurtuls:
Almost positive that the tmobile nexus 5 doesn't have CDMA in the phone. Try an att Sim in the phone. If att and t mobile don't work in there, then nothing will.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zepius:
uh, it does have a CDMA radio. its the same hardware as the play store version which has a CDMA radio.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iLikeTurtuls:
Have fun with that.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drwx:
there is only 1 version of the nexus 5 and it does have both GSM and CDMA radios.. i did a quick search and it looks like sprint MAY activate your phone if you give them the imei minus the last digit (MEID).

https://community.sprint.com/baw/thread/150262?start=0&tstart=0
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FynxSyndct:
<----- This guy. T-mobile Nexus 5 w/ Sprint SIM.

Proof - tell me what you want to see because the 'About Phone' screen shows model Nexus 5 w/ Android Version L. Also, during the update to L previe, Google only proviedes one firmware update for Nexus 5 hammerhead on their preview dl page.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Yes it can be done but there is a different situation here whereby the phone cannot be activated on tmob, presumably because it's blacklisted.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drwx:
True... In that case he's screwed.

--

Stephen
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jljaries42@gmail.com:
Has anyone tried this XPosed mod to block updates?

http://repo.xposed.info/module/de.defim.apk.unbelovedhosts

I'm going to try it later today. Seems like it could be a good option.

No disabling anthing or altering the hosts file.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rp201:
Not sure if there is a time delay response of "no address" and if it is better than a host file response 127.0.0.1and a retry that gets through. (if it's going to retry other ip's you may as well let it happen quicker) It may be better for those with limited data fees and added privacy and the other for unlimited data fees and less privacy based on retrys. Can you really stop the developer who hardcodes his ip advertisement pages and redirects at the device with this? if it does a dns lookup and matches outbound ip traffic rules based on IP then that would be slick.
[LG G Watch] apfo:
Is there any way to use this smartwatch with a different Android version? For example with Jelly Bean. Thanks in advance.
[LG G Watch] bomdia:
4.3 is jellybean !! And i think is impossible but this is xda
[LG G Watch] apfo:
Yeah! Sorry. And what's about ICS or GB?

Enviado desde mi GT-S5570I usando Tapatalk 2
[LG G Watch] CarsnGadgets:
No. not yet, and I dont expect it will be possible.
[LG G Watch] coolsilver:
ICS and GB do not have the Notification service required that was introduced in Jelly Bean
[LG G Watch] apfo:
Ok. Thanks. Hope I'll get a new smartphone this summer :D
[LG G Watch] adfurgerson:
Which phone do you have? You may be able to upgrade with a custom ROM.
[LG G Watch] apfo:
Thank you very much but I've an S5570i. This smartphone hasn't yet a jelly bean or kit kat CM rom stable. It's still under development and I don't know if developers would finish those roms in the near future.

:)
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] amallama:
Hi im coming from a note 3, and I was able to use the voicemail playback in call log feature that google voice has. It seems that this either doesnt work or is not supported on the M8, would anyone happen to have a fix or know how to make this work?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] 4.6 Love:
I'm a newbie when it comes to rooting and need a little help. I flashed the Bad boyz sprint one m8 rom on my hk and are using the anankonda theme. Everything is working awsome but noticed that I lost the sprint visual voicemail app? How can I get this back? Thanks in advance for any help.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] fgr:
Why don't you try flashing the rom again? Just dirty flash, don't wipe anything.

Make sure voicemail is there, then flash your theme again.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] dazednconfused:
Post #46 I believe, I made a flashable zip.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53830351
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] DjSwift:
I have an XDA MINI s and have searched high and low (including this forum) to find out how to dismantle my handset

Reason i want to dismantle it, my XDA fell on the bed, and now there is a white screen with a few colour stripes.

I think something maybe have become unconnected

this phone is so fragile and its s tupid problem to be honest.

Please let me know where I can find some sort of instructions so i can attempt to see if everything is fine inside

Thanks

DJ
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] fone_fanatic:
The disassembly guided is available on the FTP and on this forum.. do a search and you'll find it.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] DjSwift:
It would have been nice to post a link

Because

1) I cannot see where the FTP area is

2) I have searched!!!

I have spent nearly 10 mintues but i dont know where to look

I am not familiar with the forum, although i mostly use the search facility for my queries, hence why my post count is low

Thanks

p.s ill continue to look now :(

DJ
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] DjSwift:
Right i found the FTP section but there is nothing there under Wiizard

Anyone help ? As right now its being a paperweight on my desk

I dont want it to go to the bin

DJ
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] ideologist:
Photo-guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=258801&page=2

Top of page 2, has a photo-sequence. Make sure, when taking the camera cover off, that you do NOT pry it from the bottom. It will snap the tabs. Get something very thin, like a razorblade, and pry the sides up, then the top. After that, the pictures should suffice.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borimol:
When I try to flash the ROM (non GPE), on this commands:

mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin

mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img

I get this error:

And during flashing system, I can read this:

Any suggestion?

When phone reboot, it stay at Motorola warning, and nothing more happen.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tatazeuz:
This is happening because you had 4.4.4 GPE, not 4.4.2. Now you must wait for a 4.4.4 image, is the only thing that can unbrick your phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emanuele1986:
I've updated the 's4 of a friend with odin to 4.4.2 I9505XXUFNB8. Before he had the 4.3 then we installed the cyanogen CM11 on the 4.3 without updating modem or another. Today I flashed the stock 4.4.2 I9505XXUFNB8 with odin but the WiFi does not go does not work. I did the factory reset from recovery after updating but nothing. How do I resolve?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] standardman:
Hello all,

My unlocked (for a long time) Nexus 7 stopped responding so I turned it off and on and now it won't go beyond the google screen.I have tried connect it to my computer but windows doesn't see it as a device (usually does) so I can't run any adb commands.

I pressed power + volume down until the menu appears but nothing I select helps. I have left it for hours after selecting 'recovery mode' from that menu and still no joy. I have left the battery completely empty then changed it up again and it still won't get beyond that Google screen.

Does anyone please know anything else I can try?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] charesa39:
Does your computer recognize your N7 when it's booted into the bootloader (aka fastboot mode)?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] standardman:
That's the menu with the start/recovery/power off options isn't it? It doesn't detect it at that point either, I'm afraid.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] charesa39:
Well, if you've already unlocked it in the past, you should still have the drivers on your computer. You need to select the correct drivers, and it should detect it. Once you've done that, you can confirm this by using the "fastboot devices" cmd to make sure your device shows up in fastboot mode.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] standardman:
Thanks for the reply.

Sorry I'm not exactly sure how to do that. Will they just be files on my PC, what should they be called?

If it helps, I used the nexus root toolkit to root mine.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] charesa39:
Give this a try: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2588979. Once you have the correct drivers installed, it should detect it in fastboot mode.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] standardman:
Thanks again!

Ok, so it didn't detect so I rebooted the device a few times while connected to USB and it appeared, did some windows instally drivers stuff then the DEVICE booted. Unfortunately the touchscreen wasn't working (happens fairly often) so I rebooted and now it won't get beyond the google screen again and windows isn't detecting it again.

So close!
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] charesa39:
Well, if it detected it, then you should have the correct drivers. Boot into the bootloader by holding Power + Volume Down. Plug in your device. Open a command window in the folder where your adb/fastboot was installed. The easiest way to do that is to navigate to that folder (default location should be something like C:/android-sdk/platform-tools) and hold SHIFT on your keyboard and right click. The drop down menu should have an option to open a command window in that location. Type "fastboot devices" (obviously, without the quotation marks), and you should see the serial number for you device pop up. That's when you know you can then use fastboot commands successfully.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] standardman:
Great, that worked, it output my serial number. Now we know we can use those commands, what's next please?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] charesa39:
Good. The easiest thing to do to try to recover without wiping your data would be to format the cache. Sometimes, your issue can be caused by a corrupted cache partition. So type "fastboot erase cache" and hit enter. Let it do it's thing. Then, type "fastboot format cache" and hit enter. Let it do it's thing again. Then, on your Nexus 7, select "reboot" and see if it boots into the Android OS.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] standardman:
Hooray! This is looking waay more positive! I can nowe boot my device but still have that touchscreen issue (I tend to do this stuff until it sort itself out).

Thank you so much for all your help. Just in case I can't get the damn touchscreen working. How would I use command line to factory reset this thing please?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] charesa39:
Great! Well, except for those touch issues... To flash the factory image, check out the OP in this thread over in the Nexus 5 forums: http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701. Although it's for the N5, the procedure is pretty much exactly the same for the N7 (2013) (and Nexus 10 for that matter). Just make sure you have the correct factory image for your device. Basically, after you download the factory image, you have to extract the folder inside the zip. Then, open the command window there, and type "flash-all.bat" (assuming you're using a Windows PC). IMPORTANT: After everything is done running, boot back into the bootloader and boot into recovery. Select "wipe data/factory data reset." After that's done, just reboot and you're good to go.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] standardman:
Thank you once. Honestly, I feel like I found a saint on the internet :highfive:
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] charesa39:
Haha! I don't know about all that. Just glad I could help. :highfive: Hope it all works our for you. :good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beyarfaj2004:
Hello

Anyone capable of extracting the ZenUI from ASUS smartphones?

It's a very beautiful and stylish launcher

thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StinkyToilet:
Can't find a system dump of ASUS Zenfone anywhere