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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toxinburn:
The menu we want will require the MSL code as well as an Akey from samsung to actually unlock the bootloader the correct way, however that being said they probably arent going to give us any help at all. Normally I can open them with am start commands but i noticed with logcat it says im trying to run it as user 1001 when it should be 1000 then their is something about com.android.hiddenmenu leaking. I will throw that in and see what i get with it just as a test....I noticed also something weird this thing has a file called feature_default.xml which is in the etc folder under the kies support section which i cant get kies to do anything with this phone lists it as a gt-I900 (Galaxy S2)....Those came with unlocked bootloaders so maybe they just used what they had for the s2 and upgraded the hardware slightly and added 4.3 to these, i still have no response on whether or not we can flash the 4.4 updates that their are on the net for the other version of galaxy ace style which already runs on kitkat, so the question is caaaaaaaaan we put this on our phones...? I am hoping so so that we have a better chance with the bootloader, I think maybe if we get lucky could possibly get a safestrap type recovery if nothing else which is where the actual phone files dont change from my understanding it leaves the partitions alone, and you would run the roms from your sd card, which is fine and all but I do wanna be able to tweak this kernel a bit, I did get some other menu that was beyond me i need to figure out how i got to it again so i can post pics of it, it let you pick rows that i am not sure what rows it means and then let you enter some data however since I have no clue what it did I basically left it, will see what else we can get......but i still say we need someone to peek at my decompiled hidden menu apk because it shows in the akey.smali files what is happening when you actually do enter the correct codes, so the real answer is there to unlocking these bootloaders....just noone has paid it any attention i guess.....im not going to give up this soon.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
Developer Help

How do we know that the bootloaders are locked? Is there a test we could run just to see, it really doesn't matter anyway not until we can find a developer to port cwm recovery and a rom to our device. Not cwm it could be any recovery.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verbage:
There's a pic of this SysDump menu at:

http://androidforums.com/other-phones-android-non-android/857839-galaxy-ace-style-sm-s765c-straight-talk-rooted.html#post6680019

It might be worth investigating "secret" codes and such known from other Samsung devices. Probably things are not exactly the same, but I can imagine the Samsung engineers would recycle lots of stuff. Here's a link with "secret" info about the Galaxy S4 Mini:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2734094

No SM-S765C for me yet--I'm waiting till it hits TracFone (if it ever does...)

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Here's a link to "secret" codes for the Galaxy S3:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/general/ref-secret-codes-hidden-features-t1687249

Again, neither of these threads are probably perfect fits for the SM-S765C, but I'm sure there is some common overlap.

Another thought, toxinburn just mentioned something about the S2, so maybe "secret" codes for that phone are closer? There are at least two links for that. See:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s2/general/galaxy-sii-i9100-secret-codes-t1193285

and

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s2/general/samsung-secrets-codes-t2357184

Maybe I have not been paying attention, and all this stuff is already known? Certainly possible!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
Trackfone

What's the diff between Straight Talk and Trackfone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juccyfruut95:
what i found out..

what you do is at the top where you see it saying its TowelRoot, click on it and you should see a band of numbers towards the bottom appear "1337 01 040" and click it to edit and then change the "01" portion to "00" and you should be good!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toxinburn:
The *#0101# does bring up a window that says ServiceMode however for me it only shows a black screen I get no menus at all anyone else get a different result? I tried doing menu key then entering the Q then the same and entering 0000 however nothing changes still no menus any ideas?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
Same here nothing ever changes.

You know i'm tjred of messing with phone. We are not really getting anywherel not until we unlock the bootloader and install a custom recovery.

There has to be a way to find the hidden msl number.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verbage:
TracFone is the parent company of StraightTalk. TracFone (the parent company) is a prepaid mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). It has several brands including TracFone, StraightTalk, NET10, SafeLink, etc. A lot of times the various TracFone brand networks receive the same phones for use, but at different times. For example, the SM-S765C has been released under the StraightTalk brand network already, but it has not yet for the TracFone brand network. There are already user manuals, etc. published for the SM-S765C under the TracFone brand website, but the actual phone is not yet for sale. Even though all the brands share the same parent company, phone models often have a staggered rollout with them appearing on StraightTalk and NET10 first, and eventually making their way to TracFone brand network. Similarly, despite sharing a parent, the phones are not interchangeable between brands, i.e. a TracFone brand phone cannot run on the StraightTalk brand network, nor vice versa. Since I already have a TracFone brand phone, and an accumulation of TracFone brand minutes, I am waiting for the SM-S765C to arrive to the TracFone brand network.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toxinburn:
I found and installed this PhoneUtil.apk and then moved it to system app and now I can actually query the modem on this thing. i downloaded the apk from http://www.unlocksamsungonline.nl/software/PhoneUtil.apk
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
Hey verbage my last phone I had was a zte merit but if you took the battery out you would see Trackfone but I was buying plans from Straight Talk. Wierd
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verbage:
Well, there is a distinction between TracFone as the parent company, and TracFone as the eponymously-named brand of the parent company. StraightTalk, NET10, and TracFone are all brands underneath the TracFone parent company. So my guess it that the reference to TracFone you saw inside your ZTE Merit StraightTalk brand phone was a reference to the parent company TracFone.

There are several other brands under the TracFone parent company in addition to the three I mention above.

I hope I'm not confusing you--just trying to help!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
msl number?

How in the heck can we find the msl number? All the post I have seen say you can open terminal emulator and type in getprop ril.msl.

I get nothing though, so could I call straight talk and ask them idiots for the number?

I don't know this is driving me crazy.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
Does anyone have anything new to share?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
Wow can't believe) its been this long and still nothing.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
Straight talk phones suck, this is the last one I ever buy.

Samsung doesn't even support this phone that how alone we are.

Have you opened the browser app yet and put your phone number and got a surprise from straight talk? That's how laim this company is, I wonder if they even know what a smart phone is.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
Sorry guys just aggravated.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toxinburn:
hey could someone upload their laf partition for me i had forgot to replace it after resetting the device and now i dont see it i guess either that or maybe it is named something different on this phone. i need laf for the sm-s765c. Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
lafs partitions

Hey toxinburn

couple of weeks ago I extracted every partition from sm-s765c and I seen no laf partition heres what I got.

boot.img

cashe.ext4.tar

data.ext4.tar

efs.ext4.tar

modem.img

nandroid.md5

recovery.img

recovery.log

system.ext4.tar

That's all I saw.

Oh yea I don't know if all the extentions are right I just guessed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toxinburn:
Your right actually their is not a standard lafi guess it has something to do w ith trustzone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toxinburn:
well here is my idea first and foremost we need to figure out what partition the download mode is actually hiding in I think if we can figure that out then zero it out assuming it wont brick the device we may be able to enter download mode like normal except if it is zeroed out it may go into fastboot instead.....This I can confirm works on various devices, however that being said the ones I know of had a partition labeled as laf.....If you examine your partitions you will notice that their are some that seem to be empty with no data at all, I am thinking that the laf is hidden in that way so that the system only writes the download mode when it is requested by holding volume down and power or volume up depending on device, i think this is part of the trustzone security which is used on this device, anyhow we need to figure out which partition it is being written to so that I can try to bypass and get to fastboot if it is even possible, also their is a program out there called unlock phone for bootloader that you may want to try their are sites to download this from ill just say that it is not free though I have a copy and when i plug in the device it is recognized by it and starts searching for the bootloader unlock strings I havent had time enough to just let it stay plugged in while searching so it may be worth a shot too.....but i think you must leave it plugged in the entire time i had it plugged up for a hour or so at the longest and it was still searching so not sure if it can unlock it or not, but i will say this that most of my newer devices it doesnt even recognize so perhaps that is a clue that the bootloader program has at some point unlocked one of these devices since some dont register on it if anyone has one that they can leave plugged up that they arent actually using i would ask you to try that software out to see if it just maybe takes awhile to get it done.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
what happens when we find the bootloader unlock key?

I think were putting to much emphasis on a key when is what we really need is a programmer to create came recovery for us or do it ourselves. I have dabbled in programming before, but I don't know the process of porting came recovery from another phone.

I tried to follow xda university but everytime I built from source it failed so I don't know.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grave_digger:
Greetings all.. I have read through this thread looking to put 4.4.4 on this phone..I would like to comment about the s2 post..I just came from the 959g and we was able to use the i777 Roms with some changes..I might suggest sending a pm to rogersb11 in the s2 forums. He is Dev that had 4.4.4 for us..he is good guy..I did pm him about how to port before I ever read this thread and he would probably be able to give suggestions for this..hope it may help.. I miss 4.4.4

A grave digger will be the last person in the world to let you down in a tight spot.

Sent from my SM-S765C
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grave_digger:
One of the reasons I got this phone is it has same specs pretty much as my S2 just screen isn't quite as big..I could not afford an S3 and with 30$ in store rebate it was in my price range. I dont know anything about programming but will help with any beta work if I can.

A grave digger will be the last person in the world to let you down in a tight spot.

Sent from my SM-S765C
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
First we need to find a developer to give our phone some love.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] area51developers:
good afternoon, toxinburn if you can send me the boot.img and recovery.img i can start on cracking them, and start working up a CWM or TWRP recovery for the phone,

rsoard-sm-765c

to get the msl its ril.MSL the msl on it is always UPPERCASE try that if it dont work there might be another way

ok so i am off to own little world at androidarea51.com.. peace and protection to you all...

DroidHost
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
recovery and boot img

Hi I have the img files if you still need them. Just tell me where to send them.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aureljared:
Can you post them here?

I have the whole firmware dump of the other Ace Style (the KitKat one) and I want to see the differences up close. :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
Here you go. the recovery and boot img from Galaxy Ace Syle sm-s765c(Straight Talk)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aureljared:
Is your phone on a Qualcomm SoC? If so, which one (e.g. MSM8930, etc.)?

It would help if you posted screenshots of CPU-Z's output.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
Only thing I could find is acom/msm8610
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aureljared:
So it's a Qualcomm chip...

Could you please post the screenshots? It would help for finding similar devices to yours. :)

Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
screen shot

Sorry it took so long.

This is a screen shot of the soc tab and the system tab.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] felyn12:
My qualcomm secure boot is disabled on samsung galaxy ace style straight talk how do I flash a cwm for it I noticed no one has figured how to disable
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
Developers are working on it

It has something to do with the msl that is if you want to unlock it the right way, but I searched for a whole month looking for it.

I have downloaded every secret menu app and msl finder from the play store to no avail.

There probably going to have to hack in to it to disable it.

This phone isn't like other phones they use the ril.msl but this phone doesn't use it that way I think.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] area51developers:
email droidhost@androidarea51.com

Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
But if it's locked wouldn't Android just rewrite over it as soon as you reboot?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nightscene:
Replacement parts

Sorry if I'm not in the right thread. New at this. Does anyone know where to get replacement parts for the S765C? I do cell phone repair part time. Having a hard time finding parts from my regular suppliers for this phone. Glass is cracked. Any help or guidance to the right forum would be much appreciated.

Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
phone

I think pretty much this is the only forum talking about this phone, I would say check with Samsung but they don't even support it either. Maybe try checking with Ebay, you never know.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nightscene:
Yea, not much luck on ebay either. I can find the digitizer but not the glass. Thank you for trying.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] felyn12:
safestrap sm-s765c

I hAve safe strap installed I can enter safe mode on my galaxy ace style how can I install twrp from there and can I flash any version of twrp in safemode without bricking my device
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grave_digger:
I'm not positive but I believe the twrp has to be compatible with device..I would be careful and wait til more chime in on this.

A grave digger will be the last person in the world to let you down in a tight spot.

Sent from my SM-S765C
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grave_digger:
Has there been any progress on bringing 4.4.4 to us? Things was looking up but its been awful quiet..just wondering.

A grave digger will be the last person in the world to let you down in a tight spot.

Sent from my SM-S765C
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
I haven't heard anything, I was hoping to hear something by now.

Maybe there having some trouble.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
Any news yet?

wow it's been a long time since anyone has even posted.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InjUrIng:
Playing the waiting game.....

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] li.claris:
I have the same problem here too
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pyromania993:
Been watching this thread for months now..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grave_digger:
I had high hopes we could get 4.4.4 I had it on my S2 and miss it..I sent a pm to the guy from *area53 that said he would look at it but never received a reply..I think we are just stuck at 4.3...guess its better then 2.3 but once you've drove a vette.......

A grave digger will be the last person in the world to let you down in a tight spot.

Sent from my SM-S765C
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwilson48625:
I just got this for my daughter. But on an S3, sdcard1 is external.

youll know because the internal will have alot of other crap on it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omegapsy:
I achieved a menu that asks for MSL

the code ##3282# will open up the data menu and gives you an edit option . Selecting this option asks for your device MSL but I have not gotten any further on it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daddy366:
working on it at androidarea51....i have a recovery (3 really ,cwm, philz, and twrp) built for it but still wont flash............not giving up yet..............working on the bootloader will take some time.....i just got the phone after the holidays from a mamber.......also have a kernel from source but that so returns the same error.........
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] finks35:
Using Towelroot Apk on Samsung Galaxy Ace 4.3

To get Towelroot to root your Samsung Galaxy Ace 4.3 you need to download script manager the go to towelroot by geo on your web browser and download Towelroot using script manager. Install to phone. Then open the app and in top right corner you will see ( 3>) press it and this will pop up 1337 0 1 0 0 4 0. Change it to 1337 0 0 0 4 0. Then press make it rain.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrudwulf:
This method doesn't work after December's firmware update. It says the device is not supported.

Any other way to root the Ace Style?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
Its all ways said device not supported. That never stopped anyone.

I actually changed the 4 to a 2 and it was successful.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grave_digger:
So does it matter which of the 2 numbers is changed? Each post was different.. Thanks for the clarification ..sometimes puppets and crayons are needed to explain things to me lol...thanks guys I appreciate the effort going into updating us and will help in anyway I can

A grave digger will be the last person in the world to let you down in a tight spot.

Sent from my SM-S765C
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrudwulf:
Well, I've tried all the options mentioned before, and I can't get root... :\ Using G310HN btw
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omegapsy:
Any word on getting the device msl code yet? I desperately need it for qpst
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmbolsdboy:
Worked for me.

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Change tbe 1 to 0.Worked for me.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
Does anyone know why all these different ways are working for the same phone.

What the heck is up with this phone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InjUrIng:
Is there a change log for the latest firmware update?

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grave_digger:
I dont know if I've ever got a firmware update since having this phone, last 3 or 4 months.

A grave digger will be the last person in the world to let you down in a tight spot.

Sent from my SM-S765C
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InjUrIng:
Oh my bad. I glanced at Wrudwulf's post and missed that he had a different model.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grave_digger:
I honestly wasn't sure..I knew I had never received a notification but that doesn't mean I didn't just let it slip. I sure wish we could get 4.4.4 on these phones. I know they are trying and appreciate it. I really miss my s2 running it. 4.3 is kinda like going backwards to windows vista lol..thanks for the clarification on firmware though :beer:

A grave digger will be the last person in the world to let you down in a tight spot.

Sent from my SM-S765C
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krboone94:
I may be a bit late with this, it's been a while since I've been on these forums. But has there been any progress on this phone? I've achieved root and busybox but that's about it...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
Nope not yet, think there having some problems with the bootloader.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrymsonDynamite:
I want to unroot mine. I used Towelroot, and I have the same phone. I factory reset my phone. Is that enough? But now I can't log into my Samsung Account, Log into Google Drive, or get Google Play Services. ;-; Please Help Me. :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grave_digger:
A factory reset should not affect your ability to sign in to different things. I dont believe it unroots device either, at least it didn't on my S2..this phone could be different.. There are apps on playstore to check for root..hope this helps some.

A grave digger will be the last person in the world to let you down in a tight spot.

Sent from my SM-S765C
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrymsonDynamite:
Yes... it says I still have root... Now I just need to find out how to remove it.. Lol. Thank you. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grave_digger:
On the s2 and other rooted phones I've had I would have to download factory image then use Odin to restore it..once again I dont know about this phone..

A grave digger will be the last person in the world to let you down in a tight spot.

Sent from my SM-S765C
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsoard-sm-s765c:
I don't think you can.

Good luck trying, but of you figure it out please share.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scabjuice:
stock img files?

If you have stock img files for s765c can you please email them to me? Most appreciated..

Or even the stock Bluetooth apk.. I accidentally deleted it and that really is my only issue. Has everyone given up on this phone?

scabjuice@outlook.com
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InjUrIng:
Anyone happen to know the chipset?

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Derp!

Broadcomm BCM21664T

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