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[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
You must do factory reset when you go from GB to JB. That is why you get a bootloop probably.

So to make it short situations is like this:

1. You had problem with Kies

2. Tried with Odin and got force close of odin in Windows?

3. Retry with Kies with same ending

So what Windows do you use? Do you use 8? I read some had problem with Odin and 8.x. Did you use Odin 3.0.x?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
Yeah, forced closed odin 2 times, kies like stopped and disconnected everything on 69% leaving only the android on downloading screen but that didnt brick it, i use windows 7, odin 3.09 only gave me fails so i used 3.07 where it got stuck on nand thing.

also, any ways to backup things even though the thing is bricked? i can go to download mode fine and i think i can go into recovery too (never tried it on this phone)
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Your internal data (on internal SD) will be there, but Factory reset will delete your apps and its data.

Or try to flash GB with ODIN and see what happens.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
ehh give me a tutorial of what to do to unbrick it. i really need unbrick it. its a soft brick or full brick?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
It is probably soft, you can go to Odin. Way to unbrick it is to flash stock firmware with Odin - like you did. Find GB firmware and flash it with odin like you did.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1985398

If your phone is I9070 then use firmware for I9070, if it is I9070P use I9070P firmware. If you miss this you will hardbrick phone, and not be able to use Download mode.

And do not use Hong Kong firmware.

sammobile.com and samsung-updates.com are sites where you can find firmwares.

You were on custom ROM when you did update with Kies?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
no i wasnt

also

any of those are of my region does it matter? will i get stuck in nando writing if i try this with a GB firmware?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Use region next to you, I am using Italian and I am from Serbia. I do not know if you will get nand write error, you should not get it in first place. Maybe something is wrong with it...
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
Hm, alright i'll use one firmware

but what if i get the nand thing and has to force close odin again? will i get fullbrick?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
I am not 100% sure about that. Maybe try other ODIN versions. But I used 3.0.7 without problem. Search for nand write problem to see what is it about.

P.S. Redownlaod firmware maybe, is it the same size as shown on the page when you started download?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
Yeah um it was, as i said Odin 3.09 only failed while 3.07 got stuck in nando. isnt there someone that knows about that nando thing? i readed alot but i dont think i can really find a good answer.

alright so, downloaded a 2.3.6 firmware, i download which odin? i do need download that ''odin tools'' from that link you linked me ? because it has a very old ver of odin but skipping that it has a PIT file that i dont really know what it is for.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Sorry, use this for downgrade: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2195673

I think no matter what Odin. I used 3.07 without any problems so far.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
downgrade? i was updating from 2.3.6 to Jelly bean when i bricked. i dont know if i even got to jelly bean when i bricked.

jumping to a downgrade subject of sudden is abit weird..i was just going flash it with the same version of my android and see if it would work.

do i need really to folow that method or i can keep going and flash it how you told me to?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Follow the whole procedure from that thread. Except the part of 16GB version, if you do not have one.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
alright i'll do it just tell me if theres any way to backup my storage from my soft bricked cellphone because some of my stuff was in the internal storage.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
I am not sure if that method formats internal storage. And if you get adb shell you could do it with command or with total commander with adb plugin (for that go to my profile, to all threads I started and you will see one about it).
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
mm tried adb well it dont detect it since its bricked it only turns off android to the firmware upgrade screen thing. well i'll use the method now. wish me luck
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
Oh, well it worked, thanks.

still, its all gone now but i can install each app again, there wasn't much important things that i lost.

well since its normal again but without nothing, when i decide to try update it again which way you would recommend me off? i mean, a really good one that isnt by Kies?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Odin. Like you did now, just with JB firmware for your I9070 model (P or non P, if you miss that you will hard brick, for example if you flash P firmware on non P phone, and otherwise).

Just follow this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1985398

Simple as - put firmware in PDA, hit flash. And check if you have unchecked/checked as it is written there.

Probably Kies was the problem, because that nand write error. He messed up, and now this fixed it.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
mmm. alright so i should get the jelly bean firmware from that website then use it on odin as its listed. should i use the odin listed in that thread or any ver. will do? any region will work?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Just do not use P if you use I9070 and non P if you use I9070P. It will hardbrick. Best is to use from your region or region near you. Because of languages and baseband.

You can use that odin 3.07. And download firmware from that site.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AntaresOne:
If you read older posts of threads, you notice that your comments are 90/100 times useless. If you can't help users with good things, don't try to do it, please.

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
Alright so i'm back and i think i'll try to flash it to jelly bean again. mine is not P by the way.

any backup apps to recommend that can store my mp3, photos, videos, app saves and anything else ? googled it but i don't want root my android yet just after flashing it succefuly.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AntaresOne:
For apps, app data, contacts, messages etc, Titanium Backup is the best solution but you need root. You don't risk anything if you use root just with these apps (i.e. no system modifying etc)

For mp3, photos, videos etc, best solution is to connect to pc through USB and backup your personal data

For contacts (only) you can also open Contacts app and do export, you will get a .vcf file that later can be imported

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
i updated it succefully

but damn that jelly bean lag.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AntaresOne:
Samsung TouchWiz framework sucks on this device. First of all root your device and flash CoCore Kernel to increase performance and obtain also custom recovery. I strongly suggest to change ROM directly with HarshJelly or Sami OS if you want something TouchWiz-based, otherwise take a look in Development sections

The first period that I had i9070, I had TouchWiz ROM heavily modified but still slow and lagging.

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
i rooted it now Cocore Kernel and then Harsh Jelly?

will i have to wipe/factory reset in any of those two? Cocore sounds abit complicated to install tought.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Everytime you change a ROM you do factory reset. Unless you are updating same ROM to newer version.

For CoCore, install Universal kernel flasher from Play store, and some root explorer. Install kernel.bin.md5 from Universal kernel flasher.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
and Harsh jelly have to factory reset?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Every. You can try without, and if you do not get a problem you can leave it like that. Problem like bootloop, signal loss, no internet connection etc...
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
Okay so we are close to finishing the whole thing but i need more favor

i need someone to simplify CoCore installation because i don't really wanna get it wrong then get hardbricked (since i'm dumb i can probably get it wrong by following the original thread)
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
I answered you that. :) There is no easier way than this. :cool:
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
just install the kernel through that app? nothing else? because there is alot more in the original installation guide
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Yes, that app uses those dd commands. It is just GUI for those commands of installing kernel from the thread.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
Okay did it now the only left is Flash Harsh Jelly.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Flash it how is it explained. V1, reboot to system, again back to recovery, than V1.1, reboot again and then 1.2. Do not flash all at once.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
when it says to flash the rom and flash the update how i'm supposed to do that? and in which point im supposed to do reset factory or it does automatically?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
You need to do factory reset before booting new ROM, no matter is it before or after flashing it in recovery.

How to install ROM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5ZomCXDa_8

Procedure is similar, you will get what you need to do.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
i installed all the things but something weird happened

the phone's data is still there.all the stuff, and i'm sure i wiped/factory reseted before updating the thing.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Data from internal and external memory should be there, factory reset removes installed apps, phonebook, and similar.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
huh because when i downgraded and updated the firmware to jelly bean It DID delete internal data.

why wouldn't it now?

also, i noticed a good feature is gone or just REALLY hidden somewhere that is when i crop a picture to use as a wallpaper i can choose it to ''go'' with the screen as i wipe it to the other side, like, move to the other part of the picture if you understand me?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
You checked reformat maybe on Odin. And about that option, look for some gallery from play store for that. And use some other launcher.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
Oh okay um, to finish things what about that Harshjelly add-ons/fixes and that customization things? will them help in something and can i install them normally without doing anything else or even what will any of them do? because there isn't info on what each one will do just a download link to the flash
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
I think that you will get back that resizing of wallpapers by flashing Stock Gallery for janice. For rest there are names for addon, so that do what is said. I did not use them.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
i'm back again i believe i need a help in a thing.

i'm getting some errors on google syncing so i can't use google stuff like google play so it's abit hard for me and i don't know what to do. any tips? i don't know the reason i believe it happened of sudden for no reason apparently.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Go to app manager, look for play store, or whatever it was called there (you will find it by icon) and clear its data.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
yeah i aleadry did that it don't work
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
99% that factory reset will solve it. But remember to backup all stuff you need.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
any way to factory reset without deleting internal data?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TPD-21:
Effects of wipe data / factory reset is:

1 All the contacts stored in the internal data (in this case stored in the device) would be lost. So once performed all data stored in the internal storage will certainly be lost.

2 All settings: be it phone settings, applications that have been installed in the device is also missing. The point is like getting a new device again. BUT all existing data will not be lost in EXTCard.

3 RESULTS DOWNLOADS ARE STILL STORED still remain safe in the device. It can you prove it, by checking it directly in the Downloads folder on SDCARD0.

4 The point is don't forget to backup your data before you do a factory reset. By backing up data using applications such as: Titanium Backup. It would be useful if you want to return the entire application and its settings before you ever did.

5 Finally never underestimate the process of synchronizing google account through the account settings. It would be useful if you lost all contacts, general phone settings. By doing so, it will help restore the entire contact of yours that has been factory reset.

Hope it helps :)
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
the factory reset got me in a bootloop..

its probably because it was a custom ROM you should have warned so i tough there wasnt any problem even tough i installed CoCo (CWM) and Harsh jelly.. nothing happened when it factory reseted it just made me go to the bootloop it just keeps on the custom rom animation, sometimes repeating other times it gets black and starts the custom ROM animation again. i did go to recovery and factory reset/ wipe cache from there but it didn't change.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
If you had working ROM, and you did factory reset - that will not get you in a bootloop.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
mm the custom rom was working i just did use the factory reset option and the phone turned off then it was on bootloop.

what do i do?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Flash the ROM again. IF that does not help, flash stock JB firmware with Odin.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
Flash the rom again?

you mean a custom rom trough zip in recovery or all the odin thing again?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
First try Custom ROM from recovery, and if that does not help than all from Odin.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
So it did fix it so thanks. didnt tell it earlier cause i was abit mad off. fixing some things.

but i dont think i can keep it up somehow, i have major problems that affect me. like, the battery runs out really fast specially when im playing a game, it tends to turn off of sudden when i'm playing certain big games as if it ran out of battery, if i turn it on back it shows that it really dont have battery anymore but if i charge it the battery goes up to 20% or 30% fast even so. it is still slow too, there isnt much lag, just a little bit, but like theres a bunch of apps when i close them to the home screen it takes some seconds to load everything so i can use it again so its abit annoying.

any help on that?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Better phone would help with its performance. :) About battery - on JB it is draining faster than on GB. And it is normal to run out quick while playing a game.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
then i'm forever stuck with the lag

well alright then..
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
Erm, hello? i'm kinda back here.

its been some time,some stuff changed here in the website.

My phone has been the same, i was okay with it. the reason i'm bumping is that recently one of my friends said he had installed kitkat 4.4.4 in his phone that is the same model of mine, i tought about it and there was a pretty friendly video about it and a tutorial. but of course after all of this i need to know what you guys think like if i should do or not, cause as i said i did everything you guys said and installed a bunch of stuff and the ROM.

so what should i do? i'm more focussed on if its gonna help with the lag and the other problems i mentioned, also the video said something about different versions like carbon,etc. i dont really understand so i would like your suggestion if i should update or not, if i should, which ROM?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
You can always go back to stock with flashing stock firmware in Odin. So feel free to try and see how is it for you. Mostly it is not just about ROM/KERNEL. If you use some powersave governor - you will get lag.

On your current ROM try InteractveQ+SIO (install NO frill CPU app, and change it there) (I suppose you have CoCore kernel installed). And in Development options set Maximum background apps to 1-2.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
Basically its a Carbon ROM 4.4.4 that we install through recovery mode with zip files

is it safe like..i wont get bricked? will i still have cocore too?

also would you recommend to keep the programs or format? i kinda have alot of stuff i dont want lose now
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
You need to do factory reset,so you lose apps and its data. And you will get CM based kernel, CoCore is not working on CM based ROM.

If you get in a bootloop just flash stock firmware.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icarusu:
I installed but the smooth touch thing is gone, do you think if theres a way to put it back?

so supposedly... i got in a bootloop but not when i installed, everything was going fine and nice until when that thing when my cellphone turns off out of nowhere, then i turned it on and let it alone booting up, when i went back to check the screen was like of a static TV (grey, stuff like that) then when i turned off and tried to turn on again it was a bootloop, hopefully it seems like this time re-installing the rom don't fix the bootloop like when harshjelly did...now i'll try to fix it again

Edit 2nd:

nevermind i think the ROM re-install really fixed it but i guess i'll have to search for a safer rom
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
If you mean lighter haptic feedback, it is broken on CM based. I can't remember if there was some solution. I do not use it.
[AT&T LG G3] Kmac_thp:
I just read this over on phonearena and wondered if anyone else saw it and has tried it.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/How-...-visibility-of-the-LG-G3-without-root_id58888

Im tempted to try it but hesitant too.
[AT&T LG G3] 4ndroid99:
It'll increase the overall performance of the phone, at the cost of a little bit battery life, since turning off thermal mitigation allows the cpu to clock at a higher speed more often while ignoring the heat.
[AT&T LG G3] Kmac_thp:
I cant decide if its worth it. For the most part I dont have any complaints about the brightness but I also use Lux.
[AT&T LG G3] conan1600:
While it was a different phone I did this same thing with my LG G Pro with no adverse effects to the phones operation in just over a year. It is still going strong in fact, so I dont fear phone damage by doing this but on this phone I havent seen the need for it yet.
[AT&T LG G3] screwyluie:
I've been using this setting for some time now. I see no decrease in battery life, indeed I've seen nothing negative from it.
[AT&T LG G3] Pilz:
I've had both thermal settings off for a while now as well, it only powered down from heat once and that was because I was chrome casting Netflix and playing a intensive 3d game. Other than that it's fine, however I would expect it to get hot doing 2 large processes anyway. Battery life is still 4-5hiues SOT
[AT&T LG G3] AllTheWay:
By doing this my phone over heats and the turns itself off. Was running fine for a while with it on but I guess it was to much for the phone to handle.
[Security Discussion] sancho_panzer:
== Android Alternative FOSS ==

This is a list of some well known apps and their open source alternatives. Incredibly some of them are even better than "official" or paid apps, some others are quite limited but evolving and much secure.

It's impossible to put everything here, only the best apps I've tried with success will be listed. Please keep posting your suggestions.

BitTorrent Sync > Syncthing

Chrome > Firefox

Dolphin > Tint Browser

Dropbox > OwnCloud, Seafile

Facebook > Tinfoil for Facebook

Gmail > k-9 Mail

Lux Auto Brightness > YAAB

Tasker > SwiP

Titanium Backup > oandbackup

Twitter > Twidere
[Security Discussion] sancho_panzer:
Reserved, just in case.
[Security Discussion] traceless:
Really great thread sancho_panzer. I never thought someone can be as paranoid as I am, but I found you.

I'd like to add a few services:

Posteo (Mail):

A german email provider that doesn't claim as much data aa most of them do. It just needs your mail, pw of course and you can add your mobile phone number if you like to (it will be saved hashed in their database). Posteo has great SSL connections and uses a the first (german) provider the new protocol DANE as well as DNSSEC. You can use their CalDav and CardDav server and choose to encrypt your address book and your calendar. The service costs 1€ per month (10 cents for additional aliases and 20ct for the next gig), that can be paid by post mail, PayPal or bank transfer. The last two way won't get linked to your account.

CalDav/CardDav

To manage my addressbook and calendar on multiple devices I use aCal from F-Droid.

For googling issues there is a browser add on for PCs that tunnels the Google searchs for you called disconnect.me

Greetz, and i appreciate your love to FOSS very much!
[Security Discussion] sancho_panzer:
[MENTION=5891486]traceless[/MENTION] There are lots of people on Xda concerned about privacy on Android and the Internet. I really hope this thread could help them to take some measures about it and share alternatives.

Thank you for https://posteo.de/ suggestion. Could be a great service problem is I don't speak German. I really don't understand why the website don't have an English version. I'm also concerned with recent leaks news about *.de domains ( http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-25825784 ).

I've tried CalDav-sync and CardDav-sync and they're great little apps, but if you want a FOSS solution try DAVdroid and the very new Flock from F-Droid.

I really can't trust https://disconnect.me/ . ( http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=1251070& ) or Ghostery, both track you ( http://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1qkc2b/disconnect_vs_ghostery/ ). If you're using Firefox on PC or Android my advice is to install Adblock Edge (Adblock Plus is worse and heavy) + Self-Destructing Cookies (BetterPrivacy is also great) + NoScript. You should also consider CleanQuit.