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[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] houmam:
Thanks , currently there is no custom rom for i9515 , I think I'll stay with my s4 and i buy a larger battery , but if you want to tell me what is the best brand of batteries large ?
[Moto X Q&A] perlsyntax:
i want to know if this Motorola X developer will work with att?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorola-MO...1144549540?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item2ed52640a4

I hope someone can help me out here.
[Moto X Q&A] blackviper71:
Yes, but don't count on getting an LTE data connection. Voice and HSPA should work fine.
[Moto X Q&A] KidJoe:
The GSM Dev Edition and GSM Unlocked (shps with T-Mobile or Net10 sim) are both the XT1053, and will work on ATT just fine.

Keep in mind the XT1053 is missing support for LTE Band 5, which ATT is now using in some areas. So if that is the only band ATT is using for LTE in your area you wont get LTE with the XT1053, but you will fall back to Hspa/Hspa+

The XT1053 is also missing support for LTE band 7 which supposedly isn't being used in the USA.

That being said, my sister-in-law is using a GSM Unlocked (XT1053) in south eastern PA on ATT just fine for everything, including LTE.
[Moto X Q&A] samwathegreat:
While your info is relevant, the phone linked in the OP is the VZW Dev editon. [MENTION=1343264]blackviper71[/MENTION] 's post was correct regarding that device. Moot-point though, because the device is already sold.
[Moto X Q&A] KidJoe:
Yeah, I guess I didn't look close enough at the picture in the auction. :(
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TwiceHorn:
I went on a system app deleting binge and caused the task killer and memory "buttons" to disappear from left button/single press. I still get the recent apps listing, but no kill all and memory buttons at bottom.

The most likely candidates for having caused this I suppose are the two TouchWiz things I deleted.

If someone could post or point to where those could be downloaded, I would appreciate it.

Alternate explanations and remedies would be appreciated as well.

TIA!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalfan78:
Download a stock rom, unzip it, take what you want.

---------- Post added at 07:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:21 PM ----------

And you don't need to make 2 threads for the same thing within 12 minutes.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fergie716:
See if these apps are missing in / system / app

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cl1x9xztfhe7v8l/Task_Appz.zip
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TwiceHorn:
Thanks. I wound up reinstalling my rom it was so quick. I tried extracting things from .img files, but couldn't make it go on my windoze box. By that time I had expended enough effort to just reinstall.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iru:
Hello i want to reinstall (flash) stock rom to xperia z1. By this tutorial:

But i would like to ask do i need to unlock bootloader first to flash stock rom?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joecool666:
no need to unlock bootloader , as long as it's stock hope this helps,
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iru:
Sounds great so far, one more question, is that sonny flashing tool (EMMA) is suitable for flashing STOCK roms? Or i need something else?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electrash:
We often use flashtool made by guys on XDA so I would advise to you to use the same.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Emma only works with an unlocked bootloader. Use flashtool from flashtool.net instead
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] sbsyncro:
I'm brand new to the HTC phones, having just replaced my PIECE OF JUNK Treo 700w with the shiny new 8525. I am based in the US, but travel frequently to Western Europe, UK, Hong Kong, Seoul, and Australia (with possible trips to UAE). One reason for my switch to the Cingular 8525 is to be able to take it with me and not borrow or lease phones for traveling.

However, I am completely confused about the best way to travel with my phone (other than paying Cingular for roaming charges). Is there a FAQ somewhere on this site where I can learn more about world travel with this phone? Specificially, I am trying to answer questions like:

1. Can I use a pre-paid SIM in my destination country, or do I need to "unlock" the phone first?

2. How will my Cingular data plan work when I am abroad? (will it?).

3. I am assuming that if buy a pre-paid SIM, that it will assign a new "local" number to my phone, right? If so, how can I continue to receive SMS messages to my old number?

4. If I buy a pre-paid SIM, I assume it changes my data plan - will I need to reconfigure my Activesync settings to continue receiving my corporate emails?

Any other comments, suggestions, or tips about traveling with the Hermes/8525/Tyn phone would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] MrHorus:
1. Most networks subsidise the cost of the handset and lock it to their network so yes, you will most likely need the hadnset unlocked.

2. It won't as I don't think you can find the Cingular GPRS access point when roaming internationally

3. That's correct, so you won't be able to recieve SMS to your old number since it's a different number, on a difference service and a different SIM.

4. Push email you will need to reconfigure but just synching through Activesync will work.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] sbsyncro:
Hmm.. I think it might, as Cingular posts a "travel planner" at http://www.cingular.com/travelguide that seems to show the availability of data access in most countries, depending on the carrier. I note, however, that the rate for data access is $0.02 per kilobyte! :eek:

Which raises another question - I am configured for direct push from our corporate exchange server. Is it possible to sync via WiFi? (in other words, disable automatic sync over the 3G/GPRS/UMTS network and only do it manually when I am on a WiFi network). I didn't think this worked, but last night I was playing around, and forcing a sync seemed to happen a LOT faster when I was on my WiFi network...

As to unlocking, I called Cingular last night, and they told me they would give me an unlock code, but it takes about 5 days to get. Since my first destination is Korea for a couple of days (where no US cell phones work) that might work, rather than risking my warranty with someone's hack...

Thanks again for the post
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] SkyyBoy:
your Hermes WILL work in Korea (as they have WCDMA and your Hermes has WCDMA). I recently had a brief stopover at Incheon airport, and my TyTN did work.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] sbsyncro:
Interesting. It may be that Cingular has no roaming agreements with the local carriers, since there are so few non-korean phones that work there. (much like Japan, which I understand the 8525/Hermes is the first US phone to work there as well)

By the way, interestingly enough, when I called Cingular International support to enable Int'l roaming and their "global traveler" roaming program ($5.99 a month to save about $0.40 per minute while roaming), I asked about using pre-paid SIM cards in foreign markets. They said "sure, but you'll have to unlock your phone first". When I asked if they could help, they transferred my call to someone who asked me for my IMEI number, which I gave him. Two minutes later he gave me the unlock code. :) Probably saved me two hours of reading forum posts, downloading hacks, and twiddling with my phone. :D

I just need a non-Cingular SIM to actually be able to input the unlock code...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] HDuser:
Moved this thread to the hermes section.

Can you post the number that you used to get your phone unlocked so that we can add that to wiki.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] sbsyncro:
The number for

Cingular International Roaming Support

is 800-335-4685 (or outside the USA it is +1 916 843 4685)

Based on the conversation I had with the people there, I believe that enabling the "GLobal Traveler" plan for $5.99 a month is a requirement for them to provide you with an unlock code. Also, when I called they said that they "might be able to do it right away on the phone" but that it normally takes about 5 days to get the unlock code. I guess I got lucky in that he was able to retrieve the number immediately. (and it was a Saturday)

Hope that is useful;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] HDuser:
added that info to wiki, thanks for the input

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_SimUnlock
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] gondalguru:
I called to the above mentioned number and basically got the same info. Additional info i got is

1) You do not need 5.99$ international traveller plan, you can get free international traveller plan (only difference is you pay 2.49$/min instead of 2.29$ with plan)

2) Unlock code can be used only for 5 times, if you don't get it right in those 5 trials you phone is locked permenantly to cingular (as per cingular rep)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] sbsyncro:
Quick update from the road.. Yes, the 8525 worked flawlessly in Korea - The plane landed, I powered the unit on, and VOILA! I had my emails.. Same in Hong Kong and Macau. However, in none of those markets does caller ID or voice mail work. I am currently in Sydney, Australia, and here the voice mail and caller idea work just as in the USA.

One thing to note - as many of you know, to dial overseas on a cell phone you have to use the "+" key before the country code. This was driving me crazy, because my contacts did not all have + signs and I was manually adding them as necessary, which was incredibly tedious. Also I could not figure out how to dial a + sign from the keypad (it sits there on the "0" key, so I KNEW there was a way somehow!). Then I figured it out - you have to press and HOLD the "0" key to get the "+" sign. Then you can dial normally.

The biggest problem with this phone so far is that I can't find a case for it anywhere in shops...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] lucid:
travelling the world ? show your tracks

hey if you are traveling the world, why not show others in real time where you are, via google earth, and receive 1024 chars i-sms for free

checkout http://www.reperion.com for world traveling free soft :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] sn00x:
I use this one. Really great!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] sbsyncro:
Yes, I saw that one yesterday at a shop here in Sydney, but the cut-outs on the sides were in the wrong places for the Hermes. They had the newer dopod unit (Hermes based) but not the equivalent cover for it. The shopkeeper told me that it would be some time before the case was available since the new dopod unit just came out... It does look like a perfect case.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] sbsyncro:
Cool idea, but also requires one to have a GPS receiver linked up and running the whole time... I can imagine that would drain the Hermes' battery very quickly.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] wratran:
japan

I do a lot of traveling world wide too. I had the blackjack, cingular told me it would work in Japan...but when i got there...no luck.

The above respond said..the 8525 would work in japan....how do i confirm this...and what frequency does it operate under?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Quilliam:
I noticed that carriers are giving people less hassle lately when requesting to unlock their phones. I wonder if this has anything to do with the library of congress exempting phone unlocking from the copyright law (basically they said we paid for the phone we should be able to use it wherever we want).
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] takakawai:
I have the Cingular 8525, and I travel world wide with it. With my experience so far, it worked in any GSM area like UK, Europe, Brazil and Argentina, plus JAPAN(non-GSM) flawlessly. In Tokyo, it was roaming with NTT Do Co Mo network. Both voice and date. It is the BEST global phone I have ever had, hands down!!

You must call Cingular before you travel abroad to "activate" the international roaming for your account. The roaming charges are not cheap but it works:)

http://www.cingular.com/learn/international/
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] bemartinjr:
Using the SOFTBANK X01HT internationally

On a somewhat related vein, I live in South Korea, but I travel to Japan and the States frequently. I recently purchased the Softbank X01HT. I've got it totally unlocked, SuperCID and loaded with WM6 - Black Edition (very sweet BTW). I am looking for the best option to be able to use it primarily in Korea.

I asked SK Telecom if they could help, and I got a deer in the headlights look. I've read on many forums and web sites that KTF has all the same services this phone has, but until recently their phones were locked. Apparently they have just recently made it so you can swap out USIMs amongst KTF phones. However, there again when I ask about a USIM I get that look again (In all fairness I haven't been to the KTF store yet).

Can anyone provide some advice?

Also, I purchased a pre-paid T-Mobile card for a trip to Chicago next week. Would I be better off going with the Cingular service or will that work just fine?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] wratran:
TMO and Cingular will work in the US. TMO does not have 3g here in the US. So if you are needing fast data, use cingular
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] chymmylt:
There is no need to buy any plan from cingular to have them unlock your phone. The only requirement Cingular has is that you have bought the phone from them more then 3 months ago. Then you just have to call up customer service, tell them you want them to sim unlock your phone because you are traveling abroad and would like to use prepaid phone sims in other countries. They tell you they will email you the unlock code within a week but they never did - I had to call them back but they gave it to me over the phone no problem.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Mauma:
Cingular charges for WiFi usage as data roaming

I had the unpleasant discovery of the above charges as I elected to connect wifi to download some programs and get my emails via hotmail.

I have a dispute with them, and need support in straigthening those carriers that they cannot double dip in charging for WiFi access or web browsing simply because they suypply the pocket PC.

I understand that this problem may be generalized with all carriers.

has anyone got suggestions as to who would take on this battle?

Sincerely,:D :eek:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] mthomas:
hmmmm....

I wonder if you were connecting via your data connection by accident. If you were connected via wifi, there is no way cingular would be able to track your usage as it does not go through their network. I use daniel hererro's BS or COMMGRPRO to disable my data connection if it seems to want to keep switching. see commmgrpro.com.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] trytting:
I am in Japan (Osaka) now, and my 8525 works fine. Connects to the SoftBank service. 3G, browsing, Internet Sharing all works. I come here about every other month, and used to use a Samsung z510 for travelling here. Note that you need to sign up with Cingular for international roaming.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] ach2:
I've used my Vodafone VPA1603 in various places around the world and not had any problems. Just thought I'd post which countries my set-up works in for the benefit of other travellers:

USA - NC, MA, NY, TX, CA

Brazil - Salvador, Rio, Sao Paulo

Mexico - Mexico City, Oaxaca, Cuernavaca

Canada - Toronto, Niagara

UK - All over

France - All over

Spain - Madrid, Barcelona, Granada

Czech Republic - Prague

Switzerland - All over

Malaysia - KL, Bintulu, Miri, Sibu, KK

South Korea - Seoul, Hongcheon

Japan - Tokyo, Nagoya

China - Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xian (sketchy reception but ok)

Most of this was using a uk O2 contract and radio 1.27.0.0 and 1.38.00.10. I now have radio 1.40.30.00 so I'll let you know how it goes.

Also, a tip for travellers with loads of expenses in many currencies, I use Worldmate expense management package http://www.mobimate.com/catalog_ppc.shtml?filename=windows_pc.jpg
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] kentybishop:
This will enable U to turn gprs on and off

Also there is a free utility that will allow you to easily disable your Cingular gprs you can find it here

http://www.benrichards.co.uk/downloads/NOGPRS.zip once it is installed you can easily toggle the cingular connections on and off .
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] LouMessina:
Traveling Abroad With Your Cellphone

New York Times: Guidelines For Using Your Cellphone Abroad
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] dlarock@hotmail.com:
unlock code for 8521

i call cingular and got a unlock code for my 8125. gave they the ime # and they gave me the code (on a sunday)
[Micromax Canvas 2 Plus A110Q] YPG70:
Hello guys, I want a new battery, but however I shifted to USA and no one from Ebay wants to ship me the battery... Is there like a Samsung device whos battery is similar to ours.. and fits perfectly?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] houmam:
hello all i have a bad enligsh x)

I just bought a samsung i9515 galaxy s4, but the battery not last long, a little close to 5 hours of active use H +, Castle clash (game), google chrome, and 11 or more hours with normal use (h+ , castle clash for little moment , google chrome , whatsapp for more hours ), in your opinion, I change with note 3 neo or I leave ?

after check smartprix.com and phonearena

s4 is better than note 3 neo

- ppi

- camera

- air gestures

and more

thanks for advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrAndroid12:
Doing that is no different to downgrading to the S3.

I suggest you to stay with the S4 but buy a larger 3rd party battery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] houmam:
Thanks , I think I'll stay with my s4 and i buy a larger battery , but if you want to tell me what is the best brand of batteries large ?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ir1shWall3:
Hey everyone, i am new to this XDA developers site, but have many years of experience with android devices, my latest one though, well is the htc one, i would like to know, is there any risk to using the ''Firewater'' S-OFF Command, i am just wondering this because i would like to unlock the full capability of this wonderful device, and i only have it a week or two, so i would not like to damage the device by only having it 2 weeks, i love it, but would like to unlock the full potential of it, and i also love sense and stock android, so would be seriously interested.

Bottom Line, Is there any risk of using the ''Firewater'' S-OFF Tool?

Thanks very much,

Ir1shwall3.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seanie280672:
nope, no risk, either it will work or it wont, if it fails then there is a new one called Sunshine s-off which apparently works on the M7 but you have to pay for it, try firewater first.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ir1shWall3:
I'm still not persuaded, I'm afraid it will harm it and damage my device, maybe I'll do it in the future, but thanks very much for your reply, I gave you a thanks on your answer?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seanie280672:
like I said, it wont hurt it at all, it will either work or it wont, read the s-off thread if you don't believe me, ive ran it 50 times to try and get s-off and ended up doing it by java card because firewater failed. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2632351

that was before sunshine came about, if I was still s-on, I would hesitate to pay for and run sunshine right now.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seqas:
having S-Off etc is the best ever i have done on my htc couldnt imagine now to have s-on again its the ultimate lol.

firewater works however it did take quite some trys back-then before it succeeded, i did alot of reading before i decided

wanting having s-off, pros/cons but conclusion now and after the reading before s-off was a no-brainer (for me)

i remember having the same thoughts to about the bricking but after reading through many topics here and other sites

i wasent that scared of it mostly nervous if it worked or not xD as the guy above says, either it works or not. for me it took many tries to as said, but ones having s-off

you wont look back i believe i guess its a preference since we all have our personal favorite if wanting s-on or off.

i would "advice" reading more through about using firewater getting inputs, i had same thoughts as you with using it at first as long with rooting etc

and i never knew or tried those things actually before i joined this awesome forum and started to use it regular. i see you are quite into the android

from your text to thats good advantage and should help as well with choosing to use or not :)

im aware of my low post count xD but i dont post/reply just to get posts up, only if im able to give input there may help in some way

either way, wishing you goodluck if you decided to go for it! :)

hah as Seanie280672 says to it might take alot of tries, its just keep going eventually it should succeed :P
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ir1shWall3:
Thanksks for the information, so it will not brick or will there be very little chance of bricking?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seanie280672:
just remember s-off actually means security off and opens up the nand to full write, its no longer protected.

therefore if you try to flash something that's not for your particular device, it will no longer fail with an error, it will flash and brick your device, s-off itself doesn't brick, the user bricks by flashing the wrong things, so make sure you know what you are doing before you go s-off, if you don't really need it, or don't know what you are doing then don't bother, there's so many users on here that don't actually know how to even identify their correct RUU for instance, and that's simple stuff, but downloading the wrong one and flashing parts of it that don't belong to your phone = a brick, but again, that's the user, not s-off.

on the other hand however, s-off can help you out a lot, take a look at the below thread, he flashed the wrong software whilst s-on and has knackered his phone up, if he was s-off then it would be easily fixable with a simple downgrade of HBOOT, but because he's s-on he now has a brick: http://xdaforums.com/htc-one/help/help-active-cmdline-overflow-1025-bytes-t2841484
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uzephi:
S-off is complete control of your phone. Which is the dangerous part. The process to s-off is simple and will not brick you. Just be sure to remember your model ID (like mine is M7_wlv) because all ruu files will state what model number it is and for what firmware.

The reason to want s-off? Search your specific device's ruu files and see if there is one for your version or high that is officially signed by HTC. If there is none, you will want s-off to downgrade or flash the unsigned ruu. As S-on, you cannot downgrade firmware or flash unsigned ruus
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yasir4abbas:
Guys I have an international HTC one with latest ota update and h -boot(1.57.0). If I decide to leave it s-on will I be able to change os from sense to cm. I'm worried that my phone might get a kernel problem since I always had to flash the boot img to get another Rom working...just want to know if I'll be able to flash all Rome below or above my current firmware?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seanie280672:
you can flash any custom rom as long as its for your phone, even if your s-on, you just have to be HTC Dev unlocked, just make sure its for your phone and read the OP and instructions, the guy who bricked his recently flashed CM11 designed for a completely different phone and the kernel messed one of his partitions up, he didn't read the details and instructions, it couldn't be fixed because he wasn't s-off, the fix only works if your on HBOOT 1.44 and you cant downgrade that without s-off.