yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fire TV General] minhgi:
Confirmed. . Seeder 2.0 actually does speed up the just about everything from watching streaming movies to using XBMC, except your Internet. . Highly recommended. Use the setting above and trickster mod.
[Fire TV General] rontonomo:
intel destroys amd! and thats a fact! a 4.4 ghz i7 would still beat that 5 ghz amd in benchmarks! so its already been done
[Fire TV General] kairnage:
Not to go further off topic but benchmarks mean literally squat VS real world use.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crazycornuts:
So i rooted my phone successfully and yesterday supersu stopped working. to try and fix the problem i went into recovery and erased the chache partition and the davlik and now my phone will only boot in cwm recovery even when i dont do the button combination. i decided to try and just go back to a stock rom but odin keeps failing it. i made sure the drivers where up to date and i have the right rom. im using odin 3.07.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] broken920:
Do a full wipe and put your phone in download mode (vol down+home+power). Try another version like 1.85 or 3.09 and disable antivirus software (if you use one).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crazycornuts:
Used both verions suggested and did a full wipe prier to each still fails
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] broken920:
Format system and preload partitions from recovery.

Are you sure that rom file is not corrupted?

What error give Odin?

Can you attach a screenshot with error?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crazycornuts:
i got the link for the rom from galaxys3root.com, im not seeing format system in my recovery mode. here the SS

imgur .com /CD94iNT cant post link cause new user
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tkkg1994:
Maybe your buttons aren't working like they should?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crazycornuts:
i can get into download mode and whenn i try to restart my phone its trys to boot normally and then goes into recovery
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tkkg1994:
Have a costum recovery or the stock one?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crazycornuts:
CWM v6.0.2.3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tkkg1994:
Flash this in Odin, select AP https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2att/philz_touch_6.15.4-d2att.tar.md5/

Than go to recovery and do a factory wipe
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crazycornuts:
Did and same thing happens its just loads in the new recovery
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tkkg1994:
Download the latest samsung firmware for your phone. If you got it, click wipe data and than clean to install a new ROM
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crazycornuts:
so i did the clean to install. went to sammobile and downloaded the one from there and still fails same error msg
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tkkg1994:
So odin don't failed this time?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crazycornuts:
Tried it again using 1.85 and it worked Thank you so much
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tkkg1994:
All works fine now?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crazycornuts:
Yes except for my wifi it wont let me turn wifi on
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tkkg1994:
Do a full wipe from the settings its self. This should work. Did you download the latest firmware for your phone?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crazycornuts:
did that yes. it says is doesnt see a sim card when i do have one in it. it is old so maybe a bad sim?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tkkg1994:
i would shut your phone down, clean the Sim card and the sim card slot
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crazycornuts:
just tried still not recgonizing it ill just swing by att and get a new one. thx alot for all your help
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tkkg1994:
No problem mate :D wish you a good day
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rough company:
s3 i747 at&t

hey guy thanks a million you saved my phone this actually worked for me awesome....:):):):):):) one other question is it not possible for me to unlock my phone once the rom is up to 4.4.2 ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Darke5tShad0w:
You guys need to post your questions in the at&t area. This is for the international version, reading or flashing anything here will brick your phone.

If you got someone here to help you and didn't realize this like Tkkg1994 has you would have a nice paperweight.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KennyG123:
Thread moved to I747 AT&T section
[Moto X Q&A] d0g:
I'm about to flash stock 4.4.2 prior to flashing 4.4.4 soak ... and I can't figure out how to do a complete backup of phone, in case things get screwy.

I can't do nandroid; not enough space.

I tried rsync, but couldn't get rsync running on phone as server.

I'm trying to just copy everything over with SFTP, but there are so many duplicate folders...

/storage/emulated/0 =

/storage/emulated/legacy =

/data/media/0 =

/mnt/shell/emulated/0,

etc etc.

and they don't appear as symlinks.

I tried 'adb backup ' etc ... but I don't want an ".ab" file that I cannot look into.

Is there an easier way?

thanks
[Moto X Q&A] samwathegreat:
Copy enough stuff off the internal memory to do your backup. Then copy the backup to your PC....then put everything back.

A full backup should only take a couple gigabytes. Moving your pictures, or music or whatever is taking up all that space should suffice.

If you are returning to stock, everything will be erased anyways....unless you modify the XML or manually flash and skip the erase userdata command.

Regardless, your backup won't be fully usable once you are on 4.4.4. If you restore it, your partition table and/or bootloader will be mismatched and you will likely get FCs if you restore back to it.

Are you on a custom ROM or something?

Additionally, if you PROPERLY flash back to stock 4.4.2 (erasing userdata - which is advisable), there's nothing that will go 'screwy'...

What variant are you on? If you are using an XT1060, there is a better way.
[Moto X Q&A] d0g:
Ah, so you're saying, remove photos/videos/etc so there's room for a full nandroid, yes?

No custom ROM; I'm on XT1056.
[Moto X Q&A] samwathegreat:
Yes, it will erase it - unless you modify the XML or manually flash and skip the erase userdata command. I suggested that you take a nandroid backup, then reboot. Connect to your PC, and copy the entire nandroid backup to your PC.

Regardless, you should connect the phone to your PC and save everything on the SDCARD.
[Moto X Q&A] aviwdoowks:
Use Philz cwmr & you can do a backup right to your computer (USB mount or OTG). Or use online backup apk (play) & do a nandroid right from your home screen to your OTG card.
[Moto X Q&A] Darth:
As indicated.... Kind of a waste of time. If you go to 4.4.4 then try to nandroid restore to 4.4.2...assuming it even works... You'll be on the wrong bootloader. Then you risk many issues, the worst being a possible brick if you take an OTA down the road... Or for another reason.

Just backup apps and data if you wish... With titanium backup for example... Then if you want to be safe, transfer all your pics and what not, and the titanium backup file to your pc. Then upgrade.

You're pretty much stuck with 4. 4.4.... So a nandroid is pretty much not needed.
[Moto X Q&A] nhizzat:
Use 'adb pull' to get whatever you want off the phone onto your computer.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JJohnson1988:
Hello!

My issue is that every so often (once every 20-30 minutes or so) my cell service just completely drops to absolute nothing, the drawer saying "NO SERVICE" at the bottom. Then about 20-30 seconds later, the connection is re-established and everything works fine again. Rinse and repeat. This has been going on for weeks now.

It seems very similar to an issue I noticed some other forum members had when d2att ROM builds were unified into d2lte. The fix was to Odin back to the stock 4.3 TW firmware and then start the custom ROM install process over again. However, I've already done this a few times and nothing has worked for me yet. CM, PA, Omni, Nameless, etc., I tried them all with no luck. The issue even happens on stock TW after I get through the Odin flashing process.

I recently upgraded to the newest UCUFNE4 bootloader/modem combo, thinking that a modem upgrade would do the trick. No dice. And now it sucks because I can't go back to 4.3 without bricking my phone (unless there's a 4.4 stock firmware for Odin floating around somewhere?).

My carrier is AT&T (well, it's actually an MVNO called StraightTalk), and I've contacted StraightTalk multiple times asking what might be going on. They seem to think it's a local cell tower malfunctioning. But I've waited and waited and am now assuming they simply don't know.

So I'm basically out of ideas. Help me, XDA. You're my only hope. Movie reference aside.

Is there perhaps a log I can provide or tool/app I can run that shows what I'm experiencing in more detail?

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
i have seen some custom rom OP instructions mention if having wifi issues to flash a custom kernel. dont know if that would help. BUT remember to double check compatibility and do a backup.

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JJohnson1988:
Thanks for the reply.

The Wi-Fi is running great. It's only the cell radio that's causing problems.

Also, I'm usually running BMS kernel, but I've tried many variations and they all experience the same problem.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
reflash ne4 modem? double check apn settings?

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JJohnson1988:
Re-flashed NE4 modem.

APN settings look good, and I /do/ get LTE coverage. When the connection isn't cut out, of course.

Still no luck.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
If its happening on every rom including every stock build youve tried its most likely hardware or the carrier. Ive heard of similar issues recently where we narrowed it down to those two as well. Im starting to think it may be straight talk.... No good way of knowing that im aware of though.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
thank you mr huckleberry. my thimble of ideas was o-u-t. :thumbup:

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JJohnson1988:
Thanks guys.

I might as well ask: is there any way to Odin back to the stock 4.4 firmware? I'm pretty sure only OTA is officially available, but has anyone perhaps made an unofficial .tar.md5? Seeing as how I can't go back to 4.3...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
enewman17 has a stock 4.4.2(NE4) thread. maybe that?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2788357

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JJohnson1988:
I saw that thread/post earlier. But they look like recovery zips to me, not Odin .tar/.tar.md5.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
my bad. yup, zips. will keep searching

err on the side of kindness

---------- Post added at 09:09 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:55 AM ----------

what about... http://sammobile.com/firmwares

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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JJohnson1988:
I did find this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53756950

But I'm not trusting an arbitrary post I found when I haven't seen anything similar from DocHoliday or anyone else working on the 4.4 release.

EDIT: The SamMobile site only has old firmwares available.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
crap.:banghead:

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
I must have missed that. No idea if itll work though. I did try to make an Odin package a while back but couldnt get it to work. Ive got a couple more ideas to try when ive got the time to focus on it, but i know that doesn't help now.

Its not for Odin, but i do have the firmware in a recovery flashable zip. Combined with enewman17's rom, it would almost accomplish the same thing. I think he has the stock recovery in that thread too which would be the last piece needed to get full stock.

Both threads are in the development section.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JJohnson1988:
Well. Good news, guys. I finally solved the problem, mere hours after I became frustrated enough to start a post on XDA.

I ended up flashing to stock 4.4 via the recovery method, hoping to see a difference. Start using the phone for a few minutes, then the cell radio drops out as always. Wonderful.

So then I started thinking about what's common between all the ROM installs I've done. Was there something being left behind that wasn't being cleared properly? That's when I developed a crazy idea.

I remember reading about how there's a special area that's normally inaccessible where information like the phone's IMEI is stored. This is the /efs partition. Now, my IMEI was listed correctly in the phone information, but I decided to tinker around with some things as I was pretty desperate. I eventually got to the debug service menu by dialing *#27663368378# (I looked at a big list of codes online) and looked at what options I had.

The solution? Apparently an NV rebuild! I found this option in the service menu under UMTS >> COMMON >> NV REBUILD. I thought it was a long shot, but the longstanding problem I've had instantly fixed itself after a reboot!

So now my question is: HOW did the /efs partition become "corrupted" in the first place? And how was the phone actually able to make calls correctly and get working LTE data with the downside of service dropouts every so often? Shouldn't it... you know, either work or not work at all?

Anyways, thanks for the help guys. Looks like I don't need to send a nasty letter to StraightTalk after all (awww!).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
glad to here you got it fixed. i wouldnt have a clue how it got corrupted, although docholiday77 might know (a WHOLE bunch smarter about this stuff than me), anyway :victory:

might want to hit doc's 'thank button'

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
It may not have been the EFS partition that was the problem. Not much network related data is stored there. Much is on other partitions such as modemst1 and modemst2.

No one knows why flashing roms has the ability to mess up the NV Data. I suspect that when the system boots for the first time (after a rom flash, for example) it writes something to the NV Data and this is when things can get hosed. Thats just a theory though. Many have had problems with losing their IMEI because of this.

My theory on the IMEI is that after the new flash and boot something gets corrupted. These devices check for corruption during boot and will attempt to automatically restore from an on-device backup. The problem is the backup was never created, and it ends up restoring a null or blank value, causing the IMEI to become 0.

Something similar, but a little different may have happened here. Some data that is used by the carriers network to authenticate your device may have become corrupt or lost.

It wasnt an all or nothing type scenario because the device isnt constantly sending this info, probably only at certain times or intervals. But when it does, the network would not be able to authenticate your device and then block access, which would explain why it would happen every 20-30 minutes. Again, this is purely a theory.

The method you used to solve the problem has actually been around for a couple of years now, believe it or not! But its usually used to fix issues with GPS not being able to establish a lock. Whatever is used to authenticate for GPS, must be similar to what is used for the network in that it uses device specific info (such as the imei or s/n) to create a hash value that is then used in this process. When you chose NV Rebuild, it probably recreated these, thus fixing any issues due to the corruption of those values.

I hope all of that made sense! I am not positive that what i just wrote is 100% accurate, but it does make sense to me.

Now, i am guessing you never created the on-device backup i referred to, so this is how....super easy to do!

You do need to be running rooted stock.

Install and open Terminal Emulator and enter the following:

su
reboot nvbackup

Thats it! The device will reboot and create its backup. (Youll see blue text flash at the top, similar to when you boot recovery)

The backup is written across several partitions that are never touched by flashing, making it permanent. Flash all you want and itll remain intact unless you deliberately do something you shouldnt, or flash something not for your device.

As i stated before, every time the device boots up, it checks the NV Data for any corruption, and if detected it will auto restore from the backup. Youll never even notice anything was wrong!

Afaik, no one who has done this backup has ever lot their IMEI which is proof enough to me that it works!

SSL! Im glad you figured out a fix for your problem btw! Good work on that!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
thank you mr huckleberry. never new how to backup this. guess i should read up on 'terminal emulator commands for newbs'

on it now.!:thumbup:

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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
You wont find the reboot nvbackup command. Its a Samsung specific one. But by all means learn more about the terminal if you can. It can help when writing scripts and troubleshooting all sorts of things!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
samsung galaxy s3 i747 ?

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] footballrocks91:
Hello guys,

I recently attempted to flash the googy max kernel on my GT-I9505 and was successful. After doing so, i rebooted my device just for the sake of it(i don't imagine that rebooting can lose you root access). After rebooting, i attempted to use stweaks and it said that it didn't have root access. I then went ahead and opened up SuperSU and to my horror, it said :

"there is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!

If you just upgraded to android 4.3, you need to manually re-root-consult the relevant forums for your device!"

I then googled the problem and many users advised to flash the latest SuperSU zip using cwm recovery. I tried that twice but still didn't gain back root access. After that, i tried rooting my device again using CF-Autoroot using odin but still, i did not regain root access. Further, CF-Autoroot flashed the stock recovery and i lost cwm too...(makes it even worse) and i can't flash cwm because now i am not rooted! Root checker also says this device does not have proper root access. I would really appreciate help to regain root access! Thanks in advance.

I'm using a GT-I9505 running CM11 M9 snapshot build.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
A recovery has nothing to do with root. So you don't need root to flash a recovery.

If you flash CF-root then you lose the google max kernel.

In the kernel thread they say that supersu 2.01 works. So try that version.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] footballrocks91:
Thanks for the reply mate, will get back to you when I've tried it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tkkg1994:
I would download Philz Touch Recovery.. because you can reroot your system easily when you got root before.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] footballrocks91:
Tried flashing SuperSU 2.01 but it didn't work... Will now try the philz way
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] footballrocks91:
I tried the philz way and then installed SuperSU from the play store but still I keep getting the same message! I'm running out of options I guess! What to do?? Please help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tkkg1994:
You go to Philz Settings and than click ReRoot system?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] footballrocks91:
hey guys....

after a while, i contacted my brother and he advised me to re flash cm

i did so and flashed the latest superu and i gained back root access! (phew) i appreciate all the help you guys provided me. Thanks a lot xda and you guys!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aram90:
This happened to me to so I just flashed KT again..... Well I just wanted to try googy but nvm I'll stick to kt
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] footballrocks91:
i'm still wondering...should i try googy max again :confused: ??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tkkg1994:
Have you downloaded the right one? For TW and CM there are different googymax kernels
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] daltonhrrll:
So I've made my apn i want to use but the problem is when I select it it will go back to the original APN and I can't delete the original, anyone know a way around this ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] UnhoIy:
If it is reverting back to the original APN, then the one you're trying to use is no good, in my experience.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] daltonhrrll:
That's what I thought to but when when I make one exactly like the default one it still will not switch
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] daltonhrrll:
I'm trying to enter a custom one because my Download speeds are like .5 Mbps with 5 bars lte , the web pages load fast but when I actually try to download something from the web it takes forever
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] daltonhrrll:
See this is ridiculous att troubleshooted with me and it's still not working correctly lol when att can't fix it I know the devs can lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] bookmonke:
Hate to say but that looks liked throttled speeds, what plan are you on?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] daltonhrrll:
I'm still on the old iPhone plan (30 a month unlimited data)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] bookmonke:
That is what I had, the old grandfathered plan, you have been throttled for using more than 5G for the billing cycle. You can call and argue and be told that you still have unlimited data just at a reduced speed and they will try to move you over to the new shared plans. Which makes not sense because you can use all the shared and go over the 5G and not get throttled (they will correct you for using that word, so I called it crippled and finally retarded speeds to just piss them off), sorry for the rant. But I tried all the different apn and got nothing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] daltonhrrll:
I see , that's pretty ridiculous, I've used 10 gigs this month XD
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rizwanalichand:
Who can genius to make samsung s5 rom to xperia z2 can possible any one guys.....plz??
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Envious_Data:
its unlikely to happen but given the attention the Z2 has its still a posibility

try Messaging a dev who can be found here in the development section
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jhon998:
The dev who ported opo to z2 may help
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blyndfyre:
I think you might be the only person who would flash it, lol. Samsung ROM's suck in my opinion.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SWEagle:
:good::laugh:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsbuttar7:
how do i update my kernels of P500 nd wat r its advantages over previous kernels...

m using ICS 4.0.4 rom AOKP...

kernels 2.6
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] yukimura_vn:
Hi, I really need help for my situation. I got my S4, I can install recovery, I can install custom rom (Cyanogemod..) but now I want to restore to TouchWiz stock rom, because I need that to unlock my phone. Everytime, every rom I flash with Odin failed. I try 2 days and now I feel hopeless. I try every stock rom, MJA, MDC, NAE (4.4.2). I got know void warranty 0x1, I don't know if this is a problem for restore. Can someone help me ?