yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 5 General] verngator:
This morning I screwed up - tried to update from NF6 via Mobile Odin and did something wrong. I couldn't get out of the Recovery screen and ended up re-flashing stock NF6 just to get out of a soft brick situation. Unfortunately I didn't insert the CF file and ended up losing root.

So...I figured that since I had already lost root, I took the OTAs for NG3 AND NCH5 (the new voLTE). Then I flashed CF. I got my root back.

This may not be a revelation to many, but it was to me. I thought I would have to wait until there was a rooted version of NCH5 in order to get back root.
[Galaxy S 5 General] gee2012:
But now KNOX is tripped mate.
[Galaxy S 5 General] verngator:
Yes, it is... but I don't think that hurts me as I'm insured with Square Trade.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruggyboss:
Hi everybody, I recently unlocked bootloader without backing up ta partition. Obviously I lost x-reality, Bionz, etc... What I'm wondering though is: is anyone working on this? (yeah, I know, should have backed up that damn partition), but hell, why isn't anyone thinking on how to get this kind of stuff back on devices which lost their drm keys? I'd spend time on this myself, but I know little about this and have really no time...
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomascus:
you could say the same for the rest of us.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electrash:
I think that is imposible to do. I think there is a reason why there is a way to "backup" and not to "create" them,
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruggyboss:
You're probably right, still I bet if I gave my phone back to sony they'd know how to revert everything to STOCK. I mean, "when I got my phone" stock, so why can't we? (I know it's noob question, but I'm wondering this kind of stuff recently)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electrash:
once they are gone, they are gone for good, there's no way around it

That says one guy from sony tehnical support.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruggyboss:
I guess we'll just have to say f*ck then
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electrash:
Sorry for bringing bad news. :-/
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Al-Hammoud:
Hey guys,

Could you help me please!

I can't change the method of locking screen with my unrooted Galaxy note 3,

Other methods are inactive:

[Swipe + Signature + Pattern]

(Details written under those methods:

"Turned off by Administrator, encryption policy or credential storage.")

There are only two active methods:

[Pin + Password]

What to do?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdomadia:
If you have encrypted your phone, there's only few options for lock.

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Al-Hammoud:
[Q]

So; how can I cancel or deactivate this encryption?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Al-Hammoud:
[Screen shot]

Here's the screen shot
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdomadia:
U need to decrypt phone, way u encrypted

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Al-Hammoud:
Solution 😉

Thank you for responses my friend.

I found the solution to get my lock screen methods back.

It's by clearing Credentials

Settings > General > Security > Storage credential [Clear credential]
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trifos:
after install twrp 2.7.1 i have with the date and time 1970 issue
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wulsic:
[MENTION=3116436]trifos[/MENTION] go to the twrp settings menu and set your date.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trifos:
When I clean. installation. again I have date and time 1970 ,its rtc wrong
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wulsic:
So after you are installing a rom you have a time like that? Just do the time properly in the rom and try it again. Also do like i said in the twrp settings the time good. If these things dont work it could be like a bug. I only got those weird times on my old android phones with removable battery when i reinsert it.

Sorry if I didnt gave you the right answer yet but I don't completely understand it :/
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trifos:
Thanks for the answer but see this picture and in twrp rtc time and year show 1970. This picture is from root explorer

View attachment 2938243

View attachment 2938247
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wulsic:
Maybe the rom also did that? Probably not but thats the created date by something you did before probably those folders also remain like that. If your phone was once set to this time and then thefolder is created then thats the date, I cant give you an full answer why this would happen
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wulsic:
Bump :eek: [MENTION=3116436]trifos[/MENTION] this is also for you maybe if you still have the problem.

It seems that there was also an app/fix for it so I want to share it with you and maybe other people who also have this problem.

See this old thread which got barried in the ruins of the xda pages:eek:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2580974

Hope this could also solve this issue for other users too.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] createben:
I flashed back JB on my D802.when i opened file manager the folder creation date is XX/1/1970.Why is this happening?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wulsic:
Did it happend when you created a new folder? If so then look into settings and adjust the time. When everything is wiped and it doesn't have the time written anymore and it doesn't know where you are also if you didn't even connected to internet then you get that. See this also about why 1970 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time you could describe this as a bug kind of. Just like in a computer if you pull out the small round battery on the motherboard and no power supply then it will also not remember the time and it just resets to the begin time.

Let's describe this easily, its just a bug just like Ios8 have bugs with receiving sometimes random text messages from 1970 which you can't open. So just change the time in settings and you will be fine :good:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] createben:
Anyway, thanks for the reply.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] amiller17:
Can anyone help please? I use the XDA II for my Satnav and I have broken the connector on the unit. The lead in the car is perfect and has been tested. Can I replace the connector or would it be best to get it professionally repaired? If so can anyone suggest where to take it and roughly how much it would cost. I live in the Uxbridge, Middlesex area. Many thanks, Andrew
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] CityTrakker:
easy job

If you've had this repaired, ignore the message

if not I can do free if you get it to me.

I repair about 5 data/charging ports a day
[XDA Assist] brecht09:
hi everyone, i have an Alps gt-i9500 Samsung Galaxy s4 clone with MTK 6572 hardware, which is as of the moment unusable. i was trying to replace its stock rom with a custom rom because it had plenty of problems and it was slow, so i researched plenty of tutorials on how to do so, i came across SP Flash tools and followed the steps the tutorials gave, but i didn't have any luck. i had the not enough storage error which made me format my phone using sp flash tools which emphasized that i should choose the "format whole flash except bootloader" option but still faced the same problem, so i tried the other option, the "format whole flash" so now i am in trouble and couldn't get my phone to work. SP Flash Tools is giving me a BROM ERROR: S_FT_ENABLE_DRAM_FAILED (4032). i searched for possible solutions to the error but all their methods didn't work out for my phone. a blogger even suggested that i might have formatted the EMMC of my phone when i chose the latter option in SP flash tools, i don't know what to do.

Can i please ask for the help of anyone who had encountered the same problem? or someone who knows how to recover it? thank you so much in advance.

PS: i wasn't able to back up using mtk droid tools but i was able to do so in the stock recovery. i also had downloaded backup stock roms from other users who had the same phone. thank you again.
[XDA Assist] Darth:
Hi,

I can't find any useful info for your device. You will need to ask here for help,

> Android Development and Hacking > Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

And know that any files related to the Samsung device could lead to bricking your device. They are for Samsung devices, not the clones. Completely different hardware. Nothing made for Samsung will work for you.

Good luck!
[XDA Assist] brecht09:
hi, thank you though. i hope i could find what im looking for there. again thank you sir.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Supreme winter:
Hi I just bought the sony Xperia z1 compact and was wondering how you can edit the settings for the light.

As when I receive a text the light flashes so slowly I barely notice it but the light flashes at a much faster rate when it has no signal (the speed I would like for my texts) is there a way to say change these over or even perhaps change the colour and the flash rate individually please help.

And possibly get rid of the light when it has no signal completely
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Schlengge:
App Store -> "Light Flow"
[Moto X Q&A] MystaWright:
Please help! Need .sbf or system img & recovery img of Sprint 4.4.4!

Thank you!
[Moto X Q&A] Darth:
Sprint 4.4.4 sbf hasn't been released yet I'm afraid.
[Moto X Q&A] abhishekpujar:
When do you think we can expect the sbf to be out? The update was out a long time back. Is the sbf uploded by developers or by Motorola itself?
[Moto X Q&A] KidJoe:
While the SBF's for the Developer Editions are released by Moto, the other SBF's are not. Instead, they are "leaked" to the internet. Therefore we really don't know. Its whenever the person leaking the file gets their hands on it, and it makes its way to the net.

Many don't realize that http://sbf.droid-developers.org/ is neither owned, nor operated, nor sponsored by Moto.
[Moto X Q&A] mxc42:
If you have an unlocked bootloader, you can go here http://xdaforums.com/moto-x/development/roms-stock-roms-t2499594 and flash the 4.4.2 ROM link, which is a flashable zip for twrp. Once you wipe and flash that you can accept the 4.4.4 ota, which should fix your problem. If you're locked, you just need to wait to get the sbf.
[Moto X Q&A] Darth:
I hope you realize if he was already on a 4.4.4 firmware from any carrier and does what you've told him to do.... Boom... Instant brick.

Please be careful about what advice you give, especially with the easily brickable moto x. I'm sure you don't want to cause anyone to brick. That would be a real drag. ?
[Moto X Q&A] mxc42:
If you read through the linked post you would find out that the 4.4.2 zip I told him to flash to doesn't include the bootloader and can be safely flashed from 4.4.2. I've done it successfully and it saved me from waiting for the sbf.
[Moto X Q&A] Darth:
[MENTION=461957]MystaWright[/MENTION] please don't flash 4.4.2 if you were on a higher version already. If you do, you will likely destroy your device, or at least have some serious issues. ?
[Moto X Q&A] abhishekpujar:
I actually flashed the twrp recovery and downloaded the 4.4.4 sprint Rom in the development section and flashed that and I'm up and running now. Thanks for the concern and advice.
[Moto X Q&A] MystaWright:
Already softbricked. Would flash the 4.4.4 rom (zip) from the link if I had a way to get the file on the device.
[Moto X Q&A] KidJoe:
Right, but the bootloader and gpt.bin would then be mismatched and when in that state, taking OTA has bricked the phone more often than not.

So its VERY RISKY suggesting that.
[General Questions and Answers] Iamrasz:
Is there a way to change system settings icon colors I alliance ROM
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] winter.k:
Hey Guys,

I recently flashed the google play edition ROM to my m919 (16gb). I attempted to wipe everything and anything to achieve a clean install. But after the install I'm seeing that I only have a few GB left of space. Is my old system data taking up all the space? The entire system card only shows that it's 9GB, AND I see system data of 5GB. What am I missing here? Please see attached picture. Thanks for any help fellas!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] winter.k:
P.S. - Of course I did do all the proper wiping before flashing so that my device operates properly. But I must have system junk or something here, I guess the answer to my issue is probably going to be guidance on how to flash ROMS cleanly.

Thanks again.
[General Questions and Answers] JeepGrandCherokee:
I've got a ASUS TRANSFORMER TF300T, rooted, running chromi-x rom, jellybean 4.2.1, and I noticed you can not move apps to the SD card. is there a root app or an xposed module I can get that allows me to do this? I only have 3 GB of internal space left. and the RAM is always low too. Thanks!!:)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] czachapll:
Is there any module/tweak which can make volume slider smooth like in iOS? Volume steps in android are horrible.
[General Questions and Answers] siva2b:
Hi,I am from india and i need download links for the following ROM

[ROM] I9500 Galaxy S4 OzcanRom v5.0 Aroma XXUGNH4 KitKat 4.4.2

Ragards
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phantomEVO:
ho to all i've bought an used s2 that has a problem with the battery. it drains very fast, even with al services disabled. i've bought a brand new samsung battery and also a non original battery with more mha, but the phone discharges always very fast. i'v try to recalibrate the battery with no results...i've last cyanogen rom on it
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akram-aat:
try change ROM or kernel
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phantomEVO:
Wich rom and kernel do you suggest me
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] expl0:
My suggestion:

1. check your battery stats and google fixes to apps that drain ur battery

2. install greenify

3. install custom roms, my suggestion: slimsaber + dorimanx
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phantomEVO:
Whats dorimanx
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saber:
Dorimanx is a kernel, not a rom.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phantomEVO:
I ve seen that slimsaber is like a beta not a stable version righe?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pz1982:
Hi, I have got very same problem! I spent like last two years with trying different ROMs. I tried CM, Omega, NeatROM,... but never found one ROM which will not drain battery so quickly...

My girlfriend has got Alcatel OT6010 which has got similar specs as S2 and her phone lasts for 4 days! if she is not on internet all the time. Mine with new extended battery, lasts maximum 2 days max. I am really dissapointed about that :(

Therefore I would like to ask someone whether he/she can recommend some stable (not alpha or beta) ROM with Android 4.1 or above. Different Kernel is also welcome.

I am looking forward for any help on this!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saber:
Your technically correct. It isn't very stable yet.

---------- Post added at 12:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:24 PM ----------

Since you've tested many roms already, the problem could be caused by old circuitry on the phone. My phone last for 2 days max without using it too, although choosing the right kernel for you could slightly increase battery life (e.g dorimanx or apolo). In terms of stability, cyanogenmod is never perfect, don't use slimsaber, neat rom was quite stable for me, paranoid android was ok, never tried cyan fox, PAC rom isn't going to be updated for a while and is nightlies only, carbon rom is nightlies only. So yeah, just go with neat rom or paranoid android (stable)or cm11 (and wait for next snapshot).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phantomEVO:
Can i use paranoid with dorimanx?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] expl0:
I haven't had any problems so far with slim saber.

Have you tried the app 'Greenify' yet? It can hibernate apps that drain battery in background.

Another suggestion: Tasker app

Create profiles that for example turn on / off mobile data.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] russy23:
2 days battery life, that's epic for the s2..I get 1 day max at the mo ...and never had much more on any ROM/kernal
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Muthzer the One:
Yeah you can. You just need to check what version of dorimanx you install.

There is one for ics/jelly bean and one for kitkat.

And depending on what version of s2 you have you need to check what rom you install. Not sure if dorimanx is available for i9100g

By the way in terms of battery drainage I faced the same problem.

For me it had several causes:

1. My mobile connection wasn't very good and therefore my phone got hot while searching good signal - I flashed a new modem to improve connection... If this won't help a new provider is needed I guess

2. Too many apps running in the background - as already said in a post above greenify will help there a lot as it prevents app from starting without you wanting it

3. Also I installed a new kernel - I'm using dorimanx too. It's battery profile can help a lot

4. Pure performances x (Zeno edition) my phone got a lot faster after flashing this. Also it drains less battery when being idle.

Hope this can help you.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] #Selfiee:
Hello. I'm flashing ROM on Samsung Galaxy ACE S5830. And now when I went to shut down, reboot .. can not work .. there are no signs that work, in general it can not work. How to solve this problem !! Help me!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zerien:
You can't boot into recovery or download mode at all?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] #Selfiee:
Hay

It can not. But strange to me, I went to reboot and shut down the ... and more I can not even turn on the recovery nor the download mode ..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zerien:
Well if you can't get into either recovery or download mode then I cannot help you. It must be a hardcore brick

. Terribly sorry.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] factoreal:
May be you can consider unbricking the phone, here are the tutorials:

- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2207919

- Using a test jig to force into download or recovery mode: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9403915&postcount=10

- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1073233

Good luck!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raakib Zargar:
Hello

mmmmm Use HEIMDALL RESCUTOR to boot your device to Download Mode

still if doesnt wake upp

then give a Custom USB JIGG SERVICE.

Make your own Usb Jigg

PM me to know that.

Hit THANKS
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] stupid111:
So, I'm ready to upgrade my rom, but where are they? I'm just having a really hard time finding any central list of reputable/stable ROMs...

One of my main motivations for even upgrading is the much-rumored camera enhancement... Anyway, I'd appreciate some info/links to some good ROMs

thanks
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] kevino:
I guess you haven't read the wiki

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Wizard
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] shogunmark:
RTFW

also there are several threads and stickys on rom here.... read read read
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] newbie2:
. . . and, once you've read everything you need to know about upgrading/changing your ROM from the Wiki, you can find all the available Wizard ROMS on the ftp site.

But, DON'T FLASH UNTIL YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!! That means READ, READ, READ . . . AND READ SOME MORE!!

ftp://ftp.xda-developers.com/Wizard/Roms/
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] DaRKoNe:
And don't bungee-jump your Wizard off your desk (causing the USB cable to unplug) during an upgrade! :D

..Just my two cents..
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] markgamber:
Bah! Builds character! Live a little!! :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] stupid111:
To be honest, I've read through almost all of the Wiki, and it's worthless. The links go to empty pages that need updating or have placeholder text. :o

Also, the FTP site works about 1/3 of the time :(

I've RTFM, but I need to know which ROM offers what benefit, etc. Also, I've read through the forum, but I've also noticed that 20 pages into a thread people start *****ing about the ROM either bricking their phone or screwing up major features (e.g. the latest Molski ROM mysteriously turning off the cell radio so you miss calls)

So, having said all of that, I'd really appreciate some information on stable ROMs which offer upgrades that I'm looking for (improved speed and improved camera quality).

Thanks
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] shogunmark:
How can you say the FTP site works 1/3 of the time, you have been here less than a month? This FTP is one of the most stable ones i have seen, i have yet to have an issue connecting to it.. anyway...

The people *****ing about bricked phones are usually the uninformed users who just jump in without reading anything, in MOST cases they have G4 and try to use a G3 rom, or they havent cid unlocked their phone, etc.. or they dont read the entire thread to see the bugs in the rom, etc..

The wikki is being worked on, some of its crap, but there is still alot of useful info on there.

And its hard to state which rom is better than the other, most of the chefs have tailored them for different needs, MOST of them already include much needed tweaks like the camera tweak and many others.

You may not even need to change roms.. some of the stuff you can do on your current OEM rom to speed it up... Get an OMAP overclocker, such as battery status or OMAP scaler, etc.. free up as much space on the device by installing programs to the memory card, and install any today plugin's to the device( i mention this so there isnt a delay of the phone having to read the card for the today plugin when you pull the device out of sleep). Try some of the tweaks listed in the WM5 wikki http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=WM5_Tweaks_Performance

You dont necessarily have to flash a different rom to be happy with the device, and in most cases there really isnt a reason to flash to a different rom. its important to adhere to this simple phrase "If its not broke then dont fix it"

Most importantly, make sure you fully understand what you are doing before you do it.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] newbie2:
Tweaks for Speed and Camera

OK. To get better camera quality, see THIS thread -- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=245651&highlight=Camera+Tweaks

There are cab files to improve the camera quality in that thread WITHOUT flashing a new ROM.

For Increased speed, you could download the Omap Overclocking cab from THIS thread -- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=271012&highlight=Omap+Overclocking

-- OR, to apply other tweaks, try the Registry Wizard from THIS thread -- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=255225&highlight=Registry+Wizard

What the OP wants can be done WITHOUT flashing to a new ROM. So, no more posts from someone who "bricked" their phone without READING first. And, it's absolutely AMAZING what turns up when using the Search Engine.

I'll be the first to admit that there's still a LOT I don't know -- but I DO know how to read and search for the answers. ;)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] stupid111:
Those were very helpful replies, newbie. Thanks! :bowdown:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] stupid111:
Looks like I'm running a newer version than what's in that thread...

I've got 3.0 build 23027 ... is there some benefit to rolling back
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] paypalbid:
WTF all those tweaks are so old and the post are from 2005. the stock camera version on the 2.26 Rom is newer than whatever is on that link
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] shogunmark:
Old or not they still do the job, and most of those apps are continuely updated. So do some more reading before making a post like that. If you arent going to appreciate our help then there are other boards out there.