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[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Gage17:
Tangentially related, but would having an encrypted phone now inhibit the ability to receive the eventual L OTA when Verizon decides to push it? Performance concerns notwithstanding, I am debating encrypting my phone but I have read conflicting accounts of whether or not I would be able to upgrade via OTA as a result.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silvers91:
Hi guys

so I installed Kitkat 4.4.2 on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 T210 (the italian version), and what I noticed is that my tab became a little bit laggy, it used to run smoothly on JB 4.1.2 even when playing some games like Subway Surfers, but now I can't play this game as it is so laggy.

This update was supposed to make this tablet run better than on JB no? so what's the problem? thanks :)
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tquarter:
Not much improvement with the tab 10 either. Got a new keyboard, and thats it. What a let down.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silvers91:
Same can be said about my tab 7.0 mate, nothing changed, it even became more laggy as I mentionned earlier, I love the multi-window new feature but that's it.. Totally disappointed.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tquarter:
Yes, Samsung didn't even include multi window in our upgrade. I have multi user, and multi window enabled through exposed framework, and it works perfectly with no force closes from low memory. I think we shouldnt have to hack out devices to get features that should have been included with the kitkat upgrade.Samsung is LAME!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fahad khan lodhi:
My HTC one m8 has root access. I was using twrp recovery and stock rom. I wanted to flash a custom rom (tried cyanogen and pan) but twrp never helped me in finding my zip file. Then I tried swapping my recovery from twrp to cwm but that never happened and it got stuck in bootloader mode and then I did factory reset :/. And now everytime I try going into recovery it takes me to the bootloader mode. now I am trying flashing a custom recovery but first turning s_off and I tried firewater but it doesn't work.

What should I do?

It still has root access but s_on and don't know about bootloader on/off and no recovery.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toolhas4degrees:
and does your device say unlocked at the top of your bootloader? if not follow this guild http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2799796 , but use the twrp for you device carrier only

if you did it via recovery you should still be ok

go to your bootloader download this twrp img here http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/m8/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.0-m8.img on your computer (for gsm) int. att (i'm guessing this is the device carrier you have)

ensure you have fastboot tools(adb tools installed)

put the .img in your folder that contains fastboot

open a cmd in that folder on your computer and make sure you put your phone in fastboot mode via your bootloader.

then type on your computer in cmd fastboot flash recovery (name of twrp you downloaded).img

then type fastboot erase cache

you now have twrp installed to get to it now select recovery from bootloader on your phone.

when installing custom roms in twrp you need to go to advanced wipe(select data,cache,delvik cache, and system then swipe the arrow bar beneath)

then press home and press install the go to the location on the sdcard where you put the rom.zip of the custom rom and select it. instalation will begin after completion reboot(done)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fahad khan lodhi:
It says unlocked at the top but S On.

Shouldn't I turn s off before flashing recovery?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toolhas4degrees:
[MENTION=6030989]Fahad khan lodhi[/MENTION]

it won't matter either way.

but just so you know what s-off is

s-off turns security mode off so you can swap out boot splashes and such, if you s-off and super cid you can flash any carrier's firmware,

also allows you to flash a kernel in recovery on older devices(m8 doesn't need s-off to flash kernel)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
Can't S-Off unless you can boot. Firewater only works if you can get into the OS and then only for some devices. You should reinstall TWRP and see if you can boot to it then put a rom on an external SD card or use adb to push a rom zip to the internal if you don't have an SD card. Make sure that you fastboot flash the boot.img of whatever rom you are trying due to being S-On. If all that fails, then you will need to find the same or newer RUU from HTC for your carrier to restore the phone to stock and start over.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fahad khan lodhi:
Hey thank you very much.

It helped and i flashed latest twrp recovery and then flashed viper one m8 1.8.0 rom but the latest version is 2.4.0 and it says to have that your firmware should be 4.4.3 and i have 4.4.2.

Question is can i flash paranoid android coz that gives me 4.4.4 firmware and then flash latest viper one m8 version or i have to go to stock rom and update it and then flash latest version of viper?

Reply please.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
It should still work with the firmware you have. It's recommended but not necessary. And flashing PA would certainly not update your firmware. Firmware in this instance is mostly focused on the radio/baseband version and the touch drivers. These are not included in any kind of custom rom for your phone (nor 99% of android custom roms for anything). Much more important if you were originally on 4.2.2 or 4.3 and trying to run the new Viper. The only way to update firmware while S-On is via RUU or OTA. If you were S-Off then you could flash just the firmware package that has the hboot and stock recovery files removed.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] evolone:
Looks like we now have official model number, rumors confirmed SM-N910P

www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/SM-N910PZKESPR

...anybody get any responses yet from the pre-registration?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] lovekeiiy:
I have not yet. I even check the spam box.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] evolone:
Right. I'm hoping, since sprint supposedly is the only carrier that currently has signed up for VR and Note 4, that they do some sort of deal on the two for early adopters.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] thearch1tect:
Can't wait for this. My s3 needs to be retired
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ohbreeeezy:
I'm only seeing black and white colors :(
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] fatboypup:
You wanted the pink?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ohbreeeezy:
Bronze Gold
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] lovekeiiy:
I suspect we won't see any notifications till October. My guess, the phone will probably release around mid-October and they'll start preorders about two weeks prior to release. The good news is that since Samsung has a page on the variant and a model number, It probably going through the FCC review, if not already, and supports an October release.

As the VR headset, I'm not sold on it. I think it'll be interesting device, but I think it'll be very limited in support. I just can't see it having a large enough install base to make it popular for a lot developers to devote time to develop or modify applications for it. And the $200US price tag seems high for a device that may so limited. It's only usable, as we know thus far, just on the phone. No external power source, so just your phone's battery. No way to use with your PC for those games. In fact, there was an article I read that showed that getting an Octulus for the PC was cheaper than the Note 4 and VR. If they throw it in free, I'll get one. If it was $50 or less, most likely, over $100, not likely.

Plus, I wonder how the VR works. I have issues--lazy eye and colorblindness--so I have no idea if it'll work for me. The new 3D technology does not work at all for me. I have 3D TV and Playstation3, and got the active 3D glasses to check out. The 3D did not work at all. I only saw a lower resolution picture since the 3D tech uses one's cross reference between the two eyes to create the depth perception. I use one eye significant more over the other. There's a reason why I've taken a few baseballs to the throat; yes it hurt. So, on the top of the support, you can understand my skepticism for my own potential experience with it.

I'm actually more curious about the S Gear in regards to the US or Sprint. I think that may be more a more useful device. I would have preferred it to run Android, or Android Wear. I like the hardware it's bringing, and hope it'll bring manufactures to do similar. My other concerns with it, will it work with devices that do not have TouchWiz? What about the glass? Is it crystal like a good watch, or some kind of gorilla glass. Watches tend to get scratched if they're any kind of glass. If they have some kind of bundle where they offer the Gear S on the cheap side, say about $100, I would probably go with something like that.

Ah, it's exciting times for new toy(s).
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] evolone:
It'll probably work for you since the device shows both eyes live feed (no shutter/no anaglyph). Also there are a bunch of programs that allow you stream PC games to the phone. They are not samsung supported/designed products but they do work (TriDef3D for example, there are also a bunch of android games that support the splitview 3D) I currently have a note 2 and built a custom "google cardboard" vr headset and it works great but the resolution is not so great. So, at least for me, I am accustomed to this type of headset and enjoy it quite a bit for games like Skyrim. In short, you can do everything with an android phone (any of them) that you can do with the Oculus, as there is software and hardware (DIY for most, but we have Galaxy VR now) that supports it.

Also, all US variants of the Note 4 have passed FCC as of a few days ago.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] lovekeiiy:
that is excellent news. I hadn't heard Verizon and a couple other hadn't going through yet, but ATT and Sprint had.

And if what you say is true about the VR and my vision, that would be excellent. There's nothing like handing over the 3D glasses to my mother and asking, "is this working? Do you see a 3D picture" And her response, "yes, and it's so cool. wow look at the sky.." it should be noted, this has been the case with most 3D stuff such as 3D rides. The old 3D tech with the blue and red paper glasses worked a little bit, but I've never had that in your face image coming out of the screen. The sad part, if it actually works and does so well, I would probably buy just because of that fact.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] SptMogul:
Im eligible to upgrade now with Sprint but Should i get in on preorder list or wait until black friday to order the phone with deep discount price? decision decision..
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] evolone:
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong here, I'm just going on what I've observed in the past. I've never noticed any savings during holiday season/black friday on phones (maybe the lower end / not as popular ones to get more subscriptions) but the newly released high-end phones usually don't get discounts (the year old Note 3 probably will get a liquidation price). I thought that's why manufacturers released phones around this time of the year is because people "have money" or are willing to spend less frugally than other times in the year, meaning full price on the phone. If you're buying the phone without subscription discount (~$800), the full price/non-contract phone might be discounted during the holidays.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] WyldeStile:
If you want to wait, why not wait. What's the worst that will happen? You won't get the phone on release day?

A quick search showed that a number of popular phones were discounted during Black Friday the past 2 years.

http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/shopping/2013/best-black-friday-samsung-galaxy-note-3-deals/

http://dealnews.com/features/black-friday/predictions/smartphones/
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BubZX:
If I could have held out on my upgrade. Got the S5 a week after release nowni want the note4 lol maybe I could just sell myS5 and my old S3 and get it
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] droidrev71:
bootloader unlock

I'm a Verizon customer and want to jump ship. Sprint note 4 should have an unlocked bootloader if history repeats itself. Any long time Sprint customers want to fil me in on some pointers? Which plan is the best? Throttling on certain plans? Etc. Etc. I do have Sprint lte in my area soooo I'm very tempted.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] thearch1tect:
If you're looking for an individual plan then sprint is going to be offering a $60 unlimited everything plan with a note 4 purchase.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] droidrev71:
Isn't that one throttled (optimized)? I think the Framily isn't. On Verizon I can swap my SIM around into any phone with no issues at any time. Can you do that with Sprint too?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] thearch1tect:
I don't believe it is throttled. The framily plan doesn't exist anymore. The new family plans are called family share pack and they have a bucket of 20gb that you share so not unlimited.

The quickest way to swap phones on sprint is by logging into your account and entering the imei of the new phone. Takes just a minute or two but not as simple as swapping sims.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] droidrev71:
I just actually read in the fine print that the bandwidth is optimized. There are still Framily plans they just aren't advertised. Thanks for the SIM swap info that helps cause a person at Sprint said I needed to come in the Swype.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] thearch1tect:
Where did you set the part about being throttled? I read through this:

http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-rel...h-pricing-plans-that-beat-the-competitors.htm

But didn't see anything about throttling.

Welcome, glad to be of some help.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Rippley05:
I was with Sprint for years, I left after I found out that the towers in Roanoke, VA aren't even theirs. That's why I waited 5 years for 4g and never got it. Sprint may never have LTE here. I almost came back regardless of that, but then I tried to decipher their New "game changing" plans. They're certainly confusing. It seems the best deal is when you bring your own phone or use Sprint easy pay, which makes the new plans pretty average. The network is poor, extremely poor, so it's definitely not worth it for me.

I do find it funny that Tmobile is jabbing Sprint for a crappy network tho. Tmobile is much worse, they may have excellent LTE in certain areas..but those areas are extremely limited.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] thearch1tect:
Pic doesn't show up for me

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Yeah certainly some parts of the country sprint isn't good to have. For me on Dfw area where I live I have no issues with em
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] droidrev71:
Yah, the pic was to big to upload. Basically, that link talks all about their optimizations.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] thearch1tect:
Ah I gotcha. I just looked through and did see mention that other plans would get priority. Hard to say what that really means and how one would be affected. I've read many ppl that use upwards of 10+ gigs of data with no speed limitations on other plans. Don't know what it mean for you though on that plan.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] KennyG123:
It looks like Best Buy is starting to take preorders...the Sprint Note 4 is listed on their site now...$349 on contract...yikes! I thought it was supposed to be a little cheaper?!!!!
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] thearch1tect:
That's how much sprint is going to be charging as well.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] DarkManX4lf:
That really sucks. But thats how much the Note 3 was on contract. ATT has the highest off contract price but they are only charging $299 on the contract price.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] KennyG123:
I thought I remember Best Buy starting with $299 on the Sprint Note 3.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
I preordered Sprint Note 4 at Best Buy today. They say no price yet but don't expect it to be greater than $300 plus tax. Got nothing in writing but they've said many times the $200 trade-in on any smart phone will apply when picking up the phone. The other credit, $50 for upgrading a contract in Best Buy, can be combined and both apply to the upgrade cost. They estimate my cost, in addition to the the $50 gift card purchased to reserve the phone, is tax on the contract upgrade only. So they promised, based on estimate.

Wasn't feeling comfortable with the lack of in-writing on my receipt so I called the store manager and he confirmed what I was told. Nothing in writing; just a promise based on the estimate. All I have is a reserve note, gift card and receipt for gift card.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Systom:
bestbuy/sprint offering 350.00

amazon offering 300.00

I personally pre-ordered today over the phone renewing SERO Premium 500 plan, in case anyone is wondering.

(I was told IN STORE IN PERSON it wouldn't be possible FYI.)
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
I do remember seeing it online for 350. Just forgot when local Best Buy said they didn't have a price and wouldn't until they had the phone in stock. Maybe they want to match competitors price opening day; don't want to ask buyers to commit at $350?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] tttuning:
So.....im switching from Verizon to Sprint....im coming from a Note 3. With the Verizon note 3 i needed safestrap to do any customization because of the locked bootloader....will the Sprint note 4 have a locked bootloader or is it too early to know???

Thanks
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] datajosh:
The Note 3 and S5 both had unlocked bootloaders so I expect the Note 4 will as well but we won't know with 100% certainty until it comes out.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BubZX:
Got to play with one at Best buy tonight and all I have to say is wow! So smooth! The screen is freaking brilliant! Felt great in the hand. Transition between tasks was like butter. Camera took great pics. If I would have stuck to my original plan of holding on to my upgrade this phone would be mine. When the s5 come out I jumped all over it. So if any of u get it and don't like it, hit me up ill trade u my s5 and some cash. The ohone is a beast and ya'll are gonna be super happy with it. I did play with the Iturd6 plus and that thing is old news already compared to the note4.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] JOB Dave:
I pre-ordered one through Sprint and after seeing this post I can't wait to get it in hand. Supposed to get it before 17 Oct, but we shall see.

Thanks for the review.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] thearch1tect:
I preordered through best buy today for a black one. Going to trade in a phone I got off craigslist today and take advantage of that $200 gift card.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ssjgoku24:
I saw on Best Buy's site the the sprint version of the Note 4 has the 2.7Ghz 805 while the others have 2.5Ghz. Can anyone confirm this?

Edit: link http://www.bestbuy.com/site/promo/samsung-galaxy-note-4-128435
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BigJPNut:
Best Buy typo....
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ssjgoku24:
K. The 805 does go to 2.7Ghz and sprint is the only carrier that currently is supporting Galaxy gear VR. So I was wondering if that's why it had a higher clock.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Itchiee:
The Sprint website also lists 2.7ghz in their Note 4 specs.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ssjgoku24:
Very interesting. I wonder why it has a higher clock.

I also just noticed in cnet's review they mentioned the Note 4 is 2.7Ghz. So I guess best buy must have the other carrier speeds wrong.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Jocelyn:
Yes, cuz AT&T lists it as 2.7Ghz on their site
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
To quote myself, what I was told finally happened this morning. Although, not without some confusion. When a trade in phone comes up as recycle for note 4 pre-orders, as long as the mobile user is signed into that computer, a new option appears when choosing recycle to allow the $200 gift card on any working smart phone. The store manager claimed to have the system updated for launch day. Possibly true but the mobile checkout crew were unaware of the process. The floor manager asked the checkout gal to inform the others to speed things along smoothly. I updated the Sprint shipping yet thread as well. Cheers.
[General Questions and Answers] virucyde:
So my Chinese device is stuck in a standard bootloop, but I managed to adb into it. However, it doesn't have a boot menu and has no recovery mode(tried them through ADB, and can't get any button combos to work).

So my hope is that I may be able to fix it through ADB, since at least that's working. I've got the logs from a fresh boot here, using the command "adb wait-for-device | adb logcat > logcat.txt" and then turning on the device, I left it loading for around a minute:

pastebin.com/WpDSKbtt

If anyone has any suggestions how I can fix this issue, please let me know!
[General Questions and Answers] virucyde:
More information:

The inicial error in my log appears to be: "Exception reading jar: /system/framework/maps.jar", and it looks like I'm using an ENG build.

From what I can tell the problem began happening when the power button got held down in a carrying case, I believe this forced a hard shutdown.

I am quite certain it's a rooted device, since I've been able to install any apk and make any modification without problems (I was able to pull the sys directory, if that proves anything). It was purchased in Uruguay and appears to be a Boxchip A13 Chinese tablet (XION XI-TAB700). That leaves me assuming it came rooted.

I tried adb reboot-bootloader and adb reboot recovery, both simply rebooted the device and it continued with its bootloop. The device has an embedded reset button on the back, but all combinations I've attempted with it appear to simply power off and power on the tablet. I don't believe there's a boot menu for this tablet, nor a recovery mode.

I emailed the manufacturer(XION) in Portuguese, Spanish, and English, and a week later I still have no response, and I don't think there's any ROM support for it online, I can't seem to find anyone else with the same tablet, the Chinese Allwinner Boxchip A13 looks different, even though it uses the same specs.

At this point my plan is to attempt wiping the cache(I'll have to look that up online) and from there I'm hoping that maybe someone has some ideas for maybe file replacements that could get it working again.

If anyone has any ideas, I'm quite stumped.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] zephirop:
Hello i root and then install a custom rom but im having problems with signal and wifi. My question is is there a way to restore my stock firmware? I wanna go back to normal :( i used to have android 4.3 and my rom right now is the hyperdrive rt16 and it says its 4.1.2 thank you !
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] pepe100:
If you want a custom jb ROM working fine in WiFi and signal, install shostock3 v4.0 or if you want come back to stock use Odin and install the last stock firmware I777UCMD8
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
If you have SGH-I747 as your signature indicates, then you are in the wrong forum. If so, disregard the advice above, and go to the correct forum for your phone.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] Aslher:
Why? anybody?

Thank you

Regards.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] Spatzm:
It was a pleasure... Thanks for thanking us... I am not sure for what but well, thanks... I am always happy to be helpful, specially for such clear bug reports :)
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] Aslher:
When i do it a soft reset the jetware software don't run automatically. Do you know why?

I know, my english is very bad. Sorry
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] scott4:
Make a shortcut and put under \windows\startup\ folder pls
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] Aslher:
I look for the version jetware 1,11 and not it 1,20 that at the moment this in the Web of the manufacturer

somebody can help me?

Thank you

Regards