yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpcalhoun:
No offense meant, but based on the questions you've asked I suggest you do more research before flashing anything on your phone.

The ROMs listed in this forum have pretty good install instruction for anyone who has a basic knowledge of what they are doing (err go the comment about doing more research).

Did you make a backup before you flashed the ROM you can't even remember the name of? What slot did you flash the ROM to?

It would be helpful if you could tell us what ROM you tried to flash and where you found it.

Always make a backup of your stock rom before flashing anything.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exitpr0gram:
Thanks

I guess what i meant to say is that some information is just hard to locate. They keep the fancy art easy to see but the installation instructions you actually have to search for. I love the DEV's for there work, TRUST ME. Android wouldn't be Android without you guys.

I would like to get more involved in the XDA and AndroidForums to make a one stop shop for ALL of the popular devices. Basically, just gather up all pertinent information (after receiving permission from the dev) and put it in one nice and easy spot to read.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] landshark68:
You mean something like this thread which already exists?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2784860
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exitpr0gram:
Yes. That is an excellent example of what i am wanting to do and I actually used it when i started reading up on my S5.The only thing is that it does not specify the Verizon 900V. So someone with any model phone could read that and brick their phone.

But i will want to go in to more detail such as exactly what the "NE9" is.. Is it an update? Firmware? What?

Regardless, i just want to add another page that has information that one that already exists, such as that one, may be missing.

There is WAY too much information about our phones to say that one page covers every single aspect of it.

I'm just wanting to help clearly state the information thats already out there. Alot of these people are already busy and cannot give 110% towards there pages.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warpedmind0u812:
It literally says "How to root Verizon's Samsung Galaxy S5" in the title.

If you feel theres a need for another thread explaining things, talk to a moderator about making one.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exitpr0gram:
I think we both know that one carriers phone could have compatible root/roms for others carrier's phones. Specifying the model name i would think would be the most appropriate way. You have to realize not everyone has been doing this for as long as you and does not necessarily have a keen eye for such things..

There is absolutely nothing wrong with over explaining things.

With that being said, i do believe that post is an extremely helpful page.

But discussing whether or not the page has enough information is not worth debating over.

When i find time to do my own then we can have this discussion.

I mentioned i wasn't exactly sure how i boot looped my. Still don't because I can't remember for the life of me which ROM it was! I thought i book marked it... Whichever one it was, it wanted me to flash 3-4 different zips once in SafeStrap. First ZIP is when the boot loop occuured.

ANYWAY...

I installed SafeStrap using the instructions found HERE.

I wanted to install THIS ONE because it had the KTweaker which is totally awesome toplay with but i dont think my 900-V allows sit.\\

BUT:

I want as many people's opinion as possible on this (I will create a separate thread). I have T-Mobile but was old a Verizon Phone. I have issues with dropped calls, slow speeds, among others. I want to know if this is legal.

Any and all are welcome to respond as i feel they should pay for making me pay $60 fora cab (Oneway) and then selling me a crap phone. Plus the wall charger didn't work. The data cable did so at least i had another wall charger.

In Case your Wondering... yes i do have the receipt.

THE BEST PART IS: T-Mobile said they've never heard of them when i called and gave them the address off of the receipt.

Honestly, i would like to go in there and walk out with another S5, maybe even with this one paid off, lol. But PLEASE ALL OPINIONS ARE WELCOME.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warpedmind0u812:
So... Do you actually need help with your phone?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exitpr0gram:
I fixed it, thanks.

Sammobile firmware+Odin309+download mode= Magic.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exitpr0gram:
How i Fixed + A 10x More Complicated Question

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2732110
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exitpr0gram:
Any Input/Opinions WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!

I mentioned i wasn't exactly sure how i boot looped my. Still don't because I can't remember for the life of me which ROM it was! I thought i book marked it... Whichever one it was, it wanted me to flash 3-4 different zips once in SafeStrap. First ZIP is when the boot loop occuured.

ANYWAY...

I installed SafeStrap using the instructions found HERE.

I wanted to install THIS ONE because it had the KTweaker which is totally awesome toplay with but i dont think my 900-V allows sit.\\

BUT:

I want as many people's opinion as possible on this (I will create a separate thread). I have T-Mobile but was old a Verizon Phone. I have issues with dropped calls, slow speeds, among others. I want to know if this is legal.

Any and all are welcome to respond as i feel they should pay for making me pay $60 fora cab (Oneway) and then selling me a crap phone. Plus the wall charger didn't work. The data cable did so at least i had another wall charger.

In Case your Wondering... yes i do have the receipt.

THE BEST PART IS: T-Mobile said they've never heard of them when i called and gave them the address off of the receipt.

Honestly, i would like to go in there and walk out with another S5, maybe even with this one paid off, lol. But PLEASE ALL OPINIONS ARE WELCOME.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] landshark68:
You need to seriously stop and do a lot more reading before you try anything else with your phone. The ROM you linked above that you said you want to flash is for the International version of the Galaxy S5 and will hard brick your phone. The forum where that ROM is posted (Samsung Galaxy S5) is for the International version. The US variants of the S5 are broken down by carrier. Hence this is the Verizon Galaxy S5 forum. You bought your phone from some fly-by-night place, and it turned out to be a Verizon variant when you needed a T-Mobile variant.

If you are going to keep the Verizon variant you bought and use it on T-Mobile, you will only get Edge speeds through T-Mobile and never get 4G speeds. It is legal to use a Verizon phone on T-Mobile's network, it just won't work as well as you have already experienced. You need to change the APNs on your phone to get the best performance you can on T-Mobile. But it's still not going to be as good as using the T-Mobile variant on the T-Mobile network. If you went into that store and specifically asked for a T-Mobile Galaxy S5 and they sold you a Verizon variant, they would have a problem. If you went into the store and simply bought the cheapest S5 they had without telling them you needed a T-Mobile variant, then that is completely legal on their part. You don't need to create a separate thread to get everyone's opinions on the legality of your purchase. What I said above pretty much sums it up.

Also, if you are planning on keeping the Verizon variant and want to flash a ROM through safestrap, the ROM you want to flash has to be of the same build as the current build on your phone. So if your S5 is on NHA, you should only flash an NHA based ROM in safestrap. Or if you phone is on NI2, an NI2 based ROM. So letting everyone know which build your phone currently has will help us let you know which ROMs are safe to flash on your phone.

Sorry if all of this comes across as harsh, but I'm trying to help prevent you from turning your phone into a useless paperweight. You seem very confused by a lot of the information found here in the forums, and that is a very good time to slow down, take your time, and make sure you understand what you are doing at every step.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exitpr0gram:
ALL of this information can be confusing and I doubt anyway one will deny that fact. The MAIN point is that i know how to fix it, right? This is why I eventually want to make a straight-forward thread about how to do things to which phone properly.

People learn from their mistakes.

I have been learning more and more as i go along but the fact i have T-Mobile service but a Verizon phone just added to the confusion.

Secondly i went in to a T-Mobile Store, so of course i wanted a T-Mobile phone, not a Verizon one. See, everyone makes stupid mistakes and misinterprets things :laugh:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] landshark68:
I didn't make a stupid mistake and misinterpret anything. Please show me where in your previous posts you wrote you went to a T-Mobile store. The only thing you wrote was you had the receipt and T-Mobile never heard of the store. Logical to assume you didn't go to a T-Mobile store from that description.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exitpr0gram:
Yea. Whatever.

OK Your right, i didn't meantion it. You feel like your testosterone levels have increase now? Jesus.

From the moment you've replied to my posts you've had an attitude that is barely detectable.

Thanks for your help but you need to get out more and learn some people skills,dude. ****.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warpedmind0u812:
Look dude, we get it. You went and bought a new toy and couldnt wait to play with it. We're all guilty of that at some point. But blaming your mistakes on someone else, like when you blame the devs for not being straight forward with their roms, although with every example you have given here they really have been, all you need to do is read their posts, you'll get what your getting now. The only one you have to blame here is yourself. For not researching what you have first and just jumping into flashing a rom that was not developed for the phone you actually have. We tried to help you out and point you in the right direction but you decided to be the one with the attitude. Not landshark or my self. I think before you shell out advice on leaening people skills to someone else, you might want to practice what you preach first.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zzzferino:
Hello,i need help, i was trying to root my wifes samsung s5 G900F with lollipop , and used in download mode odin with CF-Auto-Root-klte-kltexx-smg900f.tar with only auto reboot checked and after rebbot gave an error and went again to download mode tried to install openrecovery-twrp-2.8.1.0-klte now with f.reset time checked also, with error of not been able to open mtp. made shutdown and tried to turn on phone and now it doesnt work nothing, not even light when charging.

can somenone help...
[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] RaJa BerSiong:
Russia Huawei has the latest firmware updates changelog for Mediapad X1 and other Huawei products

Those who needs any firmware may visit their link below.

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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] impaler:
I have a stock 2012 Nexus 7 Wifi + 3G which (was) on 4.4.4. The power button does not work in the bootloader or when booted up, but I can use it to reset the phone and boot into the bootloader.

I had the bright idea of using the Wugs Toolkit to reflash the factory ROM to see if that would correct the problem. Unfortunately, the bootloader was still locked.... it formatted the partitions but then couldn't write anything back, so now it will only boot into the bootloader. I can't unlock the bootloader because you have to confirm you want to unlock it by pressing the power button, which doesn't work.

Is there any way I can unlock the bootloader without having to do that power button press to confirm it?

Thanks

Ian
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PUNCHYS:
Can somebody with a Font Editor program please do me a huge favor???????

Can you make this font darker, thicker, bolder or heavier? The original is a little to light. but I would still like to be able to make it "bold"(er) if possible.

I hope someone could help me.

Thank in advance

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[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smeiff:
So I decided to install Kinology because of some features and Google Play store, however I noticed it doesn't have the offers tab anymore which I heard is very nice to have. Does anyone know how to install this again?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Core.] F@HIM:
Some awesome Ss.... ;)

Dont forget to Press THANKS if helped.... :) :) :)

Sent from my Fast and Super Powerful Note 2.... 》;)《
[Moto 360] dproldan:
Output from cat /proc/partitions, names shown in red do not appear, they have been taken from different files in the system, they could be wrong!

shell@minnow:/ $ cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name

31 0 1024 mtdblock0
179 0 3866624 mmcblk0
179 1 128 mmcblk0p1
179 2 512 mmcblk0p2 [COLOR="Red"] mbm[/COLOR]
179 3 512 mmcblk0p3
179 4 1 mmcblk0p4 [COLOR="Red"] ebr[/COLOR]
179 5 512 mmcblk0p5 [COLOR="Red"] cdt[/COLOR]
179 6 4096 mmcblk0p6 [COLOR="Red"] pds[/COLOR]
179 7 1536 mmcblk0p7
179 8 1024 mmcblk0p8 [COLOR="Red"] logo.bin[/COLOR]
179 9 16384 mmcblk0p9[COLOR="Red"] boot[/COLOR]
179 10 16384 mmcblk0p10[COLOR="Red"] recovery[/COLOR]
179 11 512 mmcblk0p11
179 12 512 mmcblk0p12
179 13 8192 mmcblk0p13
179 14 262144 mmcblk0p14 [COLOR="Red"] system[/COLOR]
179 15 262144 mmcblk0p15 [COLOR="Red"] cache[/COLOR]
179 16 131072 mmcblk0p16 [COLOR="Red"] customize[/COLOR]
179 17 3160064 mmcblk0p17 [COLOR="Red"] data[/COLOR]
179 64 2048 mmcblk0boot1
179 32 2048 mmcblk0boot0

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[Moto 360] swordrune10:
in case needed, heres output for mount

shell@minnow:/ $ mount
rootfs / rootfs ro,relatime 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,seclabel,nosuid,relatime,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,seclabel,relatime,mode=600 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,seclabel,relatime 0 0
selinuxfs /sys/fs/selinux selinuxfs rw,relatime 0 0
none /acct cgroup rw,relatime,cpuacct 0 0
none /sys/fs/cgroup tmpfs rw,seclabel,relatime,mode=750,gid=1000 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/asec tmpfs rw,seclabel,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/obb tmpfs rw,seclabel,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0
pstore /sys/fs/pstore pstore rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 /system ext4 ro,seclabel,relatime,discard,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p15 /cache ext4 rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noatime,discard,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 /data ext4 rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,relatime,discard,noauto_da_alloc,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 /pds ext4 rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noatime,discard 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p16 /customize ext4 rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,relatime,discard,noauto_da_alloc,data=ordered 0 0
none /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,relatime,mode=755 0 0
adb /dev/usb-ffs/adb functionfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/fuse /mnt/shell/emulated fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] ricoarada:
Hi to all,

any one have a freeware MP3 player for Imate kjam. i got one, but the bit is fast. if I play music, it s like your are playing a rap songs.:confused:

hope somebody can help me.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] zakhir_n:
Try TCPMC (do a google search)...its not made specficially for mp3s as it can play just about any media type, but its good.

There is MortPlayer (http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=11423), but I have never used it so I cannot comment on it.

Hope that helps.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] ricoarada:
MP3 player help

thank you but the link is not working. any one here have the cab of MP3 for Imate kjam..... thanks in advance
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] zakhir_n:
Try this one: http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=11423

There was just a bracket at the end of the link...sorry
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] ricoarada:
thank you i will try it now. :)
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killer13666:
Last night, I was looking at an article I found on Facebook. I was reading the article, and my phone locked up (my phone has a tendency to freeze when I am using any web browser.) So I took out the battery like I do any other time that this happens. I put it back in after two or three seconds. I then turned it on. It is fine until the boot animation starts up. Then it will stay at the boot animation forever. I did not download anything before it happened. The phone is rooted. I have already tried wiping the cache partition and taking out the SD card. Neither worked. Would a factory reset fix the problem, and would it erase the root on my phone. By the way, when I booted in recovery and tried wiping the cache partition, I got the following.

ClockworkMod Recovery v4.0.1.0

E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command

E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log

E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log

E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

--Wiping cache...

Formatting /cache...

Error mounting /cache!

Skipping format...

Cache wipe complete.

E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log

E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log

E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsung striker:
What ROM are you using? Are you using a custom ROM or a the stock ROM?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killer13666:
I have a custom ROM. I am not sure what one it is, but I think it is CyanogenMod. I had a friend root it. This is the first problem I have had with it since it was rooted about a year ago.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsung striker:
You've been using that Rom for a year? Wow i only used mine for 2 months and its gone bad. Do you use a lot of apps? btw for your problem, i would just try another Rom..
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killer13666:
I play a few games from time to time, but mostly I just use it for texting and listening to music. I will try another ROM, thank you for your help!
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsung striker:
Np :) I'm trying to look for a good Rom as well. I just cant find a nice and stable Rom. I'm gonna try flashing the PAC-man Rom and see how it goes. You should give that one a try too :)
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hhp_211:
[MENTION=6045883]killer13666[/MENTION]

A factory reset will not take away your root.

It will wipe call/text history, installed apps, etc and make it just like the 1st time you installed whatever ROM you are on.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killer13666:
Thank you for the suggestion, I will try it out.
[Dell Venue] khuey:
My apologies if I've missed instructions somewhere. I've got a brand new 3840, but all the instructions I can find for rooting are for the 3830. Does anyone know how to root the 3840? I can provide files/etc from the device if needed.
[Dell Venue] joanthanmajh:
perhaps you can pm [MENTION=4821597]social-design-concepts[/MENTION]
[Dell Venue] social-design-concepts:
I working on resolving the issues with unpacking and packing of the boot.img and recovery.img once i finish that it shouldn't be an issue making a cwm for this 3840 and the 3740 series . . .
[Dell Venue] 4ge6:
Thanks social-design-concepts, that's really cool. I can't wait to root mine and remove the dell cast, Maxx Audio stuff off it. And to install Xposed for customization.

BTW, is there a general walk through (/approach) about how to go about finding a root for a device? I see most of the popular devices have root procedure that can be followed for rooting. It would be nice if I can poke around myself and try to come up with a rooting method if not too tricky. (I know the very first step would be install drivers and get into fastboot, right? but what to do next...) Beats simply following others' path, and could be beneficial for others too.
[Dell Venue] legalhigh:
Thanks

Cant wait till you get that done I have been looking everywhere on how to root this device and no resolution. Thanks.
[Dell Venue] social-design-concepts:
a couple testers needed to test a new root method , sorry it took so long but i do believe i have it figured out :

[TOOL KIT] myKIT_BATCHV1.1.x :

Follow the instructions for setting up myKIT_BATCHV1.1.x use this root downloadable in that same post .

SDC_INTEL_ROOTKIT.7z

Let me know if it works . . .
[Dell Venue] Santin:
I apologize for confusing so I'm using a machine translation.

at Dell Venue 8 3840 LTE

I've tried the SDC_INTEL2_ROOTKIT.7z and [TOOL KIT] myKIT_BATCHV1.1.x.

It was failed.

It will fail to write to "/sbin/adbd".

>FAILED (remote: flash_cmds error!

>)

I used "Rooting and bootloader unlocking process using OTA package" and "Unbricking Process" in opensource.dell.com previously.

Do you have any advice?
[Dell Venue] social-design-concepts:
Not at this time I'll investigate though thanks for the info. Can you post a pic of the device screen at that point?
[Dell Venue] Santin:
Hi social-design-concepts

I was so confused, I do the following in order to organize.

1. I did again Unbricking Process.

2. I made ​​a setting up a terminal minimal and OS updates(for kitkat 4.4.4).

3. And I setup ADB driver. (path is E:\myKIT_BATCHv1.1.x\mykits\driverKIT\ADB\usb_driver\android_winusb.inf)

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2963891&stc=1&d=1412770552

4. run run-me.bat.

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2963902&stc=1&d=1412771006

5. rootkit issues an error as follows.

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2963904&stc=1&d=1412771253

Whether there will be information necessary something else?
[Dell Venue] 4ge6:
Here's where mine failed

It failed at the very first step of flashing ADBD (screen capture attached):

writing '/sbin/adbd'...

FAILED (remote: flash cmds error!)
[Dell Venue] social-design-concepts:
As i said it was a trial it looks as if the fixed it in 4.4.4, when I get home I'll remove it from the list. I need to try to get the 4.4.2 on dells open source site booting on my fake hardware and try to capture the 4.4.4 ota sorry.

---------- Post added at 03:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:56 PM ----------

Maybe you would wanna roll back to the 4.4.2 and try to root and capture the ota should be able to make a prerooted system.img for 4.4.4
[Dell Venue] 4ge6:
Downgrade to 4.4.2 before root might be a viable route.

But how can I downgrade to 4.4.2?

(Would only downgrading the boot partition be OK? No need to downgrade the system partition right?)

(will be looking, and report back if I can figure it out)