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[AT&T HTC One (M8)] redpoint73:
First off, ditch TWRP Manager, its a needless middle man (you're talking about the TWRP Manager app, right?).

If you boot into TWRP and select Wipe, you will see under "Advanced Wipe" there are a slew of wipe options (but be careful what you pick, as there are options to wipe things like the removable SD).

HOWEVER, you don't need to wipe the internal storage to flash a ROM. Yes, you need to wipe user data (/data) in most cases, and also cache and Dalvik. But wiping internal storage (virtual SD, also called sdcard on ES File Explorer, or sometimes /0) is not needed. For most practical purposes this partition is treated like a removable SD card. In fact, by default, backups like your TWRP nandroid and Titanium Backups are stored here. So if you wipe, you will lose those (unless you move/copy them to the removable SD or somewhere else like your computer).

Some folks like to wipe internal storage when they flash a ROM, just for general cleanup purposes. But its a personal choice, and not really necessary IMO. And as mentioned doing so will wipe your backups unless you save them somewhere else that isn't going to be wiped.
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] mattprice86:
Thank you so much for clearing that up.

Yes, I was talking about twrp manager. You're right, after I checked the options, all it did was reset and boot up twrp. Pretty useless...

So since I still have all my game data stored, can I just copy it over somewhere to retain where I was at? I'm talking about android/obb data.

How would I go about integrated all my previous data into this current software? Let me know it my question made sense or not
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] redpoint73:
I think some folks like to use it to install TWRP. But installing with fastboot is easy, and also important to know how to do if you have issues someday and need to re-install TWRP from a non-booted condition.

So yeah I agree that TWRP Manager is pretty useless.

Use the app Titanium Backup to migrate app data when flashing ROMs (also handy to migrate app data to a new phone). And paying the few dollars for the Pro Key and getting the batch backup/restore functions is well worth it if you are flashing ROMs.

Do not use Titanium to migrate any system data to a new ROM, as this will likely cause problems. Just apps and app data. I've had success migrating SMS with Titanium as well. But other things like Settings and Homescreen setup, I usually just do again manually after flashing a new ROM.

As mentioned in my post above, the default save location for Titanium Backup data is the internal storage. So do

not

wipe internal storage when flashing a ROM, or you will lose your backup data.

Just copying the game files will most likely

not

work to migrate your game save data.
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] mattprice86:
Thanks for all the help, I really appreciate it.

I used titanium backup and extracted my apps and data from my nandroid backup. Worked pretty well.

The only thing I'm having trouble with now is getting my info like contacts and stuff to sync. It says it's synced, but I'm not seeing it.

I wanted to install HTC backup again and try and restore that info. Would that work?
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] redpoint73:
I can't say, as I don't use HTC Backup.

I prefer to just have my contacts on my Google (Gmail) account. This is the default on the phone, so unless you changed it, your contacts should all be on the cloud on Gmail (you can login to Gmail on a computer and confirm your contacts are there). Then will automatically restore to the phone when you first setup and enter your Google login and password.

If you've confirmed your contacts are on Gmail, and still not synching, go to Settings>Accounts & sync>Google, go to where Contacts is checked, uncheck it, and then check it again. Sometimes the sync will just get "stuck" and this will clear it up.
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] muqrimusa:
One M8 stuck on GPE 5.0.1 ROM boot animation

I foolishly reset factory data using TWRP under Wipe, and when I try to reinstall the GPE 5.0.1 ROM I couldn't find it. Then I try to restore my backed up Sense ROM and I couldn't find it under Restore. Maybe I deleted it and I forgot about it. Help me? I don't have MicroSD to store the GPE ROM which I thought would solve my problem because I thought I may have deleted the GPE ROM .zip file when I reset factory data. Now I am stuck on GPE ROM bootanimation the moving around dots. I need help please someone?
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] redpoint73:
If you did the "default" TWRP factory reset (data, Dalvik, cache) this is not foolish, and is the correct wipe for moving to a new ROM.

You either bypassed the default, and went to "Advanced" and wiped the internal storage; or there is also the occasional instance where internal storage is corrupted by no fault of your own (more common with oldr TWRP versions?).

adb push a ROM to the internal storage (or adb sideload flash) while in recovery.
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] muqrimusa:
okay I kind of fixed my One M8. But one problem remains, I can't use my internal storage. My Camera App can't use the internal storage so does all the other apps such as Whatsapp or downloads from Chrome. It's as if my internal storage is not there or somehow malfunctioned or the ROM doesnt support the use of internal storage. But before I got into this problem (I forgot how I got it in the first place as it happened months ago only now I was able to fix my One M8), it worked perfectly fine, the Storage had no problem. But I had problems with Wifi, I thought maybe reflashing the ROM was a good idea to fix this but it didn't instead I can't access my internal storage by File Manager or by PC. If you have any solution please help me. Thanks in advanced.
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] redpoint73:
Broken WiFi is usually a symptom of wrong (outdated) firmware for the current ROM.

Internal storage may be corrupted. Try to connect to a computer and format it, or you can try RUU.

Or try to re-flash custom recovery, or update or try a different one (if TWRP, try CWM/Philz or vice versa). Some folks fixed similar internal storage issues by flashing recovery.
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] muqrimusa:
I need help again.. I decided to format all my data but I kept my backup in the internal storage.. But after rebooting the phone it works but then I can't download apps from the play store or from chrome.. also I can't transfer files from my pc to my one m8.. But I can take photos (which I think uses internal storage).. Also my guest mode is not working.. Ithought something must be wrong with the internal storage so i wiped it out.. When i rebooted everything is black but when I long press the power button 'power off' shows up.. Something must be wrong.. Oh when connecting to my pc it shows CD Drive instead of HTC_OneM8 like it usually would.. Pls reply even when there's no hope to fix this phone at all..
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FiretoFlames:
How do you root the T-Mobile Sony Xperia Z C6606 with Android 4.3 & Build Number 10.4.C.0.814? Can't seem to find one that works with my phone.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
towelroot
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjlm21:
Exactly, towelroot is the best option and very easy to use
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ravian29:
Hi.

here we can discuss about Samsung Galaxy Note 4 in Australia.

Lets discuss about pre orders, pricing and availability.: highfive:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] JimiJam:
Australian Official Release Date: 05/11/14 (has been delayed), RRP: $949

Australian Pre-Sale Date: 15/10/14

(source)

Telcos:

Vodafone Plans: link (Cheapest is $30+30 = $300 calls/text, 300MB, (currently includes free headphones))

Optus Plans: link (Cheapest is $35+27 = 300mins, 500MB)

Telstra Plans: TBD

Virgin Plans: link (Cheapest is $30+27 = $300 calls/text, 2.3 GB)

Retail stores:

JB-Hifi: TBD

Harvey Norman: TBD

DSE: $949

Good Guys: TBD

Samsung Online: $949

Aussie model is the Snapdragon 805 (source).
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ravian29:
$949 its very expensive than note 3. I remember i bought note 3 for $740

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 4 General] tryfound:
No, it's cheaper than the RRP of the Note 3 which was $999AUD. That means stores could potentially sell it even less at launch than what we paid for the Note 3 if you look around and find the best deal. And no offence but I doubt you got the Note 3 on launch for $740 without a trade-in or staff discount at a store, maybe a month later when the price dropped perhaps.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ravian29:
guys you were right, Australian site is selling it for $969.99 and has in stock while samsung is planning to release in Australia on 17th October.

http://www.expansys.com.au/samsung-galaxy-note-4-unlocked-lte-32gb-white-265523/
[Galaxy Note 4 General] homer285:
Its an import and I would also say it is Octacore, N910 is Octacore.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ravian29:
But title says 4g and i think 4g is quad core and 3g is octa core

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 4 General] homer285:
Not anymore, the latest big little set up from Samsung now supports lte cat-4 and yes it will support all AUS lte frequencies.

EDIT: So what will everybody choose, Snapdragon is the default Aussie device and supports the upcoming cat6 4G?

On the other hand it is speculated that the Octa version may be able to utilize 64bit processing which may be usefull for Android L.

4G. (LTE Cat.4 150/50Mbps) Octa or 4G (LTE Cat.6 300/50Mbps) Quad Core.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] senectus:
My contact says Intellichoice will stock for RRP of $999.00

but also said will go on sale on the 22nd...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ravian29:
thanks for providing such useful information, i am shocked if 64 bit is coming in note 4 then it would be increasing speed than snapdragon one and its going to be a big deal :p

note: Price drop on provided link now its $929 lol if price drop remains in the current ratio i bet, note 4 would be around $650 in near future lol just kidding
[Galaxy Note 4 General] senectus:
Samsung have pulled a UK on us.

Note 4 Delayed.

http://ausdroid.net/2014/10/14/samsung-advise-galaxy-note-4-note-edge-launches-delayed/
[Galaxy Note 4 General] JimiJam:
Telco plans are finally up! (Have updated second post in this thread)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ravian29:
Grey import is around $900 to $930 from kogan, shoppingsquare. There is not any major price difference between official and grey import

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 4 General] GenStone:
its all quiet here has anyone got a note 4 device yet or is this just a pricing forum. ive had mine since release and was looking forward to some discussion but this thread seems dead
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ravian29:
which version you got? I have heard exynos is 64bit chip, is it true?

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 4 General] GenStone:
No its the 910G as are all australian releases
[Galaxy Note 4 General] HuStLaZ:
Got mine on release (via Optus - too poor to pay for one outright).

No complaints with it. Just hanging out for Lollipop though (or CM12, whichever comes first).
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ausboy 2011:
Ive got exynos model not 64bit enabled yet but can/will be soon hopefully
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ravian29:
cm12 will be out soon may be next month, no plans out from samsung about lollipop yet

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ravian29:
i think samsung is not going to do this, may be custom rom/kernel would do this

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 4 General] sandman997:
hey thanks that worked the OTA is downloading now, just another question i just did i reset and im doing the update now without anything added to my phone, my question is should i do another reset after
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Donkey Kong:
My update went through fine and no reset needed. However, if you experience problem, then reset it.

Just for those who want to flash Bobcat, I have tried the lollipop update and flash the Bobcat on top but unfortunately it does not work.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jayesh:
Nope. You have a fresh factory install anyway.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Donkey Kong:
Once updated to the lollipop you will lost root.

Need to re-root with this new version twrp http://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxynote4qualcomm.html.

Untick res-start from odin when flashing twrp.

Do not restart and take off the battery to turn bootloader off.

Boot the phone into TWRP with vol up, home, start. It will over-ride the extra protection from lollipop.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Koguchi9:
Hi all, just a quick initial thoughts on the 5.01 update. I updated through odin straight to 5.01 with a link from a user here which I thanked.

- Any large updates I backup, flash, boot and then clear cache and factory reset from recovery so I can't comment in any issues with people not doing that.

- No large issues at all so far. Only weird thing in found was in the sound settings it would lag in the beginning. Where you can see all the volume bars the frames would drop scrolling up and down. Once scrolled lower everything is smooth again.

- Very similar to my Note 3 with lollipop.

- Multitask button was exceptionally fast in the beginning but has developed some lag after usage. Still noticeably quicker than kk though.

- Camera seems slightly fast at taking shots.

- Play newstand is silky smooth now when first opening with the tiles floating up. It used to be choppy on kk.

- The Indian firmware is unbranded but did come with a few unwanted apps such as facebook/Instagram etc. Easy to disable though.

Overall a great update which I'm sure will get better with the next few small updates. Can't comment too much on battery life as you really need a few cycles but so far it's been comparable if not better than kk. If you are having crazy battery drains then look at your apps first.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Mussels84:
Due to having two of these phones i can comment on battery life on this rom.

My second phone experiencing light use (SIM card in, LTE active, wifi, GPS enabled) idling (facebook logged in, but nothing else) lost 5% battery over 9 hours.

The phone estimates that at this rate, it will last me another 7 days. Clearly i'm not using this as much as people with their primary phone, but it stands as a good example that if you're experiencing a lot of battery drain at idle something is wrong and its not the firmware - do a factory reset/clean install.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Donkey Kong:
Link to India Lollipop image.

https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?c...nn2nCAXjmvlQ7V

https://mega.co.nz/#!X8gT2Z4S!AjYFqT7ffpIrsa38GLQIE70EBNMqTRx0tciUJhY0BNA

Fast download.

Factory reset after first flash is recommended. Otherwise there is a lot of lag and battery drain.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] sandman997:
hey i have installed 5.0.1 and its running great, overheats sometimes but it cools down. anyways i was going to install some of the s6 apps like the galaxy apps store and maybe even the launcher, but i need root so i was wondering if its the same root method as kk and also what recovery do u guys use
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Donkey Kong:
Look at my post #184.

Same method but don't reboot immediately into the system by unticked the reboot option in odin. Take the battery out to turn it off. Put it back in and boot into the TWRP first by holding upvol-home-start for a few seconds.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] sandman997:
i had to reinstall the firmware from kk then OTA to lollipop again i messed something up, but after i have updated i am having a problem with my 4G. it only works for around 2 mins after a reboot, the icon is still there but it just gives me the not enough founds error and also if i connect to wifi it rarely works, i have done a reset
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Mussels84:
sounds like your modems dont match up. do a fresh install via ODIN to make sure modems and bootloader match, then install whatever custom rom you choose that matches those modems.

(so if you want LL, dont screw around with an OTA - ODIN straight to the india LL rom)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] sandman997:
i didnt change any of that, i started with stock Australian Vodafone Firmware and then i flashed the KK Indian firmware then i did the OTA to get Lollipop
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Mussels84:
well something must have gone wrong, so you're a lot better off flashing the indian 5.0.1 rom outright, and skipping the OTA step.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Donkey Kong:
Go to APN setting.

I assume you use Telstra.

https://crowdsupport.telstra.com.au...a-APN-setting-for-my-mobile-phone/ta-p/211349

Google if you are from Optus.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] sandman997:
I use Vodafone
[Galaxy Note 4 General] rockuman_ex:
Anyone here with n910g unbranded aussie versio receive ota yet? Don't really want to flash mine to indian n910g...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Koguchi9:
Just check the Vodafone apn settings on their website.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Donkey Kong:
Not yet. I think soon. However, you can always flash to the Australian version later. The lollipop feels almost double faster and smoother.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] rockuman_ex:
Looking at other posts, you might need to do a factory reset etc, which i don't want to do, cause ihave work stuffs etc (i know i xan back up etc)

I can wait for another days or week at most, but just not months...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Koguchi9:
I have a feeling it'll be weeks =/
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Mussels84:
Dr.Ketans custom lollipop ROM is working great, and despite the lack of Xposed has the mods i wanted the most (remove S-find and quick connect toggles, flashlight from volume up, bandwidth used in status bar)

highly recommended for aussies wanting loolipoop, runs fantastic
[Galaxy Note 4 General] danw1million:
In case anyone is wondering the BOC6 Indian Lollipop rom is working with Telstra 4GX no problems.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Mussels84:
oh i'm so jelly. i wish telstras data rates werent so expensive.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] danw1million:
Yes the price of data is a pain.

I use pre paid and use the plus packs with each recharge.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Mussels84:
i've got a nice, cheap resold telstra plan through an MVNO - but its capped at 3G/H+

good coverage, but speeds cap out at 20Mb/3Mb (at my house its 9/1), beating my damned DSL)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] markymarkis:
can i recommend BOOST - ive been using them for years, i dont know about telechoice, but last i heard boost was the only reseller that used 3g and nextg so it operates on 2100mhz and 850mhz..

$40 a month, unlimited calls, sms, mms, and 3 gig of data. with 1 gb bonus data on sundays.

you can set up auto recharge with your credit card, so its a set and forget... don t have to worry about recharging it each month.

www.boost.com.au
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Mussels84:
boost are better value than telechoices high end plans, i'm on the $20 plan in the link above and use less than half of it - i cannot find better value for a light user anywhere. ($20 with free SMS is also super rare)

Boost and telechoice use the exact same network/towers.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] markymarkis:
i know they use the same towers, but when i did my research, aldi and kogan only had access to 2100mhz part of the telstra network. telstra only allowed them to access that frequency on their sims.. boost was the only one that was allowed to use 850... i'll see if i can find out if thats changed.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Mussels84:
i think it did when aldi and telechoice got the unlocked speeds, allowing the full 21/3mb speeds
[Galaxy Note 4 General] markymarkis:
boost is now getting upto 42mbps

so it looks like kogan have access to 850mhz and are throttled, but no access to 2100mhz...

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/...rs-the-perfect-compromise-20130123-2d61d.html
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Mussels84:
thanks, good to know.

Still doesnt change my opinion much - telechoice for budget, boost for unlimited calls. both have good options depending on your needs. that article is from 2013 - any way i could test via my phone to confirm?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] markymarkis:
Speed tests are unreliable. Im only getting 12mbps at my house. But i know i have reached over 30 in the past.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Mussels84:
Edit: apparently telechoices coverage map mentioned frequencies

at the time it was

"97% 3G 850/2100Mhz coverage with up to 7.2mbps" - since then the speeds have been unlocked to 21Mb (maybe beyond, i've never seen faster in this area tho)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] icanfly77:
Guys flashed my Aussie Optus Note 4 to Indian and when I enter recover mode I get a lying down android bot with red exclamation mark. However straight after the recovery menu loads fine and I was able to wipe data partition no peons. Can anyone else confirm if happening too? Thought it might be because I loaded Indian ROM on Aussie hardware? Also smart lock not working for trusted places :( cheers!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] markymarkis:
My recovery does the same thing. But it works perfectly.

What is smart lock?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] rockuman_ex:
So, i couldn't wait for aussie ota, i flashed Indian firmware, all went smoothly.

I didn't wipe anything, and so far everything is working :)

Couldn't be happier.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Mussels84:
run antutu, should be around 50K

first sign of trouble is when thats lower, or battery drains fast.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] icanfly77:
Thanks about the recovery thing.

Smart lock is a lollipop feature where you can have your phone auto unlock itself in certain situations if it's near another registered device (using NFC to detect) or by location based.

I have location based turned on when I'm at home but it still asks for fingerprint or pattern to unlock. Works fine on my nexus tablet
[Galaxy Note 4 General] rockuman_ex:
Cleared my cache, ran antutu and got 49985

Which i thought was not bad, very close to 5k, so am happy with it.

In regards to battery, left the phone overnight at around 95%, and woke up with 89%, thats around 7 hours of idle time.

I used to lose around 15-20% before lollipop.

So definitely an upgrade for me.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] nathsgames:
Great! Just the information I was after :)

---------- Post added at 10:07 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:04 AM ----------

Are there any mirrors getting around that you guys have found? Sammobile is going slower than snail's pace.

Thankyou.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] icanfly77:
This should come with a caveat.. I had a ton of issues after flashing and had to factory reset.. Might depend what apps you are running so you may have to still factory reset

As posted earlier in this thread this link is very quick

https://mega.co.nz/#!GMAD1CJI!AjYFqT7ffpIrsa38GLQIE70EBNMqTRx0tciUJhY0BNA

I don't believe I will go back to Aussie unbranded even when it comes out so much better to have gallery auto rotate and share via gmail when photo is open. Sure I used to have quickpic installed which got around this but you cant change the default gallery when clicking on a photo just taken with the camera

Can we still just flash individual modem.bin files when someone uploads the one from Aussie LP ROM?

Cheers
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Yellow_Racing:
So I am downloading stock Aussie k.k.k firmware to load before Indian firmware. Because I'm rooted.

Bloody 8hrs to download from sammobile jeeeez
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ilikegoogle:
You can if you used xposed. I changed the default gallery to quickpic.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] icanfly77:
But that requires rooting doesn't it?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ilikegoogle:
Yes
[Galaxy Note 4 General] nathsgames:
I love having auto rotate back again. I flashed some international firmware when I was on 4.4 and it still didn't auto rotate.

How was your upgrade though? Mine was a dog for two days and I find even now it runs really hot and uses heaps of battery?

I have been into recovery and wiped the cache but I am wondering whether or not to do a full reset.

Obviously trying to avoid it! I guess the dog-ish behaviour is coming from the switch to the ART runtime.:confused:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] icanfly77:
Since I factory reset been running like a treat. I always recommend a factory reset after a major version update. I think you already know the answer to your own question though it's running like a dog you are going to need to factory it.. I know it's a pain one day android will be able to backup all and restore with one click without needing root...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] senectus:
yup Factory reset fixes all. runs nicely now.