yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IT_Architect:
This are my thoughts for everyone to critique. Let me know if there are any flies in the ointment before I proceed.

Prerequisites:

1. Go into Settings/Security, and make sure Unknown sources is checked, and Verify apps is unchecked.

Root for 4.4.2:

1. Install Towelroot

2. Install Check Root from Play Store and check for root

3. Download SuperSU zip file from the link on the developer's thread, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053. This will NOT come from the Play Store or Amazon. Then unzip it on your phone. Then go to the "common" directory, and run the APK. After that you may get a prompt to update the binaries.

4. When you Run SuperSU and it asks you if you want to disable KNOX, SAY NO!!!

5. Then install Titanium backup and Freeze KNOX, so you can Thaw it later.

____com.sec.enterprise.knox.attestation

____com.sec.knox.eventsmanager

____KLMS Agent

____KNOX

____Knox Notification Manager

____KNOX Store

Unroot back to factory for 4.4.2:

1. Go into Titanium Backup and Thaw KNOX.

2. Open ES File Explorer

____a. Go to Favorites and hit the / button

____b. Click on menu / Settings / and check Enable Root Explorer

____c. Also check Mount File System

____d. Click the back button

3. Then remove SU. (The developer is working on a way to do this automatically with his full unroot function, which will make this step unnecessary)

____a. Open ES File Manager

____b. To to system / bin and find the SU folder. Do a long press and delete

____c. Click the back button and go to system / xbin directory and find the SU file and delete if any present.

____d. Click the back button and go to system / app directory and find Superuser.apk and delete it if it on your phone.

4. Reboot. Root should be gone.

5. Do a factory reset, go to Settings / Personal / Backup and reset

Summary: This should put the phone back to stock for factory warranty, or to sell, or to simply start over.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
I would suggest you drop the requirement to be able to take an OTA with a customized phone. It is almost always a better idea to (i) make your backups, investigate whether you can root the new release - and if so, then (ii) restore to full stock, (iii) take the OTA, (iv) re-root and (v) have your way with things.

The reasons are several, but at least one of them is that the OTA installers tend to do a top-level, recursive chmod()/chown() in /system/{x}bin, followed up with chmod()/chown() operations on individual files in those file subtrees as needed. This has the side effect of emasculating the "su" binary privilege escalation via setuid. I wouldn't be surprised if - as a result of SElinux enforcing mode - similar sorts of troubles start occurring due to similar resets/modding of SElinux extended attributes in the same file trees (e.g. if the OTA installer starts doing recursive chcon()s).

(The above is the raison de etre for apps like "OTA rootkeeper" and so forth - they attempt to work around this OTA installer side effect)

The second reason is that OTAs sometimes bundle a bootloader update. Samsung's strict rollback enforcement policies means that you probably will not be able to undo an OTA that you regret (for any reason) without triggering Knox.

I'm still on MJE. It made me happy when I bought the phone & is still making me happy, so the fact that there are new releases available doesn't bother me one whit. It is still a fantastic phablet (& I can exploit the WiFi tether bug without Wanam and all the related framework mods).

FWIW, I reviewed the .apk/.odex files that I "froze" (using "chmod 000", not TiBu); things have changed a little bit since MJE, but:

Knox Disable: ContainerAgent, ContainerEventsRelayManager, KLMSAgent, KNOXAgent, KNOXStore, KnoxAttestationAgent

OTA Nagware Disable: LocalFOTA, SDM

Asurian Spyware Disable: VMS.apk

Probably I should also disable SHealth too. These Samsung phones are bristling with surveillance crap, and there seems to be no end to it. Probably it's even worse now with KitKat. Who knew that the Orwellian future would be developed and financed by marketing companies ... and thereafter trivially co-opted by governments?

have fun with your phone.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IT_Architect:
I was pretty much settled on not rooting, and you come along and start making sense with solid business reasons. I also view Google, Samsung, Microsoft, and the government access for what it is, criminal activity. I simply want a phone that has the capabilities of my old Windows Mobile phone, and the same levels of privacy.

If they can spy on us, than a requirement for Google and all government personnel is to have 24 x 7 video and audio surveillance on them while they are at work, and every room in their house at home, and have it stream live on YouTube..
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdadevnube:
Just safestrap it already. Even on NC4 OTA, you can safestrap and install NC2 kernel and pick from many fantastic 4.4.2 ROMs. In the future, take the hypothetical 5.0 update and then you'll never have root, lol.

Anyway, you can return to stock NC4 if needed.

OR don't. Your loss.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IT_Architect:
- I don't see the necessity of a custom ROM. I simply want to be able to record calls with my Bluetooth active. This limitation serves as a reminder that a lot less effort goes into Android than we tend to believe. This is a legal requirement for many businesses. Fortunately for Android, most development and innovation is done out of necessity by phone makers such as Samsung, etc.

- I also want to be able to prevent the update to 4.4.4.

- To do the rooting and SafeStrap, I would want to be able to un-SafeStrap, un-SuperSU, re-enable KNOX, and un-root back to factory. I haven't seen that discussed anywhere. The only thing I see to be able to get back to factory is this, if it works: http://www.galaxynote3update.com/un...tock-official-firmware-4-4-2-or-4-4-3-kitkat/ and it does not address SafeStrap. There is more to this than warranty, it is getting the phone back to stock to fix problems. There are thousands of posts of people having problems after rooting and installing custom ROMs.

That's what concerns me. I understand why Samsung is doing what they are doing. IOS has been pushing Android out of the enterprise and government by support efficiencies and legislated security requirements. Samsung is the only Android they are allowed to buy. Thus, I've noticed:

- The newer it is, the more secure it is. Security in the ?NIX world is simplistic and limited. The easiest fix is to block functionality, and add KNOX as the enforcer and recorder.

- The features you gain with each new release, are less valuable than the features you lose from increased operating system security. Android is rapidly becoming as confining as the iPhone.

- Control over privacy becomes less and less with each new release.

While the progression makes sense from an operating system security standpoint, but runs counter to privacy control and functionality, the reasons why people buy Android.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewcam888:
To completely unroot and restore to stock. Uninstall safestrap recovery. Uninstall towelroot. Uninstall busybox. Uninstall superuser. Factory reset phone. Then flash NC4 with odin for good measure. You really dont need to install safestrap at all unless you want to do backups.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RomsWell:
It takes 10 minutes to root. And 10 minutes to unroot. Including safe strap. Nothing will trip knox. Beans has the stock nc4 ota rooted deodexed and busy boxed. All is needed to do what you want to do. You will find Zero anything for your stock odex ota. So root safestrap flash the stock rom and add call recording via xposed.... There is no other info you need that isnt already posted in a sticky.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IT_Architect:
- When SuperSU is installed, it disables KNOX. If I uninstall SuperSU, will it re-enable KNOX, or if I flash back to Verizion KitKat 4.4.2 NC4 N900VVRUCNC4_N900VVZWCNC4_N900VVRUCNC4_HOME.tar.md5.7z, from here, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2524572 will it restore the KNOX functionality?

- What happens to the ROMs in the ROM Slots when you uninstall SafeStrap recovery? Is the space released or...?

And it takes days of research to get to the 10 minutes to make sure what you read is accurate, and will work with your phone. I've read so many stickys, forum posts, blogs, and YouTube videos, that I've lost count. What I've learned is the custom ROM process is far from straightforward.

a. The SuperSU at the PlayStore is from an archeological dig. What I've read so far, I need at least 2.13 for things to work right, 2.16 is current, and 2.19 beta.

b. For the Note 3, just within KitKat 4.4.2 there is NC2, NC3, and NC4. From what I've gathered from a lot of reading and videos is that Safestrap-HLTEVZW-NC2-3.75-B04.apk is the ONLY one that works right with Verizon's NC4.

c. The whole idea of SafeStrap is to preserve the factory slot, and work from another slot. BeansTown106's rooted deodexed ROM, replaces the factory ROM.

d. BeansTown106's rooted deodexed ROM is not an NC4 kernel ROM. "The nc4 stock rom beans has posted isnt patched for the nc4 kernel. "

Thanks!
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] JC#79:
Ok has that anyone had this issue with their Orbit?

I had noticed that the keyboard was not giving me any predicted text choices while typing, so I tried to change the input method to no avail. So I decided to perform a sft reset to sort the problem.

Oh was I not happy with the result as for over 5 mins all that was happening with my phone was the screen would light up o2 screen, green screen then enter pin and reset and it would do this again and again.

So even after removing the battery for a few minutes not change once I attempted to start the phone. I even reset the device via the button on the side and it made no difference.

I was just getting ready to bite the bullet and sound off the o2 when I remembered reading on here of something similar happening so I searched and found a posting saying to try and press soft reset just after phone started. And guess what it worked after that so what I want to know is why or what I did to get my phone working again?

Any ideas guys, only thing I can add was the phone was plugged in to my workstation USB so was charging when the initial soft reset was performed while using Valksoft's space reclaimer reset option.

Thanks

JC
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] JC#79:
Ok an update the phone is now doing this everytime it is turned off. And since the last time it occurred I have been unable to get the phone to work.

Any ideas, I believe it could be a registry issue with the phone as I had recently installed a couple of programs that worked fine for a couple of days then while installing a dictionary several programs were uninstalled in error.

So after installing again this problem has arisen. It is possible that this was not th cause as I hae noticed tat the last scheduled back up was on the 22/01/07 so Monday's was not carried out possibly due to this? :confused:
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] swisher:
my orbit has also this bug. after a soft reset he is booting up till the pin entry and then a boots again and again. Up to 5 times
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] w0mbat:
Yes, my Orbit sometimes needs to reboot 4 times before it will sucessfully bring up the Home Screen. Anyone got any ideas on why???!!!??
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] JC#79:
I had enough of it doing this so I have done a hard reset and the problem has gone now just need to set everything back as I want it as backup still had the initial issue once it was retored.

I guess it was to do with the registry but not sure what exactly, maybe redundant reg keys etc?
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] davduyv:
I've experienced same problem on my dutch t-mobile mda compact III.

Happend after installing different programs, but i can't find the exact cause.

when i remove the microsd (on which i installed the programme's) the device starts en doesn't softreset when phone screen shows.

At first i thought it had to do with programs that tried to connect to gprs before even entering the pincode of the phone. But even without pincode it keeps restarting.

Happend on my 1gb microSD once en also on my 2 gb microSD.

Hope that someone knows what the cause is, so i can prevend it from happening.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] pebsuk:
Resets caused by the Memory Card Fault

Look at the posts regarding the memory card corruption if you back-up the card format it and then put it back everything is fine for a while. Not puttting a My Documents folder on the storage card usually helps with this issue...
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] fdp24:
rebooting.

hi,

as you well understand there are only 2 possibilities: software and hardware failure.

Surely, you don't want to think about hardware failure, because in this case the solution is to send it back to seller or to service center. Except for the cases caused by battery and sd card. These are 2 elements you can replace on your own easy.

However, "instability" of the device normally caused by installed software.

The first thing you do, like it or not, if you have a problem, hard reset your device.

BACKUP your DATA before hard reset!

You can try to to remove software piece by piece, but could be time consuming thing and not necessarily lead you to a good result.

Radical approach is to return device to "factory state" - hard reset.

If after hard reset you still have a problem with your device like accidentally rebooting, address to service center or ask seller to to replace the good.

regards,
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] fdp24:
rebooting.

double post.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] astrodemoniac:
I had the issue once... card corrupted. Had a back up so formatted the card, put data back in, issue gone.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] uniqueboy:
This has happened to my orbit a couple of times. But I think if I reset by pressing the reset button on the side of the machine it only resets once. Resetting after installing apps for example from the prompt is bad, do it later by pressing the actual button. This seems to work for me but only time will tell.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] adilarbab:
my htc p3300 has reset problm

my htc p3300 restarts automatically while im calling or using net it starts autuomatically it goes till green screen where it shows wm 6.1 then restarts again n again i dnt know plz tell me is it software or hardware problm :confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deepdesai215:
Hi Guys,

is moto g 2 not compatible for asphalt 8 in India?

While trying to install from Play store , its says your device is incompatible.

Well i know i can install from other sources but reading on different forums says tehy can install on their motog 2.

Can anyone help here?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Critical Detox:
Chances are is that you're using a custom rom on your device, if that is so this would be the reason, there's a 70% chance that some apps won't work on your device because of the rom installed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deepdesai215:
No custom ROm is installed on my device. I just received the phone 2 days back and no custom changes i have performed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Critical Detox:
What about the android version? Are you on the same version?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kustom.hackers:
Hello all xda developers and community members. I am kustom hackers ( Priyank Gada ) from India . I want a little help from those who can make a android app for me . I am just 17 and i dont have money . Hope some one can help me out. I am a ethical hacker ( Certified Ethical Hacker from EC council ) i dont know anything much about android ( nothing besides rooting and flashing etc etc ).

I need a application for android ( and ios also but first lets talk about android ) that will auto update posts from my website www.learnhacking.net and people can read it.

For example they can read the stuff offline but when ever they are connected to internet , the app must automatically update and the content must be offline readable .

Home screen should contain icons with categories ( means there must be icons to categories and pages ) each categories must have posts .

My website is made of wordpress so you need to make some app. The application must be custom made so the name should be LEARNHACKING and the logo must be of L and some thing like that Internet Exproer E icon but in black L.

all icons must be black and dont forget to visit www.learnhacking.net .

Thanks to all of you who read the post and all moderators for not banning this post :P I am posting this stuff at many forums and many topics in xda because some one will help me out . :good::good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Valuetag:
Learn from online tutorials

Hi,

If you want to learn how to develop android app, you can take some training courses or you can try online tutorials. You can get a lot of help.

Also you can hire some web mobile app company to develop it.

I have also made an android app for ValuetagApp for mobile shopping.

In the recent days, while searching for price comparison app for online shopping, I discovered an app called ValueTagApp. This is quite a good since it compares the price of all shopping portals at one place.
[Micromax Canvas 2 Plus A110Q] surendar sha:
How to increase a sound in a 110q any app???
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QA Bot:
[Q&A] [ROM] ARTMOD v5.2 | 4.4.3 | SENSE 6 | 6.09.401.5 | OTA | ART SUPPORT! | INT A

Q&A for [ROM] ARTMOD v5.2 | 4.4.3 | SENSE 6 | 6.09.401.5 | OTA | ART SUPPORT! | INT ATT

Some developers prefer that questions remain separate from their main development thread to help keep things organized. Placing your question within this thread will increase its chances of being answered by a member of the community or by the developer.

Before posting, please use the forum search and read through the discussion thread for [ROM] ARTMOD v5.2 | 4.4.3 | SENSE 6 | 6.09.401.5 | OTA | ART SUPPORT! | INT ATT. If you can't find an answer, post it here, being sure to give as much information as possible (firmware version, steps to reproduce, logcat if available) so that you can get help.

Thanks for understanding and for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy! :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fishka_kir:
Hello!

And will update with 6.09.401.10 firmvare?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr.loner:
I have switch to dalvik before OTA update. But stuck on the 'Starting apps...' part too...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baldrick77:
Hi, Google Play service stopped after installing 5.3.1 to 5.3 without wipe (ART is enabled). Update works with issue (enable AOSP recent apps). Has someone the same problem?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] npr0bb0:
This looks amazing!

Looking forward to download ;)
[XDA Assist] LG-E612:
Help me guys ! My phone got a hard bricked and i think its because of i use the application called Swapper2 . I dont know what happen but i just did the swap thing after partitioning sdcard using minitool partition wizard . Then i rebooted my phone then something happens . I cant boot to normal mode , emergency mode , recovery mode NOTHING AT ALL ! AND it doesnt charge anymore i tried taking out the battery then attempting to boot it but nothings happening .

Can anyone know how to fix this ? Its Hard Brick it cannot be detected by a pc . Is there any solution for this ?
[XDA Assist] Perseus:
Please carefully review [Q] brick L5 i using qpst

Also post in	[USE IT][GUIDE]Fast Answer To Your Question[GUIDE] [TeamOptima] so that the right experts may be of help.
[XDA Assist] LG-E612:
Did you know how can i go qdl mode in lg e612 ?
[XDA Assist] Perseus:
Please post that question in the Thread I linked for Fast answers from the Right Experts of your phone.
[XDA Assist] LG-E612:
Oh thanks :D
[HTC Sensation] vrsdroid:
Are there any roms that will allow google now to work? It would be really handy and save me so much time when i'm at work to use this but I can't seem to find a working rom with it

on the HBOOT menu it says

Pyramid PVT ship S-OFF RL

HBOOT 1.27.1111

radio-11.24A3504.31_m

When i flash some roms they just hang on boot logo others have the wrong Gapps and just cause it to say stopped working.

when I search google for it "google now" has about a billion pages thanks to it being so bloody common!

I havent used the phone in about 2 year but an upgrade would change my mind :D
[HTC Sensation] maciclazar:
Hi. Google now is working on any 4.1+ rom so you can flash any kitkat rom with PAgapps and you will have google now launcher.

What recovery do you have? Maybe roms won't boot because you use old recovery. Try updating your recovery to latest 4ext.
[HTC Sensation] TheCheshireMan:
What magicgangsta said. Update your recovery to latest 4ext, install a recent ROM and install Paranoid Android's GApps. Personally, I recommend ViperS 5.2.1 or Official SlimKat 8.9(+)

Here's a few links for you:

SlimKat 8.9

ViperS 5.2.1

ParanoidAndroid's GApps

4Ext Recovery Updater
[HTC Sensation] vrsdroid:
Thanks downloading as we speak!
[XDA Assist] russodj94:
Hi guys I have a LG L5 with Android bas. It has never been formatted, much less changed Versionen Android. I have problems with that bandizzata that slows me down the device I want to upgrade it to Kitkat how can I do thank you very much
[XDA Assist] Perseus:
There are a few Roms at http://xdaforums.com/optimus-l3-l5-l7/#romList

Please review

[Q&A] [ROM] [4.4.4] [LG P705/P700/e610] Mahdi-Rom 2.8 [Team Optima]

[Q&A] [L5][E610/E612/E617][ROM][KTU84P][4.4.4][BETA 9.5] Unofficial CyanogenMod 11 B

[Q&A] [ROM][OFFICIAL][KitKat 4.4.4][E610] PAC-ROM 4.4.4.RC-2

You may post to see if they are suitable for your specific variant.
[LG G2 Mini] Diaze:
How to full unroot my phone? D620r? I rooted it using purpledrake software..now i want to unroot it so i can get the android l update when it will be available
[LG G2 Mini] Vagelis1608:
Flash KDZ ;)

Sent from my GT-I5500 [CM11]
[LG G2 Mini] Diaze:
Can you give me the kdz and tell me ho to flash it please?
[LG G2 Mini] Vagelis1608:
Follow the back to stock part:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2900073

Get your kdz via the imei method, or:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2916122

Sent from my GT-I5500 [CM11]
[LG G2 Mini] sebatox:
isnt it just easier to do full unroot in su then make rct_security file at sdcard0 with forel.lee inside ?

idk if this works but i think so at least
[LG G2 Mini] Vagelis1608:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2818441

Sent from my GT-I5500 [CM11]
[LG G2 Mini] sebatox:
Soz then :P
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dimjams:
Hello,

Sorry for asking but after reading the STUMP thread I could not find the answer and I cant post there, just yet !

I got a UK version (16gb/2gb RAM) LG G3 with updated OTA, and I would love to root it, but I could not understand is it supported by Stump!

My build and software:

software version v10I-EUR-XX

build KVT49L.A1412000029

Hope it is possible! and I will not turn my g3 into a brick : )

Thank you for your help and time!

D
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyuk:
Stump hasn't worked on the last few firmwares, but PurpleDrake still does.