yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fitzy75:
My partner recently dropped her SGS3 from about 2 feet onto the floor. It was in a rubber case (ZeroLemon battery case) but the screen is now black. It's not cracked at all and the digitizer still works fine and the phone rings and if you touch the screen in the right place you can answer calls etc.

For a few days prior to this there were occasional lines on the screen and I suspected a loose connection at the time. After the drop and the screen going black I took it apart and sure enough the ribbon cable to the screen had popped off. I have put the cable back on but the screen is still black. When turning the phone off and on, the backlight does flicker on for a split second but there is no graphics on the screen visible. Even booting into download or recovery mode nothing is visible on the screen.

It was running CWM recovery (I can't remember which version) and CyanogenMod 10 (unsure of the exact version) and we desperately need to access some data from the phone, particularly the contacts and text messages. Is there a way we can recover this or gain remote control of the phone from a computer at all? I've seen several posts about using the SDK and ADB to do this but USB debugging is disabled so this wouldn't be an option. I've also read that it's possible to get an adb shell to enable debugging from CWM but can't seem to find any clear instructions on how to do this, I've booted into CWM and tried the adb tools but it does not list the phone.

Can anyone advise why the screen wouldn't work after plugging it in again? Or is there any other way to control the phone from a computer without usb debugging being enabled? My partner is desperately trying to access her google account and this phone is the only device that's logged in and is her only hope to recover the account.
[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a.t.buro:
Hello all, iam using SM-N7500 and my shealth app not working without galaxy gear wath.[my secound phone Glaxy s4 runing without gear]

How do I run the application[alkingMate] without Gear?

Thak you and sorry about my english.
[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evil Eye:
It doesn't work on Neo.. try noom walk app.. Download it from play store..
[General Topics] Rudegar:
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,61986301,00.htm

and here we all were blaming HTC's gsm module for random freez's :P
[Acer Iconia A500] daroota:
I've searched, but I don't see anything quite like this issue.

I was handed a dead Acer A500. Found it was stuck in APX mode (black screen.) Ok, that I can deal with.

Found my CPUID, and SBK, flashed it back to factory using Blackthund3r's Flash utility, got it into Android HC, Great.

Well thought I should restarted it and make sure it's good everytime, nope... After a power down it always goes back into APX mode (black screen.)

I've run Babsector

And get:

Loading bootloader...
Nvflash started
rcm version 0X20001
System Information:
chip name: t20
chip id: 0x20 major: 1 minor: 3
chip sku: 0x8
chip uid: 0x037c618741601517
macrovision: disabled
hdcp: enabled
sbk burned: true
dk burned: true
boot device: emmc
operating mode: 4
device config strap: 0
device config fuse: 0
sdram config strap: 0

sending file: bct.bct
- 4080/4080 bytes sent
bct.bct sent successfully
odm data: 0x300d8011
downloading bootloader -- load address: 0x108000 entry point: 0x108000
sending file: dlmodeblhc.bin
| 714981/714981 bytes sent
dlmodeblhc.bin sent successfully
waiting for bootloader to initialize
bootloader downloaded successfully
**********************************************************
* Press any key when your A500 is in bootloader mode *
**********************************************************
Press any key to continue . . .

I can flash TWRP 2.6.00 to it and get it to boot into that if I don't power off.

Just EVERYTIME I power down, it looses everything and goes into APX (black screen) and I have to flash it to get it up again.

Any Suggestions or pointers?

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Two things...

1.

According to the babsector output, it's using an hc boot loader, It's a bit weird actually as babsector flashes skrilax_cz patched boot loader, not hc???? so not sure how you got that....

2.

your tab is waiting for you to put it into apx mode...Once done, press any key to continue...from memory, your tab will vibrate and boot into 'bootloader mode'...it will display 'Acer a500 download mode' so it can flash recovery and BL.

Boot directly to recovery, do a full data/cache format and flash your chosen ics rom.

I'd also be tempted to run the b.bat file after this since you've had issues and even another wipe to be safe...then

you should be good to boot to your new rom!!
[Acer Iconia A500] daroota:
It's not that I don't have a problem loading a different rom, it's that when I restart the device it goes into APX again. So I flash it, and again back into APX after a restart.

Does that make sense? Or did I miss a point?

I've put TWRP on, and flashed a update.zip ICS version (from here: hxxp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2049778 ) also and after TWRP restart's it goes back into APX.

I can Use Blackthund3r's Flash tool and this: EUUs_SBK_Acer_A500_1.016.05_COM_GEN1.a500apx and get it to boot after flash, but as soon as I restart the device, back to APX. :(
[Acer Iconia A500] freightyard:
Looks like you didn't fully run babsector

here are some notes from the procedure

2. put tab in apx by holding reset (small pinhole bottom right side)

and pushing power for 3-4 sec. - then release reset approx 1 sec. later

the screen should be blank and power button should be lit - plug in usb to pc.

2. Run a501 A.bat

3. run recovery ->WIPE -> "Advanced wipe ->System (only)and swipe to wipe.

4. Run a501 B.bat

reboot to recovery and install rom and gapps
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
1. Can u fully run babsector/nvflash without getting stuck waiting for "bootloader mode"?

2. The output you posted clearly shows hc bootloader. You

cannot flash any ics+ rom without skrilax_cz b/l.

3. The euu u flashed is hc. So you're sorta going round in circles.

get the patched bootloader on there using babsector. If your tab is stuck on apx mode (black screen, led on) power off then manually put your tab in apx mode and ' press any key', if you don't see download mode displayed on screen then we have a problem here.

If you do get download mode then after the flash, boot to recovery and do the wipes and flash your Rom.

You must do things in this specific order and as posted, the Acer is a finnicky beast that will throw a hissy fit and do things like get stuck in apx mode - why? b/c the nvflash operation has not completed properly and it's trying to tell you that... but your first priority is the patched bootloader...
[Acer Iconia A500] daroota:
ok I have got a501 A.bat to continue through a bit more after fiddling

Nvflash started
rcm version 0X20001
System Information:
chip name: t20
chip id: 0x20 major: 1 minor: 3
chip sku: 0x8
chip uid: 0x037c618741601517
macrovision: disabled
hdcp: enabled
sbk burned: true
dk burned: true
boot device: emmc
operating mode: 4
device config strap: 0
device config fuse: 0
sdram config strap: 0

sending file: flash.bct
- 4080/4080 bytes sent
flash.bct sent successfully
odm data: 0xb00d8011
downloading bootloader -- load address: 0x108000 entry point: 0x108000
sending file: bootloader.bin
| 714409/714409 bytes sent
bootloader.bin sent successfully
waiting for bootloader to initialize
bootloader downloaded successfully
setting device: 2 3
creating partition: BCT
creating partition: PT
creating partition: APP
creating partition: EBT
creating partition: GP1
creating partition: SOS
creating partition: LNX
creating partition: CAC
creating partition: MSC
creating partition: FLX
creating partition: AKB
creating partition: UDA
creating partition: GPT
Formatting partition 2 BCT please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 3 PT please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 8 APP please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 4 EBT please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 5 GP1 please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 6 SOS please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 7 LNX please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 9 CAC please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 10 MSC please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 11 FLX please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 12 AKB please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 13 UDA please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 14 GPT please wait.. done!
done!
sending file: bootloader_v8_green.bin
| 1191932/1191932 bytes sent
bootloader_v8_green.bin sent successfully
sending file: recovery.img
/ 5242880/5242880 bytes sent
recovery.img sent successfully
Press any key to continue . . .

The screen shows PASS, and no longer showing in device manager.

After this I power off the device and power it back up to a BLACK Display, My computer shows it in device manager: "Acer USB Boot-recovery driver"

Am I missing a step between that and restarting it?

And Thanks for the help so far.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Sorry been awhile since I've done this...after PASS, power down and boot straight to recovery, wipe, flash Rom.

Power down. Connect to pc, manually enter apx. run b.bat. power Down, enter recovery wipe data and caches, don't wipe system this time else you'll wipe the ics Rom you flashed.

Reboot.

You should see skrilax_cz bootloader screen on boot, fingers crossed!
[Acer Iconia A500] daroota:
This is where it doesn't happen. I try to boot into recovery, but I get nothing but a black screen.

What I do:

Turn off the tablet.

Hold the volume down key (the part of the volume rocker, which is closer to the edge of the tablet) + power key.

The tablet should boot in the recovery mode, but I get a black screen and the computer (connected via usb to the tablet) shows I'm in Acer USB Boot-recovery driver.

nothing on the tablet. Weird, I couldn't find anything else like this on the forums.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
K if its not booting to recovery the flash isn't working for some reason. The drivers look right...

Try booting to fastboot pwr+vol UP..should see skrilax_cz bootloader menu..

---------- Post added at 12:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:25 PM ----------

Disconnect from your pc after PASS..press and hold power button until the led goes off then try recovery....you'll need to pwr down like this for before entering apx mode too, don't rely on fact your tab is in apx mode b/c the screen is black and the led is lit...I'm sure it should vibrate when it's in apx.
[Acer Iconia A500] daroota:
Disconnected usb after pass, power off by holding power up to 4 seconds, waited a few seconds. Verified off by removing power.

Powered back on, White light on the power button, and no display.

Tried powering off, Vol + and power= no change, Vol - and power=No change.

Plugged it into the pc, and I get the ACER USB Boot-Recovery Driver, but no display.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Not that I think this has any bearing but what do you mean pls?? The tab is powered down when the led is off.

Do you get an orange led when it's charging??

Ok, apparently there are issues with the later versions of twrp, so run babsector again to get cwm....

Remember, you have no OS on there yet, so don't try and boot until you've flashed a Rom - try this one http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1935582 pls read the install instructions...

See how u go
[Acer Iconia A500] daroota:
Meaning: power is disconnected, LED in power button shuts off. Charging light is on when it's charging and orange (currently full right now)

I'll try CWM next and follow your instructions in the 4.1.2 link. thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] daroota:
Ok so I loaded using BlackThund3r's flash utility:

Skrilax_CZ v6 bootloader, and Thor 1.7.3 recovery

When I do it that way it auto reboots into Recovery (no need to shutdown)

And I loaded that CM10-FLEX_V6Supercharged_Rev3.4.zip to a Micro SD and renamed to update.zip

Loaded it all the way through, got it to the main screen. Worked, Did a reboot=Booted

did a shutdown and then power on= Black screen and APX mode when I plugged it into the pc after not getting a vibrate.

I know the bootloader is still installed as I tried the AFTER OTA without my SBK and it processed it (Was a little shocked but happy something is sticking) If that info helps.

Tried the same thing with the v8 loader from Skrilax_CZ = same result

Anything to try next?
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Flash the Rom normally, do not rename to update.zip.

AfterOta is only if you have ota'ed from hc to ics and on stock.

So I'd reflash the Rom first, then reboot to recovery and wipe data/media, you have to enable this option. Then reboot.

If still stuck,

Go to the root guide in my sig, there's a section in there re stuck in apx mode....2 things to try run the nvflash -- go command, and safely remove apx device.

if that doesn't work I'm outta suggestions, last resort you can try fastboot ...fastboot boot boot.img command, see if you can boot to the os . all the info is in that post.
[Acer Iconia A500] daroota:
Tried all that, except the fastboot stuff, but I even tried the nvflash processes that was mentioned.

I can boot the roms, I even tried that link's "Downgrade using tdv4" And it all works to flash it, boot's the rom, and everything. I can reboot the A500 via commands, adb, and fastboot, however if I shut down the A500 or power it off it's back to black screen (nothing on the screen) with apx mode available to me when I plug in the usb to the pc.

I left it a while today while in Honeycomb and the screen would flash on for a moment with the lock screen up, then it would be gone, wait like 10 seconds and it would do it again and repeat unless I plugged in the usb to the pc, then it wouldn't ever do that.

This A500 was stock when I got it, the owner had no clue it could be rooted, or updated in anyway, just one day he turned it on and it was black so I got to play with it. It took a few weeks of research to find out how to get the SBK then be able to flash it to try to get it to recover.

Would there be something that would make it stick in APX mode after every power off?
[Acer Iconia A500] freightyard:
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[Acer Iconia A500] daroota:
Ok figured it out!

Did a battery pull, and the good old Press the power for 1 minute, and then plug in the battery and test.

Comes up every time now. Currently it's stock so i'm going to put CM10-FLEX_V6Supercharged_Rev3.4.zip back on.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Unbelievable!!! What made you think of doing that lol...well done for not giving up:)
[Acer Iconia A500] daroota:
I wanted to open the device and at least re-eat the ribbon cables, make sure the reset button wasn't stuck or something.

Thought while it was a part there's no harm in doing your typical "laptop" power reset. (I'm a computer tech, I do it usually once a week with phones and laptops for customers)
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
So you just disconnected the battery or pull it out....any tips for those wanting do the same??
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saikat_ace:
I am currently on LXP13D.. when the final build becomes available...will i b able to flash it via nexus root toolkit over this?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darth:
Not sure about any toolkits, never used one.

And no, you won't be able to update the preview.

You can return to fully stock 4.4.4 and wait for the OTA. Or wait a day or so and flash stock Lollipop with fastboot, or flash a custom L rom.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
You just asked this in the correct place where I answered then you duplicated it here in the wrong place. Most users get it wrong first haha

Stock answer:

Please do not create new Android "L" threads.* Until the release is official, we are using the dedicated sticky only.

Android 5.0 Lollipop Developer Preview Help, Troubleshooting, Q&A

http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/help/android-l-developer-preview-help-t2796217
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvanVanVan:
Can this be done in Android or is it a feature of the bluetooth headset itself? What I mean obviously is I'd like my bluetooth headset to say "Call from so-and-so" when they're calling so I don't have to deal with taking the phone out of my pocket just to check.

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ericstephani:
You can do this with Tasker. I have a similar setup that will read text messages if I have my bluetooth ear buds connected.
[Galaxy S III General] GuestK00447:
If you are a normal conservative user, who uses his I9300 for daily use, emails, webbrowsing, games, calling, etc ... then you already noticed that all those buggy 'custom' 'leet' ROMs are not a choise for you .

Therefore I created this thread for you - for normal conservative users who cannot afford bug and freezes which are introduced by those '3l337' custom roms and kernels, but still want to get the most performance and responsiveness out of their GS3 i9300 .

So after experimenting with various possibilities, ROMs, kernels, debloating, my choise is as follow :

- staying on the latest STOCK ROM

- rooted

- heavy debloat samsung stuff with NOBLOAT app (later in this post is the list of apps that can be debloated)

- use DISABLE SERVICE app to disable specific services which consume battery/memory

Here is my list of apps that can be debloated without breaking anything crucial, and there is good chance you dont need any of those apps (if yes, you can enable them again later) :

Adapt Sound

AllShare ControlShare Service

AllShare FileShare Service

Backup

Basic Daydreams

Best face

Bluetooth test

Bubbles

ChocoEUKor

Clock

Clock(Digital)

Clock(Digital)

Clock(Funky)

Clock(Modern)

com.sec.msc.nts.android.proxy

CoolEUKor

Depp sea

DirectConnectManager

DirectShareManager

DroidSerifItalic

DualClock (analog)

DualClock (digital)

DualClock (digital)

Email

Exchange services

Face unlock

Factory test

Favorite apps

Favorite Contacts

Game Hub

Gear Manager

Google Play Music

Google Play Newstand

Google Search

Google+

Hangouts

Help

Internet

KeyguardBackupRestore

Lcdtest

License settings

Live wallpaper picker

Luminous dots

Market Feedback Agent

MDMApp

Mobile tracker

More Services

MTP application

Multimedia UI Service Layer

Music

MusicFX

Nearby devices

Nearby service

News Daemon(EUR)

Nfc service

NFC test

PageBuddyNotiSvc

Paper Artist

Phase Beam

Photo Screensavers

Photo wall

Picasa uploader

PickupTutorial

RoseEUKor

S Memo

S Memo

S Suggest

S Voice

Samsung SetupWizard

Samsung text-to-speech engine

SamsungSans

ScreenMirroring

SecWallpaperChooser

Sensitivity test

Setup Wizard

Share music

ShareShotService

SmartcardService

SNS

SoftwareUpdate

SoftwareUpdate

Stock Daemon

Street View

TalkBack

TMServerApp

TopicWall

Trim

User manual

Video

Video player

Voice Recorder

VpnDialogs

Wi-Fi Direct

Wi-Fi Direct share

Windy weather

Yahoo! Finance

Yeahoo! News

And services which are disabled :

CHAT ON - all services

GOOGLE PLAY SERVICES

NlpLocationReceiverService

WearableService

WearableControlService

Please read before posting in this thread : this is thread for conservative users who already decided they dont want custom ROMS, this is no a discussion about custom roms, only about stock rom debloating . We are not interested here about your opinion how "cool that or this custom rom is" and advices about "try this leet kernel i have no freezes". You should post that usefull information in the custom rom respective thread .
[Galaxy S III General] J 3 M:
Not a single reply or a thank you? Looks like nobody shares your thoughts or opinions about this....Or they're too afraid to give one lol

Sure you wouldn't be better off with a pager instead of a smart phone? :p
[Galaxy S III General] popoyaya:
Austerity in a phone. Get the deficit down.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Piombo71:
Hi guys, my sister has updated his notes 2 to 4.4.2 and in download mode is missing the entry for that Knox was first with 4.3, else the system languages ​​now there are only 6 selectable languages, while in 4.3 there were many more and morelocale2 translates only the language of the app and the system remains the same, it's happened to you, or it is just a matter of my sister?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] benfikaman:
Im on 4.4.2 and I also don't see know counter in download mode, but I do see knox under manage apps under settings
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evolutionmods:
Changelog

Stock: well.... its stock with exFat, compiled with Linaro

powerhouse: exFAT, OC to 2.5 UC to 2.68, Voltage control, Sweep2sleep, color control, fastcharge, device vibrate control, GPU OC to 600 Mhz

And also kexec-hardboot in the update

powerhouse RLS1: Bumped up voltages on the OC side Thanks [MENTION=4286591]holla420[/MENTION] for testing, now it shouldn't reboot when running benchmarks . added sio, fiops, bfq and vr schedulers. added ondemandplus governor (might add more) added memutils from LG G3 (port in from 8960 boards)

CodeCraft-M8-4.4.4 is vzw source with all powerhouse commits added
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] krazie1:
Your back to kerneling :)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evolutionmods:
yeah, its hard to stay away. I have a little more time now. :p
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] holla420:
Nice. Missed ur kernels
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] StarfishP:
Omg you're back. I've been sticking with stock kernels because there are no good sense kernels for vzw
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evolutionmods:
I appreciate it bud, these kernels are both really solid & stable
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] buckmarble:
Hit me up on hangouts
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evolutionmods:
You got it bruh
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] TheBurgh:
Does your kernel include kexec hardboot patch?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evolutionmods:
I have one built with that in it. Lemme get some coffee and I'll post one
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jskup:
First off, thanks for making a kernel with that feature. I certainly enjoy fooling with MultiROM and that's a requirement for the host ROM.

At the same time, I don't know that the kernel posted is successful. I flashed the CodeCraft-M8_PH-kexec-hardboot.zip posted in the OP on my device running Santod's latest NuSense build. Using the MultiROM Manager, it states that the kernel does not have the kexec-hardboot patch.

I can't say I have high proficiency with MultiROM or what this specific kernel feature is otherwise, so let me know if there is a specific log that it would be useful for me to attach. I wasn't sure if a logcat would say much in this instance.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evolutionmods:
Okay so that one was my bad . Its in the code just wasn't initialized in the config. I have a new one cooking right now. If its not to much trouble, can you flash it to check if the problem persist?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jskup:
Happy to. Watching for the new posting. Thank you for your efforts to the community.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evolutionmods:
All set, same name new zip
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jskup:
Still no luck. I installed the kernel once with Flashify and a second time just from recovery to be sure. In both cases, I receive the message that the kernel doesn't have the kexec-hardboot patch.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evolutionmods:
It shows it hasnt been downloaded yet. try the new one
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jskup:
Not sure what is up with the download counter, but yes, I've tried that copy as well. Screenshot is attached of the feedback I get from the MultiROM Manager program (and yes, I know I didn't install the main MultiROM file yet. This still works for detecting kernel ability, or it has in previous builds). Please let me know if there is any other log source I can provide.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evolutionmods:
Well I got it working and new zip is uploaded
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] holla420:
[MENTION=3601255]Evolutionmods[/MENTION] what's setting should I have to advoid reboots when running antutu?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evolutionmods:
Try bumping up the voltages a bit. I'm on a roof right now. I'll be on later
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jskup:
The latest kernel is confirmed on my side as well for kexec-hardboot support. Thanks for the additional work you put in!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evolutionmods:
i was up to about 23 kernel builds before i got it working.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] hgoldner:
Great to see you back.

My name is Harold and I'm a flashaholic....