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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] goodflood:
NE4 to NE1 - update questions!

Hello All!

I have a few questions:

Info: I have a SG S3 ATT on MJB running CM 11 nightlies.

After following enewman17's [thank you] threads for a few months, today, I decided to flash NE4 -->>> success.

I have some practical/knowledge (quest :p) questions:

1. Last known official update from Samsung was MJB -- so where did NE4 and NJ1 come from?

2. Why is NE4 so easy [bootloader and modem] -- but, NJ1 difficult [has system, recovery and boot)?

3. At this stage (NE4) or after update to NJ1, say, I try a few ROMs, and they leave stuff (files and folders) on the phone -- If I want to do a complete wipe -- how do I do it?

Thank you!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
1) NE4 and NJ1 are official. But, Samsung has not released any files except for the OTA updates. People are pulling the modem and bootloader from their devices. The same applies to stock ROMs based on TouchWiz NE4 or NJ1.

2) The system and recovery part are for upgrading to a stock TW NJ1, not for simply upgrading the bootloader and modem.

3) You may have to do a complete wipe from your custom recovery. Probably going so far as to format system. Be sure you have a ROM image on your external card or PC.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] goodflood:
NE4 to NJ1 - still don't get it

Thank you for the reply dawgdoc.

1. I see -- looking at this: http://www.xda-developers.com/tag/samsung-galaxy-s-iii/ I couldn't tell. What I could say was the international version might have received an update -- but is quite different (?!?!?) from the US version and Sprint runs CDMA... not sure! I will leave it to the experts :) But, most likely, there will probably never be another modem / bootloader update beyond KK, I am guessing, correct me if I an wrong.

2. But, what If I already have a ROM I am happy with... can't I just flash [bootloader/modem] NE4 to NJ1 just like I did MJB to NE4 [with no concern for system or recovery]... I still don't get it.

3. I see -- sounds doable :)

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
Yes, the international version received its update before the US ones did, and it is different enough to brick our phones. The international one has less RAM, the cores are Exynos instead of Qualcomm, and different onboard storage size, among other things.

You can definitely stick to CM11, most times there should be no need to change to a stock ROM. Some will need to go stock and then back to their preferred ROM to resolve GPS, network, or some other issue. Enewman, the OP of this thread also has another thread that should have just the bootloader and modem in a download. In fact the download is at the very bottom of the first post of this thread.

I'm actually a bit surprised you have not been previously forced to upgrade bootloader and modem if you stayed current on CM11 nightlies.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] goodflood:
Dawgdoc,

I was so focused on the first few steps that I missed the last part. Flashed NJ1 bootlaoder+modem... >>> Success. :)

Hopefully I won't have any issues requiring returning to stock!

Thank you for the reply!

And thank you ***Enewman***
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] $avage$3:
I missed something......is this an update just to return to stock? I dont understand how I can "update" from NE4 to NJ1 to return to stock. So my question remains.....Why update to NJ1? I run CM11, CM12,and many others on the NE4 without any issues
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pc103:
Post #1 explains that this thread presents a tested and proven method to return to stock for those wishing to do so.

The 2 codenames mentioned in the thread title refer to recent releases of the stock ROM image. Migrating from the earlier to the later one accomplishes a version upgrade.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] $avage$3:
ahhhhhh, very well explained,thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dracinn:
Going to try a restore to stock with Flashfire 0.14,already using NJ1 so shouldn't be a problem there. Crossing fingers.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bird333:
I am currently on MJ2 bootloader and MJB modem. I am wondering if I can update just my modem to NE4 or NJ1 and leave my bootloader at MJ2?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] NJD316:
NE4 and later (NJ1) the bootloaders and modems MUST match or you might have a brick. You're safe to update them in order just make sure they match as you go. My signal has significantly improved since upgrading to the latest.

Edit: make sure you don't downgrade since NE4 and later has Knox. Hope this helps.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bird333:
Just curious, why are you able to have mismatches on earlier versions?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
I am on the same bootloader/modem mismatch as you and have never had an issue. So far I have contented myself with ROMs that will accept this pair. With a custom kernel such as ibuddler's or Ktoonsez we could even run TouchWiz based KitKat ROMs, which I expect to be doing soon.

If we ever upgrade to the MJB bootloader or beyond we will no longer be able to mismatch. I don't know why this was implemented by Samsung/ATT&T/Android. It holds true for the Verizon SGS3 in an even more restrictive manner. Once you take the ML1 (?) there are only two ROMs you can flash other than stock, and they are both stock based. No AOSP/CM allowed.

My old SGS Captivate is mismatched in all manner of ways and works fine.
[XDA Assist] XDA Visitor:
Go into safe mode. When I called last week about this issue, Samsung said they had just discovered it when people started calling in about the problem. The tech I spoke with said if you can access the security settings in safe mode, then the problem might be an application that you downloaded. Only problem with that theory is you would literally have to spend a lot of time, probably multiple hours, uninstalling and reinstalling your apps and also checking the settings to see if they work. I was told Samsung tech support would investigate further and call back about further troubleshooting, but have not done so yet!
[XDA Assist] Darth:
Hi,

I'm not sure what this post is about.... But if you have an actual question.... I need your device make and model to point you towards help.

Thanks! ?
[XDA Assist] XDA Visitor:
AirDroid's web marketeers insist that "With an AirDroid account, everything becomes much easier" (clipped from FAQ). I suspect they - meaning many if not all of AirDroid/Tongbu Net employees - believe this claptrap.

Why is it that in today's marketplace for "innovative" tech products, the seller's goal is to divorce the user from her/his device(s) by exorcising the "personal" from an individual's computing-centric experience? Why is it - other than sheer laziness and/or greed - that innovators refuse even the most fleeting attempt to make the web the app thereby freeing all compute-platform experiences richer, freer and infinitely more scalable? And secure too...
[XDA Assist] Darth:
Hi,

I'd suggest you post in the Airdroid section here,

> XDA Community Apps > AirDroid

Though honestly... This rant should probably die here. ?

Thanks, thread closed.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] i7icegy:
Any of you have issues with applications in landscape view? There doesn't seem to have enough screen real estate to look at content. Most of the time there is one or two rows of content. I have to scroll alot. Alot of apps also does not recognize the dpi to fully utilize the screen. For instance on the nexus 9, in portrait when I am in Google now I am able to see two columns while with the z3tc there is only one column.
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] jaime4272:
I haven't had that problem
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Does anyone know who manufactures the OLED screens on the Nexus 6 ?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msal:
I'm going to guess Samsung?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
up for this
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisjcks:
My guess, In house - Lenovo! :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bblzd:
Two LCD manufacturers have released OLED panels for mobile devices thus far, Samsung and LG with their POLED (Plastic).

This isn't POLED so it must be Samsung.

Based on pixel aranagment and brightness, I think we can assume it's something like the Note 3 generation display and with similar qualities/adjustments as the Moto X 2014 display.

Samsung never lets anyone use their latest and greatest panel tech as they reserve those for their own devices.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisjcks:
Tired of people stating such rubbish.

This is not how businesses work!

The dept who makes the screens, although 'samsung' are independent to their smartphone business.

Samsung Mobile essentially have to buy the screens just like everybody else.

Also - iPhones have had faster Ram & better screens than Samsung for the past 5+ years - & those were always 'Samsung' made......
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ggreenwood334:
It will cost an arm and a leg to replace that monster.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bblzd:
This is how they operate, this isn't a mystery of any kind, and it's perfectly within their right as a company to do so. You are arguing against a very obvious fact. There isn't a single phone that has ever used Samsung's latest OLED panel tech beside Samsung. Do you think that's a coincidence?

It's quite easy to prove after examining the panel. Pixel arrangement and brightness prove the N6 (and Moto X) does not use Samsung's latest panel tech, as seen in the Note 4 and GS5, and Tab S series.

I'm sorry you don't agree with Samsung's OLED business strategy, I don't either but there's nothing we can do. Your reference to Apple makes no sense because they are using hardware which anyone could manufacture, such as IPS panels and RAM. It's in Samsung's best interest to provide that hardware to Apple otherwise someone else simply would. That is not the same as Samsung's in-house AMOLED tech which no one else can provide.

If you want OLED in your phone you really only have one choice: Samsung. Samsung is not in the business of giving their latest in-house tech away to their competitors, especially when they already have little to differentiate themselves.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I didnt realize the tech on the Note 3 screen is capable of 2k display, I wanted to know the manufacturer because Im thinking of picking up a Nexus 6 but my eyes are so fast in catching display uniformity issues on samsung oled panels at least I can filter out the defects before I buy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Android Sketch:
Greetings,

As you can already tell from the listing on this post, I have hard bricked my S III,

I accidently hard bricked my SIII, by mistaking flashing a international rom, In the description of the rom it even stated it WAS

for my model of phone. They Lied....

Anyways, I done some research and came across a few ways of debricking it, None of which seem to be working. Although I am able to

Get a red charge light on my phone when I plug it into my computer with the battery out. Also, I am unable to Boot into Recovery or Download Mode.

Can you please help me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] vizionforever:
JTAG ebay craigslist..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Android Sketch:
JTag Unbricking

Yes, I am having problems finding the correct JTag jig. I have looked for ones that are for Galaxy S III's but none seem to be working with the SPH-L710. And has anyone actually used a JTag for unbricking this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Android Sketch:
JTag Jig

I looked on the internet and found that when you look up Jtag , you are given given results for what looks like a jig for (a given phone), and that it will let your phone boot into download mode.

Is that what you are talking about being doubtful. And I do thank you for your responses.

:confused:

I have also tried using a debrick Img file and installing it to my 16gig sd card, and gone down that route, but that did not work, which is why I am considering spending the money on a Jtag Jig...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mschweini:
So yesterday, my old car's voltage regulator went haywire, and blew the car's main fuses after a couple of seconds.

I was charging my N4 during this incident with a cigarette lighter thingy and was holding aprox. 10% batttery charge.

The N4 is now 100% unresponsive. No amount of pressing any key combination for any amount of time does anything at all.

I have also tried charging it with a generic USB charger for a couple of hours, to no effect.

After that, I tried charging it with my computer's USB3 port for a couple of hours. This warmed up the phone a bit on the back, so it seems the ingoing current is doing something in there.

I am not getting a red LED indicator as most other people seem to be getting.

i fear something important was simply fried inside the phone, but I don't want to give up yet! :(

- Does anyone have any ideas what else I could try out?

- Are there maybe some small fuses inside the N4 that might be burned due to the voltage spike? Could I maybe replace or bridge them?

- could replacing the battery maybe revive the phone? If so, how could I test if getting a replacement battery will be worth it? Maybe temporarily wiring a compatible voltage to board?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LooieENG:
http://www.reddit.com/r/nexus4/comments/29gkfj/usb_power_surge_killed_nexus_4/

Does this help?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mschweini:
Cool! I must have missed that the USB charging stuff is on a seperate board when i stepped through the N4 teardown!

Do you know if wireless charging goes through this board, too, or would it be using a separate circuit - i.e. should I head over to a friend's and test if I get SOME reaction from the phone when wirelessly charging?

Also: what worries me is that, as i mentioned, the phone's back is getting quite warm when charging it via USB3, so I am afraid that the charge is actually getting to the battery (vs. being stopped at a burnt fuse)
[P3600 General] pe747:
I wonder, if anybody could talk already with the HTC people at the 3GSM in Barcelona about things like european ROMs for the Trinity or the FM ?:o
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] polo79:
I unfortunately was mistaken and flashed the 525 LTE kernel in the Towel root thread and now I cannot boot the device. I guess I just need the stock kernel for kot49h.t520xxuanae firmware. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Edit: I was able to get everything figured out. I flashed the full latest firmware and got the tab to boot. I am now on CyanogenMod :)
[Samsung Gear S] Jeffruby:
Anyone able to explain the difference?

Also, does this thing actually use WiFi and mobile data to connect to your phone's connection? Or will it use its own WiFi or 3g to stream milk for instance?
[Samsung Gear S] Geronimo.USMC:
Mine does both.
[Samsung Gear S] megatherian:
It will use Bluetooth, Wifi and Mobile Data in that order and should autoswitch to them as each becomes unavailable.

BTW, on Tmobile at least, Milk streaming is free (doesn't count against your data).
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Krzy256:
Hello.

I succesfully port Vanilla OS from this post: http://xdaforums.com/android/development/rom-vanillaos-walton-primo-f3i-t2849699 to my GooPhone i6 MTK6572.

OS works very fast, smooth and great, but I've problems with GSM.

After add IMEI and put SIM card inside (Virgin Mobile), device recognize card, but shows no signal icon. Also, lockscreen shows: "NO SERVICE - VIRGIN MOBILE".

Everything works perfectly on crappy and laggy stock ROM.

How can I fix that?

Which files I must replace in system folder?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] burimek:
i have see a solution to change imei number with a taste code manufactury mode and change imei, gsm works after have new imei
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billclay1988:
When new factory images are eventually posted, would it be possible to only flash the system.img from the package to update? I'm thinking as long as there are no changes to the bootloader or radio, it might be possible to leave the custom recovery and data alone by only flashing the system files.

Would this work or not? I'm not technically minded enough to know.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
What new images? 5.1?

You would need to flash kernel too. Boot.img
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billclay1988:
Yes, when Google releases some bugfixes for Lollipop I'd like to update without the hassle of reverting to stock for an OTA. So this would be a method to update to newer versions without breaking root or overwriting custom recoveries?

Just flashing 2 images seems like a pretty easy way to upgrade compared to some of the other guides I've seen.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Even easier would be a recovery flashable ROM.zip as per the thread in my signature
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billclay1988:
Your guide is very thorough! Thank you for the help. :good:
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jessie751:
Hi all, Basically my problem is that the system (Linux Debian Jessie) does not recognize my phone, but my phone if (shows USB connected) , I do not have an operating system is stuck in bootloader only starts in fastboot.Resumiendo recognizes the phone if you connect! but the terminal NO (the computador) recognizes NOT! because writing "adb devices" nothing shows up, so I can not recover the system(Sorry my english is very bad) I speak spanish so any person that speak english/spanish....could help me to translate

PLEASE HELP ME :((
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyguy126:
First make sure your phone drivers are installed.

You cannot use adb in botloader mode. Instead type "fastboot devices" and your device should show up.

Then proceed to reflash stock firmware using fastboot.

And yes I understand basic spanish
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lemagex:
Everything he said. What you can do is get your motorolla stock firmware off the forums and flash it using Fastboot, you might want to look here

BEWARE:

If you do not know which firmware is suited to your device, you may cause damage using the wrong one.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamrich33:
I have a S5 from bluegrass cell , similar to verizon in the central kentucky . I was hoping to find info on how to unlock it to use with straight talk/att. I have read misleading articles on the internet and was hoping to find the answer here. Since the phone is currently a CDMA phone can the ROM be flashed to a ATT Rom and unlocked for use with straight talk?

thanks
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acidburn94:
hi i just a simple question, if i flash a custom kernel such as the franco one, and then i would return to the stock kernel

i just need to flash the cm 11s for example the 38R and nothing more right?

thank you for replies! :)
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaoloMix09:
Yeah just dirty flash the your ROM and you'll be back on stock kernel. You could always try to find the stock kernel somewhere and flash that.

Also, simple questions like this could be asked on the main Questions thread on this forum. Just keep that in mind next time :)

Here's the thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2731638
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acidburn94:
ok thank you!:)

sorry but i didnt see it! so just flash the stock rom and i will be back on the stock kernel?:)
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaoloMix09:
Yes.

Sent from crispy tocino
[P3600 General] pe747:
I wonder, if anybody could talk already with the HTC people at the 3GSM in Barcelona about things like european ROMs for the Trinity or the FM-radio?:o
[Samsung Galaxy Star] MarXhack-TN:
hi friends im new here also im bad in english

my problem is that my phpne wont boot .it stuck on pre-boot screen (sg Galaxy star gt-s.....)

no thing happens after

icant enter the recovery mode also the phone not detcted by pc (win7) or odin (on download mode)

please help me

also the phone has the official rom and its unrooted
[Samsung Galaxy Star] nikobellic121:
make sure that your pc has samsung drivers installed-for odin-downloadmode

and u have to flash stock rom via odin to fix boot stuck problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Star] utkarsh agarwal:
Make sure you go to downloading mode and then check if its detecting... I ur drivers are there it will definately detect ur phone...

If i helped you please hit thanks :D
[Galaxy Tab S Themes and Apps] kevman8396:
Can someone tell me how to install the CM11 keyboard on Touchwiz? I have tried numerous apk files for 4.4 Kitkat but they will not install even after I select "unknown sources"
[Galaxy Tab S Themes and Apps] electrikjesus:
Have you tried installing Google Keyboard from Play Store?
[Galaxy Tab S Themes and Apps] FormeriPhoney:
Sideload it from apkmirror. It's the most recent L keyboard
[LG G2 Mini] Trsparrot1553:
Hello guys, this is my first post here. I have a problem with my new LG g2 mini. I have about 200mb ram free after I have launched my most used apps, 3apps in total. Switching between them is very fast, all is smooth, then I put my device to sleep and after an hour 1 or 2 of the apps would start super slow, as if they are being loaded from internal memory and not ram, even tho I have lots of it free! Why do my apps get swapped out? There is an option in the task manager to auto clear ram, it was ticked by default, I disabled it, but made no difference

Another issue I have is, if I try to launch more than 4 apps at a time, the first one gets swapped out even tho I still have like 150mb ram free! Why?

What I think is the low memory killer is badly configured. I can never run out of ram! Every other than 4 apps get swapped out!
[LG G2 Mini] Cafi96:
I know that issue... If my phone is turned on fro many hours, the keyboard (every keyboard) fails to open in heavy games like Clash of Clans, and my fried too (he uses LG L9 II). It seems to be an LG problem.

After 2 days turned on is almost impossible to do multitasking.

When my phone used to be rooted I installed Auto Memory Manager, and everything worked well.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jehaendel:
Hello guys,

I upgraded Nexus 4 from factory image yesterday (edited out '-w' flag when flash). But I noticed that the 'Google services' is listed as the top in battery usage (see the screenshot). Is that a bug or just me? Thanks for any feedback.

J.H.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jeric0:
My google service is 8%

Inviato dal mio Nexus 4 utilizzando Tapatalk
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmafighter077:
I recently updated S Health and noticed that the font size of the step count that displays on the lock screen is too big. So now the numbers get cut off. Not quite sure how to fix this short of turning it off. I have the default font type and medium font size set through the system settings.

This what I have tried:

1. Changing the font size to small through the system display setting

2. Uninstalling S Health and reinstalling it.

3. Changing the lock screen clock size to medium.

4. Turned off owner information to display on the lock screen

5. Turn off weather on lockscreen

6. Turn off pedometer to display on lock screen then turn it back on

7. Clear Dalvik/Cache and restarted many many times

Does anyone know if I'm missing something? I am using the hyperdrive rom and I am not using any special fonts.

Thank for any help.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] price31:
If you installed the S5 Widget Module, uninstall that. Then go into recovery, settings and fix permissions.

Reboot. Worked for me.