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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] windows8k:
Devil kernel but stock kernel Is there any silver?

Korean note2 SHV-E250S/L/k

devil kernel no booting.

Stock kernel please..

And GT-N7100 kernel changer boot?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spinekiller1:
toltemo

Will this work with my toltemo (t mobile)/note 2

---------- Post added at 09:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:26 PM ----------

Ssme here
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JosephT:
https://gist.github.com/JosephTurner/e3be88868d25f1f66ef7

Also getting black screen, then restarted after a minute.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spinekiller1:
Bootloop

It doesnt boot up. just a boot loop
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JosephT:
I'm still getting a bootloop on build 3.

---------- Post added at 11:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:46 PM ----------

Here's my last_kmsg from the bootloop.

https://gist.github.com/JosephTurner/c59daf32ba1dfbea4b69

Quite a few "Exception stack"s in there.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] windows8k:
Korea note2 7100 bootimage changer boot yes.

11/26 build test..

Ril data no..

Devil kernel The problem seems to be caused.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] namgniw:
I get the exact same.. How long should we wait before giving up? ;)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JosephT:
I'm trying to find out where audio_conf.txt is meant to be, so I can try creating it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] namgniw:
You come back here when you found it? :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] windows8k:
Build4 no booting note2 logo Flash
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JosephT:
This is the entire logcat, as I saw something intresting from the last boot

gist.github.com/JosephTurner/28fd9ba58c85066a2079
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] namgniw:
I'm not getting the blinking screen anymore. Just stuck on GN II boot image

And where do I pull the logcat?

View attachment 3038736
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JosephT:
Can't use logcat in recovery, I got that from when it was flashing. But you can access /cache/recovery/last_log

Here is mine:

gist.github.com/JosephTurner/d1311f67522686529a1b

I got the

mount: failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p13 at /system: Device or resource busy

When I was flashing the zip, although I just tried it again and didn't get that error.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] namgniw:
All I can get out from it is this:

WARNING: linker: could not load library "libsigchain.so" from LD_PRELOAD for "/system/bin/sh"; caused by "libsigchain.so" has bad ELF magic CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE: could not load library "libc.so" needed by "/system/bin/sh"; caused by "libc.so" has bad ELF magic
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JosephT:
Dmesg:

gist.github.com/JosephTurner/4194b6d2450b525a2f0e

There's more about "mmcblk0p16" in there.

This is my dmesg atm, from it alternating between white and particle bootanimation.

These captchas are getting really hard to solve...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DerTeufel1980:
Your findings are good. Who moved you to this q&a thread? ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spinekiller1:
On gn2 logo then boot animation. Then flashes white. Same as build 4
[Xperia Z2 General] mimahitna:
Hi friends, im first in Xperia world and, on start, i have problem.

Im bought used xperia z2 phone and want to hard reset device with button combination.

On any other device like htc, lg, samsung a doing hard reset with button combination because factory reset in phone meny doesen errase al stuff.

I tryed search and tryed every combination i found but...no luck- i try wol up+ power, wol up+wol down +power...

Does anybodi know any other combination-im on stock 23.0.1.A.0.167.

Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Z2 General] ghostofcain:
What's not wiped by factory reset? You could flash a stock rom via flashtool and wipe from there.
[Xperia Z2 General] Envious_Data:
Power key+volume UP

Or holding the red powrr key under the flap on the left flap
[Xperia Z2 General] mimahitna:
Thanks men.

But, power+vol up...nothing, not vibrate, not powering... Red buton-vibrate 3 times and-soft reset.

Whats hapens with OTA upgrading if i upgrade firmware with flashtool...is OTA IMEI sensitive like in LG or depend of firmware like in Samsung ? If i use flashtool and flash stock firmware does i recive OTA upgrade ?

Greetings.
[Xperia Z2 General] Envious_Data:
Ota with Z2 firmware has to be stock and unmodded to upgrade normaly

However you can flash a FTF using flashtool to restore stock firmware or even update
[Xperia Z2 General] mimahitna:
Maybe i dont be clear. If my phone from Switzerland and i flash German firmware... Does i recive ota for German or Switzerland or dont be ota ? On Samsung im will be recive German ota but on Lg i recive Switzerland ota. That means-on Lg ota depend of IMEI but Samsung ota depend of firmare wich is in phone.
[Xperia Z2 General] Envious_Data:
If you flash German FTF you will recieve German Updates

Updates on xperias depends on your firmware version, aka German LTE=German LTE OTA
[Xperia Z2 General] mimahitna:
That is great, thanks man.

My,next question is-which contry will first recive any upgrade...on Samsung that is German but on Lg that is Poland.. Do you have any expirience...
[Xperia Z2 General] Envious_Data:
Sony usualy tries pushing to all countries about the same time

Often a random countrie gets it a few hours to a day before another
[Xperia Z2 General] mimahitna:
Nice from Sony. Now, we expect Lollipop.

Thanks
[Xperia Z2 General] Envious_Data:
Lolipop is coming to all Z xperias

Z/Z tablet

Z1/Z1 compact

Z2/Z2 tablet

Z3 /Z3 compact/Z3 tablet compact
[Xperia Z2 General] mimahitna:
Yes but...when. Hope in next 90 days.
[Xperia Z2 General] Envious_Data:
Not soon at all, They are working very hard on it and its far from normal for sony

Usualy they give a few updates, One to fix the previous but now they are working on 1 big perfect update so its going to be a very long time for Lolipop

They already have lolipop aosp fully working within sony mobile
[Xperia Z2 General] mimahitna:
Is that means does Sony have Google Play edition devices...can we use this aosp roms from Sony...
[Xperia Z2 General] Tri3Dent:
So is there really no way to hard reset (wipes data) without using flashtool or doing "factory reset" in the menu?

In samsung devices or I think other manufacturers too, we can get into some kind of recovery mode where we can select to wipe data. Is this not present on our z2's?
[Xperia Z2 General] ghostofcain:
Not AFAIK, why would this be preferential to factory reseting?
[Xperia Z2 General] Envious_Data:
Sony has aosp code provided for devs to build and provide

GPE xperias exist but i dont know enough about them, we could probably flash their firmware but i wouldent try it
[Palm Treo 750] fire00:
...and can confirm the firmware version and if the problem with 3G/UMTS network reception is solved as well as the call volume (too loud when set to loudest level) ?
[Palm Treo 750] grundler:
I've had mine for a couple days now. got it from mobileplanet.

As for 3G, i live in an edge area only (on cingular). but this evening i am going into a 3g area and will check up on it. i have no idea what you mean about call volume!

For those techies out there who might want to know this, here it is. This is from the unbranded treo 750 i recieved today from mobileplanet who imported them from their UK expansys stores.

(Went to Settings-->System-->About for those who may wonder...)

Under Version:

Microsoft Windows Mobile Version 5.0

OS 5.1.195 (Build 14995.2.6.3)

Processor: SC32442A-300MHz

Under Phone it says:

Software Version: TREO750-1.16-RWE

Hardware Version: P

Serial Number: Nah...

Phone Number: nope.

Firmware Version: 1.27.0b.00

By way of comparison, the Cingular branded one which I am returning to palm has:

Under Version:

Microsoft Windows Mobile Version 5.0

OS 5.1.195 (Build 14959.2.3.2)

Processor: SC32442A-300MHz

Under Phone it says:

Software Version: TREO750-1.13-CNG

Hardware Version: A

Serial Number: Nah...

Phone Number: nope.

Firmware Version: 1.17.20.00
[Palm Treo 750] mitchello:
Thats definitely newer than my Treo 750v I got back in November. I have

OS: 5.1.195 (b14959.2.3.2)

Software: TREO650-1.12-VFU

Hardware Rev: A

Firmware: 1.12.0a.00

I am dying for an update to fix some nigling issues. Hopefully Vodafone comes through soon, or Palm releases an update for the unlocked version.
[Palm Treo 750] JonesChris:
Real or Memorex?

That's a REAL unlocked from palm, not those e-bay Cingular unlocked ones floating around?
[Palm Treo 750] rezilient:
So the firmware appears to be more recent than my Cingular which also says 1.17.20.00, is there somewhere I can grab that ROM? Would my phone still work with Cingular with that ROM?
[Note Edge Android Development] Chenglu:
N915S has been tested, use "SkyHigh TW Kernel", thanks [MENTION=3511708]UpInTheAir[/MENTION].

Thanks [MENTION=3787444]fredli888[/MENTION] test N915G, thanks [MENTION=3190274]z31k[/MENTION] test N915P, thanks [MENTION=1209926]tossero[/MENTION] test N915S CWM on N915K.

XDA:DevDB Information

N915S N9150 N915F N915G N915P N915T N915K CWM Based Recovery 6.0.5.1, Tool/Utility for the Galaxy Note Edge

Contributors

Chenglu

Version Information

Status: Stable

Created 2014-12-05

Last Updated 2014-12-05
[Note Edge Android Development] UpInTheAir:
SWEET

Thanks for sharing this with us mate. Good stuff !!

Just flashed it [ SM-N915S ] and no issues with Odin. No time to test CWM functions yet because busy updating my Galaxy Tab S kernels :)

All new kernels will now be CWM recovery zip flashable
[Note Edge Android Development] jafangie:
Hi,

Just rooted my N915S.

First root with chainfire's CF-AutoRoot using ODIN

Second use your CWM using ODIN

Everything seems ok!

Thanks
[Note Edge Android Development] reo420510:
works grreat

good job flashed with odin went smoothly now we need a custom rom thanks again
[Note Edge Android Development] starbucks2010:
Hello,

Any chance for CWM for N915F (International)?

Thanx.
[Note Edge Android Development] Chenglu:
Uploaded, not tested.
[Note Edge Android Development] z31k:
Will these work with the sprint variants?
[Note Edge Android Development] fredli888:
CWM for sm-n915g

Can I use CWM n915f for n915g?
[Note Edge Android Development] Chenglu:
Downloading firmware, please wait.
[Note Edge Android Development] Wacky2bakky:
Would be sweet if this recovery worked for the Sprint Edge :)
[Note Edge Android Development] Chenglu:
Has been uploaded.
[Note Edge Android Development] fredli888:
Thanks great help for sm-n915g :)
[Note Edge Android Development] gubbilo144:
Hello will this work on the tmobile SM-N915T NOTE EDGE.
[Note Edge Android Development] snovvman:
+1 on this--T-Mobile variant, please....
[Note Edge Android Development] avenk:
Will the one for S variant works on the K?
[Note Edge Android Development] z31k:
You sir, are awesome!!! :highfive:

Tested on the sprint variant, and it works like a charm!!
[Note Edge Android Development] tossero:
Yes , it does without any problems.(for me at least :D)

Cheers~
[Note Edge Android Development] invisiblesense:
Gosh! Trying to learn about:

Custom Kernel, Custom ROM, Customer Recovery, TWRP, CWM is giving me a headache!:eek:
[Note Edge Android Development] Next1776:
Yes it does! Works on the Sprint N915P . I haven't flashed anything with it yet though... :good: Thanks Cheglu !
[Note Edge Android Development] Chenglu:
Uploaded
[Sony Smartwatch 3] libb:
Is any way how can I backup fitness data (steps)? I installed yesterday Google Fit into the phone, then uninstall it but all measured steps in the watch were deleted.

The same if I reset the watch.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] XorZone:
It should be in the cloud, google made fit platform as an unified integration solution, so check in web version of the fit and keep your fit on the phone.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] kane3262:
Also, if you are just planning on using Google's apps, you could use My Tracks. My Tracks supports offline GPS support (you don't need your phone with you), and it backs up to Google Drive. If you are concerned about losing your info, that automatically backs up for you. Just an option to consider.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] floallie:
My track is a very good idea. You can also export the data to a google spreachsheet. Each track will be added to this spreadsheet (if it's the same activity) then you can build some graph :highfive:
[Sony Smartwatch 3] libb:
I use My Tracks. I lent my watch to my wife and she ran without my phone. But watch went out of battery and the track is not stored (16 km in 90 minutes). I'm said for her... :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skezza:
I was very close to buying a new phone the other day. My Nexus 4 felt awful on Kit Kat but on Lollipop feels a lot better.

However 2 year old Nexus 4 vs OnePlus One/Huawei Ascend 7/A New Phone

Thoughts?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flopower1996:
A YouTuber made a good video about lollipop and the Nexus 4. I find it very interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAXBchEXI88
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skezza:
That's a great video and I'm starting to think that the Nexus 4 is still a good phone to stick with.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ttheodorou:
the only bad thing with our nexus is battery life and the camera. if you can live with this two i would recommend to wait a bit more for the snapdragon 808/810 generation of phones. that will be a huge step in cpu/gpu performance as well as battery performance because of the larger battery and smaller fabrication method of the soc at 20nm. so for me nexus 4 is a keeper at for at least 6 month - a year minimum. plus we got lollipop something that most other phones will not have for the next 1-2 months at least. my plan is going sometime in 2015 for a one plus one successor or an oppo find 7 sucessor. for me is it one of the most important things to have unlocked boot loaders.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skezza:
I must admit, I liked the look of the Huawei mainly because of the battery + fingerprint reader.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoisonWolf:
The Nexus 4 will hold up mainly due to the lower resolution. IMHO, the N5 or N6 won't be that much faster due to the higher resolution these devices have. For example:

Nexus 4: 1280x768 = 983040 pixels

Nexus 5: 1920x1080 = 2073600 pixels

Nexus 6: 2560x1400 = 3686400 pixels.

ANTUTU

Nexus 4 Benchmarks (from Phonearena): 16749

Nexus 5 Benchmarks (from Phonearena): 26340

Nexus 6 Benchmarks (from Phonearena): 49480

GFX Bench tests with T-Rex HD on-screen

Nexus 4 GFXBENCH T-REX HD ON-SCREEN (GFXBench): 27.5

Nexus 5 GFXBENCH T-REX HD ON-SCREEN (Phonearena): 23

Nexus 6 GFXBENCH T-REX HD ON-SCREEN (Phonearena): 27.9

Now if we divide the benchmarks by the pixels, respectively, and plot them...I would expect that these indices should go higher with each successive iteration of the phone; that is, despite increases in pixels, gains in CPU and GPU power should outweigh the resolution increases. What do we get? See the attached.

Of course, this is not the right way to examine gains in performance, but this is how I'd like to think of it. I firmly believe that advent of these increasingly high resolutions is so borderline unnecessary that it negatively impacts other areas such as battery life and performance.

Disclaimer: I made this post in a quick 5 minutes. I can not verify the authenticity of these benchmarking results. I will presume that the phones were not all running Lollipop. So take my charts with a grain of salt. If you have all three phones (N4, N5, N6) and have them all on Lollipop, please feel free to conduct these tests again and chart them out for the community to see. I personally would be curious to see if there are any differences (I'd wager not).

tldr: The Nexus 4 is still decent.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bagl0312:
I am very happy with lollipop on my nexus 4.

I was thinking to upgrade to a nexus 6, but after seeing android 5.0 in action on nexus 4 I decided to wait a little more.

Probably I will get the nexus 6 when it will be cheaper, or just wait for the next nexus phone in 2015
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] smokin901:
I accidentally flashed Verizon radio realized that when phone started rebooting every minute.

1) reflashed correct radio nogo

2)RUU did not help

3) manually flashed modem_st1, modem_st2 which solved reboot but now no network and phone does not read SIM card.

flashed modem_st1,modem_st2, radio_config from friends verizon m7, now phone reads sim but still not network

I think if i flash these files from working sprint m7 phone will come back to life.

hence requesting you guys to share this file

modem_st1 (mmcblk0p20)

modem_st2 (mmcblk0p21)

radio_config (mmcblk0p17)

you can use following to pull from the phone

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p20 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p20

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p21

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p17

Thank you for your help
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] muneebrocks:
hey I would love to help you. I am on viper 7.0.1 can I do this?

also do I have to write these commands in adb?

and then what?

a little bit newbie friendly instructions will help
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] StormyNight:
PM'd them to you.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] smokin901:
Issue resolved
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] smokin901:
Thanks a lot for coming forward to help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serbent:
Hi guys,

could someone provide, or point me to the right direction, to get the stock ROM for alcatel one touch flash 6042D ?

I have the TCL p728m, which is the same model, only for the Chinese market, and I'd like to have a english ROM on it... Preferably with gapps :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daleko:
i second that
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] se_rafa:
Same

Hello, it's my first post. I've bought the TCL s720 in aliexpress and I've seen that also it's the same that alcatel one touch flash, as serbent has said.

I don't have the mobile yet, but I'll have it in two weeks I hope. The TCL has android 4.2.2, and the alcatel has the 4.4 version, it's possible to put the rom of alcatel on the TCL?

It seems to be he same hardware ... sorry for my bad english, I'm a sillly spanish :silly: hahaha

Greetings for all.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjpaul:
Yes, is the same phone. I'm from Spain too. We have to find the stock rom of Alcatel 6042D.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discourse:
I'll join the que of people interested in this. I just bought the TCL S720 myself. :highfive:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] se_rafa:
I think that is the best mobile in quality / price ratio.

But I bought this mobile for the battery, 3330mah! Also the Cubot S200 has 3300mah, but I already have had an mt6582, and I want to try the octa-core :)

Other thing that I want to say it's if I can low the base frequencie of the processor, because I think that 728MHz are too much. I would like to low it to 500MHz or less if it's possible.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discourse:
Indeed. I wish there were more reviews of it available.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] se_rafa:
I can't find any rom of Alcatel flash, ...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gatopardosgr:
I need this rom too.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] se_rafa:
I found something!!

Hi guys! I have found the rom of TCL P728m, with android 4.4.2.

It has the same hardware less the camera (I think so) and the support of LTE.

The rom is here (needrom): needrom.com/download/tcl-p728m

I don't have still the mobile, I hope that it comes this week.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gatopardosgr:
I dont think you can flash your phone with this
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rebox:
does anyone found the stock rom for this? I have the TCL s720 and looks great as specifications/price but the software is ****. So It might work the kit kat of alcatel flash on it. still hopeing to update it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] se_rafa:
I also am looking for the rom, but anybody help to me.

I have speaked with Alcatel and they have said to me that they are going to do all possible, but you also should call them and they will do before!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daleko:
oh, come on

did you ever compare S720 vs P728m?

the only thing they have in common is SOC.

In other words, this rom is no good for s720.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] se_rafa:
And do you think that the same soc it's bit??

I am looking for and speaking with everything I find, and anybody help me. I think that the p728m it's too similar than the s720.

Thanks for nothing.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daleko:
of course i've tried this firmware.

All that i get was gibberish on boot screen and bootloop

still think that it's nothing?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] se_rafa:
Maybe you have to change some driver files.

In a few weeks I will have it and I could tried it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daleko:
it'll be great!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andypost:
I got a new device from flipcart, glad to help with rom.

Can someone to point me how to extract stock ROM from the phone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Muse91:
There is a tutorial on theandroidsoul, or just google how to backup stock ROM for Mediatek. I can't post links since I don't have 10 posts yet. If you need additional help, pls contact me by private message. Thanks a lot for trying to help us out, cheers!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BobBernsson:
Appreciate andypost trying to get us the stock ROM! :)

I agree with Muse91, the tutorial on theandroidsoul should cover most of the questions about backing up the stock ROM (googling "backup unrooted stock rom mediatek" brings that up as first hit for me).

I might have some additional insights about it that might be helpful but my experience is based solely on the TCL S720 phone which should be the same model but might differ in details:

Step 3 in the tutorial:

- when you enter the start address and the length for the readback file the readback procedure SP Flash Tool may ask for the "Region" to read from as well, in case of the TCL S720 this should be EMMC_USER, since all the "important" partitions lay here, unless the Alcatel version has a different naming/layout it should be the same there, too

- after that the tutorial mentions that you might have to press a button on certain devices for the readback to start, on my S720 this is the volume down button, so the order would be like: click readback in SP Flash Tool -> hold volume down on the phone -> plug in the USB cable to connect the phone to the PC -> Download DA 100% progressbar should appear in SP Flash Tool (now you can release the volume down on the phone) -> Readback should continue with a new progress bar

Step 4 in the tutorial:

- when MTK droid tools asks you for a recovery image after you clicked "process ROM file from flash tool" just click cancel, so the unmodified recovery is included in the backup

Just like Muse91 I am of course more than willing to answer additional questions at least as far as my limited knowledge permits me to ;).