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[General Topics] derekeh83:
I just purchased a note 4 and I'm trying to find as many apps as I can to use my s pen and replace my paper books. I use a weekly planner to keep track of my coworkers time for payroll. I'd like a planner app that has a calendar, each day is already dated, plentiful space for notes or unlimited, and I need it to be able to back up online. A little new to this note so I apologize if its something obvious. Any suggestions?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] inwell:
Hi,

I am new to android community and totally new to linux. I m interested in playing with my old device(S5360) .So i m reading a lot over internet. More i read more i get curious and confused..

My questions are not like HOW TO? but more like WHY ? Please forgive my funny questions u may think and be nice :)

1. Why one need to make a flashable rom from NANDROID backup ? If one has backup,then whats the advantage in having that flashable file ?

2. I installed CWM and ROOT (update zip ) from recovery mode.... why all phones cannot be rooted that way? why PC and ODIN in between?

3. Flashable image (qst 1) from NANDROID backup is usable with other device ? (same model and make)

4.Why STOCK ROMS always flashed from ODIN and not from recovery mode (way the custom roms are flashed)

5.ODIN uses 3-4 files (PDA,PIT etc) but recovery mode uses just a single zip file..why ?

warm regards
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
Question go in the question & answer section!

Thread moved

1 - There is no reason why you can't restore your own personal nandroid backup - do not restore other people's

Make sure you restore the backup using the same cwm & kernel to which it was made on

You do not create rom zips from nandroid backups - at least that's not the conventional way

2 - the galaxy y doesn't need odin to root or flash cwm

Other devices do as they have separate partitions for recovery or use fastboot

The galaxy y recovery is within the kernel

3 - technically yes - you can transfer a nandroid backup to another phone of the exact same model & restore it - note you will have all that phones data contacts etc if you restore data

4 - because it flashes modem files & other things

The pda file is the system directory & kernel which you could turn into a flashable zip if you wanted

You can flash any rom via cwm but it will treated as a custom rom with no modifications

5 - pda contains system & kernel

Modem contains radio files ie baseband

CSC contains carrier specific codes

PIT is the partitioning information table & is not required - do not use it

A flashable zip only contains the system directory & kernel (although most stock based roms don't include a kernel) in the case of galaxy y
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] inwell:
Thank you very much sir,

Few of your answers again increasing my curiosity...

How do i know what kernel was used while taking the backup and which one is present at the time of restore ?When i will flash custom rom then my kernel will get replaced..right? so how will i get old kernel at the time of restore?

I just asked coz i read few threads here regarding Flashable Rom From NANDROID backup

I have read a lot of confusing things about EFS DATA. Will restoring this nandroid backup to exact same phone make those two phone identical...? i.e same IMEI or same EFS data ?

Correct me if wrong... Samsung Gal Y uses single flash file coz it does not have diff partitions or file structure for recovery/modem/radio ...?

Other phones may have diff partitions so they need diff technique of flashing other than using a single flashable zip ?

Regarding Cust ROM...

How can these custom roms based on newer virsions of android work pretty well with these old phones like GAL Y having very poor RAM and ROM ?

best wishes...

(m i troubling you a lot ? )
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
It states what kernel you are using in about phone in phone settings

Most stock based custom roms for this device does not contain a kernel

Search - all kernels are available

Efs data is not backed up

This partition is not mountable in galaxy y during normal use

all custom roms are 1 Flashable zip

Stock firmware can contain many files to flash (samsung uses odin other phones use fastboot)

The operating system can technically run on this phone - its the crap that Samsung adds to it that slows it down
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] inwell:
Thank you sir..once again :)

So i can say,my kernel at the time of NANDROID backup will remain same after i install a custom rom ...until i deliberately change it ...correct ? (so while restoring the backup mostly i will be having the same kernel... )

AS you told me about ODIN and flashable ROM from CWM... it again takes me to a question ..

When we isnatll cust rom..we take nandroid backup of first rom/settings etc.

Many posts says if something goes wrong or if you need to go back to stock, u need ODIN...

My question is if something goes wrong,is it not possible to go back to stock using my nandroid backup,which was taken before custom rom installation ?

I am avoiding ODIN as my device S5360 is not connecting itself to PC/LAPTOP via USB. Dont know what the prob is..(Kies/Drivers/USB Ports are good)

best wishes
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
Unless the rom zip contains a kernel it will not be replaced

in the rom zip look for boot.img in the root of the rom zip

Like I said before - you can restore a nandroid backup anytime and your phone will revert to the state it was in when the backup was made

In the galaxy y the kernel is not backed up during a nandroid backup

It is advised to restore the backup whilst on the same recovery and kernel to which the backup was made

if you are using a different kernel you will likely get a boot.img error and the backup will not restore - in this case just advanced restore system and data but note the kernel must be compatible with the rom else it will not boot

See my firmware thread - links in signature

follow all instructions - kies is not needed - uninstall it as its not compatible with the galaxy y and is just a waste

you only need usb drivers and if using windows 8.1 make sure to run the setup programe in compatibility mode for windows xp else the setup will not run
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] inwell:
So what is the best advised practice that i should follow to keep my KERNEL same at the time of backup and at the time of restore ?

Flashing custom rom without custom kernel is the only way ? ( many posts i v seen advising flash some custom kernel before custom rom)

If i take nandroid backup of my rooted stock rom with stock kernel, now i flash some custom rom + Custom kernel.....when restoring my nandroid backup in any case, how would i get my stock kernel back ?(that was used at the time of backup)

secondly, I removed kies .. i have drivers installed, but my phone has some issues i guess (hardware or software not sure). It charges through usb but not recognized to windows in any mode. When its remove from chager,it still shows charging icon in notification area..

I think usb drives are fine as i can connect my other phone to windows. (Win 7 and Win Xp)

best wishes
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
Like I said - making/restoring a nandroid backup does not change your kernel in a galaxy y

Some roms like CyanogenMod roms require a specific kernel - stock kernel will not boot the rom - refer to rom thread

Flash stock kernel the same as a custom kernel

Hells fusion #50 contains the option to flash stock kernel if that's easier

Remember if you flash CyanogenMod roms you will now be on an ext system partition - to get back to stock rfs partition you need to flash stock rom via odin

Clean USB port of phone

Flash stock rom via odin

Wipe cache dalvik cache in cwm
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] inwell:
Thank you marcus,

When looking or searching for roms,where it will be mentioned that the ROM is using EXT or RFS partition ? any simple guide to know this thing ?

How would a new and non tech. person like me should search for ROMS without kernels? any guide for that ? (any specific terms to look on the rom link that will tell abt partition sys and kernel it uses )

regarding odin..

i have cleaned the connector,tried diff PC,diff os, diff drivers..but no success.

If i have a hardware failure related to usb,what will be my best option to revert back? (restoring the nandroid backup with original kernel will do?)

btw... a have seen many official roms listed here,but my stock rom is diff from all of them..how? (here list is DDLK and so on..but my device is DDKL..which is nowhere to be found)

best wishes
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
like I said before the zip will contain boot.img if it has a kernel

stock based roms normally dont

cm based roms will

if you have converted to ext to use cm roms you will need to use odin to convert back to rfs for stock or use a stock based kernel that uses ext like hells fusion #50

your firmware is old

just use the latest version for your region from my firmware thread (starting DD)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] inwell:
Ok,Thank You

I m really waiting for my first Custom Rom to get flashed.. :) with your help,i have learned a lot.(basic concepts got cleared) Thank you once gain.

So going for my first mod rom, will you please tell me what rom / roms use RFS partition, so that if something goes wrong, i will revert back with simple backup restore

btw,what is CM based roms, that you mentioned ?( i really dont know all these terms :crying: :o )
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
any stock based rom uses rfs

any cm based rom uses ext

google cyanogenmod if you want read about it
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] inwell:
Hello,

I read about many custom rom install guides. In the process of flashing rom some say mount partition through CWM and some threads do not have any mention about this mounting process.

So what basically we need to do ? mount or no mount ? or each rom has its diff requirement ?

regards
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
You always have to mount system data cache before flashing any zip

Format system data cache & mount system data cache before flashing a rom zip

The only way you are going to learn is to do things yourself & try it out
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] badayz:
help me please, my galaxy young may be have been bricked because the screen on my phone was blank or black screen. then i can't access into the CWM mode.

then i try to flasing my phone using Odin for returning back into stock ROM. but the complete (write) operation always failed. here the SS

[IMG="odin failed operation"]http://i.imgur.com/0qYGnEK.png[/IMG]

is there anyone can solve my problems?? pleeeasee

sorry for my english writing :(
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
Do not keep posting the same question in multiple threads as per xda rules

I have already answered you

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=58294418&postcount=5295
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] inwell:
hi marcus,

A general knowledge question,

STOCK based CUSTOM ROM for a particular device will always be based on the original android version of that device when launched ? (so that Galaxy Y will have Stock Based Cust ROMs with gingerbread flavor only .... and if if you wish to have other flavors like ICS , JB or Kitkat,they wont be called as Stock Based Roms )

Will you please suggest a custom rom other than gingerbread to me (RFS based).(I will not blame you in any manner for sure )

regards
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
Stock based custom rom is just that - a stock rom that has been customised

CM roms are based on aosp (android open source project)

Only stock based roms for galaxy y are rfs - as there is only Gingerbread for this device there is no other stock ics

You can have KitKat via cm11 - the system needs to be ext

Follow rom thread instructions
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] inwell:
You can have KitKat via cm11 - the system needs to be ext

Follow rom thread instructions

Sorry sir,

In ROM section for our device,i only found CM 7.2 and CM 9 like things.... CM11 and kitkat nowhere ... did i searched something/somewhere wrong ?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
Don't know why you couldn't find - its on the 1st page of the dev section

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2766229

Note don't post in that thread - There is a separate help & discussion thread in the general section
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] inwell:
oh thanks

I was searching in ROM section. under Device S5360.. sorry once again.

This is not for me i guess. As it requires the latest updated baseband version . (mine as you told very old DDKL1) and as tried many times,its confirmed that mt device USB having some trouble, so i will not be able to flash the latest firmware. :( (Update device software from About Phone option will change this for me ? )

Sorry for the trouble, but all the hard work we did for last few days was turned useless. I got the valuable information and knowledge though. Thank you once again.

Is there any stock based rom (gingerbread) that you can suggest. Fast,stable and flashable on my current stock DDKL1... ? too much of a ask i guess...

best wishes
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] adithyaappu:
why the kernel is not backed up??

why is that sir? while making the backup it shows that the boot is being backed up right?????
[Android General] -xCeeD-:
DISCLAIMER:

Rooting your phone and using custom Recoveries and ROMS have risks and may result in bricking your device, and has nothing to do with Google or the device manufacturers. In case of any mishap I am not responsible if you brick/ruin your phone in any way.

Basic computer skills are required and minimal knowledges about phones and phones utilities too.

Make sure that whatever you do, you are doing it at your own responsibility.

Version 3.0 first release (11-dec-2014):

- based on cwm (cwm 6.0.5.1) and added improvements on top.

- bottom virtual navigation keys, to compensate the non-function of swipe in some phones

- a new advanced backup/restore menu

- separate power and wipe menu

- aroma file manager integration (you can flash the attached AromaFM_installer.zip in recovery, and that will place the aromafm.zip at its place).

- new GUI images, very light

- some other.

Instructions:

Flash the recovery via sp flash tool

(RECOMMENDED)

Screenshots:

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Download Link: CTR 3

Credits: [MENTION=5186178]carliv[/MENTION] for ctr and his amazing porting guide. :fingers-crossed:
[General Questions and Answers] stevepwolf:
i'm interested in buying the nokia 515 3.5g. it's made for europe i think.

it supports these network bands.

Cellular connectivity

GSM network: 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 1900 MHz

GSM max data speed DL: EGPRS 236.8 kbps

GSM max data speed UL: EGPRS 236.8 kbps

WCDMA network: Band 1 (2100 MHz), Band 8 (900 MHz)

WCDMA max data speed DL: 7.2 Mbps (Cat 8)

WCDMA max data speed UL: 5.76 Mbps (Cat 6)

what US carrier could i get 3g service from? i know i can get 2g on tmobile/att, but would either support 3g on this phone?
[General Questions and Answers] Olycius:
1900 MHz would get you 3G on T-Mobile and At&t
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MickeyHuntr:
Hi, this is my first post so be forgiving :D

Just few weeks ago I've received new phone - Lumia 620 (I had 610 earlier). I had "some" experience with flashing my nokias and now I'm pretty intrested in modifying WP 8.1. I know this OS is closed and can be unlocked only partly for sideloading apps but I'm wondering if there's any way to change unlocking method or turn it off. What I mean? I mean unlocking phone by swiping just like in android not from down to up but from left to right or even by maze lock. I saw few apps in windows store, but they work only when screen is unlcoked whitch means i have to "lock" the screen by clicking notification which just makes screen black and "unlocks" phone after double tap. And there is my question: Can I turn off lockscreen? Btw. I saw this thread and I'm wondering if this app is just making interactive background or modifies system fiels so I can for example change unlock method?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ultradj83:
Dears,

my device runs Lollipop and it's rooted using CF-root.

Whenever I try to encrypt it, it reboots into Samsung's logo, then reboots again without to encrypt.

Can anybody get rid of this?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphahere:
Have you tried this method to encrypt?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56037508&postcount=21

Let me know if this works.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ultradj83:
Dear,

I can't because I encrypted in this way:

Restore stock kernel (no wipe)

Encrypt

Flash CF-root

With this procedure I did not loose any data and it perfectly works rooted and encrypted.

Bye.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yuskow:
Had one of my camera lenses on the back side crack due to cold. Just curious if anybody has had this issue? Phone is in an otterbox and lense has not taken an impact. Should I bring this up to htc?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wydra91:
Mine was going from cold to hot. Still there, I talked to HTC and the rep I got said they wouldn't replace it as theres no proof it wasn't impact. Oh well, it won't cause me to have to pay for jump, and it doesn't obscure my pictures at all. If you harass HTC enough they may be willing to work with you.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] krazzyK:
Hey guys im in a lot of trouble right now. I have bricked my device and im not sure if i will be able to restore it back. Im not worried about the data in the device anymore,i just want my device booting back into any OS possible!!

Here's what happened,i was flashing the stock firmware of the device through flashtool.The process was about half done.All of a sudden my device fell down from my computer desk.The cable got disconnected and the device doesn't boot anymore.Any solutions to make it boot back up? Please help...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Issam:
Hello there

When you connect your XU to PC with volume buttons pressed, Does the LED light up?

I hope you just made a soft brick to your phone, not Hard Brick.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] krazzyK:
When i connect the device a green flash comes up for like a microsecond and thats it.Then the device is as good as dead.The same thing happens when i connect the device to the pc,a momentary flash of green light and then back to dead...When i connect the device by holding the vol up button,the same thing happens.. only with a blue coloured flash of light.The device is not recognised by sony pc companion either.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] shivi98:
Reflash it using flashtool hold volume up and power botton leave it after it viberates 3 times it means that it is now switched off.

Now use flash it with flashtool you'll get your device back.

Give it a try and let me know. :);)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ambesh.c:
its just of 5 to 10 mint work ,,,,,remove the battery for 3 sec and put it back into mobile ,,,hold volume down and plugin the USB cable in mobile ,,,u r will switch to flashboot mod by green light down to led bar,,,,,now flash official stock ROM ,,,,at installing time at 75% it will take time so plz be wait to complete
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] krazzyK:
Thanks everybody

finally i could get my device into flash mode and then i flashed stock firmware... The device is running fine now... though i lost all my data.

Thanks everybody i love the dev support here for this device.:)
[Xiaomi Redmi 1S] ykmarathe:
Hai, I had flashed cm11 on my redmi 1s with the help of XDA posts and tutorial. Its working fine. But now am facing some issues...

1) My phone fails to reboot everytime, and i need to remove battery and again put back to restart normally.

2) I had tried to use cwm, twrp, philztouch. But my phone Hangs during reboot into recovery always.

3) On restart battery drains in seconds from 50% to 0%. Which will come to normal after one more restart.

Kindly help me... Thanking you...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] wu5262:
Seems like quite a few of you are interested on the new windows messenger live, so i decide to post the file here. This is still the beta version, but it's near complete and no major bug reported.

Once you install it, it will import all the contacts on your Messenger Live to your PDA contact, some people might not prefer this but there is no option to disable it so use it on your own risk.

Apart from that, this version is much much better than pocket MSN, it support far more function such as file transfer and icon...etc.

So enjoy !

p.s. i seems to have a problem of uploading the file, so here is a link:

http://www.badongo.com/file/2528811
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] dpbakker:
Thanks ! I'm Live :-)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] haim:
i get this massage "Username already taken".

can you send me this file to my email

zonhaim@netvision.net.il

if the file is EXE can you change to TEXT file.

thanks.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] TigerTim36:
Many Thanks Wu :)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] yarod_g14:
Thanks very much Wu,

Problem is i am out of my area only with my ppc. I have also somehow managed to use my athena for over a week with out rar support.

Pocket rar is impossible to find in .cab format :(

If anyone can post pocketrar.cab up here for me i would greatly appreciate it :)

Thanks!

(ps. if anyone has installed it on there pc's the .cab will generally be in

c:/programfiles/microsoftactivesync/ -or something)

thanks again!

posted from my ameo
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] victoradjei:
Take it here. ;)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] tommy1971:
Hi Wu,

is your version of wlm still working today? Mine just get expired today!

BR

Tommy
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] TigerTim36:
Same problem here, only worked for 1 day, now just comes up with a small box saying "error"!! Can anyone help please?

Thanks Tim
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Anton.Valleyman:
Looks like mine has gone today as well...after entering name and password it just goes back to the today screen.

Damn.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mtehonica:
Same errors here as well. Cannot log into Windows Live Messenger or Live Mail. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling but that didn't work.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] BoelShit:
Working WLM

Check here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=1198505
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
Great working version just like in WM6!!

Thanks a bunch for that link Boel****. That was the only one that worked on my Ameo and it works beautifully,....except for a bit of lag when running multiple apps. Not complaining though. :)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] dpbakker:
'Glad' to hear that, I'm not the only one. Bummer :-(

Does anyone already have a solution?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] BoelShit:
The cab file created by me only has the newest WLM version which can be found on some new WM6 roms... Nothing special. If its laggy blame MS LOL :D

Was the old one also laggy? Cause it kinda uses a lot of resources.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] wezz:
Hi guys,

perhaps I should have read this forum before deleting all my contactlist (msn accounts) in my outlook.

after a sync my msn live app refused to start up.

after deleting the msn live and a hard reset. I'd tried to reinstall it again, but this time I couldn't get trough the installation. It says installation failed. even after a hard reset! :(

Is it familiar to someone?

very strange that the problem remains even after a hard reset..

Wezz