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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickwschneider:
Some history:

I rooted my Verizon Note 3 running v4.4.2 using TowelRoot, SuperSU, and SafeStrap. All was well.

I tried installing a custom ROM and bricked the phone. Using ODIN, I flashed the latest stock firmware from SamMobile, which included Android v4.4.4.

Apparently TowelRoot doesn't support v4.4.4. I tried to use ODIN to go back to v4.4.2. When plugging in the phone, it says "Added!" but when I select the .tar.md5 file and click Start, it gives me a big ugly "FAILED" message.

I've been spending copious amounts of time on Google/the forums trying to find a root method for v4.4.4, but to no avail, so I have two questions:

Does anyone know how I can go back to v4.4.2?

Does anyone know how I can root my v4.4.4 device?

Thanks in advance for any help. All this bloatware is killing me.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JStrem:
There's no going back... at the moment. You're stuck til someone finds a way to root
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mirrin:
yep no going back no root only a small ever dimming glimmer of hope... at least you might get 5.0 before the rest of us at the rate development on the note 3 is going... i wish the bootloader would break itself open
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazarus2297:
So I have Nexus 6 and every time I flash something and wipe data I get the new lollipop option to restore from a previous phone, you know apps, etc.. Does anyone know how to delete old backups.. I have some from previous phones that I don't even own anymore.. Also out of all the times I have gone through that screen not once has offered me the option of restoring from my previous nexus 6 backup.. So my question is twofold how do I delete old backups and how do I get my Nexus to show up in this backup screen?

Thanks for any advice!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrman:
To my knowledge there isn't any way to manage those. Now if I could just see some of my N6 backups when I do a clean flash. All I see are my old devices. FWIW, this seems to be a pretty common problem on Shamu and AOSP roms. :confused:
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
I think you can only erase all backups, not selectively via the Google web interface
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazarus2297:
That would be great if I could delete all of those.. I don't have any of those devices anymore.. I tried searching through my google account.. I found ways to de-authorize old phones from my google account yet that didn't delete any of those backups..
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
i cant find it now ive answered this question before but cant find that post either
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KB112:
I don't see the ability to delete devices. But you can remove them from being visible in your list. You need to go to the GPS online, not through the app.

To the right, under your icon/picture is the gear symbol. Click it and select Settings. Then it should show your devices. Uncheck the boxes and those devices shouldn't show anymore.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazarus2297:
That doesn't remove them from this list. I have already done that with old devices.. Why Google makes it so difficult to remove old devices is beyond me.. What also doesn't make sense is that it never adds my Nexus 6 to that list..
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazarus2297:
well i found the way to delete all of those backups.. I still don't know why my N6 or any of my current devices don't show in that list, but at least I found the way to delete them.. Only draw back is that apparently you can't pick which ones you want to delete.. it's all or nothing oh well..

For anyone else looking for this you have to go to your google account dashboard (not android device manager in google play store) expand the "android" tab where it lists your devices. At the bottom of that list there is a link to delete all backup data.. click that and you're done no more backup options in the Lollipop setup process..

I just did mine and reset my N6 to test.. Now it would be great if my Nexus would start getting backed up and show up on that list..
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
That's where thought it was but I couldn't see it when I was looking last to answer. Odd.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidGuru3324:
Go to the web browser and search dashboard.. (Google).. Its there that you can view all data related to your account..e.g contacts, backed up data etc..
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B@RRY78:
I cant find delete button please help
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
What delete button?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndrasLOHF:
The delete button a previous post [MENTION=2913840]lazarus2297[/MENTION] said was there to delete all backups under the Android tab in Google Dashboard. I just looked for myself and have no option to delete them either.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazarus2297:
I had the option to delete.. once I hit that option it was gone..and has of now failed to reappear. Its weird because I have the backup option turned on on all my current devices..and yet when I reset my Nexus 6 and go through the setup option it doesn't even offer me the option to restore. I have no idea how to get a device to show in the back up list.. and I also have no idea why those devices that were listed in my restore option were there.. This is one area Google could really improve in.. The way they track devices in the device manager history is all kinds of messed up...
[General Topics] Geoffr86:
So i returned my phone to stock last week and ever since i cannot see the buy button in Google Play Movies, im not sure if this would be a phone issue or something to do with my google account, i buy quite a lot of movies and watch them via chromecast, it was the only reason i got a 125gb SD card for my phone, being unable to buy movies has made my SD card useless, has anyone had this problem before and know of a fix, i have a HTC One M8 on 4.4.4.

any information needed, just ask and ill try my best to provide.

Also if this is in wrong section, can it be moved, i wasn't sure where to put it since im not sure if its a phone or android problem.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] Casper34:
I started having this issue last night. When I am connected to my home wifi, I get a connection time out 100% of the time. My netbook, a laptop, and 2 other phones have no issues with the wifi. I have reset my router, no access to the modem, restarted phone with wifi on and off. Still the same thing. Has anyone else had this issue, or might know of a trick that I have not done yet?

Netbook is off most of the time, and the laptop is connected via wire. I connected wifi to make sure it was not my router.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] Casper34:
Bump......
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] ChazzMatt:
Try these two tricks:

1) have the phone forget your wi-fi network and then re-enter the password.

2) go into wi-fi advanced settings,

select ALWAYS for "keep wi-fi on during sleep",

UNcheck "avoid poor connections" and

under frequency, set for 2.4GHz band only.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] schwinn8:
I found disabling the optimization and "Scanning always available" helps too. In my case, the issue was that I could see the router, but the phone would refuse to connect (or stay connected). Digging deeper showed that the phone would continually try to connect, then disconnect immediately. Not sure why it did this, but turning off all this other nonsense on the screen above fixed the problem for me.

It also fixed another related problem - I'd see "ghost" SSIDs in my list from other locations (nowhere near me)... needless to say, I couldn't connect to them but they showed about "half" power all the time. Again, disabling ALL these items has resolved the issue for me.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] Casper34:
My issue is not with connections, I connect fine. Its with downloading, mostly images and videos. Text is fine. Like if I read a news article it loads with a small delay, nothing to worry about. If I watch a video all I get is the circle spinning. Facebook, wont load at all. Tumblr wont load either. The second I close my wifi, everything loads.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] wingsfortheirsmiles:
You might've tried this already but how about forgetting your home wifi then reconnecting and reentering your password?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] Casper34:
Ya I've done that..... the only thing I can't do is restart the modem, its in a different unit. :(
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] SassMaster 2.0:
I've been trying to install Game killer (the equivalent of CheatEngine on PC) except I ran into a very unusual problem. I've been using "Application installer". I would provide a link to the app, but I seems that the site won't let me.

The problem is that when I try to install the Game killer .apk through this installer app, I get to the usual permissions interface where I see what permissions the apk needs and all that. What's strange is that I cannot seem to click the Install button. I can interact with every other part of the screen, but I simply cannot hit the install button. Even pressing my finger onto the install button and then sliding towards the "Back" button will cause the back button to illuminate like it usually does, but I still cannot select the install button.

I'm running stock ROM, stock Kernels, stock everything. Device is rooted. I can install apps from google play just fine, but of course, Gamekiller is not on the play store.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] krburrell:
I ran into a similar problem when I installed a screen rotation app. With the rotation app intstalled I could not install any other apps that were not from the app store. Once I removed the rotation app everything was fine. This a security feature in android to prevent apps from modifying your screen without you knowing it. Check if you have installed any app that could have modified your screen.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] BOO5TED:
I had the same issue on mine, the app total screen control was the culprit. I couldn't get apps to install when TSC was active.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] DryestFall2345:
Are you using any type of screen filters? If you are, disable them and it should be able to work now. ;)
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AryG15:
Hey I unlocked my bootloader and now I'm unrooted don't need it unlocked. I need a way that will lock it without wiping my phone
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itsbighead:
If your running stock rom just flash the KDZ using normal flash and it should be gone
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AryG15:
I got my phone stuck in a boot loop before so I had to flash back then would that have locked my bootloader?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suljo94:
you could not have unlocked your bootloader bump just copies the signature so the bootloader thinks it is official lg software. So again it isn't unlocked and it never was!!!!!!!!
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AryG15:
But when I first rooted I used ioroot, wouldn't that have unlocked my bootloader and when I flashed my phone got wiped.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raptor2003:
The G3's bootloader is not unlockable. When you rooted the phone, well you rooted the phone, didn't do anything to the bootloader.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AryG15:
Ok thanks I'm still a noob with root and stuff
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aa Ganteng:
bro i have LG G3 Lollipop rooted but when i check with CPU-Z Bootloader says unknown, whether it normal?

I think Bootloader Unlocked, right?

please answer bro, thanks :)

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[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadow Assassin:
I dont know if its the CPU-Z app or just how it registers with third party apps but, i had the app be for rooting my phone and the bootloader still showed unknown. So it doesnt mean its unlocked, but it doesnt mean its not. But as far as im aware. The bootloader can't be unlocked by consumers or devs at this time. T-mobile has it's g3s unlocked though. So its possible just, not easy. But with a work around up and running. Its kind of better cause then its easier to wipe all signs of mods from it to re-validate your warrenty.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Axve913:
RELOCK

Hello, I need to relock my LG G3 D855 for restore default settings, help please thanks!
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silencer1979:
Try to upload newest kdz file for your phone with LGUP tool e.g., that sould work as well as resetting to factory setting in settings menue (if you are not rooted at the moment). :confused:
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] absolute:
i have this problem with my atom life. not like my previous xda IIi, phone button (answer and reject) could not work when atom life is turned off. in xda IIi, i could press answer phone button and it will automatically turn on the device and its phone's keypad. but it is not the case with atom life. is it normal? or my device has some problem? any way to fix it? tks for helping me
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] rmhtoh:
Hi,

No problem with my AtomLife. When my device is off in standby mode and incoming call automatic wake up my device.
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] absolute:
i think you have misunderstood my question. mine also do not have problem when there is incoming call. what i mean is that we need to turn on the device first when we want to make phone call. in xda IIi, there is "button lock" in the setting where you can select whether you want to make any button on the device to turn on the device. i hope it is clear now. tks
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] rmhtoh:
IC,

XDAII have something like press any button to wakeup the device. I didn't see anything like this in Atom Life.
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] absolute:
you're right. anyway to fix this? it's much more convinient when we can just press one button on the front face of the device (especially when you have your atom life in the leather case) to turn on the device rather than have to press the power button on the top of the device.
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] aatjitra:
It is normal... Mine also like that... when turned off, you need to press on/off key to wake it up...

but i think this is a good idea to prevent the phone accidentally pressed while we put it inside a pocket or bag...
[Moto 360] Qbancelli:
I called Motorola Sales dept, and told them I had just bought the 360 to go with my N6.

But I wasn't happy with the stone leather band, and I wanted to upgrade to the metal one.

Before I even asked, she offered the $25 discount.
[Moto 360] xdatastic:
Congrats, the official metal band is really nice.
[Moto 360] Qbancelli:
Yeah, I wanted the Pebble or one of the other bands on Amazon, but at the end decided to go with quality and support from Moto.

It has shipped from China already and I should have it on Thursday.
[Moto 360] Qbancelli:
Got it. 5 days before it was supposed to arrive.

I'm loving it. Now waiting for the tool I bought on Amazon to change and adjust the band myself.
[Moto 360] gd6noob:
nice.. how does it open or loosen?
[Moto 360] xdatastic:
push the little tabs in on the underside of the strap to open.
[Moto 360] gd6noob:
ahh.. yes.. i see it... doesnt seem like it works well because its small...
[Moto 360] Badelhas:
Any news on the original or 3rd party 24mm monolink metal band recently released? View attachment 3225645
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jesse72:
(mods move if this is the wrong section)

What do you guys believe are some of the best free calling/SMS apps for android. Only ones that go over the internet, but reach any phone without needing the app installed on the other phone.

So not like Skype etc, but like groove ip, and dingaling. I need it to be free, (excluding data charges of course), and to be able to make calls/texts from Australia to Australia. I don't mind if you suggest two separate apps.

The reason I would like this is I am considering getting a tablet data plan for my phone, and just doing everything over the internet.

Thanks for the help!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Viber or WhatsApp :)

But i prefer viber.

There's also: BBM (but it's laggy :D)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karandpr:
Free sms would be like [MENTION=6104318]MihailoZoric[/MENTION]

Whatsapp, Viber, telegram , we chat , line,

There is no exclusive "free" calling app

Hangouts can call other users but they charge after 1st minute at different rates.

You will need play stre credit

Same thing with viber,skype and other calling apps.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jesse72:
Thanks for your replies, but I was looking for apps that can call/text phones without the app both people having the app, eg dumbphones and landlines.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karandpr:
Hangouts ,skype and others can call landlines and dumbphones. Except you have to pay for calling to landlines and dumbphones. If you want free communication then you need to have app installed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jesse72:
Yeah, I'm looking for something that gives me free calls to landlines and dumbphones. I have found apps, but they were mostly US only. That's why I'm asking for suggestions.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jesse72:
Bump
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m3t4m4n:
Set up a Google Voice account and download hangouts & hangouts dialer. In the hangouts settings menu check voice and text options. Verify you have linked the apps by going to the Google Voice app settings & there should be a new notification indicating you have successfully paired the apps. Now you can call and text free over WiFi via Hangouts Dialer
[Galaxy S II Android Development] buddy1234567:
Followed this guide to step 10 (formatting with Apolo's kernel) but I was not prompted to format the SD... Windows does not recognize the phone anymore even though the phone boots to TeamWin's recovery just fine. Any ideas?

UPDATE: I flashed Gustavo's kernel as well and have the same problem: Windows does not recognize the device. It does make the beep-beep indicating a connection is being established and it does suggest that it's installing drivers (though they're already installed), and then tells me that it can't find the drivers for a GT-I9100 . I tried the same process on a completely separate machine with no joy. All help very, very welcome.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Saber:
Have you tried formatting via recovery? Can you mount the sd cards manually? Try cwm recovery instead of twrp.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Saber:
You know you can format sd card in recovery. Try that first. If your PC doesn't detect drivers for your phone, you will have to install them manually with the samsung USB drivers (in attachments). I've also updated the guide. :)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] buddy1234567:
Thanks for the help! A couple of quick things:

- I installed the samsung drivers above before I started the process, I tried uninstalling them and re-installing and still no joy. At the moment, when I plug in the phone via USB cable I get three quick successive beeps (previously, running Lysergic's LP 5.0.2 this process was working fine and windows recognized the storage folder)

- what type should /sdcard0 be formatted to (ext2/ext4/ntfs...?)

- how does one mount the sdcard manually? I have looked around and there dosen't seem to be a 'guide' per se...

UPDATE: I formatted /data, /cache, /system, /sd card (using 'default' for formatting type) and couldn't find /datadata or /emmc... Windows still gives me three quicks successive beeps and does not recognize the device...

UPDATE2: After mounting both /sdcard and /usb connection in CWM recovery using Gustavo's kernel, Windows recognized the device and I was able to copy rom and gapps and then flash. I didn't realize there was an option to mount /usb connection (!).
[Galaxy S II Android Development] shurka:
i become the message: "E:Unable to mount '/emmc'

ok, I wanted to change my partition so that I can test lollipop.

But now I would rather do have the kitkat.

Now I have the problem that I can not access my internal memory. I can not load the EMMC. I urge you to help.

I have the pit file taken 1GB 3GB. What can I tuen to reload KitKat can. Also, I have since re these yellow triangle.

How can I register these unregistering.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] 4D4N:
Working <flawless>

Hi

This worked for my i9100P

Now i got 4Go for my apps

Running CM12 Beta13 from Lysergic Acid

All good for now

Many thanks
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Shanliang-:
I followed all the steps and it worked. Now I have 1GB system, 4GB Data. There were a couple of bumps on the road:

- At first, Odin would show Fail!, but after I connected the phone in a different USB port, it worked.

- The first kernel I used was Apollo 8.3 TWRP but I couldn't either format or mount the internal storage in that recovery.

- So I repeated the procedure but this time using this Gustavo's CWM kernel for ODIN created by the OP, and in recovery I was able to format internal storage without issues (by the way, I selected default from the formatting options).

Thanks for the guide.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] cikenkari:
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I don't include pit files with modified preload partition as it can cause some phones to bootloop.

eoq---

Since only stock ROM is using preload partition, i quess it's safe... could you direct me to PIT file of (1GB system, 3 GB DATA, 45MB or less preload)?

thanks

nevermind...
[Galaxy S II Android Development] gigley:
when should I flash this mod? at stock ROM or at Lollipop

hey guys

because of the problems that my phone has at the moment I have to install the stock ROM and work my way up to Lollipop. When is it better to use this mod. Right after I go to stock or can I wait untill after I Have installed Lollipop?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] RuffBuster:
Best before installing LP as it will wipe data and SD 0
[Galaxy S II Android Development] tito_puente:
Please help, can't enter recovery

Edit: All seems to be ok. Maybe I was to stupid to press the buttons the right way... :silly: Maybe the Odin screenshot helps somebody, so I only hide my post instead of erasin it.

Hi folks,

I have read the tutorial more then once and I was sure that i can do all steps the right way. But now, after I clicked "Go" in Odin, I can't get my S2 to work. My phone booted up and I wanted to enter the recovery with Vol up, Home and Power, but it doesn't work.

I entered the download mode again an started the procedere for another time, but again, I can't enter the recovery.

Here is a Screenshot from my Odin

[IMG="Screenshot"]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6744664/Odin_Screen.JPG[/IMG]

Thx in advance!
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Saber:
I've updated the guide a bit so it is easier to understand and so the formatting isn't as confusing as it was before. ;)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] cool2cool:
Thnx

it was as easy as pie
[Galaxy S II Android Development] vakkah:
any chance that the OP can provide or will do

a 1 or 2GB /system partition in addition to a 8GB /data partition?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Saber:
I honestly think there is no rom or gapps that will completely use the 1gb system partition. If you want 8gb data, you will need to flash the 8gb pit. I could make a pit like that but the chances are it may screw up people's phones.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] vakkah:
no problem at all, much appreciated..

I have just over 300 apps installed and not enough space left on the 6GB /data partition..

if you can make me a 1 or 2GB /system partition with a 8GB /data partition, i will test/use it on my phone..

i am not worried about not having much internal /sdcard0 storage as i have a 32GB external /sdcard1 for pics, movies etc.

the more, the merrier for me..

just let me know when..