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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oldwolf613:
Riker, tnx so much for ur tip! I was on MI1, can I just Odin that?, or do I need the version that was 'native' to the phone.

Also, I need input on how to get into the mode needed for Odin to work- I forgot the button-press sequence… also, please tell me where to find the required driversto get my new PC (Win7) to 'see' the S4.

Unfortunately, most of my hacking b4 has been on the Moto platform; so I'm still 'Green' w/the Sammy stuff…

Thanks again! oldwolf
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Raymondlikesroot:
You should be able to recover easily. It's not a hard brick by all means.

First, follow this link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2301259 and donwload the MI1 odin file. It should come as a zip but you unzip it and then you get a .tar file.

Then, download odin 3.09. A simple google will give a link.

Then, put phone in download mode. From a power off state, hold home button+volume down+power button. To get it powered off, you may have to pull battery and reinsert. Plug in usb cable into cpu and phone.

Then in odin, leave everything the same, click AP, choose the mi1 tar file.

Run odin

Done! :good::good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oldwolf613:
Richard, thanks so much for your clear steps. What about rooting once I get MI1 up & running? It feels funny; in the Moto world I wouldn't have to ask… but so far in the Sammy world I've only rooted & Odin'ed once a long while back…

Also, what about taking an OTA update?, from what I've seen, it is not a good idea b/c of tougher security fm Sammy- but I heard there is an NC5 image that is rootable & you can even roll back… anybody have any ideas?

I'm also considering a diff ROM, but suggestions would be welcome- I've been spending a lot of time on my PC…

thanks in advance to all, Oldwolf
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oldwolf613:
To All, never mind about the re-rooting question. I didn't know the link in the prev answer provided guidance for this.

I really appreciate getting timely responses & people being willing to help me get into the Sammy side of hacking…

Custom ROM suggestions?

What is the feel about taking the OTA update once I have MI1 Stock - it seems that there are more updates for HyperDrive available for 4.3 or 4.4x, or even Lollipop- but t_ere were reports of probs w/diff things, Wifi I believe & now that VZW has enticed me to give up unlimited data (for a sweethevrt deal on unlimited talk & text) I can't afford yo be w/out wifi…

regards, Oldwolf
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Raymondlikesroot:
My personal, non-richard, suggestion would be to odin to nc5, towelroot, get safestrap 3.75, then download either eclipse, hyperdrive or a safestrap compatible google play edition rom. This is because nc5 is simply a newer version and MI1 doesn't give you any special tweaks that nc5 doesn't have.

there are many threads around these forums discussing each step of the process that I've listed. Try searching for them first. I like to simply type in google " towelroot s4 xda" for example. If you can't find a thread that helps, i'll be happy to assist you.

p.s. I'm not richard.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oldwolf613:
Raymond, er, um, uh?!

Sorry about calling you that other name.... guess I was distracted... you know, w/my S4 sitting corrupted on the table & all.... & it looks like I gotta get more sleep..... :o

I noted in the thread you mentioned SafeStrap 3.75 & Towel Root, & a SS-compatible Google Play Edition Rom.... mine is a retail VZW S4, I'm guessing if you mentioned it that it'd be OK. BTW, I thought that Eclipse is no longer being developed for the S4... just older versions made for earlier versions of the Android OS.... via updates fm Eclipse's author...:laugh:

Also, do you know any issues related to Hyperdrive for NC5? I'd given up on updating b/c I heard about wifi issues & I must have wifi....

Also, can you go directly fm a soft-bricked MI1 to NC5 just thru Odin, or are there intermediate steps. I ask b/c I've seen postings in my email box w/forum updates - even if I haven't been involved in the forums... & someone posted a non-data-wiping image to go to NC5, but you had to be on M2 first....

Another point- I saw in a referred thread that being stuck on the Sammy logo means data corruption & it seems that I'd need a ready-for-Odin wiping image; do you have anything on that?

Anyway, thanks for the search tips, I haven't been good at internet searching, I guess that I will have those skills improved also...

Thanks again for the non-Richard help, Raymond- Oldwolf
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Raymondlikesroot:
Don't sweat the Richard thing! Haha, I'm just fooling around. But I still don't know where you got Richard from. :)

~Eclipse works very well for nc5 even though the last update was in June. Its still a perfectly good rom.

~If you set up everything correctly, Hyperdrive will work fine for you. No bugs for me.

~As long you can get to download mode, you're set for odin. You can always odin to a official new version, just not a older one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oldwolf613:
Raymond, I'm on my old Razr = small scrn; but I'll be sure to give you official forum props for all of your help when I get back to my PC.

I do like HyperDrive, but once upon time I saw that some of the versions in earlier teens had probs w/wifi & that's crucial to me… I also missed screen rotation since HD 10.2 for viewing pix & reading text/books but it was stable… & I have to admit I was a little worried

about having to go back & forth recovering fm Sammy hacking errors as its still new to me… if I were rich I wouldn't care, but I have to update my PC as well as other expenses, so spending a lot on phones is not on my horizon.

I suppose your help will crank things up a notch for me, there's nothing like experience w/a more experienced person pointing you in the right direction.

Which version are of HD are you on?

Which version of safestrap is needed for NC5? If I can find an official image to flash, I may want to go directly there, but I vlso heard that newer OTAs fm Sammy are harder if not impossible to root & I like root too!

BTW, your demeanor & willingness to help twigged me to the fact that you weren't all that upset at the slip w/your name, & I actually got a laugh out of how you reacted.

All the best, Oldwolf
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oldwolf613:
Raymond,

Great news! Success on the first try.... I did have some minor blips, but all seems to be working. I tested first via wifi & then contacted VZW to re-attach my service back to my S4 & so far so good.

BTW, since I had a nand backup of MI1, I just restored that version via Odin b/c I wasn't sure if a nand made on an older version of the Android OS would work on a newer version of the OS & I needed to be back up & running quickly.

Of course, if using a nand backup made on MI1 can be restored to a device running NC5... I now feel comfortable about going ahead based on this experience you helped me to gain & I would just Odin NC5 & restore fm my old MI1-based nand b/u set -

I also anticipate that there might be a problem if the nand backup was made on SafeStrap 3.65 & one wanted to restore it on a device running SS 3.75....

One of the blips was that after running the tar.md5 for DeLaVega root, the last 2 items of that driver installation failed; but root worked & so far so good.

I am very excited to be back on the S4, & you can know that much more than the forum thanks I put on your post here, I am appreciative.

All the best, Oldwolf
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ludite:
Hi,

This is my first post, let me just say that I have dug around all over this site looking for a comprehensive guide for a retard like me to follow, and there isn't one, computer related forums usually assume everyone knows what they are doing, but all I want to do is root my stupid tablet!

So let's start from the top.

My tablet is an sgp512 32gb UK android 4.4.4 firmware (latest)

From what I've gathered I need to do the following:

Roll back the firmware to a rootable version - no idea how to do that, can't work it out from the titbits of info left scattered around the place. I'd like a step by step guide to do this. Ie where to find the firmware files, where to put them, how to install them, tools needed etc.

Roll back android to 4.2, again as above, no idea how to do this, can't find an idiot proof guide anywhere.

Run easy root. Now this I managed! But surprise surprise, it didn't do jack. It stopped at "creating vm" and that's as far as I got. Because I'm not running some old firm/software.

It was about this time that I thought about driving over to Sony's HQ and shoving my tablet up some greedy CEO's trouser leg and battering both my tablet and his leg to bits. It infuriates me that I paid them for a device that they lock access to under their own rules.

I have an LG g2, and to root that was simple, why does Sony have to be such ballbags, because by the looks of it people have still managed to root their z2 tablets, so why make it awkward for the rest of us?

Anyway rant over. Suck my plums Sony!

So if anyone would like to help me out, I'd appreciate it gladly.

Thanks.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awakened77:
Try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57381297&postcount=16
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ludite:
Hi, Thanks for your reply, glad you have tried to help me get to the root of my problem (badum-tish!)

So, what am I trying here?

As always it doesn't go into any detail. So let's go through some steps.

Step one: have z2 tablet

Step two:???

Well, it seems that we are no further along than my first post.

I'm genuinely eager to get my tablet rooted, but I need someone who has done this to write the full process step by step, not just paste a link to fragmented parts of the process.

I tried to download that ftf file from mega and it seems that the name mega should be changed to rubbish. Several attempts and it failed. Anyway....

As we go along this thread I'll compile it into steps like below each time we get to the next step. So far we have achieved step one.

Step one: have z2 tablet

Step two...

If you can please help this idiot out I'd be so grateful, and I'm sure there are other people out there that would be grateful too!

:)

Thanks
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BabelHuber:
On the first side in the general section:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2792056

Much easier it cannot get...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QA Bot:
Q&A for [guide/How-To] Disable Verizon CD Installer

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Thanks for understanding and for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy! :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blair.sadewitz:
Thank you for your insight!

This !@# Verizon horse hockey breaks Drivedroid, which I rely on at least several times a week. I've had it with them--I'm writing a belligerent letter to them saying that I will relieve them of all warranty obligations if they unlock my bootloader. I wasted _hours_ trying to figure out what was causing this, as at the time it seemed remotely possible that perhaps I'd fudged a BIOS setting--or something.

Regards,

--Blair
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Javadn:
Ascend Mate is officially 2 years old now. Even though it packs similar hardware as the Ascend P6, Ascend Mate always got less attention when it comes to firmware updates. Ascend P6 got the Android 4.4 KitKat update few months ago but Ascend Mate was stuck in Android 4.2 with EMUI 2.0 until now. The last recorded firmware update for the Mate was announced in September last year http://huaweinews.com/2014/09/ascend-mate-b930-firmware/ and now Huawei has a whole new firmware update ready for the Ascend Mate in Chinese region numbered as B321.

Even though the numbering scheme implies that B321 is possibly a downgrade compared to previous B930 firmware, its wrong. B321 packs Android 4.4 KitKat and Huawei’s latest Emotion UI 3.0 interface. Unfortunately as we mentioned earlier, B321 firmware is intended for the Chinese region but you can install it on your international Ascend Mate with minimum hassle. B321 is marked as a development firmware and its the very first Android 4.4 firmware for the Ascend Mate so you should expect to have few issues here and there.

Changelog doesn’t mention any new special additions to the features but all the new features of Emotion UI 3.0 are carried over to the B321 firmware. Mainly the UI is completely overhauled thanks to EMUI 3.0 and few EMUI 3.0 specific apps are added. Here are the details of this firmware in an easy to understand form,

Model – Ascend Mate MT01-U06

Firmware version – B321

Android version – 4.4

EMUI version – 3.0

Stage – Development

Region – China

Google Apps included – No

Languages – English,Chinese,..

Size – 842MB

On official changelog, Huawei has mentioned that you should only upgrade to B321 from B930 in order to make sure that your device doesn’t get bricked. Upgrading from other versions other than B930 might be possible but we strongly recommend you to follow Huawei’s instructions and upgrade from B930.

If you happen to install this firmware on your Ascend Mate, please share your thoughts and issues you faced in the comments below.

Download link and release page (Chinese, use Chrome to translate) – http://goo.gl/5ic8Cj

Source : http://huaweinews.com/

Here are some screenshots thanks to [MENTION=5503673]the_messeng3r[/MENTION]
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] the_messeng3r:
I just flashed the rom and it runs pretty smoothly! I flashed B930 as recommended before flashing this B321. I've played with it for about an hour and everything seems to be working fine! The only little 'annoyance' I can see is the DPI seems to be set differently to B903. I'll try and tweak that later. I'll also be trying to flash GAPPS shortly.

I took some screenshots which show the apps the phone comes with and a few apps running. Click Here! :)

EDIT: Ok, too get root on this rom you need to install TWRP recovery and flash this. eRoot and Root Genius both didn't work. Still trying to get GAPPS to play nice.

EDIT 2: Hmm.. Root Checker is saying I don't have root :/

EDIT 3: Still can't root to work. I've given up for now but I'll try again sometime later this week.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] shaun100689:
Where are u from...? Is the data connection working..?
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] shaun100689:
tried this rom but it has d same old issue....

NO DATA CONNCTION

in

INDIA

....ithot its the official update from huawei & they must have corrected the issue...

EDIT : - Data connection working after resetting APN settings
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] the_messeng3r:
I am going back to B907. While the rom looks nice, it just gets slower and slower throughout the day. It also doesn't save any photos for me, which is quite annoying. Likewise it will not send MMS, even after I put the MMS APN in manually. I will be keeping an eye on future updates to this :)

EDIT: So, I can't downgrade for some reason...
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] tarakus:
Hello,

Installed from the B930 with the stock recovery.

No problem.

All my implementation remained.

No more flickering of the screen.

No NFC

wifi 802.1xEAP without SIM option (for french users FreeMobile)

Root realized via TWRP recovery (during the first use of recovery)
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] azzurro:
Sorry,is it multilingual?
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] henk_j:
the linked page states englisch and chinese.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] tarakus:
Yes, multilingual
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] azzurro:
Many thanks,can I install it from TWRP choosing zip?...My ROM is B221
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] jorg2123:
Please

It would be great if someone can write step by step tutorial for the upgrade. looks like there is a need for some modification in the firmware. don't want to screw it up.

Thanks
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] the_messeng3r:
Somethings to note about this rom:

It won't let you downgrade after it has been installed. I've tried flashing other recoveries such as the B906 recovery, but it won't downgrade. TWRP works, but you cannot flash Huawei "Update.app", meaning you can only flash roms like Cyanogran, Pacman, etc.

You need to apply your APN details manually in order to get MMS and Internet to work. Even after apply APN details however, I still couldn't get MMS to work.

Calls sometimes only appear for two-four seconds before disappearing. This lead to a lot of missed calls.

There appears to be a battery drain on this rom, as my battery life was lower than when I ran it on B907. I didn't take any screenshots unfortunately.

I found that I could only have one app running at a time. When I tried to switch back into another app the app would reload completely. This was quite annoying as it meant I couldn't upload any photos to Twitter as when it loaded up gallery it reloaded Chrome, canceling the upload. This could be because my model only has 1GB of RAM.

This reloading also affected the home screen, as it would reload most times you hit the home button, and therefore took a while to load home. You also cannot set your own launcher.

I couldn't figure out how to root it. I tried multiple programs and tried flashing root through TWRP but no dice.

GAPPs wouldn't flash either, so I had to download the Google Play apk from the web.

The resolution is huge, probably because of the DPI setting, which cannot be changed because no root.

If you want to run KitKat, I think this rom is much better. It can be flashed through TWRP and you can also flash GAPPs and Root through it. The DPI is also fixed. However, the battery drain and reloading of apps and homescreen is still present.

For now I would just stick with non-kitkat roms.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] traed:
Hi

I would like to go back to 4.1.2 JB, but I can't find a firmware that works; I tried all three available on the rootjunkysdl site, one gives me sound with a blank screen, the other leaves me stuck on the boot logo, and the latest one is the only one that works for me. What can I do about downgrading back to 4.1.2? Is it possible for me to install an older rom on the latest firmware? I have the T210R tab.

Thanks for any ones help and suggestions!

EDIT: older ROMS can be installed over the latest firmware.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmatney:
Download it from sammobile
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] lordandroid:
I just updated my wireless router from N to AC 2 days ago and im noticing my N4 periodically loosing connection and reconnecting. Plus theres times where it looses wifi connection and i have to restart the phone to be able to reconnect. All this is impacting my battery life. Anyone out there able to shed some light...???
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] dmc3:
whaw...its a long time since v2 was released...

i'm waiting for v3....

smart1,can u tell me when you'll bring your v3 out? at least..tell me what month,or day,or time,or minutes,seconds,miliseconds...blahblahblah
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] gullum:
what's the rush

why are you all in such hurry? Smart1 has posted in an other thread that v3 was not ready yet. isn't it better to wait til smart1 is finished with the version and might have elimenated all the bugs then just pressing for a release that is not finished. the release might me the last upgrade we have to make in a long time if we let smart1 do his work. and not presure him to release it.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] dmc3:
owh...so u think that v1 or v2 is better...

i don't get the difference between 2 of them
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] Kelvino9:
hi dmc3,

first of all nice to have you here in this forum, a great place to hang out when it comes to our beloved XDAs. Secondly please don't open so many unnecessary threads which topic's are already dicussed/answered in other threads. Please make sure you read the other threads first and

search

for your answers. People in this forum are very helpful to beginners, but from my own experience (yes, I also was/am a newbie) there is nothing more annoying and upsetting if questions are asked over and over because someone don't want to spent time and effort to either flip a few pages back or hit the search button. I don't want to sound rude, but please use existing threads and I'm sure you will be heard and helped... Anyway I wish you alot of fun here at xda-developers.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] John-Wu:
i'm fully agree with you
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] dmc3:
but you know that many people post their S**T over and over again...so i hardly find out if there's someone post a link for the new V3
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] javierin79:
I would like to know if there is any possibility that the nastiest bug i have come across with wm6 will be solved:

Soft resetting the device results in the machine "forgetting" the security pin code thus driving to a forced hard reset.

Can this be solved? Is there any possibility that someone uses a newer version of WM6? If i can recall properly, the build of wm6 available around is from august 2006. Isn't there a newer one?

Best regards and keep on with your hard work! :)
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] sickboy555:
oh no that's a bad bug- which ROM do you see it with (so I can avoid!)
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] darling2790:
waiting:) :) :) :)
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] floepie:
Solved in the PDAMobiz ROM. However, it only forgets the PIN if you have the device charging when you soft reset. Just pull the plug before you reset.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] mccune:
To bad, this small problems make me wanna stick to Aserg's .13 ROM.

About this v3 ROM, I read that Smart1 has some personal set backs. So I think it's best to leave him. In time their will be updates. Altough you would not think of it all the time, there is something called "The real world..", "Isn't that worth fighting for.." ;)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jass619:
Does unlocking bootloader breaks bionz?

And what else and what not?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Envious_Data:
X-Reality, Super Vivid, Playstation app, Playstaion remote play

that all ive found to break
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jass619:
Okayy..... And what about the camera app? Do u see more noise in low light? Bionz?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Envious_Data:
honnetsly i cant tell a difference

its always been as noisy as it is now for the past year since ive got the device
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KcLKcL:
Recently I realized that I can never get an accurate GPS lock anymore.

My phone can lock to the satellites, but it never get can accurate fix.

You can see that in this screenshot:

As you can see it's locking to seven satellites but the GPS is inaccurate, even after a few minutes, it would never get an accurate fix (the accuracy/error would still be 50ft or so).

Is my GPS broken or what? Can anyone help me on fixing this?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RASTAVIPER:
I dont know about this app, but is there an option to clear GPS data and download new data after?

If you can't get an accurate fix even after this, I would propose for you to install another Rom to be sure that it's not a software problem.

If the problem continues, then probably its a hardware problem.