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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick9090:
Hi Guys,

maybe this was asked before but I will ask especially for Samsung. So how does it work to develope a Custom Rom, based on a Stock Firmware?

I have a Galaxy S4-GT9515 and since there is no Custom Rom, I am thinking about playing around with it now. There are so many issues (Battery Drain,...), this ******* bloatware and i am using my Moto G now.

I develope little apps for Android, but i am not an expert. Rooting, Flashing Customs Roms and so on, using ADB is nothing new for me.

Do you guys have some basic tutorials for me? And where can I get Samsungs Stock firmwares? And what is about the Kernel? How to modify?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
http://xdaforums.com/android/software

:)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobyluvjr:
I have a Galaxy S5 SM-G900V Version 5.0 I am wondering if it is possible to root it any help would be greatly appreciated
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blyss:
If you read the post above yours, or any of the posts in this forum, you will probably figure out how to root your device. Pro tip!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobyluvjr:
I have read them and have tried several different ways but I must be missing something because when I flash my device it keeps going into boot recovery and I cant get it to go any further
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rapunzl:
You soft bricked it. I recommend using Kies 3 to repair and initialize the phone again to stock, unless you made a nandroid backup. Then, you'll have to flash a NK2 retail stock, since no one has been able to find a method to root AO8 Lollipop 5.0 without tripping knox. If you don't mind tripping knox, which voids your warranty.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elliwigy:
you are wrong lmao.. we have root for the g900v (he must be having user errors if he cant get it to work) but there is NO process for the g900v that will trip Knox at all because we cant touch the BL due to it being locked.. Knox has nothing to do with anything at this point. His warranty is still good but yes, his phone is soft bricked if he cant boot up
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jagrave:
Have you tried finding a full ncg tar file (full meaning it includes the kernel), Odin that to put you on ncg. Download towelroot and install it. Run towelroot and that should root you. Download latest safestrap and install it. Then download any other the rooted lollipop roms and the lollipop kernel(kernel will be downloaded on computer) . Install it via safestrap, boot directly into download mode and Odin the lollipop kernel. Reboot. Should be rooted lollipop and good to. :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobyluvjr:
New too rooting

ok I managed to figure this all out i think I got it to restore back to 5.0 using odin by flashing the stock files I found on the forums then I found another tutorial on rooting and followed it and managed to figure it out so now I am running

Android Version

4.4.4

Baseband Version

G900VVRU1ANHA

Kernel Version

3.4.0

dpi@SWDD5816#1

Build Number

KTU84P.G900VVRU1ANHA

I don't know if that means any thing to you guys but my next task is to find a rom that ultimately will get rid of allot of the boat from verizon and ideally I would like to have the multi user feature but I am not sure that is availible for android 4.4.4
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rapunzl:
I'm new to the locked bootloader, so I stand corrected on that point. You taught me something, and I got a laugh out of you. :cool:
[LG G2 Mini] ZeeshanMinhas:
Hi Every one,

I have recently bought 2 LG G2 mini.. Both of them are have same mac address and both of them donot connect to the wirless internet at teh same time ... and since having the same mac address the Hotspot doesnt work with each other ... can it be fixed.. spoofing doesnt work :( or may be i am not trying it the right way .. sugesstions and advices will be apprciated

BR

Zeeshan Minhas
[LG G2 Mini] bombaglad:
are they stock rom? this can happen if you flash the same custom rom on both..
[LG G2 Mini] sarwi:
Same MAC Address 00:90:4C:C5:12:38

Last unofficial version from 20150317 also has this bug. I've install this soft in 2 lg2mini and in both I have the same MAC address. I found solution here: http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z2/orig...nt-cm12-android-5-0-freexperia-t2959655/page8 , but I've got one problem. In this compilation I don't have /data/etc/wlan_macaddr0 file with origin MAC neither file /system/etc/firmware/wlan/bcmdhd/bcmdhd.cal . Do anyone know the solution for this issue?
[LG G2 Mini] Vagelis1608:
Did you look for those files in stock or at cm?

Sent from my D620r [Stock 4.4.2 , -V- Kernel]
[LG G2 Mini] sarwi:
At CM. I'm not sure if Bluetooth mac is related with wifi mac. But I have also problem with file sending between two lg g2 mini (with CM12) using bluetooth.
[LG G2 Mini] Vagelis1608:
Try to find the files at stock.

Sent from my D620r [Stock 4.4.2 , -V- Kernel]
[Verizon LG G3] iBolski:
It appears a lot of people have had this issue where the imei is wiped after flashing back via the TOT method. Not sure about KDZ method, but I wanted to use the TOT method since it's apparently a valid release, so it can take any of the OTAs as they come.

How come this is never identified in the instructions? I would think that would be a very important piece of information. Just curious.

I never backed it up. I do have the original IMEI number from the box, the receipt plus on the barcode sticker in the battery compartment.

I guess I'll have to see how to do it manually, but I'm just curious, why isn't this a warning that something like this could happen? Or, is it because I did something wrong? I know on the first try, in the LG Flash Tool, the instructions in the Verizon forums didn't state to switch from Upgrade DL to Board DL. If I do Upgrade DL, I get the big red 2 instead of the big red 3, so I searched and saw instructions saying to go to BOARD DL instead. That seemed to fix it, but now my IMEI is all messed up with zeroes.

Any ideas as to what else I might have done that could have done this? I've flashed back to 10b twice now.

Thanks!
[Verizon LG G3] random571:
I don't know why it happened during your restore, but there is a G2 IMEI restore method if you'd be willing to try it on your G3: http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-backup-and-restore-lost-imei-on-lg-g2/

It looks like a QPST tool and an IMEI converter zip file, but nothing says "LG G2" anywhere so it may work for the G3. But I've never used it though, so if you're up for a gamble...good luck ;)

I don't envy your situation :eek: I hope you get it fixed up and if you do please fill us in how you did it. I doubt you'll be the only one this happens to.
[Verizon LG G3] mike_79:
I have the same problem of vanished imei. I was trying to write the IMEI using RF NV Manager but when I click write I get error NvManager :write to phone- unable to write NV_UE_IMEI_I to phone(parameter is write protected and thus read only).

Somebody please help to bring my phone alive.

---------- Post added at 10:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:16 PM ----------

Well setting the phone USB connection mode to ethernet solved the problem :).

Settings>storage>usb pc connection>internet connection>ethernet. Need to be in the 10B version to be able to do this.
[Verizon LG G3] Siylar:
Thnks so much i mean so much, my imei is erased after using the LGFlashtool and imagined the worst, even i think sell it in parts, but I followed your instructions and my IMEI is back in my cell. Now my question is, did he do that was erased, now I'm in stock room 10b and want to put Lollipop, but after this experience and it scares me. at all, especially if I'm in another country and I can not take it to be repaired so easily with Verizon.

Anyway, thnks again works for me into Verizon Wirless Vs985 from México

My English was sponsored by Google translator :)
[Verizon LG G3] iBolski:
If you are not rooted yet, then you can take the OTAs all the way to LP. If you do root, you can only get to 12b. You won't be able to go to LP, so you would have to flash back to 10b again. There is a 12b KDZ somewhere that will also allow you to upgrade to LP if you want to go that route. The only thing that has me a little worried about it (and it's probably nothing) is that when you flash back to 12b stock via KDZ, it states the software is modified, but it still will take the LP OTA, so go figure! LOL!

As for the IMEI being wiped again, that shouldn't happen if you are taking the official OTAs. For me, when I did the TOT flash back to 10b, that was the first time I did it and who knows what I did. I probably did something wrong because the second time I flashed back to 10b (so I could upgrade to the official LP OTA), my IMEI wasn't wipe, so I have to think I did something wrong the first time.

In any case, taking the official OTAs should not wipe your IMEI so you should be good to go.

Worse comes to worse, if it does get wiped, just do the steps outlined above and you'll be back in business.
[Verizon LG G3] swimmerhair:
So I had a replacement phone sent to me and this phones ieme is wiped due to a similar experience to yours. My question is, do I HAVE to use the ieme that came with my phone? Or can I use the one that is on my replacement phone right now?
[Verizon LG G3] 6Binford:
You could use either imei as long as they are both for the same model of phone. I have 2 LG G2s. The imei on one got swapped to an imei for some other model. It sort of worked but I kept getting mobile network disconnections (on straight talk). I couldn't update software because the imei wasn't an LG G2. I didn't have a record of my imei for that phone, so I used the imei of my other Lg g2 which was inop with a cracked screen. Once I put a valid lg g2 imei on it everything worked correctly again and I could update software. Still on straight talk with no more network problems.
[Verizon LG G3] swimmerhair:
Awesome! I have been dealing with Big Red for a week now because their Fraud Prevention is meddling in my business. This will make things a little easier in the meantime. Thanks again! I will post and let everyone know how it goes.
[Verizon LG G3] nagi_007pk:
Sorry for reviving an old thread but if I tot back to 10b from the xdabbeb version of 35B, will that be the way to go about it? Am I at a risk of hard brick?
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Yes to the first question, and every time we do something with our phone that LG and Verizon don't intend for us to do with our phone we risk either soft or hard bricking.
[Verizon LG G3] Darkblaze1:
So I tried the steps inside of here. There was issues with it reading my phone. I am in the process of getting back to 10b so that I can try from there but I am not sure that will help. PM me for screen shots cause I can't attach yet. hxxp://tinypic.com/r/2j5o20o/9 hxxp://tinypic.com/r/2ivz7up/9 hxxp://tinypic.com/r/29ngqoy/9
[Verizon LG G3] Darkblaze1:
So I solved my own issue. Didn't mean to revive an old thread. I am doing kdz to 5.1 then the upgrade to 35b for stock. (Needing to keep stock for work reasons and for Airwatch Agent (unless anyone knows how to make it work on AOSP))
[Verizon LG G3] talha970:
thank u ................................................)(
[Verizon LG G3] thebigindian:
While you're on 10b, root, install twrp, and backup your efs. This will make it painless to restore your imei should you lose it again. I wish I did this the first time.
[Verizon LG G3] hamillp:
I realize that this is an old thread but I am hoping that someone can help. I went back to 10b and, in doing so, I lost my imei. I have tried to follow the steps in this guide but I keep getting an error in step 7 when I try to read from the phone in RF NV Manager.

NvManager::getNvItemsFromPHone (const String comPort) - QpstServer::sendSyncImpl - Bad response from phone (DM Packet commants 19 - 24)

If I skip step 7, I can do all the steps until 12. When I try to write to the phone, I get the following error message.

NvManager:::writeToPhone( const string comPort) - QpstServer:::initialize - Unable to attach to the QPST server.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Verizon LG G3] iBolski:
Make sure you are back to 10b. You cannot use the tool to fix your IMEI after 10b. It won't find the phone. I wiped my IMEI a few months ago and followed my own directions (since I'm the one that posted this lol) and completely forgot that you had to do it in 10b. I wiped my IMEI, flashed back to 47A and attempted to fix my IMEI that way. Nope. Won't work. The tool requires you to be on 10b in order to be found.

If you are on 10b, make sure you select the correct port. It SHOULD be 41 since that's what was last used when you flashed the 10B tot. Remember, you must also be booted into your phone, not in download mode. Once you hook the phone up, be sure you've selected the correct mode. My G3 has died since then so I can't remember it off the top of my head, but it SHOULD be in here explaining how to get to that mode. I think it's Modem mode.

Then hook up the phone and the software should find it and allow you to fix your IMEI number.
[Verizon LG G3] hamillp:
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I am on 10b. I did use port 41. I was in modem mode. I even tried to do it in ethernet mode as well but that didn't work. It shows an unknown phone connected in the QPST configuration tool. It shows com 41 and that it is enabled. Everytime I get to a step where it has to interact with the phone, however, I get an error.
[Verizon LG G3] hamillp:
Anyone know what this error means:

NvManager::getNvItemsFromPHone (const String comPort) - QpstServer::sendSyncImpl - Bad response from phone (DM Packet commants 19 - 24)

More importantly, anyone know how to fix it?
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QA Bot:
Q&A for [EXE][SOURCE]Windows Phone 8.1 Screen Projection Client

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[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ynohtnalude:
Hoping to have some update to Screen Projection Client

Hi there, I just discovered this and would like to use it. Screen currently on my Lumia 930 is all garbled.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2737586

Thank you for the cool development?
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oliverschultes:
Tutorial

Please, post a guide to make this work.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yehudasabag:
How to add the ability to control the device

Hi,

Thank you for the app. I wish to develop the ability to control the device as the original 'Project my screen' does. Can you point me to the right direction on how to do it, which APIs are used and how it works in the first place?

I looked around google and found nothing...

Thanks
[XDA Assist] :
I found that my phone is blocked and won’t connect through fastboot. I went to GSM service 2 days ago and they told me that my phone is blocked (after two days of working on it)

What can I do do unblock it or just flash OTHER rom/RECOVERY?

I cannot execute fastboot commands (win 7 x32, x64, WIN XP – waiting for device), adb works fine.

When I try to install other ROM or gaaps (which i don’t have right now) it says verification failed.

I tried to use recovery tool but it is using fastboot.

Is there a way to wipe all data from the phone and install it from the very beginning or where can I ask or search?

Guys from GSM service told me that my bootloader is locked or something like that

Is there a way without fastboot??

Can I flash mulitlang ROM without fastboot?

PLEASE HELP

(i dont even have gaaps)
[XDA Assist] Razvan:
Hi there,

I'm sorry but I can't find anything relevant to your question/device except this thread where you can ask: [UNBRICK] ZTE V5 Red Bull V9180 2GB RAM, 8GB ROM

Please post that in the forum bellow for more answers from the experts but first register an account on XDA forum:

> Android Development and Hacking > Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Good luck
[Blu Vivo Air] jjvalor59:
`hi i apply the latest update for the vivo air and i got stock on a boot loop can some one upload the stock rom and tell me how to install it?
[Blu Vivo Air] itsJohnuno:
Were you rooted?

Bmx soft bricked and is waiting on someone do get him a system dump...he's also in talks with blu

Might wanna track his progress
[Blu Vivo Air] jjvalor59:
i was rooted with BMX tuto! i send him a PM but i guess he is out! can u backup and upload the rom?
[Blu Vivo Air] Mojar7070:
There no custom recoveries yet for the air so asking for a backup of the Rom would not be possible. Also, from what I recall flashing another persons stock rom into your phone is not a good idea.
[Blu Vivo Air] rarson:
So in other words, the lesson is don't update the phone yet if you're rooted.
[Blu Vivo Air] HiddenKnight:
Its a lesson learned from the community. Two of us bit the bullet to see if incremental improvements would hurt. Which is doesn't for some devices, lower end, but applies to the Vivo Air. I picked up a ZTE Max to hold me over. I think I will keep both device to dev on the Air and switch in between devices when I'd love to. I love the Air, so I am not going anywhere, waiting on replacement.

And in the mean time I will not be able to do the revive without my computer. Still waiting for that to come back on my insurance claim.
[Blu Vivo Air] jjvalor59:
I had to borrow one to revive my phone since I don't have a PC since the last 6 months :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
[General Topics] SayMobile:
There are a few shortcomings in WM on the SMS front as everyone who uses these wonderful little devices will know.

One of these shortcomings, that of replacing mobile numbers in text messages and in delivery receipts with a name from Contacts if available, is already solved by Saman's great app, SMSDRFix (http://www.saman-cz.com/ppc/index.html?drfovrw.html).

It's useful to be able to insert a name or number from your Contacts list in a text or email message. Would anyone be interested in developing a little app that modify's the context menu in POcket Outlook to provide Insert Contact Name and Insert Contact Number menu items?

These would be great little additions. Perhaps Saman would even think of making this a part of his SMSDRFix app!
[General Topics] oldsap:
ive made this simple application for smartphones. I dont know if it would work on ppcs.

http://oldsap.blogspot.com/2006/12/insert-contacts-freeware-smartphone.html
[General Topics] SayMobile:
Wow, that's great!

I think this would be able to do the job on PPCs in conjunction with WM5NewMenu...

Thanks a ton!
[General Topics] luckylips:
Oldsap can u help me out ? i am using OIST v 1.1 but i don't see any option which shows to assign different sms tones for each contact? please help me out if u know !
[General Topics] Dr4g0n75:
wow... someone blow the dust off this thread...
[Redmi Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve1221:
I was told that there were 'a stack of custom roms' for the 4G!

So I came here (as it's the only place for anything Android) and find almost nothing!!

Are there not as many as I've been lead to believe, or have , somehow, I missed them?

Be good to know before I order one...

Thanks
[Redmi Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [msd]:
Is there only one....

Is there only one custom ROM for Redmi Note LTE, the AOSP rom of Mokee. It's stable and smooth, with some malware apps, but freezable (not deleteable).

Try it, so good as possible.
[Redmi Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve1221:
Thanks.

I haven't ordered yet, I was going to today.

I'd planned to get the 4G due to the Snapdragon cpu, which I thought would give it the edge over the MTK version.

Am I right? or should just get the MTK version?
[Redmi Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peepee999:
They are very delectable. I've been the ROM for like 1 month and I deleted them permanently
[Redmi Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [msd]:
How? When I deleted them, automatically reinstaledd after the first reboot, and the zip of the rom was password protected, so I don't have a chance to delete them before install the rom... Help plz :)
[Redmi Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jamil69:
Use androzip file manager to extract mokee rom, if ask for password, type anything, or try this,,,, YJPS
[Redmi Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [msd]:
Will try it, thanks :)

Did You know, when can I find the "chinese" apps and the app called "System server"? This 4 app reinstalled after every reboot. Where are these?
[Redmi Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jamil69:
In /system/thirdapp there are 4 chinese apps, dont know where is appsearch and system server...
[Samsung Gear S] supergame2038:
Just spent an hour and a half on the phone with Verizon, and then Samsung. Remember that *92 issue where hitting "Turn on Call Forwarding" in the Gear Manager or on the Gear S would try dialing *92 (a non-working short code) instead of *72? Yeah, that's still a thing. And Verizon and Samsung don't care. They don't care about you. Here is a run-down of what I went through in almost 2 hours.

-Call Verizon

-"I can activate call forwarding on your phone?"

-"No, I just want the *92 short code added to my area's cell switch."

-"You sure you don't want me to activate call forwarding?"

-"No, I can do that MANUALLY myself fine. I need either *92 to be added to my area's cell switch as a "call forwarding" short code, or I need someone to fix my Gear Manager/Gear S so that it dials *72 instead of *92."

-"OK, let me ask our engineer."

...

-"He says that would interfere with FiOS."

-"Other people in other areas have been able to do it fine."

-"He says it would interfere with FiOS."

-"OK...then can you fix the Gear Manager/Gear S so it dials *72 instead of *92?"

-"I mean...we can call Samsung."

-"OK, lets do that."

-3-Way Call with Samsung

-"We're not responsible for call forwarding. That's the carrier (Verizon)."

-"That makes NO sense. I can manually dial *72 then the number fine. It's only through your Samsung Gear Manager and Samsung Gear S firmware when I hit "turn on call forwarding" that it tries to dial *92. It's YOUR app that has the problem."

-"We're not responsible for call forwarding. That's the carrier."

-"So, you're saying that the reason my SAMSUNG Gear Manager app dials *92 rather than the *72 EVERYONE ELSE knows as the proper code...is Verizon?"

-"Yes. We're not responsible for call forwarding. That's the carrier."

-"So...you can't look into it and see if there's a way to update anything?"

-"You can take it to a Samsung Experience Store and they can try doing a Smart Update."

-"I've already been to a Samsung Experience Store. They said there was nothing they could do. It sounds like this is a fundamentally broken feature that neither of you are willing or capable of fixing."

-"I do apologize. Is there anything else I can help you with today?"

Just a heads up. I was FAR nicer than the above implies, that is a shortened version. The bottom line, Samsung and Verizon do not care that your call forwarding does not work. They do not care about you. They literally have to change ONE number, and both of them are refusing.
[Samsung Gear S] foxbat121:
The only way to make Verizon listen is vote with your wallet. I personally don't want to deal with Verizon, ever. Not even consider their FIOS unless I have no alternatives.

The thing is you bought a branded watch that is custom-made by Samsung per Verizon's requirement. Samsung can't just make a change to use different code (which requires a firmware update, BTW, new Verizon firmware for the watch just released today) without Verizon's explicit request.