yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SSHLord-R:
Hello.

I just got a second-hand i9505. And i have some questions.

It's running 4.4.2. When it boots, it displays a SFR logo (i heard is a french carrier).

I have used Factory data reset, and the problem is that the phone installed me SuperSU. True, it's not working, so i don't have root. But when i check for updates OTA it says that my device has been modified blah blah blah.

When i connect it to Kies, it says i have an upgrade.

Current firmware version: PDA:NC4 / PHONE:NC4 / CSC:NC2 (SFR)

Latest firmware version: PDA:NG8 / PHONE:NG8 / CSC:NG1 (SFR)

I don't use here in Romania SFR (i'm on Telekom) so i'm asking, if i upgrade it via kies is there any chance to become simlock?? And if it becomes simlock, how can i unlock it.

Or... can i flash any software from samsung-updates.com?

Sorry for my bad english.. :o
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Poti sa postezi si in romana. Atata timp cat postezi si in engleza mai jos :)

Ceva clar nu e bine cu telefonul. Din moment ce un factory reset iti instaleaza SuperSU. Pe firmware original nu ar trebui sa se intample.

Daca zici ca il folosesti in Telekom, atunci nu cred ca e blocat intr-o retea. Dar, daca e cumparat de la o firma de telefonie din franta, atunci e posibil sa fi fost codat si apoi l-a decodat cineva.

Cat despre update, nu stiu sa-ti spun daca il va coda inapoi.

Something is definitely wrong with the phone. Since a factory reset is installing the SuperSU app. On the original firmware this shouldn't happen.

If you say you're using it in Telekom, then it I don't think it's locked to a carrier. But if it was bought it from a french carrier, then it might have been carrier locked and unlocked afterwards

As for the update, I don't know if it will lock it back.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Whether the phone becomes SIM Locked or not depends on how it was unlocked. Carrier unlocks or purchased unlock codes are permanent. The unlock methods used here run the risk of losing the unlock when upgrading, though they can be run again if needed. The good news about an unlocked phone is that you can install any stock ROM you want. For example, my 9505 was an O2 phone. When I bought it the device had Slovenian firmware on it. I've since replaced that with Black Edition unbranded firmware.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SSHLord-R:
Is there any chance to be unlocked with root help? If yes, this should not be working, because the root is inactive.

Anyway, you're saying that i can flash an unbranded stock rom? And it will not become simlocked?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
To the best of my recollection, the service menu unlock does not require root. Attempting to take advantage of RegionLock Away's unintended side effect of unlocking the phone while removing the region lock requires root, since RegionLock Away modifies system files.

In any event, if your phone is unlocked, you can install unbranded firmware in place of whatever firmware is currently on the S4. However, there's no guarantee you won't lose the SIM unlock, especially if you use the methods on the forums here to unlock it. In fact I'm reluctant to upgrade to Android 5.0.1 when it finally becomes available for the 9505. Not only am I concerned that Android 5.0.1's massive changes will break the SIM lock, but based upon horror stories I've read on the forums here, there's no downgrading the new modem once installed. If that truly is the case, then I'll look into a custom Android 5.0 Touchwiz ROM, when they become a bit more common.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bsrodrigues:
Hello!

I live in Japan but I bought an unlocked phone from Amazon, so it is very hard to find a place to do repairs and I was thinking about doing it myself.

It fell down and the glass cracked (picture attached). The LCD screen is ok, so I just need the digitizer and I want to know what to consider when buying one.

(I have no idea what I am doing :D)

Please send links to ebay items (or from anywhere that ships to Japan) that you think are ok.

Thanks!!
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infinitylook:
You will loose waterproof after doing that
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxquicksh0txx:
http://www.etradesupply.com/sony/all-models/sony-xperia-z3.html
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bsrodrigues:
I know, but the only other option is to send my phone to the US to get repairs, and they won't even ship internationally, so i would need someone in the us to ship it back to me (which i don't have), and i don't know if i would have to pay taxes again, so it is a lot easier to just change the screen myself.

It is a bummer, but what else can I do? (Seriously, I am asking...)
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plemen:
I don't know specifically about the z3 but for most new phones the digitizer is glued to the lcd screen and is a real pain to remove - you have to heat it carefully using heat gun/blow dryer and it's a delicate process of removing the glass from the lcd. In Canada the repair costs around $200 from authorized Sony repair center. Have you called Sony mobile support? I'm sure they have a repair center in Japan that they could direct you to...
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infinitylook:
Have you tried checking out Witrigs.com? They have tutorial also there
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bsrodrigues:
I did call them and there is no official Sony repair center in Japan.

It's because in Japan you can't just buy an unlocked phone, all phones are sold by the phone companies, there isn't a Sony store, so only the phone companies provide the repairs, but they won't take mine exactly because it is a unlocked version.

I bought mine unlocked on Amazon because I am going back to my country this year and I didn't want a locked phone.

I got an estimate of 5200 yen to replace the glass, which is around 50 usd, so I am really sad because the price difference between the spare part and the actual repair is very small.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plemen:
If I may say, $50 is not bad at all considering Sony would charge you to replace the whole LCD unit ($150 - $200)... on the other hand I wish Sony would do what Google does and replace one broken screen free of charge (or so I hear).

Good luck.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] jlingo:
Is this normal? the new Office 2007 documents come with a letter x extension like .docx

The problem is windows mobile 6 cannot recognize the file, let a alone synchronize the file. Any work around for this? Why would microsoft introduce a new file extension that windows mobile 6 cannot support? I could still understand if Windows Mobile 5 cannot support. but At least the new Windows Mobile 6 should be able to support the file type.

Thanks
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] svyatko:
WM6 will sync .docx files, the problem is, it is pointless. docx is a new format of the .doc file. that comes only in office 2k7 and is incompatible with any earlier version of office, including pocket verson.

Anyway, for you to be able to view .docx files, on any ppc, just save it as Office 2003/XP compatible format. and then sync.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GorJessSpazzer:
Hi, i have a problem with my galaxy grand prime 4.4.4 SM-G530H no rooted and brand new, I bought it a month ago and everything was great until like a week ago chrome started to freeze the whole phone and even Firefox, both lags, freezes and crashes and make the phone freeze too, if I don't use the browsers the phone its normal. I uninstalled and installed again, delete data, cache and everything that gets in my mind and I dont know why this is happening. The stock browser works a little better but still slow. I don't know what to do please help.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] annbinh:
You may try a factory reset and setup the phone as a new device (no syncing from previous device)
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krish#9999:
Same problem with mine did all reset and data delet but still same browser are laging and phone hangs...

Sent from my SM-G530H
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LittlEvil:
Flash stock rom latest firmware

one ur phone
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] annbinh:
Have you installed a bunch of applications? Too many apps may eat up the device's RAM and cause lagging, how many free ram do you have?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krish#9999:
140mb free ram it always shows approx this much ram free...

Sent from my SM-G530H
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GorJessSpazzer:
I did the factory reset too and nothing

Thank you, I will try it. But can I flash it even it's not from my country?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minaz92:
I'm having the same problem. Anyone found a solution? Preferrably without losing warranty.

Note: I always have like ~220MB of RAM free and still get these freezes.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaanigi:
Still Lagging after Root............

Even I faced these problem when opening browser. Its lagging . i thought its because of chrome so i rooted and uninstalled most of the apps like google music and all but still its laggaing. Have any one of u took it to the service centr. Please update if u had found any solution to this.:rolleyes::rolleyes::eek::crying::confused::(
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GorJessSpazzer:
No, i still have the problem, I try to not use chrome at all even if it's useful for my bookmarks for google, the phone it's laggy too and now I kind of regretting to buy it :( XDA doesn't even have a thread for this phone that says much about how bad the phone is(?) :crying:
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaanigi:
May be some of the Devices are affected.... I think its a manufacturing defect. The thing is i void my warranty by rooting . I don't know if there is way for unrooting and restoring Knox .
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minaz92:
Guys, I noticed that when turning on "Force GPU Rendering" from developer options, browsing experience is very smooth and lag is gone. I tested this on chrome and chrome beta. Could work as a temporary solution.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaanigi:
Yesterday I Hard Rest my prime and installed all the memory bugging apps but everything is working perfectly. No lagging and hanging anymore. I think battery backup has also been improved a bit. I think u ppl shld root and do hard reset.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] annbinh:
I tried this and it seems that the problem is gone, you should have a try : http://www.androidauthority.com/chrome-android-scroll-lagging-363080/

P.S : I changed the value to 256
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrllokman:
Use CM Browser

Hi I had the same problem as you but I disabled chrome and Installed CM Browser it's really fast and it does not freeze.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vishal290:
even i had the same problem

even i had the same problem i factory reseted my phone and its fine :)
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dj2bklyn:
Prob with Freezes

What would cause a phone to constantly freeze and stop working until the battery is taken out and put back in to get it back to working again.

I go thru this way too much throughout the day?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZeroAlee:
Lag?

i used to have the same problem, i just installed AdBlock plus and my problem is gone.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syverman:
I'm using this browser, is the aosp with working bookmarks, just put the 2 file with correct permission on systems/app rw-r-r

https://app.box.com/s/vsown56tut8ls0bn1rw9g6nsic3owyy3vsown56tut8ls0bn1rw9g6nsic3owyy30
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yen_arn:
hi po...!same problem..my samsung grand prime keep on hanging..i have installed 10 applications..does it matter?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minaz92:
The problem seems to have been fixed in the lollipop update. Chrome does not hang anymore for me. Try flashing a lollipop rom.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myandroidlor:
Fixed overheating Galaxy grand prime

My galaxy grand prime started overheating after I aggressively dropped it(threw). Sometimes it was on other times I couldn't even charge it because charging would pause because of overheating. I thought about putting in a small piece of aluminum on the processor to help dissipate the heat, but if it came loose I didn't want to be shorting it out. Instead I used heat sync paste. The same crap that's in your computer. Worked like a charm. Been 3 days now and not a single problem.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hotlips69:
Is there any way, or via an app that I can find out exactly how many individual SMS messages there are in a particularly long thread to & from the same person? :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nunein:
Should work with SMS Backup & Restore. Create a backup and view its content.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Most sms apps have an option to display the number of messages a thread has.

Some of the more popular sms apps on play should have this option too.

YAATA displays the message number by default. You can't find it on the play store since it's still in BETA but there is a thread on the forum from where you can download the apk.

It's also a nice SMS app.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Mentor.37:
This is an unified Q&A thread for Safestrap 3.75 for unused partitions (/preinstall & /webtop) for the Motorola Droid 4 xt894 and for the Motorola Droid Razr xt912

Before posting, please use the forum search and read through the discussion thread for:

[RECOVERY][xt894]Safestrap 3.75 for unused partitions (/preinstall & /webtop)

[RECOVERY][xt912]Safestrap 3.75 for unused partitions (/preinstall & /webtop)

If you can't find an answer, post it here, being sure to give as much information as possible (firmware version, steps to reproduce, logcat if available) so that you can get help.

HOW TO POST REQUEST FOR HELP:

You have to entirely read this thread, I do NOT answer redundant question.

I do not answer to requests for help in private, I have neither the time nor the interest in doing so.

Any doubts, questions or requests must be posted in this thread in order to answer a single time and help everyone.

Thanks for understanding and for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] studymadara:
Query.?

Can we have a video about this new version ..

explaining how does it works and all and explaining about new risk..

like if i installed a custom rom on stock so according to what you guys mentioned that it will be in boot menu so i assume that i dont need to install safestrap again??

is that ryt ??
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sd_shadow:
For installing over Stock rom, this safestrap version should work the same as last several versions of hashcodes safestrap.

Not all roms can be installed over stock rom, if install does not go correctly you may need to reflash firmware with RSD Lite or Rarz utility.

You should back up your stock rom, if you have data you do not wish to lose, by selecting backup in Safestrap options

Basic steps are the same for Droid 3, Droid 4, Bionic, Razr..

see How to install Android 5.0.2 Lollipop on the Motorola Droid Bionic, Droid 4 and Droid Razr [MENTION=4246643]Tomsgt[/MENTION]

and my Installing a Lollypop (5.0) Rom on a Droid 4 using safestrap
[Motorola Droid RAZR] thigobr:
The use of preinstall and webtop partitions enable fstrim support?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Mentor.37:
Sure.

The fstrim can't be used with the loop devices mounted as partitions but in the new Safe Rom slot you will directly use the real partitions /preinstall and /webtop.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sd_shadow:
[MENTION=5003013]Mentor.37[/MENTION] now that you are using this Q&A for both XT894 and XT912, I suggest that you request to be made OP, so you can edit as needed.

You can just use the report post option for post #1, and make the request, or I can if you wish.

Nice Work.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] dutohlav:
0 MB in Data

Hi, your suggestion did work - I made in safestrap that advanced wipe of Data, and now I have 1370 or something MB of Data partition.

To answer your subsequent question it did show 0 MB out of 0 MB - so not that it is full, but that it has no capacity.

And also CM11 did boot after that, quite fast. So I'm all set!

Thanks for your help!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Mokura3rd:
(xt894)

I don't know. When I got the phone many months ago, I pretty much installed the old Safestrap, wiped the stock slot, and installed Paranoid Android 4 (Kitkat). I don't remember switching any filesystems around.

I was able to switch the /cache filesystem to ext3, but I'm still getting failures upon doing anything with /preinstall (at least by activating the safe slot then trying to change the "/system" filesystem there). Would there be a way of formatting and changing the /preinstall filesystem outside of the safe slot? Log file: privatepaste(.)com/e3878107e2

Regarding restoring with an SBF, wouldn't there be issues with restoring an older Android version, even with a factory reset?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Mentor.37:
You can try with this:

umount /preinstall

tune2fs -j /dev/block/preinstall

obviously you need the bin tune2fs.

Anyway in this case there is not any problem with restoring an older Android version, you can't downgrade from Stokc JB to Stock ICS because the xt894 has the bootloader locked so you can not downgrade the kernel but any aosp rom uses a kexec kernel, the real kernel has not been touched so you can simply reinstall the stock rom without any problem.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Mokura3rd:
It looks like this did the trick, and apparently tune2fs was included with the recovery or what have you already. Now I just have to make a ramdisk for PA 3.99 and everything will be sorted. Thank you for your assistance.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] studymadara:
Query.?

[xt910]

i tried to install it directly on the old safestrap so the common error showed up like existing package and all

so if i uninstall the recovery from the old safestrap then this new safestrap will get all that back when i will install recovery again?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sd_shadow:
This recovery does not work with xt910, as pre-installed is too small

Uninstalling recovery does not remove Rom slots, and are still there after installing new safestrap
[Motorola Droid RAZR] IngJulian_RVLX:
Skip SS Splash Screen & SS from Boot Menu on XT910

Hey there!!!

I was wondering if XT910 can be get rid of the Safe-Strap Splash Screen and can be only booted from Boot Menu...

Because if i had an XT912, that will be the only function i will use...

Hope i will make the XT910...

Greetings!!!:good:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] 4stringenator:
Just switched to this version

This really seems to make CM12 zippy!

Thanks Mentor!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] radulaski:
Idea about possible XT910

Maybe you could set it up like this for XT910:

CACHE shared

WEBTOP for system

IMAGE file for DATA
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jakapaka:
My 2c:

Why not having the option to use DATA partition directly in XT910? It's not likely I'm going to ever use stock again once it all works smoothly. And maybe not just me...

--Jkpk
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sd_shadow:
XT910 does not have a usable preinstall partition.

---------- Post added at 02:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:54 PM ----------

Mentor.37 has no interest in doing that, so it will have to be done by someone else. Start a new thread.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jakapaka:
Mmm... I'm still not that savvy. :D

Nevertheless, I have crafted a ramdisk.img (as instructed by Mentor.37 on http://xdaforums.com/droid-razr/development/recovery-safestrap-3-75-unused-t3032675) commenting out the activation of userdata and cache as loop devices, so they point at the original ones. Re-wiping said partitions from safestrap (as they would be with stock slot active) was needed to avoid a boot-loop on the CyanogenMod logo.

But I cannot make system to point to, say, webtop. This way all could run on flat memory devices on XT910. Maybe some day I'll try the hardcore approach with a new safestrap.

Cheers,

--Jkpk
[Motorola Droid RAZR] just4sc:
Nevermind...I did a couple of things and it installed okay. Don't know what but it's working..so I'm not complaining...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] hearkenoath:
About the swap scripts: Please do, I even considering buying another phone
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ExaHamza:
first boot

how long it takes the first start, on safe slot with I installed cm12.1 without Googlee applications and ended up interrupting the boot was already doing 20 ~ 30 minutes without end. Only in my spyder
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sd_shadow:
Should only take about 2-5 mins 10 tops
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ExaHamza:
Thank you for helping me . I read again the form of cm12.1 installation in safe slot, and saw that the step to edit all those codes I did not, I thought it was just normally install cm and then the other file "flashable zip" That's it. To be realistic am amateur as many people who would like to use the safe slot, which step to suggest not only help me as much as others around the world. Since cm is only to be installed in slot1 and cm team could do also for safe slot (but did not) I would ask you guys developers to upload cm that you guys were able to edit that binary and will we (users) in the nearby updates are only using the "flashable zip" to keep the edited binary and so we were all happy .... flashing! was only one suggestion and hopefully accepted, and excuse the English seems difficult to understand use the Google translator.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sd_shadow:
Use the Flashable ramdisc.zip posted here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=59064959&postcount=2
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ExaHamza:
I flashed the latest cm12, opgengapps (pico) and finally the flashable ramdisc.zip and I got same problem... long boot, or infinite boot!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sd_shadow:
Wipe system, caches, data

Install Rom, and ramdisc

Not gapps

Reboot see if Rom will boot.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ExaHamza:
Thank you for helping me , though not accepted but I feel honored for your time , I ended up making a slot and installed normally , even if you have a suggestion please ... I am the orders !
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sd_shadow:
It's possible that 12.1 is too large for safe slot, 12 barely fit.

See how much space 12.1 takes on Rom slot.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ExaHamza:
688MB only cm12.1, without any flashsble zip, just cm.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sd_shadow:
Safeslot is only 600mb

You can try removing +90mb

Not sure if that is possible but you can move apks like file manager, sms, gallery... To data or just delete.

Backup and restore to Safeslot.

Then install the ramdisc.zip

Backup
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ExaHamza:
Didn't help e restored stock on safe slot and booted properly...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] thigobr:
Is it possible to transfer the /data/dalvik-cache folder to /cache partition using this recovery? I tried to create a symbolic link but it didn't work. So I guess that something need to be changed in fstab/vold to mount the directory correctly. Thanks!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] frannq:
Hi i had unsussesful encryptation

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[Motorola Droid RAZR] sd_shadow:
which rom slot?

rom file name?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] frannq:
Un safe ROM resurection remix

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[Motorola Droid RAZR] sd_shadow:
safe slot, is likely too small.

did you check system partition size?

wipe cache, dalvik, system, data, and Android secure, before installing rom?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] frannq:
Yes the partition size is 605mb, free 589mb, i wiped everyting but persist. First work fine, but i wanted to try another ROM and stopped working

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[Motorola Droid RAZR] sd_shadow:
try the fix partition options
[Motorola Droid RAZR] frannq:
I use repair option but doesnt work

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