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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jason2678:
DMF1 firmware is pretty out of date. Unless you pick an older build of a custom rom, you'll run into some issues.

The full Canadian carrier updates for i747m are all available for download from sammobile.com, but those will be really big files to flash with Odin. I wouldn't try that unless you're really confident in that USB port. This won't be a really quick flash and interrupting it could brick your phone.

The safest route might be to unroot the phone and take carrier OTAs until your firmware is up to date. You'll have to be on stock recovery for OTAs. Once you're unrooted if you power down and reboot your phone, I'm pretty sure the stock recovery will come back. If not, here's a link to a stock recovery: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2026751

To get going with rooting and custom roms again you'll have to flash a custom recovery in Odin once you get up to date on OTAs, but that will be a 5 - 10 MB file to flash as opposed to a 1 GB+ full system update. Don't worry about that until you get the bootloader and modem up to date, one step at a time. :good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Evockzi:
How do I perform an update though to manually update the phone, like to unroot it basically I'm Connecting it to USB getting it to recognize in Kies?

Like I have full USB access to my phone now, yes the port is flaky but it functions. Kies says my device is on latest firmware even though I know 4.4.2 was released by rogers for the device, i.e I don't understand how to unroot it and bring it up to date

I don't know what a OTA is, I don't understand what a modem/bootloader is etc.

I'm assuming what I have to do is update it to 4.4.2 via the normal firmware but currently it isn't giving me an option to
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jason2678:
OTA is "over the air" updates. They are pushed to your phone and often update your phone's bootloader, modem, and rom to new versions. They'll download and install with wifi or cell data, no USB connection required. It is a very safe way to update your phone, but OTA updates will fail if you are rooted and have custom recovery (at least AT&T's will).

With android 4.1 and DMF1 firmware you're something like 2 or 3 updates out of date. Usually OTA notifications just pop up on their own, or you might have a "check for updates" option somewhere in your rom settings. Has this phone been off the grid for a while, update process frozen, or just declining OTAs for the last year and a half or so? Is it not tied to a carrier anymore?

I have updated bootloaders and modems outside of the OTA process, but only on the i747 AT&T variant. If OTA is not an option for some reason, I can't comment on what your safest route would be on the Canadian variant, but there are plenty of expert i747M users on here. Someone will chime in to help you out.

If OTA is an option, then the easiest way to unroot used to be to install SuperSU from the Play store, if you're not already using it. In SuperSU settings there used to be a "full unroot" option.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Evockzi:
Ok So what do I need to do exactly I unrooted the phone no problem but it still doesn't recognize it as needing new firmware still so I'm still confused how to update it.

My understanding is I need to update this to latest base version which would be 4.4.2, but I'm not sure how to do that exactly since its not automatically doing it given the custom rom.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Confirm the bootloader on your phone and post it here.

It is the bootloader that will determine which stock firmware to flash from sammobile.com onto your i747m.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Evockzi:
Again, I'm not well versed in android terminology etc, I don't really know what a bootloader is, everything in those screen caps above is what I'm using
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
If you want to be on the latest stock, just use Odin to flash the stock Rogers 4.1.1 ROM from sammobile.com. Then use OTA updates to update the phone to the latest KK.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Evockzi:
Again, I Really Need more details Odin isn't so simple that its Oh Slot dis dat flash in der and poof completeo, if you read through the thread you'd you I have a flaky USB port that isn't 100% stable, flashing a 1gb rom through a iffy connection doesn't sound smart.

How do I flash this correctly from SD card if I can?

Please describe, Which App I need for it, what I need to do in app etc, cuz Odin is like AD AP DS WE aslaksd its all gibberish to me unforunately for different flashing locations
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
I know of no way to flash a completely stock ROM from an SD card.

If you wanted to flash it from an SD card, you would probably need to download the entire ROM, strip out the stock recovery, and re-pack the ROM into a zip file.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Evockzi:
I'm still extremely confused, I need consise directions what I need to do, so far I haven't had solid details in this thread yet how to get my firmware installed :crying:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
since youre computer literate , so to speak , perhaps this method would help/be more 'simple'. IDK , just a thought.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2225405

"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Evockzi:
Is that method compatible with my device? before I've only been following ones that flash with odin.

The Reason why the isn't helpful immediately for me, I Do Not Know what I need to Do to achieve what I need.

Bootloader means almost nothing to me, I do Not know what I need to accomplish, No one has answered that question yet for me.

My Question is again, So, Do I need to install 4.4.2 Base as downloaded from that Samsmobile, and How Do I install Specifically that?

Beyond That my question expands into, Ok After I install that What do I need to do to install likewise.

I Do not know what I need to do so all these guides about doing specific tasks that you know what you need to do are useless to me at this moment I'm afraid.

I have enough of a stable USB connection I can Odin it Right now I just need to know what to select, etc
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Evockzi:
I yolo'd it with the connection, and flashed it with older odin 1.85 since I know PDA is the correct one idk what the hell it is in the new odin.

Passed, took almost 8 mintues to flash it, Now I just need to get back to original question of installing CWM Recovery and Getting Likewise S5 rom installed.

Do I have correct 4.3-4.4 Modem and boot loader that it spams in bright red on the likewise requirements?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Evockzi:
Managed to finish all the installations without a hitch,

Followed a guide to CWM install and then root it through installing SuperSU, Then had everything to install Likewise which can be done on the device.

Everything installed perfect now I have a S5 to give to my sister cheers
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
[MENTION=2771810]Evockzi[/MENTION] glad you got it figured out.:victory:

"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
[MDA Compact II General] bdap:
excuse me for being noobish but is a mda compact to a htc charmer?:confused:
[MDA Compact II General] hanmin:
mda compact = magician

mda compact 2 = charmer
[MDA Compact II General] bdap:
thankyou bidding on mda c 2 on ebay:)
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dman1049:
Tried to root with hydrogen peroxide... Phone reboots to ap fastboot and says flash failure... Have used rsdlite and started fresh to no avail. Any other ideas folks?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickyreyne:
for flash failure, in folder adb:

cd..

cd..

cd fastboot

fastboot oem fb_mode_clear

fastboot erase userdata

fastboot reboot

flash 183.46.45 and repeat the process with hidrogen peroxide
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dman1049:
Rsd'd again and reran the program... says phones not supported in tr... i keep gettign the same error you were getting. following all instructions.. maybe there is something special about my phone. The sbf im using in rsd is Samurih(i think thats the user) file... is what it is i guess... Some point ill get a new phone
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickyreyne:
flash this VZW_XT926_4.4.2-KDA20.62-15.1_1FF.xml, run the hidrogen peroxide. After the first restart, you must verify that your kernel is date : May, if so opens towelroot and should work.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeePlus:
just enough for me flash stock recovery.img
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dman1049:
I got an error saying preflash validation failed for recovery... I have a july 29th build date
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyanFleming:
Are you sure you are using the correct exploit? The one for the XT907 will not work with the XT926 and vice versa. My link listed in the post links to another forum that has the link for an XT926. I see that link is missing. I had trouble finding a copy of the XT926 version. If you can't find it send me a message and I will put it somewhere that you can get to it. I have both exploits saved.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CallOfHonor100:
I did everything accordingly. Got the May 2014 kernel. Ran towelroot and it said 'You should be rooted now. No reboot required'

What do i do now? I did not understand your last step:

"run the script I mentioned above with the first half of the steps removed and run it, this will put the phone's recovery image back and clean things up"
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyanFleming:
Below is the script I used to "clean up" after using my steps. Basically I removed all the lines leading up to the step run towel root from the script included with the exploit.

Copy the lines below into a text file named Cleanup.bat and put it in the same folder as the other .bat file then and run it.

[MENTION=279333]ECHO[/MENTION] off

SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion

cd files

cls

echo =============================================

echo Device found!

echo Plaese open towelroot on your device, get root and press any key when you be ready...

pause

echo =============================================

echo Reboot to fastboot!

adb kill-server

adb start-server

adb wait-for-device

echo =============================================

echo Device found!

adb reboot bootloader

cls

echo =============================================

echo Device found!

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot reboot

cls

echo =============================================

echo Please wait for the device to reboot

adb kill-server

adb start-server

adb wait-for-device

echo =============================================

echo Device found!

adb uninstall com.geohot.towelroot

adb uninstall org.keenteam

adb install supersu.apk

adb shell "rm /data/local/tmp/a"

adb shell "rm /data/local/tmp/systemrw.sh"

adb shell "rm /data/local/tmp/getroot"

adb shell "rm /data/local/tmp/giefroot"

adb shell "rm /data/local/tmp/wp_mod.ko"

adb shell "rm /data/local/tmp/modulecrcpatch"

adb shell "rm /data/local/tmp/installsupersu.sh"

adb shell "rm /data/local/tmp/SuperSU.zip"

adb shell "rm /data/local/tmp/memfile"

echo Done. You can now unplug your device.

echo Enjoy root!

pause

<end do not copy this line>
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CallOfHonor100:
You sir are awesome! Got my root! Thanks!
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Polecat!:
Confirmed to work on RAZR MAXX HD XT926M

Just wanted to say Thanks!!, and that this worked for me with my RAZR MAXX HD that I just got from eBay.

Ended up having to use the manual boot method for Recovery Mode. Kept getting the dead android with red exclamation.

For those who may be running into problems with the automated script or getting TowelRoot to work (needs older kernel),

very important:

Be sure to put your phone in AIRPLANE Mode, even with manual method. (that was my problem (to stubborn to think it mattered))

It seems that when the recovery image boots, (if the data plan is active) the kernel will update automatically to the July 31.

In Airplane mode, the kernel cannot update, and the May Kernel will be active, allowing TowelRoot to work.

Rooted with 182.46.15.XT926 July 29 2014
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derpyherp:
Kongo root works for the July 29th build it can be run on PC or via apk download. No reboot needed just WiFi or data connection
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OngPangTau:
Hi derpyherp,

I am the late comer...would you mind to double confirm your device System version is 183.46.15.XT926.Verizon.em.US and the Build number is KDA20.62-15.1 and not others? The reason I asked this is because there are some users mentioned that the Build number: KDA20.62-15 (root-able) and Build number: KDA20.62-15.1 (unroot-able) are different...

Thanks!
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Canuckx:
I'd like to second that. :good::good::good: XT925 - July 29th build. Version 180.46.117 - Vodafone
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sudheerkdty:
Help..

For the past few months I've been searching for a way to install and apply Xperia themes on my Xperia Ray (Kitkat 4.4.4- Xperia Overlay ROM)

Please Help..

Thanks
[MX Player] XDA Visitor:
I have Microsoft Lumia 535 dual sim windows phone. I installed MX player but its not showing any videos. any type be it .mkv, .mp4
[MX Player] Razvan:
Sir,

Please wait until mods will move this thread to the device specific forum for more relevant answers.

For more questions or to have full access please register an account on XDA forum.

Stand by

Good luck
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sbliner:
I do not appear to receive push notifications from certain apps when my device is locked. when I unlock it (with the pin) the notifications come in.

However Gmail notifications seem to happen no matter what.

It's a stock ATT 4.4.2. I've only had it a month, so hopefully it's a setting I'm missing. Or is it a app developer thing where they code it only push if unlocked.
[ZTE Grand X V970] RazvanKun:
Hey

I have a problem with my phone , he is overheating ( on back and on touchscreen ) and battery are consumed very fast...

I updated the software... with the dedicated aplication

Help?

I need to change the battery? or reinstall the software?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmoney2005:
I currently have a Nexus 6 on AT&T network.

I am not rooted but I am getting random messages when I'm typing. Doesn't matter if it is a message or simply doing a google search.

Screenshots for example.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SAW_JOK3R:
May be some apps are doing auto correct for you.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmoney2005:
Its not an autocorrect, I can't click on it or do anything with it. And its random, not even typing words close to those spellings.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmoney2005:
No other tips??? Or help?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
figure out which app is doing it, then uninstall it.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmoney2005:
That would be ideal if I knew which app but don't have a clue. It hasn't happened in the last few days...but it was weird to begin with.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
can try factory resetting, then pay attention to your apps as qhen you install them(one at a time).
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Splitshot:
Hello all,

I made a big mistake and wiped my Sd card on my rooted, Unlocked M7. I was able to get recovery(TWRP) back on but for the life of me cannot sideload a Rom on it? At the moment it has no OS. So that means I cannot open usb debugging so I could manually place the ViperOne rom back on the SD. I've never sideloaded anything but after watching many youtube videos and failing ( cannot read ROM.zip) its driving me nuts. Is there maybe an easier way? Maybe something else I can try?

I have tried to load for both desktop and platform tools( both I can see my device).
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
This error is usually caused by the file being in the wrong location. Make sure "ROM.zip" is in the same folder where you have adb and fastboot on your computer.

---------- Post added at 10:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:35 AM ----------

TWRP 2.6.4.0 also include mtp drivers so you can see your device storage on your ocmputer when booted in recovery mode.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
Like alray said flash TWRP 2.8.4.0 and the phone will be seen in windows and you can just copy the file to the phone and flash it
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Splitshot:
I already had a "Install recovery v1.2" in my downloads so I tried this because I was unsuccessful with all the other attempts and low and behold it worked. although its an older version of TWRP (2.6.3). would it make a difference not having the latest? now that recovery is there I was hoping to push a ROM then update the recovery through root manager.

I just read alray's last line about the mtp drivers. OK, I will first get my folders working better, upgrade to a newer version TWRP and then push a rom. Is there a difference in "Fastboot adb sideload flash ViperOne.zip" and "

" adb sideload push ViperOne.zip"? Two video's used 2 different commands.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
you don't need adb at all if you load TWRP 2.8.4.0 you just copy the file in windows like to a flash drive
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
If you are going to update twrp to 2.8.4.0, you will not need to push or sideload the rom, just copy it to your phone storage using the windows explorer. Navigate to "my computer --> One --> Internal storage" and copy your rom there.

These 2 commands means nothing. :laugh: SO no, there is no difference between these 2 commands, both will fail lol

if you want to use adb push:

adb push name_of_rom.zip /sdcard

if you want to sideload:

adb sideload name_of_rom.zip

But like i said, you don't need to use these commands to get your rom on your phone if you are gonna update twrp to 2.8.4.0.

download twrp 2.8.4.0, save it to the same folder where you have adb and fastboot installed on your computer. Open a command prompt from that folder, boot your phone in bootloader/fastboot usb mode.

fastboot flash recovery name_of_recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader

then boot in recovery mode

you'll now see your phone storage on your computer, copy (drag and drop) your rom.zip to your phone storage.
[G2 General] elite001mm:
[[If you don't feel like listening to my shenanigans, just scroll down to the dashed line!]]

I love the look of AOSP. Unfortunately, LG does not release camera drivers so camera quality on AOSP is generally pretty terrible. Recently, I decided to forego my typical stock g3 port and try out CyanogenMod 12, and its actually really really good and stable (on vs980 anyways). The only problem was the horrendous camera quality. Lollipop was so good (especially with xposed support starting up) that I decoded I'd try to find a fix for my problem. First off, I noticed that Lollipop had a *bit better camera quality than kitkat AOSP. This was promising but nothing good. My og droid razer still took pictures just as good. I tried the typical apps... Cm11s camera (it had bugs...) AOSP camera was terrible, Google camera was a little better than AOSP but not much. Lenovo super camera.. Still not 100% stable. I didn't use those stock camera ports as none of them are stable and those aren't what this thread is about.

--------------------------------------------------

I tried some play store offerings and almost gave up... But then I found something in the play store. "Open camera". Its free, open source, ad free, and somehow... It takes really good pictures and videos on AOSP on our phones.

When you open it you're greeted with a not-so-beautiful ui, but it has a lot of great features. HDR works also.. Which is nice. Actually, everything works.

The main gripe with the AOSP camera quality was low light performance. In open camera there's a ISO setting. Set the ISO to 1600 and you'll get great low light photos with little noise. You can of course use auto or higher ISO but noise will be a problem. But it is a problem on stock too at those ISO levels. Another thing I'd like to point out is that video recording is surprisingly good. No 4k yet unless your ROM supports it. The app itself supports it. Hopefully this can help someone who needs better pictures/videos on AOSP! ?

Note: I included a test shot. Keep in mind the room was illuminated by one nightstand light. It looks brighter in the picture than it does to the eyes. Even though there's noise in the picture, its multitudes better than other options

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Here's a Google camera shot for comparison. I drew a red "G" on the Google camera shot because I'm uploading this with tapatalk and I'm not sure if it will show the pics in order or not:

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Sent from my vs980 on CM12
[G2 General] Wycer:
Very nice post, already knew open camera since it's included in my rom, and yes it takes the better pics!

But I have to say that even thought this app goes deeply into settings, they could make some improvements to the UI...
[G2 General] ktetreault14:
Yes been using it for awhile
[G2 General] zeeebs:
This UI is awful! Photos seem to be great though.

I've been using the Lenovo camera and it's been amazing. Ridiculously quick HDR shots.
[Sony Xperia ZR] rkumbhar:
Guys I Had Rooted My Sony Xperia ZR 4.4.4 ,2 months ago . And Now I am Facing Charging Problem i.e When I Connect My Phone To Charger ,Charging Starts But When Screen Gets Off Charging Stops And Charging Icon Also Get Dissappeared & Phone Doesnt Charge . But When I Switch Off The Phone It Show Charging Indicator And Phone Charges Normally . Help Me With My Wierd Problem As Soon As Possible ?
[Sony Xperia ZR] sourabhp:
are you using any exposed module? check if its not messing with your charging while phone is powered on and screen is off
[Sony Xperia ZR] rkumbhar:
no i dint used any expose module by the way thank you my problem is solved i kept my phone switched off for half hour and problem is solved dont know how but its done
[Sony Xperia ZR] sourabhp:
strange things happen around us ;)
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Genera] musfiqus:
[PhilZ][RECOVERY] Recoveries for Symphony Roar A50 / Mito Impact & other 8GB models

CWM & Other Custom recoveries for Symphony Roar A50/ Evercoss One X / Mito Impact / Nexian Journey & Other 8GB internal storage Models

As you all know the newest Android Ones come with a new kernel and 8GB internal storage. So the existing recoveries don't work on our devices. So we've ported recoveries for our devices. These recoveries work fine on Symphony Roar A50 and should work fine on other 8GB models.

Download Links:​

PhilZ (Recommended) (Updated with 5.1.1 official OTA support) : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347763067​

TWRP: http//d-h.st/rQN​

CWM: Link for CWM will be updated soon​

Instructions:​

Unlocking Bootloader: http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-de...ser-roms-recoveries-kernels-mods-how-t2908298

Flashing recovery.img: Follow instructions provided in this thread to flash recovery.

http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-de...covery-clockworkmod-recovery-6-0-5-1-t2885736

*Note don't use that recovery.img use the recovery.img I've provided here in this thread.

Confirmed working on:​

Symphony Roar A50​

Mito Impact A10​

Cherry Mobile One​

Special thanks to: [MENTION=5505964]OdSazib[/MENTION] [MENTION=4309448]varun.chitre15[/MENTION] [MENTION=6077236]satgass[/MENTION]
​

Our Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/582598018550360
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Genera] kurniawan_johar:
many thx bro

i've try manytimes recovery and wont work

but with your cwm philz is work flawlesly

now my mito a10 can root. thx again :)

btw how to unlock BL ?

is there any want backup rom lollipop mito a10?