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[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donk165:
So its all okay again, I hadnt installed flashmode drivers. Im fully back to stock with restored TA and relocked bootloader.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DigiManTX:
hey guys... i have 2 att s3's... the one is running CM11 M12, and the other is fully stock...

my wife found out the hard way today that her GPS does not work (CM11/M12 snapshot on NE4 baseband). i have been reading all this about going back to stock for the dial pad menu options and doing the nvram fix and etc etc.... my question is, since i have a stock s3 with the latest NJ1 bootloader and baseband... can't i make a complete backup of that and restore it to her s3 running CM11/M12, get the menu options, do the fix, and restore back to CM11/M12? or will that change the baseband and bootloader back to NE4??
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DigiManTX:
wow... nothin from no one?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jason2678:
A nandroid won't touch bootloader or modem. I don't think an nj1 stock nandroid will boot on ne4 firmware unless you flash a custom kernel too. I would not try it.

It would be easier to just flash an ne4 based touchwiz ROM on her phone. You need a stock dialer to run the ussd code to get into the maintenance menu and do the nvrebuild thing it sounds like you've read up on.

You can find a rooted stock ne4 ROM in the forums here. Talking monkeys and s3rx are both tw and ne4 based so they should work fine too. Just read up and flash carefully.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DigiManTX:
well, that's kinda half what i am saying... if i restore to the backup i made of the original, i can get the ota update and go from there...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jason2678:
Restoring an NJ1 nandroid on NE4 firmware might work, it might not, I'm not really sure. I've never tried it and no one has posted any horror stories on here about it that I've seen. If it does actually boot, I think there's a good chance wifi or data (and maybe some other things) won't work right with an NJ1 stock rom on NE4 firmware without flashing a custom kernel too, not that you care too much about that if you're just using it for the GPS fix. It is probably too Frankenphone for an OTA to work, and since it is an up to date NJ1 rom it might not even trigger an OTA. If you try this, make sure you have a nandroid of your CM11, or a CM rom zip readily available for a bail out plan in case this just bootloops. I wouldn't recommend this. I'm just not sure it will work. I doubt it will hard brick, but why tempt fate? AT&T S3's have been really finicky about firmware since Knox was forced on them from MJB onward.

To fix GPS all you really need is a stock dialer. Step 3 in this thread has recovery flashable, near stock AT&T NE4 roms. If flashed properly, I am sure this will work.

You have a higher probability of success if you do this. Make a nandroid backup of CM11 on her phone. Clean flash one of the NE4 roms from the thread above. A full format of the internal storage is recommended when switching from AOSP to TW (sometimes the TW rom just won't boot if you don't), but if you do a full format make sure your CM11 nandroid and the stock rom you're going to flash are stored on an external microSD or you've verified that you can adb push or copy files over usb using mtp when in custom recovery. Otherwise you'll be left with a totally blank phone and no rom to install or backups available. A little microSD preloaded with the files is the most reliable way to go.

Once you're up and running in the stock rom, skip all the setup stuff as best you can and get to a dialer. Open your stock dialer and enter *#197328640#

That should open a menu. Now navigate Mainmenu -> UMTS -> Common -> NVREBUILD -> NVREBUILD

Don't exit or hit home after telling it to rebuild the NVRAM. Let it sit for 30+ seconds, then long press power and pick restart.

Once your phone boots back up open up Google maps and see if location locks, it should now. At this point you can boot into your custom recovery, restore the CM11 backup you made, and enjoy your custom ROM with working location service. It might not be necessary, but I always do all the wipes for a clean flash and format the internal storage again before restoring the nandroid. This takes about an extra 30 seconds and keeps any TW files from getting left over in your AOSP setup.

I've had to do this twice to fix GPS on my phone and it works.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DigiManTX:
ok... awesome... makes sense at what ur saying. thank you. so you didn't bother with updating the band and just left it on ne4? and yes, i would plan on making a full backup of her cm11 and throw it on the ext SD as well...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jason2678:
There should be no need to update your bootloader and modem from NE4 to NJ1. I think NE4 is still working just fine even on the latest lollipop alphas available for this phone.

If you feel the need, there is a recovery flashable bootloader/modem update to NJ1 here. I flashed this to get my phone up to NJ1. You can trust anything enewman posts. ;)

On the newer AT&T firmware be sure to always have a matching bootloader/modem (seems to go for MJB, NE4, and NJ1 - everything post Knox). That's why it makes sense to package them together, like has been done in that zip. Always read carefully and upgrade incrementally if you choose to. I don't know if it is some sort of security "feature" thinking something nefarious is going on if bootloader and modem don't match or what, but some hard bricks have been reported if you try to run AT&T S3's without matched bootloader/modem on these firmware revisions.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DigiManTX:
right on... thank you again! if ne4 is good, then so be it... i just rather not have a shoe thrown at me over this GPS not working thing... lol
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jason2678:
Happy wife, happy life :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] $avage$3:
NE4 and NJ1

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I've posted questions about the boot-loader "update" over in the other forum and from what I have read , updating from NE4 to NJ1 is basically to return to stock unrooted, some people have reported that the signal drops and GPS was better when going to NJ1, but I've been told that If you are not experiencing issues then there's no need to update.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DigiManTX:
you have GOT to be kidding me... i finally had the opportunity to do this and it's failing on the restore of the backup i made right beforehand... made a complete backup of everything i had to choose. over 2 gigs... flash the stock rooted, did the nvram rebuild, got the gps lock... all was golden... now trying to restore the cm11 backup and it fails... she is going to kill me now... it was nice knowing you guys... :eek:

***edit... and now even going back to cm11 or slimkat, i still don't have gps again... grrrrrr...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jason2678:
That stinks. Did you enable compression on the backup? Did you format internal SD before trying to restore the backup? I don't think the format thing is an absolute must, but it is good practice. If you don't do it you will find some touchwiz files that survive the restore in your AOSP based system. Make sure your backup is stored on an external SD before you do an internal format!

If you can't get the backup to restore after formatting internal storage or you just don't want to try formatting internal storage, here are a couple other things you can try to salvage it.

Titanium Backup has an extract from nandroid backup feature. This could be a Pro feature, I'm not sure. Going pro supports some great developers and unlocks some of the best features, like being able to make a flashable zip of your backups. I find it to be worth the money. This has a chance of being able to get you your apps and app data back, if the backup isn't somehow corrupted beyond being useful.

If it is user data like pictures and such you're worried about, you should be able to copy the nandroid backup to a PC, then extract data.ext4.win archive and explore the files. If the built-in Windows zip utility won't handle it, try 7zip. If the data archive is split (you find a data.ext4.win000, data.ext4.win001, etc) you have to concatenate the files into a usable tar. Combining split archives is fairly simple if you're running Linux, but I'm not sure how to manage it if your PC is running Windows. At the size you mentioned I don't think you'll encounter a split data archive, but I'm not certain. This also assumes that the nandroid isn't corrupted beyond the point of being useful.

As for the GPS thing, if you flash enough roms it happens. I've had to do it twice. Once was after just a few flashes. The second time was after probably dozens. After the second time I keep a nandroid backup of a stock rom on my external SD just so I can quickly revert to stock, rebuild nvram, the revert back to Slimkat.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DigiManTX:
i just gave up on restoring the backup... somehow some way it magically got deleted off my sd card anyways... i just got to my wits end after that... she didn't kill me and kinda had that "whatever" face...

as far as the GPS working goes... idk what i am doing wrong here. i used the stock rooted rom that i downloaded from the option 3 link. not sure of the differences between the odex and the de-odexed, but i just went with the 1st... in TWRP, i did advance wipe (checked dalvik, system, data, internal, and cache... left micro sd and usb-otg alone), then went back and chose format data, then another advanced wipe with aforementioned options chosen... then rebooted straight into recovery. flashed the stock rooted rom, rebooted again and stock rom came up... went thru all the bs prompts and bypassed what i could. got to the dialer, did the nvram rebuild, waited a min, rebooted, tried maps and also download gps status app... got fixes, saw sats, etc... rebooted and flashed to cm11, pico gapps (since restore didn't work) and started fresh... got maps and gps status app downloaded... no GPS lock, no sats listing in gps status app... tried flashing to slimkat, same deal... and this is where i be now... about to make a smoothie in my vitamix out of these 2 s3's... OH! and this is on both of them... the one running ne4 AND nj1... same procedures done on both...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DigiManTX:
ok, i just did the same procedure but this time just went with slimkat from fresh and GPS is good... must be a "me" problem or a CM problem... idk... but at least i can work with slimkat... i kinda dig this rom
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IpDo:
i have the same problem.. any fix?

---------- Post added at 05:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:01 PM ----------

i have found a fix.

using lucky patcher i've changed the defult install location to "mobile" (as this is the only option).

cleaned the play store settings and that problem was fixed.

that for:

.packageInstalled: Package install status for .... is -4
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] javaguy110:
So it's come time for me to make a choice.

For the record, I've been rooting and flashing custom ROMs since my old Moto Droid. I do like Sense however and have been sticking with the RUUs provided by [MENTION=3472611]dottat[/MENTION] and just throwing Xposed on top of that with a few modules to make the M8 almost perfect for me. However, my work provides Good for access to corporate email. For those who don't know, Good has a root check built in, but I've managed to bypass that with a handy Xposed module. That's unlikely to be carried into Lollipop.

Here's the rub. The way I see it, I can

RUU to rooted Lollipop and give up Good. It's more a nice-to-have for my job anyway...but it is nice to have.

RUU to rooted Lollipop and then unroot, keeping Good but losing Xposed, gaining all the lollipop goodness.

Stay with KitKat because there just not that much of a reason to upgrade.

I welcome all opinions, particularly those of you running the latest Verizon M8 ROM. It seems with Sense, the UI hasn't changed a whole lot, but I realize under the covers it may be worth it.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Spider210:
Isn't there a xposed module that allows good bypass root detection?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mruno:
Yes it is called RootCloak. I am unsure if it is compatible with Lollipop as it has not been updated in some time.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] javaguy110:
I've been using Good For Enterprise Root Checker (also an Xposed module) but if you follow that thread you'll find that Good is getting much better with the checking. I'm running an old version of Good plus an old version of the checker to make it work on my device.

Sent from my Gunmetal Grey M8
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] amaury48:
Maybe just me, I just don't see Lollipop as a great upgrade from 4.4.4, material design just seems extremely boring. I've ran several per-release lollipop roms and also installed the rooted ota update. no matter how much I try to spruce up it, I still wind up going back to CleanRom 4.4.4 with some RealIcon Themeing. I personally can't stand plain ole white icons or just colorized icons in the status bars. Love the custom Icons I am able to install in the status bar, navigation bar and Icon Themes on my home screen. I have updated my firmware, but still running 4.4.4 I can definitely live without the update..... I'll stay right here until a dev decides to add a little pizzaz to 5.0....
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] javaguy110:
That's interesting that you took the firmware upgrade but still on 4.4.4. In another thread, somebody said not to do that. But I was thinking at least that would get you updated radios and should be backwards compatible.

Sent from my Gunmetal Grey M8
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] etiger13:
I'd say drop Good. Having root is so much more valuable. Better backups, able to (un)install what you want. And if something says you can't use your phone the way you want, drop it.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] richii0207:
Does anyone have message preview for incoming text messages?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] ivanov13:
I've been thinking of doing just that... I just don't see lollipop as a big update. I wouldn't say it improved much... Maybe it's all in my head.?
[General Questions and Answers] Hash.H:
Well, as most of you have seen my post and [MENTION=4758472]jazzespresso[/MENTION] on how to root your tablet, I decided to make a guide for those of you who dont know how to unroot and restore your tablet to its Out-Of-The-Box(ish) state. First of all, you need to un-root. Its simply done by opening the SuperSU app, going into the settings and tapping the full un-root option. Its that simple. Then once you are fully sure that you have unrooted the tablet, which could be done by using root checker or a similiar program. Now that root access is gone you can go ahead and start the factory image restore and it would be helpfull for those of you who are looking to go back to the 240 dpi range because something smells "super-fishy" at Lenovo's software development office. You the must download the Factory Image/Firmware from http://www.needrom.com/download/lenovo-s8-50f/ . This package should contain the flash tools and the ROM. Extract the .RAR file using 7 and install the Intel Phone Flash Tool. Make sure you install all the necessary drivers. Once completed , run the phone flash tool and go to options and check force sparsing and set it to 500mb. Then go back and click the blue button the reads "browse". Then select the extracted .ZIP which when opened, contains .ISO files. Select that file and then wait for the Flash tool to extract it. Then plug in your tablet and click "Start to flash". Make sure USB-Debugging is enabled for better results. A PC is required for this operation(s). And Thats pretty much it. I already know that jazzespresso did this topic but I only did it to include the superfish joke :)
[General Questions and Answers] LS.xD:
Thank you for helping other members. For the next "guide" it was great if you make a step-by-step guide instead of one big text. Its much easier to read and follow the instructions then :)
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bossofindy:
I have the vs985 version on tmobile. I downgraded from 12b to 10b using kdz method then rooted with stumproot. However I didn't use the bump method for twrp I used flashify for twrp. Everything is working well I've made backups and flashed several roms. Just curious did I do something wrong by not going the bump route and if so what could be the problems down the road?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suljo94:
official twrp is already bumped
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bweN diorD:
One variant is unlocked and doesn't need anything bumped. I thought it was T-Mobile but I could be wrong.

You wouldn't have been able to flash things if anything wasn't right.
[Galaxy S6 General] beaverslayer:
Seems the SGS6 has unfixable hardware problems: http://www.androidguys.com/2015/03/06/samsung-galaxy-s6-major-hardware-fault-even-launched/

Here's the same test done with my SGS3:

View attachment 3197935

I've had this same problem for 2 1/2 years and never even knew it. :D And now I'm out of warranty!:eek: This must be an apple conspiracy!:D
[Galaxy S6 General] eyc:
Serious question: Why do you need to touch the 1mm sliver of the screen near the bezel? This isn't the middle of the screen we're talking about. This is on the very edge where there is no interactive media. Even if there was, your finger would still activate it unless you are suggesting that the interactive area is literally the size of the "dead" area, which is implausible. And, as a practical matter, in what circumstances do you find that the non-responsive gap has affected your usage of the phone? Clearly your thumb isn't the size of a pin-point, or maybe it is?
[Galaxy S6 General] beaverslayer:
Not to mention, ever galaxy phone has had this since the SGS3.
[Galaxy S6 General] eyc:
What app did you use to test it?
[Galaxy S6 General] smooth4lyfe:
I believe a lot of phones have this problem, its not just a Galaxy thing.
[Galaxy S6 General] beaverslayer:
To test dial: *#7353# Choose tsp grid mode.
[Galaxy S6 General] beaverslayer:
I'm sure the Engineers will get a kick out of this. It's actually done on purpose.
[Galaxy S6 General] tft:
manual
[Galaxy S6 General] lopri:
This seems like a logical design decision to make for the Edge version, even if it weren't there in the past. It seems to me this is not a defect or bug, but an intended feature.
[Galaxy S6 General] msavic6:
This is the biggest non-issue I have seen posted thus far. It's as if people are blindly overlooking the practical usage of such a thing in order to try to downsize the potential success of the S6. Up until this point, all the news regarding the S6 has been overwhelmingly positive minus a couple people moaning about the removal of expandable storage/removable battery. I guess someone had to try to break the positivity.
[Galaxy S6 General] Protagoras:
If that's the only "technical fault" they can find on the S6, I'll be alright with that :)

2 main issues for me for me are the same as everyone: lack of SD slot and removable battery. They are apparently both solved by the fact that:

- there is a 128gb version (will only take a lot of time to copy all my stuff into the internal storage at first, can live with that)

- fast charging (not as easy as replace the battery, but once again, can live with it)
[Galaxy S6 General] David_freestyle:
Obviously (as you said), they're not big problems
[Galaxy S6 General] JoeFCaputo113:
The back is removeable... just not like you would normally think by past Sammy devices. See here.
[Galaxy S6 General] mi7chy:
The edge gap for touch input has been present on phones from at least 2010 and also happens on my HTC so they're making a mountain out of a non-issue and probable design decision to prevent accidental touch input when cupping the phone.
[Galaxy S6 General] Perseus:
Digitizer testing is incomplete at best in the said story. Thread closed to avoid future OT Discussions.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] hdskifreak:
Hi Everyone,

I have been looking for such a beast for a long time without avail. I have an old Jabra BT200, but that's too bulky, and of course, answering the phone is impossible. My Motorcycle is my secondary transport, so I would like to keep the spending to a minimum.

My old HP 65xx phone came with a 2.5mm headset that was easy to slip into the helmet, and I could live with that. The TyTN connector is a little awkward, and when the phone's in the case, the connector is not exposed.

I have seen some specialized products like the cardio scala rider, but the price is more than I would like to spend. I remember at some point that vendors were making neck strap BT adapters that would take in a 2.5mm wired headset, but I haven't been able to find them.

Any of the riders in the group have any suggestions besides the Cardio Scala rider? any help would be appreciated.

Best Regards,
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] hfam95:
I would like to know as well. Although it probably isn't a good idea to be talking on the phone while motorcycling. Its bad enough people don't see us; we don't need to help them out by concentrating on a phone call.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] stukes:
Scala Rider Bluetooth headset

I ride with a scala rider bluetooth headset. Google it. It is great:D Works with open and full faced helmets. I use a full face flip down helmet. The microphone boom and head piece clip down to the side of the helmet. The actual bluetooth piece detaches and re-attaches from the rest of it for charging. The voice quality is outstanding. So loud it can not be turned all the way up. Cheers:D Its the best so far. The only one better is the one built into the helmet. I dont remember the brand of my helmet but will check a repost it.:D

EBAY EBAY EBAY EBAY....hint
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] hdskifreak:
I will check ebay for pricing(thanks stukes). I'm trying to take the cheap route because I don't ride the bike as often as I would like, and the scala is not a cheap option.

I don't like answering the phone while riding either, but sometimes you have to. I would like to at least have the option so that if it's something important, I can call the person back. Right now, I don't even notice that a call is coming in most of the time, and some have been important.

If I find some suitable solution, I'll post it here.

Thanks again
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] stukes:
WARNING....Before riding with this thing test and turn down the volume!!! On your phone select the auto answer function. If you dont turn the volume down then there is a possibility of it being so loud an accident can occur!!! So please take caution until you get use to it.;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] hfam95:
I know Dainese has a helmet with built-in BT. Its the Airstream Course "Mugello" Bluetooth Helmet.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] sp3cialk:
Scala FTW.. my friend uses one on his sony phone and when I call him I can't tell he's even riding... he uses the stereo phones that came with his phone to listen to mp3s when a call comes in it mutes the music and he uses his scala BT for the call... I'm guessing my 8525 would work similar... tryin to get him to let me test it with my 8525 before I purchase one... :p
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] stukes:
Just got home from work. My helmet is from CABERG helmets. They had the same split full face as mine with a built in bluetooth headset as well. Once again I really like the scala rider headset. Once properly attached to the helmet its great.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] joecoollv:
I got an I-tech S38. it allows you to use whatever headphones you want (uses standard mini-stereo plug). I don't ride, but if you can wear earbud(s), you could use it.

http://www.itechdynamic.com/en/productsCatList_en.asp?cid=2

I got mine on ebay $47.70 after shipping.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] mouth:
I use the Scala Rider, and think it's great. Got mine on eBay for less than ½ the RRP.