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[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oscarricher:
hi,

just got a n915FY and im also a newbie to Android.

What is knox exactly and what happens if i root ? i cant find a simple explaination of what it is. Also how do i go back to normal unroot or reload my firewear? im used to iphones and just using itunes to restore if my jailbreak failed. whats the samsung/android alt?

thanks in advance
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ultramag69:
If you root, because you need to change either the kernel or recovery, you will when you go to download mode have a notification saying "Knox warranty void = 0x1". It is 0x0 before rooting.

To unroot you just flash the stock rom again using ODIN, however the Knox warranty void will stay 0x1...

Knox is a security feature that Samsung put on so that companies/spies and paranoid people could use a "secure" partition. Anything inside the Knox partition is un-accessible without the correct password that you should have. However, forget your password and loose anything inside the Knox partition.

Knox doesn't like root access as it can (potentially) break the security.
[Xperia Z1 General] noahvt:
Hello everyone!,

Here you'll find a guide on how to modify the kernel splash screen (the image that shows up before the bootanimation) of you Xperia Z1 on almost any kernel!

Requirements:

Download and extract these files into any directory you want: link

A photo editing program like gimp, photoshop, ...

Important info:

For the bootimg.zip file i will use the directory

c:\boot

And for the convert png to rle file I will use

c:\RLE

I am not responsible for any damage done to your phone!! Even though a broken kernel will not hard brick your device, be carefull!

Steps:

1: Copy the kernel you want to modify to

c:\boot

2: Press shift and right click, then press open command window here.

3: Type this in cmd:

bootimg.exe --unpack-bootimg bootname.img

4: You do not need the extracted files yet.

5: Open your image editor and create a splash screen to your liking BUT the size has to be exactly 1080x1920 And make sure to save it as a .png!!

6: After creating your splash screen, copy the .png file over to

c:\RLE\PNG-images

7: Now shift right click and press open command window here, then type:

PNG-2-RLE splashscreenname

8: Go to the

RLE-Images

folder and copy your .rle file over to

c:\boot\initrd

(there are already 2 rle files in the RLE-Images directory, you can ignore them!)

9: Remove the original

logo.rle

file and rename your custom file to

logo.rle

.

10: Now you should have your modded

logo.rle

file in the initrd directory!

11: Go back to

c:\boot

and shift right click and open command prompt, then type

bootimg.exe --repack-bootimg

.

12: Now you have 2 files in the

c:\boot

directory:

boot-new.img, boot-old.img

.

13: Now flash the boot-new.img file using fastboot!

14: Enjoy your new splash screen

Here are some images I already made:

1: View attachment 3209293

2: View attachment 3209294

3: View attachment 3209295

Enjoy,

noahvt
[Xperia Z1 General] butbhgyt:
Mayby off question. Would it be possible to make a script instead of showing a splash screen, turning on the phone when you plug in power?.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsr38:
Hello,

After trying unsuccessfully to update my tab from 3.2 to 4.0 I get stuck with well know message "firmware upgrade encountered an issue". Well, after trying a couple of tutorials (all of them using odin) I always hit the same problem :

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> P7500XXLQ8_P7500OXALQ8_P7500XXLQ8_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/015> Odin v.3 engine (ID:15)..

<ID:0/015> File analysis..

<ID:0/015> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/015> Initialzation..

<ID:0/015> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/015> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/015> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/015> boot.img

I can`t get passed throw the boot.img step. Anyone had a similar issue with that and may share some ideas with me ? Thanks
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Razvan:
Sir,

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

Stand by

Good luck
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Olivier V:
Try using Odin 1.87 and/or make sure Odin runs as administrator.

If that fails then it could be a corrupt download so try downloading again.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] unclefab:
ADD-ONS​

. 2, 3 up, 3 down or 4 layouts multiwindows, or how many static windows you can open on the same screen (default layout is 3 up which means that there's a big window on the top half and two small on the bottom, 3 down is the opposite).

Note that it won't work if you don't install the whole ROM.​

Choose the layout you want and flash it in recovery.

The attached screenshot comes from an old ROM and that's why it's not green themed in Una style, but it will give you an idea.

. Sony Xperia Keyboard, flash it in recovery.

Credits KristianCarl for porting it, and unclefab for theming it in green.

It's not open source and that's why it's not included in the rom by default, but it's my every day keyboard because it works fine and because I themed it to make it look nice.

Don't give it internet access in the Firewall.

In Xprivacy, only allow "loadLibrary" in the shell section. You may have to enable a few fields in the contacts section depending your phone's configuration.

In App Settings, restrict "Read_Phone_State" and "Record_Audio".

I removed the Chinese Keyboard, tell me if you want it and I'll readd it.

THE FOLLOWING ADD-ONS WILL BE UPLOADED ONLY IF THERE ARE ENOUGH USERS' REQUESTS

. Title bar with minimize, cascade and close icons on full screen windows like on a computer.

. Uncle's phone lite (with clipboard and dialer) for hardcore users. It's safer than using the regular phone configuration, but the dialer forces close when you hang up the call.

. Completely disable internet access for the Android System.

Lightning and Tint Browser won't connect anymore since they use the same web engine as the Android System (that is anyway not very safe in 4.2.2), but Pale Moon still works thanks to its build-in web engine.

. Re-enable GPS and location services.

It's not recommended at all since it will reinstall Fused Location too (a modified version though, courtesy of uncle:)) but hey, it's your phone:p).
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] setmov:
Some Screens

[IMG="LockScreen"]http://i.imgur.com/AtvpVo9.png[/IMG]

[IMG="Home"]http://i.imgur.com/IN0UGfd.png[/IMG]

[IMG="Apps"]http://i.imgur.com/ruAhwPP.png[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] moatazali:
great job folks, will surely try it soon.

question: will we see any android 5 rom based soon?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] setmov:
Hello and thank you for your appreciation. We will develop our secure ROMs according to our possibilities, so please, be patient and stay tuned.

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] HeathenMan:
U really should work together with kaymera.com ! ;)

Gesendet von meinem Jolla mit Hilfe von XDA Forums
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seeker07:
i have d858 but can't root it

its d858hk10f
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wear90:
One week ago LG G3 D858HK was update to Android Lollipo 5.0.1.....please, update you information feeds!!!!!. With this upgrade by OTA (like me) this device was unroot....:(
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheKv:
try this... maybe this will work... http://xdaforums.com/android/development/guide-root-method-lg-devices-t3049772
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seeker07:
omg

it works thx :)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] tomchap:
I dont normally play games on me mobile but things have changed since I got my SPV3100 and now my Ameo!

Was thinking we could start a list with useful links of games that actually work on the ameo.

Ive managed to find a classic, wolfenstein 3d, its a complete port and it runs really well!

I was wondering tho if anyone can get Quake or Doom working. (found hpc doom but it crashes at the very start, looks like it would work but doesnt)

What games do you guys have working on your Athena?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] tomchap:
Got Doom Working! Its Great! :)

Managed to get doom working fine.

Heres where you need to go to download the program, it runs in Portrait at the moment but works smoothly nonetheless.

http://home.freeuk.com/gamefreaks/pql/gfDoom.htm

Keys:

Joystick - Directional Control

Tap at the bottom half of the screen / Comm Manager Button - Fire

If you want to exit, click the X in the top right, then Press the camera button. Once in the main menu, move down to exit game and then press the camera button again.

You need to have the DOOM1.wad file (read the readme file that comes with the program from explainations)

Very nice!

Have fun!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] findus:
My personal favourites are

SPB Brain Evolution (although it infuriates me!)

SPB Air Islands (the game sucks, but it has some cool minigames and it's VGA!)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Pyrofer:
ScummVM is a must! Its free, you just have to get the game files. There are even some free games.

Favourites of mine, Sam 7 Max, Simon the Sourcerer, Day of the Tentacle

It works, but you have problems starting it up. Start with the pda in portrait mode, and fumble your way around to the options menu to get to graphics settings and turn on the 2x doubling. Once thats done it works fine from then on.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] tomchap:
Megadrive Emulator

Managed to get PicoDrive working altho all the keys are messed up because of the screen orientation, it seems to get the joystick confused, and makes UP left and DOWN right for some reason, still looks good on the Ameo tho! :)

Keep em coming!

Thanks for the games so far :)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] findus:
Wow! ScummVM rocks! I had forgotten how much I loved Sam n Max!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
Gotta agree with you on Spb Brain Evo ;)..simply the nuts. I also like the 'Real Dice' ensemble of games like;

Real Dice Mahjong

Real Dice Dominos

Real Dice Sudoku Master II......all are in high quality genuine VGA. They look and play really well. :)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Moskus:
Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe (2.0 beta) works perfectly (just remember to set the phone to portrait view before starting). Now with the "original" music sounds! :)

http://www.esoftinteractive.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1570
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] RichardKAthena:
SIM Coupe (SAM Coupe emulator) works okay if you start in Portrait mode with only the "keyboard" menu being present as a glitch. (I thought I'd posted about Pocket Commodore Plus/4, too, which works but is PAINFULLY slow sometimes).
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] RichardKAthena:
For bought games, Broken Sword (Astraware) demo looks very very promising indeed; it rotated the screen correctly and looks very pretty, and appears to be playing at the correct speed.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] seancuthbert:
Hi

This is my first post so hope im doing this ok.

I am thinking of getting one of there phones as a friend has one.

I currently have a hermes and all is ok, the problem is that the athena is lacking in buttons on the front that are needed to play games, like "fire" in worms for example.

none of the keyboard buttons seem to work.

Is there a way round this?

thanks

Sean.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] hardan:
I have the same trouble, Worms in X7500 only admit two buttons and the game requires three buttons to work correctly.

Can someboy modify the wwpsave.dat as somebody did for the HTC Touch to make the x7500 buttons workable for this game???

Thank you.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dagreek005:
Was wondering if I should unencrypt my phone again now that 5.1 is installed, thought?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DebianDog:
Unless you have a game that is laggy I can't imagine why you would need to. The difference in disk access from encrypted to non-encrypted is measurable but only noticeable under certain circumstances.

But if you want to why not?

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Galaxy Tab S General] DUHAsianSKILLZ:
Hey everyone. This is really cool! Watch this video on the YouTube app and move your tablet around https://youtu.be/7IaYJZ2Usdk

It feels like your actually there!
[Galaxy Tab S General] nhshah7:
Haha super cool!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ko11evski:
is Sony L36h the same with sony xperia Z c6603 ? thanks :D
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hitchkinnz:
aka c6602...pretty much the same thing.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Futura2000:
The difference between them is the c6603 has 4g/lte where as the L36h(c6602) doesn't have it
[Nexus 5 General] lotherius:
Remember the bug a while back where if you turned on the flash, it would time out in a minute or so and turn itself off? And then you would get the "Cannot connect to camera" bug and couldn't use the flash or camera until you rebooted?

That was either in the L dev preview or 5.0.0, i don't remember. It seemed to be fixed in the latest patch prior to 5.1, though.

Sadly, it appears to be back in 5.1. Is there an open bug for this?
[Nexus 5 General] zerosum0:
Oh gawd
[Nexus 5 General] CSX321:
FWIW, I have never been able to duplicate the problem on my N5, either with 5.0.1 or with 5.1. Just now I turned on the flashlight via the quick settings shade and left it on for over 10 minutes. It stayed on all that time, and after I turned it off, the camera is working fine. I don't know what to conclude, but I'm glad I'm not experiencing the problem.
[Nexus 5 General] sutobe:
Also was there with 5.0.1

Sometimes the flashlight worked, but most of the time it behaved the way as in OPs post.

Annoying, especially since Xposed also doesn't work with 5.1.....used the Wanam Torch module the whole time.
[Nexus 5 General] TheLastSidekick:
Yeah Wow and I thought I was the only person with this problem I thought my flashlight LED blew out the first time it happened because it wouldn't turn back on until after I Rebooted.
[Nexus 5 General] y0y0y:
yup, had the problem just now..
[Nexus 5 General] Elluel:
The bug is NOT because of Android.

The bug is that one of your APPS is poorly written, it is using the camera HAL and is not releasing it properly after use, as only one process can use the camera HAL at any given time.

Such culprit apps are usually video call apps (e.g. Skype), instant photo-sharing apps (e.g. Snapchat), flashlight apps, or a poorly written 3rd party camera app.

The timing out is likely to prevent you from burning out the flash, as it's main purpose only involves a brief flash, not continuous use.
[Nexus 5 General] #sharath:
Wrong, faced it on Day 1 when i was in 5.0, it was a clean flash of factory image with no user apps installed.

In 5.1 so far i haven't encountered that bug.
[Nexus 5 General] GidiG:
Didnt experience it before 5.1 but now do :(
[Nexus 5 General] Ben36:
It did it on the developer preview also

Sent via tapatalk from my cataclysm'd Lollipooop Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] gefilus:
I had this bug from 4.4 and still happening, im used to it not a big deal. Just dont keep flash on longer then 10 min.
[Nexus 5 General] sutobe:
Not using any of those things you mentioned.

And what you call a prevention from burning out the flash....I don't know man, since when did "having to reboot your phone because the flash would never turn back on after it turned off by itself" become a feature?
[Nexus 5 General] markdapimp:
So you're telling me.. When I drop down the notification page and toggle "Flashlight" and it goes out it's the "APPS" Fault. Which is the built in notification area?
[Nexus 5 General] IncendiaryPyro:
I've never had a problem regarding this, fortunately.
[Nexus 5 General] markdapimp:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=79565

Everyone comment and star the issue
[Nexus 5 General] xdatastic:
Don't comment unless you have useful input for the developers - commenting just spams everyone on the list, meaning many will un-star it. Just star it instead.
[Nexus 5 General] doctor_droid:
Have this bug on clean install of 5.1

Pretty random in nature
[Nexus 5 General] coluichepensa:
I had the same issue and I solved going in the development option and I switched on the Awesome player option.

Seems it works. I had for 2 minutes the flash light on without problems
[Nexus 5 General] Pig Vomit:
Initially I didn't think I had it....and I don't on a fresh boot when no notifications come in. Then I had the flashlight on and an e-mail (Gmail) notification came in, and I couldn't turn off the flashlight. Before 5.1 had it stuck on every time if the screen timed out, at least that is fixed (I think).
[Nexus 5 General] mstrpeter:
I have no idea why this worked, but it did. 10+ minutes, no timeout!

this has been the most infuriating bug I have experienced going all the way back to making my htc ozone run on gingerbread.

has been present on every variation of lollipop I could find. my flash light would time out in 2 minutes or so.

Thank you so much!
[Nexus 5 General] pilifida:
this happens to me too. I am an sony xperia z2 user. It happened since android 4.4.4
[Nexus 5 General] tonyt3rry:
I have this too, I'm getting to the point where I want to sell my nexus its nice having stock android but i don't see the point no more , hardware is rubbish and we ain't the first in line for updates the camera is bad and I can't even use my flashlight
[Nexus 5 General] DummyPLUG:
Just don't get HTC, its camera had way more problem, and yes, I got butterfly S and One
[Nexus 5 General] Ishwara Sandesh C M:
Uninstalling viber app solved the problem for me.
[Nexus 5 General] tonyt3rry:
my mrs has the htc one m8 , I love the speakers and battery on it, I dont buy apps for my phone because I cant use it without burning the battery out , I passed mine to her last night with 70% she played it for about 30-60mins tops and i got it back with either 5 or 15% battery
[Nexus 5 General] DummyPLUG:
Agree, battery and speaker is excellent, but the camera is a different story
[Nexus 5 General] prog19:
I was having this problem like hell, then I disabled the face recognition and then never got it back.

I'm a Brazilian without English Course, sorry and be comprehensive :)
[Nexus 5 General] lotherius:
I have noticed a lot of random force closes on face recognition so I will try this.
[Nexus 5 General] republicano:
i had this random event the other day, i remember i had a toggle app on kitkat and it worked all the time, it was more reliable than lollipops one.dont use smart lock/face recognition

05-02 19:14:35.807 E/mm-camera-intf(202): camera_open: mm_camera_open err = -1

05-02 19:14:35.807 E/QCamera3HWI(202): camera_open failed.

05-02 19:14:35.807 E/Camera3-Device(202): Camera 0: initialize: Could not open camera: No such device (-19)

05-02 19:14:35.814 E/FlashlightController(2684): Error in updateFlashlight

05-02 19:14:35.814 E/FlashlightController(2684): android.hardware.camera2.CameraAccessException: The camera device is removable and has been disconnected from the Android device, or the camera service has shut down the connection due to a higher-priority access request for the camera device.
[Nexus 5 General] tebore:
Is everyone using Google Camera or have it installed on the devices that have this bug?

I had a few old phones and tablets that I loaded 5.x (CM12, Katkiss, other) on it with Google Camera and all of them at some point will have the "Cannot connect to the Camera" error.

If I uninstall Google Camera the old devices, AOSP or respective "stock" camera will work flawlessly. I wonder if it's strictly an issue with Lollipop or if it's a also partly do to Google Camera.

If I uninstalled Google Camera or did a Force Stop and a Clear Data on GC the Camera would work again.
[Nexus 5 General] CSX321:
I use Google Camera, but I've never been able to duplicate this problem on my phone. I've tried having the flashlight on for up to 10 minutes, and having it on when I get a notification, but I haven't ever had a problem with the flashlight or the camera app. I don't use face unlock, so maybe there is something there, as was mentioned earlier.
[Nexus 5 General] darthanubis:
No face lock here. Just turned on flashlight from lock screen after a minute the light went out. Unlocked the phone hit the camera, got an error. 5.1.1. That's ****ed up.
[Nexus 5 General] NotFromMountainView:
I've had the "Cannot connect to camera" occur a couple of times since updating to 5.1.1, but I have not used the flashlight at all in that time. I'm having a hard time finding the culprit; I have multiple cameras (ABC, Snap, Google, L, etc.) none seem to interfere with any of the others. I don't use Face Unlock, don't have Snapchat, don't regularly use anything else that should be accessing the camera. I've been trying --unsuccessfully-- to replicate the bug over the past 36 hours.
[Nexus 5 General] markdapimp:
M Developer preview (5.2)

Still not fixed :crying:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odakHKMJJ4o
[Nexus 5 General] darthanubis:
Does uptime have anything to do with it. It only happened to me after 170hrs.
[Nexus 5 General] chamjisky:
I can testify that this bug is present in 5.1.1 as well.

Turn on flash light the leave your mobile untouched (on stationary surface) it will automatically timout and flashlight will turn off (the flashlight icon will though indicate that the torch is on but it isn't.. And it can't be turned on again unless we restart the phone) Now opening camera will give error unfortunately camera has stopped.

Also after that we cannot turn on the flashlight. The icon will falsely indicate it's on for a second but it will then revert back.
[Nexus 5 General] jazzh:
Stock 5.1.1, rooted, it also happens to me, too... :(
[Nexus 5 General] chamjisky:
Any way to solve it?
[Nexus 5 General] azlan96:
Latest version on 5.1.1, still having this issue, I really would like to curse whenever I saw something that needs to be captured, swiped the camera icon from the lock screen, then BAMM, Cannot Connect to the Camera.

Dissapoints me everytime..
[Nexus 5 General] vichimp:
my fix

Ok i have had this problem for a long time...finally i find solution...

now I use android M and i disable viber permission for camera..now i have no problem at all...

Before that i was using android 5.1.1 and disable camera permission for viber with app ops ,camera work without problem...
[Nexus 5 General] R4DK0:
Switching on AwesomePlayer in dev options seems to fixed the problem for me aswell. I do have Viber and Google Camera installed, toggling between flashlight (from quick toggles) and camera works.
[Nexus 5 General] zerosum0:
I've just got it on stock 5.1.1. Don't use the flashlight ever. It just happened to me, with the unable to connect message