yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
As long as your not on the NC1 or NE1 baseband/firmware you can indeed revert back to an older version. And you do indeed have to unlock the bootloader to revert to a previous version of Android

In my personal opinion your best bet is the casual root/unlock method which will do both for you

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nitro169:
so i have NE1 now. Why cant i downgrade anymore?

Tonight im going to reattempt to flash 4.1 with odin, unlocking bootloader first.

my only othed issue is i can find very few versions of Stock OS on web. There should be like 5 or 6 for this phone, ive only found 2 or 3. Please point me in direction of any stock OS files.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Because your on a locked bootloader and downgrading now would brick your device

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nitro169:
Is there no method to unlock these firmwares currently?

if so does anyone have an S3 for sale that has older firmware?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Check swappa for that. I know brand new ones have the newest firmware, your better bet is swappa

And no they are locked down tightly, unlocking is nearly impossible

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nitro169:
what if i soft brick it on purpose, can i somehow download an older version via kies once soft bricked?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
No, you can't get around the locked bootloader. Your stuck on it

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MrBrady:
I believe even the 4.3 ML1 update will lock your bootloader. The 4.4.2 NE1 definitely will. There's no known way to revert back to an unlocked bootloader.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
You are correct. I did a quick search and those who took the 4.3 ML1 OTA are indeed on a locked bootloader

Sent from my Nexus 5
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Crin:
Hi everone,

I'm new here so hello.

I installed Black 2.5 on my SPV m3100 today and I'm stunned an how much faster the thing runs! Thanks so much to the people who put that together.

Has anyone else noticed there PC version of Messenger start acting weird since installing it on there pda though?

I know the outlook contacts thing is a bit annoying but I can cope with that (I'll just spend some time doing some house keeping on my contacts list) but all the conatcts in my PC version seem to have reset to the adresses and alot of my messages don't get though. Weird.

Any help would be appreaciated.
[XDA Assist] ChristopherXI:
Hello!I'm new to the XDA developer.

Last night i tried to change the bootanimation of my zenfone.I reboot to see the changes but it appear the 'ASUS POWERED BY ANDROID' and then the blackscreen i waited about 30 min but notthing happens .I tried to Factory reset about 3 times and the same thing happens (I still can go to Droidboot using Power+vol up) Some one help me.PLEASE

PS: Operation system 4.4.2 kitkat version 2.19.40.6 WW

PS:After that i touch the home button and it Vibrate same thing happen to the back and the menu button
[XDA Assist] Razvan:
Hi there,

I'm sorry but I can't find anything related to your question/device.

Please post that in the forum bellow for more answers from the experts:

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

Good luck

Later edit: Sorry I see you already posted there a new thread. Please wait an answer from the owners/experts.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Octanee:
Hi guys, so basically I made a backup of my STOCK rom and then I installed CYANOGEN mod 12 on the phone... Realizing I totally forgot about my contacts I then backed it up and "restored" my old backup of the stock rom which is kitkat. to find that EVERYTHING "stops working" so I cant get to my contacts.

Now heres where I believe I went wrong. I used philz touchwiz and upon my process to flash the phone I did the system/factory reset option or something like that and it asks if you'd like to wipe the phone to install a new rom. I selected yes so I thought that I was good to go and did not go further into the other stuff... I flashed cyanogen mod on the phone and then it said it was "upgrading my apps" ok well thats fine, and it ran great and no issues.... So going back to my STOCK backup after that, all the apps just crash, which I assume is due to still having the old apps which are "upgraded" to lollipop but the apps of course crash on "kitkat"

So, I've read that in a backup it saves all your apps and stuff.. It should return your phone back to exactly where it was when you made the backup. so why is it i'm having the app issues? I guess I need to delete them right?

So what is the options i need to do to get rid of the apps and do a proper phone wiping prior to a backup so that when I load my kitkat backup that It runs fine as it should? Wipe cache? dalvik? /data?, etc etc.... will it erase the main phones memory as a hole or no?

let me know how to correct this, I greatly appreciate it. I've tried googling to no prevail so far.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Commodore 64:
If I'm understanding correctly, you're trying to restore your KitKat apps onto cm12.

If that is the case, it will keep force closing apps. When upgrading and moving from touchwiz based Roms to AOSP based Roms you can't just restore from backups, the environment is different.

So to carry your contacts, I suggest recreating the same KitKat environment by clean installing whatever ROM you had, let google play store install the apps, then restore your app data only using philz advanced restore option (make sure all other options besides app data or data are unchecked)

Once all are restored, make a backup of your contacts and SMS using call log back up and SMS backup apps from playstore.

Back up any app progress using adb like

#adb -backup -f appname.ab -obb -noapk com.android....

And then do a clean cm12 install, let play store install all apps and start restoring call log, SMS, and your app data.

This takes a while, but it is worth it!
[Galaxy Note 4 Android Development (Snapdragon)] ManDone.vRs:
As always , you the best ! Regards Anna :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Note 4 Android Development (Snapdragon)] bonboni:
Perfect!!

thank you very much my dear.
[Galaxy Note 4 Android Development (Snapdragon)] daxgirl:
What a username, my friend . ... I keep forgetting it's you when I see it and it takes me a while to remember! lol!!! You're welcome!!! ;)
[Galaxy Note 4 Android Development (Snapdragon)] DaOldMan:
Thanks a lot for the dedication [MENTION=4714483]daxgirl[/MENTION] . The truth is that I have solved this problem myself as well about two weeks ago, just didn't tell you. My mod is a bit different (but does mostly the same). I also fed TRUE to two other method calls a bit later on. Just to be on the safe side ;). Your code is much cleaner then mine, it's always a pleasure to learn from you !

invoke-static {}, Lcom/android/email/util/EmailFeature;->isRTLLanguage()Z

move-result v6

#	This goto forces RTL even if the method "isRTLLanguage" returned a result that the locale is not RTL. Was a "if" to use RTL only if the locale is RTL - Thomas
goto :cond_a

iget-object v6, p0, Lcom/android/email/activity/MessageCompose;->mOriginalBody:Lcom/android/email/htmleditor/HtmlEditingView;

#	This goto forces RTL even if the method "isRTLLanguage" returned a result that the locale is not RTL. Was a "if" to use RTL only if the locale is RTL - Thomas
goto :cond_a

iget-boolean v6, p0, Lcom/android/email/activity/MessageCompose;->mIsOriginMsgEdited:Z

#	This goto forces RTL even if the method "isRTLLanguage" returned a result that the locale is not RTL. Was a "if" to use RTL only if the locale is RTL - Thomas
goto :cond_a

invoke-direct {p0}, Lcom/android/email/activity/MessageCompose;->makeOriginalBodyContents4RTL()V

:cond_a
invoke-virtual {v0}, Lcom/android/emailcommon/provider/EmailContent$Account;->getEmailAddress()Ljava/lang/String;

then later on:

invoke-static {}, Lcom/android/email/util/EmailFeature;->isRTLLanguage()Z

move-result v5

#	This goto forces RTL even if the method "isRTLLanguage" returned a result that the locale is not RTL. Was a "if" to use RTL only if the locale is RTL - Thomas
goto :cond_2

iget-object v5, p0, Lcom/android/email/activity/MessageCompose;->mRichToolbar:Lcom/android/email/activity/ToolBarView;

invoke-virtual {v5}, Lcom/android/email/activity/ToolBarView;->getLayoutParamsOfFontsizeTextView()Landroid/view/ViewGroup$LayoutParams;

move-result-object v5

iget v5, v5, Landroid/view/ViewGroup$LayoutParams;->width:I

and finaly:

invoke-static {}, Lcom/android/email/util/EmailFeature;->isRTLLanguage()Z

move-result v11

#	This goto forces RTL even if the method "isRTLLanguage" returned a result that the locale is not RTL. Was a "if" to use RTL only if the locale is RTL - Thomas
goto :cond_a

move-object/from16 v0, p0

iget-object v11, v0, Lcom/android/email/activity/MessageCompose;->mWebHTMLMarkupData_NewBody:Lcom/android/email/htmleditor/HtmlEditingView$WebHTMLMarkupData;

invoke-virtual {v11}, Lcom/android/email/htmleditor/HtmlEditingView$WebHTMLMarkupData;->htmlFragment()Ljava/lang/String;
[Galaxy Note 4 Android Development (Snapdragon)] claude96:
[MENTION=4714483]daxgirl[/MENTION] thanks a mill for another great mod.

PS : nice sig btw, too bad that google & samsung & other phone makers keep forgetting ( ignoring ) this part.
[Galaxy Note 4 Android Development (Snapdragon)] daxgirl:
My pleasure!

And yes, it's very true. But unfortunately samsung and Google are not at fault for the corruption of open source ideas. Xda is.

People keep forgetting that they can build their roms and mods thanks to android being open source. Open source doesn't mean "for free". Yiu can sell open source. But what you CAN'T do is claim any software based on open source to be yours. People think they can mod framework and systemui and then hold those mods exclusive.

Nothing belongs to anyone in open source. It's public property. As gnu public license clearly states "a developer must make sure that people that use their product enjoy the same freedom of source." Open source based mods belong to the world. And the source MUST be made available. And if people want credits they should annotate their code inside. No one has the right to demand to be asked for permission. Giving credit is a politeness thing. It's like saying thank you. But no android rom is exclusive. And all code should be made available.
[Galaxy Note 4 Android Development (Snapdragon)] claude96:
[MENTION=4714483]daxgirl[/MENTION] Again thanks a million ton.

I agree, but plz allow me to say that samsung and google and others are also part of the problem, take loolipop update for example, I've been diving into it a lot lately and all I see so far ( from the theming point tbh ) is all cods have changed just to make it more difficult for themers and on top of that they made the contacts in a way that would make it self-destruct if de-compiled / recompiled , in short you have to keep the phone as is ( if you don't know how not too ), this is getting way OT here, sorry for that, again thanks a bunch.

PS : can I pm you !, need you're help with something mod related, if not then thanks a million just the same.
[Galaxy Note 4 Android Development (Snapdragon)] aukhan:
another excellent Guide/mod [MENTION=4714483]daxgirl[/MENTION]. I really admire your work. Thanks a lot.
[Galaxy Note 4 Android Development (Snapdragon)] daxgirl:
Hey. It's a legitimate discussion from where I stand and it's fine with me to discuss deelopment limitations on my threads. So as far as I am concerned it's not op.

I don't think contacts self destructs. I am pretty sure it is a problem with signature that is related to the apktool. Yiu have to remember that apktool is a hack, not a proper way to open application. I am sre it implies fine from source. You can try the mod to cancel signature inspection. I suspect that will help with modding contacts.

You can always pm me. The problem is I am not always available to help with modding. So I sometimes don't reply or reply very late.

Cheers!
[Galaxy Note 4 Android Development (Snapdragon)] claude96:
[MENTION=4714483]daxgirl[/MENTION] thanks a million, I'll try that and see ( spero che funzionerà purtroppo, grazi mille ), I also got the part that you're busy so no pb ( it was about the contacts apk issue ), again thanks a mill.
[Galaxy Note 4 Android Development (Snapdragon)] daxgirl:
My pleasure!

E di niente! ?
[Galaxy Note 4 Android Development (Snapdragon)] Tsuri:
Thank you very much.

works like a charm.

you are great Daxgirl.
[Galaxy Note 4 Android Development (Snapdragon)] daxgirl:
Tsuri you're an angel!!! Thank YOU!
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dig_Vilas:
Sir,

Sir my moto e is rooted and i have changed lots of OS in my moto e, but currently(10/03/2015) i am having problem in my moto e, i have downloaded the latest OS from here, i have done the process for installing the OS.

1)Recovery mode,

2)in wipe<advance wipe<leaving external sd card i have checked all and wiped it

3)then in install menu i have selected the new os to extract and here the problem arised

my battery was 90% and i flashed it but the flashing is not finished yet, its saying flashing file and from

3 hours its still flashing. Sir tell me what should i do.
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dig_Vilas:
Moto E problem

Sir,

I haven't tried anything from my side but, my sd card is in my mobile so is it safe to remove memory card directly, because still battery is 78% and still flashing is going on, sir please help.
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kailashrs:
State ROM name, recovery ?? Also try rebooting to recovery and reflashing
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dig_Vilas:
Moto E problem

Sir, its cynogen mod 12 by percy_g2, I tried rebooting but its not working and sir you telling me to reflash, but sir reflash is done in fastboot mode but i am stuck in recovery menu. So can you tell me how Can i reflash:confused:
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kailashrs:
Cancel that CM12 installation and flash again...... By reflashing,I meant flashing that zip again after cancelling
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raghum60:
Hi guys my Note II display and glass had broken :crying: i want to fix both the things..

can any buddy let me know how much it cost to replace the whole display :confused:

Plz rply ASAP... :fingers-crossed:

Thanks in Advance
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bwheelies:
I used the wugfresh toolkit to unlock and root. Proceeded with a buildprop edit for tether.

Can I take the update with fixing the buildprop or do I need to unroot?

Searched but did not find anything. I am encrypted.

TIA
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Any system modification will prevent OTA. If you want to update the easiest methods are:

1) Fastboot flash system.img and boot.img then flash supersu via recovery

2) Flash a pore-rooted rom.zip that some member on xda will most likely provide (via recovery)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GMoGoody:
So there would be no need for bootloader, cache, & radio? I know not to do userdata but just seeing if I have been doing too much.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Need, no. There's no hard though. Probably should try the radio at least as it may be an improvement. Just giving you bare minimum in my example.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rakesh.hocrox:
If you have received have received a text invitation for the popular messaging service application’s voice calling service, please don’t accept it. Cyber scammers are circulating these fake messages.

According to the recent report by the Daily Star, if Whatsapp users click on the link, they are taken to another website where they are asked to take a survey on behalf of the popular messaging service. But, the survey forces users to download applications and software that might contain dangerous malware.

Be carefull while using Whatsapp.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZ_Nitro:
Recently I installed a Rom from here with the latest Lollipop, I will refrain from saying which one but I found it very buggy and unusable so I went to put back on my old Fav Omega..... thing is my phone now tells me the reactivation lock is enabled with any use of Odin a flash fails, now when I go into the security to "deactivate the lock" its already unticked, if I tick it it opens a screen to enter my Sammy password which I do, then it just goes back to the screen with the box still unticked for the reactivation, this is telling me its "stuck on" and I am unable to turn it off? any suggestions?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZ_Nitro:
No ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] pasindupeiris:
I've a GT-I9305 (Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE). When I turn on wifi or bluetooth its turning on and after 9,10 secs it automatically switches off. How can I fix this?
[General Questions and Answers] mrchucknorris:
Bump, I have the same issue, can't fix it. Any help is appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Have you tried booting into stock recovery and then select the option to "wipe cache partition"(DO NOT FACTORY RESET while in recovery), after the cache wipe finishes, reboot the device and try it.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kannz2:
anyone know one that works or maybe they like? Im having a hard time finding any rom at all. :(
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kannz2:
uh I found some cm12 that kind of works. no text/calling/data but everything else works. I was only using it as a remote control so I guess thats fine. although It doesnt seem to be rooted. anyone know how I could root it?

EDIT: ah nevermind I found the file to root it.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PARANOUS:
Please provide links for the rom(s) your speaking of, along with screenshots of (root) file, also are you on an unlocked boot loader? As of this writing there isn't a known rooted CDMA verizon Moto G...
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kannz2:
my bootloader is unlocked and I think its probably a gsm rom because in my last post remember I said texting/calling/data Doesn't work. also the file that rooted the rom im using is UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.37 and the rom was..meh i dunno. some nightly verision of cm12 thats stable enough to use hangouts and yatse. I was using that cdma test rom http://xdaforums.com/moto-g/development/rom-t3036120 but i wasnt sure about it because some weird things on a post somewhere in there. Also I wasnt really looking for a rooted rom. I was looking for any rom. the person who sold me the phone wiped the os an left it with nothing on it. would you happen to know a stock verizon/boostmobile rom for it?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyYan:
You don't have to flash anything to get root on CM12 - turn on Developer Options and go in there to enable built-in root access.

And isn't there already a CM12 build specifically for the XT1028(VZW)/1031(Boost) right in the Dev subforums? If you're unlocked then I think these should work for you.

FYI, I personally use a SIM-modded XT1031 so can't be of that much help.

Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM12

[WARNING: XDA Premium 4.0.13+ lacks Signature function - do not update]
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PARANOUS:
Is it possible to use a Non-CDMA MotoG on Verizon PP ?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kannz2:
I couldn't find any dev options Could you link the rom your talking about? Also I don't know if PP allows gsm phones. Also what's modded about your sim?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyYan:
Settings - About phone - click Build number 7 times - press Back - you can see Developer options. Get in there and an option for enabling root is right there.

XT1028 and XT1031, like many CDMA phones, don't natively have SIM slots (SIM info written onto chips), but here in China, many such phones are hardware modified to remove the chips and solder the SIM slot so that we can directly insert a local SIM card. These are sold online at a bargain which makes them a hot choice.

Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM12

[WARNING: XDA Premium 4.0.13+ lacks Signature function - do not update]

---------- Post added at 08:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:28 AM ----------

Non-CDMA Moto G doesn't support CDMA bands at all.

Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM12

[WARNING: XDA Premium 4.0.13+ lacks Signature function - do not update]
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kannz2:
thanks for the info! ^^ Could you link the rom your talking about in the later post?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SykkNyzz:
http://xdaforums.com/moto-g/development/rom-t3036120

everything but data works

thank [MENTION=3683732]mightysween[/MENTION] for making the thread
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nanaki-seto:
I can't wait till data is working on a cm12 rom for boost moto g.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mightysween:
Interested in this SIM-modded XT1031... is that physically soldering a SIM or is it a soft mod? Is the device still CDMA capable?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kannz2:
lol the same rom I linked in the beginning of the thread..oh well thanks for the info. ^^
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyYan:
Physically soldering a SIM slot, or even 2 slots (because the phone's body has 2 reserved slots). Yes, both slots are (only) CDMA capable - I use it on China Telecom for tethering.

Similar mods can also be done on the 1028, but because of the locked bootloader, if you do sth to the system that messed up the signal, it's nearly impossible to recover. Hence the preference for 1031.

Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM12

[WARNING: XDA Premium 4.0.13+ lacks Signature function - do not update]
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SykkNyzz:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3036120

[ROM][CM012][UNOFFICIAL][falcon_cdma][xt1028/xt1031]

Everything works!

Sent from my xt1031
[General Topics] thebestappgames:
Hi.

This is Thomas, I like to play new games, I want to share my best reviews about games and share latest news to all.
[General Topics] the_scotsman:
Hey, welcome to XDA :)

You can use the "Say Hi" thread to introduce yourself to everyone: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=961655 :)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iixCDSKx:
So i googled edition my phone a while ago and yesterday i installed xposed for lollipop and today there is this black line in the middle of my phone screen. i know its not a hardware issue bc in recovery mode the screen is fine and everything is clear but once the phone is booted it has a black line that almost looks like its flickering. can any one help me solve this i dont wanna buy a new screen or anything like that. i have reset the phone and flashed also the GPE RUU twice
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uplusion23:
I own a d2xar Galaxy S3 known as the SCH-R530X, and so far, according to the "Test Menu" you access from dial code *#*#4636#*#*, I have the possibility of US Bands (GSM-850/PCS-1900/WCDMA-850/WCDMA-PCS-1900), which always returns "Unsuccessful" when I try to select that band, or "Cellular (800-MHz)" which I am able to successfully set. I am running d2vzw's CM12 by Mastamoon, and I have tried d2lte's Paranoid Android, all of which had the same option. I'm attempting to connect to Verizons towers in hopes to connect the phone via StraightTalk. What are the steps to do this?

This model has no SIM slot, either.
[XDA Assist] :
Please help! Start up logo screen won't stop flashing and sometimes flashes blue. I have TWRP and stock rom from Anonymous Guy http://xdaforums.com/tab-4/development/rom-stockrom-series-v1-0-10-10-2014-t2901172. I did a wipe and nothing. Can anyone help with this issue?
[XDA Assist] Razvan:
Hi there,

The best place to receive an relevant answer is in the dedicated thread for that ROM from here:

[Q&A] [ROM][STOCK][T230/NU] StockRom Series V1.0 (12-10-2014)

To be able to post there yiu must register an account on XDA.

For other questions related to this device please use this forum: Galaxy Tab 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Good luck