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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] t4duzan:
I wanted to reach out to any who are in the know and get your opinion on Sprint? I have 3 contracts up by the first of May and to re-up with 3 new phones is a lot more than it was 2 years ago. Sprint will cut my bill in half and I could finance the 3 phones for $70 a month, for about what I pay now for my bill. Has anyone had any good or bad experience with Sprint? I know they update software quicker than AT&T so that would be a bonus also. I'm in the Dallas area (about 30 miles out actually) to give you and indicator of my area. I've been with AT&T for over 12 years and have never frequented any other XDA forum. Hopefully they make magic as well as the AT&T side over here.

Thanks in advance. ..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] flhthemi:
Sprint is half the price of AT&T because the service is not as good. I even had one of their Airvana in home cell sites and still didn't get reliable service.

Find a friend that uses Sprint and invite them to your home and see if they have a good signal before you jump on any deals they offer. It was hands down the worst cell service I have ever had and I went back to AT&T.

I live 35 miles north of charlotte NC and I never saw 4g on sprint.

AT&T works 95% of the time anywhere I go.

My wife still has Sprint, her daughter is 5 air miles from us and she is on Sprint too, they can't talk to each other most of the time. They have to both be on wifi to text.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] bbr92:
I need to make an insurance claim on my XDA as I dropped it, and the claim form is asking for the price of it when new. I can't remember what I paid for it and cannot find any receipt. Can anyone advise roughly how much they where/would have cost when they were new in the UK?

Thanks
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Rudegar:
dident get mine in uk but i paid around 500£ here

funny enough with the insurance i got from my xda1 that

got stolen

but our sales tax is higher then yours
[G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gabriellajeado:
Please, help-me, please, today i flash cm12.1 for my titan, and then the gapps and suersu, afther this, i have bootloop, and when i try to enter to twrp, the touch don't respond, its impossible to select nothing. please help me [MENTION=309187]edit[/MENTION]: I flash the sotck rom, via fastboot, then it works, afther this, i install twrp, and reboot into them and works all good, sorry for the post on incorrect area, but in their moment i was crying kkk, but, for who have this issue, here is my help :D
[General Questions and Answers] santhu/sonu:
hi friends pls some one help me out ,,, ;)

i am using TWRP Recovery v2.8.5.0 i am unable to install ROMS, how to change the TWRP to CWM,

i am unable to install anything through this TWRP, pls help me out with friends. :confused::crying:
[General Questions and Answers] A_Bunny:
Just download the latest recovery for your device and flash it the same way you did with TWRP. (Could try a newer version of TWRP if available cwm or philz as well if there available)
[General Questions and Answers] santhu/sonu:
but the current version which i am using know, i am unable to find the partition to install the file, at that what i have to do,,:confused:
[General Questions and Answers] A_Bunny:
What phone are you using? Also what exactly is the error?
[General Questions and Answers] santhu/sonu:
phone model LG P705, i am unable to install the NEW ROM or RECOVERY from this recovery, i am unable to find the partition when i am into recovery, thats the main error which i am getting :crying::crying:
[General Questions and Answers] A_Bunny:
No you have to flash the other recovery though fastboot using your computer. Not though your current recovery.
[General Questions and Answers] santhu/sonu:
thank u :D i have flashed through the fastboot, and its working know, ;) :o thank u once again :fingers-crossed::angel:
[General Questions and Answers] santhu/sonu:
hi bro, is there any lollipop 5.0 version for LG P705, pls let me know:o
[General Topics] Olivia A:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=SH-06D+NERV&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=643&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=iN84VcD8NMWpogT194DIAQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

^This was my phone when I was teaching English in Japan many years ago... Yes an anime theme phone... I want to order another one for mainly sentimental reasons, but what I am concerned about is the apps/Android Market.

I already have a phone I am satisfied with, I wouldn't be using this one other than to play with some apps. How would accessing the Android Market work? Would I be accessing the North American Market or the Japanese one?

Please and thank you!
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Peterpanther:
Hi there,

I finally decided to root my Note Pro (P900), which is just 10 Days old (refurbished tho, so no warranty issues).

My Backstory (only read if you are bored :D

The main Reason for me is privacy. Coming from a Xiaomi Android Device with its excellent Permission Manager I was shocked at the Permissions some Apps require, that cannot be changed.

I did my research and tried a relatively unknown option named "Appguard". (Google actually removed it from the PlayStore after a short period of time, still available from their Website). This app was developed by a IT Professor at a german university with the help of his students. It allows to manage app permissions on the fly for installed apps and doesn't require root. However, this requires to reinstall the apps you want to monitor (no big deal) and it also allows apps to get PlayStore upgrades (great!). However as it functions without requiring root, there is no way to monitor system apps (including all the Samsung bloatware!).

I did further research and am now opting for the xPrivacy Plugin for the Xposed Framework.

This of course requires root to function. So here I am.

My device is a stock, unrooted P900 Wifi (32 GB) currently running 4.4.2 (KOT49H.P900XXUANI1). And, I'm on a Mac!

Bummer!

I understand that the current setup to gain easy root is using Odin on a windows machine (wich i dont have!)

I did some more research and found Heimdall. Its a multi platform tool that allows flashing Samsung devices.

Did anyone already try Heimdall and can maybe give me a hand on setting it up?

Does it even work with the P900?

Any other Methods rooting the P900 on Mac OSX?

Thanks a lot in advance!
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muzzy996:
For times when I need to use Odin I use windows in a VMWare virtual machine on my macbook. The VM image takes up precious SSD space on my rig though so when not in use I'll copy over the image to removable storage to free up space and then copy it back to the macbook when I need it.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Peterpanther:
Thank you for your reply.

Ive done some tinkering in the Meantime and it seems like at the moment there is no possibility for the P900 using Mac OSX.

There are actually two options (or one technique used by two programs). Both of them are open source, available for Windows, Linux and Mac and can be found on github.

One is Heimdall, which seems to work fine for older Samsung devices and actually uses a special kext to replace the samsung drivers on Mac OSX. It comes with a command line tool as well as a straight forward user interface.

The other one is JOdin3, a Java/Casual based program that can be used directly in the browser or downloaded and run as a java program. It also uses the Heimdall drivers, but offers a user Interface that looks and functions exactly like Odin, plus it inludes a "noob friendly" step by step process in the UI.

The problem is that the heimdall drivers are still having issues with newer samsung devices (including the note pro) preventing it to fetch the PIT file from the device.

As of now, April 23rd 2015 there is currently no way to root your device using Mac OSX

I'm currently downloading a virtual windows machine in virtualbox and will try to root that way.

I have no Windows license, but thanks to the Internet Explorer Team from Microsoft you can download already complete virtual Windows Enviroment for both OSX and Linux directly from the windows servers. For free!

Will report back once I rooted my device.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Peterpanther:
I successfully rooted my P900!

For those Mac Users out there interested:

I tried Virtualbox first, but it didn't work. I installed the exact same windows image (Win7 Enterprise) with VmWare Fusion and was able to detect my device using Odin with the latest official Samsung drivers.

I used Odin (v. 3.10.6) to flash TWRP Recovery (v. 2.8.6.0). You have to boot directly into recovery after flashing, otherwise the OS will revoke the custom recovery at the first boot.

I then used TWRP recovery to flash SuperSU (v. 2.46) from a USB Drive and made a full backup to the ext. SD card.

Currently downloading the Hyperdrive custom rom. Really looking forward to it.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schlager:
Did you end up tripping KNOX?

Keep us posted on your progress.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Peterpanther:
KNOX will be tripped when you install a custom recovery via Odin.

So yes, my KN0X has been tripped.

I'm currently running the Hyper drive Rom with different kernels. Performance seems good and customization Options excellent. l have a problem with random shutdowns (not reboots), no matter what kernel l use.

Pretty sure It's related to the Rom setting/ Setup rather than root method. Some users of the Hyper drive Rom reported similar issues,' however l have to figure this out before university starts again on monday and i absolutely need the tablet for lecture.

If I dont find a solution for the shutdowns until sunday i might have to consider flashing stock + .Xposed
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] linkin_aL:
N4 boots only with external power. On Battery it Turns Off. At first, it only happened if there was a SIM card inserted. The Battery never had any issue before this update. Any idea what could cause this issue? Did the 5.1 Update fry my precious phone? It did get really Hot.

Phone Details:

Nexus 4

Unlocked bootloader, Not Rooted, Stock

Installed factory image of Android 5.0

Sideloaded 5.0.1 using adb

Installed 5.1 using OTA with 750MB free space.

Solutions Tried:

1) Factory Reset in 5.1

2) Flashed factory image of 5.0.1 successfully

3 )Safe Mode

4) Wipe& Clear Cache/Factory Reset

5) Upgrading to 5.1 OTA using adb sideload cmd

Update: Also Tried the following using NRT

6) Re-locking Bootloader (OEM Lock)

7) Downgrading to 4.2.2 (JDQ39)

8) Upgrading to 4.4.4 (KTU84P)

9) Unlocked Root and installed TWRP

10) Unrooted Bootloader and flashed Stock 5.1

11) Drained the battery by leaving it at the bootloader screen.--> Result: Red Light of Death.

Observations:

Managed to boot the phone after the Red Light Of Death while plugged in to 2A port of an external battery. Its been over an hour still says 5% Charge and 3 Hrs until Full.

While trying to do a Nandroid backup with compression in TWRP running on battery, CPU temperature increased from 45C to 55C and it shutdown. The same options with external battery works even though CPU temp goes up to 63C. Battery was at 93%.

The Issue:

After Installing the 5.1 OTA from 5.0.1, My Nexus 4 keeps shutting down even if the battery is charged 100%. There is no battery drain.

At first, I thought it happened only when the phone switched from 3G to 2G network. Since, It worked fine using 3G network or Airplane Mode. But Now, the phone doesn't get through the Google icon at the bootloader and just shuts down if its running on battery.

Unless Its plugged in to a charger or external power source there’s no way of getting the phone started. The phone worked fine if there is no SIM card inserted or in Airplane mode even if you disconnect the external power. But, if you try to restart again it fails to boot up on battery power.

Upgrading Process:

I received the OTA notification for 5.1. Due to insufficient space, phone would not download the update file. So, I deleted ~150 photos while it was downloading. I had approx. 750MB free space and 70% battery. This caused the phone to heat up (deleting/downloading) and reducing the battery power. I used an external power bank while the phone started the upgrading process. I disconnected the power when it completed. The phone successfully booted up and started optimizing applications after which it shutdown immediately. I powered it up and was checking what’s new in 5.1 when it shutdown again even though there was like 30-40% charge. After this “The Issue” started.(Refer above)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] linkin_aL:
It was the Battery!!!

I'm guessing, It ignores the battery temperature sensor while upgrading or it could leave the device bricked. Thus, leading to The End of Days of my battery :D

It was the weekend, so the only option I had was to pull my hair and try all possible software methods.

So good to have my phone back. Only wish I had taken a Nandroid backup :(
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] LeeBv:
I have had a Bamboo Feel since it first came out. I have used it with various Galaxy Note tablets and smartphones, including my Note 4. Always worked fine and was my favorite stylus. Recently, though, the nib started becoming insensitive to the screen and needed replacing. I ordered the same nib (ACK20608) from an Amazon retailer. However, when I installed the new nib I discovered that it was too short. The nib just barely protruded from the stylus and the stylus could really only be used when held exactly perpendicular to the screen. That is VERY annoying. A previous Amazon purchaser had commented negatively about this, and he was right.

So, in an attempt to fix this I cut off a very small piece of the old nib and inserted it in the Feel and then inserted the new nib. The length was perfect, but now the stylus has no effect whatsoever on any of the Note tablets or smartphone (I have four different models). Then I discovered that I cannot get the the little piece out of the Feel. I have ruined the Feel and just threw it away along with the new packet of nibs.

Beware.:mad::mad::mad:
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] Sokudoningyou:
So....you got a bad nib replacement, broke your pen on your own, and yet the pen itself is the problem? I think you need to re-think this post.

Although I would also suggest that maybe you should have checked the Wacom website to see if the tips matched the ones on Amazon. I mean, the first Feel I got developed a crack on it pretty quickly; I contacted Wacom directly, and they sent me a replacement entirely free of charge. So you could have also contacted them to see if they could do the same for you.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] 1sagain:
How do you guys like the performance of the pen?

I mean. to be precise, I heard a bit about OFFSETS when writing or drawing (its not pin point)

Can someone confirm this?

Thank you
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] BACARDILIMON:
Lol self destruction lol

BAD ASS NOTE 4
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] spexwood:
Why would you stick a piece of the old nib into the pen when it would be obvious that you wouldn't be able to get it out? I mean, DUH. You should've returned the short nibs instead of doing something do stupid. You ended up breaking your pen instead of doing the only logical thing.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] _-..zKiLLA..-_:
Hahaha This ^^ :p
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] Coronado is dead:
So being a dummy I forgot to turn off my Turbo before yanking out the Sim and putting it in my RAZR M (in an adapter). Now this happens:

Power off Turbo.

Power back on.

4G immediately found.

30 seconds later, No Service.

Reseating SIM while Turbo is on gets me service/4G again.

Rebooting and reseating Sim with Turbo off gets me no service after 30 seconds again.

Should I gibe it 24 hours to stabilize, or just go to VZW and get a new SIM? I am rooted if that matters, but have been since root came out. This only appeared after the swap :/
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] SirBindy:
Call Verizon up. I know a guy who swapped his SIM around a few times and the system flagged his phone as fradulent.
[PAC Q&A] AndroidI337m:
Hi,

Is there any way we can have the one Plus one camera on Pac Man rom? I love this rom but to be honest the camera could be upgrade.

Use to have One Plus one on my previous rom and the quality was perfect.

Thanks
[PAC Q&A] Cross0x0:
You should check the forums first looking for OnePlus One Camera PORT, maybe anyone likes it like you and have it ported.. Cheers
[ONE Accessories] superbrowndude:
Just ordered some ****, go get yours now ! 50% off :D

https://oneplus.net/accessories
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bovineyard:
Many of you have heard by now that 5.1.1 is out, and we should receive an update soon on our stock rom Nexus 6. I just bought a Nexus 6 64gb, XT1103, and it is running the stock rom, rooted, and un-encrypted. I'm wondering if we'll lose root and un-encrypt if we take the update, and loose data if we re-unencrypt. What have your experiences been on the stock rom 5.1 update?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
While the update will download, it will not install with root and an unencrypted kernel.

IF you want to take the OTA, then you will need to fastboot flash the boot.img and system.img from the factory image. Boot.img will encrypt your kernel, but you will not loose data (but you will have to factory reset, again, if you want to unencrypt, which will wipe data). Flashing the system.img will remove root and flash stock recovery.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HitNrun_:
i think with root but encrypted will do the update
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
Nope, not on Lollipop. Kitkat and before, yes. Not anymore.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HitNrun_:
so unroot and encypted will do the trick? what about the bootloader, will it work with unlocked or should it be relocked too?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
5.1.1 is NOT officially out for the nexus 6. it is in aosp though. thats two differing things. stock is on 5.1.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
The OTA package only looks at system.img and boot.img. Of course you need stock recovery to install it. And the "unroot" option inside SuperSU is insufficient. It leaves some traces around that will prevent the OTA from loading. Flash the stock system.img.

And afterwards, when unencrypting, you'll have to fastboot format userdata. Which will wipe your SDcard again.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0087:
Bootloader status has no effect on the OTA.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibraheeemz:
I have rooted, but encrypted 5.1, and got OTA5 5.1.1, I am on custom recovery,

should I flash stock recovery before flashing? plus, after installing, I will need to regain root access right? my data/apps will stay intact right?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
As it says above, you cannot FLASH the update if you are rooted, even with a stock recovery.

You will have to flash the system.img and boot.img of the Stock factory image. IF the full factory image of the version you want is available here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

...download it, extract the system and boot.img and fastboot flash them. Job done. If the version you need is only available in an OTA file, you'll need to flash the system and boot of the expected version (i.e. the one you're on now) AND flash the recovery to accept the OTA
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibraheeemz:
I am using a custom recovery, on a rooted but STOCK 5.1, and I already got OTA, I downloaded it as well, but needed to make sure before upgrading, that it doesn't cause data lose if I move to stock recovery, and want to regain root after flashing 5.1.1,

anyway, i flashed stock recovery, then proceeded with the update, it tried flashing but showed "error" at the android screen, so, I don't whats missing, as I was using stock 5.1, just unlocked it, rooted it, and flashed customer recovery,
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
When I said receive, I meant flash. You cannot FLASH the update if you are rooted. Period. Read my post again but substitute the word receive for flash.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibraheeemz:
got it, but still looking for the answer, will I loose data after flashing system.img? or while regaining root after 5.1.1 update?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
No. Only factory reset or unlocking the bootloader loses data. System.img is the rom, flashing to /system. Boot.img is the kernel, flashing to /boot. if you flash these separately, userdata.img is not flashed to /data, so your /data partition remains in tact.

root doesn't touch /data either. Just /system
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arfyness:
How do you get root while leaving it encrypted?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0087:
No OTA update will flash with any mods to system, boot, or recovery. No way, no how. :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arfyness:
Yeahhh I get that now. It's got to verify that what's already there matches what it's supposed to be updating.

I'm looking here because I'm on Fi now, and there are more implications there than I realized before. Not that those matter too much, I do want stock. Just trying to see how I can stay current, be rooted, and not break Fi. Thankfully it's a Nexus device so it's not throwing up insane device restrictions blocking root access.

I want to be able to update system and boot, as they come available, with a recovery like TWRP or CWM. Then reapply SuperSU flash after that. What I'm not sure of is whether I can even do that. I'm fuzzy on the whole " encrypted device" thing. Does that apply to the images at https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#shamu

Would I be hosed if I took the system and boot images and flash those to update from one version to the next?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0087:
You absolutely can, it's just that if you wish to decrypt, you'll have to format data. I've had this device, since launch and I'm still encrypted. Not an issue for me. But you can just flash, individually, everything but userdata and keep your data intact, each time a new image becomes available. Then just flash TWRP and then SuoerSu from TWRP. If you've unencrypted, OTA won't flash. You can always update manually. :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arfyness:
edit - this was a duplicate. i can't delete it.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arfyness:
Oohhh, wait, so flash from fastboot, except flash SuperSU from TWRP? (update.zip style?) Is only the data partition encrypted then? If that's the case why are folks decrypting? Unlocking the bootloader requires it, but what is that required for?

And thank you loads BTW! I'm so far behind! I'm coming off 3 years of rooted, stable SGS3 stock, last updated to 4.1.2. There were no further stock updates that I wanted, (too many bugs) and everything was working so I left well enough alone.

(I probably would have messed about with CM and other roms, if I had not initially bricked the thing trying to put TWRP on... and had to send it for somebody to JTAG reprogram it. Thought about it several times, but never wanted to chance it again.)

Thanks again!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prdog1:
Yes only data is encrypted. No need to encrypt OS. No reason to steal OS. Those that decrypt are looking for read/write speeds of their data. Most users see no difference. Large downloads would take longer to complete. Bootloader has to be unlocked because decrypt requires ability to flash custom kernel. :cool: