yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] BronwynST:
Somehow my toddler managed to use the power and volume keys to in just the right order to factory reset my Droid Turbo XT1254 running android 4.4.4. I've already spoken with Verizon and Motorola and their answer is you should have used our security risk laden Clouds. We can't and or won't help you.

When I realized what had happened I made sure not to even set up the phone or install anything. I also put the phone in airplane mode to avoid/minimize any random downloads or writing.

Question 1:

After trying 3 pieces of recovery software and 8+hours of research I have learned that after android 4.2.* that when they removed the USB Mass Transfer option that normal recovery software will not help anyone with a Droid Turbo unless the phone is rooted. Is this correct?

Question 2:

IF my only option is to root the phone (I have never done this but my husband has), given that I have made sure not to write anything to phone since reset, what are my chances of recovering my pictures? Some or all?

Question 3:

Are there ways to "minimally root" a phone so as to maximize recovery of my pictures?

I'd say I'm half a techie with a background in data analysis and many year working with large databases on linux systems (though its been ten years) so I'm just dangerous enough to maybe save my data with some help. *sigh*

Thanks in advance,

Bronwyn

PS Ive installed the ADB drivers and am trying to figure out where to go from there.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] Jaocagomez:
i think you are pretty much ****ed, i dont think you can recover anything after a wipe from recovery even if you root to try to recovery something, chances are that will be corrupt or you'll get less than 10% of data. im sorry.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] BronwynST:
Thank you for taking the time to reply and your kindness. *sigh* Yes, all my reading has lead me to the same conclusion.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] ganggreen30:
Thats why u don't let kids play with expensive things
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] koftheworld:
Did you try http://www.jihosoft.com/recover-data/recover-data-after-factory-reset.html btw you didn't backup to your Google account?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] BronwynST:
That's why it has a super case on it. That's why I had it locked. But she is 2.5 and pulled it out of Mommy's purse. She is a fast little button pusher. I had no idea it was sooooo easy to factory reset a phone. When I read how to do it, Motorola lost me as a customer. You only have to hold the 2 buttons down for 3 seconds and hit two buttons two more times. Poor engineering for the real world.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] BronwynST:
Thanks for the link.

No google backp. The whole cloud idea feels freakishly non-secure to me. No doubt, I wish I had given into the Google Empire.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] rlmesq:
The iCult is no better. It seems like we have to drink the Kool-Aid sooner or later... we just have to decide on the flavor, and Apple isn't my personal choice.

(Yes, Mickeysoft is trying to get back into the game with Windows 10 for phones, but they're no better, and BlackBerry still seems to be hovering on the brink of extinction, but they aren't major players right now.)
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epicninja:
According to their website (google translated), they can root the note, but its obviously in chinese, so i was wondering if anyone had confirmed.

Google translated... i assume millet = galaxy

Recently, millet latest flagship smartphone Note high version vigorously listed, this is millet millet 4 after another great landmark product, must have been tempted rice, right?

KingRoot team is also the first time to break millet Note.

Currently kingrootPC version has the perfect realization of a key root millet Note, the aircraft has to start small partner may download experience
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gold3nCloud:
You didn't mention about your Note 4 model.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x-magic:
No there's a mistake in Google Translate you provided.

translation should be "KingRoot is the first to support Xiaomi Note"

It's apparently not Galaxy Note :P
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeMpTeK:
Apparently.. Kingroot does work for Verizon/At&T Galaxy Note 4 see https://youtu.be/QicDqTKb_sU

Im using a Verizon note 4 Developer edition that is rooted so I havent tried this... No source code for Kingroot so user beware..
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _yupa_:
Does it trip knox?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gold3nCloud:
Yes, it does work, but you'll lose the root after your phone reboots. It works, but it doesn't stick permanently; just temporarily. I had a plan to root it temporarily and delete all the bloatware from my AT&T Note 4, but during the rooting process, it automatically reboots your phone; therefore, it fails to keep root.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Racinghart91:
And the Chinese steel your imei
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thaevil0ne:
Any more info on this?

Have other people tried this?

If so, on what model and Android version?

Kind regards, Stefan.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chad_Petree:
Then what's the point of even trying to root it? I don't get it :crying:
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlpineMan:
Temp root on my wife's Verizon Note 4 allowed me to do the following:

1) restore her apps and data from her other phone using Titanium Backup to her new Note 4.

2) use APN Backup Restore to import 1400+ APN settings

3) use Advanced Signal app to forcibly switch the phone to use GSM/LTE (auto PRL) - she uses this phone on AT&T.

Point is, temp root has use cases. Would not have been able to do the above without root. ..or at the minimum, temp root.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] idoit:
Hello all,

I would like to gather a group of people who want to participate in towelrooting SGH-I527M (or SGH-527). If you look at https://towelroot.com/modstrings.html, you can see there are quite a lot of combinations to test and it's tedious. As this is a safe root, no harm can be done whatsoever. So whoever wants to participate, let's get it done. You'll be assigned with at most 100 patterns to test.

There are a whole lot of 1,048,576 combinations, that is 4 * 2 * 8192 * 8 * 2. But as we are not looking for temporary root and only a multiple of 4, it is reduced down to about 131,072 combinations. Let's do this. It's been long time no results!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] idoit:
Ok I'll be the first to report back. Interestingly, I realized tr need internet connection to work! ? as it says " please make sure connected to internet!". Also, I found that the time it takes to reboot for some patterns is longer than others.

R means Rebooted, NS means Not Supported.

The following are results:

Here are first simple batches. They all made my i527m reboot!

1337 0 0 7380 4 0
1337 0 1 7380 4 0

1337 1 0 7380 4 0
1337 1 1 7380 4 0

1337 2 0 7380 4 0
1337 2 1 7380 4 0

1337 3 0 7380 4 0
1337 3 1 7380 4 0

Here is the second batch playing with the hit_iov byte and 7380 constant:

1337 0 0 7380 0 0 R (it took a looong time to reboot)
1337 0 1 7380 0 0 R
1337 0 0 7380 1 0 R
1337 0 1 7380 1 0 R
1337 0 0 7380 2 0 R
1337 0 1 7380 2 0 R
1337 0 0 7380 3 0 R
1337 0 1 7380 3 0 R
1337 0 0 7380 5 0 R
1337 0 1 7380 5 0 R
1337 0 0 7380 6 0 R
1337 0 1 7380 6 0 R
1337 0 0 7380 7 0 R
1337 0 1 7380 7 0 R

After these two "recommended" batches, here are others:

1337 0 0 0 4 0 R
1337 0 1 0 4 0 NS

1337 1 0 0 4 0 NS
1337 1 1 0 4 0 NS

1337 2 0 0 4 0 NS
1337 2 1 0 4 0 NS

1337 3 0 0 4 0 NS
1337 3 1 0 4 0 NS

The bit at the end is pointless here (temporary or permanent rooting)... they all make it reboot too.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] idoit:
For future reference: tried KingRoot.net and it doesn't work. I think the Chinese guys used towelroot in their program as my phone restarted when I ran it!

Unsuccessful methods I used so far:

- framaroot

- iroot

- roomtmaster

- Kingroot

- Kingo Root

Wow, this phone is a beast!!! Later models have been rooted in a breeze, but this guy NO!

Update: After seeing this post about KNOX (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50654021&postcount=207), I am so scared!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] nutpants:
stupid question

what is the benifit of rooting without tripping knox vs rooting and having knox trip?

on the 527m canadian phone ive been tripped for a long time. honestly all my samsung phones are second hand

and i root them all with recovery and flashing supersu. and knox is tripped on them all.

im so glad that only the US carriers are locking down the phones with knox

and samsung will lose a customer when that happens in canada.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] idoit:
Well, I agree the whole concept of Knox is stupid. We as customers will do what we want with devices we paid for and the more they lock it down, the more aggressive and creative we hackers become! so...

back to your question, to be honest, just for test, I intentionally left one device as virgin as possible for future and testing, and believe it or not, this has been the first device that I have had for more than a few hours and not jumped to rooting it... Plus there MIGHT be some Knox software for my company, so that's why I haven't touched my Mega. I love it to pieces honestly. It's just that sweet spot. I do not care about fancy pancy specs any more. It's just a game for money and stuff... like a band wagon of $ and I'm out of it.

TL;DR: I kept this Mega untouched, to defeat the Knox tripping if I can.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] A Christian Guy:
JcSouth funded a root methods is later kingroot..
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] idoit:
1. Is Knox flag in your Mega now tripped? (I suppose yes)

2. What version of Kingroot?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] A Christian Guy:
Yea is http://androidxda.com/download-kingroot-application

---------- Post added at 10:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:58 PM ----------

Is v4.1.0.249-9
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] txnolesfan93:
Sgh-i527 4.4.2 baseband nj1
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] txnolesfan93:
I get this when I restart my phone. Phone boots fine. But what does it mean. I have unistalled all of knox using titanium backup.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] orlyjc:
I have root also. I did it with king root apk. nj1
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] idoit:
Guys, for future reference, after a long time, tonight I successfully rooted my phone. This Mega is the best phone on the Earth now. :)

Story here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61917366&postcount=1307
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] butchieboy:
It means your device has been modified.

FIRENOTE V23...JELLYBEAN WARRIOR
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] marthaxd:
Why don't you try 360 root app ?

Won'y any normal rooting app will work this ? i mean rooting this device is something different from rooting other android devices. You can download the 360 root app from : 360rootdownload.info
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovespopsicles:
Well after this critical update my phone has gone to sh*t, besides numerous bugs, like crashing and freezing (which already happened before), I've had this phone since January and I've never had so many problems with a phone in my life. This is the biggest nerf I've ever seen, I loaded ultra stamina mode then my phone would not unload when it was turned off, permanently stuck in safe mode, can't use 95% of my apps, still runs internet fine, still drains retarded battery power, just no use of apps, no background, no nothing, I'd hate to have to reset my phone because Sony has no idea to make proper software for their phones before forcing you to update it, this pisses me off, I want a new phone, it's 4 months and I want this piece of sh.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheTeslaCoil:
Disable Ultra Stamina Mode
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovespopsicles:
Thanks, Mr. Obvious, it does not solve the problem because it is permanently on, turning it off does nothing it stays on, I can Turn on regular stamina mode, but it's still on Ultra stamina mode, it makes no sense, it will reset my phone if I try to turn on ultra stamina mode, and nothing happens, I've reset my phone, rebooted, tried turning them on a thousand times, does nothing, most apps don't work, or force close themselves.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovespopsicles:
This is in standbg standby mode, no background, no apps, nothing, all I get ia bare essentials and none of them work, they force close, and my effing keyboard keeps repeating words as well.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LitoNi:
lol ranting just because you dont know how to solve the problem yourself? bashing a company just because youre the only person having this issue? buddy, smarten up and search around, repair it with sony pc companion, flash another region's FTF file... there are so much you can do, so stop wasting your time and get going. and if youre one of those lame trolls just to bash Sony, im sorry bud, go troll elsewhere, XDA isnt a place for you to whine. pce!

and FYI, "reset" isnt the same as "repair."

PS: use a better tone on XDA, this isn't a way to ask for help, especially for those who are lending you a hand.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheTeslaCoil:
I said disable, not turn off.

And you cry in here, well root your phone, unlock bootloader and that' s it. Problem solved.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] hardcore:
I am currently heavily using data connections over an EDGE network, and noticed something interesting.

When I set the phone band settings to Band = "Auto", I get much slower download speeds. I used the fieldtest utility to check the GPRS/E-GPRS stats, and can see that the phone was only allocating 1R1T, or 1 receive slot + 1 transmit slot! (limiting the speed to about 60kbit/sec for EDGE).

I remember I used to get better speeds, so I tried changing the band settings to Band = "GSM900/1800 + UMTS2100" which is what my network is on.

Now the download speeds were fast again! Back to the fieldtest utility and saw that the phone was now allocating 4R1T (4 receive slots + 1 transmit slot), giving me about 200kbit/sec downloads.

I wouldnt have guessed that the band settings would affect the GPRS/EDGE timeslot class usage. Note that this testing was done using radio 1.40.30.00, and WM6 LVSW 19-5 / Elf 2.1.

Found that the Band settings cause the change. The Mode (Auto/GSM/WCDMA) setting does not affect it.

UPDATE: This seems to affect only certain radio roms. On others, it has no affect (those roms can allocate 4R1T on Auto band).

Tested using EDGE on a GSM1800 network. Most likely in a 3G or HSDPA network there will be little to no affect.

Radio ROMs which are affected:

1.40.30.00, 1.38.30.00

Radio ROMs which are NOT affected (no difference):

1.41.00.10, 1.38.00.01, 1.38.00.10

If you are trying this out, please include the slot combination you got (with an active download), your radio rom version, OS version, network type (GPRS/EDGE/3G), and band (GSM850,900,1800,1900) if you know them. May try to compile some statistics and update this post.

(so far, its looking like this behaviour is limited to only the 1.xx.30.xx radio roms)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] fmg9800:
Switching settings

I sense everyone is currently changing their settings. I tried it and whether it was the placebo effect or not - sure did seem to be faster.

Mark:confused:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] harlenm:
Settings on Auto, using 200K test from dslreports/mspeed, Edge = 158kbit/sec.

Settings on GSM using same test 170Kbit/sec.

That's pretty close.

BTW, I'm using LVSW 5/19 with the 1.41 radio.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] hardcore:
Did some more testing. The GSM/WCDMA setting does not affect the speed, its the Band settings that does. Try changing those and see if it makes any difference for you?

No need for "placebo" effects. If you have the fieldtest utility installed, you can use it to check the timeslot allocation - go to the GPRS/E-GPRS page, check the last parameter called "Slot Combination". It should say something like "5: 4R1T" (4 receive, 1 transmit) or "2: 1R1T" (1 receive, 1 transmit).
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] si200:
Hi, i was wondering how i would change the setting and if i would need any software to do it

Thanx in advance...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] unwired4:
Its in phone menu, options, BAND tab.

I just tried it out of interest and ran a speed test and got 758kb/s over HSDPA with it on GSM900/1800 + UMTS2100 and 659 kb/s on Auto.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] m15chief:
Using 1MB test on www.dslreports.com/mspeed

Auto = 148 kbit/sec

GSM(900 + 1800)+UMTS(2100) = 762 kbit/sec

Using Sleuths LVSW variant, radio 1.41

Both from exactly the same place on my desk at work
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] todd_jg:
Well, I just tested. The result I got was slightly different. I got the 4R1T allocation with all auto settings. Interestingly, I did have a 1R1T allocation when I just checked from idle. When I loaded up some pages in the browser (to sort of "prime" the data connection) and then checked, I had the 4R1T allocation. All with the settings in auto mode. Just my experience.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] ccezar2004:
i do not have more than 350Kb/sec... even though ot shows that i have a HSDPA connection... and the band set to manually....
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] hardcore:
Today I just changed my radio rom to 1.41.00.10 and tested the settings again. This time, there was a different behaviour. Neither the band or mode settings had an effect on the slot combination. In both cases, slot combination was always able to get to 4R1T. Again, this is on an EDGE network.

It seems the slot combination being limited to 1R1T on Auto band selection only affected certain radio ROMs - affected radios 1.38.30.10 and 1.40.30.10 for me (on EDGE). Seems to me like a "bug" on those radio versions. I might try 1.38.00.10 and 1.38.00.01 later.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] hardcore:
Had similar experiences, although for me on radio rom 1.40.30, the slot allocation seemed to be stuck at 1R1T and didn't go to 4R1T unless I had the band manually selected. It could be different roms "ramp up" the slot allocation differently.

I imagine that the battery consumption with 1R1T could be a lot lower than 4R1T though. However, I found 4R1T connections to be more stable as well - sometimes on a 1R1T allocation, the internet connection would hang up a lot more - could just be bandwidth starvation.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Sleuth255:
Nice find! :cool:

Moved to hermes forum for more exposure.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] kipe:
yes, hardcore affiirmative on my side too with regard to 1.41 & changing of band settings from auto to UMTS 21000 ..not much different (slightly faster when not on auto mode) between both combo.. running the internet sharing when getting the results below (running 1.41 Radio with LVSW 3.30.2.1 ROM)

Test done with network set to Auto band set to UMTS GSM 900+1800 UMTS 2100

network=auto band=auto

network=wcdma band=UMTS GSM 900+1800 UMTS 2100
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] hardcore:
Update: I tested a few recent radio roms.

This seems to only have an affect on:

- Radio ROMS 1.38.30.00 and 1.40.30.00

- EDGE/GPRS connections (not sure about 3G/HSDPA)

On radio roms 1.38.00.01, 1.38.00.10, 1.41.00.10, the settings had no effect.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] luiggi:
Is this the way it supouse to work?

When I start "browsing" IE the phone is able to get 4R1T, after few seconds (and while IE still displays "Opening") the Slot Combination data turns to "255".

BTW, I´m trying to determine why my data connection is so bad.... any help is appreciated.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] lewmur:
Take this for what it's worth but I just scared myself senseless using the TWRP Manager from the Play Store. I tried using it to upgrade from 2.6 to 2.8 and all appeared to go well. But when it tried to reboot into the new recovery all that would come up was the green Android man with the "don't turn off" message. Couldn't boot back up and couldn't get into TWRP. To make make matter worse, it wasn't connecting as a ADB device when I connected it to my Win 7 laptop. So, I couldn't use "Fastboot or ADB" to try to cure the problem.

At that point I was about ready to cry but on the off chance Odin might recognize it, I downloaded v 3.10 of it and, luckily, Odin recognized it and I was able to use it to flash TWRP 2.8 and I'm back in business.:D:D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usman g3:
I have Lg g3 D855 16gb version ,

there is some problem with the software update .

when i starts the update this shows cannot download in the notification panel

and when click on it , a dialogue box appear shows server error

i dont know wheres the problem ... plz help

see the attachments
[Xperia Z2 Themes and Apps] kristijan15:
Sony font which is used in many of the apps published by Sony for system wide use

Works for Lollipop, Kitkat, should work on older versions aswell

Simply flash the attached zip in recovery
[Xperia Z2 Themes and Apps] enisn:
Remove?

How can I delete this font if I don't like
[Xperia Z2 Themes and Apps] DjDexter5GHz:
how did you add speed of mobile network to status bar? :D
[Xperia Z2 Themes and Apps] ipoy:
Status bar tweaks from GravityBox - data traffic monitor
[Xperia Z2 Themes and Apps] kristijan15:
Actually I use the Existenz rom which has the option built in so there is no need for xposed
[Xperia Z2 Themes and Apps] MXNICE:
How can I delete ?
[Xperia Z2 Themes and Apps] swallow_day:
Can I use Chinese in this font?
[Xperia Z2 Themes and Apps] kristijan15:
Honestly I haven't tried it myself as I don't speak nor read chinese, but make a backup just in case and try it and report if it works
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] QA Bot:
[Q&A] [ROM] v5.1.1 GamerROM 5 v1.8.2 Limited Edition For SGH-M919 Update Released: 5

Q&A for [ROM] v5.1.1 GamerROM 5 v1.8.2 Limited Edition For SGH-M919 Update Released: 5/4/15

Some developers prefer that questions remain separate from their main development thread to help keep things organized. Placing your question within this thread will increase its chances of being answered by a member of the community or by the developer.

Before posting, please use the forum search and read through the discussion thread for [ROM] v5.1.1 GamerROM 5 v1.8.2 Limited Edition For SGH-M919 Update Released: 5/4/15. If you can't find an answer, post it here, being sure to give as much information as possible (firmware version, steps to reproduce, logcat if available) so that you can get help.

Thanks for understanding and for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy! :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] joncowden:
Very VERY cool rom! This is one of nthe fastest, most stable rom I have used. I personally prefer the GRU2 TouchWiz edition. The cool kernel build and rom and tweaks, paired with the already fluid TW interface... THAT is the fastest rom I have EVER used. I wish they would update it with a working modem and wifi. With either of the mentioned roms paired with the V6 charger, Nitro Sparker, Optimus for Root, and various personal tweaks, both roms are beyond smooth and powerful.

Keep up the amazing work gentlemen! You have gained a fan for life!

JonnyFIve

aka

AnonymouSTL
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] g7755725:
Enjoy the build, glad i did great on it, and hopefully itll be updated
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Themes and Apps] fanion:
hey

Can someone upload the original framework-res.apk from kitkat :) please?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Themes and Apps] SilviuMik:
Here u are . framework-res.apk + twframework-res.apk from I9192UBUCOC2
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Themes and Apps] fanion:
thanks a lot brother
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] voltigeur:
Thanx to the blokking of MS office for the nexus 6 is here the APK

http://www.4shared.com/mobile/ixvDTvjice/commicrosoftofficeofficehub-15.html
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] dave2metz:
Shady