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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meeniemuffin:
Towel Root method won't run because my phone cancels it's installation. Odin isn't recognizing my device. Then I tried the Terminal Emulator method, but no matter which directory I put the files into it always gets to a point where I get an error. Where am I going wrong? Any ideas? If you need anymore info to determine a solution, please let me know.

Sent from my SPH-L710T
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lvpre:
Does your computer even see it as a device? Like a USB external drive?

Are you in download mode when trying odin?

Also, when that happens to me, it is because I'm using a cheap cable that does not support data. You might want to try a good quality microusb cable.

Can your phone change via your usb port
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Powered_By_Linux:
Your phone is not an SPH-L710. You have an SPH-L710T. This means that not everything L710 will work on your phone, so just be aware of that. Do you have USB Debugging enabled? Also, what carrier are you using?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meeniemuffin:
I am aware of this. I am on Boost Mobile, are there any keywords I should know to determine compatibility?

My computer does recognize my device and it just hit me that I am supposed to be in Download Mode. Ill try this method when I am less afraid of downloading Odin, last time I downloaded a legitimate-looking virus. Backed up and restored but now I'm iffy. Also, I have good quality cable, its no problem for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Powered_By_Linux:
Just making sure :). You are correct in saying that you have to be in download mode. Sadly, Odin is pretty shifty. As an alternative you could try Heimdall: http://glassechidna.com.au/heimdall/ It didn't work when I rooted my SPH-L710 a few months back, and I had to find an Odin download, but it's worth a shot.

As a side note (if you don't know about it already) this seems to be a pretty good resource for your phone.

Best of luck!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meeniemuffin:
Did NOT know about that link, which I found to be pretty helpful, thanks for the guidance.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baboontyme:
Got a replacement phone today. I went to install the ROM that I liked I'm stuck in a bootloop and not sure how to recover. Would really appreciate some help as I'm bricked otherwise.

1. Rooted via Odin. Easy.

2. Went to install TWRP via Odin. I *think* it worked. I took these instructions from TWRP's site and tried to interpret as best as I could because this didn't seem to be English to me (Note many devices will replace your custom recovery automatically during first boot. To prevent this, use Google to find the proper key combo to enter recovery. After typing fastboot reboot, hold the key combo and boot to TWRP. Once TWRP is booted, TWRP will patch the stock ROM to prevent the stock ROM from replacing TWRP. If you don't follow this step, you will have to repeat the install.)

I booted into recovery, and it went into TWRP so I assumed I was good.

3. I installed Alliance ROM via ROM Customizer as instructed in the Alliance thread. I have done this many times before.

4. I thought it installed, and it started booting up (Alliance splash screen came up, etc) but then it looped back into a reboot.

5. Tried flashing another ROM via TWRP I had on my card and it did the same thing.

6. Tried Odin and it's doing nothing.

Not sure what to do now...please help!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baboontyme:
I seem to have gotten back to stock somehow. Big relief.

I would appreciate any advice as to where I might have gone wrong.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalfan78:
First thing that comes to mind is firmware compatibility. If your phone is still using kit-kat firmware and you try to flash a lollipop rom it will not boot, and vice versa.

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Also, are you going into download mode from a powered off state?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baboontyme:
Thanks for the reply. I did verify 5.0 first. And yes, was going into download from a powered off state.

My best guess was that I didn't follow those directions from TWRP I pasted above correctly because I didn't understand them. But like I said, TWRP did install, so I figured I was good. Maybe it just didn't install correctly?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalfan78:
I'm not sure, I've never had a recovery NOT install correctly before.

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What roms are you flashing? Have you tried those specifically for sprint phones?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baboontyme:
I tried Alliance and MOAR. I had both on my SD card from my previous S5 before it broke. They are definitely the Sprint versions.

Here was the verbiage that confused me in the TWRP instructions "After typing fastboot reboot"

In the set of instructions below I'm not sure exactly what it means. I found the key combo, and at some point during reboot I held it to go to recovery mode, and TWRP launched. I am just wondering if I pressed it at the wrong time? Or maybe I'm getting hung up on the wrong thing.

(Note many devices will replace your custom recovery automatically during first boot. To prevent this, use Google to find the proper key combo to enter recovery. After typing fastboot reboot, hold the key combo and boot to TWRP. Once TWRP is booted, TWRP will patch the stock ROM to prevent the stock ROM from replacing TWRP. If you don't follow this step, you will have to repeat the install.)
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baboontyme:
I think this is the issue the more I contemplate it. I DID verify that I was on Lollipop. However, my mistake was assuming that my old phone was also on Lollipop when I flashed it, and assuming that the roms I was trying to flash were also lollipop roms. They are based on 4.4.

Going to try again, I restored the phone to 4.4. Thanks again for this.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baboontyme:
Price is Right failhorn.

Another boot loop. Going to restore again. Ugh.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalfan78:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/16zl5f4dchh1k4m/Root files.zip?dl=0

These are the files I used to root after updating. It's the version of TWRP I'm still using. Just make sure when flashing TWRP with Odin that you have reboot UNCHECKED and boot into recovery manually.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baboontyme:
Just wanted to circle back and say thanks metal, for trying to help.

Thanks to all of the awesome members/tutorials here I was able to use Odin to flash back to a stock unrooted kit kat ROM without issue every time. Because I was having troubles loading Alliance with kit kat but I was dead set on getting away from stock, I followed the tutorial for MOAR for 5.0 down to first flashing Lollipop and then flashing the ROM. The instructions in that thread were crystal clear for upgrading and then flashing and they worked like a charm.

Y'all are doin' work here, and I thank everyone for putting up with newbie tweakers like myself.
[XDA Assist] asce2015:
hello guys...

Can someone help me for my samsung j1 sm-j100ml..

Stuck up on boot logo..

I've tried to root it but unfortunately i've failed...and stuck up on boot logo..

and i've try to flash the recovery of galaxy V to my device so that, the CWM or recovery mode of my J1 sm-j100ml cant boot into CWM ..

it is bootloop right? i've flash firmware via odin but it fail.. please help me.. my device was 1week old on mine...someone help me...

plsss contact me...on facebook or here.. here's my facebook : asce.ak17@yahoo.com thanks in advance,,, god bless xda
[XDA Assist] jd1639:
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. I can't find anything about your device on XDA. The only thing I can suggest is to flash the stock firmware with Odin. You can find the stock firmware at sammobile.com or samsung-updates.com
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] HHLieber:
Hi,

T-Mobile Germany offers an e-Mail Flatrate. They send your Mails to your phone.

Unfortunately, the configuration is sent via Configuration SMS which my phone doesn't accept. (Light goes on and off again...).

Does anyone know how to set up the P3300 manually?

Greetings from Germany

Heiko
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Genera] yabhuva:
Anyone knows how to get Google Drive Storage of 35gb
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Genera] yabhuva:
I contacted google they said that you need to contact your manufacturer who provide you device....

When I contacted Spice they says that u need to register itself in google drive to get storage

There is no such options there like to register...

Anyone have any idea

Please contact our manufacturer n see what reply you get
[Android Apps and Games] MagiChinese:
Hello, everyone:

After four years of content development and six months of application design, Chinese learning application MagiChinese successfully launched, can be downloaded free on App Store and Amazon. It is different from other existing language learning applications, MagiChinese mainly recommends to learn characters through cartoon, its ProgressiveImagination® Method in line with the learning characteristics of adults and Chinese laws, while providing learning with hierarchical test questions. Whether you are a beginner or are interested in Chinese language and Chinese culture are welcome to use and give comments.

MagiChinese is currently available to mobile terminal, iOS system requires 5.1.1 and above, Android system requires 2.2 and above.​

Features in MagiChinese

1. Learn character by just simply watching cartoon;

2. Search and basic reading of 3000+ characters;

3. Quality courses based on the New HSK;

4. Absolutely high quality audio pronunciation by native professional speakers;

5. A novel and interesting way to review and consolidate.

What are you going to learn?

3000+ characters;

10000+ words;

3000+ core sentences.

You will have courses that cover:

7000+ key images;

1000+ wonderful pictures;

1000+ Original cartoons;

Amusing stories about Greeting and Introductions, Shopping, Chinese food, Travel, Friends and Social life, Dinning and Vacation...and more!​
[Android Apps and Games] Illogi.xbone:
I also find it helpful when starting out to have a notebook to copy the characters and things into so it reinforces what you learn. I am using the app Chinese Skill, and other than a few things that need fixed here and there, it is OK. The BEST way for English speakers to learn this is to be around someone that speaks Chinese as their first language. Yes, there is bound to be confusion but overall I have learned more Chinese dating someone who mainly speaks Chinese. I am going to get a notebook and use this app to see if it helps more, or less, than the way I am using another app now and will leave feedback. Especially, if this hits on words the other one does not and vice versa. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] MagiChinese:
:)Hi, Illogi.xbone:

Now our team is working hard to improve app, so your feedback is so important to us. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, please give us details as much as possible.​
[Android Apps and Games] Illogi.xbone:
First off, could we get a menu after selecting start when first running the app that would allow the selection of difficulty, a dictionary of learned words/sentences, as well as kind of a quick reference guide for when we need/want specific sentences that we have not learned? I am going to visit China next year, hopefully, and I know I won't have it all down and a reference guide would be crucial as I don't want my Girlfriend to have to think she has to translate for me. Otherwise, I do like the references to other objects such as fire. That is pretty unique.
[Android Apps and Games] MagiChinese:
Illogi.xbone, Thank you so much for your feedback! Your advice helps us a lot. And I'm glad to tell you, now we are improving app just like what you want, our next plan will meet more needs like you. So I'll tell you if we announced a new version.

Furthermore, could you tell me some details about using MagiChinese?

1. The speed when using app and watching cartoon: quick, general or slow?

2. Are there any errors when using?

3. How do you think about the learning design?
[Android Apps and Games] Illogi.xbone:
Speed for my phone is decent, using an s4 that has some cold damage. The learning design is a bit different but overall pretty good! I haven't really run into too many errors yet so that is always a plus =D
[Android Apps and Games] MagiChinese:
Thank you for your feedback, Illogi.xbone. Quality of content and user Experience are what we care most, and we'll do our best to improve it in the future. So any suggestions or oppositions are useful : )
[Android Apps and Games] Illogi.xbone:
I will keep you posted with any more feedback or anything I find that could be a bit more easy to use. =D There are many "Learn Chinese" apps out there but not many are useful.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JDMJAY:
My wifes phone I747 has been having a Camera fail for many months now and she misses a lot without camera. She is running the old 4.1.1 still and i think its possible a Version upgrade may fix the issue. Now I ask can anyone please provide me with a full detail way to upgrade now that i Rooted it ??

I have looked for a week now on different ways but either i get lost or many files don't work anymore since its a old phone now. :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
You cannot get OTA updates if the phone is rooted.

If you are on the 4.1.1 bootloader and modem, I suggest flashing back to stock 4.1.1 using Odin and firmware from sammobile.com. Once you are on stock, run OTA updates until you have the most recent ROM on your phone. This method is rather slow but it is the safest way to update to the latest KK ROM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JDMJAY:
It's with Cricket so no OTA anyways :/

I will try what you posted and get back with ya
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
I thought cricket was cdma. I could be wrong as I am in Canada where there cdma has been phased out.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JDMJAY:
Used to be but now only GSM At&t purchased half of Cricket wireless so now it runs the network.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nimeow321:
Hey guys any news on the 5.0 root for the sm-n900w8 ? I would really appreciate it if anyone could link me or tell me a way to get this thing rooted. It just doesnt feel the same without root :(
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
Google is your friend. Take a look: HERE.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nimeow321:
That doesn't work... as said in the comments of the website the cf autoroot file is old.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdedeaux:
I know this may sound petty but I have to ask.

Gotnmy vzw n6 today and when I plug in the charging port it fits snug but if I press on the cable or pull it to the right it clicks almost as if it has a break away feature. Does anyone else's do this? It also does it with my ps4 micro cable.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxys:
Mine is tight but it does not click.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watzone69:
I noticed mine does this too. I was concerned at first thinking it was a faulty usb but it seems to work okay whether it's clicked in all the way or not. Glad to know it's not just me.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hand76:
Same here
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Gokulbalram:
Hey guys, since there are new AOSP based ROMs around, I decided to help you guys get Boeffla on these AOSP based ROMs.

NOTE: These are builds by [MENTION=947981]Lord Boeffla[/MENTION], I just extract the zImage and put it in a Anykernel zip

Downloads: https://basketbuild.com/devs/Alectradar/Kernel/i9300

Source: https://github.com/andip71/boeffla-kernel-cm-s3/tree/ng_boeffla12.0

AnyKernel source: https://github.com/Alectradar/boeffla_samsung_i9300_Anykernel
[Galaxy S III Android Development] cangcan:
nice.. thanks..

2 questions..

aosp rom is like omnirom, pa rom and nameless rom? and does it support cm12 based rom too?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Gokulbalram:
Yep, it will work with any 5.0+ ROM.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] TheTurbanater1298:
This works with 5.1.1 Nameless?

Sent for the sweetest Lollipop'd SGS3 i9300
[Galaxy S III Android Development] TheTurbanater1298:
Awesome. Finally Bofflea kernel on better more stable ROMs. This includes boffela sound and everything works as it should compared to the real kernel?

Sent for the sweetest Lollipop'd SGS3 i9300
[Galaxy S III Android Development] ng1998:
Other than extra comparability are there any other advantages?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Gokulbalram:
This has the stuff as the normal Boeffla
[Galaxy S III Android Development] ASVP_MSFT:
Just for extra confirmation, does this work on omnirom 5.1.1 also and does it have the sound mod that I can use the boeffla config app to tweak?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Gokulbalram:
Should work fine. But don't flash it after a data wipe, the first boot (after a data wipe) should be on the stock kernel.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Zlatan13:
MIUI

What about MIUI roms? Boeffla gave bootloops with miui.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Gokulbalram:
MIUI is 4.4 I don't think many kernels work with MIUI
[Galaxy S III Android Development] girish5233:
hay which kernel should i use on blisspop 3.2. and how can I flash it
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Gokulbalram:
You can flash the official kernel from Boeffla.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] girish5233:
Plz give me direct link
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Zlatan13:
actually it's 4.4.4 based on aosp roms if I'm not wrong.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] eldoggor:
Great thread thanks. I have a question. I installed nameless today and boeffla from this thread, if i update with tonight nightly will lose the boeffla kernel?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Gokulbalram:
Yes, you'll need to reflash the kernel
[Galaxy S III Android Development] eldoggor:
Thanks, man.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Cosolord:
Hi. I'm triying this kernel on blissPop rom but i have a issue with cifs module. I have enabled it, of course, inside boeffla app but i can't reach my directories. Please can you take a look ?

It's not first time that i have this kind of issues with previous boeffla versions (for ex. with v5.1 (stock rom) cifs module worked, with v.5.2 doesn't ).

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Gokulbalram:
You don't need this version of Boeffla for Blisspop. Just use the normal Boeffla
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Cosolord:
Really ? BlissPop (android 5.1) ?

Please can you tell me which one ?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] rp158:
[MENTION=5231921]Gokulbalram[/MENTION]: 4.0 AOSPA works fine on your MinimalOS and Slim. Thanks!

What's the difference between AOSP and AOSPA?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Gokulbalram:
I'm not surprised they do. PA, Minimal and Slim have the same set of CM commits (I think), which makes them quite similar in terms of Ramdisks.

AOSPA stands for Android Open Source Paranoid Android, ie- PA

AOSP stands for Android Open Source Project, ie- Stock Google Android :D

pointless-signature-lol-sorry
[Galaxy S III Android Development] sunny1234590:
I hope this comes to CM13!
[Galaxy S III Android Development] kaotd99:
I need the battery out when I ran dc E210 s3 this rom 5.9.9

forward help
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LakersDroid:
I've heard some people are getting less battery life and more lag while others are saying better battery life and more fluid. What is your experience using lollipop? (especially the 8.4 version since I own one and want to know if I should update or stay with kitkat).

Thank you :)
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pleske:
I flashed the saudi arabia firmware on my 8.4 and factory reset it, I don't notice any difference with battery life or fluidity but I install nova launcher + disable most of the bloat so it has always been very smooth for me both on kitkat and lollipop.

I really like how multiple users are set up now with both restricted access, screen pinning and temporary guest modes, there is a lot of flexibility there and the user switching has moved to the top of the notification bar so you can switch users at any time.

I like all the new animations and uniform teal & white color scheme, in kitkat some things were black background, some things were white, in lollipop it feels more uniform.

What I dislike is that it feels very much like a phone rom ported to a tablet, the recents menu in kitkat made sense to only cover the bottom of the screen but now its a full screen giant sized card recents menu like on our phones and it just looks gigantic and makes multitasking harder in my opinion. Then on the opposite side of the scale the size of the notification bar has shrunk and is super tiny compared to kitkat, it takes precision to click the buttons now but at least it looks better I guess.

Overall, I do like lollipop because of the way multiple users are handled, improved notifications and sd card read/writing fixed, I just wish the recents menu wasn't replaced really.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thorvindr:
Personally, I have found nothing worthwhile in Lollipop. I didn't want to update but since AT&T pushed it OTA I had no choice. It installed the update while I was asleep (after asking me several times during the day if I wanted to apply the update) and now I'm stuck with this ridiculous iPhone color scheme, the previously-mentioned obnoxious "recent apps" screen, the complete crippling of Tasker and the necessity to dig deep into menus to enable/disable mobile data.

I haven't noticed any new features or any significant change in performance (for better or for worse). TouchWiz is still a piece of **** and I'm never buying another Samsung. If I want a UI that looks and feels like iOS, I'll buy a damn iPhone.

I also don't like the new notification panel or the fact that I can't see it on my lock screen. I can either have full-blown notifications blasted across the lock screen (similar to Google Now cards) or nothing at all. There was nothing wrong with simply having the panel's notification icons visible on the lock screen. Now I have to unlock my phone to see if I got an sms or a voicemail.

I suppose that wouldn't be such a big deal if this device had a notification light that I could customize with different colors for email, sms and voicemail.

Based on the new way the OS handles (with no thought to whether there is any difference in performance), I recommend you stick with KitKat. Lollipop just plain sucks.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lightn1ng:
dont get mad at samsung, at&t was the one that forced it down your throat.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
Well I am happy with kitkat, and lollipop has been available since yesterday for my T800 in the UK, I have auto updates disabled, and a found an thread dealing how to cancel an update and remove the update notice, which i have not seen yet.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1856632

John.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mimeis:
Anyone know if there is a way to enable the pulse oximeter function on the sgs5? I believe it has the same sensor as the note 4,but, Samsung has decided to leave out the pulse oxymetry functionality. The pulse rate is a gimmick, i can take my pulse quicker by counting the rate on my wrist. The arterial PO2 concentration would be helpful for people with chronic heart and lung disease. Maybe a developer is working on a 3rd party app that will male use of this.