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[ZenFone 2 General] mhp1995:
I dont understand... Y wud asus remove our phone from OTA update eligibility i mean they are the ones providing us with unlock tool...shouldnt that be cool with asus?? And then how are we supposed to update if they remove our phone from ota eligibility?
[ZenFone 2 General] Justere:
Manually.

For example, download OTA package from thread on forum and apply it via fastboot, or renaming package to MOFD_SDUPDATE.zip
[ZenFone 2 General] mhp1995:
Well that sucks... i thought now i would be able to update my phone via OTA... Does this happen with every manufacturer?
[ZenFone 2 General] loganj:
i have a better question: what about the unlocked versions of this phone. cause there are also unlocked version directly from asus. they will have no warranty?

actually they provide 1 year warranty (at least for the model i was looking @)for the unlocked version of these phones. so in this case its definitely strange to void your warranty if one unlocks the phone with official app.
[ZenFone 2 General] troy5890:
Noon question: if we unlock are boot loaders will we lose all are data.

Sent from my ZE550ML
[ZenFone 2 General] Chinaphonearena:
You won't lose your data. You should still be able to OTA. I'm not sure where that rumor comes from. Generally people who unlock are also rooting and flashing custom kernels etc... So yes at that point you won't be able OTA.

If not, can manually OTA. It's not a difficult process.
[ZenFone 2 General] mhp1995:
So it means if we flash a custom kernel/rom then we will not be able to update via OTA and that is obvious but does that also mean if we remain on stock rom/kernel and unlock our bootloaders then we will be able to update via OTA?

And can someone make this clear...I know if we root our phone or flash custom recovery/rom etc we lose our warranty but what about the warranty if we flash the stock rom back...Will we get the warranty back? Someone long time ago asked me about this and he said something about serial numbers and stuff...So does any serial number or anything changes if we flash our phone with custom roms/recoveries?
[ZenFone 2 General] rlaw:
At least on Nexus devices and I think CyanogenOS itself (trying to remember from my OPO), unlocking bootloader via fastboot factory resets the phone. /userdata/ is formatted.
[ZenFone 2 General] cmendonc2:
The way it worked for Asus Tablets was that the serial number was recorded as unlocked in their database, so the warranty is forever terminated. The bootloader can't be relocked, so you won't get warranty back.
[ZenFone 2 General] troy5890:
Thank you very much for the answer. Thank goodness that the rumor is not true

Sent from my ZE550ML
[ZenFone 2 General] mrbubs3:
That is correct. However, you could also push the separate files through fastboot, and just avoid overwriting the userdata partition.
[ZenFone 2 General] Justere:
Flashing unlocked IFWI file doesn't perform any wipe, so it safe.
[ZenFone 2 General] cmendonc2:
The custom ROM is usually better if you factory reset before flashing an entirely different ROM or clearing /data and /cache. Helps prevent incompatibilities.

Unlocking shouldn't need to wipe though.
[ZenFone 2 General] rafyvitto:
FYI :
[ZenFone 2 General] grorg:
Have you tried it by yourself?
[ZenFone 2 General] mrbubs3:
Oh, I agree. I did resets when switching between CM12 and SlimROMLP. I meant more from updating firmwares across the same ROM.
[ZenFone 2 General] sangalaviral:
Everyone is talking about unlocking the bootloader from the official app will void the warranty. Can't we do it fastboot way so that there is no call back to Asus regarding the unlocking of bootloader and save the warranty.
[ZenFone 2 General] sorg:
i've flashed if.bin through update script. Update succeeded, but bootloader looks like still locked.

At least, it doesn't want to boot into recovery without signature.

I've heard in ZF5/6 they closed the "hole" in recent builds allowing to unlock bootloader though flashing if.bin directly.

May be some additional info should be written to bootloader (using official unlock APK) in order to unlock.
[ZenFone 2 General] cangcan:
nooo..so is this means, its still imposible to unlock zf2 yet?
[ZenFone 2 General] sangalaviral:
So we maybe able to extract what exactly unlock app be doing to actually unlock the bootloader. We can strip the home call function and then use it :D
[ZenFone 2 General] ansebovi:
i dont know about asus things,but usually in mmx,sony ,and some SD phones when u unlock bootloader,it will hard reset our phone,the recent sony unlocking wont even make the boot after unlocking,you need to reflash stock.,,[the sony,mmx i personally used and unlocked ,so i know about those]...OTA we can get if we have perfect stock[no modification of recovery], again dont know about asus...so maybe ppl from other phones saying about those...
[ZenFone 2 General] TheSSJ:
I'd be a little more pessimistic about this thought - I think the home call is not only for warranty purposes, but maybe your phone sends some information like IMEI, SN, etc. to generate a bin file made for your device which then is used to unlock the phone, so stripping the procedure COULD (can't be sure) just show you that an Internet connection is mandatory...

HTC is generating such a personalized code, Sony, too (if I recall correctly). To be honest Idk about Asus...maybe it would make sense to decompile the unlock apks of ZF 6 or 4
[ZenFone 2 General] sorg:
No unlock APK for Zenfone 2 released yet. It's not exactly should be the same as for ZF5/6.
[ZenFone 2 General] TheSSJ:
I decompiled the unlock apk from ZF6 just for ****s and giggles..

Beside the fact that the scrambling took me a while to figure out what's going on there, roughly it does the following: sends some info to an unlock server (phone type, wifi MAC, etc) then some MD5 stuff is going on, then the server sends a file over to the phone. After that I need to still find out what it does, didn't find the correct class file at the moment ^^
[ZenFone 2 General] Rene_ajax:
might this be the 1st step to an unlock? even while asus hasn't released the app yet.
[ZenFone 2 General] ravian29:
so we need to wait for official apk?
[ZenFone 2 General] TheSSJ:
Nope, this was a proof, that the needed files come from an Asus server, which we just can't emulate yet. It may be, that the files are the same for everyone, so someone would need to extract them and automate the process for others so that they don't need to communicate with Asus Unlock servers (thus, letting you keep your warranty).

EDIT: Here what I found out:

First the device retrieves IMEI or (if not found) MAC Address. Also it uses the CPUID and sends it to an Asus server. This one responds with a data package called unlock_info, with which the Smartphone then has every info it needs to start the bootloader unlock.

The Bootloader unlock is pretty simple, it writes a string to the fastboot partition and also to the splashcreen partition and then triggers the reboot command. From there on the bootloader does the rest and I lose the track of what it is actually doing...

So all in all there is little to no hope at all to reverse engineer the unlock process, sorry!
[ZenFone 2 General] ilos:
lol ? :D:D

That was a usefull post like mine..
[ZenFone 2 General] sorg:
Reading your message about splashcreen, i've recalled that new CN FW has new file splash_sign.bin. I've flashed it to splashscreen for curiosity. As a result, i've got inverted splashscreen (white screen with black ASUS logo). So, ASUS tries to do everything to easily distinguish unlocked devices visually.
[ZenFone 2 General] TheSSJ:
Cool that you checked it out :) that friggin scrambled code is making me angry though...using such techniques deteriorates app performance (but I understand the advantages of this too)...

Spent a little time until I roughly figured out what the app is doing
[ZenFone 2 General] sorg:
I just can't understand one thing: if if.bin file itself is not enough for unlock, then why ASUS needs other version of if.bin? They could simply integrate it into ifwi.zip.
[ZenFone 2 General] gravin:
you can re-lock the bootloader, to restore the guarantee
[ZenFone 2 General] Hudrator:
May I kindly ask how?:o
[ZenFone 2 General] mr_gourav2000:
How?

:confused:

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[ZenFone 2 General] fuzzybuffalo:
Here's the post where shakalaca first unlocked his bootloader...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61426871&postcount=26

OTA links for stock ROM

at the bottom of that post he says you can not re-lock your bootloader.

Last I heard, you still cannot re-lock your bootloader.
[ZenFone 2 General] :
is there any way to relock its some how ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fyttikatta:
Hi there,

been running different roms (4.4.4.-->5.1.2) for the i9300 for the past year or so, but every time, Snapchat recording have capped at about 2 seconds and are unable to send. Seems like Snapchat are recording in too high quality compared to stockrom and therefore it cannot record full 10 second. Is there any rom 4.4.4+ that have solved this problem? Can't stand Samsung's, and I do appriceate every effort from developers :) Thanks
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Karine:
The back cover on my Nexus 6, acquired directly from Motorola, has begun lifting, from both the right and left edges. It appears to be affixed with some sort of adhesive, as I'm able to press it back into place, but shortly after it just begins lifting again. I do have an extended warranty with Motorola, that I purchased with my Nexus 6, and I have contacted them for replacement, though I'd like to understand the issue, and whether it might recur. Has anyone else experienced this problem, and could it possibly be related to my SlickWraps carbon wrap?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
May I have slick wraps carbon with no issues. Could be the battery expanding issue.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Karine:
Is there a known issue related to the battery expanding?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jj14:
Yes. Rare, but yes, it has happened. Motorola/Google are replacing it without any issues though.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drkboze:
I've had 2 phones replaced with this issue. My first replacement phone already had the back cover lifting right out of the box
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Karine:
Did you do the replacement directly through Motorola, and if so was their any cost for the replacement?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drkboze:
Yes, through Motorola (I purchased the phone through T-Mobile though). And no, there is no cost. However, if you want to do an advance replacement (where they send you a device first, then you send yours after) they will put a $500+tax hold on a credit card until they receive the device.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamCroz99:
I've had my phone rooted since NCG and never updated it. However, I ran into some issues and had to restore my device via Verizon's desktop app. This made my phone's operating system the latest version of lollipop and build number BOC4. I can't find anything relating to this build number and rooting, or even downgrading it. Any help would be appreciated
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tulsadiver:
Odin the NGC tar file and reroot.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2784880
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] hack25:
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http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=5f56a031-b24b-4b2f-98f0-e8da9ef434b1

DJ Hub is the dream of all dj lovers! DJ High High! The Club? House? Bar? Rock? Remix? You can get them from here!

With this app you can listen to the djs you love! Enjoy!

DJ Hub is one of my personal projects. This project is easy to listen to DJs wherever you are or whenever you do.

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[General Questions and Answers] Grimeta:
Let me say upfront: I am willing to reward $ someone who seriously helps me to get through this.

So I have an assignment due tomorrow to make Android app, can be any at all. Like a 3-levels unfinished game or something. Preferably not too easy but not too difficult to not raise too much suspicion as well, something one could learn to do in about 3 months or so. I need a code, a way to compile it, and a way to demonstrate it on my 4.2.1 Android or computer it doesn't matter. The worst part, I have 0 knowledge on how to produce apps or Java and it's too late to learn all of it. Can anyone point me to the right direction or perhaps you have some project like that too?

Also for the report I need something like this, although it's not that important as long as I have something to show... app project is most important: (can't post links)

40.media.tumblr.com/8868c2650065f6c53f2e0193a94541a8/tumblr_npowkdgRWm1sxalneo1_1280.png

"Classes relationships table" or what is it in English.

P.S. I promise not to use any app or codes provided to me for anything else other than this assignment tomorrow, which is in 12 hours. It's not my area and I am not interested, just don't want to fail the semester.
[General Questions and Answers] Grimeta:
So I made a simple app with online service, tried it and it's perfect, so now decompiled it and opened with Android Studio, and even I can tell there's a lot of useless bullcrap in the code. I need to clean up the code (it shouldn't be hard) and also know how to modify for example the image of the game character or the logo of app.

Anyone, please?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mstreet28:
It appears that the T-Mo My Account app is draining my battery left and right. I'm running Greenify but it doesn't seem to help. Any thoughts on how to disable it without root?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LancerV:
Does it actually show up under your batterystats?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mstreet28:
It sure does, it's draining as much battery as the "Screen On" process...
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LancerV:
Did you turn every option off?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mstreet28:
Yeah every notification, device health tracking is off. I've forced stop the app via the battery stats settings and in apps and via greenify...
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chadbot3k:
used this on Friday and it worked like a charm:

http://xdaforums.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LancerV:
That just does a pm hide it does nothing to stop the application from running
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chadbot3k:
Whatever it does it makes that app stop. You can try it or not, but it worked for me.

What does it do?:

• Block / Disable applications on your device

• UnBlock / Enable applications on your device

• Allow UnBlock / Enable all applications at once on your device

• Allows filtering of the displayed packages for quicker decision making

• Allows exporting your blocked / unblocked listing to a file (Right click on Read Device Packages after list is loaded)

• Allows importing your blocked, or someone else's, listing (Right click on Read Device Packages after list is loaded)

• Allows complete removal of application(s) if you have root (It will backup the original folder structure and apk for you, just in case you need to restore the application(s) back to your device.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LancerV:
Yeah with root access it can block them, hence the big warning when you fire it up saying it cant block them.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LancerV:
Still running after using that application. You can run a pm unhide com.tmobile.pr.mytmobile from a terminal emulator if you don't believe me.

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[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chadbot3k:
well it worked for me my battery sure appreciated it.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anactoraaron:
Mine needed me to wipe data to make it stop draining battery. Try clearing all data for the app.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chadbot3k:
the OP wanted it to stop draining battery and that program did it, no matter if it removes it from my device. :good:
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sfkn2:
It appears that the option that you have presented does not actually remove the application that's causing the battery drain, however.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LancerV:
Yes it hides it from the application drawer that's about it, it just like when you buy a key from the playstore and you open it up and says do you want to hide from the app drawer.

Go to Settings - General - Apps - All and you will still see Tmobile My Account listed because the only way to block an application from running is with root, unless you got root already
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chadbot3k:
BUT it stops the app from draining battery, regardless of removing the app...

All you have to do is try it, it only took me five minutes and my battery has been lasting over 10 hours a day after I did it. The app no longer shows up under running apps or under my battery stats.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pvaldeben:
Seem like a great tool and good tutorial video in the link.

Can you list what you blocked out and any benefits to battery life from what you blocked out?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chadbot3k:
I blocked My Tmobile app, some of the LG apps that I won't use (like dual window, can't remember all) and my battery has had a noticeable difference, like I said well over 10 hours on heavy usage. Today my battery is at 8h40m on battery with 6h30m estimated left.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sfkn2:
Cool.

Thanks for sharing.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mstreet28:
Installed this today, so will see how the battery life improves. Disabled most of the T-Mo bloat and I must say the phone is way more snappier than ever = no lag! So that is definitely an improvement
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chadbot3k:
Give it a day or two and you'll notice how awesome the battery in this thing is. All that T-Mobile bloat was really holding it back.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tkdsl:
you used the app and did not need root, am i getting that correctly ?

thank you

Edit :

works like a charme.

thank you
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UktenaWarrior28:
So I have just finished removing Amazon and T-Mobile my account. And I was wondering what other boost were did you disabke? I am curious to make my phone last longer. Thanks in advance
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Fredster2mason:
Hello I'm in need of help I just bought a Verizon Galaxy note 2 sch-i605 running android 4.3 from Craigslist I spent $170 on the phone, I even used swappa.com to check the esn and status of the phone but after I left the owner must of reported stolen and I contacted verizon but I can't even get his info to take him to court :( and it turns out it's blacklisted and mark stolen is there anyway I can still use the phone with tracfone or simple mobile? I knew that if anyone would know it would be you guys thanks in advance you awesome people :highfive: :D
[Nexus 6  General] JulesJam:
If you want to buy the MotoCare policy for $129, the only way to get it is to buy the N6 through motorola.com. The cost of replacing the N6 screen is $175. With MotoCare it is $39 deductible so $129 + $39 = $168, which is less than the cost of a single screen replacement. And you get up to 3 claims in 2 years on the MotoCare policy. Not to mention the warranty gets extended by a year so you get a 2 year warranty instead of a 1 year warranty and warranty replacements are deductible free.

The N6 is now $150 off on motorola.com.
[Nexus 6  General] Pecata:
It is also $150 off on the Google Play Store. Just FYI
[Nexus 6  General] bruce7373:
And Amazon...
[Nexus 6  General] 02840:
Motorola will also give you $0 down and 0% financing for 6, 12 or 18 months if you use a Motorola Credit Account. This includes the MotoCare add-on.
[Nexus 6  General] StormMcCloud:
And Best Buy.
[Nexus 6  General] ceo.mtcl:
24 months 0 apr with fi.
[General Questions and Answers] GuestK00135:
Hello everyone!

A few weeks ago I've bought a new Samsung Galaxy S3 neo (I9301I), battery was amazing, I managed to get 4h of screen on time which I never got on S4...

A few days ago I've rooted it with installing CWM recovery via Odin and flashed SuperSU via recovery.

I've installed usual root apps(Titanium Backup, Xposed+Wanam module), and I deleted some Samsung bloatware, after that point I noticed that my battery is draining much faster than before, so I thought the problem is that I've deleted some needed Samsung apps so I decided to flash stock rom via Odin. Flashing stock rom was successful and battery was again excelent, but I needed an root, so I repeated root process(CWM via Odin and SuperSU via recovery) but this time I didn't deleted any of Samsung apps, I even not deleted an single app, but my battery became terrible.

My phone never get into "deep sleep", it's always awake even when screen is off, I don't know what to do so I hope someone will help me to solve my problem, I've attached screenshoots and BBS logs

EDIT: Forgot to say that I'm on stock rom 4.4.2 XXUANF2 and stock kernel

THANKS!!!
[General Questions and Answers] flash-:
the best thing to do is to install greenify and hibernate some apps that make the wakelocks (and turn off GPS and online backup but google account) ....:)
[General Questions and Answers] GuestK00135:
Hi [MENTION=5651106]flash-[/MENTION] , gps is already turned off. The only apps which I could greenify are fb, messenger, whatsapp and viber but I need them, and I don't think that they are causing problems with battery. Today I've managed 5 hours of screen on time (I don't know how, just normal usage), I hope that battery will now stay normalView attachment 3357296
[General Questions and Answers] flash-:
good to hear that my friend :)

good luck :good:
[General Questions and Answers] androier:
Hi Sejk97, did you use the CWM with your battery was not fully charged?

Because of ROM will delete this file:/data/system/batterystats.bin, which will cause systems restarts the statistical information when partially charged batteries.

Try to recovery your Samsung and charge your battery fully to Rom again.

Best Regards,

androier
[General Questions and Answers] GuestK00135:
Hi [MENTION=5525736]androier[/MENTION] , my battery was at ~70% when I flashed SuperSU via CWM, but I think that you're wrong, flashing SuperSU has nothing with batterystats file, and after flashing my batterystats file remain untouched.

I have problems with kernel wakelocks, I hope someone with more knowledge will help.

Anyway, thanks for answers!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] bejunk:
can you try install Legacy Xperia Kernel form its 4.4 Kitkat rom via fastboot & boot to recovery using button combo?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] emil12345:
I can install and launch recovery in all kernels on coconut even Legacy Xperia Kernel but when I trying install Legacy Xperia ROM 12.1 or 11 then I get error like a Status 0 or signature error.
[Samsung Gear S] BPM:
i own many smart watches (omate truesmart, neptune pine, ai-watch) but i am still interessted on the gear s.

atm. i am using the neptune as my daily driver.

now i bought the cube i7 (windows tablet) and really love it.

now i am searching for the best solution. i have two sim cards. one with unlimited data plan and one for calls and limited data plan (3 gb).

i have a few "old" android phones and want to decide any time if i take the tablet or the phone or just the watch with me.

i dont like the design of the neptune pine. the aiwatch is cool but have a problem with the contacts to the battery and is not useable until they solve this bug (dont think this will happen).

my problem now is that i want to be reachable any time on the watch (and could be able to answer texts an mails...) and would not change the data-sim between windows tab and android phone.

most of the time i have the tablet with me and leave the phone at home. would be cool to use the phone without sim with the smartwatch (just as bigger display) for situations i do not want to take the tablet with me.

any ideas what is the best setup for this and if the gear s is a good device to manage all this challenges?