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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] FinnbarrGaledeep:
[Q] Is there a way to "reset" my Chinese S6 Edge as if I purchased it in the US?

I'm not sure if this belongs here, but I am somewhat desperate for help at this point. My awesome father-in-law gave me a brand new Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge that he received as a gift from a colleague who lives in China. The problem is, it comes preloaded with a bunch of Chinese apps, and Google Apps are nowhere to be found. I can't even browse Google on the phone on its own version of a web browser, which is all in Chinese. Is there any way of "resetting" the phone so that I can install Google Apps on it, such as the Play Store?

I've looked up how to do this, but I'm a complete novice to the world of customizing devices, and I did not get any farther than rooting the phone, which I did following this site: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/general/root-pingpongroot-s6-root-tool-t3103016

I'm struggling to understand how to proceed from here because this stuff is very unfamiliar to me. If anyone could tell me what to do in a very layman-friendly, step-by-step fashion, I would greatly appreciate it. I would love to use the phone that my father-in-law gave me!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] lucky_strike33:
They bought it from China but it's unusable in USA. You can try the international XDA forum and ask there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] yyy999deba:
First, You can change the language as Chinese in the setting. For that, You can translate the "setting" "language" " English" in Chinese online. then you can understand all the app on your phone. But I am not sure. whether the phone will work in USA due to the fact of the operators.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
Can I delete system>media>audio>ui>Charger_Connection.ogg to stop the sound when the charger gets plugged in? It works - but would it have any long term effect? Is there another way to stop that sound?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
bump for the daytime folks
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fruktsallad:
That works fine. No long term effects. You could likely accomplish the same by having Tasker temporarily mute the phone the instant it's connected to a charger. Easier to remove the sound file though. ?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
Thanks - I just removed that sound, as well as the power up and power down sound. Figured that would be easiest.
[G4 Accessories] LancerV:
This is my review of this case:

http://www.amazon.com/Artech-21-Pre...pebp=1434509354305&perid=0DNW5VXVBZBQGB76YN49

Build:

This case has a build quality when it comes to leather that surpasses most of the other $10 "Leather" cases you find, this is like buying a Leather Couch from a leather only store vs buying a leather couch from your big box store. Alot of leather now days is just leather with plastic backing. This is 100% Leather and can tell by the way it smells, and if water gets on its the spot gets a little darker but than goes away.

Design:

My only design flaw I could find with this case is that it doesn't hold a full size bill, and no front speaker cutout. I love that it has a thumb hole for your DL our ID, plus I have found since the G4 is curved you can really throw 2 cards in every slot and it still sits flat. This was my biggest issue with my Note 4 when I tried a wallet case it could never really sit flat, with the LG G4 most of your cards just sit in the contour of the screen. It also makes texting on a desk easy if you flip the back over, no more rocky phone.

Protection:

All in all I haven thrown my phone with this case but I do notice with the two magnet clasps it stays shut a lot better than most wallet cases I have used in the past. I would say it should protect your phone pretty decent unless you run over it with a car.

All in all I would give it a 9.5/10 with half a star missing for the no front speaker cutout.
[G4 Accessories] Artech21-Offical:
thanks , did you leave us amazon review yet ? and any photo to amazon ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] s197:
In the settings for the stock message app, it says you can turn on a setting to make messages pop up on any screen. I enabled this but it doesn't seem to work. Am I not understanding what this is supposed to do?

Basically, I'm looking for the same pop-up when a new text arrives like with Go SMS or Handcent. I would use Go SMS but every time you wipe, you need to re-pay for the theme you purchase.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] krelvinaz:
I use something simple.. Textra. Never use the stock messaging app, there is always something about it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] twiz0r:
I agree with textra. My wife and I both love it and it does what you are asking
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] MrWicked1:
Or if you prefer the stock app download heads up notifications and it will do this for you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] thesoldier:
The stock app does exactly what you're talking about...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] h3ck:
It works for me no problem, in the stock app. It looks like this.

It will pop up notify if you are not in the texting app. Same with dialer. If someone calls it pops up in a similar way. Very handy for when you are in the middle of something.

Sent from my SM-G920V
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhiwalakhil:
I am trying to flash my HTC One M7. I bought this device from T-Mobile.

I am using ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.4.8 (recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.8-m7.img). However, whenever I try to flash anything, it give me an error. I am using Cyanogenmod snapshot build (cm-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-m7.zip). Aso tried latest nightly build.

Steps I am following:

Wipe data/factory reset -> Yes - wipe all user data

install zip -> install from sdcard -> select the zip file

Log:

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Installing update...

Installation aborted.

I get same error whenever I try to flash anything. Either it being UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.zip or GAAPPS. I have also tried TWRP (twrp-2.8.6.0-m7.img) still same error. Right now, except recovery, hboot and fastboot nothing else is working. When I try to boot the devices, it shows the initial HTC boot screen and gets stuck there.

I am following the instructions from here: wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_m7

What's might be reason for it or where am I going wrong?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
Use a different rom. Or a more updated one.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhiwalakhil:
Found the issue. It was due to safari auto-unzip file after download. I was making a zip of the file again.

I used chrome to download the file and voila it worked perfectly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrmondaynight:
I've been having some terribly sluggish issues lately. Lagging when I text, browse the web, even listen to music.

I honestly do not remember which method I used to root, but I rooted & kept the stock rom. I just deleted the bloat.

Not sure if this will help

http://i.imgur.com/L9prnWv.png

I'm at a point where the lagging is really irking me, but I'm not sure which route I should go.

Since I'm rooted, can I just go ahead with the OTA update without any issues? If so, is there a method to root on lollipop?

If not...Should I just go ahead and flash another rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rp1226:
Don't take the ota! Follow he thread about upgrading to 5.01 keeping root! Totally worth going to LP. The speed is great! Give it a shot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrmondaynight:
This one? http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/general/how-to-update-to-i545oc1-5-0-1-keeproot-t3096558
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] XxD34THxX:
yes, that one
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrmondaynight:
Did that, and it says i'm still on 4.4.2. Very strange.

I'm still getting the pop up for the OTA
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] XxD34THxX:
Make sure to back up any data and do a full wipe to nc5. That can make a difference. Or, Odin back to nc5, and use the Echoe ROM or the Super6 ROM, both of which are on Lollipop.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrmondaynight:
This is all foreign language to me

Sorry.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] XxD34THxX:
OK, get a program called odin. It is leaked Samsung software that allows to flash stock firmware on your phone. You have to flash the stock nc5 firmware with this and THEN continue the upgrade to lollipop
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrmondaynight:
Laziness and not knowing much has lead me to not doing anything about the issue until now.

The phone gets slower by the day, so it's time for a change.

I'd like to flash this rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2550770 but i'm not too sure if I can flash this via the stock recovery?

If not, how would I go about installing TWRP? I did try to search, but the page kept timing out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] XxD34THxX:
DO NOT TRY TO INSTALL TWRP. YOU WILL BRICK. Thanks to Verizon, we have a locked bootloader, which means we only have Safestrap and Flashfire. SS is based off of TWRP, but is a really really really gimped version. Flashfire is an app that functions like a recovery.

You cannot install that ROM at all, because of this POS bootloader.

What you CAN DO, is install Roms such as Eclipse,Kitpop,Hyperdrive, and Stang's 5.0.1 ROM.

OR, you could do the OTA with root method.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] nerd7473:
I would like to flash ubuntu touch on to a AT&T samsung galaxy s4 my issue is I don't quite know how to flash it or what custom recovery to use if any, I messed up on my first try and am in need of assistance. Also I have no idea what rom I need. I need a good tutorial on how to do this
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] tylerholbrook:
Been searching around and just wondering if CM is being worked on for this phone?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] PanchoPlanet:
I wouldn't go there if I were you.

This phone is a whole different creature compared to the former generation of Samsung phones running kitkat and jellybeans.

Pp.

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This was attempted in the S6 forum with bad results.

Pp.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] tylerholbrook:
Lol Yeah I know, I was just curious, saw a few fake links about CM on this phone. 64 bit makes it a whole new beast and there's no phones like it to branch off so it would have to be done from scratch. I'm
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] tylerholbrook:
This can be deleted mod, I've done my research
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
Rogers has updated their rollout schedule to state 5.1.1 is coming soon, previously it was simply June.

View attachment 3366213
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
Follow me @ootpapps for more timely Android updated for the S6!
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Coming soon sounds worse than a definite month like June.
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
No, they set it to coming soon when it's near approach date. This happened with the Nexus 5 update.

Coming soon means within days or a couple weeks at most, it's their lowest date range.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Why did Rogers have anything to do with a Nexus update?
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
Seriously? They issue the update to customers with Nexus 5's. I'm referring to Rogers update schedule... It was the same case with the Nexus 5 update from Rogers, it was previously a month, then it said coming soon...
[Galaxy S6 General] virulentt:
Nice! Cant w8 (hehe, name of our model)
[Galaxy S6 General] TheEndHK:
Coming soon = Coming late :D
[Galaxy S6 General] creaturemachine:
How long before this phone is stuck with some horribly out-of-date version of Android? You know there's a problem Microsoft is beating you on updates.
[Galaxy S6 General] KWoods41:
If you're asking this question seriously, I would say probably right around when the S8 rolls out. The S4 got 5.0.1 a few days after the S6 was released - so it seems like we get about 2 years of update coverage. That seems pretty reasonable to me for a two year old flagship (or more than reasonable, given that I last about 6 months per phone).
[Galaxy S6 General] ex-28:
looking forward to it , i just hope pinpong root will be supposed
[Galaxy S6 General] oxxshadow:
does the Rogers S6 have the ram management issue as well?
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
Yes
[Galaxy S6 General] Orginator:
How do you know that?
[Galaxy S6 General] thatsupnow:
All galaxy s6 models have the ram management issue. Search around there's plenty of threads on the topic
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
I think they may mean whether or not the new ROM has it... I don't think Rogers does anything but add their bloat to the ROM, so, chances are it's got the bug.
[Galaxy S6 General] oxxshadow:
Would you think its still worth getting an S6 even with this flaw? I have an upgrade on Rogers, and the S6 seems like the best option. However, I feel this bug may drive me crazy.
[Galaxy S6 General] virulentt:
Seems like the international variant 920F and T-Mobile 920T had their updates.... still waiting for the canadian variant!!!!
[Galaxy S6 General] creaturemachine:
I honestly don't understand all the rage over this. I don't have an issue with the memory management, however I don't flip between apps like a spaz or fret over five different memory managers like some people seem to do.
[Galaxy S6 General] oxxshadow:
The issue is that the S6 has to keep reloading apps, Say you open a webpage on chrome, then exit to another app. switching back to chrome will reload the page, when the page was supposed to be stored in memory.

The problem is that for a premium device which costs 600+, there should be flaws like this.
[Galaxy S6 General] zdravkodubravec:
Neither do I ... I usually use only one or two apps ...
[P3300, MDA Compact III  Accessories] Czech:
Good morning

I´ve %subj% and it work weird with my MDA. It works fine for music, but not for HF. When call is comming, sound is forwarded to HF. But I can hear just some tones from ringtone and when I answer the call, I hear just some sounds, but not a whole conversation. But opossite side says that they hear me fine.

What´s wrong?

Thanks 4 help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ph0z3:
I've seen several people asking about this on here, Facebook & G+ as well & most were only suggested apps, or just keep using the developer options, etc.... Never reaching a solution to the original subject

Is there a way to permanently change the background process limit?

... Either by editing a file, or adding in a init.d file?

# android 4.4.4
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ph0z3:
Bump....

.... Anyone.. ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b0unty:
would be useful for old smart-phone running especially lollipop on 1gb ram to have a persistent (at reboot) solution to limit background process
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cveilleux:
I've got a 2012 Nexus 7 that has been sitting dead for awhile. Having had this issue before, I have gone through multiple steps to try and fix this issue with no results. I've opened up the back of the tablet and removed/reconnected the battery cables multiple times, but the tablet won't even enter the bootloader upon being connected to a charger, the screen just flashes multiple color lines. Eventually, the screen just goes unresponsive and even the lines don't show up anymore. I've tried holding down every button in every single combination, with no luck. Is it just a bad battery?

*Note- the tablet is rooted.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pvaldeben:
After 2 weeks with LG G4 I'm loving it. Only remaining issue I have is LED keeps flashing when there is no notification. I've shut so many notifications off and even shut off Google cards notifications. So now I'm sure the LED notification flashed for no reason. I saw it few times today... Before there was a notification telling me its 60 degrees out side, shut that off and still getting ghost LED notifications :eek:

Is this happening to any one else and how did you fix it?

Thanks in advance
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] climo:
Check this thread it might help you

http://xdaforums.com/g4/general/fix-alarm-led-notification-issues-t3132926
[Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MiPaDo:
I am using a rooted nexus 6 as a WiFi hotspot and whenever I try to DL star wars KOTOR it just says "waiting for network" is there any way around this? I think it has to do with app size(and yes I have enough space) I was able to download bards tale but that game gets it data after you DL the initial file from Google play.

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ShrekOpher:
I posted the original thread in the Note 4 section linked below but was confirmed tonight it works on the Note 3 as well.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3130806

Viper4Android working on stock kernel [Easy steps]
[Galaxy S 4 General] spawk:
Last fall, researchers at cybersecurity firm NowSecure found a bug in most Samsung smartphones that could allow hackers to spy on users.

In March, Samsung told NowSecure it had sent a fix to wireless carriers that they could distribute to users. It asked NowSecure to wait three months before going public.

Last week, the researchers bought two new Samsung Galaxy S6’s from Verizon VZ +0.89% Wireless and Sprint S +0.43%. They found both were still vulnerable to the security hole, which involves how the phone accepts data when updating keyboard software.

NowSecure CEO Andrew Hoog shared his version of events with The Wall Street Journal as his company prepared to release its research Tuesday. The story helps illuminate why hacking is so hard to stamp out.

That’s particularly true in smartphones, with its diffuse system of device makers, software programmers and network operators. Things likely are only to get worse as Americans connect their thermostats, door locks and cars to the Internet and face the need to update their software.

Samsung, Sprint and Verizon didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment Monday.

NowSecure’s Ryan Welton was scheduled to present his findings on the bug at a Black Hat mobile security conference in London on Tuesday.

The flaw shows how hackers can take advantage of software updates for nefarious purposes. In this case, Welton found he could hijack the process of updating one of the virtual keyboards Samsung installs on many Android smartphones. From there, he could eavesdrop on phone conversations, rummage through text messages and contacts, or turn on the microphone to capture audio.

That was possible, Hoog said, because Samsung didn’t encrypt the update process.

NowSecure’s story also offers a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes talks that often occur when a security company finds flaws in consumer software used by millions. The security firms generally give software makers time to fix the bug before going public.

In this case, NowSecure said it contacted Samsung in November 2014. On Dec. 16, Samsung asked for more time, Hoog said. On Dec. 31, it asked for a year to fix it, he said.

Hoog thought that was too long, reasoning that if his researchers found the bug, hackers would too.

The companies went back and forth until March, when Samsung said it had crafted a patch and had sent it to wireless carriers. They agreed the bug could be made public in about three months.

“We had some heartburn” over the delay, Hoog said. He said he does not know of any incidents where hackers exploited the flaw.

It was then up to the carriers to push users to download updates. That doesn’t always happen, or a user, running an old phone, may not bother.

NowSecure says it is yet to find a patched phone as of this week. Though “we still have to go to a T-Mobile TMUS -0.28% store,” Hoog said

Source : NowSecure, WSJ, BlackHat
[Galaxy S 4 General] halui:
I am guessing this is referencing the same exploit being discussed in the arstechnica website?

New exploit turns Samsung Galaxy phones into remote bugging devices

If so does freezing/uninstalling Samsung Keyboard 4.0 in Titanium backup be an effective stop gap measure considering I rarely use the default Samsung keyboard?
[Galaxy S 4 General] spawk:
the problem samsung have a fix for this BUG but i dont know why samsung dont give this fix in an update are beter and the problem are fixed now perhaps wait to launche it with an M update ??? or an L 5.1 ?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] vks.sud:
Can anyone tell me a way to download this rom or this is fake........Removed by VECTUS as what this directs to is fictious
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
Obviously fake - and please don't post questions in the Dev section
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] VECTUS:
Closed, question answered and link removed
[Motorola Droid 3] pyth0ner:
Hi,

My Droid mates, are you still using Droid 3? It has been collecting dust in my drawers for some time. Today I am going to give it a new life. Any development on the best ROMs? It seems to me that Cyanogemod has stayed cm-10.1-20140216-NIGHTLY-solana.zip for awhile. So what keeps you use this QWERTY?
[Motorola Droid 3] adix82:
i am using it.. no new development..
[Motorola Droid 3] doogald:
I am keeping mine as an emergency backup device in case my phone (Droid Maxx) spits the bit, but I'm a few months away from an upgrade (sometime this fall, most likely), and I'll likely retire the D3 for good. I still fire it up once a week or so to make sure all is copacetic in case I need it.

Man, is it slow and laggy though!
[Motorola Droid 3] LiL_Assassin:
cm11

there is a cm11 for this phone, works rather well. but i find that if you have to many things installed. aka gapps.. its going to lag. so i used my tablet to send the device apks. like messenger, and it runs well now.
[Motorola Droid 3] rabinhood:
Could you provide a link? Thanks.
[Motorola Droid 3] LiL_Assassin:
Sorry for delay, xdaforums.com/droid-3/general/device-4-4-4-t2900051/page2

Sent from my XT861.
[Motorola Droid 3] MaahLuz:
still using it, i'm with 2.3.4 version of xt860 kinda crappy now but i'm lookin a way to turn it into a 4.1
[Motorola Droid 3] rabinhood:
Unfortunately, despite many custom 4.x ROMs are available, I found none of them as fast and stable as 2.3.4 based ones.
[Motorola Droid 3] MaahLuz:
wow this is totally depressing then. its terrible to dont be able to not use all apks out there cuz they would never work on 2.3.4, but whats bad about others roms that you hated?
[Motorola Droid 3] rabinhood:
All (almost all) are luggish, slow, and unstable. Camera doesn't work, in some ROMs there are problems with wifi, in some data connections break down. I had a lot more custom ROMs for my previous Milestone 2.
[Motorola Droid 3] MaahLuz:
a real good one was my milestone 1 really nice, android 2.2 but ram memory sucked hard and internal memory also.

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hey did anyone test this rom cm11? cuz it didnt work on my xt860 ;/ and what gapps did u use?
[Motorola Droid 3] rabinhood:
I tested, but as I stated before, it is luggish and unstable. A lot worse than CM11 on Millestone 2.
[Motorola Droid 3] datacrusher:
Im still with xt860 because of its qwerty keyboard, and no newer phones with phisical keyb are avaiable here in brazil. I kinda regret selling the droid 2 to upgrade for the 3, I could never use a newer version than 2.3.6, too bad, its a nice hardware btw.