yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmalik:
It seems correct to me.

I purchased phone in used condition with broken screen from a work colleague two years ago (no longer works here). I repaired screen but replacement did not have sticker under battery, I stupidly did not remove original sticker or keep a record (stupid I know). Well about two weeks ago I tried to flash a new rom but bricked phone, would not turn on whatsoever. Sent phone off to get repaired (Ebay) but because there was no IMEI number and I did not have box or the original sticker the guy would not repair (which I understand), I located my IMEI number from Google Dashboard and then got a Checkmend Certificate to prove that the phone was legit.

Since it's return I have had this problem. He has flashed an image on which seems to work but no other image that I try will work.

IMEI number is correct as far as I am aware but I am not sure how to confirm the Serial number is correct, any advice?

Just been to an IMEI checking website, inserted my IMEI number and listed serial number on phone and all details came back correct.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Your efs is corrupted and will no longer work with firmware that requires v2 efs.

Only solution, which is what your repair guy did, is to flash the patched modem and kernel -which enables the efs to be read again.

Each time you flash a firmware you will need to then flash patched modem and kernel before you can get connection.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmalik:
Thanks for your reply. Decided to try one last time. Flashed CM 12.1 and it seems to have worked except for one thing, my serial number is not the same as before. IMEI is fine.
[General Questions and Answers] rx12:
How to root sm n915 f? I tried with cf auto root, bt its failed, i tried several versions of firmware, bt non of the frmwrs supported that cf a root, plz help me
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sagor1:
Plz someone upload the G4 default preloaded video....

Thanx in advance....
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arash64a:
Please +1
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sfkn2:
I tried, but it's locked with DRM so that only your own device can open it.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sagor1:
But

But someone on lg g3 section he did manage to upload the lg g3 preloaded videos....
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sfkn2:
I swear we're in the G4 forums. Sorry.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sfkn2:
View attachment 3377014
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyle1867:
I'd be happy to give you the file but....why?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] truckerdewd:
I actually deleted it, all be it unintentionally.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sagor1:
Because..

Because of collection for my G3 & G2...
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyle1867:
What? What do you mean "collection"
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sagor1:
Because....

Because i love to watch colorful videos on my mobile.....(i have also samsung demo videos)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marloweloy:
Maybe someone posted this but I can't seem to find any when I searched for it here.

I have an N9005 note 3 and I'm using a T-mobile sim card. I can't get an LTE signal because t-mobile has a different frequency according to the customer service I spoke with.

Is there in any way that I can get an LTE signal from t-mobile?

I would highly appreciate any help.

:)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbeavers:
On AT&T in some areas you can get LTE.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ludeawakening:
I'm not sure if you got a definite answer on this, but surprisingly T-Mobile's service rep was actually correct. I'm shocked!!! Lol

You won't be able to get true LTE on that device with T-Mobile. The N9005 doesn't support LTE Band 4 which is what Tmo uses.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toastido:
They're opening up band 12 in some markets. Not sure if the 9005 supports that one, but the n900t doesn't.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ludeawakening:
The N9005 LTE support:

Bands 1, 3, 8, and 20

800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 MHz frequencies
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hicvb:
Salem

i need g920f stock recovery

thank you
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SAMPPLE:
If I'm sure you need to revert to stock... to put a stock ROM on your phone...
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wassct:
I have a really strange issue. I downloaded and installed the Cumberland Farms App (use it to pay for gas) and it does not show up in the app drawer or in my list of installed apps via settings. If I go to Google Play it shows it as installed and I have to open it from there. I use Nova but if I'm not using Nova it still doesn't show on my G4. Only via Google Play.

Here is what I tried so far.

(1) Reboot

(2) Uninstall/Reinstall

(3) Cleared Nova Launcher Data

Any other ideas? It's only this app, very weird.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wassct:
Bump, anyone have an idea how to fix?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lsxrx7:
Same problem. No fix
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExTREmE99:
why not search within nova? in the app menu, swipe down and a search bar will show up. you can then search for the app there. when you find it, hold it and drag it outside of the search box and above the screen to Edit. add it to the main app menu
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schwetty:
I am somewhat new to android...

Can someone please point me in the right direction here?

Currently I have an Xperia Z1 C6906 running rooted cm-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-honami with CWM.

I do not have a nandroid backup because I am stupid and did not know about this app.

I want to move back to the stock 4.4.4 Sony ROM and root. I cannot find this ROM or installation instructions.

Is this possible?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

EDIT: I have found XperiaFirm and downloaded a file through the software. I have a question though, I live in the US and I bought the phone second hand, it was originally set up on the network Claro. If i download the US Customized firmware through XperiaFirm and restore the firmware with FlashTool, are there any consequences?

Also, I'm not too familiar with how ROMS, Kernals, and Firmwares are all related. Can I just flash the firmware I downloaded onto the device and everything will be returned to normal?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cimihendriks:
you won't get no problems with different customizations, just make sure it is the right model number. did you backup your TA partition before? reply me in order to i get a notification. Thanks
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schwetty:
I did not make a backup of my TA partition. Unfortunately, I didn't know to do that.

I have successfully flashed my phone using the software I mentioned above and everything is working as far as I can tell. Going back to stock, I think I have lost my root, unlocked bootloader, etc., correct?

Thanks for your help!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cimihendriks:
You lost your root etc on stock that is correct, but since you dont have your ta partition your camera performance will be lowered. İ suggest you to look at this thread for a fix. Good luck.

http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/xperia-z1-z2-z3-series-devices-drm-t2930672):
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] SPtheALIEN:
First off, let me apologize for asking. I have searched here to find out how, but I've found a few hints on how to do it for the GPE version of the Z Ultra. I was barely able to install CM12 on my Z Ultra out of curiosity. I found that it was nice to run the newest Android platform, but I found myself missing the tweaks that Sony has done (mini apps being one of them). I am now finding that I cannot root my phone anymore (going to CM12 seems to have broken that) which seems to be the first step into getting back to stock.

Any help would be much appreciated. It looks like I've got my work cut out for me as I need to get root and then also find a stock ROM. If anyone can help with this, I greatly appreciate it.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] teddy74eva:
If you don't mind the internal memory (photos, songs etc.) you can download the latest flashtool and using it, download the firmware you would like to come back to, you don't have to root CM.

Regards
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] SPtheALIEN:
I don't mind everything getting removed at all--good as fresh.

Thanks for your help.
[Sony Xperia E3] Kaldius369:
So I'm pretty confused there is a lot of information out there and it's conflicting one another in my view. I want to achieve root on my stock rom and possibly be able to flash custom roms. My situation is I have the Sony Xperia E3 D2206 model with stock android 4.4.2 and when I punch in the code it says that my bootloader is not unlockable. I have installed flashtool and drivers and tried the "BLU" button and it says it cannot unlock my bootloader.

From my understanding I can still somehow root this phone, can somebody point me to which guide I should follow for my phone?

Thank you.
[Sony Xperia E3] Kaldius369:
Can someone weigh in, I'm sitting here a long time with my phone in hand.
[Sony Xperia E3] vinay:
this is for your device with locked bootloader.

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-e3/general/root-xperia-e3-d2203-locked-bl-t3075559
[Sony Xperia E3] Kaldius369:
Thank you but this says it's for D2203 model will it also work for D2206 without bricking the device?
[Sony Xperia E3] vinay:
It will work.
[Sony Xperia E3] Kaldius369:
Thank you very much sir for the good news, I will get to rooting immediately =)
[Sony Xperia E3] x.cg:
How was it?? Your device is rooted??
[Sony Xperia E3] Kaldius369:
Yes it worked my non-unlockable bootloader device is rooted.
[XDA Assist] Meher03:
So I bought this new phone. And I rooted it using KINGO ROOT, after that installed TWRP and then installed custom roms . It was working perfectly fine and i was very happy until this terrible thing happened. The custom rom that i installed was lollipop, and few days back i tried factory reset within the phone (from settings) after that my phone wast turned off and when i tried to turn on it was stuck in the "LENEVO" logo. I was worried and so checked the internet about fixing it but it was no use. I tried to use ADB Sideload which didn't worked and also tried with SP Tools which also didn't work. And I did notice that i am unable to install any roms or zip in TWRP. Whenever i try to flash anything it fails and shows-

"E :Unable to mount '/cache'

E :Unable to mount '/data'

E :Unable to mount '/system' "

So I am asking for your help because I found out that all the GODS of android can be found here and you guys are my last hope. Please help me I would be very grateful.

THANK YOU :)
[XDA Assist] jd1639:
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. I can find very little about your device on XDA. I would try to find out how to return your device to stock and start over. The only thing I can suggest is to ask here, http://xdaforums.com/general/help
[XV6700, PPC-6700 ROM Development] dapzmob:
was wondering, if i had a vx6700..an had one of those new boost mobile unlimited plans(cdma) if i could flash it to work with their service and change the imei or whatever takes place for this(not firmiliar with cdma, use a hermes!), kinda like what a cricket subscribe would do.
[XV6700, PPC-6700 ROM Development] whitesosa:
you might be able to get it to work the easy way if boost will let you activate the phone on their network by ESN change. then there are a few PST changes you need to make. i got my vzw 6700 working on ampd this way... unlimited data and minutes for 150 a month.

the other way would be to clone your phone that is on boost. change ESN n some other stuff. you have to do your research if you need to go this route.

i dont know if the 6700 is compatible with the boost CDMA network.... someone else will know.
[XV6700, PPC-6700 ROM Development] UTSAFTW:
I believe that the Boost network runs off of Nextel's iDen network, so there is no way for the 6700 to run off of Boost's network.
[XV6700, PPC-6700 ROM Development] kyxdadeveloper:
Correct. Boost will NOT! work.

While Boost, Sprint/Nextel, Verizon are CDMA each use thier own radio/SIM that will not allow phones to interchange. This par makes us sick, especially developers.
[XV6700, PPC-6700 ROM Development] dapzmob:
I've seen people clone imei numbers from both verizon an sprints version of the 6700 to work wit cricket..im sure its gotta be able to be done
[XV6700, PPC-6700 ROM Development] kyxdadeveloper:
That may be true. Nextel's IDen network is a completely different.
[XV6700, PPC-6700 ROM Development] dapzmob:
im not talkin about the iDen network. boost has a new service out which is exclusivelly cdma..which is unlimited similar to metro an cricket..which is why i as asking
[XV6700, PPC-6700 ROM Development] infrared411:
plz do more research b4 you reply

some of you in these post believe that the 6700 cant be used on other networks. it is true that the carrier (e.g. sprint, verizon, ect...) has specific requirements for the radio. AT&t wireless used to be a cdma network and there still is legacy cdma subscribers on their network. as for boost i havent heard of their cdma offerings. but you would need to modify the radio stack to get it to work on their "cdma" network. you can reflash the 6700 for verizon to work with sprint and vice versa. there is subtle differences that makes features work on the network.
[XV6700, PPC-6700 ROM Development] R34GTR:
This couldn't be further from the Truth. CDMA is a standard just like GSM is. Getting voice and text to work is as simple as updated the PRL, and changing the ESN with your carrier. I can make voice and text work on ANY CDMA phone, with ANY Carrier provided it doesn't use an RUIM, and you carrier will except CPE. You need your MSL, and a Boost PRL. Its that simple. You can use ##PRL# to load the PRL, or use QPST.

You should be able to purchase a boost phone, and download the PRL with QPST, QXDM, or BitPim.

Getting Data and MMS to work is another story, data will work if you know the correct parameters, the Proxy, username/password, and I.P. settings. Which once again can all be changed on the phone without QPST. The 6700 has full PST built in, no external programs are needed for PST changes, unless you don't have your MSL.
[XV6700, PPC-6700 ROM Development] McHale:
Really? Where was that?

They have been TDMA as long as I can remember. Thus the transition from TDMA to GSM (which is basically TDMA v2).

-Mc
[XV6700, PPC-6700 ROM Development] eazy926:
hi, im very new to the smartphone scene, but viewing you post gave me hope of trying to get my htc fuze to work with my nextel/boost sim. I would appreciate if you would help me with the setup. If you are available. thanks.!
[XV6700, PPC-6700 ROM Development] mikegyver420:
You can absolutely use the ppc6700 with boost CDMA service. The only thing that I haven't quite ironed out yet is text/mms. Texting works great, but incoming messages are not stamped with the senders number. MMS works through boosts new web mms interface and my 3g works just loverly. As a matter of fact, I haven't paid my monthly bill yet, and they're still giving me 3g!
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] siegesoldier:
Update 2 after some fiddling I found that after flashing Pico Capps hdxposed is needed to make the play store work on this build http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2618158

Update 1 New lolipop ota, this appears to be based on lolipop 5.1 and as such requires xposed unofficial by romracer if you want to use xposed Xposed for 5.0 would not flash for me. Same upgrade steps as before just this one instead of the bottom one and change your xposed package

https://mega.nz/#!i5RRCKQZ!NC291mcIo-2yzr23j8Vg_mLZ11ECql4lL_xen6xwXuM

update-kindle-devpreview_ariel-20.5.2.2_user_522041550.bin
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] bibikalka:
Important update, the instructions below are not to be followed !!! They are historical ...

Same drill as in here :

http://xdaforums.com/fire-hd/general/how-to-upgrade-to-4-5-4-twrp-root-t3141648

Replace the original META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script with the one from the zip below. Remove "images" directory. This will ensure that your bootloader stays 4.5.3 and unlocked. When TWRP asks to add root, say yes.

If for some reason you lose TWRP (recovery), reflash it from within 5.0. Since you have root, no biggie. I'll play with this a bit too, but later.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] siegesoldier:
I tried yours and tried my attempt. I'm getting a bootloop with both, let me know if you have any luck. TWRP protects itself from getting replaced.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] bibikalka:
OK. Does it flash successfully? Does it ask to install root? If it does and bootloops, the bootloader probably needs to be updated too. You could try to flash the new bootloader (just grab my uboot_4.5.3.zip, replace both files in /images, and re-zip).

The trick is that you install Lollipop, install root, and install the new bootloader separately. It should boot OK and you should have root in 5, but you'll lose TWRP (it won't be able to boot since the bootloader will probably be signed). To get TWRP back you'll need to downgrade to 4.5.3
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] siegesoldier:
Yes it flashes successfully and asks to install root. Looks like I'll be trying that tonight, thanks!

Edit we have a winner.

Flashed lolipop without bootloader

Installed su

Reboot to recovery

Installed superuser flashable zip

Flashed uboot file with lolipop images folder

Fire has booted and is currently doing the very long lolipop upgrading screen
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] siegesoldier:
Currently booting to home screen but then back to the fire screen, etc. Probably my fault for not clearing the cache or a factory reset. I'm not at a computer at the moment but any ideas on how to fix this?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] bibikalka:
Turn it off with a long press of "power" button. Then press "power" and "vol+" together, this should get you into the Amazon recovery. It should offer you a factory reset option. Your system should be pretty much stock Lollipop, so I don't see why it should be doing what it does ...

Actually, does it now have stock Amazon recovery or TWRP ? My suspicion is that it should have flashed recovery during the first upgrade cycle.

Upon reflection, there is a chance you have a bit of a soft brick. If the factory reset option does not come up, it may end up a little tricky to fix things. I wonder if you'd be able to connect via adb before it reboots.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] siegesoldier:
it appears to have TWRP but it will not boot to it with holding keys. I can get the device to appear in ADB but I can not authorize it. Appears to not actually be rebooting. just crashing to fire screen for some reason then back to launcher etc. I may be able to try again at home with a usb port that it remembers.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] bibikalka:
I wonder if Lollipop does not update recovery at all, and just uses the one from 4.5.4 You do have your old settings around, so there is a chance that prior USB authorization will help. It looks like one should have updated to stock recovery while in TWRP as the last step, after updating the bootloader, ir order to be able to do a factory reset in a situation like this.

If it comes to worst, Amazon reps never ask "did you brick the device yourself?". They only ask if you can get to the home screen, and if not, proceed with the replacement ;)
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] siegesoldier:
I think TWRP just blocked it from updating. Oh well, if the ports at home don't work, I was eventually going to get it replaced anyway since I had a blue discoloration on my screen. Glad to be of some moderate use to the community instead of a leecher for once. May the next person have some luck!
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] siegesoldier:
ok I was able to get adb on a previously used port. I do not have root though. What are my options? What recovery should I flash? I also have a replacement kindle coming tomorrow so this is mostly for science now. I am also able to get into bootloader.

erased cache via fastboot. stuck on fire instead of boot to homescreen
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] bibikalka:
So no adb anymore? I am not sure how SuperSu comes in, there gotta be su program somewhere.

Anyway, the great news is that JMZ is going to be back soon. That's going to boost our tinkering capabilities by 300% :D
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] bibikalka:
And then soft brick ...

So I wonder now if one could do this :

install 5.2.0 via TWRP

install supersu.zip

and here it gets very tricky:

without any reboots, replace TEE1, UBOOT, and recovery to stock versions 5.2.0

The hope is to end up in 5.2.0 with root. If things fail, then booting into 5.2.0 recovery (which must be installed!!!) should give one an option to do 1) factory reset 2) downgrade to stock 4.5.3 as in here : http://xdaforums.com/fire-hd/general/how-to-downgrade-to-4-5-3-root-device-t3139351

The problem is that I don't see a way to boot into 5.2.0, and then flash GAPPS after (since your TWRP was replaced by stock recovery earlier). So one would have to install GAPPS those via something like Titanium backup if root does work.

Please, if you already had 1 warranty replacement, don't do this. And, if you replace TEE1 and UBOOT (5.2.0) but not recovery, then you won't have any way to recover.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] siegesoldier:
Yes I've used my warranty replacement so I'll be waiting until the official release before breaking my kindle again :p. How do you stop TWRP from preventing the recovery from being flashed? I noticed it gave a message about protecting itself.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] bibikalka:
Interesting, at what stage of the update did this happen? 5.2.0 file system is slightly packaged and is pain in the neck to peak into, but in 4.5.3 the recovery is updated via a pretty specific command install-recovery.sh , and I cannot find any references to this in updater-script. So I wonder at what stage will this be run. Also, there is no direct image for recovery, one has to reconstruct it as the commands below do. A bit messy ...

install-recovery.sh

#!/system/bin/sh
if ! applypatch -c EMMC:/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/recovery:5888256:6d9d1bbc4172c107db3228ed8d9f97111219c617; then
log -t recovery "Installing new recovery image"
applypatch -b /system/etc/recovery-resource.dat EMMC:/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/boot:5370112:c2c686ada1b194050a3c8f05e2102345df48e9ce EMMC:/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/recovery 6d9d1bbc4172c107db3228ed8d9f97111219c617 5888256 c2c686ada1b194050a3c8f05e2102345df48e9ce:/system/recovery-from-boot.p
else
log -t recovery "Recovery image already installed"
fi

Edit: It kind of looks like /system/etc/install-recovery.sh will be run at every boot. So I wonder if TWRP just renames it to something and calls it "protection". I guess one can double check the file system after 5.2.0 update while still in TWRP, and see what happened to recovery files.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] hawkazn:
Help

If someone can please help me. I downloaded the update to 5.0, unzipped it, replaced the updater script, but when I zip it back and try to flash it says that it failed. Am I doing something wrong.

Also, if someone has the zip file already and wouldn't mind uploading and sharing it, I would appreciate it.

Thanks for all the help.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] bibikalka:
Last time this procedure ended up with a soft brick. Are you sure you want to pursue this route?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] hawkazn:
Help

Maybe not, but if someone can help me with something else. The developer preview for the camera is extremely sharp and the 4.5.4 really isn't. Is there a way to make it crystal clear and sharp?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] bibikalka:
Meaning exactly what? It'd be possible to replace the camera app, one for another. Do you think some other system stuff is involved such as some sort of settings?

You'll have to find a way to mount the big 5.2.0 system update file as a filesystem, then you could read what's in there, including the camera stuff.