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[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] woodman:
Yeah thanks. So in the end we still don't know exactly what triggers this EFS damaged and then loss of GPS.

FYI, here is my own experience about loosing GPS while playing with different ROMs. From what I've described at that time, I think I lost GPS after flashing CM12.1.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
thanks, think mine was from nameless lollipop :good:
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] cygnusknight:
Thanks, this fixed my gps problem.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
@MaHo_66: Just used your procedure. It'd worked out perfectly and is easily to conduct.:good: Flashed your Eclipse ROM v10 first to have the service mode available.

Thank you very much for this perfect procedure.:)
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Done the same thing myself but on ripper rom its a lot easier than I remembered it the second time round :victory:

Edit: I think it's worth mentioning you can use the hardware keys as well for the back/menu Input.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] rasmt_pr0one:
Hello there everybody,

I think I have the same problem here with the GPS.. my phone is a Samsung i9305N with AICP 12.1 and I cannot really follow MaHo_66's tutorial as I still don't understand 2 things: 1st, at the point 3 which is key input button and/or how am I supposed to get that? 2nd, at point 2 the number *#0011# doesn't work on this version of Android, so does anybody know which is the combination for the AICP 12.1 version of Android?

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
I assume you had a look at the screenshots attached to the OP. There is NO key input BUTTON! If you press at the top right corner on the three perpendicular dots (which is the menu) then a dropdown list appears containing the following items "END", "Back", "Key Input", "Select", "Help" and "WiFi". Then you press "Key Input", enter the value "Q0" in the opening window and press ok.

Now to your second question: As the OP states this code really differs from ROM to ROM and is very often tough to find. If you want to perform this procedure but also to stay for that on AICP 12.1, then you must surf the web and search for the code.

In April, I had the GPS issue once while I was on Resurrection Remix, and no chance to find the code for the service mode on RR (and no ServiceModeApp(_RIL).apk installed in system/priv-app).

My solution: I flashed Eclipse ROM by MaHo_66, conducted the procedure of the OP, and reverted back to RR. As MaHo_66 published here a modem for the i9305N, I'm convinced that this ROM is going to work for your device, too.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] rasmt_pr0one:
Ok, thanks tried and it seems to work. But, unfortunately, every time I flash another not jellybean rom it loses the gps and then on a nougat phone I cannot used the procedure of MaHo_66, nor I can recover a backup up NV data. So, I have no idea of how to make the gps work again after flashing another rom, it seems to override it, somehow. Any clue?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] woodman:
Actually, I think you did the wrong way, you have to follow this:

1- Flash your favorite ROM, I assume it's AICP 12.1 > No GPS

2- Make a full Nandroid Backup of AICP 12.1

3- Go back to stock-based ROM (Eclipe ROM, AMCHA, etc.) or official stock ROM via Odin and Follow the MaHo's trick, ServiceModeApp to restore GPS > GPS now OK

4- Restore your Nandroid Backup of AICP 12.1 > GPS will be still OK

Good luck!
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
Yeah, that's certainly the right way.

Just one thing to concider: If you included EFS into the Nandroid backup, I assume you should not restore the EFS.

What's your opinion?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] woodman:
Yeah, you're probably right. It's worth a try without restoring EFS if it's included in the Nandroid. If it causes issues, then rethink the situation :)
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] rasmt_pr0one:
I didn't include the EFS, but, still, my GPS doesn't want to work.. I don't know what to do anymore. I also tried different nougat roms, but nothing to do, it only seems to work with jellybean ones. It would be great if there would be any way to follow MaHo's procedure also on nougat somehow...
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
Please describe everything you did, every step, as precisely as possible. From my point of view a prerequisite to assess the issue.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] yerman:
Many Thanks, worked, after flashing R Remix 7.1.2 gps disappeared, flashed backed to 4.4.4 and followed guide, I had to do a NV rebuild, GPS is quicker than ever.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
I reverted from RR-N-v5.8.5-final to RR-M-v5.7.4-Sammy about half a month ago, and just realised today that my device didn't take GPS fixes anymore. Since I reverted I hadn't used GPS, most likely the reason I didn't recognise the issue immediately but I immediately remembered this fix, which I already used once and reported here.

@MaHo_66: Used your procedure again, and as expected it'd worked out perfectly. Overall about only 30 minutes, then I've again been able to take my GPS fixes with RR-M-v5.7.4.

I don't intend to bore anybody here, but probably somebody is interested in my procedure:

Downloaded Eclipse-V11-i9305 via the link in the OP of [ROM][GT-I9305][TW 4.4.4][2017-04-29] Eclipse ROM V11 by MaHo_66

Booted into TWRP and took my Nandroid backup of my RR-M-v5.7.4 system (but only boot, system and data; not EFS as I didn't want to overwrite the EFS by this backup).

Wiped dalvik/ART cache, cache, system and data.

Flashed Eclipse (Remark: Eclipse also flashes a "new" modem, XXUFPE1, BTW a baseband that already gave me trouble in the past).

Booted into system.

Entered my SIM PIN, turn immediately mobile data off, did not establish a WiFi connection, no setup of the ROM at all, did not create any accounts in Eclipse - that is all not necessary to accomplish the procedure.

Followed exactly MaHo_66's procedure from the OP to enter the service mode and to make the prescribed entries.

As advertised, the i9305 auto-rebooted.

When back into system, I did not check (normally using SatStat (refer to F-Droid) for this but GPS Test from Google PS is also very good) if GPS was working because I was convinced it did.

Booted back into TWRP.

Restored my RR-M-v5.7.4-Nandroid-backup. Wiped dalvik and cache and restarted into system (Remark: Initially, I already that about flashing of modem XXUFOA1 at this stage but refrained from this).

My device was back on RR-M-v5.7.4 with AGNi v4.5.5 pure CM etc. but as expected baseband was XXUFPE1. Tested GPS with SatStat. Satellite transmissions were immediately received, meanwhile I updated AGPS data, and within less than one minute a good fix available.

However, one final remark but this issue might be related to my device, and others probably won't encounter it: Very, very briefly after I commenced using the device the screen simply froze; nothing could be done anymore. Actually, I somehow expected this behaviour due to experiences in the past.

Forced the device into TWRP and flashed modem XXUFOA1 (more precisely XXUFOA1-VD2-I9305XXUFNL1). It's the one I used before flashing of Eclipse, and it never ever made problems.

As stated, all above took less than 30 minutes (this excludes the necessary re-flash of my old modem). But more important: Overall an excellent and functionable procedure provided by MaHo_66.

Additionally, I hope that this ServiceModeApp(_RIL).apk that has to be installed in system/priv-app, otherwise we won't be able to get into Samsung's service mode, is eventually put into the respective Samsung ports of RR or - but certainly pretty selfish - to the i9305 port by @rodman01.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Jonathan_1003:
I also had the same problem then i hard reset my phone again checked my gps location here https://where-am-i.live and it worked fine.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Jonatha33n665:
My phone was showing gps location and fixed it by installing new rom.
[XDA Assist] enom6:
Some backgrounds and progressbars are black and I can't solve this

I use unoffical cm11 on galaxy S duos

1 month ago I don't have this problem then happen this

I don't want flash again rom help me

Sorry for my bad English :)
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[XDA Assist] bigrk:
Hello and thanks in advance, my question is- I'm going to change to AT&T service from T Mobile service and I want to make sure that all my t-mobile branded phones would work properly on AT&T service.

My phones:

(all network unlocked and t-mobile branded)

LG 90

Iphone 5c

Samsung Note 4

-Would my phones celluar and data networks work on the att network?

-Would my tmobile phones get new updated firmware and software when it's released if used on ATT?

-Would MMS and imessage work?

-Would visual voicemail work?

-Should I just buy ATT branded phones? I don't really want to as I have expensive phones already and would be super expensive to get all new ones.

-Is there anything else I should know before transferring service?

Any suggestions or info is appreciated.
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[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mordrukk:
I'm on Verizon, rooted and unlocked, currently running LMY47Z. I just got an OTA alert for an android system update - is it LMY48I?

I'm looking for confirmation since it seems to have the same version number as LMY47Z (5.1.1). Thanks!

EDIT: I flashed LMY48I through fastboot and it works fine. Apparently the only fix is for that MMS exploit, nothing major.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prdog1:
Probably not but if you are rooted don't matter. Can't flash the update.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blueyes:
You can flash the radio and bootloader(firmware only), if you want I, and then you'll be on LMY47I. If your on a custom ROM then your system is whatever build they want to label it. Data,recovery and boot are not necessary. I updated from E to Z by simply flashing radio and bootloader in twrp.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JPMontana:
Hi... I'm in the same boat, sort of. I have LMY47D.

I just discovered the link on Google to the OTA for the Nexus 6 to get to LMY48I. But the link text said "shamu LMY48I from LMY47Z." I guess what I really need is "shamu LMY48I from LMY47D" but something tells me that will never exist. So my question is, can I just apply the LMY47Z to LMY48I OTA via sideload? I know how to do it with the Nexus Root Toolkit.

Any advice would be appreciated!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
radio and bootloader do not get you an update, system is what gets you the actual update. and you didnt mention it anywhere.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blueyes:
I was referring to being on a custom ROM, I'm on blisspop for ex., I update w just firmware. My system is updated w ROM. Data,cache are null. And I did tell him since he's on stock he Does need system.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
ah, i see what youre doing there. my bad.. :o
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mordrukk:
Flashed to LMY48I, no issues so far for those who are wondering.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JPMontana:
Good to know. I'm wanting to flash to it as well...but regarding my previous post, do you or anyone else know if I'm on LMY47D if it's safe to use the "shamu LMY48I from LMY47Z" OTA file? I'm not LMY47Z, I'm on LMY47D.

Thanks
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mordrukk:
It's most likely fine to go from LMY47D to LMY48I, since flashing the system.img file overwrites the entirety of the OS (note: I only ever flash boot.img, system.img and the radios). Though if you're cautious, take a look at the list on the nexus image site, and try flashing from LMY47D to LMY47Z, then to LMY48I.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JPMontana:
Thank you for the response... the Nexus images are full images, so I could (should?) probably just flash the entire LMY48I image.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jj14:
No. The OTA file will not work if your phone is on LMY47D, and your OTA file expects LMY47Z

Edit: See http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/general/ref-nexus-6-stock-ota-urls-t2906493 - there is an OTA link in the first post that will get you from LMY47D to LMY47Z, and there is another OTA link there that will then take you from LMY47Z to LMY48I

If using the factory images, no need to jump thru' multiple images. Just pick the right image that you want and flash it.
[XDA Assist] Harmonised:
When I boot my phone I have above 1000mb of ram, then some apps start running and etc, it drops to like 700mb and stays for some time but sometimes it drops to 200mb or less for no reason and my phone starts overheating and only a reboot helps, battery goes down very fast but nothing is using it too much
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[Xperia Z4/Z3+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnderIII:
So I haven't turned my device off since I got it until a few days ago.

When I did so I left it in an air conditioned room, it was cold to the touch. When I booted it back up I had screen corruption down the whole right side of the scrern. Looks like dead or corrupt pixels.

When it warmed up after a few hours of use, the weird pixels gradually went away.

There is no way to fix this besides warrentying it, correct? Will Sony actually replace this without giving me trouble?
[Xperia Z4/Z3+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schecter7:
How about some pictures? You could also run a service test on display by dialing *#*#SERVICE#*#*
[XDA Assist] pleasehelpfreeworld:
a promblem occured after rooting and i used a freedom app and it competely broke playstore so i factory ressested and now cant get past checking connection on startup screen
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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @Bill_Dollar:
So, I found this launcher and I think it would be great for the Ouya, but I need to edit the build.prop or the smali so that the launcher passes checks.

I think one check is for screen density and the other I am not sure.

Here's a link to the launcher apk, decomiled and a logcat of it crashing on werty100's most recent build:

http://d-h.st/Uddp[1]

If any of you could help me figure out what this app is trying to do I would appreciate it. This would make a much cleaner interface for our ouyas running CM11.

Here is a link to the original forum I found the launcher on. It is called SunUI and was shipped in some test builds for rockchip sticks so far as I could tell>

http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-support/rk3288-devices/17935-tv-box-launchers-rk3288[2]

Thanks again and if I might be more successful in another sub, let me know.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Joshwaaa:
I was looking for a way to edit a TWRP backup. Basically doing a debloat on it. To where it would just contain my apps and data I installed not all the samsung apps and all the other stuff that does not need to be backed up. I have seen where you can unpack the backup on a computer but I would not know what would be safe to delete. Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Soooperstar:
Why not run it and debloat? I have a zip file that will strip it down
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Joshwaaa:
You have a program that will debloat a TWRP backup? I am trying to make the size of the TWRP smaller and take out the junk. I know I can wipe the phone and install a new rom then use TiBu to just install the apps and data I want but seems silly to have a 3.5GB file siting on my phone when I only need 500-600MB of it.

Edit: Are you talking about Galaxy Cleaner.zip?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Soooperstar:
That and just go in the system and take out whatever you want
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Joshwaaa:
Yea but that doesn't reduce the size of my backup sitting on my phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Soooperstar:
Well the backup is the same as whatever you're running. The system it self is huge. Same stuff you pull from a nandroid is the same stuff you're running so decide what you don't want and roll with that. I've opened the tar file and pulled the system. Best thing you can do is zip your backup if you need space
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Joshwaaa:
If I want to pay some one to make this program for me where would you suggest I ask. I think it would be a great thing for users with small amounts of storage space.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Soooperstar:
Question? When you make you backups do you enable compression?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Joshwaaa:
No I do not. Also I found a way to edit them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Soooperstar:
Thats your problem. You can pretty much cut the size in half without editing anything. Backup up and restore time is a little more but not significant. Try it out you can save a lot of space
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Joshwaaa:
I have tried but for the number of times I flash a day I would rather deal with the size than time. I am scared to see what my flash counter is on my phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Soooperstar:
Lol Gotcha...... I only see maybe an extra 5 mins when flashing a large backup. I have your ROM backed up for a quick boot for Android pay because it seems to work on your rom, thanks BTW for how light it is. So I can flash back and forth pretty quickly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Joshwaaa:
Thanks. Glad you like it. Yea Android pay works for me too, I was happy about that. I think it looks at some framework files as well as root. I have another ROM in the works it's and odexed and even faster than my current ROM. Still having problems to get it to Flash in TWRP by a zip though. It's an OI1 Rom and they changed something that I have not figured out yet.

I carry 3 ROM's on my phone Wicked 3.1 super debloat, Wicked Ram hybrid, and OI1 Super Odex.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] MindTrix:
and the way to edit them is.........?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Joshwaaa:
Disable md5 when you make the backup as it will not work if you edit it. Then use copy to combine the files then edit with 7zip.
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] Aldoir:
When sending a picture directly from Camera application, it always use the Outlook account. I would like to setup a default account. Is it possible?
[XDA Assist] XDA Visitor:
i have acer liquid E 700 with android 4.4.2 how to upgrade to android lollipop 5.0?
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[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yaksh123:
Hey all this is my first post on XDA.

So I was trying to unroot and relock my nexus 6 so i decided to replace the build.prop that i have edited with a copy of the original build.prop i had saved on my phone. I used root browser to do this. after I did this I restarted my phone and all I would get is a black screen with google in white and an unlocked lock. it will not boot back up.

My phone will go into recovery mode and that about all i can tell you.

I would truly appreciate your help.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
If your bootloader is unlocked, you can fastboot flash the stock factory image.

Or, if you have TWRP Recovery (I sure hope so, since you were modifying the build.prop) you can connect to your PC while in recovery, then transfer a custom ROM .zip from your PC to your SDcard. Then flash it in recovery.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rogue_Blade:
I had the same thing happen, all you need to do is flash the system image only. Luckily you don't need to flash userdata. Still looking for a way to enable tethering.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
you do realize that when you edit your build.prop, if you edit to something that doesnt support the n6 or you make a spelling error somewhere, then most likely it will not boot? anyways, the easy way around this is before you edit your build.prop, make a nandroid backup in recovery. so that when you mess up, it won't be a pain in the butt to get everything back.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rogue_Blade:
This was a method to enable tethering under 5.1, but they've done something to disable it in 5.1.1.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
no, its still the way to enable FREE tethering, as long as it is all entered in correctly, it still works. but for tethering, you dont need to do anything, it works straight out of the box.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
Nope, not for me on LMY48I stock, unrooted. WiFi hotspot won't even turn on with 48I, for me. AT&T family share plan (which includes WiFi hotspot). But USB tethering does still work.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
in your apn, try changing the IPv6 to IPv4 instead, that should fix the tethering issue(not free tethering, just wireless tethering).
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
Thanks. But it is IPv4. Standard AT&T "nextgenphone" APN.

Doesn't really matter for me, since I rarely use tethering. But other users may benefit.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
oh, for tmo ipv6 is standard. and sometimes wireless tether doesnt work, until tmobilers change it to ipv4.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rogue_Blade:
As reported many times in numerous locations it doesn't work. If you have a way it does please share.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
well, i just shared, and he tried, said it didnt work. but, it works for tmobile users. its changing the IPv6 in your apn, to a IPv4.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ray6279:
No Joy No Tether

Thanks. I deleted and changed this back to original before I shut down. Having fits trying to get wireless wifi tether from this new Nexus 6 5.1.1. Rooted with CM 12.1. Have yet to find tether? No joy
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
tether is normally in main settings, more.. is it not in cm?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prdog1:
CM strikes again. LMAO :p:cool:
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alryder:
On LMY48I stock WiFi hotspot works great for me. I also have a AT&T family share plan and I connect my tablet to the WiFi hotspot quite frequently.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
Working now, here too.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ray6279:
wifi tether unable to open log-file

Am new at this and in uncharted territory. I rooted my new Google Nexus 6 using the WugFresh, Nexus Root Toolkit 2.0.4, Root program downloaded. Also downloaded Busybox, ES File Explorer, Superuser, TWRP, Root Browser. I fail to understand which one gives me root control. Also loaded Cyanogen Mod 12.1 nightly build as a ROM. Also downloaded Wifi Tether 3.4 Experimental 1-07202013 which has worked in my old rooted Galaxy Nexus since 2013, and previous versions since 2011.

I'm thinking I am in over my head as I attempt to deal with a new system, Lollipop, and now Marshmallow 5.1.1 and new phone Nexus 6 and older tether program? Can you suggest or recommend a ROM with perhaps more compatibility and ease of tethering? Wife and I live deep in country and our phone tether only access we have over Verizon with the repeater.

Ray