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[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spinaldex:
Just so I'm sure I have this down, the steps you are recommending (which I can get further detail on in other posts) are:

Downgrade Bootloader (to 4.2.2)

Install TWRP v2.7.0.1

Upgrade to TWRP v2.8.7.0

Now, you indicate that there's a conflict in the versions of the bootloader required when using the official roms. There's a bunch of other roms available I saw in development, so couldn't I switch to a different one instead? From your experience, have you seen any major issues with the other ROMs for the Verizon device? For example, if I was unable to connect to the Verizon network afterwards ... that would be a major issue for me. But, if that'll work, then I have absolutely no issue running a custom ROM.

Thanks!
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spinaldex:
I'm working on downgrading to 4.2.2 now. I have LOADS of confusion on how to install TWRP 2.7 though ... there's some posts that say what method you want to use is based on if you are using KitKat or Lollipop bootloader, and I'm using the LG Support Tool reflash, so I have no idea what version of the OS I'm about to flash lol.

Now, with that said, you mentioned that a caveat to using the official OS is the need for a matching bootloader. Are there any unofficial OS that still work on mobile data? Just curious as that would work perfectly for my situation then.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Correct.

There are three variants of the LG G Pad 8.3, our VK810.4G, the WiFi only V500 and the WiFi only Google Play Edition V510. You can only use custom recoveries, ROMs etc made for the VK810.4G.

As far as in aware, there's only three ROMs for our VK810.4G:

1. Official stock LG, including my ROM.

2. CM11

3. CM12.1

Mobile data and some other things including GPS and maybe bluetooth don't work on the CM ROMs yet, that's what [MENTION=2385005]invisiblek[/MENTION] 's trying to fix whenever he has spare time to do so.

The only threads or instructions you'll use are ones that specify they're for the VK810. If they don't say that, they're for a different variant. All the ROM and aboot and TWRP threads for our device have VK810 in the thread title from what I remember.

No, unfortunately, not yet.

[VK810.4G] [altev] [ViKtory810ROM] official LG G Pad 8.3 Lollipop 36B_00 5.0.2

[VK810.4G] [altev] official LG G Pad 8.3 Lollipop 36B_00 5.0.2

DEBLOAT SCRIPTS

and copies of all the files they remove

[VK810.4G] [altev] OTAs, .IMGs and KDZs, oh my
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spinaldex:
I tried for 2 hours to find a working method to get a different bootloader to flash and had zero luck. Any suggestion on a working set of instructions ?
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roirraW "edor" ehT:
In my section on Android File Host I have a copy of the 4.2.2 bootloader with instructions, or at least the text you have to copy and paste into a terminal session with superuser access.

[VK810.4G] [altev] [ViKtory810ROM] official LG G Pad 8.3 Lollipop 36B_00 5.0.2

[VK810.4G] [altev] official LG G Pad 8.3 Lollipop 36B_00 5.0.2

DEBLOAT SCRIPTS

and copies of all the files they remove

[VK810.4G] [altev] OTAs, .IMGs and KDZs, oh my
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] panxer:
Towards the end of last year, I ended up upgrading to the Motorola Droid Turbo due to the new features and a good spec phone. The biggest drawback that I have with this phone compared to my old Galaxy Nexus is the openness or lack of rooting capabilities. My main question is given the specs of the 5x, 6p and Droid Turbo...is it really worth me upgrading to a new phone (minus the rooting portion)? I feel like the 5x is underspec'ed in comparison with small features such as the camera and the 6p seems overly large for my pocket/everyday use. Any thoughts?
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpasilliumNexus:
Every few days my phone gets signed out of Google and Moto ID, and I get notifications to sign back in to them. I look at my sign in history on Google and I see nothing suspicious, nor any sign in attempts anywhere.

This is what I'm referring to:

I'm starting to suspect that there is an issue with this phone randomly losing settings because when I go to watch a video in Chrome, sometimes I get the popup asking if I want to play it in Chrome or with MX Player, even though I chose "always" play with MX Player.

I've even restored my phone using the factory image, and a few days later it started happening again.

Has anyone else been through this problem?
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] napes22:
So I recently completed the whole Oneplus tech help song and dance (answered a ton of questions, did the remote session with L2 support, wiped phone, etc). Now I'm schedule for an RMA for my Oneplus 2 - the phone gets sent out tomorrow.

Has anyone RMA'd their OnePlus 2 and received one without a home button issue (grounding issue)? I'm debating not opening the RMA'd device and ordering a Nexus 6P, but really want to give Oneplus a chance. So I was wondering what other peoples' experiences were.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] bdraulston:
I've read so many different things and many seem to contradict each other. Verizon customer service was not any help.....not as in they told me something I did not want to hear, but rather they had no idea what I was talking about.

I have two lines. One, UDP, Note 4. The other, non-UDP, Note 2.

One would be considered work, the Note 2, and the other personal.

I switch Sims occasionally if it is needed. Works fine.

I want to upgrade the Note 2 to a Note 5 with the divice payment plan.

Will I still be able to switch divices? I know the Sims are different size, so could I do a simple "switch divices" divices at My Verizon as they are on the same account?

Could I get two new Sim cards every time I swap?

Would the only option be to trim the Sims and use adapters when swapping. (Two nano Sims and one adapter when used in the Note 4.)

Thank you very much for any help or information.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] pj1980:
You should use a sim adapter otherwise you're going to need a stack of sim cards so you can swap as you wish. Swapping sims with the note 4 and note 5 should not make a difference at all being the payment plan is tied to your phone number, not the phone. The only possible issue I've read about over on the Moto X Pure forum are some people saying they lose their $15 or $25 line discount for having an installment plan on your line when they switch to a phone other than the one they are paying off with an installment plan, so I would ask Verizon about that and call twice because honestly half the customer service reps have NO clue what they are talking about and some of them lie to customers saying you need to lose your unlimited data to solve an issue you are having. Btw if you haven't done this already, make sure to tell cs you want your monthly line discount on your UDP line because it's out of contract and get your $15 or $25 line discount for that. Other than the potential issue I mentioned I don't see any reason you cannot swap sims and use each phone as you want.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vykrom0d:
Hi,

Some of you may recognize this issue, and I apologize if I annoy some people by making this thread, but I'm really running out of options.

I own Xperia Play r800i. It's rooted, but bootloader is locked, preventing me from installing any custom roms. Unfortunately, official unlock is not possible with this phone, as service menu has the infamous "Bootloader Unlock Allowed: No" setting and I have no clue how to get rid of it.

One major problem is the amount of confusion and disinformation running amok in the internet. Depending on where you look for info, you will get answers wildly varied. Some people will say it's possible, some say it's not, some say there's a program that can do it automatically for you, others will say that the whole thing is outright impossible and suggest buying a new phone. Some say Sony can do it, for free, others will send you on your way to mobile operator, who can unlock it for a fee.

I also heard about the "testpoint method", which involves pressing a paperclip on the dots on the inside of your phone and then connect it to the wire or something... and attach it to the battery? Or terminal? I'm a bit confused about this thing. The only guide I found (on XDA) is a bit inprecise and one of the pictures is missing.

While researching, I found a site with a tool that supposedly can unlock Bootloader in this case. It's here: "bootloader-unlock-allowed-no-solution.blogspot.com". People behind it claim that it works with cases like mine. To be honest, something is not right here, and I feel it may be a scam. Of course, internet remains silent about this site.

The questions and answers on this very forum covers this case and suggests contacting member "Alejandrissimo", who can supposedly solve this issue for a fee. I've tried to contact him via email and have yet to receive a sign of life from him. Additionally, his site mentioned in the topic appears to be dead.

Please help me. I'm running out of ideas. I'm prepared to pay if I have to, and the last thing I'd wanna do is to abandon this phone because I can't unlock it. I fell in love with XPlay, but deficit of power and its extremely sluggish and outdated stock rom are a very major issue here.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vykrom0d:
Alright, problem solved. I'll post it for anybody facing similar problems in the future.

First off, from what I learned, the site "bootloader-unlock-allowed-no-solution.blogspot.com" appears to be a scam. Don't bother going there - it's not gonna help.

Many people from various forums point to "Alejandrissimo" member of this forum, and supposedly, he can unlock bootloader in this situation over the internet, if you pay him. At this point I still got no reply from him, after attempting to contact him by e-mail, XDA forum private message, or even Google Hangouts.

Running out of ideas, I decided to contact local GSM repair centers, and I found one which said they can try unlocking it. For a very small fee (translating to something like less than 15$) and after an hour of attempting various methods, the guy at the repair center finally managed to unlock bootloader on my phone with testpoint method and the X Unlock program. The settting at the service menu changed to "Bootloader Unlock Allowed: Yes" and I've succesfully connected the phone to PC in fastboot and bootloader modes (green LED and blue LED respectively).

Case solved. Thread can be locked.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psxpetey:
The testpoint method or the s1tool method as its properly called is the easiest method. Why does this work? Well in the Xperia 2011 and all phones there is a peice of code called a flag this flag checks bootloader unlock allowed no. 2011 Xperia have a point in the battery are which if connected to ground will temporarily remove this flag. Which will allow you to flash custom firmware in the form of ftf after the but custom firmware is only in. . Img? No LoOpy made a thread containing most firmwares in. Ftf so they can be flashed. X Unlock will unlock everything completely if you do s1 on Xperia play. Wonder if this works with r800x. Anyway there are actually MANY MANY MANY many threads on this subject but it is always nice to have more as looking through old fossilized threads is so annoying Alejandrissimo has been a dead member since 2013 no idea where's he's gotten do but he clearly doesn't do anything XDA related anymore almost none of the devs in 2011 will grace got with an answer for whatever reason. Either they've been annoyed to death with repetitive questions or they just got tired of it either way here's a list

Bin4ry will sometimes answer

Alejandrissimo never

Condi yes but just to say hi

Blagus no

Doomlord almost never and if he does it will be in yes or no fashion extremely curt or irritated.

Androxyde never not even on Twitter

The maker of s1tool will sometimes answer.

Very annoying but anyway that's how she goes, sometimes she goes sometimes she doesn't cause that's the way she goes bubbles
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vykrom0d:
Thanks for your reply. Well, first off, from what I've learned, s1tool would not work at all with this case. It only works with "Bootloader Unlock Allowed: Yes" from what I know.

Don't know about other phones, but for owners of r800i (or just anything else equipped with test points) facing similar problem I had - unless you own X Unlock or SETool2, just bring your phone to a GSM repair service and ask them to unlock it for you - it's the most surefire way, and this kind of service should be very cheap. Be careful though - make sure those guys know what you're talking about and they know what they are doing, as this is a very obscure and rare problem.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psxpetey:
You are very incorrect my freind. S1tool is a small subset of setool. It's SPECIFIC PURPOSE is to unlock bootloader allowed: no phones that's what it does. Using the testpoint temporarily removes the bootloader unlock allowed no flag and allows you to unlock the bootloader. Which is what I explained and you failed to understand for some reason. The bootloader status will still say no but it will be unlocked on 2011 phones before 12w31days. The advantage of s1tool is that it preserves drm by having the phone say bootloader unlock allowed no while still being unlocked. If your a noob like yourself than taking it to a service is a good idea if there is one around.

It's how I unlocked my first Android phone, the play and a few others. Your way of doing it is all well and good if there is someone who does this service in your area.

Services like xunlocker are garbage and often freeze and take your money then when you ask for a refund they are more silent then death. Setool if you want to do it yourself will cost 100$ dollars as that is how much the hardware costs. This problem is also not rare as ALL network locked phones will not allow you to unlock the bootloader. However once you have paid for the phone in full you can take it to the store and they will network unlock it for 50$ you can also at the same time have a technician unlock the bootloader which is by far the easiest way to have this done.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xervils:
I don't know how different the GSM variants are, but four out of the six r800x units I've owned (All four are Verizon branded) all reported the bootlocker unlock status as "No" yet they all were unlockable after running fastboot with the command the Sony Mobile site generated.

One of them I thought was actually being truthful since I couldn't get it to unlock on the first attempt, but realized it was due to accidentally entering a lower case hex digit in the MEID on the Sony web form (Bad coding on their part: case should be irrelevant for hexadecimal). Once I ran it with all caps the generated code unlocked it fine.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koftheworld:
Has anyone gotten Minecraft to work? I've tried side loading from both my phone and tablet, but after the app opens it crashes my shield.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koftheworld:
Not sure what your point is here. Is it compatible with the shield TV now? I can't find anyone who has been successful.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ticklemelee:
hey sorry I'm sure this has been covered but I've been trying to root my new phone for the past 15+ hours and after installing Android revolution HD one 92.04a9 through Team Win Recovery project v2.6.3.0 it now keeps restarting in recovery and then takes me to Recovery project after a htc logo screen.

This is the first time I have attempted to root a phone and I'm a noob evidently so please go easy on me. (all I wanted was to hook up my bluetooth controller so I can play FF7 with more ease) any help would be greatly appreciated as I've just moved from London to the middle of nowhere and I'm bored out of my mind without my beloved HTC

Thanks a lot Mr. Tickles
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htcwan:
I am so frustrated with general support of HTC. I am trying to get in touch with service for two months and no luck. My next phone won't be HTC for sure, I know.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D_Angelos:
Try factory reset from twrp recovery and the flash again. Also you can try to download the zip of the ROM again to be sure it is downloaded correctly and try change the twrp version.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] istribo:
You are using an older version of twrp. Try updating it first to the latest version and try flashing your rom again

Get the latest one here

https://dl.twrp.me/m7/
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ticklemelee:
But how do I do that if my phone wont appear in my computer any more?

Its 100% connected to my computer though because its appearing in devices printers but under the name android 1.0
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D_Angelos:
You cannot enter in fastboot mode? If you can, then you flash recovery via fastboot
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
[MENTION=6286298]istribo[/MENTION] is right, to flash arhd you need at least twrp 2.6.3.3 or newer (latest version is 2.8.7.0) To update your recovery, make sure you have HTC drivers installed on your computer and also uninstall htc sync if its installed (but do not uninstall the drivers). Download your new twrp .img file from the link istribo posted above, save it in the same folder where you have adb and fastboot installed on your computer. Reboot your phone in bootloader / fastboot usb mode. Open a terminal window from your adb/fastboot folder and use these commands to flash the recovery:

fastboot flash recovery name_of_file.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader

Then reboot in recovery and flash arhd.

Note that you should also have a 7.xx.xxx.x firmware installed on your phone if flashing Android 5.0.2 Sense roms. You can know your firmware version with the command "fastboot getvar version-main"
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ticklemelee:
My phone wont appear in my computer so how am I supposed to copy over the files...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ticklemelee:
sorry guys I'm going to need a step by step guide made for an idiot lol
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D_Angelos:
If you press power button and volume down button it gets you into recovery. Then u choose fastboot and the you do what alray said.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ticklemelee:
right so the fact my phone wont appear in my computer doesn't matter then?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ticklemelee:
Okay sorry for being silly I've just read that properly. Problem is when I got to install adb/fast boot it says something like incorrect parameter 'sheppard'
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
Download the sdk tools here (fastboot and adb): https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#Other

Download and install HTC drivers: http://www.mediafire.com/download/k7trah995whrw0d/HTC-Mobile-Driver_v4.16.0.001.exe

Connect your phone to a USB 2 port directly from your computer (no external usb hub, better to use back ports, not front ports)

Reboot your phone in bootloader mode by holding power and volume down. When in bootloader, make sure you see the red "fastboot usb" caption, if not select the "fastboot" option using the vol up/down and power key to enter. Once "fastboot" option is selected, make sure you now see the red "fastboot usb" caption.

Open a terminal window from your sdk tools folder

Type "fastboot getvar all" without the quotes en hit enter

copy paste the output here so we can see it (but do not post your IMEI/Serialno)

Then update your twrp:

fastboot flash recovery name_of_file.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ticklemelee:
Sorry I forgot to say I got my phone all working and rooted! Thank you all so much for your help! wouldn't of done it without you guys.
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brutes7:
Hi everyone I need some help about gaming on my new phone. I was checking some gameplay videos from HTC M9 running Ravensword Shadowlands and it runs great but on my M9 I can feel the stuttering a lot. Many other games like Gangstar Vegas have some stutter and I'm afraid that it might be the problem with my phone. I made sure no background apps were running and that power saver was turned off. Can someone help me? Or tell me if those games are just not optimized well? Is there some app that can test my phone processor and graphic if it's ok? Thanks in advance
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xunus:
As for Ravensword Shadowlands It already stated that its optimized for Nvidia Tegra 3. Gangstar Vegas i'm not really sure but games like UNKILLED and Godfire have very smooth gameplay experience.
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brutes7:
So it's not the problem with my phone? Thanks in advance
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Shaka_60hp:
does upgrading a cingular 8125 to WM6 worth it?

What are the diferences that you get?

Dont you loose some performance upgrading to WM6 on cingular 8125?

Thanks
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] ajmeneses:
I've only updated a couple of days ago, and tried out 3 or 4 diferente ROM's.

I can tell you that the performance is great, better than using WM5.

The rest, you can choose, and try.

Only then can you see if it's worth.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] newbie2:
I've been running WM6 ROMs on my 8125 ever since the first one was leaked here on xda. I can tell you -- without a doubt -- there's NO WAY I'd ever go back to WM5.

The device is MUCH more responsive and snappier than it was with WM5. I can't think of more than a couple of times in the past 4 months that I've had it freeze up or hang when running apps.

There's plenty of WM6 ROMs in the Wizard Mobile 6 forum. Just take a look at each one and see what it has to offer. No one particular ROM will satisfy everybody, as each person has their own likes and dislikes. Just read the entire thread for the ROMs you're considering to see if it's the one for you. :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Solon:
I upgraded to WM6 and shortly after: Back again to WM5.

I think you don't really need WM6 because there are only little improvements to WM5. The Speed-up is the same as after a normal Hard-Reset, what is often said here is maybe a "feeled" speed up, it's everything but objective.

What you get from the "cooked" WM6 versions, you can find here, is a different software equipment, which in some cases really can be interesting. But if you really need some, you can install it on your WM5 aswell.

I think you should try and decide by yourself. It's the only way to get a good answer.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Thespus2002:
I also was running WM6 and am now going back to 5. It was nice, but I had a lot of missed calls as well as bluetooth problems. Try it out for yourself and see if you like it.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] brooks.nl:
wm6

just like newbie I'm using wm6 since then.

only went back one time to wm5 cause i messed up my wizard and wanted to start from scratch.

the speed is tremendously faster than with wm5

about the mentioned missed calls, did not occur to me as yet.
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tele_jas:
So I noticed when I was typing a text a few minutes ago, my typing *clicks* were REALLY loud...... I finished and hit send. When I replied, my typing *clicks* were a whole lot softer (no, my finger wasn't over the speaker) ;)

I turned it up and down a couple times and never got it to be as loud as it was before..... I thought I noticed this earlier too? I was playing music and it was really loud, then later on the same song it wasn't near as loud (out of the speaker). I hadn't changed anything in between either.

Has anyone else experienced or noticed this?
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juniordistefano:
i had that sensation with spotify songs... i don't know why