yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
Installing a custom recovery will not affect your OS or any settings (as long as the recovery version is compatible with your phone and update). It is installed in a different partition than where the OS resides. It will not let you install official OTA zips. It is only for installing files not directly signed with Samsung's special key. When you do a nandroid backup, it will give you options on which parts of the phone you would like to backup. The important ones are boot, system, data, and EFS (though this is not typically needed when you restore, just as a precaution because it holds important data and settings of your IMEI and such - only restore if needed). Boot is the kernel, which controls many drivers for stuff like wifi, BT, CPU and GPU processes as well as others. System contains preloaded software, as in if you just restored boot and system, it would be like you factory reset the device and would need to setup your accounts and settings. Data is the apps, data, settings you have changed or added. A factory reset in the stock recovery would also wipe your /data/media storage which your phone sees as your internal storage. TWRP allows a factory reset that skips this so you will not lose the stuff you have accumulated on the phone such as pictures, music, downloads, etc.

The reason that when you are using TWRP Manager to install the recovery and reboot to it and it is still stock is probably due to the system has a script built in that notices if you change the recovery and will rewrite the stock recovery back to it upon rebooting. You can avoid this by renaming the script with a root enabled file browser. You will find this script in /system/etc/install-recovery.sh (or something similar). Just rename it to something like install-recovery.sh.bak.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tiribulus:
You sir, are one patient and helpful man :) I very much appreciate your suffering through my whining. Interestingly, the boot loop just stopped in it's own and now I have the TWRP interface in place of the stock menu where the option was to wipe the cache partition.

Does this THIS mean I have a custom recovery now? Meaning, a different restore image than the one that came with the phone? Or does this now let me install that?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tiribulus:
About this....

You were saying up HERE that if I run this update with smart switch I would lose root, but if I use TWRP to do it, I won't? Is that right? Thanks again.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
This should mean that the recovery is installed. You can verify by using the app to boot to recovery or via powering the phone on by holding the Power, Volume Up, and Home buttons together as you restart. You should notice a recovery booting message in the top left and then you can let go of the buttons. Once there, you should perform a backup of the boot, system, and data partitions. If you have an EFS option, I would back that up too for safe keeping. It's rare that it would get corrupted, but best to have a backup just in cause.

If you update via Smart Switch, you will definitely lose root, as well as TWRP. Most likely, a developer has posted a rooted version of the update that you can use TWRP to install.

So I was looking into this a little closer for you and realized that the preferred method of updating and rooting the update you are trying to get involves using Odin to install the full update package, then reflashing TWRP, and using a newer version of the kernel to root. However, from some of the user comments about it, it seems like it might be better to wait till Samsung has released the source code of the kernel for the OI1 update. The kernels based on the slightly older 5.1.1 builds will work, but some people were experiencing random issues such as reboots or other oddities. I don't think OI1 has anything in it that would be worth losing root over or possibly having things run oddly. The alternative would be to update via a rom like this http://xdaforums.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/development/ram9200-ofe-rom-thread-v3-5-1-1-t3173417
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tiribulus:
What is OI1?

Is that the UPDATEthat smartswitch is telling me is ready?

I'm inclined to leave it alone for now unless there is a fairly painless way to get this update. The only thing I lost when I rooted it was my saved wifi connections. I'm not ready to reconfigure all this unless it is a really important update.

Your help is greatly appreciated as usual.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
Yes, OI1 is the update. Typically here on the forum, the Build Number of the software is noted by the last 3 numbers and letters of it to make it easier to reference. The update is specifically for Samsung Pay. If you don't plan on using it, or not at the moment, then no point to updating unless you're having issues or are obsessed with having the latest version installed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tiribulus:
Believe me friend if I had some money to give you I would. If it weren't for my 10 year anniversary with Sprint, I wouldn't even have this phone. You have been enormously helpful.

BTW, where did you find out what that update was about? Also, the TWRP recovery partition is unbelievably better and more useful than the stock one. Very cool indeed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
No problem. I like to help. This is a confusing world. It's nice to have someone point you in the right direction. :)

I just googled the update number and changelog and saw some forum members were talking about the update. Often times your carrier will have info on it on their site as well.

And yes, TWRP is awesome!
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slingy90:
now that audio via headphones are possible....does that mean that a bluetooth speaker be connected?

cheers
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirk@moabit:
Yes, works fine for me!

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 7 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tricks25:
Im just asking out of curiosity.

Ive had the exynos note 4 and now the s6 (edge).

Ive used numerous cpu spy apps and never i saw any app record the frequency of our device pass 1.5ghz.

So, is our device locked only at 1.5ghz max or just that all cpu spy apps cant detect pass 1.5ghz of the exynos octa core? Or maybe any other reasons?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
The app. it only records the a53 cluster and not the a57.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] Dewaynelives:
CAN YOU FIX BLACKLISTED IMEI? I was looking for in so on blacklisted devices and how to use on different networks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] meraz9000:
is the imei marked as blocked or lost/stolen
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] pitbullmommy45245:
I have this same exact question. I have one but it was blacklisted due to non-payment. T Mobile isn't working with me with paying it off. Its unlocked and working on att now but my account was canceled last week. I'm so worried that I'm going to get 2 months down the road and its going to stop working. Does anyone have experience or know if this will happen?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] Kevin36:
I have one also i bought it for $500 and the phone was put on hold because previous owner did not pay it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] Dewaynelives:
Yes the imei is not blacklisted i was just wondering is I had to do the imei unlock and fix to use on a different network
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] Dewaynelives:
Have u tried it on att
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] crowlaw:
From what I understand, if a phone's imei is blacklisted on a US carrier, it will not work on any of the other US carriers.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] cristianini:
Bad Imei

Imeifix.com
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] dgm0389:
From my experience, I have a tmobile unlocked s6 edge plus blacklisted working with cricket (att)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] Ccbrown1:
Did the imei repair work
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] solidus636:
i can fix it, I'm a respected mobile repair shop in San Jose, if you want it repaired, you can send payment on paypal, and get it done only $45!!!

dm me
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] kevinblack215:
same issue but with T-mobile I need some help if any of you have the solution.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] No LoGiC:
Almost 2 years ago if your phone blacklisted on T-Mobile it will work on AT&T and other carriers, now they have something like network agreement or shared database, so if th ephone get blacklisted on T-Mobile it will go bad on all within few weeks/days/months.

Now the other thing which is fixing/repairing imei on ebay it's kinda crazy because they use public certificates, which means the same imei shared/used on 100 + phone so when it get stolen/blacklisted you need to buy the service again.

the imei repair starts at $25.00 up to $99.00 depends on model and who doing and they willing to use private cert of public one.

you can use imeidata.net to check your imei blacklisted on which company and clear on which one, because swappa and other sites doesn't give you details about it.

at last there is other solutions without going through all the above and they cost less than repairing your imei such us unbarred & imei cleaning:)

otherwise if you still wanna repair it or check i could help with providing cheap solutions.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] hd088:
hello guys if you have tmobile samsung galaxy s6 edge or galaxy s6 and phone imei is blocked i will buy and give you top dollars cash today hit me up please
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] ibawon:
Hi can you fix, OnePlus 7 pro TMobile blocked imei
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gerson Carranza:
HELP HARD BRICKED my LG G4

At the time I did and ended Downgrade process seemed that all ends well but the device was turned off and no longer enciendio not give anything the PC screen or only recognizes the device as QHSUSB_BULK to find and install the drivers recognize the device with the name Qualcomm HS-USB QLoader 9008 (COM13):crying::crying::crying:

Thanks for taking the time to read the post and I hope you are taking the time to read this, and you can help me solve this brick on my lg g4:good:

any solution? :crying:
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rick09:
As far as I know there is no fix if you attempted to downgrade your bootstack...sorry. There is a bold lettered post warning not to attempt a downgrade. Hopefully you can get a replacement through your carrier but they may deny it if they can figure out what you did.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gerson Carranza:
it is not known whether there will be any solution as lg LG G2 or G4?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Barsky:
I sent mine in to LG repair and about a week later got it back fixed and flashed to 81110N under warranty.

Took about 8 days total.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] One Twelve:
Bingo! there is no such thing as a hard brick if you got the right equipment.

How much did they charge to repair it ?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Barsky:
Under warranty = No Charge :)

(or at least did in this case)
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sfkn2:
Just tell tmo to send you a replacement under warranty for $20. They'll pay for shipping both ways.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Barsky:
I had not heard of that service. Nice.

But, I actually wanted my particular phone back. I don't have any of the problems some others have reported with wonky screens, messed up batteries, wifi issues or whatever some folks have experienced and I did not want a refurb nor even take a chance with another new unit. If I experienced any of these issues, I'd have been all over this for the quick turnaround.

Also, I bought mine outright and am a prepaid customer. TMO's official answer to our service requests is: Suck a big pink ****...go to lg :(
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] One Twelve:
Yeah but don't they check the device and discover you just voided your warranty ?

Even then it isn't the end of the world, these guys have the tools to fix it.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Barsky:
nope
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gerson Carranza:
and you do not know someone who is working on a solution?:cry:
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DerPedde:
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[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sfkn2:
Well.... then send it to LG.. They don't send refurb units unless they absolutely cannot repair yours.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Barsky:
Yeah, long since have gotten back repaired.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sfkn2:
Last time I shipped them my G2 for the digitizer, it only took them three days.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gerson Carranza:
I can not take it to the store for t mobile Warrantable me because I live in El Salvador :(
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaya888:
http://gsmmarhaba.com/threads/unbrick-lg-g4-brick-hs-usb-qdloader-9008-without-box.612/
[G3 Accessories] Milimbar:
dbrand was kind enough to ship me some skins for review for both the LG G4 and LG G3.

I figured I would post the reviews here on XDA to help the most people I could, here goes.

For the LG G4 I have the Black Carbon Fiber skin with accents and the White Carbon Fiber skin with accents.

For the LG G3 I have the Mahogany Skin with accents, and the Zebra Wood Skin with accents.

The skins arrived in simple plastic sleeves with a dbrand insert and the skin itself.

Once you open these the first thing you will notice is the skins have a texture.

The carbon fiber really looks and feels like carbon fiber.

You can actually feel the wood grain in both the wood skins.

The printing on these skins is second to none, they all look realistic.

The cutouts on the speaker grill, camera, and sensors are perfect.

The application of this skin is the easiest yet.

All you have to do is place the button and camera covers (accents) on.

Then just use the 3M paper to keep the entire skin from sticking as you align the camera cutouts.

Realign the paper sideways and align the speaker cutout.

Remove the paper completely.

Finally use a hair dryer or heat gun to heat up the edges and press them into place.

I used a heat gun on the lowest setting, a hair dryer may take slightly longer.

Just in case you do not believe how easy the install is, I have made a video of me installing one.

Remember I have no extra experience doing this, it is this easy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQFYXfo47Z4&feature=youtu.be

Once installed you will really see how perfect dbrand made these skins.

Every cutout and edge will be exactly where it should be.

There are no overlapped places or short edges.

I have used both Skickwraps and dbrand and in my opinion dbrand has done a much better job with their skins.

If anyone is considering skins, dbrand is the way to go.

At $9.95 for just the back and accents and $17.95 for the back, accents, and front, these are a great price.

https://dbrand.com/shop/lg-g4

I hope this review will help someone.

Please ask any questions you want, I will try and answer if I can.

P.S. my favorite is the White Carbon Fiber back with the Black Carbon Fiber accents.
[G3 Accessories] Jose_Paramore:
I have the black carbon fiber skin. It's GREAT!

Enviado desde mi LG-D855 mediante Tapatalk
[G3 Accessories] matthew33:
I got Black one for me and White one for my daughter:

free uploader
[G3 Accessories] SpeedyRS2:
I just bought the Matte Black skin and I'm really satisfied with the skin. Shipping to germany was done in under 2 weeks.

Installation was easy.

Now the G3 is not so slippery as without the skin. The grip is better than before.
[Pebble] rusty.gh:
So I decided to try the Pebble Cloud & make a watch face. Let me know what you think?

Have to say, they really have set up the cloud well, the only slow down was availability to the simulator nodes. I guess Pebble is getting popular.

Turtle Time

Time, Date, Weather, Battery Bar, BT disconnect double vib, & BT disconnect image.

Every 30 minutes Turtle Time loses health. Your attention is what makes him Happy & Healthy!

Tap or shake to show Turtle Time you care!

(After a shake or tap, give TurtleTime a moment to react.)

https://apps.getpebble.com/applications/560c35e54bf0aca96e000096

[IMG="Turtle Time Banner"]http://tophatnosocks.com/main/img/turtle%20time%20banner.gif[/IMG]

then added BabyDino Time!

https://apps.getpebble.com/applications/56158b59ef230bb3e4000018

[IMG="Baby Dino Banner"]http://tophatnosocks.com/main/img/Baby%20Dino%20time%20banner.gif[/IMG]
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mixelpixx:
Samsung Galaxy Core Prime

Virgin Mobile

SM-G360P G360PVPU2AOH1

I have found a way to root this version of the device. Easy as pie.

1. Factory Reset your device.

2. After reboot, Power OFF device.

3. Boot into Download Mode

HOLD VOL ( - ) & POWER & HOME BUTTON

RELEASE HOME BUTTON when letters appear

PRESS VOL (+ ) to ACCEPT TERMS

4. Flash the CF-AUTO-ROOT.tar.md5 using the ODIN that is provided.

5. Reboot and let CF do it's thing (my device restarted maybe 3x)

When phone finally boots, you should be fully ROOTED. I updated SU, and installed a few Apps that require ROOT and everything is smooth. No Force Close, nothing.

Odin + CF-Auto-ROot:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/86y6nzbhms9fr7q/CF-Auto-Root.rar

If you need to completely reflash your device the 1GB+ file for ODIN is available.

Google is your friend.

Is there a working Custom Recovery for these? I believe the recovery is the same across all the variants,

here is one from the G360PVPU2AOH1 SM-G360P Model:

Recovery (stock)

http://www.mediafire.com/download/u44h4d02ss73w41/recovery.img

Boot Image (stock)

http://www.mediafire.com/download/3rdapre7dr4ia8r/boot.img

Hope this helps someone, I am attempting a TWRP 2.8.0.1 build for this, although I am not sure I know what I am doing.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Kenvarus:
these helped me a LOT but unfortunately i no longer have the files and my phone is currently a bit bricked du to some unrelated stuff, could you please update these links? email me if you do nico.keenan@gmail.com
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Doctur:
I used the s820l straight talk twrp 2.8.7....you can search developer Ardwill...my apologies i forgot the ending 2 numbers on his name....but search root deodex rom for your sm-g360p prevaile lte/ core and he has as have i on two prevail ltes booted thru odinbthe straight talk 820 s twrp port..flashes precompiled apos as well as zips to improve performance and even su....the rom has being rooted has a problem updating from settings but with twrp you can systemless root....pm me for both twrp and cfautoroot file...they are linked to my drive actually ....https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9Nvxp8BpgclellYTmtEMnd1ZzQ/view?usp=drive_web...thats twrp found working by Ardwill all credits go to him as i never would of had a custom recovery....and cfautoroot is universal ...dwnld the file named after coreprime....thats the only coreprime that actually flash...possibly since the twrp will not format data.....ive done all i can to give my way of having twrp and root...both phones still work and never looped...twrp only needs root after its flashed...but ask Ardwill or better yet look up his thread on his stock deodexed and prerooted rom...i run it on my cracked one and its just fine ...but i only used twrp then cf autoroot after i flashed recovery via odin and accepted latest update....so props to chainfire for his cfautoroot working across all versions of this non existent variant of the Sm-g360p. Always perform a wipe via twrp before flashing ne thing..dalvick and cache only tho....have fun doing all the exploits that kitkat 4.4.4 has ....latest uodate past smg360pvpaoj2 will not flash xposed nor can you update firnware...so i woudnt run the stock basemodel past apj2 since all you get is a securiry patch update..also i believe twrp will format if you do it properly...i made the mistake not the dev who was ballsy enough to flash a twrp buikt fir a diffrent carrier.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Kenvarus:
my bootloader isnt unlocked so i dont think i can flash twrp, i just installed the cf autoroot you posted last time and i cant find any other root for this device that actually works so if you could get that file for me that would rock
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Doctur:
If ur root already theres no point

....i mean its not logical...what other root are u talking of?? Like a swich from supersu to another superuser.....i just ask

1. So u dont trash ur phones internals

2. What roots better than cf auto?? It comes with superuser.apk

3. One clicks are netorious for unreliability...why there are tools to clean them up anx install chainfires su binary over them...not vice versa for a reason...and Ardwills roms are prerooted with chainfire su...so u might wanna 4get about another root or w.e u were gettin ay
[Miscellaneous Android Development] -Doni-:
If i have a different software version....... is that a problem? (Dont laugh me noob)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChristyH:
I have looked for 3 days to find out how to unlock my huawei y536a1 without a sim card. I did what you all said and have the unlock code for it but everything says to put a different sim card in and i dont have one. I'll admit i have no clue what im doing. I just no that i cant DL anything on my phone cause the pre installed crap and i so want it unlocked so i can root
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] vdalesandro:
Folks,

Where can I find a wizard board for replacement in NY city area?

Thanx
[Xiaomi Redmi 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] crullick:
not a single review for a rom packed with all those features :confused:

not even from the dev :rolleyes:

beside some additional info, would love to see this in LP suite ;)
[Xiaomi Redmi 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] manj0t:
It maybe the best stable custom ROM

i'm using this rom as a daily driver since the day i received my Redmi 2, almost no bugs...freezes sometimes but it might be due to excess of modules installed from xposed, it's the most stable ROM for Redmi 2 and everything's working as good as it should.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thunderx2000:
I don't know if anyone else has had this issue after updating to Marshmallow. I don't if it has been reported yet. However, I had the issue and I am giving other people who may had had the issue a heads up when they finally take the plunge and perform a Factory Image update.

On Monday, I downloaded the Factory Image and installed it from my Windows Desktop, everything went okay, no problems, no issues with the flashing. However, I did notice that when I tried to move all of the stuff I backed up from my Nexus 6, Windows gave me an error and Mac OS X would show a missing that my Nexus 6 is not writable or has been unplugged. It kept doing this to me, so I did some digging. I looked through the settings menu for the USB configuration settings but could not find it, I found it after enabling Developer Options. Off the bat it says MTP (Media Transfer Protocol). Even though it is the default selection it would not allow me to transfer anything. So I changed it to PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol). I then waited for Windows to re-recognize it and then changed it back to MTP. After that I could transfer my backed up data to my Nexus 6.

TL;DR: If you're having issues moving data follow these steps.

Step 1: If you haven't already enabled Developers Options do so by tapping the build number X times to enable it.

Step 2: Go into Developer Options while your Nexus 6 is plugged into your computer and change it to PTP.

Step 3: Wait a few seconds and then change it back to MTP.

Step 4: Wait for your OS to recognize your Nexus 6 and you should be able to copy your data to it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MamomaN:
Hello ,

Suddenly my phone today refuse to charge

every time i try to charge it it comes with "The Dock is connected" notification massage and not charging

i tried already everything

cleaned the charging socket , replaced the battery , disabled the dock settings and replaced the cable

but nothing helped

help please , what can i do ?

note 1 : early today before the problem appear "power sharing" massage appeared , i don't know what is it

note2 : the phone can charge only when it's OFF , so it's not charger issue

help