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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tagtag123:
Just swap the top main boards and you will be good to go.

10 min job.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tedrogers61:
Thanks for your responses peeps. Very helpful. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benevolent-fur:
Hi everyone,

I appear to have soft bricked my Redmi 2 and am having a lot of trouble recovering the device.

I was attempting to flash from CM11S to MIUI7 and was following these steps:

“wipe data/factory reset”

“wipe cache partition”

Go to advanced and “wipe dalvik cache” and “wipe battery stats”

Go to mounts and storage and “format system”

The go to “install zip from sdcard> choose zip from sdcard” and select the ROM file you want to install.

In case, the developer has recommended to install GApps too, you should install it just after flashing the ROM (use Step 5).

When it is installed, reboot the device.

However, during the process I received the following message:

"This package is for HM2014811 devices; this is a HM2014813"

After a bit of searching I realised that this meant that I had a Chinese version of the phone and was trying to install the global ROM. As such I downloaded the Chinese ROM and turned the power off to the Redmi 2 so that I could put the Chinese ROM on the SD Card (the phone was no longer being recognised by Win7, so this was my only option). However, when I now try to reboot the phone I cannot access the CMW recovery menu. I simply get stuck on the linux penguin logo. And trying any combination of pressing power and the volume down button, or power and the volume up button just results in the phone rebooting. Additionally, Windows is not able to recognise the phone.

If anyone could provide some guidance here I'd be incredibly grateful. Hopefully I'm not looking at a full brick here!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arshad145:
You have backup of rom?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benevolent-fur:
I'm not certain. I'm using a different SD card to the one that I originally used to install CM11S if that makes a difference.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arshad145:
no....I meant u still have the cm rom backup u used to install in the first place?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benevolent-fur:
Unfortunately, I don't seem to still have it on my PC.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arshad145:
o.o ok...

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U flashed the miui by wat tool or recovery?

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If U want to continue with Miui I got no idea

but If U want ur phone...

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Use QFIL to flash the rom system and boot images
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benevolent-fur:
Actually scratch that. I just found it hiding in one of my folders: "CM11s_REDMI2.zip"
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arshad145:
ok lol so... ur phone is detected by pc?

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Try to install Qualcomm drivers

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And search around xda or google for Tutorial on QFIL

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Just be careful don't touch any .bin or .img of **PRELOADER** Goodluck
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benevolent-fur:
Thanks I'll give it a go tonight and see what I can achieve. Unfortunately, at present Windows isn't able to detect my phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arshad145:
Try to install drivers of Qualcomm *manually*

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Many guides on xda or google is my friend ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benevolent-fur:
Struggling a little bit here due to my lack of knowledge I'm afraid. I've managed to located what I think are the Qualcomm drivers and QFIL. Unfortunately, my redmi is now only showing in device manager as "android device" and then "android bootloader interface". Consequently, I don't seem to be able to install the qualcomm drivers. Then in QFIL no port is available, so everything there comes to a dead end.

If anyone has any thoughts it would be really appreciated.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arshad145:
press Volume down and power button at the same time then maybe you will see : “ENTRY QPST DOWNLOAD" ... **~MAYBE ~**

Note : I don't have much experience / no experience with Qualcomm devices , so the above text is copied from a forum

but you can try it ;) no harm in trying ?
[P3600 General] BlackBeauty:
Does anyone know how to power down the Dopod? Not soft-reset it, but completely turn the device off?

Sometimes I want to do this when the battery power is low and I don't want to continue to hear the 'Low Battery Notification' sound...

TIA :)
[P3600 General] nealed:
Try the power button:D Keep it held down and it will then warn you that unsaved data will be lost... Confirm and it's power off. (Or just remove the battery).
[P3600 General] BlackBeauty:
silly mean!

thanks nealed...
[P3600 General] steladamo:
of course you have the option to silence completely the speaker from the top of your screen and therefore you will not hear a thing again, but you will not jear an incoming call or message either unless you have activated the vibration...

it is all down to your choice....

1. power off machine completely (when you switch back on is like a soft reset of course...)

2. volume down on speaker

3. disable low batter notification

4. charge your battery more often.....
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaryan1596:
Hi, I'm using Moto E XT1506 (Otus) Indian Version, As some users received 5.1 OTA and Motorola isn't going to provide any update on this phone can someone give me link or port that OTA or backup his/her 5.1 rom please ?

I have unlocked bootloader but on stock rom, and 5.0.2 have lot of bugs !

Thanks :)
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oni543:
5.1 is only for Surnia see https://mega.nz/#F!rMIhDLgR!oq5Cz_XbgZLEEysmqoYtcA!CMhAQSyS
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaryan1596:
Yes but some users got 5.1 too on itus
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaryan1596:
Anyhow can we use surnia rom for otus ?
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Casper1982:
no
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabajyoti_bera:
No update yet

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How can i do that...
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neodarklink:
This are from my wife device moto e 2015 (otus) umbranded today got ota no root or unlocked bootloader we are from Argentina
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabajyoti_bera:
5.1 avalanlr
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabajyoti_bera:
http://link.tapatalk.com/api/click?...ms.com&subid=cfcd208495d565ef66e7dff9f98764da
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÀnkanKoley:
which one to download for indian version
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabajyoti_bera:
XT1506_OTUS_RETEU_DS_5.1_LPC23.13-56_cid7_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml

for indian version
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabajyoti_bera:
Did you tried ?
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÀnkanKoley:
will do, not yet.
[YU Yureka Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rahilullah:
Hey Guys I Am Not Able To Install Modded Apks On My Phone Which Is Having Latest COS12.1...I Had Tried Latest Modded Apks Of MC4 And Asphalt 8....Does Anyone Have Solution To It Plzz Help Me Out.....Thanks In Advance....
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] copy2050:
Hi all, i have done some debloats inside the stock MM rom for G3 and now my LG Keyboard has gone, dont working and i have done another damn action...instead of move the IME apk to another place and try to re-install them i delete the apk and now i have no keyboard...and i dont like other keyboards and want the stock one...anyone can post it to me?

Thanks
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nirrabi:
up. need it too for n&n Rom 1.6...
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokerpappu:
its no use.i tried it and it does not works .so i guess in the next update N&N will put back the lg g3 keyboard
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
There is a performance loss when using custom host files in android Marshmallow, Lollipop and reportedly KitKat. When using a host file I've noticed freezing and scrolling issues. If you have noticed lag too, to check whether or not it is caused by the hosts file I'd recommend downloading:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pixel.gun3d

This game has very noticeable stuttering when I have my host file active.

If you do get stuttering then change the host file permissions to rw-r----- then test the game again. No need for reboot but if it doesn't fix it reboot and test.

If this does solve your problem then your device will run a lot smoother. If you have any issues with your browser still showing adds uncheck your 'data saving' options.

I'm very pleased I've managed to fix this issue as it literally was a choice between smoothness or no ads and that is one tricky decision ha ha.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Borias:
It really worked! Thank you sir, you deserve a cookie :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Glad to help :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qtipbailey:
I'll be damned, it does work! How did you even figure out to try that? Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
It was a bit of luck and determination to fix the lag ha ha. I knew from playing the game that something was causing lag, I went through a lot of ideas and finally figured out it was 100% my set up causing it as there was no lag on a fresh install. Restoring my set up I figured I would delete my init.d script and ''just in case'' delete the hosts file. This immediately solved the problem then just figured out which one it was causing the lag. After more hours messing around with scripts to remove the host file on certain apps then put it back on other apps and it being pretty unpredictable I figured changing the permissions. Some serious hours put into figuring this **** out lol. It would have been easy to figure out it was the host file causing the lag had it not been the fact that I've used this host file for years without any issue so it was literally the last thing I suspected lol. Glad it worked for you :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dredq:
How do you edit the host file? Thank you for posting this solution.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Use ES file explorer, press menu go to tools/root explorer turn it on and then click it, grant super user, then click ''mount R/W'' then navigate to system/ect and find the file called ''hosts'' long press it so it's marked then click more/properties/permissions change.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dredq:
Thank you for such clear, straight forward instructions. This worked really well. My phone is back....snappy as ever.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blueblob:
I love you ! Thx a lot

I have a N5X with MM and removing the read permission for others has do the trick

(With clean cache and reboot)

For now my device is smooth as expected :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xx-Ness-xX:
Thanks for the fix, my Nexus 5X is smooth again... I was going to remove and restore my stock hosts knowing that the lag was introduced right after I applied the MoaAB hosts file

Send from my Nexus 5X
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LinkinParkmetre:
Seriously though, this fix is purely insane. It's simple, it's testable, and it's definitely not a placebo. My Nexus 6P is smooth as hell, like on 1st day.

OP, can you please reach out to the creators of Adblock app (for example), explain what you did, what you think happened, see if your fix can cause any incompability issues, and if all is checked out, hopefully the apps that change the host files will change the permissions of the file by default.

You rock
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eselter:
Thanks this realy help on my LG G2 with CM13 (using AdAway).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WTF?:
Does this lag affect anything besides gaming? - I haven't noticed any lag on LG G4, but I only game on PC's and consoles, not phones.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
That's a good idea, I'll message them :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
This affects normal usage as well. I was noticing the lag on Facebook and browser etc. The game is purely for testing to see if you have lag as it's very noticeable on there, where as it's subtle on other apps. Download the game and play the training mission, if if stutters then your host file is causing your phone to lag in all apps but you probably don't reaslise, change permissions and test the game again, if it doesn't lag your phone should be a bit smoother overall. I don't know if the host file makes all phones lag but I think it does. I'd be curious to know if you have a host file and don't get lag on the game in the OP. If you don't, could you let me know how many MB your host file is, as the smaller the file the less it lags but with my fix you can have any size host file as far as I know.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WTF?:
here is the ironic part, the only thing that has ever caused lag on my LG G4, are the Facebook & Facebook Messenger apps themselves!

they have both been kicked to the curb and all lag is gone with them! - also battery life is much better and phone runs cooler with those two removed.

AdAway is not causing any lag whatsoever on this rooted & bootloader unlocked model under Marshmallow.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Did you test the game? What size is your host file?

Yeah Facebook is a resource hogger, I use tasker and greenify to "hibernate" it as soon as I turn off the screen, so it cant do anything, although might be worth setting it so it hibernates as soon as I come off the app.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] down33:
Glad to help :p
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xarmx:
Its amazing how a single file permission could make a difference in the performance of an os. Thanks man, this works in resurrection remix rom on my galaxy s3. Surprising but wonderful.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Enjoy :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qtipbailey:
I just upgraded to Android Nougat (7.0) final release. I changed the hosts file but DIDN'T change the permissions this time and I'm not noticing any lag so far.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Thanks, I'll likely upgrade when a stable custom ROM is released and test it myself. Hopefully they fixed the issue that was causing the lag in 7.0. Let me know if it starts lagging. You could download the game in the OP and see if it lags, the lag is super noticeable with the host file, then when you take it away it's lag free.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smultie:
Hhhm, as soon as you run AdAway again, the permission are set back to 0644, any way to prevent that?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] febry_valdy:
Gotta try it soon
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Run AdAway, copy the host file to your sd card. Uninstall AdAway and move the host file back and set the permissions to what is in the OP :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smultie:
That's possible, but I'd like to keep the hosts file updated!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
The only thing I can suggest is to uninstall and install it when you want to update it. Or freeze the app with Titanium backup or something. If the app is changing the permissions there's not much you can do apart from getting rid of the app. Is there no option to prevent auto update? Then just manually update it every so often and go back and change the permissions. I've had the same host file for years and I still don't see any ads. Good luck :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Orcam:
That's weird. Good job on finding that bug for sure.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shankar_vl:
Thanks cyberdude, you have just saved me from such an annoyance of seeing stuttered scrolling on Es Explorer. I was just wondering how my phone which was smooth in scrolling on first install/flash of custom rom become laggard on putting some init.d scripts which among other things was replacing stock hosts file with a hefty 2 mb file. Like you, I also started singling out the things which I generally do on my phone for performance boost. Lastly until before putting my init.d scripts which were replacing hosts file and applying permission rw_r__r__, everything about the scrolling was fine. Then I become confirmed about the culprit whose was causing the annoyance.

I had once read your thread and tried your trick on my another phone long ago. However somehow I had forgotten and not much very convinced of the effect on my present high end phone. When I was sure about the problem had something to do with my init.d scripts, I just caught up with the cause and applied your trick. And see, I am so happy to see my stuttered-free phone. Thanks, You just saved me from the frustration.

I read how you have singled out the problem and fixed it. But it is really wondering and unbelievable the way you traced it and found the fix for it.

Anyway, thank you so much for this wonderful tweak.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Glad it worked for you, scroll lag is so frustrating I was determined to find the cause :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koyo:
Must it be that exact setup as shown in the screenshot? Because I have the exact settings except "Other" is allowed to read as well. I get mad lag and stutter and I just disabled my host file and it feels like a brand new phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WDER:
I was doing some tinkering around and I noticed that enabling ultra power saving mode and then disabling it removed the stutter entirely. I assume a feature or background process is being terminated and never re-enabled after turning power saving back off. I will monitor and see if the stutter ever comes back.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodken:
Pleased to report that this method also works on Android 10.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deathvirus:
Hey Guys,

i am very interested in flashing a custom ROM without tripping Knox. I know that it has to be based on a stock rom and stock kernel but i havent seen anyone tried it.

I appreciate any help :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hanne1989:
You can try CM13 its not offical but i got weekly/monthly updates

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/general/rom-cm13-0-galaxy-s4-ve-gt-i9515-t3245133
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
Did you even read his question?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hanne1989:
Yeah i did ;) but i only give him a tip that he also can you cm13.... We both knows it will tripping KNOX but if he want to test a custom beside the stock he can try to use CM13. En nou gewoon je bek houden ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Unless you use the knox apps or are afraid of losing the warranty, then there is no other reason to be afraid of tripping knox.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deathvirus:
Its the warranty that bothers me because the Device is 2 Weeks old
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
My device was 1 month old when I first tripped knox.

A new phone is very unlikely to have a hardware failure.

Besides, my warranty was crap. I read it and it stated that it doesn't cover water damage, it doesn't cover a broken screen and a bunch of other stuff. Basically it covered only things that were a result of a manufacturing fault, like the aforementioned hardware fail or a bad battery.
[Verizon LG G4] ktraub:
Hi All,

I'm looking for some guidance. I have a VS986 on Vz 10B rooted. Overall, the phone works OK with good battery usage but I still suffer from the occasional missed touches, even though I've done the tweaking, and sometimes when downloading lots of files on WiFi I have to toggle the WiFi as DNS appears to stop.

My question is, should I stay on 10B and wait for the Boot unlock, or upgrade to 13B?

Your help is greatly appreciated.

-Kev
[Verizon LG G4] Icculus760:
I'm kind of in the same boat - rooted 10B and avoided OTA's hoping for bootloader unlock which, from past reports, won't work on anything but 10B.

I don't have any touchscreen issues and use DNSSet to avoid slow WiFi speeds at home, so I'm in no rush to upgrade. If your touchscreen and WiFi issues are frustrating you, and as there's no way to tell if/when Verizon bootloader unlock will happen, I'd say update. If you can live with those issues, I'd wait because it seems like having an unlocked bootloader means as much to you as it does for me..

I just know with my luck, I'll update from 10B and then immediately the VZ bootloader unlock will drop and it'll only work on 10B and I'll be kicking myself for updating. Let me know if you update so I can come back in a couple days to learn how to unlock the bootloader on 10B :)
[Verizon LG G4] ktraub:
Icculus760, you echo my feelings exactly. I have the same luck as you with timing.

I guess I'll just try to wait it out until I get too frustrated with the issues.

I was also wondering about the security fixes, if there are any, in 13B. Do you know if there are any?
[Verizon LG G4] Icculus760:
Verizon's site says "The following improvement has been made: Android security patches" but doesn't give any more information, so the short answer is no.....I have no idea what actual security fixes they may have implemented :)
[Verizon LG G4] ajeevlal:
Which method you guys used to root 10b, I am on 10b but yet to root as we don't have a kdz of 10b to restore if I make anything wrong during the root process
[Verizon LG G4] AlexanderTheSteak:
I haven't noticed any security changes but 13b has definitely improved system stability. I had so many issues with lag and missed taps on 11a, so if you have those issues you won't regret updating to 13b!
[Verizon LG G4] hoang51:
I finally took the courage to go to 13B because holding out with 10B for custom ROM support is vaporware. So basically, I had a 10B rooted. Needed to get to 13B with root. So what I did was follow the two guides below to get me to 11A (doesn't matter if rooted or not rooted on 10B, it will make the LG G4 updated to 11A non-rooted):

http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-105457/

http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-164676/

Then onto 13B:

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-g4/help/how-to-upgrade-to-13b-via-kdz-t3274036

Then get rooted 13B image by either:

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-g4/general/vs98613b-saved-image-rooted-t3258794 (for stock and rooted 13B)

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-g4/general/vs986-rooteddebloated-t3256814 (for debloated and rooted 13B)

Flashing the rooted 13B by:

http://xdaforums.com/g4/orig-development/root-tmo-vzw-intl-variants-soon-root-lg-t3164765/

with the following command here (but note to modify the image's file name for flashing): http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62028523&postcount=2
[Xperia Z4 Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jelbo:
Yesterday I couldn't hold it any longer and unlocked my bootloader. Then, I rooted, flashed Xposed and run some root apps.

Every now and then, my Z4T freezes and fully reboots (Sony Xperia logo). In between, the screen turns blank and the LED flashes red 4 times. Does this have any special meaning on Xperia devices? Overheating? Or just a generic crash?

/edit: I have the feeling it is a System UI crash in my case, which then causes a total system reboot. I think so because when I try to do a Soft Reboot, which is a System UI reinitialization (or a zygote reinit?), it will also fully reboot. Tried that with the Xposed Installer and (Material) Power Menu.

/edit2: It's probably not a System UI crash, but if it is, it's definitely Xposed related. Also, soft rebooting is broken on the Z4 Tablet, it'll result in a crash and a full reboot. Right now, there is a scenario in which Xposed causes either random reboots or reboots right after booting into Android after the 'optimizing apps' stage (after wiping Cacvhe/Dalvik after flashing Xposed). Uninstalling Xposed fixes these issues. Research is ongoing, if you have any experiences yourself, please share your findings.