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[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jj14:
On a related note, I'm on preview 3 - battery drain when idle is higher than what it was on stable M, so thinking about reverting back to M.

1. To avoid a factory wipe, can I just flash the img files from the stable M (skipping userdata) on top of the preview 3?

2. If so, to avoid getting the N preview update notification, I guess I will need to un-enroll from the beta program. Will that cause an OTA to be sent back to my phone (causing factory wipe as described on the beta page)? Or does it recognize that I'm already on 'M' and skip the OTA?

3. Before I do this, is it possible to flash the radio only from the latest "M" image on the "N" preview? (could that help with the drain when idle?)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dahawthorne:
Did you not like my previous answer...? :)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66961421&postcount=104
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jj14:
LOL! Yes, I did! And thank you for that as well - the part that I didn't understand (and unless I missed it in your response, I don't think we talked about in that post) was - since I'd still be enrolled in the preview/beta program, how do I get out of the program, without getting factory reset.

(I do have a nandroid backup as a last ditch option - trying to do this the 'clean' way first) :)

The preview is working well for me as well - skype is the only app giving me grief, but I can live with that. The battery drain on idle seems to be significantly higher than what I encountered with "M" stable. With barely any usage this morning (screen on for 11 minutes), my battery is at 77% (full charge and off the charger at 10 pm last night). Cell Standby is the the highest drain (6%). Phone idle and Android system tied for 2nd place at 3%.

With the latest M build, I'd be at over 90% battery remaining (with similar usage).
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dahawthorne:
You're right on all counts... :)

I think the answer to your wipe question is that you'd have to agree to do it - if you unenrol and have already reverted manually to M, the downgrade OTA may be downloaded (though from my experience, as I said, I think the developers are smart enough to recognise that it's a waste of time and even that won't happen) but you would still have to push the button to accept it. They won't unceremoniously dump it on you without your permission.

And the battery drain... I was wondering if it was my imagination, or maybe just that my phone is a year old (I got a replacement last May) and the battery's a bit tired, but I've noticed that the percentage drops almost before my eyes. I have Battery Bot Pro showing my percentage figure on my status bar, and it seems to me that every time I unlock the phone another one or more percentage points have gone. It went from 97% this morning to 77% in a couple of hours, and I recharged it before I went out to work - it's now already down to 75% and falling. Like you, I'd expect it to be a clear 10% or more better than this over this period.

Looks like Google have a bit more work to do on their power management...

Edit: And in the 5 minutes since I wrote this, with the phone sitting beside me, screen off, nothing running, it's already down to 74%. Not at all impressive. Despite being relatively happy with it, I may have to renege on my previous comment that I can't see myself reverting to M.

And before you ask, I'll be reverting using my TWRP backup of M which I took immediately before I installed N... :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jj14:
Thank you :)

I'll wait for the June security update (factory image) and install that directly (skipping userdata). If that fails, I'll revert to the TWRP backup. (restoring TWRP on my old N5 has given me grief in the past, so going to avoid that if possible)

Edit: maybe I'll try flashing the radio from the May image onto "N" and see if that helps. The battery drain appears to be radio related.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dahawthorne:
Done. No problem at all. TWRP took about 12 minutes to restore 7GB of data, then a rather nerve-racking 5 minutes with the Google quad-icon swapping bits, and I'm back to MOB30I.

Seven updates waiting; BBC Radio, Skype, Google Drive, Sygic, all the broken apps working again, still have root.

Welcome back, old M world... :)

And if you're thinking of restoring M early next month, I'd give the OTA version a try. Just out of curiosity I sideloaded the MOB30H OTA on my Nexus 5 a few days ago, and it worked flawlessly without wiping any data. That's what I'll be doing on my N6 in June.

I've also just unenrolled from the Beta program, and checked for a system update. Exactly as I thought, "Your system is up to date" on MOB30I. I know that the OTAs have been slow for some people, but I don't expect to see the revert OTA - I'll post in this thread if I ever do.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jj14:
Would the fact that I'm rooted cause any issues with sideloading the OTA? (I realize the new OTA is essentially a full image, so it should just overwrite the system, and I'd have to reroot after that)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dahawthorne:
No problems at all, no. My N5 was rooted & encrypted, and the OTA slid in easily. As I said in another thread, it boots into TWRP but the OTA is designed to handle that. I installed TWRP again anyway, probably pointlessly but just to be on the safe side, and then used it to install SuperSU 2.74.

Easy as pie... :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] banditsw:
I unenrolled, got a prompt for system "update" back to MM, it downloaded, and now I am going on 30 minutes on the install part....been stuck on the reboot screen with 4 colorful circles....

How long does it take to re-install MM? TIA

EDIT: Decided to hold down power button for about 5 seconds and it rebooted to setup screen
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jj14:
I ended up flashing the radio (only) from MOB30I on to the N preview, and so far, the battery life on idle is back to how it was on M. I think I have a reason to stick on to the N preview a bit longer now :)

Looks like you got it sorted out, but just for future reference, the reason it took long is because it essentially factory reset your phone - a factory reset with full wipe on the encrypted N6 cane take 20-30 minutes.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dahawthorne:
I'm impatient, me, so by the time I read this I was already back on MOB30I, but in any case I'm happier to have all working apps without the rash of library errors and force-closures. Interesting thread...

But we never heard back from sookieball after I suggested a sideload: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67013821&postcount=8
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jj14:
I ended up reverting back to the "M" stable image yesterday (was waiting for the June image to be available). No issues with the "N" to report, except one custom app that I use was giving me some issues.

Anyway, thought I'd share my "downgrade" story

If you do the downgrade the right way (un-enroll from the Beta program), and get the OTA back to the latest "M", it will likely go well - because it performs a factory reset on your phone.

I however, didn't wait to set my phone up from scratch (lazy), so I flashed the factory image for the latest "M" (and skipped userdata.img). Bad idea. Flash went thru' successfully, but I ended up with pretty much an unusable phone because two system processes kept crashing in a loop after booting up. I then tried ADB sideload for the new OTA image file - same results. Wiped cache partition - no difference.

I then remembered that some apps (like Google Maps) had different versions for "N", and realized that the issue must be because of apps like that not being compatible with "M". Thankfully, I had a nandroid backup of the "M" (May security release) from before I installed "N", and I installed that - and then, updated to the June security release of "M".

Whew!

So, in summary, If you are rooted, take a nandroid backup in TWRP before you install "N" preview. If not, plan to factory reset your device after going back (or while going back) to "M" - no shortcuts.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dahawthorne:
I take a full TWRP backup about once a week and always before any sort of major upgrade. It has saved me a lot of time, effort and frayed nerves many times - as in the past couple of reversion from N.
[Sony Smartwatch 2] Tyler DeLarge:
hi guys,

Hi i have Sony Smartwatch 2!

I need to store files inside it, and after i would see these files with a file manager!

I bought from playstore file manager that can me see the files that are on smartPHONE. but if my smartphone turn off I can't see them.

Can you help me?

thank you guys
[Sony Smartwatch 2] dersie:
You must use "note app" wich sync note from a special phone app to the watch like "Notes / Reminders / Smartwatch" or others

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.simthing.weardevice.sony.smartwatch.notes
[Sony Smartwatch 2] Tyler DeLarge:
i am sorry but this app:

only text

only for one day
[Sony Smartwatch 2] dersie:
Yes just text, SW2 can not store anything else (and just a little amount of memory). But not one day, after notes are in SW2 it stay until it was erased by users.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] koziakauzu:
Hi guys,

Just got a S7 Edge G935K from Korea (Exynos) and I was wondering if I could flash a ROM corresponding to my region (G9350 - Hong Kong), however the model sold here is the Snapdragon one. Are the ROMs chip-specific?

Also the current version on my

G935K

is G935KKTC1APDA while the latest

G9350

ROM I want is G9350ZZH1APB9, would it still be possible to "downgrade"? Or is it safe to at least try without hard/soft bricking?

The only reasons I want to do that is to maybe have wifi-calling enabled (I had it working on my previous phone and the S7E is supposed to have it), get rid of the korean operator boot logo, and change the recovery mode language... well, maybe not worth it, but we are on xda after all.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Joku1981:
No. Your device is only for Korea (KT Corporation). Anyway you wanna flash one firmware of other phone model that isn't supported for your device. You will brick your device for sure.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] koziakauzu:
Ok. I wasn't sure if the model names were different region naming only or different hardware too (except the chip). Well everything is working fine except the wifi-calling which i dont really need, so i won't try anything stupid.

Thanks !
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] ighost77:
So were you able to flash another region firmware ? I also have korean G935K and want to install unbranded stock from another region.

If you did it successfully, can you please share which one you have flashed?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] mlkemac:
i have the chinese version,

I was able to flash the hong kong variant with no problems. ( i did not flash the bootloader )
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] ighost77:
So you did flash 3 files out of the package excluding the bootloader ?

What would have happened if you included BL in the sync?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] mlkemac:
It would fail. I did try this hoping it may work.

Didn't brick or do anything negative, just had to reboot the bootloader and flash without bootloader.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] koziakauzu:
I've installed a stock based custom rom for g935f on my g935k through TWRP, everything went very well...

(separately updated BL and CP with correct files with ODIN though)

Still not sure how it will work with ODIN and a complete 100% stock rom.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] cybershotwalkman:
I flashed a stock based custom ROM through TWRP for my G935L. I can boot normally.

But I could not flash BL and CP via ODIN. Could you please explain a little bit more on how did you update BL and CP with correct files with ODIN? (Or is it necessary to flash BL and CP even though the stock based custom ROM seems working fine?)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] koziakauzu:
After flashing a G935F rom in TWRP, I've used the BL and CP (Odin) from the FW update specific to my S7E variant, G935K for me, should be G935L in your case.

(updating BL and CP seems to not be a must, but it was recommended in the thread of the custom rom I'm using)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] malek777:
What variant do you have? I have the g935w8 Exynos variant and looking to flash the international 935f. My device isn't rooted and would like to keep that way.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] kafadek1:
Which Custom rom are you using?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] koziakauzu:
King Rom v7. I'm considering flashing the v8 or a different rom but I don't have any real issues and battery is still acceptable to me as I charge my phone at night. And I'm lazy to set it up again.

Just in case, and to be clear, for the BL and AP I have flashed the ones from the latest stock rom available for my S7E (K variant) from sammobile, not from the custom rom (Wich is based on F variant)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] kafadek1:
Thanks a lot for the clarification. Can you give me the link to where i can get the BL and AP for the stock rom of the K variant?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] koziakauzu:
Got it from here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G935K/

You will get the full FW, in Odin select BL and CP only. You can flash them after installing the custom rom (custom rom installed using TWRP)

Edit: BL and CP, not BL and AP
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] punkmonkey1984:
So does that mean we can use some of the customs rom's in the thread for the 935F/FD on the G935K model, I have a K model from SK/olleh and have found zero answers to if its possible or not to do.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] koziakauzu:
Yes!

Did it on my G935K multiple times and also flashed a G935S (also Korean variant) for a colleague couple of days ago. So far I have tried different version of Superman Rom, King Rom and Basic Rom. All 3 are OK.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] punkmonkey1984:
So just flashing the rom from TWRP with full wipes will get it to boot, I dont need any special Odin files to flash after I have installed via TWRP. First time on a Samsung since the s2
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] cybershotwalkman:
Are you able to flash latest custom ROM in your g935K?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] NoobGuy13:
Which modem and BL do you use? I've been trying to flash my G935S with custom ROM but all make my mobile data connection not functioning.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] denniswaish:
Custom Rom

Ca I get a compatible TWRD and custom ROM for my S7E G935K? Because I need to activate SIM toolkit.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] saintmetal10:
Can you please explain what you did in steps for a newbie. I currently have SM-G930K and I wish to flash it with SM-G930F ROM/Firmware. I have the latest firmware files for both versions. So do I have to flash a mix of these 2 stock ROMs on my phone using Odin or is there a definite need for a custom ROM such as this to do your procedure?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] brickjimjim:
hi, im also using G930S in outside korea and find fixes for mobile data trouble. do you find any solution? because my BL and Baseband still G930S, please help if anybody already found solution. thanks guys
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] stealth16sk8er:
I have WM6 TNT professinal + HTC home on my 8125 and have to send it back to cingular for warranty. I need to find the WM5 rom that came on the phone originally. Can anyone help me please?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Cing 8125:
Click below, this will restore your factory software

http://www.htcamerica.net/support/8125/software-downloads.html
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] stealth16sk8er:
Thank you for your help. It is greatly appreciated
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] cybercub:
Carefull this one is for G3 only and will brick a g4.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Funkwheat:
What if you have a G4, is there a ROM for that somewhere as well?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jwzg:
This can be used on a G4, since it has SPL/IPL for both. I know, as I use it every time I need to flash with shelltool.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Funkwheat:
Ah, well that makes sense. I thought it was pretty odd that the official ROM flasher would have a brick risk and not warn you about it ;P
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] duthera:
I too...help me!

Drear mod,

Can you give for me one other line?Because too i am need it, my phone died at boot loader,and hardreset is " format fault". Help me!

Regard.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Duaigt:
Hello Folks, I have an issue here. I have a Moto X Pure (XT1575). I'm using ROM AICP. Was running fine, no big bugs but this morning it got frozen so I rebooted by pressing Power Button for some seconds. Now it doesn't start, it stays on the M. Also doesn't enter into Recovery Mode. Any ideas?

Thank you!
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markuslee:
Sad to say I had the same thing happen to me yesterday! I tried many things and searched for hours for a fix. I think I was on AICP 5-16. Finally had to restore to stock via fastboot. It wiped internal data and I had to reflash twrp recovery and rom. I was super bummed abut it but didn't have much choice. :( I hope you find a less invasive fix!
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Duaigt:
Problem solved

Hey, Folks, I could be able to "fix" my Moto X Pure XT1575 following this post: http://rootmygalaxy.net/how-to-unroot-unbrick-moto-x-pure-edition-2015/

Basically, I restarted all the process from the beginning.

I don't know who is the guy of the posting, but anyway, thanks a lot!
[General Topics] alihassan4200:
My mobile is not resetting and also not going into download mood
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tracker01:
Hello all,

issue i am running in to is Mic. when i make phone call people on the other end cannot hear my voice or they said sound like i am speaking in to can. (low voice) i have to spek directly in to mic for them to hear me.

this is the things i tried

1. Factory reset

2. uninstall Google Now (i read somewhere on the internet that good now can cause the issue)

3. camera wont pick up the bottom mic. when i tap on the mic it will (i can see the indicator on the mic level.)

4. sound recorder can pick up the voice.

please advise...any help would be great.

thanks
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corporal_hades:
Might want to post this in the Verizon forum for this phone.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] exynoss:
Hi everyone, I am looking to root my mi 5 with simplest way. Can anyone help me regarding this

One more thing, is it necessary to unlock bootloader first for rooting mi5
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] proag:
You need an unlocked bootloader and TWRP installed in order to root your device. Then you just flash supersu zip.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] exynoss:
Will my warranty will void after unlocking bootloader ?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] NZnewbie:
Nope warranty is over once its rooted as far as i know.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] proag:
No, you won't void the warranty by doing that. You can always flash MIUI rom with flash_all_lock script and it will lock your bootloader and wipe. Nothing will void your warranty.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] kachrukamble:
you still fear for warranty ?:silly:
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dante224:
Oh. Sorry. Can't not can. I was wrong. I must write this thread. Exactly, i have installed it before. But when i update my laptop to Win 10, i lost the file to root and TWRP file, used for 6.0. So i realized, the link "moonbut74" up, all of theme were died. So if you can contact him, please told him to reup link for everyone. Thank you a lot...:( Sorry for my bad English.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] matkinson:
Is a lower lifetime characteristic of a WM6 ROM? Before flashing I used to be able to get ~two days life on WM2003, now I struggle to get 12 hours.

I do have the Soft GPRS tweak installed.

I've seen other posts relating to power off at around 30%, but this isn't a problem for me - I'm still getting life at 12%. It's just that I get to this low level so quickly, and have to charge each evening to have power in the morning. My battery is original, and otherwise the ROM (helmi_c's) is stable.

Any hints or comments?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] badbadtz.carlo:
mine is significantly shorter than when i was in WM5. but not as bad as yours. try this. go back to WM5 and see if it still gives u 2days.. then go back to wm6. then if u still get 12hours max with the same usage as you have with wm5.. then it's the ROM.

if you get poor batt life even going back to wm5, then maybe it's the battery. consider borrowing a battery, or buying a new one..
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] selangkahlagi:
Are you sure your battery can stand only 12 hours ? it's too short. Try to reduce thre brightnes to save the power of your battery.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] matkinson:
Ta for the suggestions.

I already have my screen brightness adjusted, and auto power off as appropriate.

Battery is the original, but behaved with 2003. I have two Himalyas (bought the second off a colleague for £40 as nervous about playing with ROMs!) and so two original batteries; both behave the same. I also inherited an aftermarket battery which is truly awful - goes haywire after down to ~45%.

I did try WM5 for a while, and don't recall the battery problem. As I have two devices, switching one to WM5 and comparing is a good suggestion. Unfortunately I need one application (NotifyLink - see thread in the WM5 forum) that I've not been able to get working in WM5, and *does* work on WM6, so if I need to go back it's WM2003SE for me :-(
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] Jadel:
Before trying to flash back to an older rom, consider some other battery saving options.

Lowering your screen brightness was a good idea, which you have already done.

Some other things to consider:

Turn off "Receive All Incoming Beams" until you actual need to receive something via bluetooth/IR.

Turn off bluetooth if you are not using it (this used to be a massive drain on my himalaya)

After closing a program, go to the task manager and make sure it is actually closed. THe cross in the top right hand corner usually just shrinks things. You can buy/download applications I believe that will actually properly close a program. I've on occasion had 8 progrms running at the same time simutaneously before closing them.

Make sure the terminals on your battery and himalaya are clean (where the battery connects) and also test to make sure your battery is seated correctly.

Change the timeout for your device (IE how long it will wait before turning its backlight off, and then turning off in full). Mine is set to 1 minute. You can set it as low as 30 seconds but I didn't like this as I felt it would wear out the backlight.

If I think of more I'll come back and write them. Perhaps someone has already made a "Save battery power" post. If not, perhaps someone will make one and the mods can sticky it.

cheers
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 6 Upgrading] c_shekhar:
The battery is geting life expired. Better buy a new battery..;) ;)