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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corbomite:
I bought my Galaxy Note (AT&T version) not long after the model was introduced. I rooted it, installed TWRP, and finally started using custom ROMs (ParanoidAndroid and then CyanogenMod). It worked just fine for a long time.

Fast forward a few years and I began running into problems. Apps wouldn't work, others would lock up and crash. Fast forward a few more years to just a few months ago, and I ran into a bug where sometimes a crash would cause a strange "NO SIM CARD" error. I tried all of the usual troubleshooting steps and nothing worked until I started trying different CyanogenMod updates. It turned out that switching between different versions would sometimes fix the error until the next crash, then I would have to start jumping between ROM versions again. There seemed to be no pattern to it

About a week ago, I was trying to get my phone to work using the same highly convoluted workaround I'd been using for months, but none of the CM versions I had downloaded would do anything so I downloaded a slightly older version hoping to fix the problem in the same way again, but the older CM version got me locked into a boot loop.

So I (for the first time in years) went into TWRP, created a backup, and tried some of the other ROMs still on my uSD card. All of them boot looped. The only way to get any of them to run was to wipe my data, but I did not want to lose all of my texts, calls, and contacts so I quickly restored my backup. Finally I found Candy5 which (with some really horrible bugs) DID work without wiping my data, and could find all of my texts, but my contacts were all gone. Strangely, downloading the same dialer app from my old ROM and looking at the call history shows names next to the calls until the name disappears as though the contact were updating.

Sorry for the long post. I guess my questions are, in essence:

Is there a fix for the strange "NO SIM CARD" error? I thought it was hardware-dependent at first, but only updating software fixed it so I'm not sure.

Is there a way to recover my contacts? Even if the phone is beyond saving, I would really like to have my contact list back. Apparently they should be stored in a .db file somewhere, but I haven't been able to find it. Maybe switching ROMs deleted it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] adrield:
Hi all,

I have bought HTC Touch p3450, and I wanted to transfer all my contacts from my old Nokai N-Gage Classic Phone. I exported all my contacts by using backup contacts software for Symbian to a .VCF file. This VCF File has all my contacts, but when I am trying to import it to outlook it only imports the first contact.

I have seen some shareware software who can do the trick, like VSync or VCard etc. which imports only 5 contacts for all it requires registration Do you have any freeware alternative for VSync? or is there a different way I could use?

Thanks....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nwpsys:
I would like to bump this thread, as I have a similar requirement.

Google Mail contacts can be exported into a single .vcf file, and if there is an app that allows import of multiple entries into Windows Mobile Contacts, that would be super useful and would avoid the need of messing around with CSV files of any sort.

Also, Google exports then as v3.0 vcards - does pocket outlook support his version ?

adrield, if you open your vcf with a text editor, what does it show for VERSION: within each vcard ?

Cheers,

nwpsys
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Jamie_Edwards:
Hi guys,

So it's been quite a long time since I last attempted to root or flash a custom recovery/rom on an android device... So long in fact that I can only remember as far back as the Sony-Ericsson Xperia X8, and the Samsung Galaxy S2.

Since then, I've become VERY rusty because, due to the area of work I'm in, I needed an iPhone (oh jeez was that just torture).

Anyway, I'm now an owner of an 8GB Samsung Galaxy J5 (SM-J500FN) and being quite tech savvy, you can probably guess that I've already run out of the 4GB space provided. So, I've decided to try and jump back into the world of rooting and flashing custom roms/recoveries.

BUT! Because I've been out for so long, my young, naive, scared Sh*tl*ss self has re-emerged, because he's looked through LOADS of threads and guides on how to do this and has gone... NOPE!

So this is why I'm here. I'm very aware that there are loads of guides out there, but I've a few questions about it all, and hopefully with any luck, this could be turned into an AiO (All in One) guide for those just starting with this concept.

Even so. Here's a few things I'd like out of this... First, I'm very much interested in having TWRP as my recovery. I did use CWM back in the day but found it non-user friendly (but that's just me). I'd also like to have either Cyanogen 12.1 or 13 (though I've seen that there are still bugs in 13 whereas 12.1 is virtually bugless).

So here are my questions:

I've read that you need a key to unlock the Samsung Bootloader to enable you to flash TWRP. Is that true with the J5? (NOTE: I did enable OEM Unlocking in the Developer options)

If I flash TWRP, will my phone get completely wiped, or not?

Will KNOX try to interfere with the flashingof TWRP, or once TWRP is flashed, will KNOX generally bugger about with the phone? (I've heard that KNOX will prevent the device from accessing Samsung servers if it deems the device to be "Unofficial")

How likely is it to brick the phone through flashing the recovery?

I know those questions are probably really simply answered in guides but that's not the point of this, I'd rather have somewhere, one place, where people can see all the answers rather than having to go looking for hours and end up getting very scared! xD

Finally:

How do I flash TWRP onto my J5 (SM-J500FN)? (I've seen loads of guides to this all doing it in very weird and colourful ways, but all very, very different!) Please don't point me to some random guide, I'd like more of a lay-mans terms on how to do this as it's all confusing.

How do I flash Cyanogen 12.1/13? (Is this the same as CWM where you click "Install" select the .zip and then it does it for you?

As said above, this is designed mainly for piece of mind, but also a more definitive thread to how to successfully achieve this!
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] johnhux7:
My experience of flashing TWRP is from using the same phone as yourself SM-J500fn and its all really simple.

Please remember that I'm just another guy who uses this site so I'm only sharing my experience of using the same phone.

You have already unlocked the OEM in the developer settings so no need to worry about bootloader like in some other phones.

Make sure that you download the most current version of the recovery that you want to use.

I had trouble with a recovery before and it was just due to the fact that the recovery was not good.

I'm pretty sure that you will lose all warranty from flashing a custom recovery but KNOX has not given me any trouble.

I didn't lose any info off my phone when I simply flashed a recovery only when I either flashed a new ROM via ODIN or a custom ROM via TWRP.

It was a really simple easy thing for me to do. Once i made sure that I had all the drivers and ODIN and TWRP downloaded then out only took a few mins.

Installation of Cm 12.1 was just a case of pressing the correct buttons but I made sure I did a full back up and good wipe before installing.

I have purposely only given you my experience of doing this no guides / downloads etc. I'm not a developer just somebody who enjoys paying around with my Android phone.

Hope that was of some help. I'm happy to share what experience I have.

John
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] American_Jesus:
Not sure what guides you have looking, but not the right ones.

1- No key needed to unlock bootloader, only OEM Unlocking

2- TWRP will wipe the partitions you select, but that doesn't mean more user space, the user space partition (internal data) size is fixed

3- KNOX doesn't interfere, KNOX is a system protection on Samsung ROMs

4- If you read the instructions carefully there's problem, it's not that difficult

You need a recovery based on what ROM you will install

[RECOVERY] [TWRP-3.0.2-0] Samsung Galaxy J5 [MM][Android 6.0.1]

[RECOVERY][TWRP 3.0.2-0]TWRP Recovery for Samsung Galaxy J5 (2015) [Android 5.1.1]

Each recovery has is own instructions, just follow and you should have problems, same with custom roms

[ROM][UNOFFICIAL][5.1.1]CyanogenMod 12.1 for Samsung Galaxy J5 (2015)

Thats the only build from source (til now), the others are ports, ports can have more bugs a less security updates and CM updates integration.
[Android Software Development] magaedy:
Hello Guys,

I have Samsung core prime device SM-G361H which platform is Lollipop 5.1.1 and its processor is Spreadtrum sc8830 with CPU (1300.0 MHz, 4-core) and I'm using Rooted stock rom, This device has very low sound speakers, So I used viper4android to boost its sound

It's working good but my problem is when I'm enabling Convolver for speaker, it makes a repeat for last second of the last sound played (any sound even for system sounds and phone call ringing), this repeat happens when another sound start playing (also for any sound started on the device), it repeats the last second of the previous sound played.

Tried to solve the problem and search for fix but there is no fix for that

PLZ all help me for fix this annoying problem :confused: :crying:

Thanks in Advance
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droid_JD:
Clean flashed the other day. Somehow lost that option to select wifi networks from within the quick settings menu. Can't seem to find the option to re-enable that feature.

Help, please.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gjkrisa:
Can you slid the notification bar down twice then hit edit?

Or hold the settings down for ten seconds to enable system UI changer?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droid_JD:
No system ui runner option. Yes, I can edit the panel , but I don't see an option for expanded wifi
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droid_JD:
Any ideas, anyone?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidPurity:
Sorry to tell you but sounds like you are probably going to have to flash the ROM again. Sometimes weird unexplained bugs pop up in the OS when flashing. I once had the DND toggle stuck in On position after flashing just a stock image of a new security update from Google. No matter what it wouldnt turn off. So I had to reflash again.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droid_JD:
Took me a coupe of days, but I finally had a chance to clean flash. The wifi QS toggle became available, but after a couple of boots I lost the toggle again. Not sure what I have on the phone that could bee doing that. Very strange
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droid_JD:
Ok, well I'm officially an idiot.

To enable the quick toggle with WiFi networks, the WiFi QS needs to be in the top row, with "enlarge top row" enabled.

Now that I figured that out, it's time to start on "turning left"...

Hope this helps someone else out
[Zenfone 2 Laser Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aemripcord:
Any one has Need Stock Recovery WW_21.40.1220.1877?
[Zenfone 2 Laser Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] addy692:
I have
[Zenfone 2 Laser Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dark_lord:
Post it
[Zenfone 2 Laser Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sn0maan:
Why would you want the stock recovery for that version? You are looking to flash the stock firmware again?
[Zenfone 2 Laser Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ram2535:
you can find it here.

http://xdaforums.com/zenfone-2-laser/general/recovery-stock-recovery-img-boot-img-t3409505
[Zenfone 2 Laser Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pintu Patra:
I want dude.

I have a Asus Zenfone 2 Laser (ZE550KL_ZOOL), using CM 13.1 (6.1) Dated- 05.07.2016, Now I want to need Stock Recovery WW_21.40.1220.1877 in my phone. But I can't flash the rom, when i want to flash the rom it shows error 7. What Can i do now dude, please please help me. my Email ID : pintupatra23@gmail.com.

Please reply me with suggestion.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bojill:
Good day,

I couldn't find any similiar posts, decided to post a new thread.

I have two i9300's ( Let's call them A & B ) where motherboard B only outputs garbled sound through the speaker. It's definatly not the speaker, and more likely to be the issue of motherboard B since both speakers work on A.

So what my question is, does anyone who has expierence with this hardware knows what points I should a look at hardware wise?

I'll check up on this thread once I wake up.

Thanks in advance.

( Reason A's motherboard is to be replaced is because B's screen is broke, and A doesn't charge anymore. )
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] universal_cynic:
Sometimes when I am using the headphone jack in the car or with headphones AND I connect a charger, I get a lot of noise on the audio. I've used different charging sources (car, computer, etc), cables (LG, other), headphones, but it persists. Anyone else experience this?
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sun_is_shinning:
yes, is normal, because car chargers have different frequency range of work that make some kind of interference with the processor and some other components of the phone, not only the audio jack, you only notice it with headphones connected but anyway the phone make some interference sounds you cant hear normally, try put your ear close to the call speaker or to the back of the phone when connected to the car charger and you see what i am talking about.

dont worry about that...
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] universal_cynic:
If it was just in the car then I understand, but I wouldn't expect this kind of noise coming from the USB connection on my laptop docking station.
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedthehumanoid:
I get it too. Whenever I'm at work listening to music and I charge my phone at the same time. (Regular elec outlet.)

I'm not sure if it's common or not as I've never seen any other threads about it. I have noticed that sometimes if I unplug/plug back in, I can sometimes get it to go away.
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edrift:
does this happen on all headphones?

it'll happen on cheaper pairs where the cable isn't shield.

On a pair of panasonic in-ear noise cancelling earphones i'll get noise whilst charging off AC.

However when i try a pair of Sony headphones with are using a Monster cable, there's no noise.

One thing i did notice is that when there's noise, if you touch the metal frame of the phone to ground it, the noise disappears.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DirtyHarry55:
Any new root methods for Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G9OOT running Marshmallow 6.01 that don't require a PC.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] pieces of cake:
Hey guys. New to this device, having just jumped shipped from the sinking Note 7.

Just wondering if you all could tell me if this device is easy to root and if the rumors I've heard about rooting this device making it slow, laggy, etc., are true.

Thanks in advance.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] farru503:
Easy to root yes...look on YouTube...but keep in mind that

after rooting your phone will get super leggy and you will need fix some stuff with kernel...that's too much sht... I decided to stay stock... TouchWiz is not that bad actually...enjoying my s7 edge after leaving my note 7 too
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] Gabe2014:
Me too , I returned my note 7 today after have for couples day's but for now I'm happy with this device whit out root
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] F9zSlavik:
I was wondering about this too. I still have my N7 but was thinking of returning it for a S7 Edge
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] Binary100100:
Here is How To (Qualcomm) Root S7/S7 Edge

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] gaww:
I have been on rooted stock, modded stock, and now Echoe since early July with good performance and battery life with the basic kernel mods recommended.

Echoe is the best (and really only non-stock ROM0, but has some minor issues - primarily WIFi calling, so if you want that you might stick to stock or the modified stock just released.

Be sure you read the instructions carefully before starting so you can avoid mistakes many have made getting started. In messing around with different setups, I have had to RE-ODIN stock software and re-root several times - can do it in my sleep now - lol.

Note - if you buy a TMo S7 - check which firmware version is on it an download and save that firmware. If you don't want to jump into rooting right off, do not let TMo update the firmware, as it will include the latest bootloader and security patches, which will limit your options.

If you want LTE+ (it is fast), I believe even when rooted that you could ODIN ONLY the ODIN CP module that upgrades the modem and related firmware to the new LTE.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] dkb218:
Does the S7E offer anything like Smart Select that would allow me to trace out a picture on a webpage and save it or share it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] pyraxiate:
I'm on modified stock rooted. Yes you need to use something like trickstermod to change the governor and min/ max frequency. Takes 2 seconds. Runs decently. No major lagging. I have root and a ton of xposed modules up and running without any problems.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] thefoss:
What settings do you recommend?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] pyraxiate:
Ondemand governor and set big and little cores to both max and minimum correctly. The eng kernel has them all locked at 1000 and performance which lags like crazy.

Edit:

Make sure lock frequency is enabled and don't forget to apply on boot.

---------- Post added at 05:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:40 PM ----------

Deep sleep is good as is the general performance. Great battery life. No issues charging wired or wireless and on quick charge.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] black96ss:
I'm also coming from a note 7. Getting my edge tomorrow. Rooting it doesn't seem to be an issue, also says it can still be rooted on the latest firmware. I'm still researching on how to fix the stupid issues like the lag, hurricane icon etc. Any help or write ups would be awesome and save some of newly edge owned people. I did have an s7 edge as a loaner during the first recall.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] princeasi:
Not exactly like how the N7 does. The workaround would be to screenshot and crop thru the edit tools
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] dkb218:
I've pretty much gotten it in my head that for the first time since the Note 2, I will be using something else other than a Note. I'll fall back on my Note 4 if I get too homesick.

Besides the S Pen, there is one other feature I'll miss a lot - Secure Folder. It's grown on me in ways I never expected. The simple ease of transition from normal to Secure Folder use is what makes it so good. Having the option of having a completely secure version of any app that only the user can access... I'm hoping Samsung ports it over to the S7E.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] princeasi:
It's a decision of either sacrificing the performance upgrade or S Pen and it's features!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] strongsteve:
Just switched to the S7e from Note 7. Really pissed that the always on display does NOT display all the notifications. I tried to port the apk from the note 7 but it will not install.. what gives?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] gaww:
Did you try to install the apk with the installer or did you put it into directly into the system? Also, there may be other system components you will need load
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer] Natureboy72:
I defiantly miss my Note7, but the S7 edge is a very good replacement. although, I'm still intrigued by the V20.
[Remix OS for PC] mtraider:
In the middle of the install it locked up and now my SSD is messed up. When ever I try to view it in drive manager in win 10 I get a cyclic redundancy error. Please help....
[General Questions and Answers] Austenrockz15:
Ok so essentially im trying to spoof my mac address on my newly purchased verizon HTC 10 its a great phone but of course i got caught up in how pretty the phone was and purchased it without realizing that Verizon prevents you from unlocking the bootloader ( cant say i'm surprised it is verizon after all ) no big deal so i purchased sunshine to get s-off which worked very well, flashed twrp recovery and easily installed viper rom, after installing all my apps, i thought that surely spoofing my mac would be no problem, after all i spoofed the mac on my jailbroken iphone with a simple terminal command that modifed the mac in NVRAM. Then the great train wreak began, first i started with the play store apps which would spoof the mac however they failed to authenticate with any network that had any kind of security so that was a no-go, then i used busy-box commands to try and attempt to spoof the mac same issue failed to authenticate, so then i just figured id go into the filesystem and modify some files, however every tutorial i could find pointed to a /efs directory which was not present at all or a /persist directory which was also not present there were a few other directories none of which i could find. Eventually i just got so pissed i took the wifi firmware files ( and if anyone was wondering the model of the chip is a bcm 4359 which is apparently a really good chip ) and went into a hex editor and found macaddr=%2 and changed %2 to equal the mac im trying to spoof. Of course when i applied the modified firmware files the wifi failed to turn on at all, so i thought maybe its the viper rom, perhaps it lacks directorys that a stock 6.0.1 rom has, but after restoring my backup its the exact same filesystem layout as viper, what i don't understand is why its so easy too spoof a mac address on an IOS DEVICE, but on an open source operating system such as android its giving me this much trouble, maybe i'm just stupid and missing something really obvious but surly it cant be this difficult to spoof a mac on android, any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pctuner:
Info:

Host Explorer allows you to connect and access all your files on your desktop (the whole filesystem) through WiFi without using Remote Desktop Connection.

Requirements:

Desktop: Any Windows Operating System with Microsoft .NET Framework 2.

Device: Any Windows Mobile Device with Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 2.

Installation & Executing:

Copy Host.exe to your Desktop and run.

Copy HExp.exe to your Device and run when required.

Limitations For Now:

It just shows the filesystem of the Desktop (You can just see all the drives and files. You can't access them.)

No icons showing the filetype are displayed.

On Every Run, IP Address of the Desktop must be entered manually. (I know this is very tiresome.. but that is what I'm fixing now.)

Features to be Added:

Do Something for the Desktop IP Addresses.

Show Icons for filetypes.

Open Desktop's Files on the Desktop.

Remote Download. Download files to your Desktop from the internet using your device.

View and Control Desktop Processes.

...more...

Last: Control Device's File System and ... on Desktop.

Revision History:

[13-12-07][0.04 - Alpha]

Download file to Device (with progress bar).

[03-12-07][0.03 - Alpha]

You can actually login now. In the Previous Builds you wouldn't have been able to login.

A Drop Down box shows the available Local IP Addresses.

[28-11-07][0.02 - Alpha]

Full Row Select in FileViewer Enabled.

Bug in Size fixed.

[28-11-07][0.01 - Alpha]

1st Alpha Post
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] alebla:
pctuner,

can you post pics please?