yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mjohnson27401:
I thought I would post this in case someone else is stuck like I was. I purchased an S7 SM-G930F off ebay and it worked fine for a 45 days until 2 days ago when a Rent-A-Center lock screen popped up and rendered the device unusable. I tried to get it returned through ebay but the seller and ebay both said that the return window closed. Based on web searches this has been in place for a few years on Rent-A-Center acquired devices but I couldn't find anything fixing it for the S7. Long story short I tried everything under the sun to get a firmware on it and every way failed. It seems like anything based on Samsung firmware would trigger it including multiple different builds such as Superman. Others probably know more, but it seems like there is something in Samsung produced firmwares (maybe knox) that checks and trips on the IMEI number causing the lock to trigger.

There are guides and information out there about using Cyanogenmod on an S5 to work around it so I looked through all the firmware available and decided to try the N7 Google Pixel Edition 2.0 here by Angelo27093 since it wasn't based on Samsung Firmware.

That worked! Many Thanks to Angelo27093 and anyone else who worked on that firmware because it turned my 500.00 brick into a usable device.

Steps

(I'm a newb so maybe I didn't need all this)

1. Download the Stock firmware of your choice from Sammobile

2. Unzip/unrar it and pull out the BL and CP for bootloader and modem (I used 7Zip)

3. Grab TWRP from here

4. Grab Odin 3.12 here

5. Download the N7 Google Pixel Edition 2.0 ROM here

6. Put the N7 ROM on an SD Card

7. Put the Device in Download Mode (Hold Vol Down, Power, Home)

8. Use Odin to flash TWRP to the device (AP)

9. Reboot into Recovery Mode (Hold Vol Up, Power, Home)

10. In TWRP use Advanced Wipe to Wipe everything except the SD Card. If it fails use Reset Data first, then Wipe

11. Reboot into Download mode from TWRP Reboot menu

12. Use Odin to Flash the BL, CP, and TWRP

13. Reboot into Recovery mode

14. Use Install from the TWRP menu to browse to N7 Google Pixel ROM on the SD Card

15. That's it. Wait for it to boot and setup (might take 5-10 min)

The only other thing I did was grab exchange services and the samsung email client from an APK mirror.

Again, MANY Thanks to all the people that put all this software together. Saved my device!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] chinoboy:
Just tried this, still doesn't work for me. Followed all the steps. Did the lock come back for you?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] deshaney:
1- install twrp

2- boot into recovery

3- Go to Advanced -> Terminal Command -> hit "Select"

4- type these comands

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/sda11

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/sda13

5- do a factory reset with the recovery
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Feanux:
When doing dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/sda11 I get the following error:

dd: writing 'dev/block/sda11' : No space left on device
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] cellit801:
Thank you for this!! At our cell-repair place we had a customer have this stuck on their S7 and we could not get it off. We had actually tried this exact thing once before without a few of the steps. Well, we did everything in this order again, including flashing twrp again and typing the code before installing the rom and it worked! Not sure what was different between our two separate tries, but in the end it worked! So thank you!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mr64fixit:
after do odin flash with G930FXXU1APB6 and all ok :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rocco210:
Note 8

I just bought a "unlocked" note 8 and everything was clean when I checked it and everything works and is activated but when I was scrolling though the settings I saw under "knox" there's a Rent-a-center profile with the contact number and everything. So I'm assuming this is going to do the same exact thing. And if it does, will this method work for my phone as well? I've been doing research about what it means and a solution when i stumbled on this post and figured I'd ask some people who are familiar with the issue and might know what to do and not to do. So If anyone has any advice or can help please let me know
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bishopag:
didn't work for me, model g930f. please helpppp!!! :(((
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] djh816:
TLDR, follow back to stock procedures for your phone. In this case they have used an exploit to gain system persistence. Without clearing the system and data partitions, the exploit will likely return ("factory restore" only wipes data partition).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] shaggyskunk:
Sounds to me like the Rent a Center lock is a legitimate lock by Rent a Center... It seems that whomever you bought your phone from had acquired it from Rent a Center on a "rent to own" or something similar - And they sold you a phone that wasn't theirs to actually sell....In other words it looks - walks & smells like fraud on the part of the person who sold you the phone.

https://www.rentacenter.com/smartphones/shop-smartphones/c/5001

Sent from my SM-G955W ??
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Anonymalious:
Had great experience with this service referred by [MENTION=9143193]magmafire[/MENTION]. Basel was very professional, friendly and patient. He is passionate about his work. The price was more than fair for the service he offered. I highly recommend him for anyone's got a rent-a-center locked phone. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] fatalfury:
if it really comes down to it rent a center are a bunch of crooks who over charge people 2,500.00 for a 800.00 phone ??? screw rent a center.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] l3igl3ang:
Any one here can verify this method works? Seems ever one saying its not working. I bought a s7 other day mint condition for 25 bucks guy said it wouldn't turn on so i got home and charged it and it came on but it has a RAC lock on it. I figure if its ez enough for me to get it off i will try that but if not i will wait till i get another s7 with bad lcd and swap boards. I tried flashed U1 FW and that didnt work.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] deshaney:
Flash the engineer bootloader that matches your firmware version. This will give you root she'll access. Then you can use the "dd if" commands to remove rac lock. I've done it on multiple phones.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DrPhant0m:
I have the opportunity to buy a Note 9 from a seller that seems to deal with second-hand stuff (maybe a pawn shop, or they bought a pallet of electronics for resell/repair/etc). I don't think it's some degenerate that just didn't pay their bill and are trying to rip off RAC. It's the unlocked international version (N9600) that can be bootloader unlocked, rooted, etc. I'm familiar with the process of entering download mode, wiping, rebuilding partitions, etc. Would this process work on this phone to permanently remove the RAC lock? I plan to use the phone on Verizon, FWIW.

Now, a note on the legality/honesty of this situation:

I know that there is the possibility of dishonesty here... so it's a little taboo to talk about. RAC locked down the device due to non-payment. However, I hate the idea of the hardware going to waste. The fact is that when someone defrauds a lender (carrier, rent a center, etc)... it sucks, and there's a phone that's locked until it's paid for. However, in most cases, they don't pay for it, and it gets sold on the gray market. I just want this device to be able to be used again. If RAC is the only entity that can *legally* unlock it, then it's just not going to happen. They might want thousands of dollars to pay it off.

Stolen cars are eventually sold at auction, assuming they are in suitable condition. It's the most legitimate end to preventing a running car from going unused.

So... on the honor system... we technically capable people that just want to battle entropy of electronics might be able to remove the lock permanently and save the device from the e-waste heap. That's my goal. And a good deal, of course.

So... Will this work for the N9600? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DrPhant0m:
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, the item in question already sold to someone else... But now that I'm interested in the topic, I'm also curious. Can RAC blacklist the phone like a carrier could? Could they put the IMEI or MEID on a list of stolen devices and carriers like Verizon or Tmobile could refuse to activate them? Or, do they have no authority to do that? If they could blacklist the device for all carriers, it doesn't matter how simple their security is.

Thanks again
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DrPhant0m:
So... Let's say I came across a phone with a RAC lock and did an ESN check. If I got the attached results... What would be the outcome? It's not on the blacklist, but it is on the NCIC list (national crime information center). Would Verizon or any other carrier allow it, or not? I kind of want to ask Verizon directly, but that would be like asking a TSA agent what weapons *are* allowed on a plane.

Any advice?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] BlazeFTB:
ncic is the national database that police use for lost/stolen stuff. carriers generally dont have access to it. but cops do. if a cop runs the imei in ncic it would come back as stolen and you might get in trubble with the law for possing stolen property. however unlike cars or guns the cops only check phones through ncic if something suspicious is happening like phone theft investigation where they have a description of person or vehicle possibly involved
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] crnkoj:
Hey guys, i have an issue with my mi5 (been running cyanogenmod/resurrection remix 6.0 versions) on it with dual sim Vodafone DE and T-mobile DE. after a few days my T-mobile Sim card died and i have to replace it.

I have been getting this issue with my old LG G2 running custom os (mostly blissrom either 5.1 or 6.0) as well, e.g. the T-Mobile Sim card getting killed after a day or two in the phone, which i than had to replace ( while in my htc one m9 running modified stock, this doesnt happen and the current card that died in the mi5 lasted over half a year in it without any issues).

Now i have found several posts on the internet describing exactly this, but for oneplus one/two, where its said that T-mobile DE had fixed this with the latest revision of the sim cards (C/W7), which i have as well and died.

a link to reddit about it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/oneplus/comments/44qxyx/oneplus_devices_killing_sim_cards/

Apparently its an issue with MEC, where the card gets burned by the phone. Naturally at first i thought my aging g2 would be the culprit, but apparently its the SIM cards from T-mobile.

Now i was wondering, did anyone see this behavior as well (with t-mobile de simcards)?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] Evil_Kreis:
Hello from Germany here.

Had exactly the same problem. What seems to help is a nfc sim card (v/t 7). You can call the support or go to a shop and get a new card.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] elot01:
Hmmm, interesting.....

My employer just changed from KPN (Dutch provider) to T-mobile.

Running it for 1 day now, and until now no problem.

But i could see that the sim looked different to the KPN sim and also different then my private Vodafone sim.

My employer will hope that this won't happen, because we have a lot of persons with dual-sim phones :)
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] Evil_Kreis:
Well, it occurs after about 6 weeks so the odds aren't that good.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] crnkoj:
curiously enough it occurred for me after 5 or 6 days. Before with the g2 mostly in like 1 day. I will go there today and ask them for the nfc sim. do i have to say something specific or just ask for it? Should i say i have a specific phone (op 2 perhaps) ?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] crnkoj:
so i was at the telekom shop today... one of the most frustrating conversations ever. They wouldnt give me a new sim card, cuz mine died and they couldnt send me a verification sms code to it... unbelievable, they called than the central so that they will send me one per mail... tried to explain them what th eproblem is, but it was like they never heard of the nfc-sim card or the different versions (e.g. c/w7 or v/t7), said it would be my luck if i would get a v/t7 version, cuz they cant know which one they send... i even showed them the thread on their forums... oh well lets get the new one burn it again and this time call myself telekom from home, try to get a more technically versed person at the other end...
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] Evil_Kreis:
The NFC Card is needed to pay with My wallet and things like that. Actually they should know about that. There is a thread where you can ask for a new one but now the problem is you already ordered one so they can't do anything before it arrives. If you want the link write a PM. I know it's really a pain in the *** and for me it was even worse because it was a company card.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] Splitbreed:
Hello there. I can not root my phone. Bootloader is unlocked on but I do not know how to root. Please help me.

Thanks, and sorry for my bad eng.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] jkccl9:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67432413&postcount=4
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] thilak devraj:
flash twrp and install supersu,, simple
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] muradulislam:
Install adb, connect your phone to pc in bootloader mode, flash twrp, flash SuperSU and you are done.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] Splitbreed:
Are you sure? My version is Marshmallow. Is it compatible?
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] thilak devraj:
adb is compatible with any version
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] muradulislam:
Adb is like DOS so yeah, you can do a lot using that and it is compatible to all versions, previous or future.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] Romiui:
OP , Please Always Try To read Before Asking . We All Trying to help as can , but some questions was not needed here ! .. always try search google then add XDA u'll get answers :) . GD Luck !.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
Read the guide steps by steps so you won't trigger a thermonuclear war.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] muradulislam:
Lol....
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] Splitbreed:
Thanks my friends. Rooted my Huawei!
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
Happy modding. :)
[Other SmartWatches] gloege:
Can i use an ebay android 5.1 smartwatch to receive and make calls over Bluetooth on my primary phone or do i need to get an ebay smartwatch that supports Bluetooth calling?
[Other SmartWatches] Smith 001:
You need a tethering watch.
[Other SmartWatches] gloege:
I think i got what you are saying, but elaborate for me just in case
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] jonny727272:
I had my phone just sitting on a wireless charger this morning and had been there for about 15-30 minutes. I noticed it was rebooting, odd I thought? I took it off and then realized it was going into a boot loop. I gave it a soft reset and then it would turn on and stay on for about 10 seconds before boot looping again. I again gave it a soft reset after a couple loops and now it seems to totally dead, as the title implies.

No button combination has worked and I've held them all down for well over 30 seconds each. I've tried plugging it into my PC and haven't gotten any response that way. The blue LED is on so I know it's not dead...I think? To make matters worse, I bought this phone off Craigslist about 5 months ago and it's the Exynos version so I definitely can't get any kind of warranty on it. I'm hoping someone has had this problem and can help or just has some advice. Thanks everyone.

EDIT: To keep this updated, I have been able to get into Odin Mode and have tried to flash stock firmware. Odin says everything went fine but the phone hangs up at the Samsung Galaxy S7 logo. I'm unable to boot into recovery mode and I've even tried to reinstall TWRP with Odin and that has not worked.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] *Detection*:
Seen the LED only problem before, waiting for the battery to drain and the phone to turn off seems to be the only known cure atm

Once it does, connect the charger for 15 mins, then boot directly into recovery and clear caches to try fix the bootloop, possible it may need factory resetting / clean flash of stock ROM

Using the MicroUSB > USB white adapter, you may be able to connect a power hungry USB peripheral to the phone to drain the battery faster, I use a USB desktop fan, but some people report it not working when it is stuck in this LED loop and have just had to wait it out
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] jonny727272:
Thanks for that advice, I'll let it drain over night. However, I have been able to get it to boot into Odin Mode and Odin v.3 recognized it. I flashed the stock firmware but upon rebooting nothing happened and now it gets stuck at the Samsung logo screen. I can still get it back into Odin mode, which I believe will be the fastest way to kill the battery, but I find it odd that I can get into that but not recovery? I am rooted and have TWRP installed, if that matters at all.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] *Detection*:
If you can get into Download (ODIN) mode, then letting the battery drain probably won't help, that only seems to help when the phone is completely stuck with nothing but the LED working

Make sure you flash CSC (Not HOME_CSC) along with the other 3 sections of the ROM, using ODIN 3.12.3, that should factory reset the phone after the flash

If you successfully flashed stock with ODIN already, you are no longer rooted and do not have TWRP installed, flashing stock with ODIN replaces all that with stock
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] jonny727272:
I updated Odin and once again tried to flash the 4 parts, making sure I used the right CSC file, but I'm still getting hung up at the Samsung Galaxy S7 logo. Do you have a suggestion as to which region's firmware I should use? I have been trying the Australia one from SamMobile's site.

EDIT: And to clarify, I have the G930FD(the duos one).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] *Detection*:
Any region would work, and the F firmware works for the FD too
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] locutor1:
Good afternoon everyone.

I have checked that the recordings of Radio Fm and calls have a very poor sound quality. For example, the quality of a recording made in the Radio Fm application is:

Format : MPEG Audio

File size : 247 KiB

Duration : 1 min

Overall bit rate mode : Constant

Overall bit rate : 32.0 kb/s

Audio

Format : MPEG Audio

Format version : Version 2

Format profile : Layer 3

Duration : 1 min

Bit rate mode : Constant

Bit rate : 32.0 kb/s

Channel(s) : 1 channel

Sampling rate : 22.05 kHz

Compression mode : Lossy

Stream size : 247 KiB (100%)

In the recording of calls the quality is worse than in the one of Radio Fm:

Format : MPEG Audio

File size : 1.04 MiB

Duration : 9 min

Overall bit rate mode : Constant

Overall bit rate : 16.0 kb/s

Audio

Format : MPEG Audio

Format version : Version 2

Format profile : Layer 3

Duration : 9 min

Bit rate mode : Constant

Bit rate : 16.0 kb/s

Channel(s) : 1 channel

Sampling rate : 16.0 kHz

Compression mode : Lossy

Stream size : 1.04 MiB (100%)

Is there any option to increase the quality of the recordings?

By the way, is there any option to activate RDS on Radio Fm in the MIUI rom?

Thank you very much to all.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] vampire585:
use MIUI8 tweaks .

you will need xposed to get the above working.

you can increase call recording bitrate upto 64kb/s
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hterag:
Hi all,

Bit of a problem here, I know that in the ServiceMode menu (dialing *#0011#) there used to be an option for WiFi Power saving. After upgrading to the latest firmware, that option is no longer there. My problem is, I used to use that to solve a problem with an app I used by switching it off then switching it on when I wanted to use WiFi tethering (as this doesn't work with WiFi Power Saving turned off).

Before the upgrade, I turned it off... So, I need to know what this setting actually sets. Is it an option in build.prop? Is it a setting somewhere else? Is there another way to set it?

I want to set it back to, "on" without doing a factory reset as I no longer use the app that had issues with WiFi power saving being on but I do need to use WiFi tethering.

Thanks for any help in advance.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hterag:
I hate to bump/double post but anyone have any idea? Or if you don't know, do you know how I might find out? I've Googled my fingers raw. :(
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhamza3:
my z3 was on 5.0.1 and i downloaded D6633_23.5.A.1.291_1289-8620_R3D.ftf fr from flash tool

and when i try to make call it say turn off airplane mode

is there is any solution ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] LordManhattan:
Hi!

I got a request for our programers out there!

A ROM with stuff from the LG KS20 ROM. Like the LG Menu and stuff. And use the LG Menu as the standard menu on our WM devices. Is this possible?

I'd like to see the Blue Touch ROM with LG's interface.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aih1977:
where is the rom dumped at.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] LordManhattan:
Here you go:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=342866&page=21
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] nEuDy:
The ROM is uploaded on xda-developers FTP in Directory /Upload/LG KS20/

:p
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] LordManhattan:
Heheh.. That's right.. (Stupid me....)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aih1977:
Can someone extract everything from the the raw file i dont have the program to do it.

thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] LordManhattan:
I don't know how to do it, and i got a Mac.. So i don't think I can help you with that.. Anyone else?!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kennylb:
LG Extracted files from raw file

I have extracted al files from raw file.

Here is the link to sendspace:http://www.sendspace.com/file/4xytu3
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aih1977:
thanks!! :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kennylb:
No problem! Just helping each other!
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] ccass:
ResurrectionRemix 5.8.2 [UNOFFICIAL]

-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS-

- Download the latest build

- Download Gapps

- Take a nandroid backup

- Recommended - Full wipe and factory reset

- Flash ROM using latest TWRP 3.x Recovery

- Flash Gapps

- Reboot.

- Enjoy!

-UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS-

- Download the latest build of Resurrection Remix ROM

- Take a nandroid backup

- Flash ROM usingrecovery

- Flash Gapps

- Wipe cache

- Wipe dalvik cache

- Reboot

- Enjoy!​

Current Build:

Download 21-03-2017: [UNOFFICIAL] ResurrectionRemix 5.8.2 - 21-03-2017

DONATE: Give me a beer. Thank you!

XDA:DevDB Information

ResurrectionRemix 5.8.2, ROM for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3

Contributors

ccass, marchetto96, gborgert

Source Code: https://github.com/CyanogenMod

ROM OS Version: 7.x Nougat

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.10.x

Version Information

Status: Stable

Current Stable Version: 5.8.2

Stable Release Date: 2017-03-21

Created 2016-12-13

Last Updated 2017-03-21
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] shetty_chadda:
Downloading Right Away !!
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] scrubjay55:
finally, an updated rr build :) thanks to dev.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] Ekwan4943:
Woah,.nightly? Good job!
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] c_/\/\_k:
Please add some details, Screenshots, working non working lists, whats different from official RR... ? :confused: