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[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frankenscript:
fastest way to find the directory will be to search for fastboot.exe. For me, I'm running the "Minimal ADB and Fastboot" (I'm on version 1.31, that's probably not the latest, but it works) so I have a C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot\ directory.

Just search for fastboot and you'll find the directory. Or google the minimal adb and fastboot package and install it. :)
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravl13:
OK, I've downloaded the Minimal ADB and Fastboot v1.4 and installed it. I put my shield tablet into fastboot mode via the hardware volume and power button, and then I ran the fastboot oem unlock command via the Minimal ADB and Fastboot command window and it was successful.

I have gone to this webpage: developer(dot)nvidia(dot)com(slash)gameworksdownload, and searched for "NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet K1 Recovery OS Image"

I downloaded the 1.5.0 image, and extracted the contents.

Am I supposed to take those extracted contents, and paste them directly into the Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot\ directory? And then I run these commands one at a time from the Minimal ADB and Fastboot command prompt (?):

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot flash userdata userdata.img

fastboot flash staging blob
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frankenscript:
Yes, you can do exactly that!

However, I prefer to leave them on a different hard drive on my system. I keep them in a folder over on my e: drive, so for me the commands might be something like this:

fastboot flash recovery "e:\images\shield50\recovery.img"

and so on...

Before your first flash, make sure your model of shield matches the files! :)

I've got an original shield so I won't be using the K1 files, but I'm presuming you've got a K1 device so probably you are good to go. Happy flashing. Enjoy!
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravl13:
OK, on that developer(dot)nvidia(dot)com(slash)shield-open-source webpage, I downloaded the Recovery Images for v 1.3, v1.5, and 5.0. These are NOT the developer images - just the so-called "Factory Recovery" images.

My Device had done the 5.1 OTA update (which brought it from 1.3 to 5.1), and my whole point of trying to flash it was I wanted to revert back to 1.3. However, when I use the 1.3 and 1.5 images, when I use the "flash-all.bat" command using the Minimal ADB and Fastboot command line, the Tablet is put into an unusable state - the K1 tablet says "updating apps", and when it finishes, it just reboots to Nvidia logo, and goes to "updating apps", reboots, infinitely.

If I use the 5.0 image files, and use "flash-all.bat", the device is usable, and does boot into Android v7.0, but it doesn't prompt me about user settings and personalization like when I first got the device - it goes straight into the Android Nougat OS. Also, Bluetooth is completely hosed on it, which it wasn't when I fist got it. If I ever turn Bluetooth on a "Bluetooth Share keeps stopping. Close App" message keeps appearing and disappearing, and I can see that Bluetooth keeps turning off and on, for 5 to 10 minutes straight. It eventually stops if I poke around other system menus for some reason, even without changing any settings.

What is also very strange is even though this is supposed to be a "Factory Fresh" image (the 5.0 image I downloaded), my device still remembers my wi-fi network (connecting to it automatically), even though it was supposed to be wiped clean. Again, I used the "flash-all.bat" file that is included with all the image.

Any ideas why my device isn't truly resetting to the "Factory Image"? Possibly of note is that the official Nvidia instructions mention a command "fastboot flash userdata userdata.img", but there is no userdata.img file in their image files that they provide.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frankenscript:
Sounds like the FlashAll.bat is hosed and not clearing your user partition. Don't use it. The fact that it's not overwriting the user data explains why it remembers your user data, and also why it's a bit borked after completing. Random bits of 1.5 settings are hanging around and confusing 1.3.

To recover, flash them manually one at a time, like this, in this exact order:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot flash userdata userdata.img

fastboot flash staging blob

Meanwhile I'm having my own fun fiasco, having taken advice that it was safe to flash the ROW LTE image on a US Device. Messed up my baseband in the process, apparently...
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravl13:
Thanks. I found out there's no longer any userdata.img in the Nvidia Shield K1 official images, so I have to do an extra step of doing the factory reset/wipe data procedure on my tablet first, and then image it.

Good luck with the phone
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buxtor:
I am at basically the same spot on my Shield K1 Nougat in that in ADB Fastboot cmd line: adb devices and get nothing, neither in recovery mode or fully booted Android with MTP USB mode selected. The device isn't detected at all in Device Manager in any of the usual spots, and doesn't repopulate the list when unplugged/plugged back in.

PLEASE HELP!!!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dopamin3:
AT&T now has service in my area and everywhere else around me. I'm cheap so obviously I want to choose Cricket over AT&T or GoPhone and yes I'm aware there is 8mbps cap for LTE and 4mbps for HSPA but that doesn't bother me.

Anybody using Cricket? Calling/SMS/MMS/Data reliable? I've seen mixed reviews on Cricket.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
I use Straight Talk on AT&T towers. $50/month after taxes for 5GB of data and unlimited everything else. Plus, the speeds on Straight Talk AT&T are not capped, so it's well worth to me.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dopamin3:
I considered straight talk and att gophone but I need 3 lines. 3 lines on Cricket would be $90 for 3GB data per line, $120 for 8gb data per line, or $150 for unlimited, taxes and fees included so it's the cheapest MVNO. Prices would go down even further getting 2 more people in and doing the group sharing. 8mbps is plenty for me and the other lines, we don't download large files on cellular and 8mbps is capable of streaming audio/video no problem.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pkt_Lnt:
Yes, almost two years now, very happy. I switched from Straight Talk due to poor communications and many local network outages (central coastal California halfway between SF and LA).

I'm on a plan for $45 a month ($50 without auto pay) and get 8 GB per month, no family, no mulltiline. Again very satisfied with Cricket.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PrimeMinister91:
Been with Cricket for over a year now. Love their unlimited plan. Usually go over 15GB no problem. Plus the hotspot workaround makes it even more worth it. Service and customer service are great. Much better than Straight Talk.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Perhaps I've simply been lucky with Straight Talk. I've never had a problem with their customer service when I needed it. As for the service itself, I use the AT&T side of things so it has been excellent for me. However Straight Talk uses all four carriers, so your mileage will vary, especially if you use Sprint.

I've given thought to switching to Cricket in the past, but I cannot get past the throttling aspect. To me, throttling LTE to HSPA speeds means you aren't truly getting LTE. You're not getting everything you're paying for. LTE = speed, and I don't want to be stuck in the slow lane.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distantneighbor:
yep, I am on Cricket Wireless and have been for 3 years. I use to juggle different prepay plans until I found Cricket. Works great for me no matter where I go.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bob24260:
I've used mine on Cricket with zero problems for over a year.The LTE caps haven't been an issue and I get good speeds consistently.Im on the $70 plan and used 64 gigs last month with no slow down.My average use per month runs around 30 gigs.I myself think they are far superior to straight talk but that's just my opinion.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gabe.ulrickson:
So the current word is the Google Nexus 6 running Android 7.0 works 100% on cricket besides LTE band 30 for better indoor quality?

Does the hot-spot work fully without any hacking on the unlimited plan and does VoLte work with Cricket?

TIA

---------- Post added at 08:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:59 PM ----------

Also considering the nexus 6p
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] narithlot:
I am using Cricket on the Nexus 6 and everything is running great! I live in northern California and I get almost full bars every place I go. Just be sure to change your APN settings because the stock cricket one is iffy at best
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gabe.ulrickson:
Would you care to place a copy of your current apn settings up on the forum so that I can try it out with my phone once I get switched back to cricket.

And TBH I have noticed that cricket stock is iffy at best. Due to LTE aggregation it works faster than 8mbps on standard LTE but when using hot-spot my ps4 seems to get like no speed at all, took 13+ hours to download bf4 but that was also with an avg. 2 bars in my house as most of crickets phones do not have band 30 LTE so they don't normally have good indoor coverage in any place but tons of towers where pretty much every carrier and tower has full signal or 4 bars
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] narithlot:
here you go.. this has worked flawlessly for me
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gabe.ulrickson:
So basically you have it set to att apn instead of cricket
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] narithlot:
yup! i tried all the cricket ones and they were not reliable. When i change to the ATT APN everything worked great, no problems what so ever
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gabe.ulrickson:
I did this with a T-Mobile one on metropcs, usually a 3 Mbps boost but sometimes it'll read 16 on metro mmsc and 22 on tmo
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JOEzone:
Cricket has been good for me so far, I was on fi then switched to mint because I'm always looking for a deal or promotion and I switched to cricket got a free phone that I sold on eBay. They use at&t towers which have been fine for me.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus Questions & Answers] San4ata:
Hello!

I have mi5s plus miui 8 7.3.30.

When i try to make a call in skype or viber in loud mode my friend can't hear me, but in normal call(gsm) loud mode working good. It seem like mic do not switch in loud mode in this programms. How can i fix it?:confused:
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus Questions & Answers] fiskersc:
Try to unlock bootloader, and install LineageOS or RRemix jaja
[Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro Themes, Apps, and Mods] zwat:
anyone tried changing the launcher on stock rom? even tried two different launcher switchers without any luck
[Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro Themes, Apps, and Mods] valyvis10:
I try change with TSF Launcher 3D Shell but I don't recommend. It appeared a continuous screen flicker and I need to do factory reset.

Even I was scared that it has failed because it was very difficult to do factory reset between blinks.
[Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro Themes, Apps, and Mods] zwat:
i'll try another custom rom. didn't know android could feel like ios.
[Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro Themes, Apps, and Mods] trevor68:
Easy, install nova, use it to set the standard default launcher, no matter which one you want to use.
[Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro Themes, Apps, and Mods] zwat:
yea seems it got access to a hidden home menu. not it's just saving the settings on my old phone and try to get em on the z2. i could still get back to the zui launcher by swiping on the home button.
[Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro Themes, Apps, and Mods] oren_b:
trevor68, do you find Nova to provide a better experience on this phone than ZUI?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] andrewilley:
I currently use a Holux Bluetooth GPS device with TomTom on my Vario, which works fine. I connect the phone's headphone socket into my old car stereo via a cassette adaptor for both music and TomTom speach, and I use the inline mike in the adaptor cable for handsfree phone calls. It all works fine.

However, my new car will have a CD player only (no cassette) so I was thinking of getting a little Bluetooth audio receiver to cut down on the cables and transfer the audio wirelessly from the phone to a box plugged into the new car radio's AUX input. Will both Bluetooth devices work simultaneously, so I can have TomTom using its bluetooth GPS module at the same time as the phone outputting audio to the other bluetooth device?

And what about handsfree use, is there anything that will allow me to also use the same bluetooth setup as a handsfree device, as I'll no longer have any microphone in the cable, since there won't be a cable...!

I know what I want to do, just not sure how to do it. Thanks for any help folks.

Andre
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] andrewilley:
Any thoughts on this anyone?

I tried it out in a shop using a Sony car radio with Bluetooth support, and it played MP3s fine using PocketMusic once I'd paired the devices. The Sony's ">>" and "<<" keys even selected next/previous tracks perfectly.

However as soon as I started TomTom (v6), the audio only came from the phone's built-in speakers. Even after then exiting TomTom and restarting PocketMusic, the sound still came from the built-in speakers only.

So, any thoughts on how to get TomTom's voices to play via the car stereo using Bluetooth A2DP?

Andre
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] horst-vario:
Not sure about this - I tried on my Wizard with WM5 to have two BT devices simultaneously. Holux 236 GPSlim and Jabre 620s results in extreme skipping. Maybe tuning down the data rate for the BT-Audio could do the trick, which I haven't tried yet.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] jay05:
Fm transmitter

Get a Fm transmitter plugs into the headphone socket and you can tune your car radio to pick up the signal i use one get one on flybay for £5
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] andrewilley:
Hmm, maybe I should just upgrade to a Vario III (Kaiser) which has GPS built in? Or just stick with the old-fashioned solution of a 3.5mm jack cable. :)

Andre
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Hughes4123:
If I understand the question right (if not sorry), you're wanting to run 2 different bluetooth devices at once but can't. If so it's the radio. My moms Acura TL allows multiples devices (my phone and hers). But my 2011 Forte wont. I paired my Ipod touch and my phone and if I'm playing music the phone wont work. I have to change devices on the cars audio system.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] danielg42:
Hey guys, I have a samsung galaxy s7 edge SM-9350. I was able to get root access and get the TWRP app. I was attempting to flash the TWRP recovery image, but I accidentally flashed the to the boot partition instead of recovery. After rebooting, I cannot boot the phone. When I hold the power/volume up button I get the option to select recovery/fastboot/normal boot modes, but no matter which one I select, the phone doesn't seem to boot. Do I have any options? I'm not sure if this qualifies as a hard or soft brick.

I have also tried to go into download mode, by holding the power/home/volume down, but that just seems to enter a boot loop. The screen illuminates, but remains black for a while, then shuts down.

The furthest I get into any sort of developer/interaction with the phone is being able to select between Recovery, Fastboot, or Normal modes.

I'm looking for the general search terms to start with. I've rooted my nexus/htc devices before and soft bricked, but was always able to get back via Fastboot/Recovery. This is the first time I've not been able to get into either. Is there some method I can use via the micro SD card maybe?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] dezborders:
Install PC SmartSwitch app and try the Emergency firmware recovery option

If that doesn't work then you may need a Samsung Repair centre
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] danielg42:
Ugg... I had installed Smart Switch, but it doesn't recognize that my phone is plugged into the PC.

It looks like in order for it to work my phone has to be in Download mode or Recovery mode, depending on what guide I read.

And I can't get into either mode at all :eek:

Thanks for the response!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] dezborders:
I assume Odin doesnt recognise the phone in any situations?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] danielg42:
That's correct. My windows PC with the Samsung drivers no longer recognizes that a device is plugged in. I just tried a USB jig. Pins 4 and 5 of the microusb joined with a 300k ohm resistor and it still doesn't go into download mode.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] dezborders:
Sadly you probably need a samsung repair centre

Please let me know how you get on with a fix
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] daveparki:
Does Odin not recognise the phone when you put it in to download mode ?? i used Kies to recover the firmware rather than smartswitch although Kies tells you to use smartswitch it still let me use it to doe the firmware recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Camerican:
Hello everyone,

I am looking to upgrade from my S4 to an S7 over the next few days, and I have been trying to decide which is the better option between the Verizon model and the unlocked model. I will be using this phone on a Verizon network for now, and was leaning to the unlocked model to get rid of the Verizon bloatware. There is a chance I will be living in a different country in another year or so, so I figured the unlocked model would also give me more flexibility with my next carrier, as I had heard the Verizon model does not support all carrier frequencies. Are there any distinct advantages to going with the Verizon model over the unlocked model, or are there any other important differences I'm overlooking between these two options?

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] iBolski:
Unlocked how? Boot loader unlocked or carrier network (SIMM) unlocked? Verizon phones are carrier unlocked. Meaning, you can already take an AT&T SIMM and put it into the Verizon S7 and it will work.

As for removing verizon bloatware, that's only possible if you root. Unlocked is specific to the carrier only, not an unlocked bootloader. None have an unlocked bootloader that I know of.

The carrier unlocked phones also receive updates much slower than the normal ones.

https://plus.google.com/+DroidLife/posts/ENv2fH9zD7e

If you want carrier unlocked phones that get updates faster than the generic carrier unlocked phones, get the Verizon phone. As per this article, it's already carrier unlocked and it's already updated to Nougat. Might be some hoops to jump through, but it works:

http://www.androidcentral.com/yes-verizon-galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge-are-sim-unlocked

The generic unlocked ones are still on Marshmallow and there is no word on if/when they'll get Nougat. Also, the Verizon one is cheaper than the generic carrier unlocked phones. Expecially if you can find a sale going on for it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] gunz.jones:
There is a hybrid rom that is debloated and works great for all models, it is posted in the vzw amd tmo s7 forums. I'm using it on two phones myself.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] cadcamaro:
The U firmware has no bloat, and has all bands available for use. The main downside is that nougat still isn't out for it, and certain apps won't work if you're from Verizon such as their voicemail app.

On the plus side you get some features that Verizon charges extra for, such as caller ID built in for free.

Regardless you can flash any firmware to any S7 so long as it's the snapdragon variant.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] lesdense:
I've been curious about the G-930U also. If you know, please tell me if these working assumptions are correct or not: The "U" has no carrier branding on it and it has no carrier "bloat" in it (although maybe some Samsung stuff). The "U" CANNOT be bootloader unlocked because it has the Snapdragon processor and at present none of the Snapdragon variations can have their bootloaders unlocked (how I hope this isn't true!). The "U" can be flashed to carrier-specific firmware, although I don't know what the advantage would be.

I'm still mostly using an XT1575, the Motorola X Play Edition 2015. It too had no carrier contamination but it's bootloader was easy to unlock. All I had to do to get it to work with Verizon was insert my nano SIM card. Do any phones still work like that?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] takerhbk:
Hello

One of my friend recently passed away. He left behind his phone OP3 which is fingerprint lock and pin. We don't know his pin. His wife is also not aware. We need access the phone for some clues and important documentation access from his phone.

Is there are way to by pass fingerprint unlock on op3. We don't want to lose data. The device is unrooted.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] inOvator71:
If that phone haven't unlocked bootloader, you probably can't do this without losing data
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] takerhbk:
How to check for unlock bootloader
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] takerhbk:
How to check for unlocked bootloader
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] swapcall:
Other method

There will be pin or pattern lock along with fingerpirnt. You can guess it.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] takerhbk:
Pin it is. How to guess. It is not easy.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] inOvator71:
Restart that phone and when you saw screen with white and yellow text, push volume up button. Then choose fatboot with volume buttons again and when you got it push power on button. After that, phone will show you some text. Completly down you will see Device state. If next to it will be written "unlocked", you're good to go.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] swapcall:
Guess

Its not easy for anyone but his wife may know some hint about common pin or password her husband used to keep.

Most common pin will be 14789 or 36987 or 123456 or 987654

You have to try and try if you don't want to loose data.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] takerhbk:
Apparently he also had secure start-up so any hopes are now gone. Bootloader is locked.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] shubhaemk:
OnePlus Service center might help... Or cops can ask them to do.. give it a try. Try calling customer care of OnePlus, try escalating the issue to seniors. Best of luck. Never Settle!
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] plomba97:
Delete
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] koko21341:
multiple options:

https://alephsecurity.com/2017/03/26/oneplus3t-adb-charger/
[YotaPhone] Tippfehler:
Hello,

the E-Ink display is perfect for a navigation program, if I drive a motorbike, but there are many problems. Maybe it is already solved by other users.

If I start it as E-Ink-App, the display is only in Portrait mode, but my holder is horizontal.

If I start it with Yota Mirror, the display is going to Energy Saving after a short time. It is not possible, to switch it on again, while driving.

Does anybody know, how to use a navigation program in Landscape mode on the E-Ink display?

---

I have changed the holder for the yotaphone to vertical now.
[Windows 10 Mobile] nate0:
In W10M.

Which directories go untouched during a hard reset? Are there any?

I want to preserve files somewhere under c:\ persistently unless reflashed. How can I do that?

Thank you.
[Windows 10 Mobile] EspHack2:
ringtones folder seem to stay intact for some reason
[Windows 10 Mobile] dxdy:
use ##777# for hard reset
[Windows 10 Mobile] dicosky:
DPP folder, this special folder have activation sim card wifi bluetoot and others if you remove it you can't get it by flashing or hard reset and your phone will be like a stone :).
[Windows 10 Mobile] nate0:
What type of reset would you call this or describe it as?