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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] mesomeso:
the main question here that no one has asked, if the phone was reset due to "sim profiling" (replacing a sim), how to obtain/recover the original data and files that was stored on the phone under the 1st sim card?

switching the SIM does not actually do a full factory reset. it just creates a new profile (just like multiple users on windows) . the reason I say that is because when I look on the storage of the phone, it says that 33gb has been used from the total of 128gb memory. when I open the storage and select all the files and check their size, it totals around 16 mb. which means the data is still there in the memory . but how can we recover it again?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] raghav2511:
Hi All,

I have searched around quite a bit, with no avail. Can someone please point me to a way I can transfer my WhatsApp messages and media from iPhone to S8?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] androidbuff123:
Google backuptrans
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] rahularora1:
have a look at wazzap migrator
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] borimol:
+1. Works great.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] raghav2511:
Thanks guys. I didn't feel like paying for migrating a bunch of texts so decided to start clean. Had transfered my media already.

Thanks for your help!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] sims.ns88:
I just got the Galaxy S8+ and this device is stunning.

I transferred my WhatsApp chats and media files from my old iPhone to new Samsung Galaxy S8+ by following

these instructions

. You need to pay $19 If you want to transfer more than 20 chats from a single contact in one shot, but unfortunately I couldn't find any free tool/app that can transfer my Whatsapp chats to my Galaxy S8. Thankfully, it didn't ask me to root my device and the whole process was quite easy. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] androidbuff123:
Dude. I asked to Google the term Backuptrans.

It is a cross platform whatsapp transfer application.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Adventurerre:
I completely agree. Samsung does provide Smart Switch which you can use to transfer your important stuff like contacts, text messages, photos, etc. If your WhatsApp conversations are so much important for you then I guess you can use third-party tools ( http://www.iphone-to-pc.com/transfer-whatsapp-messages-media-files-iphone-to-samsung-galaxy-s8.html ) to transfer WhatsApp chat history from iPhone to your Samsung Galaxy S8. Most of them are paid. Personally, I delete my WhatsApp/WeChat chat history on a regular basis so I don't really care if I can migrate my chat history or not.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] nutson:
Cross-platform WhatsApp chat history transfer is not complicated with the help of third-party tool.

Recommend your try this software to transfer WhatsApp content from iPhone to Samsung Galaxy S8.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Manneman32:
Whatsapp has a build in backupfunction with google accounts, right? Should work cross platforms
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] AndyEdw:
I found that WhatsApp messages and media can transfer by email. But it is only allowed to get the text WhatsApp messages instead of showing them in WhatsApp chats. Finally, I use the FORecovery WhatsApp Transfer tool to help me, which supports to transfer WhatsApp messages between different devices. Maybe it can do a favor for you as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] nima0003:
So I have a hairline crack in the bottom right of my S7 Edge, and was wondering if it's still water resistant. So I went and took a nice hour long, hot and steamy shower. After the phone was dunked in water, exposed to steam, and getting poured on, I don't see one sign of damage so far, everything works fine and I don't notice anything near the crack. DO NOT TRY THIS YOURSELF, IM JUST SHARING MY RESULTS.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] drummerman:
I really don't think many would be daft enough to try this ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] nima0003:
Yea, I got an LG G6, so I thought "nothing to loose, right?" ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] orlans21:
Well this would answer my question that I have been looking for since I got a hairline crack on my s7 edge. I haven't dunked it in water and still not going to but at least ill know it will be safe from a drink spill or a splash.
[Android Studio] fateh_titou:
hi guys i'm trying to create an app for my master project, it should use the wifi and cellular data at the same time to send data. if anyone can help me with a source code or something.. i'll be very greatfull .thanks
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkshadoW99:
i have zenfone 2 with lastest mm .

in marshmallow if you boot with unlocked bootloader the phone stuck on asus logo, so what i did was unlock the bootloader , install LineageOS , relock bootloader, boot LineageOS. The problem is when i try to unlock again the bootloader to acces the recovery i cant , the phone show "Unlock failed.... reboot in 5 second". This problem didn't happen before

please help , how do i fix that :(
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenbo111:
How are you relocking the bootloader? . As far as I know that is not possible.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sukhwant717:
re locking bootloader is possible. flash raw firmware. or flashing boot, recovery, fastboot and ifwi images.

[MENTION=7636393]DarkshadoW99[/MENTION] very first of all you started new thread without searching around. and if you started a new thread your post is too confusing or lacking the context of your post. unable to understand what you actually want.

very first of all while unlocking bootloader with unofficial method. you may get error " failed too many links" but even though bootloader is unlocked pretty well.. ( mention which tool you are using to unlock bootloader)

second thing is you stated that you are trying to unlock bootloader to access recovery. what does it actually mean? do you want to flash custom recovery or your are unable to enter recovery mode?

"in marshmallow if you boot with unlocked bootloader the phone stuck on asus logo" what does this line means? are you stuck at asus logo? as far as i know you can boot in MM with unlocked bootloader too. unable to understand what you wanted to say.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nucleare:
Go back to Lollipop for bootloader unlock

Since there isn't any OFFICIAL unlocker for Zenfone 2 Marshamallow, your best bet is to go back to Lollipop abd having an unlocked bootloader but again, it'll be

without

Marshmallow:

Download official firmware latest release or whatever you had BEFORE installing LineageOS. Rename the the file you just downloaded to:

and put it on an SD-Card, put the sd card in your phone, boot into recovery (by booting to fastboot and selecting recovery) and the restore should start automatically.

Now at this point you'd be back to stock marshmallow and you can downgrade back to Lollipop ( V52.20.40.197--be mindful the link is for the JP SKU and you need to download the right SKU version for your phone in case you have WW --didnt see you specify or not, so maybe you want to check you downloaded the right Lineage OS as well as maybe thas why its freezing ) to use Asus' Unlocker.apk [You can find instructions on official Asus website under support]
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenbo111:
If the last thing he installed was LinOS then he has twrp for recovery. I don't think that method will work.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nucleare:
That's a very valid point, but since his post is vague and quite confusing, unless Lineage has a function within the ROM to "relock the bootloader" I would've assumed he "relocked the bootloader" by installing/fastboot flashing some official boot.img and since he cant get into recovery and his bootloader is locked, I had imagined he'd be back to stock fastboot.

but meh, my guess is as good as any. Unless the OP adds some clarity, we can at least say we tried, amirite? :eek:
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sukhwant717:
absolutely

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i understand that.. but i was just referring that relocking bootloader is possible
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ROC1999:
My phone has some problems:(

after my flash custom ROM(In before, I use the official system without any problems)

When i boot time

There is an interface

It is a network lock

I also on eBay bought unlock code,But it does not work.

I am in China,I even do not know network lock is which carriers

I have root,TWRP,xposed,busybox..can from the file to solve it do?

If not then how to solve it？

Please help me.:rolleyes:

Thanks in advance.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] belkoo:
Which rom have you flashed?
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ROC1999:
ALEK 5.0

But when I flash back to the official does not work
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] chrisokaly:
Does this make AOD brighter for anyone? Thinking this may be something that may need to be fixed on a patch because I see no difference....
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] lg3FTW:
I see no difference either and IMO it's useless sadly
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] railfan-eric:
I see no difference as well.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] skyfox99:
Does the AOD dim at all?
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] m7md535:
please help me .. while flashing cm12 on my samsung galaxy w using cwm it shows a dead android logo and a red triangle saying below installation aborted and i will be grateful for helping .thanks
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] lhanx:
Hi, are you sure that you are using the correct ROM for your phone? also try checking that you are using a suitable recovery to flash the ROM.

If it is still not working, kindly provide me more information so I can understand the problem :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chugs:
Hello. I have been trying to locate and extract the image file that is used for the boot image for the brief seconds before the boot animation.

This is the image with the custom unlocked padlock , the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 banner, and the powered by android footer.

I've been trying to extract my param.bin in order to get the logo.jpg however if had failure I have found posting of others logo.jpgs but they do not have the unlocked padlock. Here is the image I have found if anyone could help me if the full resolution image that I am looking that would be awesome.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mojoswagger1980:
you are asking for trouble champ. that splash screen isnt the bootloaders splash. that is secondary program loader. if anything gets ****ed up there the phone is gone . you would lose download and recovery . it would truly be a brick
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chugs:
Well what I'm doing is making a normal boot animation but I want seamless fade from that unlocked padlock image. I'm not looking to change the splash but I am looking for the full 1440x2560 image that the phone already uses, that way I won't have issues with the placements shifting in between frames.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mojoswagger1980:
It's not an image file . Rather it's not an image file in the way the bl and recovery are . It's not part of the ROM at all it would be there with no os installed it is an embedded partition known as the secondary program loader . But cryptic warning aside I have no idea ......I dont even see it on the device tree which implies it is on a chip that doesn't require kernel support to operate . Good luck man . You are looking a chip that must have voltage regulator of its own i.e transistor or fuse

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PS. Supposing you do find it would most likely require JTAG to interact with :(

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BTW I think the idea is epic. I just think u would need Samsung to hop on board to make it happen . If it's even possible . Android isn't live boot . Those screens represent various stages of the load process dub "bootstrap". Though I fail to see how grafix are essential to the load .....I mean technically if u had no screen at all it should load. But there may be a noticeable delay as it switches fro secondary program to bl to rom
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chugs:
I ended up with a copy of the padlock. The custom and the padlock are veriZon only images. I was able to extract the logo. And it is a change able image. It's alot of work to inject a replacement but I wasn't trying to. I was able to finish the boot animation I'll have it posted soon.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mojoswagger1980:
Mmblck017 (lol watevs that's close to correct) on partioning table is sys boot image .
[Android Studio] fateh_titou:
i'm working on a project for my master. i am trying to create an app with android studio that mesures network performance (downlaod speed,latency,jitter) for WiFi and cellular data,then choose between them. one problem is that while using wifi (or celllar) i must be able to verify the performance of cellular (or Wifi).that means that i must use dataand wifi at the same time.is it possible on android? is there anyone who's capable to help me? i'll be very greatfull.
[Android Studio] gbytes:
You can get better solution from Github
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] Shadow7789:
Does anyone have a copy of the Tilt Keyboard OEM package, or know where I could find it in someone else's firmware. I have been searching for it in Alex's firmware (I know it is there somewhere, because I removed something and it screwed up my keyboard), but I have been unable to find it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] shogunmark:
Please read and search more... check the wiki

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=TiltSpecificWikiPage
[Android Software Development] eqbirvin:
I see a lot of tools for installing fastboot/adb easily on your PC but I havent found any updated how-to's that show you how to install it manually using Google newest fastboot/adb binary they release separately from the SDK tools. So i wanted to fix that! We will be adding their locations as Environmental paths in cmd. This all will be shown on Windows 10

To start off, download the fastboot/adb bianarys from the xda article below (writen by Mishaal Rahman back in January)

XDA Article with fastboot links

- Extract the fastboot/adb binary fold "platform-tools" to a out of the way folder (I recommend a folder named "Android" in the root of the C drive like so C:\Android\)

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- Goto Control Panel> System and Security > System

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- Under "Computer name, domain, and workgroup settings" click "Change settings"

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- From this new window go to the "Advanced" tab then at the bottom click "Environment Variables"

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- In the new window under the "System Variables" section, double click "Path"

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- In this window click "New" and put in the location of your platform-tools folder we extracted and put aside earlier

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- (Example: Mine looks like C:\Android\platform-tools)

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- Press enter and it should be the newest entry at the bottom.

- Click okay and REBOOT YOUR PC

- Now you have to latest fastboot/adb binary installed system wide!

Test this by just pressing the windows key and type cmd. in the command line type "fastboot" This should return you with all the other available fastboot commands.

Feel free to ask any questions!
[Android Software Development] fardeenah:
thanks , thats very helpful
[Android Software Development] reggjoo:
I've installed everthing(whole sdk, tools, and all) on Linux. Is this article to be updated on that? I got tired of all the extra work that windows requires for setup, and I do everything thru Ubuntu now.
[Android Software Development] eqbirvin:
I'm not sure what you're asking
[Android Software Development] reggjoo:
I'm asking can you put in instructions for Linux setup for adb+fastboot, since a lot of people on xda use Linux, instead of Windows.
[Android Software Development] Hargoyal:
Thanks its working fine in my windows.
[Android Software Development] rirozizo:
Hi,

Kind of a shameless plug here (mods, please remove my post if it truly is nothing but a shameless plug), but I actually made a video guide following almost the same steps mentioned in OP.

Here's the video:

[youtube]d1YYbEbdr3s[/youtube]

Feel free (dear OP) to put this up on your first post as well, if you'd like to :)

Good luck with setting them up! :)
[Android Software Development] wodinotus:
websearch should suffice for an XDAer (e.g. to stuff like https://wiki.lineageos.org/adb_fastboot_guide.html#on-linux ), esp for choice since can be distro-dependent (could be "sudo apt-get install android-sdk-platform-tools" on Ubuntu & derivatives). HTH
[Android Software Development] rlamba:
Good work.

Thank you.
[Android Software Development] zelendel:
That is alot of work when just dropping the needed files in the main Windows directory will do the same thing without the instability of variables.
[Android Software Development] m00head:
There is a risk that any files placed into the main Windows directory will be lost when Windows is upgraded, because the way a Windows 10 upgrade works these days is to effectively create a new Windows installation. The previous main Windows directory is renamed 'Windows.old' before being deleted automatically after 30 days.

So far, there have been 3 new upgrade versions of Windows 10 since the RTM was launched in July 2015 (1507):

November 2015 (1511)

July 2016 (1607)

March 2017 (1703)
[Android Software Development] zelendel:
Ahhh yes I forgot about that as windows 10 isn't used anywhere I use a pc that has windows on it.

Another reason to use Linux when dealing with Android.
[Android Software Development] eqbirvin:
Its not too much work i just wrote every step i could out for simplicity sake.
[Android Software Development] zelendel:
Your instructions were as they should have been. Detailed. If you so it this way, this is the way it should be done.

I just never recommend messing with the variables in a windows system. They can be temperamental at best. I also forgot about the windows 10 update setup (even though having to recopy the dlls to the windows directory a few times a year is not to bad if you think about it.)
[Android Software Development] eqbirvin:
That's understandable!

I haven't had to many issues as long as I maintain the Android work space.

It's definitely not that hard only a few times a year. But I'm on the technical builds so the updates to windows 10 roll in almost weekly right now.

Come to think of it it might not be bad to add your point and method to the OP
[Android Software Development] samuel@cbe:
if i type fastboot i get this message

C:\Users\samuel>fastboot

'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

what should i do?
[Android Software Development] eqbirvin:
Does that happen after you have done the installation? Make sure you reboot afterward
[Android Software Development] m00head:
There is a quicker way to get straight to the "Advanced" tab on the "System Properties" dialog - simply choose "Advanced system settings" in the left hand column of the previous screen (System) instead of "Change settings".

Also, you can quickly get to the previous screen (System) without going via Control Panel, by pressing Windows key + [Pause/Break] keys together.
[Android Software Development] eqbirvin:
Remove
[Android Software Development] carlosh2k4:
What instability?
[Android Software Development] titetanium:
What I did was copy the platform-tools folder into c:\program files. That way it works across updates and upgrades in windows. No need to modify the path variable either.:D
[Android Software Development] Ezekial:
Adding a tip for Java.

Historically when installing Android Studio on my computer, I also did "C:\Android", but also had the challenge that it needed Java but I did not want to install Java (security issue). To solve this, I installed Java on a VM and backed up the files from C:\Program Files\Java\version (I believe is the correct folder) before reverting the VM back to previous state.

Next extract the ZIP to your computer in a folder such as "C:\Android\JavaJDK64". Then add a system variable of "JAVA_HOME" pointing to this folder.

Now the SDK has access to Java without having to install it.
[Android Software Development] m00head:
Since Android Studio 2.2, it is no longer necessary to install a separate Java JDK, nor set the JAVA_HOME environment variable:

https://developer.android.com/studio/intro/studio-config.html#jdk
[Android Software Development] Sy1ar:
Thanks for the tutorial, worked perfectly on Windows 7
[Android Software Development] ErdinYK:
geil danke
[Android Software Development] DE SEXIEST:
...for mtk devices?
[Android Software Development] eqbirvin:
This should be the same process as long as the device is Android. I don't have a mediatek device to test
[Android Software Development] Oanksser:
Nice , thank you very much ,
[Android Software Development] mjquest12:
I followed the steps but its telling me "fastboot" is not recognized as internal ot external command, operable program or batch file
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kenvarus:
So i am trying to root my verison J320 phone, and im having a couple issues, for one i cannot find a stock rom with the correct build number, always has a PP in the middle or doesnt end with PL1, so i am uncertain what stock rom will be safe to grab, and i dont want to experiment with rooting it to much untill i have a solid stock rom, i found one that might be correct but it was a zip folder and i p much have to work with odin. any rate if anyone could provide me with a link to the correct stock rom that would be awesome, also if anyone knows a posible root option for this that would be nice, have tried king and kingo root both PC and Android version, havent even wasted my time trying framaroot because it has never worked for any phone i have ever owned, i found a CF autoroot for the SM-J320R4, but again not really wanting to gamble on that working untill i at least have a solid stock rom for backup

No heckling about me being stupid enough to buy a verison phone when i basically require root, i know it was stupid, i live in an area where verison is the only reliable carrier so my options are VERY limited here, i have been using phones with no signal in half the places i go for a year and im sick of it, so i want to make this bastard work.

i dont mind custom OS, hell i love custom OS, so that is also an option, my bootloader is locked so odin only please, any workarounds to unlock my bootloader and possibly get rid of knox will also be gladly accepted but unless someone can find me that stock rom i am not gonna test to much as i still owe like... 180$ on this phone

Specs:

Model Number: SM-J320V

Android Version: 6.0.1

Android Security Patch Level: Dec 1, 2016

Baseband Version: J20VVRS2APL1

Kernel Version: 3.10.49 dpi@swhd4323 #1

Build Number: MMB29M.J320VVRS2APL1

SE for Android Status: Enforcing SEPF_SECMOBILE_6.0.1_0030

Thank you
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kenvarus:
Bump
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anthony_0399:
http://auto-download.com/download/g..._repair_user_low_ship_multi_cert_tar_rar.html
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kenvarus:
Thanks Anthony
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maczpiku:
Anthony, looks like archive is password-protected. Can you share the pass please ? TIA
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WFADER:
Link is broken
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WFADER:
Retried it again today and it started downloading. *Crossing Fingers*