Help Unrooting And Getting To Stock FW WITHOUT ODIN

Ok, so i just got sent a refurbished note 4 and immediately i went ahead and rooted (didin't make a nandroid backup........I KNOW I KNOW! LESSON LEARNED :crying:) and installed custom rom. Problem is, my usb port decided it no longer wanted to work properly. It charges but VERY slowly and it doesn't register as a fast charger connected even though it is. My issue i'm running into now is that when i put it in download mode to try to make it completely stock through odin it doesn't recognize it at all on my pc, nor does it come up as usb storage. I know i can unroot using super su but what can i do about my bootloader, kernel and custom rom. I need it to go all the way back as close to stock as possible, i do understand that knox is tripped but i am not worried about that. Anybody have any ideas on how i can get back to stock fw without a usb connection. Just received my note 5 today and they are awaiting my note 4 in the mail. Can't send it back like this if i don't expect to pay for it. PLZ HELP ME :confused::confused::confused:

Gowin M5 not getting 3G network

Hi , I have a Gowin M5 device running android 4.4.2 i don't know why it don't receive 3g signal of which i have 3g access with other phones. A friend told i may need to flash it but if so, where can i find the Rom.. Thanks.

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Getting Themed Apps into Android M

I am certain many of you have taken the plunge into Android M, and I think the latest revision is worthy of daily driver status...

I for one was reticent to stay on it for extended periods, mostly because of the trade-offs involved with the scores of feature rich, mature 5.1.1 roms on the one hand, and the comparatively stock experience inherent with a new operating system...

Then there is the ever-present desire on my part to run themed apps, be they hard coded, or stock variants that can be fully themed with either a theme engine overlay or layer...to me, white UIs should simply be illegal.

But as I have come to use the latest M, I have found it to be a joy to use. This was made certain with the availability of the hard work of Team BlackOut (Bryan, Andrew, Patrick, Kevin) and @daveyannihilation, whom have brought us themable versions of apps I regularly use.

So, with Android M having what seems to be system wide Runtime Resources Overlays (Sony's contribution to Android, RRO), we have a superb slate with which to work.

So with that out of the way, here is my current approach to getting Android M running the way I like...

Hard Coded Themed and Themable Apps

These are always perfect...either perfectly coded or ready for a good theme.

Team BlackOut and Davey Wilson have given us with their latest themable Gapps versions of...

Gmail
Google Plus
Hangouts
YouTube

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347798131

Thyrus has provided his flashable add-on for his themes, and these include:

Clock
Calendar
Google Messenger
Hangouts
Play Store
Google App/Google Now

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347794202

And Team BlackOut has given us hard coded versions of a plethora of other apps, including Play Music, Play Store, Google App...the list is endless (check the TBO updater app for details).

To get any of these onto your device and running properly, they must remain in the system partition...

So, to attain that, here is what I suggest you do...keeping in mind that this assumes you're running one of the latest preview M builds...

1. Download one or more of the above referenced zips
2. Unzip the file and its contents
3. Now, we're going to be pushing these apps to the existing location on M, and leaving what remains intact...here's where this gets a little less intuitive...

3.1. Straight Apk Swaps...

In this first example, I'm replacing the stock clock with the one from Thyrus...

Using Root Explorer, go to system, app on the left pane, and the location where you unzipped the package from Thyrus on the right...

As you can see, the file names are different, but the packages are interchangeable...so, I moved the stock M version in system to a safe location on my internal memory, renamed the one from Thyrus, pushed it to system, app, set permissions to 0644, and left the Odex subfolder and its contents intact...

And the final outcome...

3.2. Movement of Files with Library Files

In the M version of Google Plus, Hangouts, Google App/Now, YouTube, and a few others have only the apk, whereas the themable version has both...so, to get these to work without crashing on you, you'll need to push both the library files and the apk from the zip (either the themable version or the hard coded one)...

Using Root Explorer, go to system, app in the left pane, and the source zip in the right...

You'll note that the stock Google Plus included in the M Preview has no library files...you'll need to push those to system in order to get the themable version working...again, leaving the oates subdirectory and Odex file alone...

Copy the entire folder labeled "lib" from the themable zip to system, app, PlusOne, then set permissions for the new folders to 0755, and for the library files to 0644...
First, copy the folder, then set folder permissions...hard press on the folder name, and choose "permissions" from the popup list...

Then change folder permissions for both the "lib" and "arm" folders, as below...

That should do it.

Now, Google Plus will look amazing...i personally love the Material Glass theme for this app

As will Hangouts, and so many others...

4. Odds and Ends...
4.1. Tethering, seems to be a hit or miss proposition...no worries, using SQLite, make sure tether provisioning is set to zero...in the latest JDX rom (3.01), it was not...

Open the app, then go to settings storage, settings.db, global, then look for the line that reads "tether_dun_required." It wasn't there for me...so I added it...by hitting the plus sign in the top right...

4.2. 4x1 Reboot Menu, a few quick replacement apps, such as Quick Boot or Power Toggles and you'll have this immediately...

I hope to grow this list, especially as mods get on the grid...I would love to have a volume wake mod, and some others.

One final note...Please BUY premium apps, etc...like Root Explorer, SQLite, and of course, your favorite themes...it is a terrific way to show support to the dev, and it's usually less than you'll spend at Starbucks.

I hope this helps.

Happy flashing!

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Been getting strange messages while trying to unlock bootloader

I've been following the official Sony method to unlock the bootloader, you can see that procedure here. I have downloaded and installed the SDK Manager, then replaced the fastboot driver for Sony phones like they say, then I can also successfully put my phone into fastboot and my computer also recognizes it as "S1Boot Fastboot" but when I try to update the driver to point it to use the driver supplied to the SDK, I get this message when trying to install it (in the driver error.png). I'm not sure if it's trying to say that it won't work or something. So I proceeded to the command prompt stage (that's in cmd1.png) and entered fastboot. That worked. Then I entered fastboot devices and get a new empty line, whereas I'm supposed to get some text returned (see cmd2.png). Trying to enter the command to unlock bootloader after that doesn't seem to be doing anything (see cmd3.png).

So, anybody have any suggestions?

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Best chance of getting root - Stick with OF1 or take the update to OG5?

Basically I decided it was time to root about 2 days after I took the update to OF1 and was very frustrated to realize that I had basically shot myself in the foot. With the new update being available now, I'm left debating what the best course of action is. Should I take the new update with whatever features / additional security that it implements in the hope that there is an exploit in it, or should I stick with the current locked down version in the hopes that an exploit will be found.

Advice would be appreciated from someone with more understanding than me...

Getting spc code

Dear all , how to get spc code of droid turbo ?? Usually all Verizon droids having 000000 by default ,
But this time I tried the same with droid turbo ,it getting incorrect code ?? Any solution .. Pls , any help appreciated ..
Thanks

[Q] How to unbrick? Keeps getting "failed" on odin and unable to to wipe Data using T

HI,

So yesterday after a security update, my note 2 stuck at boot logo "samsung." I tried to clear cache using TWRP but keeps getting FAILED to wipe, unable to recognizes SD card. I can boot into download mode and TWRP no problem. How can If ix this? I'm also getting unable to mount storage in TWRP and failed to flash using ODin.

Thanks and sorry for bad English.

Help getting from ZVD to ZVG

First off.....I deal with Samsung devices and not very familiar with LG. Would like to get my wife's Sprint LG from ZVD to latest (assuming it is ZVG). I've spent some time reading forum posts and see plenty of "return G2 to stock" but it doesn't list what version of stock they are taking the device back too.

Assuming I have to get the bootloader and modem updated to lollipop, and use LG Flash Tool, what files do I need for this? Is there a stock 5.0.2 rom image somewhere?

Thanks.

Getting true signal icons?

we all know T-Mobile BS's about their signal. You can get the true icons and bars on a note 4 with AOSP ROM but I'm curious if it's possible to get the true icons and bars with touchwiz. :confused:

My Gear S is not getting Detected to my computer.

Please friends somebody please help me.
I have installed all drivers and using original samsung USB cable but still odin does not shows com port and there is no changes happening after checking USB debugging also. Please somebody help me to let my gear s connect to my computer.
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Need some help getting Fallout shelter on my device.

So here is the deal I own a Nook HD (I know I need to upgrade to something better) and awhile back I learned from this site how to use developer tools (using command prompt to download using the adb command) to download apps onto it that are not compatible which I have downloaded and turn out are in fact compatible examples are tiny death star, contest of champions, Injustice. and i have got these onto my device no issue, but when I try and download fallout it just won't install, here is what I did I went to apps.evozi apk-downloader generated a download link from the google play store, then I used these commands on my command prompt.
c:\users\wanda_2>adb devices
List of Devices attached
3033630018384136 Device

c:\users\wanda_2>cd desktop

c:\users\wanda_2\desktop>adb install com.bethsoft.falloutshelter.apk
3094 KB/s <20532214 bytes in 6.479s>
pkg: /data/local/tmp/com.bethsoft.falloutshelter.apk

and then it just stays there and never does anything, I have left it for an hour to 2 hours and never got the success message. any and all help would be appreciated I have been waiting for this game to come to android for awhile now, please provide some help.

Looking for install logs / unwanted app keeps getting reinstalled

Hi!

I recently got an android 4.4.2 phone ( "uhappy up920" ) and I can't find any logs or any way to see WTF is going on. An application that wasn't originally included ( "Maxthon Cloud Browser" ) keeps getting reinstalled and I can't figure out how / why.

( Phone isn't / probably can't be rooted )

Any hints?

[Q] Getting LTE icon sometimes while on wifi

Recently updated to OA8 5.1.1 and having a weird issue.

While connected to wifi every 20 seconds or so the 4g lte Icon shows up, sends a bit of data then turns off again. Turned off download booster, volte is off, the setting that lets 4g take over for bad wifi is also turned off. It doesn't seem to be using a lot of data but it has gone through 1 or 2 mb in the past few hours.

I also tried freezing the Caller ID app like suggested in a HTC One forum but that didn't help at all.

Anyone else getting this?

I need help getting root access on my Galaxy S4 (SM-S975L)

I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 SM-S975L from Walmart and used towelroot. It worked but only temporally. Then my phone messed up and I took it back to Walmart to replace it. I got the same exact phone again but towelroot says that it doesn't currently support my device. I've tried everything out there and was just wondering if anyone could/would help. Thanks

Chances of Sprint LG getting a custom ROM

are probably slim to none. I've been following for quite some time and considering making a switch to Nexus. Anyone else on the same boat?

What kind of LTE speeds are you getting?

Here's what I got :D

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Getting out of a failed Lollipop bootloop

Forgive the separate thread, I haven't found someone who has had the same problem with the ZR, and I hope this will hit the keywords I was searching for.

Yesterday I tried to update a bootloader locked ZR to Lollipop using PC Companion. After downloading the update, I connected the phone to begin. A couple minutes in, PCC started giving an error that the server was unavailable (?!?), but not to worry-- restarting the computer would fix it. It did not. The ZR was now stuck in a bootloop, and PCC (and SEUS) was of no help at all.

I finally fixed it by grabbing the 4.4.4 kernel ftf from here, and flashing via Flashtool .

It's now back to normal. I'm not sure I'll try the stock Lollipop update again.

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