[Q&A] [HowTo] Root/Unroot Samsung Galaxy W (I8150) topic

Q&A for [HowTo] Root/Unroot Samsung Galaxy W (I8150)

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Thanks for understanding and for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy! :)

[HOWTO] Root + TWRP WIND Galaxy S4 SGH-M919V running 4.4.2 (M919VVLUFNE1) topic

Hello fellow Canadians WINDmobilers :D

Like many of you I've found all the previous guides to be outdated and obsolete, so this is an updated guide for the latest stock ROM with base-band M919VVLUFNE1 and future kitkat updates (we'll probably need a new guide when AOS 5.0 rolls out)

That being said, lets gets things rolling:


WARNING! rooting your phone can void your warranty, do so at your own risk.

NOTE: These instructions below assumes you have a brand new phone just out of the box, all settings on default.
If the default settings have been altered, please make sure you have the Ractivation Lock (Turned Off) in your phone Settings > Security or you will get a FAIL! message in Odin.

Download Kies (for the Drivers) from here http://www.samsung.com/ca/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/
If you don't use Kies just uninstall it as soon as the Kies install is complete.
During Kies uninstall it'll ask you if you want to keep the drivers, say yes to keep drivers.

Very Important! for Chainfire's rooting method to work, you must flash this tar via Odin, before you flash TWRP recovery, else it might Fail!


Quick Root Steps:
- Download ChainFire's CF-Auto-Root-jfltecan-jfltevl-sghi337m.zip here from his website
- (USB) Disconnect your phone from your computer
- Start Odin
- Click the PDA button, and select CF-Auto-Root-jfltecan-jfltevl-sghi337m.tar.md5
- Put your phone in download mode (turn off phone, then hold VolDown+Home+Power to boot - if it asks you to press a button to continue, press the listed button, you can also do this by running adb reboot download command)
- (USB) Connect the phone to your computer
- Click the Start button
- Wait for Android to boot (like 5 seconds)
- Done


Quick TWRP Steps:
- Important! make sure you Download the latest TWRP version 2.8.4.0 (or newer) for jfltecan models from TeamWin's website here
- (USB) Disconnect your phone from your computer
- Start Odin
- Click the PDA button, and select openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-jfltecan.tar (latest version as of the time of this writing)
- Put your phone in download mode (turn off phone, then hold VolDown+Home+Power to boot - if it asks you to press a button to continue, press the listed button, you can also do this by running adb reboot download command)
- (USB) Connect the phone to your computer
- Click the Start button
- Wait for Android to boot (like 5 seconds)
- Done

[How-To] Update to G900V_NK7 - 4.4.4 and KeepRoot (2/22/2015) topic

**You can begin the following process from any build/ROM but you must have both root and Safestrap installed before proceeding**

1. Extract the G900V_NK7_Stock_Rooted_Backup file(uploading......) from the .rar and place the file in the following folder: ext-sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/xxxxxx (the name of your backups folder may vary. If a backups folder does not exist you must first create a backup before continuing).
2. From Safestrap recovery perform an "Advanced Wipe" and wipe everything but your ext-sdcard.
3. From the main menu press "Restore" and restore the Stock_Rooted_Backup.
4. Last, from the main menu press "Reboot," reboot into "Download" mode and flash the G900V_NK7_Stock_Partitions using Odin's PDA slot(AP in Odin v3.09+).

After following the above process your phone will pause on the Verizon splash screen for about 2 minutes before rebooting.

Notes:
1. The above process will not affect your Knox Warranty Flag.
2. This Restore process will update your Modem, Non-hlos, System, Kernel, Stock Recovery, and Bootloader to NK7 (BusyBox is also pre-installed).
3. When flashing the NK7_Stock_Partitions file the most common cause of an Odin flash failure is a bad usb port or cable. Please check before reporting a failure!

[Q&A] [HOWTO] Root for stock HC3.1 topic

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HOWTO: Install Windows 10 for Phones on Non-supported devices (and other hacks) topic

This is only confirmed working for the AT&T Lumia 1520 and may work as is for other phones but also might require tweaks to the XML (see below). It is very possible to brick your phone with this. Your mileage may vary!

From a high level this works by using FiddlerCore to intercept the traffic going to the Microsoft WPflights server that controls the Insider app and responds with our own custom data. The app accepts registry editing information from the web responses and acts upon that. This allows us to write stuff to select locations in the registry. In the case of the Windows 10 Preview, it appears to only look for your phone's PhoneManufacturerModelName to decide if it should be offered previews. Windows Update also checks this value. Other devices like Samsungs or HTCs may need different settings. My phone did revert to it's factory values after Windows 10 was installed (I actually think it might have done it after Windows 8.1 was installed but it continued with 10 nonetheless).

1. For the Lumia 1520 (and other phones?) reset your phone using the [url=http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/mobile/support/faq/?action=singleTopic&topic=FA142987]Windows Phone recovery tool. I recommend not logging in and setting everything up yet and just waiting til the end and doing a reset and letting it restore after you’re on Windows 10.
2. Install the Windows Insider app on your phone (you will need to have a store account configured)
3. Open the insiders app and go to the about options in the app bar and screenshot/make notes/email the settings to yourself. You may need this later.
4. Download and extract the WPInsidersHacks app (attached to this post) to your computer
5. Start the WPInsiderHacks app on pc, approve any firewall requests
6. Connect to the same WiFi that your PC is on. Edit the settings for the WiFi connection to turn on the Proxy and set it to use the PC’s IP address and enter 8877 for the port
7. Open Internet Explorer on your phone and navigate to http://[pc.ip.add.ress]:8877 where [pc.ip.add.ress] is the IP address of the PC running the WPInsidersHacks app
8. Tap on the link at the bottom to the fiddler root certificate
9. When prompted click open and then install to trust the cert and ok at the confirmation
10. Run the Windows Insider app and tap get preview builds
11. Tap on which custom action you’d like to perform. In my case I hit "Set to ATT Lumia 635" and click the arrow at the bottom
12. Accept the agreement and click the check mark at the bottom. the app will close
13. Now clear your proxy settings and run the insider app again
14. Tap get preview builds and login with your Microsoft account
15. Select the fast branch (if you’re reading this of course you want the fast branch) and click the arrow at the bottom
16. Go into the phone settings and check for updates. With any luck you should have Windows 10 there for you to install. On my AT&T 1520 it had to do 8.1 first but it kept going to 10 after 8.1 installed (had to check for updates again)
17. You’ll probably want to go into the settings and do another reset and then log into the phone and let it restore your previous data

The Windows Insider options are populated from the WPFlights.xml file. Feel free to edit/add stuff. I've experimented with writing to other keys but had mixed results. I wasn't able to write to the Software\Microsoft\Settings\{1DEF9B7D-2322-40eb-A007-16A75D5CDA6F} for example (seemed to not like the curly braces?). It should have all the same permissons as the preview for developers app. You'll just need to run the WPInsiderHacks app on your PC and point your phone's proxy settings to it if you want to go back and set something again (such as enabling tethering).

Attached Files

	WPInsiderHacks.zip - [Click for QR Code] (261.7 KB)
	WPInsiderHacks_src.zip - [Click for QR Code] (35.7 KB)

HowTo run Debian or Ubuntu on KFHD7 topic

G'Day

Does anybody know how to run Debian or Ubuntu on the KFHD7? I'm running Hashcodes Cm12 right know and would like to dualboot Cm12 and Linux on the device.

Thx for any information :)

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[Howto] Fix gps after using a 4.4.4 TMO ported ROM topic

Hi guys and girls. Here i explain how to fix the not working gps after you have used a tmo ported 4.4.4 ROM.
NOTE: THIS WILL MAKE A FACTORY RESET. PLEASE BACKUP YOUR STUFF BEFORE.

First of all, download the app Phone info Samsung from here.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...uyen.phoneinfo
Grant su permissions.
Tap the menu button and choose "other tools".

Choose "csc changer"

Choose the csc for your country.
Now the app makes a factory reset and your phone will reboot.
After this process you should have working gps again.
I'm not responsible for any trouble or anything else what happens to your phone. Do this at your own risk.
Thanks @friedrich420 @roy72 @Acer4605 @Darkwing_X @sanoc69 @4aces @YukiChan456 @jds3118 @stoerte