[READ SECOND] XDA-Developers and the GPL topic

Everyone working with GPLed code, in our case the linux kernel which is under the GPLv2, needs to understand how the licence affects them, and the work they put out on XDA developers, to aid understanding a good write up of this issues has gone up on the portal, you can read it here;

XDA-Developers and the GPL

GPL compliance is taken very seriously on XDA, but at the same time I remind people to report anything via the proper channels rather than confronting anyone in public, which always does more harm than good.

A note to rom developers:

• Using a non GPL compliant kernel makes your rom non compliant and subject to removal.


• If you are using another developers kernel, linking to that kernels thread will make you GPL compliant (assuming that the kernel in question is compliant)

NEED HELP!!!!! Please Read topic

ok i think i just completely messed up my phone with no hope of recovery but im praying one of you guys is a miracle worker so heres what happened like any other person wanting the latest software i wanted to upgrade my lg g2 to lollipop i found a tutorial and it explained that i needed a custom recovery system (Phone was rooted btw) any way he was usisng twrp so i looked on how to install it from here .addictivetips.com/android/what-is-twrp-how-to-install-use-it-on-android-devices-guide/ then after reading some i went to this link .addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-install-a-custom-recovery-to-an-android-phone-device/ thinking i was a smart ass and not fully reading the article called "Automated Methods" i knew a little about ROM manager and took it from there installed it on my phone and messed with the settings trying to figure out how to install it only to read the article and realize i needed goo manager which is not on the play-store instead is a twrp app so i downloaded that and went to install loaded the twrp file on my phone that i got from their site and installed it and also picked my device as listed lg g2 international it was called so after this thinking i was done i became stuck in fastboot mode thats all it said on the screen so i looked for a way to solve it and found this .reddit.com/r/lgg2/comments/1soiyj/stuck_in_fastboot_mode_need_help/ which is how my phone looked when plugged in my computer so i followed the instructions and this is where i messed up i did everything it said to do but when doing "fastboot flash boot 6-boot.img" command i got an error so i skipped it and did the other commands in order then came back and tried to do it again and i kept getting error so i ignored it my great mistake and typed the final command "fastboot reboot" after which my phone turned off and never restarted and now i cant turn it on and when plugged into my computer nothing happens at all PLEASE HELP no matter how long i hold the power button nothing happens and power and volume do nothing either is this fixable or is my phone done for??? Also as a new user i couldnt post links so deleted the www part im sorry for going against rules but i feel like looking at the links would help alot

Help Samsung tab 3 10.1 wont work unless plugged in Please read! topic

OK so i bought this tab 3 10.1 inch because they guy said it would not turn on i got it to turn on but only if it is plugged into the wall or my computer i have replaced the usb/charging port and then the battery and it still does the same thing the battery says its 100% and everything works fine but as soon as i unplugg the usb cable the tablet goes dead i have tried all the little button combos of holding this and that for so many seconds and nothing works if anyone has any idea of what could be the problem please shoot me some ideas because as of right now im thinking it could be something where the battey is not connecting to the tab but on the other hand it shows it charging and it at 100% so it must be working so could this be some sort of software issue or something where it has to be tethered to work or is the tablet messed up for good any help is appreciated i looked all over the internet and didnt find anything like this

Stock ROM & Cyanogenmod lost/cannot read the SD card topic

I've had 64 Gb SD card in my Droid 4 and it has worked quite well.

Then I installed CM12 to my phone and after that neither the stock ROM nor CM11/12 cannot find the aforementioned SD card anymore.
I've wiped both ROMs off and replaced them with my stock & CM11 backups. Doesn't work.

But the strangest thing is that Safestrap's File Manager can find that SD card and I can use it there just well (flash & copy files for example).

So what gives and how to get rid of that? Should I wipe my phone totally blank and start from the scratch again???

Any help is highly appreciated! Thanks a lot in advance everybody involved.

Note II GT-N7100 READ NTFS USB OTG topic

Dear friends I searched a lot but could not get a clear answer to this topic. For some it works for others its NO. Along with a lot of other confusions.

But I got it working. How, here it is.

You need (what I had)
Rooted Note 2 (7100)
SELinux Mode Changer
Paragon exFAT, NTFS & HFS+

After installing these, reboot device and SElinux changes to permissive automatically. Just verify manually. Insert a NTFS partitioned USB drive to device with OTG cable. Open paragon you installed earlier. Press mount (automatically). Mounted drive ? Yes, then OK. Otherwise press manually. It will show a mount path. Just check whether the destination folder exists otherwise create it. Try mounting again manually. All done. In my case mount was at mnt/usb1, where I had to create usb1 manually.

Enjoy you NTFS drives on N2. Thanx.
I flashed DN4 V2.1

[Q] Upgrading radio in order to read SIM card? topic

I'm new here so I apologize in advance if I'm not doing smoething right.
So right now here's the information for the phone I have:
HTC One M8, KitKat 4.4.4, Paranoid 4.4.5, I've obviously rooted and my custom recovery thing is CLockwork. and I don't know what else to put. I've already tried locating APN, ,but nothing pops up and I can't create a new APN reference since my SIM card isn't somehow in the device (even though it physically is).
I don't know if there's a general ROM section in this forum, but basically for any custom ROM I've tried to flash, my SIM card can't be read and as a result I can't activate my mobile 4G LTE. I read somewhere on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2338491 that I have to upgrade my radio or something, but I also have a chance of bricking my phone. What version do I need to upgrade to in order to fit with any custom ROM I flash? Or just ParanoidAndroid 4.4.5.