Hello everyone, so im a bit confused. I have my galaxy s i9000 and i flashed thousands of rom without caring knowing its flexible to get it back again, heck i soft bricked it like 5 times . Now my question is should i risk voiding my warranty and bricking my pime for rooting/flashing a rom on it. So i want to take your opinions on is it worth it( like for the galaxy s I had to do it to remove the stupid lag) but i dont have any lag on the prime, so should i risk it all??
Stay Cool
I'd hope that you'd be able to answer that question for yourself.
If you are unable to list several shortcomings and limitations of it being stock, then why are you even thinking of risking it?
Myself, I bought a Nook Color 18 months ago with the full intention of rooting. I wasted no time in doing so. Of course those things are virtually unbrickable.
The Transformer Prime, OTOH, well... not so much. I haven't felt a pressing need to unlock and flash the ROM.
Do what you will, but unless you can quickly rattle off at least half-a-dozen limitations of its current config, it seems like it's a waste of time to fiddle with it.
So, I'm in similar situation. I had 3 android phones and all rooted, unlocked and with custom roms, but with Prime it's different, I'm more affraid of bricking it, because it's more expensive than all of these phones together.
But I'm seriously thinking about it, the main reason is now ROOT (and it can stay for half-a-dozen reasons) because I'm running JB.
And the most annoying thing now is the camera. I have green camera bug on my Prime. Does anyone know from own experience, that this can be fixed after unlocking?
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And the most annoying thing now is the camera. I have green camera bug on my Prime. Does anyone know from own experience, that this can be fixed after unlocking?
And sorry for my English
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Can't say from experience as I've never had a camera problem, but I've read numerous posts and the green camera is always hardware. You may be able to verify by squeezing lightly around the camera and seeing if it clears up temporarily.
Well i have some reasons to root it and i like to flash roms nd stuff mostly for fun, more like a hobby. but as you said this is like more precious and costs more especially after hearing bout asus' custom services that they wont be able to help if anything happens...
Well if u dont unlock bootloader thn there is no harm done.. It wont brick
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Well if u dont unlock bootloader thn there is no harm done.. It wont brick
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Well then i cant do anything if i dont unlock it , Im on jb so unlocking it is the only way to access root etc. :/
Nope... Stay on ics rooted without unlocking bootloader..... Downgrade
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Nope... Stay on ics rooted without unlocking bootloader..... Downgrade
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ohhh ok but i just love Jellybean and its smoothness (
nabil alami said:
Hello everyone, so im a bit confused. I have my galaxy s i9000 and i flashed thousands of rom without caring knowing its flexible to get it back again, heck i soft bricked it like 5 times . Now my question is should i risk voiding my warranty and bricking my pime for rooting/flashing a rom on it. So i want to take your opinions on is it worth it( like for the galaxy s I had to do it to remove the stupid lag) but i dont have any lag on the prime, so should i risk it all??
Stay Cool
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I unlocked after letting my 1 year warranty expire. There aren't a ton of ROMs out there for the Prime atm, but it is worth it if you don't have a warranty to protect anyway.
The process of unlocking was painless for me. Downloaded the app, installed, it did its thing. I was on the newest JB OTA. No issues installing TWRP via fastboot.
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Well i have some reasons to root it and i like to flash roms nd stuff mostly for fun, more like a hobby. but as you said this is like more precious and costs more especially after hearing bout asus' custom services that they wont be able to help if anything happens...
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Thats exactly my problem. For example the green camera bug (tested and it is hardware fault, only strange thing is, it started just after JB update). Let's be honest, Prime is not perfect and you can have some hardware issues, when warranty is quite useful.
@vaibha: And do you know any way how to downgrade from JB?
Just flash gingerbred or ics... Easy...
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Thanks for your detailed tutorial
I think there is no way (functional) for downgrading from JB to ICS. Or even gingerbread... on Prime?... :laugh: (I believe you just swapped GB and HC in your memory).
Of course I may be wrong, I hope I'm wrong. So you did you successfully downgrade? And if you did, how?
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Thanks for your detailed tutorial
I think there is no way (functional) for downgrading from JB to ICS. Or even gingerbread... on Prime?... :laugh: (I believe you just swapped GB and HC in your memory).
Of course I may be wrong, I hope I'm wrong. So you did you successfully downgrade? And if you did, how?
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Hahaha true, but im pretty sure you can downgrade the prime easily, manually download the software...to sd car...cont.
I thought so, but tried it and it doesn't work. There are 2 threads about it somewhere.
As it is written in another thread: "You cant revert back to the ICS bootloader once you have flashed the newer JB bootloader..."
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I thought so, but tried it and it doesn't work. There are 2 threads about it somewhere.
As it is written in another thread: "You cant revert back to the ICS bootloader once you have flashed the newer JB bootloader..."
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Unless you have your Nvflash backups.
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Unless you have your Nvflash backups.
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Dekxster, what subsonic says is right. You cannot downgrade to anything previous to jellybean if you haven't made nvflash backups while on ICS.
Also your green camera is 100 percent a hardware issue and if you haven't unlocked yet then return it for a free fix. If you are unlocked then you will normally have to pay but some people have got away with it. It all depends in what country you are in.
I figured this out, flumpster.
That is why I wrote, you can't downgrade, because I didn't make nvflash (I didn't post the rest of quotation, because I presumed, we don't have nvflash backup, if we are discussing about unlocking, which requires that) and that is why I wrote I don't want to unlock, because now I have hardware issue and they will fix it for free. I think I'll just wait one more year, when will my warranty expire, because who knows, what else might happen.
And are you guys using Hairy Bean? Is it good? Was it worth unlocking?
Because I don't know much about this rom, prefer CM on my phones.
Its worth unlocking if you are careful and dont mind risking hardware defect. A lot of people got a squaretrade or other 3rd party warranty. You can find a deal for $70 and get 2 years full protection...and then unlock without any risk what so ever.
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I bought it about 3 weeks ago, and everything has been working fine on it.
However, since root voids the warranty, I'm worried if something goes wrong hardware wise after the sucessful root.
So what could break down on it?
Rooting will not break your phone, unlocking the bootloader on the Nexus S is easy. And it you need to have it serviced/repaired, just unroot. Warranty unvoided.
The only way you'll break your phone is by not reading and researching what you're doing. Before modifying or flashing anything, always make a backup and know what you're doing (and why). Read thoroughly, and if there's something in the directions that you don't understand, research until you do.
It's highly unlikely that you'll experience hardware failure and not be able to unroot before taking it in.
On the other hand, don't root just because. Know why you're doing it and what you hope to achieve. Rooting because it seems like the "cool" thing to do is dumb. I'm not suggesting that you're doing that, just making a statement.
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Here we go again (sorry ). Nothing can go wrong... if you follow all instructions carefully and correctly. Also not purposefully or foolishly flashing or installing something which you are not supposed to. Rooting... or Android in general is not for the weak hearted. Android was made to be customized and maxed out in performance (at least to me ). If you are going to use it, make good use of it. If you are still worried, just settle with how your device is or be brave and take control of your device.
Nexus s, unbrickable phone... what are you worrying on?
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Thanks, I might root it then... Not sure if I will though, since I don't know what to expect after rooting in terms of what I'll be able to do.
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Thanks, I might root it then... Not sure if I will though, since I don't know what to expect after rooting in terms of what I'll be able to do.
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You will be able to do anything you want . This may help a bit: http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/top-10-reasons-to-root-your-android-phone-2/ .
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Nexus s, unbrickable phone... what are you worrying on?
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you shouldnt worry about rooting since its very easy on nexus and also its kinda unbrickable and also by rooting u aint gonna damage any hardware.but jus keep in mind the bootloader hav it unloked frst and also aftr rooting u can try custom roms...
Ive done some searching and cant seem to find the specific answer Im looking for.
I have HBoot 1.5, and i was thinking of rooting by HTC's method. Im mostly concerned about what this will mean... What warranty does this void? I have Best Buy's Protection Plan, and to my knowledge they dont care if its rooted or not. but im not entirely sure... What would it mean if I root and my phone breaks?
If Best Buy will replace it, what exactly is voided?
Thanks for your guys help.
You'll be fine, best buy will still take care of ya. Go for it.
Via My HTC Evo 3D On The Now Network From Sprint.
Bestbuy doesn't have a policy, but if it is rooted, chances are you'll get a dumbass who won't replace it because it's rooted. The reason they will know this is because of the superuser app. If you ever decide to replace, go back to stock rooted, hide superuser the from apps list using a custom launcher like Launcher Pro and you'll be good.
DONT ROOT!!! You will eventually spends hours of flashing custom ROM's, Kernels and Themes. You will then be tempted to mod your phone the way you like. This in turn will cost you countless hours and headaches to make it perfect. HAHA
YOU CAN DO IT!
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DONT ROOT!!! You will eventually spends hours of flashing custom ROM's, Kernels and Themes. You will then be tempted to mod your phone the way you like. This in turn will cost you countless hours and headaches to make it perfect. HAHA
YOU CAN DO IT!
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That's the truth
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I would wait till revolutionary or who ever finds a way to s-off 1.5 I'm pretty sure there has been progress.
http://www.goodandevo.net/2011/11/hboot-15000-close-to-getting-s-off-on-htc-evo-3d.html
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is there an eta on 1.5?
Yes you should root.
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Ive done some searching and cant seem to find the specific answer Im looking for.
I have HBoot 1.5, and i was thinking of rooting by HTC's method. Im mostly concerned about what this will mean... What warranty does this void? I have Best Buy's Protection Plan, and to my knowledge they dont care if its rooted or not. but im not entirely sure... What would it mean if I root and my phone breaks?
If Best Buy will replace it, what exactly is voided?
Thanks for your guys help.
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i was in the same boat, but i took the plunge and rooted with htc method. i doubt best buy will no what to look for if it comes down to it, but i couldn't find a way to get back to s-on with hboot 1.5 either, so guess its up to you if you decide you want to root. i know the htc method keeps your identifier number on file, but maybe that is just if you return it to the manufacturer.
when you buy a car do you worry, that the dealership will find out that you put new tires on it? If you buy a house do you worry that the builder will find out you painted it a different colors? You paid for the car and the house and your phone which gives you the right to do what you want to it! So go forth and root and be confadent that xda will be here to help you
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when you buy a car do you worry, that the dealership will find out that you put new tires on it? If you buy a house do you worry that the builder will find out you painted it a different colors? You paid for the car and the house and your phone which gives you the right to do what you want to it! So go forth and root and be confadent that xda will be here to help you
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Horrible comparison. Rooting your phone is more like adding a performance chip to your car that makes the car run different than from the factory, which if something happened to it, such as the engine blows because you removed the rev limiter (overclocking then your phone overheats and won't boot anymore), that would be your fault and the warranty should be voided.
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I'm going to post in contrast to the bandwagon, not saying I think you should not root but posting the counter argument for your decision making process.
I'm thinking that if you need to ask what the benefits of rooting are, maybe you aren't the type of user that needs root. If you were attempting or wanting to do several things that require root access I think your question instead would have been "I am attempting to do x, y, and z but it won't let me, how do I get around this, or that". So I am thinking you aren't using your device in a way that would require root. I could of course be wrong, and I am not trying to say don't root, merely posting the counter argument against persuading you to root, because most of us here have a biased opinion to always root your device.
There are cons to root, for example the same security holes that allow the exploit to root also allow malicious software to exploit it to run on your device.
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I'm going to post in contrast to the bandwagon, not saying I think you should not root but posting the counter argument for your decision making process.
I'm thinking that if you need to ask what the benefits of rooting are, maybe you aren't the type of user that needs root. If you were attempting or wanting to do several things that require root access I think your question instead would have been "I am attempting to do x, y, and z but it won't let me, how do I get around this, or that". So I am thinking you aren't using your device in a way that would require root. I could of course be wrong, and I am not trying to say don't root, merely posting the counter argument against persuading you to root, because most of us here have a biased opinion to always root your device.
There are cons to root, for example the same security holes that allow the exploit to root also allow malicious software to exploit it to run on your device.
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I was simply trying to figure out whats gonna be different about waiting for a different method other then HTC's. Ive only broken 1 phone in the past 6 years, and thats cus i was pushed in a lake... Not really my fault. Im not worried about hardware, but more or less when people say HTC Will know that the phone has been rooted no matter what afterwards... Not a big deal if its not gonna affect fixing my phone should i break it in the future.. (i just dont like people knowing what ive done to my electronics) As for using the root. im finally wanting to pull the trigger becasue i just moved and want tethering, as well as improved battery life. (my 4G seemed to get 25%-50% battery life after root)
Im rambling now, mostly cus my brother is distracting me and cant remember what ive written.
Im mostly just looking for peoples thoughts as far as HTC's method vs. Waiting for another actual s-off. unbeknown to HTC. I know the differences about flashing roms and what not, so just the basic question above.
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i was in the same boat, but i took the plunge and rooted with htc method. i doubt best buy will no what to look for if it comes down to it, but i couldn't find a way to get back to s-on with hboot 1.5 either, so guess its up to you if you decide you want to root. i know the htc method keeps your identifier number on file, but maybe that is just if you return it to the manufacturer.
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There is no s-off with HTC method, so not sure what you mean when you say that you can't find a ready to get back to s-on. Even after unlocked through HTC you have s-on.
If you mean you want to put the lock back on, you fastboot the phone, type "fastboot OEM lock" with adb and you are locked again.
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There is no s-off with HTC method, so not sure what you mean when you say that you can't find a ready to get back to s-on. Even after unlocked through HTC you have s-on.
If you mean you want to put the lock back on, you fastboot the phone, type "fastboot OEM lock" with adb and you are locked again.
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I meant should i wait for s-off via someone else (rev i think). or just use htc's method (with s-on)
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DONT ROOT!!! You will eventually spends hours of flashing custom ROM's, Kernels and Themes. You will then be tempted to mod your phone the way you like. This in turn will cost you countless hours and headaches to make it perfect. HAHA
YOU CAN DO IT!
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Yeah this guy said it perfectly...
I only root for free hotspot. Old phones need speed boost but not so much now
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schmeggy929 said:
DONT ROOT!!! You will eventually spends hours of flashing custom ROM's, Kernels and Themes. You will then be tempted to mod your phone the way you like. This in turn will cost you countless hours and headaches to make it perfect. HAHA
YOU CAN DO IT!
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haha. I love this response!
If you're questioning yourself, then you probably should not.
Hi Guys,
In the past few days ive noticed that if i dont check my phone regularly it will simply refuse to wake up (screen on). I know the phone is still working as the LightFlow settings still use the notification light when needed. I have also had situations where the phone wakes up but theres no touch functions, but locking and waking up again fixes that in 1 try. Has anyone else had this issue or am I going to have to send the phone back?
Thanks
Michael
P.S. The phone is not rooted and hasnt been updated since out the box. Any suggestions to root the phone to fix this will be ignored.
Uninstall LightFlow it has been known to cause this issue.
That is all we can suggest unless your willing to root.
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Uninstall LightFlow it has been known to cause this issue.
That is all we can suggest unless your willing to root.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I had my HTC Desire rooted and this has put me off rooting my phone at the moment, but I was waiting for the Jelly Bean AOSP anyway.
Not trying to take this too far off topic, but what do you have against root? All root effectively is is an admin mode, you don't have to flash a custom rom.
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Not trying to take this too far off topic, but what do you have against root? All root effectively is is an admin mode, you don't have to flash a custom rom.
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I dont have anything against root. Its just that when I have a problem with my phone and people suggest to root it, if it doesnt work im kinda screwed over with warranty etc.
Unfortunatly removing Lightflow didnt help and its still happening
if it doesnt work im kinda screwed over with warranty etc
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It's quite easy to revert back to Stock for warranty repairs.
Rooting does not brick your phone.
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It's quite easy to revert back to Stock for warranty repairs.
Rooting does not brick your phone.
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Wont they reject it if its rooted? This would be the first phone ive sent for repairs. My HTC Desire never faulted in 2 years but this is starting to annoy me just a month and a half into my contract.
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Wont they reject it if its rooted? This would be the first phone ive sent for repairs. My HTC Desire never faulted in 2 years but this is starting to annoy me just a month and a half into my contract.
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Yes, but u can use "triangle away" (by chainfire) to reset flash counter(found in download mode) and flash a stock rom with Odin and back is your warranty.
root...warranty...bla bla bla...why want to return just because of that? do u know that samsung software engineers sucks? i bought nexus, and i just use it for 1 week. want to know why? because it's so boring. the phone so perfect. no problem at all. nothing to tweak, nothing to fix, nothing to improve. i switch back to Samsung Galaxy because of this (before this use SGS1, now SGS3). so, if you have problem like THIS, change your kernel, or just sit and wait for update to fix it. samsung monitoring it (SLOWWWWWLYYY)
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Wont they reject it if its rooted? This would be the first phone ive sent for repairs. My HTC Desire never faulted in 2 years but this is starting to annoy me just a month and a half into my contract.
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root...warranty...bla bla bla...why want to return just because of that? do u know that samsung software engineers sucks? i bought nexus, and i just use it for 1 week. want to know why? because it's so boring. the phone so perfect. no problem at all. nothing to tweak, nothing to fix, nothing to improve. i switch back to Samsung Galaxy because of this (before this use SGS1, now SGS3). so, if you have problem like THIS, change your kernel, or just sit and wait for update to fix it. samsung monitoring it (SLOWWWWWLYYY)
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U got a lot blablabla"s, Samsung"s phone has clearly the best hw but they don't give a s... about the sw.
About rooting, what the f... are talking about read the posts made by OP. he asked if u loose warrenty if u root and yes u do, but root is reversible and THAT is what the OP wanted to know
he asked if u loose warrenty if u root and yes u d
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Over here afaik at least within the first period the seller has to actually prove you caused the damage to refuse the claim.
Having a rooted device will not stand as having caused hardware-damage.
So far I've yet to hear about a single case of warranty being refused in this country due to software modifications.
If it was as simple as putting a "Waranty void if removed" sticker on stuff actually having any meaning, that would be the end of democraty. Fortunately the law tells otherwise and manufacturers have to obey it (or buy their own law... at least in the USA that seems to work)
However it most certainly will make repairs far easier if the device is stock since they cannot even try to blame you for incorrect configurations or bad flashes.
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root...warranty...bla bla bla...why want to return just because of that? do u know that samsung software engineers sucks? i bought nexus, and i just use it for 1 week. want to know why? because it's so boring. the phone so perfect. no problem at all. nothing to tweak, nothing to fix, nothing to improve. i switch back to Samsung Galaxy because of this (before this use SGS1, now SGS3). so, if you have problem like THIS, change your kernel, or just sit and wait for update to fix it. samsung monitoring it (SLOWWWWWLYYY)
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U got a lot blablabla"s, Samsung"s phone has clearly the best hw but they don't give a s... about the sw.
About rooting, what the f... are talking about read the posts made by OP. he asked if u loose warrenty if u root and yes u do, but root is reversible and THAT is what the OP wanted to know
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Thanks for the help guys, Im on holiday at the moment so I'll see if theres a Kernal update when I get home. If not I'll check on the Jelly Bean (or something popular thats been out for a long time) rom stability and root for that. If nothing helps from those ill use the Triangle program to get rid of the root history and send it back for repairs.
EDIT: My Kernal is from May 13th. Surprised I havent had an update come thorugh yet. There isnt even a check for update button in my "About Phone"
There isnt even a check for update button in my "About Phone"
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Are you by any chance on Orange UK or Three UK? (Can't remember which of both was it)
They've removed that button in their bloatware-edition of the Samsung ROM - probably to prevent users from updating over 3G connectivity.
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Are you by any chance on Orange UK or Three UK? (Can't remember which of both was it)
They've removed that button in their bloatware-edition of the Samsung ROM - probably to prevent users from updating over 3G connectivity.
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Bingo, Orange UK.
Happy 666th post
Happy 666th post
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Thanks =) I guess that means I'm far too much online, since I've accumulated these posts only since having my S3 =D
So that number is why I'm having such a particular foul mood today, May be related to exams too I sincerly HATE IT logic, especially Prolog -.-
Sadly there is no such thing as good-luck charms to protect against exams like the Pentagrams protect against evil. (Please noone now say it's the symbol of evil...)
Bingo, Orange UK.
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Just flash any Samsung- or aftermarket-ROM (I recommend CM9 or the CM9-based ParanoidAndroid) of your choice and you're good.
DXLF3 modem should work well according to what I've heard.
I wanna use a PS3 controller on my transformer prime. I don't want to install a custom rom, i just want to play some old super nintendo games on my tablet
Can i just unlock the tablet with the asus tool and use the sixaxis app (it requires rooting) ?
When i search for rooting, all i see is "root" "flash" "custom rom"
I really need to know if rooting = unlocking
Thanks a lot!
Rooting gives you administrative privileges via 'su' (superuser) in android.
Unlocking will void warranty. So it is intended for developers and modders who need to read/flash via USB cable from another computer (fastboot or nvflash). You will be able to flash blobs like a custom recovery, a kernel, etc.
A custom rom could be pre-rooted. This means you could flash a rom which is already rooted.
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You don't need to unlock. For your gamepad you just have to gain root. Rooting gives you administrative privileges via 'su' (superuser)..
Unlocking works just with ICS and you will loose warranty. So it is intended for developers who need to read/flash via USB cable from another computer (fastboot or nvflash). You will be able to flash blobs like a custom recovery, a kernel, etc.
A custom rom could be pre-rooted. This means you could flash a rom which is already rooted.
I think you can root some HC- and ICS-versions running on TP without unlocking. Maybe you are able to downgrade to ICS if still updated to JB. Look at this thread.
In this thread you'll find many useful information (i.e. ROOT)
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Here I go again lol. Please don't take this the wrong way I am just going to correct a few things.
Unlocking doesn't work just on ics, you can unlock on ics or jellybean as long as you are not one of the unlucky few who have serials that do not unlock or have had your motherboard replaced. You need to unlock to install a custom rom.
You can root ics without unlocking but you cannot root jellybean without unlocking. You also cannot downgrade to ICS without doing the nvflash process first which requires you to be unlocked and on ics.
I find it great that you are trying to give advice because there are very few people who do. I think the problem is you are new here and you are posting what you think is correct instead of what you know is correct. A lot of what you are reading is obsolete and doesn't even apply any more and wrong information is sometimes worse than no information.
Again, I hope you don't take this the wrong way. Any questions feel free to pm me.
I don't remember needing the six axis app to use my ps3 controller. I plugged the controller into my dock, enabled Bluetooth and found the controller, then started playing games
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Here I go again lol. Please don't take this the wrong way I am just going to correct a few things.
Unlocking doesn't work just on ics, you can unlock on ics or jellybean as long as you are not one of the unlucky few who have serials that do not unlock or have had your motherboard replaced. You need to unlock to install a custom rom.
You can root ics without unlocking but you cannot root jellybean without unlocking. You also cannot downgrade to ICS without doing the nvflash process first which requires you to be unlocked and on ics.
I find it great that you are trying to give advice because there are very few people who do. I think the problem is you are new here and you are posting what you think is correct instead of what you know is correct. A lot of what you are reading is obsolete and doesn't even apply any more and wrong information is sometimes worse than no information.
Again, I hope you don't take this the wrong way. Any questions feel free to pm me.
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If just 1% of the posts on XDA were as helpful and encouraging as this, then it would be a great place to learn.
Just hope flumpster stays around to keep us right for a long time to come .
Unfortunately, until the mods and/or the OPs of important threads bring things up to date there will be a lot of (often dangerous) misinformation being passed on around here.
Restorer said:
If just 1% of the posts on XDA were as helpful and encouraging as this, then it would be a great place to learn.
Just hope flumpster stays around to keep us right for a long time to come .
Unfortunately, until the mods and/or the OPs of important threads bring things up to date there will be a lot of (often dangerous) misinformation being passed on around here.
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I'll second that the blokes a lifesaver. Sorted me out when i first got my prime.
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dladz said:
I'll second that the blokes a lifesaver. Sorted me out when i first got my prime.
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Yeah, that's why I hope he's still around for when I do eventually get unlocked and onto a nice smooth custom ROM. My warranty is up in a couple of months but I'll also be waiting to see if Sky ever get around to supporting the Prime on Sky Go before making any decisions.
I've done hundreds of flashing operations on my mobiles over the years but I've never come across a device that seems to brick as easily as the Prime so it will be good to have someone's hand to hold on what sounds like a pretty scary ride .
GunnerOnASpooky said:
I don't remember needing the six axis app to use my ps3 controller. I plugged the controller into my dock, enabled Bluetooth and found the controller, then started playing games
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True, but if you want to reassign the buttons, you can't do it without rooting and the app.
Hi all,
After a bit of deliberation, i've come to the conclusion that my prime is missing a few bits i would like to have, first and foremost, the camera is suffering from the green issue, 2nd the GPS is crap (to put it mildly) never locks although it does have a look.
Also there is a fair bit of stuttering and i am thinking that something a bit more sinister is wrong with the unit.
I've unlocked it, updated to JB and have got a custom rom running.
Now i know i can't relock it but do i need to unroot it? I mean these issues are hardware and nothing to do with me rooting it or unlocking it.
Has anyone else sent their's back and got it fixed and it's remained rooted? I send mine tomorrow, shall i bother to unroot or flash a stock rom ?
It's got Jelly beer at the moment.
Cheers.
PS: Any answers would be great as i don't have a lot of time.
rma
I just had the camera fixed rma for the second time and they reformatted the device installed jb and relocked my device.I cannot unlock it at all now and i am kinda pissed (i was running androwook 1.5)
horseless said:
I just had the camera fixed rma for the second time and they reformatted the device installed jb and relocked my device.I cannot unlock it at all now and i am kinda pissed (i was running androwook 1.5)
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Did you give it to them with a custom ROM on it?
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