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[Q] Root for dock

Can I root my keyboard dock?

YES!
But only a on a Tuesday and if you have a B80 or later tablet. Also, the dock must be at least a B100, anything less can't be rooted at this time. When we have ICS it may be possible then.

Cool. Will I still be able to get OTA updates if my dock is rooted?

I believe you can however get an adapter for a commodore 64 cartridge and root it using a copy of Klax.

Only if you have at 8GB SD Card in the card slot, as the OTA updates will be extra large to account for you having rooted the dock. Also, watch out for the over heating dock bug that can occur after you root it.
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gojimi said:
I believe you can however get an adapter for a commodore 64 cartridge and root it using a copy of Klax.
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I believe that stopped working for the sub-B90 versions and they are no longer rootable

Hey. I'm asking a legitimate question and all I get are snarky comments. Your hurting my feelings. If you don't know the answer then why even post in my thread. Your comments are not welcome here

I hate to read the last 8 comments.... I mean..... that just too much... so what is the latest info on this? anyone?

ICS leaked on my dock and shorted the circuits.

You have ICS? How come you havent made an ICS rom yet?

It melted too fast.
And that's not to mention the soggy biscuit...

Roach2010 said:
ICS leaked on my dock and shorted the circuits.
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I believe that is normal functionality and is how the developers are trying to achieve root on the B90 and before docks.

so wait... when you root your dock, which button gets assigned superuser?

ttlycnfuzd said:
so wait... when you root your dock, which button gets assigned superuser?
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The windows key.

ttlycnfuzd said:
so wait... when you root your dock, which button gets assigned superuser?
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# <-- what else?
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gojimi said:
The windows key.
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Only on the European version. On all others it is #

I can't find the windows key. Is it made of glass or something?

thebadfrog said:
I can't find the windows key. Is it made of glass or something?
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does your dock have a British accent? If not, it may be the # key as previously stated.

thebadfrog said:
I can't find the windows key. Is it made of glass or something?
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Possibly.. do you have a European or US dock?

I think I have the french version. It keeps waving a white flag at me. Is it rootable and where is the root key

thebadfrog said:
I think I have the french version. It keeps waving a white flag at me. Is it rootable and where is the root key
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Is it a higher than B100 version?
If it is rootable, it's on the back as that would be the part you'd see as it runs away.

lmfao sooo funny, window key being made of glass was a different class of lol lol
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GFit's WIFI and BLUETOOTH won't turn on

Hi guys! Anybody here knows where to purchase or what to do about my phone?
My WIFI and BLUETOOTH won't turn on anymore. My phone was actually a FLOODED phone, and we brought it to SAMSUNG SERVICE CENTER. They did not open and cleaned the inner part of the phone (even the outer part). That's why my WIFI and BLUETOOTH thing got rust and now it won't turn on.
When I want to turn my WIFI on a message ERROR will show up.
When I turn my BLUETOOTH on nothing happens.

wrong section...
go to samsung customer care center again and be ready to pay them as mostly water damaged phones aren't covered under warranty.
it's a hardware problem and can't be solved by software upgrades.
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or you could try the "unofficial workshops"

Aspire said:
wrong section...
go to samsung customer care center again and be ready to pay them as mostly water damaged phones aren't covered under warranty.
it's a hardware problem and can't be solved by software upgrades.
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or you could try the "unofficial workshops"
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@aspire your username was lomash earlier ri8

XeonFire said:
Hi guys! Anybody here knows where to purchase or what to do about my phone?
My WIFI and BLUETOOTH won't turn on anymore. My phone was actually a FLOODED phone, and we brought it to SAMSUNG SERVICE CENTER. They did not open and cleaned the inner part of the phone (even the outer part). That's why my WIFI and BLUETOOTH thing got rust and now it won't turn on.
When I want to turn my WIFI on a message ERROR will show up.
When I turn my BLUETOOTH on nothing happens.
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Are you sure is the hardware maybe just try another ROM?

XeonFire said:
Hi guys! Anybody here knows where to purchase or what to do about my phone?
My WIFI and BLUETOOTH won't turn on anymore. My phone was actually a FLOODED phone, and we brought it to SAMSUNG SERVICE CENTER. They did not open and cleaned the inner part of the phone (even the outer part). That's why my WIFI and BLUETOOTH thing got rust and now it won't turn on.
When I want to turn my WIFI on a message ERROR will show up.
When I turn my BLUETOOTH on nothing happens.
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Hey! This a usual problem with some galaxy devs most of the times it can be solved by rebooting!
Press Thnx button if it was helpful(please!)
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try to reboot and if the problem still persist then try to reset the phone..
my galaxy fit had this problem too and I reboot the phone afther charging and its work
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apenz147 said:
try to reboot and if the problem still persist then try to reset the phone..
my galaxy fit had this problem too and I reboot the phone afther charging and its work
sent from my mind using hand to typing
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yeah are u sure.. coz may be the lib files got broken i think.. just flash any other rom and see

tejkumarvusirikala said:
yeah are u sure.. coz may be the lib files got broken i think.. just flash any other rom and see
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Good luck with that!

Hard Bricked VZW GS3 oops

I Think I mighta screwed up bad. Long story short I flashed an interanational rom overtop of a jelly bean rom and my phone wont turn on now. PERIOD. Odin wont even pick it up. Any advice???
I Just found out if I hold volume down and connect it to my computer the led lights up red. Gotta be something I can do

Send it in to be jtagged. Don't think there's anything else to be done.

tekhna said:
Send it in to be jtagged. Don't think there's anything else to be done.
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Hmm not really the answer i was looking for but It is what it is. CAn you elaborate about jtagged? I got a replacement phone and have to send this one back to verizon....
Thanks for any help I can get

1annbe said:
Hmm not really the answer i was looking for but It is what it is. CAn you elaborate about jtagged? I got a replacement phone and have to send this one back to verizon....
Thanks for any help I can get
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And people like you are the reason the bootloader was locked.

I don't understand how this is even possible. Why would you think it was okay to Install a ROM over top carrier specific phone.
At the very least you could have asked to someone on the forum or created a thread if it could be done before you flashed it
Sent from my Paranoid Jelly S3

I didn't ask if I messed up. I know I messed up.
I Did my research. I used Odin successfuley to root my phone, flash clockwork and install a10 or so cwm 9 and cwm 10 roms. I screwed my imei up and fixed it myself thru qspt. All I asked for was a simple answer to a simple question.
Thank yo u

I think your missing the point the fact that YOU fubared your phone and then got a replacement tells us all we need to know. End of story lock the thread down.

*exit guys riding high horse*
Hmph!
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blestsol said:
*exit guys riding high horse*
Hmph!
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Alright maybe you would like to supply him with your S3 seeming as you think its ok for someone else to fix his s^%$.

Did research. Flashed international ROM on Verizon S3 (over another one). Doesn't know what JTAG is.
Does not compute.

usb dongle off ebay
1annbe said:
Hmm not really the answer i was looking for but It is what it is. CAn you elaborate about jtagged? I got a replacement phone and have to send this one back to verizon....
Thanks for any help I can get
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if its anything like the epic, just get a usb dongle that will force it into download mode. Also take the battery out for 30 min. I'm proud to have an answer and not just a comment.

promega said:
if its anything like the epic, just get a usb dongle that will force it into download mode. Also take the battery out for 30 min. I'm proud to have an answer and not just a comment.
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It's not an answer. I'll give you an answer, OP: You flashed the wrong ROM. You are now bricked. If you want to be unbricked, send it to a JTAG service http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/
Next time do a little more research. Clearly you missed step 1 which is NEVER FLASH A ROM THAT ISN'T MEANT FOR YOUR PHONE.

You know you guys could just be helpful instead of being very rude.

na do it yourself.
mustbepbs said:
It's not an answer. I'll give you an answer, OP: You flashed the wrong ROM. You are now bricked. If you want to be unbricked, send it to a JTAG service http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/
Next time do a little more research. Clearly you missed step 1 which is NEVER FLASH A ROM THAT ISN'T MEANT FOR YOUR PHONE.
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As a tester of many products in my time, I can tell you this. Nothing is ever bricked, where there is a brick there is a way. And his way is usb dongle.
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fr8cture said:
You know you guys could just be helpful instead of being very rude.
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I doubt he even knows what I am talking about, what do you think they are doing when you send it in??? jesus.
And if you are hardcore, you can make the dongle yourself.... or buy one on ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Jig-Don...541525?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3a75ec92d5 Check out my join date, been in the game for awhile...

promega said:
As a tester of many products in my time, I can tell you this. Nothing is ever bricked, where there is a brick there is a way. And his way is usb dongle.[/url]
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His way isn't a USB dongle. We see this at least 5 times a week in every section for this phone. People flash the wrong ROM (usually international) and they get no life out of it. The only way people have gotten it back was having it JTAGGED.

promega said:
As a tester of many products in my time, I can tell you this. Nothing is ever bricked, where there is a brick there is a way. And his way is usb dongle.
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I doubt he even knows what I am talking about, what do you think they are doing when you send it in??? jesus.
And if you are hardcore, you can make the dongle yourself.... or buy one on ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Jig-Don...541525?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3a75ec92d5
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Hmm i didnt know about those, pretty new to android though. Are those easy to use if i get one?

yes.
fr8cture said:
Hmm i didnt know about those, pretty new to android though. Are those easy to use if i get one?
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Instructions:
1. Turn off your phone and pull out the battery for about 10-15 seconds.
2. Just put the battery back and don’t turn it on.
3. Plug the USB Jig into the micro USB port on the phone.
4. After about 2-3 seconds, you can see the yellow download mode logo on the screen.
5. Unplug the USB Jig.
6. Connect your phone with USB cable to computer and then flash your phone via the program “odin”.
I'd try taking your battery out, holding the power button for a few seconds. Then leaving the battery out for 30 min first, before buying one.. I doubt it will work, but I have came out of bricks that way (blew my mind). Still prolly should do that when using the dongle.. MOST EVERY THING can have a dongle put into it, it's what the developers use to foce hardware into manufacturing mode, developer mode, customer mode, clear mem, maint. mode.
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mustbepbs said:
His way isn't a USB dongle. We see this at least 5 times a week in every section for this phone. People flash the wrong ROM (usually international) and they get no life out of it. The only way people have gotten it back was having it JTAGGED.
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you got a link of a usb dongle bring back failure? please provide it so we can move on, or just stop.

promega said:
you got a link of a usb dongle bring back failure? please provide it so we can move on, or just stop.
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Here you go, a USB jig "bring back failure"...

grin0048 said:
Here you go, a USB jig "bring back failure"...
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from what i can see they still needed to use it...

1annbe said:
Hmm not really the answer i was looking for but It is what it is. CAn you elaborate about jtagged? I got a replacement phone and have to send this one back to verizon....
Thanks for any help I can get
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So you're looking for help to restore your phone because you think they will find out you were flashing?
You already have the replacement. Just send the phone in. I doubt they will ever check.

stuck power button random rebootin software fix

OK so I'm seeing tons of posts about stuck power buttons I have this problem to and I could not fix it hardware wise so I fixed it with software apps. As it seems to happen when ever I push my power button. O also if u cant get your phone to boot up u can use the trick were u take the battery out and put it back in tell it boots up. HTC suck rocks sorry had to lol.
I use an app called tap tap app to lock and unlock my phone by tapping on the proxy sensor. There are other apps like this but this one seems to work the best. Then I use a app called quick boot everyone's probly fermillure with this one anyways this is how I get to recovery or if I need to reboot my phone.
Mods if u guys think this should go in general plz move I thought I'd post hear so ppl could see it thx.

Thanks for this. Had been looking for software solutions to get around this problem and it seems in the latest CM 10.1 nightlies the volume rocker wake option is missing.
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Dude I just installed this and you just breathed life back into my phone. I laughing at how cool it is to unlock the phone with a wave over the proximity sensor. This has gotta be the way forward vs. physical / mechanical parts that can break down. Thanks again for the heads up.

xstokerx said:
OK so I'm seeing tons of posts about stuck power buttons I have this problem to and I could not fix it hardware wise so I fixed it with software apps. As it seems to happen when ever I push my power button. O also if u cant get your phone to boot up u can use the trick were u take the battery out and put it back in tell it boots up. HTC suck rocks sorry had to lol.
I use an app called tap tap app to lock and unlock my phone by tapping on the proxy sensor. There are other apps like this but this one seems to work the best. Then I use a app called quick boot everyone's probly fermillure with this one anyways this is how I get to recovery or if I need to reboot my phone.
Mods if u guys think this should go in general plz move I thought I'd post hear so ppl could see it thx.
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How's the app affect your battery life?

QUOTE=haloeight;39230177]Thanks for this. Had been looking for software solutions to get around this problem and it seems in the latest CM 10.1 nightlies the volume rocker wake option is missing.
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Dude I just installed this and you just breathed life back into my phone. I laughing at how cool it is to unlock the phone with a wave over the proximity sensor. This has gotta be the way forward vs. physical / mechanical parts that can break down. Thanks again for the heads up.[/QUOTE]
Ya NP bud figured a lot a ppl were looking for some way to do this.
It uses some battery but very little

How does this work if you frequently put your phone into your pocket though?

U can set it for 2-4 swipes and how sensitive the sensor is.
I don't seem to have a problem with it waking up buy its self.

The weirdest problem.

hi guys,
i seriously think i have the weirdest problem on my nexus 5, i looked for ages for someone with that problem. and didnt find.
ever since i've replaced my screen and my battery (pretty sure it's an original one) every now and than my phone just turns off.
the weird part is, it won't turn on until i plug my phone to the charger.
i can plug it even to one second, and than i can turn my phone back on.
and it won't turn on in any other way!
I have this problem for a long time so i gathered some facts:
* it can happen regardless of how much battery i have. it can happen in 90% and it can happen in 10.% but i did found out it is more likely to happen the less battery i have.
* it happens more when i use stock apps: google search, google maps, camera...
* it happens almost always when i take a picture with the camera , especially if i use flash
* it is more likely to happen if the device is wormer (after a long heavy use...)
* it is also likely to happen if i press the "back" button a lot of times rapidly to go back to home screen

Ask lg

Have you isolated the reverse power flux coupling?

This is not weird. Obviously something went wrong when you replaced battery and or screen.
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_MetalHead_ said:
Have you isolated the reverse power flux coupling?
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have i what?...
ldubs said:
This is not weird. Obviously something went wrong when you replaced battery and or screen.
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yes, but what exactly went wrong?!

Um how would we know. Take to lg or repair shop..
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ldubs said:
Um how would we know. Take to lg or repair shop..
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i don't have money for a repair shop... it will probably cost me like a new phone
i wanna figure out the problem myself and try fixing it alone (by buying parts in ebay...)
and i still think the problem might be softwary

omer323 said:
i don't have money for a repair shop... it will probably cost me like a new phone
i wanna figure out the problem myself and try fixing it alone (by buying parts in ebay...)
and i still think the problem might be softwary
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That's fine, except no one here is going to be able to tell what you did or didn't do when you opened up the device and replaced the battery and screen. There's some very sensitive circuitry in there. Could be anything. Most likely NOT software-related or other folks would be having these same issues. and they're not.

omer323 said:
i don't have money for a repair shop... it will probably cost me like a new phone
i wanna figure out the problem myself and try fixing it alone (by buying parts in ebay...)
and i still think the problem might be softwary
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Get a free quote from the repair shop they'll find the problem then leave and buy the defective parts on ebay

You're describing basically the same issues I used to have with my old Samsung galaxy s4 when the battery got bloated. 3 times.. 100% bad battery.
I mean, c'mon dude really? you replaced the battery AND the screen and you still think you're having software issues?.. just replace the battery for one you're more than "pretty sure" is an original one..
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_MetalHead_ said:
Have you isolated the reverse power flux coupling?
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-Thank you….. Thank you very much…
-You’re quite welcome, sir!

omricn said:
You're describing basically the same issues I used to have with my old Samsung galaxy s4 when the battery got bloated. 3 times.. 100% bad battery.
I mean, c'mon dude really? you replaced the battery AND the screen and you still think you're having software issues?.. just replace the battery for one you're more than "pretty sure" is an original one..
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I was hoping somebody would catch the reference