[Q] Bought used phone, won't activate with new sim from verizon topic

Hey M8 crew!

New to the M8, just bought the phone from swappa. Apparently it has root/s-off/some lollipop build installed on it. Clean ESN.

Took it into verizon to activate it on my line, but the sim doesn't appear to activate as they expect. It detects that it was inserted, says to reboot, after reboot still says no service, and never performs any activation. Verizon rep was claiming that the rom was causing the failures, and it does appear to likely be software related if it is never launching the activation. VZW tech support was no help other than saying it may take up to 12 hours to activate the sim (bs meter going off). Spent 2 hours in the store trying to get it to activate, saying everything was fine on their end. Tried a couple sims in store to rule out a bad sim. Have even tried the tape on the sim trick to see if that might have something to do with it.

Has anyone ever seen / heard of this sort of situation before and have any idea of how to fix it?

Would a stock RUU flash help out in anyway?

Is it because it is not a verizon rom that the activation is not happening? Would I somehow be able to use a different verizon phone to activate the sim, then put it in my phone and have service start working?

Any ideas?

[Q] Just bought a used G3, several questions? topic

I need some info about a used Verizon g3 I purchased. Everything works fine, but I can't see where to check if the latest software is updated?
When I go to the phone info area, there's no tab to touch to check.

Does that mean this phone has been rooted? Excuse me.... I'm a newbie.... don't really know how to distinguish between rooted and non rooted.

How would I ever update the phone? Does Verizon do it automatically?

I'm grandfathered in with unlimited data and can tether freely with this phone, a surprise to me.
Would I compromise this with any Verizon updates?

Thx

[Q] how can xposed be used on moto g xt1033 5.0.1??? topic

Please help me in using xposed for moto g.. My device is rooted. But after installation it says not active.

has anyone used any of the newer Bluetooth controllers??? topic

anyone using a bluetooth controller from 2014??
I see posts from 2012 and 2013, curious if anyone has used any of the newer controllers?

[Q] Stolen Android devices that ares still being used - how to track topic

Long story short, someone came into our home while we were there and took many electronics.

One of them was the Galaxy Note II (ATT) and I see the device is still active and I believe it still accessing the google play store or syncing to my gmail account based on recent activity I can see from my gmail account.

How can I track the location from where this is happening? The police ares supposedly going after them after we found other clues but if I can get a location from where the device was being used, that would be a dealbreaker.

I have / had my gmail account setup and I see last time it synced. I'm not a pro at this but asking for help from some bright minds here. Can anyone help me out?

The more evidence I have for law enforcement, they won't be able to deny who I already know it is. I am looking for more proof to back up my accusation / discovery.

[Q] Kindle Fire; used Kindle Fire Utility v0.9.9, Browser & Terminal don't have root. topic

I've got a kindle fire that I rooted and installed android using the Kindle Fire Utility v0.9.9 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1399889), and SuperSU is supposedly running correctly, but when I run root browser (by JRummy Apps Inc.), it cannot look into the /data/ folder, and trying to "su" on a terminal emulator gives an error. Any suggestions as to what might have gone wrong and/or how to fix it?

Thank you
Meriru

So I'm going to check out a used G2 tomorrow. topic

Found a "broken" G2 in the ads today, I might go check it out tomorrow. The seller is selling it for a very low price (somewhere around 150 USD) because the phone can't register to a network. Using my previous knowledge of other Android phones and the knowledge I acquired during my time with my own G2, I've deduced the following (ordered from least likely to most likely):

- the phone was dropped and the radio cable got detached (fairly easy fix, take the phone apart and reattach everything, the physical state of the phone can't be deduced from a single photo that's put online)
- the SIM tray is faulty because at the photo I got, a no SIM icon is visible (though that could've been taken without a SIM in the phone)
- something or someone messed up the EFS partition (I plan on checking whether the phone's bootloader root checker has been tripped, if the IMEI is okay, if it has a custom recovery, etc). The phone seems to have a stock ROM which I suspect someone flashed, or tried to factory reset the phone (which raised a suspicion described below).

But the most likely situation is that the phone was stolen. Why? Well:
- if the phone can't register to a network, its IMEI may be blacklisted
- the phone is being sold without any equipment, not even its box. The guy says it was sold to him like that, which makes me even more suspicious. I have some friends working in certain operators here, I'll snoop around once I get a hold of the phone's IMEI. If I can't get a straight story out of him, I'll try some intimidation or to knock down the price to oblivion, being that the phone might be stolen, and use it for parts, if my ways of finding its owner turn up dry.


Do you guys have any additional tips on what to check? I plan on putting my own SIM card in and trying to run some diagnostics from the hidden menus to see what's what.

Used phone prepurchase diagnostic or test app to use. topic

My note 3 died beyond economical repair.
I am about to buy a used one. Any advise on app to check that the phone is fully working ok before handing the cash?
Anything worthy checking in depth?
Thanks in advance!

Symbols used by android for mobile data. topic

For noob peeps. :p
Symbols used by android for mobile data.

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XDA:DevDB Information
[APP][4.0+] Android App Locker, App for all devices (see above for details)

Contributors
yogi.306
Source Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...bhanuapplocker


Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 1.0
Stable Release Date: 2015-01-04

Created 2015-01-05
Last Updated 2015-01-05

[Q] [A700] Bad performance on all ROMs, apparently only 1 core used most of the time topic

Hey there,
so i have been trying to get my girlfriends A700 on a modern version of Android, but so far stuff like Omni ROM or Pacman ROM had REALLY bad performance. I'm talking about 7-12 fps in the launcher and most other apps, which to me is unbearable. Today i was experimenting with kernel settings, and for this activated the CPU usage overlay.

It showed that 90% of the time only CPU0 is used and all other cores are deactivated and idle. I'm not sure if this is intended behaviour, but in combination with the choppy performance it's kind of suspicious to me.

So basically i have 2 questions:

1) Are all the Android 4.2 and up custom ROMs just really slow, or is there something wrong on my gfs device?
2) Should the device be running on one core all the time?