yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[About XDA developers] PeartFan40:
"You could also make exactly the same argument about the file sharing sites currently used to host ROM's.... "

I'm not trying to have an arguement; just looking out for the best interests of XDA and the community. Am I wrong to assume that you share the same interest?

File sharing hosts are much safer than using torrent clients. Albiet some of them have beeen known for sharing warez, they have since been shut down. Torrent clients not only have a reputation for mainly catering to copyright violation and illegal material, they also greatly increase the potential threat of viruses and trojans. The risks of using torrents far outweigh the bebefits for both XDA and the community.
[About XDA developers] conantroutman:
I wasn't accusing you of trying to argue ;) just referring to your point of view as "your argument" if you see what I mean...

And yeah, your right, they are both as bad as each other for being potentially misused.

My point was simply that torrent's aren't necessarily any worse... (or better)

Bottom line is that people are always going to pirate things. Fortunately the XDA community generally does a top notch job of helping us to keep the forums warez free.

I'm glad to say that I see many more posts chastising users for posting or asking for warez than I do encouraging it.
[About XDA developers] PeartFan40:
Point well taken. :D
[About XDA developers] motcher41:
-1 for this suggestion I don't have internet at home so using a torrent would be near impossible. In fact 99 percent of my downloading is done over a cellphone

Sent from my Droid using Xparent Blue Tapatalk
[About XDA developers] Archer:
I don't know where you're getting your information from, but it's wrong.

Torrent files are used heavily to distribute and share perfectly legal media all the time. If you're downloading something legitimate then you are as safe from any type of virus or malware as you are if you're downloading from anywhere else. Using bit torrents in no way increases the risk of viruses. Downloading illegal software increases the risk, but that's the case whether you use a bit torrent client or a file sharing site. There are 0 risks to using bit torrents, as long as you are using them for legitimate means.

I, for one, think this is potentially a good idea, but it would have to be adopted by the majority of the community to make it work, which makes it a very democratic option.
[About XDA developers] the_scotsman:
InsertCoin dev baadnewz uses torrents for his ROMs, and I love it...much faster than most of the crappy upload file sites.
[About XDA developers] CallMeVentus:
What about countries in which providers throttle torrent speeds for ? What about them ? We can't just think about it regionally.....we also need to think about it internationally :/

Herpderp Defy.
[About XDA developers] zealious:
this is a great idea! Atleast have both the torrent option and upload site op;tion.. I wish there was a non profit site to upload to like

http://archive.org/index.php

I used archive to host a podcast. They only accept music video and text. its a media conservation effort. Great servers. tons of bandwidth. files i put up years ago are still accessible.

other than that I wish everyone would get a google developer acount and upload to that. lots of bandwidth and free - cheap. or you can buy like 100gb of space for google documents.. not sure on bandwidth tho. but i think its acceptable since you can share documents and photos.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bongd:
Hey guys, yes, I've done a search for this but couldn't find a solution.

How can I force high resolution images to download for my contacts? I used to use syncmypix and it'd download high res images from Facebook, but on my Galaxy Nexus they're pixelated like crazy.

Does anyone know of an app or way to correct this with ease? I don't want to go through my contacts and do this manually. Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ColdKiller93:
Use haxsync it does work great :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] imranaryan:
whr can i find the stock kernel for neo v .42/.62 based

if i flashed inteks or dooms kernel how can i go back to stock 1 if i want to
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] taaviu:
Unrar ftf file and you find "kernel.sin" this is stock kernel.

Flash command "fastboot flash boot kernel.sin"
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] imranaryan:
thanks alot dude

one more ques

hi am not able to set S2E i followed what you describe in your miui thread rom is blazing fast am loving it just S2E is kill my mem.. can u suggest me

prob: after reboot dalvik option doesn't comes
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Shakelox:
I have i9003 with Froyo 2.2.1 that i want to upgrade to gingerbread.

Q1. Which version of gingerbread is less buggy 2.3.4 or 2.3.6 because i saw threads that XXKPQ 2.3.6 has camera bugs?

Q2. I downloaded XXKPQ from here is it ok and will i be able to upgrade future updates from Kies and can i root it?

Q3. If iam installing custom ROM or kernels that are available here on XDA will i be able to upgrade future updates from Kies?

Q4. Can i downgrade my firmware to 2.2.1 if i dont like the gingerbread or having some problems with it?

Q5. Will my applications move if i upgrade?

I will be thankful to you guys if you can help me in this :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] varunthapliyal999:
Hey bro pls search the forum before posting new threads :)

And ive used xxkpq and had no probs...and since it has most mods and themes id recommend you to go with it...

First you will have to flash xxkpe ONLY then fladh xxkpq or your phone will bootloop..

Yes you will b able to get update from kies

Yes you can root xxkpq

If you install custom roms and kernels you will not b able to upgrade via kies but you can always revert to stock xxkpq and upgrade

Yes you can always downgrade to 2.2.1

Yes you will lose all your data including contancts msgs and applications so make a backup of your contacts

And pls next time search the forum as all these questions have been answered ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Shakelox:
there are lots of threads in some there are negative answers and some positive,i was confused. :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] varunthapliyal999:
No prob but just post it in the general q and a thread next time :)

(Just a request)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Lucasred:
I can also said that kpq has no bugs at all when it comes to camera!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] SikanderKeynes:
Lucasred, XXKPQ camera has no bugs but the problem is its video recording. Dark video recording, Brightness/Contrast has no effect on recording whatsoever. Video recording indoor is worst compare to XXKPE
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] speedypoint:
I think the Video recording thing has to do with the settings or might be due to the auto brightness compensation algorithm for the stock camera app.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] heat361:
does anyone know how to put the samsung galaxy s2 widgets on to the sgp 5.0 u.s version
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] exodus454:
what exactly do you have in mind?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] heat361:
I want to put the same Widgets and from the Samsung galaxy s2 to the sgp but I don't know how or even putting the touchwiz4.0 launcher would be nice
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] heat361:
http://www.tutebox.com/3776/mobile/install-touchwiz-4-0-on-any-samsung-phone/
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] cvcduty:
TW4

So I got the TW4 installed on my YP-G70... but how do I get the gestures to work?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] klin1344:
When you reboot your device, do all the settings from the launcher go back to default again? Because I had that problem with that TW4 launcher on my YP-G1, so i stopped using it.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] heat361:
Can you tell me how you got the tw4 launcher on your yp-g70?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] cvcduty:
I use ADW EX as my default launcher so the fact that TW4 settings were reset didn't bother me.

I used the directions from the linked site (first quote).

Download and extract the zip file.

You must be rooted.

You will see basically two files in app directory and lib directory.

Using Root Explorer, I made a copy of the twlauncher30.apk and twlauncher30.odex from system/app to my external card for safe keeping for just in case.

Now using root explorer, delete the old twlauncher30.apk and twlauncher30.odex files and copy and paste the new twlauncher30.apk (TW4) to system/app folder. Change the permissions of the file to match the other files. It should be rw-r--r--. Note that you must be in r/w mode to delete and paste and change permissions in this folder.

Now copy and paste the /lib file from the download to system/lib (same deal... you must be in r/w mode). Change the permissions to match the other files in this folder.

Now reboot and you should be seeing the new TW4 launcher in action.

I am not sure how to activate the gestures still though...
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] heat361:
I got it to work but I don't like because it Is not optimized for the yp-g70 can you upload the original yp-g70 tw launcher for me please?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] cvcduty:
PM me. I can email you the file.
[General Questions and Answers] prologikus:
what is better lg obtimus 2x or galaxy s ?
[General Questions and Answers] lgrte:
lg optimus 2x
[General Questions and Answers] KM.7StyleR:
Lg optimus 2X is much better. The reason is Dual Core Tegra ;)
[General Questions and Answers] prologikus:
ur have it ? because i know a lot of peoples who have it and dont like ..
[General Questions and Answers] TJBunch1228:
There are like 20 different models that are considered galaxy s phones. The 2x is probably better than all of them but if you are talking about a galaxy s2, the 2x can't hold a candle.
[General Questions and Answers] Galaxy X7:
You can't compare Optimus 2X to Galaxy S (1). If you want the best of the best, buy Galaxy S2!
[General Questions and Answers] Kailkti:
Obviously the lg 2x. GPU wise they might be on the same level, but cpu nope.
[General Questions and Answers] hic87:
2x to benefit of dual core ( talking about speed if you want :) )
[General Questions and Answers] xm11:
galaxgy 2 have lot of rom to play with smart phone

also idia to take galaxy 1
[General Questions and Answers] Akajouman:
The O2X needs custom ROMs by the way.

But you can't compare the LG's phone and the first Galaxy S.
[General Questions and Answers] auand88:
O2X n SGS I its not to be compared

because O2X have dual core processor n SGS I just single core

but if you want buy anyone, I think O2X with dual core good

but LG too long repons for update the android device
[General Questions and Answers] chicagoraw:
go with the better processor
[General Questions and Answers] IRASadPanda:
The Optimus 2x is WORLDS better than the galaxy s, I have the G2x which is the exact same thing (not even kidding, they're exactly the same) and it's very fast. As long as you're willing to put some work into making it perfect then you'll love it.

Sent from the fastest G2x in the universe.
[General Questions and Answers] lx1226:
Lg optimus

Lg optimus 2X, with better CPU and I like the OS, easy to root, many customized ROM available.
[General Questions and Answers] tabon:
lg optimus 2x

but sg2 rocks !
[General Questions and Answers] aramid:
optimus 2x FTW! ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dcmcc99:
OK, maybe it's just me, but has anyone else changed their Voice Command main prompt, it's pretty hilarious. I changed mine to say "What now? More hookers?" This is the prompt I get whenever I use my voice commands. I know it's pretty juvenile, but pretty funny.

Go into voice command and press menu. Go to settings, voice talk settings, customize main prompt.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dandrumheller:
Yep. Mine says "What is thy bidding, master?" :-)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] votinh:
I set "you gotta be kidding me, ask again?" but I'm not too happy with the "again" part since it says with a normal tone, not the raising voice.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dschreiber69:
I don't see that setting???

View attachment 867926
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PhyerFly:
That's the Google voice search app from the look of it. The one were talking about is the version of Vlingo that comes stock with the SII that a lot of custom roms tend to remove. If you have it, it will be called "Voice Talk" in your app menu.

Open Voice Talk app -> Menu Button -> Settings -> Voice Talk Settings -> Customize Main Prompt -> Type "What do?" or whatever humorous thing you want your phone to say before it starts listening to commands
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dschreiber69:
Ahhh... yeah don't see it. Wouldn't mind giving it a try, I get kind of a kick out of the voice control apps. I guess I will try and so a search for it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dcmcc99:
You can try it out. Just go to http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18341901&postcount=1 and there is a link for that app. Not sure if it will work on all rom's or not.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dandrumheller:
You can do it on the standard vlingo app from the market too
[Kyocera Zio M6000] DarkkEnergy:
Need some help guys!

Okay so I've been using wifi tethering (root version) for my netbook for a long time. 2 days ago I was on the city bus and I tried to tether while the bus was moving and all of the sudden my PC web browser was 'redirected to a cricket web page' telling me to buy device tethering for $10.

So later I decided to do a hard reset and reinstall my apps. I decided to try barnacle since the other tethering app couldn't work anymore. Barnacle works by the way but I now have another problem.

Now most of the time that I click a url link below the search results from my yelp app, my dolphin hd mini browser redirects me to Cricket web page hassling me to buy device tethering for $10.

Is there a workaround or fix to this? I don't want to call the Cricket 800 phone number #.
[Kyocera Zio M6000] donthateme702:
Have same problem, they want 10 a month. There cheap !
[Kyocera Zio M6000] donthateme702:
It does it on all, maybe try google's app. Search wireless tethering and checkit out.
[Kyocera Zio M6000] Kountry®:
Hey DarkkEnergy I had the same problem but i figured out a work around and i take it that you are using a windows based operating system like i was well if you dont want to pay the 10 bucks all you need to do is install a linux based operating system (dual boot would be best a virtual machine still has to get the Internet connection from windows and thats where cricket is stopping it) well i tested my theory on Linux Mint 12 and also ubuntu 11.10 and it works im using my zio to type this message on my laptop a this very moment hope this helped and if you have any questions about linux feel free to ask not that good with it but ill be willing to help
[Kyocera Zio M6000] Fauxfire27:
as far as a work around goes thats kind of a pain in the butt. ( no offense kountry ) and to CRICKET What the hell!!!!! what happened to unlimited everything for $55?!?!? Just cause i use the phone to tether to my laptop when my internet service is suck ( clear-wire Really blows in my area) you throw the hammer down?!? what a load of Crap! if i knew more about how these bastards were detecting tethering ( and how to program ) i would build a Tether app that would disguise the traffic as standard web browsing through the linux kernel of the phone Just to SPITE them. Granted, I have no idea how to accomplish this but hopefully someone who knows more about Programming will pick up a few ideas from this post. ( please let me know if theres anything i can do to help if you do)
[Kyocera Zio M6000] iane21:
I got this tonight--first on the laptop, then on the phone. I was able to get my phone browser to work again by going to incognito mode under the browser menu/incognito mode. After searching for others with this new issue, I made an account through the phone, then had to go to my email (via email app), then back into the browser. This time, started out of incognito mode, but it put me right through to get here to post this. Haven't tried using tether again.

Huawei ascend m860

Cyanogenmod 7

Stock cm7 browser
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davewuvswaffles:
So after downloading MX Video and the Arm7 codec pack and setting MX player to H/W mode with S/W audio, I seem to be having trouble playing a show on my Transformer.

Looking at the difference between it and another show that works perfectly, I've found the overall bit rates to differ by ~250 Kbps (580 vs 830).

Now it's obvious where my stuttering and low framerate is coming from, but I was hoping to see if someone has any extra tips for playing higher bitrate video on their Transformer before I go through the task of re-encoding the whole series.

So, does anyone have any tips or ideas on what I can do?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoeTF:
At the moment there are only two players with fully working hardware decoding: BSplayer Lite and DicePlayer.

So, drop MX and chose one of them (each has it's UI-related quirks, but BSPlayer at least doesn't show ads during playback).

Then, grab one of 3rd party firmwares and overclock your TF. Demuxing, audio decoding, subtitle and UI painting as well as parts of video decoding are done by CPU, so overclocking helps a lot. Tegra2 can be overclocked by whooping 60% (and you can set ptofiles that guarantee that it will slow if temperature rises too much), so it's really worth the hassle.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davewuvswaffles:
Wow wasn't aware of all that, just got my Transformer a few days ago. Thanks a ton.

Edit: The only thing that I miss from MX player is being able to choose Audio S/W decoding, but hopefully we'll see that in future versions.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msticninja:
I prefer Diceplayer over BS, but like you say, they both have their GUI issues. Which one shows ads? I'm guessing MX, because I've never seen any ads in Dice.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davewuvswaffles:
One more thing: if I were to take some time and re-encode all of my videos, what would be the best codecs and container to use?
[Kindle Fire General] haides:
my Kindle Fire is upgraded to 6.2.2, I want to root it for the google anroid market and chinese input method.

I pushed zergRush and busybox to KF, but the busybox mount failed. Now, the 6.2.2 can not be root ? or I make some mistake?

adb push zergRush /data/local/tmp

adb push busybox /data/local/tmp

adb shell

cd /data/local/tmp

chmod 777 *

./zergRush

$ ./zergRush

[**] Zerg rush - Android 2.2/2.3 local root

[**] (C) 2011 Revolutionary. All rights reserved.

[**] Parts of code from Gingerbreak, (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew.

[+] Found a GingerBread ! 0x00015118

[*] Scooting ...

[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...

[*] Sending 189 zerglings ...

[-] Hellions with BLUE flames !

$ busybox mount -o remount,rw /system

busybox mount -o remount,rw /system

busybox: permission denied

$
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
zergrush is'nt working any more - since 6.2.1

use:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1410223

or with kfu:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1458841
[Kindle Fire General] haides:
Thanks you, b63.

It worked.
[TouchPad General] superflysocal:
what video support is there with the latest version (3.5 alpha)?

What video player app should I install or should I use stock video app?

What video codecs/wrappers are supported? I have tried playing h264 mp4, mkv, and normal xvid (not 720p), and none of them worked.
[TouchPad General] hakkinenvthh:
Dice player, it's the best video player of Android, but on TP it works very randomly
[TouchPad General] honest1212:
Try MX player.
[TouchPad General] superflysocal:
using what plugin and for what codec?
[TouchPad General] Airlesscorpse:
I have been using vcl player it's a bata but it will play anything

You throw at it and it's very user friendly it's easy to find just google it
[TouchPad General] haxin:
+1 for mx player. the list of file types that it can play is mind boggling. it will play every file type that you listed and then some.
[TouchPad General] superflysocal:
What plugin if any do you install with mx player?

I am getting video stutter on every video
[TouchPad General] superweapons:
ARMv7 NEON. Even with the codec pack, the APQ8060 could still have trouble with anything more than 720p HiP h264.
[TouchPad General] superflysocal:
I have nothing higher than 720p high profile h264, but everything is stuttering especially with pan scan scenes
[TouchPad General] joggerman:
I've been using mobo player without any problems. Haven't tried anything higher than 720p h264.
[TouchPad General] superflysocal:
Moboplayer or Mobo Video Player?

Also, which codec plugin did you installed?
[TouchPad General] superflysocal:
The irony is that all the movies that these struggle with play beautifully on WebOS with Kalemsoft Media Player. Will they ever be able to port this over to Android?

For now, I guess i can reboot to webOS to watch a movie, but it is a pain since WebOS takes forever to boot up.
[TouchPad General] superflysocal:
Ok, I finally found one player that plays most files pretty well. It is VLC player beta:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1517415

The trick is to change the aspect ratio to "Center" so that it doesn't have to resize. Works great with 720p but will make anything less like 480 smaller.

Otherwise, you will get pixelation.

Still don't understand how you guys get MX player to work great. I get video stutter like crazy with high profile 720p videos.
[TouchPad General] _dsk_:
I dont get why you are having so many issues.

I just downloaded mx player, nothing else and it plays my 1080 and 720 mkvs flawlessly..
[TouchPad General] inrimartyr:
I've been using rock player since my nook color days. It opens everything I can throw at it.
[TouchPad General] regnewbie:
is gooddd

mx player, where is i get to download
[TouchPad General] Tibre:
I use MX Player because it can play all my HD weeaboo *.mkv files with proper subtitle support.

I've had no problems with it to date.

Search for it on the Market/Play Store.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niximor:
Hi there,

I recently bought a brand new Defy+. For start, some general facts about my phone from Settings -> About phone (which I believe will be important for my questions)

System version: 45.0.1250.MB526.NonEFIGSRetail.en.EU

Android version: 2.3.5

Baseband version: EPU93_U_00.60.00

Kernel version: 2.6.32.9-gbdd614e

Build number: 4.5.1-134_DFP-125

I did not flashed anything to it, it is not rooted (yet).

So now the questions:

1) Should I upgrade to official 2.3.6, even if the system update thing in settings says, that there is no update available for my phone? Will I lost my warranty in that case, without the posibility to go back?

2) I would like to get rid of that Motoblur thing, and I would like to have a Cyanogenmod ROM there (or is there anything better than Cyanogenmod?) What should I do?

I readed the general guides about SBF, flashing CM7 and so on, but I don't completly get it (and most of the info considers only Defy, not Defy+). It is my first Android phone, so please, be patient :)

2.a) Which one is the official stock ROM that I have? On the site with the SBFs, there are two of them matching my system information, they differs in that strange combination of letters and numbers which begins with UCADEFYEMARAB or USADEFYEMARAB). Which one is mine?

2.b) Do I need to do anything with stocked SBF? Do I need to flash another one to be able to "freely" test new ROMs?

3) I know the steps after I will sort this out, just root, install 2nd init, copy zip files to sdcard, reboot, and then follow the steps that comes with each ROM. Or do I get it wrong?

Thanks for reply and again sorry for my dumb questions ;)

Up to the Defy+, I was stuck with Win Mob. phone, things there were completly different, for Android it seems it is not as easy as booting into a bootloader, starting one-click flash utility on the PC and wait :)