yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Dangry:
Would I be able to buy an unlocked Note in the US, in person or via the web/Amazon etc..., and use it in Vancouver BC on the Telus network?

Just trying to save myself a buck or 2 and I hear they are going pretty cheap on Amazon right now. If I were to buy one up here I'm looking at $600 min....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] RealtorRod:
Yes, but buy the international version. Then you just have to upload some different firmware and all is good...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SkyeBTCH:
Why buy the international version? You could buy the lte version, all you need to do is just get a company to send you an unlock code for the phone... Tbh, the lte offers more frequencies to use. Unless you're a flash junkie, and want various versions of roms then the international is the one you're gonna want.
[HTC One X] ShyamSasi:
HTC One X tips and tricks

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[HTC One X] ShyamSasi:
Other Tips:
[HTC One X] koge:
Just got my One X. These are very useful tips!

Thanks!
[HTC One X] C_S_R:
Screen shot is power button and home button, not vol down button.
[HTC One X] 420kushking:
You are right on that one. The correct sequence is to hold the power button, then press the home button.

Some other tricks that made my user experience better were:

Limit your data or set a data limit warning. Great feature. It only monitors data over the mobile network, however you can show the wifi data as well if you wish. Some ROMS have had this in the past, however it was sometimes unreliable.This is a built in sense 4.0 feature and works great.

Disable "Auto Review" in camera settings>continuous shooting mode. This will give you the best burst shooting experience and you will be able to easily switch to different camera modes, without the annoying best shot feature popping up. Also disable Limit to 20 frames to get up to 99 continuous photos.

Go to settings>more>nfc Enable nfc and scan your smart credit cards or any nfc tag, or nfc enabled phone.

If you use face unlock, go to settings>security>screen lock>face unlock>improve face matching. It drastically improves the time it takes for your phone to recognize your face.

Try out the friendstream lockscreen. Its pretty cool, some people may hate it, others may love it.

Hope this helps :cool:
[HTC One X] Rycon33:
In settings, power, Fast boot - when checked you are only doing a hot boot when you select Restart in power menu, uncheck it and you have the normal reboot(preferred).

And btw, both methods mentioned above posts on screenshot works.

Sent either from my Arc or One X using xda premium
[HTC One X] ShyamSasi:
Power Button and Volume down works as well it a ICS Tweak works on most of the ICS Models. Just tested it. Hold your power button + Volume down for around 3 seconds it will take a screenshot :)
[HTC One X] keeenif:
Hi,

I came from a HTC desire which had a track pad so I am not sure if this is a new thing.

But to move the cursor left or right while typing, you can press the volume up / down to move it. Found it pretty helpful.
[HTC One X] hetalmp:
For the HTC swype keyboard which is swype on a much bigger keyboard.

Go to settings, keyboard. Then HTC input and enable the trace feature. It's replaced swype for me now.
[HTC One X] samuelong87:
Hmm. this is new! But doesnt seem to work for me. still goes into volume control. Did I miss out something?
[HTC One X] fi3ry_icy:
doesnt work for me too..

:confused:
[HTC One X] flightposite:
There are total of seven screen to attach apps or widgets. In case you use only 5, you can remove the unused screens.

Press the unused screen, there will be an option there.
[HTC One X] keeenif:
after a few test... I realised it was the keyboard that I am using. Its called MultiLing. My apologies. :o:o But I guess it would be nice if thats added.
[HTC One X] WraithPriest:
Just tried that randomly on my Desire HD which is using stock 2.3.5...

It worked! Mind blown!
[HTC One X] 131313:
Stop sense 4.0 from craxhing

If you worry about the laggy sense 4.0:

settings

development section

Don't keep activities

It is unticked by default. Tick it (I went on recent apps to make sure it would be saved, then back) and untick it again. Seems to be a fault in the indication of the settings, because only now I got my phons as fast as expected.:p

Made my laggy sense go away and the fun has really started for me now.

After a total power off it is still working fine.
[HTC One X] otarinz:
Great Hints! Just one question:

I'm very interested in NFC payment, and I have a smart card. When I enable NFC and place the card on the phone, I get a beep. But it doesn't look like anything's happened. I'm pretty dubious about downloading an app from the market which scans my card. Is there a real world use for this yet? Or an official, trustworthy app?
[HTC One X] DroidRap:
Sorry but you sound little confusing. Do you mean that option should be ticked and then unticked again and this will remove laggy sense?.
[HTC One X] jires:
The both ways are right. Power button + Volume down 2sec. is the "pure" feature of ICS, screenshots are saved in /sccard/pictures/screenshots.Power button and then home button (keep holding power button) is the HTC Sense feature, images are saved in /sdcard/dcim. That is the different.
[HTC One X] ShyamSasi:
I would like to know that as well.
[HTC One X] Dave©:
Anyone know where notification tones are saved? I would like to copy my fav tones...

Just got my new HOX. Thanks for the great tips!
[General Questions and Answers] olskar:
Hello,

My ZT-282 Tablet is having some troubles booting. It started when trying to flash the latest rom (0327). The installation went fine in the sense there were not error messages during the installation.

Here is a video of the upgrade and the problem that follows:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/165691/video-2012-04-08-19-13-46.mp4

As you can see it first shows a logo, flashes for a second then shows the logo a second time. After that it freezes. I have left it alone in this state for an hour, but nothing happens.

Here is a log that I got via adb from the tablet. Does it give any clues?

--------- beginning of /dev/log/main
I/DEBUG ( 79): debuggerd: Feb 9 2012 19:41:11
D/Memsicd ( 91): search aac sensor: MXC622X
D/Memsicd ( 91): aac sensor MXC622X[0] communicate success
I//system/bin/set_display_mode.sh( 73): 1024,1200
D/sslib ( 91): sslib: ss_config file read succeed
D/sslib ( 91): sslib: entering ss_load_module_raw
D/sslib ( 91): Loading module /system/lib/sslib/inputraw_ss.so
I/logwrapper( 73): /system/bin/set_display_mode.sh terminated by exit(0)
D/sslib ( 91): mod_init of input raw
--------- beginning of /dev/log/system
I/Vold ( 75): Vold 2.1 (the revenge) firing up
I/Netd ( 101): Netd 1.0 starting
D/Vold ( 75): Volume sdcard state changing -1 (Initializing) -> 0 (No-Media)
D/Vold ( 75): Volume flash state changing -1 (Initializing) -> 0 (No-Media)
E/Netd ( 101): Unable to create netlink socket: Protocol not supported
E/Netd ( 101): Unable to open quota2 logging socket
D/Vold ( 75): Volume flash state changing 0 (No-Media) -> 2 (Pending)
E/NetlinkEvent( 75): NetlinkEvent::FindParam(): Parameter 'NPARTS' not found
D/Vold ( 75): Volume flash state changing 2 (Pending) -> 1 (Idle-Unmounted)
D/Vold ( 75): Volume flash state changing 1 (Idle-Unmounted) -> 2 (Pending)
E/NetlinkEvent( 75): NetlinkEvent::FindParam(): Parameter 'NPARTS' not found
D/Vold ( 75): Volume flash state changing 2 (Pending) -> 1 (Idle-Unmounted)
I/Netd ( 135): Netd 1.0 starting
E/Netd ( 135): Unable to create netlink socket: Protocol not supported
E/Netd ( 135): Unable to open quota2 logging socket
I/Netd ( 163): Netd 1.0 starting
E/Netd ( 163): Unable to create netlink socket: Protocol not supported
E/Netd ( 163): Unable to open quota2 logging socket
I/Netd ( 191): Netd 1.0 starting
E/Netd ( 191): Unable to create netlink socket: Protocol not supported
E/Netd ( 191): Unable to open quota2 logging socket
I/Netd ( 219): Netd 1.0 starting
E/Netd ( 219): Unable to create netlink socket: Protocol not supported
E/Netd ( 219): Unable to open quota2 logging socket

The messages about not being able to create a netlink socket goes on forever after this.
[General Questions and Answers] shawe_ewahs:
I'm having the same issue, did you know how to solve it yet?
[LG Optimus Black] Zaihanzainal:
Anyone has the latest fb for LG lying ard? Can I have a copy please.....

Thanks!
[LG Optimus Black] Zakyz:
Lying ard?

Sent from my LG-P970
[LG Optimus Black] Zaihanzainal:
Yeah like have the app chilling ard in some corner of your computer.... or your room.....:p

And since we're on the topic what fb app do you guys use?
[LG Optimus Black] verszipo:
FB app as in FaceBook App ?

I use the "official" one, but now i had to freeze it (with Titanium) since even though every update and notification are disabled it still starts up from time to time.

I'd really like a version that only starts if i ask it to and update only when i ask it to.

P.S. if it's not about FaceBook then please post the full name of the app so we don't mix them up :D
[LG Optimus Black] Zaihanzainal:
Oops hee yeah the Facebook app for LG... sorry will change the title later....

Yah about the Facebook auto starting, now I'm trying out fbm from the market again to monitor the auto start behavior.... you tried stopping it with the autostart app yet?
[Nexus S General] swamp goblin:
.

This will not be the prettiest post until I have most of the bulk written out. Over time I will refine and improve, but for now I need to get it on paper. :P

-= Basics =-

The normal Android ROM consists of 3 main parts;

Boot.img

– This is where the kernel and ramdisk are compressed. The ramdisk is what initiates the ROM’s main functions, such as Bluetooth, Wifi, and network connectivity information. The main file to pay attention to while porting is in the ramdisk, called the init.rc. It is a simple text file, and can be editied according to the ROM. A “how to” on unpacking/editing/repacking this file will be later in the guide.

System Folder

– This folder contains all of the libs, configuration files, apps, and everything else that is the ROM itself. In this folder is where most of the changes are made, since most libs/framework pieces are device specific. This folder is the main cause of bootloops, and non-booting ports. I will try to explain most of my knowledge on what libs control what part of the phone. Almost all of the fixes for camera, sound, wifi, etc will be made somewhere within this folder. Unzip a ROM and dig around this folder for a bit, understand what folder contains what files, they are somewhat self-explanatory (Apps, framework, libs). This folder will become your best friend, learn to love it.

META-INF Folder

– This folder holds all of the initial installer scripts; such as when you flash the ROM in a custom recovery. It is what tells your phone to install the ROM and what files to install. This script controls mount points, important system links, and in some occasions special commands. You can also edit this file to include any custom text you want users to see while flashing your rom. This file is device specific, and should ALWAYS be replaced when porting. Flashing a ROM with the wrong updater-script can either:

a) Corrupt partitions

b) Abort Installation (very frustrating with large ROM’s)

c) Rare occasion, brick your device

Bottom line is, pay very close attention to what exactly is in your custom built ROM before you flash it.

I decided this will be a good preface post. Read here for basic information you need to know BEFORE porting.
[Nexus S General] swamp goblin:
Here We GO

In order to port ROM's to the Nexus S, you will need a "base" to pull your files from. In order to port a ROM to the Nexus S, we will need a Nexus S ROM to start with, hence the "base". This base is normally CM7 or Stock Gingerbread, and can also be CM9 - Stock ICS. The base you pull from needs to match with the version of ROM you are porting.

1) Is the ROM I'm porting Ice Cream Sandwhich, or Gingerbread?

-This is very important. Most files are incompatible between versions, so make sure you know for sure, which version your port is going to be.

a) If the ROM you are trying to port is based on Gingerbread, download this ROM as a base to pull from (device specific):

CM7 GSM

CM7 4G​

2) Download the ROM you are going to port. Place this ROM on your desktop, along with the matching base.

3) Unzip both ROM's (port, and base) using preferred archive utility. Extracted ROM's will be in folders with matching name of the zip, DO NOT mix these up; be very organized with your base and the ROM you are porting.

4) Take a look in your newly unzipped ROM's, they should look exactly as I explained in the first post. We will be starting with the System folder of the ROM you are porting, replacing our needed files.

5) Once we are back into the root of the system folder (/system), observe the two folders towards the bottom; usr and vendor.

6) Navigate back to the /system folder. You should see a folder named etc. Click into it.

6a) The etc folder is a wonderful place; it is one of the most used folders in the ROM. Observe a few of the folders inside. In our base ROM, you will see a few folders that are pretty self explanatory (wifi, permissions, init.d)

TO BE CONTINUED - I'M TIRED AND HAVE TEST ALL DAY TOMORROW AND WEDENSDAY. I WILL UPDATE WHEN I FIND TIME IN BETWEEN :)
[Nexus S General] swamp goblin:
and also this one. Just in case.
[Nexus S General] Droidyou:
I like this already:)

Sent from my tweaked aosp Sensation
[Nexus S General] dreamsforgotten:
Swamp spreading your knowledge is 10x more beneficial to the community than releasing a ROM. Thanks man.
[Nexus S General] Bruce lee roy:
+1 on the fishing lessons. Goblin your contribution is appreciated.

You without me is like Harold Melvin without the Blue Notes....
[Nexus S General] ubnub82:
Thanks for this. Will attempt working on some of your ROMs like the Epic Touch one.
[Nexus S General] Droidyou:
This needs a kick:)
[Nexus S General] dewaffelhaus8:
great start, can't wait to read the rest!
[Nexus S General] swamp goblin:
I've been super busy this last week, had no time for anything really. I'll finish writing this up, there are so many parts that need to be covered, I guess "simple porting" isn't all that simple to explain :p
[Nexus S General] GalaxyUser:
I am just impatient to get this entire guide!! Thanks you

I will take my pain with patience.. haha.. :)
[Nexus S General] jojoost:
waiting for the second part!!
[Nexus S General] res1n:
Looking forward to the rest of the guide! Much appreciated swamp!
[Nexus S General] ADJack:
I will be following this thread closely. I haven't so much as coded a hello world in years but once this guide is complete, it may serve as the segue to get me started again:D. Waiting with baited breath.
[Nexus S General] sivarticus85:
Does this guide work with any rom port? Or is this Nexus S specific?
[Nexus S General] swamp goblin:
I was actually going to add this to the op. The files I have included are nexus specific, but the actual process should work on tons of other devices.. There are a few areas that are nexus specific, such as build.prop edits and vendor folder, but other than that you should be able to follow this for other devices.

Or do you mean nexus s roms? This guide is kind of general porting; more of the basics. With htc sense and fancy roms like that, there will be more edits that need to be done, etc.
[Nexus S General] sivarticus85:
Well I own a Photon, another member pointed me here because I wanna learn how to port. My intention is to port HTC Sense to it, and learn something new in the process. I'm using the Photon-specific CM7 as a base, and the Energy Rom from the Sensation as my rom port. Since both run GB and are qHD devices, I figured these would be good starting points.
[Nexus S General] tthaz777:
Thank you very much for your guide.
[Nexus S General] swamp goblin:
Yeah, you're set up perfectly. I am pretty sure you could follow this guide, although there may be some photon specific libs that have to be added..
[Nexus S General] sivarticus85:
Ok cool. I'm pretty sure it'll be a while before I ever get this port running, so in the meantime I'll be brushing up on what makes my phone tick, and for you to finish your little guide here. :)

I knew my EVO inside and out almost, so I'm hoping the Photon is easy to learn too. The file system for both is pretty similar, with the exception of Sense-specific files of course.
[Nexus S General] chappy824:
Really looking forward to the rest of this swamp. Don't really want to combine other guides with this to complete my port. Thanks
[Nexus S General] TheMachoMidget:
swamp, can we get an update on this?

This is awesome work and I'd love to port a rom from the GSM forum to our ns4gs
[Nexus S General] 4rth:
Cant Wait for the next part!!! i agree this very much contributes to helping the Android Development community.;)
[Nexus S General] scoffyburito:
I actually want to try this with Touchwiz GB
[Nexus S General] 4rth:
Is this thread still on "pause"?
[Nexus S General] 4rth:
This thread is dead.... Hes done with the crespo, he works on the epic 4g i believe so no more support for this thread. :thumbdown:
[Nexus S General] xboxfanj:
Epic 4g touch, but he must be busy because he hasn't done much there either.
[Nexus S General] 4rth:
K, only time will tell. In the mean time --->:beer:
[Nexus S General] ebs512:
Swamp please finish this, I really hate starting something and not finishing it
[Nexus S General] unicorndust98:
Please, please, PLEASE, finish this. :(
[Nexus S General] hp420:
a few things:

1. bump! this thread has helped me port a few gsm roms to my ns4g. not everything always works, but the rom almost always boots and I'm able to browse around, play with it, and in several cases, I've had voice, sms, mms and data working.

2. while it would be nice if swamp would come finish this guide, since he was always the most prominent dev to port roms to ns4g (at least in my time he was), it seems he's been mia for about a year...so the chances of that happening are slim to none :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] StompedGrapes:
Close this
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] crimsonconcepts:
What email fix are you looking for? I have my exchange account setup on AOKP and it works fine.

Are you looking for the security disabled Exchange setup, or have you seen issues with your email syncing?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] StompedGrapes:
Delete and close
[Off-topic] descb600f:
Is anyone else getting the really annoying ad down the bottom of the website that has sound and will let you skip it if you register WTF

Driving me mad I keep pausing it but EVERY time I change page I have to pause it again.

Getting REALLY annoying

HELP!!!
[Off-topic] lamborg:
try contacting a senior mod or About xda-developers.com
[Off-topic] htc fan89:
Use google chrome and get adblock, it's that simple. No more ads when watching youtube videos....
[Off-topic] descb600f:
Anything similar for Firefox

Sent using Tapatalk
[Off-topic] Archer:
http://goo.gl/unFw5
[Off-topic] descb600f:
Ta I'll check that out when I'm back at my pc
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Xehnios:
Hi guys, I tried using Kainy, but nothing happens on the phone screen.

After compiling all the necessary for the connection, I select "Connect" but will not connect and the only thing that appears is the following message: "Application Update kainy on your computer." And I do not understand what I do. The application is updated! Can you help me, please?

I have a Nexus S with Android 4.0.3

Matrix Kernel 3.0.17 and Apex 1.0.0 rom
[Motorola Photon 4G] ShawnGotBANDZ:
I've tried just about every root method I've seen for this phone... with one click root I get this error

deleting all yo ****

error: protocol fault (no status)

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found

Copying files onto phone...

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found

Setting permissions...

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found

Installing busybox...

error: device not found

Cleaning up files...

error: device not found

error: device not found

"You should have root!"

Press any key to continue . . .

I've downloaded the drivers provided in the forums but still no luck... Has anyone else had/fixed this issue??
[Motorola Photon 4G] ShawnGotBANDZ:
Ok I'm going to try this today
[Motorola Triumph] knollster:
Hello XDA,

I have a Motorola Triumph and a HP Touchpad and would like to pair over bluetooth and share SMS messages between them. I can pair them and make phone calls with the Touchpad successfully, but I can't share SMS messages. Is it possible to implement the MAP (Message Access Profile) in a custom ROM? Are there any ROMS with this capability?

Thanks!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Mr.Smile:
Hi. I need some one to Copy the system/app Folder and to zip it And give it to me plez.

You can use root explore or any app

If you can't give the hole folder give me the dailer app , stopwatch , contacts

Thank in advanced
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Efe64:
Dafuq?

From start... What do you need exactly?

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Got it, i will do my best. :p

( Its late you know :p )

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Its gonna take long..

I will upload it for you tomorrow at school.

Its late thats why...

Send from the best device ever.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Mr.Smile:
i need the app folder and thank you in advance , i am waiting :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kazuni:
http://www.mediafire.com/?o8hed139ya3bhv0

http://www.mediafire.com/?t9skidaxb18c294

This is the 73 Singapore firmware's app folder.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Mr.Smile:
is that the ( system/app) folder ?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kazuni:
That is correct.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Efe64:
Lol was just uploading:p

Send from the best device ever.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Mr.Smile:
big thanks to you two
[HTC One X] Audioboxer:
There was a pretty good sense keyboard mod when I used my Desire, wondering if anyone plans on giving the new HTC keyboard a work-over?
[HTC One X] ajftl:
Yea like totally getting rid off the stupid arrows wtf with that
[HTC One X] bugsy:
Somebody posted a version in the themes/apps forum, but it didn't work correctly. I believe he was holding off updating until he got his device this week so he could test it personally. Certainly hope someone figures this out. Love the keyboard, absolutely hate the arrows. I can't understand why they didn't make that a configurable options.
[HTC One X] vincepg13:
Arrows where there with the hd2 and the desire hd, when I got the sensation I was like wtf no arrows?! So to me there a welcome readdition.

And as I typed that message I realised there not there anymore...wtf
[HTC One X] gordongartrell:
Get the SwiftKey Beta. The best keyboard that I've ever used.
[HTC One X] jerkrichie:
Annoying keyboard

I too got annoyed with the arrows and lack of space between the letters in HTC keyboard. So moved to stock Gingerbread keyboard.

However that is leading me to another funny and strange annoyance in browser address bar. I have fat fingers... and now I can never edit the last letter of URL in the browser address bar. The last letter always is very close to the close (x) button of the address bar, and if I try to put curser there it deletes everything :-(
[HTC One X] aranab:
If I recall correctly (haven't used GB in a while), you can touch anywhere in the bar then drag the cursor to the end.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juniordroid87:
Hi,

Im having difficulty finding a new downgrade for my desire hd.

currently it has software no:3.12.405.1 running...

can someone please advise me of the best link to downgrade to 1.36.

cheers

Junior Droid
[Xperia Arc General] Clowry2011:
Can you please post the best Supercharger settings you think is the best. Oh and how do I install Smurfed? When it tells me to write down the launcher I get an android one and trubuchet? I typed the trebuchet one last night but my phone then froze on boot up?