yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Topics] WellTrainedVC:
I cannot answer this question right now as I would need to factor in some variables. Things such as the software being produced, the market for said software, and the manageability of said software (This goes back to how many persons you keep on the product support staff). I do know that there was once a boom in the U.S. for software development of differing natures. Then, these programming jobs went overseas, not all, but a good majority. This is because once the product is made the only thing left to do is support the product (fix bugs, prepare updates, make new boxes with new names on them to ship the same crap in).

Then came the need for systems administrator, network technicians and help desk type positions. Basically positions that require a physical presence.

All of this stuff is cyclical on a grand scale. Eventually we may see customer service positions be returned to the U.S.! It is all driven by stock performance.

At least that is my take on things. I may be wrong, but as far as I can tell my unemployed a$$ is sitting here wondering if McDonald's will look at my application.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] duredure:
Hello

This is the best strategy/medieval/rpg to psx.

I tried run fpse and is impossible to select other country in menu.

Also I tried convert in pspocket and same problem.

Anybody got this work or have a save of fpse(pc) converted to fpse(xperia play) to share?

Thanks!
[Desire General] Olleman:
Hello,

I've read the threads about battery in the desire, BATT FIX with new kernels etc but can't really find a definite answer for my problem.

I bought my phone 18 months old and from the beginning it has shut down at about 20%. Tried the battery thing with charging, on/off, charing again etc, wiping battery stats etc but it doesn't seem to matter. So, I thought I'd just buy a new battery and be done with it.

The new battery arrived yesterday (actually, it's a used battery from customer returns but seller tells me it's been tested to be in mint condition). So this battery shows 3% when I first start up with it, "good, this seems to work" I think. But when at 75% the charger indicator (LED light) all of a sudden turns green and battery % jumps straight to 100%. I do the battery calibration trick with on/off charge and wipe battery stats. Stuck at 100% for some time as reported by others trying this "trick", have been using it all day and it shuts down at 25% even worse than the other battery...

The best voltages I've seen on this supposedly new battery is 4,144 and somewhere above 3.5 (nowhere near 3.2 and 4.2). What strikes me as odd is that I get very close to the same values with my old battery so I'm starting to think that maybee both battery are good but the phone reports way wrong values...is this possible?

Battery life with phone and data connection on, 1 gmail account but disabled backup feature (no GPS, BT etc) gives me -5% after 10 hours standby and I can use the phone for browising, light gaming for about 3 hours and 40 minutes before it dies (more or less constant usage at very low autobrightness levels and Turbo 3G enabled).

If someone has some insight into this it would be really helpful before I contact the eBay seller for this particular battery.

Regards, Olle
[Desire General] sssimo96:
Same thing

My phone shuts down at 35% now... Is that a problem with the chipset or what? Only with Alex-V's calibrated kernels my phone shuts down at 0%, and sometimes it decalibrates too, but after calibration is Okay. I wonder if i need a new battery or my chipset has issues.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oblivion0:
Wanted to start a conversation that will hopefully not turn into a troll-fest regarding the merits of Android versus those of iOS.

I own devices in both camps, and honestly can't say I could ever live without the versatility of my Android phone (e.g. Swiss-army knife of tech). In contrast, I enjoy my iPad as a piece of "it just works" entertainment utility, casual browsing and staunch consumerism. iOS currently trumps my ET4G in Enterprise integration with Windows products.

With the upcoming release of 4.1 Jellybean and Google Now for those of us that haven't ported it to ICS (4.0.4), I'd say that unequivocally Android has evened the playing field when it comes to a base-line technology comparison.

However...we have the iPhone 5 looming in the distance, and honestly when it comes to stability of the native apps - Apple's stuff really does "just work" - and often times has more value. Android has more free apps, and is more tech/tweaker friendly, but I find that the quality of our Play Store applications still isn't there when compared to iOS. I know some of that issue is the age of the AppStore vs Play Store, but then for some common apps like LogmeIn you have to scratch your heads and wonder if Android development played second fiddle for the company's needs...even though they charge a handsome sum for the Android version of the Ignition app, versus that in iOS.

Anywho, food for thought. Look forward to your feedback and responses.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rovar:
Short answer: No

Long answer: No, all it has done its give more options to the consumer, now you got the (dying) blackberry, windows mobile, iOS, Android and the propietary OS of manufacturers (Bada, whatever Nokia uses)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigfamei:
To me personally apps are overrated. Everyphone can get them, the most popular ones are on all devices, and it all varies on how much you are on your phone. Doesn't mean it couldn't improve for android. But I don't base my phone purchase on apps.

Really you should rephrase the question. SAmsung Vs Apple. Because these are the two leaders in teh clubhouse. Hardware wise: If you compared the GS2 to the Iphone4S hardware wise it was a blowout. And Inch difference OLED screen, able to play multiple video formats, microsd, 4G in many cases. Samsung out of all android manufacturers is bringing the pain these last 2 years. The GS3 will be out 4 months when the Iphone 5 will come out. And out the box the iphone is already behind the GS3 and possible GN2. I thought i was a disadvantage for samsung to push so many devices. But its working for them. They it seems like the note/ galaxy phones and tablets have outpaced the others. And those maybe the ones Samsung will continue to focus on.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hypersonicx:
I usually dont jump in iOS vs Android threads but I just want to say the one area that iOS has over Android is in the 3D game department. That, and the QUALITY of there apps just own Android. Android has more beast of phones with huge screens and fast CPU / GPU but in the App department, Apple has that on lock.

Dont get me wrong, there are a few high quality apps on Android such as FourSquare, Twitter, Instagram, all the popular apps. On iOS though every single game / app is very polished with beauty in mind.

The problem Android has is its Fragmentation. Even if you own a high end expensive Android phone, developers still have to create there apps for the low end cheap Android phones. And when they create games, the developers have to mold there games around different GPUs. Android is just a nightmare too many different phones and CPUs and GPUs...

@FiberOpticRLD
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Imaginos:
You'll get much more participation here: http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1424
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Papa Smurf151:
Locking thread. Go to above link and discuss there
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 3NDL3R:
Hey guys ... I still used the 5.8.4.5 b/c of the prob that the 5.8.4.7 solved the time prob on the S3 AT&T but lost the ext. sd-card menu.

Now the 6.0.1.1. is out so I upgraded today. It´s just the standard version - so touch version isn´t available now. So I live with the standard.

Now having upgraded I made a backup to check whether the time issue is gone. Unfortunately it isn´t gone. Still the 1970-time-error !!!! :mad:

Now I have another problem. Maybe s/o experienced the same (?). Having installed ClockworkMod app I can´t downgrade back manually!

I tried to install the 5.8.4.5 (standard) via the app. That worked! But installing the zip for 5.8.4.5 touch via CWM worked just until reboot.

After flashing the zip the CWM changed directly after flashing - so w/o a reboot - but didn´t fall back to the prior CWM version after reboot.:eek:

Does anyone had/have the same probs? I still deinstalled the ClockworkMod-App from my S3, rebooted and tried to downgrade again. NOPE!

So if someone has a working procedure how to downgrade the CWM 6.0.1.1 back to the CWM 5.8.4.5 touch ... so please let me know. *thx*
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Andrew149:
Use this like everyone else

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1793224
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 3NDL3R:
Thanks. Never tried it ... but now. That´s the best working recovery I´ve ever seen. CWM is far away from that!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eatonjb:
ive tried it, it works well, I just like Clockword still.. no to mention most of the CM rom's "recommend" it.

anyways, any news on the fix, and if there will be an update to Touch?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] magn2o:
Just an FYI, but if you initiate backups thru ROM Manager you'll get proper dates.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S III
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eatonjb:
the date is not a big problem, if i make a backup and reboot, then i just use rom manager to change the name.,
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pwned101:
.:thumbup:
[Desire Themes and Apps] AtaAlla:
// What is new :

* Better UI

* Voice Command

* Bug fixes

* Ability to send\share App's apk files directly

* Faster Search

* Ability to open musics with other players

* better ongoing notification

Hi guys, I am working on android app, it called pro assistant .

This app has two features : Search - Tools

Search :

With search engine, you can search anything on your device with incredible speed (usually less than .20 second !)

You can search and run apps , search and play musics , open contacts,search files,messages texts, calendars , ...

the best feature of this app that make difference with search tool like Google Search is it's speed .

For example you want play fray music, you only need to search for fray and after you found music, play it instantly with lyrics

Tools :

Music Player :

* Search and play musics directly

* Rate musics

* Load music lyrics Automatically

* Get music Album-art

App Manager :

* Search App

* Sort Apps by (location,name,install date)

* Uninstall multiply app

* Backup Apps

* List backup-ed Apps

* Get all APK files on your device

Contact Manager :

* Message some contacts once

* Block Contact call

* Add contact(s) to Groups

* Send Contact(s)

Call Blocker :

* Block Contact

* Block Number

* Add a Group to blacklist

* Specify a message for each number (message will be send after call blocked)

* Block Unknown call

* Block All Calls

* Log Blocked Calls

* Set Hangup Delay for blocking

Music Manager :

* Most played musics

* Rated musics (like 4 start musics)

* Recently played musics

* Playlists

* List all songs based on modification date(useful when you want get last musics you have stored on your device)

Message Backup :

* Backup all messages

* Restore messages

* Restore messages that you do not have already on device

Location sender :

* Someone asks you send your location to him in order to navigate your location,with this tool, you can find your location with GPS automatically and send him as a message,he will receive your location as a link and navigate your location on Map!

App Support :

*If you need support, we have provided you useful tool to communicate with us more easily.

=============================================================================================

Download Link : play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.matchseller.proassistant

=============================================================================================

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[Desire Themes and Apps] xiaofei0628:
thanks for share
[Desire Themes and Apps] emcebob:
Thanks, it works great!
[Desire Themes and Apps] jhav1969:
Nice just put it on
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crypt0kiddie:
I've noticed this on a couple ICS ROM's I've tried out. I get this star icon on my bar and on my notifications drop down. Some type of advertising crap.

Is there a way to block this crap? Thanks! :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] juggalo1300:
Go to market and look up air push. It will scan ur apps and tell u which is infected with those push notifications. Then uninstall it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crypt0kiddie:
Well that make me sad, it's my theme "Jelly Dream" I downloaded for APEX.

I'll have to see if there is a paid version I guess. If I can get it for a dollar or something, might be worth it I guess.

You have been thanked sir!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
There's an app called air blocker it will block the push ads and still let u keep your theme, its in the play store and it works I use it ;):cool:

We are legion, for we are many.

Sent from the DarkSide of the GalaXy with a MEK device
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cpeterman:
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Google on it's way to removing apps with ads like that? I read the new app compliance they are pushing for and it seems like that is one thing they are going to block market submissions for using.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] montecristo1:
Here is the developer's policy set by Google.

http://play.google.com/about/developer-content-policy.html
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Taz420nj:
I'd interpret this line:

..as applying to push ads because they use a system notification to deliver their payload.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
A system notification is a toast pop-up, the notification in the tray isn't necessarily considered a system notification, would u consider an SMS a system alert? No, because the system didn't cause it the sender of tthe text did. Push notifications are annoying as hell, but entirely acceptable to Google unfortunately. If enough people complain that may change tho

We are legion, for we are many.

Sent from the DarkSide of the GalaXy with a MEK device
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ravaged Pheonix:
The most effective app I have found for locating these is addon detector. just make sure you tell it to look at system apps in the settings. sometimes they get added into the ROM by devs that miss them
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Addon detector is good if u wanna remove the app. If you want to keep it use airblocker its a single click and blocks the push notifications but lets you keep and use the app still, it also has a detector if for some reason it can't block the ads and u decide u wanna find and remove the offending app. I found it cuz i had a game and a theme I liked alot and both had those stupid annoyances

We are legion, for we are many.

Sent from the DarkSide of the GalaXy with a MEK device
[General Topics] emadeva:
Hi Everyone,

I would like to identify my phone so I can use your firmware updates as well as needing links to the most current firmware for the phone.

Can you reply with links to this forum where I can get the firmware?

Inside the battery compartment the model number of the phone is:

N9000 i9220 PAD

Thanks.

Truly,

Emad
[General Topics] iKoolkid:
I don't think that has a forum, that's a Chinese phone with not much to it. I could be wrong though.
[General Topics] SimonTS:
You could be - but you're not. If the OP had bothered to use Google first he might have found some more information out before posting here.

These Chinese phones appear all the time and there will probably never be XDA forums for most of them because they change specs all the time and most devs aren't going to have one to try playing around with.
[General Topics] emadeva:
Hi,

I did find something on the forum with this link but I'm not sure it's for my phone.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1695218

Truly,

Emad
[General Topics] kagedws6:
Star I9220 DPAD, firmware and rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1695218

Need help to root a clone Gallaxy Note i9220 Pad MTK6573

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1762615

Haipai Noble i9220 5.2 inch MTK6575 Android 4.0 Firmware, Custom ROMs!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1646544

this is what I came up with if that helps
[General Topics] emadeva:
Thanks.

I will check them out.

Truly,

Emad
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
Hello, I am trying to compile a stock KK4 kernel from source (obtained from the Samsung open source website), and I'm running into some errors. I downloaded the latest toolchain from Codesourcery and edited the makefile's cross compile to point to its installed directory. But when I get to this step,

Trying the first make gets me this error, and a similar one for the second make.

I have searched everywhere and nothing seems to be relevant. Can somebody point me in the right direction?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crt60:
It looks like you are missing the makefile for deconfig, as far as a direction to point, you can try one of these great kernel devs on the board, they might be able to help you.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
It does that when you try to make the whole thing too though...
[Sony Tablet S] xperia_pro:
Well i dont like the small apps... Browser calculator i just want delete it and put another apps is there a form ????
[Sony Tablet S] agc93:
It doesn't work like that. Individual apps need to be WRITTEN as Small Apps-compatible and the Browser, Calculator and Remote Control are the only currently available Small Apps-compatible applications. So, no, you can't add new Small Apps, and you can't delete them either, which is annoying, I will admit.

If Sony ever makes the Small Apps code/APIs public, we'll be able to write apps for Small Apps, but for the moment, they're a fixed inclusion.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SightSeeker:
Like, LOL! Hi fives everyone!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiVrPsY8xIs
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Josolanes:
Yep I bought the phone out of contract new through Verizon in hopes of this. Not even 3 weeks after I bought it it's unlocked, very happy with this!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Shibby87:
Was so ready to jump ship until VZW gave my unlimited data back, now this! What I thought was the worst decision turned out to be the best! FU Verizon!

Sent from my rooted GS3 running Synergy with UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AlexDeGruven:
Yup, because people making decisions based upon their personal convictions are all stupid.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shawnten:
jumped ship..lol i just came to verizon from being with sprint for 14 years and i cant believe how much faster the network is. o and I actually have 4g now. it is incredible what i have been missing. But i sure do miss the battery life of my evo LTE. it was almost double that of this s3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SightSeeker:
Awwwww. What carrier did you end up on? I'm sure they are good in their own ways. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AlexDeGruven:
I didn't. I've been on Verizon exclusively, with a short break to Sprint when their employee plan was phenomenal, for the last 13 years.

Would you like to try again?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
LOL, this cracked me up (I'm still chuckling)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nosympathy:
o.O

i've never really had a 4g phone go over 1 day and 12 hours of use before needing to plug back in. I've had 3g phones go near 3 days.

something tells me you were on 3g only if you got better battery life :silly:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AlexDeGruven:
If he was on Sprint, it's most likely that there was no LTE coverage where he was. And, IIRC, Sprint LTE phones shipped with LTE off by default primarily due to the rollout schedule.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nosympathy:
yeah....exactly why I said what I said. lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shawnten:
ya no lte in my area so that is probably the battery drain issue. but man its fast. I have been promised 4g by sprint since my original evo lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] newuser134:
I used to have Sprint too with the original Evo. No wonder the battery life was twice, it's because there was no LTE, and it would never send or receive anything, lol, so I don't see what the battery would even get used on without data :)

---------- Post added at 03:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:30 PM ----------

Well, Sprint even admits, they don't really have 4g LTE, they just have the name. I had the original Evo with the 4G WiMax, they never built out that 4G service very much. It would get great battery life on 3G CDMA, bu it would get stuck on wakelock on WiMax, and drain the batt within hours, so yeah, his great batt life is du to no 4G, it's always on 3G.

---------- Post added at 03:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:38 PM ----------

Not only the 4G promise from the time of the original Evo was never kept, their 3G with full bars of signal is so slow I consistently get faster speeds with T-Mobile's edge, and the connection is more consistent in quality, doesn't keep disconnecting every minute.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] edif30:
LOL

I almost jumped ship... Thank goodness it wasn't released :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PIX3LPUSH3R:
lol for sure. My Nexus buddy has given me so much **** about the locked bootloader. I was patient, and now I can rub it in his face. AAAAaaaaaand 10th post. Noyce.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tgom222:
Gotta have faith in the XDA Community.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kcellb:
I actually jumped on ship because of the unlocked bootloader. A minute or two after I read the news I went onto craigslist and found a S3 to buy. Using it now and living it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Cicatrize:
I was a little frustrated about it, and I had just jumped from Sprint to Verizon, so it was a bad first impression for me. However, I've been on XDA for 5 years, and the devs here always come through. I had faith from the very beginning. It took way longer to get a bootloader unlock for my EVO3D, IIRC.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thebrink:
I'm having a little trouble deciphering if the thread is sarcastic, and if it is, exactly whatever the rub about this is? Is it laughing at the people that didn't jump carriers (hypocrites) or the people that did switch (because we ultimately got the unlocked bootloader in just over a month, making their effort somewhat foolish)?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Josolanes:
I'm pretty sure it's the people that switched away from the S3 because of the locked bootloader, only for the bootloader to become unlocked afterward
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mybook4:
Yes, Verizon has great network coverage in most areas and high speed 4g.

Just because we managed to find an engineering bootloader that allowed unsecure kernel booting doesn't mean Verizon has reversed their position on locking down bootloaders.

I am on Verizon, have a Galaxy S III, and was contemplating buying an unlocked Galaxy Nexus and switching to AT&T or TMobile when I found out the bootloader was locked. I honestly regret not doing it. Other than venting to Verizon reps and signing the petition (which they don't care about), they have no idea I'm against their policy. They would have known if I closed my account of 13 years stating poor plan structure and locked bootloader as the reason. I didn't make my voice know with my $. I will not be making the same mistake with Verizon again.

The reason I didn't switch was because of Verizon's crappy return policy. If I returned the phone after 3 days I would have had to pay a restocking fee and would not be refunded the $30 upgrade fee. Essentially I would have had to pay Verizon $65 to return a phone I spent $200 for. The numbers for switching didn't work at all when I factored that in.

Because of Verizon's stance on locking devices and their poor plan structure I will be leaving Verizon once my contract is up. I would rather tolerate slightly less coverage than give up freedom and cash. Besides, everyone will have LTE in 2 years.