yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sum1nil:
Uberizer links can be obtained at TechKnow forums.

The primary thread is: http://www.techknow.me/forum/index.php?board=154.0

I believe you must join the forum to view the thread.

Best of luck.
[General Questions and Answers] novusbogus:
Can anyone provide clear instructions on how to edit the hosts file or whatever functionality does hostname resolution in Mango WP7? The closest I've seen anywhere on the internet are vague references to the Windows Mobile comm\tcpip\hosts\<domain> registry edit which doesn't seem to actually redirect browsers or web service calls (i.e. it's still hitting the production server instead of my test server even after a cold boot).

edit: Oh, and if it matters I'm doing this on an unlocked LG C900 with Mango v7720.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jimmyg41:
Well I'm on my second EVO. My first one the screen seemed very vibrant, this one, not so much. I don't know if it's just me. My current one also has the light leak from the home button which bothers me when I see it but don't notice it otherwise. The last issue is rebooting or shutting off. I go commando with my evo (no case) as you know it's a slippery phone. My first evo fell a couple of times form about 3-4 feet, no biggie. I notice with this phone that everytime it gets hit a bit hard it turns off and you have to reboot it to start up again (power + volume down). Yesterday it slipped out of my hand while I was sitting at my desk and it must of fallen about 10-12 inches. Of course this is a refurbished phone.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Spyderekz:
stop dropping your phone. problem solved.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jimmyg41:
Great insight, tell me more. Why even waste the time to post this?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Spyderekz:
you are right, ill tell you what you want to know.

" the phone probably has a loose cable inside of it, and should be replaced. you can either show a sprint rep in store by banging it hard on your hand or calling the insurance and telling them its a faulty replacement, i had a similar issue with a display that would flicker in and out at times as if it was off. "
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jimmyg41:
Thank you for your reply. Maybe I worded my question weirdly. I was just asking if the issues that I stated would be enough for you to go exchange the phone. I know I can get a new one, no big deal. Everyone is a bit different on their tolerance of issues.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Spyderekz:
When you go in pick the weakest or dumbest looking rep and be forceful about what you want. tell them you KNOW the problem and it shouldnt be happening. i got my phone replaced recently due to a graphic flicker when playing games. they didnt want to exchange it at first but i won in the end. because i KNOW cellphones and how they should work
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jimmyg41:
Did you get a new phone or a refurbished phone? I know the reps at the Sprint store by my house, they'll give me a new (to me, but still refurbished) phone. Just wondering if it's even worth it since my issues are minimal.
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_5-4910.php

We are talking hardware here not software ofcourse android rips ios

But im not technically minded can someone shed some light on hardware comparisons
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
this is not a bloody iphone forum

this is a forum for the samsung galaxy s3 these type of posts belong in the off topic forum
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
im comparing it with the gs3 which is in this forum
[Galaxy S III General] Nick Fury:
This iphone doesnt even come close. And i think everyone will agree when i say that these iphones never look or feel different. If you have had one you have had them all.
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
DId you have a look at the hardware ? Now compare it to the New GS3, Quad.2GB.LTE etcccc

Honestly what the comparison from a neutral perspective. Im not techincally minded so I wouldnt know I only know the new GS3 Has more ram but I dont know anything else
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
that's true. Apple can't impress us anymore, at least not when it comes to phones.
[Galaxy S III General] lawtq:
Ridiculously itly

Too many touchy mothers on this forum! Nothing wrong with your post man except maybe you could have just put it in the other post about the phone which cant be mentioned. s3 has nothing to worry about. Expected specs. Nothing special
[Galaxy S III General] Myreality:
The Dual Core Cortex A15 is asskickin'

No Chance for our old A9 Quadcore :)
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
so how do the gpu and cpu compare to gs3 sorry im not good with all these phone specs
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
lol is that for real or sarcasm seriously i need some spec training
[Galaxy S III General] jetbruceli:
This isn't the iPhone 5 forum like others said. Everyone knows that this is just an iPhone 4s with a larger screen .5 more.

It doesn't compared because its apple and we have oranges
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
Battery life:

8 hours 3g

10 hours LTE.

Dafuq?

Apple must be confused.

"It's all in the game yo, all in the game..." - Omar Little
[Galaxy S III General] ruk212:
Apple wins :silly: :D
[Galaxy S III General] jayharper08:
This will turn out to be a flamefest. Everyone has their opinion, and it is probably best not shared in an Android/Samsung section.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ofeliax:
Hi, The Clipboard is very important in my works, so since my note was upgraded to Ics

I wondering about how to show the Clipboard on Ics?

Any helps?

Thanks in advance

Inviato dal mio GT-N7000 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kam333:
hey

there's a number of apps for that in android market, try clipper:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.rojekti.clipper&hl=en
[Member-Found Deals] joshw0000:
I got this e-mail and figured I'd share in case anyone needs the code.

EDIT - code is "apple15" in case photo isn't displaying.
[HTC One X] doubledrake20:
SWIM wants to know if there is a way to brick an unrooted AT&T HOX that is on 2.20 firmware purposely. And if so, how? Thanks in advance fellow xda members...
[HTC One X] Vcek:
i think yes but you would need an s-off(doesn't break warranty) phone or unlocked bootloader(breaks warranty) in s-on, how ?

im not sure, but pulling usb out while flashing an ruu will most likely do it.

The real and interesting question would be why ?
[HTC One X] doubledrake20:
S-OFF is still a WIP so that's a no and it doesn't have an unlocked bootloader either. It's stock, brand new out of the box from AT&T and the HOX the rep gave us had 2.20 already on it...

Me n my pal are working on a little experiment, if it works, we'll tell you guys all about it. Also, been reading thru the thinktank trying to brainstorm some ideas for root also...

the lack of a removable battery makes bricking it a less of a possibility.. =/

pulling the usb mid disk transfer of a file wouldn't do anything but make the file corrupt and unusable, right?
[HTC One X] Vcek:
What level of "bricked" are you looking for ? 1- can't be fixed by just a personal computer or 2-as useful as a piece of rock ?

Type 1: Removing the usb while flashing a radio/kernel update(using ruu.exe flasher from htc) will cause a corrupt bootloader/kernel and the phone might not be able to start the hardware (and hence bricked i guess)

to brick it you would have to make the bootloader(hardware) unable to recover itself,

Type 2:

if you really want it hard-bricked you can just connect all connectors on the motherboard randomly with a metal foil/wool.(tryed it on my laptop and worked) :D

EDIT: the bios chip was already soft-bricked due to a non-compatible feature that didn't allow my RAM to start, although motherboard WAS powering on)

You know its almost impossible to brick a phone as long as the hardware is ok, whether rooted or not. As manufacturers can flash stuff directly onto the chip.
[HTC One X] doubledrake20:
hmm.. good info, the case is fairly easy to remove without doing any physical damage to it. So just some foil to the connectors touching each other should short circuit it... that might work.

I can't flash a kernel or anything because it isn't rooted and can't root it either cause there isn't an exploit yet.

I'll try the foil out n see how that works.

Thanks dude.
[HTC One X] Vcek:
I think you can flash an RUU without rooting (you CAN'T flash an ruu with the bootloader UNLOCKED, not sure will work with "locked" but definitely will work with "relocked")

And for trying out the foil, i recommend you to be very careful as the warranty can be void by just opening the case(says so in manual)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aliasif1:
Guyz recently i installed the 4.0.4 and after that i,m getting many errors first of all my some of the images are corrupted some videos are too what is the roght. Pit file i should flash plz help i downgraded to official 4.0.3 with the 4GB. Pit file
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Immortalis:
Flash proper 16GB .pit file again.

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1182568&d=1341659386
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aliasif1:
Flashed this one already
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Immortalis:
Then format internal storage again and you will get you 11,5 GB back.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aliasif1:
The problem is not with the memory the problem is some pics i take gets corrupted and cANT INSTALL some games even
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Immortalis:
You probably have little chance to recover those files.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
1. Now re-explain your real problem in full.

2. Post your Rom and kernel details, Goto Settings-about, and post everything.

3 .Add any other additional info

4. Post some screenshots too
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aliasif1:
What extra do u need
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aliasif1:
Rply plz what more do u need
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Because you didn't answer questions 1, 2, and 3.

Post your answers, then also post screenshot of Settings - Storage

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aliasif1:
Which. Pit file is the right one to flash and is our warranty finished if we flash ics 4.0.4
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
I would not recommend using a pit file unless you know 100% what you're doing, and based on your posts it seems like you don't.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
+1

and that's why I decided not to answer his question
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Anake83:
I have been having massive issues with the signal on my Xperia S, my LG P500 held a 4-5 bar signal for 17 hours, my Xperia S left for 16 hours on a desk was

1 (0%)

2 (69%)

3 (6%)

4 (25)

5 (0%)

Cant post screenshots as i dont have enough posts :(

Can anyone post screenshots of there signal from gsam please, i never had this issue before and i have tested with 3 sims, 2 on o2 and 1 on three, the Xpera S has the same issue with all the sims and the older P500 runs solid.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] -Harsh-:
Do you use stock firmware of your region or any other??

Use the thank button, it's there for a reason :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Anake83:
It arrived with ICS as new, updated to the latest build from the update app on the phone. i asume its all as it should be
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tarbyonline:
Could the Sony signal be the 3g signal. Reason I ask is my current U and the Tipo both displayed the 3g signal then only when no signal switched to displaying the 2g signal, whereas previous handsets I have had have just shown the strongest signal
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Growly_:
My stock ROM consistently changes the icon in correspondence to which signal it is currently using, and it blacks out when it has no signal. So i don't think your S is displaying only 3G signal..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tarbyonline:
That's exactly what I'm talking about. Rather than displaying the strongest signal it displays the signal it is currently connected to (3g) even when the 2g signal is much stronger.

---------- Post added at 12:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:05 PM ----------

Also, to the OP - have you tried to repair the phone using PC companion in case there is a driver issue?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Anake83:
Did a repair today and its the same.

Did some testing, i disabled data traffic and the signal was much improved but when i enabled it again the signal was all over the place.

I dont get this on my P500 just the S.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] man88xx:
try Hard booting the phone :mad:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben36:
In 'about phone' what does your build number say?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Anake83:
6.1.A.2.45
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Anake83:
Sitting in one spot for that ammount of time is that ammount of signal deviation normal?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben36:
Does it not just boost signal when needed? I notice sometimes my signal is minimal but if I make a fone call it goes up
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Efe64:
This.

Let me explain it.

2g = more bars

3g/h = less bars

It is possible that your carrier doesnt support gsm with only 3g. So its automatiqly connecting to 2g(more bars).

Verstuurd van mijn Xperia S met Tapatalk
[HTC One S] Ashaman_Kupo:
This had happened to me before. I'll restart my phone and it boots normally but then I hear a beep and I've lost all my apps and my custom launcher and I see a toast like message with safe mode written on it. I cleared my cache in recovery then it boot up back to normal. Just wondering if any one has seen this.
[HTC One S] devgee:
Weird, I have seen this message on my old ipod touch but never seen on android devices
[HTC One S] septamobile:
1) turn mobile phone off.

2) hold power button down until the first white HTC Screen

3) now release the power button and hold the Volume Down button, until boot finished

Now you see "safe mode".

this is from older devices and can be used for removing bad third party apps
[HTC One S] baseballfanz:
I had a couple time where it went into safe mode on its own.
[HTC Rezound] Droid12User:
Can anyone walk me step-by-step thru S-Off procedure. Need to get back to stock and that pesky "tampered" sign is not a good look lol. Really appreciate the help :)
[HTC Rezound] iamwalterwhite:
There is a TON of information out there that can guide you through s-off. The search button is your friend. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1612035 is a good place to start. The .5 version of juopunutbear should work as long as you are on ICS (not the global update). The best thing for you to do is take a look at the material then start asking specific questions as you get stuck or confused. Apophis has a thread (either in general or Q&A) where he lists his (along with other senior members) g-talk account. So, if you're having major problems along the way, find that forum, hit up apophis (or somebody else), and hopefully they can guide you.

Oh, and one more thing: it is a very easy process. Don't get overwhelmed. When it's over you will be surprised by how easy it was. Just take it easy, don't take shortcuts, and make sure you can do it by memory before even attempting. Good luck! It will be worth your time!
[HTC Rezound] Droid12User:
Thanks...kept getting stuck at the wire trick part but someone helped me thru it :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ..alee:
So my phone is stuck in boot loop. I believe that i have alraedy rooted it. I can boot into recovery but when i go there, I see and Android lying down and with red ! sing on it .. which means recovery is messed up too.

I wouldn't doing flash or restore factory setting but i want to back up my data .. specifically my text messages and pictures. They are very important. Is there a way i can do that ?

Thanks,
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
If your bootloader is unlocked, then you can do it. If your bootloader is locked, you are out of luck.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ..alee:
how can i confirm if my bootloader is locked or unlocked ?

and if its unlocked how can i back up the data?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Turn off your device. Then hold the vol up and vol down keys and press and hold power. When it turns on, see if it says locked or unlocked.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1420351
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ..alee:
Okay guys, here are the updates.

First of all, when i hold down the power button + volume down, I load into a green screen with android logo in centre and BIG start on top .. on upper left corner i can read it says ODIN MODE in red. Would it safe to assume that my bootloader is unlocked ?

secondly, the link provided by efran in last post is to back up devices which are working. I am stuck in boot loop. So when i do

adb backup -all

it says

adb: unable to connect for backup

What should i do ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 3rdstring:
Odin mode is Samsung's software loading mode. Bootloader is Volume up + Volume down + power
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
To check if bootloader is unlocked you need to hold volume UP AND volume DOWN AND power.

If it is unlocked, you can boot CWM in fastboot and perform a nandroid backup to back up your ROM (includes sms) and do adb pull /sdcard/ which will pull all you pics.

I'm not on my PC now, so sorry I can't be more verbose.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ..alee:
yes, I can boot into bootloader. And then i have 4 options

Start

Restart BootLoader

Boot into Recovery

Power Off

At he bottom, it shows some text and one of the text says Lock State - Unlocked

I tried booting into Recovery and the moment it boots it shows me an android lying down and it shows a red sign of exclamation on it ...

Questions

- With this information can you tell if i have unlocked my boot loader or not (I believe i did)

- Can i back up my data some how ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ..alee:
Please find attached 2 images

1: My boot loader, I can see different options (as mentioned in one of the post) and i can see it says lock state = unlocked

2: When i boot into recovery, thats what i see ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Your bootloader is unlocked.

Download cwm, plug phone into pc, type: fastboot boot name-of-cwm-image.img

Then do a backup, then type: adb pull /sdcard/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ..alee:
Installed CWM, copied sdcard and got the images which i was looking for (those images were screen shot for some legal thing)

Thanks a lot. But there are few more questions

I boot into CWM > backup and restore > backup .. is this the NANDroid back you are talking about ?

If its not then what is it ? I tried backing it up and it gave me error Error while making a backup image of /data!. any suggestions ?

Second thing is, this back up includes my system, my rom etc .. if i have to back up my sms only from this back up, how would i do it ?

P.S:

Sorry for nagging you a lot, I know you aren't somewhere away. But you have actually saved my life :) Thanks a lot
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Yes, that is the backup I was talking about. Not sure why it's giving you an error. And yes, that backs up everything.

I can't remember exactly where the sms are stored. Maybe if you search you can find the location, and then just pull that folder the same way you pulled sdcard.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ..alee:
I tried doing back up couple of times. it is backing up recovery.img. boot.img but when it comes to data.img .. it gives me an error at the end.

I have 9400MB free space on my SDCARD. which means 9.3G. I believe my data.img is bigger than what is available. I should delete some files from my phone so that i can back up ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ..alee:
Thanks for the hint though .. so i searched an realized that the text messages are stored in

/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases

by the name of mmssms.db file. What i did that i pulled these files from database folder and backed it up. Then i downloaded sqllite browser to open the .db file to view the files (to double check if this is what i am looking for). And TADA, it has everything :)

Now the next Million Dollars question. If i flash my device/wipe/factory reset then can i overright the content of /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases with the one which i have ? I tried creating a folder from ADB shell and it gave me error that this is readonly ... am i missing something here?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
I don't think /data is mounted r/w by default in CWM. Go into mounts and mount it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ..alee:
In Mounts and Storage Menu it shows

- mount /sdcard

- mount /system

- unmount /cache

- unmount /data

[Format options]

I believe data is mounted ...

I have backed up my text messages file. I was wondering, if i can restore this .db file in my /data/data/ folder. Can i somehow boot into my phone with W access?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Yes, you should be able to copy it over to the same location while booted in cwm.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ..alee:
It doesn't look like

Used adb push command and it gave me error "Read only file system"

C:\Users\Ali\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk>adb push mmssms.db /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/
failed to copy 'mmssms.db' to '/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db': Read-only file system
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Are you booted in recovery? If not it probably won't work.

Try it this way :

adb push mmssms.db /sdcard/

adb shell

cd /sdcard

cp mmssms.db /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ..alee:
I am into Recovery mode. On the main menu.

When i tried pushing to /sdcard/ it gave me same error .. "Read-only file system"
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Not sure what the problem would be. Let me think about it for a bit.

Did you boot into Android at least once after reflashing your ROM?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ..alee:
I haven't reflashed my ROM yet ... I want to confirm if i can write this file back to the system before i flash it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ..alee:
Okay so i did a little bit digging by myself and it looks like that Pull commands delete the respective folder it is pulling ... I pulled sdcard and that folder is gone (i am unable to copy to that folder) and this is true for /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases

I was getting file permission when i was trying to copy new rom and this mmssms.db to /sdcard/ .. the error was Read Only File System but it wasn't the right description. I got this hing when i ran command

adb root

and it says that its already running as root

so then i tried copying both of these files to root

C:\Users\Ali\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk>adb push Codename-Android-3.5.0-GN-GSM.zip /
3797 KB/s (137712518 bytes in 35.413s)

C:\Users\Ali\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk>adb push mmssms.db /
3622 KB/s (768000 bytes in 0.207s)

and it worked fine. Now i am going to flash my ROM and will see what happens ..

Once again, I am so thankful to you .. :) you have literally saved my life :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
adb pull does not delete anything though...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ..alee:
or perhaps while struggling to pull/push i gave some unmount command ...

anyways, I flashed the ROM. Factory Reset and when i started the phone it worked fine. Welcomed me and basic info... then after 10 minutes it restarted itself :s
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ..alee:
Now i have a new problem.

I am trying to copy new ROM (codename) to sdcard. On cmd it shows that it is copied successfully. But when i browse to sdcard through CWM, its not there.

I tried deleting all files from SDCARD by either formating it through CWM or by issuing rem command. But all the files in SDCARD are still there
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Sometimes you have to reboot cwm before you see the file you just pushed.

And the command to delete is rm