yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Topics] BabuMoshaaye:
Couldn't agree more. Indian companies like Micromax, Karbonn and Spice are also offering great smartphones at costs around $200-$250. By specs they can be compared with the big devices. The only reason all the other companies around the world are cheap because they lack the brand value which swoops the price up.

I got a 1 GHz dual core mediatek device with 512mb RAM called the Micromax A110. Its a 5 inch phone with 480x854 resolution which has an 8 MP camera and a secondary VGA camera. It gave benchmark scores of around 4500 on AnTuTu, which is considerable.

Obviously there are more to come and they will be getting better and better.

Sent from my Micromax A110
[General Topics] gagdude:
The specs are on the lower end, but in day to day usage they won't make a difference.

But, "By specs they can be compared to the big devices" is unbelievably false. The "Big devices" have quadruple your RAM, 50% better screen resolution, 50% higher CPU clock speed, and double the cores.

Will it make much of a difference unless you multitask like a maniac or play graphic intense games? No. But the specs themselves are low
[General Topics] swordsx48:
i cant stand anything without a 720p screen. once ive seen it, i cant go back. cheapest 720p phone right now is the galaxy nexus. maybe lg nitro hd as well. by the way, meh bhi indian hoon!

we all want the latest and best thing out. its just something in our brain. im in california and i specifically bought the international one x because it was 1.5ghz quad core with the gpu advantage vs the 1.4ghz exynos in the galaxy s3. its all greed. the one x sucked. i had a huge problem with the one x and it took me literally one month to get my phone sent in to htc and then back. so annoying. and then i couldnt install aosp roms without losing signal and sense was heavy on the phone.

i now have the dual core tmobile s3 and am very happy. cant even tell the difference and i do heavy tasks on my phone
[General Topics] gagdude:
Eh, common misconception here. Tegra 3 blows. It's so overrated because Nvidia makes great stuff for computers, but for some reason people think it translates into their mobile CPUs too.

The Snapdragon S4 CPU on the American S3s, or the Exynos 4 CPU on the international S3s are dual core and are only topped by the S4 Pro, Exynos 5, and the newer Apple CPUs.
[General Topics] swordsx48:
well i didnt know that. and i dont think the exynos 4 is topped by the apple CPUs, i think iOS is just more light on the phone and allows more resources of the phone to work for the benchmarks. and ics is light but jellybean should be lighter. maybe still not as light as iOS. is is so controlling there is virtually nothing in the background except push notifications/notification center and the cell service. (the apps are written on vram once left)

the S4 pro is impressive though. exynos 5..i really cant say anything as its not out yet.
[General Topics] gagdude:
I think you have it mixed up. The Exynos 5 is the closest CPU (in benchmarks so far) that can hold a candle to the A6 (I think it's A6...idk).

And it is out. On the Nexus 10 and Samsung Chromebook
[General Topics] elirev4:
The Galaxy Nexus is still a good phone, and it's very cheap.
[General Topics] swordsx48:
oh **** it is out. i just think that the a6 comparison isnt fair because apple is a different os. with different (****ty) features. what im trying to say is that the A6 may perform similarly to the exynos 4 or s4 if put into an android environment. this might just be out of denial that iphone is better hahahaha but its more of a belief.
[General Topics] gagdude:
No, I see what you mean. It does make sense, but I just leave it to the experts.. :rolleyes:
[General Topics] pa33vel:
I have Sony live ( 200s )

What said - i satisfied :)
[General Topics] ayo234:
Atrix HD 180$ on eBay. Check it out
[General Topics] carleeto:
Just buy the Nexus 4. There simply is no better value for money.
[General Topics] kamendra:
There are many smartphone which are very demanding in marketng. I like HTC Desire C mobile phone very much becuase it's a budget smartphown with all latest features.

themobileindian.com/handset-guide/brand-search/HTC
[General Topics] shalabhbatra100:
HTC explorer is a decent startup android
[General Topics] rogueromeo:
My desire hd is just rocking with jellytime r29 from randomblame
[General Topics] -DarkKnight-:
you don't need to buy "budgetsmartphones"

just buy old high end phones. as long as they have a JB port you should be fine.

examples:

all prices from amazon

Nexus One(bought one for replacement for 100 USD)

Desire HD 178 USD

HTC HD2 178 USD

HTC G2(Desire Z for TMO USA) 150 USD

Motorola Droid 3(CDMA but GSM unlockable) 129 USD

all these devices are better than any "budget" smartphone today. these devices also tend to have more development than newer "budget" devices

these devices are all blazing fast and have little to no lag

I would never buy a budget phone because I don't want something that the manufactuer purposly stripped down to drive the price lower.

for "up to date" phones, you get what you pay for

for older devices that used to be the best, you get much more than you pay for
[General Topics] roninfight:
Why is LG selling the Nexus 4 almost 100 USD more in countries like China compared with in the US?

That's not the best value for money at this price...
[General Topics] gagdude:
What kind of a question is this? Because they want more money. Duh
[General Topics] carleeto:
Actually Google is subsidizing the phone which is why when you buy it from Google it is cheaper.
[General Topics] xxkid123:
Eveything technology related is more exensive in China. A decent computer here (600usd) will run around 20,000RMB (3200usd) in Shanghai, China.

Phone mark ups aren't too high, but they're still there.
[General Topics] Eternalty:
^This! Let old flagships become budget phones.
[General Topics] h078:
I could not agree more with a topic. Few days ago I sold my galaxy s3 and got myself a pantech flex on the Craigslist for 150 bucks. I like it way better than galaxy size wise , and its performance is on the pair with sgs3. Even more you can turn off LTE on pantech and use Edge only which none of the high end AT&T phones can do. That alone is perfect for SMS email and phone calls and save some the battery life...
[General Topics] -DarkKnight-:
The Pantech UI looks absolutely abysmal toe though...

Nothing a good custom rom wouldn't fix

You just got trolled by Darkknight
[General Topics] 903tex:
Pantech burst

1.5ghz dual core s3 snapdragon

1gb ram

Front and rear camera

Super amoled screen

Bought a mint one on craigslist for 40 bucks!

Running aokp jb and its a beast!

Can't beat that period!
[General Topics] daniel98:
Have seen lots of cool smartphones here. Can anyone say some sites similar to Craigslist? There are very few products in Romania Craigslist :/
[General Topics] -DarkKnight-:
You could do US craigslist and pay extra for shipping...

I'M BATMAN
[General Topics] 903tex:
But most of the people on craigslist arent going to do that thru PayPal or shipping. Then they may try to con you so be careful
[General Topics] 903tex:
Got a mint s3 for 100 on craigslist! I guess I get lucky on cl a lot!
[General Topics] iS7N:
Alcatel are releasing cheap smartphones with good specs also! :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k.bergmann2:
hey,

i just installed pandroid and am now wondering why i don't see my picasa photos in the galery app? is that normal?

kurt
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harry GT-S5830:
You need Google gallery apk
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k.bergmann2:
i thought i already have it? if not, where can i find that apk?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k.bergmann2:
any further tips?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockNrolling:
What gapps did you use? The gapps-jellybean-20120810? Or the gapps-jellybean-20120726? Because the first one is more recent and allows you to access your picasa photos in the gallery.

Sent from my Paranoid Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k.bergmann2:
ah ok, i got the older one. trying the new one right now. thanks!

___

works!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] orbitbreak:
Sorry in advance if this is off-topic, but I'm not allowed to post in the official cm10 thread yet (not enough psots) so I'm hoping someone might see it here.

After flashing the 9/23 nightly of cm10, my phone doesn't recognize my sim card or let me save a new APN.

I'm in US on AT&T on the HTC One X, and now I can't connect to any cell networks because it says no sim card found. I also was not able to save any APN settings to remedy this (I'd fill it all out, hit save, and then the list would still be empty). If I select AT&T in Available Networks it tries to register for a while and then gives up. Save with resetting the APN settings to default.

I flashed the 9/19 nightly to try to fix it, but it still won't connect to any networks or let me save any APNs. Right now I can't make any phone calls or texts, so I'd greatly appreciate it if someone has any suggestions to fix this issue. Thanks in advance!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] orbitbreak:
furtively bumping in the hopes someone may help me so I can make an important long-distance call I needed to make today :-\

I know I know, shouldn't have flashed if I needed reliability, it's a weakness of mine.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] omario8484:
Have u tried flashing back to stock ....or get a new sim from att. Just stop by the store and its free and it'll take a few mins or idle someone else smarter say something

---------- Post added at 02:15 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:14 AM ----------

And btw. Your better of posting these things in the Q and. Thread you'll lmore likely getcanswers their than posting a question in general
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] orbitbreak:
Haven't tried going back to stock yet, too much of a hassle (I can make this call tomorrow from a landline). There's gotta be a way to fix this. I thought if I walked in to at&t with a cm10 phone they'd refuse to help since it's rooted and everything? Plus I don't think it's a hardware problem if it just happened from flashing the latest nightly, unless the SIM card can be overwritten by a flash?

Anyway, thanks for the response. Would it be bad etiquette for me to repost this in Q&A now? I suppose I'll just go ahead and do so, and delete if someone complains.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] omario8484:
I'd try flashing to stock :p and well since its already here keep it....but hmm idk. If an att sales Rep would not do it...I mean I don't know why some att employee would care if you're rooted
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] PeartFan40:
Hi, this belongs in Q&A. Please keep all question/help related threads there. Thank you.

Thread Moved.

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"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"
[Transformer TF300T General] nooktablet:
[solved, see 5th post]

my tablet was rooted, then i uninstalled some system apps, but i figured out some features won't work, so i unrooted, and did a factory reset, now all system apps are gone,

i thought a factory reset will restore it back to the original stock with all system apps no matter that i uninstalled them. now i can't even go to settings->accounts and syncs, it force closes, i guess i uninstalled an app that manage accounts,

is there a way to go back to stock with all system apps without unlocking bootloader, i don't want to do that.

i also do not have any knowledge about unlocking,flashing,roms,...

or can i just reinstall all system apps and do a factory reset, then it will be fine? (but i don't have backups of those system apps)

i'm on firmware .30 ICS

now i just want a clean system, i don't want it to be messed up like this
[Transformer TF300T General] nooktablet:
After researching i found that factory reset does not restore system apps, so no surprise here.

now i have 2 ways to have a "fresh/clean" system:

1. root and copy all missing system apks to /system/app. But can i root now (using the 1 click transformer root tool) because i uninstalled many system apps and i don't know what they are, can this affect the root?

if this way is ok, can someone on firmware .30 ICS please upload all the files in /system/app. Thanks a lot.

2. flash the stock rom. but i don't want to unlock bootloader, (i don't want to void warranty), how can i flash the stock rom? (and where can i download the stock rom .30 ICS? is it the .zip file on asus support website?) i heard some people say "you can flash a STOCK rom with a locked bootloader" but in another device, not tf300.

i think this way is best because it restores everything, which is what i want, i'm hoping i can do this without unlocking my bootloader.

I guess if i can solve this problem, from now i will never delete any system apps. if i knew factory reset does not restore system apps i did not uninstall them :(. but it just does not make sense, it's called "factory reset", so shouldn't restore to "factory" state?

Please help. Thank you.
[Transformer TF300T General] funnel71:
If you are on ICS you can still root using the debugfs method aka the one click.

Yes you can still download the firmware from Asus. You can try to put the zip within the zip into /sdcard and see if it installs it full but not sure if that would replace the system apps. I don't think there would be harm trying it.
[Transformer TF300T General] nooktablet:
ok, i think i'll go the rooting way.

so can someone on .30 ICS please upload ALL the files in system/app? i need all of them because i don't know what files i deleted and what i did not delete.

Thank you a lot.
[Transformer TF300T General] nooktablet:
UPDATE: Problem solved.

i downloaded .30 firmware from asus website, did a manual update, after updating it restored the system apps. so it solved the problem. thanks funnel71.

to get a "clean" system i did a factory reset, now back to the beginning lol.

so when you accidentally (or purposely) delete system apps, just do a manual update and it will restore, make sure to download the right firmware.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daxsm:
Which one is most stable, fastest rom that has int2sd?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erklat:
Stop trolling.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Doc_724:
I am using spazedog... Kinda good... But havent use others.. So i would like to know the same... Best ics rom?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlooooo:
245643rd thread about best ICS rom...

People SEARCH AND READ a little bit.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Doc_724:
Why do you take time to answer and... Answer something like this. Some People have big ego in this forum. The question is in q&a so at the right place. Stop crying
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmcclue:
They answer like this because ur question has been answered, u just need to search before posting.

Sent from my HTC Desire
[HTC One V] looby:
Saw this in a review of the HTV ONE V, anyone have it please?
[HTC One V] braunie:
Maybe a live wallpaper:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...mNvbS54bGx1c2lvbi5saXZld2FsbHBhcGVyLm1vb2QiXQ..
[HTC One V] looby:
Live wallpaper

Thanks, does the HTC ONE V support live wallpapers?
[HTC One V] sohamssd:
Of course.. which rom are you on?
[HTC One V] looby:
Wallpaper

Just the standard out of the box ROM. There are no live wallpapers included. This is the website with the review of the HTC ONE V, a good review too... love the wallpaper..

http://www.neowin.net/news/review-htc-one-v
[HTC One V] braunie:
Just try:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...50YW1hbmVnaS53YWxscGFwZXIubXVsdGlwaWN0dXJlIl0.

Install the live wallpaper, then you have to start multipicture and you are able to choose and setup the live wallpaper.
[HTC One V] looby:
Live wallpaper

Thanks, works a treat...:)
[HTC One V] TeeJay3800:
Please ask all questions in the Q&A forum. Thread moved there.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SoapBawks:
Wrong forum, sorry
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] saeed-constantine:
I saw alot of things for this.. but included other mods..

I only want skip track via long pressing volume for stock .587 with stock lock screen

my phone: XMP

link for .587

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1900161
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] tokaides:
you can code it yourself or you can try tactile player. It's free in the play store
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] streetu:
You can this on some player from Google Play. For Example: Player Pro can this.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] saeed-constantine:
I need this in stock odex Rom.. not another player.. I Know that..

thanx
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ARNOB:
Off-topic: .587 released for XMP? :screwy:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] saeed-constantine:
yes... download in this forum

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1902920

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1900161
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Remasxd:
Hello everyone.

I installed CWM 5.0.2.6 and then Cyanogen mod 9 succesfully. Then I changed it to "MIUI TOCAi 0.1.4" and it was working fine although it could not find my network. I tried searching manually but without success (it kept on showing up that it's not able to register to the network im choosing and that i should try again later.) It had simlock before so I tryed to unlock it using this thread "http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1204705". I got the code etc but I didnt know where to type it in. I turned the phone off and on hoping that the menu with this code request would pop out but it didnt so I replaced the sim card with another one. It still didnt pop out so I replaced it with the previous one and the phone bricked.

Im not able to get to CWM or to the system at all. Im only able to get to DL mode. I tried to unbrick it using this method "http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1071970" and few similar ones. I used multi and single package but without success.

The simlock was for "3" network. Tryed O2 and Vodafone simcards.

Is there any way to unbrick it without going to the service?

I'm going to post youtube links to show you how it looks in just a few minutes.

Part 1 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNln0KJQ-0o&feature=youtu.be

Part 2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urRAhOq0OCw&feature=youtu.be

Part 3 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU-EshQdj7E&feature=youtu.be
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dxppxd:
Looks like your efs partition (either stl5 or bml5) got corrupted. This cannot be fixed by flashing roms or stock roms, since its a sepparate partition. Network Unlocking the ace might result in a brick specially if not done from stock firmware.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alkspo:
i bricked my gio after network unlock too, it was due to the efs partition being messed up, i couldnt get it to boot normally or recovery (screen flashes then dies) but download works, and odin didnt solve anything, so i sent it in to samsung and got a new gio :p

to sum it up, you now have a nice paperweight
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skere:
Hi, i am wondering why custom ROMs found in the android development page such as Omega and Android HD are around ~700mb while CyanogenMod is only 160mb.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavin-phelan:
Samsung just put aload of useless stuff in there roms and cm10 is the bear minimum. Cm10 is pure Google experience while Samsung use this as a base/foundation and load there own stuff on top
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skere:
I see that explains why CM seems to be missing all of the google and samsung apps. But i was asking about why customs roms such as Omega and Android HD are a lot bigger than CM, is it because they are just addons to the stock ROM?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavin-phelan:
Stock roms are aroun 600-800mb cm has nothing yo do with those roms. Dont really no how to answer
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skere:
I am asking why custom ROMs (e.g. Android Revolution* HD, Omega) are ~700mb while CM (also a custom ROM) is ~160mb
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavin-phelan:
I already answered that in the 1st response lol.. Its because samsung have aload of bloatware(e.g apps and stuff) taking up all that memory. The stock rom/custom samsung roms have alot of features that cm10 will never get because its ti much memory and hassle
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skere:
ah okay because in first post you were only mentioning samsung ROMs i didnt know those referred to custom ones as well

P.S. but these Android Revolution says that bloatwares were removed
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maxbakerman:
Ok so I am currently running the newest version of MIUI. I just got it a few hours ago and I want to go back to my old ROM (codename android) to back up all of my apps to titanium backup. I make 2 nandroid backups before I installed MIUI. Every time I go into clockworkmod and try to restore one of the backups. I get an error saying "error while restoring /system." Is there anything that I am doing wrong? I tried wiping data/cache/dalvik and then installing the ROM, but I get an error saying "some symlinks failed." Any help with this? I need all of my apps back.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Titanium will allow you to restore apps from a nandroid backup. You could also pull them out yourself -- the nandroid script stores them in a tarball.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maxbakerman:
Ok, I will do that. But I also need to know how to get back to my old ROM?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Just redownload it and flash it, no? After that you can use TB to extract your apps, or you could even just restore /data in CWM -- if I remember correctly, it should allow you to restore each partition individually. So if you are having problems restore the nandroid as a whole (because it fails on /system) just restore /data and /boot.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maxbakerman:
It wont let me flash it. That's my problem. I get an error saying "some symlinks failed." And also whenever I try to just restore /data or /system it fails
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
what recovery/version are you using?

sent from my i9250
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maxbakerman:
cwm 6.0.1.0
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
use old cwm.

sent from my i9250
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarbesta:
Hey guys am new here and i have rooted my sgm2 by this method :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1768622

and sadly i want to unroot it so anyone got any way advise or method may be anything would help :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bek4o0:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdqFQLHoudE
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Slack2116:
im looking at how to delete but i cant find the button. i clicked Edit/Delete. am i crazy?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Erik_Sandoval:
Is any dev working on this? If not I'm fine with CM9, but Jellybean would be nice.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] detdett:
In two weeks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] NoobNeutralizer:
Proof?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Erik_Sandoval:
Yeah any proofy
[Miscellaneous Android Development] detdett:
come back in two weeks and you'll see
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hotsauce126:
The title got me too excited
[Miscellaneous Android Development] detdett:
need a tissue?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hatememarkz:
Well it's released wasn't a full 2wks though but what ever :D

Sent from my GT-P3113 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Erik_Sandoval:
Hahaha
[Asus Transformer TF700] SoapBawks:
I just got my TF700 and near the top of the screen theres a small circle spot, less than 1 mm in diameter. It seems as if its underneath the glass and cant be wiped off. Its most noticeable when theres a bright background and its darker than its surroundings.

Has anyone else had this happen to their transformer? Is it fixable? Or should I get it exchanged?