yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moeahmad1995:
I completely agree with you. Like I said Google made a good decision doing this. But the op didn't intend it for that reason.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoLfWRC:
No, it is not what you are thinking. He just intended to keep backup and restore them back in case apps are not working properly. For me, I have own 5-6 Android devices and I don't want to log in Google account in every device to download apps. So I just use only one device to download them and share to the rest of mine.

By the way, I'm also a dev. and I will not do something like that surely! I know how much pain is in developing one app.

On topic : .asec is needed to be decrypted back to .apk. Someone knows how ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jellydroid13:
I'm wondering the same thing. I want to decompile some paid apps to support the multi windows feature on the note 2.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoLfWRC:
Now, I have found those paid apps hidden in mnt/asec. Not sure about if it is encrypted with a device keycode but you may give it a try though. Hope this help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Asadullah:
Many thanks to GoLfWRC a couple apps that I have updatedand for some reason wouldn't update on my ouya. Thanks again
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Recognized Noob:
Hi

i love xda
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohsyn:
Query

So finally there is no solution??

what if i just want to restore my own app stored in asec folder after a ROM upgrade?

i put the files in .android_secure folder but it does nothing :(

Any help will be appreciated !!

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t-ryder:
Interesting topic.

As I release a mod of a MIUI ROM weekly I asked myself some of the questions mentioned here.

MIUI system backup tool that comes with the ROM is of course not able to backup the ASEC folder stuff.

So users can backup the entire system (all settings, theme stuff, apps, contacts etc.) but not the encrypted paid apps.

Annoying thing. I wonder if it would be illegal to build a workaround, and if it is implementable somehow.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Serendo:
.asec files are actually little images mounted in /mnt/asec/. You can find a folder for each app there. And the pkg.apk in that folder is what you need. Other things in that folder are extracted from the apk.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manfio:
hi people...

I use the 4.0.4 and I'd like to change to the 4.1 rom

whats the best currently rom to my tab...

stable

fastest

and the battery with good performance

thanks to all for the great work
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohamedselim:
Aokp version 3 or cm10 if you want a custom rom

Or try leaked stock if you want a stock rom

I personally use cm10 from www.teamhacksung.org

Aokp is more customizable

Sent from Galaxy S2 or Galaxy Tab2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] prkchop:
i use both codename android and paranoid on and off depending on what mood im in. I just wanted to know is its possible to flash the factory image from google developers like a rom or if i have to use fastboot commands
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
if you download it directly from google, you have to use fastboot.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
that IS like you flash a rom, the google way.

sent from my i9250
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jorgen.bruntveit:
GNex Toolkit is perfect for reverting to stock.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
No its not. Just do it manually.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] masully84:
Absolutely, doing it manually only takes about what 5, 10 minutes max!

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tgyberg:
Earn yer stripes private! :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cwoggon:
More then enough info here - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mach3.2:
Heck, if you are lazy, you could make a batch script yourself to flash stock if you do it frequently, something like the flash-all.sh script, but I won't ever use a toolkit to root or anything.

Will the next nexus have a longer screen?
[HTC Rezound] Apex i ITR:
I reflashed my phone last week and had 0 issues. I'm using the rom from graythewolf in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1885553

Today I noticed I had bars but it didn't say anything about what type of service (3g, LTE, etc). I've had this problem before and typically putting into airplane mode and turnign it off fixes the issue. Its a minor annoyance but one I could live with. Since flashing that above rom I haven't had to do this. Awesome right?

Today the issue came back and I turned on airplane mode and turned it off, nothing happened. I tried a few more times and still would only gets bars but no data service. I rebooted the phone and that is the last time it came up. Its boot looping at the HTC white screen. I tried going into recovery and it goes right back to the HTC screen and constant reboots. I tried reflashing the recovery (AMonRa) and it flashes fine according to the response in fastboot but when I try to get into it it shows the 1st two lines of amonra and then goes RIGHT back to the HTC rebooting screen.

I have been trying to find a RUU that I can use to reflash the entire phone from the computer (tried fastboot flashzip ph86img.zip and it failed after trying). Any ideas guys. I kinda live and die by my phone but this is my 3rd rezound and this is extremely frustrating.

Yes I am S-OFF and unlocked.

Pointing me to any ICS RUU that runs off a windows machine would help immensely as I think that might get me out of what ever reboot hell I'm in.

Thanks in advance.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
1st thing, take the battery out for at least 5 minutes to let everything discharge.

Pop it back in and do the power + volume down to try to get to hboot and then to recovery. Once there do a full wipe and reflash.

CM9 is going to have issues, so just stick around. If you need a stable ROM you should be on CleanROM or Neomax.
[HTC Rezound] Po1soNNN:
Definitely agree. CM9 is being improved greatly but its not at the state where you dont have to worry about things like toggling airplane mode to fix data or stuff like that and bugs or glitches.

Especially if your like me and expect you phone to last long and always be ready to work, definitely try another rom for now. Theres literally a ton of roms that are all awesome
[HTC Rezound] fastecotec:
I had this same problem somewhere along the line. All I had to do was the "fastboot boot (name of your recovery).img" through adb. Did a clean wipe and install and everything cleared up.

Sent from my RAGE'in Rezound
[HTC Rezound] docbutts:
I had a boot loop issue last night too. It was strange, just looking around on Facebook, suddenly it reboots and halfway through the cm9 animation, back to HTC white screen. I could get into hboot and even recovery, but restarted as soon as I tried to wipe or nandroid restore. Had to rerun ruu and re flash cm9 and all that. No idea what happened
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antmiu2:
MOVED =

about a month ago this happend to me:

out of the blue everything on my phone started FC repeatedly (whatsapp, camera, Luancher Pro, phone, etc..) so pulled out the battery and it then it didnt want to boot up so i tried a fresh install from recovery but.. recovery was crashing as well and i had to pull out the battery every time. finally afer playing a speed game with the phone i got to re install (i wiped user chache/data /dalvik ) and the problem was gone ...

these recent days some apps started FC on me but i thought i was somewhat common .. mainly Mi file explorer .. so right now my phone started to do the same thing again.. FC everything! The main one crashing is = the process com.android.phone stopped unexpectedly. i have no signal now and cant open anything.. if i pull out battery I know it wont boot up and may not let me use recovery without a hassle!

i dont know if this has to do with but when i install a rom ( i had topsmarts 1.3) i use root uninstaller to uninstall lots things i dont want like: weather and news, terminal emulater, dev tools, es explorer..

what is can be causing this problem and what can i do to fix it??? it looks like i wont be using it today because its as good as a brick right now.

edit before OP: i selected reboot and as expected its looping at the Unlocked screen
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devwithzachary:
Do the force closes start happening right after uninstalling stuff?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antmiu2:
No.. i uninstalled that stuff a couple of weeks ago

so i just went into recovery and wiped and re-installed like normal... and its up and running again..

but the question is what causes it? i dont want this to happen again in X days
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devwithzachary:
Are you able to boot into recovery at all?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
Do not post the same thread in multiple forums.

Reported.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yogi-4:
Did you wipe system?? I always wipe system now so nothing gets left behind so your starting on a completely clean slate.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antmiu2:
sorry guys the OP is in general section how can i delete this thread?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broncogr:
Thread closed as its a dup
[Other TouchPad Development] samuelrp1998:
all credit goes to the original creator of the rom. i only added some apps and tweaked a few things about it.

based off cm9 nightlies this rom is great for the android enthusiast and apple hater... i wont spoil it you have to find out for yourself :D

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9jhjlaqmldl7nce/HP ROM 3.zip
[Other TouchPad Development] hummer010:
I'm not too likely to flash a rom that "have to find out for myself". What makes it different than the CM9 nightlies?
[Other TouchPad Development] icy_gt:
I juss flashed and honestly I don't see anything new other than a few apps
[Other TouchPad Development] jhonnyx:
so, this "rom" is just a mod?

Please samuelrp1998, if it's not too much hassle, can you provide a changelog or what did you change in order to know what benefit does have this mod/rom over others?

Thanks in advance
[Other TouchPad Development] k1l:
sounds more like a MOD than a ROM
[Other TouchPad Development] sstar:
It says link deleted ???
[Nokia Lumia 800] fhnaseer:
Hi all,

i know there are many threads of unlocking lumia 800 or 710, but i am confused by reading these, they seems identical but having a little bit difference. i am new to lumia and also new to rooting. i dont want to ruin my lumia so i want you to help me in telling which is the best rooting method for my lumia 710,

here is my lumia detail,

Software: WP 7.5,

OS version 7.10.8779.8

bootloader version 7.33.0.0

if there is something else need to tell ask me,

and after rooting it will i be able to update it to 7.8 (when available),

thanks,

faisal,
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3444:
hi

i just began learning android. i tried to connect my kf hd to adb. i installed the jdk and eclipse. i also setup the sdk manager to install the kindle fire hd 7 and kindle fire USB driver. but i have two problems.

one is when i run my app, it always run in the android API 16 emulator even though i set the project property to KF hd 7.

the second thing is that when i connected my device to the usb port of my computer, and run the app from eclipse to debug, my device did not changed accordingly (to displays what is on eclipse. furthermore, when i clicked start->control panel->device manager i found the name of my device in it, but just "kindle" that all, not kindle fire. and i do not see "Android Composite ADB Interface". why is that? even though i installed and ran Kindle Fire ADB drivers.exe.

as i mentioned before, i am a complete noobs when it come to android and java.

thanks in advance.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devwithzachary:
Have you enabled usb debugging on the kindle?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3444:
from 3444:enabled usb debug

thanks for the reply. i did. i even enabled the allow installation of app.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devwithzachary:
Odd have you tried using adb via the sdk. Its likely a driver issue tbh
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3444:
reply

hi

i do not know what you meant "tried adb in sdk. i had not heard that before. can you elaborate?

one thing i should tell you is that when i go to the command line and execute "adb devices", the device list is two blank lines. that showed that it did not install the usb driver correctly, right?
[General Topics] gino_76ph:
Hi there!

I'm in the hunt to replace my HTC Sensation this coming Christmas/New Year sales with a new Android 4/4.1 phone.

My budget is £300-ish and what i'm looking for is the phone must be dual-core, a 1.0Ghz CPU (at least), 1GB RAM (at least), current-gen GPU, a BSI camera (with all the image stabilisation/low-light/1080p stereo recording, burst-mode, etc.features), a very good sound quality (with Dolby, some sort of surround sound and customisable equalizers) and one that has a replaceable battery and/or good battery life.

Any suggestions guys?
[General Topics] SimonTS:
Could you please use the stickied thread in the Q&A forum for these type of questions please.

Link - **DEVICE SUGGESTION THREAD** -- Not sure what device to buy? Ask here!

** Copied from the above thread by KidCarter as I couldn't be arsed to make up my own words :silly:
[General Topics] KidCarter93:
As suggested to you in your other thread here please use the **DEVICE SUGGESTION THREAD**.

Also read the Forum Rules and search before posting.

Cheers.
[Droid RAZR M General] phositadc:
Given the reports of signal issues on the Razr M -- and the fact that you can easily reduce the signal by holding it in certain ways -- I thought this post on Phandroid was interesting: http://phandroid.com/2012/09/28/antenna-problems-causing-delay-of-droid-razr-hd-razr-maxx-hd/.

Thoughts?
[HTC Rezound] leotnnz:
flash nils' 3.6 sense based ics rom. do the fully wipe and check the md5 before flashing. everything looks good.

after flash the kernel and reboot, now phone is stuck at the welcome screen with a green loading bar.

does any one know what is happening? how long did you wait for first boot after flashing this rom?

thank you.
[HTC Rezound] famouscollin:
as long as the loading bar is still progressing your good. nils first flash usually takes a while (5-7min) if not do a full wide and flash the kernel again ph98img file i presume.. if your still having issues you can flash it in fastboot via your computer..
[HTC Rezound] leotnnz:
stuck for an hour now:crying:
[HTC Rezound] famouscollin:
ok. whats all your info. what does your hboot read everything.. are you s-on? latest firmware or GB? if you have gtalk hit me up on that its faster and easier to help ya
[HTC Rezound] leotnnz:
latest ruu. s on
[HTC Rezound] famouscollin:
check to make sure you have a good md5 for the rom.. nils uses aroma installer righ? did it identify you as s-on and extract a ph98img to your sd? it should have and then you should have booted to hboot to flash it there, did all this happen

---------- Post added at 03:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:18 PM ----------

heres the ph98img file extracted from nil 6.3 click file<download: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0ZJtM40GdJ0RTJJSGE0cTFWUTA/edit you can try putting this on your sd and booting to hboot. ive had problems with aroma not extracting the file properly name it to just (PH98IMG) before you put it on your sd card
[HTC Rezound] leotnnz:
thx. prob solved. :cowboy:
[HTC Rezound] famouscollin:
no prob bud just hit thee button.lol what fixed it bud?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] TheLastSidekick:
I tried my best to debloat GOV3 as much as possible. But even now, I'm getting PM's from some people who wish to get some old apps back into the GOV3. My answer as a whole to add it into GOV3 is a no, because I want people to experience the fastest, yet smallest I could manage (please understand where I'm coming from). However, the requests vary from TouchWiz Calendar, the old stock SMS app, and some others.

My advice to you guys (I don't want to leave you in the dark here hence why I'm making this post) is to simply download both GOV2 and GOV3.3 and drag'n'drop the .apks you want from GOV2's /system/app/ folder to GOV3.3's /system/app/ folder.

If you need help doing this, let me know. I know it's simple, but some don't even know what WinRAR is.

All the best,

TLS.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] SidekickColor:
I <3<3<3 GOV2! When I was "ROM shopping" the one I really loved the looks of was nowhere to be found [older version of one and the newer version had an unappealing color scheme - I realize that is vain and petty] but the option to control the screen brightness by rubbing the status bar was intriguing [and worked beautifully, thanks to whoever programed that nugget] and I really loved the overall improvement in the phone. Not a fan of Launcher Pro but that was easily remedied...

In GOV2 I've already snipped out what I didn't want, swapped launchers, and dropped in the other stuff I wanted but I cannot figure out how to put back the Samsung keypad... I really missed the T9 layout [lame, I know]. I looked through the lib and usr directories, but it looked like everything was there but the apk... yet when dropped in, no love. Was my problem that it hadn't been dropped in prior to flashing? I just had to exchange my SK I now get to redo this whole process [yippee skippee] so I could try it that way... I am going to feel slightly dumb if that is the source of my problems...

Also, I noticed a thread about a kernel which removed the keylogger from the SK [and only flahsing it on a KJ2 blahblahblah]... the kernel under GOV2 [or 3] also strips the keylogger or no? Just curious.

I will be reflashing soon [possibly tomorrow if I cannot wait till Friday evening when I have actual free time] as I just cannot take the stock ROM for much longer [it has only been since Monday night]... today it crashed so hard that it couldn't reboot... it just did the 2 vibrate again and again and again until I finally took pity on it and held the buttons so it would reboot. Poor feble thing... lol.
[NFC Hacking] AdamOutler:
When I scan a text tag, my Galaxy Nexus says "new tag collected" and displays the text. Is there a log of collected tags somewhere?
[NFC Hacking] E:V:A:
Yes, probably somewhere in the path of the APK responsible for the scan. Also try to look for a SQLite DB entry... Sorry, can't be more specific. Surely someone else knows more...
[NFC Hacking] starskyrob:
When using nfc task launcher tags are stored in sqlite databases in the dir

/datta/data/com.jwsoft.nfcactionlauncher/databases
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] aadaars:
Its high time xda had a seperate section for the sola and the other smart phones. When galaxy y have a seperate section,then y not sola?? What do u guys think?
[General Topics] gino_76ph:
Hi there!

I am in the hunt for a really good tablet.

We all know about the issue on the Kindle Fire HD. Specs, features & capability is excellent. But with no Google products (Google Mail, Google Maps, Google Play, etc.) and apparently some well-known apps not "compatible" to work is it worth the gamble?

Now about the Nexus 7 we all heard about the screen being loose (or peeling off) on one side, some backlit & multitouch issues and a not-so-great stereo speakers is it worth the gamble with such a cheap quad-core tab?

I haven't heard any real negative points about the previous-gen iPad 2 apart from the price, the odd aspect ratio, the big size and Siri not being amongst the iOS6 update features is it still the grand daddy of them all? With all the iOS6 issues and the overheating/battery draining too quick/slow battery charging on the iPad 3 is it worth the dive?

What you think guys?

My budget is around £300-ish (max) and i'll be mainly using it for the usual stuff: internet, news, weather, wikipedia, Youtube clips, email, tweeting, basic uploading/editing of photos, attaching photos to email, watching videos, note-taking, basic Office stuff and of course the latest 3D games.
[General Topics] KidCarter93:
Could you please use the stickied thread in the Q&A forum for these type of questions please.

Link - **DEVICE SUGGESTION THREAD** -- Not sure what device to buy? Ask here!
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodak69:
Hi there.

I am a new Xperia Play user. Since I used SGSII before, CM9 and the stock android experience is a must for me and CM9 was the first thing I installed on my Xperia Play. I have a small problem with GTAIII. First of all - the game is laggy as hell... What is the best Display setting for the Xperia Play? Secondly - gamepad doesn't work. I mean... Arrows and O button (as 'back') work but that's pretty much it. What should I do to make it work properly with the whole gamepad? I'm on the latest build of CM9 from the FreeXperia Project (build dated 23.09). Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CloudStrife1901:
To my understanding cm9 for game compatibility is rather rubbish, your better going back on gb if you want to play games what don't lag as much

Sent from my R800i
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] narflynn619:
Xperia PLAY is best experienced with STOCK GINGERBREAD. Everyone knows that. Nuff said.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodak69:
Wow, thank you guys for stating the obvious.

But I was asking for something else. Well, I guess I'll have to dig deeper on my own if you guys don't have any simple solutions.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CloudStrife1901:
Hmmm they are the solutions... Anything based on ics etc aren't very good for gaming purposes, GTA 3 won't get any better on that Rom hence why I'm telling you gingerbread roms are the best for gaming,

And good luck digging for solutions on your own because everybody will just say give up or go back to gingerbread because there is no better solution to get GTA 3 running as good as you want on cm9

Enough said

Sent from my R800i
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jahjah440:
Wow, could you be any ruder? You came here and asked a question, but yet you knew the obvious answer. And then to top if off you have attitude.

Everyone knows gingerbread is best for gaming, so just FRSU (flash, reboot and shutup) :P

Sprint Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch w/ Stock 4.0.4

Xperia Play R800X w/ supercharged stock 2.3.3 and doomkernel
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stratatak7:
Hey everyone,

So I have a thread posted in Themes and Apps but I need a little help. I decided to extract png files from the AT&T boot animation and invert them. People are reporting the boot animation is not working for them so what I am wondering is will one or some of you look at the files and tell me if there's an issue. It plays just fine in bootanimation factory, but it seems to be an issue in rom toolbox. I want to figure this out. Here's the thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1906092

Thanks so much. I feel like it's probably a really stupid mistake as a result of too many beers when making it. :beer: :)

I should also mention I made the original for someone else and it worked for both me and him, then I messed with the inverted and that worked for me too, at least on UCALH9 with insecure stock kernel and bootanimation support.

Also here is the original request thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1899622
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] liltitiz:
Do they set the permission to rw-r-r ?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winxuser:
hey guys,, being new to linux i dont know much about the different products and stuff for linux,, what is a good xml editor i can use to edit the xml's in the roms???? thanks for ur help
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devilsking:
Notepad ++ :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prawesome:
In Linux? Hell no bro :D gedit for life...

@OP,gedit is usually pre-installed in Linux,if it isn't

Open terminal

sudo apt-cache search gedit

Find the package name

sudo apt-get install "packagename"

POTATO!!!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devilsking:
I will use window emulator like wine to run app :P :laugh: