yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] magruder13:
Hey guys, just want to start off with an apology. I know these are stupid questions but I couldn't find an answer on the forums from searching that I could understand or that was made in the last 5 years. So here it goes.

I got a Samsung Galaxy S3 (SGH-T999) and like any new product it's stuffed full of garbage apps and bloatware. Well I want that all gone and I want full control of my device! I'm an electrical engineer, so I'm not an idiot I'm just not a software guy, so I need some very basic answers and I'll just google the rest I don't understand.

1. I know you can buy unlock codes and it lets me use other sim cards, I dont care about this, I'm keeping t-mobile for the next two years, not my choice. Does it do me any good otherwise?

2. I can install custom roms, I did this on my GS1 but it never worked out right and was really buggy. Is this the general idea of how it works? I want my phone to be as stable as possible and I want all its functionality.

3. The other apps you aren't supposed to have. I read an article in maximum PC about apps that aren't on the play store that let you under clock your CPU to get better battery life and make your phone more efficient. Do these exist, are they worth it?

4. WiFi tethering, I have T-mobile, and they want me to pay for tethering, this is bull****, if I don't go over my 2gb soft cap, then why should I be charged? If I unlock / boot load (what even is a boot load?!?!?) can I do that for free?

Thanks for the help, if you are kind enough to help me out, could you please not use short hand, I can't really google acronyms and expect an accurate result. Saves me and you time.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedinegotiator:
I work at Best Buy and part of our job is filling out a recommendation worksheet. I was thinking it would be cool to do this on a tablet instead of the traditional clip board and paper style approach. What is a good app for filling out PDFs?

This is the paper that I would need to fill out:

http://filesmelt.com/dl/docDetail.pdf

right click and save link as...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gronimo21:
Ezpdf might still be on the market for 25cents get it while you can
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gronimo21:
Another one is sign my pad so there are a few options
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyz3:
Repligo pdf
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HasC:
Here is a screenshot of the bottom half of your form using ezpdf and freehand input. The tool bar at the top allows you to highlight, add shapes and text and many other things, it's going very cheap on Google play right now as someone had mentioned above.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mi7chy:
Check out the free Acrobat Reader. It does free hand writing, can change line thickness/color/opacity, add text notes, delete, etc.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AjSvb:
I was looking for something that my clients could sign contracts with and after trying a half dozen applications, none of them would fill the form properly and allow signing...except Acrobat Reader. Thanks much.

For anyone else looking to use this for business, etc. Thickness modifying means the signature looks better and not "too thick" on the line. All text, dates and number fields worked as well where they didn't always on other apps...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a.duran:
I use signmypad for my electronics repair business. it works great and is simple to use. It is a paid app though but well worth the cost
[Miscellaneous Android Development] itzdarockz:
Overclocked to 1.5 Ghz :D

Download it here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8744740/my_kernel.zip

Bugs? None.

Flash it with clockworkmod.

Enjoy!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mckrakin85:
Don't know if its related, but after flashing kernel I get a md5 mismatch when trying to restore backups (backed up after flashing kernel)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mckrakin85:
I flash cwm 5 instead if 6 and that solved issue. No issues with kernel
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sketchscarz:
cant i put this on fc17?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sketchscarz:
I got it with commjniconquer and cotton candy. Thank you for all your hard work you have made it optimal for me In So many ways!
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] amarendar94:
Here is something new........good if it worked.

I dint try because I dont have chainfire 3d pro.

Original thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1336643

Press thanks if u like or if I helped
[Motorola Atrix 2] RoadToNever:
On SCv7(Leak#2) and Shogun I can browse fine with Firefox, Dolphin and Opera. However stock browser, Play and the rest I get no connection. My APNs are set, I tried all build.prop edits I could find, I've set the network config to GSM(PRL) using the Network app. Nothing seems to help. My service is HSDPA 2100.

EDIT:APN needed slight modification compared to Gingerbread.
[HTC One S] lifeblows10:
Called T-Mobile up, it is a software bug that HTC is actively working on. In the mean time, I have

NO

3G/4G. I'm stuck on GSM 2G. :/

They coughed up the data portion of my bill, which was nice. Is there any way to fix it in the meantime?
[HTC One S] TheAdictsPunk:
I get 4G fine!
[HTC One S] pritz786:
Same here. Not getting 4G. Seems like quite a few is experiencing it. Look at the Tmobile support forums for HTC one S.
[HTC One S] tgtoys:
Flash a custom Rom, get 4g back. At the very least I would root and take a look at the build.prop settings, might be something simple in there. If you'd like, upload your build.prop file so we can check out out
[HTC One S] lifeblows10:
I'm going to attempt to run the RUU to go back, but I doubt it will work since I'm downgrading. :/
[HTC One S] pritz786:
Would I still be able to revert back to stock rom jus incase I have to return it.
[HTC One S] lifeblows10:
Well... now that I can't downgrade via RUU... :/
[HTC One S] lifeblows10:
Alright, I can't take it anymore. CM10 didn't fix the issue AT ALL. I am stuck on Edge no matter what ROM I'm on.
[HTC One S] Digitoxin:
Here is the thread on T-Mobile's forums about the problem

support.t-mobile.com/thread/33209?tstart=0 (I'm a new user here, can't post links, you'll have to cut and paste)

The problem appears to be specific to certain phones. I tried my SIM card in a demo phone at the T-Mobile store and we updated their phone to the latest version while I was there and it did not have a problem connecting to the 4G network.

I checked the software versions on their phone vs. mine and they all match.

This update contains a new HBOOT and radio update. Because of the HBOOT update, there is no way to roll back to a previous version. I am guessing that the problem is with the radio update since custom roms do not appear to fix the problem. Because of the new HBOOT, there doesn't appear to be a way to downgrade the radio either.

I contacted HTC and they were no help. They told me they were aware of the problem and were working on it, but had no ETA for a fix. T-Mobile told me they were unable to exchange the phone since there is no guarantee the new phone won't have the same problem.
[HTC One S] dellenrules:
The problem is a hardware issue with the one s.

Turns out a chip is fried affecting your 4g.

Even after installing another Rom, it won't fix your problem.

Happened to me and I got mine replaced.

It's not specific to the 4.0.4 update. It affects non upgraded phones as well.

If your not getting 4g then you got a bad phone.
[HTC One S] Digitoxin:
I was getting 4G fine right before the update. Right after the update, no 4G. Others have had the exact same problem caused by the update. T-Mobile says it is a problem with the update affecting certain handsets. HTC says it is a problem with the update affecting certain handsets.

Are you saying the process of applying the update is frying certain handsets since the problem is only showing up by applying the update?
[HTC One S] Rampage:
There is no 4g for the one S because the chipset does not support 4g.

If I helped in any way please hit thanks
[HTC One S] Johnnyboy84:
I happened to encounter this issue. But my handset was defective because it was brand new and I'm stuck on 2g. I am waiting on a replacement phone. I literally just had it delivered today and it sucks having this problem right out of the box.
[HTC One S] lifeblows10:
That is how mine was. My phone got "4G" (HSPA+) before the update, no luck after the update.
[HTC One S] RefugeeBoy:
Same problem here with 4. 0.4. Went to CM10 and got 4G again. My MMS doesn't work though :(
[HTC One S] Janderson88:
I actually had this happen on the phone I bought directly from my local T-Mobile store last Friday (10/05). I went back in the next day after discovering the thread on the T-Mobile support forums, and they exchanged the phone for me in-store, there on the spot. I have perfectly functioning 4G now, but I'm terrified to run the update for fear of it happening again.

Does any one know if there's any kind of data specifying a certain production run of phones, or anything of that nature?
[HTC One S] trmacdonal:
Are you retarded?
[HTC One S] TheArtiszan:
trmacdonal that is not very nice.
[HTC One S] Janderson88:
And not really in any way helpful.

According to the most recent post in the T-Mobile support thread, HTC is aware of the issue, has no idea what is causing it, and has no ETA for a fix. Glad I went and got another phone when I did, but I'm fairly miffed that I can't update without fear of turning my smartphone in a, well... phone.
[HTC One S] alforque:
Interesting that this happens only after the 4.0.4 update. I'd like to keep my fast connection; is there a way to keep the phone from downloading and applying the update?

I had a similar issue with my HTC G2 two years ago. HSPA icon appeared, but only one arrow would flash; no connectivity. I could connect to the Internet only using 2G and WiFi. Some devices had the issue, others did not. It lasted for about a month or two, then the issue magically disappeared. Perhaps they rolled updates when the problem occurred and resolved, I'm not sure. If I disabled WiFi on the G2, sometimes the HSPA would connect; there seemed to be an issue switching from WiFi to HSPA. Unfortunately, it sounds like the One S has a slightly different issue. I'll continue to monitor this thread and the one at support.t-mo.
[HTC One S] Janderson88:
It doesn't seem to be affecting a (known) large number of phones, it would be nice if we could see some kind of metric or data showing those affected, and if their IMEI or batch/production run number corresponds to those having the issue, then they could at least isolate it and let those that are outside of that range know they won't be affected.
[HTC One S] bryan_c123:
4.0.4 is not only issue for getting 4G

I got the HTC One S 1.5 weeks ago. Ever since I activated it I only got 2G (without updating). I didn't know to check for software updates right out of box. So finally 5 days after having it, one of the T-Mobile people over the phone told me to update it. I ended up needing 2 software updates. Still only got 2G. So in my humble opinion it is not JUST a problem with the 4.0.4 update, even though that seems to have caused it for some people.

I guess my point is there seems to be some phones that got affected by the update and others that have a hardware problem. My new phone will be arriving tomorrow. It took forever for me to convince T-Mobile that I needed an exchange. They kept saying that they are updating my area, it could be certain towers, etc. Then I told them I am holding another T-Mobile phone in my hand that is getting 4G and my new awesome One S is getting 2G and finally they agreed to send me a new one.

Sorry for this long story with little information. I also was doing some communicating in that T-Mobile forum "HTC One S stuck on EDGE/2G".
[HTC One S] electro`:
Strange, when I'm roaming from i wireless to t-mobile it works fine for me.
[HTC One S] FernineE:
Is there a definite fix for this yet?
[HTC One S] Janderson88:
I had my big-boy pants on about a week or so ago and decided to run the update, I figured the worst that could happen was my phone would get locked to 2G, and I'd have to get another replacement.

But to my pleasant surprise, my phone updated to 4.0.4/Sense 4.1, and has had fully-functional 4G since the update. My phone was also a new-in-box replacement directly from the T-Mobile store, and was on 4.0.3 when I got it. I would suggest maybe people start getting brave with their new replacements if they haven't done so yet, and see if it works.
[HTC One S] Jooiky:
Ok here my 2 cents. I recently got my HTC one s in a trade deal. The phone is a couple weeks old from T-Mobile and was already updates to 4.0.4. When I got it I factory reset it and put my sim card in and it worked... 4g. Then out of the blue one day it lost signal and was stuck on 2g. It stayed like that for about a week straight. I'd figure I'll just suck it up and deal with it and wait till JB update. Well that was hard. 2g sucks...so 2 days ago I went ahead and messed with it and I got it to work! It's been on 4g for the last 3 days now! It may or may not work for you but it has for me. My phone is updated to 4.0.4 and is a S4 device. here's what I did.

settings > Mobile network > network operators.

then I selected "select automaticlly"

then after that I did this.

settings > mobile network > network mode.

and there I selected "gsm / WCDMA auto"

and that did it for me! Hope it works for others as well!
[HTC One S] FernineE:
Still nothing? I've since flashed CM10 and still no 4g....
[HTC One S] davedsone:
No, you didn't help, since the one s DOES in fact support HSPDA 21

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No, you DIDN'T help, because it does support 4g.
[HTC One S] xxquicksh0txx:
It's not really 4g... It's just really fast 3g.

~4G speeds but using 3G technology.

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Calling people names isn't exactly necessary.

He is technically correct....
[HTC One S] djdanska:
Oh crap. Not this again...
[HTC One S] FernineE:
Yeah... You guys can argue semantics, but I'm still here on 2G!

Are there any ROMs that completely reflash and install antenna drivers/4g drivers?

T-mo can't swap my phone since its 2nd hand.

Thanks guys.
[HTC One S] xxquicksh0txx:
I was just saying. I really don't care, I just wanted to make sure the guy knew it wasn't really 4g.
[HTC One S] djdanska:
We know, no us carrier has true 4g. It's irrelevant to this thread. I the phone shows 4g. We all get it.
[HTC One S] xxquicksh0txx:
We can agree to disagree. :D

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You can downgrade your hboot, run the 1.84 ruu and see if it comes back.
[HTC One S] FernineE:
Are there any guides on how to do that exactly?..
[HTC One S] xxquicksh0txx:
There is a stick in the dev section.

It is pretty advanced...
[HTC One S] handman29:
T-Mobile will replace if you have insurance..if the give you slack call HTC they have to honor their warranty..HTC is usually good about fixing covered items. I have always bought my phone from an indirect dealer or second hand...call T-Mobile and register the imei number on your account..they should exhange it.
[HTC One S] mohzim:
any custom rom to fix this?

I tried to install stock rom with hope to fix. But still stuck on 2g.

The issue is on restart phone defaults to 2g. However after the first call, the phone switches to 4g for few minutes. The phone is able to download some data during this period but then abrupts switches back to 2g.

Is there any custom rom that might help to fix this issue???
[HTC One S] vizin:
I did the same but no luck (

Now I'm thinking to try the Downgrade/Unbrick method and if everything goes smooth, onse doungraded to hboot 1.06 I'll try with different radios.

P.S.

And what about Jelly Bean update, has anyone tried it?

I receive OTA (JB) right after debranded my T-mob phone, but still postpone it because of afraid of updating my hboot to 1.15 (or newest) and there is no way back to lower hboot!
[HTC One S] mohzim:
I tried to install custom JB rom ASBS with minimal customizations belonging to this forum thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2065357

However did not update HBOOT or radio and i guess thats why im still stuck on 2g. . . And although it seems trying different radio versions might fix, im little apprehensive to unbrick right now...

Let me know if you find any right radio file to fix this... :D
[HTC One S] mohzim:
There is this thread whereby you can try different radios for all HBOOTS: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1998270

I have been trying few radios by following above thread but still not able to fix this. Did anybody found a way to fix this issue?
[HTC One S] vizin:
it's kind of fake installation ;P at least on HBOOT 1.14.

I doubt it change the radio because I did "flash" all different radios which "Temporally-Radio-Installer" provide and in Settings > About > Software Info > More I have the radio version I've just installed, but Bootloader always shows my old radio!

As I know on HBOOT higher than 1.13 is very difficult/imposible to flash radio partition

The only way for us to change the radio rom is first to downgrade the hboot :)
[HTC One S] bmb1983:
Really? I have had this problem since the 4.04 update as well. I have downgraded HBOOT several times, tried every rom by now I think, I even tried all the radios with the temp install method. Nothing worked. I gave up...till now.

I have S-OFF, and the official OTA Jelly bean update. I WAS able to flash EVERY radio in that package and it did show up in Bootloader, as well as my system setting. Took for ever to do that, still can't get it too work. Sometimes flips from a very high signal 4G to 3G, but always goes back to EDGE after a minute.

you can type *#*#4636#*#* into your dialer and the select phone information when the new screen pops up. There you can select any different preffered network type you want. You can force 4g only, for example. Maybe that will work for some of us...but not me. :cyclops:

EDIT:

After even more trolling around on the vast interweb, seems to be many One S user with this problem. HTC reports that it is aware of the bug and are working on a solution, but not ETA. :confused:

Some users are saying that the 4.04 update triggered an actual hardware failure ( and is covered under warranty for those who still have it! ) resulting in the 2G only mode. Other saying they had the problem before the update...still starting to look like a hardware bug most likely.....too bad. :crying:
[HTC One S] xtremelora:
Yeah, I have the same problems... My HOS was 4.0.3 and was working perfect, 2 week after, when I took the OTA 4.0.4 no more 4G...

I tried everything...

Downgrade Hboot and software version...

Change Radio...

Custom Roms...

Stock Roms

Change settings...

S-OFF

Nothing work for that problem... sometimes my HOS show me 4G for 8-10 second and then the 2G it appear again...

I have not warranty, no solution...
[HTC One S] TheArtiszan:
The phone is less then one year old overall. Have you tried calling HTC?

They might be able to help.

From what you have stated sounds more like a hardware issue.

You have tried pretty much everything that can fix it that I would recomend
[HTC One S] mohzim:
I suppose Temp Radio Installer does it like the CM MOD way. Hence on Bootloader it shows old radio but Software Info Settings show the new installed radio.

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Would it help if we compare radio logs of working and StuckOn2g HOS 4.0.4? I am no expert but why not give it a look.
[HTC One S] FunoXXX:
No 4G

Hey!

I just got the Phone, but not directly from t-mobile but the international one. I do get 3g, but no HSPA+ 21 (only up to 10mb/s down). 3G Works just fine.... I don't really think that it is a hardware problem.

I'm from austria. Anyone know what that could be?

I got the old one S

Android Version: 4.1.1

Baseband: 1.11.50.05.28_10.27.50.08L
[HTC One S] usaff22:
As far as I know 4G only works on the T-Mobile US network, not UK or any other T-Mobiles or other networks
[HTC One S] ROBBIE0528:
Same Problem

Me too, so I S-off and flash all the RUU I can found, still stuck in 2g~!!!!!

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MY PHONE: USA T-MIBILE ONE S

ROM: 1.14.999.50 (Original JB for Ville plus)

Kernal: 3.4.10-g7fb414d root@abm022 # 1 SMP PREEMPT

HBOOT: 2.04.0006

S-OFF CID:11111111

Radio: 1.10r.50.05.19

Recovery: TWRP-2.4.4.0

Root: SUPER SU V1.25
[HTC One S] swedrows:
Fix for those stuck on 2g!
[HTC One S] vizin:
Is there anyone else try this?

You telling that the official JB update fix the issue, just with factory reset after update?

I doubt it :o but still anyone else try it?
[HTC One S] dr3amsINdigital:
Didn't work for me.
[HTC One S] DroidLuvver:
I read this entire thread because I, like many others, am very desperate to get 4g. I am stuck on 'EDGE' - I have HTC ONE S (ville / t-mobile / s4)

My phone is rooted / S-ON / unlocked. Currently on SIMPLE MOBILE carrier (back bone is still t-mobile, I believe)

Up until a week ago my phone was all stock from t-mobile. I believe it was ICS, but not sure what version.

Once I rooted it, put CM 10 on it, I can no longer get 4G. It's stuck on EDGE.

I know its not hardware issue because it was working right before I rooted and put custom ROM on it.

I know its not my carrier limiting my bandwidth because I've tried to swap SIM with someone who is getting 4g on their phone.

Process of elimination tells me that it's got to be software (either hboot / custom rom / kernel / antenna / who knows)

I am posting here to add my scenario to the mix - Also hoping that someone can help if there have been a solution for this since the last time there was any activity on this thread....

Info on my phone :
[HTC One S] GabeyC:
This problem seems to be occuring more and more.

I've been stuck with EDGE for quite some time now, I gotta say it's quite annoying. HTC do not want to repair my phone as they don't seem to know whether im still under the warranty or not. I haven't had time to check with my carrier, but I highly doubt that they will provide me with any help.

There are other threads about this problem without much help too:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2160389

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2397663

Hopefully this will be fixed someday soon....
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] fikvalkrie:
anyone have finished update ICS for Xperia U?

please share the .ftf file guys

:D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mirost1:
Man, there are so many threads bout this, why open a new one...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] XperiaU:
True that
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bliveinhack:
I can't found thread about ftf file of xperia u....

And if you have then plz post link here...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] -shaMe-:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1869935

The link above directs you the main thread used to discuss anything related to yesterday's update..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bliveinhack:
Ok..it's fine....That I have already seen...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] felipevsw:
You can't find an ICS ftf anywhere, because no one received the update yet...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Guten13:
The update is only to st25a but you flash it if you follow the instruction

Enviado desde mi ST25a usando Tapatalk 2
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sahil00150:
download FTF from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1916419
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] chilloutlea:
Ive flashed ICS on my ST25i and everything works fine! :p
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] 'cooleagle':
Thread moved to Q & A section post in the relevant section next time.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] fikvalkrie:
if you search for Xperia U ICS 4.0.4 France for ST25i please visit this link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1918920

thanks :)