yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] ickk:
it varies by device, most easy thing to do is flash stock. I'd love to see a day where cwm or twrp implement a recovery pin. TWRP can pull up a keyboard, and it could be done with a volume rocker, so I'm not sure why they don't implement some kind of security feature to it.

You could always break your volume rocker :laugh:
[Android General] ickk:
not in every case, just don't set your antenna rules too strict. My friend set it to only grant access when his bluetooth headset is connected, bad results for him.
[Android General] electricpete1:
Very useful tutorial. I'd give you more stars if I could. You’ve obviously studied this carefully. I also appreciate your taking the time to provide comments on avast.. .those comments were useful.

I’m just trying to think through the pro’s and con’s of the approach recommended in the guide. (open the front door but nail everything down inside).

The big con for me

It will take time to enter a pin/pattern/password for every sensitive application (gmail, settings, playstore, file manager, many more), rather then just one when I unlock my screen. It means I have to dramatically alter the way I use my phone every single day.

So I want to understand the benefit, the “why” a little better:

If someone steals my phone which is screen-locked and USB debuggin off (*), then the only way for them to get in is to do some kind of factory reset? Doesn’t that process remove all the sensitive information from the phone? i.e. they're not going to be able to get into gmail once they break in? . I did spend awhile googling as you mentioned methods breaking into the phone, but these answers weren't clear to me.

Where I'm coming from (My uninformed opinion fwiw): I’d like to get my phone back, but protecting my sensitive data is also important. So I'd like to understand if the likely break-in method an attacker will take facing a locked phone at least protects my sensitive data:

if it does block access to sensitive data, then it's not a total loss to allow them to do it (I've lost my phone but not my identify)

if it does not block access to sensitive data, then I'm much more interested in locking down the individual apps like gmail etc.

* By the way, I did see while googling they can get past locked phone without factory reset if you have USB debugging on. That would be a big deal since they could get to gmail etc if you rely soley on lock screen and have USB debugging on. I'm definitely turning it off and only on when I need it.
[Android General] prout:
Thanks

Very useful

Thanks for information ;)
[Android General] ickk:
Sorry I wasn't quicker to respond - But UAG has a setting that makes it to where you must only enter it once until you power the screen off and it applies it to all locked apps. UAG isn't working for the time being on my current rom, I don't know if it's the same for others but I've notifed the developer regardless.

I'm a forensics student and can tell you that a reset alone won't wipe all the slack byte data off of the device, but fortunately this is an area of security that malicious hackers haven't quite caught up too. Mainly Military and Law Enforcement possess the tools and skillsets to do this on mobile devices because a lot of the software created to image your device and recover deleted data isn't liscensed to the general public. Solid State drives have put a few penetration testers out of business because it is notoriously difficult for forensic analysis. I can assure you that from this angle your common theif will not be stealing your identity - if you're a big shot with the CIA as an enemy, no so much. Account hijackings occur far more commonly through bad recovery questions, poor network security, or coming in contact with maliscious software.

However you should be prepared to immediately change your passwords to important accounts whenever any of your computers are compromised. Diceware is actually a pretty neat app for creating passwords with lots of entropy that makes cracking them more difficult. I've heard of a few gmail accounts being stolen lately that could have been avoided with two step authentication, so hiding google authenticater can be beneficial.

If a factory reset happens your user app data will be deleted apart from what is saved to internal storage and your sd card. What will remain is the device recovery backup that was saved to /system/apps so the option remains for you to remote wipe if you can contact the device. With avast I noticed the backup I created was in my app drawer, this worries me some because it may not be saving to the system folder - but cerberus does this for sure.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] treklos:
Wondering if anyone knows if someone is working on root when on JB? I made the mistake of updating to 4.1.1 and I want to to root (I'm sure others are looking to root too).
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Android_Monsters:
This thread over in general explains how to root jellybean

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2025992
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrmako777:
rooting is no different on jb than it is on ics
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Root as you have been rooting
[Motorola Atrix HD] AnkurBedi:
Just stumbled upon this great new launcher . Its from the GO Launcher Team . I have been using it for a few days and find it extremely smooth and great to look at . Its kind of a cross between Apex and SPB 3D Shell Launcher . Good part is , its free .

Still in beta :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzMbKOu4_g0

Download Link

http://goo.gl/6TA6s
[Motorola Atrix HD] Neroga:
Great find. Surprisingly smoother than Holo Launcher HD. Even though it's only in beta it has quickly become my favorite home screen replacement.

Sent from my Jellybeaned Atrix HD MAXX
[Motorola Atrix HD] addy37:
Awesome find .... True it's a very smooth launcher ..
[Motorola Atrix HD] addy37:
I'm just enjoying this.... Super fun... Must have:thumbup:
[Motorola Atrix HD] AnkurBedi:
That's what i love about android . When you get bored , you can always try a new apk :D
[Motorola Atrix HD] jayski422:
Thanks for app link broken...
[Motorola Atrix HD] AnkurBedi:
The link is working fine , just checked and ended up downloading the 2.9 mb apk again :p
[Motorola Atrix HD] adamr240:
"Video unavailable on mobile." Seriously?
[Motorola Atrix HD] jayski422:
I meant thanks for the link to the app!!! Lol... It's awesome bro.
[Motorola Atrix HD] AnkurBedi:
You are welcome :)

ps: Don't thank me , just hit the thanks button :p
[Motorola Atrix HD] AnkurBedi:
darn , the beta is over :(
[Motorola Atrix HD] o0shaft0o:
And its 15 bucks..... its worth paying for but not 15 bucks.....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zeushvk:
Can someone tell what is the exact RAM that we get on S3. I have noticed that it was 1.65 GB (when I first took notice) but now it is 1.56 GB.

I am rooted and running official JB Stock.

Please reply guys,it's giving me sleepless nights.

Thanks in advance.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] psykhotic:
Wowwwww search. It's 156.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zeushvk:
I did search but my doubt is, it was 1.65 before then it got reduced to 1.56? Is it normal or anyone else noticed this ?

And also was it only 1.56 from start i.e out of box.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rakeshchn:
Its 1.62 GB on mine running ICS

Sent from my SGH-T999
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zeushvk:
mine is 1.56 on JB. This is the reason of my dilemma and posting a new thread.

Update to JB man..it's superb
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AttachedSilver:
I also have 1.62
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] moto211:
My suspicion is that the os reserves a little more RAM in jb than ics...0.44 of 2gb reserved in jb vs 0.38 of 2gb reserved in ics. It's just different allocation, the physical amount can't change.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zeushvk:
moto thanks a lot man! :D :good:

now i can sleep in peace..a friend of mine told me that rooting decreases RAM although I have rooted my Galaxy S and used it for 2 years i never noticed this but when he mentioned I noticed that the RAM amount was less (1.65 gb compared to 2 gb I didnt know about this ram allocation % :p)and even more shocker was it decreased after I upgraded
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cobraboy85:
hahaha, wow. no. you are fine bud no worries
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Jb requires more ram then ics. That's why you see less with jb then ics.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] psygnosi:
Hi Everyone,

New user here and scored this phone on ebay. Only 1 week old and pristine no scratches, marks or dents. It was listed as used but its in awesome condition. Owner bought a Iphone 5 and sold this phone. I used to have a Samsung Relay 4G and got tired of waiting for XDA to add that phone here. I thought this phone was huge but using it for the past 2 weeks I can't put it down! I can't even see myself using anything smaller! I thought about the Note 2 but I didn't like the middle button and the price is kinda out of my reach at the moment. Used the extra money I saved to get an Otterbox Defender and it is sweet! Using Stock ICS and it works fine for what I need. Here is hoping that Jelly Bean will be released for this phone. But as it is right now its awesome for my needs.

Happy new user :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] briand.mooreg:
Congrats, I love the phone also.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] nivek_k2020:
I'm new to the note scene as well. Went from a Galaxy Nexus to the Note and I'm happy about the decision, there is no going back for me. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] quickbird144:
Welcome aboard! I love my Note, couldn't go to anything smaller.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Kinz1980:
I have had mine for about 2 months it is amazing. The spen i am still getting used to using, but the size is great.

swyped on my huge phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] juni0rz:
im new to the whole android phones period i just got me a s3 during black friday for $48!! and sold my iphone5 and sofar this phone blows that away, but lately i have been thinking abt taking it back for the note II! anyone here ever make that transition and not regret it? just curious how they match up with each other
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] slaydog:
Lots of threads addressing that topic in the Note 2 forum :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] nivek_k2020:
To tell the truth I never use my Spen, I just wanted the note for the bigger screen. It will come in handy when it gets colder and I can use the touch screen without taking off my gloves. :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cerialphreak:
So I was running CM10 and decided to jump from stable to the latest nightly. After doing that I couldnt get any calls out or connect to either cdma or lte. So I figured I would go back to stock and wiped and put RUU 2.13 on, but I still have the same problem. Called sprint, they tried refreshing network services and no dice. I just want to have a working phone again, can anyone give me a hand or some ideas to try?

Here's where the phones at:

RUU: 2.13

s-on

Hboot 1.19

Radio 1.12.11.0809

Phone wont update prl or profile. I have the MSL and tried manually inputting my phone number and msid but when i hit commit changes it said it failed.

Next thing I was going to try is downgrading the hboot back to 1.12 then flashing an older ruu, but at this point I'll try anything.

EDIT: I resolved the issue using DirtyRacun s-off.

http://unlimited.io/dirtyracun.htm
[HTC One S] nate51:
I am looking for a pouch/case for the HTC ONE S. Does anyone have any recommendations online? I have found a few but they all either are horizontal or have a flap on the top. I used to use a Golla Mobile Pocket for my HTC Desire, but for obvious reasons it doesn't fit any more.
[HTC One S] usaff22:
There's one on Amazon, I think it's the official HTC one.
[HTC One S] kulam5421:
Hi there. Try posting on the Accessories thread, you will get better help for sure.
[HTC One S] nate51:
I did not even realize there was an Accessories section. Thanks for letting me know I just found a full thread about cases for the phone. Saves me having to ask again.

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Master Ramy:
Now is your chance, developers! Get in on this!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jmorton10:
I recently uninstalled the paid version of ROM Toolbox as almost none of the functions worked in the Note 2.

Is the new version going to have all the functions available for the Note 2??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] adampa1006:
Yeah I cant even get Rom Toolbox to boot on this phone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dakota0206:
If only there was a dedicated place here at XDA to find ROMs to download. Complete with support threads, change logs, and donation links to the Dev ....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] leroybrute:
Strange. I have the paid version also. Rom toolbox works fine on my Note 2. Everything I have used with rom toolbox works. I even installed the updated twrp 2.3.3.1from this app. They do need to get the latest 2.3.3.2 which has been out 5 days. As long as rom toolbox can stay updated I will always use it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jmorton10:
Have you tried changing the status bar icons??

I never used it for things like updating TWRP, once you have that installed its pretty simple to update anyway.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] neckbonest:
it does let you change some of the just not the 4g icon. ive changed the battery,vibration,wifi,usb with rom toolbox. the boot animations, fonts and some other things work as well. its as great app and i will always use it. everything work but a few icons. its even replaced titanium backup for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jmorton10:
It must depend on what ROM you're running as none of the icons I tried worked with beans ROM (unless its been updated just recently)

Actually, all I tried to change where 4g and battery and it didn't work for either one so I gave up.

There where quite a few posts about this a few weeks ago, it wasn't working for anybody.

As far as Titanium BU, I never use that myself. i just BU quite a bit with CWM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] neckbonest:
for the battery you will have to filter out everything but the 1% icons and that will give you all the icons you can use on beans rom. the 10 and 20% icons will not work cause beans is 1% increments
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] leroybrute:
I have done the same with my backups. Rom toolbox has been busy lately. I'm happy to see this.

I luv beans also!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Grant Barker:
Maybe this list will help you a little.

Up-to-date ROM List for Galaxy Note 2

:angel:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] LordRalh3:
You missed the dripping sarcasm of his post somehow grant. He's saying we already have that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Master Ramy:
While XDA is excellent for all these functions, it is not as accessible as an app for people who wanna get things done directly on their mobile device. XDA also does not offer the ability to directly backup and flash the rom, change icons, etc. :)
[Nokia Lumia 920] EG8196:
When I turn on the macro mode (close up), if the camera can't detect "close objects" , it won't focus.

Macro mode off

Does you Lumia 920 act like this?

It won't happen on Lumia 900, if you turn on the macro mode on Lumia 900, it can still focus.

Thank you very much
[Nokia Lumia 920] hawc1506:
I haven't got my Lumia 920 yet, but I will check in about 2 weeks once the backorder is cleared. :crying:

Is that your lunch?
[Nokia Lumia 920] chikoo:
if you chose macro mode, and nothing is in the macro range, why would it focus beyond that?

Best is to leave it in Auto mode.
[Nokia Lumia 920] schettj:
Yep, I see that too - max focal distance for Close Up is about 2' - limit of the lens perhaps?
[Nokia Lumia 920] EG8196:
Because in Lumia 900, it takes better photo if the macro mode is on
[Nokia Lumia 920] gilesjuk:
A macro lens for an SLR won't take a landscape either, so what.

Use macro when you want to take a close up, otherwise switch it off. Whatever the 900 did was just a fluke or incorrect.

Why misuse something and then complain it does not work?
[Nokia Lumia 920] EG8196:
Which line do you see I am complaining?
[Nokia Lumia 920] chikoo:
The title itself "Lumia 920 camera focus problem"

---------- Post added at 04:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:46 PM ----------

Just tested it out.

when in Close-up mode, it actually focuses on nearer objects than it can in Auto Mode.

Auto mode is not switching to Close-up mode Automatically.
[Nokia Lumia 920] pennzoilgtr:
For me, the "Auto Setting" have issues focusing at distance mainly outdoor ( i did the half press, it did not focus and tried touch to focus and don't work either. And i tried constantly on the same spots but won't work at all). especially taking photos from building to ground level where there its more to like shades that has lesser access to sunlight, natural light etc. fortunately, not all shots are blurred and out of focus like this if you shoot from ground to ground level.
[Nokia Lumia 920] pennzoilgtr:
it can be ok at times depending on how you focus it.
[Nokia Lumia 920] jul644:
Maco

The simple answer to your OP as stated before is that you arnt close enough to use maco, this is a macro shot I took, and some others, I find taping the screen to be easier than using a button as I can select where to focus

Macro:

http://sdrv.ms/Zbiekq

http://sdrv.ms/Zbii3M
[Nokia Lumia 920] nokfan:
Try the following steps.

1. Change the focus mode to AUTO

2. Focus the phone close the the object and keep it steadily

3. Press the camera button slowely, first press it half and then full without releasing it. This should be done may be withing 2 seconds but slowly.

Pls let me know if it works
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheStickMan:
Just need a cable that works, really..
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chaosgod27:
Pretty much, any micro usb data cable is enough
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] narutonish:
Thank you. I just bought a Xoom from EBay and I'll try to rooted. But I read an somewhere about the OEM cable maybe it's needed for unbrick the Xoom if something goes wrong?

:confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Darkshado:
Before tinkering significantly with my T889V I did what any conscientious flasher would: backup my EFS.

I did so with the EFS Pro program, both the tar and image methods. The "usual" way, which would have done the trick on most recent Samsung devices. I could just as well have just done it with ADB, tar and dd instead. Update: The latest versions of EFS Pro now support the required NV item backups we need.

I started flashing modems, knowing that this sometimes led to trouble, but with the peace of mind that I had made backups... How wrong I was.

The absence /efs/nv_data.bin didn't click as unusual and I got myself in a bit of trouble.

The Note 2, as well as some other recent LTE-capable Samsung devices (North American SGS3 variants for one) have Qualcomm modems for which merely backing up the /efs partition on your phone is insufficient.

I finally got my phone back in operation after many attempts and more time than would have been necessary had I caught this before flashing.

Check these threads out for proper tools and procedures:

[TOOL/GUIDE] Full NV Backup and Restore [SIMPLE] [08-03-2012]

[WARNING! + GUIDE] Backup and Restore IMEI / NV Data Procedure for GT-I9305

[TOOL] Updated! 08/03/13 - EFS Professional v2.0.26 - With Qualcomm NV Tools!

The guides may mention using RMNET + DM + MODEM in the USB settings, which doesn't exist on the N2; any mode with DM (a.k.a. diagnostic mode) like RNDIS + DM + MODEM or DM + MODEM + ADB should work.

Goodbye,

Darkshado
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] blaxican25:
Did you try flashing back to stock with odin. And reset flash count

http://www.andromods.com/unroot-loc...y-note-2-to-stock-rom-firmware-with-odin.html
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Darkshado:
Remember, the phone has to boot properly for Triangle Away to work in the first place. (A quick glance at my previous posts will tell you I'm familiar with many of the usual Samsung and Nexus procedures.)

With CWM I tried:

Restoring a Nandroid backup

Restoring my /efs tar backup

Restoring my /efs img backup

With Odin I tried:

Flashing back to stock

Flashing the I317M stock ROM (in case it would have accepted the EFS NV stuff there due to official LTE support)

The "Phone Clear EFS" toggle, which is usually a big no-no.

My latest lead is to get reacquainted with QPST and see where that goes. (Last time I used it was many years ago to get ringtones and J2ME games on my Bell Mobility, blue, CDMA, SPH-M510 flip phone.)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ssCISengineer:
Hey man I used the qpst tool to try to backup my note 2 (bexause ot worked so well on the s3) however it didnt work.....on ly generated a 240kb file which is not correct.

However I did use mskip toolkit and backed up my efs partition and IT generated a 10 megabyte file I believe so I think that worked successfully.

Try it out and see what you think. Id like to hear back from you as well and see if you got similar file size to see if this process in the toolkit made proper backups.

We really need more people aware of backing up efs and they need to feel more comfortable by doing so. Therefore if we can nail down a good solid backup method and get it stickied it will save a lot of broken hearts.

The current fix it process here is to just refer them to another phones forum to read how to use qpst to back up efs. (S3 forums)

This isnt acceptable. Reason being it can confuse those that are already apprehensive about doing anything to their phones already! Case and point: Think of all the people that you see post threads struggling to decide whether or not to root. Like its going to blow their phone up!

But like I said I am suspicious that qpst is not making proper efs backup files.

I would like like to collect others thoughts ideas CRITICISM and suggestions about this matter.

Thanks in advance for helping others out!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Darkshado:
I can't get to DIAG mode at this point...

The phone bootloops right after it shows the lock screen, but before adbd starts (even a wait-for-device reboot recovery command doesn't work). Or earlier than that now for reasons unknown.

So no logcat or ddms either to see exactly what causes it.

I would have tried toggling airplane more, but the bootloop is way too fast for that, and I am unaware of any way to toggle it from recovery.

I could possibly comment out some lines in init scripts and such via CWM, tried one or two but no luck so far.

I'm kicking myself for not paying attention to the fact there was no nv_data.bin in the /efs backup, it should have tipped me off...

Thanks for your help,

Darkshado
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] k1ng617:
I'm really not familiar with the whole process but can we just copy the efs folder using a program like root explorer?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ssCISengineer:
No because it messes up the permissions when you copy for some reason...I couldnt get the thing back to normal

---------- Post added at 07:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:16 AM ----------

Can someone try to make a backup using mskips toolkit found in the original development forum? Efs is just so important.

Or better yet what should the permission s be set to?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Darkshado:
ssCISengineer: permissions could be fixed, from what I've gathered merely copying the /efs partition isn't enough this time around.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] hkfan:
UPDATE : I followed guide you gave at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1946915 and backed up my phone nvram. I have a qcn file now.

I also checked my efs backup and there is no nv_data.bin in it.

I have following backups

1) TWRP stock backup with EFS

2) TWRP only EFS partition backup

3) Toolkit EFS backup.

4) Full efs directory copy.

If you are right then all that backup is useless and will not restore lost efs.

Questions

1) Did you figured out how to really take backup on this device.

2) What are options if efs cannot be recovered ..can samsung service centre do this with a fee ?