yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bananagranola:
I'm a woman. I rooted my HTC Desire HD and flashed countless ROMs on it before I was handed down my cousin's Galaxy Nexus last week. I contributed to and still contribute to those forums. But I wanted a Nexus for AOSP support, dev support, and an unlocked bootloader.

Not all women are the same. Please, no need to generalize indiscriminately.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] madd0g:
Ofcourse, not all are the same. But YOU wouldn't ask anyone, what phone to buy would you ? Or if you would, you would probably present it in a way that the asked one would get an impression that you did some kind of research on the topic and have some ideas on what you expect from the purchased device. Not asking (and ignoring after) plainly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lag3o:
To be true. Of course ... Not all women are uninterested in phones, but the exceptions prove the rule. No offense :D

It's like there are men who are uninterested in sports.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sa30udi:
ALL the people I know think of the SIII when they see my phone , so know I have wishes to kill everybody ....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] arzbhatia:
EACH and EVERY one of us has friends like these. So damn irritating eh?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Loureiro:
True! They ask excited "Is that Galaxy S3??" and when I say that's galaxy nexus not S3 they reply "hmm never heard about. What brand is that?"

:laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lag3o:
Same hear ....it's annoying, but every time I say to my self: "They are idiots.... Let them be" and then I smile and say "No it's the nexus. It's from Google. You can see it when you compare the material. Samsungs cases are made of cheap, cheaper, the cheapest materials."
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dilster97:
Nearly all my friends have blackberry. I have the one x becasue I love the speed and sense. My friends complain about how slow their blackberries are and when I ask why they bought a blackberry it was because their friend had one and of course bbm

HTC One X Viper X 3.2.2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crixley:
people still own blackberries??

here in Canada I rarely see them anymore
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
update:

i now have 5 friends who also own a Nexus Prime :P
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lag3o:
AW: Friends and their Smartphones

The only people I know to own a blackberry are two people from work. But they use it for work only.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mfsr98:
Woot? Just like me!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vigan_ks:
same heree
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sporkette:
I compile my own ROMs. Some of us really enjoy this sort of thing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] minitruckin97:
I have both the nexus and the iphone 5 and its funny how heated both sides (android users and iphone users) get about their devices. Both have their perks, and I really don't think one is better than the other. Just preference and its all subjective to the person.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfsworldpinoy:
will this rooting work for my galaxy ace 2 (2.3.6 gingerbread) using superoneclick
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXfreshXx:
No

Use pre rooted stock rom

You can find in dev forum
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfsworldpinoy:
can u give me some links for this
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mojito0:
Here is the stock light rom (exactly like the original stock but the dev removed some "useless" apps to make it lighter, but you can install them all with the zip he has included in the 2nd post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1952880

And here are 2 kernels you can choose if you don't like the stock one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1962100 and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2072872
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rampin:
hello there

i have a samsung galaxy tab 2 10.1 running aokp_p5110_unofficial_Sep-17-12

when i lock my device for a few mins and unlock again i always find that it has lost connection to my wireless internet now is this a error on this rom in general or is it just me

anyone else having this problem ???
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rampin:
You can close this thread I have solved the problem I think.
[HTC Sensation XL] BMG50:
Hi....this is my first time in my life i buy device with android software so I need help,I don't know any thing about android and i want root my phone.

other thing why cant use all my phone storage or that problem will fix after root my phone .............so help me guyz plz
[HTC Sensation XL] Twiglets100:
Root

I've just helped a friend root their HTC Sensation XL, it was a painful job because we found a few methods and they didn't work!!! :crying:

BUTTT, this guide really helped: Damn just found out the because I'm a new member on here, I can't paste URLs, that is annoying!!!Type in on Google, "How to root the HTC sensation XL", and it should be the first result on a website called "theunlockr"

First you need to unlock the bootloader, there is a link on the above linked page to a HTC dev site where you can do that, then you need to download the three files/folders in sections II, PUT THESE ON YOUR DESKTOP! Don't unZIP the SuperSU folder. When you unZIP the fastboot folder, put all the files onto the desktop.

On section III, Everything should be straightforward up to the point of number 7, (for number 5, the root of the SD card means straight onto it, not into any folders), make sure you do number 6! At this point, you will have your device on (on Android) and plugged into your computer, then type the command in number 7 (adb reboot bootloader), then using the volume keys to scroll, and the power button to select, select fastboot, then carry on to step 8, then step 9 taking care to put the correct file name into the command, then step 10, boot into your recovery.

Section IV is pretty straight forward, GOOD LUCK!!!

With your phone storage (I don't know the figures - haven't used the device directly), but some of it will be used up by the Android OS. Your remaining space will more than likely be split up into internal storage which is used like an SD card, and the App/data section which stores the apps and the data surprisingly! Haha!!

Any problems, reply and I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can!!

Good luck,

Twiglets100 :)

Don't forget to hit the thanks button please if I helped you!
[HTC Sensation XL] BMG50:
first thank you so much for helping

and i think i need ur help again in step 9 plz explain this step to me.and I've get ( error : cannot load ' recovery.Img' ) when i tryed to do step 9 like website
[HTC Sensation XL] Twiglets100:
Don't worry, me and my friend ran into that problem too! Firstly, your recovery .img needs to be in the same folder as the fastboot.exe, and make sure you type into the command the EXACT filename of the .img. The filename may also be case-sensitive, bare that in mind!

E.g. On your desktop, you may have the unZIPped folder with fastboot.exe in, your recovery .img should be moved into this folder.

Then type the command: Fastboot flash recovery filename.img

And press enter, this then may take up to a few minutes.

Good luck!

Twiglets100

Don't forget to hit the thanks button please if I helped you!
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Odia:
As you may or may not be aware Samsung in their wisdom have decided to blacklist old sboot.bin files from being installed when a customer has installed the XXELLA sboot, this may or may not be for a valid reason, but enforcement such as this is not nice and its always nice to be able to do what we want with our phones.

Attached is a small util which will check the sboot.bin file and give you some info, such as if it appears on the Samsung blacklist, if it's new which means boot downgrade will not be possible or if it does not appear in the blacklist which means it can be used for bootloader downgrade and you should PM me with details :laugh:

I have checked all the sboot.bin files I have and they are all blacklisted, some of these sboot.bin files are ones which have never appeared in the internet and I have gotten from my various sources, these include engineering boots and debug versions.

The blacklist is built on the date the EBL was compiled and its possible no older sboot.bin files will be missing from the blacklist, but we have to try :D

It's also worth noting here that this boot enforcement is also in the latest boots on the M440s, N7100 (XXDLL7), N7102, E210s (KSJLL6) and will probably spread to other models in the near future.

Enjoy and happying hunting the nice sboot.

SBOOT_CHECK.zip

How to downgrade boots on XXELLA or XXELLC and bypass the blacklist (or any other boot in existence as of this post)

(USE THESE COMMANDS AT YOUR OWN RISK)

> adb push sboot.bin /sdcard/sboot.bin

> adb push tz.img /sdcard/tz.img

> adb push param.bin /sdcard/param.bin

> adb shell

$ su

# dd if=/sdcard/sboot.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1

# dd if=/sdcard/tz.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2

# dd if=/sdcard/param.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4

# rm /sdcard/sboot.bin

# rm /sdcard/tz.img

# rm /sdcard/param.bin

# reboot fota_bl

tz.img and param.bin are not required, but since they are part of AP_BOOT I included them for completeness.

You will not lose any data, since no wipe is performed or needs to be performed using this method.

Its tested method and no, I will not release any automated method.

APBOOT_I9300XXALE8.zip

APBOOT_I9300XXALEF.zip

APBOOT_I9300XXBLFB.zip
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 75markus:
nice

as you said, my old ICS bootloader is blacklisted, ELLA is ok.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Droidphilev:
Hopefully somedy can make downgrading happen. I regret i flashed the new bootloader :(
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] sebarkh:
Maybe it was the cause of the mythical sudden dead...

And they wanted to be sure...

And all the previous bootloaders are blacklisted, because they ALL were dangerous...

Maybe...just a wishful thinking...but till anyone proves otherwise...

Sent from my washing machine using its tumbler.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] sak500:
NOthing mythical about sudden death.. better to be quite and look stupid then open your mouth and confirm it.

read what tons of people have faced in your mythical sudden death.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1993044&page=207
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] LenAsh:
Why?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Perka:
Cuz you cant lol
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] marcellocord:
I don't get it. It's good or bad to have the new sboot?

pros: some report it fixes sudden deaths; updated

cons: can't flash older sboots; ?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] AndreiLux:
Until new sources come out and we can actually check the kernel and what was changed, it's too early to say anything.

The bootloader changes might be completely unrelated to the sudden death bug and just Samsung increasing their warranty enforcement.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] miro666:
Mate Odia, your file is one heavy virus attached on some system dll on my laptop. Check with Avira Amtivirus.

Regards
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] sebarkh:
...and better to understand my words than not.

It' not the point of my post. The point is that we blame Sammy for blacklisting, but maybe they did it on purpose for users' good, as the previous bootloaders were dangerous - affected by this sudden death syndrome.

And replying to your answer: until Samsung confirms its existance we can not be sure all those brick cases have one cause:SD.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] marcellocord:
yeah, I can now see a red ! at the top-left of the screen, on the SGSIII logo part.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Tovagulet:
Samsung don't want you to downgrade because if you do and you get sudden death, they'll have to replace your S3 for a new one... and for FREE.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Mothatt:
Virus Total Scan

Bit suspicious...
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] AndreiLux:
We still have zero evidence that the bootloader has anything to do with sudden death issue, please don't go spreading nonsense around.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] marcellocord:
Theory 1: Samsung included a new method to validate the warranty

Theory 2: Samsung fixed those random bricks

Theory 3: Samsung fixed some bugs, but not that major bug from the point 2

Theory 4: Warranty and Random bricks

Theory 5: Another non-sence crap from Samsung, just like many

And the only theory regarding blacklisting old sboots, to prevent you downgrading to a warranty-friendly sboot. I doubt Samsung just wants users to be safe, away from faulty stuff, oh boy, I know how all the episodes begin and continue... but never end. Same plot: new thing - everybody goes nuts - this is awesome - (the f word) you Samsung - stay away
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Perka:
so not blacklisted then? Or does the program tell me when it is?

File: C:\cygwin1\home\tar\sboot.bin
Samsung S-Boot 4.0 -500022 for GT-I9300 (Dec 25 2012 19:52:01) Rev I9300ZSDLL1
Sboot is New

File: C:\ROM_Working\ROM_files\bootloader_check\sboot.bin
Samsung S-Boot 4.0 -742798 for GT-I9300 (Dec 22 2012 17:03:17) Rev I9300XXELLA
Sboot is New

Nvm :)

File: C:\ROM_Working\ROM_files\bootloader_check\sboot.bin
Samsung S-Boot 4.0 -928452 for GT-I9300 (Aug 21 2012 17:03:14) Rev I9300XXBLH3
Sboot is BlackListed
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Odia:
from OP

To say I9300ZSDLL1 is new and will install but contains its own blacklist.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] nfribeiro:
I read somewhere that it is possible to downgrade if we receive an ota with an older bootloader, because system cannot check in these situations. But in the other hand I never saw a firmware upgrade with a new bootloader, only ELLA.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Odia:
Its because of Execryptor, AV software not like files they cannot check, I am here to help, not spread virus infected software.

Seems only Agnitum has the correct result.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] whisper_:
Zub guys

Can anyone tell me how to root xperia go

P.S :give me. A VERY SIMPLE WAY

I am a full noob in xperia

So u should star from 0 with me

And thnx in advance
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] doctor_droid:
We can start by posting it in correct section... ;)

Edited

Thanks MINER :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] whisper_:
It doesnt look easy but I will try it

P.S:sry coz I posted here I am from ace I forum n in dat forum u can post any where in general sometimes in dev section :P

I just wanted fast answer
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Min3r:
Dude.. 1 thing. Just make sure you get the FTFs of your own Device. The link is a tutorial applicable for you but the FTFs you need are different :p
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] AvRS:
I've just moved both your threads from earlier over to Q&A where they belong but this is not the first time we've had to move your threads. Can I please ask you look where you're posting before you hit the submit button. A bit of helpful advice also would be to use descriptive titles as all your threads titles mean nothing to others scanning the forums and are less likely to get answered. Use a title that relates to your question or point you're trying to make. Lastly asking for a fast reply will not change anything and can be seen as being rude and impatient so just make your post and wait for someone kind enough to answer.

Any further posts put in the wrong section will be deleted without notice as we're not here to purely clean up after everyone and if you see others doing it simply report those posts.

Thanks

AvRS
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] whisper_:
I said I didnt know coz in ace I section I can post questions in general section
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] whisper_:
Lol

Wat is FTFs?

Sry but I am new in xperia n I saw it was easy to root via e3 rec in ace I so I thought it will be like dat in xperia
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Min3r:
FTFs are packages that can be flashed by Flashtool.. Think of it as Odin and its zip files for Sony phones ;) You should google for videos on Flashtool tutorial and then ,follow it ;) Would be a lot easier than me explaining with words ;)

If you get stuck somewhere, let me know :D
[NFC Hacking] eitherrideordie:
Hi everyone, this has probably been asked before but I didn't want to i guess bump a necro thread.

Basically I was wondering is it possible for me to copy an nfc tag to another nfc tag. From a post I saw here, it said it is possible as long as the tag isn't encrypted.

So basically what i was hoping to know is one how would be the best way I would know if its encrypted and two what would be the easiest way to do this.

If it helps my mindset is basically I want to copy the NFC tag from my bus card onto a wristband so that I don't need to use the card anymore. What I'm guessing is that everything is set electronically in terms of card cost and stuff like that as I read that I can recharge and view my balance online so I'm assuming the card just acts like a connecter to your specific account and doesn't actually contain any money information on it.

I tried an app to read from the card and it did show me what I think is numerous files, in which the one I saw said that I was allowed to read from the device but no write access which I'm guessing is fine since all I want to do is read and copy from that NFC tag and then write it to another one I can buy.

The other thing I could do is just cut up my bus card and get the nfc part and place it under a watch or something, the bus company said I can get a new card for free whenever I like if I lose my current one so that's another way but seems a bit crude to me.
[NFC Hacking] Damastus:
You can copy any information you can actually read. BUT the following is not working:

Wrong assumption. A card used for banking etc has a private key on it that the bank will use to authenticate you. In order to do this they let the card sign some data and verifies the signature. If everyone could read that key, that would be horrible unsafe. Everybody that would be able to read the key could sign the data on your behalf. That is why the key is on the card and never leaves it.

As I said above, this works for cards that contain only data. You can copy any data that is readable, but cards that give you the functionality you want are not copyable via nfc.

Same as above. Id guess your buscard is some sort of mifare card. You can only read/write those if you have the keys. And I don't think you will have them. Well it depends on the exact card but still.
[NFC Hacking] eitherrideordie:
I guess I had too much I was hoping would work, but from reading what you said it doesn't sound like it will :(. I do get that it has a private key, I was just kind of hoping that in this case it wouldn't since the card doesn't really seem like its worth much, such as compared to something like a visa card or something like that.

Each card has a unique number on them written on the back, so I guess I just kind of assumed each number was assigned for each account type thing and if you lost a card they would just change the account with another different number since you can own multiple bus cards, and that would be all I need, but it seems like you are most likely correct. Our buscard only came into affect about a month or two a go, but I'm assuming they probably paid a company of some sort to do it, and if thats the case they probably would have it encrypted either way :(

Is there still a way I could check? Just in case theres like some sort of miracle and it is only just a basic card type thing? Even though thats most likely wrong?

If this is the case though I guess its impossible :(

Cheers though
[NFC Hacking] Damastus:
You could try to identify the card. Maybe use sth. like NFC TagInfo or ReTAG to see what type of card it is. These TagInfo will also show you whats in the card when its readable. But dont get your hopes too high.
[NFC Hacking] eitherrideordie:
Hi, thanks heaps, had a go at using NFC TagInfo and this is what I get

Tag information says the tag type is ISO/IEC 14443-4 smart card

mifare desfire evi(mf3ICD2I)

Under the ISO/IEC 14443-4 Smart card part

it talks about the mifare desfire

Within there it says

Key configuration changeable YES

Master Key required for application creation/deletion YES

Master Key required for application directory list NO

Master Key changeable YES

Available Keys KEY 0: Key version 1

Another key configuration says the exact same thing but also says

Key change permissions AUTHENTICATE WITH KEY 0 application master key

And there's a whole heap of files in there, most of which are readable but some say read fail.

From the sound of all this, its starting to not look that good :(, I'm assuming if there's keys and things that the only way would be to break them and I don't want to do anything against the rules to be honest :(.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] javewolf:
So here is the thing,

I have two Goophone's I5 ( Yes the one and only and best original copy of the Iphone 5 ) and have it up and running.

Since I wasn't allowed to post a full review of this phone in the market place I will add it here and with some questions.

So the review.

First I kick off with the negatives.

1: GPS - Have issues with it.

2:Light to make a photo in dark is poor.

3: Not all languages are available as advertised! English is in it tho so no worries.

4: Crappy Chinese apps, this Phone need to be rooted but no root kit available on the net so these crappy chinese apps spoil the fun.

5: The earplug that came with it went within one minute into the trash. :)

The positives:

Looks identicy to the Iphone 5

5x cheaper.

Works fast, no problems.

I like the quality of the display.

installing apk files are easy.

I like it that they have USB 2 on the bottom and not the new Iphone 5 cable.

Love it that it runs on Android 4*

Overall rating: Good. I think it would have much more sales if they would have made two different versions. one for Chinese, and one for Europe and US without the crappy Chinese what we can't read anyway. Is it worth the money? I think yes. Have to figure out the GPS thing or I can send it back and get a new one. I bought it from China and took about 30 days for delivery.

I have ordered it from a user at DHGate. Check for user "efit" as he's a reliable seller there if you need anything chinese.

So far the fast review. If you want a full review then let the admins me post normally and I fix a youtube video.

The question for here....

How on earth can I root this Goophone I5 and remove all the crappy chinese apps?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fabsbc:
This is not the original

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Friend unfortunately you bought a fake goophone I5. There is an add on offical goophone.com website they are saying that the phone is in pre-order and will be released on Januray 15.

Install untutu benchmark in this phone and check if it's real MTK 6577. Some clones are using MKT6575.

If it's MKT 6577 this can be help you to root it.

colonelzap(dot)blogspot(dot)com/2012/10/universal-mt6577-rooting-method.html[/url]

Please make an youtube video review about your phone and send us your youtube channel to watch it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] javewolf:
why?

Not sure why you think it's a fake one? It's not a H2000 or Zoophone.

PS: I hate this image verification when trying to reply. BLEH.

dh gate dot com goophone-i5-mtk6575-single-sim-android-4/p-ff8080813a071f7b013a594a682b5965.html

Goophone.com server is down, so also unsure where you get your infromation from.