yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scottx .:
Enough! Stop fighting and acting like children. This is xda and we can do what we want. If you don't like the thread then don't post in it. Go away!

Now stop fighting before it gets closed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WiredPirate:
I updated the OP to include an apk download for AdFree (my preferred ad-blocker). I just pulled it from my phone and uploaded it to Google Drive. It is the latest version that was available from the Play Store before Google pulled it. Hopefully bigtincan fixes their official site to host the APKs themselves instead of linking to the missing Play Store link.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 7175:
@WiredPirate - Thanks for starting this thread! :good:I had no idea this was happening, and I completely agree with your stance on adblocking and avoiding privacy invasion. I was about to report mateusm's priggish, provoking rants, but it looks like he got the picture..

Too bad about airblocker.. I've personally used AirPush Detector in the past, and it's open source. [dropbox link to BU'd apk] [google play link.. for now] I'm pretty critical these days about invasive ads, analytics (collects data on your personal phone usage, i.e. google analytics - watch out for this people), and especially the actual data collection via network. I've found that using a good firewall with a good ad blocker along with some advanced common sense keeps security tight regarding these concerns the majority of the time. I use Android Firewall, Adaway or Adfree, Android Tuner - to modify events triggering ads or invasive data collection, and 'advanced' or learned common sense with security and privacy protection. I think a firewall for android is increasingly necessary for android.

*Something very very important --not really related to ads but to network security and privacy protection-- to always consider is network encryption. This mostly pertains to wifi use, particularly in public or any network accessed by multiple users as a hotspot. If you're not using an encrypted network relay via proxy server when using wifi, you're taking a big risk having personal data, passwords, credit cards, fill-out form info, SSN, ***and any collected data from ads and analytics crap!!*** When accessing wifi networks over time with unencrypted personal data, expect that someone will eventually collect this data probably without even targeting you and it could be used against you. I'm just saying we all got to be careful with our multi-networking gps computer phones. I don't believe my phone should have one single ad, just like with my computer.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FEZ!:
Just curious to know who else uses a spare battery? i bought a recharger kit like the one in pic and love it. just pop the cover, take battery out and replace with the fresh one and your good to go.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjeMBeY:
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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] delsus:
Except this is more of a discussion about the question, not really Q&A material.

OP I don't use one, mainly because I don't have one if I did I would probably use it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
No offence OP, but this should be in the accessories forum, I do believe, so on your behalf ©®™ for moving ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Bought two anker batteries at the same time I bought the phone, the Samsung battery is still in the box and I've never used the phone to charge. Swap the battery between the phone and charger every second morning, it's the first smart phone I've not had to worry about battery life.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4219121:
Galaxy S III has a really good battery life so I don't use an extended battery
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cadguy:
I've always been a battery swapper since the early Nokia days. Can't bear the thought of not having a fresh battery there ready to go when I am. No waiting for phone to charge at the last minute when heading out of the door.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4219121:
Ah, maybe I should note that for most tasks I use my Nexus 7 :laugh:. Oops-a-daisy. I use Galaxy S 3 mainly for music and when I study on bus. No gaming or movies.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FEZ!:
haha i thought there was something a little odd with your first post lol
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FEZ!:
boomboomer I was looking at the anker batteries when i first got the phone last year too.. but ended up going with this official samsung kit that had a spare that game with it. What capacity Anker's did you end up getting? I had a look at those big 4400mAh ones as a backup for when travelling overseas but never went through with getting one.

the one thing i hated about the iphone 4 I had last was waiting for sufficient charge whenever I had to quickly be somewhere unexpectedly. Some times Id go out for a few beers in the evening with a low charge thinking id be home soon.. end up having many, many more and so Id end up with a dead phone as im trying to find a way home.

Can honestly say that I havent ever had that issue again since investing in this phone and extra battery haha.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
The ankers are the same physical size as the standard battery, just 2200mAh. The only draw back is the capacity drops quickly once below 10%, but I usually swap battery when it gets below 20%.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a nice guy:
I use one. love it. All Samsung Galaxy S III phones ships with an extra battery so why not use it? So convenient to have one always charged in the battery charger and your phone charged with wireless charging. Qi!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killbubble:
R: [Q] Anyone else use spare battery?

I bkught a 2800mah battery a while ago...great, lasts a lot.

If i ever need another battery i will put back the old one...i could of course get ANOTHER 2800 and then keep switchingg it...but it would be tiresome...thats why they made rechargeable batterues in the first place...as soon as the battery wears out (5months my guess it will be 40-50% worse than when u first started using it) get another one. If you go on a trip and forget the charger, pop spare under the hood and hit low energy mode!;)
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] gb155:
Is there one in the UK market? If so, whats the price? Anyone know?
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] ronny007:
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=32242&item=3337930700
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] gb155:
but i asked for one in the uk

thats germany
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] gb155:
Phone 02 and they said no way never will there be a add on camera for the xda and was told to buy the xda2 so maybe that link is fake?
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] LumpiStefan:
In th link they say: "Bus (SPI / MMC / SDIO mode)"

So. i´m not sure it will work with the xda, because the xda supports only sd and not sdio...

I´m going to ask the seller about this....

Regards

Stefan
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] gb155:
right well let me know what they say please

gb
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Qman:
Not sure about the link but I know for sure that the camera is not fake,

because a friend of mine has/uses that exact camera.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] gb155:
Was that bought in the uk? where from? how much?
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] timleipzig:
Then there's the ViewTake CM35c for the Pocket PC Phone (XDA)-- It's a color 640x480 camera that fits into the SD slot but does not require SDIO capabilites. It's made specifically for the XDA by Gabor Vision Corp., and it will be available soon, one Pocket PC Passion user discovered. Another said he has spoken with reps who said the device would be out in the fall for about $75. Read more at Pocket PC Thoughts and Pocket PC Passion.

source:http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2003Jun/bpd20030610020343.htm
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] smallboy:
i have purchased one for my xda. got it from ebay, uk seller sent from the usa, works well apart from the fact it doesnt lock into the sd card slot.
[HTC One X] dica87:
I return my hox back to stock, from InsertCoin rom, with official ruu htc_405. I perpetually occupied 4.71gb of app storage for other (??). The device is perfectly clean, i did not even reset the account. Where is the problem?
[HTC One X] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
did you a factory reset/ full wipe/ hardreset? :D if not then on your sdcard is a folder named Android ...in that are 2 other folders named obb and data...in those are other folders and files which are for all apps...like cache and downloaded files for example for games...you can look how many mb/gb the Android folder is taking...if the hole 4.7 gb then you can remove it ...if you want ;)
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2158712

Read more there. They are actually discussing this already, please search ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] railerfb:
I was running an AOKP milestone release with franco kernel alpha 66 on a Sprint Galaxy Nexus, in attempting to update to a newer version of AOKP and a newer kernel I boot locked my phone. Here's the list of things I've done to try to fix it and flash back to stock or a stable version of AOKP.

1. Used CWM to flash wipe data/catch and flash old AOKP and Kernel - Continually reboots

2. Attempted to connect adb after it boots to use fastboot to flash stock images - Couldnt stay on long enough to connect

3. Tried Odin and Heimdall to connect and flash in download/odin mode - Phone is not recognized by computer, it will show as either samsung Android USB device or unknown device, neither of which will connect for Odin or Heimdall to do their magic.

4. Uninstalled and re-installed multiple different combinations of drivers for Samsung and the phone to try to get it to connect (including deleting registry entries; the whole nine yards) - still no sustained android usb connection

5. Tried two different cables, one of which I am sure is a Samsung, the other of which I am pretty sure is from my phone originally

6. Tried two different computers, my laptop which already had drivers and a desktop which has never seen this phone, it would not install drivers for it

At this point, I'm completely at a loss as to my next attempts, any ideas? Also, please ask away for anything I didn't explain fully. I have well enough backups from titanium (no image though cause I'm an idiot) so I would probably like to just go clear back to stock and start over if possible.

p.s. - My volume down button works intermittently so its a pain to boot to the bootloader and I just use a usb jig to boot to odin.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] railerfb:
Update -

When in download mode, If i plug into my computer, some times it will make the connect sound then quickly disconnect while sometimes it will make the connect sound then stay as an "unknown device", I can't really figure out what makes the different responses happen. Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
why are you trying to use ODIN mode?

just use fastboot if you want to go back to stock.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bodh:
Sounds like your having some driver issues. Have you tried a factory reset in cwm?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] infinit22:
http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/33941/...ng0Eaws0Efriendly0Ephones0Esoon0C/story01.htm

Does this mean we could eventually use the Nexus 4 on Verizon since it will have the LTE Band 4?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] murso74:
what are you going to make phone calls with?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Esteway.619:
Hahaha
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andrewlax120:
i believe what they are trying to say is that there is no cdma radios in the n4 so phone calls wont work
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] angel.de.marc:
Verizon 12 GB Data only plan, $70 + Google Voice + Groove IP = So much win.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] murso74:
can't imagine how fat that's gonna drain the battery

not to mention the fact that LTE coverage isn't anywhere near cdma or evdo coverage
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] speedyink:
$70? Why not just get a 200 min phone plan (with all the trimmings) with 6gb of data for the same price?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] murso74:
do you have to call for that plan? i don't see it on the website
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] angel.de.marc:
Yeah, battery drainage would definitely be an issue. As far as coverage, I live in the Dallas area; we have pretty good LTE coverage. But traveling would be an issue as well.

I guess the point is trying to get away from a "phone plan." With the combination of Google Voice and Groove IP, do we really need any minutes? But you guys are right, a data only plan would have its issues, but it's definitely something worth exploring.

I searched for tablet data plans. I went through the Galaxy Note, and the pricing options are $30 for 4 GB, $40 for 6, $50 for 8, $60 for 10, and $70 for 12.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DirgeExtinction:
Why even mention the Nexus 4? Once Verizon starts rolling out their AWS, that might convince Google to give them a second chance with the 5th generation Nexus phone.

/hopelessoptimist
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] cscotti:
So I killed my XT897. I dropped it on cement and cracked the screen so badly that I can't read it at all. Luckily I had the insurance and most of my data backed up to the cloud. However, it would be great if I could somehow back up the other stuff (apps, sms, call log, etc...) and then would like to wipe the old phone before returning it. Any suggestions on how to do this?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
I guess you could adb pull stuff, but no clue how to adb pull sms messages and call log....

You usually need an app to back that stuff up. Maybe someone has another idea...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] cscotti:
Yeah, I have those apps installed, just haven't ran them in a while...figures

What I was hoping for was a way to take remote control using a service like webkey (I use that to remote control my tablet). Problem is, I can't see the screen to configure the app so it's a catch 22!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
i don't supose HDMI-out would help? is it just for viewing videos and such?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] cscotti:
Damn, I didn't think of that. In theory that should still work if the touch screen is still functional. I even have one of those micro HDMI dongle things here somewhere. I will report back.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
I've never used it so i don't know if it mirrors the display, like on a pc, or if it just gives you a way to watch videos and view pictures. If it's like a pc it could possibly help you!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] cscotti:
It works, though it's a little disconcerting trying to figure out where your finger is on the screen! Good call.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Nice! I forgot about that too, good call indeed yogi2010 :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
Thanks, i'm glad it (kinda) works... i can imagine having to guess where you are touching on the screen!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] cscotti:
you bet, took me like an hour to finish configuring the backups but they are finally done. Now it's time to root and get my new phone up and running!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
Would it be possible to install a remote viewing program such as TeamViewer using ADB on your Android device and and corresponding software on PC side???

Then you could in theory utilize the PC Application to at least search through all the Android system files and have access to everything you need to back up...

(Yes, HDMI probably works better for this because of the fact there is a GUI, but I was considering all options)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
i know Team Viewer can be used to control a PC from an Android device(or another PC), but can you control an Android from a PC? that could be handy too i guess..
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] hfase:
Last I remember you gotta be rooted with a VNC server app running though. :/

You might be better off just pulling all your data with ADB, flashing with RSD and sending it in.

If you pull with ADB though some things like call/text history might not be easily loaded into another phone but you will at least have all the database files and any media.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] alexwoellhaf:
You could install a custom recovery like clock work mod then back up your phone from there. Then do a factory reset. Then uninstall your recovery. then lock your boot-loader again.

PM me 4 help :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
In response, with TeamViewer one is not able to "control" an Android device, as there is no Graphical User Interface (GUI), but I am able to access all files and such with my PC. And I will check to see if indeed being rooted is required to install this on the Android side.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] mrvek:
http://www.teamviewer.com/en/help/341-How-can-I-control-my-Android-device-with-TeamViewer.aspx
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Grekaal:
Hi, I am looking for the original Nexus S live wallpaper that came stock with gingerbread on our Galaxy SII's that works on Jellybean 4.1.2. On the original Nexus S live wallpaper the lines moved on grid, it still had the updated background from the Nexus S but still moved on a grid. I am NOT looking for the variant were the lines move freely and have depth, some being close and some being far. I am looking for the original where all the lines are at the same size (no depth) and move on an invisible grid. It must work on Jellybean 4.1.2. Thank you in advance.
[General Questions and Answers] slannmage:
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/144778-atom-vs-cortex-a15-vs-krait-vs-tegra-3-which-mobile-cpu-is-the-most-power-efficient

Just been reading this, are we expecting too much from the GS4 to have this chip in it?
[General Questions and Answers] gagdude:
Samsung does a great job keeping secrets. Tomorrow we will know for sure ;)
[General Questions and Answers] ShapesBlue:
I'm looking forward to the news about the S4 tomorrow. It's only my 2nd chance at an android phone. The S3 is sweet so far, I see it everyday as my gf has the phone.

I think samsung is going to surprise everyone tomorrow or I will just go with the the Note 2 lol

Running CM10.1 on my GT-P3113
[General Questions and Answers] slannmage:
If it's a snapdragon and an adreno 320 then it's already failed because there are loads of phones like that.

They surely wouldn't advertise the octa chip if it wasn't going in the GS4. However the A7 mixed with the A15 seems like a little bit of a cheat, I bet it uses the A7 95% of the time or the A15 cores are heavily throttled because it looks like they drain battery like mad, especially in a smart phone.
[General Questions and Answers] ShapesBlue:
Hey its a huge step up from my current phone the HTC ThunderBolt. I just don't want to pay more than 200 for it though

Running CM10.1 on my GT-P3113
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
Well With the carriers thinking about removing the subsadised phones that may be cheap coming real soon.
[General Questions and Answers] ShapesBlue:
I'm hoping so. My upgrade is due late June/July.

Running CM10.1 on my GT-P3113
[General Questions and Answers] itzkpanda:
The international version of the S4 will have the 1.6GHz octa-core exynos processor and the US version will have a 1.9GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor

Sent from my Epic 4G Touch
[General Questions and Answers] ShapesBlue:
No surprise that they will have different processors.

Normally the USA tends to get the lesser or not the best available

Running CM10.1 on my GT-P3113
[General Questions and Answers] itzkpanda:
Yeah :l

1.9GHz quad isn't bad, but when comparing it to the octa-core, it feels like we're being left out. And i believe the exynos octa-core is supposed to be substantially more battery efficient(?)

Sent from my Epic 4G Touch
[General Questions and Answers] ShapesBlue:
Haven't done my research on that. Sounds about right

Running CM10.1 on my GT-P3113
[General Questions and Answers] slannmage:
I'm not gonna bother upgrading, both HTC and Samsung aren't exciting, was just disappointed between them.

Exynos = 3G only

Snapdragon s4 pro = LTE

Only LTE isn't coming out till the end of the year in this region.......... wtf were they thinking?

The HTC One is another no micro sd, no removable battery, ****ty camera, sense mess of a boring phone. People say how good it looks........ looks like any other boring HTC phone to me, just like the GS4 looks like another boring Samsung GS3 variant.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AdamOutler:
Ok guys, I've been putting work into CASUAL for Windows and Linux. Mac is still experimental. Here's how this works: I'm comitted to providing an easy way to root your device and you provide me with feedback, positive or negative. All I'm asking for is if it worked or where it failed and what type of computer you're using.

Introduction

This root method should be about the easiest one ever created. You launch the java JAR file and click "Do It". CASUAL will take care of installing drivers, runtimes, providing clear and easy-to-understand instructions. I want this to be easy and if there's something that can be improved, let me know.

Instructions

Click here and make sure Java is up-to-date (not JavaScript that you hear about all the security vulnerabilities, Java).

Download and launch CASUAL

Plug in your device

click "Do It!"

note: if it asks you to install drivers, you want to do MSM8960.

Download

Download Root AT&T GS3 - CASUAL Revision 515b

http://goo.im/devs/AdamOutler/GS3-Root-ATT-Can

Conclusion

Again, this is a test of CASUAL. I want to improve it. I would like your help in getting feedback to improve the Cross-platform ADB Scripting Unified Android Loader platform. I need to confirm that this works on all operating systems.

Test list:

Crossed off means it was tested.

High Priority OS's

Windows 7 -32 bit

Windows 7 - 64 bit

Windows 8

OSX Lion

OSX Mountain Lion

Debian based Linux 64

Debian based Linux 32

Raspberry Pi running Debian based distributions

Low Priority OS's

Windows XP 32

Windows XP 64

OSX Tiger

OSX Leopard

OSX Snow Leopard

Releases

CASUAL R302b - Initial release

CASUAL R306b - fixed freezing on Linux64, needs retesting on Windows and Mac.

CASUAL R308b - fixed freezing on Windows by reorganizing data collection. This may be an error on Windows Java where reading Error Stream too quickly causes a crash.

If you find a problem, or even find a solution, please let me know. I am subuscribed to this thread.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Venom0642:
Very Nice my friend will have to try this if my wife lets me root her Galaxy AT&T:good:, Do have a question does this trip your counter like Odin one Does, Also i see you got Windows 7 64 bit cross off i only use 64 bit on Windows 7 will this work on 64 bit?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AdamOutler:
Yes. It will trip the flash counter. This is part of the Loke daemon on the device and I cannot change that. You can use Triangle Away to remove the counter.

I'm crossing off operating systems which have been tested. As feedback comes in, they will be crossed off or have a note put by them until the next release.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Venom0642:
Ok well that's great News that it will work with Windows 7 64 bit Thanks!:good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stratatak7:
Re: Root your device EASILY! [CASUAL] [Experimental]

Thank you very much for all your work Adam. This is awesome.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] upndwn4par:
Any plans to incorporate flashing a custom recovery at some point?

Sort of a one-click tool to take from stock to ready to flash a ROM?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jrloper:
I'll reflash stock, and give this a few run throughs on Win7 x64,

let you know if I have any issues.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shoupness:
Re: Root your device EASILY! [CASUAL] [Experimental]

Used this on win 7 32. Worked perfectly no problem. Thanks a lot. Helped me in a huge way.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Root-Maniac:
Re: Root your device EASILY! [CASUAL] [Experimental]

Thanks Adam!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AdamOutler:
Thanks! Crossed off the list!

I should also mention that you don't need to be stock. You can be rooted. The test is complete when you see Chainfire's CFAutoRoot.