yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woodyuk1:
I have one that came pre rooted from etotalk.

I ordered it on sunday and it arrived on thursday by DHL so fast delivery and I paid the extra few dollars for the etotalk rom which is pre rooted with no chinese apps and has Play installed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kanishkapd:
nice to hear that.

pls tell us about your impression. the build quality, speed, internet, screen. battery life...etc etc
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woodyuk1:
The build quality seems fine and if anything the phone is slimmer than it looks in the photos.

It's certainly fast compared to the A789 that I had been using and browsing is fast both by HSDPA and WIFI.

The GPS works well and will get a lock inside a minute in the house without the need to go outdoors.

It's too early to give a realistic figure for battery life as I only got it yesterday so have been using it a lot and loading it up with all of my usual apps etc.

The only 2 things that some people may not like about the phone is no front facing camera and no flash for the camera but for the price for a quad core phone with 1GB of ram I wasn;t bothered

Including the etotalk rom which seems fine and shipping by DHL it cost $210.00 or about £137.00 which I think makes it excellent value.

Oh,I forgot to add,it also came with CWM recovery installed as part of the rom package.
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thorstenk:
Hey everybody,

I am on official JB and want to root. Will there be a method at some point to root it without unlocking the bootloader? What do the experts think - I know you cant look into the future, but what are your experiences from other phones, is it very likely that there will be sth. or not?

The other method would be to unlock the bootloader. So do you expect that the bootloader logo can be exchanged again at some point?

Thanks

Thorsten
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] amrs:
My boss has a Galaxy Nexus and he was wondering how he could easily make backups, to a Windows PC or internet. He was mostly worried about text messages but other stuff should be backed up too. Apparently the Google backup thing in the phone doesn't cover SMS. I guess an SMS backup tool could work.

Other than that, any ideas for a simple backup tool? As in no rooting, no toolkits that focus on features other than backup and restore and not adb on the command line? I noticed Holo Backup but it's in beta and apparently requires separate setup on a Windows PC (i.e. drivers + adb).

Personally I root and use Titanium and Nandroid and rsync but I don't think that's the right way to go for a busy manager.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pirateghost:
Carbon

SMS backup +

Neither requires root and SMS backup + will backup SMS and MMS to your gmail account and label everything to keep it nice and neat.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chasew83:
there is another app called "g cloud backup" in the playstore that backs up everything to the cloud. only comes with 1gb of storage but worth a look.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0wnt_:
Hi all I recently tried updating the FW on my xz but when it restarted, it said that it failed to install. I tried to install it twice but failed both times.

The bootloader has not been unlocked. And the phone has been rooted.

Can I update using the pc companion?

Thanks for your help
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gm007:
Yes try pc companion or update service.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0wnt_:
Thanks! Only tried the OTA update since I'm not at home.

Will give the pc companion a try later. :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamsweeting:
Just download an FTF, and flash using flashtool
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0wnt_:
Sorry, I'm new to all this android flashing since this is my first Android device (came from ios)

If I download a 434 FTF and flash it, will I lose all my apps and app data?

And can I flash in recovery, or can FTF files only be flashed using flashtool?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadowboy23:
You can't flash FTF files through recovery. Using the flash tool you can keep data and settings or you can wipe them if you wish.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0wnt_:
Awesome! Thanks for the swift replies guys. Will give it another try on updating later :thumbup:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] groove007:
Update .434

Hi

I have seen this update on the SOny website but my phone (C6603) will not recognise the update, I have tried PC companion and the web route and no luck. Can anyone advise or help to establish why I have not received the update OTA also?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0wnt_:
Probably region specific. I saw a post about it last week regarding 434 being pushed to some devices. But I only got it today. Maybe just wait a few more days!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x102x96x:
it s now global

check update service tool

it works almost of time

if not u can flash Stock ROM (it won't void warranty)
[General Questions and Answers] sidsoftguy:
I have a very tight budget. The android phones with ginger bread are cheaper than ICS or jellybean. Even i cannot pay for enters level ICS phone.Should i buy ginger bread phone.I have heard developers will stop supporting apps on it.I am planning to use this phone for 2 years?
[General Questions and Answers] bbrad:
If your not wanting to spend much get a galaxys1 which comes with gingerbread it was a flagship phone back in its day and has a great community its also supported officially by CyanogenMod which means you can install 4.2.2 :)
[General Questions and Answers] emanuele1986:
galaxy s1 and after install cyanogen mod and semaphore kernel ;)
[General Questions and Answers] bbrad:
It depends on which version he gets I say devil kernel :p
[General Questions and Answers] eugenerudenko:
But still it's a pretty good solution in this situation.
[General Questions and Answers] iamezio:
I would also agree about the idea of buying something like a Galaxy S1 and installing CM10.1 .. its better then buying any GB device with no dev support and no updated android versions.
[General Questions and Answers] xiaoqiang3418:
But still it's a pretty good solution in this situation.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Beau:
Hello everyone, happy new year 2004! :P

I am used to using the Block Recognizer to write letters and numbers when I had my ENG xdaI. I just got myself the xdaII but the system is in simplified chinese (CHS), its very easy to write in chinese now :o but not so easy to write letters and numbers. I found all the input methods available in the ENG xdaI are not available in this CHS xdaII.

So I looked up many websites trying to copy the Block Recognizer input method to the CHS system. I have copied all the related registry entries over, now the Block Recognizer is shown on the input method list but its not usable though! There is a file "msim.dll" referred in the related registry entries. I found that this file is available only in the ENG system's "windows" directory but its not in the CHS one.

So I tried to copy the "msim.dll" file from the ENG to the CHS but the pocket pc system blocks me from copying this "system file". :oops:

Can someone please advise me how I can copy the file over? It would be best if you can send me the file directly.

Below are the registy keys that I copied/added from the ENG to the CHS system:

\HKCR\CLSID\{4249691-ae04-11d0......

(I copied all the subkeys and values under it)

May I thank you all in advance for your attention! :D

Beau
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cgkanchi:
Hi all,

I've been trying to download the N7000XXKL3 firmware to fix a softbricked N7000, but both Hotfile and Dev-Host are ridiculously slow (like 3 K/s), and drop the connections after a while. Could someone upload this to a fastish location for me?

Cheers and many thanks,

cgkanchi
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M3TALLICA:
Here is directly rootable XXKK9 Gingerbread firmware

http://galaxynote.rgreat.ru/Root_package/1a. Stock Rootable ROM (N7000XXKK9).zip

Say thanks to XDA user rgreat it is his server.

---------- Post added at 02:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:10 PM ----------

By the way you do not need to flash Gingerbread firmware to fix a softbrick.

Flash a CM kernel using odin or recovery then from recovery perform factory reset.
[Networking] georgia_tech_swagger:
Sorry for what is probably a stupid question, but my Google and forum search foo came up short.

Are there any phones that support HSPA+ 42 and LTE? My Sprint contract ends late this year (THANK GOD), and I'm thinking about T-Mobile. I'm in the Greenville-Spartanburg area of SC ... and T-Mobile offers HSPA+ 42 here. We tend to get stuff after the number of markets hit reaches 100-150 or so ... usually that third of fourth wave of a rollout. So I don't anticipate LTE from T-Mobile for well over a year here. But I'd like to be able to jump on LTE when it does come without changing phones. Is this a pipe dream? Or should I not worry and simply be happy with HSPA+ for the lifespan of my next phone (2-4 years)?

Thanks in advance.
[Networking] orangekid:
I own a Nexus 4 and I get H+ and LTE on T-Mobile
[Networking] MrObvious:
Any of the recent Androids (Note 2, SGS3 once LTE version is released, N4) should and the iPhone5 will as well as soon as it is official. They already get PCS DC-HSPA on the iPhone5 and LTE with a hack.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] buckman341:
I just got the Note 2 from Newegg (for verizon) and after reading through a lot of the threads on this forum like:

How to Unlock Your Bootloader - Firmware Version VRALJB

and

[Q] Stock restore Fail at sboot.bin

and

Questions about Unlocking or Recovering from a Soft Brick

I guess there's issues with the OTA verizon pushed out and the first guide won't work if you have the OTA. Well long story short, how can I tell for sure if the phone I've received had the latest updates put on it before I got it?

My build says VRALJB, does that mean I'm good and I still have the older version? Would it say VRALL4 if the OTA had been applied?

In a related question, would it be wise to simply update to VRALL4 now, use the new method to jailbreak, and then continue on my merry way? Would this alleviate any worries of the OTA getting applied and breaking my root / possibly bricking my phone??

Thanks for any help for a noob. I tried to do research first!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jsuch2002:
You do not have the ota..... Use original method!!

Sent from my most awesome phone EVER!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tfly212:
As stated above you are on the original baseband VRAJB so you can use the original root and unlock method. Once you are unlocked, do not take a OTA ever as you may get relocked and who knows if there will be a future unlock method. Most of the custom ROMs block the updates, but just in case don't take it if you ever get the message.

Once you are unlocked you will use TWRP custom recovery (which is the screen that will appear at the end of the unlock process). You can flash the VRALL4 baseband when you flash a ROM if you want to be on the latest baseband (flash ROM first then immediately flash VRALL4, no reboot in between). The download can be found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2108510
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] buckman341:
Thanks for the replies.

There's a video on the Adam Outler Jailbreak Guide that actually suggest getting the OTA first and then just doing the CASUAL thing afterwards. Personal preference or is there some advantage?

The video in question is the first one in the thread, it is titled "Jailbreak video for Windows users only!

This video desmonstrates CASUAL used with Odin to flash the Galaxy Note 2 firmware Thanks to DroidModderX" and the timeframe in question is 00:50 to 01:10

Just wondering, thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tfly212:
No real advantage either way (the update to VRALL4 was very minor but did relock the bootloader). If you want to be on the latest update you either need to take it OTA or flash it yourself. I was on VRAJB and unlocked before the update so I only had the original method to work with. I updated to VRALL4 manually by flashing it.

Bottom line, either way will work, just make sure if you take the OTA before doing anything that you use the correct unlock method (the "new" one). The whole thing will take you maybe 10 minutes, its really easy. The video is a great guide.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toadnode48:
Hi there peeps....

I don't post very much because I usually google my way to everything I need to know... but every google I've tried leads me to dead ends on this one!

There are many ROM's out there with AVRCP v1.3 bluetooth. Much respect to those developers!

I have a Kenwood car stereo and it displays Track/Artist/Album information when using Vanilla RootBox/AllianceROM/CM10 etc etc

But, the one ROM which I really love does not support this, MIUI. Every variation I have tried only streams the audio, no track info.

I have tried replacing all bluetooth related files from a known working ROM into the most recent MIUI (of the same Android version) but it just breaks the functionality all together. With Alliance ROM I noticed a service "Samsung AVRCP" when I backed it up using Titanium, I suspect this has something to do with it.

I'm no developer myself but I do have some programming experience (not android though) so I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

So...

Q: How does one implement AVRCP v1.3 (or higher) into a ROM?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toadnode48:
Bump
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
NATIVE SIP functionality is built into the stock ROM, Here is how I found it...

First, you'll need to download Launcher Pro Plus (go to 4 Shared and find the app). Once downloaded, longpress on your homescreen and chose "Shortcuts", then "Activities", then "Phone', then scroll down to the "Sip Settings" listing (which accesses com.android.phone.sip.SipSettings). Click on it and it will make a shortcut on your homescreen. You have found the SIP Menu built into the framework of your stock ROM! Below the Sip Settings option are two others under the listing "Phone", which access com.android.phone.sip.SipEditor, and com.android.phone.SipCallOptionHandler. Hope this helps everyone out. I poured through line after line of code only to realize the answer was under my nose the whole time!

{{{NOTE: The two options in red do not open up to any menus, but the first one in green is a GO}}} FYI, I don't even think you need to be rooted to do this.

Also, there are settings to mess around with the SIM lock and SIM PIN, carrier settings, and other functions and menus that I always see in the system apps but can never seem to access. A lot of these shortcuts open up to user interface menus. Awesome!

And props to Arrrghhh, you indeed were correct in assuming that it was the carrier that probably limits access to SIP options. However, it seems that it is not actually removed from the build, only the option is removed from the Call Settings Menu, and the settings are somehow disabled from sticking, unfortunately. Check it, once you access the SIP Menu, press the scroll back button in the very top left-hand corner of the page. It'll drop you back off at call settings. Is there a way to possibly edit the actual Phone.apk or Settings.apk, that one may replace the SIP option back in the menu??? Hit me up.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kecksk0enig:
Nice to know ;) its a bit ugly to be forced to install an additional launcher just for the activits, but maybe after setup it could be purged.

also nice now being able to disabl sim-pin (i searched for it in the native menu but did not find anything)

Only question I have so far:

how do one make an actual SIP/VoiP call with native phone app?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
Re: NATIVE SIP and VOIP on STOCK ROM!!! With NO MODS

Well, truthfully I haven't had time to enter my SIP credentials and test it yet...but will later and will post results.

I believe that once info is entered and account is set up, it should ask when I make a call whether I wish to place it via voice or internet (data). We'll see...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] jae18708:
Re: NATIVE SIP and VOIP on STOCK ROM!!! With NO MODS

Looking forward to your results!

In the mean time, are there any good, cheap sip services. GrooveIP is hit n miss on pq.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
Cheap SIP alternatives...

Yeah, follow this link...http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=5728982

It will explain what you need. I'll also give you another provider I use (Ekiga), but need to find my damn SIP account settings before I can share how to use it or even post my results from the test with stock settings in call settings.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Nice you found it!

In order to modify this stuff (which is do-able, but can cause bootloops if not done correctly) you will probably need to de-compile the APK.

Otherwise, if you had the source - you could just modify the overlay. But I would think it's still possible - or even some other way to launch this app without having to install a 3rd party launcher.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] mrvek:
You can use activity manager. eg.

am start com.android.phone/.sip.SipSettings

in adb or terminal emulator.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
Re: NATIVE SIP and VOIP on STOCK ROM!!! With NO MODS

So, another relevant question...do you know if Sprint blocks the VoiP ports on the Q?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
I didn't think Sprint blocked any specific type of traffic, but who knows... I've never tried to use a pure SIP provider on my phone.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kecksk0enig:
btw you can also use Apex launcher (setup is like described above)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
I am working to see if I can use Elixer Widgets to obtain the same home screen shortcut, without having to use a third-party launcher.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] feeway730:
Has this been tested w ADW launcher?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
Just downloaded and tried ADW, does not work for SIP menu, there's no shortcut or link to "activities".
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
So, I have downloaded ROMzilla from XDA member digitalhigh, and am going to decompile some stuff and see if I can throw it back together and have it work. As it turns out, everytime I enter my SIP credentials and exit the SIP menu, the info I entered is automatically cleared. So there is some code that needs to be changed, if not within the Phone.apk then within the android framework. I am going to work on my PC with the stock ROMs that ShabbyPenguin posted and test it in Eclipse first. Let me know if there is any particular approach I should take. Thanks.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ujoty:
Of course there is. Long tap on screen then Add -> Custom Shortcut -> Pick your Activity -> Activities
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
Yes, however the activities included for options in ADW are not nearly as extensive as Launcher Pro's nor do they include SIP settings...sorry, I should have been more precise.

Moto Q stock with Arrrghhh's kernel v.0.10
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ujoty:
Of course they are, to find SIP settings you need first go to "Phone", when you tap it it will expand and you will find SIP settings there.

At least in paid version ADWLauncherEX, but I would be supprised if free version would not support that.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
Oh, that was the reason, I indeed was using the free version. Have you tried getting any SIP credentials to stick? I think that some rescripting is in order to do so; Sprint's devs probably disabled it somehow of course. But if you could check that it'd rock

Moto Q stock with Arrrghhh's kernel v.0.10
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ujoty:
They don't stick. I don't think that any launcher would change that. Launcher is mearly a tool to access this settings.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
I wasn't referring to a launcher making it stick, I was talking about in general, cause there must be some way, even if it is by changing some coding...

Moto Q stock with Arrrghhh's kernel v.0.10
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kecksk0enig:
just a quick reply on this.

I didn't get it to work, even if the settings sticked there was no way to get the native phone app to use the registered sip line.

I ended up with using CSipSimple which has a need integration in standard phone app.

This works the best for me :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
Same results I've experienced...looking for a way to decompile framework and make it functional. Cool though, I'll check that app out. Another option is paying Skype 2.50 a month for a phone number...

Moto Q stock with Arrrghhh's kernel v.0.10
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] jayalaba:
com.android.phone has stopped

Hello, when i click the short cut on the screen (sim toolkit) I have error message com.android.phone has stopped I also having the same issue whenever I try sip call for my moto photon 4g.. Any clue.. thanks in advance..
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Kwen:
I was able to add an account but without setting the option to "Ask for each call", the default is to use it only when making internet calls:

For all calls when data network is available

*Only for Internet calls

Ask for each call

Anyway to change this setting by command line? I'm gonna try with the ASOP dialer from CM
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Tippfehler:
You can easily change it with Sip Switch apk (G. Playstore, from Robert Siebeck).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Valwit:
Hi!

Does anyone have a fully working DSPManager on XXEMB5?

There are so many different versions, but I can not find one that has no FC if changeing the presets. Rest seems to be working fine.

The version I used to have in XELLA and earlier seems not to be working anymore. It does not FC but has no effect at all.

Edit:

Found the solution.

I was using the file DSPmanager-v3.zip from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1636914

This is pretty much what I was using for months and it worked utill the last update to XEMB5.

So after sitting the whole night, trying out a dozen of different archives and mods, I noticed this one does not contain the /system/vendor/etc/audio_effects.conf file. I missed it, because there was already a file in my system with the same name. But now I looked inside it and found that it is a different file to the one that comes with DSPManager. So I renamed the file I had in my phone to audio_effects.conf.old (just in case) and copied /system/etc/audio_effects.conf to /system/vendor/etc/audio_effects.conf and, to my surprise, now (after a reboot) DSP manager works as it used to.

Yay!

So here the steps I did in clear:

1. Flash DSPmanager-v3.zip in CWM

2. Reboot

3. Copy /system/etc/audio_effects.conf to /system/vendor/etc/audio_effects.conf
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] etp23:
So I just flashed cm10.1 nightly found on the CyanogenMod website and they created an emulated memory card and store my pictures twice and doesn't even use my memory card does anyone know why? A reply would be helpful thank u