yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digitalray:
how would they check in which country you are in ? they need an app for that, which calls the home server by itself and tells them where you are ?

ok, sony has some update apps from sony. but do they really check the cell network you are in ? does it use google location based service ?

i don't know if it really does that. normally it's rolled out by serial number.

but without such an app or background service that is continuously sending data to sony or checking once a week, it's not possible for sony to know which device is where in the world.

i bought myself a device from asus from the uk with a UK Serial Number and the WWE Rom Version. i've only and just ever used it in germany, but i only got the UK OTA ROMS and got it when it was rolled out in the UK.

so without an app like sony update that connects periodically with sony servers and collects usage data, it's simply not possible. they OTA Updates are spread by Serial Numbers, that's what i was told by ASUS, and that's what happened with their devices. they don't have an update app like sony and that's why i wrote that in my last post.

does anyone really "know" what the sony update app is doing ? yes, no ? sorry, but if not, it's simply speculation on how the ota updates are rolled out.

imo the update app just checks for updates and submits the serial number of the device. it's a guess. if anyone knows better, please post.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick2crete:
Have you read above my post instead of writing so much si(mp)ly speculations..

Read what Rickard writes 7th post ,

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/124330
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digitalray:
yes, different countries use different frequencies for their cell networks, so what ?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick2crete:
\How the phone understands where you are ? so read again carefully this time...

... The phone checks what country you're in based on the mobile network and not the SIM-card.... , can see also from your internet ip when using wifi so simple so easy
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digitalray:
ok, i guess the ip thing is easier to work with than an app reporting the used cell network bandwidth.. whatever, none of us knows what the sony app really does and by what cause the ota's are rolled out.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick2crete:
I think that we go off topic ,Sony Video Unlimited app can see in which country you are and if your area is supported by the app or not ,thats different with hidden google apps ,on the home screen pull your finger from downbar upwards and see another hidden google app starting:cool:

Good night
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] andrejohn:
any one know link original opensource Cyanogenmod 10.1?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AutruiP:
Hi,

I recently bought an external Battery, and i'm charging my N4 really often, for example as soon as it reaches only 50%. Is it bad for the battery of the N4 ?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matt:
It's actually good for the battery not to go below 20% afaik, meaning this should actually be good for the battery.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
Doesn't matter if you recharge at 50% or 1%. The battery will be fine. You will be charging it more often but for less time at 50% so it balances out really. The thing about not letting the charge get too low is a myth, because the 0% on the phone is not really 0% on the physical battery, there's circuitry there to protect it.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matt:
So basically, everything ever said about batteries is a myth, and just use them however you like xD
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] registered user since '13:
no. you dont necessarily need to chaege only when battery is low. you can charge whenever you want. your choice
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AutruiP:
Thanks a lot for your answers !
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HeadCracc:
Hello I need help... I think Ive bricked my S3 I was running Synergy rom and installed google talk by extracting it from intergalactic rom and running the apk from the system folder. shortly after i hit reboot to recovery and now my phone just shows the TWRP logo screen and never boots or does anything. I am able to get it into download mode but my pc won't recognize the device in order to flash back to stock in ODIN... does anyone know how i can get my device to turn back on again... I've flashed several roms to the S3 never had a problem before any help is appreciated... BTW I've trolled the forums and I cant find any threads that address bricked devices.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
I know this thread has been made for the captivate but most of the connection issues applies here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1953930
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
Oh I remember reading thread like that back in my cappy days... I hate trying to get that dumb thing into download mode. Good find

You might need to try another microUSB cord as well...Samsung phones are sure picky and not all Samsung cords have data capability. I use a mediabridge one
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HeadCracc:
Thanks guys it was the cord but that guide helped out too got it back to stock.... now to root and mod some more!!!!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
Awesome. Glad it worked
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmutilva:
Hi everyone,

My Ug007 android TV just went into boot loop and after lots of research on the web I found that the only solution to this problem is to flash a new ROM into it using Rockchip Batch Tool. The problem is that all the Ug007 ROMs I've found are in the form of updateXXX.zip format and Rockchip Batch Tools is asking me to provide and update.img file instead.

I don't know the difference between the updateXXX.zip and the update.img formats. I would really appreciate if someone can explain me the difference and tell me where to get .img ROMs for Ug007.

Thanks in advance.

PS: I cannot post links, that's why I don't include the link to Rockchip Batch Tool
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] twoeleven99:
I have been having problems last few days with this. When i get an MMS it won't download . I've toggled WiFi on off, data on off, airplane mode..only thing that will work is rebooting the phone.

And i have auto sync off but still get notified fokr emails. I don't get why if auto sync is off my phone is still pulling the emails. Its not ROM specific because I've been on 2 different ROMs the last 2 days and its happened on both.

This never happened before anyone have a clue why this is going on all of a sudden?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] twoeleven99:
Anyone have any idea? Just switched to another ROM and same thing
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] somesex:
Check with the pic below. The button control is there ... but is HIDDEN and DISABLED ...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] BarnOwl:
Maybe they realised AFTER producing the upgrade that a restore from a previous rom won't do no good............. :twisted:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cruisin-thru:
So how do you enable the button?
[Motorola Droid 4] call_m3_savage:
Whenever i try to do an OTA update, it downloads the new os but fails to install. It installs maybe 25% and then the android falls over with the red triangle. Keep it mind im new to the rooting scene so bare with me haha it just cuts back on and says update failed. WHAT DO I DO?!?!?!:crying:
[Motorola Droid 4] tcrews:
What have you done to your phone? Typically OTA updates fail because you have modified/deleted/changed something on the phone that the update is trying to patch/update. If you don't know what you changed, it's hard to change it back to stock.

Use RSDlite and the JB fastboot files to flash your phone to stock Jellybean.

http://sbf.droid-developers.org/cdma_maserati/list.php

download the 4.1.2 version and search for RSDLite.
[Motorola Droid 4] call_m3_savage:
ok im trying it now but once again im new to this so i nmay need a few more instructions if i get stuck
[Motorola Droid 4] sd_shadow:
downloads and rsd lite instruction in my list

sd_shadow's [Collection] of Links for Droid 4
[Motorola Droid 4] call_m3_savage:
OMG YES!!! THANKS BRO!! WORKED PERFECTLY WITH NO PROBLEMS!!!!!!!! 1000x THANKS!!!!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolvie77:
Guys, any file manager that can recommend that can browse files & folders & allow sending options via email or bluetooth or NFC? The File Commander & Astro File Manager all cannot do that.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nmm81:
Root explorer
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x102x96x:
astro

ES

root

and .............
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Morkai Almandragon:
am I missing something or do these simply not work on the TW lockscreen?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellyhead:
Am I missing something? I don't even see an option for a lock screen widget in pandora.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ezas:
It's in the new update. Make sure you have that for starters.

Note 2 - Nexus 7 - Charge - Player 5.0 - Fascinate

<><><><><><><><><><>

Read twice, flash once
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Morkai Almandragon:
Yes I have it... and just in case anyone feels the need to ask, yes my phone is on, I am at the lockscreen, and it is not there lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] juanzr1:
Same here no lock screen controls
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jellyhead:
Got the new update and no lock screen......but then the stock music player doesn't have lock screen controls either so it must be the OS.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bfitz26:
Try switching to aosp lock screen
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psydex:
Few days ago i've upgraded to the official 4.1.2 (not rooted) and i can't get half a day the way i normally use my SGS2...

Let the screenshot speaks for itself:

*Screen brightness is set to automatic

As you can see huge (instant 20%+) battery drop occurs when i restart my phone.

I'm not using GPS , Bluetooth or whatever, just Wi-Fi. Only Chrome and Facebook was used when i took that screenshot. AND YES - IT LASTED ONLY THREE HOURS NORMAL USE.

Haven't had this issue before i upgraded. Last time i checked the leaked 4.1.2 there was similar problem and i hoped they'd fix it but nah...

Any help would be welcome , guys!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Install BetterBatteryStats, read the BBS thread on here, post to that thread. Same as for any Android version whether GB, ICS or JB (those screenshots are pretty much meaningless, BTW).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psydex:
Will do. Can you please point me out the exact thread? Thank you
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809&page=1497
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riro1612:
AW: [Q] Huge battery drain since i've upgraded to 4.1.2

The main reason of battery drain on 4.1.2 is media scanner. I found a good way to stop that. I downloaded 2 apps called "media scanner root" and "media scanner". One stops the media scanner from running and the other one runs it as it should normaly run.

sent with my homing pigeon
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psydex:
My phone is not rooted. Is there any build-in method to disable media scanning?

P.S: Nobody seem to pay attention to my BBS log in the other thread.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Instead if using that app,.you can disable it using Terminal, but you still need to be rooted! :rolleyes:

About BBS thread, please be patient. Someone will answer soon. Meanwhile, u can go through the BBS thread to see if there are cases similar to yours.:)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[One (M7) General] Will.1:
Hey guys, apparently HTC has released a statement saying the 32gb version of the phone should be available in France this weekend online and starting next week in stores. No mention has been made of the color nor if the 64gb version will be made available.

Since we often get phones later than in the UK, maybe this confirms the wednesday/friday deliveries for the UK stores or even a general release.

Here's the link:

http://www.frandroid.com/actualites...tir-de-la-semaine-prochaine-dans-les-magasins
[One (M7) General] turbox:
Can't wait :victory:
[One (M7) General] py_martinez:
I have a dream.....

Envoyé depuis mon HTC One X avec Tapatalk
[One (M7) General] Marusaia:
Which one have you choose? Black or silver? And where do you buy it?

Me: black one at Boulanger since the 18/03.

Envoyé depuis mon HTC Sensation Z710e avec Tapatalk
[One (M7) General] vegetaleb:
I saw prices at the Fnac website and it's more expensive than in UK and Germany :crying:

Or perhaps it's the pre-order prices that are more expensive...
[One (M7) General] turbox:
Pre-order at boulanger since 15/03 in black but no news.
[One (M7) General] RedWave31:
Black ones are delayed even further. Date seems to be 10-12/04 at least. Check Facebook and twitter, some infos there.
[One (M7) General] Will.1:
Phone is available in grey at Bouygues and SFR (currently already sold out for SFR)

It's also available at phonehouse.fr for immediate delivery :)

Got mine from the UK though, should be there tonight hopefully without any issues
[One (M7) General] zhamos_kh:
Available online at the phone house

http://www.phonehouse.fr/telephone/htc/one-gris#
[One (M7) General] ratam:
They told it's available but when you place the order, you will be put in a long long queue ... so it's better to call them directly and ask where they have stock available on physical stores and call them to block for you. I have mine like this. And it's a grey one ... Black no clue on arrival date.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] roncad:
Is there a way to get the hotspot hack on W.O.R. rom ?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wulmdiver:
Hi,

If I like to get a new ROM (JB 4.2.2.), do I always "kill" the old ROM or is there a way to just update.

I ask because I don't want to install all programs again and again. But the most annoing thing is the Adobe ID which I always need to put in. And now I always have to talk to Adobe Service to reset 3 (why just 3) activations for my ID. Otherwise I'm not allowed to read my books.

Thanks

Chris
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramdesai:
If you arr moving from like ics to jb or like moving between roms developed by different developers with same android version, its better to clean wipe and flash to avoid unexpected issues. You can use titanium backup to backup your apps. But dont restore system apps and system app data. Donr know about adobe if titanium backup works with it or not as i dont use it.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Feroxy:
Instead of Titanium backup why dont you use go backup ?? its ui is not so much complicated and easy to use moreover it restores apps backup from one rom to another one without any hassle ;)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wulmdiver:
Ok Thanks, till now i use Titanium backup, but the Adobe ID problem was always the same.

So I wíll try go backup.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r100:
I don't know anything about Adobe ID (on Android?) but with your Recovery you can make a full backup of your current rom. In case your new rom is not a success you can always restore the old rom back to exactly the way it was.

Titanium Backup and GoBackup are excellent programs, but not always 100% solid with jumping to a completely different Android version+skin.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RaDi:
hi there ,,

guys i'm trying to install MIUI with a2sd ,, i have tried all the methods and how to and it dose'nt work =(

sometimes i get market error others can't install apps and alot of problems .. but never had succeed :|

i have sd card , 8 GB ... 1024mb of it is ext3

can anyone give me the right way to do it ???

and when i partetion the sd , should i make the ext as a praimary or logical ??

thnx
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taodan:
Is the MIUI ROM that you try to use is Jellybean or Gingerbread? I saw your post in the MIUI JB but here you say GB. When you format the SD card, ext should be logical. Which recovery do you?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RaDi:
it's GB
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RaDi:
i'm using clockmod
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vickutetg:
Use Rom MIUI QND: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1084726 :laugh:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] egiblock:
So i followed the one-clieck rooting guide on here and rooted my att galaxy s3. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2042775

ever since that, the battery life is horrible. i unplug my phone at 7am and by 3 it's down to maybe 40%, by the time i get home from work, it's down to 15% maybe..

could it be the amount of email accounts / messages i get in a day.

are there better options for upgrading the phone to a new build ?

can i update the phone without losing what i already have on the phone? or when you flash a rom is it like resetting it back to defaults and i'll have to rebuild the apps and everything.

thanks

AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3

Android Version 4.1.1

Base: I747UCDLK3

Kernel Version: 3.0.31-274808

Build: JRO03L.I747UCDLK3

--

added:

on a side note, i did install the SPB shell onto my machine and am thinking that all of the animations and crap that program does might be doing it to my phone as well....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] y0yerrj0sh:
Well i'm sure people are going to tell you to get betterbatterystats and go through a day and it should show you whats draining your battery

Betterbatterystats: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809

If you titanium backup or carbon backup (both are in the play store) you can backup your app and app data so you won't lose anything if you decide to flash a new rom. A different rom might help with battery life.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sklchan:
Also get the Wake Lock Detector... Since you're saying it might cause by your email then try to check on the email push sync setting as I recall my device also suffer battery drain due to the push sync set to immediate. You can set it to check mail every 30 mins which I think is sufficient...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crash822:
Rooting doesn't do anything to the battery life of your phone. did you install some other mods? I'm guessing your phone isn't going to sleep, download cpu spy and see if it ever goes into deep sleep.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Russ77:
did you make a nandroid backup? if your recovery is backing up in .dup format it creates thousands of files for the media scanner to scan. if using a custom recovery make sure it is set to .tar format.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Scoobiedoo:
Been searching the site for info on unlocking this phone but the info provided doesnt seem ro be for the right phone

Anyone got any info / help me further

Have already tried a maxom unlock tool but it didnt work
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J3RI3L:
Ok guys, I have a i9100 for almost 2 years now but the last 6 months I've been charging three batteries I purchased with an external charger due to that my phone when connected to either USB or AC power it shows as charging, even if it is off it will turn on the screen an show the battery logo, however, it does not charge the battery at all.

I can even see the battery level going down when it its connected what to me means that there's something with the charging circuit that is not sending the electricity to the batterry. Something important to note is that when I use a Stock ROM on it it gives me an error if I connect it to power that says "Battery Disconected", dunno what on earth that means.

I'd be nice if one of XDA Hardware Guru's could advice me on this matter cuz right now I'm tired of reminding what battery to charge and having a backup battery in my pockets. Maybe a mod to bypass the circuit and charge the battery directly? jus saying.

Hopefull

Jeriel
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Christiaan91:
You can charge the batteries with a external charger, so the batteries are fine.

Did you try reinstalling your rom and doing full wipes and formats?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silv3rfox:
I highly doubt that the problem can be solved by a mod, it seems a hardware and not a ROM related prob.

Not sent from my iPhone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Christiaan91:
I agree. But you can always give it a shot, besides it's done in 5 minutes.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vishal11in:
Fault of the charger.

Replace it and you will be sorted
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kogosa:
Απ: [Q] Phone shows it is carging however does not charge any battery..

Your phone's usb port is dirty. Happened to many ppl before. Clean your usb port and it will be ok. I used an air blower... As simple as that.

sent from a Galaxy far far away
[Xperia Z General] steelmm:
The GPS in flight mode is the best detects SATs in seconds. Outstanding bit of kit with waterproofing. Using copilot major excellent
[Xperia Z General] nmm81:
Also very quick without flight mode (less than a min.)
[Xperia Z General] Tamirwig:
Seconded, I get lots of Sat locks under 10 second (Even when passing below tree branches!). Superb performance, much needed after the failure of a GPS my old SGS1 had. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] callousparade:
So... longtime lurker, proficient flasher trying to help a friend with his gs3.

Unlocked successfully, flashed liquidsmooth successfully. However, when switching over to Energy HD his phone has done some weirdness i've never encountered in my 6+ years of flashing.

It won't boot at all as far as i can tell (no recovery, no download mode) but when connected to a PC, windows still does the 'device connected' ding.

Now here's the weirdest part, it does the 'device connected' ding at half-speed...

Any thoughts? Is this a hardbrick or can we still get her up and running again?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Watanuki-Kun:
I am assuming your friend's S3 is a verizon version. When I googled for Energy HD rom, I only found this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1735850 If that is the rom, that rom is for the international s3 version and not verizon. Your friend's S3 is most likely hard bricked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
Doesn't look good, since your pc stills see the device you may try to use adb and hopefully it may help. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746682
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] callousparade:
Yeah that's what I thought, just figured I'd ask and see if anyone else had the odd windows ding thing.

Also ADB won't list the device, drivers installed/uninstalled/reinstalled, so I knew he was dead in the water.

Thanks all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobAbooE:
Jtag might be able to fix it. Google that. Good luck.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dragon1357:
+1 JTag might work. Or its just borked..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] omeshka:
I made this thread for the owners of xperia s to share their rom, kernel xperiences with the others who search for the best roms and kernels to save battery!!

:good::good:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] -Harsh-:
There is no such things as best rom and kernel, all depends on individual usage.. And there's already a thread on which kernel and rom is everyone using.. And please not another that for antutu scores.. :screwy:

Sent from The Beauty - Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] omeshka:
Can You please post the lonk of that thread??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] auni:
This is why the SEARCH button exist. So use it sometimes, make sure to search properly before posting a new thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1974319

---------- Post added at 10:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:28 PM ----------

And I fully agree with what Harsh said.

"There is no such things as best rom and kernel, all depends on individual usage"
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Andy:
^^ This pretty much covers it.

+ THIS

Thread closed.