yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deeznutz1977:
Tweaked rom. Its has a tab in settings called tsm parts for customizing the rom
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Arturofm2:
Yes, that's the rom I use, but it only let you change the color of the icons on the status bar.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] naga.nino:
Hi, I love my Xperia T but there is one thing that bothers me. I noticed that every xperia T has that automatic screen dimming when viewing darker media on your screen. For example, when i turn on facebook app, before the actual app opens there is dark grey screen. During that sequence screen gets darker, and when white facebook page pops up you can actually see screen adjusting its brightness to higher "normal" level. That really bothers me especially when gaming. On dark sequences screen gets really dark, and than it takes second or two to adjust normal brightness when brighter sequences appear. You can actually see brightness going down when darker images are displayed, and then back up again when brighter images appear.

So I'm not talking about dimming when overheating or flickering (that second is fixed by jellybean update as I noticed), or etc. And before you ask me I if turned on autobrightness in display settings, it has nothing to do with that.

My question is, is there a way to turn this off because it is really annoying?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] thrize45220:
Have you unchecked adopt to lightning conditions already?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] naga.nino:
Can you read my last sentence before question, please? It has apsolutely nothing to do with that. "Adopt to light conditions" means adopt to light conditions in your sourrounding, not in your screen light conditions. :o
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] thrize45220:
All i thought it differs to auto brightness thats why i ask it sir. Sorry for the question then ;)
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] naga.nino:
You dont have to apologise. :) So, the problem is that when you watch darker images, or videos, or just any darker screen on your display, contrast and brightness goes down. And when you switch to brighter screen you can actually see, with your naked eye, brightnes going up. I see that Sony intentionally put that feature, but it is very, very stupid one. There is no point in making dark images even darker with even less contrast. I assume they wanted to achieve better black levels that way, or I don't know, but it is very stupid way of doing black levels more black. And, of course, there is no setting in settings menu tu turn this nonsense off, nice one Sony!
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] thedisturbedone:
Re: [Q] Xperia T - screen dimming

This similar annoying ass feature is there in my Spectre laptop. This was supposed to be a battery saving feature and I haven't yet found a way to turn it off. Maybe it's also a way to get higher black levels.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Mad Marty:
This is the Bravia Engine. Just unselect Settings -> Display -> Mobile Bravia Engine
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] naga.nino:
Dude, this is definitely not a battery saving mode. There is no need for batery saving mode when displaying dark screen, and the problem occurs when displaying dark images or any other dark media, app or non-app. every single time.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] naga.nino:
OMG... Mobile bravia engine has apsolutely nothing to do with with that, because bravia engine works only in phones stock apps for viewing videos and pictures, and the effect is not even similiar to screen dimming. It brings more saturated colors and that is all.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] naga.nino:
Same problem is posted here: http://communities.sonyericsson.com/thread/61560?start=0&tstart=0 and Sony replied "I'm sorry that it has taken so long but I have done some testing now using a later software and I'm not able to replicate the issue that you guys report so I assume it's fixed." It is more than obvious that they like to close their eyes on every single problem that occurs. Thank you Sony for your gorgeous support to your beloved customers. I cant be more sarcastic, of course.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Mad Marty:
Well, have it your way. But with this kind of attitude, don't be surprised if no-one wants to help you.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] naga.nino:
It's not my way, it's the way it is. If one understands what mobile bravia engine is, one could never offered it as a solution to a problem that has nothing to do with it. I'm terribly sorry if I ofended you, and I apologize for my attitude. I'm not mad at you, or anybody else here, I just don't see why would one write something just to be written. I know my T-Rex wery well, and I know there is no "normal" way to turn this dimming crap off, so I posted my question here, and expected that someone of the experts would offer some kind of solution to that. And I got things like "turn automatic brightness off", or "turn mobile bravia engine off" even though I previously mentioned that i tried all that stuff. People are "trying" to "help" me here, and they didn't even read what I've written. I'm really not one of guys that would post a question here just to be posted, I searched the crap out of the internet, and I found apsolutely nothing helpfull. That's why I decided to open this thread, to hear what experts have to say.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] peetr_:
Re: [Q] Xperia T - screen dimming

There is already a thread about this. I won't write it again. ;)

Just turn of DLS.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] naga.nino:
Thank you very much.:) I suppose you're talking about this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1909710&page=16

My phone is rooted and I can't change those values. Can you explain me how to change this? I went to that system location via root explorer, but i can't do much from that point. If I try to open it in text editor it says that this is read only and can't be changed.

Thanx in advance. :D
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] gregbradley:
If you are rooted, you need root explorer and mount the directoty as RW, then open in text editor
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] naga.nino:
Thank you guys very much! Changed values, and rebooting my phone...everything is fine now, no more stupid dimming. :) However...I noticed that color adjusment is still visible when changing from dark screen to colorfull bright one. So the dimming is now definitely gone, but that color adjusment is still visible, like it changes contrast a bit, from worse to better, it is clearly visible. Any ideas about that?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] naga.nino:
I'm uploading a video I recorded with my webcam to get you a closer look. I'll post a link once it's uploaded.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] naga.nino:
Video will be live here in a couple of minutes: http://youtu.be/fHozO8zGZ1Y

After I managed to turn off DLS, that auto-contrast thing still remains. If you look closely, you'll se that the blue facebook stripe (and everything else) slightly changes its color/contrast when returning from the gray screen. But DLS was much bigger pain in the ass and I'm very pleased with the result od turning it off.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] -SlenderMan-:
Re: [Q] Xperia T - screen dimming

Why would you want to post it live?

Sent from your backyard...

Slender watches what you do...
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] naga.nino:
Didn't mean literally live lol. :D It is uploaded, processed and watchable now.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] nemer12:
man..i have the same...damn problem sadly...and the autocontrast thing is driven my crazy..because I cant also sell my phone with a good price:(....

i think it gotta do with the mainboard. :(
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] naga.nino:
Once you disable DLS, things get alot better. That weird auto-contrast thing is not that often visible, so it is pretty much ok. DLS was really pain in the ass.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Haidary.T:
Hi everyone!

I'm running Jader's Ultimate HD rom on Xperia Pro and I was wondering how I could change its keyboard from the one in another rom such as CM10. I tried

extracting the apk from the zip file but when i tried to install it on my phone, it said "There was a problem parsing the package'. I need clear

instructions on how to get a keyboard from another rom.

Thanks for your help!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheHaso:
IF ITS A FLASHHH ABLE ZIP, flash it in cwm

Post by NASA Computer from the 1960s
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Haidary.T:
It is not a flashable zip. What I'm saying is that i want to extract a keyboard out of a rom so I can install it on another rom.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheHaso:
If it wont install it might miss some additional files

Post by NASA Computer from the 1960s
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] midras1974:
Do not install . You need to extract the app from the rom and move to system / app and give permission and reboot .Sorry for my bad English
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] om22:
Works only if you have all files needed in your actual rom and won´t work with cm10 keyboard because cm10 is jb and UHD is ICS
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Raymond199483:
Does anyone here hate the update for the kindle fire hd for some reason I hate it because it made my kindle fire HD somewhat slower then when I had 7.2.3 anyone have the some problem

Sent from my own hell
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Deleted member 5163087:
Well for me I found a slight improvement with 7.3. Things seem a little bit more 'snappier' but it's not that noticeable. I did however perform a factory reset when I updated to 7.3, then re-rooted to start fresh.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] quan_1986:
Update 7.3.0 wow I like 7.3.0 Very good
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] joe21987:
Hell yeah. Amazon Kindle Fire HD(7.3.0 software version). After the firmware upgrade has become much less battery to hold a charge for a similar use cases. Also, the tablet has become more warm up at low load (web surfing), but on the old firmware (7.2.3) heating was observed only in heavy applications or games.This is all wrong or am I the only one lucky guy?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] persano:
you can flash 7.2.3 firmware, then use ota disable by pro.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] whitelight:
How?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] merlise:
I kind of like it. Kind of. I didn't realize it had updated until the adds on the lock screen started showing up. At first I was like . . . impossible, but then I checked and it was confirmed. I had suspicions it had updated because one day it turned off and then turned on again without me doing anything to it. Go Launcher and everything else was working fine so I didn't think about it. I think the update may have made it faster as well.

-update-

I lost root access. :(
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] king_xerxes:
7.3 has killed my battery life.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] quan_1986:
Very accurate , more battery power than previous versions , maybe I will back in version 7.2.1
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Spider96:
Hopefully this is the right section for a question like this...

I'm currently running stock ROM, s-off using Dirty Racun method. I'd like to switch up to a custom mod because I'm frustrated by the lack of customization on stock. I'd like to know which of the 2 ROMs is most like stock and basically, which you prefer and why. Not looking to start a war thread here so keep it civil, options more than welcome though. I'd like to make use of the following features so if one doesn't have them, please let me know:

Wake-on-volume

Overclock

Thanks in advance for your input :D
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Aldo101t:
well, then you should go with the viper, the wake on volume was in cm10.1, but buggy so they removed it

EDIT: actually the wake on volume is working on cm 10.1 now in the latest unofficial release 0406
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Spider96:
And if that wasn't a deal breaker would you still make that recommendation?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Aldo101t:
well i'm running cm, but i like both, i just kinda switch back and forth, run one for awhile then the other when i want a change,both are good roms
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Linch89:
Aosp all day for me hands down
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jose51197:
I love sense personally but always love to try new flavors of android, overclock is done with both, by modules and kernel on cm10 and by module on sense, however a sense kernel release will take place next week by me

And about wake on volume, if it is necessary, use viper
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] somerandomname1:
Viper is awesome but I don't know how anyone can prefer a sense based ROM over CM...
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] bjoostema:
I personally like CM right now, though both are excellent ROMs in my opinion. I just prefer the overall "feel" of CM and I love a more stock experience...I find Sense a waste of resources that could better be placed elsewhere. though you can opt out of it with Viper. That being said, I would give them both a try and see which one suits you better! They are both amazing, it's really just a matter of preference...
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] nitsuj17:
if you prefer aosp: cm

if your prefer sense: viper

that about sums it up :p
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] TheGOAT232412:
Make a NAND of both and enjoy the best of both worlds. Problem solved :beer:
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] foton92:
I'm using viperLTE with infernal kernel and I get great results
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Spider96:
I'm using the same exact setup and I love it too...
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] j13smiley:
been running viper forever... gonna have to break down and install the inferal kernel at some point soon... just need to download and flash it right?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jose51197:
yes if you are s off
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Spider96:
Yeah, Jose makes it easy like that ;)
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] drewzer:
switching back and forth

What are best practices for switching back and forth between CM10 and Viper? NAND backups, but what about Titanium? Can that be used to preserve SMS messages? Or is it too unreliable to do titanium backups between the different types of ROMs? Thanks for your input.

-Drew
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Linch89:
you shouldn't have a problem with titanium between the 2 roms just make sure you fix app permissions
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Kryxan:
PACman, paranoid kicks ass
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] litetaker:
I have reached that point where I no longer care for the benchmarks and stuff. I don't use my phone for intense gaming or app usage anymore so as long as the ROM is smooth, can do some multitasking briskly and has no to little bugs, I am ok.

Currently, my favorite is CM10.1.2 because it can do gapless playback in Google Music and I am a sucker for it! I am a fan of PAC-rom too but I am not sure if it is stable for our phone.

Go for CM10.1.2 with a 3.0 kernel for the best of both worlds - stability and the latest Android (mdm series CM 10 is great).
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] vazersecurity:
Personally I prefer the CyanogenMod ROMs (more official to get deeper) because you can customize the hell out of them. They do have the overclocking you are looking for, and yes, in one of the recent updates, they put in wake-vol-buttons. I like it because the themes are just awesome and the support is excellent. Nightly updates and nightly fixes (for the most part). There are somethings that I would like CyanogenMod to fix such as the external SD card usb mass storage not mounting on PC. That is a major drag. That is the only thing that I can think of right now that I hate about CyanogenMod. Hope this review on it helps! :)
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] mr_dr_parker:
Cyanogenmod

Sense is okay, but I personally prefer Cyanogenmod. I Currently use TACHYON, and it is AWESOME.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaxMouseDLL:
My Google-fu fails me, I've managed to root my xperia t with the adb backup timing exploit(?) which I'm pleased about, however I want to explore custom roms (specifically cyanogen-mod, which I've been comfortable with since my HTC Desire bravo), however my bootloader is locked, and is not "unlockable" apparently.

Since I have root anyway, isn't there something I could flash directly from terminal that would allow me to use cwm or similar, or am I going about this entirely the wrong way.

Ideas?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erj-drvr:
"DON’T RESTORE A CUSTOM ROM-SLOT BACKUP TO THE STOCK ROM. THIS WILL MOST LIKELY BRICK YOURPHONE"

From Hash-of-codes

Had some questions regarding the above statement....

1) Is there any disadvantage to running on "Rom Slot 1 or 2 etc." Indefinitely? Speed etc?

2) If I take a Stock Verizon Rom and add a bunch of Preferences and Applications then restore it to the Stock Rom Slot do I risk the Brick?

Thanks!

Verizon XT926, Mattlgroff 1.10, Safestrap 3, Voodoo Rootkeeper
[Samsung Captivate Glide] shadieboy:
Galaxy S 4 ROM Dump Reveals System Wallpapers, Ringtones, and S-Voice App

see thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39708846#post39708846
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] smali26:
does anyone know howi acn get the Samsung Media Hub back?

i bought movies on there and the app is gone after flashing a custom rom.

is i am on Sons Of Andriod latest version

please help!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArcticFish:
U have to go back to a stock based rom

Sent from my Zapped SGH-T989 using Supercharged Slim Bean
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nashy10:
Yup. Must be on a touchwiz-based ROM. Many exist just search the Development section, and if you flash a tw rom and it does not have this, you should be able to find the apk or a flashable zip for this application. Please do some searching
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Pajar0913:
:D

How do I post the Apk file here so you can download it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rushing:
Download my ROM... its included extract it with root explorer .apk put it on your sdcard then attach the file or use the paperclip to attach the .apk

IDK if that will really help you though... just not sure if it will work on jb but give it a try
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] putney1477:
Hi all! I was wondering how I would go about getting the new radio and update on my phone? Right now I am unlocked and rooted. Running beans 13.

Thanks

Sent from my SGS3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] oconnell84:
This should be in Q & A not in Dev.

But to answer this, check the second post in the CleanROM OP for links to the radio/rpm.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1832070
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] putney1477:
OK thanks. I will make sure to post there. I wasn't sure.

Sent from my SGS3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KennyG123:
Please read forum rules before posting

Development is sacred ground for developers to post work

Questions and help issues go in Q&A

Thread moved

FNM
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cpudan80:
Hey,

I am using this phone on VZW and am having trouble accessing the internet during calls. I hit the home button (or the back button) and the screen just goes blank. I hit the power button to bring it back on, and attempt to try it again, and the same sort of thing happens. Is anyone else experiencing this? It's not a signal problem because I am in an area with LTE and the phone shows up as having 4G signal. Is there some weird setting I need to change?

The phone is running the latest update from VZW (the one from a week or so ago).

Thanks

-- Dan
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newmanx4:
The only way I can duplicate your problem is by waving my hand over the proximity sensor. It will black the screen out. I don't have to be very close to it for it to happen either. So I would guess you are inadvertently tripping it or your proximity sensor is possibly going bad.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rodrigot:
I just bought an used Nexus S and it was stuck on the 'Google' screen with unlocked bootloader.

I tried to reset to factory but it didn't work. Then, I discovered it wouldn't mount the /sdcard.

So I flashed CWM through fastboot, but now the bootloader is locked and still can't mount /sdcard nor /system partitions, so I can't flash a ROM.

When I try to use 'fastboot oem unlock' and select "Yes", it gets stuck and nothing happens.

I've already tried to use Odin, with PDA, Bootloader and CSC files but it takes a long time only to fail at the end. I don't know what else to do.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhutquang972012:
I have the same problem! Please help us!
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fiti_99:
hi i have a xperia play r800x and i see that the trueancestor rom is compatible with my phone and everything works good except the video recording, every time i stop recording it forces closing how i can fix that?

sorry for my english xD
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fritzbored:
what kernel are you using? if you are using stock lupus gb/ics 720 p version you might be using a 420 p setting of recording. it is a known issue
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fiti_99:
hi i have the stock kernel because my bootloader is not unlocked

sorry for my english xD
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazymonkey05:
Well since you have a r800x I suggest you unlock your boot loader and flash a new kernel
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fiti_99:
ok what is the best kernel for r800x and is there any good ics rom?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fritzbored:
on my personal opinion True Ancestor Rom by Jjkkyu its my daily driver and everything is working fine and battery life is good and i use it together with Lupus ICS_v12
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fiti_99:
ok that rom you mentioned is compatible with r800x??? how i unlock my bootloader?? and if i unlock my bootloader and i downgrade with flashtool my bootloader is still unlocked??
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fritzbored:
heres the link for the rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2210559&page=2

you can also find in the android dev section how to unlock your bootloader
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fiti_99:
ok but is compatible with r800x, games camera etc and how do i downgrade without relocking my bootloader

edit: i also saw the xdark rom and looks good what rom is the best that it will give full xperia 2011 ics experience with completely funcionality

edit2: ok i have Bootloader unlock allowed missing so how i can unlock my bootloader

sorry for my english
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdel12345:
That's not compatible with r800x. Its only for gsm. It'll boot but it wont give you service and if you want camera and game pads you cant install on locked bootloader. Also download an ftf and flash with flashtool to downgrade without unlocking. Check out fma965s guides. They are very helpful and explain how to do everything very well
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fiti_99:
ok i know, i dont care about service, i only want a ics rom with funcionaly at 100%

with camera and touchpads and how i UNLOCK MY BOOTLOADER WITH Bootloader unlock allowed missing

and i ask of how to downgrade without RELOCKING bootloader, no UNLOCKING

edit: ok i dont care if it is an ics or, jb or gb rom I ONLY WANT A FIX FOR CAMERA ON DIXPERIA 2 OR XPERIA NXT ROM OR TA GB ROM WITH A LOCKED BOOTLOADER

edit2:ok i have unlocked my bootloader so can someone please give a tutorial of how to install the xdark ics rom, i have r800x with 2.3.3
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chery2k:
Do not install ANY GSM GB roms they are incompatable to the R800x you will get a black screen instead of a home screen. You can only install ics and jb roms. but that requires a unlocked bootloader. If you dont have your bootloader unlocked your stuck with what you have.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdel12345:
Actually you can install gsm gb roms and flash xdarkmarios patch right afterwards and it'll boot fine but no service ofcourse
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fiti_99:
yes i flashed several gsm roms with darkmario pathc and all works excpt the video recording in high or youtube high (it works in the other modes)