yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 General] SlimJ87D:
Awesome work around. My mother lives in Georgia. How do you think it would work renewing my contract online? It probably depends on my credit card zip code right?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Nephilim-Giant:
If you renew your contract online, they either do by billing address and/or shipping address. I'm pretty sure they go by your billing address that is listed on your carrier contract.

I bypassed the CA taxes with my iPhone 4 by just going to Reno NV and buying the iPhone 4 from the Apple store. Taxed on $199.
[Galaxy S 4 General] eroracing:
You can eliminate all the work by just ordering from Walmart online like I did! $189 will be charged to my card upon shipping! I also did this with the gs3. I also live in the blood sucking state of California!
[Galaxy S 4 General] play2lose:
I live in NV and have always been taxed on the FULL price of the phone, however I've always made my upgrades through AT&T online never in store. Going in store to upgrade to the S4 today so we'll see what the tax is.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SlimJ87D:
really? So you just have to pay a renewal fee and no taxes at all? Can you please double check your statement for me when you get the chance? I'm going to give that a try in June.
[Galaxy S 4 General] MisterEdF:
You will have to pay the first month of service as well which will be around $90+ taxes. If you return it too soon (14 days I believe) they will just take back the phone with a 10% restocking fee and not charge the ETF so you must keep it AT LEAST 2 weeks.
[Galaxy S 4 General] eroracing:
I'm positive.... As a matter of fact Walmart has lowered there price to $168 now! No tax no shipping just $168 otd. You will be charged the renewal fee on your bill but if you are a premier member like me(I am an at&t employee) you can call in after its billed and have it refunded.

Total cost of a brand new gs4

$168
[Galaxy S 4 General] hduong22:
I am also getting $168 from Walmart online here in California. No tax, no shipping fee.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Nephilim-Giant:
Are there any other charges than the ETF bill when you cancel a contract from AT&T?
[Galaxy S 4 General] eroracing:
Honestly I don't know the answer to that. When I said I worked for at&t what i meant was i am a cable maintenance splicer for outside network on at&t core side! So basically I work on all outside network plant including pots, uverse, cell towers.....and everything else basically. So mobility questions like that i would have to ask!
[Galaxy S 4 General] Dimeezy:
Also add 1/2 month of service & I believe you have to pay tax on the ETF fee.

I don't think they will allow you to terminate your contract without returning the phone unless its after the 14 day return period.
[Galaxy S 4 General] MisterEdF:
You are correct. I also think their current terms state they no longer prorate, they charge you for the whole first month (plus all the BS fees and taxes). In the end, you can't beat the system.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Nephilim-Giant:
Ewwww. That half a month service and tax on ETF really killed the party. :'(

Thanks for the info though! Much obliged :highfive:

Now where oh where shall I get a non taxed S4? (aside form eBay) :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 General] eroracing:
Uhhhhhh.... Walmart! I've mentioned it many times already!
[Galaxy S 4 General] JasonJoel:
How about people quit trying to scam the system and just either get an upgrade, OR buy the phone outright?

Honestly threads that discuss ways to scam the telcos should be closed by the mods.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Nephilim-Giant:
Sorry! I meant buying the phone outright :fingers-crossed::crying:
[Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
Loopholes are not scams. If it is legal to do, how is it a scam? These people are not hacking into AT&Ts systems and engaging in criminal activities. Discussing ways to legally get a cheaper price is what is going on here.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Sarcron:
Just throwing this out there but from what I recall the standard GS4 was shipped with a decent pair of ear phones and a few other accessories. Could the $650 cost be factoring those in, and the $580 rumor is the price of the unit by itself?
[Galaxy S 4 General] j510:
Deleted
[Galaxy S 4 General] JasonJoel:
Legal doesn't always equal right or moral. but whatever. Each to their own.
[Galaxy S 4 General] jeffs99:
Negri or expansys..
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bozza1001:
Is ther any way to change the touch screen from multi touch up to 2 points too 3 or 4 ? Sent from my EndeavorU using xda premium
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] deathgame:
Go to settings - display and gesture and disable 3 finger input gesture
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Steke:
You can use UP TO 10 touches at the same time?!

And I think thats more than enough!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bozza1001:
Thanks that's all I needed to know I was stuck on 2 and didn't know how to expand 10 is more than enough just wanted to get out of two
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bozza1001:
I don't think you understood what I ment I had the gestures turned on and it limits you to two tuches wanted to get off it and didn't know how
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
First off, you're posting in the wrong forum as you have an international HTC one X and this is the forum for the dual core one xl.

Second, multitouch has to do with the hardware and touchscreen firmware. So long as both the hardware and the touchscreen firmware support it, it will be active.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bozza1001:
Ta
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arvin2212:
Hello all,

So i bought the phone about 3 days ago.

When i took it home, i used it until the battery was around 30% and then i charged it. I charged it until 70% or so and took the phone out with me.

I came home and it was around 42% and charged it to about 80% and then used it until 25% and left it charging overnight. When i woke up , it was 100%, My question is, will this pattern of mine affect the battery because I didn't fully charge it for the first time?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gm007:
No,don't worry.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philje123:
Not at all.

It best to keep these batteries between 20% and 80% anyway.

Phil
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gm007:
Charge the battery whenever you want and at any level,don't worry.

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One more thing,there is an app called help in your phone,open it and search for battery,you will find all the info given by Sony ;)
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] junaiddk:
I have been using Xperia TX for over 4 months now. I bought it with the Android 4.0.4. Everything was working perfectly well until I updated it to 4.1.2. After the update, the problems started appearing. I'm facing problems specially while playing games. When I play Temple Run 1 or 2, the games keep on pausing in between so very frequently. I tried repairing the mobile and the games worked well a couple of days and the problems came back. Could anyone help me out? Any suggestions guys???
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Tinup93:
you mean by pausing like going back to Menu of the game? or a delay like a lag?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] joonlin:
Not only that, anyone notice that sometime the phone is lock, but the screen backlight still on and battery drain extremely fast.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] crazymister:
Which way did you update?

Ftf, zip or Sony pc companion?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Ben Ling:
Probably is Sony PC Companion
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Tinup93:
yea thats happening with me 2! =D
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] joonlin:
haha.. so can i know how you solve it or you just continue using?? I have no choice to flash back to ICS.. :(
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Tinup93:
i just relock it and its locked prob :D
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] junaiddk:
VDOCall 136

I used PC Companion for updating. By Pausing I mean that as if I had pressed the pause button. At times the game does lag too... And that's right sometimes when I press the power button to lock the screen, the screen does not lock instead the back light remains on which does cause the battery to drain fast...
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] joonlin:
I won't upgrade to JB until the problem is solve. :rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] arctic02:
yeah experienced it with global, unbranded, russian and my original one. Its been a week now trying to get some time reading the forums for any solution before I will update to jb again, cause jb is a lot faster but not design for gaming .:crying:
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Tinup93:
SOLVED

first the reason of the games lag that THe CPU DROPS FROM 1512 To 380+ the corespeed i`m talking about here <<<

so i had to root and install SET CPU and made 2 profiles for games like temple run i just set the minnum and maximum frequency and its very smooth now so no problems with games..

just relock the phone and and backlit will go ..
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] arctic02:
Have you tried playing dead trigger and deadzone? Do you have any trouble?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] wednesday13:
Or just check disable hw overlays on developer options
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] junaiddk:
Well to some extent disabling h/w overlays has solved the problem. thanks buddy...
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] junaiddk:
Can you help me out in rooting the TX running Jelly Bean?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] joonlin:
Hey guys. I try to flash back to ICS 7.0.A.3.212 and update with PC Companion again. I don't know why now my battery usage are same as ICS, not drain that fast like last time I just updated to JB. I root with Easyrootingkit and I deleted all the useless apps but not Google Now. I realize that after deleted the Google Now and restart my phone, the battery will drain faster, just leave your Google Now there and is better don't turn it on. And don't try to make any changes from the CPU especially using SetCPU, I realize if I change any setting there, when I close the apps, the CPU frequency will change to lower. I know nothing more else, but just trying to share with those who have the same problem like me last time. This method works for me but I don't know others. :( Now I can used JB normally without and problem. :D
[One (M7) General] jvar11889:
What's the best deal you have found for the HTC One in the US? I want to preorder for an upgrade for AT&T but since their media link offer is out of stock I'm looking for another offer. So far the only semi decent one I've found is Walmart's offer for $169. Thanks!
[One (M7) General] realpg:
walmart is the best till now
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonathanvanhavere:
hey , i have a big problem to find turn by turn navigation for my htc 8s .

i know that here maps a few weeks ago was launched for other wp8 devices , but it's only in the us , uk and canada .

i have tried to configure my device to an english device including timezone . i was able to download the here drive beta app , but couldn't use it because the license isn't valid in my country . (in my case belgium) . if anyone knows a way to use it also in other countrys then us canada or the uk , please tell me .

greetz, jonathan
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ScRePt:
Did you by any chance insert a us/canada sim on the device?

http://mynokiablog.com/2013/03/11/here-drive-here-drive-differences-explained/

You should consider a lumia device for the full potential of windows phone ...
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mediax:
On proximus network lumia 620 for only one euro :)
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badboy70:
That's very strange, I have a Lumia 920 and it works perfectly fine.

I live in Belgium as well :)
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kloon:
[MENTION=1544208]badboy70[/MENTION] ( Nokia) drive Works Always on the 920 in Belgium. I have the ativ s and have to wait for the Belgische release

Sent from my GT-I8750 using Board Express
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] MUCKER:
Hi i have the new upgrade from o2 not released yet, but there are all in zip files. i dont now how to install them i beleve it the last beta one till o2 bring out upgrade
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] cruisin-thru:
Are you going to upload the files to the forum?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] farnold:
Yes, please upload... and be careful when you try to install anything. If you're not aware what may happen you may end up with a pretty damn dead device :shock:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rameshbm:
Hi,

I am using the Galaxy grand I9082 Duos. I have a simple problem in WIFI signal strength, on this device signal strength showing very week for a distance of 3 to 4 meets away from the wifi router in the next room. But Laptop shows good strength at same point.

If I take my mobile close to router shows very good strength.

Any solutions please.

Regards,

Ramesh
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thesellerfrank:
It must be due to the router you used. I am using dlink router in my house ang my grand wifi is always full even I'm inside my room 2nd floor around 8-10m aways from the router.. try to use other type of router
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neflhiem:
Hello all, finally ditching my IPad 2 for a Note 10.1! As im shopping though, i have found at least 3 model numbers in the US and cant find the differences

GT-N8013EA32ARB (Walmart refurb 32gb)

GT-N8013EAVXAR (Amazon 32gb)

GT-N8013EAYXAR (Samsung site) (edit, this is a 16gb ver. thanks Newegg!)

Edit: ===================================

Ok, this is odd, I found

GT-N8013-EA32ARB

GT-N8013-EA32BRB

on New Egg as well, ok so these are refurb units, but there is an A and a B grade??? with different prices.. anyone know what this means?

===========================================

Any thoughts on Refurb or not? I bought a Google Revue refurb and it turned out to be crap. (died in a month).

Any other buying tips?

Thanks!!!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jkjambo:
Hey , i'm new with Razr devices.

I have Razr maxx (verizon - XT 912) , i bought it as i though it has great battery life , but it's really terrible on JB .. it was already on JB when i bought it

Looked in google , also on xda ,ect.. but nothing ... So there is no F**** way to back to ICS?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Gus194:
Nope its not possible to go back to ICS after updating to JB
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jkjambo:
It will brick if I try to install ICS rom with recovery? Or it will not boot? If the problem is kernel, there is no flashable ICS kernel?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] TheMrcool212:
Yes, it will brick because Motorola did not unlock the bootloader of this phone. You cant downgrade the bootloaders, cdt.bin and android version if you have a locked bootloader. That is why i moved to Samsung. A locked bootloader of a phone is a problem to me. It is your opinion what to choose. But a locked bootloader also can install Custom roms, root, mods etc
[Motorola Droid RAZR] I Am Marino:
JB owns your soul basically now.

-Sent from Marino's Maxx-
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] d0g:
I'm having issues with my ROM, and someone here suggested doing a nandroid backup, a clean install, then restore just DATA from nandroid.

But is this any different from just wiping SYSTEM and reinstalling ROM?

I was under the impression that a full wipe just wipes SYSTEM + DATA, whereas wiping SYSTEM just wiped SYSTEM.

I thought for a real "clean install" I need to wipe SYSTEM + DATA ("factory reset") then restore data with Titanium Backup, e.g.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] csmasn:
Do the last one...

Restore Apps one by one. Don't make a nand data restore.

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] prboy1969:
If your having issues with the Rom, a FULL Wipe, and Flash is usually your best bet. Try to avoid restoring to much Data. Especially system Data.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Use TiBu and restore apps only, and data only if you absolutely must, game saves, user apps that don't interfere with system on a per app basis. Use TiBu before wiping to backup your SMS and Call Log data as xml before wiping and then restore them the same way.

☆SoA: Son's of Android™☆

I like to break stuff! :D
[General Questions and Answers] jayas.mayank:
Hey guyss... I am new to xda and this is my first ques.. I don't know where to ask questions.. so I am posting here (sorry for inconvenience).. actually I have brought Micromax a116 canvas HD yesterday. And I am facing some issues with it.

1) Whenever i connect canvas hd to charging the touch responds wrongly and apps open automatically. This only happens when i connect the charger. I have replaced two phones but still having the same issue. Is there anyone to fix this issue?

2) camera is not clear as 8 mp should be and not as HD

3) and now silly ques...can we move apps to ext SD card w/o rooting the phone.

Plz help me guyzz...
[General Questions and Answers] prithvirao17:
1) Are you using the charger given by MMX? I used a samsung to charge my A116 and it performed badly. But no problems with the MMX charger. Its happened to me with some other phones in the past.

2) It is what you get in low end phones. Image Quality does not depend entirely on MP of camera. Its just a number.

3) No. You have to root the phone to swap internal memory and external SD.
[General Questions and Answers] greenjay:
Q3 answer

For your 3rd question - Yes you can move apps to SD card without rooting. Try App2SD app
[General Questions and Answers] jayas.mayank:
thnk u sir 4 rplying..

Sir I m using original MMX charger but still there is issue...and sir there is one more issue...battery is getting drained very faster..
[General Questions and Answers] jayas.mayank:
Sir tried it but app does not work. Plz help me.
[General Questions and Answers] krittin98:
try the following

1.remove the battery of your phone and re insert it and restart ur phone

2.and as u mentioned u bought ur phone just recently, take it to the service centre.they will not charge u anything (u will be charged if their was a mishandling on ur part)

3.u can also try a custom rom for ur canvax

4.it is also possible that the software installed on ur phone is corrupted and the battery is not charged properly.also read the troubleshooting guide of d user manual.it will be of great help.
[General Questions and Answers] !nNOcEnT_DeViL:
1) This happens in every Micromax device due to comparatively low quality hardware. The screen starts receiving the voltage and gives false output. This generally happens ONLY WHEN battery is below 30% and u use it during charging. So first let it charge above 30% n then use while charging.

2) Camera in Mmx JellyBean devices is not up to the mark. Camera is at its best in ICS.

3) I would HIGHLY recommend u to root ur device to enjoy most out of it. Try custom roms like JMP for A116. :thumbup: :)

---------- Post added at 02:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:50 AM ----------

Try posting it in this thread-

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2115229

All d best! :)
[General Questions and Answers] techpick:
App2SD issue for Canvas HD

When you do App2SD, it transfers only the installed app to Internal memory not the external card. So to transfer app to external SD, sadly, YOU HAVE TO ROOT THE PHONE!
[General Questions and Answers] abhishekchhabra:
Hi,

Just try with a different branded charger it will behave correctly. when used the mmx charger given along got the same problem but now when i use samsung, its good and no problem... try it cheerz:):):)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidState:
Hi everybody.

I built a rom that looks just like the s4.

Now I cannot upload it because when I try to test it and flash it, it gives me ERROR 0.

I know its because I need a updater script but I do from dsixda Kitchen.

If somebody can upload for me a updater script so it will work for me or tell me what to do I will really appreciate it.

THIS IS NOT A QUESTION! I WANT AN UPDATER SCRIPT OR A TUTORIAL!

Thanks ,

SAMSUNGIVANY
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kintwofan:
Didn't mean to hit Thanks, but have one on me I guess. This should lead you to what you want. Assuming you want to do it yourself

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25136413
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidState:
Sorry for late reply, I'm busy

Didn't work.

Check This Out:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40872871#post40872871
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mithun46:
which deviceee you have - this updater-scrpt is for note 2 n7100
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xerum525:
send mi your updater script....

as well the update-binary from the kitchen often don´t work....

try with this update-binary
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidState:
This is the one I used from that person.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidState:
I9300

I have a I9300.

Forgot to say.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mithun46:
deleted
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xerum525:
dosn´t matter they have the same mount points--- this after noon i will have a look
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mithun46:
No they are ediffrent
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xerum525:
Thanks-- i thougth that are the same...anyway.... that it can be checked opening the boot.img and cheking on boot.img-ramdisk/fstab the mount partitions.

i´ve seen that you already send a updater script to that guy... i´m afraid that SAMSUNGIVANY doesn,t know to much.... from what i´ve seen your updater script is a good one but you should tell to SAMSUNGIVANY that shall include the simlinks to toolbox and the fallow sequency to instal the busybox

---------- Post added at 09:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:02 PM ----------

maybe this can be usefull

i just make some small changes on the mithun46 script
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidState:
Thnx

Thank you all for helping.

Each one of you is going to be credited.

I used One's Updater-script and One's Update Binary.

Thank you again for making a dream come true,

SAMSUNGIVANY.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Robbie Hood:
Why do you put your name under there mithun ? And call it free updater script :D forgot to remove the alliance stuff and link the proper scripts it calls for ??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Lol, rom never got released..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] szzlgupta:
hey. I was searching how can I edit updater-script, so i found this.

I ported a ROM from s2 to my s advance, but while flashing in cwm, it shows an error:

set_perm:some changes failed

(error7)

I think this was it! Can anybody help ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Pull the recovery.log from /tmp, it'll give you more detail

Usually it's because the file doesn't exist /typo
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] szzlgupta:
There is no such file in /tmp :s
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Are you sure?

Flash this, and then navigate to /tmp. It has to be there. Or else go to the Advanced menu (in CWM) > Copy recovery.log

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1646108
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] szzlgupta:
How does it matter whether i have that file or not in cm10 which im using and is also base of the ROM. Please explain. I cant understand :/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
That file is created by the recovery. It's not gonna be inside your rom, but it'll tell you more detailed info about the updater-script error so you can fix it.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] SHAARKRAY:
hi guys, Ive been trying several Roms on my xperia ray........ive been using xkernel-c and fusion kernel for ics or jb roms .....but no matter what rom i try ...i always seem to get process: system not responding error at first boot or reboot .....[ i didnt use restore app+ data function from any app eg: TB/ mybackup pro] .....is this a kernel problem? i have no idea on whats happening....please , i need help...this has been bugging me a lot

i tried fix permissions ....and double-checked full wipes before flashing a rom....didnt solve the issue...

:crying: :crying:
[HTC One S] btechn01:
hi

i have problem with my htc one s s3

i install new kernel when was in stock rom and get bootloop

and downloaded OTA for HTC__J15 but got error while installing about CID but my CID is htc__j15

and now i want a nandbackup from another device with CID HTC__J15 and stock rom

help me please

sorry for very bad English.