yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RocketRandom:
Hi,

I am looking for information on how to get the Gmail apk freely available without using Android market.

I have two custom android devices with no access to market - one running Android 2.1 and another running Android 4.1.

I would like to get 2 versions of the Gmail.apk -

1. Older one which is compatible with Android 2.1

2. Latest one

I am using my own build made from the AOSP code on these devices - android market is disabled in the build.

Also what is the procedure/licencing for packaging the Gmail.apk as part of your own build from the Android AOSP code ?

Thanks.
[Galaxy Ace II General] Justchillz:
Hi,

after installing several roms etc, my Ace 2 does not start anymore.

I cannot go into download mode.

I cannot see if the device is charging.

It does not respond when I press any sort of combination of buttons.

I'm afraid it's dead unless some experts here have got some phone saving tips?

Cheers & thx

JC
[Galaxy Ace II General] h3llrais3r:
Did you already try to remove the battery once before trying a reboot?
[Galaxy Ace II General] Justchillz:
O yes, many many times. That didn't help
[Galaxy Ace II General] MeltdownSpectre:
It's most probably bricked. It's strange that only after a few ROM's it stopped working.

I've tried more than 20 ROM's on Ace and it's perfectly fine.
[Galaxy Ace II General] Justchillz:
Yeah I must say I also made at least 10 rom changes..

PS/ Is there a way to disable the CAPTCHA thingy
[Galaxy Ace II General] michal89chz:
I have more than 100 counts
[Galaxy Ace II General] Rox:
when did you get 100 counts ? What did you flash ?
[Galaxy Ace II General] Buddhism:
It means he flashed 100+ times
[Galaxy Ace II General] Rox:
I am not stupid, i know what it means but what he flashed that raises counter?
[Galaxy Ace II General] michal89chz:
I have that phone from july and I try all roms with all configuration ( rom/kernel/stock ) I like flash phones. When I dont have nothing to do I go fire up odin or cwm and I do full wipe + flash :) and I like to play with system files hehhe. Before, I had 10 bootlops per day :))) I like it :D
[Xoom General] Albinoni:
Is it possible to use a Bluetooth mouse on a Motorola Xoom II, although the Xoom hasn't got a cursor is it possible

Thanks
[Xoom General] BeegPapi:
Not sure about a mouse but...

I have a Stingray that ran stock ICS 4.0.4 and now is rooted with CM 10.0.0 with JB 4.1.2.

For the last 2 years, I've used an "Apple Magic Trackpad" as a mouse. Finger movement on the Trackpad causes a blue "halo" to appear on the Xoom screen. I also use an Apple Bluetooth Keyboard.

Now, there may be other options but Apple was the only "Bluetooth" input devices when I was looking.
[Xoom General] Warbuff:
As long as it has anything above android 3.2 it should work.
[Xoom General] badaas:
you can enable pointer location in developer options too.

or even use Droidmote on your touchscreen phone and use that as a mousepad ;)
[Xoom General] chrisinleedsuk:
Absolutely! Moto made their own even and they're really very good. You can buy just the keyboard and mouse together or they do a work and play kit that includes a dock with 3 USB ports, analogue audio out and mini HDMI plus your HDMI cable, a high power adaptor the keyboard and the mouse. The cursor appears once the mouse is active.
[Xoom General] BeegPapi:
Good post. I forgot Moto had their own kit.
[HTC One X] irfan_omi22:
No button is working, even if I push power up button for 30 seconds it wont shut down, now its stuck in Recovery mode,

worst thing is, its in Asian China Language, as my phone is Asian Version,

I cant remove the battery either.

Please Help me please, I'm Really Scared. :( :crying:
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
Hold the power button and the volume - button together as long as it takes to reboot into the bootloader. Once you are in there ....tell us what you see ? Write it down here
[HTC One X] irfan_omi22:
Thank you very much somehow, I restarted my phone, and its fine now. :D
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
Ah good !

CASE CLOSED ! :D
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] jhonny1525:
I tried restoring nandroid backup my phone and got md5 mismatch error while restoring

Is there a way to resolve it???????
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] gavster26:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=976453 this shouldd work
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AgiZ10:
Hello,

I may sound like a noob, but thats only because i didn't play with these roms much so far... so, yes, i am a noob ;)

I managed to upgrade my U8800pro to 4.03 official thanks to some of you.

Now i am looking through the forum and many threads and many many custom roms, but i cant decide which one to go with since all seem to have problems...

So the question is: which rom is the most stable+fastest for U8800pro? It would be also nice if normal features (calls sound ok, network works ok, "notification drawer", gmail, youtube, play store, gps, wifi, tethering (wifi, usb), music playback, if possible radio, if not also ok) are also present and working. I really hope there is such rom out there. I dont mind if it is based on 2.x or 4.x (ok, i prefer 4.x, but if some 2.x is better, i will go with that), as long as it works well.

I also have U8800 and there it is easy choice. Go with Aurora, and everything (well, almost everything) works as intended. I also looked for Aurora mod for U8800pro but the best i could find is a mod for Aurora 4.x, while there is already Aurora 5.x out there.

I will post instructions for upgrading 2.2 to 2.3 to 4.03 later on, since i had problems upgrading myself for future noobs to use. :)

And thanks in advance :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] prakharkmr27:
Stock Gingerbread

best ROM

nothing can beat it..

ALL custom ROMs for U8800PRO have one thing or the other that'll leave you unsatisfied..

Stock ICS is bad for gaming.

all JB 4.1 have only secondary mic (the one beside the camera) working.. plus, camera doesn't work properly except in stock/pre-installed camera app.

all JB 4.2 have buggy/broken bluetooth

If you don't play heavy games (even Subway Surfers is HEAVY for this phone :mad: ).. then you can stick to official ICS.. just unlock FPS (that "install-recovery.sh" thing) and all Temple Runs will be fine.

Sent from my u8800pro
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Takis Teh Greek:
I'll have to disagree!

Rittik's CM10 ROM is probably the best choice. It's really fast, no lag, and with RAM Manager Pro and History wiping (long press home button), there is absolutely no problem (provided you disable apps to run at startup with Autostart).

Gaming is as smooth as stock GB, except for the games that are ridiculously heavy.

I hope I helped =)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] TUPAC_RIP:
I disagree with both of you. Our friend needs a stable ROM. So I suggest him to try Gingerbread(2.x.x) custom ROMs like THE STALLION ICS look, CyanogenMod 7.2 and MIUI. Everything works like a charm, no reboots, good RAM managment, a lot of extras(the last two ROMs) and no battery drain.

You can downgrade to Gingerbread by flashing step 2 from an official GB ROM.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Somcom3X:
How is this development?

Sent from my U8800-51
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] TUPAC_RIP:
We develop our thougts!!!:D

You 're right. This thread should be moved to q&a.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] prakharkmr27:
What about wrong messages in systemUI ?? example- "Screen timeout set to 15 years"! ... "Screen timeout set to 5 weeks"!

"SDcard is damaged or has unsupported format"

"4G WiFi icon" instead of "USB icon"!

"No signal icon" instead of "GPS icon"..

What about disturbance in calls? You can hear your fingers moving on the phone's back! bcoz main mic isn't working at all!

The Stallion ICS look has no SRS WOW HD.. no DSP Manager too.

CM7.2 is buggy.. buttons backlight.. and proximity sensor.. Also, Awesome Beats™ does not work on GingerBread.. Beats™ is the only thing that can beat SRS WOW HD... CM7.2's DSP Manager is "just okay"...

Kalo is not themable.

Sent from my u8800pro
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] TUPAC_RIP:
Are you saying you prefer official GingerBread than CM7 or MIUI for example? :confused:
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] prakharkmr27:
yes

but CM7.2 is also usable.. I'm on edited Genokolar's CM7.2

less deeper bass of DSP Manager is almost acceptable

Sent from my u8800pro
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] korekore1:
i have flashed almost all of the roms available for more than a week each (time required to actually see if there are any hidden bugs)

The roms with the least bugs are Kalo and stallion ics.All the others have important issues (for me) thats the reason i didnt stick with them.In general:All ics roms are heavy and laggy,not for games ofcource.All "jb" roms have very serious issues such as awful memory management and awful incall sound,the phone's most important function,broken bluetooths,broken gps,broken wifi,and a lot of smaller bugs.

All miuis have issues,mainly low memory because of the heavy ui.

Cms are almost ok but not quite there.

I didnt want to return to gingerbread after all these beautiful roms but they are just that,beautiful on the outside ugly on the inside!

we have to focus on gb roms,they are the most complete unfortunately,unless a real dev shows up and work on sources

sent from Atari 2600
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] gleb_grid:
Aurora ics 4.1 with fixed "white screen" is the best rom I think. But it is my IMHO.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] prakharkmr27:
least bugs & least features :p

Sent from my u8800pro
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Takis Teh Greek:
I never encountered such bugs except the oversensitive mic. But that can be fixed, can't it?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] korekore1:
that's true,that's why they are so fast.But i can add some of the missing features with apps.On the other hand i can't fix memory leaks and incall sound with an app or play heavy games..I could use chainfire 3d for boosting performance for games,but guess what,it doesn't work with jb!

yeap,they are all there..!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] CrysisLTU:
My favorite ROM still remains CM7.2 modified by bronxitas with forumber kernel. The ROM isn't really on XDA as far as I know but it's based on the Moihack release most likely.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] TUPAC_RIP:
I didn't expect you would say that. I don't think anyone will agree with you.

Stock ROMs lag a lot, have locked fps, are unrooted, less features...

korekore I think you 've tried the MIUI I'm on with right now.

It's fast, it has a lot of useful features, it has the most free memory I ever encountered and minimum battery drain(all night 1-2% loss).

B U T I have installed only 51 applications like every ROM I used in the past. I mention that because you said that problems start to appear after a big number of installed apps(>100).

I think this ROM siuts me better than anyone other and it was a pleasant surprise for me.

I think I gonna stick with it.

Everyone has his own priorities and his own criteria.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Somcom3X:
Which miui?

Sent from my u8800-51 on stallion.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] prakharkmr27:
Come on! I was talking about the ROOTED & FPS unlocked ROM ...

ahhh... I 4got one thing... I think Stock GB doesn't support that install-recovery.sh thing to unlock FPS.. not sure enough..

Sent from my u8800pro
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] TUPAC_RIP:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2164951

I wasn't a MIUI fan but I love this ROM.

I like the feature you can access notification bar from any application even in full screen.

It supports another file. I don't remember the name(something like 99unlock).

Even though I prefer MIUI or CM7 or Kalo's ROM. That's my opinion.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] prakharkmr27:
yeah, I too like the MIUI's feature of expandble notification drawer even in Games!

btw, since 4-5 days I'm on Geno's final CM7.2_04/06/2012.. with kernel of Mohiack's CM7.. and some fixes from kalo's ROM :D:D:D

and Beats™ Audio mod by ROCKoDEV :):):) and CM7 XperiaArc Theme ;)

Sent from my u8800pro
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] habunath:
link?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] prakharkmr27:
code.google.com/p/my-super-roms/downloads/detail?name=cm-7.2.0-u8800pro-Geno-120604-final.zip

Sent from my u8800pro
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] gkalen:
@Habunath

What rom to choose ??????

This is subjective , everyone here has his own favorite rom .

So , THE BEST choise for you is JUST ONE ... start FLASHING roms and I'm sure you will found the rom that suits your needs .

Do not follow anyone , just follow your heart .... :p

@moderators

Could someone move this thread ??
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Rittik:
Nono let me decide it! 4.2.3 is tje best rom :P

-Rik[Rittik]
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] bandit.67:
Very nice reply

sent from XDA premium using ShenDu 4.1.2_130105
[One (M7) General] expertzero1:
Hi there's already a thread about preorders
[One (M7) General] raghav2511:
Yes, me too! If I'm to think positive, it'll probably update us with shipping date soon :p

The same thing happened when the availability changed from 4/24 to 4/18! There was a brief period of "unknown avail." in between.. Lets hope for the best!
[One (M7) General] thereupemi:
I really hope they will update for SHIPPED!
[One (M7) General] NJGSII:
This.
[One (M7) General] arnolldde:
Estimation is close to the original value.Its just my personal view.

patient care products
[One (M7) General] thereupemi:
MAIL THAT I GOT NOW

We have an important update about your order. Due to shipping issues with the 32G unlocked and 64G Developers Editions of the New HTC One®, there will be a slight delay in shipping your HTC One® to you. We expect to have your phone delivered to you, via overnight shipping, before the end of April. We’ll do everything we can to get it shipped to you as soon as possible.

We understand the excitement and anticipation that comes with a new phone, and we are confident that the HTC One® will exceed that anticipation.

Thanks for the support,

HTC ShopAmerica

If you have questions about your order, please contact us. We suggest emailing us at help@activationsupport.com as the quickest and easiest way to reach us. Below is our contact information, and dates and times of service:

Monday-Friday 7 am to 7 pm CST

Saturday 8 am to 4 pm CST

Sunday 8 am to 4 pm CST

1-866-416-3059
[One (M7) General] raghav2511:
+1
[One (M7) General] ScudMuffin:
Blogs are reporting the email as well. I went ahead and emailed the address there asking for more than 'unknown' on my status and implying I should be refunded my shipping costs.:o
[One (M7) General] thereupemi:
Now its says picking my order

will be shipped on 04/22
[General Questions and Answers] m0han:
I'm running JetSpeed v1.0 on my Micromax A110 now. It's a nice ROM, alright. But, after flashing the Ulefone Dialer & Contacts and changing the display density to 190, my dialer UI has got 'cropped/disfigured' and does not look elegant at all (see the bottom and the wide gaps in the screenshot). Functionality does not seem affected, though. Can anyone help me resolve this?

I'd also like to be able to run the latest pro/premium versions of the following built-in apps: QuickBoot, SuperSU and Apex Launcher. I tried, but am not able to.

The ROM is here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2235347

Please help.
[General Topics] tellan:
wondered if people have an opinion on the best way to charge the XDA.

With my current mobile (samsung N500) I always used the policy of charge until full, then run until flat, then charge until full again etc.

ie, never recharging until it was flat. This is a bit of a throwback to when I used to use nicads a lot about 15 years ago.

the methodology being that if you did it this way the batteries remembered how much charge they were supposed to hold.

however, these new lithium polymer batteries in PDA's aren't supposed to have this issue are they?

On my samsung it's been fine, it's held charge well and never really gotten less, even after a years worth of charging and discharging.

A chap at work does the complete opposite, he puts his on charge whenever he can, whether it's flat or not, and usually before it falls below 80%, his reasoning being that he read somewhere that if you trickle charge it a lot it lasts longer.

as you can see, two conflicting methods of working.

what should I be doing to make my battery last as long and as well as possible
[General Topics] Biso007:
The "memory effect" issue is known for the N.MH battaries only ... and it's true that u have to drain it each time ... the XDA has L.Polymer type which doesn't have this issue ... u can charge it each night.
[General Topics] tellan:
so I can charge it each night whether it's flat or not? sorry if this sounds dumb but I just want to make sure I understand this right,

don't fell like sending it off to have the battery replaced every few months because I abuse it.
[General Topics] Biso007:
yes ... u can actually leave it powered in the cradle the whole time
[General Topics] scottyjchef:
I knew the Nicads had the memory problem, but the NiMh aren't supposed to be as bad. Most new types of batteries don't have the memory problem, just increased capacities and less harmful to the environment.
[General Topics] siliconaddict:
discharge almost fully then recharge

I used to own a iPAQ 3630 and now I own an O2 XDA. Both the iPAQ and the XDA have a Li-Po battery, and with both devices I have the same charge/discharge experience. The battery lasts longer if you discharge it almost fully, till say 20-30% and then charge, not sooner. Constantly recharging decreases battery life considerably, as if the battery gets "lazy". My XDA's battery now lasts 5-6 hours usage with backlight on plus some 48hrs on standby. My 2 cents.
[General Topics] tellan:
well after one days use I'm impressed by the battery life

fully charged and went off charge at 5pm

10 mins talk time

3 hours farting around with it in the evening

went to bed at 11pm

backlight off

no switch off set

phone switched off

by 7.30 am this morning, still had 30% battery left

nice.
[General Topics] gunsandrosses:
Saving battery while listening to music

I have never had a problem keeping a battery charge until recently. I normally have my sx56 on standby and talk for about an hour a day and maybe spend half an hour checking appointments. I just recently got a 512 card and when I'm walking somewhere I listen to music. Maybe another hour out of my day. For whatever reason I used to end a 12 hour day with 40-50% battery and now I'm down to 10-20. I currently use wm player and keep the screen off when music is on. Do other softwares use less battery and is this drain in 12 hours normal. It sounds excessive to me.
[General Topics] tellan:
doesn't sound out of the ordinary.

playing of MP3's really drains the batteries. quite a few reviews use draining the batteries by playing MP3's as some sort of yardstick.

I've seen reviews that quote the XDa as running down flat after 3 .5 hours from playing MP3's.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muckybucket:
I was running AOKP m1 on my GT-i9100 (rooted with CWM Recovery).

Phone ran out of juice last night now won't boot, and recovery seems corrupted (won't boot into that now).

When I go into ODIN MODE the phone appears in ODIN ok, but fails to upload anything.

Do I need to get a USB jig to resolve this?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
I suggest you first plug it in for an hour and then try booting into recovery.

If that doesn't help, take out the battery for two minutes and try again.

If u can get into recovery after this, do a full wipe (cache, dalvik and data) and reboot.

USB Jig just puts ur phone in Download mode mate. Since u already can get into that mode, just flashing via Odin will do. :)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muckybucket:
I can't boot into recovery, I get the message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."

I did wipe all cache when I could previously access recovery, but phone would not boot and since then will not boot recovery.

When I have tried to flash in ODIN no files seem to be transferred.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
That means u have to flash via odin.

Please read about flashing via odin.

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muckybucket:
That is what I am trying to do, but that is not working. I have downloaded official firmware, put it in the "PDA" part and it fails every time.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Stuff to try when Odin flash fails:

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muckybucket:
Tried all that, still no joy. Perhaps it needs re-partitioning? Presume I need a .PIT file for that and it is more risky?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Don't mess with PIT files mate. Unless you have no other option left!

Are you sure you have the correct firmware for ur device? Have u checked if the file is corrupted or broken?

Please post the Odin log here.

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muckybucket:
The firmware I am trying to put on is what I got from Sammobile, the latest JB from Samsung. I had flashed it previously in Mobile Odin and it worked just fine. It just seems that nothing is actually being transferred to the device, no bar or anything.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muckybucket:
Where is the log file? I don't see anything in the Odin directory...

Also, how long should flashing from Odin take? I don't have a benchmark to compare. The ROMs I have been using have been flashed through recovery without issue up to now. I haven't had the need to use Odin before.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
You can see the log in lower left pane in odin, inside a white box.

Usually it takes around 2-3 minutes to flash a firmware. :)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muckybucket:
Well it seems to go no further than "cache.img"...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Are you using the original S2 cable? Have u tried with antivirus disabled?

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muckybucket:
I haven't but I can try. I am also looking to get some more firmware, any idea where to look? I have looked on here but the only links seems to use a dodgy download manager, and the links don't work anyway.

I thought perhaps just try to get a kernel flashed then recovery, then maybe flash a ROM but I can't find a kernel.

I have seen suggestions reflashing the bootloader, but I cannot find bootloaders either.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
You can try flashing Siyah kernel via Odin. See if that helps. :)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muckybucket:
Kernel flash failed too :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Must be the same reason ur flashing failed before. Use a genuine cable and see.

Flashing with odin is sort of like a snake charmer playing with a cobra. U usually escape without any problems, but you do get bitten at times! :D

Keep trying mate!

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muckybucket:
Not sure what else to try now TBH, I can't get anything to flash over regardless of what I do.

I read that after corruption the drives can become R/O but not sure if this is the case or how to fix.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
NAND stuffed. Motherboard replacement.

Edit - Although....Maybe try a JTAG repairer first. You might get lucky.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muckybucket:
It's that bad?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Could this work for the OP?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1457458

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muckybucket:
Thanks, tried that too, but whilst I can get into download mode ok, nothing will actually flash across (though the counter still is recording each flash).