yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[One (M7) General] coupetastic-droid:
No, you missed one, Samsung. I'm not into conspiracy and I can care less what Samsung tries to do to tarnish htc or the one because I will be getting what I know I like and want. But is clearly the mobile world. It's also not just how people live their lives. Is the world we're living in. And only if you been under a rock for the past few weeks then you must know about what Samsung did. Which was to pay students to go into forums and falsify defects on the one or how bad it is.

You can't blame people for being skeptical about a post that just arrived bout a problem that not a lot of people are experiencing and from a user that just joined. People are going to be more cautious now about what they see or read on the web.
[One (M7) General] Rick_1995:
It is a known fact, not just a conspiracy theory anymore.

Besides, If your problem really is legit, Why create this online log without approaching the manufacturer or the carrier first. Obviously, the burden is on you to prove that this issue exists because I haven't heard of anything more bizarre than camera lenses cracking randomly in the mobile industry for quite some time (Except for the weird stories people make up to get their devices RMA'd despite it being their own fault).

If you are really so keen, purchase/crowd-fund a htc one or get hold of a display/review unit (I'm sure they'll send you one if you ask nicely) and record the lens breaking magically by itself. I'm quite sure if you can do this, a lawsuit will reimburse you for any costs involved and loss of opportunity.

*Don't take this as a legal advice, Consult your legal attorney regarding your regional laws.

PS: Still waiting for that youtube drop tester's take on this.

+1
[One (M7) General] edub186:
Lmao

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What's the device model and first 5 letters/numbers of your serial number, of those that have cracked lenses?
[One (M7) General] CocheseUGA:
I looked earlier to see if I could find any other instances of this. I couldn't. My Google-fu is pretty strong, but the only thing outside XDA I've seen is a post on Verge linking back here.

Nothing on Android Central.

Nothing on HoFo.

Nothing on Phandroid

Nothing on the AT&T Forums (where the lowest denominators will first go to *****)

Now, it's entirely possible that I've overlooked a mountain of evidence. I'll be happy to look at any links provided. But think about it in another position: you have a handful of low/no count posters or new registrations chiming in with reports of a major flaw with a device. Not just any device, one that will go a long way to determining if a company will be around in two years. This, just after evidence of it's main competitor paying for it to be discredited. On the date that the second company's flagship device launches.

You can't blame people for being suspicious. Especially after one of the pictures looks like it was heated then picked at with a pen. If it's a widespread problem then it will truly be widespread.

Look at Occam's razor - the lens is situated on the device on a narrow strip that contacts a surface. It's a big, easy target. It's going to be put into pockets face-in. People are going to lean on things. I think that where the lens is situated, it may be more prone to breaking. Even if what causes the break may not be evident - heat may exacerbate the original pressure point and cause the crack to develop. Perhaps.

This is far, far from a widespread or 'common' problem as some people would lead us to believe. At this point. I am glad to see Hitler finally make it into the conversation. We're only a few more memes away from a Weezer video.
[One (M7) General] KMadine:
Ok, I hadnt realised Samsung were at that sort of thing, so kinda understand where all the 'defenders' are getting the motivation.

By the way, I didnt create the log, just added to it because of my experience with the phone. Nor did I suggest it was a random happening, my arguement was the material wasnt up to day to day use, never mind abuse! Clearly, you havent read much of the thread.

Anyways........

Thank you for contacting HTC regarding your handset.

My name is Katrine and I am a Technical Support Agent for the HTC Written Team.

I understand that your lense has cracked after a week. We can either book your device in for repair for you, or you can return your device to your retailer, and ask them if they can swap it for you. If you would like to book it in for repair through e-mail, please read following carefully:

By proceeding with the repair you agree to the terms and conditions of the repair service.

During repair, we will install the latest software as part of the diagnosis and testing phase. All the data from the phone will be lost, except for data stored on the SD card, SIM card, or online services, if applicable. If this is possible please check our online Help pages on how to backup your data.

Do not send the SD Memory Card, SIM Card, Battery, Back covers and other accessory items included or not in the product's box. All we need is the bare device. We can't be held liable for any of these being sent in as they won't be returned.

I've also spoken to the carrier who are happy to do a 28 day exchange for me, as suggested by HTC Tech Support themselves...

But then, I havent spoken the HTC or the Carrier, eh?

But hey, listen, good luck with your cam's y'all! Mine still works absolutely perfect, the lense is a bit unsightly just!

I wont be adding to the thread beyond this, its not very fruitful as far as help or advice goes. The comedy is bang on though!!! :laugh:
[One (M7) General] HarveyTAS:
Model: HTC One

SN: FA345WXXXXXX

Sincerely your secret Samsung spy.
[One (M7) General] edub186:
I got the same model. What material is yours made out of, plastic or glass?
[One (M7) General] HarveyTAS:
Hard to say... the crack goes all the way across the lens, so if I push it it flexes a lot... there is little micro cracks all throughout the lens that's hard to see in the photo which would make me think glass, but when I flex the lens it makes a plastic-y sound. It's super thin glass at best, plastic at worst.

Here's a slightly different angle.
[One (M7) General] edub186:
Can you post a straight on pic?
[One (M7) General] HarveyTAS:
Took one in the mirror...
[One (M7) General] edub186:
I don't see how this can happen on it's on. Bad luck I guess
[One (M7) General] clninja:
Just to let everyone know..

I work in a retail store and just out of curiosity I went over and pushed on the camera lens (not extremely hard cause that's just retarded. ) and nothing happened... Seems as strong as any other camera lens
[One (M7) General] CocheseUGA:
Funnily enough, I did the same this morning (being careful not to apply an extreme amount).
[One (M7) General] muayyadf1:
As I stated before, it requires a hit or an anger push! will not break by only a minor contact!
[One (M7) General] KMadine:
...or web-browsing battery heat perhaps?
[One (M7) General] Dark Jedi:
Didn't you say you wasn't even using your phone when it cracked?
[One (M7) General] CocheseUGA:
From the temperatures I've experienced, no.
[One (M7) General] muayyadf1:
HTC One gets WARM at the bottom only, away from the camera.
[One (M7) General] KMadine:
Where?

How can an Alu unit have localised heat? Don't be a silly fanboy....
[One (M7) General] HarveyTAS:
Fair enough... on the model you touched, they may use different glass in different batches.

That aside, I know no impact occurred with my lens... if everyone would stop crushing their lenses we could actually discuss the possibility of other environmental factors that may contribute to the issue.

Any one want to leave their cam facing the sun for 30 mins to see if the black camera surround warps / cracks the glass?

Thought not... please continue discussing how we all tiger uppercutted our phones into cracking.
[One (M7) General] muayyadf1:
You can't feel, your are being controlled by Samsung.

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I don't think mine is plastic, very thin glass it is or something hybrid. Definitely not bare plastic.
[One (M7) General] KMadine:
Beats actually answering the question!
[One (M7) General] clninja:
Your missing the point. The fact that I could push on the lens and it didn't crack shows that if the lens are breaking it was either a significant impact ( which would leave evidence of impact) or a defect from heat or something else
[One (M7) General] KMadine:
Bingo....
[One (M7) General] muayyadf1:
If gorolla glass breaks, why wouldn't a normal glass break?
[One (M7) General] Dark Jedi:
All glass breaks it depends on how much force is used to break it. Even on my rezound I pushed on my camera lens and could feel it flex.
[One (M7) General] HarveyTAS:
The surface of my lens is pristine... yet the one half of lens is now permanently skewed at an inward angle compared to the rest. If the glass had received a momentary contact it would crack outward from the place of impact and otherwise return to the original angle / position.

Something either warped it into this position or the mount was not flat to begin with and changes in temp might have caused the glass to crack and move back to this skewed angle.

Side note: I have gone to the Rogers store and asked for a replacement... they refused... they said they cannot do swaps on anything cracked as the manufacturer will immediately refuse on grounds of wear and tear / customer damage. They have now sent a claim to the HTC rep to get approval to replace the phone. Despite my protest they removed the case and took pictures of the lens. I hope that the rep was informed that I was using a particularly rugged case before he rubber stamps it as drop damage. The Rogers rep did examine the phone and said that the phone was in otherwise pristine condition and he will do his best to push for a replacement. That said he also told me it was Friday (it's Tuesday) and the HTC rep wouldn't get back to him for 7 to 10 business days. (Well past the 14 day "supposed" no hassle refund exchange period)

Thoughts on what I can do about this BS customer service? (I said I was coming back on Friday for an update regardless)
[One (M7) General] muayyadf1:
I think they will take good care you if it is a known issue, can you share the first 5 digits of your serial number?
[One (M7) General] clninja:
Doesn't matter if your past the 14 day window because you can't get a refund for a broken device even within the 14 days. So regardless you are depending on what HTC says in response
[One (M7) General] KMadine:
They suggested I approach the retailer for an exchange.
[One (M7) General] HarveyTAS:
Looks like we are going down the same path just in the opposite order...

I will give them until Friday... then I'll phone HTC directly.
[Asus Transformer TF700] zsero:
Hi, I have a TF700 which I have unlocked using Asus Unlock tool and have installed TWRP 2.4.4.0 on it.

In TWRP I did a factory reset and I can push files to it with adb push under TWRP.

My question is that what steps I need to do to install a custom rom, and then Ubuntu 12.10.

The part what I don't understand is the firmwares. I was on 4.2.1 but I don't know which firmware. How can I check which firmware I was on, and which is good or bad for my roms? I've seen there is a new update from a few days ago, I don't know if I was on it or not.

Is there a way to check the firmware from adb? Does it matter which firmware I am on? Is there an IRC channel for the TF700?
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
AFAIK there is no Ubuntu port yet that is known to work with the 4.2 kernel.

The only 4.2.1 firmware released so far for the TF700 is 10.6.1.14.4. You can find that number in Settings -> About Tablet. With adb, you can pull /system/build.prop and read it.
[Asus Transformer TF700] zsero:
I'm confused about it. Is it that because of the OTA 4.2 update I cannot install any 4.1 ROM now?

And for the Ubuntu image, do I need an Android ROM as well?
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HarmonyFlame:
Okay heres what happened: I was attempting to flash a ROM. After making a new backup and flashing that new ROM the device would not boot. So like any normal person would do I then went back into recovery and attempted to restore my backup. Upon restoring the backup, halfway through the device just decides to reboot and boot into the ROM (which was a half restored backup). I tried to boot back into recovery and start the process over however now the device will not boot into the recovery at all. It continues to loop the bootloader logo over and over. Is this a soft brick? Either way, all I want at this point is to be able to restore that backup so I can atleast have it working again. All help is much appreciated.

EDIT: okay i managed to get the recovery loaded, what i may end up doing is loading a saved ROM up and starting from scratch there (TWRP continues to Stop my restore halfway through and reboot the recovery --very frustrating tbh). My question then however would be is there a way to get my data back from my backup once I start fresh? Does tibu allow this or something comparable? I really don't want to lose all that data. Thanks again.

Edit 2: managed to fully resolve issue. delete if neccessary.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sashennaidoo1:
How did you get back into recovery? I had paranoid android flashed and i did a factory reset like an idiot. Now i cant boot into recovery - "teamwin" logo freezes and reboots into a continuous loop. I can get into the bootloader but nothing works?
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HarmonyFlame:
I'll tell you what I literally did.

When the device was bootlooping the teamwin logo, I booted into fastboot and powered my device completely off. I then waited an hour as I was a little tired with what was happening to take care of something. After that hour I turned it on and it suddenly booted into teamwin recovery. That's exactly all I did. So what I would do is turn the device off for a little bit then try to see if it boots the recovery. If not you will likely have to use the nexus 10 toolkit to reflash the recovery.

Hope that helps.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sashennaidoo1:
Thanks mate! really appreciate it! I have no clue what i did but on one of the reboots, it booted into TWRP and i re-flashed the paranoid android rom and gapps and it worked.

Thanks for above response. Much appreciated!
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bruce7373:
Just for future reference, both TiBU and ROM Toolbox will restore from a Nandroid backup.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webby_s:
So I am in this same boat and will probably have to use some toolkit since I have not been able to boot up TWRP. I know I am on 2.4.4.0 or something for TWRP, not 2.5 but would CWM be a better choice since I have run into this now a couple of times? This is the first where it hasn't stopped the recovery boot loop.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jkxklutz:
Hi guys,

I know that the Note 2 comes with Bluetooth 4.0 with Apt-X support. I'm about to buy a new bluetooth adapter for my car that has aptx support, but I want to know if custom roms come with apt-x support enabled.

Anybody know about this? Thanks for any help!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jkxklutz:
Anybody know? Bump...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Yeah okay, it sounds crazy but hear me out. I've never used Expansys, but guys on here seem to like them. I've always used Handtec (love them) and Negri (not crazy about them, but never a major problem)

So last night I place an order for 3 SGS4's (i9500) with expansys, using a credit card. This is the same credit card I've had for many years, I've used it to order *countless* phones from Handtec, Negri, etc. I prefer Google Checkout. Never an issue.

I get this email today:

Okay, so I called them up to find out the problem. All he could tell me was due to security they can't accept *a* credit card. (not just *my* credit card) So I asked about going through Amazon. (I'm a prime member) He tells me they can't do that either, until the phones are actually in stock. So my ONLY choice is to pay a fee, and do a bank transfer. (which boggles my mind... the phones won't be shipping for at least 1.5 weeks)

So now what? Negri is the only other place with the I9500s, and they want $75 more per phone. I wish Handtec had them, but they only have the I9505s.

Is there something else I can do, or someone else I can talk to? I told they guy the only option I have is to use Negri, he didn't care. What am I missing?

(yes this is half rant, half question...)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brendo:
Is your shipping or billing address different to the address attached to the card? sometimes they don't like that :s
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
No, everything is the same. Like I said, it wasn't an issue with my credit card, but any credit card. My ONLY option was a bank transfer.

Its looking like I'm going to have to use Negri.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krabman:
Are you talking USA or the Brits? I have used a credit card at the USA website several times.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
USA. The order was for 3, totaling $2300 ish.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krabman:
Hmmmm, wonder if it's the amount either in dollars or number of phones? Might try and see if the website will accept an order for one. If they don't there is something up with your card. I can only go back to last years order but I made that one with a different card that was subsequently cancled do to a mass security leak. At any rate I have used two different cards there for sure. If they do accept the order you could order them one at a time I suppose. Guess if there was no time cruntch that would be the cheaper route.

Wire transfers bank to bank should not be that expensive, I have done a number of them for watches and never paid more than 40 dollars so that would still be quite a bit cheaper than Negri. IMO another route would be to call up and ask to be escalated up to someone who has the authority to make a call. I would guess if buying 3 that person might be willing to deduct it from the total price.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
They made it VERY clear that it wasn't anything to do with my particular card. He just said no card could be used at all.

I'm going to try and get ahold of someone else tomorrow.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RaptorMD:
I have ordered from them before, but only once and no issues. The dollar amount and qty of phones could be the issue and perhaps they are concerned about fraud given the popularity of the phones, risk of not getting paid if it were a case of fraud, etc.

I would say its a tough call, doing a $2300 transfer is something I wouldn't do no matter how much I liked a reseller, you could wait until they are in stock, but you risk them selling out quickly.

What kind of guarantee are they giving you if you needed to cancel the order, how long to get the funds back, are there any fee's etc. Would they do something to offset the fee's, say a credit towards accessories, etc? Never hurts to ask and that is a nice order.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Yeah, I can understand that. Heck when I saw the email I thought "okay, gotta call em up" But they didn't even ask. And I called less than 10 minutes after getting the email. The guy didn't even wanna deal with me.

The person who sent me the email had already gone home, so I dealt with him. I emailed her back, perhaps I'll hear something tomorrow.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jercote:
I bought my gt-i9100 and motorola xoom off of expansys. First time cc worked no problem second time they asked for money transfer which I did. Everything went fine they shipped right away. Just make sure you ask the to fill out the international warranty papers in the box.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corey L:
If you'd like to PM me I can get to the bottom of this for you. Is your CC by chance issued outside of the USA? That is what initially comes to mind.

Regards,

Corey
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Nah, its a normal US CC. Ive used it for some pretty large phone purchases with Handtec and Negri in the past. (some of my friends don't have their crap together, so they pay me to order them phones)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corey L:
PM me order Ref and I can look at it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krabman:
Hopefully the OP wont mind since I reckon he is interested as well... When do you anticipate stock and subsequent shipment Corey?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
In my case, contacted UK Expansys for a quote, as US chat support told me to contact their UK division for a quote, with European tax and warranty. Two days and no reply yet :/ Support it's not serious at all and this could be a problem in case warranty support it's needed.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corey L:
limited amount of white landing today, but our annual inventory starts at noon. If fedex gets to us by 10:30am, all white backorders go out today.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krabman:
Bummer, I'm in early but for the black. Thanks for the update regardless.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Just an FYI for the thread, Corey was able to take care of the problem for me, but I had already placed an order w/Negri. (it shipped the very next day, no time to cancel)
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] nickslg:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jun.ace.piecontrolpro
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Qbsti:
First of all, this is not a new app. It was released little time after the Pie addition was made to the PA rom.

Second, why have you provided a link to the paid app, when there is a free version, so people can test if they like it before buying.

And lastly, you realy had to create a new thread for this...? Even on the Galaxy Ace forum we were aware of this app several months ago.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] meangreenie:
Yeah, but how do you get rid of the nav bar without root?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] randomnoob83:
root
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] CRIME INC.:
Lmao:D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lumass79:
Have someone found this new rom? If yes could you tell me where to find it ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lumass79:
Non ne sarei molto convinto, ho mandato delle mail alla dangar e mi hanno detto che bisogna per forza invialro a loro in un centro di assistenza per effettuare l'aggiornamento della rom.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tuitt:
Dai, ci conto anch'io per gli svizzeri...;))))
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedmaster_2007:
How to root this smartphone? Needed help. Thank you.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juaaslo:
Did you find the way?

Hello,

did you find the way or an article to root this phone? I tried following E400 manual, but it doesn't work.

Thanks
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g.carvalho97:
SuperOneClick with rageagainstthecage. Do a quick search on the forums first, there is a tutorial here about rooting this phone :)
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boughtane430:
Where? I cant find it. Please don't let it be a secret :)
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g.carvalho97:
Download SuperOneClick

here

and root with rageagainstthecage method.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boughtane430:
Ok, I'll give it a go -as long as you promise I wont brick it ;)

BTW is there a free way to unlock it around?
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boughtane430:
Havent been able to get it to root. Superoneclick hangs on waiting for device.

I havent used it before - the expolit options are just Auto, psneuter and zergrush. They all hang. Should rageagainsthecage be an option there?
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duytungk87:
I'm too