yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 General] frensel:
if the author dropped the s4 to concrete floor, this kind of damage is acceptable.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Strategist:
I played around with an Indian GS4 today and it definitely looked like metal to me. GSM Arena also says there is a metal rim. Is it possible that different countries have different rims ?

Overall the phone definitely looked and felt nice, better than the GS3 and better than I expected from some of the reviews.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mainscreenturnon:
A plus for metal is you can always repolish it later if it gets scratched up. Ive polished all the metal on my droid 3 and its gone from black to chrome :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] demlasjr:
It's plastic people. Also...this lift my curiosity about the quality of the S4:

http://www.sammobile.com/2013/05/09/broken-corner-around-the-display-of-the-galaxy-s4
[Galaxy S 4 General] sukobako:
I don't have the link but I recall seeing some very close-up macro pics of the plastic on the S4 on The Verge review. It becomes really obvious it's plastic once you zoom in at near-microscopic level. The build quality of the case is really the one thing I don't like about this phone. Otherwise it's fantastic.
[Galaxy S 4 General] evoprime23:
i've jst checked my i9500 phone and it doesnt have that seperated look like the one on the sammobile website ... im not sure whether it means the two versions of S4 has two different builds but my surround is completely one piece
[Galaxy S 4 General] remfpage:
its not metal. its plastic with chrome plated

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41472121#post41472121
[Galaxy S 4 General] jakir01:
Metal Rim?

Is this really metal rim or plated?
[Galaxy S 4 General] remfpage:
plated sir.

i have the same issue
[Galaxy S 4 General] lotus49:
I have tested it with my multimeter and it doesn't conduct electricity. That may mean it's plastic or it may be covered in plastic.

So far, in 7 pages, no-one has actually adduced any evidence. It's just been "yes it is"/"no it isn't". Does anyone have any actual evidence one way or another?
[Galaxy S 4 General] osmosizzz:
Not to be a Jerk but seriously? There is no metal on the rim. How do I know? Seen tens of dropped pictures and the rim chips off. Shoot, even my own s4 has chipping in the chromed area and if inspected closely, it's plastic. If it was metal, we would know. Specially on a Samsung device
[Galaxy S 4 General] lotus49:
But this is still just another "no it isn't" post. I am not saying you are wrong but you still aren't providing any evidence. Can you link to a couple of photographs that show conclusively that the "metal" band is actually plastic?
[Galaxy S 4 General] siakgayyem:
my wife accidentally dropped her 9505 yesterday and it seems it is made of some sort of aluminum. i will post some pics when i get home later. the metal rim was dented, if it was plastic it would have cracked.
[Galaxy S 4 General] juckeyy:
Plated ****, I dropped mine and now it got cracks everywhere lol :/
[Galaxy S 4 General] siakgayyem:
Here are the pics.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Heke120:
It's definitely wood.

Sent from my wood trimmed S4
[Galaxy S 4 General] andymihail:
It's a plastic. Polycarbonate. Looks like metal, is quite sturdy, but a lot lighter and much easier to break.
[Galaxy S 4 General] windozeanti:
It's plastic. Not aluminium..

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 General] omnifarious:
Plastic. Dropped my s4 2x before I finally got a case and you can clearly see white plastic.
[Galaxy S 4 General] manu44:
i thin its plastic.. i dropped my phone and the rim we are talking about has got scratched from the upper right side corner. i dont think so metal gets rugged this way
[Galaxy S 4 General] andrewhahalee:
Previously used an S3, had the same "scratched" rim for no reason.

Purchased an S4, same.

The faults are mainly cosmetic, often, if they're not more than 1-2mm, it doesn't bother me a lot. I'd just put a bumper case over my phone.

But it's disappointing to know that the metal rim is actually chrome-coated polycarbonate.

I know a few people who have that rim thing going on as well, it's not one piece. It's actually 4 pieces of polycarbonate, coated together over the 4 corners.

Not all units are built quality are equal too. Some rims can withstand normal usage. Others, just fade or "peel off" at the slightest impact/scratch - especially at the corners.
[Micromax A110] Heartstoler1991:
how to root any Android device manually..? becoz I have MMX a87 ..and rooting method is not working..properly.. tried many times.. ! help someone plzz
[General Questions and Answers] 3phasesystem:
Hey guys. I recently bought a Chinese android phone . But it has a strange problem. It doesn't read the aircel or aircel simcard. It does read a Vodafone simcard but cannot make phone calls. neither can i send or receive mssg. Can anyone help ?
[General Questions and Answers] blakstar:
just contact the company, you still have the guarantee, don't you, they should help you with this....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cblah001:
Nothing says I'm paying attention in a meeting like my Note II screaming, "HOME SCREEN EDIT PAGE OPEN. WORKSPACE 2 OF 3" while my phone is on silent. In my phone's defense, it did wake everyone up from a rather boring meeting.

I had installed Light Flow to integrate apps with my Pebble. That was a mistake as I got way carried away with pretty much everything it has to offer. I uninstalled the app but it looks like I am still getting remnants of it. Can someone help me turn this off so I don't seem like a blind person that's also hard of hearing?

EDIT: Turning Pebble OFF (settings > accessibility > Services > Pebble) seemed to stop the voices. I sure would like to use my Pebble though. Should I take this up with Pebble support maybe???

Thank you for your help. I will try and pay it forward sometime.

PS: Why would you get a phone with a huge, awesome screen if you are blind?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1kd:
Was on beans 15 and flashed the back up assistant zip file and it nowhere to be found. my recovery is cwm. Is there another way to back up my contacts instead having to do this every build? Thank you for you time and help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PaulG1488:
Just sync them to your Google account.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mav3rick478:
Log into vzw and export your contacts to a file, can't remember exactly what type. Do a search on Google and you'll find it. Then import them into gmail.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] Butler:
I have the new XDA II car kit that works well if I'm making a call, well well enough, I now need to get the antenna for the kid, I have been to Tottenham Ct. road and have no help from those sad shop keepers.

Who's antenna fits in to the kit and will it work with everyones software.

Help I've never had sat nav before.

Thanks
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] nickety:
Most car kits (if not all) don't include a builtin GPS receiver - so an antenna alone would not be enough! You probably need to buy a GPS receiver (most of these have internal antennae) that connects to the socket on your carkit... the one to get will depend on the socket type.

Let us know exactly which car kit you have (e.g. post a link to it) for more information.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] Butler:
Thanks, I have got tthe Tom Tom reciever and it had the same American phone socket that fitted into the car kit and it fired up first time, I am well impressed.

The onoy problem I now have is if Tom Tom is taking me somewhere and I recieve a call it locks up as I end te call (not during) and I have to exit the program and re launch it. A pain when on the motorway.

Thanks
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] nickety:
I know it doesn't answer your question, but both this and this appear to be the same issue.

Let us know if you manage to sort it out!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] Butler:
Thanks for the link mate

There seems to be the same probllem with others.

Just got back with a few beers inside me and really ought to sort this thing out tomorrow.

Hic hic

I love you all

Adz Butler
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] mikeaus:
If you want to use Mapping software then you need a GPS receiver. The Emtac Bluetooth GPS works, provided that you install Bluetooth Tools.

Do you want a GPS Receiver that plugs into the SD slot or one that plugs into the connector at the bottom - i.e. a Serial GPS.

Don't buy a GPS Antenna - they are cheaprer - but they are no use to you except to plug in to a GPS receiver to get better signal

Mike
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] mikeaus:
"Most car kits (if not all) don't include a builtin GPS receiver"

This will confuse people - most people think of a "car kit" being for handsfree audio.

I think what you are referring to is a street navigation kit.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] nickety:
Huh? I think you failed to spot the word don't.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] nobodyAtall:
Hello community,

First things first...

I'm opening this thread for developer discussion ONLY. There will be a separate thread for releasing this kernel and for user feedback, etc. Please RESPECT that and keep this thread only for developer discussion. This is only for development chat - nothing else.

To report bugs, questions, etc (NON-development stuff) --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2247466

As you might already know, I've been working on getting 3.0 booting for our devices with success. Progress is good, but as expected there are bugs here and there that need to be sorted out.

Current status:

- Some components (e.g. charging and camera) have to come from SEMC .32 sources (which are not bad anyways) - this is ok

- Most other stuff are updated from later sources

3.0.x

- Based this kernel on M7630AABBQMLZA404033I CAF tag. It's the latest tagged release for this arch and is linux 3.0.8.

- Rebased on ics_chocolate branch

- All mogami devices are fixed almost completely. There are bugs here and there as with all software.

3.4.x

- Based this kernel on M7630AABBQMLZA40901040 CAF tag. There is no tagged release for this arch for 3.4. msm7x30 is not officially supported any more.

Goal:

- To stimulate kernel development discussions and get all 2011 devices completely supported.

What's needed:

- Developers to pick up on a device they have (there's no point trying to port a new kernel without having the device, please don't do that) and make the needed changes for fully supporting them.

- Look for bugs and instabilities and fix them

- Propose enhancements and patches

Some rules:

- I will not be accepting patches blindly. They must be tested and verified to work without affecting other devices. Plus, these are stability-targeted kernels

- If porting from .32 is needed (i.e. after evaluating that new CAF drivers don't work) changes should be kept minimal and close to CAF. This will allow for further upgrades ;)

- You can fork as much as you like, but please contribute back so that all devices can benefit! This is open source in action.

Sources:

3.0.x: https://github.com/nobodyAtall/msm7x30-3.0.x-nAa

3.4.x: https://github.com/nobodyAtall/msm7x30-3.4.x-nAa

Want to support?

- Help development

- .

Cheers!

-- nAa
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] nobodyAtall:
3.4.x

What works

- Pretty much everything - major or minor functionality is already implemented in the kernel

What does NOT work

- FM Radio

Status per device

smultron Done (nAa)

3.0.x

What works

- Pretty much everything - major or minor functionality is already implemented in the kernel

What does NOT work

- USB tethering

- FM Radio

Status per device

smultron Done (nAa)

coconut Done (pcfighter)

iyokan Done (M66B)

haida Done (mechmetal, mikeioannina)

hallon Done (mechmetal, mikeioannina)

satsuma Done (mikeioannina)

anzu Done (DooMLoRD)

ayame Done (DooMLoRD)

urushi Done (irii)

mango Done (expeacer)

zeus nothing

phoenix nothing

Legend:

- Done: Device boots the kernel and is usable. Functionality is close to 100%

- Initial support: Some basic bits are in and some stuff are working. Kernel is not usable at this point

- Nothing: either nobody is looking into it or there is little to no work done.

Please let me know if the above lists are wrong or incomplete

NOTE: New wl12xx firmware is needed for compat-drivers: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1911461&stc=1&d=1368826342

NOTE: New wl12xx firmware is needed for compat-wireless: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1969073&d=1368791362
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] matmutant:
Nice idea :D

if you need any help, i'll be glad to help from my side !
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] pcfighter:
Photos can be took normaly ? What Toolchain you used ?

Downloading now, will try to adapt that on SEMC coconut, (this is pretty same as smultron), will give feedback.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] DooMLoRD:
I will take up porting for ARC (anzu), PLAY (zeus)...

Started work on the Xperia ARC

sources are uploaded at the following repos:

ARC/ARC S:

[anzu]

Sources on GITHUB

Progress so far:

Changelog | Posts [1] [2]

PLAY:

[zeus]

Sources on GITHUB
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] nobodyAtall:
Zeus will be tougher, good luck ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] DooMLoRD:
;)

so do we need to rebuild CM for this kernel?

also which android version did u test with? 4.1.x or 4.0.x?

will stock GB/ICS work on this kernel?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] lo2ay:
Will you do it for the iyokan too ?

I'm asking since anzu and iyokan are pretty similar :)

Sorry if this is considered as spam, I couldn't resist :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] nobodyAtall:
Android 4.x should all be compatible. No need to rebuild rom or anything. Just make sure you use a CM ramdisk.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Vynikal:
All 2011 HDPI are very similar (except zeus). DooMLoRD has taken these two, because he own them.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] pcfighter:
nAa, please tell me - u used Linaro or 4.4.3 toolchain ?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] nobodyAtall:
4.4.3
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] iriijo:
Urushi

I will also help to bring the kernel to urushi. But yet I have not much time to do this.

br

iriijo
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] pcfighter:
Kernel starts, horray. I used my AOSP, need to use not nAa ramdisk
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] nobodyAtall:
Good to hear, please use this thread if you are having troubles.

-- nAa
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] n1kolaa:
if you make confg for anzu i will test it asap and report
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] nobodyAtall:
There are much more needed for zeus board besides the configs... it will take some days to have something working. Mogami on the other hand should be easier.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] pcfighter:
WiFi on coconut not working, iw said that "wlan0 no such device". Strange ...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] n1kolaa:
Anzu is on mogami board

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How about logcats?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] pcfighter:
[MENTION=1810445]n1ko[/MENTION]lla

"no such device". Now I noticed that modules wlcore_sdio.ko is nor loaded at boot, I added but now logcat says about wpa_supplicant, that it not running. some time ago I have to use TI ver of wpa_supplicant, maybe now I can revert ...
[Hardware Hacking General] afrotronics:
Hey everybody, I'm planning on upgrading the MPU-3050 on my GNex with the MPU-6050 from a junked Nexus 7. I want to utilize the sensorfusion features on the 6050 for a project that all of you will probably like a lot. ;)

Looking at the datasheets it appears that the pinouts are identical. I'm pretty sure all I'll need to do (aside from frankensoldering) is recompile the kernel with the 6050 drivers/src. A known side affect will be that I will have two physical compasses. Please feel free to call me stupid/crazy for doing this.
[Hardware Hacking General] snoopen:
If you're careful and use a hot air rework station, take ESD precautions etc I'd actually be surprised if it didn't work. Hopefully you've soldered QFN packages before?

Really interested to see if this actually works :) I like a good bit of hardware hackery.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] firdauz93:
Can anyone give me the step that can downgrade Xperia J 4.1.2 to 4.0.

Step by step needed. Help me.

Thankss ;)
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] blakstar:
you could have searched....

you can downgrade using the old typical way, by using flashtool

just download the ics ftf for your phone and region, backup all your files and data. Then simply flash the ftf to your phone using Flashtool
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] firdauz93:
Can you give me the link that i can find all of ICS tft from any region ?.

*sorry noob* :(
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] nakTT:
Here you go. You can find it in this link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2237164
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] akashpillai:
Search ice cream sandwich firmware. Ftf and flash it using flashtool
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] robamacaf:
Has anyone managed to get google wallet working on the HTC One yet? I tried using the patched wallet from Oct 2012 and it installs but when it tries to link to my google account it just hangs.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] solracarevir:
I was wondering the same thing, I found one apk on the internet but it wont let me open it because "google wallet is not available for your device yet"

Can you share a copy of your apk to see if it works for me?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] natestechupdate:
I followed the tutorial on the high on android website. Just google it I can't post links yet.

Was able to install google wallet from the play store, but the when I open the app it says setting up may take 5 mins and it never finishes. The app just eventually crashes.

He states in the video overlays like touchwiz may cause issues so I am going to wait for an htc rom without sense on it.

Let me know if you get it working.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] robamacaf:
I used modacos cracked apk for Google wallet and get to the same place before it errors out. I read somewhere in passing that it's because HTC is missing the libs for it. Apparently HTC one x was missing them too
[Sony Tablet S] OssiB:
Hey there guys!

I installed the ota update for jb on my xperia tablet s.

Now,games run a lot worse than before.i use my tablet much for gaming.gta vc for example runs very bad now and on ics it was very fast and smooth on max settings.

Can i downgrade back to ics now?

The jellybean update isnt a very big change anyway.i dont like it anyway...
[Sony Tablet S] CoolApps:
Look in the Jelly Bean changelog if you think if it does not have anything special.

It is Sony Vaio's fault since they modified the update.

Wipe your device to improve performance.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Sony Tablet S] OssiB:
Wiping will solve the performance problem?
[Sony Tablet S] rimsilva:
Backup applications and perform a factory reset.

You will notice a big diference
[Sony Tablet S] OssiB:
I did a full wipe and its really better.

But the gaming performance is compared to ics worse. :(
[Sony Tablet S] OssiB:
I noticed that the tablet is while playing games (like gta vc) most of the time running at 1,4ghz.

But this means its running only on one cor,right?cause quad core is only 1.3ghz max,right?
[Sony Tablet S] bg_man:
There's no need to downgrade to ICS.

Just install Tegra Overclock 1.5.1. Then you can choose active cores and frequencies.
[Sony Tablet S] OssiB:
Yeah this makes really alot of sense to install tegra overclock on an unrootable device...

But thanks for the tip anyway. ;)
[Sony Tablet S] jimibxl:
I think you live on another planet :D XTS under JB is rootable since 10 days :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2268646
[Sony Tablet S] OssiB:
Damn it!!!!!

I was looking here every f***ing day for root,and then,when i am not looking for some days it really happens!!

Thanks man for this great News!!!!
[Sony Tablet S] jimbohurt:
Is there a reason why you specified version 1.5.1? Cause I went to the play store and its version 1.9.1.
[Sony Tablet S] bg_man:
Not really. I've this version and it's working.
[Sony Tablet S] jimbohurt:
k thx bro, ill try it out :)
[Sony Tablet S] mohdikram:
Hi... I already go through this thread... After root, what is the steps to downgrade back to ICS?
[Sony Tablet S] NerdiX:
Sony say: you can't

Condi's flasher may, or may not flash ics, due to incr. value...

Sony's service tool will do, Condi's unbricker too...
[LG Optimus 2x] mondc1088:
Is swipe2wake feature available for our phones? Since we have capacitive buttons like HTC,maybe we can implement this too. Hope this comes available soon,as my power button cannot take the mundane tasks of being pressed like twice every minute,hehe.. :)
[HD2 General] goldlocke:
Please join me in silence remembering my trusted HD2 EU!

It will never be forgotten.

Cause of death:

Unknown, does not want to charge or turn on anymore.

Last config was: cLK 1.5.2 (kokotas); TWRP; CM9

Maybe it lost its cause as I "degraded" it to a mere baby monitor. ;)
[HD2 General] daniel98:
Rest in piece. May the God take it on a better world.

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[HD2 General] Mister B:
donor it, the lcd digitizer assembly, flex board, antenna board etc can help provide other HD2's life ...
[HD2 General] keller112:
had the same thing happen to me a few weeks ago. Turned out the charge port died.

How to see if it's the charge port ( any small gsm service center should fix it for like, $15...)

1. Take out the battery

2. Get a usb cable that's usb on one end and wires on the other ( come on, you can sacrifice one. )

3. Hook up the red wire and the shjielding(if any) to the positive pole (+) of the battery and the black one to the negative pole. (-)

4. Plug the USB in.

5. Wait an hour or 2.

6. If phone turns on, it's the usb port.
[HD2 General] ddearce:
Sorry bro, I still remember my first brick, it was in my HTC Magic... rest in peace little one...
[HD2 General] Eriu:
May it Rest In Peace - Mighty HD2! and THANKS to all the Developers for making it Mighty :)

I thought mine had given up but I scrambled parts from other HD2s and it lives on for now.....
[HD2 General] Manudel96:
Good bye mighty HD2.

Thank God i got two:)
[HD2 General] st0rmik:
Once same think happen to me and for my happenies it was only problem with my battery pin that has to been allign .
[HD2 General] AnnaBolika:
will be a hard time :crying:
[HD2 General] gazzacbr:
shame on you, i think it just lost the will to flash ;)

did you try keller112 suggestion?

HD2s just dont die that easy.

you need it up and running and ready for Android 5 :D
[HD2 General] goldlocke:
thx guys!

I dug up my HD2 from the grave ;) and checked again:

Indeed my battery is charging (checked with voltmeter ~3,7V in the battery) there is just no charging LED; Also my charging pins are aligned and provide ~450mV while USB plug is in.

It is just that it does not do anything while pushing on/off button or windows button or any other button. :(
[HD2 General] ross07:
buy a few off ebay you can pick them up from £100-£180 quid sacrifice a grand and buy 5 or 10 units lol and keep flashing till the end of time the almighty hd2 will never realy die
[HD2 General] Mister B:
Sounds highly likely mainboard issue, can buy smashed glass or dead digitizer HD2 on eBay for 30USD if you search & bid wisely & mainboard swap is quite easy .
[HD2 General] thanhhairau:
replace monitor ! good luck.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeremin:
Hi!

Is it possible to make my Nexus 7 to boot up faster.

Nexus 7 16GB

Wifi only

Rooted

Android 4.2.2