yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] User17745:
Yea, they are just useful update block list on the hosts file right?

But I think some apps do block ads dynamically, well non of that matters as long as you can keep yourself away from ads :) [emoji106]
[General Questions and Answers] warduke:
Every phone I get I add this hosts file to /etc and I havnt seen any ads on any app on my phone ever. Not even once in a while. No need to update the file.
[General Questions and Answers] Maos_frias:
Galaxy s plus don't have official roms since 2.3.6 I think. So it's unofficial.
[General Questions and Answers] User17745:
Just in case, you might also wanna make a NANDroid backup through TWRP before following [MENTION=5691352]N_psycho_PD_uh?[/MENTION] 's instruction.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Obviously, but even if he doesn't do the nandroid, reflashing the ROM and gapps will be just fine, besides, if he does the nandroid then does the format and then restores the nandroid that will only put him back where he's at now and the format will have been for nothing, reflashing the ROM and gapps makes it all fresh and clean again.
[General Questions and Answers] Shawn R:
Does the LG G3 have any security protection (like S-ON for HTC One) that would hinder me from flashing firmwares, ROMs, etc.?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
As [MENTION=6084806]User17745[/MENTION] states you obviously should make a nandroid backup before formatting but I assume you've already had a nandroid before this, after the format don't restore the nandroid unless you have to, the point of formatting is to get rid of something that may be hanging around and restoring the nandroid would only put it right back, do a clean reflash of everything after the format and only restore the nandroid if you have problems.
[General Questions and Answers] User17745:
I know, but NANDroid just in case say like after a week reflashing they realize that they're missing something important that was lost during format.

At times like these, NANDroids are pretty useful.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
I agree, I just didn't want them to think that restoring the nandroid after the format would fix them, just clarifying for them.

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Would using that still cause my issue of not being able to open certain links like I was having with my inbuilt ad blocker? And does it have to be unzipped or just remove the extension?
[General Questions and Answers] User17745:
I guess if the links you're trying to access are blocked in hosts file, then yes.

And I think your ROM might also be using an edited hosts file already to block ads.(Perhaps)

Or does it have an app for that?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
I don't know, I've never really bothered with ad blockers, some of the android sites I go to use ads to fund the site so I let them get there financial support.
[General Questions and Answers] User17745:
Yes but at times they are such a pain. Specially on an android phone sometimes when I try to access some website, it opens up for a second and then an ad quickly takes it over, if I press the back button the browser just redirects me to the Google search page from where I had clicked the link originally.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Yeah, I know, I just deal with it though.
[General Questions and Answers] warduke:
No it would not cause any issues opening certain links at all. You will have no issues of not being able to view any websites. View the hosts file in Wordpad and you will see it is all URLs that are ad servers. Websites that you would never visit.

You just remove extension. It is not zipped.
[General Questions and Answers] BrooklynNY:
How do I add a pause button in notifications while a download is in progress?
[General Questions and Answers] rickystewart3:
Help I9300i

I have a Clone Phone I9300i Build

e1901_v77_hy1_mt9p017_fwvga_20130412

I can't get some apps to open like netflix. Please Help
[General Questions and Answers] nlyang:
Thanks!

Just wanted to post a thank you to the community. Recently installed CM10 on my HTC One X and am very much enjoying it.

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] furious555:
this is what i see in preferences... http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa369/furious555/Screenshot_2013-05-06-15-36-57_zps6cec8978.png

Also see this :-S

http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa369/furious555/Screenshot_2013-05-06-21-46-23_zps47c9d0dc.png
[General Questions and Answers] vagos1988:
Hello,i have a question please

can i use Greek language with this ROM ? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2248560

if Install Greek firmware it will be ok ??
[General Questions and Answers] 07delta:
tutorial unroot Samsung Tab 2 &GT3113PUECLK7

Anybody who can help me find the thread Tutorial how to unroot to factory stock my Samsung Tab 2 7 GT3113UECLK7 Im selling this to a

friend to upgrade to .Samsung Tab 10 just want to delete all my personal files, thanks
[General Questions and Answers] CliffordKT:
Is there a chance of bricking, I was bricked twice.. Got out of it. Thanks Dev's. Is there a chance of bricking without being able to recover in download mode... "Hard bricked"?
[General Questions and Answers] d-edge:
Problems with allicance rom on N7100

Hi,

I just installed the alliance rom on my N7100 and did a full wipe, but OTA updates always end up in TWRP recovery and not being installed.

The installation got stuck on "installing samsung apps" or something like this, so I wiped the rom, and installed from TWRP.

after the first boot I re-Installed (with wipe) from rom customizer - And now I am facing the issue.

am I doing something wrong?

Many Thanks,
[General Questions and Answers] timmytucker718:
I just ordered my VERY first Android phone today (still rocking a Nokia E5). I realized that the phone I got, Motorola razr maxx (GSM) does NOT have an unlockable bootloader. I tried searching the net and this forum for an answer, but didn't get quite what I was looking for, so , I apologize for being a noob.

I see here on the CM wiki that CM is available for my phone..... But then why is everybody saying you can't use Cynogenmod without an unlockable bootloader?
[General Questions and Answers] :
This is what I was talking about.

It's clear now. Your device doesn't have root access.:(

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

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Yes.

There are two kind of bricks.

Soft brick - you can recover through odin by download mode.

Hard brick - if download mode is not accessible, you can try usb jiggs to get into download mode, if not service center is your only option.

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
[General Questions and Answers] IcecreamNinja:
CANNOT Install .APK files. Install button not working

I have a Rooted Nexus 4 with the latest Paranoid Android.

When I try to install .apk files I downloaded from my PC or a 3rd party app my phone will not allow me to touch the "Install" button.

I've troubleshooted for well over a hour and it led me to finally making this account to get some assistance

I have NO screen filters, battery apps or any of that stuff.

I have everything you're typical rooter/rom flasher has enabled so I CAN install 3rd party .APKs

PLEASE help me!

Thank You.

FIXED: FOR ANYONE THAT HAS THE NEWEST PA BUILD WITH HALO MAKE SURE YOUR HALO IS REMOVED BEFORE INSTALLING .APKs
[General Questions and Answers] immortalneo:
AFAIK, u don't need to unlock ur bootloader to flash custom roms. It is only needed when you want to downgrade to a previous stock version.

To install CM, use this link:

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_umts_spyder

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[General Questions and Answers] timmytucker718:
Awesome. Thanks pal. I found out that you really only need a unlocked bootloader to run custom ROMS that use custom kernals. But the main reason for custom kernals is to improve battery life, which isn't really a concern with my device.

There's too much misinformation out there saying its impossible to flash custom roms without a bootloader! Why is this such a popular notion?
[General Questions and Answers] immortalneo:
I guess its because people tend to read less and guess more! :D

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[General Questions and Answers] immortalneo:
Try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39272182

Download the stock firmware for ur device if u have a different variant than the one given in this thread. :)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[General Questions and Answers] Mthegreat:
LG l5

I flashed CM10.1 on my LG L5. Then i flashed rythm kernel which was supposed to compatible on CM10.1 using CWM recovery. It installed successfully but when i rebooted it showed just a screen with download is in progress do not disconnect the cable message and nothing is happening. When i connect it to PC it shows up as lGE android net usb modem and adb interface is not recognized. I just need to boot into the recovery mode which doesn't seem to be happening. Help me out ASAP
[General Questions and Answers] ichilouch:
Mali 450 the octa core gpu vs the powerVR sgx 544 used on the galaxy s4? which is do you think better?
[General Questions and Answers] Bufff:
I'm on galaxy 2

Before you flash a new rom. nandroid back up is always good to do.

What about Tatinum backup, once the back up is done, and when you do a full wipe, do you loose Tatinum backup because of full wipe?

Cheers
[General Questions and Answers] :
No. As both the backups are stored on internal/external sdcard.

When you do a data wipe, only /data & /cache folders are wiped. Your sdcard will remain safe until you choose to format it.

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
[General Questions and Answers] Bufff:
Thanks Bruce for your quick repsone.

....another thing i wanted to ask you was...

I'm using I9100XWLSS_NeatROM_Lite_v4.7, now it is easy to change between kernels or do i need to follow certain steps.

For example neatrom comes with Phil Kernel what if I want Dorimanx. Do I just go in recovery flash zip kernel file?? or something else needs to be done, and after that if I don't like dorimanx kernel do i just flash back to Phil from recovery zip file??

Cheers
[General Questions and Answers] becker68:
lfouow property

I have to post here because you have to have 10 post just to post in the right place so here is goes. WHATS GOING ON WITH THE MIUI V5 UPDATES FOR THE HTC EVO 3D CDMA
[General Questions and Answers] immortalneo:
Please be more elaborate if you wish to receive proper answers. You have to be more specific when u ask. What is it that you want to know about MIUI v5 for HTC Evo 3D CDMA??
[General Questions and Answers] immortalneo:
You've got a bootloop mate. Try wiping your cache partition, dalvik cache and fixing permissions to see if it boots. If not, do a factory reset and see. Some critical file may have been damaged while changing the font.
[General Questions and Answers] immortalneo:
Am sorry, but your question is confusing.

A nandroid backup is a complete backup of your NAND (like a snapshot of your device's partitions), and restoring it will return your device to how it was when you made the backup. So if anything goes wrong, you can return back to where you were.
[General Questions and Answers] immortalneo:
I can't find a thread here on XDA about that device. And a Google search gave me zero results. So am guessing its either not a popular device, or it hasn't been rooted yet.
[General Questions and Answers] becker68:
I was wondering if there is going to be a update soon or has the rom been doped for this phone I see the evo 3d gsm is up to date but not the cdma version. This is by far the best rom out there and would be a perfect rom if mhl was working. So I am just guessing here but is this the same developer in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2047911 that is doing the updates in this thread http://en.miui.com/thread-2651-1-1.html for the evo 3d cdma and gsm I hope this is making since
[General Questions and Answers] immortalneo:
Do let know what you learn. :good:
[General Questions and Answers] tiwersi:
Hi! I come here hoping that the Noob friendly tag is true!

I own a Kindle Fire 2 running stock firmware 10.4.3. Its never been rooted before. I want to root it and flash a custom rom to it. Problem is, I'm //VERY// new to android, and all the posts/threads I searched on used lingo I didn't understand head or tail of.

if anyone was kind enough to write a detailed description on how to do this, right from how to get adb drivers on windows7 without using the complex terms, I'd be eternally greatful.

Thanks in advance :)
[General Questions and Answers] immortalneo:
Am not a GS3 user, but my brother owns one. A cousin of mine had the 16GB version, and sadly, he had the sudden death issue and had to send it for repair.

AFAIK, emmc brickbug affects only the 16GB issue.

For more details, look here: [Important] Sudden Death Fix - Are you covered?

To see if you have a risk of getting sudden death, use this app: eMMC Brickbug Check

Here's a discussion of the GS3 sudden death issues on XDA: **Ultimate GS3 sudden death thread**
[General Questions and Answers] immortalneo:
This thread sure is noob friendly, but we can't ask members to make a detailed guide for you (unless someone would be good enough to do that). What we can do is help you get rid of the 'noob' tag, and help you learn the stuff you will need.

Check out this thread first:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2314809

Then read the rooting guide (linked in the above thread) and see if you can make head or tail of it. If you can't, check out Link No. 6 on Post #2.

If that doesn't help, you may ask here. :good:
[General Questions and Answers] Avennx:
Can't root my XPERIA SOLA

Yes! I already did his tutorial. But after doing it. My phone is not rooted? Do i need to do something else to root my phone?

The process is done but after that I tried to install rooted apps and it says "You need to be rooted to use this app"

I follow the instruction but nothing happens to my phone. Can you please help me?

I using stock ICS on SUS.
[General Questions and Answers] Abel696:
Cant find my model

I need help... nobody has been able to help me with my phone model and it cant be found on search.. i need to root it and it doesnt works following the steps on this forum... My model is Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos i9082L version i9082LUBAMA8 ... please help me root it
[General Questions and Answers] immortalneo:
Check out the original thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460

Follow those instructions (and see the video too).

What message do you get after rooting is complete?
[General Questions and Answers] aedendchau:
I might be able to help you with this...just simply click in "forum" and look for your device...and thats when the searching come in!! Not all phone model carry the same roms... gl
[General Questions and Answers] Avennx:
Xperia SOLA

Yes sir, i already did this. But my phone is not rooted after doing this. No SUPER USER install on my phone.
[General Questions and Answers] immortalneo:
Follow this guide:

[GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH][4.1.2/4.2.2] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082. Click on the link to the detailed guide and follow the instructions.

Then, read these posts (instructions for the 'L' variant of I9082):

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38834682&postcount=406

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38597194&postcount=228
[General Questions and Answers] immortalneo:
Try to install Superuser / SuperSU from Play Store and see if anything happens. :fingers-crossed:
[General Questions and Answers] aedendchau:
This might be helpful

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38834682
[General Questions and Answers] Avennx:
Super user

I just need to install SUPER USER? What do I need to do after installing SUPER USER?
[General Questions and Answers] eddiewk:
How To's posting

where is the "how to" instructions for posting? Specifically adding a thanks button to my postings?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
OK, I'll use it then, thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Are you on an S3 d2 variant, if so there's a thoroughly tested super stable OctOS that works on all the d2 variants of S3, camera, video and all works, I can link you to it if you want but you'll have to use TWRP instead of CWM.
[General Questions and Answers] ayo0:
Looking for stable roms

So I have a sprint galaxy s4 (triband) and I was trying to get my hands on some new roms preferably lollipop rom (if there are any that's stable) or roms that has the look and feel of the galaxy s5. I've used roms such as wicked X, triforce, and negalite wonderom which are all good but I just crave more. Can someone give me suggestions on what to try next? And also I was wondering if it's possible to use other roms from other carriers on my phone.
[General Questions and Answers] madbat99:
That's all adaway does is build a new hosts file. And it keeps you up to date with the latest. Same thing.
[General Questions and Answers] Bifr0st:
Hi!, first, can you tell exactly your device model ? Example SM-XXXX ?? Thx

To : [MENTION=3118440]ayo0[/MENTION]
[General Questions and Answers] madbat99:
They are all on the sprint s4 forum. We aren't hiding any, lol. And noooooo do not use Roms from other carriers. If you don't know at least that, you should slow down a bit and do some more reading and less flashing.

For an s5 or s6 look, just try one of the lollipop cm based Roms. Maybe cm12.1 and get an s6 theme from the play store. Looks pretty nice.

here is an s5 looking ROM for the sprint s4.
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
No, you can't use ROMs made for other carriers. Sprint and Verizon are like that, because they are CDMA instead of GSM like everyone else.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
When I had my Sprint S2 I was using us cellular ROMs but I don't know if the S4 can do it, also, I know that AT&T and T-Mobile can use each others ROMs but they have to use the rilblobs for their carrier(At&t uses At&t rilblobs on T-Mobile ROMs and T-Mobile uses T-Mobile rilblobs on At&t ROMs) and also have to make some edits to build.prop so that they can crossover, if you can do that with the S4 it will have to be some cross compatible CDMA carrier with your sprint rilblobs and build.prop edits. You'd have to check with users and devs with your device to see if you can do it and if you can you'd have to get them to put together a rilblob zip that you can flash in recovery and they'd have to tell you what to edit in build.prop so that it will work for you, they would know if its possible and what to change. Don't use anything without getting verification though. I'm on straight talk and they use Verizon's towers so I can use Verizon ROMs with no edits at all, check into which carriers use sprints towers and see if they have ROMs that will work for you.

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Sorry, you replied while I was still typing, I wasn't trying to upstage you.

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No, that's not EXACTLY true, but its always safest to assume that its true. Its possible to use ROMs from other carriers, but its special case scenarios. I've used ROMs from other carriers with no issues whatsoever. Don't believe EVERYTHING you read.
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
wut? LOL! There is absolutely no need to apologize.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Lol, that's cool. I was just saying that given what your reply to them was compared to what mine was I didn't want you to think I was snubbing what you had to say.
[General Questions and Answers] madbat99:
I am on sprint. All other mvno's use sprint towers, so all the Roms are built for sprint. All the other mvno carriers use sprint Roms, they aren't built for others. So no, you can't flash other carrier Roms on a sprint s4. Att, T-Mobile, or Verizon Roms will brick it.

I was answering him specifically, not every other possible person. We can split hairs all day about when its possible but I was giving him an answer without the semantics.

Edit: Not meant to sound as snooty as it sounded, I just read my own post (this one). I need to get to bed.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Ok, so I guess I was imagining things when I used us cellular on my sprint Epic 4g touch. Just saying that the old "you can't flash ROMs from another carrier" isn't always true. Even for sprint.
[General Questions and Answers] madbat99:
Edited my post a little.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Its cool, I get it, I was just answering his question, he asked if it was "possible" to use ROMs from another carrier, so I answered yes its "possible", I've done it with more than one device from different carriers.
[General Questions and Answers] jimbomodder:
Sent from my GT-I9195
[General Questions and Answers] madbat99:
But not the triband s4. I was answering him. He asked if he could, not if anyone ever could. Another carrier ROM on that triband s4 will not end well. There was a time you couldn't even flash sprint Roms on it without it wiping out your basebands.
[General Questions and Answers] lowtower:
only want to root u65gt...

I bought a Cube U65gt recently.

I only want to root it and dont want any other mod (a new firmware, more app space, even bug fixes).

MtkDroidTools wouldnt work. "Can't Root!"

How?

thanx.
[General Questions and Answers] @moi@:
Can someone help me pls: Confus:
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
So, flashing Sprint ROMs on a Sprint device wouldn't work? I'd say that was a result of who put the ROMs together instead of it being a result of the device it was flashed on. I don't see what it being a certain device has to do with it. That just isn't logical for some reason.
[General Questions and Answers] jimbomodder:
Can I flash a stock rom over current stock rom. its same rim but I've managed to remove boot animation.

Sent from my GT-I9195
[General Questions and Answers] madbat99:
Happened on the s3 when the triband model came out too. Roms for regular sprint s3 either wiped the basebands or the rotation was backwards. They had to implement some kernel fixes and some new apns to get them working.

They have it all sorted on the s4 now. I was just saying that triband is a different animal. It uses all three sprint LTE bands. Flashing another carrier ROM won't work.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
As for basebands and rotation, that's what the RILblobs and build.prop edits from my original answer were for. Now, whether the tribands kernel would work with another ROM would be the only real problem I could see.
[General Questions and Answers] lynchyy89:
OK so I decided to upgrade to the latest .726 version of lollipop and unroot all using flashtool, now the battery seems to be draining awfully quick (I got the ftf from xperifirm) plus as I'm no longer selling I'm missing all the root features, I created a pre-rooted .77, how would I install custom recovery to flash the new (downgraded) version to my phone? I forgot how I put custom recovery on last time! :thumbdown: :(
[General Questions and Answers] jimbomodder:
Right here's my issue, I have a i9195 (s4 mini lte) and after having a bit of a play around with boot settings I no longer have a boot animation. seems my originals no longer work. I've tried to find out how to reinstall stock qmg files but can't find them anywhere. so would I be able to just reflash stock ROM and get boot logo back?

Sent from my GT-I9195
[General Questions and Answers] Shawn R:
How come there is no CyanogenMod 12.1 for the Sprint HTC One M7?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Is this you?

http://androidbiits.com/sprint-htc-...-lollipop-aicp-9-0-m7spr-custom-rom-tutorial/