yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] tenjou_89:
thanks for this great thread! i have some questions

when updating an app that is located in /system, where does the update get stored? does the playstore app write the update into /system (overwritting the original apk), or outside of it (in userdata) ???

and another more elaborate question:

on custom kernels featuring sweep to wake: how can i edit the start, mid, and end point parameters of the sweep? i want to shorten the length of the sweep and make it more biased to the right side of the screen. how can i do this? adb? shell command? i dont want to install fauxclock
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
I can only answer your first question. It overwrites.
[General Questions and Answers] Hunterman322:
it didn't work
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
I'd really like to try to help you further, But I gotta go do real life stuff. ;)

Your best bet would be to post this question in the S3 Q&A forum.

Best of luck to you! A borked phone sucks donkey d*cks.
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
To understand, you can't make calls, but you can text and use data?
[General Questions and Answers] Hunterman322:
yes
[General Questions and Answers] bweN diorD:
go to your carrier and get a new sim card.

if that doesnt work, backup data and re-flash stock. if still not working, its likely a hardware failure, and will need to be replaced.

you can try flashing stock first if you wish, look in your devices forum for files and instructions.
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
That's where I was headed. Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] ColePerry:
So I suppose this is the right place to ask this. See, I have an IMEI Unlocked T-Mobile LG G3 which I use now with a different carrier. The news about the G3 Lollipop update got me thinking that since carriers have to approve the updates on their phones, this will probably affect me. Seeing the phone still runs with the original T-Mobile software, is it tied to whenever T-Mobile decides to roll the update?
[General Questions and Answers] Hunterman322:
did not work.... the verizon guy says that rooted phones cant call or something.
[General Questions and Answers] post-mortem:
If you've "purchased" them from the Play store, they should be automatically re-downloaded. The data is not backed up with Google, though, so you'll still probably want to rely on Titanium Backup.
[General Questions and Answers] JAWheat411:
A clean flash would be wiping everything in recovery (factory reset/system/data/cache). A dirty flash would be installing one rom/version of another one and only wiping cache's.
[General Questions and Answers] ssvillamor:
S4 GT-I9505 XXMEA suddenly "Custom" from "Official"

My SGS4 GT-I9505 XXMEA Device status suddenly becomes "CUSTOM" from Official XXMEA cfautoroot and triangle away 3.0 to Official.

Im using KIES update from XXMDM cf-autoroot and Triangled away 3.0 to "Official" then to XXMEA.

Prior to that , I didnt use the clean flashed. I just use triangle away 3.0 and Supersu unroot then upgraded to XXMEA.

After that I cf-autoroot it to root it and the device status becomes Custom.

I then use Triangle AWAY 3.0 again to make it OFFICIAL and there it is again OFFICIAL.

Suddenly for how many days whithout noticing it.. The Device status becomes "CUSTOM".

I do not know why it becomes like that?

Is Samsung secrtly patch me with some of its apps?

Or the Triangle Away suddenly is incompatible with these XXMEA.

But i am for sure my SGS4 GT-I9505 XXMEA detects by KIES as official and want me to upgrade again to XXMF8 before this happens.

I cancel the prompt not upgrade and just like that ....(after a day I think)

My device status becomes "CUSTOM".. what the?

Can ANy body help me? I am a nob when it comes to this...
[General Questions and Answers] mediawiz:
How to make Android feature requests?

Is there someplace people can go to make requests for new Android features? (Someplace were developers might actually see it and perhaps implement the requests?)

I have had ideas for several features that I think would make my Android devices (I have owned about 6) far better...

- One of my ideas was the ability for more than one Bluetooth device (ie: wireless headphone/earphones) to be able to connect to a single Android device at the same time. I go running, hiking, etc... When I go alone, I often listen to music. It would be great if when I run with someone else, if they could listen to the music I am playing on my Android device at the same time I am.

- I have changed ROMs many times, but when I do, it is always a pain to have to setup (or recreate) my music playlists on the new ROM. Many (not all) Android music players seem to allow users to import music playlists that have been created on PCs or whatever. None of the music players or the Android OS itself seem to allow me to save a music playlist as a file (ie: export) that I can reload later, use on another device, or give to someone else.

- None of the Android ROMs I have come across seem to provide a (relatively easy) way to change the the the resolution (LCD density) so that I can make images and text larger or smaller on my display. This is something that is very easy to do (change a setting and hit save/apply) on every PC I have ever owned, but the few ROMs that seem to allow this seem to have a complex procedure for doing it.

- Ability to put Widgets in folders (on the desktop). I like widgets. I sometimes even like the UI of a widget better than the associated app. (Sometimes widgets provides a nice condensed view of the information/features, or provide simple capabilities like a switch to turn on/off a feature without launching menus and digging through them.) Unfortunately the Android OS (or the "Home" apps that currently exist) does not (do not) allow widgets to be put into a folder on the desktop. I would like this feature for many reasons. 1) The folder could limit the widget from consuming battery or system resources until the folder was opened. That way widgets would not use up my battery or CPU cycles until I opened the folder and looked at them.

- It would be great to have a "magnifying glass" (zoom feature) that I could use to make any specific area on the display larger (so that if I'm having trouble seeing something small on the display, I can magnify it large enough to see it).

I have more ideas, but those are just a few of the things I think would make Android devices better.
[General Questions and Answers] gixxer93001:
Try to flash Paranoid android Rom or MUI if you want to change your DPI settings.
[General Questions and Answers] Raidenbeats:
So I want to install cyanogen on my kyocera hydro. But there is no recovery available from TWRP or cwm. Let's say I install CM and want to go back to stock. If I do the factory reset will that do it???
[General Questions and Answers] post-mortem:
No, you'll need to reflash the stock ROM.
[General Questions and Answers] Raidenbeats:
Well from the info I've gathered there isn't a stock ROM available for flashing (unless a stock ROM isn't the same as a recovery) So it's a flash a custom ROM at your own risk kind of deal (but isn't it always? Lol)
[General Questions and Answers] post-mortem:
The recovery files are stored in a different partition, so it's completely unrelated to the ROM's files. If a custom recovery is available, you can make a nandroid backup. So, although there is a risk with flashing a custom ROM, you could just restore your nandroid at any time. If a custom recovery isn't available for your phone, then it's definitely more risky.

No custom recovery and no way to go back to stock ROM? I wouldn't risk it, but that's just me.

Keep looking!
[General Questions and Answers] Raidenbeats:
Thank you for the warning! I'll just stick with stock ROM till I upgrade to a new phone. But....now that I finally rooted my phone (oneclickroot and clickrootpro ftw)

Now what? Idk what to do to my phone now that its rooted......
[General Questions and Answers] thewild:
Well, the question is rahter "why did you root your phone", if you don't know what to do with it ?

Root is useless, unless you want to use an app that needs root access.
[General Questions and Answers] SayidAchmad159:
If you got bricked. You must flash your ROM. Or do restore from recovery. :thumbup: :)
[General Questions and Answers] bugattiman:


Does anybody no any other app markets other than google play
[General Questions and Answers] Snow Panda:
I have installed CM 10.1.1 -P760 on my LG optimus L9 P65 :eek:. everything works fine but i can't hear anything while on call and the music volume is very very low. I have searched everywhere for an answer but seems like there is none. Lemme know if anyone has a solution for this. or else i have to go back to stock JB and be happy.:crying: The reason :confused: behind rooting my phone and installing a Custom ROM was to get rid of the constant rebooting of my phone. Any Suggestions/Help will be appreciated :good:.
[General Questions and Answers] ryaniskira:
Try fresh installing you ROM and see if that fixes it reboot into recovery wipe cache and Dalvik and /data. Then apply the CyanogenMod zip. Basically a "clean" flash.

Nexus 4 CyanogenMod 10.1.1

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Nexus 4 CyanogenMod 10.1.1
[General Questions and Answers] scottstoked:
Revone = SIM unlock

I haven't been around long enough to be allowed to ask this in the developer's forum.

I want to unlock my HTC One sim, but not really interested in paying $25 - $35 to a site or my carrier (telus) to do this. Does installing revone automatically unlock the sim? I can't seem to find a definitive answer.

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] post-mortem:
I recommend Titanium Backup, Greenify, and AdAway (this, and other ad blockers, was removed from the Play store, as blocking ads reduces revenue for Google -- highly recommended!!). There are also security-related apps which can locate your phone if it's lost/stolen, take pictures of the thief, etc. You might consider installing a firewall app (I use Android Firewall), to control what is allowed access to the internet.
[General Questions and Answers] vampir4997:
Revone unlocks the bootloader. Unlocking the sim is different
[General Questions and Answers] post-mortem:
Amazon Appstore & F-Droid are 2, but there are many others.
[General Questions and Answers] bigvdrop1:
Cyannogenmod 10.1 galaxy S 3 (sprint) problem

After updating my Samsung galaxy S3 I wasn't able to make/received any calls or any texts. The version I'm currently using is 10.1-20130711-NIGHTLY-d2spr. Can anyone point me to the right direction. I already tried visiting my local sprint store, but they can't seem to fix the problem. My phone also displays a message saying, I need to make a special call in order to activate my phone service, but once i hit activate it says I can't make the call. Thanks for helping.
[General Questions and Answers] KkdGab:
Stragnge, they shouldn't be saying that, but have u tried flashing stock firmware as [MENTION=4132606]bweN diorD[/MENTION] said
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
The Verizon guy is a liar.
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
That's odd, mines rooted, Sim unlocked, custom rom, modded to the max, physically altered, and still makes and receive calls. Oh wait, I forgot, Verizon customer service techs are idiots who only know what their computer screen tells them to know. Lol

As [MENTION=4132606]bweN diorD[/MENTION] suggested, run a backup, flash latest stock firmware on and see if it works. If so, root again, etc.

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Your phone will get the update when ota says it's time for whatever network your phone reports to, which I'm not even sure will work since you're tmo firmware on another carrier... anyway, are you rooted too? If so, don't worry about ota update because you won't get it. You'll get the update when a Lollipop rom is built. You still have some time though.
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
And it is what is put onto that computer that gives them the answer. I guess the techs the carriers have haven't learned how to internet.
[General Questions and Answers] AdamSanJuan:
Hi! So I'm rooted and I want to update my phone but when I try to do it, it says "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available." So I reset my flash counter using Triangle Away and now it says 'official' and '0' but still that modified blah blah is still appearing. How do you solve this?
[General Questions and Answers] dequinc stewart:
Hi! I was wondering if there's a way to install twrp on samsung galaxy tab 3 t210r without a pic?
[General Questions and Answers] Md Belayet:
Probleme Recompiling Setting.apk

I have got a problem. When Compile settings.apk . It shown an error ....

I used apktool v2 also try on Advance apktool.... Same result Found ....

My Android vresion 4.4.2 Kitkat ......

Device : GIoone P4

Coustom Rom Xolo Q700S Kitkat Ported By me

Please help me what can i do ......

Erro log
[General Questions and Answers] bweN diorD:
why would you even tell them its rooted? just say you broke it somehow taking it out and need a new one or whatever. i have never had them question giving me a new sim.
[General Questions and Answers] bilalktk022:
*sir.

I have vega a860. My phone is charging very slow. And battery drains very fast. Battery also drains while in sleep mode.

My phone get hot while charging. And after 82% it stop charging. It also give a message while charging " charger connected and charger removed" again and again.

I have change my charger but still
[General Questions and Answers] kebie:
Problem with Radio rom

Hi,

I tried to reinstall my rom on my htc hd2. I've never done this before. I found some tutorial which said that I should first install hspl, so I did it, then I supposed to install my radio rom. I copied it to my sd card, put it to my htc and then I missunderstood an instruction and open this .exe file on my comuper instead of htc. First I thougt nothing happend but now I cant do repartiotion. I have no idea what to do.
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Or what their bosses tell them, or tell them to say to customers.

But yeah, a customer has a problem with their phone, chances are the rep will just google stuff on those iPads they carry around. One time I was at a Verizon store waiting my turn, and I was sitting next to this guy for a good half hour. When it was his turn, I overheard him (they were only a few feet a way) saying that his screen wouldn't respond or turn off, and he couldn't reset it by popping the battery out because it was internal. The rep starts tapping away on her iPad for a couple minutes, and finally I can't take it anymore. I say "hey, what kind of phone is that?"

"Droid Razr HD."

"Hold volume down and the power button for several seconds".

Sure enough, several seconds later, his phone was rebooting. I knew this because I owned the Razr Maxx. But the reps should know how to reboot phones. It's not always the same button combination (like Samsungs - but all Samsungs are the same), but at least they should know to try a couple things before wasting time looking it up.

And of course, the dingbat with the phone (a college student, undoubtedly with a computer or at least access to one) coulda googled that himself.

Earlier that visit, a grandpa was there with his grandson because his phone had no data connection. Why? The little snot had turned his data off. At least the rep didn't have to google that one.
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
Flash stock firmware back on your phone. Once you root, you're on your own for updates. Ota will no longer work
[General Questions and Answers] Hunterman322:
i have already reflashed stock firmware but i hard bricked my phone flashing a custom rom somehow and i fixed it but it can only boot up with the microsd card that has the unbrick files flashed onto it if i take it out then it will not boot soo this could have caused the problem, if you know how to fix bolth then could you tell me, my parents are mad for no reason( i am the one who bought the phone and my dad pays the bill but my mom and dad dont are not together)

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i didnt tell them its rooted they thought it was but it isnt and i gave it to them to look at because the new sim did not work.
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
So do you currently have your custom ROM on or stock? BTW, hard brick generally means it isn't recoverable, technically you soft bricked it. Soft bricks happen all the time and are easily fixed. What is your device/carrier?
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
You "hard bricked" it, and fixed it on your own without a jtag? lol
[General Questions and Answers] 96jay:
Note 3 cyanogenmod usb 3.0

Hi everyone.

Back when i'd touchwiz, whenever I'd plug the phone to the pc I'd get an MTP & PTP options in addition to USB 3.0.

now I installed cyanogenmod 11, And I only get the first 2, No 3.0 option, Is usb 3.0 not supported by CM?
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
Correct. When you go aosp or cm, you give up certain things that come with manufacturer TW Roms.
[General Questions and Answers] 96jay:
Is there no possible way to enable it?
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
From what I've read, no. When you come off manufacturer rom, you give up stuff. That's the nature of the beast.
[General Questions and Answers] Hunterman322:
Stock and i am on Verizon.
[General Questions and Answers] kingo4luv:
Please i rooted my lenovo A859 after that the phone switches off and on on its own... It can stay for like 5hrs n switches off... Please help
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
Go into settings/about phone and verify that your imei matches the imei number under your battery, if it does...

Snag the latest firmware from sammobile. Back up your phone. Move anything important to sd card. Drop to recovery and wipe your phone. Reboot into download and Odin the tar file. Boot up, set up. See if your phone works right before you do anything else. Don't root, don't do custom recovery, nothing.

Let us know how it goes.
[General Questions and Answers] tZOR21:
Hi everybody I'm noob, I've been reading here form a long time and somewhat learned also, so at first I'm very thankful to the xda and everybody here.

I need a help actually, as I've got stuck wid a problem on my galaxy note on official jellybean android version, it started problem when I created a 4gb partition on my 64 gb sandisk memory card, and also I created swap with the size 512 using cwm recovery, (till then I wasn't know that my rom may not support this) (and also I lost all the data I had I kept cuz I hadnt any idea about), then I re-created a 1gb partition with 0 swap size this time, after then actual problem started that: althouth my phone is working blazefast, but suddenly a moment comes and it gets totally stuck, freezed for 4-5 minutes , no responce during that time, then it automatically comes to normal state. , pls somebody guide me to sortout this problem. :)
[General Questions and Answers] bweN diorD:
sounds like his internal storage is jacked, wouldnt he need the pit file too? i havent messed with sammy's since my charge.
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
if it's booting into the ROM, I would think the partitions are okay. If they are messed up, he would definitely need a pit file to repartition the device.
[General Questions and Answers] bweN diorD:
its been a long day at work, so i dont want to go digging, but didnt he say it wouldnt boot unless there was an sd card inserted or am i thinking of someone else?
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
I believe that's correct. I figured it was a misunderstanding on the users end because I couldn't think of a single situation where the partitions were screwed up and an sd card fixed it. Am I mistaken in my thought process?
[General Questions and Answers] bweN diorD:
thats why i suggested the pit actually. there are some devices where people try to do some sort of swicheroo with the internal and sd, or something similar. i dont recall exactly. and you know how some of these guys wont come right out and tell us what they did to mess things up until we beat it out of them lol

it just smells like he tried this switch trick, and now it will only boot off the sd.
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
Are you talking about that link2sd app that screw's up phone's every week because people don't read? (Or whatever it's called)
[General Questions and Answers] bweN diorD:
no, sorry, my brain is fried from work lately. there is some mod to run ram off the sd i believe.

you could be right though. it seems to me that anything that is required to run on internal, then is forced to be on sd, would cause this issue.

backing up a bit, i always ran the pit on my charge, not because i needed to, just because i could, and it would be like new.
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
Throw your suggestion at him.
[General Questions and Answers] Hunterman322:
It still cannot call but can txt and use data when I call someone the bars just go away
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
Does it boot correctly without your sd card inserted?
[General Questions and Answers] Hunterman322:
Yes it does but I still cannot make any calls but can txt and use data
[General Questions and Answers] bweN diorD:
ok bro, we cant help you unless you tell us what you did. forgive me if im wrong, but frequently, people come here and are ashamed to tell us what they botched. just tell us anything you did to cause this, and we will be more able to help you.
[General Questions and Answers] Hunterman322:
Suit didn't read that correctly I forgot to check let me try

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I tried loading cyanogen mod and when I tried to reboot the phone did absolutely nothing happened soon I looked it up and people were saying that it was a hard bricked and I looked up how to fix it and the ad card thing came up... and so I tried it and it worked... after that I could txt and use data but I could not call oh and I booted it up Into Odin and flashed stock and that's when stuff stoped working.
[General Questions and Answers] bweN diorD:
what sd card thing? please post a link to what you tried to do.
[General Questions and Answers] Hunterman322:
Sorry shouldn't have expected you to know what I was saying

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I should also probably say that the pan looks different from what I've seen its supposed to be but I cannot change it
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
The pan?
[General Questions and Answers] Hunterman322:
Sorry auto correct... I meant apn
[General Questions and Answers] Hunterman322:
I think you misunderstood me, I cannot change the settings because Samsung won't let you
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
I didn't misunderstand anything. Hit the + sign and create a new APN.
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
lol

[MENTION=6120471]Hunterman322[/MENTION] You can change the APN on any phone I've ever had, and I've had a couple of Samsungs.
[General Questions and Answers] Hunterman322:
you cannot hit the plus it wont let me... unless you have another way to do it. the plus is grayed out and when i touch it nothing happens
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
Hit menu and restore to defaults
[General Questions and Answers] fattone66:
My very first time android so I got a noon question if I where to download for example a zooper widget from here a clock for example what procedure do I do when I download it where to find it and then where to put it
[General Questions and Answers] Hunterman322:
i cant eve do that
[General Questions and Answers] Megaflop666:
Hmmm... [MENTION=4132606]bweN diorD[/MENTION]? Any thoughts?