yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zivsteevs:
Water damage

Guys from the Hungarian Samsung service apparently informed that it might be because of water damage and not covered by warranty, however phone was not exposed extremely to water, just few talks/sms in the rain/with sweaty face. I will still try to negotiate, but if it is the case that phone is so fragile that few rain/sweat drops can destroy the sensors, I would certainly not recommend it to anybody and would not buy it for myself. I'll keep you updated about any updates.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] docluv01:
Hey guys, I have had a Bionic for the past 18 months or so....forgive me if my questions sound silly....

Recently, I was given a S3 to use. Before I take the plunge and get it activated, I was tryign to learn about the ROMS etc out there.

- I see there are TouchWiz ROMS and AOSP roms. I'm assuming the TouchWiz ROMS are based on stock rom just tweaked and debloated and teh AOSP ROMS are the ones built from scratch?

- I see there are kernels around....same, AOSP and TW. Is it safe to assume if I use AOSP, I need to get an AOSP kernel? If I install for example the latest Liquidsmooth....do I have to do the kernel 1st? or does the ROM have the kernel built in?

- Do I have to unlock the bootloader? Or is that what the kernel does?

Again, sorry for the dumb questions....my Bionic was simpler to do...with less options....

Thanks in advance :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmxc23:
1. AOSP is the original Android OS untouched by any company. Touchwiz is Samsung's version Android.

2. You don't need a custom kernel but it can optimize your phone for increase in battery life.

3. All ROMs have kernels built-in they have to or else it won't work .

4. You must unlock the boot loader in order to flash anything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] docluv01:
Gotcha..!

Thank you!

So is it safe to assume, you flash ROM 1st, then you flash kernel? At 1st glance, I like the Liguidsmooth ROM, but people are also raving about the KT747 kernel. SO I would have to flash his AOSP version...

I have seen some radios also...Is that advisable to do?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmxc23:
Yes that is correct but you must first root your phone. The bionic had a larger margin of error when it came to rooting.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] docluv01:
Yes, 1st thing I'm going to do is root and unlock the bootloader....

One last Q...

I see people are having GPS lock issues on some ROMs (eg Liquidsmooth), compared to stock. Would that be a kernel type off issue? Would updating the kernel to the KT747 fix this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmxc23:
It is a ROM issue so the devs have to make a fix for it.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] ShivangDave:
There may be alot of guides out there how to make flashable zip of your ftf released by Sony ! But extracting ext4 files can be a headache !

I tried searching alot ! learned alot ! there were so many information that a Noob(like me) can be so much confused !

You can extract .ext4 file on windows also but that may cause BOOTLOOP also ! [PERSONAL EXPERIENCE]

So here are the simple steps to extract .ext4 files easily in linux !

1) open terminal

2) type

this will open dialogue box with admin privilage

3) place ext4 file on the desktop and create a folder named mounted in the same directory

4)than type following in terminal,

(Basic Structure of that command is: sudo mount flag loop ext4 directory mounted directory !)

HERE;

/root/desktop/system.ext4 is the directory of .ext4 file

/home/USERNAME/Desktop/mounted is the directory of destination folder !

AND DONE ! You can grab those files and put in system folder of your zip file !

NOTE THAT: THIS EXTRACTED DATA WILL BE ODEXED !
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] M4ST3R-V:
Hi, This was the guide which i was really looking for but unfortunately the code is not working for me in :( can you please check it again ?

Edit: Thanks it worked ! Great. The explanation for the code given by you helped me solving it ! Thanks a lot bro :)
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] ShivangDave:
Glad to hear that ;)
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] flipinfin:
desktop is spelled with a capital D
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] ah7:
thank you! using today this noob guide, very helpfull!!!
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Xmoose:
Buddy..I wanna try making a zip from ftf.

So I have extracted the system.sin into a folder system...

Now I need meta-inf to be kept along with system into a zip right....

So if I go wrong somewhere will I brick my phone..

Also can I simply delete all the unwanted apps from apps folder?

Please..I know you are a guy who knows all these stuff..I saw many guides,yet I am afraid if somethin bad will happen to my device..

Plz help me... I need you badly.

Hit the thanks button..it does not cost you anything.

it's worth something for me...

sent from my Sony Xperia e dual
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] ShivangDave:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2183077
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Steam.:
nautilus is just for ubuntu, mention that you need to swap nautilus with your file manager if you're using a different distro other than ubuntu(e.g lubuntu= pcmanfm )

Also when using GUI and sudo, it's best to use gksudo instead of sudo.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Deleted member 5439257:
Hi,

It works fine, so thanks for that, but I end up with a ''volume of 682 MB''. Unmounting and ejecting doesn't work and simply deleting it, also won't work. Does anyone have any idea how to remove this ''device'' from my system? It's quite annoying and takes in space.

Thanks!
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Deleted member 5439257:
Never mind , a reboot fixed it...
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] jacodaburr:
First off let me say that I am in no way a Linux user, but I tend to be quite resourceful when it comes to researching. This one is beginning to stump me. Second, I am using crunchbang {a Debian (Wheezy)} build and therefore I had to modify the coding a little bit.

This is what I did just to even get it to accept my query without issues

sudo nautilus

This pulled up my Desktop in File Manager with root privileges. I created the mounted folder and put the system.img.ext4 in the Desktop location. Debian, or crunchbang, does not have a physical Desktop for placing files, as far as I have learned, just this folder located in the root folder. Anyways, after doing those two things I did this

sudo mount -t ext4 /root/Desktop/system.img.ext4 /root/Desktop/mounted

This was the first code I tried that didn't return any error about the location, fs, or anything. Feeling hopeful that I had finally figured out and was going to be able to access my system.img I look at my Desktop folder and open up the mounted folder, what do I see? Lost+Found folder with nothing in it, and a hidden folder called .Trash-0 which contains two folders "files" and "info". "files" contains a folder just like the non-hidden lost+found with nothing in it and the "info" folder which contains an 0byte file titled lost+foundinfo. My system file is over 2GB in size, so I am at a standstill because I do not know how to proceed.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] ShivangDave:
change the directory if possible, and change the command according to it.. Because I'm in no way a crunchbang user :) let me know if i can help in any other way though...

sudo mount flag loop ext4directory mounteddirectory
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] jacodaburr:
trying to use that code with flag and/or loop returns this

Usage: mount -V : print version
mount -h : print this help
mount : list mounted filesystems
mount -l : idem, including volume labels
So far the informational part. Next the mounting.
The command is `mount [-t fstype] something somewhere'.
Details found in /etc/fstab may be omitted.
mount -a [-t|-O] ... : mount all stuff from /etc/fstab
mount device : mount device at the known place
mount directory : mount known device here
mount -t type dev dir : ordinary mount command
Note that one does not really mount a device, one mounts
a filesystem (of the given type) found on the device.
One can also mount an already visible directory tree elsewhere:
mount --bind olddir newdir
or move a subtree:
mount --move olddir newdir
One can change the type of mount containing the directory dir:
mount --make-shared dir
mount --make-slave dir
mount --make-private dir
mount --make-unbindable dir
One can change the type of all the mounts in a mount subtree
containing the directory dir:
mount --make-rshared dir
mount --make-rslave dir
mount --make-rprivate dir
mount --make-runbindable dir
A device can be given by name, say /dev/hda1 or /dev/cdrom,
or by label, using -L label or by uuid, using -U uuid .
Other options: [-nfFrsvw] [-o options] [-p passwdfd].
For many more details, say man 8 mount .
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Xant:
Hi all

I expirence a strange problem I can't really explain to my self.

For two weeks now my XDA looses battery quiet rapid. I goes from 100% downto 25% in a matter of 8 hours... this hasn't been the case before.

I tried to do a hardreset and this fixed the problem for a new days, now it appeared again.

The standby problem is only when the phone is turn on, but I do have good network coverage, so the phone is not always searching or something. I don't have GPRS connected, no bluetooth or something and didn't install new software, there are no additional tasks running in the background.

Actually I would like to wait for a german 1.72 ROM before a upgrade the nexttime ( current is 1.60 )

Does anybody has an idea ????

Help is greatly appreciated !!!!

Alex
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] mm3311:
Hi Alex,

i have experienced the same problem since several weeks.

I have made a hardreset, Firmware update to the actual o2 Version (1.66.01GER, 1.10.00 Radio), and so on without a better result.

I suppose that it could depend on the o2 Network.

Two weeks ago on vacation in foreign networks the standby time was o.k.

The o2 Hotline has no information about this phenomenon until now.

Regards

Markus
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Xant:
Arrgh ****...

I was in a "foreign" country for nine months... just when I came back it started...

It seems fixed after a hardreset for a day or so, then it starts again...

I tried this new ROM, it's simply horrible, was totaly unstable, I switch back to 1.60.

I also thought I could be related to the network... this would not be good.

I am here in the office on the boarder of my homezone, someday I have homezone, some not... (shouldn't be the case either )

But my other mobile also behaves strange, it switches ( with homezone indicator on !!! ) to t-mobile... even I have a strong O2 signal...

I think it's time to write a mail to customer support...

Alex
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] tuitt:
Bah... is a fantastic PDA, but I must charge the battery every 2 days...

I think is normal...
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Xant:
I had to recharge very second day... that's normal if you use your pda...

but we are talking about 8hours and less without using it !!!

:evil: :evil: :evil:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] garry:
Try switching on flight mode and see if it is better.

One thing I learned but not sure if it is scientific: don't xray scan your phone/pda when passing customs. My Siemems phone started behaving cranky when it gets scanned.

Lastly, if still as bad, suggest you send in to check it up. Hope just some problem with the battery. :roll:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Xant:
Thanks.. but as I have allready written... when I turn flight mode on (same as turn the phone off) the battery is OK.

It has definitvely something to do with the radio.

The phone didn't get xrayed for a while now :wink:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] [Krueger]Dr.Stein:
Interference

It doesn't have to be an X-Ray machine Bro. Any form of frequency interference can screw your Xda's radio - but usually it will get back to normal after awhile (days) unless it is subjected to severe exposures.

What you can try to do is to goto Start-Settings-Personal-Phone-Network.

From Preferred Networks hit Set Networks - reprioritize.

Then under Network Selection change to Manual once the Xda gets hold of a signal switch back to Automatic.

Lastly check if your Broadcast Channels is enabled - disable it.

Worked for me after hours in the OR once - oops!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] tadzio:
I have the very same problem for a few weeks now. Some more observations:

- power goes down at a rate of 1% every 12 minutes

- happens only with an O2 SIM. If I put in a D2 SIM, everything is fine

- happens with every O2 SIM - I tried three so far

- my O2 SIM works nicely in a friend's Himalaya

- bought a new battery - didn't help

- putting it right next to a speaker (so that you can hear all network activity) shows that there is not more activity than normal.

- problem is present with both 1.60ger and 1.66ger O2 firmware, with no software installed (i.e., directly after a hard reset)

I would be grateful for any tips or hints how to solve this! Also, if someone else experiences the same problem, please post here. Maybe it's a hardware problem, and the more people experience it, the easier it'll be to convince T-Mobile/O2 that there's a real problem.

Cheers

Daniel
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] tadzio:
News on this issue: I just flashed the Imate 1.72 ROM version, and at the moment it seems this resolved the problem. The 1.72 has a newer Radio ROM (version 1.14 rather than 1.10) than all 1.6x versions, so this could make the difference.

However, it is also possible that the effect is only temporarily gone, due to not having configured GPRS, SMS, whatnot for the O2 network yet, so it is too early to start partying... :-)

And, of course, the OS is now English rather than German.

I will now leave my Himalaya alone for another few hours, just to confirm the problem is currently really gone, then I will start configuring it back to O2 settings, and add back all my software. This will take some time, as I want to check for the problem between all steps, and each check takes around one hour.

So, to all who suffer from the same problem: I suggest you wait a few more days before you upgrade. After I have finished my testing, I will post here again the results.

Let's hope 1.72 really does the trick! :-)

Cheers

Daniel
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] tadzio:
More news: I am now pretty sure that (again) the Homezone application is at fault!

The battery drain we experience roughly matches the power consumption of the CPU when not in a sleep mode. So, it seems the Homezone application prevents the CPU to go to sleep mode.

Why that used to work, and only started happening some weeks ago, I don't know. My guess is that O2 slightly changed the way they broadcast the location info. That location info is sent every few seconds via Cell Broadcast on channel 221, and as the Homezone application has to read that, it's quite plausible that it gets woken up every few seconds (whenever a new broadcast arrives).

What surprises me, though, is that there seem to be relatively few XDA II owners on O2 who experience the problem. I will send an email to O2 support and ask them.

In the meantime, to correct the problem, uninstall the Homezone application. To do so, do the following:

- deactivate the Homezone display, using the "Homezone" program

- using the file manager of your choice, go to the Windows directory, find the file "OHZ.dll", and rename it to whatever you like. This step is important!

- soft reset your XDA II

- go to "Einstellungen" -> "System" -> "Programme entfernen", and remove the program called "V2R Homezone"

- with your file manager, go to the Windows directory again and remove the renamed OHZ.dll file. If there is still a directory called "Windows\V2R\HZ", remove that also.

Of course, you lose the Homezone display. But you get full battery life back! :-)

Cheers

Daniel
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] tadzio:
Okay, I'm trying to find out why not everybody on the German O2 network is affected.

Alex and Markus: I opened a thread for this over in the PPC-Welt forum, see here.

You are invited to come over and participate! If you are not interested, could you please let me know where exactly you are located? I live in Munich, and it might be that O2 misconfigured just a few base stations here in the south of Germany so that the Homezone application behaves erratically.

Thanks!

Daniel
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Xant:
Hi Tazido

Fu#$%^&*( is it really because it move to munich... arrgh.

I do live in Starnberg, but I spend the weekend in Ludwigshafen and here everything was OK.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] tadzio:
As mentioned in a post in that other forum, everybody who is affected should call the O2 hotline and report this as a "network problem", to raise O2's awareness of the situation.

For the moiment, uninstalling the Homezone app is the best you can do. :-(

Cheers

Daniel
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Xant:
I did uninstall the O2 Homezone app.

I tried to mail to O2 but this seems not to work for some reason, I get a 403 error.

About calling the hotline, I have to pay for this, as I switch to the web-based contract with the free SMS, so as long as i doesn't get worse I can live...

Alex
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Suzook1:
does the S4 has fast charging built in or able to be enabled? I just got mine and its PAINFULLY slow to charge
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] americasteam:
Yes, this device charges extremely fast.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] sixftsix:
are you using the charger that came with the device?

the oem charger is 2A, charges very fast. if you use just any micro usb charger, it will probably take forever because that charger has lower output.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] joeybear23:
That's interesting, because I noticed mine charges way faster than my GS2 did, and with a much higher capacity battery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] MattZ71:
With the charger that came with the phone, and I start my charge at 3% turn the phone off and charge to 100%. I notice it does charge faster. Alot faster then my gs3 did with a smaller battery. I did a side by side comparison.

I noticed the new white cord with the gs4 is thicker then the gs3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] michael.s.under:
Has anyone had both the SG4 and the HTC One to compare charging speed.

Thats my one major gripe with the One is that it charges so slowly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jetlitheone:
My girlfriend has the One it isnt too bad in the beginning but the trickle charge for the last 10% is slow
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] americasteam:
Yes, the HTC is painfully slow. Never timed it, but seems like it takes forever.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Putter:
My S4 came with a 2.0 A charger, and my first impression is that it charges very quickly, much more quickly than my old S2 Skyrocket which came with a 1.0 A charger.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Maesedroid:
Yep my reported charging time is 35 min till gets full from zero. Amazing *_____*
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dragon_99:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6914/samsung-galaxy-s-4-review/2

S4 wins by a long shot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] rexxcastle:
Either faulty charger or your using the wrong charger mine charges hella fast
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] enigma4321:
Don't use a pc to charge it hehe jk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Grant H:
Yes, a 2 amp charger will charge quicker than a 1 amp charger :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] MattZ71:
Im spoiled with the 2amp charging. I went on a trip and tried to charge my phone with the at&t car charger and it took hours. Dont know what that car charger is rated at but cant be much.
[Android Apps and Games] sadiq23:
Hi guys, I have come with a new mod which is YouTube!!

I just change a few things like png's

And boom!

Done it!

Actually I made this for Xperia devices but this will also work for other android device too! So try it!

Ok it will be called as inverted YouTube!

If you guys want any different color or anything you can tell me!:D

Also give feedback if does not work or you find a bug!/if works bug free then do the same!

I've been Inverting Google apps for now and will be updating more gapps soon!

Download link:

Dropbox:-http://db.tt/x9mIMGIa

Installation instructions:

YouTube : Uninstall the stock YouTube.apk and install this one. If your YouTube is in System/app, uninstall it and reboot first.. Then install mine like a normal app..

Please don't mirror my files!

Hit thanx button if you like!
[Android Apps and Games] sadiq23:
Screenshots:-
[Android Apps and Games] sadiq23:
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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thesunisbright:
I've been having issues and trying to fix this for almost a week. I'm running the latest cm-10.1-20130506-NIGHTLY-toro . I have mostly been using nightlies and doing either a quick cache / dalvik wipe and update OR an update through the cm-updater. However, I still have issues with any sort of internet connectivity through most apps and the browser.. Yet the display shows full 4g (blue) and it's at home where i've always had amazing connectivity. The issues exist in other locations as well though. But for some reason the only apps I've tested that still connect are the facebook app and uploading with imgur app (and I can't even go view the image url from my phone afterwards). I'm getting desperate and am trying not to do a full wipe of my phone unless 100% necessary. I just tried this http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40520662&postcount=423 .. restarted phone and it seemed that even less things worked. So that's when I updated to the current nightly and am back with the older issues.

Any ideas on this? And if I need to do a wipe / semi while, what would be the least intrusive but effective method as far as being able to restore some apps / settings?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thesunisbright:
I should also add that if I turn on wifi, to a network that works (even deleted and re added the wifi network).. nothing connects, not even facebook. It shows it's connected, icons go grey, and it shows the arrow symbol for some up and down data transmission.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
wiping data will be needed. wipe caches does nothing. caches are hash checked, thus if you flash a new ROM, the existing caches will have a different hash signature, thus needing to be rebuilt.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaikun97:
I have tried many web browsers for android but the all seem the same speed for me. So what do you thinj is the fastest and best web browser for android?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shimp208:
I personally like Chrome the best http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...loGIAw&usg=AFQjCNH15rvlo-p7MbD_On-MZgKF4dtXPg but overall I would say it's personal preference all the browsers have unique features, some are faster in benchmarks, some are slower in benchmarks but feel snappier try them out and see which one you like best. Another combination people like is Dolphin Browser http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...3IG4Ag&usg=AFQjCNGhebe32bfMAXehR3GT4w_eSP9ptQ plus the Jetpack addon http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...3IG4Ag&usg=AFQjCNE3xH4OmkgcDclyW75HGWSmqOWuEQ.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluejeanstv:
Chrome

I personally like stock but chrome is quick and links to the one on my laptop...also dolphin browser!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kobalt.Kitsune:
I like Firefox Aurora the best. It's pretty fast, and I love how you can sync all your bookmarks with your other devices using them.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaikun97:
stock ics browser is pretty good yeah.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaikun97:
firefox is fast too but u do need a fast device to use it best