yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC One X] maxilick:
BEWARE!

If you cut down a TPG sim and insert it in your HOX it will reach dangerously high temperatures and burst: into flames. :laugh::laugh::laugh:

BTW TPG really suck in all aspects of delivering a mobile service.
[Galaxy S 4 General] gavinfabl:
FYI Samsung S4 will be featuring on BBC Watchdog over its memory claims. Details http://gavinsgadgets.wordpress.com/...may-bbc-watchdog-will-feature-the-samsung-s4/

Lets hope this makes all companies display clearer info on actual free memory.
[Galaxy S 4 General] simacca:
Could also give people the chance to contact them about the screen problems too :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] gavinfabl:
That would be good. The S4 also has incompatibility issues with many headphones, causes audio clipping (cracks and pops)
[Galaxy S 4 General] marcadam:
Why are people moaning about this? I thought everyone knew manufactures advertise the maximum capacity not the available capacity. I mean it's not like some HTC without an sd card slot. I think the smearing is more of an issue.
[Galaxy S 4 General] gavinfabl:
The smearing is an issue as is the audio clipping.

Most of the tens of millions buying the S4 won't be aware. . Any why should any company claim it has a certain memory, but then not clarify whats useable. Thats being transparent surely?

If anything I am hoping it pushes the need for 32gb versions to appear or become the minimum standard for JB.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Euthye:
To me its not the claiming 16 but only providing 9 usable GB, its the insinuation that you can just buy and use a microsd and the issue goes away when in fact all you can do with the msd is download content from your PC ie movies n music, I expect they'll blame Google for the change and to some degree they'll be right but it's still down to Samsung to provide more actually usable by the phone memory, it's the only real reason stopping me buying an s4 now.
[Galaxy S 4 General] gavinfabl:
Actually that's the reply I did get from Samsung. They blamed Google. That's ok, but let people know what the memory free is and about saving apps, caches etc...

They didn't as they were selling millions of devices.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Euthye:
That figures, they might get away with it as for many 16gb will be enough and a % of folk angered by the limit will swallow the Google did it spin however Sam are living off a previous good reputation hard earned IMHO this will cost them sales of the s5 and limit the longevity of s4 sales.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ste1164:
I dont think its acceptable because all companies have less. The 16GB N4/iPhone have 13GB free and Im sure the S3 had 12GB free. The fact the S4 uses so much up is silly. Losing a few GB isn't too bad. Losing all that is terrible.
[Galaxy S 4 General] simacca:
Why do they blame google for the free space issue. Maybe samsung should put less bloatware on their phones.
[Galaxy S 4 General] __NBH__:
This is an issue across the board. When you buy a computer with a 500gb hard drive you get less space due to the os being installed. It's just in this case nearly 50% of the capacity is gone.

They may as well put 32gb in from now on, use up to 16gb for their os and sell it as a 16gb device.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Beards:
Gavin, what's appended to your link?

No info found on your blog page.
[Galaxy S 4 General] gavinfabl:
Not sure what happened there but correct link is

http://gavinsgadgets.wordpress.com/...may-bbc-watchdog-will-feature-the-samsung-s4/
[Galaxy S 4 General] Beards:
Cheers.:good:
[Galaxy S 4 General] skibadee:
I'm not pleased about having almost half the internal storage being taken up but can someone answer me this:

If external memory can't be used for large games (supposedly goggles restrictions) why can the game 'Bards tale' install it's game data to your sd card if you choose to?

I have and the 3.5gb went on my 32gb sd.
[Galaxy S 4 General] gavinfabl:
That's good news. Probably the exception rather than the rule and decent developers, and a fav game of mine:). I believe Bards Tale specifically has an option that understands also the S4 partition. Sadly other games like Need for Speed MW dont do this. If you use Google Music, it caches songs into internal memory. If you rent a film from Google Play, again it goes into internal memory.
[Galaxy S 4 General] skibadee:
Thanks, so apart from Google being annoying the other game devs are perhaps being a bit lazy.
[Galaxy S 4 General] mrm1:
I agree. I know nfs can run if rooted and foldermount is set up to use the msd. So if developers added the option to install on to msd in their programs this wouldnt actually be as big an issue for some of us.
[Galaxy S 4 General] gavinfabl:
Google doesn't want apps on the memory card, internal memory is better for running stuff, and I have no problem with this so long as we have a reasonable amount of internal memory to start with. I personally would love to root and use foldermount but some key apps of mine detect if phone rooted and if rooted they don't work. Bummer.
[Galaxy S 4 General] rushless:
It is not an issue of moaning. The device was released with a fancy chipset and content providers pushing 3d and social cloud apps with a device with less than 9 gb out of the gate. To make matters worse, there is only one carrier and just in the US offering a 32gb option for the customers- that want to actually use the apps being marketed and pushed by content providers.

The big issue is both Samsung and major retailers misleading customers that the 16gb is fine, since you can install apps to the sd card. Something that Android team got rid of for two reasons. Android team hated the feature and carriers complained about the customer service cost (a lot of people did not get that swapping cards or using cheap cards was the problem).
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Ratzu:
I'm on PA 2.54, which I flashed a few months ago, but I want to flash AOKP MR-1 (or any nightly newer than that), however, when I flash it, it shows the AOKP text art in the install zip from SD card, then it goes down to something along the lines of "HTC One X // evita", then the progress bar goes to like 70%, and it freezes there. After a couple of minutes, the progress bar ends, but it never went any further than the model name, and when I try to boot, it just stays on the HTC screen.

This happens with every build of AOKP.

This is the AT&T HTC One X.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
Wrong phone? this is the One XL Forums.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Ratzu:
Whoops, meant One X.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
What hboot? what recovery/version? S-ON or S-OFF?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Ratzu:
I have ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.3.1.

How do I check my hboot?

I'm pretty sure it's S-ON, because I don't remember turning it off, but how can I check to be sure?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
I'm surprised you managed to root without even knowing what your hboot is or what S-ON/S-OFF is -_-

You're in a dangerous situation my friend. You know just enough to royally screw yourself but not enough to know that you might.

Hboot version and Secrity lock status are both in the bootloader.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Ratzu:
I know what boot and s-off/s-on are, it's just that I went through this process almost six months ago, so I don't exactly remember what I did and didn't do.

S-ON

HBoot 1.14.0002

Do I need S-OFF?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
No you just need to fastboot boot boot.img

You can extract boot.img from the rom zip.

S-off would eliminate the need for that step.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Ratzu:
That didn't work.

EDIT: Never mind, I typed in fastboot boot boot.img instead of fastboot flash boot boot.img

Thanks :)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] jollster101:
Does anybody have the contact details for O2 service centres in the UK and Australia????

I have an XDA 2 that I bought sim free 3 months ago. I bought a replacement stylus that splits into 3 parts (its a pen as well) and the front part has come off and is stuck in the XDA where the stylus sits. I am unable to get it out and other than taking the XDA apart and voiding my warranty I am stuck.

I know I will probably have to pay but it saves me having to lose my warranty and take the unit apart myself (which I would prefer not to do). I need the service centres in the UK and OZ as I will be moving to Oz at the end of July and wouldnt expect to get it back in time but wish to speak to O2 service UK just in case.

Can anyone help please as I really need to get this sorted.

With thanks

Ian J
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] smiley_thing69:
cool stylus

That sounds like a cool stylus, where did u get it from? shame about what happened to it though.

Some (mainly larger 1's) have instore technicians which can do all that stuff, there is one in Slough (west London area) which has got a techie that seems to know his stuff. More to the point, that is also where their head offices are, inc. customer services place, where i expect if u went in and asked they could sort u out.

hope that helps.

Smiley :-)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] jollster101:
Thanks for the info.

The stylus came from Ebay. It was £7-99 ( I think) and it is good and designed for the XDA 2 but just a shame mine unscrewed itself and is now stuck inside.

If I can get it out it will be glued and then reused.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] butt:
try a company called roadphone in norwich

there number is 08081003427

you may have to let the phone ring for a while as they don't answer it very quickly
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] The Hobbit:
3 in 1 pen for xda2

http://secure.proporta.com/proporta/F02/PPF02P05.php?t_id=110&t_mode=cat

ignore the black reset bit thats for xda1 the otheer pictures for xda2
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] djwhyte:
The new aussie service center for O2 is in QLD's sunshine coast and they are called MPS. I had to use them a couple of weeks ago for my Xda II, however, I had the best experience. I reviewed the service and have posted it on MTekk ( http://www.mtekk.com.au/browse/page923.html ).

Try them at http://www.mpsqld.com

HTH's

Dave
[HTC EVO 3D] tigernamedtony07:
So i am stocked evo 3d ics 4.0.3 sense 3.6 s on and i unlocked bootloader and rooted hboot 1.58 and i tried flashing cm10 wild for the night and now i have bootloop and idk how to return to stock ics
[HTC EVO 3D] Mr.Shroom:
You're not bricked, you need s-off and then to down grade your bootloader to run cm10 on the evo 3d. If you do a full wipe and flash a Rom based on ics you'll boot fine.
[HTC EVO 3D] tigernamedtony07:
Nothing i do works... i give up.... if anyone wants an evo 3d its yours ... free of charge... such crap.
[HTC EVO 3D] Kippui:
that is fixable, you have to do s-off

or relock the boot lodaer and run a ruu. I will take your evo 3d if you can't get it working lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] tigernamedtony07:
I relocked bootloader... connected usb it now said fastboot usb i have run about 10 diff Ruu's and they all give me error and i am on S-on Hboot 1.58
[HTC EVO 3D] Kippui:
then you need to get s-off. your phone is far from bricked. If it was truly bricked it wouldn't even be able to bootloop
[HTC EVO 3D] tigernamedtony07:
an idea on how to get s off minus the wire trick
[HTC EVO 3D] tigernamedtony07:
ok update i got it to boot into a rom... i am using a harmonia evo v rom all i had to do was pull the boot.img from the rom I flashed flashed. Put it in my folder that contains adb and fastboot and use fastboot command fastboot flash boot boot.img it worked!!! But now i wanna go back to complete stock
[HTC EVO 3D] alldayer:
I will take it

I will take the HTC EVO 3D off your hands. I have mine S-off and LOVE it! I am sorry you are not getting yours working. I know how it must feel. But really, I would be glad to take the phone off your hands. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] Kippui:
see, never assume its bricked unless you can't do staple commands(things like fastboot flash recovery.img) or it won't even reach the HTC screen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
PAGE NOT MAINTAINED - UPDATED INFO IN THE 1STOP STICKY

WHAT IS RIL: TAKEN FROM HERE : A Radio Interface Layer (RIL) is a layer in an operating system which provides an interface to the hardware's radio and modem on e.g. a mobile phone.

WHAT IS CSC :TAKEN FROM HERE: CSC is the consumer software customisation and is specific to geographical region and carriers. It contains the software packages specific to that region, carrier branding and also APN settings for data connection, MMS etc for your service provider. CSC has nothing to do with what languages the firmware supports and it will not add keyboard language support either.

i727(r) freg's:

2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100

4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100

> 4G=LTE ON CM < ON CM AND ITS DERIVATIVES, AOKP, AOCP, PARANOID, ETC, THE 4G ICON IS THE LTE SIGNAL

BELOW IS GENERALLY THE COMPATABILTY OF RADIOS TO FW BUT NO HARD RULE - EXPERIMENT AND POST YOUR RESULTS

USE GB RADIOS FOR GB (2.3x)

USE ICS RADIOS FOR ICS CM10 AOKP ETC AND THEIR DERIVATIVES.

ICS RADIO'S MIGHT NOT WORK FOR SAMSUNG JB FIRMWARE

JB RADIOS: READ OP OF ROM TO SEE IF THEY'LL WORK

[UCMC1] ATT OFFICIAL JB 4.1.2 .... By Mohan_kr

[UXUMA7] OFFICIAL SAMSUNG ROGERS JB 4.1.2 .... By Mohan_kr

[UCLL3] UNOFFICIAL ATT JB LEAK 4.1.2 ......DEC 24 .... By Mohan_kr

[UCLK4] UNOFFICIAL ATT JB LEAK 4.1.2 ......DEC 09 .... By Mohan_kr

UCLi3 ATT ICS ....... By mohan_kr

ATT UCLi3 ICS ....... By cdshepherd

ATT & ROGERS Radios - GB & ICS ....... By mohan_kr

Rogers Stock ICS Radio ..... By Seanzscreams.

ICS Radios.....Go to the Radio Section, Leaked And Official, By Seanzscreams

ATT stock ICS radio.....Hosted On Hotfile.com

GB RADIOS ....... By twopumpchump

Tmo_SGH-T989_UVLE1_radio.zip ...... Radio for T-Mobile

T-mobile T989 radios/modems .. LINKED TO THE T989 HERCULES FORUM RADIO THREAD, SISTER PHONE TO THE I727

757m modems ..... same bands as the skyrocket and 1700aws - read thread .... By tjsooley

Stock Bell note radio I717MUGLA2 .... Can Be Used On I727 & Rogers for bell users

Blaze_4G_LB7_ICS_Radio_MOD ...... Direct DL, CAN BE USED FOR T-MOBILE/WIND ON ICS

Telus_SGH-T989D_TLLE4_radio.zip ..... Radio for Telus

Telus_SGH-T989D_TLUMC4 .....JB Radio for Telus .... By tjsooley

FOR WIND USERS READ THIS
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xda1zero:
Would you happen to know if Samsung usually updates the RIL changes between builds GB-> ICS->JB? Also, does using an older RIL with a newer modem cause inefficiency? thanks much
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mtdew:
Never quote the op Jesus man delete that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
no I don't, but I think mohan_kr knows more about ril and csc

I realized after a few pm's from users that all radio files aren't equal, I decided to take a look at a few of them and seen some contain the ril and or csc files.

a user flashed a gb radio with the ril files and had issues on ics, he restored the backup and all was fine meaning the ril/csc files got restored but the gb radio(amss.bin and mdm.bin) stayed.

for now it seems trial and error and experimenting, maybe removing the ril and scs files for one rom/fw might be good but not for another

edit: the user was calderonr and quote "My wife has a SH-I727 as well, ATT Unlocked but her provider is Straight Talk Wireless. She has ICS 4.0.0 I believe UCLF6...GPS/radio SUCKS ..."

he used GB2.3.5 UCKJ2, he now has good radio/gps after restoring his ics backup
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] beachmiles:
Which radios have the ril and csc files? I'm on 4.2.2 slim on the T-Mobile network. I think I may be experiencing radio issues and have been flashing tons of tmobile Hercules radios trying to get a better signal but they have the ril and csc files removed as well
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
This is the place for all discussions that are related to my stock rom.

Rom Thread is here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41192248

It appears that something in the new system is generating a security alert if you are rooted. Researching, more info to come.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mjs2011:
Thanks! Just to confirm then, the "NO Data Wipe" versions do not wipe data? In the OP it says "The data wipe versions do not delete the /data/media folder."
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
That is correct. What the data wipe version means is that it wipes the data but keeps your internal storage (i.e. pictures, music etc...) from being wiped.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mjs2011:
Ok cool. That makes sense. I was overthinking it. ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Shoulon:
Hey Crawrj when moving between odexed and deodexed shouldnt u always wipe cache, dalvik and system?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
My zips do it for you. I never wipe data either, unless I am testing
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] opz187:
Is this rom based on the update pushed today? So if I'm already rooted, just flash in recovery like every other rom?

---------- Post added at 05:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:54 PM ----------

Wait I don't see the rom.. did you pull it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
It is in the dev section. Had the wrong link in the OP. It is fixed now. Yes it is from the update today. It looks like it is throwing security alerts if you are rooted. Checking into it when I get time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] opz187:
K I'll hold off then cuz I'm rooted, thanks bud
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JasonJoel:
Cool. Just waiting for the odex version. :)

EDIT: On second thought, I guess I should wait until they get the 'annoying message' issue figured out. :(

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitardoc64:
Same here. Everything works on what I have now, I can wait till its all sorted out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Mudavo:
Question: Since a kernel is not part of the ROM, what kernel is recommended? or do I flash ontop of the MDC kernel?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
You can either keep the MDC kernel or install Shabby's MDL kernel. I will be putting it in the OP of the Rom later but for now it is in the OTA zip thread. Around page two I think.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JasonJoel:
Thanks! Installed the odex no wipe, then kernel, then nag fix. Froze seandroid after boot.

Everything seems to be working fine!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
OK still testing but this is what I got. I restored back to MDC. I installed MDL Rom. I installed Shabby's kernel. I installed the Nag Fix. I rebooted. As soon as the system came up the nag was there. Immediately rebooted on my own, not with the prompt. It has been about 30 minutes and the nag has not returned. I am trying to get the modem to work but will do more lengthy testing later on. This damn modem is kicking my ass. Never had this much trouble before.

Edit: The nag came back.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] skyedream:
I did odexed mdl rom data wipe, mdl nagfix, and mdl hotspotmod.

I installed google wallet and it says unsupported device.. can you point me what i did wrong and to the direction to get it work?

and i know it's noob question but what is MDL and MDC? i just got GS4 yesterday i'm so confused.

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
I believe it is going to say that as long as you are rooted. I have never used Wallet so I am not sure if there is a fix for that. MDC and MDL are the OS versions. M is the year 13, D is the month 4 and L is the day or revision +9. It used to be two number which made it a lot easier. MD21 instead of MDL. Not sure why it was changed. Hope that helps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] skyedream:
oh thanks a lot!!

so as long as i'm on odexed i still can use google wallet nfc even if it says "unsupported device" on top of google wallet screen?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
I have never used it so I can't say for sure. Hopefully someone that has used it can answer.

Edit: Got the answer in the other thread.

Originally Posted by BroadcastJunkie View Post

I used wallet rooted. It just tells you that as a warning that you know you're rooted. As in like so if you get your money hacked, you know why I guess haha
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Mudavo:
Anyone else having issues getting exchange to authenticate? Ever since loading this ROM, my exchange email won't work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] skyedream:
thanks again for the quick reply and confirming it!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mjs2011:
So... Sorry to sound like a stupid noob here but I'm just on stock rooted and haven't taken any updates. Would you recommend I try this rom or wait? It sounds like the update caused some issues.

Thanks for any insight.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] coojoe1000:
So my wifi no longer turns on. I flashed only the update over stock rooted MDC, no kernel. Anyone else experiencing this? Would flashing the kernel listed on the OP help?

---------- Post added at 10:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:33 PM ----------

Fixed my own issue. Updated to the kernel on the OP and now wifi turns on/off and works. So if you encounter the same issue...hope this helps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] crawrj:
I haven't run into any problems yet. The only thing was the nag and freezing seandroid fixes that. But I also haven't spent much time on it since I have been working on things.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fgr:
This happened to me also... Kernel took care of it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Shoulon:
people aren't noticing that your ROM DOESN'T include a kernel. they need to flash a MDL kernel, or read the thread alot more carefully.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] coojoe1000:
Or maybe you can read the thread a lot more carefully and see that the OP said we could flash over MDC Kernel and leave as is or we can flash the shabby penguin one.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] travisw0204:
No it's going to say that because you are rooted. I have the same message and used mine the other day at ShopRite. I must say the looks on people's face when you use your cell phone to pay is still priceless. LoL. The message is annoying but it still works. I know mikeyxda found a way to remove the message for the HTC EVO 4G LTE. Maybe, after all the issues are resolved with the current update, craw can look into it.

---------- Post added at 01:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:13 PM ----------

On another note, I recently unrooted just to see how easy/hard it would be and it was quite painless. However, I rooted again using the MDC Rom the S4 shipped with and now I have the update lingering in my Notification Panel. I know I read it before somewhere but can't remember. I've combed through the threads to no avail. My question is does anyone know where this update lives? I checked my Downloads folder but it isn't there. I wanna remove it because all it takes is for me to hit Install and it updates my phone. There is a second screen for confirmation so there is no way I could do it by accident without agreeing to it but it's pretty annoying just sitting there. I'd rather just remove it completely.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] spydc:
What if I already flashed the stock update? What process do I follow? Do I first flash the custom kernel and the rom? Does triangle away work for our phones yet?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] travisw0204:
Triangle away does work for our phones. I think its rom, kernel and then the nag fix.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fgr:
Look in /cache. That's where mine was.