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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlyTuk:
From having a look about it seems the files arent visible without root.

My question therefore still really exists. Unless rooted, what is the point of an sd card in an s4?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dgold82:
I currently link the Google Music uploader on my PC to my iTunes library so I can use the Google Music app with the cloud. I've come to really dislike the Google Music app so I'm happy this is forcing me to break free of it. I figured I would just use Samsung Kies and point it to my iTunes music folder and let it sync to the SD card (I ordered the 64GB SDXC one from Sandisk for $25 via Amazon Warehouse Deals). It can sync wirelessly via WiFi so that's a nice plus.

So with this setup I can use whatever music player I want, sync it with iTunes wirelessly, and not have to worry about what is in the cloud or on the device since it's all going on the SD card. I was initially worried about only having the 16GB model of the S4 until I thought through this process.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZaZu90:
I read the title wrong.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jejb:
Even if Google hides its files, you can still load ripped CD's and other downloaded music to the SD card like I mentioned above.

Plug your S4 into your computer and do some searching of the internal memory for the songs Google downloaded. I'm surprised they would be hidden from the user like that. Could be, though.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -]Megacharge[-:
Sounds racist. :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sookels:
Heya all, hope you are all well :)

So, the topic says most of it, but here is the long version.

This is the first time I am owning a Samsung phone, and I do really like this, it is new, and sometimes you need to try new stuff rather than sticking to "what you think you know"

Anyways, so the S4 has 4 signal strength bars where my previous phone (HTC One X) had 5. My BMW be default shows 5 signal bars also so when my Samsung connects to the car via Bluetooth, it will only show a max of 4 / 5 bars on full signal strength. I want to know, is there a way or app out there that will change my 4 bars to 5 without rooting the phone?

Any help would be appreciated.

Much thanks :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mackann:
think you have to root the phone for that
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BarryH_GEG:
"Bars" are not by any means a scientific measurement. HTC and Samsung s/w are reading the signal strength and correlating it to "X" number of bars. In reality, five HTC bars may be weaker than four Samsung bars. What's showing up in your car isn't determined by the car; it's what is being sent to the car by the phone that's driving what you're seeing. If you're not having reception issues then I'd call it good. Get a signal analyzer from Play to see what the "real" signal being received is if you're comparing two devices.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sookels:
Thanks for the information.

I am thou not comparing the signal strength between the 2 devices. I understand that with 4 bars, each bar can be in the area of 0% to 25% per bar, thus 70% signal equals 3 bars, where with the 5 bar it is 0% to 20% thus 70% will be 4 bars. What it seems like is that with the Samsung having the 4 bars, it tells the car over Bluetooth "hey car, i'm on 3 bars now" and the car displays 3 bars. So the MAX the Samsung can send is 4 bars, but the max the car can show is 5 bars.

So the idea is the change the Samsung to divide the signal strength between 5 bars (0% to 20% per bar) and send that to the car. It is just a display thing, not technically a fault.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darfbozo:
Ditch the Beemer? :p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BarryH_GEG:
Everything you said means nothing. ;) When in the car in the same place at the same time each device is receiving a signal at a certain dB. Let's assume it's 65dB (lower is better). Software created by Samsung and HTC look at 65dB and say "let's display 'X' number of bars." If HTC's aggressive that could equal 5 displayed bars. If Samsung's less aggressive it could be 4. Either way, the devices would still be receiving a 65Db signal which is why a signal meter off of Play is your best judge of actual signal stength. It's kind of like car gas guages. What's actually in the tank when the guage shows 1/4 varies between makes and even models and it's most likely more or less than 1/4.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edis74:
I also have this problem, there is a way to have 5 bars on S4? Even doing the root. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmd512:
My GT-R always shows the last bar greyed out, even though the S4 has full signal. It doesn't bother me as long as I get and receive calls fine.

You drive a performance car, stop worrying how many bars are showing and DRIVE!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Enthydor:
Hello XDA, I know there haz been a lot of tutorials on this, but still, what the heck, I will do it again!

FOLLOW ALL THE STEPS I WILL GIVE U! IT MAY END IN HARD BRICK, OR SOFT BRICK, ANYWAY BRICK.

I am not responsible if you brick your phone, it might happen if you don't do everything right!

Okay, let's get started!

Step 1. Unlock your bootloader, I will give you a link right here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1254225

Step 2. Download Flashtool. Link: http://developer.sonymobile.com/downloads/tool/flash-tool-for-xperia-devices/

Step 3. Download the kernel that you want to flash, but download the kernel (.ftf) file and place it in the "Firmware" folder found in the Flashtool folder. And delete the XperiaBLRelock file. Okay, the only file in that folder. If u flash that, it might cause a brick.

Step 4. Download Gordon's Gate. Link: http://www.2shared.com/file/VUB0VI6R/gg-setup.html

Step 5. Install your phone, and flash drivers (SEMC Flash Driver or smth.).

Step 6. Open Flashtool, then connect your phone, if it finds it then click on that thunderbolt on the left, choose your kernel .ftf file there, and press okay!

Step 7. Now do what the Flashtool tells you, then if it finds your phone in flashmode it will start flashing.

And now you are done!

Please hit "THANKS" if this helped you in some way
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SmG67:
This doesn't belong in the development section.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Enthydor:
Haha, sorry for that. My bad.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] spiritbuu:
Hello,

I did as above with DoomKernal and ROM from AX_x10i and I can't get back the initial logo start up. I see the DoomKernal image and then the animation from the ROM keeps repeating. I have tried a few ROMs in the last 2 days and can't get past the startup animation.

What am I doing wrong?

I am using a Xperia X10i which has Gingerbread 2.3.3.

Thanks
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SmG67:
I would ask in the x10 forum if I were you, this section is for the x10mini (E10) or x10mini pro (u20). But in general, if you get stuck on the bootlogo of the ROM and not the kernel, you may need to boot into Recovery and do:

Wipe Data/Factory Reset

Wipe Cache

Go into advanced and do: Wipe Dalvik Cache.

You will lose all your settings and things like messages and contact list in that way, but it will get you booted into the ROM, usually.
[General Topics] kj:
During a call, some people I talk to will complain that they hear their own echo when I have my imate in speakerphone mode (I don't hear it, but the other party does). This happened to me on the Wallaby running WM 2002, and it seems to happen with my imate running (of course) WM 2003. Sometimes, the echo goes away if I exit speakerphone mode and enter again (by the way, no echo when in normal mode). It also seems to happen more frequently if I enter speakerphone mode while the phone is dialing (before the other party picks up). Anybody run into this? If so, what is the fix?
[General Topics] dadarkmcse:
First of all Ki, cross-posting around any bulletin board doesn't really motivate people to answer your threads. Keep it to one board - especially for people like me that use the "View Posts Since Last Visit" feature!

Second, I've never really noticed this problem, aside from the normal GSM echo I get when I have a shakey cell connection.
[General Topics] kj:
Sorry about that. Didn't mean to upset people. I replied explaining why this happened under the "General" Forum.

Hmmm. When I had the Wallaby, I though it was something with PPC 2002. But after seeing this happen with my imate, I figured someone should have run into this problem. Anybody?
[General Topics] DanielHochman:
I have the same problem!

I just bought a Siemans SX56 and upgraded to Windows Mobile 2003 and am having the same problem. Is it possible a radiostack version issue?

Have you solved your problem since?

Thanks,

Daniel
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Manipur:
This has been happening to my phone for the last 3 days. When I press on microphone on Google search and say weather, a card pops up with the current temperature and forcast for next few days with a voice announcing the location and temperature . Now when I do the same Google presents me with a browser link showing max and min temp. I have enabled Google now, location access, disabled and enabled Google now, but it doesn't show up.

Anyone experiencing this problem? Any fix to it.

Clearing cache and data from application settings and uninstalling updates helps. Installing the latest version of Google search bring back the problem.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozaghloul:
Google search is Google now, I'm not sure why you are making a distinction, unless you are using google search from the browser which you shouldn't. When I type weather into Google Now it shows me my current location weather. When I say Weather it shows me the same thing and announces it with voice.

PS> Seems you are using the old voice search app. Remove it and just use the Google app.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Manipur:
I'm using adw launcher and adw launcher comes with a Google bar by default in every screen which is quite useful. That is the one I'm using. That brings up the latest Google voice. Kinda sucks it's not working anymore. I will not be updating the latest Google search. And there's no talk back either.

PS. I know Google search is Google now now. And I'm not using the search bar.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvigue:
I have been looking at the HD+ for sometime and i might get one..i have had a few android tablets and i like the price of this one MUCH more.

few questions..

"The Verge" .com review was horrible..they showed Bad Bad lag, unlocking the screen, pulling the notifications shade down, swithing users etc..was this just a bad hardware issue or is this THAT laggy? did a software update fix it? what would all of you compare the smoothness to especually if you have owened more expensive tablets.

i know you can run CM10.1 but could i run nova launcher on top of the stock software? i read that the stock software gets better battery life?

talking about that..what are you all seeing for battery life and screen on time?

after reading all your comments i will make my decision. also the screen looks georgous and that is what i want..NO Pixels..haha

Thanks in advance!!
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andmer:
I've had my hd+ for a couple weeks, since 2.0.6, so I don't know about previous revs, but its not distractingly laggy or anything horrible like that. I've found it completely acceptable especially due the fact that it is well done in many other regards.

You can run any launcher you want now, even easier since they added google play store support built in, with 2.1.0.

Battery life is really fantastic, depending upon what your doing, etc.. your screen on time will go 6-9 hours easily. Sleeps well, with minimal battery loss as well.

I haven't bothered with cm because i'm quite happy with stock, so I can't comment much on that.

Your not gonna find a better value anywhere. The screen is amazing, 256 ppi and the color tuning they did is just gorgeous. toss in a 64gb sdcard like I have and you get 96gb super high res tablet with great battery life for far far less than anything else on the market.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxspr1:
I second everything andmer says. I'll add that I bought an HD+ right after they were released, and I never had any lag problems and loved the device from day 1. I only had responsiveness issues with the internet browsers I used(stock and maxthon), but the problems weren't that bad, really. Now with the new software update, everything is far smoother and faster than it ever was (for me, at least), and the Chrome browser has replaced the stock browser and is super-fast. I will reinstall Maxthon later tonight and see if that's any better now.

As for battery life, I've heard some people say on the B&N forums that they're getting some battery drainage since the update that they didn't have before, but i haven't had to charge my HD+ for 2 1/2 days and I've been using it a lot in that time--not constantly, but at least for 2-3 hours a night, including reading, installing apps, and lots of internet usage. I think certain apps (ones that are set to constantly update or sync) are to blame for the drain and not the operating system.

The screen is gorgeous--I've compared it in person to friends' tablets and even my wife's iPad mini, and it looks better than all of them. Again, no complaints and I would highly recommend it!
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvigue:
Great info guys...i may grab one today..i mean..how can you beat 179???
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brsingr:
heh, i know what you mean..I just picked up a 32gb HD+ from my local target yesterday for $215 after taxes...Far better than $330 :P

so far it looks REALLY good.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvigue:
i picked one up at noon time. i must say i am impressed so far..and i have owned ALL andoird tablets..
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taphius:
I feel the same, I had a tf101 and acer a500, have a nexus 7 and transformer infinity. The nook hd+ I got on monday is really nice...
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snakemanc6:
I just got mine today, but so far i am VERY pleased with it.

You can definitely use Nova launcher, Ive got Nova, Apex, Go and Next 3D on mine right now (just playing around to see what i like the most on here, I use Nova and Next 3D on my HTC One). I was worried about the increase in screen size, but they scale perfectly.

I have no long term battery experience since i just got mine, but ive played on it all evening and the battery has been quite good. It also seems to charge pretty quickly.

Until about three weeks ago, i was a manager for an AT&T corporate store and got to demo a lot of Android tablets. I was honestly never impressed with any of them. I bought this Nook HD+ because i just started really getting into rooting and flashing custom ROMs, hoping to eventually work my way up to some light development. At the current price, i couldnt resist the Nook.

In all honesty i like it far more than other Android tablets ive used that are built with much higher specs. I cant quite explain why :silly:

Regardless, theres no buyers remorse here what so ever. Hope you pick one up, and enjoy it as much as i am mine :good:
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] View92612:
I do not feel any serious lag with stock rom 2.10 and based on benchmark numbers it is actually quite good.

(Same scores to Nexus 7 in HTML5 benchmark, 44FPS in 1920x1280 with Epic Citadel 3D gaming benchmark. Nexus 7 has 55FPS)

I tried CM10 and CM10.1. I really liked CM10.1 but running it on SD card is just too slow mainly due to slow read/write by the SD card.

Once they have a stable build it may be possible to replace stock rom completely with CM10.1. That way there would be no I/O penalty from the SD card. At the moment though I would stay with stock rom 2.10 at least for some time.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvigue:
well..i have to say..i returned the nook...apps like flipboard ran SO laggy, i mean bad..i was on stock 2.1 and tried nova also..no dice..in the end i could not handle some of the lag...

did i maybe have a bad nook?
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] View92612:
Sorry about your bad experience. I don't use flipboard so I can't comment on that.

I tested dungeon hunter 4 in single player mode. It runs really smooth just like on the Nexus 7.

Also web browsing and playing online videos both work perfectly.

Maybe it doesn't work well with the apps that you use. If so it may not be a good fit to your needs.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zehlek:
Whenever a get a new voicemail I never get a notification in my status bar on stock or any custom rom. I only get a text message saying new voicemail. Do I need to set something up besides my voicemail number or is this a Fido issue?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariosraptor:
I think you have to press the call button-setting-voicemail and then input your voicemail number.

After that you should be notified in your notification center.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zehlek:
Actually I do have a voicemail number in there.

Update: I just found out it is a Fido issue. You must have Visual voicemail plus with them otherwise you just get a text message
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariosraptor:
Oh. OK then. Good that you know now that is not your device! :)

Cheers.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pedyvirus:
hi all

i have a question

i saw that we can build for example miui3(the gb one) with using jb sources

can we build avatar rom(that the newest version uses 4.2.2 source) with using 4.1.2 sources??

if not what can i do for conpiling it?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mominn8266:
Can anyone explain to me why the JellyBean multitasking is so damn weird? Whenever im using my phone and i open the task manager, i ALWAYS see a random app open which i never opened after rebooting. For example, rebooted my phone this morning and the only apps i opened were the phone app, messaging, mail. However, the task manager lists the following apps as open: "Android core apps, Tasks, Picasa Uploader, Social Manager, Notes".

So my questions is, Why are all these random apps open and eating up battery and memory? I guess android core apps must be system required to run in background at all times but what about the other ones? Is there a way to fix this?

I have used ICS and GB on htc inpire and sensation and both software versions would not show these "random" apps open, it would only show what ive opened and let run in the background.

Thanks for all the help.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] majortaylor:
Use an app called greenify in play store to keep apps from opening.

Here's the link to the apps XDA page http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2155737

Sent from my Elemental Venomized S-off HTC One XL
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mominn8266:
Thanks ill try that app. This multitasking system really makes me mad. Why would anyone come up with a system like this that wastes battery and performance...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mominn8266:
Unfortunately greenify only helps with non system apps. So notes, tasks, weather, social manager and etc will still have a mind of their own and open whenever they want.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] thebobmannh:
You obviously have no idea how the Android OS works.

Unless you have actual evidence that these apps are hurting your battery and performance, you should really stop worrying about it. I'm pretty sure the people who designed the OS have a pretty good idea of how to optimize its performance.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mominn8266:
Maybe you could help me understand how it works then? My only question / concern is why are apps that have never been opened running in the background?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] thebobmannh:
Sorry, didn't mean to be a douche (or, I did mean to, but shouldn't have been).:o

If you say you've "never opened" them, why do you even bother having them installed? You've been given a solution to this "problem," (Greenify), but honestly any benefit you see will more than likely be placebo. The OS is generally smart enough to know what to run and what not to run. Apps that are loaded into memory aren't necessarily "running" in the traditional sense, they're just in memory. It doesn't take any extra battery to have something in memory (memory is either powered on or not).
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
unless causing wakelocks or syncing/updating when you don't want them too, I tend to just turn my Radios on and off as I need them.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mominn8266:
Dont be sorry, never took it offensively lol

I cant really uninstall system apps such as notes, tasks, social manager (even though i dont even have facebook or twitter installed). Trust me ive disabled all the apps in greenify and uninstalled all the apps i could that i didnt want.

I also have another question, When i open the "recent" app interface, does swiping to the right mean the app is closed or just taken off the list? is there a way to "kill" an app using the recent app menu?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
not sure but there's an easy way to find out.

swipe it away then check in settings, apps, running. If it's still there then no, if it isn't then, yes.

If that doesn't work then no there isn't a way to kill in recent, if it does, then yes there is and you discovered how.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] iead_20:
Get the galaxy s3 launcher and clock and weather widget from here

Download

ScreenShots

Reboot into recovery And flash

"tested on Cyanogemod 10.1 for u8800"​
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sametkaan06:
very good...:good:
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] cobramax:
Yeaaah ! Nice nice

U8800 forum runner
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamchanel:
Hi!!!!! I recently left iPhone after 5 long years for GS4. I was fluent in jailbreaking aNd theming but now I'm so lost.

I see some themes are in APK format and some are in MTZ. Which one should I be installing onto my android?

*I'm not rooted until I learn a little more about it all*

Thanks for any help.:o
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stepinmyworld:
Hi, I know it may have been foolish of me to get the Dev edition and im not a dev but it's unlocked, more storage and i think it was the better choice.

With that being said, is there a way to root this device permanently? I see there's an HTC One toolkit but it seems to be only for the ones with the Bootloader locked. This bootloader is unlocked so is there a thread yall can direct me to in order to root and flash a custom rom?

I'd appreciate it Folks
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt95:
you don't need to root it, just flash a recovery and then a custom rom and then you'll have a rooted device ;) cause custom roms are all rooted
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stepinmyworld:
Thank you! Awesome
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EugeneR:
One more stupid question about Dev edition: will I be able to flash mods/apps from zip files using custom recovery, without rooting the phone/installing custom rooted ROM? There is a reason I don't want to root - my corporate mail will not work on rooted device, then I will need to use something like Voodoo OTA Root keeper and hide my root all the time, then restore it when I need, do what I need and after it I will need to re-install corporate email and re-enroll to company's server, in order to not get in trouble with company's Information Security, which I do not want.

I am not so interested in custom ROMs, but do interested in few mods and addons that will definitely come soon (e.g. separation of Ringtones sound level from Notification, battery charge percent on the battery icon in status bar, etc)

Thanks!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt95:
well i don't think so... if you do not want to be rooted you have to remain with the stock rom and i don't know if every mod is compatible with that