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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] -Falco:
I'm looking for a touchwiz launcher that rotates 360°.

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I have many app ideas, but don't have the skill or the time to learn how to make an app. if you would like to know an idea and attempt to make one, just message me.
[General Questions and Answers] StatusQuo209:
Are there any ways to increase the Camera quality regarding pictures? I know about hardware limitations, but I'm asking from software perspective.

I also do know there are some apps (lgCamera) that takes better pictures, but I was looking more for Build.prop tweaks. Is there any way to decrease the JPEG compression? Anything would be helpful. Hell, even if we can save directly to Tiff, I'd be happy. Compression makes for bad pictures sometimes lol. And I hate having an extra app when i already have a camera tied to the gallery.

Pimp My ROM adds some camera tweaks but I was curious if there are more out there.

Any constructive response will get my thanks:)

The phones I will be doing the tweaks are on the i9100 and HTC One VX.
[General Questions and Answers] zipperX:
Yeah, it's true, pimp my rom has bulid.prop to tweak the picture. But if you want to convert to Tiff, use app "Convert To" on Play Store;)

Please Press Thanks Button If I Can Help You
[General Questions and Answers] StatusQuo209:
The problem with that is converting a JPEG picture to TIFF is useless. You can't recover lost information.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c0ded:
Is it possible to get the signature of a blob (rom) file? If so, how?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nerotix:
Hello All,

Is it possible to hide the time in the status bar? I've tried with Apex Launcher but no luck so far..

Thanks!
[Sprint LG Optimus G] j4g3rb0mb3d:
I was on the train ride home from work on Wednesday night when I left my phone behind on the seat. I didn't notice it that it was gone until about midnight when I went to plug it in. First thing Thursday morning, I went to Metra/Amtrack's lost and found at Union Station to see if my phone was recovered by a conductor. It wasn't. After checking later on in the day to see if the phone was recovered to no avail, I made the decision to contact Asurion to get a TEP replacement. I figured the phone was gone. On my ride home later that evening, I asked the conductor from the night before if he had found my phone. He said he did, and that he turned it into lost and found. It ends up that my phone fell between the cracks of some boxes at the lost and found, and they did find it and return it to me today. The TEP replacement phone was also delivered today.

1. Can I return the TEP phone for a full refund?

2. If I can't return the TEP phone for a full refund, which phone should I reactivate, the TEP or the original one?

Preferably, I'd like to reactivate the original one and return the TEP phone for a full refund. The TEP phone has a cosmetic blemish. If I can't get refunded, I'm going to keep both phones. I'm just not sure which phone I should reactivate. Is there any situation where both phones can get clean ESN's in the even Asurion won't refund me?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] _Epic:
If you went through Asurion then you can't. You could sell the old one as BAD ESN but won't be able to activate the old one ever again.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] VoluntaryMan:
You could probably just swap the backs of them if the blemish was on the back...
[Sprint LG Optimus G] adampatricknc:
Not necessarily true. Asurion misses flagging devices ALOT. I just recently filed a claim on my lost GS3 and when I called Employee Customer Service, they said my previous ESN I reported to Asurion had not even been flagged. So you might want to call customer care just to be on the safe side. But if they did, then yeah, you're best bet would be to sell online as a BAD ESN
[Sprint LG Optimus G] eyeisdasteve:
Call them. They will tell you. :)
[One (M7) Accessories] thelesson:
I would like to say I love this phone coming from note 2. I was just wondering if you can merge many pictures into one? I was watching the best buy commercial and it said it could, I just don't know how to do it... Thx
[One (M7) Accessories] jkd12589:
Use zoe... It takes several pictures. Then you can add... Eliminate ... Parts of the sequence into one pic... ie.. an action shot of a guy skateboarding like the commercial... You can select it to have4 or 5 of the guy in one picture ... Here is a YouTube video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNCmfk3x90g&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[One (M7) Accessories] kxfrog:
Yeah only if you use zoe, a few cool things can be done with that.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nucleotide:
Hopefully someone might be able to out me out here.

I'm looking for some good quality, flat colour, square icons. Preferably ones that follow a similar colour/style to the original Android icons. For example, the messaging icon would be green with the smilie, but a flat colour and square shape.

Does anyone know where I could find some? Quite happy to pay for them so they don't need to be free.

I've searched Google Play but after looking for about 30 minutes I couldn't find anything decent. Also search Google and Devient Art but couldn't really find anything there either.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. :good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paras Lehana:
Maybe this one:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.heavyfork.sq
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Prince:
Somebody knows, whether new official (not beta) version ROM 1.72 for T-Mobile MDA II has appeared?

:?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] edsub:
were all waiting

In the meantime I upgraded to the Qtek 1.72 (at leats Radio & OS) I custom build a Extended Rom that fulfills my needs AND had the NL T-Mobile settings in it

Bluetooth & batterylife are the main benefits
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] wtharp2:
English Customization

I have an I-Mate that I just received 8/3, and have successfully flashed to ROM version 1.72 from Club I-Mate. The question I have goes towards a 2nd, ~6 meg file that I was also supposed to flash on to my I-Mate. Does anyone know what THAT update is supposed to do? I've posted the same question in the Club I-Mate forums, but have not received an answer after two or three days.

The reason I am asking is because my I-Mate seems to be working just fine without the 2nd update, though it does seem to be going through charges quickly, and its radio (phone) reception is poorer that the original XDA I Was using.

Thanks for any information you can provide.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] hurrpancakes:
Hey guys. I just came from using a Galaxy Note 2. Since my school does not have the greatest network available, I like to tether my laptop through my phone. With the Galaxy Note 2, I used the settings in this thread in the Note 2 section to allow me to tether more than the 500mb included with my data plan.

When I got the GS4, those same settings didn't work. I did some tinkering with the settings with this app on my GS4, and I've managed to get it working again.

In order for it to work, I highly recommend using a VPN on your phone so that all data is encrypted, hiding it from T-Mobile's sniffing to see if you're using a desktop browser. I use Private Internet Access to accomplish this, and have had no problems using their app running on my phone while tethering. I'm sure you can use other free alternatives, such as Hotspot Shield VPN, but I prefer PIA.

The settings I'm using are as follows:

Device-Profile: Samsung Galaxy S3

Setup-Method: Hostapd (master)

Wifi Encryption Enabled

Wireless Channel 1

MSS clamping enabled

Routing fix enabled

Disable Wake-Lock enabled (aka, check the box)

You need root access for this to work

I've attached the version of the mod I'm using, I'm using Version 3.2-beta2-modv5 ***Synergized***, which I pulled straight from my Note 2 and installed on my GS4. If you want to download it yourself, the Note 2 post I mentioned above directs here as the place to get the mod.

Step by step instructions:

BE ROOTED.

If you have not updated to the May 7th OTA update, rooting takes about 5 minutes and just a couple clicks. Follow the steps in this post.

If you have updated to the OTA, it's a few more steps. Root the OTA update using the steps here

Install and configure Hotspot Shield VPN, or your VPN service of choice

Download and install the tether mod (either download attached file in OP, or follow the link to download from the other post)

Open tether mod, press menu, settings

Configure the options mentioned in original post

Run your VPN app before starting the tether.

Start tethering
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] inphamous36:
I'm confused, could you post step by step instructions?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] hurrpancakes:
Step by step instructions:

BE ROOTED (I forgot to include that in OP, I've edited it to show that it's needed).

If you have not updated to the May 7th OTA update, rooting takes about 5 minutes and just a couple clicks. Follow the steps in this post.

If you have updated to the OTA, it's a bit more complicated. Root the OTA update using the steps here

Install and configure Hotspot Shield VPN

Download and install the tether mod (either download attached file in OP, or follow the link to download from the other post)

Open tether mod, press menu, settings

Configure the options mentioned in original post

Start tethering
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] inphamous36:
And using this doesn't incur any extra charges from tmobile
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] glensta:
Hey thanks for posting this. As for the VPN - I'm a newbie. How do I configure Hotspotshield? Do I just start protection and that's it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] hurrpancakes:
Nope. I've been using this method since I got my Note 2 in October of last year
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] hurrpancakes:
Yep. Before now, I had only just heard of it, never used it. I gave it a little test run just now, and you're right. Just start protection, then start the tether app, and you're good to go.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] glensta:
Hmmm strange, my Nexus 10 isn't seeing my phone as a tether. I've tried encrypted and not no luck. Anyone else working?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] hurrpancakes:
Have you made sure to apply every setting mentioned in OP?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] glensta:
Lol - I'm tired and kinda lame :o. Now it works, thanks for your help! :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mattlgroff:
Thanks hurrpancakes, I also use Private Internet Access and this method works 100%. Much appreciated!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mobeast17:
Thanks! Works perfectly!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] inphamous36:
Okay, so for the hotspot shield VPN, I just have to have that running at the same time as I have the treve mod running? Cause there isn't any settings on that...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] hurrpancakes:
Yep, just have the vpn running at the same time as the tether
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] inphamous36:
Thanks for thr help bro. Downloading a movie now on my tablet. Hopefully it works

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Okay, had it working. Which do I start first the hotspot shield or the mod
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Ultraman666:
I'll be it works perfectly thanks for the fix now I can use my tablet when I'm out way cool!!

Sent from this Evil S4 Wicked!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Lolento:
My client is unable to authenticate with wifi encryption on...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] hurrpancakes:
Does it work normally without encryption? Are you putting in the password properly?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nba1341:
You have to restart your phone after setting up everything. I had the same exact problem before restarting my S4. Probably should be in the step by step
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Lolento:
Yes, without encryption connects fine but the wifi logo on my nexus 7 is grey not blue but i can conn3ct to the inernet and yes password is right

Lemme try restart

R u guys using stock rooted roms?

EDIT - restart fixes it

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So it seems that I need to restart my phone every single time I need to use Wifi Tether with encryption, is everybody experiencing this as well?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] lojak29:
I'm on the metro s4 Rooted with T-Mobile ROM... What's the latest method for root tether

I've tried a few treve apk files ...

Anyone know if running S4 Google edition ROM v3.0 has the hack built in to the native tether app.

Metro blocks tether with that upsell apk.

I've been able to tether a m919

But not m919n Both are same phones .

Any ideas ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Xyberz:
Did you happen to notice any speed loss? If so how much? Right now according to my T-Mobile online account, it shows I only used almost 26MB of tethering data even though technically I've used over 90GB since the 17th of this month. I haven't used a lot for browsing on my computer when I actually do tether thru Treve but I do use it for uTorrent a whole bunch. Luckily it doesn't recognize that as browsing data so I as you can see I haven't even put a dent into the 2.5GB limit.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mersfire:
The speed loss depends on the VPN service you are using.

If you use your home router/server VPN, then your tether download will be capped at your home ISP's uplink speed (mine is capped at 3Mbps). The private VPN service that I subscribe to guarantees 4Mbps download on all their servers.

Of course this is much slower than 20-40Mbps that HSPA+ or LTE offers, but for my purposes (browsing nad streaming online video), it works without any noticeable speed loss. Speedtest in my area however shows that I rarely pull down anything more than 5Mbps, so maybe that's why I don't see much of a speed hit.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] silenthatred:
So a few things...I would say use your home internet connection as VPN if you can. You can throw DD-WRT on a $20 router fairly easily and then you know what your speed limits are. Not that you are going to get anywhere near them on a mobile connection, regardless if it is LTE, unless your home internet is just horrible. Second thing...a provider cannot see your traffic if you are using a VPN connection. All they can see is a VPN tunnel from Point A (your phone) to Point B (your VPN service). They cannot see the traffic contained within that tunnel. All they can see if that a VPN tunnel exists and to where. But given that VPN is being used and coupled with high data use, they can make some fairly educated guesses as to what your are doing. There is no proof there though, other than you admitting it, so deny deny deny. You just shouldn't get out of control with it. Torrenting might be an example of out of control with it. Skate the system, but be smart about it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mersfire:
A short update:

I've made it into a habit of periodically checking my IP address (type "whats my ip" in Google search) and I've noticed that sometimes my client IP does not mirror the VPN IP.

After reading further on XDA, the most consistent method I've found is a little less convenient, but it seems to do the trick.

1. Restart phone (this is the part that is most inconvenient)

2. Start VPN

3. Start tether

4. Run iptables script

5 Wait ~2min (2nd most inconvenient)

6. Connect client to hotspot

I've had the most luck with following the above protocols. Not sure if restarting phone is necessary, but I've tried waiting longer than 2min without a restart and the client kept using the phone/carrier's IP, so in my experience, the restart is necessary.

Also, ditto on silenthatred's comment about being smart. Torrenting for many hours per day might trigger a negative response. I know I'd be watching out for that as a carrier. But on the unlimited plan, T-mo is advertising video streaming as a use case, so if your data usage is akin to streaming Netflix, YouTube, etc., it might not raise any eyebrows, regardless of VPN use or not.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] elcocho852:
I am using the treve mod apk for tethering and I also installed spot flux on my laptop. When I want to tether, I just turn on tethering and then I turn on spot flux on my computer and I'm good to go. Spot flux is a free vpn that does not cap your speeds. It's awesome and I do get good lte speeds on my laptop.

Sent from my SGH-M919
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] themarking:
jeez...i remember the "just freeze a few things in titanium backup" good o days. when did it become so complicated? n'how, my question is I use bank of america app to do my financing stuff...and with the vpn apps, r all my info secure?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Carlos2200:
Been using treve mod on infamous 9.0r2 for some time now with let MK2 baseband. Loving the speeds I am getting!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ispot:
I had this running for almost 6 month on a Samsung S3 SGH-T999 with no problem. today, I upgraded to 4.3, rooted my phone, re-install private internet access and the the trev-mod file, and when I go to settings, there is no MSS clamping to enable. It is not there. And when I start tethering, it starts with errors and says preview log file, when I try to preview log file, the file is not there. I am going crazy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] The Apostle:
I don't see the MSS clamping option either.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ispot:
Looking for a solution

Is there any update to the trev-mod to solve this problem?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ispot:
After upgrading to 4.3, Android Commander never connects, it keeps looping in a 2nd window saying Loading, and when I click OK on main window, it says "Connected Device has status offline and can not be used. Please reboot your device."

Please note that USB debugging is enabled and adb drivers are installed.

Any idead what is going on?

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Strange, when I run adb.exe with devices parameter to list the connected USB device:

C:\Program Files\Android Commander\bin>adb devices

I get the following message:

List of devices attached

950c5971 offline

Why is the phone showing it is offline?

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Strange, when I run adb.exe with devices parameter to list the connected USB device:

C:\Program Files\Android Commander\bin>adb devices

I get the following message:

List of devices attached

950c5971 offline

Why is the phone showing it is offline?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mersfire:
I don't believe the TrevE mod works any more for stock android 4.3 and up. From other threads here, Android seems to comply with carrier requests to either allow for monitoring of tethered data or block it completely.

From my understanding of the code, there is a forwarding that happens between the WiFi link and the modem link which seems to have stopped working. And it seems to be across the board from ATT, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile.

I've been tethering throughout the holidays mainly watching Netflix on the iPad. I have 5GB of data usage so far, but my T-Mobile account says I only have about 100MB of tethered data used. (I am on the unlimited plan).

If anyone has an easier method than the one I am using, I'm all for it since it's a pain to go through the steps each time (although I have scripts to eliminate all the typing in the console parts).

I also believe that custom ROMs and kernals will allow TrevE mod to continue to work, which is fantastic. I happen to like stock rooted and am willing to jump through the hoops to stick with this setup.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jonahtriangle:
What is you setup?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ispot:
Your settings

First of all. appreciate it if you tell us about your settings, which phone you are using and which android version. Second, you are wrong about custom ROMs as I am running a custom ROM after upgrading to 4.3, and still no go.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] The Apostle:
Tethering and what T-Mobile will and will not allow depends on what you are doing. I.E. If you are tethering to your iPad, Android Tablet, BR Player, etc then you can us the built in hotspot and your data will NOT be allocated from your hotspot allowance.

However, if you tether through your Computer using IE or your PlayStation then it will deduct from your data allowance. If you use Chrome, you can use a user agent switcher plugin and T-Mobile will no longer see you are tethering. When I switch UA I usually switch to Safari on Mac and I have no issues. Just an extra step.

FYI... Last month I tethered 58GB with no issues at all.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] silenthatred:
VPN is a secure tunnel from one address to another. Meaning your traffic can't be sniffed by the "man-in-the-middle." So in this case a secure connection from your phone to the VPN provider that your carrier (the man) cannot see the traffic being exchanged between the two. All they can see is that you have a VPN tunnel to whoever you are using for VPN. They can't view what you are doing, or what devices you are doing it with because VPN tunnels are encrypted. Your connection to the bank is also using a secure connection, i.e., your VPN provider can only see you are making a connection to your bank, but they, as the man in the middle now, cannot see the data exchanged between the two.

Nope, it's the 4.3 update. Guessing the kernel. The dev team TrevE was on (Synergy) seems to not be doing development anymore. At least not together. I ran their ROM on my S3 and was saddened when I could no longer do so on my S4. :(

I wonder if you use your phone to VPN do they count that against your allowance? Then you could do whatever you wanted. I couldn't see how they could. There are legitimate uses of VPN with just a phone and no tethering. Traffic would look the same to them no matter what.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] The Apostle:
I have but I don't anymore. It slows the connection to much for large file dload a d streaming certain things.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] kaniebas:
that method worked for me

hi i am usin the Google edition Rom from this post

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2539361

i tried the above method and it didnt workbut i manged to make it work using the following method.

1. Install FoxFi from Google Play

2.Then on your laptop , open your browser -i use Chrome- and install the extension called "user agent switcher"

What this does is to spoof your laptop so it thinks is a mobile :)

With the default settings on user agent you dont have many option , so you can import the xml file that i have in the topic.You can do it by going to the settings of chrome or firefox.

You can use firefox also with a similar addon "user agent and import the same xml file"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] The Apostle:
You don't need foxfi on Dan's ROM. It works with the built in WiFi Tethering option.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] BoboBrazil:
Doesn't work for me with PIA. The hotspot works. It just doesn't show me using the vpn when I check my ip online...I'm trying the built in tether on 4.4.2 danvdh