yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Damn, the WHOLE general forum?

Boy he's in for a few allnighters :p

Sent from the little guy
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Cataligh:
The capacitive buttons on my blackmist 32gb S4 are visible while not lit up. I had a 16gb phone before this one where I had to look very hard to see the buttons. Also most of S4's I have seen require you to look very hard to see the capacitive buttons when not lit.

Anyone else able to easily see their buttons when they are not lit?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] fosser2:
I believe Samsung intended to have them "hidden" when not lit up. I have a black GS4 and mine are nearly impossible to see if not lit up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Cataligh:
Exactly why it bothers me. I do not believe it is intended. Here are some pictures of what I mean.

I could have much worse problems but this still bothers me very much.

Here is a picture of my old 16gb in the same exact conditions...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mintu123:
take the screen protector off and then look at it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] galaxyS4fandom:
Samsung intended them to be hidden. Personally I like it that way. Its not hard to locate them, for me atleast.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Cataligh:
I just don't understand why mine aren't. Seems like a weird thing for them to be inconsistent with. A little disappointing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] GTRagnarok:
Me and my brother got a 32GB S4 from the same ATT store a week apart. My buttons are invisible while off but his is visible as shown above. But his is brighter when on. I think someone at the factory is forgetting a layer of material or something :silly:

I wouldn't mind having it either way, but yeah...definitely a quality control issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] MikeC4510:
Try and see if you can exchange it (if you're still in your 14 day period). Say there's a defect with it and compare it to another S4? Like you, the sight of the capacitive buttons would annoy me, had I known it's intended to be hidden (honestly, it looks a lot better hidden compared to my retired S2 that has the buttons showing all the time).

Sent from my I337~SGS 4 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Cataligh:
They were like that before I put the screen protector on.

Same here, the buttons are brighter on the visible phone. Very weird.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] joeybear23:
you just haaaad to get the 32gb model.

:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Cataligh:
Lol I know right! There is no winning in this world.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] j510:
Depending on my lighting condition I can see the buttons on my 16gb
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Apollo-2:
You aspies wanting to exchange phones for the slightest *anything* tickle me. Accept it and move on.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Cataligh:
I went ahead and exchanged, no more visible buttons, but now I seem to have the tiniest scratch on my camera lens. It's only noticeable under very direct light lol. Cannot win. I will take Apollo-2's advice and accept and move on (or perhaps sell when nexus editions arrives).

On another note, ATT reps make me cringe when they take the phone apart to insert the sim card. No care at all, just rip the thing apart and dig their nails into the sim slot. I asked to do it myself and was pretty much told no. These are $600+ devices, they should not be handling them like flip phones!
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] sauprankul:
Hi everybody,

I like the FM and TV apps. They replace two rather clunky devices. I also like ROMs like PAC, AOKP and CM. None of which have the former.

Is there a (preferably free) way to get TV and FM on AOSP roms? Or is there something like closed source drivers preventing this?

I tried Spirit FM, it didn't work.

Thanks,

sauprankul
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] p3tr0s:
I don't think the FM radio app works on aosp. I do know that tunein radio works. Its an FM radio but runs through the network connection. Its not exactly what you were looking for but it may help.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] sauprankul:
I know that the app doesn't work, but I was hoping for a mod or app that would replace it.

Tunein isn't as clear and Sprint doesn't have very good coverage around here (yet, they say).

Oh well.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] krazyflipj:
Might work for FM radio http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13379669
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] sheek360:
for the tv i think peel should work
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] mikereidis:
Outside of Asia and a prototype or 2, there are no "over the air" TV chips in Android devices, AFAICT.

A few people have reported my FM app works OK on HTC One. And at least one said it didn't work. AFAIK, my app Spirit is the only non stock app that will work (for "real" over the air FM), and I've heard no indication that will change anytime soon.

The Sprint HTC One has a stock FM app, right ?

I will likely buy and officially support the HTC One within a few months.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] tkoreaper:
I don't think the OP was referring to an "over-the-air" TV app, but rather the TV app on stock HTC ONEs that basically turn your phone into a remote.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] mikereidis:
OP can clarify but when he says "...way to get TV..." it certainly sounds like he's asking for an OTA TV type app.

For TV etc. remote control, there ARE several apps on Play, and I think at least one of them works with the HTC One specific IR blaster hardware.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] sauprankul:
Oops, my bad.

I meant the app named TV, which allows me to use the IR blaster. I looked it up on the play store, only got apps that used network, links?

And I thought I had posted this a while back, but I get no audio from Spirit FM. (I'll try it again?) EDIT: Yeah, no audio... Am I supposed to let it scan networks or wait for it to tune or something?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Rirere:
I don't think the hardware is the problem, but rather the lack of IR support in AOSP.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] mikereidis:
Here's one of the IR apps on Play (more if you follow "Users who viewed this also viewed") : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microcontrollerbg.irdroid

App description says "Uses and needs external Irdroid module" and indicates it's a port of LIRC.

IR ports and their drivers are relatively simple, compared to audio, graphics, FM, etc.

So I'll bet that somebody will find/build an HTC One AOSP IR solution in the next 3-6 months. I've briefly considered it myself, but there are enough apps out there already IMO for when drivers become available.

BTW, I got the app link from this good thread about things missing from the coming Nexus Experience version: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...tc-camera-features-and-no-beats-audio-switch/

My impression right now is that HTC One sales are doing better than many of us expected. The Nexus Experience thing has convinced me that I'll be getting one soon. And Samsung GS4 sales seem lower than expected. I think HTC One is "stealing" some GS4 sales.

My point is that I think HTC One XDA/custom ROM and apps development will do well, and solutions for IR and some other Sense related features will be found.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] mikereidis:
AOSP based ROM ?

I've had a few HTC One success reports, but I think on stock ROM where the "HTC" Audio-> Method setting talks to the HTC proprietary audio stuff.

Send me a debug log with Menu-> Test-> Email-> Logs . After 20 seconds or so press Send.

There may be some simple ALSA controls to set to enable FM audio. But often I have to get a phone in my hands and spend some time on it before learning the FM audio enable secrets.

If this phone were using the Qualcomm WCN3660 FM/combo chips, like the Qualcomm reference designs used in One X LTE, One S and similar devices, then the "HTC OneS/X LTE ALSA" Audio-> Method would work, as well as "Digital OneXL/S".

AFAIR, this phone DOES use the reference WDC9310 audio chip, but the Qualcomm FM chip has special audio connections that I'm pretty sure the Broadcom BCM4335 FM/combo chip does not.

My guess is that HTC added some special FM audio controls to the WDC9310 driver. EDIT: OK someone sent me a debug log from a rooted One, I'll look to find new FM controls.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] tkoreaper:
I'm sure the ONE isn't doing much to hinder sales of the S4. If you take into consideration that the S3 and S4 release dates are roughly a year apart not many people are available to upgrade let alone fork out the full price for the phone. People tend to pick brands and stick with them.

Also, according to Wikipedia, "Upon its release (S4), it became the fastest selling smartphone in Samsung's history, with 10 million devices sold as of May 22, 2013, according to Samsung." AND "the One sold around 5 million units through its first two months of worldwide availability.[" So I don't know where this stigma comes that HTC is dominating Samsung right now. I'm assuming it's just pure fanboy-ism.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] mikereidis:
There isn't any, AFAIK. Samsung is still top dog. Just with a LITTLE less domination than was expected, and HTC doing a bit better than many expected for them. HTC has lost a LOT of market share in 2 years, now I think they've climbed back (just a bit !) from the precipice.

My very non-scientific survey of the front page of XDA forums seems to show about twice as much activity for all S4 variants, versus all One variants. One activity should have an edge because it came out first though...

Against the S4's expected dominance, I think a 2:1 activity ratio means the One is clearly among the most popular new devices, despite enthusiast complaints about non-removable battery and no SDCard.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] mikereidis:
For FM:

- AFAICT, the people who reported success with Spirit on HTC One were running stock ROMs.

On stock derived ROMs, deny SU to Spirit or better yet, set Debug-> FM API to "OEM Proprietary" and restart Spirit. If the stock FM app can work, then Spirit should be able to work this way.

Debug-> Audio Focus should be enabled, but this is done automatically on recent Spirit releases.

- I've taken a quick look at the ALSA audio driver differences. Digital FM audio is I think possible, using some HTC One specific ALSA controls intended for Bluetooth. I will need a phone and time to figure this out. I'm not sure there is even an analog FM route available; it may be digital only.

If there's a service manual and/or schematic, I'd be interested to see.

- Even without audio, I'm not sure Spirit can control the FM/combo chip on AOSP ROMs or using low level stuff. The code that works an many old and new Broadcom chips directly via "UART" does not work on this BCM4335.

Maybe it could work if Bluetooth were turned on and/or Spirit has Debug-> HCI Access set to "BT Socket".

EDIT: Actually someone just emailed me running CM10.1 and the FM chip control works through UART.

Overall, I just have to get this phone to make it work well. Usually I get new phones on Ebay from Hong Kong or US vendors. But in this case I think I'd be better to buy one locally for $650 plus taxes. I'd buy an HTC dev phone, but they only sell to US and I think the same will be true, at least initially, for the coming Google Nexus Experience phone. And... I've been reading the One has S-Off and even carrier SIM unlock now (?)...
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] mikereidis:
I got a One on the weekend and have added "early" support for Spirit FM on HTC One.

HTC One first AOSP/Google support: http://xdaforums.com/show...7#post42922397

Now where is the guy or gal who will do the IR... and Camera... :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bearclawtec:
Hopefully someone can help the new guy out. I have been trying to get themes and lock screens to work for days now on my GS3 running CM10.1.0 and nothing seems to work right. Using the theme manager in the settings I keep getting an error that says my screen resolution is not right.

I have also tried using CWM recovery to load the lock screens and it says the zip was successful, but doesn't work.

Any thoughts?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KeeperOfThePizza:
It should still set reguardless of the screen resolution.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bearclawtec:
I know it should, but there are only pieces that set. And sometimes when I set it once part sets then I redo it again and more set.

As it comes to the lock screens they don't set at all.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] j3.cole:
Take a look at this thread. Be sure to read everything.

The golden rule is to set the default, reboot, then set the new theme...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1801752

Plus, please use the q&a section next time :)

Edit

Try this, you might like it, I just tested it

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vicino.theme.Woody

Remember to reboot after you apply it, and yes accept the install even with the error...

Also I'm using taskers 4.2.2 rom

:thumbup:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bearclawtec:
I appreciate that I will try it and get back to you. Unfortunately I am currently using my back up phone (rooted HTc Vivid) while I wait for my replacement GS3 to come in the mail since mine died. I will let you know what happens.

Also sorry I'm still newer to the Xda forums, but I will make sure to check and also post in the q&a next time
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] amberkalvin:
I cannot connect to a single wifi network. Home/work/anywhere, I've read where you can enable the secret menu and do some trickery through the phone but I have the Verizon Note 2 and you can't just dial a number and get to the secret menu.

Once I did try and download this zip file with some wifi files in it that I had to overwrite on the system partition using ES file explorer (found an article covering this exact problem) but this did not fix my problem.

not to mention i've done a pure 100% factory restore to 4.1.1. to no avail. ran custom roms. no avail. Its getting very frustrating. I am unlimited so I care less than others, but some of my apps are used over the network ie: unified remote for my computer hooked to my bigscreen.

When I use a rom, it just tries to connect for one instance then doesnt do anything. on the factory image it will say authentication error every time.

I've gotten my phone to connect to my home wifi ONCE and it was very crappy connection, would lag while using the cursor on the bigscreen.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I'm very familiar with following directions and rooting/romming or even some adb commands. Let me know if there is anything I can do to remedy this situation. Thanks!!!!

Kalvin
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] amberkalvin:
Why is Samsung not fixing this issue?

after doing some more research everything i've found points at the problem being Wireless N.

I havent had a chance to test it out on my own yet as I am still at work but That is fine, I can change my wifi at home to G and be ok with that, but in the end that means I will not be able to connect to work/public places ever as long as they are wireless N.

Come on get with the program Sammy!!!!

Kalvin
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] kontrabando:
Hi there, anybody knows how to associate file types to an application via Registry entry? I downloaded a utility from baschwii.com (myextensions) but it's not working properly. I want to be able to understand manipulating the registry with the intention of associating file types to any application. Thanks and advanced merry xmas! :)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] dcs:
By far the easiest way is to use a program to do it. I use Resco Explorer which has the ability to associate any file type with any application.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] kontrabando:
Thanks

thanks dcs! :) Resco is commercially available no?...i downloaded MyExtensions utility coz it's free hehe I'm in a financial crisis that's why i'm keeping myself to the freewares...Everybody in this country of mine is in a crisis :cry: ...it's cool to understand the registry that's why i'm curious bout where CE gets and stores the file associations...thanks and i hope it's ok if i pm you if i have some more questions.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AsherChua:
Hi guys, would like to know what your next phone would be? Just one more month before my contract ends! Its been great with the S2 but new stuff must come! Right now, thinking of either

1. HTC one

2. Samsung Galaxy S4 (Overpriced!!! :()

Note 3 is definitely out of the question too man...

What about you guys? Do comment too if you've upgraded and reasons for it! :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komsa:
IPhone 5 :)

galaxy S was fantastic phone,S2 even better.S3 was made for the race with competition slightly better(hardware) then S2 with too many faults.....S4 already has even more problems(you can read about those here in S4 thread) then S3.Samsung obviously lost imagination.........
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mckeowngoo:
Some Nokia candy bar that costs about £10 from Tesco with no features but lots of battery life.

Sick of all this Android bollocks now. Time for some old school number keypad texting.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhanupratap:
Haha

trolling level : like a boss :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blackwolf10:
i upgraded to a galaxy s3 cause it's cheap now

maybe i need my granma for the s4 :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelios:
probably one of Sonys Xperia models. :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uzb777:
My next phone may be HTC One :) I like its design!

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] My20:
HTC one

Xperia Z
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1620179

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
And this has nothing to do with the SGS2. Take this crap to chit chat or whatever :-/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GamingDj:
I'll change my S2 in December...maybe S4 or Note 3.
[HTC Droid DNA] Xpiatio:
Qualcomm released an app for anyone with Snapdragon that will extend your battery life and monitor what you do to better control the processes. I just downloaded it and it is in "Learning mode" so I will be excited to see how much savings I get when it has learned and starts saving.

http://androidcommunity.com/qualcom...uru-aims-to-boost-your-battery-life-20130528/
[HTC Droid DNA] wortz91:
Installed and also in learning mode. Hopefully this helps even more! Thanks for the info.
[HTC Droid DNA] Technogen:
I have been using it for a while in beta, I can't say it's really helped, but the Wi-Fi control is nice.
[HTC Droid DNA] Gorilla*:
Hmm im gonna try it out.
[HTC Droid DNA] Mnorton1228:
IDK if it does anything. I've had it for a while now and I use it along with 2x Battery. I get 14-16hours out of my DNA for what it's worth or roughly 3 hours screen time.
[HTC Droid DNA] Sabir13:
I'm pretty sure if u got notification toggles and turn on/off WiFi and data connections manually you'll get the same results if not better
[HTC Droid DNA] JeffBea:
I didn't like it myself. It kept screwing around with screen brightness. I like my on auto brightness., I think it kept putting it on low. And it kept turning on my wifi and searching for connections. Just my 2 cents.
[HTC Droid DNA] Jaggar345:
I didn't like it, it kept turning on my wifi when I didn't want it on and I don't think it did anything for my battery at all.
[HTC Droid DNA] ls430cw:
I've been using it for a month and definitely helps. You can go to settings and turn the wifi control off so the app will have no control of it.
[HTC Droid DNA] th3_g00b:
Well, I feel it does its job well. The point is to be efficient as possible depending in usage. No matter what, it isn't gonna give you hours of extra on screen time. I feel its main purpose is to manage the battery better when ur NOT using ur phone. So far, I haven't used my phone much other then to read some texts, emails and xda and this is what my battery looks like right now.

Best day Ive had was a 21 hour day with moderate usage (YouTube, texting, emails, minor gaming). That was after letting batteryguru was out of learning mode.
[HTC Droid DNA] hrtl:
Downloaded yesterday and I'm still in learning mode.

I turned off WiFi control as I toggle it on/off as I need it throughout the day, so I feel this would be a little redundant.

I like the concept of the app and hoping it helps out; once I'm finally out of learning mode that is.
[HTC Droid DNA] rsims26:
Last day without Battery Guru I had 7% remaining after 15 hours and 53 minutes. First day post-learning mode, I had 13% remaining after 15 hours and 49 minutes with 3 hours and 3 minutes of screen on time. Sadly, I didn't have the correct app to determine how much screen on time I had on the first measurement, but I use my phone about the same way every day.

My biggest complaint with Battery Guru is it forces WiFi on when I'm on the road. I'm not seeing a big enough improvement to get excited about and think that me just toggling WiFi on my own will be just as effective.

On a side note, my daughters phone had 3 hours of screen on time and her phone lasted only 11 hours. She has the Droid Razr HD which comes with a 2530 mAh battery whereas the DNA only has 2020 mAh. Quite impressive for the DNA especially considering the larger, true HD screen and quad core processor.
[HTC Droid DNA] deathrow1992:
You can turn off Wi-Fi management by going into the app's settings. Learning mode came off for me yesterday and my God has it made a difference. You know I forgot to charge again lol.
[HTC Droid DNA] Cgress22:
Will I have to restart learning mode if I flash a new ROM?
[HTC Droid DNA] Infinite Jest:
That has me hopeful! Mine has about 9 hours left.
[HTC Droid DNA] rsims26:
Simple answer...yes, you will need to download the app again and it will go through a learning period.
[HTC Droid DNA] RyanTX:
Perhaps I'm blind but in the usage statistics I don't see screen on time. I know its gotta be there.
[HTC Droid DNA] cstrife999:
Yea I don't see it either.
[HTC Droid DNA] firespitta:
This app really helps my battery life. I'm still on learning mode too
[HTC Droid DNA] deathrow1992:
It doesn't start saving battery until after the learning phase I'm pretty sure. Might just be the placebo effect. :P
[HTC Droid DNA] firespitta:
Wow I feel dumb
[HTC Droid DNA] RyanTX:
Yeah it definitely doesnt help in learning mode. I made it 13 hours today til the phone shut off. I had nearly 3 hours screen on and 1 hour talk time.
[HTC Droid DNA] deathrow1992:
Haha don't worry man it happens. Sometimes I would think it was saving battery too but once it's actually out of learning mode you definitely see the difference. No massively heavy use today but I have been surfing the web and taking phone calls all day and this is what I'm at for the night:
[HTC Droid DNA] mickeyvnminnie:
Love this app, improved my battery life significantly.
[HTC Droid DNA] Infinite Jest:
I haven't noticed much of a difference over the last few days. In fact, today I had some kind of bad background drain. Need to download a battery monitor again...
[HTC Droid DNA] RyanTX:
Today is the first day of use - post learning stage.

Seems pretty good - though that keep awake line seems abnormal. Anyone have an idea why it'd be awake that much?
[HTC Droid DNA] Infinite Jest:
I've had a major issue today with that. Battery dropped like a rock with moderate to light use. There is some tomfoolery afoot. Any ideas about this drain? Also; why did htc have to make the battery monitor in the stock DNA settings utterly useless?

EDIT: I've had mobile data switched off all day long and have been on WiFi.
[HTC Droid DNA] Bigandrewgold:
Than there just placebo. If anything, during learning mode it hurts battery life
[HTC Droid DNA] Infinite Jest:
Much better today. I'm not sure what was going on yesterday.