yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] abatis:
Here is a freeware that will allow you to find your MAC with no connection. I used it on my PDA2K.

http://www.freewareppc.com/communication/vxipconfig.shtml

Install on your device. Just turn the wifi on and run the program and it will give you the MAC and additional device info. Don't have the PPC connected to the USB or it will identify that device.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] Guest:
Sorted thanks, whilst in PC World I scanned for a Wireless network, and found three, hehe! Once connected used that utility to get my MAC.

Many thanks!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] delboydell:
wifi and drayteck router

hi i see u have a draytech router how did u manage to get streaming video? i have been trying now for hours.I can get the video on my laptop without any problems but my m2000?????

i think the problem lies within the vpn settings as when i try to open http://house:8080 i get the message vpn connection required.

any help would be greatly recived (i have the vigor 2600g)

thanks in advance

delboy
[Java for Android App Development] vaniaspeedy:
Hello. I'm working on a custom device that is not on the market yet, and I am having issues getting it to work with Google Play. I have root access, so I was able to sideload GooglePlay.apk and GoogleServicesFramework.apk. However, I am forced to use Market Helper in order to download apps. I would like to bake in compatibility to the ROM itself, but am having issues.

I've tried modifying the build.prop to have dummy values for ro.product.{model,device,manufacturer}, as well as ro.hardware and ro.com.google.clientidbase. I feel like I'm close, but the device still fails to be accepted by Play without marker helper.

Any hints or advice are tremendously appreciated!
[Java for Android App Development] nikwen:
Sorry, can't help you with the problem.

But I am really interested in your custom device. Could you please tell us more about it? ;)

Cool. :cool:
[Java for Android App Development] vaniaspeedy:
For those who encounter a similar problem, I will post the answer. Credit to (xkcd: Wisdom of the Ancients) for the idea.

edit: the policy of not posting outside links is really annoying. All links have the base: http: slash slash developer dot android dotcom , just add the relevant url and glue it together.

Anyway, here goes. Turns out the build.prop was not the limiting factor.

Explanation of the overall process:

- Developers create an app, and list certain features it depends on in the manifest.xml file located in the root of the apk. ( /guide/topics/manifest/uses-feature-element.html)

- When the Play Store is opened, a call is made to getSystemAvailableFeatures()

- This call is handled by an internal app called PackageManager - (/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html)

-This app looks in /system/etc/permissions and parses the xml files to determine what hardware and software features the phone has. it then sends this list back to the play store. - see( /guide/practices/compatibility.html) and ( /google/play/filters.html )

- The play store then filters the apps, as per the links above.

How to modify this:

- What I’ve done is taken the files from /system/etc/permissions on a galaxy S2 Skyrocket (my personal device), and copied in all of them, without overwriting the already existing files. Now, google play works and allows the download of the same subset of apps as on the Skyrocket.
[Java for Android App Development] vaniaspeedy:
For those wondering how to include these files at compile time, here is the answer:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2356046
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dr Bud:
I went to update to beans build 17 and i might have had a bad download.says unable to open zip.i made a nandroid but some how wiped it out that i can't restore it.So now i have no OS.Iredownloaded another mirror on my laptop but how do i put it on my sd card now that im stuck in twrp?i just need my phone up and running asap as i have to go to work in2hrs!?Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!THANKS
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bfitz26:
i did the same thing you can either do a adb push if you have adb set up or find another phone camera pc or anything really that has a micro sd slot that you can connect to pc drag zip there reboot into twrp and your good if you don't have one then i would say adb push is your only option or see if twrp will mount your sd but it didn't for me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shangrila500:
Pull the battery or use thr Power Off button in TWRP. Then put your micro Sd card in your laptop and drag and drop the rom. Then put it back in your card and go.

You are supposed to check the MD5sum EVERY SINGLE TIME! If you arent going to check the MD5sum then you don't need to flash any roms to your phone, you can seriously mess up and hard brick your phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dr Bud:
Thanks.Im tryin to find someonethat has a phone to do that now !!thank u.if not i will look to see how to try the push thing!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dr Bud:
Ya i got sloppy this time and paid for it!don't think my laptop has a slot for a memory card that i can see:(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bfitz26:
do u have a digital camera or a card reader or anything that has a micro sd slot for that matter
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dr Bud:
Not at th emoment.im working on it !lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shangrila500:
Usually they will have a fake card in them to keep the slot from getting dust in it. If you truly don't have one you can pick up a USB SD card reader from walmart for cheap. If you want dont want to go that route then ADB would probably be the fastest way of doing it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hopesrequiem:
I honestly don't remember the last time I checked md5. I only check them on radios. A bad rom file cannot hard brick your phone. But a modem can
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dr Bud:
I finally got some time to say thank u all for the ideas and info! I'm happy to say all is good. Used my friends phone with my sd card and redownloaded the room and it worked perfect! What a relief!Thanks again! !
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shangrila500:
A bad rom download hard bricked quite a few VZW S3's when I was using the S3, they may not brick the N2 but they have been known to brick phones.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bfitz26:
I am not sure how that is possible in my experience it says failed. Redownload flash problem solved indoor have force check md5 tho
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hopesrequiem:
Anytime I've tried flashing a bad rom file it will just say failed. No flash occurs. That's just my experience I guess
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bfitz26:
exactly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shangrila500:
That's always been my experience also but recall quite a few help threads that started with someone flashing a rom and then the phone hard bricking upon reboot. Every single time in those threads where all that had been done was a simple rom flash the only thing we could come up with was the MD5 was bad and every time it was checked it was bad. If I recall it was only 2 roms doing that and both were AOSP roms. I dont know why but that was always what it was traced back to with those 2 certain roms and no one could figure out why it wasn't simply failing instead of flashing and hard bricking the phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hopesrequiem:
Maybe they flashed on Odin haha
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] 1ManWolfePack:
I haven't checked an MD5 since 2010 - did it once then.

---------- Post added at 07:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:38 PM ----------

We're also going off what they say in the thread. We can't prove that is what did it. I'm trying to be nice, but most of those "oh shhh" panic threads are due to user error.

I've flashed so many ROMs over the years and I never check MD5. I also religiously dirty-flash. I've bricked phones half-asleep (putting my kid to sleep) and recovered them in the morning. It all boils down to the user. I'm not saying for people to be reckless, but blaming not checking an MD5 on a brick is fear-mongering.

If it doesn't flash the first time? Check to see if your recovery has an update. Redownload ROM. Try again. Fail twice? Wasn't meant to be, this is not the ROM you are looking for.

/opinionpiece
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] larry_thagr81:
Agreed, as that would be the easiest fix. Worst case scenario for this approach is that you may need to buy a usb reader for micro sd cards.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shangrila500:
Very true, I was just going off of my experience in the S3 threads and that was my first true experience with a truly bootloader unlocked phone, even though I had been flashing Motorola phones for years but that isn't the same, and from what me and a couple other people could put together on the S3 forums was that 2 AOSP roms were responsible for the hard bricks.

Like you said though it is very hard to tell if they even flashed the rom. Hell it could be that they were just lying because they were embarrassed. Nonetheless it is still for the best for people to check MD5s especially on radios and recoveries and it doesn't hurt to check it on roms. I check the MD5 of every rom that I flash or that I plan on flashing in the future just because of that happening in the S3 forums when I was helping there.

I had never really thought about them lying about it but that is a definite possibility..... It's still funny that it was one of 2 AOSP roms every time someone claimed to get bricked after only flashing a rom......
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] hidea:
Hey guys,

I was wondering if you guys have the fonts from the stock Samsung ROM? Particularly the "Samsung Sans".

Cheers!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Aou:
Are these what you need (attached)? I used Titanium Backup to rip them out as backups and extracted the apks from the backups. They "should" still work... :P
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] hidea:
oh thank you!! They are indeed the right font(s)!

Samsung Sans is drop dead pretty. Far prettier than Roboto. Cheers!

EDIT:

By the way, how did you extract them with TiBackup? Would love to learn, in case in the future I need to do further extracting!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Aou:
You're welcome. :)

It's probably easier to just run some shell commands to copy the apk's out to the SDcard, but this is what I did with TiBu:

Searched for "font" to narrow it down to just these 5 items

Batch backed them up as usual

Connected phone to PC and browsed the phone for the TitaniumBackup folder.

Inside, you'll see three files associated with each app - the one we want is the .apk.gz

Extracted the contents of the file - it contains only an apk with a really long filename

Grabbed the "real" name of the .apk from TiBu by touching the app name in the list, and then touching the name of it highlighted in yellow. This gives the apk name among other info.

Rename the really-long-named apk that was extracted with the name obtained in the previous step.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] asbozh:
Can somebody give me the font Samsung Sans in ttf format (not apk)? I cannot find it in the web.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Mr GRiM:
I know this wan an old post but for anyone wanting to know how to get them in ttf format in the future just extract them from the apk files using 7-Zip
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] idiversss:
Can i have The stock folder s4 samsungSans?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] yeesuzcries:
Does anybody have the default font of samsung? (They called it droidsans) i'm using a zenfone btw.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] chrisc93:
So I did a clean install of the cm 10 jflteatt nightly that was released today.

I noticed that the wifi is always off. I try to turn it on, and it sticks in the off position.

Please help.

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] AxAtAx:
Try a different kernel. it will work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ultima86:
need some input...i want a s4 so i started lookin around and saw that vzw will eventually offer a 32gb.

Should i wait for it or go ahead and get the 16?

Do you think itll be $250 like AT&T or $300?

i read that 45% of the 16gb already used, id that a prob for ppl? (im gonns root, so im assuming thatll help the bloat)

thx in advance
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Sparatan117:
Well if you're worried about storage lets break this down.

16 GB on the standard. about 1.2 GB of that is going to be eaten up by the file system. The Rom itself uses around 4 or something so I think completely stock (and bloated) its something like 7 GB used, 7.5 GB Free

Now, I loaded every app that I use on a daily basis, and a few games with wifi download and I haven't even broken the 6 GB mark.

There's an SD card slot inside, so you can add up to a 64GB SD card.

All your pictures, music and most applications will be saved there once you insert it (normally).

So I ask you, is the extra 16GB worth the wait (and money)? Honestly I don't think that you'd ever run out of room but if you're worried then you can probably wait.

Verizon was doing the 16 GB iPhone 5 at 199 ($200.00) and the 32GB at $300.00 so I would expect to see the same thing with the S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] holla420:
How long of a wait is it? And im sure its gonna cost more. Could be $300 w/a $50 mail in rebate to make it $250. Its not that bad but I should have waited..lol oh well
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Legacystar:
64gb cards are $50...... So ask yourself if paying $100 for 16gb more is worth it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dandaman11223344:
If you really need the storage than wait for the 64 or get a 64gb microsd card. Otherwise, just get a 32gb sd card for the 16gb model, it's cheaper and available now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ultima86:
thx for the quick replies

yea this is the main thing im concerned about...wanted to hear how ppl w/ the 16gb felt/cared bout the extra 16gbs...and im in NO WAY a patient person when i want somethin lol so i wanted to ask b4 i tried to wait lol

they hadnt said yet, just that theyre workin with samsung to bring it...im assuming it wont be too long since it is already in the states on another carrier but who knows

didnt know the 64gb cards had dropped to $50...i got a 32gb but imma check out those 64gb more often now for deals/sales...$100 for 15gb no way, but $50 more and a few weeks to a month i was considering it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rednoved:
If the 32GB was available on launch day, I probably would have purchased that one. However, I don't really need the 32GB. I loaded all of the apps I have used in the past, and it is less than 2GB worth. I don't really download or play games outside of emulators. All of the roms are stored on the SD card. Most of my memory usage comes from movies, which my 64GB SD card holds just fine. Most pictures you take can be set to store on the SD card, but a few camera modes don't allow it. You can always move the files to the SD card after they have been captured to free up that space again. I think when you first turn on the phone, you have around 9GB of free space from the original 16GB. I still have about 7.5GB free and I don't think I will be digging much deeper into that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ultima86:
lol ok u guys are making me not want to wait until tomorrow now...but i have to (payday)

just curious...what color did u guys choose? i cant decide yet...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] squarty:
what about to wait for Google edition of Galaxy S4 ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ultima86:
u think vzw will do that one?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Berzerker7:
The Google Edition is confirmed to only work on AT&T and T-Mobile. The Developer Edition isn't worth it as current firmware GS4s already have bootloader workarounds.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andross77:
white. when i played with the "black" in store the shiny diamond cross pattern was distracting to me in the front. it's much harder to notice on the white version.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] holla420:
I got the black mist. Me personal I think its better looking plus u can see the the pattern on the back of the phone better than the white phone:cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] whichonespink73:
There's little reason to wait for one with more storage. Expandable memory is so cheap these days, it doesn't make sense. Plus, with the amount of things you can store in the cloud, physical storage simply isn't worth the time or money
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GR0S:
Can I have apps data + obb on sd card?

I want to buy UHS1 card for that, but not sure can I use it

Also can I keep select apps on and obbs data on phone?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
You'd have to use something like foldermount or my script (in signature) but depends how noob you feel :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GR0S:
I remember or l our disscusion, I suggested simlinks and ext4.

There is another question: can I use two partitions? One for recovery (fat) and other for data (ext4)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
/data doesn't really go down that much. Its mainly /sdcard/Android/obb and /sdcard/Android/data

You may be able to partition your micro sd card and use link2sd, I'm not sure. I always felt that partitioning an sd card was a waste of space
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GR0S:
Link2SD doesn't support OBB, looks like I should move it manually.

Easiest way is adding script to userinit.d

rm -fr /data/ext

mkdir /data/ext

mount -r -w -t ext4 -o noatime /data/ext /dev/block/mmc1p2

ln -s /data/ext/obb /sdcard/android/obb
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Not sure how well that will work. Theres a reason we are hijacking the debuggerd daemon for mounting in 4.2, hence the need for my script.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] tonbonz:
Forgive my noobness if this sounds stupid but was looking at the company apps setting on my Lumia 928 and was wondering if it could be exploited in anyway as far as sideloading homebrew? Out of curiosity, not that I expected it to work, I emailed myself a .xap file and got an error saying there was something wrong with my company app and to contact the company's support person. So went to company app settings and it asks for email,password, username,domain, and server but does it actually check the authenticity of the domain and/or server for a legitimate company or could someone simply set up a server hosting .xap files to be downloaded simply by registering and logging in with these settings? Even wondered if I simply used this info from the email server if it would install through email but seems too simple and haven't messed with it.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] aclegg2011:
this would work, but theres a lot you have to do to set it up:

There are some general steps that companies must follow to establish a company account, enroll devices, and distribute apps to their enrolled devices. The following sections provide an overview of this process:

1. The company registers a company account on Windows Phone Dev Center and acquires an enterprise certificate from Symantec.

2.The company creates an application enrollment token (AET).

3.The company develops a Company Hub app.

4.The company prepares their apps for distribution.

5. Employees (or other users) enroll for company app distribution on their phones and install the company apps by using the Company Hub app.

you have to use intune director. Companys have to register with windows phone dev and aquire an enterprise cert. This *could* be a way to install homebrew apps, but it'd be easier if there was some kind of workaround.

more info here..

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/jj206943(v=vs.105).aspx
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] tonbonz:
Thanks aclegg2011 and my apologies to the Forum Administrator as I just saw a similar post in a different section. :o
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rickyb316:
Heyy guys I just re did my note 2 with the new jelly beans rom and... my navigation wont work it keeps saying it cant locate me lol.. if u guys got somthing helpfulll id really appreciate it heres a screen shot
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shangrila500:
You really didnt search at all did you?

One fix is to go back to a nandroid of a TW rom.or to flash a TW rom get a lock and then flash your new rom again. however since you're on Beans 17, im assuming, I dont know if that's gonna be much help. You can download one of the GPS apps from the Play store, look up GPS problems on XDA and youll find it cause I dont remember the name, and let it replace your GPS files. You can also download the Pimp My Rom app and use it to replace your GPS file.

You can also try this:

Go to Settings

Application manager

click all at top

go to Google services framework

clear data

Then

go to settings

Application manager

click all at top slide bar

go to maps

clear data

uninstall updates

Go to location services

turn off VZW Location service or disable it all together if you have the option

Power cycle phone

update maps from android market if your phone auto updates after you reboot that's ok, my note 2 auto updated maps and my gps worked fine

That's it your GPS should be working now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bfitz26:
the best fix is to go your most recent rom you had a lock on preferable a nandroid as it's much easier.. get a lock navigate anyway get the lock then wipe everything etc.. flash rom and then you should get a lock this is mentioned all over the threads :) hope that helped
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shangrila500:
Actually I and a few other members have found that replacing the GPS files with either Pimp My rom or the GPS app, that I still can't recall the name of, work just as good in most circumstances and are a lot faster. It doesn't work for some people but then again neither does flashing back to another TW rom for some people either.

Not to mention it's much faster than reflashing a rom, setting it up, getting a lock, and then flashing the rom you wanted in the first place.
[General Questions and Answers] anoopgkris:
i'm stuck in an endless bootloop after trying to upgrade the CM10 Beta 4 version on my Samsung Galaxy S Plus.

This is what i did

I'd upgraded from 2.3.3 to 2.3.6 some months ago. Then flashed CM10 Beta 4 by ivendor.

For this i first downloaded the CWM -> recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4-ariesve.tar.md5 and flashed it using Odin.

Then the ROM file -> cm-10-20130324-ivendor-beta4-ariesve.zip

Was checking the updates on this and found much advances in the 2.5 release of 2 May 2013.

So downloaded the CWM -> CWMRecovery-6.0.2.8-ariesve-kernel26.tar.md5. When i tried to flash using Odin it gave me the MD5 error.

Saw somewhere on the forum to flash using zip file, so downloaded CWMRecovery-6.0.2.8-ariesve-kernel26.zip and tried to flash. This was when my phone got soft-bricked.

Removed the cable, battery etc. After some time, was able to go into Download mode but not Recovery.

Then i tried to flash to stock ROM (2.3.6) - I9001XXKQI_I9001XXKPM_I9001OXFKQ3_HOME.tar.md5. This completed and Odin said PASS. But the phone now goes into a bootloop. Tried the Recovery mode but after the Android-out-of-the-box symbol it again said SAMSUNG and started the boot. This is repeating continuously. What should i do now? Please help.

This is the sequence of things...

1) 2.3.3 to 2.3.6 - Success !!

2) Flash with CM10-Beta 4.

a) recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4-ariesve.tar.md5 - OK

b) cm-10-20130324-ivendor-beta4-ariesve.zip - Success!!!

c) gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip - Success!!
​

3) Flash with CM10-Release 2.5

a) CWMRecovery-6.0.2.8-ariesve-kernel26.tar.md5 - MD5 checksum error !!

b) CWMRecovery-6.0.2.8-ariesve-kernel26.zip - Soft-bricked !!!​

4) Flash stock ROM (2.3.6)

a) I9001XXKQI_I9001XXKPM_I9001OXFKQ3_HOME.tar.md5 - PASS

Bootloop

Cannot go into Recovery mode too (after Recovery mode icon appears SAMSUNG logo comes up and phone boots with the blue spiral, this goes into a continuous loop)​

:(