yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TellTenPeople:
Xperia Link

I read in the GSMArena review that the XTZ can be tethered to a phone using Bluetooth:

I haven't been able to try that yet -- my pre-ordered XTZ has yet to ship :rolleyes: -- with my Nexus 4 but it could be a solution to Wifi Hotspot battery drain issue.

-- Edit to add --

Well, found the official Sony Xperia Link in the Google Play Store and it's incompatible with non-Xperia phones apparently. Although, the Bluetooth-tether idea still sounds promising. Is there a way to get around the Sony lock-in?
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gfdsaorg:
Works!

So I've got the tablet this week and tried just now to stick the USB modem into it.

Naturally you have to be rooted, then you need a dialer :

PPP Widget

from the author of usb_modeswitch (ubiquitous linux tool to change the usb modems from CD to serial mode)

then you need the usb drivers unsurprisingly missing from the stock rom:

On author's forum

then insmod the modules in the zip file:

cdc-acm.ko

usb_wwan.ko

option.ko

(option requires usb_wwan to be loaded first), drop the widget on the home, it should do its magic and ask you for the APN. Then it works.

what a joy.

p.s. apparently the dongle I have needs more power than there is on the tablet port, so you need a powered hub (clumsy) or an external battery and a Y cable to power it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sai.nissankula:
Hi,

And just a heads up, I am very new to flashing and kernel modifications. I do have a basic understanding as I've read through previous posts. The screen time posts however just post people showing of their screentime/battery life but not explaining clearly how they got theirs :/ and what conditions they were under.

Currently Im using a nexus 4 on Paranoid Android 3.56 (android version 4.22) and Franco Kernel milestone 2. I've underclocked my cpu to 1024mHz and under volted everything by 75mv.

I use juice defender ultimate and greenify. I keep sync on 24/7 and autobrightness.

My standby battery time is phenomenal, Im already on 9+ hours and still at 83%. But I am not able to break 3 hours of screen time.

I've been seeing posts with people claiming over 4.5 hours and even hitting 5 hours. How are they doing this?

I'd like to get 4.5 - 5 hours of screen time also but am not sure how to achieve this. So please help me with the configurations necessary to improve screen time for my phone. My stand by is already phenomenal and have no complaints at all about it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scream4cheese:
Turn off auto-sync and lose juice defender. That's it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mumaster20:
Lower screen brightness is the first thing you should do if you want better screen on time.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] paulbax:
Hi, I have the HTC One X and miss the days of simply being able to drag my files into the phone folder on the desktop whenever I plug my phone into the laptop rather than having to deal with the buggy and often unresponsive "HTC Sync" every time I wan't to add music to my phone. I have a Mac laptop but strangely it still allows me to copy my files the basic way when I connect my phone to a Windows PC but not on my MacBook. Is there any way I can get it to work like this on my Mac? I would appreciate any help as editing files on my phone has become a dreaded chore at this point an I'm really considering trading for a SGS4, thanks :).
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] remulacha:
Hi, You just need to activate the mass storage on you'r phone when you conect it, after that well just use you'r old friend called drag n' drop :P
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] Apec:
I have all .cabs zipped up on my sd. now the problem is when executing the cab it installs it directly to the main memory, whereas i wish to install it in my "/Storage", is it possible make this location the default?

Thanks in advance....
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] satria:
use cab installer to install the cab files. :)
[General Marketing & SEO] out of ideas:
Very well written article that covers pretty much everything. Thanks for sharing.

one question

what makes you say that?
[General Marketing & SEO] SammiSaysHello:
People may find direct private messages advertising apps to be somewhat similar to junk mail in your mail box :p
[General Marketing & SEO] out of ideas:
oh yeah i would :eek: if my mailbox starting filling up with junk. lol.

i was thinking you just meant having a thread in general. not so in your face direct.
[General Marketing & SEO] PhilCals:
Well done, mate!

Great reading.:good:
[General Marketing & SEO] kevin-kor:
Great article

Great job :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mrozowjj:
The stock messaging app seems to be laggy as all hell. Typing is sometimes painfully slow or just not responsive. Samsung told me to reset the cache but that didn't do anything.

Is there a message limit that hurts it? Is there something else that could potentially be causing this? Or is this just a problem with Touchwiz messaging app itself?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Earthdog:
Honestly its terribly laggy. I had to resort purchasing an app. Enhanced Email and Touchdown work well if you need MS Exchange Support.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mrozowjj:
MS Exhcange Support isn't a big deal for me but thank you for the suggestion.

The gallery app has been giving me fits today too. I mean what's the point if making this super advanced phone if I have to reboot it more than I do my Windows machine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] geoldr:
I think he meant SMS while you are talking about Email.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] lostaggie:
This phone's screen is beautiful but the laggy performance is really bad. The SMS app is horrible.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] thdaddy34:
I am terribly disappointed in this phone. The more I use it the more annoyed I get. I might just return it tomorrow and get another iPhone cause I can't stand the Lag anymore. Especially in a phone as speced out as this.

AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 32 GB Model
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mrozowjj:
I can't decide if I should be relieved that it's not just me or concerned that there really isn't a good solution for this yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] thdaddy34:
Concern Samsung and Android devices have a bad habit of not updating their devices and leaving their customers stranded. They pop out new model phones very frequently and once that happens they forget about older models and could care less about our problems.

AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 32 GB Model
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mrozowjj:
I realize that which is part of the reason I got the S4, my S2 was no longer supported on here and battery was running dead all the damn time.

All this **** is enough to make me want to get an iPhone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] WoodburyMan:
I to hated the laggy messaging. Even with 3rd party apps like SMS PRo and such it was still laggy and buggy.

Flashed CM10.1. AOSP stock Messaging app on CM10.1 is MUCH MUCH MUCH more responsive. I had the same frustrations coming from a iPhone 4S (Had 3G, 4, 4S prior for years).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] thdaddy34:
I really don't understand. Samsung must realize that they are first and foremost manufacturing a phone. That's supposed to be used for calling and texting. They needed to pay 100 percent attention to these primary functions and make sure that they all worked properly. Instead of putting useless gestures and infrared they needed to insure the phone send and received texts properly. Major ball drop by samsung here. Very disappointed.

AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 32 GB Model
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] WoodburyMan:
Agreed. This is why I have never used a Samsung device in the past and have stuck with iPhones since iPhone 3G before Android was even out there. Got tired of the small screen, wanted larger screen and higher resolution so jumped ****.

Really, try CM10.1. Its so much better without Samsung's bloatware. It's a whole different phone with it.

I also returned my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0" because of its laggyness last year until I tried CM9/CM10/CM10.1 on it. Totally made me think diferently. Also got me into the world of CM and flashing stuff so I knew what I was doing for my S4.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jetlitheone:
Some people like the touchwiz features though
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mrozowjj:
My first android phone was an HTC Aria/Liberty and I put CM7 on it so I'm sort of familiar with the process and if it comes down to it and this lagginess continues I'll install CM10.1 on the S4. I didn't realize they had a stable build for the S4 yet though.

I'm honestly not sure I like any of the features that much. I want the damn phone to function first and foremost. What good is having a shiny new car if it doesn't tires too you know?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] WoodburyMan:
True. It's a lot to give up. However I've had a iPhone for years. So any features I lost i never knew I had to begin with.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mrozowjj:
Has anyone tried using a different messaging app instead? Does that help at all or is the Touchwiz lag carried over to it as well?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Slade8525:
gosmspro lags less, but with s-voice disabled/frozen and touchwizUI frozen (as well as other google services i dont use) on stock kernel/rom phone is lightning quick. i even have it severely underclocked most of the time with setCPU (486-1132 screen on, 386-386 with screen off). no issues in any app, even tried some 3d games to test performance with CPU limited to 1.1Ghz. no difference.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] CAG-man:
Just did this except with Nova. Never thought to freeze S Voice and TouchWiz Home. Thank you. Talk about super snappy phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mrozowjj:
so how do I go about freezing those parts of my phone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] CAG-man:
freeze in titanium backup or disable in application settings under the all tab. "touchwiz home" and "s voice"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mace790:
Hi all, I'm planning to sell my Note 2 and want to be sure I've cleared all of my data. My phone is Rooted, but I've always been on the stock ROM from sprint.

So far I've:

- Formated SD card

- Factory Reset in TWRP

- Wiped Cache/Dalvik Cache

- Wiped Internal Storage in TWRP

I have NOT done a system wipe or 'Format Data'. I've researched and I understand this should be sufficient, should I take it further?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] DesertHawk:
Nope. All good. If you feel like going back to stock without root please follow my posts on helping some bro out though.

But that should all be ok. Good luck with new phone

~ Taylor_Swift
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mace790:
Thanks for the input Taylor_Swift, I noticed something troubling completely by accident. I don't know if this is related to the Note 2 only or not, but I'm unable to remove my personal phone number and sprint username from Settings>About Device>Status.

I've tried factory reset and even system reset in TWRP and I re-installed the Stock Deodexed Rom from the forums and this did not help. I'm wondering if you or anyone has heard of this and if I can manually remove the data myself?

The only thing I haven't done in TWRP is 'Format Data', I'm not sure that this will work or what it will do.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
Your phone needs to be deactivated from sprint or whichever carrier it is linked to. Than the personal info is gone after a wipe. But if the the phone is active, it will always add your info regardless of the rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] KB112:
The phone had to be inactive and you need your prl. There is a dialer code you enter, that does a full wipe. Basically the phone is wiped as if it came out the box. I called and got directions when I sold my Evo 3d.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mace790:
Thanks guys for the reply's, I'm calling them this afternoon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mace790:
So they told me that since the service has been cancelled already, there's nothing that can be done to remove the information. When the next person that owns the phone activates it, it will reset. I feel like this isn't true, there has to be a way to do this with canceled service....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] KB112:
I think they are just Effing with you, since you no longer have an account. There is a dialer code, I just don't remember it. Try a Google search or if not, hit up a Sprint store. I imagine a Store Rep should know,especially if they have a repair center there.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mace790:
Yeah I figured they were, I was a customer for 10 years and stuff like this is why I left. I'll post results.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patch7:
##72786#
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] patrao_n:
Thats hands free activation. ##786# wipes everything
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mace790:
Thanks! Found it too at This link. It works! Username and phone number both reset. I felt like the sprint technician was lying and should've known.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] patrao_n:
Sorry for the misinformation. I thought 786 wiped the username and whatnot. I learned something new today
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] RayTrue04:
It does. Both codes redo hands free activation. Only difference is ##786# wipes the whole phone to factory settings while ##72786# just does the hands free activation no wipe.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ngliphong:
hi guys i have a problem.

a friend of mine have this galaxy tab p1000 that she bought a replacement battery and would like to open it.

however, we realise the screws are Y shaped propertary screws. any body have any idea how to open it up?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyana:
Look here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1885317
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neurocutie:
It is possible to use a jeweler's screwdriver, flat blade, to unscrew those screws... I just did it yesterday. Pick up a set of jeweler's screwdrivers at the dollar store. Choose one where the flat blade just fits between one of the wings and the center of the screw head. Use a pair of pliers to grab the handle of the screwdriver so that you get a lot of torque. Press down hard onto the screw with one hand, so the screwdriver does not slip, and use the pliers with the other hand to rotate the screwdriver. After about 180degs of rotation, the screw should be loose enough to do the rest without the pliers.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ngliphong:
hi guys thanks so much for the help. let me see if i can get the jewelers option to work first
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BlownFuze:
Themes

A couple of good ones here - The Family has a bunch of hard workers. :cool:

Theme Chooser

By BubbaJoe

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40086868

BubbaJoe needs no introductions - you know he's got the skills to pay the bills, and these are sweet. :highfive:

Gotham

AOKP theme by Zelendel

His thread here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31345810#post31345810

Zelendel - the myth that never sleeps. Good God man - put the computer down and take a nap already. :highfive:

Note

If you flash Gotham make sure to flash revert before using any of the theme chooser themes.

Big Thanks

Zelendel

Trevino07 - Lee, youDAman

Includes

Gmail

Custom wall paper apk. (nunhugger - youDAman2)

Contacts

MMS

Phone

ROMControl

Settings

SystemUI

Instructions

Make a backup

Flash in recovery

Reboot

Issues

Some black on black text In 3rd party apps - they used unneeded color coding instead of using the built in resources Android provides.

Screenies

Download

http://d-h.st/SzI

Revert download

Want to go back to un-themed apps from the ROM? Well look what I have for you here. :highfive:

*NOTE* You need to flash this before switching from Gotham to Theme Chooser

http://d-h.st/JyD
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BlownFuze:
Kernels

Uber kernel by JamieD81:

Jamie's older kernels are in his second post - Uber 3.0 and up are not compatible. They are for 4.3 only.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2326786

Fuze kernels:

Fuze-9.01: http://d-h.st/yDF

This kernel is from release 9 of my ROM. Use it to revert from Uber if you need to.

Instructions:

1.download kernel

2.BACKUP whatever you’re running

3.flash kernel - be patient, fix permissions takes awhile

4.wipe dalvik and cache

5.reboot

Issues:

- I had to reset DPI settings in xposed framework. So if you use xposed, all you need to do is go into app settings and re-save all your values.

The settings are still there - just click the save icon to reset them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BlownFuze:
One more for something I may be forgetting.

Edit:

Let's use this space for something productive. :)

We'll play let's meet the dev.

Here's a pic of my girl and myself at my place of employment.

We've been together for over 5 years - both divorced and brought 5 kids together under one roof.

Lol - gotta love the brady bunch. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dparrothead1:
Anyone having issues or bugs, please go ahead and post them before the next build. Thanks!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ProFresh4:
Pure AOKP I am on it. Downloading now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thetaminator9274:
Awesome! Downloading and will report back.

EDIT: Everything seems to be running nicely! Not a single reboot yet. Great work and looking foward to more AOKP goodness.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Anthony820:
Sorry for my ignorance, but does AOKP build their own kernel, or do they, too, use the CM source? I ask because I'm not touching anything with a CM kernel for another few months, but if AOKP uses a difference repo, hopefully there won't be RRs every 37.3 seconds.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thetaminator9274:
This build uses a modded CM kernel. (3.0.72-cyanogenmod-g3646c5c)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dparrothead1:
Did you read the OP? It has a modified CM kernel.....I've been running without a single reboot.

I can't begin to tell you how many builds this went through before it was released. Try it or don't.

Sent from my SGH-I717
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Vaportrail36:
Awesome THANKS FOR THE OG NoTE LOVE
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BlownFuze:
This is unofficial, that means there is no AOKP kernel source for our device. Explaining how the kernel builds for each ROM is a little lengthy to say the least. This kernel was built inline with the ROM using the latest sources though - which has had some updates over the last couple of weeks.

I had a couple of builds with reboot issues - this one hasn't had any yet. A LOT of testing through multiple builds happened before I even thought about releasing it. Give it a shot you might like it. I love it personally. Lol :D

And just FYI, since I haven't updated the second post yet... I am working on a custom kernel from Samsung's source for our device, to add more governors and stuff.

This is just the beginning - it is my daily driver and I have a plan to make it better and better as we go. Lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] smokinmoses:
Awesome bro glad to see some pure aokp love. Will most definantly try this. If you need another tester just hit me up my qualifications are very valid for it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BlownFuze:
Awesome - thanks for the offer. I may need it to ease some of dparrothead1's anguish. Lol. I've been running him through the ringer to help me catch stuff. :D

I have my own repo up, working on a custom kernel. So once I start releasing kernels, an extra pair of eyes would definitely be helpful. The kernel built inline with the framework of the ROM is finally very stable - but no frills.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kyrotech:
thanks for the AOKP...downloading right now and can't wait to flash:good::good::good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] shayneflashindaily:
Awesome .... Took a nap and woke up to see unicorns !!!

£|@$h•h°|i©
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] smokinmoses:
Sweet as soon asi have a charge of at least 30 I'm gonna flash this build. Thanks for your hard work.:beer:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BlownFuze:
Magical unicorns... Almost as awesome as sharks with freakin lasers!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ProFresh4:
Very smooth ROM. 1 question where are the launcher settings I prefer 5x5 grid layout
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BlownFuze:
Oh, I'll take a look, cuz I'm not sure - I booted straight into nova launcher myself. Lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kyrotech:
My battery life... It just sucks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BlownFuze:
I'm sorry you've had so many problems - maybe it's just this first release. Jump ship for now, and come give it another try when I release the update this weekend. :beer:

I'll have more governors for the kernel and some wipe scripts that might help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bubba:
The stock browser seems to work fine. It's just chrome (which sucks for me because it's included in my themes) guess I'll need to update my template ... Just need to get the xml redirect done.

---------- Post added at 07:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:25 PM ----------

Or maybe try a re download and flash. Or even give some more info on what is showing add using the battery. I'll bet if we all work together we can get you fixed up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] patch_Adams:
Oh I have so much to learn. A couple more quick questions, if you don't mind. One is where can I find a build error log? When it builds everything goes by far to fast to read. Second, If I put an apk in the prebuilts, how do I get those to be included in the build?

By the way, this AOKP is slick Sir thanks for your work!

---------- Post added at 06:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:40 PM ----------

I've been using an app called juice defender. It really helped me with battery life on a MIUI ROM. It's worth a try.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BlownFuze:
First question is easy, the second is a little trickier.

Don't worry about an error log when you're compiling. You may see a whole lot of "warnings" go by - but don't worry about those. Most of them are null values that you probably don't need for the respective package anyway. When you actually get an error - the build stops right there so you can see what caused it. Hence why I cursed my laptop out so much. Lol. I was battling an error that wouldn't pop until about an hour and a half into the build. That sucks because you try fixes and have to wait to see if it works. Trial and error.

Hmmm, prebuilts.

Well you have a couple of options there. Easiest is to run your ROM through the kitchen after building, so you can enable data/apps directory. Then you just copy the apks right into the zip, and they get installed to your data partition like any other app you download and install.

If you want the apk built into system with the rest of the apps during compiling, there is a directory for apps in most projects - you just have to edit a couple of files to have them included. I'll use aokp for example (as IF, I'd use another. lol)

- From the root directory for your project, put your apk in: vendor/aokp/prebuilt/common/app

- Then move up a couple of directories to: vendor/aokp/prebuilt

and edit the Android.mk file there. (you'll see other apps listed there - so just copy one and change the name to your apk)

- Now you need to go to: vendor/aokp/configs

edit the common.mk file. (all you have to do here, is add the name of your apk. Once again, you'll see others listed there - so just add yours, so the format looks the same as the others.) :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] patch_Adams:
Thanks a bunch, I'll play around a bit before I bug you (or anyone else) for a while. Great explanations!