yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluefoxreg:
I guess no one uses OpenVPN with TAP eh?...
[HTC One S] rmp5s:
I need to know if it's possible to pull old text messages off of a backup from an old phone. Before selling my HTC One S, I made an entire dump of it onto my computer.

Now I REALLY need some texts that might have been on the phone for a legal case I'm involved in. This is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY important. I don't know if it's possible to pull texts out of a backup made on a PC or not, but I REALLY need to see what texts are on there if nothing else at all.

I also used a couple different backup methods on the phone such as nandroid, titanium, Backup Everything, etc and would like to be able to go through those as well. Is there a way to emulate the phone so I can restore these backups? Is there another way to go through the data in them without having the phone?

ANY ANY ANY and ALL help greatly appreciated! Thanks!!
[HTC One S] flex420:
Install SMS backup from market :p
[HTC One S] rmp5s:
With all due respect, did you read my post? lol

I don't have the phone anymore. All I have is a file structure dump I did onto my computer before I sold it.
[HTC One S] touch of jobo:
Yes, you can do it. You need a linux host (or a mac) with sqlite3 installed.

If you have a nandroid, then you have a tar file of your data partition. You have to untar it somewhere.

If you have a raw image, you have to mount it as an ext4. (In that case, a mac won't do, and you need a linux box.)

either:

tar -xf data.tar

or:

mkdir data

mount -t ext4 -o loop data.img data

Your precious data is in the following file:

data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db

You can:

cd data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/

sqlite3 mmssms.db "select * from sms;"

Edit to add:

I'm sure you can extract the file in question from a .tar on windows, and I bet there are also tools to extract it from an ext4 image, but I can't point you at any.

Also, I doubt that texts you pull from a dump are good for legal use. You may have to get the data from your network provider.
[HTC One S] rmp5s:
Awesome. You rule.

I actually have 3 backups, all 3 of which have a file in them called "data.ext4.tar", and I can use my beloved Backtrack 5 machine (it's just so HANDY! lol) to do this. No problem.

So, I'd just untar it (this would give me an ext4 file system, right?) then mount the resulting ext4 file system and go from there?

I'm trying to get the texts from this AND from the provider.
[HTC One S] touch of jobo:
Untarring the .tar file will give you a folder structure. You dont need to mount anything then. Just navigate to that mmssms.db file and query it with sqlite.

-Jobo
[HTC One S] rmp5s:
Thanks for the help!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] french hen:
I have a qtek 9090, and I cannot get it to charge... I have tried in the car... on a usb ... directly in the base... I am not at home, so do not have the disc with me... any suggestions?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gl989:
my phone s2 i9100g starts to have this icon whatever i open it, enter download mode and so on since i flashed GT-I9100G_Blazing_Kernel_v3_CWM6.tar by using Odin 1.85.

what should i do now??:crying:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Forced download.

Your device is begging you to flash something.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gl989:
so what should i do?:crying::crying:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
Email CEO of Samsung.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolmaddy007:
my two cents

Click Start in Odin..:D

Cheers

Maddy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Maddy, you better be a girl.

If not, change your name.

Sent from the little guy
[Android Apps and Games] vulcanfk:
Remote Executor lets you wake up your computer and remotely execute commands from your Android device. It's great for HTPCs (wake up your comp, have it start up XMBC, shut it down when you're done, etc), home media servers (start playing music, switch playlists, skip songs, etc), and general server management (torrent client not running? vncserver not running? need to run a script to backup data? etc).

Main Features:

Wake On LAN support to wake up your sleeping server

One-click access to run any script/binary on your PC

Multiple server support

Add/Edit/Delete commands on a running server from the Android app

Wake On LAN shortcut support (Paid version)

Script/binary shortcut support (Paid version)

There is a free and paid version of the app. The free version lacks shortcut support, but is otherwise identical (aside from the 'Free' in the name).

Get the free version here

Get the paid version, with shortcut support, here
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DBDMagic:
I have found an app you can install that tells you what apps are safe to remove and which ones aren't when you run the app it tells you beside the name of the app that tells u if its safe to remove it has APPS2SD Cache cleaner everything all those other apps do its called System Cleaner I can post the apk or pm me for it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] somekid15:
wanted to know if anyone could get this rollin, i know it can be done just read this thread..http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2310568. Id just love to see if anyone could work on it.

edit: found this http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=41432202&postcount=3
[General Questions and Answers] slide mon:
I was restoring a nexus S to the factory image and I picked the soju image instead of the sojus image. After flashing the bootloader I lost USB connectivity, so can't see the device with adb or fastboot. I have USB debugging enabled, but USB debugging doesn't start when I plug in the USB cable. The phone is still useable, but this is a development phone, so without ADB it's pretty much useless.

So I'm wondering if anyone knows of a way to reinstall the correct bootloader without USB, i.e. wirelessly? The bootloader is unlocked but doesn't have su or CWM on it.

Thanks in advance!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] artymarty:
Does google calendar work on HTC One?

I know there were heaps of problems with google calendar on HTC One X, and when you uninstalled the google calendar, the HTC calendar no longer worked and you had to do a factory reset to fix it.

I don't want to go through that hell again, and haven't rooted my HTC One, so can't back it up /try/ restore if stuffed.

Anyone tried it?

It's a totally new version of Sense, HTC calendar and google calendar.. I'm not game to get punched in the face again..
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IINexusII:
works fine, ive disabled the htc calendar and use just the google one
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sindroid:
Works peachy..
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cruiser86:
htc one calendar blinkfeed

I have goog calendar working on blinkfeed showing up but when I click on it it says "app not installed". htc one stock 4.3.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phsetaknev:
Calendar issue

I have "Contacts Birthday's and Events" calendar subscribed in my Gmail and I maintain the birthday dates of all my contacts in Gmail [format: December DD, YYYY]. In HTC calendar [Accounts] i checked the Google option and in that i checked "Contacts Birthday's and Events" option, which takes the birthdays dates from my Gmail contacts and sets reminders and notifications. But I am not able to see any notifications from the calendar.

Now, i have another option in HTC Calendar Accounts called "People (Birthdays & Anniversaries)" and i have no idea where this option came from and from where it takes the birthday data from but it displays the birthdays. The annoying thing is when an event is about to occur this People thing displays 4 reminders for the same event, which is irritating.

I want to know where this People option came from and from where its taking the data and why the hell cant i see the Gmail contacts birthdays through the "Contacts Birthday's and Events" option??? :mad::confused::(:crying:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gingerbreads:
My i9000 was running an old AOKP 4.1 rom and crashed, it is stuck is boot loop and will not let me enter recovery mode. It allows me to enter download mode. Is there any possible way to recover user data such as pictures and general files etc?

Thanks for any help
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] compacity:
as far as i know.if u wanna retrieve file u downloaded or ur pic n video (not app+app data), reflashing doesnt even delete it even with odin as i always done it (need confirmation thou if someone else confirm their file losing due to flashing).unless u choose to format internal sd or ext sd.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gingerbreads:
Thanks you were correct. flashing through odin does not delete user data. many thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] compacity:
Glad it help.hav a nice day
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cigilgan:
thanks i was looking that answer
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rakeshnofear:
Hello Guys,

My touch screen is not smoother working on Xperia U...

Please help me... Does any one have idea about Screen Calibration on Xperia U.... Any Tools/Apk available....:o

Regards,

Rakesh J
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben Ling:
try this. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.assid.android.nookrecalibrate&hl=en ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rakeshnofear:
Little Bit Ok...!! But Still Not Fine.... :(

Anyway thank you for ur reply.... :)

Regards,

Rakesh J
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben Ling:
press thanks button instead of saying thanks. :cool:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DBDMagic:
I have found an app that tells you which apps are safe to remove system apps that is no more looking thru sites for it if you need the apk pm me
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] prettycity:
Any one heard of a way to make Adapt Sound work globally yet? It is odd to me that I haven't seen any work done on this. It has been one of the more frustrating aspects of my new S4: that all these cool new features that samsung developed only work with their ****ty native apps. Any word on making Adapt (or any of the other samsung features for that matter) global (ie working things like Google Play Music, winamp, etc) would be FANTASTIC!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] mark.peters:
With the plethora of new ROMS that are being released by various operators (and O2-UK as usual not doing anything about it) - has anyone successfully loaded one of these new ROMs onto their UK XDAIIs ???

Anyone fancy trying it ?

If someone can post a modified ROM (with correct country codes etc), then I will give it a go ! Ideally the Ext Rom will need to have the O2-UK customisation in it ...

Cheers

Mark
[HTC One X] ereneren564:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2293032

Please guys help me to port this i still couldnt figure out how to do it. these guys managed to port it with the exact resolutions so i dont really think res will be a problem.
[HTC One X] Shan89:
While you port it to work flawlessly if you even manage to do that or anyone else by that time we'll have official Sense 5 4.2.2 on HoX , which is why no one bothered porting the whole rom. Besides it should be ariving any time soon , it's under heavy testing for HoX .. so i assume we can expect it in next 2-4 weeks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aayush_13:
Real Racing 3 is one hell of a racing game.....but turns out it is not compatible with my s4...(GT-I9500)

Why?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @rbiter:
Give it time. They probably need to add some code to make it compatible with the sgx544mp3.

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0mega007:
Hi, i ve seen that rebooting using the reboot option on s3 is slower than just rebooting by holding the power button do soft reset.

does this means that soft reseting the S3 by holding the power button is like taking the battery out, meaning it doesn't stop the running apps before shutting down, and can be dangerous because it can corrupt files?

or soft resetting holding the power button is 100% save and no corruption can occur?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
holding the power button is like taking the battery out, yes
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Its a simulated battery pull. It will never be identical though
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ARCANAAA:
Ive had do this over a million times due freezing problems never went wrong.. this phones are designed to be able to handle otherwise this option wouldnt be there..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0mega007:
Thanks to all, i hate to restart the phone that way, i did it by accident today, so i was curious.

Im file corruption obsesive.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
The bulk of the functionality data is stored on ext4 partitions so the journaling keeps us safe
[HTC One S] c19932:
Hi guys,

So I've been running Deviant AOSP rom by Droyd for a while. Not sure if this is rom-specific, but I noticed that a lot of ram is being saved for cached apps. Even though it would appear that I have ~300mb of RAM available, only ~30mb is truly available since the rest (~270mb) are used for caching apps. My home launcher and Google Voice keep getting killed in the background because of that. Anyone got the same problem? Is there a way to ;limit the size of RAM that is available for cached apps?

I am definitely not running too many apps at the same time. The problem is that Android System keeps caching apps that I ran previously, and as a result kills my background apps that I actually use.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Deathsnuggle:
Every time I've tried to use Google wallet on my one it never goes through, I've never had any problems on my evo lte. Anybody else experiencing this?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] terrel_b:
Worked fine for me the other day in the airport. I'm fully stock though. Are you running anything custom?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Deathsnuggle:
Yeah I'm rooted running derpone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] IamFlynn:
I'm currently running Rootbox rom and somehow I have the GB27 Modem working... But Not kernel

Rom here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2133260
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] IamFlynn:
Picture
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bilgerryan:
You're running Wi-Fi, turn Wi-Fi off and see if you have 3G data. Yes you can use the Jelly Bean modem but you won't have 3G data or MMS.

Team Rejectz
[Xperia Tablet Z General] giosal:
So, guys, I decided to test the tablet underwater :))

here's the video:

http://youtu.be/Zj9neN_wvn4
[Xperia Tablet Z General] HoOnZ:
Nice! Too bad you didn't show the under water part a little longer. Nevertheless, a good video! Thanks for sharing!

Sent from my Sony Xperia Z
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sir_lemon:
Puro offers 3 different cases for Xperia P: 'Professional', 'Clear' and 'Case'. The 'Case' model, which I have got, costs around $10. Here are some photos.

The case is made of silicone, sits tight on the phone.

The camera collects dust easily, but that is a weakness of the phone model itself.

In this area the case is loose and vulnerable. They could leave the SIM slot hidden after all.

Buttons are hidden under the case, one must get used to the specific action of hidden buttons. The second step of the camera button is quite hard to feel, actually.

I like this case. It offers serious amount of protection and hides scratched black aluminum edges of the phone effectively. :)
[HTC One X] Andyokane:
Hello, as above really, her screen has a yellow streak advertise the charger edge of screen.

3 mobile have offered to look at it and/or replace it.

Is flashing the factory 3uk ruu sufficient ??? Its rooted cos she hated the default software.

Thanks for any advice. :confused:
[HTC One X] vin4yak:
Yes, flashing the ruu would take the phone back to full stock. However, after relocking the bootloader, the bootloader will say ***Relocked*** So chances of warranty being void are still there!

Well lets hope for the best! :D Just make sure you run the correct RUU!
[HTC One X] Andyokane:
Thanks mate :o
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MohamedYousri:
Hi all ,

Simply i get below message every time i try to install a custom rom

tried with and without wiping device before installation with now success

Sony ICS ROM is to slow and want to try CM10.1
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] str3tch72:
Try to change update-script. See how-to in right topic.

Sent by The Dark Side of The Force. Said Yoda.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hjhita979:
Have you got the kernel and a UNLOCKED Bootloader
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MohamedYousri:
Problem Solved after installing 3.4.45-nAa-03_ST15 Kernel , Booting CM10.1 Nightly for a test :D

Any ROM Recommendation ?!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mihahn:
No, please just try some and find your personal best fitting rom. Everbody has his own functions he needs, etc ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Clark Joseph Kent:
Problem solved...great, I recommend you try the ROMs for yourself...thanks.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Guest:
Hi, I was wondering the best place to get the Magician with English (or flashable to English) ROM in the US. Also, if anyone knows if it would still be cheaper to buy from Mobilejoker, but if so how much would Sales Tax/VAT be?

Thanks a bunch!! :wink:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] aristobrat:
If you don't want to deal with VAT/overseas shipping, www.expansys-usa.com has them...
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Guest:
You could trythis guy. He seems to have good feedback over at howardforums, and the best price I've seen.[/url]
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] aristobrat:
Wow, a Jam for $609 without a service plan, or $489 with a new T-Mobile service plan. Nice!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] chibajoe:
Apparently, he's got a lot of them :shock:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Guest:
Does anyone know if his customer service is good? Does he respond well if the customer runs into problems?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] aristobrat:
He's had nothing but good things said about his service posted by others on HowardForums.com His price (US$609, cheaper if you activate a new T-Mobile contract) is good, too!

edit: replaced 'compliments' with 'good things said' :)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] 27:
For a second, I thought I read complaints.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] aristobrat:
Wow, that'd be bad. :D

"On HowardForums, people have said lots of good things about him". There we go. :)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Guest:
Good, it wasn't just me, the two words look alike :wink:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] palmsolo:
I can vouch for David since I bought a PDA2K from a guy who bought it from him and he still provides support and emails to me. He also started a PDA2K Yahoo group to help people out. I am also reviewing an imate JAM for Geek.com that he loaned to me after letting me make a safety deposit.

He really is great and has some good prices on the gear.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Guest:
I'd be wary of any of those "sellin' em outta the back of my truck" kind of people... Just my $.02
[General Questions and Answers] DjEvill:
Hi. I have Motorola Defy MB525, 1,1 GHz CPU clock, 512mb ram with Xperia D android. I was looking for new phone because defy have one core :/.

My choice, and in Poland this phone's is expensive :/

Samsung Galaxy S III (16GB external sd) - 339,01 € / 444,97 $

HTC One X (32GB external sd) - 361 € / 473,84 $

HTC One X+ (32GB external sd) - 514,48 € / 675,29 $

Sony Xperia Z (16GB external sd) - 549,58 € / 721,35 $

Best for me is HTC One X+ or Sony Xperia Z but they are too expensive for me :(
[HTC Amaze 4G] zara909:
hello! i am noob in this job and i have htc amaze 4g android 4.0.3, software number: 2.14.531.1 710RD. i opened bootloader and i could not ROOT! i copy superuser in sd and its could`nt root it from recovery mode and please help me ok i am a noob :p

thanks in advance ;)
[HTC Amaze 4G] ravike14:
well you have to flash the super user zip from recovery then reboot and your done :good:
[HTC Amaze 4G] zara909:
in recovery did`nt installed this is a problem please help if you know
[HTC Amaze 4G] ravike14:
supersu download it place it in your sd card go to recovery then flash it if you feel somethings not right go to tools and fix permission reboot and your done ^_^
[HTC Amaze 4G] zara909:
thanks

i well tray
[HTC Amaze 4G] zara909:
when i push install from recovery it`s say failed :( do you know something about this?

please help i wont root
[HTC Amaze 4G] ravike14:
What does the error says??

EDIT : I tried it myself and it works perfectly.. What's your brand?
[HTC Amaze 4G] zara909:
,,,,

when i push install its say failed and nothing :( than i reboot device

yes it is amaze 4g t-mobile
[HTC Amaze 4G] ravike14:
Flash the 4ext RC8 recovery again and try or flash ARHD rom it has the recovery
[HTC Desire X] ReSkid:
I want to remove all the bloatware from my HTC DX (rooted and TWRP installed). I used Titanium Backup but as S-ON is there you get the same stuff back after rebooting, I read here somewhere that you can remove those bloatware from Recovery.

Now I am in the TWRP menu, I mounted all the partitions, Went to the Apps folder and found all the bloatwares I need to remove. Since it is odexed, I was wondering if it is safe to remove them?

Do I need to remove the APK as well as .odex file? Will it reappear after reboot?

I have a nandroid backup, Will it be able to restore all the files if I mess up and restore from nandroid? Wondering since S-ON is enabled.

Thanks!
[HTC Desire X] w1040:
Yes you need to remove both the apk+odex file for it to be permanently removed.

Add: if you only delete the apk file, it will come back after reboot. So make sure to delete both apk and odex file of the app you want to permanently removed ;)
[HTC Desire X] ReSkid:
By permanently you mean even after reboots right? Also will the nandroid restore bring them back?

Thanks a lot :)
[HTC Desire X] w1040:
Yes of course nandroid backup will restore all the apps you removed. Thats what nand backup are for! :D
[HTC Desire X] ReSkid:
Haha, I just wanted to be sure.

Could you explain what exactly are the limitations with S-ON?
[HTC Desire X] w1040:
About the S-ON i have no idea. Sorry :D
[HTC Desire X] ReSkid:
No problem, So lets ask this question together! :D And thanks for the earlier answers! :)
[HTC Desire X] w1040:
No problem. I asked this question earlier too back when i just bought desire x
[HTC Desire X] dansou901:
Great one! Would take a look at it myself if I had some time left...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] john291:
Hello there

The facebook app is very laggy when scrolling...

Is there maybe a fix for it??

Best regards
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloodrain954:
No, its the app, not the phone. It's a piece of garbage. You'd think one of the biggest companies in the world would have a halfway decent app.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Montago:
one can only imagine what those 5000 employees are actually doing... ?!?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brainymd:
FB app is a well known PoC. And its permissions violate privacy to no limits (like pulling the list of running apps). Stick with the web version or friendcaster
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nugzo:
Stock rom or custom? If custom, which rom? Reason i ask is i remember it being a little sluggish too, but on 4.2.2 it seems much better.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArmedandDangerous:
It will lag until Facebook decides to get their **** together and make a proper app. I can't understand how they went from making the app HTML5 and then into NATIVE Android code and STILL lags this much??
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] john291:
I am revolution 10.1 rom

Best regards...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Montago:
it's because they are PHP programmers, writing Java / Android code... what do you expect ?

going from one ****ty language to another doesn't make life easier for them