yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cramhead:
I still have an efs folder on my phone, but i think it makes one if something goes wrong? Couldn't see a .efs file in there .....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orbine:
Happened to me before.

I falshed a rom with different phone model.

Installing stock firmware via odin worked and saved my phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilanifer:
Hi

some Q abut the same issue : bloatware

1. the more apps installed on my phone = the more memory is consume ? the faster my battery drains ?

2. if i root my S4 and then delete all unwanted apps came with it, both Samsung's and cellular provider's, do i risk stability of the S4 by that ?

3. regarding the former question, if i go to app manager and disable apps i do not like or use, do i risk stability of the S4 by that ?

p.s. i do not like to root my S4 at this time... seems unnecessary to me

Thanks for helping :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lzk123:
1. Depends on what app u installed. Some will autostartup and run in the background. Some won't. You can use Greenify (requires root) to hibernate the apps.

2. If you're talking about bloatwares, then no stability wont be affected. If you're talking about some system apps like the default Samsung Music etc, then yes it might affect stability.

3. I use TitaniumBackup to freeze or uninstall apps. Becareful of what you freeze. Freezing certain system apps will disable certain features and might cause stability issue.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MareleSef:
There are many ways you can deal with bloatware.

1. First and fastest is to simply flash a clean efficient new ROM like CM.

If u wana keep the Samsung looks and functionality the u need to stick with stock, in this case u need root and

2. u can manualy uninstall the system apps u dont want or need

3. THe last and best way imo is to use a script like http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2307355 that will clean a lot of bloatware apps without risking your ROM stability
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shamrozr:
I'm in UAE when I bought my xperia z only 3G version was in market so mine one is only capable for 3G but I've rooted my phone now it have stock 4G rom but I can't use 4G please help me how can I enable/unlock 4G in my Xperia Z.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
If your model number is not C6603, you can't get LTE Service

Enviado desde mi C6603 usando Tapatalk 2
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shamrozr:
This is my phone model it's C6603
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrKrFfXx:
Since you flashed an LTE rom, the build prop of that rom is most likely to say C6603.

Look at the printed letters at the botton of your device, above the barcode, there should say the actual model number of your device.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LitoNi:
There are no work arounds for c6602, even if you flash a c6603 ftf file, it wouldn't give you LTE capabilities.

If you really want LTE you need to purchase the c6603. Make sure it supports your carrier's LTE network frequencies.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QualQuek:
Also even if it was possible, you need that your provider give you a 4G access and a 4G package, you're ****ed anyway, your phone doesn't handle the 4G, i'm sorry for you.

Keep in mind that only few people have actually the 4G access, the deployment is in progress in many countries and many towns and for many providers.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fish droid:
I am living In uae Also and I bought the c6602 Also and I flashed a rom and its written there now c6603. LTE is not only software optmiziation but hardware too. But even if you have 4G its speed is barely over 3G in most of the places. it works fine only in few places

I got 134 mbits and 32 Mbits maximum on iphone 5 (my speed tests)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DonMuthu:
the hardware is different for both the versions so it wont work
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] jimbou:
What are the differences between extended roms and normal roms?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] gratefuled:
Extended ROM is typically the hidden rom used by the Brand who is selling the device to put their custom stuff on the device, but it is also where the device manufacturer puts device finctions that are very necessary for the devices operation and functions of embedded programs/systems.

Up until I recently heard the Magician's ExtROM is different then the last few devices made by HTC, the ExtROM was hidden, but the gurus on this site created tools to unlock and make the ExtROM useable fr5om a read/write perspective. The Himalya and Blue Angel have ExtROM unlocking tools, which allows you more storage and the ability to install applications you want in this memory area, and you can delet those sometimes redundant and silly custom parts of the ExtROM placed their by the Brand Seller.

Access to the ExtROM on the Magician would be golden considering the limited memory. In my case I had PPC Techs crank my RAM up to 128 so I'm ok.
[General Topics] cirian75:
contract time this coming Saturday

my old man is buying my Razr I on Saturday so I have renew my contract

the only UK carrier I will use is Three

so its down to the i9505 GS4 or the HTC One

GS4 has the facts that battery is replaceable, Samsung seem to support their ex flagships longer than HTC, the developer community seems to be better on the Samsungs.

HTC One, much better stock out of the box and the looker of the two, but non replaceable battery and a support long term from HTC does not seem to be as good with ex flagships vs sammy.

decisions decisions decisions :confused:
[General Topics] phatmanxxl:
It seems like you got the pros and cons about the phones.

Personaly I'd go with the GS4, if you plan to keep using the phone for a long time, Samsung's are dev friendly. If you're a short term owner like me (switching phones every 4-6 months) give the One a spin and look forward what comes out this winter.
[General Topics] dqhuy1989:
vote one
[General Topics] merden765:
I suggest the Samsung Galaxy S4. It has a better camera and CPU. It is also bigger and lighter than the HTC One.

Sent from my PC36100
[General Topics] OMDP:
AFAIK both are using same hardware (snapdragon 600) only the clock speeds is different gs4 is higher so it get better performance :o

so if you like htc one with its feature get htc one if you like gs4 with its feature and better performance get a gs 4
[General Topics] electricbam:
I have a S3... and if the S4 is anything like it, I say "meh" to the cheap plastic construction. The aluminum unibody, on the other hand... So. Sexy. So I go for the HTC.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] idealxfit:
I have some experience rooting(evo 4g, nexus 4). I think that i have decided to use Casual root, for the apparent simplicity, to root my att s4. My question: is there a step by step video tutorial for windows 7? I see there are some drivers to download, but im not sure where they go. I downloaded them but after that im not sure what to do. Total newb here, but willing to learn and try.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] rsarwar:
Located in the General forum :)

This is what I have used on my Canadian Rogers S4 i337M via Windows 7 and it worked flawlessly with lots of comments as well within the thread, give it thorough read through and most of your questions should be answered within that thread.

[Video Guide] How To Root Galaxy S4 I337 / I337m Easy & User Friendly

Happy Rooting :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] idealxfit:
Ok i will go through that first and then see if i have questions. Thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] idealxfit:
Recovery. TWRP or CWM?

Which of these would be easiest? Is there also a step by step somewhere or a video like the one just posted?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] xBeerdroiDx:
casual is about the easiest possible way to root your device. just follow the simple instructions. do not install any drivers. just plug the device in and start casual. the rest will take care of itself. after the process is complete, continue on to backing up before proceeding. check out this guide. cheers
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] idealxfit:
Ok i read on adams casual that you have to download something so that you can go into download mode. Im assuming they are drivers, but after downloading them I have not a clue what to do.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vincentistan:
does anyone else think aospa pie is alot better than slimpie, cm pie (all those that don't have chevrons)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bcb325ci:
I am still new to the forums and flashing ROMs. I want to go back to the stock ROM, but I've seem to have lost my stock ROM I originally set up before I started flashing. Can anyone please direct me to where I can download the stock ROM. Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blackmoor2000:
Try here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1968625

Don't forget the search button.............it's a goldmine of information at your fingertips
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
to flash in odin or one that is just rooted to flash in recovery ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bcb325ci:
Flash in recovery, but if using Odin will work better than I will do that.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
Here you go. I'd say "search if your friend" but its a pain to find for some reason

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2161667
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] madhouze:
Hello All,

I've been searching how to bypass the Exchange security policy on our device and was unable to really find anything.

This is a MOD that exists for Vanilla roms easily, and is also available for many other ROMs in the form of modified APK's.

After a bunch of searching I was able to find a MOD that would patch up the APK's on many ROMs, including TW ROMs.

I have nothing to do with this work, and all credit goes to its creators in the link below.

You will have to download this to your computer, and have Java SDK (JDK) installed on your machine.

When you run it - it will say that it cannot identify the EMAIL APK and ask you to type the APK name.

On our phone it is: SECEMAIL_J.APK

(It is located in /systems/app folder, if you care, though you don't need to know this)

The program will also create a backup of this APK file, as well as the SecExchange.APK which it modifies as well.

Good luck to you all!

LINK:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1117452
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] arvo.bowen:
Everything seems to line up just fine except it seems the security policies were applied anyway...

Note: FRESH BRAND NEW PHONE

1) Rooted device.

2) Setup my exchange mail settings, device asked me to accept policy changes, I closed it (not agreeing).

3) Downloaded the attached file (on that thread) "email-policy-patch-3.3.zip"

4) Extracted it...

5) Plugged up my phone.

6) Ran apply-patch.cmd

7) Said "Can't find Email app. Enter the name of your Email apk or press <Enter> to exit:"

8) Typed in "SECEMAIL_J.APK"

9) Finished patch successfully.

10) Phone rebooted and I open the mail app accepting the security policies. Then it made me set a PIN instead of my pattern. :(

Note: I did try to delete the email account and re add it with no success..

Now I'm confused... Why do I have to use a 7 char PIN? I thought the whole point of this was to avoid the security settings.

Ideas?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] skesseks:
I hope this did not work. otherwise it is a huge security risk for the exchange server.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] arvo.bowen:
It's been working for a lot of people... :P I have said it before and I'll say it again...

If you want to control the data fine... But NO ONE, will control my phone but me. To give a single company access to my entire phone is ludacris! There is no reason they need access to remote wipe my entire phone. If they need the ability to wipe the exchange account and all the relevant data with it fine, i'm ok with that... Now if they want to pay the $600 for my phone then we will talk ... ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Apollo Eldon:
It worked!! I can't believe it. Thank you so much.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] arvo.bowen:
What device Apollo?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] skesseks:
True enough. But then I don't have to let you use my exchange server if you don't abide by the policy I set forth, do I? This is not about your phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] arvo.bowen:
hehe, if you want me to work on my off hours you do. ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jimbobmcginty:
Got it working fine at http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47125823&postcount=1189, includes patched apks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] faiyo:
I thought I saw xposed modules for this.. why dont you guys use that? Its much cleaner and will survive rom flashing and it gets updates too
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] xterprise:
Don't enable security during offwork

Pretty simple. If you're not paid during off, then don't enable security on your phone. Or create an app that disable your security during off hours.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marahweb:
HI

anyone able to share the latest vudu apk apparently Nexus 4 is now supported :) I am unable to get it as my play store is locked to UK :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MunkyButt:
http://db.tt/9gQSi94U
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marahweb:
Much appreciated, works perfectly :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mprunty:
You are the man!!!

---------- Post added at 10:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:07 AM ----------

Quick question.... The app is installed, but diesnt work on my One? It loaded the first time, now nothing. Did u do anything special to get it working?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mickey Padge:
Any chance of a re-upload please? :D
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skit777:
+1

Wysyłane z mojego Nexus 4 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MunkyButt:
Yeah, I'll put it back in my dropbox tonight. It'll be a few hours though.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mickey Padge:
Cool, please let us know when you're ready, it's hard to find the latest vudu apk ;)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MunkyButt:
http://db.tt/8Jkosv68

Sorry it took so long, guys. Didn't get home until late last night
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gosha100:
Hello everyone.

I haven't found a solution to this problem so I'm making a new thread.

I got my N4 a week ago, I'm on CM10.1 stable and Franco kernel. I know there are complaints about poor battery life with the N4 but I find mine is actually pretty good with exception of the Voice Calls. My voice calls are always the 1st culprit for battery drain (along with the screen - but that's normal). After monitoring my battery usage for a few days and doing some math, it's as if my battery drains from 100% - 0% after 3.5-4 hours of phone calls. This is a quarter of what's reported by GSM arena for 3G usage (don't worry, taken with a grain of salt) and what bugs me is that it's even far worse then my previous Galaxy S Captivate. Iv'e also noticed that playing 3D games drains less battery per minute then voice calls!

So, anyone knows what's the deal here?

- measurments taken with the phone battery app and BBS.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VoiD_Dweller:
From my experiences, phone calls always hold the top spot for battery usage. Not much can be done about it as far as I know..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
quality of the phone signal will play a huge role in this too
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gosha100:
My cell coverage is pretty good, and the main reason I think there is an actual problem is because voice calls didn't take up as much percentage with my Galaxy S while overall battery life improved with everything else.

For now I'm trying a new rom and kernel to see if that was the cause.
[General Questions and Answers] linhans:
I have sgh t989 running aocp. I am tired of orange and tried to install another theme from market and it won`t install and locks up the phone. I am relatively new to custom roms so need help with this. Am I missing something like possibly an installer or something. Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
No what you're missing is that most of those theme's will not work with the custom layouts that the rom uses.

Wayne Tech Nexus
[General Questions and Answers] linhans:
Thanks

Thanks. Kinda thought so.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simmyboy80:
I used dream theme to get transparent status bar and my battery icon has changed can you tell me how to get the battery icon which came with rom back please???

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Read the original dream theme post .

Currently themed:

-StatusBar&PullDown

-Framework

-ProgressBars and Sliders

-Contacts and Dialer

-All Touchwiz apps are transparent(Homescreen Wallpaper as Background!)

-PopUps Transparent

-Diffrent Battery Styles to choose from

OR

Flash stock rom or restore your Nandroid .

Or see Battery Mods in Themes and apps .

jje
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cafeoleman:
Hi,

Does anyone knows if the bluethoot is upgradable via software update or is a hardware update?

Thank you
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Me Gusta:
You can improve your Bluetooth by certain software tweaks, but you can't turn Bluetooth 2.1 into 4.0 with a software update. It is hardware related. Hope this helps! :)

Me Gusta!
[Networking] Aaronf157:
Hi, im trying to connect my XDA2 to my activesync on the computer via bluetooth, so that i can use avantgo to brouse web pages via my desktops internet connection wirelessly, i can get this to work when docked in the cradle, but theres no point in brousin the net on ur xda2 if your pcs just in front of you,

can someone help me please,

win98se

widcomm bluetooth software
[Networking] araheels:
i want to do the same

i want to do the same

activesync over bluetooth

plz helppppp
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uzman1243:
Is there any differences, other than speed, in rebooting when fastboot is activated and deactivated on the HTC ONE?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guich:
If you have Fastboot activated, is the same that your pc in hibernation mode.

So he have all the app, and other open and it running it.

If you will disactivate Fastboot, phone will go off and when you turn on this, it will load all the OS
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jq_jou:
I don't know what happened for this recent google play update, after that, the personal videos tab disappeared, i have to select certain button to select 'personal videos' to see the videos on the nexus 7. Even worse, all the file name disappeared as well, for me to watch those TV series, i have no clue about which one is 1st episode, which one is 2nd since i put all episodes under same folder. Pls. help. I want my old version good play video back!:crying:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lanty3:
I 100% agree!

Has anyone found a solution?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZekkRagnos:
Can anyone tell me the mid and cid for the HTC One AT&T variant?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
CID might be CWS__001, going from this thread...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1195475

MID I don't know, though...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daddioj:
MID- PN0712000

CID- CWS_001 or two underscores I cant member CWS__001
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
It's 2 underscores as the CID is 8 characters long
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daddioj:
thought so
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZekkRagnos:
Thank you guys so much :)
[LG Optimus 3D] niko22225:
I used A darkroom xxl 4 music edition but I wanted to go to XBSA so I did following. I wanted to flash Xbsalls big patrition but it didnt even started it just said trying to communicate and 3 errors and that was all.. So I throught its maybe because of bootloader or something So I flashed stock bootloader and tried to flash Patrition now It started and Failed but sometimes it fails and works anyway so i tried to boot but its says Security error. help please

I just tried with wkparks it says security error anyway please tell me this is not hard bricked

EDIT: Forget It . I somehow got it to work I dont even know how but I almost crapped myself when I saw security error with wkparks HOLY cow
[LG Optimus 3D] jocazmaj:
There is no need to be afraid of anything.

The last case scenario is to flash some official kdz via LG Flashtool and you're good to go..;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] xenster:
I'm currently running the last Synergy build with Ziggy Kernel with mostly recommended settings. My phone will randomly lose connection to the net, that includes 4g lte and 3g. Wifi still works, though. I can still call and text as well.

The first time it happened was when I was fiddling around with Youtube and the app crashed and all of a sudden I had no internet. It happened once while I was just on the road. This morning I found it happened again. I've tried a soft reset (take out battery/SIM card, wait and reinstall). I've done clean installs of Synergy and it helped, but I don't feel like redoing everything once a week. Anyone have any other things I can try?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nnila:
Hi all,

The thing that drives me crazy most with this phone is the single volume.

I can't set text and ring volume separately.

At work I have to turn sound of otherwise the notifications from Facebook chat drive everyone crazy any time I get a message.

Unfortunately however this also means I often miss phone calls.

Any way to resolve this? Stock phone.

Thanks
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sunfl4sh:
Yes it possible. But unfortunately not, with the keys. But I am really sure you can find a widget for that and if not use Tasker or one of these profile apps, which change Ringer Volume and things like this depending on your position or whatever. But this should be also possible with Tasker.

Or you do what I did - use a custom rom.....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2208249
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woodsman:
I'm having the same problem. It's madness of Sony to have a combined volume control for nofifications an ringer.

Have anybody found a working solution for this?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gripfly:
yeah, actually I use AutomateIt. I like it because I don't have to set the values all the time..

Also I use slider widget(if I must once change the ringer volume or something manually..)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dreiundachzig:
There is a mod for xposed called Ringer and Notification Volume unlink. With this you can control both separately.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woodsman:
Thanks for repliyng.

So the bottom line is, if I want separated volume controls i need a custom ROM?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gripfly:
No, dreiundachzig wrote it.

Just search for xposed framework, it is here on xda. At the evening I have time to help you if you need :)

Gesendet von meinem C6603 mit Tapatalk
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woodsman:
Ah, I thought xposed was a custom rom....

Xposed looks easy, I will try it.

Thanks!!

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Must the phone be rooted?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gripfly:
Yes. :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woodsman:
I´ll start with searching the Xperia Z forum for how to root.

Thanks for helping!

---------- Post added at 05:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:25 PM ----------

Will this do the trick? :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2400234
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gripfly:
If you you bootloader is unlocked then yes. But if you never unlocked your bootloader then no.

Normally the Bl is locked ;)

Edit: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2327472