yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] najaboy:
For your intended purposes, a tablet would be a good tool to augment the laptop, not to replace it.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nbsss:
I used my N7 with Google keep and thumb keyboard to type notes, colour coded according to subject.

When lecture notes were available beforehand, I used repligo reader to insert text boxes below the slides, upload to Google drive, then print at home.

To all the naysayers... Quit the generalisation that 'tablets are only good for consumption', that line is getting old...

Being able to access university books anywhere, and highlight, makes this indispensable, especially on the commute. Portability and lightness is key. Reviewing lectures on the bus is great.

I only take my laptop now to take notes, when I have a day of 8hrs of lectures where I need the battery life and physical keyboard. So yeah, won't replace a pc, but it can get 80% of the job done for me..

Sorry for the rant
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] najaboy:
No one made or implied said generalization. What has been stated is that a tablet is good as an augment to, not a replacement for, a computer. You even closed your rant with that very same observation.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nbsss:
Yes.

My rant was intended to inform others that come across this thread, it was not directed to any of the above posters.

Apologies if you or anyone else took it that way.

But seriously, people just dismiss tablets so easily without actually using them, if i got a dollar for every time i read the statement "tablets are only good for consumption", i'd have enough to back the ubuntu edge...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] racer2015:
I bought a Samsung S4 Clone.

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/prod...914861996.html

I got a phone with not full firmware.

in the settings do not have a lot of items

Please! Give full good firmware on this phone.

Model

Galaxy S4 I9500

Network

Micro single SIM Cards

Unlocked 2G GSM 800/850/1800/1900MHz

Processor(CPU)

MTK 6577 1.2GHz Cortex A9 + SGX531 GPU

Operation System

Android 4.2.2 jelly bean

RAM

512

ROM

4GB

Screen

5 inch Touch Screen Resolution, 540x960 Pixels

************************************************** *********************

Press Power+Vol Up

menu Version

BB Chip MT6577

MS Board i9500

Modem Ver MAUI.11AMD.W12.22.SP.V8.

UBoot Ver 2010.06

Kernel Ver 3.0.13 (soft02@cc-desctop) (gcc version 4.4.3 (GCC)) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jun 8 10:15:42 CST 2013

Android Ver 4.0.4

SW Ver ALPS.ICS2.MP.V1.5

Custom build version Shine.20130608.Q.V006
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaselxm:
ROM

hi buddy , I can't open the link

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/pro...id-4-2-1280-720-pixels/515191_1013188156.html

here they told me can supply ROM for clone phones , hope this can help you .:)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pratikmore:
Visit needrom.com and search for gt-i9500 you will get your stock rom
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxgg:
Hello,

I am wondering what type of informations are required when needing a warranty support from Google for a Nexus 10 device?

Reason for I am asking is because I want to buy used Nexus 10 and in case I require a warranty service but do not have the original receipt from the seller? Besides,,, some sellers may not want to give up the or just say they lost it due to possible personal info on the receipt? like credit card info and such.

Anyways... will I still be able to get a warranty service from Google ?

Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sm753:
After some extensive searching both in and out of XDA, I couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. So if the information has already been posted, please cut me some slack - I did do some leg work first before posting.

I am currently on hboot 1.09 and have s-off, running ViperXL (Sense based ROM). I was wanting to flash some of the new ROMs with the 3.4 kernel which all require 1.14 hboot and 3.18 firmware. While I was looking for instructions I did stumble into some threads where people have bricked their phones flashing the 3.18 firmware updates and etc so that gave me some cause for alarm.

Bottom line...I couldn't find any exact instructions on how to update the firmware and hboot with steps to insure I don't bork my phone. If anyone's got a link or care to help me out I'd appreciate it.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
You're s-off so you should be fine. The cases where users have bricked their phones happened they were SuperCID and s-on and ran an RUU, bad idea.

Is your phone an att model? Or Rogers? Or an unlocked Hong Kong version?

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
S-OFF stickied in original android dev section

And then RUU with the latest RUU for your carrier.

Tim beat me to it.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sm753:
ATT model, thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
In that case, you can use this RUU:

http://dl3.htc.com/application/RUU_..._10.130.32.34_release_signed_With_Partial.exe

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sm753:
You mostly answered my question in the information contained in your signature.

That's skill :good: Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sm753:
Thanks timmaaa :)
[HTC EVO 3D] bpc4209:
NOTE: This is not the usual "what is the best ROM?" thread. This is a collection of personal opinions of gamers like myself to find out what current ROM works best for you and is not based on just a benchmark number. Please include your reason why and any relevant information that you would like to include.
[HTC EVO 3D] Theimer:
Viper 3D

I am not absolutely sure, but when I experimented with Viper 3D ROM from Team Venom (here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1991150 ), when I was reading through the thread, I saw someone said that it is the best ROM in case of gaming performance. Compared with Galaxy S3 than on Evo he had better results in FPS than on S3. So I don't know if this will help you somehow, but you should give it a try. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] Dixxhead:
Can't say for sure either, but I've been trying a couple of Roms. More than the Rom, the Kernel seems to make a difference for Games.

Anyhow, I found to get really good results with the Sensai Rom when I use the Buttered Toast Kernel [MENTION=2464761]156[/MENTION]6mhz. You can save your battery and not overclock the GPU as that really didn't ever result in much performance increase.

I believe I had the best experience with the infamous Anthrax Kernel, though it was also draining battery like a hog and wouldn't run quite as stable as the Buttered Toast Kernel does. Either way, I'd say mostly stick to the Rom you like in terms of Featureset and try switching through Kernels, that's what mostly game me the biggest performance gains. (My personal favourite: Buttered Toast)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dah54:
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp29501-30000/SP29841.exe

ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp29501-30000/SP29841.txt

Gives you Windows Media Player 10

Figure Hp will pull it soon.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparky88:
I have researched this topic, and haven't found an actual match for it.

I have a Google Nexus 4. My phone is rooted, running stock ROM, and Android 4.2.2. Recently I've been having random battery drain issues. More than once I've taken my phone out to make a call and found it as warm as if I'd been streaming audio, running the GPS and navigating. On one occasion, I pulled my phone out to make a call and discovered it was already quite warm; upon rebooting it I suddenly had a several hours-old emails, a couple of texts and a voicemail from a call I never received. I use this phone at work, and if this issue is causing normal operations to fail, that is completely unacceptable.

I run my phone with minimal services; normally wifi, gps bluetooth and pretty much anything else I don't need at the moment are disabled. The only ongoing processes I have running are K-9 mail checking for email every 15 minutes; the only widget I have is for weather, which updates when I unlock my phone. Normally I get really good battery life, even during periods of heavy usage. A recent 4 hour phone conversation only dropped the charge by 25%. However, when this issue is active, the charge can drop that much in less than an hour doing nothing. If it happens when charging, the charger barely keeps up or loses ground.

I have determined that Download Manager or more likely something that's invoking it is the issue. If I manually terminate DM when I'm having this problem, my power curve returns to normal, and I'm able to recharge at a normal rate. I've never yet had this issue while DM is disabled. Disabling DM also results in the error message "Unfortunately the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped" showing at boot and at random other times, which tends to get a bit annoying.

Google Play uses Download Manager and also starts itself periodically, so some of the error messages are likely from GP, especially at boot. However, with DM enabled and GP disabled, I still have the drain issue, so GP isn't what's causing it.

What exactly is it that is invoking Download Manager, and more importantly keeping it running full-bore for extended periods? Does anybody have a list of what processes invoke Download Manager and under what circumstances, or any idea of what might be going on? I'm hoping to identify the actual root cause of this problem and resolve it without other adverse consequences.

I have sync enabled for "backup my data", app data, calendar and contacts, and these do not appear to be affected by disabling DM since the manual sync will still work with no errors with Download Manager disabled.

I have the following processes/apps disabled, so I also think they can be ruled out:

Chrome, Currents, Gmail, Google Korean keyboard, Google Pinyin, Google Play Books, Google Play Magazines, Google Play Movies & TV, Google Play Music, Google+, iWnn IME, iWnnIME Keyboard (White), News & Weather, Picassa Uploader, Sound Search for Google Play, Tags, Talk, and Wallet.

Any help or advice on this would be greatly appreciated.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vapper:
having the same issue on CM10.1 stable:( DM runing for a while in random way

disabled DM and getting same gapps errors.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cyboy:
Nobody to Answer?!?! Admins!

i also am used to engage whit DOWNLOADMANAGER service running in background taking pretty cpu and battery on both my phones this happens on boot or right after managing files(rename cut paste etc...)

whats the relationship between filemanaging and DOWNLOADMANAGER while being offline ? dose the process trigger the media scanning ? it keeps running for even hours till phone gets warm!

my phones both rooted:Xperia mini GB and Xperia go JB

my cpu monitoring app is usage-timeline

excuse my bad English

Nobody to Answer?!?!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cyboy:
Nobody Answer?!?! Admins!

please...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
android 4.2.2..

sounds like your phone is constantly downloading updates to your phone(but cant apply because of your root/modded situation). what you should do, because of your 4.2.2, is update your phone or itll keep happening. there have been a MASSIVE amount of bug fixes since 4.2.2 which you arent letting your phone get.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cyboy:
Are you with me?well,i dont think so bro!

phone itself and also pc companion say your device is up to date(4.1.2)

i have exprienced this on many Xperia devices i had by now ,and as you see i had explained that this usually happens just after i finish opening, modifying ,renaming and copying/moving files with any type of file manager or gallery apps and such.

i m going to get assured that the process DownloadManager has relations and interactions with MediaScanning process(at least in Xperia devices). it warms up the device and drains my battery, i have to charge my devices every 6-10 hour's.

im so obsessive about my device behavior,may somebodies else having this issue but nobody minds ever like me.

so plz be more patient reading noobies posts like me

somebody help for God sake! :(

i thank you in advance
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HelpMeThankYou:
Reporting similar problem (no answer here)

My nexus is already in 4.4.4. There's no more update that can loop DM currently. Yet, after I travelled to Italy and back, battery drains irregularly. Today, I save a .mp3 file from an email from hotmail.com. the download loops for over 50 times before I reboot the phone. After restart, the loop continues. I enforced stop from DM. can we delete Download Manager and replace it by other apps?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neh4pres:
just flashed notta's parnoid android to my gf verizon galaxy s 3. its stuck on the boot animation. i have tried pulling the battery and using key combinations to get into recovery or download. but it just tries to boot! im not sure where to go from here. i have never had key combos boot the phone normally. im really stuck and really F*****. please help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neh4pres:
never mind im a tard.. for some reason i was not holding the home key.... damn fascinate days
[LG Nitro HD] lviseth:
I'm thinking of getting this phone for cheap. I read about touch sensitivity issues. Is this a problem you guys notice? Anything else I should know?

Sorry if this is in the wrong section. Thanks in advance.
[LG Nitro HD] lbomber7:
Have not noticed. Only issue I have is battery and the stats look a lot better on paper
[LG Nitro HD] lviseth:
Damn. Even with the ICS upgrade? This is crazy because I had an Atrix 2 for a while and with 1gb of ram you'd expect it to be okay. But this is that and 1.5ghz dual core.

But for $65 is it worth it? I mean in my city, there's lots of cheap and good phones. But this is the cheapest in its power range.

Should I just shell out a couple more bucks for a better phone?
[LG Nitro HD] lviseth:
Also how is your screen on time?
[LG Nitro HD] KronicSkillz:
the battery issues have been dealt with using wind kernel on a v20f ics rom or cm 10.1.2 with wind wernel
[LG Nitro HD] thedicarlos:
I have never been able to root this phone, so that kind of stinks. My biggest issue is the battery life is horrible!!!! Also stinks that we'll never see JB on here without rooting!!!
[LG Nitro HD] Swetnes:
Rooting this phone is easy...what stock ROM are you on? As far as battery life I can go all day without needing to charge. My wife can't say that with her iPhone and people at work who have galaxy s3 and s4 are always charging. Haven't had complaints about battery life since I moved from GB a year ago.
[LG Nitro HD] TheAndroidinator:
I found the overheating on the phone pretty bad but since I got cyanogenmod the phone isn't overheating anymore. Anyway I suggest getting it as the phone is pretty good other then a few problems
[LG Nitro HD] lbomber7:
I think it depends phone to phone but on a super light usage day I might get 12-14 hrs. On my normal usage like 5-6hrs even with wind kernel and cm10.1. The major plus of the phone is that 2years later it still has one of the highest ppi's available.
[LG Nitro HD] thedicarlos:
I should mention that The battery is fine on standby. Play some games and forget about it! My software version is V20-c. Its been a while since I tried to root her, but none of the methods worked for me. I've rooted my Kindle Fire and my previous Android phone, so I have rooted in the past. The overheating issue is bad also, but overall, this has been a good phone! The display is beautiful and the processor is quite fast. I don't regret buying this, but wanted to be honest in my overview...
[LG Nitro HD] Swetnes:
To root v20c use this method: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460

This works 100% as long as it is installed to c:/ and don't run as administrator.

However if you want to install cwm to install custom ROMs and tweaks (recommended) use this guide: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2044645

This will allow you to install a variety of ROMs that are based on stock that will offset better battery life including game playing. At the very least install wind kernel in addition to better battery life it removes security from the boot loader so you can uninstall bloatware without bricking ie. Google Play movies.
[LG Nitro HD] alex m.:
The battery drain is for me the biggest issue. But with wind kernel and other roms it is much better. It depends on what you want to do with the phone. When you play all the day, yeah then you will charge often. But other phones have same problem. I bought an extender battery. By the way the phone is better in my hands weight of course a little bit higher.

---------- Post added at 09:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:03 AM ----------

It is no problem to change the sensitivity of the screen. After flashing a new rom I change the worth in the system folder once and then the sensitivity is fast and smooth. For this you can use an app of course. But why installing an app when I can do this manually ?
[LG Nitro HD] lviseth:
What is the average screen on time around here? Thanks for all the great input!
[LG Nitro HD] thedicarlos:
Thanks for the info! I will try these methods!
[LG Nitro HD] fguzmant:
I have this phone a couple of months, the real big problem with my Nitro was random reboots after ICS upgrade, finally I have to install v18f (ICS leak), with that ROM I solve the random reboots but battery life was horrible so I have to sell it.
[LG Nitro HD] Swetnes:
There are a few bad apples out in the wild. They are from the original batch that came out in 2011. But they are just fine in gingerbread. Sorry about your luck man.
[LG Nitro HD] Huskehn:
Performance-wise, I went from a Galaxy S III to this phone, and the UI is decently smooth on the stock ROM. On CM it's pretty laggy unless you use Wind Kernel, which makes it a lot smoother. The screen is very sharp - I actually like its screen more than my S III.

However, I've had some bad issues with overheating on this phone. During normal use, it's not an issue, but I've had the phone shut off or reboot during GPS navigation, and when I felt the phone it was downright hot, especially on the back right where it says "8MP HD" below the camera. It got so hot that I couldn't touch it. Battery drain when under heavy load (games, GPS navigation, etc.) is also pretty bad. My 2 amp car USB charger can't keep up with it during GPS navigation, and the battery will still drain even though it's charging.

I've had the phone for a few months, and it is a decent phone overall, but I'd explore some alternatives.
[LG Nitro HD] lviseth:
I decided to go with an alternative. I got lucky and found a real good deal. I'm amazed myself. Thanks everyone for your input.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Watcher07:
Well we're all in the 4.3 flurry right now and as I've been interested in getting into ROM development I thought I'd take a shot at porting over 4.3 to Sprint (I know, I know. It's a long way down when you aim high). Anyway, I've read numerous threads about porting ROMs but many tutorials make me feel like it's taking a hammer to a square peg for a round hole. They usually involve entirely removing or copying over folders and files to cobble it all together and have it work. I'm seeking a bit more of a scalpel approach and understand that getting there takes experience, but bear with me, that's why I'm here.

I'm trying to maintain the integrity of 4.3 as much as is humanly possible so I don't want to wholesale swap out files and folders if I can simply modify some fields (a la build.prop style). I understand that no matter what I do, at the end of the day I'm going to be pulling stuff out of a stock rom to make it work, I just want to minimize that as much as I can. I've already edited the build.prop and replaced the apns-conf.xml with a Sprint one, from a few tutorials if I want to keep the rest intact it looks like the vendor folder is my last target (please do correct me if I'm wrong). I should also point out that I just want this to be a flashable ROM and from what I've seen in some 4.3 ROMs the bootloader isn't necessary, so I'd like to keep it light and easy.

In the vendor folder I'm curious as to what absolutely needs replacing, I'm assuming some or all of the libs. I am unsure about the firmware folder because the file names and types look identical down to file size (fyi this is a maguro ROM I would be porting to the toroplus) so it seems like I could leave them but am looking for some seasoned input. I didn't see anything in /etc that was proprietary so I felt alright leaving that alone. /bin had a file I can't identify but on the surface it looks identical so I was going to leave it alone. Everything else just seemed fine, mainly lib and firmware are my big questions.

I've been rooting and messing with ROMs since the OG EVO on Sprint so I'm not overly worried about bricking my device, I know it takes a great deal to hard brick these things. I'm also fairly flash happy so I plan to test this on myself long before I put it into the wild (if I even make it that far). I'm just looking for some friendly guidance as it seems like the tutorials are a bit broader than I'd like and I'm ready to get my hands dirty trying to develop something. Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ReelFiles:
This is a proxy thread for my main thread in the Android Themes section. Please refer to the main thread for current updates and support

HERE

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Reel Black and Blue Mashup VRTheme

I used the icons from one of my favorite 3rd party launcher themes: Icon Pack - Black and Blue by Stealthychief with his permission for non-commercial use.

Some of the UI elements are incorporated and some modded from Alexander by alexanter the great, LuCiFeRkO Motomoto00 theme mods and AOSP Theme by foreverloco with their permissions.

Please drop them a thanks for sharing their resources. Sharing is caring :)

I tested it on my T-mo Note 2 (N7100) running Jedi Master 14 and JM16 with Nova Launcher. It should be carrier universal and probably Galaxy S3 compatible. Any feedback is appreciated.

[B][COLOR="DarkOrange"]Download:[/COLOR][/B] [URL=http://d-h.st/9sj]Reel Black and Blue Mashup VRTheme.zip - 97.39 MB[/URL]
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ReelFiles:
Fixed and reuploaded.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] nowseewhatudid:
Nice work
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] GhostZini:
Looks amazing, im gonna give it a go. thanks
[HTC One S] provaleriy:
Since unknown version if CM10.1 my Camera app shortcut was disappear from main menu, but it still callable via lockscreen shortcuts. How to return Camera or how to create shortcut into desktop?

P.S. Sorry for my English :laugh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] bballs91:
Hey guys I have a AT&T Galaxy S 4 with a custom ROM on it. I've always been a vanilla android user, but I do miss one thing about the TouchWIZ interface. It is the air call accept.

My question is this: is there anyway to bring back the samsung air gesture functionality through installing some sort of samsung backend again or maybe installing the samsung dialer, gallery, etc. apps.

Thanks,

Nico
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Little Bigboy:
Flash Shostock rom for all those goodies and more
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] m0r0n3s:
Or give this a try

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/air-call-accept-is-a-smart-way-to-answer-your-calls/

...and let us know how it works
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] bballs91:
That air reply app needs some fine-tuning in my opinion. From my use I found that the answer function is much more sensitive than the stock Samsung one. For example, it would answer as soon as my hand passed over the screen when reaching for the phone to take it out of my pocket or move it on the table.

But thanks for the input anyway, I'll keep searching as well and post back here. I can't be the only one missing some of Samsung's stock gesture functionality, am I?! Haha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] britoskates:
I absolutely understand you bro, without the air gestures this phone is just a s3 on steroids