yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] griffin_1:
The plastic isn't indeed top quality plastic, it did broke a little piece when i used to much pressure seperating the white plastic part ( its not noticible though) but we also need to have in mind the price of the case.

It does add a little bulk and the name is kind of misleading in that way, but i was expecting the extra bulk and the phone still fits well in my pocket, but its something to have in mind indeed.

Hopefully your next one won't arrive cracked.

That blue&black combo looks very nice, i like it.

It seems that the power button feedback in this case is "standard" since everybody seems to have the same problem with it. I don't get why the volume keys would give feedback and the power one wouldn't, but for me is not really a deal breaker and im now used to it but its something people should have in mind when ordering this.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Badelhas:
Thanks guys for your input, this thread rocks. I was just searching for a case that protects the front and the back (that isn't a pouch, which I don't like) and found the spigen Slim Armor View for the S4. I really which there was something like it for my s3 because I broke the glass in a stupid little fall last week, was using the excelent looking samsung protective cover plus. Do you know if something like that exists for the S3?

http://www.spigen.com/galaxy-s4-case-slim-armor-view.html
[Galaxy S III Accessories] joevik:
I recently ordered one off a chinese website and it turned out to be a fake one and the volume and power buttons were very very hard to press.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ramani:
hi kundanjuit,

i am from india.

can u please give me the dealer link please,i'll be really thankful,

regards.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kundanjuit:
I got it from this seller

http://cgi.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251320088696#ht_500wt_1220

Seems he has sold all his cases, there is another one here but more expensive and only two colors

http://www.ebay.in/itm/Slim-Armor-H...&var&hash=item232e913651&_uhb=1#ht_2175wt_986

PS: Please quote somebody so that he gets the notification if you want to ask something.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ramani:
hi kundanjuit,

thanks for the reply.

regards
[Galaxy S III Accessories] maxqas:
I got mine just a couple of days back!! Got four of them, Red, Blue, Grey and Black... they fit pretty well. power button kind of feels too tight but no complaints as the original otter box did the same... volume buttons push in just perfect tho. Also had screen protectors with them, one of which went straight on the glass!! :D
[Galaxy S III Accessories] MatangaChanga:
Hi there, regarding your comment about the power button not giving good feedback when pressed, I must tell you that I bought this case for my s4 (the spigen original) from amazon and the power button has the same characteristic of not giving good feedback. I guess its a product design problem for this cases. Also lets me wondering if the original spigen for the s4 and this one for the s3 are made by the same manufacturer (same production plant in China).
[Galaxy S III Accessories] griffin_1:
The feedback thing was just a matter of getting used to, now, even when i swtich cases and get back to this one, it doesn't bother me.

The manufacture could be indeed the same, although i don't think this s3 version is an official one because i couldnt find a original/official photo or mention of this. Its still a nice case but i don't use as much because it adds a bit more bulk to the phone.

Also, in case someone orders this case, some headphone jacks might not fit properly and what i did for mine was cutting/open the headphone hole on the case more. I doesn't look all that great, but its not very noticeable anyway.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] nostradmus:
To fix the power button feedback issue I just cut through the soft case directly around the power buttons longest sides. Feedback has greatly improved and I can feel the responsive click when pressing the button. Its almost as sensitive as the volume buttons now.

To answer a previous question in this thread...

The case has a very slight curve at the back. For example pressing the home button while the phone is on a flat surface causes it to lift up off the surface a bit. Nothing too extreme but still noteworthy.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] shiniyoyo:
I have this same case in white. All you need to do is remove the back battery door and place the phone in the case. It fits perfect, looks great & has saved my phone many times
[Galaxy S III Accessories] griffin_1:
Is taking the back/battery cover really necessary? I never took out mine
[Galaxy S III Accessories] hypermania:
what...?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] tw199y2011:
They look nice not too sure weather to order one tho :/
[Galaxy S III Accessories] hardisty:
So many cases lose my sale just by writing their company name across it, especially stupid names like "iProtect". This isn't an iPhone!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] zzhhzz:
I purchased one and it is flawless. No issues with any of the buttons that was reported here. It looks like it's the real deal.. glad I stumbled across this thread. Can't beat the case for $3.74.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kola1228:
I have one. It broke within the first few hours while trying to take my phone out of it.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] tercelman:
How is the qi charger
[Galaxy S III Accessories] levis007:
I brought this case today. I am not satisfied as the power button is very hard to press. I got spigen slim armour.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shasarak:
Hello all. I have what should be a fairly simple task, and some Googling has brought up some options... but this is one of those situations where I don't just need to get the job done, I need to get it done well; so I'm hoping someone else will previously have done the same thing and can tell me what the most elegant solution is!

The short version is that I need to be able to extract one specific conversation from the stored text messages on an Android phone, transfer it to a PC, and then convert it into some format that is easily and comfortably readable on a PC.

The background to this is that my girlfriend had kept all of the text messages she had previously received from me; but a couple of weeks ago a rather unpleasant gentleman kicked my front door in (while she and I were both in my house), demanded money, and made off with my wallet and shoulder bag, and my girlfriend's handbag, which contained her phone. A bit scary as you can imagine.... We're both okay, but my girlfriend was a little sad to lose all the messages I'd sent her.

As it happens, I generally keep long-term copies of the texts that I send and receive (not for sentimental reasons, I'm just a bit of a hoarder when it comes to data!) so I've probably still got copies of all of those messages somewhere (my phone didn't get stolen), and I'd like to extract them and give them to her as one of a set of birthday gifts. :)

Potential complications:

1) I need to extract both sides of the conversation (my messages to her and hers to me) into a single file.

2) I need not to extract messages to or from anyone else.

3) Sometimes a number may be in 07... format while other times it may be in +447... format.

4) Girlfriend changed phone number at one point.

5) Messages will be split between my old phone (a Samsung Galaxy S2 which can still connect to wifi or a USB cable, but has no actual phone service any more) and my new one (HTC One).

6) The end result needs to be a single file with everything in chronological order.

7) Girlfriend is extremely non-technical; so the end product has to be something that can be loaded and viewed on a laptop by launching just one file, and it has to be nicely laid out and easily readable when you're viewing it.

Suggestions?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shasarak:
In case anyone ever stumbles across this thread and wants to know what solution I eventually came up with... I used two different apps in the end. The first was "SMS Backup & Restore". I installed that on both phones. On the old phone, that allowed me to back up all the SMS messages (regardless of sender) into a single XML file. Transferring that file onto my new phone and restoring it with the same app copied all the messages onto my new phone.

I then used a separate app called "Conversation Backup" which extracts all messages sent to or from a specified contact (any of the numbers stored against that contact). It creates a zip file which can be emailed; within the zip is an HTML file and some supporting javascript which can be read in a web browser on a PC. It's not exactly elegant, but it's certainly human-readable.
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] Chaosz-X:
This is a flashable ZIP, containing the latest kernel and build of Android 4.3 by Google. It is made for the Google Nexus 7 3G, and is flashable through TWRP. I did not test it since I don't have a 3G model of the Nexus 7.

Download link: https://mega.co.nz/#!xskHxaRb!ZP3kYCk66VinJc70TswVBSAv8yZ3QoKKgUCtzVe66lY

Odexed, and no superuser management tool. Chainfire released an experimental version supporting Android 4.3 on his Google+. so I'll add that to the OP later.

Enjoy!
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] PVL_93_RU:
Anybody tested?

Also, will there be radio and bootlosder in flashable form?
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] stadicon:
From what i can see, there is no bootloader and radio in it, so anyone has to flash it by himself.

EDIT: The ZIP works fine, i just flashed bootloader and radio through fastboot prior to installing it over TWRP. Haven't tested any root zips, yet.
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] biggoldring:
i got 4.3
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] stadicon:
Root does work, flashing this zip. Although Titanium Backup didn't work at first, i installed busybox, changed the backups location from /storage/emulated/0 -> /storage/emulated/legacy and i had to uncheck the first backup to make the restore work (no idea which of those three things actually did the work).

That's great, but can someone explain why baseband is still old (i've flashed 0.18 and on fastboot i see the correct version, but on System->About i get still 0.17)?
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] Gabrieltan:
you mean you flash the zip in stock recovery??
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] stadicon:
I don't have stock recovery, TWRP remained untouched through this process. I just installed this zip to gain root access through TWRP, then changed setting in Titanium Backup to make it work..
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] Gabrieltan:
so your point is flash the rom then direct flash the zip?? because if boot then flash the zip definitely TWRP will lose. Am i right?
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] stadicon:
No, why it should get lost?

The process i did was:

1) Boot at bootloader ([POWER]+[VOL-])

2) fastboot flash bootloader <bootloader.img>

3) fastboot flash radio <radio.img>

4) Start recovery (TWRP)

5) Flash stock-4.3 zip

6) Flash SuperSU zip

That's all. Neither recovery, nor userdata were touched through this process. The only affected partitions are bootloader, radio, system, boot and data.
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] Gabrieltan:
i just full wipe my tilapia.. lolx.. anyway, i have backup all of my apps in zip file.. hahaha

one thing can confirm is no need flash bootloader.. i didnt flash it still ok.. but radio i not sure yet..because dont have simcard right now..lolx
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] zard:
You mean you download zip file from OP, then flash it in TWRP?
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] Gabrieltan:
yup.. without flash bootloader.. now trying for titanium.. where can change the storage thing?
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] zard:
This is Chainfire's information: You can fix this by going into preferences and selecting a folder under /storage/emulated/legacy as backup/restore path, not under /storage/emulated/0

I think it means that you copy your files from /storage/emulated/0 to /storage/emulated/legacy, then rescan backup directory and set to /storage/emulated/legacy.
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] Gabrieltan:
that is what i did just now... and it cause i lost my root for tb.. now trying clear data, forget root and rerun the application
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] stadicon:
Yeah, i forgot to say that i full wiped first, of course (not sure if it's mandatory, though). Bootloader and radio may not be so important, as after i flashed them 4.2.2 booted successfully (before installing 4.3) which might be a sign that not much of a difference was made.

Just go on to Menu->Preferences... . There is an option about the location of the backups (the first option under Backup Settings). If you press on it you get on /storage/emulated/0/TitaniumBackup but you change that to /storage/emulated/legacy/TitaniumBackup. Practically, it's the same folder (nothing needs to be copied or anything) but it's just on a different mount point and for some reason (i am guessing permissions) it does work. If it asks you to copy any other backups just don't do it, everything is already there.
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] Gabrieltan:
LOLx... i did that and now my backup all lose.. urs still at there?? one more thing, you able use tb to delete apps??
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] wildestpixel:
There should be no way to lose your backups unless you have chosen purposely to do so. Check that your Titanium Backups folder is still there in SDCARD.

If I weren't on vacation using only Chromebook I'd have upped this this morning with root; I managed via ARM Chromebook dev mode with adb and fastboot to backup data from my N4 and N7 3G and then install stock, flash recovery and make root, followed by restoring my titanium data. Both devices were as they were in 4.2.2 but in 4.3 within the hour.

Furthermore I had the ability to flash Franco r170 on the N4 :)
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] stadicon:
Just use a file manager to make sure everything is fine. Technically, /storage/emulated/0/TitaniumBackup and /storage/emulated/legacy/TitaniumBackup is the same folder, i don't know why TB does't list your backups.

BTW, i think the battery drain issue is now fixed. :)
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] Gabrieltan:
i also dont know why.. but i can backup... ya, only can use root explorer to delete, i tried few apps, all cant delete..
[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] Synman:
gapps hosted here works: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2248654
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] altendky:
I am trying to get USB audio working with my SGS3 d2spr running CM10.1 (presently on the 20130724 nightly with a Behringer UCA202)... but it isn't going. Everything seems right (speaker stops playing, music plays (silently) at normal speed, just no audio out). My specific question at present is do I have a USB audio enabled kernel?

altendky@ly:/data/Personal/Projects/a3$ adb pull /proc/config.gz config.gz
457 KB/s (22714 bytes in 0.048s)
altendky@ly:/data/Personal/Projects/a3$ zgrep -i 'snd.*usb' config.gz
CONFIG_SND_USB=y
CONFIG_SND_USB_AUDIO=y
# CONFIG_SND_USB_UA101 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_USB_CAIAQ is not set
# CONFIG_SND_USB_6FIRE is not set
altendky@ly:/data/Personal/Projects/a3$

From above I would tend to think that yes, I do, but that is in contrast to what I seem to read that CM10.1 kernels are not ready for USB audio.

I have tried the Jack Norris patch and something with KingBeatz (forget exactly at the moment). If you have CM10.1 d2spr working (or really anything d2spr), I would be interested to hear. The S3 that I see people say are working seem to be the i-9300 versions.

Thanks for your time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Take a look at this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1930664

Sent from my buttered S3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] altendky:
Are you referring to the statement that there is no solution? The rest of that thread is related to analog audio via the USB connector, not really USB audio like would be used with an external USB DAC.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fakep:
Well, the problem is next .. Brother was doing something with Flashtool, he connect the phone chosing FlashMode and sems he chosse Firmvare for Xperia x10, he forgot' to put x8 firmware in flashtool folder of firmware..

Now, the phone wont enable. Can't do anything, can't connect it on my computer :( Any solutions for this? Please guys if someone know, write me what to do.

The phone is next : Sony Ericsson E15i Xperia x8 mini one..

Thanks in advance
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fakep:
So, what to do ? Solution? To give him in mobile center , so they can repair it?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackRabbit1703:
U can try it dude
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aj14mar:
Use sony update service...
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cascabel:
good luck using seus on a hard bricked x8. :rolleyes:
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashrjt:
hi

Flash stock e15 kernel (y):D
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cascabel:
don't you read?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashrjt:
yes

use jtag for hardbrick
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altshift:
if your phone is not getting detected by pc in flashmode try unistalling your device from computers n restart ur pc... den install sony pc companion , in that go to update n then repair your phone and follow instructions .. try these steps again again... n remove your phone battery ,while connecting in flash mode u keep battery into phone... all the best
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leexun:
Can I make some app become my system app???

Such as make nova launcher become my home or make app lock become a system app????

Thank you!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djoni_gitara:
yes, please make it, why not?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leexun:
BUt how to do it???
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p107r0:
one easy way is with titanium backup
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] projeto56:
First you guys need to be rooted.

Then just move the apk you want from /data/app/ to /system/app/ using any root file explorers.

Set the permissions to rw-r-r- and voila, you now have your system app

:)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leexun:
How to set the permissions to rw-r-r- and voila, you now have your system app???

How I know that the app become system app???
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altae:
Because it's in the system folder. And please, use your imagination and try yourself. We are not here to spoon-feed each and every detail. You have already been told everything you need to know to complete the task. Now please use your brain and start trying. And if you cannot figure it out you probably should not be messing with system apps and permissions anyway.

Sent from my revived Galaxy Note
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leexun:
Okay

Sorry

Thank You for your help
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altae:
No need to be sorry. Just don't expect to people to do the work for you. Rooting a phone and messing around with system apps etc. always requires a bit of trial and error.

Sent from my revived Galaxy Note
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leexun:
Thanks for your advice
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tshelby73:
I'm understanding no Bluetooth LE for galaxy nexus but can anyone confirm that the broken features in 4.2.2 are fixed in 4.3 like bad in call quality, bad audio streaming and no id tags that worked in 4.1.2. I have awhile to wait since I'm on toro but wondering if I should even be excited as I need these to work.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Plutonium0587:
Tags work but quality still sucks like on 4.2.2. Epic fail if you ask me. And no more audio controls were added.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tshelby73:
Guess I can move on with life and not worry about upgrading to 4.3.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cerodw:
Howdy

I just got 4.3 on my Nexus - and the first thing I did was run out to the car and try pair it. Sadly it behaves just like 4.2 did - it pairs - connects for about 2 seconds and then disconnects - and that is the end of that.... I know it might be blasphemous - but I am wondering if an iPhone would at least work with my car .. I really don't want to go all the way back to 4.1 to get Bluetooth working! Sadly in my country you get a huge fine if found talking on your phone in the car - so bluetooth is kinda essential (and one of the reasons I bought the car in the first place)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] andrew_sh:
I'm interested in building a ROM of my own (registry settings, programms) so I won't need to reinstall basic applications and set the device every time i hard reset.

Any help in doing this will be highly appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 02ranger:
Never mind, I found the answer. I guess my google-fu has grown weak over time...... :(

Mods, delete if you need to.
[Nexus 4 General] jipi:
You will find other versions but this is how I did it and how I solved a few common problems. If you do it exactly following the instructions, you should not loose data. I flashed from Android 4.2.2 rooted.

1.You must have Android SDK installed. Download it here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html. You will see a bunch of folders. The one we are interested in is the subfolder "platform-tools". You may copy it to an easier location if you want.

2. Download the factory image 4.3 for your Nexus 4: https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/occam-jwr66v-factory-08d2b697.tgz

3. Unzip the file you downloaded and copy all its content to your "platform-tools" folder (where adb and fastboot are).

3. Plug your Nexus phone or tablet into your computer with USB debugging (activate it in "About Phone" and touch "Build number" 6 times, it will activate a "Developer Options" menu where you will be able to activate "USB debugging")

4. Verify ADB is working. Open a terminal, move the platform-tools folder and type "./adb devices". If it doesn't work (says offline), look here: http://www.thekirankumar.com/blog/2...ce-offline-issue-after-android-4-2-2-upgrade/

5. Reboot your device into fastboot mode: type in terminal "./adb reboot-bootloader"

6. - Type in the command prompt each step one at a time

"./fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-mako-makoz20i.img"

"./fastboot reboot-bootloader"

"./fastboot flash radio radio-mako-m9615a-cefwmazm-2.0.1700.84.img"

"./fastboot reboot-bootloader"

"./fastboot update image-occam-jwr66v.zip"

It will then reboot (takes a while) and then you will be in Android 4.3 with all your data preserved.

Then if you want to root:

1. On your Mac, download TWRP recovery from here: http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/mako/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.0.0-mako.img

2. Connect your Nexus 4 (debug mode) and put it in fastboot mode (point 5 above)

3. In terminal mode enter: ./fastboot flash recovery FILENAME.img (replace FILENAME by the file name of TWRP file you just downloaded)

4. Reboot your phone

5. Download directly from your phone this file (SuperSU): http://download.chainfire.eu/340/SuperSU/SuperSU-JWR66N-S005-130625-1.41.zip

6. Shut down your phone and boot it in recovery mode (Once off, push vol+, vol-, and power all together). Choose recovery mode with vol-

7. Once you are in TWRP recovery mode push "Install", look for SuperSU file you just downloaded and follow instructions to flash the zip file.

That's it! You are now root. All your data are intact.

Thanks to XDA and http://www.androidauthority.com/how...s-4-nexus-7-nexus-10-and-galaxy-nexus-248358/ and http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...-to-android-4-3-jwr66v-and-root-it-right-now/
[Nexus 4 General] veteran_troller:
I have the OTA file ... Will this work?
[Nexus 4 General] jipi:
I have no idea but it takes only a few minutes to download the original factory file.
[Nexus 4 General] alakyr:
this procedure wipe everything...I updated in this way yesterday
[Nexus 4 General] mattalter:
Works

Nice post. Works exactly as described.

Thanks!!

Matt
[Nexus 4 General] jipi:
If you did exactly like this it shouldn't have wiped your phone. I did it myself exactly as I describe it!
[Nexus 4 General] Planet X:
If you delete userdata.img from zipfile it will not wipe your data.