yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] crashnova:
What would you do?

I have the navy blue/grey case. seems great so far. just one thing...i already had a screen protector from the commuter installed. does the defenders built in screen protector stick to the screen and not pop up or feel like a button is being pressed when you touch the screen? should i leave the other screen protector on? or should i remove one or the other?
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Oniyuri:
As far as I've experienced, the screen protector on the S4 defender doesn't pop up or stick to the screen; it more like sits flush against the screen. I don't currently have another screen protector on this phone yet but I may end up popping out the built in screen protector if it doesn't fit well with the one I'm planning on buying (a spigen glas.t nano slim).
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Phatdawg:
1) If your defender case doesn't sit properly, it's probably defective and needs to be returned. I've owned several defender cases and none of them have had this "creaking sound" No shifting of the phone within the case.

2) Sand and dirt particles can get in between that screen protector and your screen, so you can get scratches / micro abrasions if you don't have a second screen protector. I suggest you have a cheap one installed. Shouldn't affect use.

3) I would not remove the screen protector if you are using a cheapo screen protector, if you are using some military non piercing one, then you can remove it.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] crashnova:
Thanks for the input. Ill keep the commuter screen protector under the defenders. otterbox should have built a home button cover into the case that way no dust can get in where the home button is.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Phatdawg:
Yeah, I think they have the tech to seal it better as they have the armor variant. The problem is that there is potential entry at button and at the top where the front camera and speaker sits also.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] crashnova:
True. But I think the top is sealed pretty tight and more flush with the phone than what the part of the screen protector around the home button is..
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] seajm:
IMO, the Defender series for the S4 is garbage! Noisy, buttons hard to push. Returned it today and replaced it with a Commuter series and Ghost Armor screen protector.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] gruuvin:
I would agree about the defender being creaky with buttons hard to push
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] seajm:
One other thing about the defender.......Without the crappy plastic built in screen protector and the Ghost Armor applied, the phone responds so much better! Like night and day!
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] imablackhat:
I ended up getting the uag. Much happier, but now I don't know what to do with my old otter box defender
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] reverepats:
Ya I've had 3 defenders, 2 Glacier color, and now using the Gray/Green color and they all have a Creek in one corner. I've yet to have one that didn't have the creek. Still not a deal breaker for me. Even with all the dirt and dust I'm around in work, it's still flawless.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] johnny crapple:
You can send it to me for free :p
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] resurektz:
Anyone here use a invisible sheild for their phone? im thinking of getting one when i return my case at best buy and throwing a commuter or some other case on it, but i dont think best buy sells the tempered glass ones. I'm not to worried about my phone shattering as it to getting scratches, i have warrenty for cracked screens, can't do anything about scratches unfortunately.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TitusVespasianus:
Hi everyone,

I'm trying to intercept the incoming and outgoing call audio streams. Since this seems to be a complex topic I did some initial research and tried to think of a way how to approach this problem.

What I've learned:

1. The android system will initiate the call through the RIL system. While setting up the call input and output stream target e.g. microphone and speaker will be specified (routed?).

2. The vendor ril library will ultimately be responsible for initializing and maining communications with the modem.

3. Once the call is established the modem will retrieve and send audio data without allowing higher level hooks or modifications to the streams (e.g. through a Java App)

I also found that for other use cases audio data goes through the vender implemented audio HAL library which normally handles audio streams.

So my question is whether the modem will usually make use of the HAL audio library to record / play its data and whether it is possible to "simply" wrap the vender audio HAL implementation library in order to intercept the voice streams.

Sadly I wasn't able to get solid information about this last problems. Somwhere it was mentioned that certain vendors will bypass the OS completely and directly talk to the recording / playback devices however no statement was made to which chips and models this applies.
[Galaxy S 4 General] zachpozniak:
This is my honest review of the new "Exotic S4" ROM for the Galaxy S4. Like this video if you enjoyed it....please! Also, subscribe! If you have any suggestions I take them into consideration! :)

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Check out the link to this ROM in the VIDEO description!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2s0gtfnqcs
[Galaxy S 4 General] zachpozniak:
Reserved...
[Galaxy S 4 General] plznote:
Aka bump
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Te3k:
Hey,

I am on Rogers, in Canada, on the I337M. I have a ROM that allows for the selecting a variety of network modes. By default, the LTE/GSM/WCDMA setting is selected, but there is also a setting for LTE/CDMA/EvDo/GSM/WCDMA. Obviously, that's more networks than are available by default.

What I wonder is if selecting the 5-network option would be a good idea or a bad idea. Would more battery be drained? Would greater reception be gained in sparse areas? Does it depend upon which networks one's carrier uses? If I have no signal, would switching to the 5-network mode potentially enable a 2G signal or something? I don't understand how this works; I just know that LTE is 4G and is the fastest data band and is only partially available in my region currently. I often drop to 3G, but I don't know if that is WCDMA or GSM or what. I looked up these various standards on Wikipedia but still am not clear on everything. To compound matters, Rogers apparently uses HSPA+ as a 3G network and I often see that icon in my status bar, but what is that—WCDMA?

Any light shed on my conundrum would be appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] MattMJB0188:
LTE/GSM/WCDMA simply means your phone will choose the most advancement network automatically. Let's say you are in an LTE area, with this setting you will have LTE. GSM means EDGE (2G) and WCDMA is 3G/3.5G (HSPA+). You will probably conserve battery life if you put it to GSM/WCDMA (auto). It will prefer 3G/3.5G/H+ in LTE areas. I am not familiar with Rogers but it might get you a stronger signal.

Sometimes when the LTE in my area is acting up I'll switch it over to WCDMA only, which helps.

Hope I answered your questions.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Te3k:
Thank you very much for your reply. It was helpful to learn that GSM=EDGE/2G and WCDMA=3G/3.5G (HSPA+). I understand that disabling 4G conserves battery life, and since 4G service isn't as saturated as 3G in my area, perhaps disabling 4G in certain circumstances will be beneficial as the phone will automatically jump to the saturated 3G network.

I'm still not sure about enabling CDMA and EvDo in addition to GSM/WCDMA/LTE. Would it be unnecessary to do so? Would that turn on more radios and drain more battery? Are those networks only available in certain regions, on certain carriers?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] MattMJB0188:
What rom are you running?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Te3k:
LiquidSmooth 2.9 on KToons' latest kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Hypoxic1:
Sorry to revive an old post, but I've been searching all over for this 'simple' question.

What is the difference in LTE/GSM auto and LTE/GSM/CDMA auto? Only APN in use is the T-Mobile LTE APN.

**KEEP IN MIND that while on LTE/GSM and not in an LTE area, I get HSPA and HSPA+ no problem on T-Mobile**

Just wish I could SUCCESSFULLY get 1 of those modes to stick on stock 4.2.2 ROM even with the build.prop edits.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] AldenIsRad:
Whenever I get an incoming call it sows the accept abd deny sliders for the incoming calls although caller id and picture is completely blank. Look at attachment. I have had the problem since I put on team rit Icon theme but I got rid of it and still does not work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ExArmySgt:
I just installed the Liquid Smooth 2.9 rom and like it. However, I went to send a new text message and in the 'To' field, it would not bring up the keyboard for me to choose from my contacts who the new message would be addressed to. I can't seem to find any threads that deal with this issue specifically. Any help is appreciated. I'm hoping there is a fix since I don't want to install a new ROM because of this issue.
[Motorola Atrix HD] Berrabus:
Well im pretty good with electronic, dis assembly and reassembly... however I may have bit the farm here. I replaced my digitizer for my device and the adhesive I purchased wasnt good enough so it was causing touch screen issues... So I took it all apart again and put it all back together to find OMG it wont turn on? Fully charged battery so I know thats not the issue and everything seems to be put in the right place (as if there is any other way to re-assemble this phone)....

So I did some trouble shooting... I tried switching to an original charger, attempted hard reboot assumed maybe the device was confused... left it on the charger as if god himself removed the remaining battery life all to no avail... However one thing I did notice is that for a while when the device was unplugged and sitting there the LED light would periodically blink red... hmm couldnt find anything on that ... Also when I remove the battery leads and plug it in the LED light illuminates green and stays that way regardless there still is no function to the phone literally a blank screen... I checked the screen and digitizer for damages both on its leads and the devices themselves and found there to be nothing wrong with them...

Im pretty sure I know the answer Im just hoping that Im wrong..
[Motorola Atrix HD] Berrabus:
Also heres something Ive noticed as well, that when I plug both the phone in and leave the battery in it gets dangerously hot like battery about to explode hot after about 10 minutes or so
[Motorola Atrix HD] Markyzz:
I buy broken Atrix HDs off of eBay all the time so I may be able to help. I've noticed that even though the battery is fully charged, when replacing the digitizer, the phone will think it's dead until it hits 100%. I usually have to hold the power button a Lil longer than normal, and when it turns on it will say 1% bat, remaining. It will charge the remaining battery and instantly jump to 100% when it's full.

Tl;dr: hold power until it turns on, charge to 100%
[Motorola Atrix HD] Berrabus:
Well heres the thing. I already have been using the phone since Ive replaced the digitizer and its functioned relatively properly (aside from the adhesive not holding the digitizer down) the thing that concerns me is when I hook the battery back up to it and plug the phone in it gets dangerously hot like literally to the point where I question weather or not its going to explode also it doesnt show any LED function with the battery connected.
[Motorola Atrix HD] darknessrise1234:
Go through and double check all of your connections. Also, connect it to your computer and see what device manager says.
[Motorola Atrix HD] Berrabus:
Checked, rechecked and triple checked the connections as you know with the MB886 the connections only go one way and they either are in or not theres no middle-man. Unfortunatly my data-cable is not functioning so I cannot hook it up to the PC at the moment however I assume that if there is no function or charge with it just being plugged into the power cable then likewise would result from a PC connection. Not to mention the unexplained heat... like Im saying its almost to hot to hold kinda heat..
[Motorola Atrix HD] darknessrise1234:
Well, last one I bricked it would be green light anytime it was plugged in and it had a specific register on the device manager.
[Motorola Atrix HD] Berrabus:
When I plug it into my computer it says USB INPUT DEVICE RECOGNIZED DRIVERS INSTALLED CORRECTLY! To me that all sounds posative! Question is where to from here?
[Motorola Atrix HD] Berrabus:
Thats with the battery out... When I hook the battery up it immediatly begins to get warm and recognizes as a Motorola USB Composite Device then starts disconnecting/reconnecting... Also during this process I noticed that the aluminum battery chassis is cracked right where the battery connects to the unit...
[Motorola Atrix HD] darknessrise1234:
Do you have a second battery? If so, test the other battery. Otherwise, I am out of thoughts.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] mathm2013:
How to port Cm7 based roms

Guys, as i did a port of Reincarnation to s5830i, i received some PM questioning how to port. But i'll tell you, i take zero (0) credits on method. I used this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2276871. Even so, it still needs some changes in build.prop for making the rom usable. So, i decided to make a guide about it.

Things needed:

bieltv.3 RC1 build

rom you'll port

Rom porter tool by mnishamk

Notepad++

Okay, here are the steps:

1.Enter "Start porting rom"

2.Enter "Cyanogen Based"

3.Drag the base rom (bieltv.3 RC1) and press enter

4.Drag the port rom and press enter

5.Press enter until you see "editing build.prop file"

6.Enter "GRI40"

7.Enter "GINGERBREAD"

8.Press "1" and press enter

9.Enter just numbers, with the version of your rom (like for SGS3 V5, should be entered 5.0)

10.Enter CyanogenMod version (7.2)

11.Enter "21"

12.Enter "14"

13.Enter the name of the rom

14.Wait 'til it finishes compressing

15.Close the tool.

16.Extract rom in OUTPUT folder

17.Enter build.prop

18.In build.prop, do this changes:

18a: Change every "cooper" to "cooperve"

18b: Change S5830 to S5830i

18c: Change "system.prop for XXXXX" until "ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES" to this:

19.Change Torch.apk of the rom you ported to RC1's Torch.apk (otherwise Torch won't work)

20.Compress and test on your Ace-I

Hit thanks if i helped:)
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] Sniper Killer:
Nice for noobs! Now Ace-I will be flooded with CM7.2 ROMs :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] iamareebjamal:
It already is :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] -Anderson-:
It is always better to have more roms ;)
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] Conan Edogawa:
Good guide!It would be better for porting CM7 ROM based on biel's CM RC Version.I will try porting NIghtlyfourE1 again and as Sniper said it would have a flood of CM ROM.

edit:Now NFe1 is stable.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] mathm2013:
Sniper, if this guide is followed correctly it will result in a bugless port. Having bugless cm roms is nice, right?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] Howdareme:
Wow, thanks for this. I will try it tommorow! :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] TiTaN_88:
Hi

ROM Ace-i-Sure 11.1 is the port?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] iamareebjamal:
No

Care to read OP of the ROM?

If it's a port, it will be written there
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] mathm2013:
Hmm... please explain.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] ivchek:
Lol I port manually, without using any additional software. Only Total Commander, Notepad++ and apktools. :laugh:
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] mathm2013:
I port that way, like i did with Miui cream and CoD rom. I used this software to port only the Reincarnation Rom. When you ported LeWa rom, did you face any trouble with phone.apk?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] ivchek:
Fortunately, no... I port it manually... at all users 4pda are operated manually or using almost no services, it reduces the chances for error to 1%.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] mathm2013:
I ported manually and using software, and even so faced problems. Did you ported from cooper?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] -Anderson-:
Yea..Porting manually gives less errors.(Based on experience) certain phone.apks give error...Find another one from some other build.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] ivchek:
Yes, of course, I think it is so much easier.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] js2892:
Manual porting could be beneficial.

Maybe you could add some lines in OP about manual porting, just a suggestion! :good:
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] Howdareme:
if only we could port kernels T.T
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] flimflam06:
Im just wondering which aosp roms have the most customizations?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] smooth65:
Jellybam or paranoid in my opinion
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] nuwayman:
Depends on what customizations your looking for. There all good. And most of the Roms have a lot of different options to customize. Just need to try them all and see what you like and don't like between them. For me I like quite a few. But then again I'm an addicted flasher. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Eternalty:
Each rom has different customizations. You need to flash them for yourself and see which one you like. This thread will be closed soon.

Sent from my CLEAN Note II
[Nexus 4 Accessories] juinny:
Hey guys,

I saw this smartwatch on Indiegogo the other day and I think it's pretty sweet.

http://igg.me/at/kreyos/x/2722203

Looking at the specs sheet alone its definitely something.

What do you guys think? Get it or wait till more is out?
[Nexus 4 Accessories] kpjimmy:
To me it's geared towards the fitbit niche, which is great, but not for me. I would have gone with the agent watch but both are slated to release later this year and by that time, iphone and Google may announce their version. Also the Kreyos reminds me of a ipod shuffle, but not in color.

For $100 is not bad if you like your fitbit and up bands and will utilize their functions. I just saw they have comparison charts between the Pebble, Sony SW2, Meta and Martian. Which isn't really a fair, because they all have their own merits and demerits compared to each other lol. And it's a each to their own style.

So what do I think? As a pebble owner, I was interested in it for a spell, but opted to not to back it when I had the option at $100, because 1. Indigogo takes your money first, and 2. I didn't like the look of it. Believe it or not, I prefer the Pebble look compared to this. I know, I'm odd :p
[Nexus 4 Accessories] AdamHart612:
I really like that they offer band options - clip/watch/lanyard. Like all the smartwatches so far, it looks like a toy...not something I would be comfortable wearing at work. By offering options for wearing it becomes a lot more attractive to me. Gestures and the variety of sensors that it works with is definitely awesome as well. Easily the most impressive smartwatch so far.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Rayan:
Hello everyone,

I want to start this thread so we can discuss ways to improve the pathetic camera software that comes bundled with Windows Mobile 5.0.

I'm tweaking the Registry and I found several interesting things, but for the time being, I have only managed to enable/disable the camera shutter sound (or even change it to some other sound).

With your favorite Registry Editor, navigate to HKLM/System/Pictures/OEM and change the ShutterSoundVolume value from 32768 to 0

Save changes and test camera. If you like the results power down the Pocket PC, wait 2 secs then Soft Reset with stylus.

That's it!

I will be posting some more findings as they become available.

My goal is to improve the capture quality of the Video Capture portion of the application.

Best regards,

Rayan
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Xeon:
Now that's the greatest thing i've ever heard ... We need to fix the camera because its quality is really bad.

Now let's see . IA camera is 100 times better than the one installed on the device ( v2.10 ) . After installing it , the Album works fine BUT when running the camera application , i have nothing but a black screen :evil:

Now maybe we can do something to disable the installed one and use the IA instead.. i think it would be gr8 :idea: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] toenailed:
nice thread thanks for adding this topic in the wiki .. but i move the thread to Himalaya Upgrading etc. to avoid confusion with other HTC devices ..:)

anyway heres my input ..

the exact commandline to call the camera is

pimg.exe -camerakey

icon is found in shellres.dll to be exact -8263(shellres.dll,-8263)

user Settings can be found in this registry Section

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Pictures\Camera\USER

AudioEnabled--> 1 to Enabled, 0 if not

Brightness--> Set to the Following value

dword:00000000 --> +3

dword:00000001 --> +2

dword:00000002 --> +1

dword:00000003 --> 0

dword:00000004 --> -1

dword:00000005 --> -2

dword:00000006 --> -3

Resolution --> Setting Picture Resolution to the Following Value

dword:00000000 --> 240x180

dword:00000001 --> 480x360

dword:00000002 --> 240x360

dword:00000003 --> 480x640

CurrentZoom --> this doesnt work with mine but hope to you guys

dword:00000000 --> Zoom *1

dword:00000001 --> Zoom *2

dword:00000002 --> Zoom *3

dword:00000003 --> Zoom *4

dword:00000004 --> Zoom *5

dword:00000005 --> Zoom *6

Save Files to:

Main Memory(Default)

"DefaultDir"="\My Documents\My Pictures"

"DiskName"=""

FOLLOWING Will Create DCIM Folder

Extended_ROM

"DefaultDir"="\Extended_ROM"

"DiskName"="DSK1:"

NAND Disk(Storage)

"DefaultDir"="\NAND Disk" or "\Storage"

"DiskName"="DSK2:"

Storage Card

"DefaultDir"="\Sotrage Card"

"DiskName"="DSK3:"

to any Other Folder

"DefaultDir" --> Set the Folder path ex. "\Program Files"

"DiskName" --> Set to what disk

(Empty) --> Means in your device(RAM)

DISK1: --> Means Folder in Extended ROM

DISK2: --> Means Folder in NAND Disk or Storage

DISK3: --> means folder in Storage Card

File Number and File Prefix

"FileNumber" --> Setting the File Number Current Count

"FilePrefix" --> File Prefix for Picture

Setting The Video Resolution

VideoProfile

dword:00000000 --> PC(240x180)

dword:00000001 --> PC(128x96)

dword:00000002 --> MMS(162x120) <--Dont Ask y its wmv

dword:00000003 --> MMS(176x144)

Setting Time Limit For Video

UserVideoTime --> value must be in seconds default is 1Ehex(30 in decimal) means 30second

QualitySetting --> Setting Quality Settings

dword:00000000 --> High Quality

dword:00000001 --> Normal Quality

dword:00000002 --> Low Quality

Camera Driver can be found in the Following Registry Section(pls study this)

HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\Camera

and

HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\CameraDriver

To Disable the MS Camera

Remove the Registry Key "Capture" in this Registry section

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectX\DirectShow]

or Simpy Remove the Value of DLL which is "CameraDriver.dll" in this registry

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectX\DirectShow\Capture]

THANKS AGAIN RAYAN FOR ADDING THIS TOPIC IN THE WIKI .. FEEL FREE TO EDIT THE WIKI .. :wink:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Rayan:
Thank you toenailed for the detailed description of the registry...

This will save us some time.

Let's see what we can do...

Best regards,

Rayan
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Rayan:
minor correction

NOTE:

The correct path to the Camera Key in the Registry is:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Pictures\Camera\USER

But thanks again toenailed! :wink:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] toenailed:
oooppps sowee thanks rayan .. just edited my post .. :wink:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] jamil_mhmd:
Does this mean that by disabling the MS camera, we can use IA Camera instead?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Xeon:
I hope so 8)