yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrovic.ad:
Hy guys

Can anyone here tell me pls what samsung actually changed on android. I am running android version 4.2.2 and got o course the touchwiz looks as a skin.

But I have also happend to notice that every basic app on this device is completely different than it is shown on googles system.

For examle the phone app the messege app the galery app and most off all the settings app are all samsung costom.

Did samsung change only the skin of these apps or are they completely new apps and why cant I find googles alternative of these app on the playstore nor anywhere else.

Whenever I read about touchwiz it says that it is only a UI and can be changed but the apps I mentioned never change and theire all part of touchwiz.

So wouldent it be fair to say that touchwiz is a comletely new operating system that can run android apps.

But then again updates for android happen to bring everytim mostly changes to the ui so how can anyone say to be running android 4.3 for example and at the same time have touchwiz just look at the changelog of android 4.3

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] E_Cartman:
TW isn't just a skin. as you have already mentioned it goes a lot deeper, having its own apps, own dialer, own contacts etc.

even some helpful features as smart stay, smart pause.

one easy way to get rid off most of the TW looks is to install a new launcher (like nova launcher). but there will still be a lot of TW in the background. to completly avoid TW you have to install a custom rom (like CM or GE) with a vanilla android look & feel
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrovic.ad:
thanks for the reply

so it is in fact a new operating system and not just an overlay.

then what is the benefit of updateing to android 4.3 with touchwiz when one of the new features on 4.3 is that you get dialing suggestions when you dial a number on the dialing pad. this feature is long time ago included in touchwiz.

how deep exactly does samsung realy go with changeing android and what benefit exactly would i have from updating to a new touchwiz version that is labeled as being based on android 4.3
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrovic.ad:
come on guys help a noob
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] E_Cartman:
TW and GE (google edition) both have their own features. and there is no TW based on 4.3 yet. that's one of the advantages of AOSP, you get updates earlier. samsung needs time to build its own 4.3 TW.

just have a look at both and then decide which one is best for you.
[Micromax A116] Sunny37886:
i know this topic is already in threads...bt i am still confused because, mostly all of them are talking about class10 extreme pro..and i dont have enough budget..so i want class 10 ultraa...link fr card given not given coz not allowed , as m a new user..bt card is available on flipkart

Sandisk Extreme Pro

:cowboy: BOUGHT CANVAS HD yesterday :fingers-crossed:

now i want a memory card....i want to know whether it will handle 32gb easily...i mean if card is bottle necked with games movies songs , will canvas HD slows down at that time. :rolleyes: :confused:

i was thinking about class 10..this one.

help me...i joined XDA today...so sorry if i POSTED in wrong place :eek: :mad:
[Micromax A116] kishorparmar:
class 10 MicroSD card won't slow it down. Go for this one:good:

already using 32gb class10 without any issues with canvas HD
[Micromax A116] dreamyworld:
,

Hi,

My Observations:

I am currently using Class 10 ultra and I could able to play the big games like, NFS, FIFA, GTA etc.. with out any lag.

Not sure about other games as I have not played on my device.

Coming to the ultra and extreme pro, as you know an advanced version will always give you the better performance than older ones (unless there is defect... my analysis :) ).

Basically we(at least me) look for speedy memory cards because we have less internal space on our device.. In order to play big games, we might need to swap the memories, where your external sd card becomes internal memory. Usually Internal memories built using SSD tech which are much faster than the External cards. To match up with the speeds we will go for a higher speed memory cards like class 10.

Another example is camera, we can have captured images stored in external sd card. So here again speed matters to capture the images faster (like in burst mode).

This analysis is from my readings, If I am wrong on any point please feel free to correct me.

It is ultimately you to decide to go with which card.
[Micromax A116] Sunny37886:
ordered sndisk 32gb ultra :) :)

nd 1 thing more...i want to play games...bt i dont want to root so early...any solution...???

my android versio is 4.1.2

if i update it to 4.2.1....thn i will b able to play games without rooting or not...???

if yes..thn plz tell me easiest way to update to 4.2.1 :)
[Micromax A116] hell1134:
Update via sp tools
[Micromax A116] Sunny37886:
Any link fr that with steps fr procedure....??????

Nd will i b able to play games without rooting ...??
[Micromax A116] hell1134:
Try this :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2308431
[Micromax A116] dreamyworld:
As of I know,

nope, you cant if you want to play games which are bigger in size say >1GB. As you need more internal memory to save the game into your internal memory.

I did not find any apps or methods to swap memories with out root. Try searching in google, if you can find any.

We need to root our phone as we have to edit some files from the system folder (system files) which can be only possible if you have root permissions. You can gain root permissions by rooting your device.

Just updating to 4.2.1 will not give you root access, but if you install any pre-rooted roms through CWM(recovery) will give you root access.

Rooting your device will void your warranty (anyways clean unroot and clean uninstall of custom ROM might be useful to gain warranty again, I am not sure about this as I never tried it, i just saw people writing this on forums).

--- I am not responsible if some thing goes wrong with your device, flash at your own risk
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magero:
Hey i have ViperONE...

i have downloaded the app DisableService for mir Battery in the Deepsleep.

i was on the SystemUi and disabled a process hmm i think it was a word with image... blubb.. one had a restart and has a bootloop in the HTCONE Logo.... anyone can help me without complete factory reset....
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theappguruz:
Hi Guys,

I have developed my android app called hide my secrets. This App will be helpful to the users who do not want anyone to access their personal data on their mobile phones. The users can hide any file, contacts, call logs, messages and can even lock the app so that nobody can access their data.

The App is currently is in Testing, not launched now and will be launched on 15th august 2013, I need your suggestions regarding the App so that I can add the some more functionality to the app.

Thanks in advance,

Rajesh Kanjani
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] mhmodawa:
Hello

I want a way to do by making part of the memory card for your Android instead of core memory
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caddish:
Hello

Yesterday, I shattered my glass and digitizer :( though the lcd and phone are correct.

I'm wondering how much does lg or google charge for repair and is it lengthy process.

Also I'd like to know what are my option to backup the phone. USB debuging is disabled but the phone is rooted and unlocked.

I don't think there is a remote control app that can be installed without user input and I don't think I can enable USB debuging without screen input.

So I guess, I'm stuck with a nandroid backup though I'm not sure what is included. I believe it includes everything but the USB storage ?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
Yes, a nandroid includes everything but the data/media folder.

You could however blindly boot in recovery, then use adb to copy the data/media/0 folder (the sdcard).

Soo, boot in recovery, and use this command

adb pull data/media/0 C://NexusSD
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caddish:
Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] naack:
what is a boot loader what is its job ?

do cooked roms fromt he rom kitchen work on all xda's that are available on this site?

what is the connection betwee the os rom ?

can someone use the same boot loader for 2003, 2003se and 2005 os?

and i can see the 2005 os is available but only in nbf format and it looks to be encrypted.

is it available in nb1 format? or is that a no no ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Rudegar:
the bootloader is like a bios in a pc it start up the loading of the rom file to the rom

the software in the rom cant upgrade itself so it require the bootloader

the kitchen sites are ONLY for xda1's

there are guides as to how you step by step upgrade xda2's to 2005 and 2003SE
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] naack:
so u have to change the bootloader for each operating systsem or can u use the same one

so which neis xda1 and wich is xda 2 i am still a littleconfused about that

i couldnt find any roms for the xda2 arond here or are they listed somewhere else?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Rudegar:
some upgrades automaticly upgrade the bootloader too so there is no clear answer to that question

walaby == xda1

himalaya == xda2

xda2 roms are not different from the officials onces apart from

people unlock the extented rom and add the programs they want autoinstalled

and change the operator id so the rom will install

how you do that is descriped under himalaya upgrade on this site
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DirtySant0:
Hello Community

Whats the difference between the JS roms and the JW roms that I am seeing in the developers section? Any benefits to either one? Im currently on Stock Rooted 4.3 JW rom right now.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eainyow:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2382880

There you go the differences fully explained. Please search first next time before starting thread. :thumbup:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sujith1994:
+1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tttuning:
What is everyone running for a 4.2.2 ROM??? And why???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] salas2324:
Not everyone. People prefer what they prefer.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] landshark68:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2030478
[LG Optimus G Pro] Jammol:
Didn't know of a better place to put this...

Are you regretting updating to the OTA because now your battery life sucks super bad even after all the different ways you tried to fix it and don't think the OTA is worth it and so you flashed back to stock and have the ota sitting in notification and you keep hitting cancel when it asks you to install it?! Dang..... out..... of..... breath.....

I was...

You need root of course...and I'm not responsible if your phone mucks up...BACKUP!

Navigate to system/apps and find LGDMSCLIENT.apk and rename extension to bak. Do the same for the .odex file.

Note: If you want to try new updates, simply change the extensions back to the original names.

Reboot

NO MORE OTA!!!!

Cheers...
[LG Optimus G Pro] anirudhcrao:
Yes sir. Thank you
[LG Optimus G Pro] Crinos512:
How can you tell?

How can you tell if the Value Pack has been installed on a phone?

I just purchaced my G Pro, and there have not been any available updates when I check....

Android Version: 4.1.2

Baseband Version: APQ8064/MDM9x15M

Kernel Version: 3.4.0

Build Number: JZO54K

Software Version: E98010K

Has the Value Pack (or any other update) been installed at the store?

---------- Post added at 09:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:12 AM ----------

Hmmm, It appears that the original rom is Software Version: E98010G and the Value Pack is Software Version: E98010K

Can anyone confirm this?
[LG Optimus G Pro] Jammol:
You have the value pack installed.

Go here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2302660

If you want to go back to pre-value pack.
[LG Optimus G Pro] InaruMejil:
Simple if you have the Smart Video option. You do have the update.
[LG Optimus G Pro] Flaco05:
I am giving this a shot using ES File Explorer and get the message "Task is failed" when I try to change the file extensions.

Any clues as to what the problem is?

Thanks in advance.

Edit: Never mind. It worked with Root Explorer.
[LG Optimus G Pro] Attackcenter:
Hi.

Isnt renaming the files essentially the same as freezing the app? why not just freeze the ota app with Titanium Backup?

AC
[LG Optimus G Pro] lazer77:
That works if you have the Pro version. I don't, so this option works too.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patrik@xda:
So today I've read some news saying that is true that Samsung will ditch the 4.2.2 update in favor of the 4.3 update, bringing all those cool features like T.R.I.M and Open GL 3.0, my question for you guys is, when do you think we will see this update? Thank you for your response :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joevik:
This may answer your question:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2344133&page=16
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
We have an Android 4.3 topic in General section .

Please use the report button to move your question that is asked day after day and can be found via search .

jje
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jvx333:
Hows everyones lte signal in dallas? Mine stays at 1 bar sometimes I get 2. Is this normal.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] AxAtAx:
I am in dallas with 4 bars, signal is superb. fast as hell. 2-3 is normal
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jvx333:
Yeah I went a mile down the road and got 4 bars, did a speed test and was a bit lower than when I had 1 bar.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] stayRooted:
Don't know about Dallas but the signal is really good in Houston if you ever travel this way. Just fyi
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] AxAtAx:
to hot:) isn't that the place where you take 2-3 showers a day because of the humidity?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] stayRooted:
Yes it is. Very Hot. That's why I work inside lol

Sent from My S4 in BEASTMODE

---------- Post added at 10:56 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:55 AM ----------

I actually plan on traveling up that way to visit some family soon. How is the weather up there?

Sent from My S4 in BEASTMODE
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jvx333:
Yes it is. I have family there and when we go visit that's what we do 3 times a day
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dark-Black-71:
Hello, I found these bugs on my stock non-rooted 4.3 android. Can you see the pictures and tell me are there any fixes for them? To reproduce the first picture fire up more than 4 apps and swipe one to remove it and on top you will see the black line. For the camera i don't know ho to reproduce it but it happens sometimes that the picture wants to escape from the screen like its moving to the right and overlaps.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sujith1994:
never used the stock rom always sticked to pa :D
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedikalimero:
Hi,

I bought second hand a Galaxy Note II. everything works fine except it can´t connect to any provider. I checked the EMEI and it is not the one in the back label.

I searched in Lost or Stolen phones database and this altered EMEI showed up as belonging to an Apple iPhone stolen in Kenya. The search of the legal EMEI in the back label showed no results so I suppose if I can restore the correct EMEI, it should work.

Why the former owner changed a working EMEI to a not working one is beyond my understanding. The phone seems to have the legal not altered firmware or so it says when you enter download mode. May be he attempted to unlock the phone but instead of that he ended up replacing the EMEI information and blocked the phone.

I bought the phone from a trusted seller in ebay who sells stock returns, shop liquidations, etc. I trust them but they don't know the history of the phone before they received it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Armazia:
Did your imei change to 004999010640000? this is a common problem happening to lots of people when they flashed the newest firmware and then an older, if thats the case; you should try to flash the original firmware(Sammobile), or look if somewhere in the memory of the phone a file called efs backup is found. Otherwise you're having a big problem.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedikalimero:
Yes, that's exactly the EMEI number!

no efs backup file found.

I will try flashing stock BTU firmware from Sammobile but can this restore the EMEI?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Armazia:
You can try, I heared rumor that it saved some of their phone. If that doesn't work there won't be any way you'll get your original imei back for free, so you'll possibly need to contact Samsung. Try to install the latest firmware of samsung(MG1 I guess).
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedikalimero:
I found this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=44346301#post44346301

I have downloaded the mentioned ZIP file but I don't know how to flash it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shhbz:
Well just go through the original dev thread and search fr dr.ketan thread on how to root etc u will find answer to evrytying u want to know abt the device
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herege:
Hello All,

I'm having the same problem, no Imei and no phone signal :(

I have a efs.tar.gz backup file but I don't know how to restore it.

I saw methods to restore .bin files but not tar.gz

Can someone help me with that?

Thanks in advanced :good:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techno848:
Use this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1918601

Worked for me
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedikalimero:
The OP says this won't work in my case:
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] sriki_123:
Can anybody give me link for stock jelly bean browser to use in tipo stock rom ?? Please attach requisites and also tell me the steps to install it !!
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] sriki_123:
Also tell me the best jellybean rom for tipo :)
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pra1997pranay:
the notification led of my defy it always on.. green color.. defy mb525 ... but it still works when i plug in the charger etc it changes its color.. to check this i open n saw i think i saw 2 leds... one is always on (green color).. i though some rom prob then flashed stock sbf.. but still no luck nw im back to cm10.2... please guys help me its draining my battery !!
[HTC One X] Cessquill:
Since the fairly recent updates to Google Maps I've not been able to get it to work properly under Car Mode. I use Car Mode fairly often, unfortunately.

For example:

- If I set a route up, go to the home page, put some music/internet radio on, back to home page and press Navigation it clears the route and starts again

- After that it continually crashes and I have to exit and re-enter Car Mode to get it to work again

- There is no longer a Car Mode navigation home screen when you press Navigation, it's just the Navigation main page (makes it a pain to find things)

Anybody know if it can be fixed at all?
[HTC One X] Tigerlight:
I'd expect it to be fixed in HTC's Sense update coming soon...until then it looks like a straight incompatibility between the way Car Mode and the new Maps/Navigation do things. Very likely the amalgamation of Maps and Navigation into a single integrated app.

You are not alone in this problem, there is much complaining.
[HTC One X] Cessquill:
Thanks for that, makes me feel a bit better :) Had a search around, but I haven't been here for a while, and there is so much to go through.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] joey jojo:
hey there guys, just need to ask if anyone knows how to get the gprs settings correct and the mms settings right after upgrading to imate 1.40 . im on o2 and i managed to get gprs working but slow, and mms wont work at all.

also is there an o2 active cab file i can get hold of, cos i like o2active interface. and i can get the settings with that if it mucks up.....
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] joey jojo:
its ok now, i sorted it............. cheers anyway!!! 8)
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] JetJackson2004:
so what was the answer?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] joey jojo:
yeah, had to do it manually, do u need the settings?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] lininjim:
yes please mate, thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] g2xpolak:
Using wicked with stock kernel and stock camera.

Zoom does not work. This is my second s3 and the zoom did not work on my previous s3 for the last couple months.

Anyone have this issue or something similar?

Any help would be great.

No I don't need to reflash or anything. I have done that on two phones.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
But does the camera work when you are full stock? As in before flashing Wicked?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] check347:
Hi, I'm new here, I'm having problems with my camera on my T999L too after flashing the wicked rom, my camera just won't work, i've tried reflashing/trying out new installs with the v10 wicked rom but nothing is really working, not sure if there's a solution but thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bigal77:
Hello, very noob question here

I just ordered a lg optimus g and want to sell my galaxy nexus

I've rooted, and been using minco v7 Rom. Should I unroot to sell my phone?

I actually would just want to install stock rom, since right now,I don't get updates unless I flash myself. Most buyers don't seem to care, so I want them to get future updates.

Is there a link on how to flash stock Rom? Is it same procedure? Put in download folder, reboot in bootloader, wipe and flash it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
i guess reading the stickies in this same forum is hard?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
Please read the stickies before you actually do something to your phone. The one's by efrant on general are very good.

a manta wrote this.
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] Primokorn:
DOWNLOAD

This is not my work!!!

I found the idea interesting so I just share the app.

The concept has been created for Moto X device and DROIDs but it's now ported on all Android devices :D

For example you can open any app you want chopping your phone twice.

The screen on which you are doesn't matter and that's very nice! You are on XDA app and you want to quickly take a screenshot so you just have to chop twice and you camera app is opened.

Some screenshots from the app just installed on my phone:
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] dalanik:
Note II already has someting similar built-in for lounching camera.... you hold finger on lockscreen and turn the phone to landscape....
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] Primokorn:
Yeah but only on lockscreen. This app works anywhere.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SAMGS4:
can someone please help me , i tryed to put a new rom on my phone and ended up with it giving me and error saying firmware upgrade encountered an issue please select recovery mode in kies, ive tryed to restore in kies but when i do it ends up saying device not found and failing, i can still get onto download mode

ive tryed diffrent odins and same error all the time the last thing i tryed was full wipe and rebuild still no joy

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> BOOTLOADER_I9505XXUBMF8_I9505OXABMF8_I9505XXUBMF8.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> PDA_I9505XXUBMF8_I9505OXABMF8_I9505XXUBMF8.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> MODEM_I9505XXUBMF8_I9505OXABMF8_I9505XXUBMF8.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> CSC_FULL_WIPE_I9505XXUBMF8_I9505OXABMF8_I9505XXUBMF8.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/005> Initialzation..

<ID:0/005> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/005> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

<ID:0/005> Removed!!