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[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] SWOLEGASM:
No no that's not a feature of the screen, if the screen were polarized in a specific direction that would make the viewing angles horrible. You'd only want to view the device in that direction.

Your sunglasses are basically blocking out any incident light so it really shouldn't matter what device you use you're going to get the same result
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Ryan_Mc:
So just to confirm, the screen in the new gen isn't polarized like the last?

FWIW the polarization doesn't affect viewing angles, it affects what rotations the screen can be viewed (if you are wearing polarized glasses). Sorry to nitpick about wording if that's what you meant. Also I have no idea what you meant by the last statement or how it applies to this question.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] RR215:
To simply answer you question.......The new N7 is the same. Cant see anything in landscape and portrait viewing is unaffected by polarized glasses. :cool:
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Ryan_Mc:
Well that sucks but thanks for the info. All the other mobile devices I have are at least polarized on a 45 degree angle so they can be used in either direction... albeit dimmed quite a bit. I'm a little surprised Google didn't do this.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] gnuelxela:
You can buy your own polarization films to have the same or even better effects.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Ryan_Mc:
At the risk of spreading misinformation... yes there are polarizing films you could put on but it would not have better effects. As I've been informed the polarization of this display is unchanged from the original N7, or polarized in portrait mode in the long axis. Adding a polarizing film at 45 degrees will not repolarize the display to that axis, but will block some of the light coming from the display... only guessing here but probably block approx 50% when viewed naked eye. When viewing through polarized glass like sunglasses the result would still be the same polarization, except what ever you see would be dimmed by the amount that the polarizing film subtracted. I assume there would be a bit of scatter from the film that would randomize the polarization that would negate the effect a bit but I doubt it would be noticeable.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] theSpam:
Hi Everyone,

I'm currently looking for an i337M S4 Odin guide as I learn more about flashing our devices. I've searched and haven't been able to find anything specific to the S4. I did find a pretty generic guide for the S3 here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671969

Coming from HTC and Nexus devices, Odin (or download mode) is very new to me given the lack of fastboot. I'd appreciate any help to further my understanding.

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] GuestX0019:
Here are some more to help get the idea. don't know if it matters i337 or i337m. someone else can answer that--:)

http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...2-ucuamdb-jelly-bean-firmware-using-odin.html

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2261573

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpdWLPaJpiQ
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
Best Odin guide I know http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26056924. You'll have to substitute the i337m specific files for the ones listed
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Transpresence:
I'm a bit of a noob at terminology and android settings so try to bear with me...

I'm running a deodexed vzw CleanRom v1.6.5 and I've downloaded TWRP recovery via gooManager. (Yes I've installed the recovery script from it.) Back when I had a stock rom, when I held the power + the volume up button it would go into TWRP recovery fine. But now (I don't know if it's CleanRom's fault) when I start up the phone into recovery mode using the shortcut the blue text would appear but it would restart normally.

My stock backup was corrupted for some reason and it softbricked my phone so I had to odin flash and go through all that rooting process again before restoring from my CleanRom backup via TWRP. So I don't really want to go back to stock, but I guess I can download a stock one if I really need to.

I can still enter TWRP by going into gooManager and pressing reboot recovery from there. Any solution to this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] scottgalit61:
I'm also on CleanRom 1.6.5 and it works for me... Vol up+power
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Travisdroidx2:
To get mine to boot to recovery while phone is off I have to hold volume + and menu key at the same time. Then hit the power button until it vibrates then let go of the power button. If I keep holding the power button then the blue writing is displayed but instead of going into recovery it just reboots. However if I only hit the power button and release when it vibrates and I am still holding the volume + and menu key then it will boot to twrp recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Transpresence:
Alright, I'm feeling pretty foolish.

It was a simple user error that I really hate to admit. If I hold down the volume up and the power button and keep holding down both, the phone restarts as normal. But I should be letting go of the power button when the phone vibrates, while holding down the volume up button keeps it loading into the recovery mode. Don't know why I didn't have that problem before. I attempted Travis' idea first then experimented a little without the menu button and it worked fine.

Thanks. :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Travisdroidx2:
Glad you got it figured out. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] payaso805:
you could also go into recovery via the goomanager app

:laugh:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Travisdroidx2:
True and that is what he said he has been doing. However what if you flash something and you get a boot loop. You can pull the battery and try again but if it boot loops again you will need to be able to get to your recovery with a non booting phone. That is why it is important to know how to boot the phone into recovery with out the need of any apps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Transpresence:
Precisely my thought process. I knew that at some time I'm bound to softbrick my phone again and I needed to boot recovery from startup.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moosehunter:
I'm looking to upgrade from my Galaxy S 1, and I'm confused by all the different variants of the Galaxy S 4. I was originally just going to buy a Google Play Edition from the Play Store, but they only sell it in white, not black, and only a 16GB version. If I bought an i9505 like this, would it be the same hardware, and work just the same as the Google Play Edition if I put the GPE rom or another rom like CyanogenMod on it and would it work on all T-Mobile and AT&T bands?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Look here for all supported bands http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S4.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moosehunter:
But I've heard all the Snapdragon GSM models have the same hardware. If that's true, why have all the different models?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bafknight:
Make it easy. Different hardware for different markets or regions. S4 i9500 with Snapdragon chip is the phone with Samsung tweak rom, it was released first. after that s4 with original rom was released for people choices.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moosehunter:
So basically what my question comes down to is this. Can an i9505 be made to function just like a Google Play Edition S4 with no negative side effects?

Edit: NVM, I finally found threads related to what I wanted to know. Looks like I'm just getting a T-Mobile GS4.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] plopez12:
So I did the new AT&T update and now the phone is stuck on the HTC ONE screen and has been there for a good 45 minutes. Any suggestions?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] dsymbol:
have you tried to reboot the phone by holding power + vol down?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] plopez12:
Yes...I just tried to do a factory reset and now it's still stuck on the same HTC ONE screen
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] plopez12:
Thanks to the AT&T update that killed my phone I had to get a refurbished one that is in worse physical condition than the first one I had...and I only had it since July 3rd...gaps on the top and bottom...slight dent/nick on the top portion of the phone where the aluminum meets the plastic and a tiny scratch on the camera glass...it isn't directly over the lens but that isn't the point...I'm calling AT&T tomorrow...this is bull****
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] gunnyman:
You should. Give em hell.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] dcemtp1:
Tell them off, after a minute they might just send you a new one for all the hassle.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] plopez12:
Just got off the phone with AT&T and the lady that helped me was very nice and seemed to actually know what she was talking about. She was in the process of filing a claim for me and told me that she would give me a call back either later on today or at the same time tomorrow. So we will see what happens.

Just for future reference is there anything I could have done to fix the phone myself. Like just wipe it clean and start over? I tried a factory reset but it would still get stuck on the HTC ONE screen during bootup. Any ideas?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] gunnyman:
You probably could have gotten to bootloader either booted to or flashed a custom recovery then flashed a rom or just reinstalled the 1.26 RUU
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] plopez12:
Damn at this point I really wish I thought of that...hopefully I won't have to worry about it again...might be a blessing in disguise though because this one is picking up LTE better
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boxer29:
Is rhere any way you can put windows 8 rt on yiur asus, im still using the stock rom

Thanks
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaos420:
No

Sent from inside my mkv.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omniuni:
It looks like at least the basic hardware on the tablet is supported by Windows 8 RT, but Microsoft doesn't sell it directly. Your best bet is to get in touch with someone who has a Microsoft developer account, and see if they can get an image for you. That said, Windows 8 is pretty awful. If you want to turn your tablet into a more full computer, I recommend looking at the Ubuntu Touch, Arch, or XUbuntu threads in the development section.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoinTheRealms:
This tablet will never run windows rt (not absolutly true if you enjoy windows rt in qemu enviroment:silly:) hint the tf600 is basically this tablet with windows rt.

But even then our linux ports created by only a few people run better then 90% of windows rt tablets lol, youd be jelious of our linux if you had a windows rt tablet :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] patriot1973:
So I've had the S4 for 1 month now and at first I really didn't want to root or change the ROM. I actually like the TW interface and think it's great as it is. I've been rooting and changing ROMs going back to the MyTouch, but for some reason the S4 had me worried. I debated over and over about doing it, but after getting tired of the bloatware, constant ads being displayed and wanting to stop the horrible startup/shutdown music, the time came for me to root it.

So, after pouring over many hours of reading and deciding the method, I went with the Chainfire route. I chose this because from what I read (and this may have been where I misunderstood something??), if I ONLY root the phone, don't install a custom recovery then I will still be able to receive OTAs (when and IF they come from TMO). So after a couple of heart-stopping moments at 2am last night with about 4 ODIN fails, I finally got it rooted. Turns out, the USB cable I was using might have been the problem. I went out to the car and got the original cable that came with the phone and it worked on the first try with that. I thought for sure I had hard bricked the phone when it came up with an error message at startup regarding a firmware problem.

Anyhow, to make a long story short, after doing the rooting, I checked the update option in settings and it's telling me the phone has been modified and is unable to receive updates. I then ran the triangle away program to reset the binary counter back to Samsung Official/Official, which it's reporting now instead of Custom, but then checking the updater it still reports the same thing. This is what I didn't want to have happen!

Any suggestions on how to rectify this or have I crossed that line and might as well just go ahead and put a recovery on there and do a backup and leave it at that until the day comes I decide to slap a custom ROM on it?

Thanks for letting me rant, but I would like some assistance if possible.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] lordcheeto03:
If you've reset your binary counter and have modified nothing else, just unroot and you should be able to receive updates again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jbreeze228:
Go into the Triangle Away app and check system modified workaround and problem solved
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] stevessvt:
This. It explains this right in the app.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] patriot1973:
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I went ahead and got SuperSU Pro because that's the only way the feature in Triangle Away will work. It was after 2am when I was rooting and having problems so I wasn't too sharp.

Thanks!
[Android Themes] Xperia-Ray:
Hi all,

I have W100 and just installed ported MIUI V5 rom with this Awsame THEME:

http://zhuti.xiaomi.com/detail/c0366057-b1c3-4845-b488-b4306cc08ec1

I have made new ENGLISH Icons in Photoshop for the theme(Call,Send,End Call, Back, etc') + English LOCKSCREEN from this theme :http://miuiandroid.com/community/threads/theme-ios5-hd-mod-for-miui-v4-jb.19380/

Now its Fully English Theme- Enjoy and Hit THANKS :)

Download:

https://mega.co.nz/#!uccW0TqS!MrFTPiyfAw4xPOYAU0KiKUQZT8cZbvfYVit-uEZgOKE
[Android Themes] Xperia-Ray:
Any 1 tested yet? post review :)
[Android Themes] Luke04:
cant download ....

ahh, now - after 10 mins mega is starting ...
[Android Themes] hashoma4ever:
I am new here, would you mind telling me how to use this theme ? thanks
[Android Themes] sam tyler:
Trying to download, but keeps showing me ads/no download icon.used 3 different browsers,opera,chrome and stock.no luck on any.screenshots look great.
[Android Themes] robby8773:
Nice theme, but one question. How do I install? I would like to try it!
[Android Themes] mithun.sharma80:
download link isnt working ....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] yankeesfan714:
I used oneclick odin to go back to mf1. Ive been waiting for the OTA and mf3 just hasnt happened for me. Is there a way to force it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] kennyx13:
One way i did to force my update was to change the date on my phone. I took of the automatic update and uodate via network and changed my date one day at a time... Im not sure if it will work for you but i hope it helps...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] yankeesfan714:
Haha trust me I went about 60 days into the future.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] markh:
I just upgraded from a SPV m1000 (Himalaya) to a SPV m2000 (Blue Angel). I know I'm a little late to upgrade but I just thought I would share what I thought of it:

PROS

- Navigation pad - it's a lot better, with the m1000 I kept hitting the wrong direction because it was small and circular. The 4 buttons above the navigation make one-hand operation more possible.

- Bluetooth: It now comes with Widcomm BT as standard so you can send files and join a BT network. I tried getting the Widcomm stack to work on the m1000 but I couldn't get activesync to work. On the old MS BT stack activesync kept failing for some unknown reason, on the m2000 it works fine.

- Built-in Wifi: A lot more convenient than having to constantly swap SD cards. Also I suspect using the Socket BT driver pushed the m1000 too near the 32 process limit so Skype's VoIP didn't work properly. While voice quality on Skype on the m2000 isn't perfect the other person is at least comprehensible.

- 43MB flash RAM: The m1000 only had 14MB which was probably enough. It only occured to me recently to store all my documents in this area to avoid data loss if the main RAM was wiped.

- Slide down keyboard: Should make writing emails faster, though I'm still getting used to it.

- Higher capacity battery: gets you through the day. Sometimes I would be out of juice by the end of the day on the m1000.

- MMS is built into the email application.

- Pocket Internet Explorer now renders pages without horizontal scrolling which reduces the need for alternative browsers like NetFront.

- Screen Rotation: While there was quite a good utility for screen rotation available on these forums for PPC 2003, the one in SE is faster, the apps re-render better and the navigation pad is also rotated.

- The audio socket is on the top of the device, though there is an awkward rubber "stopper".

CONS

- It's slightly bigger and heavier but you get used to it.

- The email application takes a little longer to load which can be annoying when you want to quickly see the last couple of SMSes.

- The power button is on the right hand side which is a little more awkward, though it does stop you from accidently pressing it when you shove the device into your pocket.

- The volumn slider isn't as easy to use - it's nearly flush with the surface.

- Case: Isn't very good - you have to take the device out to use it. The m1000 case fits the m2000 but you will still have to take it out to use the slide down keyboard.

- Headphones: Has only one button to answer calls instead of answer and reject buttons on the m1000.

OTHER INFO

m1000 PPCTechs Sync n' Charge cable should work with m2000 though you will need to get a new audio adapater if you want to use 3.5mm headphones.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] findus:
Thanks for your comparison,

Was thinking about upgrading my M1000, but I think I'll wait for the SPV 3G to come out unless it's going to be ages! I do love the M2000 though, my mate has it and he loves having a better phone than me...
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] tradivise:
I upgraded from the M1000 to the M2000 about a month or two ago, and im very happy, there are a few "CONS" as with any device you buy, but i think the "PROS" totally see over this and make it a much better PPC than the M1000....

Markh - just one thing, about the headphones(handsfree) only having one button as apposed to the M1000 having two, It actually is a whole lot better in my view, cos now you dont havr to look at which button you pressing to pick it up, there is now one button to "pick up" and the same button to "put down".... no more worries about pushing the red one when u want to pick up...
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] mike freegan:
Pros:

Keyboard

Wi-fi

Looks better

Specs look better on paper

Cons:

Battery is appauling

Appaulingly slow and unstable

Rarely works for calls (in a variety of ways ie you won't even notice it's crashed as it looks fine and the PPC functions work, but you get home at the end of the day and have tonnes of messages from people saying your phone's turned off / the no sound (no connection) problem experienced by 77% of users.)

SPB Pocketplus (the only 3rd party app I really used) makes a bad phone perform worse

Most of the extra features make it crash (ie. the screen rotate)

Almost anything makes media player skip as the phone can't handle it

Screen has a yellow hue

Crappy headphone adapter

Getting your sim out is a b!tch

Volume slider is awkward

IR port is on the side so IR keyboards won't work (even if you rotate the screen) so I need to buy an expensive BT one

Disabled BT in 'beam' option: although BT 3900 fixes this for file manager, the pictures app suffers. You can no longer choose the picture to beam by looking for the thumbnail.

Hard Resets at random

Soft resets at random
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ElmirBuljubasic:
(I'am not the developer of this app, i cant answer your questions, if you any contact the developer on play store.)

I'm not responsable of anything!

Disable Service helps you to disable services running in the background such as "push service" ,"upload service" or "pull ad service" and so on.

red:disabled.

blue:running currently.

+ need root access.

(Note that:on 2.3,you have to enable the usb debugging mode)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cn.wq.disableservice
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mrjraider:
Link is not working. Google Play reports app not found ;)

Sorry mate :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ElmirBuljubasic:
Fixed
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] darkknigh_t:
Just trying it out :) hvala :)

Thank you!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Eris _2.1_2010:
Great app. So I noticed some apps will fc. What's a good list of services that can be shut down without crashing apps?

Sent From My Exhilarating Exhilarate 4G
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ElmirBuljubasic:
Disable unnecesary services, i dont know what app you are using so i can't help you. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Simonna:
This app is one of my favorites. Damn it's so useful I couldn't imagine using my phone without this app :D :cyclops:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mrjraider:
Thanks, will test this out :)

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Okay installed etc.. But how does it work?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ElmirBuljubasic:
Choose an app and disable services like syncing or sending data..(you need to find the right service, you can find it in Setting>apps>running then press the app and see what service is running)

Sorry about my english..i'm not that good :<
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mrjraider:
Yes but do i need to untick them?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ElmirBuljubasic:
Not all of them, just some
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mrjraider:
Yes so to disable the service i need to untick the service
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ElmirBuljubasic:
yes
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Kordius:
What we can uncheck in facebook ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ElmirBuljubasic:
Yes! Be careful! if you disable evrything the app will not work
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] pryerlee:
I can finally disable the Google Play Store Service, thank-you... would be great if it could auto re-enable a service when you open an app then auto disable a sevice when you close an app.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Kordius:
Genius..
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lunacy8:
Hmm. I want to give this a try. Does this app have the auto hibernation like greenify?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] midnight911:
Nope, it disables services permamently. To make service work again you have to reenable it. Fortunatelly many apps can work with most of their services disabled.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] thyaguster:
Thanks, will test this one
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ratyfu:
Got stuck in a boot loop after deactivating location services.

So far I haven't found a way to reactivate them. I don't even remember all of their names :\
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] anuj_blaster:
would be great if it could auto enable selected services and also permanently disable few services.. At least enable for now..
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Funchumm:
It's more complicated than Greenify but it does the job. Great work.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Facebooook:
How to use this app ?

Please add a demo video.

If i want to stop to auto open app like facebook or whatsapp etc..which process i have to disable on your app.

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In greenfy its to simple but that app doesnt support system app.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] cuaryos:
nice

finally i found different way to disable background service maps and playstore:good: and app still working w/o FC .

Great app combine with greenify my ram stable at under 70 %, need little experiment to avoid crashing another app. :D

Thank U