yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbareis:
I have a Nexus 4 on stock 4.2.2, I normally get a fix within a few seconds when out in the open. I have had no issues with the GPS and in fact its better than any previous Android phone I've had previously (Samsung, HTC, Motorola, I suspect the CPU speed helps here a lot).

I mentioned buildings because traffic lights are generally not in the open country.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevjef420:
Well I drive in city and outside of city. The problem presists either way. I never had these problems with my s2.

If i reboot it could be great for 10 or 15 minutes. Then it starts acting up. I know i have a problem when i see the halo circle around the arrowhead that represents my position. This is indicating that the gps fix is not great and there is uncertinty as to the exact location. Then it starts jumping around.

I installed the gps status app as you suggested and i can see the location jumping around in that app when i am at a stand still. Also it will show that i am travelling 10 km/h as it sees my position is constantly moving even though i not.

Again if i reboot everything will be fine for a while then this all starts to happen. After a bit it will loose my position completly and say searching for gps... Then it will never finf position unless i reboot.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
It sounds like a hardware problem with your device.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevjef420:
That is my biggest worry is that it is a hardware problem.

I bought the phone off of kijiji and I don't have original receipt. Don't think I could get warranty claim.
[LG Optimus G Pro] DaT Franchise:
So i have been using dolphin sense my droid x days and lately it seems to slowly becoming the worst browser ever. Any long time users here thinkits going in the toilet? Its not the phone as i started to see this on my note 2.lots of fc the touch response sucks and it is slow.

Thanks guys.
[LG Optimus G Pro] beergenius:
I've been using chrome beta and it works flawlessly. I was using dolphin on my nexus 7 and it worked fine......FWIW
[LG Optimus G Pro] kaymmm:
I used it on and off on my Samsung skyrocket and it was fine, but preferred the cm browser. but since picking up this phone I've been using dolphin with jetpack and it's been running great. definitely faster for me than the stock browser.
[LG Optimus G Pro] psal217050:
Yep, Dolphin keeps shutting down. Started using Chrome more and no problems with it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dzhoshua:
Just got a GS4, unfortunately I upgraded to ME7 before I realized it would make installing a custom recovery impossible. I have rooted the phone, and am wondering if there's a way to remove the persistent wifi notification without a custom recovery. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrjinglesusa:
Settings > Wifi > uncheck Notify Me?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] datsteve:
Unfortunately, that only seems to keep a Wi-Fi popup notif from appearing on the launch of apps. I have it disabled and I still get Wi-Fi related notifications in my bar.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dzhoshua:
Never mind, found my answer here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2395307
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul0909:
i just bought a chinese htm xs5292 runnin 4.1.1 i want to root and upgrade to 4.3 any help on how to do this would be greatly appreciated, here are the specs

manufacturer - htm

model - x5292

android version - 4.1.1

kernel - x5292 dual core

software - mt5617-c913-en-vo5

hardware - c913-v1.02

i'm a first timer at this so please speak like you would to a child (even though i'm 35)

many thanks in advance

paul
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Klown80:
I can help you get rooted. First you will need to install drivers on your PC so your device can communicate with the root program. Then try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43163569&postcount=7

If that dont work, let me know. You can always use MTK Droid Tools and SP flash tool to pull your stock recovery and port it into a custom recovery that will allow you to flash a simple root.zip

Hope this helps!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul0909:
usb drivers

thanks Klown80, that looks like it should work, but first i need to install my usb drivers, i have loked at a ton of sites and they all didnt work, i need spreadtrum usb drivers, but can't figure out wich ones, a few said they all worked on any spreadtrum phone, but either im installing them incorrectly, or they simply didnt work,

again, thanks for any help in advance

paul
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Klown80:
Try using this, it installs drivers for many different phones, it may not be the actual manufacturers drivers for your specific device but it will help get your phone talking to your PC:

http://www.snappea.com/

Also - Make sure you are going into settings and turning USB debugging on. You can usually find this under Settings > Developer Options.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul0909:
snapea

Again, thanks Klown, but no joy, i tried serveral times and after 15 - 20 mins of "fobulating" (is that even a real word :) ) my phone it said "failed to processs phones data" i tried restarting both devices etc and a couple of other thing suggested but no joy.

Any other ideas, as always thanks in advance.

Paul

oh ps, i also tried to connect to snapea via wifi, but got the same message
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Klown80:
Try these drivers

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oaslz8xuxk7ag50/VRzHnZvA-b
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul0909:
finally

\it worked, can't thank you enough, one more bothersome question, now i have my phone rooted how do i safely, and i emphasise safely upgrade from 4.1.1 to 4.3

I have looked into it a bit myself, and am in half a mind to give it a go, but the warnings about bricking my phone always puts me off, so once again, thanks in advance for any help given, and many thanks for the help so far.

Paul
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Klown80:
Go here and download MTK Droid Tools from first post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2160490&styleid=18

Run the program and connect your phone to PC, this tool will tell you lots of info about your phone but the main function is to possibly back up your stock firmware (This is good to have if you plan on trying to flash anything to the phone, this way you will have your stock files to fall back on in case something you flash to the phone does not work.) Once you have MTK Droid Tools running and phone connected, what does it say next to Hardware on the phone info tab please?

I am not sure off top of my head about updating to a higher version of Android but this back up step is REALLY important. It is hard if not impossible to find stock firmware floating around on the net for these chinese clone devices. IF you have stock files backed up you can flash almost anything you want knowing you have a way to restore your phone to working order. IF you look around here on XDA you will see tons of posts by people looking for the stock firmware for their clone phone after soft bricking it playing around. Sadly there is not much help for them unless they find someone with the EXACT same phone and are willing to share their back up (if the next person made one theirselves that is!)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul0909:
hardware

Thanks again, while i go to the link and follow the next steps i thought i'd put up the hardware version you asked for

hardware - c913-v1.02

Paul

edit

even though my pc now recognises the fact that tere is a spreadtrum phone in my devices list and i managed to root it ok, when i load up mtk droid tools it says "the device isn't revealed, connect or reconnect a cable"

needless to say i tried reconnecting and it didn't change i downloaded the adb drivers from the link under the mtk link but have no idea what to do with them,

appologies for my ignorance in all of this, but like i said in my first post, i have no idea what i'm doing with all this, thanks

paul

pps the hardware version i posted was from the info on my phone
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] qwertyasd_20:
Hi! I recently installed chainfire 3d without reading the instructions there.(My Mistake)

and after reboot it stuck on SONY logo it keeps on restarting till SONY Logo..and then i pressed the POWER and Volume Up for 5 seconds and then it dies. :crying: i charged it the red light appears after 10/15 minutes light dissappears.

ANY HELP? I need my phonee!! :(((

THANKS IN ADVANCE! :)))
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Yasharkhan:
Flash stock rom using Flash tool
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] qwertyasd_20:
how can i connect my phone?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] cities516:
Refer to this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1849170

Use the Rubber Band Trick.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] qwertyasd_20:
like how many hours?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MarkMRL:
All you need to do is hold power and volume+ until the phone vibrates 3 times. Then open PC Companion and do the repair phone procedure, and follow instructions. Your phone isn't bricked, you just damaged the OS and now it can't start anymore.

If you have CWM Recovery you should simply reinstall your rom from a flashable zip.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] qwertyasd_20:
i tried the rubber band trick for about 16 hours nothing happened just RED led light. :((

[MENTION=4156070]MarkMRL[/MENTION]- my pc companion does not recognize my phone. i pressed the POWER and VOLUME UP nothing happens. What will i do?

I have SUPERSU. i didn't intall any rom on my phone. i just followed easy rooting toolkit by DOOMLORD.

METHOD 2. :((( Please help me. Thankyou:angel:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] denslife16:
Note that chainfire 3d will cause bootloop on ics and jb os, its for gingerbread
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] boyheadkick:
try reflashing the stock rom with SUS instead
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SErooted:
if all else fails.... take the phone apart.. disconnect the battery from the motherboard.... start flash tool and have your file ready to flash... with usb plugged into phone... .... connect the other end to the computer... hold the volume down button.... plug battery cable back into mother board. NOTE: you should already have flashtool running and the screen telling you to plug in your usb... If it doesnt work the first time... try again.

I know this is something you don't really want to do... but the other tricks and tips did not work for me... this is what i did and i got it running again.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MarkMRL:
Why are you guys suggesting such invasive methods of repair that will make him risk breaking his phone completely?

He isn't doing the standard PCC repair procedure right, maybe because he's nervous and has been confused by your insane suggestions.

You need to do this:

1. As the phone is bootlooping, hold VOLUME UP and POWER for a few seconds until the phone vibrates 3 TIMES

2. Phone is now turned off DO NOT CONNECT IT TO PC, open Sony PCC, click on "Support Zone", click on "update phone", a window will inform you that there is no phone connected, in that window, click REPAIR PHONE

3. Follow instructions

4. This is important, when it tells you to connect the phone, do exactly what it says: HOLD VOLUME DOWN AND WHILE HOLDING THAT BUTTON CONNECT THE CABLE. If you did it right, the phone will light the notification led in the color GREEN

5. PCC will install drivers if needed, and then reflash your phone with stock FW (you will lose all your data except SDcard/internal memory contents, such as photos and videos)

If you want to try and recover the phone without losing data, you need to download an FTF of your current rom, and flash the phone with Flashtool instead. Before flashing, after selecting the ftf, you need to deselect "Wipe Data". When it asks you to connect the phone, do what I said in point 4, not what flashtool tells you to do.

Remember to instal CWM and make a backup before installing risky programs.
[Sony Xperia L] FantasticalX:
There is CWM for 15.0.A.2.17 FW?? or custom kernel for 15.0.A.2.17 FW which has included CWM?? :confused:
[Sony Xperia L] ImTooNoob:
Not yet... but a new ThunderZap version is coming out pretty soon, and it's gonna be compatible with the new .17 update
[Sony Xperia L] FantasticalX:
I don't know why i don't like ThunderZap kernel. On my first experience, my phone got freeze and then reboot itself. Until now, i am still using extended stock kernel v2 by rachit rawat but i didn't get CWM :(
[Sony Xperia L] aniketroxx:
Well i am also frightened to flash kernals which overlock my mobile , i dont want kernals that overlock my mobile ! You will have to wait sometime because roms are not present for xperia L so there is also less support cwm kinda things !
[Sony Xperia L] FantasticalX:
i agreed with you :D
[Sony Xperia L] keenofhiphop:
well you guy i fully agree with you, but i just set down the frequency.... and not overclocked but still running fast and stable and on a custom kernel :P

Gesendet von meinem Sony Xperia L via Tapatalk 4
[Sony Xperia L] aniketroxx:
Are you using latest firmware?
[Sony Xperia L] keenofhiphop:
no because there is no kernel but stock one

Gesendet von meinem Sony Xperia L via Tapatalk 4
[Sony Xperia L] heramblonkar:
ThunderZap is now compatible

Sent from my C2104
[Sony Xperia L] FantasticalX:
Solved, now i am using Vengeance Kernel :D
[Sony Xperia L] monsterkrusher:
Got cwm?

And does stock recovery allow you flash zips like cwm?
[Sony Xperia L] hashroot:
For CWM and TWRP Flash vengeance or ThunderZap kernel via FlashTool.
[Sony Xperia L] FantasticalX:
Try to flashing a flashable zip via flashgordon app..
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] hansip:
I just wondering if you guys has the similar problems with me or not ....

I've done registry hack for changing the default storage of rings to \storage card\rings, occasionally the ringtones will automatically change back to "windows default". I've check that my O2 mini able to play the selected tones. After a while, when i suspend it or soft reset, it will change back to "windows default".

Does anyone has this problems ? Is this because of my SD card speed ? I got a 256mb Kingston SD which is included from the package.

Your help and comment are appreciated.

Thanks :wink:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] istana_pulau_es:
Ringtone back to default

If you installed pocket player.. try to uninstall it...
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] vishaljh:
Hi,

You dont need to uninstall pocket player. Just go to pocket player options and remove the file association. This should solve your problem.

Regards,

Vishal
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] erwinsie:
hi... i dont have or ever installed pocket player but hansip's problem is happend to me aswell... anymore idea how to use our own ringtones without have to copy them to the windows folder?? thank you
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] duke911:
I had the same problem...

and the solution was not to change the path to \storage card\rings...

instead.. you have to make it \storage\....\Rings and this will certainly work :wink: .....

I believe there is some sort of conflict when you choose Storage Card

I know you won't be able to use all of your music... but at least you'll free up some memory from the RAM..

and if you have the BigStorage trick.. you'll be just Fine..

I have three ring tones in my Rings folder.. and I think that's enough for me.... 8)

cheers
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Koksie:
After coming out of suspend mode or after a soft reset, the Magician needs some time to initialize the SD card. Since the programs, including the phone settings, are run before the SD is initialized, the Magician cannot find the ringtone on the SD card and therefore resets it to windows default. It does not matter wether or not you have a fast SD card, it is a flaw in the operating system. That is also the reason why today plug-ins are better run from main mem or internal storage than from SD card. Try putting the ringtone in your internal storage, you'll see the difference.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] duke911:
just hold the stylus on the music file you wish to make as a ringtone, until you get the pop-up menu, then choose Set as Ringtone

cheers
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Koksie:
Not really. First of all you need a special .cab file for that, which you can find attached at the end of my post.

Second, that just copies the ringtone in Windows/rings, thereby taking up valuable RAM, which he wants to evade.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] hansip:
Thanks for the input guys .... I solved this problem by changing it into \storage\rings instead of put in on \storage card ..... Well I guess, the reasonable explanation for this is because when the phone rings, the device is trying to access the rings into the location that we specified in the registry and i guess the process get too fast .... So the device having a difficulty reading the \storage card ... and that's why it straight goes to "windows default" cause of course that's ring store in internal memory :wink:

By the way I'm just curious what's cab file does Koksie provide us ? Could you please explain more on this cab files ? What it actually does for our Mini ?

Thanks again guys for the input..... :wink: :P
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] DanielHochman:
I am having this problem after swtching directories too but it is not fixed after changing the registry to /storage/rings, /storage/.../rings or even windows/rings. They all go back to the default ring!!! :(

Please help !!

Thanks!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] nsriza:
The cab file will enable you to set mp3 as ringtone when you hold to the file.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] nsriza:
What software do you have eg.. phonealarm, spb, etc, it may cause the error
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Koksie:
The .cab I posted enables an extra option in the pop-up menu when you tap-and-hold on a mp3 files. Use the build-in file explorer, go to the folder where your ringtones are stored, tap-and-hold on a ringtone and in the pop-up menu you will see an option "set as ringtone". tap on it and the ringtone will be copied to windows/rings and set as your default ringtone in the phone options. Only drawback: the ringtone will be copied into main mem, taking up a lot of space if you have a full sized mp3. If you shorten it to 10 seconds and decrease th quality, it should take up less space. I have no idea if hacking the registry to make storage/rings the default ringtone location will work with this .cab. Maybe the .cab only looks at the registry for the default location and copy it there, maybe it just always copy the file to windows/rings.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] DanielHochman:
I have all the sbp software- pocket plus, weather, gprs moniter etc.. also all the PHM software- but this wasn't happening when I instaalled that stuff- it happened after I changed the ring directory-

I have tried chaging it to everything- and it still goes to the default ring!!

thanks,

Daniel
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] DanielHochman:
Not only that-

The defaultt ringtone seems to play thru the speaker regardless of whether or not the headphones are plugged in- please tell me I don't need to hard reset!!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] girtsn:
Having the same problem here. I have changed the ringtone directory to be

"\My Documents\My Music\Poly" (the same registry hack).

Now, whenever I change the default ringtone to something else, it is done. But when an incoming call is received, the old windows default ringtone is assigned as the ringtone.

HEEELP...
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] DanielHochman:
I did a hard reset and it fixed the problem of switching back to the default- I recomend tht anyone who tries this registry hack make a register backup to revert to- soething went wrong-

anyway- I am still having the problem of the rington laying out load when I have the headphones plugged in- is this a standard flaw??

I don't remember having this issue when I first got my Magician...is there a setting to change???

Thanks,

Daniel
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Mvmajorem:
I'm also experiencing problems with this but was bale to move the things to the Storage. However, during my experimentation in Photo Contacts, when I do a preview, the default ring tone does not play.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] erwinsie:
not possible!

hi... according to some ppl that replied to my question (exatcly same with this tread), the answer is WE CAN NOT put ringtones files in SDcard and use them from there.. even we edit the registry.. it works when we preview them, yes.,

BUT

during standby mode, and some1 call us, the window cant find the ringtone fast enough (coz they are in SDcard, access is slow!) so they use the default one..

try to edit the registry to /storage (instead of storage card) then it works. but ofcoz, u must copy all ur ringtone to /storage, now u r using xda memori, not sdcard

dont try to buy faster sdcard, i dont think that will work.. the fastest sdcard is still far to slow for xda... but i any1 success, let me know :) like you, i have hundreds of ringtones and i dont want to put them in storage... :(
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] mrtsnky:
I found another solution for the problem

I haven't tested the suggested solution while i am writing thsi post (too excited)

check out here

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=801978

Selecting Ring Tones from your Storage Card instead of \Windows\Rings\

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Moving Ring tones to your Storage Card.

Ring tones are choosen from \windows\Rings\.

However, you have to copy your ring tone files there and that takes up

valuable RAM Memory.

Wouldnt it be better to choose your ring tones from your Storage Card, better

still you can place hundreds of ring tones on your storage card without taking

any RAM at all.

Here is how you can do it.

You will need a good file explorer software like "Total Commander"

from http://www.ghisler.com/

1. Run Total commander

2. go to \\ (at the very top)

3. open \\\registry\HKCU\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\Ring \Directory

4. Change the content of this file from

\Windows\Rings to \Storage Card\Rings\

Note: \Storage Card\Rings\ is the directory I created on my storage Card to store my personal Ring Tones.

To select a new ringtone, Start->Settings->Phone.

The Ring tone are now selected from \Storage Card\Rings\

and Best of all, your ring tones doesnt take up any valuable RAM Space.

I hope this helps

Merry Xmas all,

InMind

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give me feedback if it works, (backup before testing)

CHEERS

mrtnsky (MARTIN)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] mrtsnky:
Guys, it works

It works v.well with that registry-modify solution

I store ringtones in internal storage, which doesn't take up any valuable memory. :lol: :P

MARTIN
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] qwerty84:
Hi everyone i'm new to the forum, i'm already learning a great deal here.

I've tried the above registry edit before and it worked when i was using the 1.11rom. but after updating to the 1.12rom, i realised that it doesn't work for the new rom. I'm unable to properly play the mp3 as a ringtone while keeping it in my storage card. maybe thats the problem? just my 2 cents
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Yanktar03:
I've been having this problem too.

I went into BetaPlayer and dropped some of the associations and it started working again!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] euklid:
Just got my new Nexus 7 tablet , so happy!! Problem is that almost every other app I try to download from play store tells me "package invalid"..this happened after OTA to 4.3, Netflix, Instagram, Dropbox, are some of the apps I get that message. I tried clearing data in Play store and Google Framework..and even a factory restore..Nothing works..could this be an issue with 4.3?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CCT1:
I had same when the 4.3 happened...I started researching but then the next morning it had fixed itself. Leave it on for a while and plugged in...the same may happen with you. You'll love the N7...best tablet of all.:)