yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 General] zaki aziz:
whatever people's or some kind of persons says, reality is S4 still "the king" of	smartphones until today.But some genius persons think, they're smart enough to make other people agreed with them..anyway hTC One the most gorgeous smartphone ever & pretty damn great audio output..to me, S4 the most user friendly smartphone.No wonder it has always on top priority when do comparison ..
[Galaxy S 4 General] harise100:
All the reasons get over shined by removable battery and sd card for me.

S4 is the best phone for my needs.
[Galaxy S 4 General] GalaxyS49505:
This guy is Apple fan :good:
[Galaxy S 4 General] XTCrefugee:
I'd agree, and to round off the 5 would add:

3. Not waterproof

4. AMOLED does not perform well outdoors in direct sunlight

5. Some accessories (S-View, MHL 2.0) are overpriced

1 can also be solved by simply replacing the launcher (Nova, Apex, etc.). As far as I know, 2 only affects the i9500 (my i9505 never even gets warm). 3 and 4 are addressed by the S4 Active if they are important to you (sadly, the Active is not available from my carrier). So that just leaves 5, which IMHO is something Samsung should take note of. But of course there are always non-Samsung alternatives.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Bolo_ldu:
He is right I loved the point number one lol. But Samsung rocks and I am extremely happy with my s4

Enviado desde mi GT-I9500 usando Tapatalk 4 Beta
[Galaxy S 4 General] negrobembon:
Now this guy is right 1+

The S4 might or might not be the best, but its one of the very few high end phones to offer both of these features together
[Galaxy S 4 General] elbildozer:
Thanksssssssssss
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJD:
Each to their own. He has his opinions and they probably differ from yours. Don't see the problem.
[Galaxy S 4 General] hovax615@hotmail.com:
The LG g2 looks like it's going to give the s4 a run for its money. It looks really great compared to the s4 it's really fast takes great pictures and making me think about getting one.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
[Galaxy S 4 General] mateen5997:
whatever the 5 points are, I LIKE MY S4:cool:
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabil alami:
The first reason makes no sense, there will always be a next phone...if you are just going to sit and wait you will never get a phone...:)
[Galaxy S 4 General] ultramag69:
I think you guys are missing the point. As a reviewer he wants to look impartial, and no matter how awesome a phone is its never perfect. He actually stated it was hard to come up with any reasons not to get this phone. He even gave reasons to get it near the end.

He actually made a joke about how he wasn't endorsing the new Iphone when he talked up the Nexus 5.

This is a tongue in cheek review for people looking for an unbiased review, or an iphone user.... :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] tntgdh:
All the reasons sounded pretty stupid to me. No real reason...just some bull**** so they could make the video.

I honestly think that my s4 is way better than my s3
[Galaxy S 4 General] manast:
By that chance iPhone users should never upgrade because well the new iPhone looks like the old iPhone. :angel:
[Galaxy S 4 General] Cusa:
I'd personally wait for note 3 or gs5. Samsung really needs to do something in the design department.
[Firefox OS General] croques:
ZTE Open image that was installed originally is released today 30 Aug 2013. Also included is a pdf of instructions for installation. Cwm recovery will not install the 'update'. You need to be on stock recovery.

The file is athttp://www.ztedevices.com/support/smart_phone/cba40ed6-d3ab-44c0-bdee-3a15803dc187.html

EDIT> After running the install 6 update to various apps were downloaded and installed and the message about failed update is gone.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] mylife_untold:
i newly got this ATT one x from ebay. it said it is a new-other phone. I tried to root it by a zip named as "onxz.zip", but i failed. Then i watched a youtube to follow the steps one by one, but still failed!!! What shall i do? I will attach my hboot information below; btw, my andriod system is 4.0.3. HTC sense version is 4.0. Software number is 1.85.502.3 710RD. HTC SDK APL level is 4.11. Kernal version is 3.0.8-01155-gca24d1e root@ABM030#1 SMP PREEMPT. Baseband version is 0.17.32.09.12_10.86.32.08L. Build number is 1.85.502.3_R2 CL63811 release-keys..

PLZ help me, Thx!!!!
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] jerrycoffman45:
Wrong forum this is for the HTC one not the HTC one x
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] beatrix:
what files should i copy prior to doing a hard reset? so that after i can still have my SMS messages. thanks.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] RAGOv:
try this software....if it asks u to visit the website(to update)...then just change ur date to 2004 lets say :wink: ....enjoy

RAGO :lol:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] dmmh:
personaly I prefer Jeyo Mobile Companion...I backup everyday
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T0b3:
Hi there,

I was excited when I bought my XZ yesterday. Everything's awesome about this device..except for one thing. The camera quality is a joke. I've had an Xperia Ion prior to the Z and that device's camera was way superior. I expected the quality to be better than the Ion's or at least the same. But this is not the case.

I'm feeling like using CameraZOOM fx improves the image quality a bit, but yet not well enough.

Does anyone know whether I can do something about this issue or not?

Thank you very much in advance.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scott7saunders:
There is a definite problem with the camera on this phone which so far Sony have both failed to acknowledge or fix.

The lense is the same as the S4 and the image quality on that is a million times better...

Strange
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warface:
Either take it back, cos it's faulty, or go to the optician, cos your eyes are faulty!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] golfgtiedition30:
Wow...really?

Maybe have a read here.... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39383273

Sent from my Zed
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sjmik:
Hi, I received a replacement from AT&T for a phone that had a damaged sim connection, so I am sending back the old one.

My question is how can I revert the phone I am sending back completely to stock?

Currently my bootloader screen shows:

*** LOCKED ***

EVITA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

CID-11111111

HBOOT-2.14.0000

RADIO-0.24p.32.09.06

OpenDSP-V34.1.0.45.1219

eMMC-boot

Nov 26 2012,12:37:14:-1

Also, if anyone has sent back a non-stock phone, did everything go alright?

----EDIT Sept 08 2013----

In case anyone would like to do something similar, here are the steps I took.

1) Copy off all my data

2) Run the 2.20 RUU

3) fastboot oem writecid CWS__001

4) Factory Reset

5) Check that all my data was deleted

6) fastboot oem writesecureflag 3
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
I would have changed the cid back to stock personally:

fastboot oem writecid CWS__001

I don't think you can with a locked bootloader. But if that Locked is just spoofed, it should be doable.

You could also S-ON:

fastboot oem writesecureflag 3
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sjmik:
No, the lock isn't spoofed, but I still have the unlock token.

I probably should have mentioned I still have a custom rom; what order should I reset everything?

Unlock > RUU > UnSuperCID > Relock > S-ON > Done?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
You may need to s-on before relock. Other than that. Looks like the right order.

But typically it will say relocked instead of locked unless spoofed.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] dubbz82:
In all honesty being a hardware fault, they likely won't check into it that thoroughly, however I suppose better safe than sorry.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] stanguay:
The steps should be

Unlock > RUU > UnSuperCID > S-ON > Relock > Done?

Where is the "Relock" step in your description ?

1) Copy off all my data

2) Run the 2.20 RUU

3) fastboot oem writecid CWS__001

4) Factory Reset

5) Check that all my data was deleted

6) fastboot oem writesecureflag 3

I am asking because I am Unlock and I want to know how to Relock.(back to stock for warranty)

Thanks for your help
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
1. Backup data.

2. Run 3.18 RUU (must have s-off first).

3. fastboot oem writecid CWS__001.

4. Relock bootloader.

5. Edit relocked flag in bootloader to locked.

6. Factory reset.

Don't worry about making the phone s-on again as they don't worry about this for warranty purposes. It's far more important to change the relocked flag in the bootloader to locked. I've seen one case where having the altered bootloader flags and going back to s-on has bricked the device, so leave it s-off.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] stanguay:
Thanks for your answer,

One more question, if I don't have the last RUU ( I am on Telus) but I have my original Nandroid backup with TWRP (before root and unlock) can I use it to go back to stock ?

Or should I use an old RUU and upgrade to last update OTA after ?

What is the best option

Thanks

Info:

bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 2.14.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 0.23a.32.09.29

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 3.17.661.2

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF

(bootloader) serialno:

(bootloader) imei:

(bootloader) product: evita

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8960

(bootloader) modelid: PJ8310000

(bootloader) cidnum: 11111111

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4119mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: off

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-97c9a06e

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Using a backup only restores the ROM partition to stock, you'll need to use an older RUU and upgrade via OTA. So run the RUU, then return your CID to the Telus CID and take the OTA updates.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superlamer:
Hello everybody,

I'm tired of these custom ROMs. There is always something not working or the phone just doesn't perform as good. Now I just want to return my phone back to stock. I read the thread, as well as some other threads but I'm not sure what the correct steps are. That is why I want to ask again just in case. Here's my phone info AT&T HTC ONE X:

***UNLOCKED***

EVITA PVT S-ON RL

HBOOT-2.14.0000

RADIO-0.24p.32.09.06

OpenDSP-v34.1.0.45.1219

emmc-boot

Nov 26,2012

Rooted

SuperCID-11111111

TWRP Recovery 2.3.6

ViperXL 3.8.0

I have used the [TOOL] OneClick SuperCID for Unlocking Bootloader tool from the forum and unlocked my bootloader through HTC developer webpage. I was unable to S-OFF my device I don't know why.

Is it necessary to S-OFF the device to return it back to stock?

Which RUU should I flash the 2.20 or the 3.18?

And then should I do this:

3) fastboot oem writecid CWS__001

4) Factory Reset

5) Check that all my data was deleted

6) fastboot oem writesecureflag 3

Or this:

3. fastboot oem writecid CWS__001.

4. Relock bootloader.

5. Edit relocked flag in bootloader to locked.

6. Factory reset.

Thank you guys
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
My suggestion would be to get s-off and then run the 3.18 RUU. You don't really need to worry about locking the bootloader that way, just in case you decide you want the ability to go custom again in the future.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superlamer:
The thing is that I can't get it to s-off. I've everything I found in the forum and I can't turn it off. What if I don't s-off it can I still run the RUU? Or I'll brick my phone?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
I have to disagree there, you most likely can get s-off, but haven't found why it isn't working yet. If you run the RUU while s-on it'll brick. That's if the RUU even works, while s-on you can't RUU backwards which I'm assuming also means you can't RUU to the same version you're already on. What ROM have you attempted getting s-off on?

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
3.18 with S-on and SuperCID is a sure brick. DO NOT ATTEMPT.

---------- Post added at 09:15 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:11 AM ----------

Same version is normally ok, you just can't go backwards with s-on. Of course I say "normally" since as mentioned with SuperCID and S-on, running 3.18 will brick the device.

Seems like he is trying to S-off on ViperXL 3.8.0. Its a good question, as it seems that some folks have had trouble getting s-off on certain ROMs.

---------- Post added at 09:17 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:15 AM ----------

I think you are insane. Stock AT&T ROM is full of bloat and gimped of basic features. There are quite a few stock-based ROMs that are superior to stock AT&T, or even stock rooted ROMs for almost any other carrier but AT&T.

---------- Post added at 09:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:17 AM ----------

You don't need s-off to change from SuperCID to CWS__001 using the fastboot command. In theory, you should be able to do this, relock the bootloader, and run the 3.18 RUU.

But again, its not my personal recommendation.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superlamer:
Ok If I am on HBOOT-2.14.0000 and want to S-OFF should I upgrade my firmware to 2.20 using this thread?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1952038

Or I should use the method form this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2155071

I have tried this method and it didn't work for me, may be I am doing something wrong. Do you know any other ways I can try?

Thanks for the help
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
That is not a method to upgrade firmware, its a method to root. You are already rooted.

That is the

only

method for s-off. So yes that is what you should be using for s-off.

Some folks have had trouble getting S-off on some ROMs. You might try to flash an older ROM (even ICS) and try the Facepalm method again.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superlamer:
Ok, just to make sure I don't screw up my phone before I do this. Sorry for asking things that have already been asked.

I'm on ViperXL 3.2.8 (not 3.8.0 as I said in one of my previous posts). The Android version is 4.1.1

Is there a chance to brick the phone doing this?

These are the steps I should follow correct?

Reboot to bootloader (adb reboot bootloader if "USB Debugging" is enabled in Android)

Run: fastboot oem rebootRUU

Run: fastboot flash zip <PathToFirmware.zip> this zipt file 2.15.0000_5.08.111.2-1.31a.32.45.16_2_10.141.32.34a.zip

If the output ends with "FAILED (remote: 90 hboot pre-update! please flush image again immediately)", run the previous command AGAIN if it fails keeep on trying until it succeeds

If it ends with "INFO..... OK", reboot to the bootloader: fastboot reboot-bootloader

Verify everything was successful by running: fastboot getvar all

If this doesn't work can I flash an ICS rom? The HBOOT version shouldn't matter right?

I also found this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2494998&page=3

Looks like this guy has exactly the same issue as I do. I admin I did not looked at the error it was giving me, I was looking for "INFO..... OK". I will try again and and try to capture the error this time

If everything is successfull I guess I should be able to even upgrade to Android 4.2.2 and not have the random reboots and the signal drops (this is the reason I went back to ViperXL 3.28 and Android 4.1.1).
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Hang on. You need s-off to flash that 2.15 firmware package. You're a bit all over the place, what is your end objective?

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superlamer:
Haha sorry about that I used to have Samsung Galaxy S and it was so easy to flash that thing, now with the One X there are so many things I don't know where to start. I guess I want to S-OFF it first. Then I would like to return it to the stock Android like when I bought the phone.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Flash an Android 4.0 or 4.1 Sense ROM and try the Facepalm s-off process, if it doesn't work copy the text from the command prompt and paste it here so we can try to diagnose what's wrong.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
You were already given a specific recommendation of what to do next (flash an older ROM, like ICS base, than try facepalm s-off method again). So I don't know why you are digging around to do some completely different from what was recommended.

You not only seem confused about what you are doing, but also not listening to advice. This is a dangerous combination.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 954wrecker:
I smell a fresh megadoug baking in the oven

Sent from my HTC One XL
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superlamer:
Come down everybody, stop nagging! The phone is S-OFF now.

Thanks timmaaa.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Who's nagging? Nobody here is nagging, we're simply trying to help and give advice that steers you away from bricking your phone. If you don't want the advice we can stop

Sent from my Evita
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gogol:
Since I bought the new Nexus 7 (2013), I want to give my original Nexus 7 to my daughter.

The problem is that she is three years old :)

So, I want to prepare the home screen for her...

Put all the games shortcut...

Then somehow hide or remove the app drawer...

Make it like kiosk mode :)

But, I can still reactivate back the app drawer. I don't know, probably via specific gestures or button combination.

Is there any way to achieve this? Special launcher?

Thanks
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sloosecannon:
Yeah... You could use something like apex and delete the app drawer shortcut
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gogol:
If I delete it, I cannot go to the app drawer anymore.

Is there anyway to password it?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flyingdutchman99:
No problem

you can just delete it, whenever you need it again, all you have to do is add a launcher shortcut to the homescreen and choose appdrawer.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sloosecannon:
You could use multi-profiles and create one that's restricted to those specific apps only
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidnoobi:
Kids Mode

My 5 year old has access to my N7 and I use Kids Mode. It has saved my N7 from numerous actions 5 year olds make.

All you need to do is just have the Kids mode on the home screen, she can choose it and everything pops up and the tab is then shut down to what ever you dont allow access to.

It is the best $10 I have ever spent!! Or free if you dont want to really hone into the full features of the app.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T-Keith:
There are a few apps like kid lock(famingo) that work well for this. UT defaults to the app, but you can unlock it and use it like normal.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saz542:
Hi XDA PPL,

So my S3 I9300 has this notification LED issue,

it is a dull BLUE color

The notification LED stays ON forever,

I Data Reset it, no change,

Its never Rooted, Updated to latest firmware.

The weirdest thing is that it Stays ON even after the phones turned off,

Please check the Video for Reference.

[YOUTUBE]R55-q69Ky7s[/YOUTUBE]​

I have even checked the Samsung Service MENU All Colors are working.

U can also check the pics for details.​

I cant get it replaced in warranty so looking for other solutions.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Flash firmware with odin and see if that cleans up the problem mate.

I9100/I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nyrus:
Did you try to deactivate the LED? Good luck with it
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saz542:
How do u do that??

If u r talking about Changing LED indicator Setting in DISPLAY SETTINGS,

i have done it
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nyrus:
Yes, I was thinking on it.. Do you have Yahoo Mail app installed? Or have you installed any apps to control your LED? Lightflow perhaps?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saz542:
I request You to please check the Video , I have mentioned everything in Detail.

P.S. Its not Rooted , So LightFlow wont Work.

And My phone is Factory Data Reset So no third Party Apps.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saz542:
had given to Official Samsung Service Center ,

They changed the Hardware LED Sensor but no success.

the phone still had the issue.

They Updated to latest update.

Nothing Changed.... :(:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hhhans1:
blue led

the same issue, except that my blue led notification was off and act normal when phone on, but remain lite when phone off, just disappear by itself.

What i done with no success.

1. reset, erase, going back to stock, wipe completely etc, flash with odin, flash with kies, the issue remain

2.changed batt, changed charger, changed usb cable, issue remain.

3. goes to warranty, the same hardware changed, the issue remain.

4. "damaged" on purpose the efs folder, with imei 0049 the issue remain.

i just give up, and thinking seriously to disable the led with a hammer for good. The issue disappear.The only thing that updated in this period was something about Samsung account.

Hope that you will treat your phone with a hammer will resolve for you the blue led issue (just kidding)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] immortal7792:
Well long story short I was on Jedi X17 ROM and my phone was getting very hot and bad 4g reception. I decided to Odin back to stock as I had flashed many Roms/kernels/various packages thinking I had messed something up. All I did was flash back to stock, root, and then install jellybeans. Running oon the stock jellybeans kernel. My phone is very very hot still. Almost 104 degree battery temp. Can anyone shed some light on wth might be going on?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] miketoasty:
103 isn't that bad 110+ is when you should get worried, especially in a bad signal area. Your phone will get extremely hot from searching for a signal. Try putting it in airplane mode and see if that fixes it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JGADroidX:
Same issue...kind of.

My phone is kind of doing the same thing. I thought it may have been my ROM also, so I went back to complete stock and that didn't fix the issue. I don't know exactly how hot my phone is getting, but it gets so uncomfortable, I have to take it out of my pocket. Another symptom I have is that if I take the battery out and put it back in, the phone will not recognize the battery until I plug in my phone to charge.

My phone is is only 9 months old, so I took it to Verizon (purchased it from them) and they are sending me a new phone.

So I am kind of curious on what is going on also.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] NWNJ:
Applications or Launchers Caused This in My Case

I have experienced this as well, and in my case it was the launcher that I was using. Some launchers and I believe some applications can cause this to happen if they are in beta until their bugs get worked out. In my case, restarting the phone or doing a battery pull fixed it.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ykdr-scott:
i was restoring my sp with pc companion and my laptop shut down, the upadate was no were near complete and my phone will not turn on. the led light glows green when plugged into pc, and it does show sony boot image with a red led.

i was on .257 originally locked to orange/ee uk. i have sim unlocked it using a code. what tft file do i need? and were can i find the flash tool. thanks

okay it appears to be constantly stuck in flash mode, flash tool is finding it and verifying it in flash mode without holding the vol button down..

also pcc does not let me repair my software, it tells me it has been updated

also phone keeps bootlooping from flash mode to sony screen making it bounce out of flashtool