yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
For one thing, many have moved up to better devices now that T-Mobile has made it so much easier to so.

Besides, what is it you could want that isn't already there? You've got many to choose from, and a couple that are currently and/or are always in development.

There are some devs that release one or two Roms and focus on that. Then there's others who like to move on to something new when they get their Rom to where they want it. Just because it's no longer actively developed, doesn't mean it's not an outstanding Rom.

Imo, I think it's all pretty much been done. They're not going to keep recreating the same stuff over and over, just to make it look like more development is going on.

One last point, always remember that we are enjoying the fruits of their labor. They don't do what they do because we want them to. They do it because they enjoy it and want to share. If they decide to move on to something new, just be glad for what they did contribute. Don't be unhappy/upset/mad for what they didn't do or don't continue to do!

I didn't take your post as being angry btw, I just said that because some people do get that way.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] TheLastSidekick:
And I have something cute for Touch wiz coming just waiting on Dan to give the go.

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Also, Verizon? Lol.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Cute??!!?? Lol! Looking forward to seeing what you've got in store!

And yeah, I was testing something and keep forgetting to revert to my correct build.prop.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] johnny quest:
Thanks gang for the heads up. You're right these roms are awesome and sometime it gets confusing on which one I should load. I do like touchwiz because its smooth and its different from all the AOSP/AOKP roms. they are fast too. I'm stuck with the GS3 for a while till I can get insurance to do the "Jump" thing. but I'm happy with my phone but its roms that I like on it. Thats why I wish that some roms that I use can get updates so I can stay with it. but its ok.

I like trying new roms out.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Many of the AT&T roms can be flashed to our devices if you didn't know. You.might need to make a few minor changes like apns and build.props, but most you can flash and they'll work. Unless something changed that I missed....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] johnny quest:
Really? wow I didn't know that. I just know that the at&t MIUI roms are usable for t-mo, but didn't know the others are. I don't know anything about apns or build props.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] niteh@wk:
AOSP ROMs look the same? Boring? Really? Have you tried an AOSP ROM such as CM or AOKP and the hundreds of themes in the PlayStore? I have used both customized Touchwiz and AOSP, each ROM has its own features. I do however miss the Touchwiz camera app when switching to AOKP, but there are other things that TW can't beat AOSP. Your choice. I truly appreciate the army of awesome devs on this forum. You guys are great!!

Beamed from my GS III via Tapatalk
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] johnny quest:
Didn't mean that way. I just got the use of theming and realize with AOSP/AOKP I can do lots of theming with UCCW/ZW/WL I can make my phone look different. Once in a while I do miss touchwiz. Yeah, these devs are awesome and the work that they do.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QS8K3J:
Hello!

I hope I can find some advice here. After installing Janice AOKP with Android 4.2.2 none of the voice searches work anymore. The error I keep getting after initializing is "Can't open microphone". I've searched the forum, tried clearing the caches and doing a factory reset in CWM, re-installed google seach,.. nothing.

Any advice?

Thanks in advance!

Some data about my phone:

GT-I9070

Baseband I9070XXLQE

Kernel 3.0.31-CM

AOKP Janice unofficial 2013-07-18
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Morkai Almandragon:
I attempted to ask a few questions in the Project Odex thread but was promply told to "search for it it is easy to find".... Kind of agrivating when you just got done doing just that, especially considering the title specifically states "for those that want mods"...

Anyhow I was hoping I could bug those that do for some ideas of the mods you use for Odex roms etc, and maybe any warnings about mods that do not work so well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dragonstalker:
That completely depends on the rom and the mods that you want to change. System mods don't matter on odexed or deodexed. The individual app mods will have to be made for the odexed rom though since they need both jar and apk files to work. Hope this answered your question.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Morkai Almandragon:
I am just not finding much of anything, some of the basic things I would love to find are something to remove the wifi nag, and something like Wanam xposed that will work on 4.1.2
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sinfamy:
Would it be possible that at some point smart phones could work like a PC and allow you to flash any OS (1 version of that OS, not a different version for every phone type) and simply install the drivers from the OEM?

Microsoft or Ubuntu don't make a separate version for each device, can Android or other phone OS's work the same way?

This way even Microsoft could license Win 8 phone for other devices.

Sent via Telnet Client
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harry GT-S5830:
If you can port ARM instructions to x86 then yes.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex240188:
In an ideal world yes. The manufacturers of the phones could create a set off phone specific drivers for each specific mobile operating system.

Then all you would need is to download the operating system and your specific phone drivers.

But in all likelihood this will not happen for many, many years because these companies are about $$$ and by offering you more choice with your current handset, your less likely to go out and purchase their new one.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] in_dmand:
Can't find anything on this other than some websites saying that the Verizon variant will have this feature... But I don't see anything in the manual. Anyone have any information?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rezidude:
From verizonwireless.com it says "G2’s wireless charging is exclusive to Verizon. Simply place G2 on a compatible charging pad (sold separately) and charge quickly without the clutter."
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tombepa:
I have it and it works. Verizon's phone is the only one with it. Bought the LG Wireless charging pad from the Verizon store.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QQeyes:
It's really great, relatively inexpensive compared to other vzw accessories. I would recommend it.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mouf32:
I bough the Nokia Charging Pillow... works like a dream
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricardo_r21:
Basically, in the phone there are coils that turn electromagnetic fields (that created by the charging station by sending current that cause this electromagnetic fields) into electric fields (current) that charges the battery, basically... How do you use it? Just place the phone on top of the charging pad/station and it'll take care of itself ?.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rlocone:
I got the one from VZ and it says Nokia on it. It charges the G2 fast and also works with my N7 (2013).
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidwxcd:
how does wireless charger work?

the full explanation of how does wireless charger work from hipowerplay

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47576279#post47576279
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PartisanEntity:
Sorry this is a total newb question

I currently have stock ROM with Franco kernel.

I would like to try out CM and have downloaded the zip file and copied it to my sdcard partition to install using CWM..

If I install the custom ROM, will the Franco kernel remain intact or will it be overwritten?

If it will be overwritten, what steps do I need to do to install the Franco kernel again? (Can I simply install CM and right after that the Franco kernel (both using CWM?))

Thanks
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Yes it'll overwrite Franco kernel. To get it back after flashing cm, you simply flash Franco kernel again.

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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PartisanEntity:
Thanks so much, if I do that (re flash the franco kernel) will my kernel settings remain ?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Don't think so.

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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brad1971:
It will overwrite your kernel and replace it with the roms built in kernel.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] chinsoponsub:
I would like to get only Radio file 1.13

Currently, already upgraded to 1.12.

How to upgrade together with 1.12 ROM ? Thanks
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] JeRoMe_aKa_JaY:
ftp://xda:xda@xda-developers.com/Magician/Radio/

bye
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] rilazi:
But how to install only the radio on it??????
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] chinsoponsub:
yes, i got latest ROM S100 Qtek... how to up only Radio1.13

can i put the radio file with ROM and upgrade it together ?

I dont want the big storage.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danatoakhill:
Hi all,

I have a Tab 2 7.0 8gb. Unfortunately I've had to write 'Unknown' for the Android version as I have no idea and no way of finding out, let me explain...

I bought this tab for £15 off someone who was convinced the battery had exploded due to the wrong charger being used. I thought it might be a fun project!

I couldn't get anything from it but I switched the battery for a new one and there was some life (when plugged in the battery icon comes up with the circle of lines but doesn't move).

I then found that although it wouldn't boot up it would go into download mode (but not recovery). So I tried to flash a stock ROM with Odin (done that quite alot on various devices) but it kept getting a write error and failing.

I went back to the guy who sold it to me for more info and he said he'd tried to flash a ROM before with odin and checked the Nand erase all box and it hadn't worked since then (he did tell me it was dead so not too annoyed!)

So I've tried various things with Odin but no luck, so I turned to Heimdall which I've used less but still have a bit of knowledge about it.

I kept getting errors during flashing there as well so I thought I'd try flashing the separate elements of the ROM using the frontend. The only problem is, whenever I unzip the ROM to a *.tar and then untar it with 7-zip the files I get aren't the ones listed in any of the guides for Heimdall. I've tried with a number of different roms and some files are similar but I don't get a file called zImage or a boot.bin file.

The files listed in the Heimdall guide are:

a. Zimage

b. FactoryFS.rfs

c. Param.lfs

d. Boot.bin

e. SBL.bin - not always included

f. cacher.rfs

g. dbdata

h. modem.bin - not always included

Here are the ones I get:

system.img

cache.img

hidden.img

recovery.img

boot.img (*.img not *.bin)

sbl.bin

param.lfs (in one ROM but not others)

Sorry if this is a simple thing and I'm being thick, but can anyone explain it to me?! Is system.img the same as zImgae or something? Also, any solutions to a brick that aren't on most of the forums would be appreciated!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robertkjr3d:
A while back I had messed with BlueStacks. Note: Bluestacks is the applications for Windows (and other platforms) that allows you to run Android apps on your PC. But I eventually uninstalled it, because of a few annoyances. But I think it was not even 1.0 at the time. Is anyone running it on a consistent basis?

I have the desire to get a Windows-8 tablet in the future. If I can ever convince my wife of the expense..hehe. But I was looking into the Acer w700 that I can dual-boot with Android. However someone just the other day mentioned for me to try 'Bluestacks'. I told him, I had already tried it, about a year ago, when I had looked into buying a Windows-7 tablet. At the time, my wife and I had lost one of our Android on the ground near an apartment complex, and we were looking for a new tablet. A funny story ensued, but we actually got that tablet back... (d'oh...) Who doesn't want new stuff?

Anyway back to my BlueStacks issues, at the time: When installed on my PC: It was an unacceptable big-memory hog. It would start-with windows, and the settings for this, was not well managed. I imagine, If I had it on a tablet, the memory problems on a smaller device would be multiplied. I could not get to the PC file system within Bluestacks. However, It was not till-later that I started using Google-Drive, so, perhaps that problem might be solved (assuming Bluestacks allows Drive). There were certain apps that would not run, that would not transfer. So my PC would be on the same account as my Android Tablet/phone, but not see all the same apps.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spunker88:
Last time i used bluestacks it was still running GB.

I've been thinking of a windows 8 bay trail tablet if I can dual boot on them.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scappz:
I uninstalled Bluestacks the last month, cause it was making my Windows 7 go crazy. I hope they fix it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robertkjr3d:
Yes I had it on my work machine, and my work machine is basically a 'beast', but still I noticed it was eating into the machines processes and memory enough to cause problems, just like you said --- 'go crazy....' It must be more transparent!' If this is to work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robertkjr3d:
On this very xda-site they have the instructions for dual-booting with the Acer-w700. I think in the forum it does give some other models the instructions will work for as well. https://www.xda-developers.com/android/dual-boot-windows-8-and-android-on-your-acer-iconia-w700/ - But I haven't tried any of it myself of course.
[Security Discussion] Lyian:
So i have a pending update for Maps for my android. Why is it pending? because it wants new permissions. It wants permission to access my contacts. Why does it need to access my contacts all of the sudden?

Also, Another app, a white noise generator wanted the same permission. I have removed that app cause i saw no need for it to access that information.

(also, why is there a checkbox for "Is this a question" if the forum is going to ***** at me for it not being a Q&A forum?)
[Security Discussion] dwappo785:
I believe its because it wants to mix the Latitude app, the Navigation and the Maps all in one. That and I think Google wants to make people use Google Plus as well.
[Security Discussion] Lyian:
I've found that now ALL google apps want access to contact information. I am not updating any of them because i dont see why it needs legitimate access to that personal information.
[Security Discussion] tryin:
Mmm keep your software outdated certainly will not help you to have a secure system, google probably already has all your contacts (sync,mail,etc..) I don't think he would need to steal them.

Rather, you should ask if there is a method to deny these permissions without unistalling the app, considering that the smartphone is your, like the contacts...
[General Questions and Answers] dmsterstan:
guys i have a htc sensation xe z715e viper s 1.6.3 ics4.0.4 modded and i need to downgrade to 2.3 for performance

but i tried many kinds of 2.3 roms but all were not working

the phone stopped at the htc logo and i am using 4ext recovery :(:(
[General Questions and Answers] chan.sk:
Your profile shows 2 posts, so you're new around this forum.

First, welcome to the forum. This is a place where you will get lots of resources about cellphones, especially HTC.

Second, you should read the forums rules first. The main principle is to self-help first - look for answers by doing a search. You should have searched for posts related to "4ext recovery" and ask questions there, or search for answers in the correct forum for your phone model. There is a search for your phone from the box "Type To Find Your Device ..." which appears on the top of every page, or use the "Search" for a more general search.

I noticed you also this as a [Q] in the Chef Central as well. That forum is meant for someone who wants to learn how to develop operating systems, not how to install.

Moving along, I'll try to help you along.

4EXT RECOVERY thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20642542

HTC Senasation thread:

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1109

When you ask, it will also be most helpful if you give more information, like:

Is your phone rooted?

How was your phone upgraded from the original GB 2.3.3 to ICS - custom ROM, or HTC ROM?

What are the types of 2.3 ROMs you tried?

What you did (processes) when flashing from the 4ext recovery? (eg, did you wipe/format?)

The more information you can give about what you did and observe will help whoever is trying to offer help.

Hope this will help you along.
[General Questions and Answers] dmsterstan:
yes my phone is rooted and unlocked bootloader but is on s-on mode and running viper s 1.6.3 4.0.4

4ext recovery

i tried many roms like miui cm9.0 pyramid wp7

cleared /data / cache wpied battery stats

and smartflash enabled

but all restarted with just the htc logo and its not working .....:(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Installer Script to move files from System to Preload

First of all, credits to Mattix for the original Move script and no idea who to credit for the symlink creator script.

This script (with some minor editing) will move select files from the system/app root folder to the preload/symlink/system/app folder. It will also create the necessary symlink files back to system/app for the moved files.

Prerequisites

:

Download and install Notepad++.

It is not recommended to use a standard text editor to edit android files.

A good zip utility like WinRar or 7Zip.

Guide

:

Please note - you must have enough available room in the Preload partition to move the existing files. Using Rom Toolbox/root explorer, scroll the tools at the bottom over to and select 'prefs', select the 'Show storage bar' checkbox.

This will give you the storage bar like in the screenshot below.

Using a zip file manager like WinRar or 7Zip, open (do not extract) the 'Move_Apps' file within the zip and when asked, select notepad++ as your editor and change the filename highlighted in red, exit and save.

Also, filenames are case sensitive. Make sure you input the full filename with the file extension:

#!/sbin/sh
#
# Created by Mattix724
# Move Apps
# v1.0

cd system/app
mv [COLOR="Red"]Sample.apk [/COLOR] /preload/symlink/system/app

Copy and paste the line with the filename as many times as you need to for any other files you want to move. Flash the zip in recovery.

Please make a backup prior to using this or any file management tool

That's it, have fun. Tnx - TD
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Oh hey, look what we have here! If anyone wants some help using this script I'll be more than happy to help. Just shoot me a private message and I'll get back to ya.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mholloway:
This may be a stupid question but when I open it in notepad++ its only giving me 10 lines .how do I add more lines.each line is numbered 1through 10 .I cant paste any more.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Just go to the end of line 9 and hit enter or to the empty line 10 and hit enter.

Then you should be able to right click and paste on the new blank line.

I'm not sure if the blank line is necessary at the end but I notice it in a lot of stuff so I just leave it there.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mholloway:
Ok thanks TD.I will have to try it tomorrow.iam going to try to move 32 apk files over, there mostly small (k) but more space in system/apps should increase speed .I hope ( running recalked ):good:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
I usually just have the entire rom unzipped somewhere and copy and paste the entire filename.apk from the folder itself. It's easier for me to do it that way than trying to type them all in.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mholloway:
For me to do that could I use my nandroid back up.move it to pc, then open with winrar.?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
I think you can open a backup but it's easier to find stuff in the rom.zip.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mholloway:
Lol, yea I was thinking that after I posted.iam going to try it your way, rather move the stuff then to type all the apks. Thanks TD
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
You could always have the script opened on your computer and have a file browser on your phone open so you can just take a quick glance at the phone and type the name of the app into the script.

On another note, after seeing TD bring this back from the dead I thought about what else can be done to this script to make it even better... This weekend I'll be seeing what else can be done using this shell script.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mholloway:
Question, if I unzip the rom zip and move what I want from system to preload do I then delete apk in system and after flashing rom flash the symlink tool?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
You could move apps to the preload partition by doing it that way, the ROM zip should already have a command to set the symbolic links after flashing everything.

This script was created after I released an early deodexed Jellybean build and I wanted to move the SystemUI back to the system partition because I thought it was silly of Samsung to move an important system application to the preload partition. I thought it would help decrease the boot time a little bit, it probably didn't speed it up enough to be noticeable to the average user but in my opinion it was slightly faster to boot up to the lock screen.

Then I decided to move all of the "bloat" to the preload partition as well as any of the Google apps that can be downloaded from the Play Store. But now most of those aren't even needed in the system or preload unless you want the extra space in your data partition for other things like apps, games, data, etc...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
You can't do the rom zip this way because it needs the symlinks to boot.

Maybe in the next release I will change the way it does symlinks but right now I'm afraid the rom just wouldn't boot if you start rearranging the system and preload files before flashing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mholloway:
Thanks, I wanna try moving some things that isnt just apps like some services dont know actually names off hand but basically leaving system ui and sec settings in system for theming .

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Ok .last night I did try it with a nandroid but had a md5 mismatch, I have the link from bil for deleting the md5 #so I will try that later.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
I may be wrong, but I think he was asking if he could unzip the ROM zip to move apps from the system to the preload partition. If this is the case, once you've moved the apps you want to move just zip the ROM back up and then it is ready to flash. You will need to wipe both the system and preload partition prior to flashing the newly modified zip.

This way it is as if it's a fresh install, the apps go where you want them, and you can still preserve user data.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
The way the current E4GT roms are written, you can't take the Rom.zip and just rearrange things because the installer script does the preload symlinks one file at a time. I've changed this in the Shostock rom and also I think in my ReCalked Odexed release so symlinks are all done from a separate script file.

Bilgerryan may fix this in his next release and I will do the same in the next ReCalked but it won't work the way they are written now.

Plus, the Preload partition is limited on space too. You can't just dump the entire contents of system/app into it. It just won't fit without some serious debloating of both folders first.