yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Badelhas:
Better? They are much much better than any plastic ones. I tried several plastic ones (spigen curved crystal included) and they feel bad, only protect the screen from scratches and affect the way light reflects on the screen.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] dinci5:
I bought mine from eBay.

Ordered it the first day I got my S4.

It was a great deal...

6$ for 4 screenprotectors.

I have it for 6 months now. No scratches, looks great. You don't even notice there is a screenprotector.

I have two more left (I messed up one while I was putting on the phone :) )
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] kms108:
Is this for glass or plastic.

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it a really good start, glass protectors reaching prices similar to plastic protector.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] dinci5:
glass...
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] kms108:
now thats even cheaper, USD 6 for 4 pieces.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Badelhas:
Can you please post the link of the deal?
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] dinci5:
hmm... the offer changed

Now you get 6 screenprotectors for 3.95 USD

I'm 100% positive that this is the deal as I've fund it in my purchase history.

edit:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/6x-Anti-Gla...d=100023&prg=1187&rk=1&rkt=1&sd=390578615542&
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] johnny crapple:
Those are not glass though
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Badelhas:
Exactly what I predicted ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] SoulSmasher:
I almost got scammed by that ebay seller!

I didn't receive the item after 30 days. I told him to check their postal service, he said he didn't receive either and confirmed my address, he offered me for a second item. I said okay. And he provided me a tracking number and a site to check. First, I checked HK postal office official tracking number checking, there was no number. Then I checked from the site he provided, which is hkipost.com there it was.

But I became fishy. I've been using eBay for 7 years and it's the first time I saw such a tracking site. I googled it a bit:

So in short, this is the HKIPost:

This was my reply to him:

The next day, I got a full refund and case was closed. I hope he receives a warning or maybe even a suspension from eBay.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Badelhas:
Thanks for the heads up. Can you please post the link of the deal?
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] poqeteer:
Thanks for the update... I actually ended up ordering the iLoome Flexible Protector off Amazon. Haven't gotten it yet but liked that it is super thin and still (supposedly) has most the features of the regular tempered glass protectors.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] SoulSmasher:
I got another one and a button from dx.com w/ tracking number. Let's see how that will go:

http://dx.com/p/milo-protective-tempered-glass-clear-screen-guard-film-for-samsung-galaxy-s4-i9500-244976
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Badelhas:
That's exactly like the one I ordered
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] SoulSmasher:
Can anyone provide some guides or a video not to mess up the appliying? Are they adjusted with glue-based like cheap Chinese films ? Can they be re-adjusted if failed? Do bubbles stay like standard films?

Thanks in advance,
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] poqeteer:
Interesting that the description says it is "removable". All of the name brand versions, I guess, use a glue to hold theirs on, which sorta makes sense. I would think in theory that would make the phone's display more rigid and therefore more impact resistant during a drop?
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Badelhas:
To be honest I hardly believe it's removable. On my wife's Note 2, while I was trying to install the glass screen protector I only got it right on the 3rd time and I believe that caused the bottom part (where I was starting from) to be like not completely glued. I mean, it's there but you notice it's not touching the glass when you get up close.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] hyorigajjang:
will try and order it

thx for headsup
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] SoulSmasher:
I said and am almost sure they use something like glue based. Not glue itself of course. Other protectors are applied with soapy water, unlike these stick directly.

Anyways, I think it has nice cutout, zoom in:
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] vesu:
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[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] eden66:
Thanks for talling me.

On the 23 day I send him a massage and he gave me hikipost tarcking number and checked HK postal office and there was no number.

But eventually I received the item on the 30th day.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Brutal Pineapple:
Dammit. I read this thread like 5x before i ordered. No one really gave feedback to what they ordered. I bought one from aliexpress. I wish i waited because you seem happy with yours.

Sent from my s2k seats.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] risx:
Thanks, i will order and let you know about it
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] tech_head:
I currently have a Spigen Nano on my phone. I dropped it and chipped it around the button.

They charge $18 for a replacement and I don't have the original receipt because I bought the phone with it installed.

Anyway, I decided to try this protector after searching, it's sold on eBay and Amazon.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271274072358?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

http://www.amazon.com/Cybertech-FG-...tor+4+Samsung+Galaxy+S4+-+Beat+Tempered+Glass

Half the price and I have prime so shipping is free.

I'll have it in a couple of days and I'll update.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Badelhas:
Nice deal also, looks like it's the same has mine. One thing that you will notice is that it's thicker than the spigen nano but to me it's pretty obvious that it makes your phone stronger protected to falls and drops.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] tech_head:
They claim ~.15 if it's in the neighborhood it's fine.

What I didn't want was one that was .4mm.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] poqeteer:
Hmmm... Sounds very much like the iloome I just got, but they only claim 8H hardness and that is made of glass.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] tech_head:
Don't even think about buying it.

POS...

They try to pass PET film off as "new flexible glass".

Sending it back.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] poqeteer:
Umm... You have proof of that, right? Everything I've read and seen says it is glass. Now it is NOT tempered glass. I don't know if it is glass or not, but iloome is a reputable company so why would they expose themselves to law suites for false advertisement? Plus the hardness itself is much higher the a PET protector.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] tech_head:
Not iloome, the one I got off eBay claiming flexible glass.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] poqeteer:
K... You quoted me so I thought you were talking about the iloome.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Anonymoos:
Had a quick browse through the thread, is this the one you've shown in your pics? http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e1105...em=151132174141&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:US:1123

Looking for a protector with cutouts like the one you've shown, I've had major issues with the proximity sensor and mime protectors on the S4. Problem with the listing is that its a generic one size fits all thats using multiple phones and pics, even the listing I've linked is using different pics for the s4. Pic 5 is ideally what I want which also what you have in your pics, messaged the seller but confirmation from here couldn't hurt.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Brutal Pineapple:
Alright so I did order one from aliexpress still waiting for it to arrive. Someone on this thread did post a link to ebay showing tempered glass screen protector for 90 something cents so I figured I'll order a coulple and see how they are. So I order 2 and they arrived today. The package came with 5 plastic screen protectors. Not glass. Each one came with its own cloth too. Not going to dispute since it costs less than $2. I'll just hang on to them. Heres a link to the posting.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=370877855280

And incase if the link isn't showing heres a screenshot

Seller-zysysy2012

Sent from my s2k seats.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] madman604:
300 neg feedback in 1 month...

Got mine from an eBay seller called bessky.

Been about a month in my pockets, not a scratch, not lifing. Still perfect. Came with useless rubber buttons too
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] androidaddicted:
aliexpress glass

I bought one of these and pushed it a little too hard to test it- cracked pretty easily (duh) but its probably the same as the others- takes a while to arrive
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Badelhas:
Can you guys post the link to your deals, please?
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] vesu:
Listing has just random rendered pictures, usually those pics dont show what you will really get. The one I bought had similar pictures, iphones, different cutouts, etc.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] madman604:
Vesu has a point. a lot of time you never know what you're getting. The one I bought had a button cutout and the upper sensor and speaker area is notched out completely. The camera, however, is covered
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Anonymoos:
I agree its usually a crapshoot as to what turns up with listings like these.

FWIW, the seller I linked to above replied and said the one he shipped covered the sensors so that's no good for me, ended up ordering the one madman604 mentioned.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Badelhas:
Mine covers the sensors as well but the camera is covered. Everything works fine, though
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] tech_head:
This one is good:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/171172132327?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

I bought it and it took about 5 days to come.

I just installed it. Very nice for $8.

Fully enclosed home button.

I also got a set of these :

http://www.amazon.com/amFilm-Protec...d=1385674016&sr=8-1&keywords=amfilm+galaxy+s4

They are good for PET style protectors. Easy to install, feel good. Not quite glass but close. I like a fully enclosed home button but these don't have that. Good for the PET style protector.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Brutal Pineapple:
Got my protector from aliexpress today. Put on the silver home button i got off ebay first. Then applied the protector got it on first try and I am loving it. Very slim i am happy with it.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Badelhas:
Great. :) is it really Slim?
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Brutal Pineapple:
Yes. I was worried for a sec. I was using a zagg invisi shield with my bodyglove balastic case without the battery cover so i had a huge lip which I liked for when I put the phone face down. Installed the new screen protector and was amazed how thin it was. Still have a nice lip. And this thing is smoooooooooth. Will buy another. And one for my sister's iphone.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Badelhas:
Did you post the link to your deal? Mine was not so thin... But I am very pleased as well
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Brutal Pineapple:
Can't seem to copy the link. Will post later when I'm on my pc.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] SoulSmasher:
Got this on Friday, the button that comes with was a black/pink plastic hello kitty jelly button :D So I've purchased a Spigen button from a local store, which is on the way already. Let's see how it will go. After I receive it, too, I'll post some photos.

And once again, can these stuff be re-applied (in case of just fixing or after a wrong initial installation attempt) ? Has anyone tried? If so, what is the process ?
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Brutal Pineapple:
Here it is! Picture shows an open cutout which I wanted. But received a closed cutout. Still happy looks good either way to me.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/NEW-...Galaxy-S4-i9500-free-shipping/1083548820.html
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Badelhas:
Thanks, it´s the same as mine. Only the 1st picture show open cutout, check the other ones and you will see camera is covered. But why do you say its slim? Is´nt it 0.4 or 0.5mm like mine?
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Brutal Pineapple:
0.4 I believe. And from other pics I have seen I would say this is slim. Fits nice in my case.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Badelhas:
Ah, Ok. But there are slimmer glass screen protectors from Spigen for a while now but to be honest I prefer like ours, seems obvious it's safer a 0.4mm than a 0.28mm.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Brutal Pineapple:
Yeah makes sense. I still can't believe how smooth it is!
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] SoulSmasher:
Applied this + Spigen home button combo minutes ago. Packaging is same.

These are the contents. I didn't take a new photo:

It shows like this on the store:

But this is the delivered output (sorry for the bad PQ):

This is the cutout, cutout is not clean, but does not hurt my fingers at all. I don't have any complaints about cutout at all:

Feels quite good, Sensors are not blocked. No bubbles appeared, and feels like there isn't a glass over the screen at all. Touches and swipes are quite smooth. I would recommend this item to anyone.

Also, I can use this along with Spigen Slim Armor View. The case closes, but feels like it will be easier to open with the thickness of the tempered glass.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Badelhas:
I also use the spigen Slim Armor View and it's the perfect match for total protection. My screen protector as a smaller cutout so it covers the camera but everything works great.

Edit: the home button cost more than the screen protector itself?! lol
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] SoulSmasher:
Exactly :D But I don't have complaints, the buttons on eBay look pretty cheap, even the aluminum ones.

The included one was looking something like this:

(yes, it was a hello-kitty model button) :D

3 buttons cost me sum of ~$9,80 (incl. shipping) from a local Spigen reseller. Cheap aluminum ones start from 1$ (cheap looking) to 4$ (like-original-looking), so I don't think it's a bad deal at all.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] Xinlitik:
Does anyone know if these 6 buck protectors will fit under an otterbox defender's lips (after removing the otterbox plastic protector)?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Searcher3:
I bought a Defy+ as a backup to my Defy. The Defy was rooted but I had problems with it sometimes picking up my network when I changed batteries so on the Defy+ I decided to try to run with the stock ROM. All seemed fine until my GPS tracker refused to write the track half way around a hike. Looking on the net it seems there is a problem with some high spec cards (mine is a class 10 Lexar 32GB) where it loses write ability after a while. One solution seems to be installing CM7+ but I was trying to avoid doing that. Is the only solution to get a class 2 card or is there some fix I can apply without rooting? Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] connorcnguyen:
UPDATE: figured doing the below will brick my phone. So without an option to flash CWM Recovery, I figured I'm left with trying to use stock recovery 3e and getting it to "apply update from ADB/external storage"... I've been searching for a signed Supersu.zip/Superuser.zip/su.zip but all of the ones that I've found come back with "failed to verify whole-file signature"... Anybody know of one?

I'm curious. If I were to use Odin to flash a CWM recovery for a phone (say a Samsung Galaxy S2) that has very similar specs to mine, what would happen?

Would it be possible to port a CWM recovery file to make it work with my phone?
[General Questions and Answers] gcappa:
I hope you figure this out. I'm about to order one for my dad.
[General Questions and Answers] connorcnguyen:
UPDATE! Possible Website With Root Tutorial Found

UPDATE! Possible Website With Root Tutorial Found

Stumbled across a Chinese/Korean/Japanese site (koxdaDOTcom) that has a subforum for the Samsung Golden SHV-E400 S/K/L. And there seems to be tutorials for rooting (I believe Google Translates it as "brush"). There are also ROMs and a one click program that I'd like to try out, but you have to be registered to the forums to download. Which wouldn't have been an issue, except there's a "Verification Code" section of the registration that generates a random picture of some Asian language characters that you have to type in to prove you're human.... And I can't read them! So if someone is interested, please register and download it and let us know if it works! I'll continue poking around as well... :highfive:
[General Questions and Answers] partytony:
It works!

Hey all,

Based on the above Chinese website I was finally able to root the SHV-E400S by using Odin to flash a custom rom. This is the only known way that I recall to root the phone. Of course by doing this you lose the stock rom so I was unable to back it up.

A couple things I noticed in the stock rom:

- Only able to utilize 3G network, no LTE (AT&T)

- My original model phone in settings changed from SHV-E400S to SHV-E400K

After flashing the rom, my phone was able to use H and H+ network. While this is not LTE speeds, it is still a definite improvement. I also noticed the English S-Voice assistant gave me a "Limited Features" error since this was a Chinese rom. Just a heads up for those of you who plan to resort to this.
[General Questions and Answers] Tamashii_Sippo:
Can you share with us?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikekir97:
Hi.. So my default lockscreen magicly vanished without any change on the software.. Tryed to wipe cache and dalvik with no luck.. I am currently running CM10.1.3RC2..
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikekir97:
Please if some one knows what causes this thing tell me.. This post has 40 views and none replayes..
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VerneVerne:
Have you tried swiping to the side on the lockscreen?
[General Questions and Answers] badalrocker:
HII MY SPICE MOBILE HAS BEEN PATTERN LOCKED AND RECOVERY MODE IS ALSO NOT WORKING ..

IT .. SHOWS RED EXCLAMATION ERROR..

SO ANY XPERT HELP ASAP:eek::eek::eek:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] ericcc:
I am using a English edition windows mobile 2003 se, for support chinese, I have installed Monster Chinese, but recently I have see a chinese Path for 2003 se, but the link is down. Did anybody can share this CAB file?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Rudegar:
why are you using the english 2003SE ?

the english version have manualy been translated from chinese

so the only official 2003SE for himalaya is already chinese
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] senzan:
you can find it by searching

i have downloaded the Chinese support.cab,simplified Chinese,
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Qesc:
try this site plz ,maybe you can find something interesting... :D

http://bbs.pdafans.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=13

good luck my friend
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andixxqaz:
hello

i have installed yesterday a new rom for my samsung s3 ( s4 look downloaded at this forum )

and now i don't have more the signal to make phone calls

when i chek my imdi i see only 0049°°°°°°°°°°

what can i do to restore my real imei like the backside of my battery ?

i don't have made a copy of my nv_data.bin and now the file iix empty
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
There are multiple identical posts read them

Basics read first.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2344125

Critical you read the first two posts .

or take it to a service centre and pay for a repair
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andixxqaz:
i have rad all this post nothing founded like a solution
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
All the working solutions are in the 2nd thread. Imei / efs - know this stuff. You should read it. I know you haven't read it properly because it asks you not to create a duplicate thread, yet here I am posting in that duplicate thread.

The final solution in that thread is send for repair. At least do us the courtesy of reading the thread.

If nothing works in that thread (including send for repair) well then time to buy a new phone

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[HTC One X] JoshuaHiggins:
[Q] Any general battery saving tips, as well as "must have" mods/tweaks/apps? Thanks!

I thought I'd post this as I would prefer to get updated advice as a lot of posts I've read that deem reasonable advise were from quite a few months ago! :p

Even if it's how to correctly calibrate, wakelocks, undervolting, decent kernels, maybe even roms, or useful tweaks/apps.

I'm absolutely loving this phone, getting along great, bought second hand very cheap as the buyer mentioned "Wifi doesn't work". After looking on XDA I found the wifi solution. Bought the One X (Quad) and it's great.

Been part of the XDA forums (maybe on another account before) since my old XDA II windows phone :D

Any advice will be very much appreciated!

Cheers!

Josh.
[Xperia Z1 General] malochim:
So many negative threads about how the screen sucks, the camera sucks etc etc. Would be nice to hear from the people who actually like the Z1. Write down your experience with the phone. It doesn't have to be all rosy but hopefully it will give a little bit more nuance.
[Xperia Z1 General] B1nny:
Sure.

Last Saturday I got my Z1, I've had a Gnex for a long time and my first impressions are very good. The device is amazingly fast, everything works as it should, multitasking is very good, all performance related things are nothing to complain about.

The screen 'dead-on' is also nice the viewing angles people are talking about is something I don't really see as a problem. I just held the phone in an angle and when the colours start to wash out it's an angle I would never use my phone at. Other than that the camera does have noise issues, although it's not too bad IMHO. (do bear in mind I come from the Gnex so pretty much every new device is a big upgrade) I don't think the noise issues aren't too bad though, as Sony can easily fix the noise issues with a software update. Speaking of updates, the Z1 already had 3 updates. Whether this is a good or a bad thing is up to you, but to me it sounds like it's well supported by Sony.

Battery... I feel mixed about it. It's better than my Gnex, but again, pretty much every device is. I did expect a lot more from a 3000 mAh battery though. I had about 23 hours of standby and roughly 4 hours of screen on time. That is with 3G on all the time, wifi on most of the time and applications like Twitter, Whatsapp and Facebook running in the background. It's a weird thing though, the xperia ZR gets 11:30 (11 hours and 30 minutes) of browsing in the GSMarena test. While the Z1 gets about half of that. I have the feeling Sony has to do some software optimization, since they can pull it off. (note: the ZR battery is 2300 mAh) How long this will take, and if Sony will even do it, I have no idea. If the problem is related to Qualcomm it may take a long time though since they're not very keen on doing things in a different way. (look at the Nexus 7 2013 and binaries)

Overall I personally think the Xperia Z1 is an amazing device. It's super fast, the build quality is amazing and it feels really good.(get a case though!) There are things to improve on such as battery life and it depends on whether you trust Sony to fix these issues or not.
[Xperia Z1 General] paulhm:
Positve

Got mine yesterday.

S/W: problems yet

Performance: Extremely quick 9/10

Screen Quality: 8/10 but too early to say if I'm just being jaded by all the moaning.

Camera seems pretty good to me, what a blessing a proper camera button makes.

Shame I can't upload samples of photos / videos etc. I will find a way if request. Anyone wanna buy a Galaxy 3? ho ho..

Oh one thing I don't like, is having to uncover the charger port to charge it up (i know its re waterproofing).

My options are :-

Cut the cover flap off or buy a magnetic charger unit £30.00 !!!!! (I probably will.)

So far pretty dam good phone.

Paul
[Xperia Z1 General] andymg350:
I've had my XZ1 since Saturday 21st sept, and so far I love it, the camera is good but has issues like the grain and noise which prevent it from being a great one.

Love the sharpness and colours of the screen and it's resolution makes browsing the Web or forums so easy.

I've gotten used to the waterproof tabs after having my Xtz before I got the z1 but at least if you don't like having to keep opening the flap you can use a magnetic charger cable or dock.

That's all I can think of at lol