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[Micromax A110] sumeetgovilkar:
non of the driver is working, my phone keeps disappearing on device manager it is hard bricked. i installed one custom rom from xda and after rebooting system it is not at all responding either to charging and not to recovery opption also please help bro
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kersh:
update:

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...rking-adjustments-inflate-scores-by-up-to-20/

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...ig-and-it-pulls-some-benchmark-shenanigans/3/

Again, the benchmarks are not useful, samsung tricks them using special modes that the phone will not be able to use in non-benchmarks apps.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] phobic99:
Pretty scummy of Samsung but I'm sure they aren't alone in benchmark cheating.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Maverick777:
Yeah. Not a good practice on Samsung's part, but who really cares. I'm not buying this phone because of benchmark scores.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Datafiend:
Thats unfortunate.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BarryH_GEG:
OMG! Call the phone police!

CPU performance is honestly excellent. The Galaxy Note 3 is more or less the fastest Android smartphone we've tested up to this point. In the situations where we can do cross platform (OS/browser) comparisons, it isn't quite as fast as the iPhone 5s but in some cases it comes close.

I should mention that the Note 3 (like many other Android devices - SGS4, HTC One) detects certain benchmarks and ensures CPU frequencies are running at max while running them

, rather than relying on the benchmark workload to organically drive DVFS to those frequencies. Max supported CPU frequency is never exceeded in this process, the platform simply primes itself for running those tests as soon as they're detected. The impact is likely small since most of these tests should drive CPU frequencies to their max state regardless (at least on the CPU side), but I'm going to make it a point to call out this behavior whenever I see it from now on.​

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7376/samsung-galaxy-note-3-review/4
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dkb218:
Does it matter? Is that going to sway anyones buying decision? The phone is blazing fast. In the real world as long as it plays that video you want to see and plays whatever games you want to play, who cares?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BarryH_GEG:
The Cliff Notes from what Brian at Anandtech explained is that detecting a benchmark running, certain OEMs prime the CPU to run at max output rather than waiting for the request. As he said, the benchmarks run (or at least should) the CPU at max output anyway. It's the difference between testing a car's 0-60MPH speed from a standing start and rolling start. Except in this case you're talking about milliseconds of having the SoC at max output before a benchmark would have pushed the CPU there on its own.

Tempest in a tea pot.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] azhurvadal:
Guys, it's only benchmarks.

If you consider it cheating, than I'm sure Samsung won't be alone doing this (as mentioned in Anandtech review).

Who knows even Apple might also did this.

Benchmark performance only amaze techgeek persons. Most people won't care or even read about it.

I'm more concerned about the performance issues mentioned in ars technica review such as Gallery app.

Does anyone else who already got their phone experienced the same issue?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] diehardbattery:
I stopped believing in benchmarks a long time ago. IMO, they really only serve to give you a general idea of how units of similar hardware/setup might perform. I don't believe there's any true "real world" performance tests that can be done. In the end, only you can decide if something's gonna fit your needs by actually physically messing around with it...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] freeza:
Yeah, who cares about benchmarks. Samsung isn't making the phone perform at some magical speed. The phone is fully capable of performing at the level Samsung 'tricks' the benchmarks into believing. It's just that, the e-peen contests people get from showing off their benchmarks don't equate to real world performance.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] inffy:
Who really cares about benchmarks....really?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] weirdingway:
wth is "benchmark booster" and why is it only applied to the N3 tests? Extremely fishy
[Galaxy Note 3 General] redpill2016:
It's like putting track tires on a sports car so you can post a better Nurburgring time. They stuck in code that recognizes when popular benchmarking software is being started and it makes sure the CPU is running full out of the gate to goose the figures a bit. You can decide to what degree that is deceptive, but to call it "lying" as the post title suggests is probably a bit of hyperbole.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] uvaman:
Or car manufactures with car consumption :) They are all "cheating" for years and you can't do a shi*** and we still going to buy the car...

With "cheating" or not Note 3 is the best god damn phone on the market.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] weirdingway:
it would have been ok if they applied the same method to the other phones
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lostnuke:
Benchmarks are for cheerleaders.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] xManMythLegend:
Benchmarks matter. They are the quickest least subjective way to compare power between phones.

Im sure Sammy isnt the only one , but its a slippery slope. What I dont want to see is them capping processing power to proclaim longer battery life while still advertising or benchmarking a full capacity CPU/GPU.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] MohJee:
This is not worst than phone manufacturers advertising idle battery time as 800-1000 hours or some other hogwash number. They run those battery tests in their labs in unrealistic conditions that does not resemble real life usage even remotely just to pump up the score. That, in my opinion, is more "cheating" to the consumer than propping the CPU before a benchmark.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hairdewx:
What I get from this:

If we rename our favorite apps to "Geekbench" we'll get better performance? :D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BarryH_GEG:
Yes and no. And it depends on whether the benchmark is an emulator (talking directly to the h/w) or using the phone's native code and drivers. Since we're on car analogies it's more like bench horsepower (talking directly to the h/w) and horsepower to the wheels (using native code). There are a ton of devices out there that get fantastic benchmarks (they should if they use the same SoC) but crater based on the OEM doing a ****ty job with s/w and drivers.

And if you look at S-800 over S-600 the worst S-800 benchmark is light years ahead of the best S-600. It still comes down to how a device does the things that

you

ask it to based on your unique apps and settings configuration. I guarantee you my N3 running 113 apps with 9 syncs going all the time isn't going to "feel" as fast as someone else's running "lean" to maximize performance.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kersh:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...rking-adjustments-inflate-scores-by-up-to-20/
[Galaxy Note 3 General] redpill2016:
Have you ever tried to exactly replicate the company published 0-60 time on a new car? It's often not easy because they are done in ideal conditions to get the best result for publicity purposes.

The great irony here is that Samsung goosed the benchmark apps, but the only people that pay attention to benchmarks are the same nitpick types that would find out they goosed their score!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] xManMythLegend:
I definitely agree. :good:

To emphasize though Im not saying they are the most accurate , but for most reviewers and fans the quickest fair way to compare phones is with a benchmark and it eliminates the lack of bandwidth , browser sucks , I have pre installed apps you dont etc etc that tends to come up.

Ive never made a purchase based on a benchmark but I have avoided phones because I knew my current one was "on the same level" and id be spending money on a lateral purchase.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] grifter9931:
Is there a standardized series of parameters that all phone manufacturers are supposed to use when bench marking a device or are currently using to do so? And if so can you post a link to the document?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BarryH_GEG:
You don't even get the same results from the same device if you run the same benchmark three times in succession. Kind of like how three different car pubs get three different 0-60MPH results on the same car model. Let's call it an inexact science. ;)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] grifter9931:
Ohhh okay,

I don't know how bench mark data is compiled any more. I have seen this topic blow up on some news feeds that I follow and was curious if they had a standardized test that all manufacturers went by or they just used custom programming to mimic the results they want the benchmark test to report?

Kinda like statistics. You can make the numbers reflect what ever you want it to within your parameters etc....
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JustKuz:
why is it Samsung's fault?

What I am failing to understand here is why is Samsung catching all the flack and not Qualcom? Why isn't their CPU able to run full speed in any application that demands it? Are they trying to sell a chip that is capable of 4x2.3 but doesn't want to run that unless you force it to via software?

Personally to me its Qualcom that is the shadier individual. Samsung is merely showing what the chip is capable of when they force it to obey it's maximum specs.

Someone help correct me if I am wrong here?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Impuls3101:
Anyone else find it odd that this is such a big news story on the week of the US release? There have been a ton of stories about samsung doing this since july with s4. Why would it be any different with the note 3? They actually give a decent response for why they do it.

http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-bencmark-allegations-response-251164/
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mi7chy:
Big deal! It normally runs in power saving mode but is benchmarked without power saving within official specifications to see its full potential.

For Anomaly 2 Benchmark, which isn't on the exempt list, it still kicks butt scoring nearly 600K on high. In comparison, Nexus 7 2013 is only 160K at high.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] yahyoh:
its not Samsung fault nor qualcomm imo , the problem with the benchmark apps them self are poorly coded and some of them are too crappy :(

look at this joke geekbench3 test never past 50-65% cpu utilizing on my note2 ( it jumped like half second to 92% then went back to ~60% )

but looking at Antutu its fully utilizing the cpu to 100%

some other benchmarks doesn't even use multicores ( yeah i don't want to bench single core smh ) :eek:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BarryH_GEG:
Maybe Samsung did it themselves to get "region lock" off the front page. Kidding. ;) I'm on a roll with car analogies. It's like top speed governed and ungoverened. You rarely use either. ;)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] i9100g user:
Yeah well HTC one ,LG G2 are on the "same ship " too ,they are also doing this
[Galaxy Note 3 General] KruseLudsMobile:
I was just about to say this: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...rking-adjustments-inflate-scores-by-up-to-20/
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Andrewtst:
It is the same site said S4 cheat also. Their so call cheat is real rubbish.

I don't find what Samsung did is cheat, Samsung did it correctly, during benchmark, all cores shall be open, what LG do instead is wrong, as only one core is running. Samsung is smartly switch to correct governor (assuming is performance) when required.

By the way, from source, even force Samsung run one core, it still faster than LG G2.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Impuls3101:
http://www.androidcentral.com/cheating-android-benchmarks-isnt-new
[Galaxy Note 3 General] LuczOr:
1. Root Phone

2. SetCPU to Performance

3. ??????

4. Profit.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Elusivo:
Putting aside poorly coded benchmark apps that may not take full use of the cpu/gpu, i'm sure games are not perfect also, i may be wrong but they are at least coded the same way for the same soc on different phones no?

I don't think the creators of the apps set them to make samsung phones have a higher score than others (and thus help samsung have higher profits, unless they get some commission ofc :p), so they shouldn't have special aids to have them perform differently than what they were coded to.

Taking also in account the hit that heavy games will maybe have from the system thermal limits throttling down cpu/gpu performance, they probly can't be run on the same boosted state as the benchmarks can 100% of the time (i remember my note1 going up to close 60ºC and the phone becoming noticeable less responsive)... i realize they are still synthetic benchmarks, but if they were treated as normal apps, it would bring them closer to reality, and specifically, maybe of some use to compare different phones that don't intentionally boost their benchmarks.

Now is a good time for a new benchmark app creators to show up in the market making public that their app isn't affected by samsung's, and others, attempts to rig their scores to their own advantage :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] htc9420:
Did anyone see how they run the 0-60 tests for cars?the track is closed, the engine and tires are warmed up, there is only one passenger (the driver), they turn off whatever not needed, they even use non-emission "ROM" ( these remove injector timings in regards to pollution laws/standars ) flashed to ECU. Yet, I've never seen a review screaming Audi/BMW/Merc is cheating in test....

Benchmarking is a power test. When WEI ( Windows experience index) was available, the test couldn't be run on battery power. Because, as in all benchmarking, the whole device prepares for a power test. Simple as that. I cannot understand what Sammy did wrong in making sure everything is ramped up for the test.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Dan37tz:
Like everyone already stated, it's not only Samsung that's doing it.

Reminds me of the whole Lance Armstrong debacle, pretty much everyone on the tour was doping, they just singled out Lance because he was the most successful.

Samsung is doing the same thing here...leveling the playing field. :p
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] kgowrav:
HI,

So i have an unlocked sprint mobile and all the tethering options are not visible in menus, I searched around in xda and i found this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1723828

is there anything similar to this for sprint HTC One.

Thanks
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] indy1811:
Edit your build.prop file and enable them.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] kgowrav:
I did but after restarting nothing is being enabled and the values are being reset.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] kgowrav:
I am saving it, double checking it and restarting and then everything returns to default. Tried Es explorer, root explorer, build prop editor nothing worked
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Xenosis:
Very late reply but you (or future folks having same problem) could try locking the permissions to read-only.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Aldo101t:
you want it r/w read/write
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Xenosis:
As in there will be problems if it isn't?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Aldo101t:
Nothing will stick unless it is r/w
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] a18041967:
Just trying to install the Blackberry CAB file on my Exec, but I get the following error

Uncertified System Software

Is there a way to override this check.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Salvan Malkovich:
First im really sorry because i cant ask on the thread im new user and i flashed the percy 10.1 Cm the last release Last night and everything seems ok very fast smooth but i had a big problem with youtube it wont play videos and tell me there was a problem while playing video touch here to retry i uninstalled youtube and installed it with clearing data and rebooting and it still the same problem any idea ???
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Wind07:
Cm 10.1 no support video recording and playback

Tapatalk sig: Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malinga119:
Kernel verison 2.6.32.27 cdy@ubuntu#3369

android ver 2.3.1

model number IT-M809RC

plz help me to upgrde 4.0 or JB
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malinga119:
Bump
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uvaman:
Hello guys,

Yesterday I got my lovely white Note 3 - Snapdragon version and I think I change some settings for messages.

I didnt change any sms settings mostly settings of the phone but I have a problem with receiving SMS messages.

When someone send me the SMS I receive in form of "New Message", when I pull notification down its still saying "New Message".

Only until I enter into the sent sms I can see who sent that SMS. Problem is that I can't see the sender at all, can't see contact, number, nothin...

So as last option is to do factory reset. If someone can tell me how to shut that down would be :fingers-crossed::good:

EDIT:

FIXED. SMS Settings>More> Check "Preview message".

And thats it :) Sorry for opening but couldnt find it on xda..
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] sensboston:
Hi guys,

wanna share some experience with you. I just switched my Nissan Altima from 2011 to 2013 model, equipped with bluetooth.

But I was really surprised when my Lumia 920 was successfully detected by car, and Altima downloaded all contacts and music tracks (now L-920 is fully integrated with car bluetooth system: I can call any contact and manipulate music playback).

So, it looks like WP8 BT stack is fully compatible with the BT specs. I'm curious - what else we can do with BT (for example, from the desktop)? I have zero experience with BT (as a programmer) but may be we can use BT for device hack? (just an assumption).
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] dazza9075:
I'm not sure what is exactly supported but I do know a few

Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP 1.2)

Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP 1.4

Hands Free Profile (HFP 1.5)

Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP 1.1)

Object Push Profile (OPP 1.1)

Out of Band (OOB) and Near Field Communications (NFC)

I think there is a couple more, but you won't get the full profile lists that windows mobile once had, but to be perfectly honest you probably won't miss them much anyway

As for hacking. I don't think it will help, but better people on here can answer that for sure than me.

Tho I'm still wondering if installing a SIM app on a Sim card might work, modifying the cards are possible, perhaps it will have OEM level access in doing so...

Sent from my Rooted Kobo Arc :D
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] jessenic:
You would break the signature of the SIM card if you managed to put your own app there, only operators can make SIM apps. They are written in Java (was it Micro Edition?) and I'm not sure but I think they run on the SIM card itself rather than on the phone and they cannot access any resources from the phone itself.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] dazza9075:
that rings a bell although I thought I read somewhere that it was possible to modify the SIM programs, as for them running off the card or not I don't know, but my thoughts were, if having SIM apps appear in the settings and able to run (on the OS, but I realise it may be running within the confines of the SIM), perhaps there is a hole there waiting to be exploited...

just an idea
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
Well, attacking the Bluetooth stack on the phone (for example, by fuzzing raw BT data) is certainly one possible avenue. Exploiting the BT service on the phone would be hard, but possibly quite rewarding.

Beyond that, the main handy thing I've found PC-phone BT connectivity useful for is sending files to my phone (as an alternative to emailing them). The phone is happy to open files (of known types; if multiple apps can handle one type it will ask) sent this way. You can also see what's playing on the phone in a little desktop widget, and play or pause the music from there.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] wazmo:
On a 2009 Prius connected to Bluetooth, if I get an incoming SMS it activates the BT stack and starts reading the SMS header, and then asks if I want to hear it or ignore it. If I ask to hear it, it reads it out, then asks me if I want to reply. It will actually listen to your voice and translate it to an outbound SMS.

Hell, My SGS IV can't even do that.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] sensboston:
[offtopic] "Driving Prius doesn't make you a Jesus" (c) :D
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] wazmo:
I find that a late 2000's automotive Bluetooth stack and Windows Phone 8 behavior on receipt of an SMS message rather impressive.

But the fact that they (MSFT) still can't assign individual SMS alert tones just blows my mind-especially in 2013.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] sensboston:
How about calendar reminders/alerts? The fact is - MS & Nokia are simple ignoring customer needs last decade :( But that strategy require a marketing genius such as Steve Jobs (RIP Steve!). Balmer has all bad character traits as Jobs had: authoritarianism, excessive self-importance, egotism but have a lack of luck, charm and a brilliant foresight... What's why he's fired (of course press called it more politically correct) :laugh:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bman3333:
So I am S-On, running CM 10.1.3 stable.

I was on OTA 3.16.651.3 with 2.09 hboot when I successfully unlocked my bootloader using HTCDev unlock and installed TWRP and SU using BigDaddy619's kit.

I wanted to try out CM 10.1.3 stable ROM. I was able to transfer the zip via usb to the Internal SD, then Installed inside TWRP. I then realized I needed to do the boot.img kernel flash using fastboot. I did this, and the phone booted up!

I have tried CM for the last 3 days, and like some aspects, but I really want GPS and Bluetooth to work.

So I tried to flash back to zhaus's stock ROM. The problem is I no longer have an internal SD mounted, and the phone won't let me download files. I can not for the life of me figure out how to remount the internal SD so I can download to it. Plus, the phone won't allow me to fastboot update or push the file to the phone using ADB. It's weird, since fastboot works but errors, but ADB doesn't even find my device.

Another odd thing is when I enter TWRP and try to do a factory reset/wipe, it always says FAILED.

I am super confused on how to proceed in switching back to a stock ROM. Hoping someone can throw me a life preserver.:confused:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Magnum_Enforcer:
You need to format your internal storage. To do this, boot into recovery and connect your phone to your PC. Select the 'Mount' option, then select your internal storage. You should then be prompted to format your storage on your computer.

Also, when wiping with TWRP, choose the advanced wipe option and select Dalvik cache, cache, data & system.

GPS should be working on that build of CM. You may need to try the GPS fix from a Sense ROM before dismissing the issue as GPS simply not working.

Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
I'm confused, because both of those things work fine on CM10.1. Methinks you should S-OFF to avoid these types of issues going forward . . . :rolleyes:.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bman3333:
I don't think I properly installed CM 10.1. I initially tried to flash cm-10.1.3-jewel inside TWRP, BEFORE flashing the kernel with the extracted boot.img in fastboot. I never tried to re-flash the cm-10.1.3-jewel zip after flashing the kernel.

My second mistake was selecting factory reset in the bootloader, which screwed up the Internal SD mount.

Thank you guys for the replies.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Magnum_Enforcer:
It's best to avoid a factory reset from the bootloader. Anything you do as far as wiping should be done from recovery. Don't sweat it, though, you aren't the first person who has done it and you surely won't be the last:eek:

Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karstensson:
Hello!

Does anyone have a tip on a Ir remote app that can send signals at a specific time or by timer?

I can controll my light with infrared and it would be awesome to automatically turn the lights on at a slow pace in the morning!

My phone is a LG G2

Thank you in advance!