yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Droid X General] woohoo033:
Press power and home button at the same time to boot into recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] geniusrehan:
I just received metallic cover for my Galaxy mega I9200.

Here is the link for the cover.

http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/266518953.html

I am facing serious battery drain as soon as I put this cover. I am not really sure is it because of this cover or some app is doing the damage? I restarted my phone twice, cleared memory and killed all the applications. Still I am facing serious battery drain. Normally this battery works 1.5 days very easily with normal use (like wifi + data + music player + facebook and games etc).

This cover is very nice, I really like it. But I want to know is it really because of this cover I am facing battery drain problem? Or some app is doing problem? Or do I need to wipe data and restore my data again?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] thering1975:
Take cover off put plastuc one on. Use for a day and you will know the answer
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] dave0812:
Possibly having a effect on signal?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] x2h:
The metal case blocks signal which makes the phone work extra hard.

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Sent from my AT&T Galaxy Mega
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
That is what I was thinking as the wifi and if you use your carrier..then the 3G,4G,LTE etc will have to work harder at keeping the best signal which can put more drain on the battery I believe. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] zcink:
Yes

What happens is the phone is struggling to get a signal

Which definately does drain the battery

I know metal backs and bumper guards look cool,

but I don't think anyone gives any thought to signal loss.

Here's a free million dollar idea:

Make a back cover that actually boosts or enhances the signal instead of blocking it.

Why can't they make a cover that connects to the antenna and actually becomes a giant antenna? And no those little sticker boosters do Not work.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] whitegoh:
it definitely block signal! I facing the same problem! Signal for network and wifi also degrade as well!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zandm7:
I was curious as to which commonly seen governors are actually optimized for multicore devices. So far I know of hotplug, freelunch, msm-dcvs, and wheatley that take advantage of multiple cores but what other ones are out there? Thanks!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] TheForumTroll:
So I'm trying to fix a phone for someone. I don't know what has happened to the phone ("It suddenly wouldn't turn on") but here's what I can tell:

Screen doesn't turn on

It does vibrate when using the power button (but doesn't seem to boot up)

Fastboot (blue) LED works and flashtool can see the device

Flashmode (green) LED works and flashtool can see it (and flash)

ADB cannot see the device

Flashing doesn't change anything as far as I can tell

EDIT: Sony PC Companion can see it too, so drivers are installed
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mihahn:
Is the bootloader unlocked? You can check that when you connect the phone to flashtool :)

Is the battery working? Can you charge it?

If you press the power button, no logo appears?

And what did you flash until now? Did you flash the stock rom using flashtool? ;)

Sent from my Nexus 4 running Android 4.3
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] TheForumTroll:
I don't know if the battery works as intended. How can I tell (screen's off)? I know I had to charge it before it could be seen by the OS, so I would think so.

No, nothing happens when I press the button. Just a black screen.

I flashed a ftf from another thread to unbrick devices. Didn't work.

It should be unlocked (right?):

06/013/2013 19:13:20 - INFO - Loader : S1_Loader_Root_773f - Version : R4A066 / Bootloader status : ROOTABLE
06/013/2013 19:13:20 - INFO - Start Reading unit 000008B2
06/013/2013 19:13:20 - INFO - Reading TA finished.
06/013/2013 19:13:37 - INFO - Unlocking device
06/013/2013 19:13:37 - INFO - Writing TA unit : [00, 00, 08, B2, 00, 00, 00, 10, 31, 38, 33, 44, 32, 39, 32, 35, 31, 32, 42, 38, 41, 31, 46, 39]
06/013/2013 19:13:37 - INFO - Unlock finished
06/013/2013 19:13:42 - INFO - Ending flash session

EDIT: Here's what I tried flashing:

ST17i_4.0.2.A.0.42_GenericCE.ftf

ST17i_4.1.B.0.587_Global.ftf

Xperia 2011 Range_FreeXperia_ALL.ftf
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mihahn:
No, I think the bootloader is locked (as it says rootable=unlockable) :)

If the bootloader is locked, the phone should be under warranty. If I were you I'd send it to the Sony service center as you don't get any reaction on the display. Normally you'd see a screen saying Sony or Sony Ericsson when pressing the power button, but if it doesn't appear I'd guess it's a hardware problem and not just a bootloop or a similar problem :(

Did you try the repair option in PC Companion? If it doesn't work and flashing the the stock rom using flashtool doesn't solve the issue too, I guess it's a hardware problem and you should send it to the service center....

Sent from my Nexus 4 running Android 4.3
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] TheForumTroll:
I used the unlock option in flashtool, that's what I posted (seems like it worked). Unfortunately it have been looked at by Sony already, but they said it had been tampered with (unlocked?), so it wasn't covered by warranty.

PC companion gives me an error. Seems it doesn't work with an unlocked bootloader. I'll try to lock it and have another go...

UPDATE;

Okay, locked it again:

06/045/2013 19:45:29 - INFO - Relocking device
06/045/2013 19:45:29 - INFO - Writing TA unit : [00, 00, 08, B2, 00, 00, 00, 00]
06/045/2013 19:45:29 - INFO - Relock finished

Running PC Companions repair now.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] TheForumTroll:
No luck. Still looks dead.

When flash/fastboot both works I'd think it was alive, but I don't know Sony devices. ADB still doesn't work either btw.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] iPusak Gaoq™:
Hmmmm...tell us did the phone bootloader has been unlock before you attempt to repair it or you are the one who's unlock it when you try to repair it?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] r.vasanthakumar:
My phone Xperia Mini Pro got Locket

Hi Friends,

I'm vasanth and new to this android phone(xperia mini pro). In interest i have started to root my phone. Unfortunately my phone get locked. Just help me to get my back phone to normal.

:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mihahn:
This is not the place to ask that. Create a new thread for a different question and don't post in any open thread! :)

Btw it's normal the phone is locked, because the bootloader is always locked if you get a new phone! If you want to unlock it read my guide ;)

Sent from my Nexus 4 running Android 4.3
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] TheForumTroll:
It was unlocked already according to Sony. It isn't my phone so I don't know really.
[Sony Xperia ZR] Lasantha:
I tried both AF+ and android firewall but they didnt work properly.Ant suggestions pls?
[Sony Xperia ZR] zu0ke:
was

Android firewall should work on the device.
[Sony Xperia ZR] Lasantha:
But rules change with out my knowledge sometimes
[Android Apps and Games] P a t r i c k:
Hi all,

I'm the developer of Jimi Guitar, which aims to be the best guitar app on Android.

Jimi Guitar is a virtual guitar with many play modes, including a chord mode with a complete chord library, a song mode that can download and display the chords and lyrics of almost any song, a tuner, a capo, and more.

In the next days I'll give away 10 free licenses of the full version of Jimi Guitar.

To get a chance to win yours, it's easy, just retweet our announcement:

https://twitter.com/TokataSoft/status/386883733787140096

The winners will be announced on our Twitter account.

Good luck to you all :)

Patrick
[Android Apps and Games] Shermanballz:
There's a link to retweet it, but no link to the actual app? That's not the worst marketing strategy I've seen, but.....
[Android Apps and Games] P a t r i c k:
Some Jimi Guitar links, since you want them:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.tokata.jimi.guitar

http://www.amazon.com/Tokata-Jimi-Guitar/dp/B008CIYFOY/

http://www.androidtapp.com/jimi-guitar/

http://www.guitarnewsdaily.com/2012/09/guitar-apps-for-android-jimi-guitar-and-jimi-tutor/

Enjoy!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Blade.94:
hi guy! i'm a new user and i have a problem with my galaxy y: my computer does not read my device in download mode because it doesn't install a particular driver (i've already tried to fix this error without any result but this is not my problem), i'm testing the AOSP custom rom and until now i've tried it with jarvis kernel and percy's kernel. actually i'm using the percy one but i want to return to jarvis. how can i install it without reinstall stock rom (due to my computer's problem)? thanks in advance for any help!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
read the instructions on the op of the kernel thread - you should already be on ext4 so just do following

Jarvis-CM:

1. Download Kernel

2. Reboot Into Recovery (if on percy kernel it will be cwm)

3. Mount System

4. Install From sdcard Select Jarvis-CM Kernel

6. Reboot
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Blade.94:
i have another question about this: ì've also installed ad-blocking and amarullz script. after flashing jarvis kernel should i reinstall all of these or will they remain on the device?? i'm sorry if my english is not perfect... :o
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
if they are init.d scripts and the kernel supports them then they should remain
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Blade.94:
ok thanks a lot for your help! i gave you 2 thanks for each reply! i'll try it!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] CoreyMck:
When I turn on my Xda II, it just keeps trying to increase the volume. It keeps beeping (as it does any time you change the volume either with the hardware slide or the stylus). It just does this over and over continuously. I have tried a hard-reset which didn't help.

My guess is that the volume slide is stuck or shorted. Even if I hold the slide down, though, the problem just keeps happening. If I have to send it in for service, it will be gone for a month and I don't trust the service center where I have to send it.

I may open it up and try cleaning it. I need to fix the stupid speaker spring problem anyway. The unit is over 1 year old, so my warranty has expired. I'm not loving O2 at the moment.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Corey
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] leepenguin:
i have the same problem

that is soooo sad
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] mehmetbaysal77:
i have the same problem
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] paulareno:
Does the volume slider still spring back into the middle after you press it doen or up?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] th0mmi:
Hi,

I recently changed to a Custom Rom for the first time. After the installing the latest stable CM 10.1 version, I've static noise while listening to music via headphones. When I paused the music, the static continued for 3-5 sek., then I heared a click-sound and then real silence.

So I tried different headphones and different players, but nothing fixed it. With the standard CM music-player Apollo, the static was even stronger (normally I use Poweramp).

Then I installed the Stock Rom again, with the result that the static disappeared almost completely. Then I tried Omega v49 with similar results like Stock Rom.

I also noticed, that the minimal volume in CM is higher than on stock on my phone as well as the maximum volume is much higher on CM than normal. Maybe this is the reason for the higher static noises?

I've already searched for solutions, but most people with music/headphone issues, have the opposite problem (music volume to low). Am I really the only one with this problem? Because I liked CM in comparison with Stock or Omega, it would be really great if it would be possible to fix this.

Does anybody have an idea?

Thanks and greeting!
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] sztiw:
I have a st26i without root and locked BL, i used PC companion to "repair my phone" because there were lots of useless apps in it, after the process the phone doesnt turno on, just a green led blinks and the phone turns off. What happend? Is it a brick or can it be repaired w/o losing the warranty?
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Seal666:
Since unlocking bootloader voids Your warranty i think You can get it repaired on warranty..
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] s.mihir94:
If you are not rooted then you cant delete system apps and so it wont brick ur phone! May be some other problem!

Since the BL is locked, you should try repair my phone properly following the steps they provide! :)

Or you can go to Sony Service center! They will fix it

Hit thanks if i helped :)
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Revontheus:
Reflash stock ICS With Bin4ry and Androxyde's FLashtool
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choboii:
Post any good 1080p wallpaper that you think would make the note 3's screen justice. THanks!
[Sony Xperia ZL] cwoodffr:
I came from the Blackberry Z10 which had a wicked good keyboard. I figured I would have to do with the native one on the Xperia. Man is this an improvement over the stock Android KB which was a step back in a big way! Very highly recommended.
[Sony Xperia ZL] danieldp1990:
dude the truth is that blackberry sucks....:highfive:
[Sony Xperia ZL] cwoodffr:
If you haven't lived with a Z10 I'm not sure you are qualified to comment. Perhaps you have and then you would know that it is an excellent device and the core messaging and calendaring etc make most everything else look bad. My point was that Swiftkey at least makes the text entry respectable over the standard Android keyboard.

The fact that they (Blackberry) were too slow and the app issue that is now feeding on itself is another matter.

I just need to solve the email and scheduling crap that is the base Android experience.
[Sony Xperia ZL] danieldp1990:
Well I used to have BB phones, and i can really say they are cheap plastic devices, overpriced. and not so good specs also. so thats why they suck, even they are selling their company, and selling BB msn rights also to android and iOS.

When blackberry start on the market was because of it push notification and the BB msn...

At least you did not buy the Z30... lol

the Z10 is like a samsung galaxy S2... you know what i mean
[Sony Xperia ZL] cwoodffr:
See, this is exactly their issue. You compare the old models with current smartphones. Most companies forced users to use Blackberry..... and Blackberry was slow to react to the market and bring good product. So you have people carrying around old Curves etc comparing to their buddies iPhones and such. Of course they look bad.

There is no excuse for the rate that Blackberry got their $hit together but the z10 and the Q10 are terrific devices that the market will never know.
[Sony Xperia ZL] danieldp1990:
yeh I compared and old Galaxy S2 with a new Z10 and both are like the same..
[Sony Xperia ZL] cwoodffr:
"like the same"? are you comparing hardware?? Maybe the same shape but come on....the world is full of glass fronted black rectangles. The only differentiation is the software.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rowjack1993:
so my OTG Drivers for the Galaxy S4 got deleted while trying to get NTFS Support on Stock ROM, it still detects but cant mount, under TWRP it tells me "E:Unable to mount '/usb-otg' "

"Usb host Controller" tell me the Drivers are missing also

so please if someone could share theres and instructions on how to install it i would be very grateful

I installed a new Rom and that didnt fix it either
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rowjack1993:
Bump
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xode:
I found this app. on Play Store ... may help you...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.shajul.usbotg

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rowjack1993:
actually thats the reason for my problems, i installed it, it didnt add ntfs support so i uninstalled it, now no OTG works on my phone at all
[Droid X General] Muledog17:
I have successfully put android 4.0 on my droidx anyone needing help feel free to ask. I am not responsible for any damages.

Sent from my rooted DROIDX
[Droid X General] m.ksy:
LiquidICS is better ROM than Gummy 1.2.0
[Droid X General] Muledog17:
I have tried liquidics I found it to be crap

Sent from my rooted DROIDX
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] goldenarms7:
Hey guys, I've been using my nexus 7 and one thing I noticed is that my standby for the tablet is bad like I would leave it on my table for an hour and it drains about 5 percent. I have a droid DNA and with that I usually lose ,maybe 1-2% an hour on standby while connected to WiFi. Any ideas? Also I'm using clean ROM 1.7 and elemental kernal 1.4
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] joeheim:
The usual reponse....

install one of the available Battery apps which track wake locks etc and then optimize your settings or switch to another Kernel/ROM
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] goldenarms7:
Which app do you recommend?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Deleted member 4859884:
This one seems good - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector&hl=en_GB
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Pfeffernuss:
I am in utter AWE about the idle drain. It's almost non-existent. Carbon Rom, default kernel, with Greenify and AutoStarts, the usual tweaks. Result:

Two percent a day is "doable" :cool:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rndinit0:
I've noticed that often when loading a custom rom on Note II or any other device for that matter, device encryption (full disk encryption) doesnt work anymore. If you try it, device will just reboot and give you a message that encryption failed.

So the question Im asking is, why do custom roms break the device encryption feature?

What do I need to do to restore this functionality? (Aside from the obvious, which is to restore stock rom)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scr33t:
I wish I knew the answer to this question as well. I am going back to stock, because work requires me to encrypt my phone for email to work. I've heard that there is an alternative version of the email app that bypasses the security policies, but it's not worth my job over a custom rom... for now :laugh:
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] arcolino1:
as many of you may know the glass on the galaxy s3 l710 not sure about the other models is not drop proof I think its just a scratch resistance glass not drop resistance glass I've seen many of post and youtube videos where folks have dropped there phone including me. and get crazy quotes to replace it. so I went digging for other options. first a little over view on the hardware of the phone there is the glass, touch screen digitizer,middle chassis, components that sit on the back of the middle chassis including mother board etc. and then the back cover.

the below youtube video shows how to take phone apart, its not hard just make sure u have the right tools. (very fine phillips head screw drivers etc)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHELvmoX0NY

this video explains why its wiser to go with the replacement touch screen digitizer assembly replacement vs glass replacement if done wrong you can brake the digitizer so best bet go with the digitizer assembly replacement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkQZHU-SRC8

now here is what I call the exciting part, I have been hearing crazy prices for the touch screen digitizer between 300 and 500 dollars which is funny to me because the phone does not cost that much so the link below is to a website that sells parts for the phone at a very low prices.

http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale...ilterCat=5904002,200003077,380230&groupsort=1

I see as low as 112 bucks. I ordered from the alieexpress before some of them ship the tools you need to disassemble the phone. I well be ordering my touch screen digitizer screen for the l710 in a week or two I'll keep you posted on the switch out. I cant wait to get it done I know a couple of phone part venders in the mall who swear you need to go the route with the heat gone etc and they can do it for me for 300 dollars :) yea right lol
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] clninja:
Good post... Too bad its in the wrong phone section
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] arcolino1:
I noticed that and posted it to the right section, but did not know how to delete my post? I saw modify but did not see delete?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ABU JHL:
i had problems connecting my phone with pc , and i knew that it's because of sd card that i have to format, but today i found out that LOST.DIR takin 2.5 gb from the sdcard :eek: can i delete it or what ? you know sony u have only 4 gb sdcard ..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ChikeD:
It's a directory for file descriptors that had no name linked to, see if there anything there that you may need like a video recording by file size, otherwise you can delete them all or format your sd card
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] psteel:
Hi,

I have installed the trial version of Voice Command and have done the registry changes to make it the default dialer. So when I press the bluetooth headset button it's activated.

My first problem is that it only works sometimes. It doesn't always understand me and I generally have to shout and be very 'robot' like to get it to work. Sometimes even though I hear the starting beeps it doesn't even tell me that it didn't understand, it just ignores me (bit like talking to the missus)..What is strange is that the original voice dialer worked perfectly and was very accurate. Has anyone either had this problem or got a solution?

I have seen that the product Voice2Go and was wondering if this was better. I understand that it can also support macros?

P
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] gazela00:
See this:

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=172717#172717

It´s your solution . The BEST
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] psteel:
Hmm.. I'm not sure that I like the CONS :)

I use tomtom and definately need that.

Also, it's not just the dialer I wanted. Voice Command and Vito's Voice2go also offers the ability to use your voice to access other features like the time, next appoinments etc..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jburchii:
I have a Verizon Samsung galaxy note ii.

Every single rom I try to flash fails EXCEPT CleanRom ACE 5.0.

Any ideas?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laziafbaito:
I think you're in the wrong forum

Try this forum as it is dedicated for Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1884

Be cafeful with flashing, not all ROMs work on all versions, some ROMs are made for specific version of a Note II.

Always read and read, don't leave anything. Just to be safe :D
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3vo3d:
Are you coming from an aosp rom? Iirc correctly that can give issues. Is your sd card working Ok have you checked the md5 of the files you've dl?

Just throwing stuff out to see if anything sticks