yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hardware Hacking General] przemhb:
Watch out - all cheap replacement batteries are fake. They never have declared capacity neither capacity of a genuine batteries. It is easy do determine if given battery could possibly have capacity the same as original - just weight it. If it's weight is precisely the same as original one (with accuracy better then, say 0.2g), then it may have the same capacity. If it is lighter there is no chance it will have the same capacity.

Usually replacement batteries are 7-18% lighter and have significantly reduced capacity.

For example the last battery I have measured was BA800 replacement for Sony's Xperia V. Original battery weights 35.4g and is declared to have 1700mAh. Replacement bought at eBay was declared to have 1850mAh and weights 32.7g. I have charged to full both of them and then discharged to the same voltage 3.1V measuring U=f(I,t) using precise voltmeter and ammeter. So using precise method, not some software estimates. Original battery has 1698mAh and the replacement... 1453mAh. It is interesting to note, that eBay sellers offer golden replacements declared to have enormous 2680mAh capacity, and these batteries weight... guess... about 3g lighter, so they have similar capacity to the one I have measured. I guess only stickers differ ;)

I have measured other replacement batteries too - two BST41 (Xperia 1), one BF5X (Motorola Defy). All were lighter and had reduced capacity.

The worst one was one of these BST41's. It was, as far as I remember, about 6g lighter and had aprox. 900mAh instead of 1500mAh.

So the point is - check battery capacity before you buy it. I always ask seller to tell me how much does the battery he sells weights. Is there a chance to get replacement having the same capacity as original? No. At least for the price, which is significantly lower. But there's a chance you won't buy a battery which is very bad. From my experience I can tell you that many sellers do measure weight of batteries they sell and give you the info (so you will be able to avoid some of the bad ones), some of them say they don't have a scale and some give you the weight of the original battery.

I guess it will work for some time. At some point sellers will get as many requests to weight batteries they sell that manufacturers will take care the batteries will weight the same. Of course they won't manufacture batteries of the same capacity. Surface and weight of the electrodes, one of the factors determining capacity, will still be reduced, only some ballast will be added.

Summary:

- all cheap replacement batteries are faked - have more or less reduced capacity when compared with original

- comparing battery weight with the weight of an genuine battery helps to determine by how much the replacement battery is faked

- don't expect to get a battery having more than ~85% capacity of the genuine battery - take care not to get much worse by checking replacement battery weight before you buy
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Hnk1:
THIS IS METHOD I USED AND IT IS 100 percent working. FULLY TESTED BY ME. However, I installed Super SU before trying this as I was rooting the device by different methods and found this most easy. Installing SuperSU from market before doing these steps is not required.

METHOD

This should work on both galaxy star. S5282 and S5280

Download CWM recovery

Download Odin

Download Super SU

Firstly, boot into odin mode by turn off your phone and wait 10 seconds. This is to ensure your phone has completely switched off.

Hold down power+volume down+home key. A screen will come asking you to continue. Press voume up key to continue.

Open odin as administrator and then click pda and choose recovery file downloaded from attachment. You will have to unzip the odin and recovery. Sometimes Odin wouldnot show files on desktop so make sure recovery is in DRIVE:/ANY NAME/ RECOVERY.TAR

Flash it by clicking start.

The phone will restart.

Switch off phone again. This time boot into recovery by pressing this combination. Hold down power+volume up+home key You may leave power key after you see model number.

Choose flash zip via recovery and choose SuperSU.zip

Restart phone after flashing the zip

YOU ARE ROOTED WITH CUSTOM RECOVERY. ENJOY

Update SuperSU from market if needed

ODIN FLASHABLE FILES FOR SAMSUNG

http://samsung-updates.com/

GIVE PROPER CREDITS IF USING MY RECOVERY AND TAKE PERMISSION BEFORE DOING SO.
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Chirtagh:
did you built the CWM ?? or some one built it mention everything about it devv..
[Samsung Galaxy Star] atocruz:
Thanks bro, its nice to have a working cwm for our Star.
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Hnk1:
The CWM has been ported and I did the work for that!

Enjoy mate!
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Chirtagh:
Well thats good :good:

And any other confirmed it working??
[Samsung Galaxy Star] ironman38102:
Its booting for me

Its going to be LEGEND---wait for it----DARY!-Barney Stinson now Free

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Although havent tested installing or mounting zips

Its going to be LEGEND---wait for it----DARY!-Barney Stinson now Free
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Chirtagh:
i ve modded systemui will flash and update it you ..
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Chirtagh:
Bootloop bro don't know wat went wrong?

used the script from uot kitchen...
[Samsung Galaxy Star] ironman38102:
Logcat?

***Its going to be LEGEND---wait for it----DARY!-Barney Stinson*** now Free

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Do a adb logcat>logcat.txt

***Its going to be LEGEND---wait for it----DARY!-Barney Stinson*** now Free
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Chirtagh:
until unless the script worked it would have not boot looped. .
[Samsung Galaxy Star] ironman38102:
Doing logcat would tell what happened and why.

Its going to be LEGEND---wait for it---DARY-Barney Stinson
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Chirtagh:
and it has mounting probs like mounting USB STORAGE and mounting sdcard
[Samsung Galaxy Star] ironman38102:
I think the mountpoints arent setup properly. Untill the devs dont fix it I suggest you to switch back to jhanras cwm5
[Samsung Galaxy Star] canne:
CWM & custom roms

I tried flashing a custom ROM, but it fails on an assertion about dvice == mintss.

I looked in the zip, and insiode build.prop there is mintss.

What is CWM expecting?

How can I debug this?

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Star] ironman38102:
U need to go to updater-script and build prop and put mint not mintss.
[Samsung Galaxy Star] canne:
I extracted the 2 files, modified mintss with mint, repacked them (with the zip command), but now I get:

script aborted (no error message)

[...]

(Status 7)
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Hnk1:
Please do not inbox me. Write in the forum

Tell me your model number with firmware version. Also, are you following the steps in correct order ?
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Downman:
Yes followed all the steps

AP: S5282XXAMEA

CP: S5282XXAME3

CSC: S5282OJVAME1

I tried other roms and the result was the same

After factory reset the device refuses access to the system

Do I experience again?

And I wish you specify the file before you experimenter exactly

+

Have you experience re-work factory settings after installing Recovery?
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Hnk1:
Well it seems like you only need to clear the cache of your phone. Turn off your phone and then go into recovery by using voulume+power+home.

Then wipe data and dalvik cache in recovery menu and restart your phone. Be patient, it should reboot. Wait ten minutes, if that doesnot work I will send you further instructions.
[Samsung Galaxy Star] niceashwin79:
Thank you Hnk1

You rocks...............................................Thanks for your contribution!!!

We are now waiting for custom ROM//

We are thinking CM will be better option!!!

Thanks for your valuable time once again!

Regards,

Ashwin
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Hnk1:
I am glad that I could be of any help. Some developers are working on CWM 6 or above and CM.

I will try to chip in as much as time allows!
[Samsung Galaxy Star] niceashwin79:
That is good news....keep us updated buddy.if you need us to test your rom.

We are always there for you.

Waiting for custom ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
Does dis cwm hav data wipe bug... ??? coz in another cwm der was a bug in which if v do data wipe our phone wud go into bootloop...
[Samsung Galaxy Star] dashingdwivedi:
I think so...on monday i reset my device & got bootloop...

& rest cwm working perfectly i can take backups flash zips n all...thnks [MENTION=5022682]Hnk1[/MENTION]:cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Hnk1:
I am glad I can be of help
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
Hey guys quick question. .. do v need to do data wipe if v r flashing deodexed files through cwm...??
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Unjustified Dev:
[MENTION=5022682]Hnk1[/MENTION] Please upload your source to github for us to see. Also could you explain what you did I am interested in learning.

https://github.com/TeamRegular/android_device_samsung_mint

https://github.com/TeamRegular/android_kernel_samsung_mint
[Samsung Galaxy Star] dashingdwivedi:
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you can wipe data...if you get bootloop thn share it.
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
I got bootloop... I m gonna wipe data den... hope dis cwm doesn't create problems. ...
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
Got a bootloop after factory reset.. Dis CWM does hav problems like wipe data... :( :( :(
[Samsung Galaxy Star] dashingdwivedi:
yeah i knew tht it can be happen.....nw boot in recovery an clear data....:cool:

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nd still i no tht if you cant boot in recovery by key combination....thn you wont be able to do so by adb command bcz u wiped data nd usb debugging is not enabled nw....

if nt able thn tell me...
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
I had to install my rom all over again... :(
[Samsung Galaxy Star] dashingdwivedi:
so....it booted successfully?????
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
Yeah... but d rom was odexed so i pushed deodexed files using adb and everythin booted fine but many system apps started gettin FC's... :(

So i am back to stock odexed rom...
[Samsung Galaxy Star] dashingdwivedi:
hmmm...this is the bug only in cwm ..rest fine
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Hnk1:
I am afraid I have lost most of my data regarding this recovery (can't remember where I put them) and therefore I might not be able to be of much help.

However, If i do seem to find them, I would be uploading them soon
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Droid_beginner_student:
bro,can you help me?

i've done the flashing about 3 times,but it never works....

after flashing,i went to recovery,but it ain't cwm,still stock recovery:rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Hnk1:
Give me details. All the steps you're doing. Also write about your phone model and it's stock version and so on.

How about drivers?

Have you tried it using administrator in windows pc?
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Droid_beginner_student:
well,it's s5282 like yours,latest firmware XAMH2

i've installed the drivers by kies that already installed on my laptop

and yes,my user always being administrator :/

run odin,choose pda,and flash,but no change.

*but in download mode,the bin isn't samsung original anymore,it's custom :eek:

*ps: nevermind,i've been root my star with cydiaimpactor,even blue box said the 'bug' have been patched,lol
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Unjustified Dev:
Does this device have an internal and external sdcard because the way it looks as if it only has external sdcard and the rest is device memory.

I have unpacked the recovery.img and examined it I have no idea why my recovery didn't boot , but I am now looking into this again.

So I noticed 1 or 2 things and decided to make a test

cop test.img to root of sdcard

download and open terminal emulator

type su to get permission

Then type

dd if=/sdcard/test.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6

I am not guaranteeing it to work it's cwm6
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Vortex99:
Tried it... Gettin my old CWM v5 recovery only...

I even tried by flashing by odin by converting d img file to tar one but my phone got stuck at samsung logo...
[Samsung Galaxy Star] insomaniacdev:
Bro didnt work. I hv rooted with pre rooted firmware... plz help
[Samsung Galaxy Star] ironman38102:
This device does have a internal and external sdcard

Its Going to be LEGEND--wait for it--DARY!-Barney Stinson(How I Met Your Mother)
[Samsung Galaxy Star] insomaniacdev:
Doesnt work for me
[Samsung Galaxy Star] dashingdwivedi:
buddy follow my method u ll b out of bootloop...and remember dont try to reset or wipe data n catche with cwm...u ll get 100% bootloop

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2508336
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Hnk1:
Hello

I have received few requests for developing a new version of CWM for Samsung Galaxy Star. I'll reply to everyone here :

Firstly, the cwm that was posted by me was a test version that I developed using a friend's device. He wanted his phone rooted, and I tried with methods that were posted at xda but failed. So eventually I made this recovery for him which was meant to root it ONLY.

Later I thought it might be useful to many others at xda, I posted the recovery here.

Unfortunate though, I have lost most of my data regarding this recovery and that's why there hasn't been any device tree posted by me.

Unfortunately I can not be of any help as I don't have the device anymore and I find it really hard to find time for development. I hope you'll understand!

However in case I DO find time, I'll try my best to be helpful to all of you.

Good luck !!

Regards
[Samsung Galaxy Star] insomaniacdev:
ok

Its OK bro we can understand
[Samsung Galaxy Star] lyrylle:
<ID:0/082> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> recovery.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/082> Odin v.3 engine (ID:82)..

<ID:0/082> File analysis..

<ID:0/082> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/082> Initialzation..

<ID:0/082> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/082> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/082> recovery.img.md5

<ID:0/082> NAND Write Start!!

stuck here no more progress
[Samsung Galaxy Star] yabhuva:
I followed the procedure but its still coming android stock recovery ???
[Samsung Galaxy Star] SG3:
1) Download Odin, CWM tar, and superuser zip.

2) Install Odin

3) Copy superuser zip file to Phone

4) Start Odin and browse for the CWM tar file in the PDA section

5) Put the phone into download mode (VOLUME DOWN + POWER, then VOLUME UP)

6) Connect Phone to PC

7) Flash CWM with Odin

8) As the phone is rebooting, take out the battery. This is done to avoid the script install-recovery.sh from reinstalling stock recovery

9) Put battery back and boot into recovery (VOLUME UP + VOLUME DOWN + POWER, Release POWER after first vibration)

10) Install superuser ZIP from CWM, you are now rooted

11) Reboot phone

12) Install root explorer or ES File explorer and enable root operations and /system mount on them.

13) Find /etc/install-recovery.sh and rename it to install-recovery.sh.bkp

14) Repeat steps 4 to 7

15) Reboot. You should now have CWM and Root.
[Samsung Galaxy Star] zround:
Yeah amazing,
[Samsung Galaxy Star] vicmgvaz:
Workerd S5280.

Thanks guys!!!:D
[Samsung Galaxy Star] pinmemo:
Step 8) needs to be in the front... it's the only thing holding me back and I tried to fix it for hours and hours. Thanks a lot mate!
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Sanjeev pujari:
Bro I am a newcomer but I want to know about rooting.i don't know anything about rooting please help me...my mobile is Samsung GT-S5282 please
[Samsung Galaxy Star] Hnk1:
Look into the forum. There are plenty of details.

Or download kingroot app from.xda . Use search n it'll root your device.
[Samsung Galaxy Star] shaipy:
Odin isn't opening properyly..

Sir any version of Odin isn't opening in my hp( 15n 259 tx i3 4th gen 4gb ram) laptop...it just flash on screen then off..what to do..I'm in need to root for urgent purpose..plz help
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fleadog99:
Due to Dev no longer being able to continue updates to Hyperdroid ROM. Need to get a poll of where people are migrating to. I'm looking for a similar ROM with virtually ZERO bugs like Hyperdroid has.

Looking forward to seeing where people are going.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guich:
Search around the form another GE or AOSP based rom :)

Mods don't like thread like this ;)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fleadog99:
Oh sorry. If no one goes into the other thread, then how am I supposed to ask my question? I just thought this would be the best. Mods, sorry if not the correct location or proper way to go about it.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ANDR01DN00B:
I would suggest the new 4.3 Revolt Alpha. Even though it is still in alpha, it doesn't have any major bugs, and even call audio is working!

Rick
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] the.snks:
Hey all,

Possible user error here, but I noticed that searching for a contact from the within the Maps app does not appear to return any results. Also, if I search for a business, Maps does not sort the results according to what is closest...they're just kind of all over the place.

Full disclosure, I recently switched back to Android after using an iPhone for maybe two years, so I'm not entirely sure if this is just how the UI is or if I'm being a bonehead.

Any help is appreciated.

***Edit**

Well, I found the answer to question one is that I'm using a Google Apps account, so contact search isn't support within Maps yet.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] BreakingVZW:
Hey guys. Just wondering if there's an option out there for me to restore to stock recovery without a complete system wipe? I want to go ahead and get the ota so the notification goes back to the abyss whence it came.

I have Zar's decrypted stock RUU as an option but would rather not wipe the phone.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] dottat:
Stock recovery install will not wipe data. Only unlock does that
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RavenZwei:
Maybe I'm missing something, but Scrapbook doesn't seem to be working correctly for me. I searched, but could only find info about YouTube not working right, which I already knew how to fix.

I remember, at least I think I remember, a demo of Scrapbook where they would be on a webpage and the would use the S-Pen and circle a portion of the page and it would save it, basically for later reading. When I use it, it basically takes a screenshot inside the circle I draw and only shows that.

Was I wrong in my thoughts about Scrapbook, or am I doing something wrong?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c-mack:
yes whatever you circle on the webpage is shown in the scrapbook, but the web address is listed right above that and you can click it to go back to that webpage...

also how did you get the youtube videos to work???
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Agent:
I believe you can click share on the YouTube video.

Edit: just tried that and it didn't work. Forget I posted lol
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RavenZwei:
You have to remove updates to get YouTube to work like it does in the demonstration. Guess Scrapbook doesn't work with updated YouTube. Hopefully Samsung releases an update that allows it to work properly.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c-mack:
Thanks all I got it to work I just had to uncheck auto updates in the play store.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinpusher:
When I share it from the updated Youtube app it dumps it into scrapbook, and is playable from there. I don't know what it looks like in the video yall talk about, but a screen shot of how mine works is attached.

Sent from the XDA app on my Note 3
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Agent:
Mine just shows the hyperlink. Not sure what I'm doing wrong here.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] mab981:
Hi all,

I have a T-Mobile (UK) MDA which I have BigStored - the result is great - apart from the fact that I no longer seem to be able to setup activesync over bluetooth. I no longer have the "Activesync" button on my bluetooth setup screen - anyone got any ideas? Please!

Martin
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] mab981:
Sorry - ignore this - my bad! I was looking in the wrong place - had forgotten that the bluetooth active sync setup is in Settings->System->Bluetooth NOT Settings->Connections->Bluetooth...

Martin
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] theemaster:
hmm.. I dunno what happened but I've now knocked both my gsm providers down somehow + Verizon isn't starting with sim in?

I don't have a IMEI in about > status I don't have a verizion hex in there either.. the mode I'm "trying" to run is GSM / WCDMA preferred or global

Can someone explain to me how to switch between the two..? Boz1 told me it was possible and yet.. my radio is now playing dead even with my airvoice/at&t line.. (I'm assuming if I pull out the sim it'll work on Verizon again and it did!) but I want to get it where I can switch between Verizon and one gsm provider through software.. (no reboot)

I have active service at this time with tmobile/lyca, at&t/airvoice and verizion/page plus

I'm currently using cyagenmod 7.2
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ArslanQureshi:
dial *#*#4636#*#* and go to phone information there select prefered mode to what ever you want
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] theemaster:
thanks I looked at that before.. but now I see you "scroll down" still I don't seem to be figuring it out.. I keep hitting no service..

(least with gsm) I have to wonder if it's cause my IEME is blank or something?

Also is there a way to auto-dial the number if I'm going to have to do it every time?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] fachadick:
I took these this morning after going to sleep with 100% battery. It looks like something's keeping my phone awake and I can't seem to figure out what it is - it hsould be spending a lot more time in deep sleep. To me, it looks like it's the wifi service, but isn't wifi supposed to be better for the battery than 3g/4g?

Any help would be greatly appreciated - thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gemini8026:
Hey guys, Jeff from Sk Canada here.

Im on my 5th Galaxy (S1,S2, Note 1,2,3) and quite liking the 3 so far. As with all my other phones, I like to root and install aftermarket ROMS. Will there be different forums for the Exynos/Snapdragon models?! Im not too sure how many different hardware units there are, and also which company has which, but I have the N900W8 model.

Will this be the forum to follow for that model, or is there another one that will be better suited for me. Thanks?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaveee:
Hello, i installed Vellamo Benchmark, in device info says Brand: htc_la_spa (i posted an screenshot) what it means?

4.3 update doesn´t arrived to my phone:crying:, may be that the cause?