yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rawmobile215:
Yeah, I think that's it. It would explain why none of the flashes are working. I was quoted $75 to get a new chip so I think I'm just gonna get another phone, thanks again for your help firefly, its greatly appreciated.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
From the sounds of the thread, it seems like you got hit by a variantof the EU bug (just search Encryption in the Vibrant section for more info). There is a work around for it using an ExternalSD and the Volds.tab file.

If you do decide to just replace the MB, it isn't that much to do so and the Vibe is pretty easy to take apart and put back together. I bought a cracked screen Vibe off Ebay that was stuck in a bootloop for $50 last year. Pulled that MB out of there and put it in my spare Vibe that had a shot USB (which is why I was replacing the MB in the first place), Odin'd to 2.1 and it booted right up. Plus since the guy couldn't wipe his internal because of the bootloop issue he was having, I got some very *interesting* pics, apps, backups that were stored on his InternalSD.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rawmobile215:
Thanks Woody, I think I'm just gonna get a Galaxy S2. T-Mobile got a pretty good deal going and I've had the same phone for 3+yrs. I've put so much time in trying to revive my Vibrant I'm spent. Think I'm just gonna get the S2 and root it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabob83:
Hi,

I give up, I have tried so many things to solve the problem but I need your help please.

My GT N7100 can only be "seen" by usb only when it's in download mode. But when I boot the phone, it only charges...

I've tried to uninstall all samsung drivers, kies and cleaned the registry. I ve tried to reinstall only the samsung drivers... No

In download mode, the phone is recognized as a gadget serial then the driver is found (samsung modem), I can even hear the windows sound of usb...

I thought about a problem with the usb electronic part, but I can t figure out why it would be recognized in download mode in this case...

Please help and sorry for my bad english

Regards
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jeromepearce:
I have found a nice Torch Light setting. If you set it 'on', when the screen is off, a long-press on the Volume-Up key starts the light. A press on the Volume-Down key turns it off, and there is a configurable time-out too.

Here's what's odd: I cannot find it in the settings anywhere, but found it though adding an 'Activity' shortcut through SSLauncher (my shell of choice). This one is named TocrhLight IIRC, in case anyone wants to install the free version and try it.

I have found these Activity settings to be a huge mine of hidden features, or at least shortcuts to deeply buried settings. In this case, I think the feature is actually hidden. Room for a dedicated app just to set this setting, I feel.

Apologies if this is obvious or posted elsewhere, but I could not find it anywhere.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Rivendel:
Hello,

thank you very much, that was what i was missing from my note 2.

I used Activity-Launcher from Play-Store to start this Setting.

Regards

Robert
[Galaxy Note 3 General] SquirtingCherry:
Nvm found it :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lax_22:
Can anyone talk me through the steps to set this up?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] SquirtingCherry:
Download nova launcher. Long press on desktop and add shortcut. Then choose activities choose settings and from there torchlight. Thats it.

But its not working flawless. This morning i needed the flashlight but didnt work. I had to unlock my phone andnlock it again to make it work.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ShadowLea:
Hm, might be useful.

Though personally I'll stick to Flashlight HD. It has a widget which is a flashlight toggle.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] MohJee:
If you are rooted and have xposed framework installed, you can access the hidden setting via installing Wanam Xposed from the Google store.

Just a heads up.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Amdathlonuk:
What I'd like to see is a super bright torch like in the CM roms but without root.

The difference is astounding.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bladerealm124:
Any experience with long term use and potential LED damage/overheating? Also does anyone know why I wouldn't have any torch setting or app? Using Verizon note 3 and would love this mod
[Galaxy Note 3 General] zard:
Thanks. I just tried and it worked for me. I have pin lock set and running widgetlocker.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jeromepearce:
You can download the Activity-Launcher app (as Rivendel noted) and open it. Scroll down to 'Settings'. This opens a loooooong list. Scroll waaaaay down to 'Torch Light' (there are two IIRC), and press it. The settings screen is shown. Sett the settings and 'back' to get out.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BigMosley:
This is amazing! I missed this from my old rooted s3 and now no root required thanks alot!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Estoroth:
Is this working reliably for some people? For me it's not unfortunately. It usually works after I have just turned off the device, but when it's been idling for a while then I can't activate the flashlight this way. Bummer. :(
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Hugmebear:
Torchlight

Since I upgraded to SM-N9005][NOTE3][KitKat 4.4.2][XXUENA6]_BoBCaTROM_EVO_v4.1 it does not work. Probably it is a bug and hopefully soon will be fixed. The corresponding setting appear in WanamXposed but does not work. Does anyone perhaps has a fix for it?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] xclub_101:
What do you mean by "does not work"? The setting page does no longer show up?

Since on the actual "working" of the torchlight things are already complex on 4.3 - the torchlight only works if the CPU is not in deep sleep! (this however probably explains why that setting is hidded).

I am still using that torchlight with a trick - since only the Power and Home buttons can wake the CPU from seep sleep I press on Power twice SLOW, and only after that I press and hold Volume Up - that way I still get to start the torchlight with a single hand :good:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Hugmebear:
[hidden setting] flashlight settings

I mean that thoug setting page show up, switch on, but no results. I long-press volume-up and there is no torchlight. I reached the settings in WanamXposed [hidden setting] flashlight settings but no result. I use 4.4.2 Kitkat. Probably it is no linger supported in Kitkat.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] astrodemoniac:
I just added a widget through widget locker, which I can interact with. Works great, power button > tap widget :good:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] MerbinJAnselm:
Using an app called Torchie, just press both 'volume buttons' together to turn on/off torch anytime. It runs as a background service and just works anytime, even when screen off (if enabled from Torchie Settings). It kinda make your phone feel like a conventional battery operated torch.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.blogspot.anselmbros.torchie

XDA Thread here: http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-torchie-torch-volume-buttons-anytime-t3270230
[Focus General] frankvcs:
Hi.

I have a samsung focus model sgh-i917 running on stock 7.5. Since I cannot use the hardware key (is not working) to record videos, is there any way to record videos like touching the screen or something? To shoot pictures I just touch the screen but is not the same for recording on video mode.

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dvilx:
Hello

Here i have changed my Firmware and Rom into Jelly bean 4.1.2 along with philz - Sweet Rom black - and as i see almost everything works as it should... almost. The problem is that it doesnt see any internal or ext-sd (sdcard0 nor sdcard1). I cant download anything or take photos with camera, nothing..

On the top pane i see SD card icon with ! Symbol on it. It wants me to erase my usb memory. 'Memory card is empty or has wrong file system', i click on it and it ask me if i want to format it, i agree to - and after format its still the same.

4.1.2 android ver

10.5 sweet rom black

Modem lt3

3.0.31

How to fix this? When i install cm10.2 roms everything works fine.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dvilx:
bump
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxPixX:
Go into recovery => mounts and storage => format sdcard => yes (or default if it prompts)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dvilx:
still didnt work
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawong:
backup your current rom , try flashing stock firmware using odin.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dvilx:
still nothing
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mahmoud.Elghzaly:
How to install a language on a rom:rolleyes:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] karabey:
Hi,

Could someone tell me how i can unlock the securitycode of my Magician MDA?? After i turn on it asks me for a code and thats sure the securitycode?!

regards

karabey
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] armandobenitez:
I've tried everything with this thing and I haven't been getting any luck, I hope you guys can help me.

Here are the details:

Bought an unlocked T-Mobile Nexus 4 off Ebay Version 4.3

Tried to root it using this method: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2019273

I made a mistake around step 13 I think

It turns on, goes to the Google and unlock symbol, and just stays there. If I wait long enough it goes to the Nexus X, but it just stays there as well

I wiped the phone, wiped the chach, wiped everything I could to reboot it to factory settings, no luck

Any help would be appreciated, I know I probably messed up by trying to root it on a mac when it would have been straightforward to just do it with a toolkit on a PC.

Thanks!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
1. Your phone is not bricked.

2. Flash the factory images.

3. Never use a toolkit.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] armandobenitez:
I'll give that a shot, thanks.

What method do you recommend to root?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Unlock bootloader > Flash TWRP (custom recovery) > Flash supersu binary or flash a custom rom via TWRP

A detailed guide that elaborates upon these steps is here.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zehlek:
I had that once. I had to flash stock recovery with a tool kit and go in and factory reset. Unfortunately it quoted my SD card but I was able to boot up afterwards
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] SixSixSevenSeven:
or use adblock for firefox and chrome and tracking lists in internet explorer (which also works on RT) rather than download dodgy 3rd party files with no source code which could just as easily be malware.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Useless guy:
Or you can just download it, check it and stop posting useless warnings. Although, not sure if you're able to decompile it.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] SixSixSevenSeven:
Useless warnings? Come back to me when your computer is ridden in malware from carelessly downloaded files in a few months time.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Beatsleigher:
Guys, calm down. [MENTION=5028613]SixSixSevenSeven[/MENTION] is right, though. I'd rather not download any weird files and copy them to my system32 directory, especially if there isn't any source available.

And anyways, isn't discussing this stuff against the rules?

You know, because we're all kinda developers and stuff, and that's how we make our money?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] D.O.C:
That host file is the exact same method used by android. There no compiling/decrypting/program or malware included. Is a text file ?

Thanks OP, it works as intended. Blocks all ads successfully.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Beatsleigher:
Yes, it may be the same method, but the hosts files are open source and you have open source apps which do the installation for you.

And I still think this thread is against the rules. ..
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] SilverHedgehog:
http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/

Here's the host file I use. Works pretty good - no need for Android apps or anything.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] vasiaeva:
Against what rules :confused:
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Beatsleigher:
Against the XDA rules, which you read and accepted as you created your account
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] vasiaeva:
Don't worry about XDA there is admins army who watch for that...

But i like you sense of humor :good:
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Useless guy:
I don't see any developers here
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Beatsleigher:
Thanks man. I guess you don't see me...
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Archer:
Guys, there is nothing wrong with this - it's been going on for years in this exact format. Any ad-blocker that you use (apart from browser extensions/add-ons) will use this method.

The hosts file (yes, located in a sub-directory of System32 :eek:) is what your PC looks at for address translation. It's a text file, so you can open it in a text editor (even notepad will do it) and check it there, but other than being used to translate domain names to IP addresses it is not in any way active.

If you're concerned about it I suggest you don't use it. If you're curious about it then open the hosts file and look at the contents. Other than that, it's nothing to worry about.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] D.O.C:
I really don't know what you are talking about, OP just shared a method to block ads, no application discussion whatsoever, never stated it was a "only method" or anything like it. You are definitively successful at changing topics though.

and BTW, it is not against forum rules.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] SilverHedgehog:
The only thing that could possibly be against the rules is the fact that ads are getting blocked - but AFAIK XDA has nothing about that.

Perhaps you don't like how it uses a closed source utility (which is actually open source)? Well then you might not like 90% of ROMs on this site - for all we know they set all the text we type in to some Chinese servers.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Beatsleigher:
What? Dude. I'm a dev myself. I don't care if somethings closed source, as long as it has good enough documentation or unless I know exactly what the program's for...

And for all I know, from the IP address of the XDA servers, they're based in America. The only Chinese servers used in XDA are those of Chinese people wanting us to download their ROMs.

And I don't know what the OP uploaded, as far as U knkw it's a text file. But even text files can contain viruses, just like pictures can, which is why I'm not downloading it and think it could be against the rules. But never mind. If you want to download it, go ahead. I'm not and I'm using AdBlock Plus, which I built from source.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] SilverHedgehog:
You misunderstood me. I'm saying that closed source software could always have backdoors, even if it comes from XDA users.

Even if somebody did find an exploit that somehow executed code in a .txt file, they wouldn't be using it one some kids wanting to block ads, they'd make a lot of cash either by reporting that bug to Microsoft or by selling it on a black market.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] vasiaeva:
Mannn I didn't upload anything. If you check the link in OP its brings you to another XDA thread. Better double check before you say something that you don't now . ..

Sent from my SPH-L900 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Beatsleigher:
There is a reason I donb't click on links like that. That is (mainly) because my laptop's dead and I'm using my mum's, which is a really cheapy-sh*tty thing which doesn't even support NX from sides of the CPU (Which means it can't run Windows 8 and/or 8.1).

And the other reason being: I don't trust any files which I, myself, downloaded from somewhere you can't always trust where someone wants me to copy it to my system path.

So, no. I won't check things out that 'I don't know'.

And what was the point of this thread, is if only leads to a different thread?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] netham45:
That's nice.

So download it to another folder, such as downloads, and review it? It literally opens in notepad.

That's possibly the worst attitude you can have. An unknown file isn't something to be terrified of, it's something to research and learn about. The HOSTS file is very well documented and known, and just because you don't trust it (mainly because you don't know what it is) doesn't mean that other people shouldn't download/use it. There's a big difference between downloading and executing a file and just downloading and reviewing a file.

But, the link in the OP is broken anyways, so I guess it's all moot.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] mjz2cool:
i think he means that a text file (or at least a file that opens in notepad) can contain malware in the file itself, without being visible in a text editor, but even then, a virusscanner should pick such things up
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] fracama87:
I really have never heard about a virus in a txt file... It isn't like a pdf or a jpeg ;)

Surely it can't open itself like an exe!

said that he could check online the file with virus total...

Inviato dal mio Galaxy Nexus utilizzando Tapatalk
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
There's essentially zero parsing of data in text files (Unicode has a few control characters, but even then it's simple stuff). Plain ASCII - like, say, a HOSTS file - is completely incapable of carrying malware in any even vaguely competently written text viewer. Now, it could contain malicious content in terms of the directives it contains, such as overriding your DNS lookup for legitimate domains and directing them to different sites, but you could have malicious content in just about anything you download from here including the web pages that your browser renders. There's no point in being paranoid about it; being smart is quite sufficient.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] bountygiver:
True. The only way a host file can harm you is to bring you to phishing sites. But is easily countered with secure connection signed with a cert.

Sent from my U9200
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] ctitanic:
Unbelievable the stuff that I have read! Anyway... you are absolutely right in everything you said. Host files are txt files and there are not viruses transmitted in txt files. You can open the host file in notepad and see what contains. A legit host file should have minimum two columns, one with the site URL or IP and the second with a inexistent IP. What it basically does is to redirect any request for that site to the inexistent IP. That's all.

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Could somebody post the file again? It seems that somebody deleted it.

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Jesus, what rules? That's just a host file! Nothing illegal there!
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hisoft:
It avoiding payment.

Did you read forum rules?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] sharingan:
sir the link for addfree host file is gone

please update it
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] ctitanic:
What payment? Since IE9 you can avoid advertisements so what payment are we avoiding. Please explain. And BTW, I'm a developer so the last thing I love is piracy.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hisoft:
I don't sure. But didn't the paid increase as the amount of the advertise showed? At least I known some people that don't like adblock because his income less than it should be.

And what you mean about since IE9 I can avoid advertisements?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] SixSixSevenSeven:
Tracking lists came in with IE9 and can block advertisements.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hisoft:
Yeah, it can. But it objection didn't for block advertisements.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] ctitanic:
Have you heard about an Addon included in IE since version 9 called Tracking Protection? That stops ads too. Are you going to ban users that use this feature in IE? Because that is using the same Principe than using that host file. In fact, I use it from day one in Surface RT and thanks to that I can visit this site, without it I had to wait endless minutes waiting for ads to load.

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Then for what?

I want to understand what is the other use of host file.

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I would like you to prove that the host file is a warez.

Because if that can be proved then I have been around warez since Windows 3.1.

Please educate yourself

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)

Host files are as old as the Internet, they were the inspiration for what we now know as DNS. :cyclops:
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hisoft:
- Tracking Protection design to stop tracking. Not for stop showing ads. But yes. It can stop ads if you want to.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/products/ie-9/features/tracking-protection

- Where did I tell you the host file were warez? My experience were less than you for sure when I can use computer since Windows XP. But that did not mean I don't know what host file is.

Sorry if my English too bad. Please forgive me.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] ctitanic:
When I asked what rule was broken posting the host file deleted from the original post, your answer was, point 6 of this site rules, Warez.

1- comparing a host file with warez point to a complete ignorance on this topic.

2- saying that a host file or a txt file can carry a virus is a complete ignorance on this topic.

And don't feel bad about your English, mine is far from perfect.

So I ask again, why the host file was deleted? Of course, we are all guest here and the owner and administration of the site can do and undo whatever they want even without explaining anything. But an explanation would clarify the situation and stop future occurrences.

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Just for the record, the only way a host file can be used as a virus is for phishing, but that can be easily detected reviewing the file. All URL in a host file should point to a fake IP, usually 127.0.0.1. If you find just one line that is not pointing to that IP, delete it. That line is being used for other purposes, probably phishing.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hisoft:
I don't mean to answer you in the question "why the host file was deleted?" but I want to answer "Jesus, what rules? That's just a host file! Nothing illegal there!". And I post rule number 6 because it tell "promote or describe ways in which Warez, cracks, serial codes or other means of avoiding payment" that don't apply only to Warez but to avoiding payment too. (I think having ads show to me is the way I paid to developer. This is another thing that I doubtful.)

Sorry if I misunderstood something. I never publish programs, apps or websites with ads so I don't know how they paid.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] ctitanic:
There are people that love to browse a web full of Ads. And there are people that do not love that. Avoid payment coming from junk mails and ads from a web site is not illegal in any way as far as I know. At least I have not see any demand against IE, Firefox, Chrome and all other browsers that have implemented such options to increase performance. Like I said, I wont mention names but since I'm blocking ads I'm visiting some sites that otherwise I wouldn't because the loading and refreshing times of those sites.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] SixSixSevenSeven:
I do know of a site which detects ads being blocked (not sure how) and then refuses to load the site :/

But you can add an exception for it to fix it or not go to the site (which sucks).