yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Brontok:
Not really, in my country xperia s costs about 224 USD, and S3 is about 350 USD. It`s true that it will get obsolete but so will any other phone. I wanted to buy iphone 4s but I don`t know, it has only 512mb of ram, a 1.0 ghz cpu. and besides that the screen is only 3.5".
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Olivier:
As for the RAM and the battery drain, I'd say it depends on the ROM you use. If you don't care about further updates not being released, I would go for the Xperia S. If not so, you should go for a Samsung Galaxy Nexus or a second hand Google Nexus 4, Samsung Galaxy S3 or a Sony Xperia T/V.

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Brontok:
I don`t really care about further updates because I`m planing to buy a new phone in the future. At the moment s3 and nexus are to expensive. Xperia T has almost identical features, but as you said it`s newer than xs
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] stinky dentist:
look my friend ,, about buttons yes its kinda not responsive if u put a screen protector but u will get used to it ,, i have xperia sl for a year now ,, about the battery according to ur use ,, i am lucky i guess with my 1.7 gh it never lag ,, but on the other hand it kinda got hot while playing (root solve this a little bit ) in the end go for xperia Z if u can or any new devices coz i guess support for this devices reached end :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] barbosa84:
between XS and S2, i prefer XS. if you got other option, go for Nexus 4.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Keswick:
Hi everybody I`d appreciate a lot if you provide me with any sort of help. The problem is following: while I was flashing a new rom my phone went out of power. After reboot I received a continuous loop of boot screen=>install screen=>reboot. In recovery mode when I try to choose the rom`s zip file I have no options. It says "No files found". I tried to mount sdcard and as far as I can see there was no failures. However, mounting emmc results in error. Equally, I tried to connect via Odin, but it does not recognize the device. Please,help me to get at least to the flashing point.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsenman:
just mount phone under USB storage and copy the ROM files to the SD card that can be read by your phone and Flash the ROM from that location in CWM . To fix USB connections problems, read this

Check this out! You , YES! you are an " Android ". Not your phone but U.​
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Keswick:
Thank you for the quick answer. I tried to mount it under USB storage however my computer did not recognize the phone. Following your advice I started to check the connection. The main obstacle was indeed in that Odin was not able to recognize the device under Windows 8.1. After installation of Samsung USB Driver v.1.5.25.0-retail I managed to re-flash my device smoothly.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsenman:
When your problem has been solved, EDIT your first post and remove [Q][Help] and add [Solved]

This will help others in their search and ensure that you don't need help anymore.

Check this out! You , YES! you are an " Android ". Not your phone but U.​
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] praveen55:
here's the problem!!!

I rarely use s3 while exams going on!!

last time I switched off it while it is on 4% or 5% of battery.. and thrown in to the bag

now I just took phone and tried to turn it on!!

phone wont boot up..considered charging makes some sense..just connected cable to the s3..a grey icon of battery occurs and shutdown..again tried by plugging off and on..nothing happens same grey battery icon and shutdown..read somewhere that holding power and menu button will startup the phone..its working but phone again switched off after booting up in about 2 sec..

do I consider replacing battery?? if that's the case..it gave me an average battery life of day before.

I don't know what to do??:crying::crying:

someone please suggest me what to do :confused:

thanx in advance!!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] praveen55:
anyone???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustArchi:
Hold on Vol-Down+Home+Power and see if you can boot into download mode.

If you do plug your phone and reflash stock firmware through Odin.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] praveen55:
thank u for ur reply..if that's the case..it already bootup into custom rom once..and then switch off again showing low battery warning..

it is not even booting up now..the problem is, on connecting charger it is just showing grey battery icon..and then nothing..battery icon disappears and not charging.

anyway..i was waiting for some reply for long time.

thnk you again!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustArchi:
No problem. I suggest trying another battery. And this is the best scenario here...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] praveen55:
thank you!! it helped me to figureout something..but still confusing:confused:

I replaced a battery of another s3..

it worked..the best thing is my battery worked on another s3..

but my phone is not charging even after replacing battery..i thought charging pin of s3 is reason for all confusion..but if its the reason..when my battery is completely down(yesterday) I plugged in charger and it shown me some grey icon of charging(if charging pin is not working it will not show up)..and again confusion started.. :confused::confused:

iam currently in india..phone is rooted using android revolution hd rom..my warranty is not expired still..am I eligible for warranty??can I claim warranty?? I thought its not related to software issue..so comes under warranty.

ok even if it doesnot comes under warranty?? can I go for service center for repair..will they repair it(of course by taking some extra bucks)?

thanks again!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waleed78636:
bro i think your charger is the problem
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TellaReese:
Have you tried plugging it to a computer via USB cable? If that does not work then maybe buy a new battery. Cos there's a flaw in some Samsung batteries. They die completely if they reach 0%. Hope it helps. Good luck
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strubius:
I would bet the charger. My S3 always go to 0% before charging and never had a prob...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustArchi:
You should...

a) Flash latest software from Samsung through Odin for your country

b) Root it through chainfire's autoroot

c) Install and use Triangle Away to reset counter

d) Perform full unroot through supersu

e) Check if you have official status in download mode

Then you should use your warranty. Probably problem is in your USB cable or USB port in your device. I suggest firstly trying with other cable and if it doesn't help do as I told you above (if possible of course) and send it to warranty with a note "does not charge".
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dono0070:
this happened to me and it was just the power button being stuck...I had the exact same issues.... I have 4 batteries so the issue was clearly not battery related. All i did was smack the phone around a bit and boots fine now.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s4n0suk3:
mine just freeze in batery icon when i try to charge off.... but he charge normal on. anyone have that issue?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hugo-spice:
Yes, Sanosuke, i have the same problem. I think it happened after trying to use triangle away on my i9305T. When turned off, phone will charge, but frozen at the battery screen (at 0%, screen wont dime, nor change to the current battery levels).

Anyones know how to revert the changes made by triangle away?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rich Shwe:
I'm having the same issue installed Gummy ROM 4.4.4 everything is flawless except charging the device while powered off shows a grey battery with a frozen white circle
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neiljohn93:
Ahm is the problem solved? Im experiencing the same..i cnant boot up and hen when i plug it on the charger gray battery with a circle inside is the only thing showing up.. i dont know if i can boot it up to download mode or etc.. can u rply here neiljohn_corillo93@yahoo.com.ph
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MichaelMcC:
I noticed when toggling on the mobile hotshot it fails to connect. When it turns off WIFI it doesn't allow enough time for it to completely get shut down before engaging the hot spot so it fails. Turning off wifi first fixes this. Another thing they need to fix.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mi7chy:
If you use Hotspot Toggle Widget you must enable and disable through the widget. You'll run into issues if you, for example, enable through widget then disable directly through stock hotspot.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pandurang_m:
Dear all

I feel very sad because Z Ultra doesn't support subtitles for watching movies from Movies app.

The only way I find is to install any other app like VLC etc.

These small required things makes me miss my Note II.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] keithleyson:
I think the Movies can give full support for Movies purchased through the SEN store. Same with Apple's apps I suppose. MKV files also does not have sound. I think this is due to the codec licensing issue. Installing VLC is the only option unfortunately.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] baileyjr:
I don't really see the hardship about installing a free third party app like MX Player.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pandurang_m:
I know it's not hard to install tp apps but it was the least required feature to expect.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] baileyjr:
I use third party apps whenever possible for a couple of reasons.

1.) They are normally better than stock apps.

2.) To avoid the very issue you have just encountered when swapping devices.

Thats just me though each to his own, I agree it can be frustrating when simple features get left out :D
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pandurang_m:
Sony heard it. Now MOVIES app with subtitles support. Thank you SONY.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Yup, got it last week. It is also possible to play videos in the background now (i.e audio). Not sure if it was there before, but i didn't notice it until the latest update.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pandurang_m:
Background playback was not there in previous version.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kanej2006:
Have you tried BSPlayer? It's a third party video player which HAS subtitle support.

Give that a go and report back.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
But if you read the rest of the thread, you'll see that the stock Movies app do have subtitle support now :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pandurang_m:
I used to play videos by Dice Player. However, my concern was why there was no option for subtitle support for the default player in Z Ultra? Which in general I have seen in other mobile device.

I thought it's the basic required thing in all video playing apps.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kanej2006:
True LordManhattan, but third party video/music players are always better, depending on the application and support of course. :D
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Sure, but i hate having unnecessary 3rd party apps installed, so i'm not complaining when Sony updates their stock apps with new features :p
[General Questions and Answers] yongqing25:
Hi there,

I understand that if I can play the video using chrome browser, I should be able to cast it to the tv from my laptop (windows 7 pro, 64bit).

so i was trying to play the video file on chrome but it cant play! especially when i read from the forums that mp4 are the ones that sure to work.

I have uninstalled and re-installed chrome but still cant work.

I am on the latest version of chrome, Version 30.0.1599.101 m.

the funny thing is it can play on firefox.

I have checked that my plugins are enabled, quicktime, vlc. (any others i need?)

please help.

thanks in advance.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EEngineer:
Anyone know of a reliable way to turn off Background Data on ICS and JB?

My LG G2X is running CM7 (but beautifully skinned for ICS!) and turning off Background Data gives me a 30% improvement in battery life and eliminates most of those annoying status bar advertisements. I really REALLY don't like the privacy vulnerability of my phone checking in with Google Play in the background. For example, occasionally when I check Google Play, my desktop icon for Bing suddenly "disappears" (gasp!) :p

Meanwhile my Galaxy Tab is running JB and maintains a constant connection with Play. I get regular notifications demanding that I update my apps. And guess what - on my Galaxy Tab my desktop icon for Bing sometimes disappears on it's own! :P

There is an option to restrict background data, but you need to set a data limit, you get an annoying alert in the status bar - and it doesn't work (restrict <> disable)!

I sync nothing with Google and want my privacy. Can anyone please help???
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dxppxd:
Droidwall, or afwall or another firewall to block apps from getting internet access (requires root)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] passat25:
By stopping service, some features of your tablet may stop working correctly until you power it off and then on again..

But if you want to try some programs like droidwall to kill background data... You probably have to root your tablet first.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EEngineer:
I have DroidWall on both GB and ICS, but DroidWall doens't just block background data to an app, it blocks ALL data.

Of course all my devices are rooted. This is XDA, after all!

I'm hoping a CM9+ developer will jump in here and explain how background data is integrated into ICS and JB and how or IF it can be turned off.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polobunny:
While it doesn't answer your primary question or doesn't cure your paranoia, you can go in the Play Store and disable notifications for updates & also auto-updating of the apps.
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] nnd_mas:
Help !! Battery is charging very slowly. From 0% to 100% for about 36 hours. It is from one week. Discharge is normal. I am with stock 4.1.1
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] herogjan:
I have experienced the same. By me the cable was almost cut. Very bad contact, also not always made contact.

The cable internaly has one wire, that is the positive. The shielding is the ground. I located the cut, the shielding wws almost cut. I cut the cable on this place and soldered the wire and shielding again.

You can charge with pc, very slowly but faster then 36hr
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Teufel Hunden:
My play store will work at first(initial rom setup from flash) then later if I were to get an update or download an app it would FC and want be able to open again.

I've cleared data from every google thing, removed account and re added with only the store only able to connect with data. After that it won't show My Apps and if I were to try and download an app or find one that needed an update it would just shut down again(FC).

Ive tried different rom with same problem reaccurring....

Here's a logcat (hopefully done correctly) if someone could PLEASE help I greatly appreciate it

https://db.tt/P1n7DFkz

Big dogs on the block, NOTE 1&2
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Teufel Hunden:
Anyone? Please!

Big dogs on the block, NOTE 1&2
[Droid 2 Global General] soupmagnet:
Thread closed
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshtb86:
Has anyone used Voodoo ota root keeper and updated and been able to keep root? This is to the 4.2.2 update that came out last week.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
Yes, several of us kept root across the MI1 update.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshtb86:
I can also confirm supersu pro root backup worked as well.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] dagardivyanshu:
Anyone of you was able to run bbm on their explorer? If yes, which rom are you using?

I was unable to run it on CM9. :(
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] dagardivyanshu:
Anyone?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Abhishek_DK:
Yes it Did

It worked for me on Sense Roms i.e.

Exderoid Sense 5 Build#3.5 by Arslankirmani

Sense 5 EX [Update 1][BUILD#6-V1] by Hpsgill

Dint check on other Rom's like CM...
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] pico hackr:
it worked in android 4.3.1
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] dagardivyanshu:
Did you run it on your explorer?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] pico hackr:
using it in my htc explorer
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Fas1h:
CM 10.2 weekly 6, working awesome.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Red Devil:
I tested it on AOKP 4.2.2 and CM10.2 .. Weekly 6 as well as the one by sakindia123.. works well..

Though it has a lot of wakelocks causing a lot of battery drain . :crying:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Fas1h:
Try weekly 8. Battery drain is fixed. Still at 20% after 17 hours.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] HeruDK:
it's say incompatible on google play, so i install it manually using bbm apk, run smooth :victory:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] shubhojit89:
worked for me

i m using 4.0 lite build 8 worked for me though lil bit slow but manageable..
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jihu123:
It works on CM9. I had used it for some time. I believe all 4.0+ ROMS support it.
[General Questions and Answers] klau1:
What Android App and USB Webcam support is there for Android to turn an Android Media Box into a Webcam DVR (assuming it already supports USB OTG)?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pitbull112233:
i have just upgraded to 4.3 and i already know that there is something wrong in downgrading to 4.2.2. i just like 4.3 and want to root

anyone knows how to do that?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saywhatt:
are you on 9500 or 9505? There are steps on rooting the 9505 in the android development section
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pitbull112233:
i found very easily how to root when i was in 4.2.2 in that section but i couldn't find the exact info now

it's i9500. sorry for less information
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djhanos:
ok i have ARHD 30.00 installed.

im now going to flash the latest firmware 3.62.401.1

when i do that what do i need to do before and after flashing rom?

will anything affect the sdcard stuff e.g songs/ app backups?

thanks in advance:)

the rom i will be installing is ARHD 31.00, i also have TWRP if that afeects anything

nevermind got it done, thanks for your help
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amirfk12:
Good that you got it done. In general though, nothing erases the sdcard. Wiping only affects the system partition.
[Droid 2 General] soupmagnet:
Thread closed
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kregstrong:
How big of a pain is it to use that back power button? I figured if I got this phone I would run cm or something like it so I would lose the knock feature, is that back button aweful?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il buono:
Though they may be smaller you get used to the buttons. Knock-on works on CM and other aosp roms.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darabo:
They're kind of a pain since the buttons are smaller however if you buy a case it makes finding and using the buttons so much easier!

Plus it gives you extra grip and prevents fingerprints on the phone.

So yea, buy a case. You won't regret it!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raspster:
Hi guys, does anyone know any sites that are selling the c6906 with the AT&T LTE bands..? Any sites that we can trust to order from..?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jmlee915:
I couldn't find any C6906 models in stock anywhere either. I ordered mine from an ebay seller in Canada who got the unlocked model from a Sony store.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AhsanU:
There is only one website that even has it advertised, and they don't even have it in stock. Here it is:

http://welectronics.com/gsm/Sony Ericsson/SONY-C6906-XPERIA-Z1.HTML

When you contact them, they claim that they'll either get it soon or some time in November. Either way, keep your eyes peeled on eBay or that website. If you look on eBay be sure to check eBay.ca and all the fine print to make sure there's some sort of return policy in case they send you a C6903 model or something. I am lucky enough to have friends in Canada that got the phone for me, on AT&T's network, this phone is amazingly fast!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] starrscream22:
hey, do you mind telling which ebay seller that is? Wondering if they could possibly get more of the C6906. Thanks.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jmlee915:
Sent you a PM. Good luck - that guy isn't the best seller.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] offwiththeface:
How much are you guys paying on eBay? They have them here but b they are 699+ tax in store
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] starrscream22:
the only seller on ebay who has the C6906 is selling it for 799+tax

I'm debating if its worth it at that price, or wait until more stock arrives and price lowers.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AhsanU:
Rejoice AT&T users looking for the Z1:

http://www.omegacell.com/collections/sony/products/sony-z1-c6906-lte

Apparently the website is very trustworthy. Price isn't so bad either. Jump on it while they still have some in stock!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] starrscream22:
Damn! they don't have white or purple..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoranTornqvist:
Hi,

Got this Desire Bravo with low internal memory so thought I should mount the app and data dirs to a ext4 partition on my SD card instead so I can install a lot of apps.

Followed this howto:

newton dot cx/~peter/2012/12/how-to-increase-app-space-with-a-partitioned-sd-card-on-an-htc-nexus-one-running-android-2-3-6-on-linux/

I found that my ext4 partition is mounted at boot time.

mount command gives the below:

/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /mnt/sd-ext ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0

I can copy the data to the ext4 partition without any problem using "cp -rlp /data/app /mnt/sd-ext/data" and "cp -rlp /data/data /mnt/sd-ext/data" .

I can see the data when doing a "ls /mnt/sd-ext/" - looks ok.

But after reboot the data is just gone - just dont get it. Grateful for any help for troubleshooting this.

Running ROM CM10.1_VJ_4.2.2_V6.3_May24 .

Thanks...

EDIT: installed S2E app (Simple2Ext) instead, which didnt work well, so tried Mount2SD instead and appears to be working OK.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neorus666:
hello

today all of a sudden my defy+ turn off and didn't turned on again, tried to charge it to the wall, no help, connected to the PC white led is on, i tried the mcgyver method but it doesn't help me(connected the black and red wires, holded volume + and power button and nothing happens, in the past it did showed-few months ago i had a similar problem) rsd didn't recognize the phone no matter what i do

what i can try else?

the phone is jailbroken with cm 7 i think
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neorus666:
help please
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hotdog125:
Use a universal battery charger
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Sephiroth666:
Hi,

I just got a GIF from a friends phone and it seems that it does not work on my MDA Vario...

Anyone knows a App which do work?

Thnx in advance
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Sephiroth666:
Anyone?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] dragon666:
come on

same here... gifs not working at all... help....
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] dragon666:
come on, someone must know;)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Sephiroth666:
WE need some help here!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] stretch:
I found viewing gif's from pictures and videos menu, didn't show the animation, but if you select one to send and play, the animation is shown.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chhsiao:
I have a 2012 kindle fire hd 8.9.

Recently I just removed the built-in nav bar and used the LMT launcher instead.

Since kindle has a "favorites" window that cannot be launched through LMT's built-in actions,

I was wondering if it is possible to invoke some activity or script to show the favorites window up?

Thanks for answering in advance!

Best,

chhsiao
[Motorola Droid X2] soupmagnet:
Thread closed