yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] thals1992:
Okay....

I have a few hours until I have to return the device. Anything you guys would still like for me to do? I just about have screenshots of everything that's interesting. There's too many to add, so I'll upload the whole thing in a zip to the op. I can't really do anything with the URI launcher, as I cant see what inside the DiagnosticTool_Sprint app, so nothing to really report. I went ahead and did the GDR3 update and updated all the apps that shipped with it. Besides that, all I believe I could do is try and dump everything that's available to the webserver, but I couldn't find anything of interest. I'll try and save the pages, just for ease of use.

I have yet to play with reading stuff from the registry, anything you all would like me to try?
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] ngame:
You can try this :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1966327
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] thals1992:
try what? its just the thread to the 8x dev unit. I'm not sure I could use anything from it....

Anyways, anyone know the unlock codes for EPST and DATA?

I know you can get one for MSL (the Master Subsidy Unlock), but that requires a call to Sprint and they won't give that unless you have been with them longer than the trial period.

Apparently SCRTN resets the radio to almost reactivate. I'm not sure completely what it does, but its used for when the auto-activation doesn't work.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] compu829:
did that quite a few times on my device. The first combo is for using HTC's ROM Update Utility (RUU) to flash new ROMS. the 2nd combo puts the phone into Qualcomm Download mode. This is a last-ditch disaster-recovery flash method that lets you interact directly with the emmc. If something happens that messes secure booting, you will get kicked into that state.

you did just give me an idea though....all those key combos are doing is telling the phone how to start up i.e. what efi application to load. I wonder if we rip apart the efi apps stored in the EFIESP partition, if there is some kind of "super-secret key combo" that will toss the device into mass storage mode? All windows phones come with the "resetphone.efi" app, for example. There is also a "sigcheck.efi" file that we might be able to patch.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] thals1992:
I kinda knew that it would still be similar to how it worked on wp7 (my short experience with the Trophy), but I didn't know about the new button combination.

It also looks like I need to organize some of my stuff in here, as its a mess. I've got just about everything I want, but I'm not going to try and jump through too many hoops for when I need to return it in an hour.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] ngame:
Look he said this :

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33598215&postcount=11

I tried doing the volume down, camera, and power combination and it displayed something like a BIOS screen very quickly, around 1-2 seconds and then continues to boot up. I only managed to read the 1st line which says 'Security Unlocked' or something.

It seems you can get a super cid with this work and you can access mass storage !

http://dl.xda-developers.com/attach...527a8d8f/1/4/5/8/3/5/6/HTC8X_OS_PARTITION.jpg
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] compu829:
ya...The engineering units all have unlocked bootloaders. Those engineering tools don't exist on production devices. I tried launching those apps with Native Toast Notification Launcher and nothing happened. They don't even exixt in the store as they were all built and signed on an in-house server. I have a copy of those xaps and the license files, but I can't load them without interop, so we would need a custom signed ruu with those baked in.

A dangerous game we could play is to put the phone in Qualcomm download mode (black screen), re-write the boot partition to load the signed HTC Android bootloader, boot into that, unlock the boot chain, put the phone back in download mode, and re-flash the unsigned windows RUU/Bootloader/OS. This would only work if HTC makes Android devices with the exact same Qualcomm chip as the 8x.

---------- Post added at 04:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:26 PM ----------

If you can throw the phone in DM mode, you can use CDMA Workshop to get the MSL. Also, once the phone is in DM mode, you can use QPST (Qualcomm Phone Service Tools) with it. QPST actually has a utility that should let you browse the OS partitions and edit files!

I never had a chance to try it because I have a GSM 8x. As a result, the only option available to me is QDL mode (Qualcomm Download Mode).
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] thals1992:
Just wait until HTC finally launches a dual-boot phone. I'm not sure it would be great space wise, but I'd definitely be a good niche device and good to demo, but I couldn't think of the practicalities.

I have to say, I've never seen anything here about anything that's useful yet in the Qualcomm MSM mode, and even with the HTC Trophy, I didn't see any tutorials on using the CDMA workshop with it. Does the DM mode need special drivers or are they just standard COM ports?

Also, the phone has been returned, so no more research. But there is still some pics I need to post once I can strip the EXIF data out of the photos.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] compu829:
I'm eagerly waiting this. Although this might be my last HTC...their Customer Support is nice, but the repair facility SUCKS. I still haven't been contacted by them and it's been 3 days! I even called HTC yesterday and they said "a supervisor will call you back". Still nothing :(

All the stuff I know is from extensively fooling around with CDMA/Qualcomm devices in general. I am guessing there isn't much on it here because the program is hard to find/technically isn't free/NDA stuff. Basically MSM/DM Mode allows you to program the device and edit settings. CDMA providers need it as a way to manually code all the NAM info. A side-effect is that you can do EVERYTHING to the phone, once you have the MSL. There are drivers floating around here for this mode. When everything is installed, it should show up as a bunch of COM ports. (one for GPS, one for talking to the modem, and possibly a USB host)

Have a friend sign up for another 14 day trial , then you can get more "play time" :) if you have a link to the sprint app in the Microsoft store, post it...I'd love to take a look at it!
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] thals1992:
I figured that's what it did, but I wasn't too sure about the drivers or for that matter where I was supposed to get them from.

All the apps are on the first page.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] compu829:
I wonder if we can find the Verizon version of this tool for the 8x?
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] thals1992:
Wouldn't be too hard. I could actually try it on an in store 8x, but the trick is finding a store that is demoing Windows Phones, not just displaying a dummy shell.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] thals1992:
Okay, I've cleaned up some of my posts now that I'm using a web browser instead of Tapatalk. Any info that I had obtained and posted in the three days have all been moved to the first page for easy reading.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] compu829:
Do you have a Microsoft store near you? They have everything! They also are kind of geeky, and I'm sure wouldn't mind :)
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] thals1992:
That's true.... 30 minute drive on the other hand. To go to a mall, that's borderline the worst travel location in Cincy. :eek:
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] thals1992:
I totally forgot that I had seen a boot loader background image for Boost Mobile in the System32 folder, but I had forgot to download it off of it. That would have been their first Windows Phone for them.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] compu829:
The unencrypted xap was uploaded to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2527281. I finally had some time to play with it last night. The good news is that I was able to "toast" myself some pages on the GSM-based HTC 8x. I was able to launch the USB page and enable DIAG mode! I was also able to figure out what RMNet mode does. This is the most interesting thing to me because it can be used for USB tethering as well as what is used on Android devices to connect to ADB. (Android Debug Tools).

Also what is interesting is the enum for these modes. They are writing NVram variables. The Enum for it is as follows:

USB_DRIVER_MICROSOFT_DEFAULT,

USB_DRIVER_QC_COMPOSITE,

USB_DRIVER_MASS_STORAGE,

USB_DRIVER_MS_COMPOSITE,

USB_DRIVER_ROUTER_SERIAL,

USB_DRIVER_LOG_VIEWER,

USB_DRIVER_RMNET,

The switches only use USB_DRIVER_RMNET and USB_DRIVER_QC_COMPOSITE. When you disable either mode, the toggles set it back to USB_DRIVER_MS_COMPOSITE.

The lowest level of this app can actually read and writhe NVRAM values.
[Moto X Q&A] LightMillenium:
Hello, It is possible to buy moto x phone on official site and receive in France. The phone support french phone networks like Orange or SFR ? Sorry for my english.

Thanks.
[Moto X Q&A] sleepyguy007:
i would guess the only way you will be able to buy it is say through ebay from a seller willing to ship to you (i sent a puerto rico XT1058 unlocked to a guy in the UK...)

they are GSM phones so it shoudl support at least HSPA+. none of the moto phones support the french LTE bands i dont think though.
[Moto X Q&A] daemontus:
I agree: you will have to buy it on ebay(like me) or use one of the services that gives you temporary adress in USA so you can order it(this will cost you more, but you can create your own Moto on moto maker, so it can be worth it if you want some unusual color).

As far as I know, majority of Europe networks are GSM, so you don't want one from Verizon or US Cellular(these are CDMA, although I have once seen GSM Verizon version, but they are quite rare on ebay)

Also don't be afraid of locked phones, 99.9% of them can by unlocked for something around 15$ and amount of carrier bloatware is minimal. (Mine Moto is from AT&T and I was able to disable everything except one contact synchronization service)
[Moto X Q&A] sleepyguy007:
the verizon XT1060 edition , is GSM compatible, just no LTE (really no difference from your point of view in france). verizon's new moto phones have been GSM unlocked for a while from the factory (even the last generation).

i wouldnt recommend it unless it was very very cheap though as verizon updates are slow, and the bootloader is locked. you'd be better off with one of the puerto rico / chile ones since at least you could unlock and flash the dev images.
[Moto X Q&A] Ch@l:
Hello all,

I live in the US now but gonna back to France eventually. I plan on buying a Moto X with moto maker using the 150$ coupon and using it in France at some point. My questions are :

- Is there any difference beetween the T-Mobile and ATandT version ? (I know that I don't want a CDMA version)

- Is there a difference beetween the GSM Developper Edition and the one from T-Mob. and ATandT ?

- When it's come to Android update, wich version will you think update the fastest ?

Thanks,

Julien
[Moto X Q&A] piskr:
Different types of Moto x

If you want to use the Moto x in Europe (France) you should know these:

1 Basicly you have two different types of Moto x as far as concerns radio frequencies: GSM type and CDMA type. You can't use CDMA type in Europe therefore you must select between GSM types. CDMA types are phones branded for Verizon, Sprint and any others intended for their networks (US Cellular...).

2 Special case is Republic Wireless which seems to use the dedicated voip application (sip), working primarily on its wireless network and in extension on the Sprint CDMA.

3 On the GSM side you have in the USA phones for the following operators: AT&T, T-mobile and developers edition. In Canada you can get Rogers network which is host for the Fido operator as well.

4. In central and South America you can find Nextel in Mexico, Claro in Chile, Columbia, Peru, Brazil and Puerto Rico and Movistar in Argentina. I might have ommited some of them but they all operates on GSM network.

5. Moto x is sold on the contract in Germany as well for pretty high price and i believe that it is a T-mobile model.

So what is important for the Eropean to make a right choise? You must know that all this phones are more or less branded and some of them locked to the original network. You might experience a serious problem trying to unlock one.

The second fact worth to be considered is the LTE network. It is true that it is not so widely spreaded in Europe as in the USA but it can comes a point in the year or two. And you don't want to buy a fairly expensive phone for six months, do you?

Taking these into the consideration I've been learned so far:

Model XT1058 covered highest number of LTE bands among all. Model XT1058 covers LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100/2600. It is sold by AT&T and some Central/South American operators. While is likely that AT&T's model lacks 2600 band as Jelly Bean and regarding some testimonies gains it with the KITKAT, the others seem to have even more LTE bands deactivated and are practically unuseful in Europe.

Unfortunatelly AT&T's model has others significiant disadvantages: the bootloader is not unlockable what simply means that you might never have opportunity to install the custum ROM. And what is worst: in the last time you hardly get unlock code and that might force you to be hooked on the AT&T network for a long time or forever.

T-mobile and developers models both work on LTE 700 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 frequencies, what means that they match only one european band - 2100. LTE frequencies which are mostly in use in Europe are: 1800, 2100 and 2600. Otherwise this two models come with unlockable bootloader and they are not locked to any network.

Rogers and Fido have both unlockable bootloader, they are not locked to any network, not branded and they work on LTE 2100 and 2600.

It's hard to collect these information and make an optimal decision. Feel free to correct or amend me if you find that I failed in any part of my explanation. But now I know for sure: if I had this knowledge before, I'd undoubtly opted for the Rogers model.
[Moto X Q&A] Ch@l:
Thanks for this amazing explanation ! It should be pinned somewhere.

Here is what I understand from your answer and all I read :

- I might be able to have the 4G LTE in France with the ATandT version (2600) but it could be tricky to unlock. I'm not sure I understand the KITKAT parts (My english is not so good)

- T mobile are not locked and it's easy to unlock the bootloader. About LTE you say it has 2100. But I don't think we have this frequency available in France. From the wikipedia article it's more 800, 1800 and 2600. So I might not have LTE. Do you know about HSPA+ ?

- The rogers version could be the best option. What about the price ? Can I pick this provider trought the motomaker with Cybermonday deal ?

Now About the 4G LTE in France 2 things :

- The cover is really poor right now unless you live inside a big city

- The plan are way more expensive than regular 3G (HSPA+) except for ''Free Mobile'' who just add the LTE for free at no extra cost (But has a really really bad cover)

That's why I could go with a HSPA version only.

Thanks you again for you answers ! I'm glad I registered on the XDA forum today :)
[Moto X Q&A] tihtow:
Just adding one thing!

If you want to set your use the touchless control in French, it is not possible with Latin American phones, they don't have this option and you can't set your phone in French (only English, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish available), so even if you set your voice search language to French in Google Now or in settings, the recognition is working well but it will never reply to you or do any action. Which ruins all the interest.

Now I think the AT&T phone got French in the settings but I am not sure, can someone confirm this? Not the Voice Search language (all Google languages are available there) but the phone language settings, is there French?

Thanks,

Tih
[Moto X Q&A] Ch@l:
I read on another thread that the T-mobile version comes with french (I don't know for AT&T). For this reason and for the fact that this version is less locked, I bought it on the moto maker. Thanks piskr and all other XDA members for helping me in this choice !

I will let you know what I think of the phone once I received it.
[Moto X Q&A] BlackAurora:
I'm curious, how did you manage to buy it on motomaker from outside the USA? Do you have a US credit card? How are you shipping it to France? I'd like to do the same thing (but shipping to Canada) but not sure how to proceed...
[Moto X Q&A] piskr:
I have the AT&T model, it supports touchless control in French. Though I don't recoomend it. I guess that all American and Canadian models support French. Better go for Rogers, Fido or T-mobile.
[Moto X Q&A] Ch@l:
I'm living in the US right know. And my american roommate was kind enough to use his card. It didn't work with my French one.
[Moto X Q&A] mavericktc:
I can confirm that none of my credit cards worked on motos website (master cards issued in Sweden). They reserve money at your bank but you get it back a few days later.

I have a friend who studies in the states and he has an american credit card. He will buy it for me and take it to Sweden. I will design the phone at moto maker and save the design. He will then log on to my google account and choose carrier and do all of the "checkout".

So much work for a bloody phone.
[Moto X Q&A] snejkatamie007:
So, how does it work, the 1058, in your countries?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kartoffelrudi:
I know another Fred about KitKat.. but I just have some questions about rumours.

1. Will we receive the Update like it is on Nexus 5 or will Google cut off some Features ?

2. Will we receive the Wallpapers Nexus 5 has, too ?

3. Will SMS be fully replaced with Hangouts now ? o.O

And last but not least....

Will Google include latest GApps in the factory Image, when they release the Image in some days/weeks ?

Every Answer makes me happy :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
I checked my crystal ball.

Nothing.

How are we to know these things? If you want to speculate about 4.4, use the existing thread.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
1. itll be mostly the same. something might not make it to the n4 though, if the hardware cant handle it.

2. yes

3. yes, if you chose to use it in hangouts.

and 4.. some will be latest, and something wont be latest.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] cfli1688c1:
how do i get into the diag mode on a sprint lg optimus G (LS970) running cm10.2? thanks.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] neno2323:
I don't think you can bud..
[Sprint LG Optimus G] jonahly:
Q&A. :)
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Morningstar:
Check out this thread . I'm pretty sure the method given for AOSP works on CM, because I'm pretty sure I've done it.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] ankurcshah:
Yeah this method does work. Tried myself
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] zllovesuki:
THIS IS NOT A ROM

If you flashed [ROM][LB/UB] Full Stock C6833/6802 14.1.B.2.257 Deodex + Root + DualRecovery, then your rom is DEODEXED.

What's the difference?

Deodexed: only .apk

Odexed: .apk and .odex

Why?

Deodexed: save space

Odexed: better performance

If you want to ODEX your stock rom, flash the zip in Recovery (I assume you have DualRecovery installed).

FILES ARE PULLED FROM C6833 14.1.B.2.257 FTF, NOTHING CHANGED

Xperia_Z_Ultra_257_Odex.zip (555.8 MB)

https://mega.co.nz/#!6dlEDCyQ!NoDkGWG_n61oCh54EsbdGCmuFO0-FizNW6zf1GcOkOI
[Nexus 5 General] Cinner:
My Nexus 5 seems to have poor viewing angles compared to my HTC One X. Head on the screen looks great, but at a slight angle colors get a bit washed out, and at a larger angle the display basically turns dark to light grey when it should be black. I took several comparison pictures of my Nexus 5 and One X below. Both showing the notification screen. The display was set to a comparable brightness.

Anyone else able to compare their screen to another high end device? How are your viewing angles?
[Nexus 5 General] RedBlueGreen:
Not as bad as that.. Is that full brightness?
[Nexus 5 General] mkz14:
Lol, I will receive it tomorrow, I hope It doesn't looks like that. It looks like a cheap chinese phone screen...
[Nexus 5 General] blackhand1001:
It looks like they didn't use an A/TW polarizer on the nexus 5. Same as the nexus 4 and 2012 nexus 7. Its a shame since the nexus 7 2013 does in fact have an A/TW polarizer so doesn't glow off angle especially diagonally like the others do. I personally would have been fine if they just used the exact type of panel from the nexus 7 2013. Same ppi and everything just smaller.

Maybe its a panel lottery? I hope this one is just defective.

For those who don't know what the A/TW polarizer is, it reduces the off angle diagonal glows on IPS panels.

Both h-ips panels, one with a/tw, one without.

The One X by the way actually doesn't use IPS. It uses s-lcd2 which is actually a vertical alignment panel similar to S-PVA.
[Nexus 5 General] eallan:
Very disappointed with the display. God dammit lg. The nexus 7 2013 display is amazing.
[Nexus 5 General] bozzykid:
All of the reviews have been very positive on the display. Perhaps this is just a defective one as I haven't seen any other reports of issues.
[Nexus 5 General] domenicop:
Plus, I really never understood the viewing angle bragging by monitor PC industries. I remember Apple having a whole page in the iMac specs saying that I could view it at 178°. I bought an iMac, and trust me, I never had to watch it at 178° (or 89° on the left/right). In fact, I have the screen standing on my table and my chair is always at the same position...

On the phones it's kind of the same. Plus, they say that the N5 display it's the best one ever seen.

IMAO, the viewing angle can go to hell.
[Nexus 5 General] Vertron:
On mine it only happens if tilted on a corner. If tilted back and forth in portrait or landscape the black levels don't wash out.
[Nexus 5 General] ericshmerick:
And the "panel lottery" concern is born.

Please don't do this, XDA.
[Nexus 5 General] MarkGbe:
word
[Nexus 5 General] Itchiee:
Par for the course!

Holy brightness Batman!
[Nexus 5 General] _MetalHead_:
Same here.
[Nexus 5 General] digweed4me:
Nexus 5 looks better to me

349 price and looks lot better than 700phones
[Nexus 5 General] eallan:
Its not a total disaster but its worse than the $230 N7 I'd say.
[Nexus 5 General] [hfm]:
I spend all my time looking at the screen from 130° .. This is a deal breaker.. /s
[Nexus 5 General] Ajfink:
My viewing angles are nigh-spectacular.
[Nexus 5 General] cipsaz:
Yeah, my N5 does have the poor angles as in these pics. In fact I am disappointed with the screen. I think its worse than the n4.
[Nexus 5 General] matthewr87:
My GFs N4 is just as bad. My 2013 N7 has a much better screen than both.
[Nexus 5 General] iPeterchen:
Maybe you should go back on a Nokia6210... :)
[Nexus 5 General] Dungeon47:
Mine is really bad if it's over half brightness, similar to OP, but below half it looks fine like my N4. I've noticed that 1/3 brightness on my N5 is about equal to half brightness on my N4, so it may just be due to a naturally brighter display.
[Nexus 5 General] J_Dutch:
@OP, coming from a one x I'm also concerned about the screen. I think it can't get much better then the one x screen. Even the sg4 and HTC one are worse IMHO. How about brightness and color temperature? I hope it's just a matter of getting used to. One big + is the one x only had an 1800mah battery. Huge step forwards!;)
[Nexus 5 General] ChrisM75:
Mine does this to. For the trolls who say they dont look at their phone off axis, well I assure you you will at times, such as to turn off the alarm in the morning or take a look at it while in bed and it is annoying. Its smacks of a second rate product.

Its actually OK in bright light, but in low light or even indoors its noticeable and it doesnt take that much of an angle to see it, the effect starts from just a few degrees of centre.