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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zerosum0:
Take the back off. Takes 2mins.i just took mine off took the battery out put a new one in. All in 6mins,inc unscrewing the plastic at the top
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] dmelton75:
I'm getting the FL_IOCTL_FORMAT_PHYSICAL_DRIVE error when I try to

reformat my storage area in preparation of upgrading to WM5. I upgraded to the SX66 Standardization Project rom with no problems. I had the same error before that upgrade. Until I can reformat my storage I can't go to WM5 on this device. Please help!!!

Thanks,

Derek
[HTC Sensation] phyoaungkhant:
Hello everyone,

I have an Htc Sensation XE hboot 1.29.0000 which is unlocked bootloader and rooted.

Now I want to install cyanogenmod and I need s-off. But when I search online, the only thing I saw how to s-off is to do the wire trick.

I don't want to do s-off in terms of hardware.

Is there any way to s-off using any softwares like last time we did in gingerbread?

Please reply me at least whether yes or no! I will be looking forward to the replies.

Thanks,

Phyo Aung Khant.
[HTC Sensation] MrJukeHardbane:
You dont need S-Off just to flash custom ROM. You just need Unlocked bootloader and 4EXT Recovery to flash custom ROM being S-On. And for S-Off, the wire trick is the only method to achieve S-Off with 1.2X hboots
[HTC Sensation] boyriot:
and don't forget to enable 4ext smartflash before flashing
[HTC Sensation] phyoaungkhant:
How to use 4ext recovery

Now the recovery I got is ClockworkMod Recovery Touch v5.8.0.9

Last time I flashed the Cyanogenmod Zip from the ClockworkMod Recovery, it stopped during the boot stage.

As you two said, if I use 4ext recovery, that problem will be gone, right?

So can you post any link to tutorials or videos to install 4ext recovery?

And also I don't know what is smartflash.

Please explain to me.

Thanks,

Phyo Aung Khant.
[HTC Sensation] MrJukeHardbane:
Follow this thread : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1631861
[HTC Sensation] phyoaungkhant:
Thanks for the help

Thanks a lot, man.

I've got my sensation CM9.

I've always wanted it on my phone since stock rom cost a lot of RAM.

Thanks.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjgowtham:
I currently have xperia z. Very bugged by the back plate ungluing problem. I am planning to get the xperia z1. Does it have any such problems like ungluing and how is the audio quality ( Speker)?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ara.armagedon:
The FBI can get your fingerprint with satellite off the back of it, thats the only problem with the back! and the audio is not so great for a phone but definitely one of the bests I know out of a waterproof speaker (considering its size)... but the camera is bugging me hard, so much noise...
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] homer285:
Certainly you can, the easiest (legal) way to obtain it is by using an exchange medium such as money, then simply enter any outlet selling the item and offer up your cash. Alternatively you could sell an organ, but I suggest the first option.

On a serious note, I bought it and love it, it is stylish, great display (on mine anyway) great camera (in manual mode) audio via speaker is fine as good as or better than my S4, audio via headset is absolutely superb, compares to both HTC One and S4. As for the housing issues I do believe they have been sorted out and upgraded hence the higher IP waterproof rating.
[General Questions and Answers] middaylantern:
i have a cherry mobile burst with ics..but it has only low ram..i was thinking if its possible to put or downgrade it to gingerbread...i searched for answer and what i find out is to install firmware by odin but i think its for samsung only..i was also thinking if i could also do it or put it like manufacturers do..i searched on android website but im confused..can anyone help me..im already using custom rom it is still slow i think its because of the low ram i only have 340mb..im waiting for kitkat because they say its like gingerbread that can work on low ram..but i think i will face the similar problem and that is how to install kitkat on my phone...sorry for my bad english
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redvexx:
I need MMS and GPS working and would prefer a ROM that is flawless without anything non functional like voice search etc.

Is there a Cyanogen Rom or another ROM running something newer than GB that is flawless?

I like Cyanogen but those Roms seem to all have some serious set backs with one thing or another with camera etc..
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikon120:
Could always flash until you find what suits your needs.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Djinn23:
In my expierence. Flashing roms is a hobby in which can vastly improve your native device....but I can't say any rom (even stock) works flawlessly. I am rokken 10.1 and it is damn near perfect...but bluetooth is unusable on two devices for me.
[Moto X Q&A] shadowfist23:
I'm getting some fairly significant battery drain from something called "Modality Service." It probably wouldn't annoy me so much if I had any clue what it was. Anyone seeing anything similar? Any idea what it is? My searches on the matter are coming up empty.
[Moto X Q&A] br0nx finest:
Are you on Wi-Fi?
[Moto X Q&A] Sinderan:
I saw this too and couldn't find anything from a Google search
[Moto X Q&A] shadowfist23:
On and off through the day.

Interestingly "Modality Service" hasn't shown up at all today, with 7.5 hrs on battery. It's pretty intense when it does though, and I'm still deeply curious.
[Moto X Q&A] theraffman:
I saw this on someone's screen shot the other day, googled it and it didn't return anything related to it.

I think the use who posted had data disabled for most of the battery cycle, maybe it has to do with that? Not sure though
[Moto X Q&A] monkey082506:
I have the same issue. I noticed it yesterday, I had very low usage and it was the top battery user. I clicked on it and it said it used GPS for the whole time my phone was on but I have GPS off, so that was odd. Also I checked into BatteryStats+ and it didn't even have it using my battery. It appears it isn't affecting my battery life because my CPU usage was only about 2s. I have no idea what it is though. I posted this on G+ and a guy replied saying he was on the phone with Motorola multiple times and ended up getting a replacement. I'd prefer not to go that route...
[Moto X Q&A] Mtnbiker:
I too just noticed this last night and today. Last night it was showing using 48% of the battery and today using 38%. I found the service and force closed it. Not sure what it does or is.
[Moto X Q&A] bpschoon:
Do you all have moto assist activated. It's only an issue for me when moto assist is trying to determine if I am driving. If I disable the driving portion, modality service never appears
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacktrck:
Tried searching and could not find any settings that worked for me. On my N4 I used what is on the simple mobile site and I had internet but no mms. Now I cant even seem to get the internet to work. I have tried different settings I found online but none seem to work for my N5. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shintoroi:
Confirmed working on simple mobile.

Make sure you select simple mobile network from available network.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shintoroi:
I mean network operators, not available networks.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shintoroi:
Quick update. Switched to 3g and data is faster. May just be my area.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] havy15:
can confirm this works mms and data
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shintoroi:
Yes it does. Using data right now to respond.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wildpig1234:
Is there any way at all to put my nexus 5 into usb mass storage mode so when i connect it to the pc, it will show up as a usb storage device instead of as a nexus 5? Any sort of software that can do this? i have rooted my nexus 5.

Thanks
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n7of9:
nope, no way, no how, not gonna happen
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Striatum_bdr:
This should be stated clearly in one of the general stickies threads.

No way to do it. Internal storage is not a physical but a virtual disk mounted with fuse kernel protocol, so can't be access as a low level mass storage thing.

It's by design to enable /data partition to dynamically adapt to user apps needs.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandrshe:
Ok now my question is how do you back up files, music, etc to your pc is you want to root?? I'm not into cloud storage...

No sd card, so now what...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n7of9:
you connect the phone to the pc and you copy them :silly:

it has no "usb mass storage" mode, but it connects to pc via MTP
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Petrovski80:
Connect your phone to your PC using the USB cable. The Nexus 5 announces itself as an MTP device, you'll see it in Windows Explorer and you can copy files from/to it like you are used to.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vs0587:
In MTP mode, I can't see all folder..... Like "TitaniumBackup" backup folder........ Why?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dankoman:
for some reason, especially with titanium backup folder, MTP refuses to cooperate, sometimes copying blank folders, skipping files, etc.

MTP can suck a fat one. it has consistently caused problems for me for the past few years. most reliable method you can use is push/pull files via ADB or wireless ADB.

however, if you don't feel comfortable using ADB or don't know how, the easiest method i've been able to find is WiFi File Transfer (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smarterdroid.wififiletransfer)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BKPhil:
Nothing but errors, hung processes, and glacially slow transfers. Syncing my music library used to take 2 minutes on USB Mass Storage, on MTP it takes 5...10... 120....minutes, depending on how it feels - if it completes at all, half the time I get an error message and the process bombs out.

That's been the case on my Nexus 5, it's been the case on my SGS3, and on misc tablets.

But along with the elimination SD Cards, I guess this is just one more subtle way of discouraging you from owning and managing your own media - you're supposed to 'buy' (ie borrow) it from Play, and sync it.

Thanks for the WiFi thing tip. Hopefully that works, otherwise maybe I'll have to start syncing to a Dropbox folder or some such..
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
Btsync is a great alternative to dropbox or airdroid

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tcat007:
Yes this really sucks. I managed to get USB connected and "most" files show up. What's strange is I use My Back-UP Pro, and an old back up in the "Reware" folder shows up on my PC, but one I made this AM does not show up. Rebooted PC, reconnected, and same "older" folders show up, but not the newer one. The folder "Fonts" looks normal on the N5, shows up as an undefined file on the PC.

I hate waiting for big files over wifi, but looks like the easiest way.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yaconsult:
How about USB OTG? And how to copy rom after wiping?

This is supposed to work on nexus 5, right? There are cheap usb otg adapters on ebay for about $5 from China.

Using one of these, couldn't we plug in any usb storage and copy to or from the nexus 5? How is the speed when doing it this way?

So if one wants to install a new rom and wipes the phone completely, how do you copy the rom and gaps onto the phone for flashing? I have always used usb-ms to do this on my old phone with cwm. I have the latest twrp installed on the nexus 5.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ericsunshine:
No way to do it.but u can connect to pc then u can copy
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deviantstudio:
my old SGS1 can connect both as mass storage and as mtp. with internal and external memory as separated disks.

and i just wondered why high end nexus 5 doesnt support such functionality?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
1) Nexus isn't "high end"

2) Because your old SGS1 (and also in fact SGS2) was limited in that /sdcard was not nested within /data/media using FUSE. Android has been using FUSE to nest /sdcard in /data/media (or /data/media/0) for some time.

My thread here may help you understand why

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2534010
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
How can you say the Nexus isn't high spec?! It's the most powerful phone on the market bar the LG G2 (which it's based on). You're right about the memory but the only reason the SGS could show both is because of the microSD card - the internal memory was still MTP
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
I didn't say it wasn't high spec. I said it wasn't high end. It's a high spec, budget phone. Xperia Z1, Now that's High end. High end is more than Spec. It's about materials, quality, construction, functionality. Nexus 5 has a standard 2 GB RAM and yes, has a High spec SoC in the Snapdragon 800 and Adreno 330, but the Spec stops being high there and I think it's hard to argue to the contrary
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
Not sure I agree with you there. The One X was deemed 'high end' and was made of polycarbonate, similar to the Nexus 5, so it would seem 'high end' is subjective ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Yeah maybe it's subjective.

But if you compare the Z1 to the N5 side by side, the Z1 excels in many ways.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
Absolutely! But I'd be more scared of shattering the glass on the Z1 :D
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 8bitplus:
I use Airdroid most of the time. No wires needed.

I don't think storage can be mounted in recovery either can it? so its that or ADB Push commands.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Personally I love my N5. Components that aren't as good such as the camera and speaker - I am not concerned about anyway. With teh exception for external storage, I am not missing anything. I like the physical materials of the N5 and what is high spec in the N5, is all I need to be high spec.

Whats this about the Z1 glass? It is a nice looking phone but overkill for me.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CDB-Man:
Your thread was quite informative! So the takeaway is something like this....?

From reading that section of your thread, my understanding is that, if I really, REALLY wanted to use UMS.... I'd need a custom ROM that doesn't use the FUSE system, and yet somehow was able to fake an /sdcard? (and of course, this would be extremely difficult and likely not worth the trouble...)

My dad and I recently got a new car (2013 Nissan Sentra), and apparently it can only recognize USB devices if they are UMS, ie a USB flash drive, or an android in UMS mode. I'll probably just end up using the AUX In or Bluetooth audio streaming :p
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dolphin Trainer:
Yep USB OTG works fine and I do it myself using "Stickmount". I copy nandroid backups etc to USB sticks and then to my Mac, using a cheap USB OTG adapter from eBay. The speed is fine.. doesn't take long at all.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deviantstudio:
I found good alternative. Adb plugin for Total Commander:

http://www.totalcmd.net/plugring/android_adb.html

Better than nothing.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WoodburyMan:
I wish they would use some other protocol other than MTP. It has full support in Windows and works well. Linux support, depending on distro, can be a mess. And on Mac, it's only supported through the Android File Transfer program that they provide. However even though i can copy files larger than 4gb to my phone via Windows, the Android File Transfer utility for Mac will not allow transfers larger than 4gb. To copy files off/to my phone from my Macbook pro I have to reboot to Bootcamp Windows 7, then reboot back to Mac.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pratik.thakkar:
Simple Copy Paste doesn't retain timestamp

Simple copy paste via MTP, doesn't retain timestamp. I want to copy all my pictures & videos from my HTC one to Nexus 5. But the timestamp isn't retained, which is a huge problem. Is there a way around it?

Regards,

Pratik
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CDB-Man:
You can also consider transferring files from computer -> phone via Wifi.

Both WiFi File Transfer and WiFi File Explorer turn the phone into a file server, with a browser interface that lets you download files to your computer and upload files to the phone.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheAtheistOtaku:
MTP is the worst. half the time transfers will either stall or error out. not to mention slow. When i want to rename newly created folders on the phone in windows. windows explorer crashes. I absolutely dont see why they choose MTP when mass storage was working just fine for the majority of people
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WoodburyMan:
Have to give that a go, thanks!

Yea MTP is horrible. Once I plugged in my phone. Under Nexus 5 > Internal Storage, I saw all my regular folders (Movies, Music, etc). In addition a folder called Internal Storage, that when opened, was empty. So I deleted it thinking it was some random folder that made itself there somehow since it was not there before. Only to then find that it deleted my entire Internal SD partition, including photos and such. (Why I wish the Nexus5 had external microSD slot....).
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wakamatsu:
ES File Explorer also has this funcationality.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex240188:
Basically you would need a custom kernel that doesn't use fuse.

You would need to repartition the data partition to be smaller.

You would need to make a new sdcard partition

You would need the custom kernel to Mount that sdcard partition.

But this would then make flashing the factory images impossible in case of software breakage because the data partition will now be the wrong size
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anshmiester78900:
So it means we can olny connect the files via wireless connection but can't get the USB mode ? :'(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CDB-Man:
Ah yes, that would be quite troublesome! Oh well, there are enough alternatives out there now.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aeff:
No, of course not.

You can use USB-Networking by switching on "USB-Tethering".

I'm getting about 3MB/s by using SSH over USB-Network.

HTH!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GUGUITOMTG4:
The likely answer of why, is that there is a patent/licence to pay to NOKIA/MSFT in order to use that technology and Google wanted to keep the cost down by not implementing it on the nexus 5 hardware.

there was a case in Europe Nokia vs HTC regarding to that matter and I believe that this is the reason.

here is a piece I copied from an article

_______" A preliminary ITC ruling on Nokia's first complaint against HTC is due on Monday, and on November 8, 2013, the Munich I Regional Court will rule on the USB configuration patent at issue in today's trial, where Nokia was on the winning track.

As an Android user I make use of the patented functionality on an almost daily basis. I use a USB cable to connect my phone (presently, a Galaxy Mega 6.3) to my Windows desktop. Windows then offers several choices for the purpose of the connection. Most of the time I just want to access files (photos etc.) stored on the phone, using it like an external USB storage medium. Alternatively, I could run a synchronization program. Or a user might want to use a smartphone as a USB wireless modem. These different use cases require different device drivers, and depending on my choice, the right one will be activated (and, if necessary, installed in the first place). I can also select a default connection type, which will then be activated automatically.

HTC could still sell phones in Germany even if Nokia prevailed on this patent, but it would have to remove this functionality, which would make its devices considerably less competitive. I guess HTC will opt to take a royalty-bearing license rather than cripple the products it sells in Germany"

original article:http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/09/nokia-fairly-likely-to-win-german.html
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Good answer but its not possible on our FUSE /sdcard anyway.

Unlike devices with a physical sdcard or non FUSE devices, /sdcard is not a partition so it cannot be mounted as one
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] senotrius:
so flashing a custom kernel that supports UMS using different partitions i could get the same on my formatted n5 rite.i just tried copying my cwm recovery from n5 to pc.its still calculating the time required on mtp mode plus slow as hell.things were easier on my old sgs1.now i understand the importance of usb mass storage.and another option would be to use the usb otg functionality of our phones?i could use something like the meenova card reader.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
There is no UMS support at all.

Yes. Or file explorer using ftp / smb although mtp should be fine unless you have a Mac
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sbtwister:
Hmmm, I share the same concerns, MTP doesn't work well, stalls when having to copy lots of files. Synchronizing files on serveral android devices is hell. Currently I use Wifisyncr but, indeed, mass storage was working much better for my needs.

---------- Post added at 12:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:00 PM ----------

OTG on my Nexus 7 FHD crashed my 2.5" 1TB harddisk :(

I used Nexus Media Importer, not touching it anymore!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Petrovski80:
MTP is a pain in the ass. Luckily we can use adb. Less user friendly but very reliable.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
I just use ftp mostly
[Moto X Q&A] btaylor545:
So been reading a lot on the forum about this phone and what not and have a question. Can I root this phone so I can get wifi tether without affecting everything else on this phone? Really need wifi tether for school but really don't want to lose everything on here(I will if I have to but prefer not) I've rooted before on my sgs2 and evo 4g but it's been so long can't remember if it affects what's already on the phone if I don't install a new rom. Your answers are much appreciated and thanks in advance!
[Moto X Q&A] theraffman:
Rooting doesn't cause any sort if data wipe. The only functionality that you lose, that I am aware of is 1) using the recovery, the exploit breaks that, so you need to fastboot to do a "factory reset" and you can not take an ota update... Aside from that, I do not believe it breaks anything else.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Rolldog:
Does anyone have any idea how to perform a soft reset on this device? I got mine a week or so ago and 3 times since I've had it, it's locked up on the Samsung Logo screen and won't go any further. I'm not sure if I have a hardware issue, a software issue, or what. The first time was after installing Nova Launcher. I did a factory reset, installed all me apps except that one and it worked a little longer. Could it be because I've moved most of my apps to the SD card? I have no clue. My Galaxy S4 has a soft reset so I can boot up, uninstall whatever I last installed, and then it works fine. I need to find out if this is a hardware or a software issue before my return date passes. Please help if you have any ideas.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] zepfan221:
Holding the Power button seems to work for me.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Rolldog:
I've done that but it still hangs up when it comes to the Samsung logo. I just finished a factory reset again to get it to boot all the way.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Dusko75:
Check my post here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46696727

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