yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Accessories] UCSB:
I have the UAG in white and the Spigen SlimArmor in white (on a white Note 3). Both are nice cases, but I have been using the SlimArmor because it is a little thinner and feels very solid. I think the UAG has better grip and if you take a lot of photos it is really stylish when the back is fully visible.
[General Accessories] xdm9mm:
My white one arrived today. It is a little slippery on the back and its so difficult to remove. Is there a technique for removing the case?

Nb: mine has the hole on the right side next to yhe s pen
[General Accessories] .Arkham:
I struggled a bit the first time I tried to remove the case, and found that a corner-to-opposing-corner (diagonal) method was a good start.
[General Accessories] xdm9mm:
thanks, also found some videos on youtube...

it is really slippery, whay can't they make the outer shell more grippy, or at least make the texture like that of the Note 3's back... that would be better. I am thinking of returning it and get something else.
[General Accessories] .Arkham:
I'm finding it to be quite the opposite. Especially with the honeycomb texture the sides.
[General Accessories] xdm9mm:
the honeycomd texture on the sides help, but to me it is still slippery. I was lying down and reading with the phone earlier and it fell on my chest twice. Maybe its the way I hold it, but I never had this issue with the spigen case I have.
[General Accessories] .Arkham:
I wasn't able to try a Slim Armor, but the other case on my list was the Neo Hybrid and I liked the grippiness of that one. The back was better in that respect than the UAG, but the frame's flimsiness was a deal breaker since I am a die-hard battery swapper.
[General Accessories] xdm9mm:
I'm only using the cheap Spigen Ultrafit Bounce
[General Accessories] lvnatic:
I have a black note 3. Which one would look better on it? I'm thinking the scout one with an all black look would be sick. Is there any difference in the materials between navigator and scout?
[General Accessories] mexiking713:
The navigator looks pretty cool on the black Note 3

Sent from my Galaxy Note S5
[General Accessories] kuromusha38:
Hi Vectron

How big is the 3.5mm jack hole on the Note 3 UAG, it seems smaller than the Note 2 UAG.

I am worried that I will not be able to use the AudioTechnica M50 headphone because the it just able to fit into the Note 2 UAG hole.

Thanks.
[General Accessories] dr.m0x:
Not that it's reviewed in this thread but I find the aero colour looks great on my black note 3.
[General Accessories] speed8081:
I use UAG casing on my note as well, very good
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cjrivera04:
Any one know if any of the previous ad blockers will eventually work on 4.4. Just tried the latest version of adaway and I'm receiving an error. Just wondering if these apps will be supported any more. I read somewhere Google was cracking down on adblockers. But God knows I hate seeing ads in apps that don't offer a paid version that's ad free. Thanks.

Don't know if this is supposed to be in Q&A. Thought if there was an apk out there that worked it could be placed here.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ethantarheels123:
i tried adaway and works fine for me... first time got an error while applying hosts file, but I tried it again and it worked.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exel:
This one worked just fine for me: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2190753

No errors at all.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cjrivera04:
Thanks. Seems like I had a bad download. This worked for me too.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ezeh:
Yep had the same problem and it said it wasn't applied but it was blocking ads so no complaints.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kentobi:
try closing ALL running apps and do it again, it worked for me that way only
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] offdutyninja808:
Google adfree
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Striatum_bdr:
Adblock plus. No problem.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravi84m:
Not working here

Adblock also not working on my Nexus 5. So far I've tried adaway and adfree and I can still see ads in chrome. Gained root using cf-auto-root.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gormsen:
Just succeeded in applying the host file.

Have tried before and failed, so I had given up.

But gave it a try more, and now it works.

Here's how you get it working:

1. Start the app and give root access, download and apply hosts file, this will fail.

2. Exit the app, force close it, erase data.

3. Open the app and run it again.

4. Profit.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravi84m:
The thing is that both adfree and adaway manage to update the host file correctly (checked it myself), but I still get ads in chrome even after rebooting and clearing browser cache. Anyone else has this issue?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirk:
Can you post a link to a site where you have ads? I'm using Adblock Plus for Android and would like to see if it's working. I'm assuming it is but would like to test to make sure.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravi84m:
Well, this very webpage is teeming with ads :D, try to viwing it in chrome.

I also fail the Adblock test http://simple-adblock.com/faq/testing-your-adblocker/
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirk:
I'm seeing ads on this page too so i guess Adblock Plus isn't working either. Perhaps the apps just need updates to work with Kitkat or maybe Google have found a way to stop the blockers from working somehow? I've only tried on Chrome so far as it seems to be the only Browser that's working properly on our phones.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simer03:
Adaway works for me, sometimes doesn't enable hosts on the first try but just keep trying

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJ-Tumor:
You have no busybox installed!!!

those programs may need that to do a proper job
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3Shirts:
I am using adaway and it seems to be blocking fine. Just tried it on this page and it looks clean.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melbourne408:
Here you guys go, enjoy http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1916098
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kendong2:
/me raising a hand

i believe that some ads get blocked, mainly in-app-ads, but websites are still full of sh*t i don't want to see.

will try this now:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MusikMonk:
For anyone seeing ads on Chrome, that's because you are using Google's Data Compression Proxy.

You can disable it by going to "Settings -> Bandwidth management -> Reduce data usage" and turning it off.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirk:
That option doesn't even exist in Chrome on my device.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xeno010:
I use AdFree for Android. Is rly good but it need root - blocked via hosts file.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravi84m:
Solution

I was able to get rid of all ads by doing the following:

1- Root (obviously)

2- Install BusyBox, I found stericson.busybox to be the best and the easiest ti install.

3- Get Adaway and download hosts, you don't have to change any setting in the app.

4- Wipe Chrome cache. I used Titanium but I guess doing it from Settings - Apps should work as well.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noobdeagle:
This is exactly right when you root it you will still need to install busy box for many commands that root apps rely on to work.

basically install busy box let it install its stuff then you can remove it and adaway will work flawlessly
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kendong2:
this seems to work for me.

interestingly enough the file was created and the symlink added, so i see no reason why busybox would be needed to work.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GldRush98:
I was having problems as well. See my thread here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2518511

But basically, it was the proxy settings in my network APN that was breaking mine. Might want to make sure your provider didn't add proxy settings to its APN. That will definitely break the hosts file blocking.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dehsA:
Perfect! I was wondering why both Chrome and Chrome Beta were showing ads and Internet wasn't. :good:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m3nster:
the sollution

The ultrabest solution for Ad Blocking: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1916098
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GldRush98:
How is a static file better than an app the updates the file once a day? Oh it's not.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DestroytheNexus:
My N5 is rooted but still on stock 4.4, and I can't get adaway to copy the host files. Sometimes it would be applying host files forever after I try to download, while other times it would say copying of host files failed.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 19blacktiger77:
I had problems with both AdFree and AdAway. I use Root Explorer, launch it, make the system partition R/W and without closing, launch AdAway.

Went fine! ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DestroytheNexus:
Why is it needed to make the system r/w, but on my old nexus s, I never had to do any of those to apply host files.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidIt!:
I found ad blocking didn't work unless I applied the adblocker BEFORE entering my APN stuff after flashing a new Rom. Might need to go that route if adblocking isn't working.

from my Viped out OneX
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndrasLOHF:
AdAway has been working as perfectly for me as it always has. No issues to report.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjack711:
I used build 46 of adaway instead of the latest (build 47) and it worked
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaosphappy:
Worked like a charm thank u
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slater_g:
For me (Cataxlysm, Franco) sometimes Adaway works, sometimes it does not. I just retry until it applies.

I use the newest version from F-Droid.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mixterz:
Worked for me thanks
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FuMMoD:
Be aware that Adblocker is causing issues for some users with receiving MMS. I have no issues with Adaway at this moment.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nldxda:
I get a lot of blocked content on the CNET app, how can I disable this app from adaway blocking??
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaliTexan5:
Won't install

I found this post when trying to figure out how to reinstall AdAway properly. I have a Nexus 4 that I have KitKat 4.4 Stock installed and it keeps telling me that AdAway fails the install. I've tried versions 2.6, 2.7 and 2.8 but all three fail. Had AdAway on my Asus Transformer TF300TL and it was by far the best. Would love to get it working on my Nexus. Any help would be appreciated.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadephyre:
Doesn't work for me, stock 4.4 on Nexus 4
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 21plays:
Fixed!

I fixed this problem by setting the permissions of /system/etc/host to rw rw rw. Then Adaway is able to change this file again.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jj14:
Just a note - If you use the Google opinion rewards app, and have installed adaway, you don't seem to get credit for your survey completions.

I kept getting a message "Thanks, there was a problem recording your answers. Don’t worry, we’ll try again to save your answers and credit your account” after the survey completed.

I disabled adaway, and launched the opinion rewards app, and got credit for the 4 surveys that I had not gotten credit for. I then enabled adaway, and rebooted.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farplaner:
I disabled the other sources except the one from sufficientlysecure and I can see CNET images.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mylittlepwny91:
worked for me, thanks.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fugn:
When Adblocker fixes the problem with the MMS stuff I might re install it
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nldxda:
Does this unblock a bunch of other stuff tho?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d_phekt:
AdAway 2.3 works flawlessly for me. Any of the updates after this version always have me some sort of issues on my N4. If the others are giving anyone issues I suggest giving v2.3 a try too.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] intraCore:
This is the only solution that worked for me. I tried so many others and thought it was a lost cause. Thank you. So far, no YouTube ads! Finally! I just applied AdAway about a minute ago.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] P.Mobile:
adfree works great!!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Adaway all the way!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theesotericone:
Really? Have you tried adfree? I've been using it for two years. Total footprint of 672kb and it works better than any other ad blockers I've used.

http://adfree.bigtincan.com/
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
I'll give it a try
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jspike397:
I have never had a problem with ad away and stock kit kat. Works fine.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukas_s:
Anybody else seeing YouTube ads all of a sudden, even with AdAway installed?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukas_s:
Bumping this to the top
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raymond4:
Use this to get rid of ads in YouTube. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2547316
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aavvaallooss:
For me AdAway 2.8 works flawlessly on 4.4, 4.4.1 and 4.4.2 (Heavily costumed. See my signature)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Badd_blood:
When I use adaway I still get gray boxes with a unhappy page face instead of the ad. Is this normal?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
I've never seen that. What app has the unhappy face?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Badd_blood:
Chrome it looks like a broken link box. In firefox all the ads have a box saying something like unable to connect. I just tried Adfree and it worked too but its just white. Does adfree use hosts or a proxy?

Edit: Here is what adaway does for me I can't figure it out.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickey4mice:
I use adfree which is very light and unintrusive, great at blocking ads on those ad sponsored apps. Downside is it doesn't always block ads on sites like NY Time but I've since switched my browser from Boat to Naked Pro, you can add your own host file in download folder which the browser checks against, I haven't seen any ads since.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] observer83:
Thanks! That's work fine for me. [OmniROM 4.4.2 @ GT-N7000]
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evandena:
No go from a rooted Moto X on 4.4, Verizon. I'm really struggling to get ad blocking to work. I think it might have something to do with my APN settings from Verizon, but I'll have to test on wifi to confirm.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gormsen:
Glad to hear that, but why don't you hit the "Thanks" button Instead? That way, when someone enters the thread from a PC the post will show up as one of the most thanked and others will be able to find it ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] observer83:
Oh! I'm new to this forum and didn't noticed )
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gormsen:
It's okay, and it that case: welcome :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raistlin1:
Is there another link to DL adaway because the link in the forum post for Adaway brings me to dev host but all the "download" links bring up some type of spam. I asked about this on that thread but wondering if anyone else here had that problem recently.

Thanks
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Google it
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raistlin1:
I meant for the "unofficial" 2.8 version that was updated by a forum member and posted in android apps and games forum.

But I will google that as well
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
When you hit the Dev-Host link to download it, scroll down to read the comments. It says to hit the Black Download button. Try that one and not the one with blinking lights.

http://d-h.st/cD6
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raistlin1:
I tried numerous times on my N5 using chrome and every black button brought me to some type of spam and no download. Tried it on IE on my desktop and had the same problem, finally anothe try on IE on my desktop and more download buttons had appeared and finally got lucky and clicked the correct one.

When I googled that version it brought me to a site that I wasn't sure was secure and the file name was different than from the thread.

Thanks
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
That is weird because I just went in on my GS3 using Dolphin and hit the black button and it started the download. Then I tried on my work PC and it started to download, but then my work firewall kicked in and blocked it.

Anyways, glad you finally got it to download. Now to make it work. lol.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] observer83:
Download&install F-Droid (f-droid.org), find "Adaway" and install it. Also it will help with further updates of Adaway.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Riekr:
that worked for me
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zmore:
Thanks for the confirmation.

I started wondering why I suddenly wasn't getting credit for answered surveys, and suspected it might be AdAway. Googling "adaway google rewards" brought your post up, so I disabled AdAway, restarted the Rewards app, and was suddenly credited. Oddly, I've had no problem in the past year with AdAway, until they updated the app last week to use new lists, so that's probably why.

I used AdAway to log DNS requests when running Rewards, but I'm not positive which to whitelist (client*.google.com might be it), so I'll just remember to disable/renenable adblocking every so often.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gonzule:
Bi, i just founx this on an inline blog. I just added these links to my whitelist, so we'll see how it goes.

If you don't want the hassle of disabling and enabling adblockers and rebooting every time, simply add survey.g.doubleclick.net and clients4.google.com to your whitelist.

Source:http://nybblesbytes.blogspot.com.au/search?q=Adaway
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiberangel:
I can't get OpenVPN client to work on my Nexus 5 when on Tmobile's LTE connection. Works just fine when on WiFi, but when on LTE it just sits waiting for server. My Nexus 4 on the other hand is working just fine on both WiFi and TMO LTE (it's rooted with LTE enabled). Anyone else has this problem?

Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiberangel:
If anyone cares, I figured out what's the cause of it. By default Tmo LTE uses IPv6 and OpenVPN has a problem with it (or my vpn server). Changing to IPv4 solves the problem.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] catpunt:
hi there, this was the exact problem i was having today, thanks for posting about it. i assume you're using the openvpn connect on your nexus 5, right? how do you disable ipv6?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paperWastage:
go to the APN settings (Settings-> More-> Mobile Networks-> Access Points NAmes -> click on the entry that is selected (should be the T-mobile GPRS fast.t-mobile.com)

scroll down, change APN protocl to ipv4

then save
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markdapimp:
Why would you need a VPN for on cellular can it bypass the throttle?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] catpunt:
Thanks a bunch, that does indeed fix the problem with OpenVPN running on DD-WRT.

[MENTION=5534238]markdapimp[/MENTION] Security, all of your traffic will be encrypted and originate from your VPN's network
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markdapimp:
Yes but can you trust your VPN provider and even then if you trust them do you trust your VPN Providers Datacenter and if you trust your VPN provider's data center can you trust their network connections.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Dshook1979:
Hello everyone! I'm sorry if this has already been posted but how do I update prl and profile? I need something as noobproof as possible lol

I'm running cmrp recovery and the latest nightly carbon rom.

Thank you in advance for any and all help.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] engine95:
You need to be on a stock based ROM. Then settings>about phone>system updates. Then you can restore your backup you're gonna make before doing that. ;)
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Dshook1979:
Ty for responding. I must be doing something wrong. I have tried two different stock based ROMs and both would reboot over and over once loaded into the ROM.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] engine95:
Install TWRP 2.5.0.0. In TWRP, go to wipe, then factory reset. Then in advanced, choose all 4, /data, /system, /cache, / dalvic, then install your ROM.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Dshook1979:
OK cool I will give that a shot! I'll keep you posted.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Dshook1979:
Worked like a charm. Tyvm for the help.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anthonyly:
so apparently the ultra hybrid case for spigen was 9.99 then when i bought it, it was 12.99 and now it's back to 9.99?

Should i ask amazon about this?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vanhoud:
Maybe you paid for shipping to get up to that price, it wouldn't hurt to email them. By the way I have that case and its awesome
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] nazcalito:
I installed Windows XP 64 on my work computer and I can't connect properly with the data cable anymore. The computer recognizes the phone but it either thinks it's a camera or a media device, and the stupid windows default software that comes up for cameras or media devices doesn't let me just copy files from the computer to the phone's SD card like explorer. When I had XP 32 bit installed the data cable worked fine. How do I get the computer to recognize the phone as a generic device again or a gadget serial or whatever?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] 440bro:
Try going to Samsung's website and downloading the drivers.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] nazcalito:
yes I know about that.

The explorer type interface came up correctly for a Vibrant last night. I didn't think that you had to install a separate driver for every different phone. Also works with Odin.

Device manager lists a samsung android adb interface as installed correctly.

The computer makes a device connect beep when I connect the i717.

But for whatever reason, when I connect the i717, I get a choice between accessing it as a camera or a media device in windows and either gets something that limits me to the DCIM folder or windows media player and neither one lets me put roms on the card. this looks like some kind of windows thing.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgunes:
I am new to android.

When I play RR3 the phone will not ring and only vibrate.

Even after stopping the game (when it still shows up in the task manager) it will only vibrate.

I have to delete RR3 in the task manager to have the phone ring again.

Is that a setting in RealRacing 3 that puts the phone in vibrate mode?

Is there a setting in android to have the phone ring during games and after stopping a game?

I could not figure it out.

TIA
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgunes:
Anyone have any idea if this is deliberate or if there is a way to have the phone ring while you have a game in the task manager?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neotekz:
here's what i mean. happens with every youtube video. Im running aokp M2. anyone else have this problem?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Moandal:
Just received a replacement for my faulty O2 Exec and it's got a new ROM version:

ROM: 1.13.82 WWE

ROM date: 30/11/05

Radio: 1.04.02

Protocol: 42.37.P8

ExtROM version: 1.13.188 WWE

Only difference I've noticed so far is that the Personal install option has been dropped.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] decebal:
GREAT NEWS !!!!

Me wanna get it!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] buzz_lightyear:
cool...

so how is it? better than ever before? ;o)))

no, seriously. is it any better?

thanx

buzz
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Wiz:
Does it have the Blackberry WM5 Client?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jasonkruys:
Obviously, everyone is keen to know the differences/improvements/mess ups, so post up as soon as you notice anything!!

How about the bluetooth switching itself off, that should be easy to test?