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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronwi2:
I've had Sprint SERO for years. I live in the SF Bay Area, and even though the coverage is bad (it ALWAYS drops calls on the Bay Bridge), and the data is slow in most place, it's only $59 per month (with taxes, etc.). Of course, I've always had the hope that it will get better. Those hopes have now been bolstered by the Softbank deal.

Now that I have a Nexus 5 that can be used on multiple carriers, as a test, I got an AT&T Straight Talk SIM ($45 per month) and have been using that for a few days. It's night and day - calls go through and don't drop, data is fast - it's RELIABLE! Although Straight Talk has gotten (deservedly) bad rap for throttling, recently they changed their policy and published a 2.5 GB limit at which point you get throttled. That's enough for me, and, in the rare case that I go over before the end of the month, I can pay the next month's $45 early and get a new 2.5 GB. And, if ST goes bad, there's always AIO or other AT&T MVNOs.

But, I'm reluctant to switch. If Sprint really does get a good LTE network going and I can use unlimited data to watch Netflix without worry, that would be a nice thing. And, once I cancel the SERO plan, there's no going back.

Of course I've hung on for years because I thought Sprint would get better, and it never has. But, with my luck, the month after I cancel my SERO plan Sprint will improve 1000%.

Any thoughts? I can't be the only person going through this.

(I use Google Voice so the (perhaps) temporary change of carrier is not notice by people that call me, except there is no MMS.)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AliLaPointe:
I just dumped Sprint and paid a $140 ETF. It was worth it friend. I did not have the SERO deal, but I now know what it's like to have real phone service. I switched to a Go Phone plan and could not be happier. Living in NYC and being with sprint was BEYOND painful. Each morning, I would try to listen to NPR on my way to work. It would take forever for the stream to get going on LTE and when we would reach a spot in my commute where it had to hand off to 3g, the stream would just die. I would then have to toggle airplane mode until I finally found a usable signal. So yeah, now that I have Go Phone as my provider, even on 3G I can stream my liberal news to my hearts content. Not to mention, that I have LTE almost everywhere I go with actual LTE speeds. Dump those suckers.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronwi2:
No car radio?

More seriously, how many GB do you have from Gophone - and can you listen to NPR and not burn up all your GB?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lafester:
Go to s4gru, donate a couple bucks and look at the map for your area.

Maybe read a little and educate yourself on how sprint is improving their network.

After you do that you can make an informed decision based on facts rather then asking for opinions here.

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no you can only stream 2.5gb worth assuming you do not use data for anything else.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] someone0:
This may sound stupid, but what exactly is the different between s4gru map and the one from Sprint? That said, I look at the Sprint LTE map before and the current Sprint LTE signal is weak. There are many area in LA county(not city) that even though it show LTE on the map but I only have 3G. And yes Sprint 3G is suck. That said, I'm looking forward to try the Spark(tri-band LTE), which as far as I'm concern, most of the place I'll be around had good WiMax. So if things goes smoothly(meaning I'll have LTE signal like I used to have when I got WiMax), I will be happy to stay w/ Sprint SERO-P. Then again, this is my experience. My term w/ Sprint isn't up yet anyway. So, I will use it and try Spark when I have Nexus 5 until the term is over then decide.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raistlin1:
I am in the same boat, no LTE in my town but I am supposed to have LTE at work in Midtown Manhattan. I get an LTE signal on my N5 with Sprint at work but when I do a speedtest I am getting .25Mbps down and like .01 up. I hear Verizon is no better in Midtown and now that they have publicly admitted it, they are not even a consideration. So that leaves ATT or Tmobile, I will not go with Tmo so that leaves ATT. Went to an ATT store on Park Ave close to my office and ran a speedtest on one of their display LG G2s and only got between 1-2mbps down.

So none of the carriers are good for me now in Midtown, but ATT and Verizon would be good at my house, but I am on wifi at my house so coverage at work is more important. I have been waiting and waiting for Sprint and I know their LTE network is going to be great when it finally gets here, but when will that be? How long can you wait and keep paying them for crap service, it is very frustrating.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AliLaPointe:
I agree that you should do some research on S4gru, but that will only take you so far. Sprint was promising a great network back in the Wimax days and that stuff fell apart. They then promised LTE and I have been having spotty coverage for more than a year. I'm really happy after my switch to Go Phone. No issues here. Also, nowhere near to close on my data allotment. I dont use a car radio because, well, I live in NYC and take public transit.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronwi2:
Maps can only take you so far. For example, the maps show a strong signal (Sprint calls it "Best" voice signal at my house, and calls constantly drop. There are other places on the maps where a strong signal is shown and the calls always drop. The fact that in the entire course of its existence Sprint has not been able to figure out (or hasn't bothered to figure out) how to not drop calls consistently for people driving across the Bay Bridge is amazing. There are places on the map where strong data coverage is shown and the data is so slow as to be unusable.

So, the real thrust of my question was whether Sprint is going to change its spots and have consistent and reliable service, not whether it can show a map which covers a large area but in reality is full of holes.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmyjoebob:
I'm sure there are a lot of us in this position.

I have this n5 with two SIMs two, AT&T works great just about everywhere I go, Sprint , junk. And now that LTE won't work at all until the 3G/4G towers have been fully completed, more bad news, from bad planning by Sprint.

I like the Google voice integration with Sprint, and my number is not eligible to be ported to Google voice.

It seems that Sprint is always promising a better service is just around the corner. They're doing this again with this 'spark' talk, which really won't do much.

They should their time implementing LTE 1900 Mhz, before they get ahead of themselves and offering LTE 2500 Mhz too, they need to walk before they can run.

I was thinking about using net10's 2 line family plan, over Straight talk, not sure of the different between the two, the same company.

If t-moble had coverage, i'd consider them too.

The S4GRU site will show you the Sprint tower locations, not the coverage.

Edit: One blog post here: http://seth.killey.me/?p=1049
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hammester:
I had sero on sprint and just ditched them for tmobile and could not be happier. I have been hanging on to sero for years waiting for coverage to improve and it has only gotten worse. I finally gave up and have not looked back since.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Makis117:
I put the DUTCH T-Mobile rom on ftp (thankssss to

nmx77

)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Mesh:
Is this someone's dump or officially from T-Mobile?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Makis117:
ppphhh i dont know!! :roll:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jfran:
you could get the official vario rom from the t-mobile site - T-Mobile Download Manager

later

Jim
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Mesh:
This isn't a dutch rom... :roll:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jfran:
sorry I was talking about the WWE rom...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] nmx77:
it looks like a official installation, so probarly it is officially yes
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] mrdummy:
Has someone Dutch 1.3.2.3 (thus not 1.3.2.2) ROM?

I tested with 1.6.2.2 but the results are not shocking. Want go back to 1.3.2.3 for re-testing and comparing results.

It's official T-Mobile ROM but i forgot to make dump from Ext ROM, i have only zipped Ext ROM files.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daniel1515:
I'm looking for an easy way to record my Android's screen without rooting my phone. This will be on my work phone, so I'm not allowed to root it.

I recently found TeamViewer QuickSupport which lets you control an Android phone remotely (see its display and use your keyboard and mouse to interact with it). The way I'm currently recording the screen is by using TeamViewer on my computer to control the phone, and then using a screen capture program on my computer to record the screen.

Surely someone's made an app that uses the same API that TeamViewer uses to retrieve the screen? I mean, TeamViewer is recording it and sending it over wifi with no trouble, so why do actual screen recording apps require root?

Any advice? Does anyone know of any apps that do this?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yashvchauhan:
Try using adb.

Download SDK for android from the android website

Go to SDK > platform-tools folder > right click + shift in the folder, open command window here

Type

"adb shell screenrecord /sdcard/xyz.mp4" without the inverted commas

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But I'm not sure if this works without root.. Try "adb root" and restart and and see.. Not sure.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daniel1515:
As far as I'm aware, "adb shell screenrecord" is only available on KitKat, which I'm not running.
[General Questions and Answers] rkinney6:
Recently, I recieved an Amazon Kindle Fire 2nd generation from my cousin, who asked me to root it and install Jelly Bean. I accepted, and I have successfully rooted it. I then opened an APK which would allow me to boot it into recovery mode. Sadly, I don't have a fastboot cable, and I didn't really understand what I was getting into (very stupid mistake, please don't yell at me for being stupid, I know it was dumb.) Now the Kindle is stuck on a red screen, and my computer isn't recognizing, please, is there a way to get out of this situation without buying a fastboot cable? I will if I need to, if you can help, I would be very happy if you could write up or link a fix to me. Sorry for wasting your time if you can't!:confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Whoonu:
Hey guys!

I recently got my S4, and I updated to the 4.3 update, as I didn't know that I wanted to root my phone then. I have been looking all over, and I can't find a method that works for rooting my phone. I have the Verizon version of it. I have 2 questions.

1. Has someone figured out how to root this particular version of software? I have already tried Kingo, and it didn't work. Knox blocked it.

2. If not, is there a way that I can revert my phone back to 4.2.2 Android, so that I can root from there?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

-Whoonu
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Fourty8:
1. Yes, some great people on this forum have figured out how to root the 4.3 MJ7 update. You need to root with VROOT 1.7.2. Then you need to run the root_de_la_vega script to get rid of the Chinise superuser and install SuperSU instead.

Follow these instructions after VROOT - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47331487&postcount=169

Or follow these instructions if you don't know how to use VROOT - Mod Edit: Links to vRoot are currently not allowed on XDA. There are concerns as to the personal information such as IEMI numbers and Serial numbers it collects during he root process which is not necessary.

So, if your willing to try that, all you can do on this 4.3 at the current time is to root and then debloat the device. No custom recoveries have been developed (yet *holding breath).

2. From what I've read, once you update to 4.3 MJ7, your stuck with it, no downgrading.

Good luck and have fun!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Sir_Eagle:
The last part of this is true, you can not install a custom recovery, so no ROMs.

The first part is not entirely true, you can do more than debloat. You can run apps requiring root, debloat or freeze apps using TB, remove ads, edit system files, etc.

I recall hearing that Hashcode was working on Safestrap for 4.3, so ROMs may be coming.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Fourty8:
Thank you for explaining and clearing up my post a bit! I'm still quite new to all this stuff myself. Much appreciated!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Whoonu:
Alright. Here's the situation. I have successfully rooted, but I can't update supersu. I can't download the binary SU for what ever reason. Does anyone know how to fix this? It seems like I can't give root access to apps, but I know that it is rooted. Any help is appreciated!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Fourty8:
Yep, I was in the same boat after vroot. After doing some research and reading threads on here I found that I had to run the root de la vega script as well. Bascially you need the android terminal emulator and titanium backup (paid verstion too, I believe to be able to freeze apps, specifically the "Superuser" after you've gained root access in terminal emulator) to succeed. Follow the instructions that I posted above (the ones from xda-develepors.com), and you will be able to rid your device of the Chinese "Superuser" program and have SuperSU installed instead, and it will be allowed to update its binaries.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Whoonu:
I will try re-rooting. I followed all of the instructions, but I think I became unroofed when my phone reset. I'll let you guys know how that goes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Whoonu:
Sweet! Re-rooting worked. Supersu is updated and working well. Thank you to all who helped me! :good:

-Mitchell

(BTW: Use the free app App Quarantine to disable apps for free.)
[General Accessories] egren58:
Hello im in need of a black inner rubber for an otterbox comutter, apparently my nephew thinks it's okay to cut it with scissors!. Otterbox want 30$! I can a new case with that. Does anyone know somewhere I can find just the rubber piece. Or if you might have an extra rubber. I don't need the hard she'll just the inner rubber. Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RaulDealva:
Hello everyone! I think i might need to repartition my phone, it works fine the only problem is i only have the 2gb of internal storage, and my sd card. The 12 gb internal "usb storage" is no longer there. Does anyone know how i can restore it? I have basic odin knowledge and have found the original PIT file for my phone, but since i have never gone this far into my phone im kinda nervous. What other files do i need? Or is there another way? Thank you in advance for your help!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] celderic:
Have you tried flashing another rom via recovery first? To check its not a rom/kernel fault.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] king_below_my_lord:
Your question seemingly feels like a mounting issue other than a partition issue, search about "sdcard not mounted" and you possibly will find a solution, also like the above poster said flashing a different ROM might also possibly solve any mounting issue.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
You could try to mount storage through cwm.

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[Nexus 7 (2013) General] ikeny:
Here are some reasons that you should not update your Android OS to 4.4 for the time being (as of Nov 15):

1. Flash is broken. The sideloaded Adobe flash no longer works (at least with Firefox)

2. Stock email app is not fully functional. Issues are reported with Exchange sync. In my case, I use imap mail. Stock email app even had problem syncing with my imap server. Emails deleted on my computer still showed on my N7.

3. XBMC (nightly built) is only working after you disable hardware decoding.

4. Most of the improvements in UI (launcher) featured in Nexus 5 DO NOT appear on Nexus 7. Your launcher looks nearly the same as 4.3.

Anyone else encountered issues with KitKat? Feel free to add to the list above.

[Update]

In case you updated to 4.4, and want to revert back, this is one way to return to 4.3:

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...stock-using-a-full-factory-image-and-root-it/

Warning!!! You will lose your data. So backup anything important.

After you put 4.3 back, here is how you remove notification to automatic update to 4.4:

1. Go to Settings - Apps - ALL - Google Services Framework (Uncheck "Show notifications")

2. This doesn't stop Android from download the update. If your N7 is rooted, you can delete the update file. It is in /cache. (If your N7 is not rooted, you are out of luck)

3. In the future, if you want the update again:

Go to Settings - Apps - ALL - Google Services Framework (clear cache and data, restart)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] truongnguyen1912:
For the reason 4, you can download and install Google Home launcher. It work perfectly ☺
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] AarSyl:
I don't count this as an issue. If it looks just the same, but has the software improvements, then why not? Just saying....

_______________________________________

Phone: HTC EVO 4G LTE

Rooted, Custom Rom & Kernel

Tablet: ASUS Nexus 7.2

Rooted, Stock Rom & Kernel
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Xstop:
Your on XDA, and your telling them not to flash the new update...? Irony?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] The_Zodiac:
Lol yeah not sure if they are trolling or joking
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] hagensieker:
I came from CM10.2 and glitch kernel to stock Kitkat then kitkat with glitch.

Things I miss from that transition:

- In the close programs area I miss the close all the programs at once ability.

- I miss being able to swipe down and hold on the WiFi toggle to switch networks

- I miss my USB DAC working (this is no big deal to me but it is cool when it works)

I am beginning to come to the understanding though that regardless whether you are on a Custom ROM, Stock 4.3, Stock 4.4, whatever......

it really all looks the same, and acts the same. I think you just pick what you like and go with it and that's what is wonderful about the Android platform......the ability to pick and choose.

If I want my USB DAC back I'm quite literally a ROM flash away from doing it.

For now I'm going with kitkat and glitch kernel which nets me a 3G wireless dongle. If it weren't for the dongle stock 4.4 would be just fine for me.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] teddy0209:
For this, IMAP server works that way, you can download mails on multiple devices, you delete mail on one device, it will stay on the other...
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] ikeny:
Not true for all of my Android (4.3 or older) and iOS devices. When you move an email to trash box on one device, all other devices sync to remove that email to trash automatically.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] teddy0209:
that is if you move a mail (that hasn't been downloaded) to trash on the server itself...

Edit:

by the way, what the other guy said above is right...

this is xda, there is no reason not flash kitkat... =)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] xu_c:
:laugh: agree no more
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] ConradTDI:
It works for me, as well. Nice new feature, especially once Google Search is updated to v3.1. Thanks for the tip!

I don't see very many reasons NOT to upgrade to 4.4 on a Nexus 7 2013.....I've lost two apps: wifi manager and Xposed framework to activate the "experimental features" of Greenify. Greenify still works, of course, and Xposed will soon be updated.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] wd5gnr:
The two things I miss are Xposed (and the Gravity add on). I also didn't want to give up Multiboot. So, I left 4.3 as my "internal" OS and loaded 4.4 as a secondary in Multiboot. I then set 4.4 as the default. Elemental kernel works fine with the WiFi fix posted. Now I need to go back and trim a lot of fat off my 4.3 "base" install.

When I can get Multiboot and Xposed I will probably flash 4.4 as the base OS.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] tgyberg:
Hey, I waited.. about 10 seconds! :D
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] dobbs3x:
Flash is dying. I don't think adobe is developing it any longer for android. They only have older version without support on their website.

Good, then we shall fight in the shade!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] TP_NC_USER:
The biggest 4.4 issue for me is that text reflow is broken in lots of apps including Yahoo Mail and browsers (Next, Opera, etc). (Text reflow reformats the column of text partially visible on the screen to fit the screen. ie. zoom in until it's big enough and the the text is reformatted either automatically or by a double tap.

It's a huge issue for me as I find mobile web sites a poor substitute for their full featured desktop siblings. Without text reflow, I'm stuck scrolling horizontally to read each line.

I don't use flash a lot but find it pretty essential when I need it.

Web browsing also seems significantly slower with multiple browsers than 4.3.1,

I'm restoring my backup and going back to 4.3.1. Kit Kat didn't bring anything I've found significant in my use but has broken stuff that's important to me.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] hasenbein1966:
Kitkat doesn't bring anything significant, but brings problems (which will be ironed out over time, but now they are there).

It's definitely best to stay on 4.3 until it really pays to upgrade.

Sometimes the Android community appears to me like a religious cult where people dance around a golden calf and don't want to see reality anymore. "Holy update! Save my soul!"
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] TheGoD:
Anybody else got problems with flash? Tested Dolphin?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] taddi:
Tested. It doesn't work. There are many apps not working like VLC, MX Player, Titanium ...

I go back to my previous backup
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] teddy0209:
flash still works..
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] mertzi:
I don't feel like downgrading since I got sick battery life with 4.4 but what I miss the most is app ops. The best feature from 4.3 and almost no-one is talking about the removal of it.

I'm not going to upgrade my 2012 N7 though, it has great battery life already.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] KevinAlbrecht:
The MX player/ xbmc issue is a biggie. I am new to xbmc. Does anyone expect a fairly quick update to the app?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] zif:
I also think this is a big deal. I really liked the native permissions management rather than having to use other tools.

There are varying reports as to what's happening with it. See...

"App Ops Returns" http://www.doubleencore.com/2013/11/whats-changed-in-android-4-4-kitkat/

"Goodbye, App Ops" http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/11/16/getting-to-know-android-4-4-kitkat-edition-android-gets-cleaner-brighter-more-useful/

"Completely remove app ops activity." https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Settings/+/ca1b7458244191214172009d21eae2d04b6992f9%5E!/#F0

"AppOpsManager - Added in API level 19" http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/AppOpsManager.html

After upgrading to 4.4 then not being able to get AppOps functionality I restored my 4.3 backup.

I'll wait to see what happens and perhaps switch to CM.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Dennis Zhu:
Multitasking is much faster than jellybean on kit Kat, and the transparent soft keys look really nice
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Anderson2:
I am one of those who is not anxious to install kitkat right now. Is there some way to prevent the ota download from occurring? Otherwise one of my kids might accept to install it accidentally.

Can I prevent the ota from automatically downloading?

Thanks