yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto X General] jayboyyyy:
glad the man spoke up for himself. I just read through this read and couldn't believe what people were saying. Even the money he got from the pwnmymoto bounty was minimal. We are talk $1000 max he got for it. The time he put in probably got him down to around 10 to 20$ an hour. thats absurd anyone would question him saying he wasn't going to publish the exploit, and then assume it was to hold it hostage. Learn a little about things before making such conjectures.

I can't believe the amount of time he already spends on helping people out in forums etc when it came to pwnmymoto. Answering stupid questions people ask over and over and over. If i were him i would have flipped and gone off, but he would just answer them anyway as if he hadn't answered it a million times in the past and the person acsking could have just done their own research.

Extremely disappointed in the members that even caused him to write the posts he did above. WOW! just unbelievable. you all could have just bought dev phones and spent your OWN extra cash if you cared that much. or spend your time figuring out exploits then see how much time actually goes into it. Be grateful. Not an idiot.
[Moto X General] natezire71:
Edit: nevermind
[Moto X General] gcarterny:
jcase thanks for all your time and effort and hopefully Google will pick you up and help secure Android even more . I buy developer editions and anyone else who wants root should too.
[Moto X General] jcase:
I try to buy developer editions as well, when buying for myself. Not because I want root (i dont unlock them) but to support the practice.
[Moto X General] SubliminalME:
Wish I could afford a DE. Unfortunately, good ol' Verizon does not discount your bill when you aren't subsidizing a device. Grrr.
[Moto X General] jayboyyyy:
just another option. buy a subsidized phone with locked BL. then sell it immediately and buy a dev phone. It costs like 100$ more that way to get a dev phone. maybe not even that much if you bought subsidized, sold it, then waited a month for dev phone prices to drop 100$.
[Moto X General] SubliminalME:
That's actually solid advice. Have to remember that next time.
[Moto X General] jayboyyyy:
at where prices are now, assuming you buy a brand new dev phone. you could probably sell yours and get a dev phone for an extra 150. you can probably get 400 or your phone assuming you haven't dropped it, and get a brand new dev phone for 550. not a bad trade off.
[Moto X General] SubliminalME:
Like I said...next time. My phones always suffer a little bit here and there. 1 year old dropped it the other day and dinged a corner...not the screen, mind you, but it ain't new looking anymore. :)
[Moto X General] jayboyyyy:
people are craigslist may still pay 400. but i understand. was just throwing it out there. thats what im considering doing right now because im sick of worrying about whether i will have root or not.
[Moto X General] SubliminalME:
You know what's funny. I unrooted last Friday, thinking the soak would surely happen right away, and haven't really missed anything except the ability to remove the stock battery icon to use battery bar instead. Lol.

I think that this phone and phones like it are a real game changer. Not like the Thunderbolt or the S3 I had where you needed root to remove all sorts of nonsense. It's already almost a Nexus-like experience...just like to do a few stupid tweeks that I definitely don't need.
[Moto X General] thekendog:
I completely agree. This is day two for me with this thing and it's amazing so far. Custom ROMs are fun but the only reason I had them was to get rid of TouchWiz and Sense. It's nice to know I have something that just looks and works like I want it to now, no tinkering. Only thing I miss so far is Adaway. God I hate ads.
[Moto X General] jimmiet:
THIS!!!

For anyone that was a "Day 1" (G1) Android user, this means a lot! The biggest problem today in this community is a feeling of entitlement by the users to anything from the developers. They (the devs) don't owe us (the users) ANYTHING. As [MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION] said, YOU do it. Take the time out of your life to learn how, go through the trial and error of making it work (if at all possible), and see if it was really that rewarding in the end. All devs do it as a passion, they don't do it for the money, for the fame, for the social status...there isn't any. When Android first came onto the scene, the respect and admiration that users gave devs was astounding. That has slowly but surely decreased over the years and it shows. You bought a phone from a company that is notorious for their bootloader security and did so knowingly and willingly. If, hypothetically, any dev found a way to unlock it, root it, put a future version of Android on it before any other phone, then decided not to share it, so what? That is their work, their time, their life that they put into it. Entitlement is not and should not be expected or implied. I bought a Moto X on VZW fulling expecting no root, no unlockable bootloader, no custom ROMS, no exploits, but had hope that it could be done and hope it would be shared. If not, so be it, it's the choice that had to be made when I bought it, and the same goes for anyone else. /endrant
[Moto X General] jedson3614:
Root

This is my first post on this forum, but have been a member since the original HTC dream. I got the Motox x for Verizon just as other did hoping to root the device. I got my 4.4 Kitkat update Yesterday 11/19/13. I would much rather run clockwork and install cyogen. I believe that requires an unlocked boot loader which I do not have. If a root exploit is not made for 4.4, is there hope to install custom roms for this device ? Even a root i would take at this point so i can install rooted Apps. Im curious why the boot loader is so difficult to unlock on the Verizon network ? Is it Motorola or Verizon that is making it difficult ? forgive me if i do not know much, Im familiar with Linux and android ADB commands from command shell, and have a rooted nexus 7 2012, but know very little about the Moto x. i blame myself for not doing nearly as much research as i should have. i do know the phone itself is outstanding non rooted wise, but rooted would just make it better. :o
[Moto X General] TheDave1022:
My main reasons for root are to bring over applications using TiB (and then backing them up), i hate the default quick settings and dont understand why google doesnt allow for them to be added/removed, and i need the exchange pin bypass (otherwise a skip might be in my future). otherwise i dont really need root, but prefer to have it
[Moto X General] :
Uh.

Okay.
[Moto X General] jedson3614:
Mistake

yeah sorry that was misinterpreted , I like the device but still wish it was rooted, I corrected myself.
[Moto X General] KidJoe:
This is so true. Things have changed...

I remember a ways back when I was on Hofo (under a different name) and kept up a web site with tips, tricks and how too's. I had people who contributed their time and info to me and that I worked with to create the processes for those moto feature phones, which enabled me to do it.. Point is, back then people on the boards were more respectful, patient, grateful and "entitlement" wasn't even implied.

Today, it seems every one expects someone else to bring out root for their phone, sooner rather than later, that ROMs and updates be "leaked" sooner rather than later/never, patches and hacks, sooner rather than later, etc.

With the carriers, and to some extent Google, trying to secure Android, its going to be harder and harder to root, and take JCASE and those like him, longer and more effort to root. At some point, it might not even be possible.

I bought the DEV Edition because I wanted to be sure I could root. It cost more, but it was the right decision.
[Moto X General] lowvolt1:
I completely understand your point on this. And respect your position.

That being said, it still sucks. Lol.

For those of us who love root and love even more sticking it to the man but don't have the know how to do it ourselves or the money to purchase Dev editions.

Thank you for all you have done for the community!

Mad respect to you my friend.
[Moto X General] Jposton:
I seen it coming when I read a few of the post in this thread. I just wish i had the know how to do it my self.
[Moto X General] thekendog:
I have the same sentiments. It sucks knowing there's a method to root available, but he can do what he wants. I didn't buy this phone expecting some guy I don't know on a forum to do **** for me.
[Moto X General] attrapp:
Despite the feelings of jcase on releasing his root method that doesn't mean we shouldn't start up a 4.4 bounty to attract other devs.
[Moto X General] chaoslimits:
It's unfortunate that non Dev Ed users may end up being stuck without root. Dev Edition (and decent stock firmware) was the only way I was going to trust a Motorola phone ever again after the Droid X.

Either way, thank you for your hard work [MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION]; Unfortunately, self-entitlement isn't limited to Android developers =(
[Moto X General] natezire71:
Can we then? I really think we should.... I appreciated Jcase's work. I would really like to see root for this device. I'm going to have to sell it if I don't... my beautiful custom MotoX. :(
[Moto X General] matt99017d:
We already did. Let's try to keep it on topic.
[Moto X General] natezire71:
OP needs to change the title to something else.

"[BOUNTY] 4.4 ROOT for MOTO X"

I'm creating a new thread. I don't think we should have this particular thread be the thread simply because of the mini-hate between that guy and Jcase.
[Moto X General] sorullo_xgrx:
I really though the X would have some love from devs. It was between this phone or the HTC one. Which it took them long time to find an exploid too. Time is everything not just the money you put into it. Just hope someone can crack the code.
[Moto X General] natezire71:
Please make pledges in this thread: Go Here!
[Moto X Q&A] bso44:
Has anyone noticed this wakelock in Better Battery Stats or any other battery stats app? For the past day or so, this has been keeping my phone from deep sleep continuously and I've never seen it before. I just wiped cache & dalvik to see if it persists.
[Moto X Q&A] mikeruoc:
Yes I got it for the first time yesterday. Did a force stop on the google frame work and it stopped. Seems like it came with the latest gooogle play services. I hope they fix it soon. Has not come back so far.
[Moto X Q&A] tejaskary:
I have seen this dreaded wakelock and found no good solution....It comes and goes away on its own (I had tried cache and dalvik)

Back when I had root, I also tried to disable this service using a root app called DisableService. Though that seemed to have some other side effects, so I gave up....Now I am on 4.4 and Wakelock detector does not work with Kitkat, so I am not even able to check if these are happening anymore...Ignorance is bliss :)
[Moto X Q&A] bso44:
So you haven't noticed any significant battery drain from it?
[Moto X Q&A] tejaskary:
Yes, no significant drain..However, it would still annoy me seeing this one in Wakelock detector/ betterbatterystats that too for hours.....Its a service contained in Google Play services which is closed source, so can't even find out for sure what this exactly does
[Moto X Q&A] Julianocas:
Damm you Google
[Moto X Q&A] bso44:
I wiped cached and that wakelock seems to be gone. *knock on wood*
[General Questions and Answers] freejack2k:
Hi all

Just bought this Android tv box

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/XBMC...ogle-Amlogic-8726-MX-Cortex-A9/613059048.html

Flashed it with firmware from this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2157163&page=2

Than did the over the air update to latest firmware.

All rebooted ok and was working, only problem i had was i tried to install xbmc and it said there was not enough space so i decided to go back to the backup of the previous firmware that i had made.

When i tried to reboot the box the blue light comes on but there is nothing coming on tv, have tried with a pin in the back to boot in to recovery but tv says no signal. Have tried 2 hdmi cables and both working fine on blu ray player but nothing coming from tv box

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks

freejack2k
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twigg2324:
I do know this subject has been discussed more than a few times, and was simply wondering if a solution had been found.

I am the proud owner of a Galaxy Tab 10.1. It registers only as an APX Device, and I have tried all the known solutions that I have been able to find including disconnecting the battery for a while.

It will not respond to NVFlash, giving me the error code that suggests the bootloader is locked.

My question is ... Has anyone developed a solution to this problem yet?

Secondly, if I have to replace the motherboard, which one is compatible? I ask this because there seems to be confusion among suppliers, with some appearing to suggest that the motherboards for the original Tab, and the Tab 2 might be the same. That sounds suspiciously wrong to me, but you might know better :)

Thanks for taking the time with a noob question about well-trodden ground.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] den10:
Just bought a S4 and some how I don't think the home hardware button is working as it should. I have to press it really well for it to work (same usual laggyness since I haven't yet disabled S-voice double tap). When I do press it, it doesn't sink in or rise up again like buttons should. I have real trouble figuring out if I did press it or not.

Is this a manufacturer's defect and should I return it? It might be because I have the newest 19506 variant (with 2.3GHz Quad core and CAT 4)

If its not too much trouble, may I ask someone to please upload a video either on here or on youtube demonstrating on a macro close up how far the home button should depress and rise and a general comment on how it feels? (I live kinda far away from a phone shop)

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keedier:
never had that problem, samsung s4's home button is usually snappy and responsive. im afraid i cant help with the video uploading for you but im 50% sure you have a defective samsung key.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] den10:
Well, I've posted a video online showcasing my problem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LNulcKnELM

Could anyone please advise me further on this? Would this be a valid reason to return the phone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] maino22:
I left my phone in to charge over night and when I woke up I saw a notification stating that I should insert an SD card. Weird because I have an 8GB Samsung Micro SD HC. It was working perfectly fine the night before as I took many pictures and they save automatically to the SD.

I tried reading it on my computer and still, nothing shows up. I really would love to find a way to make my data appear back. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Youthanasia:
If you're phone and computer doesn't recognize it. It's most likely fried and there is no way of retrieving what you had on it. I had a 64mb San Disc frie last week for no apparent reason as well.

Luckily I had a backup on my computer of the sim. Everytime I add something to it that I don't want to lose I make a copy of it
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone2kill:
Hi guys...

There's one stupid and annoying issue that happens in my Sony Xperia S when taking photos!

I don't know if it's global, but i don't think so, because i didn't see anyone else claiming about it.

When i'm taking photos with close focus (like 20cm distance), i press camera button to focus and it shows green, but the image is a little blured, and i press the button all the way down to take the photo even with the blured image, and then the pre-visualisation of image is well focused...

I have already tried to focus again like 20cm distance, and then move the phone so the image gets not blured, like with excellent focus, then i take the photo, and it gets with really bad focus... -_-

I have already tried different camera mods, like advanced stock camera, cybershot mod, all the same.

Any one with same issue? Any way to fix it?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
you can fix with root

you need to edit build prop though

Ill paste some things for you to put in your build prop later

#--right here
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone2kill:
Ok thanks... I have my phone rooted and bootloader unlocked, and stock ROM with DOOMKERNEL v6.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
ro.media.enc.jpeg.quality=100

ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=192000

ro.media.enc.hprof.vid.bps=192000

ro.media.camera.focal=3000.0,3500.0

ro.media.camera.principal=1500.0,1750.0

paste the above in your build props

leave a few empty lines below, this is as good as XS camera will get, I tested this for months and can be found in my Custom Rom

Best of luck

Edit (3:29Am 21st of Nov) - Sorry that took me so long , had to find it inside of my

200gb mess of files
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone2kill:
Big thanks man! I will try it tomorrow, here is already dark night (Portugal)... Then i will tell you if it works.

If you know more nice tweeks for XS camera, i will apreciate ;)

What camera mod are you using in your ROM? stock one? I am using Rizal Lovins' cybershot mod right now.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
stock camera mods

you can flasg Cybershot Over it though
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone2kill:
Problem still present... :/ Tried to clear cache and dalvik cache, still the same...

Tried to record screen, but camera screen gets dark at the video, only showing camera buttons. :/

It's really bad when i try to take photos with macro lens, e can't get any perfect shot like i used to take with my SX ARC... :/

I think i have to get used to this issue :/

Thanks anyway
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
Whats your meteting setting i usualy use centre or spot

My iso is low and in low light(inside my house no mater what) flash on

Hardly ever have these issues
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone2kill:
I have centered metering, ISO auto, auto-focus i have already tried single, multi and touch focus.

I've also tried taking fotos with original camera, camera FV5 and Lenovo supercamera. All of them with the same problem.

Taking photos with flash at night, preview is really fast and i can't see if it do the same like without flash...

I have to try to record with my brother's Honamy, maybe it's visible while recording that way, since i can't capture screen while taking photos...

The worst problem is when i try to take macro photos or taking photos with super macro lens. Being really hand-stable isn't enough. I have to get used to this focus issue :/
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
Then i have no idea

Have you tried these tweaks with the stock camera

What i have:

Stock Rom No mods besides the build props

96FW

Stock kernel

Bootloader unlocked

Dualboot installed

Sent From The ACP Development HQ
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone2kill:
I just don't know where to find the original camerra app... I've searched but i couldn't find it for JB...

I have stock ROM with DoomKernel, 96FW Rooted and unlocked.

I have only moded notification bar, Home.apk, and Camera (cybershot)... and build.prop but only adding lines not related with camera.

Maybe it's my phone's fault... Thanks anyway for your help.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
for stock camera

try downloading a stock rom

just copy the 3 camera apps
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] sh500:
As per subject really...

I have the Imate WWE 1.13 ROM on my JAM but cannot find the '£' sign anywhere on the keyboard (just the $).

Is it possible to change this somehow- even with an additional plugin/app if need be?

Thanks.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Skyward:
Go start--->settings--->system--->regional settings and select United Kindom
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] sh500:
I was waiting for someone to mention that :P Should have said, all regional settings are UK already
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rudoe:
Sometimes I have processes (see screen shots) that just eat my battery even though I force closed all programs. Only a restart seems to solve it.

Does someone have the same problem?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theesotericone:
If your media server is that high you most likely have a corrupt file on your sdcard. The scanner hits a bad file and gets stuck on it. It's been a known issue with it for a long time. Could be a music file or a photo. To check photo's connect to an PC and look for thumbnails that won't generate. For music pull it all off and see if the service goes back to normal.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] knite75:
I'm really trying to love Chrome. Primarily, it syncs up with my desktop Chrome.

However, why is it so LAGGY?

Can I transfer power from main shield and life support system to Chrome to make it smoother?

For God sake Jim!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] busab:
I agree. Idk why it's so laggy. I hope that when we eventually get kitkat it will fix it. On my Nexus 5 enabling the ART runtime instead of Dalvick made it run as smooth as a baby's ass. I hope Samsung leaves that option in.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haza12d:
Just wanted to know if it was safe to freeze the stock messaging app with Titanium Backup. I Was planning on using GO SMS Pro to handle text/MMS.

HAZA12D_HYPERDRIVE_NOTE3
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
Yes it is safe. I've done the same.

Running Beans build 2.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hctimin:
Same here.

Froze Stock and only using Handcent.

Emoji FTW!!:victory:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haza12d:
U guys running stock rooted or a custom ROM? What ROM/build if you are? Thanks!

HAZA12D_HYPERDRIVE_NOTE3
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ginger man:
I've done on stock and custom. Rooted and not rooted. It's safe I promise haha
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hctimin:
+1 Used Handcent on stock and Beans
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Dalisword:
Hello, I'd like to flash Cyanogenmod 10.1.3 to my Sprint Galaxy S4. SPH-L720. I've installed TWRP. I understand Nandroid is the recommended backup. I've installed nandroid, busybox, granted SU permissions etc. Now before backing up via Nandroid I have a couple questions.

1.) Is it acceptable to save my Nandroid backup to dropbox?

2.) There are 3 options I can select Yaffs2 as Tar. Exclude Dalvik Cache. Exclude Google Music Files. I am guessing I don't need to save Google music files because I don't have anything in there as of now but I don't know what the first two options do. Could someone explain to me the purpose of these options and whether I may want to check them? Do I want to disable MD5 generation or compress the backup?

3.) After saving the backup am I ready to flash Cyanogenmod?

4.) To flash the ROM I just boot TWRP and tap to install the zip then let the phone work its magic? The ROM I will be installing is the Stable option on this page.

^^ I suppose it won't let me post the url but it's the jfltespr stable ROM from Cyanogenmod

Thanks in advance for the help!