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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] aidankiller4:
Can I still take OTA updates, or if we finally crack the bootloader, flash safestrap or cwm?
[Nexus 5 Accessories] psy_spy:
I will get my N5 within a week. I am planning to buy iSmooth screen protector for it. Has anyone used it? I want to know your opinion before buying it. Here is the link:

oops. It seems that I can't post a link till my 10th post. (amazon -> search for ismooth nexus 5)

Surprised that not many know about ismooth. Please suggest if there are any better screen protectors.

I am also planning to buy a case(thinking of ballistic)

Thanks,

psy_spy
[Nexus 5 Accessories] ritzxda:
I think they're great. Only just caught onto these a couple of months ago but have now purchased them for all of my and my family's devices. I feel like I"ve used everything under the sun with inconsistent results from product to product. iSmooth seems to have the right balance for me in terms of coverage, smoothness, fingerprints etc. They are not fingerprint free like the matte ones but they are easy to put on and easy to wipe the fingerprints off. They also don't taint the quality screen display which is a biggie for me. They're also reasonably priced. Let me know if there's anything specific you'd like to know.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] Baby BB:
Installed iSmooth I my N5,looks and feels great .Got it on there first shot,no bubbles.They even have a link with a how to video if needed. I am rocking a Diztronic Matte case,fits perfect and does not hinder iSmooth protector. Both of those products I saw on this site and were highly recommended.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] psy_spy:
Thank you ritzxda. I just wanted to know 2 things :

1)is it prone to scratches? I used a cheap screen protector for my n4. After a week or so, there were many scratches on it. I had to replace it.

2)The package says it includes 3 screen guards. Are all the 3 good ones? I am asking this because I read in amazon that the additional ones were not of great quality.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] ritzxda:
Sorry just saw this. No they won't scratch like the cheap unbranded ones from eBay. Those get the job done temporarily but they will scratch. Having said that, I applied a cheap 50cent one on a cousins phone and it barely has scratches even after 3 months...he keeps his phone in a pouch at all times though.
[HTC Sensation] g5h4mk:
Flashed it last week, had some issues adjusting to new stuff

But figured most of it out and i have to say ''AWESOME''

Just one thing left to figure out

Blinkfeed synchronizes automatically every........? 1 hour or once a day or what?

auto refresh using wifi only, sitting next to wifi hotspot yet 2 hours passed and didn't auto refresh (always manually refreshing it)

Can't seem to figure it out :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] iampinki:
hallo

can any user wo magician check if his microfon in mda works when headset is pluged?

thanks a lot

arek
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Confused_Cheese:
I've noticed a few times when my phone vibrates and its pretty much flat the screen sometimes rotates. Not sure if this is a normal thing happening with most phones, I'm assuming the vibrate motor is confusing the accelerometer somewhat.

You can see a video of it happening below. The phone is flat against the table. Vibrate is set at 63 which I believe is close to stock. It happens on 50 too.

youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iuo7zsbCj8&feature=youtu.be

Could someone else try this? The app is free. Just switch to auto and set it to something like 0.999 and repeat. Obviously make sure auto rotate is enabled :)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anthonyquarella.vibratetester

I've always found the auto rotate on android a bit over sensitive, just trying to figure out if this might be a fault with mine.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danieljordanmaddux:
Its done it to me before when my phone was laying on my bed charging
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcloadletter1:
Mine rotates after a few seconds. Normal?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Confused_Cheese:
When it vibrated?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcloadletter1:
Yes, I used the test your android app and vibrate on short bursts. I think camera lens is tilting the phone. It was on a flat desk.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Confused_Cheese:
Ahh sorry was trying to quote the other guy on my phone but screwed up. Thanks for letting me know. my phones in a case and it does the same.

When vibrating?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danieljordanmaddux:
Yeah when it vibrated while laying flat the screen would auto rotate in no particular direction.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hooya:
Old thread, but it happens to me when I'm playing some games. Vibrates and the screen flicks upside down, then back to proper orientation. I'm holding it in my hands and it's not totally flat either, so it's really getting thrown out of whack for a moment, then re-orients. Doesn't happen in every game, doesn't happen for every vibration, but it happens enough to be annoying.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prgopala:
Bumping this thread. I have been facing this issue for a while now. Did anybody find a fix for this??
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sharp12:
still happens to me >.>
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrCavity:
This still happens to me every day.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinimdi:
It happens for me too

Anyone knows a fix for this? It seems to be a hardware issue. Did you guys send to technical repair?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperiaUsabit:
i have a rooted xperia u..i accidentally replaced the system clock widget apk with a custom one. and now i can't find.the stock widget in the stock launcher. how can i get it back. plz help
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sc0rpp:
Hello guys,

i bought mine N5 about a week ago and i have noticed a bad battery life. Usually i get about 2-3 hours a screen time with brightness 20%. It might be a stubid question, but is there maybe possible to recalibrate battery?? Also at the moment i am using Cataclysm rom. Any suggestions?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Did you use search and read the other hundred battery threads?

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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toanau:
Turn off Google now. Use greenify and also brick kernel. I get around 3+ hours with this set up. And also to turn off the "OK Google" option.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caribouxda:
It is funny how noobs always feel they should start a "bombastic" thread trying to blame it on the phone.
[Moto X Q&A] iratika:
Has anyone tried any tether methods (particularly for VZW) on 4.4 rooted with jcase's latest method?
[Moto X Q&A] Dburgessme2:
This works just fine...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2536166
[Moto X Q&A] eyc:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2449534

This works great for me on VZW 4.4 non-DE, root with jcase method. And, it simply requires downloading and installing an app. No ADB.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] nadimukani:
So, I have an i337 thats unlocked and using T-Mobile. I am trying to use ISIS on my phone but the AT&T version states "This item isn't available on your carrier." when I try to download it, and the T-Mobile version states "Your device isn't compatible with this version.". I tried the root method yesterday and it was saying something about how my Secure Element ID couldn't be loaded (somewhere along those lines). I DO have an ISIS sim as of yesterday. If anyone knows any workarounds for preferably the rooted method and if not the stock TouchWiz method PLEASE, help me out. I have TWRP with the Jamal v6 ROM on the second partition. I'll hold off on re-rooting it until I can make some progress on research. Haven't found anything so far on XDA or Google.

Thanks!! :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] HORiZUN:
Why not just use Google Wallet?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] nadimukani:
I want to test it out. Seems pretty cool.
[Galaxy S 4 General] wassup50482:
HEy guyz how to fix the video camera on the gt-i9500.on cm10.2
[Galaxy S 4 General] ipois0n1:
Did you read its description? I think CM 10.2 is still a nightly.
[Galaxy S 4 General] medoooooo:
It can't be fixed
[Galaxy S 4 General] varund7726:
Wow.before downloading the ROM from the thread don't u read the list of bugs?

Amazing!!

*Sarcasm
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxTNAxx:
Evening,

Basically I am looking for a app that could be given to people after a presentation for them to write down their views and answer some questions about it. But at the same time i want to start learning Android development so it would be a learning curve for me as well. The app would be installed on a android tablet device as well. Does anyone know of such app or could assist in the dev of one?

Many thanks
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] papperlapapp:
Hello,

I put Cyanogenmod 10.2 Milestone 1 on my Xperia Z and now Im stuck in a boot loop. The CM logo spins and spins and that is it.

I tried to install stable CM 10.1.3 but that did not help either.

EMMA tool or Sony Update thing is not an option, I only use Linux and do not have access to MS Windows.

I can access fastboot mode and CWM.

What options do I have now to get my Z alive again?

If I only knew this would happen such a mess I would have made a complete system backup of the stock ROM.... I only made a backup of my user data...

Thank you!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] papperlapapp:
SOLVED!

Issue solved!

I had to format /data in CWM and then installed CM again. Now it works!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Igor_01011:
Dear all,

I will really appreciate if you can help me. Yesterday my Qtek S110 freezed and looks like dead one. No soft or hard reset works, battery indicator is not working, but I can hear some low clicks and red/green buttons sometimes blinking. Is anybody knows is it possible to make hard reset by other way(not just press power and reset simultaniously)? I hope I can recover my lovely device :( .... Please help. Any ideas are really appreciated.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] aanno:
I had a hard time to unlock the bootloader of my p880 with P88020b-262-000 (ADEUWH) firmware. Because it might be interesting for everyone, I'm posting my experience here.

I have successfully rooted my p880 (with j794_root.rar and 'adb sideload superuser.zip'). But unlocking the boot loader has proofed to be difficult. I'm aware of 3 different methods to unlock (details below) but none of them worked. Strangely enough, invoking the 'hidden menu' by dialing 3845#*880# displays:

Bootloader Unlock Check -> Bootloader Unlock Check -> Unlock

However, the device is still locked. I know this because I tried to install CWM afterwards:

'adb reboot bootloader' and 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img'

complains that the bootloader is not unlocked

cat /sdcard/recovery.img >/dev/block/mmcblk0p1

permission denied

This is what I tried for unlocking:

adb reboot oem-unlock

I never saw the screen expected here (only a kind of recovery screen). No way to 'proceed' with unlocking here.

echo 40000000c8 > /sys/firmware/fuse/odm_reserved

I've always got 'permission denied'. Also tried a bunch of variants, including copy to a tmp file etc.

fastboot oem unlock

This is the most interesting, because it gets me to a menu there I can choose to unlock! The screen gets black after 'Volume -' and 'Power' (but 'fastboot devices' still 'sees' the device, hence it is not powered off). Have to remove the battery and re-plug it...

However, even done this, the p880 is still locked:

$ sudo fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.0
(bootloader) version-baseband: 2.0
(bootloader) version: 0.4
(bootloader) serialno: XXXXXXXXXXXX
(bootloader) mid: 001
(bootloader) product: X3
(bootloader) secure: yes
(bootloader) unlocked: no
(bootloader) partition-size:bootloader:
(bootloader) partition-type:bootloader:
(bootloader) partition-size:recovery: 0x0000000000a00000
(bootloader) partition-type:recovery: emmc
(bootloader) partition-size:boot: 0x0000000000a00000
(bootloader) partition-type:boot: emmc
(bootloader) partition-size:system:
(bootloader) partition-type:system:
(bootloader) partition-size:cache:
(bootloader) partition-type:cache:
(bootloader) partition-size:userdata:
(bootloader) partition-type:userdata:
all:
finished. total time: 3.942s

The solution

The key to proceed is understanding that SuperSU Free will not allow to use 'su' over 'adb'! As result, you have to buy a 'Pro' version of SuperSU. With that:

cat /sdcard/recovery.img >/dev/block/mmcblk0p1

Is possible! This will install CWM (or anything other you like) as recovery partition.

I doubt that the echo stuff does anything useful...

Usefull Links

CWM recovery images http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager

Cyanogen downloads http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=p880

SuperSU download http://download.chainfire.eu/368/

GApps download http://goo.im/gapps/. Please use the right version for you CM version! See https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/CYAN-2735 why this is important!
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Adam77Root:
This is not true. It does. Wherever you got 'permission denied' before was because you either didn't get into root mode before or you forgot to give it access to root mode in the popup window.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] aanno:
Well, it is at least a setting...

Well, difficult to tell after I have bought a Pro version. At least you must enable the 'adb root' option in the SuperSU settings (look at stackoverflow search 'android-adb-permission-denied', as I can't post a link). I still feel that this is possible with the Pro version only...
[LG Optimus 4X HD] laufersteppenwolf:
Adam is right, you can get root over adb just like you can via apps. You just need to type "su" and voila, you're root ;) :D

Also, It is known that "adb reboot bootloader" shows the bootloader to be locked, even though it surely isn't. You have to use "adb reboot oem-unlock" instead ;)

And well, the "echo stuff" actually is useful, depending on what you want (it) to do ;)
[LG Optimus 4X HD] tamer7:
I had the same problems (with all three methods) mentioned by the OP after my mobile came back from warranty repair, running the latest for my country/region (Egypt/MENA). That is V20C.

I thought they locked it for good, until I tried flashing CWM over `adb shell` (after "su") using:

cat /sdcard/recovery.img >/dev/block/mmcblk0p1

And I was able to flash CM11 again and .. thanks for the post.. I was about to give up on this phone for good :)
[Nexus 5 Accessories] Savitar:
Hey guys! Since there is no case compilation thread for our nexus 5 here yet, I thought I would share a good one I found on reddit. There seem to be everything and they are also well ordered. Since I am not yet allowed to post links, I'll just post a the url, I think you know better what to do with it:

w w w [dot] reddit [dot] com/r/Nexus5/comments/1qc6au/case_compilation_thread/

(remove the spaces)

Also, if someone could create a thread with all those cases + prices and availability, that would be great, I think.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Ctrl+A:
Was looking at turning my i9300 into a universal remote controller for home entertainment.

As there is no infrared blaster built in and my TV, DVD, SkyHD box are not bluetooth enabled, two options become apparent, add extra IR hardware or remote Bluetooth to IR hardware.

1. Add external IR hardware - this seems fiddly to have to find and then insert the IR device into headphone socket each time. http://www.irdroid.com/ About €14

2.1. Griffin: http://griffintechnology.com/support/beacon-android (currently out of stock). About €52 and need separate versions for android and apple.

2.2. PDAwin.com: http://www.pdawin.com/android . €79.80

More expensive, and android only, but the app seems quite well thought out. The idea of photographing your own remote or creating an image of your "own" remote and using this is appealing - can prioritise the most used buttons at top of the screen for ease of use.

2.3. irdroid: http://www.irdroid.com/irdroid-v2/ About €44

App functionality needs more work.

2.4: Logitech Harmony

http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/harmony-smart-control, €90

Appears well thought out

Has anyone here tried any of these or other versions?

Any recommendations - besides waiting for my next phone that is ir enabled :)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] imjackdupp:
I haven't tried this yet but thanks for posting the links I may give one of them of a shot.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Ctrl+A:
Found another option to use with IR hardware in the earphone jack - a very comprehensive piece of software: http://developers.coversal.com/projects/coversal/wiki
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Keithgordon:
I tried to downgrade after the update and failed. My phone was totally bricked, I tried flashing TWRP, Philz touch, and CWN and could not get into recovery or anything. I came home and opened sboot.bin with a hex editor and found that SEAndroid in 4.3 is what allows everything to boot and it is write protected, so what i did was copied the sboot.bin into a MC2 Flashable tar and flashed it with Odin, and it worked. I then flashed the update, flashed Phils touch recovery and rooted my fone, now I am on a completely rooted 4.3

Here is a link to the file I used to Unbrick/Downgrade: http://myfavoritecontractors.com/4.3_Unbrick.tar

Several other people have verified they were having the same problem and flashed this and it worked, they also told me to start this thread so others could fix their fone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] az18zz:
im on 4.3 stock i tried rooting with auto root using Odin but it didnt want to root the phone, it worked on 4.1.2 stock but not on this 4.3.. which sucks because i want to go on a custom ROM right now like paranoid android but cant cause i dont know how to root my phone since its 4.3 stock :crying: lol smh
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bonebeatz1234:
Download twrp tar file and flash it in Odin then flash a stock ROM. That's what I did .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sosi:
You are a god, worked flawlessly! I am going to wait for 4.3 via OTA this time instead of flashing the update though (didn't like the Easy Mode big icons etc)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] masber2000:
Thank you for this, this is the only rom I can use to get away from the dreaded Kies error screen. However, I'm now stuck on the Samsung glowing boot screen. Any suggestions on how to fix?

Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ecs87:
I have a MK4 tar that is flash able in Odin for those still looking to unbrick (and those who tried getting to my suspended Dropbox. ..) http://www.mediafire.com/download/7viivd985s7cp8l/L900VPUBMK4_L900SPTBMK4_HOME.tar.zip

After flashing a ROM or using Odin to flash firmware I highly suggest a data/cache wipe in recovery. 99.9% of the time it'll fix a bootloop (unless you've gone and corrupted partitions you had no business touching).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Krizbeatz:
Thank you!

[MENTION=4959296]ecs87[/MENTION]

This tar file unbricked my Galaxy Note II SPH-L900, not rooted anymore after flashing via Odin 3.07, but that is okay for now since my phone is working! Thank you very much!!!!:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikrax:
HELP!

Could you PLEASE provide a little guide (like steps to follow) to fix this problem? I'm now downloading the package but i'm not really sure about what to do with those files... Thanks again
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Keithgordon:
This is for a soft bricked note2, from trying to downgrade from mk4, meaning you can't get into recovery mode or anything past the samdung logo...just flash this with Odin and it'll reboot to stock, then I recommend flashing billards back to stock mc2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Keithgordon:
Just bumping this so it can be found
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nguoiracroi:
Sorry! I’m bad English, I hope you can help me!

Note 2 N7100 can flash this file?

My note2 N7100 update to version 4.3 I have rooted, now I can’t flash any rom by odin or cmw (stock and cook rom), only can flash stock rom version 4.3 but will stop this boot logo “Samsung galaxy note 2 N7100”, I have wipe data factory but not worked.

Ps: I get into Downloading Mode have line “Knox warantty void : 1”

Thank!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
No this is only for l900 sprint.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kalehua4791:
This I will try as soon as I get home I just got the wife a note 3 and now have to fix you note 2.....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] kalehua4791:
This fix didn't work as it says I need a pit file.....

K
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] blane73:
bricked and trying this method {not working}

so i downloaded the file and used odin to flash. it got to cache.img and stopped.

any help?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Keithgordon:
You should be able to flash a custom recovery, flash twrp, then go into twrp recovery and flash (mc2 back to stock unrooted with counter reset) you should be able to find that pretty easy and download it

Other than that, if you get the failed update screen, you can use kies
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Gozap51:
This worked but...

This did work where other files have failed - thank you! With that said, I cannot connect to cellular service nor will the gps lock. I wiped/factory reset a couple times to no avail...any suggestions?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kekehuhu:
I see some horizontal lines when the phone's screen is off and see the screen on a very bright light.

Is it the way LCD panels are supposed to be like or any defect?

I already searched the forum and could not find any answer. Please confirm :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Technochris1:
what you are seeing is the touch screen digitizer.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kekehuhu:
Ok. So, it's nothing to worry about. Thank you.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheInVisibleGoD:
Well... If you don't see it, definitely you have a defect! :p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raomustansar:
Is this tool which shown in picture available for s4 i9505 int. version to backup and restore efs for windows? if yes then please send me the link.thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erikasnoske:
Have no idea what are you talking about... Please explain us better ;)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GalacticHero:
Does anyone know the sar values of MOTO G (body and head) for Europe?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donnelpa:
Found it here: http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_g-5831.php

under MISC
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Spherdeg:
I recently rooted my phone with Casual's method. Everything went smooth on the flash.

Except I am unable to activate the phone through the verizon *228 method.

when I dial *228 it just says physically on the phone "A Verizon Sim card has activated your service and updated your phones roaming capability"

but then I got to call someone and it says I have no service.

I also transferred my service to my old Droid X while I did the rooting just in case that has anything to do with it.

Someone please help, at this point im about to return it to stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] masterchiefb117:
*228 is for 3G devices that have no sim. Thats what Ive been told and what ive experienced. Now you said no service, are you getting any bars or is it no bars at all. Have you tried going to mobile setting and toggling lte/3g mode. Also have your tried the hidden setting either by dialer and changing lte/gms/3g modes and then going back. Sometimes it may get stuck in a radio mode that doesnt get signal like in gms mode. I had been in the same situation and fixed it by doing the above.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hopesrequiem:
New Sim card probably. That's your best bet
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] imnuts:
*228 is only for CDMA devices only, not CDMA/LTE. Your problem is that you activated a non-SIM device on your account after having a SIM device active. Doing so de-activated your SIM card, so you're going to have to go to a VZW store, or call VZW to get a new SIM to have service on your phone again.