yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdny8:
Root doesn't require wiping data. Unlocking a bootloader does.

I'm not sure why all your apps didn't automagically upload. I'd check your accounts for sync. Then I'd simple delete your account if that didn't work and then reboot the phone and add it back.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stickmage:
the issue #1 at current state will still be an issue as there doesn't seem to be a way to change the 3 navbars on 4.4

3) yes, do you mean by cleaned up version of dialer ? honestly you really should root your device and get the 4.4 pa. you're missing out on so much and you dont have to wipe SD. Plus it's easy to backup files to your pc if anything. I made a mistake of soft bricking my device by wiping too much and lost all my backups but it's still worth starting from bare scratch.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] montrealguy:
Yes- but don't you have to unlock the bootloader in order to root? If so, a wipe is needed.

I've done a factory reset twice, and both times it did not restore my apps. Were your apps restored when you signed in? I'm on the D803.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] montrealguy:
1. Are you saying that on 4.4, the third onscreen button is still "settings" instead of "tile/multitask"? I thought I saw the tile button on one of the demo photos...

3. Yes I mean the new 4.4 dialer that I'm getting on my Nexus 4. It's amazing- and I'd want the same on the G2. On my Nexus 4 dialer, I start typing in the name of a nearby restaurant and it pulls up the phone number in an instant!

4. So are you saying that whenever I update 4.4 PA (which will be very often), I won't have to wipe each time and lose all my data? 4.4 is still in alpha state, so you can be sure that there are going to be numerous and frequent updates.

5. Do you know if anyone has photos or a video tour of 4.4 PA on the G2?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stickmage:
yeah the third button is recent. and i don't know about anyone else but that was the selling point for me to switch. on my belld803 whenever i pressed recent on any 4.2.2 rom, it was laggy and choppy. now its smooth. Just backup your launcher and use titanium backup, it doesn't even take time to replace these things.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Facination5237:
Hello I have the Samsung Epic Galaxy S2 (SPH-D710) Running JB GB27 and using Agats GB27 as root. I downloaded Samsung drivers from their development site and was able to connect to QPST and CDMA with no problem.

The problem began after I downloaded Kies and installed it. Then I wasn't able to connect to QPST or CDMA anymore indicating 'No Phone' on port when in fact the phone is connected with 'ALL' and 'Modem' set on the phone correctly.

Kies displayed that my samsung drivers were being updated to the latest version. I decided then to delete Kies and unistall the samsung drivers Kies updated for me. Cleared out the registry and orphaned files left over reboot. Re-installed my previous samsung drivers but to no avail.

I'd appreciate any and all feedback

Thank You
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtjx09:
I apologize if there is a thread for this but if it exists, I cant find it.

My nexus 4 lags for 5 minutes on Google screen, THEN still boots. I also have no wifi... Even after reflashing boot img, and doing a full wipe

I recently messed up my CWM recovery, and was stuck on stock. I was able to fix it, reflashed CWM using abd and fastboot, everything was successful. Ever since, when my phone loads, it stays on the Google screen for 5 minutes, before it ever starts the rom bootup. This is not just a specific rom, its even happening on stock ROM. My phone does boot, so this is just a OCD fix now, but a 7-10 minute boot for my phone... is kinda crazy. Does anyone have a solution?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
Try dirty flashing (only wipe cache and dalvik cache) your exact ROM.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtjx09:
I will try but I dont think its gonna fix it... worth a shot. But I also found out I have no sound... I'm kinda getting worried here.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] tjump7:
Hi all, I just wanted to inform you that you can actually WRITE to the charging cradles NFC tag. Cool, right? and to revert it back to just opening the gear manager app, just download an app called "Gear Tag Writer" which will rewrite the bluetooth address to the cradle. Have fun although i do not know how many bytes it holds :p
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] erwinsie:
looking to get a spare cradle,

any further use of writing tag to the cradle? otherwise i will just buy knock off cradle from china for US7, i dont think it will come with nfc :)

original is $21-24 ouch...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T41NT:
If I keep getting the red light of death? Already did the steps a few days ago and here I am again. Barely managed to get the phone on and went from 0 battery to 100 in the last few minutes, and was at 93 when it shut off...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] republicano:
depends, if its new return it, warranty has expired and phone was fine during that year, put a new battery inside, if you did the battery cycle steps then take the battery out and check with a voltmeter, hold power button to clear all remaining power in the phone, insert and charge again and see if the battery chip has been fixed. this is what i would do,

or find a battery with the same specs and try boot with that
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caribouxda:
Does it seem stylish to you?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] borgs:
Hi,

I removed Picture Password expecting the old Password application to take its place. But, even after a soft reset, it hasn't.

Anyone know how I can reinstall the old password program without hard resetting and having to reinstall all my existing apps?

Picture Password was ok but I found that after an alarm I would press down and ok on the physical buttons and turn the device off and when I turned it back on the button press password I had would not be recognised.

Thanks alot
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] vijay555:
Check this registy key:

HKLM\ControlPanel\Password

It should have value

"Redirect" = "\windows\password.cpl"

I think. But ensure whatever's there, there's no sign of the uninstalled picture password app.

V
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] borgs:
Thanks vijay555,

The registry was as you said it should be. password.cpl seems to have been removed from my system. Can I download it from anywhere?

Cheers
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] vijay555:
borgs: I suspect I'm talking out of my a$$. I got those keys from the net, but checking my magician, my values are (note, no redirect value)

(DWORD) Group

(VALUE) 0

(DWORD) TimeOut

(VALUE) 0

I don't have password.cpl either.

V
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] borgs:
Thanks vijay555, once I removed the redirect key and powered back on the password app reappeared. It seems like Picture Password didn't clear up after itself.

Thanks very much for the info - much appreciated.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] dMaggot:
EDIT: This info is wrong, see last post.

The CM posted at

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2385111

advertised as CyanogenMod for E610/E612 won't install on e612. In particular, this is because

META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script

starts with a check

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "e610" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "e610");

and e610 is actually hardcoded in several other places.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] Tupic Perez1:
It works really good on e612, ive flashed it and used it like a month, maybe 2, just update your cwm, if this doesnt work, just delete this line:

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "e610" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "e610");

With notepad++

Enviado desde mi LG-E610 usando Tapatalk 2
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] dMaggot:
Futureman

So 2 months ago you flashed this ROM that was posted 1.5 weeks ago? That's good info for debugging, thanks...
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] dMaggot:
To give more complete info, this is sort of a cold boot issue: At some point that assertion was added and ever since it is not possible to install CyanogenMod if you didn't have CyanogenMod installed, but testers wouldn't be able to notice because they already have build.prop with settings set to e610.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] Tupic Perez1:
This rom is since August, since second alpha I'm using it and every build worked on my e612:)

Enviado desde mi LG-E610 usando Tapatalk 2
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] dMaggot:
Right, as clarified above, I think the issue is when moving from stock to one of the recent builds. I think I didn't see that check in build around June, I'm not sure right now because I know I had this latest build installed (and an unbootable cell) when I tried the build from June.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] dMaggot:
This is all wrong...

I just realized this thing is an E617 so the whole thread is wrong, please disregard.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] Tupic Perez1:
If its e617 follow this guide;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=44290955

Enviado desde mi LG-E610 usando Tapatalk 2
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anandirom:
hello everyone

my neken n5 reboots automatically and stucks on the logo while restarting,i had hard reset several times but it didn't work. so i flash a custom rom from needrom,from that my phone is totally bricked, i can't restart my phone..but when i plug in pc,the pops...so anyone please help me to flash a coorect rom and tell me how...i need your help ASAP.because this is the only phone i have...

i will never forget for your valuable help....

thank you in advance..

IROM
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamhacked:
I've owned a nexus 4 for six months before this. The screen feels better than the nexus 4 in hand, don't know if it's because of the gorilla glass 3 or different coating. Did anyone's coating wear off yet? I'm refraining from cleaning the display because I'm scared the coating will wear off. It also isn't getting dirty in the first place, the oleophobic coating is good this time.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
I never had an issue with the N4 regarding the oleophic coating wearing off bro.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bblzd:
On the Corning website there is a whitepaper about the Gorilla Glass 3 coating. It was specifically designed to withstand wiping, 20,000 wipes so and that's with the worst case scenario "rubbing the screen on your clothes". It also recovers over 99% of the screen visibility in just a wipe or two.

It did also outline using different cleaning products and chemicals. All of them degraded the coating and were not recommended.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cas8180:
Do spigen clear screen protectors 10 bucks for a three pack and solved.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sn0warmy:
I did. But it was after about 6 months of use and I think I made the mistake of using windex with alcohol to clean it. Lesson learned...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juinny:
Mine wore off after 3 weeks. Not the entire screen though. More like two lines towards the bottom of the screen. Call Google Play to get it replaced. It really shouldn't happen within 3 weeks of use.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meangreenie:
On my nexus 4 which I got last year at launch, the coating has worn off in two places, only noticed this the last month or so. Never used anything to clean it apart from a bit of spit and my tea shirt a few times.

1) Where I scroll web pages, lower rightish, about an inch or so long and a finger tip+ wide.

2) A very small patch right at the bottom in the middle, where I slide up for pie controls.

I hope the n5 has a more durable coating.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr. Sprinkles:
Yikes, Windex has ammonia. Very hard on this kind of stuff.

Guys, use a dry microfiber cloth. You can get it slightly damp with water to power through any dried on pieces of god-knows-what. Your coating should outlast the phone.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nitemare3219:
Microfiber is king. I never even have to wet it down.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsanity:
Ok this is the first time I hear about the coating on Gorilla glass wearing off. This stuff is fused into the glass. I've used windex, alcohol and other chemicals on both my N4 and N5 and have never seen any wear marks of any kind.

How do you know you have a wear spot? Can anyone post a picture?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bblzd:
Corning recommends not using any chemicals. They degrade the coating somewhat as it was designed to make wiping marks and stains away easy with only cloth. 10 wipes a day should last 5 years or so.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsanity:
OK, I can understand what the glass manufacturer recommends but I was asking for pictures. Had anyone had actually damaged it using cleaning fluids? Like I mentioned, I've used windex and alcohol on my N4 almost each day for the past year and the screen looks brand new each time I clean it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmstlist:
I would not recommend Windex as it can actually undergo chemical reactions with coatings. Diluted alcohol-based lens cleaners should be safer.

I had my first N5 for a few weeks but it had 7 dead pixels, so I got an RMA swap. The first one I just threw in my pocket without any protection, and after two weeks I noticed in very bright direct light a few tiny surface scratches - presumably in the surface coating. Not as bad as what would happen on Galaxy Nexus but I didn't want it to get any worse. So now I'm using a screen protector.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsanity:
That's surface scratches... totally different than some wear spots from some presumable coating coming off.

I'm sorry but I think your note about some chemical reaction with Windex is total BS. That's just from my experience actually using Windex on the surface.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamhacked:
I've used a damp microfiber cloth to wipe my screen. I felt that my finger didn't glide as smooth as before with my Nexus 4 before. But the coating on the nexus 5 is great, I never even had to wipe my screen yet because the coating is just that good.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmstlist:
Have it your way. Ammonia is a nucleophile. It can open up certain types of chemical bonds. Prolonged use with any sort of polymer such as a coating can cause permanent chemical changes.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dingokevin:
I too have never hear of the coating coming off. I'm a paramedic and use some harsh cleaners on my phone and have never had a problem.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mistix:
Edit: I realized this this discussion is more about the screen coating screen cracks, I have made a different post instead. I did not delete this post encase it is interesting as it is screen related, however if you feal it is to off topic I will delete it.

I have been lucky so far but my co-worker's phone died not even two weeks in. :( He said his kid had knocked a glass (cup/mug) over hitting the screen at an unusual angle.

The phone it self works grate but it must have caught the screen at the wrong angle for it to crack. I say this because I have dropped my Nexus 5 with some force and it has been fine so far. Also its not often I see a crack starting from the side (see pic) and not one of the corners.

The only place here in Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) that would repair it had a price that was ~50 shy of a brand new Nexus 5 (he has a 16gig).

Edit: The screen protector in the pic was not attached during the crack it is a iPhone4 protector added after the crack so that the phone can be used without bleeding fingers.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LaurenceGough:
Hi

A bit of a thread bump, but this came up in my search... I had my Nexus 5 since launch day, but in the last few months I have noticed two rather large areas of the middle of the screen are always oily or "smudged".

If I clean the screen by carefully applying sellotape and then lifting, all oil and smudges are removed, but even after cleaning my hands and using the screen lightly in the same two areas there is always a permanent smudge, and in those areas it feels different, as if the coating is removed.

I have not used any screen protectors or cleaners and I take great care of my Nexus.

It is annoying with the glare.

I haven't had a phone do this before..

I have started a more recent thread here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2637312 but perhaps this thread will have subscribers viewing it.

Cheers
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] jerpelea:
CyanogenMod is a free, community built distribution of Android 4.4 (KitKat) which greatly extends the capabilities of your phone.

#include <std_disclaimer.h>
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
*/

XDA:DevDB Information

{Z}[DEVELOPMENT] - CM11 - Android 4.4 - FreeXperia Project , a ROM for the Sony Xperia Z

Contributors

FXP, Kali

Version Information

Status: Testing

Created 2013-11-24

Last Updated 2013-11-24
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] jerpelea:
HOWTO

Install instructions:

first time

- power off the phone:

- hold vol+ and plug usb to boot into fastboot (blu led)

- fastboot flash boot boot.img (from cm10 zip)

- fastboot reboot

- enter recovery, on boot led will be violet for 3'', during this period press vol+

- flash rom zip

- flash gapps zip

- wipe

- reboot

for update just flash rom zip from recovery

Google Apps are not included in this ROM. You'll need to find those yourself if you want them.

ENJOY AN UNOFFICIAL CM RELEASE BROUGHT TO YOU BY FreeXperia Team

PLEASE DONT MIRROR OUR ROMS

DOWNLOAD

http://unrestrict.li/FXP
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] jerpelea:
thanks to all who made this possible supporting us

contributing with code, donations or even trusting us

thanks to SONY that made all this possible !

DOWNLOAD

http://unrestrict.li/FXP
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] dasprot:
Very cool, any known bugs?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] greglord:
Fantastic! Thank you FXP!
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] luissilva34:
sound dont work
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] BoneMo:
meanwhile you can try CM11 from here http://cm11.karbowiak.dk/ but i think FXP 247 will have it fixed :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] bariz143:
If im not wrong this is the same build posted a week ago fxp?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] LaMaaH:
My poor bandwidth :(

Anyway, it's building new builds every day around 18-19 GMT+1, till the official nightlies start.

Also a changelog can be found here: http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/q/status:merged+branch:cm-11.0,n,z

Enjoy ;)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] bariz143:
I'm on aokp right now. Do I have to work if I want to use your rom?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] LaMaaH:
"my" rom is just plain CM11.

Not entirely sure, but you can try and flash it over (and add GAPPS aswell), and hope it'll use your data partition as is. Tho it might conflict
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] bariz143:
It works good atm. But I get fc when trying to sync Google account. Says something about gapps. I flashed PA gapps right after rom btw
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] LaMaaH:
Running ART? If yes, that might be why. I got the same gapps fc with it.

You can try and clear it's cache tho, that might fix it :)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] bariz143:
That solved it thank you. :)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] chesterr:
So many apps crashes on ART, Titanium Backup, Whatsapp, Viber, Helium, etc. Hope they'll update these apps.
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] bariz143:
Yes they do for me to. But with the aokp rom everything works flawlessly with art on. Wonder why it doesn't work with this one.

BTW [MENTION=531649]LaMaaH[/MENTION] your rom rocks. Just updated to your latest and it's smooth as butter.Anyway you could look into Art?
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] iKillCypher:
Guys does the red line at the side exists ? And lag on volume rocker and music unable to play in the latest
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] bariz143:
No it works great man. I mean lamahs build
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] iKillCypher:
they must have fixed it fully... then I will test :)
[Xperia Z Original Android Development] FateNozomi:
mx player hw+ and software decoder is not working =(, on dalvik
[Droid RAZR M General] aviwdoowks:
Flash from recovery. (BACKUP first!)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42689559&postcount=3
[Droid RAZR M General] ezknives:
Welcome back...
[Droid RAZR M General] Jersey846:
For the noobs, what does this do? Any by "noobs" I specifically mean "me.
[Droid RAZR M General] ezknives:
It's the radio from the new update... For me I saw better reception in 3g only areas but I flashed the old radio back as in my house it couldn't decide if it wanted 3g or 4g causing data drops and what not...
[Droid RAZR M General] SrPintas:
Does it give better reception for HSDPA+ aswel ?

Here in Bolivia the signal is anything but stable at times... I'm wondering if it will help =\
[Droid RAZR M General] aviwdoowks:
Is your bootloader unlocked? Backup & try it.
[Droid RAZR M General] SrPintas:
Indeed it is

I'm about to make a fresh install I might aswell give it a go ^^
[Droid RAZR M General] SrPintas:
So I gave it a go...

It got even worse, it can't keep data connection on stable.

I'm writing this runing because the signal might drop anytime --'

I installed it thinking it would get reverted when I reinstall the AOKP Rom I've been using. Well... the signal is dropping all the time! It doesn't even stay connected 90% of the time, I get the H+ symbol for a second and it drops.

So I'm thinking that the ROMs don't touch the radio? Even if I installed fresh the AOKP Rom I was using b4, the radio stuff is still the new one?

If so, how do I revert. I didn't backup because I thought it would get reverted when I reinstall the Rom.
[Droid RAZR M General] aviwdoowks:
This is ...94 latest. I have ...78 previous too at my goodies, but in the text of post 1.
[Droid RAZR M General] SrPintas:
Life saver!

Thank You I'll give it a go and see if my signal goes back to how it was =P

Am I right thinking flashing a ROM doesn't change the radio?
[Droid RAZR M General] aviwdoowks:
It varies.
[Droid RAZR M General] SrPintas:
I'm sorry to be a pain in the ass... I can't find the old radio in your recovery goodies post =\

Am I looking in the wrong place?

---------- Post added at 01:09 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:05 AM ----------

"Restore to stock:

I reworked the 9.8.1Q-78 xml to give cwmr, bootlogo fix & root. Restore/Upgrade.

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2391641 "

is that it?
[Droid RAZR M General] aviwdoowks:
You may need that too. but

my signature links to http://205.196.123.79/enfc9t0cjpog/06j4ygdmdhxlm22/xt907-98.18.78p-radio.zip
[Droid RAZR M General] SrPintas:
I can't find that in your signature =|

Plus that link ain't working for me =(
[Droid RAZR M General] aviwdoowks:
Try it again & once @ media fire, reload
[Droid RAZR M General] SrPintas:
ah thanks

it wasn't even opening MediaFire before, a problem on my end probably. my internet connection is dodgy at best at the moment
[Droid RAZR M General] errotaxar:
Question: can I flash the new radio if I have locked bootloader?

I still have issues with 3g connectivity here in Spain with Movistar operator: 3g connection disables randomly data and voice signals. So I´m forced to use only GSM, and turn to 3g when needed.

I would like to try to flash this new radio to see if there could be a patch inside to solve this issue, but I have 2 questions:

Can I do it with locked bootloader using safestrap?

If things get worse, would restoring a complete backup also restore the radio I had?

Thanks in advance
[Droid RAZR M General] aviwdoowks:
Yes to your stock slot.

Yes to revert by restoring.

Also the previous radio is in my stickys : recovery goodies.