yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hardware Hacking General] sigixv:
Hey all,

I have a Galaxy Nexus which recently started to act up on his USB port saying it's constantly connecting /disconnecting to the charger with no cable present.

Device: Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Edition: Maguro GSM

OS: CM10.2 nightly + CM11 Alfa

Chargers: OEM, generic, battery & laptop

Cables: OEM & generic

Reproduceable: sometimes

This week I noticed my phone did not react immediately when I plugged it into the charger. Mostly after some fiddling (bending the cable away from the screen) it would start charging. After pulling the cable or removing the charger from the wall, it would generally take 5 to 10 sec for the phone to realize I pulled it- this used to be instantly.

Strangely, when the phone said it cannot charge it can be connected to a computer as Media Device without any problem. Charging only happens after the fiddling again.

Looking into BBS, it cannot give any stats because it says the device is connected constantly to a charger. Android original battery monitor stats are also a mess but it does not say I am connected always.

Every now and again the phone also starts making notifications as if he was constantly connecting and disconnecting - leading to frustrated looks of the people on my train...

Cleaned out the port - no success

Hit it on the train table - no success

Reset, battery pull, flash, different OS - no success

After this all I think it will be a hardware issue. Nothing seems bent and no pins seem to be sticking out. Removing the back and checking the mother board showed everything still intact and all connectors still in place.

I'm guessing now the micro USB connector of the phone has somewhere some corrosion or a pin out of place but not visible to the untrained eye.

Can someone shed some light please?
[Hardware Hacking General] sigixv:
2 screenshots to show you what I mean.

No, I am not up for 9 hours and lost only 10%... Battery life has become horrible since this issue. It just thinks it's constantly hooked up to a power source and I think it's no longer power efficient because of this. I already disabled charge connection sound because it was driving me crazy ...

Please help if you know even half a solution. I can also post a photo of the connector but the problem is that there's not much to see there...
[Hardware Hacking General] eng.hussam:
I think you have problem with charging circuit >>if you have solid knowledge in electronics you can simply replace it
[Hardware Hacking General] eng.hussam:
replacing this port in attached pic will solve your problem .... otherwise you can fix your own port because I think one of your USB port pin are touching the ground chase of your motherbord
[Hardware Hacking General] sigixv:
Thanks for the reply. Somewhat saw it coming I would have to replace something...

I already looked on some sites like ifixit to see what I could do but I thought to have seen that the Motherboard was in one big piece.

Could you please give me the website where you found this or the name /article code of this component?

Thank you
[Hardware Hacking General] eng.hussam:
try to follow the steps on the link it is very helpful http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repairing+Samsung+Galaxy+Nexus+(Verizon+LTE)+Micro+USB+Charge+Port+%26+Main+Mic/9641

and you have nothing to do with the motherboard just take the old charging port and install the new one
[Hardware Hacking General] sigixv:
Ordered a new part. Hopefully it'll work...
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] eladios:
how to connect to your computer via USB gear to see the folders on the internal sd?

By Eladios
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] willcor:
hi,

i have the latest update software on Gear watch , so Usb debug is hidden.

(On previous/old software you will see it ,it is not hidden .)

On Gear watch..

go to Settings /Gear info..( select/.tap on it)

you will see About Gear.(.tap on it ) then you tap a few times on Software version.

untill you see a notice pop up " you are one step away from being Developer " ... tap ..tap

Then go back/out .. one step.... and you will now see a " Usb debug"notice ....tick little block to enable Usb debug .

On phone (Note 3 ) go to Gear manager /settings and tick box " Unknown souces "

i use a Note 8.0/ power cable ( with mini usb on one side ),

put watch in its charging cradle ,close it ,connect cable to cradle and to pc .

i normally use Wondershare Mobilego for Android on pc to manage my gear and install my apps .

( if you haven't got Wondershare, Google for free 15 day trail version )

Tip ,

i normally use the usb cable, connected to pc, to charge my watch ,much easier !
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] eladios:
Thank you very much. fantastic.??

By Eladios
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] CehowardNote3:
Are you able to send and delete files to the Gear with that method???
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] vice86:
Wondershare wont connect to my Gear S. Telling me to turn on USB Debugging but its already on.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] highplains:
Im on Win 7 64 bit. Not sure what else to try. I have a N4.

the device manager show nexus 4 under other devices with a yellow ! icon

cannot update/install driver via browse to drivers in folder i got from google

plain vanilla driver, not an OEM one; http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html#Drivers

cannot update/install driver via auto install

So i installed the driver via the SDK

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html (extras > USB Google driver)

Meanwhile it works on my work pc just fine.

tried this, with no luck

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

-Plug your N4 into your PC.

On your N4:

-go to Settings>Developer Options> UNTICK “USB Debugging”

-go to Settings>Storage>Menu>USB computer connection>TICK “MTP” only

On your PC:

-go to Device Manager>Portable Devices>Nexus 4>right-click>Uninstall

-Leave your N4 plugged in, power it OFF, power it back ON, let Windows auto-install the default driver.

MTP USB mode should work after this.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

any advice appreciated ...

thanks

:confused:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arffrhn:
I had trouble installing drivers on win 7 64 bit version too due to it wasn't signed and can't be installed properly. Try this one here. Be sure to uninstall any driver you previous attempt before installing this driver. 64 bit driver
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] highplains:
thanks very much ill try that right now.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] ianaxelbay:
Hi,

I've been playing latlely with my galaxy note 8.0 wich by the way is the best tablet I've ever used:) and notice that is very slipery.

I have never dropped it or anithing so before it happens I decided to use some magic spell on it called protecturum griporum Plasti dip!!!... anyway, the question is:

Do you think it would damage the tablet over time?? heating or something else??

So far so good, no noticeable overheating or signal looss, it is indeed A LOT grippier. it is the first try so I didnt take to much time with the masking tape nor painting the logo, If it happens to be no problem whit it and I find it realy apealing, I will remove this coat and apply 3 coats of plasty dip and paint the logo using a stencil or something (sugestions?):).

Anyway please post your comments, here some pics:
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] gramps50:
Is it clear, looks like you started with a black/brown Note. Did it make the Note less slippery. Will be interesting to see how it holds up over time.

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Where did you get it?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] ianaxelbay:
so far so good!

Yea! It made it a lot less slippery, much secure to hold and set on surfaces where previously it would feel like sliding off or damaging the shiny white plastic.

I got the Galaxy note 8.0 in eBay for a reasonable price and the plasti-dip can was a gift from a friend who used it to protect some bicycle parts and got some to spare, I’m nor really sure where did he buy it but I guess plastidip.com is a good start.

It been two days and heavy usage of the tablet, no overheating o performance issues whatsoever so I would say it’s a safe procedure, will try the 3 coats and possibly vinyl logo in a few weeks.:good:

Cheers!!!
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] sefrcoko:
Actually looks to me like he had the white version of the Note...the s-pen is white and I think I see some white near the edges where the coating is not completely even, but maybe the original poster can clarify for us. Is this coating black or clear?

Thanks! :)
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] unreallove:
I was just thinking of is that material toxic or not
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] ianaxelbay:
toxic-brownies

Hi there!

Actually you are right it is the white version and the coating is black I would love to try the clear but haven’t found a seller near me yet.

The brown version looks so cool too.

:| I have no clue... I mean the can isn’t very clear, it doesn’t say anything about the dry product, although it says the regular: keep off from eyes or skin and vapors inhaling and the sort, but every paint can says something similar so... Anyway it’s a great question so I checked in plasti-dip official page and found:

"Is Plasti Dip® safe to use on children's toys, animal containment, and/or on kitchen utensils?

Plasti Dip® does not contain any heavy metals, and when completely dry, is considered harmless. However, it is not recommended that it be used on items that may be chewed or inserted into the mouth as it may present a choking hazard."

I’m hoping this is accurate cause I like the feeling of the Death Note 8.0 and I have already plasti-dipped my keyboards hand rest and mouse hahaha... let’s keep researching.

If I find something significant I’ll keep you posted.

Thanks for the feedback
[General Topics] Trozzul:
Hey everyone, I would love to improve my knowledge into android but I don't want to be alone I want to be with others and have fun with others. I know some of the basics which I'm sure gets me nowhere but I think I would only do editing .pngs like for the status bar or settings I would love to help out on a ROM or a theme, as you can see from my signature I have a wide range of devices.
[General Topics] Zeuscluts:
It would be better if you ask Developer in PM.

With your specific device.

So that even you can check/test on your device.

Regards,

Zeuscluts

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[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Houser:
I am trying to unlock the extended ROM of the MDAcompact.

I can see the \Extended_ROM folder but it is write protected.

The unlocker for Universal and BlueAngel/Himalaya does not work.

Has anybody unlocked the extended rom of an magician successfully?

Have also searched this forum but could not find anything?

Thanks for any hints!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Chatty:
Sucker. :evil:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Houser:
Why you call me sucker? :roll:

If your brain is so intelligent then

please share your knowledge with me.

Is it possible to remove the write protection only?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] duke911:
AFAIK, there is no tool to unlock the Extended ROM of the Magician.

If you wish to use the extra storage.. try Big-Storage ROMs.. there are may of them in the FTP

Cheers :wink:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Houser:
Thanks duke911 for this info.

I know the Big-Storage ROM feature, but I want

to place my own cab file in the extended rom so

that it will be installed after hard reset.

But when not possible I cannot do this. :?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] duke911:
You can cook your own ROM if you wish, with your own Extended ROM files.. But this is a bit hard :?

I read a guid about this somewhere here ( in Magician upgrading ) it tells everything about creating you own BigStorage ROM with Extened ROM.. etc

you may search there...

Cheers
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] kanryu:
I bet this htt*://en.pdamobiz.com/en/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=395&PN=1 will meet your requirements. Go check it out!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] oltp:
Pls that's a complete copy of a xda-developers thread, one of ours. Just search for bal666 posts about it!!!!!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Houser:
Great, that is what I am looking for.

Thanks to everyone. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] .Ejekt:
I just got back home with my shiny new S4 and I can't wait to get the thing rooted and rom'd. But! Before I take the dive, I'd like to test the waters of this lovely phone's community.

If you have a few minutes to spare:

- What rom/kernel are you using? Why?

- What is one thing that you wish you knew about the S4 before flashing?

Thanks!

- EJ
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] riker147:
Before you get to excited, you might want to check what firmware version you have.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] .Ejekt:
That was painfully vague. Care to elaborate?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Evocm7:
As far as I know (which I'm not 100%sure since I'm on mdk) you cannot flash custom roms yet if on the latest update (mj7 with Android 4.3) If you're lucky enough (unlikely) to get one with me7 firmware, you can flash custom roms with safestrap. This phone is not doing so well in the development area as I expected it would before release. Hopefully someone can figure out a way around the locked down bootloader
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
That makes it painfully obvious that you haven't read much around here. :)

What you first need to know is what firmware version you have. That determines what you can do.

What you asked is equivalent to saying that you have a car then asking what you can do to improve it - no data on what year or model, or what you want to do. Without that info, how can anyone help you? If you can't even be bothered to figure out what build you have to start with, nobody can suggest anything to help you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] .Ejekt:
I managed to figure that out a couple minutes ago. I actually got pushed to ME7 while I was rooting my S4 (ironic?) and was able to stop it after that. So, it seems I was one of the lucky(ish) ones. Would've been nice to stay at MDK, but SafeStrap seems to be one hell of a tool.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Crawshayi:
Hey there... I remember you from the Fascinate forums. I finally ended up getting an S4 about 2 1/2 months ago and for the most part it's a great device, but you can't expect near the same freedom as you had with the Fascinate.

When I got mine I ended up with ME7 so it sounds like you're in the same boat. I have mine rooted, but decided not to use Safestrap because of the limitations it brings (mainly the storage issue). I'm pretty happy with how I have mine set up and it's pretty snappy overall, but I really do wish I had gotten an MDK in order to really flash roms like I used to on my Fascinate.

If you choose to use Safestrap then go nuts and I hope you find some roms you like (Hyperdrive seems to get the most love around here from what I've noticed). I'll just quickly list off the modifications I did to mine that got it to where I like it:

-Froze all bloat with Titanium, including the SDM 1.0 (to prevent unwanted updates)

-Got rid of e911 icon and ongoing WiFi notification

-Installed the International Voice Dialer with call recording

-Installed Volume Boost mod (increased it around 50% over stock)

-Installed Xposed Framework so I could use Greenify features

-Used Greenify to hibernate all misbehaving apps (examples would be Facebook and Google Play Store) (... this increased battery life A LOT)

-Installed AdAway (adblocker)

-Turned all animations down to .5 in developer options and disabled all hovering effects on the lock screen

Doing all that really made this thing a lot better than it was, but I'm still hoping for a true bootloader unlock to start playing with it more. I have found a lot of the Touchwiz features to be quite useful, like the voice control stuff, camera app, etc, so I would probably stick with a modded Touchwiz rom if I had the option. Good luck.

edit: Oh and another thing you might not be aware of - the camera is set to 9.5MP by default in the app, you need to go into settings to use the native 13MP resolution.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Eric214:
One thing to note that no one mentioned (and in case you didn't read elsewhere) is that with SafeStrap you can not use ROMs with custom kernels. So that means no AOSP based ROMs like CM, Carbon, PACman and others since they are all using a custom kernel. At least until they get KEXEC working with SafeStrap (if they get it working). So basically you can only use modded TW roms with a stock kernel.
[HTC One X+] deeznuts:
I know it should be common sense but stupid me it wasn't so thought i'd pass it on here for anyone else in this situation.

Well having a device replaced under the 1yr warranty from ATT and got what seems to be now after i unlocked bootloader, twrp recovery, flashed custom rom, etc is now bunk! So i call ATT Warranty Exchange to tell them about my bunk refurbished device they sent me so i can get this one now exchanged for another. Well the lady said she needs to have me install some ATT app so she can basically diagnose my device first. I say ok so she sends me a text message with a link for app download and install, DO NOT DO THIS, HANG UP PHONE!!!

Well basically i downloaded and installed the app and what this does is gives ATT full access to your phone by remote! Not even a second after she connected to my device she says to me, "When did you root this phone?" I **** my damn pants and just denied everything and said i didn't and then she said well maybe since it's a refurbished device it was rooted before. Then she wanted to put me on hold it seems to get a supervisor to look further into it which i'm sure they would have then seen the date of root which is obviously after i received the device. So needless to say i hung up right away and deleted the damn app ASAP!

Now i'm worried to call back to Warranty to try again because i'm sure now she added on my account that i have a rooted device so who knows if they will help me now? Going to call them later tonight and see what happens. Will update this thread if people are interested so thought i'd just throw that tip out there. Worst comes to worst i have Square Trade warranty too for 2yrs so could just pay the deductible and get a new device from them but guess we'll see. Maybe just live with my device for another 4-5 months until the HTC M8 comes out?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Pretoriano80:
Good news for those loving to Mod their phone,Xposed Framework is now compatible with KitKat 4.4,so experienced modders has no excuse now :D .

Here's the link to the first public beta --> Xposed Framework original thread .

P.S: Let's use this thread to all the modules tested and working on our Nexus 5,good hunt.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] FuMMoD:
Finally! I was using the one the greenify developer made for KitKat.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] mjs2011:
Ooh is gravity box working too?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] ManOnTheMoon:
No. The dev for that needs to update things but xblasttools does.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] danarama:
Been using for an hour or 2. Most status bar /systemui mods don't seem to work. Of my usual mods, see screenshot of ticked modules. These I can prove work. Unticked = unproven

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[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Batfink33:
Quick question I've never been able to find out, does Xposed use system resources when its modding the stuff?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] danarama:
Define "system resources" in this sentence

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[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Pretoriano80:
Advanced Power Menu - Working Great

XBlast - Working partially (battery modding doesn't work here on stock odex rom)

Basically every Battery module i've tested is failing,anyone else can confirm?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] kuba144:
I was so excited and then found out that GravityBox dosen't work :/

What mods I am looking for:

1) changing songs with long press vol buttons and locked screen - XBlast Tools works

2) more toggles (rotate and flashlight) - ???

3) Pie Control - ???

So is there any module that could solve 2 and 3?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Batfink33:
Ram, Cpu, Gpu?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] devoureddreams:
The ones checked are the ones that work I've trued so far
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] devoureddreams:
Theme engine
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] devoureddreams:
Proof its my phone
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] imablackhat:
Where can I get my simplex theme to work for themeengine
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] devoureddreams:
http://www.mediafire.com/?25kod06738312qf
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] TenaciousChaff:
Can confirm Tinted Status Bar works.

I made it lime green just to demonstrate.

link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2457265
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] devoureddreams:
If you want to apply theme to messaging app on cataclysm.Download omni by team asylum then extract the zip. Go to system>priv-app. Pull Mms.apk place in downloads on phone. Open a root explorer and move the Mms.apk to system>priv-app and change permission to rw-r-r reboot. Reapply theme. Voila!
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] devoureddreams:
Forgot to post screenie. Using circle.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] ddloco:
Xuimod works for listveiw animatio.s and more

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] L1lyksd@ddy:
Anyone know of a status bar brightness slider module?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] imablackhat:
I never had drain. But just downloaded the newest version too and updated. Got the official now.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] dave__:
Is there a module that can hide the bluetooth icon in the status bar? I leave BT on all the time for my Pebble watch and don't really care to see the icon. I'm currently using GravityBox to hide the clock and alarm icons... just wish it included BT. :)

Thanks!!!
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] s_special:
Is there module solution replacing light flow for LED light notification?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] tracerit:
when trying to open GravityBox it'll say it's not responding then will exit. Using the Xposed Framework 2.4 version

EDIT: nm, i had to reboot first. working ok now
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] meethere:
how to wake from sleep with volume rocker? any mod?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] ballaz:
Get LED blinker works great for me. Had trouble with the others
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] the7thson:
Do you mean "LED blinker notifications" app from the play store? I couldn't find an xposed module by that name.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Ironic6925:
Xposed TabletUi (1.0) doesn't seem to work. I would love to have the statusbar at the bottom of the screen. Makes more sense imo.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] _MetalHead_:
No but I use expanded desktop + pie controls with a quicksettings toggle for when I'm gaming. Just turn the toggle on and you can play in full screen. Awesome solution. It's with GravityBox.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] djlah:
I'm looking for this too. hopefully there is module offer this feature.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Sturatt:
I am having the same issue with battery life, has anyone figured this out yet? I seem to have very high percentages for android system and android os in my battery stats. Also sometimes my screen on time isn't being calculated correctly, it will stop counting up until I turn the screen off and on again
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] productofusa:
I've also got battery issues, guess I'll wait till the battery problem is resolved :crying:
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] linkness:
Hello,

Is there a module that replicates the power toggles notification feature minus the persistent icon? I also seem to have a bit higher battery usage. Only using gravitybox so far.

Thanks,

Luis
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Ben36:
Anyone know if there's a way to turn off the safe headset volume?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] DarkShoko:
gravity box, i have seen it there somewhere