yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DornoDiosMio:
This kind of reminds me of the whole fiasco with Kango root, which was secretly sending peoples IMEI numbers to a server in China, even though the dev claimed to be from Canada. It was a very easy to use program to root many different phones but was eventually pulled from XDA because of security concerns. It was/is sending 'sensitive' data without encrypting it and then also sent the IMEI as well. It also connected to the internet to download 'drivers' so a virus scan was not of much use for Kango Root. That is a completely separate program which was posted by a different XDA member.

Just to be clear... I am not at all inferring the original poster has malicious intent or has posted a malicious tool. I am merely explaining why some would view it with such skepticism especially in light of previous events. I don't yet own a Kindle Fire HDX, so, I don't have to make the difficult choice of choosing which way to root the device. Virus Total reports the files as being clean, but, that does not always mean it is safe, especially if something is downloaded once the file has been executed.

If you could shed some additional light on the tool it would likely help to put a lot of people's minds at ease.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] R1Mike:
What is the company's name in China and do they have a webpage that we can see and get the root tool from?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] videojeff:
Yes ,it works. maybe they use exploit we get it on XDA.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] redwings73:
FYI : thus is just one of a few xda posts I've seen concerning vroot.... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2473354
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Faznx92:
I'm not being disrespectful to the Chinese, it's just that I had bad history with claimed working Chinese software causing havoc. I prefer open development. I'm new to Xda as well but I never point people in the direction of something I'm unsure of. Still, great post regardless. Only time will tell if jcase's exploit gets patch and this stop's working on the same version. Also, lets see who gets the bootloader unlocked first, lol.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] redwings73:
My point was that some folks on xda are skeptical of vroot..... Sorry if that wasn't clear. :)

I know in the Verizon S4 forum the vroot links were removed from one post I followed.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Faznx92:
No, you were clear. I want to be clearer and show my stance. Also, I'm looking into the vroot application with IDA Pro, see if I can find any hints.

-UPDATE-

In the Android dev thread thank you Hashcode for the safestrap!!! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2556677
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] qwertyegg:
you can always put this in a virtual machine for the testing purpose, that's my little sandbox when I have to try something suspicious but inresistable
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] ChristopherXDA:
How would I go about removing this VRoot? I don't like how my notifications have Chinese in them, and the SuperUSer app has chinese as well.

I tried deleting the file from ES File Explorer but it says the directory is read only.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] qwertyegg:
if you grant root access of / and /system to es file explorer you should be able to delete anything you need to do so. By default es file explorer disabled this to avoid noobs like me from messing with it.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] R1Mike:
How about being the first to unlock the Bootloader? I wouldn't mind seeing that done.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] imabuvu:
I used this to root HKC P776A
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] winn75:
Could someone make this one-click root work for the HDX 8.9. Thanks
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] SatosiTyou:
HI, bro

have u root ur KFHDX7?

I also wanna root my KFHDX7

Could u help me.：o

你是用什么软方法root的
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
https://xdaforums.com/kindle-fire-hdx/general/multi-platform-1-click-bootloader-t3241014
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] sab parvez:
Does anyone know if there are good downloads of tom tom 5 for the XDAIIs for trial purposes available :-)
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Gajet:
Try the ED2K network.

I'll check for a good filename for you when I get home.
[Sony Xperia M] afeeqrm:
Heloo all, i`m from Malaysia, and i bough a new cell phone online.. I bought an xperia M, but the phone company branded the cell, and now i have a lot of applications that i don`t need, i just wanna remove those apps.

-Virgilio

-119self

-187

-TimeScape

-Configuration Guid

-Tim App

-Cubomusica

-CuboVision

-TimCloud

-MusicUnlimited

-VideoUnlimited

-Music and vide

-PlayNow

-MCAfee Security

What Should I do?

PLEASE HELP ME ASAP!
[Sony Xperia M] afeeqrm:
help please

please... how to do that sync thingy... i dont know... the phone looks really messy right now
[Sony Xperia M] Antrikos48:
What sync thingy?

How to remove your bloatware:

1. Root your phone (search the forum)

2. Install titanium backup from Google play

3.

4. Profit?

This message was brought to you from my Sony Xperia M C1905 using Tapatalk.
[Sony Xperia M] the gladiator:
It would be interesting to know how a smartphone with apps customized for an italian operator (TIM) is sold on the Malaysian market ! Globalization...

Back in topic: you can unistall without being rooted MCAfee Security for sure (I did it). For the other apps you must be routed as Antrikos48 has pointed out. Rather than Titanium as he's suggesting I would recommend the procedure mentioned here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2542139 and you can add to the list:

-Virgilio

-119self

-187

-Tim App

-Cubomusica

-CuboVision

-TimCloud

I don't know anything about the other apps you're mentioning
[Sony Xperia M] Hnk1:
Well, to understand if you can easily remove applications from your ROM or not depends on few things. Firstly if you want to remove a system app or a normal app. In case of system app, you will need ROOT to perform the action. Secondly, even removing bloatware can brick your phone and you will need to reflash firmware. This is because the ROM usually share files between system and user. So one program might be using system files too and removing that could damage your system files resulting in bricked phone. For that, first you will need to deodex your ROM. This simply means that your all applications would be stand alone and there would not be sharing between them. So removing one program would not affect any at all.

I would prefer to remove bloatware with titanium backup after my ROM is deodexed as it's easier and gives you more control. However, you will need to root your phone!

Good Luck
[Sony Xperia M] the gladiator:
Hnk1 you started to shed some light on the debranding issue. Some questions to go farther with your explanation: 1) is it possible to check if the ROM is already deodexed ? 2) why I should have more control removing bloatware with Titanium ? If I select the "wrong" app and I remove it the problem is the same regardless how I removed it
[Sony Xperia M] Antrikos48:
1) Go to /system/app and check for any .odex files.

This message was brought to you from my Sony Xperia M C1905 using Tapatalk.
[Sony Xperia M] Hnk1:
To wonder, if you have selected the normal file or not, this will come with experience and how ROM works.

I have even removed keyboards, camera, notes application, dialer and still my ROM booted. The files which are not in the app drawer are usually the files you must not remove unless you know about them ( like keyboards, extensions of facebook, picassa twitter or any other application which can be removed)

In Titanium backup, you can simply select which file you want to remove and you can even make a backup in case you need them later. You can also just freeze the app, in which case it will be installed but it wouldnot be functional at all. You wouldnot see it in app drawer even.

Remember to clear dalvik with titanium backup after deleting apps (esp system ones), this will free some extra space in Internal memory.

Good Luck
[Sony Xperia M] the gladiator:
Antrikos48 & Hnk1, thanks for your directions.

To be honest, Hnkl, your "Good Luck" doesn't give me a lot of wish to go ahead in the process. Just in case...I guess that when you say "brick the phone" you mean "having a boot loop"; in this case, being routed but without a recovery (still with my bootloader blocked), which should be the procedure (if exists) ? Could you please just point me to the wright direction ?
[LG Optimus G Pro] esimon311:
I have a GPro... And a coworker of mine has the G2 and after messing with his G2 for several days I can say I honestly prefer the GPro over the G2. Screens bigger, I prefer the off screen back and menus buttons , removable battery.

sd-card.. Big battery..

So can someone honestly tell me why the G2 has so much more development then the G-Pro?????:what:

Don't get me wrong I greatly appreciate all the devs working on our phone...

You guys are great.

Its just kinda disheartening when I go look at the G2 form and see all the development they have over there.
[LG Optimus G Pro] mrfeuss:
Wider release and better marketing support. The G Pro was ONLY released on AT&T in the US which immediately limits the number of people, developers included, who have access to the device. The fact that the same basic device (G2) was released on all major carriers at around the same time, with a much bigger marketing push, meant that tons of people got interested in it and purchased it.
[LG Optimus G Pro] esimon311:
Its still ridiculous to me that a "in my opinion" lesser device gets so much more attention. Oh well...:banghead:

_________________________

G-Pro CM-11 KIT KAT!!!!!!
[LG Optimus G Pro] AzureV:
You're not alone with that opinion [MENTION=5165935]esimon311[/MENTION]. I don't see any reason why G Pro should not be under the limelight. They should have proudly marketed it as a phablet superior to Galaxy Note 2!

What's worse is that there isn't any marketing at all by LG for this phone in my place. I only learned of its availability for purchase from big vendors.

LG can learn at least a thing or two about marketing their device from Samsung.

Sent from my LG-E988
[LG Optimus G Pro] Proz00:
Marketing marketing marketing
[LG Optimus G Pro] RaiderDuck:
LG's reminding me so much of Commodore in the late 1980s: great products, terrible marketing.
[LG Optimus G Pro] dinhluan92:
b/c : LG G pro is phatablet
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psbsp:
So, Was not in the market for a new phone, stopped into at&t, great salesman added a tablet line and set me up with the phone for the contract price plus 10$ a month. good deal.

I Love this phone!! but as I'm moving from apple, want to be able to have absolutely full control over it including custom roms.

From what I'm reading I have the model (900A) which has the bootloader locked.

I am going to order another Note 3 right now and sell this one. What model is Best and will be fully customizable?

I'm sure this has been covered a thousand times. Please simplify this process for me as I continue to research. Thanks!

The one on ebay I'm considering is entitled:

New Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005 Quad-Core 5.7'' 13MP 4G LTE 32GB Black Phone
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alom5:
It doesn't matter if the bootloader is locked... You can still customise till your heart content. .. my bootloader is locked. .. hadn't speed me.

To be fair. . There seems more roms available for the n9005 but I'm sure with time they will all get lots of development done
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psbsp:
You can load custom roms with a locked bootloader? forgive me, I'm learning as I go
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psbsp:
So if I have the 900a.. if I root it am I able to change the color themes etc throughout the system and modify it fully or should I go with the 9005?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikemq2003:
If your rooted you are able to change just about everything.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alom5:
Once you root it and put a custom recovery like cwm or twrp... Flash what you like lol
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psbsp:
So what specifically are the disadvantages of the 900A vs the 9005?

Thanks for all the help!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solarenemy68:
Until you root and put in a new ROM the only difference is the ATT bloatware. I know becuase I also have a 900A and have two pages of Apps from ATT that I never will use and can't rid of. In a nut shell the 900A is just ATT variant of the 900.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alom5:
If you want to see all the difference between the 900A and the 9005 head over to gsmarena and compare the 2.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psbsp:
What can you do with a bootloader that you can't do with a locked bootloader?

Will I be better off with a phone with an unlocked bootloader.

Explain it to me like I'm a child. Like I said earlier, am moving from apple so it's all new to me.

I don't want to get deep into it and realize I need an unlocked bootloader to do what I want to do.

If it is a non issue tell me why.

Thanks for the help.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CalcProgrammer1:
With a locked bootloader you can still root, but if you try to flash a recovery/kernel/etc the bootloader will refuse to boot it because it is unsigned. That means no recovery, no kernels, no ROMs...only stock ROM tweaking. The N900A, N9005, N900T, and a few other models are all essentially the same phone with different bootloaders, modems, and stock ROMs. I'd recommend the N900T (T-Mobile) which has all the bands needed for AT&T LTE ready to use after you get it unlocked. The N9005 (international Qualcomm) version lacks the LTE bands for AT&T/T-Mobile I think but you might be able to flash a T-Mo or AT&T modem file to enable them as I think the hardware is actually the same inside.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] testrider:
Starting in the last couple of days, my Note 2 lost network connection/cell signal from time to time (no voice no data).

I had to reboot it several time for it to come back (and sometimes I had to remove and reinstall

the sim card) and then it may work a few hours and the connection

was lost again (showing a circle with a cross bar). This is in the same location that has been working

fine for the last couple of months, but it happened everywhere.

It's rooted, running stock JB 4.1.2.

Is there anything else I can do?

thank you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Coug76:
Did you drop the phone recently? If a connection for the antenna is loose you could have problems like that.

You might try getting into recovery and wiping cache and dalvik (I know you can wipe cache in stock recovery, can't remember about dalvik). This is not a factory reset. Once those are wiped, boot the phone and let it sit untouched for 10 min. Then reboot and go about your business.

That can help any number of issues. Don't know for certain if it will help yours. You might call tmobile and ask them (after you try the other stuff). You may just have to warranty it out. Dunno.

Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] testrider:
Thanks. No, nothing changed in the last few days. No new apps, no drop.

It was fine since last night until this morning. If it happens again

I will get a new microsim card and have T-Mobile transfer my current sim

to it to see if it's a simcard problem.
[Xperia Arc General] hootnath:
So it seems that due to some hardware bottlenecks the awesome sensor on this Xperia Arc can't do 1080p video recording at 30fps and 720p is the best they are giving us.

How about 800p or 960p at 24fps though? How about compiling a kernel that supports that, at the cost of ram of course.

^ look above the post for the poll. 960p means awesome videos but lesser ram for apps, while 480p will be good for those who do multitasking and run a lot of stuff in the background.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zekeblue:
Basic questions....... I have AT&T S4. Am I correct in assuming the Google Play S4 has unlocked bootloader and the model is I9505G?

No problem running on AT&T (just to be sure)?

I'm considering a switch.

Thxs

Edit - Is it only 16GB in white or are they just out of stock on 32GB Black? No options in the cart to change memory or color.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toastido:
Yes that is correct. I switched from the i337 to the i9505g and haven't looked back. Works perfectly on att
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dratsablive:
I have the I9505G on AT&T. You just need to make sure to have the proper settings for data and MMS to work. Took me a few attempts with AT&T chat but working great on LTE.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toastido:
Mine I just popped in my AT&T SIM and turned it on. Either the network provisioned it for me or it was stored on the SIM, but it just worked.

Obviously YMMV.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zekeblue:
Sounds good guys, thanks. I can check with google play about the possibility of 32gig black before ordering.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ernesto93:
Someone just have a backup of windows phone 8 sounds (ringtone, notifications, ui....)

I can t find it anywhere :S
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aaahh:
Can someone move this to Q&A Fourm!

Does anyone know how to bootstrap a custom kernel, the idea is having a custom init to use kexec(8) to bootstrap the custom kernel. I'm on kernel version 2.6.32.9
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darthchilli:
So odd

Upgraded to 4.4 and Now i cannot connect to network(Rogers)

I did a reload from the factory image and same thing...

any suggestions?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sfkn2:
Check APN settings.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] acomiskey:
Wifes new s4 powered off on her w about 60% battery left. Won't boot. Shows gray battery icon with white circle. Won't boot off of my battery either. Won't do anything unless plugged in. Sounds like a hardware failure?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] droidgenius:
My little brother had this issue. Your battery is dead. Call Sammy, my little brother had a galaxy tab and couldn't remove the battery, so idk if buying a new battery would help but Samsung replaced his tablet with a "speedy" 2 weeks
[General Topics] Uziel:
Hey ppl have found OZzzy maps for tomtom 5 tryind to upload them to FTP but i am a total n00b.

can I post things like this in the FTP?

and how?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] blackwrx02:
Wife just upgraded to an AT&T S4. I have a modded S3 so its a new phone to me.

She asked me earlier why she can't see text messages on the lock screen. If I send her a message, there is a "Message" window that pops up on the lock screen that says "Messaging" with the time, and below it says "New Message"

When you click on it, it fades the screen except for a large white square section that is totally blank. I'm assuming where the message should show. Is there a way to view the contents of the message on the lock screen? Feeling pretty dumb, I'm not a phone n00b at all...but I'm stumped.

Screen shots:

Once message is received, this shows on lock screen:

When you tap it, this happens:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Venom0642:
Click the message icon app hit menu then hit settings scroll down put check on preview message the when you get a message that white big square box swipe it to the right.

Sent From My Galaxy S4 SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 Running On New Deadly Venom v1.3.5 Jelly Bean 4.3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] r8revealed:
Go into the settings for the messaging app and enable "preview message". That will fix your problem. As for the box, it's the box in which you must swipe to unlock. When you press the message, the box will pop up, swipe on the box, and then continue to the message. Hope it helped!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] blackwrx02:
Ok that fixed half of it at least. now she can at least see the message. Still not getting the swipe box...but thats cool. Thanks for the quick responses. Much apprececiated
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Venom0642:
Basically get message see first message in first picture touch it get big box swipe and takes you to message that's builted that way it's normal it's not like the SG3!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UncleCemka:
Hi there. Just got my n5 and tried playing Pandora through my Jambox. The sound got pegged at 100% and could not be changed. I could mute it altogether, but could not regulate it with either the phone software, hardware or the jambox volume buttons. Had anyone else tried with the jambox or any other Bluetooth speaker?

Thanks.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UncleCemka:
Bump
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UncleCemka:
Looks like I am not alone. Seems to be a Kitkat Bluetooth issue. Hope for a fix right away. More information:

http://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/nexus/dsf7hQPesds

http://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/nexus/uXzs0e3l7rI

http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...exus-5-bluetooth-streaming-audio-go-deaf.html

http://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/nexus/K6VWcrIAz4o

There is more too, but I don't want to post too much. Just trying to get some attention to this to make sure Google sees this. Perhaps an xda dev can look into this as well.

Thanks and happy thanksgiving for those in US.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UncleCemka:
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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UncleCemka:
I can confirm that the Bluetooth speaker volume problem is fixed in 4.4.1
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] C0deFire:
C0deFire Bootanimation 1080p and 720p

For Nexus 5 and Nexus 4!​

Hello guys!

Im kinda new here! Its been a while i use xda but i never really got into trying to do anything besides mess up my phone and play arround trying stuffs ppl would post arround, untill the day i decided hey i wanna make my own bootanimation! so i gave it a shot and guess what! i had fun doing it and i made 2 variants with 2 diferent colors which was actually easy with some photoshop :D

I might make more colors later on when i have more time ;)

Anyway here i am presenting you my creation.. hope you guys like it! (Inspired on the CIA animation)

[YOUTUBE]erCL3I6199I[/YOUTUBE]

PS: sorry for the video quality.. didnt had a better camera arround to record... :o

anyways i have attached a notepad with a dropbox with all the flashable zips of my bootanimations, also attached another flashable zip of the stock bootanimation in case you wanna return to the stock!

the Zips were tested with CWM and working perfectly as u may see in the video! :)

Now i would like to thank @deathviper for providing a nice guide line it made me get somewhere together with some analysing of other old boots i had on my pc :p

Works also on LG G2! Thanks @big70tom for testing :D

I think any phone with a full hd resolution should be able to run this bootanimation.. although test it at your own risk since i can only test it on nexus 5!

Added Nexus 4 resolution boot animations!
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] devoureddreams:
That's badass
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] C0deFire:
Ty! hehe :p
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] varun.gid:
Looks good!
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] C0deFire:
ty! :D
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] big70tom:
Will these work on my g2

---------- Post added at 03:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:43 PM ----------

Worked.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] C0deFire:
nice! ty for leting me know! :D
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] deadpedal:
These are very cool. They look really good on the screen.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] pwned_me:
Works well on my N4 just having some resolution issues.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] C0deFire:
Thanks!
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] C0deFire:
I have posted a lower resolution animations if you wanna try it, probably works better than full HD ones. Thanks for the reply btw :p
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] cd69:
These are awesome. I always flash this. Loving the red ones. Thanks for these

Sent from my Nexus 5