yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breversa:
I've stopped using nightlies, as Mx releases are stable enough for me.

It might be because of nightlies that you have this problem, tought I doubt it. But come to think of it : maybe the /system partition gets wiped when upgrading to a nightly release, and that would explain why you need to reinstall GApps everytime.

You may want to head over to the CM forum/wiki/G+ to check this out. :)

Alternatively, install an older M release, install GApps (the way you want), then upgrade to a later M release, and see what happens !
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luca_vs:
Ok, thanks for you suggestions.

I''m just relfeshing my phone. I'll tell you if this solved... ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breversa:
Glad I could be of some help. You may want to click that "Thanks" button if you think it's worth it ! ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luca_vs:
Unfortunatelly it continue to delete play store when upgrading from M8 to M9 .

Now I'm investigating why...

Thanks for you help!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breversa:
Here's precisely what I did after a clear, fresh install of CyanogenMod 11 M11 :

Your device needs to be rooted.

Download the appropriate Google Apps (I used the latest gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip).

Extract the following files from the archive :

GmsCore.apk

GoogleLoginService.apk

GoogleServicesFramework.apk

Phonesky.apk

On your device, go to Settings/Security (or wherever it is) and check Allow installation from unknown sources. Otherwise, you'll get a rather unexplicit error message when trying to install the apk files.

Copy the previous apk files to /system/priv-apps, and DO NOT REBOOT your phone until you've finished the current procedure, or you'll be stuck at the boot animation and will have to either reflash your phone or delete the aforementionned apk files using a recovery file manager (I use Aroma FM).

Change their owner and group to root (= UID 00000). Actually, changing the group may not be necessary, but that way it's consistent with the other files in that directory.

Change their permissions to rw-r--r-- (= 644).

Install each apk. I did it in alphabetical order and there was no problem.

Reboot your phone.

If everything went fine, you should now have access to the Play Store without any extra Google component, especially not those pesky contacts/calendar/apps synchronizations. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breversa:
Thread necromancy warning !

I've started using PA-GAPPS to install Play Store on my latests devices : http://xdaforums.com/paranoid-android/general/5-1-x-5-0-x-4-4-x-pa-gapps-mirror-t3069879.

The original developer apparently retired and documentation has been moreless lost in the process, but the pico module only needs some slight tweaking.

Thought it might come in handy.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nishu617:
HI

i am new here i bought galaxy gt n7000 (NOTE1) from ebay but it is a korean phone with all korean language and phone doesnt change language to english so its unusable

its default language is korean

kindly help me flashing latest indian ROM with its steps

note: it is unlocked by the ebay seller

i am attaching a pic may b its of help to u expert guys

plz help
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
I don't think the Korean note matches the specs of international note. So you can't.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_dracula:
I have an S3 I9300 on OmegaROM V42 and 4.1.2 which is factory locked to my network.

I would like to unlock the phone so it will take any SIM card.

What is the easiest/quickest way to achieve that?

A way that hopefully I do not need to restore my data.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Insert your new SIM card and turn the phone on, when prompted enter the sim unlock code you obtained from your current network.

There is currently no 'free' way to unlock.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomosh22:
If your phone is the i9300 it's already unlocked.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Weird answer, network lock is present on all i9300 phones on bought via a network contract.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_dracula:
Yes it is definitely locked but the operator will not unlock until contract ends.

What about something like the GalaxSIM app from the play store?

Will that do it?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
No, it won't.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zizza:
best option try a third party unlock website

or also certain users on ebay offer a fast cheap unlock service for many networks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Van Wilder:
Instead of starting a new thread I'll ask here. Does anybody know of a good third party unlocking site? I'm trying to unlock a phone for my friend, but I'm not sure where it's from... possibly it's an international version? Any way to find out what it's locked to?
[General Topics] blackobsidian:
Hi folks,

Anyone know of a product similar to "KeyStick for Series 60" which is available on the Pocket PC? I love the keyboard on my Wizard but sometimes it's easier to use that (i.e. on the train home etc)

Cheers! :lol:
[Nova Launcher] nerotix:
If you have any requests of icons you would like to see themed, please read post #2.

This icon pack is not available yet on Google Play, I might do this in the future if the icon pack gets some attention.

Changes 11 jan:

Updated with around 40 icons.. will get to more requests soon, there's so many it's impossible to keep up atm. See my latest reply for which icons have been added.

Old Changes:

Changes: 31 dec

See my reply for which requests have been done. Also redesigned a few apps, mostly stock and google apps. Also added 2 diff camera icons + 5/6 new appdrawer icons.

Changes: 28 dec

Around 120+ new icons..also a few icons redesigned. See the quotes reply to find out which requests and icons have been added.

Changes: 23 dec

Added about 80/90 icons from requests and 2/3 new appdrawer icons.

Changes: 21 dec

Added about 11 google icons + 5+ icons that were requested.

Changes: 19 dec

Remade a few icons for nu.nl, chrome, instagram, play store, rabobank, messaging, phone, hangouts and greenify.

​
[Nova Launcher] nerotix:
Method 1 for submitting icon requests:

1. Download the apk attached to this post and install it onto your phone.

2. Open iconhelper and select the apps that don't have a themed icon.

3. Once all unthemed icons are select press "Send". You can either send it to your own email address, dropbox or whatever method u prefer.

4. Copy the list you received from yourself and reply to this thread with the information.

Method 2 for submitting icon requests:

1. Go to http://activities.droidicon.com/

2. Type in your app name and press search

3. Copy the lines that are meant for your app and paste it in a reply to this thread

I will always try to make the requests as soon as possible, won't take longer then a day, unless the request is hella big.
[Nova Launcher] tung91:
Good luck. Will buy it when it's ready on store . Very nice ;)
[Nova Launcher] nickwarn:
Looks very nice, will buy when up on playstore.
[Nova Launcher] nerotix:
Thanks alot for the support <3
[Nova Launcher] djangosteen:
com.handlerexploit.tweedle

com.facebook.orca

jp.naver.line.android

com.quoord.tapatalkpro.activity

is this the right way to request?

i love your icons. more req incoming. :)
[Nova Launcher] -CALIBAN666-:
Looks great. :thumbup:

Greeeeeetz!!!
[Nova Launcher] nerotix:
It's not the correct way, here's a screenie on what is:

http://i42.tinypic.com/fa50cp.png

The whole red marked area is all the things u get when using search, the small outlined red area is the activity, which is the one I need. But also, don't forget to tell me to names app.. best to way ask for it, for example is copying it like this for tapatalk:

Tapatalk

com.quoord.tapatalkpro.activity/com.quoord.tapatalkpro.activity.directory.EntryActivity

You can recognize the activity by the / between the lines. That's the line I need.
[Nova Launcher] djangosteen:
Tapatalk

com.quoord.tapatalkpro.activity/com.quoord.tapatalkpro.activity.directory.EntryActivity

Tweedle

com.handlerexploit.tweedle/com.handlerexploit.tweedle.activities.MainActivity

Messenger

com.facebook.orca/com.facebook.orca.auth.StartScreenActivity

LINE

jp.naver.line.android/jp.naver.line.android.activity.SplashActivity

Opera

com.opera.browser/com.opera.Opera
[Nova Launcher] nerotix:
Anyways I did make the icons.. will add them to the apk asap I get 10/20 requests.

Edit: Added opera aswell.
[Nova Launcher] djangosteen:
then, can i req another? :p
[Nova Launcher] nerotix:
Ofc mate.. Request as much as u like.
[Nova Launcher] nerotix:
Ignore that ;) Spend around 2 hours to figure it out.. and finalyyyy got it. Decompiled the google+ app and went scouting forever through the AndroidManifest.. what a hell >.<
[Nova Launcher] ArtyCooL:
It's seems that this icon pack doesn't work in LauncherPro on GB :(
[Nova Launcher] nerotix:
GB = GingerBread I assume? I have no idea to be honest.. havent had a gingerbread in years so. Not able to figure that out, sorry.
[Nova Launcher] nerotix:
[MENTION=5358782]Professor Dasher[/MENTION]

Even thought you PM'd me, next time please just reply to this thread with requests.. makes it alot easier for me to keep up with the requests.

Anyways.. here are the icons you requested. Will be added to the next update.. which will come when the next requests comes and is completed.
[Nova Launcher] nerotix:
Will get to it tomorrow, hopefully I can do them all in 1 session, if not you can expect it to be ready by tuesday.
[Nova Launcher] djangosteen:
Another simple req, it would be nice if you including an app drawer icon with the same background shape with this icon pack. :)
[Nova Launcher] nerotix:
Ill add this after the above request.
[Moto X Themes and Apps] Minimilised_MR:
XPERIA C Keyboard​

Instructions:

Download the ZIP

Boot into recovery mode

Flash the ZIP

Reboot

Downloads:

Xperia C Keyboard​
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yousefjj:
please help me i dropped my lg g2 in snow while wanter under too it remained about an hour untill i found it i took out the sim slot and the back cover dried for 3 days with every possible ways rice and silica and left in sun too after i made sure its dry tried to charge it but it wont charge at all and no response whatever from the device can anyone help me. can i unscrew it all and clean it with alcohol or something else.:crying:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xbxjunkie:
don't you have insurance ??????
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SysAdmNj:
I dropped mine in a toilet and luckily its still working. Probably better than before :p

What carrier are you with. For example with At&t you can try bringing it to a warranty repair store and if its under a year of ownership they will help you even maybe replace it with a refurbished one.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yousefjj:
thanx

thank you for replying but insurance doesnt cover water damage besides i am not in the us i am in jordan middeast
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] expertzero1:
nothing we can do.

it was under water or snow for over an hour. its a goner.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BreakingVZW:
Lol better than before? Does poo water make the phone have superpowers?

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Lame. The TEP for verizon covers all of that stuff now. Sorry for your bad luck man :(
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steamer86:
You can try ripping it down and soaking it in as close to 100% alcohol you can get. Give it a little clean down shake, let settle, repeat a few times, let dry 24-48 hours (remaining traces well dry fast) and see if it powers up. Slim slim chance, but worth a try. If your insurance covers lost phones...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SysAdmNj:
Possibly, but I wouldnt recommend it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draygon:
Hello,

I'm looking for following modem: I9300BUUGMK1

It comes with the latest 4.3 UK firmware from Vodafone:

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=23226

Download Link: http://terafile.co/7248463615d6

Could someone please extract the modem for me?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radek1996:
Hi

I have a problem in my Motoluxe. In SMS/MMS font is too big for me. In other apps i didnt have this.

How to change this? I tried in SpareParts+ but all fonts in system is smaler except font in SMS!

Can somebody help me with this? :(

In attachement i put screenshot with this.

Sorry for my bad English, I'm from Poland and i use English only on English Lessons in school ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pnr2020:
hi everyone is there any browser that can download videos like a galaxy s4 does tried a few download apps but they are not very good and you cant use them in landscape mode
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dicecuber:
Why don't you test different browsers yourself

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pnr2020:
because thought this was a site to get help was just asking question if anybody new of one thats all
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dicecuber:
It helps with Dev stuff not personal problems that can be figured out yourself

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meangreenie:
I believe opera (regular version) let's you download videos.

but by whatever method you user to download i reccomend 'MX player' from the market to play them with, enable h/w+ codec in the settings for best playback
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pnr2020:
thank you so much worked a treat with opera superfast downloads MX player plays it perfect
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flex360:
dolphin browser is pretty cool it

it even has flash player for kit kat support
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
you can download vid or anything else with the aosp browser.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pnr2020:
best browser ever but how do you download vids with it if you could please help
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ch0c0lateb0yctg:
Dolphin browser is best so far....

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i see no harm asking for help,,,even it is personal or simple or whatsoever...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cps_goodbuy:
@ Admin: This can be deleted as I can't find the delete option :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Deleted member 4713821:
I am getting this weird bug where google play music shows it is using 0.89TB of my storage, but it actually isn't (obviously). And my phone functions as normal with 8th free space. I have 3 screen shots showing this bug.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] nazzier5463:
Guys. Is anyone realise something wrong with 4.3 Jellybean (batter indicator)?

I dont what its calling this problem. Just let me explain. B4 upgrade to 4.3 Jellybean on yesterday (see today date), I was on 4.2 Jellybean. I got notice my battery indicator showing 59% left. After updated to 4.3 Jellybean, its showing 19% left.

I tought battery drain because of updating the sofware. After 2 hours, the indicator still showing 19% with wifi running without stamina mode (i used whatapss n weChat too). Im impressed with this big changes.

I get back home 1hours later, put on dock charger. Then its showing 29% after 3min charging. W#F ??

I shutdown my phone left over on charging. 1 hour later when get backc the indicator showing the battery has not fully charge. I boot up my phone and seeing the battery indicator is 100%.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jewelkobayashi:
Not so good for the battery, but let it completely drain, until it shuts down on its own.

Connect to charger and let it charge for good 4 hours.

Turn on device. Should be good.

It happened to me before. This solved it.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] nazzier5463:
Thx 4 feedbck. I will try this.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
It's perfectly normal. The 4.2.2 system reads the battery state to be at 59%. Moving to a different base (4.3), the system has no idea what level the battery is at, so it more or less guesses (which might be the reason why it was "stuck" at 19%). This will get "fixed" once you charge it again though, and this happens quite often when we flash custom ROMs.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Fantedon:
Did same falling from 73% to 29% but now back up to 51% after a bit of charging so all well so far.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
Ya I too faced same thing. I was at 68% but after updating 4.3 it went down to 31%.After then charged it to 100% for 3 hours and now it seems fine.
[HTC One Max] B-Man2005:
Hi,

i just said it all :)

want to make my phone international ...

now that we got the firmware with the ota ... i just need the international rom .... i think ^^

right ?

thanks
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] indra9110:
hai...

did anybody know how to connect BA to internet via another phone

- I wanna use my HTC Tornado as GPRS modem for BA

thankyou in advanced
[General Topics] jaybo1973:
Hi all

I have started letting my 4 year olds have few apps on my nexus 7. I am thinking of buying them a tablet of some description. I was looking at the kids version of the Samsung and love the from end, similar to the kindle. Is there an app I can get like this?

Cheers guys
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] MohammadAG:
Edit 2:

Kernels with recoveries:

Unlocked bootloader required for any of these:

CWM by [MENTION=3411267]lzyllp[/MENTION] http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48599313&postcount=48

TWRP by [MENTION=3227013]Desperanto86[/MENTION] http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48600227&postcount=60

Philz by me: http://mohammadag.xceleo.org/public/Android/XperiaZ1/Philz_4.3_kernel.img

These kernels have Sony RIC disabled at boot, so /system is always writable.

After flashing with fastboot flash boot filename.img, boot intro recovery and flash this:

SuperSU zip http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu

Edit: Discussion moot, root works fine as per below :D

Proof: Xperia Flip Settings on 4.3:

As most of you know, rooting 4.3 isn't fully possible. While su and Superuser.apk can be installed through recovery, /system can't be mounted.

root@C6903:/ # mount -o rw,remount /system
mount: Operation not permitted

A fix for that is to disable Sony's RIC kernel implementation.

root@C6903:/system # echo 0 > /sys/kernel/security/sony_ric/enable
root@C6903:/system # mount -o rw,remount /system
root@C6903:/system #

This is enabled on boot in init.sony-platform.rc:

# Enable Sony RIC
mount securityfs securityfs /sys/kernel/security nosuid nodev noexec
write /sys/kernel/security/sony_ric/enable 1

After all this is done, /system is writable:

root@C6903:/system # echo 123 > test
root@C6903:/system # cat test
123

However, I still can't figure out why Xposed won't install, which is making me wonder if this all worked or not.

Edit: Xposed works fine as per http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48484642&postcount=6846

Xposed installs fine, it just doesn't work:

mohammad@mohammad-i5desktop:~/Downloads$ adb -d logcat | grep Xposed
D/Xposed ( 355): Starting Xposed binary version 47, compiled for SDK 16
D/Xposed ( 355): Phone: C6903 (Sony), Android version 4.3 (SDK 18)
D/Xposed ( 355): ROM: 14.2.A.0.290
I/Xposed ( 355): -----------------
I/Xposed ( 355): Found new Xposed jar version, activating it
I/Xposed ( 355): Added Xposed (/data/data/de.robv.android.xposed.installer/bin/XposedBridge.jar) to CLASSPATH.
D/AndroidRuntime( 355): >>>>>> AndroidRuntime START de.robv.android.xposed.XposedBridge <<<<<<
D/Xposed ( 355): Using structure member offsets for mode WITH_JIT
I/Xposed ( 355): Found Xposed class 'de/robv/android/xposed/XposedBridge', now initializing
I/Xposed ( 355): -----------------
I/Xposed ( 355): Dec 17, 2013 5:01:53 PM UTC
I/Xposed ( 355): Loading Xposed v42 (for Zygote)...
I/Xposed ( 355): Errors during Xposed initialization
I/Xposed ( 355): java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: android.app.ActivityThread#getTopLevelResources(java.lang.String,int,android.content.res.Configuration,android.content.res.CompatibilityInfo)#exact
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] TeamR:
Hi !

I have Xposed install when i was on 4.2 but lost root since update to 4.3

Can you detail how you get root acces step by step ?

You lost me at RIC Kernel...

Thanks !
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] MohammadAG:
This is only useful to devs right now, someone needs to add a startup script that echos 0 into the sysfile above into some ROM.

Basically, you'll need an unlocked BL to install SuperSU, then issue the command above to make /system writable. A custom ROM can do that in some init script, since the file above is in ramdisk (which is part of kernel package). When that's done, installing Xposed will be as simple as tapping Install.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] Sumedha Kapoor:
Please send me the kernel file after all those modifications. Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] CappyT:
You can just execute the commands from terminal emulator and then add a script to init.rc... I try now and if it works i give you a flashable .zip
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] TeamR:
Understand !

But i'm not a good dev !

In fact, if i want root, i can unlock my bootloader since camera was not broken any more, then install a recovery and flash Supersu...

Was right or did i make a mistake ?
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] [NUT]:
See, I told you [MENTION=2784807]DooMLoRD[/MENTION], it is the ric again... But now they moved it into the kernel :D

Will setting that sys control to 0 work on locked bootloader as well?
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] gregbradley:
How do you install recovery without root?

;)
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] TeamR:
True ! Ok, one facepalm for me ;)

So i'll be waiting for DooMLoorD Kernel update...

And maybe it will include a port of his double tap feature from xperia z !
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] CappyT:
From kernel, if is UB...
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] gregbradley:
Are you sure...still waiting to see this stock kernel with recovery working...
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] CappyT:
Well, I don't know if is simple as modding the stock one and adding recovery and root... On other devices it works like that...

I just wait for a boot.img to flash and I unlock the BL, since i have the TA backup...
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] gregbradley:
That has been the issue

changing ro.secure=1 to ro.secure=0 has caused kernel failure at boot...
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] [Fenix]:
When i try this on LB with adb shell

root@C6903:/system # echo 0 > /sys/kernel/security/sony_ric/enable
root@C6903:/system # mount -o rw,remount /system
root@C6903:/system #

It tells me permission denied...
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] CappyT:
Because you cannot write the kernel partition without Unlocked Bootloader (at least, I think)

Well, that's not good... It happens only on stock kernel?
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] [Fenix]:
Yes i think the same bro...thanks for the trick anyway :thumbup:

Inviato dal mio C6903 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] CappyT:
The thing i ask, going a bit OT is: how did you manage to install 4.3 with root? Because I can try to unlock BL (i have a TA backup) and try it to confirm this thing.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] MohammadAG:
I'd rather [MENTION=3411267]lzyllp[/MENTION] shares the image instead of me, I didn't ask if I could share it, and I asked for it over PM.

Anyway, here's an image I made with Philz recovery, DO NOT FLASH THIS, it won't boot.

However, using it with fastboot boot file.img works, I have no idea why.

http://mohammadag.xceleo.org/public/Android/XperiaZ1/DO_NOT_FLASH_BOOT_ONLY.img
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] DAddYE:
EDIT: found. Is on / :D
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] MohammadAG:
Kernel image, ramdisk to be exact.

After boot it's in /, but it can't be edited from there since it's loaded from the ramdisk.
[Xperia Z1 Original Android Development] [Fenix]:
No bro i haven't root but i tried to do this with adb shell just for curiosity :)

Inviato dal mio C6903 utilizzando Tapatalk