yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] jam90:
Glad to see that! :) but...a "thanks" button will be more usefull to me XD

i'll wait for news!
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] miiechy:
Ah, sorry, I didn't know! I clicked "thanks" button already! :p

I'll install the rom that you advice for me! :)
[Acer Iconia A500] nelsontky:
I built a 4.4 Rom for a500 but it is unflashable in recovery and well as u all noe the a500 does not have up to daate cwm and thus i cannot update cwm to solve the prob. Well the error is this: set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed. I can upload a copy of the build if u all want
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] CRJL:
Hello one and all.

I have been looking at this forum for about 1 week and i'm still none the wiser. This may be because I have no idea what im doing and I am a little worried about making rom changes as I have no experinace of this.

I have a 02 exec. Which i am happy with but its a bit slower than I thought it would be. The phone seams to mess around when answering.

I have booted it up as normal on the basic setting.

A few questions that I have :-

What is the best setting to boot up on basic or corperate with the code ?

What reg changes are critical to boost performance ?

Any Software that I should get for the Xda ?

VGA settings do I need to change them ? What effect does it have.

Any advise would be good. If it could be given in a format my 2 year old could understand that would be good for me.

Thank you in advance
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Moandal:
You'll find a wealth of information on each of your questions by browsing & searching the posts already on this forum.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] CRJL:
thanks moandal that's why I posted.

1 post says basic setup another say corporate. 1 post says hack this that and the other. another says not to.

I'm new to pocket pc.

these forums do not make it clear what is best.

example radio version 1.06 or 1.08 at least 3 posts on here saying each one is better than the other. I have no idea.

all I was asking for is some guidance as to which set up has worked best for people.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] underwurlde:
@CRJL you've one up on me mate - I did not even know this thing had two modes!!! :oops:

BTW, why is that? Someone mentioned somewhere a corporate password - how to enter this & why would I want it.

BTW CRJL, I agree with you, these little devices are very confusing, espcially because the front end software (WM5) is soooooooo labourious!

Andy
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] CRJL:
when you hard reset the thing. after all the rom stuff loads up it gives you the choice of basic set up or corporate. it selects basic automatically after 20secs.

if you tell it corporate then you have to put the code 0506 in. this the uninstalls some stuff off the exec. you loose mms and all the gprs an 3g settings for conecting to the net. (i don't know what else it does) some of the people in the forums say it makes the exec faster. I could not really notice any difference.

you loose a few applications as well.

until I learn more I'm staying in basic.

I find these forums are for more advanced users so the simple questions tend to get missed. (im talking abot my first post) still not had a reply answering my questions
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] BlackICE:
for this you should first make a hard reset (carefull, with hard reset you will loose all data!) by pressing both app buttons and reset at the same time.

When it starts up, after the installation countdown shows up you should make a reset to stop the automatic setup.

Now you have a machine, which is only basic setup. See how you like the things in there.

After you now enough about this, you can make same hard reset again and start the corporate setup. Then see, how you like this setup.

After this do same with basic setup.

In total you have then an idea, what you can have with the 3 different setups.

Now you can decide, which of the 3 setups you want to start with. After this, you should read the posts about Extended Rom, how to unlock it, which programs are in there etc. Then you get an idea for example how to install some software in the basic setup.

Also, you can add some programs from other Roms. For example I have an MDA Pro and I added the I-Mate Backgammon game to my setup.

Try out and see what customizations you want and need, which you do not want.

Basically, this does not really make difference. Forget about reg changes. Performance depends on running programs and setup - see above.

As far as I know, o2 installs some app in the basic setup, which makes the device slow. As I never tried o2 rom, I do not know, if this is true.

read here:

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=31697

here also I recommend to try out the software and just keep the ones you like.

In total I would recommend you to create a directory on your PC where you put all the setup and cab files, which you want to have in your final setup. After trying out all, make a hard reset again and install the files from this directory. This prevents any junks to be left behind from your previous tries.

I think, you get more problems than it helps. Some programs appear too small on the screen. And when you make a Romupdate this does not work anymore.

I recommend not to install any VGA Patches. Instead just set the text size to more small and search in this forum for some registry hacks to change system font etc. and see if you like it, when the font is more small (this is good for Opera or PIE as you can view complete page!)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] underwurlde:
Nice reply, thanks mate!

erm

yes

ahem

erm

:oops:

what are the ><ahem, ahem>< "app buttons"

Andy (thicky wicky Blacky wacky Adder)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] CRJL:
thank you. I will give the 3 setups a go. I did read that if you soft reset before the counter that video calling does not work.

will give it a go and see what happens I'm sure there will be a cab file on here to sort it out.

anyone wishing to add any pearls of wisdom fee free. I'm learning more and more all the time.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] BlackICE:
app buttons: the buttons on the keyboard, which have changing functions. these functions are shown at the bottom of the screen. These buttons can be found to the right and left of the red and green call buttons on the keyboard.

about video calling: yes, this feature is installed after you switch on first your device. it is activated with one cab file. If you can find out which cab file this is, you can install it manually in the basic setup.
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] voltigeur:
Here is the download link for playstation mobile for Android.

http://psm.dl.playstation.net/psm/store/apk/PSM.apk

- Download PSM.apk

- copy to phone

- install it whit a file explorer

- create a account (outside USA make a fake inside USA adress so u got more free games and demo's and a bigger line up of games)

- Start the ap sign in and done

Alternetive install

- Download PSM.apk

- copy PSM.apk to your adb folder

- go to CMD

- got to your adb folder in CMD

- connect phone to pc

- type adb install psm.apk

- create a account (outside USA make a fake inside USA adress so u got more free games and demo's and a bigger line up of games)

- Start the ap sign in and done

Done :D
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] htnawsaj:
Looks like HTC one has been added to the list here http://www.playstation.com/psm/certified.html
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CodeVanya:
I have been learning about Custom ROM development recently and got the kitchen and other tools from both these threads:

[MENTION=673068]dsixda[/MENTION] 's

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=633246

[MENTION=4294283]neroyoung[/MENTION] 's

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1661770

But since Defy is not originally supported by the kitchen, there are lot of confusions about the procedure. I tried and failed to boot the ROM that I developed. I was hoping if someone in our forum help me with this and provide me links to learn more of that. It will be a great tutorial for noobs like me who have this one amazing phone. :)

Thanks in advance.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hotdog125:
There was Kayant's tutorial - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24697936. It might help.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CodeVanya:
A big thanks mate.. :) I'm sorry I didn't see this.
[Android] lzzy12:
Thanks
[Android] tids2k:
thanks for this !
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sianspheric:
Hi guys,

Just got a Nexus 5, had previously had a Samsung Galaxy S3.

My S3 was rooted, mainly to get rid of carrier bloatware and later because I wanted the Android 4.2 camera with Photosphere (my carrier was stuck on 4.1 until a few months ago).

As time wore on my device had numerous problems ultimately I felt related to rooting, I could never find ROM's with at least one major glitch. I ended up on a stock ROM for most the time with the only root change was flashing the 4.2 camera for Photosphere. Rooting in general I found caused more headaches than it was worth.

Anyways, I just got the Nexus 5 and have no real intention to root it. Since it's devoid of carrier bloatware and it runs super fast and responsive, just wondering what the real credible benefits to rooting it are? (and voiding warranty in the process)??

I don't see a lot of bloatware on the device, it's going to get constant updates from Google (as opposed to devices depandant on a carrier), I don't really need to overclock or mess with kernals on an already fast device.

Am I missing something here?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daemonios:
Some people prefer different launchers or ROMs or to have access to certain functions (e.g. full backup) that require root. I've had my N5 for a month and haven't felt the need for it, so I'm still stock, locked, unrooted.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pekempy:
Xposed for me.

Most of the mods from Custom ROMs with the OTA updates from Google
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J_Dutch:
Xposed framework, Adaway, Lmt launcher, AppOps, AutomateIt Pro... Basicly everything to take control over your device.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sianspheric:
So.....ad blocking apps, minor tweaks, custom ROM's.

eh, not really compelling reasons for me I guess.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cirkustanz:
I wouldn't call them minor tweaks at all. There is an extremely wide variety of things that require your phone to be rooted. Often times an app will have limited functionality without root.

Please note that rooting your phone has nothing to do with using a custom rom. (You can in fact have a custom rom that is not rooted) Your problems with your prior phone were not in any way as a result of rooting the phone. If you had problems with the rom (sometimes custom roms have broken components) that has nothing to do with having root access.

At this point, I'd be willing to bet the most common usage of the phone at this point (amongst users of this site) are those who are rooted, but still using the stock rom. More and more users are migrating to the custom roms, but this is because rom development takes a bit of time with major releases.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android.Pete:
AdAway is the main reason for me - I HATE adverts with a passion!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
what you consider "minor tweaks", might be a big deal for someone else. Tastes differ.

i root because of 1 main reason, i paid for the device and i believe i should be able to have full control over it.

Another thing is, whatever i do with my phone, i always know what i'm doing and why i'm doing it, so the odds of screwing something up are very little. In case i do need to claim warranty, i know how to set everything back.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J_Dutch:
Ehm...why did you buy a nexus? Actually i don't even know what you are doing on xda. No offense but... Sound more like an iPhone kind a guy...:p
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BirchBarlow:
It's up to you whether to root or not. Whatever problems you had with your previous device, it wasn't due to rooting persay, but rather what you did with root access. Rooting doesn't change anything, it just gives you administrative access to the operating system. Running un-rooted is analogous to accessing your desktop PC through a guest account. Rooting your Android device gives you full access like you have on your desktop as as an administrator.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bblzd:
He just wants to know the benefits. No need to harp on him for not wanting to root. If anything Nexus 5 has less reasons to be rooted then OEM phones.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wideasleep1:
Maybe someday he'll want to tether.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dragn4rce:
AT LEAST UNLOCK THE BOOTLOADER

Fastboot OEM Unlock

That easy, it'll erase EVERYTHING. So if you do it now you won't lose much. Do it later when you want to root (like my mother and myself) you'll have to unlock and lose everything.

If you ever need you return it just lock it again it's easy. And you won't lose ANYTHING for relocking it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ben36:
Two words....

Franco kernel
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
Titanium back up because I'm too lazy to reinstall all of my apps on my previous device.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nrvate:
Not much reason to if your main use is as a "daily driver".

Mine is rooted mainly due to needing to use it for development work related to my job, but ad blocking and several xposed modules would require root anyways. That and I just can't help but mess with stuff like CPU frequency/voltage settings, etc.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thecryof:
I second this.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbesoli:
I was previously on Galaxy S2 rooted. I'd tested some custom roms like chamaleon, cm, but at last, what i realized that I needed wasn't a lot of new features i only wanted a good battery performance and a fc and random reboots free phone.

So I returned to stock roms with the more stock-like rooted kernel with Xposed and some additions. At last I got a good battery performance to keep the phone full day without charging.

Now that my N5 is with me for about 6 or 7 weeks I don't need rooting, modding ... nothing. The performance for my daily use is about 30 hours between charges with almost 3 hours with screen on.

That is all I need!

And for backups (i've payed for titanium backup app for my S2) now I use ADB from command line and it's enought for me

Also, the Nexus in this conditions hasn't hanged yet.

It spent more than 350 hours until I decided to change to Dart and I had to restart the phone. this is much better than my old S2 that needed two or three weekly reboots even with stock rom.

So, i'm very happy with my non-rooted N5 but if I need to root it in the near future it will be not a problem to me doing it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrono_Tata:
I use it for Titanium Backup myself, whose backups I periodically have uploaded to Box.com. Obviously it's there for when I want to change phone and want to restore app data, especially for game saves, but you also never know if your phone is going to malfunction and you have to wipe or get lost/stolen. I think it's pretty useful to have an app that automatically takes care of backing up your data for you.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhilipTD:
http://lifehacker.com/top-10-reasons-to-root-your-android-phone-1079161983

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Yup. The sticky thread at the top of q&a answers the question. However its personal choice

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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sianspheric:
That's the biggest insult you can say to someone on XDA, calling them an iPhone guy.

:(

Anyways. I guess my experience so far with an unrooted Nexus 5 has been so massively positive. The device is super responsive, never slugging, the battery life has actually been outstanding.

I didn't have that experience that much with the Samsung Galaxy S3, I rooted it (following tutorials and guidelines EXACTLY) from day 1 to get rid of carrier bloatware and as much fun as rooting was, it also caused me so many headaches.

So now with a device that is seemingly perfect out of the box, unlocked, direct from Google, no bloatware, I just was curious to see many people rooting a great device in it's stock state.

But these are all valid points. I might root it down the line, but right now it's so perfect, I don't want to mess with anything.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sianspheric:
I don't know if I entirely agree with that.

I guess simply rooting my Galaxy S3 with Odin didn't create problems per say, but inevitably my phone was more buggy and problematic after I rooted it.

I installed recoveries, changed kernals, tried original/android roms, installed the 4.2 camera, all of these done with instructions followed exactly step-by-step via XDA tutorials and thread and still it just got buggier and buggier and more unpredictable over time.

Even unrooting and going back to original stock carrier version of 4.1 and issues still persisted. Maybe I'm not as skilled at this stuff as you guys are (clearly, not going to deny that), but I think people having this perception that rooting/activities done with root access isn't somewhat risky is a misconception. I think you can follow all the "rules" and still cause harm to your device.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
1. There's nothing wrong with being an "iPhone guy". To each his own. Some people are

2. Since xda is less about development and more about people wanting "make my phone cool to show off to my friends" nowadays (not for want of trying), I don't think "someone on xda" holds much weight any more

3. Xda has an iPhone-developers sister site

4. There are lots of things that people get called here. Being called an iPhone guy is pretty good really

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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxpower7:
That's like saying "I'm not a racist, but..." and then saying something incredibly racist. Give the guy a break. With all the people in these forums whining about every little non-issue they can think of, just be glad that he bought the phone and is happy with it out of the box.

And to say he's an iPhone kind of guy? That's cold, man.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BirchBarlow:
Like I said it wan't rooting itself that caused problems, it was the software you installed after rooting that caused you problems. Even when you uninstall the software, since it makes changes at the root level, those changes aren't reversed, so I can see why you would still have problems even after uninstalling. It's not that you did anything wrong, you can follow the instructions to a T and still have problems. All this stuff is unofficial/third-party anyway, so results may vary, but that's the beauty of Android. Unlike Apple, Google encourages thid-party development and innovation, and the Nexus is the poster-child for tinkering. Unlocking and rooting is as easy as 1-2-3, no hacking, no exploits, no major fanfare. Whatever harm you may cause your phone, it's only at the software level, so if you screw something up with root access, you can always completely revert back to stock using fastboot.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danub:
The only reason I'm afraid to root on Nexus 5 is cos I just got it and when you root you lose your warranty. So if anything goes wrong I can't send it back to Google
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxpower7:
You can always flash a stock image and relock it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danub:
oh ok, is that fairly simple? Cos I rooted my S2 and that wasn't too hard. Never tried to unroot though and go back to stock
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dragn4rce:
It's EXTREMELY EASY. So laughably easy.

BUT if decide not too. UNLOCK the boot loader at least. ALL NEXUS USERS MUST UNLOCK IT.

Fastboot OEM Unlock.

It pays off down the road because you WON'T lose EVERYTHING and if you need to return it well relock it easy.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dakeent:
Third here
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxpower7:
Exactly. There's pretty much no reason at all not to unlock the bootloader right away when you get the phone. You have nothing to lose, and then you don't have to worry about wiping the phone down the line of you don't want to. It's win-win.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BirchBarlow:
No you don't. If anything goes wrong, you can still send it back.

All you have to do to root is flash the Chainfire img through fastboot. Likewise if you want to go back to factory state all you have to do is flash the factory image in fastboot. You don't even need a custom recovery unless you want to flash custom ROMs.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Shambola:
hello,

I hope to write something useful. If you have already talked about, sorry.

These are the settings that I tried for the notification LED on CM11:

Red: FF0000

Orange: FF6000

Yellow: FFFF00

Green: 00FF00

Blu: 0000FF

Pink: FF00FF

Purple: 6300FF

White: FFFFFF

Cyan: 00FFFF

:good:
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squiddog:
I have an Amazon Kindle Fire running FFF 1.4a, TWRP 2.6.0.0 and CM10.

Trying to install the latest CM11 ROM, but when I flash it, the Kindle goes into and endless reboot cycle (It says "Booting" at the bottom, then reboots, and repeats).

So then I tried installing the latest TWRP using the Kindle Fire Utility (also tried with adb) and it appears my Kindle cannot reboot into fastboot mode to allow the upgrade to take place. When the Kindle receives the "reboot into fastboot" command, it reboots, but I just get the TWRP menu with "Normal" and "Recovery" choices.

Luckily I can flash my old ROM and it works fine. ButI would love to upgrade to CM11 if possible.

Is the latest TWRP (2.6.3.1 at the time of this writing) required to install CM11? The post for CM11 states the "latest TWRP" is required.

Thanks!
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Yes the latest TWRP is required
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xanthian23:
Is the latest TWRP requirement also necessary is you're trying to install either of the newer HellFire 4.4.xx roms? I'm on 2.2.2.1, (TWRP), and can't seem to get it to work, just pops up an error every time. I had thought about upgrading TWRP, but had read that there were a lot of problems with it. So if I upgrade to the latest TWRP, should this sole my HellFire problem?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squiddog:
So, for some reason, I cannot get TWRP to update. I tried both GooManager and ROM Installer apps. They both try to install TWRP but are unable to get the device to reboot into fast mode. In fact GooManager claims that TWRP was installed successfully, but then the reboot fails. When I go back into TWRP, it is still the old version.

Any ideas how to solve this?

Thanks!
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SwoRNLeaDejZ:
You need to flash the version that hashcode updated specifically for the Fire. Link below, flash like any other zip.

TWRP 2.6.3.1 by Hashcode

It will still say 2.6.3.0 but it is updated and will work with cm11 ROMs
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squiddog:
That did the trick. Thanks!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newuzer1:
Can somebody explain how freegee fits into the picture of 'freeing' the LG G2. Is it basicaly an alternative to adb for installing/pushing a custom recovery? How is it any different than Flashify? It seems some use a combination of the two... and recently, its use seems to be the only way of getting custom recoveries on recent OTAs. I just don't get it.