yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Desire X] xTechnoStar:
I tried restore without wipe all..

And it failed..

i am scared that when all my files deleted that the restore also fails
[HTC Desire X] GtrCraft:
Did you try to restore only system and data?

You don't have wipe, but make a backup beforehand
[HTC Desire X] xTechnoStar:
also fail without wipe before
[HTC Desire X] GtrCraft:
Which version of TWRP are you using?
[HTC Desire X] xTechnoStar:
v2.6.3.0 ;)
[HTC Desire X] GtrCraft:
That's the problem, you need a ICS TWRP because you have ICS hboot (I assume because you want to update to JB)

Use this one: http://d-h.st/eCC
[HTC Desire X] xTechnoStar:
Thank you ;) Failed without wipe..
[HTC Desire X] GtrCraft:
Can you send me the recovery log then?
[HTC Desire X] xTechnoStar:
Log copy failed xD WTF

I tried yet restore without wipe.. should i do factory wipe and full wipe?
[HTC Desire X] GtrCraft:
How did you flash recovery? with fastboot flash recovery recovery.img?
[HTC Desire X] xTechnoStar:
Yes of course ;)
[HTC Desire X] GtrCraft:
try to do fastboot erase cache

And try to restore again
[General Questions and Answers] lucamw:
Hi to all, i Need help identifying what ROM i need for my unknown iphone i5c clone!

I bought this clone, from a seller incorrect British. who claimed that the clone was not of the same apple logo and it was a goophone. I found a clone "perfect" with logos and apple box identical to the original.

The big problem comes with the rom installed. seems to have a wrong kernel.

Do not operate the modules Wi-Fi and Bluetooth maybe even 3g.

can someone give me a hand to identify the real name of the clone with relative rom and kernel?

it's amazing, I have received a clone of a clone! where'll never get!

Here are some pics and info in my possession:

- Inside shows 2gb ram (in my opinion are not true)

- The back cover uses the same screws with 5-pointed star of the iPhone real.
[General Questions and Answers] lucamw:
I think it could be helpful in identifying the phone, and the best kernel-firmware to install.

I attach these screenshots made with the program CPU Identifier

EDIT: It would seem to be a really goophone i5c, but a new model, inside is equal to the i5s goophone

my phone: h tt p : / / goo . gl/xFFgJl

Inside goophone i5s: h tt p : / / goo . gl/RK1ddH
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsar_chasm:
Hello all,

Quick question, after flashing Faux's kernel on my XT1032 moto g I am unable to use the wifi. Have I done something wrong or is this just a product of differences between the phone models?

Thanks.

EDIT: Solved by flashing the zip with CWM recovery as opposed to flashing the boot.img with adb.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denzel09:
You should post directly in kernel thread, it's better if you want a reply from faux
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsar_chasm:
I don't have enough posts to post in a dev thread :crying: So I sent faux a private message trying to describe it. Just wondered if anyone else had found something similar/knew how I had messed up.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denzel09:
ok, up for you..
[Zooper Widget General] Lifehacker7:
So I made an apk for zooper containing clock widgets, and I used many 3rd party fonts for it.

When I saved the widget to build apk , fonts are saved as .ttf.jet and I built the apk with eclipse .

But now people are reporting that they can't see the fonts I used.

Am I doing anything wrong or is it an issue with zooper?

Here's my app if you wanna take a look at. You can see the fonts I used in the preview while applying the widget.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spectrum.clock.zwskin.sample
[Zooper Widget General] kwerdenker:
You step into the same trap is I did mate. The solution to it is quite simple though: delete the .jet extensions from the font files and re-compile, then it should work again.

But before you do that, do me a favor and save your current eclipse project as a ZIP and send it to android@zooper.org. The dev said the problem with .jet-fonts should have been fixed and that he needed samples to work it out. Put a description in the email about your problem so he knows what it's about. I already send in a sample but the more the better, especially if they are from different sources :)
[Zooper Widget General] Lifehacker7:
Fanks! I'll do that. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theandroidfan:
Notice how the nexus 5 lags whilst the galaxy s3 and nexus 10 are smooth?

Nexus 5- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRMnXO8cMgY

Galaxy s3- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjVD0zHygm4

Nexus 10- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxTcbt4sHps

Could this be because the snapdragon is crap or because of optimization?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhibnl:
Well frankly speaking mali 400 is kinda old now, but i guess it still is a decent performer for most of today's games, though some lags r there on some games
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssassinGEO:
Mali is known for it's good (close to console's) graphics and good power too,though it might be still optimization.

Well,at least,nexus 5 still should run it better.

Games,which lag on Mali are just unoptimized (a little). I think,if developers of those games will optimize their games better,Mali will probably won't lag even in today's games.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theandroidfan:
Wow

The fact that the nexus 10 can run that game at that crazy resolution is pretty impressive
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhibnl:
Well we'll hope for the best, these new drivers does work though. Graphics performance is kinda better now
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paintball23456:
Mali and exynos are ****** trash compared to Qualcomm CPU's and GPU's Slower at everything. And FYI i haven't met a person with a s3 that doesn't lag, if you argue against you obviously don't use your phone to much.. under load, Exynos sucks. It's that simple. Why do you think the i9505 is a hell of alot more popular than the crappy octa core one? Exynos is a mess, Mali is crap too. #rant

Also we don't really need posts comparing video clips from youtube. It's not a thread we like around here. If you don't like lag, get a HTC One or a iphone. I know i'm dumping this samsung trash called the S3 which i use now for a nexus or a HTC One 2014 models..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blackwolf10:
yeah it snapdragon 2.3ghz to keep up with the 1.9ghz of exynos
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssassinGEO:
Hey there,bull,calm down. S3 doesn't suck. I use it every day heavily and multitasking,RAM management are amazing. Yeah,I agree,S3 lags in all of new games,but there's a reason. Know it? Because it's old already. Soon 2 years will pass since S3 was released and of course new games will lag on such an old device.

So again,calm down there.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theandroidfan:
Someone needs to chill
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jinosong:
Don't be an idiot. The Exynos on the S3 is far superior to the Qualcomm version. The Exynos version had a quad-core CPU vs. dual-core for the Qualcomm version. That's what the OP is talking about and you just sound like an immature little teenager.

On the S4, it's a different story because Samsung's big.LITTLE was poorly implemented on the Exynos. However, on the new Galaxy Note 3, Exynos is just as good, if not better than the Qualcomm 800. And when Samsung updates the chipset with octa-core capability, it has the potential to surpass the competition significantly.

As for your idiotic argument of popularity, Samsung decides which regions will receive Exynos chips based on LTE availability and Qualcomm's licensing restrictions. It's not based on popularity, it's based on patents and licensing costs.

I don't have any lag on my S3 and I happen to like comparisons of different chipsets, even from YouTube. You aren't qualified to speak on everyone's behalf and I appreciate this thread which asks a perfectly fine question.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ali_jiwa:
I think mali and snapdragon are sort of budget type processors whereas qualcomm and exynos(some models) are the higher end of things
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jinosong:
Mali=Exynos

Snapdragon=Qualcomm
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theshawty:
What?

Mali is a GPU whereas Exynos is the CPU. The Exynos version of the S4 didn't have a Mali GPU, it had a PowerVR one.

And to whoever said the S3 had perfect RAM management and multitasking: that couldn't be further from the truth.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jinosong:
See post above mine. I was trying to clear up the assumption that Exynos, Qualcomm, Snapdragon and Mali were all different chipsets.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theshawty:
Yes but you made the wrongful assumption that mali is something that just goes with exynos. Exynos is made by Samsung while Mali is made by ARM and not even by Samsung at all
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmac31:
i own nexus 4 htc one and exynos s3. u re just kidding urself. try gta vice city , san andreas on a adreno phone atleast try on one and nexus 4 im %100 sure they will lag i use one as daily driver. all you will see is lag. i didnt see any game laging on exynos s3 yet. asphalt 8 full graphics s3 30+fps one 20+ fps. because adreno just fails with thermal throtting. and dont realy have great drivers to work with. like on htc one you are playing most wanted working on 30+ fps 15 mins gaming and you will see laging low fps drops to 10 to 20 i tested like every game with fps meter on all 3 phones.

all you are talking about lag is simple fail touchwiz launcher its not about processer or gpu. yes one is runing smoother (2013 phone it should) because sense launcher doesnt get kicked from ram like touchwiz. it doesnt make processor good or bad it just makes launcher is bad. just remove bloatware on a s3 and use nova launcher and make it stay on ram. and you will see lag is gone .

i use this 3 phones like everyday but one most and its not smoother cuz of its processor its about sense. and its worse than exynos s3 on gaming because adreno 320 and 1080p not the best combination.

my girlfriend has nexus 5 and san andreas just lags. mali (Arm) still works better with games adreno just fails on real life performance. im using nexus 4 for 1 year and htc one for 7 months now.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iqbal Ansari:
I dont know wether your results are true or not.But your post make me feel like a proud owner of s3.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssassinGEO:
Why so? I have this phone,and I use it everyday,so I know what I'm talking about.

He's talking absolute truth,which people don't want to believe to.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theshawty:
*sigh*

:banghead:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssassinGEO:
What's up? Maybe I misunderstood something? English isn't my native language,my apologies.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theshawty:
English isn't my native language either.

You see, the S3 doesn't have good memory management. If you don't notice how bad it is, you're not using your phone that much, multitasking wise.

We've been over this a million times before. Touchwiz (the framework) and 1GB RAM don't mix well.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iqbal Ansari:
I played GTA SA with max setting today. And it was smooth. I'm surprised to see such amazing performance. People crying about RAM probably dont know how to use phone.

Its a smartphone, you have to use it smartly.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssassinGEO:
I'm using Nova launcher with some few bloatwares disabled. Skype,messaging,browser,music and some other random app's - all together on,and pretty good stability,still no lags appear,works as it should,and I'm using phone everyday,because mostly I'm not at home.

I don't know,maybe people use even more app's at the same time,but I don't need anything more,and S3 still works as I expected. No lags,no stuttering,phone isn't even getting hot. Satisfied enough,so I think I will never understand about what cons of it's multitasking you're talking about.

Agree! Mine never lags when it comes to multitasking,strange.. ?

I have three friends with S3's,and only one of my friend's S3 lags badly. Of course if you will load your phone with some crap and won't even care about if it's off or something and will just load it more and more then of course it will lag. That will happen with all of the phones.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmac31:
honest one or nexus 4 users will support me im sure i have some one nexus 4 users around me and its same for them too. i dont say s3 doesnt lag with touchwiz and bloatware everything possible but its not about cpu and gpu. only lag comes from cpu is wake up lag.

nexus 4 and one is smoother in general usage if you dont use cm on s3 but they dont run any game better than s3 im 100% sure about that. i dont say s3 is better than one in general but is just runs games smoother

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it is. not you re right. but its way better with 4.3(300mb zram enabled default) and removed bloatware. fifa 14 browser with 4 tabs twitter phone stays in memory without any issue atm. ofc its not better than a 2gb ram phone. but good enough with 1gb ram..

ps: i use nova launcher instead of toucwiz launcher. on 4.3 they fixed animation stutter too.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssassinGEO:
S3 has just crappy software with sh*tty optimization and unnecessary bloatware which just kills the phone.

If it would have something else, but not touchwiz,no bloatware,this phone could be a killer of other phones even now.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmac31:
true. 4.3 stock rom ram usage 600/830 if you dont remove anything. debloated and nova launcher 360/830 mb ram usage. samsung is just fail with its bloatware.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssassinGEO:
Deleted to stop discussion.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cloudx720:
My s3 running cm11 with devil2 kernel CPU oc 1.8 gpu 800 freaking amazing! Its how you use it that matters :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paintball23456:
Try Modern combat 4 on the S3, and then the nexus 4, nexus 5, htc One. The s3 just skips alot of frames. I'd love to see how you'd call that smooth. And also do you not think i have tried everything to make a lagless s3? All samsung phones lag. It's because of Samsung and their unoptimized UI. They just slap it and forget about optimizing it. And you are trying to tell me, that mali 400mp is better than adreno 320? Are you seriously suggesting that? Try and play the latest games the mali 400mp.. YOU can't unless somehow you like playing at sub 20fps..

The lag is a touchwiz launcher issue? seriously? THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS LAGGY.

Let me tell you what i mean by lag: Hanging up, freezing for split seconds, frame drops, micro lag, unresponsive for a second. That is what i mean by lag. I'm a power user, i use my phone most of the day from everything from the good old calls to filming 1080p video. You would notice the lag as soon as you start putting your phone under high load. The HTC One or the nexus 5 (and iphone) don't even cough under high load. This phone does and it's because of un optimized OS and a CPU from 2011.

Now go install some of the latest gameloft games and actually see how bad exynos and mali are. And FYI Snapdragon and adreno are proved to be better than exynos and mali. I will never buy another exynos phone. Ever.

Edit: And as for the software i'm using at the mo, It's MK6 with boeffla and all bloat removed. And when i use 4.1.2 it's softmax v19 and boeffla If there's this "magic combination of kernel and rom that will give me a lagless (by my definition) phone, please. Enlighten me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmac31:
Are you kidding? You are just comparing a 2 year old phone with very new phone and you are saying its not smooth? Yes im sorry about mc4 cuz i played it 1 year ago. And there was frame drops.

Im user of these 3 phones for long time i dont have to prove anything to you. And im sure mali400 acts better on real world performance than adreno 320. Played like every game on these phones. If you dont believe me just play asphalt 8 vice city san andreas real racing 3 on htc one and see the lag and u dont need magic for it just download and get in the game. You will see ALOT of frame drops. And s3 is just smooth( real racing drops to 20 sometimes on s3 too.)

If your understanding from a power user is opening 2 or 3 ram hungry apps and make 1gb ram phone lag. Its not a big deal. I can make it on every phone .i can do it to your pc too.But its not same thing with cpu/gpu. Because you can see micro stutters on s800 variant of note 3 too and it HAS launcher redraw too. Its just fail stupid touchwiz im not arguing about it.

Yes you shouldnt buy a exynos phone ever because of lack of sources and knox etc. But it doesnt change anything about s3 . Again im not saying s3 is the best. I use htc one since may. And have s3 as 2nd phone and you dont have to trust me but all you know is wrong about adreno 320 and mali400. But you will see if you buy 1 of them i dont care about you i m just warning you with my experience with these phones you are free to think whatever you want i dont realy care. Im still a happy htc one and s3 user..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paintball23456:
I'm not going to bother argue with a person that thinks a mali 400mp which is a 2 year old GPU performs better in day to day use. That's the most pathetic thing i have ever heard.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmac31:
sure thing but still im the one who is using both phones and you are the one who just read articles or checked benchmarks. i just wrote game names buy your adreno 320 phone and get gta vice city san andreas asphalt 8 most wanted dead trigger 2 real racing 3 enable full graphics and feel low frame rates and fps drops simple thing. im not sure why im answering you anyway. i have one and saying it lags on some games and you say its not its wierd thing realy.

adreno 320 can be better than mali400 but it cant show in real world thats what im sure about
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhibnl:
Well man using s3 for more than a year and frankly, the culprit is software not hardware. Use a cm/aosp rom n it's silky smooth. I was using wanam's 4.1.2 and phone was fast as hell. For a 2 year old harware, s3 still is pretty smooth. I've played almost all games on it n mc4 was the only one i faced micro lags n that too 'micro'. If it wouldn't be about sources, aosp roms would have made s3 a rocket performer, even without proper sources it's super smooth. N the perspective is based on mainly daily usage. For e.g. i'm a average user, do gaming 1-2 hrs, whatsapp,email, sms,music,calls nothing fancy n s3 never disappointed me but i removed the touchwiz crap n multitasking's a breeze. So really s3 is a great smartphone n really i'm happy with it.

N i'm unable to understand if u hate this phone that much, why r u using it in the first place? N if not using then why post such negative replies n spam the forum?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SanketN8:
thank xda there is no DISLIKE button over here

else u would have got a record number of dislikes
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssassinGEO:
I have noticed one thing...

I have seen people playing games with nexus 5,4,HTC One and some other powerful and non-powerful phones,which have other GPU's,not Mali. Gotta say,graphics on that GPU's sucks. I mean,compared to my S3,graphics in Asphalt 7-8 suck in Nexus 5 or 4 and even HTC One. And I think that's why those games run smooth on those phones.

Same with Iphone 5S,my friend has that phone and real racing 3 has crappier graphics,not by much,like it is in Nexus or HTC devices,but it's crappier. Me and my friends,who have S3 also,are proud users of this phone. We are satisfied with it's speeds,graphics,RAM management and quality. And when someone holds his Nexus,Iphone or HTC right to us,those phones starting to show how they suck as soon as the games turn on .

EDIT: Ex.: I also remember,when my brother took my S3 and showed how it performs with Asphalt 7 to one of his friends who has Nexus 4 or 5,I don't really remember,and that guy was shocked. His words: "What the hell,so good graphics! Is my lowered or what the f*ck? Compared to yours S3,they aren't that good!!". This guys isn't really experienced with specs or anything,he just buys phones he likes,and now he wants to buy S3 lol.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaki_rocker:
basically the whole thread is pointless..

the comparision is invalid.

the processor on the intl. s3 can be compared to the dual core version of snapdragon s4 krait processor and nothing higher than that.

even the architecture is completely different.

exynos 4412 - 32nm

snapdragon s4(dual/quad) - 28nm !

the ram frequency, bandwidth are all much higher on the snapdragon processors.

also the cpu cache is much higher on snapdragons.

you can't expect exynos to perform better than kraits because its technically impossible. !!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iqbal Ansari:
Technically its impossible? Maybe.

But put them side by side and you will know that s3 performs better in 3D games.

I can play GTA san andreas on max settings smoothly. And thats not a joke.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaki_rocker:
the smoothness is due to the frameskip.

it just skips the complex triangle frames in any 3d application.

so it feels smooth but actually it doesnt process the triangle textures..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vijsel07:
The MALI 400 is still one of the best GPU's around for a smartphone and as many people rightly said its the software (Touchwiz) of Samsung that makes the S3 feel laggy or drop frames and no way the hardware

The phone is future proof in terms of hardware atleast until the next 4 years.

The S3 is arguably the best phone Samsung has produced in terms of all round performance,price and durability

It packs wonderful hardware but the software needs to be tweaked to run it smoother.

If people still want to run HD games at highest frame rates then can easily buy a GPU and play games in their PC,only thing is they cannot carry it in their pocket:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaki_rocker:
the exynos 4412 will start squealing in the mid 2014..

snapdragon 600 by end 2014 and snapdragon 800 by end 2015 !

no phone is futureproof for 4-5 years in terms of performance..

and s3 is already an 18 month old phone..

i agree the s3 was ahead of its time but only at the time of its launch..

i am not biasing with any phone or anyone.

just my 2-cents. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paintball23456:
N n n n n n n n....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SanketN8:
i have seen the performance on all phones mentioned in this thread

so to conclude i would say

for normal users(which is almost every one) - s3 is a overall best device which can still play latest games with minor lag or no lag

and for advanced users(like us on xda) - s3 runs zippy and fast on custom roms and still can win leagues ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhibnl:
You see, that's my point, u r just spamming, nothing else ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssassinGEO:
Let's just wait for Kit Kat from Samsung,guys. That new android should stop all complains and discussions about S3 (ofc for those who don't want to root,like me).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iqbal Ansari:
Agreed.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustArchi:
According to sammy's leaks kitkat will arrive in march or even later, don't expect it soon, it's not even confirmed that SGS3 will get kitkat from samsung ;).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssassinGEO:
Samsung have confirmed that SGS3 will get it. Or Google lies? oO
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustArchi:
Google doesn't know what's going on behind closed doors, we neither ;).