yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] hgoldner:
I have rooted all my Android devices, but never owned a Nexus until now (briefly owned a Nexus 7 1st gen and was so impressed, sold it and bought my FHD). I just don't see any need to root my Nexus 7. It does everything I want out of the box. (Plus, I don't want to go to the trouble of having to have my memory erased when I unlock the bootloader).

My other devices "needed" rooting to work the way I like them to. For instance, stock on my Rezound would still be Ice Cream Sandwich if I hadn't flashed a custom ROM running JB 4.3.1, and the Transformer is still technically on 4.2.2.

Of course, YMMV and my guess is most folks here choose to root.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] wantabe:
The answer to your question of course depends on what you want. I personally don't feel the need to flash any roms on my Nexus devices but I also can't live without the options rooting gives me. I'm a Huge fan of Xposed Framework and some of the modules like GravityBox and YouTube AdAway which works great for someone that has a lot of YouTube subscriptions. This is just my opinion but I just can't imagine having a Nexus device that is not rooted and I do realize there are plenty that are not, my brother is a good example.How can he have a 1st gen N7 and a N5 and not be rooted? The Horror! Horror I Say! No backups (Titanium - Nandroid)! And there are way too many easy mods out there like modified host files, and headphone volume mod and many others. There are some great kernel choices like ElementalX.. Is there a need? I won't dignify that with a response! Wait... I just did! ;)
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] AarSyl:
Just a word to the wise...if you must root, do it early. Data lost will be minimal (I rooted within 24hrs, so I lost nothing).

Don't forget that rooting and flashing custom roms are two different things. I feel that rooting is necessary for me, because I like having backups of all my apps, and being able to restore the same app and setups when I transition to a new device, or if I get my current device replaced (which I have had my Htc Evo replaced 4 times, and my tablet replaced once). I can live without it, but I really rather not to.

As for custom roms, that is my choice. I tend to have my main rom, and I flash new roms for fun. Sometimes, the troubleshooting helps to learn more about flashing and encourages trial-and-error. However, that's exactly what some people do not want to deal with.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt hardy:
MIRACAST screen mirroring Is not working HDCP is not available on Stock but In Custom Roms there are option in Developer options. Have HDCP checking option and cast screen working like charm!:mad:

why stock rom doesnt have this option i have requested to doomkernel ,meow,xzkernel...please make HDCP checking option in Developer in new kernel so we can use miracast with custom kernel on stock :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragonnn:
HDCP option checking have nothing to do with the kernel, it is a rom issue, so ask Sony for the function or use not stock based rom.

Wysłane z mojego C6603 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtayabkk:
cm11 have working screen cast but no audio transferring what the problem i dont know ??
[General Questions and Answers] BD.:
Will it greatly improve sound output(quality)?

will it lessen battery consumption?

will it improve my games?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krypticos:
So I'll start off by saying my battery only lasts 8-10 hours from 100% to dead. So fair I have pinpointed the issue but I don't know how to fix it. I'm using an at&t d800

When my WiFi is on, no or unknown signal and no data connection start ticking and killing my battery. If I never turn my WiFi on my battery will last 19 hour or more.

Has anyone less encountered this issue and/or know how to fix this.

I have had this on bone stock 10o and on gravios rls 4.

Please I really would like to use my ac router and to get better battery life.

Thanks for your time.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bachera:
get betterbatterystats and look into wakelocks, check kernel, then partial and google the living daylight

turn wifi off when no signal, not that complicated really.

lobby with your provider for better coverage in your area.

---------- Post added at 02:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:21 PM ----------

all of that dont work, then warrantee, or get an Iphone so you dont need to worry about silly wakelocks and unfriendly way of managing phone that Android requires
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krypticos:
No odd wakelocks killing my battery. Sorry forgot to say my signal is 100%
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krypticos:
It's only when I have WiFi on that my phone thinks it has no signal even though it has 100%
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bachera:
of those ten hours how long is screen on?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krypticos:
1-2 hours and that's texting and web
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bachera:
you seem to have faulty unit then, I would bring it back ;)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krypticos:
Really that's all it could be dang I bought it off craigslist. Ok time to trade it off then.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bachera:
lol, just bring it back to a lg dealer

if that doesn't work, buy replacement battery, there are threads here how to open the phone.

or root it, twrp recovery it, wipe the bagesus ( not the sd card) out of it. so its clean. Then reinstall stock or good custom.

then condition battery, a couple times full charge down to zero and up again.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krypticos:
LG Dealer? also its not the battery not holding a charge its if my wifi is on the battery drains like crazy because my phone thinks there is no siganl so its boosting the cellular radio. with out wifi on it doesnt do that so the battery lasts a long time.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krypticos:
well good news it is software related. i installed cm 11 and wifi on is not causing the no signal wake lock.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k3xx:
Conditioning is only good for Ni-Mh battery's but bad for Li-Poly battery's. (which g2 uses) 0% and 100% are bad for them. The best is to charge them from about 10% to 95% if possible.

batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steamer86:
Sounds like that nasty stock gms wifi text service issue bs...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bachera:
I dont understand why my battery if I charge it past 100% grants me an hour longer screen on time. I did notice a different span when using till 50 and then charging it again. Once I went from 100 to zero and back up it seemed it reset itself.

weird battery I guess.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steamer86:
Bad calibration is all. Its that magic 1% [MENTION=228037]100[/MENTION] and crap 5% bottom end. Noticeable across all devices. Evens itself out, never ends. Seems at 100% starting, its not really fully charged.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krypticos:
what is this? how do i fix it?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bachera:
actually it doesnt cause all that does is lose network when network reception is low. It doesnt affect battery like your battery is affected.

try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48873307
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] alexvolo:
I use Gps Speed Sentry and I'd like to have backlight always on when the program is running.

I'd like also to disable to pocketpc standby timer normally set.

GPS speed sentry has no options to do this. To disable each time backlight and standby manually is too long.

Is there a solutions for this problem?

Thanks
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] spants:
it stays on using a car power adaptor - is this an option?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] alexvolo:
maybe a solution, but I'd like to find a solution also using battery power..
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] joker3001:
Try http://zendrui.free.fr/ PocketZenPhone works perfectly for me.

J
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] san_gr:
Hello everybody,

I have a quite stressful situation with my s4 mini right now and I need your expertise.

It goes like this:

I was perfectly happy with my stock rom but for some reason I got this crazy idea of rooting and installing a custom rom.

So I followed the steps on this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2364980

After CWM was installed and before the phone was rooted, I made a complete backup via CWM (Backup1) and then installed the rootkit (as mentioned on the above post). After successfully rooting it I made another backup (Backup2), you know, just in case :)

Then I followed the instructions on the CyanogenMod wiki (http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_serranoltexx#Installing_CyanogenMod_from_recovery) and installed it on my phone. It worked perfectly and I had CyanogenMod installed. But after playing around with it a bit, I realized that I didn't like it that much for various reasons. So I decided to go back to my original ROM. So I restarted in recovery mode and restored Backup2. Well this is where the problems start :)

The phone would start but once it boot up everything kept crushing. I kept getting messages every 10 seconds that gapps is not responding and nova launcher is not responding and the play store is not responding, etc. And in general you couldn't use it. So I tried once again restarting in recovery mode and restored Backup1. But again the same thing. Everything kept crushing.

What I want now is to have my original stock rom rooted. Problem is, I don't know where to find it. All I found was this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2375527&highlight=9195 but the download links don't work. Plus I don't know what my firmware's code is (eg I9195XXUAMF5)

Can anyone help?

PS. I live in Denmark and I bought here. Also the phone is the i9195 model with 8gb.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niitro1:
s4 mini

Go to CWM and wipe it or try to fix permissions
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mnezo:
Factory reset from recovery should fix the force close.

Sammobile.com for firmwares
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] san_gr:
Thanks! That helped a lot.

So now I downloaded and successfully flashed what Sammobile.com suggests is my stock firmware.

I followed again the procedure to root my phone (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2364980) but although superSU is installed, I don't think I have root access.

What happens is that first of all superSU says that it needs to update the binary but it when I click "continue" it fails to install. Then I get a security warning that superSU is trying to access protected files and that it was blocked. SuperSU asked me if I want to disable KNOX. I said yes so I don't get those messages anymore. But still superSU can't update.

The other thing is that the apps don't actually have root privilages. For example, when I try to enable root on ES File Explorer, I get the prompt to grant root access, and I select grant. But I still can't open specific folders in the file system. For example the /data folder is shown completely empty.

Also other apps don't behave like rooted.

Any thoughts??
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mnezo:
flash GT-I9195_Kernel_v1.zip or Vikinger
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] san_gr:
Thanks!

That worked :)

I hope that kernel doesn't have any bugs
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MCChang:
Hi guys, I've come to the conclusion no one can answer my previous thread, so I'm starting a new one, asking a different question.

Can our phones just run stock Android? I mean, does Android support all our drivers? If it does, I may be tempted to just use that instead.

thanks.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robin>Hood:
YES .... BUT!

The answer is yes, BUT, I suggest you start reading about what Android actually is and the workings of this OS.

Then you will discover the possibilities yourself and within no time have the phone just the way you like it :)

If you would have read the forum you would have already had an answer to your own question.

Think before you act my friend.

There are AOSP and AOSP based roms for our device, whatever you want. You will find out what this means!

On this forum some useful threads:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2232085

When I google for "What is Android custom rom AOSP" I get these links for you to start of with, do not forget, google is your friend in your search for answers ;)

http://highonandroid.com/android-roms/what-is-aosp/

http://android.stackexchange.com/qu...ifference-between-an-aosp-rom-and-a-stock-rom

http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/05/01/custom-roms-for-android-explained-and-why-you-want-them/
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MCChang:
Thanks Robin>Hood!

I neglected to mention that my phone is actually a customized China-only Xperia SP running on China Mobile's proprietary 4G network. It is called the Xperia SP M35t, and with the exception of more ROM (16 vs. 8)? and I'm assuming a chip that allows it to run to the LTE variant network.

Obviously I'm hoping that it would have no bearing on this conversation, and an AOSP ROM would be able to have all required drivers to run my phone properly. That I guess is the crux of my question.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4529355:
I believe the Chinese Xperia SP is unique, You can't run other Android version besides the stock one.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MCChang:
Thanks cachanilla86! I guess I'll have to wait till a ROM comes out. Thanks!
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adfad666:
It depends what you mean by stock Android. You can't just download AOSP, compile it and flash it.

You CAN download Android source code from CodeAurora, compile that with a few minor tweaks and it will work (see my recaf project). I think it even has support for the Chinese LTE variant (I read something about it in code comments) but I didn't look at it as it didn't interest me, I obviously have no way to test it.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MCChang:
Thanks adfad666. I don't think I'm quite ready for any programming, minor tweak or otherwise. I'll just wait for someone to create a ROM for the Chinese Xperia. :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrapoc:
Hello all

Just been doing a bit of research into why my wifi speeds on my nexus 4 are performing inadequately.

Anyway to cut it short came across a few posts elsewhere saying it was down to location services being set to power saving mode.

As in this video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYadd615ZTo I have confirmed it. I set Location to High Accuracy and my speeds have gone from about 2mbps to 35mbps download and from 5-6mbps upload to 18mbps upload.

Must be a bug? Tested using PA 4.4 beta
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EclipseX:
Can anyone know a free way to unlock i9505 from spain operator: Yoigo with android 4.3 original?

Because the option to unlock over menu doenst exists like others operators

Its possible to change the original ROM to other operador without mess with knox
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EclipseX:
Anyone???
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvihion:
You can try with this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2282683

Suerte :)
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwtoledo:
Hello guys,

Is possible to change the current XT890 boot animation for the new one (MotoX and MotoG)?

I think the new boot animation is awesome!
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hazou:
Yes it is easy to do. Replace the bootanimation.zip in the system/media folder with the one u like. It is possible that u need to resize all the pictures in the zip to the format of our phone to get it nice on the screen.
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwtoledo:
Where Can I found the new Boot animation files?

I found this topic but the download link is offline:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2391002
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hazou:
That's your problem :P

There are numerous ways. Just look on the internet and u will find out.
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ICuaI:
You can download it from my dropbox. ;)

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/z3bj91mxq89964d/F60dcJ7wW_
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parenti2k9:
Just search Google play for the word root and then look for an app called boot animation it will Change the images and stuff for you and set it seems to work OK for our phones worked good on mines lol I have a doctor who one lol
[Sony Xperia M] harsh73:
Pls.someone help me how to Relock Bootloader in xperia M
[Sony Xperia M] mufti.arfan:
If you have TA backup, use that..

There are various guides on how to do that properly with what precautions you must take and all...

But make sure you flash it over the same firmware you had taken it from, else you'll end up having a brick.
[Sony Xperia M] harsh73:
If i have not TA backup,is than any other procedure to relock bootloader again.
[Sony Xperia M] mufti.arfan:
Nope, don't even try to use someone else' TA backup, it will BRICK.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LikkiHalili:
i want to buy but i dont know samsung galaxy s i9000 or sony ericsson arc s which is more good if someone can tell me ? thanks and sory for my english :rolleyes:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PromaneX:
Hey guys,

The USB on phone ONE is borked - the only thing it will do is charge the phone, it can't communicate with a pc (tried a few, over different cables) and it won't read USB OTG either. I accidently erased the OS AND the internal storage of the phone while trying to fix the usb issue (using TWRP).

So I'm now in a position where I have no OS, no ROM zips on the device and no way to get any data onto the device. Short of sending it away to get the usb fixed, are there any solutions to this pickle?

Thanks for any help!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mucky2:
Hmmm... Die you tried to install HTC Driver again?

Gesendet von meinem One mit Tapatalk
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jcc1dls:
Recovery

Are you able to boot into your bootloader

On your PC or Laptop - reboot the machine. Once booted press the windows key + E. Navigate to your sdk folder and highlight the "platfor-tools' folder. once hilighted (single mouse click to highlight) hold the SHIFT key and left click the "platform-tools" folder. Select open command window here.

On your phone - Power down then Hold the Vol down button and press the power button. Hold both for a few seconds > release the power while continuing to hold the vol down button until the bootloader screen appears.

If this does not work try holding the power button untill you see the Back and Home soft keys flashing. Continue holding the power until they stop flashing. Immediately release the power button and push the vol down button. do not release until you see the bootloader screen.

Select 'Recovery' from the list to boot into TWRP.

Select Advanced

Select SideLoad

Plug in your USB cable

On your PC or laptop copy the viper rom to you platform-tools folder. Now right click the rom file and rename it sideload.zip

in the command window you opened earlier type > adb sideload sideload.zip

here is a link to a sideload thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2318497

hope this helps.
[General Questions and Answers] neo-keanu:
Hello to all in this community.

I have a SPRD S4 GT-I9500, and I need help to repair this phone.

The phone boot up, goes to lock screen, but when I unlock it, the screen stays back.

If I use the up toolbar it says, unlocking SD card.

It as a left side bar where I can access the explorer, the camera, definitions or recovery tools, but nothing else.

No dial phone, no calls and no background image or application’s access.

Is there any program to reinstall the rom? Or update it? Where I can find it?

The information’s provide by CPU-Z is;

CPU architecture : ARM Cortex-A5

Cores : 2

Revision R0p1

Speed Clock 400 mhz-1000mhz

Core 0 1000mhz~

Core 2 stopped

GPU vendor ARM

GPU Renderer Mali-300

System

Model Galaxy S4 (sprdroid_base)

Manufacterer SPRD

Model sp6820gb

Display MocorDroid4.2.2.W12.20_P20.01

Hardware sp8810

Android version 4.2.2

Kernel Architecture amrv71

Kernel version 2.6.35.7

Total ram 217mb

Available ram 46mb

Internal storage 00,18 Gb

Available storage 0.11 GB

Root access Yes

Thanks for your help
[General Questions and Answers] jasminel:
I think there something wrong with the software. You should try reflash the phone then.
[General Questions and Answers] neo-keanu:
hi, thanks for your answer. Where do I get the flash?
[General Questions and Answers] jasminel:
I think it depends on which rom you use, rom cook or stock.

If you use rom cook then you can find a rom in I9500 Development section.

If you use stock rom then you can download the suitable version here: www.samsung-updates.com/‎

You're gonna need odin, Kies to flash the rom. Further instructions you can search in the forum I think.
[General Questions and Answers] neo-keanu:
Hi,

Thank once again for your help. I´m not sure what rom is used because I buy the phone from a guy that was selling in a small market, I am pretty sure is a copy, the brand is SPRD. I do think that Samsung rooms are no suitable for this device so It as to be one used by this brand and model. The room in used is jdq39.i9500zsuamdf.

I´m new in android area, up until now I´ve been used IOS phone, so I be thankful to any help I can get to put this phone running.

Regards,

Carlos
[General Questions and Answers] jasminel:
Sorry I don't really get it. Basically is your phone Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500 (causer there are different version for Galaxy S4 I9505, I9506...).

You can check this by going to Settings ->More-> About Device-> MOdel number to make sure.

Regarding the SPRD, where is it on the phone ? I think it means Singapore.
[General Questions and Answers] neo-keanu:
Hi,

The phone is a clone, not an original Samsung, it was made in china. The SPRD I think stands for spreadtrum. After some research it came to a conclusion that this phone are also known as Feiteng.

So my main problem is not sure what rom to use.

Regards

Carlos
[General Questions and Answers] jasminel:
Well. sorry Carlos, in this case i don't know which rom to use to flash your phone cause Chinese Branded Phones are not well supported on XDA.

Let's wait for someone else who may know the solutions.

Good luck !
[General Questions and Answers] neo-keanu:
Ok, thanks for your help. I will wait for someone with a solution.

Regards,

Carlos
[General Questions and Answers] rodrigod10:
tengo un movil = al tuyo

Hi Charles, I have the same mobile than yours, if you want I can spend the rom, but has a couple of problems, 1-supuesamente this rooted but using apps as root unninstaller, the app gives a message that says "your device is not rooted ... "but with other apps like SET CPU if that is rooted out. if still want it I'll pass, but could you tell me the exact steps to extract the rom. and you could send your rom that you will try to fix that problem of yours. PD maybe the problem is that you put your other launcher and you selected as the default, and surely this launcher is not supported by your device which produces a black screen. ee had problem when you install a miui launcher. regards PD2 if accomplished putting on the ro stock or you fixed your problem I pray you send me the link to download the rom or I upload the back up of your rom.
[General Questions and Answers] igorimar8:
Amigo acá La solucion

amigo la solucion esta en needrom.comdownloadgt-t9500
[Galaxy Note II General] kersey:
As the title says, has anyone got the UK O2 modem from the 4.3 release.

Sadly with the introduction of terafile to download the rom it could take me days to download the firmware just to extract the modem.

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy Note II General] AndyBury:
Hi I'm on O2 4.3, and my modem is MK1 and working fine.
[Galaxy Note II General] kersey:
Would you be able to upload the modem please
[Galaxy Note II General] AndyBury:
https://mega.co.nz/#!XB1kCAYI!SVYPWwqXK2OJJBrPMSg-I5m0c889hACOO_sWxhJ1NXM hope it helps