yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Chromecast] Kyonz:
Just so everyone is aware of Team Eureka's stance on this, we are continually looking at rooting options however we've come up short thus far - we try not to talk about it too much as we don't want to dissuade anyone else from working on it (because we would love to see a root released no matter who does it!)

I personally have spent hours and hours testing things and probing chromecasts for things in an effort to find rootable paths however it is very locked down so we're honestly struggling and I can't see one in sight just yet (sorry guys, I know this isn't what you want to hear). Our efforts will continue but don't get your hopes up guys.

Also in regards to the issuing of updates, we're trying to balance usability with frequency of updates - right now there's a considerable time to apply updates (something which is in our list of things to address) so we are only releasing once we hit internal project milestones or to align with googles ota updates. (basically if it's cool and tested or if we think you need something google has put in then we spit one out for you folk to enjoy).
[Google Chromecast] brianando:
Why would you need to root a chromecast? Not as useful yet
[Google Chromecast] 85gallon:
So you have access to a lot more apps that will work with the CC.
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
All about getting around the Whitelist.

In fact anyone who has plans to develop for the CCast probably needs root to test without the WHitelist getting in the way or a special way of putting the CCast into Dev Mode via the SDK for testing purposes.

Not exactly sure how Google is handling letting Devs get around the whitelist to test at the moment.
[Google Chromecast] Kyonz:
They have a process where you apply for your device to be whitelisted and you choose the custom url of your app and they provide a custom whitelist for you when your device checks in allowing the app to connect to that url. It's still pretty restrictive but it at least allows you to test well enough.

My favourite thing about rooting is the custom DNS (not being from the US this makes it soo much nicer to set to my custom DNS provider) however I promise we're working on some stuff to make it even better to be the owner of a rooted device!
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
Thanks for the explanation it makes sense...Now we just need 10K devs all requesting access at the same time to make Google say this REGISTERING THING is a PITA....Lets just open it up and get rid of the Whitelisting! LOL

Well I'm sure Team Eureka has barely scratched the surface on what could be done with a custom Rom....

I suspect you are reverse engineering the releases as I guess they have not released any ROM source to help with, have they?

I would love to have one Rooted unit to play with what your doing but I missed out and since the unit is doing most of why I got it it's a bit less important to me.....

I didn't mean to sound like it is pointless at all just not much reason for ME (personally) to fret over not having it! LOL

Something I would like you to look at to see if it is viable in the future...

Is it possible to add the Network drivers for a USB Wired ETH Dongle using the same cable that Flashcast uses?

I think that would be a great boon to the device. No more reception issues and no more network limitations on Video Bitrate, Just send as much as the hardware can handle.
[Google Chromecast] akarol:
Personally, the o lá reason I have for root G my CCs is Allcast by Koush. I want to be able to stream all the videos and pictures from my device already.
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
You can do that even with a stock Chromecast via RealPlayer Cloud (free) or Avia (paid option - $2.99)...

Same restrictions - if the video is not compatible with Chromecast, it won't play.

If it's not compatible, RealPlayer Cloud will ask you if you want to upload it to RealPlayer Cloud (where their SurePlay feature will do the transcoding for you), while Avia will just tell you the video may not be compatible.

The more-universal solution for mixed media that includes non-Chromecast-compatible stuff is Plex, which also doesn't require root.

So, while Allcast is cool for root, root is no longer a necessity for the purpose of playing locally-stored media.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sancho777:
Hello Guys,

i bought the International Version of the HTC One in Hong Kong and using it with S-On, Viper 4.1 Rom and Bulletproof Kernel.

I live in China and using China Unicom Provider.

My Problem is, that the Playstore only shows the chinese regional Apps (which is normal) and only the free ones (i dont know if this is normal).

I added my german credit card and billing address to google wallet as some tutorials suggest but it doesnt change anything.

I did delete APP Data and Cache several times, downgraded to a older Playstore Version but nothing helps.

Has somebody any idea how i can change my Playstore Region to Germany or USA and also make it to show apps you have to pay for?

Thanks in advance!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nurseric2012:
Hello guys. I'm new here and I hope you can help me with my update problem:

I'm using ASUS Google Nexus 7 2012 rooted running Android 4.4 KitKat KRT16S

the problem is when I update it default through OTA in the device itself, when i reboot it, it still not 4.4.2 but the system says I'm running the latest version of android.

i tried manually using TWRP recovery but i get this error

Updating partition details...

Installing '/sdcard/!ReadyToFlash/Root_Files/kk.zip'...

Checking for MD5 file...

Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found.

Verifying current system...

"/system/bin/debuggerd" has unexpected contents.

E:Error executing updater binary in zip '/sdcard/!ReadyToFlash/Root_Files/kk.zip

Error flashing zip '/sdcard/!ReadyToFlash/Root_Files/kk.zip

Note: !ReadyToFlash is the folder where the kk.zip which is the OTA file is located

I hope somebody here can help me or give me a link of the right debuggerd file. Thanks you very much.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] squeeze:
Is there a way to trigger the "Device Lock" applet on the Today screen after a fixed amount of time (like 30 - 60 seconds)? Most cell phones have this function in case you forget to lock the keypad.

Thanks.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] hanmin:
I use to 'turn power off after x minutes' to lock my phone. One of the thing I found that seems to be totally useless if the lock phone feature of WM5.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] TheGadgetGuy:
Actually,

The phone lock feature is extremely useful. Especially if you use a Bluetooth headset.

How else are you going to answer your phone while it is in its belt clip, and not worry about your body pressing buttons?? Without the lock feature, you would have to take the phone out of the case, turn it off (to lock the keys), then put it back in the case. Even still, when you hang up your call, the phone would wake back up anyway!

Yes, I totally agree that we need some sort of delayed auto-lock.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] parbrook:
No you don't

You do not need to touch the phone to answer it using a Bluetooth headset when it is in Standby mode.

Certainly not on my XDA Mini S - and it tell you this in the manual (which I believe is similar to the iMate manual.

All you need to do is use the BT headset button to answer, make a call using voice tags or end a call when the phone is in Standby mode.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pfunk26:
How so I stop these? I have called Verizon several times to no avail. I don't have any notifications setup for e-mail which I understand could be the problem.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lipitor25:
Here is original link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2319243

I tried to flash but no luck. I went to all steps showed on youtube videos, but I can't over clock. Any suggestion? Thank you.
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlmostTactful:
Hey Guys! So I'm coming from a HTC Incredible, Incredible 2, Rezound, and One and now here I am with a new Droid Maxx and I'm trying to figure out just what I need to do in order to root his badboy and get all this crap that Verizon put on it off. I'm looking around and I'm seeing a few different threads about rooting but not to much about custom roms. What I'd be looking to accomplish is either 4.2 or 4.4, don't care to much which one but I want all this bloat gone as well as the ability to do a WiFi tether without giving Verizon even more money per month like I used to do on my HTC devices. Thanks in advance peeps!
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BladeRunner:
rooting depends on whether you are still on JellyBean 4.2.2 or not. If so make sure your system version is 12.15.15 then head on over to the original development section and use RockMyMoto to get root. Check out the SlapMyMoto thread too and use MotoWpNoMo to turn write protection off permanently. If you're already on Kit Kat then you're out of luck for the time being as there is no direct root for KK and no way to downgrade to 4.2.2 to get root.

As for custom ROMs... there aren't any and you'll have to use TiBu to debloat your phone. Other than that welcome to the Maxx.
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlmostTactful:
Thanks so much for the information! I am still on 4.2.2 and I just checked my version and it is in fact 12.15.15. I'll check out those threads and get all this crap off my phone lol. Once I do this, if we get an OTA 4.4 will I still be able to upgrade?

Side question, why the lack of ROMS? Is the phone not mod friendly? I remember having an HTC it seemed like I had a TON of ROM choices.
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BladeRunner:
You'll still be able to upgrade. It just takes jumping through a few hoops to keep root after the upgrade.

Moto kind of pushed the Moto X more than the Maxx/Ultra since it is multi-carrier so more people have the X and hence, more development. The lack of an unlocked bootloader has really hurt the VZW droids.
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlmostTactful:
Awesome, the phone is incredible so I'll be happy with just ditching the bloat...none of the HTCs that I had come close to this as far as battery life is concerned...not even when I put an extended battery on them. Needless to say I'm super happy with the phone :)
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HitTheTwit:
Sorry to hijack, but you are answering something right along the lines of what I've been searching for. I've done all OTA updates, and I'm showing Android 4.2.2. I'm then showing 12.15.15.obake_maxx_version for system. I'm guessing then that kitkat was only something a person could forcefully update towards. As in it's not yet available via an OTA?
[Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlmostTactful:
Hey, so KK was only available for a short time before VZ pulled the update due to issues. You can still get it here by jumping through some hoops, and you can get it while retaining root by jumping through flaming hoops with 3 suicidal midgets strapped to your back. That being said the root process is a bit lengthy, compared to an HTC device, but was super simple with the amount of instruction given by our devs :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikhilahuja:
I have installed the Android 4.3 European Test firmware on my S3

PDA: I9300XXUGMK6

CSC: I9300OXAGMK6

MODEM: I9300XXUGMK6

but now I want downgrade it back to Indian Official firmware i.e. Android 4.1.2. I tried factory reset but it was still 4.3. Please let me know if there is way to downgrade it back to Indian official one.

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jumaqidi:
If u done a nandroid back up, flash the zip. Or just download stock from sammobile and flash it thru odin. Factory reset does not get u back to 4.1.2 lmao

Give a thank if I helped you :)
[M.O.J.O. General] jjprichards:
Any chance of this? My total came up to about $300 CDN.

Yikes.
[M.O.J.O. General] ExtremeRyno:
I think at least a $75 Google Play card should be given to everyone who purchased one so far. I can't imagine how terrible of an experience it has been for non-Android geeks to try to play anything on this. The least they could do is give us reparations.
[M.O.J.O. General] jjprichards:
If they offered a $50, I'd buy it right now.
[M.O.J.O. General] gwaldo:
With a lot of games on special, $5 would get you playing NOVA3 with $4 change! lol
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Infiniteloop7:
I have been using my N5 for a couple of weeks and I know its battery life isn't the greatest. I have watched some youtube videos for tips on better battery life, and here's what I have done.

Turn off auto brightness, and screen brightness is about 1/4 of the way

Turn off haptic feedback

Turn off vibration on keypress

Turn off sync for most Google services

Turn off NFC

Location service set to battery saving mode

But it seems like after all that's been done, the battery is still draining pretty fast. For example, I went out for dinner and drinks with friends and my phone is just sitting in my pocket the whole time not being used, 4 hours later, I have lost 30% battery. Coming from an htc one, it doesn't drain nearly as much. Is this abnormal or just about right for the N5, thoughts?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhilipTD:
7.5%/hr is high for standby time. You can get it down to 1-2%/hr by using more of the battery-saving tips you'll find in the various threads on the subject.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dark_ente:
Check the wakelock with better battery stat
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevtrysmoddin:
If you don't need GPS on all the time turn that off too saves quite a bit of battery even the battery saving mode isn't that battery friendly
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jj14:
You really need to share your battery usage screen, and show what apps drained your battery. It is possible that you were had low signal strength, and so your phone kept trying to search for a signal and drained itself. Also, as dark_ente suggested, look at betterbatterystats results to see if you had wakelocks.

With no active use, that is very high drain - unless you were in a very low signal strength area, or had an app keeping your phone awake.

When I work from home, connected to WiFi, my phone drains about 3-4% in about 9 hours (assuming I don't actively use it. I use pushbullet to show me all notifications on my PC, so I don't have to turn my phone on at all)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Infiniteloop7:
When you say turning off GPS and only enable it while launching maps, do you mean turn off location completely? Does that affect other Google apps/services? Such as Google now
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ben503:
If all else fails, do a factory reset.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Infiniteloop7:
I noticed from the past few days that my N5 seems to have abnormal battery usage pattern. There are days with mostly light use (text messaging, whatsapp messaging, some web browsing, minimal on screen time) I can go for 2 days without charging, and I am only losing 1% battery per hour when it's in stand by. However, they are times (see attachment) when I didn't use my phone for 11 hours, and the battery level is down from fully charged to 26%. Can anyone give me some ideas on what may be the culprit?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Enddo:
battery saver mode is actually very battery friendly. i've done extensive testing...

---------- Post added at 06:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:24 PM ----------

you need 'better battery stats' log. . . stock battery screen tells you almost nothing
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jj14:
No. I keep location enabled all the time, but in battery saver mode - that way, google now, weather widgets etc can get my approximate location (using cell tower triangulation), but can't activate my GPS for accurate location fix.

When I use maps/navigation (which in my case is the only time when I need accurate GPS location fix), I change from battery saving location to the GPS type location fix, and when I'm done with maps/nav, I switch back to battery saving location.

If you turned location off completely, google now, and possibly other apps (like weather widgets for current location) won't work.

From your 2nd screen print, you can see that your phone was awake pretty often. As [MENTION=5518280]Enddo[/MENTION] wrote, betterbatterystats should help you figure out what is causing the wakelocks.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Infiniteloop7:
I am still pretty new to Android and I don't know how to root my phone. I did check out betterbatterystats on google play, it says the app doesn't work on non-rooted Android phone running kitkat, that's why I haven't installed it yet. It seems that kitkat made some changes which prevent battery usage apps from working properly, wake lock detector also won't work on non-rooted phones running kitkat
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhilipTD:
Rooting is pretty easy. And it opens up a whole new world.

________________________

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jj14:
While betterbatterystats will work on kitkat (unrooted), it won't give you partial wakelock summary That requires root)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15869904&postcount=3 - see FAQ 1 and 3. You can download the kitkat compatible version from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809

As PhilipTD wrote, rooting a N5 is pretty easy, but if you don't feel comfortable doing it, don't.

If you decide to root, follow the steps in first post at the link that PhilipTD provided.

Note that Step 1 (unlocking bootloader) will wipe out all your data.

Before you root, why not disable GPS (keep location active) and see if that helps? Also, how often do you reboot your phone?
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] whitemamba:
VanirAOSP Official

Join the G+ community​

Features

-Android Lollipop 5.1.1 OUT NOW!

-There are not many features in 5.1.1 yet because the developers are still working on it, so don't be disappointed if the feature you want is not implemented yet.

Previous features (which will be implemented soon by the Vanir team I believe):

-Freaking insane speed

-Custom toolchains, -O3, OptiPNG, bionic, krait, and dalvik performance commits, -fstrict-aliasing, custom CFLAGS, and MORE!

-Vanir Performance Settings

-UI mode switcher

-Tablet statusbar split

-Regular and Inverted Themes

-Active Notification Tiles

-Statusbar Mods

-Lock Screen Mods incl. Widgets, Custom Target, etc.

-Navigation Bar

-Transparency Settings

-Hardware Key Controls

-Power Menu Entries

-Fast Torch

-HALO

-Hover mode

-Heads Up

-Double Tap status bar to sleep

-Quick Camera

-Interface Mods

-LED Notification Control

-Compiled with GCC 4.9

-Battery saving mode

-Immersive mode

-etc (There are so many features in it I can't possibly list them all, so try and experience it for yourself!).

Install instructions:

1. Download the ROM (obviously) and place it in your SD Card

2. (Optional if you already did this) Flash the kernel in the zip with fastboot flash boot boot.img. This is just to get CWM recovery.

3. Boot into recovery mode.

4. Wipe data (or cache and dalvik cache if coming from an older version)

5. Flash the ROM.

6. Flash GAPPS

7. Reboot, and done! :D

Bugs:

- Refer to the latest posts

Notes:

-This ROM is no longer maintained by me, and instead has been handed over to the OFFICIAL VANIR TEAM :D:D

Sources:

- VanirAOSP

- Device Tree

- Kernel

Credits:

DHO and NuclearMistake

uberlaggydarwin

adfad666

eagleeyetom

Kali-

FXP

Team Vanir

Google

GitHub

PA

Carbon

CM

AOKP

TeamBAKED

And anyone else I missed (PM me so I can add you in!)

THANK IF YOU LIKED THIS ROM! :laugh:​

XDA:DevDB Information

[ROM] [5.1.1] [OFFICIAL] VanirAOSP - Fast & Smooth, ROM for the Sony Xperia SP

Contributors

whitemamba

ROM OS Version: 5.0.x Lollipop

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x

ROM Firmware Required: Unlocked Bootloader

Based On: AOSP

Version Information

Status: Stable

Current Stable Version: vanir_huashan_5.0.2.

Current Beta Version: vanir_huashan_5.1.1.

Created 2013-12-30

Last Updated 2015-05-17
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] whitemamba:
Download links and Changelog

Downloads

OFFICIAL RELEASES 5.1.1 BY [MENTION=5322548]AndroidNoob69[/MENTION]:

http://builds.hubdroid.com/VanirAOSP/final/huashan

FOR ALL DOWNLOADS AND CHANGELOG OF NEW NIGHTLIES BY [MENTION=2862865]nuclearmistake[/MENTION] GO HERE: http://www.emccann.net/nuclearmistake/VanirAOSPNightlies/huashan/

vanir_huashan_4.4.4.062514.zip

vanir_huashan_4.4.2.030214.zip

vanir_huashan_4.4.2.010514.zip

vanir_huashan_4.4.2.123013.zip

Android 5.0.x GAPPS

Changelog

vanir_huashan_4.4.4.062514.zip:

Android 4.4.4, what else do I have to say?
-There are a lot of changes in this update, so for the full changelog go here: [url]http://vaniraosp.goo.im/#/q/status:merged,n,z[/url]
-Hover mode, sidebar style recents panel, on-the-go mode, an awesome new bootanimation, Heads Up, and much more features added...
-... and yeah, the flickering navigation bar problem seems to be fixed :D
-Battery life seems greatly improved since the kernel I compiled finally works, especially for deep sleep.
-ART still doesn't work. You can't even enable it. :(

vanir_huashan_4.4.2.030214.zip:

fix lockscreen notifications open all button (Merged)
Lockscreen custom wallpaper [1/2] (Merged)
toast animations 2/2 (Merged)
QS: let's welcome LocationTile to 4.4 (Merged)
QS: music tile update on Uri change (Merged)
fix activedisplayview causing lockscreen navbar layout to stay (Merged)
move torch to vanir activity and use the correct drawable (Merged)
Updated Simplified Chinese translations (Merged)
Enable nav bar for devices with hardware keys (Merged)
battery saver mode: pimp settings (Merged)
battery saver mode updates (Merged)
Navbar: add resize preferences (Merged)
Vanir actions & utilities (Merged)
InCall full screen photo (Merged)
Lockscreen Notifications: Custom background color [1/2] (Merged)
Lockscreen Notifications: fix show/hide of show all button (Merged)
Lockscreen Notifications: dismiss all button, improve animations, cleanup (Merged)

vanir_huashan_4.4.2.010514.zip:

- Include android.permission.ACCESS_SUPERUSER permission in the base API
- Keyguard: fix not shown overlay widgets from system
- Merge Quick Camera
- Fixup for lock screen blur
- Vanir HALO
- Adjusted NavBar size to 42dp
- Fix charging indication
- Fast torch
- Add double tap to sleep gesture for status bar

- For a more detailed changelog, check out the commits over at the VanirAOSP Github.

vanir_huashan_4.4.2.123013.zip:

- Initial release, cherry picks (e.g. HALO and etc) coming later!
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] whitemamba:
Screenshots (Lollipop)
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] xpresotw:
Reserved :)
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] PhavourFlavour:
I found that Superuser/Root cannot be dectected.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] adryanodej:
hey.. Can u tell as about battery life? .. hope last long that CM

edit: Holly @#$% .. battery draining like hell .. :(

No superuser access.. with root checker apk says this device not have proper root access ..

also it`s the fastest rom for xperia sp out there,but I can not live with the idea that does not have root access and battery draining to fast ..

Sorry about my english ..
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] Zenderable:
VIDEO

VIDEO:

VanirAOSP - Sony Xperia SP
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] whitemamba:
Hmm. Root works fine for me. Take a look at settings/Superuser. Attached is a screenshot of Titanium Backup on Vanir. Maybe try flashing the Superuser binary?

I will take a look into the battery drain issue.
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] KiaTheKing:
Also video coming from me!

:laugh:

I have really nice competition~!
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] JoleDev:
Screen SHots

Hay Whitemamba

Where are the Screen Shots. Your roms are awosome.going to have a try:good::good::good::good::good:
[Xperia SP Original Android Development] adryanodej:
i tryied to flash superuser binary but no luck .. Still not have superuser access .. if you can fix this and the battery drain this rom will rock.. Its very fast.. like biturbo on TDI cars :))