yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 5 Accessories] mmmmBACON:
Okay, but that's your mistake. You're assuming everything name brand is somehow better, and everything no name is cheap. In other words, you are the exact target audience for advertising, branding, marketing, and labels.

A Nike symbol on a shoe, doesn't somehow make it higher quality than the exact shoe without the swoosh stitching. They're still made at the same $1.50 hour sweat shops overseas. Only that little check mark allows a store to mark it up hundreds of dollars more.

Have you seen how a bread factory works? It's the same production line, at the very end it splits off in multiple directions for multiple brands. Wonderbread, walmart, house brand, no name. Same production line, same product, different branding, vastly different prices. Your breakfast cereal works the exact same way, same factories, different boxes and branding. No name/generic, skips the advertising and branding, so they charge less, and I save money.

But if you want to keep the opinion that generic = cheap garbage, go for it. I'll happily spend less money for a product that is the same or better, even if it doesn't have a few extra letters associated with a giant corporation.

Here's an example I did about the Nexus 5 quicksand cases. Name brand vs Generic ebay. One is $20, the other $0.99

You tell me if the 20x increase in price is worth it.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48771439&postcount=13
[Nexus 5 Accessories] JD2589:
I never said that generic brands in totality are garbage. That's why in a post above I said depends.

You can't always compare cheap no name brands to high end brand names. Sometimes you can sometimes you can't.

But this is really worthless, this thread was simply about someone wanting to buy a $25 no name cheap wireless charger and I pointed out that for $24.50 they could buy something that is better in terms of quality and brand.

BTW nice find with the cases, in that case the generic brand was of very similar quality when compared to the name brand.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] mmmmBACON:
Thanks, but on technicalities, it's not "similar quality" to the name brand case. It is the SAME case, minus some ink for 1/20 the price.

Also, it isn't worthless to bring this topic up, because despite talking about it, you continue to keep making ignorant generalizations, in this case, ones with no factual basis.

For instance, why do you automatically assume his charger of choice is a "no name cheap wireless charger?" You know absolutely nothing about it. Sure there are ones out there that cost less, but why would you assume his is bad? Just because it isn't Nokia, Sony, Samsung, or whatever other billion dollar conglomerate, doesn't make the product no name or cheap.

Then you list a Nokia, saying it's better in terms of quality and brand, yet you have no basis for comparison other than what you're imagining.

Your recommendation, other than the word Nokia molded in the plastic in worse in every way than almost all other standard Qi chargers.

1) It uses proprietary inputs, almost every other manufacturer uses the standard micro USB adapter.

2) Most reviews say it requires finding the sweet spot to charge, or the phone doesn't recognize it.

3) It's output is 750mA while almost all others are 1000mA.

So again, how is the Nokia better in terms of quality and brand when in all actuality, the product is worse in every way?
[Nexus 5 Accessories] JD2589:
This is going to be my last post as it isn't adding much to the topic.

Its like comparing a a Mercedes Benz to a Kia. Which one is better my friend? The Benz or the Kia. We all know the high end brand is going to be better.

If you tell me the Kia then we all know who is actually being ignorant.

Remember I earlier said it is my opinion, and that I respected yours. I'm not going to lower myself to getting into some stupid fight with you over this. Like I said and will say again it is my opinion. If you don't respect another people opinions the one who shouldn't be recommending products is yourself.

/end
[Nexus 5 Accessories] mmmmBACON:
Way to completely avoid answering the relevant question about the actual products being discussed, and instead bringing up some arbitrary irrelevant comparison instead. Then leaving the thread, well done. You really haven't added anything constructive at all.

But that's alright, because it shows that you can't actually back up anything you say.

At least we know not to listen to you when you recommend products to people.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] OregonLawyer:
Both my friend (nexus 4) and I (nexus 5) have the nokia charger.

With the nexus 5 it works wonderfully. There is no need for a sweet spot, I just put it on the charger in just about any orientation and it just works. I have no complaints and give no shi-ts about the proprietary charger.

With the nexus 4, the nokia charger sucks (finicky about position, slow, etc).

You guys are both talking out your asses. This is an off brand QI charger which under no circumstance should cost $99 - saying it is a good deal when no specs are available ANYWHERE is just plain foolish.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] mmmmBACON:
If you read my posts CLEARLY, nowhere did I say the OPs charger of choice was a good deal. My point was that the recommended Nokia charger given in place of it, was of lower spec than almost all others currently available, and required proprietary connections. That was it. There are better deals, for better chargers, than the Nokia DT-900. That's why I said do not buy.

The Name brand, vs non name brand was an unfortunate dispute that escalated quickly (and apologies for taking part in it). But circular reasoning such as (essentially: Why is the Nokia better? Because it's a Nokia, it's a name brand so it's better) really tweak me the wrong way. If it's better, give proper reasons for it being so, instead of just blanket assumptions that since it's a brand name it's better.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] tjl_48:
Love my Nokia DT-900. Would buy again over something like this or a no name eBay brand.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liquidize036:
Hello, I have been experiencing some issues when I have my nexus 4 play music using the speaker. When I turn off the screen, sometimes I experience this medium pitch sound that interrupts the music for a second. Has anyone experienced this from poweramp or is it only my device.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gagankeshav:
Cataclysm 4.4.2

I've been experiencing the same issue since the past 2-3 weeks..thought it might be the earphones but no issue on the earphones when connected to my pc.. :confused:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] X DoZ3R:
Thats my problem too since kitkat, drives me crazy, and cant find a solution... :/
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiiKeEp:
+1

Enviado desde mi Nexus 4 mediante Tapatalk
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bharathbondfire:
HoloGlass Theme [Beta] b1.8

Theme Download

Evoluer CM Theme (Black)

playstore link

Theme Download

Chromium-CM Theme

Playstore link

This are the 3 different themes i like to share in this post

iPhone CM Theme: iOS 6

http://goo.im/devs/BlackDub/Themes/iOS/iOS%201.0.2.apk

WINDOWS 8 CM Theme

Miuiv5 Concept theme
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bharathbondfire:
New Theme's have been updated

:cowboy::cowboy::cowboy:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] beats98:
for which cm? 10 or 11?..

but seems good :good:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bharathbondfire:
compitable with all cm ,slim ,pac roms
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] catsargent:
I was wondering if there is a simple way that I can charge my nexus 7 through the pogo pins so I can use USB OTG while the device is charging. I don't want to buy the dock because of its bulk. Is there any way I can charge the device with a home made pogo pin charger?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Themes and Apps] junior_ilha:
Hi..

I've just finished editing my first bootanimation...

I've collected a bunch of movie's sounds to apply as notification/ringtones..

Also changed the system/media/audio/ui ogg files like lock/unlock/poweron/battery etc

So here it is...

2 files.. zip goes to "/system/media" and bootanimation goes to "/system/bin"

Preview:https://www.dropbox.com/s/hzm3baf2rpc3r02/bootanimation.gif

Download:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lyqdgmkxf0h4bk3/LionKing_bootanimation.rar
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Themes and Apps] ultramag69:
Found it, works well but need other zip files too...
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] BCocoPop:
Hello XDA Devs,

Would like to know what is the best version of firmware to install? Was trying to figure out why the signal strength is worse after going to ARHD 41.

Phone Info:

ARHD 41 - Android 4.4 (KitKat) - latest official HTC One 4.06.1540.3 (WWE) firmware (4x.x series)

TWRP 2.6.3.3

S-Off

Sku_ID to 7

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.44.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.14.3250.13

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 1.26.502.10

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF

(bootloader) serialno:

(bootloader) imei:

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product: m7_ul

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064

(bootloader) modelid: PN0712000

(bootloader) cidnum: CWS__001

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4002mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: off

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

getvar:all FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))

finished. total time: 0.070s

Based on what I read here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2419699

It seems a firmware update is in order. The question is:

Should I update to this firmware version, since ARHD 41 is based on that firmware and just change the CID? (latest) 4.4 KITKAT DEVELOPER EDITION OTA 4.06.1540.3 Custom Firmware (Stock Boot.img & Stock Recovery removed), if yes, how to I properly change the CID, instructions?

or

Should I follow what the thread suggested flash 1st, ATT 4.2.2 OTA 1.26.502.15 Firmware (HBOOT, Recovery, & Boot.img are removed); 2nd, (Credit to [MENTION=4816406]dark2099[/MENTION] for providing the OTApkg.zip)(latest) ATT 4.3 Official OTA 3.17.502.3 Firmware/Not From The RUU (Boot.img & Recovery.img removed); and wait for ATT 4.4 firmware to come out.

or

Any suggestion/options?

Any other things I should look out for or prepare before the firmware update?

Thanks again for all the great help having this awesome forum and all the awesome devs/community. :good:
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] clsA:
well considering your s-off and AT&T I suggest the 3.17 AT&T Firmware
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] BCocoPop:
Thx for the suggestion. Since, I already have custom rom installed, flashing the firmware now, will it change anything? Or do I have to re-flash the rom again? Really don't want to redo all the data inside. lol :silly:

From what I was reading on the forum, I shouldn't have to worry about that, right?

Thx again for the assistance.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] clsA:
just make sure the firmware you dl doesn't say it wipes data
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] BCocoPop:
I see, thx, will look out for that. :good:
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucaslopes911:
Ay guys, I have a mini s3, and some three months ago, I made a change rom, where to put the CyanogenMod 10.2 Maclaw, oh now I was trying to draw, and she does not leave, so I kept stirring, until I q unable to get back to recovery mode where Stock From the error: E: signature verification failed, and he caught the name ta mini galaxy s3, and my computer does not recognize the Mobile, so I can not even move in Odin, Please help me. :)

Eae pessoal , eu tenho um s3 mini , e uns 3 meses atras , eu fiz uma mudança de rom , onde coloquei a CyanogenMod 10.2 do Maclaw , ai agora eu fui tentar tirar , e ela não saia , então eu continuei mexendo , até q eu consegui voltar pro modo recovery Stock onde Da o erro : E: signature verification failed , e ele ta travado no nome galaxy s3 mini , e meu computador nao reconhece o Celular , sendo assim , nao consigo nem mexer no Odin , Por favor me ajudem. :)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gilbert_vanguard:
hi

try putting your phone to downloading mode, if it doesn't boot in recovery or downloading then you cannot fix it! unless you find a USB jig from the local market or amazon or eBay ! that USB jig will force your phone to downloading mode! if you don't find a jig then you have no choice but to take it to a Samsung centre or a local expert repair shop...
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucaslopes911:
He enters Download mode, but my computer does not recognize, so I can not do anything

He enters Download mode, but my computer does not recognize, so I can not do anything in Odin
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gilbert_vanguard:
hi

if your phone enters download mode then it has to be detected by Odin! make sure u installed Samsung USB drivers. also post a picture of your phone in downloading mode
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KoolKid98189:
Just return it to your seller. The contract of sales lies with the seller, not for you to send it to the manufacturer. I fully drained the battery of my bricked S3 mini before sending it back to Amazon (my seller) and they never found out it was rooted.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thareqky:
Hey guys, i'm n00b here, just wanna ask, if i'm flashing cm11, then i'm wanting to change to aokp or carbon or else rom, with newer version, is it possible without doing full wipe?

Sorry for bad english.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] limyuyang:
You don't have to wipe your data if you are migrating from CM-based ROM to CM-based ROM.

And, it's encouraged to wipe dalvik and cache.

Good luck. :laugh:
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thareqky:
Man, you're awesome :D thanks.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] limyuyang:
You're welcome. So how's your flashing going ? Very good ? ;)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thareqky:
Yes, i ended up flashing maclaw's carbon 4.4.2 to find out what's different beetwen carbon and cm rom :). Thanks to you i didn't have to be afraid of losing my data.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Karine:
How do I enable the read aloud feature in Books on my Nexus 7 2013?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] tetrox:
Hi,

In a book, one tap to display the menu, then click on the three little points in the top right and you will see the option :victory:

You can also activate in parameters quality voice for a best voice (you can only use that with wifi)

Tetrox
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Karine:
That option isn't available for me when I click on the dots. How do I make that option available?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] mdamaged:
You may have to enable the feature and install voice data in (system) Settings/Accessibility settings.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Karine:
I don't see an option to enable it, and all of the voice data that can be installed has been installed. Can you provide specific instructions?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] mdamaged:
Sure.

https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/1062965?hl=en

...specifically, step 1.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Karine:
Enabling TalkBack as the article you posted suggests renders my device nearly unusable, and now I'm struggling just to turn it back off. There must be another way to be able to use the read aloud feature without having to turn on TalkBack. Thoughts?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] mdamaged:
That's not normal at all, mine is enabled and have no such issue, I might suggest you boot into recovery and wipe your caches.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Karine:
I have several Android devices and I'm having the same experience on all of them, so I suspect it's a configuration issue. How do I enable TalkBack without it taking over my device? I don't want it to read everything aloud, and do to nearly disable my ability to interact with the touchscreen. I only want it on for the purposes of being able to use the read aloud feature in Books. How do you have TalkBack configured on your Nexus 7? Perhaps you could provide print screens of your TalkBack settings?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] mdamaged:
Hmm, mine is no longer enabled, I've had it enabled in 4.3, enabling now though I am seeing what you're saying, looks like Google screwed the pooch again.

Sorry about that.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Karine:
Further information... I just discovered that TalkBack doesn't have to be enabled at all. Some books have the read aloud menu option and others don't. Why do only some books have the option? Is there a way to make the option available for all books?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] mdamaged:
I'm guessing it's some kind of feature included in the book file-type itself (EPUB), you could look for a 3rd party app that can do it I suppose.

Here's a video that explains it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSg-oQb703s
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mizmaar:
how can i change my jasjar English language to French......
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Rudegar:
get a french rom

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Universal
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxymarc:
Hi everyone,

My S3 motherboard has died and i can buy i new one for only €109.

The only problem is that it is completely blank, no IMEI or anything.

Can i install a new rom with Odin or is it more complicated than that, and how do you program the IMEI number?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jumaqidi:
Wat is ur current and previous rom? Ur current baseband version?

Give a thank if I helped you :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxymarc:
My dad bought it a few weeks ago and put an old simcard in it, when he wanted to replace the simcard he tried to pry with a screwdriver to get the card out and destroyed the mainbord.

I know how to flash a rom but my question is if its possible to flash a motherboard that has no software or anything on it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
You can't, take it to an authorised repair shop and they can.

I wouldn't advise discussing IMEI programming, it's illegal for you to attempt and will get your thread locked.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxymarc:
Sorry, have nothing illigal in mind, its just that the new mobo is 0000000 i want to use the orig number.

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Yes, that's illegal in most countries and not possible for you to do.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mokiwipeout:
So he's doomed?

Sent from my new galaxy s3 (Oh yeaaah)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hierarchy666:
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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
No, buy a motherboard from a reputable source and it will come with a new imei number all of it's own.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jberd:
I installed my first custom ROM; Sophisticated ROM (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2582313). It's very nice and I'm glad I did it; I would have put in a note thanking krowley3 if I could post in that thread.

However, whenever I reboot my phone, the external sd card gets mounted read-only. This is only a minor problem, but I'm curious about it. I've googled the problem and a lot of people have had read-only sd card problems, but the situations appear different than mine. Namely, the sd card is fine; if I unmount and remount it after I boot up, it is once-again read and write-able. Has anyone else had a problem like this? (And sorry if I'm missing something silly...)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vihru:
I was disappointed with the battery life, then i found that my signal is not good.. so i testet that how it makes different if i change that LTE mode to GSM.

no my signal is almost evertytime green and battery life is much better.

at this time, i have uptime 1day 3hours and screentime 3hours 53min

and battery left 42%...

so, test this if you want and share your experience.

and here is my another results too for full battery to 1%.

screen time: 6h 24min

battery time: 1day 20hours 41mins
[Moto X Q&A] winn75:
I have a Sprint Moto X. The outgoing ringer has a crackling/static sound to it. does anyone else get that?
[Moto X Q&A] nhizzat:
If I did, Sprint/Motorola would be sending me a new Moto X
[Moto X Q&A] dandan2980:
I get a kind of crackling sound also on outgoing calls while it is ringing I'm also on Sprint but I don't get it during the actual phone call only the ringing weird just tried it again its more of a fuzzy noise when volume is all the way up one volume click down and it goes away
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Aiir2001:
This was my favorite rom on my s3 and hope to see it hit the note 3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Aiir2001:
I also just noticed that there is a rom in goo manager for Bam, has anyone tried it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] FLBoy1991:
Wouldn't boot for me ??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Aiir2001:
Bummer!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] junior_ilha:
Hi guys..

What I most love on android devices is all the customizations.. So, I ran to change the system sounds on our Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 (P601)..

I found the original system ui ogg sounds on "/system/media/audio/ui"... I successfully changed the PowerOn.ogg - OK

Charger_Connection.ogg - OK

Lock.ogg - OK

Pen_att and det_noti - ok

but when I change the Unlock.ogg, the sound remains the same...

Reading on my researches, Someone tells that the sound can be inside an APK, probably on the Framework-res.apk

Can someone confirm that? Or can tell me another way?

Thanks...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] junior_ilha:
Anyone?
[Moto X Q&A] PresidentG:
Does anybody know if Motorola plans to put the old Smart Actions app or the Command/Circles widget on the Moto X? I'm not sure why they didn't put these features on the phone. I have downloaded three apps to sort of act as them but its definitely not the same as having the Motorola app and widget. I downloaded Agent and Settings Wizard for the Smart Actions and One More Clock Free for the circles command center widget. If anybody else would like to see these features please post on Motorola's facebook page and tweet to them to get these put on the Moto X. I can't believe they aren't on it to begin with.
[Moto X Q&A] UncleMike:
I've never had a Motorola phone with Smart Actions, but I have looked at it on display models and found it to be very limited when compared with Tasker. I'm sure this also made it a lot more user friendly though. Maybe they found it wasn't popular enough, or maybe they considered it beyond the "average joe" they were targeting with the X?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] casisrad:
I just got this xmas am. Samsung galaxy 10.1 2014 edition. These lines have become more frequent in the past few days. On top of these, the note keeps crashing and freezing. I am not thrilled. Anyone know what is going on?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] marshwc:
It sure looks like a hardware issue, maybe a memory fault. I would take it back to the supplier for an exchange. Sorry.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Geordie Affy:
Them lines are basically the same appearance as the wacom digitizer...very odd.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Geordie Affy:
If you have a look at this wacom digistizer picture near the sides it is identical to the one you have running across in your screen. The Note 10.1 2014 has that exact matrix on the entire screen however its transparent and its only barely visable under BRIGHT lighting and specific angles.

http://jammor.hypermart.net/LAPTOP-PARTS/WACOM-DIGITIZER-SU-1208E-01X-02.jpg

I'm no expert but yours could be hardware or software - I'd just go back and get a replacement.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] luvmygadgetz:
Do you have a hand strap on your case/cover that touches the screen when closed ?

I've seen reports of the strap leaving a dirty "imprint" on the screen that you can actually wipe away with a cloth.

I see this on my S4... the Smart Cover window always leaves a rectangular dirty mark on my screen that I can wipe away.

Might be something else though...

Hope you get it solved... it must be like having an injured child :)