yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ericka93:
What's up everyone @ xda... first of all i am new here.. my name is Ericka, wanted to say thanks for having me here & allowing me to post!

Ok so the reason for my post... i am looking to purchase a tablet & a new cellphone this week. I love to 'tinker' with things... always have, started with computers (windows) and got decent at developing windows desktop applications in visual studio, learned basic php, web design etc. Now i want to get a basic understanding of the inner-workings of tablets/cellphones running android... eventually start developing apps to go along with my websites i build online (social network type stuff) & eventually im hoping to actually get into custom rom development/feature hacks etc way down the line...if i end up having a knack for it :D

Alright...main question....if you had a fairly

small budget

(see paragraph below) and wanted to purchase both a tablet & a cellphone... for the sole purpose of "messing with them"... testing out lot's of different rom's.. figuring out how they work internally... testing out your own custom apps (i dont play mobile games at all...so dont factor that in the specs), and ill be using the tablet to login my pc from work with teamviewer etc. With all that said...which ones would you buy? Obviously I guess i am looking for the tablets and phones that have the most amount of "options" available.. easiest to take apart, find things, hack etc. as in (software/function wise). And preferrably the ones that have the most amount of "actual people/developers" working on them..involved with them... aka "fans of the phones/tablets". You know the ones that have active communities of people i can interact with... along my journey of non-desktop disovery...aka... figuring out this mobile/tablet/wifi/cellphone/android thaang

Oh ya, my budget...super weak... i can't spend more than like $200 or less per-device... i do have a cell contract with verizon (my samsung stratosphere just died, also it had 'hella-limited' dev support) so i might be able to 'upgrade' to a more expensive cellphone possibly....but the tablet i am probably going to have to pay for out-of-pocket. Hopefully my budget won't leave me out of the game entirely...i know that all the 'new devices' i see out there are like 500+ minimum.. Anyways I work 2 jobs.. no fam to help...im just trying to work with what i got. :angel: So thats why i signed up here first thing....I figured if i had any hope of being pointed in the right direction, it would probably happen here.. seems like a lot of intelligence combined into one lil place @ xda

#ericka #geek #lyfe

p.s. thanks for taking the time to read my post..im not gr8 at putting my thoughts into keyboards..sorry if it's confusing.. only like my 2nd forum post ever!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akoolive:
Tab: nexus 7, not sure on cell, I left Verizon a year ago and I had a galaxy nexus then
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ericka93:
I was reading an article the other night @ work about the 'best developer phones/tabs' and it mentioned the nexus series of devices. There are just so many different models/types...wifi/3g/4g, wifi only, different cpu speeds, ram sizes etc. It's all very confusing to a mobile/tablet device #noob. When i research android stuff..every article gives a different opinion leading to yet another article.. all of which just seem to be advertisements for selling apps/new cellphones.. almost nothing seems to be 'user-generated' just people with agenda's. I can't afford to make a mistake and end up with a tab/cell that's anything other than "perfect" for me.. i only save enough $ for new hardware like once every 3 years...so i am just really trying hard and putting this time/effort into making sure i talk to people like you who really know what's up.

Anyways thanks for that suggestion! I just feel stupid...cuz im so good with windows/desktop computers...i got it "down"...i mean just built a #killa #box running a i7-3770k, liquid cooled, ssd's with raptor backups..16gb of DDR3, a R.A.T. mouse for precise graphic design, logitech backlit led flat keyboard.. smoothly running on my own custom windows 7 build/all non-essential services removed..all wrapped up in a stormtrooper looking stryker box. Visual studio and my own apps/services run like water flowing down from a waterfall...i just have like an instinct almost for desktop stuff. When it comes to this mobile/tab stuff.. its like im 15 again learning windows xp..starting over.. but i will figure it out...hopefully with a lil help from you guys!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maverickronny:
Nothing can beat nexus devices, nothing comes close..

U can develop apps on anything but custom Roms , huge Dev support, it is nexus. abt various models , they are 3g / 4g, 16gb/ 32etc, now u choose the one that fits our need, these are not different models u see, everything else is same

If budget is less u can go for used nexus or older model
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ericka93:
How easy is it to 'custom yourself' into some sense of anonymity with mobile devices. I.E. when the app your using says it gets full access to your phone #, contacts, txts/sms info etc. ...2 Change your gps location, show them a faux cellphone #..i.e. 1-800-ITS-NOT-1984, give them a list of "Grandmas Famous Cookies #1 " through #15 as your entire contact list. I know making myself have some semblance of privacy in the world of "google play" will be the very first things im going to sort out/figure out. Things like that (privacy apps etc.) are what fueled the interests of an entire generation windows developers ya know? If 10 years ago someone said that webpages would get access to your full name, phone #, all of your emails...access to your harddrive......it would have been the death of the internet/pc as we know it. Somehow people just decided recently that any time-killing game is worth handing their family history/life over for. IMO it's kinda pathetic... so those things are first on my list!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maverickronny:
with a rooted nexus u control which app has control to what
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 3493119:
I would suggest you to buy a Nexus 7 2012 as a tablet as it's much much cheaper nowadays when the new version of Nexus 7 was released, but if you have a higher budget than that I would gladly suggest you to purchase the Nexus 7 2013 version.

For phone, I would also suggest a Nexus device, maybe the Nexus 4 as it has dropped alot in price due to the release of Nexus 5 but it's still a great and rapid device which runs very smooth and is really well optimized.

All of those devices are made for development in mind, and there is a huge variety of custom roms for those devices.

I hope that my advices helps you to chose a device which you will like!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ericka93:
I went to t-mobile yesterday afternoon after posting this..... first of all they are offering to pay off my contract @ verizon. Then they have the new Nexus 7 tablet (with the snapdragon 1500) & nexus 5 phones. After detailing the plan for (both) to me... it looks like $16/mo for each device per month (assuming my credit is good enough).

Overall $100 a month for unlimited service + the 2 devices... (assuming i paid for the mobile hotspot option) which im guessing i won't need since I'm going to root the nexus 5 and use something like opengarden etc. So without the mobile hotspot option [data] it might be about $80/mo total...does that seem like a good way to go...or should i really just look into purchasing the Nexus 7 (2012) and Nexus 4 in cash?

Either way I'm glad i looked into this...my current bill monthly at verzion is $102...for 405 anytime minutes on a crappy samsung stratosphere, which is literally incapable of running instagram for more than 20 minutes...it got lagged out/and heated up to about 120 degrees, and started dropping it's 4g connection in that time 20min time frame.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 3493119:
That seem's like a good way to go, actually I would suggest you to go that way as those phones and tablets are wayy better than the ones I suggested you. But they are bit more expensive, that's the only downpart which I can find.

So I would suggest you to grab that deal :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akoolive:
Same plan I have with t-mo
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ericka93:
Thanks for the suggestions everyone...I ended up taking your advice.

Went today & picked up my nexus 5.... the nexus 7 (2013) wasn't "in-stock"...supposedly I'll have it in 4-6 days though.

Omg..the difference between my old stratosphere & this nex-5 are like...1990's nintendo to 2013 PS4. In for quite a shock though when I went to install instagram/twitter, took a detailed look at the "rights" I would be giving up...laughed my butt off..then clicked each one to read each part in its entirety.. I can't believe people are willing to grant app's access which would essentially make their "tiny computer" with 3-6ghz of processing power & 10mbps average connection become 100% remote controllable by an app developer!! The only applications made for windows that gather this much information + can turn on your webcam without notification + can intercept your raw communications + create raw sockets (and run custom network protocols)...would be black market trojan's which are encrypting their data with custom protocols...the types used by script kiddies you read about in google tech news. I'm sure you guys are all used to this by now...but you can just imagine my lil geeky jaw dropping when I realized the full scope of the corporate information grab taking place right now in the mobile market. It's like my geek ex-boyfriend once told me..."If it's possible and not technically illegal.. you better believe every company that matters is already doing it"

So my first step will be figuring out how to get a custom rom on this phone... selectively choose what information/or b.s. information I'll be providing any app's I pick to take a look at. Any suggestions on where to get started? I would really love to learn mobile technology (android o.s.) from the ground up...the same way i learned how to use a p.c... in such a way that i have the "most" amount of control of my system as possible :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ericka93:
ok got it rooted....now how do i go about modifying what apps see (not blocking, but providing b.s. info)

p.s. the captchas on this site are ridiculous.... most spammers hire humans to type in captchas now....so all its doing is making our life harder, its not stopping anyone from spamming forums
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maverickronny:
app ops can do it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ericka93:
Yes it can... i did some research on it. I'm lucky enough to have gotten Android 4.4 KitKat (KRT16M) so App Ops is enabled on my phone. Thank god I didn't upgrade to the latest 4.4.2 etc. Because apparently in that operating system... App Ops is no longer enabled.

Thanks for the suggestion! I'm on my way to learning all this great/cool stuff!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maverickronny:
Lol, do upgrade, we have appops for 4.4.2
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] humza019:
Hi, is there any app that can record what's playing on phone's speaker? I have gone through many recording apps but they only record either calls or voice through microphone. None of them were able to record the speaker output/sound.??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Wingnutt:
AT&T 1337

Pretty much as the title states

Rooted phone with motochopper, superuser stuff is all good

Downloaded and ran ROM Manger off the store

Recovery setup

installed recovery

successfully installed, rebooted phone

loaded ROM manager again, checked recovery setup, shows current recovery as ClockworkMod Recovery..

so.. yea, everything went off without a hitch.. except when I try to boot into recovery, be it via rom manager or manually, it still just boots into the stock recovery..

I re-read the directions (went off cyanogenmod wiki)

I know Im missing something, but.. what?

EDIT: Well crap. I noticed the install directions I was going off of were for I337UCUAMDB or I337UCUAMDL

I have 1337UCUAMF3

IM guessing I probably need a different version of CWM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] hednik:
With MF3 you can only you safe strap. Get acquainted with that thread and how safe strap works and unfortunately you can only flash stock based ROMs with stock kernels. No custom ones like CM or AOKP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Wingnutt:
Yea, I just found that out.. :(

Let me tell you what kicked this off, maybe you have a suggestion..

Ever since the last update (4.3) the (long stream of expletives) Samsung music player has developed a mind if its own in regards to bluetooth.

There are similar gripes all over the web, but my specific one is that whenI sync the phone to my car OR to my bluetooth unit in my motorcycle helmet.. The samsung music player has decided that IT is the default media player, and there is no way to change it.

So when I hit the play button in my car.. instead of iheart radio, or pandora starting IT starts... and IT just randomly plays any and all audio files on the phone, it doesn't even limit itself to a directory.. I have to unlock the phone, and turn it off... not bad right?

Well on the motorcycle helmet is where its a real bastard.. my SENA unit has 3 buttons VOL+ VOL- and FUNC

the function button by default pauses or plays audio from the default audio player on the connected bluetooth device.. my default being Pandora radio.

Now.. I fire up pandora, put the phone in my jacket and off I go... happy times... vroom vroom.. well a call comes in... the unit pauses the audio player for the call, and resumes it when the call has ended... which has always worked fine... but NOW instead of pandora just picking up where it left off, the goddamn samsung music player starts instead, playing whatever random sounds or recordings are on the phone, actually to be more precise, what happens is pandora starts, then samsung music player starts, which pauses pandora...

So I have to pull over, dig my phone out of my pocket, close samsung music player and start pandora... every single time I get a call, or if I just want to pause and resume the music.. this happens.. Im sure you understand the frustration.

You cant disable it, you can force stop it but it will start again the next time any bluetooth device is connected... Its an unstoppable pile of **** and I want it GONE..

thats what started my cyanogen odyssey..

Ive searched quite a bit, found many people with the same problem, all asking how to disable or remove it.. no solution.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Wingnutt:
Well, I did (hopefully) find a workaround, an app called bluetooth connect and play. Playing with it on my helmet and it works perfectly.

Still wish i could get rid of all the ABSOLUTE CRAP that Samsung and ATT have piled on this phone..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dolph8886:
I don't know if this is going to work for you but it seems to work for me. MK2 / SafeStrap 3.71 / SHOstock v3 on stock slot

I have this app, I disabled (must have root if on stock MK2) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2565758

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elsdoerfer.android.autostarts

Multimedia UI Service Layer

Media button pressed

Music

Media button pressed

Media scanner finished

Docking changed

Widget updating
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] hednik:
That or just root and delete Tue Samsung music player from system/apps
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Wingnutt:
I've lost root access, and strangely now cannot get it back, superuser says KNOX is detected, and cannot be disabled. Root checker now says I no longer have root access. A few hours ago it was fine, no issues.

Can't believe you buy a device, and are forbidden from having control over the programs on it.

It's like buying a house, and the realtor telling you what curvature you can and can't have.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] hednik:
How did you use motochopper and the Loki exploit if you were on mf3? Are you sure you were ever actually rooted ?

I'd suggest you try the Kingo root option and see if that works to root.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acebern:
Hi im having problem in camera flash everytime I set it to 2mp 16:19 it goes white , anyone experience this? but I dont have problem if set to 8mp
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lemonsplash:
Antutu crashes with 21% at testing cpu float performance and phone reboots.

Same as for MX Video Player, totally random while playback. No matter if CM 10.1, 10.2 or 11.

Back to stock as there must be something way off, if calling the hardware like this does something like that.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Minister:
I have tried this on my O2 Mini (Magician?) and it works. Pretty cool program and it's free!

http://www.ruttensoft.com/smartphone/callassistantppc.htm

Hope others find it useful.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] filament:
very nice and free:)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] jpiek:
well, free... depends on how much phonecalls you get...
[General Questions and Answers] _xda_:
No contract phones cannot be upgraded, as far as I know. Do you know of any exceptions? T-Mobile has a program which costs $10 a month I think for the ability to upgrade every 6 months but when you factor in that, alone with its minimum of $50 / month service I don't think its worth switching from Virgin Mobile to that.

I still have a chance to return my Galaxy S3 to Target, I'm leanings towards no at this point (because of what I just described) and I want to get some insight yet before my decision is final.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] Zachisimo:
So I recently bricked my tab3 and I could not figure out anything or find anything to do the unbrick in ODIN. I thought that I would share what I found so it can be easily located for a user in the future.

This is going to restore your tablet back to STOCK 4.2.2. This is the most recent version provided by samsung.

YOUR GOING TO NEED DRIVERS INSTALLED!!

THIS FIRMWARE IS FOR THE P5210 MODEL ONLY! IF YOU HAVE P5200 OR P5220 YOU NEED YOUR OWN FIRMWARE! I will be adding them to my MEGA account soon.

1. Download this file:

https://mega.co.nz/#!7BQkCQrT!hdJXKXTVZe_Rx63CYE3xPESxxNr9FWqgGQgmOz1DH3A

Mirror: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23311191640113436

(I have hosted it on MY MEGA account so that no one has to go through the crap I did to get the file. The mirror is courtesy of [MENTION=5037050]r_hippy[/MENTION])

2. Download ODIN:

https://mega.co.nz/#!fJRkzTQL!uUN3LLhSCXIHtEFUlUDyPdf48rgEXj1wh5mgV5q8TkU

(Also my MEGA, for convenience, if you want to find it somewhere else then fine)

3.DO NOT CHANGE THE .MD5 TO .TAR! Flash in ODIN as a normal .md5 file.

3a. Extract and open ODIN.

b. Extract firmware.zip

c. Put tablet into download mode. [Hold power and vol down until text shows, then press vol up]

d. Place firmware into PDA section, and wait to verify. When finished click START at the bottom.

You have successfully just unbricked and unrooted your tablet. For root again follow this guide:

http://true-android.blogspot.com/2013/12/root-p5200xxuamk8-android-422-jb.html

But use this root.zip

http://roms.bindroid.com/downloads/viewcategory/7-root
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] Zachisimo:
The links have been suspended on my dropbox account for excessive traffic. Apparently from what im reading that means ive exceeded 20GB of bandwidth in one day. These links have only been posted for about two days so I'm glad I could help so many people. Im going to repost these links in a public folder and put new links up in a bit. Thanks guys!
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] shinglers:
I had a problem with not getting into download mode. tablet would not do anything. luckily i have a micro USB jig plunged it in hit power button only and right into download mode well worth the 5 bucks!!

sorry didn't mention my model #, I have a GT-P5210
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] dale_para_bajo:
You should not have problem with Download mode!! That is wierd.

In any case Thanks for report on the use of the JIG. It nice to hear that it works in our devices. I have GT-P5210. But you never mention What is yours?
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] shinglers:
sorry you got me before I edited my post.....I have a GT-P5210
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] shinglers:
I've also noticed when going back to stock or installing any ROM for that matter I have to do a factory reset otherwise I'm stuck in a boot loop.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] r_hippy:
Was that the USA version, factory odin IMG?

The Dropbox link is dead!

I would like to grab this thanks
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] shinglers:
Pm me I'll give you a link. I would post it here but it's my Dropbox and I don't want to get shut off
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] Zachisimo:
Yes it is the USA version. I need to find out what is wrong with the links. My dropbox traffic got me kicked off. Im going to look for another site maybe

Sent from my GT-P5210
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] Zachisimo:
I will be posting MEGA links as soon as I can transfer the files from dropbox

Sent from my GT-P5210
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] r_hippy:
I can host it if you like .. I just need to get it some how..

pm me if you need
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] Zachisimo:
Links updated

Sent from my GT-P5210
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] r_hippy:
Thanks.. Very slow site.. But much appreciated

For those interested.

I have something cooking in the kitchen for this beast.. MK1
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] r_hippy:
Here's a mirror just incase

md5: a9a11c63abf15386ab6105510c37d1fa

url: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23311191640113436

You can add it to the op.

Thanks again.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] serendipityguy:
nothing seem to be changed.

Thanks Zachisimo,

I followed the steps to a "T" and after I flashed my Tab 3, 10.1 nothing seem to be changed.

I have a working tablet but nothing was changed to factory default.

All that I had checked was the Auto Reboot & Reset Time option.

I will re-flash this rom via Odin, Again...

Should I had checked the Re-Partition Option?

Thanks in advance for getting me this far :good:
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] Zachisimo:
Does the tablet turn on and boot up?

Sent from my GT-P5210
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] serendipityguy:
Weird, I dont know why I am not getting factory default.

Oh yes, I never had a problem with that.

I problem was not getting the correct TWRP 2.7 installed so that I could flash a rom.

I was able to use TWRP 2.6.1 that still remained even after I Odin the stock rom twice, to flash Super User but I could not flash a larger zip like the Crash Rom or Infamous Rom on this tablet.

Weird, I dont know why I am not getting factory default.

What do I do to get back to factory . . .
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] Zachisimo:
It doesnt look like those roms are available for this tablet. But flashing my ODIN files should make your tablet 100% factory again

Sent from my GT-P5210
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] serendipityguy:
not achieved stock after 3 attempts at flashing Odin with the said stock rom and Odin

Doily noted Zachisimo, but I have not achieved stock after 3 attempts at flashing Odin with the said stock rom and Odin.

I have the same working rom with a recovery that I want to change and cant.

Even after I Odin the rom, I do get stock recovery back. but no factory default

I Odin the TWRP 2.7 and later reboot into TWRP, I get the TWRP 2.6.1 :confused:

Something gotta give....
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] Zachisimo:
Try flashing this https://mega.co.nz/#!TMRVlIza!1WSt-u2jCc4zhUcgQZk2Z3ihLwzUAVtbQweZKW3D2Ck

Sent from my GT-P5210
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kunalkini:
Can some one help me on how to property install viper on our ace-i i followed the guide provided buh still no success plz can some one help me ??
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] almerqal:
Hello everyone

Maps app is not working I don't know why

Gives black screenthen this message

And sometimes appears ones started the device