yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Droid RAZR M General] jonnythrice:
Hey all, I'm a long time lurker here. I've had my RAZR M for a little over a year now, and while I'm pretty satisfied with the phone, I have noticed that over the year it has become progressively slow and less responsive. I've done a complete factory wipe and cleaned the cache, but its still quite laggy. Maybe I have too many damn apps on this thing...who knows.

I'm always reading about rooting and custom roms etc on these boards, and while they always seem good on paper, someone is always having a problem with some aspect of their phone....either the bluetooth doesnt work anymore, or the wifi is bad or something.

I'm wondering if there is a simple way to get the phone to just work better/faster. I dont need anything crazy. Maybe just remove some bloatware, and "deodex".....sorry, I'm not too familiar with all the terms.

FYI, the last phone I rooted and messed with was my Galaxy SII, and whatever I did to it just messed it up completely. I'd rather not mess with it too much. All I want is for it to be stock, but faster/smoother.

Any advice?
[Droid RAZR M General] aviwdoowks:
Odexed, dst debloat

There is my version & Bones in the dev section.
[Droid RAZR M General] aviwdoowks:
Agree! Well stated & composed!

Lagfix free is on play. Run often. Get Tasker to boot it or buy the paid app.

Locked boot? SafeStrap is not so bad. You can swap any fav xposed-tweaked rom slot for your stock slot!

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45541404&postcount=2
[Droid RAZR M General] dreamersipaq:
! I forgot about LagFix... I'll have to check it out. I'd say weekly should be more than enough... Daily may be too much... or somewhere in between. Has it been confirmed to work on our devices? I remember that it needs to be enabled on all levels of the FS. It's basically an fstrim implement...

This is what I remember:

"

How to active TRIM on Linux? The first thing to know is that TRIM should be enabled on all I/O abstraction layers. This means that if you have an ext4 partition on top of LVM, which in turn is on top of an encrypted volume with LUKS/dm-crypt, then you must enable support for TRIM in these three layers: The filesystem, LVM and dm-crypt. There is no point in enabling it at the filesystem level if you don’t enable it also on the other layers. The TRIM command should be translated from one layer to another until reaching the SSD.

"

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Hey aviw ! You peaked my interest :) Did some looking:

Piggy backing on my last post... looks like GOOGLE runs it based on conditions....

It will run it if the following is met:

1) It has been at least 24 hours since last run

2) Battery is either 80%charged unplugged, or 30%charged and plugged in charging

3) Device is in idle mode for I believe at least an hour...

So it does look like it runs about once a day if criteria are met..

Also, if you have some time to kill:

http://fcns.eu/2013/09/12/improve-ssd-performance-with-fstrim/

http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/50784/running-trim-from-shell <- I haven't tried this yet... will when I get home

Before I PERSONALLY recommend LagFix, I'll have to go and make sure that our systems are set up to have fstrim working, which I don't know off the bat.
[Droid RAZR M General] lem22:
That's right. But don't forget to edit the XML or else RSD won't do a full wipe.
[Droid RAZR M General] dreamersipaq:
Which XML are you referring to?
[Droid RAZR M General] aviwdoowks:
I am not sure why a prewipe always ensures a vital wifi. The xml has an erase user data statement which of course delete.
[Droid RAZR M General] lem22:
You mean something like this?

<step operation="erase" partition="userdata" />

I don't see it in original VZW XMLs and that's the point.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<flashing>
<header>
<phone_model model="SM_JB_VZW_1FF" />
<software_version version="smq_vzw-user 4.1.2 9.8.1Q-78-1 47 release-keysSM_BP_101032.020.32.78P" />
<interfaces>
<interface name="AP" />
</interfaces>
</header>
<steps interface="AP">
<step operation="flash" partition="partition" filename="gpt_main0.bin" MD5="D6322E99D483C74EBD4D094B5360C52F" />
<step operation="flash" partition="sbl1" filename="sbl1.mbn" MD5="3F03FB651D117DFEAD41A07B81829FF0" />
<step operation="flash" partition="sbl2" filename="sbl2.mbn" MD5="A13998C4F696E248D114C0D27B1E97CE" />
<step operation="flash" partition="sbl3" filename="sbl3.mbn" MD5="955CF9880D27A58E1111E6B990ED5A1A" />
<step operation="flash" partition="rpm" filename="rpm.mbn" MD5="EA4A9F1C0853649AD88616F46180E8F5" />
<step operation="flash" partition="tz" filename="tz.mbn" MD5="379059B8A19DD311006908937C2CDA6B" />
<step operation="flash" partition="aboot" filename="emmc_appsboot.mbn" MD5="694597081E0A337C31C10501E4C0FF1E" />
<step operation="flash" partition="modem" filename="NON-HLOS.bin" MD5="AC698FBB22A957FD0A981E89C1109A91" />
<step operation="flash" partition="fsg" filename="fsg.mbn" MD5="E6D569A4CBD42B287EB1937EFD09B5FF" />
<step operation="erase" partition="modemst1" />
<step operation="erase" partition="modemst2" />
<step operation="flash" partition="logo" filename="logo.bin" MD5="506F42184C465D9CD8BB2BD27DB77F1A" />
<step operation="flash" partition="devtree" filename="device_tree.bin" MD5="66AD59B88203992915EAF476C9E17E58" />
<step operation="flash" partition="boot" filename="boot.img" MD5="6CAEE425D8D80B0FFB2C89BA2C9A35D1" />
<step operation="flash" partition="recovery" filename="recovery.img" MD5="72C857AFA15E2151D77DD1A69D109133" />
<step operation="flash" partition="cdrom" filename="cdrom" MD5="8C578BC3308036F86BF30BA802E488DF" />
<step operation="flash" partition="system" filename="system.img" MD5="CD792B81D768BD462712C867A9966ADB" />
<step operation="erase" partition="tombstones" />
<step operation="erase" partition="cache" />
</steps>
</flashing>
[Droid RAZR M General] aviwdoowks:
It is so much more readable w/o the code box. I never "get" code boxes, they suck on a phone screen.

Sorry for the rant

Yes the erase is in each orig xml. I know house of moto has a non erase version & others surley.
[Droid RAZR M General] dreamersipaq:
OK. That's what I thought. I didn't think we needed it in the stock.
[Droid RAZR M General] aviwdoowks:
Lagfix, does it do the extSD too?
[Droid RAZR M General] dreamersipaq:
Don't believe so... Ext SD I would just format...
[Droid RAZR M General] dreamersipaq:
Besides, the SD Card isn't written to like the NAND, don't think it's as necessary to constantly fasttrim your sd card.
[Droid RAZR M General] jonnythrice:
So you're saying the best thing to do is completely erase and re-flash the whole OS, rather than the "factory reset" option?

Basically, all I want is the phone to be as fast and as fresh as it was when it was new. It was perfectly fine a year ago.

FYI I have installed Greenify and titanium backup, removed some bloatware and removed about 75% of the data on my 16gb SD card. It's better, but still quite slow.
[Droid RAZR M General] aviwdoowks:
Google "safe boot" razr.

Do that. To id a bad app.

Yes something not right, rsd restore. Then backup this fresh sys & the restore your last ss or custom recovery backup.

If things go south then you may recovery-restore that fresh sys.

Note many partitions are not maintained by any recovery.

And one partition /persist is only on your phone.

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You can also mix a current data with an old system.

So you might for example, think the sys is borked:

Advanced restore that fresh /system onto your current /data & you have a fix (any data & system from different backups NEEDS a wipe of dalvik & cache to work).

Just pointing out what can be done. I never bother with TiBU, I just do the above.

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I forgot to add, only good for file systems of the same build. You cannot mate cm data with a stock system for example.
[Google Chromecast] nsharma2:
Everytime I try to stream a movie to my Chromecast with Netflix, after a few seconds of watching I get this error ""we're having trouble playing this title right now. Please try again later or select a different title." I will typically get this error 5+ times after restarting over and over before finally being able to watch the movie/show uninterrupted. This happens with every video, and with any device I use to stream to the chromecast (Samsung S4, iPhone 5S, Dell laptop computer, ASUS TF700).

I've tried the following to remedy it:

1. Sign out all devices on Netflix

2. Factory reset the chromecast

3. Uninstall and reinstall the Netflix app on my Samsung S4

4. Updating to the newest version of Netflix app on my Samsung S4

Is anyone else having an issue, or has been able to fix it with steps in addition to what I've tried myself?

Thanks so much!
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
Are you having trouble with any other services like YouTube?

It might be something as simple as Chromecast having a marginal WiFi connection and not getting consistent streaming throughput. Try the HDMI extender.
[Google Chromecast] nsharma2:
I haven't had any issues with any other service: youtube, casting tabs from chrome, avia. It's only netflix which gives the issue. I don't have the HDMI extender on, so I can see if I can find it. It's worth a shot.

I also wonder if a defective chromecast could be the cause?
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
Given that your other services are working okay it's highly unlikely that a defective Chromecast is to blame. A defective Chromecast would show other problems, especially in other applications that use significant bandwidth, like Avia can.

You aren't using an alternate DNS, are you?
[Google Chromecast] nsharma2:
Not that I know of. I live in California so I haven't had a need to mess with any advanced settings to get things to work.
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
Okay that eliminates one possibility. :)

If you play it on your device (not casting to Chromecast), do you get the same problem?
[Google Chromecast] nsharma2:
Works fine on all other devices. Only gives the issue when I push the stream to the Chromecast.
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
:( Just for fun, can you shut down (or turn off WiFi) on all devices that can talk to Chromecast, then try with just one Chromecast-controlling device?

Beyond that I'm stumped.
[Google Chromecast] nsharma2:
I can try that when I get home today, but I'm pretty sure that won't do anything. The only other device I use to typically cast is my laptop, which is usually off in the evenings when I'm trying to watch.

Maybe its an issue with my cisco router.
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
Me too, just trying to cover all bases. :)

How "smart" is your router? If it's smart (or thinks it is) it might be denying the initial Chromecast traffic for some reason (looks like someone hogging 2.4 GHz bandwidth?). Possible checks - QoS, STP/loop detection, storm detection, IGMP-related features, parental control, bandwidth throttling.
[Google Chromecast] nsharma2:
While I consider myself fairly technically savy, about everything you mentioned in "possible checks" is well beyond my expertise. I have the most basic of cisco routers since I was being fairly cheap. Bought it for $50 a few months ago. No idea how smart it is, but for $50 I can't imagine it is. Can you point me to some specific checks I can run to narrow down the issue?
[Google Chromecast] nsharma2:
I should try running it at my friend's place with a different router to see if the router is really a problem.
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
That's a great test to try if you can. Also, if you tell me the model number of your router I can probably check online to see if there are any obvious "problem" settings.
[Google Chromecast] nsharma2:
I think I have this one:

Linksys - Wireless-N Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Model: E1200-NP SKU: 6571476

I can definitely check when I get home to make sure.
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
If your router is like the E2400, it may allow using the same SSID name on 5GHz and 2.4GHz APs.

While I don't necessarily think that's your issue, it is good practice to have different names for the two AP bands.

You may want to try disabling WMM, based on what some folks reported as a fault in the Cisco WMM or conflict with Xfinity.

WMM is enabled by default, according to page 33 of the E-series manual.

If disabling WMM solves things, you could try enabling WMM and enable No Acknowledgement (this is disabled by default).

Just as a side note, the cheaper routers that have Fast Ethernet ports (such as the E1200) usually have little hope of achieving advertised 802.11n throughput, though most people don't have 150 Mbps Internet connections to begin with. :p
[Google Chromecast] nsharma2:
I will give this a shot tonight. Fingers crossed! Thanks so much for your help, I very much appreciate it.
[Google Chromecast] r00t4rd3d:
OTA build 15250 is rolling out starting today that address's some Netflix issues.
[Google Chromecast] nsharma2:
UPDATE: I disabled WMM and did not have the problem after that. Watched a few videos without seeing the error once. That being said, I then re-enabled the option and the error did not reappear, so I'm unsure whether or not this was the fix. I don't think the new build was downloaded on my chromecast yet, so that wasn't the fix. In either case, I'm happy the problem is gone (for now). Will come back to update if I learn anything else.
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
Cool. Might be a weird thing like something is "floating" (like an uninitialized variable) so toggling the option fixes it by setting it to a good state.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nonplusultra:
Hi guys,

my Moto G says its downloading an update, but it already has the latest software (4.4.2). It keeps saying that for a few hours but it doesn't change.

If i connect it to my PC and use Motorola Device Manager it says that it's already updating the device.

What is going on with my phone?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjjferreira:
My did the same. I have done a hard reset, and now it tells that my system is up to date, and i am still on 174.44.9. Perhaps it was a faulty OTA, and they canceled it!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nonplusultra:
Damn, i totally don't want to reset it.

Is it possible that this happenede because i downloaded the update-file myself and did the update without waiting for the OTA notification?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjjferreira:
I don't know but i have that same procedure
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nonplusultra:
This thread can be closed.

Sent from my Moto G.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazkyl:
I flashed a no bloatware zip file and it is now gone. I couldnt find watchon in the playstore so i downloaded the apk. I found 2 apk files. One of them does not showanywhere in the drawer nor i can open it when i install it. The other one is tv.peel.samsung.app , and when i install it and open it from the drawer , it closes after a second or two.

I also re-applied these 2 files that im trying to install into system/app and the other one as well , i also put them into system/priv-app.

What can i do to get this app back ? I really want it !

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radicalisto:
If putting them back in the system isn't working, you may have to bit the bullet and reflash your ROM again.. Or restore your backup, you made one right? -- if you didn't I guarantee you will next time lol -
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazkyl:
What method do you use to backup ?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radicalisto:
Helium / My backup pro / CWM /TWRP / Nandroid
[Moto G Themes and Apps] lobotomiser:
The gallery app has been updated and looks quite different.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.MotGallery2

Not sure if there's any different functionality but looks quite nice.

Sent from my Moto G
[Moto G Themes and Apps] bobcat913:
Now you can't undo when you delete a photo
[Moto G Themes and Apps] r00t4rd3d:
Could you post the APK please?
[Moto G Themes and Apps] rogeriorp:
I believe it plays gifs now.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] r00t4rd3d:
Here is the apk if anyone needs it.

http://d-h.st/BKh
[Moto G Themes and Apps] denzel09:
Very beautiful the new gallery
[Moto G Themes and Apps] alonsoch:
immersive mode is implemented btw,
[Moto G Themes and Apps] mdentener:
Looks nice, only prefer the default view showing the albums instead of individual pictures.

Sent from my Moto G with tapatalk
[Moto G Themes and Apps] Pir4t3:
you can do that .. just change the option from camera roll to Albums
[Moto G Themes and Apps] mdentener:
I know, but before it was the default view, now I have to switch manually. I prefer default albums view.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] ponxho:
Yes, it plays gif's now.. :o
[Moto G Themes and Apps] rockyrobin:
Anyone else finding that their picasa photos don't show up any more?
[Moto G Themes and Apps] avercros:
Works on GPE rom?
[Moto G Themes and Apps] diecast:
its a bad update! lags for me!! i went to the stock one super amazing!
[Moto G Themes and Apps] theoneofgod:
Not on the Play Store no but sideloading probably works. It's not worth it though, it sucks.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] rogeriorp:
I am actually done with the updated Motorola app, went to QuickPic. Feels better.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] theoneofgod:
On GPE I had no choice. Glad I made the switch to QuickPic.
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] karedo:
Hi

I tried to see my location with maps but it put me in wrong place .. it is near my place but it is clearly not mine look at this pic the red circle is my real place and gps put my at blue sign

:(
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] DMJoh:
Try this after standing out in a place out of obstacles, if still the prob persisits, may be problem with GPS antenna or with firmware (chance is high if u use a custom ROM)
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] maxpayne-x:
My gps didnt My place. and I installed a new navigation.
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] DMJoh:
Is it working after installing new navigation? if so which one you installed? google maps still showing false location?
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] maxpayne-x:
sygic navigation.
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] DMJoh:
So whats your conclusion... Is it a problem of gMaps or with the gps?
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] coolkoushik07:
U may have noticed that gos dont give 100% accurate result and also there are some conditions upon which the gps can give u best result.. Most likely u may have noticed that gps locations are stated as within 50 or 100 metre which means it is unable to give u accuraye result..
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] jigero:
this part was floating in my device when i tried to open it. I believ that it was somewhere near the volume control. Please somebody post a picture or tell me where it was.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Carty:
I think its somewhere like in SD slot. First, why did you open the baby and is all other functions working?

www.cartystudios.com
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] jigero:
This is the reason.

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=46815&sid=c16e2d1115c2584dab4cfb1e520dbfb3

Yes the device works fine with out this piece
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Carty:
If the device is working fine then just keep the piece safe for future and continue using the device as normal.

Or can u please post a more clear view of that piece? maybe a picture on the other side with more definition.

www.cartystudios.com
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] jigero:
OK i found it. It was on the left of the card slot behind the two small holes
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Carty:
See i told you that it looks like somewer in SD slot. Aint I :)

www.cartystudios.com
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michalurban:
Hi,

its been quite some time since I used Linux as my primary desktop OS. Im thinking about trying to do some ROM building for which I find Linux more suitable then my Windows 7. Now, I personally prefer Debian Stable x64 and generally dislike Ubuntu (since say 11.10 anyway). But Im curious if Ubuntu wouldnt be more convenient - thanks to things like newer versions of some apps or their PPA repositories.

So, before installing my favourite Linux distribution I came here to ask which one is better for Android ROM developer - Ubuntu or Debian? Or better say - is Ubuntu way better regarding my intended activities?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] debaj:
My experience is that if you need any extra package installed, almost all the websites and blogs assume you are using some flavour of Ubuntu, they walk through all the versions from 12.04 (or even earlier ones) to 13.10. If you are lucky they mention other distros too in a few words, but most of the time they don't even bother, you are off the bandwagon so figure it out yourself. :) So if you don't have a seasoned developer machine with every tools of the trade installed, and you want to concentrate of the work and not hunting for libraries and pieces of software, you'll go better with Ubuntu. 12.04 LTS seems to be a good choice. Building AOSP sources you'll need a 64 bit distro and Java6 JDK from Sun, there is no official support for OpenJDK so there is no guarantee that everything will work. Maybe Cyanogenmod is more flexible.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lcdiniz:
Linux Mint is a good choice, it's based on Ubuntu.

Enviado do meu XT1033
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] zeeshanonlyme:
Can someone plz edit the Droid Razr bootanimation.zip file to work with our Note 2? I tried putting it in system/media with rwrr but no luck just a black screen before booting up.

Im uploading the .zip file.

This is the preview on how it looks like..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSKTHwd_ZTs

EDIT:-I fixed it myself by copying values from another BA :P

Just push(or copy paste) the .zip to system/media and set the permission to rwrr and reboot :D
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] benno4403:
Nice one
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] erljayp:
deleted...
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] zeeshanonlyme:
Doesn't work. Just a black screen before booting up. Permission set to rwrr. Try again plz? :D
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] zeeshanonlyme:
OP updated with working bootanimation file :D
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] babak:
Thanks,but it dosen't work for me,i'm on dn3.
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] erljayp:
Try this one. :)

+ boot sound

Tested on my N2 (DN3)

Hope it helps. ^.^

Hit Thanks if it does. :D

(https://www.dropbox.com/s/us9pa1denzpd4fp/Droid Razr bootanimation.zip)
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] babak:
It works but audio :( can i change it?
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] erljayp:
Back to stock? :)

the file is in /system/media/audio/ui/PowerOn.ogg

Attached is the stock boot sound. :D

(It is not flashable, unzip, move and give rw-r--r-- permission.)

Hope it helps. :)
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] babak:
Thank yuo very much ,now is perfect :)
[General Questions and Answers] Cyboy:
Hi, i ve got a ' Smart touch' TB7014504E for my wife(android 4.1.2)

whats the easiest and most safe way to root this device

i googled it many times with no clear results

thank you
[General Questions and Answers] Cyboy:
at least say idk.!
[General Questions and Answers] rkk253755:
Hi,

Try to use farmaroot..

xda thread ...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2130276

if still issue follow this thread... Bin4ry....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460

-rkk
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vyp54:
Hi all,

I have a Galaxy S3 already and have been following this forum for a while, but I have never had problems with it as with this one. It's about my Galaxy S4 mini DUOS (i9192). I've bough the phone from an unofficial seller because i9192 was never supposed to be imported in Croatia (EU). The phone came with I9192XXUAMF7 build and modem. Today I've expereinced that the phone was running fine but I couldn't make any calls and nobody could call me untill I've taken out the battery and SIM. It was runnign on one SIM only. Network was OK and signal was full. I' would like to change the modem to see if that's the problem.

My question is - has anyone experienced anything similar or has changed the XXUAMF7 modem? I'm located in Croatia (Europe) and the closest country modem localisation is Ukraine. Should I change it to Ukraine modem?