yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjneil.81:
Thanks for the reply and advice Radicalisto.

I will check out CWM and how and what that backs up. If I take a guess now it will make an image of my current system that can be restored? If so does that ensure a back up of efs folder?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radicalisto:
CWM offers an EFS backup yes, it has to be done seperate to the IMAGE back up though. Also note if you back up a 4.3 ROM on MJ7 firmware you cannot downgrade to a lower version ie: MJ1-2-3-4-5-6 etc - you can go to MK2 and back to MJ7 though.

Similar if you back up a 4.3 and upgrade to 4.4.2 then that backup becomes useless as it cannot be restored.

CWM - Install custom ROM, keep that script I posted close by, and you'll be 100% :good:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjneil.81:
Thanks alot for your assistance im going to get the back up sorted and read up some more there is fair bit that i need to understand before flashing
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radicalisto:
Wise words my friend. Read up and understand are the two most important words of advice anyone can give and words that anyone should take heed of.

Good luck, if you run into problems, just holler :good:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjneil.81:
so far the best thing I have come up with is to flash the latest 4.4.2 stock rom, I think this is the best option until some of the custom ROMs develop along a bit further.

but this leeds to a few more questions (I hope its not too much of a bother) Im going ( i think) to download the rom from Firmwares|SamMobile but it will be from another country(im in Australia) could this affect the perfomance of the phone in anyway or can I just flash other modems/radios in order to fix any problems that may occur?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radicalisto:
So long as your note isn't a Hong Kong model you're alright, Here is a faster download link for XEO (Stock Polish ROM) - So long as it's an Intl N9005 (not HK) should be fine :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjneil.81:
all done upgraded to 4.4.2 no problems at all thanks radicalisto
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radicalisto:
:highfive:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjneil.81:
ok now I have a problem I just tried to root the phone again with cf autoroot and its stuck in a boot loop. I cant get it back in download mode or recovery any suggestions
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjneil.81:
all good i got back into download mode hahaha *stops having a heart attack
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dimm0k:
Is it possible to merge duplicate contacts on 4.3? I've tried Merge+ and Go Contact EX, both with no luck... they say the contacts have been merged, but some remain unchanged. Also upon removing the application the ones that did get merged go back to their duplicate selves. Is there anything that can permanently merge them and keep them that way even after uninstalling?

More importantly, is there a way to merge two contacts that have a slightly different name? Say for example if one contact had a middle name where as the second one doesn't, but they refer to the same person?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxgohan:
hey guys,

I'm looking to pick up this device hopefully tomorrow,

I plan on using it for 4-6 months only

I want to install a clean rom, something along the lines of cyanogenmod but I need to preserve the stock rom as when I return this device to IT they require that it be the same stock rom..

would it be relatively easy to install a recovery on this and backup the stock rom before I wipe it and install an aftermarket rom?

from the limited research I've done, looks like I need to have a specific kernel installed before I can install a root and recovery

I don't mind doing further research but I figured I might as someone that has been through this already...

thanks!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXFlippyXx:
You need to root your device with a root tool (kingo root, vroot or anything like that), than backup your ta-partition (important for warranty) and after that you can unlock your bootloader for installing custom kernels and firmwares with Faltboot.

Just be sure to play your ta back and relock the phone before you give it back.

Gesendet von meinem C6903 mit Tapatalk
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxgohan:
I should add that the IT dept won't take an indepth look at the device to see if it was flashed with a different rom

all they care about is the way the phone loads and if it's stock, they will just package it and return it to the carrier/auctions

therefore, I'm mainly concerned with the custom images that show up when installing aftermarket roms..
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXFlippyXx:
As long as your ta-partition is in tact you can use Sony updated service to restore to stock

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[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RISHI RAJ:
Don't go for it loads of faults
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eclyptos:
To install Cyanogenmod you have to Unlock Bootlader because that Rom have Custom Kernel. Before Unlock it you have to Root your Device and Backup TA and DRM keys, if you do not do that you will never be able to Relock your Bootlader. You don't have to Backup your Stock Rom, just flash, with Flashtool v.0.9.13, one of this HERE, they are all Stock and use the one for you Model. Remember to do not relock your Bootlader on Custom Roms with Custom Kernels, you will brick your phone. First flash Stock FTF then Relock Bootlader.

To root your phone with Locked Bootlader you have to follow carefully this NUT Method, HERE

or you can use this method with Custom Rom for Locked Bootlader too, Step by Step Guide Page 2, Post #16 HERE

Good Luck.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxgohan:
thanks for the help guys,

turns out they were out of stock of the z1, my next option the lg g2 was also out of stock

alas, stuck with a note 3 now :/
[Hardware Hacking General] PCiE:
So, lately I have been looking around and found some intresting threads on hardware mods for the kindle fire 1st gen. Sadly there isnt much and none really seemed to fit what I wanted to do. So I got the idea of trying this myself. Now the reason i want a SD card or Microsd is because of the lack of storage, I easily go through it with games,movies,apps, etc. And need more space which I just cant get on the Kindle because of Amazon not implementing it.

This seems like a intermediate project, considering I need to solder correctly. I do not want to use UART mostly cause I really never knew what it did and how to hook up modules to it.

My theory is that i can find a micro-usb port and soldering the reader to the port (usb to microusb). I also know I will need drivers probably for this which I do not have experience in coding that much so I may need help. I will be adding a switch to the Readers connection to the soldered port due to the reader having problems in the future and needs to be removed and causes issues with the device. Now for readers I havent really picked any out but there are some pretty small ones. I think that ill use micro SD for this due to the small size of it , so if you got any readers that are good for this project send me a link so I can pick one up:good:.
[Hardware Hacking General] PCiE:
The picture above is a iphone 5 speaker which is gonna be used to replace the speaker. I am showing the pins for the speaker in this picture aswell. The reason im ripping out the Kindle speaker is because of the MicroSD card reader which I will be showing in the picture below.

As you can see this is where the reader will be placed and the speakers are being replaced with the iphone 5 speaker. I will be cutting a spot for the reader to go.
[Hardware Hacking General] lifegap:
Very interested in this project

Please update your work, the 1st Kindle Fire is one of my best audio player thanks to the big output volume. It can drive my full size headphone but the storage limit to 5.6 GB. Have you sucessfully add the port?

I read somewhere in XDA that the Ti OMAP 4430 in KF1 is not friendly with external MicroSD but there are lots of devices running Ti-OMAP 4430 has the MicroSD: Samsung I9100G Galaxy S II or LG Optimus L9 P760 or Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 P3110
[General Topics] fil:
is there such a thing i can use to show what speeds my gprs is running at?
[General Topics] mazam:
if u want to your current gprs speed just go to any banwithtest on the net bandtest.jaring.my/initialmeter.php

if u want to see your current data rate just install ipdashboard 1.90 www.hudsonmobile.com, u get 7 days trial version.
[Other Tools & General Discussion] ztrange:
Hi.

I'm experimenting to write a personal app to help me get to know more songs. I want to catch the spotify intent that indicates when the track changes and use the data on my app.

I have been investigating how to do it and tried multiple lines of code like this (iF.addAction("com.android.music.metachanged"); ), but no luck yet. Everybody (stackoverflow) says there is no way to get that info. But the fact is that there is one app that is able to catch that info: musiXmatch. It is able to detect when the track on the spotify free radio changes and deliver the corresponding lyric.

So, I tried decompiling both the musicXmatch and spotify apks using apktool but wasn't able to find the way the apps comunicate with one another. I have yet to get deeper on smali but by what I see this far, the answer isn't there.

So, the next thing I was thinking I'd try was to make an AOSP rom with some extra logging habilities so that i can listen to the communication between the apps (namely, the broadcastreceiver).

My question: ¿Is there such an aosp distro? One that has extra sniffing/logging capabilities. Also, Anyone has an extra idea on how to accomplish my goal, or maybe some reason for which it will be impossible for me to do it (like for example the intent from spotify being explicit).

Thank you very much in advance for your time.
[Other Tools & General Discussion] ztrange:
I solved it. I got the intent.

In case anyone wonders how I did it, here it is:

Rooted my phone (I have a Nexus 4 which lost root with one OTA update and never bothered to recover it)

Installed CydiaSubstrate. A wonderful piece of software by [MENTION=1333983]saurik[/MENTION] that allows you to literally modify any java or native C/C++ class during runtime seamlessly. It also does lots of other stuff I don't really understand.

Had to put SELinux to permissive on KitKat because it is on enforced by default since 4.3, in order for the Substrate to work

Got IntroSpy from git and wrote a Custom Hook for IntentReceiver startActivity() method

Enabled IntroSpy for musicXmatch app and it dumped all the app's intents to logcat
[Other Tools & General Discussion] gloscherrybomb:
Thanks, are you going to share said intents? ;)
[Other Tools & General Discussion] E:V:A:
Nice work, but it would have been great with some more details...
[Other Tools & General Discussion] AmmarGitham:
Hi, please we need a follow up.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gromit2005:
I have just received my Moto G and upgraded it to 4.4.2.

When I inserted my SIM, the dialer didn't show any of my SIM contacts, only the contacts from Google.

I did select "All Contacts" in the dialer's menu, but it didn't help.

The contacts are on the SIM, SIM management apps can see them.

I don't want to import the contacts, want to keep them in SIM - is it possible?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nandeh:
No offense, but what's the point of use SIM to save contacts actually, having a Google account? :confused:
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gromit2005:
That way I can switch the SIM to another phone and use it, no matter what the device/OS is, even a dumbphone.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zazzy24:
Same issue

Even I am facing the same issue. I have some 703 contacts stored on gmail, including many email addresses that I no longer need and weir names from google plus and facebook. I have 99 contacts saved on my sim which I regularly use but there is no way to see them in the 'people' app. There is an import/export option, but even after importing my contacts I can't see them. Any solutions?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JIT99:
You'll have to go to contacts (app/widget) then options..import..import from SIM.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zazzy24:
As I mentioned above, even after I import the contacts I can't see them until gmail contacts are ticked.. so the phone is storing the SIM contacts in the gmail contacts and you can't use only your SIM contacts
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebsbow:
I have to say I concur with this annoyance. I can't even edit my sim contacts.

Seriously, I would like to keep my contacts on my sim card not only in Google's portfolio.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JIT99:
I see this as a Goog strategy to force user to use the Google contacts ..heck, it even wants me to start using Hangouts to manage my texts.:eek:

For now, if you want to view, export, import SIM contacts, use an independent app like 'Copy to SIM' from play store.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebsbow:
Or maybe install an 3th party dialer, forgot about that possibility.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mannyx48:
moto g 4g

i can not select sim contact on moto g 8gb 4g ive downloaded sim contacts from google play store when i need to viewe contacts from sim i check it from sim contact app
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kyle L:
SIM problem solved on MOTO G

"SIM Contacts" App from Needom Studio in PlayStore is all that's needed : problem completely solved!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strife89:
I've had my Razr M for about two months now, and I've been enjoying it so far - with one exception: the battery life.

Having come from a Samsung Alias, I really have no experience with what to really expect out of any smartphone as far as battery life is concerned, but I have seen a number of screenshots of other users posting their runtimes. If I use the phone sparingly, it's not difficult for me to achieve the advertised runtime of 20 hours with 40% or so to spare - but if I start to seriously use it, I run into trouble, fast.

As the attached screenshots hopefully suggest, I typically get no more than about 2 hours of "screen on" time in any given day. (I try to cease usage by the time I hit 30%.) My typical usage habits include a fair bit of web surfing in Chrome, with a side of texting and text-only Hangouts. Wi-Fi is pretty much always on unless I know I'll be far from a router (hey, I'm on a low-tier data plan), and I though don't use Maps often, I leave the GPS toggled on. My phone is on stock Jellybean 4.1.2 (98.30.1), and is neither rooted nor bootloader unlocked.

(What really makes me worry about this is that the Moto G - a budget phone - reportedly gets SIX hours of screen-on time on one charge. WTH?)

Is this a realistic expectation of the Razr M's battery longevity, or is something, perhaps, amiss?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pwucky23:
Seems to be fairly normal. My phone gets 2-3 hours of battery life as well over 12 hours of usage.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BastaS:
it is normal, i have almost the same battery life.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] cannonofcourse:
Made the mistake of bricking my Att HTC ONE M7. Ive tried everything to revive this damn thing, did loads of research to see if anyone came up with a solution with no luck.

I was restoring my backup phone (Galaxy S2) to convert my mom to an android and get her away from that pile of **** iPhone. I downloaded a philz recovery from the xda app on my ONE for the S2 (which is something I've always had a rule against for this reason).

To make a Long story longer I, for some reason, thought it was for my ONE. Flashed it in recovery (TWRP) "Failed" then I realized what i did. But it failed, I then flashed a bootanimation. "Success"..

Restarted my device but it never came back on. No lights, screen, or response from any combination of buttons.

I guess the recovery flash ,even though it failed, was the nail in the coffin. I just can't believe it died that easy even though it let me flash a bootanimation. Not paying attention just cost me a lot of money and loads of pride.

It shows up qhsusb_dload in device manager. I e-mailed HTC and I'm gonna try a warranty claim. Also talked to someone about Jtag.

If anyone wants to attempt a solution Im game.. I will keep this post up to date with what run around HTC gives if I go that route. If anyone cares...

"IF IT AIN'T BROKE, FIX IT UNTIL IT IS...

HTC ONE Rooted, Unlocked,

Tampered Just a Tad,

Maximus HD 4.4 KitKat

Died an Honorable Death.. due to

Lapse in judgement, temporary

Mental Retardation..

Sent using my HTC One XL backup, fill in,

The ONE I can always count on...
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] TopoX84:
Are you able toqccess fastboot or TWRP?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] cannonofcourse:
No, cant access anything.. black screen. No response.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] cannonofcourse:
Update:: HTC told me to do this combination of buttons that I haven't read anywhere else. It didn't work for me but it might be a solution for others experiencing the dead black screen issue.

•Charge the device for at least 10 minutes

•With the device truly OFF while still being plugged into the wall outlet, push in and hold volume up and volume down AND power button, for 2 minutes.

•Let go. Device will boot up, and battery/charging logic are re-calibrated.

Sent from my HTC One X
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] TopoX84:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db5f3If-2Jw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Idk if this I'll worth... Wish you the best. Reading more in dept about your problem, you are in a touth position
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] cannonofcourse:
Sending my phone in for Jtag via Mobile Tech Videos. I've only heard good things (on average) gonna send it off Monday and we shall see...

Sent from my old faithful HTC One X
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] rasoolakhter:
I am also stuck

i am also stucked QHSUSB DLOAD really worried please help if any body is having solution
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] cannonofcourse:
Does your charge led come on when it's plugged into the wall? Do any lights at all work?

Sent from my HTC One_M7
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] clsA:
Their is a fix now .. I did mine today
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] cannonofcourse:
The problem with mine is that after I bricked it I sent it to be jtaged. When I got it back it wouldn't unlock to any network. No matter what it asks me for an unlock code.

Maybe I can run this on my phone and restore the emmc that cross checks the modem.???

What harm could it do

Sent from my HTC One
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] bocadave:
where did u send?

How much was it ?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] cannonofcourse:
I sent it to mobile tech videos... I heard good stuff about them but don't send it to them if you want your phone to work again. I don't remember what it cost me but I wish I would have waited for this unbrick method. The jtag process fried my modem or part of my motherboard. Try the unbrick method. People have had a lot of luck with that.

HTC ONE M-7
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] monster30:
i tried that method but after the command i get a message error that my device isn't found:confused:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shashanksetty:
Hello!! :D

Do you have an MTK device with no further updates and stuck on ICS? fear not! :p follow this guide and the JB easter egg will be yours!

This app is not developed by me

all the credits goes to iamareebjamal the one who made the guide and app originally

Instructions:

Now go and enjoy the easter egg :p

I've already made this flashable zip for stockrom v2 of micromax a89 so people who want to try it can download stockv2_JB_easter_egg.zip from attachment and flash it via recovery! :D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rohan Taneja:
Nice Tutorial Dude! Short And Simple :good: :cheers:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shashanksetty:
thanks :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] durron:
Hi all,

I installed SS and installed CM from a zip, but after the reboot, it's stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S4 Splash screen, does anyone have any ideas of why this would happen?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] toxicpaulution:
Seriously? do some reading before you do anything to your phone. If you would have read you would have seen that SS only allows TWroms because you cannot change the kernel therefore since you didn't listn you are gonna have to odin back and try to flash back to stock so that you can then find another TW rom to replace stock with. There are a million different forums on here explaining all of this. If you do not know what you are doing either stop or read read read read.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] ohhdangnickson:
Will galaxy gear work on my dzvw sch-1535 I'm running cm11 and haven't bought one yet I have the official 4.1.2 backup and don't really wanna upgrade to 4.3 and lock my bootloader

But I wanna get one can't I just download the app expect minor bugs but will it work
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hiteshkkk:
I am using G2 in India on Reliance CDMA.

It works either thru OMG sim or thru NAM settings in NV mode...

Call / Text / EVDO all works perfect in stock roms as well as CM based roms upto JB...

I tried all the KK based roms out there for G2 VZW..

But, EVDO or 1x is not working in any of KK Roms in NV or RUIM mode.

I see menu for network settings in JB based roms is different in KK based roms.

JB roms used to have many options like EVDO, CDMA, GSM, WCDMA, etc

But in KK only 3 options viz 3G, 2G or Global. Also, in KK, I had to go to phone info thru *#*#4636#*#* n select WCDMA preferred n that way GSM was working fine with data even on KK but no success with data on CDMA.

Pls help if someone has pointers...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kryptonite:
Did you have any luck with fixing this ? I have a similar issue with my Sprint G2 on Airtel , here is the thread
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captainwahid:
Since the LG QuickCover has the sleep/wake function, is it possible for the screen to unlock automatically once the flap is open rather than just waking it?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OuncE718:
Follow the highlighted steps in the picture and you'll achieve the function in question. In other words YES it will work.

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sent from my neXus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captainwahid:
Oh wow. Didn't even think if that. Thanks.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OuncE718:
No problem. Glad I can help.

sent from my neXus 5
[General Questions and Answers] joho5:
My phone keeps updating to the new ui. I did join the beta a while back but since then have left the group and left the beta program but my Facebook app keeps self-updating to the new user interface which I hate.

The main problem is there js nowhere to change news feed to most recent.

Is there any way I can keep this from updating?
[General Questions and Answers] joho5:
Bump... This is driving me nuts.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tq:
Hi,

I have a T-Mobile SDA (Torando) and I want connect to an other phone over GSM.

Have somebody did this before?

I see some examples in the forum for XDA. Is it the same way?

Have somebody special GSM Sourcecode for smartphones (examples)?

Can somebody exactly describe me the way, how to connect 2 GSM Smartphones?

I use MS Studio 2005, VC++

Thanks

Thomas
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pawaa:
SDA is Typhoon (SP3, SP3i)...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] levenum:
Since no one answered in detail I'll at least try to point you in the right direction: You need to use TAPI functions and establish a data call. I know it's not much but I never actually done it my self, though I've seen some code on this site. If nothing else, check MSDN for functions list and usage.