yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZippyDan:
By the way, did YOU do any research before summarily judging me to be in the wrong here? I will provide you with sources.

I came to this thread PRECISELY because my power functionality had been changed by AHRD, AFTER flashing FROM STOCK. So please examine what you are accusing me of. It was a post about ARHD and I had lost a stock functionality. Just look at my original unedited post which you moved: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49637527&postcount=1

I addressed this in the thread: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49715598&postcount=5 . The Xposed thread indicates it would have trouble working past 4.3. It also specifically mentions that it messes up sound options on the HTC One and that the developer is too busy to work on the problem.

I appreciate your understanding and sensitivity. No wait, I don't. There is never the wrong time to educate someone. I was NEVER "*****ing" about wealth inequality. (Quote: "It might sound like a hellhole, but most days are perfectly normal, and some are wonderful, even in a third-world country. You learn to live with the badness, but it still makes sense to take proactive measures just in case.", Source: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49734916&postcount=19)

I WAS "*****ing" about uneducated users that did not address my request for help and instead seemed to imply that security and anti-theft features were not necessary and that I simply needed to change MY BEHAVIOR to safeguard my phone. This kind of suggestion demonstrates a lack of knowledge and understanding about the realities of the world outside of the walled gardens of the first world. I was EXPLAINING those realities, and I challenge you to find any quote from me "*****ing" about the third world. I was specifically "*****ing" at the user "HTC_One" whose attitude I found unhelpful and offensive.

I would say I find your attitude offensive but I'm sure a mod has many threads to peruse and does not have time to investigate every detail.

Wealth inequality and worldwide conditions are not "BS" and I find it sad to see that you think a discussion on these topics is not worthwhile. In the context of the thread, someone's lack of experience with the real world was causing them to dismiss my requests related to the development of Android security features, so I don't think it is as off-topic as you think.

That said, I don't mind you moving my thread, but I do think it is unjust to blame me for defending my position and explaining my situation.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZippyDan:
A request to return to the original stock behavior is considered laughable? Again, this was stock behavior, so even HTC thought it was a good idea at some point.

A request to limit unauthorized control over the phone while it is LOCKED is laughable?

A request to make theft more difficult is laughable?

Irrelevant in this section as the HTC One does not have a removable battery (at least without disassembly).

Even with the sim card removed, a powered-on phone has the ability to automatically join open WiFi networks and continue sending data.

Avast Anti-Theft also has a feature where if they insert a different SIM card, it will automatically notify you of the new number so you can continue to remotely control the phone and/or receive updates.

Yea, the chances are lower of phone recovery when the SIM card is removed, but it is still possible. If the phone is OFF, it is IMPOSSIBLE. When it comes to crime and theft, nothing is certain. We are talking about increasing probabilities here, not guarantees.

There are also so many other variables here that you are not considering. Most phones have easy sim card access that don't require special tools. Most thieves (at least here) are not very knowledgeable or well equipped or well educated. They may not have a tool readily available to access the SIM card, nor may they even know where the SIM card is. Many thefts are simply targets of opportunity and they may not always be prepared for every possible catch.

Of course, if a thief is a super techie and knows everything about phones, then NO countermeasure is going to work. If a thief is a complete idiot, then almost any countermeasure would work. So what is the reality? That most thieves are probably somewhere in between. If we make it more difficult to get away with a theft, we are going to recover some of these phones. Again, this is about probabilities, not guarantees.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trjlive:
The Advanced Power Menu works fine in 4.4. I just installed it, the exact feature you are looking for works fine. And my sound continued to work on headphones, phone speaker, and bluetooth.

And as for the rest of everything you've posted, discussion of wealth inequality and worldwide conditions are topics that certainly warrant in-depth conversation. But NOT here on xda. Especially not in the development forums. This is a place to discuss the development of ARHD, not debate first-world vs third-world.

You asked about a feature, you've been provided many options. The product functions in a particular way. You have the options of a stock ROM or several high-quality custom ROMs. If none of those provide the functionality you desire, then your options are, yes you change your behavior to work with the ROMs feature set, or you learn to make your own ROM that provides the feature set you want.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZippyDan:
I believe the issue was that the sound OPTIONS stop working with the mod, but I will certainly give it a try.

I was not debating the third-world, but when we are talking about an anti-theft feature, the context of differences in society certainly must inform the value of a phone's feature. I know that when I travel to Hong Kong or the USA, I feel almost careless about my phone usage, whereas in the third-world, I feel constantly nervous, aware of my surroundings, and sometimes almost paranoid in a way that many people with only first-world experience probably cannot understand.

Please check out this post that I made a while back http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2429153 and you will see that I have thought a lot about the issue of phone theft in a logical and rational way that has been informed by my experiences and the socioeconomic realities of the third world.

Thanks for your response
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newcron:
Are you saying that HTC stock 4.4 has a different power functionality than ARHD 41 or are you talking about a different version of stock (4.1/4.2/4.3)?

Added:

Just in case it wasn't clear, I am curious if this behavior difference is related to android version instead of stock vs. ARHD. Also, the reason I am asking is because I have no way to check. I have not seen stock since 4.1, my ARHD is still 4.3 version and if I held the power button down, the flashlight comes on , so I have no idea :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZippyDan:
I was also uncertain, which is WHY I went to the ARHD thread. I came from a stock version, but honestly I'm not sure which (my memory tells me 4.2?) When I first posted, I was assuming (it seems incorrectly) that the change came from ARHD.

From the ARHD thread I found out that the change actually came from a developmental version of 4.4 and not from ARHD itself. But some people still want to argue that a developmental version is a stock behavior?

Anyway, if HTC added a bunch of bloatware going from 4.3 to 4.4, would ARHD then be making the argument that the bloatware is stock and should therefore be left alone? What makes something more or less stock? I just wish I had the same stock functionality for the lock screen that I had before. I am about to try the Xposed mod.

I have to say that I have been very disappointed in the response I have gotten from this community in general when requesting a customization and (what I believe is) an improvement in security. My experience with the iPhone jailbreaking community over at www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/ has been much more positive and open-minded. Here it seems there is much more hostility and opposition to customization and improvement and options.

I thought that was the whole purpose of rooting.

Oh well. Too bad Apple itself is a much more close-minded company.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mikanoshi:
The only anti-theft feature of such mod is disabling an ability to power off device, because power longpress will just restart it (unless they know about bootloader :)). Actually buttons begin to blink after 5 seconds of long press, after 6-7 seconds message appears with something like "Continue holding power for ... more seconds to restart device", so it's not obscure at all.

That message can be disabled, but other stuff is hardware, android only notifies about it happening.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZippyDan:
When I was on the stock ROM, I recall the longpress giving me the message "Continue holding", but I distinctly recall trying this on the lockscreen and having it not do anything.

Oh well, I'm not sure what version I was on, and I don't have the backup anymore so ...

How does one disable the "Continue holding" message?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mikanoshi:
Using mods :) I can actually add message hiding and power menu block when device is locked to toolbox, but not in the next version. Otherwise it will never be released because of lazy translators :D
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZippyDan:
Wait, you can add it to the next version of what?

Wait, I'm looking at your banner: you are an ARHD developer???? So, I finally reached the right person??? :D
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mikanoshi:
Next next version :) Next is already done, just waiting for translations before release.

Me and langer hans are Sense 5 Toolbox developers.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Osama Zabin:
He's the man :D
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZippyDan:
So I see version 51 dropped on the 28th of Jan. So I should be looking for this feature in version 52? Any idea when it might release?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mikanoshi:
Release - not a single idea. Very far away. I've already made this mod and it's the only mod in new version so far :D We kinda out of interesting ideas. Maybe I'll just compile and send it to your PM, soon.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZippyDan:
Just call it 51.01 ! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] VECTUS:
Ok I don't have a fancy Name folks... So GoogleNote2 (GN2) will suffice... This is just a little hobby rom I use. It's based on CM and designed to mimick the Nexus 5. So KISS is the word (keep it simple stupid). This rom is not fancy at all... It's vanilla actually. But thats for a reason... So YOU the user can add what you like and take away... Make it YOUR kitkat if you will... There's no fancy pics, no fancy graphics... It's just a rom...

What's in this (v0.6)....

Yes I know it's v0.6, It should actually be v1.4, is that even more confusing?... Yep

Based on CM, it has all CM parts. IE all issues CM has

MANY tweaks. Foe example (naming a few and not all):

Screen density 280

Wifi Scan Interval 325

Window Max Events 175

Lots of init.d Tweaks (some not all):

SD Card speed 7168

Zipalign on Boot

Battery Calibration

Ziplaign Data

This rom uses XTweaks found HERE (Plus my own and some of XTweaks adjusted for the N2)

NO SMS/MMS app (download what you want or use Hangouts or may I suggest 8sms?)

Moffice

Sprint Voicemail

Playstore

Google Launcher

SolCalendar

Has N5 Alarms, Notifications, Ringtones, and Bootanimation

NOTE: I don't have an agreement with Google therefore I don't need to use Gapps (the playstore is included)

How to flash:

First time installing to your Galaxy Note 2 (SPRn2) L900, or coming from another ROM:

- If you use a recovery OTHER than CWM based. I can't help you.

- Copy the rom ZIP to your SDCard

- Boot into Recovery

- DO A DATA WIPE / FACTORY RESET

- DO A CACHE WIPE

- Flash the rom zip from SDCard

- Reboot

- Don't restore system data using Titanium Backup!

- Restoring Apps + Data might cause problems and is not recommended, avoid it if possible!

- Once you boot allow it to call Sprint

- Hit 1

- Hit end

- Hit skip

- Hit skip

- set up your phone....

Thanks:

CyanogenMod for CM

Samsung for the N2

Google for android

LG FOR THE N5

DorianX for XTweaks

gyrene2083

My own wallpapers HERE (just DL and unzip to your sdcard)

Source HERE

ROM:

v0.6

size: 287 MB

md5: 5fe576f4d85c3a35bf00f2c81d8f5b8b

DOWNLOAD 1

DOWNLOAD 2

Tester 02-09-2014 HERE

XDA:DevDB Information

GN2 for the Sprint Note 2, a ROM for the Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II

Contributors

VECTUS, gyrene2083

ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x

ROM Firmware Required: Be on a Sprint Note 2 TW rom

Based On: CyanogenMod, and Nexus 5 Aosp

Version Information

Status: Testing

Current Stable Version: Note Yet

Created 2014-01-25

Last Updated 2014-02-09
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Androidaholic:
Nice !

Thanks for making a plain Nexus like rom I may just have to try this out !
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Naddict:
I would assume this rom is awesome! :o
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] oka1:
Amazing Rom if it works like it says........ wonder if the note 3 will get it ? will it be called .7 version ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] VECTUS:
Ha, Maybe I could port it... It does boot btw lol:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cmart4:
so far so good! thanks for the new rom; very smooth!!:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bonebeatz1234:
Does hdmi out work on this rom? Or is that a no go on all cm based roms
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Arjohns:
That's, as far as I know, a no for note 2 AOSP ROMs general.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] VECTUS:
Hmmm. If it doesn't work on other aosp ROMs before I didn't add it... Interesting question that I will look into most definetly... :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bonebeatz1234:
If you get that working I'm done with tw. I use it alot if you can get that going that Would be awesome

---------- Post added at 05:19 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:56 AM ----------

Think I found a hdmi fix will try it out in a bit
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jlmancuso:
Well I tried this out and figured I would share my thoughts. First the Op needs a bit of fixing.

1. kernel is stated as 3.4 when it is a 3.0.xx kernel.

2. Sms/mms is stated as not installed but you have hangouts installed

Everything looks good and seems to run OK. Although there is little difference between this and the cm11 source it is made from. Now don't take any of this as negative feedback. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to seeing how this evolves.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] slyjai:
Lookin forward to giving this a go.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] VECTUS:
1. Yes I've corrected that typo. My apologies and thank you for bringing it to my attention.

2. I'm not sure what you are stating except what I have already stated. As I stated in op it doesn't have an Sms/MMS app but does include hangouts. Other SMS apps (downloadable from the playstore) will work if you need one and I suggested 8sms.

Thank you for your feedback and I didn't take anything negative from it at all. I actually appreciate you taking the time to post:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] crking1980:
Thank you for keeping this device alive. Love the ROM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mccurt29:
Error (509)

This account's public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled!:crying::crying::crying::mad::mad:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] zachdees:
yes it seems dropbox has a traffic issue or they limit the bandwith to downloads or how many users can access that one file. which is over 1million atleast

I recommend using Goo im
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] shawn1482:
broken camera

Great ROM nice and smooth. One problem is camera doesn't work I flashed it twice and can't get it to work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cmart4:
just snapped a few pics.... worked fine for me
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] gamy2121:
OP said he downloaded camera 360 then his regular one started working.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] VECTUS:
I don't use Goo but uploading to androidfilehost for a 2nd DL. I didn't think this would need a second DL for traffic lol... But uploading now...

Edit: Uploaded. Its download 1

Yes as the op stated camera may or may not have an issue... I used Camera360 from the playstore and it worked... I'm still working the issue:good:
[General Questions and Answers] hisensesero7prouser:
I need help because my device has no sound so I'm trying to flash to stock ROM remove root and recovery so I can reflash DOPA and see if it fixes the problem
[General Questions and Answers] mohit378:
If you get a status 7 error flashing a ROM, try making sure SYSTEM is unmounted in 'mount/unmount partitions' menu in recovery.The install script mounts/unmounts the system automatically, so if you have to do that manually, something is definitely off or it's just a bad script.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kaiserII101:
In 2021 This thread and device are pretty much defunct; links in OP are updated though as I've been seeing a few requests lately.

Many thanks to all of the following. This small project would not be possible without their work/research.

Sergio Poverony

BSDgeek_Jake

raishiro

Koush

Garner

Basian Mile

rovo89

Prevailious

arctablet.com

This is a customized version of the most recent stock firmware (v4) for the Monster M7 tablet designed to make your tablet bloat free and easily rooted. Otherwise known as a custom ROM. The android version is 4.1.1.

In order to fully enjoy all the features of this ROM it needs to be flashed via some type of flashing tool through your computer, such as the Rk Batch Tool. Please see the instructions in the second post for setting up this tool properly.

Note that you can simply rename the .img file to update.img and flash it through your phone's recovery, but you'll be missing 3GB of storage in addition to having the manufacturer default allocation for app storage. Everything else should work correctly should you decide to use such a method.

Features:

Pre-Rooted (Koush SuperUser)

Very slim

xPosed framework

Modified Hosts file. Blocks large amount of advertising.

App storage increased to 3GB

All Monster bloatware removed.

DPI set at 160. (you can change this with an app.)

4.4 E-mail and News&Weather Apps.

4.2 Clock App.

Stock Browser with Adobe Flash 11

Added ArcTools for easy CWM installation.

ro.secure=0

ADB debug enabled by default.

Download​

Let me know if there are things you would like to see added. Higher android version at this point is beyond me, and I'm not even sure if it's possible as there is no source code yet available for this particular device. (Let me know if you somehow acquire source code for this device though ;))
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kaiserII101:
Instructions for setting up the RK Batch Tool and drivers. Thanks to sab99

Shutdown the M7 tablet

Run the RK Batch Tool, Open Device Manager

Connect the USB cable to the PC, while pressing the volume down button on the side of the M7. You will see nothing on the screen, but at this point, Windows should be alerting you to a USB device insertion. At this point my Win 8.1 x64 box kept detecting the device and popping up a failed device message - the Win 7 x64 detected the device and left it as unknown (which is expected).

Go into the device manager, find the unknown device, and update its driver with the Rk Batch Tool driver for your bitness and os.

Now the RK Batch Tool should show green for your tablet.

Load the ROM and press the Recover button.

Have a beer while it flashes.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kaiserII101:
reserved
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kaiserII101:
Open.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sensboston:
Could you please provide a correct drivers for Monster M7? Drivers from Rk Batch Tool you've provided are not working. I've tried on Win8/Win7, 32/64, driver can't start and always shows error 10. I also tried to install on the "Android-free" PC (Win7, 32), no android usb drivers are previously installed - no luck.

P.S. And of course I've tried different USB ports and cables (what is really stupid 'cause my Nexus 7 2013 and all WinPhones are using these cables without problems)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sab99:
I had an issue with my Windows 8.1 x64 machine, but it worked on a Win 7 x64 machine. The steps to use the RK Batch tool with the M7 are:

Shutdown the M7 tablet

Run the RK Batch Tool, Open Device Manager

Connect the USB cable to the PC, while pressing the volume down button on the side of the M7. You will see nothing on the screen, but at this point, Windows should be alerting you to a USB device insertion. At this point my Win 8.1 x64 box kept detecting the device and popping up a failed device message - the Win 7 x64 detected the device and left it as unknown (which is expected).

Go into the device manager, find the unknown device, and update its driver with the Rk Batch Tool driver for your bitness and os.

Now the RK Batch Tool should show green for your tablet.

Load the ROM and press the Recover button.

Have a beer while it flashes.

Thanks for the cleanups on this ROM, kaiserII101. 3GB, no crapware, and all source code is the way everything should be shipped. At least you fixed 2 of the 3. When you start looking at these 'value' tablets they are all pretty much the same. If you REALLY wanted to sell a ton of your hardware, releasing the source would encourage the modding community here and be worth more advertising dollars than your razor thin margins could ever support.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kaiserII101:
Added the instructions for setting up the RK Batch Tool in the second post.

Possible bug with velvet.apk (search) force quitting.. May need to revert to an older version as soon as I can start building again.

As far as eliminating the user partition, I would say, yes it is probably possible. Personally though, I'm not sure I want to do that. Will certainly try experimenting with it though.

Also, please everyone feel free to take the ROM, modify it, and post a link to your modified version (preferably list the changes you made). In order to modify update.img contents easily and repack them into flashable form you can use Sergio Poverony's tools. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2445406

I will be travelling to Russia wednesday for 5 months, and so I probably will be out of action here for a week at least I imagine. I will have internet access there eventually, as I'll be getting a sim-card, but important thing is to get settled in there first.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sensboston:
Thanks for your tip but I suggest a better link for the Sergio Poverony's tools ;)

Unfortunately I can't experiment with Monster M7: a little Alice completely occupied a new toy :) Probably, some guys (also this Monster currently on sale for $75 at Walmart) can do some experiments.

P.S. For us, my "mod" (if I can say) is enough; 8GB + 4GB "internal sd" fits well my daughter's "play pattern" - she has (and download new stuff every day ;) ) a lot of relatively small children games, so these games has all assets packed into .apk.

P.P.S. Here is the link to the "8GB" image: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3bj2thbf9sfshz8/M_RCCWtsek
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Prevailious:
Hey congrats on this! Hope you can make many more improvements for a lot of people out there.

Would it be possible to perform an update the regular way after modifying the storage space parameters?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sensboston:
I don't think so. But it's not a big problem - we always can do this trick again; the main problem is about update; I don't think the manufacturer will release any major update (like KitKat) for this device :(

P.S. BTW, we've got exactly what we paid for... What are you expecting for $75 device? ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Zzz73:
Awesome!

i wasn't expecting much from this tablet, but daaaang, good job guys. i was expecting to have to try Kingo or Framaroot to get a root on this. you guys have it rooted AND the user partition expanded!! too cool. +1000!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ta79pr:
Same here.