yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redblur:
Lol, you mean i can't do anything to save it without rooting?

if that so, i will send my phone to service center to get a replacement camera sensor and probably ask them to fix it :p
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaHiLzZ:
Yes. Send it in for warranty is better if you have the option.

sent from my mobile device
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] limcc:
Try do a RUU flash to restore back to all files factory default. you can find the RUU in the forum.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] zmag:
http://d-h.st/fT3

Hey XDA,

I'm requesting help from anyone who can do a smali edit to remove the GPS/Location reticle (crosshair) for me.

I have provided my SystemUI.apk (I'm running stock ICS 1.13.651.1) but I have a battery mod included in there.

Basically, I have tried before to use dex2jar (and similar apps) but I honestly don't know what I'm doing. I _do_ know that this smali edit is something as simple as changing a 0x1 to 0x0 (or something along those lines)

Please, if you could be so kind as to help me, it'd be greatly appreciated. - zmag

P.S. If you could make me a flashable .zip I can run from TWRP that'd be awesome too!
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] feyce:
Hi everyone,

I'm not sure if I'm in the good place to ask...

I recently updated to 4.3, and figured out that Samsung ripped out the S Planner Task widget, what I used all the time in my work. I'm pretty sure that there is no 3rd party widget that handles this(I tried all...).

I have 2 questions:

1. Is it possible to import this widget from 4.1?

2. If so, is it possible to use it on the lock screen as well?

PS: I don't need suggestions about apps from market, I need the stock Samsung app... Root is no problem for me:)

Tapatalk-kal küldve az én GT-I9305-el
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] feyce:
Please, any suggestions would be accepted:/

Tapatalk-kal küldve az én GT-I9305-el
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] feyce:
Anyone?:/

Tapatalk-kal küldve az én GT-I9305-el
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] ignatios123:
i have splanner widget on 4.3 using rxtreme v3.1
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] feyce:
And does it have the sTask widget?

Tapatalk-kal küldve az én GT-I9305-el
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] molitar:
I am using the Wicked ROM but I am not able to find a working 5x4 Touchwiz mod for it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] tomasitoc:
Hello,

Right now, I am saving my nandroid backup to dropbox. I am doing it the long way.

First, I do a nandroid backup to my phone. Then I connect my phone to my computer then drag and drop the nandroid backup file to the dropbox in the computer.

Then, If I want to restore a specific nandroid backup, I connect my phone again to the computer and then drag whatever nandroid backup file I want back to the phone. After I do this, i do the restore.

Is there a way to make this less of a hassle?

thank you in advance,
[General Topics] Skywatcher:
Not being a pc/phone buff I wondered if any of you guys can help me?

I bought a Vodafone V1640 that had O2 software on it. Firstly is this ok? Should it have had Vodafone software on it? Second, I sold the phone on eBay beause it did not match my needs or critera and now the person that bought it is saying there is a ROM error showing and that I had originally bought a duff phone. This I cannot understand, as when I received the phone, I charged it and made sure that it was in perfect working ordered. This was over a peroid of about 2-3 hours and no error showed on the phone what so ever. It actually came sealed as if it had come straight from Vodafone as an upgrade maybe.

I cannot understand why this error messgae is now showing and upon asking an IT collegue at work he has suggested that this person had maybe tried to load new software on to the phone therefore the ROM error being apparent.

Does anyone have any idea why the phone may only now be showing this error? I can assure you all that I did nothing to the phone as it was only out of the box for a few hours before I decided that it wasn't for me.

Thanks in advance for anyone that can help.

:roll:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murtillon:
I just installed Cyanogenmod to my Note 2 and I'm not really digging it. Where can I find a Stock Rom on the internet? I couldn't find any one google.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovestospooge:
Have you tried the manufacturer website for firmware updates? It's always a good idea to backup your stock rom on any device before loading a custom one.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viveksvdy2014:
Check this out!

Hey there.. i know how it feels when u install the wrong ROM. Anyway, i know a site with rooted stck roms but since im new here, i cant post links.. so i‘ll PM you.
[Windows RT Development and Hacking] aaa111sss:
Did anyone find any good cables compatible with Nokia Lumia 2520?
[Windows RT Development and Hacking] SixSixSevenSeven:
cables for what?
[Windows RT Development and Hacking] aaa111sss:
Conect a usb mouse or U Disk.
[Windows RT Development and Hacking] SixSixSevenSeven:
Neither of which need special cables...

I think this is a rather pointless thread. There is nothing special about the nokia lumia 2520 for USB cables. If we're going to ask for USB cables (standardised cables that is) then I am going to ask you a question: do you have any recommendations for USB cables to connect my Sony Xperia M to my HP Sleekbook? The ones I have lying all over the house don't do the job.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingclassy:
Hey guys i have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S4, 16GB, SGH-I337, with the safestrap custom recovery. and 2 days ago i tried to do a factory reset so i could have enough space to install a custom rom. Through my carelessness , i seem to have wiped the OS off of the device. Now if you try to turn the device on its stuck on the "Samsung custom" boot screen with the unlock icon in the middle. The device can go into download mode but fails to go into recovery mode.

Every time i try to go into recovery it displays the following:

Odin Mode

Product name: SGH-I337

Current Binary: Samsung Official

System Status: Custom

Knox Kernel Lock: 0x0

Knox Warrenty Void: 0x0

CSB-CONFIG-LSB:0X30

Waite Protection: Enable

eMMC Burst MODE enabled

Then the phone-computer caution emblem comes up in the middle of the screen and says, " Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again". So ive tried Upgrade and Initialization and the Emergency Recovery feature but both failed. They both return a pop up message saying that " Firmware emergency recovery stopped due to GALAXY S4(SGH-I337) error. If the problem persists, please contact the Samsung service centre.". So then i tried the odin method and downloaded both the 1337DB and DL file and tried running them in Odin. Odin fails and shows this in the messages: <ID:0/004> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> I337UCUAMDL_I337ATTAMDL_I337UCUAMDL_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004>

<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

this occurs whether i check the boxes or not and if i add a pit file or not. Then on my phone it says in red, " SW REV. CHECK FAIL: fused:4, Binary 1".

Everything that i have tried has resulted to a fail from Kies to Odin so right now im just about ready to give up and get a new phone. Is my Galaxy S4 still saveable and if so how would i go about saving it? thanks

(oh and sorry for the long question i just wanted to describe exactly what i was going through so you guys have all the information you need in order to develop a solution to my problem, if their is one.)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingclassy:
anyone please?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gottech:
Looks like you have a knox enabled rom... have you tried mf3 or mk2. I think that of you didn't have at least mf3 that would have worked. I could be wrong on that part but if you cannot use your phone I wpuld try flashing one of those roms.

I337 stock, unlocked, rooted
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kapebretoner:
Twrp does not work. How can I either remove it or change version of twrp. Present version 2.6.0.0
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kapebretoner:
Tablet now bootable

I erased the recovery partition with fastboot. Tablet now boots up and is useable. I have no recovery mode but I decided to leave good enough alone.
[Xperia Z1 General] twoeleven99:
Per request in another thread I am here to talk a little.about how to operate this camera in manual mode. I've seen complaints about how.it.performs in auto so hopefully what you see in here will make you switch to manual for your shots.

Let me start by saying you won't get dslr type quality out of this thing but the faults the camera does have from my observations, can be fixed in post easily. Now this is just my style and personal opinion, but I've never had a camera phone that took images that I couldn't make better with a little.bit of post editing. Hell even my professional dslr pictures get the editing treatment.

In my real first experience today with the phone I found that it normally takes decent images. The pictures lack a ton of contrast in my opinion and that was what I found myself adjusting the most. Colors are fairly good except I took one macro of a flower in my garden yesterday that was so saturated all the details in the petals were blown out. It was an overcast day which is the ideal lighting situation for a photographer but for some reason the pink flower turned out neon red in the image. I didn't have that happen today, which was a sunny day, so I'll blame that on a fluke shot or maybe the conditions confused the software for one reason or another.

As far as the camera interface, more importantly, knowing where the settings are so you can access them quickly when trying to take the shot. I am happy with what is offered in manual, the only thing I wished I had was an option for shutter speed but I've only had 1 phone that ever had that option so I'm not complaining.

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[Xperia Z1 General] twoeleven99:
As far as the camera interface, more importantly, knowing where the settings are so you can access them quickly when trying to take the shot. I am happy with what is offered in manual, the only thing I wished I had was an option for shutter speed but I've only had 1 phone that ever had that option so I'm not complaining.

Iso, shutter speed, and aperture are all related and affect one another. I haven't looked at specs but I'm assuming we are working with a fixed aperture and we can't change the shutter speed so I'll just talk briefly about iso.

Iso is going to affect how sensitive the sensor is to light around you. In other words you would use low ISO when there is plenty of natural or ambient light around, and a high iso for a night shot or for low ambient light like maybe dim house light or candle light. I haven't tested this phone in bad lighting conditions and I haven't browsed through the picture thread so maybe others can chime in on how it does at night and in low light situations. I had an HTC one and people praise that phone for its picture taking in low light but I found that images were too noisy if you tried to sharpen them afterwards imo.

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[Xperia Z1 General] twoeleven99:
I never use the auto mode and I suggest no one do. Even though you are somewhat limited in a camera phone you still want to be able to take the photo you want not the photo the phone wants you to take. You may want to blowout those highlights in the background or you may want to underexpose the image. It all depends on your style and preference. This is why manual mode is the ideal why to shoot. Now you might say for street photography or situations where you just have time to get a quick shot shoot in auto. Which is fine, capturing the picture is what's important not the settings in that situation. But even then I would still say adjust the settings beforehand according to the environment you know you're going to be in so you can shoot freely without worrying about adjustments. I remind you everything I've said thus far is all my opinion. So let me move on to the individual settings and what they do.

Resolution

No need to explain this or self timer or smile shutter. I think we all know what those do.

Focus modes

Single auto is just that. A single focus area in the middle of the viewfinder.I don't like this because it hinders composition.

Multi

This simply places multiple focus areas on the screen. Haven't used this yet. I assume it does its best trying to find the areas you want be in focus I guess for group shots or something.

Face detection is self explanatory

Touch

This is my ideal setting. You simple tap the area in the viewfinder that you want to be in focus. Works well because when you use interesting composition you can focus on any area of the scene instead of a fixed place in the center like in single mode

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[Xperia Z1 General] twoeleven99:
Object track

Used this today but didn't snap the shot. It did well following a kid jumping around in a bouncy castle and that was through some netting on the side of the castle. Didn't settle on the still net it tracked the girl back and forth Several times.

Iso I already explained

Metering

Center - this will meter the exposure for what ever is in the middle of the scene you are shooting. I don't see why you would use this setting and I don't know why it's on by default. Maybe your subject isn't in the middle, maybe you're using interesting composition and your subject is off center.

Average - this should.be your default. This takes into consideration the lighting in the entire scene and exposes accordingly.

Spot - advanced metering when you want to expose for a certain place in the scene. For example, if you're shooting into the sun and your subject is back lit you could use spot metering to expose for the subjects face. There face will be properly exposed and the background light will probably be blown out which sometimes makes for an interesting photo.

Image stabilizer is what it is. When this is on you can not adjust iso

EV

This is on the fly exposure. If your scene is too dark or too bright in the viewfinder you can adjust this up and down to compensate for the lighting situation. I believe you can adjust in half stops and full fstop increments.

Cloudy / shade - picture of clouds

These are white balance settings. Cloudy is used for overcast cloudy days or when your subject is in shade. It compensates for the cool blues you get in these conditions and will warm up the photo a bit after its taken.

Sun

Opposite of.the previous setting. It will cool the image a bit when the sun is shining and your photos are too warm.

Fluorescent

This will adjust the color balance when you're taking pics under this type of lighting indoors somewhere

Incandescent

Does the same except for incandescent bulbs such as house lamps etc

Now these aren't set in stone. Rules are made to be broken. You may get a cool effect by using fluorescent setting in the shade or under the sun. It's all about experimenting and creativity and getting the look you like.

I know I've been rambling and typed up an essay but I will finish with some images and some before and after shots. Thanks for reading if I made a mistake or if there are questions feel free to ask.

You can follow me on ig [MENTION=2666586]when[/MENTION]theFstops

Before (how the image came out the camera)

After

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

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[Xperia Z1 General] twoeleven99:
Btw...it was sunny today so my iso stayed on 100 with touch focus. The only thing I changed was the white balance depending on if the subject was in the sun or the shade

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[Xperia Z1 General] darkoj2007:
great guide ;)
[Xperia Z1 General] jjpro45:
Well done!

This guide is very useful!
[Xperia Z1 General] gtizon:
Thanks for the guide. In terms of post processing on the phone, what app can you recomnend?
[Xperia Z1 General] GuestX0057:
Here's another perspective to when people complain about image quality and write comments about the "crappy camera" on the Z1:

"For professional pictures I use my DSLR"

-> You will never carry your DSLR around everywhere 100% of the time even on a holiday. "The best camera is the one you have with you" etc.

"I don't have time to change settings, the moment will pass by the time I'm done"

-> Changing the few important settings (ISO, EV and metering) take but some seconds. A bowl of fruit, a mountain in the background, your duckface or that kid peeing over the fence won't disappear or change that quickly. Unless you are taking a picture of a moving car or train, you won't miss a few seconds.

"The camera software on other phones is much better than the Z1"

-> Yes and they also artificially reduse noise by redusing quality.

"I just want to take a quick snap without bothering with any settings"

-> If you are going to take a picture anyway, do you really have to use an excuse to NOT try to make it a good one?

[MENTION=2030603]twoeleven99[/MENTION] - thanks a lot for the guide. I do have one idea to improve the guide even more with the help of others in this little community. How about sharing some good pictures with the most important settings to give an idea what kind of manual settings (what ISO, what EV compensation, what meterin) to use in different circumstances? Such as a picture in bright sunlight , a picture when it's overcast, various low light scenarios etc. What I mean is that because the classic "a picture says more than a thousand words" holds true - we could use pictures to demonstrate how to think about the camera settings. So next time someone goes out on a cloudy day and wants to take a picture, they could just refer to "ah right, I saw a picture in similar circumstances and it had ISO 200, EV +2/3 and metering average."
[Xperia Z1 General] Vengeance66:
Great guide!

I see that it's a matter of taste with the settings. I too use "wrong" WB settings to get what I want. :)

I like playing with the camera on manual, trying everything to capture a great photo. I'm not a photographer, but I like to make the best out of my phone. I have a planned project in future to show the capabilities of the camera.

I want to make good HDR photos and I was amazed to see that this phone can capture a great photo (HDR edit after, not the HDR from the phone) which can be edited later. I was surprised to see low noise after HDR. But, it's only when you have enough light for the photo, otherwise, you will get too much noise.

I'm in middle of exams, I will post more photos, before after. :)

Thanks again for the guide. Really appreciate it.
[Xperia Z1 General] ikkeeuu:
how do you get the after shots? they look so good! do you use a program to add contrast and such?
[Xperia Z1 General] farfromovin:
After reading the thread, I was under the impression that the before shots were auto and the after shots were with manual settings. No post processing applied.
[Xperia Z1 General] One Twelve:
Recommend the OP use flickr to upload photos as it makes it easier to review exifs.
[Xperia Z1 General] ashouhdy:
thats a great guide ... i will settle down untill you play with scenes .. as every scene got its shutter speed and iso ... starting from 1/10000sec till 0.8Sec
[Xperia Z1 General] twoeleven99:
I have a ton of apps but I usually end up in one of the photoshop apps, snapseed, or vsco

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[Xperia Z1 General] twoeleven99:
Ok I will do that next time I'm out and about taking random pictures.

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[Xperia Z1 General] twoeleven99:
All before pics were taken on manual and the after is edited. You can see the after pics all have had contrast added because like I said this camera and software combination has a severe lack of it in my opinion especially under sunlight. Pictures in the shade weren't so bad.

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[Xperia Z1 General] twoeleven99:
Didn't know there where scene modes. Do I have to be in auto mode to see them?

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[Xperia Z1 General] Vengeance66:
For the scenes you have to be on 8MP in Manual mode. They will show up in the upper left corner right above the EV setting. :)
[Xperia Z1 General] twoeleven99:
Will do. I was going to open a new Flickr account today I will make a folder for xperia pics and will drop a link

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nwalker77:
I already posted this in the help section this morning and havent got any input on it yet. I need to return this phone asap, Verizon sent me a text this morning saying they have charged my account for un returned equipment.

I unrooted my old device that I am sending back to Verizon. I un-rooted it through super user. But when I restart the device its still showing the unlocked icon and the word custom below the samsung startup. What did I do wrong? It should have been cut and dry. Click un-root and you are done. I dont get it. I appreciate the help !
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
OK, what version are you running? 4.3 or 4.1? If you don't know boot into download mode and post what it says in the top left corner.

Additionally, next time you have a question that goes unanswered try to bump that thread. Sometimes it gets pushed down the list and it's hard to find, but it's perfectly fine bumping something once in a 24 hour period if you feel it hasn't been seen by someone who can help. It's better than starting a 2nd thread with the same question. Just for your information.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nwalker77:
I understand, but im pretty desperate.

Im running 4.3

Download page says the following

Product name: SCH-I535

Custom Binary Download: No

Current Binary: Samsung Official

System Status: Custom

Qualcom Secureboot: Enable

Warranty Bit: 0

Bootloader AP Swrev: 1

Is there a way I can just flash the stock firmware with odin? I cant find the files anywhere. All the web sites send me back to the samsung page that lists all the updates. And all the links are dead. I dont care what version I send the phone back to verizon with. Just as long as it gets back un rooted and they dont know its ever been rooted.

Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rahul.pipaliya007:
If ur phone supports triangle away app by chainfire then try it..download from google play ..im sure it will works..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Exactly right.

Flash this, follow this guide, and issues will be gone.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2586319
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rahul.pipaliya007:
Find ur firmware on Sammobile.com
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
This is bad information, his flash counter is not even causing this issue. It's 0.... Read up on what triangle away does before you suggest it. It can be a dangerous application.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nwalker77:
Thanks, Ill give it a try.

Again, I appreciate your help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nwalker77:
I think it worked

The custom lock is gone on start up.

And when I go to more about phone and go to device status, it says official instead of custom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Yup, everything is fully stock now, before you had custom elements due to using saferoot. You're good now, and there's no evidence you ever rooted the device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nwalker77:
Thats great. I cant thank you enough!
[G2 General] arin8000:
Hi guys,

I've found these settings very helpful so I made a short video of how to enable privacy guard on G2. Hopefully it'll help you as well :beer:

Here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIzxppB_9UI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Special thanks to the CM team for their support of G2 :)