yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] warea:
From the choices you have, p6 is the best as an all rounder. The xperia sp might beat p6 over GPU, while Nokia 925 got LTE.

But you need to mention your phone usage habits and make sure your important needs fall within it. Everyone got different usage habits so their experiences cannot guarantee everything.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] tauio111:
Phone calls & sms

: 10/10 have not encountered any problems

Video recording

: 7/10 Video has very washed out colours and there used to be glitches when Stabilizer was enabled on JB roms, on KitKat this problem seems to have been fixed. Sometimes unconsistant fps range, especially on JB roms, seems fixed on KK.

Photos

: 8/10 The sony imx134 sensor is okay, altough it gets rather grainy at even ~400iso, the quality of the lens is also low. Auto wb works perfectly, focusing takes abit more time than other flagship devices. Most of these problems have to do with software & driver optimization.

Music

: 5/10 Audio quality is not the greatest, the audio jack also has some problems with some plugs.

Watching video

: 10/10 Obviously it cant play 4K (interestingly enough, the 4K plays at the same tempo as on the snapdragon 600 phones), but 1080p and 720p run absolutely fine, havent had any problems

Gaming

: 4/10 Not good, phone tends give off alot of heat and causes throttling

Internet surfing

: 10/10 on JB, 6/10 on KK The problem with browsing in KK is not really device specific, the Chrome engine it uses instead of webkit just is slow and laggy on every phone. Dolphin Browser uses a modified webkit engine(like on JB) which runs well on KK and it also has support for flash which is not supported in KK by Chrome.

Battery

: 7/10 The battery varies alot, I remember having the phone on 20% of battery in the end of the day, nowadays I end the day with 60%, could be the KK rom but I am not sure about it. Or could also be because the weather here has gone warmer

Emotion UI

: 1/10 Horrible, it runs like crap even on their own devices compared to AOSP ui, huge lack of dark themes. Just an unpleasant eyekiller in the dark because everything is lightgrey and lightblue. You would also expect to have 60fps animations for simple thing like for example pulling down the notification center and scrolling through the settings menu, even phones with quite abit weaker hardware, but better optimization, manage to keep this at 60fps!

Basically most of the issues have to do with the optimization of the GPU
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] PulseDroid:
It runs stable, but for a work phone the S4 Mini will most likely work better.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] benna:
The camera quality in the right lighting is better than a Sony Z1 !!! I compared the exact same photos taken by my P6 and my friends Z1. I could not beleve it !
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] skyp6user:
If youll mainly use p6 for work, its the perfect fit. Fast and stable. I use mine for daily emails, web browsing etc.. Well what really sealed the deal is its beauty. Would choose p6 over any other phone for its design alone.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] benna:
amen to that
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themanuelrc:
Apparently everything works correctly, but when entering the application does not see any event. Neither I can create a new event.

My device is a Clone S4 came with Google Play but could not use Google Play services (needed to run Google Calendar), so install GAAP Core 4.2.2, everything worked except Google Calendar.

Someone could tell me Which are the (apps) files necessary to have Google Calendar working properly in a Chinese device?

Thanks for the help.:good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themanuelrc:
I found errors in logcat for Google Calendar. If you need to see it tell me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] omahaguy:
I am currently on Sacs custom rom 4.3_v5.6 (latest build) trying to get back to stock 4.4.2 NAE. I have been flashing roms on a pretty consistent basis for about 2 years not but I am stumped this time. I open ODIN and run as an administrator as always, load my stock .tar file into the PDA slot and let it go through the checking process and then I hit start. It starts going for 2 seconds and then fails. I then have to do a battery pull to restart the phone and then my phone hangs up on the "Firmware update was interrupted, please connect to kies screen and that's as far as I can get. I have factory reset phone at least 10 times today. Like I said, I am stumped...any advice would be appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] leaderbuilder:
You need to get back to compete stock to take ota. Go here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2660607

Read that thread on how to get to mja stock, then run system/fitness update on the phone: in settings. And take the ota
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
Were you already on NAE from the OTA before you installed Sacs rom?? If you were, then you can't go back to NAE stock until we have a full tar file for NAE. You can try to install one of the Stock NAE roms in the development section, but until we have the full tar file for NAE you can't odin back to stock, If you weren't already on the NAE OTA, and still have the MK2 bootloader, then odin the full MK2 tar and apply the NAE OTA.

Here is a good place to download MK2: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2601443

Remember, if you already are on NAE, you cannot odin older tar files so you have to wait until the full NAE tar is available.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] omahaguy:
I was on the stock NAE update, so I guess I am stuck until then, not a big problem.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dxp29:
Sacs 4.4.2

Hi all,

Noobie here,

So I couldn't wait either- a junkie per say for a half a dozen Roms but find Sacs Rom to be most impressed with. As Sacs pointed out in the step by steps instructions- when quite successful, as others have pointed out with the camera issue which is a very small and all most not relevant at this time, with wifi I had no issues at all- did run across a small blurb about android.- something was crashing---- But I'm still enjoying it- don't plan to fall back- I am noticing the battery drains a little faster on use- did fix the toggle battery size through 3mint- awesome... Now I'm just waiting on to mods/themes as previous Sacs roms- I've tried loading the pervious versions but found it crashed the Samsung keyboard- so I reflashed 4.4.2------ Thanks for being ahead on this Sacs- great work...
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Themes and Apps] aniket.lamba:
Note : I'm just sharing the work of the XDA Member Cubeactive.Here's a little introduction by him :

Original Thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2140309
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HarpingOn:
Hi

Got the Z1 running 14.2.A.0.290 4.3

How do I get the Spotify widget (the one with the album art) to appear as a widget on the lock screen + button so I can have it on the lock screen?

I use the pattern lock, if that matters

The only thing I get from spotify is the simple controls on the lock screen, and that's only when spotify is running, and if you pause spotify this control disappears.

I'm thinking it might be a spotify rather than Xperia issue but you never know.

What determines which widgets are available to the lock screen? My 1Weather is, and HD Widgets come up in the list

Thanks
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] navid_ahmed:
Hello guyz,

Looks like most of you have been using magician from quite some time and some of you are like me who have just got a magician. It is finally time to start a thread like this.

Purpose of this thread is to share magician's top 5 features and and top 5 letdowns. Those of you who havent purchased magician due to a "deal breaker" letdown can also jump in.

No discussion here. Just post your list and please be short and to the point :)

My Top 5 Features/Curshes:

1. Slim and sexy shape. Unlike some other PDAs, Magician can be slided in pocket very easily.

2. Battery life is better then some other PDAs

3. Call quality is good.

4. 1000s of softwares which are available for magician. Companies like Resco coming up with awesome softwares.

5. SDIO slot for Wifi connectivity and ability to connect to activesync over bluetooth to use cable internet on magician

My Top 5 LetDowns/Disappointments:

1. Crappy camera. If you find a cell/pda with camera worse then magician, do inform me.

2. Loud speaker isnt that loud.

3. Infra red port is too weak. Very difficult to use magician as a remote.

4. Bluetooth support could have been better.

5. A little bit of More Memory and storage would have made magician an even better device
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] pietrucci:
My Top 3 Features/Curshes:

1. Slim and sexy shape, I agree. Nice colour.

2. Battery life is better then some other PDAs.

3. Reasonably fast.

My Top 4 LetDowns/Disappointments:

1. Very lousy call quality (echo's, too soft micro (no one can hear me), after 2 minutes or so my sound is totally gone!). Had it with all ROM versions.

2. Very bad housing paint, many scratches in a short time.

3. Crappy camera. Although Coolcamera makes it much better!

4. More Memory and storage, indead.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] ImmortalU:
Top 5

1) Small and cool as said

2) Battery Life

3) Fast CPU

4) Nice bright screen

5) SDIO

Worst 5

1) Lack of Wifi - real killer for me

2) More RAM

3) No WM5.0

4) Very poor camera

5) Call quality could be better
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Private-Cowboy:
For my Qtesk S110:

Top5:

1.) Small size and great build quality

2.) Lots of Ram (128MB)

3.) Long battery life

4.) Fast CPU if needed (520MHz easily)

5.) Great screen

flop5:

1.) Lousy Cam

2.) BT Manager is bad

3.) No built in WiFI

Well that's it for flops, lack of WM5 is a top5 for me.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] NashXDA:
Top 5 Features

1]Slim and Sleek shape

2]Battery life

3]Fast CPU

4]Reliable/Strong build

5]Chick Attraction -10/10

Worst 3 Features

1] Camera- But i am glad wit it thanks to the coolcamera

2]Wish it had a flash

3]No builtin WiFi

All in All the Best PDA
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] MocciJ:
Top 5:

Trendy and portable

Can be used as a cool mp3 player

Reliable

Fast CPU

No problem with calls

Worst 5:

Very very bad camera: luckily there are helpful software as coolcamera

Support SUCKS

GPRS misteriously is disfunctioning after a while (not for now :))

BT and IRda transfer way too buggy and slow

The loudspeaker seems to lack basses

I had got RF leakage, not waking up when cold, crappy loudspeaker and extrom damaged: after many times trying to send it for repairing they finally fixed my problem. Now I think I'm using one of the best PDA in the market! Things like camera, memory and slow file transfer are nothing if u can emule snes consoles without probs while calling (and it's really well designed).. The magician is not so far from perfection.. :wink:

If u are looking to a device with fast processor, stable system, and fully featured phone then here u are...

..Love it :D..
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] treo6004ling:
wifi could be available through sdio sandisk wifi card w 256m storage. privately, easily software expansibility is the most intriguing feature to me.
[Java for Android App Development] Papa Emeritus:
Hey guys, I'm way to new to developing and the only experience I have is making a GUI with no actions. I am wanting to make a secure messaging app that not only encrypts, but also sends the data in bits and each bit have a different encryption. So when its traveling through the space of internet, its broken up and also encrypted and when it goes to the receiving device it compiles and decrypts the message. Can any one help me out with this?
[Java for Android App Development] EmptinessFiller:
You should start developing general Android Apps before you start such a huge project.

jm2c
[Java for Android App Development] Papa Emeritus:
OK thanks. Am I being unrealistic with this? Can this all be possible I guess is what I'm wondering now?
[Java for Android App Development] deanwray:
My app smart messenger will have full AES CBC encryption controlled by the user (when it's not in beta and full release) and it's not that easy. Encryption and security is one of those things that needs lots of design and understanding cause falling in any way short either puts you or your users at risk, rendering it pretty much pointless :)

But you should start very small to be able to understand apps etc, encryption is a huge topic and you can spend months and years on it if you so wish :) (noting that android apps are not all that secure in the 1st place)
[Java for Android App Development] Papa Emeritus:
This a app you are developing?
[Java for Android App Development] deanwray:
Yes, quite close to coming out of beta. Just finishing MMS integration
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] shaolinz:
Does anyone have a nice download list of boot animations that fit ? And maybe the F*ck apple one?

!PimpedOutNexus7!
[General Questions and Answers] bhushanayachit:
Hello Team,

I installed PMP Ultra ROM V6.0 recently on my samsung galaxy s duos GT7562. Its amazing, thanks a lot for this. I have observed following issues since so far.

1. Regional messages are skewed(words missing) for Hindi/Marathi messages. I tried installing Language fix but it didn't work.

2. I am not able to synch my google account contacts with my phone

Please help me on this.

Thanks in Advance.

Bhushan
[General Questions and Answers] Mohitash:
Now all fixed :good:

Regards

PMP™ SDuos Developer
[General Questions and Answers] bhushanayachit:
Issues with PMP Ultra ROM v6.00

Thanks for this. I will try now and check!!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AceLine100:
Hallo Forumianers and XDA-Freaks!

I've got a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (GT-N8010 Wi-Fi only) and I got it two years ago with retail mode software on it. To get this retail s**t off, I flashed it with CWM and installed a custom rom with same functionality as the stock rom. I was happy with it until now. For some reasons I need to get original stock rom on it now (e.g. update capability by Samsung) and here my problem starts:

I downloaded N8010XXUCMA5 - Open Germany - JB 4.1.2 file, extracted the zip and flashed my N8010 with Odin 1.85 and the xxx.tar.md5 file. It worked perfectly until trying to write the boot.img data. At the very last second (actually 1 or 2 seconds before it should have been finished) the procedure failed with a red field in Odin and the word Failed in it.

Then I just tried to restart the device normal and I got the "DEAD-SCREEN" (An issue occurred while updating device... a.s.o.).

Frustrated from hours of work - I tried the same procedure three times with same result - and sleepy I decided to go back to a custom rom for now. So !! I flashed CWM on the N8010 by Odin and made a system restart.... !!!!! I couldn't believe: N8010XXUCMA5 rom started perfectly and works without any problems...

But my main problem stays: I can't use update functionality to update to newest Samsung version...

Does anybody have an idea on how to resolve this problem and just install original stock rom by Samsung? (e.g. resetting binary counter - not yet tried, etc....).

Do I have to do special procedure before installing N8010XXUCMA5 version???

Thank you all in advance for any help and/or ideas!!!

Best regards, Ingmar
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stubbe:
Not really know what do you mean about boot.img, but I flashed my note using stock rom dozens of time without any problem, just Odin and the stock 4.1.2 rom.

I was thinking, probably the rom you downloaded was corrupted or something. I would do a factory reset from recovery mode and try flashing other version (older 4.0.2). Then do the upgrade from the settings menu instead. Probably you'll need to upgrade to 4.1.2 first then to 4.4

Resetting binary count works PERFECTLY, using triangle away (props to the dev; chainfire, purchased it immediately). You need to root your device to use it tho. And yest, GT-N80XX is supported (mine is GT N8000, Wifi-GSM).

hope that helps.

cheers
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AceLine100:
Thank you for your answer.

I tried now four different firmware versions (cma5 to cmk2) also with triangle away before (triangle away -> reset counts and status -> boot to download mode -> flash versions).

Neither of the versions work. The flashing by Odin 1.85 always fails between 20% and 99%.

Why this could hapen??? Does anybody have an idea or suggestion on how to get an official version of JB and recovery on N-8010???

Best regards,

Ingmar
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stubbe:
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-N8010

They even still keep ICS 4.0.4

Stock recovery :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2102677

cheers
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vipster:
Hey all. Had this phone for a while. All of a sudden after a routine poweroff (cuz I was flying), it refuses to boot up and is stuck on the flashing samsung text. Running the official ICS rom. No flashes/hacks/anything exciting ever done with this phone.

After a few browses at the topics here, I found out that I can access recovery mode (vol up + home + power). It shows the following message:

#MANUAL MODE#

-- Appling Multi-CSC...

Applied the CSC-code : INV

Successfully applied multi- CSC

Can anyone help me out here?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxPixX:
First and foremost before you do anything flash a custom kernel which will stop the brick bug from happening:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1901191

Once that is done, do a data wipe in recovery mode. If it doesn't boot then you will have to reflash (a custom ROM or using download mode to flash an official ROM).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vipster:
Many thanks for the reply. Just a few questions before I jump into it though...does the custom kernel do anything else besides safeguard from bricking? (I'm referring to not being able to access google services and the like)

Next - if I do a data wipe, doesnt that mean that all the data (pics, contacts, sms) will go? Would there be a way to preserve these?

Sorry I do realize these are really green questions...never had a problem with this phone before and never tried experiementing :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxPixX:
The custom kernel will stop the brick bug from happening and it will give you a custom recovery, If you have a custom recovery then you can flash other custom ROMs. You won't be limited in any way whatsoever.

I think that if you do it on the stock recovery (the one you have now) then it will remove everything: 3rd party apps, pictures, contacts, smses, settings etc. If however you do it on philz then it will remove your installed apps, settings, smses, contacs, call logs etc. BUT it will not remove all the files on your sd card (pictures and other files).

No problem, better to be safe and sure than having a bricked phone ;)

Also, I read where the smses and call logs are stored (but not the contacts):

mmssms.db (messages and mms data bases)

telephony.db (this one contains call logs)

They are located in:

/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/

You could use ADB or something simpler (if you have that custom recovery I linked earlier) - aroma file manager:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1646108

Then you can copy those files to your sd card.

Also, chances are your contacts are on google: https://www.google.com/contacts/

And also if you reflash and sign into your google account at startup then you may be able to restore your apps (but without the settings to them).

Let me know if you're unsure about anything.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CustomRomAddicts:
The Custom kernel have a lot of useful tools besides safeguarding from bricking.. It wont interfere with accessing google services and all that..

If you do a factory reset, it will wipe you user account data ( i.e only contacts, sms and installed apps ) and it wont wipe your pics, songs etc.. When i first installed a custom Rom i imported all my contacts from sd card and when it asked me for a location to save contacts, i selected my google account. That way all my contacts are always synced and saved in google.. So whenever you flash a Rom and enter you phone, it will ask you google account to begin with and the contacts will be automatically synced to your phone! :)

If you are a starter and interested in Rooting and Flashing Custom Roms i would recommend reading Dr.Ketan's guide.

Dr.ketan's Rooting guide :- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1329360. Try the ercommended method 1A.. It will install custom kernel and as well as root your phone!

Enjoy and Happy Flashing :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vipster:
On it...many thanks! The rooting though seems to have the effect of removing google play and other services (SNote for example). I read that its possible to get play/youtube/gmail back, but what about the other 3rd party apps?

That clarified a bit indeed! Unfortunately, my google contacts are filled with miscellaneous emails and no phone numbers...I should really get on top of making better backups.

Question #3: [EDIT] looks like the original ROM was DDLSC...trying for the same here.

Question #4: It seems one can run a backup directly from PhilZ. Shall I try that out before wiping everything into oblivion?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CustomRomAddicts:
First of all, rotting doesn't remove or effect of removing google play.. S-Note, S planner and other samsung apps will work only if you are flashing a Touchwiz based Rom.. Those apps wont work in CM, PA and AOKP Roms cuz they need TW framework to work with!

If you are thinking of flashing of TW based Roms, i would recommend 2 Roms to take a look at..

X-Rom ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2320871&nocache=1 ) This is the Rom, i am currently using.. It will give your phone a tablet UI, thus taking advantage of your Note's large real estate screen! :) .. Multi window, floating window and buttery smooth and lots of features! :)

You can also check out the Note 8 Apps ported to our galaxy note N7000, if you are interested.. ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2217662 )

Arya Mod ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2575767 ) This is also a great Rom and cool icons and themes!

First go to that rooting guide and root using the 1A method. It will give you philz kernel.. Then install one of the Rom Above! ( If you want a TW Roms that is )..

Then if after flashing a TW based Roms, flash this kernel to get a amazing and battery life ! :) It makes the ROM buttery smooth too :) ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2638337 )

Note that this rom only works with 4.1.2 JB Roms and Most TW Roms are 4.1.2 JB anyways! :)

Install this app to take nandroid backup without having to go into Recovery ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.onnandbup&hl=en )

Note that this requires root, which means it will only work after you have finished rooting! :)

Enjoy and Happy Flashing :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vipster:
X-Rom it is then. Although my primary problem is that the phone wont start at all...so can't download any app till I get it up and running :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CustomRomAddicts:
If you still can't get past the Samsung logo, check my thread ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2654194 )

I had the same prob a few days ago! and i solved it! :)

---------- Post added at 04:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:16 PM ----------

To install stock Roms check this guide by Dr.ketan ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1424997 )

NOTE:- Just make sure you select Normal method, when you open the Supersu and its asks you to update Supersu binaries..