yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Well to be honest the stock kernel allready is very good, the only downsides of it are batterylife/screenontime and colors are not very vibrant. These 2 aspects are substantialy better with Franco kernel. Screenontime and batterylife is improved by at least 50% or more for some (check out the Franco thread). Also you can raise the speaker/mic/in-call volume as you wish and load a color profile for better and more vibrant colors.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayiskon:
if you want stability stick with stock
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
I have been getting fantastic battery life with my setup now, I just leave brightness at auto, and from my bit of research, that seems to be the big culprit of battery life. I'm always looking to improve my phone in terms of performance and cosmetic, keeps me busy at negative 60 out here in North Dakota lol.

But 50% overall more battery life?! That's pretty friggin good. Would definitely pay for it for that kind of power.

I'm also assuming based on your post that the color control is not for LED control but the screen itself. Any idea if the Xposed LED module works well? I know its off topic just a quick question.

Not sure about the volumes, I usually don't mess with call volumes, but I'll look into it more.

Thanks for your post! Also please post the link to the Franco Thread.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerowinder:
If you are having trouble making a decision... just flash the kernel with fastboot and give it a test run. Can the free version of FKU auto flash? I'm not sure, you would have to investigate.

If you decide you like it (and the updates that go along with it), then maybe consider buying the app.

But yes, screen on time is better with FK due to the way the clock speeds scale. A lot better. Even with the stock settings, though I find even those to be a bit aggressive.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Most users report a screenontime of about 5-7 hours while stock is about 3,5 hours. Don`t know about the Xposed module but color controll in the Franco kernel updater app is realy good and there are various preloaded settings available. Link thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2508284. Backup your current kernel in the FKU before you flash a Franco kernel, so you can restore it if need be.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
I believe you can, I'll look into when I get home.

So do you underclock or undervolt? I don't know the differences between the two, my apologies. If I do get Franco I think I will just leave it at the stock settings it comes with before I make any changes, still got learning to do. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
That's pretty awesome, definitely gonna try it out. I have a backup somewhere on my device, I think in Flashify, but I'll make another, can never hurt lol.

And thanks for the thread and all the other info!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wakamatsu:
Stick with stock for at least long enough to give yourself a baseline to judge other ROMs/kernels against.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
I've had my Nexus 5 for roughly 2 months now I think, are you saying I should wait it out or do more research first? It is very scary for me lol. I'm always afraid to be making major internal changes without some form of consultation and research.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
Also quick question, I don't need to back anything else up correct? Flashing a kernel does not mess with anything else does it?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
I wouldn`t mess with the kernel settings like UV/OC besides color and sound optimisations. The stock settings are allready good enough for most users, only xperienced users should do that imo.

---------- Post added at 06:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:18 AM ----------

No, flashing kernels or recovery`s don`t wipe data.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
That's what I'll do then, what kind of sound optimizations are there? Just the mic volume and whatnot? Or are there some for playing music, I have poweramp and use that equalizer, so just wondering.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
You can only raise the volume levels (no EQ settings), this should not interfere with PowerAmp.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
Alright guess I'll just have to carefully play around with a bit. Thanks for your help!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
Oh last question, do you know of any stability issues with Franco Kernel? That is my number one concern, so just checking with you real quick before I go with it finally.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
I haven`t had FC`s when i used the kernel, most issues of users we`re caused by undervolting too much.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
Alright sounds good! I'll let you know how it goes!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Oke, good luck and enjoy ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
OK maybe a stupid question, should I use auto flash or flash via recovery?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
I always used auto-flash and never had any issues. Here is a usefull thread for Franco newbies http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2532422.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
Ok cool, appreciate it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wakamatsu:
I don't mean research. Everyone uses their phone differently. How would you know if a kernel increased your battery life, for instance, if you don't know what your battery life on stock is?

That's not to say you shouldn't do your research.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
I see what you're saying. I think I have a pretty good general idea, I don't have any specifics however.

And I've been trying to do research, always trying to learn.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
Alright so I flashed it on my Nexus 5, was wondering if I should do it on my Nexus 7 2013 also. I downloaded the pro version of the app, but it only goes up to r12 for the N7, I'm assuming that's the last stable build for it. Kind of crazy considering the Nexus 5 is on r33 lol, but I know it wasn't too long ago his support for it was officially put in, as least I think.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
like everyone is saying, just flash and try for a few days. Everyone will have different opinions because of the different usage patterns.

I've used Franco since galaxy nexus days and I've always liked his kernels, however on the nexus 5 I can get 5SoT easily on stock, and also I think is smoother, so I'm staying stock for now (last kernel I tried was r32, don't know how's r33).

I think you should try different kernels and in the end stay with the one that works for you. :D
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
I don't think I was quite getting 5 hours of Screen time lol, but then again my battery mostly died from brightness, according to the stats anyways, I always just leave it on auto.

I will see how this goes for a bit, I'm on r33, not messing with any of the settings right now. I do agree stock was good for me, and also smooth, but in my 10 minutes of experience on Franco, so far so good lol.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Well there are a lot of things that affect battery, what apps you have installed, location services, brightness, phone signal, etc. If you configure everything correctly and have a nice signal I think you're going to get a lot sot with Franco :D

What I like the most of Franco Kernel is idle time, it's like the phone is turned off lol.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
The only thing I have turned on is WiFi I think. I have location turned off and everything else. And almost all my apps are greenified lol. I'm playing around with these color profiles right now. Love it!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Try the Piereglio V 4 or 5 profile if available, very nice imo.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
Alright, I love how much richer the colors become. Also just flashed it on my N7 2013, only r12 though, last one available I guess. See how how it goes!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
Ah bummer, can't change the colors for the N7.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
Just flashed r34, its not official yet, but found it on the official thread, so we'll see how it goes.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wietse1988:
I'm on stock kernel. I've tried franco, but in my experience there's not a big increasement of battery life. At least not for me. On stock I allready get an average of 5 hours of SOT. Didnt' get allot more of SOT with franco. Only with stock everything feels more smooth, with Franco I notice some micro lags, and with stock I can't notice them. And my phone runs cooler on stock. So I'd stay on stock and recommend them to everyone.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
I appreciate the input! I am keeping backups of the stock just in case. And if I run into some major issues I will definitely flash back to stock. So far though no issues for me, everything is running smoothly.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akash3656:
Yeap it does work fine. Mind you the "free" module only works with a maximum of 5 apps. Its a little tricky to set the app up. Just quote/reply me if you need additional guidance.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
OK I'll give it a shot. I'm not interested in customizing every notification, more interested in making them all the same color, I like uniformity sometimes lol. I'll download it and try it now.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
So I downloaded it and enabled it and all that. I started picking out some apps, I went with the 5 that I could. When I click an app it comes up with the settings. There are two boxes at the top. The first one is already checked, the Enabled box. The second one however, says Ongoing Notifications, is unchecked. Do I need to check that box too? It seems pretty vague or maybe I'm just over thinking it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomhtg90:
IMHO custom kernel is making ROM to run "better".

Better have so much meaning.

Go to the franco's kernel "FAQ Franco Kernel & FKU Learner Lounge"

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2532422

But, i think we same question before

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2585991
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akash3656:
Yeap I know it sounds pretty vague. But you have to check the "Ongoing Notifications" option.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
It almost seems redundant when its already enabled, not quite sure what's going on there, but I'm no developer so I won't question too much lol.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerowinder:
I'm responding about your question regarding N5 vs. N7.2013 kernel version differences (r33 vs. r12).

Basically, N5 is the device Franco is focusing on. Due to there only being 24 hours in a day, decisions regarding which devices to prioritize need to be made, because he's only one person, and not an entire team like CM, Slim, PA, etc.

This is not to say that N7's r12 isn't worth using because it's a lower version number when compared to the N5's r33. It was actually updated this month (or very late last month). However, it's mostly maintenance updates for any device that isn't the main focus.

You also had asked about making backups. You should always make nandroids before you do anything that can cause irreversible harm to your data partition. Protect it, back it up. Keep a copy on your computer, too. Back up the contents of your SD card, too. It's better to have too many backups, then got caught without one because you thought you knew what you were doing.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
I figured it was something like that, as I'm sure most people are more interested in tweaking their phones rather than a tablet (including me lol).

And that was what I was wondering if it was worth using, I am trying it out at the moment and so far so good for me :)

And I do keep a pretty good amount of backups, I usually do a full backup every other week or anytime I'm going to make major changes, I've learned the hard way before and completely agree with you as I do not want to mess up one of my devices.

I appreciate you looking out for me, still a new guy at this lol.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jivy26:
What settings are people messing with to get 5 to 7 hours SOT?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laureanop:
Lower brightness levels ( I use custom levels with gravity box ) , cut down or restrict apps that poll on location constantly, turn off Google now and that's about it. This gets me 5-6 hours sot.

Now if I use Franco s per app modes ( that is I use max CPU speed 1574, GPU 320 for normal tasks and then a more performance oriented profile for chrome, Facebook , Google + and other apps) then I'm in the 6-7 hour range with two gmail, Facebook and location syncing. Basically I unplug the phone at 730 AM and I go to bed at 1am with 40-50 % still left)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tien113:
Everyone used Franco kernel and they liked it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardawgmalvicious:
Yeah I've generally heard pretty good things about it. I am using it right now lol.
[G2 General] freebee269:
just wanted to share the original recovery image that came with the phone for anyone that is trying to get the update but dont want to have to restore their phone with kdz/tot file. just push this image to your device via adb. if you have supersu as your root, in the options of supersu you can do a clean uninstall and completely get rid of root with it. then take the OTA update so you dont have any problems with the update. or if you want to keep root you dont have to uninstall it. it seems after the 4.4.2 update, root is still there. enjoy.

d800 stock recovery
[G2 General] greyhulk:
I'm assuming we would push this using ADB? Is there a quick guide for that? I haven't manually installed a recovery in forever.

Are you sure your root was still working after the update? On every other device I have updated to Kitkat, the Superuser app was still there, but you couldn't update the binaries. Something changed with 4.4 that makes the old root method not work. Apparently, Superuser has to be flashed every single time you update from 4.4 on. At lest, that's what I read when I was updating my Nexus and Moto X.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] thals1992:
Well, MS has done it and essentially spilled the beans to get other OEMs to build new Windows Phones. It costs $99.00 USD (a standard Corporate Account). I've signed up with this using my personal domain and it apparently takes 2 days for validation from Symantec. Everything available as of 2/23/14, is at http://oem.windowsphone.com.

Here's the workflow for the whole process.

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Here's part of the tool in action:

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Debugger in action:

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Just your everyday Visual Studio usage:

OS Image Process:

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Test Central Tool:

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That's everything public facing so far. We'll still have to see about the Qualcomm page though, I signed up and got verified, but still can't access the WP reference design.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] matgras:
And what can we exactly do with your corporate account ?
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
Wow... it sure *looks* like the full deal! Custom applications, services, and drivers. Extra capabilities for OEM apps. Boot-time services. Custom store sections. Debugging tools. So many cool things...

Of course, they are going to try and verify that these OEMs are legit companies, so we might not be able to use this... then again, maybe we will...?

An ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES app (which OEMs are allowed to use and publish on the store) with all the different OEMs interop-based registry libraries (RPCComponent for Samsung; there seems to be one for each OEM). Make it check which OEM's device it's running on, then interop-unlock and at least lay the groundwork for capability unlock (the bootstrap step; full capability unlock is directly possible if the library supports writing REG_MULTI_SZ values). Ideally, hide it inside some other, more innocuous-seeming app... whatever. This totally *could* work. We would need to be pretty circumspect about it though, if you don't want it to get banned right away...
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] thals1992:
Naaawwwwwww...... I wouldn't mind actually publishing apps for XDA users, but it still all depends on if MS accepts my account. I still don't have a good enough hold on C# to actually wrap one of our apps to look like something else. It would be ingenious to hide it behind a button in an about page or something, e.g. OOPS! I FOR GOT TO REMOVE A DEBUG FEATURE. looks at samsung.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] Marocco2:
This WP8 could be a clone of Android (cyanogenmod and OmniROM for WP for example, root services for apps...) and maybe lose security such as viruses, malware and Trojans. Microsoft must look into every corporate accounts to check its actions and valuate.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] thals1992:
Still, the bottleneck is getting the apps into Windows Phone Store/Marketplace, assuming MS actually tests submissions.... The other issue is that you can't exactly build a ROM for an existing device, you almost need an army of devs to code the drivers for the device, none the less

attempt

decompiling the existing ones. I really only wanted to see MS's reference design for WP...
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] hashmiakbar:
soooo, does this mean interope unlock for other phones?
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] snickler:
Re-read the piece that you quoted.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] aclegg2011:
That windows phone kit allows you to create an os image and flash it.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] ultrashot:
Exactly. You won't be able to flash it unless you have MS and *your OEM* certificates :)

basically, I am sure it is just a WP Adaptation Kit - which is useful as it has a lot of headers. But I barely see it useful for actual hacking (rebuilding might be nice, though :) But I doubt it might be better than OSB8 from user's point of view :D)
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] thals1992:
It would bring a new meaning to "custom" roms :p
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] thals1992:
Well, here's the message I just got this evening. Just means I actually need to pursue incorporation to proceed... Someone here might be a business owner and offer insight to "make a legitamate business." I wouldn't mind trying to figure out what I need to do, but I know at the US Federal level it's not easy/I hear lots of small businesses have issues.

Anyways, its seems like this is an advanced version of the tools for Windows Embedded Handheld, designed for OEMs instead of secondary manufacturers, which don't want to muck with the base phone, but tack on a scanner or something of that nature.
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] Loco5150:
What, would only need to have a real registred company? No matter what it does? does it need to be in the US or EU also ok?
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] Marocco2:
Well, you can create a company like cyanogenmod inc.

Sent from my EPIC LG-E900
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] ultrashot:
At which point? Still the same unless you have phone bsp sources :)
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] thals1992:
Well, you are building a ROM with official tools w/ essentially seems to be a simple wizard for building ROMs.

Also do we know how to access MMOS and do we know what it does? The way its conveyed in the site is an emergency debug mode e.g. Qualcomm MSM...
[Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
I'm pretty sure it said MS will provide the BSP for standard platforms... stick to known parts and you should be fine.
[Hardware Hacking General] raghavsood999:
hello, i own a inew i6000+ mobile and it said to have a 8mp camera but the site antelife.com has one model of it but they have only the 5mp front facing camera. Originally the phone should have 8mp but this one has 5mp. Just incase i need to return it, before i would like to open the phone and check out all camera specs myself without the need for a software.

As far as i know it is using medtek 6592 chipset with 8 cpu's and 4 cores. Not sure if the camera (front and back) are related to the chipset or processor.

I need to see the curcuit for the camera. So what is it really? a lense, is there a seperate micro processor for the camera as well?

Or is the camera just a peice of small / micro hardware with its own curcuitry and some wires and lense + light?

I know how camera works i just am unsure about the resolution for the camera and i need to check it hardware wise. So if i can take the cam aprt by opening or desoldering it from the board. How is that possble.
[Hardware Hacking General] JLHC:
The camera module is a separate unit and has nothing to do with the processor.

You may be able to identify the Mega Pixels by Googling the model or part number of the camera module.

Can you turn on the phone? If you can, you should be able to just take a picture and examine the size of the photo.
[Hardware Hacking General] PainTrane117:
The easiest way to figure this out is by taking a picture and multiplying the horizontal resolution by the vertical resolution. That will tell you how many megapixels the image is. For example, 3264x2448 resolution = 7.9 MP (7.9 million pixels).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulhusker:
My S4 Screen Mirroring will not work with the Actiontec Screenbeam Pro. It goes thru the process of verifying security then says "successfully connected to screenbream pro...your device display will appear shortly" on TV. After a few seconds, I get "connection failed" on TV and "screen mirroring has been turned off" message on my S4.

Seems like it's running into some firewall on my S4. Is it Knox? Anyone else having success connecting with a dongle/adapter connected to HDTV? On another forum, one poster reported success screen mirroring w/ the Netgear Push2TV PTV3000. I saw a Feb 1st review on Samsung's AllShare Cast Wireless Hub where the S4 reviewer reported their S4 wouldn't even connect w/ the Samsung product. I've done the Factory Reset several times after phone call w/ Samsung. Still no hint of successful connection.

I have a Verizon S4 running 4.3. Is the 4.3 update blocking it like I've seen a few other posters in other forums guess? I know the Screenbeam Pro has worked mirroring the S4 because I've seen YouTube vids of the successful pairing...Unfortunately the vids were made late last year and may have been made when the phone had 4.2

I'm at my wits end looking everywhere for an answer....Thanks for any help you may be able to provide!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raghavsood999:
I want a fast and reliable firewall app that can run on the android os without freezing the os and it has to be fast.

Also, i want it to block every single connections and programs that make use of the wifi chip inside the phone and i want to allow only those apps that i want to trust. So it is sort of like a whitelist or black list. I can filter the programs i want to connect to internet but they must first all be blocked (all incomming traffic and also the out going traffic as well).

After i block all incomming traffic and outgoing traffic i can allow a program to communicate through the internet but manually decide. :fingers-crossed:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sotiriskoletsios:
Root or not?

If you have a rooted phone you can use Android Firewall else you can use Mobiwol.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GermainZ:
Most Android firewall apps are based on DroidWall. AFWall+ is a fork of that and is still actively maintained. You can find its XDA thread here.