yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z1 General] xplod2841:
I never done a full wipe since I bought my Z1 and after all that upgrades, I started experiencing lower battery lastings, and sometimes the phone doesn't work well so I decided to do a full wipe but I want to backup all my data, including app data, apps, messages, contacts etc. The biggest problem is with app data, since I used Titanium Backup on my old phone but my Z1 is not rooted.

I saw that there is an Backup & Restore app on my Z1, and it looks great. But my question is: does it really backup app data (game progress, app settings, equalizer presets in power amp etc etc) ? And I have another problem: I startet backup with that app but it's stuck for already 15 minutes on 36% GTA: SA Remaining time: 52 seconds. Why it's stuck?
[Xperia Z1 General] henson0115:
yes it works really well and backups app data no problem, i have used it about 6 times and its saved my bacon :). don't worry about it being stuck, if you have a lot of apps, it will take a long time. if it fails just restart and do it again. also don't use the apps whilst its backing up.
[Xperia Z1 General] xplod2841:
I decided to cancel it but it didn't want to cancel so I had to force stop it. Now I'm thinking about another thing: does it backup the app itself too? Because it was stuck on GTA: SA which has a few GB. And this would be a problem because I don't have that much space on my SD card. But before starting, it said that there is around 300 MB for backup.
[Xperia Z1 General] henson0115:
yea it does the apps and data, but you can click the little arrow and deselect apps that you do not want to include.
[Xperia Z1 General] xplod2841:
This is not really good. I want to backup my progress on that game but not the game itself since I don't have that much space on my SD card. But I think that GTA San Andreas can store progress in their cloud so I will try with this instead of backup the whole app with data.
[Xperia Z1 General] eirikgu:
Try Helium. If you just want data, it does that for you :)
[Xperia Z1 General] xplod2841:
I saw Helium but I don't want those complicated things with PC, I want to be able to do everything with just one click from my phone. I reseted my phone and restored backup but half of apps are not there !?? Do I have to install those apps before proceding with restore? Some of apps are there and their data is there but for example PowerAmp and Dolphin Browser are not there.

EDIT: I figured out where is the problem: I backed up the settings as well and while restoring, when it reachs the Settings, the phone reboots. So it restored only 2-3 apps before settings. Since this retarded app doesn't offer to check what I want to restore, I tried to manually delete the Settings app from the backup folder on my sd card but it didn't help.

How to fix this !??? I can't afford myself to lose contacts, messages and app data!

EDIT: I managed to remove Settings from Restore list by editing the a file where restore list is stored in XML format.
[Xperia Z1 General] linux26.android:
Restore apps

So I have the backup from the Sony app on my PC and there is a file for every app. I assume this file includes the APK as well as the settings.

Does anyone know this format? Is there any way to restore a single app to another phone? I assumed I could restore my backup to a Z3 Compact, but it seems not to work with the Sony Backup & Restore preinstalled on the Z3 Compact :(
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavycomfort:
So I have an HTC One that I got brand new a few months ago. It has never been unlocked, rooted, modded etc. It is still running the stock carrier (Telstra) rom that it had out the box.

Today it was running a little slow so I held down the power button and hit restart as I normally would...except it restarted into a boot loop. I see the HTC logo for a little while, then reboot...again and again and again. Nothing has changed on the phone recently...no new apps installed or anything...so I have no idea why this has happened.

I can get into the bootloader menu but not sure what to do from there to get my phone working again. Please don't suggest I flash it to another rom as I don't want to lose my data on the phone and have no interest in other roms atm anyway.

I just want to get it working again as it was this morning.

I have seen some suggestions to do a "fastboot erase cache". Should I try this? Will I lose data? Will it affect my warranty in any way?

Thanks in advance for any help.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cr1960:
Try and shut it down and restart it again by holding the power button down for 12 - 15 seconds and see whether that clears it.

Try the simple things first before using adb/fastboot commands.....
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavycomfort:
Tried that already. I worked out how to shut it down from the bootloader menu but powering back on it's still in a boot loop.

I've also tried powering on without the sim card but same result.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeyd85:
Have you tried the old 3 finger salute?

Hold down power, volume up and volume down for at least 10 seconds. That should force a clean reboot.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavycomfort:
Just tried that multiple times but still boot loop.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bored_stupid:
Try holding POWER + VOLDOWN (phone under a bright light,) after about 5 seconds, buttons should start blinking, and after 20 to 30 seconds, phone should reboot.

you may need to try 2 or 3 times, to get it to work.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
copy/paste works nicely :p
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bored_stupid:
Your a source of inspiration nkk71:good:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
:cowboy:

Welcome to the club :good:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavycomfort:
Didn't work. I get the flashing buttons and the phone turns off but then doesn't turn back on. I have to hold the power button again to turn it back on but it remains in boot loop.

If I keep holding the power+vol down after flashing buttons, the phone restarts into bootloader. I also tried holding power+vol up...still boot loop. Same for all three buttons together.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaHiLzZ:
Send it in for warranty. Anything further will void warranty and most likely will not resolve issue as things happening themselves means internal hardware issue
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavycomfort:
So even if I tried a "fastboot erase cache" that could void the warranty?

I was hoping to fix this myself and not have to deal with the warranty process and potentially be without a phone for an extended period of time.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bored_stupid:
I agree with SaHiLzZ..Your still have warranty, so no need to go any further down the unlock, root, S-Off route.

If you have tried all we have suggested, then maybe its a hardware issue.

PS fastboot erase cache will not effect your warranty.. Give it a go.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavycomfort:
Well I tried fastboot erase cache but sadly it didn't fix it.

Looks like it's warranty claim time.

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. If anyone has any other ideas please let me know.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavycomfort:
I should also add that if I select Recovery from the bootloader then the phone goes back into the boot loop as well.

Is this a sign that it's really screwed?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaHiLzZ:
YES
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavycomfort:
Is there anyway for me to recover my data on the phone?

I was looking into flashing a custom recovery so I could use ADB etc but it seems you have to unlock the bootloader first and doing that will wipe my data anyway?

My getvar output if it helps:

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.55.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.21.3263.04

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 3.62.841.1

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON

(bootloader) serialno:

(bootloader) imei:

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product: m7_ul

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064

(bootloader) modelid: PN0714000

(bootloader) cidnum: TELST001

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4083mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-bb768ae1

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavycomfort:
Bump.

Anyone know if this is possible? Any ideas appreciated.

Thanks,
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bllooi:
Had this problem before. You have to unlock the bootloader and flash recovery. You probably forgot to flash the stock rom before you relocked. No real way of getting info back but you only can run custom ROMs with an unlocked bootloader. Not screwed.

Happy Flashing :D from the proud owner of a HTC One.

---------- Post added at 10:01 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:59 AM ----------

Whoops never mind that. Didn't read it properly :( sorry.

Happy Flashing :D from the proud owner of a HTC One.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavycomfort:
What would happen if I did a "fastboot format cache"?

Could that get me into recovery mode or will it make things worse? (not that they could get any worse)

For the record, when I attempt to enter recovery, I just get a black screen for about 5 seconds and then the phone boot loops again. I've tried every button combo possible when that black screen appears but nothing happens,

As mentioned in my OP, the phone is completely stock, never been modded, rooted, unlocked in any way at all.

I just really, really need to recover my data on the phone somehow.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kozaks:
With the new kitkat update, OTG works flawlessly. However write to usb isnt available for an non rooted phone?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaspreet997:
Its available...the only bug is a annoying USB removed persistent notification
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kozaks:
How do we write? Also which file explorer has the functionality.

Also, I agree the bug calls for a reboot to fix. Only way is to unmount the drive before you pull the device.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaspreet997:
Es file explorer.....and to avoid the bug just pull the otg without unmounting ??
[General Questions and Answers] louisJJ:
why does Google music (5.4) prompt "no space available" when my external SD has space

Hi

I have a galaxy S2 with Wanamlite V14.6 (android 4.1.2). Google Music 5.4.1409 prompts "no space available" when I try to download offline, whereas I have an external sd crad of 32GB with 30GB free. Can you help me please ?

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] louisJJ:
please help !
[General Questions and Answers] dictatorkara:
I had a similar problem with Spotify. What I did was move the app's data to the SD card using FolderMount. You can also do this with Link2SD but that causes more headache than it's worth.
[General Questions and Answers] louisJJ:
Hi

I tried FolderMount to move the data to the external SDcard...it doesn't work, Google music still complains with low space.

Can you please help ?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rahan69:
Hi, I'm using ViperOne 5.0. In Viper tweaks I can enable AOSP lockscreen. After that, I'm greeted by a lock screen with a "lock" icon in the middle that needs to be swiped right to unlock the device. There's also two more shortcuts that appear upon pressing the "lock" icon. One for the phone app and one for sms. The one for sms doesn't work whereas the one for the phone actually unlocks the device and opens the phone app.

How can I change these shortcuts? Adds some and redirect the broken sms icon?

Thanks
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rahan69:
bump...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redadz:
I have this same question, but with ViperDNA. Probably the same answer will apply to both...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karma_ownz:
bump... Same question.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whitepandaaa:
Recently o2 UK given 4g to existing customers as I previously didn't have 4g service so I changed the settings to 2g/3g only

Now I am unable to select 2g/3g/4g I had to go to the hidden menu to do that, it's the a way to add the setting back

I'm using totally non root stock rom d80210d-hkg
[Moto G Themes and Apps] marcars:
So i am very Happy with my new Moto G 8GB. Since my Moto G have only 8 GB and i need a lot of games on my device (BIG Game Player) i decide to install app GL to SD (look Google Play) to move my Data Game to ex sd card. It works great on new firmware 176.44.1.

Attention!!!

You can not use 3 part apps like Stickmount or Nexus Imprter to mount extern SD card because it makes a lot of problems by mounting folders in GL to SD.

Mount your sd card normally without any extern apps.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] Ja_som:
Use FolderMount to link your data from SD, and I don't have problems with Stickmount...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Undead_Son:
Hello everyone! I have been flashing roms and browsing xda for a few years now. I began with the legendary htc hd2. It was quite easy, as far as I remember, never asked for help. Found out about the bad blocks in Nand a bit too late though... Then I bought a RAZR maxx, immediately flashed FTS rom in bmm and didn't do anything for about a year. Now here I am, a complete Motorola noob :) Every time I do something, it doesn't go right. After a lot of frustration and nail biting, I have stock EU JB on stock system, liquidsmooth 2.9 on slot3, SS 3.11 and many questions...

I want to update safestrap to be able to flash JBX kernel. Just those 2 things. Is it possible without messing with slots, roms and will it work at all?
[Java for Android App Development] Shareed2k:
how can i do programmatically scan for hidden Wireless Access Points, in android ? getScanResults give me only visible Access Points , but i need to discover hidden too.

When programmatically scanning Wi-Fi networks (using WifiManager.startScan() and WifiManager.getScanResults()), when the SSID broadcast is disabled on an access point and the access point has never been connected to the device, the ScanResult element for this access point does not appear in the list of access points returned.
[Java for Android App Development] thenobol:
I'm pretty sure, that's not given by the android SDK - using root and some c based tools or busybox/roottoolbox could help :/
[Java for Android App Development] scandiun:
The idea would be to use aircrack or kismet. aircrack and airmon are available for very few devices only.
[Xperia Z General] vb1987:
Hello Friends,

I have compiled the FTF from the download from Sony update service tool using the Flashtool. below are the links to download from Google Drive, please feel free to download them if required. :)

The Firmware FTF files available to download are.

These are for Indian Edition(Global unlocked version) of Sony Xperia Z - C6602

1. C6602 - 10.4.B.0.569

2. C6602 - 10.4.1.B.0.101

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7IL0liVsB-Udk9fYTdTNkNKY0U&usp=sharing
[Xperia Z General] d2e:
thanks
[Xperia Z General] Monsi_hb:
how to download

where is the download link... ? with the code link its not downloading
[Xperia Z General] vb1987:
Hello,

xda, doesn't allow me to post direct links till I reach 10 posts, to download, please copy the link in code and open it in another window, its a google drive link, you can just download the file from there by just clicking on the file name.
[Xperia Z General] Monsi_hb:
Dear OP

Hi

1. The link you've provided does not work... it just shows 2 files on Google drive but by clicking on it nothing happens... is there any other way you can suggest or any other link you can provide?

2. Also can you tell me that if I install this update somehow .. will all my data and root permission get erased??

3. I rooted my Xperia Z just recently with 10.4.B.0.569 firmware.. if the phone is unrooted by applying this update... then how to reroot it?

sorry for asking so many questions...

Thanks n Regards
[Xperia Z General] vb1987:
Hello Monsi

Hi,

1. when I open the drive link I shared(Without logging in to any Google service in incognito mode) I see the two file, and when I click on one of them I get an error saying "sorry an error has occurred retrying". just click on the download button in the right down corner to download the file. attaching a screenshot for your reference.

http://i60.tinypic.com/112ebt5.png

2. This is a generic unrooted firmware, if you flash it on your phone using flashtool, it will rewrite everything on your phone, you can find the flashtool from the below thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2335555

secondly, flashtool does provide you option to not wipe your data partition and also provide options to exclude parts of firmware, screenshot attached for your reference. though, I generally wipe everything while flashing the FTF, and do not exclude any part of the firmware. you may wish to research more about flashtool before performing any changes to default options and advance tasks.

http://i61.tinypic.com/o0uh4h.png

3. And as for rooting I dont know if there is any direct method of rooting this firmware, as I havent tried it yet, you can research on xda forum for indirect root methods.

Thank You.
[Xperia Z General] wilzad:
C6602 kitkat

Hi,

have you found the kitkat Generic IN ftf for C6602 ?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] pies:
I am using a HTC Wizard and I want to be able to change the splash screens that start up when I reboot the machine...?

Currently I see a HTC logo and then a Vodafone logo - I'd like to be able to change either or both (mainly the vodafone) to any custom image that I design / download.

Any help would be mucho appreciated.

Pies
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] RounakCreationz:
:p Dont get angry on me but I am unable to find odin flashable latest 4.2.2 Firmware link for Grand duos . Any body can help me up with it ?
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] RounakCreationz:
Got it :)

Sony tipo 》 Mmx Canvas 2 》Mmx Canvas 2 plus 》Nokia lumiap 720 》Samsung Grand duos :)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] iceyhotguy:
All firmwares can be found here. Sort the firmware by region code and build date, changelist does not signify newer version.

Site #1 : http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9082

Site #2 : http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-I9082

BNB2 (Feburary build) is the latest but has been reported extremely laggy and a little bugged by several users. I would recommend BMK3 (November build)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] RounakCreationz:
Is BNB2 4.2.2 ? 0

Sony tipo 》 Mmx Canvas 2 》Mmx Canvas 2 plus 》Nokia lumiap 720 》Samsung Grand duos :)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] iceyhotguy:
Yes, both firmware I mentioned are 4.2.2 and can be found on the links I posted.

Full names are I9082XXUBNB2 and I9082XXUBMK3
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] RounakCreationz:
One last question . If you are from India (I guess u are) then which version to choose from .? There are two . One INS and one INU .

Sony tipo 》 Mmx Canvas 2 》Mmx Canvas 2 plus 》Nokia lumiap 720 》Samsung Grand duos :)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] DMJoh:
That doesnt matter, any of them can be used.

Sent From GT-I9082
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gronnd:
Deleted, sorry.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mokkami:
Let me guess the question.........you could not connect to the Internet?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gronnd:
Nope, i could not download any app from play store. I know this is a known error, but for 8 hours I try all the solutions I found. At the end I think maybe is a problem from google's servers. And now, the error just disappeared by itself
[Android Apps and Games] idmahardika:
Hi All the developer :angel:

This my first time to explor APK.

Resource :

"Hex Code Android" >> Stackoverflow

"APK Tool" >> XDA > http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2195680 | Rizal Lovins

there is my friend ask to me to mod bbm v.2 then i am googling that but it was not easy...

First resource XML that i failed is :

res/layout/activity_main.xml

android:background="drawable/background"

made everything in tab list chat/updates/group error and unreadable

then, i modififed :

res/layout/activity_conversation.xml

its success

and image source like :

drawable-xhdpi/chat_bubble_incoming ....

drawable-xhdpi/chat_bubble_outgoing ....

Next Version :

Support hdpi

Support ldpi

Support mdpi

----------------------------------------------------------

Sorry for my languange so badly ;)

any advice will be appreciate

and sorry, this is my first time; so maybe its not like as you wish.

Direct Link to mediafire :

http://www.mediafire.com/download/hh6bzby1ezzxl1d/BBM_transparent_V.20.zip

but If you like this mod, please hit "thanks"

Screenshoot :
[Galaxy S 5 General] alucine:
S5 will be have led notifications ?

Can anyone confirm this ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] pham818:
yes, top left.
[Galaxy S 5 General] alucine:
Sure ? any video to check this ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] pham818:
yup, 100% sure.
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
Carbon KitKat for Canadian Samsung Galaxy S2 HD LTE (SGH-I757M)

Introduction

Images

What Works

What Doesn't Work

Pre-Installation instructions

Now that you have the new recovery flashed to your device, you can continue to install this ROM.

Please be aware that the new recovery detects your sdcards (internal/external) in a different way. Your internal sdcard is recognized as /storage/sdcard0 and your external sdcard is recognized as /storage/sdcard1.

Installation instructions

NOTE: Using Philz Touch Recovery, you can replace steps 5 - 7 by selecting the "Clean to install a new ROM" option.

Download

Tips and Tricks

Changelog

FAQ

Thanks To/Credits

XDA:DevDB Information

UNOFFICIAL Carbon KitKat For Bell SGH-I757M, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S II

Contributors

titanic_fanatic

Source Code: https://github.com/titanic-fanatic

ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x

ROM Firmware Required: SGH-I757M

Based On: AOSP

Version Information

Status: Stable

Created 2014-02-25

Last Updated 2015-01-26
[Galaxy S II General] bijon440:
First! Running it for a bit thismorning and everything seems great. 1 thing, no halo? Not a big deal with the ribbons but I did like that. Good work! Ill buy you a beer yet my friend!
[Galaxy S II General] manfromgta:
This ROM is the kats meow. Love the features. After a full days use, no lock ups, lag or random reboots. Its early yet for battery stats but so far with on demand/deadline combo I'm at 62% remaining after 15 hours of average use. One thing of note: From home screen- clicking menu/settings is not functional. Settings from app drawer works as it should. This ROM is now my daily driver. Thanks for the continued support. May the S2 live on!

Sent from my SGH-I757M using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] RukusX7:
I might have to try this build out. Battery life is my biggest thing.

I found that deadline for a scheduler is best for this phone with almost any governor. I don't know why.
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
That's what I'm on, ondemand and deadline :) yeah, and I'm loving this ROM. It's got some pretty cool features
[Galaxy S II General] ashfrel1984:
this rom is great, i was just wondering whats the easiest way for me to leave hw overlays unchecked when loading os?

rukusx7, whats the likelyhood of you making an installable zip of your kernel?
[Galaxy S II General] titanic_fanatic:
You can remove the init.d at /system/etc/init.d/91fixoverlays

It will be really speedy after that, but you may still run into some graphics glitching. Possibly enough to cause the kernel to panic and reboot. You can always replace the script at a later time if that becomes an issue.
[Galaxy S II General] m54:
Took the plunge, just installed this tonight. Hope everything goes well!!
[Galaxy S II General] ashfrel1984:
so far ive been lucky (no glitches), but what a speed difference for me. thanks for the info.