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[Microsoft Surface] dark_master:
Thanks for your replies. If you google surface reviews, in many many of them you see people complaining that the tablet is sluggish. In addition, I've seen videos of 1080p movies having quite a bit of lag, which is why I was concerned.

Would it be better to try and get a Surface 2? From my point of view it doesn't make sense since you get almost the same experience. It's still Windows RT, you just get better performance and a better screen. I'm not sure that's worth an extra 150-200 euros. I'm not really interested in the Surface pro because it's too expensive. The 1st gen might be cheaper, but the battery life is quite bad and I don't want to carry around a charger all the time.

For those of you who upgraded from RT 8 to RT 8.1, was it a noticeable improvement in terms of performance?
[Microsoft Surface] rami niazi:
The list of improvements with the 8.1 update that I have noticed in my surface rt

1. better performance and frame rate in the modern UI

2. Easier navigation for the modern UI

3. New apps became compatible

4. Office feels more fluid

5. Bugs with WiFi performance has gone

6. Better battery life about 8–9 hrs

7. Faster start up

8. Windows store delay bug vanished .

The only con is that no jail break yet for 8

After i got my surface rt, my laptop is collecting dust , along with my android tablets

I'm a teacher and I use office heavily... this thing is enough' for me , and I have the piece of mind I was missing with conventional windows , regarding malware and such...
[Microsoft Surface] DesertHawk:
Well firstly Surface RT isn't 1080 so that could be the problem. I am watching 720p videos and it plays them perfectly. No stutter at all.

The battery life is amazing on this. I'm an Android fanboy so I'd love to slate Microsoft but the battery life on this is very good, lasts for ages. I charge it once every two days, because after one day usage it still has juice and I'm watching movies, heavy internet browsing and so on
[Microsoft Surface] rami niazi:
bottom line

Buying advice ..bottom line

Don't believe reviews on the net .. this tablet is good

Surface 2 has the advantages in gaming and dual position kick stand ,, as a teacher I don't care about that

Touch cover is terrific

First gen surface rt became stable and good for the money just go for it ...

Who told you that battery life is bad ,, or there is lag ? This is not true man .. just to be on the safe side ,, do a complete reset in the recovery before updating to the new 81 ..and it will take time maybe full day
[Microsoft Surface] hemanigill:
Go for it : Microsoft Surface RT

Don’t worry just go for the tablet, my friend bought it and he told me that it has a

USB ports and also expandable memory and believe me I have never seen him charging it as it has a long battery life. He says that it provides the best of reading and typing experience to its user. It is very light and one the MOST POPULAR iOS and android app in the market. Hope so it helped. :)
[Microsoft Surface] GTCC:
As said the RT is only 720p but it is fine for looking at movies but the Surface 2 has a better screen but just don't believe what people say about the lag on it. You can make it a fantastic piece of kit with just a few adjustments which I found on here and other sites.

The Surface 2 can take advantage of the same adjustments which makes it even faster again.

I had a Nexus 7 (2013) and the RT is faster than that ever was plus I don't have the Google cr@p and the battery for me lasts between 10 and 13 hours.
[Microsoft Surface] dark_master:
It seems that you guys have convinced me to go for the surface. There was a good deal this weekend for the Nexus 10, but decided that it's better to get what i like :).

Anyway, would it be better to get a new surface rt or a second hand surface 2? I've found a guy who has one for sale with 3 month warranty on it (about 9 months old), but he does not have the receipt. Do you know if you need it in case of any issues?
[Microsoft Surface] GoodDayToDie:
You can take it to a MS store for service no problem. If you don't have one nearby though... not sure. I *think* they won't care (use the serial number to track it, maybe?) but I can't swear it.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Norside:
Hello! I tried to flash philz cwm recovery for d802 in twrp (my device is d802 btw) and it failed.. It wouldn't be lookied.. Now everything is ok and so on, BUT how do I flash philz cwm recovery if I have twrp now?

Is it possible to just flash the cwm recovery with flashify?

Any help is appreciated! :fingers-crossed:

Edit: I just ignored the errors, and the recovery was there after a reboot:laugh:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] incubus2:
I just flashed philz over twrp this morning. All I did was flash philz as zip directly through twrp and rebooted to new recovery no problems. Bad download maybe...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razrlover:
Mine is a hot mess. Flashed phils not cant get into recovery boot verification error. Tried to flash other recovery zips or imgs and cant get there:(
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] cidriver:
Hi to all,

Is not nice to tell you I got a big problem with my Dopod and mi SD, since both get married (Dopod and Transcend) they don't have a good communication skills, I mean, the Dopod with the lasted ROM, erase folders on my SD. Why I said that, simple, yesterday I was tesying for a lot of hours, I tryed with a 1GB and have the same problem.

Now I totally sure the SD are right, I formated both in my laptop and then on my device with the Pocket Mechanic.

Any one else have the same problem? :(

Thank you in advance for your always help.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] VHS:
I'm using Dopod 818Pro with lastest ROM and SD Card Transcend 4GB (150x). All good, No problem. I'm very happy :D (Used 3 months)
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] cidriver:
Thanks a lot for your comment.

Still having the same problem and I didn' find a solution yet. Probably is badly program I have installed? Virus?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] terra.ce Jones:
I need help finding an app or mod or anything else that might help to be able to play all games that are possible with my moga pro controller I have tried the Moga universal driver from play store It doesn't show up so please help me
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bradley129:
Download Moga pivot it's official and not some 3rd party driver.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Takichy:
I have a Galaxy S Not II N7015 (LTE) with a Stock ROM Android 4.3,

I want to ask for the best Kernel for this phone , and I want to root it

Thank you for your help , I'm waiting your answers ;)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gub:
Wow so many mistakes... I suggest that by searching "Galaxy Note II N7105" instead, you'll get more results ;)

Anyways

for root : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2032849

for kernels : http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-2/orig-development (make sure that 4.3 is supported, and pick a N7105 kernel, not one for the N7100).

Ah and there is no "best" kernel, just pick the one that fit your needs. And if you don't have any specific needs, just use stock.
[General Questions and Answers] AlfasMP:
Is Samsung galaxy s duos gt-s7562's official android version update is released??? :confused:
[General Questions and Answers] satish20:
I think no :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walidwithu:
hi everyone

my galaxy s4 mini show an error "media has stopped" when open gallery app, the problem shows only when turn language into Arabic ,I have tried many methods but no use(flashing, clear media storage data, disabling DRM storage, reset apps preferences, hard reset & clear cache) . the strange thing many friends of mine has the same problem .Any solution for this problem will be appreciated?!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnarvaez:
I think i have bricked mine and hoping the community can help me. I was installing a new rom ([VDT-ROM] V11.5 Super Lite) for my variant, and when i completed the installation, It somehow removed my recovery and couldn't boot. Now when i try to do a restore using the restore to stock procedures it will not let me because the current version says d80210f i believe. when it does allow me to get to restore that version, i am unable to get to the settings to apply root and recovery cause the screen when you touch it cant sense my finger and its acts Totally weird. I have read some ppl have had this issue but i am unable to find a way to fix this. SO please anyone that knows a way to help me get my d801 back to stock from the wrong version. if anyone needs more details let me know.
[General Questions and Answers] Ultratails42:
So theres a new One X update out today it seems. My dad is currently using a One X. But every time theres an update it turns into a HUGE ordeal with having to listen to him complain for days and days about it, and the day of usually non stop hours worth of it that would drive you mad (And usually him calling up our phone provider to complain at them about it and drive them crazy to). So i'd REALLY like a way to just disable the updates from happening. Unfortunately I have yet to find any real info on doing this.

All the people ive seen talk about it are using rooted phones (Which his is not and i'd rather not do so either. He has a way about messing up technology. Last thing he needs is an easier way to mess things up). So hoping maybe someone knows a way to disable them or block them. Any help would be appreciated so I can avoid another long period of pain.
[General Questions and Answers] Gizzy666:
Unfortunately I don't think you can, I may be wrong. I would reccomend just putting a custom ROM on his phone and telling him not to touch certain apps I.e titanium backup or the su app etc
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] hydeah:
I just want to get an easy to use incoming call screen, I am using CM 10.2 on i727 right now.

It could be just tap to answer or big Swipe to answer. It's for a older person so they are not really that accurate with default CM10.2 answer swipe function.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Fame] hannan rana:
Hi, I come across a data error on my samsung galaxy fame s6810p. The phone struck at samsung logo. In recovery it shows an error 'failed to mount data' What i need to solve it is re-partition using .pit file on odin.I was unable to find this file on google. Please post a link to download .pit file for s6810p.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Fame] fiqhipondaa9:
are u using stock or CWM recovery? if u using cwm all you have to do is select your country and download your stock rom here http://click.xda-developers.com/api/click?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13948589536686&key=f0a7f91912ae2b52e0700f73990eb321&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fxdaforums.com%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D2652883&v=1&libId=d2b8a5e4-5fec-43a2-a425-82de871a5fd9&out=http%3A%2F%2Fsampro.pl%2Ffirmware%2Fandroid%2Fsamsung-gt-s6810p%2F&title=Index%20of%20ROMs%2C%20Kernels%2C%20Recoveries%2C%20Tweaks%2C%20Tools%20for%20s6810%2F12%2Fp%2F%20-%20xda-developers&txt=Link%20here!

or u can try customized stock rom by [MENTION=4658360]corsicanu[/MENTION] here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48781713&postcount=1 and flash it with CWM or ODIN

hit thanks if this helpfully
[Samsung Galaxy Fame] hannan rana:
I have tried both stock and cwm, didn't work for me. I also tried to flash stock rom via odin and customized rom by corsicanu but same problem 'struck at samsung logo':crying:. I had faced this problem at several phones before and it can b solved by flashing stock firmware along with .pit file via odin. But I did not find pit file for this phone(gt-s6810p). PLEASE GIVE ME THE .PIT FILE FOR GALAXY FAME S6810P.

THANKS IN ADVANCE:D
[Samsung Galaxy Fame] fiqhipondaa9:
what are u tryin to do with ur s6810p exact? i mean, i had many times bootloop on my S6810, but when i flash it, it comeback to normally. (no need pit file). i found some thread for ur s6810p but i can't post from outside links here.

so when flash it via odin,check following two box F.RESET TIME and AUTO REBOOT no need to check REPARTITION if u dont have pit file.

note* always wipe cache/data before and after flashing ur devices :good:

hit thanks :victory:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KoolCharisma:
Hey guys, I don't post here often, but I'm not new to this. It was through this forum that I first started rooting with mfy s3.

I just got a note 3 through Sprint. I've gotten used to getting off the grid, so I immediately jumped to root it. I decided on Jellybomb after reading some reviews. Then I downloaded everything necessary to make the jump: Odin, 1.85 and 3.09, jellybomb, cwm 6.0, twrp 7, auto-root, and the original roms in case I had to hop back.

First I went with Chainfires auto-root. I didn't seem to have any problem flashing that. The problem came with flashing twrp and the new rom. I can't remember which one was giving me trouble (I've been fighting it almost a week now). Somehow some way the phone has been stuck in an autoboot that says "seandroid not enforcing" and either "warranty bit: recovery" or "warranty bit: kernel". I tried new kernels. I tried things in different order. I can get into recovery but only after going immediately after autoroot. Even there you have a broken android.

Please help. I've been without a phone for a week.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xclub_101:
This one is the International Note 3 forum.

You should ask for actual details in the specific Sprint Note 3 forum:

http://xdaforums.com/note-3-sprint

You should also pay more attention to the fact that the questions should be posted in the Q&A subforum.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KoolCharisma:
Thanks

Cheers! It looks from your sig though that you have found a work around on your international version. Are they really that different, that need entirely separate instructions. Obviously I downloaded all of the suggested software for Sprint and followed Sprint suggested, but I'm frustrated because I simply don't understand how I could do something the same way everyone else did and yet have it fail on me like this.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anonymous777:
I am having the exact same problem...at first i was able to flash 'openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-hltetmo.img.tar and it would boot my phone back to normal. I have now run into this problem again and my first original fix isn't working anymore. If I can figure out a way I will definitely let you know!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KoolCharisma:
Getting Answers

Hey man, thanks for reaching out. I realized I should probably have been in the Sprint form so I created a new thread there and I've been getting some help!

If you want: shoot over there and see if the tips can help you: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=51096673
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KoolCharisma:
Hey man we've made a lot of headway at the above thread Thanks to Macmars. You should check it out and see if we can help each other.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anonymous777:
I figured out what to do, use odin 3.9 and flash this, it took about 15 minutes to go through the whole process. Once my phone boot up it froze at the T-Moble logo or whatever, so I waited like 20 minutes and then powered it off, went into recovery and did a factory reset which then solved all my problems. I lost root, but no big deal to me. Better than buying a new phone!!! Btw the only place I could find this file is off sammobile.com. You have to sign up for a free membership thing but at least they give you the stock firmware.

TMB-N900TUVUCNB4-20140305155920/N900TUVUCNB4_N900TTMBCNB4_N900TUVUCNB4_HOME.tar.md5
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KoolCharisma:
Right on man!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] yousefs:
How to force Google play to check for update? I have another market and it shows me updates that Google play dosen't
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pandemic:
[MENTION=5663849]yousefs[/MENTION]

How many threads you create for 1 question ??

Verstuurd vanaf mijn LT22i met Tapatalk
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] yousefs:
1? I guess? Or something got wrong? I mean tapatalk showed me errors that it failed posting

so I had to repeat several times, I guess it posted several times, f*** you tapatalk :P

I'll check out my threads

Edit: I Checked out and found only one, i'll check out later on my PC
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] windsurfer555:
Go easy on me...I'm a newbie.

I would like the backlight on my TMobile MDA to stay on for at least 60 seconds?

Does anyone know how to change this setting?

Much appreciated!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] cuboosh:
not possible yet.. the hack currently out only works for wizard
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] summiter:
Surely you mean Universal. = ) There's nothing working yet for the Wizard.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] cuboosh:
llol yea universal.. lol
[General Questions and Answers] twinsen.net:
On GSM Arena there are many reviews, and in each one there is a comparising chart of speaker's loudness. It could be 'Good', 'Poor', 'Average' or 'Excellent'. By you can't use this a criterium for finding a phone. Does anyone knows a web page where I can find phones by speaker's loudness?

My i9300 S3 is very quiet, in street traffic or in noisy areas I can't hear my phone. The vibration strength is poor. So I'm looking for louder phone, with better vibrator. But I can't google any page where I can compare speakers performance. Could you help me with this?
[General Questions and Answers] DyNamix_:
Dude go for the HTC ONE! with the beats audio + boom sound technology u will get a great audio experience with a rich sound.
[General Questions and Answers] jfpsb:
Sony Xperia

The best audio quality devices right now is the Sony's Xperia I think.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Keekers:
I just got the S4 and am unsure about rooting. I miss many of the features I had on my rooted S3 but I'm wondering what the trade off would be like. The phone seems to be super fast as is but I do miss the ability to back up and flash ROMs. It also seems like rooting on the S4 is a fairly new process compared to the S3. I never have before, but I wouldn't want to brick the device. Any suggestions are welcome!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
There is a sticky in general section on everything you need to know...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Keekers:
Okay sorry for double posting
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bfawks:
I'm trying to get my phone back to a custom ROM after abandoning it for over a year so I am having trouble remembering what I did...

USB Debugging is definitely off. When I go into a command prompt to flash the boot.img, "adb devices" returns no devices. The drivers all seem to be up to date - so how can I flash the boot.img? I can't get into the OS as I get stuck at the white HTC logo boot - soft bricked.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] projectisaac:
I would normally recommend RUU (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1562890) to revert to stock firmware and then turn on USB debugging like normal, but I'm worried that your device may still be unlocked (then RUU won't work).

Hold the phone, when you boot into the bootloader, and select "fastboot", can you flash the boot.img that way? (command prompt: "fastboot flash boot boot.img", assuming your command prompt is opened in the same folder as fastboot.exe and your boot.img)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bfawks:
Seems like after I updated the drivers and mounted the device, I was able to get my PC to recognize the phone through ADB devices. I went back into the fastboot and flashed the .img and it worked. Thanks for your help.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] francois90:
how to tell I9082 is SIM locked?

i tried this code *#simlock# but nothing happened !
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] tutibreaker:
most dualsim devices are unlocked
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cbx6:
Hi,

Very noob with a very noob questions :D

I read a lot about backups etc... Some have to be rooted first...

I'm used with my Windows computers to make a genuine unstarted system image (Ghost, now Acronis)

When I have a new computer, I take out the main HDD and make an image or boot with an Acronis boot disk and make an genuine image, can I do something similar with Android devices?

Is EFS the system image or just the system files, restoring an EFS backup is enough to make a device bootable again without Root?

Windows PC suitable for this? ADB I guess...

Perhaps it's not possible because I haven't see any topic about making an genuine image before first start of an new device or restoring a factory image... Every time Root is involved

Thank you to make me a little wiser :D Sorry for my poor english :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GermainZ:
You probably want an adb backup or a nandroid backup.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cbx6:
Hi GermainZ,

Thanks for the tip, I'll look for both alternatives, probably ADB I guess...

Will the backup be bootable or the simple fact to recopy all the files is sufficient to boot the device? Windows uses a boot sector, is there something equivalent in Android?

Thanks ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GermainZ:
The backup can be restored from your recovery (nandroid backup) or using adb (for adb backups.) You can't directly boot from it, not really.

For the boot sector, I'm not sure what that is for Windows. The bootloader, maybe? Android has that too, of course.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cbx6:
of course the bootloader :D I lost my brain I think :D

Is the bootloader a part of the firmware or is it copiable as a file, I'll find it out :D

On a Windows HDD it's a track (boot sector) but UEfI bios modifies the game now

So a full Android system restore is firmware + backup I guess ;)
[General Questions and Answers] AlfasMP:
Is there a harmful affect using flash file transfer ????
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dadrewster569:
Hello there! This is my first post here on XDA... Have a bit of a question that I couldn't quickly find an answer to... I'm currently running on an AT&T S4 on AT&T...with a locked bootloader. Needless to say, I'm want no part of this since I'm no fan of Touchwiz and would love some AOSP goodness, so I plan on selling my current S4 and purchasing an unlocked one on T-Mobile. I know that I should be able to change IMEI settings to get 4G and full data within any ROM, but I'm more curious if I can just flash a ROM built for the AT&T S4 on the T-Mobile to skip having to do that.

Thanks for the help!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] devsk:
Actually, the way things stood 2 weeks ago, you sort of had to if you wanted 4.4.2 because ATT 4.4.2 ROM is working better than the ones made for TMobile. I am currently using "|ROM| |★GOLDENEYE★| |►VJUFNB2◄|4.4.2|KK| |4.3|JB| |►24◄|Mar.9.14" with ktoonz kernel for TMobile. I get better LTE speeds compared to the M919/I9505 specific ROM made by the same dev. I have no idea why that is.

See this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50794210&postcount=236

---------- Post added at 08:41 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:41 AM ----------

Oh...never mind. You said no TW ROMs for you.
[Google Chromecast] gessi2000:
Hi ,

I have a stupid question but I am wondering how I stop or control the Chromecast after streaming Google Music from Webbrowser of my PC to the Chromecast and I power down the PC?

The Chromecast keeps playing which is normal but how do I stop it?
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
Well unless you have another device to jump on the control channel and stop it then the PC is the only way other than pulling the power or resetting the CCast manually.
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
Run Google Play Music on another device on your network (Android phone/tablet) and connect to the Chromecast from there, then you'll have control from that device and can do what you want.

But I have the feeling maybe you don't have any Android devices, or you wouldn't be using your PC to start casting?
[Google Chromecast] gessi2000:
Sure I do have a Nexus 5 but your suggestions are good!
[Google Chromecast] cmstlist:
There's an app called RemoteCast that can apply simple playback controls to the Chromecast almost regardless of which app originally started the casting.