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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brooksyx:
Anyone here use their Nexus 5 on a prepaid cellphone plan that has no data or low data?

I am thinking about switching over to h2o's Unlimited Talk, Text and 500mb plan to save money and become less dependent on my cell phone. I find myself using about 5 GBS a month on straight talk but its nothing productive, just downloading the latest roms or downloading an app only to delete a few minutes later or checking facebook. I think I could get by fine just using wifi and then the 500MB to check email or use my GPS.

Thoughts?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
No disrespect but try to find a hobby, its just a phone :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brooksyx:
I think you fail to see my point. This is XDA, where we talk about phones.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
True, but me personaly is see no point in flashing just to flash ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brooksyx:
I see no point in posting just to post. ;)

But going off your post count and the lack of relation to the thread in your posts, you would disagree... Maybe you should get a hobby :p
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Oke, lets call you the winner, i don`t argue to argue. You posted to get feedback and now you don`t like what i`am saying you make it personal. Good day bro :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hammer_Of_The_Gods:
Hi,

Sorry but... Hobby can be phones, it depends of your point. Maybe because you are on stock non rooted (as I read if I'm not wrong) doesn't mean other users do not have their phones to test kernels, roms, tweak their phone as a hobby.

For testing purposes?

Like you download an app just to see or to test, you can download a rom and flash it to test, right?

:)

That being said, for the OP, not sure a low data plan will make you less "dependent" (maybe good for money), if you have access to wifi? You can always download all the last roms via wifi :D

It will depend of your real use apart downloading rom, maybe it will be enough with only GPS (again it depends the frequency of use, GPS can be a huge consumer of data ) and email...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brooksyx:
But you didn't post relevant feedback at all. You meant complete offense and said I have no life just because I was asking about thoughts on switching to a lower costing phone plan. I don't see how that has anything to do with me having a life or not.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
You stated in your OP that you think you download and flash too much and you want to cutdown on your plan. If you download 5GB of data and its usefull its fine, but if you delete most of it its a waste of time. It was not my intention to say you have no life, as i don`t know you :) Lets keep it at this, i never attack or judge users, you can read all my posts if you want.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brooksyx:
I mean dependent in terms of using the phone when I am out in about in public where wifi isnt available. I have no guilt about using my phone when I am sitting at home on the couch watching TV but it will deter the urge to browse the web when I am out with friends or something.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brooksyx:
Telling someone they need to find a hobby usually implies that you think someone doesn't have a life.

PS it takes literally 5 minutes to download and flash the latest nightly of cyanogemod. I am not downloading a miillion different roms each month. Just staying up to date.

edit: also and saying "no offense" before saying something offensive isn't a hall pass to say something rude.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clark Joseph Kent:
What's the issue here "Nexus 5 on no data / low data plan." or hobbies.....let's end the hobby discussion. Thanks
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bblzd:
Only issue I can think of is that most of the Google Now voice commands seem to require an internet connection to work.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] V.Dragos:
I am also on a limited data plan (400mb /mo) and find it kind of limiting. What i use is DS battery saver which turns off your data while your screen is off and turns it on every 30/45/60min for updates. It saves me some data and some battery so it's a win/win for me. I tend to limit my data navigation to mail/facebook and messaging apps and keep the cat gifs/videos for wifi/pc.

Another app you can try is onovo extend (it compresses the internet traffic trough their servers) but i found it a bit fiddly (never know if it's working or not and need to check it constantly) and i suspect it interferes with some apps (had a problem with my maps app but dont quote me on that).

Opera browser also compresses traffic for reduced data use.

Other than this, only your common sense and self control can bring your data use down. Being prepaid can't you buy more data anytime if you need it ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barry_:
I don't download much but still using 2gb a month - maybe go for 3 gig and see how that goes? 500mb is nothing nowadays.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
I think unless you actually turn the data off, you'd struggle to stay under a 500GB a month allowance. Having seen what mine does on a day when I Fine really use it, id be concerned. You'd definitely need to tweak your sync settings and/or turn off data. Possibily even use opera browser or similar to compress your web pages.

Managing that plan sounds like too much of a chore
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3DSammy:
I have a voice and text only plan using WiFi when I need the type of downloads you describe. If I want to watch videos or listen to Music I carry a Meenova OTG micoSD card reader (check the N5 accessories section) and preload the files I need. I consider most of the data plans to be a huge consumer ripoff and am not willing not shell out the bucks for a minor convenience. My comments are definitely personal choice and there are so many WiFi hot spots around the impact of not always having Internet access hasn't hit me yet.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
I think this comes down to region too (pricing I mean).

In the UK you can get 200 minutes, 5000 texts and truly unlimited data for £12.90 a month (sim only). £15.90 if you want 600 minutes.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daniel_loft:
Why do you have to download ROMs and apps over 3G? Don't you have wireless at home?

I can easily survive a month with 500MB, while checking my e-mail a few times a day (about 10 e-mails over 5 syncs), checking a few tens of articles over feedly and reading at least 5-10 of them, playing 8 Ball Pool (by Miniclip) at least on hour, using Waze for at least half an hour and other occasional searches. I only install apps over 3G on rare occasions (once a week at most), and when I cannot wait until I get home. And sometimes I'm wondering how could I wisely use more data, not to pile it up at the end of the month.

But that's just me...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vimesUK:
Both me and my wife manage fine on a 250mb monthly plan. Over 3G we only need the odd update for the weather app and the usual Whatsapp photos and videos, from other family members. Whilst the photos and vids do consume most of that meagre allowance it still works out fine. The videos will get downloaded when at home and using the wi-fi connection.

Knowing that we are "restricted" on a tight data plan (but managing fine) it does tend to discipline me to no longer bother about using the phone more "frivolously", in terms of data usage, and I suppose when I'm at home I'll use my tablet or PC, much bigger screens etc.

Neither of us feel restricted in our use, and it works out much cheaper, but it does focus the attention away from the phone and the habitual data usage which was neither important nor needed.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrObvious:
Just use T-Mobiles 5GB $30 plan. All you need is a brand new micro-SIM card. If you live in a non-edge area it'd be a good plan. Granted it's only 100 minutes but T-Mobile's network is fast enough a VoIP option would work great.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonflo:
Before I got a Nexus 5, I was on PagePlus's 250MB and then 500MB plan. It's very doable to stay within those limits if you understand and are okay with cutting back on certain things. My experience was on Android 2.3, so keep that in mind as some things may use more data now. :)

Tips:

Droidwall app -- you can limit the apps that can use data.

The Dolphin (maybe others?) have the setting to disable images on webpages.

Once a GPS route is loaded, it should take you to your destination with data disabled. From my experience (not a heavy driver), using GPS with data enabled didn't use a ton of data.

And...tweaking the rest to your personal preference.

Extreme data saving does inhibit some of the smartphone experience, but I'm sure you would survive either way. ;) You can always change your mind and switch plans, so it doesn't hurt to experiment a bit.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bblzd:
Chrome has that covered now. It can even compress your browsing to save 50% of your data.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brooksyx:
Ha yeah right, I need unlimited talk. Don't want to mess with all that VoIP stuff. I decided to just stay with Straight Talk for now. Currently in the process of switching jobs and will be traveling the first month for training. Can't risk loosing my number or service so safe to just stay put for now.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leofa:
Hi Folks,

I've a S4 i9500 which simply died... I live in Brazil, I've travelled 14 days and left it powered off at home. The day I got back, I've turned it on, answered messages, etc, turned off the screen, put it away. The other day, when I woke up, nothing...

I've took it to Samsung here in Brazil, but as it was bought somewhere else (I think Panamá, the box was in spanish) they said it can't be fixed in Brazil (:eek::eek:).

I'm trying everything I can, all ideas would be welcome.

I've tried to restore it using firwmare + pit on ODIN 3.09 with windows XP 32 but nothing. it gets like this:

so, any ideas since samsung won't help me?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beston94:
This is a very simple and stupid thing to tell you but have you tried charging the phone?

With regards,

Beston94
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leofa:
Yes, it's fully charged. A colleague here has another i9500 and he already charged and used my battery for a while to test it...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
Try to flash the firmware unticking re-partition and without use .PIT file :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aayushkhajuria2842:
Why were u trying with pit file?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leofa:
<ID:0/006> There is no PIT partition
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leofa:
Forgot to say, it doens't do anything by combining keys (Up+Home+Down or Down+Home+Down)... When i press power, after a while, it blinks that Samsung i9500 screen for less than a second and reboots. And goes like that until gets out of battery. I can only enter download mode by using a JIG....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aayushkhajuria2842:
U tried down home power ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leofa:
Yeah... nothing :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aayushkhajuria2842:
Nd r u getting there is no pit partion error on without using pit file ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
Try this :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leofa:
I was trying that right now but is VERY dificult for it to enter this sdcard mode. I only got it twice. And UP or DOWN didn't worked...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aayushkhajuria2842:
Mate u r still using pit file without ticking repartition in screenshot dont use pit file also
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
Flash the .TAR file as pda with ODIN
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leofa:
With or without the file, the message is still the same....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leofa:
Just tried.. it gives me the "There is no PIT.." error
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
Try the file I was giving ya in PDA and add PIT file too and re-partition
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leofa:
<ID:0/006> FAIL!

<ID:0/006>

<ID:0/006> Re-Partition operation failed.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
OK.

- Close Odin completely and open it again

- Ticked Re-partition and use only .PIT file and click start

- Do a screenshot pls
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
Are u sure u are in DOWNLOAD MODE?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
Get it to repair, I think ur motherboard is fried :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leofa:
I've tried too.. they said that they can't do anything with my phone as it wasn't bought here in Brazil. Nor even if I pay for the service!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leofa:
Somehow, solved my problem... I bought this phone last year shortly after was launched by Samsung, imported, by R$1800 (about 782U$). The one sold by Samsung Brasil was R$2399 (1043U$). As they couldn't fix my phone, because it wasn't bought in Brazil, I just sold it's remains for R$600 (260U$). Well, I'm cannot see another samsung on a near future in my life. I bought a Moto G XT1033 and I'm very satisfied with it....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vampirefo:
I know this is an old phone, I am going to turn them into gps systems, mainly of course they will be able to wifi. Download apps and such, but their main purpose will be for gps navigation.

So what is the best rom, one that everything works plus great battery life.

Phones won't have any cell service, just wifi, so cell phone service isn't important.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheCybertronian:
Nvm wrong phone lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vampirefo:
Stock rom is GB, so really not a good choice.

Best might be the wrong word, so what ics or jb romm is fully functional? I am looking at threads the ones I am looking at the camera doesn't work and so on.

Need camera to work, 4G not needed, but navigate without camera is useless.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlmancuso:
Give cyanmobile a shot. It is gingerbread so everything works and to top it off it has many ics/jb features ported over. Plus it has a massive amount of settings to customize it to your liking.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vampirefo:
I am testing that rom right now, main app it must run is Navfree USA: Free Satnav, if it can do that, all is well.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.navfree.android.OSM.USA

Thank you very much for your suggestion.

Update Navfree USA works just fine with this rom, No other rom needed thanks again, this rom is exactly what I was looking for.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] budlord420:
need new rom

Lately ive been using mikg3.11 and its done beautifully by my needs but recently netflix upgraded and i need android 4.0 or higher to work i tried to find a older apk of netflix i could use but alas could not so tried finding a rom with android 4.0 or higher and came across mazwoz 4.2.1 but cant watch videos of any kind, i read about aokp builds but couldnt find a single one for supersonic can anyone please help bugs are fine in 4g camera but please there has to be something ive looked for days even at work
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] pitbullmommy45245:
So i'm bout to get a vivid today. i have had one in the past but i was jw r there any roms that r kept up to date. i know this is a older phone but i noticed the forum was still active.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] vinceweis:
I run this one, including the nightlies and have been really happy with it. It's as new as you can get.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] tofueatsbread:
Warning! Before installation please read Installation process from downside. To install any custom ROM 4.1+ you need official JB from Samsung before and make CWM Recovery. If you are already on any custom ROM, just read installation process.

MIUI v5

Created for Galaxy Ace 2

Not working:

-

Screenshots:

Video(My Rom) (thanks: zaryab360)​

Informations:

Installation process :

Download Rom (By PolishVodka):

http://www.mediafire.com/?9eoiiy45m415gy8

Note:

If a particular app of yours doesnt show the notification in statusbar, go to-

Status bar->custom notification settings->find those apps and theres an option to show notifications

CLEAN_KERNEL= stock CM kernel from TeamCanjica source

CHRONO_KERNEL= custom CM kernel made by [MENTION=5695278]ChronoMonochrome[/MENTION]

Only for S6D27A1 DRIVER SCREEN (if you have "blackscreen bug" sometimes/ in recovery this kernel should help):

http://www.mediafire.com/?512dinttj1jq7fq

http://www.mediafire.com/?3b37790nhccv4oz

For WS2401 SCREEN DRIVER:

CLEAN_KERNEL inside Rom

http://www.mediafire.com/?hsjkm218w90c5i6

Credits to:

shine911 | New Macław | marcin1147 | Rox | h3llrais3r | zwliew | raishiro | TeamCanjica | miui.eu | Miui Polska | xiaomi | Cyanogen | Google | ChronoMonoChrome

​
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] tofueatsbread:
MIUI v5 4.3.21

Bugs:

-Option to show screenshot in statusbar settings is on when off and vice versa

-You tell me

Rom

OC Kernel

Screenshots/Instructions to flash/Video/Credits

@up
​
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] tofueatsbread:
ok guys, there are many things (calling,gps,data) i dont or cant use so i need reports if they work, thx!
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] RootPegasus:
awesome , thank you :good:
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] forbidden8:
Will try when charge.

Just one question. When make nand backup of Mahdi, will be able to restore it from that one?

Edit: Not again. Why Mega man? Pls upload it to dev.host.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] tofueatsbread:
cwm 6.0.3.7 is cwm. i dont see a reason why it wont restore :) or i can test if you want. just give me a few mins.

E: i restored RR :)
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] tofueatsbread:
sorry, dev host is stuck at uploading 1%, cant upload

E: ill try uploading again and see

E2: its still stuck at 36%
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] pedroleon99:
Thanks man i will try it soon

Inviato dal mio GT-I8160 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] PolishVodka:
About Screenshots. Probably create folder - Pictures/Screenshots on sdcard0 or sdcard1 (if will swapped) is enough to fix it.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] forbidden8:
Thx for you try man. Appreciate.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] PolishVodka:
[MENTION=5160398]teddytsen[/MENTION]

I will download your Miui, testing and trying fixing everything what's I can. I have some free time for this.

But please, if you can do any mirror on Google Drive, Dropbox, Mediafire...any.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] tofueatsbread:
1.stupid permissions thing?

2.that bandwidth issue?(whatever, im going with db xD)

3.just the worst site to download from mobile xD

E:

uploaded on DB

https://www.dropbox.com/s/twep1npri7e19q8/miui_codina_20140321-FINAL.zip

Note:the final doesnt mean its final ver, i created a few tests zips and final was just to differentiate :)
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] emogibran:
delete
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] zaryab360:
Oh no i just flash RR right now. lol

Btw good work bro ?
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] rol525:
Have support for 3 buttons headphones ?
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] PolishVodka:
Only low in-call i see, everythings others look good. Good job.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] forbidden8:
So far, so good. Cant test mobile data till tomorow. Feel it much more smoother than previous builds. Screenshots works. Still testing.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] zaryab360:
[MENTION=3637078]forbidden8[/MENTION]

How about RAM usage it's normal or high? :rolleyes:

Because in MIUI v5 4.1.2 is always about 80~85% :crying:
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] forbidden8:
For now is around 200-220, but didn install many apps. After few days using will see.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] PolishVodka:
Ram usage is high like in all MIUI. Ram is for system anyway so, its not too important how much free is, but how smooth ROM working even if we have min free.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] mironez:
changelog? or its just miui version updated?
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] tofueatsbread:
I have yet to try and changelog should be in their site. And nobody would just change version number and waste mbs uploading it....
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] PolishVodka:
To be clear. Yes, just miui version update and probably now will be only miui update or nothing if users don't want it.

I'm not following miui changes, just doing a version update for our phone.

You always have choice - installing or no.

In 4.7.11 I see only MiKey - if you have headphones with button than will be useful for you.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] galaxypep:
MIUI

Hi guys. Just got one question. Is this ROM totally bugfree a ready for daily use? Especially I'm asking about phone, messages, WiFi, bluetooth and GPS
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] Ellins:
Try yourself and report to me here.. I'm interest about this rom too :)
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] xo.en:
Since you are in DEVELOPERS section, try it and report, or..be GONE.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] Bastiary:
[MENTION=4881398]PolishVodka[/MENTION] what about miui kitkat 4.4.2, could you port it from s3.:laugh:
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] arroyo:
It is the best looking and probably most stable ROM right now for ACE 2. Good work!
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] INFERNO777:
where Performance settings? SU?
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] RootPegasus:
setting > original setting > tap build number > back and see Performance setting is appear
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] mironez:
themes app forceclosing after trying to import themes from sdcard
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] tofueatsbread:
Ask polish vodka. Or use themes fix from rox's miui. The old themes app works...
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] xo.en:
Can you upload old apk that you are talking about?

I'd like to make some tests with this rom, apk would be very helpful.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] AndroidOwnsAll:
1. Battery drains a little quick even with many deleted apps.

2. How do I keep my notifications like batterybot and kik on when clearing ram without locking the apps

3. How can I make this rom a little less laggier without flashing the OC kernal because I had to reflash the whole rom because it kept on booting
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] tofueatsbread:
No

http://d-h.st/ZqH :p
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] tofueatsbread:
3. Miui in 1st post already comprises of rom and oc kernel
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] strangebro:
i found a cosmetic bug that in the toggle notification page (the one that comes out when you swipe down status bar), the network type is always showing 3g/2g although i had switch to 2g before. it just cosmetic, the system is fine
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] xkvegans:
sorry if this like a stupid question,

I'm now using cm11, do I still need an official JB if I want to install this rom? or can directly install this rom with steps like on 1st post?

Thanks
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] tofueatsbread:
1.wipe data

2.flash rom

3.flash gapps

4. Reboot
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] xkvegans:
well, looks like I no need official JB

just put the file to sdcard then install it with steps what you've post above.

thanks
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] tofueatsbread:
New build up.

http://www.mediafire.com/?9eoiiy45m415gy8

Enjoy.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] AndroidOwnsAll:
I'm downloading and gonna test!
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] INFERNO777:
change log please.