yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Microsoft Surface] wiseadam:
Worked perfect

Worked perfect on a MS Surface Pro 1, with windows 8.1 Pro install USB, no keyboard or mouse needed.

Thank you! :good:
[Microsoft Surface] westjgames:
Thanks a heap for this guide, thought my Surface was done for.

For those unable to boot normally into Windows, holding VolKeyDown + Power while the unit is off will force the unit to boot from removable storage (doesn't have to be a USB Stick, you can plug in any kind of bootable media, including a USB DVD-ROM).

Have fun!
[Microsoft Surface] syahchrono:
Can this works for Surface Pro 2

Hi,

Can this method work for surface pro 2?
[Microsoft Surface] zantekk:
I'm gonna try this now on my Surface Pro 2 because I got one with only scandinavian languages and I'm from Germany ^^ Will report back!

# UPDATE #

Worked perfectly fine :)
[Microsoft Surface] koffiemelk:
question

I just installed the latest Firmware / Drivers MS has pushed through Windows Update,

and i would like to refresh my Surface Pro 2 to get a clean install.

- First thing i did was create a bootable usb drive using Microsofts new 'Create Installation Media Tool'

. I selected 'Windows 8.1 Pro x64' in my native language which is Dutch.

The tool created a bootable USB stick, which i haven't tried yet.. before i continue i have some questions;

....

1. I copied my recovery image to a USB stick and deleted the recovery partition.

- If i reinstall Windows can i still use the recovery usb in case something goes wrong during the installation, or is it linked to your current installation?

2. Would Windows automatically recognize the serial number, which i believe is stored in the BIOS / UEFI, and activate Windows? I've written down the serial using the tool mentioned in the OP to be on the safe side.

3. Like i mentioned before, i installed the lastest driver / firmware package, will Windows automatically install the latest drivers after installation or first install more basic drivers to get WiFi up and running and then install the latest drivers?

4. When you install new driver / firmware software will Windows automatically update the then older drivers in the recovery image?

I've read the previous posts saying that everything went smoothly, but i just want to make sure i'm not forgetting anything..

i have a Surface Pro 2 btw!
[Microsoft Surface] chaosstorm_:
1:I have no idea

2: Yes it will, I have a surface pro 1 and it was activated automatically, so i didnt had to do anything with my serial. (on a new windows 8.1 install)

3: Yes it will, but you can always install them manually (doesn't really matter unless there are issues with drivers).

4: Dont know (dont think so). (I havent ever uses a recovery installation ever, i always install everything manually back on :P.
[Microsoft Surface] thrain2:
Hi together,

I did the steps and everything went fine. But I had to disable secure boot at first.

Now, after the isntallation of Windows 8.1, I activated it again and reinstalled the default keys. Is this the way it is meant?

Or do I need to leave it disabled?

Thank you very much!

Best regards,

thrain2
[Microsoft Surface] iXNyNe:
So I have a question.

I removed my recovery partition to regain the space.

Does your method reformat the drive and repartition everything? Will it reinstall the recovery partition?

I remember all former windows os installations I've done allowed me to format the drive and clear the partitions and then either create new ones myself or use the blank disk. Win7 would (on a blank disk) create it's recovery partition.
[Microsoft Surface] iXNyNe:
So I went ahead and did it.

To anyone looking to do this, use the official media creation tool. It's free from Microsoft and extremely simple.

I didn't have to disable secure boot or anything, just hold down the volume and power button with the USB plugged in.

The installer let me delete all my existing partitions and it automatically created only the ones needed.

It never asked for a key and was activated correctly when I booted into widows.

I found the installer created 3 total partitions on it's own.

1st a 300mb empty partition which I believe is supposed to be for windows RE and required by bit locker.

2nd a 100mb partition containing an EFI folder.

Note: these two aren't supposed to be accessible, I did special mounting to check them out.

3rd the rest of my disk space was created for my system partition

I'm mostly happy with this.

The only issue I've had so far is I can't turn bit locker on, even though there is a 300mb partition, it's empty and bit locker complains about the widows recovery environment not being on the system dive.
[Microsoft Surface] 63sammo1:
Thanks for sharing this.good
[Microsoft Surface] gcbxda:
Anyone tested this yet with a surface 3 or surface 3 pro?
[Microsoft Surface] golfnz34me:
Tried this with my Surface 3, which is stuck currently on Win10 10074, and the install key didn't work.
[Microsoft Surface] koss08:
It works

I used the freeware ISO2Disc to burn a Windows 10 ISO file to my USB drive and I can then reinstall successfully. Remember to choose GPT partition style as Surface Pro can boot in UEFI mode only.
[Microsoft Surface] mafbo:
I did basically the same, reinstall a clean Windows on my Surface pro 3, but can not turn on bit locker, too. Have you figured out, how to solve this issue?
[Microsoft Surface] Ccr Sharma:
Will it work on Surface 2 having Windows RT 8.1 32 bit ??

If I download the normal 32 bit 8.1 pro ISO and do the same process as above then it will work or not??

Please help me please...

I will be thankful for those who will answer me..

and sorry for my bad english
[Microsoft Surface] reza_saleh:
help me

Hello friends

I have a Microsoft Surface pro 64GB.

In to installation process

In the delete and create partition step

I delete all drives and create a new partition

It hangs on the format of the device

Again I'm installing all deleted drives are back

Please guide me
[Microsoft Surface] darkangel0077:
every recovery option doesnt work for me idun know why

recovery image from microsoft usb is fat32

keeps bootlooping

and sometimes stuck reseting then restart

:crying::crying::crying::crying:
[Microsoft Surface] darkangel0077:
Help me please
[Sony Xperia ZL] bhavstech:
I have xperia zl 6502 with unlocked bootloader and want to revert back to stock i m on cm11.my question is can i update my phone via pc companion after full wipe or i will need Flashtool
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] klau1:
Just recently I discovered that Find My Device no longer Rings on the Phone (Note 3)

It only Vibrates

I've tried the following:

Uninstalled Gear Manager 1.6x

Revert to Galaxy Gear NA6 Stock ROM

Reinstalled Gear Manager 1.6x

Turning up Volume

Changing Ring Tone
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] klau1:
Problem Solved:

I discovered the solution by partial accident.

After I realized the Find My Device wasn't going to work, I proceeded to use TasGear to launch a new Tasker Task that I would make to have my phone play a sound.

In making this task in Tasker, I found that whenever the Stream was set to Alarm, no sound would be produced. This would be the case in Alert, Music Play, etc.

So I went into the Stock TW Alarm clock to trigger a Timer alert to see if it would work.....it worked

Then I tried setting an Alarm in 1 minute......it worked.

Then I went back on to the Gear and selected "Find My Device"..... It now works.

Then I went back into Tasker to see if when Stream is set to Alarm would work........It now works.

Samsung Software, what a waste of time.

There is definitely a bug in the code. Beware.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] jdubshizzle:
I don't understand. Can you give me instructions on how to make my find my device ring again? It's very annoying when I am trying to find my phone and it only vibrates
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] altonc27:
I had the same issue for a while and decided to play with my system sound settings. I changed the sound settings where it says music, video, games, etc were turned down so I turned it up and now it works. The find my device only worked when my ring volume was up and never knew why it stopped working when it was on vibrate. I am thinking this is the reason as it now works for me.
[G2 General] hackarchive:
[YOUTUBE]4L5qBzpKHNE[/YOUTUBE]

I have used the G2 since the end of September.So let's see how it stacks up now that all the other flagships have been announced.

LG Gpro 2 features for the G2 http://goo.gl/GpXU9V http://goo.gl/PfxCBb

My cases http://goo.gl/GACxqb

You can follow me on twitter http://goo.gl/WMidl3 and Google+http://goo.gl/ChDEf to keep up with my updates
[G2 General] Ghstudent:
You might as well call this "review of a G Pro 2 ROM on a G2" since all you did was show off G Pro 2 features.
[G2 General] Cst79:
Too bad it's a video so I won't watch it. A text review is much more easy to follow (for Google ranking too).
[G2 General] khaytsus:
You didn't miss anything. Home screen swiping, about screen, etc. Pretty exciting stuff.
[G2 General] Billy Madison:
Could you find most lagfree ROM based on KK and make vid similar to that? To show off is G2 lag free after 6 month and latest ROMs or is it still has lags. In mentioned vid its basically apps starting and scrolling and swiping and snowing that OneM8 is super lagfree device even smoother that N5
[G2 General] hackarchive:
That English is so damn awesome.Stay counting 2 milli seconds of lag that I can't even see.The G2 is the only device that makes me not desire anything atm and I certainly would not upgrade for a millisecond of lag.Don't know why people come up with stupid arguments!
[G2 General] Billy Madison:
sorry 4 that
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] tv21:
Are there any write ups - DIY on how to replace the lcd/digitizer for the z ultra? I've been searching but have only found diy on the z1. I popped the back cover open and its different compare the the Z1.

The LCD/Digitzier replacement i was able to find cost around $170usd.

Anyone have experiences with repair shops?

Thank you,
[General Questions and Answers] themike007:
Hello,

Where can I find the header image of Settings.apk ? or is it solid color ? I just want to change it to black, and also if it's possible, I want to center the text.

Im quite new to the modding (theming).
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mihnead:
Just bought an HTC One M7. Installed a custom ROM, didn't like it, tried Sinless, installed it, then right after the phone started going in a bootloop. It loads right up to the first Android setup page (language choice), then reboots in 2 seconds. Endlessly. Being an idiot, I deleted the custom ROM zip from the storage at some point or another, and I can't load another one because the time is too short between reboots.

I'm running Windows 8, have all the correct drivers installed, tried both TWRP and CMR recoveries, sideloading, adb pushing, everything and it still doesn't work. Any help would be greatly appreciated. http://postimg.org/image/chs0ugvhp/

I'm not sure if the phone is still rooted, TWRP, whenever I tried to sideload roms, told me it can't mount /data/. CMR does it without a problem, but I can't use ADB push, because it won't recognize it in adb devices.

Any help would be vastly appreciated. Thank you!:crying:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thahim:
Sometimes my phone is left with 5 to 10% of battery and I plan to give it a full cycle, so

whats the best way to drain the battery quickly?

I found a few threads on xda but i can't get them through
[MENTION=3637411]_Dagan_[/MENTION] on one thread said Ghost Radar app will do it, but

there are many apps named Ghost Radar, i don't know which one to download.

So kindly tell me how to drain my phones battery faster and safer.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vndnguyen:
Set the screen brightness and timeout to the max value

Turn on the flash light

run benchmark app

...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B3311:
Play Dead Trigger 2. Best battery laxative known to mankind, but still worth it....
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] datajosh:
The safest thing to do is to NOT do that. Running your battery completely dead is worse on your battery, just charge it from 5 or 10%.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eric214:
Lithium-Ion batteries should never cycle all the way down. In fact, with Lithium-Ion batteries, the higher the charge left the more charge cycles you will have with the battery. Nickle-Cadium batteries (Ni-Cad) are the ones from the 80's and 90's that developed a memory and cycle was NEEDED with them. There is ZERO memory effects with Lithium-Ion batteries.

For example... if you charge the phone regularly when its at 25% battery left or lower you will get roughly 250-350 charge cycles. 50% battery left and you will get 1000-1200 charges cycles and if you charge it at 75% or more you can get roughly 2000-2200 charge cycles. And obviously a charge cycle is when you charge it to full so if you charge it once a day then that is 1 charge cycle.

My battery rarely goes below 50% battery with 4-5 hours of screen on time and that's after a full day (8am-midnight) and i plug it in each night.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nortonxita:
I have a question for you, I hope you can help me. I have samsung note 3 EU from two months, the rom is android 4.4.2 original , I use auto brightness, energy saving active, all disabled, except the 3g that is always active. I have a problem with the battery drain, because I use the phone five minute to see web page on internet and my battery drain 2% , for example if I have 100% of battery pass to 98% in 4-5 minutes. This is normal? I have to send the phone to the assistance service?

I made an hard reset but not change the time of battery drain. Help me please.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eric214:
Well, a lot of things go into battery life. Surfing the web since it uses data and when on 4g or LTE data you will use a lot of battery. That said, things I do for best battery are these...

Any app you don't want or need running background data i would restrict the background data under settings-data usage then tap what is using data and you can tap restrict background data. Turn off all your syncs (use manual sync) unless you have to have them like email maybe and dont let it sync every 15 min maybe change it to once an hour or every 4 hours. I would use your internet for about an hour of surfing and see what you get after that. I probably lose about 10% battery per 45 min or so of constant web surfing on stock browser at 30-40% brightness. Also, turn off your auto brightness... it will never save you battery but use more. it will almost always be brighter then you need. Just adjust the brightness as you need it. I run mine at 20-25% brightness unless i need it higher.

hope this helps.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtxx1:
on GPS, turn on waze navigation

turn on wifi tethering, connect another device to it and play a 2 hour HD video on youtube

at the same time connect to a bluetooth speaker and play a song

screen brightness set to maximum

do the above 4 at the same time. should be dead in less than 2 hours
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sophia Zhao:
Agree with Eric a lot. You don't have to do like this, there will be nothing good for battery though you do like that.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pepsitank:
Well open lots of apps. Hello I'm new to forums
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sammath:
Play plants VS zombies 2. That app drains it in about an hour 100 to 0%

Sent from my SM-N9005 beast of a phone.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nortonxita:
Thank you for your reply :). I try to use the device for an hour and let you know how much battery drain. I did not understand, what should I do to change the synchronization of e-mail every 4 hours (I use gmail app). I went into the account - sync but does not make me choose how often to do the synchronization. Can you help me? :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HanZie82:
You might want to read this first before damaging your battery.

Goodluck! :cowboy:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eric214:
Well I can't help much with gmail since I don't use it. I looked in Gmail settings and I see no options for sync times either. I use stock email. You might not be able to change or specify that. Someone else that knows may be able to chime in.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dndwanted:
I didn't really wanted to start a new thread because of this, but I haven't found my answers neither here on the forum nor on google.

I have installed Titanium Backup Root (not pro version) on my Nexus 5 and when I open it, it says 'Unfortunately, Titanium Backup has stopped.'

Can anyone help me?

Nexus 5, Stock + Xposed, ElementalX kernel
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elluel:
Have you tried clearing data, reinstalling, etc?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Which Google did you use? I looked and got this https://www.google.nl/search?q=unfo...hannel=sb&gfe_rd=cr&ei=f25FU7OfGsiT-wbi44D4Bg in 10 seconds. Try fixing permissions in recovery.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dndwanted:
Letharqy yes I have tried that, it still doesn't work

gee2012 yes that is what I have searched but I haven't found something that would make it work. Tried fixing the permissions, still doesn't work.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Are you running ART runtime? It runs well on dalvik for me.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dndwanted:
As far as I know, ART is not supported by Xposed Framework, so no, I do not use ART.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Well, i would uninstall the app, clear cache and dalvik cache in recovery and download TB from Play and try it again.Tried fixing permissons in recovery?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dndwanted:
Yes, did all that, still no positive result.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dechronic:
Have you tried booting into a custom recovery and formatting the cache and the dalvik cache?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
You could try Helium or make backups with adb or maybe some other apps in Play.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dndwanted:
I have already tried that.

So there is no solution for my problem?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hi,

Other than that:

http://www.titaniumtrack.com/kb/titanium-backup-kb/titanium-backup-troubleshooting.html

And maybe also delete all the residues in data/data (and another locations?) if presents, reboot and try to re-install?

Send them a log too?

It's weird, maybe a conflict with an Xposed module...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dndwanted:
It is still not working after doing what was said on that website.

I don't know what else to do, but thank you all for trying to help. :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Last thing:

If you really want to use Titanium Backup.... What kind of Xposed modules you use?

Otherwise try the alternative solutions above to make backup.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dndwanted:
I disabled all of them but it still doesn't work.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poornima.maxpayne:
Hi,

Try installing the app from play store and restore the data seperately . It worked for me.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] PcMihai:
I'm currently on 4.2.2 official jelly bean rom, and i just want to revert back to 4.1.2. I tried all odin sollutions.. No succes. I tried to flash a rom but after installation, the screen was showin' only vertical lines on a black screen.. Please provide me a link or something
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Ashok123:
First you post screen shot then I will give you solution...
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] The Dork Knight Rises:
He's right, we need more information...

Are you running a custom recovery?? Rooted??

Have you tried a clean flash??
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] PcMihai:
first of all, the device is not rooted , and it was not rooted when i tried to flash the 4.1.2. i flashed it either when it was rooted.. and yes.. i'm running cwr 6.0.2.8 .. sorry for the pics, i can't put them right now..
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jackeagle:
Just reflash stock firmware via Odin...Flash 4.2.2 only not 4.1.2 and just do a factory reset from stock recovery...:) But ScreenShot is needed to give exact solution...
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] PcMihai:
ty for advice but no result.. i already tried everything says on every google search i did...
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Aeyan Ashraf:
Buddy , head over to this link to download official firmware of 4.1.2 http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=10722 (download it in your computer) Then switch off your phone . Now , press volume down+home+power button till a warning screen comes . Now , press volume up to continue. Now connect your phone to your computer using the USB cable and open odin . Click on PDA and find the downloaded file and click on start . Wait till it says pass and make sure that re-partition is not checked . And Enjoy your official 4.1.2 .

P.S.- The link which I have provided you is of the firmware which is OTA enabled . It means that whenever you want you can upgrade to 4.2.2 by just downloading a 488 mb update .

Don't forget to press thanks If I helped you in anyway .
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] sarvesvara.dasa:
I did a upgrade to TuMa 1.3 month before. I am happy with the WM5. I descided to upgrade to some other WM5 version. The attached is my device data...

I tried to do the Setoperator.bat CDL__001. But this didnt work. It resulted in "MODEL ID ERROR"

Please help.... :(
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] sarvesvara.dasa:
Now Connection error

Now it shows connection error....

I put the device in the boot loader mode. And tried to upgrade... results in Connection error. Screen-shot attached.

PLEASE HELP
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] sarvesvara.dasa:
I tried to upgrade without putting in the BootLoader mode. It gave a error as Model ID error. Please help
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] dreadlord52:
Can somebody port these apps:

S5 Gallery

S5 Messages

S5 Music Player

S5 Contacts and Dialer

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Andr3y29:
Wait for [MENTION=1737021]henrylife[/MENTION] 's ROM ;)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] dreadlord52:
I don't like ROMs. I use stock ROM with newest apps.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] henrylife:
Really timetaking project, but about 80% of S5 apps are ported ;)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] sassinapoli:
Thx henry thx again

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] xperiax10mini:
Thank you henry :) coud you release this S5 apps ported to S3 individually ?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Megalossauro:
I´ll like to have that "S5 Studio" app for S3.....

Someone ?:D
[Android Apps and Games] jan-m:
Hi everyone! I just published my app.

Link: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jan&hl=de

Description:

Improve your mental fitness. Train everyday to earn precious stars. Unlock new mind challenging games and feed your brain to watch it grow, evolve and unleash its unlimited powers. Can you reach the final form?

Feedback appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] TommyDN:
Looks fun! i'll give it a try. :)
[Android Apps and Games] jan-m:
Awesome! Any tips on how to improve (: ?
[Android Apps and Games] TommyDN:
It's actually pretty nice as itself, but a high scoring system would be cool. :)
[Android Apps and Games] jan-m:
Just added one (: (swarmconnect).
[Android Apps and Games] jan-m:
A new version is out.

gameplay video: youtube.com/watch?v=6YFMlcAXj7A
[Android Apps and Games] ivan123:
Nice game, keep going :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] viper786:
Anyone else have in issue on stock kitkat where GPS randomly loses its lock? I had an S4 before I got this phone and I could have it in my lap while driving and it be perfectly fine, but with the Note 3, if I have the phone in my lap while driving, it'll lose GPS lock after a while and i have to hold the phone up to get a GPS lock again.

Anyone else have this issue?