yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hiya Buddy:
Hi all,

I have some concerns about the quality of streaming video (Netflix, HBO Go, Max Go, Etc) from my phone. Every time I get home I connect my phone and charger to the MHL 2.0 adapter and then that to my TV. I purchased the adapter at a local Best Buy so I'm pretty sure it's not a fake adapter. I have a Samsung f8500 tv (phone doesn't charge even though I connect it to the port HDMI 4 that says MHL). The tv identifies the MHL cable and my phone as a 1080/60p source and the home screen kinda looks like 1080p. As soon as I start up Netflix there is a slight moment where the quality is poor (buffering I assume) then it stabilizes out. It does NOT look like 1080p not even 1080i it might be 720i because I know what 720p looks like from a PS3. I don't get what is wrong with the quality.

I think it might be the fact that I stream over my mobile network even though it is T-Mobile LTE (On average I get about 25 mbps down and 20 mbps up with less than 50ms latency). I don't, however, notice a difference in quality (on my phone) when I stream over wifi (Xfinity 50 mbps down etc) or over LTE. The problem I have is that I don't have a dedicated wifi connection at my house. The best thing I have is DSL from the first floor (I have an attic room) from my grandmother which is terribly slow and will fail horribly at streaming. Therefore, I use my unlimited data plan to stream shows to my TV. I only wish the quality of the MHL adapter was better.

There is a chromecast and the same model tv (f8500) at my place of work where I am nothing but amazed by the streaming quality when I'm on a lunch break. I understand there is a difference between my Note 3 and a chromecast and what networks they connect to, but both devices supposedly output 1080/60p. The chromecast absolutely whips my phone with the MHL adapter but alas, I can't use a chromecast at home because of my home internet limitations. If I got the allshare cast hub, would there be any difference in video streaming quality versus the MHL adapter? I'm not sure if there is some streaming quality limitation that Netflix or HBO impose on their apps when using the HDMI out ability.

P.S. If I could root my note 3 on kitkat (NB4 kernel) without tripping knox flags (T-Mobile Jump Reasons) and found a hotspot hack I would just connect the chromecast to my phone's hotspot and initiate the videos from my iPad and enjoy, but of course it's not a perfect world so I need a workaround.

Thanks for any help...
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broopa:
I have an ATT version, I went ahead with root and everything was going fine until I installed TWRP, when it looked like it installed fine, my problem showed up when the phone booted straight into TWRP instead of trying boot into the system. I thought maybe it was a problem with the recovery so I tried again with the same results, then I went ahead and flashed Philz instead. with Philz displayed right on the screen it seems as thought E: can't mount. Any ideas how I can get E: to mount to get back into Android?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaHiLzZ:
Flash a custom ROM. Why is it hard?

sent from my mobile device
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broopa:
I don't have adb access to flash from Philz, I only have fastboot and from what I understood you can't flash a rom with fastboot.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaHiLzZ:
IF Philz recovery can read external sdcard. Use that

If not, figure out ADB access while in Recovery.

sent from my mobile device

---------- Post added at 11:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:51 PM ----------

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2696147

[TWRP Backup] Stock Boot.IMG/ System.Img(rooted)

Thus is what you need. But need twrp

sent from my mobile device
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broopa:
I was able to get ARHD running through an SD card, thanks for that help, now it just looks like my recovery is non-existant at the moment. Another hurdle for tomorrow I guess, atleast now I know I can install ARHD without an issue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 88EVGAFTW:
Looking for a Galaxy S5 Theme for our phone. I was able to use Wanam Mods to change the color of Notification panel, Background, Icon colors and Quick Tiles to look like the S5, but don't have the circle background for the Toggles and Quick Settings. The theme would mostly involve color changes in framework and SecSettings.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Posted it last night, you must've missed it-http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=51700753
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 88EVGAFTW:
Thanks that's exactly what I wanted! Here is a framework background I requested so Settings and MMS would look like the GS5:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=51725504

For notification header background and quick tile background I used Wanam and Hex ff006577
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdumont19:
i have a galaxy s4 i9505ZHUDMI1 (not sure where ZHUD is from, china maybe?? cant find the origin anywhere online)

i have TWRP, i had flashed it to WanamLite rom , but things didnt work great, many problems, then i switched back to a backup of my original stock rom, but some things didnt work like whatsapp and this podcast app, things just messed up. i did a factory reset, still weird stuff going on.

how can i go back to a stock loader and stock rom, anyone know a page where they keep stock software around???? :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxsam4:
Get a 4.4.2 stock ROM for your region from sammobile.com and flash it via Odin.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
Go to SamMobile.com, sig in and select your model and zone code (CSC). In your case is Honk Kong (TGY).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdumont19:
ok great i downloaded the stock rom!! i havent tried it yet it's a little late, do you guys think its better to just keep the TWRP bootloader or try to go back to the stock bootloader?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
I dont understand what you mean. You are mixing btw bootloader and recovery. I recommend u flash TWRP (coz you are using android 4.2.2 and you dont have KNOX) for flash CUSTOM ROMS in the future if your wish :highfive:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxsam4:
You are confused between bootloader and recovery.

Twrp is a custom recovery and you don't really need to go back to stock.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdumont19:
Yeah I kinda get confused, thanks so much though the things on my phone work again!! :D
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rackspace:
I just got new HTC ONE M8 (bought from OPTUS) and it fails to connect to car bluetooth.

It works fine with myold S3. What gives? Is it hardware fault? :(
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vRS Carl:
Try Bluetooth phonebook app from the play store. I had a similar issue on my M7 and that solved it.

Sent by Chuck Norris
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ekinnee:
I had this issue and it was solved by a reboot of the phone. First 5 tries just would not connect.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] EpicSaga:
I didn't see any guides for rooting/flashing roms for the motorola photon q. Is it easy? I am used to using odin for my Epic 4G. I want to be sure before I use my upgrade with Sprint, thanks.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
So instead of Odin, you use RSD Lite and 'FXZ' files.

[05-08-2013] Photon Q FXZ

As for how to root, [CWM] 6.0.1.0 and how to root covers that nicely.

However, that version of CWM is a bit old, and won't flash KitKat ROM's - so go thru the unlock bootloader process and flash OpenRecovery or TWRP:

[recovery] TWRP 2.6.3.1

[25-11-2013] Photon Q Open Recovery 2.09
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] EpicSaga:
Thanks, but I'm still a bit confused. What are RSD Lite and 'FXZ' files? I clicked the first link that you posted,

"[05-08-2013] Photon Q FXZ" and clicked the "Download" hyperlink and downloaded Android 4.1.2

Blur_Version.98.10.5.XT897.Sprint.en.US. What is this? For rooting or unbricking? I tried the other links too, but I

didn't understand what they were about and got lost. Would you please explain it in more detail? Any idea when

CM11 Stable is going to be released?

Thanks.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] AndyYan:
You use Odin on a Samsung phone with a TAR file to return it to stock / unbrick.

You use RSD on a Motorola phone with a FXZ file to do the same.

CM usually releases their stable version when the next big Android version is released or is coming near. Thus, CM11 Stable is expected to be out in May~July (when the 4.4 cycle ends and Google announces next Android version + next Nexus devices).

Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM11
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
I said "instead of Odin"... I thought that would clue you in.

RSD Lite is like Odin. The FXZ files are complete stock backups - recovery, system, boot, everything completely stock. So yea, it's your way out if you do manage to do something wrong, or if you simply want to go back to a completely stock setup (again, including recovery).

CM11 is already pretty 'stable' although it's still in the "nightly" phase. I don't work for CM, nor do I dictate when they do their releases.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] chykan:
thanks for this
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] EpicSaga:
Thank you for those details. I haven't heard anything of Sprint releasing any more androids with qwerty keyboards. Maybe I should order one soon. I want Cyanogen Mod on it though. Are there any other Cyanogen Mod stable versions out now for the Photon Q? I've tried the 10.2 links but get an error. I've never had to unlock a bootloader before. Some of the possible results seem concerning. I don't want to ruin the phone.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] EpicSaga:
Thanks for the update on RSD Lite. I didn't see RSD Lite in your links though. Maybe I missed it. Would you mind shooting me the link? I found RSDLite5.6.rar here on XDA. Is RDSLite5.6.rar the best to use to flash a Cyanogenmod ROM?

AndyYan updated me on the availability of Cyanogenmod, I didn't know that the next Stable version of CM is usually released unitl after the the next android operating system is released. Will the Photon Q be able to get more CM updates after CM11? I heard that the Samsung Epic 4G won't be able to.

What is the unlock bootloader process? I tried some of the links but got an access denied page. Then I got something where I would have to agree to legal terms. https://motorola-global-portal.cust...e/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a/action/auth Is this really necessary?

Thank you
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] AndyYan:
You still didn't get it... RSD is for getting back to stock. To flash a custom ROM you would have to load a custom recovery via fastboot. And to actually use fastboot you need an unlocked bootloader. If you don't see a "WARNING - BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED" message when you power on your phone, yours is NOT unlocked and it's necessary to unlock it before you proceed.

As for continued CM support, one particular good thing about Photon Q is that it uses a Qualcomm MSM8960 CPU which is strongly supported by Qualcomm (and maybe Google - most current Nexus devices use them). Basically, this means we can get newer CM builds faster than those with obsolete CPUs, like Epic 4G's Samsung S5PC110 (I once had an Epic 4G too!).
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] EpicSaga:
I downloaded the zip file "adb_fastboot_and_other_tools", then I ran "adb-setup-1.2". It is the 15 seconds ADB installer version 1.2.. At the prompt that says "Do you want to install ADB and Fastboot? [Y/N]" I selected Y. Then it prompted me "Do you want to install device drivers? [Y/N]" I selcted Y. It took me to the device installation wizard. I clicked next and "The drivers were successfully installed on this computer." Google, Inc. (WinUSB)Android Usb Device Class (01/27/2014 9.0.0000.00000)" I clicked finish It installed the 64-bit driver.

Is there anything else I need to do to install fastboot or was this just the drivers for it?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] AndyYan:
I think instead of universal drivers like that, maybe you should go seek drivers specific drivers for Motorola phones or just for our model. I remembered installing a Motorola-specific driver before I could even do fastboot.

Of course I could be wrong - waiting on someone to proof or disproof that.

Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM11
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] EpicSaga:
Just ordered one

I ordered a Photon Q on Sunday and should have it by Wednesday. I need to have a hotspot on it so I can have internet. I currently use the

hotspot on my Samsung Epic 4G that I'll be replacing with my Photon Q for internet now. Are there any stable Cyanogenmod ROMS? If not what

is the most stable ROM? I'm used to using a guide and youtube videos from QBKing77 in order to root and flash CM on my Epic. Are there any

step by step guides and/or videos that anyone knows of? I need to flash a stable ROM, the most dependable, as soon as it comes in the mail.

Thanks
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] AndyYan:
Another former Epic 4G dude? Yeah :highfive:

Photon Q can initially be hard to deal with, but things will become very easy after you unlocked your bootloader. My Photon Q was bought unlocked so I don't know how to unlock it myself - just search it out - but after unlocking, just go to fastboot mode, flash in a custom recovery and you're ready to go for any custom ROMs you want. We have CM11, Carbon, many nice ROMs to try out. Personally, I always go for CM for the familiar layout/feeling.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] EpicSaga:
I have to find out how to unlock it. Is fastboot mode on the Photon Q kind of like download mode on the Epic?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] EpicSaga:
How do you unlock the bootloader? Is that what the ADT-bundle is for?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] AndyYan:
Different.

Photon Q also have a download mode, where you can use RSDLite to flash FXZ files, similar to how you use Odin to flash TAR files for Epic 4G.

Dunno. I reckon ADT bundle gets you the fastboot drivers.

Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM11
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] EpicSaga:
Phone arrived

I got my Photon Q today in the mail, but I haven't activated it yet. I need to know how to unlock it first. Would someone please tell me how to unlock it? Can you brick the phone by making a mistake during the unlocking process?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] comstyle:
just google "photon q bootloader unlock". there are some nice guides :D

Gesendet von meinem PHOTON Q mit Tapatalk
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/08/20/how-to-unlock-the-motorola-photon-q-bootloader/

Is the one I used. I don't think you can brick the phone attempting this, assuming you follow the directions. The only thing people seem to complain about is the code not working properly to unlock - copy/paste works best.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] EpicSaga:
Android SDK Managaer Log error

I opened the Android SDK Manager twice and the updates that it did said " failed to fetch" some files, then said that it was successful anyway. Does that mean that it downloaded what it needed and it is ok?

Fetching https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/addons_list-2.xml

Fetched Add-ons List successfully

Fetching URL: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository-9.xml

Done loading packages.

Fetching https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/addons_list-2.xml

Failed to fetch URL https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/addons_list-2.xml, reason: Connection to https://dl-ssl.google.com refused

Fetched Add-ons List successfully

Fetching URL: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository-9.xml

Failed to fetch URL https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository-9.xml, reason: HttpHostConnect Connection to https://dl-ssl.google.com refused

Done loading packages.

Thank you.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Not sure. If adb works, you're good. You can test with

adb devices

in a cmd prompt. You will see your device's serial number if everything is working correctly. Note - you need the 'adb' executable in your $PATH, otherwise you have to cd (change directory) to the folder where the 'adb' executable is.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] EpicSaga:
I think what happened was,I ran Spybot Search and Destroy and it found rootkits in the ADT Bundle. So I deleted the files that were listed as "invisible to win32" from the scan.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] EpicSaga:
I've never had to use the command prompt to root a phone before. I'm somewhat afraid to do it. I want to be sure of what I'm doing before I do it, but I don't know what the steps are in detail. I haven't activated the phone yet. I want to root it and flash a custom ROM on it right away so I have internet for my computer.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Go though the steps, let us know where you are stuck. I can't "guess" where you are in the process...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] EpicSaga:
Ok, thanks. I'll start this this weekend or sooner. I am concerned because I only have one phone, and I can't afford to have it go down.

Thank you.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] eigerzoom:
google doesn't claim windows 8/8.1 support for the sdk, but it worked for me

well the sdk wouldn't install, but fastboot works fine and well enough from the platform tools directory

just in case people were thwarted from using their win8.1 machine to do this

it works!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ~blitz~:
Unlocking Bootloader

I'm currently attempting the mod myself on my Photon Q and needed some help with this step. I would just post the links in here to make it easier, but due to the 10 post rule I can't, sorry :(

What you're going to do is type into google, Unlock Bootloader for Photon Q, and it should take you to the Motorola website. From there you will create your account, just sign in with any google account, once inside scroll down and it will ask you to input a specific code you find off your phone to request your "Unique ID" code for unlocking the phone. I had a LOT of issues, but I was simply not entering the information in correctly. Also there will be another website on google titled, How to: Unlock the Motorola Photon Q Bootloader | Droid Life, the website itself should be like...www droidlife.....something. He gives you great instructions on finding the code for requesting the UNLOCK code.

Here's a tip, once you drill down and find the code in the Command Prompt window, right click the title bar of the window, go down to edit, select Mark. This will allow you to Copy & Paste the code out the Command Prompt window EXACTLY as it is. And will make it SOO MUCH easier. I hope this helped you, it sure saved me
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Cheony81:
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/08/20/how-to-unlock-the-motorola-photon-q-bootloader/
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] decmac:
Have my XDA Neo for 2 months and I've finally settled on what apps I like and will use. Some I will install on my SD card and others in ROM. I was thinking of clearing the ext_rom2 partition which I've backed up and using this as my temp files location.

Would there be any problems to this? I would imagine performace would be the same as it's still part of the ROM.

And what would qualify to use this partition? I was thinking PIE cache and windows temp folders would def fall into this. Is there any other resources that use up ROM that I could place in here? I think it would make for easier management of my device!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Adamesto:
Hey all. I've had the Droid maxx since November but recently dropped it and cracked the screen. Unfortunately I can't afford a repair for a few weeks so I'm back on the og RAZR. Kinda missed this little guy haha. Anyways since I've been away from the rom life I was wondering if you could recommend any stables. Do we even have kit Kat for the RAZR?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tydiamond11:
Use slimkat 4 the one thing that does not work with it is wifi tether and that can be fixed by a file from cm11 I have it and jbx kernel 4/4 and it is working very good.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] intense21:
Can you post the fix for the wifi tetherm
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tydiamond11:
I can post it but the new slimkat is out and it fixes the issue.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] imucarmen:
I was going to post a similar thread because I've had an LG G2 since it came out and got used to the speed and smoothness of it and i recently broke it and now i'm using this and man it's sooooooooooo slow and laggy and annoying! I'm not trying to hate on the phone but after getting used to the g2 this is close to torture. My question would be what is the smoothest running rom that has tethering. I must have tethering because it's my only source for internet at home. I've run liquid smooth and carbon 4.4 because they are my favs and I ran those a lot of my G2 but they both lag and are slow. I'm hoping its just that 4.4 runs bad on this phone because the stock rom didn't seem to run as bad. I don't want ot use a stock based rom because I like all the features the AOSP based roms have. But if there is a good smooth running stock based rom then i'll go for it.

So I'm mainly looking for speed and smoothness and it must have tethering...battery life isn't important since I'm usually near a charger and I think this things battery is hopeless anyway. Any suggestions?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] msz006:
I have heard good things about Artmod V4.31 base on stock 4.1.2 been very stable...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] prashh17:
To all the devs out here, this is my humble request to all of you to please develop custom roms for xperia C.

We have successfully created recovery mode for the device and we are eagerly waiting for custom roms.. The device has locked bootloader..we can't help it much but as we have recovery installed we can do something for the device.. A request from all xperia c owners..

Regards.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kluteni:
So I am out far from home (Still domestic, US) without any real access to my personal computer. All I have is a personal laptop with horribly slow gov wifi. I purchased a Samsung S4 SPH L720 for sprint.. I thought since it had a sim card I could unlock the phone but I am having troubles going through the steps from this guide --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2530610 . I have since learned the ESN is locked for CDMA carriers, though luckily my carrier is ATT.. My download for the rooted ROM is ~7hrs. I was curious if this will domestically work with the 4g on ATT and if anyone has the info to input like this:

Name: T-Mobile

APN: epc.tmobile.com or fast.t-mobile.com (for LTE devices)

Proxy:

Port:

Username:

Password:

Server:

MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc

MMS proxy:

MMS port:

MMS protocol: WAP 2.0

MCC: 310

MNC: 260

Authentication type:

APN type: default,supl,admin,dun,mms

The OP has it for tmobile but nothing for ATT. Does anyone have any other info on any other guides to get this ATT unlock to work with the L720? I have searched everywhere and have not really come up with anything useful..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] daniel4653:
On T-Mobile it only gets edge not LTE so I doubt it will get LTE on ATT.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kluteni:
But you can confirm that this will work on ATT domestically?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] daniel4653:
It should. From what I saw right now by the bands the phone supports the phone should get 3G/HSPA+ on ATT on band 850 and MIGHT get LTE on 1800 band, not 100% sure.

---------- Post added at 10:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:03 PM ----------

And actually the guides title in fact says that it is also for ATT. This member got his phone unlocked using the thread and got SMS plus HSPA+ on ATT.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=51552695
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kluteni:
zs

Awesome.. also the guide I mentioned about will not pull up the CDMA screen needed to change some items. My phone is on 4.4.2 firmware.. do i need to downgrade firmwares?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] daniel4653:
For the domestic I believe you do. You may want to contact the member who I just linked you to. And ask him/her any further questions you have or if you run into any problems.