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[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlutoDelic:
Tough times. I am a Minix Neo X7 owner, and if it wasnt to freaktab.com, it would end up being a useless box. I use a KitKat rom which has really revolutionized my Minix but nevertheless, i want to extend and upgrade

BUT...i have conditions. For as why? cause ive seen various devices that amazed me in something, and totally destroyed it with something else. Let me explain myself...

Geniatech has a box that can fit a 2.5/3.5 HDD with a Sata 3 controller, and even has an eSata interface, want the drawback? It runs Android 2.3 :eek:

Ive seen devices with even analogue A/V output for old TV's (or ppl who prefer stereo over surround, like me), drawback, stupid manufacturers scared to release sources due to the competition in China not giving a damn of stealing.

not to mention rip offs, nearly all RK3188 use 802.11b/g/n chips. when you see 802.11n and no 802.11a, that means it is a draft 11n chip, DRAFT VERSION wifi chips, just amazing. Lately RK3188-T has been found, a locked CPU that does not offer more then 1.4ghz, yet they are sold as 1.6 ghz. and the best one, since we deal with unreleased sources, every time they release a new platform, the old one is totally ignored. At least phones are supported for up to 2-3 years, my Minix is not even a year old and as soon as X8 is out it will be forgotten. and we are talkin about Minix, the company that does the best community support, which is still BULL SH!T.

anyway, Fire TV is future proof as they have started on the right foot (especially by releasing sources), AMLogic just kicked RK3188 out of the game, nevertheless, RK3288 which is ringing the door bell is very powerful, featuring the best Mali GPU that seems to be used only by the RK3288 platform (something specifically done for RK, might end up causing headaches on the community) and even supports HDMI 2.0 which is a prerequisite if you are going for 4K.

This area of products is growing, and the manufacturers better listen to the feed back of the guinea pigs.

I would pay 200 Euros without hesitation if a device featured these as fundamental:

USB 3.0

Gigabit Ethernet

enough space to fit a 2.5" SSD or mSata/mPCIe so we can get rid of slow EMMCs

802.11 a/n/ac - b/g/n with at least 4 Antennas

i'd even go further with details such as dual hdmi/dp, or hdmi in (rk3288 has it), or multiple Ethernet ports. You'd have an Android Computer which acts as a HTPC and as a NAS as well and even as a Wireless Router and Switch.

PS, regarding the vega, s802 does not support DTS and DD, s802-h does, Minix X8 will be released with an elite version that beholds the new s802-h.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robclark:
well, if you are willing to make your own case, in return for having something that is completely unlocked ;)

http://www.inforcecomputing.com/product/moreinfo/ifc6410.html

(basically same chip as in firetv, but ddr3 vs lpddr2, plus sata and gigabit ethernet)

of course, you are then DIY on the software front.. shouldn't be much of a problem if you just wanted xbmc.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlutoDelic:
Snapdragon 600, same chip as the one in Galaxy S4, that is powerful. Unfortunately anything that as to do with coding and electronics is above my scope of knowledge :(, it does look quite good this one. Above that, i dont use XBMC tbh and i use it as a Desktop Replacement Tool in combination with a LED TV and a Logitech k400 keyboard. Of course i dont do desktop-class processing, but it is enough for my needs to explore the internet, basically a basic computer :).

ps, Fire TV has LPDDR2?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robclark:
well, fedora runs quite nicely on it: https://github.com/freedreno/freedreno/wiki/Fedora ;)

(as would, I imagine, ubuntu/debian/gentoo/etc..)

yeah, it has cell phone type low-power ddr stacked on top of the snapdragon 600, vs external DDR3 chips (which I assumed would be cheaper and sufficient since there isn't really a constraint on pcb size..)

but in the end, I guess the different memory won't make so much difference. The firetv does have larger emmc (iirc, ifc6410 was only 4G or 2G?), but that never bothered me as I just use a ssd harddrive anyways.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gmicalzoma:
Why FTV and Not a 802 device

I been using different boxes like the Matricon and RK3188 based ones. Rockchip suck at video but Amlogic excel at video playback. The problem is buggy firmware and that my friends is what makes or breaks a device. I was looking into an S802 but the only worthy one seems to be the upcoming Minix 8 with S802-H. One thing I like about the Roku and FTV is how well they behave and I don't miss the buggy Chinese devices' firmware.

I own a FTV (living room), a Roku and a Chromecast (bedroom, Roku for almost everything and the Chromecast to stream XBMC from android using Moliplayer and Y2Cast free app). Even though Roku have a dual core, it kicks any other box including the FTV at handling video and working with Plex. If there was XBMC for Roku I would considered it the perfect box.

The FTV handles video very well but the user interface is not as smooth as the Roku. Plex sucks on the FTV but XBMC works great (I'm on 13.1 RC-1). Instead of using Plex on FTV I now access my WD My Cloud storage using XBMC via SMB and it works like a charm.

So in short, I will keep my FTV as I'm very pleased with it specially because of XBMC, except if in the future there is an XBMC channel for Roku (doubt it) then I will trade my FTV for another Roku.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Airboner:
Greetings they will bring me galaxy s5 from fujairah,my bro said me that inside the phone writes ''american sim only''.

The person who sell it to my bro told him that with an adapter works for all countries (europe and non europe)

my question is: will it work with an adapter? :/

I am on Greece..

PS.dont ask about shops etc..my bro is travellings with cargo ships..
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Your brother will need to SIM Unlock the Galaxy S5 he is bringing to you for it to be able to work in your region.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Airboner:
sim unlock how?

the seller told him that with an adapter will work..

but here i asked some friends and told me that will not work..

btw i will go tomorrow to cosmote and ask them..
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
There is no SIM "adapter" that will make a phone work in different regions.

Maybe he was talking about the outlet plug in the wall for power?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Airboner:
no he didnt tell to my bro about plug power..

he told him about sim adapter

i searched it and i find this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-in-1-Na...170?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item417f57de22

there is sim adapter..

but dude what do y mean with sim unlock?what i have to do?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Those SIM adapters change the physical size of the SIM card to fit in different devices, and have no effect on network compatibility.

Google SIM unlocking Galaxy S5, and you'll get much more information than what I can give you.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cherrytontonne:
As far as I know, Samsung reacted to the outcry against region locking by not really region locking them - the just need to be first used (I guess activated, so to speak) with a sim from the original region. After doing that, you should be able to use them with any sim. At least that's what it says on the side of my box (this is an S5 bought in Germany though, US carriers may have locked their phones down)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Airboner:
and if you dont have a sim of original region? :P

ok i will search it,meanwhile i will go to cosmote and ask them wtf is going with locks..
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Airboner:
i asked on samsung hellas and they told me that it cant be unlock cauze is non europe..

and its has region lock..

so my question is..here in xda forum is there any app so we cant unlock facking phone on our region?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
No. You'll have to activate the phone with a SIM card from the carrier it was purchased from, and make a 5 minute phone call. After that, it is ABLE to be region unlocked. You'll then need to contact the original carrier and request an unlock code.

There are some websites that will sell you unlock codes, but 1. They won't work unless you activate on the original carrier and make a 5 minute call

2. I have no idea of the legitimacy of some unlock websites.

I've heard good things about many of those sites, but I've never used one myself so I can't vouch for their validity.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koyanishi:
First off, where did your brother get the phone?

In he got it in the United States, then the phone is

not

region locked but it would probably be

carrier locked

(unless it is from Verizon).

If he got it from the European Economic group then it is region locked and it has to be activated first in the original region and then can be used anywhere.

Good luck to you
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Airboner:
my bro works on cargo ships as 2nd captain.

he was on fujairah and he bought it but when he opened the device he saw that the back of the phone writes ''american sim only''

..

yesterday he told me that he put on galaxy s5 greek sim from iphone and it worked perfect..

so i guess that the seller he done all the job before he sell it ;)

btw today i will have news cauze its returned his home :D
[Android General] perpe:
One little note:

fastboot flash update <name-of-the.zip> only works with the 4.2.2 fastboot. On 4.3 it only works with small zips, like the fake update.zip for root.

The easiest way to update is to place the update zip on to the internal storage and select the triangle from the notification bar to start the update process. (it's the same way like with the root zip)
[Android General] boomer2hand:
cantdownload

Cant download 2nd link
[Android General] Silencer1981:
Beware

Hey Guys, after I applied these "updates" and checked root (positive) I installed the Xposedframework , when I rebooted my Memo , it does not get much further then the ASUS logo and never-ending busy circle. I will attempt a factory reset, and let you all know.

Just posting this message to make sure you have your backup done as mentioned in the first post. It could be painful otherwise!
[Android General] zeroplay:
Hi

can u help me root asus zenfone 5 ?

or tell me how to make a update ota zip flashable to flashed on stock recovery..

thx for reply me...:)
[Android General] zurke:
Hi all. Thanks for the great post. This forum helps a lot who would other wise be lost.

I am a bit confused about the methods posted in the opening post. The first method explains DL the files and install from internal storage which seems simple enough. But then I scrolled down to see the second method via fastboot.

I would prefer to use the first method as it appears simple as I have said. But unsure which I should use.

Also how can I backup without root access?

Thanks for your help

Mode l# ME302C

Firmware version: 51.31

Android Version: 4.2.2

Build # US_EPAD-4.6.2-20130815

Edit: I jumped in and used the procedure described in "For those of you who are not rooted "(or the second method of the first 2). It worked. My memopad is now rooted and appears to be operating fine. Thank you to the author of this post.
[Android General] Asus302c:
help needed

Why can't I get the magic yellow triangle? Somebody please help me.

Here are my screen shots from my google+, please remove the blank space at the beginning of the address:

ht tps://plus.google.com/106139843999975472357/posts/818h3Tbagkm

ht tps://plus.google.com/106139843999975472357/posts/Z6J5iTEPswP
[Android General] zhanx:
Try plugging it into a computer or rebooting.
[Android General] Polarbert:
Would installing the latest version of the firmware get rid of the root access? V5.0.19 is the latest, from the end of May. http://usterki.hobby-elektronika.eu/biazet.html
[Android General] Jepediah:
Yes and you risk to get big trouble if SuperSU survival mode is active. For save updating you have to remove root first.

Gesendet von meinem ME302C mit Tapatalk
[Android General] robertkjr3d:
I just wanted to say:

I got the Memo Pad FHD 10: It lagged in slowness a bit in a few well known apps. Also when browsing the internet. Also the kicker for knowing I had to 'Root' was certain apps use the 'System font' for Chinese-Pinyin display. Asus-Memo Factory-font does not display accented characters well. But the standard setting do not allow adjustment to the System-font.

Your Easy instructions under: 'For those who are not rooted'... Were simple. I downloaded the two files... 5.0.16 (Although: Note I needed to rename, the 5.016, to exactly match what you said. The filename was slightly different.)

I was a little scared, even though I had already upgraded the firmware of my Tablet to 51.31, but another poster had that number as well, so I decided to boldly press-on.

Then I put the 5.017 and boom... and installed the SuperSU file as instructed... and a way I went! Thanx! Thankx! :good: I put on HiFonts and found a font that was suitable for the system. The pad is also now so much snappier!!! I hope that doesn't mean the battery is now going to drain at an alarming rate. I haven't tested that yet. :;)
[Android General] robertkjr3d:
GPS Working 5017

Is anyone else having an issue with the GPS on the device on 5016 rooted with the 5017 using the 'intrepid' link above. A favorite app we use: 'Copilot', does not get past "determining position". I'm speaking of when the device does not have an internet connection.

The app I speak about is designed to work without only the GPS available. But since I'm on an odd build, instead of checking with the problems on those ends. I figured, I worry first about the build itself.
[Android General] Polarbert:
I know this may be quite an old thread, but I've stupidly updated my fathers tablet to 5.0.21, and in the process lost root. Is there any trouble with following this method to get back to 5.0.17 and rooting the tablet? After updating I saw no difference, and thus no need to lose root access.

http://www.gory.pun.pl/viewforum.php?id=5

Is there an alternative to getting root? I've tried towel root and framaroot but neither of these worked.
[Android General] tdamocles:
To this day this tablet has treated me well...Is there any kitkat roms floating around the web for this tablet?
[Android General] snukysad:
asus memo pad me302c stuck on boot screen

Hi guys! I`m new on the forum so i don`t know if this is the right place to ask... I have this Tablet stuck on boot screen and i tried every solution i found on internet but nothing seems to make it work... Can someone give me a clue about what can i do? Thank you!
[Android General] _MsG_:
I have the same problem. I have this in DroidBoot:

IFWI Version: 51.33

Serial_num: 11111111111111

Product: WW_EPAD

I've tried to flash many files, flashed earlier fastboot versions, but I'm totally stuck here :(
[Android General] Michel551813:
What works depends on what you were doing before this issue appeared.

If you can read German, you can check:

http://www.android-hilfe.de/thema/a...k-asus-memo-pad-fhd-10-ab-android-4-3.528918/

I'd recommend trying the RAW update.
[Android General] robertkjr3d:
Ok now I have the same problem with everyone having this tablet. Many of the apps have been upgraded in the world, but no longer support Android 4.3 anymore. We need at least 5.0 to work. And I can find no custom-roms. At first search I thought one was available, but then found it was not for the ME302C. The 'C' version is the intel chip. We need a wizard to create a rom.
[Android General] Zephead:
How did you get the bootloader unlocked to be able to install a custom recovery and then a ROM to begin with? I chatted with Asus support just now and they said that for the ME302C they never made an unlock tool which I don't believe. I have an ME301T and they made the tool for it and I was able to unlock the bootloader, root and custom ROM. I was going to root my friend's ME302C but without being able to unlock the bootloader to install a custom ROM I don't see the point. Thanks in advance!
[Android General] Donphillipe:
Asus ME302KL will this be the same process?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whoareyou:
Ok, I want to get an M8 but I love the built in beats equalizer on the m7, if someone could test anything for me that would be awesome,

Adb pull /system/customize/ACC/default.xml

Open it in notepad++

Scroll to the bottom and change these two lines:

Original:

<item type="boolean" name="support_beats_audio">false</item>

<item type="boolean" name="support_boomsound_effect">true</item>

To say

Edited:

<item type="boolean" name="support_beats_audio">true</item>

<item type="boolean" name="support_boomsound_effect">false</item>

And tell me if you notice any difference when toggling beats in settings while playing a song.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Majik Mushroomz:
I changed mine to true for both... let's you toggle between the two on the fly... it adds the option to enable beats in the settings menu... so it's there and works wonderfully....

As far as a difference between the two... i noticed no difference while playing through the phone speakers, but when plugged into headphones/aux jack there is a slight variation... still weighing which I prefer personally...
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flayzeraynx:
since i am at the office i can't try speakers but it definitely makes a difference on headphones
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grentuu:
Did it but mine has a different outcome. (This is with both set to true)

On internal speakers it won't let me toggle as it states, 'BOOMSOUND CAN'T BE TURNED OFF WHEN USING INTERNAL SPEAKERS.' It does still allow me to turn BEATS on or off at the same tme as having BOOMSOUND enabled. (Absolutely no difference in quality)

This changes when I plug headphones in as it allows me toggle on the fly as posted previously. Have to say not a lot between them but thats probably more to do with the buds I am using (HTC supplied with phone)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewnelson:
great help for me.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whoareyou:
when testing on my m7 running an m8 rom, i had tp disable boomsound by setting it to falsemin order to hear a difference with beats turned on.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suprtrukr425:
Just install Viper4Android. It is by far the best audio mod / equalizer I have seen on Android. It has so many advanced options to fully customize the sound to your personal preference. You will need root / busybox / kernel with write protection turned off to install the drivers though.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shkshbz:
hello guys, actually i am facing an problem, only the top speaker is working for me. the bottom one is not working no idea y, when i am trying to change sound settings it says BOOMSOUND CAN'T BE TURNED OFF WHEN USING INTERNAL SPEAKER. what should i do i even done the formating thing but no use.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Berylbala:
I've searched the forums and tried many different options for hours !!

So , I bought an Xperia S on an auction for fairly cheap.

Went home , wanted to enjoy my new smartphone but when I connected it to the wall charger I got a solid red light.(Instantly)

Never had a Xperia before so didn't know this was a problem , after few hours I disconnected it and connected it to my pc.

Still solid red light but now after a few minutes it would go away. Then after hours of searching I tried some methods.

So when it was connected to my pc and the red light would go away , I pressed Vol + & Power , I got a few red flashes and after that 1 buzz and after 3 buzzes.

After the 3 buzzes I released all buttons and the led would be off. Tried it again then , still no led , after a few times the led just turned solid red again.

Got myself flashtool and stock tft File.

Now this tricked worked for me so far , to get it in flashmode , I removed the battery ( Btw also tried to jump start it with a cut usb chord, got little response from it ) and after

I would put it back and apply the rubber band to the Vol - button. After then connecting the usb it would give me a solid red again but after like 10 mins it becomes green.

With flashtool set up , I did this trick and was able to flash the phone to stock.

From what I've read , you should then plug it out of your pc , press the power button once ( it would vibrate once ,but gives no response after that ) and then plug it into a wall charger.

Now I did that and this time it took a few seconds for the led time to turn red . I went to sleep , and when i woke up the led was off , till now it is.

Ow , I never got a sony logo or a charging logo. Only time I saw something ( Little white light ) on the screen is after I jumpstarted/charged my battery with cut off usb chord.

Few questions,

Should I let it sit in the charger now , and for how long ? And what am I waiting for , the solid red to come back again or ?

Is it possible that there's some hardware malfunction , cause I seem to get leds and response from resetting. In other words , is my phone still safeable?

Should I try to get a new battery or will the same problem persist with it?

I'm not far away from throwing it out the window , but I still believe in this little fella :cowboy:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] WarSupport:
Hi...I had a very similar problem with my Xperia T. Tried everything I possibly could to get the phone going,with no success. So I bought a new battery.Put it on the charger for a few hours and used Sony Update Service to repair my Xperia T. Than put it on the charger and finally after a few minutes my charging light for the first time in months went from red to orange to green.

So I would purchase a battery before you give up. You can get them very cheap on Ebay. It's at least worth a shot for the cheap price. Good Luck.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
Red Led hmm

Download drivers for Xperia S

download flashtool (done)

download stock FTF (6.2.B.1.96 i think)

hold volume up and power untill it buzzed 3 times

(dont have plugged in)

use flashtool to flash the FTF you have downloaded (google)

(flashmode is volume down while plugging into PC)

also ensure the wipe data cache and dalvik options are all ticked (if there then tick it)

once its done flashing (it should say) unplug it and hold power to turn on

if this does not work you have a hardware fault with the device any you need to send to a sony repair centre
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Berylbala:
Hi , thanks for the response , but I did all this , except that i can't hold down volume up and power without plugging in.

I got the phone from an auction , so I'm thinking that it probably had been laying there for quite the time. It was also an auction for stuff that wasn't picked up from the lost & found of the airport.That only increases the chance I think , that the battery just died.

I think i'm gonna make this final offer and buy an official sony battery for my device.

If this will not work , I'll give up , and I can't take it to a Sony Repair Centre cause I don't have any kind of ticket ,

and I bet it will cost more then instead of buying a new phone.

Let's hope for this battery to work :good::good::good:

I'll keep posted here about what happend then for other people with the same issue :cool: