yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] time4fun:
I thought, for some reason, you needed root access for the PIA app. I could be completely wrong.

Another option, follow this guide.

www[dot]privateinternetaccess[dot]com [forward-slash] pages/client-support/#android_ipsec_l2tp
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Danzoman:
Oh I'm full s-off.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] time4fun:
Oh ok. Did you try my second option?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Danzoman:
I'll have to fiddle with that tonight when can get to the computer and look at their settings. I subscribe to the app and reinstalled it and it doesn't ask for root.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] netboy3:
I've got two VPN's i'm using regularly. I use the native IPSEC VPN, and use OpenVPN via a static openvpn binary, busybox and the OpenVPN Settings app. Both are working very well. Running on s-offed/rooted stock.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Danzoman:
I'm a little new to vpns but can read and follow a few directions. Can you either pm myself or post here a link on something I can read up on this so I understand before I do it. Thanks a lot.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harkis123:
Hey , so my digitizer / lcd is broken , no response to touches . Now I want to buy a new screen. Where is the cheapest place to get it? I am living in Europe.
[Xperia Z2 General] zzcool:
Considering i am reaching the end and completion of my dream phone i thought i'd share it here, I am not sure if I shared this particular one before but it's the concept I was most happy about.

Demonstrating the experimental light stripe idea and slightly rounder corners

It would have a 4.7 inch 1080p jdi oled panel with white magic and feature my virtual bezel idea where it adds dead space top the screen in landscape to be able to hold it easier the sony logo would be part of the screen, it would also inbuilt fingerprint reader in the panel, a snapdragon 805 processor and 4 gb of ram, battery would be 3500 mah.

It would come with either 32 or 64 gb inbuilt storage and a micro SD slot aswell as an ir blaster, it would also have dual sim or a dual sim version.

Another unsure idea for it is my light stripe idea around the entire phone

Build would be a black zero gap uni body, same metal as the frame of the z ultra, it would wrap around the entire phone the frame would be the body, making only the front accessible to the inside.

What's left now for my dream phone is the unrealistic ideas, like a metal plate placed ontop of a oled screen that would have invisible microscopic holes for the screen to shine through resulting in the picture showing on metal instead of glass, Similar to the flip cases with holes on just much much smaller and invisible holes, the idea of well hope, is that the screen can show properly through the metal with no signs of any pattern or hole it should also be able to fill the entire screen space with a solid color without anything in the way black should also show as a solid black color without anything in the way.

The ui itself would be floating icons on metal no wallpaper no underlay just buttons and icons just appearing on metal similar to samsung ultra power saving mode but instead of black glass it's pure metal, it would eliminate the smudge and fingerprint problems once and for all.

So far it's just a fantasy idea i also thought of transparent metal if it can retain it's original metal look when the screen isn't shining through

It would basically be a solid steel metal phone metal on both sides.

Another idea is an inbuilt flip cover with visible holes with a ui you can use through, only need for the full screen would be for media, if you don't mind using the ui with holes.

Well that's all for now I think as far as realism goes my dream phone is finnished please note the lines for the frontfacing speakers may come from a different concept, i don't remember which though.
[Xperia Z2 General] kingrion88:
Thumbs up for the effort but 1 out of 10 for the result. All I can say, that design just doesn't justify the premium feel on sony flagship or its beauty. Tbh, I hate thick bezel but I certainly like a thin bezel compared to bezel-less device.

Specs wise, max ram for 32-bit is 3gb. Snapdragon 805 falls under 32-bit thus it is most likely to be 3gb ram. Correct me if i'm wrong.
[Xperia Z2 General] zzcool:
Yeah this concept is not very realistic and certainly not for everyone, but it was made with my taste in mind.

The slightly curved version was made as people told me to make the corners rounder.

But yeah this is my dream phone what i would change is the front metal idea.
[Xperia Z2 General] krabappel2548:
I don't really like it, bezels are too thin for me lol (I like Z2 design it's good, not too much bezel in my opinion)

Anyway I'd rather see S810 then 805, also 4GB won't be necessary. What I'd rather have is RAW support for camera to have uncompressed pics from 21MP or maybe better camera. I'm 99% sure the current cam takes magnificent pics for a phone if we could see the RAW pics. Let's hope Google implements full RAW support soon :)
[Xperia Z2 General] Jiyeon90:
Bezels are too thin, it makes it look kinda ugly, besides your fingers would accidentally be pressing the screen all the time, in my opinion the bezels on the Xperia zl are perfect

Sent from my Xperia Z1
[Xperia Z2 General] CHUPACAPRA71:
The bezels are the gab between screen and frame?! Right? What you mean is something different.
[Xperia Z2 General] NaimC:
That would be insanely uncomfortable and unwieldily. Some bezel on a phone actually helps in ergonomics and edge to edge screen handing.
[Xperia Z2 General] BLiapis:
they need to add infrared port on the phone asap. i cant understand why they skip it every new model.
[Xperia Z2 General] zzcool:
Like I said in the post it would have something I call virtual bezel, you could control it at will ultra thin in portrait thicker in landscape the beauty with oled is that when it shows black it's off so you would basically add dead space too the screen, and it would look like it's not part of the screen.
[Xperia Z2 General] zzcool:
But I agree the bottom one is ugly it's the top one I like as you can see it has a thicker Bezel though it really doesn't as you can see the Sony logo is glowing because it's part of the screen, Bezel has no meaning if it's virtual you could have it as thin or thick you want it would act and look like there's no screen where it's black, or at least that's the idea, the idea is that you can't tell where the screen ends, it would look identical too an actual Bezel.

So when you watch a movie where you don't have to hold the phone, you can take advantage of the entire screen space.

It's all up to you how much bezel you want and when you want it.

This is a slightly altered version of my dream phone concept
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blue2s:
Hello everyone. Week ago I've became a happy user of Xperia Z1, and one of first things, that I've tested is a screen mirroring, as i have a TV which supports miracast and has an option to Enable\Disable DRM support. It worked flawlessly. Yes, there was a lag up to 500ms, but for me that's OK. Then i've updated firmware to 4.4.2 and lost ability to stream phone's screen on TV. Changed many firmwares, including customs, but no luck. Connection dialog opens both on TV and Z1, but terminates automatically with message, that TV does not support HDCP. I can stream audio\video\photo via WiFi, but not phone's screen. As i understand, HDCP is a protection, wich allows to run DRM-encrypted media. And my TV should be able (and surely was able) to stream it. Just tested same feature on Xperia C with my TV, it works. Have anyone seen such problem, or knows a way to disable HDCP on Z1?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
I imagine you have unlocked your bootloader?

I am not 100% sure but you said the connection depends on DRM keys; you lose these when you unlock the bootloader.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blue2s:
Nice one, but miss. My bootloader never changed, as i used only firmwares, not kernels. And first mirroring didn't asked for keys or something, only permitting dialog on TV screen.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eclyptos:
Your are not sure about that but this make me think, are we able to connect with UB anyway?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Well I am at a loss.

I just a MHL to HDMI cable to mirror the screen on the TV and it works fine.

Sorry I cant help more
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blue2s:
MHL fork for me too, but it's really more comfortable when there's only phone in your hands and picture is on big screen.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eclyptos:
True. I will be glad if someone know how to fix it so I will know more about it and maybe I will test ti too to understand if that working on UB.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kram.flores:
I had the same issue before, on my SAMSUNG SMART TV with my XPERIA Z1, the solution, I just updated the TV's firmware and there you go, screen mirroring worked!

I'm on STOCK KK .757 by the way.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QualQuek:
http://userguide.sonymobile.com/referrer.php?region=gb&product=xperia-z1#Screen-mirroring.html

Prefer the DLNA and the Throw system or use a MHL to HDMI cable

The HDCP is just painfull and broken.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blue2s:
Yes, tried that too. My Phillips TV found and installed update, Samsung TV found nothing. But nothing changed, Phillips shows in connections menu, Samsung not (i think Samsung TV simply does not supports miracast)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blue2s:
Just found pack of patches for other android phones, which fixes screen mirroring. It's said, that screen mirroring stops working after rooting, and patch disables HDCP completely. There's a patch for Snapdragon 800, which i just applied, and got a confirmation, that it's working, but with opposite effect- screen mirroring service stops with error. So all we need now is to change patch (file /system/vendor/lib/libwfdsm.so) for xperia (and maybe some others) devices. Or it's pretty possible that screen mirroring will work if we just replace current libwfdsm.so with an older version, which surely works. I'm ready to run experiments on my Z1, just need that file from older firmware.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gitaroo:
any update from this issue? I got the same probably after 4.4.4 update.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CharlesG70:
I have a Z1 and am having the same HDCP issue with a brand new Microsoft Miracast dongle.

According to the Sony support forum, Sony has updated to the "Latest" version of the HDCP standard and all these other devices are on an old version.

Sony is paranoid that we are all going to steel their content. Apparently they don't realize that this lack of compatibility only hurts hones customers,

the thieves already know how to get around these systems.

If anyone has older software I would love to try the option above.

I hate having to open the USB port every time I get into my car, I just want to cast the screen to my AppRadio. Sony should have made the magnetic charge port also support magnetic MHL out.

Apparently 5.0 will solve this but for now we are all stuck on 4.4.4 or older.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IJPI:
No updates to this? Im trying to get this working with xbox one, but that same error screen popping up...stock lollipop z1 compact
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xgerryx:
I connect my phone to my deck via bluetooth for music. When the car is off and I walk away, every time I get or make a call the phone interface is still on the bluetooth car mode. This means that its automatically on speaker phone and the screen does not turn off when you put the phone to your ear. For the love of god I have no idea why anyone thinks its a good idea to have annoying features like this that seem impossible to turn off (car mode cannot be "turned off" like other stock apps) and then prevent us from getting root to get rid of this crap.

I would like some help on this though. How to keep bluetooth on and not have it automatically go into a car mode phone interface. Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xgerryx:
I still haven't figured out what this is after about a 35 minute round of google searches. The screen I'm seeing is one with huge buttons that are comprised of "end call" bluetooth" and "speaker". Can't bring up number pad either. I can SS if needed.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xgerryx:
This is what the screens look like. This isn't the normal S5 calling screens, right? Still trying to figure this out.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamiekuhn:
Started happening to me. I turned on car mode, went to settings, unchecked to automatically start when connected to Bluetooth, and turned car mode off. Solved the problem for me.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revolvermd:
Thank you sooooo much!!! I've been trying so hard to figure out how to disable that Bluetooth feature for months!!! :good:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kill.i.an:
Hey guys. I'm having a frustrating problem with my Galaxy S5 that I haven't been able to find answers for anywhere. I'm thinking about just wiping it and starting again, but I thought I'd ask around here first.

Every time I restart or reboot my Galaxy S5 (usually after the battery has died), it wipes data from certain apps. S Health appears to be the main one –*I literally have to set it up again every time – but I've also noticed it has previously logged me out of apps like CloudMagic, BaconReader, and Dropbox.

Any ideas as to what might be causing this?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radicalisto:
Something is obviously buggy, I'd suggest a hard reset (factory) and see if that fixes it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
I kept getting this with s-health. Thought I was going mad. Then after a while it just stopped happening. Very strange.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kill.i.an:
Yeah, was thinking that. Just wanted to check there wasn't a quick fix before I wiped.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] jackeagle:
Yup u r right ... Always in bootsamsungloop.qmg u have to use the PNG of the folder were loop is 0 in desc.text file of u r boot animation.zip...:D:thumbup:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Stephen88:
Hi mate there is a way to add more of 255 images on .qmg file?
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Aeyan Ashraf:
yes . More than 255 images can also be added.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Stephen88:
how???
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Aeyan Ashraf:
just select all and then move them to the place in STD where the frames are shown . Or If u can't do it . send me the bootanimation . I will do it 4 u .

Don't forget to press the thanks button If I helped you !!!!!
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Trach:
Awesome guide.Simple with pictures made it very easy for me to create bootanimation.Thanks a lot [MENTION=5216756]jackeagle[/MENTION]

Sent from Planet Phaser
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Stephen88:
thanks, I need this boot animation for Galaxy S4, but with Samsung theme designer I can't add more of 255 images on a single animation.

I hope you can create a normal boot animation without loop if possible

here the link -> https://mega.co.nz/#!dgxwXCBB!if8kvMKh3gWMWfaD4w9Y4JYGWt_UtyNg2qJfMLw-UT8
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Aeyan Ashraf:
Hello . I just want to tell u that it's not possible to create a bootanimation without loop bcoz it will make ur phone go to bootloop . You will get soft bricked without bootsamsungloop.qmg .
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Stephen88:
ok so the solution is only one, my boot animation have 498 image, if you can create bootsamsung.qmg with 497 images and bootsamsungloop.qmg with only one last image in loop, can you do this?
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Aeyan Ashraf:
Why did you have such a long bootanimation . A short one would be more good . But I will try my best to do it .
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Stephen88:
it's long yes but very nice. can you also set frame speed of 30fps? I think the value on samsung theme designer it's 33 (1000/30=33,3333 etc.)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] freecore.mc:
download broken

hi the download for samsung theme designer is broken

at least it doesnt work for me...

can some1 upload it or tell me a alternative???
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Axel Schweiß:
Look here please :) developer.samsung.com/bada-themes/tools-sdks/Samsung-Theme-Designer-2-0-4

Please note, this is the latest version and it's obsolete ;)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] RychFlow16:
how to change boot time?

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how to change boot time?
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] hackarchive:
[MENTION=5216756]jackeagle[/MENTION] How can I get the resolution right? I did this but it looks stretched out and not good on my Galaxy S7.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Ray_Rzior:
I've got this dude but sth goes wrong,I created mine and do as you told, however,it didn't show anything,Will resolution caused some problem?My phone is just prime,g6100 1920*1080:confused:
[Sony Xperia M] ansebovi:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2721266 see here ...

http://d-h.st/qZQ

k guys i managed to get it work on XM dual[4.3]

use titanium backup and integrate the update of google play service to system[so that disabling service wont remove the update]

open settings/all apps/google play service then disable it...now open camera..it will open ...

other gapps wont work till u enable again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrgZMS4LClY

see here proof

and after taking blur shot

see here for more amazing effect of ur pic

http://depthy.stamina.pl/
[Sony Xperia M] haresh311999:
Awesome Bro was only waiting for this..:)
[Sony Xperia M] paper13579:
That didn't work
[Sony Xperia M] itsnie:
Not work for me guy's..

I'am follow your instrucsion and then i reboot my XMS, then i open google camera but FC.. :confused:

Sory i'am really bad engelish :D
[Sony Xperia M] ansebovi:
guys k atleast try this...unistall app settings

use titanium backup and integrate the update of google play service to system[so that disabling service wont remove the update]

open settings/all apps/google play service then disable it...now open camera..it will open ...then again goto settings/all app/google play service enable it...

for me this is also working...i removed app settings...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrgZMS4LClY

see here proof

and NOTE:i m using modded google play store
[Sony Xperia M] paper13579:
What is a modded google playstore?
[Sony Xperia M] ansebovi:
to ignore checking of license for games,apps...paid apps can be used//[some apps downloaded from outside still needs license verfication..to undo it we need modded playstore..]

i think its not needed/...try integrate the update of google play service...then disable it...open camera...now enable that again..
[Sony Xperia M] paper13579:
I integrated google play services to my system. I then disabled it from the settings. When i do this, the camera runs fine. I close the camera and enable google play services. When i opwn camera again i get an FC. So it is still not working :(
[Sony Xperia M] ansebovi:
so its modded google play store is helping me ...i think...
[Sony Xperia M] paper13579:
I don't think i should go that far, dont wanna make a mistake, then might have to reflash 4.3. I didn't really wanna get this camera app anyway, just wanted to help a brother out:D:p:D:p
[Sony Xperia M] AlanVenu:
Worked for me without the modded Play store.

Steps i followed:

Installed the camera app (Will FC if you open it now)

Then Open Titanium Backup > Batch Actions > Integrate updates of system apps into Roms > Select Google Play Services.

The camera app worked after i integrated the google play services.
[Sony Xperia M] paper13579:
That didn't help me. That's strange
[Sony Xperia M] kaaka.93:
plz provide this blue coloured xperia theme which u have attached screenshots

:):):):)..
[Sony Xperia M] ansebovi:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2606315
[Sony Xperia M] kaaka.93:
Thanxxxxxx......))))):)):good:
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slackerz_86:
Hi guys here.... i just got myself a z1 compact with .757 firmware. Can someone tell me how to root it? On my z1 previiusly was much more easier but my z1 compact is causing me headache. I tried to read the tuto available but none seems to actually be for .757.... anyone?
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Look in the General section - [GUIDE] Update firmware with locked bootloader & root (14.3.A.0.757)
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] munch77:
This guide to root.....(keeping bootloader locked)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2634196

You have to downgrade z1c first (steps 1-8), then you can change steps 9 and 12 for the latest .757 fw from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2688933
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slackerz_86:
So basically how do i do if i want to use my own FTF for steps 9 and 12?
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slackerz_86:
Anyone? Is there any way which i can create my own .757 nosystem.ftf and system.flashable.ftf instead of using those in tutorials?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] peterbutler19:
All

I've installed and run the pda_all_unlock-v1.3_211 but it doesn't seem to have worked on my xda2i. I ran it from file explorer and I got the message "phone successfully unlocked see xdadev_all_unlock.log file for details" So I think it's worked but when I tried another SIM I got an invalid SIM message.

Any thoughts assistace gratefully accepted.

Pete
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] bob60626:
I currently have a Note 2 on an unlimited family plan add-a-line, a Samsung 7.0+ on a 3 gig, $10 data plan that the store rep ASSURES me is grandfathered, and an AT&T Nokia 520 (best $40 phone ever!) as a backup. I'd like to add a bigger data enabled tablet into the mix but I'm undecided whether to get a 5100 to occasionally swap my phone sim into OR an AT&T model to replace the 7.0+ on the data line. I've also considered the international Tab 3 8.0 (T311) instead of the 5100.

I live in Chicago, a strong LTE and 1900 city (AWS HSPA seems to be getting worse though). I've also considered a Nexus 7 LTE thorough T-Mobile (Wi-Fi price!) but don't think it'd be a huge improvement for the money spent over what I already have. Roms and development don't matter much to me, just root for Adaway, Cerberus, and some de-bloating. I'm also not a gamer beyond Tetris. The S-pen is handy for the basketball leagues I work but I think I could work around that. I average 10 gigs a month, almost all through Netflix.

5100's and T311's are hard to find used and are running about 400 and 320 respectively new on Amazon. Used AT&T Note 8's are much more common and seem to go for around 250 on Swappa, often with a case.

I've also read that T-Mobile seems to view the AT&T Note 8 as a phone though it doesn't make cellular calls (does it have sms ability? I really like that option on my 7.0+) and the 5100 as either a phone or tablet.

Any thoughts on battery life as a phone or anything else about my idea? I've had a hard time finding battery stats on specifically the cellular models; my Note 2 has spoiled me!

If I do get one of the voice enabled tablets I could see going between just that and Nokia (as a compact option, also much easier to swap sims than with my Defender wrapped Note 2!) and not having a data only line.

/ramble :)
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] djfmf:
i have an at&t i467 on tmobile with the 200mb for life plan. i've made phone calls with talkatone at the time and have used it with sms. i just finally got a phone recently so i dont dwell on my note 8.0 much. i'm too busy on my ipad mini lte and nexus 7 lte also on tmobile network. i have quite a bit of electronic devices, lol.