yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobobop:
Is there a way to add gmail, stock email, or some other email app in Ultra power saving mode?

I can use Internet app to access mail over web, but I'd like to use real mail client.

Thanks.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donk165:
Im currently on Ultimate PureXSP v2.1 and I was wondering if KitKat was much of an improvement over stock 4.3, are there any ROMs which work on LB and are based on 4.4?

If not, ill probably unlock my bootloader, just hope Bravia2 and X Reality still work without DRM?

Thanks, donk165
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlocK240:
There are no KK roms for a locked SP as of yet. Bravia2 and X-Reality will not work by default on an unlocked bootloader, but you may find various ports flashable via CWM which will restore this ability to you. Do make sure you make a TA partition backup.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain Sweatpants:
The problem as it stands is lb must use the stock kernel and is therefore limited to 4.3 if Sony release 4.4 for the SP then we will see kit kat ROMs for lb

Programming is a race between engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UltraWelfare:
What he said(What the hell about programming race o.O?)...

Locked bootloader stricts us to only the stock kernel whilst unlocked bootloader allows you to change it ^_^
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain Sweatpants:
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[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain Sweatpants:
I stand corrected cm11 and slimkat have both been made to run on the 4.3 kernel
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swizzy88:
Is there a kernel for aosp yet that supports over clocking and real control over governors? All ive found are a couple of TW kernels. I'm used to alucard kernel with stweaks on my S4 and I can't find anything similar, although I know S4 and my tab have totally different hardware.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] z3atl:
All -

I am on dev rom 4.4.2. Was trying to use the default mail app to write an email. When I tried to attach a file I diwnloaded to local storage, the default file picker popped up. But it would not let me browse by directories but by recent, type, favorite etc. The question is which app will mark a recent document and where would you tag favorite document? Thanks...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] callmechewy:
From what I've seen (via Google), it's not possible to customize the names of contacts once they have a G+ account linked.

Does anyone know if there has been a patch or workaround for allowing this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gargantuantua:
My girlfriends phone has been running liquid smooth for a long time. Last night the battery died and when she plugged it in and turned it on it stays at the liquid smooth boot screen. It wont go any further then that. The volume up key also does not work so I don't know how to get into recovery. What should I do?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
Is the volume up button broke or stuck compressed? If it is broke you could go into download mode and flash 4.1.2 so she has a working phone. If its compressed you could try the wack method to uncompress the button.

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Wait you need volume up to confirm download mode never mind.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gargantuantua:
yeah, i cant get into recovery or download mode because of the vol button. I just read about usb jigs. They force it into download mode? Do you think that would work? i don't know what else could if not .
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
I just watched a YouTube video to see if it asks for confirmation. He used a jig marketed for the s2 on the s3 and it went straight to a flash able state (no volume confirmation). So it looks like a good option for you. I think you can buy them for under a buck and if memory serves me you can make it out of a old cable and a resistor.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikeman513:
This update is becoming like the Sasquatch. Plenty of rumors, but nothing for months. Just around the time the update was first rumored, heartbleed was found, and this update has gone past all rumored dates which is rare. What do you think?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Nope. It's easy enough for them to fix.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bozzykid:
4.4.2 was not affected by heartbleed. And Sprint announced the release date of 4.4.3 after heartbleed was announced publicly. So, no, I don't think it has anything to do with it. For all we know, 4.4.3 is right on schedule.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
just like every other update. and it going past all rumored dates.. again, just like every other update. rumors are rumors, nothing else. they arent based on anything factual, just what people THINK will happen. only google knows when the update will come, no one else.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxys:
Should Be FedEx to XDA soon...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badboy47:
I prefer amazon drone.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j'vai:
google updated openssl on the 9th -

http://http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2014/04/google-services-updated-to-address.html

yet again, -

"Android

All versions of Android are immune to CVE-2014-0160 (with the limited exception of Android 4.1.1; patching information for Android 4.1.1 is being distributed to Android partners)."

android is, linux at it's *heart* afterall, lol
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pikachukaki:
I dont think we will see 4.4.3 soon...i think they release it close to their I/O and then wait for 4.5/5.0 version!!!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j'vai:
lol.. that's my prediction also..

way too much time has passed for a measly 4.4.3 bump, to think or expect that this far in the timeline, is sleeping on google's development team;

i think their working in over drive, to bring a 4.5 to fruition for the nexus 5, not to supersede a 5.0 i/o, & nexus 6,

THEN bring the 5.0 update to the nexus 5 afterwards..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pasat:
Hello, since im new to this forum, i would like to say that im happy i joined u comunity :)

Sorry for my bad english, im not native english speaker :)

I got a question, about our old good phone, is there an option to dual boot a 2 kitkat roms?

i aint found any clear instructions how to do it, which could help me. I already got flashed a cyanfox 2.0.2 KK rom, and i really would like to give a try to PA [paranoid android]. My question is: am i able to flash PA as secend rom with out losing any data from my cyanfox rom? Which kernel can i flash, so both roms will be working smoothly? Im not so experienced but with some clues i can do this, so might u help me folks? :highfive:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pasat:
bump

BUMP guess :good: :good:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Do not bump threads after 2 hrs :-|| This isn't your personal tech support hotline. Once after 24 hrs only.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] banjara:
All your questions are answered here already. As everyone suggests on xda, please use the power of search first.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2637582

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] Michael_P:
Anyone recommend any good standard size batteries with the same or better capacity than genuine?
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] Jacob2kD:
i ordered this one http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JB5OGWS/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 it shipped today i'll post results once i receive :good:
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] likwaiw:
I used to vuy replacement battery on batterybay.net
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] Michael_P:
You could never fit a 4300mah cell into a standard S5 sized battery... And I've learned that the more the battery exaggerates the worse the quality and capacity actually is, So if I was you I wouldn't risk damaging your spanking new S5 with a cheap Chinese battery that could damage your phone.

And that's why I'm looking for a reputable brand like Anker, which I would get except they don't make S5 batteries.
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] Hellscythe:
How come he has gotten significantly better battery life then? It is also very possible because Lenovo managed to fit a 4000mah battery into one of their devices. If the battery were to be physically larger, then some sh1t would have to be done to the internals to save space. If I recall correctly he got 6hours + screen time and still had 40 percent left. Also it's cheap because their profit margins aren't as large as samsung, where they charge like 40 dollars for a standard size battery. If you also search MPJ batteries you will also see that they have gotten positive outcomes. Don't be so blinded by high price and a more "well known" company.
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] Michael_P:
Sorry but it is just physically impossible to fit a 50% bigger cell into a battery shell that Samsung already kept as small as possible to keep the phone small, So maybe at a stretch someone could fit a 3000mah cell in, but any more than that and you need a double battery with new back cover to fit.
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] Hermosa:
I would recommend you to buy those batteries on Amazon.There you can get high-quality batteries with awesome delivery speed and excellent customer service.
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] John822:
I had an extra battery for my S2(amazon), but my S5 has great battery life, so I don't think I need it

Watch out for cheap external chargers, It killed my batteries for my S2 way too soon.
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] bervin:
You are so ignorant with absolutely no technical know how. Please go to AndroidCentral and **** there. Don't expect to come here and be taught everything

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Go for ZEROLEMON! no doubt ever
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] Hellscythe:
Nope. If someone with a 4300mah battery achieves more battery life than stock battery, it means it has a higher capacity, is there something you don't understand?
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] heffe2001:
I think what he's saying is, there's no way to squeeze 4300mah into the space a 2800mah battery occupies, there's just physically not enough room for that much capacity in that small a space. While it may indeed have a larger capacity than the OEM battery, I'm also of the opinion that it's nowhere near 4300mah.

Also, read the reviews on that battery since it was originally posted, gets 2 stars out of 5 now, mostly due to capacity complaints.
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] eatonjb:
I'll assume that you might be able to get a few more mAh out of a battery if you possibly remove the NFC chip from the battery to add a tad more size to it. How much really, not much I will assume.

also, getting more time out of a battery could have to do with the Kernel learning more about you and itself, etc. etc.

there are SOOOOO many factors to battery life, that really the only way to do it is on a bench with a real tester.
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] Elite49:
I just want a 4300 Mah battery, or a bigger one than stock that is legit that adds a little bit of bulk but not some absurd level like 6000+.
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] Heavy Metal:
How about one like the 4300 or even a 5600, but same size as stock now I would like that, we're I can keep same case ect...

SAMSUNG-SM-G900A, with 128gb SD & Rooted.
[General Questions and Answers] bendy46:
I have a P8800 Bassoon Phablet that arrived from China with 3/4 of the memory filled with Chinese characters. I've tried deleting everything I could, including factory reset. I still can't download any of my apps or access the internet. Could someone please help?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Surgemidnight13:
I have a Sph-L900 Sprint Galaxy Note 2. About a month ago the device started acting up Saying it couldn't connect to my Samsung Account, and the only way I was able to fix it was a factory reset. That soon turned into not being able to connect to my Google account and knox issues where something was trying to access my device administrator, and the only fix was to keep updating the samsung security police. The device began shutting off and restarting about two to three times a day with the same error notifications popping up on start up. I kept doing a factory reset in order to get ride of the issues but would reappear shortly after.

I have never tried to root my phone because I wanted to wait for my contract to be up before messing around with it.The most I have done is install a few 3rd party apps and use the google launcher apk as my everyday launcher. Eventually because it keep restarting so often I thought I would try to put cyanogenmod on it using the installer app.Unfortunately it kept saying it couldn't communicate with my device and had to abandon that option. A few hours later the phone restarted again but this time became stuck on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 logo on start up. I tried to another factory reset hoping that would fix it but this is what happened

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The whole thing is in red and keeps saying error and fail.

I have no idea what the issue being a noob, but started looking through forums and posts hoping to get an answer. I thought trying to reload the stock rom might be my best bet and started looking into how to unbrick the phone on youtube and forums.

I downloaded Odin and tried [ROM][ODIN]SPH-L900 MK4 (MK4 Modem/Kernel/Bootloader/ROM - Full Restore - Unrooted), Galaxynote2root.com, and QBking77 methods and files for putting factory stock rom back on the phone. I spent all day trying each one only to get "nand write start fail" when trying each tar file on odin.

I wanted to see if someone might actually be able to explain to me the exact issue and hopefully a possible solution.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] doubledragon5:
Not sure what the issue is, but if your not rooted you can not use method you tried.. If you can get back into your phone, root it using the toolkit found here. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1957155 it will install a custom recovery for you during the process. once done you can us the restore method you tried.. You might want to also, uninstall all the apps you have installed one at a time, until you find the one, that might be given you the problem..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Surgemidnight13:
Thanks for replying, unfortunately I'm not able to get into my phone as it is just stuck on the Galaxy note 2 logo image on start up. Someone on the google+ community said that it could of happened from the 4.1 to 4.3 update. I guess my best bet is to go to the Samsung kios at Best Buy and see if they can reflash my phone. If I do get it up and running I will install a custom recovery like you mentioned.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ColeTrain!:
Can you reboot and hold the power, home button, & up arrow to get into download mode?

If you can, flash things from there. Odin. I would do the billiard back to stock. Or possibly try the philz recovery.

Please let us know what happens.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Surgemidnight13:
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This is the best I can do with what I have to show you the process. I'm using this download SPH-L900_MK4_Full Restore_UNROOTED one click process as an example. It happens when I use the regular versions of oden and add the tar. files where it says PDA. I have used several versions like Sammobile that people have recommended, but In the end it always says Fail

I tried using the billiard one but since it's set up for twrp I'm not sure how to istall it with odin on the PC
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ColeTrain!:
I don't know. I'm just guessing. I'm not an expert. Post in the billiards forum.

I guess i would go to my "prepatory" thread and try flashing a new recovery. I guess try TWRP first. Then try the billiard back to stock. If still no. Try philz and then back to stock. I can't promise anything, but that is my advice.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] doubledragon5:
That is a very old version of Odin I might add. Download and use Odin 3.07. When using make sure you right click and choose run as administrator. Flash philz 6.0.7.9 do a full wipe reboot into recovery then flash billards return to full stock with counter reset, you should not have any issues..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ColeTrain!:
Hey. If i knew the answer i would tell you. Lol. I'm sorry that i don't. But you need to get something going through odin. Something is messed up on your phone and you need to replace it with something works. If you can't get Anything to flash from odin.... Well i can't imagine what else there would be to do. Except take it in for a replacement.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] coolwater22:
Sorry to hear this. I remember bricking my phone and was really scared as I did not want to go to the sprint store and go through all that nonsense. I hope you get it up and running. I know someone in this awesome community will help u out.

Wish I could help.

What version of odin are you using?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tx_dbs_tx:
Let's see if this helps.

First download this Toolkit. It's an awesome tool. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1957155

(you will need to read those instructions for drivers install etc)

There really should be no reason why you can't simply reboot your phone into download mode and flash it back to stock. Just make sure you enable usb debugging mode within developer options BEFOREyou begin.

If you want a custom ROM right away, use the toolkit to root and install custom bootloader and recovery, then flash the ROM from recovery per usual.

From that point you can either flash a stock unrooted MK4 ROM or a stock rooted ROM or you can go with a custom rooted ROM. You will need to decide what you want right now.

If you want to stay on a stock unrooted MK4 ROM then you can go ahead and download this stock MC2 with flash count reset. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2086769 then once that completes you can simply let the OTA update your phone to MK4 and that will put you back at stock MK4.

You can also just flash the stock MK4 ROM via this page. Follow the instructions. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2591898
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nsouth:
See the example hierarchy attached. There is a flow up and down. Using the app would go something like this:

Select Team 1 on the Home activity --> Activity A inflates based on the selection.

Select Player 2 on Activity A --> Activity B inflates based on the selection.

Select to Add a Stat on Activity B --> Activity C inflates and allows a stat to be added.

User returns to Activity B, which must maintain the Player 2 context and update based on C.

User returns to Activity A, which must maintain the Team 1 context and updated based on B.

User returns to Home, which must update based on A.

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My question is how to update an activity based on its child while maintaining the context supplied by its parent.

For example, let's focus on Activity B. It knows to inflate for Player 1 because this info was passed from Activity A in an intent.

If I were to go to Activity C and press Back, B wouldn't update.

If I were to go to C and press Up, B would crash because it would try to make a new instance and wouldn't know what player to inflate (defined in onCreate()).

I tried declaring B with a "singleTop" launchMode, but then it just restarts and doesn't update based on C's info. Based on my limited experience/research, I see the following options.

Store an Activity's inflater variables as static (so they won't be "lost" when creating a new instance)

Initiate my view inflation (via Fragment) in the Activity's onStart() method so that it would refresh when Restarting. (Would this help? What about the fact that all of my inflation happens inside of a fragment? I fear the Lifecycle gods.)

I'm new to a lot of this and would appreciate any help. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bphillips35131:
Anyone know what the "misc files" might be and why it's so large/what do i do to fix it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gr8nole:
That's because 4.2.2 and higher Android versions use a new folder structure (because of multi-user) which places data in a '0' folder but on 4.1.2 there was no 0 folder, so the problem is that all the data from 4.1.2 is somewhere on your internal memory. Check the data/media folder for duplicates of what is in the data/media/0 folder.

Sent from my SCH-I605
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cappa72:
Dear Owners,

I did some tricks for the HTM A6(W) MT6572 phone, which has got only ex4 system, cache, data partitions (eMMC memory type).

Please NOTE that these written things are related only HTM A6W, which has got MT6572 platform with EXT4 system partitions.

You need to know that some of the

HTM A6 contains ubifs

file system, which is complety different from this one.

Applying these files for other than HTM A6W phone can cause serious damage in the phone (brick)

Before you did any modification on your phone, DO a complete system backup!

These tricks are:

Rooting is really smooth and easy with the help of framaroot.

CWM recovery 6.0.1.2, originally compiled by Bruno Martins, modified by me, with the help of Maste Shifu bgcmgn’s MTKTools.

Link: CWM 6.0.1.2

md5sum: 3d847d2ed1d5fa3dbacd0aa860c5874d

You can install it via Mobileuncletools or with Flashtool (advanced users also can use dd command via adb)

Modifications:

- /etc/fstab.recovery is modified as per dumchar_info file

- the default.prop file was modified from stock recovery from HTM A6W

- the default curtaing.png was modified with text

- the init.usb.rc was copied from stock boot.img of HTM A6W

Repartition to 3GB data partition

I calculated the maximum size of the /data partition and reduced the internal SD card to the minimum size.

This action is also known as „repartition” or „extended userdata partition modification”.

This is about the modified content of the EBR1 file.

The modified ebr1 file link: ebr1

md5sum: 6b7f46b79f43979df7ddc7f4a11a26ba

If you do not know what it is about, please do not use it!

In the attached picture you can see that the displayed storage size in the settings menu is fake...

What I mean: using the settings --> storage menu item, the data partition is displayed as 4,12GB ;) which is impossible, but if you use the settings --> applications menuitem, you can see the real value: 3GB. And this is true, it is really 3GB (As I mentioned I calculated it, and I was really surprised that this is the reality. Usually MT6572-based phones’ /data partition can be extended to about 2.5-2.6GB, but it is 3GB.

How to apply the change?

There are many ways to flash the ebr1 file.

1, Flashtool, with marking only the ebr1 part for download.

2, dd command, if your phone is rooted. Save the new ebr1 file (named as EBR1-almost-max-v1) to the following directory: /storage/sdcard0 ; You need to have acces to the adb terminal. In theminal, use the following commands.

su -

dd if=/storage/sdcard0/EBR1-almost-max-v1 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=1024 seek=512

- If your phone is rooted: with the help of MTKDroidTools (thanks to rua1).

- If your phone is not rooted: with the help of flashtool.

- CWM backup is also a must before any additional modification.

Finally, I cannot take any responsibility if you damage your phone by using the tricks above.

It worked for me.

This phone was mine only for some days.

Credits:

Base of the CWM – bgcmgn

MTKTools scripts for porting CWM – bgcngm

ebr1 calculation for this phone - cappa72 (me)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plutonio:
It works for me

hello, just want to let you know that your tricks work on my HTM A6(W) that I bought last week. I had to work through the problem of correctly installing and using the utilities you mentioned, because I'm not used to them, but all went smooth.

Just a question: is there any drawback with the current internal storage partitions? what about the 0Mb for internal SD?

Francesco from Italy