yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 5 Themes and Apps] Looking Glass:
a bit of research.....

imho USA providers take a lot of effort to crap your terminals with unneeded SW while locking many features. Users learn this the hard way..... maybe a more in depth research before buying would help.

And of course.... this fórum can make the difference once you already jumped into a new terminal: rooting, unlocking, flasing ROMs... is all a click away from your fingers once you learn a bit. I'll take this way rather tan calling Customer Service....

Regards.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] fkofilee:
So I trust Vodafone UK again to supply me with what I would consider a decent Tablet blah blah...

Oh look, The bootloader cant be unlocked... again!... :sigh:

Ive lost the will to care with Sony & Vodafone...
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] tumpin:
So annoying that the phone networks play about with devices. I bought mine outright for these reasons. From now on I buy my phones and tablets away from the mobile network. I put them on a credit card and pay it off. That's all you end up doing anyway through the contract. Its not worth being tied in to a contract anymore.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] fkofilee:
Problem is that most carriers do it with a Data Plan and Included SIM...

I prefer the 4G flexibility / 3G / GSM Radio options because I can sit on a bus and just listen to the world go by while accessing the net.

I prefer to remove Ads on a device and thats the main issue that I need root for.

But then again for Warranty purposes for those "Special Golden Monkeys" they need to lock it down, but I know what im doing, Ive been head high in designing my own personal custom ROMs for over 4 years with over 40 devices... Cumon Guys!
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] tumpin:
I have a sim only plan with Three. Its 10Gb of 4G for 15 quid a mont.h. Its a one mnth rolling contract so free to end it at anytime. Its a good deal!

Im still deciding whether to root yet. I hear rooting will wipe out some of the Sony stuff and I actually quite like what they have done. This is the first stock rom I dnt mind sticking with. But root would be nice for a few things though..
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] fkofilee:
See If i could unlock my Sony Tab, i would MAYBE think about H3G but their service is crap! :(

Well i can unlock my sony tab, just depends how much i want to pay Hehe.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtnmeow:
Hey guys,

Stock rooted 4.4.2 on VZW here. I'm having a persistent echo in Hangouts and Skype, but not speakerphone.

I did not have this issue with 4.2.2 stock rooted and I did a full wipe with this current rom. I have looked all over, and seen some reports, but no solutions. However, I have a hard time believing that such a big problem has such little attention. Stock KK T-mobile G2 has the same problem.

Does anyone NOT have this issue? Any suggestions?

Thanks!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtnmeow:
Bump for visibility..
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcteun:
Same problem. D801 I have tried every flavor of 4.4 ROM with stock and custom kernels I can find. Great battery life and performance, video call echo 100% of the time. I have gone back to 4.2.2 and no echo at all. Has anyone tried 20D? Any patches or apps that help? Thanks
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtnmeow:
I'm still having this issue with no resolution in sight. Does everyone have this issue or is it just us?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hashoom:
same problem i having very sad :(
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3ceratops:
I have the exact same issue with LG G2 4.4.2. :rolleyes: Help!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OverDub:
Please ignore this, everything has been fixed, issue from my volume button which I fixed and was able to access recovery mode.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wioleta1501:
Dear Members!

I extend to you a request to write a program for WP and Android. The main objective of this program would be able to handle the projects carried out in Prophio / Scratch and use them by using the keyboard or the "control panel" corresponding to the keys that can be set in the program and connect to the robot via bluetooth. If someone is willing to do it or help please write, I will give more details. If you do it in English I can translate to Polish (my language).
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masshuu89:
I have an S4 Mini (SCH-1435) and I've started having issues where I can't get the phone to turn on past the S4 Mini logo. I'm still under warranty, so I don't mind getting a replacement or getting it fixed, but I have some photos that I never backed up that I'd like to try and get off of it first. Unfortunately I never got an external SD card for the phone, so they're all saved on the internal storage.

I've tried to boot it to Recovery Mode, and I got it there one time (I was afraid to try anything without looking into it more though) and now I can't even get it to go to that. It just flashes a message that (I believe) reads:

MMC: mmc read fail

movinand checksum confirmation fail

I can get it into Download mode, though. I've heard that there's a way to use Odin from there and your PC to flash something on without losing your data (like the photos), but I'd like to keep my warranty through Verizon (or Samsung, I'm not sure which it's really through).

Thanks in advance for any help or alternate suggestions!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maroine80:
S4 mini Stuck on ODIN Mode.Need Access to Internal Storage

Hi All,

I tried to update my samsung S4 mini GT-I9195 and for some reason it is now stuck on "ODIN Mode Downloading do not turn off" I spoke to my operator and they are going to collect the phone for repair. My question is: Is there a way I could get access my internal storage to back up my stuff before sending the phone back? Any help is highly appreciated.

Thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilviuMik:
No, u can`t .

All i can think off is getting CWM/TWRP and boot into that and mount USB storage. But that will void warranty in some cases ...

And if your phone is so damaged ... i am afraid u can`t even flash that
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fburgos:
If your downlad screen is free of the word knox you flash a custom recovery and try what silviumik said
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maroine80:
Thank you for your reply. I'm just gonna have to send it off as it is.
[Android General] StariX37:
I m gonna give it a try :thumbup:
[Android General] Theworld2020:
Where is the link dude....?
[Android General] ravijani:
awesome video on play store.. like this app.

here's link :

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vivoti.phogy
[Android General] starbase64:
Hi,

here is dropbox folder with my phogy´s > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4dj5i7sy3a3eas6/iOVKQHNPQ4

regards

starbase64
[Android General] wearingblack90:
How can I use pro version.I tap buy pro,phogy do force close
[Android General] starbase64:
Hi,

no problems here, already bought pro version.

regards

Starbase64
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phoneluv:
Hello everyone,

I recently bought S5 model 900F on Amazon (US) (3rd party seller), which unfortunately turned out to be a cloned phone! A side note, within the first hour of use, the phone just died on me with 40% battery and would not turn back on. Luckily with that experience, I am getting a full refund based on "defective" unit and not have to go through the whole ordeal why it's a "cloned" phone.

This gave me quite a scare about buying another S5 on amazon and am asking you guys if you know of places or insight where I can buy the 900F (the international version) as they claim it to be with the capability of 4G and not the 900H. I'm looking specifically for this model because I have relocated to Europe and am visiting the US for vacation (2 weeks).

Now, I just saw that Google may be releasing the Google Play edition for the S5 but that is still TBA.....so that phone would be much preferable but I have a feeling the sales will begin after I leave.

Anyways guys, thanks in advance!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] jasonmoe:
if i got a hold of one would i be able to use it with cingular in the usa.

Thanks JM
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] rkorzuch:
Yes, The TyTN works fine on Cingular's network
[Nexus 4 General] junglebungle:
Well I am back again with another Nexus 4! I can't help but love this phone so fricken much!! I was going to go for the Nexus 5 but managed to get a 16gb n4 for £70 good condition and one of those carbon skins on the back, looks nice!

Time to root and install some good stuff!

Pointless thread I know but hey... :)
[Nexus 4 General] Sobaro:
Me too man , i am fu**cking addicted to this phone . i gave it once to my GF and i couldnt sleep so i called her and asked her to give it back to me after buying iphone 5 for her. very funny man :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
[Nexus 4 General] BassBlaster:
Nexus 4 forever :victory:
[Nexus 4 General] Mashed_Potatoes:
Lol you are crazy....N4 isn't that good. it has good things but it has drawbacks too

S4 + AOSP = ;)
[Nexus 4 General] AntiBillOS:
I too own Nexus 4 16gb, but i think its trash. I think iPhone 5C 32gb that I also own is mutch better.
[Nexus 4 General] Almayce:
Well then gtfo, mate! This is n4 forum. You can diss the Nexus but compare it to iPhone and say that it's better.... Maaan, you're asking for troublez!
[Nexus 4 General] S.A.J.J.A.D:
Oh man ...

Nexus 4 is always alive
[Nexus 4 General] failly:
"Trash" is a rather big word.
[Nexus 4 General] AntiBillOS:
But where is problem? Why i can't hate this trash (Nexus 4)?
[Nexus 4 General] junglebungle:
You hate it that much you felt the need to troll a n4 forum.
[Nexus 4 General] BigDig:
S4??? Really??? I hope it's a joke
[Nexus 4 General] Mashed_Potatoes:
Oh quit being a Nexus fanboy. The S4 eats the N4 with TouchWiz and with AOSP

S4 + AOSP = You get the hardware of Samsung (8-cores, OLED, 13MP + good sensor) + AOSP from Nexus 4.
[Nexus 4 General] BigDig:
S4 is nothing but cheap, ugly, Chinese plastic toy...
[Nexus 4 General] Mashed_Potatoes:
You have never held an S4.....btw my Nexus 4 makes a clicking sound when i press the plastic at the USB port. So much about quality.

You are just ignorant.
[Nexus 4 General] kingstark666:
Mine has 4-cores... :)
[Nexus 4 General] BigDig:
I had S4....but it's just a plastic cheap toy. It's good for kids though, to watch cartoons
[Nexus 4 General] Mashed_Potatoes:
Why do I even bother with a fanboy, Nexus fanboy - iPhone fanboy it's all the same xD
[Nexus 4 General] forever_lol:
I must agree with you. Fanboism is equally strong here as among iphoners. I understand that people are satisfied with their devices but making them cult objects is just sick.

I don't think I am gonna replace my N4 anytime soon. I am still happy with it... but to those saying that samsung is cheap plastic...well I wish my N4 had this cheap plastic back instead of its "premium glass".
[Nexus 4 General] Nicolae-Daniel:
Mod,close this thread,please. :)
[Nexus 4 General] Juanito216:
If the OP likes his phone then good for him(or her). There's reason to like this phone. Why try to rain on his(or her) parade? Pride is a ridiculous thing. The Nexus 4 isn't perfect, but it's far from being trash. I could could call iPhones trash too, because I don't like them, but i'll refrain from that. Anyways, the Nexus 4 is a good phone. It's my daily device. Still powerful and gets the job done. I kinda agree with rather having the plastic back. I got this phone with a busted back and I replaced it with a new one. Some owners might share a certain fear of breaking the back. In this case it was form > function. Imo hardware wise, Samsung does function > form well, better than most, if not all large oems. When it comes to Android OEM, I don't think i'm a fanboy of any oem. Whatever works for me, and does what I want to do with it.
[Nexus 4 General] wulsic:
i believed it was korean right?

But the S4 is especially expensive because of the brand just like iphones.

Till now the best phone for this time looks for me the one plus one with cyanogenmod cause its an Powerfull device but the screen is too big if it was also 4,7 or 5 inch instead of 5,5 then it would be awesome. and its only 269Euro :eek:
[Nexus 4 General] AntiBillOS:
But sosung is realy s**t. I even not try say you about galaxy's design, coz you know that they not have it.
[Nexus 4 General] wolfen69:
3rd Nexus 4? Wow, you must really like it. Never had the pleasure of using one, but I have the Nexus 5 now. If money was no issue, I'd actually like to get all of the nexus phones just for the heck of it. Looking at the N4's specs, it seems like it's still a very good phone. Enjoy it.
[Nexus 4 General] Juanito216:
I was thinking about getting a Nexus One. Yup, the 4 handles everything I throw at it. Its not the most powerful anymore, but its not a weak phone at all. Until I switched to MIUI it was doing well under clocked to 1ghz for battery life. If only doing normal tasks, the extra clock speed isn't really needed.
[Xperia Z2 General] Len_TAb:
Just noticed this:

http://store.sony.ca/xperia-z2-zid3...artphone?vva_ColorCode=000000&_t=pfm=category

It does not mention 4K video recording, and the box apparently does not include MDR-NC31EM headset.

I just wonder if they forgot to mention the 4K video recording, or if there is a change in the hardware.
[Xperia Z2 General] Len_TAb:
To open that link from a mobile phone: http://m.store.sony.ca/en/products/31-Z2GENERIC~
[Xperia Z2 General] dwoodwar:
Does seem to be mentioned under the features section though
[Xperia Z2 General] kbadone:
That's weird! 4K is one their biggest highlight for this phone, how is it not listed?!
[Xperia Z2 General] unmaskedfalesh:
http://www.sonymobile.com/ca-en/products/phones/xperia-z2/specifications/#tabs

here it clearly says 4K is there....get it from store do not buy online if you not sure and u will find 4K logo at back of retail box and noise cancelling at front...if they are not there sony might have removed them
[Xperia Z2 General] Len_TAb:
Well, from what I see on this page (the link in the first message) at least, it seems to me that Sony has decided to retract their claim about the "coolness" of 4K video recording to some degree, and remove it from the front page so to speak. They do not want people to focus on 4K anymore because (let's face it!) the 4k video recording is more or less a 'problem' the way it is right now. You can use it only for a few minutes (usually around 5-6 minutes), and the phone gets hot as you are recording in 4k, and the camera stops after that. This whole thing does not sound like a cool advertisement aspect for Z2.

My suggestion to Sony: to make up for this, it is better to include the noise cancelling earbuds in the package; this way Z2 buyers would feel more like forgiving you for the video recording problems.

By the way, I personally do not consider this as a major flaw in Z2. The 4K technology is kind of new and it needs time to be perfectly functional in mobile phones for long periods of time. Nevertheless, this certainly is a problem for Sony because they first claimed something, and then (it seems to me that) they retracted their claim to some degree. This kind of behaviour makes customers unhappy; so to make them happy again, in my opinion Sony should go the extra mile and offer something more in terms of hardware (and not just software).
[Xperia Z2 General] Raggi01:
http://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Products/Sony-Xperia-Z2

This is from a mobile company in Canada. 4k is available.
[Xperia Z2 General] Gitaroo:
Sony store told me unlocked version of z2 won't be available until July, anyone preorder their phone?
[Xperia Z2 General] fkofilee:
He has a fair point, listed underneath the full spec... 1080p Video Recording...
[Xperia Z2 General] Len_TAb:
The thing is that it seems to me that Canada Sony page has been designed in a way that it kind of "hides" the 4K video recording capability of the Xperia Z2 phone, which means Sony (or at least Sony Canada) is kind of ashamed of this capability of this phone!

You find nothing directly about 4K on this page; there is a small section about Features on the right side of this page after you scroll down the page, and there you find a list of features, and the third link says this: "Videos four times sharper than Full HD", and only when you click on this link, a very small window opens up in which it mentions 4K video. It is interesting that even in this small window, it says that you can "...relive that special moment..." which to my ears means that the 4K video is only good for a few moments!

[The Canadian laws for consumer protection are somehow different from other countries and one possibility for this weird behaviour of Sony Canada might be that it has something to do with a fear of being sued by customers.]

Whatever is the reason, the end result is that Sony does not want to talk about 4K anymore.

**********

Bell is a phone company in Canada and they are going to offer Z2 with a 2 years contract. Bell wants to sell the phones for its own financial gain and so Bell does not care if the camera has a problem or not as it is not going to be Bell's problem. That is why Bell mentions 4K video recording as the very first feature of Z2 on the very top of its web page about Z2 whereas Sony Canada (which offers the unlocked version of the phone) hides this feature on the first page of its web page about Z2 and only when you click on a link (among many other links) it says something about moments of 4K recording.

**********

The "official" video recording specification of Z2, according to Sony Canada, is "1080 p" which you can find at the bottom of the Sony Canada page. This means that either Sony lied when they advertised the phone as a 4K video recording device, or if we want to be overly optimistic, they did a terrible mistake by introducing Z2 as a 4K video recording device.

By the way, it is not our duty as the customers of Sony products to put our detective hats on and inspect every single link in a product's webpage to find a hidden window which mentions a watered down version of a feature that once was considered as the very first and the very best feature of Z2.
[Xperia Z2 General] BULL3TPR00F:
I can CONFIRM that the Bell Z2 is NOT BOOTLOADER UNLOCKABLE (it is locked down by Bell, which i never understood why since SONY LETS YOU DO IT!), and also the phone DOES NOT come with the nice MDR noise cancelling headphones (only some ****ty old school looking earbuds, not even the in ear kind).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rootpooty:
I had a razr maxx and I could connect to wifi at work with the password. Then I could not get on any longer. All it would say is obtaining ip address and never obtain it. Now I upgraded to a note 3 from verizon and was able to access work wifi again but only for about a month then it seems like im blocked again. They have to be doing this from the wifi mac address right?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
The guys that run tech support at your work would be able to answer this much better than we could. A lot of it depends on what kind of encryption they use and what protocols they have set up for permission and all that.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rootpooty:
if i take my kindle fire hd to work i can connect to the wifi. keep in mind all 3 devices i have been connecting to with the same password. I asked a coworker who works in sales and brings his personal tablet with him and he said he had to provide the address so they wouldnt block him. its either the ip address or mac address
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
That should be the Mac address then. It's typically pretty easy to see what device is connected in the router settings page and usually displayed by Mac.

Perhaps something of this sort might work if that is the case?

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-s/general/update-18-05-13-spoof-wifi-mac-address-t1385577
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] supremekizzle:
My tablet is getting pretty warm on KitKat. How can I find out what's causing the CPU to always run hard?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] GalaxyNotesTx:
betterbatterystats or Wavelock detector from the app store,.....
[Asus Transformer TF701] MilesWilford:
I got my tablet just the other day and was really looking forward to using it.

I fiddled with the stock for a few seconds, but coming from a TF101 with 4.4 through KatKiss, there was no way I was going to deal with all the ugly ASUS UI and - more importantly - the lack of immersive mode. So right away, I downloaded CROMBi-kk (the release on 4/30 - it was quite nice seeing a ROM updated the very day I decided to install it) and set about getting to work.

I went with a pretty lightweight install. Mostly default settings/Nexus-like stock stuff, turned off most of the tweaks and didn't have it install almost any apps by default. Worked great for the first day. But I was having an issue with Google Calendar simply not having a sync adapter under my account settings, and rather than try and repair it I thought I'd first try re-flashing with Google Calendar installed in AROMA.

Ever since, no matter what I do, if I leave my tablet to idle it will freeze. It takes very little idle time - I'd estimate around 30-40s. So long as I keep touching and pressing buttons, it will keep running great, but once I set it down it freezes and can only be affected by holding the power to force a reboot. Whatever the image on the screen was will sit there doing nothing, and stay that way no matter how long I leave it.

I tried changing the kernel with the CROMBi-kk's installer. It tried the CM11 nightly, as well. Nothing I do is affecting the issue.

Right now, I'm trying to put on CROMi-X 6.1 to see if downgrading from KitKat fixes the issue, but this is very frustrating - it was working just fine before with just a calendar issue!

Didn't see any similar issues. Anyone have any ideas for what I can try? I didn't even make a nandroid of the first working install of CROMBi-kk because it was less than 12 hours flashed and I had no reason to expect any issues.
[Asus Transformer TF701] MilesWilford:
I flashed the ASUS kernel and installed CROMi-X 6.1 and it fixed nothing. So long as the screen is off, it doesn't seem to be a problem, but now it will go black and reboot if left idle for the same ~30-40s.

edit: if I abort any mobile dock upgrades (or don't start them), it seems to stay stable.
[Asus Transformer TF701] sbdags:
Sounds like you are on the wrong bootloader? What number are you on?
[Asus Transformer TF701] MilesWilford:
Shoot, you're right. 10.26.1.7. And now I see all the threads others have posted doing the same thing. I've really screwed the pooch. All this stuff reminds me how much I love my Nexus 5.

So now I just need to follow the instructions in this thread to get myself where I need to be, it looks like. But sadly, all the links are dead...

The link to the US and WW stock firmware both lead to a "Sorry, the file you have requested does not exist." Google Drive page, and the http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/?p=3223 link to the stock recovery leads to a 502 Bad Gateway.

Any chance I could ask one more favor of you - pointing me to some maintained download links?
[Asus Transformer TF701] Trevor_g:
If you're looking for stock firmware for the Tf701t, go here: http://www.asus.com/Tablets_Mobile/ASUS_Transformer_Pad_TF701T/HelpDesk_Download/

---------- Post added at 10:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:56 PM ----------

(Under OS, select "Android', and then "firmware".)
[Asus Transformer TF701] MilesWilford:
I got that one after some fight with their D/L servers, I don't believe the stock recovery.img I need is part of that firmware.

Did I just miss it?
[Asus Transformer TF701] Sleeepy2:
Posting the link here also so you don't miss it ;)

http://droidbasement.com/asus/tf701t/stock/