yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mike.s:
It's an unexpected, undocumented change. That you don't run applications which get broken doesn't mean that others aren't hurt by it.

Google is the new Microsoft - they think because they're successful they can do no wrong, but in reality they're clueless about a lot of things. Big enough to not care, and it's the users who get hurt.

Adding *nix permissions to a vfat volume is the right thing to do (short of requiring a modern file system on an SD card), but they're doing it wrong by not phasing it in so apps can accommodate the change.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Divine_Madcat:
Well, fill me in. What broke? What app needs to write willy nilly to folders it shouldn't be in that is now no longer working?

For all the moaning people give, i seem to have trouble finding REAL problems...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mike.s:
Subsonic is one example. Here's a detailed explanation with another example.

Your Google-fu is weak.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Divine_Madcat:
At the end of the thread, its reported fixed, and your other article is from 2012 and has nothing to do with any of this.

Keep trying....

As it is.. apps may write to any folder they own, and may read from every folder. Unless the app is badly written, this change should honestly be a non issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Sir_Eagle:
I agree 100%
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mike.s:
LOL. It was "fixed" by manually changing things in the application, fortunately the app had a setting where the storage path can be configured by the user, many don't. KitKat broke something which worked before because it introduced new restrictions with no prior warning to developers.

The linked article is about this issue, exactly. You didn't read the comments, did you? Or try searching ? The change has been around for a while (back to Honeycomb), but manufacturers worked around it for most devices. Now Google seems to be enforcing it as a requirement with KitKat (or Samsung decided to not do the work-around anymore, we'll see). Maybe it's not causing you problems, but it is causing problems for people.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jmgib:
I would say that a change that has been around for 5 iterations of Android isn't something that was just added at the last minute.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] D3Seeker:
Well interesting. Seems those the problem is affecting are mad, and rightfully so. A securoty measure to stock cross app data access running rampant and nixing SD card access entirely. Shame for those it's afflicted. Hope they can get thing working again
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
They're trying to get rid of sd cards for developer's sake. It's less efficient and more problematic to have to consider multiple sources of storage that data can be written to. Somebody had an interview article with Koush, one of the creators of CM, who said the number one he wished Google would do is nix SD card access completely.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mike.s:
And yet, (some) developers are complaining about the change. But in any case, that's the tail wagging the dog. Things should be done for the users, not the developers.

One example given is photos. If a camera app can only write to its own folder, and an image editor can only write to its own folder, the user is either unable to edit his pictures, or forced to save edited copies is a different place than the originals, and has to bounce between apps - take picture in camera, edit picture and save in editor folder, go back into camera and delete original picture...

A user should be able to have a common store for files from several apps, they might want different camera apps, but a common location for the pictures - that's what they're used to (folders). If Google wants to get rid of that, it behooves them to create a better paradigm and make it easily understood before forcing it. As it is, the change just makes things more confusing for users.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
I'm just talking about removable storage, not folder permissions. I respect Koush greatly, I doubt we would be having this discussion on this forum without him. Here's his exact quote:

"The SD card needs to go away. It's a nightmare for developers. There's too much variability here. SD Cards can be slow, resulting in poor app performance. They can come and go, or be swapped, and that results in unpredictable behavior if an app was expecting an SD card. One contiguous block of data needs to become the standard here (with different OEM SKUs for more/less storage), as it has been on iOS since the first iPhone."
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Sir_Eagle:
Stock camera will save to the sd card. ProCapture camera won't. I move pics to folders that I have created on my SD card after taking them anyhow, I don't want them all in the same folder so I have about a dozen folders I move them to. Then occasionally copy to my PC for backup. It doesn't matter where the app saves them too, I don't want them all in one folder. Same as my real DSLR pics on my PC, I organize them how I want not how some software wants.

My music is moved to folders I want on my phones SD card also.

I don't get all the complaints.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] D3Seeker:
That's an interesting sentiment.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mike.s:
What they need is not to go away, but to be treated in a consistent manner. HTC mount them at one path, Samsung another, Motorola a third, and there are probably variations even with the same manufacturer.

I, as a user, do not want them to go away, at least until we get to the point where every phone has 1 TiB or more of internal memory. And, by the time we get the, I'll probably want more ("640K should be enough for anyone"). I'd like to have all, or at least most, of my media always available (and I'm not always in range of cell/WiFi). I have an S4 because it has SD (and swappable battery), otherwise I'd have an HTC One. I don't care for TW, or any of the other crap Samsung bundles in - I'd have a Play edition if it were available with a VZW subsidy.

Google is all about getting everyone on "the Cloud." (it's actually "gray cloud," thanks DEC). That's their control point for making money. Manufacturers who don't have SD and swappable battery are all about planned obsolescence, to make sure you buy a new phone, instead of being able to upgrade/renew your existing one.

The correct way to handle SD cards is to simply require they be formatted with a real filesystem (e.g. extX) which supports permissions, forget about Windoze compatibility.

It's surprising that Koush has no clue about *nix mount points, and is concerned with block access instead of filesystems. Especially since he seems to admire the walled garden, where that level of control is never given to developers.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] -AaronJ-:
I lost my Bravia Engine after unlocking the bootloader on my phone

I found a way to install the Bravia Engine 2 by putting the Engine 2 on to my sd card, booting into CWM and installing the new Bravia Engine

Everything worked fine, my Android system updated on reboot and stuff, but it doesn't seem to have done anything and there is no Bravia Engine 2 listed in the display settings (only Engine 1, which no longer works)

Does anyone know how I can fix this?

Any help would be appreciated
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] lucasgta95:
Bravia Engine 2 don't have effect on sk17 screen
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dato02:
There is a free app in play store called android tweaker 2. It has an option to enable bravia engine, you can try that if you want and see if it works.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shotgun1976:
Plz need some help. Done a nandroid restore and tried a tb restore but still getting the same problem. Applicstions are disapearing and where the app icon was its still thier but in grey. When i click on it, it opens the play store to reinstall the app. Even when i check using root browser or my files it shows the app is still installed. Even if i redownload these apps after a reboot or exiting out of a app it happens again??? The icon for the app is grey and if i click it opens play store to reinstall. Now my biggest problem its starting to do it to newly installed apps. I purchase alot of apps and never has it asked me to repay but i just dont know whats going on. Its a pain everytome i want to use a certain app i must reinstall it. Can anybody plz shed some light on yhis problem or is anybody experianceing the same problem. Plzzzzzz help???????
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pete4k:
If you had sd card and it was going bad, then I could imagine apps that install partially to sd card get corrupted and stop working. There should be

LOST DIR folder, if anything is there, those are lost and later recovered file fragments. You would need at least reformat the card, possibly replace it. If that's not the case then I have no idea.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shotgun1976:
Yes my external sd is corrupt. Cant add or delete anything from it. I contacted sandisk and they will replace it in a weeks time. So that must be the problem then?
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BennyCat:
Hi folks,

I've not had much luck in finding this answer in google so I'd thought I'd give it

a try here.

Can anyone tell me which versions of CWM and TWRP are safe to use of

Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 LTE/4G model GT-P5220?? From my reading of both

websites neither of them support the P5220, but obviously some do as

people are rooting the P5220.

I'd rather not risk bricking for obvious reasons.

Many thanks in advance,

Me.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobilkungen78:
http://honai-android.blogspot.se/2013/11/how-to-root-galaxy-tab-3-101-p5200p5210.html go here there are the thinga u need
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brian D:
I use TWRP 2.7.0 on my P5210 and it is listed as not supported. I cannot say that it will harm your device, but only one way to find out... Try it. I do not use CWM. I did try it but I did not like it. TWRP has a better GUI with the push button interface.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BennyCat:
thanks to all

Thanks everyone,

The honai link seems to be pretty much what I was looking for.

Thanks again,

Andrew
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] nelsona12:
Hey all hopefully someone in this amazing forum can help me with my issues when I had a galaxy device I had no issues with download items from the browser such as video clips or mp3s from a certain site not sure if I can mention the site cause it's illegal downloading music ......and now that I switched back to HTC with the m8 I'm unable to download nothing can someone help me with a workaround to this or what I can do to be able to download ...btw i have have browser settings to memory card
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] PunishedSnake:
Dolphin
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] nelsona12:
Thanks a lot PunishedSnake
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] nelsona12:
Dolphin works awesome not to crazy about it but works perfect for me ...anyone using any other browser that they can sudgest
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mendo92:
I'm looking for Jelly Bean camera app because 4.4 stock camera don't have the feature to make a photo while I'm looking a video, is there any apk compatible with 4.4.2???

or a similar app that have this feature...

Thanks and sorry for my english...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
the ics camera is in the playstore, if that works for you https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moblynx.cameraics
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psixichka:
Plese advise how do i chexk what is causing the sudden fast battery drain. Tia
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] escobar035:
art or samsung push

hi.

after the latest samsung push update i have a big drain.

i will try to reinstall the app.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psixichka:
What app do i reinstall? & you are right its happening after the update
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] escobar035:
the problem started after the samsung push services update.

u can not reinstall the app, its not in playstore!

but u can install it on the app : aptoide. (android market sort off)

or roll back the update maybe
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psixichka:
i still dont understand what needs to be reinstalled
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drakester09:
I turned it off since I got the phone.

Getting very good battery life.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] escobar035:
the app : samsung push services !

look in aplication monitor.

after this update, the problem started for me.
[Ornate TrueSmart] kyle_ken:
I would love for the ability to create custom watch faces for my Omate. Any guides or directions would be helpful! I've searched the forums and the closest thing I've found is the "Custom Watch Faces for Motoactv watch" thread.

I don't want to bother Lokifish Marz (cause he is the man when it comes to all things TrueSmart smartwatch related in my opinion).

Goals:

-Digital Clock (with seconds)

-Date (to include Julian date...what I use for work)

-Show which devices are on (i.e. wifi, bluetooth, gps, etc...)

-Show weather (based off of gps or not)

-Maybe if there is room a notification of the next upcoming appointment/schedule.

I'll do the work myself, just need to be pointed in the right direction and any helpful guides or threads would be appreciated!

per forum rules:

Device: 1900 1/8 TrueSmart

ROM/Firmware version: [PATCH/MOD] EnSec Enhanced Security + Operative w TWRP installer (Casual Edition)

What OS is on your PC if your PC was used: Win7

Issue Steps Taken: Researched other forums with little luck
[Ornate TrueSmart] funky0308:
Use apktool and learn from reverse engineering...

I learned everything I know that way...
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] cmwong456:
Dont need extended ROM on device, anyway to remove pemanently . Not hidden .
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Midget_1990:
you can reize it to 128k, read the wiki (gives the extra space to storage)
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] petasis:
Hi all,

I am trying to update my 10.1 tab 3 device through the relevant entry in settings, but I get an error about my "device is modified".

I hard reseted the device, and I am still getting the same error. What can be happening?
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jstath1972:
Maybe you have root your tablet or install new recovery ?:confused:

Press and hold power, home, and volume down. You will see a warning screen then press volume up to enter Odin mode on the tablet and check the binary number. If its not 0 your device is modified and you can't update it. You must restore the original Samsung firmware without Root or something else on your device.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] petasis:
No, I have not rooted my tablet. I have only isntalled a few apps from the play store.

I tried to hard reset a few times without any success. I think that erasing everything from the sd card, solved the problem (after a hard reset).

I don't know why, and which app has placed what on the sd card.

I had really few apps, kindle, skype, oasvn, and some apps related to night sky maps. And the official vnc viewer app.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dillonorden:
How can you dual boot on the i605? I know with safestrap you can but my bootloader isnt locked so I dnt need it so is there another way?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mattnmag:
This thread may be what you're interested in....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2299261

:)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dillonorden:
Thanks I mustve over looked it last night. Sorry for the repost lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Saintfyre:
Hello all,

I've search around the internet for this but have yet to find anything, I have the T-Mobile SGN3 (hopefully like most everyone else on this particular board). I'm right now on 4.4.2, I am on the Wicked ROM and not the stock rom (although I have tried on the Stock ROM also and not seen this)

The feature that I'm looking for is the Call Notification Window, as seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejdTRrzX_Zk

For the life of me I can't find anything on this other than "it should be there"

I found some script mods you can do for the S4 to enable it but I don't know why the option is not available in the T-Mobile device.

Hopefully someone out there has seen this and has experience.

Thank you!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] deeznutz1977:
Press the phone icon,>> then menu >>>call settings >> now tick Incoming call notifications ...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jacqueline robert:
I have same problem. I want to fix this but I can't. Thanks for your Instruction.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] krelvinaz:
Been using it for a long time.. I checked the setting for it and it is exactly where the video says it is. Using stock 4.42
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] joey_xda:
I have the NHL Game Center app on my S3 and i'm having some buffering issues. When I'm on wifi it plays perfect at 800 but when I'm on 4gLTE it constantly stops and buffers. My 4gLTE speed is much faster (20mbps/6mbps) than my home wifi (12mbps/1.5mbps) so why would it always buffer on 4gLTE ? When I put the sim card in my old Infuse it works perfect both ways so it seems like its some setting in the phone that some how throttling streaming video with 4gLTE. Also I am having the same issue with YouTube, HD videos buffer when on 4gLTE but not when on wifi.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brianray14:
Are you stock or on custom ROM?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] joey_xda:
Stock 4.3 Rooted
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brianray14:
If I were you, I'd make a nandroid of my stock ROM and flash a custom one. Test nhl app and YouTube on the custom ROM and if the issue persists then it could very well be a hardware problem

---------- Post added at 02:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:48 PM ----------
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] joey_xda:
Any reason why you don't suggest a touch wiz rom ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brianray14:
Yes, different system files
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] joey_xda:
Isn't touch wiz just one type of launcher ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brianray14:
Aokp and AICP differ slightly
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boskajohn:
Dear,

i am user of LG G2 F320, i am new dont know about install roms etc.

my problem is that that there is too much noise in call other person always say me that you are on road even i sir in the room.

means too much background noise, if i reduce the volume then i can not listen other person but it feel some noice reduce from my mic.

i use noise cancel and suppress function but there is no result.

here is attach the snapshot of version which showing in my phone.

please help me and give me tip what i do.

thank you very much too all.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ingoljosh:
I had the same problem. i don't know how bad it is for you. Activating the voice enhancement in phone settings helped me . I saw improvements in call quality

See attachment
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sachilleas:
He is talking about G2'S microphone. You are talking about G2's earpiece..
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boskajohn:
Thank you for your reply but my issue is this that my phone is Korean and shopkeeper install English ROM in it :

so i try to check and unchecked options of cancel + suppress but still not working.

i think its some sort of ROM which developer made by them self (sorry i dont know much about it.)

even my options are different. see attachments:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ingoljosh:
Guess youre right. Funny it is "Voice" enhancement and not ear enhancer. hahaha
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sachilleas:
It is true what you are saying ! First time I saw it I didn't know what to make of it !
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boskajohn:
someone know how to low down MIC, is there any app for this who control the mic sound or sensitiveness of mic??

if both call enhancement function not wok.

or anyone know which English ROM in install at LG F320 Korean model to solve all issue which stable. and step to step guide and make the backup of current ROM if something went wrong with new ROM.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sachilleas:
I don't know any app that may help you to change the in call sensitiveness of the mic, but I would suggest to download https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrwq.recorder . In settings you can calibrate the sensitiveness. I hope you can find through this if your phone has a software or hardware problem.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boskajohn:
problem solved

Problem solved different ROM installed
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cholliseyer:
same problem, what did you do? please post link

or instruction on how to fix this, thanks
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fong360:
I think you your hardware (microphone) have some problem. Please clean the dust, or maybe water that stuck in your microphone.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] balanik:
I have the same problem. F320K

Which rom you install to solve the problem ?

My ROM is Cloudyg3 2.1
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Salvi1982:
I have the same problem.. anyone found a solution? I'm on Cloudy G3 3.0.

Thx
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ambmidknight:
I have tried to get the Note 3 SPC code read in CDMA Workshop (Paid Version) , but it fails to read it. Any Ideas? I've been looking up on google haven't found a method on 4.4.2 or maybe there is something i'm missing in CDMA Workshop???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Epix4G:
*Not all wireless carriers use the SPC code.

The SPC makes it possible for a consumer to purchase the phone anywhere, call up the provider’s toll-free number, and then activate the wireless phone from the directions given by the representative on the other end of the line. After the initial programming, the SPC is no longer valid. This method enables the initial field programming of the phone by the consumer, and now the wireless provider has the knowledge of the only working programming code for your phone for subsequent programming, which is the master subsidy lock.

Once the SPC has been used, the only working programming code for the phone is the MSL. This fact is important to note, because if the phone needs to be reprogrammed for any reason, the MSL must be used. These reasons may include a phone number change, a PRL update, or a firmware upgrade.

For example, if you need to change your phone number because you moved, or perhaps, you purchased the phone second-hand, the phone must be reprogrammed, and to do so requires knowledge of the MSL.

The MSL code is generated by an algorithm based upon the phone’s ESN and the specific carrier who originally sold the phone. Each carrier uses a different algorithm to create the MSL code. For example, one carrier would not be able to generate valid MSL codes for a different carrier’s cellular phone simply by plugging in the phone’s ESN into their algorithm.

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[GiONEE Elife E7] Aakashxcvi:
How to unroot E7 so that nobody can detect it was rooted previously?
[GiONEE Elife E7] samettamer:
anwer

Did you use vroot ? I've used it and worked. But first, open the USB Debugging mode ;) don't forget this option.