yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] LS.xD:
If nothing helps --> Take a hammer to brick it...
[General Questions and Answers] osalot:
I'm not looking to brick a cellphone just looking for a newer cellphone that would be hard to brick as I had to many phones die by incorrectly flashing it or something goes wrong and ends up bricked and only fixable by the manufacturer so far only phone I had come across or heard about is the Samsung Galaxy S Captivate. But that cellphone is getting old quick and any helpful info on some cellphones to choose from would be greatly appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rspear:
I've tried a couple kitkat roms for my note 2 and the battery drains at 15-20% an hour with no activity. It's also slow to charge.

Is this common with 4.4.2? Should I stick with 4.3 for the time being?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
Trying and using are a lil different.[emoji48]

Trying we flash it (Rom) then if it's not acting right we flash something else...

Using is when you AT least let the Rom settle into your phone/device. A day or two should be good enough to know what's doing what...

Check this app out if you don't have it yet»» http://goo.gl/vffD4d

In order to compare battery stats...

Another thing is your kernel and your setting that affect your battery life...

Me 3¢ short of a nickel...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tube517:
Bajanman is dead on. Gotta let the ROM settle.

However, in the meantime, check your Location settings. In "Mode" take it off "High Accuracy" and change to "Battery Saving"

This was draining my 4.4.2 ROM'd Note 2 badly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kreateablaze:
I always get great battery life with my note 2 on 4.4.2 roms.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ShrekOpher:
Having awesome battery life on a 4.4.2 ROM. SlimKat. New kernel posted today in the thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
15-20 % per hour with no activity ??

Uh....yeh....something is beyond messed up. ..

I've never seen battery burn like that. ..on any rom for this device. ..

What rom ??

What kernel ??

What method of cleaning are you using prior to flashing ??

A bit more information will help us to help you. ...g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SpiffySelf018@yahoo.com:
You can use this rom BeanStalk ROM it is very good try it. if your problem still remain using with 4.3 rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rspear:
Thanks for the replies.

I tried aokp nightlies and omnirom for a few days each.

I'm on the latest cyanogenmod nightlies now and battery life is much better.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rangercaptain:
Yeah, I've never had battery life like I have on slimkat.
[LG Optimus Black] aaronjgeorge:
So i want the new google search v3.4 on my phone!

running Ics marvel v12 rom

and in between switching to marvel v9 also

so i dont mind using marvel v12 though its unstable if its the only way to get it!!

and also

Imma gonna buy a new phone

Nexus 5, moto X

any suggestions!! THANKS
[LG Optimus Black] androcraze:
Love my Nexus 5 running RastaKat Vanilla. Solid, and pain free.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] jasonmoe:
anyone have a good workign program that plays divx and streams on your tytn....
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] nickcerda:
I think most people use TCPMP.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] jasonmoe:
it doesnt work with the tytn
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] jeezus:
It does. Select raw video for output.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] pof:
And use the beta bersion, performs better than the other.

Also, some more info here:

http://www.corecodec.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=29&expv=0&topic=3046.0
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] jasonmoe:
beta as in 72rc1 ? this is what im trying to use. I ve found if i go back to version 66 and turn audio to lowest quality no problems. which you cant change the settings on in later versions.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] atonparis:
if i want to see divx in godd qualite how i do ?

tcpmp witch version ? and witch settings ?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] atonparis:
up
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] bonisalive:
Hi atonparis :wink: nice to see you there...

Well, did you follow the link on corecodec.com? There seems to work with old .66 TCPMP version...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] atonparis:
yes it s "works" but the video quality is very bad, and the sound...........!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lior84:
I saw that sprint users received 4.4.2 update. Can I install it on my international s3 9300 that runs on 4.1.2 ?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
No, the hardware is totally different. If you want 4.4 them try a custom rom.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shafqatkhan:
hi to all, i am usinglg optimus g e975 korean in Pakistan. the problem is that i can't read urdu language in browser or type urdu in messges. becaus urdu language words show separately. i can't join urdu words alphabet. all urdu words shows separate separate... plz help... andriod 4.1.2 install..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
You'll probably have to install a custom rom based off the Indian version of the firmware.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2320817
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shafqatkhan:
cant open this link

INDIA 10E: http://csmgdl.lgmobile.com/dn/downlo...E97510E_00.kdz Updated At 17th October 2013
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
Yea, that one is broken for some reason. The V10F version from here will download though:

http://lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=20

There's a ad page it will send you to, but just wait 5 seconds and hit Skip Ad at the top right and then it'll ask you where you want to save the file.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brambles1234:
I have been given an old tablet N900X Allwinner A13 tablet.

I have been trying to enter recovery mode so I can install custom recovery and flash JB as at the moment it is running 4.04 ICS but I am not having much luck. So far I have tried

Power off then vol + and power

Power off then vol - and power

reboot recovery option via rashr

reboot recovery via terminal emulator command

Quick boot app

Nothing happens on the first two and the the other three just reboot the device.

I can only assume that this tablet does not have a recovery installed. I have downloaded the CWM from the XDA thread for the A13 devices and I have checked the partition size NANDJ and downloaded the correct CWM. The problem I have is that I have no idea how I can flash recover without a recovery installed? I am not familiar with terminal commands. However, I am sure there must be a way to flash the IMG through the emulator but I don't how to? ie commands to locate directory of IMG and SH files from recovery zip.

I have tried to install the unzipped recovery IMG through RASHR but nothing happens except the tablet reboots Could anyone offer some help? I feel exhausted looking for the solution. I must have read thousands of posts through XDA looking for the answer.

HOW DO I INSTALL CWM WITHOUT RECOVERY PLEASE?

Please put me out of my misery
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ups2525:
How to enable battery percentage

If you don't already know go to your device's System settings>Battery at the very top you can enable Show battery percentage.

How to access System settings quickly while on Nova Launcher

Long press the task manager soft key to quickly access the System settings

How to enable developer options

System settings>About phone>hit Build number 7 times to enable Developer options
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GuestK00202:
Facepalm..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BigBot96:
Funny, but give the guy a break.

Not everyone knows as much about their phones as we do. This thread has the potential to become a database of FAQs and little things not everyone knows about. Thanks OP for looking out for those who don't know as much as some of us.

When (if) more people chime in adding things they've noticed, perhaps add them to the OP. Perhaps even change the title to "GS5 FAQs" etc...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GuestK00202:
I agree, maybe the title should be changed. However, there is already a "tips & tricks" thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2715485
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kidruk:
As soon as I came in here I threw on a flame suit for em. I knew this was coming. :eek:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
I've noticed numerous bad threads for the S5 regarding either the same question asked multiple times, silly info, or just the multiple of the same thread in general. We currently have 4 threads of Galaxy S5 Developer Edition. Sigh:(
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kidruk:
I hear you man. A developer edition that many have mentioned on here will do nothing for us. One is enough.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] KennyG123:
OP please include posts like this in the tips and tricks thread.

Seems this thread has run its course already

FNSM
[General Questions and Answers] B616:
Hi, I'm busy with a note 1 (gt 7000).

What it is. When I heard about a chromecast I thought it was a great idea but very limited on what it can do. So I decided to get a mhl lead and root the phone to use six axis controller. Now I'm happy with what it can do, but what I would like is for some one to explain how I can make my note in to a media player, so it is recognised by other phones and tablets. So I am able to go one YouTube and press the media button and have it playing on the TV or share videos or pictures straight to the "tv" Via the note.

Any advice would be good. At the minute I'm stuck on how to do it.

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] lookenx:
Buy a USBOTG-HDMI cable converter and use it. I'm using it right now to make my class (as long as i am a teacher), my device is a Moto G. Via wireless stream, i cant help much but i know an app called Stream Media Player that you can use to make that as long as your tv is connected to the same wireless web :)
[General Questions and Answers] B616:
Otg

Thanks for the reply.

Yeah I have a on the go cable but I'm unable to use it at the Sam time as the mhl lead. I will have a good look at that stream media player.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] apex_predator619:
Greetings.

I dont know if anybody else has encountered this problem but on my Xperia U, after using it for about a year, certain areas of the touchscreen have become unresponsive, namely the area corresponding to d,e,x keys in portrait mode.

I looked around for quite sometime for a solution, changed the screen guard, washed my hands :P etc.

I also found some apps which claim to do the thing, but I didn't find any of them satisfactory. Finally I found a solution.

Which is adding these lines

# Touch screen calibration and scroll responsiveness

debug.performance.tuning=1

windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=200

view.touch_slop=2

view.scroll_friction=1.5

view.minimum_fling_velocity=25

ro.max.fling_velocity=12000

ro.min.fling_velocity=8000

ro.min_pointer_dur=8

touch.size.calibration=geometric

touch.size.scale=100

#touch.size.bias=70

touch.pressure.calibration=amplitude

touch.pressure.scale=0.3

to the end of the build.prop.

While it didn't cause the unresponsive areas to work a 100%, it did made typing the letters easy.

I have tested this on AOSX and CM11 Build3.

I hope this comes in handy for others having the same problem.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] lkonnos:
I don't notice any difference in CandyKat 4.4.2 but thanks anyway :D
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] anorthosis:
I have root my S4 (I9505) and also transformed it to S5 and after a few days the Bluetooth is not turning on (I have stock/official rom).

Any help please?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Tamerlan2009:
What specifically installed on the device?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] anorthosis:
http://www.androidpit.com/how-to-transform-your-galaxy-s4-into-an-s5
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Tamerlan2009:
put the default settings
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] anorthosis:
Ok thanks. I will try it.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] suhasdutta:
I'm facing the same problem too... last week only i rooted my phone and installed CWM recovery...then i installed Custom Rom's like Hassan ROM, Omega ROM, Cyanogenmod 11 Rom, Pacman ROM etc etc just to check various Rom's and their features out.....At first i installed only one ROM at a time and den also dual booted two ROM's by romswitcher...While i was checking my phone once i discovered that my phone's Bluetooth is not turning ON...The toggle is only becoming light green and also from the settings its only showing turning Bluetooth On but it's unable to turn bluetooth On.....Now i googled my problem and read across various forums for solution...I tried various things also flashed my firmware to stock samsung but still bluetooth does not turn On...also i flashed with stock samsung firmware of feb and march 2014 and updated my phone over OTA but still the problem persists....i even installed latest perseus kernel while rooted but still could not turn my bluetooth ON.

I would be very grateful if someone can help me solve my problem and help me Switch ON my bluetooth as it is very needed aspect for my daily use.

My Version of S4 is i9500 with android kitkat 4.4.2. Also all my other features are working normally on custom ROM's too.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Rami_Debab:
Did you fully cleaned your phone before coming back to stock :) ?? i had one this problem and all i did was full wiping the phone /Data + /System etc and flashing a stock samsung rom and everything was working well
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] suhasdutta:
yes i did full wiping including cache partition, boot, sysytem, data, sdcard, cache, and dalvik cache also...after that i installed back my stock firmware....the phone came back to original mode with OTA working well and totally unrooted but still bluetooth didn't switched on! :(
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Geoz:
Flash modem

If you flash omega ROM and follow instructions correctly you have to flash modem which is not part of the main ROM
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] suhasdutta:
yups have flashed modem too from omega files
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] ameshiya:
Try The Solution I Gived You In Omega Thread

Let me Know iF iT Works

Sent From My MobiLe Phone
[Moto G General] m.yuro:
Restore Stock Firmware On Moto G Boost Version (cdma)

1.Download Motorola G Drivers https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_answer_detail/a_id/97326/p/30,6720,905

2.Have an unlocked Boot-loader. Go to https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a

3.Download Self Extracting Zip https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx3fLPcfAf3BcmRmdENLWHhPaDQ/edit?usp=sharing

4.Open Self Extracting Exe

5.Extract to new Folder or Folder of your Choice

6.Antivirus Might Say its Malware (Since Its a Self Extracting Exe)

7.If it does, simply disable it, till the file extracts.

8.After files extract you should see a file called StockFirmwareFlash.bat

9.Put your device in Boot-loader mode

10.The Adb drivers are in the extracted zip so no sdk is required.

11.Now Run the file.

12.Watch the Magic Happen.

13.Phone Should Boot up With stock image.

14.If you brick or break your device im not accountable for any damage. Do at your own risk.

15.This works on moto g Boost version.

16.Pleaze Reply and give me feedback.

Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGQGtEeL5qg
[Moto G General] kokonai:
The phone loop on the warning red screen.

not sucsess
[Moto G General] m.yuro:
How long was it loopping for?

The phone you used it on was it boost U.S
[Samsung Gear 2] cryptiq:
I'm a Note 3 (Beans ROM) / Gear 2 user. I was experiencing the issue that many others reported where Watch Styler doesn't appear to fully install, hangs at "Installing" and although Watch Styler would appear in my app drawer, it never would show up in Gear Manager under Clocks. I'm happy to report that it's working now and I wanted to try to help others experiencing the issue.

Essentially I followed steps 1-11 here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52433453&postcount=9. I also installed the Gear Manager.zip from BeastSpencer. After the reboot however, my Samsung Apps wasn't showing up in my drawer. I was able to open Gear Manager and connect to my watch, but I couldn't install any apps from the App Store within Gear Manager. The apps would start downloading then the screen refreshed and the option to Install appeared again. When I realized Samsung Apps was missing, I opened Google Search on my phone, typed in "download samsung apps" and followed the links to download the app store from Samsung which took me here: http://apps.samsung.com/mars/mw/apk_en.as?COUNTRY_CODE=USA. From what I remember when I clicked the "Phone" button to launch the installer, nothing happened...Samsung Apps never installed. I had to choose the Re-install Phone button. After this I was able to go back to Gear Manager and install Watch Styler. Now it appears to be working...well about as well as everyone else's anyway. I'm still experiencing the following issues, can't load digital watch faces I've downloaded from gearfaces.com (i think everyone is having this issue), and occasionally when I'm trying to switch from one downloaded theme to another, Watch Styler throws an error about being "in a call" even if I'm not. When this happens I just select one of the default watch faces that's included with Gear Manager, then click on the settings icon for Watch Styler, then I'm able to select and apply a new theme.

Good luck, hopefully this helps out someone else with the same issue.
[Samsung Gear 2] ex-28:
you posted this on the other forum and I replied there that it doesn't work for users on the galaxy s5 ,maybe for others but im just saving others on the s5 some time and trouble going through all this to have the same results as watch styler not showing up in Samsung apps and watch styler not showing up as a choice under clocks then setting a theme.
[Samsung Gear 2] cryptiq:
I think you have me confused for someone else? I haven't posted anything like this before. Maybe this won't help people with the S5....but several Note 3 users have the same issue as me, so I'm hoping it might help them. Cheers.
[Samsung Gear 2] Jeshter2000:
Can Some one try the app Tunnelbear.. It lets you set your vpn to another country... Maybe than you can download the Gearmanager

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tunnelbear.android

Please report back to me...
[Samsung Gear 2] chalkycroissant:
I cant, for the life of me, ever find that .zip file that BeastSpencer is supposed to have.:(
[Samsung Gear 2] ex-28:
Sorry cryptic yes it was a different user thats posted something simulation to this
[Samsung Gear 2] Jeshter2000:
Please try my method please! Set it to NL and clear Data from Samsung Apps...
[Samsung Gear 2] Qwallace70129:
I went to the T-Mobile note 3 forum and flashed an international rom and lo and behold WATCH STYLER showed up and works flawlessly. Freaking weird
[Samsung Gear 2] ex-28:
I tried this but still no luck can someone else please try to confirm
[Samsung Gear 2] Jeshter2000:
And uninstall samsung apps completeley? Is that an option?
[Samsung Gear 2] ex-28:
not completely only uninstall updates.
[Samsung Gear 2] wroder84:
This worked for me! Rooted Ricks ROM build 7 on the Verizon Note 3. Of course it was a process and a pain in the ass but I finally got watch styler to work and the gear manager is slight different looking. Downloaded the Samsung App file directly from Samsung though the zip didn't work.
[Samsung Gear 2] DAGr8:
Just a shot in the dark here how about putting the apk inside /system/priv-app then reboot instead ?
[Samsung Gear 2] ZaeZae:
Old Version Gear Manager

I found the old version of Gear Manager that work on Note 3 Alliance Rom that is compatible with watchstyler

Gear Manager - https://www.dropbox.com/home/Apps/G...msung.android.app.watchmanager_1.6.132701.apk

Watch Styler - https://www.dropbox.com/home/Apps?p....manager-468f0fac17003fe3f1addbd2b9071ebc.apk
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] akatsim:
I have a 9000 and trying to make Goodlink work on it. When I reach the "enter pin" section I canot enter 5 digits but only 3 and the windows are very small. This is because (I guess) Goodlink does not support VGA res devices yet. Is there any SW to switch my 9000 to QVGA resolution? Has anyone tried Goodlink software on any Universal device? Thx a lot in advance for any help.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] eightedge:
You're going to hate this, but download the Pocket PC 2003 version from Get.Good.Com from any PC, not the device.

Hope this helps.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aware38:
I'm trying to root my Samsung galaxy note 3 and I'm not having any luck. I have checked so many forums and it seems that there is no way of rooting this phone. Can anyone help. My build number is KOT49H.N900AUCUCNC2.

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
There is no way yet: If there is, it'll be here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2708609 first.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ronak.chawla30:
So here comes the good news for all those who were wishing to downgrade their kitkat running Samsung Galaxy S4.

I got success in downgrading my phone. I can assure this is 100% working method. I did it today morning and since now I haven't got any issues or bugs in the working of phone. The phone is working flawlessly awesome.

The process only includes removing the bootloader files from stock firmware. It can be done by following the below mentioned process.

Things required :

Linux (Ubuntu or VirtualBox)

Stock Firmware

How To Get Started:

1. Extract the ".tar.md5" firmware file from .zip and place it in any folder on the desktop. Delete the SS_DL.dll file.(In my case it is placed in folder "firmare")

2. Run terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T.

3. Type cd Desktop.

4. Type cd firmware.(her you have to type the folder name which you created in step 1)

4. Next step is to extract the .img and .bin files from the firmware file. For this, type " tar -xvf your-firmware-file-name.tar.md5 ". Be patient. Let it extract all the files. It may take few minutes.

5. This is the main step i.e. deleting the bootloader files. Type " rm -rf sboot.bin " then " rm -rf param.bin ". Then type " rm -rf your-firmware-file-name.tar.md5 ".

6. Now we need to pack the files back to .tar file and create md5 sum. For creating .tar file, type " tar -H ustar -c boot.img recovery.img system.img modem.bin cache.img hidden.img > your-firmware-file-name.tar ". Beware ! These files need to be in this order only and seperated by spaces.

7. To generate md5 sum, type " md5sum -t your-firmware-file-name.tar >> your-firmware-file-name.tar " then " mv your-firmware-file-name.tar your-firmware-file-name.tar.md5 ".

That's it ! Now the new firmware file is ready to be flashed through odin.

For flashing you need the pit file for repartitioning.

Download the .pit file. (google it)

Place the firmware in PDA.

Flash !

Hit thanks if I helped. :angel:
[Galaxy S 4 General] Staxxthedan:
Why is it beneficial to downgrade?
[Galaxy S 4 General] MATHReX:
Any issues with internal memory?

I downgrade my version to 4.3 and i had internal legacy issue which did not let me edit internal files what so ever I Do.

can you check it by using es file explorer , does es file explorer showing internal memory as 0 or legacy?

Thank you.
[Galaxy S 4 General] invincible authority:
I was able to downgrade without any of the lengthy methods.. but by simple flashing !!! "XXUFNB3" stock (4.4.2) to MIUI V5 (4.2.2)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahri Anshori:
Bro, Look on ur download mode... How bout KNOX? i guess u got 1x0 flag...

I Think TS method is how to downgrade bootloader not just rom...
[Galaxy S 4 General] mckalyster:
Who said you cannot do that?

You can flash any custom rom trough recovery,

The guy here is talking about downgrade the th bootloader and so
[Galaxy S 4 General] ronak.chawla30:
did you followed the above specified process or something else ?

did you factory reset and data wipe ?