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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruskimaster:
I was wondering if there is any way we could port the "Extreme Battery Saver" from the M8 to the Nexus 5? I here they get about 15hrs on 5% of battery life or something like that. I really think this could be awesome. Let me know!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
I think it's bs. You don't need an app to save battery. In fact I haven't found one that doesn't do more harm than good. It's a matter of how you use the phone, your cell connection and what wake locks you're getting.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PsychDrummer:
Well, as far as I know all the "extreme power saving" mode does is turn everything off except the core phone features. I would just say try turn brightness all the way down, turn off location, data, google now, wifi, bluetooth everything really. Then see how your battery does.

Also, I'm pretty sure you can just create a task using tasker that does all of this, and there's your extreme power saving mode.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theesotericone:
LOL. If you want extreme power savings put your phone in airplane mode. Then leave it in a sock drawer for a few days. I'll guarantee your battery is still at 95%.:rolleyes:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerowinder:
That's obtainable with a good wifi or cell connection.

The only caveat is you can't use your phone... it was sitting idle all day.

If you have battery issues, give us a BetterBatteryStats log.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruskimaster:
Its not that im struggling with battery life, I just think it'd be convenient with a touch of a button, I get everything cut off besides my core phone needs. Everyone gets in those situations where there at some public place at 10% with no charger. I just think whatever they got is really convenient, and I'd love to have that feature on my phone so there would be no chance of me not being able to text my friend for a ride, or where they're at while my phone slowly withers away... It's just a thought, and i was asking for the possibility of doing so. The point of this was to see if i can get "extreme battery saving" function ported to the nexus 5 in those devastatingly low battery situations. Does anybody think this is a good idea?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darth:
You've hit on the ONLY situation in where I could see juice defender being handy.... Maybe.

You're down to 10 percent say.... Enable juice defender. It will do exactly what your saying if you set it up accordingly. Then don't touch your phone unless you have to. In this situation, juice defender may actually prolong your last 10 percent. And with the widget, you could do this with one click. I think. Lol

I'm just guessing here, as I haven't used it in awhile.

But I doubt you'll see a port, so maybe explore this idea.

Personally, I just manage my time, especially if I'm low. Without touching a thing I could get probably 10 hours on 5 percent if I don't touch my phone and only respond to a text if I really need too. That's at 0.5 percent drain per hour...untouched. Tho normally I get more like 0.3 per hour. Without airplane mode.

;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerowinder:
Tasker (+Secure Settings).
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] satishrrane:
I am using juice defender I never face any problems with my battery.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phenom2:
After recovering a Nandroid backup i'm getting a dozen of app force closing

What to do ?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
Flash stock and don't use a nandroid backup?

There are tools on the play store that extracts segments of nandroid backups.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coldmethod:
Out of curiosity, which recovery did you use?

I use Chenglu's CWM, I've backed up and restored more times than I can remember, without issue.

Also, did you restore from TB? If so you may want to look here.

Good Luck.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phenom2:
My recovery is CWM

What I did step by step :

- Backup Nandroid Backup

- install some stuff through CWM (flash some .zip)

- see that the zip's aren't working

- Restore Nandroid Backup (complete)

- Reboot

- As soon as I'm in my launcher, a bunch of apps force close....

I wasn't aware of the TiBackup bug on the Note 3, thank you, I already had apps stuck trying to be restored on Tibackup

So I guess it is time for me to find a new rom to start a new life, gosh I had more than 200 apps on my Note 3

Tired of Touchwizz based rom but can't do without spen and camera sharpness

Also going to find a better recovery
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Misterjunky:
re: FC

Power on the phone, go into settings and go into "Backup and Reset"

and there you will see the option "factory data reset".

Select the factory data reset and most likely it will solve

the FC issue you are experiencing.

Good luck!
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paras:
Hey guys I have been using ART instead of dalvik in my nexus 5 and wanted to know if I can use it on my z2.Thanks for the info guys.

Sent From My Sony Xperia Z2 D6502 White
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.R™:
The option is there but I use xposed so can't use art
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paras:
Oh I thought it would work even without root

Sent From My Nexus 5 Stock 4.4.2 ART
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.R™:
It does as far as I know I just use apps that aren't art ready yet so can't test it myself
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paras:
If it works without root I really want to use it ART on my z2.

Sent From My Sony Xperia Z2 D6502 White
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Myrrhman:
Can you maybe point out where the option is ? :confused:

Coz' i can't find it.

Thanx
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paras:
Developer mode

Sent From My Nexus 5 Stock 4.4.2 ART
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BanziBaby:
There is no ART option in developer options on the Z2 in either .55 or .69 firmwares.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paras:
They would have erased the option I feel.

Sent From My Nexus 5 Stock 4.4.2 ART
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] feis:
Yup, i got art option after flashing romaur. Unfortunately, it didnt go well when tried using it. Disabled xposed, choose art, restarted phone, and thats it, continuous bootloop with no way to fix it, apart from wipe+reflash romaur..
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paras:
Thanks

Sent From My Nexus 5 Stock 4.4.2 ART
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] dp_alvarez:
Hey guys,

I'm looking for a screen protector that is relatively cheap, ($10 each at most, frequently recommended ones like Spigen are over 30 bucks!), made of glass and slim.

No need for it to be bulletproof or anything, I'm careful with my phones and I just want it to not scratch with regular usage, not be a fingerprint magnet and not interfere with touch or s-pen sensitivity.

Anything you guys have personally used (preferably for some time already) and can recommend?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] amebiasis:
Heres the one Im using, its from AmzDeal been using about a week dropped my phone several times over the weekend out hiking and not a scratch on it its tough ill give it that. Its 10 bucks shipped with amazon prime and i got it in 2 days. Its a knock off but been very good. When I got it it came in the AmzDeal box and packaging, but when I went to apply the protector it said Incipio which doesnt even make one like that for the N3 LoL. So its cheap, a knock off but feels great, stylus glides across it and as I said after numerous drops is showing to be very strong. It also is a full cover around the phone except around the top speaker, and prox sensor area but goes around the entire screen and comes with a home button cover to help make it stick up more. I took out my original screen protector on my ZeroLemon case and this fits great inside. Hope this helps link is below:

AmzDeal Screen Protector
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] yulaw5110:
Hey i really like zagg shields get one for bout 15 bucks
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] badchorizo:
I haven't put a screen protector on my last couple phones because I felt like they attracted grime/oil/fingerprints too much - what's the point of keeping your screen in pristine unblemished condition if you can't see it clearly because the cover is covered in fingerprints! The glass is so tough now that they really aren't necessary unless you tend to be a little abusive to your phones.

That said, I recently put on a couple different TechArmor protectors and the matte finish one is great. It is the "anti-glare / anti-fingerprint" version. I also tried the "ultra clear" version and that one is horrible! You touch it once and suddenly it looks like that beautiful sharp screen is covered in vaseline or something. Absolute fingerprint magnet, I couldn't stand it for 5 minutes. The AG/AF one is fantastic though. I really like the matte finish and how it sort of subdues the brightness of the screen without losing crispness or clarity. And you will never see a fingerprint again. I also LOVE how the stylus feels on it. It always felt a little awkward to write with on the bare screen, but on the matte protector it really feels like using a high quality ball point pen on paper. I'm sure the matte finish will be an instant turn off for some people, but I really like it and it's functional too. The "anti-glare" properties are marginal at best, but the anti-fingerprint properties are excellent. $7 for a three pack on Amazon and a little kit for applying it cleanly with no dust specks. Be careful to choose the AG/AF option and NOT the clear option (it's kind of a hidden as a "color option" so make sure you pick the one you want before you add to cart)
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] Kawaisa:
Nillkin glass protector - slim, smooth and has curved sides

No need to deal with inferior PET protectors
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] gnik luap:
You said it was only cut out around the speaker and proximity sensor, but the photo of the ptoduct you linked to has the wide cut out, exposing the camera as well. Is the picture accurate or is your description?

I hate the extra wide cut out, I think that contributed to cracking my original screen protector.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] amebiasis:
Ya sorry about that I've got it in a case and didn't realize it went over that far, the picture is correct it goes from your LED to your camera. I will say though I spoke with the seller and he apologized said the distributor put the wrong incipio sticker on the device packaging and is sending me a new protector just because. So I will say the seller was really good to work with.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeS.:
Dear all,

Is there any way to use the HTC Logo on the m8 as a Key such as you are able to on the HTC one m7 ?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbouza1:
its been established that the digitizer is behind logo, so no it cant.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigB42078:
Can't seem to connect to Windows 8 through USB. It chimes and the Touchpad says connected as a media device. But I don't see it in Windows. Tried checking and unchecking MTP in storage settings and nothing.:confused:
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sstar:
Try this

1. Go into Device manager. You will see "MTP USB Device" under portable devices.

2. Right Click it and select update driver software

3. Select Browse my computer for driver software.

4. Select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer

5. Select USB Mass Storage Device then click next.

and/or

6.To transfer files to PC, turn on USB mass Storage from the USB connection notification on the Android device.

The above is.courtesy of RolandDeschain79 install guide.

I've followed this and it worked for me.

Good luck and have fun.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigB42078:
hmmmmmm. Not showing up in portable devices?:confused:
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigB42078:
OK it detected fine upstairs on a Win 7 machine must be WIn 8 problem, Anybody know how to make it work on Windows 8?:(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phalcore:
As in topic:

How to flash DSP Manager into Google Music Settings/Equalizer in my [ROM][4.4.2][KVT49L] AOKP [Unofficial] ROM instead of other ****ty equalizer settings?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] habylab:
Hi there,

I stupidly downloaded the latest SlimKat .zip onto my nexus 7, but with the file for my i9300, so obviously it does not boot.

Now, I haven't done this in a while apart from a toolkit, but is there a way to push the file via adb? I can boot into twrp and go Advanced, Adb sideload, but then it doesn't seem to 'complete', and I can't find the device from my computer, despite it showing in fastboot when I am in that mode; it does not in adb.

I know I can wipe to factory image, will that COMPLETELY wipe my device? As in, all my downloaded files, titanium backup etc.? Or just /data? I'd like to backup my internal sdcard if at all possible.

To sum up, wiped /system, but no .zip currently on device. Can I remedy this without losing pictures/titanium backup?

Thank you,

Habylab
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] wantabe:
A factory reset wipes the data and cache, any changes made to the system will still be there after a factory reset. Flashing the complete factory image will also wipe everything. The userdata.img inside the factory image is what wipes everything. You could flash all the images inside the factory image separately except for the userdata image and your data will stay intact.

If you can see it in fastboot just fastboot flash the system.img and the boot.img. Get the "correct" system.img and boot.img (you have to extract the images from a factory image) and put them inside the platform-tools folder of the sdk, manually put your device in fastboot, plug it in to the computer, shift-right click from inside the platform-tools folder, choose "Open command window here," type fastboot devices and you should see your device, type fastboot flash boot boot.img, hit enter then fastboot flash system system.img hit enter. Type fastboot reboot hit enter and your device should reboot normally! All of your data will still be intact. This might be useful 15 seconds ADB Installer v1.3, I personally have the full sdk installed but I did try the ADB installer on my brother's laptop a few months ago.
[Off-topic] owenbeals:
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I decided to step outside the box just a bit with my latest phone review. This is the Hot Pepper Tech Review Challenge. The point of the challenge is to eat 2 hot peppers preferably habeneros. Next endure the pain while reviewing your favorite cell phone or other tech. Do this for 2 minutes without drinking water or milk or doing anything to relieve the pain. If you are man enough to accept the challenge post your video here!

Im anxious to see who all participates!
[Off-topic] nkay08:
Why does he do this? just to get attention?
[Off-topic] M_T_M:
Please use the Youtube thread...which i do believe you already did, soooo....
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] chippyuk:
Guys,

Not sure which version has the phone skin as below but I know it is not the HTC or Vodafone. If possible can someone please dump and zip the relevant files for this skin if they have it (English version).

Just to add, I have tried to disable the operator skin but it then only gives me a 2D plain pad with no Video Button etc...

Many Thanks
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] nickcerda:
There are some phone skins HERE in the wiki, however, I don't think the one your looking for is there...yet.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] chippyuk:
Thanks, I had already tried all the skins listed. I presume this one is the default "3D" WM5 phone Skin, not positive though. Most have replaced this with their own skin in the actual rom rather than external rom.

Someone must have this though, perhaps on Orange, 02 or Dopod version.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Freshster:
I think I got it all...

This is the default installed dialpad from the latest Hermes i-Mate ROM.

Hopefully I got every BMP and DLL file associated with this dialpad. I also exported the registry items associated with this dialpad.

Try this:

Unzip the files into the Windows directory on the Hermes, then import the included registry file.

Let me know if I missed anything.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] chippyuk:
Thanks Freshster,

After some persevering with copying the files over all looks fine except the VT Button, for some reason this is still the same as before despite the files being overwritten. I also have VCBtn.. and VTBtn.. files (may be due to previous installs. I have renamed your files to these, and copied them over, this changes the button but it is not perfect as there are pink corners visible and the is no text etc.. on it.

Also looks like the .dll that contains the Call History Icons overwrites the Icon that displays the "G" "U" in the top bar, I used to have 3G etc.. but now have "G" and "U".

Also, the Icons whilst in the Video page have not changed.

One more thing thing, the IntelliDialler small icons are not there either, on my v1650 they are in a file called "indialer_calltype.bmp", in fact need all the Intellidialler files..... as mine is all grey.

Have played for a while now but am at a loss, sorry.....

Any advise appreciated.

Greatly appreciate you time on this.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Freshster:
Hi cieplowsk,

I have attached ALL of the BMP files currently in the i-Mate ROM Windows directory. This should help you find which images you are missing.

I don't know if I can help you with the G and U problem, but these BMPs should help fix the VT Button, Video page, and Intellidialer icons.

Let me know how it goes.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] chippyuk:
Copying all the files, once I had removed non phone connected ones worked a treat, I now have the iMate Dialer which in my opinion is much nicer than the Vodafone and HTC ones....

The only thing left is for someone to butcher the .DLL`s to remove the Call History icons and stick them back in to the original Vodafone ones so that we can keep the 3G network icons rather than the U and G icons.

Oh and create a CAB file. Not asking much am I!

Thanks again for your time and effort!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] bbasra:
Thanks. Just installed it too!

Cab would be great too.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] chippyuk:
One more thing I have just noticed, after changing the background on the phone pad, is thet the Video button and the other buttons on the Video Call page do not have transparent corners.

I have just spent a while editing the bmp`s and colouring the corners with colour R=255, G=0, B=255 (Magenta) in Corel Photo Paint (did not change the bmp format and it appears to be the same as the other bmps which are correct). When loaded the corners actually come out magenta rather than transparent. I guess I am missing something somewhere Any budding artists out there care to elighten me or have a go?

Cheers.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Drifter:
Hi cieplowski,

I had the same problem, but after adding the registry keys in the previous post it will work.

I've made a CAB file so you can install it in one go.

Cheers,

Drifter
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] chippyuk:
Thanks Drifter,

Nice work but I think that there may be an isssue as when I install it does not skin the Video button at all, not sur if some files are missing from the cab. Have tried 3 times now.

Cheers!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Drifter:
Did you try a Soft Reset after installation?

CAB file seems to work with my HTC.

Cheers,

Drifter
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] chippyuk:
Yeah several times, will try again later tonight. May be down to the fact I have the Vodafone version and the phone pad is in rom...

If I manually copy over the files it is ok.

On the other point re. the corners of the Video button, even if I import the reg. settings, then change the wallpaper to something lighter in colour the corners are not transparent, it you edit the .bmp files you can see that the corners on the video button are not transparent but filled in.

Cheers.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Freshster:
How did you create the CAB? What prog did you use?

It seems that you are missing some files in there, like the important DLL files listed in the registry settings. You have also included some unnecessary BMP files.

Thanks for your work.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Drifter:
Freshster,

I've used your second post with attachment to make this cab file.

But used the registry key from the first.

Now I see these dll file from the first and forgot to implement them in my cab file.

This could be the problem for cieplowski.

I will make a new one but should I use the first or second post?

I've use WinCE Cab manager for making these files

Cheers,

Drifter
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] chippyuk:
Hi Drifter,

Please find attached .zip with all the necessary files, I think. not sure if you know how but many of the .bmp`s are missing transparent corners.

You can see this if you view them as thumbnails or open them. This does cause a problem if you change the background from the default one supplied as some of the buttons no longer have nice rounded corners.

I have tried to edit them as mentioned above but have not been successful.

Can someone advise on what program to use to make these transparent and the process. I am happy to edit them all but just need to know the process.

Cheers.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Freshster:
Skinning...

This does look like all of the files necessary.

For the transparency problem I would take a look at the following link and make sure you are doing everything correctly:

http://buzzdev.net/component/option,com_simpleboard/Itemid,59/func,view/catid,36/id,5075/#5075

The two things that I would be sure of is:

1) the transparent color is : RGB=FF,00,FF (255,0,255)

2) you have to create buttons and background in bmp 8 bits 256 colors

Hope this helps, but the original files should have worked for you, not unless your ROM is looking for a different transparency color. Which ROM are you using? Can you post screenshots of the problem images?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] chippyuk:
Hi Freshter,

I cannot post anything at the moment as left my phone at the office. However if you have time could you change the Bkgnd_Land.bmp file to one much lighter in colour, hopefully you will then see that the corners are not transparent on the Video Call button (and all other vidoe related buttons). From what I can see using the supplied background just disguises these corners. If you open, for example, VTBtnDn_Port.BMP in any editor or viewer you will see that the corners are not transparent (magenta) in colour and they even have a gradient so cannot be transparent.

I am pretty sure the rom and all eles is ok, as the other files, which if examined will show the corners as a magenta colour and these are transparent on my phone, it is only all the Video related buttons which do not have the transparency on them.

I shall keep looking to see why my efforts were not successful in sorting the corners so far.

Cheeers.

Hope this explains things a little better.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Freshster:
I made the background lighter and I see what you mean now.

It seems that the Video buttons may have something to do with a resource dll, but I can't find which one it is.

Check out the following link; it shows how to fix the Video button on a MDA Pro, but our ROM doesn't contain the "phcanlrc.dll" or the "phcanprc.dll" files to modify.

http://buzzdev.net/component/option...view/id,13650/catid,36/limit,15/limitstart,0/

This is something to really think about.

I guess you could just modify the BMP files to match your background, but that would be tedious.