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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RavynX:
Well, I think you can replace the battery but you void your warranty by opening the case on the Nexus 5. I ended up going with the insurance claim to get a replacement GS4. It would probably take me forever to find a used GS4 on Craigslist that hadn't had its software updated or had a bad IMEI. Ah well. I'll keep my hopes up for the next one that doesn't have Knox on it, bleh.

That and we're in the process of buying a house so I don't have the luxury of waiting after thinking about it for a couple of days. Meh. =/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
What's the point of double posting this? You already know the answer.
[Xperia Z General] alack-you:
hi guys

delete or create file or folder & ... not avabile in 4.4 ext memory card

fix it

. Using a root-enabled file manager, navigate to /system/etc/permissions

2. Edit platform.xml and find the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.

3. Add an additional group definition for this permission...<group gid="media_rw" />

4. Save the changes to the file.

5. Restart.

Or

download attachment file extract & move to system/etc/promission

link
[Xperia Z General] flasherTHC:
or just install SDFix form Google Play

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
[Xperia Z General] alack-you:
thanks dear :X god job
[Xperia Z General] -iNCEPTiON-:
Its working for me without any fix.. I am just using file commander
[Xperia Z General] alack-you:
yeah file commender worked

es file explorer best of commender
[Xperia Z General] Akinaro:
Can you download files from LAN to selected folder, modify it, and send it again? or you can, using eg QuickPic sort images to different folders?

Can you use download files, and send files to different folders? eg apps to apps, music to music.?

Or you can using ID3 Tag editor download and modify music data/covers?
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
Give it a rest. We get it. The changes to external SD access have inconvenienced you. The changes are no surprise, so you shouldn't have upgraded if it was so critical to you to continue having full read/write access with every app.

Either use one of the fixes suggested in this thread or in the other thread you're complaining repeatedly in, or downgrade to 4.3.
[Xperia Z General] alack-you:
I could not do before editing

but edit platform.xml Everything Work fine
[Xperia Z General] Akinaro:
its not about me, what about other people that see update, install it and find out that they cant use 50% of their apps? did you thought about that? and some people cant root, or dont know how.

I just use 4.3 but others update their XZ and would just find out that their phones doesn't work like before and just call XZ stupid phone and sell it, they gonna buy different phone and find out it again and they gonna see how google mess with idea of freedom of Android.

Its like some car producer would say that you cant use your back seats, and lock back doors, how you would feel about that?
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
This is a development site. Most people here are perfectly capable of rooting to workaround issues like this or even of checking critical changes in Android updates before blindly updating. I posted about this change in KitKat a few times in the large thread about the update that you've participated in, for a start.

Repeatedly complaining after you've been told how to fix your issue is doing nothing but pointlessly flooding threads in any case. Please stop.
[Xperia Z General] -iNCEPTiON-:
Dude I can do anything I like and there is no error .. So if you really dont know why its not working for you simply just downgrade to 4.3 rather just thinking of others , if they like the phone they will keep it and if they dont then obviously everyone has their own choice to sell it or buy it. So please stop complaining and take some time to fix it if its not working for you then just simply downgrade ... :) AND CHILL :D
[Xperia Z General] Akinaro:
well if mentioning something 5 times is flooding how you can call creating 7-8 topic about the same update? :]
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
"That guy shot someone, so that means I'm allowed to do it!"

Come on now, really?

There's no reason for you to repeatedly complain about this in different threads after you've been informed of how to fix it.

This is becoming off topic and it's disrespectful to flood a useful thread like this, so this is my last word on the subject. Have a good day. ;)
[Xperia Z General] SXZdabbler:
I'm trying to use the ext sdcard to use as destination for Titanium Backup. I am rooted. Can this be done? I created a folder but I get the message that this is not writable. Any help?

EDIT. Downloaded sdfix
[Xperia Z General] Dhickory:
Could we just convert an app like solid explorer to a system app to regain full control? Is that why file commander still works, or is it something else? I haven't had a chance to upgrade yet and try this out.

Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Z General] -iNCEPTiON-:
I am just using File commander and I can move files from SD Card to Internal storage and make folders too.. So I am not sure why people need this fix anyways.. Its working totally fine for me and I have chosen my Camera pics to be saved in SD Card and my music stays in internal storage.. :)
[Xperia Z General] totzkitotz:
Its also working for me :good:

Just an OT, whats the best browser for kitkat? Because when I was in 4.3 ago, I am using the boat browser..but when I was in kitkat, Im having probs like I cant upload files directly from my Z :confused: sorry for the OT
[Xperia Z General] alack-you:
Hi plz add me in yahoo my friend

I use google chrome best & faster browser
[Xperia Z General] Howell:
This works for me... TB (6.1.5.6 Pro) uses /storage/scard1/TitaniumBackup folder.

I installed 4.4.2 with FTF, rooted with towellroot, instamlled SuperSU and used NextApp SDFix.
[Xperia Z General] emillio_86:
This SD Card ussue is not fix for Xperia Devices - I've tried the Fix app, but it change nothing even if it says so... Have someone a solution!?

P.S. To convert some app into system App doesn't work neather.....
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
I can assure you that it does work. I have full read/write access to my external SD card with all apps.

Try this app instead of the other one suggested. If it doesn't work, you need to make sure you're actually rooted.
[Xperia Z General] emillio_86:
I'm rooted, SU granted root access for this fix-app too... Everything is set and it says it's ready but then the same.... I cannot save ditectly on sd card from the browser and I cannot change the mp3's tag when they are on the SD card...
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
Did you reboot after applying the fix? That is the app I used and it 100% works for me. I cant think why it wouldn't work for you.
[Xperia Z General] emillio_86:
Yes, and unfortunately it's the same... In comments under the app it worked not for everybody too... I'll wait... What else can I do?
[Xperia Z General] zviki:
And you have mass storage turned on in usb connectivity ?
[Xperia Z General] Pandemic:
Can we replace apps to the sd card now with this on KK ?

Send from my XZ With My Own Personal Modified MoonWalker SuperB !
[Xperia Z General] Pandemic:
No one knows ? -__-

I am just curious brothers :)

Send from my XZ With My Own Personal Modified MoonWalker SuperB !
[Xperia Z General] Gustavo RD78:
Not possible unfortunately

This only allows RW the external card
[Xperia Z General] Pandemic:
Ooh ok well then i have it already :)

Send from my XZ With My Own Personal Modified MoonWalker SuperB !
[Xperia Z General] mansoor3010:
Thanks Brother , You are doing good jop and I test my self on my phone...

Thanks Brother , You are doing good jop and I test my self on my phone...
[General Questions and Answers] ThonyAnge:
hi,

I find this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49724189&postcount=58 :victory:

and i looking for mod script for make it work with IE11. :eek:

Help me plz

sorry for my bad english ^^"
[General Questions and Answers] ThonyAnge:
anyone ?
[Xperia Z2 General] Desperanto86:
D6503_17.1.1.A.0.402_1281-1985_PCT.ftf 962.4 MB

https://mega.co.nz/#!IdtV0agD!ze0dOa5DOzhJUZjGanV9NzxofBE1ExRPOju-h9fmIB8

md5: 3D09C5BFF336E9E311934E97BCEB7710
[Xperia Z2 General] pohsze:
may i know what does PCT means? this is for branded or unbranded?? seems to be smaller size than the one Guanaco77 posted...
[Xperia Z2 General] Desperanto86:
PCT = Generic Russia

unbranded

Russian firmwares almost always are the smallest :)
[Xperia Z2 General] nvphuong:
can anyone upload this on a direct download server
[Xperia Z2 General] fkofilee:
Seriously youre not going to get much better than Mega!
[Xperia Z2 General] Desperanto86:
if you can offer me other free service without any limits, I'll upload there
[Xperia Z2 General] nvphuong:
How about Google Drive?
[Xperia Z2 General] Desperanto86:
because in all my 4 accounts all free space is ended

you can say "you can create new account", but I'll answer you "I'm f*cking tired to remember all of them" :)
[Xperia Z2 General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Someone let me know which has less bloatware, Russian or Germany fw?
[Google Chromecast] Xorianator:
Hey Chromecast Users,

is there any possibility to change the Aspect Ratio (and with it resolution of chromecast) from 16:9 to 4:3?

Got a 4:3 TFT Monitor and want to use it on, resolution is 1280x1024...

I also own a 16:9 monitor, but I want to use the 4:3 instead of the 16:9.

Greetz - Xorianator (from Germany) :)
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
As far as I know, Chromecast only like 16:9 resolutions.

Can you change your monitor settings to display 1280x720 (720p) letterboxed?

Otherwise you would need some sort of scaler, and that's going to cost more than the Chromecast itself. ;)
[Google Chromecast] Xorianator:
No i did not find any method to do this on my TFT LCD :(

I also know those boxes... But a 24 inch monitor with HDMI is much cheeper :D

No possibilities with rooted Cast?
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
How are you even plugging the CCast into an SD monitor?

usually the adapter used to connect to SD is what does the conversion for you...

And those converters are usually as expensive as a new monitor is.
[Google Chromecast] Xorianator:
I changed the signal from HDMI to VGA with this one (cant post because new member, just look on amazon for "HDMI Female to VGA"... Looks similiar to an USB Stick :D

But it does not convert any signal to any aspect ratio.

The monitor is a "Fujitsu L7ZA", i got this one just because a friend want to dump it, so i said i would take it before he put it into trash.... And then i bought the Chromecast, because i thought it might would be funny, but if it does not work with the 4:3 its bad :/

Maybe Google brings an update? I would appreciate!
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
I did some digging and it seems your Fujitsu L7ZA may be same/related to ScenicView A17-2 based on this (far from authoritative). If that's correct, I looked up the manual and unfortunately there seems to be no vertical size (usually V-SIZ) control. :(

Don't get me wrong, I'm like you - one of my Chromecasts is connected to a SD TV through HDMI-VGA converter and downscaler, but I'm currently letting the downscaler (and my TiVo) do the aspect ratio conversion as my TV model doesn't have the "easy" vertical compression option. But doubtful that Google will update for 4:3 users like us as very few non-16:9 televisions have HDMI input, and Chromecast isn't aimed at usage on computer monitors (or HDMI->VGA conversion, for that matter).
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
What you really need is a Scan Converter similar to what we use when we want to put an old VGA computer onto a Standard Def screen.

And by the time you bought that you could get a good 24" HDMI monitor instead.

I just bought Mom (for Mother's Day) an old Dell 24" for $149 (Tiger Direct) although it doesn't have speakers built in it does have a connector to attach speakers to that will pass the HDMI Audio.

A decent scan converter can go for $200.

It's really the best option because Google will never make a setting for the CCast that supports SD...

Makes no sense for an HDMI Dongle...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mohgdeisat:
Hi all,

I am new to WM5.0 programming but programmed for Winodws so i have some questions plz :wink:

does eVC++ 4.0 support developing for WM5.0?

what are the best books available for learning WM5.0 programming?

Mohammad
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Phoney:
Best Book? You mean "Any"?

We have the same problem. The only book on CE 5.0 is in Chinese.

We ordered the newest CE book avilable, it's from 2003.

But there's a lot of CE documentation from Microsoft, and of course you can learn a lot here.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mohgdeisat:
this is really strange, we find thousands of books about VC++, VB and others... isnt there a bool on WM5??
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Phoney:
Not even CE 5.0, let alone WM 5.0.

But a lot of those VC# and C++ books are very pertinent.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] levenum:
Don't know of any books, but I can answer you question about eVC 4.

You can develop apps that will run on WM5, but you can't use WM5 SDK.

Mainly, this means that if you want to use a WM5 specific functions (not many of those) you have to go through LoadLibrary and GetProcAddress instead of direct linking.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mohgdeisat:
Thanks, but I have installed eVC++ 4.0 and its sp4, when I try to run it, it tells me that it cant run because no sdk was found, so what to do if WM5.0 sdk cant be used with eVC++ 4.0??? do I have to use VS .NET 2005?

thanks all

Mohammad
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] vijay555:
mohgdeisat: You need to install the previous WM2003 SDK and can then develop apps in the normal way, that will run on WM2003 and WM5. What you can't do without WM5 SDK is develop apps JUST for WM5.

However, I imagine that you can install the WM5 SDK anyway, and directly use the Libaries and Headers manually, just by pointing the project settings to load libraries from the WM5 directories.

I do this in quite a few of my WM2003 apps anyway.

This will still make a WM2003 app, but it will support WM5 features, if you're lucky.

I don't suggest installing Visual Studio unless you have to, but if you're serious about developing on WM5, then I very much recommend it.

And remember, Microsoft gives a free trial version of the Professional version, for download (2.7gb).

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=59991&highlight=visual+studio+trial

If you have to reinstall every 3 months, it's still cheaper then buying it I guess. :wink:

V
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] levenum:
Actually, you can't install the WM5 SDK unless you have the studio. I tired and got the message "You have no products that can use this SDK installed ..."

It wouldn't let me continue.

If someone knows of a workaround for this (that does not include installing VS 2005) I would be glad to hear it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] vijay555:
Take apart the cabs/installers and extract the headers and libraries.

I can zip them up if you want, I suppose.

I may be confusing myself with Platform Builder, but that's how I'd do it if I had to.

V
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] levenum:
Thanks for the idea V and the offer. No need to zip the stiff though.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mohgdeisat:
Thanks guys,

I am really interested in building WM applications as I believe that WM development will have a giant jump in then next years.

I am ready to install VS .NET 2005, but I am not interested in developing .NET applications for WM5.0 environment, I read about CF and CE programming and I came up with a conclusion that if I want to develop serious commercial and robust applications then I should use C++, either pure WinAPI programming or at least use miniMFC library.

I really care very much about robustness and resource usage of applications, I also want to use a productive development tool/environment.

My question is, when you compare between miniMFC vs pure WinAPI programming you find miniMFC more productive, yet WinAPI is more robus,portable and efficient, so I have to compromise here... What do u think should I use miniMFC or WinAPI? does the development in WinAPI bring great performance advantages over miniMFC?

Thank you

Mohammad
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] levenum:
I think you are missing something here.

MFC (mini or not) is basically a collection of prepared code. It still uses win32 API (there is no getting away from them unless you are using .NET) but it raps them up in convenient classes. If you are writing a large app, with a lot of interface components (multiple dialogs, view windows etc) MFC can save you a whole lot of coding, though statically linking it will add about 0.5MB to your app size.

Using MFC also doesn't exclude using win32 API directly to reclaim functionality that MFC skips.

When writing small utilities or system add-ons like today plug-ins it is best not to use MFC to reduce app size.

While I agree with you 100% that .NET CF is still to resource hungry for Pocket PC and Smartphone devices, it should be noted that when writing large GUI rich apps that require database or other outside components using .NET saves a whole lot of work for the programmer (while the user pays the price in speed and memory).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mohgdeisat:
Thank you,

I know that MFC wraps win32 api in classes for the ease of use, it has also a good OO hierarchy, and this is very good, it increases productivity but as far as I know there are costs when using MFC library, those include Exe file size, memory usage, and even cpu resource usage.

As I read from many books, programming windows applications using pure Win API enhances performance (speed/resource usage) but I dont know to what degree it enhances performance.

in short, MFC is more productive, easy and well managed.. but WinAPI is more efficient.. but when I use Win API program development will take longer time than it takes with MFC, so is using Win API (no MFC) is justified by its performance advantages over MFC (or miniMFC)??

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Marx2:
Does .Net have something like JIT Compiler?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] levenum:
mohgdeisat, sorry, I misunderstood you. When you asked if you should use MFC or pure win32 API I assumed you thought they were mutually exclusive.

I haven't actually measured this with any tool, but from writing apps both ways I can tell you that while file size can get significantly larger (by as much as 0.5MB maybe more) as far as speed is concerned there seem to be no noticeable difference.

Also you have the option to link to MFC dynamically which will eliminate the increase of your exe size.

The difference in programming effort is very noticeable, specially when building dialogs and handling their controls. What needs only a couple lines of code with MFC is likely to take whole functions without.

So for a large program I recommend you to use MFC or look in to some alternatives like ATL.
[Android Software Development] DaniielSnz:
Hi

my google play music app doenst show artist artwork

Somebody know how to fix this?
[Android Software Development] VandyCWG:
If you added music via an iTunes Library, you won't have cover art.

You will have to add them manually on the Google music web page.
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] chief:
hi, i need this app like on screen. y'all know what it does. deleted Magazine and swypeleft to open app, i got app but open from swipe from bottom or press Home but i need the other one, which was i guess in roms with s5 launcher but i can't find just that file anywhere.
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] tonyking:
try this launcher it has two function pullup and pullup left

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2710195
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] lols21.10:
okay i came across a thread (link is below) about how to play 1080p video without lags:laugh:

Here :

Now just go to settings and then decoder set as follow:

1.Confirm that H/w+ is left unchecked

2. Uncheck correct aspect ratio

3. Check S/w decoder local,

4. Set CPU core limit to 2

5. Now the real deal, select 'Color Format' option and set 'YUV' it's experimental but it really does the trick!

6. Leave everything as it is I.e unchecked . Period!

All set now

Tip: If this does not wrok try changing the CPU core limit Go in settings then player check 'Quit Button' option every time you leave you should quit MX player to get it off the RAM otherwise if you leave by pressing back it lulls in the background.

Orignal thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47358166&postcount=1

Credit:

Skyrazor(Don't forget to go to his thread and hit "Thanks" button, if it helped you :laugh:)
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] mantej50:
Few videos works flawlessly but many lags any help
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Razeer:
It worked !
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] id74em8:
Some of them work, but not all. :/

Whatever, some of them are enough for me :P
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] harmansaluja:
Still lagging 1080p in some formats

Sent from Galaxy grand quattro

ROM - TransWin v3 rom

KERNEL - Project engine kernel V2.0
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] lols21.10:
Its is only for few formats plus what can you except from Adreno 203 unless it clocked
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] harmansaluja:
Yeah u r probably right adreno is a pretty low standard gpu can't handle 1080p

Thnx for the share though made a few formats run

Greatly appreciate it ?

Sent from Galaxy grand quattro

ROM - TransWin v3 rom

KERNEL - Project engine kernel V2.0
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Mr Curious:
it worked flawlessly for me just change cpu core limit to 4 and dont use powersaving mode while playing videos try it ...

if you set color formate to YUV in some videos u will get problems in video color or video lines in that case just change video color formate to 16bit

if it helped u dont forget to press thanks
[Nexus 4 Accessories] fastredponycar:
I saw one here for the Nexus 5 but couldn't find a template for the nexus 4 and nothing on Ringke's site either so I whipped one up.

Now you can crop/resize whatever to perfectly fit.
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Peahgah:
For those who are not good at photoshop I created a template in Corel
[Nexus 4 Accessories] swbj14:
Anyone have a Chelsea FC template for nexus 5?
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Neyss:
The hole for the speaker is not good. It's offset diagonally up and left :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrclaver:
Hello guys,

I would like to ask if some dev can make a custom rom with root, busybox, SuperSU etc. of the new german firmware XXUGNE5?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
You should be able to root it yourself. Flash a custom recovery in Odin and use the recovery to install Superuser. Your phone will be stock and rooted. This will give you the ability ot use XPosed modules to customize it in just abotu any way you can think up. All without having to wait for devs to do anything.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrclaver:
//EDIT: Sorry.. I was too fast. GoldenEye just made a release of that version. To the mods: Delete or close, please. Really sorry.
[General Questions and Answers] rush_007:
Hello everybody,

Is there in which I can change battery icon on android KitKat.

I decompiled systemui.apk but I did not find any battery based icons which were available in previous version of android. Please help.

Thank in advance