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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmehta64:
Great! Thanks postall!!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VaccaThreeSixteen:
Hey folks, here's a really nooby question for you. I apologise in advance, this is my first android phone, and I'm a little confused and paranoid about updating my ROM with a new version of android.

I want to get Paranoid Android on 4.4.3 on my phone, I'm currently using Slimkat on 4.4.2. How would I go about installing PA on 4.4.3 on my phone? Is it as simple as a quick flash of the PA ROM, or is it more difficult then that?

What I'm trying to ask is, how would I go about installing Paranoid Android that is built for KitKat 4.4.3 on my phone which is currently running SlimKat built for KitKat 4.4.2.

Thank you in advance for all answers :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CRIME INC.:
Just wipe and flash. After a backup of course.

sent from my Paranoid HAMMERHEAD
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VaccaThreeSixteen:
Really? Thought it would be harder then that. Cheers, can anyone confirm?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vin4yak:
[MENTION=5652898]ProVickers[/MENTION]

Wipe everything (cache, dalvic, data), format /system and then flash the PA.zip followed by the gapps.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CRIME INC.:
Yes sir.

sent from my Paranoid HAMMERHEAD
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VaccaThreeSixteen:
Not too keen on wiping data. Any better way then that? Cheers.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VaccaThreeSixteen:
Would it work if I flashed the PA 4.4.2 version on my phone, then used the built in PA OTA thing to get the 4.4.3 update for me? I don't know. Just an idea
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dawnut:
Backup your apps with app like Rom toolbox or titanium backup and wipe data. If you don't, there will most certainly be errors and crashes all over the rom.

And don't confuse data with internal storage. You can keep your storage, but it is also recommended to format it when switching roms.

So yeah...backup, throw on PC, flash. It's the most safe and fast way, otherwise you may be wasting time flashing again and again while cleaning of any mistakes.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VaccaThreeSixteen:
Thinking about it now it sounds a little better. Use TiBu to backup my apps and make a backup of my internal storage on my computer to drag and drop back later. This wouldn't break root or re-lock bootloader will it?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vin4yak:
Factoring reset/data reset from a custom recovery won't touch /sdcard. All your personal files will be fine.

Why do you want to lengthen the process?? Wipe, format system, flash PA, gapps. Done!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dawnut:
No, when done flashing the rom, if the rom comes rooted, I recommend installing SuperSU from the play store. It is a standart root app and pretty good one too. Otherwise, it won't affect neither your root or bootloader.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vin4yak:
No Sir, it won't! :)

Edit: Ugh.. Getting ninja'd a lot of times recently :eek:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VaccaThreeSixteen:
oh, really? Awesome! What do you mean by format system? I've never came across this. Cheers
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dawnut:
Boot into recovery > Wipe > Format system. The path should be something like this. It wipes EVERYTHING, including internal storage. So backup!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vin4yak:
If you're using Philz, Go to mounts and storage and format system from there. It won't wipe your sdcard.

Formatting /system doesn't wipe internal storage. It just formats the /system partition.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dawnut:
Um, sorry about that, got a little carried away [emoji28] Thanks for noticing.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vin4yak:
Hah, happens! I see everybody's loving the new SwiftKey app! ?

- Sent from an IceCold Hammerhead!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dawnut:
I am using the integrated swype thing in the AOSP keyboard, but guess it's the same :D
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beamer9408:
The PA zip will actually format /system before it install the new ROM over your system. I'm old school and still format system manually through recovery but if you don't know where that is in the recovery version I wouldn't sweat it. If you have problems after boot you may need to go in and figure out how to do it yourself but like I said most ROMs on the forum format /system before installing new system.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
Yes it formats system but if there is anything in addon.d directory it will bring over some undesirables at times. Best to manually wipe system to keep it clean.

#stayparanoid
[Micromax A116] maccafan:
I am regular user who does not have the savvy to do any development. More like a ordinary windoze user who likes to tinker and owns one of the first releases of the A116 CHD.

I am writing to thank all the devs that devote so much of their time to bring custom roms and added functionality to the device and follow and try the various ROMs to see which suits me best. I have tried many ROMS posted on the dev threads and but they always had some issues for me. Being new to XDA I was unable to feed this back in the suitable threads,

After trying various custom ROM's I finally found the Flytouch 3.1 A with it's own custom kernel and installed it two weeks ago.This is the only ROM I cannot find any issues with whatsoever and consistently achieves 15000+ Anututu scores with the 477 mhz choice of GPU. It's simple and elegant with a choice of themes (during installation.) It really is outstanding, fast, bugless and unreservedly the best A116 ROM for my use available at this time.

I don't know the dev or any other dev for that matter and have no connection with him or her whatsoever and the above is my opinion

I must add that some of the devs could do with some humility and the high handed and arrogant replies is really is in bad taste but I thank all of them just the same.

PS: If any of you face the issue that when you switch to video the camera zooms in unexpectedly download and install angelvideocam from the playstore and use that for video recording. I must add, I have no connection with angel videocam or any playstore apps.
[Micromax A116] maccafan:
Here mate: :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2771376
[Micromax A116] ramu2k06:
Are you use the Samflare V5 ROM. is it better than Samflare v5 ?? Please clear my doubt.
[Micromax A116] CRNair:
NiteMare

Thank you for the link. I tried but not liked. Am using NiteMare (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2694907) since last 2 months and it is the best ROM. Actually the problem with Micromax CHD 116 is sound, battery and camera. All these problems solved in this custom ROM and consumes only 40 to 45% of total RAM. You can try.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ecac:
Hi, I was in BB yesterday and noticed they had a Kindle geared towards kids. I have the original Kindle Fire and was wondering if there is a ROM out there based on that? I don't use the Kindle often and have a 4 year old I would like to get playing with a kids tablet and this would be great if there is something out there.

Thanks!
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] temp2010x:
Pliss !! Apps port all android tablets
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 2005 Upgrading] two:
Hi,

I'm considering buying a WM5 device but I heard it doesn't allow configuring the Standby screen which is always dead blank. What I need to be shown there is 1) Clock; 2) received texts and 3) missed calls. Like in Nokia/Sony Ericsson mobiles. Any ideas how it can be achieved? By a registry hack or a custom application?

Thanks
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 2005 Upgrading] hanmin:
Well, in a way WM5 devices do have configurable stand-by screen.

Before I start, do you have experience with a Windows phone before? If not, you may not able to understand something I will be saying. Others members, please leave your comments.

Anyway, for WM5, you can configure your Todayscreen to display everything that you've mentioned below (or more, see some of the Today screen that other posted). Then, you can use this today screen as your 'stand-by screen', of which you need to (screen) lock your phone (using one of the Today's plugins). If you were to unlock your buttons, with screen lock, you can have your phone, press any button to wake the phone up to display the Today screen with all the infor you want. Feasible.

Easier, just wake it and sleep it using your power button. Just a button click away.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 2005 Upgrading] two:
Thanks, Hanmin. Well, "Just a button click away" is exactly what I want to avoid. Standby for me means when it's not in use, some screensaver gets invoked. And in some phones, this can be configured to show the details I need (clock, texts and calls), in others it is just dead blank and requires this very "button click" to show the required info. Seems like WM5 devices fall into the second category which is not what I need. But as it has a highly configurable OS, I thought I could find a way to make it show it anyway. So my question is: I have a WM5 phone which I put on the desk and don't use it for, say, 5 or 10 minutes. It is in a silent mode so I don't hear a noise and I don't feel a vibe. But I look at it once in a while to see if there's any news or just to check the time. So how can I do this last thing without actually touching the phone?

p.s.I do have an Axim which isn't really a phone but based on WM5 anyway.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 2005 Upgrading] hanmin:
Well.. hmm.. come to think of it.. depends on if you are in ext power. Since you have a Dell PDA with you, you ought to try keeping the unit on while on external power (e.g. on your table), it should gives you the Today screen without the backlight. And you can have a big Today clock whihc you can see without backlight.

If you are on battery, you ought to able to get your notifications via the LEDs (depending on your phone, Charmer doesn't seem to be able to do that). So, you will know if anything happens by looking at the LEDs, but you won't be able to read the clock on it (wear a watch :D)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 2005 Upgrading] two:
Thanks again, Hanmin. Yes, this is what I was originally told. I just thought you folks are experts in mobile Windows so you may know how to tweak it. Like in normal Windows you can do pretty much anything with the OS, I hoped the same is with its younger sibling. I am planning at some stage to get closer involved with this particular version but for now just needed an expert advice. Thanks!
[Themer General Discussion] braygel:
Hi, so as the title says... Just want to ask if there will be a transparent status bar feature? :)

It would be really nice to see it there, even in beta testing... :)
[Themer General Discussion] ThemerSupport:
It's coming :victory:
[Themer General Discussion] braygel:
ahh

Ahh, I'm really glad to hear that! Can't wait for it!! :fingers-crossed:
[Themer General Discussion] Mx WaR HaBiB:
Thank's

Good Changes! :good:
[Themer General Discussion] Shadowlore:
Saw that it arrived yesterday with an update, however the levels of transparency seem to be a bit broken.

If you select full transparency it doesn't seem to work, and just defaults to full black. (At least on the MotoX, anyway)

Additionally, if you select 'always show notification bar', the transparency option disappears entirely. (is this because it becomes adjustable within the widget setting instead?)

And finally, the transparency seems to have a forced gradient effect at all times, will there be a way to change this?
[Themer General Discussion] braygel:
The same on Moto G :(
[Themer General Discussion] ThemerSupport:
Hi,

Our team are still working on full transparency settings, as we want to make sure that the features will work 100%. So yes, we understand your frustration, but hopefully within the next update we'll include full transparency and gradient toggle support :)
[Themer General Discussion] [SIC]:
I know there's a way but I don't know exactly "where" since I don't even know how to create a theme so maybe a theme maker knows?

This one have transparent default

This one doesn't have statusbar on default

But you can pull it down which is exactly the look I'm after (until you do anything at all and it dissapears again)

So I've tried everything in settings

Which only makes it black

But there's obviously a way to make it persistent and transparent through the theme itself - how?

EDIT: Aha just unlock the widgets and longpress the statusbar and voilá - seems to be persitent (although I have a bunch of xposed modules that alters the statusbar) :)
[Themer General Discussion] krissbhavya:
Good!
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raz0r1991:
Please help,

After the upgrade trough flashtools to the last firmware (.205) i'm not able to get into the fastboot and flashmode mode anymore,

Tried many things, and now i'm tryng to force it trough the adb fastboot interface (depuration mode, with the device powered on) lets see how it performs, but i need help to get this working again as normally.

Thanks
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raz0r1991:
Just for your knowledgement, now to access the fastboot/flashmode in new firmwares you must press volume key (+ or - ) power button and plug the cabble with the phone powered off.

Problem solved.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadK9:
Hello everyone!

I'm new arround and I came here hoping to solve some stuff regarding this tablet.

It is sold in Romania under SERIOUX brand:

http://www.serioux.com/products/tabl...hd-tab-s805tab

I have a model with A10 ALLWINER, not ROCKCHIP. They had problems with the chinese manufacturer and decided to build it with rockchip.

I'm stuck at original ROM, I have no CWM, tablet is rooted, default browser is horrible, even with opera or any other browsers... I have this big lag when loadind web pages and this should not be normal... There is no such problem as low wifi signal or any other hardware stuff, no, it is just imossible to surf the web...

It has Android 4.0.4.

I made a request to this vendor, importer, SERIOUX, for another firmware but they only provided me the stock rom last year... which I already mention it, it is HORRIBLE!!! I never heard from them since then so I'm stuck with this rubbish stock ROM.

Tried to find a simmilar product on the web, I even made some attempts to install some ROMs but without a succes... either camera not working, or touch or wifi and so on... I don't know what to do.

Don't want to buy another product because the tablet belong to my daughter and is in the learning process so... I am gonna still hold on to it, but I need some help getting it better!!!

The site which sell a tablet simmilar to mine is KOCASO from USA... tried their ROM but no luck.

I even sent them an email but no answer from them more than six months or so...

http://www.kocaso.com/product_M870.html

Thank you in advance for anyone who can lend a hand in this matter!

Cheers,
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pyskotzel:
Hey

Same tablet here... same problems as him... but... i have one special one ... HOW DO U HARD RESET THIS &%&%&% Tablet?

A neighbor of mine has the same one and used a patern lock on it.... dosen't remember the password of the Gmail account...

That RESET button dosen;t work... it;s just as a restart button... nasty one thow... and i donlt have a CWM installed on it to reset it from recovery ( Volume + and Power buttons)

HOW CAN I HARD RESET IT ??
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadK9:
I gave it up...

Ehhh... I kinda moved on on this.

Anyway, I have a broken touchscreen now so it is useless.

Bought an ASUS Fonepad for my daughter so SERIOUX is a scrap! Stupid low end brands...
[Motorola Droid 4] wyklocnik:
hello, i recently bought used droid 4, found it to be with some leftover data (sms, and such) so first thing i did was a factory reset only to

find it after a while in extact same state. weird thing is that when i factory reset it after removing some apps or changing anything at all it acts

as if i restored some backup instead of wiping device. it spams me with errors every few seconds too which is quite troublesome to say the least.

i searched the internet for an answer (still looking) to this problem but so far got nothing. i mean there are lots of ppl with similiar issue

but no real answer anywhere i looked. i thought maybe flashing some stock rom (dont wanna try anything custom yet since i got lapdock

too and havent checked if webtop works with custom roms yet). is it the right direction in my case or is there some simplier answer to my problem?

thanks in advance

update: cant root it, cant install official update through rsdlite, cant update through other unofficial ways,

it acts as if everything went fine and each time im back to square 1. it aint my first or second journey with rooting,

changing rom but im not really sure what else can i do. also rsdlite cant detect any information about device (imei,

os version, flex drm boot etc are all filled with N/A

install from sdcard also failed - signature verification failed. keeps gettin better. downloading another rom from

official moto website... not expecting anything though
[Motorola Droid 4] :
uncheck restore data Hard Reset - DROID 4 by MOTOROLA - Verizon Wireless Support

updates.zips are not installed with rsdlite, XML/firmware is install with rsd lite, but adroid version can not be downgraded

what official site? use files from my page How to Use RSD Lite to flash a .XML Stock Rom (firmware)
[Motorola Droid 4] wyklocnik:
thanks for taking interest :)

tried factory reset with options You mentioned unchecked, same thing as before.

i did use xml with rsdlite and zip through built in recovery.

tried to find this page i downloaded files but theres too much in yesterdays history, trying those from Your link now.

also tried to update rom ota, but of course theres an error. oh my droid runs 4.0.4, i havent mentioned it before.

also, found in the net schematics for factory cable, was thinking if its worth a shot this way:

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-labs/146492-how-why-make-your-own-motorola-factory-cable-4.html
[Motorola Droid 4] sd_shadow:
Factory cable only allows you to power device with low battery/no battery

---------- Post added at 10:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:31 AM ----------

Update zips only update specific system versions, you have to use correct one, and must be complete stock.
[Motorola Droid 4] wyklocnik:
from what i read in this post about factory cable it says it boots phone different way than normal thats why i thought maybe

itll be able to successfully update with it. also after every reset of this droid its not a simple matter of apps coming back thru wifi.

wifi is disabled and theyre there right from the start. i can remove some widgets or apps from home screen, i can delete texts,

and after reset theyre all back where they were. its as if every change i made havent been saved. i dont even have to reset phone,

i just need to reboot it to have it all back
[Motorola Droid 4] sd_shadow:
phone needs to be in AP Fastboot mode when flashing with rsd lite.

verify md5 checksum for xml file before flashing.
[Motorola Droid 4] wyklocnik:
yes, it was in ap fatboot mode, didnt verify the md5 tho.

more importantly, file i downloaded from site You linked passed verification! guess what i found wasnt official updates after all...

i hope this works :)
[Motorola Droid 4] sd_shadow:
Factory/Fastboot cable only uses the alt power (4) pin to power device, there are several pre-made ones

try reformatting internal sd card, before wiping

---------- Post added at 10:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:53 AM ----------

there are no official moto download sites, all moto firmware is pulled by people with special access, and reuploaded
[Motorola Droid 4] wyklocnik:
is it any different than checking "erase internal storage" when reseting phone?

anyways did it but atm have to recharge battery before trying to wipe it again.

also rom was succesfully updated thru recovery with no errors and after reboot im... back to square 1...
[Motorola Droid 4] sd_shadow:
formatting is different than wiping data, in menu>settings>storage>unmount>format

did system version change?
[Motorola Droid 4] wyklocnik:
same story after formating internal memory.

no changes whatsoever. same homescreen, same widgets/apps present. same system version.

and of course new error every 5 seconds. guess the phone is messed up good.

talk about luck. its second droid 4 i bought. first i bought over a month ago on auction site, it was new. i paid, guy never sent it.

now this one. its like a curse :eek:
[Motorola Droid 4] sd_shadow:
formatting internal won't wipe, user data, but will wipe backup data.
[Motorola Droid 4] wyklocnik:
tried xml with rsdlite now.

after first reboot its supposed to go into the recovery mode right?

it went back in to ap fastboot... and after rsd transfered all the files then it went to bootloader... and now program says reboot is in process while phone sits in recovery mode...
[Motorola Droid 4] sd_shadow:
it happens sometimes

select wipe data, then select reboot
[Motorola Droid 4] wyklocnik:
done, nothing changed.

also, when rsd works it acts as if it doesnt wait for the phone with operations.

it writes reboot, phone starts to reboot, and long time before it boots back either in ap fastboot mode or into recovery

rsd says its already transfering files, it says reboot again (before phone even gets into fastboot or recovery after 1st reboot) and so on.
[Motorola Droid 4] sd_shadow:
which fastboot version? 0A.74 , 0A.77?

which xml file?
[Motorola Droid 4] wyklocnik:
0A.74

cdma_maserati_9.8.2O-72_VZW-18-2_1ff.xml
[Motorola Droid 4] sd_shadow:
looks like you have a failure to write data, don't think there is a fix.

could try my Unbrick Moto device with moto-fastboot.exe

but unlikely that it will work
[Java for Android App Development] refat_chowdhury@yahoo.com:
I am trying to delete an image file from sdcard.The following code works fine with the emulator but when I'm testing it on my Nexus phone there is a black frame exists in the folder for each deleted image.So, after following posts in relation to similar issue my code looks like below. I've just started learning android programming and got stuck at this point.I'll really appreciate your help

String sdcard_path=Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath()+"/Expense_image";

File cacheFile =new File (sdcard_path,imageLocation);

if(cacheFile.exists()){

boolean deleted=cacheFile.delete();

Log.i("Deletion check","deleted:"+deleted);

sendBroadcast(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_MOUNTED, Uri.parse("file://" + Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory())));

Manifest.xml

<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

<activity

android:name=".deleteRecord"

android:label="@string/app_name" >

<intent-filter>

<action android:name="com.refat.myexpensev1.DELETERECORD" />

<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />

</intent-filter>

<intent-filter>

<action android:name="android.intent.action.MEDIA_MOUNTED" />

<data android:scheme="file" />

</intent-filter>

</activity>
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] stikboy73:
Since I'm a new user I cant post this in the warpdrive thread, but I am having a problem with the messaging app. I can't seem to get the app to push a notification to the lock screen. It only puts one in the status bar. Yes I turned on the option in the app.

Thanx in advanced

SB
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] stikboy73:
thank you

Thank you Kriptik210. I saw your post in the original thread for this ROM. I actually figured it out last night and meant to post this earlier today. It turns out that there is an extra package I needed to flash to enable this option. Thank you for posting the link to my post in the right place.

SB
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Kriptik210:
No problem. I wish I could have helped more but im glad you figured it out yourself lol ;)