yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
I just streamed the latest Star Trek movie on Netflix and it was absolutely gorgeous. Same thing with Avengers. Remember you need to give the player about 30 seconds to buffer before judging the picture quality. Once the full HD buffers it looks amazing. HD YouTube content is also glorious.

---------- Post added at 09:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:36 AM ----------

The Verge can write an entire review talking about how perfect and amazing something is then end up docking it two stars because it ISN'T APPLE. CNET is same way. According to these guys you would think the single most important feature of a tablet is what the back of the damned thing is made of.
[Galaxy Tab S General] suzook:
I love the tab but hate the gold/gray....better than white...but why the tacky gold?????
[Galaxy Tab S General] xRevilatioNx:
As I said in my previous post. Youtube and Netflix have been optimized for this device. So the picture is going to be amazing. It's other streaming and video services that may suffer. Such as my Xfinity Go App, Crackle . All the blacks gets extreme Pixelation and ghosting. It's horrible
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
At first I thought the same about the gold but now I don't even notice it. I have a white 10.5 with titanium book cover and honestly it looks pretty good.

Remember this tablet is made by Asians and Asians love gold. I think they did it to get away from the "cheap materials" moniker. Also to make it look different than the Pro line.
[Galaxy Tab S General] qngds:
8.4 ESPN Go

Watching ESPN waiting on the game, the picture is gorgeous. Go USA! :D
[Galaxy Tab S General] avenging:
this ipad lover gave it a very good review :highfive:

http://www.itproportal.com/reviews/...eed:+itproportal/rss+(Latest+ITProPortal+News)
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
The reviews that "count" are the ones from real users at retail sites like BestBuy. Right now the Tab S 10.5 is getting 4.9 out of 5 stars with about 40 or so reviews in. If you know BestBuy, scoring anywhere close to a perfect 5.0 is rare.

Most of these guys that do reviews for tech sites have an altar to iPad in their bedroom at home. And yeah, TheVerge hates everything, lol. I've seen them give a review with nothing but superlatives thoughout then in their conclusion call the device "disappointing" and give it 7.5 stars. They enjoy being snobs.
[Galaxy Tab S General] avenging:
i think the verge dislikes any product unless it has the apple logo on it lol
[Galaxy Tab S General] NixxonExxo:
Nope, it's Samsung GPU not processing the HD video properly. It's not only comcast but there are other websites that's showing this on the tab s too. My iPad displays all the same video just fine. I hope it's just software and Samsung will have a fix in it's next update because I'm a tv show buff and this is not acceptable for such a beautiful amoled tablet.
[Galaxy Tab S General] reubenskelly1992:
Yeah and the verge knock a star off Samsung tabs for being "too pricey" when there the same price as the iPad which has less specs but they never mention the price on them. Isheel
[Galaxy Tab S General] xRevilatioNx:
So you're seeing the ghosting and Pixelation (in dark scenes) on third party apps?
[Galaxy Tab S General] avenging:
another positive review

http://www.mensjournal.com/gear/electronics/a-legitimate-ipad-mini-competitor-20140718

Im impressed so far almost all the reviews are positive (reminds me of galaxy S2 again)
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
So far on YouTube, Netflix and Hulu my 10.5 GPU has performed flawlessly. That leads me to believe this problem is only a software patch away as the GPU is well up to the task with many popular streaming sites.

Quote from the Men's Journal review above:

Although I do not doubt the honesty of those experiencing lag, stutter and generally poor performance, I think the feedback from the marketplace is telling us this may be isolated and by my guess, the result of a bad batch of parts. The percentage of those experiencing problems in this forum while still a minority is probably disproportionately large as those having problems come to forums such as these seeking help while those who are satisfied do not.
[Galaxy Tab S General] jayochs:
so I've used the xfinity app and watched some stuff and honestly my black levels look fine, just like Netflix does...
[Galaxy Tab S General] xRevilatioNx:
Penny Dreadful is where I saw it at its worse. It was horrible.
[Galaxy Tab S General] jayochs:
hmm interesting. I'll have to check. I never use the xfinity app really though... can't wait for amazon prime videos to come out!!
[Galaxy Tab S General] Joeful:
So far I am loving the 8.4. The only things I am disappointed in is the bloatware (already rooted and removed), TouchWiz (replaced with Nova Launcher), and speaker placement (although you can rotate to the left to fix that). I'm also noted used to not having Knock-On. I think I may disable the capacitive buttons and add the actual Android navigation bar. I'd prefer the majority of buttons be on-screen if possible. The home button kind of pisses me off. Lol. I also plan on using using this with a stylus for taking notes in class. I'm not sure how feast let that is, but I'll get it a ****. I'd rather carry this around and as opposed to multiple notebooks. It would be even better if I can find digital copies of all my required reading, so I can multi-window.
[Galaxy Tab S General] adbosch:
Can someone list all bloatware one can do without? And provide a link to a detailed rooting procedure (step by step)? Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ssuper2k:
also, why dont you send me your tablet and I root and clean it for you??

everything is already explained in a few posts; dont be so lazy and search a little
[Galaxy Tab S General] Buckster76:
how are people finding the audio quality ?

put me off a bit from gsmarena review that it seemed that SQ wasn't quite as good as the 8.4 Pro
[Galaxy Tab S General] Joeful:
It's nothing to write home about, but the speakers hold up pretty well, and I hear no distortion. Volume level is decent. ViPER4Android doesn't seem to want to install its driver on the Tab S, so I'm not sure how much of a difference that makes.
[Galaxy Tab S General] NixxonExxo:
Poor. Sometimes its not loud enough for me. No bass. Im disappointed with the 2 side speakers of the 10.5. It's no competition for the ipad single speaker.
[Galaxy Tab S General] adbosch:
Thanks. Great reply, ssuper2k. Your input is greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work and discourage newbies as much as possible (and above all: judge unknown people).
[Galaxy Tab S General] micmars:
Dissonance is of use to no one, neither are denigrating comments on another's initiative nor insults thinly veiled as offers to help.
[Galaxy Tab S General] avenging:
10.5 got editor's choice here :good:

http://www.computershopper.com/tablets/reviews/samsung-galaxy-tab-s-10.5#product-review
[Galaxy Tab S General] Itchiee:
Use this as a template to debloat your Samsung tablet.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2513532

Just remember you can use Odin to reflash if anything goes wrong.
[Galaxy Tab S General] HughesNet:
You could use PlayOn.
[Galaxy Tab S General] avenging:
in this review, it says the build quality of the tab s is better than the ipad's

http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/review/2357732/galaxy-tab-s-vs-ipad-air-head-to-head-review
[Galaxy Tab S General] mitchellvii:
The Tab S is now even better that we have a working T800 rom (still beta but works well) and a CM rom right around the corner. Couple more weeks and t700 and t800 will both have custom kernels as well.
[Galaxy Tab S General] le0.br4zuc4:
I agree with those reviews. This is by far the best Android tablet I've used (I have had many tablets).

Screen is amazing, built quality is great. It's light, thin. I don't even use the camera on a tablet so don't even know if the camera is good or bad.

I have the OEM Samsung case, love it as well.

The ONLY thing I don't like about this tablet, it's the battery life. Battery life sucks but I'm hoping it gets better with an update.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisftlse:
Hi ther
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alientango:
Well interesting. I'm assuming its on their open source site. I'll check it out..
[General Questions and Answers] jimennis:
Hi ,

After backing up my ZTE V967S imei with mobile uncle i flashed lewa os unfortunately i have lost my imei and baseband and i cant restore the backup , im assuming this is because the efs folder was overwritten and may need to be reformatted, replacing the rom with the stock rom didn't resolve this issue . To compound issue i cant connect to pc at all, i installed all drivers and nothing . So what i think i need is a rom that will repartition the efs from the sd card or some zip file that could rewrite the baseband , any ideas would be helpful.

Kind regards

Jim
[General Questions and Answers] jimennis:
I have managed to locate a spfalshtool backup of another V967S but as i said the phone will not connect to PC here is the list of files in the backup ,boot.img,EBR1,EB2,expdb,logo.bin,mbr,misc,mt6589 android scatter emmc.txt,pmt,pro info,protect f,protect s,recovery.img,rom ver2.txt,seccfg,secro.img,system.img,uboot.bin . can the be flased to phone without pc ?

Hope you can help

Hi All , i have manged to resove the issue and will post a tutorial shortly
[General Questions and Answers] jimennis:
OK , files needed are spflash_tool.exe , full backup and MTK usb Vcom driver .

Take out phone battery and attach to pc , i used win 7 , hold the volume down and power button and phone should appear in device manager as unknown device install the driver manually and phone will show up as MTK Port in device manager , it may disconnect and reconnect but do not worry , unplug the phone ,open spflash_tool and load the scatter file(contact me for full backup files) select all files including the preloader and choose auto format now reconnect the phone with battery in and hold down volume and power button as soon as you hear it connect hit download and it will format and flash the stock rom to the file when done just restart your phone and your imei will be back :)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] NeonPT:
i have this instructions :

"Start your device in bootloader mode by pressing and holding down:

DPad + PowerButton + ResetButton"

But my problem is that my power button doesnt works, thats one of the reasons i am trying a new rom, so my question is if there is another way to bootload himalaya without the poer button.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fridlack:
Hi all

I dont know if i am doing somthing wrong but after 4.4.4 update i report that "phone search" setting inside Google Search app are emty.

In the past i can search for apps instaled in the device or my contacts directly from the quick search bar, but seens like something is worng now

Could you check it plz?

Regards
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] Lilybet:
A very good friend of mine donated me his Kindle Fire; because he doesn't like it, and OS from Amazon in particular.

I've tried to root the kindle following this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2074565; but the process always went with errors, reporting that some files do not exist. I am using NixOS at the moment and I haven't seen Windows since 2000, so please don't send me to Windows-only rooting.

After that, I tried to install 2nd bootloader/recovery, following the guide: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2100963; but something went wrong. I got blue fire logo, but it never booted and was stuck on the "loading" screen. I let the battery go flat; then charged from the wall charger and booted into normal mode - that went OK.

I am wondering if I have chosen wrong files or made a device identification error?

I know the kindle was bought from Amazon in November 2012 on promotional offer. The device information is the following: system version 10.4.6_user_4620220. Serial number D026 A0A0 2464 01LW.
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] stunts513:
thats definately a kf2, if it got stuck on the blue logo then maybe you either didnt tell it to go into recovery or you forgot to flash a custom recovery. as long as you have the blue logo i believe you can get into fastboot without a fastboot cable and flash a custom recovery. Or try boting into it with the key combo for kf2 that i don't know of offhand.
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] Lilybet:
Thanks. Perhaps I made a mistake falshing recovery. Fixed now, TWRP works OK.

Now I am stuck with getting a working combination of ROM + GAPPS: Tried

1) cm-10.2-20131102-SNAPSHOT-M1-otter2.zip + gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip --- get "unfortunately com.android.phone stopped".

2) cm-10.2-20131102-SNAPSHOT-M1-otter2.zip + gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip --- get "unfortunately, android keyboard (AOSP) stopped" Clear data + clear cashe do not solve the problem.

3) cannot flash any cm-11 from download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=otter2&type=snapshot : get message set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed. E: Error executing updater binary in zip 'sdcard/cm-11*/ Error flashing zip 'cm-11-*'.
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] Lilybet:
Something is telling me that TWRP v2.6.3.0 is not compatible with CM11 and Android KK. Is it correct?

Thus I need a working combination of CM10.? and JB GAPPS.
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] Lilybet:
Tried this one early morning today: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2146030

Flashing was OK, but cannot boot afterwards: get a screen with rotating/flying triangles, nothing else.
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] Lilybet:
Alright, the only combination with CM 10.2 that works at this moment for me is JB 4.3 with CM10.2/SGT7:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2416561&nocache=1

The other threads seem to have links incompatible roms/gapps due to updates...
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FarDablinG:
Hi guys,

Not sure of this wss covered already but i was unable to locate anything that helps

I currently have a Galaxy Note 3 n9005 international LTE version with stock kitkat installed 4.4.2. The phone is rooted which i did upon receiving it and have super user 2.0 installed. i have confirmed root with titanium back.

Now i wanted to try a custom rom and tried to install the new phillz touch recovery but observed that it kept failing in odin (tried several times) i even tried to install a custom recovery via ROM Manager which it said the update was complete but when ever i boot into recovery mode i keep get the stock android recovery.

i have search and cannot find anything that help so here i am.

My Android version N9005XXUENC2 AND Kernel version is 3.4.0-636608 dpi [MENTION=1044428]SWD[/MENTION]D5619 #1

From my understanding once u root it should have install a custom recovery. When i got the phone it came with Jelly bean 4.3 and i rooted then updated to kitkat, could this be the issue. Does that mean i have root again?

Any assistance given is greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diamon85:
I have the same Problem :( rooted with towelroot work fine with knox 0x0 and i have testet it with Rom Manager and with Rom installer have installed twrp and cwm all Not work :( sorry 4 the Bad english.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dodoqq:
If you have updated via Kies, i think you lost the root access. Download a root checker app and check the root status.
[General Questions and Answers] gtmoro90:
hi,

I'm trying to swap extsd to sdcard. I changed extsd to sd card but not the reverse. I followed this post:" http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2219390 " before writing here.

I hope for your help.
[HTC One X] BluesRebel:
Hello,

I found topics with similar problems but no solution. This is the situation. Last week I rooted and flashed my HTC One X for the first time and with the help of Titanium I deleted some apps. Didn't like the ROM and flashed the stock ROM, stock boot and stock recovery again. So everything is as it was.

I now have the problem that when I delete the apps I once deleted with Titanium, I see greyed out apps with SD on them, like here:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/at...d-overlaid-screenshot_2014-03-25-13-47-29.png

So this problem doesn't occur when installing and deleting other apps!

A reset of the phone and a format of the SD didn't help. The only thing I noticed is that the SD card says dat 1 GB is in use when connected to the computer. But I don't see any folders. Is it possible that this is the problem. Has Titanium messed something up? Or is there another solution?

All help is much appreciated!
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
Clear the cache from HTC sense in the apps menu.
[HTC One X] BluesRebel:
Didn't help. Even flashing new roms didn't help. For now, unrooting and relocking the bootloader has helped for some reason. (Hopefully permanent.) Since I'm planning to stay on stock for a while now, this is no problem. But I don't understand it.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisftlse:
Hi There,

I have read that Sony released the Kernel Sources.

Does this mean that Custom Kernel could be soon on available for our LB XZ ?

Sorry for noon question but not fully confident with Sony's security.

Thanks
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
No. You can't run custom kernels on locked bootloaders. Sony have always released kernel source and that has no bearing on running custom kernels on a locked bootloader.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingchristy123:
Downloaded sony's timelapse camera app from Sony select and noticed there is a 4k feature you can choose, is this a clue 4k will come without the need to root device?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noobz1:
I dont think so, because that app is not sony's official app. I think its just their(SUKROS or something ) way of promoting the app. Because 4K option in the app is not free, its a paid feature.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sm.vassallo:
Never going to happen to be honest.

The 4K & 120fps MOD works with the newly released .108 firmware.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomascus:
It's timelapse, most likely it just takes picture of size of 4k resolution (3840*2160 or 8MP) and puts them together to make it look like a long duration time lapse.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t1mman:
We all know it's doable (TimeShift and 4K), sony would show their support by doing so.

But, I honestly don't think they would either!
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adil786ali63:
yes the Xperia SP will get the 4.4.2 update around mid of July...

both device are equally good but in moto g you will not have a SD card expansion slot... that is only 16gb of memory..

also the battery backup of xperia sp is pretty good ...

and also the GPU is better as moto g run on adreno 305 gpu and the xperia sp runs on adreno 320

best of luck !!!:good:
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oblox:
No the SP has not been confirmed to get kitkat update, currently we are in limbo with regards to any announcement.

We have KitKat available for the device however not on an official Sony ROM so it depends if you're into flashing and so on.

The SP despite its age is a lovely device for the money.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Farooq95:
Xperia it is! Hope Sony releases kitkat 4.4.x
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oblox:
In the mean time try out nexusPa rom (KK 4.4.4), its really great so far and getting better.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Farooq95:
Hey I bought The Xperia sp and first impressions are not so good as it crashed and restarted after setup and the keyboard is very unresponsive at times.any help?should I reset the device?
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7alizani:
Install Sony PC companion and upgrade your device to latest firmware.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Farooq95:
I have the latest firmware 205
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7alizani:
Then try Sony Update Service, to reset device to factory settings (on Windows 8/8.1 you must run SUS in compatibility mode for Windows 7). After that use this app http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2783157 to gain root, download SuperSU from PlayStore, update libs. Reboot phone, download link2sd and get rid of bloatware.

:svetius::victory:
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Farooq95:
I did a factory reset....I think everything is fine now. I changed my keyboard from play store and disabled unwanted apps . why is the camera ****?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Van_Tastic:
Hi,

I have an issue with my album covers in the lock screen as they don't display properly, when I look at them in the Music app they are just fine but when it's in the lock screen they appear to be zoomed in.

Is there any way to have the albums show up properly in the lock screen ?

And thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Airax:
That's standard behaviour. Mine does that.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Van_Tastic:
Isn't there a way to change that ?
[General Topics] rockky:
Hi

Need a few smart folks!

Did a little tweakin followed by a reset on my Tytn and despite all attempts since then I canNOT get my IE cursor to leave the url box and act on page items!......the d-pad/cursur will scroll the page but not move onto the page.

Any suggestions to fix this'd be greatly appreciated....I am online on the move all day and this is a pain!

Any windows files associated with IE I can restore or whatever?
[General Topics] levenum:
Did you by any chance mess with your registry?

There is a key that controls how D-PAD behaves in PIE (Pocket IE):

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Navigation

4-Way Nav (DWORD) 1

Make sure this value is 1 not 0 otherwise the D-PAD will scroll the page but not go to links or controls on it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reechings:
I can't believe I have fricking burn-in on my screen! I have had the phone less than two weeks and have been loving it but last night noticed lines on the screen. They look to line up exactly with the thread topics list on the Tapatalk app.

I have been using the app a lot but there is no way I should have burn in happening. It's not like I have even left the screen sitting in one place when using the app. My hypothesis is that it might have happened from using the ultra brightness mode (adapt display with maximum brightness on with auto brightness turned on) in bright sunshine and using the Tapatalk app.

I have googled burn in for this screen and haven't seen anything so I wonder if I somehow have a bad screen. It did look great when I first got it. If anyone out there has heard anything about this or can check their screen on a dark grey background I would appreciate it. Thanks.

Tapped It!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -PiLoT-:
perhaps a picture?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djase:
same here too bad.....
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reechings:
View attachment 2827109

Hard to take a good picture but you can see it a bit.

Tapped It!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reechings:
You have burn-in on your s5?

Tapped It!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AMoosa:
Nothing on mine. I'd go exchange it if I were you
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reechings:
Does anyone else have this issue? Does anyone else use the dark theme for Tapatalk app on their S5? Just want to double check if I should try it again when I get a replacement. Thanks!

Tapped It!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reechings:
Bump

Tapped It!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reechings:
Got a new phone and the screen is actually a little worse than the original. Has the same white lines across screen when the brightness is turned down in a dark room with a dark grey or similar color on screen. Sent the replacement back and am going to keep the first one. The lines are actually not that easy to see during normal usage and I really like the phone.

Tapped It!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowLea:
Every AMOLED device has that....

On Tapatalk Dark it looks completely blotched on all of my 8 AMOLED devices.

Any colour other than dark grey is fine.