yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] little_rock:
Hi Wassa you se co pilot - so do i - so please can you tell me what onthe easy devices what you chose for the correct cable that will owrk with the bluetooth gps unit.

cheers mate - thanks for your help.

lr
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] mickey_jaw:
re: car charging problems

just one thing to ask: are you a smoker?

I only say this because i use a usb car charger and it only charges faster than it drains if you are careful to blow/clean all the fag ash out of the socket in the car to get a good connection. Otherwise the charging led sometimes comes on but cant supply enough power to charge quicker than my universal drains its battery
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] vapor:
nah I do not smoke so I do not see why it should be happening.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] nuclear:
I never get ash in there. Its impossible to get ash in there unless you really want it there. You are supposed to use the knob and not stick your cig in there. lol
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] AlanJC:
I have used a Belkin one, one that I bought for an iPod that has a standard USB socket you can plug any cable into, and a cheap ebay one.

They all work, BUT.. you have to plug them in when the device is off. Once the charge light comes on, you can turn it on, and it will charge, although slowly.

If you plug it in while the device is on, it will not start charging.

I don't know why this is, but considering it's the same on all 3 chargers, and I have seen people complaining about this on the Universal a few times, I think it's just the way things are.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] nuclear:
Yup because at first i was wondering too why my device isnt charging. Actually the charge light on my GPS came on quicker than the Universal.lol... i had to wait for a few moments and kept trying till the universal began charging. So yeah you gotta wait with the universal shut off.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] ice_coffee:
I have not bothered reading all the replies but the problem with most car chargers is the AMPS, the voltage is right @ 5 volts but the amps is usually 0.5. Ideally the universal needs 1 or 2 amps, the new tomtom standalone units use 2 Amp USB car chargers and are a direct fit for our universals !!! isnt that convenient.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] amgeu1:
I don't have a charger as such but I use - strangely enough - a sony psp usb cord that goes through a USB cigarette adapter picked up from a poundshop here in UK ( a shop that sells lots of cheap gadgetry - for the non british of you )that also has a connector that is exactly what is needed for my fortuna bluetooth . it works fine . I realise that it does not recharge the phone but keeps it charged . I've not tried the usb to usb mini through the usb lighter adapter though . I guess that the trick its to have a charged universal before you leave on a trip .
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] Thrudd:
I found I was having trouble charging my Universal with a USB adaptor in the car. The "charging" light would only come in if the phone was off, and while it would stay on when the phone turned on, it would not actually be charging and the damned thing would eventually run out of charge (I drive lots).

I eventually realised that if I turned the screen brightness down to it's lowest illumination whilst charging it worked fine. Obviously not much power comes out of the socket...

Now my battery has packed up due to another issue, but turn the screen down and it should be fine.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] towinguk:
Voltage Regulator 5v / 2a /

I have read with interest all the comments and solution here and thought it might help to add mine what I have made and fitted to all my vehicles is a mini USB power supply, simply cut the pc plug from a mini USB lead and add one UA 78S05

VOLTAGE REGULATOR 5V / 2A /

http://www.donberg.ie/descript/u/ua78s05.htm

Connect the input leg to 12 v dc bolt the regulator to a GOOD earth/heat sink (car body) and off you go up to 2 amps @5v BUT DO TEST WITH VOLT METER BEFORE CONNECTING PPC
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] mbirth:
I also have this problem with charging in my car. I bought a 12V cigarette-lighter to 2x USB-adapter some while ago and following effect:

-Powering my GPS with its own data cable (with some USB->Serial-adapter in it) works fine. (btw: It's a Fortuna GPSmartBT.)

-Powering my GPS with a standard USB cable DOESN'T work

-Charging my Uni with a standard USB cable makes the "charging" light go yellow, but DOESN'T CHARGE anything. The battery just drains normally.

-Charging my Uni with the GPS cable works and charges very quick, but the Uni needs about 2 minutes to "realize" that it's charging (yellow light).

Output of the cigarette-adapter is 5V at about 1,5 Amps.

So question is, how to make the Uni charge using a standard USB-cable ... maybe there's really something like two shortened pins or so....

Cheers,

-mARKUS
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] SiliconS:
This is really interesting. Thanks for your post.

I've just bought a dual USB charger from Addonsworld on eBay that was advertised to deliver 2 amps. It doesn't. Same old story: it'll charge the Exec if it's turned off, but when turned on, running TomTom the charge actually falls. And this is before I even plug in my bluetooth GPS thing. I'm going to see what Addonsworld's attitude is like as I ask for a refund. :(

However, I was starting to wonder whether I could somehow make something myself that would deliver 2 amps, and your post has piqued my interest. It looks ideal, especially since I've now got a dismantle-able device with two USB output leads. All I need is a soldering iron and a regulator.

Where did you get hold of a regulator like that? The website you link has a minimum order value of €12.50 and a minimum shipping charge of €12.70 :( I can't find anything similar on the Maplin website.

Edit:

How much heat does the regulator kick out? Must it be sinked to the car body, or could it be integrated into a car cigarette lighter plug?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] kecido:
Don't use a linear regulator, they generate lots of heat, all the "unnecesary" power is dissipated as heat by linear regulators, you can't use it in a compact -yet high power- housing, use switching type regulators instead, there are many of them, i just mention two of them, the LM2576-ADJ (rated at 3A, made by national semiconductor) and the MC34063 (this needs an external pmos transistor to give you 2A, made by on semi -ex motorola- and many others).

bye
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] towinguk:
look here http://www.ansoncomponents.com or ebay

HI

I get my regulators form local electronics shop here in the uk http://www.ansoncomponents.com but I did a search on ebay with positive result

My idea is not to build this in to a box (IT MUST BE FIXED TO A SUBSTANTIAL HEAT SINK AND THERE IS NON BIGGER THAN THE METAL BODY OF THE CAR) and then I have a trailing lead coming from the dash; mine comes from the heater vents
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] mbirth:
After playing around with my GPS it seems that it's all a matter of the Pin #4 (ID-Pin) connected to Ground or not.

As I wrote before, my GPS has the same symptoms as my Universal. Connecting it using a standard USB-cable does nothing. Well, as I just found out, I can still turn the GPS on and activate backlight (via a button) but there's nothing displayed and so it's only useful as an ambient light source ... seems to me the same like the Uni firing up the "charging"-LED without actually charging.

I then opened my GPS and shortened Pins 4 (ID-Pin) and 5 (Ground) and turned it on again .... et voilà ... I saw the "GPSmart"-logo and it worked. Removing the short let the display fade away instantly.

My first thought was to short those pins on the connector using conductive paint (same liquid as for repairing your rear window defroster grid). Then I remembered I had an adapter somewhere ... it looks like this:

And well, this adapter seems to have Pins 4+5 shortened ... connecting this to my car adapter and to my GPS works fine. Will try charging my Universal later on.... but I guess this will work. Finally!

Cheers,

-mARKUS

P.S.: My GPS connector cable mentioned earlier in this thread has a FTDI FT232BM USB-serial-controller which also manages the ID-Pin.

UPDATE: IT WORKS!!! As already mentioned here, you have to plug in the charger with the Uni switched off so that the yellow LED lights up. But then it charges fine. Got +3% in <10mins.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] SiliconS:
Thanks for the link, towinguk.

I've had another idea... Before Christmas I bought a proper O2 Exec charger from an O2 shop (for £15!!!) that charges my Exec just fine. I plan to try and find an adapter to take the mini USB plug of the O2 charger and adapt it to a standard USB socket into which I can plug any USB accessory that I want. The O2 charger must have a hefty power capability so I'm hoping this works. Perhaps I'll butcher the useless Addonsworld USB charger to expand the single O2 USB output into two USB sockets - that'd be ideal.

What a pain in the arse.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] Ralith:
Not speaking from experience here, but judging from what others have written, if you short pins 4 and 5 on the "useless" charger's outputs it should work fine.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] SiliconS:
I'm using the proper out-of-the-box Universal charge cable with my useless charger. That cable works for a standard computer USB socket so it ought to work with a car charger, surely?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] vapor:
Could you tell me where you got it and do they ship to Singapore?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories] mbirth:
Sorry, I have no idea where I got this from ...

Cheers,

-mARKUS
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] sether52:
My 2 year old pushed the wrong pin 5 times and locked up my encrypted S4. Now when it asks for pin after restart and I put in the right one, it says it's wrong. I tried to Odin a fresh mk2 stock rom, but I kept getting errors. Write being enabled might be the problem, but, I don't know. Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] BIGSAMDA1ST:
Hate to say it but I think trying a factory reset might be your best best. Good luck..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] sether52:
Wish I could. I keep getting the "restart kies" screen. The one time I was able to get into recovery mode and tried a factory reset/wipe, cache wipe I thought I was successful. When it booted up I thought I was golden and then realized my wifi wasn't working and neither was bluetooth. So, I went back into ODIN download mode and tried to flash the MK2 at that point and it failed and failed and failed. Any suggestions on factory resetting it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mikeprius:
I used to have my S4 encrypted but I don't anymore because I have heard it creates issues. I don't have a suggestion outside what you have tried, when you are flashing a new ROM, there should not be any issues once it has been completely wiped. Another option is to wipe and try flashing a custom ROM instead. Good luck let us know what happens.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gat0rjay:
Delete Please
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biopsin:
I can only advice to upload last_kmsg inside /proc folder and also a logcat, search for logcat @ f-droid.org

It will help us see what is going on, rather then fumbling in the dark..
[Java for Android App Development] lczz:
I created a keyboard for android, the keys are working right, but do not know how to add it as default for my device, ie, when I click on the EditText WhatsApp for example, instead of up the keyboard android, show my keyboard to type.
[Java for Android App Development] DannyGM16:
Use this source I found on github:

https://github.com/AnySoftKeyboard/AnySoftKeyboard?files=1

And check what you need to add to your app :)

Enviado desde mi GT-S7580 mediante Tapatalk
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] shadowdylan99:
Something I have noticed with my m8 is that when I am in a mms group chat, it takes a while to download the messages. If I am in a group chat with my friend with an iphone, he receives the texts about 10-20 seconds before I do, I know what app you use makes a different and I am using textra which I love but is there an app that will better handle group chats or is it just something to do with android that is causing this.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] T4rd:
Are you all on the same carrier? I would assume it would be a carrier/networking delay initially if you're on different carriers. But I use Handscent SMS for group messaging and haven't had any issues with iPhone or Android users. Might try that to see if it affects the delay. I wouldn't think it would help though.

Also, if the person that's sending the message is on an iPhone as well, then your friend that's on an iPhone is probably receiving it through iMessage, not SMS, so he's definitely going to have less of a delay that way since it's just using data/IM and not the carrier's SMS system.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] wtoj34:
I experience the same thing on hangouts except my delay is typically longer than 20 seconds. Not massive concern but its embarrassing in front of my iPhone friends
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] shadowdylan99:
Same carrier and same location and its through group mms not imessage or sms. I used to use hangout and had trouble sending messages and textra seems to do it better so I thought maybe it had to do with the app
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] EggPanda:
It seems ive been assigned to the republic of china(the marketplace code) and everything i see in thr market are all chinese characters. Is there a way to change this? Language or the country i was asaigned to?

And i cant find instagram in my marketplace

I use windows 7.8 of pdaimatejam

Htc hd2
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dxdy:
for hundred and one times: change region with link in my signature... make hard reset device and login with account again...
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wyterabitt:
Did anyone else get the sketch app this month? I got it a few weeks ago on my Xperia Z through the update centre and just assumed this was normal. I have been trying out some different roms and just gone back to stock expecting to get sketch again but didnt. and I have looked around and it seems to be only for the newer phones - was this a fluke/glitch? :confused:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ben Ling:
for the Sketch app visit here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2778478

no idea for why not getting the update again...
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wyterabitt:
Thanks for the link, I would want to get it from here if I do download the APK. I wasnt just being lazy though I was only trying to ask if it was supposed to be available for Xperia Z through the update centre which is why I actually posted this in the general section initially.

I still think thats the correct section for what I was asking, but a moderator must have thought I was looking for the APK just like you did so they moved it :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Please post question in the Q&A section, you will receive answers much more quickly if you do

Thread moved
[Lenovo P780] sidsonam:
Hello all,

I am a happy customer of p780 as I am not that techie so nothing is bothering me. Not even the battery life as it is giving me 1 n half day which is more than any other smartphone today.

But as you know there are no mirroring app for lenovo p780 so I am concerned that this phone will be able to screen mirroring like Samsung or not.

I got this hope when I was going through the new KitKat update and I came across wireless display. ( settings>display> wireless display) it is something to do with Intel widi feature but I don't know how to make it run and what hardware or software is required.

The hope came from the new mobile assistant which has screen sharing through USB ( magic plus ) when u connect the phone to laptop it opens lenovo suite , magic plus etc. It works night but the need to have display wireless is increased.

Please tell me how and what is needed as I am facing the same issue in my lenovo twist laptop where it says Widi is ready to use. But frankly speaking I don't know how to use.

Any suggestions please reply to get this thing working.
[Lenovo P780] lenovo P780 Life 07:
Tronsmart T1000 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPIWJ_ykGag
[Lenovo P780] sidsonam:
Does this support lenovo p780 ? One more thing can we have wireless display to phone and laptop? If wireless display works I do have lenovo twist laptop with widi windows 8.1 can we WIRELESSLY mirror our screen ?
[Lenovo P780] lenovo P780 Life 07:
If U mean Tronsmart T1000 - then YES, it s support lenovo p780 (but U must have ROM with KK or 4.4.x android).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tyler.Boston1:
Hi i was wondering if there was a way to have slow motion on the GS5 and record the sound of it at the same time like on an iphone?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clark707:
I've got a Verizon Note 3 now with the NC4 ota on it already. I need root. Not want need. I use my hotspot religiously. Tried towel root. Busy box wont install because of superuser permissions. I uninstalled all of them etc.. Nothing.. Factory reset my phone. Towelroot'd again. Then busybox. same message. "there was a problem opening a shell with root access. This is either being caused by a superuser/supersu or by a device that is inproperly rooted. Try removing superuser permissions, uninstalling this app reinstalling this app then regranting permissions. Well After rooting a factory reseted nc4 with towel root busybox showed this. So then i proceded to supersu. Tries to install shows option to disable knox fails. Installed superuser and tried to update binary, failed and crashed superuser.

Ever phone i've had has been rooted. thunderbolt/s3/n2/s4.. the note 3 has became the b*tch of the family that doesnt want to listen. Please help. I feel these threads overpopulate the forums but i've tried multiple times. given up waited a few months and tried again. This being my fourth attempt owning the phone im to the point where i want to give up and get my old s4 back.. So please help me with any information you can give.

Thanks

edit: yeah signature is old.. havent been on in a while sorry.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RomsWell:
Make sure usb debugging is enabled. then retry towel root
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clark707:
Enabled USB debugging. Uninstaller Chinese superuser crap. Install supersu from play store. Try to update. Failed knox.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinstre11:
Go back to towelroot. After rooting use a root checker to verify root. Don't worry about updating SU Binaries or disabling Knox, if you are planning to flash a custom rom this will all get taken care of as pretty much every rom has done this for you, you should still be able to grant permissions without updating. If the busybox app you are using doesn't work, try another one, the one I always use is created by a Steven something (can't remember last name).

If you are not going to flash a custom rom follow the instructions in the 3rd post found here.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clark707:
alright. UNinstalled everything and reinstalled towel root. Ran towelroot no errors. downloaded root tester and no root access. The busybox I download is the first one that comes up by Stephen. Still gives me the same error.

Something is wrong with superuser. I UNinstalled them all and I've tried them all. Superuser by chains fails to download manifest. Busybox X says no root or bad superuser.idk what to freaking do its pissing me off
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinstre11:
Just to make sure, you did install SuperSU prior to running root checker? Permissions are required to verify root.

If so, I would reflash the stock firmware via Odin and start over. The firmware file can be found here. After flashing through Odin boot into recovery and factory reset/wipe cache. Then try rooting again, make sure you have the latest towelroot.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clark707:
For an obvious answer I just did towelroot then root checker. Because none of the super users work.. and I'll have to do that when I get off work tonight. Would prefer a different route though.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clark707:
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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinstre11:
As I tried to say before, you don't need to update the binaries for SuperSU to do its job. Just install it, don't worry about opening it or trying to disable Knox. Something about NC4 OTA doesn't like rooting as Verizon continues to try to lockdown our phones as much as they can.

ATM, Towelroot is the best root method I know of as it is a one click method that works, I haven't seen anywhere on these forums that it has failed for our device short of users missing some important link in the chain. I haven't tried kingo or the chinese version of rooting since being on KitKat so I don't know if they work on the current firmware nor have I seen anyone talking about them since Towelroot was discovered for our device.

Steps to successful root, busybox, safestrap, custom rom are in the second post of this thread. My only addition to the steps would be to install a switch user app (i.e. SuperSU) in between Steps 1 & 2. You can switch out any 4.4 rom for the Stock rom provided by BeansTown106 as long as you make sure to flash the NC2 kernel in the appropriate step. The only exception would be if you are planning on using Jasmine Rom as hsbadr has recently rebuilt his 2 versions on the NC4 kernel, in which case you don't need to do anything special, simply flash via Safestrap following the instructions in his OP. (I apologize if you already understand all this, just trying to be thorough so we don't have to keep going back and forth).
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clark707:
Alright well with just supersu installed and towellroot ran busy box fails each time.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clark707:
These are the steps I took with a fresh factory reset. USB debugging. Towelroot install supersu install busy box run busybox get that error I showed above. Rage quit.

Interesting enough this busy box installer shows that my phone has root but fails to install busybox
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinstre11:
At this point I don't know what else to try other than reflashing the stock firmware via Odin and starting again.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clark707:
I'm gonna try this later tonight.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clark707:
Worked!!

Root [X]

Busybox [X]

Safestrap [X]

In the process of downloading jasmine's port from the s5 on my phone so i can set up a partition for it. Never really used safestrap so this is a new world for me. Any advice is much welcomed!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinstre11:
Only use the stock slot, there are problems with battery drain and other things on rom slots.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clark707:
Wait wouldn't using the stock slot be dangerous? And I'm coming across another problem. Every rom in the forums I try does not boot up accept for jasmine rom 2.3 I'd like to use a different rom but it's not liking me lol. But it's safe to flash a rom in the stock slot? If so I'll have jasmine in slot one as a backup. Battery drain is outrageous. Even with zero lemons 10,000 nah battery it blows through it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sardonicpriest:
Using the stock slot isn't really dangerous... You can always boot into download mode and reflash the stock rom with Odin. You will need the unified Kitkat kernel with most roms. And each rom should have instructions including flashing it at some point.