yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Topics] xdduser:
HI

Can anyone tell me about thee outdoor performance of dell venue 8 (old model , 2013) and xiaomi mi3? My main purpose would be reading/watching movies while i travel in public transport during day time. So I definitely dont need retina level resolution because of constant shakiness environment that i will be in. But whose visibility is better outside?
[XDA Assist] longalong1992@gmail.com:
I am planning to remake a 2nd partition...which would be better, ext 3 or 4? Coz i cant link anything to my sd with link2sd plus...when im trying to link data, it is always saying "link2sd package invalid"

Thanks for your response..
[XDA Assist] matt4321:
Hi there,

ext4 has a few more features, for exmaple it can hold bigger files, have more directories and mount even more file systems. But for what you are trying to achieve either will suffice!

For further questions about link2sd I'd suggest asking in the thread [APP][1.6+] Link2SD

You have asked a very similar question in the Assist forum earlier today, please use the links provided or ask in Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
[LG Optimus G Pro] Boziumtrip:
I got this phone updated to 4.4.2 about a month ago. I followed the root guide immediately and got root. Since then it is no longer recognized by any of my computers. I have a Vista 32, XP, Windows7 64, and I even tried Ubuntu Live! CD. Nothing recognizes this device. When I insert an SD card, it shows "SD Card Inserted" but will not mount. I tried the NextApp SDFix and it didn't help. Also, the stock "Home" launcher crashes and the phone only runs because of Nova Launcher that i loaded from play store.

I couldn't get custom recovery to load so I am in stock recovery and when I reboot to stock it gives me this message:

E:missing bitmap stage_empty

(Code -1)

E:missing bitmap stage_fill

(Code -1)

I am on rooted stock 4.4.2

Kernel 3.4.0

Software Version E98020g

Many thanks peoples.
[LG Optimus G Pro] francous:
Same here.. cant get any custom recovery to work running stock kit kat.. would be nice to get some help on this.. can it be done?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stramzik:
Hi XDAians.

Guys i own a Samsung galaxy S4-I9505 and few months ago i tried root it and some how i did it successfully and later i unrooted it again i am using back the same stupid touchwiz but the problem i am facing is,

1.My phone doesnt gets automatic updates.(i have to do it manually by downloading firmware from samfirmware and then installing it through Odin)

2.Knox cant be installed.

3.The camera app sucks to the coreeeee auto focus sucks every time i get a blued image. out of 5 i only get one clear image :(

3.After my 4.4.2 update, i cant hide apps. And the touchwiz is so much bad compared to 4.3 .

So my question is is there any way i can fix those above problems?

Now i am willing to root it back again hence i wanted to know which custom rom comes with all the system apps and software(such as wifi direct etc etc) pre installed as touchwiz and which lets me free do play with it!!!

last time i installed CM i didnt have wifi at all and it was really a mess to get that (actually i didnt :( ) so unfortunately had to get back to touchwiz .

Guys please link me to full root tutorials and how to install custom rom too.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdullahxda:
Hi,

Use The ECHOE ROM For S4 19505....

It has all features on s5

Link Is Here.. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2372286
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stramzik:
frankly speakin that didnt look good for me.. sorry
[Nook HD, HD+ General] tj2003:
http://www.ghacks.net/2014/09/06/fi...chromecast-roku-support-here-is-how-it-works/
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jpisini:
Very cool.
[Micromax A110] ponnex:
Themers and modders out there just some few help and questions ;)

Im currently making my very first custom rom, here's the screen shot of the home

[IMG="http://imgur.com/BG1lRNZ"]http://imgur.com/BG1lRNZ.png[/IMG]

as you can see I edited the status bar and made it completely transparent and so problems came in with apps such as Mms, People, and Contact

having white status bar, having white status bar and white icons(wifi,battery,signal etc) results in complete white status bar and its ugly :p

[IMG="http://imgur.com/2IyXYOj"]http://imgur.com/2IyXYOj.png[/IMG]

Dont my assignment already searches around here in XDA and with the help of our friend google, I cant seem to find a solution yet :confused:

which drawables(?) xml (?) smali(?) would I replace or edit in per apps? just need some guides and I'll do the rest ;)

and Oh lasty where in SystemUI would change background of status bar expanded (done all the way to editing some stuffs)

[IMG="http://imgur.com/VN36lUh"]http://imgur.com/VN36lUh.png[/IMG]

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

rest assured you will be credited for the help after I finish my custom rom
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juzzy16:
Hi! I recently updated my i9505 to the xugng8 firmware via kies. Ever since, my phone has been randomly rebooting itself. The reboots are quick enough, so it doesn't look like the phone is completely rebooting, more like a half reboot. I have tried formating, but that didn't help. I have the phone rooted but using stock firmware.

Any ideas what could be causing this? Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
You have to uninstall every Knox app, that will stop the reboots
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martikp:
Remove all Knox related apps via "Titanium Backup" and you are good to go. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gloris:
there is also an xposed module that deals with these random reboots, but personally i think the best way is to revert to an earlier firmware. fnb8 is rock solid.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nm8:
I have just upgraded my firmware to NG8 (UK) and my phone reboots randomly, no matter what I am doing. After receiving a call, using gmaps, etc..

I will try the suggested solution with removing the knox sh*t and report back.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wuwinso:
Yes

Yes, same problem here exactly. Any solution to fix this WITHOUT ROOT or reverting back to xxufnb9 ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juzzy16:
I found that uninstalling all knox apps and resetting a private app fixed my problem. I have been restart free for the last 2 days! I suggest using BBS to find out what app is causing wakes and reset them.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nm8:
yup same here after reading this thread and removing all knox crap.... phone has not had a self reboot reboot for the day...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wuwinso:
Revert

Had to reflash the old XXUFNB9, it was useless with all those restarts. Downgrade went okey, however need to delete the Media Storage `s cache because it will keep crashing. Testing now if it solved the problem.

Update 1: after 2 hours later no restart so far..

I recommend this solution who doesn`t want to loose everything and risking if a factory reset will solve this issue. There is a problem with the KNOX 2.0 update (XXUGNG8) ...

Update 2: Link for the firmware, for whoever choose to do this way: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=31852
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nm8:
Ok, just a quick update, I have used googlemaps for 2 hours, and tomtom navigator for 1 hour on my S4, made and received a few calls without issue. No REBOOTS.. I think it was definitely the knox crap...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hayabusa_XDA:
Stabil for 3 hours or 2 days - well that's for sure great .... :eek:

You both must be joking - take older NB8 and you can have an uptime of > 1 month without any problem,

All newer version are worse -

As s.o. mentioned, there is an Xposed Modul made by Thomas Hofmann that tries to solve this. This is

not

a Knox problem but seems to be in AOSP itself - although might mainly be triggered by Knox 2.0 (NB8 is still Knox 1.0). In general situation goes worse the more processes are started, i.e. with heavy load. It is said to happen not only with S4 but e.g. also with N3.

As Thomas Hofmann stated: "I figured out that actually the system server process crashed due to an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException"

If you want to know details plz have a look at Thomas's blog. With his modul he mainly catches a faulty parameter value that would otherwise cause a certain method to crash. As a result he manages to avoid the reboot but of course the real problem goes deeper, so to fix this for real Google / Samsung are needed.

=> I want a 4.4.4 rom with towelroot fixed, without those ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsExceptions and as solid as NB8 - but I doubt Samsung is able or willing to do this.:mad:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nm8:
I am using STOCK i9505 4.4.2 ROM which is rooted. I don't use towelroot because I don't have to. I also try to stay away from premade Roms and Kernels beause i don't have time to test and tinker with eveything.

After a few days of removing knoxcrap, I can conclude, that it is the issue with my phone. My i9505 is now working perfectly......
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juzzy16:
Have to agree with you. Since removing all the knox stuff, Haven't had a reboot since! Been over a week now at this stage!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sneazy:
no random rebooting anymore xugng8 firmware

i have sorted my i9505 to the xugng8 firmware by re-installing with latest odin...download fresh stock firmware xugng8 firmware and i re-installed 2 weeks now no reboot ,but make sure before you do these steps usb debuging mode is selected ,rest you all know
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hayabusa_XDA:
Yes, many think this to be a nice 'feature' to get root, but that rediculous. Towelroot (plus the older Exynos bug - but that was Samsung specific) is the biggest bug in Android since many years. Using a kernel that is not hardened against this (this unfortunately includes the otherwise almost perfect NB8 rom) could mean you couldn't be save anymore from someone taking over your phone unnoticed using root authorization.

---------- Post added at 02:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:08 PM ----------

As said those reboots most certaintly are caused by a bug in AOSP code itself - but in fact they seem to be mainly triggered by Knox 2.0. Otherwise a lot more phones other than S4 or N3 should be involved.

As we will never know fpr sure if and when Google/Samsung will solve the real reason of this problem and "removing" Knox 2.0 seems to help, it would be very nice of you (juzzy16, nm8, sneazy) to perhaps add another comment in 2-3 weeks about reboot behaviour again including the rom version you are using and what exactly of Knox you had removed.:good:
[Micromax A110] kundan.lohar:
why dont you change drawable .png in res

system UI
[Micromax A110] ponnex:
Men thanks for the reply! :))) I cant seem to find the .png associated can you help me Identify? Ill attach my SystemUI.apk cheers!
[General Topics] LordChaos:
Thought you guys, not just the developers - might want to hear about this as well

Hi Everyone,

I've been working incredibly hard to get this out to you all: HotDesk Beta 1.

For screenshots, and a more thorough description, see the thread here

Not all the features I would have liked made it into this release - but I wanted to get this out so you can see the concepts behind what I'm doing. Some (albeit limited) documentation is installed with this release, as well as a shortcut (in the HotDesk folder in the Start Menu) to install the HotDesk player to your mobile device.

Please report any and all bugs, suggestions and issues to me, Alex Taylor - I'll accept them gladly.

** Please, please, please read the documentation before using the designer - I'm sure some of you will have suggestions to make it more intuitive than it is now :)

* Please note, this is a time limited (60 day) beta - I'm sure by then that there will be a new release. I just don't want this version floating around when there's a release available that fixes the bugs I'm sure exist here ..

* I have included a sample desktop (test7.desk), that you can transfer to your device as an example, and use in the designer to get you started.

* For some reason, WinZip doesn't like running this setup.exe out of the zip file directly - extract the two files first, in their folder - then run from there.

You can download this beta here
[General Topics] LordChaos:
Also..

If you create anything cool with this - please post your screenshots/desk files - I'd enjoy seeing how you guys use HotDesk.

Alex.
[General Topics] LordChaos:
New Screenshot

Hi All,

A new screenshot of the designer for you:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Lettras:
Hi,

I am new to the forum, need help.

I have samsung galaxy note 10.1 GT-N8020 kat kit with sim card locked how can I unlock to another network?

Thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bingley:
I'm on 4.4.2 and just had a 155.55 update pop up, not sure what it includes or version number as not tried it as want to keep root. Anyone else got it yet?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoNz0:
vodafone released i9505xxugnh7 4.4.2 still with some rich messaging addon for vf to vf customers using wifi from what I can gather on mine.

this is OTA only and not on kies yet.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bingley:
Ok thanks. Unrootable w/ towel I assume now.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoNz0:
dunno, not much I need root for nowadays so I left it alone.
[LG G2 Mini] faidesk:
anyone already try slimport or MHL? it works? (i guess slimport can work because g2 work with slimport)
[LG G2 Mini] daw_sft2000:
Maybe a little late, but better late then never.

The phone is/has been advertized as having a slimport, this is false information. It has NO slimport.

I bought the phone, wanting to connect it to the TV. Having bought a slimport adapter, it did not work and I emailed LG customer support (in the Netherlands).

They rectified the info on the dutch website. So that was a big letdown.
[LG G2 Mini] faidesk:
D: that bastards, ty very much for the information, i was going to buy it haha but maybe ill wait for the microsoft wireless... that thing they made to conect the phone by miracast or something, is like an hdmi but by wireless, idk how it will work :D

this one :D
[LG G2 Mini] number1hl:
How to do to watch videos or images file on TV via USB port ?
[LG G2 Mini] Vagelis1608:
MHL Cable / Adapter ;)

(Just Google it ;) )
[LG G2 Mini] number1hl:
But i don't want to use adapter. I want to conect my phone to TV by charge cable. Input to USB port on TV. Same most of China phones.
[LG G2 Mini] Vagelis1608:
MHL cable is from mini USB to HDMI, so you can connect it to TV directly + it will charge your phone.

MHL adapter is from mini USB to HDMI port, so you have to connect an HDMI cable to the port and then to TV + it will charge your phone.

Sent from my GT-I5500 [CM11]
[LG G2 Mini] number1hl:
I mean, I want to connect D618 mini USB port with a USB 2.0 port of my TV.

Meanwhile D618 only acts as a USB, and can only view videos or photos in the phone, the TV does not display other content.

I am the attempt to enables modes "USB debugging" of D618 but not have effect.

As far as I know, D618 dual sim (Vietnam) does not support MHL.
[LG G2 Mini] Vagelis1608:
USB won't give you any more options.

Sent from my D620R [Stock 4.4.2]
[LG G2 Mini] number1hl:
I know. But i want to watch videos, images on phone by TV monitor, only that.
[LG G2 Mini] Vagelis1608:
Wait, from TV to phone or from phone to TV?

Sent from my D620R [Stock 4.4.2]
[LG G2 Mini] number1hl:
From phone to TV.

i have some video files on SD card of phone. I want to watch them on TV monitor.
[LG G2 Mini] Vagelis1608:
Your TV probably only supports UMS (like most with USB port) but the phone doesn't.

You can put your video files on an USB flash drive and plug that to your TV.

Sent from my D620R [Stock 4.4.2]
[LG G2 Mini] number1hl:
Most cheap phone in China are connected such that.

I know how to copy the video files on the USB flash drive, but it's not convenient. I do not want to use anything other than phone, phone cable, and TV.
[LG G2 Mini] Vagelis1608:
Well, other phones support UMS, G2 Mini doesn't :/

Sent from my D620R [Stock 4.4.2]
[LG G2 Mini] number1hl:
You see: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2240499

Can you mod this app for G2 mini ? I think you can. ;)
[LG G2 Mini] Vagelis1608:
Well I could, but that only sets USB mode UMS on every boot, it doesn't add support (at least, I think - from what I read)

Sent from my D620R [Stock 4.4.2]
[LG G2 Mini] number1hl:
You see: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/themes-apps/app-sgs3-easy-ums-mount-external-t1711009

Could you create an APK app as this ? If you could, please do. :)
[LG G2 Mini] regeneris:
Slimport? LG G2mini? dual sim

I found a hide menú.

In the hide menu has a slimport test, can u test this option?

Thank you
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] shri080:
Hello every one.

Thanks for all the wonderful info here. With the help of one of the tutorial I had rooted my find 7A on my Mac using terminal. And a couple of days back had installed the color OS 2.0.2i beta version through TWRP. Today as it prompted for an update I installed it and later saw that the it had replaced the TWRP image with the stock image. So tried pushing the previous TWRP I had installed through terminal again but it now says failed to install as the phone is not unlocked. So I believe the latest update by OPPO has blocked the rooting. So can some one please help with this?
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] KL643:
Search for OEM unlock fastboot
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] Myth010:
Yes, and to answer your question: you indeed need to boot into fastboot mode and then type in 'fastboot oem unlock'. This will wipe your phone entirely (correct me if I'm wrong) so make a backup somewhere! As you should always do when tinkering. This thread has more info on how to go about the actual rooting thereafter, it's a bit tedious http://www.oppoforums.com/index.php?threads/17703/

Also, on 2.0.2i don't flash OTA's because they will break your root and you will have to go about the process again.

Hope this helps
[General Questions and Answers] swordguy8:
Hello! So this should be an interesting first post. First, a little background:

I'm relatively new to this, and I've been trying to root my NEC Terrain for a little while now. I've followed the instructions on numerous pages in order to understand how to do things. And now I have been able to rip any partition from the phone. I've looked through everything I could in both the boot and recovery partitions but I haven't found anything I can use (I also explored /system but there doesn't seem to be anything in there either). Also, I tried to do everything on this page: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2337642 but I can't get SuperSU or TiBu to work. (As an aside, if anybody can point me in the right direction for the most recent su binary, that would be awesome). SuperSU wants to update the binary but fails. I would assume it's because it tries to install it directly into /system/bin, which isn't writable. If I could make it install it into /data/sbin, it might work, but that's off topic right now.

I would like to explore more of the partitions to understand what they are and what they do (I can't seem to find much information about them anywhere). I'm hoping to find something in the code to give a hint as to how to get into the bootloader. So, I have things like "aboot", "firmware", "MM", and "GROW", among others. Is there any way to decode or decompile those images so I can see what coding goes into them? Am I going about this the wrong way?

Thanks in advance to anyone that can help!
[General Questions and Answers] FFDA:
Maybe this will help you

In this post by E:V:A you can find some information about partitions and links to more!

I think latest SuperSU should be with latest SU binary (I can be wrong about this), so you could download "CWM / TWRP / MobileODIN installable ZIP" from this post and take one from "x86" folder.

Good luck.
[General Questions and Answers] swordguy8:
Thanks for the links! Some of these may be very helpful. However, the su binary I got from that link was much older than the other most recent I had. It's a version 2.0 and they're up to at least 3.2 (I'll check the link again to see if I missed something). Also, for these phones, if anybody is wondering, they are ARM, not x86.

There seems to be only one direction I can go with this: Find an exploit that can run at boot that will interrupt it at the right time and allow editing of the /system partition. I can get a root shell with that script and a bind mount, but it's not enough to get anything else to work (ro.secure is still active, so there's no way to change it after the system is booted). Root is granted to root, and that's all. Any app requesting root does not get it.

The guys on that other thread said they got SuperSU and TiBu to work, but they provided very limited information and I can't seem to make them work. I wonder though, if that would matter as long as ro.secure is still enabled.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alltheway3:
I got a new LG G2 D802 today, managed to root and I used AutoRec to install TWRP. The app said it was successful but as soon as I booted into recovery, I get this screen and it's stuck.

[IMG="screen"]http://oi61.tinypic.com/24mayvo.jpg[/IMG]

If I hold the power button for 10 seconds, it goes black. Then when I press it again, the lines move about like its a broken splash screen.

Really, really appreciate anyone that can help get me back to a working phone - I'm using a mac.

Thanks.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wulsic:
So when you turn it on your phone after turning off you don't see the LG screen but only the lines? or only in the recovery?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alltheway3:
Thanks for the reply. This is all I see. The lines move about a bit then get stuck on the above screenshot. I can't get into recovery :crying:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bender_007:
Try entering download mode - poweroff the device -> hold volume up and connect to pc. Then try flashing your stock firmware.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alltheway3:
Just tried that - it switched the phone on - the lines moved around again then settled into the screenshot.

Do I need the drivers installed on a PC for this to work? I tried it on a mac with Android File Transfer.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bender_007:
You need windows + lg flash tool 2014 + your kdz, drivers would install through the lg suite.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alltheway3:
Thank you - I'll give it a shot. Where can I find the KDZ?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bender_007:
Here m8, to be sure you have the correct one.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alltheway3:
Unfortunately I can't get to the dialer to get my IMEI. I know they used to be under the battery but thats obviously a no no on the g2.

Regardless, I found the .kdz here http://storagecow.eu/index.php?dir=Xda/LG+G2/Stock/Hong+Kong+D802/

Installed the drivers, LG Flash Tool 2014, attempted to put my phone into Download mode (The phone has the grey lines in different places) but the PC still doesn't recognize the phoen when I plug it in and the flash tool cannot read the phone also.

Any other suggestions please? Thanks.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bender_007:
You may also try the tot method.

Can you recognize if the image behind the lines is small (centered on the screen) or a larger one ?

Because it might be that you've got blue circles, which are shown prior to entering the actual download mode..
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alltheway3:
I don't actually know if its going into download mode or not. I've taken another photo as below which shows what my phone looks like when plugged in, the lines move around like an animation to start of with then settle in this position - there isn't actually anything behind the lines. It's almost as if the screen is messed up and the pictures aren't displaying correctly. I seriously doubt it is a hardware issue as it was working just fine before using AutoRec.

Just so annoyed at myself for doing this so soon after I got it -_-

[IMG="grey lines 2"]http://oi61.tinypic.com/30n7s5s.jpg[/IMG]