yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kr338r:
Never had to try it, but google search found this:

The password is stored on plain text in this file "/data/data/com.android.mms/shared_prefs/com.android.mms.categoryInfo.xml" either read it or delete the file to reassert the password. Deleting the file will not affect the secure box messages in anyway.
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTC desire 816:
but i m not able to find this data directory in my phone please help me out
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] JoeyWhite:
FINALLY some decent video coverage of this device.

You can find the YouTube link here.

He also addresses the GapGate controversy. Really doesn't seem to be that big of an issue at all on his unit. Not sure if the US models will differ or not.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Baratheonist:
After seeing the video and closeup, the said gap is now a non issue to me when initially it was.

It seems to run symmetrically around the entire device. Like a tiny tiny gutter? Lol

That kinda makes it consistent with samsung manual clarifying it is a manufacturing necessity for metal on plastic.

All systems go still. ..
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Kawaisa:
yeah, it's barely there, so non-issue for me, and it was on the previous iterations. People just didn't notice.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] sshafranko:
If I had to gues I would say it is designrd that way to allow for expansion and contraction in different temperatures. There is glass, plastic and metal involved and all of which expand and contract at different temperatures therefore a tiny space to allow such a thing makes sence to me. Just a guess tho
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] p()()pypants:
If you've ever dropped a phone on an edge and broke a screen, it makes sense too!

Hard metal bending with no room to go but into glass really shatters screens, if there is a small gap or "buffer" then it will possibly prevent such easy breaks... at least that is one benefit I can gather from some "space".
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] sshafranko:
Absolutely
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tej XFire:
Hello everyone !

My nexus 5 suddenly died. I guess the power button failed.

Its now 10 months old, since the date of purchase.

I'm sending it back to USA, since it was originally purchased there, by my brother. I'm sending the original box, bill and all the accessories that came with the device. I haven't rooted the phone.

Will I get a new one, or I'll end up with a repaired/refurbished device ?

I don't know from where my device was purchased. It could be either from Google, or from LG itself.

Sorry for asking dumb questions, if any. I don't live in the US.

Many thanks.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elluel:
If you bought from the Play Store, Google will send you a replacement. You'll get a refurbished one now.

If you bought elsewhere, you'll have to pay LG for repairs.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OkJEPHTAH:
My phone can't bootup nor boot into recovery after flashing double cwm on my Samsung Galaxy SIII mini.

The first CWM was the officail one for my phone but because i can't install zip from my sd card with it (it shows: Error! Signature verification fails.) and it has no option to toggle between signature check off/on i decided to install another version of CWM which i google search and i got one at twrp site name CWM_6.0SG3.zip. I downloaded it and flash it into my galaxy s3 mini with flashify and when i reboot into recovery my phone could not bootup. It just show the Samsung Galaxy S3 mini logo and it hooks there till i remove the battery and place it back.

Please i need an expert help on how i can delete the CWM from the phone and unroot it with PC.

Please help a brother. I just bought the phone last week, i can't afford to loose it.

Thanks.

(japhet.niceboy@gmail.com)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RobbieL811:
Do you have Odin? I'm not extremely familiar w/ Galaxy devices, but last time that I was on one, stock firmware was flashed w/ Odin via a computer. Do some searching on how to use Odin to flash stock images on Galaxy devices. Your answer will be there.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OkJEPHTAH:
Solved

Thanks dear.

I successfully flashed another recovery into my phone. Now my phone can boot up. I first made the mistake of flashing galaxy s3 CWM recovery into my mini unaware, so when I found out, I downloaded the official recovery for s3 mini then reflashed it with Odin 3.9 using my lappy.

Moderators pls close this thread.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] drodericks03:
This is my personal setup and it sounds great. Also please consider getting decent - high end earphones/ headset.

As for me im using senheiser CX870 earphones. Here we go

1. Must be rooted

2. Buy poweramp! Yes this is the BEST music player on android.

3. Get viper4android here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2191223

4. Download noozxoide EIZO-rewire pro series here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noozxoidelabs.eizo.rewirepro

5. The idea is to set v4a as secondary. So in settings > sound > music effects. Set to noozxoide. Then open v4a install the drivers (i use superior) and FX compatible mode set to Compatible.

6. Reboot your phone

7. Enjoy!

Tips with v4a and nooz settings:

You guys really need to experiment. As results will vary,

Nooz:

Lineout >

Deliver balanced natural sound: OFF

Digital preset: AUDIOPHILE

VE engine: OFF

Increase monitor size: LARGE-I

Create V-sur: STUDIO-II

V4a: make sure to enable ui settings to EXPERT

V4fx: ON

Playback gain: ON/EXTREME/4X/0db max output

Viper DDC: ON - beyerdynamic-DTX11iE

Equalizer: OFF (I stick to poweramp eq)

Convolver: ON - HTC beats audio 128kbps

Viper Bass: On

Bass mode - natural

Frequency - 100hz

Bass boost - 6db

The idea is to compliment poweramp's eq and bass with these 2 apps. I recommend setting v4a and nooz as SYSTEM APPS for better compatibility.

If you really wanna be technical, also use Tasker. Create a task which opens both v4a and nooz when headset inserted and kills when unplugged.

Hope thos helps my fellow audiophiles! Enjoy!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] speedyjay:
Noozxoide just FC's

---------- Post added at 08:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:48 PM ----------

Does this work with Spotify?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] rawrawra:
Analog of PowerAMP can be AIMP, may be not functionally like POWERAMP but it's awesome and NO ADS and without other bad stuff.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Kaleidgalaxy:
One question. Viper setting Conclover ON ok, but I cant find HTC beats 128kbps. There is nothing..
[Galaxy Note 3 General] drodericks03:
You need to download IR samples. You can download a bunch of them from the official v4a thread
[Galaxy Note 3 General] drodericks03:
Try to convert both nooz and v4a as system apps. And set Sound effects with nooz.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] drodericks03:
This is the specific thread wc has it http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2216193
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lvnatic:
The best music setup is through the adapt sound function from the phone settings. But it only works with the stock music player. Everything else just sucks.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ars_92:
V4a is miles ahead of adapt sound. Feels like you just connected a DAC when you use the app lol. Pure audio bliss using the note 3 and the xba h3 with v4A :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] posedatull:
From a fellow audiophile to another, I gotta say your idea is good, but only half-way. Firstly, the setup you offered us worked best for your headphones, but that does not necessarily mean they will sound just as well on others. Took my 3 headphones for a test drive( Shure SRH-750DJ, AudioTehnica M50X and Beats Studio Wireless). The conclussion was similar among them, even though all 3 pairs are designed for different types of music and with different frequencies and scoops: the instant i installed noozoxide i sensed a huge increase in bass, increase which at high volume caused crackling. Since that happened, adding more decibels from v4a just made things worse (although the 100hz frequency of the lows helped a bit, it was still too much). A steady 3.5db increase is sufficient. The digital preset Audiophile actually sounded baaaaaad on my toys, was only vaguely acceptable on the M50X. Unique II and III made the sound much better. The playback gain in v4a offers just noise, not an actual increase. Better play with a kernel that has fauxsound (managed to turn all my headphones to such insane volumes that they are louder around my neck than the phone speaker). Don't even get me started on the convolver.... As for Viper DDC, I must really say that it is VERY headphone specific. The DTX11iE may have sounded good on your headphones but turned mine into high frequency devices that could crack windows. Each pair of headphones works best with different presets of thr DDC.

All in all, your idea was very good but I really suggest people should play with these settings until they find the sweet spot for their own pair of headphones, since there cannot be a preset to fit them all. Have fun :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] linx1287:
honestly, installing nooz while having v4a seems a bit pointless to me.... i use v4a with irs samples and other setting tweaked so as to work perfectly with the Etymotic hf5 that i have....V4a is configured properly offers top class results without the need to resort to other apps....dont even need poweramp...besides best audio app i ever came across that offered fantastic sound was neutron music player...now THAT was something... :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tarantulapg:
Im using V4A in combination with PowerAMP, and muat say that sound qualiti is on the high level :)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] steve_nlr:
Hi - i tried to update my xda2 (Himalaya) to the uk o2 rom from the installed uk vodafone rom. but it we bellys up. now all i get is a screen showing me serial v1.06 and then when i dock it onto the cradle it shows usb v1.06 (which i have been tols is the bootloader screen -but i am not sure as the xda1 bootloader screen sayd bootloader on it).

I have tried running the rom update again but have had no luck - the computer does not recognise the device - as it says there is no drivers for it (although i have activesync installed) - but was like that since i bought it - just been using bluetooth to install programs.

When i had a xda1 i had the same problem when changing roms and was able to fix the problem by making an sd image using OS IMAGE TOOL. But this program says 'unsupported file format' when i try to make an os image of the nbf files (nk.nbf, ms_.nbf, Radio_.nbf) to my sdcard.

Does ne one know how to make an os image of the .nbf files so i can put them onto my sd card and try and resolve the problem.

any other ideas welcome and much appreciated

thanks steve
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Rudegar:
much of what you seem unsure of is describet here

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HimalayaBootloader

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HimalayaHowtoCopyRom

like this

"you can connect to the bootloader, either via a serial cable, and use a terminal program like hyperterm. or via usb, and use mtty. make sure you have disabled the serial or usb connection in activesync, before trying to connect to the bootloader."
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] steve_nlr:
'usb port cannot open'

tried mitty just gives me 'usb port cannot open' although i have my xda2 in the cradle and pluged into my usb port. when i connect to the usb port it comes up on my screen - new hardware found - no drivers found - and keep popin up as if the xda2 was found then disapears then found. although i installed the drivers when i installed activesync (have both serial and usb turned off in active sync).

have rom upgrade from o2 and extracted the .nbf files

ms_.nbf

nk.nbf

radio_.nbf

is there a way to put them on an sd card so i can put it in the xda2 and boot from that??
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Rudegar:
not that i know of

my pc always found some ms driver thingy

when i connected my pda in bootloader mode

not sure if it took it off the internet when it found the device

or if i got it with activesync
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] steve_nlr:
i think the problem with my computer recognising the xda2 might be down to the cradle, as from i bought it, i have always had problems charging it - depending on what way it is sittin on the cradle. i have purchased a new usb to xda2 lead and hope this will help with this problem.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saintofhope69:
Hi! i've been a long time lurker of the site for a couple of years now, I've happily been able to solve almost all of my problems just by searching the forums. but know I have no idea what to do, so i made an account and see if anyone has any insight on this

Here's the rundown:

recently bought a used moto g and started playing around with it and when i tried to upgrade the firmware manually. i kinda bricked it.

right now it's stuck on the bootloader screen (the one with AP fastboot flash mode (S))

my device is locked, from what i understand this particular model of moto g, the AIO wireless one, can't be bootloader unlocked.

i tried flashing US_retail_XT1032_KXB21.14-L1.32_CFC using the guide on [GUIDE] Moto G - Restore stock firmware

mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin

mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img

mfastboot flash logo logo.bin

those commands worked correctly, but the next one,

mfastboot flash boot boot.img gives me the following error

target max-sparse-size: 256MB

sending 'boot' (10240 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.354s]

writing 'boot'...

(bootloader) Preflash validation

FAILED (remote failure)

finished. total time: 0.850s

On the phone it says "hab check failed for boot"

after about an hour of research i was able to figure out which firmware was the original one, using the getvar all command, and it gives me this one

motorola/falcon_aio/falcon_umts:4.

4.2/KXB20.9-1.10-1.9/12:user/bldac

fg,release-keys

: Blur_Version.173.44.9.falcon_umts

: .AIO.en.US

now i was able to get that firmware after a while, and i tried to reflash it to the phone, but now i get these errors

mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin

target max-sparse-size: 256MB

sending 'partition' (32 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.071s]

writing 'partition'...

(bootloader) Preflash validation failed

FAILED (remote failure)

finished. total time: 0.458s

on the phone it says "version downgraded for primary_gpt"

on the next command i get this

mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img

target max-sparse-size: 256MB

sending 'motoboot' (1940 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.147s]

writing 'motoboot'...

(bootloader) Motoboot: Preflash validation for tz

(bootloader) Preflash validation failed

FAILED (remote failure)

finished. total time: 0.493s

and on the phone it says "version downgraded for tz"

the logo flashes fine , but boot gives me another error

mfastboot flash boot boot.img

target max-sparse-size: 256MB

sending 'boot' (10240 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.401s]

writing 'boot'...

(bootloader) Preflash validation failed

FAILED (remote failure)

finished. total time: 0.916s

and the phone says "version downgraded for boot"

now ive tried pretty much all the 4.4.2 retail US and 4.4.3 retail US firmwares and i get the same errors, or a combination of them

i have no idea what to do now, and i cant seem to find a 4..4.3 firmware for AIO wireless, and there does not seem to be one

does anybody has some information to signal me in the right direction? i'm afraid i just bricked it, and i barely even used it lol
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taboo_:
Hey all,

Long story short. I made a backup copy of my build.prop to my internal SD. I edited one line in the /system/build.prop. I rebooted. It was fine. I decided the change I made to build.prop was not necessary so I copied the backup I had on my SDCard of the original file back to /system/. My phone hangs on the "Samsung GALAXY S5 powered by Android" screen during boot.

I'm not experienced with ADB but I am technically inclined so please point out if I'm doing something wrong. I have installed the universal ADB drivers on my computer. I have installed the "Samsung USB drivers". I boot into recovery. I go to "apply update from ADB" (not sure if that is correct). I then run the command "adb devices" in Windows and it lists my device with "sideload" next to it.

I then run "adb pull /system/build.prop" and I get "error: closed". That is as far as I can get.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
I would flash a stock rom to get the phone running again, and next time make a nandroid backup that you can restore with a custom recovery before you mess with system files.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taboo_:
I'm currently downloading a stock rom from a very slow source. In the 3hrs or so it's going to take to download I thought I would absolutely confirm I was buggered as it would be nice if a few ADB commands could save me.

I do certainly know better. But Samsung in their power have decided to Knox flag your device if you install a custom recovery. As such creating a nandroid backup was not an option for as long as I want my warranty. I do have Titanium backups, and I thought I was doing the right thing by making a copy of build.prop before doing anything... turns out I was wrong. But really, thanks for your concern and advice.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taboo_:
I live in Australia. We asked our government and they said yes.... then we got a new government. But in this case it's the speed of the host that was hindering. It's all elementary now anyway as the download finished. No one had replied. I flashed it. It failed. And the long and short of it is adb is now useless to me.

I appreciate the help. But I'd spent all day reading tutorials. Trying commands. Failing. Googling the error. Trying new commands. Failing. Googling those errors. After doing that for some time I thought it would just be more sensible to ask people that have actually had experience.

So here's the thing. I don't want my cake and eat it. I will absolutely be blowing away knox. I just didn't see a point in doing it preemptively. The phone is only a couple weeks old so I decide it would be wise to at least keep my warranty until I'm happy it's rock solid and I have a good reason to lose it - nice stable Cyanogenmod I'm looking at you. Plus anything I wanted to do up to now I was able to with Towelroot and xposed. I just couldn't Nandroid.

Really. Thanks for listing the commands. As of this morning I hadn't needed to use ADB at all. I appreciate you spelling it out. I just wish I had of seen it mere minutes earlier as I would have been able to let you know if it worked. Unfortunately I didn't. But I appreciate the effort.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taboo_:
I was using sammobile.com on a free account. I'm sure I could have found a faster host but I've used sammobile.com many times in the past and they've always been reliable. I'd rather wait longer and get something I trust when I'm not in a hurry than download a file that has the right name but is just from a random "megaupload" link or something.

Now regarding adb I got a lot of the information I needed through google searches. I also watched a number of videos. But here's the thing. If I were just taking the opportunity to learn about adb google-ing around would have been fine. But as the circumstances were a little dire in this situation and I've expressed that I've never used adb before and was not confident. I didn't know what I was doing or have the experience to know the implications of what I was doing. As such 1) I didn't want to take the chances of getting it wrong and screwing myself over further and 2) I seemed to have a fairly unique issue (can't boot, stock recovery, "error: close" issue).

It wasn't just about knowing the commands to use, it was about finding out whether I was even able to do what I was hoping to do from a stock recovery on an S5 (hence the title of the thread).

You're getting a little judgey, which is fine you're entitled to your opinions. But I'd ask you read my title and first post again. It wasn't about just getting the commands outright coz I was too lazy to look, it was about getting a number of questions that I didn't know the answer to due to lack of experience, and that I hadn't had directly answered through google searches. Also I never implied an urgency, it was simply a case of "I had a contingency plan in place (downloading a stock rom) but I thought I may as well ask for some advice in the time I had while waiting for it to download".

It's not as though my case was a dime-a-dozen, "answered directly a million times". It was a little more unique and I had answered many of the general questions myself and decided that my remaining hesitations are best answered by those with experience. I'm sorry that bothers you.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taboo_:
Plus the reason you were able to have so much success is because you have experience and knew what to look for and understood the compounding factors. I had figured your first and third command out for myself. I was missing your second and I don't know if that was my problem, but the error I was getting "error: closed" seems to have a massive lack of documentation on the internet. Not many people are talking about it and those that are pretty much just say "update abd" - I was running the latest version. That is where I was coming undone.

But if you're STILL feeling disconcerted at my efforts here is my session from yesterday right before I made this thread. This is literally only a few of the tabs I had gone through: http://i.imgur.com/WDB3qIg.png
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taboo_:
I just can not understand why you're being like this man. I've been nothing but polite. But I came on here to learn. If I was doing something blatantly against the community I'd expect to hear about it, but I just wanted help. You gave me help which was awesome but every time I took it or added something to explain my reasoning for my actions you added a lecture with it.

All I was trying to put across to you was that you don't know what I did or my reasoning for asking questions. I was just hoping you could see that your initial assumption about my laziness may not have been correct. Again, I'm not trying to be a **** about this and I really was thankful for the help you gave. But it seems you're more than willing to dish out the criticism but as soon as I defend myself or talk back you in turn get your back up. But I just don't understand why you seemed so interested in making assumptions about my efforts, my internet speeds and then telling me how I should be doing everything differently.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btort1:
Ok so I know you can replace the battery and know the process. But my question is, will it get rid of the water resistance? I know the tutorials say you can use adhesive tape or whatever but that doesn't really GUARANTEE it 100%.....

Theoretically if your warranty is out, can you ask sony to change it to a new one? And if so how much would it be?

This is my only concern with Xperia and all the other phones that have non removable batterys... this one is different because it's water resistance
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electrash:
It's best to go to Sony and to tell them to give you new one.

Less painfull, easier, and you will have phone in perfect condition.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btort1:
How much would that cost? and do they have a lifetime warranty? I thought it was usually only one year
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N10AP:
It will be one year I think. But by now, your port covers will be weeping water anyway, so maybe fix it yourself? The port covers normally fail from being opened and closed. So if you ask Sony to do it, get a new set of port covers too. False economy if you don`t. Or do it yourself and screw the water resistance...