yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Genera] jackeagle:
[MENTION=2515511]arunmcops[/MENTION] It has been said already by many of them now .. you can use Varun's Tree to build Rom has long has all Commit Authorship on sources are intact and Credits are given To Varun for his work with original link to his repos :) If you have any quaries use Q&A instead of development thread and search in XDA There are so many Guides understand it and learn still any issues then ask help of developers via guide threads or PM but please dont post in other Rom development thread :) :)
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Genera] arunmcops:
Thanks for response. Successfully compiled CM-12.0 using varun's trees with some of my own modifications. Thanks to him from bottom of my heart. Also thanks to devs for guiding me. Next target is pure AOSP.
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Genera] ##W4TCH0UT##:
Closing this thread as it is redundant. Download links are still available.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galliard:
Hi all,

I want to find out which gsm and lte bands are enabled on galaxy s4 so i can add more, here is a snap of sony xperia z1. How to check this in galaxy s4?

Before

[IMG="Before"]http://i.imgur.com/LVA6VNn.png[/IMG]

After

[IMG="After"]http://i.imgur.com/A2AuaxV.png[/IMG]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galliard:
No one is interested in adding lte to bands to their qualcomm based samsung devices?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galliard:
BUMP !
[General Questions and Answers] Kobro:
i really like the smasung dialer, especially the s5 one. is there a zip or apk somewhere to have that dialer /contacts on cm11? an imitation is fine, so long as its a good one.
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
The dialer is intergrated deeply into Touch wiz and needs their framework to work. The best you will find is a lookalike theme.
[General Questions and Answers] Kobro:
i said, an imitation is fine. if you know a good one, please tell me.
[General Questions and Answers] ishaang:
This might work for you - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2763028
[Android General] thefunkygibbon:
Ok, so i'm tempted to buy one of these as I have a bunch of vouchers which means i can buy it for £25 instead of £129.

I'm a little concerned about the lack of love of the original Hudl device in terms of custom roms and general hacking , and i kinda understand it since its a UK device. so i'm unsure to go for it because of this. Its an Intel Atom cpu so i would love it if it was able to be installed with windows 8.1/10 eventually.

Anyone else seen the device and have any thoughts on it?

http://www.tesco.com/direct/hudl2-8-wi-fi-tablet/454-7907.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=397-7926

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/tablets/391081/hands-on-tesco-hudl2-review
[Android General] emo72:
would it be possible to put the GEL launcher on this? and thanks for the in depth review^^^^^^^
[Android General] thefunkygibbon:
nice hands-on. sort out the strange spelllings and wording and you could put that on a proper website.

i'll be getting mine tonight (cost me £25 on top of my clubcard vouchers which have been sitting doing nothing for years) so will give some feedback for what its worth. i'm totally wanting to run windows on it though. I can't get my head around why anyone would chose a (presumably more expensive) Intel x64 chipset over an ARM given that Android is optimised for ARM.
[Android General] gripweed:
Good review - and the web pages thing does seem to be an issue. I thought I would add a couple of points based on 24 hours of ownership of this device....

The first thing I noticed was how laggy the Tesco launcher was - not helped by the boat load of Tesco crapola on left screen. The first thing I did was put Nova on there and it was like night and day - zero lag. I disabled most of the Tesco apps and hid them in the launcher as well which basically left me with, essentially, a stock Android tablet. It also left no visible sign of Tesco on the tablet because Nova can get rid of the search bar (Tesco had moved their Tesco button up here instead of having it on the Navigation bar on Hudl1) The only gripe about performance would be that there is some lag with some live wallpapers.

I stuck Asphalt 8 and Modern Combat 5 on there and there no problems. Both games play really, really well. I also tested the touch responsiveness - an issue on Hudl 1 - by playing CounterSpy and Alone and it seems to be a lot better on Hudl 2. I have not really had a chance to test the speakers yet as I have mainly used it with headphones. I've also not had any issues with app incompatibility caused by the Intel processor yet. Internet speed seems great so far- even large games downloaded quickly both on home and work WiFi.

My biggest gripe is the 9gb of free space - 11 out of 16gb free should be the minimum. First thing I will do when I root it will be to get rid of some of bloat with Titanium.

Overall though - very impressed. As already mentioned, the screen is just fantastic. Huge improvement on the first one and a really, really decent device. For the money its a no-brainer.
[Android General] SkEvol:
Thanks for continuing the discussion! What you've said all sounds very positive!

Have you managed to root it? I note that there sadly didn't seem to be much support for custom rom'ing the hudl1. But those changes you made with the launcher sound like they took care of any lag, this is great! :)

One thing you did mention.. I thought i would ask you, for clarity.. When you said..

--were you referring to your own experience with loading pages? Or were you just echoing the concern i had expressed in my review?

Also, to hear that games work well is also really great!
[Android General] tonyt3rry:
Took the plunge today used my staff discount didn't use any club card put the google launcher disabled everything other than child and my Tesco which I couldn't do. Tablet is really fast display and size and great feels better the nexus 7
[Android General] gripweed:
I was more echoing your concerns tbh - noticed it crop up in at least a couple of "hands on" reviews and was wondering if it was an issue. I haven't especially noticed but I will try a few more content heavy web page and see what happens. I should apologise for the lack of clarity on my original reply as I haven't rooted it yet- I rooted the last one and ran exposed and gravity box which did compensate slightly for the lack of custom roms. There was a bit of interest in Hudl modding on Modaco last time, which was where I found the rooting info.
[Android General] vermillions:
I think Rooting may take a while as this is an Intel Atom Bay trail Z3735D cpu. The Onda V975i has the same CPU and has been rooted so it may be possible to adapt it to work although it is running an older version of android which may raise other problems. Also I would not try any rooting method until a recovery ROM and method are available.

My Hudl 2 on order.

---------- Post added at 11:23 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:37 AM ----------

Further From my previous post it appears that these Bay Trial tabs can have a Bios so It will be interesting to see how this tab matures. Windows Anyone! :)
[Android General] SkEvol:
Pretty cool to think that would be possible.

Windows has a 1000 uses, what would you choose to do? (just curious)
[Android General] chs117:
Do you think that Kings might have solution to rooting?
[Android General] vermillions:
I am the worst person with devices, I like to get them to do more than they were originally intended to do and to tinker and learn as much as poss, then I just end up never using them. But if a Dev overcomes all the obstacles in Boot and Bios and is able to roll all the drivers into a windows rom, I couldn't help myself I would have to test it. ;)
[Android General] giac0m0:
Hudl2 Thread

How do we lobby the XDA Devs to open a section for the Hudl2?

Do we need to raise money to buy one to send it to a dev?

I'd quite like a recovery loader (at the bare minimum) to be able to back up the Hudl2, before asking for some kind dev to port a new Rom to it.

What can we do to make any of the above options happen?
[Android General] seanspotatobusiness:
I don't know the answer to any of your questions but I'd be willing to contribute £5 to the cost of finding out how to root it, in whatever form that takes.
[Android General] vermillions:
Just out of interest has anyone tried Root Genius? it is made by the same people that made Shuame. If not working I suspect root will probably come from installing IntelAndroidDrvSetup and then a flash from Fastboot if we can get into Fastboot. But it will need someone with the correct knowledge to make the flashable update with the right parameters. All only a guess though.
[Android General] Solid_Snake.Pt:
Hi. Does anyone have an idea of how someone who's not in England can purchase one?

I'm very interest, seems great value for the money.

Thanks.
[Android General] giac0m0:
Someone over in MoDaCo had a similar thought and suggested this may work:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2681783
[Android General] vermillions:
Yes it might, my Hudl 2 is not yet delivered so I am unable to test at present. But I think it is worth a shot.

(kicking myself for ordering with delivery and not picking up from store.)
[Android General] SkEvol:
I'm impressed! I have no idea now you had the thought process of thinking of doing that! I take it you must have quite a lot of experience with routing. I only ropted my s3 because i needed to. Sometimes i wish i had the insight to be able to suggest something like that. I usually work off of what faq or how-to suggests. I'm quite interested in why this device would require a different method because of it's cpu. Interesting to me.
[Android General] H_Mark:
Has anyone had success playing encoded videos e.g. x264 codec and similar? I used to get decent results using MXplayer or VLC beta on my previous tablet (a cheap Chinese version that should be worse than the Hudl2), but now I suspect that poor x86 support from those players is letting it down. I've downloaded the x86 codec for MX and played with the various performance options, but results range from good to appalling depending on the video, with stuttering or full crashes. I've also tried some other players that claimed x86 support, but no dice.

Any advice gratefully received, as I'm very happy with my Hudl2 apart from this.
[Android General] thefunkygibbon:
tried to do the rootkit thing above but cannot seem to get the drivers to recognise the device. suspect it needs tweaking somewhat (keeps being recognised as hudl2 rather than anything ADB). also cannot seem to boot the unit into any kind of recovery/fastbook mode. hopefully someone who knows a bit more about this sort of thing can try it/look into it
[Android General] thefunkygibbon:
just tried playing a high bitrate MKV file via network (using ES File explorer) playing via MXPlayer with the x86 codec installed. played fine. did you chose the plugin once you had downloaded it?
[Android General] vermillions:
Is usb debugging enabeled in developer options if so and not detected maybe install IntelAndroidDrvSetup and try again.

Try Volume Plus and power button for 5 seconds from a powered off state, maybe get you to recovery.
[Android General] H_Mark:
Thanks for testing, much appreciated. I'll go back through carefully and check I've selected everything correctly this evening. Can you let me know if you were using hw or sw when you tried, and I'll replicate as closely as I can.
[Android General] thefunkygibbon:
it says HW+ in the corner when playing. if that helps?
[Android General] H_Mark:
If it's working for you on hw+ then that's the best result, I just need to work out what I'm doing wrong!
[Android General] thefunkygibbon:
right ok so got into recovery bootloader at last, selected "update via adb"

the root script and drivers are seen now (although have to force the drivers) but

script says

**********************************************
myKIT_BATCH v1.1.2d
**********************************************
REBOOT4ROOT
==============================================
DEVICE STATUS: ADB-ONLINE
DEVICE INFORMATION: 190914PE5171353 sideload
==============================================
error: closed
< waiting for device >

and on the screen it just says "now send the package you want to apply to the device with adb sideload {filename}"

can't seem to get it past that bit. from within android it doesnt do anything, deffo got dev mode enabled as it says its connected to it when i hook up the usb cable. although it doesnt install any drivers specific to adb
[Android General] thefunkygibbon:
ok in addition i booted tablet into fastboot and the root script recognised this but it when it pushes the files fastboot.exe crashes each time :( tried with diff drivers
[Android General] thefunkygibbon:
right got a bit further. got it to recognise usb debugging and it has (within android) rebooted into droidboot provision OS (?)

E:installer device ignored

FASTBOOT INIT

E:no valid installer medium found

on pc i'm just getting it sit there waiting for device.
[Android General] thefunkygibbon:
if its any use
[Android General] thefunkygibbon:
if its any use

***********************************************************************
myKIT_BATCH v1.1.2d
***********************************************************************

ABOUT DEVICE
=======================================================================

Manufacturer: Pegatron

Model: Hudl 2 (HTF8A4XX)

Device: HTF8A4 Hardware: octagon

Board: baylake

Display ID: KOT49H.rel.android-build.20140924.194555

Android Version: 4.4.2 [android-4.4_r4] API: 19

Build Date:
Wed Sep 24 20:48:03 BST 2014

Build Description:
HTF8A4XX-user 4.4.2 KOT49H rel.android-build.20140924.194555 release-keys

ABI1: x86
ABI2: armeabi-v7a

Kernel Version:
not found

Kernel Architecture:
[Android General] vermillions:
Tablet just delivered. I have gotten to the same point as you I think maybe the fastboot driver is not installed correctly or device id issue. As soon as the device reboots and changes driver it stops. Again only a guess.
[Android General] thefunkygibbon:
ah, well i'm at a bit of a deadend really. i don't know enough about this side of things to be able to progress further. fingers crossed the guys in that other thread will investigate, but i'm not holding out much hope.
[Android General] vermillions:
I see some people running Bay Trail tabs have had success with Vroot but I am cautious to use as I am unsure of its origins.
[Android General] thefunkygibbon:
hmmm doesnt seem likely.

just tried and doesnt seem to work although its installed some chinese crap on there.
[Android General] H_Mark:
Ok, so I retried everything with the x86 codec from Play, (and also the customer codec downloaded from xda to see if it made a difference), and with ES like you. Here's the weird thing, just like you I can use ES to stream decent quality 720p and 1080p mkv files from my PC without any problems, and MX plays them perfectly. If I try to watch the exact same vids from the SD card, I get stuttering or total failure. I've made sure it's using the same decoder for both etc, so that's not the problem. I wondered if the SD card wasn't up to scratch, despite being a class 10, so I moved some files to internal storage and got exactly the same result. I then tested the internal storage speed to see if it was duff, and got 96MB/s read, which while not superb is perfectly adequate.

I'm really at a loss to explain what's causing this, but I'd appreciate it if you or someone else would try playing some files from internal storage and see what the result is?

Edit: looks like it was an issue with my SD card corrupting some files, which then didn't play well when transfered to internal storage either. I've still found a few blips here and there, but generally it can play high rate 180p perfectly well. In fact, the stock video player supports most codecs without resorting to MX (although MX is still worth it for volume boost and subs handling).
[Android General] combat goofwing:
Paul obrien over at modaco is already working on root for the hudl 2. http://www.modaco.com/page/news
[Android General] thefunkygibbon:
was looking at it. seems that he's bricked his :(
[Android General] vermillions:
Yes bad news maybe he can recover it via droidboot as direct fastboot via button press is not working.

I still think our main problem is the fastboot driver, closest I get is installing the linux gadget multi out of the IntelAndroidDrvSetup1.1.5 then I get fastboot in device manager but it fails to fully install.

USB VID 1D4D PID 504B

Manufacturer Pegatron
[Android General] vermillions:
Paul obrien over at modaco has done it. Its ROOTED congrats to him he will release once he has a safe method.
[Android General] seanspotatobusiness:
Paul O'Brian (Modaco) has reported SUCCESS! in rooting his Hudl2. He wants to test it further before he releases more detail.
[Android General] giac0m0:
That is good news. Yesterday he reported he'd bricked one!
[Android General] thefunkygibbon:
so i guess moDaCo is the place to hang out then for all things hudl2 rather than XDA. shame, i prefer here, but needs must.

exciting stuff though, hopefully it will mean that we can install windows 8 on our devices.
[Android General] SkEvol:
Cool to hear about all the footings!

Besides the modding inroads, how's everyone getting on with it generally? People liking the speed? I see Google just announced their nexus 9. Lovely... but have to admit a big plus point for me with the hudl is the sdcard slot.

How are ppl finding web browsing?

Also, anyone tried any emulators or games? Things which push the hardware.
[Android General] H_Mark:
Seeing the Nexus 9 was coming out did make me pause, but as they're predicting £300 for the 32GB version I think the Hudl+SD card is a good call at literally half the price.

After sorting out a video problem (which turned out to be a issue with my sd card, not the Hudl), I've no issues at all. A new launcher runs nicely without any Tescoware (although the Tescoware isn't particularly offensive). No sign of transition slowdown when swiping around the home screens etc. In terms of games, I think my most demanding game is Need for Speed Most Wanted, and that runs with no issues. Browsing seems fine, but I probably don't do anything particularly intensive when browsing.
[Android General] seanspotatobusiness:
I have a couple of general comments which I think are worth noting. Firstly the microSD slot can apparently take 64 GB cards but the write speed is limited (see the final posts on the modaco thread).

There are three separate reports on Modaco of the tablet "playing dead" in that it seemed to have bricked itself but then comes to life on its own after some time or after pressing buttons randomly. There is one report (mine) of a display glitch.

I've nothing to say about your other questions, sorry.
[Android General] combat goofwing:
How to root your hudl 2

http://www.modaco.com/topic/373642-how-to-root-your-hudl-2/
[Android General] SkEvol:
Quick question. If you have a brand-new, box-fresh hudl2, can you use a file manager to copy/move files to and from the internal 16gb and an external 32gb microsd card?

Because I read somewhere that google have made a change which stopps you doing this. I believe it was implemented in kitkat onwards, but I wanted to check with hudl2 users to see if it applies on said device. -regards
[Android General] H_Mark:
I've used ES to do exactly that yesterday, so I'd say it works.

P.S. Discussion on Modaco says that you can use a 64Gb card, but need to reformat it to FAT not exFAT. Tesco haven't paid MS to licence exFAT.
[Android General] SkEvol:
Ok, quick followup question! :D NTFS allows filled greater than 2GB. How about exFAT & FAT?
[Android General] SkEvol:
Found out my answer. FAT limits files to 2GB. Bit of a bummer. Oh well.
[Android General] social-design-concepts:
Did you guys finely get root? If not I have something to try
[Android General] giac0m0:
Paul from Modaco has a flash image with root enabled. It would be good for you guys to talk:

http://www.modaco.com/topic/373642-how-to-root-your-hudl-2/
[Android General] tillward:
I've got one and rooted using Paul's guide. It's fairly stable. Running Xposed framework. The odd, random reboot and a bootloop or two. Mostly running great.
[Android General] thefunkygibbon:
hi, thanks, root looks like it is sorted for this version. but i don't think any progress has been made on getting it to be able to install windows on it. is this something you would have any ideas about at all?

thanks
[Android General] BackDaws:
ive bought 2 of these for my kids for christmas, i was thinking of getting one for myself, so if i root the hudle 2 can you remove all the bloatware tesco have added ? Also will there be a cyanogenmod for this tablet or is that pushing my luck ?
[Android General] DoobyDroid:
Just got my hudle2 and so far very impressive for the $ took a tab3 light back as screen was so poor , glad I did and got this would be nice to have a bloat free vanilla ROM couldn't see a dedicated thread for the device yet suppose early days let's hope it gets one
[Android General] 4everAnoob:
!!!! Very URGENT!!!!

! ! ! ! URGENT! ! ! !

How big is the chance that this device will ever run Windows?

Must know before tomorrow 12.00 gmt!
[Android General] MiyagiSan:
Not likely to ever run Windows is my guess.

Heard about the Nokia N1 (not suggesting the N1 can run Windows)?
[Android General] emayljames:
If there is a way found to enter the device's UEFI menu, there might be a way to install other OS. Unfortunatly, this seems to have a tight lockdown. Custom recovery looks like it will be an uphill strugle aswell. :crying:

This is not something Intel has done. This is implimented by Tesco and Pegatron.

There will not be a thread for this device on xda as this is only a UK/Eire product.
[Android General] combat goofwing:
Brother got one of these today,have to say apart from tracks bloatware really impressed with it great screen fast and for the price a steal
[Android General] DoobyDroid:
Shame it would run so much smoother without all the tesco Bloatware I'm sure some one will figure out and we will get our vanilla roms
[Android General] stephendhill:
I just instaleed the Google Now launcher from Playstore and made it the default :good:
[Android General] DoobyDroid:
Yes dose give it a better feel and look over default [emoji3]
[Android General] Xave1:
Got one for my son for Christmas. Has there been any development for this device yet?
[Android General] DoobyDroid:
Sadly nothing as yet but hopefully it will get someone interested enough to make some custom roms getting root etc
[Android General] H_Mark:
Root is available http://www.modaco.com/index.php?/topic/373642-How-to-root-your-Hudl-2

But nothing else yet.
[Android General] DoobyDroid:
Oh tidy hopefully some one will bake some roms for it a nice stock nexus rom would be nice
[Android General] abell431:
Just use root to freeze the tesco apps in titanium backup. Then it is pretty much stock
[Android General] Slymobi:
Or just disable them from app settings if you don't wish to root ;)

Regards as always
[Android General] cheesey_rower:
enabling ANT+ ?

I bought a Tesco Hudl 2 which is referenced here: http://xdaforums.com/hardware-hacking/hardware/ref-devices-ant-hardware-t2879990 as having the chipset required (BCM4334) to run ANT+, but probably requires an update to the firmware. Does anybody know where I can find the scripts/instructions, etc that will allow me to get ANT+ working?

I am guessing you would need to root the tablet first - so I have already looked into the instructions at Modaco...
[Android General] edwinariko:
Tesco hudl Model no: HT7P16S3 Android 4.2.2 Rooted with kingo root

hello,

am new to this kind of thing and tried to install chainfire3d on my hudl after rebooting my hudl cant get past boot logo ...it really sad because i was trying to install hd games and improve there performance for my little brother....anybody with any idea on how to fix this i would be very grateful
[Android General] PJ147:
Chainfire 3d doesn't work past ICS....
[Android General] krismanj:
chopparoo!!
[Android General] MiyagiSan:
Only if you ignore the opportunity cost.