yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 6  General] StajercS:
One more time. :D

http://www.sony.net/Products/memorycard/en_as/usbsa/index.html
[Nexus 6  General] ttabbal:
Everyone is aware of OTG devices. They aren't sufficient for every use case. For one thing, you can't leave them connected all the time without high risk of damaging the OTG plug or, worse, the device USB port. Onboard SD is always there, and never in the way. So now it's one more thing to have to remember, if you want to have whatever is on the OTG storage. There are some things they are very good for indeed, but they can't replace the utility of built-in support.

But it is what it is. The N6 doesn't have it. Would be nice for a lot of users, those that don't want it could just not put a card in there. At least they are making 64GB versions this time around.
[Nexus 6  General] SymbioticGenius:
Get a real phone. Or get a Samsung and your precious SD cards. It's 2014 already you guys sound like the same people that cried over the loss of their precious floppy disk
[Nexus 6  General] Kevro_86:
As much as I love Android and Google, I literally HATE the way Google so stubbornly shoves their ideals down our throats, completely disregarding the wishes of the majority.

Whether or not you NEED micro SD, no one can dispute the fact that it is a brilliant means of storing data, especially for portable use. It's cheap, negligible in size & weight, fast and easily interchangeable.

I don't know why Google can't at least compromise their stance and say...OK, we'll give you micro SD, but apps need to reside on the internal memory. At least that way, our gargantuan 4K & 1080p/60 videos, and music collections can sit nice & tidy on the micro SD card. Why in God's name would I want to upload these kinds of files to the cloud, or clog up internal memory when this much better method is readily available.

Come on Google! Swallow your pride for once and admit you were wrong on this one. That would make LOTS of people happy!

Man, just imagine a 64GB Nexus 6 with a 128GB micro SD card on board!

Wishful thinking!

Kevro
[Nexus 6  General] msal:
I'm still wondering why Google isn't offering a 128gb option. Apple does. Hell I doubt it would that expensive to make even a 256gb option.
[Nexus 6  General] theclueless:
1. Google wants to push the Google Drive subscription for your conspiracy fans (im one of them)

2. need FAT/NTFS support to use SD Card, thus paying Microsoft

3. need FAT/NTFS support to be able to label "SD Card" support
[Nexus 6  General] iZack187:
That's exactly my point!! I currently have 30gb of music plus lots of HD videos (Yes I am rocking a 128gb card). Why that hell would I constantly be streaming that enormous amount of data on a daily basis??

To the people stating "Get a real phone", you obviously have different needs. I understand a lot of people actually use a smartphone as a simple phone and only keep simple and basic apps on it, you have absolutely no need for storage and probably wouldn't even complain with a 16gb option. While I can respect those needs, mine are not getting respected.

I'm very glad to have a 64gb option, that will satisfy my needs, but I will always have to transfer media back and forth every time I do a full data wipe for a new custom rom...
[Nexus 6  General] shadowcore:
Oh boy, this sounds like a PR guy from google talking. Why? Well, paying 100 or more $$$ from going from 16 to 32 GB is overkill. Considering how cheap NANDs are, phones should be shipping with 128 GB internal stroage.

Having an option is always better than having none. Im not a fan of microsd cards as mine died after one year of very light use., might be a faulty one, but whatever.

Really, we could be having so much better internal storage right now, but for some reason, nobody is willing to increase the storage standard.

But whatever, its only the Nexus devices and some phones that come without microSD support, most oems offer it, sony, lg, htc, lenovo, xiaomi and so on. Saying they are like floppy disks is a very false analogy.

Would you get a laptop that offers no DVD reader or no second slot for a Hard Drive?

I doubt one of the fortune 100 companies in the world,google, cannot afford licensing fees for microsd.

One of the last times I have seen somebody debate this, google came out with a statement "microSDs are confusing to users", "hard to know if you are talking about internal storage or microsd".

Really, its hard to justify those words without shooting yourself intellectually.
[Nexus 6  General] iZack187:
I know nothing more than the common understanding of current file systems but:

1) Can't Google completely block most write permissions/access on external storage? If they really don't want apps running from SD. Only allow read access, so we can store our personal files.

2) Why FAT/NTFS? What's wrong with keeping a linux-based FS such as ext4? Google could just educate new users...although...that last part might be more complicated lol
[Nexus 6  General] Skripka:
Because AFAIK ext4 has no windows driver support. Maybe that has changed since I ran Arch and ext4 shortly after ext4 became standard on Linux.
[Nexus 6  General] doctahjeph:
It is more a want than a need to carry around your whole music collection on your phone. Honestly there is no NEED for more than 64gb. I don't care how anyone puts it, having more than that is a WANT. Which is fine, if you WANT to carry around 8000 mp3, then get a phone that will let you do that.
[Nexus 6  General] _MetalHead_:
I listen to music all day long at work, and also like to keep a lot of games on my phone so a lot of storage is a need for me. Why would I want to spend the time to pick what music I want to bring with me every day when I should just be able to bring it all? That's why when I'm at work I use my 128gb iPhone 6, which only has 20gb free at the moment. A lot of my music is lossless, and the rest is 320kbps so it takes up a lot of space. Not to mention all the games.

While I don't necessarily care about the lack of an SD slot, there is no excuse why most Android phones don't come with 64gb at the low end. If my Moto X had 128gb of storage, I would likely retire the iPhone for good.
[Nexus 6  General] iZack187:
Ubuntu now has NTFS support out of the box... I think Windows 10 is heading that way too with it's sudden "love" for Linux. But until then, there's lots of software that can R/W to ext4 from Windows. I'm sure Google could develop an easy app that allows us to drag and drop files

You are completely right. I don't need to carry all my stuff with me, but I just love the fact that I know I have it. I have the same mentality with apps but they don't cause a problem since their size is considerably smaller than media (except games of course), for example I have a "Tools" app that include a protractor and a surface level that I've used like one time this year... but I like knowing that I have it, just in case, you never know what could happen lol. Same goes for my media, out of my 3000 songs, i probably only listen to the same 30 ones, lol, but sometimes I'm in a mood for a specific genre or track and guess what, I have it, no need to stream or download. Sometimes I have to kill time for an unexpected scenario, that's when I like knowing I have so many little youtube videos and music videos that can entertain me for a while.

All that to say, yes, this is a big WANT, but I also WANT a pure AOSP device...
[Nexus 6  General] doctahjeph:
Google Play Edition devices.
[Nexus 6  General] iZack187:
Ok... I'm very picky... but i also WANT the latest cpu aka SnapDragon 805...with 2.5K display, and 3GB of ram :)

And I doubt Samsung will ever release a Note 4 GPE, and the Xperia Z4 is still too far away (not AOSP but very close...)
[Nexus 6  General] _MetalHead_:
I gave up on needing to have the latest and greatest specs a while ago. I learned that what it all comes down to is user experience, and it was the original Moto X that changed my views. I have the new Moto X as my primary phone now, and while it does have comparable specs to the bulk of the other flagships, its UX is unparalleled, and I don't need anything more right now. And I certainly don't need a QHD display, as I think they are absolute gimmicks, especially when they need significantly higher specs just to get the same performance. I won't buy a phone with a QHD display as long as there are great 1080p flagships still available.
[Nexus 6  General] eksasol:
USB OTG work no both my Moto G and X 2014, so it will no doubt be available for the Nexus 6.
[Nexus 6  General] old_fart:
Was using USB 'On the Go' a year ago to ( easily ) read / write to micro SDHC cards on my nexus 5. I didn't even consider it much of a nuisance or pain. But I've raise teenagers so I guess I have a high tolerance . . . . :D
[Nexus 6  General] mdwh:
I do find it odd that specs like resolution have long gone more than high enough for the average user, but things like storage space are excused because "most people don't need it" and "you can carry other devices". It's particularly odd when you consider how much space a typical phone/tablet has to store those HD or 4K videos. (And if the average user doesn't need that, what's the point of having those resolutions?)

No one NEEDs a phone full stop; all the things being discussed are "wants".

I don't think anyone is saying we shouldn't have a reasonable size of internal storage - the days of having tiny internal storage were bad. But having the option of additional expandable storage is a good thing.

SD cards are rated for speed. They're slower than internal storage, but also cheaper (what's the speed of downloading from the cloud, then?)

It's like SSDs and conventional hard drives for laptops/desktops. Yes, everyone agrees that having your system on an SSD is a good thing, but someone who buys TBs of SSD space just to host their video collection has more money than sense. So many have opted for the model of having a smaller SSD with a larger mechanical hard drive. A decent OS should be able to work with such possibilities.

Not that Google even give us the option of having lots of internal storage anyway - at least the Nexus 6 has 64GB which is a step forward, but the Nexus 5 and 9 don't.

If they were only for data, that's fine too, and doesn't damage the point - it's music and videos that take up most the space. Plus that argument applies to cloud storage too - you can't install apps there, does that make it pointless?

Expandable storage doesn't have to be easily removable.

Except iphones have 64GB and 128GB options - you can't say the smaller amounts are enough, whilst using iphones as an example.

Also people do criticise iphones for this reason - obviously not iphone users themselves, just as the OP presumably isn't a Nexus 6 owner either. People don't buy a device they don't like, criticisms are reasons to buy another device.

This makes no sense. People are wanting more storage - with technology, things should be getting better with time. You are the one wanting something less. Floppy disks were annoying because of how little they stored. If there was a solution that offered storage in a better way, that would be great, but I don't see it being provided.
[Nexus 6  General] _MetalHead_:
Yeah, I would MUCH rather have a 1080p display with more storage than a QHD display with little storage. Manufacturers are wasting resources on useless things like ultra high-res screens when they could be making 64gb or even 128gb the standard. Makes no sense to me.
[Nexus 6  General] ttabbal:
Regarding filesystems, what Windows supports is a bit of a moot point. There seems to be a push to use stuff like MTP for file access from a computer. Using that, the card could be formatted with some made-up filesystem and Windows could still read/write your files. The best thing about that style, is that you don't need to dismount the card from Android to use it. So your apps continue to access it as well. It's like using a network share. Both machines can use the files, but only the "server" needs to be able to mount the filesystem. So if it's about Microsoft and the silly FAT patents, just detect that the card isn't ext4 or whatever you decide to use, tell the user that it needs to be initialized and that doing so will delete all data from the card. Make them type in "Yes, Delete All My ****", Format, mount, done.

It's moderately annoying for a normal user, but Nexus isn't really FOR normal users. It's for developers. So not treating us like idiots would be nice.

As for floppies... When Apple stopped including them we already had USB sticks that held more data, were physically smaller, faster, and in every way, better technology. By the time PCs stopped including them, I don't think anyone still used them for anything other than copying old disks to a better format. USB and other external devices work fine for a box that spends most of its time sitting on a desk. I don't think anyone here is going to leave an OTG stick plugged into a phone all the time.

Sure, you can say go get a different device... Which one if one of the requirements is a stable AOSP, as stable as it is on a Nexus device, with 100% hardware support, with a nearly 6"@1080p+ screen? Doesn't exist.
[Nexus 6  General] hack14u:
All of this talk about how the evil G doesn't like SD cards, yet introduced new functionality in 5.0. Apps can now create a tree structure (specific directories) onto the SD card and r/w to it. It is the ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT_TREE intent, and apps can now use it. Seems like a pretty big step forward to me. But yes, this does open up the issue of slow media creating slight bits of lag. Most general consumers are going to buy the cheapest card they can find, usually resulting in slower r/w speeds. Thankfully for devs, this shouldn't be much of an issue anymore as the speeds of even a cheap card should be enough to be pretty quick.
[Nexus 6  General] _delice_doluca_:
You, my friend, has left me nothing to say for a counter opinion. Instead I fully accept yours :) Perfectly valid points.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dumb042:
Hi!

I'm new here and I have a problem, a huge one to be specific. The main problem: my phone don't want to boot at all, no sony logo, no anything, just a flash of the bottom light (previously a vibration, but for some reason its gone...). When I plug it to my pc it puts itself to flash mode. I previously put existenz 3.0.0 on it without any trouble and I wanted to put Cyanogenmod 11 on it becouse I didn't liked existenz that much. But afterwards my phone don't want to boot. I tried to flash a standard android 4.1 onto it but it just stopped for some reason and stuck. Btw it's a T-mobile phone, and the bootloader is locked.

WHAT SHOULD I DO?!?!? :crying:
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdlegy:
Flash for your model .ftf with flashtools
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matekovacs:
Yes, flash for your model .ftf with flashtool! Then the phone will work!
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TechnoSparks:
It is best to try again. :) I hope it will work. Just make sure the ftf you downloaded is for your device. Also make sure drivers are properly installed. To have all drivers installed, navigate to Flashtool install directory, there is a folder called "drivers", get into it and run the installer there in. Choose "flashmode drivers" and "fastboot drivers". Scroll down a bit, find "Common drivers for Viskan board" and tick that as well.

Your phone can still boot up - that's a good indicator. If it does not react at all, you could have been told by the community that your device was hard bricked. Luckily it isn't.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dumb042:
thanks for all the replys, flashing worked and its running cm11 with ő ne probléma: it cannot fibd the internal storage , anyag solutions? :)
[Moto 360] dangreene1:
Lots of people were posting about my Cat Attack face on Google+.

Thought I should share on here too :

Cat Attack

The cat jumps up every time you wake your watch!

You need WatchMaker 2.5.0 which runs animated gifs, then you can import the cat-attack.watch file direct from below :

Moto 360 Faces Google Drive Folder
[General Topics] N'ayam Amarsh'e:
Hi all,

This thread I made to give support to all those Spice Mi-492 Users who were waitin' for this thread so long...:D

So Let's Start with Rooting...

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Steps to Root Spice Mi-492

1.Download Framaroot...

2.Install It....

3.Now Open it up and select Boromir Exploit, Hit OK and Reboot...

4.That's it...

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Installing CWM on Spice Mi-492

1.Download And install MobileUncle Tools From

http://d-h.st/oEj

2.Download This Recovery from

http://tinylink.in/492cwm

3.Paste it in your SD CARD......

4.Open MUT (MobileUncle Tools).....

5.From Your MUT Screen select Recovery Update....

6.A screen will open and from there select the recovery file you downloaded...

7.It Will Ask You to boot into CWM Mode.... Click Yes.....

Congrats You have installed CWM....;)

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Custom ROMs for Spice Mi-492

There aren't any Custom Roms Made for Spice Mi-492 but you can port ROMs and tweak your phone with Gravity Box without the need of Installing a new ROM...

Steps To Port ROMs to Spice Mi-492

So, an XDA Member tushar9807 ported

XOLO a500s ROM to this phone...

He said that he just replaced the boot.img File and it works...

So here are the a500s ROMs, port anyone...

All ROMs are reported to be working...

You can have the list here:

http://xolo-a500s.blogspot.com.es/

The best ROM to port is here

http://xolo-a500s.blogspot.com.es/2014/09/mets-kitkat-custom-rom-for-xolo-a500s.html?m=1

Please reply if you get these things done...

Don't Say thanks, just press the button:p
[General Topics] methuselah:
why you don't request to add a forum in the xda list, for your phone. :confused:
[General Topics] N'ayam Amarsh'e:
I don't think they will make one.
[General Topics] methuselah:
Try to left a message in the respective form.
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] rytmy1:
i have this otg cabel and cannot run any device.... mouse, keyboard, usb

device: Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 (P1000)

ROM: CM 11,cm-11-20141030-NIGHTLY-p1

thanks for advice
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] klbterminator:
I dont think CM support OtG
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pdpmoto:
Does any one facing this I am using shockgen mod kernrel
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rio257:
What error are u getting
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pdpmoto:
Its not showing any error it record s but doesn't save
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rio257:
Did you tried another camera app
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeerAmrit:
Same problem with me, on CM11 :( I believe we have to keep the default camera app. It was working till it was there along with Google Camera, but once I removed the default camera app and went on Google camera as the only primary camera, it stopped recording videos.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] mai77:
[T110] Tab3 lite 7" - SM-T110 - goyawifi - recov bootloop 40% resolved - philz 6.30.1

philz_touch_6.30.1-goyawifi.tar.md5

philz 6.30.1 goya wifi

The situation for SM-T110 users could be better. I want a stock ROM with working PhilZ, since custom ROMs are too poorly documented.

Though Philz recov "works" nicely (and roots the T110), there seems to be no way to fix the recov-bootloop (reboot goes back to recov, imposs to get to real Android GUI) other than to Odin-flash the stock-recov (recovery.tar.7z from this forum) and wipe cache. This was reported by numerous T110 users. Alternatively use Stock_recovery_T111_110.zip https://mega.co.nz/#!cAZCTAbY!Mwt5N58yxNFzMDDkA5Y2qq5SDr8laAcEBK8CkXi2W_Q by gr8nole Odin-less stock ROM.

But then you have no Philz anymore and cannot as easily make nandroid backups.

Certain custom ROMs seem to have custom-recov without bootloop, but afaik no one published the fix they must have found already.

So: SM-T100 users lack CWM , TWRP or PhilZ which works (more than once) without bootloop. :eek: With my T110, the first reboot from within latest PhilZ works (boots up Android GUI like usual) but the second & any further reboot from within PhilZ gets you stuck in bootloop.

CWM does not even reboot once properly like PhilZ does. So a quick way to get a rooted SM-T110 is to use philz_touch_6.30.1-goyawifi.tar.md5 just for rooting only and replace it with stock recov immediately after.

T110 is not supported by Towelroot or any other rooter afaik.

see http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56446297&postcount=14 for a CWM workaround.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] mai77:
sorry state of affairs on the SM-T110

even tho the T110 should have hi sales numbers due to itz lo price of 90€ there is not so much out there in terms of dev stuff.

(dedicated "T110" stuff only)

ONLY WORKING !! non-bootlooping custom recov on T110 by paziusss : [SM-T11x] TWRP 2.6.3.0 for Tab3 lite

https://github.com/pazos/android_kernel_samsung_goyawifi

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=59596472&postcount=1

every T110 user needs PAZIUSSS TWRP recov !!

custom ROM : installs with PAZIUSSS, but it wipes PAZIUSSS ! u must reflash PAZIUSSS after Criskelo install

[AROMA][ROM] CriskeloROM [v1.0][SM-T110]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2766612

in Criskelo installer, there is a misleading install page in AROMA about wiping SDcard or /system, the two of which are confused and doesn't reflect a possible /system wipe done manually.

[ROM][T110][4.2.2] Stock NE4 Lite / Full (Rooted/Deodexed) [16th Aug '14]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2780068

PAZIUSSS also installs "Dr. Ketan custom ROM" but I wasn't too impressed by it. at least it did not wipe PAZIUSSS like Criskelo did.

kernel:

[SM-T110][KERNEL] Andriva Custom Kernel 4.2.2

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-3/development-7/sm-t110-andriva-custom-kernel-4-2-2-t3071180

no success report yet, documentation not really overabundant

see also :

Tab 3 software list: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2755532

main recov thread : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2674649
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Marlz:
These devices right out of the box just don't seem ready for market. Whether its some draconian bootloader not letting one install the ROM he wants or tweaks and settings that arent right, out of the box they leave quite a bit to be desired.

But then i comes the people of this board. As i read through the extensive wiki and went through the process of flashing new ROMs on my Hermes I really came to appreaciate the MASSIVE amount of effort put in by this community in order to allow this PDA to really live up to its potential.

So thank you to all the contributors! I couldn't have even begun this process without your help.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] dimushor:
i agreee with you
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] pvs:
Me too. You folks are great!!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] wwwes:
ditto!

I would probably have sent this thing back were it not for sleuth255 and mikechannon and goestoeleven and others working on this forum.

fortunately htc has this free resource to fix their buggy phones.

i'm still eagerly awaiting the 8525 aku3.3 update. cingular had said it was due out by feb 1st, but here it isn't. maybe it will be soon. I still wake up with a locked up phone pretty often.

thanks to all of you that have helped make this feature rich thing useable.

wes
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] MikeChannon:
Thank you and I too like this community:)

Mike
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] perlmane:
I agree with all the accolades given. I looked on this board before I bought the phone so I was prepared for what it was not when it came. I had also downloaded all the goodies and was ready to make it the way I wanted it. But since then, more and more things were discovered and shared. Right now, this phone is almost just right. There are a couple of things I am waiting for the new ROM to resolve, but it is currently the best device I have had yet.

As soon as a better toy comes out, I will quickly jump ship and take that one, but only if it has the kind of support this forum gives.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] .VIBE:
me three!!!