yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Topics] spartanm99:
I've just been reading up on this device too.

What I can't understand is why Google (or any other manufacturer for that matter) DON'T release a phone with the same (or higher) specs. Google is a giant, so is Samsung. They sell more phones and have more reach than Vivo, so why can't there latest devices match Vivo?

In my opinion this new phone should have been the Nexus 6 - well, the Nexus 6 should have had those specs. Super thin. Bigger battery. Much bigger front camera with flash and much wider rear camera (with higher MP). FP scanner. Dedicated audio chipsets. This should've been the Nexus 6, so why wasn't it? Google could have kept the exact same price but actually given us premium specs, not the sub-par specs on the Nexus 6 (yes I said it, the N6 specs are not premium if phones like this Vivo exist/are about to enter the market).

I would buy this Vivo in a heartbeat if I can confirm these things:

- Does it have buttons on the screen? I hate that - I love how Nexus phones have zero buttons on the face of the device.

- Can I install Vanilla android and make this phone function as a vanilla phone - aka Nexus?

- Is the screen used on this phone actually any good. Sure, QHD sounds great but the quality of the screen needs to be comparable to the Note 4/iPhone 6+ to make me consider it.

- Are the cameras of top quality? On paper they READ fantastic, but how do they really perform?

If these four questions get solid answers then this phone would be perfect for me and I'm sure that if this phone was released with vanilla android running, it would knock the Nexus and Galaxy phones out of the park. Not to mention that it is about $300 AUD cheaper than the Nexus 6. A no brainer. Great specs and value.
[General Topics] force70:
Specs are great the only thing the article doesnt mention is LTE support in north America?

Without that its a paper weight despite the fact that everything else is amazing.

This is the big issue with alot of chinese phones...lack of LTE support although that does appear to be changing.

sent from Canada my Note 4, 3, 2 or One X+
[General Topics] spartanm99:
It should have LTE support as I've read a few things which claim that it will. As long as it supports 700MHZ '4GX' (Telstra) then that would be fantastic.

Also hope the device doesnt look like the picture in the first post. :p
[General Topics] Apo11on:
Your question is purely a software issue. This device has Qualcomm's Snapdragon 805 in it and Qualcomm's chips started supporting worldwide LTE since Snapdragon 801 - all 41 LTE bands. What bands are enabled in the firmware to use is purely a software question, and there is plenty of devs and dev teams like Cyanogen, who can enable additional LTE bands and write their own drivers, since KitKat sources are available.
[General Topics] Planterz:
It's all part of the plan. Giants like Samsung already have the technology for stuff like the GS6, Note 5, etc. They're not "working on it", it's all ready to go. Component manufacturers like Qualcomm have their next (and next) gen stuff ready too. They're just sitting on it. Apple is the worst with this. I'm not saying this to start a flame war, I'm just talking facts.

Why just sit on it?

To leave you hungry for the next thing. Take Apple for example. When the iPhone 4S came out, Verizon and AT&T were rolling out LTE. What did the iPhone 4S have? HSPA 14.4Mb/s. Faster than the 7.2Mb/s that the iPhone 4 had, sure, but it wasn't LTE. It wasn't until the iPhone 5 came out that they had LTE. Why? So they can say that the iPhone 5 is faster than the 4 and 4S. Why did they sit on LTE? To sell more iPhones. Another example is the iPad Mini. The first Mini had a low res screen with a pitiful 162ppi. Half a year after the iPad 3 came out with a "retina" display. It wasn't until a year later the Mini 2 had a display that was decent. Why sit on the tech? To make people who like their iPad Mini to want to buy an iPad Mini 2.

Giants like Samsung and Apple can continue this strategy because it works for them, and it works for them because they have an established customer base, and an established potential customer base. Often I've heard people say that they're sick of their current phone, and they want to get the new Galaxy S whatever, or that they never switched from Samsung. And Apple fans are pretty dang loyal. Other companies have to pull out all the stops in order to compete. Samsung and Apple don't have to, because people are going to buy their phones anyway.
[General Topics] spartanm99:
Thank you for this answer; I feel like I already knew it but was in a bit of denial about it. These Chinese phones have amazing specs. If they release it as I said above without capacitive buttons on the front of the device, I will buy it and do everything I can to install vanilla Android to turn it into a 'nexus' phone.

I guess my little voice wont change much in the grand scheme of things but it is terrible that we have to pay (in my case) $960+ for a Nexus 6 with worse specifications than this Chinese phone which will cost me (delivered) about $450 to $510. Anyone that calls Apple/Samsung/Nexus etc phones 'top-of-the-line' must be kidding themselves; anyone that says they are good value is joking in my opinion.

For the record the Galaxy S6 will probably still have a worse front facing camera, speakers and be thicker than this upcoming Vivo smartphone. Sad, but probably true. Such is the Western world in which we live.
[General Topics] Apo11on:
Some actual pictures of the phone leaked today
[General Topics] Charlie.:
That looks awesome, if it's real and I can get one in the UK somehow, I will deffinitely get one over the Note 4!

The rendered one looks impossible to make a phone that slim (and is different to the one in the other photo). Found some more actual pictures of what may or may not be the Xplay 5S on GSMArena but can't post because I am a new user.
[General Topics] spartanm99:
Your pictures dont show front facing buttons and look super thin.

The real world leaked pictures look much thicker (still thin, though) with front facing buttons.

I will get this if it doesn't have front facing buttons and all the specs line up.

You can see the pictures I'm talking about here: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Vivos-future-powerhouse--the-Xplay-5S--poses-for-the-camera_id62679

According to this site and some others, the phone will use the Snapdragon 810 processor.

http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/vivo-xplay-5-could-be-first-snapdragon-810-powered-device

I need to see this phone before I believe it but as I said above - no front facing buttons & all the specs line up, I will get it and find a way for someone to install stock android on it.
[General Topics] Apo11on:
Read on another blog the phone will have sapphire screen and will have better build quality than Oppo phones

http://chinandroidphone.com/vivo-xplay-next-premiere-fuite/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Manni Gfaltig:
Hi, I hope you can help me as I am clueless about my phone...

I had the stock 4.1.2 firmware on my phone and wanted to update to Slimkat 4.2, so I first flashed the Siyah-s2-v6.0b5 kernel, check if the device is rooted and booted into recovery.

In recovery I did the factory reset, wiped the cache and formated the system partition.

Then the mistake happened and instead of flashing the Slimrom firmware I kept my finger to long on the swipe enabled recovery and selected "Reboot now" by mistake...

Basically since then my phone can only enter the Download mode (at least). I cannot enter recovery and I cannot boot it.

I flashed the Stock 4.1.2 firmware again but the problem remains. Directly after flashing the firmware when the phone gets rebooted I can see the white Samsung logo (where the yellow triangle would appear with a rooted kernel), then instead of showing to boot animation it switches to the charging screen but it does not charge (battery is and keeps grey).

I also put in another battery just for the case but that didn't change anything of course...

I hope you can help me, else I have the first brick for my wall of shame... :p

P.S. The stock firmware I use is "I9100XWLSD_I9100DBTLS7_DBT" from sammobile.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danielbe:
Can you still boot to download mode? If not, then look for a USB JIG.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htcuser71:
I keep getting the following message. "Sorry! Free Games has stopped expectantly. Would you like to send an error report to HTC? This will help us to improve our products?"

This comes up CONSTANTLY!!!

Yesterday I deleted a large amount of pictures, many appear to have been the silly emoticons available on Facebook messenger.

Can anyone advise how to repair this? I do not want free games and tried deleting this but no joy.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darth:
If you're rooted, try uninstalling or better, freezing the app with titanium backup.

If you're not rooted... Try disabling it in sertings/apps
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xunholyx:
Sorry to correct you here, but didn't you mean "freeze with TiBu, or better yet delete"? ;)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darth:
Lol

To each their own.... I never delete... Not enough space used up to worry about... And can always unfreeze for whatever reason. ?

And I personally never tell people to delete system apps... Just freeze, in case they have issues, or delete the wrong thing, or want to take an ota later and the missing app stops them.

But that's just me. ?

?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xunholyx:
I've never thought of it that way, because f*ck OTAs. They new stuff comes quicker here.

Foe example, I'm about to install Lollipop on my N7 flo.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darth:
I don't disagree! I've never taken an ota on anything but my N7 the first day I got it. Lol

But I've seen enough "help I accidentally deleted my phone app" or whatever posts... And really most system apps take very little space.

I'm always standing just to safe side of the line. ?

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Oh.... And most people who aren't sure how to delete or freeze a system app... Usually take OTA's. Lol
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xunholyx:
deleted to stop thread jacking
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darth:
Yeah, 2 account with 10000 posts. Lol

Name change. ?

Sorry for the off topic OP. I'll shut up. ?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xunholyx:
Not jacked too hard. I'd call this one solved.
[Samsung Gear S] sbrownla:
Heads up, you cannot buy the Gear S on ATT's website without having a plan and signing up for data. You have been warned!

Purchasing in-store may or may not, depending on how the store is feeling.

Just be ready ...

I'm SO done right now.
[Samsung Gear S] Uniquebarbee:
Thanks for the heads-up I'm definitely not signing up for their plan. I try my luck in store
[Samsung Gear S] timumi:
Ordered online with monthly plan for pickup at local store

Went to store and told salesperson that I don't want plan

He cancelled my plan and just sold me the watch :D

BTW, I was able to use the watch (using same trick for previous Gear watches) without first pairing to a Samsung phone :good:
[Samsung Gear S] Uniquebarbee:
YAY welcome to the club :fingers-crossed:
[G Pad 8.3 Themes and Apps] AzureNightwalker:
This app is my entry to the LG/XDA QPair Competition. There will be several test builds along the way, but the aim for completion is 15th December

Introduction

Current State

Planned Features

Images

Downloads

XDA:DevDB Information

One Experience, Device Specific App for the LG G Pad 8.3

Contributors

AzureNightwalker

Version Information

Status: Testing

Created 2014-11-07

Last Updated 2014-11-07
[G Pad 8.3 Themes and Apps] jumpingbird:
Hi!

You are working on this app?
[G Pad 8.3 Themes and Apps] Frozr0110:
HI

any news about this app?
[Android Apps and Games] potkpot:
Arcade simuletor of WWII submarine on your device.

Shipwreck with torpedo the transport convoy and destroyers

Be careful. Beware about depth charges

Submarine Stories - this Android game, despite the high quality three-dimensional graphics and a host of functions available, unfortunately, not a full simulator. But by and large, and its arcade gameplay many fans of underwater submarines would be enough, especially because a beautiful picture of both water and sky made a surprisingly believable, and submarines, and even better.

Game type of periscope presented, and as the control system, the user can use a switch rate, and turns the handlebars changing depth, and the start button torpedoes.

*3D graphics

*Different locations

*Smart enemies

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.PotKPot.SubmarineStories

XDA:DevDB Information

Submarine Stories, App for all devices (see above for details)

Contributors

potkpot

Version Information

Status: Beta

Current Beta Version: 0.0.34beta

Beta Release Date: 2014-11-06

Created 2014-11-07

Last Updated 2014-11-07
[Android Apps and Games] potkpot:
Amazon appstore avalible now
[Android Apps and Games] potkpot:
0.0.35beta

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.PotKPot.SubmarineStories

Bug of 3rd level fixed
[Android Apps and Games] potkpot:
0.0.41beta

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.PotKPot.SubmarineStories

Bugs of change level menu fixed. After exit from game progress will be saved
[Android Apps and Games] msolutions:
I will check it out! thanks for sharing :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] wundis:
Has anyone tried ^subj ?

I've just installed that thing on my Vario II, seems to be ... quite cool :) I'll give it a try for the next 2 weeks ...

link is in here

cheers

w
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] ScottC:
First impressions: bloody marvelous.

It'll take a few days to put it through its paces.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Radimus:
same here... looks NICE... $30.00 is a bit on the excessive side, but doable
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] aadadams:
We have been discussing it on HoFo. The consensus is SUPERB APPLICATION, why didn't we think of it first.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] WineCape:
HOFO forum? Can you point me in that direction please.

Mobile Shell looks interesting. Might as well give it a spin as the other Spb titles I have on my TyTN are all stable and funtional.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] fastest:
is a cool app but for me it takes way too much today screen space and leaves little for my fav today app spb diary.

the 'show now screen when device wakes up' is the feature i like most.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] abubasim:
@WineCape:

HOFO is Howard Forums.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Applestar:
Great great great.

This is fr... AWESOME.

I asked a few developers to integrate a one-finger navigation with big buttons. But it seemed that every developer was happy using his stylus just everywhere.

This application just gives you the "Nokia phone" feeling... I just deleted some components of SpB Pocket Plus (via settings) since they are not needed anymore :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] marisa4755:
I've been using this for a while now and think it is awesome. I wish that my first pda had had this interface, and I believe there is more to come as the app developes.

Fastest, you get the whole screen for Diary if you use it as a tab in shell.

I use it as the first tab, that way it can use the whole screen and is the tab which shows automatically most of the time. Give it a try.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] mush10:
If you have other SPB products it is much cheaper. I tried it yesterday and think it is a keeper. SPB DIary works great with it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] aadadams:
The thread on HoFo is here: http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1104037&page=1&pp=30

17.99 if you have other SPB Products.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] WineCape:
Thank you aadadams!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] MonkeyK:
Very attractive.

Might one be able to achieve similar effects with the freeware app CLaunch?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] aadadams:
This was mentioned in the HoFo thread as well. I would say that you can have a similar effect using several programs one of which being cLaunch, but one must admit that the implementation provided by SPB is very nice and the NOW screen is a great addition.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] y2whisper:
very nice indeed i haven't used diary before but I like this better than pocketplus to a degree...if i can get the mem status on the today screen cha ching
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] fastest:
Aha. just tried that. Superb! :D Thanks
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] shogunmark:
i like it also.. i just wish they would make a plug in for it so the analog clock would actually display speed when connected to my gps reciever.... only cause i got stopped by a cop that said i was speeding.. then i checked my speed on my speedometer with my gps speed and there seemed to be a 5mph difference...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] jasjamming:
I just installed all my spb apps (time, weather, pocketplus and diary) on my new AKU3.3 ROM and then I read about the mobile shell.

Looks excellent, going to try it now, from the screen shots, it make wm5 more intuative.

One question I have, does it provide functionality as those found in PhoneAlarm?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] marisa4755:
No, it isn't a Phone control application. Basically it acts like an improved operating system, but lots of people on spb forums are asking for Phonealarm type capabilities. If there are enough requests they will do something about it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] GPetrow:
I'll submit my vote that it's a great app. (The Now screen especially.)

I just wish that PocketWeather integrated nicely. (SPB Weather is a bit lacking IMHO.)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sultanxda:
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
*
*/

This is an unofficial CyanogenMod 12.1 Lollipop ROM. This is currently a work-in-progress, so you can expect to run into problems while using it.

You must perform a full wipe (wipe /data) before installing this ROM for the first time. New updates can be flashed on top without wiping anything.

The first boot may take up to 10 minutes.

Working:

WiFi

GPS

SD card

Modem

Mobile data

SMS

Phone calls

Audio

Camera

Camcorder

NFC

Bluetooth

Sensors

Video playback

Flashlight

USB

MTP

VoIP

Anything else that isn't listed as broken

Issues:

SELinux is currently set to permissive

Device sometimes (very rarely) locks up at the boot animation

Kernel source code:

(cm-12.1 branch): https://github.com/sultanxda/sultan-kernel-celox

Credits (in no particular order):

The CyanogenMod team

CyanogenMod contributors

CAF

dhacker for the gapps

ivanich

bryan2894

If I forgot you, slap me and force me to use an iPhone 4 running iOS 8

Social networking:

Google+ community

Downloads:

NOTE: You must virtually repartition your device, otherwise you cannot install this ROM! See the 3rd post for details.

ROM: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=29848&sort_by=date&sort_dir=DESC

Google apps by dhacker (click on 'Download Now'): http://d-h.st/BX7Q

Kernel-only updates/kernel Aroma installer*: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=22682&sort_by=date&sort_dir=DESC

TWRP recovery updates**: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=26971&sort_by=date&sort_dir=DESC

*The ROM comes with my kernel built into it; however, sometimes I may release an update for only the kernel and not the entire ROM, so the newest ROM update might not come with the newest kernel. The kernel-only update package also comes with an Aroma installer that can be used to configure some kernel options (such as display undervolt).

**You must have completed the repartitioning process in order to install the TWRP recovery updates.

XDA:DevDB Information

CyanogenMod 12, ROM for the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727

Contributors

Sultanxda

ROM OS Version: 5.1.x Lollipop

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x

Based On: CyanogenMod

Version Information

Status: Beta

Created 2014-11-07

Last Updated 2015-07-06
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] raptorddd:
This is good news i was wondering if lolipop willmake it to the skyrocket. Thanks sultan illwait till its stable
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Kiltnar:
[MENTION=4800121]Sultanxda[/MENTION], how did you get past the sepolicy errors? Or if you wouldn't mind, would you post your changes in the Rookie thread? Thanks man!

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For those who choose to flash this, it takes a while to install and boot. But it DOES boot up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] _Jax_:
Omg! This is like Christmas morning! Lol. Incredible!

Thank you Sult!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jrc2:
What would I have to do to be and to flash this on the Hercules?

Edit: Never mind, I found the thread in the Hercules dev section. Please see my bug reports there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] _Jax_:
TWRP 2.8.0.1

mount: failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p24 at /system: Device or resource busy

symlink: some symlinks failed

"E: Error executing update binary in zip '/sdcard/Download/LRX21m-5.0.0-Preview-Skyrocket-Sultan_2014-11-07.zip'

Should I re-doownload? Twrp Issue?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sultanxda:
Try unmounting /system before flashing. I am also using TWRP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] _Jax_:
Looks like that did the trick! Now we wait :D :highfive:

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Well you weren't kidding when you said everything is broken that's for sure. Literally everything! lol

Incredible nonetheless though. The animations are amazing. I could open and close the app drawer all day :p. Really is a lot of fun to use. Can't wait for this.

Thanks so much :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sultanxda:
Just delete the local sepolicy from the msm8660 tree and remove 3 folders whose names start with "sepolicy" from OUT/ETC

Our local sepolicy will just keep giving you more and more errors so I ditched it.

I'm not going to post my changes for now because everything is a hugeeeeee mess. My device trees aren't even properly set up to build autonomously (I had to make extensive changes by hand in the ROM zip in order to get it booting).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Kiltnar:
One last quick question. Did you use source for L preview or L-dev?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sultanxda:
I used source for L release. "android-5.0.0_r2" source tag from Google
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] adamsuail:
Took some time to install but booted up without issues.

Nice first taste, if only radio worked I would have used it a little longer.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] SighIsAnonymous:
This might not mean anything, but you really inspire me man!<3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] 1BadWolf:
Flashed fine with Philz 6.48.4 and it booted up, though did take a while as previously mentioned. Great job on this so far [MENTION=4800121]Sultanxda[/MENTION]! Impressive indeed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] omarmando:
Nice work !

congrats !
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Steveromingagain:
Just Downloaded Had to be patient with install,reboot and boot up . wifi working ,settings working,clock working,sd card not reading,can"t ad apn. Thanks for your hard work, ill be glad to help test as you go along. Going to try some gapps on this test model. THANKS AGAIN