yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Accessories] dryvine:
same issue: ordered Nov 15, past due, no skins

First post--have lurked here and learned so much great info.

It was this forum that clued me in to DBrand skins. I ordered two, but like many here--no shipment, no reply to polite email inquiry either. They must be busy but it seems that there are at least 5 of us here who all ordered approximately the same time--and none have yet received product, all are past longest estimated ship time and all have been charged. Really wish DBrand shipped with tracking info. Without that, I have no way of knowing if they were really shipped, lost in the mail, etc.

Am still hoping the skins show up, but am shocked it takes a month to get a letter from Canada to Ohio. Not a great 1st impression.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Accessories] Reremnu:
They had and probably still have problems with sending mails. Check their FB page for more info.

Regarding shipment time, according to my local post office (a piece of information from an owner of the place) shipment from Canada to Europe within 7-14 days is super optimistic, if not impossible. That's of course if dbrand is using the cheapest mail delivery option, their mail should come via ship, we shall expect more like 30-40 shipment time in Europe.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] hadobac:
Dear guys,

I have never own a wearable before. I was thinking of buying a Gear 2 Neo as a bday gift for my friend, when I stumble across a a post on Engadget of how the Original Gear had Tizen upgrade.

Was pretty psyched about this news, as I also found a local dealer sold his 2nd-handed Gear v7000 for $60 (a used Gear 2 Neo would be about $100).

What I'm asking is, is Gear a better alternative than Gear 2, concerning:

Virtually Gear 2 and Gear share the same specs.

It has Tizen now

Thanks to XDA, many of you guys report to have decent battery life, which is awesome

It might also have Android Wear.

I own a Sony Z Ultra, but according to this, Gear can now runs on Sony too.

So yeah, I've done my homework, and can't have to have my hands on Gear. What do you guys think? With Tizen, is original Gear too far behind Gear 2?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] allendj81:
If you want full functionality of your watch, you should use with a samsung device. I would advice you get a android wear device instead, there many alternatives and its gonna be tough to port android wear together with all its functions.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] hadobac:
Thanks mate, I guess I'll get an Android Wear.

Nevertheless, I still am going to buy one for my friend. At the same time, I am tight on cash, so I need to make a choice. With Tizen, is Gear close to Gear 2?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] allendj81:
Pretty much the same thing when it comes to software. What I like about the gear 2 is that camera and speaker are in the watch which makes you able to switch arm bands.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] F1USGP:
The Gear 2 is going to be $100 on Black Friday at AT&T.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StephenMSmith:
I updated to Lollipop using adb and stock recovery. That worked great. Then I flashed TWRP and made a nandroid backup. I have not rooted again since I'm switching to Nexus 9. So I want to reflash stock recovery, but I didn't save it.

I have the original stock recovery from the mantaray-lrx21p factory image, but when I flash it and boot into recovery, it's just blank screen. I'm assuming the OTA update also updated recovery? Does anyone have a copy of stock recovery after the OTA Nexus 10 update I could borrow?

Thanks,

Steve
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StephenMSmith:
Interestingly, I find that if I flash the stock recovery from mantaray-ktu84p, then it works. So it's the stock recovery in mantaray-lrx21p that just shows blank screen...
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnikko:
Same issue here to? Fix

Galaxy 6s Os 6.2.8▪Ss° Pen
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StephenMSmith:
I think the fix is we need to get someone with the latest Lollipop patch to extract and give us the recovery.img?
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fifthelement:
When blank screen appears, press power button for few seconds until the green robot appears, then press power + volume up ( or down ). the stock recovery menu will show up :)
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StephenMSmith:
I don't get any robot when pushing power button on blank screen. After 10 secs, device reboots. Are you sure it works like this now?
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StephenMSmith:
Well this is strange. I started all over with ktu84p, then applied the OTA lrx21p update. After the update, the recovery still says ktu84p so it did not get updated by applying the OTA update. Is that what everyone else sees as well? If I flash the recovery.img from the lrx21p factory image, then I get the blank screen instead of robot.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] 7s7:
Have just recieved my bill and have found that I have a number of International SMS's (every 2nd day since 27th jan) to the same tower in UK. In that time the only difference to my software is that I have been trialing SPB Diary (downloaded 25th Jan)and SPB Mobile Shell when it came out. There is no indication on my JASJAM that these SMS's have been made but my provider assure they have.

Is there any way a phone can sms without a sent message notification and has anyone else noticed this occuring.

I am very concerned that this is possible, any ideas or help would be appreciated. Have Hardreset my Phone and am only running standard WM5 software till I find out what has occured (Bummer)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Applestar:
Security applications...

There could be a hidden application installed (e.g. ultimate theft alert, phone security system, ) that sends sms out. You should ask the provider to send you the recipients number.

And: A hard reset could be not enough, if the application is installed in ExtROM as well.

Regards,

Apple*
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] 7s7:
I have had this phone from new (8 weeks or so) and it just started happening on the 25th of Jan so I wouldn't expect to see the software in Ext_rom as it is still locked down.

Provider would only say it was a forwarding cell in the UK, will try to get more out of them but I am not holding my breathe.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] -wireless-:
It is the imate suite that sends the message...if you unistall those programs it will stop

Cheers
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] 7s7:
Thanks, i will uninstall (don't use them anyway) and hopefully that will be the end of it.

What is the pupose of imate suite sending these SMS's and what information are they sending.

found a link that is relevant for anyone interested

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/628372.html

quite a number of people in Australia having the same problem
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] -wireless-:
Yeah thats how I knew it was the suite...I frequent that forum :)

Don't know what it sends but it does it so it should stop now that you unistalled it

Cheers
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QA Bot:
Q&A for [Rom][4.4.4][Official] Dirty Unicorns v8.2 (11/4/14) moto-msm8960 (KBBL)

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Before posting, please use the forum search and read through the discussion thread for [Rom][4.4.4][Official] Dirty Unicorns v8.2 (11/4/14) moto-msm8960 (KBBL). If you can't find an answer, post it here, being sure to give as much information as possible (firmware version, steps to reproduce, logcat if available) so that you can get help.

Thanks for understanding and for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy! :)
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BZH56:
Best ROM

Thank you for this work, this is the best ROM I've tested on my XT925 :D
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvlovers:
Cannot go back to stock 4.2.2 from DU (XT926, unlocked) via Fastboot nor Droid 1.4 utility

"downgraded security version

update gpt_main version failed

preflash validation failed for GPT"

Please help

Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using DA mobile app
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RikRong:
That's because you can't just downgrade, even if you are unlocked. There is a guide somewhere in here that'll show you how to downgrade, though.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manuski:
Does anyone have a drawback when going from an application back to the home screen? I have that all the time
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LifeAsADroid:
I'm guessing you mean 4.1.2? Since 4.2.2 wasn't released for these devices.

You'll have to find the FXZ file for 4.1.2 (shouldn't be too hard) either here or over at droidrzr, then use SamuriHL's RSD Lite method (also not hard to find) to install stock 4.1.2 back on your phone. I'm pretty sure that'll work - worked for me when i had to jump from DU to the latest KK build to grab a stock file.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvlovers:
I meant cannot go back to stock 4.4.2
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LifeAsADroid:
I know for a fact this can be done, I just did it (as mentioned above). Find the FXZ file and use RSD Lite. Very easy to do.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nobe1976:
FXZ is such a long process... Just go visit DroidRZR.com and see the few treads i have for debloated 4.4.2 and also FlashBack. Yes the gpt cannot be reverted, but switch bootloader setups is as simple as a flash. Just read before doing so and make sure one understands what one is doing.[emoji41]

Sent from my VS980 4G
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvlovers:
Thank you guys for your help.

I found that on another forum that while downgrading you have skip gpt as mentioned here by nobe1976 & tz files as well to make it work.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvlovers:
Hi guys

When i hit record call, it only records my end of the conversation.

What am i doing wrong?:confused:

Also sound recorder apk doesn't work as well - it shows recording but nothing is played back
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duffme:
DU 8.2 Bluetooth woes

Has anyone been able to resolve the bluetooth issue with incoming calls? I can make outgoing calls fine with bluetooth. Incoming calls connect, but neither side can be heard. Switching to speaker works, but switching back to bluetooth is silent. I also noticed that audio output (via headphone jack) doesn't work with bluetooth audio enabled, and even then it is very, very low in volume.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvlovers:
Disable "non intrusive" in "call settings " then answer call using your phone's button not the one on your blue tooth device
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvlovers:
How can I access call recording settings like audio source? The only settings I was able to find were recording format...

Sent from my DROID RAZR HD
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tehspamninja:
Cannot boot Dirty Unicorns v8.2

Hi guys, I'm using an unlocked XT926 and can't seem to get DU to boot. I flashed it two separate times and when rebooting, it would just go back to the recovery. Thinking maybe it was corrupt, I redownloaded and tried flashing a few more times. Each time, it gets stuck at the red Motorola logo. I make sure to flash everything but internal storage/SD card each time, and I'm on the KK bootloader as I just came from SlimKat. Anyone know what might be going on?

Edit: Redownloaded and moved over to the phone a third time...seems to work! Will report back with any issues.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tehspamninja:
Sorry about the double post, but I can't find the original to edit it.

Anyway, the ROM is working well but I'm having a strange issue. When someone sends me an MMS, it shows in the notification bar, but when I open my messaging app, there's nothing there. It happens every time, and when I try to send a picture message, it is endlessly stuck at "Sending". Anyone know what could be causing this or how it could be fixed?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eenkiinkeenk:
i cant find the download link for this room.. can anybody help me which link?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spott07:
Have you clicked on the first link in the first post of this thread? Have you even read the first post of this thread?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eenkiinkeenk:
i did.. just look at that link..

no such a file.. from /jl90/Dirty-Unicorns/
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spott07:
You didn't try very hard. Try the link just after that one, something about "Weekly Jenkins Builds" and/or look at post #80.

Why do I get to dig through a thread for a ROM I'm not even interested in? You should have been ignored until you grew enough brains to figure it out yourself. I guess it's my fault for responding to you.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eenkiinkeenk:
lol so rude.. those link at the OP for the 4.4.4 are missing.. , "u told me to look at the first page".. i dig the thread page by page.. my fault is missed the 80# post.. n i just asking.. but thanks anyway..
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spott07:
You also missed the "Weekly Jenkins Build" link in the first post, just one line down from the link you tried, which has a full repository. Apparently you missed it again when I mentioned it above.
[Samsung Galaxy Fame] selman555:
Hi,

I'm worried because I may have broken the phone's cellular capabilities.

I've flashed a couple of roms with CMW 6.0.4.6 installed (including SparkDroid, Tecno).

After flashing a CSC file using Odin I managed to get some CSC-codes back (they were blanc at first):

Orignal, Firmware's, Active CSC code: BTU

CSC Country: UK & IRE

Baseband: S6810PXXAMAA

PDA: S6810PXXAMJ1

CSC version: S6810PBTUAMK1

IMEI: 357082058176634

Network: unknown

Mobile network type: unknown

Service state: Radio off

I don't know much about this, so I'm hoping some capable visitors will come by and help me out.

The phone was bought Belgium.

I know the explenation must be simple, but I don't know where to begin.
[Samsung Galaxy Fame] Designcamp:
It's an old thread, but I have the same problem. It shows no signal, but I can receive texts and calls. When I try to call someone it says I'm in airplane mode. I had to revert to the original rom from sammobile (Netherlands VDP).

I think it has something to do with the baseband. Is it easy to change the baseband of custom roms?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barry_:
Can the screen be recalibrated and the maximum brightness increased?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scandalousk:
We might be able to adjust the colors, but that's a no go on increasing the brightness.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexus6R3plicant:
Why do you think it needs to be increased???? It's brighter than the nexus 5 and everyone says you will have no problem seeing it outside
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryude:
The maximum and minimum brightness can be changed with a kernel tweak. It's been done before on a lot of phones.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr Faustus:
I have used the N6, and the brightness is more than fine for everyday use day or night. "Nits" do not always equate to normal eyesight, do not buy into all of that until you see the screen with your own eyes!

While it is possible to increase brightness with Kernel tweaks as well, its not a need in my opinion. Plus I am pretty sure it might decrease the life of the AMOLED screen to push too much brightness into the screen, causing burn in.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pilz:
My Nexus 6 is plenty bright to use outside in direct sunlight. Maybe I have super vision or maybe not overly critical of what a number says. Real life tests trump whatever the reviews say.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barry_:
I've just had a prolonged time outdoors and have found the screen isn't great (poor is how I would describe it) in daylight.

Does anyone know of any settings that could increase colour/saturation to help with this matter?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micmars:
Kernel with color profile...almost every one has them...this screen is natively very good, not excellent (the Note 4 sort of destroys it)...anyway, it's amoled, and if you would like the colors to pop, grab a kernel, a free tuner or paid, and have a blast with color profile.

Here's mine on Franco (please use this as an example, since every kernel dev is to be thanked, and you'll find one you like),
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barry_:
thanks for taking the time to reply! I will try this now :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micmars:
Happy to help...if you do get into the Franco profiles, they are kind of crazy cool...that little thumbnail changes on the fly, and the settings that will be applied on boot will populate the slider crop shown above...it's almost certain to give you something you'll like.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwang:
Kernel adiutor has a high brightness mode that is brighter than the max brightness setting.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grarak.kerneladiutor
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micmars:
Yes it does, and so does Synapse, and they are both free.

As I've noted, I believe that users should avail themselves of any kernel tweaking tool they care to utilize, free or paid.

It also has a dark ui setting...that's just ugh.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kest874:
Any way to turn on the high brighness mode with terminal? or Tasker? or can a quick tile be added?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
No idea what that app changes.. I know what it doesn't change though...

/sys/devices/fd900000.qcom,mdss_mdp/qcom,mdss_fb_primary.165/leds/lcd-backlight/max_brightness

Or

/sys/devices/fd900000.qcom,mdss_mdp/qcom,mdss_fb_primary.165/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness

Which is odd.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infin8one:
Sort of a resurrection of this topic. I too notice that some kernels are able to improve brightness, buy even beyond the high brightness mode. That setting seems to be the highest achievable, however I find the brightness of ElementalX kernel to be the best over stock sourced kernels and Franco. I'm using multirom and have been able to conduct as about as close as A/B with one device.

As an aside, there's a really great writeup here from a guy that has scoped the screen color and R 235 G 236 B 257 is much "cooler" screen temp and really shows how great the screen can be IMHO.

Lastly, I've found using the native DPI setting of 493 to be awesome!

I hope this helps anyone else looking to maximize their Nexus 6 screen. All this info can be found in more detail thought the forum.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doitright:
Technically speaking, various anti-reflective coatings can dramatically improve a "less bright" screen's viewability in a high brightness environment. But equal coating to equal coating, the brightness really is all there is to it. Don't believe the hype that N6's 270 cd/m^2 can be as easily seen outside in the summer at lunch time as something that is 450+.

Personally, I actually find myself sometimes holding my hand around the N6's screen to block out sunlight so I can actually see it.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Further to myearlier post, you can get an extra bit of brightness with

echo 1 > /sys/devices/virtual/graphics/fb0/hbm

Even on elementalx. It's not much brighter than max, but a bit. Even with that though on a dull summers day, can't see much.

Tasker toggle
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kest874:
Hmm I can do it in terminal but can't get tasker to toggle it
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infin8one:
Thanks for this info. I will definitely give it a try!! I have the color tone dialed in for my taste but certainly think its too darn dim overall. Like I mentioned, ElementalX just makes the screen tolerable...far from great outdoors.

Thanks again. Time to brush off the dust from Tasker.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infin8one:
Could you please provide your complete settings? Are you connecting this task to a profile? If so what's the settings for the profile?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
No it's a toggle. I put it on my dock and lock screen.

<TaskerData sr="" dvi="1" tv="4.7u1m">
<Task sr="task36">
<cdate>1433082451109</cdate>
<edate>1435128136619</edate>
<id>36</id>
<nme>MaxBrightOn</nme>
<pri>10</pri>
<Action sr="act0" ve="7">
<code>37</code>
<ConditionList sr="if">
<Condition sr="c0" ve="3">
<lhs>%MaxBrightOn</lhs>
<op>0</op>
<rhs>0</rhs>
</Condition>
</ConditionList>
</Action>
<Action sr="act1" ve="7">
<code>123</code>
<Str sr="arg0" ve="3">echo 1 > /sys/devices/virtual/graphics/fb0/hbm</Str>
<Int sr="arg1" val="0"/>
<Int sr="arg2" val="1"/>
<Str sr="arg3" ve="3"/>
<Str sr="arg4" ve="3"/>
<Str sr="arg5" ve="3"/>
</Action>
<Action sr="act2" ve="7">
<code>547</code>
<Str sr="arg0" ve="3">%MaxBrightOn</Str>
<Str sr="arg1" ve="3">1</Str>
<Int sr="arg2" val="0"/>
<Int sr="arg3" val="0"/>
</Action>
<Action sr="act3" ve="7">
<code>43</code>
<ConditionList sr="if">
<Condition sr="c0" ve="3">
<lhs>%MaxBrightOn</lhs>
<op>0</op>
<rhs>1</rhs>
</Condition>
</ConditionList>
</Action>
<Action sr="act4" ve="7">
<code>123</code>
<Str sr="arg0" ve="3">echo 0 > /sys/devices/virtual/graphics/fb0/hbm</Str>
<Int sr="arg1" val="0"/>
<Int sr="arg2" val="1"/>
<Str sr="arg3" ve="3"/>
<Str sr="arg4" ve="3"/>
<Str sr="arg5" ve="3"/>
</Action>
<Action sr="act5" ve="7">
<code>547</code>
<Str sr="arg0" ve="3">%MaxBrightOn</Str>
<Str sr="arg1" ve="3">0</Str>
<Int sr="arg2" val="0"/>
<Int sr="arg3" val="0"/>
</Action>
<Img sr="icn" ve="2">
<nme>hd_aaa_ext_sun</nme>
</Img>
</Task>
</TaskerData>
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infin8one:
Awesome! Thanks for sharing the code that you used. While tinkering with Tasker, I was trying to figure out a way to trigger the hbm mode from the brightness slider, so that way once you set the brightness to max (255) it then kicks on the hbm mode. Alternatively if I am unable to configure it this way, I will perhaps use Auto Input to toggle the option through ElementalX's control app.

Thanks again, I now have a few options!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
No problem. And yeah, should be easy.

- Remove steps 3 and 6 from my task

- change "if" to %BRIGHT eq 255

- change "else if" to %BRIGHT neq 255

- create profile > event > variable set > %BRIGHT

- link profile to task.

Edit. Looks like I was a little hasty. Tasker won't let us use that inna profile.

Edit 2. Got it working. Same as above except profile context is...

Event > file opened > /sys/devices/fd900000.qcom,mdss_mdp/qcom,mdss_fb_primary.165/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infin8one:
Great!! Gonna give this a try now!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infin8one:
Wow, having a horrible time setting this for some reason. I am getting errors when attempting to run the shell. I tried using the "write file" option but that leads no where. Crazy, as the write file seems to be the most direct anyhow... If you could provide any assistance, greatly appreciated!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
I can't figure out what's going on in your run shell. Where have all those lines come from?

Should look like this
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infin8one:
Lines 3-4 are disabled. The other shows the errors when I attempt to preview the task. My code looks like yours, but no dice. Will keep trying! Thanks again for the help!!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Use the "store errors in" variable
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infin8one:
Do you have an idea which variable to place in this area?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Call it what you like. Though something descriptive would make sense %ErrorsForBrightness
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infin8one:
Unfortunately, still no go... Will play around with it over the weekend. Let me know if you think of anything else that may be causing the RunShell error. I checked permissions of the file, Tasker has root, I am able to modify the file manually. Stuck :)