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[Xposed General] Rolo42:
You lasted longer than I did! TWRP nandroid rescued me. Lack of [X]privacy is a show-stopper for me but I've forgotten how ugly non-customised (GravityBox, et. al.) stock is.
[Xposed General] Heisenberg420:
What device do u have?

I'm on a leak gpe version on my HTC m8, and it's pretty stable. Yes it sucks there no xposed but most of what I use xposed for is convenience features like custom nav ring that I can live without.

Biggest upside is battery life and performance kick the pants off KitKat.. Also love the new material design not to mention the hundreds of cool new things in SDK 21 like the dynamic floating menu buttons.
[Xposed General] mike.j:
Yeah, I feel you man..

Can't say I find stock android irritating per se (or used to, anyway), but Material Design? Dont' get me started!

Been on lollipop on my Nexus 5 for, well, a couple of days now. Feels like a lifetime. I like "stock", and I'm unfortunately one of those all-for-the-latest-version-hype type personalities. And I thought I would be able to manage without xposed (I used it mainly for cosmetics anyway and Lollipop seemed to be a huge leap forward from kitkat in that respect).

Buuuut...material design is...well, effing ugly. I can live without customising my lock screen (since I didn't use a lock anyway), so now I just skip it alltogether. I did like having my own set of unlockable shortcuts (so to speak), but, hey, b-bye.

LWinrecents: got that in lollipop - along with material design stacks of recent apps. Did I mention I think material design is effing ugly? Because it's also a bloody mess. IMHO, of course. VPN Dialogue? Since VPN doesn't seem to be working in L, no need for a module, right? And Xprivacy? Well, for the time being; hello world, have ALL my personal information.... At least greenify seems to run without xposed... Just to mention a few examples.

But...but. BUT, the new statusbar / notifications? Oh. My. God. I don't need Xposed and gravity box, I need goddamn kitkat and gravity box! Jeez.. Give me jellybean and I'll shut up!

As for the current GEL version, I must admit, I didn't even give that a fair chance, I set Nova Launcer as my default launcher from first boot..

I am torn right now, I'm itching to go back to 4.4.4 with xposed and gravity box and all the other "pointless" little cosmetic tweaks. But, I figure I can't be stuck on an old OS forever, and I'm already upgraded so I might as well just get used to what is and will be.

So basically, for me to keep using 5.0 comes down primarily to the convenience of not downgrading (i.e. going through another factory reset with the restoring backups and the whey and the wizz and the hey-hey-hey). With a kicker of "might as well get used to it."

So I have to concur that if anyone is on the fence, and you can't find a reason why you absolutely, positively HAVE to upgrade to lollipop, stick with kit kat and xposed. (insert appropiate number of exclamationmarskoneoneoneexclamationmarks) You're not missing out from as far as I can tell. Also, all the Google apps will come your way with material design anyway, so you WILL get your fix of fugly whether you want it or not.

If I'm not making any sense, then nevermind me. I'm just on a rant. And I miss gravity box. And I think Material Design does not present a very pleasant user experience. Also, I'm on a rant, did I mention that? Check back with me in a couple of weeks, and it's not entirely implausible that I actually have gone through the hassle of a downgrade/factory reset to get back to kit kat.

At least I'm rooted. Thank heaven for small favours, and thank Chainfire for big ones.
[Xposed General] akaHardison:
What I can't bear it no xprivacy.I live in China.Chinese apps are getting too much permission.I hate them.But I have to use them because my friends and parents are using it.
[Xposed General] jelle2503:
App ops works on 5.0

But yeah totally missing xposed on 5.0
[Xposed General] zelendel:
So because others use it that makes you use it them to? Interesting.
[Xposed General] RusherDude:
Couldn't agree more.

4.4.4 is the final Android version for me, until either xposed or some sustitute comes for lollipop or others.
[Xposed General] akaHardison:
I have to.My friends using WeChat to talk to me and sending images.If they use MMS send the photos,no one can bear the bills.Beside the photos send via MMS will be more compressed.So I bought a Nexus 4 just for these app,which is still running on KitKat.My Nexus 5 is already on lollipop
[Xposed General] fazi78:
There is so many other apps that you and your friends can use for sending photos. Viber, facebook, google plus, twitter.
[Xposed General] paolomatador:
How can't quote this?

I'm still on 4.4.4 on my N4 and waiting to Xposed be avalaible to upgrade.

Don't care about Material Design or other stuff in Lollipop.

Not until Xposed (and GravityBox) will be avalaible.

I hope will be not much longer!
[Xposed General] batman268:
2617

i think it do not work now :D
[Xposed General] Kunonin:
Me too. I tried it. But went back fast :P
[Xposed General] Lancez:
as far as I know, everything you've mentioned are blocked in China. Last time i was in China I couldn't even use Gmail and play store, unbelievable!
[Xposed General] zelendel:
Many things go are banned there do to their monitoring policies. So I understand why they are not an option.
[Xposed General] Orphee:
It seems I'm not the only one who can't live without xprivacy.

I won't install lollipop until xprivacy support it.
[Xposed General] zelendel:
Then I hate to say you may be stuck on KK as xposed is having huge issues with the new security setup in 5.0. I would get used to living with out xposed. This way if there ever is a work around then cool but if not then you wont be stuck in limbo.
[Xposed General] Orphee:
Well if I'm stuck I'll deal with it.

Xprivacy definitively better that L.
[Xposed General] colin p:
I have my Nexus 4 set up just the way I want with xposed and the handfull of modules I have installed. Battery life is managable and the modules already give me alot of what lollipop has so I really can't see the pressing need for lollipop just yet. Maybe in another year, I will get a new phone with lollipop and hopefully xposed, or an alternative, will be available. If not, I will deal with it then. But until that time, I will have lollipop on my Nexus 7 (2013) to play with. However, that's whenever I get the OTA (and from what I have gathered so far, that may be awhile as it may have been pulled until some of the glaring bugs are ironed out).
[Xposed General] Rolo42:
KK isn't 'limbo'; it works just as nicely now as it did when it was new--and better than L for the moment in that I don't have to wrestle with its changes and all my apps still run on it. Yes, this sounds like running Win xp rather than Vista, 7 rather than 8. "Material Design" == "Android Metro"? hehe

No OS can offer me anything that trumps privacy (sad when "privacy" is used to mean "not volunteering to be harassed by marketers"). I understand Google is a marketing company first but they need to understand that all do not share in their unobtrusive, ethical marketing practices--which go out the window if you enable others to act unscrupulously.
[Xposed General] zelendel:
First off I meant waiting in limbo for an update.

Second. Privacy is an illusion. In this day and age more of our personal info is sold then ever before. While we can control some of it. Most of it is gonna happen anyway.
[Xposed General] Rolo42:
I understand. It's more for those (like me) who think not updating is "missing out", another thing marketing creates, "fear of missing out".

I don't agree that privacy is an illusion; since I've actively taken control of it, I've noticed a significant difference. Nothing is going to happen with my information if I withhold it and, no, nobody is entitled to it. No, I can't control all of it but I can control most of it and that makes a significant difference in not having my time wasted by those who don't respect it.

The only thing left for me to do is to figure out how to opt out of having a postal box (nothing but junk in there thanks to said post office: packages arrive at the door and paper is pretty antiquated).
[Xposed General] chazy chaz:
give it some time, kitkat was full of s*** when it first came out, well it was the case for almost every major update
[Xposed General] aLPaSLaN07:
I've also reverted to KitKat until 5.1 comes out. There are lots of bugs that bug me as well.
[Xposed General] shmizan:
seems to be more than just a few of us.

I am too used to being able to actually control what information I give about myself, when using my phone.

also, custom roms were history when we had xposed. we didn't have to compromise on performance, stability, kernel sources, all that stuff.

we had what our phones' engineers built for us, and we could shape it just as we wanted.
[Xposed General] pranxy:
Yeah I'm missing 4.4 too...

Too lazy to flash it again and install all the stuff again lol Maybe one day.
[Xposed General] D0MINO:
This is the reason I have not bothered to upgrade my KK > LP.

Funnily, I had come to my LG G3 from CM11.2 on my old SGS1 and I was missing the customisations of CM. However, Xposed saved the day and made the stock LG ROM similar to CM and I don't miss CM nor want to go back the monotony of it's look. I don't actually see what the fuss with LP is aside from a superficial 'Material' design and also the ART, but I imagine that it makes a lot of difference on older phones. With the custom KK stock based ROMs now out for the LG G3 the phone is very fluid, battery life is extremely good so I can't imagine how much faster the ART would make it and whether it would be so substantial that I would consider giving up all that Xposed offers solely for performance reasons - it's a no brainer!

Xprivacy Manager should be an absolutely ESSENTIAL application for anyone with Xposed, as has been seen with Uber in the past few days pretty much helping themselves to your SMS, contact list and call list amongst other things, you just can't trust ANY company these days! I am shocked at the permissions plenty of widespread apps ask, and it's also shocking how much time I am going to have to spend blocking them all. The 3rd shocking thing is that all the apps I have blocked what I see as having unnecessary permissions still work fine. I hope there is some alternative for Xprivacy on LP if Xposed ART never comes :(
[Xposed General] Rolo42:
I didn't think so (at least my KK transition was smooth) but L has the issue of a lot of fundamental changes (no Dalvik)--like going from Win95 to NT or xp to Vista (shudder). It seems like Google could have managed the change a little better.
[Xposed General] xmlnoob:
I restored my 444 backup in 30mins :D Simply can't live without xposed+recent app cleaner+GB+app setting
[Xposed General] thdervenis:
You did well

You did well. I reverted to KitKat too.

I won't install Lollipop until Xposed is supported, plus I dislike all the things you mentioned and more.
[Xposed General] -juanito-:
I installed GPE lollipop, only two 1 hour and i revert back to kitkat..
[Xposed General] memekmek:
The only app i rely 100% on in xposed is root cloak. Is there a way to have an app believe you are not rooted without xposed? All the updated superuser apps dont have that feature anymore it looks like.
[Xposed General] E90 Commie:
I put Lollipop on my C6802 but the lack of Xposed or something similar really kills it. It is evident that either some kind of Xposed styled solution or a fully featured ROM such as AICP or PAC is needed.

I also flashed AICP to my C6833 and I really prefer customized 4.4.4 over stock Lollipop. Things like non-adjustable quick toggles break everything for me.
[Xposed General] thor1k:
I'm certainly not upgrading any time soon. I literally just got everything the way I wanted it, why would I move to something missing so many things I love?!!! No way!!!
[Xposed General] zelendel:
Well this is what happens when people come to be dependent on apps that use security holes. Then when the hole is patched they all get upset.

I hate to say it but you might as well get used to it. Google is working hard to prevent root all together and with the new updates the days of things like this are coming to an end. If you want to mod things like this you will be left with GPE/Nexus device and you will have to build the OS from the source code.
[Xposed General] Pupet_Master:
Root acess should be a MUST to any OS.

Imagine if Microsoft release a Windows without the run as admin possibility. Or a Linux distro without root.

Google is missing the point of Android if they want to prevent Root and customization.
[Xposed General] D0MINO:
Coming from CM11.2 on my S1 and to the G3 LG stock skinned KK was difficult but I got used to it. Bump & Custom ROMs improved it immensely and on discovering Xposed it was amazing and I got used to the colourful LG skin compared to the boring plain CM11.2 KK.

I couldn't imagine going back to Android Stock nor installing a 5.0 custom ROM someone else has designed with no Xposed so I never even bothered to install it just to see what it was like yet. I'm not surprised the stock look is boring, personally JB/KK stock Android has always been boring and plain visually and Froyo/Gingerbread were nicer from what I remember.
[Xposed General] methuselah:
What you mean by that

Well if that is true thats why XDA owner said he will take away android away from google ??
[Xposed General] zelendel:
That wasn't the owner of XDA. It was CM CEO.
[Xposed General] methuselah:
Well you now know whom I am referring to. So that was the reason ???
[Xposed General] zelendel:
No that's not the reason. I am not a CM fan at all. The reason is that root is too easily gotten by people that have not understanding of what it can do. There are huge security issues wrapped up in rooting.
[Xposed General] Heisenberg420:
If google wanted to prevent root then lollipop would not be rootable. And they would not allow apps that request root access in the play store.
[Xposed General] zelendel:
Easier said then done. As it is native to the way Linux works. They also have to have options for developers. Could you imagine getting a logcat without root? It's just the average people that have no need for root. Heck if CM was against it for the longest time.
[Xposed General] methuselah:
agree

well i agree that some people just root for checking what root is....... one hacker can do wonders with a hacked phone that is rooted. The main issue these days is that the fast internet speeds are also making huge mess. I mean fast connection is good but that gives your access to voice data at the same time and fast data transfers that is a paradise fountain for a hacker....
[Xposed General] Heisenberg420:
This conversion is steering a little off topic, xposed is already running on lollipop, KitKat is dead.

And you won't have to worry about not having root on future versions of android, its owned by Google and open source. Look at the locked down closed source iPhone. With every iOS update jailbreaks get patched. Yet the iPhone 6 is jailbroken. And apple has been patching holes in iOS for 7 years.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robbie Doo:
I think you're using the wrong file. For Sprint I believe you have to use the spr file.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garwynn:
Yes, AOSP based ROMs were split.

I'm going to be working again on this very soon.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caelin99:
I can't finish my building due to the warnings and errors I get.

Here is my log:

https://db.tt/IxIe4wcs

I can't find any solution :crying:

Please help!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] fil:
http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/3251313/Sandisk_2GB_Micro_SD_Card/Product.html?P36=4ZL76Q

sorry if its been posted allready, but gotta be quick!

hAVE used play, very well know. £17.99 delivered

also, Kingston 1GB MicroSD card

http://www.w2w.com/MoreInfo.asp?tabGroup=GROUP-PC&code=KINTF1GB&tabselect=TAB4

£7.79 including postage, not used this company before tho.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] oink1:
Good price - jump on it people! :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] westie123:
just ordered one, nice find..
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] stoo:
There's a 1GB Kingston Micro SD on ebuyer for £6.40 thats without delivery though.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=117009
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Nicky:
I bought one a couple of days ago :) very good deal, there is another thread somewhere which has mentioned this deal.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] kkiran:
Did u buy it for 18 pounds?How I wish I were as lucky as u,cudnt' find a good deal in dollars here :(
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Nicky:
There is another thread floating around with some good offers for Micro SD's, this is one of the links on it for the US <click here>

I don't know anything about the company but it looks a pretty good price :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] kkiran:
hmmm,dat link amounts to 39$ shipped,and am looking for sth in 20s cos I really dont' see any need for 2gb cos I bought a 1gb version for 11$ shipped.....

but 18pounds sounds gr8 actually!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Nicky:
Ah, okay, I only suggested it because it worked out not too far away from what I paid for mine, £18 is around $35 at the moment :)
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorcutt:
Hi all,

I'm going through a very strange behaviour on my Note 4 that I didn't have on the Note 2, pumping sound or in other words, a very high compression level. What I mean is when I turn the volume up it goes up but suddenly goes down (only the sound, not the sound control) and depending on the music style or volume it goes up and down like a clipping prevention system or something like that. My note is the 910C, stock NJ4, rooted.

Thanks for your help.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chefproll:
Try "Poweramp", go to sound settings (screen with a lot of dials), switch on "Limit".

Try if the effect is still there.

Issue sounds like dynamic range limiting.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorcutt:
Exactly what I'm using. I did already tried to turn "limit" off. No difference. I believe the issue is with Poweramp itself as I don't have the same issue with the default android player.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorcutt:
I think I answered my own question. Poweramp is the bad guy. I tried PlayerPro and had no issues with the pumping effect.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nuu~:
Had the same problem with PowerAmp.

Go to Settings>Audio>Advanced Tweaks and disable Direct Volume Control.

That fixed it for me.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ningyou Higeki:
I created and flashed a pre-rooted 4.4.4 firmware for my Z2, and everything is fine but no update for stock apps, such as Walkman, is available in Update Center. I didn't uninstall any stock apps even some bloatware. So what's the problem? How can I solve it? Thx.
[ONE General] kenzolo:
Finally I found the solution to disable chrome/beta opening in floating mode :

Just install this xposed module

"XHaloFloatingWindow"

you can find it in download menu of xposed installer

enable it and reboot your phone

open XHaloFloatingWindow

go to popup behavior, blacklist apps and add chrome/chrome beta

terminate chrome and restart it

enjoy full window :)
[ONE General] nicholaschum:
Hi Ken, nice to see you here from the Note 3 forums.

The method has been posted a couple of times, http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56771426&postcount=4054

Regardless, now we need a fix for it on ART! :cool::good:
[ONE General] kenzolo:
ops.. sorry guys

I'm at university and no time to reade latest post :p
[ONE General] nicholaschum:
It's all good. At least you made a new General thread for everyone else to easily find :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dmonger11b:
Finally got around to rooting my phone and installing WTR and IF it even broadcasts that there is an open connection it won't let me connect to anything on the Web. If I change any of the settings it doesn't show up on the list of my computer or my tablet wtf?
[General Questions and Answers] rvdthrostone:
Hello,

I am looking for custom ROM for my device Colors K22 Octa. Any suggestions & links please do specify.

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] rameshsapkota:
Me also doing the same. I'm trying to load k3's lollip 5.1. I will try. contact me for further details.
[General Questions and Answers] gholiaayuz:
Did it work for you??

Did it work for you?? plz reply soon
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_dracula:
I am on the rooted 4.2.2 FW (10.3.1.C.0.1.36) on my Xperia Tablet Z (SGP311) and was wondering how I can install an official ROM that is at least 4.4?

Updating with official FW no longer works once you root right?
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cat McGowan:
[Root/Recovery] SGP321/311/3xx [FTF] 10.5.1.A.0.283 (Stock 4.4.4) (no Wipe needed)
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_dracula:
Thanks.

Is there a place I can get the latest flashtool needed for the above?

Could not find a link on the thread.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cat McGowan:
http://www.flashtool.net/index.php
[Moto 360] jt3:
I've always wanted to get rid of the heartbeat card that randomly comes up, but there's never been a way. However, last night, I think I finally did it.

It could be some firmware upgrade, or it could be because after upgrading my phone to lollipop, I finally have Fit now, and I went in to the AW app to set all the steps/heartbeat related tasks to Fit, then added Fit to the mute list. I'd hoped that would do the trick, but no luck. Yesterday, I got the dreaded "Way to Go!" card. Ugh.

However, swiped over to the right, and got the steps control. I went into that, and swiped all the way to the right (past the "steps this week" page), and lo and behold: There were controls for "Heart Activity," "Daily Goals," and "Moto Body," all of which had a "Notifications Off" setting. Huzzah!!! ( I remember turning steps off before, but there were no controls for the others, which is why I'm not sure if it's because I set the Steps action to Fit or if it's just new.)

By the way, if you don't have a card currently up, you can get there by starting "Moto Body Steps" from the 360.
[Moto 360] kloan:
Yeah, I find it's actually a really big pain in the ass trying to figure out where each notification is coming from, and how to turn it off. Poor UI design IMO.

I found using Mini Launcher to access the individual 'apps' to be the easiest way to do it, instead of waiting for another card to randomly show up.

I don't understand why there isn't an app drawer like on our phones.
[Moto 360] merrill77:
Thanks! I've been cursing those notifications for weeks.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Maher1994:
Hello !!

I Have Sony xperia SL ,

there was installed 4.1.2 LT26i Rom , And The camera was perfect

after that i instal 4.1.2 LT26ii Rom , And Camera is very strong in white , and in shadow it's very dark :( ,

i need that old Rom 4.1.2 LT26i Supported Arabic :crying:

thanks for all , waiting the comments
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
Try XperiaFirm, You will stock firmware of all countries there.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] theixle:
I've been using the Sharp Aquos Crystal for a few days now and loving it mostly, however occasionally when I have a particular grip on the phone the touch screen stops working and I get a popup that says something like "The touch panel has been locked due to a lack of response .... Move your hand or thing away from ..." The popup disappears very quickly so I haven't been able to get the full text written down or a picture snapped, but I was wondering if anyone else had noticed this and had figured out what it meant.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] nfswcy:
when u turn on the brightkeep function,the message will pop up while u try to opreating your phone when it on a flat surface. either turn the function off or hold your phone by your hand when opreating will fix it. I am new here. and i got a softbank 305sh. hope this will be helpful.