yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] aileron79:
Hi all!

Last year I got the Nexus 7 2013 just when it was released. Of course, I immediately rooted my device and never had any problems so far. The day before yesterday, when I left the device on my couch for a few minutes, the device suddenly rebooted (not sure if it automagically wanted to install Android 5) and did not boot past the Google screen. I did not drop it, I always handled it with care.

When doing some research on Google I realized that most likely my device bricked itself, which obviously has happened to many other users before. I can't stop considering this might be a case of planned obsolescence. A device bricking itself might happen every now and then, but this seems to happen on a regular basis.

I doubt there is any chance for me to get it replaced as

- it was rooted (can't lock it again )

- i purchased it in the US (I live in Europe)

Using fastboot I constantly get an error message like this:

or

Which obviously means that the internal "SD card" has become unavailable.

Thus, my questions are

- is there any way of replacing the "SD card" by myself?

- is there any way to prove that this is planned obsolescence, has anyone heard of someone trying to do so?

- can anyone recommend a replacement tablet which is more reliable? I won't get an Asus again, nor will I choose Samsung or HTC. I immediately would buy an Oppo tablet as I have made great experience with their phones and support - unforuntely, they don't have tablets yet.

- are there any new features to be implemented in future tablets it is worth waiting for?

I'm really fed up with devices that stop working after a short period of time and I am a 100% sure that this is just bad luck. If there is a lawsuit I can join against companies using planned obsolescence I'd be happy to hear about it.

Cheers,

Aileron79
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Gloftking:
You know I think you have a point

believe it or not exactly 2 years after I had my motherboard replaced my nexus 7 2012 edition started freezing and is now stuck at the google screen. I have not even rooted it or attempted to flash anything to it what so ever, yet this happened. according to some it is a connection problem on the motherboard but I have had no avail so far.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] dermotti:
My n7 just crapped out too. It bricked by itself (was running fine). I can get into the bootloader but cant write anything, keep saying write failed.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] StardustGeass:
I think that was the limitation of a SSD, which are used for the device ROM...

Every SSD have a life expectancy, and when the age is over, it is over..

Even more, our gadgets now turned on like 24/7 for weeks, if not months...

Well, for mine, it is still working well though... bought it on 2013/ early 2014..

Now still running good.. Starting a bit laggy, but still bearable
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] kewalj2646:
Guys When We Will Get Android L For Samsung Galaxy Mini
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Galaxy_Rohit:
Never(officially)...!!
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Venkatesh:
Androidmeda is working on it(cm12).
[Nvidia Tegra Note 7] Tegra4Me:
Can i modify the wpa_supplicant.conf in /system/etc/wifi/ on stock 4.4.2 rooted, reboot and be all set to connect to wifi tether(ad hoc) ? Is there anything else that needs to be done?
[Nvidia Tegra Note 7] madmatt2024:
I asked about this almost a month ago and got no reply. I guess nobody knows?

http://xdaforums.com/nvidia-tegra-note-7/help/ad-hoc-ibss-solution-tn7-trying-to-t2934470
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jagr:
are the phones the same?

can roms from 910F be flashed to 910G and vice versa
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Er. Aditya:
yes i am using 910f roms on 910G just you will need custom kernel along with 910F roms to make it work
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
tried stock roms aditya? like a full odin flash?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Er. Aditya:
i havnt sir but i guess that wont work but if it dsnt includes soft bricking i guess i can try

but there's one more thing when i flash custom roms with stock 910F kernel it dsnt boots
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
thats what im also trying to investigate, something on kernel part makes it to boot loop. If i get any fruitful info ill post it in our thread :)
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Er. Aditya:
in any way i can help il be glad bala ...thanks man :)
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tryfound:
I mentioned in another thread that I tried to flash official German firmware on my aussie G model and it failed in Odin, not sure why. Phone is fine though, it failed at the beginning of the flash so it didn't modify any of my software.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] khusika:
Unofficial Changelogs

UNOFFICIAL CHANGELOGS​

[B][SIZE="4"]2014/11/24[/SIZE][/B]
-Initial release for ariesve
-Using K^kernel source as stock kernel (416 of ram) by Christopher83
-Implement SdSwap
-Remove some apk from build : CellBroadcastReceiver.apk

ANNOYANCES​

[B][SIZE="4"]2014/11/24[/SIZE][/B]
- You tell me :p
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] khusika:
Enjoy this one ^_^
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] ahmed dzico:
Thanks bro for your hard work
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] TAVYX:
Thank you for the awesom work you have done, but in 1 hour I experienced 2 soft reboots messing around with aicp settings.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] chrisg4:
Phone doesnt pass the bootanimation i can see the bootanimation and after a while a black screen appears
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] khusika:
You get bootloop? Have you use latest recovery by ADCteam & do wipe(cache,data,system) before flash this rom?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] khusika:
Send me your logcat :)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] chrisg4:
[MENTION=5123347]K_TECH[/MENTION] nevermind I solved it I forgot to wipe data...I'm not able to move apps to SD and also how can I change battery icon
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] TAVYX:
I don't know how to extract logcat, can U explain me how to do? Since then soft reboot stoped.

---------- Post added at 10:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:51 PM ----------

The baterry icon can be changed under ACIP extras/display and animations status bar and notif/batery icon.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Calin:
To do the logcat just simply install the app from playstore and then when opened you will find an option to record and save it as a txt file ;)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] chrisg4:
how can i move apps to sd the option isn't available
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] TobiJo:
nice!

Very good, love it :)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] jvukosav:
Gapps?

Can i be provided with a link to download GAPPS?

I can't seem to find it..... thank you.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Hugo-PT:
You can use any 4.4.4 GAPPS packages.

I recommend this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=44419361#post44419361 the MICRO MODULAR PACKAGE.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] khusika:
Carbon & Mokee OS will be release for Ariesve, Stay tuned

And prepare for your selve guys to test my rom [MENTION=5410699]ahmed dzico[/MENTION] [MENTION=4968383]nilac8991[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] ze7zez:
It would be good to fix access to the "access point names", because they do not work (closes automatically).
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Andreagia1994:
Can u update this ROM from latest cm and new partition? i think with much storage this rom is the best. thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] skakavac65:
....

Not,

Is the new recovery compatible with an old rom (CM 11.0, CM 10.2, CM 10.1, and previous)?

No, the new recovery is compatible only with new CM 12.0 rom, CM 11.0 Release 15 and next releases. If you want to restore a previous backup taken with an old recovery (without partition reassignments), you should re-install the old recovery first, reboot inside recovery again and then restore the backup.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Andreagia1994:
but I was wondering if the developer update this rom from last cm and allocation of partitions.. i know the procedure if I wanted to return to normal storage.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] khusika:
Not for now, I focused with Lollipop rom right now. So don't ask eta about android KK
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Medo2:
It says that my device is galaxysplus and not an ariesve.GT-i9001 device. HOW DO I FIX THAT

i get this when i try to install the rom
[Sony Xperia M] gugan subramaniam:
Whenever I give reboot system now in cmw

It says

ROOT ACCESS HAS POSSIBLY LOST.

-NO

-YES FIX(SYSTEM/XBIN/SU)

How should I solve this. Pls help me

Thanks in advance
[Sony Xperia M] Nicklas Van Dam:
you must select YES FIX(SYSTEM/XBIN/SU) that's command it's for fix your root permission after reboot, it's important if you don't want to loose your root access:D
[Sony Xperia M] gugan subramaniam:
Thanks
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] rasanansa:
I have a Qtek s200 bought in Italy with Italian WM5, Italian menu and Rom. Is it possible to convert it into WN6 with English menu and Rom?

What happens to word and excel afterwards? What rom would you advice.

I tried with smart1_wm6_pp8mb_CLEAR.exe, the unit got locked up and i had to do a bootload and rom flash to have it working again.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] rasanansa:
Forgot, my phone is a G3
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] rasanansa:
Isn't there abybody who can help me convert my original italian qtek s200 into english frm italian? my present rom is:

Versione ROM: 2.20.7.38 ITA

Versione Radio: 2.47.21

Versione Extended ROM: 2.20.7.118
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjoy:
Hi frnds. I want to hide my personal sms & calls from my wife;) Could someone suggest me app to hide private sms with sms delivery feature. Thanx in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Try the divorce.apk, you might find it in the play store but the upfront cost can be very high with ongoing maintenance payments for the rest of your life.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjoy:
I don't know what is the use of divorce. I'm talking about a app which can hide our personal conversation....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laura almeida:
Try Go SMS Pro
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjoy:
Thanx for the suggestion. But dear laura it doesn't hide calls as well.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laura almeida:
Ohh Sorry

I only read the title of this thread.

Try These Shady Contacts Or Private Space Or Hide Text SMS & Calls

Instead Of Replying "Thinks" Just Hit The Thanks! Button
[LG G Watch R] Curbow:
Question....

When i got my watch in from Korea the invoice said $90. I paid significantly more than $90 lol, just wondering if anyone else has had one show up the same way?

-Thanks
[LG G Watch R] dersie:
it is just for Tax ;)
[XDA Assist] XDA Visitor:
Hi guys

I just installed a custom rom called: gpe-rom-for-galaxy-s4-android-4-4-4

It all went well, but when I make a call. The screen just goes blank and I cannot access any of the call options during the call such as loud speaker, hang up.. I can only answer the call then it I can only go to the main home screen and thats it...

Any idea's? Or does someone have another stock android rom I can use for Samsung S4? GT-i9505
[XDA Assist] Darth:
Hi,

I suggest asking for help from the experts who own your device, here...

> Samsung Galaxy S 4 i9500, i9505, i9505G, i9506 > Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > [HELP THREAD] Galaxy S4 | Ask any question | Noob friendly

You would need to register on XDA to post there.

Good luck!
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] gainstatom:
If I buy a harman kardon edition and unlock it, can I use it on at&t?
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] redpoint73:
I'd cautiously say "maybe". I've seen a lot of conflicting info (and nothing definitive) whether the CDMA+GSM versions of the M8 (Sprint & Verizon) are actually different hardware from the "pure" GSM versions (everything else but Sprint & Verizon).

Looking at the specs, out of the box and SIM unlocked, the Sprint variant should have fully working GSM and HSPA on AT&T, but lacks 3 of the 4 bands used by AT&T for LTE. So depending on your market you may or may not have LTE. Its not clear to me whether you flash a different radio to add the proper support for the remaining bands (which you can freely do on the GSM variants with S-off), I'd say its risky at best. Won't work or will brick the phone at the worst.

Is there a specific reason you want the HK version? Unless you get a very good price on it, or hooked on the black & gold finish, or the HK earbuds, I don't see a good reason to buy it. Be aware if its the HK sound you want, its just software based and this mod can be flashed on any M8 with S-off.

Further, the GSM versions enjoy better selection of ROMs.

I'd say its a much safer bet to get a GSM version to use on AT&T.
[Nexus 7 General] chriscardinal:
I saw the Lollipop performance thread, but it seemed mostly focused on the 2012 model, so I wanted to start a thread to air out some issues I'm having on the 2013 OTA. I sideloaded the OTA, and my tablet is encrypted, which may be contributing to these issues, but I have to say that performance is poor, bordering on abysmal.

I see stutters and lag all the time, even on the simplest tasks like drawing the notification drawer animation. Actions like returning to the home screen are brutal and sometimes take measurable time. Sometimes apps just slow to a crawl and the tablet seems to lock up for a bit before it figures out what it was doing.

And over the last two days, I've noticed completely brutal battery performance, including this garbage:

That's a day of the tablet sitting on my bed not being used. I think there was 35 minutes of screen time. The battery stats are useless: 11% Android OS and that was the highest. Nothing else, no miscellaneous or anything like that.

I just cleared my cache partition, but it's still being sluggish. Any ideas on what the hell is going on here? It feels awful and the tablet was really pretty damn decent before this update. The battery life was just fine: 85% or so if I came home from leaving it on the bed all day.

Likewise, are there any better battery stat apps I can look at that can help me get to the bottom of this? It feels like bad battery and bad performance could easily be related if something is grinding in the background and keeping a wakelock active and I have no idea.

Anyone else having an awful time of 2013 5.0? Anyone see a performance increase?
[Nexus 7 General] TheFirstFishy:
Seen the Nexus 7 2013 forum?

If not, try it out.

From the planet Compact
[Nexus 7 General] chriscardinal:
By way of an update, clearing the cache and a reboot seemed to have helped significantly. The weird battery drain is gone, so that might have just been a runaway process or something, and the overall feel of the tablet is back to being much snappier.
[Nexus 7 General] KevlarGibs:
Dont know why i didnt think of clearing the cache. Performance is where it chould be now. Thanks!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] rsmart111:
Im new and know that windows mobile can't be flashed on to Android devices. But can an Emulation of WM run on Android??? There's emulators for everything else...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] xandercusa:
It may be possible, but probably not on the OG EVO. try asking on the general Q&A. You'll get a lot more responses to your question.

The only emulators that worked for me on the EVO were Linux based, and even then, they were somewhat laggy.
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terrybear2k:
the story start like this:

i unlocked my bootloader, installed cwm, and started flashing cm11

when the phone reboots, it stuck on bootloop like for 30 minutes, so what i tried to do is, hold the power button like i used to on any other android device, the damn thing wont shut off

googled it everywhere for the method to force shutdown, but damn google kept showing unrelated results

so i digged out my sim card frame, u know? the big-ass sim card frame before we remove our new sim card? slide it in on the side of the back cover, pop almost every clip, prying the back cover off hoping to remove the battery to shut it down. then those schtoooooopid industrial grade double sided tapes stuck hard i hav to use the sim card frame to cut it apart (yes dumb me has no hair dryer), finally got to do what i needed to do. reboot in recovery, flashed it to older version of cm11 and voila! its done

few day later, i notice my lower speaker has no sound coming from i (what took me so long). re-opened the back cover only to notice that wen i tried to cut those double sided tapes, my card knocked on the connector pins on the lower speaker and bend them a little, i pushed them back as close as possible to their original location, and sound came back, but now the sound on the lower speaker cracks when ever i play music at 80% max volume.....

few days ago i stumbled upon a thread with one of the replies saying "u can force restart by pressing volume up + power"........ WTF??? why did they changed the way to force shutdown the phone??? now my phone has a scratched back cover.... and the sound is cracked on many occasions on high volume..... :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
hey guys

im just in a plan to buy this device

but im confused to take the black one or the white one :(

can u all give some suggestion for me ?

sorry for my bad english
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Whichever you want.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bratusm:
Take the one your girlfriend/boyfriend likes... :p
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Didgesteve:
the black one collects fingerprints and looks dirty very quickly
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
okay dude

thanks for the info :)
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TD0711:
i bought the black one for myself and the white one for my brother and i should have bought the white one as it kept the finger smudges out of sight compare to the black model.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luckyrumo:
I prefer black phones, so I bought the black one ;)

I've put this on the backside and a protector on the frontside, because both scratch easily. These eliminate the fingerprint issue, too.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] eddyve:
Hi guys

I was upgrading to smart1_wm6 clear when I had a power failure with my pc. Now, my prophet (s200) is stuck on a white screen. I first have a startup screen telling me that my OS is now 10.1.0.011, then I got a white screen and a sound and that's it. What can I do? It seems that I can't connect with my pc any more too.

Help please!
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] kta:
Start your device in bootloader mode (hold the comm manager button for about 5 secs while pressing the reset) and then run the upgrade again.

While in bootloader the screen will show three colours. Once in bootloader the device will connect to the PC.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] andrewkeith5:
*eek* mp apologies, but personally i always do flashing on my laptop (its nice to have the battery there)
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] eddyve:
yep, you are right. Normally I do too, but I can't any more since I have upgraded my laptop to Vista. Now I am forced top use a pc, because upgrades don't work on vista.

Thx KTA for the advice, I didn't know.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] mornevdw:
:eek: I had a similar problem and thought I had to send my device for repairs! A BIG thank you for this information! :D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PunishedSnake:
Get official kit Kat? Must I use cm12?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] YPG70:
There are touchwiz Kitkat rom similar to official
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
There's already a thread for this
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nirogu325:
Already answered.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PunishedSnake:
Which one answered it?

I meant official tw flavored kk
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xp99:
I'm wondering if there is an app I can install that will give me the text selection like iOS has? I've never liked the way android does text selection, so much harder to use.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wakamatsu:
Serious?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tylog:
Looks like the wrong place :) i reported the thread for moving.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xp99:
thanks, hope someone knows an app that can do this.

I know the sony xperias have this feature and it's been ported to newer sony android phones

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/magnification-glass-ported-to-2011-xperias/
[XDA Assist] Naman Jain:
Hey devs !

I was just googling about lollipop and its features.

and one of them was screen pinning. i.e. only the app which is opened while screen pinning could be used for a particular time after applying screen pin.

Btw Can an app(maybe xposed module) like that be created for lower androids??

I am using S Duos 7562
[XDA Assist] :
Hi,

Unfortunately I can't find anything relevant on XDA for your device on this, so asking about it here would be best,

> Android Development and Hacking > Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Good luck!
[MX Player] dhruvdave:
In the latest beta version you have removed ac-3/mlp audio codec so will it be supported in custom codec.
[MX Player] CDB-Man:
[MENTION=4258555]ktsamy[/MENTION] you're the audio expert; I've got no idea.
[MX Player] josuearisty:
The reason: due to license issue, but isnt that included in ffmpeg? Which I think is open source
[MX Player] Thirumalai.K:
Few days ago, developer has received a mail from dolby to remove the ac3 support since it's patent righted by them.

It's included in ffmpeg source codes. Any one can ffmpeg the source code. But, using the patented codec through compiled ffmpeg needs license from patent holder. Otherwise both dts/dolby will be included by default in almost all electronic devices at no cost (TV, mobiles, Media players...etc.).

Those who are using my latest custom codecs won't be affected since it's already has ac3 support.

As Usual my custom codecs will support all codecs including dts/ac3.
[MX Player] dhruvdave:
Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ahmad83it:
dear all

i need the stock ROM of mY S3 SGH-i747 phone.

thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
here ya go

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1968625

"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
I recommend not flashing a rom until you determined the bootloader that is currently loaded on your phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ahmad83it:
bootloader info

bootloader info

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME : SGH-I747

CURRENT BINARY : CUSTOM

CURRENT STATUS : CUSTOM

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT : ENABLE

WARRANTY BIT : 0

BOOTLOADER AP SWREV : 3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
:GOOD:

i believe there is an app in playstore called samsung info. download that and it will tell your bootloader and other pertinent info.

"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
You have at least a 4.3 bootloader but you still need to know if it is 4.3 or 4.4.2.

Follow mrrocketdog's advice and use the Samsung info app to get the bootloader version.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ahmad83it:
yes it`s 4.3 version because it has 4.3 on sd card which has hard bricked
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
I suggest loading a custom recovery onto your phone and a custom rom to at least get the phone up and running without the need for an sd card.