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[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
roms dont include radios, so they wont touch the one that youre currently using. its in a different partition. you dont need to flash radios when flashing a rom, ever, on a nexus. carrier also makes no difference. and wipe data and format data are two different thing. wiping data itll just clear the user data. formatting data will clear the whole partition and reformat it.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trickster2369:
**NINJA'D

Radios are part of the firmware, and are not touched by flashing a rom. They will stay on your device, unaffected by flashing or normal wiping procedures.

Wipe data = clearing out app data, settings data, etc., created during normal use of an os.

Format data = completely wipe out the data partition of your phone, meaning anything and everything you ever save to your device will be deleted. This is what is needed in order to decrypt.

Hope that helps clear things up.

Sent from my Nexus 10
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] capcanuck:
So.... I had similar questions.. As long as I flash whatever ROM and kernel I want first, I can go ahead and format data. I will then boot intro android, unencrypted, running my desired ROM and kernel, but will have lost anything in my storage? Correct?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 9wire:
And there's no way to decrypt without data wipe?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwdan:
Yes.. That makes since to me. It's just that there is a "Sprint radio.Zip" floating around that you have to flash if you lose signal. That would be a "radio" so how does it get wiped when flashing? I was going to try the "Pure Shamu" rom. That's what brought all the questions.

Ok.. Seems like any kernel change will wipe internal storage

If I'm encrypted, stay encrypted and internal storage is safe. Change kernels and internal storage is wiped...
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trickster2369:
I haven't had to deal with the Sprint radio issues because I'm on Verizon. But i believe that is a patch to the rom to make sprint data work.

Changing kernels does not automatically wipe internal storage. The kernels are "decryptable", meaning if you format data, you will be decrypted. If you do not format data, you will be as you were, encrypted. If you were already decrypted, you will still be decrypted.

I believe there was one rom or kernel , don't remember which, that automatically decrypted, but I know that was stated in their OP.

Sent from my SinLess Shamu
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aalupatti:
I dont think its possible now.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] capcanuck:
I had to factory reset after formatting data, but after that all is smooth.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fmstrat:
Hi all,

Is there a specific way to hunt down commits for feature sets in the source of ROMs on github? As a simple example, let's say someone was searching my ROM for how to enable AppOps in AOSP. They would eventually find this commit:

https://github.com/nowsci/platform_...mmit/a766afc88ebed960c2027d3d1539ff9a38be4115

However, many feature additions require changes across many repositories for Android. Let's say I want to find the Expanded Volume Control code for Cyanogenmod. The only way I can think to do this is to clone every single Cyanogenmod repository, print out the git log, and comb through for every mention of "volume" until I find the right commits.

How do other ROM developers shortcut this?

I ask for my own education, and because I think a central repository of "features" that links all the commits and provides the merge commands for AOSP might be a handy thing to start creating in the community (unless there is already a better way).

Thanks!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marioag0412:
Hello all,

I have been doing a lot of reading recently because it's been a long while since I've felt the need to flash something new on T-Mobile HTC One m7. From the looks of it things have changed quite a bit and I'm a bit flustered on where to begin. I'm currently on ViperRom 6.2.1 which is based on android 4.4.2. I am wanting to update to ViperRom 7.0.1 (latest) but it seems that I need to upgrade my firmware, something I'm not too familiar with. After doing some reading I believe that I need to both achieve S-OFF as mine is currently still S-ON, as well as update the firmware. I would also need to install ADB in order to flash the firmware rather than flashing it from my custom recovery (TWRP 2.6.3.3). So it seems that the steps needed are: Install ADB -> S-OFF -> flash firmware -> flash ViperRom. Does this seem correct? Also, I've seen a lot about RUU's and HBOOT and CID and despite reading most of the sticky posts I am still very confused on whether I need to be concerned with these things or if they only apply to more advanced tweaks/processes. Finally, I'm not exactly sure which firmware is the correct one for my phone or how to go about finding this out. Any help or suggestions for where to find this out would be greatly appreciated.

Edit: On my bootloader screen it says I have an M7_UL model that is S-ON and HBOOT 1.44.0000 and Radio 4A.14.3250.15 if that helps.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
adb is pretty easy you don't really install it it's an .exe

you first step is s-off if you on hboot 1.44 try revone first

if it fails try Rumrunner

Firmware's are here >> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2365506

T-Mobile >> Roms / RUU / Nandroids are here >> http://xdaforums.com/htc-one-tmobile
[Moto X Q&A] Projectno6:
I just flashed the Krypton rom and the security settings always crashes whenever I click on it. I have tried wiping cache/dalvik and factory resetting but still no luck. I searched this up and there isn't a clear solution.
[Moto X Q&A] nhizzat:
Reflash system.img in fastboot
[Moto X Q&A] KidJoe:
What stock rom was on your phone before you tried Krypton?

And What Rom is Krypton based on?

Why do I ask? Well, when Stock Moto 4.4.2 came out, we saw some people try and downgrade by flashing only an older system (since GPT.BIN and Motoboot.img can't be downgraded) and they encountered the same issue... Settings -> Security kicked them back out. So I'm thinking you might be running into something similar. i.e. Krypton you are flashing is based on an older stock ROm than you had flashed on your phone. And since 3rd party roms generally only flash SYSTEM.IMG, its likely you have mismatched parts on the phone which has been shown to cause quirks and issues.
[General Topics] Sparksltd:
Hi everyone i purchesed the o2 xda orbit 2 days ago and all has been well untill about 15 mins ago. I was brousing the net using IE with wirless connection to my router. Put the phone on the table and went away for 10 mins came back and it wouldnt connect back to the internet so i swithed off the phone by holding down the off buttom until it asks to switth on and selected ok, then i pressed the on button to turn back on, the blue screen came up with the bubble and the red numers and stuff, then just when black but the yellow light that blinks to tell you its got signal was still blinking. I tried removing the battery then restarted but still the same. Now i have noticed it will start up with the charger pluged in but as soon as i unplug screen goes black I plug it back in again and it comes back! the battery is currently 60% charged.

Any help would be much appriciated.

thanks
[General Topics] Sparksltd:
opps never mind solved it! silly me god know how this happened but the setting for energy saving for screen brighness was turned right down! silly me sorry for waist of time.
[General Topics] phsnake:
try to do hardreset
[General Topics] jamin100:
Lol it hapens to us all.

Try http://www.xda-orbit.com
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo3D:
Has anyone noticed audio sync issues watching movies with XBMC Gotham 13.2?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gogYCH:
Hi!

I have very strange problem with my xperia z.

I smashed my screen and buyed new.

Problem is,when connect new lcd my xperia z does not want to powerup with these new screen.

When power on xperia with old screen,phone power on and just reconnect old screen and connect new lcd then phone work ok.

As long as I do not turn off the cell phone works great. But when phone is power offI do not want to power on with new screen.

what to do?Please help me and sorry for my bad english! Thank you!

Here is video http://www.mediafire.com/watch/ig7xwru0z7f6c7k/no_power_with_this_lcd.mp4
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miyoyo:
Hello,

I have bought an Acer E380 about two months ago, and I rooted it two days later.

It was (afair*) always on 4.4.2, and I never had problems with it.

But about a week ago, I installed the popcorntime app from the official said website (Horrible app, torrent downloader is slow and often breaks, if you restart your phone the 'checking files...' goes on forever,...) and said app, that was downloading a file, crashed and would not let me restart a download because of "insufficient space".

I tried deleting said file, unusable but full size, thanks to that useless torrent client, and it kept coming back.

I could not edit the SD card files from another computer with linux, and windows would straight out not recognize it.

After wiping it with gParted, it worked fine on both windows and linux, but android started screwing with my root.

Some apps like linux deploy would not be able to write, impossible to copy a file from the phone's memory to the card, and much more...

But it strangely worked fine with "normal" apps without root access!

After opening a terminal, I made a quick dummy file and tried to copy it to sdcard0, worked fine.

I then tried to proceed the exact same way with superuser rights, and it threw some Endpoint errors as well as just "Read-Only Filesystem"

Does anyone knows what's going on, and how can I fix this mess?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SSOni13:
I broke my kindle fire HD, I installed CynogenMod 11 (4.4.2) on it and it was successful too but, afterwards I deleted the default launcher on it. I can still access internal storage through my laptop but, I can't use my kindle in general because it is stuck at boot image. What should I do now?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IBNobody:
I had to revert back to NIE from NK2 because something in NK2 was causing my note to freeze up for 2-3 seconds occasionally. (The s-pen cursor would even freeze.)

I double checked, and all KNOX APKs were still frozen.

Any idea what I should be looking for?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvtmg704:
Thats weird i have been running nk2 all day and its been great
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dschachm:
Maybe flash one of the ROMs with nk2 and use that as a reset to reinstall everything. Sometimes a factory reset after an upgrade is needed.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IBNobody:
I know. That's why I know I'm doing something wrong. How did you update? Since I'm rooted, I used KIES and then reapplied my root.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvtmg704:
Go back to stock unrooted and reroot or try a factory reset first
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tx_dbs_tx:
Exactly. Unless you were stock unrooted and installed the official OTA update, you need to do a factory reset because for some reason left over files/cache, etc, can cause these kind of problems after flashing on top of an exhisting rom. Even before flashing back to a stock rom .tar using Odin, do a factory reset on your phone AND wipe everything in recovery. Then proceed to use Odin to flash the stock rom. This has always give me the best results and I've never had any issues doing it this way. It's a "for good measure" type thing and it works.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IBNobody:
I'll give it a shot without any shortcuts.

I should be able to restore /data from my Nandroid backup after Odining to NK2, right?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GhostAssassin:
My phone was freezing every 5 seconds on NIE, after i update to NK2 the freezing disappear

Sent from my SM-N910P using JellyBombed Tapatalk 2
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poit:
I updated the same way you did, I was stock rooted (no other mods) and updated using Kies. I rerooted and it's been running fine.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MeepZero:
If you update the phone using Kies while its rooted, do you know if that fixes OTA updating? Or does it just remove root again?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poit:
When I updated my rooted phone using Kies the phone's status was reset to Official. That makes me think that it would allow OTA updating next time as long as you don't re-root.
[Nexus 6 Accessories] kingston73:
Anybody try this case yet?

http://www.pure-gear.com/shop-by-category/protection/slim-shell-case-for-motorola-nexus-6.html

I had a dualtek way back with my s3 so I am going to take a chance and get one of these. Ill post some pictures when i get it.
[Nexus 6 Accessories] kingston73:
I know it's a poor picture but it's the best I could do. Got the slim today and is great. I've now had the slim armor, the ultra hybrid, the ringke fusion, and this. The pure gear is the best out of those. It's got the same grip as the fusion but fits tighter and seems slimmer than the fusion. Plus the black outline along with the dbrand carbon fiber looks great. If you've never had anything from pure gear you should try them.

I've only just started using it but it's got 3 small feet on the back that will hopefully help keep scratches down, my fusion is pretty scratched up already. The pure gear also just feels smaller. Seems like about the same protection, except the fusion has caps for the sub and headphone jack.
[Nexus 6 Accessories] nathanotis:
I'd like to see better images of this case if you are able. I'll be making a decision, soon.

Thanks.
[Nexus 6 Accessories] stumpy352:
Do you think it would be possible to cut the clear back out of it to make an edge only bumper?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prozach45:
I work at a Cricket Wireless store, and generally can fix any issues customer's are having with their phones. I am not a developer by any means, but I can do basic things. Flashing a custom ROM, for example, isn't difficult for me. (Just to give you an idea of experience level). But I am trying to help someone at the moment and I am at a loss.

My customer is a Sikhism priest (forgive me if that is not worded correctly), and he needs a religious text on his device known as the Adi Granth. Up until recently, he had an app called Gur Gyan (link below) that displayed his text in his native language (Punjabi/Gurmukhi). He did an update recently, and now it will not work. However, I'm not sure whether he just updated the app, or if he updated his device, as he is now running Lollipop 5.0.

He has a Google Nexus 4. I tried viewing a webpage which displays Punjabi text, and it worked, making me think that his device does still support the Punjabi font. I could be mistaken though. Below is a screenshot of what the text actually looks like.

There are plenty of Adi Granth alternatives, the problem is, they are all in English. This is the only app he could find that gave both a Punjabi format, and search support. I am looking for either a fix to my problem, or an alternative that will work for him. Any help would be appreciated.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hellobbn:
I wanna can anyone make a HTC M8T's CM kernel ?I am really looking forward to using CM but I don't know how to make it ....can any one help me?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sangeo:
I went to the beach recently with the Xperia Z1 C6903, and after coming back from the beach, the camera on the phone keeps on opening by itself.

I then decided to reboot my phone, through using the power off, turning it back on method, only to discover my phone is now in "safe mode", which disabled me from using my third party apps.

I then proceeded to search the web for a solution; using the clear cache (volume up + power button), and the red button inside the sim card slot, to which none of them worked.

After this, the phone sometimes cannot operate correctly, as the power button is sometimes disabled (as well as the volume down button). The power button issue can be fixed through the red button inside the sim card, however the volume down button does not seem to work.

I tried factory reset, nothing seemed to have happen apart from me losing all my data and apps.

I tried to flash the stock rom, which I have in place on my phone atm, again, through flashtool, but did not seem to get an answer as safe mode is still on, and the volume down button seems to be dead.

Upon further investigation, I realised that the camera function is also affected by the safe mode, as the camera cannot focus on objects, and the camera button on the Z1 is working, but cannot take a picture (can semi-press and use camera's flash via this way).

I am now leaving my phone to dry, assuming that there is still water inside the phone which is preventing the normal function of the volume down button as well as the camera (and sometimes the power) button.

If anyone has a solution, please respond, and :fingers-crossed: I may have this fixed without going to the Sony service store.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackSoulxxx:
Never take phone to beach...Salt +metal= you know the combo

Try to flash full FTF to see if the software is the problems or just open the phone

Or send it to Sony..........
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TurokHunter47:
Shutdown the normal way, then turn on.

Safe mode will disappear.

Never heard that the phone were stuck in safe mode even after a full wipe.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashsmd:
i have the exact same issue ,is there any solution please ?​
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gemew:
Same exact problem

I have exactly the same problem, if there is any way to help please post it.
[Nexus 9 Accessories] project_86:
They keyboard connects to the lid by some surprisingly powerful magnets. You can hold the keyboard with the weight of the tablet on the lid and it does not fall.

The lid is made of a rubber like material

Microsoft Mobile Keyboard [Amazon]

I've had this sexy keyboard a few days and thought I'd up some pics in action with the N9. Before this I had the popular Anker BT Keyboard.

Pros:

- The typing feels much better on the MS keyboard.

- It's not cheap, but you can tell MS put a lot of effort into this keyboard. It feels like a high quality product.

- Claims 6 months on a single charge (haven't had it that long)

- Turns on automatically on lid open; off on close.

- Can toggle between desktop computer and tablet with flip of the toggle switch

Cons:

- On the heavy side at 12.8 oz (Anker bluetooth keyboard is 6.4 oz)

- Wont work with a thick case. However, does fine with smart cover.

With Naked Browser you can do the typical browser shortcuts, such as Ctrl+T, Ctrl+W, etc.
[Nexus 9 Accessories] lakedubvt:
Any other keyboard shortcuts, home, back, recents, etc.?
[Nexus 9 Accessories] project_86:
Yeah there is a dedicated home button (see pics), the Esc button is back, you can setup Nova launcher to do recents with two taps of the home button, but I have mine set to show the notification tray. I also just learned that if you want to drop the notification tray down, you can tap twice in the top center of the screen with a stylus (or finger) instead of that awkward swipe down motion.
[Nexus 9 Accessories] project_86:
Oh another one is, you can turn the screen off and on with the lock button in the top left of the keyboard.
[Nexus 9 Accessories] jtcb:
What stylus are you using?
[Nexus 9 Accessories] jhom52:
I've been using the Microsoft keyboard for several months. It is responsive and easy to use. It has a quality build. The Nexus 9 fits well in the stand. I've found it very convenient to use. The combination is a great mobile kit. I would highly recommend it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] TobsTec:
Hi Guys!

I just wasted a very frustrating weekend to try to set the volume of a wav file, i play via the PlaySound function. waveOutSetVolume does not seem to have any effect on it.

Anyhow i do not quite get the damned volume control concept on Smartphones, if there is any.

The same code runs fine on a PocketPC device and the wav files i play via PlaySound are played using the system volume, which is quite nice.

Now on my Smartphone device i get the maximum possible volume which guarantees an acoustic shock. Even with the bloody phone in your pocket you can easiely hear the audio playing from a 100meter radius. I don't want to imagine what happens, when you are in a voicecall and hell breaks loose.

So how is this supposed to work?

What i want to do is this:

Get Notification volume of currently active smartphone audio profile

Play wav file from memory with notification volume

I guess i am asking for too much. *sigh*

I do not really want to write tons of code to utilize the bloody waveOut API. I don't need to play 50MB files from the storage card, just a few custom wav notifications, which are part of a C# .resx file.

So if anybody can point me to a resource that explains the volume handling on smartphones that would be very helpfull. I hope M$ has spent some thoughts on this and not just implemented all these profiles and volume settings for their own internal phone application without giving access to these settings to the outside world.

Also any C# PInvoke example of how to use the waveOut API for playing wav files from a byte array / memory would be helpful, if i really have to go with the hard & painfull approach.

Thanks,

Tobias
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] oldsap:
i used this:

http://pinvoke.net/default.aspx/coredll.waveOutSetVolume
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] TobsTec:
Hi oldsap!

Yes i tried using waveOutSetVolume, but it doesn't seem to have any effect, if the wav file is played via PlaySound.

Guess the waveOutSetVolume only works, if you use waveOutWrite as well, and given my current C# experience level it'll take me probably 3weeks to adapt one of the waveOut API play from file examples to work with my embedded *.wav files in the *.resx ressources.

Any other ideas?

Thanks,

Tobias
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] oldsap:
I used playsound to play the wav file and it worked fine on my T-Mobile SDA smartphone.

This is a snippet from my application in VB:

...

Dim v As Integer

reg.GetDWORDValue(reg.HKCU, key, vol, v) 'get set volume for my application

Dim ov As Integer

reg.GetDWORDValue(reg.HKCU, "ControlPanel\Volume", "Volume", ov) 'get set volume of device

waveOutSetVolume(IntPtr.Zero, v)

sound.Play()

...

waveOutSetVolume(IntPtr.Zero, ov) 'set the volume back to the device volume settings
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] TobsTec:
Hm, intresting..

So you call waveOutSetVolume without a handle and that works?

No waveOutOpen / waveOutClose anywhere necessary?

Well i'll try that this evening.

I did a waveOutOpen, waveOutSetVolume, waveOutClose, PlaySound and that didn't work.

I haven't tried waveOutOpen, waveOutSetVolume, PlaySound, waveOutClose yet.

Cheers,

Tobias
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] oldsap:
yes sir. that's all i did and it worked fine.
[HTC Amaze 4G] SiAmaze:
hey guys. i have an unbranded (Asian) non-root AMAZE. As you know power and ram usage is not the best. However as there are no updates for this 2.3.4 Androided phone and as I am tired of the old looks of the UI, i would like to at least have a launcher other than sense which will have to be veeeery light and fast and doesnt drain my battery much fast.

thanks

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[HTC Amaze 4G] ravike14:
Update to ICS?
[HTC Amaze 4G] SiAmaze:
Well, htcdev does not have a blob specific to my unbranded factory unlocked phone. So I never was able to complete the first step. Also, all custom ROMs come with minor bugs.

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[HTC Amaze 4G] pbergonzi:
blob

What am I missing here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2167596