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[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
Depends which ruu you are flashing. Newer 7.xx.xxx.x RUU must be flashed using htc_fastboot.exe (not fastboot.exe from the android sdk). When using htc_fastboot.exe you only need to flash once, this version of fastboot will automatically take care of the second flash and reboot after the ruu is complete.

so for 7.xx.xxx.x RUU:

htc_fastboot oem rebootRUU
htc_fastboot flash zip ruu.zip

For older RUU:

fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip ruu.zip
fastboot flash zip ruu.zip
fastboot reboot

If using 4.xx.xxx.x RUUs you must flash the firmware first if your phone isnt already on that firmwareL

fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip ruu.zip
fastboot flash zip ruu.zip
fastboot reboot

RUU.exe are also reliable even if not preferred.

Might require to downgrade hboot or flash the corresponding firmware version first.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maritimesbob:
Have most people made the switch over to Lollipop now or have they remained on Kitkat and Jellybean, and why?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elanjacobs:
I've upgraded and HATE it.

Battery life down the toilet, Do Not Disturb is gone (the Interruptions thing is nowhere near as useful, can't have multiple schedules), camera is worse in low-light conditions.

Have to go work out how to go back to 4.4.4 and Sense 5
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maritimesbob:
Sense 5? You went back a long way. I too preferred Sense 5 over 6, but the latter just seemed a little more stable and mature. Sense 7 have tried, but it kills my battery badly.

I've been on GPE 5.0.1 stock but always end up back on Kitkat.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elanjacobs:
I was happy with 5, don't think I noticed much difference with 6.

I don't use BlinkFeed (I'm not on social media) or Zoe, so not really sure if 6 will give me anything over 5. Might go with 5.5
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maritimesbob:
Seems folks are starting to like Lollipop a little more on our old M7's now that many of the bugs are being ironed out?

I've been back and forth between GPE's Lollipop and Kitkat. Don't know why but Kitkat roms just seem that bit more stable and battery friendly unless it's my imagination.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maritimesbob:
Been on GPE 5.0.1 and then 5.1 for a while now, thinking of going back to either a stock Sense 6 Kitkat rom or GPE 4.4.3. Anyone else got a little fed up with Lollipop and gone back?

Might be me, but I find there are quite a few irritations with Lollipop such as the lack of an easy to use silent mode, a worse battery life (again that might be just me), the lack of being able to customise the lockscreen.

Not everyone can be pleased I guess. Lollipop and apps still feel like they are in development and not quite stable, unlike the latter releases of Kitkat.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danny201281:
I've been considering returning to kitkat. I love the visual changes that came with lollipop but kitkat just seemed more solid built functional os. I have also noticed much poorer battery life with lollipop. Art doesn't appear to have made a great improvement to performance. In fact I feel many of my apps feel slower and clunky on lollipop.

When you combine kitkat with the sense 6 toolbox I don't think lollipop is much of an upgrade. I can definitely see me going back to ARHD 84 very soon. Maybe even tomorrow if I can get at my pc long enough. :good:

Edit:- It done, I have no downgraded firmware and rom down to kitkat. As I suspected already miss some of the visual changes. But phone is very stable and first charge has lasted well. I'll update again if there is an improvement in battery life which is what I'm expecting.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maritimesbob:
Old topic, but I'm always interesting in knowing what folks do with their m7s.

Anyone else moved back to Kitkat, which rom and why?

Thanks.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK00121:
I've set my 3 options for animations to 1.5x and the overall animations seem a lot smoother, what impact does this have on performance/battery? Is it better to adjust other settings in dev options to make the device run smoother?

I'm running complete stock encrypted.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gandalf_grey91:
Ok, so I got a G3 (UK SIM-free). Comes with KK 4.4.2. I've Rooted, installed recovery (with modem/EFS support and backed up everything) and customised with Xposed modules. New lollipop ROM has been released but I'm not sure I can do the things I need or want to do with Xposed on KK with the Lollipop custom ROMs currently available, like Gravitybox's expanded desktop options to remove dock or DS battery saver's tasty battery life gains..

Trouble is most of the custom ROMs that look good Android Now or Chupa Chups etc. only list Lollipop ROMs now and I can't find the last KK versions of these custom ROMs for download.

So what do I do? Do I stick with my customised 4.4.2? Do I go for a custom Lollipop ROM and risk losing the look and feel I like? Does any one know where a list of the last (most stable?) 4.4.4 KK versions of the good custom ROMs would be?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LifeAsADroid:
KK + Xposed for the win. Don't look back.

LP is not impressive enough for me to give up my Xposed. Running 45-50 modules (yes, 45-50) I refuse to give up my Xposed.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK00280:
There aren't actually any good custom 4.4.x roms for G3. They all were prematurely terminated bc of 5.0 release.

Well, most Xposed modifications aren't doable without it. Try to live without it for a week, see what it's like.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LifeAsADroid:
SlimKat is pretty much as good as KK is going to get for these phones. Not supported or updated anymore, but the best all-around ROM for the G3's wanting 4.4.x

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe CM 11 is still supported / updated via nightlies (even if fewer and farther between updates now with CM 12 up and running)? Unless things have changed in the past couple of weeks...
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK00280:
It is, but AFAIK there are no official builds for G3, so you'll have to compile it yourself. Plus, the device layer (HAL, etc) is incomplete, so there will be bugs.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LifeAsADroid:
http://xdaforums.com/verizon-lg-g3/orig-development/cyanogenmod-11-0-nightlies-verizon-lg-t2956023

EDIT: Unknown about other carrier models. Being on VZW this is the one I was aware of.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gandalf_grey91:
Really? How good can the Lollipop ROMs be then? They really are immature.

I really need Xposed, don't like the dock, at all. Use PIE via LMT.

Sorry, I probably should have said I am only considering modified stock custom ROMs. I didn't buy a phone with such a good camera to lose the majority of the function.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK00280:
I never said that lolipop roms are good, i said that all G3 rom makers forgot about 4.4 and moved on to buggy future. Current 5.0 roms suck, they drain battery twice as fast, they lag, they have inferior memory management, etc...

We have to wait for good stock-based customs. At least until 20L and apktool 2.0 RC4 release. After that, we will have a good base and will be able to decompile and recompile any LG apk, which would allow for some serious mods.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JeffDC:
Exposed until L is ironed out. The G3 camera is excellent. Xcam for me.

Don't leave home without it.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frant1c:
Long story short, custom ROM'S never be good as official ESPECIALLY for LG G3, you just need to understand that, for some people it's ok but for some don't. All you need is a root and MAYBE a custom kernel. PEACE.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommy1971:
I found lollipop is faster especially with chrome, yes, I gave up xposed but worth it
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gandalf_grey91:
Sorry, I have been pretty dumb. So LG went from 4.4.2 to 5.0 with the G3 and there are no customised stock 4.4.4 ROMs? That being the case, I might as well stay on 4.4.2, get to debloating and sort out the annoying boot animation and sound.

Any prefered/recommended method for debloating? Anything else I should look into doing to my stock 4.4.2 ROM?
[Google Chromecast] henryjfry:
Hello

I was wondering if there was any savvy xda user out there who had figured out the best method for streaming torrents to the chromecast both with and without a pc?

I know there is torrentTv for the pc which allows you to drag and drop files and cast them to a target which kinda works but it's functionality isn't terribly well designed (ie once it's started playing how do you control it?)

For android I have a mix of apps that allow this but none with particularly satisfying results.

The most foolproof seems to be:

Ttorrent for downloading torrent sequentially

And local cast to cast or

pixel-dms and bubble upnp to cast or

Aviva to cast

Other torrent downloading solutions include

vuze

Torrent stream controller

Popcorntime

with the casting method being reliant on what happens once you start trying to play the file.

Now I have been testing various combinations (after determining I couldnt get xbmctorrent to complete a movie on my pi without crashing) and tTorrent +local cast seems to work pretty well but I think potentially it cuts the file off at about 95% (ie right near the end).

I suspect because the file isn't being fully pre allocated the player only picks up the length of the file as it relates to what has already been allocated when you start watching it. Rather than playing to the end of the file which has been completed whilst you were watching it.

So does anyone know a better method? I can't actually believe that someone hasnt built a torrent downloading + chromecast/upnp streaming apk yet. The chromecast is now over a year old and this is the kind of stuff I expected people to hack together in week 1.

Anyway a single app solution would be a lot better. Or a solution which includes fully preallocating the file would perhaps work better?
[Google Chromecast] crypt0kiddie:
So why not just use Plex? I have a local Plex server setup on my desktop computer and I have Plex for Android on my Nexus 6. Works phenomenally!
[Google Chromecast] henryjfry:
I have seen plex, and did install it at one stage a while ago before I had the chromecast, to try and do netflix streaming (as before the chromecast I could only do netflix on my phone or pc, no other solution to play it on the tv I could find except for buggy screencasting).

However I already have serviio installed on my pc, which works very will with the sony bdp and bravia 2010 TV, so I wouldnt really want to install plex unless I knew it provided significantly better functionality. Also my serviio setup just works, I dont want to mess with it for no reason.

So specifically what does plex do installed on a pc with the android app that all the other stuff I already installed doesnt do?

I was under the impression that without paying for plex it is crippled? Or is it just the extra plugins or channels which require a subscription?

Does plex allow torrents to be added? What device does the downloading?

Ideally I want a situation where if I am unable to use my pc (one of these days the power supply is going to die and I know I will come home from work and wont be able to switch it on) I can just stream whatever I want to watch or if I cant find it on streaming or the whole rest of the world is on the internet and streaming is knackered I can just torrent stream it to the chrome.

ie what I want is wholly phone based, or pc based with the phone as a remote, not a mis-mash of both.
[Google Chromecast] thatdudedizzy:
I use plex... I have my torrent folder listed as on of my media folders in plex settings.. so once the torrent is done I can play from laptop tablet or phone, or cast from any of the 3

Sent from my SM-N900V
[Google Chromecast] zul8er:
I use atorrent, and stream with Bubble. Works fine. Bubble can log into my home network and send video to the Chromecast via mine or my wife computer.
[Google Chromecast] henryjfry:
Yeah the whole point was that I wanted to stream torrents WHILE they are downloading. Like xbmctorrent or aceplayer or torrentvideoplayer or torrent stream controller or popcorntime or whatever.

NOT casting stuff once it's finished downloading, which is simple and I'm sure is covered ad nauseum on the forum.

I thought my post was pretty clear.
[Google Chromecast] Labo322:
popcorn-time.se Android version have Chrome cast support
[Google Chromecast] henryjfry:
I'll have to look at atorrent, it does offer sequential downloading but I am not sure if it pre allocates the files.

Ok tested a torrent download streamed to raspbmc using atorrent and bubble upnp.

It does work but still only seems to do about 98% of the file. (Been testing stuff on raspbmc as the performance should be similar enough, also I want to be able to do this to the ccast and xbmc)

I suspect the file is locked maybe preventing the last couple of percent of file being played?

Anyway this is the same sorts of results I was having with Ttorrent.

Which leads me to believe that until someone builds a caster with an integrated torrent client that allows the full file to be cast you would have to accept only being to play 98% of the file without having to stop and restart playback once the torrent has completed downloading.
[Google Chromecast] henryjfry:
Ok well there are two versions of popcorntime. One appears to offer ccast support the other doesn't but it may be available via an external player.

The one you referenced (popcorn-time.se) on that site it's version 0.1.1 for android and it allows you to play the download via an internal player (no ccast icon for me) or to an external player but when I try that with aviva it won't open and no other player I have offers casting.

The other one (time4popcorn.eu) version 2.4 i think, allows ccast via their internal player, no access to play externally (so no hope of xbmc casting). And none of the movie torrents will download if I'm connected to my wifi (torrents download fine via 4g though so I just switch it back before it connects to any seeds or peers).

Possibly chromecast is just better supported which makes sense because it's only a year old while dnla and xbmc have been around for years.

No one fancies trying to build a more complete torrent casting client?

I'm not talking about transcoding just downloading the files and then serving them in a way that doesn't completely mangle the url leaving the file unplayable at the renderer?

Given the kind of apps which already exist I'm surprised this functionality hasn't already been incorporated.
[Google Chromecast] henryjfry:
So to summarise:

For the chromecast popcorntime from time4popcorn.eu version 2.4 beta allows you to download torrents to stream to the chromecast. Assuming your isp or isp's aren't blocking the torrent site it is searching (for me virgin in the UK is blocking the movie search but not the show search and vodaphone isnt blocking either)

For other dnla players (xbmc):

Atorrent is a free torrent client which allows sequential downloading and can be streamed via bubble upnp (possibly the free version only allows only three executions of externally played files per app launch but this limitation hasn't been much of a limitation to me). I had thought it may lock the file and not allow the final couple of percent to be played without the playback having to be resumed, but I think I may have been using pixel dms as an intermediary to be able to play the file from bubble upnp rather than the file browser. Further experimentation seems to indicate that mp4s and mkvs should play fine streamed via bubble upnp assuming the correct pieces have already been downloaded.

I think i had been using pixel dms previously as I had been watching older avi files which wouldnt play otherwise. Pixel dms seems to work only as far as the file that has been downloaded.

Using popcorntime it is possible to stream avi files ie older episodes or movies which are only available as avi's (fairly certain this wouldnt work on the chromecast but would need to test when the tv isnt in use). You come out of the app before the video starts to play and then launch the file via the file browser using bubble upnp.

Presumably this would work for any other torrent downloaded by popcorntime which is a lot of stuff but not everything.

Hopefully this helps some people as I have been looking for just this kind of information and have been unable to find it. Resulting in me having downloaded many different apps, most of which are generally not very good.

For example local cast would probably be brilliant but it's upnp detection is really shoddy.

Bubble upnp is quality, although I think there may be some limitations in the free version which effect chromecast. Possibly only 20 mins of free playback? Although I think in conjunction with y2cast you could get around that.
[Google Chromecast] dooperman:
I use showbox with avia (paid)
[Google Chromecast] henryjfry:
Showbox is Ok but it's just streaming, from vk.com I think. And at peak times I just can't use streaming services.
[Google Chromecast] playahate:
Torrent stream controller+BubbleUPnP with Chromecast as a Local Renderer ( local transcoding must be installed in the settings). Maybe it will work with other apps that allow stream torrent.

You can look at the pictures here under the spoilers.
[Google Chromecast] gaetanolip:
flud torrent + bubbleupnp ( or other media render)

torrentplayer + bubbleupnp ( or other media render)

dr torrent + bubbleupnp ( or other media render)
[Google Chromecast] ZEUSHP:
I use Tera torrent with bubbleupnp
[Google Chromecast] sa-10:
anyone have a utorrent apk that I can sideload?
[Google Chromecast] Master255:
Single app solution for any Android device: https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-media-library-t3971231
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naaboula:
So im currently rooted running cm11. I really dont like it and want to go back to stock. When I unlocked my bootloader I saved my TA partition rar file which I have stored on my pc. I am quite familiar using flashtool but not that much.

In other words I want to:

1) Lock my bootloader

2) Go back to stock sony firmware

Please help me thanks:)

p.s if it's worth staying rooted what rom should I install? cm11 is kinda rubbish...
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1eyedmonster:
Flashtool will relock your boot loader and reset to stock
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fabricionaweb:
My flashtools not display the button "relock" after clicking "BLU", how to proceed?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Szatyor:
Here's my solution:

Relock your TA with TA Backup from the previously saved zip file. It doesn't matter what system you use under the procedure, but remember. If you use CM11 (or any non-stock based system) do not try to power on your phone before you flash the stock firmware with Flashtool. Otherwise you can soft brick the device, or if you lucky, you will get only bootloop. And two more thing: Before you start, charge your phone's battery to minimum 50 percent, and before you really start the backup, test it with "Restore dry-run" option. If it sucsess, you can do the trick. But if it fail, re-flash a stock KitKat based ROM, root it, and try this again. If it fails again, maybe your backup file is corrupted.

This method worked on my old SL, and on my Z too, so I hope it will be help to you too.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohdsubaie:
You don't need to relock bootloader to flash a stock based custom ROM. You can flash rajeevs purexz rom via recovery after wiping system and data partitions.

Locked bootloader is only needed for some Sony stuff like Bravia engine and stock Sony screen mirroring.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkanet:
I've been looking for a fix for this for the last 3 generation of android phones I've owned. Is there a way to fix this for rooted phones yet? There seems to be very little discussion about this topic. I've been muting the notification sound; but, that doesn't prevent the volume from going down while listening to music or watching a movie.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Airtioteclint:
When you change the volume it will be automatic depending on what app you have opened. If you want to adjust a specific volume you can hit the arrow on the volume panel to expand it. Some mods allows it to always be expanded.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkanet:
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I was actually hoping for a non-rooted fix to prevent it from happening in the first place. I tried looking for an exposed framework mod; but, wasn't sure which one would do it, if any. I did find the simplest non-root solution below (if anyone's interested):

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pierceholdings.dontpause&hl=en
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prat_merc:
Hello Guys,

I am on OzcanRom 6.2 and I have noticed that S5 gallery app doesnt let you hide photos, so I am thinking of switching to stock gallery app. Can someone please share S4 gallery apk to me . Hopefully since its rooted it wont be much of a problem

Thanks .
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] Taxmaster:
Hello All,

A family member recently purchased a VZW S5 and now I've helped to move them from VZW over to T-Mobile.

The phone is factory unlocked, and with the addition of the T-Mo SIM + the T-Mo APN, everything is up and running.

The key issue I am seeing is the signal strength vs. that of a true T-Mobile Handset. Example, in my house, I have 4 bars on my T-Mo Galaxy Note 3 but 1 bar on the VZW Galaxy S5. Additionally, it's constantly switching from LTE to H+ to 3G.

I've rooted the S5, custom ROM'd it, and even did the mod to unlock all of the different LTE bands but this hasn't helped.

The phone was running the latest FW from Verizon with the most recent Modem, but I'm wondering if there is another modem I could flash that is T-Mobile oriented that may help to improve the service.

Please let me know, thank you!

- Taxmaster
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] crowbarman:
My understanding is that the phone simply doesn't have the hardware for all of the bands. It's not as simple as just flashing, to my knowledge. For example, I don't think the phone supports 2100 which is used by Tmobile in some areas.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] mem4720:
I just went through the same process. Enabled the bands, tried different modems, no improvement. Finally, bought a T-Mobile S5 and sold the Verizon. Performance is far better, plus it supports Wi-Fi calling.
[General Topics] vPro97:
Specifications:

http://www.phonearena.com/phones/LG-G-Flex2_id9038

Note: 32 GB variants come with 3GB of RAM instead of 2GB

Now, this is a device I might actually buy if the price is set right. Top-of-the-line Snapdragon 810 processor with a FHD!!! Screen, 3000 mAh battery, 13 MP camera and all other goodies like the curve and it's self-healing back cover (which hopefully will work better than the old one.

The original G Flex had poor developer support due to it's price and mediocre display, but it was blazing fast, had insane battery life (720P POLED coupled with a 3500 mAh battery) but this G Flex 2 is better in every way and I'm just hoping that it will be cheap. I doubt it, but one can hope.

This thread will be updated with wallpapers as soon as they're live.
[General Topics] George Jetson:
I really like g flex 2 specs. looking fine and the size of the phone is well. First flex was huge for me but g flex 2 is perfect. But I think it wont be cheap.
[General Topics] Hid3rs:
>it will be cheap

They said it will be priced higher than the G3 and its successor.
[General Topics] Moomz:
I am sticking to picking up phones used now and not signing up to lenghty contracts but the LG's do seem to depreciate faster than other brands.

To be honest I think even this G2 is powerful enough for my needs, I do wonder how much day to day performance gains these new chips bring. Looks good though I would like to have one :)