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[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaysoblitzed:
Never factory restore when you have a Custom ROM as it isn't made to reset with the devices stock hardware and causes things to go crazy.

Always use a nandroid of the original system with root, then unroot, then factory restore from that.

Also. YouTube search - HTC Desire 816 root unlock bootloader.

Use the .exe recovery from that video in fastboot at least twice without exiting fastboot or rebooting.

Now try the recovery.
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BLEXXAR:
Didn't work. Thanks though.
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FoxyDrew:
When you were on the stock recovery, could you wipe partitions?

Also what model do you have?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Frankenscript:
Hi folks,

I was trying to replace the wifi antenna (cable antenna) in my S4 M919, but the part I got from a supplier was the wrong size by about 15 mm too short, and doesn't fit. I'm looking for another supplier, preferably one local in the US so I can get the part quickly. Anybody have suggestions? All I need is the one piece...

Marc
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Moody66:
I asked if they planned to update the CC version to llollipop I got this as a reply....

Thank you for contacting us. I apologize for the delay in response. We do not update operating systems for any of our Android smart phones. If we can be of further assistance please let us know by replying to this email or calling 800-686-4460.

Hopefully we can flash to a different model....
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] superbass311:
Of course your going to get the update to L! Its the same phone with the sim card locked. Yes Consumer Cellular is not going to push the update over the air but you will be able to download it right here the week its out i'm sure..

Your phone is an MT2-L03 that is all that matters.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Moody66:
Thats a bit opimistic. I am looking into putting sonething together myself since we have no devs for this device. Played around with the e970. Wasnt hard.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] elpcmaster:
No this phone will not be getting an update. That is why I am going to sell this one and get me a regular unlocked one.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] superbass311:
I don't understand if you install twrp why would you not get the update? you just download it from here (XDA) and flash the new 5.0 update
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] SusanH:
CC and update

Heres CC'S response to me re update "Hi Susan thanks for your response. Unfortunately, we do not have any control over when they will be available. To find out how soon operating system updates maybe available for your phone you will need to check with Google. They will usually release the update for the newest phone models first, but we do not have time frame for when they will occur. We do support the equipment that we offer, but have no information on the availability of aftermarket updates."

I am new to cell phones, this is my first and i must confess i have no idea what root, unlocked, twrp, etc mean. Is there a good site that explains these terms?

I really love my Huawei ascend mate 2 and would like to understand more about how it works.

Thanks so much, Susan
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
Hi Susan. Not to be overly rude but this forum is called XDA DEVELOPERS for a reason. That said, start where I did. Don't begin with the idea that you will blindly flash stuff until you brick your device. Just read, read, read. There is a lot of info here but Google is a great resource, too. Begin by understanding the definitions for the items you listed, i.e. root, unlocked, twrp, etc. Good luck.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] medwatt:
OK. Let me be the nice guy here. You don't need to have any special knowledge to flash a ROM. After you do it once, you'll see what I mean. So first thing first:

1. A custom ROM is an operating system (OS) that is created by some individual or group that is nice enough to upload for others to download and use.

2. People use custom ROMs because they usually include more/better features than the one released by the phone manufacturer (also called OEM, for original equipment manufacturer). The operating system you get when you first buy your phone is also called "Stock ROM".

3. Before you can flash a custom ROM, you need to unlock your phone's bootloader. The bootloader is usually locked by the OEM to prevent people from gaining unauthorized access to the device partitions (where system files are kept). Luckily for us, you can email Huawei with the serial number and IMEI numbers of your device and they'll usually send you the bootloader unlock code. There's already a thread on this forum that tells you exactly what to do.

4. To unlock your bootloader, you need to install the andorid data bridge (ADB) and the driver of your phone on your PC. It takes one line of code to unlock the bootloader. There's already a thread which explains that.

5. With your bootloader unlocked, you can decide whether you want to continue using the stock ROM or a custom ROM. If you're happy with the stock ROM, you can install Super User Binaries which is something that gives you elevated privileges to files on your device.

6. If you decide to go with a custom ROM, you'll have to install a custom recovery over the stock recovery. This custom recovery is a simple menu that allows you install, backup and restore ROMs among other things. One of the most popular is TWRP.

7. Deciding on which custom ROM to install is a personal preference because most of the ROMs presently available are stable meaning that they do not have many bugs. Some ROMs have more features than others that will allow more tweaking by the user. However, a lot of people like Cyanogenmod ROMs because of their simplicity and elegance.

With that brief intro, I trust you can find your way !!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] jonboy8841:
Hi

Just to let you folks know what a 'GREAT' device the new Ameo really is.

I received mine from T-Mobile earlier this week and first impressions were what a 'GREAT' big brick it actually was. I was always aware that the Universal was big but I couldn't believe that anyone would put up with the increased bulk of this new kid on the block.

I now know why I have become so smitten with the Ameo.

Having spent a few days with my huge friend I am somewhat taken in by its capabilities. Firstly you could never use the Ameo as a normal phone and this is reflected in the handset restricted use ie speakerphone/wired headset or the bluetooth equivalent. Could you really hold this beast to your ear and talk ?

Using the universal always made me tempted to use it as a conventional phone and forget its many virtues ie beautiful vga screen high spec built in qwerty keyboard etc.

I have been using the Spv M700 which I found to be far superior to the Compact III(Artemis) ie wi-fi 3g high speed data etc.

I found the Compact III to be sadly lacking with so many features compared to the vario 2. I know the in built Gps is a welcome addition but the spec of the device was a step backwards in my opinion.

Back to the Ameo.

Fast processor, beautiful screen, first class innovative keypad( graffiti is my preferred text method but the magnetic keyboard is a great idea) and what about that whopping 8GB microdrive. Plus you have the ability to increase the memory still further with the mini sd slot.

You are left in no doubt with the Ameo that your main use has to be its data capabilities.

I had used the Universal for a few months and whilst I found the device to be large it was still a great piece of kit. I understand that the Ameo is not the upgraded version of the mda pro.

Last of all can I congratulate T-Mobile with its bold move to be the first UK network to release the Ameo

Small is good but big is even better
[About XDA developers] Protonus:
I understand not wanting to "devalue" the Thanks feature. I get that. But consider this scenario:

You get a brand new phone (like, my new LG G3!). You need a guide to how to hack that specific device, which may need a guide just to figure out which guide to use if there are carrier specific models! You need to figure out how to unlock the bootloader, which requires rolling back the firmware, using a flashing tool, installing a new image, etc. Then you need to root. Then you need a recovery environment. Then you need a ROM, and perhaps a kernel. And some software.

You can see where this is going. That first day, you might want to thank 20 different people for their contributions! These are legitimate thanks, you're just doing more on XDA that day then you usually are.

I really don't see why 8 is the limit in these scenarios. Why not increase it like 20? Still limited, but more realistic on "busy" days like this.
[About XDA developers] KidCarter93:
I presume that one of the main reasons why the limit is unlikely to be increased is due to what you already stated - devaluing the Thanks feature.

The Thanks count on people's profiles is, in my opinion, kinda irrelevant as is because it doesn't help gauge a members helpfulness/quality of work etc. That's proven by those members who post junk and can still get a bunch of Thanks on that post. Increasing the limit will increase the chances of that happening and will therefore mean the Thanks meter on members profiles will count for even less.

The limit has been 8 for quite a while and will probably stay that way because generally all 8 won't be used in a single day anyway. There are, of course, exceptions (just like the situation you described or perhaps you'd feel the need to use more if you hang around in some of the theme threads for example) but you could always use your available Thanks and then Thank the other posts the following day. I realize that may not exactly be ideal but is certainly a way around.

Using a mobile app to access the forums will give you more to use, so that's probably a more viable option for you, rather than waiting for a different day to hand them out.
[About XDA developers] zelendel:
What he said. Almost no one even pays attention to the thanks meter any more, only new members even bother with it. It was made pointless long ago.
[About XDA developers] NOOK!E:
[MENTION=4564111]KidCarter93[/MENTION] [MENTION=1140856]zelendel[/MENTION]

Well, then, in that light, what would you suggest for me (and other XDA users) to do:

Continue giving people "Thanks!" when they have earned them even though nobody really cares about them anymore; or

Stop giving people "Thanks!" altogether because they are useless and have no value.

Which do you think is the best plan?
[About XDA developers] Protonus:
I think the thanks is a nice touch. I try to donate to people whenever possible. Some people don't want, or won't accept donations though. I'm sure those people still enjoy being thanked.

I think if the way the older members and site staff feel about Thanks is as indicated above, than the feature should just be removed.

Else, I think the limit should be removed. It's a quick change. I don't really see the harm in a post getting too many thanks.

I have left tabs open in my browser from yesterday, for the people I need to thank still. I still can't thank them because the time hasn't rolled around yet.
[About XDA developers] orangekid:
that's maybe 8 thanks right there in your OP (S OFF then root, recovery, ROM, guides), and it's a one time deal... Also that phone is the extreme case...

I don't see where you'd need 20 honestly.
[About XDA developers] KidCarter93:
I'd say continue to use them as you have been considering they still serve a purpose. They were added to the site so that it would cut down on posts simply saying "Thanks", thus cluttering the threads with posts which add no value to the threads. In that respect, the Thanks button has done it's job effectively.

The thing is, even though we've said that not many people really care about the Thanks, it's more the Thanks count which is irrelevant. A lot of members still like to receive Thanks as it's, generally, a quick and easy way for the member to know that they've been able to help someone out in one way or another.

I don't hand out many Thanks these days considering I don't often need help with anything and therefore wouldn't need to Thank someone for helping me out. But when I have been helped out, I will certainly give them a Thank considering that's what it's used for.

As mentioned above, it's not necessarily the Thanks button that I have a problem with but more the Thanks count (purely because in a lot of cases it leads to people wanting to get a lot of Thanks, for no real reason, simply so their Thanks meter can look more impressive as they can "beat" other members total Thanks.

That being the case, I still think the limit shouldn't be removed considering it can be a vague (sometimes more vague than others) way to gauge how helpful a member has been over their time as a member. The only part of the Thanks system which I'd like to see removed is the Thanks meter, but as it's still intact there's likely a reason the admins have got for leaving it as is.
[About XDA developers] zelendel:
The best thanks you can give anyone is by learning and sharing what you learned. Many developers are more excited and happy to see someone that took what they learned and then turned around and gave back to the community.

If it makes you feel better then by all means. Continue to give thanks.
[About XDA developers] NOOK!E:
Thank you, and agreed.

I also agree and am among the "a lot of members" you mentioned. :)

I am in pretty much the same boat - I mostly help other people nowadays, very rarely do I need or request help. However, I do generally use up all of my Thanks per day on posts that, for example, I don't want/need to reply to but I do want the member to know I saw it and liked it.

So, that's my two cents on the matter. Thanks again!

EDIT - [MENTION=1140856]zelendel[/MENTION], thank you, too, for your sage advice. :good:
[About XDA developers] Hannah Stern:
When does the Limit Refreh?

At which time in GMT+1 can i re-do 8 Thanks?
[About XDA developers] KidCarter93:
You can use your next days thanks 24 hours after the previous days. So if you use your first Thank at 10AM, your first one the next day couldn't be used until 10AM :)
[About XDA developers] Hannah Stern:
8 Thanks, 1 Limit, 0 Sense

It's very polite and kind to use the Thanks-Button. ;)

Active users maybe need :svetius: x 20 - every day!

In my opinion, this limit makes low-sense...

...maybe just for low-activity users.

And i think, that this limit should be removed or increased to 20 or so for Senior Members / Higher.

All the best! :)

---------- Post added at 16:08 ---------- Previous post was at 16:06 ----------

Good Question :svetius:
[About XDA developers] KidCarter93:
I understand that it's polite to use the Thanks button but there's still no need for nowhere near that many.

Even as a moderator we don't have that many available to us - we get 15.

I'm not as active on here as I once was, mainly due to working long shifts, but even when I was extremely active on here I wouldn't go through my allotted 8 per day. There's only been 1 or 2 situations where 8 wasn't enough. In those instances, I'd asked for help with an issue I was having (therefore I was thanking the posts that were helping me solve my issue) and I also thanked a couple of posts which didn't help me but would help a lot of other members and was a great resource. All I did in those situations was either wait a couple of hours for a Thank to become available again or would use the XDA app.

While my thanking habits are clearly different to yours, changes are only generally made to XDA if it will benefit the majority not a minority. I'm sure there are a ton of people who feel that 8 isn't enough but it's fine for the majority of members here. Also, increasing the limit to such an amount would likely lead to people asking/begging for more Thanks and would, in turn, devalue the Thanks count more so than it already is.
[About XDA developers] Hannah Stern:
Thank's Limit

Warning!

Long post!

...but i do!

8 Thanks is mayybe a little bit too low.

The 10-Post Rule isn't a big problem because 10 posts are easy-peasy :)

But the limit to 8 thanks is a problem (not a big one)

I don't want to sound stupid right here, but if i reach the Limit, i make a list of post which i still want to thank :laugh:

You can thank somebody at the next day, if you're not able to use the thanks button right now.

...but why don't do it RIGHT NOW instead of that day?

Most of the users on XDA aren't Thank-Spammers.

There are more thank-friendly users that give a thanks for very small and big and useful posts (i am also one of these) but there are also members, who do this only for very useful posts.

Using the thanks button is just polite.

And if somebody knows the 8-Thanks-Limit, he/she's possibly saving on thanks.

I am not someone who begs for thanks, but it's very rare to find a member which gets thanks for useless things like

thank me and i'll thank your post.

What is the limit actually for?

What do we want to prevent with this limit?

And why is the limit just 8?

I'm completely satisfied with my thanks-count of 39 :)

You can say that again!

Also 15 is very low for a Forum Moderator i think.

How about Administrators like [MENTION=2235607]svetius[/MENTION] etc.?

What thanks limit have they actually got?

20?

I don't have anything agianst XDA but when i came new to XDA, i thought that anybody's count of thanks were unlimited!

A bad scenario for members who die, if they get no thanks is the limit of INCOMING Thanks. But this limit does not exist!

...and also - there's no Post Limit / Login per day Limit / Quote or Meniton users-per-day Limit. But a limit of thanks that you can give per day.

Hrm... let's increase to 20.

What problems will come, if we incrase to 20?

fortunately, there's no Dislike/Thumbs-down button for posts :laugh:
[About XDA developers] NOOK!E:
[MENTION=6011384]Hannah Stern[/MENTION], I believe we all know and respect your personal opinion about a larger Thanks limit, but in all honesty, because of how already devalued Thanks are (i.e., some of the best devs have less than 1,000, while other people who make junk have upward of 5,000), I'd recommend just Thanking the people who you want to Thank unyil you reach your limit, and then just forget about Thanking people any more until the next time you can. Don't spend all your time worrying about how so-and-so won't get what he/she deserves unless I Thank their post - that is just unnecessary anxiety. Go with the flow, and try your best not to worry, as it's highly unlikely that the admins are going to raise the limit.
[About XDA developers] Hannah Stern:
I don't really worry about it.

And i know, that admins may very unlikely set the limit up.

So what's the real value/worth of the Thanks Button, if nobody is able to use it very properly?

How about Administrators (Svetius/MikeChannon/BitPushr), what thanks limit do they have?

What problems will occur, if the Numbers get increased?

I already know that what you told me but thank you however :)

...and have a good day!
[About XDA developers] zelendel:
What are their thanks? Who knows but to be honest what would they use them for.

I'll be honest thanks count are really pointless. Only new members even pay attention I know 90% of the devs don't look at the number or even use them. I have even been asked by a few for a way to disable it completely.
[About XDA developers] NOOK!E:
You're on the right track! ;)

In reality, there is pretty much none. I just consider them a fun feature - not really anything of actual value. By the way, we actually are using it properly - the limit is the "proper" use of Thanks, according to the admins.

Nobody really knows except the admins themselves, but I'd give it a safe guess that they don't have one. I mean, since they are, after all,

the admins

, what would be the point of making a limitation for themselves?

Am I right in that logic? :p

The main problem would be that members have even more opportunities to Thank people who often don't need or want excessive Thanks. 8 is a liberal number in this case IMHO - I mean, would you be happier if it were 5?

xD
[About XDA developers] Hannah Stern:
5:svetius: Per day is horribly / terribly low.

Why don't increase the Thank's limit, if it's just "a useless fun feature" ?
[About XDA developers] NOOK!E:
To tell you the truth, I don't really know or care that much - my inability to Thank people after 8 a day is not very high on my priority list. If you want to really try, you can respectfully PM [MENTION=2235607]svetius[/MENTION] and explain your dilemma.

From my point of view, this topic is closed - I don't need to post here again. I've stated my personal opinion, answered your questions, and am ready to move on.

Regards,

Nookie

XDA Recognized Signature Maker
[About XDA developers] Clark Joseph Kent:
This has been discussed before, and the app can be used to give the thanks wanted. If it was up to me, do away with thanx. We're here for developing not thanks. Thread closed and btw thank you....

Judgment is here.....
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Schwuar:
Hey all, over the last month my note 4 has been sluggish when opening stock apps and downloaded apps. It is also closing apps down (which is what its supposed to do when it runs out of RAM but not a lot of apps are open). It also restarts itself every now and then (averaging every 4 to 5 days).

The stock apps it has been sluggish opening are messages, youtube and internet (dont use many but i use those 3 a lot) and the downloaded apps are snapchat, eurosport and sky sports score centre. I also use avast but that doesnt seem to run automatically anymore like it did on my note 3.

Any help would be great as it is driving me mad, I have just been putting up with it in hope that it would sort itself out or Lollipop would get released and fix it.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imhalfdead:
So my device was previously rooted on 4.4.2 and at the beginning of December there was an update available. I got excited thinking it was 5.0 so I decided to update. Well all it was was a patch I'm still on 4.4.2 unrooted now and I CAN'T get rerooted.. I've tried purpledrake I've tried stump (original root method) and I've tried ioroot.. None of which have worked.. Any suggestions out there?

Sprint LG g3 ls990
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK00280:
1) Wrong section. There is a special forum for sprint's g3, go post in there.

2) Basically, you have to downgrage to rootable firmware, root it, install twrp, install newer (and already rooted) rom via it.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imhalfdead:
Okay thank you sorry.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattprice86:
Hello all...

Ive had my m8 since the end of april. It's worked and charged fine up until last Thursday. I started to notice that when I have it plugged in, the led will come on and it'll say it's charging, but it doesn't actually charge, most of the time it continued to decrease. After playing with different cables and the gsam app I found that it won't actually charge unless I put pressure or weight on top of the end of the cable that is plugged in to my phone. Even then, I have to mess with it quite a bit and hope when I wake up, it'll be charged.

This has become increasingly frustrating every time I plug it in to charge now. Has anyone else experienced this problem with your device? Also does anyone know of a fix, besides paying the $149 to get it replaced with my ATT insurance plan? I really just want to wait until around April and get a new phone, preferably with a snapdragon 810 processor, however, at this point, I don't think I can make it until then.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dottat:
If you are. Comfy tearing the phone apart the charging port is on its own board/cable.

Are you sure nothing is buried in the port preventing you from pushing the cable the entire way in?