yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 6  General] phishfi:
Alright guys, so I've been using xanaxdroid's CM12 builds for most of the last week, so I think I'm going to review CM12. I'll look into the differences between the official CM12 nightlies and his SaberMod-built ROM, so that I'm not doing the official CM12 any injustices. Let me know if there's anything you've seen that's worth mentioning in the review, such as hidden settings, noteworthy issues (SODs, Force Closes, etc), optimum settings. I'd especially like to know if there's anything you've done/tried that significantly improves your CM12 experience!

The write-up should be posted later in the day tomorrow!
[Nexus 6  General] phishfi:
OK, review is almost complete, I just have to get my screenshots together, do some final visual touch-ups, and then I'll be posting the review. Should be posted tomorrow morning sometime! Thanks to everyone who've shown interested so far! I'm hoping to get a bit quicker on these reviews, but it's difficult to do reliably since I have to give each ROM enough time to really understand how it operates.

Spoiler: I REALLY like [MENTION=2699658]xanaxdroid[/MENTION]'s CyanogenMod+. It really is an awesome ROM.
[Nexus 6  General] Blaze420916:
Crdroid
[Nexus 6  General] phishfi:
UGH, can't add screenshots or do much at all from my work computer (seems like Internet Explorer is having some trouble with the security certificates from this computer). I'll add the last couple shots as soon as I get home and post a link to my CM+ review!
[Nexus 6  General] phishfi:
Alright, new post is up!

Check it out!

CyanogenMod+ by [MENTION=2699658]xanaxdroid[/MENTION]
[Nexus 6  General] phishfi:
I would love feedback from the community on issues they've noticed with ROMs that are worth mentioning in my reviews. I'm also switching to Google Forms for the poll, so that I can make changes or update it as new ROMs release! Check it out!
[Nexus 6  General] phishfi:
The next review that I'll be releasing is for Chroma! I've been using it for about 4/5 days now and so far it's been very stable. I plan to release the full ROM Review late in the day tomorrow! Let me know your thoughts on the reviews and what's most important in a text review.

UPDATE: I may not be making any video ROM Reviews, since [MENTION=5933404]Andromjb[/MENTION] seems to be making them pretty regularly!
[Nexus 6  General] zephiK:
Looking forward on reading your thoughts on chroma :)
[Nexus 6  General] phishfi:
Alright! New review is up!! Hope everyone learns some interesting stuff from it. Please provide feedback!

Also, I switched to using Medium.com for the reviews. I have extremely limited interaction with wordpress from my work computer, but Medium seems fully functional!

Chroma (Reviewed on 21 Jan 2015) by [MENTION=1978554]zephiK[/MENTION]
[Nexus 6  General] zephiK:
Some thoughts after reading it,

It was actually over 13,000 lines of code for frameworks itself. Easily adding up the other parts of the code it could have been well over 20,000.

https://github.com/CyanogenMod/andr...mmit/6e133f1933c77ce07e75e9768230c6537524673a

The feature you mentioned that you wanted with using the volume rocker to move in text was actually a feature out of the box. I personally didn't see a need for it so I removed it as well as some other features that was based off the ROM.

The only comments I would have to say is that I agree with ~90% of the thread. The only part that I felt that was "ehh" was the feature set, it is a lightweight ROM after all and considering the term lightweight I would be pretty impressed with the number of features that is already included. Not only that but there are a lot of tweaks and enhancements done behind the hood, although they are less obvious to the end-user, they are certainly what makes the ROM "fly" and ensure stability.

Heads Up: I was thinking about improving upon it, I personally don't use it. I used to use it but then privacy became a issue with everything appearing at the top, not tto mention the existing code for Heads Up is a huge commitment and is not by any means a lightweight piece of code.

At the end of the day, ROMs are always trying to balance between performance, stability and battery life. It's nearly impossible to satisfy all three sectors. I'm always open to ideas and suggestions, as long as they make logical sense.

So if anybody else has any additional feedback or questions upon reading the review, either leave a post here or come and ask in the ROM thread :)
[Nexus 6  General] aiiee:
twonkgweevil!
[Nexus 6  General] phishfi:
[MENTION=1978554]zephiK[/MENTION]

Good points, and I wasn't trying to bash Chroma in any way. My mistake on the CM Theme Manager info, I was going off memory for some of that. I don't particularly like the volume rocker feature, I MUCH prefer having the buttons show up in the navigation bar (far left and far right with arrows to move the cursor through the text). I feel like that feature is much more user-intuitive and doesn't impact a user trying to change volume.

I agree about the lightweight aspect, I'm sure there is a lot of things you've done to shave down the code and make it much more efficient. I've tried to learn ROM building for the past few days (along with having a go at Android Studio to see if I could build that app I was talking with you about recently), but it hasn't gotten far enough for me to thorough understand the modifications that you've done. I'm trying to make sure that my review makes sense to the most users, so I may not have gone far enough into the customizations as I should have, but that's mainly due to the fact that most others wouldn't understand those customizations much either. I want to find a better set of criteria to base my reviews on, since the ones listed are extremely face-value.

As for heads-up, the only recommendation I could make for you or others (if you don't want to go too far into the implementation or if it seems like there's too much involved), is for users and developers to push users toward the heads-up notifications app on the Play Store. It has a lot of great features and customizations that make for a much better experience than the stock Heads Up settings.

At the end of the day, I definitely like Chroma. The settings were very easy to maneuver, and the ROM really is efficient. I haven't gotta home with less than 50% battery once, but I have to caveat that fact by saying that I did have a 4-day weekend, so I only spent 2 days at work during my test phase. I think I may start doing some sort of very sandboxed testing with ROMs, and make sure that I'm using the same kernel for the whole test, so that the ROM is the only variable between test conditions. The only issue with doing that is that the device is my daily driver, so things like phone calls, texts, etc could put a hamper on my test scenarios. I'll see if I can do something about it and then level the playing field by running that test on all of the previous ROMs and Chroma (I keep a backup of the last ROM I reviewed so that I can jump back to it for comparison if I need to).

Thanks for your help!
[Nexus 6  General] zephiK:
Well with the release timeline that I've been sticking to. I've always tried my best to focus on one portion of the user experience rather than spread the workload to other parts of the phone. There's always some kind of general theme that I'm following for that build. I know the feature that you speak of, I certainly don't believe that it has been ported over to Lollipop so even if I wanted to include it, it wouldn't be possible without porting code over. I thought you were referring to the volume rocker cursor where you press volume up/down to move left/right in the input text.

Personally, I feel that it isn't very intuitive to be using left or right arrow keys in the navigation bar and would just be easier to press on the input field on where you want the cursor to be. Depending what IME is being used, they have built in arrows for navigation.

That's the thing about code, some code is a lot easier to implement than others.

For example, for theme manager you'd have to make every piece of themeable element of the UI to be customizable to CM12's theme manager this includes: ringtones, wallpapers, bootanimations, lock screen, icons, etc.

Which is all nice and all but.. the bigger the code the more room for instability and a loss in performance with all the extra code. All the additional code requires the CPU to take additional cpu cycles to process all those changes being made in real-time as well as increasing room for instability (reboots, freezes, etc).

Understood, I can certainly dig deeper into Heads Up. For Hangouts, it works fine since it utilizes the built-in Heads Up but I certainly just haven't had the time. The ROM is a little over a week old with me being the only person maintaining the ROM. There's only so much that I can do in a day; whereas, other ROMs may have a group of team to assist with the project. It has its pros and cons, you obviously get to do more in terms of implementation but also leaves more room for inefficiency.

Yeah for kernels its a bit tricky, its very difficult to isolate the testing to strictly the ROM. It doesn't really help that the stock Google kernel is very outdated with the lack of encryption patches.

I never felt bashed, I appreciate honest user feedback, I'll definitely take some of the readings into further development to further address them in a newer build. For features, I'm very picky on what is being included. I was just disappointed with the low score of features that I felt that was something that this ROM excelled in with the recent additions of quick setting customization and power menu customization. Chroma is intended to be lightweight but also not intended to compromise on features but also come to the point where its not composed with useless features but well... the essentials :D
[Nexus 6  General] phishfi:
So, I normally bounce around between ROMs for the first day or two after finishing a review. Last night I installed Terminus just to see what all of the hubbub is about, and there are a couple of solid things I'm noticing right off the bat: Built-in Ad Blocker, Wakelock Blocker (not sure how safe/useful this is yet, but it's there if you know what you're doing!), and Privacy Guard.

One thing I noticed that saddens me: Gimmicky "App Sidebar" option: Allows you to set up a few apps that you can access from anywhere. It looks pretty cool (Basically it's a wheel that you swype in from the right side of the screen and it lets you scroll through the added apps and open any of them. Not a bad theory, but I feel like it's pretty gimmicky.
[Nexus 6  General] phishfi:
I've come up with a benchmark to help set a standard among ROMs. Check post #4 for the details! Also, the next ROM up for review is going to be BlissPop by Deliberate!
[Nexus 6  General] phishfi:
Here's Review #4: BlissPop by [MENTION=4442122]Deliberate[/MENTION] ! Please let me know what you think of the new review style!
[Nexus 6  General] phishfi:
Not quite a ROM Review, but I did a battery drain test based on using a bright vs. dark wallpaper. The results show that the black image used 7.28% less battery per hour! Pretty impressive, although obviously there may be room for improvement in terms of real-world testing. Check out the post on /r/Android!
[Nexus 6  General] phishfi:
Hey folks, I left for some new training on Sunday and was told there would be fairly decent internet, but it appears that's not the case... Long story short I have no way of testing out any new ROMs this week. I'm sorry for those who actually wanted to read one for the week. I'm going to figure something else out fast to get this back up and running !
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] warmkiwi99:
or do i need to upgrade to TTV6?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] PeLa:
yes

Yes, TT5.21 works fine. I use the LVSW version and used the WMXL. In both configuration TT5.21 worked.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] warmkiwi99:
OK, thanks. I must have some other problem then
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] chymmylt:
Don't suppose you know if TT 5.21 works better then TT6 on WM6. I have more lockups and freezes on my phone when I have TT installed (even if it's not running). It's not much, it seems every day or two it freezes but usually I don't realize (service lights keep blinkin away) and I miss calls :(
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Earthworm:
I'm running (or trying to run) TT6 on my WM6 LVSW ROM SPV M3100. Not had any problems with any other aps but TT6 is constantly locking up. I'm currently running TT6 V 6.03 but have also tried V6.02 which also seems to have serious ssues with WM6. I'll be keeping a close eye on the TomTom website for software upgrades!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] chymmylt:
One thing I did find that HELPS is be sure you install the software onto your system itself and not an external card. You can store maps and voices on the the card but when you have TT6 running off the card and it crashes, I was left only with the option of resetting. Running off the system itself, half of the time I could hit the end call button on the phone and it would minimize tom tom. Then when I reclicked the tom tom link, it would start responding again or I could close it and kill it fromt he control panel and restart. I still have the occasional hard freezes none the less but this is a lot better as 75% of the time I can recover :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Earthworm:
I think it already is installed to the main memory cus the .exe is located in the main memory Programs folder. I'm regularly hitting the red answer release and ok buttons too. Just such a pain. Come n TomTom. I did a search on on their website and theres is no mention of WM6 anywhere!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] chymmylt:
Probably because WM6 isn't officially out. It's been officially announced but we are not using final software. I suspect some time after the final version is out, they will release a new version supporting it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] AdStar:
Running TomTom5.21

No issues at all on WM6 Black 1.2 runs even better then on WM5, the UI is much quicker in WM6. Even turning on my GPS unit has instant access, I always had issues with WM5, I had to "refresh" the GPS under bluetooth for TomTom to find it.

Running it on an imate JasJam.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] warmkiwi99:
i re-installed it after loading WM6 Black and now it works great. Used to startup in 60 seconds on WM5. Now approx 12 secs on WM6 - brilliant
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] gurubumsmack:
Tom Tom 6 v6.030 on WM5 2.11 ROM without any problems here.

Startup is around 6-8 seconds (I have a crappy Bluetooth GPS so sat lock-on takes a bit longer) and lockup free. Went on a 160 mile round trip last weekend and never had a single problem.
[Galaxy S3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] florinme:
Can Samsung app S Health work on Neo?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] petros11:
Here is s5 apps for s3 neo http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2931385
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayandare:
I hate our bootloader. And coming from the Galaxy Nexus I miss the wide selection of Roms, I have a chance to get a unlocked bootloader moto x. What's your advice? I'm on the fence
[Verizon LG G3] 1619415:
This was original made for the ls990 but like 10 people from this device reported this working so here it is:

IT IS NOT MY FAULT IF YOUR DEVICE(S) BREAK/MAKE A BACKUP IN RECOVERY TO GO BACK TO!

Step 1:

Download "Shortcut master" pro or lite doesn't matter

Step 2:

Go into "Shortcut master" and click the little 3 dotted menu and click "Search..."

Step 3:

Click the little drop down in the upper left corner and select "System apps"

Step 4:

Then on the line labeled "Enter text to search" type "IOT" then click "Search"

Step 5:

Click on the option that says "com.lge.SprintHiddenMenu.iot.IotHiddenMenuMai n" some options will come up click on the little start that says "Favorite" and then click "Launch" and grant shortcut master su permisson

Step 6:

Click on Network mode and use the drop down menu to scroll down and select "GSM only" If done your signal bars should have a little red "x" over them

Step 6

Click the back button until you get back to "Shortcut master" then search for "apn"

Step 7:

Click on "com.lge.hiddenmenu.vzw_only.ApnSettings" and "Favorite and Launch it"

Step 8:

Edit any apn but the one labeled "Internet" then the one you choose to edit you have to put in the settings for the carrier(s) you want.

Step 9:

Save your settings and reboot

Step 10:

Go to settings>roaming>scroll down for gsm options

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Revert:

Step 1: Go back into your IOT settings and select system selection and change it one of the cdma options

Step 2: Go back to the apn settings and swap them back to "Internet"

Step 3 Reboot and have cdma again

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Working on:

You tell me (all working one)

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In order for it to work I will need to find the correct build prompt edits and I am working hard to find those! for now please stick to stock rom fix. If you know the code please PM me and I will test it then I post it if all good

*Please donate it will help me to further research on this topic*
[Verizon LG G3] nemofbaby2010:
Verizon g3 is factory unlocked no reason to do this
[Verizon LG G3] 1619415:
Oh really? Ah OK sorry I didn't know that I guess your mod can delete this post.
[Verizon LG G3] feverdoingwork:
Are these instructions for vzn or sprint? Can u point me to where i can get the instructions for sprint
[Verizon LG G3] wyrdtrtle:
just a hunch

I'm just making a little swag here, but, i'll go out on a limb and say instructions for the sprint g3 will likely be in the sprint lg g3 general threads. ;)
[Verizon LG G3] TheWise87:
:rolleyes: Verizon unlock gsm ?
[Verizon LG G3] Manish029:
Sir I have lg g3 vs985 verizon wireless I can't use GSM sim in this phone when I put gsm sim it show no sim card please insect a sim card

How can I unlock my gsm network please help

I m from india
[Verizon LG G3] PonchosoftX:
Something weird is happening, I have my VS985 for about 6 to 8 months working perfect in Mexico with 4G ATT GSM, suddenly it stop reading the SIM card, I take it to a support center and they told me is due to GSM Lock... how can this happens in a phone that was working and already GSM Unlocked?

I use the phone on Stock, Custom Roms, Stock again and never had this issue, can any explain what could have been happend?

Also I notice something very very weird, when I got the phone the first time it never shows any Update, I got it on KitKat and never show the OTA to Lollipop or marshmallow, after I reflash it with the Original TOT now it let me download and install updates, can this be the cause for the GSM Lock?
[Verizon LG G3] fibseq:
have you found a way. I still have the same problem
[Verizon LG G2] theghostbh:
i have a LG G2 Vrizon OS 4.4.2 26A

i wish to get new room for my mobile vs980

but i wish to be kdz to install it fast please help me i need some help here iam from bahrain and only verizon are unlocked on kingdom of bahrain

thank for help
[Verizon LG G2] TheUnladenSwallow:
#1 This is the wrong forum to post in, this forum is for development projects. This belongs in the q and a forum. #2 26a IS the newest kdz. Flashable ROMs don't come in kdz form... The post conveys some sense of urgency, though I have no idea what over. You didn't mention any problems. If you want to flash custom ROMs, root, get a custom recovery and make sure you have the right bootloader/baseband/recovery combinations before continuing. Otherwise... You're good.
[Verizon LG G2] theghostbh:
the problem there are no custom room working in my mobile i try many room but there is nothing always coming stuck and i back to old one give me one of the room are testing and working for vs980 lg g2
[Verizon LG G2] abdel12345:
You need to make sure your running b the right baseband and boot loader. If you flash a lollipop ROM you need to be on 12b bootloader and modem. If your trying b to flash a stock KitKat ROM then you need the 26a bootstack. Whatever Rom your trying to flash just make sure it's in verizon lg g2 android development section and read full op and how to install listed in op and you should be fine. Considering you posted your question in the development section I'm gonna assume you haven't read anything. So do that first

Sent from my VS980 4G
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaki aziz:
i'm used this OTG cable for my Xiaomi Mi4, it's okay. But won't detect my hTC Desire 816.
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FoxyDrew:
Are you running a custom ROM?
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaki aziz:
i'm on stock rom.
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FoxyDrew:
Then your OTG cable isn't a standard OTG cable. Or it's defective.

Or your phone is defective.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digitLIX:
why is that? i tried to check my IMEI on a website and it showed a whole different phone.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pilz:
Does it match the IMEI printed on the box?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digitLIX:
The IMEI printed on the box is same as the IMEI in the settings > about phone

but the IMEI checker website providing a wrong phone (not a nexus 6) and wrong information.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pilz:
Then the website is likely wrong. What model is it saying the phone is?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digitLIX:
Orange San Francisco
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akellar:
Mine shows the same thing. Interestingly, I am also having problems getting Motorola to recognize the warranty date on the device I purchased directly from them. They make good devices but the rest of their company clearly has some issues.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digitLIX:
i hope it will get fixed. glad im not the only one.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pilz:
I think that website is having some issues because thats obviously not a phone. I wouldn't worry about it as long as it matches your box you should be fine.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akellar:
Yes it is http://www.gsmarena.com/orange_san_francisco-4081.php
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pilz:
Thanks for the link! I just assumed that such a bizarre name couldn't possibly be a phone, but its good to be wrong sometimes. I should check my IMEI and see what it tells me.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akellar:
So just as a follow up on this. After 4 chat sessions and an hour on the phone with Motorola, they determined they failed to tie any information to the IMEI. They said they put a ticket in to have this corrected, so I'll see in 3-5 days.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dancanplay:
Hello, i recently flashed Xperia Z1 kernel ftf. But the problem is, that it's not for the Compact one. It would help if someone would upload a kernel (.ftf) for 14.4.A.0.157 and .108 one ASAP.

Thank you :)
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
See the numerous threads that have them, or flash the kernel from the 157 or 108 ftf you should already have.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dancanplay:
Thanks!

Found one (for those who want): d-h[dot]st/M9a

Thanks! :)