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[Android General] androvista:
Hello everyone on xda

This is a guide for all those who are absolute noobs, who don't know what Root is, but have heard of it. Let's get into it.

This guide is a WORK IN PROGRESS. Will be continuously adding things

BASICS:

"Stock" is the unrooted, unmodified state of your device running on the original OS.

Your device may get "bricked" while rooting, which means that your device will not boot back.

There are many ways to unbrick a device.

Flash means installing a new firmware via recovery

Root:

Whenever you buy a new Android device, the manufacturer makes sure that you, the buyer cannot access system files. By rooting an android device, you get access to the system files, tweak them and can manage them with many applications. Rooting can make your Android device much cooler than it was before. There are many modifications you can do, and you can even put a totally new operating system. You can add multi window, gravity box (which allows lot more tweaks) etc. (No limit exists in the Android world.

Superuser is when you grant access to the system files to an app

Pros:

1) Ability to upgrade Android version and have a billion more features

2) (Well... It's a never ending list :D)

Cons:

1)Bricking

2) In some cases, losing all oem apps

How to Root:

Search for the method on internet.

YOU WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY, WHICH DOES NOT COME BACK ON UNROOTING

Recovery

This is the most important tool for any android device. It comes on many android phones even without rooting, but the

"stock" recovery is not so useful. Custom recoveries like TWRP or CWM are the ones I'm talking about. These recoveries can back up, restore, or /and replace the whole system. In most cases, if your OS just blows off your device, you can still boot into recovery and flash a rom.

Pros:

1)Nice and easy way of making an android device

2)Nice way of bringing a device back to life.

Cons:

None I guess

Bootloader:

When you boot up your Android device, you see the device name or manufacturer name for a few seconds, when there is no animation. This part is the bootloader, which is the initial few seconds of fastboot. Here, you can retain fastboot and flash/update recovery. The bootloader is the toughest thing to delete. This bootloader is the software that interacts with the kernel to boot the device up. This is also responsible for booting into recovery .

Brick:

A brick in the toughest terms means a totally unresponsive.device, one that had no life.

Soft Brick: This means that your OS somehow got wiped off, But you still have the recovery to flash a rom. 90%of the bricks are soft bricks. To recover from it, perform a full wipe and then install a rom for your device.

Hard Brick: This means that your device does not have an OS, recovery. You can recover by entering fastboot(bootloader) and flashing a recovery and then a rom.

Bootloop:

This is a kind of soft brick in which, the OS starts booting but never finishes. Just perform a wipe, and if that does not help, Reflash.

Next Chapter ill be posted by 18th January
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[Raspberry Pi Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tripleccreation:
Hi everyone, I have a Raspberry Pi Model B+, I'm very new to Raspberry Pi and learning as i go along,

I have a broken Tablet lying around, most parts in it will probably be too advanced for me to deal with right now,(like a 8.9 inch 1080p samsung panel) or possibly not even worth it

anyways, one thing that is interesting is the battery pack that's in it

it is not very old, and got 2 of them in it,

[IMG="Battery"]http://tripleccreation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_20150114_124151.jpg[/IMG]

I read around and know that generally I would need a regulator to prevent overly powering the pi, but havn't seen a tutorial with something like this

[IMG="Front"]http://tripleccreation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_20150114_124215.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="Back"]http://tripleccreation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_20150114_124240.jpg[/IMG]

Does anyone know what this is? i put the code on google and i find nothing.

or any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

thanks
[Raspberry Pi Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicovell3:
Like other batteries

If you open any battery of an old phone, you can see those chips, so I suppose they are to control the amperage and the voltage provided by the battery, and also to control the charge.

Take a look to all that numbers and take note of the followed by V and mA. To fit well with the raspberry i suppose, V must be around 5, which is the voltage recommended for the pi chargers. For a bigger mA, the battery will give you more time of use.

These are all suppositions. I'd try to connect it. I don't think you can transform your pi on a brick by doing that...
[Raspberry Pi Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chris J:
This isn't worth doing. As commendable as it is to re-use old parts, a $10 cellphone booster from ebay can power a pi for a few hours per charge and is basically plug-and-play, with charging and regulator circuitry built-in.
[Raspberry Pi Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sagirfahmid3:
Agreed with [MENTION=5021714]Chris J[/MENTION].

Lithium Ion's are dangerous unless you know what you are doing.

You need to have a proper charger for it (ni-cd or ni-mh chargers will not do; they have a consistent voltage output until they are just about dead, compared to li-ions, which have a mostly linear discharge cycle from 4.2V until they reach around 3.6V).
[Xperia Z3v General] salmanaminali:
Just got a small update on the z3v. It's not lollipop. [emoji20]...it's still 4.4.4 and same Kernal too....It enhances nfc.

Anyone else see any differences?
[Xperia Z3v General] 1linuxfreak:
Says -- Improved NFC, Enable HD video on Google Play Movielist, link in update leads to a page unavailable error.

Don't care about either one of them, we really want the VoLTE update, and Lollipop.
[Xperia Z3v General] krazie1:
http://www.droid-life.com/2015/01/14/sony-xperia-z3v-gets-update-to-23-0-e-1-44-fixes-bugs/

Changelog is there
[Xperia Z3v General] tsachi:
Not what I hoped for

From the change log:

"reduce mobile data notifications during calls" - in Verizon talk - "we can't give you voice and data, but we're just going to stop notifying you about it"

"Ensure emails with HTML links are displayed without a clickable link" - so I can't click on a link in the email to go to the web anymore? Need to find a work-around to copy the link manually?

Edit: can't really tell any change for link behavior in emails
[Xperia Z3v General] nateperro:
I was really hoping for VOLTE when I saw an update...
[Xperia Z3v General] open1your1eyes0:
Can't believe they spent all this time and still no VoLTE. -_-
[Xperia Z3v General] nateperro:
I did notice that the update removed the what's new when swiping up from the home button. Google now is only option which is a good thing IMO.
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
Ahhh damn, I was hoping today was the update for VoLTE. >__>

Update:

Two icons were added to my App Drawer. Mobile Hotspot and Voice Mail. Not sure if they were already there or I just never noticed, but I'm pretty sure they were never there. Anyone else got something different?
[Xperia Z3v General] JediDru:
Nah they were there before, I have them disabled so they are not there for me.
[Xperia Z3v General] jhwookie:
boot loop issue after update

I got the update from Verizon, it threw my phone into a boot loop. I let it run for like a half hour with no luck. During my entire ordeal, it would usually only make it to the Sony wave screen. It would make it to the Verizon screen on occasion, but would always loop back to the beginning. I would get two vibrations followed by a red notification light. I figured out the button combination for recovery mode. I tried to boot into Safe Mode. It once again went into a boot loop. I put it back into recovery mode and did a factory reset. It did the reset and went directly into a boot loop again. I ended up doing three factory resets in a row to see if it was an issue with the factory reset process. After three resets and a half hour boot loop, it did fully boot up. I went through the entire setup process, emails, wifi, bt, widgets, apps. During that process, it did a force reboot and went back into a boot loop. I went through the entire process listed above again. Safe Mode and three Factory Resets. I have once again gone through the setup process once again with no force reboot...yet. This could happen at any point any this is getting pretty aggravating. Any suggestions?
[Xperia Z3v General] BladeRunner:
Did you try clearing the cache when you were in recovery?

---------- Post added at 08:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:45 PM ----------

Clearing the cache isn't an option I guess. I suspect a bad download of the update. Hopefully the factory reset takes care of that.
[Xperia Z3v General] jhwookie:
The recovery I used was the stock recovery since I'm not rooted. There was no option to clear cache. The options were Continue Boot Up, Boot into Safe Mode, Factory Reset and Shut Down. The only option that moves into a second screen is Factory Reset which gives three No's and one Yes for confirmation.
[Xperia Z3v General] BladeRunner:
Yeah, I just booted into recovery and saw there was no option to clear the cache which really is a dumb omission.
[Xperia Z3v General] jhwookie:
I was a bit surprised too. I have had many phones and rooted them all. Recovery is very familiar to me. I just kind of hoped that they merged both of these options in one.
[Xperia Z3v General] pvcdroid:
I think the way to clean cache would be the settings reset in the backup and restore menu. It's separate from the factory reset option. Just my theory.
[Xperia Z3v General] BladeRunner:
I don't think that would touch the cache, where a downloaded OTA resides. It just resets the user settings.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bumpaudio:
Take your best , when do you think the US Verizon S5 will get lollipop?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elliwigy:
sometime this year
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bumpaudio:
How about closest one wins, lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terrigan:
Someday soon.. Got to give Verizon time to bloat it up
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] landshark68:
The day Verizon chooses to release lollipop for the S5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] descriminator:
February 30th, and it will come with unlocked bootloader and no UIDH support :p
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btonetbone:
Lousy Smarch weather!

[IMG="Smarch"]http://www.oafe.net/articulation/art/1313a.jpg[/IMG]
[General Questions and Answers] Siddharth121:
adb backup com.whatsapp

I am using this command to backup via adb. It gives a 1 kb .ab file.

Please suggest me where i am wrong.
[General Questions and Answers] GokulNC:
http://android.stackexchange.com/qu...ls-when-trying-to-backup-a-single-application

I don't think you can backup apk files or app data of a single app like this.
[General Questions and Answers] Siddharth121:
Thanks. The same thing is happening with me.
[Android Apps and Games] Cveezy:
Hello all, I'm basically looking for a game similar to Diablo II and Shining Soul II to play on my android. Doesn't have to have amazing or 3d graphics, im looking mostly for mechanics. Key elements are:

Hack Slash or similiar?

Skill tree

loot with randomish stats

different classes

Not turn based

Give me your favorite games with which elements it has so I can try them out!
[Android Apps and Games] Gruzum:
Try Mage and Minions

- Hack&Slash

- Randomized loot

- Many abilities to upgrade and choose from

- You're able to bring up to 3 companions with you, each having their own skills
[Xperia Z3 Compact Accessories] hughesey:
Hi I've gone and dropped my phone without my case on and have cracked the actual phone case itself on the back, screens absolutely fine. Can anyone suggest where I can buy one online??

Thanks in advance.....

X
[Xperia Z3 Compact Accessories] adamk7:
Picture?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Accessories] inhumaine:
Are you saying you cracked the rear/back glass? DId you purchase accident protection?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Accessories] hughesey:
Yeah the actual back of the phone
[Xperia Z3 Compact Accessories] hughesey:
Anyone??
[Xperia Z3 Compact Accessories] Vladok1994:
Rear Glass

Here you go e.g. :

meintrendyhandy.de/shop/sony-xperia-z3-157681p.html
[Xperia Z3 Compact Accessories] jason-tech-uk:
Thanks for the link! Do you know if its a proper genuine back cover? Worried that it will just be a generic china copy.

I'm too worried about these glass backs, always keep a fusion type case on those types of phones. Look stylish with those clear backs but also protective. Normally I'd buy spigen but as they hardly had anything for this phone, I went for one from Orzly.
[Moto X Q&A] swipe1553:
Guys,

I am trying to unlock a bootloader of Moto X in India but I am receiving an error as below.

"(bootloader) Restricted oem command

FAILED (remote failure)

finished. total time: 0.101s"

Can someone please help!
[Moto X Q&A] KidJoe:
Are you getting that while doing -> mFastboot OEM Unlock {UniqueID}
[Motorola Droid 4] Oggie7797:
Please use this thread for bug reports and for sharing ideas on development.

Post all question about how to install rom, safestrap, rooting... in Q&A/T [Rom] Unofficial OctOs 5.0.2 [Droid 4] thread -sd_shadow

Please before posting read the first few posts by sd_shadow and I. You'll see screenshots, bugs, etc.. post #7 will show newest build and any additional info that is needed.

Features:

All CM12 features

Fast

Awesome

Stable (can vary depending on device source changes)

Omniswitch from Omni ROM

Tentacles (hidden inside of about phone under build date)

Supersu used for root management (still needs to be flashed for now)

App circle side bar

A slightly modified OMAP4-common kernel to help performance

Other under the hood things that you don't visually notice

Things will be added as things progress because OctOs is under constant development and improvement :)

Downloads:

The ROM is on my Gdrive.

I recommend PA Gapps.

Install:

Flash on a NEW slot on the new SELINUX enabled SafeStrap by [MENTION=3457922]stargo[/MENTION] to eliminate any bugs of flashing on top of old slots.

Superuser:

Rom is Rooted but it's limited, so installing SuperSU Flashable in Safestrap/TWRP is recommended

Install current SuperSu flashable zip (UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.45.zip - 28 Jan 2015) -sd_shadow

Updates:

Dump system and caches and flash....if you get lots of force closures, wipe data. I suggest wiping data because Lollipop is in early development.

Sources:

Kernel

Big thanks to [MENTION=3457922]stargo[/MENTION] for making Lollipop happen for the OMAP4 board!! Without his awesome work I wouldn't have had a decent device tree to use.

XDA:DevDB Information

Oct-L, ROM for the Motorola Droid 4

Contributors

Oggie7797, sd_shadow

ROM OS Version: 5.0.x Lollipop

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x

ROM Firmware Required: New SafeStrap by Stargo

Based On: Cyanogenmod12

Version Information

Status: Beta

Beta Release Date: 1969-12-31

Created 2015-01-14

Last Updated 2015-02-04
[Motorola Droid 4] sd_shadow:
Bug Report

Bug Reports

Please use SysLog to copy system logs and include logs with any bug reports

What Works: Should be the same as CM12

CDMA

LTE

SMS

Bluetooth Tethering

USB Tethering

Physical Keyboard

Hotspot/Wifi Tethering

Install on any slot including Stock

Does Not Work: Should be the same as CM12

Bugs:

Unknown:

GSM
[Motorola Droid 4] sd_shadow:
Installing/Upgrading Safestrap 3.75 and Installing Rom Video

see [Video] Installing/Upgrading Safestrap 3.75 and Installing a Lollypop Rom

Installing/Upgrading Safestrap 3.75:

You need a new recovery supporting SELinux Thanks to [MENTION=3457922]stargo[/MENTION] original posted here

An updated Safestrap (3.75) which supports SELinux can be found here: http://droid.cs.fau.de/Safestrap/ (Safestrap-debug.apk)

Please read the README on how to install this version and follow the order of the steps in it: http://droid.cs.fau.de/Safestrap/README.txt

In Safestrap/TWRP recovery

Create a new Rom slot in TWRP

System partition min: 700MB

Data partition: Your Choice

Cache partition: 300MB recommended

Files

PA 5.0 Gapps Page http://goo.gl/YqxI52

Rom mirrors XDA - Drive

Verify Md5 Checksums for all files using a Checksum Utility see https://sites.google.com/site/sdshadowscollection/home/hash-checksums

Root

Rom is Rooted but if you have issues, Install current SuperSu flashable zip (BETA-SuperSU-v2.44.zip - 15 Jan 2015)
[Motorola Droid 4] sd_shadow:
Screenshots

04 Feb 2015

(OLD)

[IMG="Home Screen"]http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh500/sd_shadow/Screenshot_2015-01-15-20-07-01_zpsc183e2fa.png[/IMG]

[IMG="Home Screen"]http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh500/sd_shadow/Screenshot_2015-01-15-20-07-07_zpsc496190d.png[/IMG]

[IMG="Pulldown Menu"]http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh500/sd_shadow/Screenshot_2015-01-15-20-08-27_zpsf7fbc97e.png[/IMG]

[IMG="Settings"]http://s1248.photobucket.com/user/sd_shadow/media/Screenshot_2015-01-15-20-08-27_zpsf7fbc97e.png.html[/IMG]

[IMG="About Phone"]http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh500/sd_shadow/Screenshot_2015-01-15-20-08-53_zps0a0a8875.png[/IMG]
[Motorola Droid 4] sd_shadow:
New Build: OCT-L-UNOFFICIAL-20150119-0556-maserati-1.zip

Do not install over old rom, delete rom slot, create new slot, install Rom, gapps, and superSU.zip

Changelog:

Wifi Tether working
[Motorola Droid 4] nowseewhatudid:
downloading now and will start testing soon thank you will leave feed back also and thanks again u rock:good:
[Motorola Droid 4] nowseewhatudid:
ok so first i need to say super smooth and speedy better then 4.4 roms bad signal on first boot after but fix in setting works smooth, great rom so far my choice for #1 rom on the droid 4 thanx :good::angel::good::angel::good::angel::good:
[Motorola Droid 4] Oggie7797:
Thanks :) I ordered me a d4 so whenever I get that I'll be able to test more extensively. I aim to build again tomorrow and hopefully the fixes by stargo and joojoobee666 will fix the keyboard landscape issue and 4g issue (which is a OMAP4-common bug currently)
[Motorola Droid 4] nowseewhatudid:
cant lie i love this rom so far so keep it up and i will follow u bro :victory:

oh if i can help anytime i will put my phone on the line to help
[Motorola Droid 4] Oggie7797:
Thanks! :D I'm using an older 1-12 build for targa as a daily because newer builds fail due to chromium issues...I don't have issues for the other OMAP4 devices..anyway, enjoy the ROM and I'll try to update as soon as I get a chance. Just remember to either install on new slots or to wipe data for new builds. New slots may not be required, but for some reason that really helps to fix issues on targa.
[Motorola Droid 4] nowseewhatudid:
ok so i notice data problems my data comes n goes with reboots but i still get texts but no calls or data ive added my own apn messed within the seettings but still having that type of issue with the other cm12 rom but still like this rom
[Motorola Droid 4] Oggie7797:
Yea data problems on reboot is a known issue and an OMAP4-common issue. Stargo and joojoobee666 will hopefully fix it soon :)

To fix just go into settings and fiddle with preferred network.
[Motorola Droid 4] Oggie7797:
New build up on my Gdrive. Lots of changes as far as framework and settings on OctOs side of things, and then all of the CM12 device tree changes by stargo and joojoobee666 so I would love some feedback! :)
[Motorola Droid 4] sd_shadow:
OCT-L-UNOFFICIAL-20150128-0747-maserati.zip

MD5: ee8df1c714c1b8427af5ff544e22d909

XDA Mirror

---------- Post added at 11:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:23 PM ----------

added to OP: current SuperSu flashable zip (UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.45.zip - 28 Jan 2015)
[Motorola Droid 4] Oggie7797:
Finally, now I can test my own builds before shipping them for you to test [MENTION=4267571]sd_shadow[/MENTION] lol this is much faster and way more stable than on my bionic.
[Motorola Droid 4] sd_shadow:
Stargo has released a more official safestrap

Safestrap-maserati-v3.75.apk (31-Jan-2015 )

if you installed the debugged version likely do not need to upgrade, but if you have 3.74 or lower use Safestrap-maserati-v3.75.apk (or newer)

follow the readme.txt instructions on the download site
[Motorola Droid 4] Oggie7797:
2-04 is now up on both my gdrive and xda, lots commits were synced so if you have issues please clean flash. I would really like some feedback because I see people downloading this. :p
[Motorola Droid 4] Septfox:
I've been using the version based on 01/28 since...er, the 28th. The only issues noted other than CM12's usual:

Tentacles > Voice wakeup > Retrain your voice causes a Settings crash

Tentacles > SuperSU causes a Settings crash

Display > Daydreams > Light Grid > Settings causes a Settings crash

As far as general feedback goes, I was a little annoyed to find that most if not all the normal baked-in CM sounds had been replaced, rather than supplemented.
[Motorola Droid 4] Oggie7797:
Supersu will crash in tentacles only if you neglected to flash supersu.zip (linked in op) it should autoflash but there's an issue with updater-script that I am trying to override. For now, whenever you flash you need to flash rom, gapps, AND supersu.zip. I think the voice wakeup is a cm12 bug too, but don't hold me to that since I use octos only. Thanks for the feedback but i'd also like some current feedback from newest rom too :)

Edit:

Just dirty flashed 2-04 on 1-28 dumped system and caches and flashed rom, supersu, and gapps and all is fine. Had to toggle airplane mode on/off to get 4g but it's doing fine now. Loving the new wallpaper lol been trying to get that for awhile because I was sick of all the teasers on G+
[Motorola Droid 4] Oggie7797:
New ROM up on both my gdrive and xda downloads. I can confirm that it boots unlike my latest spyder build....supersu must be flashed still, hopefully I'll get around to fixing that sooner or later. Enjoy! :)
[Motorola Droid 4] Oggie7797:
New rom up on gdrive, sd_shadow will provide xda mirror later. Nothing that much newer than last build other than it is now being compiled using the sabermod toolchain, so hopefully we can get a speed boost off that. Confirmed booting. Dirty flash by wiping system and caches (I always do) but if you have issues wipe everything and flash again. Supersu still required. Have a good weekend everyone.
[Motorola Droid 4] nowseewhatudid:
Hey when I receive a call my screen stays black and or I doesn't ring till about to go to voicemail
[Motorola Droid 4] sd_shadow:
which build?
[Motorola Droid 4] nowseewhatudid:
Sorry for the late reply but its happening on both your rom and cm12 I'm on verizon but it only happens on lollipop and when receive a call from screen off mode
[Motorola Droid 4] Oggie7797:
Yea if it's a cm12 problem expect that here too since I use their sources to build. I don't get many phone calls (text mostly) so I haven't experienced this. I'd give my latest build....I think the build date is 2-13? Regardless, it's on my gdrive...go give that a try after wiping /system (flash gapps and supersu obviously with ROM.) I dirty flashed it by just wiping system and caches and it runs great! Only changes over the previous was that it uses the sabermod toolchain for compilation, could be an illusion but it feels faster. Next build I hope to have found some time to add a governor or two (possibly ktoonservative but I'm open to suggestions) to kernel. Currently I'm iced in back home in northern arkansas and my laptop is about 3hrs away so don't expect any builds anytime soon.
[Motorola Droid 4] Oggie7797:
New build up on gdrive, will try to remember to add to xda in the morning. The only "changes" is mostly just omap4 changes just like cm12...OctOs no longer uses sabermod due to it causing issues...also a few things in settings are doubled, but that's because they're still adding things. I wiped system, cache, dalvik, flashed rom, gapps, supersu.