yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] joashanchan:
xperia ion hspa update to 4.4.4 carbon rom

i am currently using freexperiaproject based cyanogenmod 9 and i want to update to kitkat 4.4.4 carbon rom. The rom i previously installed came with cwm v6. I see the free xperia project logo in the beginning. I tried flashing the carbon rom but i end up in a status 7 error.

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-s/ion-development/rom-carbon-rom-t2829657 please help! i read somewhere i need to update the cwm recovery but but phone isnt listed on cwm site and im also getting an error when i try to update via rom manager
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] vishals16:
Extract the zip of the carbon rom. Flash the boot.img using flashtool or fastboot, it must have a recovery. The you can flash the rom. :)
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] arcatarc:
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(23/02/2015)EDIT:If this method don't work for you use this app from PLAYSTORE:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cryptotel.chamelemac

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1) On your UmiZero,open "Settings-WLAN-Advanced settings-WLAN MAC address" keep note of your "WLAN MAC address"

2) Download & Extract UmiZeroNvramWriter to your desktop.

3) Run DriverSetup inside "Driver" folder.

4) Install BIRDA_SN_STATION_MT6592.

5) Run BIRDA_SN_STATION_MT6592 and select:

ComPort: USB VCOM

TargetSelect: SmartPhone

Model: WCDMA

Click on "System Config" button.

In the opened window select "WIFI Mac adr" (leave empty "Wifi Addr Header").

In "Data Base" section locate&select:

MDDB_UMIZERO (for MD DB_1 )

APDB_UMIZERO (for AP DB )

(You can find them inside folder "DB" of the extracted UmiZeroNvramWriter.zip)

Click "OK"

Click "START" on the BirdA SN Writer window

Insert your previously copyed WiFi MAC ADDRESS without ":" and lowercase (Ex: 00:08:22:C4:8e:1B BECOME 000822c48e1b)

When the notification COM port searching and preloader handshake... appears,Unplug the the devices and turn it off, don’t press the power button, connect your phone and PC with USB wire.

Click "OK" and the process will start....

....if everything has gone in the right way you should see the "Write Result Indicator" turn to green....

Now you can disconnect your device and reboot it.

IMPORTANT:

After reboot delete the folder "data/nvram" (using a Root Explorer) and reboot again (it will be auto re-created with the new values)

VERY VERY IMPORTANT:

THIS TOOL WRITE THE VALUES IN THE NVRAM SECTION OF YOUR DEVICES...SO IF YOU HAVE A PREVIOUS TWRP/CWM BACKUP YOU WANT TO RESTORE,UNCHECK "NVRAM" PARTITION (or you'll overwrite it with the old/wrong/bugged values)

IF YOU ENCOUNTER PROBLEMS DURING THE PROCESS IT IS 99% DUE TO WRONG/CORRUPTED DRIVER...IN THIS CASE TRY INSTALLING THE ONES INSIDE "\Desktop\UmiZeroNvramWriter\Driver(AlternateVersion)" OR RE-RUN "DriverUninstall & DriverSetup" INSIDE "\Desktop\UmiZeroNvramWriter\Driver"

...that's all...

ARCATARC.

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[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] 99.hemanth:
Can you please elaborate this line which mentioned ! .. its bit confusing to me :eek:

"When the notification COM port searching and preloader handshake... appears,Unplug the the devices and turn it off, don’t press the power button, connect your phone and PC with USB wire. "
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] FoOtY1337:
Thank you for this tutorial, just what I need. Step 1 is to see what your current MAC address is and write it down. However my MAC adress changes with every factory reset I make. How do I know for sure what my hardware MAC address is?

Best regard, FoOtY
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] arcatarc:
After you have Inserted your previously copyed WiFi MAC ADDRESS without ":" (Ex: 00:08:22:c4:8e:1b BECOME 000822c48e1b)and clicked "OK".............Connect your UmiZero "turned off" :laugh:
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] arcatarc:
You don't need to know what is your "exact" mac address (it should be writed in factory....but they don't).

You can simply use one of the random ones generated from your phone(best way) or go to THIS SITE and get one..

Don't worry:there are BILLIONS of conbinations possible...
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] 99.hemanth:
I followed each and every step as advised and even I got green signal "pass" and deleted data/nvram folder and rebooted, But still I see nvram error 0x0 after rebooting ....

It didnt solve :(
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] arcatarc:
It happened to me me too(i don't know why) but the third time it worked.....

...another possible option is to do it with stock rom(to be honest i've done it some weeks ago and i dont remember if i was on EMUmI or Stock rom....)
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] 99.hemanth:
I think you have done it in stock ROM ... not on EMUml ....

Becoz we cant find "Settings-About phone-Status" keep note of your "WLAN MAC address" - here in EMUml ..... its in stock ROM u find it ...

For EMUml we need to goto "settings-WLAN-Advanced settings-WLAN MAC address"
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] arcatarc:
Did have you tryed inserting the MAC address in lowercase?(could be that the problem)
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] FoOtY1337:
Ah thanks Arcatarc! So when I change the MAC address with your method it will stay even when I preform a wipe from the Android settings / CWM? How could UMI release it like this? My WiFi is so unstable :(

Best regards!
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] 99.hemanth:
yes! .. i inserted in lower case only .........
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] Tarnak:
Hi Arcatarc,

I've the same problem, writing to nvram is ok, deleting folder is ok but still have random mac address whenever I on/off wifi.

Could you give offset in file where MAC is stored, I'll try to place correct address by hexedit.

Is it storred in wifi or wifi_custom?
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] Tarnak:
Guys,

After two days I think, that I've found the solution - permanent :)

What is important:

- files: wifi & wifi_custom must have rights: r-- r-- r-- (see photo)

- owner & guid must be empty (see photo)

- need 2 apps: hex editor & es file explorer installed

- the most important thing is correct MAC ADDRESS, it must start with 000820XXXXXX use online generators like:

http://www.miniwebtool.com/mac-address-generator/

So, what we need to do:

1. Important - (Turn ON WIFI), delete files "WIFI" & "WIFI_custom" from folder "data/nvram/APCFG/APRDEB/" to have them recreated with correct owner & guid rights after restart.

2. Restart phone.

3. Turn off wifi.

4. Use hex editor to edit file or better mobileuncle tools (engineer mode ->(MTK)-> connectivity menu-> wifi ->nvram). Look at attached photos, You will need to insert own MAC address to file. You have two ways:

- by Mobileuncle under "Byte String Access" set

addr value "4"

length value 6

Press "Read", should show you some random generated mac address, delete it and place your new valid MAC Address & press "Write".

That should save your new mac, you can check if that was saved by pressing "Read", should show you your new mac address.

- by Hex editor (give it root rights in options) and open "WIFI" file, go to offset $4 and insert your new mac address & save file. (see photo)

5. We need to set correct rights on both files "WIFI" & "WIFI_custom". I've used "es files explorer" and set all only as Readable. Remember do this on both files. Don't change owner & guid rights, must be blank.

PS.

I've messing around quite long, so I hope that I wrote the steps in correct order. If that doesn't work, try to turn on wifi after saving new mac address, or restarting between some steps etc.

I've used mobileuncle but I know that some of you had problem, so I've wrote the hex editor way.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] arcatarc:
Alternative way

(23/02/2015)EDIT:If this method don't work for you use this app from PLAYSTORE:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cryptotel.chamelemac
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] victorzijka:
So, if we fix the mac adress the "NVRAM WARNING ERR 0x10" error dissapear? or just our mac don't change every time?
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] arcatarc:
yes,the error is generated from it..
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] drodero:
Driver doesn't work in W7 64 bit (driversetup.exe installer)
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] redtiger07:
got this error, please help

SP_META_ConnectInMetaMode_r Error: maybe is DEFAULT_FAIL cause this error...

Error: Connect failed, Exit Meta Mode
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] Shafaq.qazi@gmail.com:
After following each step carefully after the button turned green when I restarted the device, the SIM card not recognized, when checked IEMI Nos were gone.

Kindly suggest now.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] arcatarc:
Try deleting "data/nvram" folder and reboot.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] Shafaq.qazi@gmail.com:
There is no such folder Data/NVRAM, Also I tried to downgrade it to V. 3.06, it was sucessfull, Now I'm at V 3.06. But now it does not upgrades also. tried to Write MAC Address and IMEI, but nothing happens.

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Please also specify how to delete Data/NVRAM steps.

Thanks
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] Shafaq.qazi@gmail.com:
Please also refer the attached screen shots
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] Shafaq.qazi@gmail.com:
MAC Address problem resolved, NVRAM deleted and set rebooted, Now only issue with IMEI no. and BT etc. could not be written from the tool you provided.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] Shafaq.qazi@gmail.com:
Now the current status is attached, Please suggest.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] arcatarc:
Try this:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cryptotel.chamelephon
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] Shafaq.qazi@gmail.com:
Thanks for everything, now my phone does'nt upgrades like I had renamed kitkat (Lollipop) verson, through OTA._update.zip. it does not upgrades and stays to the same 4.4.2 ver. kindly suggest.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] arcatarc:
The right name is "ota-update.zip"...
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] Shafaq.qazi@gmail.com:
Yes it is the same. Somehow I d managed to upgrade. IMEI could not be written niether by vhamelephon or the writer. Due to this sim could not be detected.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] arcatarc:
Ok...I think the better thing you can do is to reflash a stock firmware in Sptools format,it should fix your problem..

(Probably you got a corrupted nvram partition)
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] Shafaq.qazi@gmail.com:
Nothing Works, Could you plz provide any link for the tutorial.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] arcatarc:
There are many tutorials on the net,this is one of them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92uHmaVKj0I

Or this:

http://umidigi.com/forums/topic/how-to-restore-rom-version-3-03-2/

And here you can find some Roms:

http://www.needrom.com/download/umi-zero-2/
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] Shafaq.qazi@gmail.com:
Thanks arcatarc, I'll try those and revertback ASAP.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] goldbear:
In "Data Base" section locate&select:

MDDB_UMIZERO (for MD DB_1 )

APDB_UMIZERO (for AP DB )

(You can find them inside folder "DB" of the extracted UmiZeroNvramWriter.zip)

I cannot get this to work. Not clear exactly what to do and the program 'not responding'.
[Off-topic] djrealistic:
miui

Miui has the best ui...whereas its appdrawer is not so good

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Its lockscreens are also owesome

U can't even think of them
[Off-topic] Jesse72:
Windows Phone 8.1. If only it had more customisation, it would be my favourite OS by far.
[Off-topic] asianhawk93:
Htc Sense 4/4.5/5/6 or Miui V 6 Now
[Off-topic] sampeto:
Honestly I'd have to just say the stock Android Lollipop UI. Nice and simple but with elegant animations and transitions.
[Off-topic] berkeaydin:
Stock android for me... Simple, minimal, fast

On the OEM side even though I haven't used it for a long period, sense looks cool
[Off-topic] strategist99:
it was, it is, and it will be - MEEGO Harmattan on Nokia's N9...

simply superb..

regards
[Off-topic] Alephone99:
M.... Miui v6
[Off-topic] ProTechShark:
Stock Lollipop then Flyme
[Off-topic] Sk4lex:
Windows phone 10 will be out soon with a lot more customizations than windows phone 8.1

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I would pick stock android lollipop as it's material design is so beautiful that it automatically makes up for any bugs and faults in my opinion.
[Off-topic] Toledo_JAB:
Ohh good question!!!

the best UI is SONY stock.

Cuz you can't SENSE or TOUCHWIZ this

[YOUTUBE]otCpCn0l4Wo[/YOUTUBE]

HAHAHAHAHA
[Off-topic] bulldog4574:
MIUI by a mile for me
[Off-topic] azairaz05:
android factory Lolliop true elegance
[Off-topic] advent_geek:
i agree with you, there we can find lots of free theme, more over lots of in Build app

SECURITY app which is must needed one for smart phone :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] full2000:
Hi all!

Is it possible to flash a firmware version for e.g. Bulgaria (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N7505/) for a german Note3Neo? As far as I know there are all languages included?!.After this I would flash a europen modem and have the newest 4.4.2 version on my phone (e.g. N7505XXUCOB1). Is this possible?
[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikolas60:
yes you can nothing will happen and you phone will be faster and you will get faster 4g too
[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] full2000:
No bugfixing or something like this?!
[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] igy_tab:
I think it little bit battery drain more.
[Android General] demaperera:
The latest WhatsApp feature is generating a lot of duplicate threads on XDA, drowning other threads in the process. Many are also posted in the wrong section. We're closing down all invite threads to keep the clutter down to a minimum. Instead, please use The Consolidated WhatsApp Calling Thread as a consolidated thread for all discussions related to the WhatsApp calling feature and invites. Thank you!

***UPDATE***
​

As of the

21st of February

WhatsApp has again paused the roll out of the calling feature, so you cant call a person anymore to activate it. It has also rolled back the version from 2.11.531 to 2.11.527. I will post an update here once the activation process works again. Hopefully the next time we see WhatsApp Call, it'll be in a public release.

Users who have already activated the feature can continue using it.

***
​

WhatsApp Call has been re-enabled on the newest update of WhatsApp available on the Google Play Store.

Although the feature has not been listed in the What's New list, it has been officially included in the package. However the feature can only be activated if another user who has already activated the Call Feature, calls you first.

Thanks goes out to XDA member - Osma for giving me the activation call.

Download Links

Google Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp

External Link (version 2.11.531): apkmirror.com/apk/whatsapp-inc/whatsapp/whatsapp-2-11-531-android-apk-download/

N.B. Since this feature is still in the beta stage, a few users have reported a few glitches and bugs in the program.

Give this post a :good: if it helped you.

Find screenshots in the attachments below. The last screenshot is of an ongoing WhatsApp call.
[Android General] deviantartjr:
Can you try to call me mate? Want to try it too
[Android General] demaperera:
PM me with your number :)
[Android General] Mr_Dkbza:
Call me too

Hi,

Can you call me too.. I'm just downloading the update.

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[Android General] aLeXiNDj:
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[Android General] Route 66:
Can someone please call me? +5511981751535 Thanks!
[Android General] demmo81:
I get the call collimation but as soon as I try to call it decry disconnect
[Android General] ikjadoon:
Hi! :) I've sent you a PM. If it gets enabled for me, I'll "pay it forward" and call another 10 people. :)

I don't understand how 500+ people got activated in the last thread and just a few people thought to activate it for other people. :( If someone helps you, we should help others, too.
[Android General] mikhailakers:
1 784 454 6758 can someone assist me as well thank you.
[Android General] demmo81:
Guys please anyone activate it call us to activate I have the call option after using the root explorer thing but it doesn't call it disconnect directly
[Android General] singhranjit:
I get disconnected when i call somebody this is a bug

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[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AR64SH:
Hi everybody,

I've made Root and I've installed TWRP when there weren't yet advice for EFS. After return to stock with the 4.4.2 I've no serial/bluetooth address. I've decided to solve only now after a year. As you can see in the picture below is shown in Info about device screen. Having some problems about touch error in respond or no responds it's important to not avoid warranty to get serial back .

Anyone have a solution?

EDIT: Sorry, wrong image. Corrected (Added)!
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] java87:
You can use LG PC Suite and recover your device to stock and you will get your serial but you will lost root access. You can also install some other version of rooted stock android (I assume you installed v50018a) like v50020B or so...and you should get back you serial number and still have root access. Good luck!
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AR64SH:
No I'ven't root now and the OS is w50020D 4.4.2 stock, updated with LG Tool...

Do you think that backing to stock 4.2.1 I'll get back my serial?
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] java87:
If you used LG PC Suite to install 4.4.2. you should have your serial number. If not then try to install 4.2.2. and after that you can install KitKat via PC Suite but you will lost Loki hack.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] mizooo:
Cant watch videos on my p6 running b512 ! They stop and the screen freeze after a little moment !! Ps: i had the same trouble with b118
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThoR294:
What a PAIN in the BUTT! My s3 was soooooooo much easier!

Anyway, my girlfriend wanted to root her phone because she is sick of the samsung stuff and touchwhiz. I tried following various methods, but nothing worked.

I managed to FINALLY get super user installed on the phone, and I installed ROM Manager. I used that to "install" CWM Recovery. It says CWM Recovery is installed, but when I boot into recovery, I get the VZW recovery thing. It pops up with the little droid dead saying "No Command" in the background.

I'm stuck. No idea what to do and every spot is a dead end on the internet. I tried using Loki_Flash to flash the recovery.lok for CWM, but it says wrong device type. :crying:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
You should go to the verizon section of your phone. You need safestrap. You can't use CWM. Sorry but the Verizon version suck big time.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThoR294:
After i wrote this post I found the safestrap write up... I will try this way lol. What a PITA.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] jlingo:
I am looking for a great brand, best quality price no object. any comment?

I am currently using Sony Ericsson HBH610 at the moment and not happy with the sound quality.

Whenever I was in the car or moving around, people whom I was calling said that they were hearing my voice choppy.

thanks
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] ade0282:
Jabra BT8010, I was a bit nervous about the BT headsets but these were recommended to me by the forum. THey sound great and are very versatile with built in phone book and OLED screen.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] jlingo:
Oh I have a question though with A2DP, Could you possibly answer the phone in stereo mode using Jabra BT8010? or it would switch automatically into one side mono mode whenever there is a phone call? I prefer Stereo mode for phone calls if possible since it enables me to hear more clearly and comfortably with 2 ears.

I don't think that I would be using BT8010 for music listening since I think my sensaphonics 2X-S aka ACS-T2 much better.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] ade0282:
it runs calls through both ear pieces if both are connected
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] jlingo:
Hi Ade,

I have been reading the manual for BT8010 and it says that it will automatically convert into mono mode when we answer the phone. Are you sure we can enforce the stereo mode for phone calls?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] ade0282:
I cna confirm on mine audio is played through both headphones
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] cornelius:
Have you try JetWare? Did it work to you?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] jlingo:
From my perspective:

Ok I bought Jabra BT8010 today. The earphones' sound quality are exceptional compared to my Sony HBH-610. It sounds more open, flat/neutral, bigger soundstage, ..., so it's a lot more comfortable to carry out a conversation for a long period of time. And in Stereo mode. IT'S EXCEPTIONAL. I love the stereo mode, the sound is very open very clear and very relaxing.

Sony Ericsson HBH-610 on the other hand sounds very forward, It's like a slap in your face kinda sound, it's got peak in the treble area. Some people preceive this as better for conversation since you can hear sibilance more but then it could also mean that your ears may easily go fatigue a lot faster, and most likely damaging/bad for your ears as well.

From the person who received my phone calls:

Sony Ericsson sounds much cleaner, clearer, definitely better than the Jabra BT8010. The sound is more refined and fuller. The Jabra sounds boxy, lacking high, and also more digital sounding as if, you can hear cheap compression effects
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] haim:
As any one tray this SE Bluetooth Headset HBH-DS970 A2DP:http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Ericsson-S...yZ133233QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

i order one today and i wait to test them with my ADVANTAGE.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] JontyJonty:
HBH-DS970

This is a excellent headset. I have been using it now for 2 weeks and it workd perfectly!! In fact a friend of mine has asked me to order 3 for him and his family.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] haim:
well i'm glad to read your opinion.

How is the sound quality whan you listen to MP3 files with A2DP?

whan you recive call phone do you get the voice through both headphones in stereo mode or in mono mode?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eggshaped:
Hi

I'd be grateful if anyone can offer any advice about very poor 3g speed. On my S5 my data connection fluctuates between 1mb and being so slow it cuts out. The same sim card in my iphone gets a steady 3mb so I know the problem is something to do with the S5.

I'm not sure if it's something that can be configured manually or if changing the modem or kernel will help. I'm not too knowledgeable about these things and am a bit nervous to mess with them when I don't understand what I'm doing.

My phone is on BOA3 modem with a BOA3 Lollipop rom (Ambassadii's rom). It had the same data problem on the Odin flashed stock Lollipop. Should I try a different modem and can anyone suggest which one please? I'm on giffgaff (o2) in the UK.

Thanks :)