yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZenFone 2 General] Aceofzeroz:
Greetings and thank you for your very detailed unboxing and review on your Zenfone 2 unit, it's great to have you here!:D I've purchased and have (indirectly) received my 1.8GHz/2GB RAM/32GB ZE551ML model today and so far it's working well. :cool:

I don't physically have it yet as my brother in Florida collected and is sending it to me when possible. However, from the feedback of other Zf2 owners I know it's an exceptional device and is definitely worth purchasing any model.:)

There has been only one major issue with the 4GB ZE551ML variant, as reported by respective owners, and that's the short battery life due to high consumption. Have you and other Taiwanese people experienced this as well, and is Asus aware of this and other bugs?

I suspect that it's actually the Android 5.0 software since we know there's a memory leak that has been addressed in later versions. Regardless, many international owners are disappointed with this and personally I don't blame Asus as the device itself is fantastic. Thanks for anything you can share on this.

Sent from the Ace's MB865 using Tapatalk
[ZenFone 2 General] lordpipa:
I live in Dallas and own the 4g 32gb from Taiwan on At&t. Had it for a week now and battery consumption depends on how you use it and what network are you on mostly. If the phone keeps looking for Lte signal it'll drain your batt. If it keeps looking for WiFi signal even if WiFi is off it'll drain. Auto light it'll drain. 5.0 with me leak it'll drain. And constant fetching notifications it'll drain. I really can't complain with it being quad core and 4gb of ram on at all times its to be expected. Here is my batt consumption for today. This is calls, text, forums, Internet, Bluetooth, Pandora, and Spotify.

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[ZenFone 2 General] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
You should be getting more than 3 hours of screen on time though. I do see that you have pretty terrible signal, but still. Android OS shouldn't be using the most battery, but unfortunately it does. Battery and screen brightness in sunlight are the reasons I got rid of it.
[ZenFone 2 General] seshmaru:
Nice post, lots of info.
[ZenFone 2 General] lordpipa:
The signal is because it's always looking for Lte. I'm inside most of the time so it doesn't really affect me.
[ZenFone 2 General] yeahman45:
ncie review! lots of info! do you know if the 720p ze550ml camera is the same as the one on the ze551ml?

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I don't understand chinese

in this disassembly: http://www.asus.com/zentalk/tw/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=73844

Is it easy to change the battery? Do you just have to remove the simcard/microsd panel and then disconnect the battery? or it's more complicated?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Doctorimpossible:
Has anyone else been experiencing heavy battery drain and getting really hot for the last few months on the latest official cm 11 nightly? Roughly since midway through January. I've been having problems with the battery constantly draining, dropping quickly at times and getting really hot when only browsing the Web or texting. I have my phone only on for short bursts and have a screen filter to lower the brightness down to the point where it's barely visible, yet I still barely get 7 hours standby and like 2 with the screen on. If anyone has any ideas on how to improve the battery life till it is usable please.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
I hate to be the burden of bad news but your on a nightly and there will always be bugs. I wish I got great battery life with my S3 but sadly I didn't. Try maybe slimkat, that was always a solid rom

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Doctorimpossible:
Thanks for the quick reply.

So you think it's the bugs that's causing the battery drain then? Do you think switching to a milestone would help improve it all?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
I'd surely try it, if not slimkat is solid as far as battery life goes

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_Victorian:
Has anyone tried options 2,3, or 4 for unlocking the sim after s-off? (a5_Chl)

http://androidandme.com/2014/08/devices/three-ways-to-sim-unlock-the-htc-one-m8-for-free/

Thanks,

The_Victorian

EDIT: Option 3 states it supports the 816
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwhood:
Give it a shot,step 3
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_Victorian:
I don't have s-off yet, that why I was looking for outside input :)
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwhood:
Jcase posted a link too siemmpi link so siemmpi might be trust worthy
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ledvedder:
I just received it this afternoon, and have been getting things set up. So far, I'm loving it! But, there are a few things I've noticed that bother me. I'm just wondering if anyone has any ideas.

1. Can I change the location of the "apps" icon on the homescreen? I'm so used to it being in the middle of the 5 dock icons. But, it doesn't seem to let me change it.

2. Auto-brightness keeps getting unchecked, even though I select it. Why is this?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Juvenall:
Sadly, no. It's just one of the limitations of the TouchWiz launcher. Have a look at Google Now Launcher or Nova Launcher.

That is odd and sounds like a bug of some sort. In the week I've had mine, I've yet to experience this, so I can't be much help there.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ledvedder:
I've read a few other posts on the forums about the auto brightness thing. Seems to be a bug that'll hopefully get fixed with an update.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brava27:
Use lux auto brightness. Best brightness app. Nova launcher best launcher ever
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ledvedder:
Lux doesn't work right in lollipop. When pop-ups come up, (like to grant root access), you can't select anything.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] didinik:
hi to all,

i hard-bricked my my sony xperia x8, trying to UNLOCK the bootloader with msm7227 and now it will not light up, total dead not even the led.

Please:crying: is there any solution to reset my phone???
[Galaxy Note 4 Themes and Apps] abd3mobaraki:
Hello XDA users :D

You need :

1- Apktool for compiling

2- txt editor ( Notepad++ )

3- logsprovider.apk ( from system/priv-app

Steps :

1- decompile logsprovider.apk

2- go to :

smali\com\sec\android\provider\logsprovider\LogsProvider.smali

3- open LogsProvider.smali by notepad++ and search for :

const-string v3, "logs"

const-string v4, "sms"

const/16 v5, 0x9

4- Delete second line , after delete :

const-string v3, "logs"

const/16 v5, 0x9

5- now save file and recompile logsprovider.apk

:good::good::good:

in attachment LogsProvider.apk for last rom XXU1BOC5 replace and set permissions :)

Sorry for my bad english
[Galaxy Note 4 Themes and Apps] cjafer:
Ch play - samsung log converter

Sống trong đất nước thằng gù,thằng thẳng lưng lại là thằng quái dị.
[Galaxy Note 4 Themes and Apps] cojak72:
can you make one for note 4 n910f lollipop 5.01 oc3
[Galaxy Note 4 Themes and Apps] not-i:
or an easier way is to add the following lines in you others.xml (or features.xml depending what you rom has), save, make sure permissions are set rw-r--r-- and reboot. File is located in system/csc :)

<CscFeature_Contact_DisableMessageLog>true</CscFeature_Contact_DisableMessageLog>
<CscFeature_Contact_ConfigDefaultViewBy>AllCalls</CscFeature_Contact_ConfigDefaultViewBy>
[Galaxy Note 4 Themes and Apps] abd3mobaraki:
of course bro , give me your file LogsProvider.apk from your note 4 n910f

:good:
[Galaxy Note 4 Themes and Apps] cojak72:
thanks a lot

i found another from alexndr

mode of messages solve every thing

http://xdaforums.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/rom-bob4-devbase-multi-csc-safe-bloat-t3033881
[Galaxy Note 4 Themes and Apps] zak.ns:
This is works on galaxy s4, thanks ?
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt1515:
Trying to get the most out of the battery. Tried turning as much as I could off. Any suggestions for optimal settings while not cutting all the good out. Currently running 5.1 pure. Rooted greenify everything that says running NFC off BT off location set battery saving. Google now cards off. Still getting extremely high Google services percent. Phone currently at 30%

Also under security and apps with usage access what is this MotoCarelnt.
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FooBazza:
What SOT are you getting?
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt1515:
OK here is today's still at 64% but barely used the phone and google services still seems high considering I've tried to basically disable everything possible. Also SOT yesterday was about 2hrs.
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt1515:
Here's today's still getting high Google services

Is it just normal or what
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylantep:
I having the same issue. battery draining like mad since I installed 5.1 leak rom. I'm on pure version, not rooted.
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt1515:
Post pics of battery info is your Google services really high
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gabriel_hart:
I've been having the same issue the past couple weeks. Phone seems to be staying awake (reported under Android OS). I've tried uninstalling a bunch of apps, turning off BT and location services, etc. Doesn't seem to be doing any good. I used to go to bed with about 50% battery. Now I'm lucky if I have 10% left. Maybe 2 hrs SOT with 50% brightness.
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt1515:
Ok I found this from another thread from another site but I think this might finally be fixed. So go settings->app->all-> then scroll down to google play services. Select uninstall updates and then clear dalvik cache and regular cache and bam! Google services no longer killing battery. Also turn off all the location reporting from Google and anything else you can find and turn off syncing that isn't needed. 2hrs sot at 69% not too bad and also turn LTE preferred to H+ still plenty fast and saves more battery.
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt1515:
so here's the stats after these settings

Definitely better but Google services seem to come creeping back later in the day.(which was said may happen). SOT still pretty dam good but will be interesting to see tomorrow. Obviously there's some little bug going on but I can live with it. Maybe one day someone will actually figure it out. Still an awesome phone. 5hrs SOT at 10% can't complain to much but would be nice to get through a day
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pagep:
I have exactly the same problem! But this didn't happen before. As you can see on my screen. Everything was OK, than I used my phone for a little while and from that point it started draining the battery like crazy. And I din't touch it most of the time! ...
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pro.gangster:
gonna try this method, its seems a real improvement.

and I have a question, does playing music from a usb otg drain battery?
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justpastfinish:
How do you clear cache and dalvik on unrooted moto x
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pagep:
I have also noticed that this insane battery drain happens only when I have gps enabled.
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glarepate:
https://motorola-global-portal.cust...prod_answer_detail/a_id/101078/p/30,6720,9197
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justpastfinish:
Thanks
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eurano:
Hey did you update google services after this? Or you are using old version?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Firehawkns:
Knowing this site and seeing the rules as they are I know the site wouldn't allow pirated software on the site. You guys don't even allow talking about it.

Well, when I told a friend I got WM6 for my phone he is swearing up and down with me that it is pirated and that I am in Denial (which makes no sense). I honestly can't explain how it isn't illegal, so I figured I would let you guys tell me how to explain this.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Shadowmite:
You can't explain it because it is a form of piracy. Unless you put exactly the same version of software back on your phone with at most a few things removed, it's a pirated version. If you've put anything on it that isn't freely given out in the rom that you didn't have before than it's pirated.

This site doesn't condone warez or illegal distribution of applications.The difference is that in order to make use of these rom changes, you have to OWN a device purchased with the microsoft software to begin with.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Firehawkns:
So why would MS take the time to contact the site to remove some Roms and not all or these?

I would have also assumed pirated if it wasn't for the post to people asking for warez. If they allow one and not the other that isn't right, so I figured it was totally legal to have WM6. Maybe the same way I had Windows Longhorn (vista) back in the development days legally.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Sleuth255:
Our goal here is to make the software that you legally purchased with your $700 device actually work the way it was intended to work. We don't offer apps that aren't prepackaged with these devices. You purchased a WindowsMobile license when you purchased your device.

There's a complex relationship between m$, device manufacturers and Operators. Each makes changes to these devices. Consider XDA-Developers to be somewhere between the device manufacturer and the Operator level.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] .VIBE:
yeah, technically you paid for a microsoft license when you bought your phone. Still, copying these WM6 cooked ROMs ARE a form of piracy. But it does'nt really matter seeing as HTC is planning to Release a WM6 update anyway. we just got it a bit early.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] aximfan:
Our phones came with WM5 not WM6 :D

but.. HTC released WM6 for their devices but our phone carriers may never release them to us
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] truffle1234:
Come on guys this ROMs are not Paireted as they are not sold off the shelf... this is not windos XP Pro or Vista... this is a per loaded software on the devices and most of the or at least HTC is giving free upgrade....

but the ROM upgrade VOID's your hardware Warranty... as its stated in your Warranty terms...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Firehawkns:
So basically the terms of use for mobile phones is not the same as desktop software because you have no choice but to purchase a legit license for WM when you buy the phone?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] todd_jg:
So then, a movie leaked on the Internet before it's actual release date is not pirated? :confused:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Wam7:
That is not the point. The line, though a thin one, seems to be over whether you would normally have to PAY for the software. Thus depriving someone/corporation of revenue it would normally receive.

WM6 will not be charged for. So within those parameters does not fall within the the strict term "Piracy".
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Sleuth255:
That's pretty close Wam7. :) Operators and/or hardware developers pay licensing fees to m$ for every device they sell. That cost is supposedly subsidized in the price we pay. Therefore, as you say, revenues aren't decreased by our work here. With Warez, this isn't the case as the hacker deprives the author of revenue with every hacked version that gets used.

This is why we don't tolerate Warez here.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] dma1965:
Mcrosoft Offering Windows Mobile 6 Free

In this article:

http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/...ws-mobile-6-upgrade-for-device-manufacturers/

It is apparent that Windows Mobile 6 is being offered as a free upgrade to device manufacturers. In reality, what we early adopters are doing is beta testing the OS prior to final release. Microsoft, with their droves of legal experts, may wish to twist this into some sort of piracy, ip, rights issue to save face or just to be a$$hole$, and carriers may wish to add and take away what they want as well (I believe it was Cingular that whined to M$ about XDA-Developers), but the REALITY is that nobody here is doing anything more than unauthorized beta testing of an OS that has been released FOR FREE to device manufacturers. It may be more of a gray area when it comes to the addon applications that sometimes come bundled with the cooked ROMS, or as separate addons (i.e. Cyberon Voice Command), but only if the device you purchased did not originally include the same software. I am NOT a lawyer, and I am sure a lawyer could argue against my point just as easily as they could argue that a child molester is a victim of society. Nonetheless, I do not feel like I am doing anything wrong, and, in fact, I felt very annoyed at Cingular when they refused to give me a refund for my 8525 after I decided it was unusable 45 days after getting one (30 days is the policy for returns). My 8525 sat in a drawer for months, until I decided to flash with a WM6 ROM from this site. Suddenly, it worked! No more freezing, no more bluetooth bullcrap, no more missed calls. I agree with sleuth 100% when he says that what we are trying to do is get our devices to work as they should (stable, fast, trouble free). Despite the constant whining that some of the geeks on this site continue doing about petty bullcrap, bless them for stepping up and delivering a working product to those of us that would otherwise have to sit and wait for a bloated crapware ROM from Cingular with that POS "Get Express Mail" and "Get Telenav" cooked into it, and bless the power users who truly beta test the product to help make a better ROM.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] wpbear:
Who cares, MS is not going out of business, nor will the price of XP/Vista or my next HTC phone go down if I paid for WM6. I dont see Bill Gates eating in a soup kitchen.....oh and the fact that WM6 will be given free as an upgrade can make all the others feel warm and not dirty about themselves.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Shadowmite:
You see though why it still is piracy, at least right now. For every device running this wm6 software microsoft should have received a payment. If for some reason cingular decides not to upgrade these afterall (I'm just using this as hypothetical) then microsoft is in fact loosing some money. WM6 is not a free upgrade, that misprint was shot down by several new articles after it came out. The reason this form of piracy is accepted is because the end user has no possible way to PAY for the software legally, you have zero options to legally aquire the newer OS. Thus your pirating it becomes a "gray" area of the law.

This is no different than the canadians stealing DTV's signal from the US. They could not legally aquire the signal, their payment would not be accepted, thus they turned to the only other way to get it. That's of course all changed recently.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Firehawkns:
Oh trust me I don't care. I have 3 pirated XP pro machines running at my house. We just got in a discussion about it so I wanted to see what the answer was. It all started because of all the hell he gives me for my software habbits. :eek:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] wildbilll:
Hey, where is the EULA that I supposedly agreed to? I don't see one anywhere.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] the_passenger:
and since when do we have pirated beta software? Man, we're been risking our precious device to beta test WM6 for them.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] todd_jg:
Hmmm.... Well, I think that Microsoft may disagree with that.

http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=12837

Similarly, other boards have taken a different view.

http://www.phonenews.com/blog/content/view/133/11/

Also, the argument could be well made that putting WM6 on a device for which it was not intended DECREASES the sales of the devices it is supposed to go on - limiting upgrades. This would most definitely cut revenue - for the device manufacturers, M$ and the carriers who leverage the upgrades for contract extensions.

That said, I agree that it is a very fine line and that both sides of the argument can be made. However, in a courtroom fight, my money is on M$.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] exstatica:
Back in the day when direct tv hacking was very easy the canadian government said this.

If you can't buy it, its not stealing.

Same thing applies here in my opinion based on software.

going back to direct tv hacking they also said if it falls in your backyard then its owned by you. What did direct tv do? They made it harder to decrypt their signals. Solved their piracy problem, even if it was legal in some countries.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] todd_jg:
I like this thread - I hope people don't mind this philosophical discussion and that they take it as a fun mental exercise, not an argument.

So, then you would not mind if I came to your house and took your refrigerator, which is not currently for sale? Not sure about that one - seems overly simplistic. The fact that it is not currently "on the market" is not the same as saying that it has no monetary value.

I don't think that this argument would apply here. Surely the signals from DirecTV were being blasted down into your yard by a satellite. I think they Internet is quite different. Hmmm.... interesting though.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Firehawkns:
And when I was posting it I was sure that this had come up and I just missed it in my searching (well, I did find one mention, but I wasn't resurrecting a thread that didn't have anything to do with it just to satisfy my curiosity). I was just arguing with him on it, but not out of knowledge in the matter, just based off the site rules, so I wanted the knowledge part. I see that might not happen. lol

So far I wrote him back and said the answer is "Yes it is and no it isn't!" :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] GilesTheAlmighty:
We have Windows XP on our computers, with a license sticker, so that means we can have Vista for free

thats what its like, except on a miniture scale!

although i aggree we deserve this because these are better than an OEM Rom :P
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Shadowmite:
Sure, no problem, you are more than welcome to make a copy of my fridge since it's not for sale. That's not the same thing and you can't argue a point over physical property being equal to virtual property where copies cost nothing.