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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gamesg:
i have kit kat but thanks for your answer and you explanation .:)
[Galaxy S6 General] chillsen:
God i wish a mass group of us can write an email to Corning and let them know how distasteful it is to show videos of drops doing NO damage to show how tough Gorilla Glass 4 is. The glass will crack if it lands on any of the corners of the phone and will need to be replaced. Here is a drop video of a naked S6, it's cued to take you straight to the action. Notice that last drop, completely renders the display unusable :rolleyes:

Naked S6 drop test

EDIT: Here is the Corning video of their in-house drop test and how they make it seem tough enough to withstand drops without a case:

Corning GG4 lab tests

I am not saying it's supposed to be break proof but I saw this Corning glass video last month and really thought the S6 screens would be much tougher, not completely invincible of course.
[Galaxy S6 General] bkeaver:
Why email Corning??? They didn't make Samsung put it on both front and back of the phone. And yes its still glass so its going to be able to he broke. There is no way that they can make glass break proof on a phone.
[Galaxy S6 General] KarlDag:
Their whole marketing is that it's STRONGER than regular glass, not unbreakable.
[Galaxy S6 General] Poetique:
I doubt anyone on a forum of this caliber thought that because Corning put their name and "tech" on glass it's going to stop acting like glass.

Glass is glass. Glass is fragile. Glass often breaks on impact.

There's nothing interesting, surprising, or scandalous here.
[Galaxy S6 General] wund3rground:
As far as I know Corning has never made the claim that Gorilla Glass is unbreakable, only that it's super scratch resistant. This thread is dumb.
[Galaxy S6 General] NJGSII:
I think you're giving XDA just a little too much credit with that 1st statement. Just saying :) But really anyone who thinks the glass on this phone is impervious to cracking needs to lower their expectations. While being much more reinforced it's definetely prone to cracking. Which is why I have a slim clear case on mine. I had an iPhone 4 and having a device with a crack on the rear stinks.
[Galaxy S6 General] Poetique:
You might be right there. Though to be fair, back when I first started posting/lurking here, it would have been a pretty accurate statement lol. Mind you, this was actually my second XDA account :p
[Galaxy S6 General] Nomoi:
For any droptest to hold real merit they should have used an undamaged S6 for each individual drop. An already cracked screen being dropped on it's face breaks the entire screen? Wow, I did not expect that...
[Galaxy S6 General] le_lutin:
You seem surprised that glass breaks?
[Galaxy S6 General] felloffthetruck:
Gorilla Glass 4, New name, Butterfly Glass. :p
[Galaxy S6 General] chillsen:
No i'm shocked the way they made it seem how touch GG4 is with the lab tests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ObyPq-OmO0
[Galaxy S6 General] Hanson68:
I've seen other drop tests not sponsored by case/accessory manufacturers that show a much hardier device. The S6 edge has been dropped <6' without any glass damage in all the other drop tests I've seen.
[Galaxy S6 General] le_lutin:
So you want to see some videos of it surviving drops, is that it?

Knock yourself out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpsyGweP5so

Keep in mind the following: glass is not unbreakable.
[Galaxy S6 General] chillsen:
you're completely creating an incorrect assumption of my main point which is their marketing made gg4 look much more stronger to drops than in real life videos and its misleading. your cheap, sarcastic quips don't do much for me
[Galaxy S6 General] le_lutin:
But what is it that you want to see happen? A petition? What's the end-game here for you?
[Galaxy S6 General] chillsen:
acknowledgement to the masses of Corning's marketing being misleading, to make it seem that it is impervious to cracks when dropped. to not let others believe the hype due to Corning's marketing
[Galaxy S6 General] le_lutin:
Acknowledgement by Corning? If that's your end-game, I would give up right now as you'll be wasting your time and energy.

The video, that you, yourself linked to, specifically says:

- "Glass performance depends on device design, drop height and landing surface"

- "Our new formulation survives real-world drops on rough surfaces up to twice as often as competitive glass designs when dropped from one metre"

- (under the demonstrated test mechanism)"Withstands breakage 80% of the time".

Now how, specifically, in that video, do you feel you have been misled by any of the claims made?

Also keep in mind that Corning is not responsible for how any given manufacturer's design uses their glass.
[Galaxy S6 General] NJGSII:
When I first came here when I had my S2 I would had agreed lol.
[Galaxy S6 General] entropism:
There's about a half dozen threads saying that this phone is secretly waterproof because some asshat tossed it in a bowl of water and it didn't die until the water leaked in. Remember, the masses are asses, and there's no limit to how stupid people can be.
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Thanks for that video, pretty cool watching their testing equipment. Shame about the rest of your post being pointless and annoyingly full of paranoia.

Hah.. ParANOIA. Lame but still has more entertainment value than your post.

Yeah I saw that video. My thoughts were this: Yeah my car is crash proof until it crashes. At which time it can be fixed and then it is crash proof again.

Exactly the same theory to that video.. He puts it in water and soon enough it dies because of the water, then he takes it out and dries it off and soon enough it works again.
[Galaxy S6 General] Perry977:
The "unbreakable" gorilla glass 4 should then be called the "KingKong Glass". Just saying ??
[Galaxy S6 General] the Doctor:
No it won't.

Source

You should know what you are talking about before flaming someone and inciting others to join you.
[Galaxy S6 General] D15:
Stupid thread, especially considering we already have a thread for drop tests.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoobMonkey:
Lost track on all the different GAPPS while being stock over year now. So is there GAPPS package where u can choose which modules u want to install? If not, which one u suggest or which one uself r using?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragoi90:
I am using Slim mini 5.0.X!As i know PA GAPPS are dead!They closed the thread!Don't know the others!
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Renosh:
The PA Gapps project is continuing with another person. Check this

https://plus.google.com/communities/104296728204658607730
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragoi90:
Great!I'm settled with slim gapps and they get the job done!Anyway thank you for updating me!
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoobMonkey:
Got tha PA Gapps pico. Thnx again :)
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Dr.Zee:
I'm overwhelmed by all the shop speak regarding the android OS. Everything's an acronym, and everything sounds vaguely similar to everything else. Stock recovery, stock rom, stock firmware, factory reset, I'm a computer literate person, and I don't know what the difference is between any of these things, I only know that they're serious.

So here's my situation:

I have a Sprint HTC One M8, unlocked with s-off.

I have adb installed on my PC, TWRP and Super SU installed on my phone,

I need to install system updates, first to install KitKat 4.4.4, then immediately after, Lollipop.

When I go to install

my phone boots into TWRP mode

I go to update

select the update zip

swipe to flash

and get "updating partition details... failed"​

I gather that I'm supposed to first restore to a stock recovery, and I think I found the correct one here, but the instructions I'm finding are very convoluted. I need to either unlock or lock my bootloader using adb. I need to flash one of the downloads on that page, but I'm not certain which one, how to flash it.

I understand that this isn't a forum for newbies, but that's just the thing, I'm not usually lost when it comes to this stuff, which makes me think many others are probablylost as well.

Can anyone clearly explain the steps I need to take, with a minimum of acronyms, to do whatever you do with a stock recovery to then be able to install Sprint updates?

I posted this question in a different way back in November and had one member keep posting unhelpful answers until the whole thread got hijacked by piggyback questions. I've also found step by step guides that each conflict with one another. One may have 5 steps and the other may have 12, and in one way or another they've always gone off the rails until they no longer seemed to apply to my use case.

If you can help, thank you.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] dopy25:
First things first, this is a forum for all kinds but there is a Q&A section. :P

On to the update.

The first thing you need to do is boot to fastboot and type "fastboot oem lock" without quotes and press enter.

The device should be locked and from there you should be able to run the RUU (ROM update utility) that comes directly from htc, no need to do the incremental updates from KK (kitkat) to LP (Lollipop) unless you are looking to do something specific on a certain radio or firmware.

No need to flash stock recovery if you run the RUU, only lock the bootloader.

The RUU files are found on the HTC website or in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2729173 and you should find the directions there, just follow the S-on procedure if you are S-ON, you would know because at this point the only way to obtain S_OFF is to pay 25$ to use the Sunshine app.

This might be able to be moved to the Q&A by a mod and there are plenty of users and devs around here willing to help, just ask questions and try to follow the directions first.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Dr.Zee:
Thank you very much, I'll run through these steps.

Question, I installed a couple firmware patches after I got s-off. when this is finished, will those be overwritten? Will my phone still be s-off, or would I have to pay to have that done again?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] dopy25:
So you are S-OFF, OK.

No, the S_OFF is tracked by the device I believe, and would still be able to be used without having to pay again. I have read that many places.

I would not do the full RUU if you are s-off, but the thread I linked has zips to flash firmwares and roms and keep S_OFF. I am still on so I have no experience with S-OFF but I would not lock the bootloader until another s-off user confirms.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Dr.Zee:
I got a little wreckless and just went ahead and tried it. Everything worked. I'm running Lollipop, I still have S-off, and I just re-rooted through the HTC dev program. The firmware patches I installed were overwritten, but, you can't have everything.

Thank you very much, I'd been dealing with system update messages for months.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] dopy25:
What do you mean by patches? Just specific bits of firmware? I don't really know of any benefits to having specific bootloader or hboot or radio over another. It used to matter back in the day but I think it is best to have the most updated if you are going to run a newer ROM anyway.

Also, if you are S-OFF you can always downgrade any of them at any time. So if any of the patches you had before gave you any benefits you can always run them again.

Glad you got it taken care of. On any note, if you muck something up you can always run the RUU to get back to stock. HTC did us a huge favor with those.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Dr.Zee:
It's a patch that adds Harmon Kardon sound. Then I incorrectly remembered an app that enables Snapdragon audio (which is far superior to HK sound) but that's not firmware, you just need a rooted phone to be able to drop it into the system folder.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] lUnorthodoxFoxl:
Is there anyway to change the stock system emoji font to iOS emoji font. I've attempted a couple methods and the most success I've got was from Emoji Switcher by Steven Schoen which only changed it temporarily but eventually just switched back to Google's. I'm running Silverlinks34's Image if that counts for anything.
[General Topics] myk_83:
I've been trying to get some Gameboy Advance games to play on my Wizard, but I can't seem to get an emulator to work. I've searched around a bit, and found that everyone seems to recommend PocketGBA for Gameboy Advance gaming, but I can't seem to figure out how to install it.

The file I downloaded off the site for it doesn't seem to have any exectuables or archives, only files that are xxx.001 or something, which I'm not sure what to do with. Anyone got any ideas, or any suggestions of alternative emulators?
[General Topics] N1kko:
Here you go!

This is working fine on my Wizard... even if some games play slow compared to the perfomance on the Hermes.

But I haven't overclocked my cpu ;)

Just extract it and copy the whole directory on your wizard, no installation required.
[General Topics] scythe000:
Not working on WM6.1?
[General Topics] ronnie1015:
The worst thing is that aint workin in left-handed mode! :(
[General Topics] soiledrainbow:
The worst thing is that it has no virtual pad D;
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] mellie815:
Hi all,

I've looked through several of the existing threads on the Note 8 and I've not gotten anywhere yet. I had the device happily rooted and working for months and then, stupid me, I used ROM manager to flash a new ROM this morning and on boot, it's stuck on the logo.

I CAN get to the recovery menu, but reset to factory default does nothing. I have wiped the cache from recovery and then tried to factory reset again; still stuck on logo at boot.

I can also get to download mode and have tried using KIES 2.6 (since KIES 3 is for Android 4.4.2 and up) and every time I try to do the update firmware/recovery, it starts, stops and says 'there is a problem with the download file' and then it quits.

I have tried using ODIN 3.7 and a few different recovery files but although it will say 'passed', on reboot, it's stuck on the logo.

Can someone help me, please? This is the only tablet I own and I really need it to not be a door stop :(

:crying:
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Mr.201:
not bricked yet, maybe. for now, try to download latest firmware from sammobile.com for n5110 and use odin to flash it.

about the factory reset of course it would still boot loop, you are trying to factory reset a bootlooped rom so it doesnt matter. you should flash a new zip through recovery.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] mellie815:
Hi Mr.201,

Thank you for the suggestion. Question, when you say download the latest firmware, will it matter if I don't use the original? I ask because I've been trying to find the original firmware (stock) and while I've found many sites with GT-N5110 FW's, they are all coded for other countries; I can't seem to find one for US. So, if I use a newer firmware, will that work?

I can still get to recovery mode and download mode. I don't know if USB debugging is on, though, which I hope won't matter at this point. I can't remember if it was on when it died on me.

I appreciate your advice! Hopefully, I can get this thing going again. That would certainly make me a happy camper! :)
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] rtiangha:
For some reason, the US version is labelled as "Cellular South" but in general, any 5110 rom will work, although there are some quirks with wifi frequencies between the North American and European roms.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] j-heath:
My Note 8 got stuck in a boot loop. It was rooted/custom recovery/custom ROM. I tried some of things you did, and nothing worked. I ended up downloading and installing the ODIN one click recovery/un-rooted stock image from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2773712

This restores everything to stock (including the recovery). After flashing, it was still stuck in the boot loop. I booted into the factory recovery, and did a data wipe. After doing that, my note is working now. So ... doing this might be worth a try.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] gooberdude:
May I make a suggestion when flashing firmware... If you are flashing to something notreviously installed on the device. First flash with philz recovery and perform a full wipe for flashing new ROM. This way everything is clean for your flash to work properly.

A factory reset is not going to work as well for the new flash to take.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] 2Pints:
After becoming increasingly frustrated by poor battery performance, I decided to take the plunge and order a new battery from Amazon (UK) http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00SHVIV96?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

After previously breaking the screen and damaging the USB socket / circuit board which required a new screen assembly+new ribbon cable the battery replacement was incredibly easy in comparison and took under 5 minutes.

The old battery had the date of 2013, October 24th, the new one date code 2015, February 14

With moderate usage i was getting about 12 hours battery with screen on time of around 1 hr 30 ( GSam battery monitor ) with heavy usage this was significantly less.

with light usage I was returning from Work with about 40% left, which then took around 45 minutes to fully charge back again to 100% using a wireless charger.

Also recently the battery wasn't even charging on the official charger, instead it would drop about 2% per hour and charge very slowly with Bluetooth/wifi etc switched off.

The New battery came with 45% charge and its been on charge now for over an hour ( same as the old battery) and its only increased by 20% so it appears to be taking much longer to charge.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] luckana:
Mine will be delivered tomorrow morning. I have big hopes because i am also getting poor battery with 2h of SOT . Will report my experience
[Nexus 5 Accessories] 2Pints:
One of the things I know about Lithium batteries is that when they start to loose capacity they will charge quick - but also drain quick.

so far the charging appears to be taking forever - gained about 12% in the last hour. There are a lot of people who want fast charging however at the moment if slow charging=better battery then all the better.

One of the things ive missed with the nexus 5 is a replaceable battery ( that is one that you can swap while away - no tools required) and in place of that Ive been using a portable power pack with QI built in ( Rav power ) thats about the same size as the nexus 5, the nexus 5 in a case+the rav power QI charger both fit in a pocket and the nexus will charge from the QI charger whilst both are in a pocket.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] 2Pints:
Day 1 of usage, and im currently showing 15-20% extra charge remaining usually i would be at 40% ( give or take 5%) today at the same time i was at 63%
[Nexus 5 Accessories] ovalfastlx:
I notice my Nexus 5's battery charges rather quick. And been losing power fast as well. Maybe a new battery.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] AndreIrawan97:
So, is it so hard to replace my battery?

Because somehow my phone is heat so quickly (even on lightly use like chatting and 9gagging)

And also, my phone is draining so fast (after i plug out, it takes under 5 minutes to go from 100 to 99)
[Nexus 5 Accessories] thaerin:
So long as you have the right tools for the job, it's actually fairly easy going - IFixIt has a pretty handy guide for it.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] 2Pints:
Its actualy easier than the giude makes it look - if you dont have the tools then you can buy repair kits

the only tricky parts may the the bottom of the back cover where there may be a small amount of adhesive, and getting the old battery out - again as a result of a small amount of adhesive.

I would advise that you have something soft to place your nexus down on so you dont scratch the screen, something to keep the little screws in so they dont get lost, and a flat/clear area.

with a little bit of thought the nexus 5 could have been designed with a user replaceable battery .

As for usage not much to report yet, I've re-set Gsam battery ( only realised that it need to be re-set) and its currently reporting screen on of 2hr 21 battery life of 8hr 43 although this has only just been re-set so it may change.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] peikojose:
Is there a recommended seller at amazon.com?

Don't want to be scammed.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] archish:
Use a slow charger overnight or leave on the charge via computer USB port for whole night. Will help if you are doing fast charge all the time.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] luckana:
Changed mine couple days ago, i notice an increase in battery life compared to what i had before so i am happy. But i had difficulty taking out the old battery from the chassis, it was glued really fri*king hard. I hate adhesive
[Nexus 5 Accessories] ichundu:
yeah i remember when i replaced my cracked screen some months ago, removing the battery was the hardest part because of the adhesive. not that it was hard to get out but i had to be gentle not to damage the battery. any way our device has great repairability comparing to other devices which can be a nightmare. now i'm waiting for this battery to arrive and this time ti will not be difficult to remove since i have done it once. i hope this battery turns out good, i've heard good reviews of it even though it's not the default lg battery and has slightly more capacity.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] peikojose:
What is the date of the new batteries is everyone buying ? Someone is selling me a one with February 2014 date, it is new , but I think it is too old. What do you think ? My phone has one made I think in November 2013 (first batch n5).
[Nexus 5 Accessories] FuMMoD:
Where are you guys getting the batteries? I'm having trouble trusting these sellers.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] 2Pints:
I purchased my battery from a company called ITSTEK via amazon, the same place where i purchased my replacement screen from.

The first screen was purchased from another seller, packed in bubble wrap and had been taken from another nexus 5 ( had damage marks where it had been removed)

the screen from ITSTEK was inside a sealed anti static bag with LG markings and Korean/Chinese (?) writing on.

As for battery life GSAM is now reporting battery life 15hrs 22 min ( was 12hours

Screen on 2hr 10 ( was 1hr 30)

while that may not sound great each time i check the app the figures are going up time goes by.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] zerosum0:
If it's been kept cool and 60%charged should be OK. I'd rather a genuine one like that than a new copy off ebay

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[Nexus 5 Accessories] zerosum0:
a hundred and fifty usd!!!!!!

BTW anyone who has not taken theirs out its easier to do if the phone is very warm. Use plastic tools.

Sent by entanglement
[Nexus 5 Accessories] ichundu:
They sold out at the moment that's the reason. when i contacted the seller he said their getting new delivery at the end of may and the price will be normal again.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] zerosum0:
Thx I'll get one too, for the extra MA. Least you know what you are getting with that make. I've changed mine but bigger is better.

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[Nexus 5 Accessories] ichundu:
Well i have received my polarcell battery and been using it for 3 days now. I have written my impressions in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=60795458
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] crazycori:
Just out of curiosity if anyone else is downgrading back to 4.4.4. I honestly miss having Xposed Frameworks, I know its a matter of time but not being able to use some of the features is super annoying. I know at the moment there is no workaround for the Touchwiz framework issues and Xposed on 5.0, but if you are sticking with android L how are you dealing with not having Xposed? My biggest issue is with not being able to change DPI on an app basis and not the whole UI. Please feel free to comment on why you like Kitkat or Lollipop, thanks
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] beezar:
Never upgraded to begin with, never will until Xposed for Lollipop on touchwiz comes out. Xposed is just too useful.