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[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] Winb33:
Very nice theme !

Simple but efficient ! Cool to see theme not based on material ! I' m not fan also :)

Two request for eventual next release :

Could you make a version without red element ? and let them in white (or black) like + button in contact and bar under contact / favorite / groups ?

In setting section : Get all the background in black and text in white ? (but i dont know if can be done)

thanks a lot for your work ! it's now my daily theme !
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] Resurgence110:
With the white Buttons, i can do.

With a black backgrond, at this time not.

Lollipop is in many Options not how KitKat.

But i work for an Dark Lolipop Theme.
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] Resurgence110:
Theme " Gotham"

for all those interested in it.

I wait for the permission of Warner Bros. to share my

next Work.

It will be a pay app, but with many changes.

The Theme calls " Gotham " and is a Theme with Batman.

I share a 4.4.4 and a 5.0 Version

But, i must wait for the E-Mail.
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] slonn:
Why is it called Dark when most of it is white?
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] Resurgence110:
Look at the Wallpaper
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] donisan969:
I have some thumb rule, never update to the newest firmware, and reed the comments. Also at home I have a router, that the manufacture update the firmware from time to time, but I used to run one firmware before the last one. It just an example, but since all the Lollipop, people complain, so why bother? Can't you wait for a while, till Google resolve all the issues? Do you consider Kitkat was perfect then? Or does Lollipop runs perfect on Nexus 6 & 9? I'm starting to think, it intentionally, like iOS 7 on iCrap 4, on iOS 6 it was fine, just think of it, maybe Google do it intentionally, to make us buy a new device? Or they just do a bad optimization job for older devices, and put all effort toward new devices? Any thoughts? I know we all nexus user, are a free beta testers, but if running latest firmware, means it brick out devices, it's hard to thrust Google like that, so I think it's better to stay on Kitkat till better times.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] yosmokinman:
The people who's tablets work fine (the vast majority I'd guess) don't complain. You only here from the people who have problems.

I've been on lollipop since the preview and it's been great. I'll be flashing 5.1.1 the second it's out. Kitkat is dead to me, and very ugly looking back. It certainly was not perfect.

If my device gets the brick people are talking about it would suck but I really, really doubt it has anything to do with the firmware. Some hardware failure most likely. No reason to stay on an old release.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] anwedr:
5.0.2 was horrible. While I disregard majority of users complaining of battery life, some of them weren't spewing nonsense.

5.1 is an improvement. I'm one of the guys who do not post every complaint or dissatisfaction I encounter with the Nexus 7. I know what the problem is, I know where to ask for help to pinpoint the cause, now it's my turn to make a decision, stay on Lollipop? or revert to KitKat? Or remove the cause, in other words the app itself.

Back to the OP, there is no risk updating to 5.x. Your device won't magically break. If you like to play it safe, maybe it's better for you to wait for user feedback and ignore the OTA.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] donisan969:
OTA you say...

All I hear ate 2 things "Memory leak" & "Bad battery life", be it Nexus 4, 5 or 7, all after the "Lollipop", ...mostly the "Memory leak thing, that told to be solved after each update :eek:

Is it safer to flash from ADB? or the "dead" devices dyed in both ways? be it ADB on clean device, after reset, or just OTA? I personally, never thrust OTA updates, I wish there was an easy way, to make a full backup, like a "Norton Ghost" for PC's, I know it can be done with ADB, the question is, if there's any difference, between flashing "with wipe" or without? or maybe the "dead" devices was : 1. rooted, 2. bootloader unlocked, 3. encrypted, or something else? I mean, Google do test all new FW on real devices? don't they?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] yosmokinman:
I wouldn't take an ota myself. Not because of "the brick," I think thats a hardware problem, I feel it's a cleaner update with fastboot and if something fails I'll know what.

And you can (and should) make full nandroid backups in a custom recovery (cwm, twrp etc.).

But to the poster aboves comment it just goes to show you people are having different experiences. 5.0.2 was fantastic for me, great battery life, best it's ever been actually (still as good on 5.1 ~8 hours screen time over two days.)

The memory leak was/is a problem. Oh no I had to reboot once a week. Huge headache. On 5.1 I'm at 270 hours uptime and system ram's at 479. It is creeping up slooowly but better than 5.0.2

I guess it depends what you do with the tablet and especially what apps you have installed. I use my **** pretty heavily though so I don't know why I'v had no problems.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] quickdraw86:
Hard bricks have been reported from both OTA and ADB updates, but very seldom from users of custom ROMs... Most likely cause is eMMC failure due to faulty hardware, though the issue is present on nexus 4 and 5 as well... Possibly faulty bootloader software too.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] yosmokinman:
^Bootloader faults could be possible.. that has pretty low level access. I don't know low enough to corrupt the chip. I don't know. Asus/google probably does but guaranteed you'll never hear a word from them.

I hope it's not something like the infamous s2 brickbug. Then you're just playing russian roulette. Maybe entropy can help lol.

What emmc chips are the 4 and 5 using? I'll have to look.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] mertzi:
I'm not sure this is true but if you use Greenify I think the memory is kept in check better, although it requires root. I still see the occasional launcher redraw but not nearly as bad as it was in 5.0. I was on 5.0.2 for several weeks and wouldn't have updated if I hadn't read about the hardware failures.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] sale 83:
Well if you don't update your tab, than you don't need a Nexus, buy some cheap chinese tabs for 70-100$, almost all of them are on kitkat, most of them vanila android, no updates, and they all work fine.

This is Nexus.It's a developers tab, for testig, trying, people who like the freshest system on their device, who like clean android....if something's not working, there's always an image of the old system or a bunch of ROMs to test and use...
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] donisan969:
I know, I myself for now test windows 10 on work PC, and a server 10 preview, but computers and tablets are different things, because you not have that much control for both. All I say, is, that I see same threads for any nexus device, I had a Galaxy nexus before, so I know. About s2, there was a rumor about some other Samsung devices back than.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] quickdraw86:
Device OEM is irrelevant in that regard, the quality of internal components is really the crux of understanding hardware failure IMO. of the major android OEMs, all of them have in the past put forth devices that were predisposed to early hardware failure, mostly due to choices of components used during the manufacturing process. Hardware revisions on individual devices of the same model is also a valid form of comparison.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] achrafi9305:
Hi all ! I made this thread to share with you my experience with i9305 roms/kernel and to make it easy to users which rom to choose ! I tried almost every rom/kernel for i9305 and here are my feedbacks.I didnt make thus thread to say this rom is good and this one is bad! just to compare depending on stability speed battery life ... on every android version you will find the best rom! Let's start

ROMS

Android Lollipop 5.x

Android Lollipop 5.1.x

AICP 9.0 Rom: I personally think that this is the best 5.1.x rom for i9305!

It s really fast and stable and has a great battery life

Note: RR rom is awesome also but aico is more stable (I got some fcs with RR)

Android 5.0.x

In android 5.0 I ll give to great roms to try

1.CyanogenMod 12 : even it is an unofficial rom but cm12 by winxuser is amazing specially stable build

2.AICP 8.0 : it is unofficial also but a very good rom

Androod KitKat 4.4.4

so in kk 4.4.4 I ll devide it to 3 sections : stock/stock based . Note 4 rom . S5 rom

Stock/stock based

I think Amcha rom is the best stock based 4.4 rom for i9305 ! n4 and s5 trasformers are there

Note 4

N4 Elite lite is the best

S5

S5 elite lite is the best

thanks [MENTION=5784234]MaHo_66[/MENTION]

Note: also qasim's note 4 ultimate rom is good but it has some bugs and issues

Alsi The Galaxy Project rom is amazing but it has less features compared to amcha

Kernels

For Lollipop 5.1.x

Agni 2.9.1 is the only one currently

For Lollipop 5.0.x

Boeffla is the best in battery life

Archie is the best in features

For KitKat

Agni kernel is the best

Thanks all
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] RuffBuster:
Thanks for your opinions. I planning to make S3 LTE my next phone, and for someone who is just starting here, knowing what others are enjoying the use of is great start for my flashing beginnings. Especially with the huge list of ROMs available. I know these "best ROM" threads are normally looked down upon, but I always value others opinions. Good starting point for S3 LTE noobs.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Glenn2:
I've tried quite a few ROMs on my I9305. Only had it a few months.

CM12.1 - very smooth, the smoothest I've tried. GPS takes minutes to fix and not very accurate, data unreliable, many video playback problems, so I reluctantly left it (at BETA 4 stage).

AICP 8 (5.0.2) - quite smooth but I could not get rid of an issue with music dropouts when screen is off, despite trying all the kernels etc. A few extra features like ad blockers which didn't seem to work too well.

CM11 - very smooth (smoother still with ART on). GPS also not very good and data unreliable, but video playback at least is OK. Sleep of death on occasions. Seemed to chop the beginning off sound notifications, so didn't always hear them. Music drops out when cell connectivity changes. More bugs that I've forgotten. This was last month so I doubt it's any better now.

N4 Elite (KK stock based) - very pretty but very laggy. If you disable (root app delete) most of the features it gets better but still laggy. Smooth one minute, laggy the next, as though some process was misbehaving. Worth keeping an eye on in case it gets smoother.

S5 Elite (KK stock based) - a lot of trouble to install for some reason, lots of connectivity issues, completely failed to connect to my office wifi at all (EAP auth). Didn't try it for very long so no idea about GPS etc.

4.4.4 stock - no major problems, a few graphical glitches (may have been Agni kernel), not quite as smooth as 4.3, no reason to use it over 4.3 as we had transparent status bar anyway and Samsung did not enable ART.

4.3 stock - everything works! Data and Wifi are reliable, GPS fixes in seconds and is accurate to 10 feet, no issues or glitches with anything at all. And it's smooth. Not as smooth as CM12.1 but smoother than any KK rom I tried. This is with lots of the Samsung crap turned off/deleted of course.

---------- Post added at 04:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:37 PM ----------

I should add that I am using 4.3 at the moment. I like trying the new ROMs but eventually I just want a phone that works properly so I go back to 4.3!
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] pen68:
Best Roms

I have to agree Amcha too is my favourite stock based. Smooth and great with Google launcher.

I have tried all the 5.x ROMs and as a CM fan go CM12 closely followed by AICP both using custom kernel as I need the extra volume being a bit deaf.

But at the moment I'm using the new Miui 6 rom . I have to say thanks to those who work on it - its smooth , very fast, decent battery life, excellent modem in the UK, bug free from what I can see and just works well. It takes a bit of setting up to clear up some of the CN apps etc but definitely my daily for now. I'm sticking with 4.4.4 because I use iPlayer a lot and sadly none of the 5.x's will run on it yet.

Updated to 5.6.6 today

Now has 4 way boot and more toggles ie Sync among other fixes/improvements. OTA appears broken but downloaded from the miui link and flashed in 'normal' way.

*Mega download doesn't seem to work on mobile - just opens Mega app advert for the Playstore .
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] trey32:
Could you take screenshot which Samsung crap you turned off for 4.3?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Glenn2:
I don't know I used something called rom cleaner right after I flashed it.

I've now found a better option anyway - Amcha ROM. It's based on stock Samsung 4.4.4 (so everything works) but it is de-bloated from the start, and has plenty of options in the aroma installer for adding extras that you want and removing stuff that you don't. It's also extremely smooth. You get a choice of three UI styles - S3 (stock), S5 and N4. I tried the N4 option but that still has some issues with colours I think (some menus with white text on white). The S5 UI is perfect and has no issues.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/development-i9305/rom-amcha-rom-kk-simply-cust-t2898961
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] pen68:
You can also mix up the Stock i9305, S5 and Note 4 styles if you wish. I 'experimented' as I kind of prefer the Stock menu style rather than the coloured circles for About, Wifi etc, but like inparticular Note 4 styling. The white on white bug could do with a fix though.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Ri9000:
on stock jb my i9305 was always a battery eater.

I tried many roms but all had problems . .

I found r-extreme jb and everything worked nicely for ages, till I got sdcard corruption. . a jb/kernel issue, can't remember now. But kk was maturing, and I wanted better battery life. .

Then I found SlimSaber 4.4.4. The camera just worked, unlike other kk roms that need workarounds. The display dpi was far too small for my aged eyes but easy to fix. Gps required an app to set region, then it worked fine. Some cut and try with modems, as usual. I find the "real dark slim" very clear to read.

Then google-play-services auto updated and the phone never went to deep sleep. My battery problems got worse. None of the "fixes" worked so I re-installed and went gapps free. I imported my contacts from a vcf, email from the builtin email app, maps from nokias "here" app.

After 6 months the only thing I really miss is calendar sync, but for me battery life has now doubled and my phone is fast and lag free. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RraayyaanN:
Hello, I had this idea and I'm unsure on how/if it would work. It sounds weird but bare with me.

I was wondering if there was a way to host a version of android on a server and then connect to the server via a device such as a raspberry pi or even windows. Its difficult to explain but the best example I can give you is Nvidia's GRID game streaming service. However, instead of streaming games, it would stream android to a device. This means that all the computing would be done on the server freeing up your device.

I guess there would be a few downsides to it such as lag. However, you could probably run android on an extremely small device (such as a raspberry pi as long as it had decent internet connectivity and a low latency to the server). You could have something like an intel edison, a screen and a battery running android with TB's of storage and fast performance.

It's a strange idea that came to me, was just wondering if it is possible. Its kinda difficult to explain so ask if you want me to clarify.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] hitibiti:
i get this phone dead any one can help me to fix it ?

SM-g850W

[IMG="decribe the problem"]http://s7.postimg.org/8oit98vrv/alpha.png[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] dork997:
you can buy a motherboard for this phone from ALIEXPRESS....and make it work!
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] hitibiti:
i am searching jitag thsi phone or any solution from expert like for S5 using pit file
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] thescreensavers:
im pretty sure i have the CID unlocked on my 8125 but when i try to flash using WM6 or any rom it says please get newer update utility, anyone know why or how i can fix this?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Madcap180:
Did you use IMEI-Check to unlock it?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] thescreensavers:
im kind of new at this so i dont know what that is, can you tell me what that is
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Madcap180:
yeah...go to IMEI-check.com and pay the 35 or so bucks for the program and CID key to unlock ur 8125... wait.. is it a G4 or G3?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mattk_r:
look for a thread on using shelltools

My G4 was locked for a long time, but I flashed it fine using this method.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] anichillus:
You should first check and see if you have a G3 or a G4.

Check the links in my signature.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icameforthehax:
So I'm fairly new to the Android's scene, I've come from a jailbroken iPhone straight to the nexus 6 after doing a load of research on which phone I should get.

The iPhone is so much easier to work with, in it's jailbroken and default state. I've had my nexus for about 3 months now and only now feel alright using the words ROMs, kernals and flashing.

I want to optimise my nexus for maximum battery life, I know I'll have to comprise with animations and processing power etc.

Here are a few sc of how my set up is currently

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I flashed my current ROM and kernal last night and did not charge over night so I could just see how much drainage there is when its on standby. This morning I charged it up to about 81% and used the phone normally and I've noticed my battery is actually depleting really quickly. Especially when you take into account I had my setting to power saver, and I was using pixel off battery saver and a kernal made for huge battery life.

I know the issue is with wakelock? But I can't find any help and what I can find is far too complicated to follow.

Also, synapse. That thing is a nightmare for a noob like me. If anyone could link me to a thread or website that explains each feature or somewhere where someone has shared their setting for getting the most battery life, I will be very grateful.

Thank you in advance
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
[MENTION=6622452]icameforthehax[/MENTION] Thank you for posting the perfect example of how to ask a question! You've provided all of the proper information, in order for someone who can help, to do so. I'm sorry I can't answer your specific questions but I had to comment on the quality of your post. Well done and welcome to Android! :victory:

I'm sure someone with more expert advice than I can provide you on this topic, will help you shortly. :good:

I will suggest this though, look into a third party battery stats/wakelock detector app to more specifically isolate any wakelocks or battery drain. Also, greenify is an excellent option for root access.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
well, your play store and android os is way to high on battery percent used! screen should be the #1 battery drainer(or close). other things shouldnt be that far above the percent for screen use.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icameforthehax:
Thank you for your kind words *tips fedora*

Yes, the fact that my screen wasn't the no.1 drainer is why I was concerned enough to start thus thread. Any recommendations as to which app(s) I should use?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
android os i wont be too concerned about, since that changes depending on how you use the phone, but the play store.. were you restpring a bunch of apps or something? anyways, recharge your phone fully, then use it like you normally would, then past the battery results here, after a full use of the battery, and ill look at it again. next time past not only the main battery page, but if you press on the chart itll give you more info, paste that as well so we can see your signal, wifi, and if the phone is sleeping.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Greenify:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify

As for battery monitor, it will be more based on your personal preference but I have used this:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icameforthehax:
I downloaded a load of apps because I did a clean flash of benzo. I'm currently charging my phone and will return with more screen captures as requested
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
if you downloaded a bunch of apps, thay would explain why. anyways, the first 2 battery cycles after flashing a rom will be a little lower than normal. after, battery should be better.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icameforthehax:
Here's screenshots from today, (I changed to Franco kernal)

I'm sure I had 4-5 sot on stock everything. Slightly disappointed

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[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
again, you just flashed franco kernel, so youll have to give it a battery cycle or two to regulate, then you can start judging battery life. but your device is goung into deep sleep, so that's good. also, do you always keep wifi on? if you keep it on, but dont use it it'll drain battery. also, what do you have your brightness set to?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icameforthehax:
OK, thank you. The issue is me changing kernals and ROMs etc. I'll cycle my battery 2 time as you've said before I start to judge battery life ty.

Yes I keep WiFi on and use wifi. My brightness is dragged right down with adaptive off, I then change it to 50-70 if I'm outside.

Thank you very much for your help though
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtyjersey856:
Synapse is confusing to anyone who doesn't know what they are messing with...try FauxClock or Trickster Mod...much simpler and you won't have to worry about changing things by accident by swiping to the next page as you would with Synapse.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingofkings11:
Simms is absolutely correct - after a rom or kernel flash you need to give the phone a few days to build up its cache etc...only after that can you properly judge battery life and performance.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
screen brightness is a MAJOR influence in battery life. i generally keep my brightness down below 15%. if i raise my brightness to 30-40%, then ill see 1 hour less screen on time. normally, ill see anywhere from 5-6.5h sot. another major influence is the quality of your phone/data signal. some people, no matter what they do, will never have good/great battery life, just because their signal quality is lousy.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rpz3.14:
Somewhat off topic, but Better Battery Stats is a great app for getting a much more in depth idea of battery life. It'll also give you all the wakelocks, which can be handy if you looking to do more in depth troubleshooting.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] locuras_86:
Hi, I just installed the Lollipop in the SM-G900A and would like know what are the applications that come pre-installed system that can safely delete. Thank you all.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] FilthyFord:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3081063

Click the little search button before asking questions and you can find your answers normally.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Haahee2:
I updated my samsung s4 yesterday to lollipop and while some widgets are still there, some have been deleted, how do I get them back? It seems that the widget section of my apps were also deleted, how do I access it?