yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Topics] qkevinto:
Hey everyone,

I currently have the Galaxy S4 and looking to upgrade. I'm stuck deciding between the Galaxy S6 and the OnePlus One, an unusual fork in the road but I have my reasons. I would like your opinion on this matter if you care to share!

I've been an avid Android user as I can (for the most part) easily root and flash my devices to my heart's content, mainly to use Titanium Backup and be able to flash vanilla Android (which is my preferred flavour of Android) without having to settle for a low-end device.

Though as most of you are aware, the Galaxy S6 has Samsung's fancy KNOX eFuse so I can kiss my two year warranty (whilst on the contracted plan) goodbye forever the moment I touch that bootloader. I don't think I would be too comfortable doing that with such an expensive device – unlike the EU, us Aussies have nothing to protect us from things like this. The device itself however is very appealing, with it's fantastic camera and Samsung's revamped design. Though I have not been a fan of TouchWiz at all, my S4 was only stock for about 3 days after purchase as it didn't have KNOX enabled.

Now I'm also considering the OnePlus One – it is a capable contender, IMO and from what I've read thus far. Mainly because flashing and rooting the device does not void warranty at all, and it's half the price of the Galaxy S6. So even if it does give up the ghost, I wouldn't too worried. Of course it doesn't have the S6's great camera and build quality but you get what you pay for.

Now down to the cash money.

If I am to get the Galaxy S6 64GB, I will be paying $80.00 a month for 5GB of data over a 24 months plan for a total of $1,920.

As for the OnePlus One, there aren't any carriers that offer the phone so I will have to buy it for $499.95 from Yotango and using it with my current month-to-month plan that's $39.00 a month for 3.2GB of data. So that about $60 a month, or $1,435.95 over 24 months. Saving $484.05 over a 24 month period, I won't be stuck on a contract, and with that saving could probably get another phone in 12 months if I get sick of it.

Now money isn't exactly a concern as I am willing to pay for the Galaxy S6, but that doesn't mean the savings of the OnePlus One means nothing!

So I'm stuck on deciding which device to go with. I would love to get opinions of those who are pro vanilla Android, rooting, flashing and all that, as well as those are think I should stop bothering with rooting and just go with what Samsung has to offer, and of course anyone who isn't as indecisive as I am.

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] 2headGrey8:
Hello Android family!

My name is Veronika and I am extremely excited to share an Android game with you that challenges the brains and requires your logic ;) I had so much fun making this so I would love if as many people as

possible could see it.

Since I am a new member , unfortunately I am not allowed to post any links yet :( but I really appreciate if you would take the time to type the name of my game on GooglePlay or just google my website

On GooglePlay: Diamond Heist

or check it out on the original GreyHeadStudio Website: Diamond Heist

Diamond Heist is a math-3 game with the twist and the challenge.

The clock is ticking!

You will have to collect the combinations fast as time is limited per each level.

Power-up your game; power-up your brain!

Use power-ups to successfully finish levels with highest score ever – blow squares of stones, destroy stones of a kind with a single swap.

Leave your friends behind in the leader board!

Don’t forget that time plays an important role in finishing each level. But only the smartest ones will get to the top of the leader board with the highest score.

It would mean the world to me to see some nice thoughts, feedback, reviews from the gaming society on GooglePlay to help improve the game and make it a smasher. :D

Carefully designed and logically approved by professional stone and diamond collectors!
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] envy0010:
I deleted diagnostics app in accessibility and I want it back, but when I download it in play store it is placed in app launcher I want it in accessibility.

How can I place it back there?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tarsea:
You should try with these files placed in your system folder :

/system/etc/product/applications/diagnostics/diagnostics.apk

/system/etc/customization/applications/com.sonymobile.androidapp.diagnosticslauncher/com.sonymobile.androidapp.diagnosticslauncher.apk

or just reflash your rom.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
Flash a stock FTF and only flash the system partition
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kahun:
I have a very strange issue with my HTC One M8 and it is driving me nuts. When i take the housing off my phone the earpiece works but when i put the housing on the earpiece stops working. I found out that if I apply a little tiny bit of pressure on the "sister motherboard" where the earpiece is it stops working and as soon as I release my finger it works again. Any ideas?

I was thinking about using some sort of adhesive.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kahun:
Bump.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
Sorry about the long wait, but for those who still want it, happy viewing.;)

http://rapidshare.com/files/33511865/TCPMP_Complete.zip.html
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] aphid:
Downloading now.

If this genuinely has all above options - this will be awesome!

What were those TCPMP settings (again) to get the best performance on the Athena?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
Settings for Best Visuals & Performance...

Here you go:

** Please bear in mind for slower performance and a quality hit, set 'Video' driver to Rawframe buffer as the GUI will display no 'garbling'......

But apply first settings in post and you will definately see a vast improvement visually and in performance! Downside is the GUI is always slightly fuzzy but also very readable and useable.

Can Dopod and HTC users give any feedback if they have the same experience or wether this might be an Ameo ROM issue? Thanks.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] eagle 1:
Hey Mackaby007:

Cool New Avatar
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] apphoen:
Mackaby, cheers for that - works much better with the same settings than Coreplayer Retail. How or why that should be, who knows...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] dieterpapa:
Thisis probably one of theese silly newbie questions:

Which cabs are to be used on Ameo ?

- arm

- arm sp

- arm 720

- sh3

- mips

dieter
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
'arm' dieterpapa. ;)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] dieterpapa:
thanks so far,

it's running now. But no chance with "ATI Imageon" mode - I only get something like a green-magenta curtain when watching .mpg files. I've to choose "GDI", "raw frame buffer" or "direct draw" to get a picture.

dieter
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
Strange I don't get that on my Ameo. Either you have selected the Imageon decoder instead of the Imageon, just below it, not configured the rest of the app or have something installed on your Ameo that may be causing the conflict.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] dieterpapa:
can't select any of them - only get a "no"-picture

I used for configuration:

I tried to find this under "options/settings" ...not alway 100% as you explained

TrueVGA

Tray Display

Free Cell

WM5torage

iAnywhere Pylon Pro

Adobe Reader 2.0

That's all....

Dieter
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] aphid:
What are you using.. a U1000 / Advantage / Ameo?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] dieterpapa:
As to be seen in my profile ;-)

T-Mobile Ameo

Dieter
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Slave1:
Is there anywhere else I can download this from?

Could someone e-mail it to me?

Rapidshare doesn't want to play.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
Sorry you can't get the download Slave1. I just tried that rapishare link and it works for me. Don't know where else to get the complete package from as I put that one together. PM me your e-mail and I'll send it you if you like.:)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
Try This....

Hi dieterpapa. I re-checked the instuctions you say you followed and it is 100% as my current setup....with one exception...under options/settings chose;

ATI Imageon, then tick all boxes from top to bottom except 2nd and last box.

Even if your screen becomes scrambled, don't worry, it still happens to me from time to time....just soft-reset afterwards and hopefully all should be well. If not, the problem you have is beyond my understanding/knowledge. :(

Let us know how you got on.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] QAN:
I do not know if this is te 0.72 version or not. But I stumbled on a newer version the 0.81 version. You can find it here http://amd.co.at/anti/virus/TCPMP_0_0_81.rar

It is working great with the ATI driver!

QAN
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
TCPMP 0.81 Unofficial release

Hi QAN. The 0.81 version is not an official release from the Corecodec team and as such they will not give any technical support on it, but I'm currently using that one as well and it works well, as you say.:)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] marcoma:
Which begs the question:

Since we have a wonderful device with a 640 x 480 resolution, is there anything available that can play videos in this mode or do we have to live with QVGA because the ATI chipset just doesn't perform... this would be a real bummer as the CPU should be able to handle it, shouldn't it?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Oliver_T:
My words ! But apparently it's all ATI's fault ;-( What use is a large 5 inch screen if all you can do is display some fancy today plugins in QVGA ?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] wgary:
Note, however, that TV-out seems to be VGA, which suggests that the video card should be able to handle VGA. As far as I know, I have shown videos and PowerPoints at full VGA resolution using a projector.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mono33:
what files do i need please for mda pro there are a lot many thanx mono33 ive downloaded it and still very jusmpy and blocky if u know what i meen any help plz
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] DrSumitgupta:
downloaded tcpmp, installed-getting error while playing mp4 - "player: video codec (AVC aka H.264) not supported by the player"
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsbadr:
MultiSystem is a powerful tool for locked- and unlocked-bootloader Android devices with many features that at least includes the following:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsbadr:
Video Tutorials

A quick preview of MultiSystem v1.0 tested on Lollipop for VZW Note 3. The video has been captured on a stable virtual ROM of JasmineROM v5.0.1. It's FULLY compatible with FlashFire on virtual/stock systems. More devices will get supported as well, after required testing.

[YOUTUBE]CsMZl2PfQFQ[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]A7fYBPiArlw[/YOUTUBE]​

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hsbadr/videos/vb.331488823689599/428178174020663
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsbadr:
How to check if you are running a Stock/Virtual System?

There're many ways to check whether you're running a Stock or Virtual system. MultiSystem app should include this simple check at some point. That's important to avoint ruining the Stock system & keep it safe. To make it clear to NOOBZ & anyone who's requesting "another" proof even though I owe hime nothing. Very weird!

Anyway, BusyBox mountpoint applet can print the current block/device mounted to /system mountpoint by running the following command:

busybox mountpoint -n /system

The stock system is mounts the original system partition:

[B][COLOR="Red"]/dev/block/mmcblk0p23[/COLOR][/B]

while the virtual system mounts a loop device associated with a system IMG:

[B][COLOR="Blue"]/dev/block/loop0[/COLOR][/B]

Here're two videos for both stock & virtual systems...

[YOUTUBE]lks1D4eAZ1g[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]o2ryf2Xr1rU[/YOUTUBE]

UPDATE:

Now, you could run the following command to print the current system (stock or virtual) and the system device (physical partition or loop device):

MultiSystem status

Note: The block device number (mmcblk0p23) may vary per device & per variant !
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsbadr:
How to repartition microSD card for MultiSystem?

You can use any tool/program for partitioning on Android, Linux, Mac, or Windows. For example, MiniTool Partition Wizard is a good partitioning tool for Windows. So, let's use it for this task. Simply, you need to follow this PDF tutorial (thanks to [MENTION=3271517]carl1961[/MENTION]). In sum:

Step 1: delete old partitions on SD card

Step 2: create FAT32 PRIMARY partition

Step 3: create EXT4 PRIMARY partition

Then, apply changes (note that the program UI may get changed in newer versions).
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsbadr:
How to check microSD card partitions for MultiSystem?

You need to correctly repartition microSD card into two partitions:

exFAT or FAT32 for the 1st partition (your new external storage)

EXT4 for the 2nd partition (your MultiSystem partition)

Use the directions in this post!

You should check your 2nd SD partition in EXT4 format mounted to /MultiSystem:

check that the /MultiSystem directory exists after a reboot

check that the 2nd SD partition (/dev/block/mmcblk1p2) is mounted to /MultiSystem by running the following command in Terminal Emulator or ADB shell:

mount | grep /MultiSystem

The output should be:

/dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /MultiSystem ext4 rw,seclabel,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsbadr:
How to check MultiSystem Installation?

The 1st thing to do after installing MultiSystem is to check the /MultiSystem directory & its contents (it shouldn't be empty!). Then, check usage by running the following commands in Terminal Emulator or ADB shell:

su
bash
MultiSystem

If it retuns "MultiSystem not found" or permission denied, try to use open MultiSystem app to Update Configurations & try again. If this does't fix it, try the following command:

/MultiSystem/bin/MultiSystem

This should work if you've MultiSystem binaries installed in (extracted to) /MultiSystem directory. If so, you can create a symlink in /system/xbin as follows:

mount -o remount,rw /system
ln -sv /MultiSystem/bin/MultiSystem /system/xbin/MultiSystem

Then, test it by running:

MultiSystem

The last thing before using it is to check the boot options: reboot & monitor the GREEN LED indicator for 3 seconds (change in the app) , which give you the following options:

Volume UP = Primary virtual ROM

Volume DOWN = Secondary virtual ROM

HOME KEY = Stock System

Sure, you should have installed one or more virtual ROMs.

Backup & restore or creating/installing a virtual ROM are easy as copy & paste: all img's will be at

/MultiSystem/img/system

To backup a virtual/stock system, you have many options:

Use create function to create from stock system

Use copy function to copy the IMG

Copy & paste with a new name

Use FlashFire (fully supported on virtual/stock ROMs)

...

If you've IMG mounting issues, run the following commands:

mount -o remount,rw /system
busybox ln -sv /proc/self/mounts /system/etc/mtab

If this doesn't help, try mounting from Terminal Emulator or ADB shell after selecting the IMG in MultiSystem app, by running the following command:

MultiSystem mount virtual
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] look4alec:
With the SD card need to be formatted in entirety?

Can I clear up space on an existing SD card and partition it while full or will the entire card need to be wiped and partitioned from scratch?

I'm just deciding whether to get a new card to prepare for this. Thanks for the exhaustive Q&A, this cleared up a lot of questions I had!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsbadr:
You need to backup all your files; it'll be wiped & repartitioned.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] look4alec:
Would the virtual ROM be the same as the stock ROM initially?

Once we have our stock ROM up and running, we will ideally do everything on our virtual ROM. Would the Jasmine 5.0.1 virtual ROM we install be exactly the same as the safe one that's in the stock slot?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silow:
I'm excited for MultiSystem. I bought a new Samsung EVO 64GB card (currently selling at Best Buy for $23!) in preparation for MultiSystem. This is a great performing random read/write card so it's perfect for this application.View attachment 3276062
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsbadr:
In MultiSystem APK, you can create a virtual ROM from stock system, a copy from other virtual ROM, a new image, a dev-provided ROM, a flashable .ZIP, ... etc.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wiswis:
Is there a specific sd card you recommended for this?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TweakerL:
Interesting...

Not trying to be smart here, but sounds a lot like the process I theorized early in the development of the Note 3 even before there was a safestrap for it, but using the system partition instead of the recovery partition:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=46918007&postcount=272

By all means you deserve credit for executing the idea. I couldn't have done it myself.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsbadr:
I personally have two microSD cards:

SanDisk Extreme Plus 64GB (Up to 80MB/s read speed)

Samsung 64GB PRO (Up to 90MB/s read speed)

Added to OP Q&A.

I've not seen this before, but hijack idea is very old & has been applied on several Android projects such as all 2nd-init recoveries & ramdisk hijack. Safestrap also hijacks the system for ROM slots. The main improvement here is in the management of MultiSystem functions for the best performance & user experience + the portability to almost all devices & compatibility with all Android versions.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danieljw:
Dear hsbadr,

I have been following the threads about your recent work. I have a MultiSystem question that I have not seen asked:

Long story short: I use apps at my work that require me to be unrooted. I'm currently circumventing this with rootcloak on 4.4 but I understand that xposed is currently unavailable for Android 5.x on Samsung devices. I was wondering, as a workaround to this, might it be possible to run a virtual ROM via MultiSystem that is unrooted? In other words, it would be nifty to boot into the unrooted virtual ROM when at work, and then a separate rooted virtual ROM otherwise.

Thanks! Looking forward to it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gabbyii:
Encryption Question

Is it possible to boot into a rom and enable encryption just for the currently booted rom itself? (Have a work requirement to be running airwatch with encryption).

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsbadr:
Yes. You can add unrooted virtual ROM & reboot to it via MultiSystem APK.

Added to OP.

I've not tested encryption on virtual ROMs. I'll update the OP when I get to this.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xlylegaman:
just bought it today

Saw that price and immediately went to best buy and bought one. All set and ready. LOL :D
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silow:
Nice!

Looks like Amazon also price matched BB and is selling for $23 as well.

The Sandisk Extreme Plus and Samsung Pro that hsbadr mentioned are also great but the Samsung EVO strikes a very good balance between performance and cost for me.

---------- Post added at 03:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:48 PM ----------

How do you boot back into a different partition? I'm assuming MultiSystem manages the partition swapping and would require root?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bd177:
Looking at the attachment, the read speed is 22 MB's. I did a search for the Sandisk hsbadr uses (80 MB's), and found one at Amazon for $49. So for double the price you get 4 times the speed. So I ordered one of those. I think speed will be important if the virtual rom sits on the extSD.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bd177:
If you are on 5.02 , then the files contained in the new zip are already installed. If you open up the 5.02 zip and new zip, you find that the files are the same and are installed in the same place. When I installed the new apk I didn't flash the zip. Also the MultiSystem dir resides off Root and is common to stock and virtual roms. So if you flashed it again you would just overwrite what was already there.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] budwiser0240.1:
Thanks [MENTION=2315302]bd177[/MENTION]
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tada10:
Hsbadr you mentioned somewhere that your viper4android works? Can you please share the method please. My sound is awful after getting used to that mod. :(
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsbadr:
I need to take a break & prepare something for you on VZW N3... hold on!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b3y0ndd34th:
I updated to Jasmine Rom 5.0.2, uninstalled MultiSystem, Re-installed MultiSystem, re ran install, and also updated configurations, it is working to some extent now. I have files in my /MultiSystem folder and there is a bin folder, progress is being made :)

So it seems MultiSystem is installed, but not working properly.

I went and bought another SD card, I formatted it appropriately (again) and now all seems to be working :)

I get a Green LED on boot (YAY!!!) Now to start backing up and breaking this bad boy (insert maniacal laughter here)

What do we do when we have Partitioned our SD card properly using the instructions you have provided, Installed MultiSystem APK, Ran the "Install" option from inside of the application, then installed the flashable zip, I used FlashFire and I assume that is okay? Because the Flash Zip option in MultiSystem is not behaving, nor is the Terminal Emulator in MultiSystem.

When I check for the /MultiSystem, I see the folder but there is not a bin folder inside of it. It would appear as if something is not completing correctly.

I am using MultiSystem Version 1.2.1 on a Verizon Note 3 running Jasmine Lollipop 5.0 (the original version not 5.0.2)

Please advise on what my next steps are. Do I need to wait for another flashable?

When I attempt to grep the mount "mount | grep /MultiSystem", there is no return.

I don't have a Bin in my /MultiSystem folder, but I attempted to Symlink it anyway, and I get a return of "ln: /system/xbin/MultiSystem: File Exists"

Thanks for your insight on this issue.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Legitsu:
I assume if one is on safestrap and running the stock slot one can simply uninstall safe-strap and install multi-system ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] midimench:
If you're running lollipop 5.0 or higher, safestrap doesn't exist
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Legitsu:
thank you captain obvious

*and it does work if you swap kernels with odin
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] midimench:
Aye aye sir
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Razgriz1:
I am in the same boat. Guess im ordering a mircosd card off amazon. I see no better reason to upgrade now.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b3y0ndd34th:
Is there a possibility to let the user know which rom slot is being booted?

I ask this because I have made a back up of my current rom, but any attempts to boot to it still result in

"Current System: Stock

Current System DEV: /dev/block/mmcblk0p23

MultiSystem partition is mounted on /MultiSystem"

I am afraid to attempt anything because I am not certain that I am on the correct Rom slot despite my attempts to mount using the apk, or the commands in the How to repartition MicroSD card for MultiSystem PDF file.

I also tried using the Volume buttons during boot but this didn't seem to have any affect either :(

Perhaps another LED color for a few seconds depending on the rom slot?

i.e. White for Stock

Purple for Virtual

or something to that effect?