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[Samsung Galaxy Mega] hayhay7789:
I see a lot of posts about ROMs for GT-i9152 [DUALSIM] and such. I have a SGH-i527M. Will the ROMs not made for my exact model work for my device?

If yes, how would I go about rooting, installing CWM, and flashing this custom ROM? I have installed CM12 before but it was on a Moto E where there is no "Odin" that I had to deal with etc.

Thanks and pardon my english :D
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] cglegion:
Try filing your petrol powered car with a diesel but most probably you will brick your car. They are built for an exact model for an exact reason.

At the top middle of your screen, you can see "Search all forums" button. Use it wisely, the function is designed for a reason. Don't be lazy and waiting to be spoon-fed, you will learn new knowledge if you are hardworking.
[Xperia Z3 Accessories] Zaihanzainal:
Ok so I diy-ed a car mount/dock for the Z3 for my car. Still waiting for my magnetic cable to arrive. Pictures are pretty self explanatory.

1) Magnet to mount

2) NFC Tags for functions

3) Bluetooth dongle for receiving signal from phone (I made the mistake of not buying a head unit with bluetooth built in)

Works pretty well, when mounted, it's sturdy even on bumpy roads and it just "slides" off when I want to take it off. :D:thumbup:
[Sony Xperia T2 Ultra] Bondi007:
I made two backups using the preinstalled app: Back up & restore on my Xperia. After resetting the phone I'm unable to restore contacts though apps and SMS restored successfully. This problem exists with both the backup files. I also tried restoring only contacts but only 5 contacts got restored.

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When I restore using "Back up & restore" app call logs are restored succesfully and when I open the contacts I can see all the names in the call log then suddenly(within 1-2 seconds) they start disappearing and get replaced by that contact name's number...i.e. after restore is finished if I open Call logs all names appear in it like:

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Alexander Smith

Mobile +923341000

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William Toad

Mobile +923341000

*

Narendra Kumar

Mobile +923341000

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then suddenly call log appears like this(see below) and all contacts disappear except 5 contacts:

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+923341500

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+921341099

*

+928341000

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Sorry I couldn't provide screen-shot because transition is so fast that I'm unable to capture it.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Baron Fel:
Typing in the google search box on the homescreen on my Nexus 5 returns app results but thats not very intuitive at all. I like how your app starts with "A" so it will be right there when I inevitably go to the list of apps to tediously search for one.
[Android Apps and Games] RJTRJT:
Yes, Google Search seems to want to show you its web results first and order your apps last, every time.
[Android Apps and Games] churchrickshaw:
Amazing work. Been looking for an app like this for a very long time!

Few things to consider:

- when pulling up (google search gesture) there's no icon, would be nice to put a search icon in there

- ability to exclude certain apps from the search

Thanks again!
[Android Apps and Games] RJTRJT:
[MENTION=3144725]Cow07[/MENTION]

I had initially left out the icon because Android 4.4 (on my phone) had a default icon that had a working focus state. (it seems that custom icons don't get the hover-over highlight that Google Now gets.)

It appears that on Android 5.0 Google has done away with the default icon and now the icon is simply blank. I'll push out an update for the icon soon! Thanks for the feedback.

As for excluding apps, I think that's a good idea. Will implement that soon.
[Android Apps and Games] Pvt. Parts:
Love the app! Would appreciate the ability to auto-launch an app if its the only result of the search!
[Android Apps and Games] sumitkpal:
Launch using home button long-press?

Upgraded to Android M on EUI 5.8.917S and lost the ability to launch App Search + by long pressing the home button. My device is Le 1s. Any solutions?
[Android Apps and Games] Bonsais2:
Very useful

It's a very useful app, I have a Xiaomi device and organizing/searching for apps was always a huge pain point as MIUI doesn't have an app drawer. The Google app searches for apps though, but it's slow and puts them in the bottom of the list.

I would love a widget, because the open by "long-press on home, then swipe up" doesn't work on MIUI. Or do you have any tricks to solve the swipe action on MIUI?

Anyway, I put together a few screens in Sketch, so that I can show you how the widget should work in my opinion. See the screens here:

1drv.ms/f/s!AgkN6PRx0XOyk9RFzVf6fPRhoVOusw

Thank you for your work on this. Keep it up!:)

Best,

Zsolt

P.s.: if you ever need some help in design, just let me know, I'd love to participate in projects like this:)
[Android Apps and Games] Birdwards:
I can't find any better place to file a bug report, so I hope you're still watching this thread. Anyway, this app had been working fine on my Pixel for all versions of Nougat. I just updated to Oreo, and the app now crashes whenever the search results would contain an app for a Google service (e.g. Play Store, Gmail, YouTube, Drive, etc.). It's not restricted to built-in apps; I downloaded Google Keep, which is not included with the Pixel, and experienced the same problem when searching for it. All other searches still work fine.

Thank you, and I hope you can find a solution.
[General Topics] RaisyahRaniaYeap:
Hello guys,

It's been more than a year Honor 3C not update it's firmware. But I got some good news for Honor 3C users to share!

This is i quoted from HiHinor website through beginnerstech [dot] co [dot] uk

You all can visit here: hihonor [dot] com under reviews
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Nahzghul:
Hey, I'm new here... so I don't know if there's a post about this somewhere else, but I haven't found it...

Anyway, I bought a second hand Galaxy S6, it's new and everything, I bought it for like $300 because it is on Demo Mode, like from a Demo Floor model, and I'm wondering if I can remove this with some kind of software, or flashing it, but all I can find is SM-G920 I and F models, no SM-G920P (which is Sprint) on sammobile website

Also, if someone could help me telling me how much does it cost and when will it be possible to unlock my Galaxy S6?

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] adrianr514:
Yes it can be done but! for you to have one thats in retail mode the phone had to have been stolen from the store so most likely bad ESN.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Nahzghul:
It doesn't have bad ESN
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] adrianr514:
Either way to put it in retail mode you need a special code that only stores have. So it had to have been stolen at one point.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Nahzghul:
So... I talked with the same guy from who I bought it, and traded this Demo S6, for a new one, so my only problem now is that it's not unlocked...

I don't know how to unlock from Sprint, I'm not from the United States, any suggestions/ideas/websites/programs/etc?:(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Nahzghul:
Sprint S6 Unlock

So... I did a little search yesterday, and found this: http://xdaforums.com/note-3-sprint/themes-apps/app-one-click-hotspot-enabler-menus-t2816159

But I don't think that will help me unlocking my SM-920P, or will it? I'm asking before trying because I have never rooted a phone, so... I rather be sure

The IMEI seems clean too
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] adrianr514:
Galaxy tools will get the job done.
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EndoSurf:
Just wondering if anyone has shifted from using Titanium backup to HTC Backup.

I noticed in one of the post that Leedroid uses HTC Backup, a few threads show that it does the job.

I've been using Titanium backup for a long long time, it does a decent job but misses a few settings here and there, every now and then you get an issue where a restore process will lock a process up.

On the M9, and this might just be me missing something in my backup, but I dont tend to get my Alarms and themes, few other bits and pieces.

I want to be able to backup apps + data, plus userconfig preferences, Wifi, bluetooth, alarms etc...

So how do people find HTC Backup for those kinds of tasks?
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gffmac:
I use htc backup for everything except the apps I have side loaded manually as htc backup won't always restore those. I then let htc backup restore everything and go into titanium and restore the missing apps and any additional app data that I care about.
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlads:
Titanium I know preserves apps in their present state. I've never needed anything else for that, Google does my contacts, I don't care for messages and WhatsApp backs itself up.

Media on my SD card.

Haven't used HTC back up, but have heard that it does serve as expected, but if you're rooted and don't use titanium then I think you're missing a trick.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jerpelea:
Hi all,

I have a great news

http://developer.sonymobile.com/201...for-a-range-of-unlocked-xperia-devices-video/

Bootloader is compatible with open devices roms and also enables real recovery (Volume Down + Power)

to flash recovery partition on device you have to

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Happy Cooking

J

PS.

in case latest software does not appear just press "all Services"

flash latest software available and on top new loader
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mypetocean:
Up it?

Can someone drop this new bootloader img on a filesharer? I'm in a boot loop and Emma won't let me in (even with the supplied configuration INI file).

Thanks!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sutekidane:
Here you go... in FTF and loader.sin format.

Good Luck.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mypetocean:
Another way to flash?

Thanks for that! As I said, I can't get Emma to work. In fact, even after reinstalling and pasting the INI file in the Program Files directly again, it still keeps me on the login prompt. So, is there another tool I can use to flash this FTF or SIN file? :confused: I have fastboot working, but no ADB.

Appreciated!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mypetocean:
Final thanks

I found out about the distinction between Androxyde's FlashTool and Sony's "flashtool" Emma. I hadn't before known that the former existed, and Sony's use of the term "flashtool" confused me. Thank you for the file. Didn't seem to help (see my post here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60964546&postcount=2), but thank you anyway!

Ta!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] caspianprince33:
my c6802 isn't supported by emma.........can't i flash the new bootloader in my device????
[Xperia Z1 General] jerpelea:
Hi all,

I have a great news

http://developer.sonymobile.com/201...for-a-range-of-unlocked-xperia-devices-video/

Bootloader is compatible with open devices roms and also enables real recovery (Volume Down + Power)

to flash recovery partition on device you have to

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Happy Cooking

J

PS.

in case latest software does not appear just press "all Services"

flash latest software available and on top new loader
[Xperia Z1 General] Botandroid:
You mean the open device is the same unlocked boot device?
[Xperia Z1 General] romaha:
sonymobile.com - "With the latest software provided through our Flash tool for Xperia devices, recovery mode is available for Xperia Z1, Xperia Z1 Compact, Xperia Z Ultra, Xperia E3, Xperia M2, Xperia T2 Ultra, and Xperia T3 devices with unlocked boot loader. We are working to make recovery mode available for more devices in coming software releases."
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] jerpelea:
Hi all,

I have a great news

http://developer.sonymobile.com/201...for-a-range-of-unlocked-xperia-devices-video/

Bootloader is compatible with open devices roms and also enables real recovery (Volume Down + Power)

to flash recovery partition on device you have to

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Happy Cooking

J

PS.

in case latest software does not appear just press "all Services"

flash latest software available and on top new loader
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] bimbar:
Now if it worked, that would be nice.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] CoolDevelopment:
I think you dont understand..

This is just a bootloader, which lets you boot into recovery, which is on recovery partition.

You have to flash the recovery yourself with fastboot, the recovery may need to use 3.10 aosp kernel. Just flashing this will NOT get you a recovery.

Btw i didn't test this myself yet
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] bimbar:
According to sony, at least some icon should pop up. Which doesn't. And I did have a functional recovery in the right place at that point.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] papzi57:
Hmm...

And where is the Sony's recovery.img for this recovery?

I flashed with EMMA the new TA partition (Sony say: this is the recovery!), and nothing, I don't have a new recovery...
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Rekoil:
That isn't the recovery, that just enables recoveries, you still have to flash a recovery and I have yet to see one which works for this new bootloader, but I'm sure one will show up!
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] funiewski:
Sadly the latest aosp build for amami doesn't boot and recovery isn't possible to reach either
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] papzi57:
Hi dear [MENTION=3340721]funiewski[/MENTION]!

Do you think, can we flash in these TA partition to FOTA TWRP from http://xdaforums.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/general/fota-twrp-recovery-amami-t2909719?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] funiewski:
I don't really have any knowledge about the new bootloader layout but fota twrp is for flashing on fota partition, my answer is nope.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] papzi57:
OK!

Does anyone know, what kind of recovery we can flash up in here?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] bimbar:
There doesn't seem to be any.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] CoolDevelopment:
latest twrp 2.8.7 to use as a real recovery
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] camdecoster:
Where did you find this recovery? I'm chomping at the bit to try it, but I want to verify where it came from.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] levone1:
Do you know if this will work with FXP AOSP rom, (http://xdaforums.com/sony-xperia-z1...experia-project-aosp-android-5-x-x-t2983696)? Thanks
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] CoolDevelopment:
I compiled it

---------- Post added at 08:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:10 PM ----------

Yes
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] levone1:
Great, so when I flash, should I flash this as 'fastboot flash recovery', instead of the included img? Thanks
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] camdecoster:
Well thank you. It works for me. Now I just need to figure out how to get SuperSU to work. Have you had any success with that?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] CoolDevelopment:
Yes

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

---------- Post added at 09:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:37 PM ----------

I am using aosp
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Deleted member 4819888:
the new recovery works nicely :D

Great job :good:
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Syssx:
Nice job man, you should create a new thread with this.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] testman86:
Perfect! I was informing about recovery options with Z1C since three days and reading a lot about FOTA, Custom Kernel included etc.. There seem to be a lot of options, but using the "newly" introduced recovery partition seems to be the "cleanest" one for me. Awesome that you get a working TWRP for recovery partition, I was trying to make it myself but I do not have the knowledge right now to do it :(

I hope you will update it in future :)

Can you tell me how you compiled it? I was trying to get a feed on the ground to start compiling android AOSP with http://developer.sonymobile.com/kno...ld-aosp-lollipop-for-unlocked-xperia-devices/ but modem is not working etc. I start learning how to do it so tuts or help are welcome :)

Are you thinking about making your build an official supported ones? Seem that TWRP introduced a new build server and a git server to make this things easier for people to add new devices. Would be awesome if you get in contact with [MENTION=912474]Dees_Troy[/MENTION] to make this happen. This would be a really big step for our Z1C :)

Really thanks again and I also think this should be a seperate thread, because I just found it because [MENTION=3340721]funiewski[/MENTION] linked to it. A seperate thread would have speed up my search a lot, I think for others also :)

A md5sum would also be great to be able to verify downloaded .zip afterwards :)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] fadern:
Hi, will this work with cm12.1?

Skickat från min Xperia Z1 Compact via Tapatalk
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] CoolDevelopment:
You need to do a few patches to build/, place twrp source into bootable/recovery/ and do a few changes to device tree. See other device trees at omnirom git
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Ænimal:
Could you elaborate a bit more on this?

Anyway, thanks!:good:
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Micha_Btz:
how can i flash the sony recovery on linux?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] testman86:
There is no sony recovery. It is just an update that activates a separate recovery partition. And on this you can flash for example TWRP or whatever you like. The Sony tools are just working with Windows (afaik). I am also using Ubuntu, but for this I had to use a Win7 machine.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Micha_Btz:
i know, that i have to flash recovery after using emma. seems i have to search fora win machine.

the problem is, that the cm recovery does not allow backups. did i really need a kernel 3.11 for that?

the latest cm 12.1 has only version 3.4.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] testman86:
I am just using official cm nightlies, but I use TWRP recovery for backups. I don't know where is the link between backups and kernel version. If you have the seperate recovery partition, there is no need to use the build-in recovery in CM anymore.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Micha_Btz:
clear, but i have to get separate recovery partition from sony first :)

sony always release win tools, but never linux tools, really annoying.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] testman86:
Or you patch your actual kernel with http://nut.xperia-files.com/?a=xzdr, flash it, do a backup, run all sony tools, and hope that the restore will work ^^ You could give it a try. I never tried it, but could work to keep your actual install. But due to that the partition scheme will change with sonys new bootloader, you might run into problems to restore a backup made with old partition structure.

But now we get really off-topic :D
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Micha_Btz:
hm, i have no success. i flash recovery partition with sony emma tool and ist say it worked well.

after that i flash the recovery from Post 12 with

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

but after boot, when i hold vol down, i only get the cm-12.1 recovery :(
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Ænimal:
Did you do it exactly like this?:

Power off your device

Hold vol down and press power

After vibration release power first, than vol down (no need to hold it for more than a second)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Micha_Btz:
delete
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Micha_Btz:
arg, i should read carefully. have to flash a sony frimware first.

can i download the firmware speratly? i have to attach the phone for downloading,

but it will takes up to 8h to finish and i don't want to leave my phone

pluged in for so long.

very sad connection at the win pc.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Micha_Btz:
i have done it. make a backup of cm12.1, flashed sony rom and ta, flash recovery and the cm kernel back.

it worked. durging this time i have updated cm-12.1 through the cm update and the recovery is gone. i have thought,

thats are 2 seperate things, that after flashing a new kernel, the recovery also works?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] funiewski:
As far as I know you can't reboot to the new recovery from cm,you have to restart the phone and than you can reach the new recovery partition
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Nouatik:
HOW I DID

For security reasons, do nandorid backup! Also note your recovery version to ensure compability with new!

Get EMMA tool here, read how to install!

shut down device

vol down and connect, emma should see your device

look for TA update (extend tabs)

flash it! device will shutdown.

use fastboot to flash your boot.img (should be included in your rom.zip)

use fastboot to flash your recovery.img got mine here, thank you funiewski! (twrp 2.8.7)

Optional

:

boot into recovery power + vol down

flash zips (roms, kernels)

hmm, think that is all.

all is well.

KUDOS to funiewski

details about new TA update here
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] kos25k:
guys a newby question:i have z1c with unlocked BL.at the point in instructions that says optional flash zips..What it means?the previous installed zips (DRM function restore zip) has to be flashed again?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Rekoil:
Any chance you could compile one with F2FS support and the recent blacklines kernel fixes?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] fadern:
+1
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] kos25k:
A little help please as once a week my recovery is being lost suddenly by itself!To install this REAL recovery..I make these steps?I have z1c unlocked BL with nut's dual recovery.

1)Reboot to fastboot mode

2)Install boot img from my rom (stock 5.1.1)

*At this point my existing rom is saved? I boot up normally to my rom? Or....proceed to 3?

3)install nut's custom recovery via REAL recovery

4)Boot into nut's recovery and flash my stock 5.1.1 prerooted zip. Thank you in advance!
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] saulbrother:
If you have stock rom why you want custom recovery?

To install REAL recovery partition follow the guide here:

http://fxpblog.co/2015/05/01/finally-boot-to-recovery-enabled-in-special-bootloaders-from-sony.html

then use the command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" in the guide with this recovery:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61519700&postcount=12
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] kos25k:
thanks dude i will try.with dual recovery every two days i have to run the install from PC because it dissapears herself!!!

so i just install this? do i have to flash my rom again?

Sent from Greece
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] saulbrother:
Thx!!! :)

Finally found TWRP for real recovey partition :D

I don't get it: developers complained for so long on sony, because they didn't have a real recovery partition

now that sony finally made it, nobody uses that.

For me it's strange.

Just have one question:

the good thing about this real recovery partition, is that we don't need to flash the kernel in fastboot, right?

For CyanogenMod, for example, we just have to flash the ZIP file, and the kernel inside will be flashed too?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] kos25k:
Sorry for bother again.. but i am quite newby with these..Can anyone please send me a message to install finally and permanently one working recovery?I am on 5.1.1 customized DE prerooted on Z1c with unlocked BL.If anyone is kindfull enough please do it.Thanks again and i wont post again newby questions here.

Sent from Greece
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] saulbrother:
I already explained

To install a permanent recovery foolow this:

http://fxpblog.co/2015/05/01/finally...from-sony.html

then use the command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" in the guide with this recovery:

http://xdaforums.com/show...0&postcount=12
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] CoolDevelopment:
I guess with next major android upgrade they will.

You can also flash a kernel with any recovery, but if you accidently flash a broken kernel you can't recover, because it is neccessary to boot this kernel.

This "new" normal way to boot into recovery uses it's own kernel to boot into recovery and is not affected by the rom's kernel
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] saulbrother:
Ok got it - because this new recovery it's a new independent partition, will never be lost in case of any flash errors or accident

But you said we can flash kernels with the old types of recoveries (stored on FOTA or on Kernel)?

So why everyone always said to flash the "boot.img" in fastboot before flashing the ROM in the recovery?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] CoolDevelopment:
Then rom developers can be sure, that people flash their roms through a working recovery