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[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harlekinrains:
Actually - I learned something today.

I learned, that amazon.com now does freely sell devices that strip HDCP out of the signal into the american market. Which of course is illegal.

So search for hdmi vga dac hdcp

and read the product descriptions and or comments.

Whatever those boxes cost, they cost 16+ USD from an asia based vendor. Also - because they are this cheap in production (it doesn't count that some vendors sell them for tripple their price), your monitor better supports 1080p natively. With the correct scaling (picture not squished or cut off) and everything.

According to a german amazon post by a customer who talked to their technical support, the FIre TV (not the stick) needs at least a HDCP 1.3 compatibility - at least this was suggested by an answer regarding potential sound issues.

So whatever device you end up buying in the end, it should have the ability to strip HDCP 1.3.

Also - Im suddenly much more forthcoming, because I accidentally, initially provided two links to devices that will not fit your questions profile (just looked for the right connectors (male/female), didnt read that they still werent dac (Digital to Analog converters - which is what you need)) - so I'm in "making good" mode. Because if you are talking as harshly as I was, imho you have to be correct down to the last details.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lengle1981:
Wow, thank you all so much. I'm not really a tech guy but I can tell you I'm very appreciative of all the information provided. I will have a look at some converters and let you know how I get on. Thank you again
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harlekinrains:
Its just a very unfruitful question - because the real answer is "buy something that has a HDMI port, everything does - nowadays". The followup answer is, to achieve this your way, you need something that converts the signal. Which is not just "buying a cable" - this thing has to have a chip in it. The follow up answer to that is, that those devices commercially only make sense anymore, if they are dirt cheap, which might lead to signal quality issues (also, potential scaling issues).

The next problem is the copy protection layer (HDCP 1.3) which has to be removed so you can even convert the digital HDMI signal to analog VGA. This wasnt always possible. Also - I would not openly talk about this information, if not amazon themselves were suddenly selling those devices in their store. So I'm choosing just not to share links.

At which point you also have to take into account the different versions of HDCP (because the industry doesnt like broken copy protection standards and writes new ones) and which one you have to circumvent.

And what for? First - copy protection at a point in the signal path, where currently only game streamers rip anything. And second - all that for something that increasingly even woulndt be an issue anymore in third world markets. Because everything nowadays has a HDMI port (- supporting or stripping HDCP). So this is all theoretical, and practical for almost no one in here. Which is why "should I buy this one, or that one" is even harder to answer.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lengle1981:
I appreciate its not easy to answer but thank you for trying to do anyway. You've really helped me out so thanks! I'll be sure to let you know how I get on.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shollywood:
Does not work. Tried it. You need a converter that has its own power source, cable or other so called converter powered by USB will not work. You need something like this:

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B00AQMZI0Y/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AGP6GC0L2FALW

Most cost effective one I've seen with good reviews.

I'very tried a few others that have not worked which is why I'm confident in what I'm saying. Good thing about AMAZON, hassle free return if it doesn't work.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harlekinrains:
To reiterate again, I wouldnt have answered the question properly, If I hadn't indadvertedly messed up and linked to two wrong items in the shortform statement. (The hints toward solving the problems were right, the links were wrong.)

I dont care how much this helped your case specifically . I simply dont accept a simple line of heartfelt gratitude as "currency". Is it decent - sure. I'm just not motivated by it at all. Not before I read the question, not after the fact.

And if you feel the need to emphasize your gratitude again I have clearly done something wrong here - my motivation was to show, that it is not ok, to drag a picture perfect example of an egoistically motivated request into a public forum, without any research or intellectual investment on your part - and then expect a short solution delivered to you on a platter.

The investment of people who are clued in is so much larger on their part, and is almost solely concentrated on you personally - without any chance, that this will help many others, that it becomes necessary to demand work from you as well. Not gratitude. You acquiring information yourself and therefore rethinking the approach of exploiting the community.

This goes differently, when a community is highly active and you have many people reitering the snippets of information they just learned and helping each other out, because it is encouraging for them. Which is by the way what support forums sell to advertisers (Context matters).

See the difference in the approach, see the resulting difference in motivation.

If you dont want to learn or reciprocate yourself - do what the last poster did, and exploit a company that factors in consumer support/returns into a business model. That way it can at least be measured by capitalism as a social structure.

What you are doing is effectively destroying social structures. You take all efforts that go into problem solving, and give back no value in return. Again, gratitude does not count.

And by the way - you are lucky and in the end some one else had the very same problem and had to solve it for themselves. When they have done so - they put in the work for themselves (in this case by exploiting a companies return policy), and sharing doesnt take much effort on top of it. But looking for others to solve your problem - not parts of it, just the problem entirely - is a different animal. My motivation then is to first refute the false answers that come out of the "well I dont care who..." "well I dont care so much about how either, but I have heard" exchanges that follow. At the end of which no one even cares so much about if its factually correct or not - or even to mention the outcome.

I made an error at that stage.

And this is the only reason, why I have become this active in here - because suddenly it potentially impacted my reputation negatively.

The problem with information ecosystems is, that information nowadays is practically free, but filtering and researching it - is not. Always try to remember that.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shollywood:
Clearly you have too much time on your hands.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lengle1981:
I'm not sure who this is aimed at or what you are trying to say. My gut feeling is that you're offended that I asked for some information to something. It was merely a question that I asked. For your information I have done a lot of research but am not the most technically savvy person when it comes to this. Why some people feel the need to have knowledge and not share it is beyond me, but that is your choice.I thanked you for your help, just as I have everyone else for theirs, accept it or don't, that's up to you. I did not intend to offend but am thankful for the help I have received

I agree with the post above, maybe you have too much time on your hands.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuandinh:
I'm using this one, you can extract the sound from the HDMI too.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-HDMI-Ma...473?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35d40dfe01
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lengle1981:
Wow I didn't think anything like this would work. I have an old Panasonic viera so I'm hoping something like this might work as would be a lot cheaper that way. Thank you for posting:good:
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harlekinrains:
>Wow I didn't think anything like this would work.

If you had read amazon reviews, you' have found out that some of those models strip HDCP as well. Just saying. They advertise it as "compatible with DVD players, Playstation 3 and XBOX", because its illegal.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lengle1981:
Was there really any need? I have read reviews about this so stop making such a big deal about this. People are trying to help, yet you seem intent on making out what I've done is wrong. Nobody else has reacted like you, I suggest you don't post if it annoys you so much
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harlekinrains:
Yes there was a need. Focusing on the form factor is harmful, when more than half of those adapters (same form factor) dont strip DHCP from the signal.

Linking to certain ebay sellers or product rebrands is solicitation. Also ebay auctions are gone within a few weeks which might induce the search for similar looking models. "I never thought it would be possible within this form factor" - without context - is drawing potentially harmful conclusions that others could copy and end up with non working devices.

Those are two reasons why It was necessary to break the focus on form factor - and focus on the stripping DHCP part again. As far as price point is concerned, 16USD from some sources also was old news. (This one is 10 USD with no mention of DHCP stripping in the product description (could still be in it) and one anonymous recommendation from someone on the internet.)

This is enough for me to feel the need to become active again.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shollywood:
You don't make even one valid point, so why? It's a simple ask and answer based on the original post. You are hung up on this DHCP and nobody cares. So find something else to do with your plethora of time on your hands.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aiadi:
I have been using this on a bedroom TV with no HDMI for weeks. Works quite well if you accept the predictable reduction in quality from an analogue signal.

Sorry can not post link but you can search for this on Amazon UK:

AoeYoo White Mini HDMI to AV Composite RCA CVbS Video + Audio Converter for TV PS3 VHS VCR DVD(Korean Chips)
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lengle1981:
You're a boreoff pal. I came on here looking for help and others were happy to do so. You seem intent on acting like a petulant child. As the previous poster said, nobody cares what your opinion is. I have been as nice as I possibly can, but still you come back moaning again. There's more to life than being like you are.

I suggest you don't respond if it annoys you so much rather than boring everyone else with your pathetic rants. I will repeat what I said before and that is that I'm grateful for yours and everybody else's help, even if you hadn't purposefully given me help.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harlekinrains:
You can start pulling this in the direction you are trying to - but never forget, that at the same time you are actively promoting a world, where situational advice -- i.e. shouting your problem out into the internet, and literally hoping for any response - replaces process based problem solving entirely.

You were oh so dependent and thankful, when I was the only FOOL willing to point you into the direction you needed to go, after two already factually wrong statements. Back then I was in need. Now - that you were provided with the simpler solution of "this link works" you dont care about why, or what this advice would do to others - you are more than willing to sacrifice the factual level for the convenience of your "I have a problem, support me - while I do nothing" attitude. You are not part of forum, you dont care about the dialog. You are a consumer - you care about your result.

I hate that. Openly. I will speak out against it, every time someone tries to pull this approach in here - openly - for as long as this community isnt self sufficient.

If I am a child, you are a opportunistic denunciator. Egoistic in its approach - uncaring of the ramifications of a "I dont care how my problem gets solved, as long as it does" approach. And as far as your life advice goes - hedonism isnt always the solution.

Ignoring copyright protection mechanisms, believing that there will always be an idealistic expert that will be able to crack it, and release the information for free into the open, on behalf of the uninformed masses (and companies now selling illegal solutions on amazon), is exactly the wrong lesson to learn. You arent even willing to think about the issues here. If you are looking for the moral high ground, look higher.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Raffy96:
AROMA FLASHABLE ZIP

SYSTEM UI For TW Lollipop 5.0.1

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Screenshots:

IT WORKS ON AlbePort S6 V1.5

Steps.

Download the zip and flash it in recovery it changes the system ui bar.

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If You like Our Work, Consider A Donation :o

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Thanks to

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[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Raffy96:
RESERVED :o
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] skricciolo1981:
cool

The best :good::D
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] davy4475:
Wheres the download link
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Praticamentetilde:
Click the bloody download picture. It opens a MEGA download link.

Thanks for downloading :D !
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Netuser:
Nice work [MENTION=6550254]Raffy96[/MENTION] thanks :)

Is it possible to make it compatible with Layers ? right now when I apply a layer it just all messed up icon :(
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] skricciolo1981:
which layers no work?

---------- Post added at 09:42 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:20 AM ----------

https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=dbde9357cb8e5f432237311103359848&oe=556468FC

and

https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=1f2d49d83d3aeafdb0046c250121113c&oe=55648FE6

work fine :good::good:
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] *Exynos*:
Good:o
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Charlypop:
Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] RatusNatus:
Link don't open in xda app.

Can u please show me the link?:thumbup:
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] jiro-kun:
+1. Thanks man. Can't wait to try :D
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] jaivardhansingh1996:
Hey I'm not able to grab the file from Mega please change the mirror please please please...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hello! How can I unbrick my Mediatek phone?

I have tryed to use SP tool but i need a scatter so i tryed to create a scatter using adb (because i can't use debug mode, my phone is bricked) but the adb terminal say "error: closed" when I type "adb shell"

Someone can help me? Plz

Thanx :*

MY PHONE :THL 4000 (Mediatek 6582)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popthosegaskets:
You can only make a scatter file when your phone is not bricked...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Can I use this scatter file for my phone??? (attached file)

I tryed to use him ( I followed this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKYH7gkvrvY ) but I have this problem: http://xdaforums.com/android/general/help-unbrick-sp-flash-tool-initialize-t3114328

I have 0 reply...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popthosegaskets:
Remove the underscore from the file name and try again.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I tryed to remove the underscore and also rename the file "abc.txt" but it didn't work... I have always this error: http://xdaforums.com/android/help/help-unbrick-sp-flash-tool-initialize-t3114328 :/

Can you try to load these scatter on your SP tool? I think it didn't work only on my pc, can you test on your?

Do you have other idea that I can do for unbrick my phone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popthosegaskets:
I'm not at my computer now. As for the scatter file, you might want to try chinaphonearena to see if they have an original scatter for your phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I tryed his scatter and others too: don't work. I tryed also scatter for others phones models but noone works :o
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_joker12321:
just dwnld the ltest version of flshtool
[Networking] Biom4st3r:
I've been tethering from my phone for about 3 months now, because the ISPs best plan is 50$ for sketchy 8mbps.

Randomly the speed on my laptop will drop so bad that I can't get on Google, but I can still browse with perfect speeds on my phone. Anyone have any clue why this happens or how to fix it?
[Networking] Gtnaoaki:
Try posting in the support/questions forum specific to your phone. You haven't given enough information here for anyone to help you anyway.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] cocidlc:
Hello xda-developers! This is my first post in the forum. :D

I read somewhere that if I am not sure of where to post a thread, just post it in general, so this is what I'm doing. If there is an HTC section please let me know so I can repost, or a mod to move this post if possible. I also read somewhere that I must put as much information as I possibly can about my phone, so here it is:

Phone identity:

Phone name: HTC One X

Model number: HTC One X

Hardware information:

Processor: Dual Core

Memory: 1GB

Display: 4.7 inch 720p resolution

Main camera: 8M

Front camera: 1.3M

Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Bluetooth: 4.0

Software information:

Android version: 4.2.2

HTC Sense version: 5.0

Software number: 5.18.502.1

HTC SDK API level: 5.41

Kernel version: 3.4.10-gefd4656 root@abm001 #1 SMP PREEMPT

Baseband version: 1.35a.32.45.27_10.144.32.34aL

Build number: 5.18.502.1 CL285445 release-keys

Browser version: WebKit/534.30

I updated the phone to 4.2.2 months ago. I now want to install a Lollipop CM that is stable. Can you guys please give me links on how to do it, or tell me in this thread? I don't know if my phone is rooted or not.

Thanks in advance! I hope you guys answer soon! :D
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] :
Whatever you read was false. There's a section for your device, and a Q&A section. General sections are for info, not questions. Just wanted to clear that up. :good:

I will move this to the appropriate section.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] cocidlc:
Thank you very much! I hope I get some answers to my problem soon! :D
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
I need your bootloader details first please. To boot into the bootloader there are two methods.

With phone powered on

Hold the volume down button, then hold the power button (so you're holding both buttons together), the button lights will start to flash, they will stop flashing and the screen will go blank, after a couple of seconds let go of the power button but continue to hold the volume down button until you reach the white screen with text, this is your bootloader.

With phone powered off

Hold the volume down button, then hold the power button (so you're holding both buttons together), after a couple of seconds let go of the power button but continue to hold the volume down button until you reach the white screen with text, this is your bootloader.

Please post the first five lines.

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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] cocidlc:
*** RELOCKED ***

EVITA PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-2.18.0000

RADIO-1.35a.32.45.27

OpenDSP-v33.1.0.45.1128

eMM-boot
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Ok, what do you get when you issue this command?

fastboot oem readcid
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] cocidlc:
How do I issue that command properly? When I try on Minimal ADB and Fastboot, it gets stuck on '< waiting for device >'
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Do you have the proper drivers installed on your PC?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] cocidlc:
I don't know. Can you please explain me which are those drivers, and how to install them correctly? The only driver I'm aware of is HTC Sync.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Ok, so if you have HTC Sync Manager installed then you should have the drivers installed too because they come with that. Is the phone actually in fastboot mode when you're trying the fastboot command?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] cocidlc:
I am not sure. How do I get into fastboot mode while doing this? I am very sorry for my ignorance.. :(
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
No need to be sorry. Follow the instructions I gave earlier to get into bootloader mode, once you're in the bootloader just connect your usb cable and you should see "fastboot usb" appear on the phone screen. Now you can issue fastboot commands.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] cocidlc:
I still get stuck on < waiting for device >.. Could it be that I have not installed the fastboot properly on my computer..? Can you please tell me how to install it safely?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
No, if it says waiting for device it means you have fastboot installed properly. What Windows do you have on your PC?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] cocidlc:
I'm using Windows 8.1 Pro 32bit. So do I have to wait some time after executing fastboot oem readcid? I have not let it run for more than a minute, because I figured it would come up instantly. Right now, I'll execute the command and leave it on < waiting for device > until something happens.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
You can wait as long as you like but it ain't gonna work on 8.1 unfortunately. There are no working fastboot drivers for that version of Windows. You'll need to get access to a PC that has Win8 or lower.

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[General Topics] Thalagyrt:
Every time I reset my Sprint 6700 I lose all of the data on it since 2:48 PM today. Seems like it gets reset to the exact state it was in then. This started happening after installing and uninstalling Wisbar 2. Any suggestions other than a hard reset?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bo-l:
I got Cyanogenmod 12.1 and i got the cm spen addon but dosent works right.

Is its posible to port Snote to Cyanogenmod? Have downloaded some Snote apk but i cant install it :/

Sendt fra min Note 4 @ Android 5.1.1 Custom
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnVo:
If I remember correctly, there is a topic (somewhere) mentioning about how to play 720p on CM 10 / 11 on Nook Color but I still cannot find it after hours of searching :mad:

Btw, I know about Handbrake already :good: but still want to look for an alternative for playing HD videos.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] cordell507:
I know the verizon version is now able to enable hotspot but it their anyway for the AT&T version as of right now? can any third party app do it? I've tried PDAnet/foxfi but it gives me an error.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] dave812:
xdaforums.com/att-galaxy-s6/development/mod-tether-hack-oe2-build-t3115789
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] Rayman360:
Maybe a third party app off the store?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] Red5:
Im not sure what you guys are trying to do, but for me to turn on mobile hotspot, I just go to Settings>Connections>Mobile Hotspot and Tethering>Mobile Hotspot>click the button to on... it works just fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] dandrumheller:
I think it's still locked via that route if you're on an old data plan. Not sure, as I've been on a new plan for a while now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] cavsoldier19d:
Yes, for people like myself who are still grandfathered in to unlimited data. By default, wifi tethering is disabled. The above link provides a mod to enable it.