yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trevsweb:
Hi I have an unrooted Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505 on Cyanogenmod M11, Was on UK VOD stock but moved to Cyanogenmod which is still on 4.4.4 KitKat but I'm a bit worried about future development of CGM. I read about tussles with other companies and big aspirations for M12 but the regular updates I've been enjoying have died out. not even a lollipop stable yet, I'm beginning to lose hope.

I know I shouldn't be so skeptical but I want to explore other roots (no pun intended).

Currently which rom would provide me with a stable lollipop with regular OTA updates for future proofing my phone?

Thanks v much

Alternatively I guess I could go back to stock to get lollipop but haven't done it in a while Im guessing I just flash a stock image via odin
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Those tensions don't really affect Cyanogenmod, though I understand your concern. However, the biggest issue you're going to have is that most - if not all - custom ROMs are built using Cyanogenmod as a base. Realistically, the only alternative available I can think of without going to Touchwiz is Danvdh/Kryten's GPE ROM. Going back to Touchwiz is a dead end. Samsung has stated that Android 5.x is the end of the line for the S4, meaning there will be no Android M unless using a custom ROM.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trevsweb:
Thanks very much for the excellent advice. I will give Danvdh/Kryten's GPE ROM a go and see how I go. I'm going to post the link to the ROM thread if anyone is following the same route as me: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2557353

EDIT: I'm going to try http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-orig-develop/rom-cyanogenmod-12-t2943934 first as its CM 12 lollipop which is what I was looking for really but will try GPE if i dont like that rom

Another question... sorry: i currently have CWM on my phone but the CM rom says to use TWRP with F2FS does cwm have this or do i need to remove CWM and install TWRP?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
Don't use that version of CM. It's not what you want because it's not updated anymore.

Use this version:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-orig-develop/exclusive-antaresone-alucard24-s-t3066696

or the Official nightlies.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trevsweb:
I used the older one but realised too late :((

got stuck with no gapps and the bloody thing wouldnt boot into recovery cwm or twrp :/ never had that before. so having to do stock flash It's failed twice LOL :P

EDIT: got it stocked :P well thats something at least. anyway tomorrow I'll try again and get TWRP on there properly, it was weird because cyanogemod had installed CWM on there before i couldnt get rid of it :/ so i ended up with no recovery manager doh! Thanks for the link Lenny
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ullerdk:
Hi everybody.

Forgive me my newbie question.

I have just flashed my Hermes with a localized version of WM6 (build on Black 3.5) but there is no application for video calls.

Is it possible to install a separate application for that?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] HipToBeSquare:
Just ran across the answer: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=292450&highlight=video+call+cingular Or at least the software to start FWIW ;)
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SgtDubKing:
Hello everyone,

yesterday I wanted to try out encrypting my Note 4 (N910F). The process took over 10 hours without anything happening. I then decided the encryption failed and restartet the phone. It then asked my to reset it to factory settings, which I didn't do (yet). Unfortunatly I didn't make a backup before trying to encrypt it, and I would really like to keep the data, especially pictures, some messages, settings etc. Now is there any way I can still get the data? Or even the slightest possibility? The phone is running Android 5.0.1, is rooted and USB Debugging is enabled. Sadly, Samsung Kies, Samsung Smart Switch and Windows Explorer can't access the device (Windows Explorer doesn'T even recognize it). Now is there any way to still get atleast some data? Via ADB or so?

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Have a nice weekend,

DubKing
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exdroid1:
Anything? This happened to me to and would like to know how to save data.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomtro74:
There is no way, afaik. Sorry.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exdroid1:
I reformatted and ran recovery utilities. I got a few hits, but I couldn't recover everything. I'm followed the tutorial found in the following link. I was able to extract the entire userdata image and am getting ready to perform file recovery on it. Good luck.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/general/guide-internal-memory-data-recovery-t3093292
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dell5:
Hi,

This is my first post so I do not know if it is in the right section.

I have an Android Phone (ZTE KIS V788 – Full spec: gsmarena.com /zte_kis_v788-4586.php)

It runs Android Gingerbread 2.3.6

It keeps turning off and restarts, it is basically not usable anymore.

What can I do to fix it?

And is there any way to update its software manually? (It has 256MB RAM, and 800MHz CPU)

Thanks! :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
Your issue is the device. No matter what you do to it, it will still act up. The issue is that the device doesn't even have enough ram to run the os properly. 256 mb of ram is just not gonna cut it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dell5:
But at new it used to run well, and still has the same firmware (Gingerbread), how is it possible that this issue started just a month ago?

Thanks for the reply!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
I bet over the last month you have used it right? Meaning new apps, filling up database files in info? Phones like that are ok at best if left completely stock and maybe an app or two but they all sooner or later suffer the same thing. Mainly as they dont use an Official release version of android. Best advise I can give you is to keep it as clean stock as possible, Use cloud storage for pics and what not so you wont have them eating up space on the device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brent Austin:
You can get out of the soft bricked phase by try rebooting in fastboot menu. If that doesn't work you can try flashing the phones original files which will reset everything on your phone. Though, I recommend getting a new phone because, your still running gingerbread. That is an extremely old os as most newer devices are running lollipop and kitkat. If you don't plan on spending a lot of money on a phone, there are plenty of cheap phones out there. If you do manage to get out the bootloop than I wouldn't run any newer apps on it, as it will crash the phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dell5:
Thanks for the reply!

I have always kept it stock, only installed Facebook and whatsapp.

This is a very weird issue, as the phone behaves normal when charging and does not randomly turn off.

I downloaded an app that checks the battery health, and it says that the battery is good.

I also noticed that when the phone turns off and I switch it back on then the battery is completely drained – for example I have it at 100% charge and after the random restart it shows only 9%.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dell5:
Thanks for the reply!

I tried rebooting it, wiping the whole phone and cache in the menu that comes up when it turn the phone up with the + volume button, but it did not help.

How can I flash the phones original files? (I'm new to this)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buslad:
Hello house,

I have a problem, my IPx8 Quad Core-2.2GHz (1GB,16GB HDD,3G,WiFi,Dual SIM) 8-Inch Android Tablet, with MTK6582 chips, running 4.4.2,

Can I get a rom that can work for it. Or can I load 4.2.2 on it, is the same MTK6582.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brent Austin:
To flash the phones original files, you will need to look up a video either on YouTube or find another website with informative directions. Basically, you will need fastboot files and roms/ img files to revert your phone. You will need a computer and usb cable for this. Go to YouTube and search how to fix a bootloop or how to fix a bricked/soft bricked phone. Best of luck.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
Sounds like your battery is one of two things. 1. Its going bad. (Many reasons why the app is tell you its fine, Thats 2) 2. The battery is a fake and there is software that was changed to hide this. A common practice in some places in the world. The reason it is only now failing "could" be that it is starting to die but the software is still set to show you its good.

The fact that it works fine when it is plugged in would support those theories.

You could try reflashing the files as suggested, but do yourself a favor and DO NOT use some youtube video. At least not before reading up. The issue with youtube videos is that if something goes wrong then you are stuck even worse with no idea what to do. Then you will find yourself right back here.
[Note Edge Themes and Apps] marcolorenzo:
Hey guys, over on the Post Your Homescreen thread, there are a number of people running stock roms but with a different colour notification shade and no "S Finder" or "Quick Connect" icons. I would love to have that. They say to do that, you'll need Xposed and Wanam but as far as I know, Xposed isn't working for stock Lollipop roms at the moment which is what I'm running. Is there a workaround that I'm not aware of?

Also, how can you change the icon theme on the Edge bar? Thanks a lot for your help!
[Note Edge Themes and Apps] arbit12:
Don't know about the buttons.

But the icons on the edge follow the touchwiz theme. So if you are rooted, you can use one of the apps to change the touchwiz icons, which then changes them on the edge as well.

If you are using, say Nova, this means you can actually have one icon pack for the homescreen, and one for the edge.

I use Galaxy icon themer, which works fine on Lollipop. There are a couple others, but I think they need xposed, which, as ypu said, is a problem on TW lollipop right now.
[Note Edge Themes and Apps] bunglebp:
What model of Note do u have? if have 915G id recommend Alliance ROM can customize just about everything, or if have 915G or 915F then run Emotion Kernel which after you can install Xposed ;)
[Note Edge Themes and Apps] marcolorenzo:
Thanks for the tip! I wonder how I never came across them. I do have the 915G so the Alliance ROM sounds perfect. I just have a couple of questions though:

1. They didn't mention anything about the possibility to remove the Quick Connect button in the notifications shade, only the S Finder. Do you know if it's possible?

2. Any known bugs and issues? (since it's in BETA)

3. I've been having this problem "Unfortunately, Package Access Helper has stopped" when trying to install big apps from Humble Bundle or Amazon (under 100MB are always fine though). Others seem to have this problem as well. Do you know if this ROM addresses this issue?

4. If I do a backup of my system settings in my current stock ROM (using Titanium), can I restore them after flashing the new one? It wouldn't create clashes or disrupt anything? This is something I always wondered about flashing new roms.

Thanks again for the help!
[Note Edge Themes and Apps] bunglebp:
Heya,

1. in alliance can only remove both Quick connect and SFinder bar

2. Bugs: lockscreen effect don;t use ink, stick to tiles, the R from the clear button on the drop down menu is missing

3. Not had any issues downloading from Amazon, never tried Humble

4. Settings backup not good idea as Alliance ROM has changed settings options and I have found that generally best to start fresh

Apart from that had no issues myself :)
[Note Edge Themes and Apps] marcolorenzo:
Cheers mate! What did you mean by that? I'll give it a go tomorrow. Much appreciated!
[Note Edge Themes and Apps] bunglebp:
lol what i meant is that you can change the lockscreen effect in settings and the option 'Ink' does not work select Tiles and all will be ok also the clear button on the drop down is missing the R from Clear lol
[Note Edge Themes and Apps] marcolorenzo:
haha I see. I guess it'll all become more clear once I flash the ROM! Thanks again!

EDIT: Just spent the whole afternoon on this rom. Can't say I'm a fan. For some reason, I can't change the wallpaper. Even when I switch to Nova launcher and try to change it through there, the wallpaper still won't budge. There are also a lot of inconsistencies. For example, pretty much every theme I tried had some kind of problem with font colour being the same as the background in some menus, making it impossible to read. Usually appeared in the Reboot menu but some themes had it in other places too. Took me ages to finally find the right setting to fix that. Still getting the "unfortunately, package access helper has stopped" when downloading from sources outside of the Play Store with large apps (100MB or more, Amazon or Humble). I also encountered a problem with the sound mode toggle in the notifications shade. After switching the phone to vibrate only, I can't switch it back.

In the end, there just seem to be way too many options for what I need, which would've been fine if it weren't for the fact that it's so hard to find the options that I want. I'm gonna try the emotion kernel now :)
[Note Edge Themes and Apps] jeep447:
As far as changing the buttons and icons on the edge goes I just thought I'd throw this out there... I'm not sure about changing the look of the included factory edge panels if that's what you're asking, but there is an awesome app on Play that you can buy (which is a must have app for Note Edge owners imho) called "EdgeNavi Pro".. which let's you put practically whatever buttons you want on the edge and you can also "theme it" to however you like (there's also a free version which is limited but the full version is more than worth it especially with this phone). It doesn't have included "themes" so to speak but you can pick the color of the edge, change the icons of the buttons, pick the transparency, and so on. Anyway just thought I'd mention it because imo it's worth its weight in gold and it actually makes the edge worthwhile and useful finally. Hope it helps and here's a couple of pics just to give you an idea..

Sent from a modified ColecoVision
[T-Mobile LG G3] mjfrank:
Anyone know of an AOSP ROM for d851 that has updated to the LYZ28E build (TMO specific 5.1.1 - Unleashes WiFi Calling)???

Let me know if ya do!!!
[T-Mobile LG G3] sasidhar79:
I am looking for the same unfortunately there is no movement in that aspect
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuperCana:
[Q] [help] Trying to flash a custom ROM to moto g, getting "bootloader not supported"

My moto g is XT1031, the Boost Mobile version.

I've tried to flash CM, BlissPop ROM, flexOS, and others. I always get "Bootleader not supported. Operation Aborted".

I want to flash a custom ROM because Boost Mobile never pushed out lollipop, and I want to try it out. This is not my primary phone, and is only used on Wi-Fi.

My Moto G is Rooted (I have the SuperSU app) and the bootloader is unlocked (Get the warning message on boot).

I'm flashing via Clockwork mod revocery 6.0.4.7

Any help is strongly appreciated.

Thanks.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuperCana:
By the way, this is the exact message:

This package supports bootloader(s): 0x4118, 0x4119, 0x411A; this device has bootloader 0x4113.

(Status 7)

Operation Aborted.

I was able to flash Cyanogenmod 11 Snapshot M6 Falcon, but not sure what to do after that. It seems that the bootloader is not compatible with Lollipop?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjandroiddeveloper:
You have two options

1- Either update your bootloader to lollipop one which is 41.19 for cdma variants

2-Edit the updater script and metadata file of rom to allow you to flash the rom

First method is risky but better because you dont have to edit the updater scrip of every rom you wanna flash

sent from falcon

PRESS THANKS IF HELPED?????
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuperCana:
Thanks. How do I update the bootloader to 41.19?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjandroiddeveloper:
I have the links to bootloader for gsm variants but not CDMA

I am asking someone experienced that is [MENTION=3816475]matmutant[/MENTION], so please wait for a day

Till then I will tell you how to edit the updater script and metadata (credits to [MENTION=3101826]wskelly[/MENTION] )

Extract the zip and go to

META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script

META-INF/com/android/metadata

Alter the files as shown in the screenshots.

You will see the flickering/jumping of the screen on the first boot, but this will go away after you turn the screen off and then on once.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjandroiddeveloper:
Screenshots are here
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuperCana:
I found the download for bootloader 41.19 CDMA. Found here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934538145

I then flashed it via clockwork mod and then was able to flash BlissPop 5.1.1. All is working fine now, except the screen in clockwork mod has a flashing line. No big deal though, this doesn't impact the actual OS.

Thanks again for your help.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjandroiddeveloper:
You have flickering screen in CWM recovery because it is based on kitkat bootloader

To remove

Just flash the latest TWRP by [MENTION=4792450]h2o64[/MENTION] from xda ( not from official site )

Or try this unofficial Philz

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7lxW9DP17gNalk2Y3EtcU9JZTA/edit?usp=docslist_api

Sent from falcon

PRESS THANKS IF HELPED?????
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravibhat:
I came across this site while searching for a solution to my problem which I thought can help you

They've mentioned instructions to Unlock Bootloader for different models :

https://forums.motorola.com/posts/35e4d3be5c
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjandroiddeveloper:
You posted on a wrong thread
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravibhat:
Updated my post for more clarity :)

Hope it helps OP or someone who is looking for a solution.
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrmaiafs:
Im trying to flsash a rom stock android 5.0 in moto x 2014 by using RDS Lite but is says: version downgraded for primary_gpt . I bricked my cell or there is a way to fix it. Before this i updated 5.0 via ota to soak test 5.1. but i used twrp to wipe partitions in phone. i did this because was not able to downgrade to 5.0. can you help. now i want to install anything in my phone 5.0 or 5.1. i just want to put this to woak again anyway because i need to use my cellphone.
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skulldreamz:
You still have twrp right. So a easy way is to download a toolkit from the moto x 2014 thread onto your PC and install it. Then boot your phone into bootloader/fastboot and make sure you also install the moto drivers which the toolkit will ask you to do. Then just follow directions using the toolkit and you will be back up n running. Or you can sideload a rom onto twrp using the 1.0.3.2 version of adb drivers. I have done it successfully many times using Linux but with Linux you just have to type a ./ in front of adb sideload rom.zip for it to work. Just don't worry. As long as you have a bootloader then your phone is never bricked. Toolkit is below...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2897819
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrmaiafs:
im glad to know that "As long as you have a bootloader then your phone is never bric

Thank you for your help, but i dont have anymore twrp, and my phone is xt 1097, im glad to know that "As long as you have a bootloader then your phone is never bricked." i have it still!!

Now RSD Lite recognizes my phone, but when i start to flash android 5.0 it says: version downgraded for primary_gpt

I flash this same rom (5.0) before using RSD Lite and it worked perfectly, but now gives this error. How can i fix it?
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orangestrawberry:
Have you got your factory image for your phone and mfastboot?
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrmaiafs:
yes, i have it

I heard many people reporting this error, say they have posts here on xda that solves the problem but I could not find them . I have seen in a blog that the problem is in doing downgrading from 5.0 to 5.1. and they say that to solve it is necessary to change two lines of a file , but I do not know which file is this , and not how it's done
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulesJam:
Can you get into bootloader mode (fastboot)? What version of the bootloader are you running (you can see this in bootloader mode)?
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrmaiafs:
I have bootloader (fastboot)

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these are the information appearing:

[IMG="Imagem 1"]https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5F0CIelKkyyZHhPbEtBcTl0Vmc/edit?usp=docslist_api[/IMG]

So I try to install the rom 5.0 with RSD Lite this error occurs :

[IMG="imagem 2"]https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5F0CIelKkyyektodkZiejF1dWM/edit?usp=docslist_api[/IMG]

And that's what the RSD Lite says :

[IMG="imagem 3"]https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5F0CIelKkyyYnNQUVkxRXkzQUE/edit?usp=docslist_api[/IMG]

I was using the soak test 5.1 V : 23:11:14 , and went back to retail by 5.0 RSD Lite 6.2.4 , and is giving the following error "version is downgraded primary- gpt "
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulesJam:
Your bootloader is 60.16, which is the 5.1 bootloader. You are getting that error because you are trying to flash a lower version partition table from your bootloader.

You need to stop trying to flash the 5.0 partition table. I would manually flash the 5.0 system, boot, NON-HLOS, fsg and logo using mfastboot version 2.

mfastboot flash logo logo.bin

mfastboot flash boot boot.img

mfastboot flash system system.img

mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin

mfastboot erase modemst1

mfastboot erase modemst2

mfastboot flash fsg fsg.bin

Then after you are done that, boot into recovery and wipe cache and data partition. Then reboot into system.
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrmaiafs:
Thank you

There was no time I try your solution because I was looking for other answers before I saw your comment , I found the solution in this blog , anyway thanks for the help . but it is in Portuguese

http://motox-brasil.blogspot.com.br...howComment=1433025924130#c6945390347560261007
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulesJam:
Ok but all that says to do is to flash the 5.0 firmware with RSDLite. I thought that was what you were trying to do and were getting an error?
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3rdstring:
The article lists the edits to make to the flashfile.xml so the gpt & bootloader are not flashed using RSD Lite
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulesJam:
Ah, got it.
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KB Smoka:
So I am having this exact problem now and I think somewhere along the way I flashed files from the wrong version and now my phones seems to not recognize the system storage or doesn't know how to write to it. My bootloader is 60.18....I've tried the system files for 5.1 and 6.0 but nothing seems to work. After I enter all of the commands it just reboots over and over and says erasing...

really strange
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulesJam:
Is your bootloader unlocked? Last I read you could get the Verizon Moto X 2014 bootloader unlocked.

You can get into bootloader mode and use fastboot commands, correct?
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dangerous-Beans!:
Hi there 3rdstring, I don't suppose you could translate it to English for us, could you? Or I guess I can see if Google Chrome will do that.
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dangerous-Beans!:
No worries, Chrome did the translating fine. :o)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vihru:
hi there, does anyone some good app/widget that i can change 2G-3G network type straight way in kitkat?

i mean app like this: http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/widget-toggle-network-type-5-0-xda-t2945406

but its only for lollipop.. and now i would like same to kitkat.. thanks a lot!