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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] easybullet3:
I have a Galaxy S2 phone (running Ice-Cream-Sandwich), but i flashed a larger 'System partition' and 'Data partition' ( 1GB & 6GB respectively ), which is much larger than the Stock version.

Ok, imagine this comparison:

THREE identical GalaxyS2 phones

:

* 1st phone: Adroid 4.0.3 (Ice-Cream-Sandwich), running Nova Launcher.

* 2nd phone: Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), running Nova Launcher.

* 3rd phone: Android 5 (Lollipop), running Nova Launcher.

in ALL 3 cases, i will be using Nova Launcher. So my Visual experience will be identical.

so, what is the point of bothering to upgrade the Phone OS ?

- as far as I have heard, upgrading OS on the Galaxy S2 will slow down my phone anyway.

is there something I have missed ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reidwan:
You'll be less vulnerable to security hole that has been patch up in latest OS. There have been numerous report about hacker able to steal your phone data back on 4.0-4.2.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donjamal:
Also new features and possible bug fixes. Your question is like why to buy a new car when your 20 years old is the same color, it has 4 doors as well, etc.

By the way, pretty bad approach judging an os by just the visual appearance. Furthermore i don't believe samsung did not change the UI at least slightly between those versions. Not to mention the UI is not just your launcher.

Just one big change between 4.x and 5.x - in the latter, the apps run in ART, before they ran in dalvik. Art supposed to be faster as - and i don't remember exactly the technical details - but the code is pre-translated when they are installed and not upon run-time.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anonym20:
There can be no comparison of what launcher you have on what phone compared to what OS version it has.

I've used several phones over the last 18 months, the one I bought off eBay running android 4.0.4 ice cream sandwich was c***.

I then had several phones running 4.1 or 4.2 jelly bean, these where better, much more "stable"

I have a galaxy s1 running 5.1.1 lollipop, and a brand new moto e purchased with 4.4.4 kitkat but now upgraded to 5.1.1 lollipop and by co insistence I run nova too, and as far as I'm concerned, lollipop is streets ahead of anything else, with kit kat a close second, but my opinion is not based on what launcher each phone has, its based on a range of variables, calling, texting, ease of use, bugs, music, and internet browsing.

Running the latest software means a device is less vulnerable to security issues, will be running at peak performance and small bugs will be fixed.

For anyone to say I have three phones running nova so I don't need to update to a newer software is quite frankly naive, stupid and irresponsible, but that's your choice and just my opinion, its a bit silly to judge latest OS but how it looks, remember how it looks is just one small thing, Samsung haven't changed touchwiz much since the year dot have they?

I prefer a stock look on any phone I use that's why I went for a moto e, flashed omni ROM on my s1 and run nova to get rid of the awful touchwiz and run the latest OS on my phones.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] easybullet3:
Thanks for your replies guys:

i want to share my personal reasons (based on what you said):

i have had ALL THREE of the above OS running on my GalaxyS2. (IceCream Sandwich, JellyBean and Lollipop).

its currently with Lollipop running Nova. (but its way too slow on my phone and killing my battery).

so, my thoughts were to Downgrade to Jellybean (which I know will be much faster) for my phone and use a Nova Launcher.

- (I have a feeling that KitKat will also be slow on my device).

As for the issues you both pointed out:

- Security issues that you both mention. Seriously, I am not concerned by any security vunerabilities or people stealing my data. I have nothing important worth stealing on my phone. i am 0% concerned by security.

- However, if some small Bugs have been fixed, then obviously that is a PLUS. (from my memory, I didnt have many issues with Jellybean, though ICS seemed to crash a lot).

- You mentioned: "Calling, Texting, Browsing" is improved with more recent versions. BUT, arent these just Apps ? Browsing is Chrome. Chrome on jellybean or Lollipo is the same Chrome app. FUnctioning exactly the same, no ?

and SMS and Phone and contacts again are Apps.. part of the Google Apps (Gapps). and i can also download any 3rd party phone or SMS. so I didnt really understand how a latter version of OS can be better browsing, phone and SMS. (again, i am not concerned with security if that was your point).

I am on a Galaxy S2 that has increased System and Data partitions. but its still limited by speed.

with every version of OS i go up, my phone slows down slightly.

is there something (apart from the above) that I am not aware of ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anonym20:
Well at least we agree!

I can't really compare my S1 to your S2 (mine has a super extended 9gb partition that some people say having is total madness) since I updated it to lollipop the battery drain was mad, totally crazy.

But for a 5year old phone that was officially only supposed to run android 2.3 gingerbread, I had an amazing time boasting to my work colleges I had the latest version of android, but was humiliated and embarrassed by the 5hr battery time (on stand by with data and WiFi on)

I too used nova with a lollipop theme, uninstalling nova smoothed out general running, it was a tad more stable, but i like you assumed the launcher was the be all and end all, I had no idea that some launchers absolutely killed the battery or consumed so much ram.

I also wrongly assumed having such a large internal partition was fine to put loads of apps, themes, ringtones ect.

I had around 40 apps on my S1 when general stability was lost, it was laggy, crashed, rebooted and force closed all the time.

So after being made fun of in the omni ROM forum here on xda, I took the plunge and downgraded to kitkat, again, I lost general stability but going through my own investigations and testing and retesting, i found my gapps package was the culprit.

I flashed a smaller gapps package and general stability was restored, but I still had laggy start ups and force closes.

I downgraded again to cm10.2 (android 4.3.1) and that cured my problem once and for all.

I had similar issue a fortnight ago when I got my brand new moto e on contract, I got a bootloader unlock code from Motorola and didn't waste anytime rooting and flashing cm12.1 (android 5.1.1) but after a few days it became unstable, so I'm now testing other custom roms, the best for moto e I've found being paranoid android lp 5.1.1 and cr droid lollipop that I'm running now, but I'm not running nova on my moto e, as the trebuchet or launcher 3 whatever it is called is just as configurable as nova, I'm running a cm12.1 theme and I'm very happy with my set up, but I only have about a dozen apps like Facebook, YouTube and gmail installed, and it is the most stable configuration I've ever found in a custom ROM.

I do wish you well, im very glad you agreed with my reply, and I do wish you well, I just think its a shame I don't have an S2 to hand so I could help you out, there's nothing worse than having problems with our phones!

Good luck :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkmanahan:
I was wondering if there is a custom rom for Galaxy S4 gt9500 MT6589

Here is the specs.

MediaTek MT6589 1.30GHz

model: GT-i9500 (mtk6589_e_lca)

manufacturer: alps

board: mtk6589_e_lca

build ID: ALPS.JB7.MP.V1.14

bootloader: unknown

hardware: mt6589

android version: 4.4.4

API level: 17

java vm dalvik 1.6.0

opengl es: 2.0

kernel architecture: armv7l

kernel version: 3.4.39

(eng.whl.1411091361)

screen size: 4.07 inches

screen resolution: 480 x 854

screen density: 240 dpi

ram: 456mb

root access: yes

vietnam made

it has UBIFS system file

i already have a backup of this ROM if any one who wants this stock rom just message me and i will upload it here

if any one who knows a custom rom of this unit pls message me

here is the screen shot.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epjdaniel:
I also need thr rom please

Here is the specs.

MediaTek MT6589 1.30GHz

model: GT-i9500 (mtk6589_e_lca)

manufacturer: alps

board: mtk6589_e_lca

build ID: ALPS.JB7.MP.V1.14

bootloader: unknown

hardware: mt6589

android version: 4.4.4

API level: 17

java vm dalvik 1.6.0

opengl es: 2.0

kernel architecture: armv7l

kernel version: 3.4.39

(eng.whl.1411091361)

screen size: 4.07 inches

screen resolution: 480 x 854

screen density: 240 dpi

ram: 456mb

root access: yes

vietnam made

it has UBIFS system file

i already have a backup of this ROM if any one who wants this stock rom just message me and i will upload it here

if any one who knows a custom rom of this unit pls message me

Please i need the rom...

email:epodanj@gmail.com
[Honor 6, 6 Plus Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhnjqm:
This phone was bought on jd.com, on China. I received it last week.

So, for some reason, only 2G (EDGE) works, even with auto 2G/3G/4G activated. I've already tried changing APNs, factory resetting, calling my provider, and nothing. Only 2G. Also, for some reason, everytime I restart the phone the mobile data resets and goes to 2G only. There's also always a 2G symbol over my signal indicator, never changing to anything or even disappearing, on wlan or when with no connection.

It is updated to EMUI 3.0.

Is there something about 3G or 4G lock about this phone?

Thank you.
[Honor 6, 6 Plus Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nothingman1976:
In which country are you trying to use it? If you are in europe you should have buy the wcdma versions which are h60-l02 and h60-l12.
[Honor 6, 6 Plus Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhnjqm:
Brazil.

I found this table (link below). Mine would be Telefónica.

goo.gl/QexuGm
[Honor 6, 6 Plus Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrianjwf:
I have the same isue with honor 6 h60-l01 . The phone specification say LTE band 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300) - H60-L01 which is the band from rcs-rds Romania. What is the problem.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadow 6:
Long story short I have random contacts that will not show in my phone under ANY circumstance. I have gone though every single setting from notifications, contacts, Gmail, and SMS to see if any of them are hiding them and can't find them.

They were there and working just fine then one day they were gone when I go into my contacts on the internet they are still there as they should be. I figured something I did but last night I moved from OC4 to OD5 and did NO restoring of any type i.e. fully clean un-tainted install... contacts still gone.... same ones at that.

Contacts are in google cloud

SM-900v

OD5

Stock root

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Durion:
Everywhere I go I see guide for porting ROMs/recoveries/etc and they're all for MTK devices, and I don't mean to be a noob but I want to know why they are so different. I know they have a different chipset, but they all run android and should all correspond to the same rules. Could anyone experienced give me an overview of what the difference is between Qualcomm and Mediatek devices that makes it so much easier to build for Mediatek.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrMaddTraxx:
There is a difference at the GPL policy as I read somewhere... whereas quallcomm is open-source and mediatek isn't?

Also quallcomm is much further at Hardware level in comparison to Mediatek, In which Mediatek serves for a good low-cost replacements for infamous brands.

Also the energy consumption is less then Quallcomm's

But the difference for those 2 sorts, I couldn't say anymore then I told you :p.
[X 2014 General] JulesJam:
We can stay on the 5.0/5.0.2 bootloader (motoboot.img) and partition table (gpt.bin) and flash rooted 5.1 images using MoFo as well as the 5.1 kernel and radios using fastboot. Details for the XT1096 are here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61685122&postcount=46

Do not take the 5.1 OTA - flash manually!!!

If you upgrade to the 5.1 bootloader and partition table - YOUR COPY OF MOFO.EXE WILL NO LONGER WORK FOR YOUR DEVICE!!!!
[X 2014 General] JulesJam:
There was a little bit of weirdness when I flashed the rooted image and tried to go into recovery to wipe cache - the dead android kept flashing at me and I couldn't get into the recovery menu. So then I flashed the 5.1 recovery. It is working fine now. I think I will flash back to 5.0 and then reflash it to see if that happens again.

[IMG="5.1 Root"]http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3389974&d=1435980987[/IMG]
[X 2014 General] trimax84:
Excellent news! Thanks [MENTION=5983610]JulesJam[/MENTION]!

We all learned a lot with our prior MoFo experience, so here's hoping the features are added to the 5.1 ROM with less troubleshooting this time.
[X 2014 General] Legacystar:
Where is the rooted copy you used?
[X 2014 General] d33dvb:
Can the mofo crew just update the binary to read the new gpt?
[X 2014 General] JulesJam:
I am not sure what you are talking about.

MoFo.exe relies on an exploit to trick the bootloader to allow you to flash an unsigned system image. According to maiko1, the exploit was patched in the 5.1 bootloader. Supposedly he is working on trying to find an exploit in the 5.1 bootloader that he can use to do the same thing but only time will tell if he can find one.
[X 2014 General] JulesJam:
I didn't post it anywhere yet b/c of the issues I was having. [MENTION=5849464]mikeoswego[/MENTION] has a rooted image that he baked useful features into. When he posts his, I will just flash that and see how it works. He has a thread in the Android Development section of this forum where he posts his images.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61702833&postcount=215
[X 2014 General] d33dvb:
I thought it was that it could not verify your device because of the way it read your info on the device. I assumed he used a zero day he had to attack the verification step of fastboot. I had thought about attacking in this manner. I mean, without busybox, can we try normal Linux shell privilege escalation attacks for this kernel version just like a desktop Linux machine? Are there any previous root methods and how they were obtained? I still say at this point, it would be great to be told what the exploit was, even without code.

---------- Post added at 05:01 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:00 AM ----------

So it was specific to the bootloader, do we know at which version it became patched?
[X 2014 General] JulesJam:
Its worked on all versions from 4.4.4 on up but according to maiko1, not on 5.1.
[X 2014 General] JulesJam:
double post.
[X 2014 General] JulesJam:
I think if the exploit has been patched, he should release what the exploit was as there is no harm at this point in releasing that information. Someone should ask him to do that.
[X 2014 General] koftheworld:
The exploit was posted awhile ago according to jcase. What maiko didn't do was post his code for mofo because he owns that. If you want more info pm or tweet jcase.
[Android General] easybullet3:
I have a Galaxy S2 phone (running Ice-Cream-Sandwich), but i flashed a larger 'System partition' and 'Data partition' ( 1GB & 6GB respectively ), which is much larger than the Stock version.

Ok, imagine this comparison:

THREE identical GalaxyS2 phones

:

* 1st phone: Adroid 4.0.3 (Ice-Cream-Sandwich), running Nova Launcher.

* 2nd phone: Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), running Nova Launcher.

* 3rd phone: Android 5 (Lollipop), running Nova Launcher.

in ALL 3 cases, i will be using Nova Launcher. So my Visual experience will be identical.

so, what is the point of bothering to upgrade the Phone OS ?

- as far as I have heard, upgrading OS on the Galaxy S2 will slow down my phone anyway.

is there something I have missed ?
[Android General] kirito9:
New features :rolleyes: but yes in some cases the phone may move slower but like i said before. There are some things that you can do on 5.0 LP for instance and apps you can install that you cannot do in older versions of android. Nevermind the UI (Nova Launcher)
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] rm83855:
Is it available for 5.1.1 on the N7?

I'm aware there are alpha builds but i read somewhere that it does not work on the N7 due to hardware differences?

Does anyone have it up and running?

I cannot do without it to tidy up those little areas the custom ROMS normally miss!

Thanks :D
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] tjupille:
Works fine on mine:

http://xdaforums.com/xposed/super-alpha-posted-permission-xposed-t3072979
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Anderson2:
I have it installed on my nexus 7 2013 with xprivacy and gravitybox. Work just fine for me on 5.1.1.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] ariesgodofwar:
I have installed the latest v65 on my N7 2013 and it is working just fine, no hardware issues.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] rm83855:
thanks for the replies

is it arm, arm64 or arm86 for the N7?

Cheers :good:
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] ariesgodofwar:
N7 is ARM
[ZenFone 2 Accessories] CenereZar:
When i bought the phone it was available only with the silver back,but i wanna a black back.Where can i buy the original cover in black color?
[ZenFone 2 Accessories] raynan:
There is already another thread here asking the same thing.

They don't seem to be available yet, but there are 3rd party ones w/o NFC.
[HTC Desire 601] Vallamost:
I was trying to install a new rom but TWRP says my device is a Zara CL and not a Zara which the ROM is for. Excuse my lack of knowledge, Googling results in no answer. But what's the difference between a Zara device and Zara CL device?

I have an HTC Desire 601 from Virgin Mobile in the US. Are Zara CLs the GSM version?

Is there a CL version of this ROM? http://xdaforums.com/desire-601/orig-development/test-builds-cyanogenmod-12-t3041646
[HTC Desire 601] alatnet:
UL is the GSM version.

CL is the CDMA version.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] synle:
Hi fokls,

I recently updated to 5.1 ( Lollipop). I am on Tmobile and for some reasons, the mobile data setting kept getting disabled frequently.

Anyone knows what to do to fix the issue. I have tried pure stock as well as with root. None of them seems to fix the issue.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] ArkAngel06:
Just want to confirm, I have this problem too. Also on T-Mobile.

Edit: is it really just the setting that gets disabled? I have been rebooting to fix it.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] medwatt:
Why don't you enable airplane mode and then disable instead of rebooting. It might work.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] ArkAngel06:
I tried that, it didn't work. I'm waiting on it to happen again to see if I can just re-enable mobile data.

Even if I can, this is still a very annoying problem. You'll miss a lot of emails, and messages. Yet another reason you might not want Lollipop :p
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] synle:
Its strange though. But if you go to the setting, then mobile data, you will see that it is turned off. Turning it back on, will re-enable it. I dont know why it does it though. No need for air plane toggle.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] D33PTHAWTE:
Is there any possibility this problem could be tied to a default power-saving setting that is turning mobile data off to conserve battery?

Just a thought.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] ArkAngel06:
I did two things, but I haven't had this happen since I did them.

1. Renamed HwPowerGenieEngine3.apk and HwPowerGenieEngine3.odex to disable them. (just add .bak to the end) They are located in "root/system/app/HwPowerGenieEngine3/" and "/<SAME/ARM/"

2. Enabled the option in Mobile Network settings to "Always-on mobile data"

Like I said, I don't know for sure if either really fixed it, but I haven't been having this problem for the past 2 days.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Aus A:
#1 . do I need root to rename the files?
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] xordos:
yes, that requires root
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] foltz61:
I have no answer for you but, I am on T-Mobile and that's not happening to me. My WiFi becomes disabled sometimes/rarely. Also USB debugging gets disabled as soon as I back out of the settings for it. This is on B309.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] _android_:
My friend and I both using HAM2 on Wind, still on 4.3. Phone signal (not only Data) frequently turned itself off, then turned back on after a minute or longer.

Could it be the AWS (1700) frequency not reacting well to Huawei power genie?

I tried using "Normal" instead of "Smart" power saving scheme but no joy. Just froze "Power Genie" app via Titanium Backup. I think it turns the power saving feature off completely. Will monitor to see if it helps. I'll trade network stability for shorter battery life.

Apparently this problem is getting worse with Lollipop update.
[Nexus 6 Accessories] clockcycle:
Interestingly I couldn't tell there was a size difference viewing the pictures online. Was quite interesting when I opened the packages.

Anyone using either one of these, care to comment?

EDIT: I bought both of these. Just tested them on the Nexus 7 at 20% battery and Sony Z3 at 96% battery. Neither charged any higher than 1250mA. So I'm skeptical as to their authenticity..
[Nexus 6 Accessories] dakleenupman:
I'd assume the Sony wouldn't pull the full load as it was at 96. Try it at say 30 and see what it pulls. The higher the percentage, usually the less it draws in. At least my Notes and my N6 slows down around the 90's.
[Nexus 6 Accessories] clockcycle:
Noted and agreed. Turned on the camera app flashlight to drain. But that z3 refuses to burn down battery.. Lol

It seems by the looks of it they've added a new version to their lineup called QUIK. Supposed to be smart in determining optimal capacity on all types of current rapid changing tech.. I say fooey!
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottharris4:
I'm looking for a remote control app that supports favorite channels with labels. The built-in app has favorite channels, but you can't give them a label so it just shows up as channel 23, which does no good when you want to switch to a specific channel and only know it by name.

The one I really like is Peel (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.peel.app), unfortunately it's not compatible with the LG G3. I even downloaded the APK of apkmirror and it wouldn't work with any of the TVs I have access to.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottharris4:
I did manage to find this one earlier, but it's a fairly terrible looking app and the ads are quite obtrusive https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adi.remote.phone
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] falcon26:
I see that the pure edition is down to $299. My wife is in need of a new phone. I was thinking about picking a 2014 Moto X up for her, but a part of me is telling me the 2015 version will be here any time now. Should I wait for the 2015 version or just get the 2014 at this price? Is the 2015 release very soon or is it more like Oct or Nov?
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xKroniK13x:
You're in a subforum for the Moto X... I don't think many people will tell you know. You are right, the 2015 will be coming out in the nearish future. Not confirmed yet, but it will. I got my X about 2 months ago now and have no regrets. The phone looks great. The phone has good hardware. A quad core phone with 2GB is enough for me, who I'd consider to be a heavy user. It will be more than enough for your typical user. Only issues I'd say: small battery compared to some new devices (looking at you DROID Turbo) and camera isn't the best. My battery lasts all day even under fairly heavy use, and I don't have a need to last 2 days as I would charge nightly anyway. The camera, not the best but in alright lighting takes pretty clear pictures. Sufficient for me.

All in all, for $299… I think it's still a good buy. Get a developer edition phone that you can ROM in the future to get more life out of it, or root now and enjoy the pure android.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ls6tt:
Quick question. Has anybody developed the IE scroll for the PPC/WM5? Second has anybody developed the open and close of applications animations?

Thanks in advance.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ong9:
IE scroll --> don't know

Animate window is in Tweaks2K2 .NET , but I don't know ,is it ok for you , just try