yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demarcmj:
This is a pretty simple question but I can't seem to find the answer anywhere on the internet. I'm sure any Project Fi user can answer easily...

So I understand how Project Fi works with the free WiFi hotspots that they have verified as “fast and reliable.” It connects to them seamlessly and secures it with a VPN. My question is about what happens with other open WiFi networks that are not on Google's magic list. Obviously you would have to connect manually since it's not a "verified" network, but once you are connected does Google still route your traffic through a VPN? Or are you on your own? I'm always weary about connecting to open WiFi networks when I'm traveling, but I'm too lazy/cheap to set up proper SSH Tunneling or a VPN. It would be great if Google left the VPN functionality there when you manually connect to an unsecured network. I doubt it, but figured I'd ask.

While I'm at it, I was also curious about the prevalence of these "verified" WiFi hotspots. Google's Project Fi coverage map shows you the 4G/3G/2G coverage and that is all well and good. But it seems that the important thing from a money-saving standpoint is how often is it going to be able keep you on WiFi vs cellular data. It would be great if they had a separate map (or a layer you could turn on in the existing map) to get a feel for how often you can expect to be on WiFi. Anyone have a good feel for how prevalent these things are really? This is especially important because I'm coming from Verizon where 4G LTE coverage is better than the combined Google Fi coverage. The Google Fi 4G LTE coverage is maybe a quarter of the Verizon 4G LTE coverage.

Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crachel:
My understanding is if you don't get the key icon in the status bar, you are not on Google's VPN. It would be up to you to use something like TunnelBear or OpenVPN's Private Tunnel. I agree it would be great for them to make their VPN available or at least natively support TAP in Android

This is from a moderator at the official Google+ Project Fi Community:
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demarcmj:
Yea that's pretty much what I figured. If it used VPN everywhere it MIGHT be worth it for me to drop my Verizon unlimited because the VPN service would pay for itself. Or if they had a coverage map of these verified Wi-Fi networks so I could at least know what I'm getting into. Seems like a little too much of an unknown for me to jump ship right now knowing I can't ever get back.

Thanks for the information.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asj0422:
sorry, old thread, but i figured it'd be better than creating a new one...

i finally got signed up for fi on my 6p. (op, in case you're still wondering i haven't encountered any of those open hotspots in my hometown yet) My question is, can i somehow force the vpn to enable, even on networks i have to sign in to? (thinking of home, campus wifi, etc)
[YotaPhone] kam1962:
Some nice apps starting to come through now.. just seen and installed YotaLazyMirror on market.

still looking for a web browser that will look good on epd - anyone up for the challenge?
[YotaPhone] Jeopardy:
I think the stock EPD browser works quite well, or at least it's best there is right now. You can access it by opening Chrome on the color screen and then activating mirroring.
[YotaPhone] psx2pal:
Hey, i'm working on a browser for the epd screen. The most work is finished and it has frontscreen support too.

I will post it here, if i'm finish and upload it to the playstore.

Some Features:

Epd Screen:

Bookmark support

History support

Tab support

GreyScale and inverted greyscale

Frontscreen

All from back.

Night Mode (Invert colors) and greyscale

Find in page

and more

General features:

Dynamic front and backscreen sync. (the pages doesn't get reloaded on screen change)

AdBlock support

Omnibox

etc.
[YotaPhone] psx2pal:
And finally here is my browser.

http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-yobrowser-special-browser-phone-t3169173

It has an interface for the epd screen. See the screenshots ;),
[YotaPhone] frejac:
Thanks, giving it a try right now.

Nice with a browser with a little bigger text with more contrast on the epd.

Would be extra nice with a way to change font size or similar. :)

Many thanks for the time spent.
[YotaPhone] kam1962:
getting there but still a lot of grain effect on screen

think idea below are good
[YotaPhone] kam1962:
just seen YotaPhone Toggle Widget on google play .... looks good
[YotaPhone] kam1962:
just downloaded another - yotatextcover on google play
[YotaPhone] kam1962:
Any one seen a days,hours & minutes countdown to an event widget for epd. would like one on e-ink display instead of agenda widget

thanks for any replies OR DEVELOPMENT IN NEAR FUTURE???
[YotaPhone] kam1962:
some more apps appeared on google play

yotasupport - not tried and unsure about this !! (may need checking out with yota!!!)

yotahope
[YotaPhone] kam1962:
yotaclock now on market (better than stock e-ink widget). glad to see a least someone is developing apps for e-ink display

thanks Alexey Zakharchenko keep good work going.

2 versions -one free (yotaclock) one to buy yotaclock +.

he has also done yotamap to buy
[YotaPhone] lumosimann:
Just trying it now, but I guess this is the app I was waiting for a long time: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zakharchenko.yomessage
[YotaPhone] kam1962:
yotasticker now available.. found it useful but have to use yota hub to get home screen back unless someone can tell me otherwise?
[YotaPhone] kam1962:
There is button close (the button with cross) at the bottom eink screen. Unlock the screen to see the button.

from the developer - thanks Alexander
[YotaPhone] sunek09:
Match for YotaPhone 2

Match is first indie-game for YotaPhone 2. 120 tasks with matches . It is necessary to move the match, so that equality was a faithful.

Available in Google Play. Match for YotaPhone 2

Paid app.
[YotaPhone] sunek09:
Labyrinth for Yotaphone 2

Labyrinth for YotaPhone 2 is the first game in which you can use two screens at the same time opportunities .

Paid App

Available in Google Play. Labyrinth for YotaPhone 2
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] cerice74:
EDIT: Sent in under warranty
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TonyStark R.I.P.:
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[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juustonen:
Hi! I unlocked my Z3 without backupping, so I lost the drm keys. I know there is a way to fix it on the part of camera, sound, etc. But will the Sony upgrades come as normal?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
Hi,

Pardon me for saying this, but it's never a good idea to unlock your phone without making a backup beforehand. AFAIK, Sony upgrades will not come to unlocked phones as normal, so I would advice you to make a backup now and reset the device to the factory settings. I know that's a pain in the ass and a hell of a job, but IMO this is the only way to "repair" your device. If this does not work for you, alas you have to reset your device entirely.

kindest regards. kuzibri
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juustonen:
Will the drm keys come back that way?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
Do not know for sure, but I know that resetting your device to factory settings, gives you back your original Z3, so probably also your drmkeys and your factory warranty, cause when you unllock your device, you loose the warranty anyway.

kindest regards, kuzibri
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toledo_JAB:
I thought if you re-locked the bootloader you can use PC Companion or Sony Update Service to repair to stock. Not sure if it restores drm or camera stuff.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revan17:
I'll be getting the Z3 in a couple of days. Some things I want to check because I've been away from Sony phones for a while(last one I had was an Xperia S).

So to root it is still recommended to downgrade to Kitkat and root using this method, as well as recovery? That procedure will not break my DRM keys(I remember unlocking bootloader caused that on my Xperia S). Afterwards I can just flash a .zip file and update to the latest 5.1 ROM?

One other thing; before I start tempering with my phone in any way, is it possible to back up DRM keys/EFS partition or whatever without root? Someone please link me some guide which will get me completely backed up. I know my DRM keys are safe until I unlock my bootloader(which I won't do) but I'd still like to back up while everything is stock, you never know.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] E66666666:
Yes, that method will work.

As soon as you have root and a custom recovery, you can back up everything. With Backup TA, it's possible to back up and restore the DRM partition.

---------- Post added at 08:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:35 PM ----------

And now for my own question.

What's the deal with the Z3's kernel and recoveries? I'm on a rooted 5.1.1 without an unlocked bootloader, but with TWRP and CWM from XZDualRecovery.

Why do you need to unlock the device to flash a kernel? How is the kernel attached to the bootloader and why does XZDR work, even providing two recoveries? Is the main ROM image just modified so it will can load the recovery before Android itself and the recovery partition is intact? How are kernels and recoveries connected? I see all kernel threads mentioning included recoveries.

This is really weird, but I came from a Galaxy Nexus where the recovery partition was separate from the system partition and where flashing kernels was a normal thing. Kernels and recovery had absolutely nothing to do with each other.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
Hi,

In principle, you're right, but I also do not know for sure if everything will be working as it should before, especially the drm and/or camera.

kindest regards, kuzibri

---------- Post added at 22:03 ---------- Previous post was at 21:45 ----------

Hi,

why do you want to unlock your new Z3, thereby loosing your warranty, to downgrade to Kitkat? I just would suggest to use Lolllipop for a while on your new Z3 before making that decision. I have Lollipop also, and although I had to get used to it, it's way far better that Kitkat. Just my 2 cents.

kindest regards, kuzibri
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revan17:
I am not going to unlock my bootloader at all. I'll only downgrade to kitkat so I can root the phone and install custom recovery, afterwards I'll flash stock LP. I don't think you can root LP without using Kingroot, which sends some info to chinese server which I do not want.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Al_Styxx:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3108230

[ROOT] [XPERIA Z2/Z3] [ANDROID 5 LOLLIPOP EASY ROOT] [new] [V2]

You can use kingroot safely.Many of us have used it and there is no longer an issue of malware or ads.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schetz:
yep, do it like that.. downgrade-root-backup TA-flash L

I too wouldn't recommend using kingroot.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
No need to back up TA if you are not unlocking the boot loader
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schetz:
Yep, I know. But one day he might do that, and while he's at rooting, extra 2 minutes won't hurt. But you are right in a way I should have mentioned that;)
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] homer4president:
Big help required please

Mine wont charge beyond 1%.

I plug in the charger with phone off and the red notification light comes on followed by the Sony Xperia startup screen, after about 4 seconds the red light goes off and does not come on again. The screen then changes to an image of a large battery displaying 1%. When I press and hold the power button the device turns on as normal but given that the battery is only 1% it doesnt even last a minute. I have had it upto 12% at one point (not sure how as I didnt do anything differently) and the power drained that quickly when turned on it went down 1% about every 10 seconds.

Im on T-Mobile using a D6603 stock unmodified in any way. I have tried hold vol up and power button, hold vol down and also I have pressed the yellow button beside the sim card. I have had it on charge nearly 2 full days and Im now at breaking point. I appreciate I may be due an update but as you can see my phone says different. Pictures included

(This post is in another thread but wasnt getting much help, so reposted here)
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
Hi,

nasty problem. Guessing the charger is connected to a wall outlet:

1. Did you already tried a different/new USB cable, if not, please do so and see if the problem is solved?

2. Did you already tried to charge with the phone on?

3. If these things do not work, you probably have a battery issue and have to send it in for a new one.

good luck and kindest regards, kuzibri
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] homer4president:
Thanks for your reply

Yes it has been plugged into the wall, laptop and car charger both turned on and off.

I have tried the supplied charger and a number of others. I thought it was gonna be a case of sending it away. Thats not good given that the phone isnt even 6 months old. do you suppose its the battery itself? If so surely i could replace it myself?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
Hi,

regarding this: "If so surely i could replace it myself", I strongly advice you NOT to do that cause you're voiding your warranty with opening up the device.Did you tried another USB Cable??

kindest regards, kuzibri
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] homer4president:
Fair point. Yes tried a number of different cables and chargers
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzibri:
Ok my friend, so it's a case of sending it for repair I'm afraid:(

kindest regards, kuzibri
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rahul.drakula:
Please help me.I'm using galaxy s3 min GT-I8190.Ihave accidentally damaged mounding modem fs folder...please help me .now i cant install any roms ...and my internal memory is not working properly.. :(
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IlyaKol:
There is like 1420394520420934^10 threads in the XPosed section on the new version(s) which may or may not work with Lollipop.

Anyone know the status of XPosed for the chip that the G4 runs?

Side note: if someone knows the moderator in that other section, it wouldn't kill them to create a list of devices and their status.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paratox:
here is the thread with some testing and without a positive result until now: http://xdaforums.com/g4/general/wip-install-xposed-framework-t3140904/

i hope this will get more attention from devs when root for all lg g4 variants is here.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IlyaKol:
Thanks. I'll subscribe to that thread.
[Xperia Z2 General] derjaeger:
Hi all,

I am kinda new here and would like to put a question, hoping it's not a repetition (I have been browsing though this forum thoroughly, but apparently couldn't find a proper answer). This is the situation:

- bought a used Z2

- Z2 was from UK O2 operator and it had operator lock and unlockable bootloader

- network operator lock has been cleared with unlock code

- O2 customized firmware has been wiped away by flashing a recent 5.0.2 stock lollipop

- unlockable bootloader still exists so cannot upload any customized/rooted .zip system

Clearly,

the only thing I can do to modify this phone is to upload .FTF firmares to it, due to unlockable bootloader

. Right now, I see available online only unmodified stock .FTF firmwares.

THE QUESTION: is there ANY way to create a pre-rooted .FTF file (modding not strictly necessay but rooting essential) so that I can upload it to the phone?

Thanks for all your precious advice!!!
[Xperia Z2 General] ptmaniac:
You can't modify .ftf files as they are signed by sony. easiest solution is to root your phone with kingroot , install nut's dual recovery and then flash any stock prerooted zip (or a custom rom if you want) you can find on this forum. kingroot will be gone when you finish the .zip install too :)
[Xperia Z2 General] derjaeger:
Thanks for answering!

Wouldn't just installing kingroot be enough for a simple rooting of the stock fw?

All I need is the ability to run some apps which need root (e.g. ad-away, set dns, etc.) and nothing more. Is the latest version tested on Z2 running 5.0.2?

Thanks again!
[Xperia Z2 General] ptmaniac:
Kingroot works fine on 5.0.2 but by itself will not disable sony RIC and you won't get a writable system. Nut's dual recovery will disable RIC on boot, just install it after rooting and you should be good to go.

I suggested flashing a preroot zip just because i don't like kingroot app to manage root permissions and it's hard to replace it with supersu. flash a preroot zip and you'll end with a clean stock rom+supersu+nut's dual recovery and fully writable system :)
[Xperia Z2 General] derjaeger:
Thanks a lot buddy!

I will try kingroot+nut recovery and see how I find myself.

I will always be one step away from uploading a custom .zip in case I need supersu.

You really made my day!!! :))))
[Xperia Z2 General] gazza35:
Drop bk to kitkat, root and recovery no problem using practically any tool, I used Z2 dual recover installer, once it reboots to recovery you flash su update from chainfire, rooted and recovery done.

Then just use prf creater to make an ftf into a flashable rooted room, yes you can add root and recovery to that too, flash that from recovery, job done.

You can use lollipop ftf to do that if you wish.
[Xperia Z2 General] derjaeger:
Thanks for your answer!

But isn't this procedure including downgrade somewhat longer than the previous suggested one?
[Xperia Z2 General] ptmaniac:
Go back to kk? why? it's a waste of time nowadays... the solution i mentioned won't even need to touch flashtool it's easier and quicker...
[Xperia Z2 General] derjaeger:
Just one last question: reading thrads about 5.1.1 it looks that it's due in a few days.

Would it be better to root now (as kingroot is still untested on 5.1.1 ) and then flash 5.1.1.ftf or just wait for it and then root?

Thanks
[Xperia Z2 General] gazza35:
Very true and if all are happy then it's all good, just don't forget to check ya phone afterwards for all the intrusive crap that kingroot throws on ya phone, tried it and it definitely didn't root my Z2 or a load of others.
[Xperia Z2 General] ptmaniac:
IF you root now and install nut's dual recovery, you'll just need to flash a preroot 5.1.1 zip when it's released.

Sure, i also don't like kingroot. Like i said before it does root fine but doesn't disable ric, flashing nut's recovery after solves this.

And if you flash a preroot zip after there will be no traces of kingroot on the phone. Downgrade to kk and flashtool is still not necessary...
[Xperia Z2 General] derjaeger:
Thanks a lot!

Yes, it really goes this way, now waiting for an unbranded fw, as this night the first branded ones have started to roll out...

I am really happy: for a couple of months I thought I was buried behind that nasty unlockable bootloader, and now i discovered it's even better, as rooting it without touching bootloader allows the software to work at 100% of it specs :)

Coming from Samsung to Sony is kinda rough at first for nibbling but when the right instruments are present and clear it's worth dealing with superior hardware.

Also, must say that Sony is lately improving its behaviour, after so many years of mafia attitudes towards buyers :)

Inviato dal mio X500U utilizzando Tapatalk
[Xperia Z2 General] gazza35:
I've had Samsung, HTC, Apple, blackberry and finally stuck with Sony, I guess they all have pros and cons, Samsung phones are the easiest to mod and flash, Sony is quite daunting for newcomers very much like HTC. Can be tricky to learn.

Horses for courses and all that, I much prefer a rooted phone with locked boot, no particular reason except the drm keys etc, I do think camera is better on lb, than the quality on ul, although there is a drm restore mod on cross Dev, for ul, it does make xreality work, but it doesn't remove the missing key error in security tests.

I read on a page that once drm keys are gone, Sony won't honour the warranty, very much like Samsung and the knox counter, I'm not sure tho, but I do know I'll always remain Lb and stock based rom.

Only problem I have is getting wifi tethering working properly, it's doing my head in, 4 weeks of decompiling and editing and still can't get my phone to broadcast on any other channel except 1.

GGGRRRRRR @ SONY.

#whattheheckhaveyoudonesony
[Xperia Z2 General] derjaeger:
All so true!

Btw1, when I reflashed last evening the phone was also complaining when I went to hotspot section in order to configure it.... I think they messed up something, but maybe 5.1.1 will have fix so let's see...

I have a couple of Mediacom X500U, which I discovered, besides being fairly nice phones after more than a year of use, that are basically rebranded HTC phones (this comes out of their factory hex code detected by Linux). Do you think they could be modded like for generic HTC or never heard about them?
[Xperia Z2 General] gazza35:
Looks like a cheap option of unb

randed HTC, but no, I don't think a HTC section would help.

I think it's an Italian release, dual simply phone, simply Google pointed to an Italian forum androidiani androidiani, run the link through a webpage translator and you may be in luck for root and rom, I think towelroot may root it.
[Xperia Z2 General] derjaeger:
Actually framaroot already offered rooting at the price of a horrible hack (3-4 reboots before device is ready when turning on or rebooting, plus device instability on heavy loads), never tried towelroot on it.

But problem is not about rooting rather than getting rid of horrible stock firmware. The latest fw edition by Mediacom was a total disaster (forums cry loud) and I thought it would be great to try to put some mod on the phones: this is why I had in mind to ask you if there is a general toolkit for HTC phones (like flashtool for Sony) which I could use to try to take care of it and experiment....

Inviato dal mio X500U utilizzando Tapatalk
[P3600 ROM Development] stanley1968:
After install offical version of CHT WM2006, I found no phone call in in China. Now, switch to 1.41.11.

Anyone has experience this?
[P3600 ROM Development] jony83:
i am in china .

radio 1.146 is no problem on my phone
[P3600 ROM Development] myppcsg:
dont understand what you are saying???

what do you mean by found no phone call? nobody call you? cannot get through or what?
[P3600 ROM Development] stanley1968:
Cannot get through.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sorto:
In case of Samsung Phones, there is any possibility to change or delete the main boards unique number?

The number that you can read with the AT+HEADINFO=1,1 AT command.

The phone will give the following datas in response:

+HEADINFO:1,1,1

Model Name = GT-I9300

Country/customer = -

Customer Code = DBT

Date = -

Charger = -

S/W version = I9300XXELL4

Unique Number = CVTXXXXXXXXXXXX

Memory Name = -

Sec Code = -
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v7:
Maybe editing build.prop can help.

Tapped from my furious dogo ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sorto:
Dear vaisakh7,

I tried it, but no luck