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[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshuasamuel72:
not really nothing happen I didn't use it for a week suddenly I see this.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ¿GotJazz?:
If that is what your screen looks like all the time, especially when the power is off and the Android O/S isn't running, I'm afraid you have some sort of a hardware failure. :(

You could try reflashing the stock O/S back to the tablet with Odin, but keep your expectations low.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Please stop posting your threads as Q&A voting threads! It's just a general question.
[General Topics] leswaller:
As I am a newbie to mobile computing, can anyone recommend a good backup program for my Hermes that will disaster proof any bad attempts I make to 'improve' my machine

Thanks:)
[General Topics] Rudegar:
http://www.spritesoftware.com/sprite-backup

or just use activesync backup
[General Topics] leswaller:
Activesync version 4.5 doesn't have a backup option that I can find - can you tell me how to access it please
[General Topics] dmj1973:
I use SPB Backup.

It is excellent, not free, but well worth the money.

www.spbsoftwarehouse.com
[General Topics] Rudegar:
doh! yeah think ms removed it at one point :S
[General Topics] leswaller:
Have looked at the two options suggested and have gone for SPB Backup, thanks for the suggestions
[General Topics] dmj1973:
Good choice imho. It backs everythign up and even creates a self restorer !

Neat.
[General Topics] madgame:
I think I will purchase and use spb backup as well. I'm a noob as well and just had to do my first Hard Reset. :eek: Thanks for th suggestion.
[Networking] bobdxcool:
I have a 3G GSM modem for sierra wireless. It supports 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/EDGE frequency bands and UMTS B1/B2/B5/B6/B8 frequency bands.

Is Tmobile's 1900 MHZ 3G refarming completed in most parts of NYC and USA ?

Will I be able to get a 3G signal on my modem in USA (primarily all boroughs of new york city) and be able to upload and download data despite not having the B4 frequency band ?

I believe B1 is 2100, B2 is 1900 , B3 is 1800, B4 is 1700, B5 is 850, B6 is 800, B7 is 2600 and B8 is 900.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Youdoofus:
i have a friend whose S5 wifi isnt working. Odin flashing the stock KOT49H Build hasnt rectified the issue. Before advising on anything that could potentially mess it up even worse, do we think that the modem could be the issue? Anyone else experience this? Thoughts?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LennartL:
As it says fixing the low sound in the loud speaker. Lets start anyway i begin to clean my almost two year old ultra and see that the speaker grill was stucked with dirt so try remove it with a needle and a small little cloth thingy released must be the water protection for the speaker but anyway. i happy with as it is the sound is much higher than before when playing music from the loudspeaker. :)

was just a tip my phone is quite old anyway and warranty is almost out so it doesnt matter to me but try if you want and get much louder sound :cowboy:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtd03:
Which is better and more reliable? What runs better on windows tablets like the surface pro?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtd03:
Bump
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] >>> Sam G <<<:
Console OS Is Fake !!!

Console OS Is a Direct Copy of Android x86 !!!

Support The Original Author/Dev, Chih-Wei Huang (http://www.android-x86.org/)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] groston:
All,

I just upgraded my wife's phone and would like to sell her old one, a Sprint Samsung Epic 4G Touch. based on my reading, the best approach for wiping the phone's data is to encrypt it. I have been trying this, but it keep failing with "Encryption failed: Unable to complete encryption due to interruption..."

The phone had been rooted, and thinking that that could be the problem, I downloaded a stock kernel and installed it. However, the problem persists. Is there anything else I can try?

Thank you.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lightmaster12:
Hello guys. I've recently got a Z3C and I wanted to flash a custom recovery on it so I can install another rom. I've unlocked my bootloader, no issues there, but when I powered down my phone and pressed volume up and connected it to the pc, it started installing some drivers and power went out. Now my phone is pretty much dead, I can't get into fastboot, nor flashmode. I reinstalled pc companion and the Z3C drivers from flashtool but nothing happens. When I connect my phone, in device manager this is all I get " Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008"

Is there anything I can do with it? Or is it just a pretty looking paperweight now?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MyPictures:
Did you follow this guide to backup your DRM keys first?: http://xdaforums.com/z3-compact/general/how-to-root-backup-drm-keys-t3013343

I would try pushing power button + Volume up + Volume up for 2 seconds and then hold down volume down button only. While you hold it connect your USB cable to the PC and see if flashtool can do something (prepare flashtool first).

Do you remember if your battery was maybe very low? Maybe letting it charge for 10 minutes would help.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevinthe:
My Galaxy s6 edge has a weird display issue. Whenever I watch a video that involves a night time scene or a very dark scene there are blotches of black. It makes the video look 8 bit or like watercolor. its especially noticeable when I watch it in a dark room at night with no lights on. There's weird distortion effect. i was wondering if I have a defective display or not.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oliv3:
What is the source
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevinthe:
There's a YouTube video titled The Dark Knight The Joker's Last Scene (HD). I can really see the problem in that video. Sorry I can't just link it, since I'm a new member and can't post link. Skip to 2:20 minute mark.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jinxue:
try youtube other hd videos and see.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarcSinger:
I've noticed the same issue. Albeit not as consistently. Has happened to me with a couple of videos, where I'd got black blotches with dark/night scenes. Again, it hasn't been consistent. Cannot figure out why. Checked the same scenes on my laptop, and there weren't any problems whatsoever.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ultraquantum:
This is a common aspect of AMOLED screens to have ink type blotches. Search the older Note 1 2 & 3 forums and even S3 for that matter. These were very common and its not an issue unless you are being over sensitive about it. I think the display curve is to be blamed right now for not being able to reduce this issue to the bare minimum in phones like Note 4 and even the normal S6. But hey, again its not an issue and we should be able to live with it. :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chitranshagarwal2000:
Did you find a workaround for the display issue??
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PetarNikolaev:
Hi, I have the same issue too. What did you do. Did you send for repair and what they said
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chitranshagarwal2000:
Their reply made me mad. According to them the blotched display is actually a "feature" of my phone. They wouldn't even address this issue as many phones are suffering from it.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PetarNikolaev:
Yes, I talk with Samsung employee and he told me that it's something like feature. I don't know what is with s7 edge. Does the new model have the same issue ?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chitranshagarwal2000:
I don't know about S7. But my video playback is certainly ruined.

I think i am just gonna report to consumer court now
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zirila:
I have tested Android Lollipop 5.0 phone encryption lately. It has LGsG3 stock firmware and is rooted.

I encrypted the internal memory and then the external sdcard with androids build in phone encryption option.

Thought I'd rather check if the sdcard is really encrypted afterwards and put it into my PC to see it's content.. and then:

ALL the File- and Foldernames are still visible! Every single Filename and Folder. Android Encryption encrypts ONLY the content of the Files, but not it's filenames or folders. So while not having the option to see the Content of the files, we can still see the names describing the content.

I don't need to say that one should think of these as metadata which in many cases tells you alsmost everything about it's content.

I'm kinda upset that my phone makes me believe my data on the phone is secured through encryption but in fact it is not. At least not enough to call it real "encryption".

searching google about this topic makes me think I'm the only person on this planet who has discovered the glitch.

Anyone knows more about this? Anyone with encrypted Android phone discovered the same on their SDcard?

How comes filenames are not encrypted together with the content? Why is the user not informed about this before he starts encrypting the phone, expecting *everything* will be encrypted?

When encrypting the SDCard of the phone I expected something like: the whole partition will be encrypted and mounted on boot like FDE on PC. Instead it's all about fake encryption.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0087:
The files and folders are visible to you because you have unlocked the device to view them. You must also have a security password set to open the device, if you do not already. Encryption works when your device is lost or stolen, you have a pin or password set to unlock the device. The criminal or finder of the device can not unlock it so they connect to a pc, they cannot read your files at that point, because of encryption.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zirila:
Sorry, I think you misunderstood something.

For better understanding: I have a phone with internal memory and -external SDCard- plugged into the phone - both have been encrypted with androids encryption options. Then I shutdown my phone, take the SDCard out of the phone, put it into an adapter to plug it into my PC. The PC does not know anything of the encryption or the passwords.

It is the same case when someone steals my phone and takes the SDCard out of the phone to analyze it on a separate PC.

Now please explain to me, how is this PC being able to read all the files- and folder names of the encrypted SDCard? Because obviously filesystem is not encrypted, just the content of each files - which is just not acceptable.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0087:
I do not think encryption protects removable SD cards. Sorry. This is why more and more OEMs are moving away from removable storage.

---------- Post added at 08:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:00 PM ----------

http://readwrite.com/2014/10/28/google-android-lollipop-encryption-issues
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zirila:
Ehm. it DOES protect the SDCard, as it encrypts all the files content. It's just more or less useless as the filenames are not encrypted too.

It's not a problem of internal memory VS. sdcard. I bet if I analyze the internal memory card on external ressources I will find the same problem: all files- and foldernames are readable, just the content encrypted.

The big question is: why is Android excluding files- and foldernames within their encryption method and furthermore, why is the user not informed about the lack of encryption before he starts the process.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0087:
If you had read the link I provided, you would see that it does NOT encrypt removable storage. Only internal SD card.

---------- Post added at 08:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:20 PM ----------

Try this:

http://www.techverse.net/encrypt-android-phones-external-sd-card/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zirila:
I have read both URLs, but they have nothing in common with MY problem. It is not about default android encryption problems (1st link) or how to encrypt the SDCard (2nd link). I DID make use of the "encrypt external sdcard" option! 2 option for encryption: internal memory and external sdcard. I did both. One after the other.

And most important to know: I did analyze the encrypted SDCard file on my PC. The CONTENT of the files IS encrypted. For instance: pictures are not viewable anymore because the content is encrypted. hex editor view shows all files now have the same encryption header and the content is encrypted. The File- and Foldernames however still remain the same as the unencrypted files.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zirila:
anybody else with ideas about this topic?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nostupidthing:
It's a known fact that currently the ANdroid encryption does not take care of the external SD.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zirila:
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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zirila:
just to dig up this old thread:

I figured out that the Stock Firmware of the LGG3 is able to additionally yencrypt the external SDcard of the phone - but "encrypt" in this case means, the filenames are still readable an therefor it should be considered fake encryption. So this must be a custom addition from LG to their android rom.

I installed Cyanogen for testing purposes and saw there really is NO encryption option for SDcards - just the internal memory.

So when looking back at this topic we all seem to have been right a bit.

I still can not think of why AOSP Android still doesn't have any option to encrypt the SDcard aswell. And I mean real encryption not just fake encryption like LG does.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesjonesjr:
I afraid you're better off third-party tool - personally I'd consider some sort of encfs (Cryptonite comes to mind - although I can't endorse that, I don't use that) - personally I can't understand what caused Google to go with such... stupidity (yes, even the file names and dates are VERY, VERY juicy thing to an attacker - names, addresses, hobbies, trips, company name, etc, etc)...

Well, one thing, tho: using their version of encrypting only contents of the file lets them use original file names and folders instead of keeping additional layer of metadata and simplifies the behavior when user taps "encrypt/decrypt the contents of the SD card". It lets you to take card from your phone, put it in your PC, write some raw data (music/whatever) onto it, and make it immediately accessible to the user.

However, in my very humble opinion, this is idiocy and another way Google shows they're clueless about security.

Success!

As a side note: such behaviour allows you to partially survive crash of the filesystem on a sd card: you may just recover all the files to the PC, then just copy it back over to the new, empty card (previously "encrypted" in the phone) - and all content is immediately accessible. That saved me after card in my Xperia Z5 failed and phone entered into endless boot loop (restarting ~immediately after reaching launcher)
[HTC Desire 610] salazarcoco:
my htc desire is restarted without stopping, you can not restore the factory, besides having the bootable locked and unlocked when I try I get the bootable screen Yes or No, and quite normal but still I get locked. any idea how to make my htc desire 610 functional again.
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harold6x:
htc 816 restart on logo when i unlock boot loader i have problem:

Error Code: 150.

Error Reason: Extract Token Information Fail

please help a5 dug xa ship s-off
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seekfind:
so you're s-off! I don't think you'll need to unlock the bootloader :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] henftling:
Dear Professionals,

I was wondering seeing all the great "fingerfriendly" contact managers if it would be also possible for media players.

This would be really need to scroll through albums etc...

Although I think someone could really squeeze money out of such an app.

So is it impossible or why nobody is trying to do this?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] DALUEN:
Mortplayer

Did you allready have a look on MortPlayer :

http://www.sto-helit.de/index.php?module=download&entry=mp_program&action=list

this is the player I use when I drive with my car, has big button etc.

regards,

Daniel
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mccune:
The Touch Media Player is also very fingerfriendly :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bowlopho:
I bet he's asking for a finger scrolling play list
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dole_95:
The touch media player does scrolling playlist :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pthomson:
What is this touch media player your talking about? Are you talking about the WMP in the HTC Touch or the HTC Audio Manager?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] henftling:
my abolute dream woul be to be able to get the album feature from Itunes 7 to work on ppc. browse through the albums by scrolling....

something like this...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dferreira:
Buy a iPhone if you want that... gee everyone is trying to get the iPhone on their WM phones! :\
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Rudegar:
i really liked winampaq

http://winampaq.en.softonic.com/pocket

because i used it on pc for soo long

nice to have playlist access at all time unlike

wmp

too bad the playlist items are a big small :S
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] henftling:
no not an iPhone, but a WM PocketPC Phone with innovtive and usefull features... which...maybe

habve been found first on other gadgets....

Especially this is the reason why i like the Pocket PC Phones...an open operating system
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LitrosNub:
I got a G2 from Ebay a few months ago (4 to be exact) and from then and now I've not done much but than install a few custom ROMs (2) and restore to KDZ (3). All that time I've been getting Overheating issues. I am almost 96% sure that it is not a frankenphone but I feel something is up with this phone.

When I first got it. I used the phone for a few weeks on stock (it was on Jellybean shipped). Then KDZ upgraded to KitKat (no sim, full wipe). Still nothing, no overheating.

Then I finally decided to get a ROM going. I rooted with TowelRoot and installed recovery with AutoRec. Then upgraded TWRP to support lollipop ROMs (Blastagator's Thermal TWRP).

Now after all of that I successfully installed my first ROM of choice - Blisspop. It ran like a dream. But this is where the overheating started.

I constantly got 40C+ and above. I did nothing about it. Got sick of it, and installed another ROM (Cloudy 2.2). Of course it installed successfully. Nothing wrong. Still overheated like mad.

Used Cloudy for a few weeks and finally decided to back everything up and restore via KDZ (back to KK). After that. Overheating still occured although it was a little better than I expected... I wondered what was going on. By then it was a month and the Ebay seller said I was Out of Luck. Now I decided to install Resurrection Remix 5.1. It seemed to fix some overheating issues but they were still severe-ish.

Decided to restore via KDZ again (KK again) still nothing. After that I installed everything I needed and installed a Stock Lollipop Stripped Down ROM, I've heard bad things about LG's Stock Lollipop (including overheating) so I'm not surprised that this thing is overheating in this state. I am now stuck here. Wondering what the hell I need to do to get this thing back to it's former glory.

Look at my location. I live in Nevada. I know that High Temps here aren't good for this phone and that might be the problem. But this phone is hardly used anywhere without AC (Car, Home, Job, Banks, Buildings, ect) and both are really cool compared to outside's 100+F/37C heat. So that can't be a factor.

I'm wondering if I can return this thing back to LG/AT&T if they still allow them to be repaired. My seller gave some info like S/N and original purchase date. But I'd rather not do that. Also, if I'm Out of Luck on warranty. How much would it cost to pay LG for it to be fixed? Just wondering. But I would rather fix it on my own that to wait a few weeks without a phone.

TL;DR: Bought phone, upgraded from JB to KK. Rooted and installed recovery, flashed a ROM. Overheated. KDZ'd back, overheated. more rom installing ect, ect. still overheating. Wondering what I need to do to restore this thing.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmayhemreturnsx:
Well if its is under warranty i would suggest going through lg however if you are not, there is a thermal mod on xda for the g3 which is also applicable for the g2 and it requires opening the phone up and applying thermal compound on the cpu chip. Google lg g3 thermal mod and there is an xda forum for it.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LitrosNub:
I've checked the threads and I've seen nothing about it working for the G2. Have you tried it?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmayhemreturnsx:
It is compatible with almost all phones. Honestly, all it requires you to do put thermal compound on the cpu. It does work for the g2.
[XDA Assist] Emrah_X:
hello guys, I use Iocean X1 for a while and I have a problem with the lack of memory for the app, and I'm tired to move applications on SD card

I have 1 GB of internal memory and 5.28 GB Phone memory, and my question is whether there is a way to increase the internal memory by reducing the phone memory?

Thanks in advance.

Sorry for my bad english.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0043:
I've faced the same problems in my S4 and I'll suggest what I've done to solve it: take a full data and system backups from recovery, then wipe data and reinstall the Rom. Which rom are you in that is having such problems? FYI, my tab is on the pre rooted 502 rom made by myself and is not having such issues. Good luck buddy
[G3 General] Swizzle82:
Could someone help me out with getting smart screen working on the G4? I need the entire wise screen folder from priv-app from the G3 running lollipop. If someone could zip it and link me that would be awesome. Thanks in advance.
[XDA Assist] averagedude:
Thread closed

Please excuse my idiocy. I was too dumb to realize I could use fast-boot to flash that custom recovery... Thread closed, sorry for those whose time I wasted with this. :(
[Sony Xperia M5] aalupatti:
Looks like the most reliable leak about the upgrade to Zultra with a very very thin bezel.

By the looks of it, it may be available pretty soon as well..

The Sony Xperia C5 Ultra has a huge 6-inch 1080p screen and a virtually non-existent side frame. This is just 0.8mm thin, this compares to a 2.2mm thin side frame in the Xperia C4 and 2.5mm thin frame in the Xperia T2 Ultra. These small bezels mean that that the Xperia C5 Ultra is barely much bigger than the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus.

I dont know much about the processor but sounds disappointing - http://www.mediatek.com/en/products/mobile-communications/smartphone1/mt6752/

( Just opened a new thread since all the other news in the past were just speculations )

The XperiaC5 Ultra will probably get more attention than the M5. It's a big 6-inch phone with a 1080p LCD. The bezel on the left and right of the screen is just 0.8mm wide, which looks neat. Unfortunately, that's the most interesting thing about the design. It's otherwise a very typical Sony device. Inside you get 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, and an octa-core MediaTek MT6752 chipset. It'll cost the equivalent of $350.

Click the link below.

http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/07/31/sony-xperia-m5-and-xperia-c5-ultra-leak-in-full/

[IMG="Xperia C5Ultra"]http://static.xperiablog.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Xperia-C5-Ultra_2-640x480.jpg[/IMG]
[Sony Xperia M5] vipfreak:
See ya Sony... Hello P8Max