yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidDevFlo:
Nevermind I fixed it.

The image I flashed which came directly from the build output folder was somehow compressed: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s2/general/ref-unpacking-repacking-stock-rom-img-t1081239

Fastboot complained flashing the uncompressed image because it's too big so I had to come up with my own solution:

1) I saved it as ext4 with EXT4 Unpacker: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1921399
2) Then I packed the image to a .tar.gz archive
3) I adb pushed the archive within recovery to my mounted external SD card
4) I unpacked it with tar on my external SD card (with adb shell)
5) I used dd to copy the unpacked tar to my system partition (with adb shell)

Mounting /system works again and I've got a nice bootanimation / bootloop on my phone and adb logcat works (I was surprised it worked that well at all without any special config / blobs being used right now).

Now the fun can begin :fingers-crossed:

I don't know if there is an easier solution (guess with a .zip ROM file later)...
[General Questions and Answers] Mr. Crowley:
Hello,

I'm looking for a custom ROM for LGE VS810PP. aka the Verizon Transpyre.

I hear the phone is rooted but stuck on KitKat. Is there any way I can get Android 5.0 on this phone?
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewingr:
I am considering moving from Note 4 to one of these. I think one of my bites into performance (particulary multitasking performance) is the 3GB of RAM.

Of course, this won't have all the bloatware as the Note, but then I have a lot of it 'disabled' anyway.

I'm assuming a lot here are Moto experienced, so thought I'd ask. Do you think 3GB would be enough? I have ~ 150 apps on my phone. Don't use for gaming. But on the road, I might have a car mode app running, GPS Navigation; Music streaming all simultaneously.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RemnantKing2:
It'll be more than enough.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zatokie:
The Note 4 also has 3GB of Ram, so as far as memory goes, the Moto X should be "faster" since it also has less bloatware and a newer/better processor. Whether or not this will be true in reality is unknown, but all the evidence is pointing toward the Moto X Style thus far.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StankFiss:
Wish it had 24 gigs [MENTION=1981666]3600[/MENTION] Hz. With 1,000,000 mah ion battery. And 4k 3840 x 2160p full-array LED backlight. 24x camera zoom. Also SSD of 1 TB. Night vision aperture. And face and hand reader. Only be the size of 4.2" and weigh lighter than a piece of paper. So no 3 gigs is not enough.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dondavis007:
It's all depends on how much the startup steals, i just read that the Note 5 is using over 2 GB just to get TW up and running.

So, in Motorolas case, its all good but not in Sammys :)
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siamchen:
I think 3G should enough if you don't run any Samsung apps on it.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geordie Affy:
Yeah Samsung and their touchwiz is crap. One of the main reasons I am leaving Samsung and buying a Moto X.

3GB of RAM is plenty if you ask me. Its all about how well Motorola optimise it and I'm sure they will manage nicely.

Sent from S3 via Tapatalk App.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [bman123]:
I'm sure 3gb will be enough for the moto x, it shouldn't have any bloat on it. My verizon S5 has a bunch of carrier bloat on it and only 2gb of ram and I can make it stall pretty hard just using the browser and streaming pandora.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devsk:
5.1.1 fixes several of memory leaks that have been plaguing the android phones since kitkat (or even before) and early 5.0. So, Note4 is suffering from those bugs as well.

So, with 3GB of memory on X you should get an experience which is similar to 6GB on Note4 (if it had 6GB) which I presume does not run 5.1 yet. Accounting for the bloat that Samsung apps introduce.

I am running CM12.1 with 5.1.1 on Moto G (2014) and its much better than kitkat or 5.0 lollipop experience I had. It feels a whole different phone altogether.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Why wouldn't it be enough?
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geordie Affy:
Can't believe I'm agreein with an iPhone user [emoji6] ... Just kidding lol.

As an example you've only got 1GB on your iPhone 6 ... it goes to show its all about the software and not always about hardware.

RAM is over rated if you ask me. Crap software will be crap regardless of how much RAM a phone has or hasnt got. And hopefully Moto X doesnt dissapoint us like Samdung ... who have loads of RAM but their phones still lag like crazy.

Sent from S3 via Tapatalk App.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewingr:
For the reason I stated in the quesiton...running lots of apps.

Actually, if I were able to root (I'm on AT&T, and unfortunately cannot), I could run an app that determines what loads when. But without that, it loads all kinds of apps even though I'm not using them. (Maybe I'm the only one, but I consider that a poor design/implementation of software management by Android). Add all those to the bloat, it does get laggy...especially if multitasking.

Generally using, it performs great. But just as one example of multitasking where I notice it very laggy: Going for a walk, tracking with MyTracks; playing music via BT headset; receive message...opening message very slow.

Having been a Samsung addict for a long time, I haven't experienced non-Samsung. So, wasn't sure about others. I always read users disparage of Samsung and it's software, but as noted I've always been able to get past that due to rooting, etc. But not any more.

So, I"m ready to move away from Samsung...but then feel I should get the most I can get. Don't want to move away to then be disappointed.

I"m pretty much convinced that 3GB will be fine...for now. But as time goes on, more and more useful apps will be coming out. I feel that 4GB will give me a certain amount of longer time to be able to stick with the phone, whichever one I get.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berezker:
iPhones only need 1GB of ram to run smoothly without any lag

Android users complain 3GB is not enough............*sigh* -_-
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
[MENTION=717159]ewingr[/MENTION] that doesn't make sense though. Until the Zenfone 2 all we knew was 3GB of ram and it has always been plenty especially for phone s that were running stock android, only phones that were "struggling" we're Samsung phone with the heavy touch wiz. The M8 with 2GB of ram had plenty of ram to spare. Now that 4GB is available all of a sudden 3GB becomes a concern.... I don't get it but ok.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewingr:
All I can tell you is that is what I"m experiencing. Again...it may in fact be the TouchWiz as people complain about. (I use a different launcher...I really don't know how that plays into it).

But, ... The fact is in the end, I get short on RAM. When I flush it all, it operates faster. Given that, I don';t see how it can't make sense that 4GB over 3 GB would be better, and possibly necessary if running a lot of apps.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ambervals6:
Ram is about multitasking. Not sbout smoothness.

Sent from my LG-H811
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flipz77:
Don't be afraid, man. When my nexus 4 was still alive I could throw anything at it, and it would never lag or eat up more than 1.3 GBs of RAM. And that was a 2012 phone.

Samsung just can't keep up with its own software, so they sell you their top of the line hardware, at high prices, to compensate for their inability to optimise. Moto and nexus are just a completely different world ;)
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oneandroidnut:
to a degree. it is about running multi applications at once but that also has an effect on smoothness. if the phone struggles to run multiple things it will not be smooth, that is simple. and the iphone has much much better code/software then android. 3 gb should be enough. my note 4 does not have any smoothness issues still running kitkat too i might add!
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skyerin:
Don't really agree that iOS has better code than android. A lot of apps now have moved over to using something like apache cordova / nativescript and write one app (in JavaScriptl) which is then able to run on each platform. However, Apple has a better vetting process so in general, I've seen apps that have memory leak issues or are just plain bad when it comes to memory be not allowed to the store. Google's vetting process isn't as strict AFAIK - could be wrong - so there's that element to it.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewingr:
So my status now is that I ordered T-Mobile Note 4 that I can root and rom. I'll try a less bloated ROM and see how it goes. That'll give time to get the new Moto Pure in, and Nexus phones in , and see how the reviews go. Maybe I'll be happy with the rooted Note 4.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berezker:
Ram also plays a huge roll on smoothness

If most of the ram was filled the system would lag
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewingr:
That's definitely what I experience, given all the apps I install. That's why I started this thread to discuss.

I have since sold my AT&T Note 4 and purchased a TMO Note 4, so I could Root. (That capability is becoming harder and harder to achieve). Installed PopRocks Rom, and disabled a lot of unnecessary apps, and it's running good now. Much better battery too.

Interestingly, looks like several of the upcoming devices that were rumored to be 4GB RAM are coming out with 3GB.

More and more apps are coming out that can be useful on a Smartphone. Means we need more RAM if we want to use it to fullest potential, without frustration.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewa12321:
I don't notice shortness of ram with 2GB, check if in your current phone ram is not enough
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewingr:
Not sure what you mean by that last part.

How many apps do you have loaded? According to TIBU, I have 423, including all system apps and user apps.

When folks hear that they say "Uninstall some, you don't need that many apps.". Well, I purachased the phone to use. I certainly do that :)
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patt2k:
This thing flies man.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheFeelTrain:
After using the Pure for 5 days now I can safely say 3GB is plenty. This phone is super snappy.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewingr:
Great. I've been considering it.

How many apps are you running on it?
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patt2k:
Does it show 2.5gb RAM for you guys AS well? I would guess so, my note 4 showed 2.71 ish
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xan1242:
This thing has been a thorn in modding my phone ever since I rooted it - root has no read access to sdcard0 at all.

Whenever the external sdcard is mounted, root can only access sdcard1 after adding media_rw group to android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, which works OK most of the times but there are some apps that rely on working with an external sdcard and root together unfortunately. Whenever the external sdcard is unmounted, same things happen with it - no access as root whatsoever. (user has full access)

Something of particular interest is the output of ls -l:

shell@Mika_M3:/storage $ ls -l
drwxrwx--x root sdcard_r 1970-01-01 01:00 sdcard0
drwxrwx--x root sdcard_r 2015-08-10 02:48 sdcard1
shell@Mika_M3:/storage $ su
root@Mika_M3:/storage # ls -l
drwx------ root root 2015-08-10 02:47 sdcard0
drwxrwx--x root sdcard_r 2015-08-10 02:48 sdcard1
root@Mika_M3:/storage #

and I don't really know where to begin to fix it. The stock ROM is doomed from the start with this it seems...

For the record; I'm using SuperSU and I have tried formatting my (2GB) sdcard to FAT32 and it didn't work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid_god:
Just restore the file tonoriginal data and use an app to do this.

Foldermount will work best.

Try this with thd help of this app ypu can read both sd cards at same time and keep game heavy data on sdcard as well
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xan1242:
lolwhat file are you even talking about? Nothing has been touched there and that output of ls -l shows the permissions aren't as they're supposed to be for root.

FolderMount isn't exactly the thing I'm looking for. I need to fix permissions for root's access to the sdcard0 folder, plain and simple. For instance - I can't install Viper4Android because of this (though oddly I did manage to do it earlier, some black magic I did and don't remember lol). It wouldn't bother me if the sdcard folder in the ramdisk wasn't linked to the sdcard0 folder or if the permissions weren't tampered with and they were it seems.

I feel like as if I would have an easier time porting Cyanogenmod to my device than figuring this out...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CalebQ42:
So for the past week I've had the strange problem of N5 randomly shutting down, but ONLY when my screen is on. if I'm listening to music, I can listen until my battery runs out, but if I'm looking up stuff or playing a game, it'll shut down after a few minutes at varying lengths of time(It's a sudden shutdown so my screen just goes black when I'm in the middle of something).

After it has shut itself down and I try to turn it on then it'll turn off after the boot animation and before the lock screen shows. If I want it back on then I can get it start up again if I have it connected to a charger until the lockscreen shows and it'll act like normal(besides the whole random shutdowns)after I unplug it. I also don't have this problem when it's plugged in.

I've tried changing roms, kernels, and flashing the stock firmware with no success. I'm currently on XTraSmooth(Lollipop) with ElementalX 4.04 kernel.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tizzi717:
Mmm dead battery?

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CalebQ42:
Could be a problem with my battery, but if it was, would my phone also die when the screen is off and I'm listening to music for hours. Also when I plug it in just to turn it on then the battery percentage isn't low, tho it might drop a little.
[XDA Assist] max_rocc:
guyz i have a huawei ascend g 300 and i tried to install a custom rom (CM 10.1), i have never tried it before this was my first attempt, i watched some tutorials and they said the phone should be rooted. so i installed "unlock boot loader" and rooted the device, .i did every thing but after the bootloader the device is supposed to reboot but it just shutdown and never booted again, I tried to turn it on, by removing the battery also, it doesnt work. When i press turn on button the touch keys blinks for a few seconds and nothing happens, so if someone can help me, I really appreciate it!!! Thanks :crying: :crying:
[XDA Assist] GuestK0087:
Hi, thanks for using XDA Assist! :)

Please ask your question here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2257421

That's a friendly help thread where you'll find expert advice.

Good luck! :)

Thread closed.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Goneeuro:
Where did the ubuntu rom threads go? I wanted to see where the development is at?
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] corky:
Hi, i have just got a new xda orbit and noticed that when the backlight goes off after a set period (30 secs), it seems to be still lit but only very slighty, so at night you still see the today screen etc. But if i press the power button then the display goes off. Is this correct ?

The reason im asking as i have been using an xda mini s for over a year and when the backlight times out the display is not visible at all in the dark. You have to press the power button to see the screen again.

Hope this makes sense :)
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] MaskedMarauder:
Yes, that is fine. The dim backlight will go out in time too.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] PPCNUT:
MaskedMarauder is 100% right. It will go out eventually.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] corky:
Ok thanks guys for the quick reply, just obsevered it last night and noticed it was different.

Thanks again...:)
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] Furbious:
I've tried posting about this before, but it never gets answered - i've got a mda III, and that dims to brightness 1 (from within the registry), but will never go out - regardless of what rom i've tried.

I've also noticed that i can force set it to 0 in the registry, but thats the overall screen brightness. None of the other reg keys (putting bkl1:, etc in the various power keys) seem to work.

Any one got any ideas or utils to sort this? I'd try to code this as there are some code samples which allow you to force this, but i've not got VS :(
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] meschle:
Like you i've tried all the registry edits i can think off to no avail. I too have a wizard and find this irritating - plus backllight stays on when media player on etc.. No difference with wm6 so i guess it maybe a hardware issue. I use a small app to turn off display when apps are running and i want the display off.

I use backlight time of 30 secs and power of 1 minute - so overall similar to my wizards backlight time of 1 minute.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] mrnicksta:
why not..

why not just pres the I/O button on the side to turn off the backlight when u don't want it on? obviosuly a bit of a hassle, but if u get into the habit of doing it, no problems :)
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] MaskedMarauder:
Because that puts the device into standby and turns everything else off too (except the phone etc.) So if your listening to music your plunged into silence.

I had an XDA2i (Alpine) previous to my Orbit and I actually prefer the dimmed screen.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] Joe Pinball:
A brief press on the 1/0 power button WILL make the device go into standby.... BUT...

press and HOLD the power button for LONGER than 2-3 seconds and it toggles the backlight on and off, whilst STILL keeping the device on!

hope this helps

Joe
[General PAC Discussion] stevesamaddog@hotmail.com:
I have PAC ROM love it.

I only have small problem with my camera freezing up with complete purple screen. Everything else is awesome. Running CyanogenMod 12.1 Canada fido S4 1337m.
[Android Themes] akinhd:
NOTE - its just a free version of my DARK CITY THEME

IF YOU LIKE IT . THEN WHAT MORE THEMED APPS AND WHAT TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT ON-GOING THEN PURCHASE STANDARD VERSION.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.killer.dark.city

PLEASE RATE AND LEAVE FEEDBACK

*****you need cm12/12.1 based rom to use this ***

FREE VERSION CONTAINS

*ALL WALLPAPERS

*ICONS

*RINGTONES

*SYSTEMUI (THEMED)

*SETTINGS(THEMED)

*CALCULATOR

*NOTIFICATION DRAWER

*BOOTANIMATION

IF YOU LIKE IT . THEN WHAT MORE THEMED APPS AND WHAT TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT ON-GOING THEN PURCHASE STANDARD VERSION.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jlim0930:
My AT&T S4 was still on 4.4.2 and I wanted to upgrade to lollipop via OTA however everytime I went to software update it kept stating that it was interrupted and failed to update.

I decided to goto the forums and found an update to goto 4.4.4 so I downloaded the tar.md5 file for the NB1 and used ODIN 3.10.6 to upgrade to it however during the upgrade it failed almost toward the end. I rebooted the device and it came up with a soft-brick ( one with the yellow triangle in front) I again looked in the forums and found another link for ALL_ATT_I337UCUFNB1_I337ATTFNB1_505595_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 and tried to use it with ODIN again and it starts off however toward the end it fails again.

I also tried with I337UCUAMDB_I337ATTAMDB_ATT.tar.md5 but it also failed.

Now the phone is in the soft-brick mode and I am unable to install any of the stock roms using ODIN. I tried multiple different computers and cables and removed the SD card and did multiple resets already.

What can I do to get out of this situation?

Thanks!
[Moto X Q&A] azerouz:
Hi. I am in the UK and have the first gen moto x. i was dicking around with roms etc and i ended up accidentally erasing internal storage. I managed to the get the phone back to how it was apart from the fact that it cannot make calls, text, get 3g signal. it is essentially a small tablet. when i use the dialler code to show the imei number it is 0. i tried reinstalling modems etc and none have worked. i have tried differnet roms and even flashing lollipop. I am wondering if the modems files i am using are not working because they are US files and I need some kind of EU file? Idk.

I had my imei written down so i was going to try and change it to that on the phone but engineer tools does not open or even seem to exist on the phone. i cant try using the stock rom etc because it is on a site (something like sbf developers ) that says it is forbidden. i literally have tried everything. can anyone help? :crying:
[Moto X Q&A] Bhargav4591:
Hey! If you've installed a US ROM, you are using the wrong baseband files to access your service provider network ( XT1053- US ; XT1052- UK)

Try installing an XT1052 based rom and report back . Also, be careful while flashing your new chosen ROM. Ensure that it does not downgrade / modify your current bootloader as you may end up bricking your phone (since you've upgraded to LP)

Best of luck mate .
[Moto X Q&A] azerouz:
Ty for the reply. I just tried flashing a rom for the 52 instead of the 53 and twrp gives an error message of "This package is for the device: xt1052 ghost, xt1052 ghost etc.. this device is ." the etc is just a couple more models but the device doesnt seem to know what it is? its saying becuase it is for the 52 it cannot install even though the device is the 52.
[Moto X Q&A] Bhargav4591:
Strange . Do elaborate as to what rom you are flashing and which rom you are currently using (The one that has a problem).

Also, are you wiping the system before flashing ?
[Moto X Q&A] azerouz:
Hi again. i googled xt1052 rom and found a few. the one i tried was cyanhacker(obviously based on cm). after i got that error i tried editing the updater script to skip over the process in which it checks what device it is on. after that it appeared to flash successfully but when i tried to boot it showed the bootloader unlocked screen, vibrated then restarted and just kept doing that bootloop.
[Moto X Q&A] Xanthales:
1. Please download the correct ROM for your device from here: http://xdaforums.com/moto-x/general/official-collection-firmwares-fxz-sbf-t3146628

2. Head over here: http://xdaforums.com/moto-x/general/guide-moto-x-return-to-100-stock-using-t2446515 and follow the Instructions. CAUTION: If you decide yourself for manual flashing DO NOT PASTE THIS CODE:

fastboot oem config carrier vzw

Or you'll end up, like me: http://xdaforums.com/moto-x/moto-x-qa/carrier-retail-devices-t3174988

In case I could help you with some guidance, I would be happy, if you could help me, in my thread.

//EDIT: Your battery should be on 70% or more, before you try to do anything! Keep this in mind, else flashing could be interrupted!

Kind regards
[Moto X Q&A] azerouz:
Thankyou so much. did what you said. tinkered in twrp. flashed a lollipop rom and made a call. My man right here <3
[Moto X Q&A] Xanthales:
No problem, im glad to hear, that I could help you!

Maybe you can help me here?: http://xdaforums.com/moto-x/moto-x-qa/carrier-retail-devices-t3174988

This would be awesome, if you got a retail device!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edepot:
The lens cover of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is not made of sapphire, so it EASILY breaks!

This happened to my Note 4 (Duos version) and I ended up taking out the whole camera module so I can see the 16MegaPixel sensor.

Ended up filming it so if you are interested in seeing it look at the video!

[YOUTUBE]15jwA5HK34k[/YOUTUBE]

I was also able to replace the whole lens module for about 70 dollars (US), and it works again.