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[Nexus 6P Accessories] sirxdroid:
If you already have the cable, try using CheckR on it and see what it says. Please post back the results you get.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.mderezynski.checkr&hl=en

---------- Post added at 07:19 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:16 AM ----------

One reason to want to use a non-compliant cable may be to try and maximize a 2.4A charger that otherwise would be limited to 1.5A with a compliant cable (BC 2.1) I posted my results before, I have a non-compliant cable and the max I'm seeing is 1.8A from both a car and wall charger capable of providing 2.4A I have no idea how it stops at 1.8A (measured with a dongle) but I would not mind it going even higher.
[Nexus 6P Accessories] rice923:
This brings up a good point actually. I haven't tried my non compliant cable with my nexus 7 charger rated for 2.1A.

Edit: Plugged 6p into nexus 7 2.1A charger with non compliant cable. Total input current to phone is 1480mA.

Elnrik, any insight about this? It's well below the advertised amperage of the charger.

Edit 2:[emoji2]
[Nexus 6P Accessories] Elnrik:
What was your battery level at the time?
[Nexus 6P Accessories] rice923:
83%

Edit: Just tried it again while at 56% battery. Got a total current of 1850mA. Non compliant cable with 2.1A charger
[Nexus 6P Accessories] Elnrik:
The lower the battery is the more it will try to pull from the charger.
[Nexus 6P Accessories] rice923:
I'll give it one more shot when I'm down to about 20%and report back. I know $8 isn't a big deal, but I want to learn something from this

Edit: Tested with battery at 16%. Total current from charger was 1630. Again, non compliant cable with 2.1A charger.

Don't know what to think of my findings
[Nexus 6P Accessories] rice923:
http://bensbargains.com/bargain/3-ft-usb-c-to-usb-a-cable-5-99-at-amazon-159387/?source=app

For those still looking for one
[Nexus 6P Accessories] sirxdroid:
I think you should just enjoy your cable ... as much as you can enjoy using a cable :)
[Nexus 6P Accessories] rice923:
More so looking for peace of mind rather than enjoyment. Anyhow, I purchased a 5 footer from the link I posted above. Just $10 for a long, compliant cable... Jumped on it!

Guess I'll pack the non compliant one in the car as an emergency when I have nothing else, the factory shorty cable will go with my portable battery, and the long cable will be my bedside charger.

Cheers[emoji2]
[Nexus 6P Accessories] subhani:
This is pretty much the reason why I have ditched ALL my type A chargers in a draw and now have the stock C to C of the 6P, another C to C charger I ordered from Google and a 6" long C to C cable from Google to supplement my Visnic car charger. Switched the 6" cable with the bundled shorter 6P cable for the car and now I have the length I need at home and shorter one in the car. Like you say, with C to C cables/chargers plus directly from Google, it's better than getting Benson to rubber stamp them with his 'passed' label.

Visnic has a USB A port so I have a USB A cable from my LG G2 in the car for whenever I may need it (only device I still use that needs type A is a Bluetooth speaker for the car and some old phones I no longer use). My gaming monitor comes with a quick charge USB A port so THAT has a cable attached for when I may need it at home.
[Nexus 6P Accessories] mgear356:
one question. I bought some A - C cables from china and all failed checkR test.

Am I right to assume that if i use it for computer USB for file transfer and NOT use it for any wall adaptor (most are 2A), it should be safe?

[MENTION=5550688]Elnrik[/MENTION] and others, any comments that I used a wall 2a adaptor, it doesn't go pass 1500mah for charging. Any chance that check r could have diagnosed it wrongly?
[Nexus 6P Accessories] ylexot:
No. Your computer is going to try to supply it with power even if you only want to do file transfer. How your computer handles trying to supply the 3A that the phone is trying to pull could be an issue. Worst case: it could fry your computer.
[Nexus 6P Accessories] jason-tech-uk:
Great post, very helpful as I have a Nexus 6P
[Nexus 6P Accessories] sirxdroid:
I got a replacement Pleson cable. The new version is compliant. Not sure I like it though :) With it I get only 440mA from the Mac USB port and 1.5A from 2A and 2.4A chargers. The non-compliant version can do 1.4A from the same Mac port and 1.8A from the chargers.

You be the judge which cable you want.
[Nexus 6P Accessories] mmessina:
CHLOTECH 3M USB A TO C. Great length and no charge loss over a 1m cable. Well built and strong. Low price high quality
[Nexus 6P Accessories] mmessina:
This was equivalent to a shorter cord. Usb 2.1 charger
[Nexus 6P Accessories] jesssiii:
So those cables I bought made my 6P say "rapid charging". For a day. Then the one I was using stopped working. I returned them all and ordered the one linked by the other guy, is he the OP? Plus ordered the longer ? from Google too.
[Nexus 6P Accessories] fhoomer:
Type-c charger package with type-c to type-c cable 3amp

I am searching high and low for a complete type-c charger package type-c to type-c 3a for my Nexus 5X. I came across this one on amazon B017BVLLC6, did anyone tried this one yet? if so please advise.
[Nexus 6P Accessories] rice923:
Never used the one mentioned, but I did review at least some USB C to C cables. The threads are in this forum. They are made by Choetech and ankway, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend either of those. Both were capable of delivering 3A charges from the stock 6P charger. However, I haven't tested any USB C charging bricks yet.
[Nexus 6P Accessories] AndyCr15:
I checked the Choetech myself, very nice cable -

[youtube]TshXhKRhz78[/youtube]
[Nexus 6P Accessories] langtu2745:
Now I need a Bank Power and cable ( C-to-C;or C-to-type-A be shorter than compliant) when I'm out of home or office. Anyone recommend for me any choices.

Thank you.
[Nexus 6P Accessories] wilflare:
okay so I read the first post a few times and I'm still trying to wrap my head around the whole thing.

(1) Does USB3 offer faster charging than USB2?

- I understand that on a Host Device, USB3 offers a higher A than USB2, thus it charges faster

- But what about on a Wall Charger/Portable battery, does it offer a higher A? why do some users say it's charging faster (is it placebo or is there an explanation for this)?

(2) Why is USB Type-A to USB Type-C charging (using a compliant cable) limited to 1.5A instead of 2A/2.4A?

- I have a Samsung Wall Adapter (from my Note3) that provides 2A output and based on Benson Leung's review of the iOrange cable "maximum of 2.4A" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-r.../ref=cm_cr_pr_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B010VFFU1W) - what am I misunderstanding here?

(3) Fast Charging? How does it actually work?

- I understand if it's just increasing the A but how does increasing the V (but decreasing the A) help w Fast Charging?

- How does the USB Type-C version of fast charging work if they don't vary the V?

thank you so much OP! I'm still trying to wrap my head and understand this whole thing :eek:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polk2015:
Hello!

Phone got a little water, and it is off. And then not activated.

1. I install the drivers "Google USB Driver" and "LG Mobil Drivers"

2. Phone after pressing the 3 buttons is determined "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM3)" "USB\VID_05C6&PID_9008"

3. Boarddiag wrote that successfully recorded. I tried to write different versions.

4. But then there was no response from the phone.

5. After that, the unit became defined as "Unknown device" "USB\VID_0000&PID_0000\6&13F4C3E&0&5 key driver:{36fc9e60-c465-11cf-8056-444553540000}\0036"

Can you tell where the next to find a solution? (OS Win7 64)

Thank's
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beekay201:
[MENTION=4325732]bitdomo[/MENTION], interesting?
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crysisacd1:
Here's the problem. It's been about 20 days since I bought this phone. It has a fricking 3600 maH battery, but I only get around 3.5 to 4 hours of screen on time. I use 3g pretty much the whole day, but other than that, I don't use any other major battery depleting functions. After getting 2.5 hrs and 3 hrs of screen on time, I turned off GPS, Moto actions, Moto voice and screen on notifications, but still face the same goddamn issue. There still isn't an official CM Rom, so I can't use that (and I really want to try out Marshmallow). I don't know if this battery sitch is normal for other users, too. Please let me know.
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dicecuber:
How strong/weak is your signal?
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crysisacd1:
Strong (Full reception in the notif bar). I use dual sim, so I get full reception from both networks all the time.
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juliatan666:
The app 3C Toolbox section battery shows also without root real mAh capacity of battery. So you can check out if your new battery is near 3630 mAh like should be.

My battery life is extremely good with easy over ten hours SoT and 3% drain after 8 hours sleep. But only used wifi and lower brightness indoors. Still have to order new nano sim at my provider and protective case and tempered glass arrives next week before I take it out in the wild.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn XT1562 met Tapatalk
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhishekpadukone:
Some problem with the battery then? My moto x play lasts for almost a day. With heavy calling and 3g use
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 100rabh7791:
Did you cut your Sim card or you are using original Nano Sim??
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crysisacd1:
****.. Can't even exchange it if I've a problem with the battery since I'm not in the country anymore.
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crysisacd1:
The SIM provider cut the sim to make it nano. That matters? :confused:
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crysisacd1:
l checked it out with the app. It says 3604/ 3624 mah. So, it's not a hardware issue.
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 100rabh7791:
maybe .... you might wana try a new sim
[Connected Car] mondorescue:
Hello,

I have an xiaomi redmi 2 and it seem's that rsap protocol

will be blocked. Then I saw many threads about Qualcomm

And rsap issues.

does anyone know where to get an early radio/modem version

like the nexus. There it was possible to change the modem version.

Regards

Timm
[Connected Car] mondorescue:
I would post in the developer redmi 2 forum, but I am a new

Member of xda.
[P3300, MDA Compact III ROM Development] dream-business:
I have a T-Mobile Compact III, I install after B&B 3.7 version 4.0,

but i can't use touch flow, when I click on the touch flow icon,

it does not pass anything?

Then i install the touch Flow professional version,

The screen freezes!

Need i install macromedia flash player???

Please help me! Thanks
[P3300, MDA Compact III ROM Development] petervbeck:
When you have activated TouchFlo, you need to slide your finger from right to left or from left to right. Just take a look at this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1418607&postcount=50

or video:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1418941&postcount=116

Or is your screen totally freezing and you need to reboot the phone ?

flashplayer has afaik nothing to do with touchflo
[P3300, MDA Compact III ROM Development] dream-business:
Thanks, but i do it and it does not pass anything???
[P3300, MDA Compact III ROM Development] spangelsaregreat:
Hi,

I have a MDAC3 (UK version) and it all works fine.

This is how it works on my phone.

When you first start the phone (or after a reset) press the touch flo button (I have it set to the right soft key) and then sweep you finger UPWARDS as you would do with a real Touch phone.

Thereafter when you press the touch flo button you then sweep you finger from left to right or right to left.

Regards
[P3300, MDA Compact III ROM Development] dream-business:
Thanks, all right!
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChrBeck:
Edit:

I'm working on a batch script to provide a different launcher as one-click script.

Hope to be ready by tomorrow, will add a step by step solution as a manual way too, thanks to all those people that were involved in rooting and launcher replacement.

Old post:

I just got my new Fire today and messed around with adb for some houres.

This is what I found regarding the replacement of the fire launcher so far:

You can hide com.amazon.firelauncher using pm hide through adb shell.

This will prevent the system from starting the launcher.

I pushed Trebuchet using adb install.

After a reboot it asks me which app to use.

I can choose Trebuchet and it will be relaunched after a reboot too.

The only problem is that the fire launcher is hard-coded to home button, and that can only be changed with superuser permissions.

Edit: I found the following looking at a logcat with fire launcher being hidden:

ActivityManager does report this when pushing the home button:

I/ActivityManager( 451): START u0 {act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.HOME] flg=0x10200000 cmp=com.amazon.firelauncher/.Launcher} from uid 1000 on display 0

So Amazon linked firelauncher to that intent.

There are two ways to start another launcher:

First: Change an APK so it calls the launcher it installs "com.amazon.firelauncher". That is a step that I can't do myself, and it is very likely not to work because we would have a conflict between the original and the fake process, as the original app is only hidden, but still known to be there.

Second: We need to find out where they stored the list of default intents that ActivityManager draws information from.

So if anybody knows anything about how that works, please help me.

Just wanted to share those steps with you, hopefully someone finds a solution for the hard-coded home button. Till then I'll just leave apps with back button to get back to Trebuchet :)
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a1yet:
good work :)
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChrBeck:
I'm still doing some research on this and need your help guys.

Can anyone that did block the initial update run pm list packages com.amazon on his device and post the output here?

It seems like there is an application in the 5.0.1 build that does block all changes to the default activity setup concerning the launcher app.

I installed a second launcher on my Z1 compact and watched logcat as I hit the home button.

But the behavior is different from the one the fire shows, the fire instantly tries to run com.amazon.firelauncher, no matter how many launchers are installed.

So it seems like the registration as a launcher is somehow blocked and prevents ResolverActivity from showing.

Thanks to everyone
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vlasp:
Someone could try this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2760965 to change the application process name, and then install it over the Fire Launcher, it will update the file. If you ever want to go back, you can click "Uninstall Updates". Try this on Trebuchet and see if it works.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k3ll0gs:
Cheksum

/system/priv-app/com.amazon.firelauncher/com.amazon.firelauncher.apk

It has a checksum, so not sure if an .apk renamed as com.amazon.firelauncher.apk and put back into the device would fail because of a checksum error?

Just tried and I get an error of [invalid apk file within my ADB shell]

Someone else might have better luck then me? :)
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChrBeck:
Haha I had the same idea some houres ago and tried to rename trebuchet to com.amazon.firelauncher using apktool.

But when trying to install it I get "Parsing error", maybe my signature is wrong or I made another mistake.

I'll add my apk so someone else can try signing and flashing it if anybody wants to.

Edit:

Just for your interest:

I compared the com.amazon app list posted here to mine: Exept for the apps that are hidden to prevent ota-update, both lists are identical.

So I still don't know what Amazon changed, but we can be sure that there is no additional app that prevents us from changing the launcher.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] googlegot:
I grabbed your apk and used keytool to generate my own cert and try installing the app, now adb install fails with the status below:

#This was run on OS X

#This generates the a key, after asking you several questions. Default passcode is "android"
keytool -genkey -v -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore -alias trebuchet -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 20000

#Sign the apk
jarsigner -verbose -keystore debug.keystore com.amazon.firelauncher.apk trebuchet

#install the package
hostname:user$ ./adb install com.amazon.firelauncher.apk
9433 KB/s (3427921 bytes in 0.354s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/com.amazon.firelauncher.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE]
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChrBeck:
Update incompatible sounds great, it means that there is just one fuse we need to break.

I did not change the version info and permissions of trebuchet, that might already be the point.

I will extract firelauncher this evening, check for version, set trebuchet to a higher version and copy all the permissions firelauncher uses with those missing permissions copied from trebuchet (which should cause the installer to ask for granting only those additional ones)

As your certs seem to work, I'll just publish the unsigned apk and you could try signing and installing again if you want to.

Seems like we are getting close to a solution.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] googlegot:
I just used apktool to decompile your apk, which I then inserted updated version info into (apktool.yml stores this), and after resigning, installation failed for the same reason as above. It seems that the device is detecting that the cert that I'm using is not the one used to sign the original application and failing on that. I've seen this happening when doing development on my personal apps.

This might not work, though I would love if someone could prove me wrong.

In the meantime, I was considering using pm hide to hide the default launcher and use some sort of softkey solution with a link to trebuchet or nova. I'll look into it tomorrow after I get a bit of sleep.

Edit:

Just a cursory test with an app called "overlay" and nova launcher is proving to be quite adequate. I have an on-screen overlaid app shortcut to nova launcher at all times. I will have to create app filters to stop the overlay from going in front of games and videos, but this seems to do the trick for me at least. I'll upload the overlay config tomorrow morning, but it's simple enough to figure out. I currently have com.amazon.firelauncher hidden, and after rebooting it automatically opens nova launcher and the overlay pops in about 10 seconds later.

Edit 2:

Since I don't have 10 posts yet, I'm not allowed to post links to files. It should be pretty easy to figure out how to set up Overlays though. I made my application link to nova launcher almost completely transparent and in the bottom right corner of my screen, and it works well, though there is a small delay before it gets back to the launcher.

Now that I've got the play store, Google keyboard, and a decent launcher, this is shaping up to be a good purchase.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zavorrax:
I am very interested in this thread, but I can't understand much of what [MENTION=5436498]googlegot[/MENTION] wrote.

"Just a cursory test with an app called "overlay" and nova launcher is proving to be quite adequate. I have an on-screen overlaid app shortcut to nova launcher at all times. I will have to create app filters to stop the overlay from going in front of games and videos, but this seems to do the trick for me at least. I'll upload the overlay config tomorrow morning, but it's simple enough to figure out. I currently have com.amazon.firelauncher hidden, and after rebooting it automatically opens nova launcher and the overlay pops in about 10 seconds later. "

Could you please elaborate on this?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] googlegot:
This is a text only guide as I am writing it on mobile, I'll flesh it out in a full post after work.

This guide assumes you have the play store installed, debug drivers and adb installed, and debugging mode enabled in developer settings.

1. Download "Overlays - Float Everywhere" from the Play store.

2. Download a launcher of your choosing (I chose Nova launcher)

3. In overlays, press the "+" button to create a new profile

4. Select "Always/Manual (Global)", then enter a name for your profile (I named mine "Nova". Make sure to set it to "Always On" using the toggle below the name on the right side of the screen above "advanced settings"

5. Press the save button in the top right corner of the screen.

6. Select "Add your first Overlay", then "Application Shortcut", then select your launcher (again, I used Nova). This will create an icon on screen, which you can drag around to where you want your new home button to be. It may appear off screen at first. If so, turn your tablet to landscape orientation to get it into view.

7. Drag the icon where you would like it to be in both landscape and portrait mode, then save the location by pressing the save button in the top right corner of the icon.

8. Save the overlay by pressing the save button in the middle of the set of three buttons in the top right corner of the screen.

9. Reboot your tablet. Once it has booted you'll notice an icon for your launcher is now overlaid on every screen at all times. This is your new "home" button.

10. Plug your tablet into your computer and run the following to disable the built in launcher:

adb shell
pm hide com.amazon.firelauncher
exit

(To undo this, change "pm hide" to "pm unhide")

11. The original home button on your tablet will now produce an error when pressed and your only available launcher will now be the one you've installed. You'll need to use the new overlaid button you created to as your home button.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a1yet:
does this affect you leaving full-screen apps ?

(IE: a game)

if hitting your home buttons gives an error

peace

Ricci
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] googlegot:
This is an overlay, it is on top of your full screen games and videos. Your home button is broken, but the overlaid application icon is your new home button for all intents and purposes. It is a button on top of everything on screen.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a1yet:
hmm this is interesting

thanks for this, will look into it myself :victory:
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xT29c:
Can confirm this is working 100%. Now we have a fully functional tablet! :) Thanks so much for finding out about this work-around! My hat goes to you sir. :highfive:
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a1yet:
not working 100%

working 75%

everything works fine BUT Widgets

no widgets work

crashes to "settings" when you try to install one

example

the weather channel (or event flow calendar)

drag to desktop

CRASH to the Fires "settings" window

any fix or work around for this

peace

Ricci

PS: widgets have a value of at least 25% as everyone has one on their device

and is the first thing people see when the turn their device on

25% may be too low but i had to give it a value
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkside1984:
Has anyone tried another launcher? Maybe Google Now or APEX...
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoLooper:
This is exactly what happens on 2014 HDs, too. The fix is to convert launcher to system app, which requires root. :(
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a1yet:
thank you for letting me know this :)

I'll stop banging my head against a wall thinking I'm dum (or is it dumb ?)

LOL

thanks again

Ricci
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moogagot:
I just got my Amazon Fire. Any update? How can we help?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] googlegot:
This should work with any launcher.

---------- Post added at 08:07 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:00 AM ----------

This seems to be as far as we've gotten. I'm going to be putting some more time into figuring out exactly what Amazon did to screw up the home button today, maybe I can write a simple daemon to monitor the logs for a home button press, kill the error box, and open the proper launcher. I'm just spitballing here. I'll post with any progress.