yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkMRL:
I just noticed these new posts in my thread. Unfortunately I'm not able to help any of you because I literally fixed mine via trial and error. Like I said I kept flashing rom after rom until one worked. I bricked it in several ways before getting the right rom, it had all kinds of issues from not booting at all, showing a boot logo and then bootlooping, showing lines on the screen, and so on. I found it by googling for devices with similar hardware.

But honestly, it wasn't worth it to fix this p.o.s.

If you have a similar device you're better off getting rid of it and buying a new one.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brainer189:
Hi!

I have a brand new Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10. 5. This week I`ve updated the Android 4.4.2 to 5.0.2.

On this version I`ve mentioned some bugs and glitches. Games aren`t run as smoothly as on KitKat.

Can I downgrade the firmware back to KitKat without tripping the KNOX counter or voiding warranty?

Please help!

Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Of course, just use the stock firmware.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] YrrchSebor:
Is anyone getting album art on the stock lockscreen? Or any other lockscreen? I miss that from the Note 4 when using Google Play Music, and can't seem to make it happen on the Note 5 running deodexed stock 5.1.1. Thanks in advance
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] THEONEMARK:
I miss that as well
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] YrrchSebor:
It was a very nice touch, looks very plain and naked when it isnt working :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] blue72:
Is there any alternative? I might write to Sammy
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nandan21:
Hey guys,

I have the same problem with my phone by flashing stryflex v3.6 rom but the problem is i cant swipe the lockscreen up or even access recovery stuck with a softbricked device, cant even access recovery or even flash it back to normal by using flashtool. Can someone give us help on this? so we can put it back to stock and maybe install a custom sony rom. It is using TWRP Recovery which cannot be accessed.

I am using Windows 7 64 bit Professional and I cant find Flashtool v0.9.18.5 on the official website.

Help me what have I done wrong here.

18/047/2015 11:47:13 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.9.19.8 built on 24-09-2015 22:00:00

18/047/2015 11:47:13 - INFO - Executing search strategies to find proxy selector

18/047/2015 11:47:14 - INFO - No proxy found for IE. Trying next one

18/047/2015 11:47:14 - INFO - No proxy found for firefox. Trying next one

18/047/2015 11:47:14 - INFO - No proxy found for java. Trying next one

18/047/2015 11:47:14 - INFO - Syncing devices from github

18/047/2015 11:47:15 - INFO - Scanning devices folder for changes.

18/047/2015 11:47:25 - INFO - Pulling changes from github.

18/047/2015 11:47:25 - INFO - Devices sync finished.

18/047/2015 11:47:33 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off

18/047/2015 11:47:33 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode

18/047/2015 11:47:42 - INFO - List of connected devices (Device Id) :

18/047/2015 11:47:42 - INFO - - USB\VID_0FCE&PID_0195\YT910P98C5	Driver installed : true

18/047/2015 11:47:42 - INFO - List of ADB devices :

18/047/2015 11:47:42 - INFO - - none

18/047/2015 11:47:42 - INFO - List of fastboot devices :

18/047/2015 11:47:42 - INFO - - none

18/047/2015 11:47:53 - INFO - Syncing devices from github

18/047/2015 11:47:53 - INFO - Scanning devices folder for changes.

18/047/2015 11:47:58 - INFO - Pulling changes from github.

18/047/2015 11:47:59 - INFO - Devices sync finished.

18/048/2015 11:48:17 - INFO - Device disconnected

18/049/2015 11:49:51 - INFO - Flash canceled

18/051/2015 11:51:58 - INFO - Selected Bundle for Sony Xperia SP (C5303). FW release : 12.1.A.1.205. Customization : Vodafone UK

18/051/2015 11:51:58 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

18/052/2015 11:52:52 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

18/053/2015 11:53:25 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

18/053/2015 11:53:25 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

18/053/2015 11:53:25 - INFO - Start Flashing

18/053/2015 11:53:25 - INFO - Processing loader.sin

18/053/2015 11:53:25 - INFO - Checking header

18/053/2015 11:53:25 - ERROR - Processing of loader.sin finished with errors.

18/053/2015 11:53:25 - INFO - Ending flash session

18/053/2015 11:53:25 - ERROR -

18/053/2015 11:53:25 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

18/053/2015 11:53:25 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

Many Thanks,

Nandan
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zenith:
Download Flashtool v0.9.18.6 from official site.

Option 1: Flash stock.

or,

Option 2: Flash tangerine-7.1.elf via 'fastboot mode' to directly get TWRP, then flash any ROM you want.

Hit Thanks if I helped
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nandan21:
The problem is i can't access USB debugging on this phone due to the fact that im stuck with this rom which can't be removed with the touchscreen problem where i can't swipe up at the lockscreen or use the phone at all. At the moment im using the Sony Xperia E3 until i can get the xperia sp fixed.

Thanks, Nandan
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zenith:
You don't need to access USB debugging. Just turn off the phone by pressing the button on the back.

Then follow what I said in post#2

Welcome.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nandan21:
Hi there,

So without usb debugging can i still access fastboot mode or not?

If I flash tangerine kernel does it contain the kernel and the recovery or is it just kernel?

Thanks Nandan
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris10286:
Hiya Nandan.

I was in the same boat as you but I had no rom installed no software at all so I could not boot the phone up to enable USB debugging and unknown sources. If you do what I did it will hopefully rectify your problem.

Step 1. Download a kernel with twrp embedded im sure I used dooms kernel as far as I remember. There are many others just do a simple google of xperia sp kernel with recovery.

Step 2 . take phone case off the back hold button in on lower bottom for 10 seconds you will get 3 vibratations . good leave it at that.

Step 4 . open flashtool let it load completely. Now plug USB into your phone also have it into your PC ! Whilst plugging in hold down volume button to enter flashmode your phone should be green . hold up for fast boot mode which is blue either too let's you flash a kernel but fast boot mode requires "elf" kernel.

Step 5. Locate kernel install and then boot phone up whilst press the volume up button as its booting recovery mode will be accessed now flash rom of your choice or use Sony PC suite to go back to stock. Make sure you have stock kernel and bootloader locked or elsee it won't let you..

I hope this helps you out in someway as it did me good luck.

Chris
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nandan21:
Hi Chris,

Thanks for the instruction you have given me, I might try this method a week or two due to coursework. I been trying to get hold with some instructions but turns out the instructions you have given me is more detailed and i could understand what you wrote. I was wondering where i can get the stock kernel since earlier i tried using flashtool to flash the original rom which is vodafone locked showed some errors in the process. instead of using the first step to flash twrp, can i flash clockworkmod recovery and then install custom sony rom like for e.g. archxperia?

Thanks Nandan
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris10286:
If I was you I would just stick with doom kernel for now at least that way you can access twrp and sort your phone out. some very good roms available to install as soon as you access twrp. my steps are 1 to 4 I think I got distracted whilst putting the steps or I can't count lol.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nandan21:
Hi Chris,

So you want me to install Doomkernel first which has the kernel and recovery built in? By flashing it through flashtool either using fastboot mode or flashmode to flash the kernel. Then do I flash any rom I like or would you recommend me a rom to use? Would this also fix to try and access recovery? I did my research that it contains multiple recoveries such CWM, Philz Touch and TWRP. So lets say if I flash a custom sony rom such as archxperia or put it back to stock, will it also fix the unresponsive touch issue i have been getting on my phone or is this a common issue for the xperia sp? My bootloader is unlocked.

Thanks Nandan
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nandan21:
Hey Chris,

I flashed it through flashtool the kernel which turns out it is going on a bootloop and cannot access recovery at all. It gets stuck at doomkernel logo and reboots continously. Can you help me out due to the bootloop issue and cannot access recovery. I tried holding volume up button to access recovery it wouldn't let me, now im stuck with a bootloop and it looks like its softbricked.

Thanks Nandan

Update to Everyone I fixed my phone following Chris's method or you can use Zenith's method alternatively instead, but i flashed doomkernel which fixed my phone, I first flashed one of the custom 4.3 roms then i decided to flash TWRP recovery then I flashed SlimRom 5.1.1 Sabermod with Quickboot which im using as a daily driver. If anyone was in my situation earlier on then use the methods provided by Chris or Zenith. By the way don't flash stryflex v3.6 because you might not able to access recovery or you might end up with a soft bricked phone so instead use stryflex v3.7 instead which is stable and also allowed me to access recovery.
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seker94:
Hello, i really need some help here please..

the device is rooted with stock recovery and stock rom, by mistake i made an OTA update which made the device stuck at Stock recovery .. it wont load to fastboot at all whatever i tries ..

Using adb and fastboot files via pc also wont work ...the PC not detecting the device at all (adb device and no deice is found) although i have already downloaded the htc drivers for desire 816 but still nothing

So i cant get to fastboot/bootloader, stuck in stock recovery ... is there any solution for this ?

Device : HTC desire 816 Dual sim

thanks.
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clarkie_955i:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2564438

Try this. Might work different device but worth a try
[HTC Excalibur] Pagemakers:
My device has just started to show "roaming" on my home network.

How do I stop that? Emails no longer auto-retrieve because the phone thinks it's roaming!!
[HTC Excalibur] Neil Jones:
Are you a UK T-Mobile user by any chance?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=324110
[HTC Excalibur] jsp_m:
its a bug where the other frequency (1800 over 900 of a same operator) is displayed as national romaing
[HTC Excalibur] Pagemakers:
The sim was buggered. Fine after I replaced it.
[HTC Excalibur] Pagemakers:
Now the new sim has done the same thing after a week.
[General Questions and Answers] cory733:
How does snapchat read your "pages viewed before navigating to our services" ?

its in their privacy policy. it says they can see your browswer type, pages viewed, pages visited before navigating to our services.

how would it be able to access my browser history in chrome? or is it tracking outgoing ip's?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chanakyashah:
Hi,

I have a brand new Z3c and without realising I updated the phone to the latest build of 5.1.1 (23.4.A.1.232)

Since, I am a N0ob here, can someone help/guide me how to go about rooting the phone. I need to remove all that bloat :(
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] astmacca:
http://xdaforums.com/z3-compact/general/how-to-root-backup-drm-keys-t3013343

Remember, its generally considered the done thing here to have a cruise through the sections and threads before asking for help. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grassik:
Hey, I got a problem with my Galaxy S2. When i want to start it, it lags on Samsung logo. I think, that only way out is wipe data/factory reset (wipe cache didn´t work) but I have some photos and sound records that I haven´t in PC. Do you know any ROM (that I can download and flash with Odin), which doesn´t erase my data if I do wipe? Thanks and sorry for my English:D:(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MbMax:
Factory reset clears the system partition. It doesn't formats the storage partition. I've done a lot of factory reset (with CWM, TWRP, and CM recovery), and my data were always left in place.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Muthzer the One:
As I've read you should be able to flash any rom which only has 1 part (pda) without deleting your flash memory.

Besides that, as MbMax already mentioned, factory reset won't touch your media.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grassik:
Thank you very much.

So If I do factory reset through Recovery menu, my photos and documents will be still in the phone but messages, contacts etc. will be erased.. or not? But I´m not talking about SD card, i have those photos right in the phone storage. Android 4.0.3.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saber:
Or more accurately, it wipes the partition that contains all app data, settings data, messages, contacts and etc (data partition, not system). Therefore you will still have your personal files on your internal storage.

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Look above. To backup contacts, I use Google to restore them, or you can backup on sim card. For messages, you can back them up onto your sim card in the messages app, however you can't back up mms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] mikeacox:
I share images, in text messages, with several friends, and all but one gets them.

For one person the images comes back, marked "no valid recipient".

That's odd because she gets all my text messages.

She tells me she gets images in text messages from other people.

I have no idea if the problem is on my end or hers.
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Themes] kewalj2646:
I Have Made It, specific to our device!

I Just Saw On New Nexus 5X And Nexus 6P

I Thought To Make It For Our Device

Previews Are in attachments

To Use It Download the logo.bin file from the attachments below

Next Step Enter Fastboot in your Device

After That In CMD FastBoot Command Type

fastboot flash logo logo.bin

Thats It Then Type

fastboot reboot

Or Inside That There Is zip in The Attached Zip Just Flash It By any Custom Recovery I Recommend Philz/TWRP.

And You Are Happy To Go!
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Themes] Sachin:
Thanks dude!

:)
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Themes] kewalj2646:
Your Welcome [MENTION=6800380]sachin n[/MENTION]
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Themes] tuhinxp04:
I am finding this post till many days...but today i found...awesome work bro.... :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Themes] kewalj2646:
Thanku.....!!!!!!!!!:) [MENTION=6578520]tuhinxp04[/MENTION]
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Themes] talktome322:
Thank you bro !!!!! :cowboy::cowboy::cowboy:
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Themes] Matrixians 14:
Can you make one for Nexus 5?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] starterweb:
My kindle stopped turning on yesterday. Then when I held the power button it showed up as android phone/qhsusb bulk in device manager.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] MinerBoy004:
You bricked your Kindle. If you still have ADB access you can try and recover it, or if you have TWRP, or if you unlocked your bootloader and you can use fastboot.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] starterweb:
I put in adb reboot bootloader in command prompt but it said error device not found.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ONYXis:
if your device in QHSUSB_BULK state and holding power button during 1 min doesn't change this - sorry you can do nothing
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] DB126:
Agreed - device is toast given symptoms and (presumably) lack of favorable response to the power button. Assuming you were running FireOS. Possibly an OTA update failed damaging/destroying the file system. If the device remains under warranty to can contact Amazon about an exchange.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] starterweb:
It was installing an update right before it shut down.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] DB126:
Usually when it happens. Almost impossible to avoid unless you root and block OTA updates. Sorry for your loss.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] falcon26:
So I ordered my new Nexus 6 from Ebay brand new $300 shipped :) Then I find out that 6.0 is not even out yet for the Nexus 6 on T-Mobile, what the heck is that about? 6.0 came out like a month ago and all other Nexus devices are on it. What is going on with the T-Mobile version?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidstyle:
6.0 has been available for all carriers for a month or better. It's one unified build MRA58K 6.0.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
sure, its out. you can get it right here and install it manually https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=en

tmobile might not have approved the update yet, just like verizon, att, and sprint. but it is out officially, and you can install it yourself easily.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mn1225:
No, nuh-uh, nope. All of the Android 5 updates had a T-Mo fork. It's becoming apparent that T-Mo is forking 6.0 for VoLTE and their own apps. I flashed the factory image of M from Google. It worked fine for about a month but I notice a few random reboots. It was annoying but not terrible. Then yesterday, my N6 started rebooting about every 5 minutes. I ran it in Safe Mode to see if an app was causing it but I was still getting the reboots. I thought that I might have a corrupt factory image. So I flashed an new download to the phone. Still no such luck. I finally downgraded to 5.1.1 and took all the OTA security patches. I'm already on the November patch but at least my phone is stable again. I think there may be some validity to the T-Mo N6 being a bit of a red-headed step child (aka VZW Galaxy Nexus).

Read through the various forums and T-Mo's own support site and you'll see that these reports are becoming more frequent where T-Mo N6 users flashing Marshmallow are ending up with a very less than stellar OS.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
marshmallow is a unified a build, do some more reading..
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigDig:
I've been running 6.0 on T-Mobile since it came out with no issues - B12, VoLTE, WiFi calling working perfectly fine... No reboots, no hiccups...
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] idbl_fanatic:
Wait is the OP talking about a T-mo branded N6?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donnyp1:
I'm on T-Mobile, the reason I would like the update is to have the APN setting. I have to play with mine after every flash to get MMS working. I think I've figured it out, but it is a pain. Pure nexus 6.0 is working awesome now
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigDig:
There is no such a thing as a T-Mobile branded N6...
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donnyp1:
The update has been completed, should start rolling out
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] useranonymous:
What build name?

EDIT:

Never mind a search turned up this.

http://www.tmonews.com/2015/11/t-mo...ate-approved-expected-to-start-arriving-soon/

Build MRA58X

So I guess this will be the official T-Mobile build for M.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevemw:
Finally! Downloading 6.0 now.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] depassp:
Wait! Set up mitm and capture the ota download link!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donnyp1:
I would like a screenshot
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cupfulloflol:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63927250&postcount=906
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donnyp1:
Are the updates rolled out regionally? I'm close to him
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cupfulloflol:
No, they are random. I think they are supposed to go out over the course of a week or two.

I would imagine someone will grab the OTA URL soon if they haven't already so you can sideload it if you are impatient. Also possible that they will get the factory image up if you have an unlocked bootloader. T-Mobile's factory image was a little slow to be available in the past.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] depassp:
MRA58X from LVY48I

I got MRA58X on my Nexus 6 by first flashing back to LVY48I.

Here's the OTA link for those who don't want to wait:

https://android.googleapis.com/pack...d-shamu-MRA58X-from-LVY48I-new-timestamp.zip﻿
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donnyp1:
Link doesn't do anything?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] depassp:
Yeah, it doesn't seem to work if I open it in Chrome, but I'm downloading it using wget now...

---------- Post added at 12:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:13 PM ----------

It looks like there's some crap at the end of the link. I think the forum is adding that because I edited my post and there's nothing else there at the end. Just copy and paste the link and remove the junk at the end
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Obecny:
I am on Note 5 port r2.1 emotion and just noticed now some of my text messages are green but all the other yellow as it was before!

I think the green is when I sending a message to another note 5 phone only ! but i could be wrong

I have two note 4 with note 5 ported system so texts between them are green
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Obecny:
OK got it , this is the new samsung chat messages :)
[General Questions and Answers] MetinKale38:
Hey,

I am asking myself, why Android uses Partitions? Wouldn't it be better / possible only to use 1 Partition like on Desktop systems?

Depending on the ROM you use, sometimes you have a lot of space on your system partition, which you do not need, or sometimes the space is too small, so it would always use only as much it needs...

Is there a way to do that, or it is generally a good idea?

Metinkale38
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
Linux runs on partitions for sandboxing. This is more secure and has better performance then things like Windows
[General Questions and Answers] droid_god:
Its true partitionning increases performance.

Suppose you have an cupboard with a single large drawer. And your sister have the same size cupboard with diffetent drawers.

Now your mom said you both to find a book written by xyz writer.

You startef to search the initials of that book and then when you have found that x start from here to there then you started finging book.

Youe sister is a step ahead of you she knows where x books are. In the drawer labeled x. And she just opened up the drawer, searched the book and gave it to mom.

And by the time you reach your mom with the book. She has started reading and compleated the introduction.

I hope this example helped you to understand what partitioning does.

Hit thanks if you understood.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChrisJ951:
Has anyone been able to get a Dualshock 4 to pair with the Nexus 6p? Unlike my other android devices it seems to get stuck on "pairing"
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nrfitchett4:
I thought nexus devices always had trouble pairing with controllers due to the BT stack used? Or is that old info? I have a mogo pro I haven't even paired in over a year.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChrisJ951:
Does the mogo pair okay? And I know the dualshock 4 can pair with the nexus 5/nexus 7/nexus 9
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nrfitchett4:
Don't have phone yet, Monday.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unchman14:
no luck with my 6p and DS4. Seems to get stuck during pairing.