yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulmartyn:
Guess i can close the thread now as my problem is resolved.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crispinsaro:
Happy that solved your issue, it is normally said that to install a new rom you have to do a full wipe before hand, glad it worked for you though :)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
You mean flashing SuperSU after Skydragon (you don't specify)? If so, its not necessary, as all custom ROMs are pre-rooted unless explicitly noted.

Also, older versions of SuperSU won't work on Lollipop, so depending on what version SuperSU you tried (again, you don't specify), that may have been the reason for failure.

---------- Post added at 10:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:05 AM ----------

I wouldn't be so sure, if the OP didn't state it.

I would caution users about following this device literally. It is not necessary to wipe internal storage and/or SD card when flashing a ROM (although particular users may have reason to do so for specific reasons). And if the user has their nandroid or ROM.zip on that partition (and they must have the ROM on

one

of those, unless they intend to sideload it), its going to get wiped out; causing some confusion and probably panic.

The advice I normally give is: Its called "Advanced" for a reason, and don't wipe it unless you know what the result will be; and you have a legitimate reason to do so.

For instance, I've lost count of the times folks have posted that they wiped system, and don't understand why the phone will no longer boot into OS. Or they wiped internal storage or SD card; and didn't know that it would wipe out their nandroids.

The TWRP default wipe (data, cache and Dalvik) says "most of the time, this is the only wipe you will ever need" and it says that for a reason. If one runs into problems flashing a ROM, they might elect to wipe system. So like I said, a legitimate reason to wipe a particular partition.

But on the other hand, I've done a countless number of ROM flashes on a number of devices (including Skydragon), and never wiped any partition outside the "default wipe", and never had any such issues. Even wiping system (which many swear by) I suspect is often a placebo. When you flash a ROM, system will be wiped by definition, so doing it manually is redundant.

I suspect the failure by the OP was not wiping data and/or cache (they never specified they did that originally or not).
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crispinsaro:
Thats true yes, i dont think I made it clear to do the default TWRP wipe first to see if it would solve anything and then try advanced wipe if all fails, but again with caution.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leon:
After reading a litte I've got one question...So if I want GPE rom do I need to convert my phone to GPE or just to flash the rom ?!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
You can just flash the ROM. Its pretty clear in the (Marshmallow) GPE ROM thread you can do that, and actually

recommends

trying the ROM before deciding on the full conversion.

Make sure your firmware (hboot, radio) is on Lollipop (as also mentioned in the top post of the GPE ROM thread). But otherwise, you can just flash the ROM.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] byproxy:
So I don't see a list of items it's safe to uninstall yet, so I figured I'd start one. I haven't uninstalled much (through TB), but here's what I've done so far with no apparent negative ramifications:

Google Hindi Input

Google Japanese Input

Google Korean Input

Google Now Launcher

Google Pinyin Input

Google Play Games

Google Play Movies

Google Play Music

Google+

Hangouts

News & Weather

Photos

That's it for now... How about you?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] byproxy:
I should mention that I tried also uninstalling Google but lost most all Okay Google functionality even when reinstalling from the play store so I had to revert back.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmegapixelx:
So I've been using my N5 for more than a month right now and everything is great. I ordered it from t-dimension from UK. My phone is originally from UAE (N920C) and I was wondering if changing my firmware/broadband to the same one from another region could in any way improve my experience/signal. I currently live in Poland and use the stock UAE ROM with arter97 kernel.

Any tips or advices? Thanks.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Octa_core:
I had the same question. I am using the n920c in the United States and my rom and the baseband are from the middle east. Tried flashing another baseband with Odin but the old baseband never changed. After couple iof attempts i gave up.
[Infinix HOT 2] aliel_22:
Please make flashable zip stock rom infinox hot 2...
[Infinix HOT 2] iAmWiz:
Why don't you just use the normal PC process?
[Infinix HOT 2] setainfinix:
Just use flashtool.

Its as simple as zip.

Just download .img rom with its scatter..

Flash with SP Flashtool using ur PC.

Learn more on rom post by bolumstar
[AT&T HTC One (M9)] 23rdstreet:
Hey Guys,

So... just got this AT&T HTC One M9. ...overcharged my M8 battery & broke it. :eek: It sucks, don't do it... unplug that sh$&t!

Anyway, I've unlocked my bootloader & rooted the M9 & will soon s-off. On Stock ROM 5.1. Is there a way to alter the following:

In BOOTLOADER MODE: (1) Software Status: Modified (2) Unlocked (3) S-Off.

And in DOWNLOAD MODE: (1) *** UNLOCKED *** (2) S-OFF

Similar to these methods for the M8: [how to] remove your "tampered" banner & the Faux Locked Hboots section of ★ ☆ [MOD] Remove Red Text on Splash Screen | m8 hboots | ALL Variants | L

Any help would be very much appreciated! I really do love XDA so much... you guys have been with me through ALL the phones :victory:
[AT&T HTC One (M9)] efrant:
You mean like this:

[how to]disable remaining write protection on m9 after s off

[how to] lock/unlock your bootloader without htcdev(s-off required)

;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] shughes:
I recently loaded the TNT ROM. But I miss the RESET tool that was in the System Tools Folder. Also, it would be great if somebody could tell me how to enable the CLEAR Folder option under Mail. I used to have it, but not anymore. Must have been a tweak I installed unknowingly.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joho5:
So with systemless root, as far as getting back to a state where I could receive an OTA, I would just have to have stock recovery, /system partion back to stock, and stock kernel?

I root my android phones mainly for the option to use viper4android and sometimes modify the mixer_paths.xml file to get more headphone volume.

In this process, busybox is installd and thats on the /system location right?

so if an OTA came through, I would have to have made a stock backup of the mixer_paths and replace the edited one, flash stock kernel, and uninstall busybox?

I just want to be able to tinker with my phone without having to reflash everything in between OTA's.

thanks
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joho5:
Or can I just flash new /system image when ota's come out? Leave data intact?
[XDA Assist] MichunB:
I have problem with unsubscribing from 'Raspberry Pi Hacking'

when I click 'Unsubscribe from this Forum', browser takes me to Raspberry Pi page:

http://xdaforums.com/raspberry-pi

I wanted to try unsubscribe this forum from TapaTalk, but link to this forum in TapaTalk do not work.

What I do wrong?
[XDA Assist] jayvl:
Using the XDA premium app I can't even access that subforum. Keeps reloading the hardware hacking page.
[XDA Assist] MichunB:
I thing that there is some kind of bad referral 'Raspberry Pi Hacking' no longer exist but my subscription to it is linked to 'Raspberry Pi Original Development'

Raspberry Pi Original Development

[IMG="Subscribed Forums"]http://i67.tinypic.com/34hjkvr.jpg[/IMG]

look at newest post at these forums

Dear forum admins, can you do something with that?
[XDA Assist] MichunB:
OK, I finally managed to unsubscribe from this forum using TapaTalk :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cebudukas:
I am on "[Rom][5.1.1][N5 Port][06.11.2015] Phronesis Rom v1.0. Stable and Feature Rich" incredibal ROM but my Gear S is receiving only incoming call notification. Is this problem has been solved any where?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rikrok:
I have a Darklord ROM and i have a similiar problem. I cant get all the notifications on my galaxy gear 1 nor on my Samsung Gear S. Its a great ROM but Samsung Smartwatch dont wanna work correctly with Darklord ROM... any solution guys? Please help :(
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Salamjahshan:
hello..

i need a cutom rom for galaxy s5 g900h but it must be (.tar.md5) to flash with odin not by intalling from recovery mod...pleaaaaaaase..thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lost Smoch:
usually tar file is a firmware... you can easily find a customed recovery,don't contradict it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frost009:
You can't install custom ROMs via Odin, it doesn't work that way, only stock ROMs work with Odin, just install a recovery and flash the ROM, not that difficult. Google is always there to help.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akash4306:
I need rom for lntex slice 2
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seenee_:
You can't do that, sorry. Just go through with it on recovery.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XFRGod:
The title says it all. I've tried searching for days but I'm getting pretty discouraged seeing all the "How-to-install....-onto an unsupported phone" Then it suddenly says that your phone needs to be supported:/

So If someone could help me I would really appreciate the effort and the help of course
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] huzi7868:
Hello is it possible to get slow motion video recording on z ultra
[General Questions and Answers] jboosie1992:
I'm new to all of this so be patient with me. I have a ZTE Speed n9130 from boost. I've done research and have come to the conclusion there is no development on this device. I want to know information on how to use ADB, Fastboot to unlock bootloaders and root the device in a general sense; not device specific. I am using windows 7. Like I said I know there hasn't been development on the n9130. Also information on using ADB to flash ROMs and a different kernel. Thanks and once again sorry if this has already been answered I did do a few searches.
[General Questions and Answers] droid_god:
So as you are new here soooooo.

Great welcome to a developer world of xda.

Here we come to the problem.

To unlock bootloader.

1-- search google for universal adb and faatboot drivers.( i recommend adb 1.3.x)

2-- install it on windows 7

3-- plug in your device to pc normally.

4-- open command promt inside the adb folder.

5-- type adb devices, your device will appear.

6-- type adb reboot bootloader.

7-- device reboots into bootloader type fastboot oem unlock.

8-- device will reboot after some time and your bootloader is unlocked.

If commend promt givea an new line to enter command but device dosent boot up. Simply remove battery and boot manually.

Now to have root access.

1-- if running any version below lollipop use rootgenius software on pc to root.

2-- if using lollipop then use framaroot.

If helped hit thanks
[General Questions and Answers] jboosie1992:
Cool I'm fixing to give it go a d I'll let you know if it works or any problems I run into also the speed doesnt have a removable battery. And what is the purpose of booting into FTM mode (volume up + power)
[General Questions and Answers] droid_god:
Purpose of fastboot mode is to flaah things without .zip

Like .img for recovery
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sasaoda:
I made root but mom want to delete it
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iedafarha:
Open SuperSU apps - Settings - Full Unroot . :)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sasaoda:
Super su not open
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] earmuffz21:
You can flash the stock firmware using flash tool. This will remove root but will also reset everything - so all the data on your phone will be lost.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrIgorr:
i have a backing up of my EFS & radio, using IMEI backup tool. I was restoring my efs, but used wrong one. it showed my IMEI as unkown. and that point i restored to my original file at which point the phone turned off, and wont go past the boot logo. I tried reloading the original firmware, no luck and i loaded TWRP. I get errors of E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument).

What is my best solution to upload and restore my IMG file of EFS? they are located on my laptop... Too bad the s6 edge does not have memory card slot.

I am assuming the phone wont load past boot logo because of the corrupt or missing efs files.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrIgorr:
i have tried to re-flash with stock firmware. no change.

Problem is the phone was not in debug mode. I cannot connect via ADB. I have tried using micrusb to usb adapter with a usb stuck, the phone does not see it.

The main issue is, how can i transfer my efs image backup to the phone, and how can i restore it? Or how can I mount an empty EFS to be able to boot back into android OS, to enable debug mode.
[Desire 820 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HackerGK:
Hi experts,

I want to update my HTC 820S to lolipop. its current OS is Kitkat 4.4.4. please help on this with ROMs.

thanks in advance
[Desire 820 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidriven:
Hello,

Try the link below.

http://xdaforums.com/desire-820/general/htc-desire-820s-dual-sim-lolipop-rom-t3142496

If that doesn't help the try posting your question in your device Q&A subforum.
[Desire 820 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HackerGK:
I have already checked that forum. but it doesnt contain update for desire 820S. only for 820.

thanks
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] milewski05:
I just updated my HTC 8525 to the newest version of Schap's WM6 Pro 3.54c and then I installed the newest version of skype when ever I try to make a phone call on it with either 3G or WiFi the program automatically just quits. I dont get it cause the old version of skype worked perfect. Has anyone been having this problem too? If so what did you do to fix it?? anybody??

Matt
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pksred:
hmmm

the newest version of skype doesnt support hermes :( so if you want to talk just use previous beta.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] milewski05:
well... =(

well that sucks... does anyone know were I can get the old version? of skype mobile beta?

Matt
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] borko:
there you go...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1340746&postcount=3
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Theri0n:
Anyway Fringe is a kinda solution for Skyping with WM6.1 devices.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glikman:
Hi,

After replacing my LG G3 with the new Nexus 5X I was surprised to find out I can't use my call recording app anymore.

The company said that Native Call Recording is locked on Nexus devices - So no recording apps can work.

Is there a solution for that?

Thanks!
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efrant:
I've never seen a Nexus device with native call recording. The only way I've gotten 2-way call recording to work is using Call Recorder
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glikman:
As I said - My app does not work.

The call recording app company said that it will not work on the nexus device. Meaning no other app will work as well.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efrant:
The app I linked to requires root to record from the line on devices where the functionality is otherwise unavailable. That is why it works where other recording apps (i.e., non-root apps) do not work.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glikman:
Ok. I got you.... Appreciate it.

I will read about "root" on the web to better understand what to do now.

Thanks!
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Labutin:
Look here: http://xdaforums.com/nexus-5x/help/call-recording-app-nexus-5x-t3240538
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] crickyo:
Hi , I'm having to use my xperia go while my other sony is being fixed but the volume from the headset port is too low, I've tried using the soundmod but it turns out its just for the external speaker, viper4android does a good bit in helping but its still a bit underpowered.

Ive looked into editing the mixer_paths.xml and snd_soc but neither doesnt exist on my phone . Does anyone know where they can be found?

Also im only trying to drive a set of earbuds , not anything stupidly big like 40mm drivers i remember when i first had this phone i nearly bought a fiio i found it so quiet , but surely if theres a way for do it for the speaker the headphones can too i hope anyone out there?

(Forgot to add im running rooted 4.1.2 l/b only reason for this was because the a2dp wasnt working on the updated versions)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] 素描你的美:
关机重启试试
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] crickyo:
我试着去找到音频路径/ mixer_path文件通过耳机端口，以提高音频

Wǒ shìzhe qù zhǎodào yīnpín lùjìng/ mixer_path wénjiàn tōngguò ěrjī duānkǒu, yǐ tígāo yīnpín

Im trying to locate the audio path / mixer_path files to increase the audio through the headphone port
[Xposed General] media678:
What extent, if any, do mobile phone text apps capture the keywords of its user's texts to send to ad networks in order to monetize it's apps?

I was reading the source code of the MOPUB ad network, and the source code stated:

"You can pass keywords from your app to MoPub as a comma-separated list in the ad view. They should be in the format of key value pairs (e.g. m_age:24). You can use any characters except for "&" and "=".

MPAdView *adView

= [[MPAdView alloc] initWithAdUnitId:@"AD_UNIT_ID" size:MOPUB_BANNER_SIZE];

adView.delegate = self;

adView.keywords = @"m_age:24,m_gender:m,m_marital:single";

[adView loadAd];

https://github.com/mopub/mopub-ios-sdk/wiki/Data-Passing"

So now I'm confused. We all know there are tons of text apps on apple/android, free and paid. I need to learn how these apps are able to make money for their company by reading the user's texts. My interest is the following:

1) Do apps read their user's texts to obtain data to send to MOPUB?

It appears from the code above that it is saying that when the text app users are texting their friends that words in the text that match the MOPUB's list of keywords is intercepted in real time, recorded, ie your age/gender, and then those keywords are sent to MOPUB to send advertising back to match those keywords. Am I reading the source code correctly? Is this happening on all text apps with the MOPUB source code?

2) Has anyone run any tests to capture this activity in real time so I can see how it is done.? I would appreciate any info on any work in this area.

Thanks,

media678
[Xposed General] Spott07:
1) Extremely unlikely. It's far too complicated to interpret the context of a word like "24" or "male" or "single" on the fly on-device. Is that text referring to the sender, to their romantic expectations, to their current partner, or to their brother they're trying to get a date for? Or even to parts of a shopping list? Language is very complex, and an app that attempted to include that functionality, even poorly, would have 100x as much code trying to interpret keywords than they would have for the initial purpose of the app itself. It would use so much processing power that the app would run terribly and everyone would soon abandon that app. It's absolutely not economical.

It could possibly be done by sending a copy of every text to the developers server and doing the work there, but the cost of that kind of equipment would far exceed the revenue from showing the ads in the app. And after all the NSA media scandal, what company would be dumb enough to secretly intercept and store private texts? Sooner or later someone would notice, and the company would be in unbelievable legal trouble. It's not nearly worth the risk.

It's much more likely that the app generates basic keyword data with much simpler methods (such as asking you directly) or has a fixed list of generic keywords that's selected during development that they use to request ads. You're not reading the source code correctly. The ad service allows developers to request targeted ads via any method they choose, and does not imply that those methods must, or even can, include any hidden, on the fly, language-based data-gathering system.

There are probably no companies out there that are making any profit (or accomplishing anything else) by secretly reading users' texts.

2) Based on the above answer, there's nothing to capture. Google and Apple and Microsoft certainly do something similar with web usage, but they approach it very cautiously, protect it very carefully (even from themselves, in some senses), and guard the methods jealously. No one who can do it successfully is going to tell you how they do it.

If you really must know, you'll have to learn to decompile and reverse-engineer software, which is a slow and frustrating process and approaches illegal activity. You'll have to dig deeply into dozens or hundreds of text apps. And there's probably nothing there for you to find in the first place.

3) This doesn't have anything to do with Xposed Framework, and doesn't belong in this forum.

Also, your intentions appear to be either paranoid or invasive, and you seem to have some kind of obsession with the phrase "real time". You might want to take a step back and analyze your mindset here.
[Xposed General] media678:
Text app capturing keywords dynamically

Sorry if I posted in the wrong location, I'm new here. I thought I was making a new thread in a general area.

As for a reply, its not an issue if it can be done, it's an issue how to do it properly. Integrate the MoPub SDK into your app.

Passing Keywords

Keywords allow you to target certain ad requests with user data. This feature is often used to differentiate a specific user demographic or users on different app versions.

You can pass keywords from your app to MoPub as a comma-separated list in the ad view. They should be in the format of key value pairs (e.g. m_age:24). You can use any characters except for “&” and “=”. Spaces are allowed, and special characters are discouraged.

MPAdView *adView

= [[MPAdView alloc] initWithAdUnitId:@"AD_UNIT_ID" size:MOPUB_BANNER_SIZE];

adView.delegate = self;

adView.keywords = @"m_age:24,m_gender:m,m_marital:single";

[adView loadAd];

MoPub recommends that the publishers use the standard keywords listed below for passing gender and age data. Applying this standard for passing first party data will result in targeted ads from the MoPub Marketplace and certain ad networks. Publishers who pass age and gender to Marketplace see an average lift of 20% in eCPMs.

For gender you would pass:

Example: m_gender:m for male or m_gender:f for female

For age you would pass:

Example: m_age:25

Using the same key value pairs, target campaigns using the keyword targeting function in the “Advanced Targeting” dropdown when managing campaigns on the MoPub Dashboard.

To target multiple keywords, use AND. If you want to use the OR clause, separate the keywords by a new line. To explicitly not target a property, put a “-” in front of the keyword.

Example: m_gender:m AND m_age:25

Example: m_gender:m

m_age:25

Negative Targeting: -m_age:25

To target a set of values for one keyword you need to explicitly pass each value with the keyword individually.

Example: fruit:apple AND fruit:banana AND fruit:orange.

NOTE: This will only match line items which are targeting all three values (apple, banana, orange).

To negatively target a set of values for one keyword you’ll need to use the AND clause. For example to exclude a line item from being served when the ad requests contains the keyword fruit with the values set to apple, bananas, or oranges you would use the below express:

-fruit:apple AND -fruit:banana AND -fruit:oranges

Note: For native ads, you can pass in keywords using the MPNativeAdRequestTargeting class. See the Native Ads Integration guide.

PS: An app using software to capture real-time streaming wire data is a common reference, dynamic capture better?