yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sadboyzz:
Have been using my N6P (on Verizon) for a few days now, and compared with my Moto X Pure, the signal on the N6P is really, really bad.... :( To the point that I might have to return the N6P and stick with the Moto.

Seeing there are many out there praising the N6P's cell reception, it's also possible there might be quality issues with my particular unit.

For those who like the cell reception on their N6P, could you try this simple experiment? Check if covering the visor area with your hand affects cell signal and data transfer speed? (You will inevitably cover part of it when holding the phone horizontally with both hands or just the left hand) On my phone, just loosely covering the visor area with my hand lowers signal by two(!!) bars, and lowers LTE data transfer rate from averaging ~16MBps to less than 10MBps.. :( In comparison, the Moto X Pure and even the iPhone 6s+ would give much more consistent reception regardless of the way you're holding the phone.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterjay21:
Moto X pureeee is the shizzle
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tacosrdelicioso:
I've been using my 6p for almost twelve hours straight since I received it on Verizon and it gets noticeably better reception than my moto x 2014 ever did. Lte in places the moto would lose signal in and streaming music at insane quality at the same time with no issues. (Yes, I have unlimited) maybe you do have an issue with your 6p!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anglerstock:
Bestreception compared to previous devices

Sent from my Nexus 6P
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwatson:
I had to return a GS6 for this reason. Whatever phone I bought next had to be as good as or better than my M8. I was happy to see after comparing with a Signal Reception app that the 6P performs better than the M8. If you are having trouble I'd RMA it now. Poor signal is not an issue for the 6P.

Download "Network Signal Info" and compare the reading. Remember a lower figure is better. -70dBm is better than - 75dBM . Check both phones are on the same cell for a correct comparison.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwilliams0100:
I'm on Verizon and just came from a moto x pure to nexus 6p and mine has better signal strength and download speeds than the pure.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoff5093:
I also get better signal strength, and it holds onto LTE much longer than my Verizon G4 or Note5 did.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walrusmonarch:
I'm on Tmobile. I get better reception everywhere compared to my Moto X 2014 Pure.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sadboyzz:
That's good to know, thanks!

Could you try the little experiment with the covering the visor? Just hold the phone horizontally with both hands loosely covering the visor and the little plastic area at the bottom, and see if that has an impact on your LTE signal and data transfer speeds? (Since you're also on UDP I won't feel bad wasting your data :)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rainstalk:
I have very good reception on my 6p, on Verizon. Try setting it to lte +cdma only
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheloniousMunch:
I'm on Verizon, coming from an HTC One M7, and the reception is exponentially better. Our house has been a signal dead zone for most phones on CDMA, with GSM carriers doing better. With the 6P my reception is clearer than the landline (VOIP) most of the time, and where before calls would deteriorate on the driveway I can now make pretty clear calls from the basement.

I tried your experiment and covered up the vizor - cell reception actually improved briefly the first time! I assume that was a coincidence because I've tried it a few more times, and tried both cell data and wifi and not seen that again.

Covering the vizor does appear to have an effect on the wifi signal, it deteriorates slightly, but (having turned of wifi to test) not on the cell signal/LTE enough to change the display.

So - my conclusion would be there's the possibility of covering the vizor causing interference, but it's not significant in this little test. (Phone has a Verus Case on it, for completeness of data :) )
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tacosrdelicioso:
I got my signal to change from -90 to -93 cupping my hands around the visor. Data did slow down a little on the back go back tests. 55mbps down to 47mbps. Not really anything significant
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sadboyzz:
Thanks for doing the test!

So from what I can tell, at least this does seem like a general issue and not a quality issue with my unit, but the weaker the signal in the area, the more noticeable the "horizontal grip" problem becomes. For me, gripping the visor area and the bottom plastic area lowers signal strength from ~-110dbM to ~-116dbM, and LTE speed from ~16Mbps to ~10Mbps, and it's consistently reproduceable every time.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sadboyzz:
Yeah, tried that and "Global", doesn't seem to make any difference.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rickroller:
I actually noticed this the very first day when I got the phone. I was at work where signal was either very weak or non existent, and I noticed anytime I was trying to surf the Web with my palm covering the bottom plastic area, the Web page wouldn't load until I moved my hand away and uncovered it. My first thought was "ruh roh, antenna gate".. But it only acted this way with very poor signal. When I'm anywhere with decent signal, this phone gets better reception than any other phone I've had.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 318sugarhill:
I have to day I've had phenomenal reception with this phone. My Samsung phones sucked... And my G3 was much better... But this blows the G3 out of the water. My work is a cinder block fortress where cell signal goes to die.... But this phone gets 4g signal where no other phone of mine did.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sadboyzz:
Just a followup, turned out to be defective unit. The symptoms were subtle, I'd get wild signal fluctuations, from 3 bars to no bars for no reason. But what pushed me over the edge was that I was also getting random wifi disconnects. So I talked to customer support and Google sent a replacement with zero hassles, which has been working flawlessly so far.

Overall, I'd say signal wise it's on par with the Moto X Pure, which is also the best of all the phones I've used.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 318sugarhill:
Glad you got it worked out. My daughter takes soccer lessons at a place that is a steel building. It's a low signal area anyway outside the building but inside nobody gets service.... Att, sprint, Verizon... Nothing. Other parents with iphones, galaxies... My old G3. Nothing. Non of them really get a usable signal inside. Last night I was able to surf/Facebook/twitter... You name it. Everything worked. I've never had a usable signal like this on any phone I've ever used. For that alone this phone rules.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidPurity:
On T-Mobile here, signal has been good for me. At my work building it does seem to hold onto the LTE band a bit better than my M9 that keeps switching between LTE and HSPA+ so frequently that I have to set it to HSPA+ only. So I have seen a moderate increase in cell reception in the phone versus my M9. But I also have a GS6 and I'd say the cell reception is pretty close to that.

One thing I noticed kind of weird is that it goes to showing all bars when just at -97 dbm. That's probably a stock 6.0 thing that's with all phones on 6.0 version. But weird considering on the scale of dbm, that's on kind of the low end. That should really be like 2 out of 4 bars, or 3 out of 5 bars.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [hfm]:
I can render Bluetooth completely useless gripping the visor area. But all phones do this if you can find the correct area to block. Usually things like cell signal and WiFi just degrade unless it's already borderline. All phones do this.

Sent from a 128th Legion Stormtrooper 6P
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sadboyzz:
Even if that were true for all phones (I have not seen any signal degradation no matter how I hold the Moto X Pure), there is still a big difference between "try your best to block the signal" and "just normally holding the phone". I'm not talking about deliberately finding the grip spot to maximize signal degradation, the visor area and the bottom plastic area will naturally be blocked by your hands when you're holding the phone horizontally. If a natural grip significantly interferes with signal reception then I'd say it's a design flaw.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [hfm]:
The visor area is way too high to be a natural place to grip a phone this large.

Sent from a 128th Legion Stormtrooper 6P
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sadboyzz:
Horizontally, when you're playing a game, or watching a video.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asylvia:
I've been starting to think I have a defective unit as well. When I go to battery in settings then click the graph to zoom in, Under cell reception I only have yellow and orange. I've tried at both home and work. On my Droid turbo it was green most of the time. Anyone else have this problem?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cwbarrick1:
I also have this issue with Verizon cell signals. They always show yellow or orange. It had been that way on two phones. That noted it does not seem to be impacting battery or call quality. I don't know what to think anymore.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asylvia:
Guess I should not as well that it doesn't seem to impact my call quality. I was really monitoring it in terms of battery life. Just seems odd that it's not green in a city..... What other phone did you not get green with Verizon?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenbrownstone:
my nexus 6 and 6p also do the orange and yellow on verizon.When running Tmobile its green all the time.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cwbarrick1:
Should have been clearer. It was my first nexus 6p that had to be RMAd due to speaker issues and screen coloring.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pizza_pablo:
Yes, I'm bumping an ancient thread, to add,

I just got a Nexus 6P and also am on Verizon.

I believe that the reception is weaker, overall than my Moto X Pure, that was previously in use.

I have no 6P reception in spots that I had weak, but usable signal with the Moto X.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mademan420:
Not many manufactures(especially Android) will beat Moto when it comes to cell reception, IMO...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pizza_pablo:
Well, that was true, but I am unsure if Lenovo will continue the production of great radios.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mademan420:
I just got in a refurbed Moto Z play last week and I can already see that I have better signal on it than I got with my 6P, especially in lower signal areas(work primarily). Throughout the day my 6p would constantly just loose all network connectivity causing me to go to airplane mode and off just to regain service. The Z Play hasnt dropped service at all. Also stronger dBm overall as well.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pizza_pablo:
I'm more concerned about the Lenovo built Motos. I haven't read much good about G5 reception, especially on Verizon.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pappy35:
I used to get great reception in my office but mine is now almost totally useless in places where it use to be fantastic. I believe it's related to an update that happened a few months ago but, as it's been working so great, I got out of the habit of paying close attention to post-update performance so I'm not sure which update it might have been. I think this started in the March-May timeframe. At this point I'd fine rooting the phone and installing the previous image if I could nail it down to a particular revision (so I could install the previous version).
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolasice1999:
My 6p does the same thing, my gfs 5x gets 8-10 db better signal then my 6p....
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 318sugarhill:
My 6p had horrible reception. Hated that part. Pixel is better. Never owned a moto so can't comment on them but as radio reception goes.... HTC has always been best for me, LG a distant 2nd, Samsung an even more distant 3rd with huwaii being the worst. Pixel is HTC and I knew it's reception would be awesome and it hasn't disappointed
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolasice1999:
I'd love to upgrade to a pixel... Can't fine one I'm my price range
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] divineazn716:
I'm using the 3.72 radio, I'm on Verizon too and signal is great, what are you on? Remember you don't always have to update the radio, to each it's own
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 318sugarhill:
Haven't used it since November when I got my pixel xl
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolasice1999:
I tried to 3.72 and it was no better than the 3.81 that I use now.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wabmorgan:
Works well...but off hand I would say it doesn't quite have to reception of the Motorola Nexus 6. That being said, I have hit 50 Mb download.
[Android Apps and Games] BEN LIN:
HomeSwipe can replace launching GoogleNow(Search). By swiping home button from your navigation bar, you can quickly launch features EVERYWHERE and ANY TIME! After setting, you can even launch various features with gestures and make your life more convenient!

Features

◎Launch any APP and Shortcuts

◎Tools

-Toggle Wifi

-Toggle Bluetooth

-Turn Off Screen

-Adjust Brightness & Toggle Auto-Brightness

-Adjust Volume & Toggle Audio mode

-Toggle Auto-Rotation

-Open Quick Settings Panel

-Music Control

-Toggle Torch

-Toggle Mobile Data

-ScreenShot(Root)

-Sleep

-Open a File

-Toggle Wifi Hotspot

-Home button

-Recent app

-Open URL

-Call

-Toggle Airplane Mode (Root)

-Simple Note

-Back Button (Root)

-Menu Button (Root)

-Back to recently used app

-Toggle GPS

-Toggle Auto-Sync

◎Group (You can set many apps or tools as a group for each gesture)

◎Support gestures

I think it is bug free now :)

-Default (no gesture)

-Click

-Long Press

-Swipe Up

-Swipe Down

-Swipe Left

-Swipe Right

ScreenShot(Introduction)

ScreenShot(App)

Download

Changlog

1.5

- New Tools: Toggle GPS, Toggle Auto-Sync

- Group display position setting (top/center/bottom)

- If you use some tools without root, it will go to setting page

- Fix some "ScreenShot" bug

1.4

- New Features: Group (you can set many apps or tools as a group for each gesture)

- New Tools: Back Button (Root), Menu Button (Root), Back to recently used app

- Fix Bug: Turn Off Screen

1.3

- New Feature: Shortcut

- New Tools: Toggle Airplane Mode (Root), Simple Note

- Add shortcut for gesture pad (now you can launch gesture pad from home launcher or 3rd-part apps)

- Update Tool "Open File": It's bug free now!

- Update Tool "ScreenShot": You can share screenshot from notification directly

1.2

- New Tools: Home button, Recent app, Open URL, Call

- Now you can set gesture pad display duration

- Fix gesture "Long Press" problem

- Fix some bug

1.1

- Torch with notification in status bar

- Improve gesture sensitivity

- Add Toggle Audio mode

- Add Toggle Auto-Brightness

- Add ScreenShot(Root)

- Add Sleep

- Add Open a File

- Add Toggle Wifi Hotspot

1.0

- Initial Released

Thanks

Google for resource icon

Information on Internet

Everyone who helped me and gave me ideas

Sorry for my poor English

If you think this app is useful, give me a "THANKS".

XDA:DevDB Information

HomeSwipe, App for all devices (see above for details)

Contributors

BEN LIN

Version Information

Status: Stable

Current Stable Version: 1.5

Stable Release Date: 2015-12-26

Created 2015-11-10

Last Updated 2015-12-26
[Android Apps and Games] Deleted member 5764078:
I had the "beta" version from a couple of weeks ago, but now it says I can't download from the google play being incompatible? Can you post apk's here please?
[Android Apps and Games] BEN LIN:
OK I will post apk here
[Android Apps and Games] BEN LIN:
v1.5 released!
[NFC Hacking] nil pradhan:
There is two device , one is POS terminal which behaves as a NFC R/W and other one is Android Phone which behaves as Card.

There is a Card Emulation application installed in Android phone ,where CardService class extends HostApduService . So what I have thought ,when i am going to tap mobile on POS terminal the override method (ProcessCommandApdu) should be called .But its not happen. POS terminal expects ISO 14443-A (NfcA) protocol . So pllease help me .

Thankss
[NFC Hacking] pscaffardi:
hi! i have the same problem. i need to talk with my test Android HCE application using a NXP PN512 reader chipset, but the only thing i got is detecting my Nexus 5 as Felica device (!). Dont ask me why.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] JohnnyClick82:
Can I use a smartphone to usb on my pc for a Windows 10 recovery?
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] PAiiN:
No you have to make a bootable USB. Actually I don't know if you can format mobile as a bootable USB, but I don't think so.
[Windows 10, 8, 7, XP etc.] Atarii:
DriveDroid https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softwarebakery.drivedroid would probably work
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] oscarthegrouch:
Has anyone tried to plug in and test an external powered cd-dvd-bluray drive to the phone? If there was anydvd hd and handbrake for android,that would be awesome. Although my n3 would probably have a good run against my old, retired, thrown in the trash many years ago Intel pentium 800. 1.5 to 2 days time to encode a 8gb dvd rip to 4gb dvd size.

That would be pretty cool to have burning apps for Android but the speed of usb and external micro sd would be like watching grass grow. I wonder if the throughput speed could even keep up with 1x burning of anything.
[Xiaomi Redmi 1S] TheStrix:
​

CyanogenMod is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 6.0 (marshmallow), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.

[SIZE="2"]* Your warranty is now void.
*
* We are not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at us for messing up your device, we will laugh at you.
[/SIZE]

CyanogenMod is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any need to have any Google application installed. Linked below is a package that has come from another Android project that restore the Google parts. CyanogenMod does still include various hardware-specific code, which is also slowly being open-sourced anyway.

All the source code for CyanogenMod is available in the CyanogenMod Github repo. And if you would like to contribute to CyanogenMod, please visit out Gerrit Code Review. You can also view the Changelog for a full list of changes & features.

Unofficial build of CyanogenMod 13.0 (Android 6.0) for the armani​

Install instructions:

Reboot into recovery (latest official TWRP recommended).

Wipe Data, System and Cache if it's a fresh install.

No wipes required if you're updating from a previous version of CM 13.0 (Wipe Cache and Dalvik Cache recommended).

Flash ROM and Gapps.

Reboot.

Download Links:

ROM: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982086992323

Source Code:

Device: https://github.com/TheStrix/android_device_xiaomi_armani

Kernel: https://github.com/TheStrix/android_kernel_xiaomi_armani

Vendor: https://github.com/TheStrix/proprietary_vendor_xiaomi

Changelog:

ALPHA 1: [2015/11/10]
[LIST]
[*]Initial CyanogenMod 13.0 build for Xiaomi Redmi 1S
[/LIST]

XDA:DevDB Information

CyanogenMod 13.0 for Xiaomi Redmi 1S, ROM for the Xiaomi Redmi 1S

Contributors

TheStrix, fefifofum, rebelos

Source Code: https://github.com/CyanogenMod

ROM OS Version: 6.0.x Marshmallow

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x

Version Information

Status: Alpha

Created 2015-11-10

Last Updated 2015-11-10
[Xiaomi Redmi 1S] fefifofum:
Reserved.
[Xiaomi Redmi 1S] fefifofum:
Reserved 2
[Xiaomi Redmi 1S] TheStrix:
Bug reports:

Explain how to reproduce the bug and attach logcat and dmesg (if you had a random reboot, also attach last_kmsg). If you don't know how to get those, you can use this app. Please, do not report bugs if you use any kind of mods (like xposed) or third party kernel.

Known bugs/Issues:

FM isn't enabled in this build. CM needs work on it

SElinux is permissive. Will be solved as time passes

CM File Manager don't seem to work properly atm. Install any other file manager from Play Store.

As this is an early marshmallow build, many apps seems not functioning well with mm. It's app issue.

What Works:

Display

RIL (msim with working data!)

Camera

WiFi

Bluetooth

SD Card

Audio

Q) Where are Developer options?

A) Go to Settings > About phone, and press five times on Build number.

Q) How can I enable root access?

A) Go to Settings > Developer options > Root access, and enable it for apps, adb or both.

Q) How can I set 3G only network mode?

A) Open dialer, dial *#*#4636#*#* , open first option "Phone Information", there you can set your preferred network mode.

Q) Why is min cpu freq raising to 1190MHz?

A) It's "touch boost", cpu min freq increases when you touch the screen to give better response. When you don't touch the screen for a couple of seconds, min cpu freq goes back to 300MHz.

Q) How do I update Gapps? (Also useful if you have Gapps related problems).

A) Reboot to recovery. Wipe System, Cache and Dalvik Cache. Install ROM + Gapps. Reboot.
[Xiaomi Redmi 1S] TheStrix:
Screenshots:

Here: GDrive album

KitKat bootloader/modem files

This zip contains the bootloader and modem files from latest stable international release (MIUI7 V7.0.5.0 KitKat). I made it so users don't have to download and install the official zip, which also includes the rom. It's a flashable zip, so just install it from recovery and reboot (no wipes required).

Firmware 7.0.5.0: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347850305
[Xiaomi Redmi 1S] TheStrix:
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[Xiaomi Redmi 1S] doylefermi:
GAPPS: gapps-600-base-20151107-1-signed.zip

SuperSU: BETA-SuperSU-v2.52.zip

Instructions for Gapps:-

-->Flash ROM and GAPPS together via recovery. (Do not flash ROM, reboot and then flash GAPPS)
[Xiaomi Redmi 1S] upalrahman:
woah..way to go man...this is fast :)
[Xiaomi Redmi 1S] SH3H1:
Oh Come On EYEss.......Believe This !!!!! :D
[Xiaomi Redmi 1S] UltimateBlade:
Thanks man !!!!! Downloading
[Xiaomi Redmi 1S] TheDj408:
This is cool!
[Xiaomi Redmi 1S] eswarvf:
Woah Stable build already.

Small bug report

1)when i select Reboot to recovery it shows factory reset (which gave me heart attack) but its only text as phone reboots to recovery successfully

Whats awesome

1)Formatting memory card as internal storage (i didn't test but i will report soon)

2)Experimental multi window feature is no longer experimental i think as it works perfectly

Coming soon
[Xiaomi Redmi 1S] vbvn:
A perfect diwali gift, thanks OP for this opening shot
[Xiaomi Redmi 1S] eswarvf:
SuperSU You mean Root access is not Working properly?
[Xiaomi Redmi 1S] ovdep:
so fast,,,,thank you dev