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[Fire General] senses3:
Yeah, I seriously regret letting it connect and update as soon as I powered it on. Dumb move on my part!

I just didn't really think rooting and installing CFW was totally necessary at that time. Then I was introduced to the amazon laucncher. My god, they butchered android and turned it into their own little marketing tool! It's so terrible I thought I was going to vomit, but didn't.

Thankfully I was able to root and finally get nova launcher set as the default launcher. No more amazon crapware, yay!
[Fire General] naruto.ninjakid:
Yeah that's good. Its a good little device once you get rid of all the amazon stuff. My siblings have never had a tablet so its great for them.
[Fire General] slicksps:
I bought 2, one I rooted and flashed from 5.0.1, the second updated to 5.1.1. I didn't want to brick either so I followed successful plans here.

I rooted it using instructions specific to the OTA 5.1.1 which rooted fine, I added gapps. I couldn't get another launcher to load once I disabled fire launcher so I kept fire launcher in to start with.

Instructions for Flashfire appeared, I followed those flashed Slim, and Mini Gapps, and it works great.

The only thing I missed was the bootloader, but now I can keep Slim up to date, there's no need to change for my purposes. Thanks to everyone's hard work here. I didn't try anything else. I tried CM on my earlier one, but the keyboard volume was too much, Slim has the same bug but it's much quieter.
[Fire General] blueberry.sky:
You can disable the keyboard sound.
[Fire General] :
Root achieved and alternatives for custom recovery

For rooting check out

http://xdaforums.com/amazon-fire/orig-development/root-t3272362

OR

http://xdaforums.com/amazon-fire/general/root-fire-5th-gen-autoroot-script-noob-t3276923

For those who have a brick or need a restore, go to amazons website and download the latest firmware.bin ( http://kindle-fire-updates.s3.amazo...ate-kindle-global-37.5.4.1_user_541112720.bin ) and boot into recovery and click Sideload. Move the .bin into the platform-tools folder of your android SDK on your computer, open command prompt, and use to cd command to go to that folder. Use "adb sideload" and you will get a fresh OS.

Right now aren't we trying to find a way to downgrade the preloader so we can boot TWRP? I don't understand quite why we can't create a scatter file and use the MTK flashtool to downgrade entirely.
[Fire General] Pond-life:
Think that Flashfire doing most of what twrp does has slowed seeking way into twrp.

scatter file stuff was looked at here, seemed problematic

http://xdaforums.com/amazon-fire/general/fireos-5-1-1-attempted-downgrade-t3263960/page3
[Fire General] sflesch:
Thanks! I dug into my pockets and went for the full version. I've only got about 1 GB left after moving everything I could, so I can't install one or two really big apps, but everything else is working great. Just need to be patient when install or Link2SD to catch up and move stuff.
[Fire General] theholycow01:
The big apps may not be a lost cause (unless they're so big that they won't install no matter how much space you free because there's just not a large enough space to even place them temporarily). Make sure you've linked library and data files for everything. Library files aren't always linked by default, and after buying the full version you probably still have to go back and link data files for apps that you previously linked.
[Fire General] sflesch:
I ponied up right away and linked everything it let me. The file is about a gig, so there's no place to download it. I've seen a few places where you can change the download location, so I'll look into that at some point.

I think I even went through and checked the apps I already moved. Is there a way to see what is actually on the internal memory since the system thinks all the move stuff is on it?
[Fire General] theholycow01:
I would find a way to download the .apk on something else, like a computer or another device, then try adb install. There's always that Chrome extension for downloading .APKs from the Play store.

If it was really important I might factory reset, root, de-bloat, and install the big one first. Once link2sd links it there will be room for the other stuff.

If that didn't work out I might attempt more dirty hacking, like placing the .apk directly on the SD, manually linking it at a command line, and then rebooting and seeing if it works. If I remember correctly, that kind of thing might work (with some further massaging).

Link2sd is probably the best tool for analyzing internal/linked memory usage but most of the usual suspects should do the job by not following links. I like Storage Analyzer by LeveloKment (and I've just discovered that he is here on XDA-Developers with a thread for it - which is good because I've also just discovered that it is no longer in the Play store).
[Fire General] sflesch:
I did read about a way to (with older OS versions) link the temp directory to the SD card, but I haven't been able to locate information on where the temp download directory is now, as it has changed since then.

Also, does this device show up in Google Play (on a PC in the browser) to push installs to? Mine doesn't, but does who up in the Android Device Manager.
[Fire General] sd_shadow:
bump
[Fire General] DadGuy:
I'd like to use link2sd fully as I'm out of space but hadn't created a second partition on my sd card. Is it possible to create the second partition while retaining the original partition and the apps already in there?
[Fire General] rdfry:
You need to make a backup of your sd card , then format and make the 2 partitions.
[Fire General] :
Anyone think we'll get an update to FireOS 6?
[Fire General] sd_shadow:
I wouldn't look for it for at least 6 - 12 months, if ever
[Fire General] DoLooper:
My thinking, too.

It's been Amazon's practice to release the major OS upgrade on the new tablets in October, and on the previous year's tablets some time after that. But on a 35-50 tablet . . . ? My guess is we'll be paying $35 for it on Black Monday.
[Fire General] Theta1996:
Hey guys, new to this forum. I have rooted and flashed SlimLP to my Amazon Fire 5th Gen which had FireOS 5.1.1 on it. Because I no longer have FireOS, would I be able to install a custom recovery onto my device such as TWRP? I know this might sound stupid, but because I no longer have FireOS, would I be able to do this?
[Fire General] DB126:
No - bootloader remains locked so recovery partition can not be directly modified. The 5.0.x bootloader contained a vulnerability that allowed twrp (and possibly other recoveries) to be booted from fastboot but not permanently installed. The 5.1.x bootloader closed that hole. Bootloader can not be rolled back; those who tried ended up with a brick.
[Fire General] Theta1996:
Ok, thanks for letting me know. I've been using FlashFire for my ROM backups, I guess it'll have to do although I was hoping for a permanently flashed recovery on my Fire
[Fire General] DB126:
As does every other 2015 Fire owner with a custom rom :) :)
[Fire General] Echoecho33:
I know this thread is old. But I am looking for a list of all the firmware files/apps. I successfully rooted my 5.1.1 a long, long time ago and I accidentally deleted the Kindle (e-reader) app completely. [MENTION=4267571]sd_shadow[/MENTION] was kind enough to direct me to a file hosting site for the app itself, but I know I am missing some other com.amazon. files to actually make the Kindle program work.

If asking for an entire list of all stock loaded files is too much, can anyone give me a list of files that contains the word "kindle"?

The accident happened by using "System File Remover" app (available in Google Play store) If someone has that app and has a rooted 5th gen, could someone just take a look in their device and tell me what I am missing?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hrkh83:
Dear friends,

All my other gadgets magnetic sensors read around 50 uT which the correct value on earth. But my Nexus 5x is reading 21~22 uT. It doesn't have any cover, isn't around any magnetic field, etc.

I have tried calibration (rotating it in 8 pattern, rotating it around its three axes,....) to no avail.

I found out about this while I was using Metal Detector 1.4.1 app by smart tools. I also checked the sensor readings to rule out software related errors but all other apps read the same.

I'd be thankful if you could look in to this and confirm if this is a universal problem with nexus 5x or if I am the only one affected.

Sincerely,

hrkh83
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee one:
What is the reading from your 5x? If it's 50uT, then it's probably OK.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hrkh83:
Oh, I forgot to say!!! It is reading 21~22 uT!! :(

Could you please check yours?

What shall I do !?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcadam:
On my 6P I get 50 uT and 120 uT on my 5X.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hrkh83:
Thank you.

120 is also way off.

Other Nexus 5x owners?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfo981:
I get around 50-60 uT.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hrkh83:
I tested another Nexus 5x and it was getting 18uT .... I think this could be something that is affecting many Nexus 5x users.

Other Nexus 5x users... Please report your sensor reading!
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PiousInquisitor:
So what's the problem here? The compass won't point north?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hrkh83:
It does... but apps like Metal Detector don't work correctly!!!
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PiousInquisitor:
I get 120 uT with the app linked above. It worked with the magnets on my fridge though.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tacofromhell:
Just tried with my 5x and got 45-50
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hrkh83:
120 is almost 2.5 times the correct value which is 50 uT :crying:

Do you think that I should change mine?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chaos2Theory:
Everyone here knows that you get different readings depending on whether or not your phone is lined up with the earth's magnetic pols right? Because that is the difference that you should be noticing between your devices considering no two people on this thread have held it the exact same direction... or live in the exact same spot on earths surface for that matter.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PiousInquisitor:
Sure, if you are going to use the magnetic field function. I have no use for it so it doesn't bother me.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hrkh83:
We are talking about the magnitude of Magnetic field... magnitude of vector sum...

Σ B (uT) = B_x + B_y + B_z

Other phones are reading the correct value here... But not my Nexus 5x. So I don't think that my location on earth is causing it.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hrkh83:
I already called them and they recommended that I do a factory reset which didn't help. They guy mentioned that they have already seen the issue with Nexus 5. He also mentioned that they have received a Nexus 5x with malfunctioning Barometric pressure!

I checked my barometric pressure reading!! It is reading 850 hPa and my analog Barometric pressure sensor is readin 1010 hPa and Galaxy S6 is reading 1005 hPa.... Very nice Nexus 5x... I will definitely change it!!

I will send some photos later!!
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PiousInquisitor:
Indeed. My Droid RAZR HD read ~50uT sitting right next to my 5X. Not that I care though.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kurt.gomez:
Mine reads fine at around 45-50 uT
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hrkh83:
Neither do I. But I am worried that maybe it is signifying more serious problem. Malfunctioning magnetometer and now a malfunctioning barometer.... I wonder whats next! :confused:

So I will return it...

Thank you all :highfive:
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biogon:
Mine is returning 50-55 uT with nothing nearby and of course jumps to > 200 next to my headphones. :)
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chaos2Theory:
it was to my understanding that many cheaper devices did not in fact have the whole vector sum...so essentially it would only be B_x + B_y OR only B_y which then needs to be "calibrated" by the OS which then returns a value that should be much closer to the actual pressure. Oh and another thing, different OEM's clearly will be using different techniques to do this, or they could quite possibly just use the whole vector sum. Furthermore! why the hell is the magnetic sensor that important, most applications use values of at LEAST 250-300 uT to indicate a change in the magnetic field...so not a single person here is going to see a difference in usage within the android experience, UNLESS you are using your phone to read the strength of magnetic fields in which case shouldn't you just be using a real magnetometer if you are going to be doing anything important? Honestly its not faulty if it does what is meant to do, which is pick up extremely noticeable or controlled changes in the magnetic field.

TL:DR the magnetometer in phones is not meant to give readings anywhere near accurate enough to be used to read the magnetic field of the earth precisely. Also if you take any single phone and turn it in your hand or spin around while looking at the magnetic sensor reading it is not going to remain anywhere near constant for the most part, indicating that the phone has no way of correctly determining the vector sum in all three directions and that the magnetometer inside is not reading x, y, and z precisely(keep in mind these have to be synced to an inaccurate gyroscope regardless. )

EDIT:

So also if you open up an app such as cpu-Z you will realize that in many(almost all) devices that the magnetometer has two readings, calibrated and uncalibrated. For the nexus 5x you should be looking at the category of uncalibrated for the most part (correct me if im wrong) because the hardware itself has built in calibration due to the sensor boards added to the new nexi from what i recall. although that may be wrong, it seems to be right for me, although both categories report 55 and 50 uT both of which are accurate enough.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] linqdesires:
Unbelievable. Compass not usable on my N5X!
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hrkh83:
Finally changed it and the new one is working perfectly.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] rmartinezdl:
So I myself own a Z3 compact that has been amazing, I love everything about it, now, I have an aunt that wants a good phone to take pictures of her kids, but the issue is that kids are always moving, so with the ads that say this has the fastest auto focus, and specifically the video ad shows a parent taking pictures of his daughter jumping around and while for me, I enjoy the Z3c, the camera it's not that good when someone is moving. Can anyone with little kids confirm this, all she wants is non blurry subjects on the photo.

I was considering the gs6 but I would rather go with Sony to support them.

Thanks everyone.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] camaro322hp:
In my experience with a 4 year old, pictures turn out blurry if she is moving. I've only used automatic mode as most of my shots don't allow me the time and luxury of setting up an ideal manual mode. Perhaps manual mode can handle action better, but auto mode is not good for action.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] ndelinde:
The camera is extremely blurry and the horrible shuttertime makes this otherwise fantastic phone useless for taking pictures of kids. The moment will pass and a blurry useless picture will be the result. I have these 3 phones which all take fantastic pictures of my kid.

iPhone 6s

Samsung s6 Edge

Lumia 950(possibly the best i have)

Dont buy the z5 compact if you want great photos.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] TheEndHK:
I've got both S6 and Z5c. You have to turn Sports mode on to capture movement, otherwise both phones will result blur. Focusing indeed S6 faster and more accurate because of existing Z5c software not yet a mature version, I think it will get improvement when Android 6.0 to arrive later.

The best thing on Z5c is the stock camera remember your last setting, so you can always set Sports as default(I think I'll more recommend Z5c for this reason). On S6 every time you have to click on Mode and pick Sport, pretty time consuming.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] runemail:
Camera is useless with kids, takes great pictures if you can make your kids sit still. But that's not the shots you want, you want to capture moments and thats not possible.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] ady3004:
you can try motion shot
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] karimero:
I can also confirm that the camera is absolutely useless in whichever option you pick! Really disappointed in Sony (again). Bragging: yes, delivering: no.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] zakiwashi:
I will pitch in, Yeah the camera is cack. Any less than full daylight and they just come out blurry or noisy. Can't say I am surprised. At least I won't rue loosing the DRM keys when I unlock the bootloader, as I don't see how the camera could be much worse.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] mmm286:
Recording video is better than my g4. However, photos are better in g4

Enviado desde mi E5823 mediante Tapatalk
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] arewold:
Coming from a LG G2, I am pretty happy with the Z5C. But if you have a Z3C, I think you'd be getting pretty much the same experience. It is unfortunate that the shutter speed can't be set manually in the standard camera app. I haven't tried 3rd party apps, as I mostly get the photos I need of my kids (also indoors) with Sonys app. Of course, blur depends on shutter speed which depends on the amount of lighting that you have - possibly I have more lighting where I live compared to the posters above.

On my G2 the problem was that it had OIS - knowing this, the phone defaulted to a slow shutter speed to take advantage of the OIS. Which obviously doesn't work when it is the subject and not the photographer's hand that is moving...

Will try Sports mode more myself after reading the suggestion above.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] orrorin:
Luckily Sony's open source camera driver will allow to fix all the... strange decisions they've made in the default camera app.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] TheEndHK:
The focus problem on Z1~Z3 finally get fixed and with camera 2.0 image quality is reasonable now, just the video quality still not clear enough which clearly a software issue. Sony tends to has realistic WB and exposure which I much prefer over Samsung/LG/Apple, others phone always with over saturated color(though some actually like it).

It's already the best camera phone without OIS I've ever used, overall it's still worth to upgrade. Sure it won't beat S6/G4 with OIS at low light. I understand at this price a new phone now have no OIS is very suck, this is my last Sony too if no OIS.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] logger:
Agree. By far an away my biggest disappointment with this phone. I have now resorted to the machine gun principle - if I have to use this camera. Take loads of shots in the hope one will be OK. However my preference is to avoid using it altogether.

To my mind a decent phone camera has to be point and shoot, with a high rate of keepers in the shots. Unfortunately I find most of the pics from my Z5C are plain average. I have nothing good to say about it.
[Nexus 6P Accessories] airmark:
I was sent a case from Poetic to review. After one full day of usage, here are my thoughts.

The case overall is very good as it serves its main purpose well, i.e. it protects the phone without adding bulk to it or prohibiting operation. It's made mostly of hard plastic material, which is rather glossy (but not slippery), with reinforced perimeter for better protection. There's especially extra protection in the corners, which is very nice as these are the most likely first points of impact in case of a drop, so reinforcing them makes sense. The implementation of this reinforcement is very nice as well as it doesn't look ugly or bulky.

My phone is the silver/aluminum one, and I have applied a tempered glass screen protector that covers almost the entire glass area in the front. This case covers the remaining of the bezel almost perfectly, and the front of the phone with it on looks completely black, except a tiny line of aluminium, barely visible in the photo (on top of the phone on right hand side, close to the corner).

The cutouts are all perfectly done, without messing with the operation in any way.

The sides of the phone have big textured diagonal lines that help with grip.

The buttons are very well aligned and they click very easily, just as well as without a case. They have separated the volume button into two separate ones for volume up/down, and I think it performs very well. What I would change is adding some texture on the power button, in much the same way as the original button is, so it's easier to identify without looking at it. This is especially important given that with the separation of the volume buttons, there are three almost equally sized buttons on the right hand side, amidst a whole side of textured plastic, so it's not easy to tell immediately what you are pressing with your finger without looking (or touching up and down a lot to make sure where exactly you are).

Regarding the back of the case: The whole area is quite busy, with a plethora of lines trying to impose a design element over the original one. There's an element of additional functionality as the lines stick out about 1mm or so, which means that most of the case and the phone itself avoids touching the area it sits on, which can be helpful at times (I can imagine that if a table is slightly wet, this separation is good). I would still prefer it more subtle.

Even if there's some excuse for the lines, there's no excuse for the total of three logos in the back, one of which is right on top of the Nexus logo. I personally value more function over looks, and even for looks, the back of the phone is less important than the front, so I'm not that bothered, but I can see why some people may be put off by this.

Overall the case is solid, does what it says on the tin, and I would recommend it. It would be even better if in a future iteration they make the back more discrete by simplifying the design and getting rid of most of the logos in the back. As said above, I am personally not that bothered by it so I would still give it five stars as I care more about its functional aspects.
[Lenovo A3500 Questions & Answers] h.azara:
hi .pls help me

Request a complete way USB tablet a3500hv....
[Lenovo A3500 Questions & Answers] h.azara:
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[General Questions and Answers] Atemu12:
I don't know if this belongs here but I didn't find any other place to post it.

Hello XDA devs!

I am looking for a windows program that lets me play 3 different playlists(with features like random, repeat etc) on 3 different customizable Hotkeys while one playlist stops the other and there is a 4th hotkey for stopping the music completely. It also needs to have something like profiles which sets different tracks for the playlists/enables 3 different playlists which use the same hotkeys.

I know this is very specific but this is what I need. Feel free to correct my grammar and suggest programs that are similar to what I described!

Thanks in advance

Atemu
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] krishan2207:
hi

guess what helmi is doing right now ?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] carson512:
There may just 6：41AM

We are waiting for you，，，
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] beaverfood:
haha

I choose sleeping but hopefully he is uploading the rom to different locations :)
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] krishan2207:
here its 5;20 and i hv to attend my colleage at 9 only waiting for helmi.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] LGSilva:
He probably is taking a break. Think about porting wm6 to BA and other devices... then test it, then tease us with great news. :D
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] nhipsongvn:
we dont presumi about him work. thousand people waitting helmi's WM6 rom, and im in it
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] sunish:
waiting for it...