yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] istperson:
Yes it is! If you come here you commit to some basic learning about what you want to do. And yes, if your phone just crashes and burns by itself then this is not voluntary, but to my knowledge nobody yet died just because they've learned how to install drivers without a pop-up colouring book. There are good guides here that show you how to install the minimum SDK and drivers on all possible platforms.

XDA shouldn't be the place where we cheer for other people doing things for us.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dahawthorne:
Ok, both. I think we all have sort of the same opinion, but we express it in different ways. I'll agree to disagree, but I'll continue to recomment NRT - but only for its driver setup function, since I've found that it's actually more fun to type in the commands and push the button myself. :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
So we finaly agree ;)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
[MENTION=3098947]istperson[/MENTION]: I agree that it pays to know how to do things manually, and generally push people to do it manually. In this case I dropped the ball by not reading the OP's post carefully enough. However, you sir need to dial down the rhetoric. While you are preaching to the choir here, tools do have their uses as this thread clearly demonstrates. The core problem isn't that the tool exists, but that it's being used by people as a substitute for knowledge, when it should be used as a supplement.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] istperson:
When I decided to buy a Nexus 6, sometimes around M preview 2, it was the time when people found out that you can't just root M, but you need to modify your kernel to disable SE Linux if you want it to continue to boot. By the time I've bought it, there were a couple of panicked threads in the Q&A about bricked phones. When official Marshmallow came out, it became dozens. And the vast majority of these were because of using tools without reading about the facts first. So as I've learned to dabble with my Nexus phone I started the same time to help others to fix theirs. And the first rule was always: don't use tools.

Tools are like guns. If you use it well, it can save your life. Sometimes you don't have a choice but you have to use one. But the same time I'll be the first to demand all possible rules to be enforced to keep them out of the hands of children.

I never said it wasn't a life saver for the OP, but it's our responsibility to make sure everybody here knows, that the tools are nothing more than front ends to adb and fastboot. But when you yourself said:

I was sure you've meant that it had some extra abilities that adb a fastboot didn't have, so I had to point out what I perceived as wrong. Obviously you didn't need reminding, so sorry about that. But I believe you can see my point too.

I'm sure we understand each other now.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Given that I hadn't looked at the tool yet, I had no way of knowing what it did and didn't have. All I knew is that it somehow contradicted what I knew about the situation, and was looking to delve deeper. But given that it was all due to a misreading of the OP's post, there's no point in doing so.

As to your point, I totally understand it. Everyone should know the manual way rather than relying upon tools to automate the process. But the reality here is that for most of the people who come to XDA, it's the exact reverse. They rely on the tools rather than knowing the process because to them, modifying the nexus is [insert current slang term for cool] rather than the serious business it should be treated as. That is a shortsighted view of things, which is why I happen to like zelendel's short questionnaire so much. "What is root, and why do you need it?"

TL;DR: We have an understanding. :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wase4711:
I've been modding phones for over 20+ years, and as soon as I got my nexus 6, I used NRT to do the things that some of you "purists" think should always be done manually..

Call me lazy if you want, but I know ALOT about everything Android, yet I chose to try that tool that everyone was raving about..

For a N00B who is dealing with a dead phone, its fine to use ANY tool/shortcut that gets them back and running, and you would hope that experience would motivate them to learn the REAL way to do all these things.

But dont discount or insult anyone who uses a tool or shortcut to get themselves back up and running, or "lazy" veterans like myself who, after endless years of doing things the long/hard/complicated way, are ALWAYS looking for a faster easier way..

"dont work hard, work SMART"..
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] istperson:
And I bet, it had Android 5 on it. If it had been Marshmallow, you would have bricked it, just as the "noobs" did. The difference is, you probably could have searched the forums, and found solutions for it yourself.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wase4711:
yep, the phone had 5.0 on it when I used it...

hasn't he updated the tool to work on 6.0 yet? I havent looked at that thread in a very long time
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dahawthorne:
Yes. it's been updated to Marshmallow for a long time - currently up to MMB29K. Wug is pretty thorough in getting it right, but obviously keeping it updated within hours is impossible, which is why we see problems occasionally arising from it - people trying to do things that it hasn't been programmed yet to handle, I guess.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Ferdinandgab:
Please help, ive read almost every post about this but none seems to work for me, i was on LEGORom, and today i decided to go back to 4.0.4, the susprise was when i got stuck on the M logo(the one with the waves) its moves three times and then i just see the M logo and nothing more, im able to get into fastboot, and conect to Rsdlite, i have flashed multiple times and the problem still there, also i did a factory reset via the stock recovery and the same issue, also i did the other method to flash the tom, and also to flash only the system and nothing seemed to work out.

Please i need some help.

Something that i notice watching the how to flash via rsd lite video on youtube is that my phone doesnt show up anything in the "device properities" part, is blank but that does not stop the flashing.

Thats everything that i did today, i hope someone can help me:(:confused:

edit1: on my pc it shows on devices properities all N/A but still the M logo stuck
[Motorola Atrix 2] Turbine1991:
Did you wipe everything before flashing?
[MTCB Android Head Units General] maxedmini:
has anyone got any suggestion on how to increase the volume of the navigation app (tom-tom or google map) as listening to the DAB app at a sensible level means the voice prompts from the navigation app are very quiet?

any suggestions would be great
[MTCB Android Head Units General] dark alex:
did you select your nav app as gps app in settings menu? You should set up as "mixed" then you can setup a kind of an audio focus
[MTCB Android Head Units General] pcmender2005:
You can try audio settings in the factory settings and increase the system volume and decrease dab volume in there if it has it.
[MTCB Android Head Units General] maxedmini:
Yep that's the problem there is no option in factory settings for DAB Volume. Was hoping there was another way to set the volumes of different apps
[Android Apps and Games] spywebfr:
Hello !

App Volume Control is a smart volume manager, it can easily manage the volume of your applications.

Once set, the application takes care of changing the volume of your applications as soon as they appear.

No more volume settings at each change of application, App Volume Control does it for you !

You can switch between applications / games to another and the volume will be ajusted automatically.

Tired of having to adjust the volume at each change of application?

You would like to automate these settings ?

App Volume Control is make for you !

Features:

Creating a rule for each installed application.

Adjust volumes Music, Ringtone, Alarm ,Notification and System.

Adjusting the volume when starting applications .

Adjusting the volume when closing applications

Ability to restore the old volume when the application is closed.

Ability to notify when a volume is ajusted.

Ability to delay the volumes settings.

Languages: English, French, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified).

If you have any ideas, suggestions, feel free and let me know. ;)

[IMG="Get it on play store"]http://i.imgur.com/r9c57Lr.png?1[/IMG]​

Release 1.10

- Fixed Google Apps list.

Release 1.11

- Improved memory usage.

Release 1.12

- Fixed some issues.

Release 1.13

- Fixed chinese translation.

- Added simplified chinese translation.

Release 1.14

- Fixed some issues on interface and service.

- Improved performances.

Release 1.15

- Added material switch design for pre-lollipop devices.

- Added some missing apps in the list.

Release 1.20

- Improved memory usage.

- Improved performances.

- Improved user experience (loading screen).

- Fixed screen orientation change issue.

Release 1.21

- NEW FEATURE: Prioritize the playback music. Prioritizing playback music prevent the rules to be applied when listening to music. Adjusting the volume for certain applications can function strangely with this setting. To activate this function, go to the App Config screen. Please give me feedbacks about this function. (androspyfr@gmail.com)

- Fixed some issues.

Release 1.22

- Improved performances.

- Fixed some issues.

Release 1.24

- Added Spanish translation.
[Android Apps and Games] Draykoon:
Love the idea,

i don't know why but my "music" application is not listed, that would have been very helpfull.
[Android Apps and Games] spywebfr:
Thanks, I will add the "music" application to next release.

I don't show system apps, but I make some exceptions like youtube.

Sincerely
[Android Apps and Games] spywebfr:
Hello,

I have released a new version fixing this issue.

Available soon on Google Play.

Sincerely.
[Android Apps and Games] spywebfr:
Hello,

I have released a new version improving memory usage.

Available soon on Google Play.

Sincerely.
[Android Apps and Games] spywebfr:
Hello,

New release fixing somes issues.

Available soon on Google Play.

Sincerely.
[Android Apps and Games] Draykoon:
Ok i will look forward
[Android Apps and Games] spywebfr:
Hello,

New release updating languages.

Available soon on Google Play.

Sincerely.
[Android Apps and Games] spywebfr:
Hello,

New release fixing some crashs and performance improvement.

Available soon on Play Store.

Sincerely.
[Android Apps and Games] spywebfr:
Hello,

New release 1.15 adding material design on pre-lollipop devices, and fixing app list.

I'm looking for translators ( Spanish, Portuguese, and others) , if there are volunteers, thank you contact me.

Sincerely.
[Android Apps and Games] spywebfr:
Hello,

New release 1.20 improving memory, performances, user experience and fixing some issues.

Soon on google play.

Sincerely.
[Android Apps and Games] spywebfr:
Hello,

New release 1.21 add the feature to prioritize the playback music.

Soon on google play.

Sincerely.
[Android Apps and Games] spywebfr:
Hello,

New release 1.22 improving screen switch performances.

Soon on google play.

Sincerely.
[Android Apps and Games] spywebfr:
Hello,

New release 1.24 adding Spanish translation.

Soon on google play.

Sincerely.
[Shield Android TV Themes and Apps] 3316556:
Hello War thunder fans I've been working on getting the War thunder app to work, after gaijins patch that made only the nvidia shield tv compatible with the War thunder app. I've made HUGE progress! (Not saying what I did in case gaijin are snooping around. )

(after months of trial and error)

All I need now is the latest apk from Google play store ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gaijinent.WarThunder )

The only problem is only shield tvs can download it, and I don't have one. :( so if anyone has a shield tv please it would be amazing and id love you forever if you uploaded the latest apk. Thank you.
[Shield Android TV Themes and Apps] 3316556:
Hello?
[Shield Android TV Themes and Apps] suicide monkey:
I would like to have the apk too
[Shield Android TV Themes and Apps] 3316556:
"

[ UPDATE ]

I found a working apk and i am able to play the game at max settings with my overclocked kernel at 60fps . BUT, "and this is a big butt. I WILL NOT release the location of the apk for fear of Nvidia or Gaijin hiding it or fixing the exploit, and or possible damage to your boss 4$$ shield tablet the CPU and GPU would get up to temps in excess of 90°C [ WHILE IDLE ] and really only playable with USB Ethernet adapter. sorry :L.

You can find it though its easier than you think.

{Hint} its on a Russian forum(no not Gaijin forum don't waist your time)

[DISCLAIMER] I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO YOUR DEVICE USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
[Shield Android TV Themes and Apps] TEMPEST586:
Well I've been looking and although I found a download link that worked and unblocks the app.

Until it discovered it needed an update to the latest version which I can't do.....So Back to square 1.

I guess you have had the same trouble?????
[Shield Android TV Themes and Apps] 3316556:
I know its been a while but do you still have the link
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] zoB6T:
Hi folks. Admitted Noob here asking for help.

[backstory]

After many years resistance I finally decided to get a phone. Freedompop's free plan was enough to push me over the fence. Found a nice S3 (L710VPUDOH1) on ebay and bought it. Everything was fine...except the stock rom had so much crap in it I was about to have a seizure. Back in the day I had put CM on a nookcolor so I thought that was the way to go. I consulted with a friend who assured me that CM played nicely with freedompop so down the rabbit hole I went.

[the first sign of trouble]

Installing CM went fine. Odin. Heimdall. I installed the latest clockwork mod touch recovery (6.0.4.5). Then I installed the latest CM snapshot (cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1K7-d2spr.zip) and the appropriate gapps. Worked great. Nice and fast, good configuration options, no bloat....but it couldn't connect up to the 3g/4g network. Freedompop worked as long as WiFi was on and would not otherwise. Crap. What's the point of a cell phone if I have to have a WiFi hotspot???

Some googling revealed that the APNs were wrong so I tried that route. I was able to get LTE working but never got 3G. I live out in the boonies, so 3G is kinda important. Also found that CM breaks Sprint's PRL auto update which doesn't seem too happy.

[^H^H^H^H^H]

So, I decided to go back to the factory ROM and see how FP worked as I dutifully made a backup before installing CM. Now the SHTF. When I restore from backup in CWM (followed by a factory wipe data and cache to avoid the boot loop) the ROM cannot connect to Sprint's network. Doesn't know its IEMI or much of anything. It does connect up to wifi, log into my google account, get my paid apps, etc....but still no phone.

I installed Kies and attempted to restore/upgrade firmware (non-emergency mode). Kies got to about 66% and said there was an unexpected error. I'm guessing it didn't like the custom recovery and just plain quit on me. Was worried that I'd made a brick but alas I could still get to download mode. </bullet dodged>

I would like to put the phone back to stock (including recovery) but I have no factory recovery image. Does anyone have a recovery image for L710VPUDOH1? Alternatively, is there any harm in flashing the full ND8 onto the phone even though it had OH1 running before? I seem to remember reading things about bricking phones when trying to downgrade....which is in effect what I would be doing.

Any other suggestions about how to get back to stock would be most appreciated.

TIA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
You can flash nd8. Nj2 is newer though. I don't think anyone has captured the oh1 tar yet. The only thing you should not do is flash anything before nd8 (pre Knox) like mk3 or older. Which is jellybean anyways so....

Hope this helps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] zoB6T:
Yes, thank you; that was exactly what I needed to know.

I have a working phone at the moment so stock is not necessary required. For others that may be interested I flashed in Wicked X 8.2. From there the phone once again knew its IMEI and I was able to carrier reset and get it activated with Freedom Pop.
[Amazon Fire Phone] th3rmite:
If you are like me you are constantly fiddling and hacking with your phone. I’m also cheap so when I came across an Amazon Fire Phone from my local AT&T store for $150 I had to jump. After all I’m an Amazon Prime customer, so with the year of Prime it made the phone about $50. Anyways, I have been lurking on the Fire Phone XDA forum for a bit and have been using GGOW’s CM11 build since it came out. Every now and then, however, I want to go back to stock. After figuring it all out, I’ve kind of gotten it down to a pretty quick process and thought I would right a quick post on how to take your Fire Phone back to stock.

Ok so first off you have to prep your computer. You will need several things. First off you will need the Android Debug Bridge installed on your computer, also known as ADB. Instead of downloading the entire Android SDK to get ADB, you can follow the instructions on Lifehacker to install ADB pretty quickly. You will also need the OS files for your Fire Phone. You can download them from Amazon. For right now you need to make sure you download the correct file for whether your phone is unlocked or not. I believe the 4.6.6 update unifies the two, but for now it’s better to be safe.

Once you have installed ADB and have the .BIN file from Amazon, it is time to work. You need to make sure your phone is turned off and plugged in to your computer via USB. You will need to turn your phone on by holding down the power button and the volume up button and continue to hold them until you see the “Fire System Recovery” menu. You should see several options, you will need to select the “apply update from ADB” selection. Now with your phone plugged into your computer you need to go to a terminal/command prompt window. You will type

add sideload <filename>

where you replace <filename> with the path to your .BIN file. For instance on my computer (which runs OSX) I would type:

adb sideload ~/Downloads/update-kindle-32.4.6.5_user_465000520.bin

Now your update will begin and once it is done all you have to do is restart the phone.

Links:

http://lifehacker.com/the-easiest-way-to-install-androids-adb-and-fastboot-to-1586992378

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201607550
[Amazon Fire Phone] nedooo:
When I boot to recovery and adb sideload there is no adb device when I type adb devices.

Windows 7 64bit.

Cool I found easy solution...I downloaded this program and runned it when phone was in sideload mode, it installed drivers and voila :)

http://adbdriver.com/downloads/
[Amazon Fire Phone] ianedward:
everything is still installed and camera still doesnt work

did I miss a step or something? lol. all my apps including nova launcher are still installed and my camera still doesn't work, but it looks like 4.6.6 is installed
[Amazon Fire Phone] nedooo:
Since it is official update it won't perform factory reset...
[Amazon Fire Phone] bluegrass87:
you need to wipe the device after flashing the new rom
[Amazon Fire Phone] aamszia:
C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>adb sideload update-kindle-35.4.6.6_u

er_466000820.bin

loading: 'update-kindle-35.4.6.6_user_466000820.bin'

* cannot read 'update-kindle-35.4.6.6_user_466000820.bin' *

---------- Post added at 09:15 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:25 AM ----------

C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>adb sideload update-kindle-juniper-35.

4.6.3_user_463001420.bin

loading: 'update-kindle-juniper-35.4.6.3_user_463001420.bin'

* cannot read 'update-kindle-juniper-35.4.6.3_user_463001420.bin' *

C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>adb sideload update.bin

loading: 'update.bin'

* cannot read 'update.bin' *

---------- Post added at 09:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:15 AM ----------

i download many files but all BIN files fails to sideload
[Amazon Fire Phone] jack9955:
You should be able to manually update your phone to Fire OS 4.6.6 by following the steps at this link: Update Your Fire Phone Software.
[Amazon Fire Phone] aamszia:
Fire phone stucked on recovery .. only option i have is by sideload . .. and sideload is not working for me ..

i have downloaded 5 firmwares .. but same error in all files ..

.....
[Amazon Fire Phone] :
Please stick to asking questions for one problem in one thread at a time, thank you.

I replied in the other thread (bricked fire phone / sideloading by ADB), since it's more related to your questions.
[Amazon Fire Phone] jack9955:
If you mean you are stuck in Safestrap recovery, then follow [MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION] post to flash Fire OS. The links you will need for the flashable images are here and here.

If you are not stuck in Safestrap recovery and your phone is still under warranty, you may want to contact Amazon for a replacement phone.
[Amazon Fire Phone] aamszia:
i am stuck on Stock Recovery ...
[Amazon Fire Phone] jerico9:
Is there anyway to boot in to safestrap recovery and not the stock recovery. I have a back up on safestrap boot stuck on amazon screen and I can omly get im to stock recovery.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Hussain_97:
Please help me when i type adb sideload "filname.bin" , It gives me an error cannot read "filname.bin" ??

Please tell me how could i fix this ??
[Amazon Fire Phone] elkapito:
Did you have any luck reviving your phone?
[Amazon Fire Phone] romario3600:
why not just factory reset using the official recovery? this seems like an awful lot of extra work :|
[Amazon Fire Phone] amr1406:
i am stuck on Stock Recovery elso with my phone .

i test sideload tool give me his msg on CMD windows after type add sideload commend

C:\tools>adb sideload c:/tools/rom.bin

opening 'c:/tools/rom.bin'...

connecting...

* daemon not running. starting it now at tcp:5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

falling back to older sideload method...

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc'

what(): std::bad_alloc

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.

Please contact the application's support team for more information.
[Amazon Fire Phone] Kramar111:
[MENTION=4793854]amr1406[/MENTION]

try to find Android SDK Platform-tools v 25.0.3
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KingVekxin:
Honestly I'm trying to figure out hoe would I know if i have a retail edition or a developer edition? I've been searching and all I've found is that the retail can only be used with Verizon yet my phone is unlocked n can be used with other providers which made me kind of curious to find out. Is it something I can find that will tell me?

Thanks in advance!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkahs23:
To tell if you have a retail or Developer Edition look at your SKU number inside the phone (under the battery). Example: my retail version says SMN910VZKE

Retail - SM-N910VZKEVZW

D.E. - SM-N910VMKEVZW

Found that info here http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...438-cf-auto-root-verizon-note-4-sm-n910v.html
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ole22143:
I flash the CRISSCROSS ROM and a modem for g925f via Odin 3.10.6.

so now it cant find my sim card anymore. :( i try it to change the rom to XtreStoLite but also there it cant find my sim card

I hope some one can help me