yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZenFone 2 General] major9686:
Taking sleeping baby photos is also impossible :P

btw, not just pervs. they dont like u taking photos in shops, books, when there is an idol group or some other gathering etc.

beside, if I want to take a photo of a girl whats the problem to take it with the shutter sound ON ? I dont really care... I pop up in lots of people's photos - without giving consent ..

btw, it seems that because of the shutter sound the camera lags when taking a photo. both when saving to built-in memory and SD card... Also the Shutter animation is super annoying... have no idea what causes this delay ..

I also have problems with skype, only on this phone.

RAM issues -> my fault for choosing the lesser 2GB option ^^"

software/bloatware... lots on it.. some of them can be disabled but after several updates some lost that option.. for some odd reason.

also, sometimes updating asus apps makes the phone even slower, added useless features etc.

I'm now on a Factory Reset, disabled most of the apps, only use Gmail, Skype, Chrome... and tomorrow sends the phone to repair again (since last time I was told they couldnt find anything wrong, LOL => phone without a working ear receiver can't function as a phone. also, being weeks without a phone in this day and age is complete %^$@^&! (2 weeks waiting due to holiday, 2 weeks repair, 1 week waiting due to their holiday, then probably another 2 weeks repair, over 1 month without a working phone) another reason to buy a japanese phone or something from a phone provider, you get a phone to use til its get repaired)

I had good experience with several used phones I got here (all Xperia)... for 50~100usd more I could have gotten a 2nd hand Z3 compact... STUPID ME for choosing Asus :(
[ZenFone 2 General] kanagawaben:
If, like me, you have a 2GB model and have been running into problems due to poor RAM management - setting a 4 app background process limit under developer options' apps section has sorted the RAM management issues for me. Has its drawbacks of course, but personally I don't multitask much so I am ok with it. I now have much smoother use with generally around 750MB to 1GB of RAM available.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emmpii:
I've installed CM13 on my device (somehow managed). But the only recovery I can use is CM. I don't know why but I can't seem to find any 'CWM' or 'TWRP' recovery on the net that actually works with my fine?

And besides, I've tried to install Gapps but even the smallest file just wont install. I just get the Error Code 70 and not sufficient storage.

Please try keep your answers simple :)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hari_vignesh:
Same thing happeneed to me in XT1033. Can someone say if there is any other way to install gapps rather than using CM recovery ? :):)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emmpii:
I managed to find a TWRP recovery that did finally work and I've used the nano file.

But has anyone got a cwm revivers? (Or something that works with ROM manager?)

And I've got some new problems,

First of all when putting my SD in, if I select to use it as internal memory, it formats the card and it says the card is ready to use but as soon as I try to move apps it crashes. If I go to storage it says the SD is corrupted, however it works fine as external memory. I had partitioned it and used it on stock fine with Link2SD

Secondly, whenever I try to set a wallpaper from gallery, I get a pop saying "Trebuchet has stopped" so I'm unable to set my own wallpaper from gallery. Anyone got anything?

BTW I'm running on CM13 the latest ROM
[Android Apps and Games] CosmasTeam:
Hey guys, i made a game on unity and i want to share it with you ... it's so good, with good graphics ,performance and other stuff... But the most important part that this game is so hard to win it can't be mastered easily ,it consists of 50 levels (till now) and it's so challenging... NON has won the game till now, even me ... Just Take a look at it.

It Called: C-Ball

and done by: CosmasTeam

Found on: GooglePlayStore

Hope you enjoy it :)

And let me know if you beat the game. :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] (dylanger):
[Q] Disabling "Secure Boot" not to be confused with "Unlocking Bootloader"

Hey Guys,

Has anyone successfully disabled "Secure Boot" on a Nexus 5 hammerhead?

Here is a picture of what I am trying to achieve:

[IMG="Hammerhead in Fastboot"]http://onedefence.com/public/hammerhead-fastboot.png[/IMG]

I need to change a few things in ABOOT (Android BootLoader)/LittleKernel

Cheers guys :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] (dylanger):
Surely someone knows how the Secondary Bootloader works?

Perhaps I'm asking the wrong question, would it be possible to modify the Boot ROM containing the keys for each partition?

[IMG="Android Boot Process"]http://onedefence.com/public/AndroidBoot.PNG[/IMG]

As the chain starts at the Boot ROM, would it be possible to modify this?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RusherDude:
[MENTION=7134811](dylanger)[/MENTION] did you manage to achieve this?

I guess that the only way to disable the trust boot chain (secure boot) is with the new "fastboot flashing unlock_critical" on the newer Nexus than N5, or you got it somehow?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] santi1993:
Hi, what about that?

Is from this chinese board: http://bbs.gfan.com/android-7753460-1-1.html

So... its possible, but how?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] santi1993:
Yes, it can be disabled and you can boot from anywhere you want, including OTG, but no one achieved how in this forum, in a chinese forum there was a hammerhead with secure boot disabled.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] (dylanger):
I'd assume someone's gotten their hands on an engineering hammerhead device.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manit77:
here's our answer.

Qualcomm chips and security for OEMs

If you’re familiar with programmable read-only memory (PROM) or one-time programmable non-volatile memory (OTP NVM) then understanding the concept of qfusing on Qualcomm MSM chips should be trivial. For those who are not familiar, briefly speaking, Qualcomm uses OTP NVM for their security...

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[MX Player] f3bruary:
When I set my phone brightness level all the way down and the open a video with MX player, it will increase the brightness.

Even when I do the gesture to lower it, it still won't go as low as the phones brightness. When I exit the app it goes down again.

The brightness switch in screen settings doesn't seem to influence this.

Let me know how I can help to fix it.
[MX Player] bleu8888:
In some devices, app can't set brightness as dark as system's brightness setting. In this case, you have to turn off MX Player's brightness control to get darker screen by checking off Settings > Player > Screen > Brightness.
[MX Player] f3bruary:
Like I mentioned, that doesn't seem to work.
[HTC Desire 610] benmon152:
Hello,

I have Desire 610 and it shows no OS installed. I tried to enter recovery without succes, also flashing via RUU without succes. Can't flash recovery via ADB. Is there any way to repair it?

[IMG="Desire 610"]https://scontent.fwaw3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t34.0-12/12516532_1037208119665060_1805776620_n.jpg?oh=58e246dec0cb0650e0966b81bba4683a&oe=5696677E[/IMG]
[XDA Assist] :
So I've got this tablet mentioned in the title (I'd post a link but not allowed) and I was trying to remove some Chinese bloatware that was killing the laptop with sub-1h battery life. Long story short, something (I have no idea what) went wrong when I was closing apps to test dependencies, I got a bunch of force-close errors, it rebooted, now I'm stuck at the boot screen.

Here's the additional details I can give;

I have debugging enabled and can reach the device with ADB (I've kicked it into recovery and fastboot to test it a few times)

I have access to recovery from the device; it's stock but allows flashing via SD, ADB, or cache

I can wipe the system (factory) but since something needed in the OS was messed up that doesn't fix the problem (I tried)

There's no data on the tablet that I need (it could be wiped completely if that's a step towards solution

I haven't been able to find a ROM that explicitly says it's compatible with this device

I have a microSD card and an adapter so I can access the microSD from my PC without the tablet

The tablet was rooted, but with Kingo. I could give apps root access but SuperSU didn't work for be and wouldn't update binaries

Along with the rooted bits, I can't seem to use the adb root command or mount /system as rw

Along with the last point, the /system partition seems to be read only at the moment.

Help?
[XDA Assist] Saber:
Hi,

Thanks for using XDA assist.

I couldn't find a relevant forum for your device, so you could post in the Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting forum.

Please note that in order to post, you will need to create a XDA account.

Good Luck! - gsstudios
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_Nurse:
I have a Galaxy S5 SM-G900T Factory unlocked from Rent A Center and my son put on it CM 13 nightly without asking. I need to return this phone next week to them and I need a stock rom for it. I've searched on google and have had no luck. My Baseband is GT900TUVU1ANCH. Please if someone can help me I would greatly appreciate it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justinxfan:
Use samfirm to download the firmware and flash it with odin
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_Nurse:
And where do I find samfirm? Sorry I don't know what that is.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justinxfan:
Hgoogle it and it'll be an xda link
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sameog:
PM me your email address and I will send it to you. I have it saved on my hard drive. =)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_Nurse:
Thank you very much!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sameog:
..it turns out the file size is too big for email attachment. I'm using another way. I need time. =)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_Nurse:
ok no problem, take the time you need and once again Thanks.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
You can link sammobile's firmwares here, as long as you upload them somewhere else first (MEGA etc)

It is only sammobile and samsung-updates direct links you can not post here
[Sony Smartwatch 3] lilloscar:
When I connect by bluetooth together the SW3 and Moto Hint, automatically sends to "no media" to my hands free and can't use it with Waze, Maps, etc. So I have to switch off the SW3 then all it's ok.

When I connect my old SW2 this didn't happens, already disabled all the features on the SW3 and changed settings on the bluetooth connections and nothing.

Anyone knows?

Thanks
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] juda999:
Hello you,

Exists a software to opening of the device [device opening] i-mate jam for all the nets or that it's possible to know in the request how open the device i-mate to SIM FREE?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] b0ris747:
solution posted few hours ago... read before asking!

Solution posted 5 hours before your post:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=329031
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] eng3:
I've been trying to figure out which gallery to use.

So far Quicpic seems to be my favorite.

Which do you use and why?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] thesebastian:
I use "Photos" since I have all last 4 years photos and videos there.

Unfortunately the Sony camera doesn't have an option to change the default gallery

Sent from my E5823
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] timbohobbs:
I did notice that the photos app ( google ) has a setting for a shortcut to appear in the camera app which can be useful
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] mtilson:
How? I must be overlooking that setting. Thanks
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] scottjb:
I use Focus
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] thesebastian:
Its usefull. I use it. But still not the same as a fully integrated solution like Google Camera (and I think some other cameras) + Photos.

Sent from my E5823
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Fargo_Zoidberg:
I use Google Photos. Having all my pics synced to the web makes flashing new ROMs and getting a new phone less of a headache.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Radeon1337:
Switched to Piktures after QuickPic turned ****.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Kallu609:
I'll second Piktures. It's like QuickPic used to be, solid and fast gallery app without bs.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] eng3:
I read about QuickPic's new owner but I haven't really notice what has actually changed. I still like the app. What's so bad about it?

I tried piktures but there seem to be fewer options.

I have all of my photos on my SD card organized in folders.

I can't seem to sort ALBUMS by date.

I can't disable "crop thumbnails to square"

I can't do horizontal scroll

I wish I could just use google photos but I have a very complicated process because of two goals that no one can meet (for free).

1. I want to keep a backup copy of all originals on a PC at home

2. I want to keep a copy or cached copy of all photos on my phone so I dont need to use data.

So all photos I take goto an "unsorted" folder on my phone that goes to Google Drive. I then pick that up on my PC and filter/edit/sort it into folders. Then Picasa uploads them as originals because its the only one that will maintain folders. Then I compress them all on google so its free. At the same time, Folder Sync, syncs them back to my phone into folders and deletes them from unsorted folder.

The problem is Google seems too stupid to realize the photos on my phone are the same as the ones online so it shows everything twice.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] NGbod:
I'm using Piktures which is by far the best android gallery app I've used on any of my Sony or Samsung devices. I have my photos organised into different folders eg. work/projects, family etc. Piktures is very user friendly when working with folders.

I also use DSCautorename to change the filenames to include the date taken instead of the useless Sony photo numbering system.

Then I use BTsync to copy the pictures, as they are taken, to my other devices eg. laptop, home server, tablet and any family pics are also synced to an old tablet I'm using as a home photo frame.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] qery:
You can use 'alternative' QuickPic. Someone on xda modified it in a way that it won't try to update via PlayStore. It's version 4.5.2 from original developer.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] timbohobbs:
It's in the google photos app settings
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] mtilson:
You mind taking a screenshot of the setting - I really don't see it???
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] timbohobbs:
Sorry man I can't, it's my girls phone and she's working. The setting is in main settings of app, under the google drive option I think
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] eng3:
What do you like about Piktures that Quickpic can't do? The biggest issue I'm having is it wont sort my albums by date

I thought that only affected the GOOGLE Camera app. I'll have to give it a try
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] mtilson:
Thank you for responding. I still don't see it, but maybe I'm just having issues. This creates a link within the native Sony camera app and not the Google camera app, right?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] NGbod:
I wasn't a fan of the Quickpic interface so quickly uninstalled it. I then tried Piktures and found the layout very pleasing. The reason I was looking for an alternative to the Sony gallery is because the Sony gallery only allowed sorting by date modified which is no good when copying a batch of photos from another machine as they all have the same date modified. Pictures allows sorting of photos or folders by name, size, date or date modified, accending or decending or you can manually sort.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] AbA2L:
HTC Galery becose its just lucid and reactif
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] eng3:
One of the Quickpic features I liked was "fix date" which resets all the date modified to date taken.

Quickpic doesnt have the greatest interface but it seems to have the most features. At least ones that I'm looking for.

I know it was sold to cheetah, but what have they actually changed in quickpic to make it worse?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] :
I use quickpic but I stopped updating it when they sold out to cheetah mobile. If it ever stops working I will then uninstall. I have another paid app called PicsPro that I use for Picasa. The default gallery is not my favorite.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] eng3:
I noticed that many people have voted for Sony album over the rest. What do you like about Sony Album compared to the rest?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Fargo_Zoidberg:
Isn't the Sony Album the only app that works when using the thumbnail preview in the bottom right of the (stock) camera app? I think I remember trying to disable it, but then the pic preview wouldn't open up 3rd party album apps.

So I usually have three album apps on my phone:

1. Sony app to use from within the native camera app

2. Google Photos to backup everything to the cloud

3. Piktures to go in a view by album, date, folder, etc.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] TheEndHK:
http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-quickpic-v4-5-2-classic-version-t3204543

The XDA ver of QuickPic is here.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] iozzo:
I do prefer google Photos but it doesn't delete pictures from the SD card so I use Sony Album instead.

Is there a way (I am not rooted) to have Photos to delete stuff from the SD card?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] sveintore:
Also interested in having Photos delete stuff from SD-card. Hate to delete crappy photos both places.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] .corrupt.:
People with root can install a modified (and deodexed) version of the stock Sony camera that not only works with Xposed but also allows you to change your gallery. I have even uninstalled Sony Album. Still using QuickPic here but I'll probably also be looking for an alternative soon.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] E5823:
Same here, I really like the Piktures UI, though it's a little slow to open all photos in large folders. Also a small, battery friendly app that is often updated and getting better.

I don't use any cloud services, so no opinion there.

That sounds neat, I hope for a simple root solution without unlocking bootloader soon...

I'd like to discard Sony Album too, plus it's very slow to open from within the camera.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] civicsr2cool:
This is a lifesaver! Now I've just got to do the same for my old google maps and old eBay!
[XDA Assist] Simpsonlinda46@gmail.com:
Please help me. My neighbor has hacked my droidmax and has total control on my apps contacts messages. Please help I have another year left on my Verizon contract. I'm ready to go over and get arrested for assault
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[General Questions and Answers] vaironl:
Hello Everyone,

I just released my second application to the Google playstore and I am not sure of where to go with it now. It's a countdown timers application, which allows the user to run multiple timers simultaneously.

I was thinking about posting it to the Apps section of XDA, but I know the finish of the app is not great. I did not test it as thoroughly (only on 23) and am not the best at designing the graphics aspects of it. I also rushed it a bit to get it out before school starts again.

Does anyone know what's the best thing I can do next? I am assuming I should try testing it a bit more and probably spend more time of the graphics as those are some of the things I skipped on.
[General Questions and Answers] droid_god:
I can test app rot you

---------- Post added at 09:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:25 AM ----------

I got three devices.

Ginger bread micromax

Kitkat samsung and lollipop lg
[General Questions and Answers] vaironl:
Thanks a lot for taking out of your time! Any feedback would be much appreciated.

I can't seem to post links yet so I'll just message you.
[General Questions and Answers] droid_god:
Countdown timer app is good.

I rated it 4.

And an advice

App is perfectly working

And i feel that if the app is wong for lollipop api then the theme or graphics of the app should be a little more like lollipop or marshmellow type.

Then the app will become 5 star rated for me.
[General Questions and Answers] vaironl:
Thanks again for the advice! I will make sure I address the issues you pointed out!
[General Questions and Answers] droid_god:
H bro

Which color you used as the app primary dark

Or the status bar color
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] earthtk:
Hi all!

My z2 is experiencing bootloop when I flashed a stock firmware using flashtools. No matter which firmware I flash, my phone still bootloops. Now I have no recovery or root. I have done this plenty of times without problems but not sure why this happened. Is it because I'm using Windows 10? Blue stacks? I have no idea.. Need some advice.

I have a locked bootloader.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr.loverlover:
Did you select wipe data in Flashtool. As I see no other reason why it could bootloop.

But if it won't work, you can fastboot flash some kernel with recovery and then install some rom.

Sent from Xperia Z2

Luckily not from an iPhone = Yesterdays technology at tomorrows prices
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] earthtk:
Oh maybe I didn't wipe! I'll try it today. I thought my phone is hard bricked lol..
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Faithnetic:
Bros and broes,

I'm currently looking for a working GAPPS version for the Marshmallow update for my Mate 2. I tried a lot of them and none work, have to reinstall Marshmallow every time to test another one.

I reverted to LP for now ..

Thanks!

(A download link would be appreciated)
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] MT2-User:
OpenGapps.org

Platform: ARM

Android: 6.0

Variant: nano or pico or...
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Faithnetic:
"Unfortunately, Setup Wizard has stopped." :(
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] MT2-User:
Did you wipe and then clean flash ROM+GApps each time when you were trying different GApps?
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
I'm using Banks Dynamic Gapps, http://download.dirtyunicorns.com/files/gapps/banks_gapps/
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AhmadMohye:
I bought my z5 premium 4 days ago ! and the battery seems really **bleep** ! the full charge drains in like 3 hours onscreen time ! the screen takes too much of the battery usage 40% ! on my last z2 it took like 3% ! what happened ! does sony lied about the battery life time ! i really paid alot in this phone and i dont see any advantage in battery ! i'm a very heavy user and i though that this phone will satisfy my needs( i tried the stamina mode but it doesn't work for me because i want to recieve notifcations from social apps while screen is off ) i need a fast solution or i will return the phone back ..
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KbaB.BroS:
This was yesterday

Full 100% brightness, with adaptive of course

Location services on high accuracy

WiFi on all the time

Mediocre data reception (2 bars mostly)

Heavy browsing.

I'd say it's pretty good considering the battery hogging 4k screen and SD810

My screen was 73% on battery stats
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r0gger:
I am happy with SOT and in general the battery performance (note I used stamina few times only just for the test). It is much more better compared with my sg note 4 exynos. (But camera is not :D)
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reverantjo:
my first day with my z5 premium and big disapointed about the battery ... heavily dropped down since hard using ... will be testing stamina mode ...
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keyz86:
I have to say the battery life on my Z5P is awful! I'm lucky to get half a day and I used to get at least a full day with the same usage on my Z2 and Z3.
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KbaB.BroS:
Never expect the same battery life you had on Z2 and Z3. Z5P has that 4k screen and the power sucking black hole, aka Snapdragon 810