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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] Tr1gg3R:
Dah... Which one to pick?

Hmm I see that Brando currently has 2 different Screenprotectors available for the Kaiser / TyTN 2

Brando Workshop Ultra Clear and the Brando Workshop Anti-Glare Screen Protectors.

I remember from my Nokia 770 and Palm T|X that I preferred the Anti-Glare ones but for my (now returned) Nokia E90 I had a Ultra clear.

Decisions decisions.

Are there already people who tried either one of these or can make a suggestion?

The price difference is 1$ in favor of Anti-Glare one.

Links:

Brando Workshop Ultra Clear

Brando Workshop Anti-Glare
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] Tr1gg3R:
I decided not to wait untill I could figure out what the best would be and ordered the Brando Workshop Ultra Clear Screen Protector (2x).

I'll post my experiences here when I receive them.

For now all my experiences with the Brando stuff has been excellent.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] Wiz:
They only came out today, so there's only the user experience from other HTC devices (Touch etc) that could be of help
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] Tr1gg3R:
Yes, of course but what I was after was not specific for the Kaiser but in general the differences between those 2 screen protectors from Brando.

For almost every type of device with a screen Brando produce these slap-on-plastics.

I have experience with both and apart from the cheaper one being a little thicker and less flexible, the other one seems to be better for the colours and transparency.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] Amlethae:
I'm sorry... do you mean the Ultra Clear is better? Or is the Anti-Glare one better? Also, do you have to cut these to size or what? I like taking my phones apart to put on the screen protectors, looks like they're not there.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] RemE:
I used the Boxwave Ultra-Clear p/n BWCTC-C8125. It fit Kaiser perfectly as well as my 8525. I prefer the glossy protectors over the flat non-glare types,
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] Tr1gg3R:
Clarification

I mean to say the Ultra Clear is the better one.

although a little bit more difficult to apply than the Anti-Glare one, it does pay of when it's on :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] jamespaulritter:
I just ordered both the anti-glare and the crystal clear. I'll be sure to give the highlights in this thread when thy arrive.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] Wiz:
Given the fact that I use the TyTN II for navigation, and the fact that my car has a panoramic roof, the utraclear is unusable in my case. I Need anti-glare.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] RemE:
Really depends, in my car I found that the non glare screens were harder to see vs the clear. If the clear screen is at a bad angle to you though, it will act like a mirror and also be hard to see. I bought both and played till I got the best viewing, for me it was clear.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] jamng:
How difficult was it to install? ie, With some screen protectors, I have bubbles or fingerprints and then have to clean and reapply, etc.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] RemE:
This time I washed my hands and worked on a lint free cloth. I peeled off the Kaiser's shipping sticker from the display and applied my screen protector by placing it on edge at one side of the screen. Then I carefully let it slowly lay down from that edge, using the applicator card to smooth it. This time, not 1 bubble!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] Wiz:
Just received the anti-glare today. Absolutely a perfect fit (even better than the already very close to perfect fit I was accustomed to with Brando).

For me, Brando makes the best screenprotectors, period!

Also the TouchFLO motion seems unhindered ... :-)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] GuardianZX9:
What model are you guys ordering for on Boxwave?

I cant find this model # BWCTC-C8125 anywhere.

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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] jamng:
It isn't Boxwave.

You order it from here:

shop.brando.com.hk
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] RemE:
I had posted that number from the package that I used on my Kaiser. Here's the link to it, it was a spare for my 8525 and it fit the Kaiser perfectly. I'm no Boxwave promoter, their accys have been so-so in my opinion. I do like their screen protectors however, but I'd give Brando a try from what I've read here.

http://www.boxwave.com/products/cle...ch-crystal-screen-protector-htc-tytn_2076.htm
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] jamespaulritter:
Ive ordered from boxwave only once in the past and the screen protector came pre-scratched. I dont know if it was a fluke or not but I wont order from them again. Every one always raves about brando.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] jamespaulritter:
In case someone hadnt heard of this trick, Im sure most have, it makes for a lint free application if you apply the screen protector in the bathroom while the shower is steaming.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fernandosayai:
Is it possible to upgrade Bluetooth v3 to smart ready Bluetooth.
[XDA Assist] Julio Cesar MG:
Some method to root the LG F400L with Marshmallow.

HELP

:crying:
[XDA Assist] Art Vanderlay:
Hi,

Thanks for using XDA Assist.

Try this > Android Development and Hacking > Miscellaneous Android Development > [GUIDE] New Root Method for LG Devices

If you have any further queries then ask in that thread or in the friendly

> LG G3 > G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > [FAQ][HELP THREAD] LG G3 | Ask any question

Good luck :)
[Mate 8 General] duraaraa:
So I've noticed that there are some international firmware available online:

http://aria-file.com/?cd=Huawei/M/Mate 8 - NXT

Unfortunately, seems to be all Iranian sites, and they all want money for the downloads.

Anyone see these files out in the wild somewhere? I'd like to try flashing the international firmware over my Chinese firmware.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
hm not sure but it looks like im able to download the roms without having to pay. will try again from my laptop (on mobile now) and report back...
[Mate 8 General] duraaraa:
Thanks! I can't even seem to make an account. Whenever I do, I try to login and it's called inactive.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
nope, false alarm unfortunately, cant access the site either, even with a registered account....bummer!

im sure, additional sources will pop up in due time though :)
[Mate 8 General] duraaraa:
I managed to pay for it and get the latest firmware for both international models. I also successfully converted my Chinese model to an international model, in terms of software. I will write more in a separate post after figuring this out a little more.
[Mate 8 General] jjerickson19:
If you have managed to pay for it could u post it here on the forums for everyone to use maybe via google drive link?
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
um, he already did exactly that...? :D
[Mate 8 General] m3dd0g:
Someone tested which Firmware is better the chinese B137 or international B133?
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
well with B133 theres definitely less hassle configuring the google apps and services :) also got the world record in geekbench for released mobile devices with other AL10 phones with international firmware getting consistently higher scores than stock al10 and stock l29 phones :D
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CincyTriGuy:
OK I'm a complete newbie here. I bought the 8" S2 International unlocked version from Amazon and will take it to AT&T to activate it tomorrow. It's on 5.0.2 and is not seeing any OTA updates. Does anyone know if there's a way to get 5.1.1 OTA? If not, does anyone know if Samsung has commented as to whether they'll release 5.1.1, or even Marshmallow, for this device or will I have to go to a custom ROM?

Also, is there an absolute beginners guide to this site? I've been reading through the threads and keep seeing terms like odin, twrp, and many others that I don't know what they mean and I'd like to figure out.

Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d.cortez:
i just received the same device yesterday and so far, it's working just fine on at&t: including data full phone features (i wasn't aware that this version of the Tab S2 had a full fledged phone). i inserted my nano sim from my dual-sim note5 and the S2 configured everything automatically. also, i didn't see an OTA when i checked yesterday and there's nothing at sammobile.com which is where one can generally find firmware (stock ROM) for Samsung devices. any custom ROM right now will likely be 5.0.2.

Odin = Windows based application used to flash firmware to Samsung devices.

TWRP = a custom recovery that - once your phone is rooted (similar to admin privileges on windows pc) - allows one to flash a custom ROM or other components/features not on a stock device. you can also create backups/nandroids of your device so you can restore your device if something goes wrong (similar to resorting a windows system image to a new hard drive). always, always backup when trying things out. tutorials are here, but sometimes not easily located via search. :good:
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] kunalpatel00750:
I have recently bought Unlocked Sprint M8 from ebay.in they imported it from us.

But i have recieved with kitkat 4.4.2.

Now i have downloaded ruu from sprint site and if i flash that ruu will my phone we remain unlocked after flash or it will be locked again?

and is here any risk of flashing ruu?

I am downloading ruu from here :- http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8-sprint/news/

my modelid is 0P6B70000 and cidnum is 11111111
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] OMJ:
I assume you are referring to SIM unlocked since you are outside the US....I believe SIM unlock will survive RUU, but I'm not 100% sure... if it does not, go to this thread & contact stifilz, he can unlock.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] kunalpatel00750:
Thanks for your response i updated it to 5.0.2 and sim is also working fine.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] maxorpio:
kunal boss i also purchased it from ebay.in .what do you suggest .shall i update or not. what is its performance after update.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] hriatahriatpuia:
Will you help me as well,I recently bought the m8 sprint from eBay.in.the device is unlocked and it's working very fine,but still stuck in kitkat.Feel like using marshmallow but can't.I had already downloaded the ruu file,please help me how to use it for updating to M.It was rooted when I bought it.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] parthodas:
I've bought M8 from ebay.in. The phone is working fine with GSM sim. Although the os is kitkat. Want to upgrade it Marshmallow. I downloaded the ruu, but the upgrade is failing. The error its showing as "wrong image. Please down load proper image".

Also, want to know, why M8 is not supporting LTE.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Magnum_Enforcer:
Did you update your firmware first before running the RUU?

Sent from my HTC 10
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] parthodas:
I have not update the firmware. Let me look into other posts and try upgrading the firmware. If you have any link handy, please share the link.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thamerkh:
Hello guys,

I have got the note 5 a week back. it is still 100% stock. I have a problem with the stock music player. It does not play music over the loud speaker or the headphones. although both are working like a charm in all other apps.

a work around this is to download a third party music player and let play anything. after you return the stock player it plays. when the third party player is out of the RAM or device restart then same problem is back.

I hav SM-N920C with 5.1.1 and LMY47X.N920CXXU2AOJ5.

Any help ? thanks.
[XDA Assist] katalackatt76:
Hi. I am new here. Looked through similar posts but doesn't seem helpful to my situation.

My device is a Google android operating system, and is stuck in a bootloop cycle. Sometimes it goes past the Acer logo screen to home screen them reboots and sometimes it only gets as far as the logo and then reboots. Sometimes im able to get to the settings to try a restore but it never completes. Any help is greatly appreciated!! Thanx.
[Android Software Development] Ricky Divjakovski:
OVERVIEW

some people may have already seen some of the stuff i make like apps, tools, roms, mods and exploitation.

yesterday i got my first ever MTK device, and in all honesty i think the range of tools are crap other then MTK droid tools but that unfortunately isnt open source

THIS IS A

COMMUNITY PROJECT

AND THAT MEANS FREE AND OPENSOURCE AND OPENMINDED TO IDEAS

DOWNLOADS, DOCUMENTATION AND SOURCE

DOWNLOAD(VERY EARLY STAGES)

SOURCE CODE

NOTES

hopefully the community jumps in and gives me a hand and suggests features​

XDA:DevDB Information

MTK open source AIO tool, Tool/Utility for all devices (see above for details)

Contributors

Ricky Divjakovski

Source Code: https://github.com/Ricky310711/OpenSource-MTK-Tool

Version Information

Status: Testing

Created 2016-01-14

Last Updated 2016-01-21
[Android Software Development] hocuspocus69:
those are Teclast T98 MT8752

first stock

second modified for resizing purpose (system userdata)
[Android Software Development] Ricky Divjakovski:
i have made the scatter file parser made, ill be making a new repo and pushing to git later tonight
[Android Software Development] kirito9:
Great idea since MTK Droid Tools doesn't have support. :good:

My MT6572 scatter file with custpack partition (Alcatel Pop C2).

MT6575 scatter file with custpack partition (Alcatel S'Pop).

MT6571 scatter file (Blu Dash Jr K)
[Android Software Development] keemi:
MT6577 scatter file with custpack partition (Alcatel Idol 6030X)

Mt6572 ( other china phone)
[Android Software Development] SCrid2000:
Here is the scatter for the Wiko Fever: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63755203&postcount=4
[Android Software Development] AndroTech:
scatter file for Coolpad Note 3

scatter file for Coolpad Note 3
[Android Software Development] Ricky Divjakovski:
well normal scatter conversion is done, but may i ask what is an emmc scatter?

and couldnt we refer to a normal scatter file rather then the eMMC scatter, it doesnt seem to contain much info other then the partition label and size?
[Android Software Development] kirito9:
It's basically the same as a normal scatter but some smart phones produce that scatter type(emmc) instead of the normal scatter. Same goes for some MTK Droid Tool versions like it happened with me. I got both normal scatter and an emmc scatter for the same phone.

I don't know why that is though. By both scatter files work with SP Flash Tool.
[Android Software Development] Ricky Divjakovski:
ok, well ive made the scatter conversion, added the project donate feature and the abillity to see the tool and utillity versions, the source is in the main post
[Android Software Development] kutlay1653:
mt6572 jb scatter
[Android Software Development] Ricky Divjakovski:
scatter files arent needed anymore, thanks anyway ill keep it for refferrence
[Android Software Development] kirito9:
Great :D I will check it out.
[Android Software Development] Ricky Divjakovski:
any features you would like to suggest use the suggest features tab :)
[Android Software Development] m0nt3s:
I recently go into mtk myself and have used your kitchen, Thank you! I don't have much experience in making roms but I have hard bricked my mt6572 K8 watch and my Cubot X-15 by getting carried away with with flashing but while doing so I've managed to bring them both back to life and have aquired 10 gigs of all kinds of different MTK tools. I'm mpre then willing to share my collection, now why would any one need 10 gigs of tools? well I learned the hard way that SP flash tools can be a pain in the ass when trying to bring your phone back from the dead hitting you with mad BROM errors so I found out that if you need a no bull**** save me flash tool, go with Infinix Flash. Any ways I'm more then down to be a part of this and will try to comtribute whatever I can
[Android Software Development] Ricky Divjakovski:
SP flash tool is a great tool, abit complicated fpr norrmal users to use but gets the job done, if it were upto me personally id make a menu from the scatter file presented and have a list of partitions to flash based on the scatter
[Android Software Development] licensedtoquill:
MediaTek 6571 which wont address hard drive properly

Not sure where to start, trying to get my MediaTek MT6571 working properly but before I try to flash, is there any utility which can read the hard drive, either in Windows, Mac or Linux please? I and numerous others report that we have severe partitioning problems and would like either to see if there is unallocated space on my hard drive OR if there is some endemic problem with my Hexing71_et_lca ROM which is stopping it addressing its drive properly.

I feel I am caught in a Windows 98 time warp with some sort of LBA problem where I can't address anything more than a tiny percentage of the hard drive!

The 6571 seems to have a 16 gig hard drive but if it does, most of it is unallocated and only 899 meg shows as usable. When I try to install anything much larger than a few meg on it, I get OUT OF SPACE error messages.

So I figured that I need to install an SD card in the device and installed a 32 gig one, - obviously for all the apps. Aparted managed to get the card working but now after I did manage to install AIda on the phone, I am getting the same 32 gig installed, 899 meg available (none actually usable and) OUT OF SPACE error messages in Disk Storage & when I try to use the SD card as well!

Is there any GUI out there which can show what is actually going on with this device please? It wont show up in OSX, even in Disk Utility, but I do seem to be able to read (only) the hard drive's empty photos storage partition in XP and Linux. The only thing I know about the device from recovery mode is that it might be a sw version alps.jb7.mp.v1.14

custom build vern 1443066946, whatever that means!
[Android Software Development] kirito9:
The best way to really see how much space each partition has is using MTK Droid Tool and choose the option block information.There you will see your partition sizes and names.
[Android Software Development] Ricky Divjakovski:
what do you mean read the hard drive?

if your reffering to the phones storage i think you mean eMMC?

and that is devised into seperate partitions and filesystem formats, you need software to read it not to mention split it, a good start would be SP flashtool and MTK droid tools, also i suggest you format the sdcard(take it out of the device) as FAT32 with minitool partition wizard, also might be a good idea to check for damaged blocks and if you have the time zero all sectors out

EDIT: also if your modifying andd flashing .img files make sure you save it as the exact same size as the partition
[Android Software Development] Modify World:
Thnx
[Android Software Development] licensedtoquill:
Sorry for my recerché use of the term hard drive but there is no 'format eMMC' option in recovery mode so I thought I would play it safe by calling storage the hard drive. Is it possible to have unallocated space on one of these mediatek devices? I SEEM to have 16 gig of storage but while looking for minitools, I came across a tiny app called diskinfo.

It reports that I have 197mb used and only 25 mb free on /system, 3gb used and 399mb free on /data, and 16.6 used and only 1.2mb free on /fat. and that's it!! I also get the 32gig free on the SD card report which sounds right. Is there likely to be unallocated space or is it more likely that someone has managed to build a smartphone in 2015/6 with effectively no hard drive? (There doesn't seem to be a setting for 'put all apps on the SD card in 4.4.4.)

Meanwhile is there a graphic version of droidtools? I ran it and cant really see from the block report what is going on, except that it confirms not much space available on the main screen, while also reporting 12786mb on what it calls the C drive, whatever that is!

Then it only copies this to the clipboard:

Hardware : MT6571

Model : MT6571

Build number : ALPS.JB7.MP.V1.14

Build date UTC : 20150924-043213

Android v : 4.4.4

Baseband v: MOLY.WR8.W1315.MD.WG.MP.V38, 2015/07/02 16:20

Kernel v : 3.4.39 (cs@xhldell-PowerEdge-T620) (gcc version 4.6.x-google 20120106 (prerelease) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Thu Sep 24 11:55:22 CST 2015
[Android Software Development] Ricky Divjakovski:
okay, let me explain, an eMMC is an embedded Multi Media Card or also reffered to as embedded micro media chip, it stores all partition data on it, and in android you will find that the internal sdcard is mounted under /data, so its actually more of a shared storage, increasing you /data partition and reducing other partitions would make your internal storage bigger but im not exactly sure on how to do so.

so in result, the amount of free space in /data is the amount of free space on your devices "sdcard".

its very unlikely there is unallocated space, because im pretty sure(not 100%) the remainder of the space is automatically added to /data

also in droid tools you have to convert the values from hex decimal to decimal.
[Android Software Development] licensedtoquill:
SO whatever I think about whether I have or haven't got storage space on this unit, when I put a 32 gig sd card in it, whatever problem I had should be automatically solved?

(Curiously, this phone has a fully internal and supposedly inaccessable SD slot!!)
[Android Software Development] Ricky Divjakovski:
not quite, in order to install new apps when low on memory, you must move some apps to sdcard(external), and yes if the phone detects the sdcard then your storage problems are solved, you could even narrow it down to horrible data allocation by the OEM if you need an external sdcard just to operate the device
[Android Software Development] licensedtoquill:
I think that this phone has a massive partitioning problem as there is NO space to install anything without the SD card in place. And without anything installed, there is a mysterious 3 gig of files somewhere. Unless droidtools is counting the ROM as /data and there are 3 gigabytes of ROM?

That was why I wanted some sort of GUI, to try to see what is going on with what windows and linux sees as this supposed 16 gig of supposedly available storage space!

Could be that I need to not just have a card recognised, but go into recovery mode and return to factory specs after installing the SD card?
[Android Software Development] licensedtoquill:
This phone is getting odder and odder: I have has it for a few months and it has always been a bit difficult to get into recovery mode, which was all in Chinese anyway, so it's not as if you could just press any button to see what would happen. But this morning, I got so exasperated with pressing combinations of power/vol down buttons that i started pressing indiscriminately. Obviously i cant remember what buttons I pressed, but - Suddenly, the phone went into the recovery screen (with a beige, - not black, - background) in ENGLISH!!! (Calling itself android recovery)

Then, when I factory reset it with the SD card inserted, it started giving even more bizarre results: eg storage now sees the 16 gig storage with 5 gig used (by nothing) and with 9 gig available. And even more mysteriously, there are now TWO SD cards showing!

It shows the 16 gig (what you call an) eMMC as SDCARD0 and the 32 gig microSD I Inserted as SCCARD1, - a 32 gig card with 16 usable, but with nothing occupying the supposedly unusable space?? And these results aren't stable, - they change as I reboot the phone! And most downloads from the play store result in 'unknown error -495' codes, as the 32 gig card switches between being called SDcard0 andSDcard1. Or as the SD card spontaneously unmounts itself and then won re-mount again.

This is all beginning to point to a really buggy ROM (has anyone else had problems/success with hexing71_et_lca?). And towelroot wont root it.
[Android Software Development] zolleex820:
hello help me

pls official rom

Akai Eco E2 Phablet

Model : ECO E2

Build number : ALPS.KK1.MP6.V1

Build date UTC : 20150728-064654

Android v : 4.4.2

Kernel v : 3.4.67 (tanbin@YCS) (gcc version 4.7 (GCC) ) #1 SMP Tue Jul 28 14:39:06 CST 2015

Baseband v: MOLY.WR8.W1315.MD.WG.MP.V43.P3, 2014/11/04 15:00