yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FLAC Vest:
Phones can easily last 3 to 4 years; the battery is going to be the first to go. Like the other poster stated, it's usually app updates and software updates that slow a phone down over time.

If you buy any upper tier phone made in the past 2 years, however, you'll be set for at least 3.

Keep in mind, slowdowns and problems with performance over time really only show when playing really demanding games. If you're just browsing or taking pictures or are on Facebook or Instagram the phone really won't ever be a problem.

But yea, I would highly suggest checking out models on Swappa if you're OK with buying used. I just grabbed a Nexus 6 (2014 release) from there this weekend. Tons of phones are in mint condition at steep discounts.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ballanda:
When I put the phone up to my face, the stock in-call screen's speakerphone button is evidently in the same exact spot as my protruding cheekbones. Almost every I answer the phone, as soon as the phone goes up to my face it flips to speakerphone right before the proximity sensor switches off the screen.

I guess I could learn to place the phone to my ear first then lay it over the rest of my face. But I was just wondering is there a replacement for the stock in call screen where the speakerphone button wouldn't be right on my face?

Yes, i realize this is a dumb thread.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wiltron:
If you root, you can install GravityBox for MM, and use the option in there called "Use Proximity Sensor" to decide if the screen needs to be woken up or not.

Could do nothing, or could fix your issue as it's another sensor coming into play. You can't switch to speakerphone if the screen is off, no matter how bony your cheeks are :P
[XDA Assist] scott.kennedy2:
I have a Hannspree model # HSG1279,

and it will turn on and it goes straight to

android system recovery it gives 6 options

1. reboot system now

2. apply update from adb

3. apply update from sd card

4. wipe/ factory data reset

5.wipe cache partition

6.wipe media partition

I have tried every option and it continues to go straight to this screen, please give instructions on how to fix it back to factory default.
[Ascend Mate 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trubidulo:
Hello

First of all, I'd like to excuse myself because of my lack of knowledge in all that android stuff and also in english. I got my phone rooted just by following tutorials on internet.

I have a Huawei Ascend Mate 7 MT7-L09. Probalby half a year ago, I have unlocked bootloader and installed CWM-based Recovery v6.0.5.1 and got it rooted.

Not long ago, Huawei released a new version of the EMUI, wich I guess is the Android 6.0 marshmallow thing (logically, I was using the previous version). After downloading, I tried to install it but it would reboot to the CWM everytime I was trying. And then, after booting, the phone would tell me the update failed. It's normal, I know. I needed to install it manualy and etc

BUT instead, by pure ''I don't give a crap what may happend'', I did some big crap.

First of all, in the phone's settings, I did a factory reset. I made a backup of all my files and data before (not in the CWM, but in the phone's tools). After the reset, the phone booted in an old-fashioned android version.There wasn't any keys to go home/back on the bottom of the screen. Because of this, the phone was almost unusable because I had to reboot the phone to leave an app and select another.

I raged and booted to the CWM by pressing the + button and the lock phone button.

I went to Mounts and Storage Menu and did all of this

format /boot

format /system

format /cache

format /data

format /storage/sdcard1

format /data and/data/media (/sdcard)

I did the wipe data/factory reset

I also went to Backup and Restore

I made the

delete from /sdcard

delete from /storage/sdcard1

free unused backup data

choose default backup format

I went in Advenced Menu aswell

I chose

wipe dalvik cache

I think that's it. No wonder why it doesn't work well now LOL...

Later on, I thought I may try to fix it. After reading some stuff, I downloaded a package from the official Huawei website, I think it was with the 5.5.3 EMUI or some sort of. After mounting USB storage to my pc, I put the zip file, wich was not really a zip file because it had a .tar format, it would show me by going to the install zip: Impossible to read format lol. Then I found a package of a rom wich was zip. After putting on the phones storage this zip it would start to install and show installing update and then show me: Installation aborted. Then i gave up and decided to ask some help from pros.

So..... What should I do?

I know my explications are weird, but this is the only way I can describe my problem.

Thank you for reading this long story, and even a bigger one if you help me.
[Ascend Mate 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pocketsmith:
hi,

i don't know cwm recovery.

I suggest you install TWRP recovery , then flash the rom image found here.

(i have installed B571 by this way)

http://xdaforums.com/mate-7/orig-development/recovery-twrp-2-8-7-0-mate7-android-5-1-t3156779

http://xdaforums.com/mate-7/general/huawei-mt7-l09-l10-stock-firmware-ota-t3275784

regards
[Ascend Mate 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mother_Teresa:
tar is another compression format like rar and zip.

If you have the software installed to use terminal commands (ADB) to connect to your phone when it is in so called 'recovery'or 'fastboot' mode you should flash the TWRP recovery image for Mate 7 posted somewhere on the forum for better compatibility. It is basically similar as CWM (clockworkmod) but newer.

In another post here there is a summary of firmwares and in that list is also the 'Twrp Backup' of a fresh installation. That should be downloaded, unpacked and placed in the folder where other/previous backups are stored. To find out where that it is you can create a backup yourself in recovery but only select the 'boot' so the backup is done immediately (and useless) and you can browse your phone to see where to put the downloaded recovery backup.

Next is restoring that backup within recovery.

Personally I would also do a factory reset after that but you should be ready to go after that.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Miguelito Favrito:
I have been reading threads for 3 days. I am not new to gadgets, but I am new to the german language. I just biught a T-Mobile MDA Compact III-german. I need to convert to English and would like if possible to enable WiFi if I can. Would someone who is very smart send me-

1) The files I need

2) Step by Step directions

3) The best idea on GPS software and loading.

Help Help Help! I admit I am a NEWB, but without newbs, the rest of you wouldnt feel smart!!!!:confused:

Thanks for any help!!!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gdisselkoen:
If you don't mind loosing the T-mobile add-ons you can download the English version of the WM6 ROM from the HTC site. Be aware that you will start with a 'clean' sustem and that you have to configure your connections to be able to use GPRS and internet. At the site you can download the manual with the information about configuring your device including WiFi.

I'm not sure what you mean with "The best idea on GPS software and loading", are you talking about navigation software?

G.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Miguelito Favrito:
I tried registering my phone with the serial number on my phone to get the update from the HTC website. Even though it is the equivalent of a HTC

P3300 phone, it wasnt recognised because it was sold as a T-Mobile device. So I couldnt get the download. Any other ideas?

Anyone have the file saved? Can media markt change it to english? I would rather do it myself just for learning purposes for future changes.
[XDA Assist] bhoopendra lodhixda:
How to unlock bootloader of Panasonic p55 novo mtk6592 .....

I tried fasboot

command

1.fastboot oem unlock .

But it gives unlock failed

If some one have any solution please refer me ....

Thanks in

advance
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] FreedomLife:
Hi, everyone

Home button in s7 edge , I just feel low quality...

First of all he prominent outside, And When I press the button I feel it is not High Quality...

It feels like a little loose and not steady and strong.

Incidentally new device... I tend to believe that everyone is like that

My question is, is it felt the same for you?

Thanks :good::good:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] NeoDJW:
Nope, rock solid here
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] thegrants82:
It's just you.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] FreedomLife:
OK
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] peachpuff:
This app will turn your home key into a capacitive one so you can just touch it rather than press it, works 90% of the time https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.easyhome&hl=en
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] FreedomLife:
Wow cool! :good:

I'll try it...

How it works incidentally? Is it dangerous? Because fingerprints and it ...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] peachpuff:
It works like magic... not really sure but it does work, most of the time.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] FreedomLife:
why not really sure ?

Can you elaborate?

I'm scared because fingerprints ...:rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] peachpuff:
Im not sure how it works, that's what i meant, don't worry about finger prints.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] gsmyth:
Working great for me too, saves clicking the home button all the time and I think it should be a capacitive style all the time. It seems to work on most apps, only found it not to work when in phone settings menu or the app drawer but you can just use the back button there so no big deal.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] martinarlaw91:
I think it feels like that because it's plastic surrounded by glass
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] FreedomLife:
If you say :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] FreedomLife:
Thanks to everyone for response
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ApplepieFTW:
Hello all,

I've used a z5c for a short time a while ago and my experience with it was downright terrible. It was overheating, getting annoyingly warm while doing basic tasks, whenever I got under 15% there was an annoying red light in my face, there was an orange light always on in the night when it was charging, and then the screen shattered from the tiniest drop. The battery life was also poor, despite it being great on paper. Anyway,

Did the (marshmallow) system updates fix the terrible heating situation?

Is there a rom out there that fixes the heating issues?

Is it in anyway possible to disable those lights?

I'm planning on buying a new one (with tempered glass protectors) if these things are possible.

Thanks in advance for answering!
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] civicsr2cool:
The .224 update brought new life to the z5c but it still has all of its usual flaws. Overheating is still an issue, I regularly see temps in the 140*f range but it is a major improvement over the 170+ from lollipop. The battery lights are all able to be disabled so long as your rooted, I don't see how they're an issue though, every phone I've ever had has had them and I prefer them. Battery life is improved drastically. I used to not make it 4 hours before going dead on lollipop,now I can make it through a whole workday.

Also note that I've never tried the official build of marshmallow or the kernel. I went from lollipop straight to xpower ROM and androplus kernel.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MattyCurrann:
I am currently on Marshmallow, there is still overheating issues. In fact, I'm just on facebook and its getting a little warm. If you're in hot countries too it can be quite a problem, I live in England so it isn't as bad, everything is always cold so I can literally just place my phone on something cold like a desk and it will just be back to normal temp, but then obviously increase again lol.

Yes lights can be disabled with root.

Cyanogenmod13 actually disabled unnecessary stuff, and actually stopped it from overheating multiple times. However, cons of CM13 is that the camera doesnt work etc..
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RiTCHiE007:
Im on marshmallow and the phone got alot better but **** these sony phones bro. Think you might be better of with a other brand because this z5c will be my last sony for a loooooong time.
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tronjojo:
Is there anything else out there that's similarly sized? Is z3 compact a better phone?
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uchechris:
In battery wise, yes
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] civicsr2cool:
As along as you can live with side charging and flaps the z3c is all around a better phone. Unfortunately there isn't anything even close to rivaling this phone or to replace it yet.I refresh news on the xianomi mi5 mini, htc h10 mini, and s7 mini weekly just to make sure lol
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M7ammad:
DON'T buy it, seriously i'm done with Sony , last android i'll ever buy
[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tronjojo:
Ye, me too. I just want a smaller phone that's as powerful as the big guys. And I don't want to switch to an iPhone
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shangor2:
Hi,

I have a problem with my Xiaomi MI3W. I installed SuperSu and AdAway.

It worked briefly, but after short time android crashed with some system error.

After reboot I got this screen "To start Android, enter your password".

Whatever I write I get "Decryption unsuccessfull" and text "...Your data is corrupt... you need to perform a factory reset..."

And there is a button "RESET PHONE".

When I press it it brings me to recovery mode. I tried wipe cache, other wipes didn't work.

I tried flashing latest stable rom with MiFlash and fastboot.

It finished successfuly, but the problem persists after reboot.

I also tried wiping and factory reset through TWRP.

I seems that 'data' folder is empty.

Help, please...
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] szayell22:
choose wipe and then select format data on twrp (button beside advanced wipe i think)
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neopiper:
Hello,

I have the app power saving feature enabled and most of my apps I have them with the "Auto save power" option. Everything was working fine. Once in a while I would receive a notification that a new app was saving battery because it had not been used after 3 days. The saving power apps used to show a number of apps on saving mode. However, it suddenly changed to 0 apps saving power and the auto save power doesn't seem to be enabling any new apps even after 3 days.

Anyone else having this issue? or anyone knows what can I do to solve it? I haven't been able to find something useful in my searches.

thank you.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] timberwolf60:
If using alka twrp and officially unlocked the bootloader, universal boot image patcher was not necessary for flashing any official miui rom.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] churchrickshaw:
i had to do what i did because the recovery wouldn't stay flashed. alka has the boot image built in anyways, so really it's the same thing.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] rayulove69:
I think DPI should be ro.sf.lcd ? you've written ro.sf.ldc??? Is that correct?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] churchrickshaw:
fixed. typo
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] RavdeepAurora:
What if i directly boot and flash alka recovery?

What if i directly boot or flash alka recovery? instead of first flashing twrp official and then flashing alka through it
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] churchrickshaw:
try it. like i said in my post, i had to do what i did or else alka wouldn't stay flashed. if it stays flashed for you then great, you've saved 5 steps.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] capitak:
For what it's worth, I haven't done anything yet aside from bootloader, MIUI 8 and install nova launcher; the wallpaper/lock screen error only happens when I've got nova set as default. When I go back to the stock launcher, I can change both without error. Then I set nova back to default, I can still change wall/lock until I actually restart the phone.

So hopefully that might give you an idea as to what's going on and maybe it'll help.

Do appreciate the guide, something I'll have to do eventually when CM13 works out the kinks.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] keenan316:
Thanks the dpi edit works great.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] churchrickshaw:
Thanks! Good to know it wasn't from the debloating.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] same240:
I just want to have "write access" to my MicroSD card, so I plan to unlock/root my device.

If I follow the guide just to unlock, is all my personal data/setting/profiles/installed apps still be there after unlock?

Pls advice.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] topp10:
Just waiting on my RN3 to arrive, so this post is perfect timing.

I'll report back once I've followed your steps.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] doganmanis:
should i install SolarWarez Xposed and Material Xposed Installer or just one of them?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] churchrickshaw:
Don't know. Unlocking bootloader usually wipes the device.

You need both, as usual.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] RexMi6:
I'm getting this problem in cmd prep work :confused:

Bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON

AN error has occured setting the element data.

The value is protected by Secure Boot policy and cannot be modified or deleted.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] churchrickshaw:
You may need to disable driver signing instead. Google that for your windows 8 or 10 machine. My method ensures it's disabled.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] pet4a:
I used your guide.

Thank you!

everything is working, on stable-globe rom.

I'm using Titanium backup to uninstall system apps
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] manoysos1175:
I'm using the official MIUI Global Stable 7.5.3.0 and have unlocked the bootloader using the official way as well. I just now installed alka recovery directly using fastboot commands and it seems to work fine. It's still there after rebooting a couple of times and I already took a full backup of the phone. Haven't tried restoring it yet, which I will probably do later and post the results, but I guess that will work as well.

Edit: I tried to restore a backup just now, but I got an error when it tried to restore the firmware partition. The error was "extractTarFork() process ended with error : 255" if I'm not mistaken. Still everything seems to be working fine regardless of that error.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] arthurkos:
Thanks !!! Amazing post!!! Helped me a lot !

I have a Note 3 Pro , couldn't unlock the Phone with Global Version (even with permission) always stoping in 50%, tried to change to Chinese Version, but I couldn't, so I tested with Global Developer Version (Miui 8) and I got the unlock
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Anil6975:
I'm doing same process you said after unlocking boot loader officially. I'm trying to flash mokee rom and open gapps pico arm 64. After booting rom is crashing saying com.android.phone is stopped and when i check for oem device info it is locked. plz help where am I going wrong
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] pet4a:
Can i delete

Hangouts

clock

gxfpservice

messaging

repost bug

talkback

xiaomi assiatant

yellow pages

?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] adwait.bhandari:
Bro great tutorial. Used it to root my device. Thanks. Please would you add tutorial for updating miui too? Thanks. ( I flashed alka acc to your tutorial)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] churchrickshaw:
Probably not gxfpservice, that's your goodix fp sensor. All others is up to you it seems.

You would download the ota from the updater app and then boot into recovery to flash. Make sure you read my first post, you have to redo somethings ... You should probably back up your data
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] BozoBob:
Good tutorial. Everything is working as you described.

I did debloting like you sugested. But I reconsidered about FM radio. Moving FM and FM2 directories back to original place doesn't work. How can I reinstall FM Radio app?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] churchrickshaw:
Should reappear after rebooting
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] tngcphng:
how to de odex this rom ??
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] BozoBob:
Tried that. Didn't help. Also copied apks to sdcard and tried to install them from there. No luck... Like some thing is missing. Any other suggestion?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] timberwolf60:
Used alka to re flashed the rom, superSU and exposed V86 solarwarez in a single flash, wiped cache and dalvik cache then reboot phone. Then proceeded to debloat again. Rebooted phone , done.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] BozoBob:
Was expecting more straight solution, but tnx any way. Had some problems after reflashing to 7.3.7 and trying to update to 7.5.3 with OTA. Didn't find 7.5.3 recovery rom at first, like I was originally . But that is another matter...

Now I'm on 7.5.3 debloated with FM radio working.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] rajperth:
Hi all,

Thanks for the guide, been great and got my phone slimmed down to 2.1gb free! But then I went to do g/f Redmi Note 3, running latest stable and officially unlocked and all went well until I rebooted after the finish - now it wants me to Activate the phone (which is already was) - and also will not work when entering password - says RPC error. There is very limited help on the Miui site, or anywhere else for that matter. I've tried to log into MiCloud but there is no ability to activate there. I've now deleted the phone from her account in the hope it will stop asking - no luck.

I really don't want to wipe her phone as there are some sms/pics I can't get - rest is ok.

Idea's please?

Thanks in advance

Raj
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] AmiinAniis:
I just want to use the stable global rom and have root+xposed

the question is will alka twrp be able to flash the ota updates normally? or it will brick?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] bilakos10:
Don't freaking quote the whole post just to ask something.

You can flash regular OTA updates with Alka. You will have to flash the full recovery rom.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] AmiinAniis:
ok thaanks :)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] churchrickshaw:
And redo twrp and root
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] LiQuiD_FeAR:
Awesome list of apps to debloat! Thanks
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrath_00:
Does anyone have a clean nandroid backup of the TextNow moto e LTE rom? My memory card went bad and have no backup. Any help would be appreciated.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domigr:
Hello!! I have one galaxy s6 (sm-g920f) and i try to restore it back to stock but every time i am trying to flash it via odin i am getting this error:sw rev check fail device 4 binary 3.. i have tried with full rom( AP,BL,CP,CSC) with and without pit file and with the rom just with the ap and nothing..i have also tried to flash with kies and smart swich and i am getting the same error... i have done all the wipes from the recovery (twrp) and still nothing.. only if i try to flash a custom rom from twrp will boot...now i am downloading the firmware of my device according to my serial number to flash it.. i also tried the method to flash like if you get sboot.bin error..

Can anyone help me please??:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domigr:
i just flashed it with a full rom but without the bootloader(only ap,csc,modem) and it works!!! :D :D