yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrDanielJackson:
Hi XDA,

Long time no post (search function has been good to me, but life has been meh) :)

I have a 16GB Nexus 5. When I check all the things stated in the below linked post, it all checks out!

http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/general/info-count-nexus-5s-t2562020

But!, when I try to do so with a Nexus 5 32GB model I bought online its weird...

The IMEI on the box, phone, and sim card tray all match, but! My IMEI number does not start with the digits mentioned in the above linked thread/post, completely different! Nor is there anything remotely similar: eg;

311Kxxxxxx

There is reference to country code SB

All I see is a product code.

Also, there is no serial number listed on the box only a product code. Normally I would compare the last 6 digits of the serial number on the box to the IMEI number, but i cant :( so this looks suspicious. Plus I cant even confirm the manufacture date.

Has anyone ever seen a product code instead of a serial number listed on the box?

Furthermore, I'm disappointed because it said it was "new" (although I know it would have been older stock) but I noticed some things.

Its running Marshmallow (how can that be when Marshmallow was not even out when Nexus 5 ceased production) it was obviously updated. I jumped into bootloader and recovery to prove this.

Yep, KitKat bootloader present NOT Marshmallow, and recovery logs full of references to Lollipop..., update.zip..., etc etc..... sigh. Don't say its new if it clearly has been opened and played with!

But then again my bigger worry is the serial number missing and only a product code on the box. Don't get me wrong it was all sealed and looked fresh of the shelf. The sticker on the box has not been tampered with either.

In conclusion (sorry for the long post), do I have to worry/return this unit?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perseus:
The thread you have linked might not be complete. It'd help solve your mystery if you posted in that thread, rather than a new thread.

Now as to your SB Country code, Quick Google search indicates that's Soloman Islands and this isn't the first time either. To put your mind at rest and find a definitive answer, you might want to call LG's Customer Support

or get on a chat with them. Provide the information from the Sticker on the box as well as IMEI as reported by Phone. Ask them if this is legit phone. They might not provide you warranty for it, (or they just might) but they sure can tell if its a legit phone or fake. Now as to the Updates being applied, well seller might have applied them thinking buyers might appreciate it, especially Non-Techie ones. If the phone proves legit, you might want to fully update the phone, bootloader and all.

Oh BTW, Not very Stargate fans around here. I personally like John Sheppard. :)
[Android Apps and Games] viplay:
This game simulate ball juggling, you have to toss the ball then try to catch it to get scores. You maybe not be familiar with catching balls at first time, just practice and practice, you will be a juggling artist soon.

You can also share results via fb easily.

[IMG="JuggleBall"]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fi2oXvxYsmUg4pWl-akzRKDvaXVVJa0knFTXnkpA_3boPqVAiRyvNHwL5b89TYX7iw=w300-rw[/IMG]

[IMG="QRCODE"]https://chart.googleapis.com/chart?cht=qr&chl=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fstore%2Fapps%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.viplay.juggleball&chs=180x180&choe=UTF-8&chld=L|2[/IMG]

[IMG="juggle_ball"]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4Hp5_rzQKIVqF6BB-0swfiDAoFvy43Y0GO_7jxu3PB4vaK7vIZ2hjFVUZMkCxMJpdp0=h900-rw[/IMG]

[IMG="Juggle_ball"]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/UVAxrKyp_49WHVZ23B014pvFcc6rEomgR4SjhEdqjNerKOdH7K-OLtQ7Ff3Qm4tczQ=h900-rw[/IMG]

[IMG="Juggle_ball"]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gMfw2mBzjnczrbK6uZX-XHAfm60fMIsd5GPOtL8Nnar09TaBKOQsJuR9qHYPnO2jxN0=h900-rw[/IMG]
[XDA Assist] Zaka 47:
HI everyone

i have a Lenovo A660 / Android 4.0.4

when the battery level reach 15 % , i don't get that " weak battery " notification but i get another notification that says " unfotunately , system ui has stopped "

and system bar on the upside of screen disappear and the notification keeps on showing to me even if i close so many times .

i tried all this solutions

wipe cache / wipe data

without any results

and when i plug it to the charger all the problems are gone .

But i want a final solution

so thank you everyone , I really need your help. :( :( :(
[General Questions and Answers] Pranjal Mandloi:
I have MICROMAX CANVAS SPARK 3 (also known as MICROMAX q385)

now, let me explain my problem

1) I am stuck at booting screen (i can only see "Canvas" written)

2) Cant even turn off my phone (and also NON REMOVABLE BATTERY)

3) Cant boot into recovery mode

Can my phone be fixed PLZZ HELP

A MARVELOUS THANKS IN ADVANCE.

Please ask if you want to know anything more about my problem which might help you to fix it. (or if i have missed any information).

If you think its not the RIGHT PLACE to ask questons then plzz guide me where exactly to ask THANKS. i need to fix ASAP
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] truprettyboi:
can someone post the wallpaper that comes in the htc tsk theme
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
OMG, i just discovered:

GOOGLE
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] KarhU:
Rename the Tsk to cab and then you can open it with Total commander, or any Winrar, winzip or other compression utilities and extract the files.

Rename tdywater named file to jpg and that's it. (there are 4 jpg files in tsk backgrounds for portrait and landscape and the same for menu backgrounds).
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsandoz:
"E:failed to verify whole-file signature" at 47% when downgrade from 5.1.3 to 5.1.2

I bought this tablet a few days ago (Fire HD 10 Tablet, 10.1" HD Display, Wi-Fi, 16 GB - Includes Special Offers, Silver Aluminum). Looked fine, until I hooked up to WIFI and started seeing ads on a device I paid almost $200 for! Plus I noticed no Play Store. I found root junky's thing to disable ads and put in play store. Play store worked fine, but ads re-appeared after a day. I found manual instructions for disabling ads, but found that stupid Amazon just puts them back OTA! I found on here that to really disable ads, I need to be rooted and on OS 5.1.2. The thing OTA updated to 5.1.3 from 5.1.2, and was in the middle of going for the next update. I hurried up and put it in airplane mode before it could try to screw me futher. Now it is frozen at 5.1.3 with update paused. I following a guide I found on here for downgrading from 5.1.3 to 5.1.2 which involved rebooting into sideload mode. I tried sideloading update-kindle-20.5.4.2_user_542168620.bin (47%) as well as update-kindle-global-37.5.4.2_user_542168620.bin (47%) and get "E:failed to verify whole-file signature" followed by "E:signature verification failed"
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DB126:
Wrong forum, look here -> http://xdaforums.com/hd8-hd10
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsandoz:
Answered my own question. Had version right (5.1.2). Had generation right (Gen 5). Had source for firmware for wrong size tablet (I have 10", not 7"). Made it all the way to 100% this time. I have seen this same question without an answer elsewhere. Check that you have right firmware on all three counts! (Version, Generation, and Tablet Size)
[Fossil Q Founder] senseijuan:
Seems like the Fossil Q Founder Specs is almost the same with Q Wander, based on this page, http://www.smartwatchspecifications.com/Device/fossil-q-wander/ I also checked the Fossil site page for wearables and seems like there is little difference between the two
[Fossil Q Founder] MotoHo:
Yes they are....the main differences between the two is the wander and Marshall for that matter are thinner and lighter than the founder. Also the wander/Marshall have a snap Dragon processor instead of the founders Intel atom. And last but not least the wander/Marshall has an internal speaker whereas the founder has none.
[Fossil Q Founder] RayLever:
Yes Fossil watch always superb rather than other watches.
[Fossil Q Founder] ramgarg11:
i think there are more better watches as compared to fossil you can check here

smartwatchguru
[Android Auto General] Ciorba:
Hi,

Few days ago I bought a car android multimedia (radio, audio/video, GPS, etc) from China, via Aliexpress.

I installed it without problems, all connectors fitted well, android system (4.4.4 customized) started ok, all functions are accessible and works ok, BUT the screen colors are inverted (negative color image).

I didn't noticed this from the very beginning. Looking on the weird colored main screen I thought that they are how the chinese likes :p. Later, watching a demo video, I realise the issue. To confirm wrong colors, I searched on internet for RGB palette images. As result, the "Red" is displayed as light blue, the "Green" as magenta and the "Blue" as yellow (sorry i can't upload pictures - I'm not allowed at this moment).

Then I said: "No worry, i'll fix by the "inverted/negative colors" setting in the Accessibility menu. Solution failed: there's no such setting available, the chinese android customisation have removed it.

Looking further for fixing, I simulated the issue on my Samsung Galaxy tablet, setting inverted colors on it. When I restarted, the tablet boot up in normal colors and just after a while it turned in negative colors. And here begins the drama: contrary the tablet behavior, the car device starts with negative colors from the very first boot image. That means there is no inverted colors system setting, but something wrong with the device.

Then, I raised a complaint to the seller. He replied me to look at the display connectors, the cables may be loose. I checked, there are two ribbon cables, I disconnected and reconnected each one at both end connectors. Problem not solved. I told back to seller, but yet no answer.

Now I need your help. Not necessary providing me with a certain solution, but at least to define which is the most probable cause (firmware, software, hardware, connections, or whatever else) and If it is likely to be solved remotely. I need this because i'll continue the dispute with the seller and I don't want to be fooled by them.

Thanks.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justinmartin111:
At first my lg g3 was showing model number as d855.but when I upgraded to mm using d855 kdz it bricked(hs usb qd loader brick) . With the help of a post here I recovered my device from brick but during the process I opened the back cover and found my original board in d851 instead of d855.so I flashed d851 images and my phone working with d851 rom with out any problem except 3g network issue. I cannot connect to 2100 mhz band which provide 3g here.

So I am trying to find a way to flash d855 rom in my device.

It is possible because my device was running in d855 rom earlier.

Plz help me
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fishcik:
Hey guys.

I dropped my g2 in water a couple days ago. the screen is completely black without any sign of life. when i connect it with usb to my pc i can see my data.

i only need to activate wifi to access whatsapp web.

i already tried droid@screen with adb but i couldnt get the phone authorized. it says unauthorized on cmd.

so yeah, the only thing i need to do is to enable wifi. any help?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blakvu:
I have been looking through the posts here and on other sites, and I cannot seem to find anyone with experience of rooting the Blackview A8

I have tried using the Kingo Root phone app and their PC software application, which did not work and left a number of other applications installed.

I want to root the A8 in order to be able to use ES File Explorer and StickMount to download photos direct to USB sticks.

If anyone has any suggestions to help with this they will be very gratefully received.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blakvu:
Bump ...

The processor is a Mediatek 6580A, in case anyone has rooted another device with this processor...

Full specs for the Blackview A8 on devicespecifications.com - I cannot post the Url at present

The device has the possibility of USB OTG, but does not connect to any device I have tried, and the USB OTG Checker App tells me that the API is installed, but no USB OTG in the Kernel.

Dropbox works fine as a backup/ transfer method, but I want to be able to use USB Sticks for when I am not on WiFi/ Network...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] segaodma:
bump... need root for blackview a8 too
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrgadgetuk:
Rooting Blackview A8

I have successfully rooted my Blackview Y806 A8 phone. I flashed a TWRP recovery first and then manually flashed the supersu zip. I will try to find time to write more detailed instructions asap.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solid.snake:
Will also wait for files and procedure. Thanks.

---------- Post added at 08:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:30 PM ----------

If it can help...

https://www.dealabs.com/bons-plans/...m-2050mah-double-sim--/256438?comment=4381794
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrgadgetuk:
Rooting A8

I have the TWRP recovery img and the supersu zip file. Does anybody know whether I'm allowed to upload these files directly to this website? And or put links to other websites relating to rooting the A8? One more thing. I believe there are two types of A8s. The Y806 and the Y813. I have the Y806 but my son has the Y813. There is a way of telling them apart. I will make a start on the instructions once someone confirms whether I can proceed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solid.snake:
Never mind, upload it.

How to make the difference between both A8?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrgadgetuk:
Rooting A8 Instructions

First you need to download the correct Stock ROM for your device:

THIS IS FOR THE Y806 VERSION:

http://bbs.blackview.hk/viewtopic.php?f=136&t=57766

THIS IS FOR THE Y813 VERSION:

http://bbs.blackview.hk/viewtopic.php?f=136&t=32613 (THIS ALSO SHOWS YOU HOW TO IDENTIFY YOUR DEVICE.)

1.	Download and extract (to a place where you can easily find it again) one of these ZIPs.

2.	Rename the ‘recovery.img’ file inside, ‘recovery2’. Download the ‘A8 recovery.img’ from here https://mega.nz/#!PoJ3gJLA!-xm4X6AzmzsWl5LgQm2gFKaxr-yIC2B492LW4ucVWGY and copy it into the above extracted folder and rename it ‘recovery’ (without the inverted commas).

3.	Here http://www.needrom.com/download/blackview-a8/ you will see ‘Flashtools’ about a quarter of the way down the page. Click on it and download will begin of Pack-Flashtool-v5.1604.00.000.

4.	Unpack FlashTools. (There is a folder inside named ‘Driver’ if it’s required) and click on Flash_tool.exe inside the folder called SP_Flash_Tool_exe_Windows_v5.1604.00.000.

5.	Select "scatter-Loading" and search for MT6580_Android_scatter.txt in the extracted ROM above and wait for the files to be added into Flash Tool.

6.	Un-tick/unselect all, EXCEPT ‘recovery’.

7.	Select "Download only".

8.	Turn off your phone, remove the battery (if the battery is removable) and replace it after some seconds (and don't turn on the phone).

9.	Press the “Download” button to start and then connect your phone into the computer via USB data cable.

10.	The process will start (If it doesn’t start after 5 seconds or so, unplug the cable and plug it back in).

11.	A green circle with a tick will be displayed signifying it’s finished!

12.	You can now safely disconnect your phone and turn it on.

FLASHING SuperSu.zip

1.	Copy the SuperSu.zip file to your SD Card.

2.	Reboot your phone into the new TWRP Recovery

3.	Select ‘Install’ and locate the SuperSu.zip file and select ‘Install Image’.

4.	After flashing has completed, reboot your phone and you will finally have root.

I BELIEVE I HAVE INCLUDED ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS. IF I’VE MISSED ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW AND I WILL TRY TO REPLY ASAP.

I’VE ALSO ATTACHED SOME IMAGES PROVING THAT MY A8 HAS BEEN ROOTED.

P.S. I’M NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE ACCIDENTALLY. SO READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pizza-:
My phone has no white sticker, but a black sticker the size of the small white one. Would that be the y814?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrgadgetuk:
Then it's a Y813
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solid.snake:
Here :

Y813 : [IMG="Y813"]http://bbs.blackview.hk/download/file.php?id=754&sid=a1f584e623a1df959e1337bfb5566ce4.jpg[/IMG]

Y806 : [IMG="Y806"]http://bbs.blackview.hk/download/file.php?id=753&sid=a1f584e623a1df959e1337bfb5566ce4.jpg[/IMG]
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] q1pa:
The MEGA link always give me download failed even I have a stable wifi connection. Any other miror on y813 stock rom link?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrgadgetuk:
The Mega account for the ROMs isn't mine. It belongs to Blackview.hk
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] segaodma:
Edit:

Silly me... I was holding wrong keys for the start menu... thank you, it works!

Whoever you are... I owe you a beer! :D

Old message:

I did all from the tutorial (I have a black Y813). It finds the phone when I connect it to the USB, says all OK. But when I try to boot into TWRP (holding Volume- and Reset button) it still boots in the original factory Chinese boot mode. No TWRP mode.

Works! Works! Works!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wollilolli:
Okay, now I have root. So far understood.

What have I to do if I would like to renew the total system. In may case the Android system has several adware included. I wish to change the rom against a "clean" system.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wollilolli:
I solved it myself. I have flashed the whole downloaded y806 file and checked all items in flashtool to be flashed. After a longer boot duration the system works great and ....without adware. Great!!

---------- Post added at 10:52 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:46 AM ----------

Hi, but which keys are the valid ones?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtremeaptitude:
Hey guys! I'm about to root my Blackview A8 using the method mentioned in this thread. How is everyone's experience with this? Is rooting my phone using the above-posted method completely safe?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_Crismaster:
I'll recommend this

I'm really thanks with you, this really worked and I recommend this process :D (I've a Y806) But you missed something. To install the drivers of the FlashTools you have to disable the obligatory use of signed drivers before to install it (If you don't have disable, The installation won't finish) Thanks :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnMcM:
Hi. I've managed the first part of the process, up until receiving the green tick and copying the SuperSU.zip to the memory card on my A8. The problem comes when I want to go into TWRP: I manually enter recovery mode and I get a dead android icon with the line "no command".

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

John
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huami:
Same problem for me. Black Y813 bought recently with factory image dated 2016.10.10. I have installed TWRP using the procedure listed in this topic. When I reboot and press volume up or down I get either into some Factory mode (with entries like Auto test, Manual test) or boot mode where I can enter recovery mode (or fastboot or normal boot), but then the 'no command' problem appears. Does it mean TWRP was not installed at all or there is a problem in running it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnMcM:
Dead Android problem

I managed to get the TWRP to work by redoing the flashing procedure. This time I left my battery out of the phone when I did it and it worked.

Good Luck. Hope it worked for you.

John
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnMcM:
Malware in ROM

Has anyone else here had problems with the default Android browser being hijacked by junk ads? It doesn't crop up on the first day after resetting the phone but after a day or two you get a page opening up and directing to this url: offer2.joymedia/mobi It quickly cycles through different page addresses and maybe ends up on a page encouraging you to download some dodgy app. After a while the infection spreads to Chrome as well.

Deleting cache and app data doesn't seem to help. I rooted my phone, as per the instructions, to help uninstall any malicious apps, but not having much luck. Malwarebytes doesn't pick up anything.

Would be great to hear from someone else who has fixed this problem.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huami:
Finally I managed to install TWRP and root my both phones Y806 and Y813 with battery removed during flashing, for Y813 it worked only for the second time.

Regarding adwares/spywares on these phones that was my main reason to root the phone. The problem was with unattended installation of adwares. Even after I removed adware from applications it was soon appearing again. These apps were Feedback, The favorite and even Aliexpress. Adds were shown on the main screen. Very nasty way of advertising things. I have discovered that the package that is responsible for it is called adups.fota and you can disable it from Terminal Emulator as root.

Open Terminal emulator, became root and disable the packages as follows:

su
pm disable com.adups.fota
pm disable com.adups.fota.sysoper

More on this here (I can't post link yet):

githubDOTcom/angrave/SystemProgramming/wiki/File-System,-Part-8:-Removing-preinstalled-malware-from-an-Android-device

(if the link does not work google it with keywords 'adups.fota disable from Terminal Emulator')

Edit: I got adware installed again at night :(.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnMcM:
I'd previously uninstalled Adups.fota (detected by Malwarebytes). Finder and Myfavorite I've now gotten rid of as well. I don't see Aliexpress as an app although I do get their ads.

Despite uninstalling all those programmes I am still getting ads. To me it seems disgraceful that Blackview will sell a phone with such unpleasant, annoying adware preinstalled. I wonder if there are any alternative, clean ROMs that would work with this phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huami:
See if you have application called Feedback and remove it.

I think I got rid of the unattended adwares installation. It has been few days now and nothing was installed by itself on both phones. I have removed following packages:

com.fw.upgrade*

com.sales.statistics

(not sure which one exactly was doing the adwares installation but both looked suspicious to me)

I have disabled them by running

pm disable <package_name>

But also removed relevant .apk files from /system/app and /system/priv-app, remounting system partition to read-write mode before that. Hope it helps.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnMcM:
Thanks Huami,

I used a root uninstall application and Root Explore to get rid of these programs. "Myfavorite" kept reinstalling itself but then I found lots of other Myfavorite apk files in the data/media/cache folder. Since deleting those I haven't had the adware back.

All the best,

John
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huami:
I have removed a bunch of packages but I was still getting the adwares (Feedback, My Favorite) installed by itself (usually at night). Today I ported 'FreemeOS 5.3 [5.1.1][MT6580][k3.10.72] infinix HOT2' image to our Blackview A8 and it works. Well almost, something's not OK with the camera, but that seems to be solvable. It looks nice, runs smoothly and hopefully it does not have any backdoors like the stock ROM. Will update you if I get into troubles with my ROM.

Btw. to copy my boot partition I used dd from the console running as root:

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 of=/sdcard/boot.img
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newelco:
Hi

Can You host any place your ported rom ? i have a y806 (my friends phone ), and maybe you can say exactly how you put the flyme on the phone( sp-flash tool??

Thanks