yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] itje:
I have wanted to adress a issue that has increased noticeably since I joined XDA-Dev, im not sure if anyone agree with me at all on this

But more and more of the developers here demands "donations" for their work, and that really sadden me. Because more and more ppl will feel that "hey, this guy and that guy actually makes money on their work, why cant I?" and in the end, this forums users will have to "donate" to everyone, and it will slowly suffocate from greed...

I know many use hours after hours, doing really amazing work creating,fixing modding and w/e. And I fully accept that ppl have a donation button in their signature, and that ppl can donate money as mutch as they want.

But when developers write that if you donate, I will continue my work, or if you donate I will provide you with support, or you can download my work if you pay for it, then xda has decreased to a point where I cant support it.

I joined here because I needed help, and I got it, for free. And I decided I want to contribute too, so I started learning, for free, what I now know. And I try my best to help out.

I have had many ppl telling me that they want to donate money for the work I have done making roms, etc (in herald section)

But I dont want any.

And I will make this promise: Im never gonna have a sig with donations, and I will never accept any form of donations for the work I do here. But I will respect that others have a "donation sig", but I will not accept and use stuff developed here that has a "you

must

donate me"

What make/made this forum great, is that so many have shared for free, amazing work.

Im not sure what the creators of this forums feel about this, or the current admins/moderators feels about this. But if you guys somewhat agree with me, please do something about it.

Im just a user, with my thoughts and views on things, and I dont know if anyone see it the same way as I do, or if this is actually a issue that should be adressed at all.

But maybe its just me and my thoughts that are wrong :o

cheers
[General Questions and Answers] Midget_1990:
where does anyone demand donations? devs ask yes, this is true in any dev community, if they say you MUST donate then that is wrong and against forum policy, so show me some examples ;)
[General Questions and Answers] itje:
Allright. I was hoping that I didnt have to, because I dont wanna make anyone a "example" and I dont want to start a flamewar or a fight on who does it or not.

I think I need to say that the "demand" is often not written as a demand, but its usually adressed with please support me, and I will....insert "service provided" here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=336234

Im NOT saying the poster of that thread is "guilty" of anything, and im sure that explanations could be provided and so on, but im adressing something that is increasing, atleast from my point of view. And Im gonna be the first to back down on what I "shed a little light on" if im mistaken in my interpetations.

But I do read alot around on the forum, and I just feel that more and more ppl wants donations for the work they do.

I will quote some general sigs, without saying who have them,and its not copied from anyones sig, but its a general "quote" of many diffrent sigs.

"if you like my work, and want more, donate"

"If you like what I do, buy me a beer"

"support my hard work by donating"

"Accepting any amount in donations"

"Incourage me to continue my work, buy me a beer"

list can go on with diffrent versons.

Im not against a donation system

, but I really dont like it when you must donate to download anything, in my interpetation, that is as you say, against xda policy.

Is not developing for free, and so that we all can get more out of our devices encourage enough? If we want to make money on our work, why not start a company and start doing buisness on our own websites, and not use xda-dev to promote work we want to make money on?

sorry if I offend anyone, thats not my intention at all, and as I said, the post i linked to might be a bad example too. And I respect the hard work they do, and actually understand that they wants donations and all. Im really impressed by the work both the owner of the thread I use as example, and others. And that they deserve payment for what they do or not, is not the issue im forwarding here, so please have that in mind when commenting what I try to adress here.
[One (M9+) General] varalex:
how to remove yellow pages from Contacts and Dialer?

phone rooted
[One (M9+) General] DJ Mohammad KHAN:
omg what is this?!
[LeEco Le 2 Questions & Answers] newcdn:
Looking to get this phone. Are there any stock android roms?
[LeEco Le 2 Questions & Answers] booyah@rc:
As far now only ROM for this device is MIUI with brightness bug and volte not working.

But devs are working to get fully functional CyanogenMod, therefore you can expect to get CM 13 for this device in near future.

But a custom kernel named 'Qassam Kernel' is available developed by Brawn_Sg and his team.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightningglasses:
I know some phone models, have random phones that can't have their bootloaders unlocked. Is this a problem with the Nexus? Can all Nexus' be rooted or is there a chance that it's not possible to do it on some?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boxguy1:
No Nexus is made for devs all of them should be unlockable
[General Questions and Answers] shaun279:
theres a thread that explains how to root TVpad2 OS but also installing android but unfortunately Im still confused to where to begin...

Since I can't post outside links, I'll post the replies here:

this seems to indicate tvpad has onboard storage of ~4G which runs the applications, though i'm not sure about the function of each partiton. it doesn't seem to be easy to put a custom os such as 'openelec' into the storage through telnet. i think in order to do that, one needs to tether the box with linux machine first...

here's the guide that i'm trying to follow:

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^You are correct. Not going to be easy. At least I had many sleepless nights trying to find a way to put Android on TVPad1/2/3. Probably not going to help you with your Openelec project, but for Android I found an interesting article which is mostly related to TVPad2/3 (tcc8925 chipset): REMOVED . Never got much further with it since I never figured out how to put the TVPad2 into FWDN mode (bricked a perfectly working unit trying to figure that out). So I called it quits. I am a Windows guy though, so maybe for some Linux wizard it's a piece of cake.

^thanks for the info, it's good to know.

now i realized that putting 'openelec' won't be possible because onboard rom would require the firmware be loaded first since it contains drivers specific to the tvpad. however, it's unclear to me how one tethers tvpad2 to computer for editing and transferring firmware, since tvpad2 only has one standard usb port( a host usb?). and the linked guide utilizes a miniUSB to usb cable to link the CX-01 mini PC to computer for updating the firmware. anyway, these procedures seem too complicated to go through for what tvpad is worth.

this is a link i found that contains some info on flash fwdn image with pc to devices with TCC8902/TCC8803 chipset:

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Could anyone give me some insight? Thanks :)
[Mate 8 General] thelads:
Hi everyone. I've been loving the battery life on my Mate 8 since getting it a few weeks ago but have been encountering a few missed notifications which seems to be a common complaint.

After reading lots of forums and articles I finally came across a Forbes guide which seems to have solved my notification issues.

Here are the steps from the article (and an additional step left by the author in the comments section):

Step 1: Go to settings --> advanced settings --> battery manager --> protected apps, then find the app you want to see notifications from, and protect it. This is "whitelisting" the app so Huawei's overeager software doesn't shut it down for no reason.

Step 2: Go to settings --> apps --> advanced --> ignore battery optimizations, then find the app and ignore it. Don't be tricked by the misleading wording, "ignoring" the app actually means to let it run, because you're telling the battery optimization function, aka Doze, to "ignore" that app.

Step 3: Go to settings --> notification panel & status bar --> notification center, then find the app, then activate "allow notifications" and also "priority display". You have to activate the priority part too to make sure you get notifications. I've tried just activating allow notifications but not priority and I still didn't get notifications from that app.

Lastly, go into battery manager –> power plan –> then switch it to “performance” (i think “smart” is default). “smart” tends to be overaggressive in killing apps.

Hope this helps with any notification issues people are still having as we wait for EMUI 5 to roll out to everyone.

You can read the article here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/bensin/...uawei-phone-heres-how-to-fix-it/#50b9e4978aa7
[Mate 8 General] Pfeffernuss:
Although the article mentions no real news (it's all been said on XDA a zillion times), don't forget to read the comments as the fourth real important step isn't mentioned in the article itself. Really, really professionel :rolleyes:

What an incredibly terrible site by the way. Will not visit ever again. Complete garbage. But that's irrelevant :good:
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] acole10000:
I have a Ravpower 16750mAh External Power Bank with Quick Charge - Dash Charging makes this dang near useless and I don not see any external batteries that support Dash.

Soooo Dash Charge is "cool" but at this point it is incomplete for the mobile warrior and the accessories that are available are expensive and proprietary.

Thoughts?
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] Whizdumb81:
I was just thinking.. What if you use one of those portable power outlet bricks with the original dash charger brick attached. Granted they aren't very small and it's not a native dash charge platform but it could theoretically work.
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] mekanismen:
Because of the heat that Dash charging generates on the charger end, it might be hard, if not impossible, to make a battery pack that utilizes it.
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] stevenswall:
Metal heat sink insulated from the rest of the casing would probably work. My phone charges crazy fast, but I don't really notice the charger heating up much the few times I've touched it.
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] ishtangli:
http://www.oppo.com/ph/accessory-vooc-power-bank

VOOC = DASH

but you have to supply your own type C cable.
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] hgoor:
Yeah, except that won't work as it has micro-usb OUT and IN.
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] pendragon666:
You could get an adaptor but that would probably not work since dash requires qompliant cables and chargers
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] andreq85:
I think some people tested Micro to USB C adapter on the VOOC car charger with good success. It's a bit cumbersome tho.
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] oTeMpLo:
Really missing a proper dash powerbank! I hope there would be one soon.
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] vinaaa:
Maybe this Xiaomi powerbank with 18w usb-c with a good cable?

http://www.mi.com/in/pb10000pro/
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] Jo_Jo_2000:
thats not dash.

you can't just expect it to dash charge
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] snowwolf725:
Iron man 8V

Support VOOC、DASH，Qualcomm QC2.0、QC3.0、MTKPE1.0、MTKPE2.0、Huawei FCP、Samsung AFC

https://world.taobao.com/item/546973904805.htm
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] benm98:
Does that charge the phone at dash charge times? the 30 mins that one plus advertises ? Is it really the same? and does it work?
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] emsiti:
I've got that powerbank, so I can make sure if it doesn't work when I will receive my op3t.

Wysłane z mojego Mi-4c przy użyciu Tapatalka
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] emsiti:
So, like we supposed to, it doesn't dash charge.

Wysłane z mojego ONEPLUS A3003 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] moobiking:
It's inconvenient that Dash is totally incompatible with Qualcomm quick charge, only the official charger and USB cable support Dash.
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] snowwolf725:
Yes, this is the real deal.

Dash charging works.

In addition, it can charge your phone in 5V/4.5A.

(The stock DASH is 5V/4A.)

You can change electric current from 3A to 4.5A in power bank setting.
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] T4ke5:
Sounds perfect. How's the exact name of the power bank?

And do you know where to purchase it?
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] oTeMpLo:
http://budgetlightforum.com/node/48561
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] T4ke5:
Mh, seems to be rather complex to order it. But I really want that beast. Seems to be the perfect power bank
[OnePlus 3T Accessories] chenrp:
where can i buy one?i have many 18650 batteries.

thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Krazie99:
I just switched from att G935A to G935U 6.0.1 I was wondering if it's possible to root? If so how?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] dionissa:
hi, i have a sony m4 aqua dual version e2363 and i cant root it,

my pc doesnt recognize it, the xperia connection USB doenst install the xperia software too, when i plug it on pc usb just start to charge the battery.

In the service menu> usb test after plug in it does not recognize, just charge the battery.

Already did a factory format and not worked.

What can i do to the usb work? Even debloater cant find it
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] ᵀᴴᴱK!D ᴼᴿᴵᴳᴵᴻᴬᴸ ツ™:
I have this problem too :(
[Lenovo Phab 2 Pro Questions & Answers] fogtint:
Hi all, I'm having an issue with setup wizard specifically the Google verification. It's telling me I need to sign in with an account previously used on the device (it's brand new) due to an apparent improper factory restore. I'm able to open apps using nova launcher but when I go to select default launcher it says setup wizard and I can't change it. I'm also unable to add a Google account. Any help is appreciated, thanks!
[Lenovo Phab 2 Pro Questions & Answers] roebling:
Doesn't sound new. Wipe it:

Settings > Backup & reset > Factory data reset
[Lenovo Phab 2 Pro Questions & Answers] fogtint:
Box was sealed and everything, I tried restoring from settings but same thing. Also only the back button works home and menu don't, is there a root bypass or ROM in the works?
[Lenovo Phab 2 Pro Questions & Answers] Tornaco:
Did you ever login with another google account?

Try:

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot erase config
[Lenovo Phab 2 Pro Questions & Answers] fogtint:
I assume I'd need to enable USB Debugging to use those, which I'm unable to. Would a stock rom flash or root fix my issues once either are released?
[Lenovo Phab 2 Pro Questions & Answers] fogtint:
So I found a fix via vnrom (Test DPC) everything works now but I'm hoping there will be a fix for the notification bar and such. Just wanted to update you guys, thanks for the assistance
[Lenovo Phab 2 Pro Questions & Answers] JoGuev7177:
Would you be able to post a link to where you got the info or how to do what you did?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] wshean88:
Dear all.

I am using samsung galaxy s7 edge. Earlier, i sent my phone to official samsung services center to claim for warranty repair. They have changed my motherboard due to faulty.

Recently. My phone was wiped remotely. I was wondering how possible my phone was wiped.

I check my gmail login sessions. There was no unusual login.

Is it possible that my samsung acccount been hack ? I did not share to anyone on my samsung account.

Is it possible that samsung staff can gain access to wipe my phone remotely ? (I have did a full wiped before sending for repair)

Is it possible to wiped my phone via imei or series number of the phone?

Guys. I need help from your advice. I lost all my data on the phone.

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] American Ak:
I can assume it could be a bug in the firmware.

I don't know if someone can wipe your phone remotely.. and I wonder why should be.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] wshean88:
that's what I am thinking also.

And I also wonder the possibility of why someone want to wipe my phone .
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Geoz:
If you're suspicious change Samsung account password
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] llvllaster:
If you are using an exchange mail account, then check the server settings with your admin. Same happened to me before.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Airax:
Do you have a unlock PIN and the wipe option turned on? Screen got activated on my old S6E. This meant the phone thought I was trying to incorrectly unlock and wiped itself after X attempts.
[HTC Tornado] goldi2003:
Hello All,

Your expertise in helping me (and all other users who read this post) is highly appreciated. I had WM5 with Arabic support, meaning I could read and write in Arabic charactersitcs. Now that I installed WM6, Arabic is no longer supported. How can I use Arabic in wM6, also, is there anyway for me to copy any data, files, etc from WM5 to WM6 so that it could read/write Arabic?

Please help.

Thanks
[HTC Tornado] karhoe:
Extract the T9 files, and font files from your WM5 ROM, your phone, what manufacturer is it from?
[HTC Tornado] goldi2003:
i-mate sp5
[HTC Tornado] Exitao:
Follow the link in the moderator's sticky anouncement thread for info on internationalisation (or localisation).

You can also search this forum for "arabic localisation"
[Android Builders Collective] yohan1:
This question ate up my whole night, let me explain.

Imagine Android 7.0 Nougat. If I edit/tweak the ROM completely with added features, tweaked Kernel, less bloatware and other custom features. Can it still be called an Android? It's a custom ROM that I built, just like CMOD or so.

If so then why will I still have to pay for licensing? The problem is not actually the price but the limits which Google enforces such as a must have Play Store app and all that, comes with it. I don't want it in my ROM but Google forces it, in order to get the licensing. But if I can't tweak freely and redistribute it then how is Android truly an open source project.
[Android Builders Collective] madbat99:
You build it without Google apps. You (and other users) can add gapps with any of the available packages. Yes it's still Android.
[Android Builders Collective] robot_head:
Lol, just because you customize the rom doesn't mean that it's not Android that's the beauty of Android is it can be customized if you have a car and you add all this cool stuff to it does it all of a sudden become a boat or a shopping cart no it is still a car in the same model you bought just like Android will still be Android no matter how much you mod it
[Huawei Ascend P7] aalijagicc:
Can anyone kindly help me:

Huawei P7 GRA-L09

* GRA-L09C432B200

* Android 5.0.1

* EMUI 3.1

How to update to latest 5.1.1?

Thank you.
[Huawei Ascend P7] danlikesphones:
This is a good step-by-step guide:

https://rejzor.wordpress.com/2015/12/03/update-huawei-ascend-p7-l10-to-android511/

I followed the guide to go from 4.4.2 to 5.1.1.

This website is also good for finding the firmware files:

http://www.carbontesla.com/2016/03/download-huawei-p7-l10-full-b852-lollipop-firmware-europe/

Hope this helps. Give me "thanks" if it did!
[Huawei Ascend P7] erayrafet:
gra-l09 is huawei p8 not p7
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] majedjefara:
heloo

ihave g900a virson 5.1.1 need arbic rom or how edit langish in rom

in downgrade problem 5.1.1 to 4.4.2 fail! odin "system"

plz need downgrade to 4.4.2 or how add langish
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] Hamsteh:
Hey folks!

Yesterday I installed [JDCTeam][7.1.1] on my new Mi5.

The clean install went perfectly and everything appears to be working just fine! So firstly, thanks heaps for an awesome ROM.

Only two issues I've come across so far are these:

When charging, the notification LED is very rapidly pulsing Yellow, its super annoying and I was trying to figure out if there's a way to get around this?

I'm currently using Fingerprint Quick Action app to add soft-touch home capability but its unreliable and tends to drop out from time to time. Any fixes around? I tried this method with no luck.

Thanks in advance!

- Hamsteh
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers] oyir:
I also have the sam issue and i'm a little bit annoyed with notification led when charged.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] TheAtheistReverend:
I just bought the Verizon 27th, and I'm on 6.0.1 (ph1)

I would like to root at some point.

I have a notification that my phone has updates available. Is there any reason not to update?

TIA
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] mb27:
I took the update (API3) and later rooted without any issues. If there's any disadvantage to taking it I haven't noticed.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] tttuning:
When my wife sends a picture or screen shot through SMS/MMS it comes in real blurry and pixels. But friends on Android are fine.....
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] nique0201:
Did you use to have a iPhone? I heard sometimes apples serves will still recognize you as a iOS user and it can screw with MMS to and from iPhones . Maybe it's trying to iMessage you and it's failing or something or sending a different fetype because it thinks your still on iOS... I may be wrong but that's something I heard of.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] tttuning:
Update.....It's just with screen shots and no I've never owned a iPhone...Just her
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] aholeinthewor1d:
I heard it was the stock messaging app that lessens the quality. Try a 3rd party SMS app. I'm using Chomp.
[Xiaomi Mi MIX  Questions & Answers] Sabaw:
is there a difference? should there be a preference from one way or another?

I would assume the most secure way would be via the mi store.

Thanks! Should get my mi later!
[Xiaomi Mi MIX  Questions & Answers] Aeskulapio:
I think every new Mi Mix owner should initially experience their Mix before rooting.

I had mine a week before I decided to root.

I downloaded from the Mi store and installed the store, framework, calendar, etc that let's you use the G Apps. After a few days you'll decide if you find the Mi ads, and permission requests merit flashing TWRP, Rooting and installing another ROM. I'm currently on the EU Rom and the Mix is amazing once appropraitely rooted and optimized

cheers

J
[Xiaomi Mi MIX  Questions & Answers] saurabhsun:
Hi

I am on China Dev rom, how is the EU rom different, besides no Mi apps and default Google apps? Seems a big task to root and go EU so not really sure. And I guess, when Nougat arrives, it would first come to this China Dev rom.
[Lenovo Phab 2 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] speculatrix:
http://www.androidauthority.com/lenovo-tango-2017-736736

General Manager of Android and Chrome at Lenovo, Jeff Merideth recently mentioned that since other companies will be working on new Tango phones for the 2017 year, it only makes sense for Lenovo to do the same. He mentions that since they have already made their first device, if they can make a second generation while others are creating their initial offering, they should be quite a bit ahead of the game.
[Lenovo Phab 2 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Exelios:
And where are those devs? I feel like I'm the only person on XDA trying to do something for this device.

Also a total sale of 6k devices makes it depressing when thinking about porting LineageOS, so much work for so little..

I made that super simplified root guide and there were not more then 5-6 people interested

(Sorry just me feeling depressed with myself when thinking about further development for this device)
[Lenovo Phab 2 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Elemy:
Thank you very much for your great work. But please tell me what is your main goal of rooting Phab 2 pro? There is no custom rom for our device. So?