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[General Topics] LyricalMagical:
I love AMOLED because of the deep blacks. I use the Reddit is Fun app a lot and the true black BG option they have for phones with amoled panels makes it really easy to browse reddit for longer than I should be. It's also nice that when watching media on my phone with black bars on top or on the bottom that they are not lit up with a backlight and blend in with the bezels. I don't think I could use amoled on a laptop or desktop for the reasons you've mentioned, though.
[General Topics] kamranhaghighi:
Yeah. but the Purple smearing makes it terrible. watching movies or scrolling is just terrible.
[General Topics] RedToken:
There are positive things too. You can always keep screen on minimum brightness for clock and etc. AMOLED screens look better than IPS LED, their colours are brighter. I don't think that's bad technology as more and more smartphone makers are making transitions to AMOLED screens.
[General Topics] cnat:
My moto x had an amoled display, and I loved it because of active display. There was pretty much no effect on battery life because of the amoled panel. Also, for those who prefer oversaturated colors, amoled delivers. Also, like it was said above

Using it at night with all black themes makes it much easier on the eyes imo.

But hey, to each his own
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] HTC NOOB 84:
I am trying to update my firmware on my Verizon HTC One M7 from 1.10.605.08 all the way up so I can get Lollipop and then install Viper 9.0. I am S-Off and SuperCID and don't want to revert back because I no longer use my phone through Verizon. Any help in this area would be appreciated. I'm having problems finding the firmware updates needed to accomplish this and my understanding is that I can't just use the Stock Rooted 5.0.2 RUU because of how outdated my firmware is.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] santod040:
Firmware shouldn't be difficult to find:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46506621
[Verizon LG G4] Leronzo:
Hi I just received my lg g4 yesterday and I installed all of the updates last night from Verizon and lg so everything's up to date but whenever I go to settings and try to change my lock settings it crashes saying unfortunately the process android.com.lockscreen has stopped or something like that and if I try and go to security it says the same thing but security instead of lockscreen in the error. I can't search settings because it'll crash I've tried to clear the cache and force close settings and settings storage but that doesn't work i don't have a Verizon SIM card in it if that matters I don't have any SIM card in it. Any suggestions?
[Verizon LG G4] Spookymyo:
Reset your phone
[Verizon LG G4] Leronzo:
Did that I restored it cleared cache I even hooked it up to Verizon assistant and reinstalled the firmware update still got the same problem but I just sent it back to get a new one
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Scotsman828:
Sorry, see post below.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Scotsman828:
Crap! So much for building CM13. Not much point now. Will wait to see what becomes of LineageOS.

https://www.xda-developers.com/the-death-of-cyangenmod-and-whats-in-store-for-the-future/
[Android General] WibbleWobbleXd:
So, I tried rooting my SM-G935A Galaxy S7 Edge, and now it gives me a message saying something went wrong while installing the custom firmware.

I have tried everything, Odin, Keis, And smart switch. But odin always gives errors, Smart switch crashes instantly when I hit OK on the emergency firmware upgrade. Anybody have any idea how to fix it?

Carrier: AT&T

Thank you:)!
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] imucarmen:
So I have the US996 deodexed ROM and the H918 Konverged kernel on my VS995 and it's working fine other than the static bootup screen so I was wondering are any of the H918 ROM's working with the VS995?

Thanks
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] N1ghtr08d:
I have a sprint 997 and I tried flashing a 918 ROM and it didn't work.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] fenrir_ac:
Sorry this might be a little bit off topic, but I'll just provide my finding anyway.

I have a rooted F800L (Korean U+ Variant) v20. No ROMs working for me now except the stock one. I'm stuck with LG splash screen after flashing any H918 ROMs (tested quite a few, but not all). Ironically, there's one xda member who managed to get stock H918 running on his F800L, I tried his method with no success.

As for stock deODEXed US996 ROM, my phone manage to boot up and I can only use it no longer than a minute. Clean wipe and I couldn't finish the setup wizard before the phone automatically reboots. Restoring my F800L stock ROM data into the US996 ROM works (no more setup wizard), but still the phone will reboot automatically in less than a minute.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] vcantrell:
Hi all,

New user here, not much experience rooting or messing with firmware for phones. I was following the guide on how to flash the SM-935U firmware to the verizon model of the Galaxy S7 Edge, and may have bricked my phone. Here's what I did.

Followed the guide to the letter.

Powered off phone, booted to Download mode

Fired up Odin, selected the SM-935U firmware files, and clicked start.

It gave me an Auth error, which research revealed means that I forgot to turn off Reactivation Lock. I figured, "Fine, I'll just disable it. However, I can't get the phone to boot again. Every time I leave download mode, it boots into Android Recovery, where, no matter what I do, it just reboots into Android Recovery. I can't Wipe anything because it can't mount /system - probably due to Reactivation Lock?

I've been research and researching ways around this, and everything I find just points back to flashing it with the stock firmware. But then I read that you can't even do that if Reactivation lock is on, because Odin will still fail with the Auth error. So, I can only get it to boot to recovery mode, and I can't flash it with anything?

I did read somewhere that if I choose to wipe the phone's EFS with Odin that it should override activation lock, but then it clears the phones IMEI, which is an even bigger mess, isn't it?

I feel like I have to be missing something... since it never did the wipe, why is it that I can't get past the recovery mode. Shouldn't I still be able to get into the system somehow?

Does Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions for me? I'd really like to not be stuck with a permanently bricked S7 edge if at all possible....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] vcantrell:
Solved

Just wanted to post this to help anyone else who might have this issue. Turns out that you can flash the stock firmware, as long as you're flashing at least the same version or newer of the stock firmware as what the phone was running prior to getting stuck in recovery mode. It shows you what version it was running in the recovery mode at the top.

So for me, I googled the exact firmware version that recovery mode said the phone was running, downloaded it, flashed it with ODIN, and it worked just fine. Had to choose to wipe with the recovery mode after I flashed it, but then it booted like normal. - Then I enabled OEM unlocking under the developer menu, and tried flashing the U firmware again with ODIN, and it still failed with the auth error. Huh.

Turns out (maybe I wasn't doing it right or something) that you can't flash older versions of the firmware to the phone. But, as long as OEM unlocking is enabled, you can flash the U (unlocked) version of the current firmware to the phone and it will take just fine. Hint: I was able to determine the "version" number by looking at the last 4-5 characters of the build number... the verizon version I was running for my SM-935V was: VZW-G935VVRU4API3 - So I googled the API3 firmware and found the U (unlocked) version for my carrier (I happen to be using T-Mobile) on this site: https://samsung-firmware.org/model/SM-G935U/ and found the zip file name which was TMB-G935UUEU4API3-20161011161050.zip, googled that, got the rapidgator link, downloaded it, and that flashed just fine to the phone, and now my T-Mobile SIM works perfectly in what was previously the SM-935V, which now identifies as an SM-935U in settings. It's beautiful.

Also, you need the PIT file, but I was able to use the PIT file for the phone model number (again, found at the top of the android recovery menu), which for my phone was: HERO2QLTE_USA_VZW.pit (googled that and got it off androidfilehost) - I was able to use that PIT file for the T-Mobile U version of the firmware and it worked just fine.

Hope this helps someone.
[XDA Assist] AviMagnezi:
Hey there guys, I wondered if you can help me out with this one.

My nexus 6P volume buttons stopped working all of a sudden,

but! The only thing that is not working is turning the volume up or down,

If i'm trying to take a screenshot - it works. bootloader - works. soft reset - WORKS! :confused:

did this ever happened to someone else here?

Best Regards and I hope we all find a proper solution for this :cowboy:
[XDA Assist] sawdoctor:
Greetings and welcome to assist. It appears that it may a software issue rather than hardware, I would try and reinstalling your stock rom and see if that fixes it

Good Luck

Sawdoctor
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] awdrifter:
Is there an auto reject call function for the AXON 7? On the ZTE forum some threads says there's no such function for the AXON 7. I just can't believe a phone made in 2016 still don't have this. Thanks.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] cashn:
These are the results for Xda-live 1.2, Custel 2.1 (nontouch), Schap's 4.22, Duttythroy No.7b, Q-mobile, and as a standard, the HTC ship rom. There are still a couple others to test (Sleuth, Alex) but i have been doing this for quite literally the whole day and am ready for a break. If i have left your rom out or if one of the cooks would like a different rom tested then please say so, or if you have a dispute please dont be afraid to say something. I installed the rom, let it go through set up, and then did a hard reset and let it set up again before doing the test. Also if someone has a better way of posting these tests other than a screen capture and hosting on imageshack, please dont feel afraid to speak up.

Please keep in mind that some of these roms are considered Lite, non-lite, and i guess you could say semi-lite. This is only to give you an idea, different roms may feel faster to different people.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] beret9987:
Wow Interesting stuff! Any chance you could do Dutty's Number 6? I'm curious to sit the performance diff between 6 and 7. Thanks!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] Martincyborg@gmail.com:
at http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/benchmark/?en you can download the benchmark for free and do it yourself ;-)

good luck and be sure to share the results!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] Super Loopy:
Which variant of each did you test?

For instance comparing XDA-Live 1.2 to Dutty's 7b full is comparing apples to oranges.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] sirooga:
They are all so close it really doesn't matter. It's pretty much what you percieve to be faster will make you happier.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] beret9987:
I totally would but I don't get my Tilt until Wednesday! :(
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] dan13l:
Google Docs lets you embed a spreadsheet in a web page - that might make for better reading that the image. Assuming there's some way you can paste the results into a speadsheet, of course...

I do think a central database that's updated regularly would be nice. But it's just a pain keeping it that way.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] Nikumba:
You could say that about comparing any rom to another.

If the latest versions of those ROMS were used they that is a good comparison, granted some of them have been around for longer but that doesnt always mean they are better

Thanks for the benchmarks though

Cheers

Kimbie
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] axi0m:
I demand a recount! ;)

I disagree. Quentin's ROM scored a 453, and he's just getting started. I would call that substantial. How about a recount of all the lite versions, so we're comparing apples to apples?

:)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] Super Loopy:
That's exactly what I meant, axi0m.

Why not test lite ROMs against lite ROMs and the such?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Trex888:
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[Galaxy Note 4 General] Trex888:
If someone is testing this rom please report back here so other will know.thanks
[Galaxy Note 4 General] snowblind2142:
As far as I'm aware, Mya left XDA because they were fed up with the bull**it so probably won't be too happy your linking to them. They have been going for ages, nothing new.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] TheDev1711:
Mya Development dont like XDA. Please remove your post.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Js7bla:
Anyone know or got a how to install ViPER4Android for the at&t Samsung Galaxy s7 Sm-g930a
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] svfusion:
Using flashfire, make sure it's the universal one.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martinisok:
Hi, i made a backup of my stock rom but when I go into restore I can't see any folders on any drive. If I click on file Explorer I can see them and also when I click on install. How can I restore by backup? Thanks.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tristan1302:
Hi, what is your TWRP version, 3.0.2.1 ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Youdoofus:
i agree with the previous post, what version of twrp are you using? 3.0.2-1 sometimes wont find 3.0.2 nands. Let us know, and we can probably help unless they got deleted, in which case its gone. But if that happens, you can always download the stock tarball from sammobile.com/firmwares

also, what S5 variant are you using?
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] eddymonti:
I think we can all agree that the camera's auto mode can be a little weak on low light, fast moving objects, and focus.

However, I have gotten ridiculously amazing results using manual settings. To the point where I wish (if anyone from oneplus is seeing this, please please implement it) I could set up various quick-access custom manual mode presets. It would be a very good feature (does anyone know an app that has that btw?).

With a little tweaking, you can find a super sweet spot for a picture on certain conditions.

The following are examples on a very low light scenario with no image movement and minimal hand movement (exact same environment conditions on all):

- Normal mode

- Normal mode with HDR

- Normal mode with HQ

- Manual mode with ISO at 400, and shutter speed at 4s. Then touch and raise finger on screen to place exposure point, and then touch same spot and drag to place focus point.

I was shocked to see that this camera could actually capture something like that last shot in my home's corridor at 2am, when the normal modes barely gave me anything visible.

That setting is working very well for me on multiple very low light situations. Really wish we had some quick-access presets.

There are also settings which can capture images with fast moving targets (with low shutter speeds and a little higher ISOs), and usually I don't get blurry shots with focus on infinite or when selecting focus point.

Things to avoid are super high ISO's like 6400 which for some reason the normal mode is very fond of using even though on manual we can only get up to 3200. :confused:
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] gedas5:
Not sure why you would prefer blurry 4s shot over noisy high ISO shot? Yes auto mode isn't as good as the one compared to LG or Samsung flagships but even manual mode has its limitations. 1/8s is pretty much the limit of what you can shoot with OIS and that is only if you have super steady hands. Most phones with OIS can give quite good results at 1/16s and ISO 100 onwards depending on the lighting. Anything else like 1s or longer exposure and you'll need a tripod . By the way max ISO is only 3200 so you can't go higher.

Oneplus 3T noise reduction algorithm is quite bad and even at 100 ISO which should be super clean in daylight is probably one of the worst in the class.
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] terragady:
maybe RAW is a solution here?
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] devo999:
I have been trying Open Camera for the last couple of days. Seems to take much better low light photos. Not as good as my 6p but at least the photos dont look over processed and washed out.
[Android Apps and Games] w8m1rrr:
Google Play Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Dreedygames.Sovetfactory&hl=eng

You - the director of a Soviet factory. Your task is to execute the plan given to you by the secretary general. You need to get the most out of your workers! To do this, you need to keep your workers in a tonus and constantly update the factory.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] patcal:
Hope this is the right place to post this. I bought my son a Sprint S6 with unlock code to use on T-mobile. I will be rooting it. Do I use the Sprint firmware or the T-mobile firmware? Also, do I typically find info here or on the T-mobile forum. please be kind. I have never had a unlocked divice before. Thanks

Pat
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] koop1955:
The firmware is dictated by the model of the phone, which can be found in Settings, scroll down to About Device. My model number is SM-G920P, meaning a Sprint phone. If that is the same for you, you'd use the Sprint firmware.

But let me caution you. A number of users have reported that after manually updating, they lost unlock. By "manually updating" I mean flashing at TAR file using Odin.

I am not an expert on unlocked phones; I am only reporting what I have seen others post.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] patcal:
Thanks. I rooted the phone using the Sprint firmware. I will leave it alone. I will get the unlock code in a few days.

Pat
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] shantusingh:
Hello all,

I am about to get the new moto z play as the seller has not shipped it yet, and in moto z play after coming from htc one m8 with its good sense ui and classic/freestlye layout themes, i will not want to use/keep the stock feel. So I want experts kind help, to tell me some great and importantly lag free launchers/ui paid or free for Moto Z Play ?

Just want to also tell that I will never root it. So no answers on custom roms, etc needed.

Will highly appreciate the answers. It may help many more too!

I love you XDA !! :o
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] pocko:
Hi,

Take a look at Nova Launcher.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] aviwdoowks:
Sony Xperia launcher 206b is Fab...

My link.

No folder bug pertained to KitKat on Moto phones.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=51598290&postcount=1

Dev's thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2103403

Some say it is not as good (as it was,) on Marshmallow.

Edit, sadly I just realized wallpapers do not work.

No so, on our phone, albeit has one minor issue not showing all of the bottom row of app drawer icons. So the labels get chopped. For this I have a work around. Folders work, backup and restore and everything else.

Screenshot minus wallpaper

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3975999&stc=1&d=1482369835
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] xxsilentazasinxx:
Action Launcher 3 Pro is love <3
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] OrBy:
Stock launcher is actually fairly nice with little to no bloat. That being said I loaded Nova Prime since I had it already and love the tweaks it allows.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] jon7701:
I personally use T-UI (called Shell launcher on the Play Store). It is completely different from the stock launcher and is lag free, but unless you like using a linux terminal you will not like it.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] kevinblackwell:
Action Launcher 3 Pro, Nova Launcher.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] siralsmooth:
I have paid Nova with a live wallpaper and a white line icon pack to go with my black theme, and even with animations at stock speed and using the transition animations in Nova, it's super smooth.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] Talos77:
I've been using Smart Launcher for awhile now.. find it to be really smooth and unbloated
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] yekollu:
Nova. I believe they have an offer/discount for the premium version on the playstore
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] shantusingh:
I chose this, its very good!
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] ljubljana:
i prefer stock launcher, on my previous phone i used pixel launcher
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] aviwdoowks:
Please forgive me for quoting myself.

I do not think most of you realize what a great launcher this is.

Let me count the ways...

Instantly sort apps by date, most used or name

Migrate browser favs which I have saved to many home pages, in various folders, after a FDR or to others phones. This is part of it's backup feature.

It is fast.

You do have to put up with a black only wallpaper and an app drawer that hides some of is bottom row. Which you can work around by touching the icon to see the whole row.

See pics.

Snip rant...:)
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] mostcallmerob:
Action Launcher 3 Pro. Without a doubt one of the best launchers I've used and loaded with features. It makes it easy to replicate a Nougat look too.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] djjiz:
Commented about lag in another thread on stock rom. Glad I'm not the only one.

If there is any way to make software fast instead of smooth please lmk. Every animation is off and it still chokes on a single factory widget.
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] Yash24:
Go to this forum:

https://xdaforums.com/moto-z-play/themes/root-pixel-look-moto-z-play-t3580446
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] Deeresh:
Evie Launcher is the best. I think

Evie Launcher is free and adfree.

No lags... light weight with lot of features. better than default Oreo UI :)
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] sam0056:
Nova launcher here for the past 5 years fast smooth and very customisable.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrueneTanne:
Hello,

I've a broken screen (No touch, but I see everything) and a bootloop (Slimms 6.0.1 ROM). Is it possible, to download all Files from the Phone via TWRP and it's adb function? I tried adb pull /data/ but I'm only getting all of my Images.

I need somehow my latest WhatsApp-Data and Threema-Data. Everything else is replaceable.

I never used adb (and TWRPs adb) before. So please excuse my question, if it is quite easy.

Thanks
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonrayne:
Use a wireless mice as OTG device. You can move around using the mice.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] panzerox123:
But he is uable to use the ROM. No way he can use OTG mouse.

Dont worrry about whatsapp data, it is backed up to cloud, when you login to whatsapp on another device you will have an option to download it.

But im sure about "threema" data
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lokulokku:
hi someone know why that happens?

View attachment 3975918
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivadow:
You are best asking the cm team. They wrote it.

Beamed in by telepathy.
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gifnooky:
Hi,

I cracked my Moto X Play screen and i sent it to to a lab for a screen replacement (even the screen was working).

In the lab they replaced the screen for a new one (they said original from motorola) and the screen worked for a little while but suddenly the touch is not working at all.

my question are:

1) Is there an original moto x play screen to get?

2) If there is, how do I know if the screen they put in my phone is original?

3) What could make the touch not working, and what can make it not working after it did work a while?

I attach a photo of the screen.

Thank you :)
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gifnooky:
Does anyone have an answer?

Could it possibly happened because i tried the unlocking pattern too many times so it locked the device?

In fastboot mode it says device locked code 0 - could that lock the touch?