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[P3600 General] apienk01:
A bump for future reference. WMWifiRouter

works

in linux. Some linux wifi card drivers just don't like the ad-hoc connection mode it uses. The solution is to change the wifi driver. For me, it was the move from madwifi to ath5k. For others, it may involve using ndiswrapper and a native windows driver instead of a native linux one. Now my Ubuntu Jaunty connects fine to WMWifiRouter. :)
[P3600 General] Ploughboy:
Mint

I'm using Mint on a HP Mini which I believe does use the ndiswrapper. That just will not connect to WMWIFIRouter.

Martin
[P3600 General] apienk01:
Martin,

you "believe" or are sure? Ndiswrapper is not used by default because it involves downloading proprietary Windows drivers specific to your hardware. By default, an open source driver is installed. What is your wireless network card? Type 'lspci' in terminal to find out.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] funkatiko:
I was told F2FS is slower on S8 and increase battery drain...what do you think? Can somebody explain me why?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] infinitely:
I'm curious too.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] seh6183:
I opened the box, slapped on my Tumi wireless chargable battery pack from my Moto Z and the battery is insane. No way I can drain this in one day. Also all the complaints about the camera don't make sense to me (yet). I've taken side by side photos with my s8+ and I prefer the z2's pictures to the s8. The shutter doesn't seem slow at all. I don't get it.

The one thing I am annoyed with however, is the speakerphone. It plays nice and loud for Youtube videos and ringtones/music, but phone calls is way too low. The volte calls sound much better and louder than the standard calls though. Also I took some snapchat videos and the audio is very quiet there as well; like you almost can't hear it. It just seems like there is bugs in the audio currently since Youtube gets loud and other stuff doesn't. If they can fix the audio with updates, then I don't see any problems as of yet.

If you get this phone PUT A GLASS PROTECTOR ON IT RIGHT AWAY. You can scratch the screen with your fricken fingernail. It's not worth it to wait a few weeks and then put a protector over a scratched screen. Have one waiting.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] seh6183:
This is the fastest, most responsive phone I have ever seen. Excellent ram management too. I can be playing a game and then go to the home screen and use 5 other apps over the course of an hour, then come back to the game and its still in ram right where I left it. Try that with a Samsung, or even Pixel lol. Phone just flies and does everything right. The forward facing speaker and flash is amazing and should be the standard. I also went on a trip and took a bunch of photos. The black and white wasn't really my thing and the depth field effect didn't do much, but just the standard photos are way better than my s8+. I took them side by side to compare.

Also to those complaining of the smaller battery, that's what mods are for. They made a compromise between the Moto Z and the Moto Z Force and just turned it into one phone, so its thinner but still has the shatterproof screen. This phone makes my s8+ feel like a tank. A laggy tank with terrible ram management lol
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Blazerx39:
I'd like to second on how great the phone is, I actually gave up my iPhone 7+ for it. The last android I had was an LG G6 which I had only for a couple days, and it's wonderful. It's very fast, and even without any mods, I get great battery life. The one touch navigation is also pretty awesome. It's like everything I loved about my 7+ back in a customizable android interface I love.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Th3Bill:
I have to agree with the takes of this being a great phone. I left the S8 for it and don't regret it at all. While the S8 camera was a bit better in lower light and fast motion situations, nearly everything else on this phone is an improvement. Fast, responsive, feels light-weight UI, battery life excellent (avg 4-5 hr SOT). Definitely think Moto's take on mods is a great way to do it. Really looking forward to getting the projector and playing around with that as well.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] wilsodw:
Well add me to the list! 60+ years old and with this phone I feel like a kid in a candy store. Having a lot of fun with this phone and even started listening to music again.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] jhofseth:
Ordered Z2, also have S8+: the most important factor

Thank you T-Mobile for allowing bootloader unlock of Z2 Force! I ordered the Moto Z2 Force earlier today. My Samsung S8+ is also nice but Samsung largely ruins it by not allowing US Snapdragon S8/S8+/Note 8 bootloader unlock, and by gimmicky crap like Bixby that eats up RAM.

But, why should someone endure the abuse that is disallowing bootloader unlock (e.g., by Samsung in this instance)? Such is why I will never again buy a phone that does not have a bootloader that can be unlocked, and why I ordered a T-Mobile Z2 Force! :)
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] DsturbD:
i agree as well, first Moto phone and only complaint i have is the speakerphone like the OP noted. hopefully there will be a fix, but other than that, this phone is perfect for me, waiting for my projector mod and plan on getting either the game pad or JBL speaker mod. would love the Hasselblad mod but will have to save up for that one
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] CadillacMike:
This phone is awesome, I jumped from a S8+, then like a fool fell for marketing hype and again jumped to the Note 8.

But I am back in with my Z2 Force.

So i have had both the Samsung S8+ and Note 8 but still prefer my Z2 Force
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] seh6183:
You're the perfect person to ask for this. I was hoping to find someone that has had experience with all 3. I have a Z2 and an s8+ (it's for sale). I haven't used the s8 in 3 weeks or more and I switched back to it last night and used it half the day today. It is UNBEARABLE. It is the slowest turd, I just can't believe it. I don't remember it being this bad. I checked for updates and did what I could but it is out insanely slow. Like apps take 3 times as long to launch, horrible ram management and just delays and stutter all the time. It takes twice as long just to go to the home screen for example.

Is the note 8 like that? I haven't played with a note 8 yet, but everything online shows it spanking the s8. Just wondering how it stacks up to the Z2. Thanks for reading.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] CadillacMike:
Note 8 felt sluggish to me. Both the Z2 Force and the Mate 9 are faster.

Z2 is faster than the Mate 9.

I think the S8+, Note 8, and the Z2 Force all have the same 835. The Note 8 just has 6GB of RAM as opposed to 4.

And I am no Samsung hater, I have had the Note 2, 3, 4, 8, Galaxy S3, S5, S7 Edge, and S8+.

I also currently have and use the S3 Frontier, Samsung Level U Bluetooth, and Samsung Level Box Mini.

I also think Samsung's calendar is the best in the business. I also like their dialer and keyboard, although SwiftKey is my favorite.

The Z series is just great. And the Z2 Force takes it to another level. You got full flagship specs and the light skin of Moto.

Just enough cool stuff to not be boring like Stock Android, while still being light enough that it flies.

And absolutely nothing can beat that double chop for flashlight
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] seh6183:
Yep chop chop ftw lol Use it every single day. Thanks for the heads up about the note. I still might check one out sometime, but for now though I'm loving my Z2.
[Fire TV General] nyln:
Hello everyone!

I have had to set up quite a few of these sticks, so I wanted to start a little development tool to automate the process.

This is just a stupid bash script but it will make your TV usable without ads by installing Launcher Hijack 3 and configuring it for you and X43Stream. If anyone has requests I will work on this further. Leanback will not work, someone needs to mod it.

Source

echo "Please ensure you are already connected and adb is installed correctly."
sleep 1
echo "Installing Launcher Hijack 3 (LH3).."
adb install "LauncherHijack3.apk"
echo "Installing TV Launcher.."
adb install "TVLauncher.apk"
echo "Installing XFinity Stream latest July 2017.."
adb install "X43Stream.apk"
echo "Opening LH3.."
adb shell am start -n com.baronkiko.launcherhijack/.MainActivity
sleep 3
echo "Selecting new launcher.."
adb shell input keyevent 23
sleep 1
adb shell input keyevent 23
sleep 1
adb shell am start -n com.awe.dev.pro.tv/.Launcher
echo "Enjoy, try out the home button!"
echo "It may not work every time, press again, work in progress :)"

or download it:

https://www.sendspace.com/file/epob8z
[Fire TV General] velayo:
Thank you so much, I can't root my fire TV and I'm sick and tired of the Amazon launcher. I will be setting it up tomorrow. Will post back with results
[Fire TV General] velayo:
Nvmd, finally got it.
[Fire TV General] TimmyP:
This can be ran as a straight native Windows batch without having to install Bash support. Replace "sleep 1" with "timeout -t 1"

(or you can just paste ^^ into a properly connected ADB console with apks in the right places, will fail on "sleep 1" but it worked for me)

EDIT: Also works fine with Tvlauncher 2 :) rename the apk to tvlauncher like in the package and thanks OP! Home button seems to work fine for me!
[Fire TV General] mottis:
installation help

Please help me install this fire tv setup tool i have a newer fire tv and dont know what to do with the download. i am not a pro but can follow directions and i hate the fire tv launcher.

Please help

Thank You
[Fire TV General] TimmyP:
1. open a command prompt to the directory that contains ADB and put everything from the download in the same folder.

2. in the console window "adb connect xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" where the x's are your IP of your FireTV\Stick (no quotes)

3. cut\paste the script from above into the console (cmd) window and run it...

4. it will error on "sleep 1" but continue and finish fine. If you want to correct the script for Windows batch scripting, replace "sleep 1" with "timeout -t 1" and save it as a .bat file.

I don't understand why this was only posted as a bash script (it is the best non-root hack there is). Windows doesn't support bash out of the box, and 99 percent of the people who download the script wont know what to do with it. BTW this works, and even works with other launchers. I use Tv launcher 2 which supports (its own special) widgets. No root. Never see the amazon launcher. Block updates, and do it asap.

EDIT: Fire Stick 2 fyi
[Fire TV General] KLit75:
So do we need to use the tvlauncher apk for the xfinity app to work?

What is the tv launcher? Same UI as the newer aftv ui (-ads?)

Only reason I don't just jump in and test it is Im not 100%sure how to undo it. Just uninstall the apks?

Thanks

UPDATE-I just went for it and it works....sort of.

It immediately launches the new UI but after setting it up, when I hit the home button it just returns to the normal AFTV launcher.

***This is actually preferable to me since all I really wanted was the Xfinity stream app to work. I tried just extracting the apk and installing it on my other Fire TV but it said incompatible.
[Fire TV General] enigma7820:
First I would like to say thank you for a great tool to use on non rooted devices, I love it.

One thing i noticed is, that most people still won't know what to do with this tool so i will try and help explain better

-download adb and install it, if you haven't already

-download the file OP has at top of post

-extract the zip file

-copy and paste the code at top of OP into NOTEPAD

-change every spot that says "Sleep 1", erase that and copy and paste this there instead "timeout -t 1

-click file at the top left in notepad and click save as name it FireTV.bat

-goto your adb folder of install, usually C:\Program Files (x86)

-erase the "sh file" in the file you downloaded and extracted from the OP earlier

-put the new FireTV.bat you just made in that folder you just erased the "sh file" from

-now put all of those files into the adb folder you just opened and found,"launcher hijack apk, TVLauncher apk, x43Stream apk and your FireTV.bat files."

-hold on shift and right click with your mouse to open and command promnt here, if that doesn't show powershell works as well, it depends on your windows version.

-type "adb connect 192.168.1.8 or whatever you ip is for your FIreTV, this is found by going to settings, device, about and scroll down to network and it will list your IP

-if right it will say connected to device

-now simply left click hold and drag the FireTV.bat file you just created into the command promt and press enter

-that is it should work just fine.

I usually don't do this so I hope I helped a little bit.
[Fire TV General] Wikdclown:
Ok, just tried this, works pretty flawless. Sometimes you have to press home a couple times to get it to work(but that's no big deal). One thing i did notice though, if you have appstarter/firestarter (forget its name) it launches it instead, simple fix is to uninstall it then run the .bat again.

Does this work on firestick as well? Would hate to mess something up lol.

Edit.

For anyone wondering, no this does not work on firestick, it will install the apps but thats it.
[Fire TV General] G S W:
Do you have a safe download link for the Tvlauncher 2 apk? Also so all I do is change Tvlauncher in the script to Tvlauncher2 and replace the apk in the download file?
[Fire TV General] Wikdclown:
Would it be possible to add a app killer similar to firestarter when you press the menu key, even if just to launch system default app manager? If it had that i think it'd be perfect.
[Fire TV General] reekotubbs:
Can anyone add screenshots or video of what this looks like when completed?
[Fire TV General] carpenter940:
Very helpful but I had to correct a few lines:

-There was a "Sleep 3" I had to change to "timeout -t 3"

-In powershell I had to type ".\adb connect 192.168.xx.xxx" to get it to work.

-The left click hold and drag the FireTV.bat file didn't do anything so I just typed "FireTV.bat" on the command prompt and it ran.

Thanks for your help.
[Fire TV General] Azlan_:
The sendspace link is very slow,

Here is a direct download link: https://ipfs.works/ipfs/QmXnYYH5iSnsa4DQdQED8RapgM4pA7v6EV3bzfGdoR9sMp/Amazon_Fire_TV_Setup_Tool.zip

md5sum: 8847a2b99afee549e2f5f973d86bfa51
[Fire TV General] garwynn:
Thread cleaned. XDA-Developers is a site for all, including those whose main languages and experience levels may vary.

If you're unwilling or unable to treat people with the civility we all deserve, kindly consider a break away from the keyboard.

Thank you all for your cooperation.
[Fire TV General] ][NT3L][G3NC][:
Sorry Somehow my post posted twice! not sure how to delete it so i'm editing this one
[Fire TV General] zeroth:
Anyone knows if is there a new update for the xfinity app for the firetv?
[Fire TV General] BIGTHOM34:
Bump
[Fire TV General] BRICK0044:
I'm not sure if I'm understanding things right here. I can install everything on my Fire tv 3, but is the tvlauncher supposed to become the default launcher? When I click the home button it goes back to fire tv launcher. Is that how it is supposed to work? Thanks for any help.
[Fire TV General] G S W:
Yes, it is. If you read the OP he said pressing the home button may not work every single time but in my experience majority of the time pressing the home button takes me directly to TVlauncher, and not the ad infested FTV Launcher... If this isn't the case for you, I suggest you delete everything and take a look at this comment that personally helped me get this working 99% flawless:

people who download the script wont know what to do with it. BTW this works, and even works with other launchers. I use Tv launcher 2 which supports (its own special) widgets. No root. Never see the amazon launcher. Block updates, and do it asap.
[Fire TV General] G S W:
Hi,

I was wondering if you could help me edit the code made for TVLauncher and make it work with Leanback Launcher https://xdaforums.com/fire-tv/development/app-leanback-launcher-fire-tv-t3750451

I've already changed all the timeouts on my actual .bat script on my comp, so no need to gelp with that. It seems as though when running the script with the Leanback Launcher it throws a FILE ALREADY INSTALLED, along with a bunch of other errors. Thanks for your time!

Source

echo "Please ensure you are already connected and adb is installed correctly."
sleep 1
echo "Installing Launcher Hijack 3 (LH3).."
adb install "LauncherHijack3.apk"
echo "Installing TV Launcher.."
adb install "TVLauncher.apk"
echo "Installing XFinity Stream latest July 2017.."
adb install "X43Stream.apk"
echo "Opening LH3.."
adb shell am start -n com.baronkiko.launcherhijack/.MainActivity
sleep 3
echo "Selecting new launcher.."
adb shell input keyevent 23
sleep 1
adb shell input keyevent 23
sleep 1
adb shell am start -n com.awe.dev.pro.tv/.Launcher
echo "Enjoy, try out the home button!"
echo "It may not work every time, press again, work in progress :)"
[Fire TV General] xhostluv:
how to set up HALauncher to be default launcher and react to Home button?? TVlauncher3 and LeanbackLauncher are working perfect. But Hijack v3 doesn't recognize HALauncher as a launcher

SOLVED

this is my firetvstick 2nd with HALauncher as default

[youtube]7nTAIWeKlAU[/youtube]
[Fire TV General] velayo:
Care to share how you did it? I would like to have an alternative.
[Fire TV General] xhostluv:
https://xdaforums.com/fire-tv/general/fire-tv-set-halauncher-default-t3762464
[Fire TV General] reekotubbs:
Any updates on the xfinity app to 4.8.2?
[Fire TV General] jfriend33:
my xfinity app works just fine on my firetv stick, its xfinity stream, and only way i can launch it is to open kodi first (which barely works , kodi that is)... and you can watch all the tv go channels outside of home too, and any saved dvr stuff too. its basically just xfinity stream like on the roku but you cant watch every single live channel.
[Fire TV General] c0ri:
There has to be a way to work around the home wifi detection. It would be really nice to have every channel accessible while I am not at home.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jalle65:
Hi everybody,

Yesterday I decided I wanted to root my S6 Edge phone (SM-G925F, International Version) and flash a custom ROM onto it. I managed to root it successfully and install a working version of TWRP.

I began installing the XtreStoLite Custom ROM onto my S6 Edge. Around the 10% mark of installation, my phone suddenly booted. I read online that I should boot back normally and install an app which reduces my CPU power or something like that, can't really remember. But when I tried to boot back normally, it was stuck in a boot loop with only the Samsung S6 Edge logo appearing.

During installing TWRP I bricked my phone a couple of times because I installed wrong versions of TWRP. I flashed a stock firmware a few times to get rid of the brick (a similar bootloop), which worked every time like a charm.So I figured that with this "Custom ROM bootloop", I can just flash the stock firmware, boot everything back and try again. But after flashing the previously so glamorously working stock FW, I was stuck in a bootloop way worse than before.

This time the phone starts, I get the S6 edge logo, I get a "installing software update" screen for about a millisecond and then a "no command" screen. After the latter, it repeats. Once repeated for - I don't know - a 1000 times, it boots into stock recovery.

I tried factory resetting, which only gets rid of "software update" and "no command" screens. The bootloop stays.

What do you suggest I do? Can I do anything? Could it possibly work with 'another' stock firmware file?

Thanks in advance :good:
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnny.goldy:
Probably you end up with dm verify verification error, drk issue, try to flash back stock firmware using repartition and a pit file to see if will fix your issue
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jalle65:
Thanks for the quick reply mate. Just to get this right, I don't want to mess anything else up: first, I download a new firmware from lets say, SamMobile. When flashing with Odin, I check the box re-partition. What do I do with the pit file? If I download the FW from SamMobile, I'm supposed to get a CSC file right? With the pit file inside of it? Will Odin recognize it just like that (from the CSC file)?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnny.goldy:
you must download pit file and add in pit file, depending on your csc code of firmware you want to flash search that pit file on google
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jalle65:
Okay, thanks. I googled and found this website: droidviews.com/download-pit-files-for-galaxy-s6-edge-all-models/

You figure I could just use a pit file downloaded from there? Or should I worry about 32GB / 64 GB pit files?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jalle65:
Also found this website: sammobile.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30136

It has an "SM-G925F OXA multi CSC ( BTU CPW DBT ITV KOR NEE XEF XEO XEU )" pit file. My S6 Edge is NEE region marked. Is this any better than the 'droidviews' one? Is it possible to tell or are they one and the same?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] callumbr1:
You need this firmware

http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=85560321743B11E7963AFA163EE8F90B

And this pit file

https://mega.nz/#!rERH1LqK!QSYjirrXtPjKc1giOahnZI0BrWR2WXMg0GI3ZR3LLeY

Or just try to flash your original firmware
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jalle65:
Ok so, I flashed the FW callumbr1 suggested, with the required pit file. Something happened! The phone now boots from the S6 Edge screen all the way to the next screen, the one with 'Samsung' text on it. The logo keeps flashing, with it never going away. So still in bootloop, but a little different one.

What now? Thanks for all of the advice thus far!
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jalle65:
Its working! Oh thank each and every God, but most of all you guys.

So the phone was stuck in the Samsung boot logo. I booted into recovery, wiped cache, no result. 2nd try, I boot to recovery, do a factory reset, and it SEEMED like it was still in boot loop, with the logo flashing. I went to take a leak and my God, that leak turned out to be a leak of faith. I came back and the phone had booted. Now it seems to work normally.

Thank you so much! :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] callumbr1:
It's because the glowing Samsung logo is not actually a bootloop.

It's just on that logo while the phone builds the firmware. Usually takes about 10-20 minutes on that logo screen. Glad I could help and it's all working :good: thanks the posts if you can :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Relicdm:
Is your s6 edge bootloader unlocked? If so, how?

I am unable to load TWRP as my bootloader is locked, and can't find a solution anywhere. Any pointers?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razenxd:
I'm in the exact same situation as the OP,with the exception that i cant even get to recovery

(I got the phone in that situation tbh so i dunno what happened)

I tried to flash the firmware and the pit file you provided but i got a cm.img error and binary error device 5 binary 4.

So i guess device had newer os installed.

I'm now trying to download(those sammob speed limits :rolleyes: ) the newest btu file my question is the pit file you provided is for every btu firmware or do i need another one?
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] callumbr1:
Yes try the latest firmware.

The pit file will work for every btu firmware aslong as you have G925F. If it fails quote me and I'll try to help further
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razenxd:
I've downloaded the latest BTU firmware with samfirm and flashed it along with the pit file

Again i got the updating screen which was already on 25% jumped to 32% and then got to erasing screen in which the refreshing icon froze.

I'm waiting for it to make something but nope.