yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ze7zez:
I know from experience that the 1GB partition is the best choice.

I assume you have installed adb and drivers for HTC.

It's best to flip data to your phone when it's in recovery mode.

Connect the cable to the phone, but the PC will not see the device yet.

In 4EXT, you click on "toggle usb storage" and Windows will recognize the SD memory as a connected drive and assign it a letter. Now you can manipulate files.

In the SD memory in the main directory, place ROM.zip and 4ext-5r9-bravo.zip from >this< post.

In 4EXE, click on the large arrow pointing to the left, and then disconnect the cable from the PC.

Installing recovery 4EXE v1.0.0.5 RC9

In recovery 4EXT, you choose:

- "install from sdcard" -> "choose zip from sdcard" -> 4ext-5r9-bravo.zip> click on the button with "v"

- when you finish, click again on the button with "v"

- click on the large arrow pointing to the left

- click on the large arrow pointing to the left

- click on the "Power menu" at the very bottom

- click on Reboot Recovery

ROM.zip installation

In recovery 4EXT, you choose:

- "wipe | format"

- "format all partitions (except sdcard)"

- click on the button with "v"

- when finished, click again on the button with "v" until it disappears

- scroll down the screen and click on the large arrow pointing to the left

- click on the button with "v"

- "install from sdcard" -> "choose zip from sdcard" -> 4ext-5r9-bravo.zip> click on the button with "v"

- click on the button with "v"

- click on the large arrow pointing to the left

- click on the large arrow pointing to the left

- click on "reboot now"

Next you follow the SlimKAT installation instructions.

Good luck.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GarethJ:
Thanks a million for your time and effort.

"Installing recovery 4EXE v1.0.0.5 RC9" - done that bit now.

"ROM.zip installation" - you say to install the same "4ext-5r9-bravo.zip" file again - is this right?

I did it anyway, then rebooted.

When I start recovery, I see the following:

"Your 4EXT theme got corrupted!

It was uninstalled to prevent damage

The recovery hasn't been configured!

Use 4EXT Recovery Control or the free app

4EXT Recovery Updater, which is available

on www.4ext.net to setup the recovery

and to unlock configurable features.

Hint: check out recovery settings ;)"

Despite the above message, I went to the SlimKat instructions :

Already created a 1GB partition.

Did full wipe.

Clicked: install from sdcard -> choose zip from sdcard -> Slim-bravo-4.4.4.build.9.0-UNOFFICIAL-20170723-1445.zip

Got the following:

-- Installing: /sdcard/Slim-bravo................zip

Finding update package

Opening update package

E:Can't open /sdcard/Slim-bravo...........zip

(bad)

Installation aborted

What have I done wrong boss?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ze7zez:
In 4EXT select "info" and take a screenshot (search + power key) and add to the post.

Pictures can be found in [LETTER]:\4ext\screenshots

and/or

Return the unsuccessful ROM installation,

then select "tools" -> "copy recovery.log to sdcard" and add it to the post as a zipped attachment

or on https://pastebin.com and place the link here.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GarethJ:
I took a screenshot of "Info" but it doesn't appear on the SD card when I connect to my PC (I clicked toggle and can see the phone, 4EXT and zips).

I've attached a pic of the screen taken with another phone.

Is the problem SD card formatting?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ze7zez:
Format your SD.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2125513
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GarethJ:
I think I've formatted my SD but the info after partition says not.

This is driving me crazy.

Several pics attached but I can't copy/view/upload recovery.log
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ze7zez:
The first screen informs you that you do not have the 4EXT management application installed on the android. Do not worry about it.

Do not be offended, but you probably do not have a technical sense.

You have everything written on the 4th screen, which was not done:

formatting partitions to ext4

.

So go back to the instructions for creating partitions and their formatting and read them carefully.

You should have partitions as in the attached picture.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GarethJ:
I have read instructions for partitioning again and done exactly this:

In the instructions, I jump step 1 to 3 as I already have 4EXT recovery flashed and running.

So, step 4:

I boot into recovery and click tools -> partition sdcard -> click v -> remove all partitions and start from scratch -> 1024 -> skip -> skip

I see the third screen from my previous post

I click v -> see the first screen in this post -> click v (again) -> EXT4 -> see second screen in this post -> click v -> left arrow

I'm back at the 4EXT menu and click info and see the fourth screen in the previous post (saying sd-ext is not formatted)

On 4EXT menu, i click wipe/format -> format all partitions (except sdcard) -> see screen that says this will format everything expect fat32 partition but INCLUDING sd-ext -> click v -> click v -> left arrow -> info fourth screen again saying sd-ext not formatted

No matter how many times I read the partitioning instructions, I can't see what I'm doing wrong/not doing.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ze7zez:
There is probably a problem with the SD memory.

Is it branded?

Does it have write protection?

Before you use it again, format it with the help of SD Memory Card Formatter, developed by Tuxer.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GarethJ:
It's a cheap eBay unbranded sd.

I've tried a different (also unbranded) card and the results are identical.

Am currently formatting one of them with SD card Formatter.

It looks like it will take several hours to complete the format. Is this normal/correct?
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMatador153:
I have a E6653 Xperia z5 running 7.1.1, it's stock rom, but bootloader unlocked and patched kernel, it has root too.

The problem is every time I try to send a file (specifically apks) through bluetooth to another phone it keeps failing

Have tried with a lot of different apps and different phones but still the same

Any suggestions to fix it?

Or is it not possible?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lorrin:
Does anyone have any experience of obtaining the ICCID on a windows mobile device?

The ICCID is the number printed on the actual SIM (It is also stored on the SIM), it is not the IMSI number I am after which is also stored on the SIM.

There is software about to find this information if you have the SIM in a SIM card reader on a PC but I want to be able to gather that info on the actual device.

It is for asset tracking purpose of SIM's we use. As we use lots of them in many devices.

Any help would be appreciated. Either if you can point me in the direction of an API that could help or some Visual Studio code that we could call to obtain the number.

Richard
[LG K10 Guides, News, & Discussion] jacopo.dibernardo:
There is a full guide step by step to root this device thanks! I have the version of the lg k10 (2016)
[Alcatel Idol 4S Guides, News, & Discussion] macallik:
I like the Idol 4S but particularly dislike the lowlight photos.

Recently on Reddit, I saw some a thread on rooted phones being able to get really great photos with the modded app and I want to know if it is compatible with the Idol 4S before I try my hand in rooting my phone.

There is an XDA thread on it as well but there wasn't any mentions of the Idol 4S.
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] erichkooi:
Hi.

There are so many version available for BLA-L29 (Mate 10 Pro) when I read forum such as C185, C432, C635, C636 and many more.

1. What are their differences?

2. There are many Huawei OTA update available at http://pro-teammt.ru or https://funkyhuawei.club/ , why I still not yet receiving any from Huawei? **Still stuck on 119**

I am totally new to Huawei, coming from iPhone > Oneplus :D
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] Pretoriano80:
Those numbers are use tu identify devices from different regions (Europe, Asia, etc) and different brands (Vodafone, Tim, Orange,etc).

These brand could received OTA updates at different times and with different build numbers.
[Razer Phone Questions & Answers] MegaAmpKid:
Hey guys, I love my Razer phone, haven't had any problems with it. I just noticed though, since I just started using the Night Mode feature, that when it goes into night mode sometimes the phone just shuts off. Its not everyday but it has happened a couple times. Anyone else encounter this?
[Razer Phone Questions & Answers] Xshooter726:
Yup, happened to me last night. It auto triggered based on time of day and when it switched to night mode the phone vibrated and powered off. :eek:
[Razer Phone Questions & Answers] MegaAmpKid:
Haha, Happened this morning when it went back to Day Mode. Not a big deal ill just shut the auto feature off. :D
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
Hi has anyone else looked at the thermal throttling on this device?

I complained with the initial release.

I haven't seen anything.

My LG G6 with a Snapdragon 821 outperforms this phone.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] avd:
Post your Super-PI:
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ChronoReverse:
Maybe something wrong with your unit? Update it and factory reset.

Mine destroys any SD821 phone all day and night.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
Run Antutu back to back and watch your performance degrade.

Run Geekbench or Vellamo and post your scores.

The SD821 device is an LG G6 and it uses a heat pipe to get heat away from the CPU and it scores the same kind of numbers as the Essential unless you mess with thermal-engine.conf on the Essential.

I've tweaked mine and phone is blazing fast now and doesn't throttle as early.

Stock this phone throttles like crazy.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] millicent:
Is this phone just slow, like almost unusably slow all the time? Over here, I got it less than a week ago, stock, maybe 30 apps in total, no major drainer such as FB or the like.

And yet, compared to my one year old OnePlus 3 this is crawling and painfully slow. Just earlier today I erased its cache and restarted it. It helped for a few minutes I guess. When it's slow like this, can't listen to Google music via Bluetooth because it's stuttering continuously, every once in a while I'd touch an icon and it takes seconds to start an app and no feedback from UI until then. A few moments ago I was taking some photos with stock camera and attempted to delete a pic from thumbnails, the app froze for a few seconds then it just deleted 2 pics in the meantime.

I bought this during the bf deals for 400$ with camera but thinking of returning it.

I only wonder how anybody else finds this phone usable at all in day to day usage?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ChronoReverse:
No stutters, just the touchscreen jank. Maybe update to latest OTA and factory reset?

[MENTION=702877]tech_head[/MENTION]

You realize the Essential has a heatpipe too right?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
It may, but the the thresholds for heat throttling are so low you can force throttling just by running Antutu.

Until I played with the "thermal-engine.conf" getting reliable results was hit or miss.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ChronoReverse:
https://imgur.com/a/916Bf

For ****s and giggles I just ran Antutu three times in a row. I stared at it so I could take the screenshot of the result immediately after it's done and run it again. The phone is just sitting on my desk, it got warm but not as hot as my HTC 10 did and nowhere near where my Nexus 6P burned at. Looks like a little throttling but not very much.

And then I ran Geekbench 4 right after the third run because I already had it installed and got 1898/6470. Normally get around 1850/6500 so the result I got after so much heat build up doesn't seem like any throttling there either.

Stock Nougat NMJ51B, Magisk rooted so I can use Titanium Backup and Adaway.

I dunno, maybe you have faulty hardware?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] wolfhelm:
I'm inclined to agree with Chrono...

Ran Antutu 3x and got the following:

167746

167400

168142

In that order. I dont see any throttling occuring. Running on the Oreo beta, no root.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] avd:
So I came across this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=skynet.cputhrottlingtest

And lo and behold the cpu does throttle under extensive load.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] wolfhelm:
Interesting app. So it does appear to throttle, but honestly, any passively cooled CPU running at max speed for a consistent period of time would have to eventually. The type of stress an app like this puts the CPU under is uncommon however, even intensive games will not consistently stress the CPU as much as an app like this.

That said, my throttling doesn't appear anywhere near as dramatic as yours, and it recovers quickly, as soon as the temp drops below a threshold it spikes back to near full performance.

This is how Intel and AMD's turbo boosts work as well, they will boost to a certain speed until it is thermally not feasible for the safety of the processor.

Qualcomm's own documents state that the performance cluster of cores supplies "up to" 2.35GHz

https://wccftech.com/qualcomm-snapdragon-835-specifications-design-details/
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ChronoReverse:
Throttling under extreme conditions is normal. Even iPhones throttle after a bit if you put the right kind of load on it.

The question here is whether it throttles more than the LG G6 and I can guarantee if the OP tried running that particular throttle app on the LG G6 that it'll throttle too.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
I haven't run any throttling app.

I have just found that running Antutu two consecutive times yield wildly different results.

I also found that even slightly above room temp, the phone will throttle.

This was the case with the very first one I had at release and the one I got through Sprint on Friday.

And the throttling is much worse than my LG.

In the same tests my LG will throttle much. much later then the Essential.

To the point that I can get better performance with my LG than I can with an unmodified Essential.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ChronoReverse:
I meant this app posted by avd: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=skynet.cputhrottlingtest

Try running that on your LG G6 and take a screenshot.

Anyway, if your Essential is throttling that much, it's probably defective hardware, maybe the heatpipe isn't seated correctly.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
This was a 5 Minute test of GIPS with the application.

Peak Ave Min %Throttle

LG G6 -> 99.4. 81.9. 38 63% (Took more than 2 minutes before it dropped to below 90% in performance. )

PH-1 ->137.86. 103 69 69% (Throttling in the first minute and cycled but rarely got above 75% perf).

PH-1 ->137 116 94.95. 81%. (This is with a custom thermal-engine.conf you see dips but not many below 90%)

So the PH-1 throttles early and hard, but it levels out.

The LG manages heat better but when it throttles after 2-3 minutes it's pretty hard (50%)

How this translates into real world performance is that the stock PH-1 will appear to lag, since under load it throttles early under short peaks.

The LG takes longer to get into a state of throttling so it feels smoother.

So in short benchmarks; Geekbench Vellamo and Antutu where you get some shorts bursts of high activity the PH-1 will ive unreliable results because of early throttling. The LG G6 will look better because it takes a lot longer to throttle. Benchmarks will be more predictable and performance will appear better. It looks like the LG G6 heat pipe is more efficient, but when you saturate it, game over.

Since the Essential throttles early the limits to 67% of the clock while throttled it has overall better characteristics when throttled.

The LG on the other hand, takes a while to throttle but the first step down in performance is to ~50% clock frequency.

Anyway, with a custom thermal-engine.conf things are much better.

A custom kernel would give better results.

Don't get me wrong, I like the PH-1 but it throttles early.

This is my second device with a three month separation in build date.

The odds of me getting to with a wonky heat pipe are pretty low.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ChronoReverse:
Where's your screenshot? We have two examples here where the PH-1 with 8 cores throttle to 65% and 80% but in a All-Core test like this, the SD821 is only 65% the speed of the SD835 in the first place.

Even throttled to the screenshotted levels, the Essential can still keep up with the LG G6 at full speed
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
Hi,

I don't have the ability to do the screen shots.

But as I indicated, it takes a lot longer for the LG G6 to start throttling.

It takes almost 2 minutes before any throttling on the LG G6 (+90% of max performance), but the PH-1 will start almost immediately.

So the LG G6 is at +90% but the PH-1 with the stock thermal-engine.conf almost immediately throttles to 60-70% then recovers and stabilizes some time later.

So as I said the overall performance of the PH-1 s most definitely better, but the PH-! may appear to stutter under heavy load initially, where the LG G6 takes longer to throttle and will appear to have more stable benchmark performance for short benchmarks.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] DaveHTC200:
Would you post your config changes please?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
Here is the thermal file I use.

You have to be rooted and it goes into /system/system/etc with 644 permissions.

Also you need to remove the ".txt" extension.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
It looks like in the last few update Essential has tweaked performance.

I don't see any throttling like before.
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] u_ser_n_a_m_e:
Alright, so I've had black boxes in certain things and I don't know what caused them, they appeared after some Xposed stuff I did but I don't remember what, here are the screenshots. Any help would be appreciated
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] Immortalis:
A screen of currently installed Xposed modules would be helpful - probably you installed something that messed up colors
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] Immortalis:
I suspect DarkThemeFixer - disable it and reboot. What was the cause to use this module, if you don't have any theme installed?
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] u_ser_n_a_m_e:
It was DarkThemeFixer, thanks!
[Samsung Gear S3] Tel864:
I have just received the Tizen 3 update that is supposed to fix the battery drain. I guess we'll see.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] railfan-eric:
I noticed when photographing clothes to sell on FB that black shirts and hoodies look navy blue and orange looks reddish orange and light grey looks bluish. the outside blue sky was shining in the window and the overhead light is warmer. if i hold the camera facing the window it's fine. but as soon as i point it anywhere else then the color balance goes to hell. i tried the stock and Gcam. Also noticed in the living room the green and orange blanket looked like a funny shade of orange instead of green and a yellowish orange on the orange. It seems impossible to get the colors right indoors with some things. anyone else notice this?
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] DMart9406:
Do you have it in manual mode or auto ?
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] jdock:
This is quite common. Digital cameras can either automatically or manually decide what is white. It can be hard to get this right in all situations - usually there are some assumptions made in auto mode, but "white" obviously varies based on lighting.

In manual mode, you can additionally turn on RAW saving (it will save jpegs too in this mode). The white balance can easily be adjusted after-the-fact on the raw images (but then you need to use something to convert them from raw to jpeg).

If you want accurate color rendition and you need to use your phone for the pictures, use manual mode. Put a white sheet of paper in the lighting conditions you are photographing in and adjust the color temperature until it looks white. Take a test shot and look at it on another device since everyone's display can vary. Once you get that right, see if your colored objects look right as well (and then maintain the same lighting for everything!).

Oh, and this actually is a problem with film too - only the color balance is a permanent part of the film :) There used to be tungsten and daylight films or you could use a filter to compensate.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] jshames:
Although automatic white balance works reasonably well most of the time, certain scenarios can confuse the algorithm. The mixed lighting scene you describe is one of them. The camera detects your indoor lighting but most of the ambient light is cool , from the outside. Use manual mode in these situations, and adjust the white balance yourself. If you're going to be taking a lot of photos in the same sitting with the same lighting, it is probably worthwhile to use a neutral or white card to set it. If its just a one time casual photo, just adjust the WB by eye until the look of the preview looks right.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] railfan-eric:
Thanks, the mixed lighting and all what you said is what i figured. I didn't take the time to use manual. i just wanted to get the pictures done and posted to the FB groups before i got lazy and put it off.
[Xiaomi Mi 4i] singharpit800:
I wanted to install cutom rom in my Mi4i working on MIUI 8, so I installed TWRP from toolkit , which also installed SuperSU.But I don't know if my bootloader was unlocked or not?

I saw in a youtube video to flash MIUI 6 first to install Custom rom or you might endup in BOOTLOOP.

In TWRP I wiped Dalvik,Data,Cache,System.

Went to INSTALL, tried installing MIUI6 but that package failed to install. Giving error unable to mount.

I tried custom rom crDroid and it installed but when I restarted I WAS STUCK IN BOOTLOOP.

After a heartattack I finally flashed MIUI8 with MiFLASHER using fastboot image of MIUI 8.

SO, I want to ask IS THERE A WAY TO INSTALL CUSTOM ROM ,IF I AM ON MIUI 8????

And that bootloop was caused beacuse I didn't unlock bootloader when I installed crDroid???

Thanx in advance. Please somebody help???
[Xiaomi Mi 4i] madhurajkumar:
I would suggest you to install Resurrection Remix as it is based on miui8 firmware.

You were stuck in bootloop because crDroid was based on miui6 firmware and probably your installation of the same was failed ( Like you're saying )

Since you get "Heart Attack", Prefer clean install.

Wipe system, data, cache, dalvik cache.

Flash Rom, gapps,

Reboot to system.

Note:- To install custom ROMs based on miui6 firmware, first of all, flash the provided firmware in the thread instead of flashing the whole miui6.

Ask further if it doesn't work.

Hit thanks if helped.
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Ragazzza:
If someone has successfuly uninstalled system apps (debloated) on J5 2016 Nougat let me know which apps are safe to uninstall.

Thank you
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] corbin:
Can anybody help me to find the subj?

Thanx in advance for your help
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] ianneo:
I bought a Pixel 2 recently, and does anyone else have the frame cracking for them? On the left side of the device, below the sim tray, where there is a plastic notch. For me, the crack starts at the plastic and runs for the entire depth of the device. This is strange because my phone has always been in a case, never been exerted with lots of pressure or dropped and I would imagine that Google's R&D would try and avoid this issue. Does anyone else have this issue? Do you think Google would be able to send me a replacement device?

Pictures attached.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] redandblack1287:
Pretty sure that's the part of the phone that almost instantly snapped in jerryrig's torture test. You should watch it if you haven't already, and definitely try for a replacement if you can