yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] litelinux:
Well I haven't revisited IG lite for a while, so it's possible that the ads are back in later updates.

And for the time being, Barinsta is hit by a Cease and Desist letter, which prohibits development of the app.

I now recommend Instander. Isn't open source but blocks all ads most of the time. It also offers robust options in the instander settings page, and has the ability to hide "seen" status from stories, videos, livestreams and DMS.
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] phaleg:
Grazie :)

I found the telegram channel with version 14.1

normal and clone looks having the same size, which one should I pick?

I read that is not open source, does it mean that I have to pay for using it?

Thanks again
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] litelinux:
The normal version has the same package name as the original Instagram, so installing it will replace the original.

The clone version can coexist with the original app.

You don't have to pay for it, non-open source just means that we can't build it ourselves.

However, donations to the developer is the best way to help keep the development going.
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] phaleg:
I installed the normal version from their telegram channel (not the clone).

I rebooted and wiped cache of IG and the other thing

I open the app and the ads are still there...

what did I miss please?

I was not sure if installed properly, so I tried again from file manager and it says impossible to install on my device (the PocoF1 with Pixel Experience +) ...

Please help me, the developer website is super weird and I cannot find the tutorial
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] litelinux:
@phaleg Try the clone version maybe? I installed the clone version and so far it only has ads in the "Older Posts" section.

BTW, on my phone, 14.1 only shows a black screen on startup. My solution is to install 12.1, log in then update to 14.1.

The website is indeed broken so using the telegram group would be more straightforward :)

For the ads though, most of the time there won't be ads, but occasionally ads will appear. Blame IG for this.
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] litelinux:
By the way if you don't need the reply function (and the bells and whistle in DM), then mods from @neekless still works to this day:

I recommend versions under 144, has no ads and can view older posts right under new posts (the old way).
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] phaleg:
Thanks for the tips!

This is how I solved, installing the close worked and also if you first uninstall the normal instagram and then you put Instander works.

Now I have both and will probably remove one.

I see no ads and that's great, I try asking, is there option to remove the annoying reels as well?
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] litelinux:
From your profile -> hamburger menu on the top right -> "Instander Settings" -> Misc

There is a switch to turn off IG reels.

After switching it off, close the app (by clearing it from recents) then re-open. Changes should take effect.

The switch may not work at times, so if the switch is already off, turn it on, restart the app, turn it off, then restart again.
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] phaleg:
Mmm, I tried couple times the switch for the Reels, will try again tomorrow...

Just for me to understand, reels switch off, means that the app will hide those reels from stream / feed and remove the button in the middle, correct?

Maybe is needed to clear cache of the app or storage something?
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] litelinux:
Try force stopping the app after switching.
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] phaleg:
I did this too, whole process, from off to on (remove from recent + force close), then again from on to off (remove from recent + force close)... anyway, it is still cool to remove ads, maybe in future I will be more fortunate for this XD
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] litelinux:
@phaleg for reference mine looks like this:View attachment 5429861

I'm on 14.1.
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] phaleg:
Do you have a similar app for annoying / promotional things on Facebook? For now, I am using the lite version that misses the dating feature, but has the messages integrated in the same app
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] litelinux:
Frost is an open source wrapper for Facebook that supports notifications and hiding promotional content.

Facebook LC is a mod made by @evilwombat to an older version of Facebook. Though not updated, it still works to this day. On the same thread there is also Messenger LC, which hides ads from the messenger app.

However I'm not sure if these apps have the dating feature, as I've never used it before.
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] phaleg:
Maybe on next release of Instander, will work better for the Reels thing!

I tried also Frost for FB
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] trungmeoghost:
Try Instander. It have many features, no ads, based on original Instagram
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] phaleg:
Does it remove also rubbish reels permanently to you?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricardopt78:
Hi everyone, for the last 3 days im having an issue with the playstore on the OP1, previously bought apps are not being recognized as "already bought" altough they appear on the Library as bought, on the app individual page in the playstore those apps are not recognized as "already bought", tried latest versions of tugapower and POSP 2.2 aswell as older opengapps builds, also tried omniroom 8.1 but same thing happens.

Ive also fastbooted an alder build (44s) for a clean install and upgraded from there but same thing happens

Anyone has this issue?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Starling72:
Hello there,

Mine OP1 on Stock Cyanogen version 13.1.2.

On 22nd April my Starling App v0.65.1.26531 prevented me from log into my bank account with the following on the App screen ""For security we ask you to update your app from time to time. The latest version can be down loaded from google play"

I therefore deleted my Starling App from my OP1 and when returned to Goole Plat Store to download but I am not offered this App available for download. I contacted Google and a chap from google attempted for an hour to no avail. He even tried to air drop this app from my wife's pixel phone to mine and failed. I contacted Starling Bank-and they do not know how to help me.

I attempted to clear chache ect..

http://ibb.co/fq0mzF8
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] AlexNec01:
Hey folks! I am currently using a S8 ported rom running on Android 7.0 and it's called Aurora V21. Yes I know it's soo outdated but I recommend it for everyone who want a great battery life and by that I mean ++24hrs with 7-8 SOT.

The only bug that I've discovered on this rom is the Bixby Vision. This feature has not been fixed in V21. However, the dev managed to fix it in V33 which is the last version for this rom and I've tried it too, but there are some other bugs that I've not encountered in V21 so I switched back.

Unfortunatelly, I don't have so much knowledge about developing a custom rom to fix this problem myself. Hope someone will help me out with a fix for this feature.

Note: If you desire, I can upload both versions ( V21 and V33 ) on Google Drive or Mega because it's been almost 2 years since the dev uploaded on AFH and the download speed is very slow.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] Redant07:
I have redmi 4x 2/16gb and I looking for expand memory with my sd card 128gb . My Syberian rom let me move some app even so I'm short of memory and I want to use my card completely.

Take this opportunity to consult what rom you recommend me for the version of the 4x that I have?

Thanks
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] mohitgujjar123:
I don't think its a good idea.

Because apps on sdcard works slower than devics..
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] matt2842:
Hi guys:

I have tried every thing I knew but it seems I am doing something wrong...

Can you please tell me how to add theme to my device?

Here is what the theme looks like:

http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11294&d=1201962918

And here is the link to download it:

http://www.pocket-pc-visuals.com/MobileVistaWAD's.rar

I am not sure if it is compatible with my device...if it's not then maybe we could some how manage to make it compatible.

many thanks in advance.

Matt
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RizwanKhan:
is this a serious question? ....
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ChumleyEX:
Yeah it is.. Are you sure this is for a Windows Mobile phone?

Maybe this is something I should know but I don't. It's not the normal skin.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RizwanKhan:
the reason iasked about seriousness is cuz when u download a theme it states for what os it is ... and if it is a wm theme than i don't see how installing a theme can be a problem
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ChumleyEX:
WWEEELLLLLL did you look at the file he linked?

The pics looks like windows mobile, but I think (strangly enough) that this is a theme to make vista look like windows mobile. Thems some strange files in that thar linked RAWR file, and what not.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] matt2842:
Thanks for reply.

I am sure it is for mobile phone device so far I have managed to get the welcome image and the calculater runing but the whole theme seems not working.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Rudegar:
it's all in the link well the first part anyway

http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/

they got some various skin programs which one is required to buy to use their skins

which got capabilities far beyond that of normal wm skins

but i would try before buy though because it slows the device down somewhat

maybe not something kaiser really need ;)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] matt2842:
I have provided a link to where you can download the theme, and for what I know it is free.

my problem is I cant get it runing.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ChumleyEX:
Yeah, with a million files I would think that it will slow it down.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Rudegar:
"I have provided a link to where you can download the theme, and for what I know it is free."

yes the themes are all free but they are not wm themes they are wizbar advanced desktop or some of the others wizbar program themes and those programs required to run your free theme cost money as is shown at the lakeridgesoftware site
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] bapssystupr3m3:
u need wisbar desktop...use google and search for their forums u can find the skins there as well as how to install..i've tried that particular one before :)
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] Levyks:
I only saw old topics about this, but i think now that a lot of pie roms are already stable thing may be different

I was thinking in the Gabriel kernel, seems very good, but i dont know the rom, maybe LineageOs, AEX, arrowOs or RR

Sorry for my bad english
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] zkoz:
it can help you make a decision.

I use bootleggers +gabriel kernel. Everything works fine:)
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] Levyks:
which version of the kernel do you use? gcc or dtc?
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] zkoz:
Now have Gabriel-CPU8998-STOCK-CLANG-X-20190225.
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Questions & Answers] gen5000:
The incoming calls give me two options to receive.

For some calls, the phone shows the SWIPE option, and other times just to TOUCH the green or red buttons.

Why so? Is it normal?

Is there way I could disable the swipe option and keep the simple touch option?

Thanks
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Questions & Answers] Firething:
hmm not exactly a solution ... but seems if the screen is locked its the swipe.. and if not its the touch option ..... just to zero in on your problem....
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Questions & Answers] jonboi:
As above. No way to change it. If the screen is locked, you have to swype. If the screen is unlocked, then it's just press to answer.

Reason being, if your phone is in your pocket, it cannot be accidentally answered without performing the swype action.
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Questions & Answers] gen5000:
Well understood !

Thanks a lot mate.
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Questions & Answers] dynomat:
this is really bad user experience, especially for older person.

EMUI sucks. And basic android also. I cannot believe the operating system still does not let user increase size of icons ( like windows does). Nokia was 10 times better ( before microsoft took over) at user experience, but they missed the smart phone wagon
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Questions & Answers] Mobtel063:
Maybe you should sit and write new OS and share it to world
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] theBoatman:
Hello!

I am currently using a nontreble build (RR Nougat) and I want to try out a treble build (perhaps Havoc Pie) soon and I wonder what is needed to make sure I can switch back to my current setup without effort in case of problems. It would be nice if someone can give me some input and prevent me from shooting in my own foot :)

What partitions do I have to backup (using TWRP) and to whipe for making a clean install and still being able to revert everything?

I think there are parts of the data that can not be backed up with TWRP. Which data is affected of this, and will the be destroyed/modified when I install a treble build?

I am a bit nervous as I do not have much time for reverting in case of problems, and I cannot test my backup in advance.

Thanks!

theBoatman
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] mohitgujjar123:
First of all you need treble supported twrp.

If you have your old rom zip.

Then just backup data

Then wipe everything just leave vendor partition.

If you dont like pie than again wipe everything just leave vendor.

Install the old zip with gapps

Then restore the backup of data.

Thats it.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Questions & Answers] ttn.threat:
:) hi. So heres the problem that I'm facing

- I factory reset the phone 3 times, and reapply unlocking on the same account everytime. After the 3rd time, it went to freaking 800 something hours. Ok I could deal with that

But...

- Last time that I checked, it went down to around 200 something hours, ok, that's good. But then, today, when I checked again, it was saying that I have to wait 484 hours :D That's 19 days

Any one seeing this? Can reapply unlocking on another account help solve the problem?

Seems like I didn't have developers option and USB debugging turned on but does it make things worse?

Will turning off Sync freeze the countdown?

Thanks
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Questions & Answers] dd721411:
My friend,

Don't play with Mi Unlock too much. Just activate 'Developer Options', 'OEM unlocking' and 'USB debugging' and wait until the countdown ends. You can reset your phones as many times as you want but remember to activate those 3 things each and every time. There's also no need to bind Mi account more than once. I doubt that turning off Sync or using another Mi account would help your situation.

I actually had to use an older version of Mi Unlock because the newest one told me to wait for 7 more days after having waited 14 days. :p

Good luck and happy holidays!

Chào bạn,

Đừng có dùng Mi Unlock quá nhiều lần. Bạn chỉ cần bật 3 chế độ 'Developer Options', 'OEM unlocking' và 'USB debugging' rồi đợi số giờ đếm ngược kết thúc. Bạn cũng có thể reset máy thoải mái nhưng nhớ là phải bật 3 chế độ kia sau mỗi lần reset. Bạn cũng không cần phải kết nối tài khoản Mi hơn một lần đâu. Mình không nghĩ là tắt Sync hay dùng một tài khoản Mi khác sẽ cải thiện được tình hình.

Thực ra mình cũng phải dùng bản Mi Unlock cũ vì bản mới bắt chờ thêm 7 ngày sau khi mình đã chờ 14 ngày.

Chúc bạn may mắn và nghỉ lễ vui vẻ! :fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] thienthancongtu:
REAL-LIFE HEAVY USES "Screen On Time"

I'll be getting the note 9 soon (I prefer the Exynos version for rooting)

Can someone with both variants test the real-life screen on time please?

There is an app in google play store called "PHOTOREALISM BENCHMARK 2018" infinite benchmark TO RUN TILL THE BATTERY DIES OUT

*1*: I doubt that either variant can hit 6 hrs running this app with 50% (wifi)

Anyone willing to give this test a try?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aobeta:
I have a 1tb data cap with my isp, and for the last couple months, I've been getting very close to hitting it which I thought was very unusual. So decided to investigate this, so I turned on a setting on my router to let me monitor data used for each device on my network. Overnight alone, my fire TV used 4gb of data, so I went to my fire TV to see if anything was running. It was just sitting on the home page. There's a data monitoring option on fire TV that I just read about, and I turned that on and it shows that this month, the "fire TV system" has used 170gb of data, and last month was 111gb. The next closest app is Kodi with only 580mb. I barely use this fire TV. I think I've only used it one day this month. Anyone heard of this problem and maybe have a solution?

It's a fire TV 2, rooted on version 5.2.6.7. It's a fresh install only a couple months ago. The only sideloaded apps are Kodi and smart YouTube tv.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2WhlWzrd:
Is the default Fire TV screensaver enabled?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aobeta:
You might have the right idea. Yeah, it was on and I never disabled it. I guess it makes sense. It's weird because I have 2 other fire tvs that run screensavers, and the data usage is very small. I just looked up an article from 5 years ago about a bug in the screensavers using tons of data. If this is the problem it's crazy it still hasn't been fixed.

I will report back if turning it off didn't work. Thanks for the tip.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n8wwd:
Just a thought, but are you positive Alexa isn't listening in?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aobeta:
I'm pretty sure it's not Alexa. I don't think there is a microphone built into the fire tv and I use a remote without a mic. And I have an echo and it only seems to use about 2-3 MB a day. Plus, it's download data being consumed, not upload data.

As for the wallpaper, I turned it off and that didn't make much of a difference. It used another 3GB over night. :confused:
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] rscherk:
How it's the uniformity of your screen?

Mine has a little dark tint on the half/botton part...
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] Quyta:
Can you share a photo?

I had been crazy for this on my phone View attachment 4751191

Enviado desde mi MI 9 mediante Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] nasir0505:
Me too .. it comes after update to 9.4.26 beta https://ibb.co/3mY4BWr
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] SuperAnty97:
This is mine, it is dark on the top. It is very annoying when I watch movie in my bed in a dark room with low display brightness. The problem disappear when I increase brightness, but it hurts my eyes.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] Gokh:
Others, including me have a similar problem : https://xdaforums.com/Mi-9/help/faulty-display-t3913762

Only visible when it's very dim, on dark content.
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] iXaidyiu:
Hi all,

My dad has had this Nokia phone for around a year now, it has been running smoothly all the time and never fails on him. But this morning the phone suddenly cannot boot anymore, plugged into charger, still nothing. It will not vibrate, no display, just nothing. I have tried PWR+Vol+ and PWR+Vol- still nothing... My dad told me that the night before it still had around 60% of battery reported by the SystemUI. Suspecting it of being briced (all of a sudden), is there anything I can try to revive this phone before sending it for repair?

iXaidyiu
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] gouravbharat2014:
Try to Put your Handset into Download Mode

by pressing volume down and power button at the same time and keep the Usb charging on

or

Recovery Mode

volume up and power

try it and revert
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] iXaidyiu:
Tried both, still nothing... Am I out of luck?
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] gouravbharat2014:
May Be Fault Charging IC or loose battery connectors
[Nokia 7 Plus Questions & Answers] iXaidyiu:
Problem solved.

Went to a local repair shop and they replaced the motherboard for my dad, free of charge with warranty issued directly from Nokia.

Thread closed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marceita95:
I just installed this apk for the gcam on my umidigi f1, I am not sure if this is the most updated version but is working pretty good on my device

Apparently I can't post links so remove the final part and add https;// before clicking the link

drive.google.com/file/d/1jnzU0fcjbdaLn_Ht44XjV_zRR2OdWkEo/view(removethis)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EverPing:
Great, thanks !
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlurtFlabber:
I just bought an umidigi f1 play and I'm waiting for it to arrive. Looking forward to experimenting with it. GCAM is the first thing I want to add. If you have any further advice for installing it or versions, please let us know.

Where are the best forums/sub forums for umidigi support?

Thanks for the post about gcam.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lil_maqician:
Sorry it's saying file does not exist

Please Can you post another link
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justclimb:
The only one that works for me:

F1 Play Gcam
[General Topics] hantipala:
I am not one to dig into the guts of my device and edit code. So a lot of the cool stuff that others are doing with their devices was not going to happen for me. I wanted finger navigation and quick access to call me contacts. I did a Google search for Windows Mobile Touch Navigation and there it was, 7th item listed.

I am running the free demo and it is totally solid, have not needed to reset device once. I will certainly purchase the product, it does everything I want it to and more. Here is the link to download. http://www.touch-commander.com/download-exe

I have had a few questions about the product and they have been great and getting back to me.

I just noticed that there are some new skins available as well, I am gonna grab those straight away, the Aero one looks sick!

Hope you all enjoy.
[General Topics] Joezhang:
If you live in the UK, it's currently being given away free with em... PDA Something*.. along with Resco Keyboard pro - all for the sum of £4.

* well come on there are not that many PDA magazines, go down to the newsagents and find it!

When I tried it on the samsung i780 last week, it worked like a piece of crap.
[General Topics] szpaner6:
Is the Touch Commander for VGA Screen too ?
[General Topics] cofffee:
New skin for homeplug

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3624/screen03yq8.jpg

Download theme :

http://c714cq.blu.livefilestore.com...BGKgPQWwKS/theme touch commander.rar?download
[General Topics] cofffee:
http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x5hwg7&v3=1&related=1
[About XDA developers] iXaidyiu:
Hi all,

Recently I have updated the "mowned" signature on their site by adding a device, but when pasting the link here on xda using the function. It was still showing the older version of the image. I believe this is related to the fact that xda-cdn will keep a copy of the target image in its server and use that instead of the raw location's image for faster access (correct me if I am wrong). So is there a way there, on the user-side, bypass or reset the cached image or I need to request an admin or a mod to do so for me? Thanks.

iXaidyiu
[About XDA developers] iXaidyiu:
[MENTION=450224]bitpushr[/MENTION]

Sorry for pinging you but I think there's something that can be done on the backend side?
[About XDA developers] ideaman924:
Having a problem with this as well. My mowned signature will not update. It's not my browser cache because I've tried multiple browsers on different devices and have cleared history and cache on each one. Definitely something on the CDN side. Please fix this, admins!
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Questions & Answers] Deeptesh Basak:
Waiting eagerly for TWRP flashable zip for Android PIE . Will try fully working Pixel 3 camera :)