yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Topics] FernBch:
I have a rebuttal if may.

The act of changing an IMEI in itself is not legal. I'm also quite sure there are valid and legal reasons to do so. If the reasons were illegal then the act would be, too.

Also. It is not reasonable to throw out a blanket and say that everyone that would want to do this is up to something shady. Most people are decent, to label everyone as having nefarious intentions is counter-productive.

Just my humble opinion.....

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One more comment. Legal or not is not the issue here. The forum has rules in order to post here. One of them is related legal/illegal activity. Since this is a public forum accessable around the world there could be users from a country where this topic is not legal. For that reason XDA is well within their right to ban this particular subject matter and a few others, too.
[General Topics] hurlube:
Thank you very much for your answer Oswald.
[General Topics] Viva La Android R.I.P.:
Very odd. I'm an attorney who practices criminal law in Kentucky and Tennessee, specializing in appellate and posts conviction writs. I have two clients who are serving substantial prison sentences for allegedly spoofing the IMEI/MEID device identifiers on dozens of mobile devices for the purpose of bypassing blacklisting restrictions imposed as a result of the devices having been reported stolen, as well as some allegations of subscriber fraud. To give you an idea of just how substantial the sentences are, both defendants were middle-aged at the time of sentencing, and it is very likely.that neither of them will ever make it to get out of prison.

I'm sure my clients would love to know the precedent you are relying upon in your position that this practice is fully legal in the US. Such a precedent would surely invalidate their convictions and exonerate them both. Let me guess, your legal expertise and position are based on some jargon you read on Google. Everybody is a lawyer who has internet access these days.

Federal law and statutes enacted in all 50 states explicitly prohibit concealing the identity of a mobile phone by way of altering, modifying, spoofing or otherwise changing the device's unique identifiers. While some state statutes require an element of intent for conviction, most prohibit the practice regardless of mens rea (criminal culpability). In fact, the practice is considered so serious, the Department of Homeland Security and the United States Secret Service investigate and initiate prosecution of such offenses on the federal level. The involvement of these two agencies is a surefire indication that this very subject rises to the level of national security. You couldn't possibly be any more incorrect on this subject. Spreading such blatantly false information on a platform such as XDA is poison. I'm sure this BS has been read by a multitude of members and visitors.

You made reference to wanting citation of a specific law or authority prohibiting the practice of changing the unique identifiers of a mobile phone. I would direct you to the federal statute

18 U.S. Code § 1029​

Read the statute, its annotations, revisions, amendments and progeny very carefully. This is the statute the US Attorney's office will use to crucify you in the event you are caught.

For clarification, there is nothing illegal in rewriting an IMEI/MEID number that has been invalidated, wiped, corrupted or otherwise damaged on a mobile phone. This occurs quite often during procedures such as flashing firmware to a device without first making a backup of the /efs or /nvdata partitions. SP Flash Tool is notorious for wiping device identifiers, MAC addresses and other values unique to the device. It is often necessary to rewrite or fix these components in order to regain network, Bluetooth and WiFi functionality. I am referring specifically to changing device identifiers in a manner that would mask or conceal the device's true identity.
[General Topics] Viva La Android R.I.P.:
@Mechcondrid, there's a bit more involved in litigation than citing statutory elements. Did you happen to research the federal legal definition of "access device?"

You and I are on the same page in terms of the required mens rea (criminal culpability, i.e. intent) in the context of securing a conviction for access device fraud. The prohibition you're not seeing is the mere act of altering or modifying a device's unique identifiers. This act creates a prima facie case of possessing an unauthorized/counterfeit access device, without demonstrating the mens rea of intent to commit a crime. I'll be glad to hash this out in more detail when I get a few minutes free. So, the question arises, would a person be automatically prosecuted for changing the IMEI/MEID of a mobile device? Maybe, maybe not. Who knows? My point is, that technically speaking, the individual has committed a federal crime within the scope of a prima facie context, by altering the identity of the device, in and of itself. The US Supreme Court expounded upon the contextual meaning of prima facie in the case of Virginia v Black. 538 U.S. 343 (2003). For all intents and purposes of this subject matter, prima facie means evidence which on its first appearance is sufficient to raise a presumption of fact or establish the fact in question, i.e., altering the unique identifiers of a mobile device -- such as a cell phone. But again, when I get a few minutes free I'll hash out the precise points and authorities in the matter sub judice.
[General Topics] Viva La Android R.I.P.:
You make good points. The key term is "access device," which was amended by legislation fairly recently to include tablets, cell phones, desktop computers, laptops, etc. I certainly agree that there are legitimate reasons as to why device identifiers would need to be modified. Correct, while there is not a statute that expressly prohibits alteration of IMEI/MEID numbers, I am merely outlining the federal statutes by which the government prosecutes such offenses. Similarly, for example. the Commonwealth of Kentucky does not have a statute prohibiting vehicular homicide. So there is no statute expressly saying that you can't go out and drive recklessly and kill people. However, such offenses are prosecuted under the manslaughter or wanton murder statutes. Changing an IMEI can get you prosecuted under the federal statute prohibiting the counterfeiting of an access device. I'm by no means saying that Homeland Security is coming after anybody changing an IMEI. But what I am saying is that federal prosecutors can technically charge an offender. I don't personally know of anybody who has been charged merely for altering device identifiers in the prima facie context. The US government most likely prosecutes only those offenders who have acted with nefarious or malicious intent, such as trafficking in cloned cell phones and the like. But again, my only point is that it is technically possible.

You and I appear to be on the same page on this topic. The only debate has been semantics it seems, whereas we are both correct on the points we are making.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Accessories] magichoward:
One case for grip and one for protection. Hope you like it...AEG and samsung I tried many... Here is a detailed review

[youtube]ktS_8hebm-g[/youtube]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Questions & Answers] tsiglas:
Hi to all of you... After five years of searching an app to turn screen off and lock without use of power button that will work with fingerprint and face I'd i finally found one to work great in playstore for free

For everyone that haven't noticed yet

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.redmanit.lockscreen

It works great with our device and other that I have test it like S10 series, A50, 70 series
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Questions & Answers] stateit:
Thanks for that link.

On a contrary quest:

I'm quite into the idea of a quick shortcut app that will keep the screen ON with a quick tap.

Anyone know of a quick and easy way?
[ASUS ROG Phone II Guides, News, & Discussion] venkatesh321:
I have a speaker issue with my rog 2. I asked about speaker replacement from Asus. They have sent me hardware troubleshooting details for that. It was cool, as you get to check if every hardware works fine.

Rog 2 is packed with many features like (air triggers, RGB flash, RGB logo notification, good stereo speakers, dual vibration, and so on) that you won't get in other flagships. If you are rocking 8 GB variant. You won't probably have an armored bumper case. So you won't possibly know that the secondary RGB flash is working or not.

Find out in this way

(Make sure that you have enabled system lighting in armory crate)

1. Open calculator (there is secret access in it)

2. Type .12345+=

3. That's it, you are in

Find the RGB section at the bottom of those hardware tests

And see the RGB light comes to life (maybe for the first time)

You can check only the primary colors with that!

Edit: You can set any colors now
[ASUS ROG Phone II Guides, News, & Discussion] MyronAz:
Cool, thanks for posting. Mine didn't have an RGB test. Maybe because I'm on an older version ?(SMMI TEST v6.0.74) I don't really care about the RGB anyway.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Guides, News, & Discussion] venkatesh321:
RGB works only on latest SMMI Version (v6.0.89 or newer)

Thanks to MyronAz for pointing that out
[ASUS ROG Phone II Guides, News, & Discussion] srk_srinivas:
This Mod can customize the RGB Flash and Logo.

https://xdaforums.com/rog-phone-2/themes/app-asus-rog-phone-2-rgb-t4124299
[ASUS ROG Phone II Guides, News, & Discussion] venkatesh321:
hey guys check this out, If you need the secondary rgb with custom colors (other than RGB) without root. Just go to lighting condition from armoury crate and turn on "Screen On" condition set it to static and choose any colour you want and close the app. Now go to SMMI test and follow the post

the lights will blink as per the test and in between those intervals your selected colour will flash. and after (5 max) you will get the selected colour will flash as long as you keep your screen on and in SMMI
[OnePlus Nord Questions & Answers] Fazerboy0_3:
Screen Flicker /Judder when using Google. You can cure this temporarily by uninstalling the update in Android system Web View App. Until a fix is found.. S
[General Topics] sn0wcat:
PIGEON! messenger:

* Finger-friendly interface which is intuitively-clear therefore that’s easy to chat on the run.

* Ultimate compatibility with different Windows Mobile Professional and Smartphone devices and screen resolutions.

* Amazingly low system requirements: only 500KB RAM and ROM added to superior workspeed even on 200MHz devices.

* Compatible with the most of additional hardware keyboards for PDAs and smartphones.

* Built-in spam filter

* Full support of UNICODE.

* Support of various instant messaging services: ICQ, XMPP, Jabber and GTalk. MSN is on its way to join these!

Well, these are the most important ones though PIGEON! just wouldn’t be itself if not the following:

* Various color schemes and skins

* Downloadable smiley packs

* Three languages are available: Russian, English and German. (Czech is coming soon)

* Lots of additional settings – from pop-up window to keyboard controls.

Developer: VirtualProjects

OS: Windows2003, WM5, WM6, WM6.1

Processor type: ARM

Screen: qQVGA, qVGA, VGA, WVGA

Official site (russian): PIGEON!

Official (english): PIGEON!

Official forum Forum

Download english version: Pre release version
[General Topics] TheChampJT:
Why are all 3 of your posts about this? Looks nice, but just a random download it seems. I will NOT download this :D!
[General Topics] sn0wcat:
Because this program is very best!

One of the BEST messangers on PocketPC platform!

Some time later will open site with promo this programm.

Now you can test this, and say your future request.

PS: Sorry for my poor English.
[General Topics] hurvinek007:
well Ill stick with me beejive
[General Topics] sn0wcat:
Try it and be fun!
[General Topics] moneytoo:
I love Pigeon, it's the best IM for ICQ. I even translated it to English myself. But...

Is this an official release? Because this is on their site:

Attention!

Share modified version of the program KATEGORICHESKI PROHIBITED!

Edit resources and transfer only for themselves!

Otherwise adjourn ability to edit resources forever.

If not, I recommend you to delete the link, I dont want them to disable editing resources.
[General Topics] sn0wcat:
This official pre release.

Soon be release english promo site.

This link directly to download from new site.
[General Topics] lordsinasina:
what about yahoo messenger? it would be great to have a messenger for it like this
[General Topics] sn0wcat:
May be in future.

Now only ICQ
[General Topics] Kpyto:
I use this program more than 3 mounts.

(i was only Russian version before)

It is the best ICQ program in the world.

It is not a joke.

PIGEON! just better than else.
[General Topics] Kpyto:
I think anyone should try it.

It work in VGA, WVGA, QVGA perfectly.

I use PIGEON on Wizard, TyTN and now on Toshiba G900.
[General Topics] sn0wcat:
Thanks.

Anybody, help me.

I need screenshots of English version PIGEON!

With showning history messagings.

Better make cool screenshots all programm.

This is for official site.

Thanks!
[General Topics] foo:
Will this messenger become commercial and is the current version limited to run only for a certain time?
[General Topics] EvgeniyKo:
Well, I'm use it program more 6 month, and it is the bast ICQ chat. :D;)
[General Topics] sn0wcat:
Yes. This programm wil be commercial.
[General Topics] Kpyto:
It is the most bad news in this day :(
[General Topics] sn0wcat:
Not very bad.

They wil be cosn no more than 20$

This is 6 bottles of goot beer or 3 bottle of good vine.
[General Topics] Kpyto:
TheChampJT

If you don't know author, you don't download software?

You a strange boy.

I know sn0wcat by one russian pda forum.

He have

Now you will try this great program?
[General Topics] usrname:
seems not to work with web&walk mobile flat... any solution?
[General Topics] sn0wcat:
Whai is it? I don't understand.
[Redmi Note 9 Questions & Answers] farvehar09:
hello

Please tell me how to patch vbmeta file for my phone?

my phone is redmi note 9 (m2003j15ss) and updated to miui 12.0.3.0(QJOMIXM)

I want to root my phone with magisk, I need vbmeta patched
[Redmi Note 9 Questions & Answers] VD171:
Here, you can find patched vbmeta for MERLIN (Redmi Note 9):

https://xdaforums.com/t/vbmeta-img-...omi-redmi-note-9-xiaomi-redmi-10x-4g.4218909/

:unsure: Do you need help with your MERLIN device ?

Read this FAQ

: https://xdaforums.com/t/faq-guide-h...for-merlin-redmi-10x-4g-redmi-note-9.4225177/
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Questions & Answers] MasroorSakhi:
I was having andriod 9 orignally came with samsung a 20 . Then i decided for custom rom of andriod 10 . I used them for 2 weeks then i again unroot my phone completely but still some apps saying phone is rooted

Samsung pass

Samsung internet

Samsung health
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Questions & Answers] physwizz:
You can't unroot completely

Why unroot?
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Questions & Answers] Lost149ers:
I really need help, sugestion, tutorial or whatever to downgrade my xz1 701SO from pie to oreo

Bootloader locked

Already have the oreo ftf for it

Already followed so many tutorial for it

Its the flashtool app

Already tried many flashtool (15) but none couldnt read the device. There was no option to option for xz1 701SO but the other xz1 variant was on the list

All drivers installed perfectly, even i can use adb to disable some bloatware

This is my only device for daily driver n i spent all my saving for it. Cant afford send it to service center.

PLEASE, I NEED HELP
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Questions & Answers] TEK023:
hey Lost149ers

have you ever do a research on google ? how you enter xda site

all you need is newflasher extract firmware into newflasher folder delete all *.ta file

and flash the firmware

here for example

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf2xuv1gTPY&t=132s
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Questions & Answers] Lost149ers:
I did my research, n yes i missed that part what newflasher really for. N i didnt found that video tutorial on youtube. I been to much panic n focus to flashtool n wby it cant recognize 701SO, I installed the newflasher but didnt understand what to do in the first time.

Im sorry for my noob post. N THANKS FOR UR HELP n UR PATIENTLY ASSISTANCE SIR

i will try it soon n report back here
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Questions & Answers] Lost149ers:
I got bootloop

I folllow all the instruction
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Questions & Answers] TEK023:
try this one make sure you download your own model firmware

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp9zkp0rR0M&t=255s
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Questions & Answers] Lost149ers:
I dont know why oreo rom for 701SO xz1 softbank difficult to find, i googled n found just 2, n i tried em all.

At first attempt, SOCM FLASH were not in USB section on device manager, after uninstall - restart - reinstall again, 3rd attempt was succesful, its in USB section. So i start to extract the ftf, delete .TA n persist-x.sin, extract the newflasher in he same folder, execute it, no sign its flashing n i unplug it, restart it, bootloop
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Questions & Answers] Lost149ers:
Tried it 20 times

Still cant flash from newflasher

I spent 3 days for this

Maybe i should give up
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Questions & Answers] TEK023:
tried hold volume up + power button if the phone restart

and after that hold down volum button to enter flash mode

uninstall flash mode driver and install it back just whatever try it will just work
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Questions & Answers] Lost149ers:
Still cant

Its okay Sir

I really appreciate all ur patience n advises

Spent so many days for this Bricked 701SO

Now i dont have smartphone n need to borrow my friends phone to reply this

Will be my last xperia to buy

Have a good day
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Questions & Answers] TEK023:
if your device bootloader is locked

there will be no way that your phone is hard brick it's only soft brick

try to find solution buy playing with buttons so you can enter flash mode

check cable and usb port too
[Sony Xperia XZ1  Questions & Answers] Lost149ers:
First, thanks for not givin up on me

Yesterday my friend lend me an EDL cable with dongle, i dont know how or why, i plug it n it can turn my 701SO to flashmode, n i checked in device manager on port sub it shows SOVC port

So i Tried to flash the oreo ftf, many times, but failed. So Pie is the only i can get

It booted. Done

After an hour checking it to make sure no failure. I tried to flash the oreo ftf, but again the device manager read the SOVC not in the port section, newflasher always shut down everytime i tap enter, many times

Maybe i should stop tryin Unlock n root this device.

N stay with stock Pie. At least it can be use again.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] Sohag0910:
Once used Google Pixel XL. Then used Samsung Galaxy S9+, Oneplus 7T now using Galaxy S20+ honestly speaking no other phone can match the pixel XL's camera performance . Attaching a photo taken with pixel xl.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] Maroc_Specops:
Looks more like an Alcatel Phone camera.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] novastar1:
You should have stuck with that pixel xl... It's amazing
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] digitaljeff:
Agreed...google's image processing just can't be beat. Very much considering picking up a pixel as a secondary device just for taking photos .
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] viper98:
TBH that is a pretty horrible quality photo
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] Knotte:
It's actually useless without a comparision to the same scene taken with the S20+.

But sure Pixels profit hugely from the Google camera app and its software processing. But as soon as use third-party apps you can see how dated the camera hardware/sensor is. Heck, the Pixel 5 still has practically the same old tiny sensor as the Pixel 2 ( Sony IMX362 vs. IMX363). Do some video recording in bad light conditions with a Pixel and the S20 and you will see the difference in sensor quality (in favor of the S20 of course).
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] TheMadScientist:
I know my one plus 7 pro did so much better at processing than Samsung. The s20 isn't too bad but still most Def better on the market
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] Knotte:
When it comes to camera hardware/sensors there is not too much better stuff than the S20 series. The Ultra is even a little better. And the Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra has by far the best camera hardware. But most phones just compensate for it with software (especially Pixels with their tiny sensors). If you used the exact same camera app (like some GCam port) on all those phones you would get a more objective comparison. Of course, most people just want a phone with stock software and no root or any deeper changes to the system. So overall camera performance can be compared on the DXOMark page for example.

And even if the S20 has the better sensor, the Pixel's Google software is just much better at processing giving it an overall better ranking.

I compared videos shot with the same app on several devices (Quick Video Recorder which can record with the screen off) and thus settled for the S20+. It was the only phone with better camera hardware than my 4 years old HTC U11. Both Pixel 4 and Xiaomi Note 10 Lite performed worse in regard to detail, lighting and noise.

If you just want a phone to go and shoot pictures with then yeah, get a Pixel.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Guides, News] TheMadScientist:
I like the s20. It does do very well. I use a lot of the features. I do a lot in manual mode too. And previous models just didn't seem to handle as well as this. But I still like the op7pro for certain situations it does amazing
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] mhmedahmed1996:
a point

Why on earth the phone

redmi note 7 pro which have snapdragon 675 and antutu of 210,000 can play pubg on 61.2 fps after screen overclocking and no heat after 1 hour of playing pubg

But the

Samsung S9+ with snapdragon 845 and antutu of 345,000 and a GPU that has more than 4 times the performance of the snapdragon 675 in antutu and after only half an hour it can't sustain 40 fps and a heat degree that can cook eggs on the frame of the device

Not even taking about battery life

The request

To make it short

Iam not a developer (too bad)

So I wish if some awesome developer can port one of these kernels

[Crimson Kernel] or [Hydra+ Kernel]

The reason

Again to make it short

225%-245% performance increase

Noticeable in gaming fps

More importantly

Way less heat while gaming

And better battery life

How on earth

Simple

Just see for your self the videos down below

Since the s9+ have Havoc OS

We need the Kernel

Please watch those 4 minutes videos

I'm sure it deserve your time

The videos

[YOUTUBE]NQXK148Wg-Y[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]LQ1uIgkaXPM[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]UKo6QmbD4xk[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]-bw9ESVSaHQ[/YOUTUBE]

Links

https://github.com/uditkarode/crimson

From redmi note 7 pro

https://tweakguy.com/download-crimson-kernel-66-hz-for-android-phones/

The reason a developer should care

This device the samsung galaxy s9/s9+ had its last major update a month ago

So no major updates are coming to this device again

Only 2-3 security update left

So your work is what will write a new life for this device

So please help
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] mhmedahmed1996:
at least comment or something so developers can hear us