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[Linux] TinySoul:
The great linux problem is it's terminal interface. Just too much of typing, too many switches/options to remember. What an average Joe wants is simple drag and drop.

What many forget is people like us who write comments here, already have a certain level of comfort with computers.

Forget linux even as a windows users for several year, many are still not comfortable working at command prompt, how can we expect people to handle linux terminal.

Sure now days there are many linux distros with customizable and beautiful interfaces that can rival Windows and Macs.

On top of it too many choices of distros only confuse end users.

There is a reason Linux failed to capture even 10% market share as Desktop OS even after nearly 30 years. I am quite sure it's not going to capture even 15% market share in the next decade.

I don't understand why people hate Microsoft so much. Apple does the same infact it's ecosystem is quite like a jail(sic) which will rob you of your hard earned money just for an extra feature or two.

I am upset with Microsoft for the way they have gone with Windows 10, but I don't hate them. I am in fact thankful to them for the role they have played in making this world computer literate. Had they gone Apple's way(only what we approve, won't allow our OS to run on all sorts of Hardware etc.) the world would have been a different place
[Linux] bronkish:
Old man yells at clouds. Your post was hogwash from the first sentence. Terminal is not a problem, it's the power, and people haven't had to use it for years. Just sayin', your post is ridiculous.
[Linux] TinySoul:
Your problem not mine. Why it is even bothering you?

Don't like it fine. Learn to ignore and move ahead else you will spend your life cribbing about small small things.

Have a good day 🙏
[Linux] Alienatick:
First understand that you may use Linux quite well without the need to write a single command, but there'll be times where your only option will be the command line (aka Terminal Emulator), and if you don't want to learn a few commands to tell your computer what to do and how to do, I think you're better off staying in windows or MacOS (aka, Apples Trash OS).
[Linux] TinySoul:
If it is directed towards me then let me tell you I am a computer engineer and have learned enough linux commands to navigate in and out of the system and do some basic stuff and some basic scripting.

I was talking in general about why linux have failed to capture the desktop market. I don't think it was designed to be a desktop OS to start with. Then not only the terminal thing but the drivers issue too was there that prevented people to adopt it.

I am from India and in my area computer usage has increased many folds in last 10 years. Many small shop owners are using computers to manage their business, but I have never came across anyone running linux on their computers. Then they have old dot matrix printers which they want to use it but you won't find drivers easily on linux. Some people might be using linux but as I said I never came across them.

I have never seen a computer running linux even in Internet Cafe. ATM machines or some other machines, computers at malls are running Windows.

Now days many young people are into games and for that even the linux guys go to windows.

Things might be different in your country. So it's not a question of me learning few new commands. The issue is much bigger. It is difficult to convince people to switch to Linux when their Windows machines are running just fine.

The virus and malware issues exists because of the market share Windows has and people run it with administrator account. Now days even linux and Apple machines are getting infected with viruses and malwares as their market share have increased.

Last thing Linux also lost out due to marketing. They never bothered hence it took nearly 30 years to reach the current state. Microsoft was aggressive from the start hence even a better OS like OS/2 lost. Apple has been trying hard in the marketing department but their devices will remain unaffordable by many.

And yes I am much more comfortable with Windows. And I don't Linux market share as Desktop OS go beyond 15% in next 10 years.

Thank you 🙏
[Linux] bronkish:
lol. You wrote something bogus in a forum - to the world. It was responded to, you know, because forum, and you're saying a thing. It's not my problem at all, you just don't like the response to your bogus. It's your problem. I could care less what you use or what your experience is or what color your underwear is - I owe nothing to 'Linux', I am not its champion.

I don't eat cheetos, but I don't tell the world that does why they suck. If I did, I would expect someone to tell me off, because what does it matter and why am I lambasting a thing I don't even use, eat? Do you understand, or, do you just want to spout off some more, child.?

Wait - what was the question? Keep your religion in your pants.
[Linux] TinySoul:
So your ego is still hurting that you come back to reply after 2-3 days. Ok your choice go ahead and write whatever you want that satisfies you.

Thanks for your time and have a good day ahead 🙏
[Linux] Dedsec-20:
Ya Right Bro!
[Linux] Dedsec-20:
Hey Bro Do you know anything about how to get a SM-G930V rooted, bootloader unlocked, custom rom and recovery installation??
[Linux] chomsky55:
That is the verizon qualcomm model right? Don't own that device and all I could find was this :

https://www.skyneel.com/root-samsung-galaxy-s7-verizon-sm-g930v-twrp-recovery

Remember no guarantees, it might brick your phone!!
[Linux] HipKat:
Repost from the Arch thread....

For a week and a half now, I've been running full-time Manjaro, except for Gaming, I have to go back to Win 11. The one game I play the most (Enemy Territory) has a Linux open-source package but it crashes my monitor.

I thought about checking EndeavorOS out but I'm good here until the day I do a complete line by line Arch install
[Linux] HipKat:
Like anything, using Terminal is just something you learn along the way. I keep a note widget on my 2nd monitor to paste some commands I need to remember.
[Linux] HipKat:
There's another reason. People are used to Windows packages/programs like Office, Windows Explorer, onboard Email, news, weather, Control Panel, etc and see names like Dolphin, Libre, Konsole, QT, etc and have no idea what they're looking at so it becomes too intimidating for the average "turn it on and surf the net" computer users.
[Linux] HipKat:
Jesus, Line breaks dude.. .damn. No one is going to read that mess
[Linux] jeremyandroid:
Sorry. I agree
[Linux] Dedsec-20:
Do You??
[Linux] TinySoul:
Although I agree but one must ask the question why things turns out to be this(getting used to Windows) way?

I my opinion the reason is that Microsoft has always be agreesive in selling their OS. Then in the 90's, due to the advancement in Technology the cost of the computers started falling and soon they beacame affordable by many. Seeing this Microsoft struck a deal with computer manufacturers and started bundling their OS.

As more and more people started purchasing desktops, more and more people started writing software for Windows and thus over a time they became used to Windows. For most people GUI is any day better than the console/terminal.

Considering that even today many people are not comfortable with Linux, one can imagine how frustrating it would have been for the people 20 years ago. Linux was a nightmare for many in those days.
[Linux] HipKat:
I totally agree. Just to update, the only time I ever go back to Windows now is for gaming which I haven't had a whole lot of time to do in the last week anyway with work and holidays. But the soon as I'm done playing whatever game I'm on, I immediately reboot into Linux. I've gotten so used to it I don't even feel comfortable using Windows anymore
[Linux] MPK99:
I was the same hardcore windows user. Switched to Arch Linux (yes, that's my first distro).

To switch first you gotta leave:

> Hardcore gaming

> Stop using proprietary tools

> Learn to learn how to learn
[Linux] Tajil:
> Learn to learn how to learn

Cool, I love it!
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rixsta_musicman:
Hey all

I have a SM-t575 here which I can't remember the pin number to get into android, the problem is it won't let me into download mode but it will let me into this screen attached, however, there's no Factory Reset wipe!

So I feel like im in a loop here, any way out of this would be super appreciated!

Riki
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rixsta_musicman:
bumps
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyanCr7:
From my understanding, Kernels that have schedutil governor has a CPU frequency boosting feature which gives the CPU a push from the back to do a job faster than it was supposed to.

It does make the phone notably faster and smoother but if not configured properly the battery takes a hit.

Enabling schedtune.prefer_idle turns off that frequency boost of a running core and forces the workload on an idle core. But there seem to be 4 separate options to enable schedtune.prefer_idle and I have no idea what they are and how they are gonna affect the kernel after enabling/disabling

Those 4 options are :

• Foreground

• Background

• Real-Time

• Top App

Here are the pictures if you want to take a look.

Can someone tell me what each function does? Thanks in advance
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyanCr7:
@TrenchFullOfSlime can you help me out one more time if possible?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TrenchFullOfSlime:
schedtune.prefer_idle appears to influence only one thing: whether a process will share time on an already-active core or wake up an idle core. The latter uses more power but gives the process more resources. CPU frequencies are determined by the _boost toggles, with schedtune.boost determining how aggressively the frequency is changed (accepted values are 0-100, so I guess it's an abstract scale hiding the actual size of the frequency steps). This apparently works by lying to the governor about how heavy a process is: https://lwn.net/Articles/706374/

https://xdaforums.com/t/09-01-scrip...-pixel-xl-and-eas-even-more-smoother.3528807/ suggests not going over 10.

https://xdaforums.com/t/screen-on-time.3923963/page-9 suggests "turning off prefer.idle and enabling stune.boost reduced power use by 15% without affecting responsiveness" (paraphrased). Turning both on could increase responsiveness at the cost of greater power use, turning both off would do the opposite.

As for the different categories, they determine what triggers this behavior. You might prioritize performance for foreground apps, but battery efficiency for background apps. It can also be used to increase boot times: https://source.android.com/devices/tech/perf/boot-times

More information: https://www.fatalerrors.org/a/schedtune-learning-notes.html
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyanCr7:
I don't know who you are, I don't know what you do but I feel like you are an angel! You went through all the troubles to get those links only to answer me which made me so happy.

If I'm being honest, the way you describe things is incredible. I didn't have to read a sentence twice. You can be a good writer or a teacher if you try.

Thank you so much
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] pensador:
Hola....

I have the TP now 4 like 3 weeks....

In the beginning I installed a lot of programs on my STORAGE CARD!

After the installation I had a lot of problems with my device...like the broken screen issue...and the grey stripes....phone flippin...crashing....thinghs like that.

BUT then I did a hardware reset....took the easy way...

setting->system-> erase content..

After my reset I installed all the programs I installed before...

programs like advanced config, diamond tweak,, coreplayer,klaxon, tomtom etc...

BUT the difference was that I installed everything on my phone....

It worked great 4 me!

I never have issues with my phone anymore....

Everything runs smooth!

so DON'T install programs on your card...

It helped me....maybe it is gonna help you!
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Xtreme XL:
you might be on to something here!

thanx for sharing.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Jim Coleman:
With the HUGE amount of storage on-board there's really no need to install programs to the storage card anyway. Plus stuff runs faster from internal storage and is still available if the card is ever removed, or if you connect to a PC in DISK DRIVE mode (which makes the storage card unavailable to the phone's OS).

Basically, always use internal storage until you start getting low, then use the storage card, but only for programs you use rarely.

Incidentally I think Tomtom always installs to the storage card, I don't recall ever having a choice to put it into internal storage.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] WatskeBart:
Now that you mention after my "grey screen" issue i've never installed anything on my storage card and my TP is running fine ever since.

I never thought i could be something so simple :) and like Jim Coleman mentioned with that much memory on the device who needs the storage card for installations anymore :p

Great finding pensador :D

P.S. I will publish this on the wiki at the know issue's section
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Jiggs1337:
I have everything installed on my phone, and not the card (except TomTom) and I had the broken gray screen thing once about 4 days into owning the TP and never since. Ive had it weeks now.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Farsquidge:
Have you used any Tweak programs??

I have found that if you use any 'Generic' Tweak programs the unit starts to go squiffy..seems a few non-device specific Tweaks from older devices cause problems, especially BT (different hardware and even WM5, 6 and 6.1 specific!).

Just add the known working tweaks for this device via a reg editor ( most Diamond seem to be OK so far) and if you add them one-by-one you will know where problems occur..

Remember, everything on this forum holds the the 'Caveat Emptor' disclaimer..(except you usually get it for free!) :D

Here, use this from windows when connected via Async if you don't have an internal reg editor (takes up zero room also!)
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Thundarr The Barbarian:
Search for the thread with Raphael tweaks, before the device was even released someone who got their hands on a pre-release tested out every single tweak from the "Diamond tweaks" thread and gave feedback on if it worked or not, and how much it improved the device. That should narrow it down to the tweaks you should do and the ones you shouldn't bother with.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Farsquidge:
Yup can't agree more..

Search and Ye shall learn.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] groofoo:
lol, since i owned the TP i already installed everything on the phone itself and not the storagecard.

and like i mentioned in other threads, i have never hed a problem so far.

(still knocking on wood)

even TT works great, no GPS lag or what ever (the maps are on storagecard but program is not).
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] marios96:
I have to say that I installed a ton of programs on my Storage card, and never had any issue. I am using a 2GB MicroSd card. Maybe the problem is with larger capacity cards or the SDHC drivers on the mobile itself?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] XL3N7:
I have the Touch Pro for a bit over a month now and never had any issues with the screen or anything else other than the GPS. Most of my applications are installed on the memory card, except WkTask and Pocket Wakeup. I have also used advanced config 3.2 to alter many settings. I have a 8Gb microSD Sandisk card which I purchased for my N95 many months ago when they first came out, which is formatted as FAT32. I don't know if these help but I guess other factors should be considered, like the SD card's format, it's speed and it's quality.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Emmoth:
I got allmost all mt programs installed on the storage card (8GB SDHC) exept the advanced config. and my phone works like like a dream.. ok that was to exaggerate :P

But I never had any issues with it since I uninstalled sensor lock from the phone.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Jiggs1337:
I used AdvancedConfig to apply the speed boost tweaks as well as various other things, like power saving stuff. I did a registry edit to hide SIM contacts, that didnt save though after a soft reset.

I only had the gray screen once at a restaurant about 4 or 5 days after receiving it. Since then I have had a few freezes, but nothing major. TomTom works great for me too.

Also, something strange, when i got it new, it got very hot like i read on the forum from a few people, but since then, it doesnt do that. It gets a little warm, but not hot.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] thehellraiser:
hey friends,

I installed Google Maps in storage card (4GB HDHC).

sometimes I feel it freezes. I have to close the app and restart it to make it work properly, or I have to do soft reset.

if I will install it in my phone memory, will Google Maps cache consume lot of space?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] gmanfuzing:
... way to bring a post from last year back into action:[

no it will not you should just install it to your phone , there is more than enough room to hold 15 google maps if you wanted so don't fret about installing things to internal memory.
[General Questions and Answers] MargeraLV:
Hello! Its possible recevor files from device if phones display if fully damaged! No possible enable usb debugging. Also in phone have lock code. Or need buy a new or used screen ? Also no possible share phones screen to pc ?! Thanks for help!
[General Questions and Answers] :
As long as phone isn't accessible via ADB you have no chance to pull user-data out.

If USB Debugging had been successfully activated then you could have used SCRCPY tool to mirror phone's screen ( read: its screen-buffer content ) to PC.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] nixnixnixnix4:
I expect to buy the S25U or an iPhone 15PM in January 2025 and then switch to it just as the phone loses support.

Honestly, given that they've promised 3 OS updates, I guess they'll be pushing out Android 14 around that time?

I'll turn this device into just a DeX machine or sell it off for scraps or maybe use it as a security camera or something if there's an app for that.

If Android OEMs haven't switched to 6 years of full-fledged updates by 2025, then, I'm probably going to be dumping them for iPhone.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Joloxx9:
No earlier than 2 years
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Batfink33:
Probably the new Pixel but I upgrade every year or 6months.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
2-3 years depending on what is on offer at that time. Won't keep it longer than 3 years in any case.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
I feel you man. Have seen you struggling to find a solution to the camera wake lock for weeks now... Can understand how frustrating it can be.

What I'm surprised with, is how good the battery was before the May update. It's like they broke something basic within the OS.

I'd give up soon future camera improvements and performance updates, as long as they promise not to mess around with the battery anymore.

Will wait for June update with fingers crossed, and if battery goes back to April levels, will stop updating to newer firmwares after that. Probably till the next OS version upgrades have been released and matured enough to be stable.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Ipse_Tase:
I specifically bought S21Ultra fully intending to keep it for 3+ years.

It's not a question of money or hardware obsolescence (not a real issue these days) but I'm so anal about setting a phone the way I like it, that I can't bring myself to do it more often.

Took me more than 3 weeks of tinkering and I'm not even done yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Beefheart:
Two to three years is my average, I normally wait until my contract is up (24 months) and then continue to use the phone I've got until something else takes my fancy.

But this is assuming I get my S21 Ultra back fixed properly. My son dropped it on Sunday, cracking the screen so it's with Vodafone for repair right now. I've been quoted £226 for repair, which I thought was reasonable given that I've not seen a genuine Samsung replacement screen for less than £290 and that's assuming I was prepared to replace it myself.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] varcor:
Hard to answer this question until new devices are offered. I have upgraded everytime Samsung released it's latest device since the S6 but skipped the S20 and happy I did as the S21 was much improved. We'll see what the future brings. For me personally I'm less likely to upgrade just because it's a new device. With today's pricing for top shelf smartphones it only makes sense to exercise prudence. I don't see switching to an Apple device, the value is tough to reconcile especially when one considers it's proprietary ecosystem requires a total realignment.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Beefheart:
I will say this, as much as I like my S21 Ultra, I only really went back to Samsung after my Oneplus 6T because I was offered a ridiculous deal by Vodafone. Samsung devices annoy the hell out of me, despite the quality of the hardware and cameras. The idea of never being able to take a device back to absolute full stock, have it repaired without the warranty being void, and be able to use every feature it came with simply because you would like to root your phone is abhorrent to me. They can take their Knox trip and cram it up their ****. No other manufacturer permanently alters their devices at a hardware level as a result of the user rooting their phone. It's a disgrace.

So whilst I'm happy with my phone, I'm likely going to go for something else next.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] babyboy3265:
The wakelock is said to have been fixed in the AUF2 update that Dr KETAN just released.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] babyboy3265:
Well yes I do mean the custom ROM. I am downloading it now and hoping to see better battery life as with the 1st June update it has been crappy.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Shoey Peachew:
Ideally, I would want to upgrade to a affordable, foldable phone with at least 120hz oled screen with great battery life, camera and is waterproof. I use my phone and tablet a lot, it would be great to combine the 2. When will this will happen? Probably never.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Beefheart:
Edit........
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] mprunty:
I generally upgrade every year. I could ride this out much longer, just depends on what Google does with their next phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Beefheart:
Each to their own of course, but the idea of spending upwards of £700-£800 a year for a mobile device that will have little improvement on your current device seems a bit odd to me. I've yet to see enough improvement over a 12 month period in the mobile phone sector to justify such an outlay. Two years just about justifies it, in my case going from a Oneplus 6T to an S21 Ultra for example. I wouldn't have gone from an S20 Ultra to an S21 Ultra.

Mobile phone manufacturers would love everyone to be like you. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] nixnixnixnix4:
Man, how do you transfer all that stuff without Android 12's upcoming true device-to-device transfer.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] phobia:
just got the S21 Ultra, took me 5 years, was gifted an iPhone 7 plus in 2016 so decided to ride it out on the iOS bandwagon. My yearly phone budget is $250-$300 so if the phone costs $1200, it better last a minimum of 4 years.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] nixnixnixnix4:
AMEN.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] enigmaamit:
It's the Cameraservice_worker partial wakelock that's tanking the battery while walking around with the phone. Supposedly, the "feature" aims to protect the camera while phone is being moved around by keeping the optically stabilised lens module from jostling around in the housing. As a side-effect, it's chewing up the battery much faster.

It's being discussed and investigated here: https://xdaforums.com/t/cameraservice_worker-partial-wakelock.4234161/