yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] akarnik:
Question for the Mods

Why was bengalih banned and his sashimi software removed?

Is there some sort of backdoor in those programs that we should be aware of and not use?

Please let us know. Thanks.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DaveShaw:
The current comentary on this is here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=391262&page=20

Jimmy McGee is very kindly feeding the info when he can.

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] jeanga:
bengalih's sense of humour

While looking for information about this "ban" I found this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=432469&page=3

It could very well be as ridiculous as it appears....

Come on guys, mature, calm down and get back doing the stuff you like doing and that we like you do!

:)

Jean
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] P1Tater:
Please, only comment on the things that you know for fact. Things are being researched and handled.

OP asked a question and it has been answered.

Thread Closed.
[General Questions and Answers] ASKnASK:
Using an S10 5G on the latest Korean firmware, rooted with magisk. I use 3 point navigation gestures along with one handed+ and Nova Launcher 7.

Problem: Every now and then when I'm using the phone, the screen will blink once. When that happens, the Samsung Messages app appears in my recents as a sort of blank app. If I try to switch to it, its a blank screen.

Uninstalling the app is not an option because for some reason, other messaging apps don't work (message sending fails instantly).

Has anyone else experienced something like this?

P. S. Just as I was typing this post, it happened. I've attached a screenshot.
[General Questions and Answers] ASKnASK:
The other SMS apps don't work because of the lack of a service center number that is used to send SMS. Those apps have no setting for it.
[General Questions and Answers] ASKnASK:
No one experienced this? :/
[General Questions and Answers] ASKnASK:
Solved.

First I found a solution for the SMSC problem that prevented third party SMS apps from working. The app NetMonster allowed me to manually update the SMSC. Once it was set, third party apps started working.

Next step? Uninstall com.samsung.android.messaging using adb.

Problem solved.
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] kubick4:
Hello,

I've tried my best to make my title understable, but not sure if I succeeded 😁

Basically what I want to do is to change the bluetooth volume control to have more volume levels. Now if I am listening to bt speaker it is either too loud or too quiet and nothing between.

My theory is that it should be possible to adjust the values of sound control in some file in rom.

I am not a programmer, but I remember I have done something similar on my Moto G, I've changed some values in a rom file and then flashed it.

I really don't remember how I have done it, but if there is someone who can tell how it can be done step by step, I would really appreciate it.

PS: I would like to change also volume for loud speaker, if possible to make it louder during calls, because I know it can play music louder

Thank you
[General Questions and Answers] Bobbie1950:
my cubot will connect with internet at home and roaming is on but it will not connect outside.It used to but suddenly stopped a few weeks ago and I cannot discover what is wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] ms5678:
I have updated to latest ONeUI 4 Beta 2 and RAM Plus feature is active. However, I can see only 12 GB memory which is inbuilt RAM. Has anyone checked this feature and getting !2+4GB ie 16 GB memory
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] skymera:
It's zRAM, it doesn't magically add RAM. You still have 12GB.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] lywyn:
Uses storage space to create virtual ram like the old page file in Windows.

Since it is hard to push the S21 Ultra to use its full 12GB/16GB of RAM I cannot see it making much of a difference.

Source: https://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s21-ram-plus-update
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] skymera:
This is not accurate, it is not using storage.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] lywyn:
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It uses storage memory to create a 4GB of virtual RAM. You cannot create more RAM than you have to you page it out to storage memory. Windows NT had a page file for the exact same thing. It addres memory addresses that are mapped to the storage of teh device.

Where else can it get 4GB from?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] skymera:
Where? zRAM has existed for years.

If Samsung really are using a swap file of sorts then that is a dumbass decision.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] lywyn:
zRAM would add more power consumption by doing all the compression on the fly and drain the battery faster.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Has_anDroid:
Ram plus disable methodView attachment 5428253
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Macusercom:
I stumbled upon this thread since I was wondering what RAM plus should be. After rooting my S21 Ultra I could use Franco kernel manager to check zRAM and big surprise: zRAM is enabled and exactly 4 GB.

I also checked the available swap with

free -m

but it only shows zRAM. If I disable zRAM the command it shows 0 meaning there is no swap of any kind. Either Samsung uses special non-standard Linux stuff or more likely: it is zRAM.

That means 4 GB out of my 12 GB RAM are being compressed and to be honest: I don't see any point in doing that with 12 GB of RAM. Apparently Android uses only 10,3 GB (1,7 GB is reserved. I think the reserved memory could be a Samsung thing or allocated to the VRAM of the graphic processor as Android itself only sees 10,3 GB).

The information about "using the internal storage" to expand the RAM (= swap) seems to be misleading. There is only zRAM which expands the RAM by compressing a part of it. Adding more CPU usage but definitely not affecting the internal storage.

By using

swapoff /dev/zram0

I've now disabled zRAM upon booting and I'll see how it goes. The 4 GB Samsung shows seem to be hard-coded. Even with zRAM disabled it still says that RAM plus exists. Of course all of this requires rooting.

If you want to enable zRAM again either reboot or use

swapon /dev/zram0

I've spent about an hour of research about this. Maybe it helps someone :)
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] RedWave31:
RAM Plus should be able to be disabled on OneUI 4.1

On 16Gb/512Gb versions, it makes even less sense...
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] babyboy3265:
Guys wake up, your phones have 12Gb or even 16GB RAM... YOU DO NOT NEED MORE... I know it is tempting to make your phone have 4gb more but it is not necessary for 1, and for 2, it will eventually backfire at you.

What do I mean by backfire?

A long time ago, an app was invented by some Russians that would utilize the phones SD card as extra ram. It worked and was a superb addition to a phone with 1GB ram or less. However after using it for a few short months, it would fry the SD card either entirely, or make it READ ONLY. The latter being better as you could at least transfer your data out of the SD card. Then manufacturers started making phones with better ram management and also MORE ram... So eventually this type of software was obsolete because of the damage it would cause to your internal memory.

This RAM PLUS function is a knife with a blade on both sides. It is FREE ram for YOU, and a faster purchase of a new phone for Samsung. If the function does not fry your internal memory, it will surely decrease its speed over time. How much time, is a mystery. The question is, do you want to find out?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Macusercom:
I agree. Its use is for low memory devices that would have multitasking issues otherwise. But with 12 or 16 GB of RAM it does not make sense except you have serious issues with apps getting killed due to low RAM

I totally agree, but I have to add two things: 4 GB of zRAM ≠ 4 GB "more RAM". It means that 4 GB are being compressed which could result in something like 5.2 GB of RAM instead of 4. Just like if you had 4 GB of RAM and compress it, you would have something like 2.8 GB instead. So zRAM is not adding something but compressing a small portion.

The second thing is that Samsung utilises zRAM but not (z)swap. Meaning that while the RAM is being compressed, there is no swap file on the internal storage despite Samsung listing that in its FAQ. zRAM will not hurt your internal storage, it will have no direct negative effects on longevity of any component. The processor will only compress data that is already in RAM and compress it there. There is no offloading to the internal storage. The only disadvantage is more CPU usage and time to load/store something due to the compression.

The only things that would see negative impacts with zRAM is the CPU temperature (but it's so low, it's negligible) and battery consumption, therefore battery longevity in the longterm. But both are very minor ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] babyboy3265:
That was a nice in depth explanation. Thank you!
[General Topics] Monty Burns:
Hi Guys

I know there is an app that will do this but try as much as I can, I cannot find it using any search engine.

I need to know the name of a GPS app that will search all the com ports for a GPS unit. I had it installed many moons ago and when upgraded I lost it and for the life of me, I can't remember its name. It would basicly search all the com ports one by one, using diferent speeds and report back which were GPS.

Can anyone tell me the name of this app please?

edit: I dont care what the apps main purpose is, I just need to identify my built in GPS details (every setting i've found on google/forum searches hasn't worked)
[General Topics] deedee:
That'll be GPS Test then. :)
[General Topics] jez83uk:
This is the free Holux viewer. I'm not sure if only works with holux devices, but it certainly scans all com ports for gps.
[General Topics] buggers999:
That's the one definitively!!!!
[General Topics] Monty Burns:
neither of which is the one I was after but hey, they do the job a treat! Thanks very much :)
[Realme C2] sandeep26ds:
Optimum Kernel for RMX1945 on performance choice....any suggestions?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Battousai20:
because my terminal can't detect my external wifi adapter, I need to change the kernel to nethunter kernel!!

thanks in advance
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] rakunz11:
Can someone provide a solution for this problem,

my storage is full and after checking I found the media storage app is not reasonable in size, after I searched on google, I found that it's an android 11 bug that occurs in some devices but I can't find a solution to clear it.
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] twistedumbrella:
Duplicate of

https://xdaforums.com/t/system-app-media-storage-seemingly-duplicating-all-of-media-files.4330673/
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] rakunz11:
Haven't found a way to solve it yet?
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] TNSMANI:
MOD ACTION:

@rakunz11

Thread closed as subject matter already available in the form of a thread HERE. Please continue in that thread.
[XPERIA X1 General] rudo3:
Hi.

I'm very surprised that there are no sample videos recorded with Xperia available (30fps VGA video recordings). Exceptions are old video captures made with older firmware. Those are not great quality (compared to e.g. INNOV8).

Do somebody know where to find some video samples made with retail model of Xperia (or could someone made one in full quality so I can consider this capability :) ) ?

Thanx.
[XPERIA X1 General] mlinz:
Note: The X1i (Euro version) of the phone is the only one that supports 30FPS VGA video. The USA version (X1a) supports 24fps QVGA recording, similar to past ericsson phones.

Also the X1i uses h.264 where as the X1a does not. Video recording quality on the international version will be about double the quality you will see on a US-Spec model.

Point being, if you are in the USA looking to get this phone you're not going to see the same quality from samples released now since the phone just started shipping the UK,Germany,Sweden etc.
[XPERIA X1 General] rudo3:
Thanks for info.

I'm from EU. I've seen a few samples in VGA/30 fps from Xperia, but also these were not on par with INNOV8 (on the other side, I must admit INNOV8 has "shocking" quality of video recording). INNOV8 is not in the market yet (or it was released at the same time as Xperia) and there are a lot of video samples from users on the web (incl. you tube).

I would be satisfied if recording quality of X1 is moderately better than the sample I've seen a long time ago.
[XPERIA X1 General] rudo3:
video samples Xperia

Here are older video samples recorded with Xperia for you...

http://rapidshare.com/files/152771311/MOV_0001.3gp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qzIPU4OPgM
[XPERIA X1 General] rudo3:
new video sample from Xperia X1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t49YH-Sal-0

(unfortunately, hard to judge because of YouTube compression)
[XPERIA X1 General] hellmano:
...and here's an even newer one, this one is good because he checks different things.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSxhocKo_YA
[XPERIA X1 General] sean32:
video capture

Just a thought.

The video capture on the youtube videos seems ok but the quality of the sound doesn't seem much better than an am radio.

Maybe I won't ditch my n95 just yet...
[XPERIA X1 General] rudo3:
here is one of newest samples...

http://content.modaco.net/catdocumentary.3gp

(from http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=273984&pid=924277&mode=threaded&start=)

should be original, no youtube resampled

IF THIS SAMPLE IS GENUINE, XPERIA DEFINITELY HAS MY RESPECT !!!
[XPERIA X1 General] msalmank:
Wow! that is great.
[XPERIA X1 General] rudo3:
this is another one...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irOnX59HDBI

(but only "you tube quality")
[XPERIA X1 General] rudo3:
video

new set of video samples...

http://blog.se-nse.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/mov_0002.3gp

http://blog.se-nse.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/mov_0055.3gp

great quality IMHO
[XPERIA X1 General] Alex Atkin UK:
Hmmm, not bad at all. I had this horrible feeling it was going to suck as every HTC phone I have seen made it look like HTC were allergic to decent cameras. I had hoped that SE would insist on something better than your average HTC phone though.
[XPERIA X1 General] DOMin8or:
forget movies @640x480, thats thumb cinema.

if you have a lot of light, the framerate will increase, but at fast movements, the picture will go very blocky (distorted and unshape). its absolutly not comparable to nokia n95.

it`s horrible, like all htc devices. i hoped that sony will insert a hardware codec and/or sony/zeiss lenses, in view of the good name of cybershot. BUT NOTHING OF THEM :-(((

but the cam it`s comparable to the diamond`s cam.

photos are ok and better than n95`s pictures!really!, if you remove the battery cover of the diamond. (diamond`s lens will have better view without battery cover`s plastic lens)

but the videofunktion is realised only by software codecs, like all htc wm 6.1 devices.

that stinks and suxx! lol

cheapcheating. i will give 10 bucks more, when htc will insert hardware video encoding of vga res or more :-) with 30 fps *G
[XPERIA X1 General] DOMin8or:
and i saw the x1 will save as 3gp, what about h264 vids? most 3gp has got only 15 fps
[XPERIA X1 General] rudo3:
quality

Quality of video capture is not that bad at all.

Definitely way better than that of HTC Touch/PRO/HD.
[XPERIA X1 General] DOMin8or:
its not better than diamonds capture quality. its equal

and the diamond can store the vids as mp4.

i can`t find on my x1 the function to select storing codec.

(an other vid cap application could fix thiz)
[XPERIA X1 General] toxical:
looks pretty good, but the youtube samples of the INNOV8 still look miles ahead...

but what the hell, its not meant to be a cam after all
[XPERIA X1 General] DOMin8or:
i dont have to look @ youtube.

i filmed with my own x1. and at vga it suxxx.

when you move, its very blocky and you got a lot of lost frames.

tho years old n95 takes 30 frame vga videos under all conditions.

(low light/fast movement)

useless to talk about filming in low light conditions with x1 @640x480.

its slideshow style. and if u using low light option, 1-2 pictures will

taken, and what you see is only blur/swirl effect.

and the LED lamp .... :-((
[XPERIA X1 General] rudo3:
For me, quality of these samples is more than sufficient...

http://blog.se-nse.net/wp-content/up...0/mov_0055.3gp

http://content.modaco.net/catdocumentary.3gp

http://blog.se-nse.net/wp-content/up...0/mov_0055.3gp

Of course there are better mobiles for video capturing (innov, renoir, pixon,...). But in no way you can capture comparable video with Touch Pro or with (e.g.) C905.
[XPERIA X1 General] DOMin8or:
the only video i can download is the second one.

the video is fluid, but in daylight filmed.

and take a closer look to the movie. while moving, its very blocky and very unclear.

(set player to pause,and slide with the timeline slider. view captures from randomly tryed timemarks. then you will see, what i mean.

but a lot of people cant see the artefacts in realtime. i am an advanced videoviewer/computerfreak, and it hurts me!!!in realtime viewing,too!)

temporarly a can`t take photos or video outside, because i`ve hurt

my legs and can`t stand longer then 2-3 seconds. :-(

but next few days, everything went`s okay, i will take some

demo mov/pix for you. and than remind my words.

and take a closer look the the used audiocodec.... 8khz mono.

and exactly this will it hear like.... :-((( on nokia phones it`s much better.

hopefully, we can wait for software updates, or registry hacks (samplingrate/other codec).

the sound recording quality in video mode is POOR!

but, this only a result of the samplingrate. with other audio recording tools

with samplingrate @44,1, the quality is very good.
[XPERIA X1 General] rudo3:
To DOMin8or

sorry for broken links, here are the good ones...

http://blog.se-nse.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/mov_0002.3gp

http://blog.se-nse.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/mov_0055.3gp

Man, I completely understand your disappointment. But you are little bit further than me.

Right now, I'm using:

A) SE k810 - as a mobile and camera

B) MDA Vario II (TYTN) - as a PDA (work), GPS navigation and complementary mobile

I was VERY SATISFIED with both devices (for 2 years) but I was missing video recording.

My plan is to replace those devices with

A) SE C905

B) Xperia (instead of Touch Pro)

Unfortunately SE C905 doesn't have (VGA) video recording capability. So I was very happy when VGA video recording capability of Xperia was announced. This was the main reason I've chosen Xperia over Touch Pro (along with WVGA).

I've checked video recordings of Touch Pro and Xperia and I was satisfied about Xperia (not perfect but BIG STEP ahead for me).

I understand you are used to quality recordings from Nokia. And thanks a lot for help. Anyway I would appreciate if you can make some nice :) samples with Xperia for me.
[XPERIA X1 General] toxical:
i also recorded a test video when i was outside on the field with our dog..Lots of light and lots of motion...the video quality was / is horrible...

When filming on open terrain the first 1-2 meters are sharp, the rest in the background is just a big blur of colors.

The Sound is horrible too...

The X1 also seems to unable to handle the 30FPS properly, while recording and when playing back your recording it lags alot...when viewed on the PC it doesnt lag but it also isnt really super fluid...

I dont know if i would use this at all apart from some fun recording...

I also have a 3 years old digital camera from Sony, the DSC H1 which also can record videos in 640x480 at 30FPS...compared to this the quality of the X1 is just utter crap
[XPERIA X1 General] DOMin8or:
@toxical yes sire. :-) exactly what i mean. and the sound quality, too. :-)

you say, the x1 is not a cam at all. thats right.

but i`ve payed more than

for a GOOD phone (diamond) + GOOD (hd ready + 5-8mega px photo) cam + bluetooth keyboard.

i`ve payed the lot of money, to got a device, thats all in one. if i have joy to film anything, the nokia n95

can do this. why not the htc devices???

and the weight would okay, if the device will have all the functions, promoted by sony....

(30 fps filming..., 44khz audi sampling while filming..., for example).

but without (good working) videocam function, it`s to big and heavy!

but, i will take today some pictures and vids. and than i will upload original files to my own server.

the taken photos are very good. in my eyes, better, than nokia n95 pictures with

5 megapxels. the 3.2 mega pixels pictures, taken with htc diamond and x1, presenting

more fine structures than nokia. take a picture of a tree, with green loafs.

with nokia you got an extra polied picture, that looks good onto the little display,

but the 100% zoom view on a computer will deplace nokia wide behind htc picture detail quality.

but the movie recording is NOT better than some other 3.2 mega pixel htc devices with 72xx cpu.

the actual sony capture application looks a little better than htc`c. but I can`t find

the camera switch/toggle option in the menues. (to enable front cam. for example, to use the phone as a mirror, to check, whats goin` on in my face. lol

only in mms mode the second cam is usable. (for now. software update could be bring new freatures)

the stuttering/motion blur, while filming in low light situations.

i think a better codec is imho useless, because the cameramodule.

the lens shutter increase the 'lightning' ccd time, the more dark it is.

the microscopic lenses are the problem.

the little the lens, the longer the time the ccd has to have, to got enough light.

(n95 has got a little bigger lens. so, more light will pass the lens, and the lightning time to ccd

is reduced. and higher (capture) framerates are possible)

if the shutter frequency is falling down under 30fps, its a logic result, that the filmed movie

couldn`t has more (real) captured frames, than the camera module will transfer to the codec.

but actually, i`ve payed for a feature, that sony ericsson will not deliver.

(30 fps recording in all light situations with 32khz+ samplerate)

why the offering that feature?
[XPERIA X1 General] DOMin8or:
@rudu3. htc devices (actually) are not useful to replace a good

camcorder/good mobile phone with 30fps hardware codec (like n95).

i am so sad about that. i hoped, sony will give there knowledge and technique,

from theyre good named cybershot phones.

(hope will never die. or hope will dieing last?lol)

so we can hope for a newer/better software codec, that uses

the 528 mhz more effizent :-)
[XPERIA X1 General] toxical:
yeah pretty disappointing for such an expensive device and given the fact that sony actually knows how to produce good cameras...

They seem to have had nothing todo with hardware at all, left it all to HTC and just slapped there somewhat crappy panel software on the device.

I dont really believe that any software update will make this better, nor do i think sony really cares but lets hope and see.
[XPERIA X1 General] DOMin8or:
and it`s the same thing like every time.

the (minimal possible) enhancing will/must be done by xda-dev users :-)

....... still waitin` 4 hardspl .....