yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] eaglesteve:
Hi Leoni,

Good to hear from you again after such a long period of absence.

I still give the same advice: define your requirements first, and be comprehensive in doing so.

- Do you need navigation software? If yes, iPhone is out, Athena is in.

- Do you want hugh screen and not mind the size? If yes, Athena has a tick.

- Do you do word, excel, and power point, or at least often receive attachment of such and want to read them on the device? If yes, iPhone is out, Athena is in.

- Could you tolerate weak signal strength? If no, iPhone is out.

- Do you have the habit of using handwriting recognition, or write Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters? If yes, iPhone is out.

- Do you want to use the GPS for traking, or prolonged use without access to power source? If yes, iPhone is out, as you can't swap in spare battery.

- Do you a extremely fussy person in wanting really really smooth video playback? If yes, consider iPhone. However, if you'r willing to wait, Coreplayer is going to address this issue very very shortly and poor video playout is likely to be history.

- Do you placed lots of value in internet browsing wihtout having to zoom in and out? If yes, nothing beats Athena. But Opera Mobile would never be as smooth as Safari. As to your questions on typing using Opera, it depends on which version you use. You need to try out all of them to see the difference.

- Are you a fashion conscious person who want to be "cool". If so, iPhone is a cool looking phone, but so is HTC Touch HD (Which I have just bought).

- Do you do presentation as required by your work? If yes, HTC Touch HD is out, and Athena is in, because HD does not have TV-out. Although iPhone has TV out, it does not have presentation software, so iPhone is also out.

- Do you want FM radio? If so, consider Touch HD.

- Do you want good camera (say 10MP camera) and video recording? If so, consider Samsung SBH B600.

You get the idea... You need to know what your requirements are, then gather information to see if your target phones meet your need.

Yes, a lot has changed for the better in Athena since you last left it, but there are still many areas which are unchanged. You could post all your specific question after you've considered your requirements, and we'll be very happy to answer your questions. You have already posted some of those question, but it's a good idea to think more comprehensively to make sure you cover all aspects of your needs.

I may not be able to answer some of the questions as your needs are different from mine, but I'm sure others would respond to your questions.

Cheers.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] leoni1980:
Hi Eaglesteve - I had a feeling you'd be in here - good to hear from you.

My circumstances are that I already have an iPhone and have an Advantage coming in the post today. I'm not after turning the Advantage into an iPhone, simply wondering if there are one or two bits of software which would sell the idea of keeping the Advantage to me.

I'm surprised you'd go for the Touch HD Eaglesteve as its screen is quite a bit smaller than that of the Advantage. The device does interest me, although its price is more than the combined costs of my iPhone and Advantage! I wonder if I'd just be better off keeping two devices once again. What are your feelings on the HD versus the Advantage? How does the overall responsiveness and also audio and video performance compare with the Advantage?

Regards
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] F2a:
Check this out: http://www.goosync.com/
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] leoni1980:
Hi thanks for that. Unfortunately you have to pay, and 20 quid seems a rip-off considering I'd only be syncing my contacts. The solution I have for Iphone cost me £1 or something like that.

I'm seriously thinking of just throwing my Advantage straight onto Ebay. Windows Mobile doesn't seem to have the scope of free software it once had. I don't think the idea of free (or very cheap) Google contacts sync software is that ridiculous an idea - certainly it's enough of an issue for more than one iPhone developer to come up with free or cheap solutions. I bought the Advantage because it was cheap and i thought it would be something fun to play around with but I seem to have made a poor decision.

If every little solution costs me £20 then I'm going to be severely out of pocket by the end of the week!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Arctic Matt:
It don't sync with google but....

Sync = www.dashwire.com is the best over the air sync up I've used. Photos, videos, contacts, photocontacts, emails and txt for free! Also snap2face (free) facebook app can sync up with your facebook contacts images too.

Rss video and audio = Beyondpod 3.0 (free) brilliant software. Use this in conjunction with Mort's Player and the Mypod skin (free). You won't look back with a 16GB SDMicro (w/adapter) in your advantage.

Browser = Netfront or even better Skyfire if you can get it. Netfront has so many different configs that you should be happy with one or two.

Email = I get by with outlook as any major media mails I get tend to need my home pc!

I don't download youtube vids but do use vTap as the wikipedia side of it is cool.

I tried to replace my Athena with an iphone and failed by a long way. I'll be using this Ameo for a couple of years I think. (Unless the 4g HTC Max kicks ass)

The one thing I would recommend is putting MichyPrima's 5.1 rom it as it is so damn rock solid and just works so good. All the sensors work with the new 'G' software knocking about and I have only hard reset once to clear out a couple of programs.

Long live the X7500. Best comms device I have owned, by a mile.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] eaglesteve:
As for software for Athena, you should always have FtouchSL, Wktask and the like. But I'd strongly recommend SPB Mobile Shell as one of the most transforming software IMO. Not only it is finger friendly, it will also enhance the camera function, puts all the Opera mobile history and favoutries on the launch menu, but also give you lots of useful tools. Don't forget the latest Resco File Explorer and Registry editor. Of course Opera Mobile is a must, but you need to experiement with the various version to find out which is suits you. I find surfing with Opera mobile on Athena to be way way better than using Safari on iPhone, primarily due to the large screen and not having to zoom in and out. Try out FL3 and directly play youtube using Opera 9.5, something which was impossible the last time you had your Athena. When using Opera Mobile, go to the configuration to make minimum overview zoom 85 percent to allow you ability to activate links in zoom out mode if you so wish.

Don't forget youtubeplayer 1.0.0.10 which allows you to either play directly or download youtube videos.

I can't remember if I had already posted this info in my previous entry, so please excuse me if there's any duplication.

Regarding my using the Touch HD, it's the closest replacement available in the market today. I'm not sure if I could get used to the near 4 inch (3.8 precisely) screen or not, but would give it a try. I think 4.5 inch would be real nice, but let's see..

It has many things that I thought an Athena replacement should have: smoother rounder form factor, embedded ear piece, more dated 7.2mb/s download speed, FM radio, better camera (hopefully), and no keybaord (always much prefer without hardware keyboard).

I'm still waiting for my unit to arrive when I make this post. It is too soon for me to comment on performance, etc. I'd want to make sure that if I make a review it is going to be honest, truthful, and helpful.

I never let cost to influence my decision too much. I just want to the best available, if you know what I mean. Actually while considering HD, Mackaby influenced me to give iPhone a serious consideration, which I did. iPhone would have cost me nothing with a plan, but as you already know, it was a frustration and disappointment for me, so I chosed the HD, which cost me AUD1225, which is much cheaper than my Athena, that cost me about AUD1600.

I'd still keep my Athena, in case I could'nt get use to the small size in HD. Won't know until I try it. Unfortunately nobody in Sydney is selling HD, so the only way to try is to buy.

Enough rumbling. Will let you get back to your Athena. Welcome back, my friend.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] eaglesteve:
Lioni,

Forgot to mention podcast. I've never used this myself, but there should be two ways of doing this in winmo devices. You could do it in Opera mobile

In the address bar, enter the URL address of the web page that contains the RTSP link to the desired *.3gp, *.mp4, or *.sdp file, then click on the RTSP links.

Another way is to to use the Streamin Media program. The media is sent in a continuous stream to winmo devices and is played as it arrives, along with the audio. You could play 3GP, MPEG-4, and SDP files. To use this program, go to start/program and start the streaming media program (I think most of MiChy's ROM has it, if I'm not mistaken), then click connect. On the next screen, enter the URL for the website, then tap connect. You can play/pause, rewind, fast forward, etc.

Hope this helps and hope it satisfies your need.

Cheers.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] eaglesteve:
Regarding Opera mobile versus Safari, my opinion is that Safari is still better in terms of being fluid and smooth. Opera tends to be jerky and unsteady in comparision. However, speedwise, there is probably no difference. Safari tends to require some waiting for the blurred webpage to turn clear before you could take control of it (during this time, it is temporarily frozen). Opera also has this pause. I would rate Safari the better browser overall. However, Opera on Athena clearly triumph over Safari on iPhone in my honest opinion, because of the big screen.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] fards:
I'm currently using my athena again, as my x1 developed a serious flaw yesterday. It jumped under the wheels of a lorry!

Awaiting replacement device from Vodafone as their insurance department is a bad joke.

Anyway, I'd got used to the comparitively tiny screen of the X1, but having gone back to the athena there's a couple of observations.

Both Screens are fantastic, the X1 is noticeably sharper (small screen hires), but using the athena again I can't see how I can cope with the X1 when I eventually get the replacement. It's like using realvga on a screen half the size of the athena, yet I have been coping with it, it's amazing how much you adapt really quickly.

There's a massive speed difference, the x1 does things nearly instantly, all that memory does it I suppose, it's like running an XP machine on 256mb then sticking 1gb of memory inside instead.

Gps is near instantaneous, screen rendering is the same,opening applications don't bring up the spinning wheel of doom, the athena crawls along in comparison yet it didn't feel that slow when I was using it before. It's all relative I suppose (it's not really that slow, maybe 1/4 of a second or so).

But having said that I love the athena, I mentioned before that I don't find it too big to use as a phone, and the screen is amazing. It's a pity we can't squeeze a newer motherboard in there ;-)

When I get my replacement X1 through I'm not certain what to do, I'm very tempted to sell it and get a touch HD, the form factor certainly works better. But then I could keep using it and have the Athena as a wifi tablet for websurfing.

As for browsing speed (noticeably this forum), I find Netfront on simple browsing to be the fastest there is especially across gprs, not very pretty but who cares about the backgrounds when the info is so important!

to throw a spanner in the works, I had a decent play with the blackberry storm while waiting for Vf customer service and their insurance & repairs dept to sort out my x1. The hardware is the best I've seen, not sure how long the funky screen would last, but the form factor is great and build quality looks good, but the OS doesn't look amazing, and I'm not sure how much you can get access to change stuff, plus there's no wifi !

how stupid is that?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] eaglesteve:
Sorry to hear about your SEXXI mishap.

Are you using MiChy's ROM? His ROM should be noticeably faster.

The screen size is the thing that I would miss most about Athena. No doubt about that. A larger screen with the same resolution would off course appear to be less sharp. I hope just like you I could adapt to the tiny 3.8 inch screen in HD.

You should be able to get almost instant GPS signal with Athena. There is a thread that I started on this on how to get that result.

Talking about speed, Asus has just released a 800 mhz winmo phone. This is the fastest on a winmo phone. But sadly it has only 2.8 inch VGA screen, which I would never be able to live with.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] fards:
yep im running michys latest, and with gps ive never been able to get less than a 35second fix, usually its much more like 5 mins, despite all the tweaks
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] leoni1980:
Beyondpod 3 looks to be EXACTLY what I'm looking for - well done Arctic Matt!

Now here's a stupid question....

I've relied on my iPhone and 'sync in a blink' (a Google OTA contacts sync application) to back up my phone contacts. Now I know that I can back up all my contacts to my Windows Address Book with Itunes, but does anyone know how to put my contacts from my Windows Address Book OR my online Google Contacts onto my Athena (just as a one-off)? I feel stupid even asking this but in the past I've always relied on having my contacts on the SIM card but a few weeks ago I got a new sim and threw the old one away. I don't use Outlook or anything like that, wondered if perhaps I could just do it with Activesync.

Thanks in advance.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] cktlcmd:
I have an account in Live.com, when I setup Windows Live in my X7510, there is an option to use another email account. I am not sure though if it can use Google (GMail), but to make the story short, upon setup, it will ask you if you want to syncronize your email and contacts to your device.

If Windows Live won't work with GMail, how about creating an account in Live.com. They might have an option to copy your contacts from GMail to Live.com then use Windows Live from your device to syncronize.

Just some thoughts...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] cktlcmd:
Which GPS Navigation do you use???
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] fards:
memory-map
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] badaas:
what's the core news?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Arctic Matt:
Don't forget to....

Go into the advanced settings of Beyondpod 3 and access Beyond Scheduler! You can automate so much stuff on your Athena without having to program in Mort Script. Via this software my x7500 goes into flight mode at 11pm, wakes up at 6am, connects to my home wifi, downloads all my podcasts, downloads all my emails, syncs with dashwire, switches on realplayer and wakes me up to live BBC radio (I live in Norway - NRK would send me back to sleep.).

Oh and

Once you have all you contacts on your phone I really think you should give Dashwire a go. It is rather spiffing.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Jeik:
Loki Kernel for S22 (Exynos)

/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
*/

Supported devices:

- SM-S901B (r0s)

- SM-S906B (g0s)

- SM-S908B (b0s)

Features:​

- upstreamed to 5.10.142

- disabled Knox crap

- added a wakelock blocker (along with a default list - TLDR would be much better idle drain)

- fixed Wi-Fi hotspot on GSIs

- some other tweaks

- etc.

Instructions:​

Flash the zip via TWRP / FKM.

Changelog/Downloads​

Telegram Group​

Kernel Source​

Thanks to haridhayal for all the help.

Thanks to afaneh92 for the kernel source/base.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Jeik:
New builds up.

Changes:

- Upstreamed to 5.10.138

- Added builds for One UI along ones for AOSP

- Other tweaks regarding performance and battery life (at least I hope so)

- Added more wakelocks to the blocking list
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] insestito:
Thank you for your work.

This kernel fix the S22 battery problem?
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] ImperialPixel:
Is there any method by which I could remove/delete this icon, either by changing the settings or editing some code, without having to connect my smartphone to the smartwatch?
[Samsung Galaxy Watch 4] AndrOmega:
what icon?
[Samsung Galaxy A12] PrivyetCyka:
Here is a toolkit of several tools ive collected and put together for the A12 in a single pack to help see through all the clutter and chaos of this forum, i have an A125U (converterd to a-125w) so thats all i can confirm working 100% but im 99% sure the methods will work for any mediatek version of this phone just make sure to use your correct firmware

the tools included will allow you to :

Enable OEM Unlock +Unlock the Bootloader

Create Scatter Firmware

Unbrick your device if stuck in Brom/Da mode

Root Your Device / Install TWRP

Enter Brom Mode

and more

All instructions are included inside the main folder of tools, seriously... and i mean seriously...please read the 3 or 4 different guides/methods to see which ones you actually need to do. Some are not needed depending on your end goal. I spent a month making every error possible and testing things so you dont have to so save yourself the trouble and read through

Ill do my best to answer any questions or issues you might have but please...please use your eyeballs and google.. i really dont want to have to answer questions like "how flash magisk" etc. Google is there.. it is your friend , use it. XD

A12 Toolkit.zip | by Privyetcyka for Galaxy A12 Nacho

Download GApps, Roms, Kernels, Themes, Firmware, and more. Free file hosting for all Android developers.

www.androidfilehost.com
[Samsung Galaxy A12] fackstrot:
Thank you, I hope I can figure it out with the translator, I went to try ..
[Samsung Galaxy A12] PrivyetCyka:
No problem. What exactly are you trying to do, just unbrick the phone and flash stock firmware? I can make the instructions more easy to translate for you
[Samsung Galaxy A12] fackstrot:
I did something with it when I reset Frp and now it does not start, it is defined simply as the mtk port...does not enter into any of the modes (recovery or loading) does not respond to charging

yes i just want to run it on stock firmware
[Samsung Galaxy A12] PrivyetCyka:
Just follow the Unbrick directions that will get your phone back working stock. If you don't have scatter firmware for your device youll need to make that also, tools are included
[Samsung Galaxy A12] fackstrot:
I followed the steps, I was inattentive myself) but still ran into a problem
[Samsung Galaxy A12] fackstrot:
when you enter Samsung Enable Brom by PGPT, nothing happens to the phone...

View attachment 5664353
[Samsung Galaxy A12] fackstrot:
Through such a bypass, I was able to see at least some kind of response from the flash tool, but the errorView attachment 5664401
[Samsung Galaxy A12] fackstrot:
well, if I put it from SM-A125W, then the rollback errorView attachment 5664461
[Samsung Galaxy A12] Miles Robinson:
Will that work for the Samsung Galaxy A13
[Samsung Galaxy A12] Ansemseekerofdarkness:
Apologies for the stupid question, but this part:

**Follow the instructions Provided by A125U Root bit 3 by FixMX file to actually unlock the bootloader and root the device**

don't seem to be included in the zip file, unless I'm a buffoon and didn't notice them.

Is a FixMX a user who already wrote a guide for this? I just need to unlock the bootloader and then I can follow basic directions from there to get what I need.
[Samsung Galaxy A12] PrivyetCyka:
I have no idea which directions your directions your talking about the only ones I wrote are the ones in the main folder , probably with a bunch of exclamations. I can't remember and don't have the file with me right now but as far as unlocking the bootloader you just need to get the phone to accept different firmware. Try flashing Sm-a125w Canadian version XAS
[Samsung Galaxy A12] PrivyetCyka:
Nothing will happen. Once your in brom mode you need to use another tool to unlock the bootloader and disable secureboot everything is included
[Samsung Galaxy A12] fackstrot:
Nothing happened .. I got upset and put the phone on the shelf, told the owner to pick it up and carry it to the service center, but they didn’t take it to the service center
[Samsung Galaxy A12] PrivyetCyka:
Nothing is supposed to happen 😂 if nothing happens that is good . Just leave the phone connected how it is and use a mediatek unlocking tool
[Samsung Galaxy A12] ronnieshane1:
When i get to the oart in your instructions that says to open the MTKMETATOOL file i just get a message informing me that it has expired and to see the developer. Is there another link to open the tool somewhere else? Ive looked at the other option to get a windows tool from github that you included but i can admit that im not as savvy as i would like to believe and all ive ever used is windows so i have no idea what to do with all of that on github. I hate having to bother you guys but i really would appreciate the help. Thanks in advance and you guys are just awesome!
[Samsung Galaxy A12] MauriJ2001:
Change date to 25 may 2022 to get working
[Samsung Galaxy A12] MauriJ2001:
Ok... im trying to repair mi phone and failed i follow exactly as i seen in the readme instructions on the unbrick folder and nothing... i got 2 errors in relation of super.img (im trying to flash the last android 11 firmware on the phone A125MUBS3BVF1) if i uncheck the super the phone flash correctly but doesn't boot so what next...?
[Samsung Galaxy A12] MauriJ2001:
And now i had this error i think using the format all + download relocks the bootloader sp flash tool is asking me to download signed images i can't exit from that so i give up and buy another mainboard
[Samsung Galaxy A12] MauriJ2001:
My last reply...

I uploaded some images to get BROM working on A125M this zip includes

Preloader and PGPT files from 4 firmwares

Android 10 Binary 1 (AUC1)

Android 11 Binary 1 (BUF9)

Android 11 Binary 3 (BVF1)

Android 12 Binary 3 (CVH3)

Plus i will modify this post because im uploading CVH3 firmware for SP Flash tool flash (Includes the scatter) pls disable the auth using mtkmeta or the python coded program (used 3.7.9 and worked using the shell)

PGPT and Preloader images
[Samsung Galaxy A12] Trunya:
I installed all the drivers, but the computer does not see the preloader (although the driver is present in the list of drivers).

What can be wrong? I did everything exactly according to the instructions several times.
[Samsung Galaxy A12] Jmingels:
Hi, old thread ik im sorry but theres very little information and pretty scattered.

i have a metro/tmobile a125u on lowest binary 3 firmware downgraded with odin after downgrading, i can succesfully enter brom from test pin. i managed to use mtkclient https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient to what seems succesfully unlock using command

python mtk da seccfg unlock. i put the phone away for now but the result post look indentical to this View attachment 5863681

However, flashing anything in odin reults in non verified image error.... The MTKUnlock program provided in the toolkit from the zip just opens and closes and i cant find other NON paid programs to accomplish unlock...

Any ideas? thanks for reading
[Samsung Galaxy A12] shintaro_iwata:
Hi, does this work for other devices? I am using a oneplus pad device.
[Samsung Galaxy A12] billa:
Of course not, this is for certain MTK chip based devices only