yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] EtherealRemnant:
They don't actually. Every single one of their devices going back to at least the 8 Pro has numerous reports of green lines in the screen *and* OnePlus claiming it was dropped and refusing to fix it despite no other obvious damage to the device.

The S23U looks way more hit than anything to come before it in many years. I'm genuinely excited to get this phone.

This is never coming back to flagships. I guess you're stuck with your Note for the foreseeable future.

I use mine around 10-30% most of the time. I don't abuse my displays.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] blackhawk:
I was only following more recent OP models. Not too intently though...

A slight upgrade over the S22U. Same clunky, heavy design with plenty of room for expandable storage. Samsung has failed to bring any real innovation for years now, just adding teasers.

They did considerably clean up the S23U chassis internally though. Much cleaner, too bad it's offset by other poor design choices.

That's what Google wants. However eventually if they don't rock it, somebody will. Samsung's flagship phones sales are suffering. Alienating their flagship power users isn't helping their cause.

My expected service life for my N10+'s is 3+ more years. No sweat as they continue to fullfill their mission and save me time and money. My 4G data plan is grandfathered and with 5G being used more now my bandwidth has increased. Cheap, battery friendly and more than enough bandwidth.

The N10+ is just a better balanced phone with a better form factor and display/bezel ratios than any of its successors. It has a better matched performance to available heat sink ratio and the same, often better battery life while weighing 30gms less. Samsung has failed to make their newer flagships effectively more efficient and just keeps slamming in bigger batteries to compensate. Unfortunately the heat sinking area/capacity hasn't increase to keep up with the higher thermal loads. Google Android has damaged functionality and efficiency with its scoped storage... no such thing on Android 9 and 10. By using the N10+'s I avoid the more undesirable Android versions simply by not upgrading/updating. Security simply isn't an issue in actual usage.

Such is the curse of Samsung's ineptness. As a pragmatist I didn't hesitate in exploiting this opportunity by buying a second new discounted N10+... and denting Samsung's pride futher. A stone cold pleasure. It may not be a good plan for some users but it serves me well. If I had to buy a flagship today it still be a new N10+ snap running on Q. Path of least resistance/maximum reward.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] fkofilee:
I have both. S23 Ultra is great, but Pixel 7 Pro is my daily driver. Photos are amazing.

Not happy that the firmware for the Ultra is over 10 GBs now to flash files. Compared with Googles 2 GB Files.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] tomy159:
So I have pixel 7 pro and was thing to switch to U23 ultra, I was leave Samsung 7 years ago when was last note 4 so is little long time.

Right now not sur ei still have mixed feelings.

Pixel has smaller screen zoom about 10%-15% smaller also letter is well.

That big screen and waste it with bigger letters and icons.

Also I can't change samsung pass to Google password manager.

Display on pixel on my eyes looks more luxury then Samsung. But that is just my feeling.

Yes few thing what is issue on pixel there on U23U is work fabulous.

Big plus is battery pixel 7 pro I got around 8h+ on display U23U looks come around 12h+ that I'm impressed.

Also I love it quick setting widgets in pixel and looks without root is not possible to install on Samsung.

So yes also I love design S23U normal corner not kurve to much and spen Thst amazing plus.

So in my case not sure yet if will replace pixel 7 pro or not. All have pro and cons
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] chetly968:
I switched but I'm a little torn. I love all the little things the Pixel does right. The call screening, voice recognition, lack of bloat....but I needy screen mirroring, texts on my motorcycle (that the pixel never got right) and superior multitasking. I must say the battery life is on another level too but I was fine with it on the pixel. The cameras were fine too.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Ygrek-Ix:
I switched from 7 Pro because this phone doesn't work in most of the World. In country I stay the most, it didn't have 5G, VoLTE and VoWiFi.
[Sony Xperia 5 IV] SekiGamer:
So I haven't rooted a phone in a long time. I have gotten my Xperia 5 IV, and I really want to get back into it. Your post looks like a great place to start. However, I have a question, do you think a custom recovery is needed? If so, would you recommend any? I don't see anything about installing TWRP on the 5 IV, and my quick search online hasn't yielded better results.
[Sony Xperia 5 IV] asdf2345:
Anyone know what models can be unlocked? Previous thread says you can't unlock CQ62 (US). CQ44 (Japan) apparently can be unlocked going by same thread, but what about CQ54 (Europe) and CQ72 (Asia)?
[Sony Xperia 5 IV] aricooperdavis:
Thanks, that's a very helpful guide! I'm now running the latest available Android 13 image for my phone, happily rooted :cool:

As it's in the Sony Xperia 5 IV section of the forum it's important to note that you must use fastbootd or you won't be able to wipe the phone. As such, to summarise, the rooting steps are:

- Unlock bootloader

- Download and extract boot.img (on PC)

- Download Magisk and patch boot.img (on phone)

- Reboot to bootloader (adb reboot fastboot) then to fastboot (fastboot reboot fastboot)

- Flash patched boot.img, wipe phone, and reboot

Once rooted you probably want to:

- Install Displax's safetynet-fix to get Google Wallet, Netflix etc working

- Remove unwated bloatware using something like De-Bloater
[Sony Xperia 5 IV] aricooperdavis:
You can definitely unlock CQ54, as I have just done it.

I never use custom recoveries, personally, as they're another potential point of failure without any real benefit (you can backup and perform updates easily by other means).
[Sony Xperia 5 IV] SekiGamer:
Ah, that's very good to know. What are the other means that you prefer?
[Sony Xperia 5 IV] Kevbodian:
Just got my Japanese SO-54C and went to follow this guide only to find out "Bootloader Unlock Allowed: No".

However, I just got that changed to "Bootloader Unlock Allowed: Yes" so I will follow this guide tonight and unlock my SO-54C bootloader! Can't wait.
[Sony Xperia 5 IV] Kevbodian:
Bootloader is now unlocked. However, no matter what I try, the device is never actually rooted.

I'm using the Docomo firmware (xperifirm) 64.1.C.0.102 and I use UnSin on boot_X-FLASH-ALL-C220.sin to get .img. Then I instal MAGISK and push the img file to the phone. Then I use magisk to patch the img and retrieve it from the /Download folder on the device.

I use adb pull to my desktop and I do the fastboot flash boot_a and boot_b, wipe and reboot. After going through the new phone setup, I use Root Checker and it says my phone is NOT rooted.

Am I missing something?

Edit: couple reboots later and magisk did something (some kind of update) and it says rooted.
[Sony Xperia 5 IV] asdf2345:
How did you get it changed? The removed guide only worked up to the III series.
[Sony Xperia 5 IV] Kevbodian:
I paid for credits on Infinity Online Service - qUnlockTool. The software didn't work, I notified Infinity Team and they gave me a new exe that changed from NO to YES. Then I followed the guide to BLU and root.
[Sony Xperia 5 IV] asdf2345:
Hmm interesting, wonder if it can be used on American devices for the American 4G/5G bands.

How much was it?
[Sony Xperia 5 IV] Kevbodian:
$30 USD. But DM me if you want more info as I believe paid stuff is not welcome.

As far as bands, I have no idea. I quickly soft-bricked my device tonight and just got it back (bootloader unlocked but root is gone).
[Sony Xperia 5 IV] asdf2345:
Well I mean unlock American devices for those 4G/5G bands not in the overseas phones. Otherwise a method to unlock the bands of the 256GB overseas model would be better.

I find it funny that $30 for a $1000 (or $700) phone bad, but for the Motorola Droid Razr M where the unlock costs more than the phone itself it's completely fine to talk about.
[Sony Xperia 5 IV] aricooperdavis:
This is one of the devices that Magsik has to install some early hooks for, so indeed to finish root you'll need to open Magisk and it'll tell you that 'additional setup required' and to reboot your device. Then it'll be rooted.
[Sony Xperia 5 IV] aricooperdavis:
I use titanium backup and update directly through Magisk or using fastboot.
[Sony Xperia 5 IV] DanielMode:
i never got into titanium to backup my system like i used to with TWRP.....i loved TWRP :cry:
[Sony Xperia 5 IV] asdf2345:
Why doesn't anyone try reverse engineering these paid bootloader unlock methods?
[Sony Xperia 5 IV] sisqoboy:
Many thanks for your guide. Im just about to receive my phone in 2weeks time.

Is it a good idea to update android to the latest one before unlocking the bootloader and rooting the device or doesn't matter?
[Sony Xperia 5 IV] aricooperdavis:
Make sure the device is up-to-date before rooting.
[Sony Xperia 5 IV] aricooperdavis:
Note: the arms race between those rooting their devices and Google/app developers is particularly fierce at the moment. This means that you are likely to face issues hiding your rooted status from apps.

For example there is currently no way to root and still use both Google Pay and the Starling banking app. This is because Google Pay requires you to use Displax's Universal Safety Net Fix Mod to pass Play Integrity, whilst Starling detects any use of Zygisk (by means currently unknown) which UNSF relies on.
[General Questions and Answers] hautrantrung:
I am looking for a way to access the app data, cache of other apps. As I am rooted, I guess this is possible.

I tried searching and found that Titanium Backup can access databases and cache files.

I am only able to save databases but not all the cache files.

So, is there any app to get all the cache files saved?
[General Questions and Answers] alecxs:
is that an app development question? or are you asking for the path?

https://android.stackexchange.com/a/218507
[General Questions and Answers] hautrantrung:
Thank you for your help. I'm just a user, could you please explain it to me?
[General Questions and Answers] alecxs:
not sure what to explain, but I just have copied the paths from the link above

/data/user[_de]/<user_id>/<pkg>/[code_]cache
/storage/emulated/<user_id>/Android/data/<pkg>/[code_]cache

you can list all cache directories from cmd line

ls -d /data/user*/0/*/*cache
ls -d /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/*/*cache

you can copy all cache files to PC, just create cache.tar.gz and extract with 7-Zip (wth you want that?)

tar -vchzf /sdcard/cache.tar.gz /data/user*/0/*/*cache /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/*/*cache

or you can just navigate to all paths on phone with any Root Explorer.
[General Questions and Answers] hautrantrung:
Thank you so much 🤩
[Battlestations] gj4560:
My main use case for these computers is uni, I'm doing cyber security and need something powerful for encryption/decryption, running multiple VMs at once, computing hashes, etc. I'll also use it for my internship.

Desktop:

CPU: Intel Core i9-13900KF

CPU Cooler: EKWB AIO D-RGB 280mm

GPU: MSI GAMING X TRIO RX 6950 XT

PSU: Phanteks Revolt Pro 1000W

RAM: Kingston FURY Renegade 32GB DDR5-6000

Mobo: Gigabyte Z690 AORUS ELITE AX DDR5

Storage 1: WD-Black SN850X 1TB

Storage 2: Crucial MX500 2TB

Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40

Case: Fractal Design Pop Air

Laptop:

Lenovo Legion 5 Pro

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H

GPU: RTX 3060

RAM: Kingston FURY 32GB DDR4-3200

Storage: 512GB SSD
[Battlestations] anawilliam850:
Both the desktop and laptop you listed have powerful components that are capable of handling demanding tasks such as encryption/decryption, running multiple VMs, and computing hashes.

The desktop you listed has an Intel Core i9-13900KF processor, which is one of the latest and most powerful CPUs from Intel, and an MSI GAMING X TRIO RX 6950 XT graphics card, which is a high-end GPU that can handle gaming and other graphics-intensive tasks. The 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM and the WD-Black SN850X 1TB NVMe SSD are also top-of-the-line components that provide fast performance.

On the other hand, the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro laptop is also a powerful machine, with an AMD Ryzen 7 5800H processor and an RTX 3060 graphics card. The 32GB DDR4-3200 RAM and 512GB SSD are also good components for a laptop.

If you need a powerful machine for your cyber security studies and internship, the desktop you listed may be the better option as it has more powerful components overall. However, the laptop is more portable and can be useful if you need to work on the go or need a more compact machine. Ultimately, the decision depends on your specific needs and preferences.
[Battlestations] PtOu14:
Your picks generally look powerful and suitable for cybersecurity and virtualization-related tasks. Here are some notes and recommendations:

Desktop computer:

Processor (CPU): Intel Core i9-13900KF - This is a powerful processor that should handle demanding encryption/decryption and virtualization tasks.

Graphics Processing Unit (GPU): MSI GAMING X TRIO RX 6950 XT - Good choice for graphics and computing tasks.

Power Supply: Phanteks Revolt Pro 1000W - Powerful enough to provide stable power for your configuration.

RAM: Kingston FURY Renegade 32 GB DDR5-6000 - Fast amount of RAM, which is important for working with virtual machines.

Storage: WD-Black SN850X, Crucial MX500 - Fast NVMe SSD and optional SATA SSD provide fast data access.

Laptop:

Processor (CPU): AMD Ryzen 7 5800H - An excellent choice for a mobile device, it has high performance.

Graphics Processing Unit (GPU): RTX 3060 - Good balance between performance and power consumption.

RAM: Kingston FURY 32GB DDR4-3200 - Large amount of RAM for multitasking.

Storage: 512 GB SSD - Fast SSD for storing the operating system and active projects.

General remarks:

Both configurations are powerful enough for cybersecurity, virtualization, and other computing needs.

Please note that paying attention to security at the hardware level and proper configuration of network parameters is also important in the field of cybersecurity.

Overall, it looks like two powerful devices, each tailored for its own tasks.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] obi-one:
O3touch brings us a perfect solution that integrates searching and contact managing with Email and Sms sending in one environment, in a real one finger operation, fast and easy to use - and all that for free!

My immediate reaction. After a day of use, I found myself asking “where have you been before?”.

I can not understand how I managed before. I don’t find myself any more thinking twice before going into the process of sending an Email or texting. Now I don’t think twice – it’s all so easy and fast.

We have seen many applications dialers trying to deal with these issues, not even close to what has been accomplished by o3touch. They are heavy, slowing down the device and don’t really do the whole job.

Suddenly everything is big! From the contact name to the text message, not to forget the incoming caller’s name.

Searching, writing, replying, editing, you name it, it’s all visually clear and easily done with one finger – you can forget your stylus at home!

One of the most amazing features is the high ability to customize the o3touch to your preferences. There are 40 deferent setting options.

You can decide what functions you want to take advantage of.

You can adjust the speed of the app, select keyboards combination, change the entire UI language, sound level, visual effect and much more.

For download:

O3Touch Windows Mobile Dialer
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4] ihiroyui:
Anyone prefer matte or clear screen protector??
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4] Zionator:
I like clear but each to our own hehe.

Also just a heads up incase you didn't know. You only need to put a protector on the small outer display as the folded screen comes with Samsung own protection preinstalled and adding another layer can damage the phone.

But I am sure u already know all this hehe
[General Questions and Answers] Franziska.v.B:
Hi,

I have a data flatrate and a flatrate to calll "landline" numbers from my Omnia mobile.

For calls to mobile numbers, I have 60 free minutes included per month. Is there a software (ideally freeware) to count the time of all outgoing calls to mobile numbers per month?

Would be great as mobile calls above the limit are quite expensive.

The tricky bit for the software will be to distinguish "landline" numbers automatically from "mobile" numbers.

I'm located in Germany.

Thanks for your help,

Franziska
[General Questions and Answers] mascasel:
homescreen plusplus

you can see call times,nr.sms and data(internet)

daily and monthly counters on today screen

web site for download:

http://www.chi-tai.info/
[General Questions and Answers] joel2009:
that only displays call times, not specific call times like he requested
[General Questions and Answers] Franziska.v.B:
Joel is right...

Hi,

unfortunately Joel seems right. I need to have summary of all outgoing mobile call times.

Thanks so far,

Franziska
[General Questions and Answers] mascasel:
with homescreen plusplus you can see only the outgoing calls,if you need, checking the dedicated box in settings.

On the contrary you cannot count separately the outgoing calls
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] muraco:
Hi all,

Hoping someone has a fix or recommendation for the following issue I've noticed.

I've got a Yahoo e-mail account setup (POP3 - automatic e-mail retrieval every 15 minutes). When I receive an e-mail, I receive the e-mail notification in the taskbar and it won't go away until I dismiss it or view the e-mail. The notification works fine.

I also have an Exchange account setup (direct push). When I receive an e-mail I get the e-mail notification in the taskbar, however, it eventually disappears on it's own after a few minutes even though I haven't dismissed it or read the e-mail.

Is there a registry setting I can tweak to correct this?

Thanks

M
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] KevinRmr:
The default browser for the 'Launch Browser' button on my Diamond's TouchFlo Internet tab is Internet Explorer. Is there a way to change it to Opera?

Also, completely different question, is there a way to have programs actually close when you hit the 'x'? Anytime I exit a program it still shows up in the task manager until I close it there.

Thanks for any info.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] kosherpig:
About closing tasks:

On Home screen tap the tasklist button. Choose the middle icon. A Settings dialog should pop up. Go to the 3rd tab and switch the setting about X button :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] KevinRmr:
Thanks! I looked right at that tab and missed it :o
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] KevinRmr:
Nobody has any ideas on changing the browser? I've found a file in the appplication data/manila folder that has the internet portal as iexplorer.exe but it's and xml file that I can't seem to edit.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] bugsykoosh:
you can edit an xml by simply moving it to your comp and opening it in notepad and saving in xml then moving it back... I don't think this is the right file but go for the hold and give it a shot...just change it back if it fails.

You'll probably need freeware Total Commander to move the file though.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Monks7766:
Make a copy of the file on your computer to edit, rename the file on your device and copy the edited file back to your device.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ties:
Thank you..

editting the xml file worked for me..:)

Now changed the browser and I also added some links in the internet-tab.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] KevinRmr:
Wow, it didn't seem to work for me. All I changed was "iexplorer.exe" to "OperaL.exe", is there something else I needed to change?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ties:
I just changed from:

<BrowserExe>\Windows\BrandedBrowser.exe</BrowserExe>

to:

<BrowserExe>\Windows\iexplorer.exe</BrowserExe>

after this a soft reset and it worked for me...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] KevinRmr:
I'll try it again. What was your default browser?

Well I tried it again, managed to get rid of some of the unwanted 'favourites' under the globe but it still launches internet explorer instead of opera even after changing the .exe line.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ties:
Default was Opera (in a Tmob-rom)..but i can not work with opera..

My complete new xml-file looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>

<InternetPortal>

<BrowserExe>\Windows\iexplore.exe</BrowserExe>

<IncludeUserFavorites>False</IncludeUserFavorites>

<Banner

DefaultImagePath="\Windows\ie7.jpeg"

NavigateUrl=""

Text=""

Width="400"

Height="123" />

<OperatorLinks>

<Link

Text="Startpagina"

NavigateUrl="http://startpagina.mobi/"

ImagePath="" />

</OperatorLinks>

</InternetPortal>

I also changed the picture and added a link: "startpagina"
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] KevinRmr:
Thanks for posting that ties.

Here's mine:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>

<InternetPortal>

<BrowserExe>\Windows\OperaL.exe</BrowserExe>

<IncludeUserFavorites>False</IncludeUserFavorites>

<Banner DefaultImagePath="\Windows\HTC\Assets\Images\InternetPortal\banner.qtc" SelectedImagePath="\Windows\HTC\Assets\Images\InternetPortal\banner_selected.qtc" NavigateUrl="" Text="Launch Browser" Width="480" Height="215" />

<OperatorLinks>

<Link Text="YouTube" Executable="\windows\youtube.exe" ImagePath="\Windows\HTC\Assets\Images\InternetPortal\youtube.qtc" />

</OperatorLinks>

</InternetPortal>

I guess it's starting Internet Explorer for some other reason since I've changed the target in this file. Weird that the other changes I made worked but the browser change didn't. Oh well, hopefully someone who knows about this sort of thing will chime in.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] KevinRmr:
Finally found out how to get this working, someone on another forum suggested this:

HKCU\Software\HTC\Manila\DefaultBrowserIsIE = 0

I also have the xml file changed as above but not sure if that's required.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] micaman:
I tried just changing "HKCU\Software\HTC\Manila\DefaultBrowserIsIE = 0" and it did not work. I really don't feel comfortable changing the xml file. Is there a simple way of doing this?