MWC released phones topic

Don't get me wrong, I really do enjoy my LG G3. I cant help but to want the new HTC One M9. I was debating between the G3 and the M8 earlier during the year, but went with the G3 because of the better camera. The M9 camera should be up to par and the material they use are much better. What did you guys think of the phones released today? Im just curious and wanting to start a new conversation.

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[Q] What's wrong with my phone's display? topic

Hello

I got a new Galaxy s5, an update i was pretty happy with considering the last phone i had was a galaxy s2. I got relatively cheap, too (200 euros). Though, after i began using it more, i noticed that the display above where the keyboard should be is a bit dimmer than the keyboard section, and in white screens you can easily see permanent marks of the keyboard keys. Why are these pixels engraved in my screen? IS there a way to fix it without having to buy a new display? I was thinking about doing a dead pixel fix using an app/video, but i didn't want to cause anymore damage without some research first.

Ear phones don't stay in topic

Hi all.

I use a generic pair of noise-reduction ear phones on my Sony Xperia E3. The earphones are Betron B-25.

They fit into the socket and I can listen, however they don't STAY in the socket. There is no fit, no lock, they easily slip back out. If I'm walking out in the street, the only way to listen is to hold the phone in my hand, to ensure the earphones don't slip out, which happens when I put the phone in my pocket.

Why is this? Do I need to specifically buy Sony earphones? Or just other earphones? Anyone experienced this? I get the feeling other people use non-Sony earphones with no problem.

Help?

Cheers,
Ferdi

Can our phones run CM12 topic

I noticed there's no cm rom in the development section. I wanted to know if we can flash there general Cm12 rom from there website cause I can't find any sprint version anywhere.

[Q] Need Language Support in Indian Phones. topic

Hello All,
I need a help in samsung phones, All Indian Samsung Phones comes with Indian Languages, How can i install Arabic or Any other foreign language on Indian Phones. Can anyone pls guide me.

I would like to find exploits in this phones system topic

How would I go about find exploits in this phone system or finding a app that could do so? I need to find a exploit so I can root this phone. It is a Alcatel one touch icon pop a564c
Android version 4.4.2 KitKat
Kernel Date is July 3rd 2014
Kernel Version 3.4.0
I have tried many root methods non have worked so I will look for a exploit I need some help with it though


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[Q] rootmyvalet? Does this work for rooting zte phones? topic

I found this rootmyvalet apk on github. I tried to use it on my zte savvy, but it keeps throwing errors at me. anybody have any ideas on how make it work properly?

[Q] listView has unwanted rows in some phones topic

I have created an android program which contains listview. Emulator and my phone (Samsung Galaxy S) shows like;
-see First Attachment (1.png)
But when I open my program in Samsung Note 3, it shows like;
-see Second Attachment (2.png)

It likes 2 empty rows(empty but their colors dark blue) and 1 real list view item. 2 empty rows, 1 real item, 2 empty rows, 1 real item ....

I tried each of item in listview. I removed each one and it does not solve my problem. And some bigger screen phones have same issue. How can i solve it?

my xml:

Code:

---

<RelativeLayout
                                android:id="@+id/tabTT"
                                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                                android:layout_height="fill_parent">

                                <ImageView
                                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                                    android:visibility="invisible"
                                    android:id="@+id/tabTT_icon"/>

                                <TextView
                                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                                    android:text="Team Tactics"
                                    android:id="@+id/tabTT_main_text"
                                    android:textSize="13sp"
                                    android:textStyle="bold"
                                    android:textColor="#800000"
                                    android:visibility="invisible"
                                    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"/>

                                <TextView
                                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                                    android:id="@+id/tabTT_main_second"
                                    android:textSize="12sp"
                                    android:textColor="#000000"
                                    android:visibility="invisible"
                                    android:layout_below="@id/tabTT_main_text"
                                    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"/>

                                <ListView
                                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                                    android:layout_height="match_parent"
                                    android:id="@+id/tabTT_listView"
                                    android:clickable="true"
                                    android:layout_below="@id/tabTT_main_second"/>

                                <ImageView
                                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                                    android:id="@+id/tabTT_ImageView"/>

                                <TextView
                                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                                    android:id="@+id/tabTT_textView_name"
                                    android:textSize="13sp"
                                    android:textStyle="bold"
                                    android:textColor="#000000"
                                    android:layout_marginLeft="68dp"/>

                                <TextView
                                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                                    android:id="@+id/tabTT_textView_subName"
                                    android:textSize="12sp"
                                    android:layout_below="@id/tabTT_textView_name"
                                    android:textColor="#000000"
                                    android:layout_marginLeft="68dp"/>

                                <ProgressBar
                                    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                                    android:id="@+id/tabTT_ProgressBar"
                                    android:layout_below="@id/tabTT_textView_subName"
                                    android:layout_toRightOf="@id/tabTT_ImageView"
                                    android:progressDrawable="@drawable/progress_bar"
                                    android:visibility="invisible"
                                    style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal"/>

                                <TextView
                                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                                    android:id="@+id/tabTT_textView_percentage"
                                    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
                                    android:layout_below="@id/tabTT_textView_subName"
                                    android:textColor="#800000"/>

                                </RelativeLayout>

---

my adapter:

Code:

---

public static class TTAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Achievement> {

    public TTAdapter(Context context, ArrayList<Achievement> users) {
        super(context, 0, users);
    }

    @Override
    public View getView(final int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {

        Achievement user = getItem(position);
        // Check if an existing view is being reused, otherwise inflate the view
        if (convertView == null) {
            convertView = LayoutInflater.from(getContext()).inflate(R.layout.list_item_ach, parent, false);
        }

        convertView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View v) {
                Achievement clicked = getItem(position);
                if(clicked.progressFloatSecond!=-1){
                    Toast.makeText(getContext(), "Left: " + NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(Locale.US).format(clicked.progressFloatSecond - clicked.progressFloatFirst), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }
                else Toast.makeText(getContext(), "One-Time Mission!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
        });

        TextView name = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.tabTT_textView_name);
        TextView subName = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.tabTT_textView_subName);
        ImageView imVi = (ImageView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.tabTT_ImageView);
        ProgressBar progBar = (ProgressBar) convertView.findViewById(R.id.tabTT_ProgressBar);
        TextView percentageFloat = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.tabTT_textView_percentage);
        DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("##.##");

        name.setText(user.name);
        subName.setText(user.subName);
        imVi.setImageResource(user.picInt);
        progBar.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
        percentageFloat.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
        if(user.progressFloatSecond!=-1){
            progBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
            progBar.setMax(user.progressFloatSecond);
            progBar.setProgress(user.progressFloatFirst);
            percentageFloat.setText(df.format(user.progressFloat) + " %");
            percentageFloat.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        }
        return convertView;

    }
}

---

By the way, in application there are 6 different list views and all have same problem. I write here only one listview's code.

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[Q] switching phones, need uicc help!!! topic

im on vacation and i broke my phone...(sprint note 3)...so i bought the same phone off craigslist (sprint note 3) and it is now activated on sprint...however i cant get it to recognize my uicc sim card from my broken note 3...is there anyway to get the sim to be recognized on this phone? or do i have to get a new sim all together...i have my pin1/puk1 codes but dont know what to do....please help!!!!!

[Q] Do Galaxy S4 AT&T Firmware work on Canadian (Rogers) phones? topic

To be specific, the AT&T (jflteatt) has the CM12 with Lollipop on nightlies, however not the Canadian versions. As far as I know, both phones are identical except for carrier.

Has anyone tried to install the CM12 for jflteatt on a Rogers S4? what results did you get?

Also, I am seeing alot of safestrap and other new things I am completely noobish on, if I were to flash Lollipop roms, what is different compared to flashing kitkat roms?

[Sorry if this has already been asked]

Finally: Install Windows 10 for Phones on Non-supported devices topic

For the solution, Please go to

http://forum.xda-developers.com/wind...hones-t3030582

Finally: Install Windows 10 for Phones on Non-supported devices topic

99.99% success! I found this method at one of Chinese forum: http://www.wpxap.com/thread-822065-1-1.html

Same idea with RustyGrom’s thread:http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=3030105

I just did some important translation :

1. Install the Windows Insider app on your phone (you will need to have a store account configured)
2. Open Internet Explorer on your phone and navigate to upwp10.chinacloudapp.cn:7777, then a file will be asked for download, accept and run the file to install it.
3. Edit the settings for your phone WiFi connection to turn on the Proxy and set it to use upwp10.chinacloudapp.cn as IP address and enter 7777 for the port
4. Run the Windows Insider app and tap get preview builds
5. You will see Enroll page with two option: Insider Slow and Insider Fast, Do NOT join any one of them now, your's might be in English

6. Return to your WIFI setting and turn off Proxy
7. Go back to windows insider by using Back button of your Winphone, and it is time to choice Insider Slow or Insider Fast.

Make sure your phone has at least 300M system free space.

[APP] control your phone's brightness and save battery topic

as we know,screen consumes most of the charge on our x2ds

here is an app that can reduce your phone's brightness to -90

and offcourse minimum brightness helps to save battery .

name : lux
download from here : http://m.apkhere.com/down/com.vito.lux_1.99.9999.2_paid

Uninstall application from Phones storage and Backup phone without Screen? topic

My phone screen recently a mystery crack (Within the screen itself) I can barely see anything, just a little bit of the bottom. I want to backup my phone, the most I can get to is the home screen , putting a password is a struggle but I manage but from their it is near impossible to get to anything else, also I want to open my whatsapp to use the web interface just to reply to some messages before I get a new phone but Applock is installed on my phone and prevents me from getting to there, is there anyway I can delete the app from internal storage ( From PC)? Is there a folder where apps are kept on the phone where I can delete it?.

HOWTO: Install Windows 10 for Phones on Non-supported devices (and other hacks) topic

This is only confirmed working for the AT&T Lumia 1520 and may work as is for other phones but also might require tweaks to the XML (see below). It is very possible to brick your phone with this. Your mileage may vary!

From a high level this works by using FiddlerCore to intercept the traffic going to the Microsoft WPflights server that controls the Insider app and responds with our own custom data. The app accepts registry editing information from the web responses and acts upon that. This allows us to write stuff to select locations in the registry. In the case of the Windows 10 Preview, it appears to only look for your phone's PhoneManufacturerModelName to decide if it should be offered previews. Windows Update also checks this value. Other devices like Samsungs or HTCs may need different settings. My phone did revert to it's factory values after Windows 10 was installed (I actually think it might have done it after Windows 8.1 was installed but it continued with 10 nonetheless).

1. For the Lumia 1520 (and other phones?) reset your phone using the [url=http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/mobile/support/faq/?action=singleTopic&topic=FA142987]Windows Phone recovery tool. I recommend not logging in and setting everything up yet and just waiting til the end and doing a reset and letting it restore after you’re on Windows 10.
2. Install the Windows Insider app on your phone (you will need to have a store account configured)
3. Open the insiders app and go to the about options in the app bar and screenshot/make notes/email the settings to yourself. You may need this later.
4. Download and extract the WPInsidersHacks app (attached to this post) to your computer
5. Start the WPInsiderHacks app on pc, approve any firewall requests
6. Connect to the same WiFi that your PC is on. Edit the settings for the WiFi connection to turn on the Proxy and set it to use the PC’s IP address and enter 8877 for the port
7. Open Internet Explorer on your phone and navigate to http://[pc.ip.add.ress]:8877 where [pc.ip.add.ress] is the IP address of the PC running the WPInsidersHacks app
8. Tap on the link at the bottom to the fiddler root certificate
9. When prompted click open and then install to trust the cert and ok at the confirmation
10. Run the Windows Insider app and tap get preview builds
11. Tap on which custom action you’d like to perform. In my case I hit "Set to ATT Lumia 635" and click the arrow at the bottom
12. Accept the agreement and click the check mark at the bottom. the app will close
13. Now clear your proxy settings and run the insider app again
14. Tap get preview builds and login with your Microsoft account
15. Select the fast branch (if you’re reading this of course you want the fast branch) and click the arrow at the bottom
16. Go into the phone settings and check for updates. With any luck you should have Windows 10 there for you to install. On my AT&T 1520 it had to do 8.1 first but it kept going to 10 after 8.1 installed (had to check for updates again)
17. You’ll probably want to go into the settings and do another reset and then log into the phone and let it restore your previous data

The Windows Insider options are populated from the WPFlights.xml file. Feel free to edit/add stuff. I've experimented with writing to other keys but had mixed results. I wasn't able to write to the Software\Microsoft\Settings\{1DEF9B7D-2322-40eb-A007-16A75D5CDA6F} for example (seemed to not like the curly braces?). It should have all the same permissons as the preview for developers app. You'll just need to run the WPInsiderHacks app on your PC and point your phone's proxy settings to it if you want to go back and set something again (such as enabling tethering).

Attached Files

	WPInsiderHacks.zip - [Click for QR Code] (261.7 KB)
	WPInsiderHacks_src.zip - [Click for QR Code] (35.7 KB)

[CAB] Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones topic

Download Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones, cabs from Lumia 830

http://wp.ds.download.windowsupdate....77552ab842.cab

http://wp.ds.download.windowsupdate....53804a093b.cab

How to Root THL 4000 THL 5000 & other MTK Android Phones with Kingo Root. topic

Although this is a pretty safe way of rooting these phones.. advance at your own risk!! I am not reliable for your phone. If you are broke and have never rooted devices before you might want to wait till you have a bit of cash for a new one if yours bricks.

I am making this tutorial to help others out that have ran into this issue before. Trying to root a THL 4000, 4400, 5000, & it getting stuck at the fastboot mode. I'm sure that this will work with any MTK device that has to have 3 windows driver states. So lets get this started

Things you will need......

You will have to have developer options enable on your device. If you do not know how to do this then follow the link below.

http://www.xda-developers.com/enable...-2-jelly-bean/

Windows Auto USB drivers for MTK devices....

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2p...ew?usp=sharing

Root Software... Kingo Root

http://www.kingoapp.com/

Get the “MTK Droid tools” only not the drivers. I don't think they are automatic as that is the method we will be using.

http://chinagadgetsreviews.blogspot....ools-v252.html

Step 1

Keep your phone unplugged.

Tell windows not to auto install a driver for your phone. Go to your start button and do a search for...
“Change device” This bring up at the top... 'Change device installation settings' Click on that then you should be able to select “no, let me choose what to do” Then “Never install drivers from windows update.” Hit “Save changes”

Step 1.1

Before you reboot!!!

If you have plugged in your MTK device before trying this then you need to go to your device manager and delete the driver that is listed under “Android Device”. (on windows7 it was a HTC driver that auto installed that I had to delete.)

If not then move on to step 2.

To find device manager ..

Hit start then search “device manager” It should list it at the top. Click it then Android device should be the first one in the list.
Plug in the phone.
Right click on the HTC driver or whatever it installed for your phone and select from the list delete or uninstall this driver. Then it's going to want to reboot go ahead and say yes.

Unplug your phone restart your computer & move on to step 3

Step 2

Reboot Windows.

Step 3

Install the main driver.

Extract the USB driver .zip you download into it own folder.
Click into the folder then click on install and follow the install processes.
This will install all the drivers for MTK Devices X86 & 64bit(32bit/64bit)

With your phone booted up..

Then Plug your MTK device into your computer with your USB cable.
(If you see the installing driver message pop up from windows click it. Hit stop trying to install driver from windows update.)

The message it should say is “driver installed successful” in the same window it will list the driver it installed it should say “Android Composite ADB Interface”
Then it installed correctly.

If this failed then reboot and then plug in the phone again.

If step 3 worked then move on to rooting

Install Kingo Root and root!

With the phone booted and in the main system..
Open up Kingo root on your windows computer and plug in the phone.
Set the phone down on something so that it is not being moved during rooting.

You should see Kingo root searching the connection when it's done it should have the name of the device and some other information on it like it has a MTK CPU and stuff. Hit the button at the bottom that says root and it should start root the phone.

DO NOT DISCONECT OR HANDLE THE PHONE DURING THIS PROCESS<<<<<<<<<

You should see it downloading files and installing them on the phone.
The phone should reboot a few times you might see it go into fastboot mode.

This is where it will work or get stuck in fastboot.
If it worked the you are all set.
If it failed and got stuck in fastboot then continue on to step 4 of this tutorial.

Step 4

(If you just got stuck in fastboot mode above close kingo root and try holding down the power button on the phone. If power button did not work pull the battery if its a THL 4000. Hit the reset button on the back if its a 5000. Then boot backup into Android.)

You have to install a driver for all states of your android phone.

Recovery driver,
Fastboot Driver, << If it is getting stuck in fastboot when trying to root it.
Main system driver.

We have installed one for the main system now lets install the other two

Recovery driver.

Unplug your phone from your computer.

Power down your phone.

Hold the Power button and volume up at the same time till you feel your it vibrate or go to a screen asking you where you want to go. If it asks you use your volume and power buttons to navigate the menu and to select “Recovery Mode”

Now in recovery mode plug your phone back into windows. Because you installed the auto driver and you have windows not looking at windows update it should install the drive automatically.

It should be something like this..
Driver installed successful
“Mtk device driver” or “MediaTech device”

Then it should have the driver to talk to your phone in recovery mode.

If your phone has a option for fastboot in your recovery menu the select it.

If you don't then select “Reboot device” or “Boot device”. In the recovery menu.

Install Fastboot driver

If you had the option to go there from recovery then you should already see windows installing a driver for fastboot. It should say the same thing your recovery driver said when it was successful. If this worked skip the next few lines and move to the next step.

You only have to try to install this driver if when trying to root it with Kingo root it gets stuck in fastboot mode & Kingo fails to root or just sits there at waiting on device.

If you end up on this mode don't panic it happened to my THL 4000 & THL 5000.

Warning this is not the best of recommendations but it worked for me!!

Kingo root was hung on waiting for device and would not fail or stop trying like it was froozen. Now keep in mind I gave it about 30 mins to stop trying. The phone was still in fastboot mode so I X out of Kingo root to close it and unplugged my THL 4000 phone still in fastboot mode.

Now with phone in hand still in Fastboot mode reboot Windows. After the reboot pulg your phone into the computer with your USB cable still in Fastboot mode.

Windows will automatically install the same driver that it installed for recovery mode.

Then you are ready with all 3 driver Kingo root can access the phone at all levels to root the phone.

After the install on windows is complete if it is still in fastboot mode.. unplug the phone from the computer. Try holding down your power button (and if it shuts it off your good). If it does not work open up the back and take the battery out.(THL 4000) If the battery does not come out then take the back off and look for reset button.(THL 5000).

Now your device should restart back up to the main system. Stay at the main system for rooting in the next section.


Root the THL 4000 5000 MTK device.

With the phone booted and in the main system..
Open up Kingo root on your windows computer and plug in the phone.
Set the phone down on something so that it is not being moved during rooting.

You should see Kingo root searching the connection when it's done it should have the name of the device and someother information on it like it has a MTK CPU and stuff. Hit the button at the bottom of the page and it should start root the phone.

DO NOT DISCONECT THE PHONE ON THIS PROCESS<<<<<<<<<

You should see it downloading files and installing them on the phone.
The phone should reboot a few times you might see it go back to the fastboot except this time it has a windows driver and it should get past that part this time. When its done it will say finish at the bottom leave the phone plugged in and hit the button. It should come to the rooting screen again and say Un-root OR Root again. Then you know its rooted.

Congrats your THL MTK device should be rooted now!! It should have installed SuperSu for you. Now go download some cool root apps!

With the MTK Droid Tools you downloaded follow this really good youtube tutorial from ITXtutor on how to back up you MTK device!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nvbU6Km8-M

Unlocking Phones topic

Has anyone seen this:

http://arstechnica.com/business/2015...ck-your-phone/

Desktop os supported phones topic

Hi guys,
I couldn't find searching but is there any smartphone yet that support full desktop os? like Linux mint or windows 7?
or may be a list of such phones!!

I mean now that we have tons of phone with high configurations like Snapdragon 800 based phone (2.2 GHz quad core cpu, 2GB ram, 32GB rom). installing desktop os should be just matter of someone to figures out boot-loader properly. if ARM architecture is a problem we have tons of phone with x86 based cpu as well. (like Asus ZenFone 5 or 6 with Intel Z2580) this cups supports full x86 instruction set MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 and all that.

the reason i'm looking for is, to use it as Single Board Computer. I mean a cellphone is much painless to to carry then a HummingBoard or Banana Pi box. there are bunch of commercial Single Board Computer that comes with desktop os it like "utilite2" but none of them are as slick and stylist as a modern cellphone! plus phone has its own power source and cellular wireless. and not mention its own display for the case when i'm unable to find a monitor.

so any suggestion?

thanks