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[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gio2005:
Gents,

I have a few questions regarding your phone. I recently left Android as a favor to my wife (switched for an iphone, handing it down to her when I upgrade). I am looking to jump back into Android but have a bit of a tough decision to make.

I've used the Rezound, G-Nex, and the S3, I haven't used a motorola since my old droid X. I'm looking to possibly get the RAZR MAXX HD.

The DNA has been ruled out due to potential horrible battery life and non-expandable storage.

I ruled out going back to an S3 or getting a note 2 as I don't like the new samsung build quality/touchwiz.

I am tempted to get a G-Nex again (found the 32GB version at a best buy), I was able to get excellent photos with it. The battery life sucked, but I loved vanilla android. While I have rooted and flashed custom roms to all my phones, with the nexus I ended up going back to stock most of the time.

after testing the RAZR HD, I have only a few concerns. First is the camera....I've heard negative things about it, but also heard that JB resolves some issues. I don't take a lot of photos but the phone is my primary camera. I loved the pics that I received from the rezound, g-nex and s3.

Second concern: I am hoping that with the "close to vanilla" features of the razr that I will not feel the need to flash roms very much, I have noticed that rom dev is not as popular as other devices (granted, I came from a nexus and also the fact that this device hasn't been out as long as an s3). I know that the locked bootloader has chased away several talented devs in the past and has been a repellant to new devs jumping to the device.

I guess after this long rant, my questions is to users that used and liked the cameras on my previous three phones listed; do you like the razr camera as well? will I be disappointed? Should I hang on until february and then upgrade?

your thoughts?

thanks for your time.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salada2k:
If you liked the camera in the S3, then you will like the camera in the RAZR HD. Simple as that. They have the exact same sensor AFAIK. The performance of the camera is indeed improved under JB and now it's pretty good.

There's not much ROM dev happening which is a shame..... Dealbreaker? No.

I think you'll love the phone. It's hands down the best droid I've ever owned (I came from the HOX and the GS3). Loving it so far and not looking back! In summary I definitely do not think you will be disappointed. Get on board!
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arkasai:
If you've used any iPhone camera since the 4, or the Samsung S3, you will be severely disappointed. White balance is way off under tungsten lights, tons of noise in images shot at ISO 100, and generally slow operation. Love the phone, just my honest opinion as a photographer.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salada2k:
It's odd, the camera is my S3 was pretty sub par, and I found it not terribly different to the RAZR HD camera. But you're not the first one to rate it more highly then I ever did. Perhaps mine was a dud. Either way, I do agree that the camera in the RAZR is not great, and neither was my S3 hence the comparison. The RAZR is such a great phone though that the pros easily outweigh then cons (for me).
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gio2005:
Gents,

Many thanks for the responses, I ended up not getting the RAZR HD, the only reason being the camera. I almost didn't upgrade at all as my requirements were good camera, great battery life, and removable storage. I couldn't find a phone on big red that fit all of these that I was interested in.

My wife ended asking me why I ruled out the Note 2, after talking with her about it for a while, I ended up giving it a try and the device is great. I'm still concerned about the fragile build quality, however I have accessories that hopefully will help that. as far as touchwiz goes, I still don't like it, but the camera and S-Pen software rocks. I'm settling for Nova Prime and widgetlocker to assist in getting a vanilla-ish feel.

again, I appreciate your responses. They were very helpful in my decision.

Thanks,

Mods - this thread can be closed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deanhoadley:
Hi all. I bought a GS3 on the weekend (uk unlocked,) I unrooted the phone in order to add the 4.2 camera but I am now wondering... If I was to root the device again would the camera app that I installed still be on the device? Also, how would I root it again? I am still using the stock OS but when I search for updates it recoginises that it is a modified unit. I have used triangle away and in download mode it says all is stock but it knows....

Any help would be great!

Thanks,
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olyloh6696:
Wrong forum, you are posting in the forum of the SGS1.

Please post in the correct forum.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deanhoadley:
My bad, thanks!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mashomid:
Hi

My desire got stucked, recovery is not loading.

ADB is not detecting my device.

I only have fastboot access and as it`s S-ON, i cant update the recovery. (got signature verify error when using fastboot to update recovery)

i have tried to install .exe Stock ROM, but i didn`t find any appropriate ROM with my radio , also i could n`t downgrade my radio.

I've got USB Connection Error when installing other RUU .........exe files.

i have tried to install RUU PB99IMG but got CID verification error after loading the image file. even tried to create Gold Card on 4GB micro SD but got the same error.

any tips ?

BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.93.0001

MICROP-051d

TOUCH Panel-SYNT0101

Radio-5.17.05.23

INFOversion: 0.5

INFOversion-bootloader: 0.93.0001

INFOversion-baseband: 5.17.05.23

INFOversion-cpld: None

INFOversion-microp: 051d

INFOversion-main: 2.32.415.3

INFOserialno: SH0CGPL05278

INFOimei: 355302043389049

INFOproduct: bravo

INFOplatform: HBOOT-8x50

INFOmodelid: PB9920000

INFOcidnum: HTC__J15

INFObattery-status: good

INFObattery-voltage: 4026mV

INFOpartition-layout: Generic

INFOsecurity: on

INFObuild-mode: SHIP

INFOboot-mode: FASTBOOT

INFOcommitno-bootloader: dirty-365c78d6

INFOhbootpreupdate: 11
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mashomid:
Now got "main version is older" Error in RUU Update
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mashomid:
FIXED :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kerenoc01:
I seem to have the same problem with one Desire (usb error when rebooting bootloader when RUUing)

How did you fixed it (gold card, ruu,...)?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DigginGraves:
Flash the 2.3 RUU.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kaldrick:
The S Suggest app sucks at telling me what apps will work on the note 2 and it doesnt give me good apps either.

Im looking for a few must have applications to enjoy the note 2 better. Also may increase my use of the note 2. And also maybe a few games?

I got dragonvale if anyone plays let me know.

Thanks

Kaldrick/Mootee/Turtle
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Evankovich406:
Ive been looking around also. I enjoy art and bought Sketchbook mobile. There is a free version with some features cut but still worth a download. If you're into art it pretty much a slim Photoshop in your pocket. I've never used a wacom so this is as close as ive been but the one dollar app was worth the $300 phone haha.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jsadler09:
I guess a lot of it comes down to what you want to do, but I rely heavily on productivity tools like Astrid Tasks and Note Everything Pro. I use gReader for RSS, USA Today, and recently discovered Flipboard for news. Sign for speed dialing, Wave Launcher for quick access to certain apps at any time, Tasker, and Tapatalk. As far as S-Pen apps, Paper Artist that comes with it is fun, and PicSay Pro is that much easier to use now that I have the S-Pen.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Bidyadhar:
Whenever i try to connect my phone in 0 balance it says connection failed and no port found.....

What to do????? Please help
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] MiguelHogue:
Hello, would any one know where individuals could purchase a case that looks like this? I'm in the market for a unique stylish case with more protection (using a Ringke Slim case now) .. I know there are plenty of rugged cases that have the same feeling but they lack a bit of style & all look the same

Thanks for any help

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss

-Galaxy Note II Edition
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] jlczl:
Some guys are trying to get the real thing made here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1929261
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] MiguelHogue:
Thanks, Yeah I seen that.. That's why I made this.. Seems as though they are only gearing towards iphone and gs3..Not going gonna get my hopes up even though it would be a shame if they didn't make it:thumbdown:

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss

-Galaxy Note II Edition
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Jsarge45:
I got ringkle slim and sprayed it with truck bed liner

I only did half and light coat for grip but you could get really good few thick coats if desired
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] MiguelHogue:
That looks pretty good.. I was thinking about spraying my case as well/moding it with something.. How's that holding up as far as chipping off?

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss

-Galaxy Note II Edition
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Jsarge45:
Actually today is 1st day I'm test driving. I got like 5 cases I switch up. The spray I used was rubber tool handle spray from home depot but I saw at auto zone truck liner I want to try. Slim cases are cheap enough to test. Only thing is I only found black. Wish I could find white. Anyway if you try be sure to scotch brute the area you'll spray for adhesion. It glopped on me 1st try and it rubbed off pretty easy to recoat and let it dry/cure thoroughly. Like I said I have really thin coat just to add grip but if you want protection I'd spray thick and or bunch of light coats to build up to thick layer and Cruz your doing it you can tape to spray any way. I think I'm gonna just do boarder next time
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Jsarge45:
Oh and tape inside. Phone won't fit right. I learned hard way. Haha
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Noodile:
http://www.urbanarmorgear.com/pages/uag-labs

just vote here just in case
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Hpsgill:
It will work with every aroma rom,mod,pmr, or any other installer based on aroma​

Only For Explorer

Just go to META-INF/com/google/android/ (in rom,mod,pmr,etc)

and open aroma-config in note pad or other editor

and copy and replace the text below and save it

Enjoy smoth touch!!!!;)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Hpsgill:
Reserved on my puppy bithday!!!!!
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Red Devil:
I don't know which version this is but for v2.0.0 I have posted the calliberation values in sense 4.0A threads :thumbup:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Hpsgill:
it was from 2.51

will works with all versions exept 2.56 beacause it has already working touch for any device
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] invisibro:
My compass works in Zdevice test, but not in certain apps (Though it used to) - it doesn't work when I press compass button in Maps and doesn't work in compass specific apps. It DOES work in Yelp monocle.

Any ideas? I've fixed permissions, done clean installs, everything.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] invisibro:
One bump before I give up on this. (don't really use compass mode that much, but would be nice to fix)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kmyerslp:
Try gps status app. It has a compass calibration tool that will tell you to rotate the phone 2-3 times on each axis. Fixed my wonky readings I had.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] invisibro:
Just downloaded that - compass doesnt respond at all in that app. It only seems to respond in ZDeviceTest.

It seems like the majority of apps aren't able to "talk" to the compass sensor, but for whatever reason ZDeviceTest can.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] invisibro:
Update: I just downloaded "smart compass" and it works fine - Maps will still not enter Compass view. SO CONFUSED
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] clax6:
Well I've been due an upgrade since October and I've been waiting to see if anything good was on the horizon and yes the nexus 4 looked like the answer but ee don't sell it yet and I loved my s3 that I got in may.

So after some negotiations the deal I've got direct from ee customer retentions is.....

600 minutes 500 texts 750mb free ee to ee calls 18 month contract had to pay £45 for the phone £26 a month

I'm quite chuffed at that! :D
[Galaxy Note II General] Paul013:
Heya all. I know that most of you are eagerly waiting for the update to arrive. Ive not received the update yet, but I researched a bit about it and heres what ive found out.. I bet this is goin to make ya all the more anxious...:)

Note- Credit goes to the original tester, ie, Lucidmike78

So here's a list of what the guy has found out. Some of these are definitely not mentioned in most of the changelogs that can be seen on the internet..

Android 4.1.2 New Features for Samsung Galaxy Note 2

1. Camera feature: Hold Volume to focus, release to take photo

2. Video feature: Press Volume to start recording, press again to toggle flash.

3. 480p Flash Video Works (if you have latest Flash Player 11.1.115.34 Installed)

4. New Samsung Keyboard Feature: Cursor Control, Continuous Input (If you didn't already have it)

5. Customized Notification Toggle Icons

6. New Notification Toggles: AllShare Cast, Smart Stay, S Bean, Driving Mode, Blocking Mode

7. Brightness slider can now be disabled, but who would do this? :)

8. Browser rendering improvements (3 examples, please confirm with 4.1.1)

9. Ink Effect with S Pen on Swipe lockscreen, and customizable ink colors.

10. Some devices may experience maximum brightness boost (Up to 400% from previous level)

Here's a link of a live demo of all these cool features:

[YOUTUBE]0qyijcTeHcU[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy Note II General] Paul013:
Mods, plz delete this thread as ive, somehow came across a similar one by the original tester:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2049316
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willo62:
Just got my s3 and when looking at a picture in the phone there was a sybol on the top of the screen, when I pressed it it askd me if i wanted to change my default playback device to my sony smart tv. which it did.

I think I may have changed an installed program as I no longer can get this option.

Also miss the abillity to plug my phone into my cars usb and play my music. My HTC wildfire could do it, what a stupid omission.The default music player was also better on the wildfire, not easy to get your full list of music up on the s3, If I had not transfered my old number across I think I would be sending it back to vodaphone and getting an Iphone5
[Motorola Atrix 2] atrix2:
This camera app run fine on the Paranoid Android released by alteredlikeness.

Camcorder can record 1080p,no FC or error.

But the front camera only can taking picture,camcorder is not working.

Many thanks to alteredlikeness and other guys bring the Paranoid Android to our Atrix 2.:)

Link for the camera app

http://www1.zippyshare.com/v/19709772/file.html

Note:Install like normal app or push to system/app is up to you
[Motorola Atrix 2] anikadam:
It works for sure, but very dicy performance, sometimes the recorded file plays back, sometimes it doesn't.. and as mentioned the ffc forecloses.

But nonetheless we atleast have a camcorder that works. :good: :thumbup:
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] indopride:
Hi all,

I was hoping if someone can modify touchwiz with the following features:

-4x5 homescreen

-scrolling wallpaper

-5x6 appdrawer

-no icon text under the dock icons and maybe some kind of dock background.

-matching 4x5 samsung widgets

I think touchwiz is pretty slik if it has al these features. I hope someone can do this for me and a lot of other users who thinks this is awesome!
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Raistlin1158:
Rooted my new phone yesterday and all went well, made all my backups like a good chap.

Now I have a slight issue, when I connect my phone to the PC via a usb cable it does not see it.

Anyone got an idea what I have done wrong. :crying:

TIA

Raistlin
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] clax6:
Is usb debugging switched on?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Raistlin1158:
Yes, I'd thought of that hence my post as I'm stumped... :)
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Obagleyfreer:
This happens on both my I9300 and i9305. Does it read it as a media device?

You could always try install/update kies and reinstall drivers.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jasonr803:
Does this seem right? I know there is suppose to be 16gb of storage, but this doesn't look right. Maybe its just me

View attachment 1570506
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] InflatedTitan:
You get another 2gb or so on internal storage.. the rest is elusive haha
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
Just under 10 GB is normal. There is 16 GB of total storage, but only a part of it is user accessible storage (media etc.). 2.3 GB is internal storage (app data) and the rest is for the OS.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jasonr803:
Alright just wanting to make sure its not a SD card issue. Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harout5:
Hi, so I recently bought a MICRO SD card (16gb) for my Samsung Galaxy S Duos S7652.

I inserted it in the phone. When I go to the storage in the settings, it shows that there is 14.83gb available even though it is empty I haven't put anything inside. But this is not the major problem.

The problem is that the card is USELESS. I mean whatever I do, I cannot get applications in the SD card. They always install in the internal memory where there is no space left and the game is like 1.5gb which is more than the internal memory I am given. I tried moving the applications to the SD card folders in ''my files'' but nothing hapenned.

I searched the internet and found out that I had to change my internet browser settings and so did I. I put the memory card as deafult. I downloaded Directory Bind and App to SD and still i cannot transfer applications from internal to external memory, or just download directly in the memory card. The memory card is working correctly, i just dont know how to place apps in there.

In my settings--> storage, when i go to an application and tap on it, i can see the SD card under storage, but there is no ''MOVE TO SD CARD'' in any application. I have tried with the App to SD and the Directory Bind programs but i still get Root Access FAIL. My phone operater is 4.0 ice cream sandwich (i think that is how it's called)

I have tried everything. So my question is:

Can I fix this and transfer applications from internal to external memory? Or download the apps directly on the SD card?

Or i just wasted 20EURO and the card is useless.

Please Help.

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] liquidzoo:
Has anyone experienced this?

I was looking last night to figure out where the space had gone on my internal "SD". I have a Videos folder that I copy things onto to watch at work that appeared to be empty, which was great, but then I got low space warnings when copying things to that folder, which was not so good.

I looked around, trying to figure out what was eating so much of my memory (this is all done via my Win 7 PC over USB) and couldn't see anything that was that big. I looked in a Pictures folder that I know contains pictures of my kids and wife that I keep separate from my camera pics and that's when I knew there was something up. It didn't show any files. Weird.

Root Explorer shows the files just fine (the Videos folder contained 1 season of a British Comedy and 5 stand-up comedy videos).

Not a huge deal, but I'm wondering if anyone has run into this before. I never saw this happen prior to restoring to stock a few weeks ago (now on Slim Bean 3.1). Maybe someone else has had this happen and knows a fix (or maybe it's the precursor to the phones memory failing, which I'd really like to know ASAP cause it's still under warranty). Like I said, not a big deal right now as I can still access the files with Root Explorer, but I've never heard of this happening (heard of it happening the other way, though).

Phone is connected via MTP, not as USB Mass Storage. Have not tried it in any other mode yet (and won't be able to until I get home from work).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] crashpsycho:
ive ran into alot of ddifferent time on my phone ive noticed that the drain normally isnt your files you put on the internal its more of the Games and stuff which we dont tend to notice and back uo and restores. when my pc wouldnt find the files i downloaded a app called USB switcher what i did was toggle it from whatever mode i was already in MTP to UMS vice versa and it started shwoing me the files i dont know anything about it being hardware failure or not but maybe this might help
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tumd:
chat apps like Whatsapp, Viber, FB msngr, nimbuzz etc are not working on GPRS but work fine on wifi. Android 4.0.4 is installed . Also with the same apn settings these apps work fine on nokia E75.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] TUDVAD:
can anyone help me with this issue i am just discovred a bug in my explorer which i bought just month ago still stock nothin unlocked or rooted whenever i open my lock screen i have my keypad to enter security screen ok, but when i click the emergency call after pressing one key in notepad and goin back to the pin pad my phone boots :| so anyone else had this or am unique :silly:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Hpsgill:
Try emergency call with inserted sim

Did u create a password or pin to ur phone or it happens automatically
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] TUDVAD:
yup

no I had sim inserted in my phone and yes I created a pin
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Apex-Predator:
Can u unlock ur phone

If yes then just soft format it to get completely rid of problems ......

I also had sum problems but after format I m happy .......
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] TUDVAD:
yup

yea i know the pin and i will do it thanks anyway i will see if it arises again
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Fas1h:
Completely OT!!!!

But try a more appropriate topic next time... 'Strange' sounds more like a bizzare add coming from somebody with more or less no creativity!

Oh and no I am not gonna apologize, I absolutely meant to be rude!

But a decent topic only proves to be helpful when a person is searching the forum. Before making yet another thread for his own query.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] TUDVAD:
what else do you expect from a first post of a newb lol?
[Acer Iconia A500] uscpsycho:
My a500 is stock running 4.0.3.

Recently the WiFi has become totally unreliable. It shows that it is connected to my network, with good signal strength, but most of the time none of my apps can connect to the Internet. As far as I can tell it seems to connect on its own every few hours because my email is downloading from time to time while the tablet is unattended.

At any time, I can make the WiFi work by turning it off in the settings and then turning it back on. It will work for a while but before long the Internet connection is gone (even though the WiFi is connected). This is really annoying and tedious. I shouldn't have to constantly do this.

I have lots of other WiFi devices and all of them are working just fine; this includes another HTC tablet, cell phones, laptop, etc.

No changes have been made to the a500 in ages so this definitely isn't due to installing any new software or anything like that. My WiFi used to work just fine until this problem popped up. Now it's a major PITA to use. Yes, of course I have tried power cycling the tablet and that doesn't solve the problem.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. TIA
[Acer Iconia A500] gears177:
mmm have you tried a factory reset i know when i was getting wifi loops thats what i did and worked like a charm? :P