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[Xperia Z General] cyprusx:
Iphone 5

64GB Internal Storage

Lighter

Thinner

One handed use

More accessories

Apple integration

Easier Port access ( No Flaps)

Dictated vibrate switch

Software

Custom vibrations

Complete Cloud backup

Direct Updates

Less adware

Exclusive apps/ 4x devs

Voice assistant personality (Siri)

Uninstalling apps

Speak selected text

Sony Xperia Z

Battery Life

micro SD Support

Dust Resistant

Water Resistant

441 Higher PPI

Higher Resolution

HDR Video Mode

13 MP

2.2 MP Front Camera

2GB Ram

xLOUD Audio

NFC

microUSB support

Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait

Stereo FM radio with RDS

Slimmer bezel

Sony integration

DLNA

Wi-Fi Direct

Back and multi buttons

LED indicator

5in Display advantages

Web browsing

Large apps

Photo/ video viewing

GPS/Map viewing

Documents/email/eBooks

Gaming

Software

PlayStation Certified

Shortcuts

Widgets

Live wallpapers

Keyboard apps

Launchers

Lockscreen

Offline dictation

Build in battery life analysis

Advanced text prediction

Faster voice assistant

Advanced search bar

No syncing required

More sharing options

Better Google integration

More free apps

Open system more freedom

Multitasking menu
[Xperia Z General] fareeed:
Hmm this is a hard one ;)
[Xperia Z General] cyprusx:
Plz if i have made any errors let me know or if I have forgotten something
[Xperia Z General] fareeed:
Looks fine to me, you might want to add some pictures or link to some videos? :)
[Xperia Z General] mmm273:
its simple-

iOS vs Android ...

Closed OS vs Open OS...

Non Customizable OS vs Customizable OS...

its all about priorities...
[Xperia Z General] cracksquirrel:
It's even easier than that.

Why does this even matter, It is absolutely pointless.

If you want android get an android phone, if you want ios get an iphone.
[Xperia Z General] jonas2295:
You might want to add the battery capacity of both devices?!

2330mah for xperia z
[Xperia Z General] mirhl:
it shouldn't be a question...

everything in xperia Z blows up ip5

and the price will be lower too :\
[Xperia Z General] 7thSixSpencer:
You should've asked yourself, what you need and what you dont. if it was me, of course I prefer Z all the way. Taste-wise.
[Xperia Z General] someone755:
Why do you people even bother to make threads like this?

I think everyone knows about the 'compare' feature on gsmarena.com . If not, google it.

And I do believe (now for the 99999^999^999 time) that this has been discussed before;

You choose your phone based on what you're used to and what you want.

You choose a phone based on how it looks to you. You only, you don't go asking about for your own opinion!

And, last, but most important; You choose a phone based on fluidity and how it works out for you...

I didn't choose my phone because 'it's great, a flagship' and all that duck... I got it because I said 'I need a new phone' so I went to the shop, saw what they had, tried those phones out and bought my nozomi! If a HOX or GS3 would have the same features as the nozomi, I'd buy another phone!
[Xperia Z General] hhlong89:
Z design is the best, and specs is enough for 2013 - i think, i'll buy it, not IP5 or S4 or. ....
[Xperia Z General] ameya23:
how about bluetooth transferring, wifi direct, usb otg???
[Xperia Z General] mirhl:
and WHAT about the new/incredible/absurd feature called

connect-and-copy ?

versus the connect-and-open itunes-and-synchronize-and-manage what it has done ?
[Xperia Z General] marcoplo:
DLNA ? playing games on TV (£15) in ebay MHL-usb:silly:
[Xperia Z General] phiraphon-film:
xperia Z

xperia Z Win !
[Xperia Z General] boncaunhaquynhanh:
Of course :good::good::good::good:
[Xperia Z General] s-X-s:
When every high end phone comes out some nonlogic guys come out and comapre it to iphone... Are these phones same specs?? all hardware specs are double of iphone 5.....still they compare n compare....
[Xperia Z General] Efe64:
No need to compare, even the xs will crush the iph 5.

Verstuurd van mijn Xperia S met Tapatalk
[Xperia Z General] batna.antab:
I would add to the iPhone better optimization , better calibrated screen and better gaming thanks to the great gpu and lower resolution screen and maybe even better speakers and integrated earphones, to the Sony I would add the exmor rs camera and its f1.8.
[Xperia Z General] Tomatoes8:
Why iphone 5? No one here cares about it. Besides, the Xperia Z is the iphone 5s/6 competitor. The Xperia T is the iphone 5 competitor and even the Xperia T wins so no point comparing the iphone 5 with the Z.

Xperia Z is pretty much the first contestant of 2013 flagships. It doesn't have a sparring partner yet and having it beat up on the iphone 5 is not thread worthy. Maybe have it beat up on the Droid DNA instead or wait for the HTC M7 or Optimus G pro to start the versus threads.
[Xperia Z General] batna.antab:
Why south hate in the iPhone 5 , apart from the price and for the os preference it's a great device, it has a top notch gpu(in par with the adreno320), a great display, great audio, cirrus DAC, sapphire camera lens, good materials etc... I'm not saying that is it the best but I can't understand why there s so much hate from the android fan(I'm an android user too) without trying it.
[Xperia Z General] mirhl:
because it costs even more

it's WAY more closer

and i found that from 2005 usb connectivity should be painless

ps i feel xperia z nicer too.. but maybe this could not be for u
[Xperia Z General] LynXT:
Yeah! Xperia Z rules!
[Xperia Z General] STrider90:
Those two phones are incomparable in almost every way and this thread is pointless...
[Xperia Z General] Tomatoes8:
Because the iphone 5 sucks in many ways that is not directly related to the OS and Apple loves to fool their customers into thinking that their products are better or can compete with superior products like the Xperia Z.
[Xperia Z General] xperiax10.awesome:
Common guys stop comparing android super phones with Tiny iphones ;)

If you want comparisons, compare with SGS3 or SGN2 !!

sent from Giant Killer Galaxy Note 2
[Xperia Z General] batna.antab:
Well, you seem even more closed minded that the "istupid" , every company tries to fool their costumes , the iPhone 5 itselft it's a great product, apart from the price and the os, tell me where it sucks so much, IMO there's no better product but only personal preferences, the iPhone 5 is not superior then the Xperia z, but neither the Xperia z is superior.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Dev.Katalyst:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/aoonen-Bran...781040?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item4abbf207f0

I Saw This While Serching:silly:

Total Cost Is 11$

SO Is it Safe And good enough to buy?

P.S. Saftey is most imortant!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] nicocha00:
I by another 1800m1h battery, but realy it's a low performance battery not better than original one.

So for 11$ there is not a big risk. but no more life with this battery
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] gazzacbr:
Hi,

i want to try TWRP to give my tired volume buttons a rest.

i currently have CyanogenMod 10 on nand+dataonext and some others on native-sd (they are not important)

CWM is in a 5M recovery partition.

first, is there a way to just increase the 5M recovery to install TWRP? i'm hoping yes, but i'm thinking no.

second, assuming no, what do i do to change the recovery size?

do i have to backup with CWM, then repartition, then install TWRP, then,

er.. can i recover the CWM backup with TWRP?

are they just different ways to use the same backup file or is there more to it?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Marvlesz:
The most important information that you did not provide, which bootloader are you on?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] gazzacbr:
doh! magldr ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Marvlesz:
Not necessarily doh, I use cLK for example ;)

Since I don't use MAGLDR, I am not sure. But in MAGLDR, you can change the recovery size by editing the flash.cfg file through notepad and reflash. I don't know if this will remove the ROM in NAND or not.

And I think yes, you can restore your back up from CWM on TWRP, but again, I am not certain. You can backup your rom manually using apps in case it didn't work.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] gazzacbr:
actually the doh! was not for you, its a Homer Simpson doh! as i should have added it in the post (its in my sig now).

i know about flash.cfg as thats what i used to set the partitions initially.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] NYLimited:
A CWM Recovery backup can be restored (using the same recovery software) after repartitioning the device.

So, you can create the backup with CWM, repartition with DAF.EXE, reinstall CWM, restore backup, flash twrp and make another backup. Whew!

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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] gazzacbr:
@ny_limited: ok, thanks, thats a good plan as this is a 1-off conversion process (well, this week anyway ;) )

and that means that the backups for cwm and twrp are different then.

but reading this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36246549

i will need to manually copy any SD build native-sd roms i have from /NativeSD/ and then replace them if they are later than the TWRP (full ext4) backup

(humming to myself "the more i find out, the less i know...")
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] NYLimited:
A better plan would be to forget twrp for now. Backup everything, make the recovery partition 8-10 MB, restore everything.

Take a holiday.

The new twrp for hd2 in testing looks like will be able to read cwm backups - not ready yet.

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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] eliaskammas:
yes if you reflash it will remove the rom...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] MarcRJacobs:
Incorrect Partition Sizing Fix

I partitioned my rom slot #1 wrong, I believe. I think I didn't make enough room for Applications. Since I have only 0.93GB left, I am assuming I made the Application area too small, although I have most things installed that I want installed. So, here's my question. If I do a nandroid backup of rom slot #1 and then create rom slot #2 with a larger Application area, can I then restore the slot #1 backup to slot #2 to resolve this issue? Below is a screen print of Storage for reference.

Thanks,

Marc
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Marvlesz:
What do you mean by "slot #1" and "slot #2"?

And if we're talking about the HD2 here, then making a nandroid backup --> enlarging partitions --> restoring the backup, should give you the extra storage you want.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] chaeMil:
Hi. I would like to ask if it's possile to add Czech language to MIUI roms. I'm using not the official one bcs it's freezing. Right now i'm on this rom: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1639932 but it hasn't the czech language. So si there a way?

Thank you
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] chaeMil:
bump?.. really noone? atleast point me somewhere..
[Nexus 4 General] gotzaDroid:
Let me start off by telling you all my problem I had. I was able to set up wallet, but not able to successfully make a purchase anywhere outside of Walgreens. I tried a slew of stores and always got the " reader detected, but transaction did not go through" error. And Google wallet support was no help.

So this is what I did to fix my issue. It was pretty simple, I just went into app management and cleared all data from the wallet app. (I did not disable my device from the web or remove and cards from my wallet account). Once the data was clear, I went back into the wallet app and re-set it up like I did before. The app pulled my credit card info from the cloud and I was ready to go... well sort of...

I went back to Walgreens and tried to make a purchase, it went through, but I had to tap my phone a couple times. I did notice that when I held my phone a certain way, it worked better. So I went to 7/11 later that day and tried again. This time I tried holding the phone upright like I usually did and I got an error. So I turned the phone (I'll explain later) and it worked right away. I tried Meijer the next day and holding the phone this new way, it worked the first time. I returned to Meijer a few days later, went to the same register as before, but held the phone the old upright way. An error again, so I turned the phone end it worked. Since then, I've been holding the phone the new way at different stores and every time, it works on the first time.

These are the two things I do when paying and it's worked well.

1) unlock the phone and hold the phone horizontally so that the volume buttons are facing down.

2) place and HOLD the phone so that the headphone jack end lines up to the left edge of the reader. I say hold because I've found that just tapping the phone doesn't always activate wallet.

You'll then hear the tone that the phone has recognized the reader, pull it away and type your pin and then place and hold in the same way as before till you see the "w" pop up on the screen.

I know there will be people here that will tell me I'm wrong, that the NFC chip doesn't have to be positioned a certain way as long as it's on the reader, but I've done trial and error testing and I have yet to get an error holding the phone in my above mentioned way as opposed to holding the phone upright or with the volume buttons facing up. So do with this info as you will, but if it does work for you, I'm glad I could help.
[Nexus 4 General] mhguy15:
Google Wallet and T mobile fix

I was unable to activate google wallet on my nexus 4. I kept getting an error about my phone not being fully activated and that I need to ensure I was connected to the network.

I tried what I saw in a few other forums saying I needed to clear the app data by going to Settings > Apps > All > Wallet > Force Stop > clear data

I would restart my phone, and re-enable Google Wallet in the settings menu again Settings > Apps > All > Wallet > Enable

None of this worked, and I had been trying a few times a day.

I read that it had something to do with new ISIS sim cards from T Mobile, however this was not the case for me.

Today I finally called Google Devices Support 8668363987, Option 1: Support Option 2: Nexus Devices

Spoke to the first Customer Service Rep, she transferred me to Google Wallet Support, where they asked if I had reset the App data previously, and if I had the most recent version of Google Wallet. Yes I did for both.

He told me to keep trying to activated it, as they were working on a fix, but had no ETA to announce. It is a known bug according to him.

Well, tonight I got home, Cleared the App data, restarted my phone as I have in the past, and Launched Google Wallet. It magically worked.

I think Google Wallet Support has to manually reset something behind the scenes.

Hopefully this little post gets picked up by anyone who is still frustrated by trying to activate their Google Wallet on their new Nexus 4 without any luck so far.

I think a call is necessary.
[Nexus 4 General] enviii:
I work part time at a CVS and thought this would be worthwhile to mention. The app will not work on all registers. I noticed that even though all of our registers accept Mastercard and Visa RFID cards, only 3/5 of them work with it. Those 3 are also distinguishable from the rest. I'll try to get a picture when I'm working this weekend and post it.

If you can't get it to work, don't blame the app, blame the stores (or the people who make the stupid things).

Also, I can confirm that holding the phone with the volume buttons down definitely works for me. I never really tried holding it vertically though...
[Nexus 4 General] PopG:
I recently received a replacement N4 and had the same Wallet experience as you (1st was replaced after I called Goo about battery drain when the phone was off). A few hours after I received an email from support stating exactly what they told you, the set up screen magically appeared. Using it at the register is still challenging though and slower than just swiping a credit card and the retailer support in my area is somewhat limited, so I'm wondering why I even bother. From the reaction of the cashiers, I get the impression there's not too many of us using it at POP. The best application I've experienced so far was at a vending machine in a museum.
[Nexus 4 General] i860:
At least you made a payment, in UK the wallet is not available. So cool to make payments with your phone.
[Nexus 4 General] jm9843:
What does this mean? That the phone is perpendicular to the NFC terminal (as if it were sitting on its edge) with the volume buttons almost making contact with the terminal?

Or are you describing some other way to hold it?
[Nexus 4 General] gotzaDroid:
I'm sorry, I should have explained it better. Hold the phone so the screen is facing you, but in landscape, not portrait and place the back of the phone that says nexus against the reader pad. I suggest having the volume buttons pointing to the ground. Let the phone make contact for a second or two, not just a quick tap.

UPDATE TO MY OP:

I've updated wallet and though everything processes faster, wallet still does not work at CVS or Meijer* me. Now, I don't know if it's because of the store or the hardware on my phone, but the software did not fix my issue.

*mine has only worked at Meijer's self checkout and sill only works at the self checkout.

SECOND UPDATE:

I was in my wife's home town and both Meijer traditional checkout and McDonald's both worked. So it's just the store, not my phone.
[Nexus 4 General] BrianDigital:
I always found it better to unlock the wallet app (by entering the pin) then going to pay
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saketme:
So my Nexus 4's USB has suddenly stopped working in a very unexpected manner. It isn't being detected as an USB device when being connected to a PC and the only thing it does is take charge from it. After searching the internet for a possible solution and finding related threads, I guess my Nexus 4 is USB bricked.

My Nexus 4 is rooted and is running on a custom ROM. I've tried changing kernels, but it just won't work. RMA is not an option for me as I live in India and I bought the phone from a third party website.

The web is filled with USB unbricking tutorials, but only for HTC devices (Desire to be specific). Any options for the Nexus 4? :crying:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smacksa:
Did you turn off USB Debugging?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eitama:
Did you try different usb port different usb cable different pc?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saketme:
Yep tried 3 different cables. They are working with other phones.

Yep, already tried that :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frigidazzi:
Turn off USB fast charge?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saketme:
WAITT!! this could be the culprit since my USB has stopped working only after enabling it using this app:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bigeyes0x0.trickstermod

But I've already disabled it :( Any way to see if it's actually turned off or not?

Edit: So my Battery Status page says that my Nexus 4 is being charged by an AC source even when it's connected to USB and fast charge is turned off. I guess my phone is still in fast charge mode?

The value of force_fast_charge file in /sys/kernel/fast_charge/ folder is already set to 0.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saketme:
Bump? :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android88:
Try doing a factory reset. It'll probably turn off fast charge.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kzoodroid:
Return it to stock and see if that fixes the issue. Could be a bad ROM and/or kernel.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ninjoe8:
uninstall the driver in your computer and then plug in your phone. windows should automatically reinstall the driver.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stretched:
Had a similar issue, but it was a tiny piece of paper that was stuck in there. Did the reset fix it?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saketme:
Already tried these 2 options. Didn't help :(

I've tried plugging my Nexus to other laptops which don't have any drivers installed for it and they too don't recognize my phone.

How did you clean your port? I tried cleaning mine with a small piece of paper, but nothing changed.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr. Kostik:
Just curious: is there a way to flash the stock rom and relock the bootloader to send the device to repair without the USB-port?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spaceman860:
Yes

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34749844

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyokeun1234:
If returning to stock did not help, then it is definitely hardware problem. But just to make sure, try going into fastboot mode and then connect to your PC. See if your computer recognizes fastboot mode
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K0nn4:
I think my USB got also bricked. Everything else works perfecty (also charging via USB), but when I'm trying to attach my phone to PC all I get is "USB Device Not Recognized". Changing rom or kernel didn't help. I also tried factory reset. Should I RMA? How can I revert to stock without USB? :D

This is what Ubuntu says when attaching phone:

[16478.565091] usb 2-1.7: new full-speed USB device number 55 using ehci_hcd

[16478.637034] usb 2-1.7: device descriptor read/64, error -32

[16478.812921] usb 2-1.7: device descriptor read/64, error -32

[16478.988825] usb 2-1.7: new full-speed USB device number 56 using ehci_hcd

[16479.060792] usb 2-1.7: device descriptor read/64, error -32

[16479.236690] usb 2-1.7: device descriptor read/64, error -32

[16479.412563] usb 2-1.7: new full-speed USB device number 57 using ehci_hcd

[16479.820212] usb 2-1.7: device not accepting address 57, error -32

[16479.892289] usb 2-1.7: new full-speed USB device number 58 using ehci_hcd

[16480.299935] usb 2-1.7: device not accepting address 58, error -32

[16480.300105] hub 2-1:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 7
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhiv31:
Hey i too am facing the same issue but its a little bit different. My system seems to recognise the device n even opens the internal storage but when i try copy something from system to phone, there seems to be an error as device not responded or stopped responding.:(

I am using franco kernel with stock rom and used trickster mod to select option of usb fast charge but now through the app it shows that usb fast charge mode is disabled. In my battery status page it shows charging(USB) but still i am not able to copy things from system to phone..:(

I tried flashing different kernels even stock kernel but there seems to be no change.

Please any help or suggestions to make it right.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Onlykl:
Is there anyway to get rid of .apk protection to i get true .smali files not a.smali, b.smali, c.smali etc?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usmanjavid:
any boday have stock jb or ics in odin format to flash plz help:(
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eytan123:
why not flash via recovery? much easier even if you aren't rooted:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1063664

or

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2034264
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Skwerl23:
This is a quick and easy way to restore your sensors if they aren't working.

1. From aosp rom Go here and download Note2Core_7105_v2.21_STD.zip

2. Reboot into recovery.

3. Flash the downloaded note2core

4. Reboot into system. Wait. It will boot. After it gets done. Don't unlock. Just push a button to turn the screen on (if needed) hit OK to all the errors. When the errors go away do not unlock.

5. Hold power for 3-4 seconds. And select reboot->recovery

6. Flash aosp ROM.

7. Flash gapps.

8. Reboot into system.

9. Profit.

Credit and thanks go to antiochasylum and Skyler2dope.

antiochasylum for the note2core kernel.

Skyler2dope for the find.

Edit: Here is the original forum by a antiochasylum (incase the link to note2core changes)

Sent from GN2 using XDA app