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[Xperia Z General] Firipu:
Any word on a possible update to 4.3? or even 4.4?

I'd really like to buy a Sony Smartband when it's released in March. But it appears to be 4.4 only. Stupid docomo with their slow updates is going to ruin everything :)

Don't really feel like losing my NFC/Felica by using a custom ROM :(
[Xperia Z General] renzu:
One of Japanese store told me that 4.3 update will available next month
[Xperia Z General] Mmmmaria:
Necesito código de pin de red para sony so-02e
[Xperia Z General] ghin:
Just got on hand this docomo phone it is locked is there a way to unlock this phone ive read the bootloader is unclockable so theres no way to flash it
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schoolsux:
Hey!

As the title says where are these sounds located in Android 4.2?

The Volume Rocker and ui Touch sound are not in: "media/audio/ui" for sure!

Been looking in alot of possible new locations with no results. As I want the annoying stock 4.2 Volume Rocker sound to be removed/replaced with a silent one.

I almost start to believe they are generated by code or hidden in some nasty file... ;)

Any help appreciated, thanks! :cowboy:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ujain420:
Hey guys, im kinda new to android but im not new to computers... so please dont say stuff like turn off wifi or turn off bluetooth and gps

I have disabled S Voice, S planner, And most of the crappy samsung stuff. I have only 2 email accounts connected to my gmail app and yes my auto sync is on. My phone is not rooted and i do not intend to do so ever. I just want to use the stock rom and launcher..

So the problem im facing is horrible battery life. I generally fully charge my phone till 10pm and dont use it overnight... then in the morning i just listen to some music on the way to school for about 1 hour and 30 minutes (yes i know my school is very far away from my house). then my phone is on standby for like 6-8 hours. and then at about 3pm i use it again for music and facebook n stuff... by 4:30pm i only have 20-30% battery left with only 1 hour and 50 minutes of screen on time..

please help me to increase the battery life because im pretty sure that its supposed to last much longer.

PS nfc,voice command, google now,wifi,gps,bluetooth etc is off.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raied115:
1. Using auto sync kills the battery. It is constantly checking for emails, syncing with Google, Facebook etc etc... this might be one of the reasons.

2. I suggest you put the screen brightness on auto. one of the biggest battery consumption of now a days smartphones are the big screens.

3. Try to upgrade your phone to a newer version, that might help either. some people report that after upgrading to a newer version, the battery life improved for them.

4. Turn of Mobile Data. This is a HUGE battery drainer!

That is what I can think of.

I hope I managed to help you :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ujain420:
dude whats the use of buying a smartphone (and one of the best too) and not use mobile data or at least use push mail... i mean come on!

and its updated to the latest version ie 4.1.1

isnt there anything else that i could do?

do others also get only 2 hours of normal use screen on time??

i didnt even play games or anything.... just fb and whatsapp and music

but thanks for the reply :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Well dud i would take it to a service centre .

As you don't want to root then the only XDA device is to factory reset .

You can of course try a Samsung forum for more advice that does not involve root .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ujain420:
i already tried restoring it... didnt help.

and i took it to the service centre too, they are like "we didnt find any problem with it". im from india so the people in service centres here are useless, they are uneducated and dont care about others. So yeah no help from there

and does everyone have to root to use the phone as advertised i mean i just dont want to spend hours and hours on tweaking my phone so that it works as any other phone does.

and how many hours of screen on do u get on normal usage?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aarrodri:
I agree. . If you want to have a conventional phone, then use the conventional repair channels.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raied115:
The most updated version is 4.1.2...

Facebook/Whatsapp/Viber/Tango, all these programs consume alot of battery as they need to wake the phone and check for notifications (messages etc... ). I'm not saying don't install them, I'm saying you shouldn't have the Mobile Data turned on all the time. I'm assuming you don't send a message every second, right? Or check the email every second? (and I also assume that you are not a business man since you go to school...) The world won't collapse if you don't check your email/Facebook/Whatsapp every 5 seconds. That is my advice to you, you can choose to accept it or reject it, its your choice.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
No use complaining here about a problem that you have complain to Samsung .

This is XDA developers forum not a fix your phone forum .We cannot help you if the battery lasts two hours its a fault rooting will not help .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ujain420:
i understand what u are saying. However i cant find any option to tell the gmail app to fetch my email every half an hour or so like it is in iPhone (in iphone u can choose ur fetch time). I dont get notificaions every second and even every hour for that matter but i need mobile data on for whatsapp atleast and i have already turned off facebook sync i.e. it only looks for notifications. i dont have viber or tango installed.

and do u really think mobile data is using up all my battery coz i saw this website that said the s3 can give up to 6 hours of web surfing.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raied115:
If you drop down the notification window, u should find there a Sync option. disable it. That should do it for the Sync issue.

You can't understand how much battery turning off Mobile Data saves...

Trust me, people won't go nuts if you don't answer them just as you receive the message ;)

So you can chat with your friends, but don't forget to turn off Mobile Data, so it won't consume a lot of battery
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndiMoesepacken:
AW: Battery not lasting more than 2 hours

I have had the same problem so I flashed the Siyah kernel and even overclocked it to 1,7 ghz. Awkwardly my battery lasts much much longer now. About 2 days of average usage.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ujain420:
so do u prefer i turn on wifi instead? does that use less battery than 3G?

and i know how to disable sync!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Looking at your screen shots there appears nothing wrong with your phone, it's doing exactly what Samsung intended it to do as a 'connected hub for your online life' - but it will eat your battery as the phone is working and communicating all the time while you're not using it.

Either live with a charger close at hand or disable the 30 or so rubbish apps and services they included to burn through your battery. Who cares about OTA updates, delete your Samsung account, check your facebook using the browser instead of an app etc.

I get 2 days use from one charge with at least 6 to 8 hours screen on time included, but my phone is only awake when I turn the screen on, doing what I want it to do - not amusing it's self when turned off. That requires a custom ROM or rooting at least to kill the persistant stock apps.

Using wifi instead of 3G will reduce power consumption quite a bit, especially if your 3G signal is weak.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ujain420:
First of all thanks for an awesome reply :)

Secondly, I don't have any Samsung account enabled and how do I check if facebook is using the browser?

Btw which Rom do u use?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Even if you don't use the Samsung apps & services they are still running in the background, you are certainly using the Facebook app as it ate a large amount of your battery. Disable the facebook app and instead use the browser to check it just when you need to, this is just an example btw - it won't solve your overall problem.

I use Vikingway ROM, which is a very stripped down version of stock so everything still works. It should double your battery life, but your online social life will suffer.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ujain420:
i know i have disabled most of them from the applications manager. Come on i wont use fb on the browser, i had a htc wildfire s before this i have suffered enough :p

this is my first good smartphone and i really wanna make the most of it so yeah

what do u think about the cyanogenmod btw?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 23Six:
Install AppQuarantine

Disable Maps and Facebook. Them to alone cause most battery station with absolutely no use. You mentioned you use Facebook often.. Use a widget to quick enable+open/disable Facebook for example.

Facebook uses 5% battery just like that. Maps up to 15%

Whenever you reboot your device look at running apps. Almost everything should be killed except Google services.

Manage what syncs. Limit Google syncing to gmail only.

And then some

Root:

Root your S3. Use SetCPU profiles when screen is off 200-300 ondemand governor. Under volt if necessary for that extra up to 5%.

International S III 16GB / Dualboot 4.1.2 Stock & Cyanogenmod 10.1 / Gokhan's SK
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnsonsimon:
I seem to get varying degrees of battery life. Was getting great battery life with Perseus kernel, then all of a sudden after restoring from a nandroid backup it went terrible.

Mayeb going to switch back to siyah kernel and follow some of the battery life threads
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ujain420:
Thank you so much guys, I just got the 4.1.2 update and since then my battery lasts about 3 hours on screen on time and the standby time had also increased quite significantly. I have also turned off auto sync and that helps a lot too.
[General Questions and Answers] Svehan:
Goophone I5 with H2000+ Rom

Hi,

wow sounds great but I killed my pre-installed rom because of wrong SU-rooting...

I'm looking for a complete new rom which is fully Google-ready (GApps, Market,...).

Until now I have the rom from the H2000+ installed but there are problems with the WIFI & Bluetooth connection.

(more I didn't test for now)

So when I try to start one of them activating, the connection will try to do something... but the only thing what happens is that the LED-Flash starts to blink...

-> That means.... sh... I can't do anything...

I also tried to flash the H9300+ rom but nothing happens during boot -> also back for now to H2000+ waiting for a new Rom for I5.

Or has anybody an idea, which Phone has near the same components and an Android-Rom exists?

Thank's for the info's! :)

Greetings, Svehan
[General Questions and Answers] Manuxo:
Check your private messages

Check your private messages
[General Questions and Answers] Svehan:
Hi,

I also found this thread... http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37290751&postcount=36

Looks very good and I'll give it a try :)
[General Questions and Answers] Manuxo:
Nice

Have a try and then tell us the result.

Regards
[General Questions and Answers] fernandonnz:
Root I5

Hi: did you root the I5?

Who did you can?

What tools are you used?

Thanks.

Fernando Nuñez.
[General Questions and Answers] Manuxo:
Check your private messages.
[General Questions and Answers] realadry:
What exact dimension does the i5 have? Is it 1:1 like the iphone 5? I'm considering buying a goophone but there is also an alternative called zophone which claims to be an exact iphone copy dimension wise.

Regarding 3G: the phone supports wcdma 850/2100, maybe your carrier isn't compatible?
[General Questions and Answers] Manuxo:
Hi!

The goophone is exactly the same size that iphone 5, the color is exactly the same.

the zophone if i were you, i didn't buy it. It has a lot of problems. Some websites are considering about take it out of selling.

Be sure that you buy a goophone. Goophone I5 has more support. And it's better. It has problems on the software, but i hope that they develop a new rom soon in order to fix some bugs of it.

For the previous version (Goophone Y5) there are some ROMS that improved the phone performance. So i think that on this one there will be much more considering the hardware
[General Questions and Answers] tancrazio:
Can you upload the entire backup of the rom .zip of the goophone i5?

Thanks in advance.

(sorry for my English)
[General Questions and Answers] Manuxo:
Stock rom

You don't need that! just go to your external card and you will se a file named with goophone-i5-0107-f-001.zip.

That is the stock rom for you goophone i5. ;)

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] tancrazio:
Thank you for the answer, but unfortunately I lost all the contents of my sd card....
[General Questions and Answers] Manuxo:
goophone i5 stock rom

Did you format it?

How are you going to put it on the phone again?

Do you still have access to the software?

I'm going to upload the stock rom, and attached on the first topic so you can download.

In a few hours it will be there!

Regards
[General Questions and Answers] tancrazio:
Yes I have format my SD CARD:crying:.

I haven't access to the software. I can only enter on recovery mod or rebooting the phone, but after the swipe on the main screen, the phone is empty, without icon, only black screen.

Thank you very much!:good:
[General Questions and Answers] Manuxo:
All you need to do is to Wipe Data / Factory Reset and the stock software willl be replaced by your current rom.

Don't forget to wipe cache and dalvik cache after or before the data wipe.

Regards
[General Questions and Answers] Svehan:
Rom

Hi I'm back again...

Thank's all for the Help! :)

So I tried and tried and tried and at least I installed the Rom from the video at my second post of this thread.

I didn't really know where I could find the Rom (from the video and the orig one) because I had the same problem as tancrazio.

But when you watch the video and pause it when the guy selects the rom - just use google and search and you will find the Rom on some chinese sides.

(Orig: goophone-i5-0107-f-001.zip, Video: goophonei5-0123-f.zip).

Now... all is fine exept Calendar... This one crashes every time, when the system tries to sync it whith the Google-Account. :(

Maybe I'll deactivate the Loader and use Apex - the Def is sooooooo slow and Apex is much faster and you also have more settings for the Home-Screen.

(have a llok also onto this fine video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WC_LgprgsE - Thanks to colonelzap)

...... that's all for now from my side...

Looking for getting Calendar to work and a better Home-Screen....

Cu, Svehan :)
[General Questions and Answers] kitsunisan:
I was so ready to pull the trigger on this, but the rom seems half baked. I don't suppose any devs have mentioned getting one of these, would be great to get CM10 running on this.
[General Questions and Answers] mat33n:
Hi guys

I hope can help me. I have the zophone i5 and it will not let me get into recovery mode. I can get into the screen where it says recovery mode with the apply logo and it gets stuck and thats it.

Another issue was I thought it might have been the phone so I reset it via factory mode but it is the same and I have lost the apple unlock screen and the slide to power off. I have tried to find what add they were using on my phone but cant seem to find it, does anyone know what its called?

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Manuxo:
Yes the stock rom is halfe baked..but as goophone y5 there will be software updates and new roms...it's just a matter of time :)

The phone hardware is very good, the only cons that i've to make to this phone is the current software, but oh well, you know, wich phone does not have bugs when it is released?
[General Questions and Answers] Svehan:
@Manuxo: How did you fix the Calendar-Sync-Problem?

I still only need to get rid of this problem to get "Online" the phone for my girlfriend... ;)

THX!
[General Questions and Answers] derfusme:
Omagad ><

Well... I might need more help than ever x)

I managed to get back with the previous ROM, but my external SD is still empty, and I just can't replace the recovery tool from Goophone which is in chinese x) I tried with uncle mobile tool and it's not working. When I got the phone, I managed to replace it with uncle mobile tool, but now i can't.

I think a made a mistake trying install the 0131 ROM with SP flash tool... I'm not used to it, just followed the tuto. Any hints ? ^^
[General Questions and Answers] xlr8me:
Ok guys and gals,

I am on onboard with my goophone I5.

Bought from efit at dhgate I did everything from mayiandjay and installed his v2 ROM.

All good and then phone went flat. I put in cable nothing. I contacted efit and no reply. I then saw techfusions video and he said get another cable. I did and bingo it now recharges and works great. I have tried other cables from ebay some work and some do not. You must keep contacting seller until you get a good one.

Some issues perhaps others can comment on

1. The 3G icon does not highlight when using 3G data. The 2G does appear top right corner and lights up when data incoming/outgoing. Any fix?

2. **See EDIT below**The Wifi strength is very poor well poor compared to my other goophone Y5. Anyone have a fix for the wifi speed? I have to be very close to router whereas goophone y5 does not have this issue... it seems the range wifi antenna inside goophone I5 is poor.(FIXED)

3. Battery lasts up to a day I'd say around 12hrs but if you use 3G alot battery life will be around 5hrs.

4. GPS wifi with maps needs a fix. this is same issue as on goophone y5 and it seems the i5 still has the same issue. Maybe goophone can tell us the fix?

Aside from these issues this is a great phone and very happy with it. I am sure goophone will release newer roms and will address issues progressively. What I would like to see is ROM list fixes. i.e. when a new rom comes out from goophone please list fixes. I can do this as I am registered with goophone.hk

For the poster above me.. from memory with goophone y5 and spflashtool you must hold the - volume button down when it flashes through the three colors and then when it hits the yellow and is writing let the volume button go and it will do it's thing. I recall to do it correctly you hold volume down (-) button and insert power cable(lightning cable) and it should do it's thing and then when you get to yellow bar release volume (-) button and flash will progress and green icon then appears.

I have yet to try 1-31 rom as I like mayiandjayv2 rom so far.

I will add feedback/support here as usual on xda for us english users.

EDIT: reinstalled mayiandjay rom & now wifi works great :)
[General Questions and Answers] paasklaas:
Hey thanx for your ROM. I installed this and it works great except for the calander sync. Every time I want to sync the calender I get the error and sync stops working. Do you have any issues with syncing your calander?
[General Questions and Answers] derfusme:
Okay

Okay, thanks for the hint, i'll give it a try.
[General Questions and Answers] xlr8me:
No probs.

Been testing the phone out. I have noticed flash videos with wifi are quite poor. I am sure the wifi range has something to do with this.Changed a number of settings on router no luck. Must be the wifi bug of the iphone 5 is also in the goophone. hehehe

Ohh well.. still a great phone for the price. I wonder if the newer ROM's have fixed this.

---------- Post added at 05:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:40 PM ----------

Can those on 1-31 ROM tell us if it is better than mayiandjay rom..

Thnx
[General Questions and Answers] alduleimi:
Looking at the images on goophone forum it looks like they guys are way a head when it comes to developing the i5 (things like notification message at the top of screen, weather at the notification centre, ...etc)

I don't speak a word of Chinese and even with google translate you can only read the first couple of lines as you need to be registered and reply before you can read the rest...

Anyone here speak Chinese ? Or at least managed to create an account of that website.. I tried but couldn't go pass the image verification stage.
[General Questions and Answers] Manuxo:
I'd like to know where did you saw that fake information..because i bought mine from there and it says that the phone is a dual core and not a quad-core.

Stop saying negative things about a service or webpage that you don't know.

I bought my from thecheapchoice and the information about the phone is correct.

Here is the link
[General Questions and Answers] paasklaas:
Anyone else having problems syncing the calender with your online gmail calender? I see the sync symbol turn for a second and then I get an error. Sometimes the error has something to do with the Google service framework and sometimes with the syncadapter.

I tried every ROM that is out there, even the latest one 0131. I keep getting the same error.

Anyone who can help or at least has the same problem???
[General Questions and Answers] :
I think he was talking about the goophone.hk site.

Also, I bought my goophone from that site based on your recommendation. I'm waiting on it in the mail.

I think it's an issue with any current rom you install. I haven't seen anyone post a fix either.

Is 131 the latest, or is v1.0 the latest from here? - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2131475

I"m still waiting on my phone, but I'm sure that's going to be an issue for me as well.
[General Questions and Answers] patimon:
WiFi Location

Sorry for my bad English. Copy NetworkLocation.apk to /system/app folder. and change the permission 644(rw-r--r--)

if necessary, roboot your Goophone I5. Google's location service ON in setting menu.

Google maps works by WiFi location!!:laugh:

if it works, you can fined Network Location 1.1.08 service in Titanium Backup or find Network Location in the menu [setting]→[General]→[Accessibility]→[Apps]→[All]
[General Questions and Answers] ColonelZap:
;)

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[General Questions and Answers] piam:
My goophone i5 will not charge. I have tried three different cables now any ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] alduleimi:
I take it this not meant for me, or was it ? Have I missed something here ?
[General Questions and Answers] derfusme:
I have the same issue... My phone went out of battery, now i can't charge up the battery again, he's not even booting... Tried several cables, still the same.

Don't know what to do :/

@ColonelZap

Nice job, i can see that wifi is working. I tried to Port a LewaOs Rom but only the netwok was working, no wifi, no 3g, no bluetooth. Keep working ! ^^

But now i'm stuck with a dead phone, sh...t :(
[General Questions and Answers] ColonelZap:
Thanks :) Looks like pretty much everything is working :)

Play Store, calender / contact sync, APN, 3G, etc. :)

http://colonelzap.blogspot.de/2013/02/goophone-i5-n2-pure-android-ics-firmware.html
[General Questions and Answers] derfusme:
Awwww sh...

Ho man... I'm kinda upset ! Now that a pure ICS Rom is available, my phone's not !!! :crying: I really don'y know what to do, think i tried everything.

Thanks a lot for sharing anyway :)
[General Questions and Answers] ColonelZap:
I'm sorry to hear that :(

Still experimenting :)
[General Questions and Answers] realadry:
@ColonelZap

did you order from fastcardtech? I read many bad reviews about that shop.

How is it possible to get the soft touch buttons on the bottom ?