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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zwalex:
Do I have the 'reboot brick' ... ?

I am trying to check on the power button now, but I am having issues 'taking the phone apart'. I took the battery cover off, the battery out, and removed the six little Philips screw. Nothing is moving - now what?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zwalex:
I found some videos explaining how to take the phone apart and check on / change the power button, but that is way to sophisticated for me and over my head (I am all thumbs) and I am also afraid that I would break more than I could 'repair'.

First of all I would like to make sure that it is really a power button issue.

The fact that the phone even restarts itself if in recovery mode makes it hard to impossible to install another kernel and/or ROM. At least the phone stays up for about 3 minutes in recovery - is that enough time to try another kernel?

I would hate to hard-brick the phone, because it's restarting while flashing another kernel ...

I feel pretty stuck here - any hints, input and feedback highly appreciated.

Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zwalex:
Uh-oh - I think I did it - I made it even worse ...

I found this thread (post #3), which sounded promising, so I thought to install the v.0.3.0 version of Garwynn's SXTP+Agat Recovery kernel. The kernel is only 7.3 Mb and I thought that easily flashes in under 3 minutes. I downloaded the zip version on my external SD card, popped it into the device and booted into recovery.

I wiped the data / reset (maybe I should not have done that ... ?) and installed the kernel zip from the SD card, then rebooted.

Now the device hangs at the first boot screen - black, with white letters saying Samsung Galaxy S II.

I cannot boot into recovery any more either (hangs the same way as regular boot), but I can still get into Odin mode.

The device is out of contract and was in my drawer for almost 2 years. I just wanted to reactivate it as a 'mini tablet'.

I would still like to know what I did wrong and if there is still a chance to save the device in/from Odin mode.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zwalex:
Yep - I soft-bricked it .. did a lot of stuff wrong, lucked out and in hindsight had a good learning experience ;)

Fortunately I had another device that could charge the battery and then fix it by one-click Odin flashing a stock ROM (see parallel thread).

I am on CM11 now ...
[Nook Touch General] hung.sang:
hello guys! i have read a lot of topics in here about rooting a nook glow, but now i still dont know why am doing wrong? I updated to 1.2.1 version and start rooting with this step:

1) install glownooter-1-12-25.zip (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1675706) with clockwordmod and reboot

2) then i install beta5-1XWUMFTouch-PART-2-END.zip (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1675706) to fix "cant add an account to gmail" with clockworldmod too.

3) install install-kernel-166.zip (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1906507&page=14) (i heard someone said that kernel 174 dont work with norefresh, just fastmode)

4) and install NoRefreshToggle-debug2.apk (https://github.com/marspeople/NoRefreshToggle/downloads) for 1.2.0 version.

after that i open norefresh app and it crash all time. i can use multitouch but no hope with norefresh. Please help me! i will greatly appreciate! Thanks :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] -Harsh-:
Was just wondering, how many of our XS users are going towards XZ or HTC One or any other higher smartphone..?? Just so that we know whom are we losing :)

I still love my XS and would stay on this for a bit longer..

Sent from my Nexus 10
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zodiac100:
I've already got the Z. Waited to see the One before deciding but went for the Z because the One just didn't make the grade. Slightly better cpu that I wouldn't notice and same old standard design even if with premium materials. With all that speaker grill crap, it looked to funky for my taste. Too juvenile! Plus HTC killed sense 5.0 with blinkfeeds. From my experience of Timescape, I know aggregating so much info in one place isn't a good idea and HTC made the cardinal sin of making it a homescreen. No thanks!.

The Z isn't without its flaws but none I can't live with like the under saturated display and the position of the speaker. Having said that the display is still fantastic producing better textures and images than most other smartphones despite what fanboys of other makers have to say.

I've still got my XS live and kicking, just waiting to see how it really compares once JB arrives. To be honest, I think it'll match up fine for most basic operations. The difference will be in gaming so if you don't play graphics intensive games like Alien vs Predator, then you're not missing much except for the fantastic 1080p display.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] -Harsh-:
Yea and the 2330 mA battery :p
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Scott3825:
Obviously HTC One, sony is once again using old man's processor like they did in xs, htc one has snapdragon 600 which is blazing fast and if you want to know more about it search it on google then you will realise how fast is the new snapdragon series.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] skycamefalling:
You aren't losing me because I will keep my Acro S a while longer. However, I've switched to a Nokia Lumia 920 some time ago and -believe me- this is the future. This phone is just so awesome in every aspect. Well, it isn't water resistant so the Acro S will be my mate on my Mountainbike-Holidays this year again :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] RoterAdler:
AW: XZ or HTC ONE or........

Could you give us an comparison between the Xperia S and the Xperia Z regarding battery life? I really need a phone with better battery life :/
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
S600 is just a overclocked S4 Pro.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] TheFirstFishy:
Sv: XZ or HTC ONE or........

Take a look at the Z forum yourself and make up your own decisions based on what several people say.

I could say the XZ got bad or decent battery life. Bad when I only get 1,5h of screen time, and decent when I get 4h of screen time.

As you can see, even a statement from a single person can be different depending on what the eyes see.

Somewhere around..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] redandwhitearmy:
Cores are used better... And they are different krait 300 variation... Gpu is same though
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mzr7:
I'll probably wait till November take a look at all the flagships and decide but definitely won't go for Samsung!! Or HTC one! Cheap design and positioning of the keys respectively why HTC why??! . I think we might see a Sony flagship in h2. Why? Cause Sony will now be finally be on par with the market processor wise . after that one flagship per year from Sony :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] krabappel2548:
Wow, never seen someone make such a decision based on a CPU that's a bit faster -_- The APQ8064 is also blazing fast, the XZ is very fast and smooth. Gaming doesn't lag or so :)

There ain't that much of a difference between 600 and S4 Pro, CPU is higher clock and faster memory freq. But you won't really notice the difference in the UI.

And design of HTC One + Sense 5 are even worse then buying a plastic Samsung I think :D but thatis just my opinion.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mzr7:
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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Akhil:
If you wanna know why htc one is better than xperia z, you can see this

http://blog.gsmarena.com/htc-one-benchmark-scores-are-here-ready-to-blow-your-mind/

And please dont say " Dont go for benchmarks"

I showed you the benchmark scores because we need something to compare and tell which is better.

S600 has a better memory management and uses LPRDDR3 which increases the performance by 20-30% and the overclocking also increases the performance by 20-30%.

That's not a lot of increase in the performance but still there is an increase.

Soon devices with S800 will be launched and S800 has a completely different story (Dont wanna even compare it with S4). And i know after reading all this you will still say xz is better because i guess you have got one. I know it has a nice design but i wanna ask why we should compromise with processor on the cost of design and look when we are paying this high for a device.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] TheFirstFishy:
Sv: XZ or HTC ONE or........

You will not feel the difference in speed anyways at this lvl of phones beside looking at numbers and benchmark. We are at a loose phones where numbers start to loose their value just for the sake of the value.

In real life you would not feel any difference at all. But what you could use is the quality of the camera, even though most of us never will feel the difference of the cameras. We all see the pictures from a small screen, and hardly see and mistakes in real life use.

Sure, if we start to compare we will see some differences, but in real like I would say most cameras are equal for the normal person.

And since sooo many people use filters and so on, the quality of the picture become even less visible.

Stop using numbers just for the sake of numbers, and start using stuff that matters and you can see or feel the difference in.

Well, that's just my opinion on this childish number game where numbers still got the same value no matter how small it is.

Somewhere around..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sinple:
I am pretty sure I prefer a 13mp camera compared to 4mp

Ultra pixel seemed a gimmick to me.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] krabappel2548:
I know the CPU of HTC One is faster, but I don't care, you won't feel the difference anyway. And also camera was a deal breaker for me :)

I know I choose XZ because of personal taste, I'm not saying HTC One is bad, but choosing a phone because of a good CPU isn't a good thing, you need to compare everything :p

When comparing everything my choice was easy.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mzr7:
Like expandable memory.... And having the keys in proper order!!!!!! Again sheesh HTC what were you thinking! Sighs
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Asiansniper911:
@Scott

On a daily basis these things don't matter as many will say Android still needs more optimization, the only reason a newer chip could be better if it has better power consumption. Seeing as majority of 2013 phones are using 5" screens, power consumption will be high. Until new devices come out it's up to personal preference and what you want in a phone. Benchmarks still don't matter its a phone,I prefer usability and smoothness, through optimization, than over the top speed.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] eagleeyetom:
It's quite off-topic.

Thread closed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mftek1:
Ok so I never really paid attention to how long it takes my phone to charge 100%..

So last night I put my phone on the charger at midnight, woke up at 350am and it was at 55%....

It tok my phone about 5 1/2 hours to fully charge. Normal??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ViciousLSD:
Not normal... My son used to keep putting the charger tip in his mouth and it messed up the pins inside my charging cable.... Tried to clean it with a tooth brush and it worked for a few weeks but started undercharging again. Maybe the pins inside yours are dirty? Bought a new charging cable and it works fine now for me...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] cameljockey1:
What kernel are you using?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mftek1:
Im on stock, rooted. No mods at the moment.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] _Dennis_:
Are you using the charger that came with the phone? And the cable that came with the phone?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mftek1:
Yes I am.

Not sure if it makes any difference but, I have it plugged into an extension cord.

Would plugging it into the wall directly be it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] cameljockey1:
Yea I would take that extension off sir and use what came with it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] diego1985:
I have the same issue on jedi x 11 rom saber kernel I believe. When I'm on stock It takes 2 to 3 hours to charge fully. I use the oem charger that came with it as well. I would hate to stop using this rom for that reason.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrbkkt1:
Mine does the same thing. But I use a desktop dock. If I use just the oem charger and cord it charges fast though.

Adding on a usb extension or using a different usb cord slows it down though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] diego1985:
The computer didn't make a difference, but I took charger out of surge protector and plug directly into wall and it's charging like my stock that charges fine with the surge protector. Can't figure out why stock charges fine with surge protector and jedi x11 rom doesn't. Either way I found my solution.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] cameljockey1:
Its because the dock charger is maybe 800ma output. The wall charger is 2amp charger. The wall charger is best for quick charge. It takes about 1-2 hours with perseus kernel.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrbkkt1:
I know that. I like the slow charger when I'm charging overnight while I'm sleeping.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rob8178:
Try fixing permissions if the problem started after flashing a rom.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Aria807:
Omg I have the same problem.

I tried charging my Note 2 last night before going to bed. Phone @ 60%. Woke up 7-8 hours later and it was @ 97%. I used an extension USB 3.0 cable (10-15ft) after the AC adapter then hooked up a BlackBerry USB to MicroUSB.

I thought something was wrong w/ my Rom since I plugged it into the wall to charge, and if I do anything w/ screen on, it would end up draining even though plugged in.

I plugged the phone to my comp, which uses the stock Note 2 USB cable, and it charges fairly fast.

My problem is I used to have a Galaxy S3 and Nexus S before that, and it never had this slow charging issue with the same AC adapter + extension + usb-microusb setup.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] JUSMEJOSE:
Im having the same problem .... I would put my phone to charge around 9pm with 20-30 percent and I would wake up at 6am and my phone would be at 80-90 percent charging ...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Aria807:
I installed some monitoring widgets that monitor input charge. I think something is seriously wrong with roms. The input rate is 1600-1800. However it is still taking forever to charge via stock oem wall adapter + cable. I have to reboot to have it charge normally. Not sure what's causing it. Will charge fine, but then after a day or so of use, it ends up charging super slow regardless of where I charge.

Just had my phone charge from 87%-93% in 30-40 minutes.

My Galaxy S3 charged almost twice as fast.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mad383Max:
Trying to find charge monitoring widget.would you post the one you used?

Thanks

Sent from the Millennium Falcon somewhere on the Kessel Run
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Aria807:
I use Battery Monitor Widget Pro. Also Elixir E2 widgets for tiles that show the charge rates.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] You_got_owned123:
Mine charges from like 10% to 100% in like three hours. Running JediM13.

Try cleaning your battery contacts and the contacts for the phone. Might help. Maybe your outlet output is lower? If you can, try cleaning the microUSB port. I usually try to clean my contacts regularly.

I don't know much- just throwing out random ideas :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] bones718:
those with slow charge, should try getting a new usb cord. even if your phone is charging doesn't necessarily mean your micro usb cable is 100% working. everytime i start experiencing slow charge i buy a new one and charge time goes back to normal. i've gone through 4 oem samsung micro usb cables since my s2 days.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Postal Psycho:
Before I went to bed at 11pm I hooked up my dead phone to my stock charger/stock cable on a surge protector. I did not turn it on. Today I wake up at 8am and turned on the phone and it's at 47% charging. What could be the problem? It can't be software related since the phone was off, right?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] GMAN1722:
You probably need to do just like the post right before yours said:

"those with slow charge, should try getting a new usb cord. even if your phone is charging doesn't necessarily mean your micro usb cable is 100% working. everytime i start experiencing slow charge i buy a new one and charge time goes back to normal. i've gone through 4 oem samsung micro usb cables since my s2 days."

I had the same problem and changing the cord is what fixed it. Based on the amount of people having the same issue I think the original cord that came with the phone is easily damaged or just stops functioning properly.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Postal Psycho:
Thank you. Upon closer inspection, I noticed the head of the microUSB cable was missing a pin. I promptly replaced the stock cable with one I had laying around the house and it seems to be charging at a normal rate now. This is 4 months after purchasing my Note 2. Hope I don't have to do this too much.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] [bman123]:
My phone charges super fast with the stock charger and cable
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrej201:
best way to go is to use the stock charger 2.1 apm
[HTC One X] tgusta:
In my opinion, this is how White HTC One X should look like, with also white glass not only white body.

What do you think?
[HTC One X] paroys:
To late for thats, we alread have htc one, but thats nice :p

Sent from my HTC One X
[HTC One X] EclipseX:
I dont like. I think the black glass give a perfect accent
[HTC One X] alvtminghui:
it will be too much like the white htc sensation XL then. ignoring the two-toned back.
[HTC One X] illogicalmind:
I like it, with the ballistics case, I can barely see I have a white phone. This would give me some of that back
[HTC One X] owesen:
I think the front is beautiful with the black and white. What I don't like is the grey ring around the camera on the back
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] darkditch:
I just got my XDA and I installed a new background. Now my Today looks nice, but the menu-structure (programs) has :? a white background, and I can't get it back to transparant. Has anyone a idear how to restore this. I even tried a hard resete...nothing! Thanks. By the way, the XDA rules bigtime.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] roko:
:wink:

It is not really transparant, it just seems like that because they use the same image as the backrground but just slightly lighter.

Microsoft has a tool called "Theme Generator v2.0" to create those themes. Download it at...

http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/pocketpc/downloads/powertoys.asp
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Darkditch1:
Resolved

Ok, gues what. You can only have 9 shortcuts on your menu (well we all know that, right). However, when a program is installed it can automaticly put a shortcut on the menu. That makes it to a total of 10 (or more). Therefore your menu gets longer (it also shows two black arrows for up and down). Just bring down the number of menuitems (shortcuts) and 9 or below makes the menu transparant again. Live and learn.Solution by Rinie, Thnx.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im_bol2riz:
Hi there,

I definitely can't install any latest ROMs on my ARC (Ultimate HD 3.x, Zelly Cream,...) using CWM.

The latest ROM that doesn't hang during boot or just give black screen is Ultimate HD 2.0.3 (Ultimate HD MOD works either)!

- I've tried different kernels like Lupus, Fusion, RUSH as recommended in several threads but without any chance with latest ROMs...

- I've also tried re-download ROMs and kernels... No change.

- I've also tried rebooting without SD in case it sucks... No change.

For info I'm not noob, I use custom ROMS since HTC Legend...

I obviously erase /CACHE /DATA /SYSTEM /SD-EXT also dalvik and battery stats each time I install custom roms and always do clean install. No upgrade.

- My bootloader is unlocked,

- I've got one sd-ext partition,

Did I missed any new process that 100% require to use flashtool instead of CWM to flash latest ROMs? If so it suck ;)

I don't really understand the issue this time except hardware failure but I don't have any issue of any kind with any previous ROM. No hang, no bootloop...

Any help would be very welcome :)

Thanks
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SevenD2:
Have you tried flashing original Stock. tft then flashing?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im_bol2riz:
Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

Nope. Never had to do so for any ROM since the day I unlocked my bootloader. And it's a so sudden behavior...

Do you think it could work ? I mean is there any specific reason that it could solve the problem? Does the latest ROMs use some brand new drivers or something else that may require that?

I'll give a try because I've checked my baseband and I'm 70 while you're 83... Am I wrong or some ROM do change the baseband while some other don't ?

I did use flashtool but only to update the baseband. not for flashing custom rom... That may be the problem

I start feeling ashamed LOL !!!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neo2k12:
yeah, try flashing the latest firmware / baseband first.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Flashing the latest ftf should include the baseband anyway so you shouldn't need to flash separately unless flashing something different.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im_bol2riz:
:)

Yeah I'm sure it will do the trick... I'm definitely noooooob to forgot that baseband stuff... T_T LOL

I'll confirm tonight.

Thanks everyone !
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im_bol2riz:
nop

Hi guys,

I've flashed the latest baseband (83) and it didn't change anything!

I've flashed RUSH kernel and install Viper Xperia V4 + modules + baseband 83 libs and it still hang at the same moment. with this ROM it freeze during the boot animation (4th times xperia logo appears if this detail can be useful).

RUSH works fine. Once again if I install Ultimate HD 2.0.3 I've got no issue at all...

I definitely don't understand what's going on...
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michel_666:
Odp: Can't install any latest ROM and no I'm not noob !)

Did you flash LT15i ftf or LT18i ftf?

All new ROMs are getting more features and they are getting bigger in size. Arc allocates less space to /system - maybe that's the reason.

When I was on CM10 on LT15i firmware I had about 1MB free space on /system after clean install.

Try flashing LT18i ftf before flashing any custom ROM.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im_bol2riz:
I flashed LT18i one from papayayoghurt

http://goo.im/devs/papayayoghurt/anzu/Basebands
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandroidnz01:
Re: Can't install any latest ROM and no I'm not noob !)

So how did it go?

You okay now?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im_bol2riz:
No I'm not :(

Flashing LT18i baseband 83 + libs didn't change anything...
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandroidnz01:
Re: Can't install any latest ROM and no I'm not noob !)

Okay.Try doing it this way.

Flash stock 0.587 ftf.

Fast boot kernel that you want.

I presume the ROM that you need is already on your sdcard.

Go into recovery.Wipe data then go to mount/storage- format/system.Then choose the ROM zip and flash.

Tell me what happens.

For now do not choose any other baseband.Just use stock 77 which is included in the stock ROM.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im_bol2riz:
Ok I'll do so! But I won't be able to do it before EOD Paris time.

Thanks for helping.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im_bol2riz:
No luck...

I've reflashed stock 587.ftf, boot ok on stock at this point.

Then flashed Rush kernel, wiped everything as I used to do and flashed Viper V4...

It's still hanging at the very same point during boot animation! :silly:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandroidnz01:
Re: Can't install any latest ROM and no I'm not noob !)

Try AOKP m1r3 rom with ArcFusioN4.4 kernel.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im_bol2riz:
It boots! Does this ring the bell regarding what's happening ?

I'll don"t really mind to give a try to this ROM but I would love to understand what goes wrong

Anyway a big thanks for helping.