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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deekenhoof:
Reference code dot google dot com # 42255

My BT headset is a Sena SMH10 (BT 2.1 spec)..non upgradeable. Since I bought the Nexus 4 in late January, I haven't been able to use my SMH10 as it would not recognize voice input from the Nexus 4. I applied the latest 4.2.2 upgrade to my Nexus 4 yesterday and now the only way that the Nexus 4 will connect to my headset is after a complete reboot...and then only for the duration of that "session"...usually for about 5 min..then it borks again. I honestly don't know which state is worse.

Google tech support today told me this:

1. No OS supports devices "forever" (or two years back it seems). Contact your device manufacturer and ask them for an update. Since my device can't be upgraded, I'm SOL.

2. They admitted there was nothing on the Play store that stated that the Nexus 4 "might" not work with older BT devices. They admitted there was nothing on the PlayStore stating that Android does not support 2 years old devices. If you consider 2.1 to be an old spec.

3. They said they would forward my "request for refund" to their billing dept. However, since "James in tech spt" terminated our call after I called BS on his scripted lines about backward compatibilty and hung up...WTF knows if he will follow through or not.

4. "Eric" the floor supervisor, also parroted the same comments about how "nobody supports backward compatability with devices 3-4 years old" in spite of being told it was only 2 years old.

5. Google is no help and like all clones in tech spt "will talk reeeeely fast and try to drown you in word if you question them.." meh.

6. Ultimately, it's not the headset...it's the device. It's faulty and Google won't acknowledge it as such.

Just an FYI and not much help I'm afraid. Just a warning I guess...

Beware.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deekenhoof:
Soo..RMA time

Called back. Spoke to more reasonable hoomans who said an RMA was the next best option. They did point out that a refund was out of the question. ?

We'll see.

WA state Atty General. BBB. Internet. Reddit. XDA. Maybe...just maybe...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PLUG313:
what?

why is this in the S4 forum? xD
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trentreed:
Honestly, who gives a crap buy another bluetooth set. Also try posting in the right thread k thxs bye
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deekenhoof:
You miss the point old boy. It's a Nexus error vs a Device error first and foremost . The Nexus 4 refuses to initialize a BT connection.

Do you know how to read a diagram?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mj23kb24:
Do you know how to read the section your posting in and the box of your device?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] expertzero1:
Hey MAN THIS IS THE WRONG SECTION AND I LIKE TO TYPE IN CAPS BECAUSE THIS IS COOL
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ATMOSF3AR:
Post here : Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nujackk:
Beside this being in the wrong forum , the bluetooth 2.1 spec is 5 yrs old. The device may only be 2yrs old to you, but it's tech was already 3yrs old when you bought it and is now 5yrs old.

word of advice do not buy anything with 3yrs old tech and expect it to work with everything. In this fast moving world of tech 3yrs is an eternity 5yrs is Extinct

"The Nexus 4 refuses to initialize a BT connection." This is by design, in the latest bluetooth specs the phone is hidden by default you have to manually change this to allow for pairing . Then once pair all other connections are initiated by the device not the phone and the phone will again by default be hidden and only accept request from already paired devices.
[HTC One X+] Zzz73:
Hey fellow XDAers! I'm a Galaxy Nexus guy myself. my sister is on AT&T and asked me to recommend a phone. i am trying to keep the price down to the $100 mark. i saw this phone for $100 on contract. i loved my OG EVO and spec'ing this phone against the SGS3 it looks like a win for HTC, plus, the HTC model is newer and Sense IMO is better than TW. i've been out of the loop with HTC progress for a while and just wondered if you were generally pleased with your phone and would recommend it to a family member. this phone will likely never be rooted so the prospect of future (Official OTA) support is pretty important, i know you'd be guessing on that factor...
[HTC One X+] killman2659:
Phone will eventually get Sense 5.0 from HTC, so updates shouldn't be an issue.
[HTC One X+] Lloir:
depends, how much do you love your sister? :P
[HTC One X+] Zzz73:
haha. she's super cool. just don't want her stuck with a POS or something that's a release and forget phone (that finger is pointed at you Motorola)
[HTC One X+] pazzo02:
I'm sure it's by far the best $100 device available on AT&T right now. I paid $200 and think it's a great device.
[HTC One X+] Zzz73:
thank you for the answer. i appreciate that. htc one x+ it is.
[HTC One X+] nespid:
I never reccomend anything to anyone because that somehow activates some unspoken agreement that you are now their official IT guy if they have any future questions.

Otherwise, I love what I've made my One X+ capable of, however, out of the box, the only thing I would warn a perspective buyer about is the somewhat dreadful battery life. :(

Tegra 3 is a hog is you don't underclock\ undervolt\ bring cores offline.
[HTC One X+] Zzz73:
that all good info. ty. might all be moot tho b/c the ass pirates at at&t jacked the price from $99 to $199 on the middle of the day yesterday. have my sis the runaround then refused to honor the price. super lame at&t, super lame indeed.
[HTC One X+] nespid:
AT&Terrible...
[HTC One X+] kingofnice:
If they don't mind hot hands.
[HTC One X+] nespid:
I thought that was the hand warming feature?
[HTC One X+] freddywhite:
I would go with the S3. Besides nice hardware there's nothing spectacular about the X+. Sense is worse than TW actually, and on the X+ you're stuck with it.
[HTC One X+] nespid:
How are you stuck with sense and not stuck with tw?
[Android Apps and Games] herc2k:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nianticproject.ingress&hl=en
[Android Apps and Games] zeratos:
pm sent
[Android Apps and Games] Thorminathor:
would die for an activation code!
[Android Apps and Games] iamareebjamal:
Is it a warez ?

If it is, it shouldn't be here
[Android Apps and Games] ttxcsabby:
pm sent
[Android Apps and Games] El Flaco:
I'd love to get an activation code please.

thanks in advance

Edit: pm sent
[Android Apps and Games] Bilgets:
sent a thanks and also a message to you :D thanks man
[Android Apps and Games] matgras:
Pm sent and a thanks

sony xperia ray

ics 4.0.4 rooted

stock rom
[Android Apps and Games] lopman:
Pm sent
[Android Apps and Games] neiljain:
Hi.

Could you please PM me an activation code.

Thanks in advance.

neiljain
[Android Apps and Games] lopman:
I haven't got my activation code. Can someone confirm that he isn't lying
[Android Apps and Games] matgras:
I can confirm that he is lying

sony xperia ray

ics 4.0.4 rooted

stock rom
[Android Apps and Games] Vintage144:
So then whats the real deal with this game or does it have sinister plans
[Android Apps and Games] lopman:
Mod please close this thread and ban this person
[Android Apps and Games] jayRokk:
You have to get the code from Ingress... You get one referral code but even me, whose been playing this for a couple months now, hasn't even received one. XMPS and XM are picked up thru the map and can't be shared. This guy is full of it.....

Mods please shut this thread down
[Android Apps and Games] Bilgets:
lol i fell for it @_@
[Android Apps and Games] jenicun:
PM sent.. thank you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nabilbek:
so I was on the latest aokp 4.2.2 builds and suddenly (can't remember what exactly changed), when i call someone I cant hear them and they cant hear me. I can send/receive sms and data normally

Tried a later nightly, it worked but after the restore (app only) it went back to that same state

Tried cm10.1, also the same everything works perfect till i restore

how can I determine which app is doing this **** ?

P.S: Tried messing with radios ... still the same
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] repoman_1966:
Have just tried to run repair my phone through the sony pc companion. it detected my phone ok and downloaded the firmware. When it tried to install the firmware it failed saying my phone was running modified software and couldn't update. Is this because I unlocked my bootloader?

If it is, is their a way around the problem?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abd_alazeez2002:
Once you unlock BL, Sony will stop bushing update to you and support.

Use flashtool to flash a stock firmware
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andes85:
Lame, but good to know, thanks
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvd777:
It's not lame. It's warranty void :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andes85:
It is lame that you can't even get an update through PC companion to return to stock. I can understand not doing ota. I don't care about warranty on Sony stuff, their warranty process sucks
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvd777:
I would dissagree. My XZ died (soft brick) and there was not any other way than service. Warranty covered it. They saw intact BL, they told me. If it wasn't, well...
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfkaudi:
Have you tryit Sony's flashtool for unlocked bl
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] optionone:
Hi,

I'm on 4.0.3 and was hoping to install pacman rom.. phone is rooted and i've launched cwm recovery (v6.0.1.2) by running the zip from stock recovery. Gone to wipe data / factory reset but I dont have a yes option listed.. only have 5 'No' s.. is this right?

Where do i go from here?? yes im a noob to android.. any help appreciated :o
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Try scrolling down some more... :)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] optionone:
Hah! so simple.. thanks! :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Always welcome! :thumbup:

I too had the same problem few weeks back. Its because the font size is larger than what we were used to seeing! :rolleyes:

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingofkrunck:
Unable to scroll down it just brings me back to the top of the no's
[Surround General] quigs95:
My HTC surround died this summer and i have decided to try to fix it. I have tried replacing the SD card, leaving the battery out, reflashing it, factory resetting it and non of this has worked. My phone wont turn on unless you plug it in. It gets to the White HTC screen and then shuts off and restarts. Under the tricolor screen it shows SD UNKNOWN 27, im not sure what that means. Could someone throw me a bone to how to fix this? thanks
[Surround General] aarrun:
try one more other sdcard and after resetting plus the phone as soon a u reset . still if aint workin there probably theres a problem with the sdcard slot
[Surround General] quigs95:
I have tried two other SD cards. I think it could possibly have a battery issue too though. Right before it completely quit working my battery wasnt lasting for more then an hour. Sometimes i had it plugged in and it was dieing faster then it was charging. It also started to get very hot and then it would shut off. I used to be able to power it up to just past the HTC screen without it being plugged in but now i cant make it past the HTC screen with it plugged in. Any thoughts?

Thanks
[Surround General] quigs95:
Also when I check the CRC I get two codes

BL CRC-oxA4CA6CC6

OS(SI) CRC-0x1932A82C

Can anyone shed some light on what this means? Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 General] crashck:
I read through many of these threads and I was shocked to discover that most people are impressed with this new iteration of the galaxy line. Im not a hater of Samsung I love my s3 but this seems to be a minor upgrade. The new features like pictures with sound and the eye tracking seem gimmicky. Yes Ik there are more upgrades than the gimmicks but most were very expected things like the larger screen, battery, and upgraded camera. I feel this would serve better as a s3+ or something of that nature. Am I in the minority thinking this way?
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamHaLeKe:
LoL

you're obviously very young and don't know (yet) how the (human) world works...

it's all about gaining money, power, prestige, ...

Core Facts vs S3

1. It's thinner, smaller and thus lighter.

2. Yet it has a bigger/better screen, is much stronger and way faster.

3. It has a bigger/better battery, camera,...

1 => speaks for itself

2 => Full HD Super AMOLED (new diamiond Matrix), Polycarbonate and Gorilla glass 3, Qualcomm 600/Exynos 5 Octa, LPDDR3 RAM,...)

3 => speaks for itself

Don't be fooled by what you hear and see on the internet. Listen inside yourself and get enlightened :laugh:

Do you really believe you need this or any other device? LoL, enjoy life mate ;)

-Sam-

Edit: yes, it's a S3+
[Galaxy S 4 General] matt.wolfley:
Consider that Samsung along with every other company that becomes successful in market share and sales will one day slow up on progression. Computers in general have done that and it's the "touch screen" age that has brought an innovation to laptops and desktops. That being said, dual core to quad core is a big move, 8MP to 13MP also very big. HD Screen with 441 PPI?? Not your run of the mill screen. Saying that changes were expected and now that we know is blah is kinda ignorant honestly. There are a LOT of people like myself who want a quad core samsung phone without the size and weight of the Galaxy Note 2. Despite the small margin of size difference, it's enough for those that want true one handed operation. The reasons could go on and on, but I laugh at people saying "Really? This is it? Not very innovative...In a way, a very very small way, it makes me feel sorry for Apple all these years for the exact same reasons. I'll never budge on them sticking to the same OS for 4 years being stupid, but the other things that "aren't innovative enough to appreciate" makes me wonder honestly what people really expect out of phones? Make Smoothies for you? Cook for you? Do your laundry for you? Silly really, but what are we really saying here?
[Galaxy S 4 General] MohJee:
Maybe the problem isn't with the phone itself but with your unrealistic expectations. Setting aside the new software features, s4 has better camera, better design with less bezel (though it looks very similar), bigger battery, screen resolution, screen size, processor, and newer android version than its 1year old predecessor. That's an improvement in every department basically. Don't know what you were expecting really?
[Galaxy S 4 General] metalfan78:
I don't know why so many people are dissatisfied. I thinks it's a nice phone. Why is everyone complaining about Samsung not changing the design very much? There is nothing wrong with it. If it isn't broke then don't fix it. Samsung found a solid phone design and rolled with it. I'm just glad they didn't remove the sd card slot, added some nice features (even if some call them gimmicky). I probably won't buy it though, since my upgrade isn't for a year. I'll be interested to see what the gs5 is like next year.
[Galaxy S 4 General] MohinderJaBardi:
Disappointed as well I wanted at least a new look.. And I heard the SGS3 is getting most of the new features of the 4 through updates anyways.

So just a little bummed about this phone :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] slpaige:
As someone that's planning on upgrading a gs2 (wife) and move away from windows phone (me) I found the style of the gs4 to be something that both my wife and I like. Some of the features built into the phone, while seemingly gimmicky such as the health/exercise tracking, appeal to me.

So compared to the last couple of phones my family has used, it will be a huge improvement. The last android phone I used was an og droid. :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] Galactus:
People are *itching left and right about the hardware being nothing and software being crap. So what exactly did you expect the phone to come with?

Octo core CPU and people moan, Snapdragon S600 CPU and people moan. Camera gets bumped up by 5mp to 13mp and people moan. Ships with the latest OS (4.2.2) and people moan. 2gb of ram and people moan. Diamond matrix (better than pentile matrix) and people moan. Larger screen and people moan. Higher resolution and people moan. Smaller body with better internals and people moan. Still has removable battery and people moan. Still has micro sd card slot and people moan. Updated "gimmick" features and people moan. Users have the choice of not using said "gimmick" features......and of course these people are still moaning. Foolishness
[Galaxy S 4 General] boe:
I want ONE upgrade in the S4 vs. the S3 above all others in the S4 - a radio with reception that works well on Verizon's network. The S3 sucks as a phone but is a wonderful PDA otherwise. It's an insult to phones to call it a smartphone since the phone blows big moose. At least Apple eventually admitted there was a problem with reception on the iphone. I realize the reception issue may be local to Verizon as the Sasmung Galaxy Nexus also sucked on Verizon's network even though the HTC DNA and RAZR work great.
[Galaxy S 4 General] mikereidis:
I say let the free market speak what it thinks of the new S4.

See my post on this pricing thread to see what Ebay prices are, already: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=39194227&postcount=6

Summary, all for GT-I9500, 16 or 64 GB, which is rumored selling in China already: Buy it now from US, $844 w/ free shipping. From UK another vendor at $752.

First lot of 2 GT-I9500 for US $1375, 2nd lot of 2 for $1225. Biy 20 and the 64 GB is $500 each.

I was expecting first units being sold closer to $1k. Between these prices, and the disappointment some posters have expressed, I think the GS4 may have under-whelmed. It may be getting looked at as an incremental GS3 update, especially since many software features will appear on the GS3.

I think the GS4 seems fine so far, but I'd really like to know the audio chip, and the prospects for FM radio on all variants (see sig).

But the free market probably knows more than I, or most of us do, LOL. Will be interesting to see how it plays out; (grabs popcorn...)
[Galaxy S 4 General] danstar:
As long as Samsung continues to use the same radio set up that it has used on the charge, the nexus, and the S3, reception is going to continue to be weak on Verizon's network.
[Galaxy S 4 General] cdmoore74:
The S4 is a huge upgrade from the S3; on the inside. But for me I don't care one bit that the phone looks the same because I've used cases on all my phone since the Droid OG days. The HTC Touch Pro 2 was the last phone I went caseless and it really started to look bad after white glove use. After that every phone I bought got a medium to heavy duty case.

I actually would have been upset at Samsung if they used a metal design and in the process deleted the removable battery. You can't make everyone happy unless you release 2 models at the same time.
[Galaxy S 4 General] GGXtreme:
People were saying the exact same thing when the S3 came out. "It's ugly", "it's iterative", "it's gimmicky". But it got rave reviews. Why? Because it was the best smartphone you could buy at the time, and the S4 will fill the same role this time around. If you look at the comments (and even articles) on the S4 on tech sites, you'll see people foaming at the mouth, seemingly furious that Samsung dared release this product. It doesn't help that random internet users and articles alike are spreading misinformation (about the size of the device, about the processors used in both the international and U.S. versions, about how Samsung apparently forced the S3 on everyone through marketing, etc.).

Here's my take on the S4 and why I think it is the best phone available and will sell even more than the S3: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=39186031&postcount=13
[Galaxy S 4 General] Deleted member 3976874:
I really don't know what people are expecting from the S4... If Samsung came up with a different design but lower specs, people would say it's not worth it to upgrade because the hardware is not good enough. And now they will not upgrade because of the shape. I personally see fitting a 5" screen on the device size is revolutionary already.

Moreover, what you get with Samsung, you don't get with HTC and Sony. These motion features, gestures, built-in apps, dual camera, and using the phone with gloves are what make the S4 the S4.

The HTC One is too thick (and probably heavy) for a smartphone, while the screen of the Xperia Z is not the best on market. Personally, I think the S4, especially the Exynos 5 version can never be made by a different comany.
[Galaxy S 4 General] beaver2233:
+ the S4 has both removable battery and micro sd-card slot...
[Galaxy S 4 General] kopkiwi:
I'm hugely disappointing in it, especially in the cheap look and no doubt cheap feel it will have. Where as you look at the HTC One Sony XZ and no doubt any forth coming Motorola phones to see the massive improvement in build quality and considerably better premium feel to it.

I have the S3, love it, but the one downside is just how rubbish it feels in the hand. I don't want a light phone, I want a decently heavy phone that feels like the $1k I drop to buy it. The features they've included only further bloat the already gimmicky software.
[Galaxy S 4 General] freebee269:
sgs4 will ship with 4.2.1 and a month later samsung will put out an update to 4.2.2

http://www.sammobile.com/2013/03/08/galaxy-s-iv-to-have-floating-touch-and-green-pholed-material-amoled-display/

http://thequantummechanics.wordpress.com/tag/samsung-galaxy-s4/
[Galaxy S 4 General] GGXtreme:
100% subjective. I don't want a thicker, heavier device that I will feel in my pocket and will hit the ground harder when I drop it—and get even bulkier and heavier with a case. Thinner and lighter has been the trend for a while and people seem to like it. I also don't see how you can see all of Samsung's features as bloat and gimmicks when not only does Sense weigh down the interface more than TouchWiz, but you can't even turn off some of the added 'features' like you can with TouchWiz. Everyone I know with an S3 or Note 2 enjoys leaving on and using features like Smart Stay, Smart Rotation, Direct Call, One-Handed Operation Mode, Multi-Window, Swipe to Capture, etc. even if they don't use the more gimmicky stuff like the panning gestures. And while some of the S apps aren't as useful as others (S Voice and Samsung's hubs are probably the worst offenders), they're no worse than HTC's 'bloat' apps and hubs.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Strategist:
The reactions to the S4 are uncannily like the reactions to the S3 and the Note 2 last year. Then also the initial reaction was disappointment which vanished after the devices were actually released.

The idea that the S4 is like the S3 S is pretty ridiculous IMO. Here is a list of hardware improvements over the S3:

Octacore processor

Better GPU

1080P screen

2GB RAM

2600 mAh battery

Gorilla Glass 3

13 MP camera

infra red

thermometer sensor

humidity sensor

Which phone out there has improved more than this in a year? And the software improvements are decent too. As usual with Samsung it's hit and miss, but you only need a couple of hits for it to be worthwhile. I think the camera software in particular is impressive.
[Galaxy S 4 General] kopkiwi:
Subjective, like you said.

I was disappointed. The features, that I see as gimmicky don't appeal to me as much as the HTC One does. Every feature you just mentioned on the S3, I think the only one I have actually used is swipe to capture. Which sometimes is more cumbersome than useful.

I have absolutely no doubts the S4 is a beast of a phone, just like the the HTC One is, but I am bored with the Samsung features, the cheap feel and boring design. Want something new.