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[Galaxy S 4 General] Isadora:
In the UK, the One will be available before the S4 and currently the sim-free S4 is in the £580 to £629 :eek: range, whilst the One is £530 at most... Quite a difference.
[Galaxy S 4 General] _deleted_:
Hii peeps,

Cleaned this thread a bit, mainly due to some posts being far too personal and/contained irrelevance to the thread.

There are always going to be people who are going to defend their devices and the companies who release them, but unless you have a valid point to debate, please refrain from posting comments which you know are going to annoy/anger other users. I personally support mature, logical debates which have real purpose, but if i carry on seeing points being raised which primary purpose is to annoy other users - relevant action will be taken.

Thank you,

Kind regards

Lady Android

Forum Moderator
[Galaxy S 4 General] BarryH_GEG:
Where HTC has consistently dropped the ball is in the core details of their devices. Here are some examples:

When you know your overlay is heavy, would it ever be a good idea to put 768KB of RAM in a device (Sensation)?

When your competitor offered 8/16GB of onboard storage last year (i9000) would you offer your next flagship with 4GB (Sensation)?

Can putting a 1,800mAh battery and as little as 11GB of non-expandable storage in a device ever be a good idea; especially in a "flagship?” (One X)

Is ignoring removable batteries and/or expandable storage, features offered by the market leader, all that sensible when you're trying to recover from previous failures (One X/One)?

When your competitors (who sell tons more phones than you do) are piling on the s/w features is it a good idea to ignore them and even take some existing ones away (scenes, themes, widgets) (One)?

Is it a good idea to offer a radical camera that provides 1/2 to 2/3 less detail than your competitors when you're struggling to reclaim your former success? Especially if in testing the radical approach that cost you more to offer provides marginal benefit (One)?

How smart is it to announce launch dates when you aren't sure that some key components are going to be available to start production causing you to humiliate yourself publically by announcing a delayed and staggered new schedule (One)?

How smart is to ignore reparability so that your unique design requires twice the repair costs for your customers as well as greatly increasing your own warranty repair costs (One)?

Is it smart to ignore emerging markets where you'd sell a ton of low/mid-end devices to focus all of your energy on a single flagship, a segment you haven't been competitive in since 2010 (HTC)?

HTC has a long history of misreading the market and even responding to the obvious. They've also had a ton of execution problems. And while I hope the One’s their salvation it’s a lot of burden to put on a single device when the company as a whole is in such dreadful financial condition. But no matter what happens to HTC, they are solely responsible for their current situation based on decisions they made (or didn't make) dating back to 2010.
[Galaxy S 4 General] pack21:
HTC is killing up to her own.

ONE has a fantastic design, quality and performance, but removing removable battery and SD option are taking consumers spoon-fed to S4, even though some dont like much S4 design.

It's a shame, because if I had these two aspects in ONE mainly removable battery, would have made ​​my decision.
[Galaxy S 4 General] barondebxl:
@ Barry, you also forgot to mention the Droid DNA with a 5 inch 1080p screen and a stingy 2020 mah battery.
[Galaxy S 4 General] BarryH_GEG:
I gave HTC that one as the efficiency of S4 Pro's kind of a "get out of jail free" card. ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] barondebxl:
Oh I see, it does have excellent standby time.
[Galaxy S 4 General] combat goofwing:
In the UK the HTC one is available now and has been for 2 weeks from P4U,as for the battery and SD card issue ,well doesn't seem to hinder the iPhone
[Galaxy S 4 General] BarryH_GEG:
There's so much else different about an iPhone that makes calling out one or two specific features reallly hard. It's got a 4" display and yet in a world of 4.7+" displays people keep buying it. Samsung, with their gazillion dollar marketing budget, is going after the iFolks and been fairly successful at it. With 70% of the Android market, it would be wise for LG, HTC, Sony, and Motorola to let Samsung pummel Apple while they focus on stealing market share from Samsung. All of them could double their sales that way without having to convert a single iPhone user. You don't try to bring down an Elk with a starter's pistol. ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] jtc276:
Agreed. Am I the only person here considering both the HTC One and the Galaxy S4? I like both devices well enough but it's a fact that they each do some thing better than the other. For instance, I think Sense 5.0 is absolutely beautiful and a huge upgrade over the past versions of Sense. But at the same time, I think TouchWiz needs to be overhauled because it's sort of looked the same since the S2 days. But the Galaxy S4 does have a better camera than the One (unless the update for the One that improves quality actually exists, which I'm not sure of). I could keep going on, but it's pointless. We should be glad that there are two great phones running our favorite operating system coming out at nearly the same time. As consumers, it gives us choice. And, if we look at the iOS side of the smartphone spectrum (a place I was, admittedly, considering moving to merely days ago), there is no choice.
[Galaxy S 4 General] persheshhater:
http://bit.ly/10efT4v the one...:D
[Galaxy S 4 General] Closed Source Project:
I really considered the One because of its great build quality, but its lack of goodies like sdcard and lower battery deterred me and made me consider the S4. I hate sammys plastic build but love the features. As an owner of a one s, I am fed up with htc and the lack of support their devices get. Samsung, being much more popular, gets more users, thus better app support (believe it or not, many games won't work on my device because the developers can't confirm it works (vice city for example)), and better xda development (my devices development section is atrocious(we just barely have cm support, and even that is on the fritz).

If you ask me, htc never really understood the smart phone market. Ever since after the tmobile g1, htc kept releasing way too many devices, each with very little improvement over the other; thus, they were just competing with themselves. If you ask me, htc needs to take some time off and heavily reconsider their strategy. The One should have been the best device ever but they predictably muffed it up just as htc is known to do.
[Galaxy S 4 General] jtc276:
I don't understand. The One S isn't a flagship so you can't shouldn't have expected everything that most flagships gets (CM support) on it. I also find the One's storage variants to be pretty decent and not too expensive ($199 for the 32gb and $299 for the 64gb on AT&T). And the One will get full support from app developers. It's a flagship on tons of carriers across the world. Even though it won't sell like the S4, it will still sell in high enough numbers to warrant app developers such as Rockstar to make sure their apps work on it.

However, I do agree that HTC really needs to tone it down on the amount of phones they release. Last year was ridiculous. I think they released at least 10 phones under the "One" name. But this year I think they're going to do something a little different. They definitely need to do something along the lines of Samsung such as having two flagships and then a ton of budget devices that look and are named nothing similar to their flagships. Samsung succeeds in this way, mostly due to great business strategies and tons of marketing. Sadly, HTC has neither.

But the One has grown in me and I still haven't completely decided between it and the S4.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Closed Source Project:
Same here. You are right that the One will be much better supported as it is one flagship device (compared to last year's failed multiple ones). I really can't make up my mind between the one and the s4. Uhhhh! First world problems! :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] combat goofwing:
So the lesson for today don't drop it,I don't even consider this when buying a phone,

1.I look after them ,never have a case or SP on them so always in a pouch when not in use.

2.most bank accounts in UK offer free phone insurance with your account ,so if anything does happen its covered.

3.I but phones on what they can do in the real world and how they look on the outside,not based on benchmark tests and how easy they are to open up.

---------- Post added at 07:47 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:40 AM ----------

This is the S4!!! no great upgrade from the S3 just minor tweaks and lots of gimmicks,thus competing with themselves

same can't be said for the ONE

Boomsound dual stero speakers with amplifier

Blinkfeed

Ultra pixel camera and zoe

Complete new styling

None of these can be classed as minor upgrades on the ONE x or one s
[Galaxy S 4 General] qazibasit:
Ifixit people destroying the whole htc one campaign by giving it a 1/10 in repair ability....

So people who want their gadgets to live long are worried and will definitely get a s4. So samsung we are already seeing you as a winner.
[Galaxy S 4 General] persheshhater:
This! Couldnt have said it better. Htc fanboys can disagree as much as they want but whoever has been there knows what he is talking about. Pain to unlocl bootloader pain to get s off pain to get upgrades in time and by that time new device already out.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Steve0007:
This thread doesn't bring anything new and will end up as a flaming place.

Thread closed.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasterfullDON:
hi

Im having a lot of problems with my phone, I tried to load a new ROM, and I cant!!

Im using CWM 6.0.2.8

when I boot up it says

Cant Mount Cache/recovery/command

Cant Mount Cache/recovery/log

Cant Open Cache/recovery/log

Cant Mount Cache/recovery/last_log

Cant Open Cache/recovery/last_log

when I do a factory wipe, it gets stuck on

Formatting /cache

When I try to wipe/format the cache partition, it is the same story.

When I try to install a new rom, I get

image attached. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP. Also some of my root software is corrupt.

What do I do?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broke23:
I think I had same problem, wiping the cache part took quite long, but I eventually was able to install my new rom... though all my apps are still there, but at least part of the new rom is there (custom nav bar)

pretty much the same errors I got

ps: you're trying to flash cm 10.1, do you have a kernel for it ? read somewhere you shouldn't use CWM for flashing cm 10.1 with kernel ...

found it: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2167381

[ known issues ]

adb doesnt work in recovery (can be fixed)

USB storage doesnt mount in recovery (can be fixed, i think)

formating data partition WILL FORMAT THE INTERNAL STORAGE (FIXED IN v02)

external SDCARD is required to take backups and flashing ROM (FIXED IN v02)

do not use this for flashing CM10.1 (u will need to use the CM kernel for that)

that's what the link says, you need CM kernel for it ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stelladrinka:
Any idea how I can do this, I've just purchased a lead from eBay. When I plug it in it goes to car mode, and Galaxy Sound Redirector tells me audio is routed through dock, but the audio still only comes from the phone speaker. I'm running yank555 kernel with slimbean 4.2.2, the audio option in setting/sound/dock is grayed out. Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rikusuicide:
AW: Routing audio through USB

Try with stock Samsung kernel plus Rom. 4.22 is still buggy. When this is not working send it back. And get your money back mate:thumbup:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ColtsBR:
I am also experiencing this issue with SlimBean 4.2.2 (Build 3). I had come from SynergyROM and the audio output with my car dock worked just fine. I've been through the sound options in both the system as well as the dock app. I either get audio from the phone speaker or nothing at all.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buggyracer79:
Hi there!

I've got a Xoom 2 Media Edition.

I'd like to use it as a telephone with my headset.

Is there any qay to do so?

The Phone.apk is on the device an in the system/app directory, but I can't find a way to open it.....
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tumpy:
Go to the play store and download Groove IP, it work with Google voice, you can use your gmail and sign up for a phone # from Google..
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buggyracer79:
Ok,thaks so far, but i guess tht is a Voip service. I'd like to use the insertet sim card...
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
AFAIK there's no way to use the Xoom as a phone this way you want, you can use to send messages, but not to do phone calls, but still you can try apps like tumpy mentioned :).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mannyvinny:
Hey everyone, here's an awesome bootanimation I made of Android peeing on Apple!! :p

Screenshots

Here's the video review

http://youtu.be/w5ixUi5Pf_E

Isn't this awesome??

CWM flashable-

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?km3jp5h746yvbr4

Manual zip for pushing in system>media

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?s2ew6xw5sc2vp7w

For manual zip installation,just push the bootanimation file in System>>media

Have fuNNnn :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Carlos_Manuel:
Edit: deleted..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mannyvinny:
hey manumanfred i read your previous comment..don't ever say bad about someone's work coz if u don't like it,its not my fault,its your choice. Don't say negative if YOU don't like it.I know this type of animation is available in thousand of sites but was it available for THIS device?? was it resized to work in this device?there are many questions...just ignore it

btw thanks for deleting your post:cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SUCKMAHCOCK:
dtztdg
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EPTIOS:
dead link
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] ToreB:
Hi guys.

I can't stop enjoying the WM2003, especially because of these things:

-When entering SMS a character counter shows if you exceed 160 characters.

-Incoming SMS does not wake up the unit, only audible/vibrating warning.

Excellent if the unit is in the pocket.

-A notification is given when an outgoing SMS is sent.

-Incoming calls and SMS' is represented by name without having to use the PPC2002 patch

-Incoming message notification even when Inbox is opened/active

Billy has done some work since PPC2002!

(but these features has been present on all GSM phones the last 10 years...)

Regards Tore
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Nossie:
Looks like a typical Uncle Bill stunt...

give the user what they think they should have...

not what the user actually wants.

Dont we all just love the DRM'd Windows media 9 series...

but what happened to mp3 ringtone support? heh

yeah yeah I'm going to get *****ed at for bringing that up again but its not exactly rocket science is it?
[HTC One X] noobtuber96:
Hi is it possible to make an XBOX 360 cabled gamepad work with my HOX? if so how is it possible??

THX for any answer
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] jamesocampo2002:
Hi guys! I have a really annoying problem here. Using my file manager like ES Explorer or Astro or Root Explorer, I can see movies that I downloaded with my phone. But when I connect it to my VAIO, I cant see them. Here is a screenshot of the movies in my phone and a screenshot of my laptop when I am exploring my Xperia.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] 4rch0:
try this :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1744878
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] UchihaDareNial:
or try to restart your phone first, n then connect it back...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] CONdemmedNORmal:
I have the same problem as that other guy even on stock Rom but restarting doesn't work, I think its something to do with bootloader being unlocked as it started after I unlocked it the second time
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] LilBlinx:
Use sd mounter
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] jamesocampo2002:
I did not unlock my bootloader and my phone is not rooted. Also, restarting does not work for me. This is the second time it happened to me. The first time it happened, I just restarted my phone and it's already fine. But, this time, it really is not working for me. Any other solutions? :rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Li-polymers:
Re: Rooting Problem With ADB Driver On Xperia S

Try this.

Download flash tool then install it.

The folder where you installed it there should be a driver folder where you can install drivers for xperia s.

Then use flashtool to root.

Good luck:D:D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] benchmarker:
Already I Have Installed Flashtool,Pccompanion,sony Upadate Service In all these things Phone is detecting ;)

Only In Rooting Tool Kit Says to check ADB :(

And if i check I has error That [Device Cannot Start 10] ReFer Image Attached With This :mad: :mad: :rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] m1st3r1:
Re: Rooting Problem With ADB Driver On Xperia S

Try: remove the Sony's driver. Take a look at flashtool\drivers (u said u've installed flashtool, and I assume it's the latest). Pick fastboot mode, flashmode, and anything that has xperia s in it, just in case. Run that as administrator. I only installed that driver, and have flashtool, fastboot, adb, and PC companion all working fine in my win8.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jacker60:
I have this same problem and tried everything I dont know what else to do :crying:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolvie77:
Hi! All. I just switched from the Galaxy S3 to the Xperia Z. Previously i could install 3rd party font pack & customise the font style used on the S3. I could use them on the app font, sms, LINE. But i don't seem to be able to do it on the Xperia Z. Anyone can advice?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dibdin:
I think you need to be rooted.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolvie77:
Anyway to confirm that rooting will allow this option?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gregor250385:
i was also busy a long time with changing my font, i didt like xperia font ,now i have roboto light.

i had to root my device and flash new font with CWM. good luck
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolvie77:
Will the installed fonts work in whatsapp, sms?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolvie77:
Will the fonts u installed work in sms & whatsapp?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fakhreza:
Root your device, and get "Font Installer" from playstore. It will work on sms, whatsapp, everywhere.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolvie77:
Thx for your help. it works partially. the font i installed doesn't work in sms. Also i have a font pack in the form of an apk. when i install the pack, i can't seem to find the fonts inside Font installer & installer. any idea how to retrieve the fonts & install?
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] colhavoc:
Hey,

I just got an MK808 TV Stick and I it's a pretty neat slick device. Like how small it is, and seems to be pretty fast (but, will probably flash some custom ROM on it soon).

Anyways, I want to use this as a replacement OS for my Smart TV and play Netflix/Hulu (have to root/market enabler to get this)/stream from my personal library, which is all shared on a raspberry pi PC via SMB. My Smart TV is DLNA compliant, but can't play all the different formats that I have accumulated over the years. My new stick TV PC, so far can handle it all.

Whats the best and easiest way to open files stored on SMB drives, and play them in a media play on my stick PC (right now, using VLC do to this). I say easy, in the sense that when my 6 year old kid wants to watch one of his movies he doesn't have to mount a drive via ES file explorer and choose what file from a list of directories like I am willing to do, but more of a "see the cover art, click and play" kind of way. I know XBMC would do most of this (if not all) but it only does software decoding, and I would like to have hardware.

Thanks in advance.
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] codlike:
Ive got an ICUBE mk809II, i also have a NAS (nsa310) with my network share on. I use solid explorer and you can map to your network drive with that by adding an SMB share. Hopefully you have root. You can also then do a shortcut on the desktop by doing a solid explorer widget to that network share.

The second way i've used is to download a CIFS/SMB app, MountManager seemed the best, and you a can make a virtual link to your network share which is by default in your mnt folder. If you wanted to use your tv stick as a torrent box, you can map to the network share, and point Adownloader to the virtual link in the mount folder and it will get to your share. Its then easy to bookmark to your SMB/network share by doing a widget in Solid Explorer on your desktop. So with one click from the desktop, your there, I mainly use MX Player over VLC player as VLC was having audio sync problems.
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] zmaki:
Try MIZUU BETA .
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] dnlgee:
Tried MX Player?
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] colhavoc:
Did, played some of my content, but not all of it. VLC so far is working ok.

Anyone have any idea how to install Finless rom with this? Can't seem to find much information on how to flash it, just what its features are.
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] colhavoc:
Wow zmaki, that was the perfect choice! App works great for streaming from my SMB shares and shows the cotent like XBMC, except with decent rendering!

I have to admit though, I wish the program had its own built in media player with codec support, that would make it the cats ass.
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] keithsipa:
PLEX works awesome, no problems with any streaming and it looks great.

colhavoc, welcome from hfx...
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] dannygud:
Hi,

The question here is the same issue I have wirh my new android miniPC to let my children (and even my self) an easy access to files stored on my PC.

My device is not rooted (not I'm goind to do so).

The device is conected over the same LAN (wi-fi is disabled).

I saw codlike two solutions ("solid explorer" or MountManager) but both need root, is there another solution?
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] Ather:
es file explorer?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] superdeman:
Hello I inadvertently flashed his XT910 XML firmware 4.1.2 for XT912. The telephone does not work. I tried unbrick, but it does not work, does not start recovery. Runs only bootloader error "Invalid CG OTV".

Help restore the phone, please.

Thank you!

I am sorry for my bad English, I use Google Translate

UPD:

Through RSD Lite to flash now can only XT912 JB.

The phone turns on, but does not load launcher etc.

Other firmware via RSD not even installed. An error "failed flashing process 13/18 flash system".
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Steven87:
I got that error too, try downloading the file again ut was a bad download or corrupted file...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] superdeman:
Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately, this does not resolve the problem.

I think we should wait for the XML JB XT910.