yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[One (M7) Accessories] debully:
Yeah. They obviously didn't have any kind of durability testing. Tip... Don't believe everything you read in reviews
[One (M7) Accessories] hpsauce37:
i have the double dip hard shell case on fine and find the fit is quite loose on the phone, the other thing that really bugs me is that the volume buttons dont work correctly. i have found that there is very little tactile feedback and that you then tend to press the buttons harder which then causes the area of the case around the buttons to miss shape..very poor which is a shame as i actually really like the overall look etc of it.

Anyone else found this or could i just have a bad case?
[One (M7) Accessories] Dharkan:
I think I'll get hard shell case.
[One (M7) Accessories] jah:
This is a fantastic phone so get any reasonable case for now until better 3rd party cases become available. I prefer the hard case over the HTC flip case.
[One (M7) Accessories] djbenny1:
i liked the hard case when i first saw it, but now i just think its cheap and nasty looking.

have a look at nillkin case. im using it now and posted pics in the "cases and covers" thread near the end
[One (M7) Accessories] RyanDawson:
The flip case is great, the only down side is that the microphone hole in the case doesn't line up 100% of the time and when making calls sometimes I have to take the phone out of the case for the person to hear me
[One (M7) Accessories] wez89:
Yes that is correct
[One (M7) Accessories] :No-Frost::
I would get the leather pouch from www.pdair.com, that way, the magnificent design of the phone will be visible every time I pull out the phone out from the pouch =)
[One (M7) Accessories] stratplayer:
My mate called me on his the other day, I kept telling him I couldnt hear him.

It turned out to be the HTC official flip case hole, as per other posts on here!

Luckily mine was free, but he paid £24 for it!! It's going back....

Personally if you look the hole on the outside is ok, but it tapers inwards and is like the tip of a needle inside, you could easily make it larger with a paperclip or jewellers screwdriver.

Although for £24, you shouldnt have to.
[One (M7) Accessories] franki_667:
this is the case i will be getting (Telstra AU wont be shipping until 16/04 so i have purchased the case in anticipation).

http://www.case-mate.com//htc-one-cases/case-mate-htc-one-barely-there-cases.asp
[One (M7) Accessories] silas184:
In the end I found a white case from ebay complete with screen protector and am very happy with it.

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTEwMFgxMzAw/z/r7MAAMXQlUNRTirg/$T2eC16JHJGwE9n)ySdEoBRTirgsQvQ~~60_1.JPG?set_id=8800005007

All cutouts correct and cutout for on off
[HTC Rezound] NapalmDawn:
Hi folks. I had an unrooted Rezound. I used the HTC Dev site to get it to an unlocked bootloader. I installed the Amon-Ra recovery and used it to flash the Infection JB ROM. Now it boots into the white HTC screen, goes slightly darker white and doesn't move. I can get back into recovery but after some wipes to clear up problems, now I'm stuck. It won't mount the internal or external SD cards. I *can* boot into fastboot but when I try to push a different ROM, I get the message that it doesn't an android info file.

I think I might be okay if I can use flashboot to flash maybe an ICS based ROM but I'm not sure. It seemed the phone originally didn't like the 32 gig SD card in there (one boot prior to the flashing it said damaged SD card). I popped it out, put it in a USB card reader and formatted it to fat32. Recovery threw an error when trying to access the SD card to do the flashing of the Infection ROM so I just flashed it from the copy I had placed on the internal SD. I'm guessing I might have to flash a standard boot.img from flashboot and try things again?.
[HTC Rezound] dragonstalker:
Try using the usb mount to access sdcard. you may have to reformat one if you have an extra one. Or format it prior to putting it in your Rezound. As long as you can access recovery you are not bricked.
[HTC Rezound] NapalmDawn:
Provided I can gain access to the SD card, what would be my next step? Flash an ICS rom?
[HTC Rezound] NapalmDawn:
When trying to access the internal SD from recovery, I get this error-can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p37 or mmcblk0p38. Invalid argument. If I try to flash anything from the SD card, it says that it is opening the package, gives another line and then kicks me right back to the recovery menu. From there, trying to pull up the external card leads to a blank directory unless I yank the battery and reseat the card (or potentially just reseating the battery). Does anybody have any ideas?
[HTC Rezound] michaelbsheldon:
fixit if you are s-0n

Look around xda, or google and find/download RUU 3.14.605.12, which should be an *.exe executable file.

Use a md5 checksum utility to confirm validity, boot into fastboot, and run this RUU.

It should make everything OK again.
[HTC Rezound] Snuzzo:
@Napalm

Format the sd card using your recovery.

If you still have it in its current state open the rom's zip file, copy out boot.img, and fastboot flash it. Then attempt booting like normal.
[HTC Rezound] NapalmDawn:
Thanks Michael and hi Snuzz! After doing more searching, I did notice an extra step in one of the roms I used. It mentioned about flashing the boot.img in hboot if S-On was true. For my rezound, yeah it's still S-on for me. When I get back to my main PC, I'll see what I can do. I really hope I can come back from it as I'm really looking fwd to upgrading from my Tbolt. The Rezound has such a nice camera and processor, I'd prefer not to have to go another route.
[HTC Rezound] NapalmDawn:
Oh my god. This is so horribly screwy. The problem all along.....it ws the stupid 32 gig SD card I was using. I put Rage 2.3 on a 16 gig card, tried to flash from that one and it worked perfectly. No need for the RUU. I'm happy I didn't need it because of this warning.

On the 32 gig card, the zip flash would go by very fast and then basically reboot the recovery. From there, well the thread covers that. As of right now, Rage 2.3 has booted and asking for initial setup info. Since Rage is going to be my first ROM on this device, anybody have any thoughts on it or comments on another they like more?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] domoarigato:
hey guys,

I think the power button on my EVO 4g LTE is going bad...

Initially I thought it was a ROM issue, but after re-flashing, I am lead to believe that the button itself is going bad.

Sometimes it will take more than one press to turn on / off the phone. The button itself feels mushy, and I've tried to blow some compressed air into it with no avail.

I have found a replacement power button and I plan on replacing it myself, not a big deal... Just curious if anyone else has experienced this with their evo before?

thanks
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] igotlostintampa:
nope never have, Though there are some power button software mods out there in SuperJelly and some others that you can use to keep that button feeling Fresh, Funky, And FLY!

>.> coffee, the things it makes you say.

Also Sweep2Wake will solve this issue in the future as well :) in a bunch of kernels out there.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ppcpirate:
there have been a few times where i've had to push the button couple of times to make the phone turn on. i usually thought i wasn't pressing it well enough since i have a tpu case on it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] grrmisfit:
i know this is old but i think i get this from dirtyracun soff. i had racun + meanbean and had this issue forever.. went back to stock to have sprint fix it and issue went away.. redid racun and put cm10 on there and bam issue is back
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] arcanecho:
The screen lag is a known issue with CM10.2, which is why you didn't experience that on stock.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] grrmisfit:
I'm using mean bean again and still the power button doesnt work half the time. Gonna try some stock rims I guess
[Sony Xperia ZL] hyelton:
I thought this needed to be made

Post the Mode you shot in.

This is prob the best pic I have gotten out of it.

Normal Mode:
[Sony Xperia ZL] Hardcore73:
Can you post some low light pictures please.
[Sony Xperia ZL] htc fan89:
Took this while driving I thought it looked aamazing. shot in superior mode
[Sony Xperia ZL] Dpk1:
I think the ZL camera sensor has potential. The auto mode works good at night and indoors. But have to play around with settings (normal mode) for good daylight shots. Here is a sample night shot using superior auto mode

View attachment 1845551
[Sony Xperia ZL] Hardcore73:
Sweet, keep them coming!
[Sony Xperia ZL] Psycownage:
Some more sample pics here camera seems pretty decent to me though can't compare to my D7000... the first two are direct from the phone, the second two are after compressed after uploading to facebook but colours still look good, rooted and managed to loose the originals ... idiot ;)

plus[dot]google[dot]com/photos/117360187922611075131/albums/5864605113240548737?authkey=CNbk37KWlZSCQg

^^ new user ftl
[Sony Xperia ZL] nutzuTo:
Nice one on smart mode :)
[Sony Xperia ZL] realpg:
the quality...

not so cool
[Sony Xperia ZL] stygian16:
I think the quality is good considering it was taken during driving...

Anyway, I posted a pic of my food since it was semi colorful (no options changed - superior auto mode)
[Sony Xperia ZL] hg3atintin:
Indoor test
[Sony Xperia ZL] safuan7822:
Low light pics with hdr on.
[Sony Xperia ZL] mat_oli:
Just wondering what settings/modes you guys are finding give the best results for outdoor daytime, indoor, and nighttime shots?

I've been using superior auto only so far, and find that the pics I take are quite noisy, even when it comes to outdoor shots with good daylight..
[Sony Xperia ZL] nutzuTo:
Normal mode
[Sony Xperia ZL] Sagtndy:
Sweet, keep them coming!
[Sony Xperia ZL] OttOiOttO:
Took it with ProCapture app.
[Sony Xperia ZL] einfachgaer:
My watch. :)
[Sony Xperia ZL] pancho_vx:
macro por Francisco Prado, en Flickr

Kukito saturado por Francisco Prado, en Flickr

Tormenta sobre viña por Francisco Prado, en Flickr
[Sony Xperia ZL] Gitaroo:
these looks great, how were they taken?
[Sony Xperia ZL] pancho_vx:
The firts and the second one was taken by Camera360 aplicatión and enhanced effect. This app got better fotos than the stock app in daylight situations.

The third was taken by normal mode, ISO 160, exposure 1,5 and point medition.
[Sony Xperia ZL] Gitaroo:
very nice, you can still see the chromatic aberration problem that the Z camera is having and some noise/compression problem in the second shot but overally much cleaner and sharper than the default Camera app.
[Sony Xperia ZL] pancho_vx:
Flickr turn down resolution. If you want i will send you the original archive.

I really need to recomend the Camera360 app for get more detailed fotos.
[Sony Xperia ZL] pikeylfc:
Went to the science museum in Philadelphia and took these of the butterflys thought it looked great
[Sony Xperia ZL] Qmann05:
Just a picture from a foggy night downtown
[Sony Xperia ZL] TitoXx:
Just taken in normal model with new firmware.
[Sony Xperia ZL] Linwood.Ferguson:
New firmware makes a HUGE difference

I updated to 253 this morning on the ZL, and did some very careful images before and after, same settings; also took some DSLR shots of the screen in controlled lighting (straight on only).

To me no difference in the screen, HUGE difference in the camera.

Here's a full width shot (I cropped height to not have such a large image) and underneath it a 1:1 enlargement of the same images.

I'm attaching a reduced quality image that I can attach, but the zip file contains the full resolution/quality of the comparison shots done as a 4 group image in photoshop. No post processing was done at all by me, no sharpening or color change. I took each shot 3 times in succession, and picked the best of each 3 group for the comparison, which I then did on a monitor and did a screen shot.

To me there's a huge difference in contrast and dynamic range in the after shots, as well as more detail. They seemed to have cranked back on the processing significantly.

Have an indoor shot as well, the difference there is not as dramatic but is still substantial in terms of detail present.
[Sony Xperia ZL] Gitaroo:
hows the file size?
[Sony Xperia ZL] Linwood.Ferguson:
Outdoor shot I posted, before = 2,816k, after 3,423k.

Indoor shot on this posting = 3,440k, after=3,353k

I have no explanation for the indoor shot being larger before.

This is a 1:1 side-by-side screen shot of an indoor image with average light (exif says 1/30th and iso 400 in the former 1/50th second ISO 320 in the after; I'm surprised the light was that different but it was lit from a window facing outdoors so it is possible).
[Sony Xperia ZL] Gitaroo:
sorry I mean before and after the firmware udpate, IRC the file size were really small.
[Sony Xperia ZL] Linwood.Ferguson:
That's what I just posted, two images, and a before and after size.
[Sony Xperia ZL] DoubleYouPee:
What mode are you using now?
[Sony Xperia ZL] hg3atintin:
Using latest mea 253 fw and normal mode with hdr
[Sony Xperia ZL] julianalexander:
i agree,camera 360 is nice app for photos...
[Sony Xperia ZL] Linwood.Ferguson:
Normal, non-HDR, 13mpx, touch focus. I've read the burst mode postings about it being better, and tried a few, and it is different (or was, have not tried with 253), but in this case just wanted to see what "normal" was.
[Sony Xperia ZL] julianalexander:
For zl mate whats your best cam settings??.. Im always on normal mode also,but using 3rd party app like cam360..
[Sony Xperia ZL] Linwood.Ferguson:
I haven't experimented a lot, but to me Normal mode, 13mpx is best with the new firmware. Haven't experimented much with other modes, most of them are just preset combinations.

HDR is two frames in succession, so unless your hand is steady and all objects in the frame are stationary, there's going to be some ghosting. So like any multi-frame HDR I would save it for special cases (wide range of lighting, no moving objects, and a way to hold the camera really still).

I haven't figured out if image stabilization is worth doing or not, and haven't found any definitive indication if it's optical (ie moving image path which might be very useful) or electronic (deblur through post processing which won't be really).

I like touch to focus and pick my spot.

I haven't done much video and don't know much about it.

But I haven't done a lot more experimenting. Frankly with 253 it got "good enough" for a cell phone camera and I was happy (the prior version was not good enough, and was quite disappointed, so thank you Sony). If I want real photography I use a real camera.
[Sony Xperia ZL] julianalexander:
Well said bro, thats why i ask cause i have been testing a lot of settings but i think im gonna stay with normal mode,i guess my eyes feel comfortably viewing it on mobile.i also compared settings to my photographer friend and yeah. Normal mode and sometimes plus hdr may do,bring good images.. And autofocus seems a very good catch but sometimes misfired.. He qouted its good viewing it on a smartphone,as he uses dslr's to often he sees the difference.. But glad that he praises the ability of zl's sensor..

By the way im on .434 still.. :thumbup:
[Sony Xperia ZL] dinkydong:
Taken with my ZL using the 253 firmware ...
[Sony Xperia ZL] Ingvarr:
I think ZL makes best 5mp pictures I've seen(and I think 5mp is most optimal resolution since its on the edge of optics resolution and uses full sensor area). On other phones I had, I had to take full res and then downscale to remove unneeded blurry pixels. With ZL no need to downscale at all.

And image stabilization also great.

[edit, sorry didn't notice Tapatalk resized them]
[Sony Xperia ZL] DoubleYouPee:
I hope those are crops
[Sony Xperia ZL] TechLife:
Bro these pics are cropped ???

mention Pl what setting you used for capture???
[Sony Xperia ZL] Faddy89:
No, these arnt cropped. I thought i take both with stock cam app but I just realized only second pic, the cat one, is from stock camera with superior automode. The first one is with line camera app.
[Sony Xperia ZL] Xadious:
Very impressive sharp photos there.

What do you mean by edge of optics? Does that mean that the ZL is only designed for 5mp but pushes to 13mp? I have an XperiaS and always been fairly disappointed with photo quality, thought about getting the ZL or Samsung. How did you find that info about optimal resolution? Just testing or is that info out there somewhere? Do you know the optimal res for XperiaS? Although, XperiaS is so behind that there aren't even many resolutions to choose from, just 2mp, 9mp and 12mp.
[Sony Xperia ZL] Ingvarr:
Manufacturers put more and more megapixels on camera sensors only because its relatively easy, and "megapixel race", as public thinks that "more megapixels = better".

Most of the phone cameras of this size top up about 5mp in maximum resolution that could resolve actual details. This resolution is limited by camera lens size, focus distance & aperture. Calculation is a big complex, but you can easily see when at maximum resolution "most thin line" on the photo takes more than 1 pixel - this means that sensor already has more pixels than optics could resolve. By trial and error I think 5mp is the closest to optical res.
[Sony Xperia ZL] ChuanHong:
Stock ROM JB 4.2.2 latest fw. Unroot

original images by Superior Auto Mode + Touch focus. From Malaysia

DSC_0153[1] by chuanhongcheong, on Flickr

DSC_0151[1] by chuanhongcheong, on Flickr

DSC_0154[1] by chuanhongcheong, on Flickr

DSC_0158[1] by chuanhongcheong, on Flickr

DSC_0157[1] by chuanhongcheong, on Flickr
[Sony Xperia ZL] danieldp1990:
I think the 307 was better in sharpness and quality than the 423 (4.2.2).....:(
[Sony Xperia ZL] sarobi:
Luckily you just think:D There is no such big difference that would be mentionable;)
[Sony Xperia ZL] danieldp1990:
il take some pics at night to see how well it performs :)
[Sony Xperia ZL] jug6ernaut:
Both have been cropped and were motion shots, but unaltered.
[Sony Xperia ZL] Mambobuzzz:
Made some pictures with .423 FW on ZL.

Auto+ mode:

Normal mode:

For me Auto+ is a bit over-saturated, normal a bit too dull on colours. I get same results on bad light conditions. Both modes have now equal detail quality. Sony definitely improved Auto+ mode... That's a good news...
[Sony Xperia ZL] sarobi:
I agree with you, second picture (normal mode) - the green colour is more natural.
[Sony Xperia ZL] Mambobuzzz:
A bit dull I must say. There was clear sunshine this day. Reality is somewhere between those two shots...
[Sony Xperia ZL] Julianocas:
Auto+ mode with 4.2.2:
[Sony Xperia ZL] rioferraz:
Street Presidente Vargas - Rio de Janeiro.

Showwww
[Sony Xperia ZL] mangatparamveer:
Try to use Camera 360. It is very much better than default camera app.

Sent via XPERIA ZL
[Sony Xperia ZL] Dlawson129:
Hey guys saw a story on GSMarena the other day and tried it out, it's apparently the camera from JB 4.3 . Seems to have less aggressive noise reduction algorithims compared to the native camera app. Also it works fully on our ZL (JB 4.2.2) with photoshere.
[Sony Xperia ZL] 23-10:
Taken last night at a TFC game. 423 Superior mode
[Sony Xperia ZL] DoubleYouPee:
But no 16:9 options.......
[Sony Xperia ZL] Mambobuzzz:
And no option to select SD card as storage place... That is really bad...
[Sony Xperia ZL] 99tharun:
Auto+ mode with 4.2.2
[Sony Xperia ZL] brenopapito:
Auto+ with 4.2.2

São Thomé das Letras - MG - Brazil
[Sony Xperia ZL] vv91xv:
Xperia ZL
[Sony Xperia ZL] Chxrlyglez:
Four from my ZL...

Xperia Z1 mod V7 with manual configuration
[Sony Xperia ZL] t3ddy2003:
Camera Apps

[MENTION=535343]all[/MENTION]

Guys just wanna ask what are the camera apps recommended to our Xperia ZL?

trying this camera 360 and camera fv-5. what do you think is the best or i stick to stock camera?

thanks in advance. btw, nice shots.
[Sony Xperia ZL] hanh767:
Try snapseed it has great effects..
[Sony Xperia ZL] ijaz90:
Auto+ ,stock camera

Edited using snapseed.
[Sony Xperia ZL] danieldp1990:
for me The .244 version of 4.2 is much better on camra than the latest .67, i was on 67 and now on 244
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matintorkkanfar:
hello

i have a stylistic M532 tablet.

insert 3g sim cart disconnect the wifi connection, and wifi display " Not in Range" message.

the wifi don't connect until i eject sim cart.

please tell me do you have same problem in your country?

pleeeeeeeeeeease help me!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eternalduck:
Hello! I'm in Russia and in some places wifi behaves strange way -- it detects a network, I login to it and then it falls out of range and "connecting" is hanging... or it connects for a second and drops immediately trying to reconnect.. And at home everything is ok.. Ejecting sim or entering flight mode doesn't help..

Have you solved this?
[Sony Xperia ZL] xXYoshiXx:
I don't have the Xperia zl right now but am planning to get one if it gets released in Germany but maybe some of the owners can help me out with my question.

I saw that the Xperia z and zl have toggles in the status bar. Can they be deactivated in settings? If not, Is it possible to edit the systemUI.apk or maybe another file in the system to remove them?
[Sony Xperia ZL] hyelton:
They cant be took away by a simple setting, But May be able to be removed via messing with the SystemUI. Not sure why you would not want them though.
[Sony Xperia ZL] xXYoshiXx:
I want them removed because I don't like their style and rather use widgetsoid for status bar toggles, but having both looks ugly so I would like to remove the stock status bar toggles.

Maybe someone can give me a tip which file to mess with to remove them.
[Sony Xperia ZL] sturmtruppler:
AW: Deactivating status bar toggles

Can you add/delete some of the toggles? Which are available?
[Sony Xperia ZL] hyelton:
Nope:(
[Sony Xperia ZL] krabappel2548:
Modifying SystemUI to remove toggles shouldn't be too hard :)
[Sony Xperia ZL] xXYoshiXx:
Do you know how to modify it?
[Sony Xperia ZL] krabappel2548:
Yes :) I'll take a look tonight or tomorrow :)
[Sony Xperia ZL] xXYoshiXx:
Thank you :good:
[Sony Xperia ZL] xXYoshiXx:
Another question I got while reading through the XZ forum: As both, XZ and XZL, are the same regarding OS and hardware it should be possible to use Mods on the ZL designed for the Z? I think custom roms is another field as there should be differences with for example the baseband but mods should work or am I completely wrong?
[Sony Xperia ZL] Trafford Devil:
Any update on this? Could someone make a guide on how to remove the toggles?
[Sony Xperia ZL] xXYoshiXx:
Now that we're at modifying the SystemUI I have another question related to this topic. Is it enough to rename an icon (for example the one used for stamina mode) to remove it from being shown in the notification bar? As I read through some topics and looked at screenshots there are some icons I would like to remove from displaying when I get my Xperia ZL.

As the Xpeia ZL has an odexed ROM I guess I have to first deodex it, there is an guide of tickle my android I guess that describes how it is done, I guess it can be applied to the XZL?

Thanks in advance for answering.
[Sony Xperia ZL] Trafford Devil:
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
[Sony Xperia ZL] tenshi888:
You might want to check the Xperia Z thread as they have been doing this and that phone has had a good head start in terms of XDA dev. Since they are quite similar, the mod might work for the ZL as well.
[Sony Xperia ZL] xXYoshiXx:
I read through the Xperia Z forum but didn't find a mod that could remove the toggles, did you found one?
[Sony Xperia ZL] Trafford Devil:
Ok, I found this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38723261 mod in the Xperia z forum but the link isn't working. Maybe if we all ask the guy to put another working link he'll put it up because so far he hasn't reuploaded the link for the 3 people who've asked him to.
[Sony Xperia ZL] DREMA:
Any luck getting this done?
[Sony Xperia ZL] ryude:
It should be as simple as finding/replacing the smali code to match the mods for Z. I'd have to take a look at it, but if the Z/ZL are indeed the same then all the mods should work.