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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Junes666:
I was trying to flash the Cyanogen rom on my Tf300t but it was not working, so in the process of trying to get it to work, I accidentally wiped the OS off of my tablet. At that point I just wanted to give up on Cyanogen and just get regular Android OS back on there. I went to the Asus website and downloaded what I believe is the Android 4.2.1 firmware. TWRP doesn't recognize my SD card so I had to do some weird adb command line stuff to get what I downloaded from Asus on to my tablet. When I tried to flash the download I got, it just said error. I tried deleting the cache and all stuff relating to that, but nothing I do makes it work. The file name of what downloaded is TF300T-US_epad-user-10_6_1_8-UpdateLauncher.zip. I don't know if that information is of use, but I might as well include it. I just want a working android OS on my tablet. If anyone could help me do this, that would be amazing. Thank you so much.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] derrickmd18:
ok here it goes my ex gf who i have a shared planwith got mad at me because i broke up with her cut off my phone. i still owe tmobile 300 for it and i was paying my bill and half of hers. can i go with another carrier with my phone like simple mobile or straight talk? or can i call tmobile and try to get my phone on a prepaid plan? she is using my employee discount for her contract.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bikrame:
Re: pissed off ex

You can go other carrier with same no. But to stay on T mobile you gotta pay 300, even to change on prepaid.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] derrickmd18:
i don't even use my number i used google voice for all my calls and text.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] marseillesw:
Re: pissed off ex

And get her off YOUR employee discount

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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] clninja:
Re: pissed off ex

The 300 you owe isn't tied to your phone or your number.,.. It's tied to the account. When you cancel a line that still owes on the phone, the remaining balance owed gets put on the next bill. So her next bill will be $300 higher.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Pennycake:
Yeah, but if she doesn't pay it there's nothing they can do and they'll just blacklist the IMEI.

I dunno if you could work something out with T-Mobile or what.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lojak29:
Factory unlock it via hidden dialer method if you think the imei will.be blacklisted and go with simple mobile.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] deron37129:
Use net10 its cheaper unlimted and no need to unlock your device
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Sachin Patel:
hiii everyone..

i am trying to decompile settings.apk (of hyperion 8) but i was failed..:(

i also try with another roms settings.apk but i again failed and i use proper framework-res.apk

can anyone give me a guide to decompile settings.apk of any rom///:confused:

i attache the screenshot of 'apktool error'
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Sachin Patel:
Re: decompile settings.apk

ok i will try but can you tell me how to load hyperion-res and twframework??:confused:

is it similar to framework-res.apk?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] A_Reloaded:
Re: decompile settings.apk

In your Username/.apktool folder, paste twframework res. Apk and rename it as 2.apk.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Sachin Patel:
Re: decompile settings.apk

it works:)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] kbadulis74:
Hi,

The easiest way to decompile apps for me is by using the APK Multi Tool.. Website: apkmultitool.com/
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Reynaldi:
do u mean need to sign system apps to?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] 74M3NUMB3RS:
If u edited android manifest.xml u need to sign all system apps but if u didnt touch androidmanifest.xml just sign d app not all system apls

SNT FRM D PHILIPPINES :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Recon0212:
So I've had this issue with the newest AOKP and newest unofficial CM10.1. Sometimes when I press the lock button the screen will freeze, but not turn off. And when I press it again it goes to the lock screen. Basically, the screen never turns off and is only fixed by a reboot. It also changed my wallpaper back to the default jb theme.

Any ideas how to fix this?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Sumanyu:
Guys need help. i'm having problem in downloading paranoid android rom 1.4a for xperia u...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2077311

please someone mirror the download links.
[Xperia Z General] ethan3686:
http://tech2.in.com/news/smartphone...ew-android-smartphones-later-this-year/855412

So they are just gonna churn out phones after phones..Xperia Z will be forgotten even before the end of the year this way..And apart from that..why so many phones? And with same capabilities of XZ? Whats wrong with sony..Htc just learnt its lesson!
[Xperia Z General] Al Gore:
Releases of new phones won't make your Z any worse, FYI.

As long as Sony release 4.2.2 and hopefully 5.0 there's nothing wrong with them spamming the market.
[Xperia Z General] ethan3686:
Its not just about firmware..If you release so many phones in the market the brand value of a flagship like XZ decreases as your giving same features and water/dust proofing on lower end phones.. what was so unique about XZ? this was one of the key factors.
[Xperia Z General] decadan1977:
Well Sony are not going competed in the mobile market only releasing a couple of handsets pair year. If they did they may as well just go home. Think Apple are the only manufacturer that could truly do that at present. Remember Sony are struggling at the moment. So if this is there business strategy then so be it. I still love my XZ price depreciation and all.
[Xperia Z General] amankapoor4:
Well company needs to capture the market, Z is already running on an old processor, flagship from HTC and Samsung are using faster processors already, they have to keep up the fight with them. That said i am sure Z will get upgraded to 5.0 and we should not care much about other phones.
[Xperia Z General] ethan3686:
XZ does not have an 'old' processor..Yes its S4 Pro but its clocked and implemented in such a way that its 2 time faster than nexus 4 with the same processor.

Everything can be run on an XZ that S4 and HTC one can do..There is nothing they can do extra. The jump from XZ to ONE is 30% and that is just benchmarks..In real life usage you will be able to use any app or game that the HTC ONE plays..Battery endurance test on gsm arena is same 48hr for both..Btw HTC ONE Gl graphics benchmark is just 30 fps..Which is lower than XZ :D

P.S- XZ is cheaper than HTC ONE AND S4...I got it for 644$ in my country..S4 and HTC ONE are coming for Around 773$
[Xperia Z General] randomuseresato:
While I do understand you might feel bad that your Z will get outdated soon, you should also understand the situation Sony is in currently.

The Mobile business is THE most crucial business for Sony currently and their future depends on it. If they can consolidate market share further and grab the No.3 spot with a solid lead over HTC, Huawei, ZTE etc it will secure the future of Sony Group as a whole.

So new phones will definitely keep coming this year as Sony needs to survive. :)
[Xperia Z General] zodiac100:
I think it's a bad mistake. Dilution of the brand can never be a good idea. This is not a question about keeping up with the competition, if they wanted to do that, then they should have strived to release the Z with the 600 cpu. Releasing devices with that cpu in September or October will not make any impression because by then all eyes will have turned to the 800 cpu and whatever Qualcomm has to offer after that.

This strategy didn't turn out too well for the Xperia T, the phone that quick time forgot. Even the Xperia S is still regarded by most as Sony's flagship of 2012.

Sony should not get too involved in the spec race, well as far as cpus go anyway. The s4 pro on the Z is plenty fine and it's not it's weakness.

Sony's major problem is software development, everywhere you look the Xperia brand is being let down by software. Whether it be releasing phones with dated os and taking forever to update. The Xperia S is still waiting for JB while the galaxy s2, Samsung's phone of 2011 is about to get it if it hasn't already.

On top of that, you often get very weak software from Sony that takes ages for them to improve.

The software on my Z is its weakest link, whether it be the ui lag or the poor camera software that means you really have to take your time to get the best results from the camera.

Again and again, the hardware is being let down by the software.

Considering how lean and feature poor the Sony software is, it's really shockingly poor that it takes them so long to a) release stable builds and b) roll out updates.

Samsung's touchwiz is packed to the hilt with loads of software additions but yet, Samsung get it out quicker, up to date, and more stable than Sony can dream of right now.

For me, this is where Sony falls down really badly. They really need to bring in some excellent developers to turn things around.

Having a so called flagship waiting almost a year for a software update is just pathetic.

I said it before, I'll reserve my final judgement on the Z until I see the 4.2.2 software because I know it takes Sony linger than most to put out decent and stable software. Also the 4.1 has little or no software additions from Sony with the exception of the new launcher which I think is a bit ridiculous without an overview mode and the stamina mode and new camera app. Everything still looks the same from the gingerbread days.
[Xperia Z General] Aman27deep:
Too many new phones will simply mean delayed updates.

The r&d team remains the same.
[Xperia Z General] thegregulator:
I agree with your software complaint. The fact the camera takes 3 seconds to open is completely unacceptable, especially considering the Xperia S was so fast at booting up the camera. That said, I don't have too many problems with the software on the Z.

This is my first Sony smartphone, but I've noticed Sony almost always releases phones with outdated software AND dated computing hardware. The Xperia S was the first dual core Sony smartphone (I think) and it was months behind the Sensation, North American S2,and many others, all while having the same processor. Same goes for the Xperia T.

The fact that Sony intends to release so many phones this year probably has something to do with getting their high end devices to as many carriers/countries as possible. For instance, the Xperia Z isn't available in Canada. We're getting the ZL. In any event, coupling Sony's reputation for not releasing timely updates and the fact they're going to allegedly have 4-5 flagship devices this year, I'm not confident we're going to see many significant updates. Hopefully CM is able to keep us up to date!
[Xperia Z General] Montague:
It isn't a new thing from Sony anyway... I have never use smartphone other than Sony 's for my entire life and it was since somewhere around x10 to x arc period they started to release phones to different target user like flagship, middle range and budget phones In each year.
[Xperia Z General] doministry:
They simply replaced with smartphones their previous portfolio.

And this is natural. Every other OEM does that exept Apple.

This is good for the company to support all the market niches.
[Xperia Z General] KidCarter93:
Would you rather they release phone to cater for everyone's budget OR be like apple and only sell expensive devices?

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[Xperia Z General] ethan3686:
^Seriously! Its not about them releasing multiple phones..Its about them releasing SO MANY phones.. :confused:

Why not one for budget, mid-range and flagship? This is what i mean!
[Xperia Z General] KidCarter93:
Simple. To make money. They know that if they release 12 phones in a year, for example, that 3 will sell REALLY well, 6/7 will sell fairly well and the remaining probably won't sell very well. But each one of those is still a sale which means more money for the company.

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[Xperia Z General] zodiac100:
The ZL is understandable as it's an experimental device to see how users react to the form factor. If it does well, I'm pretty certain Sony's flagship of 2014 will follow the same style. But if they release another flagship this year, that'll really piss me off, there is no need for a 600 cpu replacement for the Z. The Zs got all the raw power it needs. Flagship devices should stand for a year at least, the successful companies follow that principle. They can release a note style device this year but a new flagship smartphone, that demeans the Xperia brand, not to talk of the consequences for software support. They shouldn't go down that road again. Like I said before, software is their greatest weakness and I'd like to see signs that all resources are consolidated and brought to bare to offer the best possible user experience to a dedicated line of phones. If Sony don't address this software issue soon, I could conceivably go Samsung next year. HTC have proved that they don't quite no which way to go.

I also have a feeling that the gs4 will be the last cheap looking Samsung flagship we'll see. The s5 I expect will be different because it must be obvious to Samsung that that's it's weakest link too.

I also believe that Samsung is slowly beginning to accept that it's own proprietary stuff can't compete. We're likely to see them move away from super amoled to solux LCD displays and from exynos to snapdragon. We can see that happening already as 70% of s4s will use the 600 cpu. I don't think they'll have an exynos that can take on say a 2.3ghz cortex a15 snapdragon 800 cpu.
[Xperia Z General] Akiainavas:
What's wrong with releasing 4-6 phones a year ? They need to address the whole market, not only high-end devices, but also low-end, mid-end and entry level. Now people seem to have a problem with too many phones being released... seriously, what the hell has gotten into you people ?
[Xperia Z General] thegregulator:
But Sony is releasing 4-5 flagship devices. From the looks of it, 3 are coming out with the Qualcomm 600 cpu, and likely another with the Qualcomm 800 at the end of the year. Good for them but I suspect it will leave those of us with Xperia Z and ZL's waiting longer for updates.
[Xperia Z General] darth5zaft:
Then wouldn't the obvious demand is for sony to hire more software engineer than to demands that they stop making more phone?

Other thing from other post is that isn't The other obvious answer on why they cant just release 3 phone a year for different price range is because HTC has done it with their one series and by the looks of it, the strategy fails miserably.

And I think from the time of the arc, sony had released 2 flagship a year, so not sure why people still think they will only do just one. The thing about sony is it main market are where people buy PAYG and without subsidies. So people are really price sensitive. Releasing 2 flagship would land sony as the cheapest but most powerful phone on the block. The Z here in Malaysia can be bought at around us550. Making it slightly more expensive than the nexus 4 and S3. The hTC one and S4 are a cool us200 more. The xperia V, which are much better than the s3 is now at US300, making it even cheaper than the S2.

Interesting enough by doing what a lot of people here hates, sony climb to number 2 spot just behind Samsung, while HTC with their one series experiment that people here seems to love drop even lower. So I guess, they are on the right track.
[Xperia Z General] kalo88:
All it looks like they're doing is throwing loads of phones out on the market and hoping one sticks and becomes successful.

The more devices they release the more delays it will cause with updates.

Bad move in my opinion but they obviously know better.

You do get the sense though with Sony that once a new mobile comes out their 'previous flagship' is dropped like a sack of *bleep* and it takes forever for anything to be updated.
[Xperia Z General] SmallsXD:
4-5 flagships? A flagship is determined by the company not the spec. The Z is their H1 flag ship, they may release a H2 flag ship as well, all other devices are supplimentary. The S was the H1 flagship for 2012 but no1 considered the Acro S to be a replacement flag ship although it brought water proofing with similar specs to the S.

To break it down. what Domoco is getting is irrelevant to the rest of the world for example they got the SX but that was never made available outside of Japan to the best of my knowledge and we had to wait more than 3 months to get the GX which becames the TX for international users.

Let us say they Bring out a s800 H2 flag ship, that may be accompanied by a region based sister phone (a la T/TX,Z/ZL). Then the mid range may be covered by a couple s600 phones and possibly a low end s4 phone.

Sony releases phones in batches so I do not see the problem.

eg S/P/U, T/V/J/E, Z/ZL/SP/L so it is safe to assume the H2 batch exists and also their "prototype" devices they make cheap to test features like floating touch/our new led notification lights.
[Xperia Z General] DarkKrypt:
I say 3 flagships a year - one at the beginning of year,

A phablet and another flagship mid year around July/August, so there is always 6/7 months between flagships.

2 mid ends

2 low ends

I'll be fair and say maybe 2 entry level aswell but if they want to get to the top keep it simple.

So 9 total

Don't even touch double digits.
[Xperia Z General] RoberM:
Maybe Samsung Updates have loads of software, they get them out quicker, up to date, BUT they are everything but stable, i have been suffering them for two years, and now it is over. i prefer one stable Sony's firmware over ten Samsung's over-bloated beta firmwares.

Cheers.
[Xperia Z General] darth5zaft:
Furthermore samsung upgrade only few certain devices rather than the whole portfolio.

If i want poorly supported, try the original tab 7 & 10, tab 7.7, and the sleep of phone without the "S" moniker. Heck even the original galaxy S
[Xperia Z General] OsiBasi:
This year Sony has upgraded many devices, and very stable as well, my girlfriend has the xgo and it received Jb 2 weeks ago. And it's a low end forgotten device.

And they're gonna upgrade all 2012 phones, except for tipo, the 70£ phone.
[Xperia Z General] Montague:
I only use Sony ' s phone for my entire life. Releasing number of phones in each year isn't a news for Sony since quite some time ago. And I would have to agree that high end spec phone doesn't necessarily mean that it's the flagship , the flagship is usually determined by Sony.
[Xperia Z General] maiku2501:
Historically, Japanese carriers have refreshed their phone lineups every season. This could just be Sony's attempt to stick with that trend.
[Xperia Z General] ryude:
Sony's 2H flagship phone will use a new display that is supposed to be competing with the SLCD3 and Galaxy S4 displays. It's called "WhiteMagic": http://developer.sonymobile.com/2012/02/27/introducing-whitemagic-the-technology-in-xperia-p/

The difference, it appears, is that this time it will be an IPS-based "WhiteMagic" display.
[Xperia Z General] LBTaylor1984:
TBH while I hate the concept of having a phone which is out dated by new models, I do believe that the Xperia Z is such a well put together device this isn't the end for it. You look at the like of other manufacturers, Samsung, HTC etc there all pushing updated software with more features, and more power.

Two things stand out to me;

1) The Xperia Z has the premium materials you'd expect of the iPhone giving you a handset which is purposeful and useful

2) Software should be more about real world usefulness, in example the smart rotation of the Samsung phones took approximately 3 seconds to analyse whether you had rotated the handset. Making it a nightmare to use in real life.

Now if we take those two points into consideration we realise that a cheaply made Samsung with features which aren't practical is actually not as good as the Xperia Z.

If Sony do decide to release more phones this year, this can only be a good thing as they will be able to accommodate the different levels in the market. Not everyone can afford a flagship phone, some people might prefer a smaller screen like the iPhone. If the Xperia Z design language is pushed into a 3.8-4" screen perhaps some of the iPhone users will move over to android, since they are more interested in the phone construction than gimmick software like Samsung.

This month I'm planning on buying the Z tablet as its the first tablet I've liked the look and feel of, the phone is great and the tablet is a larger version so it's win win. The whole reason Apple have been so successful is because they know that the hardware design and aesthetics is more important than the software to a certain extent.

The day's of plastic bodied android phones is coming to an end as people want a product which feels expensive in the hand, and since android is pretty similar on all devices the quality of the handsets is more important
[Xperia Z General] lee480:
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I think Samsung practices this? Didn't Samsung release a new phone today and a few last month? My ion isn't forgotten. It's getting JB this month and the current ICS builds have no bugs, that I can encounter.

And just for your information, I have no idea why you guys have the illusion HTC One is launched in 4.2? It is still on JB 4.1! Stop those nonsense post that Sony's going to lose badly as they have outdated android version. This is totally false. Majority of consumers don't give a damn about android version, fortunately. Only the few people *****ing about android version upgrade ends up here in XDA, sadly.
[Xperia Z General] whoelsec:
History will repeat itself again if Sony released more than 10 models this year.

Xperia Z will be this year's Xperia S. Next year Xperia Z's users will cry for sony putting Android 5.0 update to Xperia Z last, like what they did to Xperia S.

Last year they released 15 international models, if you include variants for each models, that will be around 20 phones.

So far, Sony has released 5 models in 5 months. They need to slow down and focus on good all-in-one package instead of experimental models like Sola, Xperia P, etc...

Anyway, Sony is doing well this year so far, their future is on their own hands now.

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Seriously? Sony's firmware is not always stable, especially the first firmware for a phone or new Android version, almost like a beta.

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Other than the Xperia Z, which other Sony phones are made of materials other than plastics??

People sounds like only Samsung uses Plastics for their phones...

I prefer good plastic finish over shiny aluminium any day. Aluminium is overrated.

Recent Sony's plastic back cover is quite fingerprint and scratch resistant, which is a good thing because I don't like to put on cases to my phones.
[Xperia Z General] danw_oz:
Sony Xperia Z + no news of this, or you guys know something that any of us know?

Sony have not mentioned they are going to release a plus model of any Sony phone, nor are there any claims.

Although now they have got to Z, they might have to go back to a ;)
[Xperia Z General] MJ_QaT:
Xperia P was aluminum finish :)