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[Galaxy S 4 General] BarryH_GEG:
Said the man with the unrepairable phone. ;)

Repairibility is kind of important in a couple of ways. A difficult to repair device is as bad for the manufacturer as it is for the consumer. If what would normally be nominal warranty repairs end up requiring device replacement the manufacturer is going to look to offload those costs to consumers either through increased claims of "customer induced damage" or classifying defects as cosmetic which aren't covered under warranty. And manufacturers that void warranties for unlocking bootloaders have already demonstrated their view on absorbing warranty repair costs.

Replacing a back cover on a Galaxy device is $20 and a new polycarbonate casing for a One X is $125 installed. Display replacements for both are $150-200. Both can also be done by customers themselves to save money if they have the skills. What the impact of low repairibility really is won't be known for a couple of months when people start posting both their warranty experiences and costs compared to other devices for typical repairs. Look at it this way, if repairibility didn't matter manufacturers wouldn't invest as much as they do to achieve high degrees of it.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SlimJ87D:
Well think about it, something as simple as your battery permanently dying can't be replaced.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Basil3:
I have a 2 year warranty.....

I can understand replaceable screens, but I have spent €330 replacing my girlfriend's S3 screen twice. I could get a decent second hand S3 for that.

@Barry I somehow manage to sleep at night, even in the knowledge that ifixit couldn't even figure where to start when tearing down the One :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] Trentors:
I agree. And it will day someday and the performance will also decline constantly.

That is the main reason for buying a phone with replaceable battery. In a couple of years when I may want to sell my phone, who will buy it when the battery will be dramatically reduced after within the first year they bought it? At least LG tried to remedy this with their 800-cycle battery that should live 50% longer than ordinary Li-Poly. But there is NO indication that the HTC One uses this kind of battery :( It is a deal breaker for me and one of the main reasons I choose SGS4.
[Galaxy S 4 General] BarryH_GEG:
Link to HTC rebutting iFixit's review and providing the proper instructions for opening the phone without damaging it? They test dozens of devices a year. Give them some credit for being able to figure out how to open them. And HTC's had no problem using Twitter as a megaphone so I'd think if they were slandered by a "1" reparability rating that wasn't accurate they'd have said something in their defense.

And your two year warranty and even insurance doesn't cover cosmetic damage. What if it's dropped and deforms which even a TPU case wouldn't protect it from and you want/need to replace the casing? Frail device + low reparability = not good. The One's a gorgeous phone and a lot of people will be drawn to it for that reason. But you can't tout its best feature without also discussing the potential down sides. The real test isn’t our discussion about what “might” happen; it’s the experience of owners over the next couple of months. If there’s some secret button on the outside of the phone that you press to have it pop apart that iFixit missed I’ll be the first to humbly apologize. Same thing if drops don't create the deformation Android Authority experienced.

This was from 4' in Android Authority's drop test...
[Galaxy S 4 General] Basil3:
Funnily enough, there is a 'secret button' to unlock the One.

As someone pointed out in the One forums, the phone would be heated to a certain temperature, where the bonds would essentially fall apart and the phone could be repaired. It's also fairly obvious that way to dismantle the one is via the speaker grills.
[Galaxy S 4 General] BarryH_GEG:
For that to be true, one of the following had to happen:

1) After taking the device completely apart iFixit realized that removing the glued-on speaker grills was the correct way to dismantle the device and, rather than admitting their original approach was wrong, published a story that was factually inaccurate and to a degree slandering HTC's 2013 flagship.

2) No matter which way you approach it, there's no good way to disassemble a One resulting in the replacement of components unrelated to whatever's necessitating the repair.

I guess time will tell which of the two is correct. ;)

And this has nothing to do with how iFixit actually accessed the guts of the phone.

Nine steps after prying the display assembly up from the case, we finally get a look at it on its own. Just like we saw earlier with the battery, this component can't be replaced without removing everything from the rear case…and then first taking out the motherboard.​

Here's what it comes down to. HTC's development goal for the One was design. Anything packaging related was compromised to achieve it including moving the power button from the more logical right side to the left. So, to achieve their design goal, everything was crammed in to the device in whatever way was necessary to support a unique antenna structure because of the aluminum, meet dimensional and weight targets, and deliver a beautiful device. So kudos to HTC for pulling it off. But that doesn't absolve them of the impact to reparability their approach caused. And like you said in your first post how much it matters is still a question.
[Galaxy S 4 General] F9zSlavik:
I didn't have warranty on my s3 when the screen broke. Not everyone has the option to get warranty, especially accidental.

So yes, it is extremely important to know how easy it is to fix a device when you don't have warranty. Especially if your like me that pays full price. I don't like contracts.

It's like my laptop. I have a gaming laptop that I bought 3 years ago. Video card died. It had a 5870m ATI. I could, 1, buy a new gaming laptop for 2k. Or 2, buy a newer video card, spend 500 bucks on a 7970m, mod the cooling, and walla. Fixed, plus I get another 5 years out of it because of the awesome video card (6 times the performance). Warranty was only good for 2 years. This laptop is one of the few that is OMG SO SIMPLE to repair. Modding the cooling for the new video card was a task that took 6 hours. Got my money worth.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Basil3:
I'm talking about warranty, not insurance. Warranty will never cover you breaking your screen.

You're right though, if you plan on owning something past the warranty period, then repairability might be important to you.

Over the last 6 or so years, I have had 7 HTC's and 3 Samsung's. I have never had to pay for a repair (unless you count 2 repairs for the screen of my girlfriend's S3), and my HTC Hero had a defect, so was replaced next day by my mobile provider.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tyler.Boston1:
Im using hyperdrive rls 10 the multicarrier rom and its only giving me H+ and 3g and i frequently get the circle which doesnt let me call or text, is there a fix?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BAM1789:
Make sure you double check your APN, some will not give LTE.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nepal1:
i do have same problem everytime

i also have same problem single dropping, only getting h+ n 3g i tried to create new apn also but didnt worked
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tyler.Boston1:
I've made sure I used the late apn but still no lte.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
Did you check your Network Mode?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
Did you flash all the fixes mentioned in the thread ? Also do the above and see if it is on GSM/WCDMA/LTE
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tyler.Boston1:
Yea I did but every time I click GsM/WD CMA/lte it doesn't stick it keeps it on WD CMA only
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
have you tried the attltefix.zip that's in the dev section ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tyler.Boston1:
I did once and I didn't nandroid and it bricked me but I'll try it again this time
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
Its shouldn't do anything like that.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SpiderJames:
Im also having this problem, I think I have tried almost everything mentioned in a lot of the threads here, yet I feel like there has to be one more thing I am missing. Ive tried flashing modems, doing the ATTLTE fix, changing my APN, wiping and reflashing, I feel like Im missing something that is so obvious yet I cant figure it out, because this seems like a somewhat common problem, yet everyone has been able to fix it somehow.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Vfan23:
Would anyone object to me providing links and an updated ROM list? I'll provide the name of the dev and I'll provide the base (tw or aokp or cm)?

If anyone objects please let me know. :)

Sent from my 'milky' white S3 on the ever-getting-better Sprint network.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Vfan23:
Stock/ Stock Modified

Freeza

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1910947

Awesome stock based ROMs. Many, many base bands, kernels, ROMs etc!

Sextape 4.1.2 Premium Suite MC3 Leak

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2228368

Awesome 100% stock base leak. Rooted and nonrooted version.

Team Venom 4.1.2 Highly Themed

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1795687

Nice, popular themed ROM.

Team Noobz presents MOAR

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2116531

Nice morphology 4.1.2 ROM.

Dazednconfused present Wicked Jellybean

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1973780

Nuff said :)

Kennyglass123 presents The People's ROM

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2013463

No introduction required for Kenny!

This post is a test. Many many more to come.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
One of our xda members, Hamspiced, has put together a wiki, amongst which all roms are listed and sortable
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Also Flastnoles11 has an FAQ in the Q/A section which lists all roms and they are separated by TW and AOSP and links to each.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Vfan23:
Damn! Well sorry to clutter the general section. I searched everywhere and couldn't find an updated one. Lol. My bad guys.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
It's all good, the idea was good but it's been done here's the link to Flast thread, second post has roms http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38172219

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Vfan23:
Never made it to post 2. Mod, please close my sad attempt at helping. Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
It was a good thought though... I also have all kernels, separated by tw and aosp and all the most popular mods in my FAQ as well

SPRINT GS3 FAQ
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] mad101dan:
Hi

I have just bought a XDA II and have never owned any type of pda before.

I have downloaded a chess game, which when I unzip it has 4 files all starting chessgenius and then ending with either .mips .sa .sh3 and one that says its configuration settings.

Please take pity on such a noob and explain what i do next.

Thanks

Dan
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] cruisin-thru:
You need the one with the sa which means strongarm.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] mad101dan:
Thanks for the reply, but I am a total noob (at the moment), what do I do with the .sa file ?

Thanks again

Dan
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Jos:
Dan,

If the file you downloaded is a .cab file, you don't have to unzip it.

Copy it to your XDA (right-click on the active sync icon near the clock on the pc and choose "Explore").

On your XDA, just open the file with the file explorer and it installs the chess program.

Grtz,

Jos
[Samsung Infuse 4G] brian Marshall:
Pretty much every time I flash a JB ROM my infuse is fine for a few days. Sometimes even a week. Perhaps a bit laggy, but I guess that's expected given the outdated hardware.

Then eventually I start getting having these two issues

1) random shut offs - in this case the phone sometimes will not boot unless I pull the battery and put it back in.

2) or an error that reads something like "unfortunately System UI has stopped"

I can press "okay" and then get the error again over and over. I can only get out of it by pulling the battery, or holding the power button down.

I did go back to GB for a while and did not have any of these problems.

All my apps are installed from the play store, not restored from a backup. I do not overclock or undervolt.

I'd simply blame hardware, except I don't seem to have problems with GB.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] DarK_DemoN:
This has always happened to me as well. I would say that its due to incompatibility with JB. Wasn't so bad on ICS but I found that on JB I would be reflashing after only about 2 weeks because it got so bad.

-Sent from that.... you know.... thing that sends these things-
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Yianaki:
Try Paranoid Android 4.1.2 pa_infuse4g-2.53-04NOV2012-152548 . I have been using that with no issues except the Video camera being crap (photos just fine though), and you have to toggle wifi on and off to get it working. 4.2.2 roms don't work that well on really any phone I have tried even the Gnex I own had issues. I upgraded from AEON straight to Paranoid Android using their upgrade steps listed on their page. No problems no errors didn't even loose my IMEI.

I have tried the newest 4.2.2 roms from liquid, Cyan, and paranoid android. 4.2.2 roms acted badly for me in general I can't remember if I ever got that exact error. I Keep on wiping and going back to my 4.1.2 PA nandroid backup. I kinda think it might be a general 4.2.2 issue dunno.

Also saw this on the latest Beanstalk out 4-10 (so I think you should stick to 4.1.2 roms which of course don't get updated anymore)

Trouble Alerts/Workarounds:

Status bar/Notification Drawer - There seems to be a bug with the 4.2.2 status bar/notification drawer freezing. It is happening on numerous phones at random and there is not a fix available yet. Workaround - Numerous ways to workaround this issue, but easiest in my opinion is to go to settings - system settings - PIE - Enable/Disable PIE. This restarts systemUI and unfreezes the status bar.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] omar71693:
Does anyone know what sh means? Android os is destroying my battery life.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] eZdubzitmk4:
Use cpuspy
[Samsung Infuse 4G] yogi.306:
I hope you have now the latest JB ROMS update, and every thing is working fine.

I hope you have now the latest JB ROMS update, and every thing is working fine.

for me, Beanstalk latest build 1.205 is working awesome, battery life is like i do not need to charge for two days.
[LG Optimus G (International)] francisac3:
what is wrong with my lg f180l?? i just stock at 4.0.4.. whenever i update it to jellybean official 4.1.2 it always said service disabled.. i tried kdz and lg mobile support tool but still same.. but in 4.0.4.. everything is normal.. please help TIA!
[LG Optimus G (International)] cjayceguerra:
can you still see your imei when you press *#06# ? you can try hard reset then flash again with kdz.. hope it helps
[LG Optimus G (International)] francisac3:
..

it has imei.. whenever i flash to to official f180l or e97510b EU i got no signal.. the solution is back to 4.0.4.. T_T
[LG Optimus G (International)] pgdg71:
Same for me....

And I notice that you can read the imei only at the first boot after the upgrade, then, if you reboot again the phone, also the imei disappears...

It is a baseband problem, I guess...
[LG Optimus G (International)] francisac3:
..

yes thats it.. in this case i cant even convert it to e975 as i need because it must be in jellybean rom 1st T_T.. can somebody help up out.. thanks!
[LG Optimus G (International)] puma99dk|:
u need the base or is it the modem they call it for the F180L if u don't flash that too, ur phone won't work, that's how it is...

get the modem of the F180L and flash that afterwards ur E975 rom or what rom u use, they u should be able to get signal.

FreeGee got modems in zip so maybe u can use it: http://downloads.codefi.re/houstonn/lgog/modem
[LG Optimus G (International)] pgdg71:
Maybe you can enable all GSM bands dialing 5457#*180#....

I read that in Korea they disabled 2G.
[LG Optimus G (International)] riconat:
What program should I use to do the flash?

the file is in the format. zip

I have to rename it. kdz?

thanks
[LG Optimus G (International)] puma99dk|:
u can flash them through CWM or TRWP either of which u desire ^^
[LG Optimus G (International)] umar_fiaz:
help

have you got any success to solve this problem?

i 'm in same situation with my F180L :(

:crying:

>>>>> if you have any Stock based ICS for F180L with sms, GPRS, korean bloats fix ? kindly share it :confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentfazexx:
I just did a clean flash of CM10.1 on my SGSII. After I booted back up and things started downloading, I noticed that everything was downloading at under 1kb/s. Yes, under one KB per second. Streaming media is fast as ever but this is SO slow. My Nexus 7 and Acer A500 are fine on the Play store but my SGSII is painfully slow. Right now, Facebook says it has 35 minutes to download.

Anyone else having this issue right now? Or should I go back to the CM10.1 thread and continue to get flamed for blaming the ROM?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zhaozer:
The Play store is also super slow for me, on both my SG3 and TF300. I haven't updated to the Play store 4.0, so I don't know if that's what's causing it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robrooter:
Try this play store. It is the 4.0 version.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1932711

E4GT Rom-a-holic!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muzz3256:
I'm dealing with the same thing, I just rooted my Sprint Galaxy S3 and now the market is super slow, it's also slow on my rooted Nexus 7, but just fine on my rooted EVO 4G LTE. it's gotten somewhat better overnight..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentfazexx:
Here goes again. This time on my Nexus 7.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SohamJ:
until the play store updates it will be slow . so allow it to update ( install play services , Google settings , latest version etc) then it will work properly
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentfazexx:
I updated the Play Stores manually.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muzz3256:
Yep, things have sped up and acting normally. Updated manually to the new play store, went with the modded black version.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentfazexx:
Doing it again on my Nexus 7 and Acer A500. The Play Store is crap lately.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ign0tus:
I'm not sure what the problem is, but the Play Store has been incredibly slow for me for days. I have a stock Galaxy S3 and Play Store v4, but it was equally slow on v3 of the store. I ran a speed test and everything is fine with the wifi. I'm downloading a test file at around 1-2 MB/s. When I try to update an app in the store, my download speed appears to be around 150 KB/s. These updates should download in a few seconds and did a while back, but somewhere along the line it has gotten stupidly slow. I have no idea what to do about it. My wife has a Galaxy Axiom with v3 of the store and updates run just as slow on her phone. I've rebooted the phone, and power-cycled the router and modem. The speed of everything else seems to be fine though, it's just the store that is ridiculously slow. Tried clearing the cache too, didn't help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentfazexx:
Mine is off and on with issues. I think it's something to do with the farm of servers your account is on, maybe some issues or something in that server farm or something. I dunno. Just a thought.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentfazexx:
Appears to be slow again. So slow I can't even download anything. I'm on an 802.11n connection, running a 75mbit fiber connection to the internet. It's not on my end. Especially because everything else is fast. How do I even report this stuff?
[HTC EVO 3D] sharkman3d:
Hay guys i just download the new play store the link for the download is in threat thought i would put it up as no one else has yet enjoy the new play store http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2228023
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
There's already a thread in the themes and apps forum but it doesn't hurt to have one here too. :)

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] Mazda:
HAHAHA Every time a new playstore comes out, 95 new threads appear to let everyone know! :)
[HTC EVO 3D] sharkman3d:
im glad there is always that one person who likes to make sure that he knows there are like people know there are 95 other playstores already uploaded congrats on being that person mazda lol
[HTC EVO 3D] Mazda:
All and all, if the moderators are fine with you starting YET another thread then is whatever!

This is the internet, I'm not even going to act like I'm mad at your comment HAHAHAHA

Thank you for the playstore reminder :)
[Motorola Atrix HD] aselker:
Every time I reboot, I get the "android is upgrading" screen.

I am rooted and BL unlocked. This started after I tried --and failed, see below -- to flash Batakang Rises.

Is my Dalvik-cache being cleared somehow? Doesn't that do this?

I have tried a factory reset. I can't reflash my rom, since zips I flash don't seem to stick. (I posted about that earlier and got no responses.)

Not that big of a deal, but just quite annoying and time-consuming.
[Motorola Atrix HD] Kohwali:
Same problem

I'm getting the same problem, although it doesn't affect anything, it just bothers me a lot.

On the development forum it is already on the "known bugs" list, so it must be a common problem.

I've tried all the common fixes but its still there. I LOVE the Batakang Rises rom, but this really annoying, and I may try out the PACman rom.
[Motorola Atrix HD] deeje00:
Its just built into the rom since the rom was meant for locked bootloaders.

Sent from my PACMAN MATRIX HD MAXX
[Motorola Atrix HD] Kohwali:
Meant for locked bootloaders

So if we had a rooted phone, but locked boot loader, we wouldn't get this message during every start up? Sorry if this is a noob question:p
[Motorola Atrix HD] Blackest Pain:
No idea because if you had a locked boot loader and tried to flash any of the roms for this phone (4.2.2 ones anyways) you'd probably brick your phone.

Anyways I'd definitely recommended PAC. I've tried all the major roms here and I like it the best. There is a battery drain on all 4.2.2 roms bit it seems a little higher on pac (might be fixed with the newesy build). There is a fix for it (more of a battery boost actually) in the dev section.

Sent from my PACman Atrix HD
[Motorola Atrix HD] Kohwali:
About PACman Atrix HD, my computer doesn't seem to recognize it...any ideas?
[Motorola Atrix HD] Blackest Pain:
Doesn't recognize what? The PAC file or the device after PAC has been flashed?

Sent from my PACman Atrix HD
[Motorola Atrix HD] robken94:
Just a thought but I have learned that when changing ROMs its best to manually WIPE system, data, cache. Don't know why but it seems to help. Especially when flashing back to stock.
[Motorola Atrix HD] Kohwali:
Nevermind, I was just being a noob during fastboot - instead of entering "fastboot devices" I was entering "adb devices". I have PACman rom installed and running now thanks to the people on XDA :D
[Motorola Atrix HD] Blackest Pain:
lol glade to hear it.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] worldindo1:
This is somewhat of an emergency. Recently, the HOX I've been working with began shutting off randomly and now it won't charge or turn on. There is no LED light even indicating that it is charging. Currently, it's running ViperXL and has S-Off. I'm hoping that there is a (simple) solution to this problem. Honestly, for lack of better words I'm pooping bricks right now over this issue.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Venomtester:
Your battery may have discharged all the way. You can try plugging it in to a wall charger overnight to see if this might correct the problem.