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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] belvedere:
For those having issues, have you guys fully ported your Sprint number to Google Voice? Thinking this may be causing some issues. I managed to get MMS received by unchecking the "auto receive" option. Still can't send though. This is frustrating.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] mebiusB4bc:
Hi there,

As with some I am new to the world of XDA. I never new this kind of subculture existed!

Firstly thank you to the volunteers who have put a lot of effort in to getting a site like this up and running! Well done.

I should get to my point now...has anyone got a comprehensive list of characters/fonts the XDA2 can display. I have checked the official pages, and also the XDA itself but I am pretty dissapointed with the level of support. I surf lots of pages and also communicate in a number of languages namely Eng/Jap/Kor. But I cannot find any patch to enable display of these languages?

Asking the offical support sites gets the usual response of "We are thinking about it, but have nothing in the pipeline".

This is very frustrating.

If anyone knows when/where I can get this kind of patch I/we would be mutually greatful.

Cheers

Mebius
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] horsetastic:
So I was having the same issues as everybody else was with Aroma freezing a million times when trying to install a ROM. I tried a few things but eventually stumbled apon a workaround that seemed to work.

I'll explain what I did then others can try it out. If it works for more/everyone else then happy days. If not then maybe I just got lucky.

OK so firstly I was on rooted stock ROM. I'm sure that it's not important really. But I want to mention every step.

I flashed TWRP recovery.

Rooted etc...Standard stuff

Then I used ROM managed to flash non touch recovery via the app itself.

Then made sure CWM was my default recovery in Rom manager.

Rebooted to recovery from Rom Manager.

Wipe data + caches

Install zip. In my case Trickdroid 5.1.0

Then as Aroma is booting up don't touch your phone for a good 2 minutes. I was actually out doing shopping and got to the till so left my phone untouched as it as on the welcome screen.

Then using the touch screen to select what I wanted etc I just went straight through. Not one freeze or install crash. First time.

I think it could be a few things perhaps. Maybe heat with Aroma putting high loads on the phone. Maybe the extra time sat let it cool a bit before getting going. Also perhaps Aroma just needs a little extra time to fully load properly.

Anyway please try my guide out. Maybe you cab miss some bits out. Hopefully it works. Post up if it did or didn't.

Good luck and happy flashing!

Sent from my Tricked out 'One'
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] willingtonyuan:
My suggestion is that do not connect the USB cable when using Aroma, you should get less chance of freezing.
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] horsetastic:
Yes. I think this may be to do with the heat increase.
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] Arkangel786:
I tried your method this morning and Aroma froze on 30%. Tried it again and it froze on 3%.

Restored my nandroid and half an hour later tried the 'normal' method for installing a new Rom and it went though without a problem.

Sent from my HTC One
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] 1887:
Tried it ...

It freezed on 80% :(
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] horsetastic:
Damn seems like I was just lucky then. That sucks a bit.

Sent from my Tricked out 'One'
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] LordKuroda:
Actually does it matter if your AROMA freezes or not? Because my AROMA has froze on 2 occasions for both installations (One was 30% and the other was 97%) on both ROMs (Renovate and ARHD) and there were no errors or whatsoever when rebooted right after the freeze. Is it just me or..? Hmmm.
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] daddioj:
well if it doesnt go fully through i would not trust it flashed fully one bit. i am too paranoid.
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] oliverweidel:
Dont use the touch function in Aroma Installer! Choose the options with volume and power button... It works for me! :cool:
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] horsetastic:
It doesn't harm your phone it just means it hasn't worked. You have to long hold the power then just try again until it works.

Sent from my Tricked out 'One'
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] Razor2100:
yes only with volume and power button to operate the Aroma installer ...

works for my (previously only problems)

send for my HTC One
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] LordKuroda:
Yes it has been successfully flashed, I was on Renovate ROM before my AROMA installation (for ARHD) froze on 30%. I might have left it there for awhile, thinking that the installation is still going on. I long hold the power button, rebooted and I've successfully flashed ARHD when I checked my settings. No crashes or errors at all. :confused:
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] c-prodigo:
Try clockworkmod touch freezes less, also I did what someone mentioned to clear dalvic and cache before attempting to install a rom, flashing everything else like trikdroid tweaks works allright..
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] horsetastic:
It will hang on 30% for a while anyway but still be installing. Perhaps you missed it finishing up?

Sent from my Tricked out 'One'
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] the_scotsman:
None of these work for me....I managed to get through a full ROM install ONCE but since then I haven't had any luck. Talk about annoying....
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] nonato:
aroma kept freezing on me. what i did to finally get it to complete was dalvik/cache wipe in cwm classic first.

once aroma was booted be quick choosing your selections using the power button/volume controls then stuck my hand in the freezer with the phone monitoring the install so when it would complete i could be quick to click the next and reboot buttons.
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] nsane:
I tried all recoveries.

Aroma always freezes/crashes.

This is so annoying.
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] tontondavid:
I think at this point it is more of a luck of the draw type of things. I have tried a lot of combinations and after trying like 20 times, it finally went through. Still freezes if I want to install tweaks or themes but less than for a ROM....go figure.
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] spookamiester:
I think everyone should have a go at unchanging between the home key for advanced and occasionally if it's stops vibrating feedback then use next button.

I've had a lot more success this way :)
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] rubytuesday007:
What works for me EVERY time with zero freezes is when you are at the first Aroma screen, hold both volume up and volume down at the same time, then push power while holding all three. It will advance to the next screen. Do the same for every screen and dont touch the screen unless you are selecting to remove or add something. I also found that if I wait too long on a screen before making a choice, it will freeze.
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] llecaroz:
for your information, I used Aroma on my previous phone: a galaxy note & had same issues !

For sure, it will not resolve your problem but just to say that this problem is not "HTC One" specific & that it is a global problem with Aroma not related to a specific phone from my point of view :(
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] user602:
Agreed. Coming from Inspire 4G... I had the same experience on it AND now on the HTC One. Aroma froze many times at random points, but several restarts later, I was successful in flashing the latest TrickDroid.
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] avplaya:
I second this. Crashes every time if I touch the screen.
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] iStrop:
When my phone get's stuck in aroma i can't do nothing to restart ... i allways have to wait the batery to die ... this is not normal :(
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] aooga:
It honestly has never crashed for me and I use the screen not the buttons. I keep reading how people are having freezing issues and have to wait till the battery dies and things like that, and I'm just lost. Its never happened to me..maybe i'm just really lucky. BTW, i flash a different rom each day, so I do it a lot. :)
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] bnasty06:
next time aroma freezes hold power and vol down while phone is under light

the buttons will light up and the phone will power down
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] Syn Ack:
If you jump on your couch 7 times, run around the house twice on your tippy toes, and do a reverse moonwalk while using the Power button to navigate through Aroma, it will work 99.9999999999999999999999999% of the time.
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] SmiLey497:
I noticed it would freeze when the phone was really warm, I have no problems when it's cool or slightly warm.
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] scottstoked:
Thanks for the tip!
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] vavtnen:
Try this if you guys are having problem with Aroma freezing.

Select all options using the volume and power button. When you get the the end (right before the installation begin), leave the phone on a flat surface and use the power button to start the installation process. Make sure the phone is stable, I think the motion sensor in the phone has something to do with Aroma freezing.

This method works 100% of the time since i figure it out. Hope it helps
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] countfloyd:
I've noticed that if I do use the touch screen, if I am careful to tap in the selection box rather than dumb-thumb my way through the options, I rarely get a freeze.
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] xdaywalkerx:
Agree with that... Just don't shake your phone.

Gesendet von meinem HTC One mit Tapatalk 2
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] daktah:
i get aroma to work about 90% of the time by touching slowly and deliberately.

went from crashing half way through setup when trying to fly through it to almost always installing perfectly.

disconnect your charger (idk if this actually matters but its one less moving part)

press your selection and hold for 1 to 2 seconds

let go and wait 1 to 2 seconds

etc

its that simple (at least for me).
[One (M7) Themes and Apps] ajaylion2:
i have no success in installing any of the ditto note3 aroma installers. The installation completes within seconds and after reboot, freezes at NoteII logo
[Xperia Z General] coios84:
Yes, if you can find a used one to a reasonable price, and no if youre renewing your contract or buying a brand new one.

Reason is that even though its great phone, the samsung s4 and htc one is right around the corner and they both come with full hd displays with nearly everything better in software terms, look at the rewies.

I bought mine used for around 350 pounds it had been used for 11 days. Reason, i didnt wait for the s4 (i dont like metal (htc one)) is that i didnt wanted to renew my contract, and i had a iphone 5 (just to small of a screen) which i sold and bought the Xperia Z.

Now the Xperia Z is a great phone, its a beautiful looking phone, it has a great full hd display, the launcher is nearly stock witch i prefer etc.

The "not so great" about the phone is the software side. The camera isnt the best, but its not bad!. There arent many feauteres in the settings app, its allmost stock, so for the people who like minimality its allright, but for people like me who likes a lot of features the software dissapoints. Even though a lot of the software (samsung series) is gimmicks its nice to have them. My big issue with this phone is the battery, im a heavy user and it isnt meant for heavy users. Even in stamina mode and brightness in auto mode i have to charge the phone at least 2 times a day. And the charge time is crazy, if you are using your phone while charging it just stands still. Bluetooth is dissapointing, it connect to my cars bluetooth but when trying to make a phone call it disconnects every time. On the lockscreen theres time, music and camera icons, if u have a missed call or a message it does not show, for me thats dissapointing, the software just needs big improvements.

Now this phone is big, so if you have small hands try it out in a store before you buy. I have small hands but i like to use two hands so its fine for me, but still it could have been nice if it were a bit smaller, like the zl. The rectangular shape isnt as comfortable to hold as a others. This phone definetely needs to be tried before bought.

To round up:

Good part. Its beautifull looking, great hardware, great full hd screen, good camera, little to no lag, good launcher, notifcation lights, waterproof,

Bad part. battery life, bluetooth, software, not comfortable to hold (small hands),
[Xperia Z General] mahay_love:
I would buy one because I like Sony's UI, but the dated hardware specifications, poor viewing experience and sound quality is what's keeping me from doing that.
[Xperia Z General] pandaball:
When you recontract (in my country), the HTC One is $528 vs the Xperia Z at $388, with the NFC speakers thrown in for free. Looking at the SGS4, it's going to be >$500 if the prices of the SGS3 were anything to go by (SGS4 drops on 27th April here). Kind of an easy choice ;)
[Xperia Z General] Nameless One:
So you've had the opportunity to use one for a few minutes and don't like the screen or the speaker and find the phone

sluggish/slow/underpowered for the tasks you would use it for?
[Xperia Z General] mahay_love:
I'd say far more than a few minutes but yes, I did find the apps to be a little unresponsive/lag-ish at times. The sound quality wasn't good but the screen was enjoyable, at least I thought so until I tried watching a video with a friend, it turned out it wasn't.
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
If you want to watch a movie with your friend you can go to the Cinema :p
[Xperia Z General] mahay_love:
It was a small video clip though :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z General] Nameless One:
Fair enough, I get the impression that many of the people saying they were going to buy but changed their mind are going purely on what others have said including the many trolls as if anything negative said with confidence is automatically true

and true for all examples of the device (in this case the XZ) being referred to (or they are trolls themselves). There is far too much general negativity (as distinct from negative opinions).
[Xperia Z General] mahay_love:
Maybe on the internet but I've seen no such negativity from the people who own it, and when I displayed it to my relatives they had a clearly good impression of the device. I think I'm just too particular about my devices.
[Xperia Z General] ryan1mcq:
[MENTION=225651]op[/MENTION] you say the camera isn't the Best but not bad? Yet you praise the screen...... The camera is one of the best out right now lol as for the screen, full HD yeah but the viewing angles are terrible, colors desaturate at the slightest tilt of the screen, anyways....I had my XZ for about a month now and while im happy with it for now I would gladly swap for something else, its gonna be hard to find someone who actually wants an XZ to swap with tho .
[Xperia Z General] Ryland Johnson:
With respect to the OP there is simply no answer to the question. Choice is there and all the debate in the world will not alter that.

Trying to compare the top three mobiles at present is fruitless. They all have weaknesses and strengths. It will come down to personal choice and thank heavens for that choice.

I have the blessing to have purchased what mobile I like to that end I am not biased in favour of one brand nor the other. I buy what pleases me and NOT what reviews write. 'Experts' only confuse the situations. The difference between the XZ, HTC One and the SGS4 will come down to style and aesthetics, as far as daily use goes we have reached a ceiling now where the speeds etc can make zero noticeable difference in user interaction between person and device. UI's differ as does materials used in construction. I went with the Sony on this occasion as my SGS3 is a spectacular mobile, for the cost the materials used (for me) are unacceptable, it just feels cheap and the SGS4 looks exactly like its predecessor even though Samsung are using different forms of plastic it still looks cheap.

The HTC One, I fear, living in a very hot climate, that the HTC One will allow body perspiration into the phone via those large frontal speakers ? The phone looks a million dollars but again I fear the aluminium back and front plates will scratch and even dent as they did with my HTC Legend. The other point in choosing to try the Sony was signal strength.

You see I live in the middle of no where so signal strength is a vital part of my mobile ownership. Nokia, in the past, have been top notch in this area where HTC have proved abysmal and I have owned about 5 different HTC's. The Samsung Note was not too bad but the Galaxy S3 that I still have is not as strong as the Sony XZ.

I have found HTC and Nokia build quality to be very good, Samsung are, well they are plastic and look plastic!?

I am thankful for the choices. There is no best and to debate on such things is like trying to debate who the best singer is, the best song, the best brand of stereo speakers or HI-Fi separates. It is a personal choice.

What's the best fruit would be an equally pointless debate.
[Xperia Z General] Sniper Spr3e:
Best phone so far I find

The fact it's so close to stock android compared to everything else I find a real bonus as well

Feels like a nexus but with the Sony bonus features rather then a forced view of what they think android should be like e.g Samsung

Great camera

Good battery life I find

Best astetic design

Sent from my Xperia Z
[Xperia Z General] coios84:
the camera on both the s3 & iphone 5 are better. and those are the phones ive owned. yes the screen is beautiful and bright. i dont care about viewing angles, if you had readen the reviews you would have known that the viewing angles are not so good. well if you paid full price then yeah you should have waited.
[Xperia Z General] shadowboy23:
Well maybe scratching is not as bad, looking at this short video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EWqPpYVE08
[Xperia Z General] ryan1mcq:
Are you seriously trying to say that an 8mp camera is better than a 13 mp camera? :confused: :eek: i read lots of reviews and watched countless youtube reviews by top reviewers, yes i paid full price but im not fully flaming the phone, viewing angles dont bother me too much either, just pointing out one of the screens shortcomings.... im just hacked off at 50/50 gamble that you get a locked bootloader, which is why we buy android devices in the first place, to unlock, mod and set free, but i really needed a phone at the time so hey ho.
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
It's a great device. At the end of the day is a flagship so it won't disappoint you but it all comes to personal preference sony xz, HTC one or Samsung s4 they are all awesome devices. Compare them and pick the one that ticks all the boxes for you.
[Xperia Z General] biffsmash:
I've got my Z on ebay, sitting in front of me waiting to sell right now. I wanted so much to love the Z and still do love the Water resistance and ruggedness, as well as the size of the screen. Simply put though, the Z falls down on too many points.

Z points;

Camera : Very good, although no better than S3 or iphone 4 or 5 for that matter.

Music: Too quiet, although sound quality is great. The low volume overall, especially through the headphone socket, even with audio mods, is inexcusable from Sony.

Screen: Sony have basically just slapped a small computer monitor screen on it, as the viewing angles remind me of PC lcd screens.

Viewing angle is the big no no here, it is almost useless viewing texts with phone on desk, and watching a movie or looking at content with a friend on the screen is very disapointing.

Performance: The Z is slightly too laggy, although it is very fast.

I love the size of the Z screen and the software is very nice, especially the album app, which is hands down the best album app i've ever used.

Sony fell just short of the mark with this. Given the choice again, I would not of bought it. The HTC One i've replaced it with beats it in every respect barring screen size and water resistance.
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Music: seriously check with the doctor, volume is high enough.

Perfirmance: laggy but very fast?? What app/game lags for you. Quad core 2gb ram and lags you are trolling here for sure.

Screen: that's totally bs, viewing angles are perfectly fine, right now I'm typing from my desk, I've seen videos in bed with my partner no problems at all.

Getting a bit tired of those HTC fan boys reviews.

What I suggest you to do is go to a shop try all of them and pick the one you like more. Because at the end of the day it's you who have to like it.
[Xperia Z General] Belfast.:
Some people are like children. Who normal watching movies on your phone? I do not swim with the cell. I dont love my cell. For a year or less we buy another phone.

Xperia Z

1:good design

2:bad internal speaker - in the wrong place

3:poor quality camera - noise blur bad postprocessing, bad drivers

For the price, it's not enough. Do not buy.
[Xperia Z General] G1_enthusiast:
number 3 can be fix with an update.... number 2 i agreed but could be worse. the S3 has the speaker in the back which kinda stupid since u gotta turn your phone around to have the speaker face toward you.
[Xperia Z General] that-fat-old-man:
Got mine quite accidently. I was out for a Nexus 4, but instead I got this two year contract where I pay 20 Euro each month.

I have a decent amount of free minutes and messages; 100 each. There is also a data plan with 200 mb of free traffic included

and the XZ was included for free. :laugh:
[Xperia Z General] cnle:
I 2nd above 2 points as a professional musician :good:

Back to the topic, I was all about to get myself a Z as a replacement for my XS. I went to a Sony store and spent a good 45 mins for checking the screen as I heard/read various opinions about it. I am a casual photographer, take a lot of photo with various equipment and I really like to carry as much of them as i can on my smart phone in order to watch them anytime i want to. So picture displaying is most important, movies come second.

What I did exactly was sending about 10 pics (which i took myself and know what they really look like) from my XS to the Z, set both screens at 50% and 100% then put them next to each other for comparison.

The result is: the Z's screen is quite darker, especially when it comes to displaying Green and light-pink/red colors while Blue and white are ok (still darker than the XS). It makes some of my pictures look differently on the Z screen (darker, colder tone) and in 1 or 2 cases it makes the photo looks like it was taken with different white-balance. I have an general impression that the Z screen's isn't correctly calibrated with warm colors become cold while cold colors become dark. (i didn't even care about the viewing angel and tested with both phones facing 90degree to my face)

Well, just for me it was enough to stop from buying the Z despite my big sympathy toward its beautiful design/material and the very useful water-resistance function. I just can't get it, why doesn't SONY's best phone have the most stunning screen around the smartphone market?? SONY, above all other brands, for years is famous for their displays, design and high entertainment-experience. Their best phone should make people immediately think of something with sleek design, beautiful stunning quality display and a good user experience. Perhaps they should change their slogan to: SONY-MAKE NO COMPROMISE :laugh: