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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bwood2016:
I'm not sure if this problem has been discovered or not:

Last night, my Nexus 4's battery drained to the point that it automatically shut down. I put it on my charger and waited like two minutes to turn it back on.

It booted to the Google logo, then went to just a black screen. Expecting to see the Nexus "X", I just waited for a few minutes. Nothing happened. It just remained on this black screen.

Yes, I'm unlocked and rooted, but I'm still running everything stock.

I don't think it can be a hardware issue, as I'm able to boot into the bootloader (fastboot). For some reason I don't have a custom recovery image (I thought I had installed one, but obviously not. I don't really remember anymore.), so I can't do a nandroid backup (which I don't think I have anyway.

I tried lots of things. I did get the red LED a few times, but I am still able to get into the bootloader. I tried factory resetting my device, but that did nothing.

Do you think reflashing stock would work? I have WugFresh's Nexus Toolkit v1.6.3. Should I use the "Flash Stock + Unroot" command with the "Soft-Bricked/Bootloop" option?

I really need my Nexus 4 back :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bwood2016:
Nevermind :)

Ok, so, I flashed back to stock, and...it worked! :) I am now up and running!

I have no idea how the heck this happened in the first place. I never changed any files in root. The only thing I have it for are for certain permissions for avast! Mobile Security.

Anyway, I'm up and running...hope I stay that way
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scream4cheese:
The reason it didn't boot is because you let it drain to zero. You don't have to do that for any reason. Calibrating the battery is not necessary anymore. It's better to let it charge way before it hits zero.

If you do get the red light of death and the phone refuses to turn on then you will have to take off the back cover and unscrew the screws holding the battery and pry it open just a little and reassemble it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bwood2016:
I've let my battery drain to zero before without a problem. Sometimes I'm just out and about and I don't have a wall outlet handy. Nor can I remember carry my portable battery every single place I go. I don't understand why that should even happen. Just doesn't make sense to me.

Oh well, at least now it works.
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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] eryzerz:
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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] strategist99:
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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] eryzerz:
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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mr_itou:
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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] -Rhoby|™-Bugs:
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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kane3262:
I recently flashed CM 10.1 on my GS3. I really like the ROM, but I was hoping to be able to use some of the Samsung stock apps as well, like AllShare, GroupPlay, and Kies.

Is there a way that I can re-install these apps without flashing a different ROM? I assumed I could flash some app pack, like I have done with Google apps on some ROMS. I just can't find any links to a Samsung app pack.

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] topherk:
Not possible. The stock Samsung phone runs a framework called TouchWiz (TW). The CM10.1 runs the stock Android framework (modified slightly from AOSP, Android Open Source Project). All of the Samsung Apps are fairly heavily dependent on the TW frameworks. Some apps can be modified to work marginally well on non-TW frameworks, but most of hem will have broken pieces.

There was a thread on here a while ago where someone posted a small guide on how to remove TW dependencies on an App, but I haven't been able to find it again (honestly haven't done a thorough search yet, I'll edit if I can find it). In that thread, they mention that a good number of Samsung Apps are too dependent on TW to run on AOSP roms.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kane3262:
Bummer, but thanks for the response. Do you have any android 4.2.2 ROMS that you recommend that are as stable as CM and based on TW?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
There are no 4.2.2 TW roms.

☆SoA: Son's of Android™☆

I like to break stuff! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
This. Latest stock (from Samsung) ROM is 4.1.2, build MB1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] KennyG123:
Questions go in Q&A

Thread moved

Thanks
[Xperia Z General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
With a quick searched on the internet, I noticed that the Galaxy S4 has a sensor camera equivalent / equal Xperia Z, but your pictures are generated with 4Mb to 6.5MB, while the Xperia Z is 1Mb to 2.5Mb.

Follow the link to get an idea of the difference image!

We must inform Sony that we are completely unhappy with the image compression!

http://samsung.hdblog.it/2013/04/17/samsung-galaxy-s4-test-fotocamera-da-13-megapixel-by-hdblog/
[Xperia Z General] pandaball:
First off, replace "we" with "I". Second, SGS4 uses an unknown sensor with the same megapixel count as the Sony Exmor sensor, but then megapixels mean nothing anyway. Also, while there is a big discrepancy in file size, there is a not very big discrepancy in photo quality while zoomed in (compare photos at http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s4_vs_sony_xperia_z-review-915p8.php) if you look at image sharpness and ignore colour saturation and that sort of things. I don't see why the XZ photo file sizes should then be doubled just because the SGS4 has larger photo sizes.
[Xperia Z General] realpg:
compression isn't bad, in my opinion
[Xperia Z General] josephnero:
its the same sensor.check anadtech s4 dissasmbly.by the way they are using same sensor with different module.i dont have a Z or S4 to talk about quality though
[Xperia Z General] Andrewtst:
The images quality will much much more better if Sony reduce the compression, or at least let user decide jpeg quality.
[Xperia Z General] juanmaasecas:
I think the issue isn't about compression but denoise algorythms.
[Xperia Z General] dubist:
OH GUYS !

Sony have a answer :victory:

Read the answer here i hope now they will optimize the Camera :

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/126134
[Xperia Z General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Let's hope that there really is an improvement on the camera!

I remember when I bought my Xperia S, the first fw the camera was bad enough, but the latest updates have improved a lot!
[Xperia Z General] juanmaasecas:
What research??
[Xperia Z General] Dsteppa:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2232999
[Xperia Z General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Guys, look this: http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/04/1...against-the-galaxy-s4-and-htc-one/#more-14312
[Xperia Z General] abd_alazeez2002:
I don't know if this related, but Sony recently applied heavy processing and compression to picture using there DSLR.
[Xperia Z General] dubist:
yeah i write them an Email that they should Post something and you have done that :victory:

Here the Email i wrote to Xperiablog
[Xperia Z General] Bromsoket:
Its a combination of both compression (jpeg) and noise suppression (when using high ISO)

The amount of compression/suppression applied is ridiculous.

Does the "developers" of the cam part know anything about digital photography at all?

Paying premium for a low end camera....Sony think the customers are stupid?
[Xperia Z General] pandaball:
No, Sony is smart enough to know that your phone is not meant to take DSLR quality photos.
[Xperia Z General] Bromsoket:
Who is talking about DSLR quality?

It not even half descent by todays phone standard...
[Xperia Z General] pandaball:
Define "today's phone standard". It is one of the better phone cameras out there, as compared to phones like the HTC One. It takes absolutely brilliant shots of landscapes in my experience (borrowed a friend's XZ just to play with the camera)
[Xperia Z General] Bromsoket:
oh sorry, i should have said yesterday's standard.

Now go get your Arc, XPS, XPV and compare ;)
[Xperia Z General] pandaball:
With pleasure. (both are done on auto/superior auto respectively)

Xperia Arc: ~2.5MB, super long exposure times and thus overexposed images

Xperia V: ~2MB, slightly oversaturated blues

No XS though :(

But seriously, XZ is pretty darn good for the file size already.
[Xperia Z General] :
with ucam i got 18mb pictures

how with stock its only 2mb

xperia z
[Xperia Z General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
We must hope that this is fixed in the next update!
[Xperia Z General] Bromsoket:
The problem is the fuzzy, lack of (or abscent of...) details and smeared out photos caused

by way too heavy use of compresseion and noise supression/reduction when taking photos in

anything but in excellent light conditions (its not very good in ideal light condition either...)

Take some pics in low light (indoors) using ARC, XPS, XPV and compare it to pics taken with XPZ.

The XPZ pics is a joke, theres absolutely no details left in the photos..

The "fix" is really easy, its just a matter of reducing the level of compression/supression/reduction used ;)
[Xperia Z General] that-fat-old-man:
I bought the XZ mainly because of the camera. The quality is okay, but not that good. Compared to my Galaxy Nexus the quality isn't that good and the Galxy Nexus uses a 6 MP cam. Let's hope Sony will fix this in a future update.
[Xperia Z General] pandaball:
Looking at this (http://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=1&idPhone1=5204&idPhone2=4958&idPhone3=3619), your point is completely invalid. The XZ's image is definitely the sharpest. The Xperia V is fuzzy, while the Xperia Arc fudges up the horizontal lines on the right, whereas you can still distinguish the lines in the XZ's image. If you replace the Xperia V with the Xperia S, like so (http://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=1&idPhone1=5204&idPhone2=4369&idPhone3=3619), the XS's image is still slightly fuzzier than the XZ.
[Xperia Z General] Bromsoket:
Well...this test just proved the lack of details and overcompression again.

look at the grey chart. Horrible.

You are aware of that this is a synthetic test?

Pics taken in ideal light condition using lowest possible ISO setting?

It does not really reflect the real world performance.

Just like 3Dmarks is not a game (some people do think its a fun "game" haha)

nor i like spending time shooting posters in studio lightning ;)
[Xperia Z General] pandaball:
The gray chart isn't the ISO chart for comparisons ;)

Yes, this is synthetic. Yes, best conditions. Since you say so...

Xperia Z: http://www.gsmarena.com/showpic.php...camera/gsmarena_005.jpg&idReview=887&idPage=8

Xperia V: http://www.gsmarena.com/showpic.php...camera/gsmarena_005.jpg&idReview=877&idPage=7

Xperia S: http://www.gsmarena.com/showpic.php...camera/gsmarena_005.jpg&idReview=741&idPage=6

Xperia Arc: http://www.gsmarena.com/showpic.php...camera/gsmarena_001.jpg&idReview=584&idPage=8

Move your cursor to the Met-Life words and compare. You'll realise the Xperia Z has the sharpest image. Xperia Arc doesn't have the same photo, but it's fairly obvious that the image isn't very sharp.
[Xperia Z General] Bromsoket:
Where is the pics i was asking for?

Pics taken in low light/indoor using higher ISO? The pics where the compression/noise reduction really kicks in? ;)
[Xperia Z General] pandaball:
How about you find them yourself and you show me :p
[Xperia Z General] Bromsoket:
No need to find any, i can shoot them by myself ;)

Ok, lets start with the attached pic, its taken with a XPZ in the office, ISO manually set to 800. 100% crop.

What do you think about the quality? The details? The compression? The noise reduction ?

Let me know and i will post pics taken under the same condition using XPS/ACRO S, XPV, ARC.
[Xperia Z General] pandaball:
I have to admit, not very good. Still, here's an Xperia V photo taken with same settings as you, in normal mode. Not very good either ;) One could argue that the XV's is better since it is sharper, but I took it at a pretty close distance (see original: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37910277/xperia v original.jpg), and it has a *lot* of RGB noise, something I didn't really see in the XZ's photo :)
[Xperia Z General] propov:
Short and strange Sony's cameraphones story:

Arc S - perfect in all

Xperia S - wow what a noise,what a crap!Inposible to take a good picture in low light!

Xperia V - perfect.I really think that Sony comback on the right way!

Xperia Z - same as Xperia S.Noisy crap!Is it a SONY or what?Where do you go and how much we must waiting you?!

All that phones was mine and I know what they can!And Im not a profesional or high level phographer.I only want to take good pictures and to share it with friends.It was posible with Nokia N95,N97,c6,e90... Moto Razr and Defy...HTC Mozart,Desire Z,One S...Samsung Note,S2,S3,Note2...All they is good and usefull in low light.Xperia Z is not usefull after the sundown.
[Xperia Z General] aliseo976:
Do u know if is there a way to take picture in uncompressed mode?
[Xperia Z General] that-fat-old-man:
The only good thing with this high compression rate ist that the images are small.

A picture does not produce a lot of traffic when sent.
[Xperia Z General] danw_oz:
Image compression is not the issue so much here, the compression is actually not that high, about the same as the default jpg save on a computer. You are confusing compression with noise reduction.

The agressive noise reduction is the problem from Exmor R engine/driver, tossing out too much detail.

It is simple, get an image and sharpen it you will get a larger file (more contrast between pixels) therefore the jpg algorythm tosses less pixels because there a less similar pixels to remove.

Run a noise reduction on an image and there you have it, lots of dots, image noise gone forever, and because there are far less pixels there is far less information to compress, more similar pixels it can remove. Smaller file.

Try it for yourself, do what I talked about above, save the file with the same compression, you will be suprised how much that affects the final file size. A side note, do not modify the original file between tests, because each save runs the jpg compression algorythm even at 100%

---------- Post added at 10:48 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:44 AM ----------

Yes and no, all jpg files are compressed, that is what jpg is. The phone does not shoot RAW (uncompressed).

Root your phone and you can reduce the compression to 100% quality from factory 80% (jpg defualt).

There is other software out there that can save the photos as dng uncompressed, but the quality is not a hell of a lot better because the problem is not compression, it is the camera driver written by Sony (Exmor R) aggressively removing image noise, the interface between your camera app and the hardware.

Edit to add an interesting read for anyone who is interested, from the legends in imaging sensor testing. Results and comments no suprise, lacks details/texture results from 13MP similar to worse than 8MP cameras.

http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Mobiles/Sony-Xperia-Z-A-new-contender-in-the-smartphone-arena
[HTC Sensation] KaiJun:
My sensation's touchscreen has a problem

-there is an inactive strip in the middle of the screen

-there are imaginary touches on the screen in one straight line a bit below the middle of the screen.

-the aluminum foil on grounding pin trick does not work

any suggestions?
[HTC Sensation] KernelDev101:
i had this not long ago luckily it went again and not been back but i suspect it is due to the pins as since i put mine in new housing it went
[HTC Sensation] KaiJun:
I tried by brother's housing (Sensation XE, white) but the problem is still there. It also happens while charging, so maybe this is not about static?
[HTC Sensation] wasabitobiko:
Bump for the same issue..

I'm pretty sure this requires a replacement of the touchscreen/digitizer. Can someone please that this is the fix and not the entire lcd screen?

Thanks a bunch. FWIW, I had the same issue with my EVO 3d and Sprint gave me a replacement phone so I'm not sure what was bad.

Cheers!
[HTC Sensation] KaiJun:
I had my digitizer replaced and the problem is still here
[HTC Sensation] ashkan-khatar:
Try the screen re-calibration NBH file... Here you are, but it'll wipe your data:

http://www.mediafire.com/?akul70qy128lo3u

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[HTC Butterfly] vedlylow:
pls help
[HTC Butterfly] snipervn:
What kind of your 4.1.2 Rom? OTA or cooked rom?
[HTC Butterfly] ruswanto.djuatama:
use killkx kernel

flash the boot image via command prompt and flash the zip file with recovery

that will solve your problem
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] macalba:
Had problems with the backup battery. Fully charged it would come up with an error on occassion saying the battery was low on charge. Then the phone would freeze or shut down.

When restarted it would wipe all info and restore to factory status.

XDA warranty in UK nicely pick the unit up from you and will take up to a week to do the repair they say.

O2 on the other hand will only offer you a phone to use not an XDA2. Is there a point to buying from your provider who in 3 months drop the price on contract and then shaft you on service?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mudkipz:
Hey guys I'm having some trouble flashing jb roms. It always freezes during the install. I'm currently on ics.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toast6977:
I never flashed from ICS that I recall. However, you could Odin back to stock. Flash a good stable froyo and try to flash up from there.

I don't remember now if GB boot loader is 100% required but I have it on mine.

I'm getting ready to take an exam, if you haven't got it sorted before I return, I'll help you get running. :D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mudkipz:
Thanks for the reply, I do have the gb bootloaders and I tried going back to stock and still no luck. I get a soft brick every time.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toast6977:
Which ICS ROM are you coming from, and are you doing full wipe?

I had a chance to think about it, and I had trouble getting up to 4.1 the first time I tried. I ended up stepping up gradually.

Odin'd to stock then went up to bionic, skipped GB, went up to latest CM ICS I believe... Then from there onto JB. Been fine since.

Its been a while but that's best as my memory cares to serve me.

I don't think its a real common problem, but occasionally something doesn't jive somewhere.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haarsh:
Hi,

Its not necessary BUT it will always work Odin back to stock and continuing. Once I tried to flash ICZen from FROYO but no luck. Then I ODIN back to stock then CM7 in the middle and ICS on top of it and it WORKED. I have flashed GB bootloaders to get easy key mapping :) (Anyway u have to flash it if it is required by the ROM) I have flahed JB 4.2.2 Avatar ROM on top of ICZen which has worked for me. woody has a [Guide] How to install ICS **EVERYTHING you need to know how to install them** so you can get an idea :) Sometimes you have to flash the ROM twice b/c CWM updation :)

Always do a CLEAN flash (FULL wipe) before flashing a new ROM :)

Hope u would get JB ROM flashed successfully

tc
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] testomat:
Flash it twice ;)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toast6977:
Yes, this is good advice.
[HTC One X] loveinfire:
hello

I can not make video calls with your phone, I took one x call video call option is

The knife is there any special software or ROM

I'm sorry my English is very bad:confused::silly:
[HTC One X] johnbhoy89:
have you tried using skype?
[HTC One X] smokin901:
If you are talking about Native 3G video calls then only samsung phones have it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zaky1:
I have an assigment in UK can I use my unlocked Rogers S3 to use it there with pay as you go SIM card ???
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
As long as you're unlocked, it should be fine. Might have to flash a modem for better reception.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jmccool80:
Just to confirm I do this with my unlocked at&t s3 with no problems at all...stock modem working great. I use three for a carrier when in the UK
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rashme:
Recently i got a notification for OTA firmware for my I9100G. I guess it was JB update. After the update phone refused to start, it went into boot loop. I am trying to flash the stock rom ICS for India (I9100GXXLPQ_I9100GODDLP7_I9100GDDLP5_HOME.tar.md5) using Odin .

1. Initially I tried to flash custom ICS Kernel (SuperICS_i9100g_v1.0.2.tar) , then tried to wipe cache and wipe data/factory reset and wipe Dalvik cache. It says error mounting /sdcard/android.secure! . :eek:

2. After that I tried to flash the Stock firmware mentioned above after going into download mode but Odin fails every time after factoryfs.img or hidden.img

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/003> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> cache.img

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/003> factoryfs.img

<ID:0/003>

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Tried different stock firmwares and custom Kernels for GB,ICS and JB (all for G versions) , different USB ports, different ODIN versions too! Nothing helped :(

Also I disable Kies everytime while attempting to flash the firmware.

Phone is soft bricked.

Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
Since you Necro-Posted an old thread, please do not open another with the same info. One or the other and in this case, it is the other.

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