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[Galaxy S 4 General] grant7:
Same here

3 days old S4 AT&T version, dark dark red instead of black! Went to AT&T store checked the demo unit, same thing. Not sure what to do switch for refurbished not an option, maybe firmware update will come out after complaints.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hunt3r.j2:
AMOLED at high res has always had DC bias issues, the Galaxy Nexus and GS3 had it too. Just don't think too hard about it. FW update might be able to fix this anyways.
[Galaxy S 4 General] easycure1974:
Is the fix kernel related? I am running MDM firmware but still got the red tint. But I am rooted and rooting MDM uses an older kernel
[Galaxy S 4 General] kimkim:
I can confirm issue is still there after rooting mdm rom (issue was gone after applying mdm update) ...
[Galaxy S 4 General] kultus:
I have this issue on MDE so do you suggest to update manually to MDM and dont root?
[Galaxy S 4 General] derWolf_:
Yes, If you can live without root.
[Galaxy S 4 General] easycure1974:
Thanx, then the fix is kernel related. I hate the red tint but I cant use my phone without root - what a ****ty choice :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] topcat07:
Rooting has brought back this problem for me on mdm
[Galaxy S 4 General] Xander123:
Because it's old kernel MDE, and red subpixels problem return.

Regards
[Galaxy S 4 General] topcat07:
Wasn't aware of this assume we can flash mdm kernel eventually and still have root?
[Galaxy S 4 General] kultus:
can confirm that MDM with 3.4.0526204 is without red subpixels and is with smearing which I can live with...really wonder why root return it back I cant live without root, is it the method? Because I only saw prerooted stock ROM with older kernel so on this the problem persist, but what about only rooting?
[Galaxy S 4 General] topcat07:
Think Dev in this thread has fixed it or working on it if you look at last few pages

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2255190
[Galaxy S 4 General] monkeylab:
My I9500 has the same problem.

Samsung don't swapped phone for me.

Hope it's a software problem.
[Galaxy S 4 General] zyberace:
Hi,

I bought my S4 two day ago, I found out that exactly the same problem with you.

Yesterday I returned to the shop and request for replacement which they refused it in the first place.

They said they have to see the issue clearly, then I showed them the issue on the pure gray background.

I rotated the phone 90 degree then they realized the issue and accepted the replacement.

S-Amoled screen with any problem will show mostly on several gray-shade background. These were my experiences back since

S1 til S4, I had to replace the unit several times in order to get a proper unit. No first perfect display for me.

Hope you will receive your new perfect unit soon.

Cheers,
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomer90:
Hey,

I just wanted to ask does the custom roms really worth rooting? in comparison to the google stock rom how much faster and more battery efficient are the custom rom that specialize in those fields? (i.e. LiquidSmooth from what I could gather) and how much more/less stable are they from the stock rom?

Thank you.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nigeldg:
Experience differs from user to user. The most conclusive way to get an answer is to try it out yourself. For me, PA has been just as fast as the stock ROM and had equally good battery life, but I have had the occasional random reboot. To me that's a miniscule trade-off for the features you get. You won't really get a ROM that's significantly faster than a stock ROM though because the hardware on the phone is good enough that everything feels fast.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kfeltes:
I would recommend you try both and stick with the one that works best for you. Only you can determine which one you like more. The N4 is easy to install a custom rom on (even from stock). Plus with the backup apps out there you don't have to risk losing your data and starting over. No two users are identical and what works for one may not work for another.

For what it's worth, I've flashed back to stock/locked/unrooted because I never came to depend on the features the different roms gave me. I'm getting older and don't have the time to stay current on the different roms and features. All I need for my phone are apps/features that are found in the stock rom and the google store. Battery life is better on a custom rom but it's not worth it to me to continue my "flashaholic" ways. I still get through a day sometimes a day and a half on the stock rom - which is all I need. My use case could be drastically different than yours so don't do what I did unless you know it will work for you.

The developers here do great work and it's a great community so I would recommend you try them all to see which one you like the most.

Good luck.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scream4cheese:
You need to find the answer yourself.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomer90:
its not about me testing for myself because i'm not looking for features or special stuff i can get along with everything i'm really just looking for the fastest most battery saving ROM, thats it, I play little to almost no games basicly mail and scanning and stuff like that(i'm a student right now) and soon i'll be writing some apps for myself for security purposes so I need something to really milk that Quad Core for all its worth so I also need some CPU tweaking apps(not sure if thats ROM related)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
You'll be very happy with Sabermod or Rasbean both close to stock. Sabermod is the only Rom built using the 4.8 chaintool and is very fast. The battery life is also excellent. I recommend those 2 for a close to stock experience with some useful tweaks both fast smooth and solid.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomer90:
Thank you for your input.

Any other opinions?

and by the way, excuse my ignorance but what does it mean 4.8 chaintool? what makes it faster then the 4.7 or the older ones? and since its really new im guessing, does it mean its less stable then the other ROMS? and when you say excellent battery life, its in comparison to all those other ROMS that aim for max battery life?

Thank you!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tom540:
If you really want more battery life or smoothness then IMO you should just install a new kernel; Franco's kernel has great battery life but it still has better performance than stock, Trinity kernel is super fast and smooth, and there's loads more options available.

I'm running CM10.1 and Franco kernel and its very stable, barely ever have any sort of bugs or random reboots
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] housry23:
I run CM10.1. Close to stock, but has a few options that are nice to have especially if you like to customize your phone. There are other Roms that have more options, but to me, what's in CM is enough. It's really up to you.

With that being said, I recently flashed a stock rooted rom and got MUCH better battery life than on CM. I don't know if it was an app I had or what, but stock definitely gave me better battery life. I have tried kernels and Rom combinations, but always come back to CM with every single phone I've had. But, in my experience on the Nexus 4, stock Rom gives me the best battery life.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rizy7:
For me liquidsmooth is brilliant! Extremely fast while having tons of customization options. Pair it with matr1x and it really is a great combo for speed and battery life. This is only my opinion but it works for me. I got over 22000 on antutu with this combination (no overclock) while I think its around 17000 on stock. I also get significantly better battery life compared to stock.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul_viado:
if you really want a bump in battery and performance, i suggest rooting and just install francos kernel.i've tried every rom on this forum and for me i ALWAYS find my way back to stock for me it just feels the most fluid and everything works like it should. like me you dont play games or anything and im no app hoarder.that said stock rom with francos kernel gives me the best of everything including color/gamma tweaks to make your screen look better with his app.

with that said i suggest to check out different kernels
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mastewman:
Installing kernel...

Now, if we install franco's kernel onto the Stock ROM, will this prevent any future Google updates from being installed?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] playya:
Updates in any form will show up in the forum and no need to simply rely on Google for them. They have recently released an updated kernel which I see being implemented by some rom developers and kernel developers already. Let's understand what we have here guys, a community of constant building additions/updates to our phones. So updates should be the last thing for you to worry about IMO

Also to me OP some of the questions you asked can all be answered with a simple Google Search, not that the answers given here are wrong but you would probably find more in depth and uniformed answers by looking it up.. Quite sure its on a wiki somewhere...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jsparta26:
I believe he means Google ota's and yes it can stop you from getting ota's. Any modification to system. Whether you added or removed something will fail. You would have to be on complete stock for it to work. Just download yourself a nexus 4 toolkit. The latest factory image, latest drivers, and make sure you backup your internal storage on your computer. Use the tool to return your phone back to stock. Of course whenever you feel is tge right time to do so.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] playya:
Oh no I fully understood what he meant and my point was simply people unroot or stay stock to wait for an update. Whether you are rooted or not the update will find you in some form. Either with a rooted stock rom or a custom rom but rest assure that xda will not let an update happen and its not on everyone's phone :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digiblogger:
The Galaxy S4 is my frist Android device, but I am wondering if this is normal...

I moved some files via camera mode to an SD-Folder... dokuments, music... something like this.

When reconnecting the device via usb, the files are no longer shown in explorer (pc), but they are still shown in my files exlorer (s4).

Is this normal?

digi
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Saumitra Yadav:
So anyone wants a blackberry os v6 ??? On explorer ???

Wat say guys ???
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] shortyoko:
Well this is task so close to impossible, that actually is impossible.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] TUDVAD:
even if its possible why the hell i will want a bb os ?????android is better in all aspects :)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Saumitra Yadav:
it is possible [MENTION=950090]shotr[/MENTION]yoko :P it will be based on lewa os :P

some features :

bb like watsaap

bb browser

and many more :P
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] shortyoko:
To be themed like that............. didn't get that reading the first post.

This is not a bad idea, it may catch some fans ;)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] tatiraju.rishabh:
The best we can have is Android themed as BB.

BlackBerry is not open-source, so one for Android phones is impossible.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayMix:
Hey guys I have recently rooted my Nexus 4 and left the stock rom on it. Now a few days later I am experiencing issues mainly with apps that change settings, like juicedefender or a cpu speed app.

I have done some research and according to juicedefender error log it shows I need to have busybox or I should have CyanogenMod.

Ok i hav 3 questions

1. Will installing busy box cause me to lose any data?

2. I know installing CyanogenMod ROM will clear all my data is there a way for me to backup need for speed and bad piggies?

3. Is there a way for me to keep my stock rom and fix these problems?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nigeldg:
Since you're rooted all you need to do for backups is download Titanium Backup and use that to keep all of your data.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayMix:
Alright im a noob at all this any idea if i should get cm nightly, stable or whatever version ? And if i go with release candidate can i change it to nightly in the future?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eqjunkie829:
You will probably want to start with a stable release before jumping into a nightly. Nightly build aren't really known for stability.

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayMix:
Thanks yall, last question do CM updates work likestock roms or do i need to flash them at every update or something?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eqjunkie829:
To update cm all you need to do is download new rom, boot to recovery, flash rom and gapps, wipe cache, reboot. Of course this only applies if the rom base hasn't changed, which is infrequent.

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayMix:
Ok hmmmi think u might not be getting what i am saying lol sorry. What i am getting hung up over is does flashing wipe my data? And do cm updates wipe my data?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melcali:
If you are going to flash cm for the first time a wipe is required. Usually wipes aren't required when flashing a newer version of a Rom.

But will it wipe data automatically? No. Wiping data is an option you have to confirm in recovery.

Is that what you are asking?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayMix:
Thanks thanks i will be flashing cm soon, thx so much yall. Sent a donation to mskip for making it so easy to do all this. :D
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hweng74:
Hi Guys,

This was my first experience with rooting and upgrading with Cyanogen.

I had a Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 running on Android 2.3.3 and decided to upgrade it to Android 4 using CyanogenMod 9 as the latest stable version. I took the following steps:

Rooted the device with CF-Root-TAB7_XX_OXA_JQ1-v3.3-CWM3RFS.tar using Odin3 v1.7.exe

Following the famous VIO instructions, I Installed cm-9.1.0-p1.zip and gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip -which consequently, changed the CWM version on my device from 3 to 6-

The device came up and everything was working fine except the Wifi which could not be turned on.

So, I tried repeating the process by going to download mod on my Tab -Volume Down + Power Key- and installed CF-Root-TAB7_XX_OXA_JQ1-v3.3-CWM3RFS.tar using Odin3 again.

I guess this is the point where I screwed up! :crying: cause the CWM version went back to version 3, but the device is not comming up anymore nor booting. I can only go to CWM recovery mode by pressing Volume Up + Power key, but in there, I constantly get the following errors:

E:unknown volume for path [/system]

E: Unable process volume! Skipping...

Checking /data

E:unknown volume for path [/data]

E:unknown volume for path [/data]

E:unable process volume! Skipping...

checking /cache...

E:unknown volume for path [/cache]

E:unknown volume for path [/cache]

E:unable process volume! Skipping...

Done!

Now, what can I do to bring my device back and start it up? I have backed up the original ROM by CWM, but due to above errors, there is no access to any file or folders on my device.

Appreciate any help in advance!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rakionowner:
Hmm flash any gingerbread samsung firmware with odin which have all 4 files pit,modem, csc and code . Make sure you tick re-partition before flashing and also make sure u flash the right file at right place ...
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geno93n0:
Try flashing back to stock Gingerbread via Odin. Being able to get into both Recovery and Download Mode is a good sign, actually. Generally, the less you can access, the worse your situation is. But first try to go back to stock before everything else.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hweng74:
As I have bellow backups -taken by CWM-, of my original gingerbread, can I use them with Odin to restore my device??

boot.img 7,864,320

cache.img 19,008

data.img 1,551,897,600

datadata.img 11,265,408

nandroid.md5 222

system.img 319,938,432
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hweng74:
As far as I understand, The issue is caused by an uncompatible version of CWM -Version 3- uploaded by Odin to my device which is already running on Android 4.

Is there any version 6 CWM file -just like CF-Root-TAB7_XX_OXA_JQ1-v3.3-CWM3RFS.tar- available so that I only upload the PDA??

Do you think this is a good idea at all??
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rakionowner:
Nope, follow this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1082288
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hweng74:
I followed the guide, I uploaded P1000JPJPD_P1000OJPJPE_P1000JXJP4_HOME.tar.md5 as PDA using odin -didn't check the Re-partition check box in Odin-.

My device is still is not coming up., it stucks on Samsung logo,

Having pressed the Volume Up and power, I get the bellow error:

E: part(1) DATA Checksum Error

E: part(1) Checksum Error

Internal MMC checksum verify failed.

but at least, I can now go to Android System Recovery and see my files on the internal storage.

Now what do you recommend? Should I follow the upgrading to CyanogenMod 9 process again?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geno93n0:
That happens everytime I restock to the stock Japanese GB ROM. I fix it by flashing dbdata.tar as PDA, that fixes it 100% of the time. If it doesn't work on the first flash just do it again until it does. That, or read on.

I had the

exact

same problem you had in your original post just last night, which is actually how I found this thread. It actually turned out that I flashed CM10 from the external memory card instead of the internal one. Try checking that first, if you can get back into Gingerbread. If you can't, then your first priority should be to get back to a working Android system.

If the "flashing dbdata.tar" method doesn't work, then you'll have to go through the long-ish process of restocking with your appropriate ROM, flashing dbdata.tar (only if you get the DATA Checksum Error again), flashing the Overcome Kernel and ROM, and then finally flashing CM9. It's time-consuming, but it's always worked for me. I have to jump through a few hoops because my GT is the Japanese model, but I've successfully flashed CM9 twice and CM10 twice using this method.

EDIT: Forgot to link the guide to the Overcome method. Here it is: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1881981

Your mileage may vary, but if flashing GB-Stock-Safev5.tar doesn't work, just use any other Gingerbread ROM (preferably for the region that you originally bought your device in), and assuming you are able to get into Gingerbread, skip to Step 7 on Page 10 of the Overcome guide.

Don't worry, there's hope. Or more realistically, you'll get it fixed sooner or later.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rakionowner:
Reflash follow overcome method, make it clean build first, and then you know what to do ....
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pushkardua:
you have to restock it using GB-Stock-Safe-v5
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hweng74:
My Device is alive now! :o thanks to the procedures recommended by you, I was able to install CM9 on it again and bring it up.

But still the original problem exists! the wireless is not working witn CM9. Did you have the same problem with the wireless? what about CM10? shall I try that or is there any fix for the wireless on CM9?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geno93n0:
Glad to be able to help. Now that you know the full process, you could try flashing the latest CM10 nightly to see if that fixes the wireless. Have you tried activating the wireless on a stock ROM? You could probably try it now, and you most likely will be able to fix your Tab now if any problems arise.

Cheers.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erdo0416:
Hello Guys,

I'm new at XDA but I have a question:

A few months ago I've installed a custom rom to my S5830i.

The name is Mindcr. 2.8

That worked perfect, but now there is an update (newer version) of it.

And I went to recovery mode and went to Clockworkmod and deleted my dalvik cache and data and system memory.

After everything I've deleted I went to Apply zip from SD-Card and I choosed Mindcr. 2.9

After that It was 5 minutes like ''installing system'', after that it saidl, ''mindcr 2.9 fully installed.

After that I've rebooted my device and than you see the Samsung Galaxy Ace logo.

And I've waited about 2 hours and it still was like that.

I've unbricked my phone with odin and tried again, but it still stays there.

Why doesn't he just reboot normally?

If there's no answer, I just unbrick it and go further with normal android.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] soraxd:
is there any difference between the two besides ours being boot locked and network locked?

what I'm really asking is if I get the i9505 can I use it on att and get all the compatible network bands?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] defnow:
I don't think you'll get LTE with it though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] xxhorseriderxxx:
I've been trying to look into this, and I'm pretty šure that the i9505 doesn't have AT&T LTE band support =[ Good news is that the Tmobile variant will have support for AT&T LTE bands without a locked bootloader. I'm going to just buy an unlocked Tmobile variant and use it on AT&T to sidestep the whole bootloader garbage.
[Xperia Z General] zolo111:
So I got the xperia z (C6602) as a gift a month ago. I was happy with the device, till a few days ago I took the phone out of my pocket to find the screen (the inner one) cracked in the middle!! The upper portion of the screen doesn't respond to touch, while the lower portion works fine. I took the phone to SONY repair center over here in Saudi Arabia, and they denied fixing it under warranty. I was told they can't fix the screen, and my only option is to swap it for a new one and the price is 450 US dollars.

I was wearing a pair of Caterpillar Workwear Essentials Trademark Trousers and the phone was inside of right front pocket, didn't drop the phone or anything! I'll upload some pictures.

I had an xtremeguard screen protector on the screen; no cover. I was looking online for a cover a few days ago though :(

Edit: pics

I spoke to their manager, and he said that it's possible to break the internal screen without breaking the outer one if you press on it with your finger!!!!!

I'm not accepting NO for this BS! I'll take it up with whoever till I get this resolved. I have a family member who's traveling to the US next month; I think I'll have him take it with him to a US based repair service and have them look at it. If it's anything like APPLE, they'll fix this, right?
[Xperia Z General] redandwhitearmy:
Such bad luck :/ BTW have seen many cases now... internal screen breaks but outer glass is not even cracked... maybe internals are more brittle

EDIT : Saw ur pics... well looks like sony should replace your phone.... just say u dont know anything about this ... just touchscreen stopped responding while u were using it... threaten them that u will sue them if they dont replace.... :p
[Xperia Z General] ginzon:
Well that seems to be a Big bad luck for you.. Internal crack cannot be coz of any fall.. Doesn't seem to me of how the external remains intact on falling n just damaging the internal...

Check with any other service center of sony.. just in case..
[Xperia Z General] SalamiQueen:
Sorry to hear :( That makes me really worry about mine! Do you have a case or anything?

Not sure if this is worth checking to see if there are any spare parts available too? http://rounded.com/xperia-z-l36h/#ty;pagination_contents;/xperia-z-l36h/
[Xperia Z General] OsiBasi:
You know what you should do right? Take this up their ass. Take it up to court. If there's no problems on the outer screen. You actually have a case.

Tell them you got it like that straight of the box
[Xperia Z General] decadan1977:
The glass is flexible. But don't think the innards are as forgiven. Sounds like it has bent ever so slightly stressing the insides. Bad luck either way.