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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] tcoz2000:
Crawrj, since you spend plenty of your time testing for us, I'll gladly step by step through this for you.

I followed your advice and did a full backup in Titanium and in CWM, then did data/wipefactory reset, and wiped the cache again for good measure. The Sprint App loader came up, installed music, TV, blahblah. No mention of Hotspot in the dialogues. I checked the settings menu, STILL no Hotspot option. I went to Activate Phone, I get a network error. Something had to have gone wrong with MF9 update. That is all I can figure. No sense wasting more of my time magically making hotspot reappear. I am a fix it if it is broken guy, and while I thought I may find a missing APK, I haven't yet. And for some reason this phone won't go through it's activation sequence now, though it was perfectly fine before. The custom Recovery image? I dunno. I can't theorize what the issue could possibly be. With nothing to lose I dug deeper and tried again from stock. Unroot and build my way back up.

So I have downloaded the Stock MDL and installed through Odin(PDA Mode, Reboot and F.ResetTime checked). That answers anyone's question if they can go backwards from MF9 to MDL. Yes you can. Oddly, STILL NO HOTSPOT. Tried to Activate again. Still won't activate. Rebooted to (now) factory bootloader, wiped cache again, factory reset again, wiped cache again. After a reboot, Hotspot IS BACK. Still no mention of it in the Sprint App installer dialogues. Activate device screen still not working. I did notice my signal meter almost doubled. The entire time previously the meter was at around 25%. After the final factory reset, almost 60%. However, the actual "Activate Phone" feature does not work. Ok. Then tried to force the OTA update to MF9, it refused. Odd. Went so smooth this afternoon. Downloaded the MF9 update zip off of here, put on SD card and flashed through the bootloader. Phone booted without issue, got message that Android update was successful. Hotspot still there. Now to try and restore my life back onto this thing. Oddly, I went to Activate phone and my info just appeared there. Rebooted to download mode, flashed CF Autoroot onto the phone again so I can get Titanium back and start restoring. Synced accounts, installed SuperSU and its binaries, still have Hotspot. I'm checking hotspot at my every move to see if it goes away. Did a complete restore in Titanium backup of all my apps and system settings. Worst case I lose Hotspot, right? I restored only "system settings" with TiBu and Hotspot was gone. SO we have it narrowed down a bit. Booted into recovery, did a factory reset, STILL NO HOTSPOT. Went through the settings menu and tried a Reset that way, and when the phone rebooted, Hotspot was BACK. WTF. A factory reset should be a factory reset, shouldn't it? I did maintain Root through these latest factory resets, so I ran TiBu and only pulled the system info I really wanted. Rather curious which system item I restored to cause this...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] crawrj:
Thank you for all of the testing. That is really odd. So if you don't mind and can test further, try restoring a few of the system settings from TiBu at a time until you find the one that is causing the problem. Then we may be able to supply that to the users on Boost and stuff to see if it fixes them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] tcoz2000:
I already have it somewhat narrowed down, as I tried to restore some bare minimum stuff such as wallpapers and lost it again. When I have a chance I will reinstall CWM again so I can get a properly functioning Nandroid backup and then track down the culprit in titanium. I really don't want to start from scratch again!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] optimummind:
Can this zip be flashed under TWRP v2.6.0.0? I downloaded the file twice just to make sure and each time inside TWRP, I get the Fail message. Same for the 4-in-1 Mod, both odexed versions.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] tones160:
whats the difference between deodexed and odexed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] optimummind:
Odexed version failed in OUDHS as well. Will try now with TWRP 2.5.0.2.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] tcoz2000:
Stock roms are odexed. Some custom roms are deodexed. There is a page in here on it with very good descriptions.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] optimummind:
Odexed version failed to flash in TWRP 2.5.0.2 as well. :( Are there any other stock odexed users who have tried to flash this and it worked inside recovery?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] optimummind:
Finally got it flashed. After multiple downloads and tries, it was a combination of Chrome and a server closer to the west coast. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] tcoz2000:
I have found the culprit. In TiBu, it is labeled as "Settings 4.2.2 Settings/Bluetooth". I havent had time to open the files up on my laptop yet and see whats in them, my lawn is begging for attention. But that is the file that seems to control if you see Hotspot or not. If I restore the data from that setting. ...poof gone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] gsd17:
Is everything working for you now with MF9 and hotspot? After seeing a few issues on here I'm a little hesitant to flash this.

Right now I have fully stock MF9, rooted, and on TWRP 2.5.0.2 as well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] KStyles69:
straight talk s4

seen post from a boost mobile flashed s4. Im a sprint straight talk s4 user. odin back to stock and manually did the official .zip through stock recovery. This hotspot mod fails to work for me. the best I can do is use the exlir 2 app widget to open my hotspot settings.... then my laptop would fail to connect or connect with no internet. did not test on mdl. i have gotten the free playstore app... 1 click wifi tether no root... to successfully work which made me super excited but it was really slow... made my 3g over half as slow. if anybody can get that app to run at full 3g speed please post back. beer money if you can post the fix
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Glitterloveglamour:
It worked wooo I love this!!!

I have a custom prl and with this my internet is so fast!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] gmorris:
i'm an idiot!

when i read this, somehow i missed the part where this was for sprint phones... flashed my T-Mobile Galaxy S4, and now it wont finish booting...I have good cwm backups, but was wondering if there was a quick-fix before I go that route. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] crawrj:
Get the services.jar and/or services.odex from your phone's stock Rom. Put it in the zip and flash from recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] PiggySmalls:
Doesn't Tmo have a free hot spot?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] gmorris:
Thanks for the quick response! :)

Will Try, I assume that is in the system.tar file of the cwm backup?

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... Not anymore :( ... they began charging a few months ago...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] PiggySmalls:
Well that sucks

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] crawrj:
No you will want to go to your development section and find a stock Rom in zip format. Get the one that matches your system. Pull them out of /system/framework.

But if you have a good backup just restore the system only and you are done. Much easier IMO.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] gmorris:
Worked like a charm! :)

Thanks Again!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] saj070:
Awesome my hotspot never worked finally with this mod it worked perfectly

TIA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Glitterloveglamour:
I was really confused at first but these directions along with the video helped a lot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYTis-i7HA4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] masterosok:
Was the hotspot option visible in the previous firmwares before MF9 without this mod. I want to say that it was not even an available option on my phone prior to MF9 unless I flashed this mod. After flashing back to stock MDL and upgrading to MF9 I see the hotspot option and I haven't flashed this mod back yet. I'm probably just smoking crack but I just assumed the option wouldn't be available at all without hotspot on your service plan. Of course it doesn't work cause its not on my plan but once I get my issues with the Truly Clean script resolved I figure flashing this rom will get it working again, just though it was strange that the option even shows up prior to flashing the mod.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] crawrj:
The option is always there if you are on Sprint and have activated the phone. It will just error out if you try to use it. The mod fixes that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] agkelos:
Is there anyway to activate the phone through file change?

I recently upgraded my two lines for Sprint to SG4's. When I got the phones everything was working great except hotspot ofcourse. I proceeded to flash the Liquid 2.8 rom (I didnt know about this fix) and hotspot worked and everything else too. My gf complained that she didn't like the new look of the phone's UI and that she wanted it as it came. So I flashed back to the nandroid backups. Now both phone haver everything working just fine, Data calls text etc but the phones won't activate which is why I think this mod is not working for me now. When I choose to activate through settings, it just times out. I also tried WIFI tether for root users but it gives me the error of phone is in an unknown state or something similar. I also tried the ##code that is around, to activate but it didnt work either.

Lastly I flashed to liquid on my phone to check nothing was broken, and hotspot is working just fine in that rom. What can I do?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] lightiv:
Thanks

crawrj, I just wanted to say thanks for everything. I just updated my S4 to MF9 Stock Rom & your Hotspot Mod. Everything is working perfectly. Now I Sprint would upgrade our tower to 4G LTE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Im a troll:
FYI ....in case anyone makes the mistake I made....

If you flash the MDL on a MF9 phone :( and get stuck at the yellow sprint logo :crying: , just reboot to recovery and flash the MF9 mod (i guess it flashes over the MDL?) and all will be good! :laugh:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jjkjustin:
My S4 won't boot past the yellow Sprint logo when I flash MF9 odexed. I had to flash back to MDL odexed in order to fix this. Any advice? :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] crawrj:
That means you aren't running MF9. Please read post 2 for more info.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Glitterloveglamour:
awesome on mf9 awesome on mdl!!
[Xperia Z General] zodiac100:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mol0mZz3Cg0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Sorry video updated!
[Xperia Z General] Dsteppa:
That daylight video looks a lot like it's taken in the evening:fingers-crossed::silly::highfive:
[Xperia Z General] droidhd:
This very same video was allready posted in XZ forums. Its night video recording :)
[Xperia Z General] zodiac100:
I think Z again handled things best. S4 was again very close but just a bit over exposed and so the flowers looked duller. Also buildings had a tendency to look yellowish and it didn't handle fluctuations in light as well as the Z.

Htc one again, lags behind the others.
[Xperia Z General] krabappel2548:
HTC One and S4 sucked compared to XZ, my ranking is:

- Xperia Z: Good colors, looked good for me, also not bad in the details. But sometimes a little problem with refocusing

- SGS4: sometimes way too yellowish and overexposed, didn't look natural at all to me. You couldn't see all details sometimes because off all the overexposure sometimes. But some shots where very good.

- HTC One: also overexposed and too yellowish sometimes, details also not always great.
[Xperia Z General] decadan1977:
Seen this yesterday. Agree with you 100%. The professional photographs tend to like the yellow tint version. Can't see why. There is a white car in the 1st clip. And the XZ clearly shows it white. But the s4 it looks a creamy sorta colour. Big fail for the HTC one though. Think you linked the wrong video.

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Krab your going to upset the professionals with that spot on analysis lol
[Xperia Z General] krabappel2548:
Well, why do they like the yellowish colors, it doesn't even look natural :p

And most reviews I've read aren't that good, of you read them you just know they had a preference for SGS4 or HTC One, but most of the time it was SGS4 though, probably Samsung pays them for good reviews, lol :D still XZ is a great phone:)
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
Do you mean this one http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2254487

LOL

The first thread failed and the OP decide to open a new one.

Boring....
[Xperia Z General] droidhd:
Yea lol and I just saw it's from same person.
[Xperia Z General] zodiac100:
Stupidity, I posted the wrong video by accident. What an idiot!

I know you love to bash the Zs camera and it upsets you to see the truth.
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
No i don't love to bash the Z's camera.

I am proud to be an XZ owner's but the camera fail in low light,something wrong with black levels,maybe a software issue.

In daylight XZ's camera is a winner here.

I am speaking the truth and i am sure about what i am saying,and if someone gives me an S4 for free i will not take it ;)
[Xperia Z General] roobeyn:
Drop test? >;)
[Xperia Z General] Dsteppa:
And there I thought that you got my hint when I wrote that it looked like it was filmed in the evening:p

- HTC one, should be renamed to HTC last, it really is the worst compared to the XZ and the S4

- S4 vs XZ it's a difficult battle because we don't know how the scenes look in real life (So not filmed). I guess the XZ has more natural colors, but it's a close battle. The S4 wins hands down in terms of clarity. The footage of the S4 showed more detail then the XZ, it's hard(er) to see at the flower part, but when buildings are being filmed you can clearly see more details coming from the S4 cam.

So it's a battle between natural colors or clarity/detail.

Step up your game Sony! Show us why people love your camera's soo much!
[Xperia Z General] cheetah2k:
I think once Sony fix the re-focusing issue the Z has it will be brilliant. Its all in the software though, as if I run the stock JB camera application it doesnt do it nearly as much as the default Sony software..

Galaxy S4 looks yellowish.. I can only attribute this to a filter that has been applied to the camera lens in order to bring out the greens and blues... In the end it doesnt work very well.

The HTC One is a complete fail though... I almost bought the One, but went with the Z instead all because of the camera. So glad I went this way now as I use the camera all the time.
[Xperia Z General] joejoe23:
I would gladly take the s4 and sell it. hehe .
[Xperia Z General] zodiac100:
The videos come from the same French tech site and I unwittingly copied the wrong link.

Innocent mistake. That's all. Well it's corrected now.
[Xperia Z General] doministry:
Happy to see how Z works well in videos.
[Xperia Z General] hung2900:
I don't know how come you guys make these evaluations above

Garden scene

- One: Yellow tint, colors look fake (exactly like when capturing images with day light white balance mode)

- S4: Cannot say it's over-exposed this round. Better contrast (look at leaves at the top of trees - upperhalf of the photo). However, the flowers part - downer half of the photo - seem brighter (a little over exposed). I think it's a good balance. Very good details. A little bit over saturated (green looks greener)

- XZ: So over-exposed at the top of trees, but good in the downer half.

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- One: Nothing to say about the color. However, very nice bokeh effect, but the pay-off is the very aggressive refocusing.

- S4: This time we can say it's over exposed, but does not affect the quality much. A little bit bokeh effect

- XZ: Very nice this round, but no bokeh effect (maybe some people who prefer deeper DoV will not care abt it)

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Louvre scene

- One: very dull

- S4: Good white balance and contrast

- XZ: a little bit dull and purple tint

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I have been in Louvre many times, so I remember the color.

- One: A little yellow tint

- S4: A little over exposed, but nice and quite close to reality, best details

- XZ: pretty purple tint, not nice at all

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Paris street scene

- One: still dim

- S4: best details, bright

- XZ: very close to S4 this round

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- One: Not very dim, but quite over saturated and too yellow tint.

- S4: a little yellow tint, red color looks quite orange

- XZ: best color, but picture looks blurry

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- One: out focusing, looks blurry

- S4: a little bit over saturated (maybe, actually for this criteria we need a superior camera as the reference for evaluation). Again, very good details. Nice white balance

- XZ: quite nice overall, but still blurry and a little bit purple tint

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The rest followed a similar trend

- One: some scenes showed a big problem with exposure and make the brightness not stable and very dim

- S4: bright and very detailed, hard to say it's over exposed, but can say it's over saturated a little bit. Nice white balance

- XZ: overall is good, colors look true but a little bit purple tint
[Xperia Z General] juanmaasecas:
I agree, but I think Xperia Z has less over-saturated colors than S4, and less overcontrast, which produces more natural videos and more detail in shadows.
[Xperia Z General] doministry:
^^^^^ Agree agree.

The biggest loser here is overhyped HTC One.

Which was supposed to be so amazing after GSMArena test.
[Xperia Z General] Ryland Johnson:
I am unsure what purpose it serves to bash any of the three present top line mobiles from Sony, HTC and Samsung. They are ALL very good, in fact, amazing mobiles. What we, as XZ owners identify as strengths others will not appreciate and vice-versa.

I think there comes a point when bashing others brands says more about us as XZ owners than it does the other brands. Human nature to compare and we are all techno junkies BUT can't we compare without the bashing? We own a very professional well engineered top line phone. Lets show those that own the XZ are top line people with a discerning taste for quality and engineering appreciation.

Just a thought?

Regards
[Xperia Z General] zodiac100:
Since when did posting a comparison video become bashing other brands. It's just a comparison. That's all. That's I why I offered no words, just posted the videos. People watch and discuss which they prefer. Where's the bashing in that. To say the htc has poor quality isn't basing if that's what it is. And it is poor. It's not bashing.

I think it's actually more honest to show such demonstrations than just mere talking and talking and talking and talking.
[Xperia Z General] doministry:
Yes that's true.
[Xperia Z General] decadan1977:
Don't think Ryland was referring to you that is bashing other brands. But some people are taking it little far. Yes I love my xperia Z and I will defend it if someone starts spouting rubbish like viewing angles and such. But I also know that it has its imperfections. As I said before the perfect phone has never or will ever be produced. I also have a S4 in my household. The wife got it on Friday. So I have had plenty of time to compare. But I still prefer my XZ. That will upset some people. But it's my opinion. I choose the XZ for its strengths. Water resistant design be the top. Followed by the fact that I have had less bother with custom roms on a Sony handset. Personally think the best Devs and up and coming are with team Sony XDA. Again my opinion. The s4 is certainly a brilliant piece of kit. But it's a case of each to there own. I started a thread on Saturday just praise what we have in the XZ. Mod closed it and rightfully so. Was turning into a ranting match. That I did not want.
[Xperia Z General] RoChinu:
I agree with what you said about loving your phone but knowing it has imperfections. It really is give and take right now. S4, HTC one and XZ all have their pros and cons, non of them are perfect and it's up to the user to choose for themselves what they really want and look for when buying a device. The three really are on par right now and a daily average user which would be 95% of the world population wouldn't see difference performance wise. Samsung knows and lures buyers with fancy new options like smart pause etc. The One definitely is stunning in my opinion and bet most people will buy it for it's looks and it being advertised of having the best screen at the moment. The Z has the dust and water resistance and is a beauty as well, like the HTC one.

Surprisingly I've seen quite a lot of people with the Z lately. I'm working in a hotel and in general have high profile guests. Besides the usual Blackberry Bold 9900, iPhone 5 and S3 the Z has managed to wring themselves into the market. And I guess they deserve it with their latest release. I know it's off topic but wanted to share those things with you guys.
[Xperia Z General] decentgi:
well said, i know i feel terrible when someone tries to impose their opionons about a phone i just paid good money for. i would never buy a samsung or a htc but that doesnt mean they are bad phones
[Xperia Z General] hung2900:
I totally agree with you, but some statements like "about the camera/display/... or in this video/comparison the phone xyz is the best" always draw the (useless) conflicts.

That is inevitable.
[Xperia Z General] Ryland Johnson:
Be assured if I was referring to you I would quote you. I was writing in the general and not specific terms, not at all. In fact I enjoyed your post and thank you for posting it.

Kind regards.

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In general, The SXZ is a mobile device that oozes quality and class. Truly don't desire to sound like a snob and am not, just would like to see SXZ owners write on matters with the same level of quality that the phone we own has? Stunning phone for stunning people:D

I applaud HTC and Samsung for developing their prime mobiles they are also stunning mobiles. We have fought long and hard for the freedom of choice we have and to me its a notion we should and must not abuse or take for granted. Thank heaven we live in a society where we have the luxury of choice. So many billions on this planet don't have either the freedom nor the money to won any of these devices.

So thanks Sony On this occasion I am enjoying your XZ.

You do, of course, realise what's going to happen don't you? After spouting about the values of the Sony et al, mine will go pifo and I will be stuffed! :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z General] LT nicles:
Video Recording?

I am amazed that the sony Z can record so well looking at the youtube video link. With my new Z for some reason, I cant get the same out come, when i try video recording, play back of any recorded materials is blurred and most of the times i get a green stuff popping all over the recording. can anyway one help explain how to record a video on the Z
[Xperia Z General] raiderkilo:
Sony Xperia Z Camera Review on Dpreview

http://connect.dpreview.com/post/6781282610/sony-xperia-z-camera-review?news
[Xperia Z General] juanmaasecas:
Old firmware used in that review.

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