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[Xperia Z General] Zigurat:
I hate the way how this debate is going... to each his own. I like how the author wanted a critical feedback, shows maturity on his part, yet so much hatered... :( I own a XZ and love it. My previous phone was the Gnex. As for the screen debate - MY honest opinion is that the screen is great with nice colours, yet hate the washed out effect when i glance at the screen from the side during lectures or sth. I agree that a as a flagship, Sony could have done better, but still during normal use its not much of a bother.

As for the camera, its great. Best Ive had so far. I cant compare it to the HTC and wont because the targets are in MY opinion different. HTC is on the bottom and had to find a gimmick to help it get back on top. If it had a 13 MP camer, it would be one of the many, compared to S4, XZ, LGG etc. and they probably couldnt really measure up based on their past cameras. Yet by inventing a cool new name (remember FaceTime anyone :D) and studying the market, they decided that a 4 MP camera would suit most people needs. I mean how many people print phone pictures or view them pixel by pixel. The majority of people want to have the new and the best yet they dont utilise their phones to a great extent beyond, email, internet, fb, album, youtube, mp3 and some other basic stuff. And for those people, 4 MP should be enough, based on HTC's opinion. (Though I agree that lack of onscreen zoom on full hd screens is a bit of a downer). And so far its working great for them. A nice stylish body, with great screen and a fancy named camera to differentiate them from others... I hope they can rise up again and we can see a top of the line competition from them!

Software-wise - blinkfeed is in MY opinion a gimmick, yet thats only my opinion, but I believe they did some sort of a market research before doing sth so radical. But the option to turn off should have been present imo. Sony's software on the other hand is clean and efficiont, the way I! like it.

Just my cup of tea on some of the points :D Ty for your review and for trying to be constructive and cool headed.
[Xperia Z General] eagleeyetom:
Thread closed. Discussing differences between two phones is not the best idea, as every user is expecting different things from his/her device.

As you can see it leads only to some negative comments, so that's why closing this thread is better.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Grant H:
I'm sure this has been posted already, but I wanted to centralize this information after having seen and helped a few people with battery screen shots that indicate high Media Server and Google Maps battery drain/CPU usage.

Google Maps and Media Server should not be your two highest battery drain apps Unless you are using Google maps all day long. Even then, Screen should be eating more battery than Google Maps.

Go into Settings, Application Manager, All, then find Google Maps and Clear Cache / Clear Data. Exit all that and select the Google Maps app icon. I bet it says "updating to latest version" and all your problems are fixed with Google Maps. Google Maps does not show up in my battery information (it is hardly using any battery), even though my GPS is turned on all day and set to update location automatically. Google Maps does not even show up on my Battery status page unless I use the Navigation.

Media Server scans your SD card and phone for new media files. I found that I needed to reformat my SD Card and then copy my big library of pictures back to it to fix the high amount of battery drain and cpu usage from this app. Before the reformat, Media Server was my higest drain application and the Gallery would slug around. After the reformat, Media Server doesnt even show up on my battery information and gallery flies as it should.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] robstunner:
Google now uses maps to know your location and give you relevant content. If you disable it after enabling google now, you will be affecting the usefulness of google now. That being said, I have google now off anyway.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dew.man:
Giving up

I've been struggling with runaway Media Storage for the last few days and am giving up!

Two different SD cards (32gb and 64gb). About 10gb of Music and Pictures copied to music and pictures folders. Fresh formats using exFAT and FAT32. No matter what I do, it gets hung up for hour after hour after hour and runs the battery down with less than 2 hours of screen time.

My last experiment confirmed that it's an S4 bug:

Took the 2 cards, formatted them FAT32, copied over my media. Stuck one in the S4, the other in my old Moto Defy running cm10. After boot, the Defy was done indexing (Media Storage dropped off task status list in System Tuner) within 15 minutes. The S4 was still spinning after 3 hours.

So I powered off the devices, and switched the cards between the two. Booted them up, and the same thing happened. The Defy was done within 15 minutes while the S4 was still bogging after several hours.

Keep in mind that the Defy is merely a single core overclocked to 1.2ghz. Everything else is painfully slow on it, but it still manages to spank the S4 in indexing my media. And as a result, the battery also outlasts.

Arg! Was really hoping this S4 was going to work out for me, but it looks like it won't be of any use until the custom roms start rolling out...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] seh6183:
I've essentially been unable to get rid of the mediaserver wakelock, well, since jellybean has been released. It is persisant whether there is a memory card or not. Even if I delete every picture and music file on the phone it persists. It seems it cannot be stopped!

Also, I have been able to rid the maps wakelocks by disabling google now, but I'll give your method a shot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mapatton82:
Take a look at this thread to determine if you bootloader is unlocked.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2265291
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LUIKAP:
Hello guys. How is the signal of your s4? I have noticed that the signal bars are always low. With other phones where I took four bars now with s4 take two or at most three. I can call and do other things quietly but 'I never see full bars. It also happens to you?

Operator: h3g

Version: I9505XXUAMDM

officer

thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tomo1971:
Ive been kinda concerned over the signal too but after comparing it with a Moto Razr i and S3 on the same network, I would say its slightly better than the S3.

Im not watching the signal bars as such but using Settings>about phone>Status to look at the 'dbm' figure. The higher is better ( - 60 is good, -101 isnt good). I have noticed that someitimes there is no signal bars but I can make calls, clear sound too, so I wonder if its just the phones visualisation of the reception.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filip4428:
Hello, everyone, i hard bricked my s2 and i really wanna know if you guys know any store or whatever that can do a jtag restore via riff box on my galaxy s2, i live in croatia so it would be nice if it's near me :)

btw. i can't enter download mode nor recovery, i bought usb jig on ebay and waiting for it but i really don't think it's gonna work :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
These guys are reputable, also search here, Google search & ask local mobile repair shops in your area.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filip4428:
Thank you a lot!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
You're welcome. Good luck ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdstheking:
how to use sd card as main memory?

so that apps will automatically install in sd card directly from play store , shared data will move on to sd card directly either via bluetooth or nfc or wifi direct..??:confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
cant, unless you are rooted, by editing vold.fstab file.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] happy snappy:
im new to this forum so im not sure if i'm at the right place so i will just ask

today i placed a custom rom on my phone read everything and did everything as said because it was the first time, but when i was done the samsung logo came and turned blue.

so i dont know what that means but here is some info

i rooted the phone

then installed clockwork

and then installed cyanogenmod 10.1

and gapps

i hope this is enough infomation for you guys and that you can help me

many thanks happy snappy
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shyaoran.spam:
androidarmv6

Hello!

Try to repeat the process but using official androidarmv6 ROM for cooper (S5830):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2199575

Don't forget to wipe factory/data.

Good luck.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] happy snappy:
piobikt faireft

thank you for helping me but i need some more explaination because this is the second time and the first time i had some help but i forgot about all that so if you could explain it i would be very grateful

p.s. flashing is not my strongest point if you understand
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mandark52:
ok here it goes-

1-open cwm recovery

2-select factory data reset/wipe

3-select install update from sd card , choose zip from sd card n select ur respective rom flash it!

4-then select wipe cache partition

5-select advanced - wipe dalvik cache.

6- reboot system now n u r done

plss hit thanx if helped.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galaxy_Rohit:
Format /system too if u r flashing any custom rom over the samsung stock rom for the first time...remember this tip forever:)

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[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcel.magalhaes:
To format all, go to CMW,

1- Mounts and storage

2- Format cache/data/system

I hope that i Help you.

;)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] happy snappy:
Thanks

Thanks for the explanation you guys i Will do it tommorrow you Will hear it If it works or not
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] happy snappy:
bad news

well i did all three but it didnt work the samsung logo now turns red and dissapears and when i tried to install rom

but guys i think i screwed it up because somehw i lst my backup and i can only go to recovery mode and download mode

and i think the usb is not on debugging mode and is it still possible to fix the phone even if i can only use recovery mode
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] slannesh:
Just upgraded my from an XDA to XDA 2, and ported all my data to the new device. Everything seems to work quite well except that I cannot get reminders (either audio of visual) for calendar appointments. The appointments sync to outlook and I get the reminder at the appropriate time from outlook but the PDA never squeaks. Anyone any clues?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Rudegar:
have you looked in settings under sounds & notification

there are a few checkbox's about which events can play sound
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] slannesh:
The notification is set in sounds and notifications and i've set it to one of the system supplied sounds just in case my sounds were corrupt.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] BRosenow:
What ROM version are you running? (found in Start -> Settings -> System -> Device Information)

There were definite problems in this area with the early ROMs. To fix, you can either flash with a newer (preferably the newest) ROM, or search this forum for "check notifications" for a workaround using the older ROM.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] slannesh:
ROM Version is 1.66.00WWE dated 02/20/04

Radio Version 1.10.00

Protocol Version:1337.18

ExtROM version:1.66.181
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] BRosenow:
Well . . . that ROM version should have the process limit problem soved.

What other software is loaded on the device?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] jonwhale:
I have the same problem, radio version & others is the same. My software installed: Pocket TV, Travel Alarm, VBirthday, Pocket Mechanic, PhoneExt,ListPro, Money Manager, ConverterCE. Please advise.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] slannesh:
Self healed

I have had a ton of software on it so that would have been a nightmare to troubleshoot.

However, I had an SMS problem too and had to hard reset to get round it. The hard reset also seemed to fix the calendar sound error.

Thanks for the help though, much appreciated.
[LG Optimus Me P350] gogyly:
Try locking messaginapp in memory. I've didn't notice that problem, but it can happendeven on GBroms.
[LG Optimus Me P350] interista4e:
How to lock messaging app???
[LG Optimus Me P350] gogyly:
I'm not on cm10 right now but it should be under performance settings in CM settings. Or something like that.

Or you can try this app. It does wonders https://play.google.com/store/apps/..._medium=organic&utm_term=lost+sms+app+android
[LG Optimus Me P350] interista4e:
thanks, i'll try soon :)
[LG Optimus Me P350] Maydar:
For me, it happened a few times but only for MMS.
[LG Optimus Me P350] interista4e:
the app seems to work :cool:
[LG Optimus Me P350] Maydar:
Tested and works, thanks.
[LG Optimus Me P350] gogyly:
Good. Glad to helu you.

Sent via blue dots...
[LG Optimus Me P350] interista4e:
this problem is also in RC 8.5.......Can this problem be resolved in next release?
[HTC Droid DNA] pissinguoff247:
I seem to be having a really bizarre problem with my phone. When I hold the phone with my hand normally, calls are fine and clear. When I hold the phone with my shoulder against my face and ear, the other caller says they can't hear me, I sound like I'm muffled or under water. I have disabled the "flip to enable speaker phone" option. I have verified that I am not covering up either of the noise cancelling microphones when holding it like that. What the heck is going on?

I bought it used on Swappa, everything works and it's in great shape except for that. It came to me running Newt's Sense 5 Rom, s-off, and rooted.

I never messed with HTC phones before so not sure if any of this means anything to you, but here are all the numbers:

ANDRIOD: 4.1.2

Sense: 5.0

Software number: NOS m7 v2.0.0 (Global)

HHTC SDK API level: 5.12

PRI: 1.98_002

PRL:15223

Kernel 3.4.10-ga02d2c6

root@abm020 #1

SMP PREEMPT

Baseband:1.01.04.0308

Build number: 1.28.401.7.CL162357 release-keys
[HTC Droid DNA] dclaw_fantum:
All three of my DNAs had this issue. It doesn't happen when I have my silicone case on the phone. The top mic is for noise cancellation when in a phone call and for some reason it picks up the vibrations from being pinched between your cheek and your shoulder and cancels the bottom mic. My One S never cancelled my voice out when I held it with my shoulder. I didn't hear about it with the One X either. The One S and One X have alloy bodies where the DNA has composite. You may want to see if anyone with a new One has the same issue.
[HTC Droid DNA] .torrented:
Both dna's I've had/have do that. It sucks but there really isnt anything to do about it

The top Mic gets used when in speaker phone mode rather than the bottom mic
[HTC Droid DNA] pissinguoff247:
I dropped and exploded my first DNA - so now I have a second (also used, same TWRP + NEWT ROM) - shockingly, this one doesn't crap out when I shoulder it.
[HTC Droid DNA] darkriff:
hahahaha and I thought it was just my problem, people also tell me same thing that they can't hear me when on my shoulder!
[HTC Droid DNA] Infinite Jest:
I have this same issue. Can't use two hands with any task using this phone. :/ I also noticed the mic gets funky when the phone is upside down or close to inversion.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] AndreiLux:
Changelog and downloads here:

https://github.com/AndreiLux/Perseus-UNIVERSAL5410/wiki
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] AndreiLux:
Issues and solutions :

https://github.com/AndreiLux/Perseus-UNIVERSAL5410/issues

If you are not able to comprehensibly formulate your issue in a detailed way and with a minimum amount of effort and common sense, you are not welcome and you should avoid using the tracker. This is not a support platform for me to respond to your every little problem.

An issue should contain: Description of the issue; environment and version on which it happens, and if applicable, when it doesn't; and a method of reproducing the problem. If you cannot adhere to these simple guidelines, I'll simply ignore and close your issues.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] AndreiLux:
Reserved.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] grgsiocl:
great work..gonna flash just to test the kernel till you release more added features kernel
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] jlevy73:
Been waiting for this, hopefully you can put humpty dumpty back together again :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] adichandra:
Nice! Im currently on wanam kernel. Do i need to reflash my rom and then the kernel, or do i need to just wipe cache and dalvik then flash the kernel? Or should i just flash it on top of wanam kernel? Thanks and sorry for the noob question.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] jlevy73:
Just flash in recovery and reboot, that's it
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Svid:
Finally some work from AndreiLux to the S4

Flashing :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] matheus_sc:
very thanks, flashing now

edit: up 1000 points, its very good
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] skivnit:
Very nice. At last! Thanks for the efforts. I'm running your kernel on my n2, s3 and s4. Hopefully something can be done about the whole big little Samsung fiasco
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] mithun46:
[MENTION=4167023]AndreiLux[/MENTION] has just stepped into the game. Time for his kernel to do magic on GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] bala_gamer:
Wohooooooooooo:D

Welcome to the game andrei :D

《posted from octa cored s4》
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Chuck Bartowski:
Wow, I love this kernel! Thanks for the support, it works perfect ;)

Inviato dal mio GT-I9500 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] AndreiLux:
Also a general inquiry about the device, since I increased the log buffer size and cleaned up some kernel log spam, if possible: Please report your AMOLED controllers; you can see the entry in the kernel log (It happens in the first few seconds after boot):

panel A,B,C
panel D,E,F
panel G
panel I
panel M

You'll get either one of those messages. I gather that most people will have I or M, I think we're seeing again multi-sourced controllers as on the Note 2.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Jeshter2000:
Omg omg Persues is here best kernel on Note 2 !!

The beast is unleased .....

Sent from my Octaaaa! Gt-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] GSeeker:
So the BEST thing happens!:good::laugh:
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Jimmy34742:
thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] DocRambone:
Where do we find the kernel logs?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] cmd512:
Looking forward to Perseus on the S4, Andrei!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] bala_gamer:
Here is the log screenshot

One more bug, I get a black screen for a few seconds after the phone reaches lockscreen after reboot

《posted from octa cored s4》
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Jgjd691995:
But instead of switching the A7 off u could leave it on and dedicate the foreground process it the A15 and background processes to the A7 in high-multi load situations but for that we need the big.LITTLE source code and our dear exynos source code to change stuff like this and ovbi the developer power aswell, not before anyone we dont need that much power, heres a question what would it be like to have PC multi tasking performance on android ?? And this can come in handy especially with multi-window mode enabled.

EDIT: using this idea of disabeling 'A7 off' I can have them working with a multi A7-A15 mode that most people are talking about with 3 A7 cores on and only 1 A15 core on, anyway were gonna need a group of highly skilled devs to do this because I suppose this is gonna need massive bits of new code and aaaaaa lot of alpha and beta testing so people if this is even possible it wont be done anytime soon** and I suppose the devs that are able to do this will probably make xda headlines for a week, ***no pressure hehe*** **
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] AndreiLux:
I just encountered this for the first time. Turned the phone off and on and it worked again. If you are encountering it too on Adam at least I know it's not an issue of the new ALSA drivers on Perseus, and I can't do much against it in the short term.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] mw86:
I run i to the bug too it happens even on the aosp like rom that includes the perseus kernel. Not sure why it happens it happened a few for me on stock roms trying perseus. The wanam kernel fixed it for me before when id dirty flash wanam and perseus back it seemed to keep the sound. Idk could of been coincidence. Haven't seen much of a correlation.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Slimer777:
One question, I am using Catlog and do you guys know what is the specific keywords to search for in order to determine my Panel type?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] roysky007:
Hey bala_gamer

Sorry off topic but is that cool tool on the top there?

Is it showing CPU or battery temperature?

trying to get CPU temp on it.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] bala_gamer:
no support yet for cpu temps on cool tool yet unfortunately
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] AndreiLux:
It will be a single line in the first few seconds after boot in the form of "Panel: X". Still would appreciate if more people reported this. You can view this with dmesg right after boot or just reboot twice and browse through /proc/last_kmsg .
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] mw86:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.alldroid.apps.tempmonitor

This reads my cpu temp 100% and can show in status bar. Its 99c and worth every penny. This works on my gti9500.

Cool tool can read cpu temp on custom sensor if we can find a file location of a cpu reading by typing in the location for custom sensor in cool tool. I use both all the time and on my gs3 i had a file i could read cpu temp from. AndreiLux do you know if there is an android file with the cpu temp in it as this would be a free way to monitor cpu temp instead.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] AndreiLux:
/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp outputted in milli-celsius.

Btw: you seriously need to remove that damn picture from your Tapatalk sig.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Slimer777:
I tried to reboot, go into Catlog, pause then search 'panel:' and it returns nothing. When I tried to search for 'panel' the closest thing that it returns is a line with id=Panel_Type :silly:

Viewing the 'last_kmsg' method is much simpler, my panel type is 'I' also. :good:

People, go find out which type of panel you have and report back here. Just use Root Explorer, go down the path Andrei provided and open the file called 'last_kmsg' with a text viewer. For me 10th line down is where I found the info.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] jlevy73:
My panel type is "I"
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Fishawy:
Or you could use Elixir (Free).

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImJ0LmFuZHJvaWQuZWxpeGlyIl0.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] mw86:
Much obliged Andrei thank you very much :D and sig pic removed :) :cheers:

Team Kernelizers SPH-L710 KT747 * GT-I9500 Perseus
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] bala_gamer:
never noted this "custom label"option in cool tool, thanks for posting it :) successfully configured it to read cpu temps :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] roysky007:
deleted.

thanks for that AndreiLux
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] bala_gamer:
this one shows temp in a much readable format, only one additional zer0 :)