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[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VaderXI:
Good point! I don't have the time to play games on it and when I do I'm straight on the xbox. The look and build quality of the phone is important to me that is why I have never gone for an xperia in the past and not considering the GSIIII. Camera and video is important as I have 2 kids... for my sins, as is battery life and speed of the phone. This will be my first quad core. Support is also important. My ICS is rooted and flashed so I may do this with the new phone. For all these reasons I'm looking at the Sony.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VaderXI:
Oh yeah listen to loads of music through it so sound is also important.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ihaxda1:
Stay away from the xperia z!!!!

this phone is an amazing built piece of ****
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VaderXI:
Really!? Why? Have you got the phone....?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G1_enthusiast:
If Esthetic is the most important to you then this phone is it. If you are not a photographer or dont have photographer eyes the video and photo are "good" (low light is bad) battery life- will you be around wifi alot? if not then my typical usage is 13 hours standby and 2.5 hours screen on no wifi. speed is good no lag with NOVA launcher slight lag on xperia launcher if you have alot of widget like me. support? like dev? not alot lol...I think you should go with S4. I honestly only kept this phone because its different then what the rest of the U.S market uses. I miss my S3 a lot though.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ihaxda1:
yes i got it its fast and everything but the sony dont know how to make a software

the speaker is a joke

the headphones is not loud

and the camera looks like an 2001 phone

and its 4.1.2 and the bottom bar is too big and u cant change quick widgets

its a boring phone go for the galaxy s4
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dante501:
Well I traded my S4 for the Xperia Z and I am not looking. Back. I mean I do not like that I can't change the battery but that's about it battery life on this device seems far superior to everything I used yet. I also didn't like that the xperia has software buttons and take away a good amount of realestate from the screen but there is hack that makes it possible to get the whole screen back. I am personally using this hack. Now I have really 5 inches of beauty. Anyhow besides that the experia z is a great phone. By the way it wasn't a one on one trade. The S4 I got 550 for and bought the xperia z for 300 so I got a better looking better battery somewhat worse camera and 250 on top for pretty much the same thing plus u still can use the normal mhl plug in and don't have to buy the special Samsung S3 S4 mhl version. I like that. So to sum it up. Besides the non removable battery and the not as good camera I think the xperia z is a even match to the S4 in some stuff even superior to the S4.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joejoe23:
2.5 hours of screen on time without wifi? That's really bad. Are you on 3g? My 3g is on all the time and the worst I got is around 3 and a half hours . Nowadays I got close to 5 hours or more..

Sent from my Xperia Z
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G1_enthusiast:
Tmobile USA 3.5G lol they dont have LTE yet but LTE consume more power from what i heard.. i'm fine with HSPA+
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VaderXI:
Sorry to hear that Bro. I won't be going for an S4 as the wife has an S3 and I flatly don't like it. Horrible plasticy phone. The only other contender, at the moment, is the HTC One.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dante501:
The main issue with Samsung phones is that the screen always burns in after a while and that it has when u have a black background those visible black spots on the whole screen they look like black drops and also it has a very bad black pixelation when watching movies with a lot of dark in it. That's just the amolad screen tech. Not that good when it comes to burn in and black.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joejoe23:
Same h+ is what I meant haha..

Sent from my Xperia Z
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G1_enthusiast:
I own the S3 for a year (since it release), this never happen before, are we talking over a 5 years time span? who own a phone for that long? this isnt a TV. The black is very very nice black Samsung did alot of study with this IMO, they know the consumer love saturated picture and thats what they incorporated, for photographer this is a nightmare because we stick to "true color". In the end, they are doing this to make money, I guarantee you they make more money with their AMOLED screen then Sony with their true color TFT screen. Also people complaining aobut the weight of the S3, isnt weight was a big deal for a phone in recent years? the fact that they make the phone plastic, so its as light as possible just doesnt satisfy some people. if you want a device that is not plasticly then you gotta have an aluminum body which create more weight. I dont think Samsung did it to be cheap, just what the masses want. A phone that is bigger than the iphone and yet weight less (or the same) is a win in my book.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dante501:
Just have a black picture or a black background and u gonna see some black bleeding issues. I had this with all Samsung phones and there r a lot of postings and also videos about those black clipping issues on amoload screens. It is a known issue.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decadan1977:
You shouldn't even bother posting. Your as useful as a chocolate teapot.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VaderXI:
At the end of the day it's whatever floats your boat. S3/4 doesn't float mine.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G1_enthusiast:
try the oppo find 5 then...thats a pretty beastly phone as most reviewer would say.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] styxter:
I dont have any detailed on htc one but as for my xz, camera and battery is in need to improves. Loudspeaker just ok. Music thru ear/ headphones love it cause i like natural even i change it to other good quality but not expensive earphones. No problem on screen i saw s4 here well ok saturated too much i say. But the best of all aesthetic and water

Resistant i always wash my phone hygeinic purposes
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VaderXI:
Don't think u can get that free on a contract in the UK... can't find it anywhere apart from amazon, buy thanks for the suggestion. Looks like a nice phone
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joejoe23:
If I had extra money for a spare phone I would definitely get that one. :thumbup:

Sent from my Xperia Z
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GodShapedHole:
Loudspeaker is slightly sub-par, but if that is among your priorities, HTC One wins hands down.

I think the camera is good to excellent during the day; low-light performance could be better, but could just as well be worse. I made pictures during a concert and the stage lighting was enough to produce vibrant pictures with little noise. My only issue is that it takes a few seconds (two or three) to launch, which is a few steps down from my old Galaxy Nexus, which had the camera ready in a split second. Not terrible but meh.

Screen is beautiful, but has some issues with viewing angles. Still better than 95% of mobile screens. Saturation and contrast are nice enough since the latest update; not AMOLED-level, obviously, but then you also don't get AMOLED problems like terrible visibility in sunlight or burn-in. Sunlight legibility on XZ is about as good as it gets without a transflective screen.

It might not have an octo-core processor but performance is always buttery smooth; you won't even experience microstutter for the most part. All apps and games I've thrown at this phone have performed perfectly. I've played with a GS4 last weekend and that actually seemed to perform worse because I encountered stutters quite a few times. No idea what was going on there because its specs are better on paper.

It's waterproof. Even though all reviews hedge this by saying "Sony claims it's waterproof", it really is, within its specifications. My XZ has survived 20 minutes in the sink as well as a few actual accidental spills. As long as you don't go swimming with it and don't leave it to marinade overnight, it should be fine.

I obviously decided for the XZ and against HTC One, so it's kind of clear where I stand. In my opinion, waterproof is a huge boon that more than equalizes the waaay better speakers on the HTC One because I simply couldn't care less for speakers since my phone is on mute most of the time and I always use BT headphones to listen to music. The screen on the XZ is not the best in the world, but it's vibrant, beautiful and looks like a high-quality print unless you look at it from angles more oblique than 45°, at which point it loses some contrast and saturation.

HTC One is for people who rely on their loudspeakers and like aluminium.

Galaxy S4 is for people who recognize that plastic is the most robust choice for a device that you use all day, every day.

Xperia Z is for people who want a waterproof phone that isn't just a low-to-midrange solution but a real flagship.

My two cents.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazza_84:
Looooooool hahahaha
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cuyo11:
wow D: where did you buy it for 300?
[LG Optimus G (International)] shirish893:
Can i download more qslide???

If yes then from where????
[LG Optimus G (International)] skdubg:
no you cant
[LG Optimus G (International)] shirish893:
I bought this phone yesterday

Can any1 tell me almost all the secrets and tips to make it easier and fum to use....

I have seen all the videos from youtube about this phone,,,

Thanks...
[LG Optimus G (International)] kimitza:
And how are we supposed to how do you want to use your phone?there is no secret hidden menu and the phone won't make coffe,no matter how hard i tried:)

Just enjoy your new toy and discover yourself what this baby can do:).

Sent from LG E975 pwd by CM 10.1
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HansPsy:
Anyone tells me if it is normal getting hot when transfering files from PC to note2！？

A few minutes ago I used a USB line to connect my note2 to my PC.

After I transfered some files into my note2，I found my decive hotter than ever.

Exactly，it is much warmer. The battery temp is about 37℃， but the top part of note2 feels hot when I touch it with my palm.

I am nervous about whether it is a hardfirm issue.

Anybody helps? Is it normal？

Do I need to replace a SD card？

Thanks！
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuxonhtc:
It's alright, don't worry. Devices do get hot - it's packing a quad core processor in there, so it's bound to get warm. Unless it's melting hot or something, you're fine.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rickav:
As tuxonhtc said, it should be of no worries. Mine gets surprisingly hot during prolonged graphic-intensive gaming sessions (Cut the Rope can get pretty frickin' intensive when Om Nom can get his siht together). The same would probably be true if you were transferring large amounts of data to/from your phone. Perhaps, check you RAM status where some background processes may be hogging too much of the phone's processing power and warming it up (if you're using anything less 1GB RAM, you should be in the clear).

All I would say is that as long as the device is not uncomfortably hot and/or smoking/melting you should be absolutely fine. Otherwise, feel free to consult your local Samsung store or give them a ring. (Also check if your SD card is actually spacious enough to handle the files you are transferring on to it).
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HansPsy:
thank u two guys。
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HansPsy:
anybodt？
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] CharlyDigital:
Is there any issues with updating twrp through Goo? I only ask because it took so many attempts to get recovery to stick originally. Same question goes for CMW using Rom Manager. Thanks in advance.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Bladerunner1825us:
I see it has an image available under goo manager for our phone. Its the same version as the one in the Dev section so Id say its ok. You should double check in the twrp thread though just to be safe.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rastaguy:
I was was running JellyBam and had it all tricked out but the email was acting wanky and the battery insisted it was always being charged. Neither of these were issues when it was a fresh install. I did a backup to my external sdcard and proceeded to format the sdcard since I had two ROMs installed on it and JellyBam doesn't seem to play nice with Siyah.

Much to my surprise it formatted both sdcards. I have been able to install a copy of Siyah kernel onto the internal sdcard. But all of the zip files I was counting on using are gone. How can I get a ROM installed so I can begin recovery? Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
Just put the SD card in your computer and copy over that way, then boot into recovery and install like normal. Should have no problems.

Sent from the i777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Commodore 64:
ALWAYS a good idea to physically remove your external SD card and then format your internal SD card. Then turn off and put the external card back in.

In this case if you absolutely had vital data on your external card and haven't copied or reformatted it since the mess happened, I suggest removing the external sd, put it in an SD adaptor in your computer and download a data recovery program. It will scan it although your computer might say it is raw/do you wanna format or something like that, and find shreds of files left on it.

Good luck
[Motorola Atrix HD] Swiftb12305:
Is there any roms being developed or ported currently? Just interested in knowing.
[Motorola Atrix HD] TTLayland:
Interested as well but curious mainly in pac and an optimized cm10.1 kernel.
[Motorola Atrix HD] spinninbsod:
Batakang is really good its on its last release for atrix HD but is very current
[Off-topic] collins199820:
Which way do you prefer it if you know what I Mean? Up that dirt track or chasing the fish?
[Off-topic] Rudegar:
I?m very flattered but I?ll pass nothing personaly I?m sure you understand ;)
[Off-topic] collins199820:
wat
[Off-topic] Jupiter:
Typical British Humour.

Did you really have to lower the tone of this usually professional forum.

Hang your head in shame
[Off-topic] Carlos:
Both, alternating. Otherwise you're just going to end up pushing a smudge one way or the other.
[Off-topic] Rudegar:
well sorry very much gentlemen but this forum part is anything BOT IT

and the only bot i see in this thread is that bender avantar ! :P
[Off-topic] Carlos:
So you guys get Futurama in Denmark? I can't believe they cancelled that show.
[Off-topic] Rudegar:
well yeah they had the first 2 seasons the rest of them i bougth on collection dvd's only gotten the 4th here though

and is yet to get out of the sewer level of the ps2 game :(
[Off-topic] Jupiter:
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??
[Off-topic] collins199820:
i got all the seasons bar the first!
[Off-topic] Carlos:
I'll soon have all seasons copied onto DVD+R, but of course, they are in NTSC format. If you guys can use those over there and want to cover the shipping cost, I'll send off a copy.
[Off-topic] NeCrOpHiLiCaT:
ok only me to vote on the back :oops: thats giving not receiveing
[Off-topic] collins199820:
Har har har har har har har...........................
[Off-topic] boborone:
Ohhhhh this thread needed a bump.

Full of old school UK win!:D

I love the sigs of these guys.
[HTC Sensation] blitz100:
The HTC one has blink feed and is it possible to get it on the HTC sensation ????
[HTC Sensation] KiD3991:
Not at the moment. Wait patiently for our awesome devs to take it here.
[HTC Sensation] AndroidSupporter318:
I think blink feed is only available on sense 5. If HTC won't even push jellybean for the sensation, I highly doubt we will get sense 5. the only hope is to wait patiently for the devs...

Sent from my HTC Sensation
[HTC Sensation] blitz100:
ohh yeahh its gonna be scikk if it come out
[HTC Sensation] Skipjacks:
If there isn't an app on the Play Store that does something similar, there will be soon. The entire functionality of Blink Feed is contained in an app. Someone will make something similar. I'm absolutely possitive of it.
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] Thaenor:
Greetings,

This is a bit cliché question but i've Google literally everywhere and tried every tutorial available.

What I want: I want to backup my Galaxy W's stock ROM so I can instal custom ROM's a know that I can return to the stock rom in case I screw something or if anything goes wrong.

I've tried.

Rom Manager with cwm recovery - I get an error in recovery mode that tells me to check the log. When I do the log is empty. If I attempt to restore the ROM it says that it's missing an MD5 file.

Online nandroid - it runs sucefully but I cannot find and restore the backup afterwards.

Other backup apps I've tried just backed up my apps or contacts and they've done so sucessfully.

The question is, can someone help me finding a good and reliable way to backup my ROM so I can return to the stock gingerbread in case the ICS paranoid android does (or goes) wrong?

thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] lafactorial:
First flash cwm recovery with odin then you can back up your stock rom
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] Thaenor:
thank you but...

well... at least you're pointing me in the right direction.

I'll try looking for some tutorials to back up through Odin. Thing is, I have a mac. I hope that doesn't get in the way.

Could you point me out for some tutorials please?

EDIT: I would prefer to avoid using Odin. the process seems really dangerous.

EDIT 2: I noticed my memory in the android is full. It means that nandroid online DID backup, apparently sucessfully. All I need is to find it and test it.

Assuming it will restore my system to the way it is I can finally get to try some paranoid android mods.

Also, has an alternative. Do you think I could simply lookup and download the official stock rom and, in case something goes wrong, simply reinstall it?
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] lafactorial:
No not dangerous but its your choice. Just look here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21875835&postcount=3
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] Thaenor:
The thing is... I barely know what Odin is. From what I saw on google I can't even run that on Mac (I have another pc with Windows just in case).

And I'm not even sure what links to follow if the Rom recovery (I just want to do a backup) or the clockwork mod...

Wouldn't it be easier if I just downloaded the official ROM and used that one has my backup?
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] mosta_9741:
u can use dd shell instead of odin just search how to use it , for stock rom thats flashable through cwm recovery then i guess ull find one thats XXLM8 based in the forum or u can build one urself using ur windows pc and dsixda's kitchen (but it will take u some time to install the kitchen and know how to use it), for nandroid backups 3 things are recommended : 1- free space on either internal or external sdcard 2- root access to make sure everything is ok (at least thats my opinion) 3- either CWM or TWRP recoveries

my advice is to backup the EFS folder which is much more important than the rom itself (ull find a thread on how to backup & restore it) and also ull find that ull depend on ICS & JB based roms in the future that ull rarely go back to stock
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] Thaenor:
I tried to backup to SD card through the clockworkmod in recovery mode and it worked.

I tried to restore it and it restored my system... I think. To the same state.

Now I'm having a different problem. I have instaled cyanogen mod paranoid android, but unfortunately the phone get's stuck in the boot animation with the scrolling android eyes.

Can anyone please help me.

PS: I had to ultimately put the backup to the test. The custom Rom was not working at all! here is the link to the rom, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1753065

Luckly the backup worked and restored my stock ROM putting everything back in place. *phew*

The question remains... where can I find a good ROM with paranoid android for my galaxy W?
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] mosta_9741:
Have you wiped /system & /data & /cache before installing the paranoid ??

for paranoid u can check newer paranoid roms cuz this one seems abit old, also check pacman roms cuz i guess they're usually built on paranoid
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] Thaenor:
I (wrongly) assumed that an older rom would mean a more stable one. But here's to topics I would like to clear.

here's what I did all in clockwork mod:

.cleaned cache

.cleaned Dalvik cache

.fixed permitions

.installed the ROM

.installed GAPPS right afterwards

.reboot

1. Is there a COMPLETELY stable ROM for Galaxy W with ICS or Jelly Bean?

2. Where can I find updated ROMs of paranoid android or this packman you mentioned? I have a hard time finding thrustworthy ROM's and even more checking reviews and comments to make sure it works or what sort of problems people have with them.

Thank you once again, my Galaxy Wonder is doing fine. I'm back to the original ROM and I haven't lost anything (that I noticed). I have 2 backups on my SD card that are taking up 2GB of space but I'm too scared to move them to my PC, afraid that they won't work after I move them.
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] mosta_9741:
you shall wipe /data & /system (this will wipe all ur apps, contacts & sms but its an essential step as ur shifting from GB to ICS or JB)

this pacman (cm10.1 based) has hybrid properties and is the most updated so far : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2218224
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] klacenas:
If you want stability. I recommend CM9 RC 9
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] Thaenor:
ouch... So I have a couple of questions.

1. Did the backup really restore everything or just part of it, and the messages and whatnot were kept because I never wiped the system and apps

I was using a cm9 clockwork recovery mode... I think.

2. What is cm9 and cm10?

2.1 does this have to do with the Kernel?

2.2 Is the Kernel updatable? And if so are there any updates for Wonder?

3. what does "GO PRISTINE WAY" mean?

Just so we're clear on the number one. Fact check me if I'm wrong but I think that the Wonder has a default recovery mode and what I did by installing the clockwork recovery was override that recovery mode with one made by other people (read unoficially). In that light I believe there would be updates to this clockwork recovery mode, the question is, are they worth installing? Usually earlier versions can be more stable, not sure if this applies here.

Through this clockwork recovery I went to the options in backup/restore and selected "backup to SD external card" which create a folder in my external SD card. And the (million dollar) question here is, what did I exactly backup? Everything? Just the ROM? Just apps?

Once again thanks for help. I'm getting a mix of interest and fear out of this ROM business. I like the features in paranoid android (like phablet mode), but I am also equally scared of bricking my phone and having to go back to my really really old Blackberry.
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] dicksonlok:
Ans to Q1:

The clockwork recovery backups almost everything (except boot loader if i remembered correctly?) , including hut not only the 'system' partition where the rom's file are put and 'data' where your changes to the system(changes excluding “root” ones) are saved

Advice: apps backedup(data partition) using the recovery only works on the same rom or those of the same 'base', use titanium backup the apps is safer,note that there migt be problem if you restore data on a different android version(for example using titanium backup to backup apps on an android 2.3 system and restore them on android 4.2 system might not work) try use the backup/restore opion in the app if availible.
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] Thaenor:
there's actually a 4th question.

4 - with a new rom, I will also be installing a new version of Gapps right? Does that mean that apps that couldn't be installed on my phone will now be available? Like the Chrome navigator or the new game Kingdom Rush.