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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mewikime:
Late last night while playing games on my phone it froze and I had to hold in the power button to reset it.

When it powered back on, it froze almost immediately, powered down after a couple of minutes, turned back on and repeated the cycle. As I was already in bed I plugged the phone in and assumed it would fix itself and be fine in the morning.

Except it isn't. This morning the phone is very warm and is still poering on, freezing and powering off. If I do a battery pull and turn it on myself, it does the same thing so right now I've just got it turned off.

I noticed when it turned on that Google Wallet icon would appear in the status bar and it was at this point that the phone froze. I was able to go into Rom Toolbox before the Wallet icon appeared and managed to disable Google Wallet at startup, but this had no effect. I went into recovery and cleared cache and dalvik, this had no effect.

What may be causing this power cycling? I haven't installed any new apps in days, I haven't downloaded anything, and I turn my phone off and on every morning and it's never done this before.

If it helps I'm on Freeza's deodexed stock unrooted MD4.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Check to see if the power button is stuck
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mewikime:
I think it's fine. It can certainly be pressed with no problem and it seems to release itself as normal. I am going to try restoring a backup from last week and seeing if it still does it after that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] prboy1969:
I would recommend maybe doing a FULL Wipe, and Flash. Might be a Bad Flash.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Sounds like the sudden death syndrome which is the power button failure. The physical button looks and feels fine its the internal contact which meses up. Try tapping on it or blowing some compressed air into the power button area. My understanding is they repair this as its a known problem.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sunnychan2012:
Hi,

How fast is copying files between your tablet and other computers?

Which file manager copy fastest at present?

I get only about 600kB/s using 802.11n.

Thanks
[Xperia Z General] Nexu$:
When I bought the XZ a deciding factor was Sony's support for the dev community. I could almost bet money on having a Google Experience ROM released after snails like Samsung and HTC joined in... I thought having an AOSP page and all, Sony would be a step ahead of the pack. Not so.

The end-of-June event came and went, and no word on a Google Experience/Nexus ROM from Sony. I was so hoping the days of nightlies are behind me but seems like they are just starting. This is my first and most likely last Sony phone...

Anyone else feel this way?
[Xperia Z General] LenAsh:
Nope - I couldn't be less interested.

Just buy a Nexus if you want that minimalist stuff.
[Xperia Z General] sanjazz909:
I still think that there will be a "google Z" some time this summer
[Xperia Z General] Richy99:
so u made guess that sony would release an aosp rom and got the phone on that basis?

personally couldnt give a monkeys about aosp roms, after using them on the galaxy note, personally I found them they are not as good as a stock based rom, if you want a nexus like experience then to be honest you need to stick with the nexus range of phones
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
Why? To have a phone with less features and a less polished UI? No thanks. Sony's software is great (both the functionalities and the design).
[Xperia Z General] OsiBasi:
They released the AOSP sources, have you seen the Carbon ROM? It doesnt get better than that. Hopefully, AOSP sources will be released for 4,3. And possibly 5,0. But wouldn't get my hopes upfor that though.
[Xperia Z General] Rekoil:
So, what exactly do you expect to gain from the release being from Sony? What is wrong with the current state of CyanogenMod? (hint, those sources can be used to compile pure aosp should you wish to have that instead)
[Xperia Z General] Sniper Spr3e:
Your irritated after a month thank God your not a UK unbranded user then. Aosp builds have nothing. The best Roms add features not take away

Sent from my Xperia Z
[Xperia Z General] TrD_:
there is xperia z google edition coming some time.

http://www.androidcentral.com/google-edition-sony-xperia-z-coming-soon
[Xperia Z General] paprkut:
I've owned a nexus 4. Galaxy nexus.... The so called Google experience is bland end empty. I've grown to appreciate phone makers apps and ui.
[Xperia Z General] nikc0069:
I've owned a Nexus 4 and run cm on an s3 amongst others. Also owned many htc over the years. At first I was pissed off that my phone doesn't have an unlockable boot loader but the more I think about it the more I'm liking the Sony experience. Few things I would change but they are very small things. Best phone I've owned in quite a while.
[Xperia Z General] pabx:
If you want AOSP, just use my ROM:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2305427

It's perfectly stable and based on Sonys 'AOSP-Blobs-v3' release. (But uses the camera + gralloc blobs of the 4.2.2 leak - the camera blobs are not included in the aosp-blobs release probably due to licensing issues)
[Xperia Z General] Nexu$:
Wow, what an interesting roster of replies! Thank you.

The stock SONY ROM is perhaps best for the Walkman and Camera features, both of which I will miss should I go custom ROM... OK, why pure Google? I find it slim, fast and good on battery. Also, updates come as they are released, so no months of waiting.

Valid point there, on why-not-Cyanogen. IMHO, the best custom ROM out there.

I see 4.2.2. is being pushed out globally now (I mean the stock ROM) but alas, cannot see it in updates. Is there a way to "force" the pickup OTA? Is there another way to trigger the OTA update other than flashing with FlashTool?

Thanks again for all who replied!
[Xperia Z General] nikc0069:
You can root and use build prop editor to change your customisation number to one that has the upgrade (a Generic is probably best) and then update it via PC Companion. Then root again using Doomlord's tool and change your customisation back. That is what I did. There are instructions on how to do so on the thread for the Generic Spanish .423 ftf. It isn't OTA technically, but near enough and you don't lose anything apart from root for 5 minutes until you reroot it.
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
OTA updates always come later. Did you check with Sony PC Companion? If it's not available there, that means your firmware customization hasn't been updated yet (see list). You can simply choose a different customization from that list and use one of these methods to install it:

1) Look for an FTF on this forum and flash it with Flashtool.

2) If your phone is rooted, follow part A of this guide, and you'll be able to update using Sony PC Companion.

You should not change your customization number in build.prop if you're not going to download and flash that new customization!
[Xperia Z General] nikc0069:
Really? What is the downside to this? I haven't seen any issues with it but I'm happy to be educated :) I just changed mine back from the Spanish generic to the customization of my actual provider.
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
Build.prop should match to the firmware currently installed. If an update has been released for your original branding, then you can change the number back and flash that customization if you like.
[Xperia Z General] nikc0069:
OK that's cool but is there any actual downside to only this entry not matching?
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
Could be, and there certainly isn't any benefit to it. You should not mess with build.prop unless you exactly know what you're doing. Did you know that you can even brick your phone by changing/removing the wrong values in build.prop?
[Xperia Z General] nikc0069:
I did, I'm pretty conservative with my changes- just this and enabling the NFC icon. I will pop it back though when I get a chance thanks.
[Xperia Z General] iDroid8:
I don't know if OP has seen this from a couple of weeks ago:

http://www.androidcentral.com/google-edition-sony-xperia-z-coming-soon
[Xperia Z General] Nexu$:
Thank you to those who suggested workarounds. I see these include FlashTool, and part one of the FlashTool install requires install of PC Companion (I am assuming for drivers)? Trouble I have is the following - installed PCC and FT twice, still when I plug phone it appears as "Your (null) device is plugged in" when PCC started and as device not found when FT is running.

I am digging through the fora to find how this can be resolved, as without PCC or FT, there is little I can do or at least from what has been recommended so far.

Tried uninstalling and installing, tried installing the drivers from the FT/drivers directory, unsuccessful so far. I know it is something small and ugly (like stupid XP not playing nice with the drivers), just need to work it out.
[Xperia Z General] Rekoil:
I'm sorry but this is just false information, you cannot brick a phone by putting the wrong values in build.prop, you can certainly make Android unbootable, but brick implies it isn't fixable which it most certainly is.

Please, everybody, stop using the word 'brick' incorrectly!
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
Okay, I should have said soft-brick.. There's indeed a difference between soft-brick and hard-brick.
[Xperia Z General] Rekoil:
Don't use FlashTool. Install fastboot on some computer (preferably Linux because it just works better and drivers are included in kernel) and use that to flash the CM10.1 kernel from a recent nightly package (I suggest 2013-06-22 since later builds are a little more unstable and buggy according to reports, likely due to being post-10.1-stable builds). Then boot into recovery (press vol down when the notification light is pink/purple) and flash CyanogenMod after pushing it to the device using ADB (or sticking on a microSD and flashing from that).
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
He doesn't want to unlock his bootloader (and void his warranty) and flash CM10.1, he just wants to update to stock 4.2.2.. :rolleyes:

To flash a stock firmware with Flashtool, you only have to connect your phone in Flashmode. Did you try that? Turn it off and connect the USB cable while holding down the volume down button. See tutorial: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2240614
[Xperia Z General] Rekoil:
Oh, my bad, he was talking up AOSP so much I just assumed he wanted to ditch Sonys firmware hehe.
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
This is one of the reasons I prefer Sony's firmware over Nexus/Google Edition :)
[Xperia Z General] Richy99:
ive never been a fan of the aosp/cm based roms, the devs do a fantastic job but it just isn't for me

tried a few cm and aosp/aokp roms and they just didn't feel the same, yes lighter but also I felt uglier and featureless
[Xperia Z General] Rekoil:
I must say I didn't really give Sonys firmware a chance before unlocking and installing CM10.1 because I was so eager with finally having a properly supported device, and I'm starting to regret that. I did save my TA partition, might give Sonys firmware a go in the weekend considering all the improvements in the 4.2.2 version.

Can you activate always showing the menu button in the navbar on the Sony ROMs?
[Xperia Z General] Aoi_sora9x:
Hey OP, I'm a previous Nexus 4 / Galaxy S3 / now Xperia Z owner, and I'm just going to give you some perspective regarding this whole disatisfaction that you are feeling right now.

first, you seem to think that AOSP roms are better than Stock roms in almost every way. Let me clear out that confusion for you: that's not the case, at least not now. Manufacturers used to put heavy customized UI on top of Android when it was still Gingerbread or Froyo, in order to differentiate themselves from each other, and also because Android used to be bat**** ugly. This has changed with both the new version of Touchwiz, as well as the new Sony UI.

The overlaying UI for each manufacturer now are significantly better than the previous versions. So if you think that these customized UI drains your battery more than AOSP roms, then you are wrong. They are extremely close now in terms of battery usage. Having owned a Nexus 4, I flashed A LOT of roms, most are either AOSP based or Google Stock. The battery life is not anything out of this world as compared to other phones with similar battery pack and processor speed.

the case was even more obvious with my Galaxy S3, which had BETTER battery life on Touchwiz roms (I know, crazy right?). A lot of AOSP roms nowadays actually pack more functions into their rom than before. PA with its hybrid UI and PIE and HOLO, CM with its new shiny private mode and camera setting tiles. These extra tidbits actually grew over time, making their rom more bloated and drained more battery. I know some AOSP-zombies in this forum will lynch me, but to me PA is really a power hungry monster, I couldn't even run it smoothly on both my Galaxy S3 and my nexus 4, so I avoided it like plague.

So it brings me to my main point: stock roms and AOSP are very similar right now in terms of performance and speed. The only thing that differentiate them is the skin - which is entirely subjective. My buddy loves the pure android look, but I actually prefer Sony UI and Touchwiz.

If you love the AOSP experience, feels free to change your ROM to an AOSP-based one. I know the FXP team is doing a good job of developing CM for sony devices, so you can always trust them (I used their rom from the Xperia X10 days, mad props to them). But if you want the google experience because you think it's miles better than stock roms then I'm afraid you will find yourself gravely mistaken.
[Xperia Z General] Rekoil:
Are you talking about the US-based or international S3? Because I can understand if you got better power consumption from the international S3 in stock ROM than you did in AOSP, Samsung are crappy at providing proper sources for their Exynos platform. But you're right, they are much lighter than they used to be (HTC was a particularly bad offender on this topic). Though, in my own opinion, TouchWiz looks like garbage and I was very happy sacrificing battery life to get rid of that.
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
That button only appears if the app you're currently using supports it (except in some apps where it has no function, but that's the fault of the app developer I guess). Since Android 3.0, the menu button is deprecated. Apps with an updated UI have an action bar and don't use that button anymore.
[Xperia Z General] Rekoil:
Yes I know, but I like that button and prefer having easy access to it so on CyanogenMod I usually add it permanently to the navbar.
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
But what's the use of having that button in your navbar if nothing happens when you press it? :D

It would only be confusing, because you would be pressing a button that doesn't work.
[Xperia Z General] Rekoil:
Because most applications still bind it to the menu. :/ I mean it does the same as pressing the hardware menu button on devices that have it, of which there are still many, Galaxy S3 for example, so it makes sense to bind it properly for those devices that still use it.
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
I didn't know that. I thought if it does not appear, that means it would not work anyway.
[Xperia Z General] Rekoil:
Nope. It works fine in applications such as Google Chrome, Nova Launcher, GMail, Google Calendar, etc. where it would not otherwise show up. It only shows up automatically on applications that use the older API call for binding the menu button (those that don't have one on the screen). In fact, there are very very few applications where it flat out does not work, the only one that comes to mind right now is Spotify.
[Xperia Z General] Nexu$:
I will try to put phone in Flashmode and see if it is recognized properly tonight. Thank you for the tip.

A lot of your comments are exactly why I wish to try stock 4.2.2. before I start flashing anything else. As mentioned, Walkman and Camera apps are superb in my mind, bloatware is minimal (or not pre-installed) and easy to remove. I play a lot of Ingress and radio/battery performance is critical, so I have high hopes for the .423 release :highfive:
[Xperia Z General] Aoi_sora9x:
Feel free to install 4.2.2 roms from FXP or Carbon. :) then see for yourself. As I said, it's much more about personal taste than it's about performance nowadays.
[Xperia Z General] nikc0069:
If only I could get an Ingress invite... *sigh*
[Xperia Z General] Nexu$:
Which team do you wish to play for? The answer can grant you an invite very very fast...
[Xperia Z General] nikc0069:
If this is the wrong answer I will kick myself. But I quite fancy Enlightenment :)
[Xperia Z General] Nexu$:
Please send me an email address where you'd like to receive the invite in PM. I will send you an invite ASAP.

Cheers :highfive:
[Xperia Z General] RoberM:
I think it is too late for the "Google Experience" maybe it would had more sense in gingerbread days, but now AOSP sucks big time compared to Sony's Roms, in every single aspect.
[Xperia Z General] Nexu$:
Well, well, well, .... after a new Enlightened agent joined the ranks and I successfully installed the Generic ES from apollo's thread here (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2336874)

Minor glitch with Flashtool resolved with PC reboot and flash went smooth.

Thank you to all who helped me get here. :highfive:
[Xperia Z General] Rekoil:
Dammit everybody keeps saying this, I'm gonna have to install Sony ROM aren't I... Finally have a device capable of properly running CyanogenMod, and it just happens to be a device which doesn't need it! :P
[Xperia Z General] SuperHanss:
Agreed.
[Xperia Z General] Rchard:
How is Sony's 4.2.2. Is is fast and fluid? What I do like about Sony's firmware is that its close to aosp.
[Xperia Z General] Rekoil:
I remember the upgrade from 434 to 253 had a pretty positive impact on performance. Gonna give 423 a go some time this weekend I believe, given I have the time hehe.
[Xperia Z General] Rchard:
I am on CM and I have to say its working well. There is still room for fixing things but other than that its fine. Camera quality has also been improved. If you test sony's firmware, can you give your opinions about it.
[Xperia Z General] Nexu$:
I've only had it since late last night, so cannot be the judge; so far all is smooth and fluid, Ingress is flying, apps appear in great sync with Stamina (which was not the case with .253). On yesterday's charge and still have 31% battery, which for a fresh install is amazing (given that I play and normally go through 2 full charges in 24hrs)...

So far, only positive observations. Generic ES is a keeper. :good:
[Xperia Z General] Rchard:
Will check it out someday. I guess sony has done a great job.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guilese:
Hi, thanks for this tutorial.

I followed all the steps but there's one thing I don't understand though. When I come to 'Now I have downloaded Triangle away by Chainfire installed and after installation completes it may ask you to download the data please download it via Wifi or Mobile Data.' and I launch Traingle away it says I am not rooted... Should my device be rooted again?

Please tell me how to proceed.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aukhan:
Yes needs to be rooted
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prabukannappan:
Hi,

Just letting you know and don't mean to be rude.

Unfortuantely, this method won't work. Once after pressing full unroot and after the Note 2 is rebooted the Status is download mode will go to Custom and the status in Settings will go to modified.

The reason i know this, i have tried this method. So, Samsung can still find out whether you've been experimenting with your phone.

I did a long research and combined different ideas to finally make it work. What I did is:

1) installed pre-rooted firmware

2) Use TA 2.37 to reset counter Mod Edit: Removed TriangleAway.apk (Credits: tot31) (This is because the latest version creating issues while unrooting and make the status go Custom again in Download mode)

3) Use titanium backup to wipe data from Enterprise Sysscope and Sysscope ( Sysscope may be frozen so, de-frost it and then wipe data).

4) Format the Ext SD card as it may contain some backups which might trigger the modified status

5) Use Root explorer to delete busybox from system/xbin/busybox (Credits: dr.ketan) (Since full Unroot will not delete busybox, the Sysscope will scan the phone for this after boot and change the Status to modified)

6) Full unroot using Super user

7) Reboot and enjoy
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mannyvinny:
My device status still shows modified instead of normal after following all the steps..I am currently on stock rom kernel recovery..pls help me
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prabukannappan:
Read my post above and please follow it correctly.

The order of performing the activity is important. come back if any queries/issues.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mannyvinny:
I didnt reset my phone and dont want to do either..this is the only step I skipped..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prabukannappan:
Still No go?

The reason for resetting the phone memory and formatting external SD card is CWM makes some backups which the Sysscope detects while scanning and make the status to modified.

Then the other way follow the same process again fro first and instead of formatting the Ext Sd card, remove and boot. After booting , play with you phone for 5-20 mins and then insert the SD card without powering off the phone.

Note: you've do this every time you reboot or your status will change to modified again.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aukhan:
If u need complete unroot need to follow these steps religiously this was a small expirement that I did and made this guide I tried to find the loop holes unfortunately could not so follow them without skipping even a single step and unroot the device
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aukhan:
No ur not being rude we are here to help each other n yes I agree with your steps as well

But when I tried it worked for me with these steps anyways will upfate these steps also on op thanks for ur suggestion
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guilese:
Your dropbox linke doesn't work...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mannyvinny:
+1
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
If ask me how to unroot, i like to say just two lines.

-Use triangle away (i don't have issue with any version) to reset counter on existing ROM, reboot to download MOD directly, (you will have option to reboot normally/download mod after reseting counter on TA screen) DON'T BOOT NORMALLY

-Flash Stock ROM (non rooted) with PC odin

-Done !

If you have modified status still - then only do factory reset.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prabukannappan:
Mod Edit: Removed TriangleAway.apk

try this?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
You guys knowing triangle away is not for redistribution ?

You must have to get from original thread.

Repeatedly it had been warned and you may get banned from xda.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prabukannappan:
Oops. Sry doc..

I was not aware. I'll keep in mind hereafter. Thanks for letting me know.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guilese:
Where did you find the pre-rooted firmware?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prabukannappan:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1896696
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yoursamit21:
Update & Unroot~ Dr Ketan

Hi Doc,

I am from India and I rooted my device keeping stock rom and method 2 prescribed in beginners guide to root note 2.

Now Samsung is rolling out and update but I am unable to get that as my device status is modified.

So please guide how to install the update and how to unroot the device.

Regards

Amit
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aukhan:
you could wait when the update is rolled it will be available for download and later you could flash it using PC Odin.