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[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcannonball:
My Xperia Z doesn't charge as soon as I connect the charging cable?? I have to move the cable for a while before I get the suitable position for the charging! At first I thought the problem was at the cable but it wasn't due to the fact that it charges my brothers Galaxy S3 normally.! Does anybody else having this problem? My Xperia Z is not rooted.. Anybody know something?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vaith:
You destroy your micro USB in phone.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Richy99:
sounds like an issue with the actual usb port on the phone might be damaged
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vaith:
Richy99, why you repeat what I said? You don't must repeat and refresh solved threads
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcannonball:
Firstly Thank you for your answer. But I don't understand How can I destroy my usb port without doing anything?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indycar:
The pins inside micro usb bent a bit so if u have the tools and knowledge u can fix that yourself otherwise go to.service. Its 5min job. If they want to.send it for.repairs you will wait

indy@XperiaZ
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Futura2000:
@ kcannonball before you send it off for repair try a different cable from another phone as sony's cable tend to have a bit of play in them, and if the other cable doesn't work then you will definitely know its the usb port at fault, i had problems on my old xperia x10 with the usb port/cable and using a different cable sorted it out.

Edit...after reading your post again it definitely sounds like the cable to me as I had the exact same problems on my old x10 the usb port has got a slight bit of play in it and a different cable will sort it out even though your cable will work on a different phone if you check with your friends phone you'll notice the usb cable is a tight fit and doesn't wobble about as they use a slightly smaller usb port that what sony use on there phone's.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcannonball:
I dont have enough knowledge so I am thinking of asking the sony center about it. However, today it started charging as soon as I connected it with the same cable. I couldnt understand whats going on??

I will check with another cable soon let me see if it works..

I have another question also: there is a white point near the usb port, what is that??
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Futura2000:
The little white strip is for sony to tell if water has got in as once it gets any water on it it will turn a pinkish red colour
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcannonball:
Mine is pinkish red colour but I haven't used my phone in water at all. Does that turns to pinkish in every kind of water?
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Phil115141:
Hi all. I'm a newcomer to this forum, as well as to the "Wallaby"-type phone, so any and all help or suggestions I receive will be very, very much appreciated.

I recently purchased a very used T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition phone from a private party. The seller's ex-husband was/is a Microsoft developer and had bought this phone when it was brand-new, intending to do software development on it, but had put it away in a drawer and had basically forgotten about it. When the seller transferred the phone to me, she was able to supply ALMOST everything that came with it. The one glaring exception was the Pocket PC Companion CD that originally came with the phone when it was new. (Apparently her ex-hubby took it with him).

I actually didn't intend to use the phone portion of this device at all, as I have a newer Windows SmartPhone for that purpose. I had bought it with the intention of downloading some software into it (Microsoft Money, etc.) that will not run on my SmartPhone. However, I soon discovered that in order to do any downloading at all, I must first establish a connection between my laptop PC and the phone, and herein lies the problem.

Because I did not receive the Pocket PC Companion CD, the software that establishes the connection between the laptop and the Pocket PC Phone does not seem to be installed. I DO have ActiveSync 3.8 installed on my laptop for the purpose of sync'ing up my laptop with my Windows SmartPhone. However, ActiveSync 3.8 does not seem to be able to establish a connection to the Pocket PC Phone. Connecting the USB cable from the USB cradle holding the Pocket PC Phone, to the USB port on my laptop, causes the following error message to display on the phone:

"SYNCHRONIZATION ERROR

To synchronize this device, you must install ActiveSync 4.0 or higher on your desktop computer"

I was under the impression that ActiveSync version 3.8 was the latest and most-current version -- unless that version is only for SmartPhones, and not for PocketPC Phones??

Can anyone supply the Pocket PC Companion CD (or the software that came with that CD) that was originally provided by T-Mobile?

And can anyone suggest a source for the version of ActiveSync that is needed for this Pocket PC Phone to be able to sync up with my laptop?

Also, if I do install that ActiveSync version, do I risk accidentally overwriting the version of ActiveSync that is already (correctly) loaded on my laptop for syncing the laptop to my Windows SmartPhone?

The following info may be useful:

Model No.: PW10B1

Platform: PocketPC

IMEI: 350314010270552

ROM Version: 3.04.00 ENG

ROM date: 06/12/02

Radio version: 6.24

Protocol version: 324e4

If you have any information and/or suggestions, please e-mail me at the following address:

philka@johnlscott.com

Thanks!!!
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Guest:
Have you tried these suggestions?

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=15357
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Guest:
I'm using active synch 3.8.0 ok.

On my PC I've got "Allow USB connection with this desktop computer" checked in File->connection settings...

Also got in the "Options" dialogue the "Synchronize mobile device clock upon connecting" checked.

After starting active synch it sits in the system tray and grey's itself.

On my XDA I'm running active synch too, and it works a treat.

On XDA run Active Synch, select Tools->Options...

Check "Enable synchro..." and select "'USB"

Also check the "Include PC..." box too.

Select the "ok" button at the top right

Now put your XDA in the cradle...

Active synch should pop-up and spin it's tray icon green spiny thing.

All should be well.

Start Explorer and there should be a "Mobile Device" item in "My Computer"

Good luck...
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Tanguy:
Else,

Did you try soft reset you XDA (small hole down left) or more extreem (as you will go back to factory setting and loose all data in it) by ard reseting it (very small battery hole down right) ?
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dantedmc79:
Hello everyone, i have just bought a Sony Xperia SP (C3503 ; FW 12.A.1.257) i want to root my device. So, i need to unlock bootloader. However, can i relock bootloader after root ???? Have anyone done that before ???

Please answer, i'm new to Xperia. Thank you very much .
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zolaisugly:
Go here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2328695

Please search next time.... searching should be your friend before the make new thread button.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kt82:
Maybe he has searched for... but he is not allowed to post in this forum...

There is a rule which is very senseless... you have to write 10 Posts... and if you write something what you are interested in, you get one of these answers:

wrong forum

try the forum search

this was many times discussed

yeah I've searched for, and I've found threads about this topic, but I'm not allowed to ask in this forum...

so... sorry for this Spam, but I'm forced to write something like this for the 10 posts
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonwsc:
You do not need to unlock bootloader to root. Root tool: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2329208
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kt82:
sure?

I think you write faster than you read.

Sony Xperia SP (C3503; 12.A.1.257 FW) is not rootable without bootloaderunlock.

Maybe in the next release ...
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zolaisugly:
we have now added support for:

Xperia SP (C5302/3, M35h) {FW: 12.0.A.1.257}

thanks to [MENTION=3467189]sj8023ld[/MENTION]!!

this will be available in next release of the toolkit!

This was posted by doomlord in his thread....
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dantedmc79:
Yea, and I'm waiting for the next release of easy rooting toolkit from DooM. Anyway , thank you for your help
[LG Optimus G (International)] Unreal_Shogo:
Well, the title says all, I've hard bricked my E977 few days ago, as it is in warranty I'll have another LG in a few days (I hope). Unfortunately I don't have a USB JTAG to prove that theory, if someone got one and could be used in this Android please reply to try buy one jaja, thanks
[LG Optimus G (International)] kimitza:
Lol,you don't have to pay 300 dollars for a jtag.going to a gsm service is way easier.

Sent from LG E975 pwd by CM 10.1
[LG Optimus G (International)] Unreal_Shogo:
Hahaha yeah I know but i'll be a time without my phone :(
[LG Optimus G (International)] kimitza:
Jtaging a phone takes about 1 hr.

Sent from LG E975 pwd by CM 10.1
[LG Optimus G (International)] Unreal_Shogo:
The mini usb jtag that is used in the Samsung Galaxy family won't work?? I refere that mini usb jtag hehe
[LG Optimus G (International)] kimitza:
You are totally confusing things.USB JIG is one thing,RIFF'S JTAG another.the jig is used to get a soft bricked samsung phone into download mode,while the jtag is a complex interface,which allows to reflash hardbricked phones,amongs other things.

Sent from LG E975 pwd by CM 10.1
[LG Optimus G (International)] Unreal_Shogo:
So....the usb jig wont work with our phones, right?? Is there another way to wake up a hard bricked Optimus G, or take it to Movistar's technical support is my only hope? I think they only will help me, by phone's warranty, because don't react. I've trying with the QPST with no results with the hex's file scrambling method, says that file is invalid :eek:
[LG Optimus G (International)] kimitza:
Yea,just go to them and tell them the phone died :).They can't trace any modifications you made.

PLease, don't try anything else.You may totally screw your phone :).
[LG Optimus G (International)] Unreal_Shogo:
Unfortunately i know that man, i'm screwed :crying: . The phone is in it box because i can take it to the technical support this saturday. Thanks for your help :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mikeeey:
If any of you are like me, you might have been disappointed that we aren't able to use the stock camera app on cm10 based roms due to the framework.

Well here's the solution! Snap Camera HDR! It uses the exact same layout as the Android 4.2 camera that we are all already familiar with, so there's no having to get used to a different camera app. The only difference here is it does everything AND MORE that the stock s3 camera app does.

In the settings there is lots to choose from, different effects, specific storage location, ability to bind volume keys. Video settings allows you to change the bitrate, video/audio codecs, file format, framerate, and more.

A few features I reeeaalllly missed from the stock camera app that the stock 4.2 app wasn't letting me do was:

simple burst mode (the 4.2 app makes you choose how many you want to take in burst, rather than holding the button until you get the desired amount)

working HDR (I've found the 4.2 app's HDR mode simply doesn't work sometimes, like the stock camera app did.)

The ability to take pics as fast as your finger can press the button (4.2 camera doesn't keep up as fast as stock)

Snap Camera however does all of this.

Here it is on the play store. I definitely recommend it!!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marginz.snap&feature=search_result

There appears to also be a trial version, but for some reason it averages 3.5/5 stars (while the full version has a perfect 5 star review). I haven't personally tried the trial, I just instantly purchased the full version for $1.99.

One of my favorite effects that Snap camera comes with is the ability to take black and white pictures while only letting a certain color through. For example if I were to allow only blue to pass through, the whole picture would be black and white except for the blue sky (or any other blues in the picture). Here are some pics I took showing this, from my car, to my pet parakeets, to a view of my street.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Wiltron:
Looks cool, however I'd like to know if the HDR portion is as slow as the HDR of the stock camera app?

One thing I've noticed is that Apple's iOS camera has HDR, and it's three pictures are so quickly snapped you don't need to hold it too steady and it still looks decent, where as Android's HDR, if you don't have a tripod and a solid surface, don't use HDR..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mikeeey:
The HDR on this app is actually pretty fast. A big step up from stock. It takes each picture in less than a half second apart and you can hold it just as steady as you would taking a regular picture. It also let's you choose the exposure and contrast amount of HDR, how extreme or subtle you want it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] caspersfi:
Thank you sir nice find. Been messing with it for the past half hour and it definitely will be my new cam.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] twisturandroid:
Dint find the woderful feature

:confused:

I wanted to take black and white pics with just a certain color. The way you mentioned. I got the app but not able to find that feature :(

Can you please guide me how to enable it ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] radtech777:
Just bought it. Wow, fantastic camera! Thanks for the heads up
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] esoteric1311:
Awesome app! Thanks,
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Wond3r:
Mikey,

Which other app did you use to edit your photos apart from snap? Because I notice the focal blur
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blackangel104:
Can you tell me how to take black and white pictures while only letting certain colors through??
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] joefloater:
Go to settings/effects then either point-blue, point-red-yellow, or point-green. I have had this app forever and didn't know about this feature...thanks op!!!:good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MUTATED_FORM:
Love this app! So many tweaks. Best HDR camera app in the play store hands down.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Atijx:
Nice! HDR actually works!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mikeeey:
Sorry for the EXTREMELY delayed reply [MENTION=1167326]Wond3r[/MENTION]

I actually used Instagram lol, then just saved the photo. If only I could find a program on the computer that can reproduce Instagram's effects, but in the meantime I guess the phone works.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mikeeey:
Yep [MENTION=5497331]Atijx[/MENTION] they just released a new update for HDR that lets you fine tune the different shades, it's awesome!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Capa1970:
Thanks for the heads up. I just flashed for the first time ever CM and have been precisely looking for a quality camera app. I have only messed with free apps so far and am really liking Camera360, which has absolutely tons of effects and takes good pictures. However, it is a little slow in taking pics and so I am in the market for something that is definitely faster. I will read up on some reviews on Snap Camera and decide.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] el_smurfo:
The developer actively monitors his xda thread for bugs as well.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2055140
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mikeeey:
There is an option to take faster pictures (called fast picture). Renders the picture as fast as you can press the button. Works great in conjunction with burst mode where you hold down the shutter and it continuously takes pictures.

And I had no idea he had a thread here! That's awesome! I'm gonna ask him if (real 480fps) slow motion video is possible like on the galaxy s4 camera.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] el_smurfo:
I don't see a "fast picture" mode. I wonder if it's hardware dependent?

EDIT: Nevermind...it's in the picture size menu. Wow, that's so fast combined with burst, it's way overkill. The slowest part of taking a photo is always the focus, so I'll leave Fast Picture off, unless I adopt a hummingbird.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] GreenMean:
Wow sick impreza !
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Shawnashley:
Yes Snap Camera is the best. I used it on the Infuse and was so glad to see it for my S3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Capa1970:
I've been messing with the free version of Snap Camera and I am liking it. However, it is a little slow in its HDR shots. Also, unfortunately, like every camera app that I have used, the phone quickly starts to get warm and the battery also drains pretty fast. I'm not sure why every camera app that I have ever used does this. I do own A Better Camera, HDR Camera+, Camera360 and I have tried most of the free camera apps that have good ratings. My favorites from all of the ones that I have tried are Snap Camera and Camera360.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rani9990:
Camera FV-5 seems much better in picture quality than snap.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Capa1970:
As they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Snap Camera does have a very high 4.5 average in the Playstore and Camera FV-5 has a good 4.0. Also, FV-5 costs twice as much.

Guys, I'm hoping that someone will share their Snap Camera settings. I've been messing with the free version and I am ready to pull the trigger and buy it but there is one thing that is holding me back. When I take a picture in HDR mode, it looks great, but it mysteriously darkens slightly in the gallery. I prefer the picture to be slightly brighter and so I am wondering what I am doing wrong. This camera comes with a bunch of settings and so I was hoping someone would share their HDR settings for the Galaxy S3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] radtech777:
Does anyone know if there is another camera app other than A Better Camera that has the drama shot mode? Love that effect, but can't buy the S4 to get it. And I can't get much quality out of the A Better Camera version. Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mikeeey:
You sure that's not due to the current draw of the hardware itself? Even with the stock camera opened for a while I've noticed excessive battery drainage.

I haven't even touched my HDR settings. They're still at all the defaults:

4

3

1.5

-0.5

4

What kind of lighting are you taking the picture in? I've noticed in dark lighting I need to turn down the fine contrast slider all the way down after I take the shot, otherwise everything looks grainy. Then I edit the brightness/contrast through the gallery.

However if I'm taking a picture outside it seems to do great at default. Mainly brightening up the blacks and making the sky not overexposed.

Here's a great example. If not for HDR the sky and snow would have been way over exposed. (Did not make any changes to the brightness/contrast after this picture was taken)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Capa1970:
Yeah, the Galaxy S3 gets hot pretty quickly doing anything except surfing on WiFi. So it is a hardware issue.

Awesome picture. I wish that I was a better photographer. I turned off the HDR feature and the indoor photos improved. I bought the app and am now a tester. Looking forward to improving my skills.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bogdaryl:
Used the trial a few days, and actually got annoyed with waiting to use the camera. So I bought the app and I am glad that I did. It works very well.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AdriannTheHunk:
There IS another lesser known app on the Play Store which does not have a separate HDR algorithm like Snap, but it hs something called After Effects which emulates the Sharpness, Lighting, etc settings on unsupported devices.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nemesis.cameraholoplus
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Shawnashley:
I have tried that as well. Snap still works better for me. For editing I prefer Pixlr Express. Tons of features all around awesome app.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Capa1970:
Still loving this app and I still feel that it is the best camera app in the Playstore.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrkele:
Pretty good. Thanks. It would be even better if it was as fast as stock galaxy app
[HTC Droid DNA] Airo18:
Trying to use Xposed installer to install the modules on my phone, because I like Icon Themer and it requires it, puts my phone in a bootloop every time. Not sure why but it's on Tranquil DNA RLS2, it works perfect on Carbon and AOSP ROMs but not Sense
[HTC Droid DNA] trickster2369:
I would suggest checking this out of you haven't already:

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

Doesn't seem to play well with sense.

From my S-Off BadSeed DNA
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fixided:
I tried using [Root] Odin Pro app, to upgrade my firmware. But something went wrong! I tried to go to recovery mode by holding down the 'Power' button and the 'Volume Up' button. But nothing happens. Odin3 1.70 PC version was able to detect my device, so I tried to recover my Galaxy Tab using it. I got really fustrated becuase nothing would work! So I checked these two boxes on Odin "Phone efs clear", and "Phone bootloader update. I click the 'Start' button. Soon after that, Odin wasn't able to detect my phone anymore and I can't do anything. The phone is stuck on the 'Galaxy Tab Samsung' logo! What Can I do?! :mad:
[Bada Software Development] EmoBlazeXD:
Hi all wavers.I need your help in making new lockscreen for wave y.Please tell me the required software needed to make it.[B/]

Help :silly:
[Bada Software Development] nip_miniw:
Adobe Flash + Samsung Theme Designer
[Bada Software Development] EmoBlazeXD:
They wont work -_-
[Bada Software Development] rafaelvasconcelos:
here any tutorials http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2255608
[Bada Software Development] EmoBlazeXD:
Thanx. Why dont you post it in fb group??
[Bada Software Development] rafaelvasconcelos:
alread bro>>>> https://www.facebook.com/groups/109845289176696/doc/157634534397771/
[LG Optimus Black] nikos550:
Guys tried rooting my phone, basically done the whole procedure and I couldnt dload anything from p store and when I tried my phone restarted, the same with setting the time. What exactly did I do wrong? I used that smart flash thing with the superuser zip. Or is this just how rooted phones work??

Ive gone back to flashing my phone, works fine all is good, im thinking about trying to root again but I need a clearer idea. Im working with gb 2.3.4.

If anybody has anything straightforward and reliable drop us a line.

Thanks in advance dudes.
[LG Optimus Black] ykumar00:
First of all, install the LG USB drivers and restart your pc.

Try using smartflash with phone battery removed...this often helps.

Do data, cache, and dalvik wipes from cwm.

As soon as you boot into the flashed rom, do a factory reset from hidden menu.
[LG Optimus Black] nikos550:
pdf????

I will need a whole new package, with .bin, .fls etc and a pdf manual which says 1. DO THIS, 2. DO THAT, 3 PRESS THIS 4. PRESS THAT. 5 YOUR PHONE IS ROOTED :laugh:

not really catching on to the do the data cache, dalvik wipes etc etc.

Thanks for your answer dude, but a noobys a nooby.

if you've got anything like that, i'll appreciate it.

cheers dude.
[LG Optimus Black] ykumar00:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23790405

Here. Try this, it's very easy.
[LG Optimus Black] nikos550:
ok

Ok mate i'll try it, nice one. I have GB 2.3.4 V20T. I shouldn't have any probs should i?