yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia ZL] schnidex:
Interesting.. so far, all the North American phones have been sealed, but those from Europe (although mine's manufactured in China) were not.
[Sony Xperia ZL] ryude:
Newegg buys it's Z/ZL from Malaysia.
[Sony Xperia ZL] schnidex:
Okay, fair enough. Meanwhile, slightly worrying for me is that when I 'first' turned the phone on today, it booted straight away in German and didn't ask me to select a language or any other setup. It all looked new, but this suspects me to think someone else has turned it on before me. I don't know if there's a way I can check, but I was pretty disappointed by this.

I'm wondering however if it's a German retail thing, because this is the second order I've had from Germany (from different suppliers) and both were completely unsealed. Perhaps there's a law that requires them to check it boots up before shipping..?

:(
[Sony Xperia ZL] ryude:
The language is determined by the customization, different regions have different customizations. Mine came with English (UK) pre-selected.
[Sony Xperia ZL] Chiky33:
Bought mine from eBay (USA) and the box was sealed with a Sony sticker. Model C6503.
[Sony Xperia ZL] paullu:
mine sealed c6506 usa
[Sony Xperia ZL] sarobi:
My ZL was bought at Amazon.de as I told you in my previous post and the box was not sealed, but as I remembered the first thing when I turned the phone on was selecting the language and setup guide ...

In general, I'm also wondering what happens with those products that had been sold through internet sales and later returned by customers and of course already used? Is there any rule that buyer must get completely new device ?
[Sony Xperia ZL] paul-c:
I don't know about that, I got a Panasonic ELUGA from Germany last year and it was sealed in the box. It had never been booted up.

Sent from my Sony Xperia ZL
[Sony Xperia ZL] Faddy89:
Sealed from Indonesia
[Sony Xperia ZL] schnidex:
Thank you for this. The phone is probably fine, but for the time being there is doubt in my mind.

I don't suppose anyone knows if there's a system menu I can access that will tell me how many times the phone has been booted? So far, I have only turned it on once, so if that number is anything more than one and can be shown on the system, I will have my answer.

I'd love to keep it, and not have the hassle of returning it, but it's such a lot of money and I want to love my handset 100%, and not have any doubt. It does seem strange that it didn't ask me for the setup guide, and the phone was also already set to vibrate which I thought was strange. Also, the Developer Options were already exposed, but I was of the belief that these need to be enabled by pressing the version number seven times.

The only thing is that I haven't yet put a SIM card in it, so I don't know if that means the phone wouldn't go straight to Setup.
[Sony Xperia ZL] zangetsu2188:
Bought it straight from Sony Shop. That shop also sells other Sony products. Sealed.

C6503 Philippines.

I noticed the Sony Mobile shops here sell unsealed phones. Happen with my former Xperia S. Bought it there unsealed.
[Sony Xperia ZL] Tejstar:
Bought a white one from Amazon.de and whilst the box was sealed the unit itself was defective - the metal around the lens was chipped and the glass side near the camera button was cracked. I sent it back yesterday and will get a refund. When I booted it up, it went straight into the German menu without asking me to choose language.

Anyway, I ordered another ZL (this time black) as I saw a cracking deal on Amazon.it who were charging just €310! Price now back up to €499.
[Sony Xperia ZL] stinky73:
6503 from amazon.de - sealed , brand new, perfect in every respect

---------- Post added at 06:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:01 PM ----------

If a "new" phone doesn't boot into

setup (language choice) then it is not new! And, obviously, if it's broken in the box and the box is undamaged it's not new! Law is strict, if it is sold as new in product description it should be in factory condition ie. As left factory after fabrication...sealed and not having been switched on! :eek:
[Sony Xperia ZL] Tejstar:
Exactly my thoughts, which is why I was surprised, since it was ordered direct from Amazon.de and I've never had any 'returns' passed off as a new phone before from them. Anyway, it went straight back as it was clear that either it was already used or someone at the Sony factory didn't do their job properly in passing appropriate QA tests.
[Sony Xperia ZL] stinky73:
Good luck!! It'll be worth waiting for, but I'd be wary of the 4.2.2 update! Lots having troubles with it in other threads. I have had nothing but grief on many devices ! Out of the box on 4.1.2 easily the best android phone I have ever owned (there have been many ;) ) and I am not going to spoil it with 4.2.2 :P
[Sony Xperia ZL] paul-c:
I'm holding out on 4.2.2 as well. I don't have any need for lock screen widgets, which to me is all 4.2.2 really adds that's of any significance. I agree with you that most of the time updates can be more trouble than they're worth. It's great to see Sony rolling them out at a faster pace now, though.

Sent from my Sony Xperia ZL
[Sony Xperia ZL] Viralistic:
I recently ordered a new Xperia ZL directly from Sony. Model #C6506. I am sure it will be fully sealed, but will let you know.
[Sony Xperia ZL] Tejstar:
Okay my replacement handset arrived earlier today and this was definitely sealed. The handset was in perfect condition and on start-up there was the option to choose the language which wasn't there on my previous delivery.

It is the black model though and if I didn't get such a good deal on it, I would have gone for the white version. Despite this, it is a beautiful handset.I have the notification to upgrade to Android 4.2.2, but ignoring it for now given some of the bug issues being reported.
[Sony Xperia ZL] dragonclif67:
I bought my C6506 from Negri Electronics here in the US. Everything was sealed.
[Sony Xperia ZL] duplissi:
Just ordered a C6506 Xperia ZL from newegg today, will update once it arrives. should be monday or tuesday as I did select 2 day shipping.

It was sealed.
[Sony Xperia ZL] Sirence:
Amazon Germany, not sealed but looked like never touched.
[Sony Xperia ZL] kickthefreak:
i buy from singapore and nothing sealed, everything still fine until now
[Sony Xperia ZL] schnidex:
I'm returning the Phonehouse model and have just received a new one from Amazon.de, as they're currently selling it for €419. Great price, and even better.. the box was sealed! Hooray!

:o
[Sony Xperia ZL] sbx320:
C6503 from Amazon.de, both Phone and Box sealed. :)

Great phone thus far.
[Sony Xperia ZL] bigystyle84:
Bought mine direct from Rogers, than flashed mine with the generic 4.2.2 firmware to get rid of bloat.

I am in Canada

Mine was not sealed.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] apmartin1991:
Hi everyone!

Here I have a fully updated APN config file for our devices. It has 13,265 lines of code which I believe has every carrier/phone network from everywhere!

I have a flashable version:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/2i72vah5fi9y4nf/APN-update.zip

For ROM developers:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/gwsa2mlnplwp5bv/apns-conf.xml

IF you want to use this in your ROM please please please ask me first! It's only fair! ;)

Give a thanks and enjoy :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] zmbutt:
APN list ? what will it do ?

isn't APN list auto update in our phones ?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] apmartin1991:
Its for all of the major phone networks around the world. It allows people to connect to the internet automatically.

and nope.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] cellabonez:
Could remove JM from DIGICEL JM please for its not install it

Edit : its perfectly working not like previous cyanogen mod list . thanks a lot
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] pcgaldo:
Some changes on MMS R. Lines from 666 to 674 in your apns-conf.xml file:

<apn carrier="MMS R"
mcc="214"
mnc="06"
apn="mms.mundo-r.com"
mmsc="http://mms.mundo-r.com"
mmsproxy="mmsproxy.mundo-r.com"
mmsport="8080"
type="mms"
/>
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] SirM2X:
Hello everyone,

I am really confused about different versions of Galaxy S4 and their compatibility with Wind mobile in Canada.

As far as I know, there are i9500, i9505 and i377 variants.

I was looking forward to buy the i9505 model but I'm not sure if it is compatible with Wind mobile network. (Right now I am outside of Canada for a while so getting a phone in a duty free shop makes sense.)

Does anyone know if i377 or any other variants of Galaxy S4 is compatible with Wind mobile?

If it matters, right now I have a T999V (galaxy S3) which works fine with Wind's network.

Thanks in advance
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dj_aj:
The GT-i9500 uses the exynos octa core cpu and isn't available in North America because it doesn't support LTE here.

The GT-i9505 is the international S4 that uses the qualcomm quadcore cpu which is marketed in the USA as i377 (at&t) and i377m (bell/rogers/telus) in Canada. These 2 variants don't support AWS bands out of the box, but users have shown a way to enable that on these phones.

There is also another variant of the i9505 marketed as SGH-M919 for T-Mobile in USA and SGH-M919V for Wind/Videotron in Canada. These support AWS bands out of the box and work perfectly well on all North American providers such as At&t, Rogers, Bell, Virgin Mobile, T-Mobile, etc.

Hope this helps your dilemma!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] SirM2X:
Thank you for your elaboration.

In other words, if I went and bought an SGS 4 with model number i9505, it wouldn't work on -say- Wind mobile out of the box? Should I strictly go for M919? Or are they all the same i9505 hardware only different radios? This "radio": are we referring to the baseband firmware or the actual circuitry inside the phone itself?

Sorry for asking again but I'm trying to clear up the confusion.

Thank you very much in advance :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dj_aj:
1) All GT-i9505 variants have the same hardware which includes the radio chip, cpu, ram etc.

2) The software part (modem) that controls the radio module is different in the variants which is why some of the users were able to 'activate' AWS band support on the At&t/Rogers/Bell S4 by flashing the appropriate modem/rom.

3) I believe if you purchase the GT-i9505 it will still work on Wind Mobile and the other carriers. But keep in mind that you may or may not be able to connect to LTE or lose reception in some areas where they only run the network on a respective band.

This is where you have to do your homework. Go to Wind Mobile's website and see what bands they use & then cross reference them with the GT-i9505 supported bands.

After you do that yourself and are fairly confident that the phone should work. I'd suggest that you call up Wind mobile and ask them to ensure if that model will work on Wind completely. Just a heads up, you may not get the most knowledgeable tech on your first try...so you may have to try again.

If you just really want that model from the duty free, just get it! I'm sure one of the more advanced users here will be able to point out what needs to be tweaked for it run flawlessly on whatever network.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] SirM2X:
Thank you :)

Now that clears everything up :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] unhappy_with_s4:
bought the GT i9500

I bought the GT i9500 galaxy s4 when I was on vacation outside Canada.

Now I'm back here and cannot connect to wind network.. It always goes on roaming :crying:

Please someone let me know what to do with my phone. Can I sell it to someone using Rogers/Bell/Telus? as my friend has a rogers sim card and its working on my phone

Also would be thankful if someone could tell me what could I do to make wind work on my phone.

I had the simcard cut by the phoneseller when I bought it so I could use it when I come back here. Could that be the problem? I mean, would it work if I bought a new small sim card from Wind?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] yyjamal:
No it won't work.I

I got a phone UK from 3 network and it didn't work and after lots of research I found that it is missing the AWS mode. Mine also works with Rogers, Telus and Bell but not Wind mobile. The store just cut my cimcar for $5 and did not work.

I was reading that there is a ROM or firmware that should be updated.

good luck and let me know if you fixed it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] yvong:
Samsung Galaxy S4 on Wind Mobile

Were you able to get this working on WIND Mobile? I am in the same predicament, and need to get this working but it just keeps roaming. Wonder if there is a ROM that can be flashed to support the AWS frequency for WIND.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jmunr017:
Activate AWS on i9505

Check out this link to learn how to activate AWS

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2291589
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
Not to forget, I also made small instructional video on how to do the initial setup:

[youtube]VUEtJslPJPw[/youtube]
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] nolinuxnoparty:
Cool... I wanted something like this for time being :D

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
Thanks, It's a very nice start :D

And you're welcome ^^
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] nolinuxnoparty:
Can you upload somewhere else!? Torrenting is actually not allowed in my country!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
I'm doing that, it just takes a while, its very large 3.43gb and I upload with max 1mb/s so i'm doing all I can ^^
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] .c0dy:
There is a previous version, as you can read, on sourceforge :)

I'll try to download via torrent :) Hope it doesnt take weeks :P :fingers-crossed:

Thanks for this :) Have seen this somewhere here earlier but i think it wasnt as good as this one :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
idd :P

Ok nice, Is your download speed decent? I have no idea whether my connections is kinda blocking it or the downloaders just have so low download speed :o

I can upload at 1mbs but the max upload speed I saw was 200kb/s so far

Anyways, more people is more speed ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] maikinho10:
hohoho today is christmas time:p:angel::laugh:

really big thanks, this is awesome;)

Thanks so much:)

Greets Maik
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
Hehe, I hope the download works ok..

The speeds I've seen so far only reach to 360kb/s

Anyone know if I need to put super seed on or off?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] maikinho10:
I dont know :(

i´am at work...later i will download and give full uploadspeed in torrentclient for all...have 5mb upload and 100mb download...hope i can use this speed :D:D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
Thanks :D Hope it will improve the speed ^^
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] nolinuxnoparty:
Dude, SourceForge links :(

How much time will it take? Not asking for ETA, Just curious :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] .c0dy:
Unf. not :/ Max for me is about 1mb/s :/ Will give it a try now anyway!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
Here are the already uploaded parts so far on copy.com

Part1: https://copy.com/IhPhUP2D4rSn (500mb)

Part2: n/a yet (500mb)

Part3: https://copy.com/otTGzvv7yHyVfdL2 (500mb)

Part4: n/a yet (500mb)

Part5: n/a yet (500mb)

Part6: n/a yet (500mb)

Part7: n/a yet (500mb)

Part8: http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro 14 x64 VM.part8.rar (21mb)

lol the site is very slow atm, or its because the torrent takes all bandwidth, don't know for sure, but last time i tested downloading from copy.com I downloaded with 7mbs
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] .c0dy:
Torrent download is at about 200kb/s for me.

Okay, took a look at utorrent again :D 0.4kb/s.im finished in 1 year and 18 weeks. Will report back then haha

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
hehe, yeh.. I looks like I'm only seeding to one person at a time? Are you downloading from only my host or also the other hosts?

If I put on super seed the upload drops to 0kb/s and then does nothing. do you have any idea what an good values are (ratio etc) ? :silly:

Link update:

Part1: https://copy.com/IhPhUP2D4rSn (500mb)

Part2: http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro_14_x64_VM.part2.rar yet (500mb)

Part3: https://copy.com/otTGzvv7yHyVfdL2 (500mb)

Part4: n/a yet (500mb)

Part5: n/a yet (500mb)

Part6: n/a yet (500mb)

Part7: n/a yet (500mb)

Part8: http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro_14_x64_VM.part8.rar (21mb)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] maikinho10:
Im downloading with 400-600kbit/s and give full upload in this Moment 550-700kbit/s... But my Limit is 5000kbit/s...

Greets Maik

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
Thank you, that helps the users :), but its not much if your limit is 5mbs lol

Part1: https://copy.com/IhPhUP2D4rSn (500mb)

Part2: http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro_14_x64_VM.part2.rar yet (500mb)

Part3: https://copy.com/otTGzvv7yHyVfdL2 (500mb)

Part4: http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro_14_x64_VM.part4.rar yet (500mb)

Part5: n/a yet (500mb)

Part6: n/a yet (500mb)

Part7: n/a yet (500mb)

Part8: http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro_14_x64_VM.part8.rar (21mb)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] maikinho10:
I know but no issues from me or provider... Speedtest.net says upload 5mbs ;)

But i will say again... This is so amazing progress from you! Thanks mate:)

Hope all member knows what for work this it!!!

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
Nice speed ^^

Thank you! You're welcome :P

btw new part, almost done!

Part1: https://copy.com/IhPhUP2D4rSn (500mb)

Part2: http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro_14_x64_VM.part2.rar (500mb)

Part3: https://copy.com/otTGzvv7yHyVfdL2 (500mb)

Part4: http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro_14_x64_VM.part4.rar (500mb)

Part5: http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro_14_x64_VM.part5.rar (500mb)

Part6: http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro_14_x64_VM.part6.rar (500mb)

Part7: http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro_14_x64_VM.part7.rar (500mb)

Part8: http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro_14_x64_VM.part8.rar (21mb)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
Uploading done to http mirrors :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] lambstone:
How much space did you allocated for the Virtual Machine? 8gb? Would that be enough?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
200gb, its a growable disk ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] lambstone:
Oh, nice. Great idea of using a dynamic disk.

Does it reduce speeds though?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
Afaik. no, A VM is never the fastest option but its do-able if you give the machine 2 cores and 2 gb ram
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] lzk123:
Nice! Now I won't have to mess up my own ubuntu os.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] .Astiak:
Nice project.

Added the torrent to my seedbox, hopefully some more bandwidth available soon for people downloading (once I start downloading some more blocks that is).
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] bmbm:
Great work, thanks! I will help with torrent seeding on 1G line.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] galeej:
mate are you cooking anything for S4?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] DragonHunt3r:
Pretty nice distro, but when I'm trying to compile CM now it saying

"breakfast: command not found"

so ye... any help ?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] nolinuxnoparty:
Did you do . /envsetup.sh?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] DragonHunt3r:
yep, fixed it now tho I had todo

sudo -i

export PATH=${PATH}:~/bin

but at ./extract-files.sh it was saying that some system files were missing lol
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] mattisdada:
Amazing project! Downloading now :)

Just one small request though, can you make a second set of links in a code box instead of URL's? So those of us with a download manager we can copy and paste the entire box and schedule the download :) (XDA automatically shortens the URL's and makes copying and pasting impossible)

Eg:

http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro_14_x64_VM.part1.rar
http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro_14_x64_VM.part2.rar
http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro_14_x64_VM.part3.rar
http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro_14_x64_VM.part4.rar
http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro_14_x64_VM.part5.rar
http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro_14_x64_VM.part6.rar
http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro_14_x64_VM.part7.rar
http://www.broodplank.net/files/DevDistro_14_x64_VM.part8.rar
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
Thank you. And sure, ill add it ^^
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] .c0dy:
Hey brood :)

Just in case you don't know how to - I've looked for it and will try that out :)

http://www.howtoforge.com/converting-a-vmware-image-to-a-physical-machine

EDIT: Ahhh okay. Damn. I just realized that it isnt an instllable iso. Nvm then :P
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
I know how to make an installable iso (you need to respin the disc) but it's not very easy, Ill try to release an iso version soon :good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Lei M:
Catching old thread ;)

Will you update the devdistro anytime?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
Yes I will, but not frequently (since in a short time there are just not many updates). Main prio is to get it on an installable dvd iso. the problem I faced last time was that when I was repacking the installation I got an error because the filesystem was larger then 4gb.. (which isn't even large), so I switched to an other "respiner" and it built successfully but then again it just didn't boot. (but I think I know why that was, I suspect the kernel update that I did when respinning)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] broodplank1337:
Some good news, I now know how to make DevDistro in an installable iso, its working with some workaround I've come up with.

So soon you guys can expect a installable ISO and I can finally delete the 50% storage taken from the VM that's currently uploaded :P

If people are interested in how to make your own Linux Distro let me know, I probably will write a nice tut
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] ChaoticUnreality:
Any link to the installable iso not seeing it anywhere.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] .c0dy:
That's why he wrote "soon" :P

Just be patient :)

And I'd like to know how to do that :) It's always good to know stuff like that.

But i guess that its probably not going to work for Windows-based vm's?

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] adry1988:
is it possible to have a installation file for ubuntu?

is it possible to have a installation file for ubuntu?

im using virtualbox now but i find it very slow as i only have 2gb of ram! considering windows is using some of it up, virtual box take up the rest and it really struggle to cope with it.

is it possible to run it straight from ubuntu 64bit? i currently have a spare hard drive which i will install and run ubuntu on but how would i set up the kitchen?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] sa1tine:
yeah bud it is totally possible. brood got me started on linux mint 13. ill write up a short how to. in a little bit.