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[Nexus 4 Accessories] Freshly_Snipes:
I have 3 of these cases and they totally fried my Nexus 4 battery and destroyed it. I'm warning everyone to not use this case. It is tricking the battery to accept it as AC. This is causing the Nexus to pull faster from the case and causes overheating due to poor manufacturing and engineering. I just emailed them because these POS owe me a new phone. I've never been so upset in my entire life.

Maximum heat: 124 degrees Fahrenheit before phone shutdown.

Minimum heat: 111-114 degrees Fahrenheit

After multiple times your battery will no longer function or hold a charge.

Before anyone else says anything crazy... I was not using during charges. Yes I went through the 12 hour initial charge cycle. Yes the 5 or 6 charges and discharge after was done. On one of these batteries you'll get at maximum a 60% boost before it dies. It takes almost 6 hours to charge the damn batteries and they die fast.

Your phone will heat up like you won't believe. Then it will stop accepting ANY charges from the wall or case. Then you'll get an error message telling you that the battery is damaged and you should remove it. But you can't because the Nexus 4 is internal. Now my warranty is voided because they can somehow tell that I used an non OEM charger. I'll keep you guys posted on my progress with BASTEX Wireless and ZeroLemon.

Here's pictures of the 3 cases they gave me for free and the issues I had. 1 hr screen on time and my phone dies. Max 2hrs of use WITH the case. :mad:
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Sauveur:
Oh boy, that's not good. Today my case started acting weird. I turned it on around 25% and it charged to 50% before the phone stopped indicating that it was charging. The case was still flashing though, and it clearly wasn't empty yet. Then the phone shut down and I got the red light of death. I took it out of the case and it was SUPER hot, so I put it in the freezer and tried to turn it on again. No luck. I dismantled the phone and unclipped the battery door which is a known fix for the red light of death. It works now. I'm reluctant to try the case tomorrow seeing what happened to you.
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Cream$ickleHJ:
**** since you got 3 free cases, stick them on eBay/craigslist you'll make enough money back to buy another phone

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Freshly_Snipes:
I would not wish these cases on my worst enemy.

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Same thing. Except mine came back on. Yeah it's best to not use it again and email BASTEX Wireless about it right now.
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Sauveur:
Why didn't the case do that from day one? Also do you have a custom kernel that enables usb fast charging? Maybe that's the cause of the AC current
[Nexus 4 Accessories] ziddey:
I wouldn't be worried about that being an issue.

And no, no force_fast_charge impact here since the zerolemon circuitry imposes "AC" fast-charge anyway.
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Freshly_Snipes:
It did. It got hot the first time I used it. I thought it would stop once it was conditioned. I am stock, unrooted and locked. Nothing custom. I was but I went back stock after the keyboard freeze on JSS.

I did here back from them. Here is the communication. Basically they refunded me for the case an are refusing to replace my Nexus 4 even though it fried it. So Amazon is saying they are liable. The english is funny. It was done by an outsourced CC agent. Not my words. lol

From: Bastex Wireless

Andre,

I have refunded your account in full for the ZeroLemon product that was purchased.

At this time we are not able to refund your account for your Nexus 4 at this time. I am sorry we could not assist you further in the matter.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me again.

Sherry

On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Andre - Amazon Marketplace <[e-mail address removed]> wrote:

Order ID *redacted*

1 of [180 days warranty] ZeroLemon LG Nexus 4 Juicer Removeable Battery Case + 1x Removeable 2250mAh Juicer Battery (Compatible Only with LG Nexus 4 E960) [ASIN: B00DKAIQEE]

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Hello,

We've been contacted by a customer regarding the order identified below.

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Order#: *redacted*

Item: [180 days warranty] ZeroLemon LG Nexus 4 Juicer Removeable Battery Case + 1x Removeable 2250mAh Juicer Battery (Compatible Only with LG Nexus 4 E960)

Reason: Received Damaged or Defective Item

Details: I received the replacement battery yesterday but its already too late because the one that you sent totally destroyed my phone. Please send me a refund for the amount of my device that has been destroyed by your product so I can purchase a new one. And can you please send it ASAP because I dont have a phone to use.

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To respond to this customer, please reply to this e-mail or visit your seller account at the following link:

https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/communication-manager/inbox.html

Sincerely,

Customer Service Department

Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com

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This is what ended up happening.

Hello Andre,

I've forwarded your issue to our Guarantee Investigations Assistance Customer Service team. You should hear back from them in the next 1-2 business days.

Here are our customer service phone numbers:

- U.S. and Canada: 1-866-216-1072

- International: 1-206-266-2992

We're available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

You can also click the "Contact Us" button on any Help page (www.amazon.com/help), enter your phone number through the Phone tab, and we'll call you. Contacting us through the website ensures that we have your account information ready when we call.

I hope this helps

Best regards,

Carlos F.
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Sauveur:
Darn. What app were you using that said your battery has a problem? Some t mobile app?

Also is your phone not turning on at all?
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Freshly_Snipes:
it turns on. it just dies in an hour or so. It gets hot instantly within a few minutes of being on. it stops charging around 20 percent or so. yes that came from the My T-Mobile application. and I got a system message from Android but the phone shut off before I could screen shot it.
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Sauveur:
Can you post a link to the app? Maybe my battery is damaged too. I can't find the app in the play store.
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Freshly_Snipes:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tmobile.selfhelp

Or

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tmobile.pr.mytmobile
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Sauveur:
Any update on your refund?
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Freshly_Snipes:
Yeah. They refunded me $199 for a new Nexus 4 and allowed me to keep the 3 POS charging cases and apologized for the defective units. They also were made to refund me for the actual 40 bucks for the cases. I asked did they want them back and they said nope. Nightmare.
[Nexus 4 Accessories] ziddey:
I would gladly take those off your hands
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Sauveur:
Wow that's incredible. Originally they weren't going to refund you anything. What made them change their mind?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daniel_costa_rj:
Hi guys,

I was thinking about it:

1º I think in a mod that the letters of notification bar would be negative against thebackground transparent in homscreen.

______________

2º I think in a mod that with the password gesture you can unlock to camera, gmail, phone, message, impossible ways, or use a PIN 1234 for unlock, 1243 for camera, 1232 for gmail etc...

Any DEV know what to do do implement this kind of modification?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid_1989:
Hi,

So got my i9505 today, previously had the i9100.

I've got an issue, whereby when I am in a browser and I want to play a video, MX player doesn't play despite being set as the default player, instead it's video player that plays the video.

I've reset defaults for MX and set it as default again, to no avail... I can't seem to disable the Video Player app in App Management as I'm sure that would probably work... I'm guessing I'd have to be rooted... Which I don't really want to do just yet.

Anyone got any suggestions or advice?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LastStandingDroid:
So stock player plays the video? You should be able to deselect it as default
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid_1989:
Say a video from Facebook will play on MX player. But a video I've found on say pornmd or pornhub in the browser(yeah I watch porn lol) it plays on stock video app, any ideas?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karinepidhh:
I disabled the stock video player...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid_1989:
Whenever I go to settings > more > Application Manager > all

I choose video player, and everything is greyed out, can force stop only...which results it starting up again when video is played.

I can't disable it, can't even untick show notifications.

This is the International S4.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid_1989:
See screenshot.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darwinwin:
It's not a default setting thing. . is more about the built in video player in the browser...used to happen on my note 2 in Chrome but not in stock browser..here apparently something changed
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid_1989:
Yeah, just played around with Firefox and Dolphin and they seem to have it as it should be.

So to disable the stock video player, i'd have to root, then I can freeze it?

(rather not really root a phone i've hard barely a day, was waiting for root and customization when I get bored of TouchWiz).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darwinwin:
yeah you can just freeze it using titanium backup (first root app) but dude stock video player is epic ..try smart pause and you will know it's worth a shot
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devnut:
any video from the net should play in stock player, it has gesture the same as MX... i had my s4 on release day in Aus for about an hour before it was rooted... i don't see what you have to lose in doing it now
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MohammadAG:
The default browser on the S4 is based on Chrome, not the AOSP browser. That's why flash doesn't work, why clicking two close links shows a magnifier like Chrome, and why scrolling sucks in it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monkteo:
question?

did you installed the codecs?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] tjmc:
Hey,

I was just wondering what kind of headphones i can get for my I-Mate Jam?

Can i just go out and but normal headphones? I dont like the earbud type because they hurt my ears and they always fall out of my ears (I have never been able to wear them)

Thanks

T
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Dandie:
Buy an adapter (normal 2,5 mm to 3,5 mm Adapter normally will do it but you can also get special (4 Pin) adapters, for example at www.expansys.com) and connect every headphone you want (with 3,5 mm connector). I recommend Koss headphones because they have the best sounding portable headphones in my opinion. Koss The Plug for example should be able to adapt even to your ears, since it uses foam earpieces which adapt to almost every ear. Better (but more expensive and also bigger) are the Porta Pro series.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Fresh Freddie:
Don't bother with adaptors which, in my experience, are never an exact fit.

I would recommend these from Seidio :

http://www.seidio-europe.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=HEORSOVXDA3-SL

They're comfortable, lightweight and give decent audio quality.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] jamijam:
3 questions:

1) I see the Seidio ones have a 'button' on them. Will this work for the Magician similarly to the include headphones? (i.e. will answer/hangup incoming call).

2) Does the Magician support headphones that have controls for more than just hangup/answer call? For instance, play next music track or stop music?

3) Are there any headphones out there that fit on the magician's connector, have 'the button', AND have an FM radio built in somehow?

Thanks for your help, you guys are great!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Dandie:
Ohters reused the headset that came with the Magician and soldered other headphones onto the box which contains the button.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Fresh Freddie:
Yes it does. You already know that there is a mic built into the control (?)

Sorry I can't help you with the other 2 questions.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] JPreston:
That's what I did. I'm not very good with a soldering iron but I managed to do it reasonably easily, and the way the microphone/button case prises open means that all the soldering is completely hidden. Here's the link explaining how to do it:

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=handsfreethatdoesntsoundlikecrap
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] CEBEP:
the link posted by JPreston looks to be the perfect option.

the only concern I have is would there be a sound difference to use the newly purchased headphones this way or through adapter.

anyone had a chance to compare the headphones through adapter first and then after the soldering operation?

thanks.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Loboman:
I was also thinking about soldering before I saw this: http://www.pc-mobile.net/pxdaa.htm

Just perfect!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] bamse:
Had one of those for my Qtek1010 for a while. Lasted about three months before it broke. The cord would have needed better reinforcement where it connects to the plug/mic.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] JPreston:
Sorry, no :( I fixed mine straightaway. But the sound quality is excellent, and I believe not at all adversely affected by the soldering job, after all that's how the original earphones are attached! TBH I wouldn't imagine that an adaptor would noticeably diminish sound quality either - I just didn't fancy having the adaptor extending the extra couple of centimetres out of the phone.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] CEBEP:
JPreston

yeah, afterall this looks to be the best solution.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] H2o11:
Hi guys, I know this is a real noob question, but this is the first time flashing a phone and using it as a daily driver (I've used broken phones before that weren't activated). If I flashed this ROM to my Verizon GNex, would I have to reactivate it after it was finished flashing? I searched the forums and I couldn't find anything pertaining to this issue (probably because this is just a dumb question.) Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jerrycycle:
If you're currently using the phone service reactivation not needed. You will be asked to log into Google account do the play store, gmail, contact sync etc.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] shaqqq:
I got the update it downloaded but when it starts to install it stops. I tried everything any ideas? Anyone experiencing this?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] shaqqq:
No one else experiencing this problem?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] shaqqq:
Sorry I just updated I figured out what she problem was.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] debar14:
What did you do ???

I am having the same problem, I can't get the update to install....

every time I try to install it, I keep getting the dreaded red triangle.

So, what do I have to do to install updates?

Rob
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] blackangst:
1. What update are you trying to install?

2. What do you have set up now?

3. stock or custom bootloader?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] debar14:
here's what's happening

Here's what I have....

I have a new HTC One, stock Android operating system. Since getting the phone, I been having problems in stalling System Updates.

On the 1st one, I talked to T-Mobile and eventually they had me do a factory reset and somehow that got the 1st update to install.

Now I have another update and even after doing a factory reset it still won't install! I keep getting a red triangle.....

So what do I have to do to get the update to install?

Rob
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] blackangst:
Since it sounds like youre 100% stock unrooted, I would take it in to a store. Might be defective.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Ph33zy:
First time on stock android and there doesn't appear to be an option to sync tasks when I setup my exchange server.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] gksmithlcw:
Unfortunately, I haven't found that functionality. You may be able find an app in the Play Store for it. I switched to the Google ecosystem and use GTasks for task sync now but that's obviously not an option for everyone.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] pedxing:
I've used touchdown since 2009. Works great...ui is not completely horrible anymore. Everything syncs and it will do a server search, not just local.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] xene97:
I recently discovered "Tasks & Notes" that allows me to sync, obviously, Tasks & Notes from my Exchange account. My domain is hosted via Office365 and it syncs perfectly so far.
[HTC One X] don juancho:
It's been a week since I could not sign in to play store. I've tried to factory reset by cwm and in setting of the phone but to no avail.

It's says "can't establish a reliable connection to the server" .I'm only using wifi. My other phone Sony Ericsson X8 have the same problem

I can log on to google on my pc and on the stock browser on my phone. By the way I'm on rooted stock rom only. Is there any way I could sign in to google other than installing custom rom?

I've used the search button but no answer found, hope some could help thanks in advance!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] legend474:
I had a look around the forums and couldn't find any information about this and was quite surprised to be honest.

Now TV Box: sorry, cant post links, but you can google it. It costs £9.99 as opposed to £35-49 for the Roku LT.

Already known that you can side load the Plex app for the Roku, but most people would wonder if someone can flash Roku firmware on this.

As far as I know, this Now TV Box is a rebranded Roku LT box with locked down interface.

Maybe I am wrong, maybe this is not doable or maybe no one can be bothered.

I am confident that someone will be able to do it with JTAG interface, but I am wondering if it might be possible to get flashed using the dev mode and some sort of script.

So the main question is, do you know if someone is trying to flash this box or not.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pickup9785:
Hi, not much help, but I was wondering the same thing, I have picked one of those up and would certainly like to turn it into a fully fledged Roku box.

I can understand why Sky have limited the box, but the amount of limit they have put on is a bit bad, the only way to install unofficial channels is as a zip, and I cannot find many zip files across the internet ?

Anybody have an sources for them ? Or anybody tried flashing this ? Does anybody have an official Roku that they could try and backup the firmware from, or is it somehow linked to the box ?

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The other option may be a proxy which provides the official lt firmware as an update instead of the now tv one ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Bradshort:
I too am playing with this box. Plex is set up but I have encountered a snag when installing plex onto my lmited NAS.

So am too wondering if this can be flashed or what other apps are available as Zips to sideload?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] legend474:
So, no one working on this? :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ibmonkey:
Also wandering the exact same thing! Just got mine ordered today. It would be great to get it to be just like the normal roku as it sounds like they've limited the apps for it quite a bit.

Hopefully someone can figure this out!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pknut:
NOWTV Developer access gone?

I have just got the NOWTV box and have tried to get developer access - so i set it up on thenow tv box and it told me it was enabling developer mode.

However i cannot access the developer webservice from pc browser and even ping won't detect the NowTV device.

I got it in the 1st August and it immediately updated itself - i wonder if they have removed this developer access page.

Anyone any ideas?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] zingle:
just installed mine got plex on before I put the net in due to your post lol however the update does not kill dev mode
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bobmarleypeople:
I got Plex on through the developer interface no problem, but I've not found many other apps out there available as source, so this method won't be very useful if you want things like Netflix, etc.

I've had a play about with the settings in the other secret menu (home x5, FF x3, RW x2) letting you change the channel store server and the software update server. The software update server can change from beta to release, but both just reinstall the same version. Changing the channel store server gives you 4 or 5 options, but only the main one actually work, the rest just return an error when you try to access the store, and in some cases the channels vanish from your home screen, so this wasn't helpful either.

What's worth mentioning is that, with traditional Roku LT boxes, you'd get a "link code" that you'd enter on the Roku website that lets you send channels from their website to the box, among other things. This NOW TV box didn't offer that code at all.

One last thing, in that secret menu I mentioned before. At the bottom of the info dump on the left, it ends with Uptime in minutes, followed by "unregistered". I'm curious what this means. Could be something to do with the Now TV subscription, not sure. If anyone has a NOW TV subscription, could you see if this says "registered" or something else?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] furblefox:
Nope

I'm afraid not, I have a now TV package and it still shows as 'unregistered'. I suspect this is where it would say registered if the Roku box was linked to the Roku website, but as theres no link code... :/
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bobmarleypeople:
Thanks a lot. If you're right, I'm wondering if the capability to generate and display a link code is still available on the device, only hidden. If there is, there may be a way to get the online store to send non-Sky-authorised channels onto the box without the need to change the firmware. Sadly, I wouldn't be surprised if the function to generate said code is hidden away from 3rd party channels. I'll keep having a play.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Bouncer5:
Now I don't own one, but if we can get this sorted I will be picking up a few.

Has anyone looked to see where the device tries to pull its updates from?

We could spoof a local server to delivery a standard Roku LT firmware to it instead. It see an update it does its install and bang. £10 Roku LT box.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] scibot:
Here is some info I found relating to the ROKU Netflix Branded box, sounds like a similar sort of affair.

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ecc/roku-nfp.html

A Signing key is needed. Not that this is a complete dead end, im sure that something can be hacked into place here. Its just a matter of the right people getting hold of the hardware. We can already run executables. Do executables not have the rights to 'root' the box?

I know fudge all about Roku development, so dont shoot me down in flames please. :)

Sci.

[Edit: This guy wanted to 'change the firmware' - if we use this method with official firmware, maybe the key is the same and it would work?]
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] wozhere:
You can register a new account on the first form page of buying and simply close the second page asking for payment details.

Some anonymous Roku dev might be able to release a sideloadable Roku OS for this box?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] speculatrix:
I've been trying to hack the communication between the nowtv box and its servers using a mix of redirection on the firewall and burpsuite; like others I want to see if I block sw updates and then get it to download standard Roku firmware.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ibmonkey:
No luck I'm guessing yet then?

Have you discovered anything that could be handy for others attempting this?

Good luck btw!