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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] progosu:
Hey guys, so I have this phone for 2 months or so, and I gotta to say I'm not loving it. This device is fast and smooth, can't complain too much about it (sometimes it lags though), but there's a few things that I hate:

- GPS is extremely slow to get a fix compared to my old arc s. In arc s it took about a minute or so indoor to get a fix and with my Nexus 4 it takes forever - literally it won't get a fix at all, it's slightly better outside

- the display is quite sad, colors are indeed washed out, I liked my arc s display better

- camera is terrible, yeah it's really bad colors are washed out, pictures come out "sad", again arc s was better

- I have a 16GB version and recently I run out of space, and I have all my pictures on dropbox

- People keep complaining that they can't hear me very well

- pinch to zoom delay - so annoying, almost can't live with that

- even after 4.3 update the screen is nowhere near as sensitive as my first android phone samsung i5700 which was a pretty bad phone

I'm thinking of getting a sgs4 or an iphone 5, what are your opinions? I know it may look like I'm hating LG or smth, but I'm really not, just disappointed.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrono_Tata:
If you care about GPS and think the GPS lock in the Nexus 4 is slow, for the love of hell don't get a Galaxy S4. The GPS and Wi-Fi strengths are horrible. It's a problem with every single Samsung phone I have ever used.

Sony are well-known to make excellent screens so it's no surprise that a Sony phone would have a better screen than the Nexus 4. Same goes for the camera.

Anyway it's not like anyone can tell you which phone you should get. Every phone have their weaknesses. It's up to you which weaknesses you are willing to accept.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calyxim:
On top of above post:

Looking at online camera comparisons, nexus 4 is par with iphone 5, htc one, and s4. So you won't be satisfied with a phone's camera anyway.

My gps takes 5 seconds to lock on average. I don't navigate indoors. I just open the doors and find my way. So can't really comment on that.

You might try the Ubuntu phone if space is important.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hp420:
I 100% agree about the camera, but in LG's defense, NO manufacturer's cameras are as good as Sony's. My x10 (made in 2010) is still better than any non-Sony camera in an android I've used to this day.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BobWalker:
Have you considered rooting your Nexus, installing a custom recovery, flashing franco's kernel, and using Trickstermod or Franco's app to reset the Nexus colors? The stock colors on the Nexus are infamous for looking washed out.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] progosu:
Damn, didn't know that Samsung is that bad when it comes to GPS an WIFI reception, which is quite important for me, wifi reception on Nexus 4 is pretty damn good, a lot better than on arc s.

actually I unlocked the bootloader and rooted it on my first day, tbh I prefer the original colors much more than those from paranoid android rom, but I'm gonna try out this Trickstermod, thanks.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gannam:
I find that the stock 4.3 colors are richer than stock 4.2.x were.

I haven't had issues with GPS, but find that sometimes google maps prefer to have "Wi-Fi & mobile network location" enabled for a faster fix on location.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksavai:
I used to hate screen of nexus 4 untill I used recommended gamma values of franco kernel and screen is way far better.

And for camera again I think screen colour is to blame. Did you try to transfer to computer and checked? It will look lot better there.

As someone mention wifi range sucks on samsung phones confirmed.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mymeatb18:
Saw a friend struggling to look up an address the other day in his gs3
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anirudh412:
Heh heh, you should take a look at the Xperia Z and ZL then. I have yet to come across worse screens :o

OP, first off, it's great that you waited a couple of months before forming an opinion. Unlike some others, who after a couple of hours of usage, go 'emahgod! This phone sucks balls!' :good:

Screen sensitivity to a certain extent and colors to a large extent can be rectified. Look it up on the forums. I am using PSX 4.3 ROM now, and I don't find that much of a difference between the sensitivity of my N4, iPad 4 and iP5. An occasional stutter, sure, but the pros of the N4 FAR outweigh this.

I have absolutely no pinch to zoom delay. My GPS locks faster than military units (true story :p) and no issues with call quality on either side. There might be some hardware issues. Try getting a RMA.

Camera I cannot comment on, because IMO all phone cameras are useless. Unless you consider something like the Lumia 1020 or 808. As for storage space, you knew what you were getting into before you got it. So, there's nothing to be done. I personally have a separate player for music, as the DAC on a phone doesn't make it worth listening to music on it anyway. YMMV.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Euler MD:
Funnily enough, the camera in the Nexus 4 is actually made by Sony.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sidyr:
n/a
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Can you get into hboot (volume down + power) or fastboot (back + power)?

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] themadhatta:
Trying to find a walk through on rooting a cruz reader r102....help?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jlg19753:
Use z4root works perfect it's how i rooted mine ...

Sent from my Nexus 4
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jabza:
So I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere through extensive searching, so excuse me if this has been asked before. Simply put: can I go S-OFF if I have a custom ROM installed? One that isn't Sense based? There's talk about newer firmware not working for S-OFF, and from what I understand, you firmware depends on your ROM. I currently have MIUI installed, which doesn't have the Sense firmware that I've seen mentioned. Can I try and go S-OFF with this ROM installed or do I have to install stock/another Sense based ROM?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] underzone:
Yes you can S-off from standard or custom ROM. Although you would unlikely be able try/install a custom ROM without S-off...

Just try it out:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2314582
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jabza:
Awesome, thank you. I installed a custom recovery (and thus a custom ROM) easily enough without S-OFF, so I wasn't sure. Thanks for the help!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biohaz55:
All you need to flash a custom rom is to be bootloader unlocked and custom recovery installed..... s-off is not required
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CoryTallman:
Also Roms do not contain any firmware. This is why you're on a 4.2.2 ROM without the new hboot, and still able to s off.

AT&T HTC One

Baadnewz's InsertCoin 3.0-14

Flar2's Bulletproof 4.3
[HTC Sensation] Micalee:
I examined most if not all Boot Loop related items in XDA-Developers, as well as other sources. Although there are lots of suggestions, I cannot find one that relates to my specific situation. The last thing I want to do is make it worse. So, here's my story. I'll keep it brief, but concise.

I've had my Sensation 4G for a little over two years. Soon after purchase, I rooted it via the Revolutionary mechanism. Unfortunately (I think), I also opted for the Clockwork Mod. Unfortunately, I have not been able to do OTA updates, and find I'm still running 2.3.4.

I recently desired to purchase the HTC One for T-Mobile, and did so. I wanted to pass on my Sensation 4G to my sister. Therefore I needed to unroot it. I did weeks of reading about all the ways to do this. Early last week I attempted doing so by following the directions found here (http://kgs1992.com/ruu-guide/). I used the PG58IMG file found here (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1459767#2). The file selected was Firmware 3.33 Universal: (http://d-h.st/SuC). I followed the directions precisely. All appeared to run properly, and appeared to end with successful messages. At the end of the instructions it states "If you experience a boot loop, repeat 4.4.2 again." I did that several times. I still have the boot loop.

I started the process with this...

-Revolutionary-

PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-1.17.1111

RADIO-10.14.9035.01_M

eMCC-boot

Jun 2 2011.22:31:39

HBOOT

(VOL UP) to previous item

(VOL DOWN to next item

(POWER) to select item

FASTBOOT

RECOVERY

FACTORY RESET

SIMLOCK

IMAGE CRC

Following afore-mentioned process it says...

-Firmware-3.33-

PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-1.27.1100

RADIO-11.24a. 3504.31-M

OpenADSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418

eMMC-boot

Jan 13 2012,17:33:34

That brings me to my big question. What do I do now? I had hoped to retain my contacts and applications. I'd like to first attempt ways to fix it and still salvage what's on the phone, but ultimately I just need the phone to work. I should also mention that I've downloaded the following two files. My next attempt was going to execute the top one, but I don't know the status of the phone after doing so. Can anyone help me? Are there other things I should try first?

RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_TMOUS_3.32.531.14_Radio_11.69A.3504.00U_11.23.3504.07_M2_release_256085_signed.exe

RUU_Pyramid_TMOUS_1.50.531.1_Radio_10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_223976_signed.exe
[HTC Sensation] astar26:
You will probably have to wipe the data partition, and therefore delete your contacts and apps (but if your contacts are saved on your google account they will be restored).

:

Do you have access to the recovery? from there you can flash a ROM and do a fresh install. I got that problem when I upgraded to the newer firmware, and I just flashed the ROM, and then everything worked fine.
[HTC Sensation] Micalee:
I'm not sure I know what the data partition is. I can get to all my apps via play.google.com. I took full Titanium Backups, so maybe that'll be an option. Those backups were copied to my laptop.

As to Recovery, I can access it, but cannot put anything on the sd card as I do not have access to it. Apparently I can only do things via ADB.

I was just reading "A must read for those noobs who want to enjoy ICS". Perhaps there is a solution. There are apparently conflicts with Hboot versions and ICS or something. I just found that, so I'm still looking into that. I don't know how to deal with only Hboot.
[HTC Sensation] astar26:
You can connect your MicroSD card via another phone to the PC, and also use the "adb push" command to push the ROM files to the root of the microSD card. Also, some recoveries allow mounting the SD card to the PC like doing it when the phone is booted, as an external drive, check for it in the recovery.

To move the ROM files to the SD card:

put the files in the folder where ADB is located

On command line type: "adb push rom.zip /sdcard/rom.zip"

Where rom.zip is the name of the rom file you are going to flash. this should work, here is a full guide to help you pushing the file via ADB: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1667929

Good luck
[HTC Sensation] Micalee:
That certainly sounds doable. I went to the link you provided. I'm not sure how pushing the rom.zip to the sdcard and doing the recovery via the phone's recovery is different than via the adb command as done earlier. The adb command process seemed to work correctly, except for the resulting boot loop. Apparently I still need to determine which rom.zip will leave me with a function phone. The only other difference in what I read at the link you provided was to do the various ["Factory Reset", "Wipe Cache Partition", and "Wipe Dalvik Cache]" commands, which I have not done. I need to determine whether those commands are necessary in my case. Thank you for your contribution.
[HTC Sensation] heavy_metal_man:
What's happens here is that you have placed ice cream sandwich firmware with a gingerbread Rom. Gingerbread doesn't support it and as such won't boot. If you want to regain access to everything again the reflash 1.17 firmware from the thread. Then your Rom should boot up. Then jump to recovery and make a full nandroid back up. Then re-flash the ics 3.33 universal firmware and then run one of the ics ruu's you downloaded. That will make the phone have a fresh install of ics and stock HTC sense unrooted

:) don't try to s-on again as their is no real point to it. It's not going back for warrenty so what's the concern eh?

Good luck pal :)
[HTC Sensation] astar26:
If you want you should backup via recovery, but wiping the phone after is necessary. if you managed to push the ROM to the SD-card, you can normally flash. but use a ICS (or newer) ROM, that supports the firmware.

In contrast to what heavy_metal_man said, you can do a nandroid backup as it is, as the files are still there. but you don't have much to do with it.

Edit - If you need any help doing it step by step - I'm here to help, just say where you are stuck on the guide (or just explain)
[HTC Sensation] Micalee:
Thanks heavy_metal_man for that information. In the mean time, while waiting for another suggestion, I decided to try a different rom. That was due to the comments I'd seen about conflicts between Hboot and ICS. So, just for the heck of it I went through whole routine, using ROM V3.12. After doing so (twice), the phone booted! Amazingly, other than thinking it's 1970, it appears to be identical to what it was before I ever did anything. It's still running V2.3.4 of Android, and Sense V3.0. I don't recall which version of Sense was there before. After it booted, I shut it down again and put it in Recovery mode. There have been a number of changes there. Now it says...

*** LOCKED ***

PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-1.23.0000

RADIO-11.19.3504.29.2

OpenADSP-v01.6.0.2226.00.1227

eMMC-boot

Dec 26 2011.12:14:25

Does any of this information affect or change your suggestion in any way? I'd still like to get ICS on this thing so the latest is available for when I give it to my sister. I wonder what will happen if I attempt OTA? By the way, it still has Revolutionary CWM V4.0.1.4 on it.
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
you just used a ruu.exe from pc and restored everything to stock condition

but how you were able to keep custom recovery(cwm V4.0.1.4)

when you flashed the 3.33 firmware you could just install a custom ics rom

because with 3.33 firmware the gb rom you had it would never booted

about OTA i assume nothing will happen as long as you have cwm recovery installed

you must have the stock recovery
[HTC Sensation] heavy_metal_man:
Well, since you flashed a new rom you can disregard my first suggestion and go straight for running the ics ruu you have. Ota updates will not work if you dont have the stock recovery. But the ruu will give you it so ota will work, but the updates will be for the cid of the rom you flashed. So flash a WWE rom to make sure you get any updates, but at this point their will be few if any.

Aside from that you will be all sorted pal :)
[HTC Sensation] Micalee:
Thanks again heavy_metal_man. It wasn't that I ignored your suggestion, I tried the second (V3.12) Rom before I had seen it. As for your last entry, I was following it until you hit me with the WWE reference. As for the V3.12 Rom I used, there was a direct MIB match, and the CID used was cid******, so a direct match was not necessary as far as I can determine. I could have edited the txt file and inserted my actual CID however. Also, was your comment about "the ics ruu I have", in reference to the two RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_TMOUS...etc. files I mentioned that I had already downloaded? Running one of those will be a new experience. I'll run the latest. If that works, I'll be a happy camper. I've learned a lot, but I have a long way to go.
[HTC Sensation] heavy_metal_man:
ah sorry, getting ahead of myself with terminology here :) WWE stand for world wide English. most unbranded phones run on world wide English roms, and if people are downgrading/upgrading they tend to want unbranded as they will get official htc updates faster :)

as far as cid`s are concerned they dont really matter as you are s-off and the phone will accept any ruu (rom update utility) you give it. one note of caution though is you have select a t-mobileus ruu and they are ment to be for the tmobile sensation 4g. if you dont have the tmobus 4g it may give you some issues with the radio, meaning you may lose phone signal. ( im not 100% sure but caution is advised :) )

if you dont have a sensation 4g then download and run this one here. im pretty confident that its a stock ice cream sandwich unbranded rom :)

Running the RUU is simple enough, just boot the phone into your stock 2.3.4 rom and turn on usb debugging from settings for good measure. Then connect the phone to the pc via the usb cable and then run the RUU. it will connnect to the phone and confirm the phone is the correct model i believe, then it will confirm this is what you want to do. select yes and let it work its magic. its pretty straight forward :) they phone may reboot several times, this is normal. just dont disconnect the battery or the usb cable and you will be fine. should be done in ten minutes tops :)

good luck pal :)
[HTC Sensation] Micalee:
I made it through the RUU process, but not without some difficulty. When I ran the RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_TMOUS_3.32.531.14 version, it died with an Error 155. Fortunately it left everything intact. Then I ran the older RUU_Pyramid_TMOUS_1.50.531.1 non-ICS version. It got the same error. I think these errors must somehow be due to the peculiar results from flashing the PG58IMG file earlier. Once again, it left everything intact. I tried the RUU ICS 3.32 version one more time, except this time I put the phone in flashboot mode first. Curiously, the RUU screen that came up thought it was updating a later version than what was actually on the phone, but IT RAN... all the way through to a successful finish. I was stunned. Now the phone reports...

-Firmware-3.33-

PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-1.27.1100

RADIO-11.24a. 3504.31-M

OpenADSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418

eMMC-boot

Jan 13 2012,17:33:34

The entire process left my SD card intact as well. Amazing. It still says S-OFF as you expected. I may or may not attempt turning S-On again.

One comment I'd like to make about xda-developers. There is an amazing amount of information here. The biggest problem I've encountered is trying to figure out if I'm looking at, or have found, the latest information. Some times I'll find something that looks pertinent, only to find that I'm on page 2 of a 114 page thread, and the information I'm looking at is completely obsolete. It's tough for a noob to decipher it all. Anyway, thanks again for everyone's assistance. I think this is a proper place to terminate this particular thread. Now I'll start looking for the latest information on rooting my new HTC ONE. At least I have a fall back phone in my newly restored Sensation 4G. I'm not sure I'm in love the ONE yet, so perhaps I'll take it back. I'm within my 14 day return window.
[HTC Sensation] heavy_metal_man:
I'm glad your sorted pal :) the threads can be a bit out of date, maintenance of information is not really regulated but as always if people are unsure just ask, quoting the info you have and what you think is the case :)
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
actually are you sure that you flashed the ruu.exe correctly?

you still have the patched hboot and on top of the screen it still says firmware 3.33 which is the patched one

don't attempt to S-ON.probably you will brick the device

after ruu installation your bootloader should say relocked or locked on top of the screen

edit:if i remember well error 155 means a connection issue
[HTC Sensation] Micalee:
Flashed? All I did was run the program. It did whatever it did. I think the 3.33 was somehow left over from flashing a PG58IMG I'd gotten from here>http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1459767#2. That failed as explained earlier in this thread. I figured that running the RUU would overwrite that failure, and I'm surprised it didn't. All I care is that I'm now getting OTA updates correctly. Yeah, I won't be trying to S-ON. I've thought about rerunning the RUU (3.32) again, but for now I'm going to just leave well enough alone.

I forgot to mention. This information was in the documentation for the RUU

ERROR [155~159]: IMAGE ERROR

One of these error messages will appear when you use the incorrect RUU to update and the image file size is larger than the Flash ROM size. In this case, download the correct RUU version and try again.

One last note. I returned the HTC ONE, and have reactivated the Sensation 4g which this thread is about. The HTC ONE hardware is wonderful, but I didn't like all the HTC ONE software "features" you can't turn off. Maybe I'll jump ship and go with the Samsung Galaxy S4. In the mean time, this Sensation 4G is okay.
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
exactly the firmware 3.33 and the 1.27.1100 hboot version are from 3.33 universal firmware zip(from the thread you mentioned)

but as long as you are on S-OFF you can use any ruu.exe if you are also supercid
[HTC Sensation] Micalee:
When the PG58IMG flash failed, I assumed at that time that it failed completely, and that no part of it actually worked. I'm too much of a noob to understand the pieces, or elements of the phone's software vs. firmware. I know the difference of course, but not as they relate to this phone, and certainly not as they relate to all the various flashes or other 'fixes' or other such mechanisms I see here on xda-developers.

If I get the nerve to attempt it, is there a way to get everything to a fully legitimate 'stock' situation? That is, just in case I upgrade to another phone again and want to sell this Sensation 4G? For example, I wonder what would be the result of a factory reset at this point? I realize it'll wipe everything out of course, but I wouldn't care.
[HTC Sensation] astar26:
A factory reset only deletes the data partition and cache, not any other partition. There are ROMs that are based on stock (and even stock). By fully legitimate 'stock' situation I believe you mean S-On and every thing stock. There are guies for that in the general and development forums.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] slamdunksaliby:
With the stock image finally being released for the Nexus 7 could you guys help me by telling me all the commands for fastboot to restore my device? thanks in advance! Also do i extract the image to the platform tools folder?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] rsfinsrq:
Check the Development section, there are several restore threads. Here is one that includes the recently released factory image;

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=44023595&postcount=1

Also, General section that has "ALL you need to know" threads like this one that includes the factory image;

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43983057&postcount=1
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Nburnes:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#instructions

I don't believe it will look for it in platform-tools though, I believe it has to be set up in your %PATH% http://www.betatutorials.com/how-to-setup-or-install-adb-fastboot-for-android

You could just open up the file into platform-tools, check the flash-all.bat and do what it lists out manually.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] slamdunksaliby:
hmm ok well I downloaded the image andextracted in platform-tools and it seemed to work haha

This was from one of the stickies:

" If you are ready, Extract the factory image into the same directory as your ADB and Fastboot executibles (e.g. "\android-sdk\platform-tools")"
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Nburnes:
Well what do you know :highfive:

I haven't touched Windows in over 2 years so I don't really remember how things work over there. :silly:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] gho5t82:
Hey guys i just got my s4 yesterday and am wondering what the difference between the 2 firmwares is. Is one better then the other? My phone downloaded an update last nite but I havent installed it yet. Was going to root this afternoon.