yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] markmak888:
1. Are you sure the O2 Exec will not release in HK?

2. After to read some posts, I want to wait O2 Exec released in Hong Kong rather than to buy imate/MDA Pro from overseas/Internet(expansys or www.pocketpc.com.hk).
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] tintoy:
There's one problem with the O2 exec, at least in the UK - O2! They're rubbish in every sense. I used to be a customer of theirs and I had to phone them EVERY MONTH when they double billed me. They never sorted this out despite my repeated atempts and they're repeated promises. You'll also spend 15 minutes on hold when you call them. Their customer service is completly ineefctual and, as mentioned elsewhere, bug fixes and rom updates are almost non-existant. I'm told they also have poorer 3G coverage in the UK than the likes of Voda.

I bought a JasJar (and paid prolly about £70 more than if I had bought an Exec on O2) soley becuase it meant i didn't have to use O2!

But I agree the exec looks nicer. There is also some concern over the JasJar not having a keybaord backlight - I'll be able to confirm or deny in a couple of days when my order arrives.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeGenesis:
^

Even if I reboot the device, it will do this indefinetely. I did install CWM before this and do a backup on my external SD, but now for some reason the backup is not on the SD card? Anyway? What might be the problem? Do you think I should try and flash another rom through philz?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeGenesis:
I did a complete wipe and flashed wanamlite and it is working great!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Did u do a full wipe before (and after) flashing NeatROM? Did u follow all the instructions properly?

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[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obstacle3:
Hi everyone,

I've had my Desire Z for little over 2 years now and two months ago (was running CM7.2 at the time) I started getting a weird issue where my touchscreen would only be responsive when the keyboard was slid out (so the opposite problem of what quite a few other people have reported where the touchscreen becomes unresponsive when the keyboard is out). The status LED would also stay off whenever the keyboard was closed, and the keyboard backlight didn't come on anymore at all. Also, I had to make sure that the keyboard was slid out during boot, if the phone booted without the keyboard out the screen would not become responsive at all until after another reboot. My earpiece speaker stopped working around the same time so I was wondering whether it was just an issue with the flex cable becoming a bit loose, but the touchscreen would consistently start working again when I flipped the keyboard out, and also the physical scroll button on the top bit would always work, so I was still hoping it would be some weird software issue.

I then upgraded to Flinny's (amazing) Andromadus ROM (build 22, complete data+dalvik wipe) after which the keyboard backlight started working again, but the rest remained pretty much the same. Since then the touchscreen issues have been getting worse, so that I sometimes have to flip the keyboard in and out again a few times, or turn the screen on or off with the power button several times before it becomes responsive again, but then it tends to work fine until I lock the screen again, with no noticeable dead spots anywhere on the screen. I've had days where it worked all day without problems (except having to flip out the keyboard, that's been a constant for the past two months), and then today I haven't been able to get the screen to do anything at all even after dozens of reboots.

I've already bought a new digitizer and am all ready to put it in (I'll have to replace the broken earpiece anyway), but was wondering whether anyone has any thoughts on whether it could still be a software issue after all, or if anyone has experienced anything similar? The thing with having to flip the keyboard out to get not only the touchscreen but also the status LED to work is just so weird and makes me doubt that it's a pure broken digitizer or lose flex cable issue, so I'm wondering whether it would be better to first try reverting to a stock ROM before taking on the messy sticky glue stuff (I should be fine but still, never done it before)?

Many thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
From what you describe my best guess would be the main flex cable is what needs to be replaced. Flash a touch based recovery and see if you have the issue there as well, if so its very unlikely that its anything but a hardware fault
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obstacle3:
Thanks for the heads-up, I've been playing around a bit more with software and I do manage to get the screen working again occasionally, typically after the second boot into a newly flashed ROM or restoring a backup, and only until one or two reboots later when it becomes completely unresponsive again. I've tried CM 7.2.0 as well as Flinny's Andromadus 10, and it is only complete flashing that does the trick, cache wipe or factory reset alone does nothing. The two occasions where the touchscreen worked were still limited to when the keyboard was flipped out, and it also had to be flipped out during boot, otherwise nothing would work. I've learned to navigate my way around the phone by just using the hardware navigation button, but I'll have a close look at the flex cable when I take it apart to replace the earpiece speaker tonight...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obstacle3:
Hello,

so I took my dear phone apart yesterday to replace the broken earpiece - everything went fine but after reassembly the replacement earpiece isn't working either, which leads me to think that all those little broken bits might actually be related to some contacts being a bit lose, all in the same region. Should've thought about that earlier really since the earpiece and the LED (only works when keyboard flipped out) are both in that top region that the digitiser data presumable also has to run through before passing through the flex cable.

In any case, I also took a picture of the flex cable which is slightly bent but doesn't seem straightforwardly damaged (see attachment, that thing on the right is *not* a rip). Think it's worth trying to replace it anyway?

What was truly bizarre is that after the first boot following reassembly the touchscreen worked quite consistently for the entire evening - I thought I might've fixed a lose contact by un- and replugging the digitiser cable, but then the screen went nonreactive again at some point. I wonder if the working screen was again actually related to some software reset caused by the battery being taken out for so long? In the meantime the actual screen and trackball are still working away perfectly. Bizarre.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obstacle3:
Just to let people know the solution to the mystery: the increasingly odd behaviour was actually caused by an initially small rip in the flex ribbon cable that got bigger and bigger - it's actually half-visible in the picture I uploaded above, only that the rip is where the cable comes out from underneath the case, and not where it's wrinkled!

Just in case it could be useful for anyone, here's the (top half of phone) components in the order in which they failed on me, which I guess corresponds to the order of the respective data lines in the ribbon cable (from the top of the phone towards the center):

environment brightness sensor (I thought that the sensor had been broken for almost a year, but as soon as I rebooted with the new flex cable I noticed how my phone stopped shining into my face at full brightness - if your brightness sensor gets stuck reporting the same (low) value this means your flex cable is on its way out!)

earpiece speaker

status led

touchscreen

screen (non-alignment with edge of screen, visual artefacts)

screen (fade to black/power interrupt)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fireball0093:
I'll for sure keep that in mind. Mine is still going strong for the time being, but it's good to know some warning signs if I need to replace parts or if it's time to get a new phone :p
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obstacle3:
Replacement parts all the way, the repair was 15$ and it feels as good as new! Well, it could do with a new battery but that's just another 5..

Just realised that the proximity sensor should actually be added to the very top of the list - just noticed that faint red light when taking a phone call, don't remember seeing that in almost a year :]
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fireball0093:
That's not a bad cost at all. I know I'm going to have to replace my keyboard in probably 2 months or so (maybe sooner) because some buttons are starting to not work. Other than that fact my phone is currently still going strong for being going on a 3 and a half year old phone :p
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] D_Magic:
Let's see what this beast can do :D
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] Hälftebyte:
Haha, kinda early for this? :cowboy:
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] D_Magic:
Haha, this section was still empty so wee need to get some life in here and this topic is needed:D
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] loveEA:
Share Very Good Galaxy Note 3 Wallpaper HD 1080p Enjoy!

www.samsung-wallpapers.com :laugh:
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] filipohtconex:
Nice link ;)
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] MAV1:
Cool wallpapers :good:
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] sharl1987:
Thanks man, great website
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] Andrewtst:
I just get the phone yesterday (25/Sept/2013). :D Let me be the 1st post some photos taken using Note 3. :victory:

All snap with Auto Mode unless specific mention.

Today at The Garden, Mid Valley, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Samsung Experience Store

Demo set of GEAR - camera faulty even after reset.

My friend cigarette.

Segamat,Johor, Malaysia Bus Station - HDR Mode.

Flowers

Flowers, Night coming soon.

Elephants.

Origin files - https://www.dropbox.com/s/1ly6nqplmi91t42/Note3-1st_Try.zip
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] Andrewtst:
Photo Comparison of Samsung Galaxy Note 3 v/s XiaoMi Mi-2s v/s Sony Xperia ZL

All photos snap with Auto Mode, no editing has been involved, except car plate number has been mosaic.

12 set photos in origin size - https://www.dropbox.com/s/luauhnkiepnfd3m/Comparison.zip
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] Andrewtst:
Night Shoot of Samsung Galaxy Note 3 v/s XiaoMi Mi-2s v/s Sony Xperia ZL.

Last photo with Flash Light. All snap with Auto Mode and 100% no modification.

Original Files - https://www.dropbox.com/s/yoqhtkhowwuw4qm/Comparison-Night.zip

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Night Shoot - Different Between Smart Stabilisation ON/OFF

Smart Stabilisation - OFF

Smart Stabilisation - ON

Smart Stabilisation - OFF

Smart Stabilisation - ON
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] thekoRngear:
Now I can understand one thing:

the smart stabilization used/introduced in Note 3 is Digital Image Stabilization (DIS) which comes nowhere near to OIS.

As I have posted this in another thread, the DIS works this way:

when the shutter speed drops up to a certain point, DIS raises the ISO level.

Higher the ISO Level= Higher the noise.

DIS then applies more noise reduction that it would have been done w/o DIS (Swtiched OFF).

When more noise reduction is done= lesser is the picture quality.

With your amazing post with helpful pictures you have taken specially the ones with smart stabilization OFF and ON what I have read is now proved.

Look at the last one with the mileage pic. Except for the mileage which now looks sharper and brighter everything surrounding it looks like noise reduction was applied heavliy, as a result they look worse. Same to say for the car picture.

It is a trade off b/w leaving the pic with darkened image with noises or brighten up a certain portion whilst having all the other elemenst heavily (or way too much) polished through noise reduction.

I cannot tell how to improve regarding that concern through fw upgrades.
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] Techweed:
Andrew can you post some comparison pics when Note 3 is in night mode? I'm wondering what the difference in quality is between auto mode and night mode in low light conditions. Thank you!
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] Chickencrisp:
Very nice pictures! Much better than my Merge. Can't wait to get the Note 3 when it's released.
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] pixel7474:
must see camera comparison

Putting this thread to good use!!! Nice job with these! Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] Kofanger:
Comming from an iPhone 4, I think it is pretty amazing! :D
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] predator21:
here are mine....

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[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] Riimez:
Very happy with the camera.
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] killa12222:
WOW, where were those pictures taken? Looks postcard perfect :D
[Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] killa12222:
My cat :)
[General Questions and Answers] 666viper:
hi guys, i bought an allwinner a13 7" tablet online that is stuck in a boot loop. im new to this stuff but i have tried to get into the recovery by holding vol up + vol down + power like everywhere says to but all i get is a pic of the android symbol down with an exclamination mark coming from his guts. i am led to believe that this means there is no recovery on it. the specs of the tablet are:

model: yeahpad pillbox7

7.0" Capacitive multiTouch Tablet PC Resolution 800 * 480 pixels, 16:9

All Winners A13 Cortex A8 .

CPU Boxchip A13 1.5GHz .

Memory 512MB DDR2 ROM

HARD DISK 4GB

Camera 1.3 Mega Pixels

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n supported 3G External 3G (USB 3G Modem)

supported Card type Micro SD/TF Card (Maximum 32GB supported)

USB/3.5mm Headphone

how do i put a recovery on it in order to reset it to stock, or at least get past the boot loop?

any help is appreciated, thanks in advance :)
[General Questions and Answers] android_geek_0507:
RE

Okay, first question is whether or not you are able to access the battery for your device? If so sometimes its as simple as removing the battery and then rebooting after 30-60 seconds. If not you will need the drivers for your device and will need to access the device via adb (there are several good forums on here to explain how to use adb). But you may be able to install a recovery via adb push.

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So it is possible to do this however you will need to download the android SDK to access adb and find a custom recovery.IMG for your device. Hope this helps you. If you need anything else feel free to ask.

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[General Questions and Answers] 666viper:
not with ease, the battery is glued to the screen and i risk damaging the screen getting it out.

if i can put a recovery on the tablet i will be ok, my wildfire s was rooted when i purchased it and i have flashed a few different roms on it using the recovery, so that much i can do but i cant find the right recovery for the tablet to factory reset it,

i have never herd of adb, is that a program for P.C? to be honest, im new to putting a recovery on a device, sorry for being such a noob and thanks, if someone can help me find the right IMG i should be able to do the rest, but i cant find the correct IMG :(
[General Questions and Answers] android_geek_0507:
I'll look for a recovery image for you... ADB is the Android Debug Bridge and comes.included in the Android SDK.... Its a way to perform operations on your device via a PC.... There are several very good tutorials on here regarding how to push files and flash ROMs and recoveries via ADB to your device.... If I can find a recovery for your device I will let you know on here
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
For Xperia Z Ultra

*** Disclamer
This is just a stock based rom, [B]BUT ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP[/B] of your files before you install something.
[B][COLOR="Red"]I am not responsible if you brick your device[/COLOR][/B], but I will try to help you if things go wrong.

Introduction

Images

Installation instructions

Download

Changelog

Thanks to:

- Sony for fw
- m3dd0g for deodexed base

XDA:DevDB Information

[ROM]KA02 RadioActive rom | Fast, smooth & Stable [11 sept][Android 4.2], a ROM for the Sony Xperia Z Ultra

Contributors

krabappel2548

ROM OS Version: 4.2.x Jelly Bean

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x

ROM Firmware Required: Xperia Z ultra with recovery

Version Information

Status: Testing

Current Stable Version: KA01 and on

Stable Release Date: 2013-09-09

Created 2013-09-09

Last Updated 2013-09-11
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] GOF007:
Interesting, will try to flash tomorrow ^.^

Edit: The file seem a lot smaller than stock. Something removed?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
Bloatware removed :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Mucho79:
Cannot flash, TWRP fails right at the beginning, then started CWM, but external SD isn't found, so I copied the .zip to internal SD, starts flashing, but when CWM starts rooting, maybe 5 sec and then the flashing aborts with "E:error in /sdcard/0/download/KA01... .zip (Status 7)

Started the ZU and it booted into system, but everything is in chinese or so.

Settings crashes when I touch Language. So I had to restore my TWRP backup.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
Ok, thnx for letting me know, I'll reupload asap
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hoaianh2007:
thanks a lot
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Feodorus 4PDA:
Tell please this ROM for Locked bootloader or Unlocked?

Thanks.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] avetny:
I see Rom's in android development, finally !
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] danilos2k:
You have to have the recovery and to have the recovery you must be bootloader unlocked

Inviato dal mio Xperia Z ULTRA usando Tapatalk 4
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] androidindian:
for unlocked bootloaders right now! :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
Rom is reuploaded :) let's hope this one isn't corrupted :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] big:
Thanks, now downloading.......
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Guitarfreak26:
I downloaded the new version, got the same error as previously mentioned..

It boots but its in chinese and it Force Closes when you click anything in settings
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] big:
Can not full wipe?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Guitarfreak26:
I did full wipe mate
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
Ok, I'll post a fix
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Guitarfreak26:
Awesome thanks, i think its the root that fails when its flashing
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
ok, I don't have an s800 device yet, so sorry for the initial issues..

But I'll try to fix issues asap :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Guitarfreak26:
Awesome thanks.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Nuwidol:
Can you elaborate on what the added tweaks are please?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] charlie.s:
I am a bit confused. I don't see a stable, working recovery mentioned at all. Am I missing something?

Thanks
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
I found the issue with settings, it seems something went wrong during deodexing, I'll upload a fix very soon :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] big:
Thanks a lot, waiting to night
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
Finishing it now :) Upload will take me an hour probably :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] warfareonly:
I was gonna suggest that you update the base, but you did it already! I love you mate!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
KA02 RadioActive released, I really hope all issues are fixed now :)

Download
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Hogyoku:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2426736

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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] androidindian:
Fantastic rom mate.. Love the new version

.very smooth

.and not noticing any issues as of now

See screenshot
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] vista109:
the battery percentage dropped 20% over a night, anyone has the same problem?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] androidindian:
Not at all.. Just lost 3 percent..

Did you do a complete wipe?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] dan079:
so can i safely assume that this rom is rooted with your kernel (dual recovery .526 base)?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] androidindian:
yes it is rooted. but would recommend using cwm (vol.up) recovery..
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mbudh:
Can we change Z Ultra into tablet mode?

I mean there is only 1 (one) bar at the bottom. I do not like phablet mode (notification bar on top and button bar on bottom/left).

Thank you.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] stevefwt:
I'm having continuous reboots after about 2-3 minutes on battery.

Runs fine on charge.

Anyone else having this issue?

Update : It actually does the following when on charge or battery and when the screen goes blank either by power button or time out.

Optimiser back light checked - reboots on screen off

Optimiser back light unchecked - seems to hang on screen off requiring serious shut down (power and volume up)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Mucho79:
Returned to stock, because Info Eye is missing and I can't add any apps in the camera app.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] golfinggino:
can this rom be flashed with flashtool ? as i am having some issues getting cwm installed on my phone
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
no, you have locked bootloader? If yes, I can give you a link to a recovery that won't reboot for 10min, so that should be sufficient time to install the rom :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] golfinggino:
i unlocked the bootloader yesterday - i had some issues so i used flashtool and put on the taiwan 526 firmware last night as the rom would not go past the set up - just kept crashing - i am assuming my bootloader is still unlocked after doing this ?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
yes, it will stay unlocked, what's the model of your XZU?

It's kinda weird to see some people having no issues at all and others have crashes and reboots. Can everyone with issues please post their fw version with device model?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Leechoonhwee:
Does this work well with LTE version?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] golfinggino:
model C6802 and to be clear i have not had problems with your rom i have not been able to load it yet as i can't flash a recovery, my problem started yesterday after i unlocked the bootloader - once it finished doing that and rebooted the rom did not loading properly so i used the flashtool and started from scratch
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
LTE is C6833? But it should work on all models :)

Ok, so now you are running it again without issues?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] golfinggino:
Ok, so now you are running it again without issues?

yes everything is running perfect now with no issues except for the fact that i cant flash this rom lol
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
yes everything is running perfect now with no issues except for the fact that i cant flash this rom lol[/QUOTE]

You tried advanced stock kernel I made?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] golfinggino:
You tried advanced stock kernel I made?

i tried using your advanced kernel but once i reboot into flashboot mode my computer does not recognize the phone any more so i am not able to flash via fastboot - that is why i was asking if there is any other way to flash this rom - anyway will keep trying and hopefully another method will come up soon, like installing twrp recovery through goo manager sometime down the road ?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] krabappel2548:
I see, I'll help you if you sent me a pm with hangouts email ;)

And any feature requests? :p