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[Xperia Z1 General] systoxity:
this is not a troll question, i genuinely want to know why you regard xenon flash as a not possible improvement? Is xenon flash too hard to implement in mobiles? The nokia people did it right?

Anyway, without the phone in my hands my vote goes to a decent OIS system and to move away from flaps to wireless data transfer and charging. That way, we dont have to worry about those seals letting water in. Oh and for micro sd and the sim card flap, possibly making a tighter seal that can be secured shut with a small and discrete screw. I think the trade off of having a complete seal that you don't have to always check for dust and if its closed all the way is worth having to work a little harder to get to the sd and sim card.

Edit* just saw your #2 suggestion, i like that better than what i said. yeah just do away with the microsd if they can't waterproof it without a flap and hook everything up through that dock connector instead.
[Xperia Z1 General] gwuhua1984:
I think I would prefer LED if I can't have both LED and Xenon flash on the front. I prefer having an LED flash that could be used as flashlight than using the phone screen for torch.:p
[Xperia Z1 General] systoxity:
that's a really good point, i agree 100%.
[Xperia Z1 General] RCJ89:
Things for me that are missing from the Z1 are

*32gb internal

*IR Blaster

*Glove mode like xperia SP

*OIS in the camera

*720p/1080p recording at 60fps ( not fussed about 4k thats just exccessive)

*S Max Walkman AMP
[Xperia Z1 General] shem2409:
I wouldn't mind better speakers and an IR blaster. Otherwise it looks pretty damn good. Maybe a Xenon flash as well to take better pics at night.
[Xperia Z1 General] mas5acre:
Not a big one for me but less bezel, more screen. Also I'd like wireless charging but the biggest change would be a removable battery.
[Xperia Z1 General] Morlock O:
These are my wish list,

1. S-Master - Audio is very important to me

2. Better Battery life. (at least 10 hours of viewing videos)

3. Better Screen Material. Screen that is a finger print magnet is really annoying. I literally bring an extra cloth on my bag to wipe the screen of my Xperia S.

4. Magnetic Charging Cable out of the box. this would really be awesome.

**OIS seems to have a lot of mixed reviews on the camera, so still waiting if it really needs an OIS or Sony Steadyshot will do.
[Xperia Z1 General] jos_031:
Is This too Much

Dedicated audio chip(with 120db SNR. Frequency Response (-3dB, 24bit/192KHz input) : 10 Hz to 48 KHz)

600ohm headphone amplifier

stereo speakers with better drives (RMS Power:	500 Watt, Program power:	1000 Watt, Frequency range:	20 Hz - 100 kHz, Nominal Impedence:	4 Ohm, Efficience 2,83V / 1m:	92 dB, Maximum SPL:	118 dB)

superior auto with ability to manually control ISO

OIS

always on mic with dedicated speech recognition processor

dedicated X-reality processor with video upsampling

High contrast display

shatterproof film on inside of the phone exposing the glass

making the screen Oleophobic

Ir blaster

178 degree viewing angle

48-bit deep color panel

Stylus sensitivity as in Z-ultra

32GB internal memory

4GB RAM

3Ghz quad core processor that will be launched as per Qualcomm by the time next model comes out or 8 core model which is more upto date then,even maybe a 64 bit processor

Glove mode

Wireless Charging

LED and Xenon flash combo

Manual mode for X-reality engine

sapphire crystal instead of glass

LTE- Advance

multiple users with multiple privileges

Motion sensing using front Camera

running any app in multitask on single screen. even multiple instances of same app
[Xperia Z1 General] Sean473:
Personally, I can agree with the Glove mode and the recording although I want 4K... They should enable it in the future with a software update but who knows... Anyways, IR blaster is not that necessary.. There's a good reason why there are TV remotes.. Sony's digital stabilisation is bloody good and they never use manual OIS so don't expect it... Don't know about the walkman amp but hell when I tested it yesterday, headphone audio was good...
[Xperia Z1 General] systoxity:
Well don't leave us hanging man! tell us why there's a good reason there are TV remotes!
[Xperia Z1 General] pepeo123:
oled screen like psvita (z1 screen is good, but not that good viewing angles, and black levels not comparable to super amoled) (galaxy note 3 have super amoled

OIS - steadyshot in z1 is software implemented, a good OIS help a lot in video recording (galaxy note have OIS)

720p 120fps, 1080p 60fps, 4k and 2k video with good bitrates (adain, galaxy note 3 already have these features)

(i think its possible to add this in a firmware update, but i really doubt they will)

sony z1 loose to galaxy note 3 in all major features, only in camera pictures it wins (and a little bit disapoint for its 1/2.3 sensor)

this is disapoint. knowing that sony could have implemented all of this in z1 makes me sad. z1 has perfect design, is IP 55/58 wich is amazing, and has perfect hardware (snapdragon 800). but sony ****ed up in screen and video capabilities. if they had implemented all of this z1 would be a clear winner

if they release a z1 mini with the same specs as z1 but with 4'-4.3' screen i will buy it anyway, since it will be the only mini smartphone with flagship specs

z1 successor will have the same problems again, but just attenuated like z1 and z
[Xperia Z1 General] awtchan:
Just heard about Z2 on the horizon but would treat this with a grain of salt:

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Specs-leak-for-the-Sony-Xperia-Z2-code-named-Avatar_id47423
[Xperia Z1 General] systoxity:
Just wanted to point out that note does not have OIS either. Also the note 3 uses the pentile display which is inferior to normal 1080p which z1 got.

Idk the waterproofing and camera was enough to win me over from the note 3... Quite a few tradeoffs to consider. You're suggestions were good nontheless.
[Xperia Z1 General] pepeo123:
sorry, my mistake, i got confused about the OIS in the LG G2.

and about the oled display, i was reffering to the oled that sony uses in its PSvita. it doesnt use pentile matrix

an sony phone with oled display, 4k video, 1080p 60 fps, and OIS would be an instant buy. an mini version with similar specs would be a dream

waterproof and camera was enough for me too, even if the video recording is a little bit disapointing. and the triluminos display in z1 is good enought, but not flagship. oled would be perfect
[Xperia Z1 General] Morlock O:
sony uses LCD on new PS Vita

http://www.techdigest.tv/2013/09/sony_explain_wh.html

Another dis advantage of OLED is it is not water proof, it can easily damage on water. it is the reason why Samsung Galaxy S4 Active is using LCD, instead of SAMOLED....

And also life span, OLED does not have a good life span, you immediately see effects after 1 year use.

OLED also suck at Outdoors, can barely use it while your outdoors on a bright sun, I live in a tropical country and I love going to the beach so this is important to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED
[Xperia Z1 General] Sean473:
Yeah I had an S3 and outdoors in the sun, nightmare to see anything.. I don't expect that much trouble with LCD!
[Xperia Z1 General] TheCraig:
Waterproof was enough to win me over, I how it's water proof, I love to swim so it will be amazing to use it in the pool :)

My pre-order is already in and my S3's days are numbered (I may give it to my Dad if he wants it :P)

I'm also really looking forward to cooking up some roms :) I really was in my sweet spot with Xperia when I had my Xperia Play.
[Xperia Z1 General] amirprog:
here are some of the highest priority improvements for the next xperia flagship i hope to see:

SCREEN:

1. make the front glass and back glass THEMSELVES shatter proof, scratch resistant and with oleophobic coating to make the front film ONLY optional (the Z1 front glass itself is ONLY "scratch resistant", and if there's no way to make the glass itself shatter resistant with out having to put a film on then ditch the glass material for other material (sapphire ?)/all aluminum. just not plastic. by either way:

a. you treat many people that HATE screen films, like me. people who wants to put a film can always do that.

b. the screen quality will not be affected at all by a mandatory external film (a really minor effect, small as it may be, but it's still an effect, right? right).

2. do not print your "sony" logo on the front film - it's a really cheap and dumb decision. either engrave it on the front glass itself or don't engrave it at all on the front. and just don't tell me that the back "sony" and "xperia" logos are not printed on the back film as well, otherwise it will be too stupid.

just don't make the film a mandatory thing and don't ship the units with it on. of course one can remove the film but it would be a silly thing to do since the glass will be more fragile and without oleophobic coating - so it's not a wise thing to do.

i have my iphone 3gs for 4 years now and i have only 2 tiny scratches on the screen, why? cause i put it in ultra thine leather folder case which is a MUCH better compromise then using a phone with a film on which i can't stand, plus it gives real protection against drops, etc. much better protection then what the film brings.

3. improve the screen quality even more, especially the viewing angles to AT LEAST match the htc one/iphone 5 viewing angles.

4. gloves mode.

SOUND:

1. louder speaker or 2 speakers for a fuller and louder sound if possible.

2. higher quality audio - dedicated chip.

STORAGE:

1. at least 32gb internal.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NguyenHuu:
I didn't see this yet, figured I post it. Feel free to use it to ask questions too. This is in relations to this Rom and thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2141603

I just switched over to it from CM10.2 and I'm digging it, however, I'm confused with some of the settings. I was hoping someone can help answer the following:

1. Halo: How do I block certain apps from appearing in Halo? I have some persistent apps in the notification / status bar and at the moment they all appear in halo despite not choosing them / pin under the halo app.

2. my gmail force closes every now and then even though I installed fresh from the store. It says "blame tyler"?

3. Some apps, specifically Gmail, seems to be in a much lower dpi so it appears really small text. Anyway to change it to default settings? I looked under the hybrid settings but no luck. Is there another setting somewhere?

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
1. Go into Manage Apps, select the app you want to block from Halo, and check the blacklist from Halo box.

2. I can't remember exactly, but I think it's an in joke, it's been discussed in the ROM thread.

3. Go to hybrid settings, per app, and adjust the dpi settings.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NguyenHuu:
Thank you timmaaa!

1. If I blacklist from manage apps, do I still need to "pin" apps to the Halo app? Since this seems like by blacklisting from manage apps, it's in theory allowing all other apps to work in halo, so no need to pin them specifically?

2. oh, I see haha.

3. Thanks!!!!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
You can either blacklist or whitelist, you can choose that in halo settings.

For example, if you only want messages and hangouts to notify via halo, you'd choose whitelist as it's going to be easier to select just those two apps to be whitelisted.

On the other hand, if you want every app apart from messages and hangouts to notify via halo you'd choose blacklist as it's easier to exclude just those two. No need to pin the rest, unless it's blacklisted it will notify via halo.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NguyenHuu:
Ahh thanks! Makes sense.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
No problems :)

P.S. If someone here helps you, please hit the thanks button :thumbup:

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NguyenHuu:
Hi everyone, sorry for these little questions, but I have one more. Attached is a screenshot of the "Recent Apps" screen. There's a sidebar with apps there, are there any way to remove or change them? Thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shak3800:
Hi everyone!

I was wondering if you prefer to use nightly versions with added features or fixes, but with risk of bugs , or use older stable versions?

So I decided to make a poll to see what users prefer to use for daily use on their htc vision
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android_Monsters:
My G2 is running the Andromadus builds.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
Well havent seen nightlys for the vision since cm7, but if there were nightlies I wouldn't be apposed to using them.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robuser007:
You are wrong: a newer version has (most of the time) less bugs.
[General Questions and Answers] rkkhatri:
Fromwhere&how can install&download custom rom for my bsnl penta ws702c tablet and how can I set it into recovery mod if anyone know please help me pls pls pls
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Travel_Mate:
Hello everybody, I can't find a solution. I live in border area and sometimes foreign operators are stronger and my nexus connects in roaming, I've turned off data in roaming, but calls still sometimes goes true other carrier. Did somebody have any idea how to turn off automatic network selection, all my previous devices used to have this function. Turning off roaming from carrier is not a solution. Thank you.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohitgalaxy3:
Just go into settings, mobile networks, Network Operators and select an operator manually.

Whenever that operator is unavailable you will loose signals and for other operators, you have to select them manually.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Travel_Mate:
Sure about this?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohitgalaxy3:
it works for me in roaming all the time.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sterankin:
I like the default 'Reader' on my stock Nook HD+ (running Nova launcher). But any books I have copied across to the internal memory do not show up in the Library app.

I have a lot of epubs on my home media server.

I installed ES File explorer on my Nook. I then copy across a few books from my media server. I paste them onto my nooks internal memory - I put them in the "Books" folder.

They do not appear in my Library as books (they do appear as Files though). It would be nice to get them to show in the Books section and not in the files section.

They open fine in the Reader app, and they are definitely epubs.

Any ideas how to get them to show in the books part?

Edit: from reading around, I'm getting conflicting information about what should appear in "Library". Does content only purchased from B&N only appear in the "Books" shelf, and everything else appears in "My Files"? Surely any epubs on the device will appear on the "Books" shelf in Library?
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aaron Camp:
No idea on the actual Nook reader, but might I suggest Aldiko as an alternative. It will read epubs and will work on ANY android device. Couple Aldiko with the Aldiko Sync application and dropbox and you will be in book reading heaven!!!

I started using ebooks back over a decade ago, and have gone through a number or readers and formats. I initially started with mobipocket and PRC files on PALM, then moved over to Kindle reader and the PRC/Mobi format. Had a similar issue with books not showing up nicely on the bookshelf in the Kindle reader app back in the day. Finally moved over to Aldiko and EPUB format a few years ago. The biggest advantage is the afore mentioned Aldiko Sync. It keeps my library synced between my multiple android devices. This includes the books and the LOCATION in the books. I now have over 1000 ebooks amassed and use Calibre on the PC to make sure I have all of them in EPUB format.

If you are heavily invested in the NOOK ecosystem (and DRM) then ALDIKO will not work, but since your main concern is side loaded books, I am guessing they are DRM free. Also, since I use Calibre for conversion of non EPUB format, I have chosen AMAZON as my main purchase point since there are easy ways to remove DRM, and then I can convert the book over to EPUB and load into Aldiko.

If interested, I can provide more detail on how to use Aldiko, Calibre etc, just let me know.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sterankin:
Thanks I have been using Alkido too, I was using it on my Android phone - I downloaded it on my Nook also.

But when I tested a book in Alkido the formatting was different to the Nook default reader. For some reason on Alkido - the text was not justified properly. It was also slower to turn the pages. The book I tested also had lots of hyperlinks to the appendix at the back of the book, and Alkido was *much* slower when clicking these appendix links. It took several seconds to work, whereas the default reader was very quick.

I haven't spend much time tweaking Alkido settings but maybe I will try that if I am unable to get the books into the Book shelf in Library.

Since there is no Nook Reader App that you can click on to load your last book, you seem to have to go to the Library and scroll across "My Files" to find the book. Which can take some time if you have a lot of files.

Hope this makes sense.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aaron Camp:
Hmmm

I never use hyperlinks in books. 90% of the books in my library are ones I compiled myself from HTML or Rich txt documents. I tend to go in and remove unwanted items like Table of Contents (lots of links there) as well as junk like page after page of copyright, samples of other books, etc.

I used to have VERY strict guidelines for any book that ended up in my library. I would recompile with the book cover as the first page, a smaller book cover as the actual cover (shows up on the bookshelf) and following the std format where the file name is AUthor last , author first - series number - title (example: Rowling, JK - Harry Potter 01 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone)

Up until about 5 months ago, MOST books started out as HTML and then converted to a MS WORD doc( this lets me get the format just right), then converted to a MOBI via Mobipocket creator (so I could add the author and book cover correctly via meta data) then converted into an epub via Calibre. Recently I got a little lazy, and just get the epub directly and use Calibre to modify the metadata if need be. This does give me some small formatting errors, but its livable.

In your case, Aldiko does have Margin settings. You can adjust the size of the margin, as well as set it to justify LEFT, RIGHT, or CENTER.

Not sure what can be done about the hyperlink issues.

Aldiko also offers you the ability to set up a "shortcut" via widgets directly to a specific book on the homescreen.
[General Topics] WatermelonSlim:
Okay, so I was reading in another thread that the Sprint PPC-6700 (HTC Apache) ships with a new version of Activesync, version 4.0, designed specifically for Windows Mobile 5. It said that in this version it is a lot easier to sinc over the air (among other things).

So, my questions is, how do you set it to sync over the air? I have been cradling my G1000. But when my wife and I get our 6700's I would absolutlely love it if I could set up a box in the basement, connect it to our home network, and have our devices sync to it over the air automatically.

I have broadband, several static IP's, an extra box I can use for it, etc.

What do I need and how do I do it? Will it work on Windows XP, or do I need Small Business Server? Will it work on Small Business Server 2000, or do I need Small Business Server 2003?

Oh yeah, and currently, I have a G1000 and my wife has a regular picture phone. So this will be the first time we both had a Pocket PC. Is there any way to make them share data when they sync? Like, if I write a check and save the info in my phone, when it syncs and then she syncs hers, she sees the check info so both of our phones have the same current account info? Or share calendars would be great too.

But is there a way to only share some of it? Like share calendars, but if I have an appointment that I don't want her to know about (like I'm scheduled to meet with someone about a surprise for her or something) is there a way to NOT share some things but share the rest?

Anyway, I would appreciate all the help and advice you guys can give me here.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] stecca82:
Hi .. when will release Android 4.3 for GT- I9305?

Any news?:confused:
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] JJEgan:
Please use search this question is asked daily .

There is even a 4.3 thread for all 4.3 posts
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] stecca82:
Sorry :(
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Adam Hui:
4.3 has released for i9305. i wonder how could u missed it??

but it released in somewhere high at himalaya mountains.

u should get a long hard trip to get it. well, but yeah...
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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] fallinlove:
I am a Chinese, so excuse for my poor english.

My L720 has been SIM unlocked.

Phone/SMS/3G works.

There are 4G in my city, but my phone does not work.

It seems that some information in UIM not to be read. The "MIN" is Null.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jctbss:
Does anyone know if the note 3 us version have wireless charging available? In know the n2 international did but not the us. I really haven't seen the n3 without the battery cover.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nancyfromafrica:
read some reviews on the net and most of them are confirming that yes the note 3 will have wireless charging option. u can read more here (

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/08/16/samsung-galaxy-note-3-u-s-release-date-what-not-to-expect/

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