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[Galaxy Note 3 General] BarryH_GEG:
Here's a (at least I think so) good summation of Samsung's product ethos by ARS Technica. It explains why people react differently to Samsung's features (AKA: S Crap to some) and the affect they have on performance. Their comments are from the 10.1-2014 review and it seems to have more issues than the N3 does (or this wouldn't be a lag "discussion" it would be a "screaming session") but generally applies to all Samsung's "feature-rich" devices. So I guess it comes down to people having to decide which is the higher priority? Features or raw performance? I'm in the former camp in case anyone's interested. I use S Pen/S Note, multiview, and scrap booking very heavily and therefore married to Samsung (at least for now) whether I want to be or not.

Modern mobile operating systems are bulky things. As many active threads as they need for normal operation, the job is made that much harder as you add features. A thread is present at all times to detect whether the pen has been removed from its cubby. Once the pen has been unsheathed, a thread becomes active that detects the position of the pen relative to the screen. Then there are the threads that watch our eyes and our face to determine whether to pause playback, dim the screen, or scroll a website or document. These are all functional enhancements, and clearly a price must be paid for them. But sometimes things can go too far. Every layer of added functionality adds a layer of work for the silicon to overcome. With eight cores and a somewhat excessive 3GB of memory, we should expect the platform to leap these hurdles in stride. Instead, we find hiccups—lots of hiccups.

What Samsung wants is for the features of the device to overcome the performance and usability issues. They want to find the Android tablet fan that really wants to use a stylus to draw or take notes. They want to find the user that wants a fancy weather widget and integration with a separate music and video store than, say, Google’s. They want someone that likes thin and light tablets, with white plastic backs modeled after a cow’s hide. And they want that person to love the experience. In the end, the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is smooth and capable within a given app. The stylus makes lines and swoops with great aplomb, and it rather accurately renders my chicken scratch. The camera feels great, and benchmarks notwithstanding, the Note 10.1 even plays games capably. The only thing that trips up the Note 10.1 is trying to get into, out of, or between an app.​

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...y-note-10-1-may-need-more-time-in-the-oven/2/
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Xshinobi:
I have been using this device for about a day and I can say that there is a bit of lag and shuttering here and there. Coming from using a Nexus 4 it can be a bit jarring. I even had touchwiz crash on me. It isn't anything major but annoying all the same.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simkhovich:
i'm on gt i9500 no backup what to do
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naanireddy:
give all details

give all the details like why u got generic imei and what did u do to get it, like trying to flash stock rom r custom rom and on wat firmware u are so some one more experienced can help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayhamx360:
I have the samw problem

I had when i flash a frimware using odin

I was on stock rom and flashed a stock rom

And i have also no backup of efs

After flashing it my imei changed

How i get my old imei bk please help !
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
flash MG9 modem twice as "phone" in odin
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayhamx360:
I flashed a couple of frimwares using odin it didnt fix my wrong imei :(:(:(:

Does flashing this modem will fix it ?

Anything else i should do nefore flashimg this modem that u told me about ?

And can u pls be kind and give me a link to the modem u told me about ?

Also i cam flash this modem om what ever frimware im on ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2192025

flash it twice as "phone" in odin, first flash untick "auto-reboot", when it pass, remove battery, insert it, flash modem second time.

it should work regardless of what firmware
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simkhovich:
Any luck Im not able to work on this till Monday so any feed back is nice
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] lordsolrac2:
So, I installed JellyBread v5. The first time, I was trying to access the market but it gave me an error, followed by a notification that I had written my google account password incorrectly, since I had no way of fixing it, I ended up doing a reset from the settings menu. The 2nd set up, everything was working fine, I could access my apps from Google play, but. Whenever I searched something, It wouldn't show any results. I tried rebooting the phone, and nothing happened. I set the content settings to show all and still no change. And for some reason, it won't work on the browsers either.

Theoretically Speaking, I can only install apps I search for, using only my computer.

Should I do another reset? Or Just re-install Vending.apk?
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] lordsolrac2:
Bump?

Anyone gotten through this?

Upade :: Re installed the room (via CWM) with full process (Wiping > Install)
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Galaxy_Rohit:
Use latest Google™ Play v4.3.11. It's there in "themes & apps section" & latest Google Services App. Both are necessary to install any apk via Play Store.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] gokart2:
http://www.informationweek.com/security/mobile/iphone-fingerprint-hack-contest-dangles/240161599

Found this^^^ and didn't see anything on xda about it:laugh:. Figured I'd post it due to the talent level. Nice bounty.
[Sony Xperia ZL] gabrielmop:
hi everybody, i Got my Xperia ZL (ZQ) 2 weeks ago, and today i try to listen music on my phone and says "No Music", same thing o Album and Movies APP, but when i enter on File explorer the card is in there, working normally, i tried to format phone, sd card, downgrade Droid version, and many more, but nothing correct this, someone can help me? thanks
[Sony Xperia ZL] riyoshadqi:
Try using another sd card
[Sony Xperia ZL] gabrielmop:
yeah, i try and i think my card got virus or something, i put him on other Xperia E Dual and the phone don't recognize the thing on phone, thanks man!
[Hardware Hacking General] jdshewey:
So, there's no Strat II forum, so I hope this is the right place. For those interested, I did a teardown and analysis of the chips on the Strat II mainboard.

jdshewey.blogspot.com/2013/09/stratosphere-ii-sch-i415-teardown.html

If anyone has some tips on getting a USB jig to work with this thing or UnBrickable mod, I would be much obliged. Otherwise, it's a new board for me :(
[Hardware Hacking General] jdshewey:
Sorry the link isn't clickable. I don't have enough posts yet so xda wouldn't let me link properly...
[Hardware Hacking General] E:V:A:
Teardowns are good, for you, and for me, and for the world!

Now you can CLICK!
[Hardware Hacking General] Oface82:
Just wanted to say thanks for the tear down and corresponding link! As you know, there is VERY little development going on for our device and I'd love to hear anything else you may have to contribute on the subject, including if and how you may have managed to unbrick. Good luck!
[Hardware Hacking General] jdshewey:
Well, I'm not unbricked yet. I did find this thread the other day:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1856327

Since we know the CPU on the Strat II is the MSM8960, this becomes VERY useful. I ordered a replacement main board the other day, so once it arrives I am going to run dmesg on it to find out if the USB controller supports the Jig. If so, it probably means we have the ICS bootloader (see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1402286). We'll find out when it gets here!
[Hardware Hacking General] mgoldie1:
Unroot?

Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to unroot. I rooted with system.img.ext4, but now lost ability for wifi and bluetooth. In addition, I tried uninstalling something (system ui or something like that) and now lost the status (notification) bar at the top.

Is there a way to get it back to original image/rom? Please let me know. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaharcohe:
my sister flashed a rom on her i9300 and didn't backup the efs folder. and left me with the mess.

i flashed a stock 4.0.4 rom on it but the imei is still 0049....

i tried to fix it on windows xp and w7.

there are a lot of solutions out there but none of them worked for me.

so far i tried:

1) Ariza patch

2) i created a text document using sgs3 nv item generator to use with the different recommended software.

for this to work i had to connect my s3 as a usb com port but that didn't really work because the *#7284# dial command did nothing. i used the SManager to run a script that is supposed to do the same thing. the phone did show up in the device manager, but as a samsung mobile usb modem. using USBDeview i saw that it was listed as port COM9 (COM18 on XP), and most of the guides out there show the connection as COM1.

maybe as a result the following programs that were recommended to change the nv items did not work. maybe it was for different reasons:

-Maui META 3g V6 - could not connect to phone. it only offered to connect to COM8 which was also listed as samsung mobile usb modem but was shown in USBDeview as inactive whereas the COM9 was active.

-NV items reader/writer - i picked the samsung mobile usb modem port (COM18) and connected to it, but once i tried to read or write the program would reply "failed... phone does not answer"

-CdmaDevTerm v.2 - couldn't understand how to work it and found no guides. i fiddles around trying to write an IMEI # but it kept getting stuck.

-cdma workshop 2.7 - managed to connect to the port but when i clicked the read button it replied "failed... phone does not answer" and i didn't get the phone's info. it still gave me this information:

first nv item:0

last nv item: 3994

-qpst - i couldn't even pick the port i wanted. only COM1, which was no help.

anyone has an idea what i did wrong?

thanks,

shahar.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Look at the imei thread in general > sticky roll-up. Please don't post duplicate threads. 10 times a day this is posted.

Ariza patch isn't even ANYTHING to do with this. Suggest you stop and read before you brick your device with multiple solutions.

Qpst - not for this phone

Cdma - not this phone

Imei can be fixed in mobile phone shop for £20. Please read the existing thread.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaharcohe:
thanks. i did try to read as much as i could before asking.

i read the imei thread, though i didn't understand a lot.

are you sure qpst doesn't work? this guy gave me the wrong impression then - {www} youtube(dot)com/watch?v=_d2Nsb23ycw[/url]

so no help here, huh?...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Qpst is not for the i9300. It doesn't have anything qualcomm related inside. There are many other versions of the s3 that do. Just not ours.

Flash latest rom mg4 or later to ensure you can read efs v2. If that fails send for repair. These are not new answers. Reading is understanding. Following videos on youtube is blindly jumping off a cliff. Read the sticky threads (as I suggest) and if you don't understand anything in a particular thread ASK in that thread.

All the answers are in that thread. There are no other answers. Read. Learn. Understand. Stay away from YouTube. This is my advice to you

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaharcohe:
thanks for the advice :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
No problem. Just to be clear, never follow advice for other models of the s3. Only specifically the i9300. All the other models are completely different and advice from those phones may brick yours

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[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geoffxx:
I like to hear from people who have a 64gb SD card in the Z1 and was it new and did it work straight away - I'm starting to think my phone may have a defect or there is a bug in the drivers/HW for the card

I have a 16gb SD card working perfectly but the 64gb that I used in my XZ then transferred to my XZU was fine until I put it in the Z1

So any experience to share would be great
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ericjennings:
My SanDisk 64gb is new and showed up in Settings > storage immediately
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AD29368:
Yea works fine in my z1 too pulled it straight out of my sgs2 and no problem
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geoffxx:
just bought a new one and it worked straight away
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liquid.emotion:
Is the new 64gb SanDisk extreme work on z1? Cause I'm planning to get one and they are really expensive... Don't want to open the package and can not return.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geoffxx:
waste of money IMO - there is no need for it on a phone - maybe someone will justify it to you but I can't
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liquid.emotion:
Why is that? The specs said it can read 80mb/s and write 50mb/s. It is over kill for recording 4k video? Or the ultra do just fine. I know I can't record 4k now but this phone is capable once we unlock the feature right?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krispijn_s:
It depends on the bitrate of the video (compression) recorded as well as the max write speed of the device.

While you are right about 4k video needing more bandwidth, it's not as bad as you think. If you look at this article about streaming 4k video I think it is unlikely that a mobile device will go over 20 Mbit/s for 4k video. That means a write speed of 1.25 mb/s is sufficient (with a little overhead, 2 mb/s would suffice).

Even if we take the worst case, the Bluray 1080p rate (which is at most 40 Mbit/s) multiplied by 4 for the 4K resolution, you still get a bitrate of 160 Mbit/s which is equals 20mb/s.

A write speed 50 mb/s is over-kill for anything other than a professional DSLR (for bursts of raw photo's), or a camera that records uncompressed video (like a Canon 1Dc or Epic RED). But even for a lot of those devices, the write speed is overkill because of hardware limitations. For example, the cardcontroller in my DSLR (a Pentax K-5) is "only" capable of writing at 30 mb/s, so anything over that is just a waste anyway.

Think of it this way: at 50 mb/s your 64 Gb card would be full after 21 minutes of recording, which I think is unlikely for a cellphone.

Hope this helps you save some money ;)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hasona:
Yeah all this is true but if he has a usb 3.0 connected card reader to his PC he could transfer files a lot faster - that is of course if he is willing to plug the card out from the phone everytime he wants to connect it to the PC.

I bought one 32gb Extreme Sandisk card and if you transfer over movies/music A LOT and have a usb 3.0 connected card reader then this card is the best. But if it just for normal stuff on the phone(4k which will not need 80mb/S anyway) then the phone will probably not be fast enough to be using the complete power of the card and you just paid for something that you won't even use fully

Actually the cards is even faster then promoted(large files)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krazeyivan:
Yeah I have the new 64Gb Extreme - its formatted as exFAT and works straight away - popped it into the Z1 runs great
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dpk1:
Yeah, I have a sandisk 64gb sdxc (class 10) bought almost a year ago. Used it with Note 2 & XZ with no problems. Now using it with the Z1 straight away from XZ, no issues. It was in ex-fat format though (with the latest XZ firmware).
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DefunctiO:
I have bought this one

still waiting to get my phone though.. :)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liquid.emotion:
Thanks. I'll get one of those. It will be future proof for awhile. Until the 64bg extreme pro releases. It is possible to make 64gb extreme pro? I mean they already have 32gb extreme pro. I don't know why they don't release the pro version for 64gb as well if they do making it.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B1nny:
I just received this exact SD-card, works fine so far. I am currently transferring my music to it. FYI there's 58GB of usable storage.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] japjit100:
i also order 1 for z1

:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Vince1983:
Hey All,

I tried searching this thread before posting this and didn't find too much. I installed a Google play edition ROM on my AT&T S4 (i377). It works fine so far but I've been noticing that there are some green lines through the middle of the screen. They look like graphical glitches. I'm willing to accept it if thats just the name of the game, but just wanted to know if anything could be done, or if another rom that works with this phone is better.

It doesn't seem to come up in screenshots either. Anyway let me know if anyone knows something about this issue.

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Br4nd3n:
Go to your developer options and check if any drawing/rendering screen options are enabled; some of these options can cause screen flashing/margin lines/rendering line updated/etc. If you have any overclocking enabled in a custom kernel restore your GPU and CPU frequencies back to stock and reboot If neither of those don't fix your issue I suggest using a more stable and well known ROM. I myself use a rom by [MENTION=5174099]Task650.[/MENTION] Zero issues with it and it's stability is great, very lightweight.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Jnewell05:
No glitches here. Must be an issue with the room you are running. I run ibl4st1ds kangabean 4.2.2 ROM with the mf3 radio. I side loaded samsung shealth and downloaded watch on from the market. Many Samsung apps work with a simple sideload with the GE ROMS.
[Asus Transformer TF700] frozenbutt:
I love my tf700t but I am also tired of how slow it is. My wife has a Samsung 10.1 note and from off to power up it takes her about 30 sec to get to the desktop and it takes me about 2 minutes. My screen is better than hers of course but loading apps and switching apps is slow and I get apps freezing and the popup asking if I want to wait or kill it.

Wifi is there but not as good as hers. We recently went on vacation and I installed copilot nav software 1.3g on both tablets. Hers was done in about 30 minutes and mine took about 4 hours.

Very frustrating. I have an extended warranty on it and I can either take it back to see if they can do something with it or I can ditch the warranty and flash it and hope that will improve the situation.

I know that most people here say that flashing really makes a big difference but does it seem that mine is a bit too slow to be normal???

Thanks

Paul

ps. I have done a factory reset and cleaned it off. I have about 90 apps installed but not all running of course
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Out of the box, Samsung is smoother and faster than the tf700...:) The internet on the tf700 is very slow with the stock firmware. It was the reason why I was here in the first place... :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] frozenbutt:
Well I guess that answers that question. My Asus warranty has expired but the wife bought an extended one. Will have to check and make sure they don't care about unlocking and rooting. Then maybe I can end my frustration.
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
You are unlocked? Dude - just run CROMI-X on the tablet and you're gonna love it! The TF700 with CROMI-X is probably the best device I ever owned!

It sucks on stock, yes. But with that custom rom this tablet soars!!
[Asus Transformer TF700] frozenbutt:
I am not unlocked yet. I don't like the idea of having to use Asus unlock tool and letting them know that I have unlocked the tablet. Just a phobia about nosy companies.

If it doesn't scrweup my extended warranty I will bite the bullet and do it
[Asus Transformer TF700] gling54:
I was in the same boat (2min + boot, slow and lagging) until I finally got fed up enough to unlock and now can enjoy the tablet again. I've been rooted from the beginning but its been no help fixing the problem. Now it's faster than its ever been and I have both CROMi-X and Cyanogenmod installed for a little variety. I hadn't flashed anything since my OG Droid days but with a little research on XDA and a little trial and error, it was quickly unlocked and running smooth. Best decision I could of made.

Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T.
[Asus Transformer TF700] frozenbutt:
So I guess it's unlock, root, TWRP and then rom of my choice. You say you have CROMi-X and Cyanogenmod. I didn't know you could have two roms installed at the same time???
[Asus Transformer TF700] J_Dutch:
Just my opinion here but when you unlock and flash custom Roms will make the device faster compared to stock but compared to the note it will still be slower probably...

As long as you don't compare it side by side the TF700 is okay though.
[Asus Transformer TF700] frozenbutt:
After reading a bit and being a bit confused I thought I might list what I think I need and see if I am right.

First I am on 10.6.1.14.10 so that seems to limit me on some items, sigh.

First - unlocking using the Asus unlock tool. Is there any other way to unlock??

Second - Root using debugfs. Can this be done with goomanager or am I ahead of myself?

Third - NVFlash tool

Fourth - TWRP with goomanager

Fifth - Rom of my choice

Right or any mistakes??

Thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Sorry, but you got some more reading to do.

On the 10.6.1.14.10 firmware you cannot root - at least not with Motochopper. You can downgrade to .8 and use Motochopper or - easier and better - just unlock and use Scott's recovery tool http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1938129 to flash TWRP 2.6.1 and a then a custom rom through TWRP.

First: No

Second: See above. You cannot use GooManager to root

Third: NVFlash just became available for TF700 on Jellybean! Leave it for later - it's not necessary to flash a custom rom but if you have your NVFlash blobs, your tablet is unbrickabable! https://www.androidroot.mobi/pages/guides/tegra3-guide-nvflash-jellybean/

Follow this thread and read up on anything you don't understand. This is not for the faint of heart! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2455925

Fourth: You need root to use GOOManager to install TWRP, use Scott's tool instead

Fifth: exactly
[Asus Transformer TF700] frozenbutt:
Yikes see what I mean. Do this but if you have this version don't do this or you will brick. Glad I asked

So unlock with Asus tool then scott's recovery tool to root. I though at that point you had to use NVFlash before you flashed to a new rom to make sure you had the blobs to have insurance for bricking? I don't mind taking the extra step before flashing a new rom to make sure I don't screw the pooch.

Thanks very much for the info. Back to reading.

Damn I have flashed nearly all the phones I had and never had this much trouble.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
I would think that you should obtain the NVflash blobs before flashing anything else to ensure that you can go back if you somehow screw up your bootloader...:) You can fix most things as long as your bootloader is still intacted.. ;) It is just my two cents..
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Agrred. That's the best and most logical way to proceed.

But not the easiest....

Tell ya, I have been flashing this baby for a while now, but the NVFlash procedure gives me sweaty palms ;)