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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] James666PKR:
I have had my LT28h Xperia ION for about 1 year now, but as of last week it seems to have developed a fault. I have tried the usual hard resets, wiping the phone of all data etc and restarting completely fresh, but to no avail.

Every so often (usually when the battery gets below 70%, the phone spontaneously does what looks a like a soft reset. What I mean by this is the screen cuts out, then 2 seconds later the phone restarts itself, loading through the 'SONY' screen etc until it reboots. I would have normally said that I think the phone is simply restarting itself, but it looks more like a soft reset because whenever i purposefully soft reset my phone (power/up buttons for 5 seconds) the screen cuts to black, but does so by fading the screen to black, going through a yellowy/orange colour (as if the LCD screen is bleeding)... This is what the screen does whenever it does this restart too, leading me to think it is a soft reset.

Sometimes when the phone restarts, it says the battery has 1% left, although there is well over 50% (if i turn the phone off manually and turn on again, sometimes it will say the true 50-70% battery status) and sometimes it says it has the correct battery %.

It usually does these restarts when I am doing something, like taking a photo/video or using an 'intensive app'.

I am using the latest 4.1.2 official OTA software, with a rooted phone (I have tried removing the root, but it still has the same problem so re-rooted it).

If anyone has a similar problem, or knows something I don't, I would be very grateful for your replies. I am praying it is not the battery, as ION's have stupid 'non-removable' battery's, and I don't know if I can be bothered taking apart the phone etc...

Thanks in advance

James
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] w3nZ:
Did you try to flash the whole firmware again?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] James666PKR:
I have not done that no. I will try giving that a go in Flashtool when I get back to the USA (I am in Mexico at the moment).

Thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] James666PKR:
I have tried factory resetting, Flashing a new FTF with flashtool and still it keeps soft resetting. It does seem like a battery problem, so I drained it completely of all charge, then plugged it in to the wall charger over night. Now all it does when plugged in to charge is strange:

Red LED comes on as if it is charging, then 5 seconds later the LED turns off, phone starts to boot (screen comes on but does not even reach the 'SONY' bootup screen), then after 2 seconds it turns off again... then the red LED comes on again for 5 seconds, turns off, screen comes on for 2 seconds, then it turns off again... repeat...

I am going to leave it plugged in to see if it eventually reboots, but if anyone has any ideas that may help, I would be gratefull!

(P.S. I have tried hard resetting, and hard powering off by holding power and +volume key for 5 and 10 seconds respectively, but it just restarts back into this loop)

thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] James666PKR:
Bump... Phone has charged for 2 days straight, it stays on a solid red light, and it is completely unresponsive when unplugged.

When it is plugged in, I can try and do the hard reset, but it then just goes into the same loop as before. chargind (red LED), then not charging/booting up for 2 seconds, then restarts to charging etc...

It just doesn't seem to be able to get enough charge from the wall charger to fill the battery enough for the kernel to kick in..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] James666PKR:
A little update, after fiddling around with button combinations (this time by holding power/volume up/volume down all at once), I can get the phone to be recognised by the computer as an SEMC Flash Device by device manager. When I open up flashtool though it says:

-Device Connected with USB Debugging off

-For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode

This is odd because I always have USB debugging ON.

I cannot do anything with the device in Flashtool, OR Sony PC Companion, and I cannot boot into fastboot/flashmode at all, the phone is still just unresponsive to volume down when I plug into the computer, and also volume up etc...

Looks like my phone is completely bricked! Booooo

Any advice would be met with smiley emoticons!!!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] xgalt507x:
It is the battery

Hi, I had exactly the same issue, the phone used to restart like a soft reset, then it came nack with only 1% of battery.

As Sony only knows to say "Repair the soft with PC Companion" which obiously is not the problem, I decided to buy a brand new battery considering that I am from Panama, and I had to buy it through ebay, the location of the item was China, so I had to way 1 month to get my battety.

I changed it, and tataaan the phone worked without any problem... I sold it a week later. But yes dude it is the battery I can tell u for sure it is 100% the battery
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] James666PKR:
Awesome! thanks for that, much appreciated. I have already ordered a battery (again from china) about 2 weeks ago, so i hope it will arrive in a couple of weeks. Now for the tricky part of replacing it!

Thanks a bunch!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Fahadcraft:
Help sony ion battery not charging but booting up

:crying::crying::crying:Welll I have a rooted sony ion running 4.1.2 and iv been tweaking my phone with pimp my rom and I had cwm recovery and then I flashed twrp recovery and I set the cpu govener to performace and a reboot and then I noticed the battery was crazy. I had it connected it to a wall charger and the phone keep discharging extremely fast!!! The battery woint go up 4 percent. and then I went to twrp recovery and did a factory reset and wipe chache and dalvik chache and reboot same problem. Then same problem. Then I flash the official 4.1.2 on my phone with flashtool same problem. Then I went to sleep and left it charging like for 10 hours. Then I turn on phone again it was worse. When I turn on my phone it would just shut down after a second. And after flashing firmware I lost recovery and root, Help!!!!!!!!!!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] James666PKR:
Well it doesn't sound like the same problem as mine, but I just changed my battery (it's quite fiddly, but if you are good with your hands, you can follow step by step guides on youtube), and then it worked perfectly! It is most likely your battery.... FYI you can get Android 4.4 kitkat now for your ion.. I have it, its great... just search the forums!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lesmfunk:
xperia ion battery

Thanks for that final post. I am having identical issues that you have described in other posts. The SONY website goes nowhere on the issue.

So, what's a good price to pay for a battery? And, how long did it take to get it?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] James666PKR:
Pretty sure I got mine from Amazon (it was ages ago, I forget) but i know you can get them from eBay too, just use some common sense and google it :).

I got mine form hong kong in about 1 week along with a set of tools.. Managed to change the battery in under 30 mins.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lesmfunk:
w/tools

Thanks for the tip on the tools. Just ordered one from China thru eBay for $25 CAD with shipping. There are cheaper ones, but no tools.

I'll reply to this thread once I fix it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] vibhor garg:
can anybody tell me the reiable link to order battery...

hi,

i have the same issue....can anybody tell me the reliable link to order a battery for my xperia ion LT28i.....

i got confused when tried to search on google...

i am fron Mumbai, India....

and also tell me if its easy to change the battery myself......from the youtube videos it looks like i have to dissamble the phone totally.....this is terrifying for me as i am not an engineer (i am a doctor)?

any video link which shows how to replace battery easily.....without dissambling that much of things....?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lesmfunk:
Not easy to change, but possible if you follow the youtube video.

I received the battery in exactly 3 weeks and took about an hour to change. I tore the audio jack from the sim card module so I was without sound until I replaced that part as well. Be careful.

There is an issue with the charging system of this phone. My new battery is starting to fail, I think. It has difficulty accepting a charge if I let it go down to 1%.

I have another year on contract so I'm thinking of buying another new battery.

This is obviously a defect.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Xperia Ion PB:
Xperia Ion

I'm having that same problem now [MENTION=5068163]James666PKR[/MENTION], Did your Sony Xperia Ion works normal when your change your battery?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeaconBoogie:
Minor bug "report"... in case anyone else has this issue.

I downloaded some music last night using tTorrent and moved the folders to the Music folder on the sdcard after downloading. I went into Music and they appeared along with album art, etc but would not play. I received a terse "Sorry, this music file could not be played" error.

Fix: rebooting the phone. :)

Problem is reproducible.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drkow19:
Another fix might be to go to Settings->Application Manager->All->Media Storage and clear data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] miketoasty:
So for anyone who doesn't believe me or those of you "Pics or it didn't happen!". This is from my phone, using the Straight Talk SIM. Data speeds are no where near Verizon's nor is the ping but I am on WiFi 90% of the time anyways so just having a data correction is my main priority.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] guthrien:
Love it, I've been thinking about escape for some time so I appreciate the write up. The Note 2 is the best phone I've ever used, but I've debated whether to sign my life away with Verizon again for the 3.

I tried the T-Mobile route and the coverage was so abysmal I scurried back. This gives me hope for another option. What sort of data speeds do you get when needed?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] grimloktt:
Thank you for taking the time to write that up. I was thinking about doing the same thing last year but was worried about the decrease in data. I've read in numerous threads that data just plain sucks with Straight Talk.

Could you give us an update periodically on this? Thnx!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nosympathy:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story...art-sued-over-unlimited-data-claim/2013-08-08

No thanks. Been doing 30gb a month with Verizon. Looks like I'd be SOL with straight talk.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] miketoasty:
This was more just for a general prepaid plan. I just so happened to pick Straight Talk. So far up to 6.7 GB of usage with no issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] TrojanDroid:
Good lord you guys are data hogs! :cool:

How's the voice coverage? my 4 person family plan with only 6GB between the 4 of us is $237 a month. 4 * $45 would be a big improvement and of course, I could stop yelling at the kids for watching youtube all the time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] miketoasty:
As I said, for me I was able to get data/voice everywhere that I went, but remember I was using AT&T's towers so it may change depending on the carrier you go with. My month is coming to an end and I have about 2 more months before I have to finally decide, but it is looking like a go as of right now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] grimloktt:
Mike,

Thnx for the continued updates. Come back when it's go time and let us know if you permanently made the shift.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] broprah:
I've been considering doing exactly this, its great to know that our handsets will work with these SIMs. Did you port your number over or chose a new one? I'm curious as to how hard it would be to do so.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] miketoasty:
I personally had to get a new number as I didn't make the full switch yet but I know that Straight Talk does give you the option to port a number over.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Nate14:
Porting my number to T-Mobile was incredibly easy. I'm sure it's just as easy as Straight Talk. During the setup you're asked whether you want to get a new number or port your current number. That's it. Took only a few hours for everything to fully switch over to my Nexus 4 and I was on my way. I have one bill left for Verizon with my ETF and then I'll be completely free from them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] sbrownla:
fascinating

This is really great to see. I was thinking about doing the same thing but I am worried about coverage issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] downslayer:
I was in a similar situation, I have had Verizon for years on my family unlimited plan and I needed to get off of my parents' plan, so I gave Sprint a shot because I have a friend that has it. What he didn't tell me was that he has always had abysmal service everywhere, a point I discovered when I lost service repeatedly just walking across the house. Calls would drop out and I'd be lucky to even be able to send a text message in most places at work.

I abandoned ship pretty quickly and went crying back to Verizon. Unfortunately there was no way to recover unlimited data, but I checked and I only used an average of ~1.5GB a month anyway. Went in on the 4GB plan with my brother.

Verizon really doesn't care about their customers, and that goes all the way from corporate to the stores. Their customer service is pitiful. I missed one payment and they put my account on cash only for SIX MONTHS. That means I literally have to go into the store and feed a machine cash for 6 months or I can't pay my bill. Not online, not over the mobile app, not even over the phone. If you call and ask them about it they treat you like you're some second class citizen that isn't worth their time, or they just spout off how they have no control over anything.

I've also noticed over the years that the employees in the store have less and less power over anything. They can do almost nothing for your account aside from activate your new phone. You have to call customer service to do anything. If they didn't have the best coverage around by leaps and bounds, I'd never use them again.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] rexromeox:
Hello friends, I come from sub-forum for Xperia P, I became a Xperia U and I watch a rom stock official, ie bringing my phone is AT & T, that at first instance and then to put or try other roms .

I have a doubt in my terminal says

LT30at

Android Version: 4.0.4

Compilation: 7.0.B.1.152

But I see that most roms here LT30p says that the difference between the LT30at and LT30p, and if I can add a LT30p, or should I place specifically one that says LT30at.

Thanks for your help, the truth is that just yesterday I was handed my new device and want to start tune it. root, cwm, flashar different roms, or cooked with cwm.

Thank you,
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Throbin Wood:
The AT seems very similar.... but! the AT has a 4g network compatibility and you might lose that if you were to flash a rom from the lt30p?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] rexromeox:
Thanks, I read about that.

and I think evaluare one unbranded Rom
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Throbin Wood:
http://www.andromods.com/apps-mod/easy-how-to-install-cwm-recovery-att-xperia-tl-lt30at.html

once you have cmw you can test to your hearts content

you may need to re flash the recovery after flashing new roms (research that)
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] brjosue73:
you tried installing lt30p roms on lt30at?, did it work for you?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] randyklein:
I have google play and play music both set to only download over wifi. Both have completely ignored this setting, and downloaded a ton of data on my wireless plan. Anyone notice their device doing the same thing? On a possibly related note, I have my GPS turned off, and the icon stays in the right side of the notification bar.
[HTC One X] aa14:
Hi folks,

I'd like to change the video resolution for my HOX camera , there is only three choices: FHD / HD/ MMS .

I want to change it to VGA (640 *480) or QVGA ( 320 *240) in order to record small size video to send it in application like whatsapp .

I have installed google edition camera, but it gave only SD( 720 * 480) option beside the FHD / HD ,beside that the audio quality when I used it was so so low .

any help would be appreciated .
[HTC One X] gabriel92:
The only application i find is Angel Camera DX https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.haibis.android.angelcameradx&hl=it, it allows to change the video quality in many quality format, the issue is that the application isn't free
[HTC One X] aa14:
thanks bro ..

I tried that app , it indeed let me record VGA or QVGA videos , but when I open the whatsapp app and pick record video from the app , I do not see it ,just the stock camera recorder .!!!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] saganov:
Hi

I'm searching archive and can found it.

I've upgraded to wm2005 and my folder 'storage' has gone off. I've see in settings/memory that i have 61mb of storage but where the folder is, i can't see it in explorer.

And second, where is function 'permament save', how can i put back my contacts into a device (i've backuped it on my pc before upgrade)

please help

regards
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] HDuser:
You dont have a storage folder with WM5

You have a my documnets and that should be were you can store files, check the properties of that and you should find your 60mb. (most other folders are the same)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] secguy:
So.. I broke the screen of my Google Galaxy Nexus I9250. I'm in the UK. The prices I've been quoted are sort of outragious - it's better to buy a Nexus 4 instead of repairing it.

I'm quite handy - does anyone know how to change the screen myself? I'm pretty sure the screen can be found on ebay for something like 30 pounds. What tools/process is needed?

Any help is welcome!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AbhishekS:
I had a broken screen too. Got a screen+digitizer from someone and replaced it myself.

It's an easy task, trust me. Before I did this, I had never even opened up a phone. Still I found it easy.

You can find videos on YouTube that very well explain how to open up your phone. I referred three videos (two were of opening and was a fast forwarded screen replacing video). Search for them on YouTube.

If you are unable to find them (which I don't think will be the case), ping me. I'll send them to you as I had downloaded those 3 videos.

All the best! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] secguy:
Thanks for the info AbhishekS!

My only concern is this: I am not sure if just the outer screen is broken, or the digitizer as well.

For now I bought only the outer screen, which is cheap (10 pounds).

My problem is this: If the digitizer is broken, then I need to replace that part as well, but it is expensive! It is so expensive that it is probably more worth it to buy a Nexus 4 or some other better android device at this point.

So I am facing two options: Either try to replace just the screen or.. buy another phone. Replacing just the screen seems way harder that replacing the screen+digitizer combo and I am kind of afraid to do it... :/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tallithehut:
Well been trying to get my sim card mounted. Removed sim lock . did a ef backup from working rom . restored it when i flashed in cm.

Anyone got any idea?
[Firefox OS General] darkforester67:
Every now and then I like to make announcements on major developments that happen for the Nexus S when it comes to operating systems that aren't Android.. Today I can proudly say that B2G is ready for daily use, instructions on installing, files and everything found down below (Thanks to Lissyx).

Link to the instructions and everything:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1924367

Video by me showing off the functions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzv5DVnRLcI
[Firefox OS General] eng.stk:
it works, but thats it... too damn slow:-\
[Firefox OS General] darkforester67:
I haven't had any problems speed related.. I actually found it faster than CM10...
[Firefox OS General] groki:
a user's feedback

Being fed up with privacy issues everywhere where the global internet players, like Google, are involved, I finally experimented with Firefox OS on my Nexus S. It was the first time that I did anything to my only phone that could possible have bricked it, so I was nervous. But installing it with the instructions given here (and there) was smooth, and shortly after I had it running. Wo-hoo!

It was running responsively and fast and I liked its design and touch. However, with a heavy heart, I had to roll back. And these are the reasons:

1) The video app crashed everytime instantly upon opening. As a father of a three-year-old, who likes to film his upbringing and watch these films on the phone, this alone was nibbling at me hard.

2) I use my own e-mail server, and it's using self-signed certificates. The e-mail app did not support such certificates. Also, the web interface was not usuable because the browser ignored my clicks to ignore the certificate. So, I could not use my e-mail account on the phone.

As I read that the e-mail issue was being addressed, I tried to build the up to date version for myself. But after hours of running “config nexus-s”, the process seemed to be stuck, at least it was hanging there for hours with no CPU usage and no insight about what it might be doing or waiting for, so I canceled it (tried several times). I then searched for more recent pre-build images for my model, but could not find any.

I am currently rolling back everything to Android, but not happy about it. I am looking forward to trying Firefox OS again with a next version. If anybody has hints for me what I could have done better, it's welcome to me.

Thanks, Sven.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] LoKKeR:
Hi all, i have a very booring bug, when i install this rom, and i don't flash other kernel everything is fine.

But when i install a different kernel i cant go to system settings-> security cause i get FC of app.

Why this?

EDIT2: and if i flash thse gapps (gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip) i get FC of the keyboard and i can't use status bar settings.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] ectoplasma22:
Did you wipe cache and dalvik before flashing the kernel ?
[LG Optimus 4X HD] LoKKeR:
Yeeesss. I have to flash older gapps to have all working, but i can't change kernel :(
[LG Optimus 4X HD] LoKKeR:
Nobody can help me?
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Coolneng:
Do you mount system before flashing?
[LG Optimus 4X HD] LoKKeR:
No but it doesn't matter right?

Because the flashing process do it automatically, otherwise the ROM shouldn't work.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] ronhoover88:
Try fixing permissions in recovery or ROM manager app
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aike081:
Can anyone make Samsung/cm 10.1 or Aokp rom for my Huawei c8813 devices.

Thank.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aike081:
Please someone help me.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] gavster26:
HI I have been trying to deompile a sony kernel elf but the tools i have tried keek giving me errors. what is the best tool for the job.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Abhinav1997:
Sir, what tools have you tried already? and what kinds of errors do you get? Also have you tried kernel kitchen by championswimmer?

Cheers,

AJ
[Micromax A110] galaxyYoung30:
Can we change the colour of the popup selection colour from blue to any other colour? If yes, can someone give me modded framework-res apk for cynus t2 jelly bean with orange colour?

If you don't get it refer to SS