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[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkAtHome:
Methinks that we all need to show a little patience. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but it is my belief that until we can unlock our bootloaders, we cannot flash third-party ROMs, no? ;)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdevaughn:
We already have Loki, we can flash roms. IM currently running CleanRom on my G2. :p
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkAtHome:
We do? I will search for it, as I did not find it during my regular reading. Thanks.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdevaughn:
Look here, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2449670

part of the TWRP thread. The recovery is loki'd, but I kept the loki-master zip as well.. just to be safe :)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EniGmA1987:
No.

:p

Also there is already a CM10.1 alpha build available. It doesnt do anything though and you dont even have data on it. As others said we need to get proprietary drivers and such sorted out to have anything usable. It will happen, just takes time. Hopefully Nexus 5 rumors are true because if so we will have a ton of great AOSP support really easily on this phone then too since drivers would be nearly (completely?) identical.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Symbian_Black:
Bout how long do you guys think? The S4 was pretty fast to get a stable Cyanogen mod up
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bachera:
screw cm Omnirom is coming lol
[G2 General] shaungregg:
Theres so many reviews on the internet for any and all things, I stumbled on this one while browsing the Antutu site and thought it to be a great read for current G2 owners as well as those considering getting one.

http://http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_g2-review-982.php?rand=137998033837685387
[G2 General] jrgilbert79:
Best phone I've ever used...my wife has a Maxx which is perfect for her...cause she uses her phone 4x more than a normal person. Still gets 34 hours
[G2 General] Walter21026:
Very good review.Thoroughly written and explained. My only beef is they said it came with the latest version of android but it comes with 4.2.2 not 4.3 (Found in the 1st paragragh) . A minor consistency that can mislead others...GREAT review though! I would love to have the Xperia Z too though idk why Verizon doesn't carry this device seeing as they support LTE, seriously Verizon???
[G2 General] Semantics:
Jelly Bean is the latest version of Android. This phone comes with Jelly Bean. Version number of course is not the latest, but most people just see Jelly Bean and are okay with it. I'm actually glad it's not 4.3, I despised it on my N4, too many bugs, but I digress.
[G2 General] shaungregg:
Just seemed like the most unbiased review and at over 10 pages very in depth. I as well only considered waiting for the next Sony, never have owned one of their phones. I think had it been available I may have spent an extra 30 minutes at T-Mobile agonizing over my decision but probably still chosen the G2. I just like that black slab look of the Sony Experias but knock knock and rear controls have made the G2 a real keeper for me.
[G2 General] paffinity:
I agree about 4.3 on Nexus 4. Just had too many issues. I eventually downgraded to CM 10.1 before switching to this phone.
[G2 General] Semantics:
I was in the same boat. I would have probably gotten the Z1 if it were available but T-Mobile just got the Z in July and are still pushing it like it's a new phone. I'm very happy with the G2, though.
[LG Optimus G Pro] Emmanuel2000:
Can anyone try to get this working on our device? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2442883&highlight=speaker

for the speaker and headphone output volume this can increase the volume in our speaker or headphones or lower it.
[LG Optimus G Pro] Jammol:
Download Trickstermod in the Playstore and get the pro key for it. It has an option to increase the volume output for everything, right down to which side, left or right individually. You must be rooted though.

Also this wouldn't require porting at all. However the correct file that handles the volumes would simply need to be located but more than likely will not be the same name. I'll look into it tonight.
[G2 General] PaulieWallie:
So I took the plunge and upgraded to the LG G2 from a Samsung SIII and over all I enjoy it. The one thing that I will miss most is quickly swapping batteries in and out on the go and having a fresh full charge.

I pulled the back off of the G2, and the battery is still looking a big difficult for quick replacements. I'm a bit nervous to dig into mine (it is under an hour old) but I found a picture of the BL-T7 battery removed here: http://gsminsider.com/2013/08/lg-g2-bt-t7-3000mah-battery-hands-on/

Here are some more in-depth shots pull from another thread:

Let the discussion begin...
[G2 General] joshuadjohnson22:
unscrew the plastic piece and remove the battery:

This is the AT&T version
[G2 General] joshuadjohnson22:
you may need to mod the housing... there is very little room to work with. They crammed as much as they could in that tight area. Personally with a 3000 mah battery I don't see the need. Just replace it after a year or two and keep on trucking.
[G2 General] Namtaru:
As Joshua posted, I don't know why you would even bother.

The battery in thi sphone lasts over twice as long as most other phone's I've used.

So far on average im getting over a day and half and in some cases 2.5 days even with 4+ hours of screen on time
[G2 General] ruvim.boyko:
I know this is an old thread, but I was wondering if anyone actually did any modding, or if they changed the battery or anything. Let us know what happened!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silvaire:
This is going to sound like a dumb question, but does the VZW variant come with a pair of headphones? Mine didn't, and when I Google it, it seems to suggest that LG was bundling headphones with its devices. I just wanted to make sure I didn't lose them somehow when I was transporting my phone from the store.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WizeGuyDezignz:
Headphones don't come with the US variants.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silvaire:
Oh well. I'm actually relieved I didn't lose anything and I can tell my mother-in-law to call off the search because I stopped by her house after the purchase. :P
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrgilbert79:
Buy some vmoda crossphades you'll love Em...100 doller cans. ...amazing
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dark_Eyes_:
Hi guys,

Some of you might have noticed that the old BLN from neldar implemented in most nexus s kernels doesn't work anymore with the cm10.2 based ROM. It also breaks the CM implementation of BLN, so by flashing a custom kernel on those ROM means we lose BLN altogether. So, is there a way to remove BLN from an already compiled kernel so it doesn't conflict with CM implementation? Most kernel are no more active (marmite, matrix...) So unless someone is able to build a new one from source without BLN, which I can't, we have to remove it from the zip file...

Thanks!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fowkes:
Hey all.

I installed my first ROM the other day and I chose the latest version of Purity.

Unfortunately, I am unable to edit my APN settings to enable my mobile Internet and I can't delete the APNs that are currently on the list.

I did try to post in the ROM's thread, but I'm unable to voice my concern and troubleshoot on there because of the new user restriction on the forum.

Any help at all would be greatly received because this is really just making me want to go back to stock Android. It has essentially made huge parts of my phone useless.

Thanks in advance!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shrivel:
Yep. That's the single bug that keeps me from going to Purity. I even added in a new APN and it kept switching back to the default.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fowkes:
I really wish I had known that before I installed. It doesn't say anywhere from the developer that there is this bug, and hardly anyone acknowledges someone who brings it up. Looks like I'm switching again... Thanks for getting back to me.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] cliveawalsh:
I have the trial version of picture password.

Its nice, and semi useful but not useful enough for me to shell out cash for it.

Anybody know of a free version or utility that will do similar???
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Private-Cowboy:
What about viskey, not free but better than picture password.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] classified_noob:
Well I'm running viper xl 4.1.0 and I flashed king beats... Elemental 8.1 and the zoe camera fix.. don't know what's happening just wish it can b fixed
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 31ken31:
Power and volume down
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] classified_noob:
Ehh.. I'll flash 4.1.0 then try it our cuz I think I did bit it didn't work
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mitsurugidgb:
In ViperXL you can also take a screenshot by holding down the power button and selecting "screen capture" from the popup menu.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icyice:
I've been visiting dealextreme.com and found some pretty good-looking Android phones for cheap. The problem is, well, these are chinese no-name phones.

Their specs seem to be pretty good. I won't lie. But to be honest, they seem too good to be true.

What I'd like to know is: Are they any good?

Look at the N6300 MTK6589 and the JIAYU JY-G3 MTK6589T in dx.com, for example. Their price tag is pretty low, and the phone looks great. But the thing is: Will they last, or fail quickly?

Also, I found a good deal on a used Sony Xperia Go on Latin America's eBay equivalent (MercadoLibre). For about $160USD.

Which phone should I pick and why? What opinion do you have about chinese Android phones? Would you trust these phones for your daily use? Would YOU buy one of those? Or should I just buy the used Xperia Go?

I live in Mexico, so getting a smartphone for $199 + contract is pretty much impossible here. They still cost an arm and a leg even under plan.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REV3NT3CH:
To be honest I've gotten knockoff Chinese phones before...some can be really good but keep in mind there's really no rooting or development for em and you'll stay pretty much stock on it...hence a big reason they stay cheap...blu is a good decent brand..id go with a more name brand phone if you want that and there is places like eBay you can get a good phone pretty cheap
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icyice:
So I'd be better off buying the used Xperia Go? A safer bet, I guess.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sspyrosgr:
I Own the Cubot GT 99 , 140 USD for 4.5 inch 720p , quad core 1.2 ghz, 12,6mp camera and performs like galaxy s 3 in numbers. The problem with Chinese phones is that they have a cpu brand called mediatek and everything is closed source. So no roms, you can find miui and/or lewa rom, but you have to search. For example my phone, Cubot, is a rebranded xyz x1, and roms like miui are available (I can install 2 day old miui). BUT , unless things change, you are v stuck with the same android version it shipped with, 4.2.1 for me... closed source sucks... and of course no cyanogenmod , also gps is the worst thing in those chips, lock time about half day !
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REV3NT3CH:
Ya go with the xperia
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UBUNTUSERO:
I have a G3S Jiayu, ono commented mate up the big problem is that the code is not released, so no chance of modificafo kernel or custom roms
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icyice:
Can the Xperia Go be upgraded to 4.1, 4.2 or 4.3? I don't mind if it needs CyanogenMod.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoldenNexus7:
Lol, I remember the first time a friend gave me a plum mobile phone for free, three words piece of ****. The god dam phone had only 300 mb ram and 1.0 GHz along with its disgusting screen material and display, not only that but the phone lagged so hard every time I clicked on a app, some process had to end. You can visit the site by googling plum mobile.

Most Chinese android phones aren't reliable/good but there are a handful of companies that make high quality devices like Asus and more.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REV3NT3CH:
Youd have to check the thread for it...im very sure there is custom roms for it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WaterMelon90:
You may see on XiaoMi HongMI, quad core, samsung camera, dual sim and latest MIUI only cost 799 yuan.

http://www.xiaomi.com/hongmi

or

oppo.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lindsay02:
You can buy THL W100

You can buy THL W200, Here: http://www.thlmobilestore.com/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grand Guignol:
It really does depend on the brand, I haven't ever used one myself but friends of mine have tried some out. The bigger brands like Huawei or Xioami are totally legit but the lower ends are pretty much guaranteed to be broken garbage. Still, it's certainly viable to go Chinese.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lindsay02:
China has some small brands of mobile phones is also doing well.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muf18:
Yeah, like Jiayu is good and Star is pretty good now too. I think chinese really (like under 50$ or MTK6589 for 100$) are garbage. For example big comapny - ZTE has a model V967S which costs on alie 130-135$ with shipping. It's very cheap for that kind of phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lindsay02:
100 $ or less Chinese mobile phone, you'd better not buy, there is big quality problem.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mycodefab:
depends

Huawei, ZTE and most of other big brands works very good, but unknown brand will usually means problems all the time.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] durutti:
I have Zte v967 and is very good for. 150$. Huge battery as well.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] youngster2002:
just thought I would add in that the Cubot gt99 is great.. really solid build, great screen etc. but as someone said, you are currently stuck with the version of android delivered - 4.2.1. to which I don't see a problem with for a phone with such great specs for such a cheap amount.

there do seem to be a lot of 'copy' phones , eg the cubot one.. these, from my reading don't seem to far so well.

I've stuck with cubot and alongside the gt99 for the wife, which I have seen for less than £100 (- potential import taxes) I've ordered a cubot t9. have to see how it goes.

I am hoping that they will release the source in due course, they are supposedly thinking about it as per the cubot forums.

one thing that really impressed us was the built in to the design replaceable screen protector. when you get it, there is one in place that you can hardly tell, much nicer idea than the after thought stick on top. It is nice and thick too.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adit9989:
Using a Jiayu G3 phone for more than a year. First, there are MANY Chinese companies with hundreds of different models so it's hard to say something common about all of them, some are better than other. I have no complains about my Jiayu after one year quality is good, design is good screen is good. It was $200 when I bought it you can still buy a variant now probably $50 cheaper now.

What is common:

Most use Mediatek SoCs. They are not on the same class as Qualcomm or Exynos but they have for some time Quad core A9 and A7 based and the Octacore A7 just start appearing in some phones (gets about 30000 Antutu scores so not bad for the price).

Mediatek supports dual SIM so all Mediatek based phones have dual SIM (very popular in China).

Now, be careful. All phones have Quad band GSM (2G) so they will work in any GSM based network, but the 3G will most likely not work (may be some small networks in Europe which works). They do not have yet LTE and when they will have may work just in China. So if you need data , forget the Chinese phone. If you use it for voice only, just make sure (in US and Canada) that your provider supports GSM for 2G (it's not one of CDMA ones).

also most phones will hardly get any updates, so expect that what you get is all. Some bigger companies will offer updates and you will find a number of custom ROMs (MIU, Lewa) but if you don't speak Chines you will need to spend a lot of time using Google translate). Rooting is not a problem however, I did not hear about any Chinese phone which could not be rooted, and if you stay with more common brands and models you will find custom recovery besed on TWRP for them.

You can get a quite decent phone either 720p or 1080p with good screen and very decent performance in the $200 range, if you are good with the limitations above.

You can get higher end models with Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (or Tegra 4) but you will be in $500+ range which gets you in the big brands range.

In conclusion:

Buy one only if you use it for GSM (2G) voice. Forget if you need 3G or 4G.

Don't buy the very cheap no name ones, I would stay with $150+ for a decent phone. For most, in this price range or higher quality is not a problem, but higher you go in price more features newer SoC, more memory, better screen more recent OS you get.

You can get models which will be at least as good (or better) than brand names if you go to $500+ range (but you will still not have 3G and 4G, and will have less community support, at least if you don't speak Chinese so think twice).If you only use the phone for voice and WiFi for data, however this models could even be one step ahead of brand names ( it looks like VIVO will be the first phone with 1440p LCD).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chinaphonebelgium:
A good tip I can give is spend as much time as possible to check out reviews about the phones.

At least, that is what I did for my Inew.

When I saw the phone was almost everytime in the top 5 list of the "most sold" or "most popular" phones, I thought those people can't be wrong.

Also, check some reviews for the brands, although there are a lot of brands, it is easy to see which brands are preferred.
[Google Chromecast] rajanikanthr:
seems like a pretty good option.. I will give a try this evening..

my friend was able to cast fullscreen without using this add on thru mac os, but I wasn't able to do from windows :(
[Google Chromecast] jasenko:
Most players have the option to popout, I think you can convert popup window into a tab and then cast. Works well but I haven't done it for ages and can't give you exact instructions
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] siptang:
my service is absolutely horrible and I was told that it will be down until next week.

my pregnant wife is almost due and I need my phone working at all times in case of any emrgency

I saw a method to flash verizon's radio before, can any one point me to the right direction?

I tried search and google but I must be wording it wrong because I can't seem to find it...

thanks in advance guys.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] patrao_n:
I have never heard of the radio swap. Not sure if it would brick or not. But I do know you can use a verizon prl to force roam on verizon towers the whole time. Havent used it on my note but I am sure its around here somewhere. Last time I used it on my epic touch it was a 001 prl for verizon. Goodluck
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Thuqnificent:
Yea, it's a force roam on Verizon towers. I will do research to find the video for the files.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scooyar:
Hi Everyone,

I recently purchased an unlocked Sony Xperia SX SO-05D and am using it outside of Japan. I am not able to send or receive any MMS messages. I have updated the APN settings so that I'm able to get on the internet via data. When I go to the settings in the messaging app there's not even any options/setting for MMS like there was on my Xperia go. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks in advance for your help or suggestions.

S
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daddymemoru:
Is it a good phone.?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scooyar:
Yes it is other than not being able to receive or send MMS messages and also there's no option for making conference calls when I have two lines going...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daddymemoru:
Man tgat sucks, i hope you can fix your problem. :eek:

If i helped any please press the thanks button.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justmpm:
Check the specs of your SX and make sure they are compatible with all the bands that your provider uses.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scooyar:
Yea already checked that. I'm able to get on the internet no problem and the APN settings are as per the carrier. However the option for the attachments doesn't even show up in when writing texts. And if people send me MMS messages I don't receive them. However if I use a third party app like FB Messenger or whatsapp I'm able to.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silvaire:
I've got a rooted G2 and I'd like the Dashclock widget to take up the whole screen instead of being truncated so heavily at the top third of the screen. The whole bottom 2/3rds of the screen is devoted to an empty text bos that just says "Verizon Wireless". Is there some way, either rooted or unrooted, to get rid of that so that I can have way more functionality?

Thanks.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samyboy:
+1
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GHII:
+2!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silvaire:
Anyone have any luck with this? This is my last major annoyance with this sexy phone. Having full use of the lockscreen for dashclock.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stigy:
You can change back to the AOSP Lockscreen and then download an Xposed Module to Maximize Widgets on the lockscreen - will this work for you?

AOSP Lockscreen: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2468538

Maximized Widgets: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2394643
[Blade General] Prakicov:
Hello to everyone

I`ve played a litlle with my ZTE Blade III , and i stuck into very stupid position.

I wanted to install a CWM and after that some Custom Rom. I Root the phone, then CWM and everything works fine

But problem occures when i want to flash Rom or Gapps because i can`t access to my SD / EXT card

Don`t know which gen is...

CWM says: Can`t mound /sdcard/. My version of CWM is 6.0.2.7

Can somebody provide me some step-by-step tutorial how to solve my problem. I cannot boot phone in stock ICS 4.0.4 and cannot flash with other rom

Sorry for my english

Tnx in advance

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EDIT: I format my external card in FAT32 (phone thinks it is internal sd ) , now i can actually mount and flash. But with every zip file that i have tried i get

E:Cant open /sdcard/xxxx.zip
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keyz86:
Every video I watch or review I read about the Z1 shows/says that the Superior Auto mode shoots 8MP in 16:9 aspect ratio... When I go to Superior Auto on mine it shoots in 4:3 and there's no way to change it... Is mine faulty? :(

EDIT

Mystery solved! I tried a factory reset using Sony Update Service, opened the camera app straight away and still had this issue, so I opened a fresh new phone (work for a phone company!) and that device had the same issue!

After that I flashed the device with the UK Unbranded FTF and hey presto, the camera is how it should be!

So in conclusion, all Vodafone UK units may be affected with this issue, and i'm going to look into this further. If anyone has bought their Z1 from Vodafone I strongly suggest flashing the Unbranded FTF!

Hope this helps!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keyz86:
Just checked the details on a photo I took in Superior Auto and it's 20MP not 8MP like it's supposed to be :/... So odd, anyone got any ideas?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OMEiAM:
I don't even know. I have the same XZ1 model as you but my Superior Auto shoots in 8MP 16:9. I would say you should try a hard reset but I'm not certain that it will fix your problem.