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[Xperia Z General] Kirkymole:
I think people should know about this, including that Sony do not cover it at all in warranty, nor do insurers.

I left my phone on the dashboard of the work van for around 4 hours whilst out on site. It was a baking hot day and I never considered the heat to be a concern.

Come back 4 hours later to find a crack, yes a crack, in the top right corner of my screen. It certainly wasn't there before I left the van, I changed the screen protector on the drive down, as I was in the passenger seat before anyone says something ;)

The crack is roughly two inches long and has affected the panel beneath the screen, push on the crack and the screen goes all funky.

Having spoken to various shops and Sony themselves. They all agree it's the heat. It was only about 25° Celsius, scorching for the UK, so for you in the hot countries, heed this... DON'T leave the phone exposed to direct sunlight. Sony don't give a rats ass if the screen breaks.

Ride it like you downhill it.
[Xperia Z General] ngvuanh:
I doubt they would honor the warranty because it's not factory damage. The obvious is that you left it in an extreme condition. Many electronic devices have advise that do not leave them under direct sunlight. Especially, Z is black which absorbs a lot of heat when compare to other colors.
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
I've had CDs warp when left on the dash in direct sunlight.

I know it was only 25°C outside, but consider that the windscreen will magnify the sun's rays and the heat is also trapped in what is basically an enclosed metal shed.
[Xperia Z General] Kirkymole:
My Z is white though and was back facing up, still lesson learnt on this one.
[Xperia Z General] Kirkymole:
Yeah, I got unlucky on this, It didn't seem warm due to the wind but silly me didn't think of that.
[Xperia Z General] sandrin0:
In my country, the Nederlands, there is a instance which helps customers get in contact with companies like Sony. It's called the 'Consumentenbond'. They wrote and article about these cracks and asked everyone with a crack to contact them. Sony gave a reaction and should now be working on the issues people claimed.

I definitely think Sony does actually care.

My Z is to repair for a loose back panel now, but I also contacted this instance about this. Sony would get in contact with me in a few days to solve the problems and complains.
[Xperia Z General] nbell13:
cars easily get over 140 fahrenheit inside on hot days. of course it's going to get heat damage. i destroyed an ipod several years ago leaving it in a car glovebox. it would only work when it was refrigerated. :p
[Xperia Z General] knightpt:
There has been some days here in portugal that got over 45C and just leaving the phone for 10minutes on the passenger seat would make the glass extremely hot, it's like a sun-magnet. I reckon that 10 more minutes and something realy realy bad would happen like a glass crack.
[Xperia Z General] alteristkang:
Other than accidently placing the phone in the car on a hot day, I am more worried that the phone overheats itself when I'm using it to play games. What more living in a country that's has tropical weather all year long
[Xperia Z General] abd_alazeez2002:
You are lucky.

I did the same worth my bb9900 and the battry expanded inside the phone opening the back cover of the phone.

If it happened to XZ then the whole phone will crack.

Ps temp was that day close to 40c
[Xperia Z General] reptile64:
All I know is that I have left it for 5+ hours in the car under direct sunlight in mid summer (40°C in Greece) several times while GPS, bluetooth, 4G was on and Google maps was running, the battery reached 58°C and my phone is still alive! No cracks, no melt downs, no back cover unglued etc.
[Xperia Z General] neuropsychosis:
25 degrees is not what your dashboard's temperature is. You should be aware that the dashboard is on a whole other level of freaking hotness under the sun. I don't think any company would honor warranty for cooked gear.
[Xperia Z General] Donald K.:
Leaving your phone in the car on its dashboard, on a hot day has nothing to do with warranty or any faults of the manufacturer! This is his own fault not sony's..

The cracks you're thinking are build-quality problems.
[Xperia Z General] Serathas:
i got a crack in my screen i dont know why as i've been very careful with it i had to replace the device from service else i would have had to pay about 400 euro for service or 3000 sek (im Swedish), i got a replacement device and still had to pay 1500 sek (about 150 or 200 euro) this all happened before x-mas and i had to be with a temp old ****ty phone till after new year
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] reapbooster:
I bought a prototype SGS4 SCH-R970 USCellular on ebay a couple weeks ago, flashed a rooted rom, messed up, nandroid wouldnt work, bricked phone :crying:

My phone had been stuck in the samsung logo when starting up the boot sequence, after weeks of reading and searching all the forums I could find, I was able to get it to work. Many phone shops and fellow android developers I know said it was bricked and to give up on it but here's how I got it out of brickmode :D

I found this epic thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2295557

First: I cleared the cache and dalvik as usual.

Second: I Flashed a stock cricket system and kernel "CricketME4_Unrooted_System-Kernel" google it.

Third: Flashed that loki zip found on the thread above.

Fourth: Cleared caches again and rebooted.

Edit: I was able to fix wifi loading CM http://get.cm/?device=jflteusc still working on which one has every single feature working, or at least as many as possible xD

Camera does not seem to focus at the moment, I think it might be due to the rom, which is meant to be used with SCH-R970C

Thats it! Took a couple mins to boot up completely but it got it out of brickmode, if anyone knows or has a stock metropcs rom let me know!

I'll check this thread every now and then so if you have questions be patient unless someone else answers, hope this helps anyone else out there :cyclops:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] sharp(o_-)EyE:
camera

did u fix camera focus?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] pritamcharan:
reason for camera not focusing

Hi all I also have this box. Earlier when it is stock 4.2.1 i5s camera was working fine. But when I flash cm11 on it its camera firmware is updated and after that momemt camera is not focusing so. Now camera only work either we have to downgrade the camera firmware to match with phone firmware or somehow have to update the phone firmware.

So

Camera firmware should be <= phone firmware

But our camera firmware is greater that phone firmware

See the attachment
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mayur9890:
finally after 2 months of research i fixed my camera issue.....if anyone still wants,,tell me...i will upload the solution(nandroid)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ronin8knight:
Which one of the Loki zips did you flash my friend? Thanks a TON for this! EXACT same issue!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] yyzzxx999:
I have a prototype of r970,too!

I flashed it with chinese i9505 firmware and it updated my camera firmware. The camera does not focus now.

please help me fix the camera! thanks a lot!

p.s. I can not flash any bootloader and modem in this prototype. Anybody knows is it locked?

p.s.s Is anyone know how to use gsm on this phone? (normal r970 works. prototype can not work may because of the lock of modem?)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] JAIKRISH:
Back up

Friend i suck up with the same camera issue after updating to CM rom,

please could you give your nandroid backup, so that it will be more helpfull for me.

Thanks in Advance
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jaganrao44@gmail.com:
hi friends. plz help me. i hve same camera problem now.its not auto focus now. i tryed to install firmware not working bro.. plz what can i do>?

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hye. sir plz help me. i hve same auto focus problm. how can i fix ths??
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
Can anyone recommend a basic CM based ROM that has the Google Apps installed already?

Thanks
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
What do you mean by Simple CM based ROM? Why not just use CM?

Also it'll be tough to find a rom with gapps included as they are not a part of AOSP, and are proprietary apps so you're technically not allowed to include them in a rom. Whats wrong with flashing a seperate gapps package?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
Ah OK. I guess things have moved on since I was last flashing on my HTC Sensation... all the ROMs I used back then had GApps baked in.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
no gapps in any nexus roms except stock based. yes, any kind of nexus. in other devices there could be, but nexus devices dont need any hacking, and developers generally follow the rules. where hacking is needed to get roms running, most developers dont follow rules, hense hacking.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
OK, understood. So rooting these devices is easier? There's no firmware arms race going on?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Of course. Rooting a nexus is not some sort of hack fest.

Its a simple process that makes sense, and is quite easy to understand. You just unlock the bootloader (fastboot oem unlock), flash a custom recovery (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img), and from there you can basically do whatever you want. Flash a custom rom (that is pre rooted), or simply flash a supersu binary zip that will root your stock rom.

Its a nice clean process. No using bootleg third party crap or anything like that...all official Google stuff like fastboot and adb.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
rooting any nexus device in a nutshell..

1. via fastboot.. fastboot oem devices(a code that google enabled to unlock the bootloader).

2. fastboot flash a custom recovery.

3. flash either the su binaries or any custom rom via your new custom recovery.

4. reboot and profit.

yes, its that easy. and these directions work on any nexus device. no firmware arms races going on.

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damn, i must be getting old! you beat me to it ;)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Haha, by a few seconds :p
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
Hah, thanks guys. Rooted using a toolkit so I wasn't aware how simple it was. Why don't they just supply the phones unlocked?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Shouldnt have used a toolkit. Supplying them unlocked would be a big security issue.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
Ah - cos when you root it wipes device?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maskoforos:
I have installed a custom rom (Revolution s4 v5.0) and everything worked great . But when I tried to send a message and make a phone call , there was a message that said there is no service . Any solutions to the problem ? Please help if you can . Is there any problem with the IMEI ? Can i fix it from just installing the original stock rom , or i have to get the phone to a phone service to fix it ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Hundreds of similar posts, go read the stickies in general 'EFS know this stuff'.

Please don't start new threads without searching first.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rixsta:
Thread closed. Duplicate thread, a simple search is all that was needed
[Sony Xperia L] alvareo:
Hey there, I just tried to install this mod, but before I could change the permissions of the new services.jar, the phone rebooted and now obviously won't get past the boot screen. All I'd need to do is fix the permissions or rename the original services.jar back to, well services.jar (I renamed it to services.jar.old). The bootloader is locked, by the way (it can't be unlocked).

Is there anything I could do? Thanks in advance.

Edit: I tried using adb to modify the file, so I just powered on the phone and connected it. adb recognised it, and I spent some time figuring out how to work it, but when I did and I tried to enter a command, it told me "device not found". Switching it on and off, using another computer (both Macs; I'll try on Windows tomorrow at uni) is useless, still can't access it.

Second edit: Remembering, when I could still access my phone by adb I had the wonderful idea of factory resetting it, which most likely turned USB debugging off (apparently required?). Did I screw my last chance?
[Sony Xperia L] Kiicek:
You can always try doing a repair in PC Companion. When I bootloopped my L I did a software repair and it worked.

Also, you renamed the file before setting permissions? Shouldn't you do it first?

Wysłane z mojego C2105 przy użyciu Tapatalk 4
[Sony Xperia L] alvareo:
Bridge (the Mac version) gave me an error when trying to communicate with the phone. I'll try it tomorrow with PC Companion on a Windows machine just in case.

Yeah, looking back I should've, but the guide said to set permissions after moving the file.
[Sony Xperia L] damian01211:
If you get your phone working and trying to install that mod again, just move your files to /system then change permission and copy each file where they supposed to be.

I was having same problem with permission's but I discovered that if I set permission before it will work.
[Sony Xperia L] alvareo:
Hahaha yeah believe me I learned that :P
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BrothaJINC:
I have a original 1850 mAh battery and back and a 2100 mAh battery and back. Also have a black silicone case. If youd like to buy let me know
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Plutonium0587:
PM sent
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Renegade_Darling:
Did everything get sold?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Plutonium0587:
Never responded to me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
I think Sprint gives away free 2100mAh batteries for Galaxy Nexus. I got mine for free shipping too. Didn't pay a dime. Loaded it up on my Verizon GN and all is well.

These are for the Verizon/Sprint models. The GSM versions are different. How much you looking for.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iamsteveu2:
GSM Extended Battery

I've got an official OEM extended battery for the GSM Gnex available for sale if anyone is still looking. PM me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dany16v:
Mmh, I'm wrong or this is a sell post? :angel:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] malybru:
Mod Edit

Selling/buying on XDA is no longer permitted

Thread closed

malybru

Forum Moderator
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] heronlen:
I was standing at the bus stop, thought I would make a note so i removed the Qtek S110 (new) from the supplied belt clip holster but it slipped, bounced unto the pavement (about 3 ft). Apart from the case dents and scrapes the earpiece is dead and the service lights do not work. This is not as durable as a mobile by any stretch - be careful Also insure it now!! :o
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] MonteCristoffOn:
The solution : the silicon case, wich procure a very cheap, discreet and efficient protection.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] fone_fanatic:
the thing i dont like about the silicon case is that it sticks to clothe, so putting it in and out of your pocket is a hassle. i dont use a case and have been lucky to only drop is once, which was a slight one, minor scratches.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] esackbauer:
I dont use a silicon case, just the provided belt holster.

I dropped my Magician only twice, on the first day I had it, and on the second day. Now I am doing 170 days without incident.

Maybe I was too excited the first days ;-)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] heronlen:
What is the silicon case about, I have never seen one, is there a link available? This does not get away from the underlying problem that these PDA/Phones are fragile.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] kta:
I was in London this weekend and invested in this CAPDASE aluminium case. Offers all-round protection. Had a Krusell case before, but was not as practical as this one. Very well built as well.

(Aplogies for the quality of the pics, taken with a Magician!)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Dandie:
Yeah, for the magicians picture quality, one really has to apologize - hope this will become better with future models.

What is regarding the stability, I found it really stable. I wouldn't also say it's less stable than a usual mobile phone but there are certainly some mobiles that are more robust. This is also due to the high weight of the Magician compared to a phone. I know some mobile phones that can't even withstand one drop. I had two with my magician and it's still fine (only some ditches and stuff).

Try dropping an HTC Universal and you'd be very proud of your Magician.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] nogs:
One must learn to break the fall with thier foot. I have had 3 drops from chest hight all broken by my feet, lucky to react so quick in some cases. Scilicone cases are useless if you dock your Jam in a cradle and can make it impossible to get out of your tight levi's.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] shanghaishah:
Best case / protection I've found...Capdase SPI cases...dropped my jam a few times (I can be real clumsy at times ;) )...and the case has protected my jam.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] heronlen:
Foot!

The best tip so far is the foot method, never thought of that one! What happens if you drop it at the side of your body. Surely a foot action may cause one to kick it (serious question)?

You are right about a case nogs. Cases, in my view bulk up a PDA or phone making them larger. Why did any of us by the Magician, because of the size?

Steven
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Nerva:
I have to think I'm not the first to be in this situation but my searches didn't turn up anything that looked familiar.

I rooted the stock phone and installed TWRP 2.6xx a month or two ago with no issues. Everything's been running great and I decided it was time to make another backup using TWRP.

After a successful backup I wiped dalvik and cache out of habit and went to reboot -- TWRP said I was not rooted and wanted to know if I wanted to install SuperSU? This question was unexpected since I'd been rooted for a long time, and I decided to just say yes. The phone rebooted and stopped at the Samsung Galaxy S4 boot screen. I did up-volume reboot to recovery, but it seemed to hang at the TWRP blue screen -- I later discovered it will eventually get to the menu after a minute or two of the blue screen. I tried wiping cache and dalvik again and rebooting -- every time I try to reboot now it asks if I want to install SuperSU -- whether I say yes or no seems to make no difference -- I've tried both several times. Every time it hangs at the Samsung boot screen, or it takes forever to get to TWRP if I'm booting to recovery.

I've tried wiping cache, dalvik and data with no improvement. I finally tried formatting data, but again no improvement. I also tried restoring my backup several times and wiping cache and dalvik but still stuck.

I prior to today's problems I'd used TWRP a number of times and I don't recall it asking the SuperSU question, so I am thinking that is the key to this problem, and I'm wondering if anyone knows what it means?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ParkerParker:
You need to go to 2502 twrp, 26+ has hanging problems and possible Partition issues, also what rom are you on? Do you need to flash super su along with the rom /gapps?

Here's the twrp forum for us SPH-L720

The last page has a download link for the most stable build for us :) good luck!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2262999
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Nerva:
I'm running what came on the phone, just unlocked, rooted, and installed TWRP.

I ran CM10.1 on my previous phone and currently on my tablet, but my impression from running it previously is CM is a downgrade in voicemail functionality (you get these annoying text messages and have to call the voicemail), and I'm assuming it doesn't support the special GS4 hardware features like being able to hover your finger.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Nerva:
OK I installed TWRP 2502 and it now boots to recovery normally. However, it still asks me before rebooting if I want to install SuperSU, and it hangs on the Samsung boot screen.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ParkerParker:
How did you root? CF auto root also installs SuperSU

Do you have a back up from when you were rooted? IF twrp keeps giving you problems, use cwm, are you able to get past the Samsung boot..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Nerva:
Yeah that's what I did back when I rooted it months ago. I tried running CF auto root again today and it didn't work, so I ran it from Odin and it did work that time, but there was no change -- still hangs on the Samsung boot screen, although now I'm back to the stock recovery. So I tried installing the stock MF9 firmware from Odin -- still hangs on the boot screen. I don't know what to do at this point...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ParkerParker:
After mf9 install avd stock recovery did you factory reset
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Nerva:
Yes, I did a factory reset -- followed the video instructions by qbking77. Still hangs on the boot screen.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ParkerParker:
Take out battery.. Put back in. Go to stock recovery, holding all 3 buttons volume up factory reset.. If you used odin abd flashed mf9 it should fix you?

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Well I guess I tried man, someone who has more knowledge should chime in now :)

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This :confused:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2400192
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Abisheklegacy:
Im also stucked with the same problem!! After flashing my rom succesfully it just ask ur device is not rooted swipe to install!! I tried all the posiblities!! but i stuck with the boot image!! pls help me!!:(:(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] pontif:
From experience it sounds like you should head over to sammobile and Odin back to stock and start fresh.

1. Odin to stock

2. Root phone

3. Put desired recovery

4. Flash ROM (be sure to read dev install instructions some require reboot of recovery after wipe)

5.try to restore backup (best if you flash ROM that is backup then restore backup)

6.if you went into nae or ng2 you cannot downgrade to me

7.google has many solutions :D:D:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] igniby:
Sorry for necro, but did anyone figure out a solution to this? This just happened to me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jomari05:
Just Reflash it

We have the same issue, tried to install supersu binary, after installing through twrp recover, my phone went bootloop, as i've tried to search the internet, the issue doesn't fix by by most of the users unless they reflash their device. though its a bit hassle starting from zero, but atleast, you got ur device back :)