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[G2 Accessories] Ray3rd:
My first screen protecter was a Zagg on my DInc.. It left me with some spots. Than I went with a Spigen Steinheil which is dry. Loved it. Just be careful when you put it on. Needs to go on exactly where you want it. It doesn't move around like the wet ones do. Also, I install it in the bathroom and have had the shower running for a minute to reduce the amount of dust in the air. I know, I know, a bit overkill but I want no spots.

I got the Incipio Dual Pro on this phone instead of my usual CaseMate. Wanted to try someone different. Nice case. The screen protector leaves about 1/16 of an inch gap around the edge of the screen so it does not interfere with the case.
[G2 Accessories] m0ngstr0us:
Ordered Benks Magic HR High Transparent and Scratch Resistance Series Protective Film. Will get back once after applying. What worries me are the sides and corners as our G2s are curved.

Current cheap SP is a fingerprint magnet! >;(
[G2 Accessories] Ploxorz:
I got an xtremeguard screen protector, I also ordered the spigen ultra crystal, which I am still waiting for. The xtremeguard is the second time I've attempted a wet screen protector, it looks much better than the last one I tried. The clarity on the xtremeguard is pretty good and it does pretty well with fingerprints. The orange peel effect is really not noticeable unless you are looking for it. It covers almost the entire screen, but it does not cover the top left corner of the screen, from the bottom of the headset speaker up, and from the right side of the speaker all the way left, that entire section. I am not a fan of the texture though, it's pretty sticky you can definitely feel that it's a screen protector. All in all not bad for the price with the discount code. I will update when I put on the ultra crystal
[G2 Accessories] tiguy99:
Please let us know how it turns out. I picked up a set of bodyguardz tough skin to cover my G2. The xtremeguard had to go due to the defect in the film with rainbow lines and red marks

If you guys find a screen cover that's hd clear and covers the edges I'm all in...sigh hopefully the bodyguardz kit is good
[G2 Accessories] miljbee:
I have ordered and installed a Vikuiti DQCM30 Screen Protector.

I's a dry film from 3M.

The Good :

- Easy to install

- Remaining bubbles disappears without doing anything after one day

- The mat surface is pleasant to look

- The touch feeling is awesome. I would even say it's better than the screen itself. It always slide easily.

The Bad :

- Dirty Fingers leave some pretty obvious smudge , and you need to wet it to get it clean again

- The dimension are not good. They are too short. The screen protector leaves a few millimeters unprotected at the top and the bottom. Since the surface is mat and the phone surface shines, this is not pleasant to look.

For now, I will keep it mainly for the comfort of the touch feeling, But obviously, If I find one that is better cut with the same touch feeling I will get it.
[G2 Accessories] adr83:
I just got the ghost armor full wrap. I've always had invisashield, and imo this is way better. So is a case not a good idea with a screen shield on a phone with the screen so close to the edge?
[G2 Accessories] El Che:
thats magic hr and not magic hsr
[G2 Accessories] nazrin313:
Yeah, what u said
[G2 Accessories] y2kirk1028:
I got a pack of the Zeiss Pure Crystal screen protectors.

amazon(dot)(com)/Pure-Oleophobic-Protector-Replacement-International/dp/B00ETBA7WM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1382117924&sr=8-2&keywords=zeiss+pure+crystal+lg+g2

It's not bad. easy to put on. no bubbles. Leaves about 2mm from the edge uncovered. This is good with cases.

very clear but not as smooth as other hard protectors i've tried.

It does leave finger smudges, but doesn't affect the display quality. You'll only notice the smudges when the screen is off.

So far it's a keeper. Until I see better tempered glass protectors out there... :)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fliperpl:
Hey guys.

For some days my battery drain is just horrible. I have 180mhz-1.2ghz deadline smartassv2 and i did play today Pokemon's with My Boy (gba EMU) and for atlast 30min my battery is over 55% (when i started it was about 90-95%)

Is there any battery calibration or smth like that?

I have lupus v12 with gin2jellybean 2.5.0
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bakisha:
lol @ over 9000 :)

As for battery, it can vary. Depends on age of your battery... After a year of constant two charges per day it can lost that much capacity.

What you can do is turn off phone over night and charge it while off around 8 hours, That should refresh you battery a little.

Also, after 30minutes of heavy gaming (as you said) does it stay on 55% or rise to 60% or more? If yes, then it's time to replace your battery.

And make sure you don't have any apps running in background (especially those who use wifi/3g)

IMHO, battery calibration apps are useless because stats are deleted by OS everytime you charge it over 90%
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fliperpl:
Battery have about half year,i will ty the charging at night.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] prodigaltaurus:
Hope someone can help me solve this issue.

The Setup

I recently went out of the country and before I left I unlocked my GS4 following from wonderhowto[dot]com

Arrived to my Carribean destination, bought a prepaid SIM, popped her in and everything worked great.

Problems started when I flew back into Miami. I removed my prepaid SIM and installed my old one, changed my APN name back

and rebooted the phone. Decided to plug it into my laptop (USB3.0) to get some extra juice before the next flight and I noticed that

the battery was actually going down and quite quickly too, about 1% every 3 minutes. The phone was also doing a lot of connecting and disconnecting from the laptop even though it was not being moved.

I use two batteries which I have an external charger for , so this didn't slow me down too much.

After a few days, I thought maybe by unlocking the phone I had left it in some "roaming" state where it was eating up battery looking for its signal, so I decided that I'd restore it to the nandroid backup ROM Manager created before I did the unlock procedure. OH NUGGETS!

Things got ugly , quick!. In the process of trying to restore got MD5 mismatch error, so I went back to 3 previous backups before all of which said either "MD5 mismatch" or unable to open .zip -None of them worked.

Thankfully I had saved a copy of the backup folder in clockworkmod to my PC and tried to load that, it started and then get to writing /data and said error writing data.

I rebooted. Bootloop.

After a few hours of attempts with KIES, and some well timed cold beer deliveries from my wife, I finally got the phone back to stock version.

Rooted it again, motochopper, And loaded GoldenEye Rom v 8.0 . Still slow to little or no charging.

Loaded PACMAN and noticed something that should be mentioned.

Pacman rom has its own little battery widget that sits in the top tray and shows the %. It glows green from bottom to top to show that it is charging. I noticed on every couple of cycles, the battery meter would flash red for a quick second before turning green and sweeping up.????

Went back to a backup of GoldenEye8.

The current status

The phone is currently plugged in to the stock charger (2A) and stock cable. It has charged up only about 3% in 20 minutes time. I have it in battery saving mode with wifi on , and EVERYTHING else turned off.

Battery info says:

Temp 87.3 F

Voltage 4033mV

Plugged True

Charging

Li-ion

Health:Good

Charge Type : AC

Battery use shows 62% of battery use coming from SCREEN (Yes I have auto-brightness set, and NO live wallpaper)

Anyone have some good input?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mg2195:
Maybe its a bad cord? Or bad USB port/connection on the phone it self...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Br4nd3n:
62% screen usage is normal, I sometimes see over 70% with my brightness all the way up.

Make sure apps aren't keeping it from going idle and staying active.

Battery temp. seems a bit high. General causes of that are a faulty cable.

Download greenify and hibernate any apps that may be running unnoticeably in the background.

If your kernel allows fast charging (disables access to phone storage while fast charging is on) enable it while charging if you're not using the phone.

Play with CPU and GPU governors in your kernel to save battery life. I.E: I put my CPU governor on "powersave" while idle and not using the phone for anything extensive.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] prodigaltaurus:
Tried two other cords,but they just made it worse. They actually caused it to look like its charging but the battery level was going down.

Your second suggestion is probably right, but i'd like to exhaust my options first before having to restore and send to creator. I do find that with the stock cable and no external case on it stays plugged in well and doesn't make any "interrupted connection" noises.

With stock charger and cable and minimal functions running its charging about 1% every 4 minutes. ( Approx 6.5 hrs to full charge )

I feel like the hardware must be working in order to do that, and that the software is putting some kind of excessive strain on it. Possibly?

The battery use still shows, screen as the major contributor at 61% , so I switched from a really high resolution static background to a low res one. ( results to follow)

Downloading WanamLite now and going to try that out, also going to try performing the unlock procedure I did in reverse order and see what that does. Keep you posted. Open to suggestions.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] prodigaltaurus:
Thanks for the advise, I'm running greenify and its really only showing facebook and my sms app, I hibernated facebook anyways just to test it, but I know out of the box , on a car adapter this thing was charging 1%/min , maybe I have a bad ROM/Kernel mix?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Br4nd3n:
Doubt it, but maybe you can try going from touchwiz to aosp. Very much more lightweight, though you'll lose some s4 features. If it is faulty hardware/battery I'd just save yourself the trouble and swap it for a new one; or try another battery. I guess you can try doing a compete wipe and flashing a fresh ROM with a kernel you know will definitely run smooth with it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] prodigaltaurus:
Already tried the second battery, no luck. Any suggestion on the rom/kernel combo?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Br4nd3n:
I use task650 with kt's kernel and it's excellent. Though it's all opinion, there is many great combinations. Some ROMs come packaged with their own kernel or a custom one.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] CyberManiaK:
IMO: those temps are pretty normal.

Why you don't try a bone stock rom and see how it respond for a few hours, if the stock rom behaves the same, probably you will need to send it for warranty.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jordy2312:
As above. I have tried most of the WIFI progs. on my MDA Pro with most not finding the network adaptor. Hitchiker 0.32 seems to work, at least partially, picking up networks and security settings. i am, however, having trouble connectin and had do carry out a few soft reset.

If this doesn't work, can anyone suggest one that does:?:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] SubZero5:
Works okay here :P
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] henkreyn:
Re: Anyone got Hitchhiker (WIFI net. sniffer) to work reliab

I have the same troubles with Hitchhiker on my Qtek 9000. Wififofum works fine tough
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] cktlcmd:
Re: Anyone got Hitchhiker (WIFI net. sniffer) to work reliab

Same here on my XDA EXEC. I had trouble with Hitchhiker, plus it messed up my WiFi setup so I had to hard reset just to completely solve it.

I also tried WiFiFoFum, it does work, but it looks HORRIBLE in landscape!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] FOSA:
re

Hitchiker requires .NET CF Framework. Did you guys try out the latest v2.0 of .NET CF Framework?

Its available on the forum if you do a search for it :D
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] michaelg:
Hi,

Slightly off the true topic, but... - this being my first PDA, should I do something along the lines of firewalls when connecting to wifi networks?

What do people here use to shield their Universals when connecting to public networks?

Michael
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] henkreyn:
I use the wifi connection at home and in the office, so they are behind a firewall already.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] henkreyn:
Re: re

I did download .NET CF Framework v 2.0. It was neccessary to run the installation program on my PC. But still had the same problems.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] outlive:
i read somewhere in the forums that filling in the connect info in msn messenger fixes the freezes of hitchhiker...

i don't know why exactly to do this - some problem with hitchhiker checking an internet connection on the wlan and start opening goggle and probably sending out a msn connect ping...or whatever...

i know that sounds really strange, but i did it and my probs with hitchhiker where gone :)
[Sony Xperia ZL] earthabbey:
For those of you that have this phone, and have had it since close to it's release date, what are your opinions?

I am going to be purchasing a new phone, for use with WindMobile in Canada (i.e. it must be an AWS phone). As far as I can tell this is my best option because I use my phone mostly as a camera so my #1 interest is a camera that does not lag and will open quickly. I also am a fairly heavy user for NUMBER of apps. I have a lot installed and switch between them frequently. I don't play games or watch videos so graphics don't matter much.

The kicker here is I am REALLY hoping to keep this phone for 2 years at least. Do you think that this phone will last? Keeping in mind I don't care about being behind on new technology. I only care that it can handle my volume of use and won't sputter and choke to a slow after 6 months use like the one I have now.

I currently have an Optimus 2X but it is dying. It lags incredibly between tasks and the plastic covering the camera is poor quality and I had to rip it off so the lens is mostly unprotected now. I don't want to deal with stuff like this is I am going to buy a brand new phone. Do you think the Xperia ZL is the right choice?

p.s. I saw a review of the camera where the reviewer said that the photos look great on the BRAVIA screen but once on a computer screen are not very good. Has this been your experience? What about printing?

p.p.s. would appreciate comments about how rugged it is also as I work as a nanny with two 24 month old toddlers. Honestly I want the Z due to it's waterproof encasing but it's not sold new up here in Canada.
[Sony Xperia ZL] DoubleYouPee:
so my #1 interest is a camera that does not lag and will open quickly.

--> camera itself is the fastest I've seen. First thing you notice is the super smooth and responsive viewfinder.. even in low light. It always feels 60fps. I compared this to HTC ONE and it's a LOT slower..really.

About opening.. opening of the camera app isn't fastest i've seen (can take 3 secs) but because of the dedicated button you can still open it way faster than phones without button.

I also am a fairly heavy user for NUMBER of apps. I have a lot installed and switch between them frequently. I don't play games or watch videos so graphics don't matter much.

--> Ye as with all 2GB phones multitasking is almost instant and apps never really close.

The kicker here is I am REALLY hoping to keep this phone for 2 years at least. Do you think that this phone will last? Keeping in mind I don't care about being behind on new technology.

Then yes. I don't see why this phone wouldn't make it 2 years.

I only care that it can handle my volume of use and won't sputter and choke to a slow after 6 months use like the one I have now.

With 2GB ram it's pretty future proof IMO.

p.s. I saw a review of the camera where the reviewer said that the photos look great on the BRAVIA screen but once on a computer screen are not very good. Has this been your experience? What about printing?

Well, in my opinion, pictures look suberb on the 5" with bravia engine 2..really gives a wow-factor.

When you then watch them on the PC they look kinda normal/bland/boring..so its just the way you look at it :D

p.p.s. would appreciate comments about how rugged it is also as I work as a nanny with two 24 month old toddlers. Honestly I want the Z due to it's waterproof encasing but it's not sold new up here in Canada.

The back isn't made from glass but very grippy texture. I haven't dropped mine but the phones feels very sturdy and good quality, except for maybe the little flap on the back for sim/SD.

Honestly I think ZL is very underrated and still (even with new models like Z1) ZL is still my favorite.
[Sony Xperia ZL] earthabbey:
Thanks for your quick quick reply!! :) One clarification I have to ask: I understand what you mean about quality depending on the screen. However when you look on your computer do you think the quality fits the price? Let's put this simply: I am tired of my boyfriend's iphone photos looking SOOOO much better than mine. Can I at least compete now? lol
[Sony Xperia ZL] ren2008:
To be honest I really like the camera but the software app just doesn't do it justice. Pictures looked a bit washed out when looked at the computer. You can still install another camera app with less compression effects.

Also, for me the camera opens very quickly, less than 1 second with the latest 267 firmware update.

The phone looks gorgeous with the incredibly small bezel for a 5 inch phone. But if you want an awesome camera phone you really should go with the Galaxy S4. Still the best midrange camera phone I've seen so far is clearly the Nokia Lumia 920 but its a Win8 phone... both phone can be easily unlocked if not offered by Wind and are AWS versions.

Also, lots of people complain about the screen being TFT which is the cheapest technology you can use for a phone nowadays. So the viewing angles aren't good but I personally don't care much. But I think you will notice it right away.

Still, for a lot of other aspects, I prefer the Sony ZL ;)
[Sony Xperia ZL] alltubetone:
the Z is available through Bell FYI.
[Sony Xperia ZL] shahkam:
I just traded it my s3 for an zl very disappointed in camera in dark places there is a ton of noise I have to also take multiple snaps before I can get a shot to have a properly focused pic if I use flash it works fine but using superior auto mode and in a well lit room it still doesn't compare anything to the s3 which had a very quick focus but other then that the phone is well worth it will last you 2 years if you do not abuse it only thing im concerned is the non removable battery... wonder how will it perform in 2 years from now....
[Sony Xperia ZL] earthabbey:
Do you have the latest update? A lot of reviews I saw said that there were a lot of problems before the latest update.
[Sony Xperia ZL] ren2008:
Don't use superior auto by default, it adds way too much noise. Try using normal with some basic tweaks, you will see a major difference.

Especially with the latest update.
[Sony Xperia ZL] Shadowman19:
Well I kind of have the same problem. Own an Optimus 2x and now ordered Zl from an amazon offer (350 euros). I love the white version since - if the black back looks cheap - this is absolutely not the case with the white.

However, I am quite disappointed by the screen. You notice the viewing angles immediately and every time the phone is lying on a table in a darker room, it looks like it is showing a bright Grey picture although background is black. So I wanted to return it.

Then I thought of alternatives, but very successful.. I am looking for a phone with no amoled screen, wo no s4. I really want at least 32gb memory and would be happy if it had a working fm radio like XZL (tried Optimus G and thought that must be a bad joke). The Optimus G was nice, but fm radio crap, and due to non expendable storage, I was really missing USB otg. S4 active would be nice, but no fm radio, feels somehow big and is very overpriced. The new nexus 5 seems to only have 16gb.. LG G2 is very expensive with 32gb. And none of them has a dedicated camera button. So I guess xperia zl is a great package! If only they had included a IPS screen (which can be considered as standard today, even for cheap phones).

Today I looked at the screen in a bright room and then it looked way better than yesterday night when it was dark. So I am thinking of keeping the phone - seems like the package is quite good. Or does anyone of you habe a proposal?
[Sony Xperia ZL] TheTofu:
My comments:

The poor viewing angles on the screen aren't as horrible as people make it out to be, the screen is still perfectly good and quite a joy to look at. (plus if you like to be private then it stops people from seeing what you're doing easily)

Picture quality is fine, I have an unlocked bootloader(which I did before TA backups were a thing ;_;) and even still everything looks great on the screen. Video quality is pretty good in my opinion. In low light, yes the picture quality does tend to suffer but it's still acceptable for it being a phone, I personally haven't tried tweaking with the settings much besides installing the Z1 camera app port.

If you want to see the quality yourself, here are some photos/videos(mind you the outdoor greenery shots were taken a while ago so the latest updates might have improved things):

http://imgur.com/a/qoqg2#0

http://youtu.be/SXxN14HdeGU

Performance has been pretty good, there are a few things I've noticed which can make it a little laggy, like setting a smaller icon size in Apex and the app Twilight can make scrolling a little laggy, but otherwise performance is snappy.

Something that might be of concern is battery life, due to the non-removeable battery. I can usually get through a day before having to charge. I get about 4-5 hours of video watching, so if I only use the screen for a few hours sporadically(15 minutes here, 15 minutes there) then I can usually push it to 24 hours.

One thing I would really suggest is getting at least a decent screen cover, if not case as well, I have one of those meifeng cases from ebay, it's decent enough quality and it's pretty thin, I don't use it every day though. But the built in screen protector is an absolute lint electromagnet, it's like it's sole purpose was to collect lint, not cool. I picked up a skinomi screen protector, just put it on top of the built in one and it works/looks fine.

One thing I like about the skinomi is that it's slightly soft, so it doesn't scratch easily, but it still a good surface for fingering.

The speaker isn't loud enough to be heard over a concert or some power tools, but if you're just at home or in the car then it's quite adequate, the headphone out is also adequate, though it can be a tad quieter than some might like, depending on headphones used.

The microphones are pretty great, that youtube video? The music in person was ear-screeching, yet somehow the microphones managed to pick everything else up pretty well.

The IR Blaster is fun if you normally use multiple remotes for your home.

I can't really think of anything else at the moment, but feel free to ask and I'll try to answer.

Edit:

Shadowman19: Personally I find the viewing angles acceptable knowing that I'm probably never really going to be looking at my phone from these angles anyways, 99% of the time I'm looking at it is straight on.
[Sony Xperia ZL] luisoman2000:
Personally I don't own a ZL(I currently own an Ion), but i have seen a couple of Z's(the Z screen is similar to the ZL). Honestly, I don't see the difference when tilting the phone(I can definitely see it on my ion). The poor viewing angle claims are exaggerated.