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[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Patosbuddy:
Like it or not?

The thing with Z1 Is that all journalists all over the world are calling it the best phone on the market with fabulous screen and picture quality compared to all other top models.

People order them because of the test results.

So when people got them in their hands they get frustrated over the bad screens and picture quality.

We are now 4 friends that are returning them and are trying to find out what units they where testing in the media. It's obvious that it's not the same units that people on the street gets.

They have tested them side by side with units that I already have and I respect their judgement when they say Z1 has better screen and picture quality but it has to be something with the units on the market.

Even a 3 year old can see that it's not the case.

After 2 firmware updates it's still not competitive to other top units. Nobody and I mean nobody will rate Z1 over other top units if they test/compare them side by side in shops. So why did they get the good reviews??

Yes. I'm not happy.

That is because I convinced 2 people to wait and go for Z1 and now they are returnig them too.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rekoil:
Just let me get this straight because I'm not sure I'm following completely. Basically, you and 3 of your friends are returning

mobile devices

meant for use by

one person at a time

, because of how their screens look when you view it

from an angle

which you'll never actually do yourself. Did I get that right?

Have you considered the fact that from head-on the screen is actually ridiculously good? Is there some other reason here or are you just jumping on the "herp derp I can't use my phone while holding it at a 45º angle because the colours get so washed out!" bandwagon? It is literally the most ridiculous excuse I've ever heard for returning a phone which is otherwise (ok, may be exaggerating a little here) pretty much perfect in every other aspect.

You gonna go buy a Samsung with ridiculous AMOLED colours? Or an LG with silly back-buttons and hideous UI? Or maybe an HTC One with only 2 capacitive buttons and no SD-card. Ok, I am being unfair, in reality all of these phones are really good options, but I'm seriously wondering what the actual reason is for why you 4 are returning this phone.

EDIT: The reasons I personally picked the Z1 were roughly these:

Great, robust and premium feel, unmatched (in my opinion) on the mobile market today.

Simple UI with a good feel to it.

Sonys openness to developers, something only really bested by the HTC One.

The screen is great for everything except the viewing angles which I don't see as a problem during use.

On top of all of this, they have managed to make it waterproof!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Patosbuddy:
I'm so happy to hear that you like your unit.

As you can see I have returned to my Note 3.

I guess the reason for returning it lies in the fact that I'm over 40 year's and my eyes need better readability and my old thumb don't like the moment to hit the side button.

I can live with the bad camera in low light, but as I use it a lot for reading documents and technical drawings it's useless.

We have compared it with so many other phones now and actually we can't find one that has so poor readability of the same website.

Why they release such quality is strange to me.

But again, it's nice to hear that you are happy and love your unit.

I actually like the side button better when I hold it up side down. All 4 units have had reboot issues, but not on latest software.

But again, why stick with a new unit when the last one was better.

I don't care what brand I use, but people that defend a poor product is normally married to the brand.

Why is the phone nearly as big as Note 3, but the screen feels/displays like a iPhone 4s?

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Let's not comment on each other.

I'm not satisfied but you are.

It's no point in trying to convince anybody to have the same opinion.

Let's just say that I like phones with buttons on the front, good screen and camera.

The screen must be crispy so that the contrast between gray on white are crystal clear.

And that the screen shall be as big as the unit.

Because of that Z1 was not for me.

Other people have other criteria so therefore there are many options out there.
[Windows Phone 8s by HTC] luckysleven:
Has any HTC 8S user have installed GDR 2 or GDR3 (tester version) on device and after the update, phone is getting random reset issue ? Has anyone get any solution or idea about this issue ?
[Windows Phone 8s by HTC] trizzo:
Hi, it happened to me only once. Exactly the night, when I have installed GDR3. I said, only once. Reason is unknown for me. Except this one reset, no other issues for me. Try hard reset. Could help you.
[Windows Phone 8s by HTC] luckysleven:
i tried hard reset but phone didnt accept it. I tried it with button combination ( vol down-up-power etc.. ) is it true ?
[Windows Phone 8s by HTC] trizzo:
I would suggest to make hard reset from the system - Settings - About phone - Reset. No reason not to work.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Android Development] DC07:
Tweaker Engine

I made a engine with all tweaks combined in a single aroma zip package...............

What actually this package contains?

Credits/Devs Behind This Engine

Steps For Installation

1.Copy Zip To SD

2.Reboot Recovery

3.Select zip

4.Entering AROMA

5.Select MIUI Purple Theme By DC07

6.Choose The Scrips U Wanna Install

7.Do Fix Permissions...............

8.DOne........... :P

Downloads

TE_Signed.zip - 9.56 MB​

NOTE​

1.Please Dont install Prototype Optimization And Lovins Scripts Simultaneously.....................It Contains A hell Lot of Tweaks that can harm U

2.Flyon Cm Can Be installed on CM7/9/PA/GDX ROMS only..........

Test And Post Your Queries........

Thanks

DC07................
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Android Development] Sniper Killer:
There's already a mod similar to yours by slayer123. Also thread is on wrong section. Only guides made from scracht requires a lot of knowledge belong to development section.

Sent from my GT-S5830i
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Android Development] sgdva:
I'm sorry, but what is the difference releated to this one?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2249874
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adnan7khan:
had to ask.. i'll be on ultima rom 4.1.2 v59.1 ... could you plz share me the Aosp mms 4.2.2 MOD??

i wana use it instead of stock mms apk .. coz its pretty easy to store 40k sms etc via it

as i'm using temasek 4.3.1 v59

i'm using MG4 Modem & baseband
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
If you are on MDK, I need really would appreciate one of you to run a script for me and upload it. Im trying to test whether we have the ability to use the sdcard to unbrick S4's like the Note 3 and Galaxy S3 people do. I only thought that this was worth doing since it works on the Note 3. If this works ill write up a guide on how to unbrick your phone without JTAG. Please upload the output. This would be very helpful to know whether we have the ability to unbrick using these means, also it would mean that we would be able to test bootloader unlock ideas without such a high risk of a brick.

Note

: For this test you have to have a

MDK

phone. Later on we can test for ME7, etc.

Open terminal or use adb from a pc:

Edit: see below

If your sdcard is not located at /sdcard please edit the script to your needs, for instance on the s4 your external sdcard is located at /mnt/extSdCard so you could substitute that for /sdcard in the script above. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Ryno77:
I have a MDK phone but I'm running a ME7 rom. Will that work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
yes, but Im going to to edit the script because I don't want it to include any of your personal data, so to fix either go here and download the zip in the bottom of the OP (that creates the debrick.img for you) or you can use one of the modified scripts below (they both say the same thing btw, its just that I forget if terminal/adb uses bytes by default or megabytes). If you do decide to make this, pm the file.

If your sdcard is not located at /sdcard please edit the script to your needs, for instance on the s4 your external sdcard is located at /mnt/extSdCard so you could substitute that for /sdcard in the script above.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mightycaptain:
Uploading now. I'll pm you a link to the file. I'm running aosp right @ the moment on my MDK phone. Hope that doesn't matter.

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PM Sent.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
I'll keep you guys updated. From what I hear this *should* work on Qualcomm variant S4's. So far, no dice, but I believe some of that is user error. Alot of this is writing the right partitions to right areas, with the right block sizes etc, etc, etc. Thanks guys.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Ryno77:
Glad to help when I can. Hope you find what you're looking for. Thanks for working on this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mdorrett:
So if this works... Then hypothetically we could restore the MDK bootkoader if unfortunate enough to have ended up on ME7 version. Or am I misunderstanding the possibilities here?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
No this wouldnt let you downgrade, just save you from having to use jtag in case you brick. But Ive tried three different mdk unbrick.img's (my own and two from others) and havent had success.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] arrowproof:
My S4 Sch-i545 is hardbricked

any luck on getting a debrick image to boot a hard bricked s4 from Verizon?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Kind of, but not to the point of unbricking entirely. Im testing a alternative debrick method as we speak for MDK. If you want to test/need to test one out I can upload instructions and files. The debrick image has the gpt and partition info, it also contains the bootloaders for MDK.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] arrowproof:
yes it would be nice if you can upload those files. Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 General] SmilerOnline:
It seems that many i9500 users (myself included) have lost our IMEI after attempting to update to the 4.3 update.

Since the update, the recovery screen reports that it can't mount EFS, and when going back to 4.2.2 (official) roms, the fake IMEI bug (04999xxxx) appears...

I've created a separate topic for this as it is affecting many of us it seems and I'd like to see if anybody knows how to workaround this problem.
[Galaxy S 4 General] frnkly:
thats because update is for i9505 only and not i9500 yet....unless you backed up your imei folder then you stuffed and phone will need to go to sammy for service..:D:D:D
[Galaxy S 4 General] exclaimed:
Backup?

Have you backed up your imei? That is of utmost importance.

The same thing happened to me. Hell, I couldn't even go back to 4.2.2, but I figured out I was doing something wrong. What I did was flash the stock firmware that came with my phone, which bought me back to 4.2.2, with the upgraded bootloader. As my phone turned on I was surprised to see that I didn't see the setup screen, but instead it booted directly to the home screen. The brightness was at full and all the features were on. I saw yellow text with some kind of hardware message. The Imei was 0049, thankfully I had a backup. Afterwards I rooted; subsequently flashed TWRP and restored from a backup. After that everything was back to normal.
[Galaxy S 4 General] naokilla:
The i9500 firmware was released day before yesterday

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Quote @ frnkly
[Galaxy S 4 General] SmilerOnline:
the i9500 has now been updated to 4.3 too... just look at some of the topics in the S4 general section...

Also, I did backup my EFS folder previously with a working EFS, but when I restore any of those backups I still don't get a working IMEI...
[Galaxy S 4 General] rebel1735:
What recovery did u use the backup the efs?

Try restoring using the same one ;)

It should work....
[Galaxy S 4 General] D™:
try to flash other region or Previous version(i.e. 4.2.2) Modem using ODIN Or CWM. It shall work. If it isn't then reflash the whole package again via ODIN.
[Galaxy S 4 General] djoevan:
so.., it's not safe to flash 4.3 on 9500? or any other way that safe to flash with normal way?
[Galaxy S 4 General] ZuC022:
HELP

So, did you find any solution to this problem? I'm on 4.2.2 and I can't upgrade to 4.3 ! Please help me.
[Android Apps and Games] Piggsl1:
Hallo,

we worked hard on that app, and now we are proud to pronounce it. It is a artillery game where you play pirates and have to defeat the evil zombies, which are protecting the treasures on the islands. You have 8 complete different weapons, like guns, shotguns, canons, voodoo magic, rum barrels or armed parrots. It is funny and also competitive. Currently there are 60 levels available and another pack of 60 levels is in development.

It would be nice if you try it and give feedback.

Here is a youtube video and the market link!

Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.piggsl.piratesvszombies

Trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=cFAvPT0hvJQ&feature

If you are a developer: We made the game with LibGDX, feel free to contact us, if you have any questions about some programming or media details!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] Asukal:
i tried to ask Pulm-center in HK who can do memory up grade, to add more 128mb ram.

He could add, but OS can read it at all. he tried to many modules and also many way. but still cant read it.

http://asukal.seesaa.net/article/9332478.html

But my freind got it on Dell WM5 device,

http://pocketgames.jp/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3837&mode=thread&order=0]

Just report. <all llinks are japanese.for the pictures>

any way, my unversal has more 128mb memory inside still now,

with hoping someday OS can read it with os upgrade or something! :cry:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] hollinshead:
I'm sure it can't be an OS problem, as the Dell works fine with 256mb?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] Asukal:
i agree that! but he has no way to do now.

he tried to his best which he could.

do u have any idea?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] tupisdin:
I think that it is and problem in chip pinout.

To get full 128mb RAM on HTC Magician you need to shortcut some pins by resistor... i think that is same situation here with HTC Universal.

At same time for upgrading hx4700 you do not need to shortcut anything.

P.S. Did you disassemble your HTC Universal? Can you tell us LCD part number?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] khaledelfeki:
I want to do a Ram up-grade to try it on my Jasjar.

Can anyone please tell me how to do it?? and where I can find the link to downoad it ?? I tried through the pasted links in the beginning of this forum but unfortunately my Japanese language is not good enough to know where to click.

Need your help please.

Regards,
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] Asukal:
he <palm Center HK> has many expierenses for memory upgrade,

he have done Magician also. he explaned to me about the short cut on the cercuite, also tried. but cant! also tried many kinds of Memory modules on it. sill cant.

about LCD, we didnt disassemble that. sorry no information.

enlarge photo<but not abour LCD>

http://www.asukal.jp/Jasjar/PB081087.JPG

To Mr,khaledelfeki>>in my site, no instruction how to do it.

Just reported the results, because it was not done bymyself.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] buzz_lightyear:
Hi Asukal,

maybe the RAM size is hardcoded in nk.exe (kernel).

Same as it is hardcoded on Himalaya... If you do the RAM upgrade on Himalaya and then you put bigger RAM chips on it, it will use just the amount hardcoded in nk.exe.

buzz
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] Asukal:
thanks! so it means have to edit NK.exe,right?

so do u have any idea to do??
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] cr2:
Since the second 64MB is mapped, you can try

to read from it directly, overwrite it with some pattern and reread to check if it works.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] Pyrofer:
Why the hell do you want more ram???

Ive never used 64meg ram, even on my XDAII !

I wanted to remove 64 on the old XDAII, you realise it will dramatically cut battery life having more right?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] Asukal:
ya, i guess you english or 1 byte language user can not understand us.

we need to use japanese and chinese on this device,

Font and wince.nls, and also Japanese / chinese SIP waste much more

Strage Momory than you expect.

we can use only 30MB and some for the space to install something on WM5. even Program Memory has more space, we couldnt adjust it with slider to give ,more Storage memory. this is the prblem of WM5.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] Asukal:
Do you think the NK.exe from Dell Axim v50 WM5 model will work to

over right to Unversal?

Because Dell device with WM5 already reconized another RAM.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] cr2:
Of course not. It is a different hardware setup.

nk.exe is not just "some" .exe you can arbitrarily

change :)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] Pyrofer:
Ahha, I didnt realise the international fonts and input stuff wasted so much ram...

Rember that the two types of memory on universal are completely different chips now!

Storage is FLASH only and Program is RAM only.

That is why there can be no slider between them.

Adding ram chips will only ever increase the program memory.

to increase the Storage you would have to change the flash chip (dont think you can add one) or gain access to the hidden Extrom.

This is the reason the memory slider was dropped, you cant change between chips/types of memory like that.

Shame, but for the other benefits its worth it.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] cr2:
Can you dump the boardID instead?

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=UniversalBoardIDs

My ID is 0x5, and this value differs for

Sony and Samsung LCDs.

It can be calculated if you do in haret:

pd 0x10000118 0x4
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] Asukal:
Cr2 >>thanks,,,,, you are right, i will find way!

Pyroper >> i would rather be in 1 byte world on next life!

that is better solution,right? :lol:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] Asukal:
Tried but nothing happened???
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] cr2:
Sorry, it was an interactive command.

The command

pdump uniasic 0x10000000 0x200

will create the 'uniasic' file with the registers contents.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] Asukal:
i got it but that name was not "uniasic", but "0x200"

here it is
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] cr2:
You are right, the things are a bit messed up

in the program and the docs.

Don't see anything :(
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] cr2:
Ok. now it is there.

You have :

10000100 | c7e7ffef 00100600 00000000 0000ffff | ................
10000110 | 00000000 000c0007 2e102e10 00000000 | ................

My values:

10000100 | c7e7ffef 00100660 00000000 0000ffff | ....`...........
10000110 | 00000000 000c0007 2e702e70 00000000 | ........p.p.....

The important register is at 0x10000118, see

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=UniversalASIC3

its value is 2e10 and 2e70.

We care only about the bits 13,12,11 and 3.

1 0
5 0
-------------------------
0010111000010000 -> 0101 = 0x5
0010111001110000 -> 0101 = 0x5

We must have the same LCD :)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] buzz_lightyear:
@cr2

;o)

did i alrady tell you, that you must be crazy... ? ;o)))

buzz
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Software Upgrading] cr2:
Tell me your board id first 8) You have seen how

easy it can be done :lol:
[Off-topic] vlad101:
I heard a rumor about sprint offering unlimited talk, text, data so i was excited and thinking finally sprint lowered their prices on their plans. So i decide to call sprint to get my service lowered but the sprint rep that i talked to told me that they did not offer their unlimited talk, text, data for $59.99 so i thought it was a mistake. It took me about an hour after calling different sprint stores and customer service numbers to realize that the rumor was not true. So a few days past by and i stumbled on this site and the site advertised unlimited talk, text, data for only $59.99 so after doing research on this company they are listed A+ with BBB and Sprint hired them to market Sprint plans for them. It was well masked by sprint. Long story short this company provide Sprint service for 59.99 unlimited talk, text, data and the best part about it is that you can keep your sprint phone and switch it over to that plan. My days of paying full price sprint service is over. I really was not going to share this info with anyone and keep it my little secret just in case a lot of people start switching over and sprint end the contract with this company and that would case me to go back to paying full price but i decided to have a heart and share it with the mass. So here you go.

I heard a rumor about sprint offering unlimited talk, text, data so i was excited and thinking finally sprint lowered their prices on their plans. So i decide to call sprint to get my service lowered but the sprint rep that i talked to told me that they did not offer their unlimited talk, text, data for $59.99 so i thought it was a mistake. It took me about an hour after calling different sprint stores and customer service numbers to realize that the rumor was not true. So a few days past by and i stumbled on this site and the site advertised unlimited talk, text, data for only $59.99 so after doing research on this company they are listed A+ with BBB and Sprint hired them to market Sprint plans for them. It was well masked by sprint. Long story short this company provide Sprint service for 59.99 unlimited talk, text, data and the best part about it is that you can keep your sprint phone and switch it over to that plan. My days of paying full price sprint service is over. I really was not going to share this info with anyone and keep it my little secret just in case a lot of people start switching over and sprint end the contract with this company and that would case me to go back to paying full price but i decided to have a heart and share it with the mass. So here you go.

goo.gl/uUJVDD
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] moonmanxo:
Hey all, running s3rx on my galaxy s3, and I tried out the volume boost hack.. It's nice for certain things but everything else is TOO DAMN LOUD! lol.. Is there anyway I can set it back to default?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kadu_tbj:
I have a doubt. What is the difference between Paranoid, freexperia, Legacy??

All are part of the CyanogenMod???