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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] locomariachi:
So for me, don't get me wrong, during daylight this camera is awesome, but at night time or during some lower light items, this camera doesn't look too hot. For example I went to a theater performance and took some pictures with my Note 3, my date took pictures with her iPhone 5 and her pictures of the stage and actors turned out real well whereas mine with the stock camera app and Camera Zoom FX just looked washed out and not that good. I can't say I had this issue with my S3 either because i was able to take pretty good pictures with that camera. Any ideas on how I can optimize my camera taking skills here? I'm not a noob with the cameras either, it's just frustrating being hit or miss on pictures you know? Help would be greatly appreciated!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mjcollum:
I find that the stock camera app leaves a bit to be desired. Especially for low light , action, or macro shots. There are some very nice paid cameras like camera fv-5. I actually also like ucam for a free camera.

From my Note 3 using Tapatalk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BrianBaker:
Low light situations and no OIS requires a very steady hand..Not much else you can do man it kinda is what it is.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BFresh_:
Rooted my phone, installed a custom rom and ran that for a few weeks so I have successfully installed 1 rom. Tried a different rom since and it wouldn't get past boot screen.

Tried reflashing the boot.img file still no joy.

Now it wont boot to the boot screen OR hboot.

The power light LED is on constantly, even when not being charged

Phone: HTC One S

1st Custom rom :Cyanogen

2nd Custom rom: Stock LITE from a link on another thread. (Unfortunately I can't post links because I am too new)

I am in the UK so am I right to assume that I have the S3 version not S4 version? Could trying to put a S4 rom on an S3 phone have caused my problem?

Any ideas?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alexforfun:
Hey guys. First of all i am really sorry but i´m massively overwhelmed with all the new stuff that came out and changed.

I haven´t really touched my phones software for ages(as you can see:D) and I really want to get to the newest Software to just get up to date with the new stuff.

Current Version: Rocket-V17 Rom

Kernel : Abyssnote 2.6.35 -14-ver3.0

I really have NO idea where to start to get going, and where to go on for (probably) getting the newest MiUi(Or anything else if there is something way better?)

would appreciate every little push into the right direction to get going.

Thanks for your time.

Alex
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] projeto56:
Just follow the procedures on this thread.

It's the normal installation procedure for any rom you want.

Copy the zip to your SD card, reboot to the recovery, wipe /data /system /cache /preload and flash the zip.
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Noob:
This is gonna be long, so please bear with me.

New Android user here, since December and never looked back.

But I have a big problem that just started two days ago, and coincided with the installation of Vonage for Android.

My N7100 is rooted and I also installed a new kernel (Perseus), but kept the stock ROM for the time being, but I'm getting closer to installing CyanogenMod ROM through ROManager Premium.

I just read the article posted here by Will Verduzco on Android security which led me to a bunch of articles on VOIP and it's scary.

My problem is that my N7100 will kind of do a half-baked reset without my doing anything... and then after watching the download light blinking on my router here in the house, Airport is downloading for about five minutes and then, BANG!!!, up comes the screen asking me for my language, and to set up a Google acct, Samsung acct, and I have to re-enter the passwords for my WiFi, etc, etc... you know the drill.

What's causing this?

I've been on XDA hundreds of times doing research on one thing or another, and I've removed all the Google bloatware possible except for the few things that I want to keep, and I got that comprehensive list from the XDA site... but after my device gets done doing it's thing, everything is back with dozens of notifications... AND Titanium Backup, ROM Manager, Triangle Away, SuperSu, Root Explorer, ES File Explorer/Task manager, etc are all missing and no backups on the SD card. WHAT!!!

One more thing which might be peripheral to my problem.

A couple of days ago I installed the new OS for my Mac... 10.9.

With my prior OS, I uninstalled almost all of anything that said "Google" from my computer but have to go through it again and repeat.

This morning, I do a search for anything Google on my drive, and came up with files with executable update files that all had "Android/GT-N7100 in the path.

Yes, I did connect to Kies by USB just once to check things out there but I don't think that's the underlying problem. Maybe it is.

I've seen some REAL genius help on this site, and hope that somebody that has a grasp on my problem can help.

I joined this site a few minutes ago just to ask this question, by the way.

If I went off track as to the posting guidelines on the site, just tell me.

Hey, I'm pushing 70 and the mind wanders. Haha!

Thanks in advance, guys!
[General Questions and Answers] Trozzul:
as for your note 2 problem, so your saying you flashed Cyangenmod on it correct? if so did you flash a the current gapps for whatever version you flashed? im thinking that's the problem, otherwise another flash of the cyangenmod ROM might fix it.
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Noob:
^^^

No, I haven't flashed CM yet, but as I said, I'm moving in that direction after looking a a bunch of ROMs.

This is gonna sound kind of dumb, but the reason that I'm holding on to the stock rooted ROM is just because of one active screen saver, and that's Windy Weather. Like when it's raining here, you get rain drops sliding down the inside of the glass. HA!

And believe it or not, I agonize over the small stuff... like whether or not I want to go with an AOSP or AOKP ROM.

Believe it or not, when I got done with massaging the stock ROM today, all of the junk that I had formerly removed through Titanium Backup were still gone even though it showed that it was all re-downloaded in the Notifications.

I just have a sneaking hunch that the Vonage VOIP App that I installed had "something" to do with my problem, so I have not reinstalled it, and I also destroyed all of the Play Store links with Titanium Backup and still no problem.

I'm still running the stock 4.1.2 stock ROM.

Even if I do go with CM, I'm a little worried that if I download Gapps, something in there just might want to gain control and zap my device again.

Anywhooo... for the last several hours, I'm not having any problems.

Thanks for your reply.
[General Questions and Answers] Trozzul:
yeah anytime man thanks for explaining a little bit, well if you want to stay on stock like ROM i would recommend jedi mind trick, its pretty much stock but just removes the carrier bloatware and puts in a few custom goodies and should have your rain drop effect you want xD, i have been trying to find a link for you but i dont know what carrier you have, its a note 2 right? also, it rains in las vegas? lol come over to washington and see the difference.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ykumar00:
i would like to password protect my phone when someone tries to shut it down, Is this possible?

Or maybe using Tasker? i have that installed with the secure settings plugin, Thanks!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ykumar00:
Bump :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eksasol:
I don't think it will work with the Nexus 4 since they can hold the Power button for 7 seconds and the device will turn itself off anyway.

I know that if you go to /system/usr/keylayout/, there are several *.kl files that map the hardware keys. KEY 116 is always mapped to POWER. I guess you could edit all of the kl files and unmap key 116 so it won't do anything. I highly doubt it would work though, and obviously it would create other issues like turning the screen back on and I doubt it would skip the "hold 7 seconds power off method".

If you are concerned about theft, try Cerberus. With root, it can survive in a phone even after factory reset.

Just found this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nezdroid.lockscreenprotector

Doesn't work with CyanogenMod, but it does with stock. Apparently it causes the Power menu to disappear immediately when triggered.
[Sony Smartwatch] beginner:
My sw2 has been updated a couple of days ago and I think know the quality is worse if you are using together a bluetooth earpice, is it happening to you?

Now during a call if you receive a notification in the watch or you interact with it, the sounds looks disrupts or disconnect for a short while.
[Sony Smartwatch] themissionimpossible:
Which is your current SW2 hw/sw version?

SW2 -> Settings icon -> About smartwatch
[Sony Smartwatch] beginner:
1.0.b.1.6 / 1.0.a. 1. 3.
[Sony Smartwatch] themissionimpossible:
Mine is the same but I don't have experienced similar problems using a cheap BT stereo headset.

I know that BT devices sometimes may show some protocol incompatibilities when put all together.

You might try to reset the SW2 and start over, or test with another headset, or just wait for a new firmware update from Sony (hopefully soon).
[Sony Smartwatch] beginner:
I should no consider a Jawbone Era as a cheap earpiece, what do you have?

I have resetmany times. Itlooks a l8mitation o the bluetooth channel.
[Sony Smartwatch] Nimche:
How did you update? I have the same version but my computer USB doesn't even recognize the SW2
[Sony Smartwatch] flow1:
Hi,try update via phone.Smartconnect-SW2-in right corner 3 dots-about- update firmware. You must connection for net.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] flippy:
Hi i dont want to install the patch for the old buttons on WM5.

How would i go about adding a command or rather an app for the E button on the hardware keyboard?
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] manaspatel:
I really want to know what extra features I could if i root my grand.

Kindly explain if someone has rooted and benefited.:confused::confused::confused:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] RVR:
u can flash custom roms

tweak ur phone the way u want

remove bloatwares and increase the performance

transfer full apps+ data to sd card

restore apps without actually installing separately
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] neon933:
U can also play those games which is not compatible wiyh ur device...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .jond:
Curious what opinions are...

What is the best cheap provider?

I see there are some big threads about TMobile, but searching around the net, I see a lot of people who seem to like Straight Talk.

Anyone use Ting?

Any opinions? Any first hand experiences?

Thanks
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whyzor:
www.lycamobile.us and www.gosmartmobile.com also have better deals, especially for pay-as-you-go users.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ajfink:
I've heard too many complaints about Smart Talk to consider them a first option. They're good for basic AT&T-area coverage I guess, but not very heavy data usage. T-Mobile has less coverage but is much better about data.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rarscaryfrosty:
Get a plan at aiowireless.com. They're owned and operated by AT&T and have great service. I've used them for 2 months now and don't regret switching from T-Mobile. I get way better coverage and LTE nearly everywhere. T-Mobile's LTE is still in infancy and only in a few markets across the USA.

AT&T is trying to buy Leap Communications which owns Cricket. If government regulators allow them to do so, AT&T will be merging Aio with Cricket. Same service, new name. Though Cricket has been viewed as a "cheap and crappy" pay as you go service for many years, if owned and operated by AT&T, I think it'll really boost it's way into competing with the bigger dogs now that it'll have better coverage and service to offer.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ritchea:
One son switched his galaxy nexus from ST ATT to ST TMob in Dec. His coverage (Orlando, FL/UCF) improved and dl speed went from 6 to 11/12MB . In June, I switched him to TMob $30 (100 min) plan. Coverage seems the same, but now he has 5GB high speed data. I keep extra $ in the account in case he needs more minutes but he hasn't yet.

I moved two Iphones (4s) from ST ATT to GoPhone in July. The other three of us live in a rural south Florida area with decent coverage about 100 feet from our house. We usually get a signal inside the house. Local coverage/signal the same; however, I no longer have to constantly (weekly at times) re-negotiate the data connections and mms just works. (ST never fully supported GSM Iphones. ) I considered aio but went with gophone. ATT installed the sims and made certain everything was working. All I paid for was the first month ($60.+sales tax), no sim or activation fee. Since then, I have gotten refills for $54./month--no tax.

I have a Nexus 4 and am still on ST ATT. I was waiting on my last 90 day purchase to run out before moving to GoPhone, when they actually became transparent with their data policy. I just purchased another 30 days and a new LTE sim in anticipation that one day, Google will actually make the Nexus 5 available. After I experience LTE through ST, I will decide to stay or go.

My Orlando area son will take my n4 as he will be on LTE with it. I will get ATT LTE when in covered areas with n5.

We have no experience with other prepay. We had been Sprint customers for 12 years until we no longer were able to receive a signal in our house (tried TMob with same results). I do thank Sprint for not caring about our situation since it made me consider prepay. The best thing about prepay is you can leave if you don't like it. If you watch forums (howardforums is great for carrier info), you can find out when good deals are available. Last month I picked up TMob micro sim for a buck as I was considering trying them again. As I mentioned, ATT did gophone set up for free.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .jond:
Great information! Very cool.

Anyone else?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rochrunner:
I'm also thinking of switching from regular AT&T to Aio, although it will mean the loss of some coverage since it will only talk to AT&T towers (no roaming). From a practical standpoint, however, this probably isn't a big deal since 99% of the places I'm likely to be have AT&T coverage; it's mainly on long trips to the west (Nebraska, Wyoming, etc.) where it gets thin.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kimtyson:
How the hell is this Nexus 5 General?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromrussiawithl0ve:
Where do you get your Gophone refills at $54?:confused:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rarscaryfrosty:
Yea, where I work, my office is in a basement. I sadly cannot get coverage in the basement with Aio Wireless, but I got 2 bars of HSPA with T-Mobile. My coworker who has Aio also can get service though, I assume this is due to antenna differences in our phones. I have a nexus 4 right now, and it's commonly known is has a crappy antenna compared to some other phones. I'm hoping the antenna on the nexus 5 will pick up reception better, but it's no big deal since I walk up to the main level of the office multiple times a day where I can get perfect coverage.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TiltedAz:
Tmobile's $30/mo prepaid is tough to beat overall if you don't use much voice. 4G, good coverage, and cheap! I'm planning to dump my Verizon plan after I see some good reviews on the Nexus 5. I'll save $53/mo even with my company's Verizon discount.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryude:
Did you say good coverage? :confused:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TiltedAz:
Duh.. a-yup....
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lancez:
Got 1 question, if you switch to tmo prepaid, would you be able to keep your number? And how long it takes for number transfer?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rarscaryfrosty:
You can transfer your number. Typically it takes up to 8 hours for everything to work. It took me 2 weeks to even get texting working. Once it kicked in though, I had no issues sending/receiving texts to and from people. It was a bit frustrating going 2 weeks without texts. I was surprised when I switched to Aio wireless and it only took 2 hours for me to send and receive SMS and MMS.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryude:
Where I live Sprint has better coverage... and that's saying something.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harveydent:
Took me 40 seconds after I ported my number, but maybe that's because I ported my number from TMo postpaid to prepaid
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miamidesigner:
I say try both yourself and see which best works for you. You can pick up a Tmob SIM for $1 on sales they have all the time, ST sims they go for like $6, so one month port your # into TMob and the next month port it to ST, see which one works best for you.

Tmo Pros: 5GB data, $30 bucks flat, no extra fees

Tmo Cons: only 100 mins (why i use talkatone and port my main # to GV, no mins used, only data)

ST Pros: Unlimited Mins, ATT Towers

ST Cons: $45 bucks + $3 something in fees, 2.5GB and after that they throttle like crazy (basically useless), they are picky with streaming music/vid
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryude:
And depending where you live, ST actually has service whereas Tmo does not.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kangxi:
You can also try Solavei. Offers the most data for the lowest price. (4GB for $49. First two months are $39 right now.) Best value I'd say compared to what others offer. Runs off of T-Mobile.

Disclaimer: I am an independent rep with them but I've personally used the service since November (when the Nexus 4 came out) and love it.

Link in my signature or PM me as I can get you some freebies as well.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryude:
http://www.republicwireless.com/what-it-costs

http://www.republicwireless.com/moto-x-faqs#plans

That's the cheapest prepaid I've ever seen. It's Sprint towers though, which is basically useless.

They do have Wifi calling/texting and the Moto X is $299 without contract. So there's that.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miamidesigner:
Primarily due to their ATT towers, thus why i consider it a Pro for ST. Even though, here in Miami, from what i hear Tmo is OK for data. Im on ST ATT myself and havent had a problem (besides the horrible throttling)... I do plan on switchin to Tmo in the next month or so to test it out paying the $30 package.

Side note, i recently upgraded to the LTE enabled sims, i dont know if its me or it has something to do with LTE but i dont feel as throttled and do feel the internet faster then before. Mind you, i have ran speedtest and bandwidth sucks compared to real ATT LTE but performance overall feels better. Im gonna test out Tmo for a month or two and see how it compares.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .jond:
I don't think you can run the Nexus 5 on republicwireless though, looks like it's locked to only 1 phone?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .jond:
I haven't looked into it 100% yet, but I think you can port your real number to google as a secondary to your google number.

It's like a 1 time $10 fee. Then from there I think you can just link whatever pre-paid number you want to your google account and switch it around whenever you want. This way, it doesn't matter what pre-paid number you have, you can switch around at will.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryude:
This is correct. I've done it before. However, Google Voice goes through changes constantly (like pretty much anything Google works on). What works today may not work in the future.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ritchea:
Secrest wireless but based on $100. pin for $90.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wirelessFREAK:
Ting is not GSM, so you pretty much have to get a phone from them (and don't expect a nexus 5).

CDMA providers, like ting, are more of a hassle to port into, and port out of.

I would never use a CDMA provider, But I travel internationally, and AT&T/T-Mobile (and their MVNOs) coverage is great over here.

On my experience with MVNOs, I can tell you that most of them are part of tracfone, so CS is just as crappy where ever you go. ST was better than Net10, but barely so (and both are part of tracfone)

If you have good Tmobile coverage, jump on that (or a T-Mobile MVNO)

---------- Post added at 05:56 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:52 AM ----------

Odd, I've never heard of reception issues with the pentaband n4.

My n4 always beats the reception of my wife's ever-changing personal/work phones.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryude:
I had reception issues with my N4. 1 bar in my house compared to 3 bars with my Xperia ZL.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wirelessFREAK:
It should still be under warranty, why Dont you back it up (ADB or Nandroid), then get it fixed by LG. You may even get a more recent hardware reversion instead of your faulty n4.

I know its hard giving it up, but you can get it back in better shape.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryude:
No worries, I returned it due to that very issue. Good thing about Google Play, they don't charge restocking fee.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricecake2000:
I know some companies fake their reception on their skinned devices. I think my DNA is over of them. It will show service but then it will have issues sending messages.

Currently it is showing 2 bars but -115 dBm. So I would be able to hold a call for probably 15 seconds lol.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harveydent:
Yes, when you sign up for the $30 plan online, it gives you the option to port your existing number to the new account for free.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I use Straight Talk here in NE Ohio. I purchased the T-Mobile 4G LTE sim from a local Walmart. I was having problems staying connected to LTE. I deleted all of the APN's, created a new one, manually added the settings from the Straight Talk website and I now have constant LTE.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Red Wolf:
I'm paying $63 unlimited everything on t-mobile. And I love it
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yeahmanitsmike:
I almost got Aio but then I saw on their website that their LTE speeds only go up to 8 Mbps download and I changed my mind to Straight Talk.

Source:

Aio website > Support > Network Information > Data Speeds

(Sorry I can't post the link, I'm still on my 10 posts :/ )
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rarscaryfrosty:
I was bummed when I read about that too, but everywhere I go I hit 8mbps no matter where I do a speed test. 8mbps is plenty fast enough to stream HD video, surf the web, play games, etc. On paper it sounds disappointing, but real life use is quite impressive.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apristel:
25+ mbps on straight talk att lte... couldnt be happier leaving my $100+ contract for $45.00/month....
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikeman513:
Don't forget Net10. They changed their policy to 2.5 GB from 1 to 1.5. I know tracfone owns Net10 and ST, but I've used both and Net10 has a higher priority. Probably due to it being $5 more a month, but auto refill makes it $45 too. 25Mbps LTE all APN settings ready to go as soon as I put Sim in. That extra Gig a month is huge. ST turned off my data at 1GB 4 months ago. Went to Net10 and no issues.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .jond:
I'm trying StraighTalk using AT&T's network right now.

So far it's great. Strong signal, fast speeds. No issues.

I'm going to try TMobile next.

.