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[General Questions and Answers] GlennRunciter:
I spent a few days trying to install Google Play the cyanogenmod way, following instruction on a spanish site similar to what other's have posted here. The idea is to mount the readonly systemfolder using the bootloader and insert/write systemapps into system/apps

I succeeded but for some reason launching google play was killed instantly by some resident app on the phone.

On the MIUI forum somebody called Eric Xiang built a google play apk that kills the resident blocker and installs googleplay !

xttp://en.miui.com/thread-3998-1-1.html

I now have a fully operational V975 (4.2.2) with the latest official build B06 and google play.

Out of the box the phone is unlocked but not rooted.

To root it, install xttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15286951/update.zip using the bootloader (vol+ and power on, when v975 wakes up release power but keep vol+ pressed for a few seconds more, then browse to update.zip. Obviously you preloaded the zip on a sdcard.

If ZTE release firmware B08, you'll have to root it again.

Battery life is excellent, as well as speed, camera, GPS fix is instant. I had a iocean X7 that i killed trying to get the gps working, but v975 feels a lot faster vs the X7's MTK 6589 quadcore 1.5ghz. Granted there's less pixels to move around.

One caveat : iCoyote does not install because of binary incompatibility ? This is an x86 device.

I also discovered the existence of AmazonMarket. Not as complete as GAPPS, but a nice fallback market. And most of the google stuff is installable by apk anyway, so living without GAPPS was not as bad as it looked.

Thx to Eric Xiang, his app prolly opens up all androidphones to googleplay, chinese phones can flood the rest of the world now

the above was two days of research guys, enjoy it !
[General Questions and Answers] zismane:
Some Qs about this phone,

Does is sync. with google server ? for example does the gmail contacts sync. ok to the phone ?

Did anyone tried to install an email apk (like touchdown) and sync. with exchange server ?

popular apps like whatapp & waze works fine ? any issues with other apps ?

Does the phone has a notification Led ? can it be configured by app. to indicate with desiered color per incoming event ?

thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] zach_h:
google play

Hey

I'm going to get this phone in the next few days. As far as I know, for 99%, I'm not going to have Google Play on it.

What is the easiest way to install Google Play on it?

I already downloaded B06 since I want to have the latest build.
[General Questions and Answers] Roman-eR:
New ROM´s

Hi, i aplied root, instaled recovery and now search custom ROM´s, Where are thete?
[General Questions and Answers] Alidkasaur:
help

Hi... how to root zte v975?

Please help..
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] marvelfreak:
Hey all,

i have some problem, with my camera, i noticed that on the photos there are some grain or noise a lot.. Its only for me ?

Please help!
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] chip.hughes:
I have a similar problem. Curious, though. have you opened camera, settings, and at the bottom of the list, reset?
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] marvelfreak:
Jap, i also try that, nothing changed..
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Dark Jedi:
Picture actually looks pretty good for it to be a low light indoor shot. Plus your computer monitor casts a light bleed on your picture. Have to remember this is a camera on a phone and not a high end dslr camera. So pictures in low light can always come out bad and grainy.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] thecitywelivein:
Grain in dark pictures are expected. I have a canon 5d mkIII and even with a full-framed sensor, it'll still pick up some grain. Our phone does pretty well for the size of the sensor. Wouldn't sweat it unless the purple hue attacks
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] dbornack:
This is a well-documented issue with the One.

HTC says it should be fixed in software on the 4.3 update. I'm not 100% convinced. If it's not fixed, I'll be getting rid of the phone. My low-light pictures are awful compared to other phones I've owned.

As for the Canon guy.. I'm sure you have way more settings you can change over the phone's setting to make your 5D pics better :)
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] marvelfreak:
Thank you guys for yours answers,i will play again with my phone's camera's settings. I thought that the Ultrapixell kamera is perfect in low-light. i as wrong..
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mlin:
I didn't know the grainy pics was "well documented." I only know of the purple hue issue. If I use the night setting it helps a lot and I've been pleased with the pics, better than my S4 in many settings.

I suppose you could try night mode, maybe with a low iso to see how your pics look.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] dbornack:
Search "htc one camera issue" and you will get a google's worth of results of discussions on the topic.

Purple Hue and Grainy are pretty much the same issue, or I have both issues with two HTC Ones now. I tried every setting in the book. Nothing made it better. Night mode made them blurry on top of it, as I'm holding the phone at a very slow shutter speed, this was expected. Tried ISO as well. It just sucks.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] chip.hughes:
I agree one hundred percent. I envy those of you that do not have this issue. I purchased mine second hand. To my knowledge, the warranty is non-transferable. Just hoping that the Verizon update will patch this, if it is not straight up hardware. I tried the 4.3 roms, but they are ports, and this probably goes deeper than just a surface flash.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] one4thewings:
If I may be so bold, please allow me to share my experience. I was having an issue with grainy pictures. When I covered my lens it would turn red. I sent a support request to HTC. They gave me the runaround for about 2 weeks saying to wait for 4.3, the software will fix it. Then they told me to use third-party camera apps. Eventually I got mad, closed the ticket. I sat there and fumed and then walked away. A day later I got a "tell us how we did" email. I laced into them and told them that I had a bad experience, that my camera is clearly defective and being told to use third-party apps that still have the issue isn't a fix. I got a response back and they asked if I had considered sending it for repair. I told them that I had never been given that option. The guy told me he was going to call me and he did. We talked for about 5 minutes, he took my info, he sounded like a cool guy. We joked a bit. He offered to pay shipping into HTC. I sent it in.

I got it back today. It's a night and day difference. It's actually catches focus like it should. When I cover the lens it stays jet black. It's a big difference. Send it back. Let them fix it. It sucked to be without it but it took them about a week round trip. It was worth it.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] dbornack:
What did they "fix"? Did they state that in the repair documents? Are you still on the current OTA release of software? I'm wondering what the fixed for free that is the root of the actual problem.

I'm on my 3rd phone in 7 weeks now (for other issues than the camera), and I still have the issue.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] one4thewings:
They didn't share any repair document with me at all. They just shipped my phone back in a "gift" box with a screen rag. No documentation at all. I have to assume that they replaced or repaired the camera sensor. A month or so back there was a link in the forums about trying to narrow down if it was a sensor issue or not. They had us record the camera sensor version. It involved finding a particular file and then opening it in a text file. In any case, even then with only like 35-40 responses there were at least 9 different camera sensor versions. Also, my camera seemed ridiculously sensitive to motion. I don't have the most steady hands but I also don't have seizures every time I take a picture either. The old camera (or firmware) seemed to exaggerate any motion.

As for the OTA, I sent it to them with OTA .8. They shipped it back .10. I've since flashed NuSenseONE but I have a TWRP backup of the ROM as it arrived back to me.. plus logging into a few things. If there is anything in particular that you are interested in, such as a file version or something, let me know.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] dbornack:
Nothing I'm particularly interested in. I was wondering if they owned up to it being software or hardware. I too, went through calling HTC, explaining the issue, going through an hours worth of diagnostics on my phone, before they told me it would be fixed in 4.3 release. Perhaps they have a 4.3 release that includes a camera sensor firmware update as well? Are are you suggesting that the camera versions are 9 different versions of hardware?

I don't know.. the camera on here just isn't what it's cracked up to be. It's great in PERFECT conditions, but sub-standard when not in perfect conditions.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] one4thewings:
I'm not at all sure what I'm suggesting now. I just went back to that survey and looked through the results, and it looks like there are literally 100's of different possible results from that sensors file. What I did find that is probably of no value at all is that my phone, before it was serviced had the following text in the sensor text file:

Before servicing:

st vd6869(1.0) cinesensor 2013-04-29

After servicing:

st vd6869(1.0) cinesensor 2013-09-16

I don't know if that is just a firmware revision, or the manufacturing date of the sensor itself, but if you look in that link to the survey results there are probably 50 different dates.

Here is something that may be of interest to you. The guy who started the thread mentioned sending it in to repair and they sent him the work order. They replaced his camera with a SHARP sensor and the results he posts are far superior to what he had before. Link here

Is this admission of guilt or just a result of part shortage? Or just typical hardware phase-out/phase-in.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] dbornack:
Wow.. I just checked that thread out, and will be calling HTC soon to get a replacement. That's night and day difference, and his before results are similar to mine. It's ruined some experiences in which I thought I would have a good enough phone to captures memories..
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] one4thewings:
I'm glad it helped. I hope they get it swapped out for you and you finally have the camera that you bargained on. I know I'm far happier with my results.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] dbornack:
Also, how do you find out what version you have?
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] one4thewings:
These are the directions I followed from the original survey post:
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] dbornack:
st vd6869 (1.0) cinesensor 2013-06-07

So yeah, pretty old it seems.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] dbornack:
And there you have it:

I am sorry to hear about this inconvenience you are having with the camera on your HTC One. This is not the experience we want you to have as part of the HTC family.

We have narrowed down the cause of this issue to being a hardware related matter, therefore, physical assistance is needed. I kindly ask you to contact our repair specialists; they will be able to provide information about policy and procedures for our repair process. Please contact them at:

HTC RMA Center, 1-866-449-8358 (8 AM - 1 AM ET, 7 days per week).
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mlin:
I just scheduled a repair for mine. Gonna send it out Friday.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Dark Jedi:
Guess ill be calling them tomorrow. If they are replacing the whole camera might as well do that now before 4.3 comes out
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mlin:
Exactly. Better get it in before 4.3 is released. Would hate to send it in and have it come back with new software and hboot.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] dbornack:
I'm just PO'ed I would need to be without my phone AGAIN. It's my 3rd one. I've owned this for 7 weeks, and have had it maybe half the time.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mracrawford:
I spoke with Verizon and they sent me a brand new One next day shipping for free. Should definitely try them!

Edit: Forgot to mention the one they sent me has the camera fixed!
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] chip.hughes:
I sent mine in Tuesday morning arrived in Houston today. Using an old Droid Charge. I had to call three times and open a chat window, but finally they sent me an RMA. I hope I have as good an experience as one4thewings. I'll never by from third party again (unless the deal is a steal).
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mlin:
That's awesome though at least with HTC repairs you're guaranteed a new sensor. With replacement phone it seems to be hit or miss.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mracrawford:
Yes but you aren't without a phone at all with next day, and they extend your warranty. Also they told me the one's they send out go though some form of tests I believe. The One I received works great!
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mlin:
Fortunately I have a backup phone, but I agree its a major inconvenience. I've just read stories from many members who have received replacement phones only to experience the same issue. This is less likely to be the case in the future I believe because it seems likely HTC would make a point to use the better module in all One builds from here on out. Thing is, getting a replacement now could've been built anytime in the last several months so you're still taking your chances. I think you lucked out by getting a phone with the good module with your first replacement.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] one4thewings:
When I originally shared my HTC experience, I didn't know if they just flashed firmware to my camera or replaced the camera altogether since there was no repair paperwork. I finally got someone at HTC support (admittedly, I didn't try too hard.) to give me some more information regarding my repair. So far, all they have confirmed is that they have replaced the camera itself. I don't know if it was the SHARP sensor that I provided a link to previously in this thread, but I can tell you that whatever sensor they used is at least 100% better than the sensor I had before.

As has been recommended in this thread, don't rule out HTC as a replacement option. Verizon may send you a "new" device, but it's a refurb. It may have a new sensor, or it may not. At least going the HTC route guarantees that you'll have a good camera sensor installed.

If I hear back from HTC with the specifics of the sensor I will share the results. I hope this has helped at least a little.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mlin:
I just got my phone back and it's absolutely better. The pink/purple/blue tint when holding the phone against a dark background is completely gone and the pics are much better. I'm pretty sure the work done was hardware replacement as my phone was obviously opened; prior to sending it in, I had the small gap between the metal borders, not the seal is without gaps anywhere on the device. Thanks again for posting your experience, if you hadn't, I would've never sent my phone in.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] chip.hughes:
Sorry for not reporting back sooner, but was busy putting Windows 8 and then 8.1 update back on this laptop. Then got distracted until I figured out how to make the fastboot drivers work. Anyway, phone back, camera takes great pictures. No more out of focus shots. Still not as good as my S3, but very acceptable. Could tell they took it apart, had to use a magnifying glass, but could tell, barely. Happy now.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mlin:
I got mine back today. I think the pics are better than the s3. Easily as clear and less noisy in low or incandescent light. Albeit the auto white balance doesn't do it's job very well in incandescent lighting, but when manually changing this setting, the pics look great.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] chip.hughes:
I could be my imagination. I know that the only thing I ever changed on the S3 was to turn off the shutter sound (with the hacked camera app). I just point and press and got consistently good shots. This one, got to change back and forth from HDR depending on the light, macro if your in close. These are things that I have read about even before I bought the phone. I bought it anyway, didn't think that it would matter that much. I did not realize how much I use this and how easy (comparatively) the S3 was to use. Bear in mind, I don't even profess to be an amateur photographer.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] mlin:
I have to agree that I adjusted fewer settings on the S3. I did like the camera interface of the S3 a little more, but I think overall the pics of the one are better. However, perhaps it's not fair to make this conclusion since I never messed with the S3 settings. I still have a note 2 (same camera) maybe I'll play with the settings to get a better direct comparison.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] Hitman23DB:
On occasion my camera will have a faint blue looking zebra pattern. It doesn't happen all the time but it's annoying and I'm hoping the update to 4.3 fixes it.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ciricmisa:
Im looking for inverted apps for stock jelly bean like contacts, dialer, messages,gmail and others, that are pretty much white colored. im not sure if its possible couse its stock rom?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] meilbox:
uncle google and xda teamblackout... or inverted apps
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sim1:
Does anyone know the O2 xda Atom will be lunached in Germany or not? Is it HTC Model? I heard Asia already lunached, I like the model very much! If not HTC, then which manufacturer?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] TheBrit:
It's not an HTC device. If you do a search you should find out who makes it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jfran:
I am sure it will be released in germany as most handsets released in Asia are soo launched there as well. Its made by rival taiwanese manufacturers Quanta.

Was reading on one of the singaporean forums that someone compared the compact II with it and although it had an xscale processor, they thought the performance wasnt as good as the compact II.

rgds

Jim
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] myboyblake:
Was running PA latest build. I took the battery out of the phone and switched with my wife. When I tried to power it back on, it was stuck on the boot screen with the PA logo. I tried flashing the ROM over and several different PA builds and flashed Gapps and I am able to get it to go past boot and to android is upgrading and it checks all the apps but then wont boot after "Starting Apps". I fell asleep last night while trying to get it fixed and when I woke up this morning, it was still on android is upgrading, starting apps. If I wipe data, it works. but nothing changed before I took the battery out. If someone has any pointers I would really appreciate it! I would hate to loose all my data!

I did make a nandroid of everything and tried wiping certain things at a time and its only when I wipe data, it works.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] redhonker:
Which ROM is the most stable Jelly Bean 4.3? I don't have LTE so one of them is probably not needed. Thanks

[ROM-AOSP] Unofficial CM10.2 (JB 4.3) [08/12 ICON DRAG FIX]

[ROM-AOSP] Unofficial CM10.1 (JB 4.2.2) [08/12 ICON DRAG FIX]

[LTE][ROM-AOSP] Unofficial CM10.2 (JB 4.3) [08/07 LTE TEST #3] -- I don't have LTE I guess I don't need it.

[ROM][OFFICIAL][NIGHTLIES] PAC-man Rom for the Kindle Fire HD 8.9" - 4.3 Released
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Technogen:
I am currently using PAC works very well.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] bakib:
Well, I am using Unofficial CM10.2 and it works good. Some issues are there still but it is usable for music, movies, browsing webs, presenting photos ...
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development] Siberian Tiger:
Try them for yourself and decide which one suits your needs best.

Thank you and thread closed.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr.khaled:
HI

my devies is rooted xperia z c6602 434

i want update it to the latest firmware without delete the root
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gripfly:
Root isnt a bit thing.. Why you don't want to flash and then to root? Thats a little thing and needs a quarter hour..

Gesendet von meinem C6603 mit Tapatalk
[LG Optimus 4X HD] ex0rt:
I have a huge problem with my storage, I dont own a SD card just internal storage.

When I click on notification "Storage space running out" it says:

/system (400MB / 1.48GB)

/data (12.25GB / 12.26GB)

/cache (64.59MB / 378MB)

Is there any way that I can see where is my space wasted? There is just no way my data is 12 GB.. please help!

I tried:

- cache wipe - not working.

Solution: here
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Flying_Bear:
delete everything in data/media EXCEPT 0, if you're on 4.2.2 or higher version of android. if you're on lower, ONLY delete 0.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] ex0rt:
Thank you so much!!

Edit: I've flashed ROM again, but device is not booting (still on LG boot screen), gonna wait some more then report if everything is fine or not
[LG Optimus 4X HD] ex0rt:
Booted but no service, hope thats not a problem and I will get signal after while.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Flying_Bear:
i hope you didnt delete some essential stuff x.x

anyway, the explanation of problem - stock 4.1.2 sd card mount point is data/media, it was changed in android 4.2.2 to data/media/0, leading to people transferring from stock rom to custom 4.2.2 rom to having double data for every app that needs it (basically every app that i know of).

anyway, if you're still bootlooping, do the wipe data/factory reset in cwm. you'll boot for sure, now just restore stuff with titanium backup or whatever backup system you have in place.

edit2:

for some people, custom roms have problem with RIL. try rebooting a few times, you should get network connection. if the problem is too annoying for you, check out a tutorial i wrote to replace CM RIL with EPRJ RIL in any custom rom, that should fix any connection problems that are caused by RIL issues.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] ex0rt:
I reflashed rom and wiped cache couple of times, so everything works now. Thank you much for help and great explanation!
[Nexus 5 General] jodvova:
I got Nexus 5 today, played with it for sometime and here what I noticed I don't like about it.

I also have Galaxy S4 GE and used S3, S2 before. Never used Nexus phones before.

1. It doesn't come with headphones. oh cmon, how expensive can the cost be to not include them into a package ???

2. IPS display is a very big disappointment. The colors are washed out. Whites are too bright.

Galaxy S4 GE's display is much more better at color accuracy if I compare it to a professional IPS displays from NEC.

3. Screen size is actually smaller due to a presence of google buttons. Galaxy S4 has a bigger usefull surface, because it uses mechanical buttons.

Everything else is cool. KitKat 4.4 is awesome.
[Nexus 5 General] FatalityBoyZahy:
cool story bro
[Nexus 5 General] monkeypaws:
Can everyone with a story stop making new threads.
[Nexus 5 General] jodvova:
Sorry about that. Just thought my opinion is very important to be hidden somewhere on Nth page of existing threads.
[Nexus 5 General] Paddington:
1) Duh.

2) You prefer AMOLED over-saturation. I do not.

3) Duh.

My thoughts exactly.
[Nexus 5 General] twoeleven99:
Lol

Why do people care about the ****ty ear buds that come with these phones ?
[Nexus 5 General] thfreedumb:
1) it's a $350 phone. If you want, ask google to throw one in if you pay $650.

2) that's how a phone screen is supposed to lppl. You're used to the constant doctoring and over saturation. Which isn't a good representation of what it really is.

3) those mechanical buttons still take up space? It's not that hard to enter full screen mode and they're gone. not to mention you're in the development community where you can easily remove the nav bar completely.
[Nexus 5 General] 1stx2:
#1stworldproblems

I mean really, if that's the only thing to complain about, you gotta damn good device imo
[Nexus 5 General] jodvova:
Well, they do match what I see on IPS monitor.

Nexus 5's colors are just too white.
[Nexus 5 General] jodvova:
I used them a lot to have a phone conversation.

As for music, I don't really listen it on a mobile device since the quality of its DAC is extremely inferior to studio devices.