yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manudo:
Yeah, always thought that Android UI are so big, Paranoid Android fixes that problem.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michalurban:
Im sooo looking forward to CM 11 Stable @ Moto G. :) But the stock system is great and stable too ... :)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krucymucy:
I'm using both, Defy+ with CM11 and G with stock 4.4.2. Like you said, I also miss lot of things. Most of all are those tiles when you pull down notification bar.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michalurban:
Im just curious - how long is it going to take (generally) to get Cyanogen mod from M2 to Stable? And another question - when theres CM 11 Stable - does it mean its ready for all devices supported by Cyanogen?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dannyfritz:
Stable is a per-device setting. A device is labeled as stable once all major bugs are gone and the hardware is playing nicely. There was some controversy around the Galaxy S2 being flipped to stable last year without having good hardware support. I believe there is a git repo somewhere managing the list of devices to be built as stable.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spyder-corrado:
hello,

you have a new for next version CM11... ? V4?

http://www.androidworld.it/forum/mo...0-kitkat-4-4-2-builds-motorola-moto-g-130969/

thanks

:D:D
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michalurban:
New what?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alonsoch:
SOURCES SOURCES, ready for download!

http://sourceforge.net/projects/motog.motorola/files/KXB20.9-1.8-1.4/
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shauss:
sources for what ?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michalurban:
Based on other phone models, what is the usual time required to make stable CM version? Or at least any usable version ...

EDIT:

Just FYI, there is unofficial CM11 nightly available for download by the Razorqcom dev team:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=49379328
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pranavthombare:
sorry to go off-topic

hey guys...sorry for going off topic but can the moto g handle dual boot? if yes can we look forward for a multi os moto g
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Yes, The Moto G possess a large partition data(p36), can easily accommodate a ROM that partition only changes in the installation and switch between the primary and secondary ROM only with the exchange kernel, Or with a specific app for managing boot.

Enviado pelo meu GT-I9070.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Cyanogenmod for Dual Sim version

I've seem some web posts that suggest that CM11 stable will work with the Moto G Dual Sim version - anyone able to verify this?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quasar:
Even a slight use of the search function on XDA will help you loads. Anyway, yes. It does work.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Well thanks for the confirmation anyway. I checked this thread and searched both here and on the wider web. Couldn't find anything conclusive which is why I dared to post on these hallowed hallls. So thanks for confirmation. I shan't bother XDA community again, it's got to darn sniffy.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knizmi:
There are no hallowed walls on XDA, but if you ask a question in a thread that has been dead for five moths that has already been asked and answered a hundred times, people get annoyed and I don´t blame them...

If you had bothered to look into the developement sections of this device, you would have found an official CM thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2608377. The second sentence in OP answers your question.
[Xperia Z1 General] omnius1:
There have been a few amateur comparisons posted here in this thread, which frankly aren't very accurate or well done, nor are the small 1-page or even 1 paragraph reviews of the camera buried inside the overall phone review on many tech media websites. So I found a much more professional and also the most in depth camera shootout on the web at this time. Unlike what some would have you believe, the Xperia Z1 possesses one of the highest scoring smartphone cameras. There were so many photos taken in this extensive review that I'm not even going to try reproducing them all here. What I will do is post Phonearena's rankings for each category and leave it to you to hit up this link for the full article

Outdoors at night time were a disappointment, so in this case I would suggest NOT using Superior Auto mode for those shots, as many others have suggested. Try Manual, 8MP, auto ISO, -1 to -2 ev
[Xperia Z1 General] omnius1:
For a more professional touch I went to one of the most credible photography sites and got their take on the Z1 Camera comparisons. You can read the full shootout here. They were very critical of all tested phones, however the Z1 again did very well on this site:

Unlike the Phonearena comparisons, in this case the Z1 took much nicer outdoor night time photos.
[Xperia Z1 General] One Twelve:
Surprising that G2 would do better than Z1 in low light.

This one needs serious work from Sony. Samsung is the king when it comes to panorama.

You mean that all these photos were taken with SA ?

This isn't a camera shootout. Its a shootout over how well the auto program works in each phone. If that's in various stages of maturity then this review is not representative. There are no reference shots so how do we know which camer got it right or over exposed/underexposed.

Apple won't allow access to ISO in the api, you cannot set ISO in an iphone.

From the article..

Focal length of Htc one - 28mm

focal length of Z1 - 27mm

hmm, Z1 must be doing some serious cropping here.

Does not distinguish between 2-axis OIS vs 3-axs OIS.
[Xperia Z1 General] omnius1:
Really? I think this is the most extensive comparison we can find so far on the web. I didn't pick apart the engineering specs behind it, but I think the photos they took with the Z1 looked fantastic against the competition. Which is what it's all about really. With the exception of the outdoor night and pano, I agree.

No they didn't have reference shots but they did take DSLR photos I think as well. However you have to read the article as well, where they do specifically mention which shots were closer in color and detail to the actual live scene.

However if you look at the night shots the digital camera review site took with it, his are actually pretty good in comparison.

I don't think it did, that was an outdoor night ranking, they posted a separate ranking for indoor low light
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
Thanks for sharing the phonearena link, I hadn't seen it
[Xperia Z1 General] One Twelve:
Original photos

here

Read it now and i realise they DID provide reference shots with the panasonic lumix so this at least is better than other reviews i've seen.

The problem with auto is its quite variable. I think of it as a random sampling. Lumia has problems with white balance which can be set manually. The night time shots with lumia which has the slowest exposure of 4s should beat the competition. But if auto did not do it correct then the 1020 gets a low score.

The problem i have generally with these sorts of comparisons is it requires expert users of the cameras concerned to see the best the camera can provide. Auto is not going to do this. Auto will tell you that chances are your experience is going to be similar but then the sample size is small, so its 50-50. You might get better shots or worse than what is shown here.

In other words take this review along with others with a grain of salt :cowboy:
[Xperia Z1 General] omnius1:
I don't view this review as gospel of course, but in lieu of any others, it's the more extensive than any others I've seen on the Web. I took it for what it's worth, which is to say that the Z1 camera performed quite a bit better than what some individual posters or bloggers would have you believe. Could it be better? Sure, there's always room for improvement. Is it still really good? It looks so.

Sent from my Sony Xperia Z1
[Xperia Z1 General] ashouhdy:
which firmware ? LG G2 better in low light ! its very very OverProcessed and Smoothed ...
[Xperia Z1 General] One Twelve:
Let's go to town on this one

Church

LG

(1/12s, ISO 800, 13MP, Auto)

Z1

(1/13s, ISO 400. 20MP, Auto)

The LG took a cleaner shot at twice the ISO as the Z1. Z1 in this review is using the latest .257 firmware.

The Z1 looks little over exposed. It's a pity they didn't take an 8MP as the noise would be less. Cannot see any camera shake here. ISO 200 might have been more clean.

Side street

LG

(Shutter speed & ISO unknown, 13MP, Auto) Since this one is more clear, i assume it was taken at a faster shutter speed.

Z1

(1/8s, ISO 400, 20MP, Auto).

Reference

(2 sec, ISO 160, 15.9MP, Auto)

Obvious camera shake if you see the moneygram sign on the left. camera shake affects picture quality.

1020

(1/8, ISO 800, 38.2MP, Auto) This one is clear.

Intersection

LG

(1/14, ISO 400, 13MP, Auto)

Z1

(1/20, ISO 500, 20MP, Auto)

No noticeable camera shake here. Z1 still looks over exposed. ISO 200 with little EV would have been better.

Building

LG

(1/15, ISO 300, 20MP, Auto)

Z1

(1/32, ISO 320, 20MP, Auto)

These look pretty similar, Z1 could have done with ISO 200. Also a spot meter rather than centre-weighted in an area between light & dark could have helped.

Bench

LG

(shutter speed & ISO unknown, 13MP, Auto)

Z1

(1/8, ISO 400, 13, Auto)

Clear example where manual EV compensation would have brought out more details in both cameras and they could have used a lower ISO. So you can see how Auto can get it wrong some times. And scores averaged off auto will be equally flawed.

1020

(0.3s, ISO 4000,38.2MP, 17.2MB)

Reference

(0.3s, ISO 1250, 15.9MP, 5.5MB, Low contrast, Manual WB)

It's curious why the LG dropped shutter & ISO info twice out of 4 pictures.
[Xperia Z1 General] ashouhdy:
never seen such bad low light fotos from the z1 before ... sure you know what i mean cuz you know the pics i take from the flickr Set !

thats one photo just with manual and night scene ! i will not follow any photo comparisons from reviewers anyMORE !!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77173783@N00/10985713943/in/set-72157637726566185
[Xperia Z1 General] One Twelve:
Exactly. Your photos are adequate proof of what a few tweaks here & there can do to overall picture quality, with any phone.

But nearly all your photos are 8MP. I found a couple at 20MP. People want to know why 20MP cannot do good shots if 1020 at 38.3MP can do it. But you can if people look at these two

20MP

8MP

The 8MP is correctly exposed, but if you used ISO 200 with the 20MP it also would have been the same.

Plus you use the slowest shutter speeds possible ie 0.8s going no faster than 0.3s. Other than the 1020 which can go as slow as 4s, none of the cameras reviewed can go slower than 0.3s. In this review the slowest shutter on the Z1 is 1/8 and they still got blur in one. So people will look at this review and think G2 can do better outdoors night shots than Z1 :eek:
[Xperia Z1 General] ashouhdy:
its the night scene that puts the shutter to 1/8 ... Also i doubt the LG can get close to the low light performance of the Z1 Due to Sensor Size 1/2.3" vs 1/3"

And Yes the 20MP i guess its as if a RAW image ... but thats my sensation am not sure. Also i noticed that with 20MP the Bionz Procss. imaging Ship is Deactivated.

i Guess Sony Tweaked the Phone for the Optimium 8MP with Pixels Binning and the BionZ image ship.

the last pic i posted the FOG is amazingly clean ... believe me some Hand As Shot DigiCams will not capture the Fog that clean.

i will try to take some 20MP vs 8MP in other time
[Xperia Z1 General] One Twelve:
They did not use night mode in any shots. It was all auto for every camera. if auto was so good then why are these modes present in the camera in the first place. They are specialised presets for special situations. Auto cannot do it all (unless its iphone) that is why they are there.

Remember wezzel's laser shots, they were ISO 200 with +2EV.

(in theory) ISO 200 +2EV is like ISO 800 with 0EV. Not sure if its completely linear.

Difference is ISO 200 is fine grain whereas ISO 800 is more grainy.

One thing i notice in the first LG night shot, G2 is using ISO 800 but the shot is quite clear, I do not see much noise. Also in the last one the 1020 is using ISO 4000. Again very clear shot. If you try ISO 4000 with Z1 you will get an oil painting.

Clean low light shots with Z1 = low ISO + slow shutter speed (+ EV if necessary).

Z1 sensor cannot produce clean shots with high ISO. Which is a pity beause shutter speed will be much faster so chances of blur are much lower. The result is you got to work harder to get good shots with Z1 but when you do the others cannot match it, barring the 1020 ofc.

20MP jpg is not RAW its jpg.

RAW is TIFF ie no compression.
[Xperia Z1 General] ashouhdy:
Also the SA somtimes kicks the ISO up to 1600 with the night mode i've seen it many times. SA puts a night scene down beside a guy running (i guess it means hand held) the average is ISO 1600 with 1/8 exposure (the rail way photo in my set) and yes leads to blur free images as advertised.

Also did you noticed that the LG pics the over all scene is not bright just the Centre where it is meant to focus .. in contraversry the Z1 all around scene is much brighter the church photo is a good example.

if i tab to focus on the church i guess u could get similar results with lg
[Xperia Z1 General] xtarsam:
That's good review! :D
[Xperia Z1 General] omnius1:
So basically what I take from this is that as long as you take the time to learn how to optimize the settings for certain scenes that auto superior doesn't handle well, we've got one of the best smartphone cameras available :)

Sent from my Sony Xperia Z1
[Xperia Z1 General] One Twelve:
Yes but many will not be prepared to put in that effort.

Once you've driven 10,000 miles handling a car is second nature, almost reflexive.

Once you've taken over a 1000 photos the same applies with any phone camera. Ideally, with experience, you see a shot, know what exposure to use regardless of the lighting, click and get it right more times than not. This is a skill. People want to get it right with no skill. In good light you can get away with it, once the light dips it gets harder.

Phone cameras still do not help to get a good shot unlike dslrs. You have no clue what the sensor sees and decides to use for ISO/shutter speed, i wish it would display that info before taking the photo. What it thinks TTL (through the lens) is the best setting to use to get a properly exposed shot. So you take the shot, preview, tweak, try again until right. It could be easier.

There is no over-exposure warning. This is something i think should be possible with current tech. Its still too easy to overexpose in good light as well as low light with a well lit subject. Phone cameras by default, operate in aperture priority mode, cannot change aperture so they pick the right shutter speed/ISO to get the best shot. They choose wrong on occasion.

SCN modes is an attempt to fill that gap. Again these are presets that pick values from a given set given what the camera sees. These modes are supposed to be user-friendly but if you know what settings to use its much simpler to just use those and be done with it. Now you're thinking like a photographer with a dslr ergo know how to get the best shot with the device you have for a given subject's lighting.

The one thing that is still not possible is freezing motion in low light. That requires a sensor with low noise at higher ISO. But you can freeze motion to some extent if the subject is not more than 5 feet away with flash but that's about it.
[Xperia Z1 General] One Twelve:
Think i found the reason why the G2 dropped the shutter & ISO info from the exif of those two pics, it switched automatically into night mode. S4 has a setting for this, switch to night mode if light detected is too low. Maybe the one in the reviewers G2 did so as well.

G2 does not mention scene type in the exif which is sloppy. But the S4 does, night mode basically means a kind of HDR, it takes a number of images and then combines them. Result is ISO & shutter speed are missing in the exif. At least samsung indicates that the S4 went into night mode. You have to wait while these images are combined before taking the next shot, so there is some delay here. Brian Klug goes into this in his anandtech

review

on the S4's camera.

Check out the exifs of these two pics from the G2..

Low light

Night mode

1/8 seems to be the slowest speed the G2 can go to. After that its exposure compensation image combo magic. Same applies for S3, S4, Note 3 & Note 2 as well.

!/8 + 1/8 + 1/8... is still 1/8 with less blur given the faster shutter time but you still have to hold the camera still for the duration and end up with a 1/8 exposure compensated shot.

---------- Post added at 10:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:17 PM ----------

No chance for G2 to beat Z1 in low light.

Z1 sensor is 33% bigger.

Z1 aperture is 50% bigger

Z1 shutter speed is 6x slower (if its confirmed 1/8 is slowest speed for G2)

Plus you can exposure compensate 2+ on Z1

:cowboy:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mritek:
What visual voice app is everyone using and is there a work around to install T-Mobile visual voice.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tebower:
I think we are all waiting for T-Mobile to update for KitKat. Since they finally started selling the Nexus 5, and the MotoX is running KitKat, they are probably going to see more of a business need to get this completed.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mritek:
I was informed that nexus 5 is not supported for that app
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kgry:
You can install it but it doesn't work. Also the Tmobile account manager app barely works in 4.4. I haven't had luck pulling up my account info on it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbdan:
Somewhere in this forum the tmo visual voicemail is posted I'll see if I can find it and link you to it.

It will not show up (at least for me) in the play store on stock 4.4. I have installed the apk and it does indeed work. But I get dual notifications (one from visual voicemail and one from regular tmo voicemail).

They'll have official visual voicemail working soon I'd expect since the MotoX is also now updated to 4.4

Edit: click here for the post with the apk
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AceKingNYC:
This worked for me
[General Questions and Answers] intact0:
Hi there i am new here and today i found this rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2443385 also this one http://www.needrom.com/mobile/umi-x2-lewa-os5/ and i wanted to ask i any other umi x2 owners have installed the lewa os 5 on a umi x2 device and if it went well because i really like this and i want to flash it in my one device! :laugh: Thanks in advance!
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] derfo:
Hello,

I am headed to NYC in two weeks and wondering if the 32GB US LTE model will work on the EE 4G in UK? Buying the LTE model in US is almost £60 cheaper so wondering if this is possible.

Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] scandalousk:
No, wouldn't work.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] MAJED.y:
You have D820.

you gonna need D821 model for LTE to work in UK or any place in the world.
[Moto G General] stibium:
First short teardown... unfortunately in German. It seems that the battery can be replaced very easily.

I'm not allowed to post links. Google for areamobile teardown moto g

Three pictures are attached.
[Moto G General] shure2:
Not enough to be removable every day really but good if the battery starts to deteriorate
[Moto G General] shootomanUK:
is it just me or does that look like the shape of a micro-sd, the metal thing with the blue dot on it.

???
[Moto G General] shaftenberg:
You're right... Motorola has confirmed, that they use an eMMC SD card :D

Here's the whole article:

http://www.areamobile.de/b/2267-moto-g-teardown-und-die-suche-nach-dem-speicher-update
[Moto G General] Doublepranks:
What does that mean in fool language? Could we upgrade this memory card and get more storage ? I saw that this metal plate is removable and we have access to this memory card.
[Moto G General] shaftenberg:
Don't think, a person with normal soldering equipment will be able to change this without ruining the phone.
[Moto G General] levizx:
so that's why we don't have external sd card...

i suppose you can't really replace it.
[Moto G General] shure2:
Motorola being a Google company this is a bit of a contradictory move.

Google haven't allowed SD cards in their Nexus devices for a while now because of worries related to failures, slower read and write etc, but here they are using an SD card as the main memory of one of their devices?

Just start building nexus devices with SD card slots again Google and stop this ridiculous apple like behavior.
[Moto G General] myfairx:
I wonder if there's any phone with this kind of memory setup. I mean eMMC instead of regular nand? Is it a regular speed / high speed eMMC?

Sent from my bed.
[Moto G General] shaftenberg:
I don't think this matters that much. Found an interesting article here, don't miss page 2 of this document:

http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1279018
[Moto G General] darkza:
Thanks good work
[Moto G General] episode96:
Google is a smart company that always find nice PR justifications for what they want to do. The truth is that they won't allow SD cards because they want you use their cloud and / or pay for the extra storage.
[Moto G General] LudicrousPeed:
Where is the vibration motor? Because I want to replace that thing! It rattles.
[Moto G General] fubag:
Dude totally off topic but your avatar! SKI! Played that game so much as a kid!!!!!! Freaking hate that monster!!!
[Moto G General] stibium:
I suppose it is the component right of the camera that you can see on the picture linked in this post.
[Moto G General] King p1n:
Whilst you say it seems the battery can be replaced easily.

Where would one find a replacement battery online?? For future knowledge.

Quick google search yields no replacement battery's.
[Moto G General] ares93:
When the phone is old enough to require aftermarket batteries, don't worry, the Chinese will have them ready.
[Moto G General] King p1n:
Wouldnt really want a Chineese one lol

Rather have the authentic one:good:, but It'd be nice to have an option I guess.

But anyway I located one on ebay UK not too long after I posted, a Genuine one around £20.

Nice to see theres at least one around, hopefully more will be available a year down the line.

Wont be needed for now but just nice to see whats out there
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The-Last-Hylian:
Hi all,

I have the official HTC flip case on my One, took it off earlier and the back of my handset is filthy!

Has anyone else experienced this? What's the best way to clean the handset do you think?

T-L-H
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LibertyMarine:
Yes sir, I'm having the same issue.. But unfortunately I don't have any kind of idea how to clean this :(
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1234d:
Just take a soft, slightly moist cloth and rub it all over. Then go over it again with a dry cloth if you feel the need. Be careful around the beats logo, it comes off very easily.
[Galaxy S 4 General] oxfordmark:
Hey

I flashed from EVR (EE) to BTU ages ago.

I just checked for a software update it it says my system has been modified. Looking at the status it's saying "Custom".

Whats happened???

Update: So i ejected my SD card and re booted. And its back to Official and sucessfully telling me i am up to date.

How odd for it just to happen.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itm:
Has anyone tried one of these Chinese Qi charger sets from eBay?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Qi-Wirele...lePhonesCasesPouches&var=&hash=item3cd5d1b108

I was wondering if they worked OK?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevew84:
Like the title says, when you turn up/down the master volume, it only effects the ringtone. The notification volume has to be adjusted when you are in a menu to select a notification sound, you'll notice that even if your master volume is turned down halfway, the notification sound is still max volume.