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[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tani786:
hello guys

is there any site similar to sammobile for the sony department?

also ordered meh z1 in white with casemate case £16-17 on amazon

what things can i do to improve battery life long term, what things i can do without rooting like installing apps (last resort rooting)?

whats the graphics like on the phone and loudspeaker?

can i install themes like back in the day with my sony ericsson c510 and k750i also add bettery audio codec like my walkman phones?

also what sort of headphones do u get with the z1?

appreciate the help guys
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Morlock O:
I'll answer what I can...

1. better battery life, there are a few threads for battery in the General section. but for me I just turn on the Stamina Mode and I only allow 3-4 apps to use connection while the screen is off. 3-4 hours of standby my z1 only decreased by 2%. screen time not much you can do to increase this other than lower the brightness.

2. Graphics is the best an android phone can get for now.

3. you can install themes, there are almost infinite options. same for all android phones. there are 6-7 built in themes though, the rest you can customize by downloading and installing stuff from google play.

4. you can install better codec by installing Mods, but this for advanced users. I would not recommend for new android users.

5. headphones I use Audio Technica ATH-SJ11... good light weight headphones I can wear without my ears tiring. great sound for the price.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tani786:
whats the basic to rooting. i have read alot and alot on the forum.

I just want to root and if a new update comes from sony i want to be able to upgrade straight away.

Im moving from a galaxy s3 and back in the day sony ericsson were easy to mess around with (make phone louder, region free firmwares and lot).

what different nowadays with sony or is it same. is there crap like knox being implemented.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
there are several guides in the general section and some in the dev section on how to root and get onto the latest firmware.

Please read them.

OT

That's about the 12th time I have written that in the past 2 days....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] beez1717:
Today I woke up and learned that my phone wouldn't charge! I took it into the local Verizon store and I was lucky enough to get a new phone on the spot for free! best news? I had stupidly upgraded to 4.3 and lost root on my old phone. The new phone was still on 4.2! It's like I got a free downgrade! Now I can and will root and upgrade. How cool is that?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] trook:
I don't mean to be a hater.... But I'm totally hating on you right now. Congrats man!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mateopase:
Wait, what's the baseband??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Aizukaori:
Bah! Much hate! So envy. Such downgrade. Wow.

I'd do a lot to get back root and TWRP like I had when I first got my S4. Lucky!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Charlie115:
Haha!! My s4 died wouldn't even recognize charger Saturday just got my replacement today and bam it to is on me7 haha love it!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] s44:
I'm not sure why you ever thought taking an OTA was a good idea.

The whole point of this phone was to take control of it before the bootloader was inevitably relocked. Remember the delay of the Loki release for AT&T so that Verizon wouldn't close it? That should have made future developments obvious to everyone.

MDK forever.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] trook:
My phone was me7, then my daughter happened to get a hold of it..... Well my replacement came with mj7 as most people in this thread. Why does everyone think we're dumb enough to take an update? Only tards update without checking. Sorry, I'm not pointing this at anyone, just throwing a mini tantrum.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Craleb:
I got my phone through a trade and it came with mj7 :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Aizukaori:
No, you're absolutely right. I'm kicking myself, quite hard. I got suckered in by native App-to-SD support when I could have just flashed a decent ROM. I had the tools, but I was a dumb@$$.

Never forget!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mlin:
Lol, new features in some OTAs can be rather tempting. I learned to patiently wait for rooted OTAs to be made available since I got the original evo in 2010. I've been tempted a few times though. OTAs on Sprint were never as risky as these on Verizon. These folks are serious about locking down our phones!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] trook:
Have any of you guys gotten a "tap here to update your security policies" today?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hashbang173:
Not today but I got it before with mj7

I didn't root or do anything with it

Just popped up during normal use
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] beez1717:
It's on ME7. Cool huh? Got the original phone in August and I love it to death.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jazzyjames:
I could be wrong but isn't the only one you can get a custom recovery on is MDK?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] prstorero:
No you can on me7 and ml1 as well (not sure on the newest mj7). Mdk is just the only one with a boot loader work around

prshosting.org
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] beez1717:
I don't care about getting around the bootloader because I'm staying stock as I don't feel the need to get anything else at the moment. I would overclock and lower the voltage very carefully. I want more battery life as my main goal and speed as my secondary goal.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] themerlen:
Hi everyone,

I am new as a poster to the forums here. Have been a lerker as needed for a year and a half or so now. Anyways, I have run into an issue with my S3. I have not attempted to substitute a custom ROM in place of the stock ROM, nor have I rooted the phone (I know, shame on me right?). When I awoke this morning, after a night charging, my phone now is stuck in a boot loop. It reboots and shows the battery charging spinning wheel sequence but never passes to the green battery indicator (Tested the battery in a friend's S3 and it is recognized and shows as being fully charged). After a moment it vibrates the screen goes black and when it comes back on simply remains in that same location. When holding Vol Up + Home + Power it attempts to start Recovery Mode but immediately fails and restarts taking me back to the boot loop. When holding Vol Down + Home + Power download mode remains on and working without issue. However, I tried to restore the stock ROM with ODIN and though it passed it remains in the boot loop (likely due to the fact that I was unable to wipe the phone in Recovery Mode first). Also, attempted Heimdall but it crashes. KIES is all but useless as it does not recognize the model SPH-L710 according to the error message given after entering the IMEI ID. Also tried pulling the battery, waiting, and then replacing but to no avail. Swapping batteries also does not resolve the issue. Have also remove additional SD card to isolate that from being the cause. So I am now turning to the excellent and knowledgeable community here for assistance. Thank you in advance for the help. Hopefully you can point me in the right direction.

Sprint Galaxy S3 LTE 16 GB

Model : SPH-L710

Thanks everyone,

Merlen
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Sounds like it might be power button failure. There have been many reports of it. It's referred to as SDS, or sudden death syndrome.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Danno5150:
For some reason when my ip cameras send me a email alert detecting motion it also sends the images separately to download. Is there a way to disable that and only get the images with the email?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinsb:
I've inherited a phone that looks like someone has tried to flash a 16gb firmware on a 32gb phone.....

Symptoms are at boot the phone immediately shows 'process system isn't responding (may not be exact wording) stop or wait'

If I choose wait I can get into Settings which shows Total Space of 16GB but Available Space 25.xx GB (I think it's 25.64).

I can't get into Status at All

Looking at the Download screen gets this.......

The phone usually reboots after about 10 seconds while in Settings

My guess is someone tried to 16gb PIT it and in doing so has broken root or swap areas?

Ideas?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinsb:
Just to make life more fun I can't access the device via adb as it's not authorised and I'm not getting tye popup (I assume because system process has hung) also my files isn't there so very stucksville unless anyone has some ideas

Help (in a plaintive voice)

Sent from TabbyTwo
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sexbot3000:
These two things sound exactly like what I had happening on my phone, an issue which I now believe may have been triggered by trying to downgrade too far (MJ7 to MI7), causing modem issues. I would also get immediate system process not responding and a reboot (usually 30 to 60 seconds).

You might find a solution in one of these two threads where people have reported similar issues: one, two.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinsb:
Tried those ideas with no success.

Has anyone got experience of applying a PIT to a device when the wrong PIT has been previously applied?

Also has anyone got a current and valid PIT for the 32GB UK BTU MJ7 Firmware possibly?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ValenteL:
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/09/13...test-firmware-for-galaxy-note-3-lte-sm-n9005/

This Rom have a Pit file 32 GB.

CSC_signed_HLTE_OPEN_32G_0718.pit
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ps000000:
Oh I will grab this one to spare my PIT in case of accident
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinsb:
I'd already tried that PIT file but it looks like as it's prior to MJ7 it won't apply it....

So if someone could extract their PIT file from a MJ7 BTU phone and let me have it I'd be very grateful.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ValenteL:
Hi [MENTION=535343]all[/MENTION]

I extracted already a Pit file from Note 3 but PIT Magic give me errors, because the command I use is only to 16 GB.

See HERE my problem. I need new parameters bs, count and skip for 32 GB on this cmd:

On Terminal Emulator --> su -c 'dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/out.pit bs=8 count=481 skip=2176'
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Max One:
Ask him here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=46178667&postcount=1

He pulled out a pitfile. Probably he could help u..
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ValenteL:
I have THIS response:

Heimdall will pull it w/o need for dd if you can go that way.

PS: I unknown the Heimdall !!!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Max One:
If anyone of u guys are successfull with pulling out a pit file from mj6, mj7 BTU or later, pls upload it here.

Thx in advance.

In this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46178667#post46178667, he took control over his pc and note 3 to pull it out. Some1 could ask him nicely if he could do it again.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ValenteL:
You have the response on my Post before.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinsb:
Help will be here after 3rd Dec.......it's very Lone Rangeresque!!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ValenteL:
Have Your PIT File Note 3 N9005 now. See this THREAD.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Max One:
Thx for ur post ValenteL. I tried but no success. Flashing fails with odin. Maybe its because i have a demo unit?

@ Pinsb

Tell us if its working for u or not. Your device, is it a full Note 3 or also like mine a demo unit?

Before i screwed my pit partition i had the exact same problem as written in ur 1st post.

I flashed a lot of firmwares but every firmware showed me 16gb instead of 32gb.

Now i'm confused and dunno what to do next :S
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinsb:
Sorry I've been away for a couple of days.

Tried as suggested no success.

Mine is a proper unit (I didn't think there were demo units of the Note 3 yet?).

I'll do some more ideas tomorrow.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mirek190:
I have exactly the same problem ....

- shows 16 GB storage ( but only in Samsung task manager ) - dialer no work , rebooting after 30 sec ...etc

I fighting with it from October ...

- changing mamy roms

- using many pit files - even from my second n3.

- adb wotks but only from custom cwm.

I tried copy every mmcblk0 partition from my working note 3 to broken one ... still broken.

I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO REPAIR IT......
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Aprentis:
Hey all,

I'm running Kangabean on my TELUS S4 i337m (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2349077) and haven't noticed until today that I have no cellular data. i've tried everything (I think?)

If I turn WiFi off it does not kick in to the data network.

I can't post on the link as my account is new to ask this particular question.. Would anyone be able to point me to a fix or assist?

Thanks,
[HTC Rezound] Tai Z:
Hi all,

Please let me know if any of you have had a similar experience or know of a way to fix these issues permanently short of getting a new phone? I can't afford to get a new one, especially since I need this soon for a trip and I don't have the time. All the other services work fine, it's just really annoying because I use the GPS often and it's inconvenient when I don't know when I can actually use my phone at all

I've owned and used an HTC Rezound without trouble for the past two years and now, suddenly, I'm having a couple major issues. First, the USB port on the phone has a loose connection (it's an extmicro usb for whatever reason). I know because it would not charge the phone unless I jiggle the male end around until the amber light showed up and even then, it would occasionally drain in stead of charge the battery. It has nothing to do with how clean the port is either because I cleaned it already and it did improve slightly. After I've been dealing with this for a couple days (I've gotten it to charge up the phone to be useful most of the time), the GPS started to have trouble connecting. At first it was ok after I turned the switch off then on, but then the day after it never found any signal. I mean leaving it on for hours never getting a signal from anything in places where it used to lock on very quickly. I've tried restarting, turning off any other GPS services (google's and verizon's), clearing google map cache, uninstalling google maps, clearing the (apparently nonexistant) A-GPS cache, downloading GPS status, and tightening the screws on the inside cover (I know that fix is not for this phone, but it was worth a shot), and combinations thereof.

thanks in advance for any help you guys could provide,

-TZ
[HTC Rezound] Uzephi:
My boss had the issue with charging port. It was a loose connection on the board, if you are comfortable, use a tiny bit of solder to strengthen the connection again. That fixed it for him. Another fix is utilize the expanded wireless charging option (have to buy the special connector to have it work).

Another fix is buy the laza batteries and external battery charger, I Did that to make less stress on the charging port. I got two OEM size 1590mah batteries and charger for $20 off Amazon. Once one goes down below ~30% I switch to the other battery. The external charger takes about 3-4hrs to fully charge a near dead 1590 battery.
[HTC Rezound] Tai Z:
Thank you, Uzephi, I'll try fixing the connection. Also, I swapped batteries with another working rezound and my phone turned on with the charged one, but the other phone wouldn't take a charge. So that might mean the battery is dead. I'm ordering a new battery just to make sure it's not that too, but I feel like the port is majorly at fault. It doesn't make sense that the battery's health would depend on the position of the charging port.

I'm still puzzled about the GPS, though.
[HTC Rezound] Tai Z:
Ok... so I opened up the phone and tried finding a loose connection with a voltmeter/ohmmeter, but it appears the the problem is inside the housing of the usb port. I can't get in there easily without breaking stuff, at least to my knowledge. Does anybody have some suggestions? Uzephi, where exactly did your boss do the soldering? Even if I were to solder the outside connections, they are so close together it is easy to make a short.

Thanks again.
[HTC Rezound] Uzephi:
We have a mobile phone repair shop down the street, they soldered the connection for us :(
[HTC Rezound] Tidewater:
I had the same problem with the charging port. Started just like you said and eventually it went out completely. No longer charges at all. Now having to use external charger and swap batteries all the time. Really sucks (for me and the rom). Tried to find someway or someone to replace it but no one would touch it. Apparently Htc didn't figure in the fact that they're charging port wouldn't hold up and made it near impossible to repair. Sorry, i know this doesn't help but just wanted to share my similar experience with the battery. Sort of a, abandon all hope, situation. :)
[HTC Rezound] t5800512:
On the Rezound, the USB charging port is replaceable. The terminals slide into a connector, and then the tabs on the USB assembly are soldered to the board. Not really hard to replace if you are know how. I believe you can find a youtube video on the replacement. Best way to remove the broken port is using a small tip on a heat gun applying no more heat then necessary so that the solder tabs on the board are not loosened. Part:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-OEM-HTC...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item35ca3c2f15

Your problem with the GPS is probably the same as mine. Google pushed out a new maps program that got rid of the Navigation shortcut. The new Navigation works altogether different now. You have to get into Maps to get to Navigation. Honestly, I could not even get it to work, so I and many other people have gone into settings and removed the updates from the Maps program. It now works the old way, but all of the updates that made Maps and Navigation stable are now gone. Now it is a pain in the butt because it takes forever for the GPS to find a signal, and sometime it does not.

I have been going to look on the forum to see if anyone has a way to go back to the Maps/with Navigation before Google screwed it all up.
[HTC Rezound] El Schisne:
I have the charging port issue. My workaround was to buy the wireless charging back from Verizon ($40 - 25% corporate discount for me = $30) and a Qi wireless charging plate (which goes for pretty cheap these days). That setup has worked quite well for me.

For the GPS issues, make sure you're on the latest firmware. I used to have the GPS drop out all the time on older firmware versions, but with the latest global OTA I have no complaints.
[HTC Rezound] Tai Z:
All of these suggestions are great, thank you.

I did end up getting an external battery charger, but I tried re-soldering the connections to the motherboard first, as I noticed under a microscope that the connections were almost free-floating. The soldering worked like a charm, but the real issue was that the housing had become loose enough to put strain on the connections. So, after a while of the port working again, it started the breakdown cycle again. By then, I had tried finding port replacements, but I could only find bulk orders of the things, costing much more than a $10 external charger + extra battery.

As for the GPS, I tried downloading a GPS assist and if I use that before I turn on the GPS, I get much better results. It's still flaky, but usable. I have a feeling it is as you said, t5800512, google messing around too much, because the device itself (even now) can easily get a cold-start lock in under 3 seconds.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philippe734:
Hello,

I wish to use Android without Google. I mean, android without any google apps (gapps pack) installed just after flashing AOSP rom. I already identify and tested all alternatives apps of Google apps I used. I use already the alternative android market F-Droid. However, before use Android without Google, I want to know feedback of users that already do it. In particular about my question:

What are the constraints, bugs and disadvantages while using Android without Google installed?

Thanks :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p4rot:
F droid is a good alternative but of course you have less apps
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thmls:
yes, you have less apps
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabl8:
There are fewer apps, and they work great but you may need to look for other services to replace Google's unless you want to run the web apps (see Gapps Browser). An excellent choice is owncloud: see http://sufficientlysecure.org/index.php/2013/11/26/an-android-without-google/ for a short guide to replacing contact, calendar, todo and password sync.

I think the major downside is losing the advanced location functionality and push notifications available to apps that use Google Play Services. On the other hand your battery may thank you for not using it. Xmpp based messaging apps are a little battery hungry but not too bad. I've been using CM without Gapps for ages, and it works fine, but I'm hoping OmniROm will be more friendly.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philippe734:
jonathan and thmls : off initial topic

dab : nice feedback, great link :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philippe734:
Android without Google (no gapps)

No Gapps project on XDA : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1715375
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SharpnShiny:
Hi guys, has anyone seen a list of all Google apps and services that can be disabled or deleted? I love the skinned ROM on my phone and all the features, I've started disabling and uninstalling as much Google as I can.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] everreadybattery:
Hey it's ridiculous to buy a Google android device and not use the apps that are considered the advantage of android on other OSes. But a good alternative to Google play is amazon appstore ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SharpnShiny:
I disagree. When Google branded Android phones had a smaller market share, I would say there was more choice, you could avoid Google. Now that they dominate smartphone sales and change their policies it's different. It's becoming a monopoly and we are losing that choice.

Yeah I did try the Amazon app store, re-downloading it now to give it another go...:D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4Freedom:
a lot of paid apps with lvl license control wont work without gapp:(s
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philippe734:
Problems

From the author of the No Google apps project:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] styckx:
Why not just use 1Mobile Market. Completely legal play store alternative. Even has all the Google apps like maps and Google services if you so desire. (defeats the purpose I know). I went this route as I want total control of my devices. Google has got out of hand with their apps and Play Services Framework and whatever else they cram in. The apps on 1Mobile Market are more up to date than the Amazon App store also which sometimes can be multiple versions behind. So just flash AOSP, grab the 1Mobile Market APK (Google it) and go to town.

Sent from my Nexus 10
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aliesz:
Does anybody know an app for theme handling of rooted stock Rom?!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dirtygoldfish:
If you mean using themes on stock ROMs, you're going to have to install the Xposed Framework and use this mod.