yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia ZL] sukesh1090:
thanks for the reply.one thing i observed when going through the thread that some models bootloaders can be unlocked and for some its not possible.is it depending upon the carriers?

so if i get a model without any carrier bound to it,so is it possible to unlock the bootloader?

i know its difficult to answer this question but if you know you can answer.thanks.
[Sony Xperia ZL] alltubetone:
If you buy it unlocked directly from Sony you should be able to unlock the bootloader.

Before you buy it check in the settings if Bootloader unlock allowed = Yes.
[Sony Xperia ZL] sid3091:
As an indian, who was in the same dilemma two weeks back, i can say that i made the right choice in going for the ZL. The expandable memory is a huge necessity in 1080p phone, which you will use to consume media, im sure. Also, nothing can prepare you for how small this phone feels in hand and the quality finish, which an LG phone can not provide. Just get your self a seprate pair of earphones, as the provided ones have low volume. Side note : Install the honami camera mod. It's the most fun ive ever had with a camera.

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The indian version has an unlockable bootloader, and head on, the screen quality is extremely good, almost as good as my dad's HTC one, and equqal if you tweak the white balance settings.
[Sony Xperia ZL] sukesh1090:
thanks you guys.i thin k i will go with xperia ZL.i really love its design and i always loved the sound quality of Walkman phones.
[Sony Xperia ZL] kumar abhishek:
Xperia ZL Pros

1. Better camera performance

2. Much better design

3. Better speaker

Nexus 5 Pros

1. Better processor

2. Custom Romsssssss you know what i mean

3. Better display

Battery backup of both devices is on poor side :p
[Sony Xperia ZL] sukesh1090:
yeah only thing about XZL that haunts me is lack of custom roms.I don't know why there are so less custom roms for ZL,it has decent hardware and it used to be the flagship model but still less roms.i am interested in illusion rom if it gets to the stable build,thats more than enough as it has all the features of all roms.but teven that rom is stuck without any updates from last 2 months. :(
[Sony Xperia ZL] sid3091:
nexus 5 dsplay is better only in terms of viewing angles. Contrast and color wise its quite poor. At least head on, the ZL display is excellent, while having better outdoor contrast as well.
[Sony Xperia ZL] coolrevi:
The point of comparison based on performance is little vague here, Because Processor of ZL is OLD, However the added advantage of ZL is that of Camera, IR blaster, Compact Design. Display is better in contrast and colours than Nexus 5, however vewing angles are not. trust me you wont really use in such angles. if you carry lot of Movies and music i would just suggest you to buy ZL as nexus is limited by storage where as ZL supports additional Storage of 64GB over 16 GB inbuilt.

Gaming

Its really good, i can play games like Asphal 7,8 deadzone at high graphic quality without any lag,

Browsing

Browsing is k considering that default browser is chrome which is by default laggy, but there are better browsers in playstore.

Recent update in nexus 5 has increased camera drastically.

Faster updates in Nexus, however Sony has announced 4.4 for ZL which will be available by next month.

at this point considering limitations best buy would be ZL where you get better features than Nexus, or in some case equal results,

battery is same in both, ZL gives 2 days in normal usage with wi-fi, txting , 2 hours of songs, an hour of game play with auto brightness at 30%. dono about nexus.

Before you Buy check the review on Local service of Sony, at some places there are really bad
[Sony Xperia ZL] sukesh1090:
thanks, I will check sony showroom or service center as most of my friends use Samsung soapbar (S4 ;p ) .

AFAIK the 4.4 update for all the models is scheduled to start from early 2014,4.3 will be released by next month.for my preferences the only place where nexus 5 outweighs XZL is custom roms but i also love sony's android overlay so i might stick with it for sometime. :)
[Sony Xperia ZL] marksee:
xperia zl has insanely bad battery life, i am not sure about nexus 5 but for me, xperia battery life kills my experience.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmxbx:
Dear All,

my name is Marco.

I have a S4 clone from china having some problems; I hope you can help me.

All problems seem to be on software, so my idea is to change the original ROM.

The first step is to understand which is the right ROM for my device, but here I have the first doubt: I don't understand the real characteristics of hardware. I tried several app, but I obtain different information.

Could you please suggest me how to get the needed data?

Thanks a lot,

Marco.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmxbx:
Thanks a lot,
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joke19:
Settings, over the telephone

Gesendet von meinem Xperia SP

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Or send me a pm with the link where u buy it and post the link here. Maybe me or someone other can help

Gesendet von meinem Xperia SP
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmxbx:
These are the info ...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmxbx:
..and this is the log file from app 'Hardware info'.

Chipset MTK6589
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joke19:
This one u have?

http://www.fastcardtech.com/HDC-S4-Pro

Gesendet von meinem Xperia SP

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Then here

http://www.needrom.com/mobile/hdc-galaxy-s4-i9500-exynos-5410/

Gesendet von meinem Xperia SP

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Or look around needrom.com

Gesendet von meinem Xperia SP
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmxbx:
I bought this aliexpress.com/item/air-gesture-Real-1-1-5-0-s4-phone-Android-4-2-2-I9500-phone-MTK6589/1364920628.html , but the phone is not as decribed in Aliexpress page.

How can I understand which ROM from needrom are compatible with the phone?

are there some rules to follow? what features should I look out for?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joke19:
When u speak german maybe the forum chinamobile ure right. That's all help I can make.

Gesendet von meinem Xperia SP
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmxbx:
this seems to be like mine.

needrom.com/mobile/gt-i9500-mtk6589-960x540-512ram-rooted-cwm-recovery/
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] Manguish:
Has anyone encountered a broken speaker?

It crackles under volume, is unable to hear anyone when phoning....

Apart from that the phone is in ace condition.

Is it any good for spares/repair to anyone?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] fluffcat1:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5861003857

Get it while it's hot - listed five, only one left now...

Richard
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] hishnik:
It sucks

I got that problem.

But the speaker works (on incoming call).

In other cases - it keep silence.

Please - any help?!

Thank You.
[General Questions and Answers] b1sgas.pt:
Hi,

So it been a month that I am testing some china phone, gionee has some of really good quality. Well build, top materials and grat quality of displays too.

The problem with this phones is that there is no costum rooms for them and to be honest the software (android) SUCKS!!!

What I want to do is to build my own "MOD" to run on those phone. I know java quite well.

So my question is,,, What to I need to start learning to be a developer? I know that is a bit of an abstract question, but I need an advise. I have read all the posts from XDA University but the thing is. On that site you only explain how and android phone works.

I want to know what do I need to learn to build a kernel? Where do i find libraries? How to build a Bootloader? and finaly how do I get that to work with the radio?
[Omni Q&A] rockambole:
Hi guys,

I'm interested in this dev world focused on Android ROMs. However, I'm far way to be an expert and I need some help to start.

- I've successfully built an Omni ROM nightly (homemade) by myself.

- I created a new project in Eclipse, pointing to ~/android/omni

- When I run the project I got some errors and different errors if I run with JUnit3 or 4 (what should I use?)

- How do I run this project in an emulator?

I didn't find much about those questions, mostly about developing apps or building ROMs.

Thanks!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Halloa:
Hello all :)

I have HTC ONE and I have problems with S-OFF..

My device is S-ON, and I want to make him S-OFF but I can't do it..

I try'd with Rumrunner and it says to me: Fatal: **** It, and I try'd everything to repeir that..

I've got ADB and Unlocked Bootloader, and I can't change CID although the ADB.. and I removed HTC Sync Manager..

Today I've got a update to 4.3, and my carrier didn't pulled out the 4.3 update.. and my CID and MID is their..

I try'd with revone too.. and it says -6 error code..

This is what I've got when I did 'fastboot getvar all':

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Orel Azulay>adb reboot bootloader

C:\Users\Orel Azulay>fastboot getvar all

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.54.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.17.3250.14

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 2.24.401.9

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product: m7_u

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064

(bootloader) modelid: PN0711000

(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__K18

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4069mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-d959c75800

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

all: Done!

finished. total time: 0.047s

C:\Users\Orel Azulay>

Help me please!!!!!!!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solbirn:
1) Verify antivirus/firewall is turned off and possibly uninstalled- this is a requirement of rumrunner

2) Which rom are you using? They ask for rom with insecure kernel, or a stock rom

Point is, read over the instructions on rumrunner.us
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
1- remove IMEI and s/n

2- use a 2.24.401.8 ROOTED rom, you can try Guru Reset (select ROOT, unselect "stock recovery"): http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/guru_reset_m7_2-24-401-8-zip/

then use rumrunner
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] graphorce:
I could be wrong, but from what I read hboot 1.5x+ do not allow you to S-OFF, so if you originally had HBOOT 1.44, you should have S-OFFed back then. Someone, please correct me if I'm wrong.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Halloa:
OK... but my CID and MID are'nt matching the one's od the guru reset.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
doesnt matter it's not firmware, it's just a stock ROM close enough to your firmware (2.24.401.9), and rumrunner needs a rooted rom. (you install the rom just like any custom rom)

you can always try rumrunner with your current rom, if it doesnt work, then use the one i posted

good luck
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TunneIVision:
You can S-Off Hboot 1.5x+ with rumrunner.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Halloa:
I have a question about Rumrunner, if rumrunner for 2.24.401.9 can be to 2.24.401.8 too?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
2.24.401.9 and 2.24.401.8 are almost (if not fully) the same, the 2.24.401.9 is for the M7_U edition, 2.24.401.8 is for the M7_UL edition; don't know why HTC decided to release different numbers, but software wise they're pretty much the same.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Halloa:
Alright, I did everything you told me and still I've had an error: FATAL: **** It!

what can I do now?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
try posting in the rumrunner thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2487888

but i recommend a full copy/paste of your command prompt, just saying "FATAL..." doesn't really show where it failed.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TunneIVision:
Hey Man :)

My friend tried to install 4.4 rom on his ONE , and now the devices wont boot.

Can he flash this guru_reset even dough he is on higher vers? Tnx.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
hold on, which rom did he flash?

1- if it's a GPE 4.4, then he needs to be s-off

2- also for 4.4 roms you need this TWRP

2.6.3.3

recovery: http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m7 (dont use a download manager or it will fail, and check MD5)

flash that recovery, then reinstall the rom
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TunneIVision:
He flashed this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2279766

So I told him to install the 2.6.3.3 TWRP and then reinstall the rom , just like you said.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
should work out fine with 2.6.3.3, let me know how it goes
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TunneIVision:
Worked fine for that guy. Like always, thank you so much !

The Q' for the day : how do I pull OTA's on my ONE?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
I think my thanks button is going to get pressed :D

I believe the OTAs are in: /data/data/com.android.providers.downloads/cache (credit to [MENTION=5391777]electronical[/MENTION] for hunting it down)

(you may need root privileges to access that location)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TunneIVision:
Thank you man. ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pyran1208:
Hey Guys,

ive flashed the WanamLite Rom (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1928227) and everything seems to work fine.

But recently ive noticed two problems.

The first is a notification about the SE for Android. That it has been deactivated and i have to tip for more information. Whats up with that?

The other thing is that i cant use the encryption functionality. It seems to start but then suddenly i got a black screen and after some seconds the device reboots normally. Any ideas? Solutions?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dawood Al Amri:
Seems= sim :what:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pyran1208:
How should that help me out?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tragediya:
I think I bricked my device. not sure as i've never bricked anything before. it was rooted, and I had CWM and TWRP on it with a recovery. But it appears as though that doesn't matter lol. screen comes on and all that displays is the word Sony...and that just sits there forever. then if I connect a USB nothing happens.

Then when I dont turn it on, and connect a usb It connects but i haven't a clue if that will help at all as the device absolutely refuses to turn on when connected...Very sad day for me.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tommy-Geenexus:
First grab flashtool from

http://www.flashtool.net/index.php

then get a stock ftf, connect your device in flashmode and flash the stock ftf ;)

Gesendet von meinem C6603 mit Tapatalk
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gripfly:
Do you used once flashtool?

Gesendet von meinem C6603 mit Tapatalk
[Acer Iconia A500] Lowebo:
Right,

I've followed this thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1622425

Got everything sorted.

I try to install the Acer drivers (official site, other sites.. tried various) and a blank white popup box with 'ok' and 'close' clickable appears when it's on 'installing'. I click ok, and it disappears.

I leave that for a bit, and put it into APX mode, tried the Universal Naked Drivers (Asus Transformer admittedly, but I got desperate!) and no joy when opening APXFlash.

I have installed ADT drivers.

Help!?

It's on an already rooted (was like this when I bought it) ICS (ACER_AV041_A500_1.031.00_WW_GEN1) with bootloader 0.03.12-ICS

My head is against a brick wall here!
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Install the drivers manually.

When you click in device manager, don't let it search. Choose have disk. Select the driver manually.

Hope you are not on Win8.

As a last resort (win7 and below) try the Google USB drivers, And select them manually,

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Lowebo:
Thanks for the reply - where do I get the uncompressed APX drivers from? Also, Device Manager (Win7) isn't recognising the Google USB drivers "/
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Google drivers come in zip format. They should have all necessary drivers.

When you installed your Acer drivers, did you install them with administrator permissions? Yeah, I know, I am the administrator. But sometimes it''s necessary.

(That's why I operate from Ubuntu most of the time)
[Acer Iconia A500] Lowebo:
Tried installing as admin - same happens:

Regarding the Google Drivers as APX:

UPDATE: I have the Acer Composite ADB Interface installed (that the right driver??) but no joy on APX front.
[Acer Iconia A500] Lowebo:
Update:

Having followed this guide - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1662310

I made some progress.

Now I'm here:

http://s7.postimg.org/np6itpjuz/Untitled.png
[Acer Iconia A500] Lowebo:
Anyone..?!
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
The apx driver only loads when yr tab is in apx mode. You have the Picasso driver installed so u should be all good!
[Acer Iconia A500] Lowebo:
No joy. I'm going to throw it against a wall soon.

The picasso drivers never installed/loaded, I can't get into APX mode... can someone link me to all necessary drivers with a idiot's guide walkthrough? The exe/msi file didn't work for me, and I'm running Windows 7 64bit.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Can u access another pc/laptop-there have been reports in the past of issues with 64bit systems - or use ubuntu
[Acer Iconia A500] Lowebo:
Legendary. Tried it on 32bit XP, worked. YES! Thank you!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] I will get there:
Hi Xda

Forgive me for what you are about to read, as I have carried out some dumb ### noobness:

I was running Sinless 5.1Gpe rom (great rom) anyways I wanted to return to a sense based rom so decided to go for ARHD 40.2 fter reading a number of posts mentioning doing a complete wipe of the phone including SDCARD. I checked the process of pushing via adb and all seemed simple enough.

I initially did a test and it pushed the file, so then i carried out the complete wipe (no OS, no rom on sd card to flash). I then tried to push the rom and it failed. I tried a number of different ways sideload too.

I managed to get the rom to push in the end using the lastest TWRP of which it would not allow me to do rom failed to flash...

Now this is the stupid part, TWRP became unresponsive, and every time I tried to boot into recovery it would kick me out to the spash screen and bootloop. I did the fastboot erase cache without any success.

I managed to switch to CWM but could not mount anything so came across a post about switching to stock....This is the really stupid part. I flashed a stock recovery and also I now have a relocked bootloader.

Is this phone now bricked??

I have fastboot available

I am S-off

I can boot into stock recovery (Red triangle)

I cannot use ADB (device not recognised)

I cannot re unlock bootloader (tried twice and failed) - I will try again as it got to 4am and had to be up for work at 6am.

Any help really really apreciated.

Many thanks

Mick
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solbirn:
How did you unlock the first time? HTCDev or S-OFF?

Can you post the error you get when you try to unlock?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
if you have s-off you should flash back a custom recovery:

fastboot erase cache

fastboot flash recovery <name of recovery>.img

fastboot erase cache

fastboot reboot-bootloader

-> enter RECOVERY, and adb should be working again,

use this to unlock your phone: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2475914

there's also a handy Guru Bootloader Reset (flashable zip): http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2527194

but it needs either CWM 6.0.3.2+, or TWRP 2.6.3.3+ to work.

or even "revone -u"
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loughary:
If you can get to the stock recovery press volume up then power button and quickly release both buttons and you should be in stock recovery. From here you should be able to follow any of the posted steps to flash a RUU back to pure stock.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] I will get there:
Hi thanks for your response, I initially HTCDev then rumrunner to gain s-off.

The error I get is:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]

(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Michael\Desktop\Adb And Fastboot>fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code

.bin

target reported max download size of 1514139648 bytes

error: cannot load 'Unlock_code.bin': No error

C:\Users\Michael\Desktop\Adb And Fastboot>

Hey thanks for your response

I cant flash custom recovery the error i get is similar to trying to unlock.(above)

I cannot also use that thread because I cannot access adb (even though my phone recognises fastboot in device manager, when I go to what is now stock recovery is disappears from device manager)

I have no OS so cannot open up emulator for revone.

Hey thanks for responding

I can get into stock android recovery(3e) it enters after notifying me that it failed to mount sd card 5 times then finishes with cannot mount sdcard (no such file or directory)

then finally write host_mode:0 done

any further suggestions?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
You're getting "cannot load"? That just means the filename is wrong, as simple as that. If ur on Windows, check for .img.img (double extension)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] I will get there:
Thanks [MENTION=2605798]nkk71[/MENTION]

I now have an unlocked bootloader

I have also now flashed CWM 6.0.4.5 however I still do not have adb available. The difference now is fastboot is recognised in device manager as before but when I boot into CWM instead of it dissapearing, it moves to 'other devices' one (with yellow exclamation) I know it did this before because of drivers not being installed/recognised but I have htc sync manager installed which in theory has installed the drivers??!

Anything else I can try without adb?

Again many thanks for your assistance, I see you in a number of threads helping people...top bloke!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] I will get there:
Further update

I downgraded my hboot back to 1.55 and now TRWP is now functioning, I have now pushed a rom to the phone, however flash fails due to "unable to mount to internal storage"

Is there a fix for this?

Many thanks
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ivanovic:
I suggest that you downgrade to Hboot 1.44, keep the bootloader locked and run the 1.28.401.7 RUU to be completely stock. Then its up to you whether you re staying stock or flashing sth custom.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] I will get there:
Thanks [MENTION=2633032]Ivanovic[/MENTION]

I have since moved on a little further, i have now managed to push a rom via sideload, when i then go to flash it says:

Updating partion details....

E:unable to open zip file.

Error flashing zip /sdcard/sideload.zip

updating partition..details

failed

do you know a workaround this, if not could you direct me to a page with both hboot 1.44 and the RUU please
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ivanovic:
IF you re flashing a 4.4 ROM then use TWRP 2.6.3.3 or latest CWM

IF you re flashing a 4.3/4.2 ROM then use TWRP 2.6.3.0 or older CWM

Link for the RUU http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/ruu_m7_...1-27_10-31-1131-05_release_310878_signed-exe/
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheEgonSpengler:
http://www.htc1guru.com/downloads/ruu-file-downloads/

I had to use the exe version to get it working when I had a similar issue.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaHiLzZ:
Yes there is a fix. Install stock recovery. Go to bootloader and select factory reset. It will go to stock recovery and do it's thing and should go into a Bootloop . install custom recovery you should be good