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[Windows Phone 8 General] AndyFZ1S:
Good review, Nice to hear something positive for a change, I have a White Lumia 1520, Got it Monday and love it, Compared to my previous Lumia 920 and other Windows Phones I have owned it simply is the best, That is just my opinion, Some ppl will find it too large to handle comfortably, I have large hands so not a problem, It is perfect for my usage,

Have to agree that the OS does need some further optimisations for Phablets as some things and Apps display just too large :o
[Windows Phone 8 General] Thresher:
Thank for you for the review Vallista.

As for your little back and forth...I could call anything well anything, it doesn't mean people would understand me. Using proper terminology seems to me...to be akin to using the correct syntax and terminologies when going into your local swag bar and asking for 2 fingers of Laphroaig, neat. One can not simply order a Scotch and expect the same result. ;)
[Windows Phone 8 General] Psih4x:
From A Note 1 to the 1520

I was given a Surface at work pilot in our environment, and was very impressed with it. My Note 1 was long overdue to be replaced (but flapjax ROM's ran so great its kept up fine), and so I opted to give Windows Phone 8 a go. I had previously used WinMo 5 and 6, followed by a very brief run with the iPhone, and stuck with Android for about 3 years.

I miss the ability to customize, a lot. Admittedly I didn't do a lot of research going into WP8, but not being able to change DPI etc is disappointing. I feel like I'm back in the iPhone sandbox. I do really like the hardware of this device, and there are some aspects of WP8 that I really appreciate. Having Office on my phone has been a lifesaver for school. I like trying new things so it's still fun finding a lot of the nuances, but I really wish I could start flashing something better than the stock ROM.

The Lumia 1520 is an awesome device, and WP8 runs very smoothly on it out of the box. I would consider WP8 better than iOS, but Android will still win until Microsoft allows the users of their device to fine tune more settings of their device. I won't hold my breath for that, but I'll contribute as much as I can here on XDA to help a dev make it happen.
[Windows Phone 8 General] Taha25:
Got Lumia

I have similar story - moved from Note 2 to White Lumia 1520. I wrote some programs for android before and I like android and never had any problem with Note 2 but.. sometimes it is useful for people to get out of comfort :laugh:

I wrote programs for WM too but SDK for WP8 is completely different and more complex in my opinion. Maybe this is just first impression.

The device itself is really cool, I like it. WP8 is too strict and have few applications. Similar was when I had Dell Streak 5 with Android 1.6 as my first android device - at that time people laugh at me like I see in this thread. Hope that Microsoft will catch up, improve WP8 fast.
[Windows Phone 8 General] djtonka:
Check out our stunning photos made with Lumia 1520 and Nokia Camera

More inside

http://www.windowsmania.pl/dyskusja...przy-swiecach-czyli-seria-wigilijna-raw-7809/
[Windows Phone 8 General] inmnbob:
Too bad the marketing department at Microsoft and Nokia didn't capture my wife's opinion of the 1520 because it would be a good commercial. My wife hates technology and has no interest in learning new devices...If fact she didn't want to even upgrade her iphone. Then the other day we walk into the Microsoft Store and she sees the 1520 and immediately said she wanted it. I thought that was particularly interesting since she laughed at the size of my Note 3. She left Sprint and the IPhone to move to the Nokia. She even had to pay more per month. She loves it. Not much more I can say except I love it too. I am not ready to give up my Note 3 and Galaxy Gear but think the 1520 is really well done.
[Windows Phone 8 General] Spectre51:
What settings did you use to get that photo?

Sent from my Xperia™ Tablet Z
[Windows Phone 8 General] NightOrchid:
Thanks for the review :). Like you I used to own a Note 2 and liked it.. at first, but I found it was a little big for me. I must be honest though, I mustve owned about 10 Android phones and I was never happy, even with the stunning hardware of the HTC One.. i traded and sold them back and forwards and it was only when I bought my first Ativ S, I was instantly converted. Now I own a 925 and love it, wanting a 1020 when its price comes down.

The question I asked myself was .. What makes WP8 great over Android?. which the simple answer is "It just works flawlessly".
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RusherDude:
Fixed.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sonicdeth:
Here is what I just did, and it worked perfectly.

1. Take note of all the mods you installed so you can install them afterwards.

2. Put phone in bootloader mode / fastboot

3. Grab the 4.4 stock image from Google. Extract system.img file from it and flash that through fastboot (without the -w command) (fastboot flash system system.img). Don't worry you won't lose anything if you omit -w. Apps and data are preserved, it just set the \system area back to stock

4. Copy the OTA udpate zip to your phone, flash with TWRP. Since everything is 'back to stock' it should flash fine.

I had to re-root with TWRP after flashing before I rebooted. Everything was good to go. Then reflash your mods.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RusherDude:
Ok, that covers the a) situation where I want to flash it asap, thanks! (also note everyone, you got to disable xposed and all mods before flashing the ota)

PS: You can just flash the stock kernel and undo all the system changes, no need to flash the entire 4.4 stock zip.

What about the b) situation? :P
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattjorgs:
Don't know why you'd want to go all the way back to 4.1.1. That's from July '12.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RusherDude:
Wut? in the b) situation I just wanna STAY on 4.1 until all the stuff is ported to 4.1.1 (if something needs porting).
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cheeze[iT]:
You mean 4.4? And 4.4.1? Lol
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sam_in_PGH:
How to update to 4.4.1

I am rooted/bootloader unlocked with TWRP v2.6.3.1. When I try to flash in recovery manually with ota zip, I get a Failed error with error "E: error executing updater binary in zip"

What are step to update for a device like mine??
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RusherDude:
Omg yea, 4.4 lol, fail haha
[Theme Screenshots and ZIPs] voredroid:
Here is my new theme Droids & Minions.. Hope everyone likes it.. Lemme know what you think..

Download: https://db.tt/VD3xGsYb
[Theme Screenshots and ZIPs] alldroid:
Looks well m8 nice looking theme
[Theme Screenshots and ZIPs] Xkira07:
Cool..:good:
[HTC One X] buju001:
Hi guys!

I read all threads with this problem on facebook messenger and i can`t find a fix.It`s about "Can`t log in.Something went wrong" problem.

I fresh install a few roms,now i`m back to stock,update to 4.18.401.3,download the last facebook messenger app and no luck.I installed an old version of app,format the storage and problem don`t disappear.Always when i try to log in give me that error.

But i tried on other devices and the app works well.

So,if somebody know how to solve this issue on ours device,i really please to help me if he want:(

Cheers!
[HTC One X] buju001:
Up!:(
[HTC One X] TheStickMan:
I found a fix that seems to work on most devices:

http://www.tehstickman.com/2014/tech/facebook-messenger-something-went-wrong-fix/
[HTC One X] me_melb:
Does not work for me once I move to 4G :crying:
[HTC One X] TheStickMan:
It stopped working for me one day too, and I never bothered following the steps again.

Unfortunately, it looks like we'll have to, since Facebook announced plans to scrap the messaging feature from the main FB app. So if we want to chat on our mobiles, we'll need the Messenger app..
[HTC Jetstream] Adolyep:
Hi everybody.

Actually there are two issues to solve. I've read the thread "please, help!' related to WiFi error and saw a possible solution, but I can't perform any Bootloader command. I already done: Change Settings>Programs>USB Debbuging marked, (my device is unlooked and has a Diablo-version)

I think I wiped some else by mistake (even the original System), and I recover the system using Diablo ROM.

How Can I make bootloader works again?, and then fix the WiFi issue?

I am using TWRP access to install ZIP ROMs but none fixed WiFi...
[HTC Jetstream] guru_shastri:
you need to explain this part better: "but I can't perform any Bootloader command"

what can't you perform and what do u see when trying
[HTC Jetstream] Adolyep:
I mean "ADB" command. I was reading a lot about it and learning a bit more. I know now that ADB commands are use to copy, push, install and more from a Command Window. I didn't realize that those command can be done from a specific directory (Am I right?).

So, I copied ADB and two DLL files into a TWRP directory in my Device, and from this folder performed a few commands... and Voilá.. it worked.

But still can't make WiFi works and my System is still rebooting ramdomly when is not in use...

thanks for any Help ... any advice.... :eek: :rolleyes:
[HTC Jetstream] guru_shastri:
search the forum..you need to flash the wifi module to fix that.

as for the crashes, check on which kernel the device is running. the doomlord one is problematic
[HTC Jetstream] Adolyep:
Ok. stuck again. I've downloaded some ZIP and IMG files that I tried to "install" using fastboot or TWRP tools. in both cases FAILED.

:(

there is someways to install usig fastboot commands to SEND (install) a ZIP directly to the device, but I am not sure how to do this.

Do you need to specify a Partition to install a ZIP file? Which one?

how to? [I mean Syntaxis of the command]

...

I m pretty upset with this device. I'm running El Diablo ROM pretty well, but Tetter (the game) and WiFi never worked...

Thanks in advance!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AhmadLight:
Hello,

What about this tablet:

http://www.alshop.com/nextbook-trendy-10-1-8gb-tablet-black.html

Is it just a cheap Chinese tablet?

I didn't find any reviews about it!!

Has anyone tried it?
[HTC Tornado] eazyrog:
does anyone know if the phone supports Instant email, my service provider is Tmobile if its helps.

Thanks
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] battle1:
Hi i have a htc one and im running android 4.3 my problem is i notice a maddening lag when i try to play with piano apps i dont know if this exists with videos and games or if it is noticrable but i came from a galaxy nexus and even it didnt have such issues. Is there anything i can do?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmstlist:
Hi there, I skipped the Nexus 4 myself but a less techie friend of a friend is having trouble updating his to KRT16S from JWR66Y.

Photo here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jvp8v0u3kwfdr46/Photo0001.jpg

He says he bought it straight from Google, never unlocked the bootloader, never rooted. Yet during the update install he gets the message:

"/system/app/PlusOne.apk" has unexpected contents.

There is no way that system app should have been modifiable if he was never rooted. But for some reason it does not match what the update zip expects.

Any idea why this might be happening? And is there any way he can possibly upgrade with a locked bootloader, without wiping?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wild78:
Hi all,

talking about Iconia B1-a71 but easily more of you may have met this issue during the firmware upgrade procedure.

My issue is that after a wrong rooting, the tablet got stuck at the ACER logo, Wipe does not fix the issue and when I try to upload a new firmware I got the subject error.

Now, provided that in the firmware package we have the complete OS Structure of our tablet, is there something we can manually change to force the upgrade to happen ?

Thanks

Wild78
[Nexus 5 General] knite75:
Bought two Nexus 5. One black for myself, and white for my wife. Wifey doesn't like it. She's surgically attached to her iPhone.

Anyways, I've returned her Nexus 5 to Google. It has been 3 weeks now, and still no refund. I call them every week to check up on the status. Always same answer "refund is being processed". BS.
[Nexus 5 General] Shamingo:
Just keep at it. It ended up taking me 1 month for a Nexus 7 (2012) LTE return. Still better than the 7 weeks I've been waiting for Motorola to refund a Moto X return!
[Nexus 5 General] Itchiee:
Mine took a week to refund after they received it and then another week to hit my credit card, the holidays maybe.

Surprisingly they won't email you to tell you you're being refunded just look at the original transaction.
[Nexus 5 General] kresk:
They told me 10 to 14 days business days from when they received the defective unit. The hold on my card was was placed on Nov 9. It is now Dec 5 and still no refund. If you factor in the holiday and the business only days. It'll be 14 days on Friday. So even though it was practicality a whole month. The 14 days are just coming up. I guess I'll worry if tomorrow passes and nothing happens.
[Nexus 5 General] knite75:
Google got to be the worse F*CKing company to get a refund.

Inquired again this morning. Got a reply that they "have confirmed receipt of the device at our return processing center". So, where's my refund?

It's been more than three weeks, since I shipped the device back.
[Nexus 5 General] fr4c:
That is unacceptable. My returned device was received by their processing center on 12/1 and a credit just posted on my account today (12/5).
[Nexus 5 General] MrPhilo:
It's the busiest time of the year, hence other people got refunded faster.
[Nexus 5 General] onmike:
That's the one reason I was a little hesitant to order from Google.

With Apple if there is an issue I was always able to just walk into a store and resolve.

Luckily my phone was excellent and everything went smooth.
[Nexus 5 General] Jayrod1980:
While it sucks to have to wait, as a whole their policy is pretty good. They also pay shipping back, do advance replacement for a year, ship quickly etc. I have to say that I'm more upset about the defect rate than anything.
[Nexus 5 General] fr4c:
They only pay for shipping for RMA's. With returns for refunds Google will subtract from your credit based on what shipping you payed for initially for your order.

So with my refund Google actually charged me $13.99 for the 2nd Day UPS shipping (which I paid for when I ordered), yet the RMA shipping back to them was only UPS Ground. So why do they get to charge me more for a service they're actually not using?
[Nexus 5 General] xBeerdroiDx:
and then they would have handed you a gift card, good for any future apple purchases...
[Nexus 5 General] onmike:
Don't spread false info...

I've returned items to Apple including a 5S recently and I've always been refunded in less than 48 hours back to my debit, or right away in cash.

The only time I've ever heard of any store giving you a gift card is if you somehow paid by cash and didn't have a receipt to prove purchase upon return.
[Nexus 5 General] sith78:
I've RMA a nexus 4 last year... It took almost 6 month for google to "free" my money....

Yea... They are on the slow side.....
[Nexus 5 General] dvdivx:
In my case I ordered 2 phones (2 32gb black) and they shipped a total of 9 phones to me. Thankfully UPS refused the shipment as I requested but Google received the phones 11/14 and still no refund on the 7 phones I didn't order. Disputed the charges through BOA but still my card is hosed until long after Christmas thanks to Google's incompetence.
[Nexus 5 General] Citizen_Snips:
WHAT?!?! You seriously ordered 2 phones and got NINE? And they charged you for them all. Holy crap. You could probably sue them. I've seen it done over less, l.m.f.a.o.

Wow 9 phones man that's nuts

Edit so not OT: I ordered a 32G white from play store on launch. Saw mine wouldn't even ship until late Nov-early Dec so I canceled it (before it shipped). Ended up waiting however long until T-Mobile got them in stock and grabbed it there. As far as Google's delay for returning my dough to the bank. They said usually no more than 2-3 business days, but as per their refund/return policy it could take a MAXIMUM of 14 business days. Though the rep said she never heard of anyone having to wait that long. Took them 6 business days. Almost hit that half way mark :p
[Nexus 5 General] knite75:
That's true. Love Apple for that adjust.

Bought an IPad Mini last year. Wasn't impressed with the display. RequestED RMA, free FedEx overnight back, got refund 24hrs later. Bam, done deal!
[Nexus 5 General] kresk:
They are taking forever with my refund as well. They received my defective unit on Nov 20th and still no refund. At first they said 7 to 14 business days and now they upped it to 21 days. That's a dang long time just for a refund. On a side note they said the old N5 was recieved and processed with no problem. Meaning that the defect or whatever was not my fault. So I wait, and wait, and...
[Nexus 5 General] Super Chimp:
So glad to hear I am not the only one with this issue. The whole business of returning the phone has been at a snails pace to get through the process.
[Asus Transformer TF701] lpdunwell:
Disclaimer: Not knowing what you're doing is a serious brick risk! Don't dare saying you haven't been warned!

Status: beta experimental

Requirements: v7 Bootloader

Working: Backup, Recovery (?)

Bugs/Not working: Wipe, trouble with mount points

Comment: The backlight fix is an ugly hack at driver level. If anybody can tell me how to get that working on init.rc level (don't believe I haven't tried), tell me.

Download: View attachment 2438921

Test:

fastboot boot recovery.img

Installation:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Please consider clicking thanks. Tally-ho.

View attachment 2435318
[Asus Transformer TF701] lpdunwell:
Also, if you can tell me how to get the darned backlight working by default, go on, tell me!
[Asus Transformer TF701] schmeggy929:
Haha you telling me the two revisions i tried, probably worked even though the screen was black?
[Asus Transformer TF701] lpdunwell:
exactly^^

the "hold on, the screen's black, let's grab a flashlight..." has been in my mental toolbox for years...
[Asus Transformer TF701] schmeggy929:
My linux laptop is at work, ill try unpacking your recovery img and see if i can find anything tomorrow
[Asus Transformer TF701] lpdunwell:
Great.

I have tried to write this silly value into brightness, but I failed hard.

What I've done to make this recovery: get cm-11.0, downloaded the recent kernel sources from this other thread, edited the configs, avoided errors.

If anybody cares to talk me through uploading this whole mess to git, I don't mind doing so. If anybody wants a zip, even better.

Anyway, it's getting late-ish. More brain-wrecking tomorrow...
[Asus Transformer TF701] AngryDinosaur:
Too bad I have 0 programming skill :(
[Asus Transformer TF701] lpdunwell:
backlight fix: please hand me the eye-bleach

Original:

static int dsi_s_wqxga_10_1_bl_notify(struct device *unused, int brightness)
{
int cur_sd_brightness = atomic_read(&sd_brightness);

/* SD brightness is a percentage */
brightness = (brightness * cur_sd_brightness) / 255;

/* Apply any backlight response curve */
if (brightness > 255)
pr_info("Error: Brightness > 255!\n");
else
brightness = dsi_s_wqxga_10_1_bl_output_measured[brightness];

return brightness;
}

Fix:

static int dsi_s_wqxga_10_1_bl_notify(struct device *unused, int brightness)
{
return dsi_s_wqxga_10_1_bl_output_measured[160];
}
[Asus Transformer TF701] AngryDinosaur:
Does that mean backlight is fixed
[Asus Transformer TF701] lpdunwell:
Backlight is fixed
[Asus Transformer TF701] schmeggy929:
man I have been trying to get this recovery going, i even changed the brightness to 255 as well in default.prop. And the other file( i forget which one) So many file edits in ubuntu its insane.The kernel i used is stock 4.3 mb. Your kernel in img is 5.7 mb. When i used your kernel it boots but no backlight. stock kernel it just reboots. Pulling my hairs out here. Glad someone was able to get it working!

Thanks!
[Asus Transformer TF701] AngryDinosaur:
nice, waiting for cromi x then :D :D many thanks

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doesn't hurt to try :good:

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Link is down, 404 not found
[Asus Transformer TF701] schmeggy929:
Excellent man! doing a backup as we speak. Great job porting the recovery over to the tf701t. Can't wait for Sbdags' ROM on this badboy.
[Asus Transformer TF701] AngryDinosaur:
you got it running man? Im debating still
[Asus Transformer TF701] schmeggy929:
Yes it running. Debating why? the stock recovery is basically useless, so flashing a recovery is harmless. Been building,rebuilding this recovery the last few days, all pretty much didn't work. So I did this today:

reboot to bootloader(fastboot)

fastboot erase recovery

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

And Ip's recovery is working, backup complete! If backup doesn't work(no reason it should't) with restore I can just flash the 4.3 update-user.zip.
[Asus Transformer TF701] AngryDinosaur:
yeah debating my a**, installed 2 minutes later after writing. ya it works, backing up now too X)

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heheh maybe you can work on TWRP ;)

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so i backed up but i cant find the backup folder in the clockworkmod folder?

and i press factory reset it shows tons of can't mount message and rebooted out of recovery

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tried rebooting and factory reset in recovery is no go
[Asus Transformer TF701] schmeggy929:
The backup should be on external sdcard in clockworkMod folder
[Asus Transformer TF701] AngryDinosaur:
used the factory reset in the settings on the tablet, now stuck on the asus splash screen

how did you get into fastboot when it cant get pass the splash screen before?

i hold vol - and power it just powers on but doesnt go into fastboot
[Asus Transformer TF701] schmeggy929:
never had a problem getting into fastboot, power & vol - still works.
[Asus Transformer TF701] AngryDinosaur:
let me power down first and see if it can get into fastboot when it's not bootlooping
[Asus Transformer TF701] schmeggy929:
Man, if you can't boot or reboot into fastboot you might have a hard-brick.:(
[Asus Transformer TF701] AngryDinosaur:
it's extremely wonky, power down completely by holding VOL+ and VOL- and power. wait a few minutes.then i hold VOL- and power,

keep holding it and the recovery flashing android with progress bar appeared,

then i guess it finished the factory reset now and it booted past both asus screen. and it's fine now. I dont get why it cant factory reset in recovery

after installing the recovery when i reboot, it asks for if i want to keep the system recovery and root fix. i chose no for system recovery and yes for root fix. What did you choose?
[Asus Transformer TF701] schmeggy929:
I didn't do a factory reset or anything else yet. But what you chose is correct. I believe this recovery in still a work in progress. I tried going the settings and a few issues mounting cache and reading recovery.logs error messages. Right now im making sure all the mount points are correct. besides the backlight issue I had creating my recovery I was missing a rc file and used the stock kernel/zImage. Ip's seems to be a bigger zImage. But all the other files are pretty much the same. I saw he added the brighness fix in the init.rc file. Excellent work! Im still learning here as well. :)

[MENTION=518363]sbdags[/MENTION] have a Initial Release ROM I can flash? LOL
[Asus Transformer TF701] AngryDinosaur:
maybe it will get ironed out soon, but i wonder what happens when we get a rom and we cant wipe :confused:
[Asus Transformer TF701] schmeggy929:
Do you happen to remember what the error was when trying to factory reset in recovery? Im comparing this recovery with revision for the tf700t in a little bit.