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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tersnaus:
gtherru contained

Thanks! But, is your phone encrypted, too?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thionylx:
My galaxy nexus was always encrypted and rooted. Couple workarounds were necessary. When i made a nandroid, needed to copy it to my pc asap. When i needed to restore a backup, had to use this file. Tibu took care of when i switched roms but again, store unencrypted on pc. Cant adb pull anything useable. Would usually use es file explorer and move them to a shared folder that way. Overall wasnt the end of the world. It meant running AOKP which rocked.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] inningsdefeat500:
Been searching all over, I fall into hotfile, anyone have it please. I need to return it
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] prot_x:
You can use Samsung Kies and the option: Firmware Upgrade and initialization. You enter the Model name and Serial number, and Kies will download and reinstall the right firmware for your device.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macsrock:
I'm getting a sound delay when using bluetooth headphones. Is there any way to fix that?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FourPointedFreak:
Good question - I use a Plantronics blue tooth headset that for awhile didn't have delay and now i'm noticing it does.

Not sure the cause.

I'd like to know this too.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uraken007:
Hi all, Ok long story short I dropped my sony xperia z in water with the charging cover open it workedd ok but would not charge so I backuped my contacts etc to sd card using the inbuilt backup and encrypt facilty I then tried to be a wise guy and took the thing apart to fix it !! I know bad move I smashed the screen and its now a write off, I can't afford a new one so bought a second hand sony xperia E thinking I would be able to get my contacts off my sd card but I can't find a way to do that can any one advise please? pretty please kinda desperate.....:(

thanks in advance happy new year to you all

uraken
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] difto:
You can't without the encryption keys for the SD card that are tied to your old phone. You can maybe try to contact Sony. BTW you can find new LCD on Aliexpress.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] autokrator97:
Hello, I have an LG optimus L3 ii E430 smartphone with: android 4.1.2 jelly bean, kernel version 3.4.0

I really want to upgrade it to 4.2 or 4.3 jelly bean

is that possible?
[Xperia Z General] emu123:
Hi

Got my update today on generic UK and I am really impressed

Have seen a lot of people moaning that the update didn't come out quick enough

Loving the new improvements, wow camera start up time is amazing now

Loving the new themes

Walkman app sounds better without clear audio enabled now using external amp

New email client is nice and loving the new keyboard

Overall I am very impressed
[Xperia Z General] banny7000:
Yeah I think. 4.3 is great on the z.feels like an upgrade should

Sony Ericsson w800,LG viewty,Nokia 5800,HTC wildfire,HTC desire s,Motorola xoom,nexus 7,nexus 4,Xperia z,nexus 7 2
[Xperia Z General] Zewarxx:
It's awesome although the ram is less free now but still

I liked the new camera app plus the add-on and the new task for the volume keys and I hated how we can't view and delete the photo within the camera app without going to albums

I liked the new awesome keyboard but also I hate that we can't unchecke the Chinese language

The new phone app is cool

The brightness quick setting is something needed for long time hopefully they will do the same with sounds

:D that's about it for now
[Xperia Z General] dreamville:
Amazing especially with existenze rom. Smooth as butter :thumbup:
[Xperia Z General] huzi7868:
not all that happy would have benn if they had the feature to move apps to sd like in other 4.3 updates like s4,s3 etc
[Xperia Z General] dirtydevil783:
The only, though a major dissapointment that I found was the deterioration of the camera quality. Initially, XZ was hated for it's low light photos but after the last 4.2.2 update, the camera worked like a charm and had me on my toes for very good noise reduction even in superior auto mode.

And I am very dissapointed that again in 4.3 there is a lot of noise in relatively low light photos. I don't like the automatic ISO it sets for the photographs (in Superior Auto mode). Apart from that, clicking a photo via volume keys is simply wonderful and enables us to finally take waters underwater. :)
[Xperia Z General] dirtyjeff:
I like it.
[Xperia Z General] TitchyPenguin:
Anyone else's run a lot cooler? Mine gets no where near as hot.

Menus run smoother, not a fan of the new keyboard so switched out to the regular Google one. Love the white. Battery seems similar to previously. Love the brightness and throw quick settings. Camera app is better although I'm disappointed at no Time shift burst.
[Xperia Z General] spacelordmf:
50% happy. Of 50% unhappy.
[Xperia Z General] digitallysick:
Not really happy with it, no improvement much that i can tell. I don't like the bright white settings menu, it seems like more boring plain themes, the camera no long has any quality options , same with video , i have less choice now.

So far disappointed
[Xperia Z General] Coirpre:
the new keyboard is godly, does anyone know if it is possible to extract it and make an apk out of it? or does anyone have any tips on how to start?
[Xperia Z General] gerickjohn:
Mixed feelings for me, having the Suspend_backoff Wakelock (Android OS battery drain) but overall smoothness and performance has improved, We have almost the same features as the Z1 now and for that I don't really envy the Z1 anymore. Camera is better in someways (like the volume button can be used as shutter) but I do agree somehow quality isn't like how it used to be.
[Xperia Z General] lbsyc:
no quality options? I am sure you haven't check out the manual mode yet.
[Xperia Z General] Echo_Steve:
Overall liking it so far

Except for the known WiFi issue for people using SW2

Which renders the watch useless, So much for Smart Watches lol
[Xperia Z General] adielee:
Best update so far.

Been using Sony / Sony Ericsson phones since the Xperia Arc S and the 4.3 update is ,IMO the best update from Sony so far.

The smoothest UI experience I have ever had with a Sony phone.

Having said that, I agree with gerickjohn regarding the wakelock issue. Used Grenify to hibernate lots of apps (including system apps) as well as system tuner and xposed boot manager to prevent apps on boot and unused processes. Still uses about 1% per hour on standby which is quite a bit more than on 4.2.2 (1% per 3-4 hours). Not a huge drain, but I prefer to reserve the battery for when I'm actually using the phone.

Camera has never been the best on the XZ so wasn't expecting much anyway.

P.S Does anyone know if Grenifying the wrong system apps can actually cause more battery drain? i.e apps that keep trying to start everytime they are hibernated?

Edit: I think I may have fixed the Android OS wakelock by disabling auto backup/restore and deleting the "gmail extension" in dashclock.
[Xperia Z General] bern4d1:
One thing that made me wanna buy this Xperia Z is the ability to capture good pictures in low-light condition. But after this update, the quality is very poor. Even Oppo Find 5 (chinese branded phone) can takes better pictures than my Xperia Z in low light condition. It's a shame...
[Xperia Z General] SalamiQueen:
I am about to update my phone soon (UK unbranded), but at the same time I am a bit sceptical about the change of the keyboard? I don't really understand what people mean by the new layout & I have searched around but not enough information on it.

Can anyone let me know if the T9 (predictive text) is still there with the old style keypad? I don't like using the qwerty board - I make too many mistakes despite having small fingers! A screenshot would be most helpful! Thanks :)
[Xperia Z General] Zewarxx:
It's great dont worry, before the update i was using swiftykey and now I'm using the default keyboard and im happy with it
[Xperia Z General] SalamiQueen:
Thank you :)

So it's just visually a little different, just more rounded edges?

I thought it was all squashed up to one side from what I heard.

Will update now then!
[Xperia Z General] rockyruler:
Rooting

Struggling to root my phone with 4.3? Anyone have any advice or is there a new guide?

Regards,

:cowboy:
[Xperia Z General] metcard:
I am disappointed with the battery drain in standby by Android OS - I have stamina enabled.

I also don't like the new keyboard, i preferred the old one much better, and also don't like how there is a pop up for when you tap the brightness shortcut on the notification bar.

The UI looks better, but overall I would be happier with the old firmware.

If they fix or someone finds a solution to the wakelock bug with Android OS, I'll be satisfied.
[Xperia Z General] Tommy-Geenexus:
Do you know that the oppo find 5 is on par with the XZ?

It has atleast the same cam, better display and speakers, same processor but a bad battery time.

And comes unlocked out of the box.

Only the bad battery time kept me away from buying it.

Sent from my white Xperia™Z
[Xperia Z General] SalamiQueen:
Now that I've had a play, I am 50/50. Overall it's a good update!

Just a few small things I don't like, mostly visual stuff such as the white widgets which just doesn't look good on my black background :p

Keyboard looks nice but will take getting used to, don't like that the timestamps aren't within the messaging box but below them? The colour scheme/theme also looks horrible now that they've dulled it down & not as vibrant. Hate that the top/bottom bars & boxes are grey again when you're in messaging/apps etc lol, whyyy!? The black was so much better! Should have given us the options to change it to black or grey instead.. Oh & they need to get rid of that 'swipe to unlock' message still...

BUT; have noticed that it's much snappier now. Love the camera's new apps that can be added, most of all I LOVE how you can use the volume key as a shutter! :good:
[Xperia Z General] Zewarxx:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=49145865

the new keyboard 4,3 (Y)
[Xperia Z General] colacin:
I generally dislike the UI changes. I don't like the white theme at all - looks too much like an LG or Samsung. I don't like the launcher changes and will use Nova even though I did like some of the default launcher widgets.

Typing on the keyboard seems to work better (somehow) and it looks a little different but I can't tell what's actually changed.

I thought 4.2.2 was pretty smooth so I don't notice anything there.

The default email app seems better but I'd given up on it so long ago I don't think I'll use the new one. Why can't Android have a usable email app that isn't Gmail??

Overall, I'm not enthused about the update. If there was an easier locked-bootloader root method I'd be more positive about it.

This update has moved me to unlock the bootloader and give PAC, Omni, or CM a try.
[Xperia Z General] alexpraga:
IMHO the new native apps (email, calendar,...) look really modern. The white background on settings is neutral to me as this is just under the hood.

Sent from my Xperia Z
[Xperia Z General] fernando823:
The things that I don't like from this update:

-The new KEYBOARD uses up to 3 languages at the same time, and doesn't let you change manually from one to another. That's a shame,cause I normally use 4 every day, so even if 3 is super cool and should work for most people, not for me, I would like to be able to chose the old behaviour.

I don't use Chinese at all and I can not unselected it.

-The new launcher for the camera from the lock screen makes a sound, and I couldn't find a way to avoid this.

-The new superior mode doesn't allow you to use 12MP at 4:3 (which is my favourite), only 9MP at 16:9. Also, pictures have more noise and look very blur when low light

-The apps display, when you select the "most used" order, only shows 20 apps.

-I had some bluetooth connecting issues that I didn't experience before.
[Xperia Z General] Bilal100:
I have bluetooth connecting issues.

I cannot hear sms notification via bluetooth anymore
[Xperia Z General] OverTheEdge:
The update was great in the UI and features aspect but in terms of performance and bugs, I'm not quite satisfied. I'm having FC Chrome more often than I was on 4.2.2 and the image quality of the camera has gone down as well.
[Xperia Z General] jnocomski:
The only thing that i missed is the semi-transparent navbar and statusbar when using Nova. Oh, and the old themes.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuperAnt:
Solution

Turns out that the CWM Recovery Backup was very helpful for the kitchen and it worked, now I can make a custom ROM for MT6572 mbk72_wet_jb3 Devices, I will soon post a tutorial of how I did all of it, as soon as I finish a Custom ROM.

I hope this can make someone happy soon. :victory:

History:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ganxz:
may i know type n vendor of your phone ??
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chronograff:
Hey my friend I am looking to customize my ROM for:

Model Number: Android

Android Version: 4.2.2

Baseband Version: MOLY.WR8.W1315.MD.WG.MP.V4.P5, 2013/09/04

Kernel Version: 3.4.5

Build Number: ALPS.JB3.MP.V1.6

But having problems getting the ROM from the device:

doing: cat /proc/emmc

- gives me

partno: start_sect nr_sects partition_name

emmc_p1: 00000400 00000002 "ebr1"

emmc_p2: 00004800 00005000 "protect_f"

emmc_p3: 00009800 00005000 "protect_s"

emmc_p4: 0001ba00 00145000 "android"

emmc_p5: 00160a00 000c0000 "cache"

emmc_p6: 00220a00 00100800 "usrdata"

emmc_p7: 00321200 0040c600 "fat"

and doing: cat /proc/mtd

- produces

dev: size erasesize name

- no mounts

Have you any ideas?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AmINoS007:
im waiting for that :D thx
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuperAnt:
I see that I´ve got some more people interested in this, I will then finish the tutorial, right now I don´t have the device because it´s been used on my job, I needed to modify all the apps so I had to do all of this to modify everything that I could without breaking the phone, with the kitchen I was able to remove all the bloat software and also change the initial software like the launcher, phone app, gallery, etc to custom ones.

As soon as I get more devices I will finish the tutorial, because I will have more to unlock and change the apps.

Greetings!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AmINoS007:
so bro ??? :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rick_wong444:
Can anyone help me with the rom for this phone?

https://www.china-devices.com/topic/10252-identify-correct-rom-for-mt6572-clone-iphone-6s/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] langleyguy:
Hey guys,

Can someone help me with this, I am looking for instructions on how to install 4.4 kitkat on AT&T unlocked rooted S4 I337 MF3.

Been searching the forums and can not find instructions for this. Please any help would be greatly appreciated!

::good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mg2195:
You cant...bootloader is locked all you can do is install safestrap and flash other 4.2.2 touchwiz roms
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] langleyguy:
hmmm, so we can not get 4.4 kitkat? are the other 4.2.2 roms much better?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] cooperke:
Hello,

someone using Easy sms (Pansi sms) ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] aplacetorest:
So i got a note 3, hoping to have a sharper screen than my Galaxy S3, boy was i wrong! Does anyone else see that when zooming in or even just viewing pictures in the gallery (not even ones taken with camera) they come up looking low quality? Almost blotchy? I go to look at the same exact picture on my s3 and on my laptop and oh man the s3 and laptop beat out the Note 3 by miles. The pictures are crystal clear on the s3 and laptop....

does anyone else have this issue? Know what im talking about? Is there a fix?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Duce HD2:
Are you high? I had the S3 a while back and this display is far superior in color and detail...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] aplacetorest:
im thinking it has to do with the fact that these screens use the "diamond" type of pixels or something. The way it displays image quality is just awful (not with all images, but a lot of downloaded pictures from the internet. Things id like to set as wallpaper etc. They look great on the s3 and laptop, but terrible, blotchy and blocky on the note 3)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] aplacetorest:
anyone??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] skippyg:
I've gone from using my 1080p laptop, old S3, and ONe X and by far the Note 3's quality blows them all out of the water... Not only is the pixel density super high but the quality of display is flat out the best their is. This is objectively and factually speaking of course.

http://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_Note3_ShootOut_1.htm

Also, make sure the source your downloading form is high quality stuff. The picture needs to be at least 1920x1080 to take advantage of all those pixels. Anything less the phone will stretch out...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chompone:
As far is the 'diamond pixel' arrangement, you are probably referring to the pentile matrix that the Note 3 uses. There are some benefits to this style, versus RGB that is more commonly used, but I don't particularly like it. The problem is that it effectively uses less pixels - well, technically subpixels - than 'normal'. If you compare a Galaxy S3 screen to a contemporary's screen, like the One X, you'll see how much clearer the One X screen looks.

HOWEVER

With the standard now being 1080P screens, pentile screens look really, really good. After my note 1, I thought I'd never get a pentile screen again, but with the pixel density being so high with 1080P, there is essentially no graininess with the screen on my Note 3.

You'll see that many phone sites and reviews list the note 3's screen as one of the best, highest quality displays despite being pentile. In fact, my wife's LG G2 has perhaps THE best mobile phone screen (SLCD3), it doesn't look all that much better than my note 3, IMO.

Also, your Galaxy S3 (and S4 for that matter) is a Pentile screen with LOWER resolution, so my guess is that it's not that screen but perhaps the pictures that you are viewing. Are the pictures exactly the same as far as resolution and compression? I have yet to see a blurry grainy picture on my Note 3 that looked clear on another phone.

The note 3 screen is much much better than the S3 screen, and they use the same tech. Unless you are using a microscope...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] aplacetorest:
same pictures, same files, it just looks like the phone is rendering the image and it is doing it wrong.

ok so let me attempt at making an analogy type of thing. When theres a low resolution image and you zoon in,normally it gets all blocky and distorted yes? Sometimes thing dont go blocky, they go blurry and almost have that "oil painted" look when zoomed in too far. That very look is how my note 3 is handling some images without even zooming in. whereas on my s3, they were crystal clear, and on the laptop they were as well. On my laptop i can see specific lines and details in the image that dont even show with my note 3 because of the way the image is being displayed in a awful manner. its almost as if certain parts of the image are blurry and blotchy. But only on the note 3 screen. (and no, its not that part of the screen, cause of course everything else like play store looks normal and gorgeous) so i think im just upset in how the note 3 is handling image processing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Perhaps go compare the same photo at a Sprint store (or any other retailer).

I've looked close up on hundreds of original res photos between my laptop, Nexus 7 2013, and this phone, with the laptop and the phone at 1080p, and the phone looks perfect. I used for just this question a photo I threw in my Dropbox account, and zoomed in close.

Perhaps you've got a bad phone. If so, you'll be able to return it.

Sent from my SM-N900P using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] aplacetorest:
im going to screenshot to compare and show you guys so no one thinks im crazy lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] aplacetorest:
Ok so heres a comparison. A good picture to show details indeed. Tattoo quality etc. Notice on the note how minor details get "blurred" and distorted. and thats zoomed in. The same zoom was applied to the one on the laptop. And on the S3 it looks just like the laptop

The Note 3 processes images differently, and i hate it. See what i mean by low image quality?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] aplacetorest:
no one has anything to say about that? Same picture, same zoom, same everything. Just different device. and i gotta say, im really disappointed in the note 3 pulling that crap
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
I believe you are describing something that bothers you (histrionics in the thread title notwithstanding), and have shown one example to convey your frustration to others (your concerns are valid, in my opinion). This may not be the best route, as most love this screen. Furthermore, the issue you have is far from simple; the realm of screen resolution, graphics processing, pixel rendering, color accuracy, &c is a highly complex system. Change just one variable in the controlled environment (file viewer, for example), and everything else changes.

Let us try another route. Here is a photo, in its original resolution (10MB file size), taken with the Canon EOS 70D, from the site DPReview.com,

https://s3.amazonaws.com/masters.ga...813603&Signature=pmyXwtQ2d4TtXROo9/Q2uwfH69w=

I suggest that folks look at this on their own from different devices, draw their own inferences, and perhaps provide some feedback.

I just looked at that photo from Chrome on my Nexus 7 2013 and this phone (color set to movie mode). I think that the fine details in the hair, wrinkles in the guy's face, the wings on the purple costume, all look spectacular, with less matting and moire, from the GN3. The backlight on the Nexus does lend for a different viewing experience, but as far as native compression on that photo, I am not seeing it on this phone at all.

Here's another photo, just for kicks (macro shot),

https://s3.amazonaws.com/masters.ga...823691&Signature=1qsPty4pho4xKLglvILtUNJWENA=

After looking at the flower, especially the water drops on the far right petals, I'm completely happy with the fine details on this screen. It's pretty amazing.

Sent from my SM-N900P using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] w7excursion:
You would notice more distortion on a higher screen resolution and bigger screen. A better comparison would be done with two devices with at least the same exact resolution. N3 and S4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Agreed. I believe that if you look at those two photos to which I linked from your Note 3, they'll look pretty dang good. I see none of the flattening of fine detail that the OP noticed. At full size, they look pitch-perfect. The pics posted earlier seem like some severe lossy compression is going on, either from within the viewer, or something is wrong with the GPU.

Also, from what I've read, both the SIII and Note 3 use RGB pentile pixel arrays, with the Note 3 providing higher resolution than the SIII.

Sent from my SM-N900P using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] remyink:
You guys can bash me if you want. OP if you want great pics take a DSLR. Ten years ago cell phones could barely text. It is after all a cell phone first. If you don't like it get rid of it. I'm more than happy with my Note 3.