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[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trovatrice:
My long-anticipated Z1s arrived yesterday and I'm still learning where the various camera menus and functions are. My previous phone was an HTC Sensation which has a camera that set a pretty high bar. I breed seahorses, so my use case is a really demanding one!! Low light through glass and water shots of microscopic moving targets (brine shrimp and seahorse fry) pre-dawn courtship rituals... I have really high hopes for this phone!! The motion tracking does surprisingly well, and compared to the HTC, the images are slightly softer, less gritty/noisy, but do seem to lack some of the sharpness and contrast of the Sensation (which was all or nothing when it came to autofocus). Still need to master the settings and preferences and adjust lighting, and get up the courage to actually dunk it INTO the tank!!

I'm not the one to ask about porting the app, but I'd be happy to answer questions about it and experiment for anyone who may be on the fence about buying one.

This sample is from a shot taken through glass.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingsizeriz:
An apk has been posted in the apps section
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MeltdownSpectre:
My friend moved back to Pakistan from Canada recently and brought his phone back with him. Since the phone was purchased from Rogers, it was locked to Rogers network in Canada.

He brought it to Pakistan and had it unlocked for 10 USD at a store.

He isn't familiar with rooting and all so he didn't pay attention as to how the unlock was done and is not sure if it was a factory unlock or not.

He showed me his phone recently and I noticed they had rooted it.

He wants to update his phone to 4.3 Jellybean but he can't use OTA because his device status has been changed to 'Modified'.

If I download a 4.3 firmware for the I747M and flash it will the phone get locked again? On SamMobile, there is a firmware that shows Canda (Rogers) on one of the firmwares, if I download it and flash it will the phone get locked again or will it stay unlocked even though its being flashed with a Rogers firmware.

There is also another firmware with the Country/Carrier showing as 'Unknown' as SamMobile. If I flash this firmware, will the device get locked? What does 'Unknown' mean on a firmware?

Thanks :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
What OS is on the phone right now? If the phone is running 4.3, do not flash any stock firmware unless it is 4.3 or higher.

I don't think it makes a difference as to whether the phone was unlocked via rooting or code, it will remain unlocked after flashing.

I unlocked my Bell s3, as have many others, using a free method and the phone has remained unlocked, even though I reloaded a stock Bell 4.1.1 rom and then a stock Bell 4.1.2 rom.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MeltdownSpectre:
It's on 4.1.1 right now. So if I flash a Rogers 4.3 firmware?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
You can flash it but I would not do it. The 4.3 ROM will install Knox which can make rooting more difficult and harder to unbrick.

You can install a custom recovery and just flash a custom 4.4.2 ROM. This allows you to easily return to a stock ROM in the future.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MeltdownSpectre:
Flashing a 4.4.2 ROM

My friend does want KitKat on his phone, so how do I flash a 4.4.2 ROM?

Can I flash the CWM Recovery meant for the I747? Will it make a difference if my device is the I747M?

Will I747 ROMs work on the I747M?

Thanks for the help BTW :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
You can flash Philz Touch Recovery via Odin. Once that is flashed correctly, you can download a ROM, save it on the phone's internal or external memory, boot into recovery, wipe Dalvik Cache, cache, and data. Then flash the rom and reboot.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MeltdownSpectre:
Could you suggest a KitKat ROM that looks like a Nexus device?

Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
I just started flashing ROMs onto my s3 and prefer an aosp interface.

I don't know of any that look like stock kit Kat but you could use as theme chooser to find something you like.

I recommend that you not update to 4.3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MeltdownSpectre:
I've decided against updating to 4.3 but I'm looking for an AOSP 4.4 KitKat ROM.

I tried Themer on my phone but didn't like it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
You can search for themes on the play store. Many of them require a certain launcher. When you find a theme you like, just download the required launcher and install the theme.

Were you able to load a custom rom onto the phone?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MeltdownSpectre:
I haven't tried yet since the phone is not with me.

To be honest, I've used 3-4 launchers from the Play Store but they still don't give the same experience as the Custom ROM.

Thanks :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Every ROM uses some sort of launcher and certain themes only support certain launchers.

Personally, I like Cyanfox because of its dark UI.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] draziw_1:
Free Unlocking method

Hi, I'm trying to unlock my Galaxy S3 I747M and I see that you were able to do so via a free method, now would that free method be via a survey, or a magazine deal or Netflix? I'm currently in Trinidad and it comes up with something like, Deals are not available in your country. I would like to use this phone while here on a work assignment so if you could please tell me how you were able to do this it would muchly be appreciated. Its on a Canadian carrier and with Rogers. Also on 4.1.2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
The free method is not any sort of offer from any company. In order to use the free method, you need to flash a stock Rogers 4.1.1 ROM via Odin 3.07 because a stock 4.1.1 ROM is the only ROM that has the necessary menu options to do it. If you flash a stock ROM, you will loose all of the data and apps on your phone.

The i747m is a Bell phone. I think Rogers is an i747r.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MeltdownSpectre:
No no.

I747M is Rogers and Bell.

I747U is for Telus.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
I stand corrected. Thanks for the information.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MeltdownSpectre:
No problem man.

I should be thanking you for all the help in this thread.

I guess this thread can be locked now.

Thanks again.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Just curious, did you install a custom ROM? As I mentioned before, avoid 4.3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MeltdownSpectre:
Still not yet. Phone is still with a friend.

Will probably install a 4.4.2 ROM.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] JackHanAnLG:
Hey guys

I was looking over the power saving options and theres not that much in there, it just disables some stuff which you could do manually and I started thinking about my Galaxy S3

with power saving on it would underclock from 1.4 too 1.0 and save around 1 hour of screen on time, but did lag a bit

Sony should have done the same and underclocked it from 2.2 to 1.5, I say this because 1.5 is really enough anyway, and the amount of battery it would save would probably be a lot!

What do you guys think?

J
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Benjiro:
I do not understand your reasoning... You are assuming that a device that is able to do 2.2Ghz, is running at 2.2Ghz all the time?

Normally, when you task the CPU 100% -> 2.2GHz

But it uses different profiles. So a 10% task, will maybe run the cpu at 800Mhz

Please note: i do not know exactly how many power profiles are in the Snapdragon 800.

But if you perform x task in 10 second at 800mhz, or 3 second in 2.2Ghz ... in battery level its not to make a big difference ( unless your task is going for hours ).

Also remember, your S3, used a 1 + 4 configuration. That means, minimum tasks are run on the slower core. Large tasks it activates the 4 core setup. Its possible on the older Tegra3, that the 4 cores may not be powered gated, and you are activating too many cores, for the task your running. Or its leveling the power profile on all the cores, when running a single task. So that is why you get a hour more battery life ( i assume again, you mean on-screen battery life ).

The Snapdragon unlike the Tegra3, runs in a 4 core configuration with power-gating the idle cores. So it does not need to constantly switch between little.big configurations ( that little.big is designed to safe power, but it also costs power when it needs to do a lot of switching ).

If you deliberately slow things down, yes, you can save power. But you also wait longer for the task to finish. Unless somebody can show conclusive evidence that locking your CPU down, has a advantage, i will more or less state, that under normal situation ( surfing, chat, email whatever ), your screen is actually the biggest power drainer. I see this clearly also on my device, with it draining over 50% on a 5h+ on-screen time.

Unless people have done some experiments, i assume that any advantage of lower clocking your cpu, will be minimalism. Unless you lower clock your CPU, AND also under-voltage your CPU.

I think you will see much more energy gain, from lowering your screens brightness ( and disabling the automatic screen strength adjustment ), especially with this big 6.4" screen. Or just get a Power Jacket...

http://shop.brando.com/Power-Jacket-with-cover-For-Sony-Xperia-Z-Ultra-4500mAh_p10103c1591d003.html

That gives you a nice 80 a 90% extra charge on the road. Or install a USB-lighter plug in your car, and voila. More mobile power source *lol*
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djlpio:
HELP! I've been using my LG G2 for around 3 months with mo problems at all. I'm rooted with Janjan's custom rom. This morning my phone froze, so i rebooted it. From then on i could not connect to my mobile network as well as Wifi networks. I can see the phone is also scanning the media files, and i cannot open any programs. The phone then restarts itself after about 20 seconds. If i turn the screen off, i cannot turn it back on.

I have already tried restoring to a backup i had on CWM, but the same thing happens.

Has anybody experienced this before? Any suggestions on what to do????

Thanks!

**Edit.

Was able to snap this pic before it rebooted on me again. The "Error" message, stays on even if i exit Settings.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leomd333:
Flash back to stock using this method http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2432476

But before you try to return to stock, make sure you completely wipe the device in CWM.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djlpio:
hey thanks for the reply. I've tried returning it to stock. Wiped cache and factory reset in CWM, and followed the tutorial to return to stock.

After the phone restarted, it showed stock boot animation and is totally stock now.

BUT the problem is still there. My phone continues to reset itself every 10-20 seconds, and still cannot connect to any networks.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leomd333:
Hmm, that is odd. Do you have a back up of the phone before you changed anything? i.e. a stock backup?

because it seem you may have wiped your EFS partition by accident.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djlpio:
No i don't have any backups, The only back up i had was a stable version of the ROM i was using. And it seems like when i reverted back to stock, all the files in the internal memory is erased as well.
[General Questions and Answers] keep_touch:
Any chance of this feature becoming available on the HTC HD2?

I have a Slim ROM with Android 4.3.1 running. Installed already rSAP (native as suggested on website). The SAP connection does not work.

Should work with Opel Radio 900. This supports SAP and I tried with several Nokia mobiles. There were no Problems.

Are there combinations of NAND image + kernel which support SAP for HTC HD2?

Many Thanks.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] mrband:
Can the Magician send or receive business cards?

I have had my phone 3 months and today was the first time I tried to receive one, if it doesn't support business cards is there a program that does?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] chintan_dhanak:
Try this software. Works fine on my Mini

I got this software that works. Name is Vcard - adds functionality to send & recieve business cards. Hope that helps.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mnasiir:
Hi guys,

I need Jellybean Rom for my smartphone Sky Vega A-810K...revocery img file also.

Is anyone can help me????

is anyone can give me the link....??
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mathrania:
I did not wipe or flash anything recently.

Yesterday i had all the pics taken from HTC One in the gallery, but today all of them are gone. Everything else, like wallpapers etc are there, but just camera pics are gone.

I checked from file explorer as well. No pics there as well. What could be the reason? Anyway to recover them?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamilmirza:
if you had Google Auto-Backup enabled then you can restore them

check it out
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] allenjthomsen:
This is a themed UVUBMI7 SystemUI made to look like the 4.4.2 SystemUI

Download

https://mega.co.nz/#!N4RHEbqb!RRFGUAwgmc6KFhS3sNBkDhqdxEUKRZEqtj8EEgJXHXQ
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] allenjthomsen:
And another
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] allenjthomsen:
Credits

NajMad-for his white battery .pngs

Samsung for the 4.4.2 .pngs
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chefjayhawk:
Which ROMS is this compatible with?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] allenjthomsen:
Should be compatible with all tmobile roms and maybe some international roms
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] SICKMADE:
i cant see the diff between 4.2 and this? what am i not seeing?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ktetreault14:
Nice bro. Love it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] allenjthomsen:
Install it and you will see the differnce the battery is greyishwhite the 4g lte icon is all white the battery charged popup icon is all white all around even when u do the pull down also all the icons from the 4.4.2 are put into it i still have a little theming to go though
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] allenjthomsen:
Here is a close up of the status bar
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] allenjthomsen:
And another so u can see data signal color
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] allenjthomsen:
There will be more versions of the system ui as i go along and fix everything
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] allenjthomsen:
I also did all the systemui theming in this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40623565
[NFC Hacking] ronanbrowne88:
Is it possible for the s4 to read a rfid chip using its NFC technology, I just want the phone to register that a chip has been scanned i have been trying but with no success(using various NFC apps, turning NFC on holding chip to phone, nothing happens), Can anyone give me some advice if this is possible and if so what apps they used. thanks.

**Info i found elsewhere online:

"RFID chips operate at several different frequencies whereas NFC tags all operate at 13.56MHz. There is a type of RFID chip that also works at this frequency but I still don't think it will work with an NFC reader"

Can any one verify if the above is correct
[NFC Hacking] Entropy512:
NXP-based NFC controllers can read 13.56 MHz RFIDs that are MIFARE compliant and compliant with a few other standards such as NFC and ISO 14443.

Other NFC controllers can read NFC and ISO 14443 tags, but not MIFARE RFIDs. Many RFID cards (such as some products from HID Global) are 14443 compliant but not all.

I can read (to a limited degree due to security features) an access card that is used along with one of HID's access systems using NXP's TagInfo app.
[NFC Hacking] ronanbrowne88:
My rfid chips are 125khz frequncy, so im correcting in saying nfc on a 4 can not read that frequency
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] thakrew317:
Why is it saying I only have 2gs of storage when the specs for this says it's supposed to have 4? I take it all the system apps take up that much storage
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] LaDY Vengeance:
Half for the system and half for you. ;)
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] thakrew317:
:( I don't like this phone coming from a s2 ha and now I have a feeling it's gonna be hard to get rid of. .
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] LaDY Vengeance:
OMG, I feel your pain. Mine was a warranty replacement for my Galaxy S II.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] thakrew317:
Dang I can't believe they basically downgraded you that's bs
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexander555:
Hi,

i tried to use the nexus 4 as car navigation but i've a problem. The power consumtion in the scenario is to high.

Szenario:

- Bluetooth on to pairing with car radio for using the external speaker

- Display always on to watch the route.

- GPS on for navigation

- UMTS on to get latest traffic messages

As summary I need more power than 500mAH from my USB charger and the accu gooes slowly down.

I know that I can use a more powerfull charger, but my question is.. is there a way to use the nexus 4 in this szenario under 500 mAH?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zorginho:
Underclock, undervolt, offline cores, low screen brightness.

Ull lose performance alright

Inviato dal mio Nexus 4 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexander555:
low screen brightness make no sense because it's necessray to see always the route, but disable one core is may a solution.

It can be profiled with tasker if the navigation SW starts
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sgace:
And maybe another nav app?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calvat:
Any fullscreen toggles for the Xperia Z as of 4.3, to disable the Soft (Capacitive) keys?

I used to use This and it worked when I was on 4.2 (despite being Gnex tool), but it no longer works for me.

Going into the build.prop I can't find any of the classic mentions.

Without installing roms, of course. Something someone can use on any.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
Try this - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.hidesoftkeys
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eagle25884:
I also use "GMD Auto Hide Soft Keys" from Kingvortex. In addition to this I use LMT, works perfect with 4.3.

Highly recommended.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] banny7000:
I use it too great app I have it running all the time.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calvat:
Works pretty well indeed. Thanks.

When I converted to LMT with no soft-keys back on my Galaxy Nexus I could never go back. I've had people pick up my phone and look through it and they can't tell how to go home or back or anything so it also works as a pretty (somewhat) good privacy measure LOL.

So much space, so pretty.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nijin:
Hello xda-developers,

My TF300T was becoming very slow in the last few months so I decided to reset it to do a "fresh start". While doing so I would also like to upgrade my ROM. (Im currently running Android 4.1 with CleanRom 3.2).

I'm using the CWM Recovery 6.0.1.3 and would like to upgrade to CyanogenMod 10.2 (Stable - the *.zip file from the CM-website)

By reading several threads there seems to be some problems with current Android Versions and older bootloaders. My question is now:

Can I simply flash the new CM-zip with my recovery (After doing the factory reset) - or is there anything else I have to watch out for?

Thanks for your help in advance!
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f69m:
If you are on a 4.1 ROM you probably need to upgrade your bootloader first.

The easiest way is to flash the latest ASUS stock ROM, then do a factory reset and after that flash recovery and your new ROM.

There are several ways to accomplish this, all covered in detail in several threads.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmendonc2:
When you upgrade your bootloader, you will need to upgrade your recovery as well to a -42 TWRP if you are flashing CM10.2 or TWRP 2.6.3.1 for KitKat.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nijin:
Alright, get Asus Stock from their website, install that, then reset and flash recovery (TWRP - what exactly does the "-42" mean?) After that I'm good to install CM.

Okay, I think I understood - thanks! :)
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f69m:
Oops, got the order wrong: first flash recovery, then do the factory reset using recovery. Don't use the wipe option on the bootloader screen.

There are several versions of TWRP, usually named -ics, -jb and -42.

Don't use the -ics or -jb versions with the new bootloader, but use a -42 version for flashing CM 10.

For flashing CM 11 you need yet another variant of TWRP that is not available from the official download site. Check the CM 11 thread for a download link.

Be careful, using the wrong recovery can result in an expensive brick.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nijin:
Ah okay - but this leaves another question: Why exactly do I need the Asus ROM when I already have a 4.2 recovery? Shouldn't Cyanogenmod 10.2 take care of the bootloader then?

Thanks for your help!
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f69m:
No, CM does not include a bootloader. That is only included in the stock ROM.

That bootloader runs early before the CM Linux kernel is loaded.

The "4.2" recovery only means that it works with the updated bootloader ASUS introduced with the Android 4.2 update. Sorry, I know it is confusing. Thank ASUS for giving us all those incompatible bootloader versions.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nijin:
Okay, this makes sense (kind of). I think I know everything now - I'l try to update when I get a little free time. Thanks for your help!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milesjohnson:
is this a stupid move guys? i once made the mistake of trading my one for a nexus 4 and i got tired of that real fast

but I'm back to my one and getting tired of it again (yeah i like to switch phones a lot)

so i was going to trade with someone on craigslist for a moto x. is this a dumb idea
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shasen1235:
Flash AOSP rom = A supercharged Moto X:silly:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PcFish:
From a technical viewpoint.

IMO, if you don't do much with your phone, Moto X is pretty boss. I bought my brother a Moto X for Christmas, while I have the One. I mainly use my phone for food photos. The Moto X's macro is on point. I find myself playing games less and less, so the dual core doesn't sound too bad. It's snappy as is.

PS, depending on which carrier Moto X you get, you'll have less roms to mess around with. My brother has the T-Mo version, and there's close to no dev for it.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alireza_simkesh:
Was actually comparing the two today, apart from CPU cores everything else seems to be similar except that Moto X has basically half the price :p
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milesjohnson:
What would be a reasonable cash amount for him to add to the trade? We kind of already agreed on $50. Should I ask for $100
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alireza_simkesh:
I can't really judge the exact amount as it depends on both phones conditions, whether or not they are debranded, CDMA/GSM, etc but i would say 50$ would be the minimum...100$ seems more reasonable considering the difference in price of their brand new versions.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PcFish:
That's the thing, since the One is so old compared to the Moto X, you can find em for about the same price used. Around $350ish. Though I suppose since that sale, you can probably find more Moto X's out there. $50 is safe.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alireza_simkesh:
That's true, but his phone (Moto X) is also a used one.