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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Shadow of Chaos:
You know, I'd love the bigger screen, and those specs make it rival the Z Ultra. It's appearance also seems nice, though I've never heard of Hisense, so I have no clue about their build quality.

But... It's coming out in the Summer with those specs. What would roughly be a full year after the Z Ultra. By that point I'm hoping we either have or are hearing about (Depending on if we have a new chipset out that makes it worth the upgrade) a Z Ultra Refresh. Plus, the bezels on that thing look worse than the Z Ultra's- If people are complaining about those bezels now, this won't be drawing any support.

All that, and we haven't been told how big the screen is, which is arguably the sole draw of the Z Ultra.

Basically, unless it's hella cheap or is basically a nerd phone's dream (Something like 64GB internal storage AND an micro SD card slot) with a couple of other bells and whistles, I don't see this being a competition for the Z Ultra when it gets released.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hamdogg:
Looked quite nice until I saw some of the images showing quite a gap between the plastic top (looks like aluminium) and the glass.

Then continuing to view the other images it looks like an old phone. Not that its worn, but that its dated. Like it should have been released last year.

Im still banking on the Z2 Ultra. Hoping it will have the issues ironed out. Namely the build, and components improved.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jackie099:
DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.

Hisense is just one of dump Chinese phone producers in China. Their phones have bad quality and services. The phone comes with Android 4.2, maybe you won't get update to 4.4 for rest of your life. Since the user group is small, there is rarely custom roms and do not even think of CM.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] rockky:
Who? Those that want screens bigger than 5.5 and are secure enough not to give a f**k what other people think when talking on them.

QUOTE=blueether;50253083]Who in their right mind would buy a phone over about 5.5 in, any bigger and you looked like a twat with it to tour ear ;)[/QUOTE]
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Shadow of Chaos:
Considering the board, he might just be saying that in jest.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] rockky:
Edited....lol. How in the world does keyboard correction end up with that?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] rockky:
Wasn't aware of that if it's truly the Hisense product history.

The device will be released by Sliver in the US and with 4.4 according to reps at CES.

Hardest thing would be leaving this hardware...which is the classiest thing in the industry.

And I agree...banking on the Ultra2 can't be a bad strategy. Wonder about overall sales tho, given the small niche this size device serves, and if it'd prompt Sony to even release an Ultra2.

QUOTE=jackie099;50254211]DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.

Hisense is just one of dump Chinese phone producers in China. Their phones have bad quality and services. The phone comes with Android 4.2, maybe you won't get update to 4.4 for rest of your life. Since the user group is small, there is rarely custom roms and do not even think of CM.[/QUOTE]
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jaime4272:
I really don't mind big phones that's why I bought the ultra. but if this phone do not offers nothing better then the ultra but a bigger screen.... no I don't think so. but if it offers good specs then i'll see.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] SpyderTracks:
Lol its funny cos it's true :D
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] marto_martin:
I have Skype ppc on my mini, should I be able to call other skype users through the mini?....meaning talking through skype with the phones earpiece and mic.

I have tried to call someone but the sound (thier voice) comes through the speaker on the back of the phone and it seems they can't hear me :cry:

Is there a setting somewhere that perhaps I've missed :roll:

Thanks for any thoughts

marto
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] marto_martin:
Are there other programs people have successfully used the mini's mic and earpiece to talk with?

marto :cry:
[Moto X General] M@XLOL:
I sold this phone (because I have a bad habit of buying/selling phones) for the G2. It has been plagued with random reboots which finally p.issed me off enough to come back.

Got a Verizon Dev edition coming to me in the mail tomrrow

<3:good:
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] SkinnyBiggs:
Safe to flash ?

http://en.miui.com/download-111.html

Want to play with something different I see the one the development thread but its an unofficial those titles always make me skeptical
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] gimmeitorilltell:
Unofficial just means that a person is not the main developer of something, to an extent. Feel free to try the one in here. Read the thread first and you'll get a feel of the app you're wanting to try.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Sloth:
Try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2523987
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] insuusvenerati:
I think that's the international version. I wouldn't flash it.
[Java for Android App Development] coolbud012:
org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException

Logcat : pastebin.com/b1YEEMzn

GridAdapter.java : http://pastebin.com/LrvRnFc2

Devices Affected :

Galaxy Y Duos (GT-S6102)	4	33.3%

Galaxy Pocket (GT-S5302)	3	25.0%

Galaxy Y (GT-S5360)	3	25.0%

Galaxy Star (mint)	2	16.7%

Can anyone have a look and let me know what might be wrong... Button1 is there in the res folder... but mdpi, hdpi, and xhdpi...not for ldpi...
[Java for Android App Development] sak-venom1997:
[MENTION=4871011]coolbud012[/MENTION]

Before posting questions please read THIS

Could you please Elaborate on your query ?
[Java for Android App Development] coolbud012:
Issue solved...actually I was in office at the time of posting so wasnt having any dev env...sorry
[Moto X Q&A] mr2400:
Like an idiot, I accepted an OTA (4.4.2) while rooted with a custom recovery (Philz). I got stuck in a boot loop and proceded to run through the instructions here (method 2) to get back to stock. I have tried several iterations of this using different stock images with the same result, I can't mount /cache or /data. In the end my phone tries to boot, but gets past the unlocked bootloader screen and flashes the android laying on its back with error written below. My bootloader is 30.B2. Oh yeah, I even tried to download an experimental Cyanogenmod and install it using the ADB sideload, but it failed because it could not access /data.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

T-Mobile Moto X with unlocked bootloader.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Subhojit:
So, I stupidly flashed RenderBroken's Custom Kernel for CM11/AoCP/OmniRom & SlimKat on my Nexus 5 running latest CM11 without checking its meant for AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777.

After hitting reboot upon successful flashing Nexus5 went off and doesnt boot at all.

Doesnt get into fastboot or even download mode!

When connect charger, nothing happens and on connecting to PC only shows on device manager as unknown device!

Any way to fix? Or need to take it for repairs?

PLEASE ASSIST!

:crying:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Subhojit:
Running (was):

ROM: CM11

Kernel: Chaos Kernel

Kernel that bricked the phone: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2582364
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Daddy:
Yes. Flashing a kernel not meant for your device is about the only thing that will brick your phone.

If you can't get into the bootloader it's toast.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ben36:
You wouldn't have flashed over the bootloader or recovery so boot into it and reflash if you still have the old kernel on the memory. Otherwise fastboot one from your pc
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aooga:
I'm not 100% sure on this one. I've flashed a N4 kernel on this phone and I could still get into fastboot to flash the proper kernel. But with a Samsung kernel, I think they do it differently. I took a look inside the zip and it's flashing a "zimage" and a key layout file which doesn't exist on the N5. You might actually be bricked here.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Subhojit:
Thank you for all your efforts, but I think my Nexus5 is indeed totally bricked! Doesnt respond at all to Vol+/- and plugging usb. No Download Mode!﻿

Time to look for an LG Service Centre, just not sure what should I tell them how I attained this which makes them believe its not user induced damage. Also looking at the condition it is at will they still figure it out that the device was unlocked/rooted?﻿

:confused: :eek: :crying: :(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Try to find a repair center where they offer Jtag service to revive the phone somewhere near you.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Subhojit:
But would they find out I have tampered with the device?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Not if they can`t get the N5 to boot or are able to extract information from the device, they`ll probably replace the motherboard and flash the stock rom under warranty.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Subhojit:
Hoping the same!

:eek:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranarn:
I did the same, flashed a non CAF kernel to my CAF based rom, and it didnt boot.

But i could atleast see the google logo in the beginning so i was able to get into fastboot mode and flash another kernel.

So if its completly dead/blank then you need service, if you still have an ok bootloader and sees the google logo you should be able to get into fastboot mode.

hold both volume buttons pressed, and then try to start it up by holding the power button.

( i had to hold the power button for 10+sec for it to start/turn off)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Subhojit:
No, this a CAF based kernel but for an unsupported CAF based ROM. :|

It won't get into bootloader/download mode and service is the only option for me!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LibertyMarine:
ok, I am here to choose a device (comparing and looking for errors) and I'm just curious if you normally flashed it ?

so did you flash only the boot image ? or does this package flash other paritions ?

because as far as I know you can flash whatever you want into your boot image... this shouldn't affect the bootloader .. or I am completely wrong ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
It all depends. It wont overwrite the bootloader but flashing kernels from other devices can short out components, fry them completely and brick the NAND, si yeah
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LibertyMarine:
ok, this does actually mean that the bootloader loads some modules from the kernel to boot up ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
No, the bootloader tends to have all the kernel elements it needs to boot, but if the NAND is fried that hosts the bootloader or other hardware the bootloader requires to boot, well you're out of luck.

A true brick will mean the device is damaged at a hardware (or firmware of hardware) level. I personally don't believe in such things as "soft bricks". Kernels can most definitely (true / hard) brick a device. The amount of people I saw fry their digitiser chip on the s3 by flashing note 2 kernels and recoveries was absolutely ridiculous. You see, the note 2 digitiser needs much more power than the s3 so the kernel allowed note 2 amounts of power through, frying the chip. This could happen on literally any component if you think about it...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LibertyMarine:
ah, ok.. now I understand... so basically you could flash a fish as a boot image.... it doesn't brick your device... but if you boot your device and the boot image is getting loaded and this particular fish boot image has the tendency to exaggerate the amount of power given to the motherboard... your device gets toasted... but if you would boot to the bootloader right after flashing the boot image from recovery... you wouldn't get a bricked device ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Possibly. But also just flashing something can destroy partitions on the NAND too. In fact, there are so many things that could go wrong but yes in the case of over supply of power as an example, not booting it would save the device
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Subhojit:
Thanks for the information shared!

Hoping that the LG Service guys don't find out I did something as you mentioned it is a h/w (f/w) level issue.

:cyclops:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LibertyMarine:
ok, thanks very much ;)

sorry that I somehow missed your answer.. I've just pushed the thanks button as some kind of thanks :)

Have a great weekend !
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergiomc22:
Hello, I have an i9300 S3, and I flashed NeatRom 2.8 today. I had the 2.6 version and worked great.

It didn't had the leds colors (charging colors), but I flashed the ZIP "red light". And it worked !!

But in the new NeatRom, it didn't work.

My recovery software is the last Philz Touch.

When i flash the "red led" zip, it hangs at booting device. I have to force restart, and re-flash all the rom.

Any way, is there a way to have the charging leds???

SergioMC22
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amirTor:
_Sale_ Just upldoaded it: http://d-h.st/Kx1
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergiomc22:
Thanks for your quick reply !!! I'll flash with this version and the I comment.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergiomc22:
Hello, I flash the new version, but stills it stays en "Done, rebooting your device".. and nothing happens. It's 5 minutes, and nothing.

I force reboot, but this time, it booted Ok, and the led's lights are ON.

Thanks!!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] moosey:
Hi i must be doing something incredibley stupid but i can't work out what! I click to download a cab file it downloads it as zip file onto my laptop I open this file which then opens about six other files I transfer them to my Wizard and double click on them and the wizard asks me what program to open the file with ?

Please help what idiot thing am i doing wrong?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] bilbo_28:
Transfer the CAB file to your device as one file, do not unpack it.

Then run the CAB file on your device.
[Moto X Q&A] flashallthetime:
OK folks , everyone listen, there's a group of moto x that continuously try to help. With all this ota crap we are starting to get pissed. Every other frigging thread is a repeat about taking the ota , either you're having bootloops, hard bricks or issues.

I would suggest you read and search prior to taking the frigging ota

I'm speaking for.myself ,I'm f---ing getting frustrated and irritated repeating myself:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Sent on my Gummy running Lenoto X
[Moto X Q&A] flashallthetime:
Soon I will be posting quotes of every--+--------+++++++++

Who hasn't read the stickies

Sent on my Gummy running Lenoto X
[Moto X Q&A] Cozume:
I find the XDA forums really hard to read compared to say the AC forums because of their format.

I think it would help if you would change your sticky thread title to be in all caps something like this:

WARNING!!!! DON'T ACCEPT THE OTA IF YOU ARE UNLOCKED AND/OR ROOTED UNTIL YOU READ THIS THREAD!!!!!!!!!!
[Moto X Q&A] flashallthetime:
Maybe if I put blinking lights on it, some people might read it come on its at the top of the threads, you got to be blind not to see it or lazy

Sent on my Gummy running Lenoto X
[Moto X Q&A] Cozume:
these forums are not easy for me to read. it's the colors, font, etc. Not the greatest design IMO.
[Moto X Q&A] mr2400:
Not everyone, like myself, checks XDA before they do something. I know I should, but today was a lapse. This is the Q&A section, and how to unbrick your device after you screw up is a legit question.
[Moto X Q&A] Cozume:
yes, I think that is true. A lot of people are excited to get the OTA and just accept it without thinking.
[Moto X Q&A] flashallthetime:
Yes it is but you must search before you do any major mod to your phone, today there's multiple threads about the same issue, at the top of Q&A threads there's a sticky NOOBS WARNING OTA,no excuses read. Don't start another thread when you already see another one that's exactly the same issue. The moto threads are started to be come a horror story. I almost at the point of buying a frigging iPhone

Sent on my Gummy running Lenoto X
[Moto X Q&A] mr2400:
In my case I started a thread because I am in a situation that I do not find discussed in the sticky thread. I tried to list very specific information about my problem which seems more extensive than what is listed in existing threads. If I missed a discussion about my issue, I apologize.
[Moto X Q&A] Cozume:
First of all, not everyone knows what the word "noobs" means. Or "OTA" for that matter.

How about this for the title:

[WARNING]Don't Update to 4.4.2 Until You Read This Thread!
[Moto X Q&A] flashallthetime:
No problem, I'm not expecting for everyone to follow xda rules but the more duplicate threads , the harder it makes to find info, so the responsibility goes to all of use to maintain these threads in a organized fashion

Sent on my Gummy running Lenoto X
[Moto X Q&A] nhizzat:
This is exactly why I post the way I do. All the information is out there. Is it always easy to find? No. However it's your time, your money, and your phone so it only makes sense to do your due diligence.
[Moto X Q&A] Darth:
First. Xda rules say to search before posting. So there it is. LOL

Second. If an answer to what someone is going to ask exists...Google search WILL find it. Instantly. Or...sit around and wait hours for an answer to your post.

I don't know why the moto x forum is such a mess of multiple threads and posts of the same questions....man...its worse than a nexus forum. LOL

I don't even respond to over half the questions I know the exact answer to anymore....I'm not going to encourage the lazyness any more than I already do.

My favorite tho....isn't ota questions....its "my battery life sucks. Don't know why." And then you have to coax more info out of them.... LOL. Also the screen shots of the stock battery stat screen is a waste if time. It tells you nothing useful. Gsam people ...gsam! Lol
[Moto X Q&A] Cozume:
Honestly, that is way it is supposed to be on a thriving forum. The OFs* have done their share and they pass the torch to the former noobs they helped to educate.

* Old Farts
[Moto X Q&A] flashallthetime:
I always have a good laugh in regards to battery usages, you cares, I hope every house has a little 2"x3" box that's placed usually near their floor about every 6' , its called an electrically outlet:rolleyes: you take that white thing called a wall charger and plug it in, take that white cord , you know the one that come with the phone and plug the USB port into the wall charger and plug it into your phone, bam its charging. Even up here in Canada , where we all the in igloo's, we have outlets:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::):):):):beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

Sent on my Gummy running Lenoto X
[Moto X Q&A] Cozume:
You would have a point if everyone spent all day indoors. See down here in the southeastern US, we don't have to hibernate indoors (except in the summer, lol!) and so we like our phones to have a good battery life because we spend so much time outdoors.

But seriously, not everyone has a desk job! And if your phone can't get you through your work day, that sucks!
[Moto X Q&A] Darth:
Hey...I'm in Canada too! LOL. But the job I do can be 12 hour days ...and I wouldn't trust my phone to still be there...or not damaged if I left it in the rare spots where there's a working outlet. I need me some good juice to confidently make it though the day!

Good winter for igloos tho eh? Nice and cold! No melting walls. ;)

Sent from my Moto X cellular telephone...
[Moto X Q&A] flashallthetime:
I haven't need to replace any of my ice blocks this year:eek::eek::eek:

Sent on my Gummy running Lenoto X
[Moto X Q&A] flashallthetime:
To exact threads

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2645248

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2646361

Search people

Sent on my Gummy running Lenoto X
[Moto X Q&A] alpha-niner64:
The people who are having this problem are the ones who knew enough to unlock their bootloaders, root their phones, and install custom recovery. The OTA was designed only to function if you had a stock recovery and unrooted phone, otherwise the OTA prevents you from proceeding any further. The hardbrick occurs specifically with those who flashed with the leaked 4.4.2 image just once. There's no excuse for not reading: not even one. The OP's topic was stickied and such long before the GSM/DEV OTAs were released and right around Verizon's 4.4 release, so even further reason why people-who-don't-read reap what they sew.
[Moto X Q&A] flashallthetime:
Yes thats what I can't understand, they had enough sense to read on how to unlock and root but when it comes to a ota , all common sense is out the window, no matter how many warnings I put on my thread , they just can't get around that you can't flash the ota with a custom recovery, how simple is that. I'm no spring chicken and I really thought the younger generation would have the upper hand when it comes to technology but what I've seen dispels my assumptions

Sent on my Gummy running Lenoto X
[Moto X Q&A] eksasol:
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[Moto X Q&A] eksasol:
Scroll to the bottom of any page in XDA forum, in the bottom left corner is a pull down menu that let you choose between the available themes. Maybe one of it suit you better. The classic one have the best contrast, but it lack the Thanks button.
[Moto X Q&A] styndall:
Dude, get off your high horse. You're getting sick of having to repeat yourself? Then don't. Stop helping. Stop posting.

I appreciate the information you have offered already and your stickied thread but quite frankly your posts and the posts of several others are terribly hard to read, even for people who natively speak English, due to the massive amount of grammatical and formatting errors. Like someone else said, your thread title for the OTA thread is still not very good. I see you changed it from the original, but it still isn't as informative/descriptive as it could be. I didn't even notice it was stickied a few days ago until you chewed out some other poor guy for posting his own thread in the Q&A section about the OTA.

Us "old farts" will remember when XDA was a gold mine of kind, helpful people who taught "noobs" how to make their devices work better for them and do things we never imagined was possible. Nowadays the "regular" XDA users have a tantrum any time anyone posts in the wrong section by accident or is confused about something and can't quite find the correct wording to articulate a string of words that could yield useful Google search returns.

Most of us have lives outside of XDA and don't obsessively read about phones all of the time. Cut others some slack. And you know, all of those "annoying" repeat threads helped ME and likely countless other lurkers because information easily gets lost in the megathreads and I am grateful to the people who posted the repeat threads.

You, and the others here complaining, are KILLING XDA. By bashing people and publicly shaming them for asking a simple question you intimidate others from posting questions and learning. Those people could be contributing to the development--coming up with new ideas or giving their input on things to others but instead they don't post, because they don't want to get chewed out by people like you. You might think you're being helpful with this little thread you've created here, but the reality is that you are creating an atmosphere of intolerance, and XDA is all the worse for it.

Edit: \/\/\/ Yeah, if I would have searched I would have seen this is this guys SECOND thread about this exact topic. His first one is in the General section and got locked by the mods. Hope this one gets locked too.
[Moto X Q&A] :
Again...xda rules....search before you post. Don't like it...find another site. ;)

Sent from my Moto X cellular telephone...
[Moto X Q&A] SymbioticGenius:
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