yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] o0 Matt 0o:
that's not entirely accurate. Samsung does have a better dust rating but Sony has a better water rating. You need to evaluate what's the higher risk? Dust or water. I like the Sony rating as I can take the phone deeper in water than Samsung, don't really care about higher dust rating.

Slightly higher clocked cpu is better in Samsung, but I value ram more. Anyone can overclock the cpu but in 2 years time the phone will lag because 2gb ram may not be enough.

Something to consider. They are both great phones but each have a specific market.
[Android General] :
i

and also add this; 3GB of RAM with Android 4.4.2 means awesome Boostup. because of special RAM management on KitKat;

Project Svelte

But Galaxy S5 is not just .2GHz more and 1GB less !

it s really try to be life companion like GS4

it has temp, heart rate sensor, eye tracking sensor with lots of awesome software feature, humidity and ...

maybe heart monitoring is not important for someones But for olds! for athletes and others who like sport and running it will be valuable thing.
[Android General] :
[Official] “embarrassing situation” for Samsung

I didn't like to see this at all!

Samsung couldn't produce enough Finger-print sensors for Galaxy S5!

It can force them to ship GS5 later or with some limitation!

Source

This can be another positive point for Xperia Z2
[Android General] sameer1807:
Ive never needed more than 2gb ram on my s4 and the features on the s5 don't seem very much more power hungry so ppl wanting 3gb ram..its really not needed yet, being the reason why sam didn't put it into their galaxy series
[Android General] :
i

Multi-Tasking needs more RAM

maybe some of users never use multi-window feature on Galaxy devices or SmallApps on Xperias

But if u do multi-tasking so u need more and more RAM

honestly i need 64Bit CPU with 4GB RAM on my mobile :D

:good:
[Android General] CLARiiON:
And what are you going to do with the 32-bit OS?
[Android General] :
Q

Gaming, Texting, Calling, Watching, Listening, Reading :D

also little bit programming and developing for them
[Android General] :
Was There any Water-Tank for Galaxy S5 in MWC?

Like Xperia Z2 that visitors could freely put it in water and ...
[Android General] xeizo:
He meant that 32-bit cant adress more than 3GB ....
[Android General] panast:
Hi guys, after almost a year and a half with lumia 920 my suffering is near to the end and I am in the market for a new Android and consider both Z2 and S5 of the poll and the new HTC M8. I previously had S2 and my wife has the S4 and I am now kind of reluctant to get another Samsung so in the beginning before I started reading forums, I was more towards the new HTC but now after reading further info, I think I get the new Z2. Too bad that the new HTC isn't at the poll and it seems that I can't find a poll to include all three of them.

Do you know any page to compare all three new Z2 - S5 - HTC?
[Android General] xeizo:
Since none of them are realeased as of yet, if I where reluctant I would wait until all of the hands-on reviews starts popping up. They will give you a much better idea!

Personally, I'm not really found of very rectangular and glass so I'm not that impressed by the Z2, the only thing I like about it is 3GB RAM but that is not a killer feature as Kit Kat does well with much less.

The S5 will by all means be much more comfortable to use because of shape and materials and has similar hardware plus a few tricks up its sleave the Z2 dont, also it will probably have much wider dev support becasue of larger global availability. Its a no-brainer to choose the S5 for me, but then I don't care about "premium" as a whole lot of people do, its only a smartphone for me :)
[Android General] WhiteHartMart:
My thoughts exactly. The Z1 was lovely tolook at too but IMO not a great phone to use with its hard edged rectangular shape. Plus the Z2 is about the same length as a Note 3!

Really tempted by the S5 or Note 3 plus a Gear right now.
[Android General] :
i

It has same length as Note3 cause Xperia Z2 has same battery (3200mAh)

+

IP58 (They should design for this durability.)

Xperia ZL wasn't water-dust resistant so it was the most compact phone for 5" FHD. But compare durability of Xperia Z with GS4 >> one year ago drop-test of Xperia Z was funny; no scratch, no broken glass & ... But GalaxyS4 got a report that broke in pocket! however Design of GS4 was really good (personally love it)

So one hand usage is not just parameter for designers. they have to look on battery, memory, camera lens size, display & Durability.

- - - - -

Again Low-light camera test of Xperia Z2 in Tokyo; /Demo-Unit

Source

:good:
[Android General] panast:
Thanks a lot for your detailed reply. I am not aware, regarding 3rd party development, there will be many custom roms for the Sony, like now exist for all Galaxy models?
[Android General] timberwolf60:
Once you rooted S5, your warranty gone. Hopefully we can rooted the z2 with locked bootloader like now as my Z1 and will be ideal for me.

Send from my C6903 using TapatalkPro

my Sg device: Z1 rooted136 ROM by NUT with 2.7.94 dualrecovery, mod by GavityBox 2.9.7. Samsung S2 standby for Z1 when Z1 no power.
[Android General] bdithug:
I already called Sony mobile and they confirmed rooting the z2 does NOT void your warranty through them. Samsung on the other hand confirmed that rooting does void your warranty here in North America. If you're looking for development for a phone, my choice would be the z2 hands down.
[Android General] xeizo:
Well, then I guess most development will be made in Europe for the S5 as our consumer laws doesn't allow a vendor to randomly decide what voids warranty or not. If there's a hardware fault there is a hardware fault no matter what the vendor says about the software. Pity for you Americans though, I'm sure Samsung will lose a lot of customers because of this since hardware enthusiasts will voice their dismay and affect "normal" users who occassionally reads blogs etc
[Android General] :
Design + Rooting SXZ2

Design;

almost all sites that made hands-on for Xperia Z2 mentioned that it s so comfortable and handy because of round frame.

it means Sony made different design when u look at details.

Rooting;

Sony Devices warranty will void when u unlock-bootloader (If i m correct)

I asked about it from official Sonymobile websites & some un-official SonyXperia websites.

:good:
[Android General] bdithug:
Are you sure? Because I got a different answer from Sony mobile when I asked about unlocking and rooting devices.
[Android General] :
I m sure about what i got from them But I don't know if they answered wrongly!
[Android General] panast:
I agree about the design, personally I find unattractive all the galaxy phones. It should feel better when you hold the xperia, more practical and nicer. I already decided between Z2 and S5, in favor of Sony (voted also). I will wait also to check the new HTC that will be launched prior the Z2 before buying.
[Android General] xeizo:
I wonder if there's so many Xperia lovers here because I can't find any Z2-forum yet on xda :p

(if you find one, link it please)
[Android General] panast:
http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z2

---------- Post added at 11:10 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:01 AM ----------

although I wouldn't class my self as xperia lover, as the only xperia that I had was the X1, that I really didn't like. I got disappointed from smartphones after that and I bought a nokia N85. After the N85 I bought my real smartphone the SGS2 and felt like a revelation compared to xperia X1.

So maybe there are some xperia "lovers" because of the title of the thread and the poll
[Android General] force70:
I had 2 old school xperia x10's when they came out and at the time they were really good devices....been all samsung since then but times are changing and many including myself dont like the direction sammy is going.

The Z2 is looking good to me.

sent from vacation in the phillipines via i337M galaxy S4
[Android General] :
However Samsung way is seems to be like Apple But It s not!

Samsung try to merge its devices to real life. United of Sammy Devices.

and in this way there s no company that can compete with Samsung so far.
[Android General] yahyoh:
Actually im jelly of those stereo speakers on the one and z2 Damn u Samsung :/

[YOUTUBE]UneGgmSgu0U[/YOUTUBE]

Z2 seems louder and more bassy the one seems kinda muffled ( i think becuz beats was on ) :D

i dont know why they dont want to put dual front speaker like Galaxy players :(
[Android General] izzet3838:
Don't believe the sony customer service they don't know anything.

And of course they will say it will void waranty when you root when you want to send the phone to sony you need to revert to stock with xperia flashtool and do a whole data wipe if your bootloader isn't unlocked and you repair your rooted device with the flashtool they won't be able to know you have ever rooted it

Of course if you send a rooted device to them they won't accept it
[Android General] KennyG123:
Device comparison threads belong in Android General

Thread moved

Thanks

FNSM
[Android General] :
i

cause market force them to improve their devices.

however when i think about speakers on phone i realize that if someone wanna make party with phone there s also bt-speakers!
[Android General] xeizo:
Great sounding HP output is plenty enough for me! Lets hope for that, not too high output impedance etc
[Android General] :
Battle of Availibility

SAMSUNG Galaxy S5;

about a week ago we heard that Samsung have problem with massive producing of Finger-Print sensor

however there wasn't anything about final launch delay But in some situation it may force them to limit launch!

SONY Xperia Z2;

and we got news (romur) about some supplier issue for XZ2. and rumor for delay on launch or maybe limitation!

(personally I remember that what happened for SE Arc (awesome phone that time but delay to launch))

Now It s battle for Who can launch Its flagship sooner with no faulty hardware and gr8 Software.

:good:
[Android General] abadan:
wow!

z2 is the best....

SEND BY XPERIA HONAMI
[Android General] :
In Arabic

even GalaxyNote3 lost color But Xperia Z2 !

Display Comparison;

Xperia Z2 vs Galaxy NoteIII

For Who don't know Arabic:

First He explained that both phone are in same situation.

same brightness, same images, same angle & etc.

:good:
[Android General] :
Xperia Z2 is now onSale in Taiwan

Sooner than Galaxy S5 to start sale But global sales is more important.
[Android General] :
when we can see news about start of XZ2 sale

but there s report about Galaxy S5 production issues!!

source
[Android General] :
WHAT

Unlocked-Mobiles statement on Xperia Z2 availability

"...Should you wish to change over your order to the recently announced HTC One M8 or Samsung Galaxy S5, the £15 inc vat rebate can be applied to those handsets too..."

WTF!

When Sony confirmed that there s no delay for XperiaZ2 but retails in some regions try to force consumers to buy another phone!

source

- - - - -

Sony Xperia Z2 vs htc One m2 vs Galaxy S5 Display

SXZ2 has richer color indeed. gr8 work SONY

:good:
[Android General] frankgreimes:
Giving people a choice is never a bad thing basically they are applying the same bonus to all 3 flagships which just makes a ton of sense.
[Android General] :
Sony Xperia Z2 Review
[Android General] namitneil:
Buy Xperia Z2..

1. XPERIA Z2 is having a 20 mega pixel camera. As everyone knows sony has the best camera and features around with best lenses..

2. Xperia Z2 beats any phone in the looks department as does the xperia z.. both of these have a glass surface which gives true color to the device.. if you buy it in purple color, you will get a full purple colored device..

3. Xperia Z2 is cheaper than Galaxy S5..

4. Xperia Z2 having a more 1gb ram on board will definitely help you in any way whatsoever.. Although Galaxy S5 has a little mhz more in the processor department.. but any way the processor of xperia z2 is similar to that of galaxy s5 its the snapdragon 801.. this processor is the best in the market till date.. it will not let u down in anyway even if u open apps rapidly and in numbers..

5. You will regret buying a samsung because of the fact that its price will come down at a very rapid rate once the market looses interest in the phone.. look at note 3.. once sold at 48 some months ago is now around 41-42..

6. My brother has xperia z and i have a note 2.. while its a fact that you will love the looks of xperia over samsung any day..

7. Samsung touchwiz is optimised for beautiful animations.. its super amoled displays the colors and animations very beautifully.. but on the other hand its also a slow UI.. if you open its menu and you have to go to the 4th page whatever time your samsung will take like it took 3 seconds to scroll through 4 pages or 5 pages your xperia z2 will take 0.7-0.9 seconds less.. its a fact and you can try it on your own..

I will not even consider HTC One M8 here because of the following facts..

Htc has the weakest battery life in the smartphones i have ever seen.

Htc have the least number of service centres in india

Htc phones have the most difficult procedure to root and tweak the device in any manner whatsoever..

Htc phones have the least resale value among top smartphones companies..

Sent from my GT-N7100..
[Android General] hehk1234:
In my opinion samsung galaxy S5 is better than Z2, I don't like the app benchmark. The true benchmark is the user :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BHurst:
My sounds and music sound muffled. I am on minin3 Rom. I flashed loudest sound mod and played with viper audio.

What is the best setup for loudest and most clear sounds and music?

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
The one you have.

Get that out system and install as a regular apk...

Sent from my SM-N900P using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] w7excursion:
Don't cover the speaker with your hand lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] snowride20:
So I keep seeing good things about Viper audio mod in these forums so I finally downloaded it and installed. No changes to the phone speaker sound(haven't tried headphones yet). I followed trouble shooting instructions and uninstalled then reinstalled. Still nothing. Anyone who has this set up and working mind giving me some pointers?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] snowride20:
So I figured out how to get it to work. Would still love some pointers for best sound out of the phone speaker? Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] raclimja:
Speakers on the note 3 suck. In fact it is worse than the speaker on s4.

I got a chance to compare them side by side recently and the note 3 sounds muddy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mholloway:
New to this device, but sofar I know I can run MK3 roms.but I see some roms which are MD something.can I flash any rom on my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
If it's a new device with mk3 on it then odds are you have the Knox bootloader so you cannot flash anything lower than 4.3. Boot into download mode and if you see 'warranty bit 1 or 0' you can only flash 4.3 or higher roms.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mholloway:
well I will check that out but my phone came with MK5.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Mk5? Which carrier are you on?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mholloway:
Boost and it does say warranty bit 1..iam running moar rom now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
OK, don't flash any rom that is below version 4.3, you'll end up with a brick.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr. Struck:
A point of clarification, you can still flash any ROM from any Android build you desire-4.1.2, 4.3, 4.4. The danger is when you try to use Odin to push an older firmware which contains a different, non-Knox bootloader. That is when Knox will step in and brick your phone. Flashing custom ROM's via recovery is harmless.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
For some reason I thought any lower version was a bad idea, not just Odin flashes. But after I read your reply I remember that, thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr. Struck:
From a personal standpoint, even though I don't have Knox, I just wouldn't want to go backwards anyway! That is what is fun and exciting about Android, is the new builds with new features, constantly improving on the past builds!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mholloway:
Thats good to know about odin, thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I flashed back to 4.1.2, my phone was not happy with 4.3 at all. Bad call quality, randomly never connecting to calls, various things acted unstable with various kernels. I love the features of 4.3, but 4.1.2 just works better for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr. Struck:
Definitely a matter of YMMV for sure! I have been loving KitKat, but 4.3 did work nicely for me as well. I also rarely use anything TW based as well, so that could make a difference too.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] J.Walker:
Hi All!

To simplify the update to the latest Dopod ROM for non-Dopod devices, I have posted the ROM as the unpackaged fileset with update utility replaced to one not checking vendor ID.

How to use:

1. Download the ZIP here: ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.co...13121_021921_DOP_ASIA_WWE_Ship-NoVendorID.zip

2. Extract all the files in one folder

3. Go to the folder and run ROMUpdateUtility.exe

4. Follow the screens as usual

5. Restart and enjoy

Used to update my Qtek S200 to Dopod ROM. Should work for any other vendor, including Dopod itself as well :)

Disclaimer: It is just repackaged files got from this site with no addition from me. Use it at your own risk. I have no ability to support you.

Edited: the URL is fixed...
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] Mandingo:
Any chance you could provide a imate ROM that will work on any device the same way?
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] bambacik:
Try using the ROMUpdateUtility.exe from the RUU_Prophet_2151327_21513121_021921_DOP_ASIA_WWE_Ship-NoVendorID.zip in the ftp folder to the i-mate JAMin ROM.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] Mandingo:
Tried that with no luck. I will give it another go though.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] Mandingo:
ROM upgrade begins just fine but fails at 95% :(

ERROR [326]: INVALID COMMAND

This NBF file cannot be used for your PDA Phone. Please check your NBF file.

Weird - what is so special about the last 5%?
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] garywiscombe:
Qtek S200 rom upgrade

Thanks J.Walker!

My original rom was: RUU_Prophet_2090724_20907106_020720_QtekWWE_Ship, I've now flashed with RUU_Prophet_2151327_21513121_021921_DOP_ASIA_WWE_Ship-NoVendorID.zip and it works great!

I also did a soft reset just before customisation begins to prevent the files from the extended rom from installing (no smartdialing or MMS but I don't use these anyway) and my unit is much, much faster....

Also with this rom if you change the default input method, after a soft reset it stays changed (this was a problem with my original rom)

Thanks again - I've been using this new rom for a week now and it is slick!!

G
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] stefchik:
Re: Cross-vendor simple update to the latest ROM posted on F

Thanks so much for your post and guidance!

Just flashed my S200 with no problem at all, the process completed as you described in less than 10 minutes with all the stops at 80%, 95% and 100%.

The new ROM works fine for the last hour except that I have a little snag with the GPRS connection, with all the proper settings for MTS it refuses to connect, everything else seems fine.

Any suggestions on the GPRS question will be appreciated.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] farbird:
Re: Cross-vendor simple update to the latest ROM posted on F

could u list the contents/extrom/versions of your ROM?
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] stefchik:
Re: Cross-vendor simple update to the latest ROM posted on F
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] J.Walker:
Re: Cross-vendor simple update to the latest ROM posted on F

С МТС старая и широко проблема, нужна специально обученная прошивка радио, а она идет только в русских ROM-ах, в сервисе так же ее могут влить. Ищи в русских форумах по кутеку.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] stefchik:
Re: Cross-vendor simple update to the latest ROM posted on F

[/quote]

С МТС старая и широко проблема, нужна специально обученная прошивка радио, а она идет только в русских ROM-ах, в сервисе так же ее могут влить. Ищи в русских форумах по кутеку.[/quote]

Spasibo,

and I thought it was the radio version of the S200; solution would be to drop the MTS to a new Beeline number or whatever else; not a big deal!

Thanks anyway - I can now relax.

I can only say that the new ROM is by far better than any!
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] luno:
has anyone compared the usability of this rom with installed extrom and without extrom? is there any speed issues like those in o2.de rom? is there any must-have cabs in this rom?

excuse my english :)
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] Arcanil:
Link is dead to me.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] luno:
ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.co...13121_021921_DOP_ASIA_WWE_Ship-NoVendorID.zip[/url]
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] J.Walker:
Fixed...

FYI: much longer tread for the topic is here: http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=49298
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] zohaer21:
any solution to this... my jamin is stuck at bootloader mode now..

ive tried different roms but all are giving errors like above and more..

i was trying the pdamobiz version 1.0 rom upgrade when the trouble started..it showed me rom successfully updated screen on the pc and the jamin rebooted but got stuck at the startup screen (showing me new rom details but ob blue imate splash screen) i reset it afer 10 mins of being stuck and now its just at the bootloader screen after trying to flash the same pdamobiz rom again.. and i didnt do a cid unlock on it first!

can some one save my jamin???

thanks
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] zoky:
just start bootloader (hold camera+short soft reset), then again start dopod latest rom no-vendorID
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] Dron/9K:
Just one tiny comment:

Unpacket files of firmware you can find in temporary directory that appers in c:\temp folder after starting update utility, provided by manufacturer (file RUU_...exe). You need to copy the folder to another place, abort the upgrading process, replace update utility witch cracked one and then start it again.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] thornofcarrion:
Cant Download ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com...NoVendorID.zip

Hi Guys!

I cannot download this file

ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com...NoVendorID.zip

is there any other http or ftp site to dwonload it

thanks
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] BMW7:
Jamin

I'm stuck at bootloader too with JAMin, and cant find any rom to fix it. I need help!:confused:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iosmacman:
I have got into a recovery loop and need to flash the stock rom. I see a way that you can with windows with lgtools but how would i do it on linux? I tried running lg tools in wine but it just comes up and says something like invalid dll. I can adb my phone it works and comes up recovery. Just need help getting the phone unbricked in linux.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] MohitDMO:
i am having a custock rom with stock kernel.....no tweaks.......facebook and google are not working in other browser except opera mini......i have tried one browser, dolphin, uc browser, boat browser ....please help its freaking me out....View attachment 2574142

SENT FROM MY GADGET OF MASS DESTRUCTION :D :D :D

press thanks if helped
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] delroydsouza:
I too had a similar problem. I changed my Apn and it started working....You too can Try changing ur Apn