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[Verizon LG G2] andriodfanatic:
So, We all know that verizon did some...well major changes to the G2. They changed the back buttons and speaker grills. Both of which in my opinion at least are worse. The buttons bother me the most. Why they had to change them i really want to know.

Anycase, I was thinking. They are almost the same phone. Do you think it would be possible to buy the back cover and top section of ATT/International models off ebay and swap them? From looking at videos, it seems like it might just might be possible. I may have to also replace the ribbon cable of buttons also. But what do you guys things? Do you think this is even remotely possible?

Thanks!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LG-G2-D801-...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item20db877d67

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LG-G2-D800-...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item3a8a91a02b
[Verizon LG G2] aaron105:
No its not possible they have different main board shape. will not fit at all.
[Verizon LG G2] andriodfanatic:
pooy
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allyn274:
I just got a Z1 Compact from Clove. LOVE the phone, but want to make sure I'm getting the right speeds. Most often, I see H+ or H for data. Occasionally 4G. I'm on T-Mobile in Los Angeles where my Nexus 5 said LTE most of the time.

If I used to see "LTE" on the Nexus, what should I be seeing to get the equivalent speeds on the Z1 Compact?

Thanks in advance!
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steanne:
i'm on t-mobile in philly. mine says 4g almost always. last ookla speedtest was 11.77 down, 7.32 up.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cheeze[iT]:
H+ is hspa+. 4G = LTE
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allyn274:
Awesome. I knew it was an easy answer.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radiohead14:
woah.. the Z1c works here in the U.S. with 4G LTE?? i'm looking to switch to T-Mo from VZW, and this would be the push i need. is it as easy as popping in their sim card? also, where the best place to buy one? thanks!
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allyn274:
Yep! All I did was pop in my TMo SIM card, add in the APN settings for LTE (very easy), and Z1c on 4G LTE in the US. Awesome.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steanne:
that's exactly what i did. goodbye vzw with this phone. if you're starting a new account and you want the $30 100mins 5g data unlimited text prepaid plan i got, you need to buy the activation kit from the t-mobile website. there are sim cards available elsewhere, but they don't come with the necessary activation code.

when porting my number, i found i was able to make calls immediately, but it took several hours for incoming calls to stop going to vzw voicemail.

also, once you're up you'll need to change apn settings to get mms to work.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cheeze[iT]:
Clove.Co.UK offers a free mag dock. Or amazon is the same price but no dock
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radiohead14:
this is awesome. that's exactly what i'm planning to do. i'm looking into their "pay your early termination fee, since i still have a few months with vzw". did you go that route also? i'm not sure if they will pay my etf if i bring in my own phone. did you buy yours from clove also?

thanks!
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steanne:
i can't help you with the early termination fee: part of why i was so excited about the z1c (aside from it being exactly what i was looking for in a phone) was that it came out a month after my contract was up. there's a t-mo faq on that here.

i did buy from clove. their security procedures are much more stringent than those of the card i paid for it with, but after that was settled they were quick and reliable.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radiohead14:
just spoke to a t-mo rep, and they said it is a requirement to trade in my old phone in order for them to pay the ETF.. bummer. since the U.S. t-mo doesn't carry the Z1c.. i won't be able to do this. i guess i'm stuck w vzw for a few more months.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CollinFX45:
It's worth mentioning that different firmware will show different things. I sourced my Z1c from somewhere other than Clove and it has a Chinese firmware on it. That firmware displays H+ for "4g" and LTE for the real 4G LTE signal. Mine has no 4g icon, oddly enough.

Another easy way to tell in a speedtest is the upload speeds. Sometimes my downloads are roughly the same for HSPA and LTE, with ping being way lower and upload being way higher on LTE.

Anyway, enjoy the phone! I too said see ya to Verizon. I did want to take advantage of the ETF deal, so I bought an LG G2 (can't ever have enough phones!) and also did the $200 Blackberry trade in deal. So I walked away feeling pretty darn good about the whole deal.

-Collin-

---------- Post added at 08:35 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:33 AM ----------

It may not be the most kosher thing to do, but buy a Blackberry for $20 on Craigslist and trade it in for $200 at T-mo.

Edit: sorry, I'm half asleep. Doesn't help you very much with the Z1c. Still, though, it's a great deal in order to get your ETF paid for and then $200 off some new phone from T-mo. I did that, then simply bought the Z1c outright because I like to have two phones.

-Collin-
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radiohead14:
thanks. i'll prob just ride out the rest of my contract w vzw. hopefully by july.. sony will have announced a Z2 compact!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ily426:
I apologize if this has been asked before - I spent hours googling this with no success.

I have a new Nexus 5 (4.4.2) and I'm still customizing it.

I would like to be able to assign a specific ringtone to an individual contact.

I know how to do it and tried it many times - no dice. No matter what ringtone I assign to a specific contact, the phone always rings with the default ringtone.

I use the stock People app and display Contacts from Microsoft. I did try it with Contacts from Gmail - it changed nothing when it came to the ringtone assignment.

Thank you.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liskrig:
Is the ringtone in MP3 format? I know Android can handle a few other formats natively but you're always safe with a compressed MP3 :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ily426:
At this point, I tried it only with the ringtones that come with the phone.

I assign a particular one to a contact, i can see my selection sticks in the contact record, but it rings with the general default ringtone...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ily426:
BUMP?

Anybody?!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Primokorn:
I'm not used to having specific rigntones for my contacts but here is below what I did and it works. I have the stock People and Dialer apps.

1. In People app I choose a contact > Menu > Set ringtone > Multimedia storage > "X" ringtone > OK.

2. That's it.

All my contacts are sync with my GMail account. Did you try with several contacts? What happens if you try with a new contact?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
I do the above and have had no issues assigning ringtones to contacts (I have two custom ones for my girlfriend and best mate)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ily426:
Egg on my face

Well, aren't I a goose! I had a think about this and thus a revelation. I don't have Caller ID. In Canada this means that the provider actually goes to the trouble to strip ALL the information that comes down the line - yes, they are vicious here. Therfore, even if I'm called by somebody who IS in my Contacts, all I see is "Unknown".

My heartfelt apologies and thank you for trying to help.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaco81:
i got the same issue and my plan has caller id....

hmm
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ily426:
Oh, no! I'm sorry for you. I suggest you email Google Support - I did and received an answer quickly, not that it solved my problem.

Go here: https://support.google.com/nexus/?hl=en#topic=3415518

and select "Contact us" at top right.

Much luck and please come back here and let us know what happened.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] colbymulkey:
Background:

My wife migrated from the (US AT&T) One X to the One on day one. Her One X has been sitting in her bedside drawer for almost a year. (She wanted to keep it as a backup.) Her One recently suffered irreparable physical damage; need to get her up and running on the One X.

Before the One X's temporary retirement, we:

Gained SuperCID

Unlocked Bootloader

Flashed custom recovery

Flashed a (Android 4.1 based) AOKP nightly

Did not achieve S-OFF

When the One X came back out of retirement, it had some major stability issues. Coming from the Nexus world, and (admittedly) not doing thorough enough research, I thought I could quickly re-ROM her phone and have her up and running.

Long-story short, I've somehow seemed to corrupt the recovery partition and the boot partition. And I'm not sure where to go next...

I

can

access the bootloader and fastboot.

In fact, the bootloader is immediately loaded on boot.

I cannot achieve S-OFF.

Every method I've seen requires some combination of fastboot and adb commands. I can do the fastboot portion, but without a working Android partition, I cannot perform the adb commands.

Every attempt to flash a custom recover via fastboot fails:

FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)​

From the research I've done, it seems like I need S-OFF to flash a recovery and ROM, but I need a ROM to achieve S-OFF.

Is that the case? Is there anything else I can try?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Run the 2.20 RUU, it's the only option you have, it should fix your partitions. Do not run the 3.18 RUU while s-on though or you'll brick.

How did the phone end up with borked partitions?

Sent from my Evita<br>
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] colbymulkey:
Found and downloaded 2.20 RUU; was nervous as hell running this with S-ON. The process never errored out, and the application never hung, I never saw a progress bar on the HOX either. (RUU quoted ~10 minutes. I waited 40.) I hard-bounced the phone and tried again... Success!

Thanks for the recommendation!

I pushed the stock T-Mobile ROM to the phone from the older recovery that was already on the HOX, then rebooted. It hung at boot; was never able to boot back into Android. I was still able to access the bootloader and fastboot, so I tried pushing TWRP to the HOX using the WinDroid Toolkit. After that, I wasn't able to access Android or TWRP, and the phone booted directly to the bootloader.

The biggest mistakes: cockiness and lack of research. (Statement of frustration: this S-ON/S-OFF nonsense is for the birds!)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
I'd strongly suggest you get s-off now, and discontinue your use of toolkits in favour of manual fastboot commands.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] colbymulkey:
Noted. Thanks...

The whole situation was frustrating because it was self-inflicted and I knew better than rush into trying to re-ROMing on hardware I wasn't familiar with.

I usually don't use toolkits; was just on a system that hadn't been prepped with adb yet. I re-learned a valuable lesson: take the time to set that up!

What's most frustrating is that I did try to use adb (after hosing the filesystem). I just kept running into issues with S-ON while trying to push boot.img's and recoverys. Coming from my Nexus world, I'm not accustomed to that.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Cool cool. It might be worth taking a quick look at my Evita FAQ and How-To Guide For Beginners threads in my signature. I'm not insinuating that you're a beginner, but they contain some vital information specific to this device which you might find useful.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] colbymulkey:
Yeah... that -- among many, many others threads -- was one of the threads I checked out after killing it.

I was so convinced that S-ON was my problem that I spent most of my time trying to get S-OFF and repair my recovery via fastboot. Had I been able to let go of that notion, I might have gotten somewhere without having to ask for help.

I only-ever mess with the wife's hardware when there's a problem, so I'm not incredibly familiar with it. I'll definitely re-review your guide before I take on any other tasks!

Thanks again!
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ishon:
Which one will be best? I want to buy one, but i'm in confuse about which one will be best. I saw that s4mini battery capacity is not so good, but configurations are awesome, SP also awesome. But still in confuse. Anyone there to suggest me please?
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Parkside:
Screen size should dictate. If you want a bigger screen go for the sp if not the s4m is a tidy phone.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] no_username_available:
if you like touchwiz ui go for the s4 mini otherwise having it is like hell becuz of the confusing software otherwise go for the sp if you want the cool led on the bottom otherwise their both about the same
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] josuemf:
If you want:

- 768MB of usable RAM

- 5GB of USB/APP Install space (and want to use mods made for other phones to see if they match yours) a.k.a. no one cares about Xperia SP

- Mediocre MHL @ 720p

- Non physical navigation bar keys, but virtual ones that take up space and make every application look squished or weird.

- Non removable battery (if it dies, your phone dies with it)

- Washed out screen colors.

- Non official support of 64GB MicroSD cards.

Then the Xperia Sp is for you. I'm more than annoyed with it. Shoudl've waited for another phone, and the locked bootloader is horrible too.

This is my personal experience, and I've had used previously

- UMI X1 (Mediatek Dual-core with 1GB of RAM)

- Galaxy S2 (best so far, but Samsung's warranty policy in my country sucks)

- Motorola Atrix "4G" (no updates)

- LG Optimus 3D

Good luck.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] no_username_available:
i would actually recommend the moto g or x
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonfensu:
What about Xperia ZR?

+Quad Core CPU

+2GB of RAM

+Better Display than SP one (More contrast and better viewing angles,- not good as an IPS panel-, but still Its fine)*

+Removable Battery

+Waterproof

-VGA Front facing camera

-8GB of Internal Storage

-Some Bugs

*Note: You should check and compare the screen with another ZR, due the screen lottery
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZakooZ:
- 768MB of usable RAM

4.3 has 860mb

- 5GB of USB/APP Install space (and want to use mods made for other phones to see if they match yours) a.k.a. no one cares about Xperia SP

Samsung has much more bloat in their firmwares. It's the most bloated android firmware. I don't know how the second part of that is related to the first point, but there are tons of mods made for the sp exclusively or 2013 xperia models

- Mediocre MHL @ 720p

S4 mini isn't even 720p. Its 540x960

- Non physical navigation bar keys, but virtual ones that take up space and make every application look squished or weird.

Android doesn't squish applications. Android AOSP is made for the virtual buttons too and Google keeps pushing the virtual buttons through android updates and their nexus devices

- Non removable battery (if it dies, your phone dies with it)

Anyone with a minimum of knowledge in fixing electrical devices can replace the batteries. There's a SP mechanical guide that explains how to replace the battery with pictures and you can buy the battery itself from stellatech

- Washed out screen colors

True

- Non official support of 64GB MicroSD cards.

Probably not true as I've seen 64gb cards on the sp. But I don't know. Well it has support anyway, just "not official"

- Then the Xperia Sp is for you. I'm more than annoyed with it. Shoudl've waited for another phone, and the locked bootloader is horrible too.

I'm pretty happy with it, coming from a mid range Samsung device its 50x better
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ishon:
Thanks everyone.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I think SP will be better for me :) , so I decided to buy SP
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aspot72:
Think again... Had both S4 mini and now SP, but would go for S4 mini (9195 as it has LTE). The S4 mini is more fluid and smoother with no laggs or screen issues. But can't blame SP, when it works does the job...
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaushal9119:
Perfect decision dude....ul njoy it....
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] no_username_available:
xp has lte and doesnt have laggy touchwiz, i too have had both
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knatas:
What!? Xperia SP support 64GB SD cards? How?

:confused:
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliiahmed.20:
I would say dont get the SP because of the horrible development

this phone doesnt have a single stable rom :(
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ongkhel:
SP. because you're in sp thread. ahah
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @non4:
Lol you do a better rom then! Besides there's plenty of Roms ok for daily use if installed correctly, I use eXistenZ.

Sent while my supervisor wasn't looking
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Herminus7:
Xperia SP

Sony Xperia SP VS Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini

Display: 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.6 inches (~319 ppi pixel density) VS 540 x 960 pixels, 4.3 inches (~256 ppi pixel density)

Internal Memory: 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) + Micro SD VS 8 GB (5 GB user available) + Micro SD

RAM: 1 GB RAM VS 1.5 GB RAM

Processor: Qualcomm MSM8960T Snapdragon Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait VS Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400 Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait

GPU: Adreno 320 VS Adreno 305

Battery: Li-Ion 2370 mAh battery VS Li-Ion 1900 mAh battery

Camera1: 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash VS 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Camera2: VGA VS 1.9 MP

Video: 1080p@30fps, video stabilization VS 1080p@30fps

SP have better GPU, better battery, better display resolution, better general quality.

S4 Mini have better RAM and better secondary camera

And, FOR ME, Xperia SP is most beautiful, less expensive, best build quality, aluminum frame (non-plastic) and… he is different than most common phones ... it has status, personality, presence, elegance ... is a Sony ....

But, S4 Mini, is a great phone too… :o
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aspot72:
S4 mini has also LTE (9195 version) and TW can be replaced with Google Now or other launcher.

My SP must be faulty...

Experiencing these issues :

screen unresponsive very often

many apps crashes or FC

very laggy UI - apps or keyboard take 10 seconds to work...

Like the SP but if these issues will continue just going back to Samsung or Motorola...
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @non4:
I have none of the above, my phone is the best I've had

Sent while my supervisor wasn't looking
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arhun:
Sp is competing with the Z series phones.. so discussing r thinking abt s4 mini is a waste of time
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaushal9119:
Completely true....
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ApriliaM3:
No threads or posts asking for the best/most stable ROM/Kernel/Mod/whatever, or created for the purpose of comparing Phones/ROMs/Kernels/Mods/whatever:

These threads/posts will be deleted promptly and without warning. They have a history of causing problems due to trolls, and fanboys, along with various troublemakers, and therefore are no longer allowed. Regardless of that, there is really no way to judge whether or not a particular piece of work is better than another because it's all relative to begin with. If you want to know what piece of work is better for you, install something and try it out for a while. If you don't like it, try something else. Our Developers work hard to provide us their contributions, free of charge. Please show them the respect they deserve by trying something out and giving them your feedback.

Thread closed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Blipstein:
I just updated to 4.4.2. Been having Bluetooth issues in my Lexus ever since. I can establish a connection but my contacts will no longer transfer. The Bluetooth music intermittently disconnects and reconnects. I havent made any BT calls yet so I don't know how that is behavin. My messages won't transfer as well (call logs do though). I have un-paired and re-paired the phone several times. Usually that does the trick. I am a Lexus Technology Specialist and I deal with these little BT issues all of the time. None of my tricks are working. So disappointed with KitKat right now.

Can I go back? Anything else I can try? Any help is appreciated. Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] cmdauria:
I'm sorry that I don't have advice on how to fix your problem. I just wanted to let you know that I am having zero connection problems with the bluetooth to both of my vehicles. They are both Hyundai's if that makes a difference. Are you on the official KitKat or Freeza's "Stockish" rom. I am on Stockish deodex if that helps.

Possibly bad download? Are you having any other issues?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Blipstein:
I'm on KitKat. Just did the official download Sunday. Only other issue so far is that Astro player (music player I use for listening to Howard Stern. Great for bookmarks since the tracks are 4.5 hours long) is acting weird about the music files. Hard to explain but just odd behavior.

If it was a bad download is there a way to re-download it? I suppose the only way to go back would be to root and flash a ROM?

Thanks dude
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Did you try the platform edit?

It might very well be that the bluetooth permissions granted by jellybean aren't allowed for KitKat. It would at least rule out that possibility.

Sent from my SM-N900P using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Blipstein:
I have no idea what the platform edit is.... Lol. Please explain
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
If you're rooted, unzip this file, then using root explorer, navigate to system, etc, permissions, rename the platform.xml file that already resides there (add bak to the name), then copy, paste, and set permissions with this file gifted to me by [MENTION=3920408]blackcanopy[/MENTION].

https://www.dropbox.com/s/enfjwbrxk2skzyu/platform.rar

Lol®

Sent from my SM-N900P using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Blipstein:
I'm not rooted. Haven't been since my EVO days. Does this mean I'm out of options?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Not at all. I was just testing a theory, and thus it may not even work. If I'm wrong, you've blown Knox for nought.

You could try reading up a bit on the new restrictive write permissions introduced by this flavor of KitKat (TouchWiz). If that is causing your problem, which it may very well be, then you should contact the manufacturer of your device (the bluetooth, not the phone), as I'm certain that you're not the only guy using that product. If yes, then others will be reporting the same problem, and the company will have to fix it. Time here is your option (ie, waiting for this to be a repeating headache for the manufacturer, so they do something about it).

Rooting and flashing roms may not solve your issue. I'd suggest taking the approach with which you're most comfortable, and nothing more.

Sent from my SM-N900P using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Blipstein:
Well...I am the manufacture of the product basically. The product is Lexus and I am the Technology Specialist for the dealership. I deal with BT all day long. I have not encountered this particular issue with an Android device. And if I have encountered it I have several processes that typically resolve the issue. None of them worked. So I am confident that the product (Lexus) is working correctly.

I would really love to revert back to ICS. Is that possible somehow? Maybe re-load KitKat? I just want my phone the way it was because this issue is debilitating as I use BT everyday.

Thanks