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[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohamed_Aly:
I can't help but laugh to remember i did that myself.. But yet again, i saw lots of discussions that made me lose my sensible thinking
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohamed_Aly:
And then dwarves had a battle with the elves under the command of your cat :D

You made my day man :)

Well.. If the temperature was under the melting point of any metal.. That particular metal may be deformed.. But after the metal is back to the normal temperature.. It bounces back to it's original shape.. So i thought maybe the aluminum was made by some bad forging or something like that.. I know it's highly unlikely but the pictures and the discussions were terrifying :D
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohamed_Aly:
Maybe.. But the strange thing is, even if it's caused by those reasons, or by applying external force "which is most likely" the glass didn't break! And the metal is terribly deformed.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gallardo5:
Maybe it transformed into Xperia z1 Flex? You know, who knows what that Japanese guys can do with electronics :D
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hasona:
I know what the problem is and you won't like it - I think your friend's house is haunted by ghosts!!!!

We better call Dean and Sam!

/s

No but seriously I've never heard of anyone bending there phone ever! PLastic phones, metal, alumium, glass etc. not a single time.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shteren:
i have my z1 since decembeter and belive me i've tried heating it up as best as i could! 3 hours of asphalt 8 a day for weeks... it doesn't get any hotter than that and yet the phone don't bend! so you can rule out the temperature effects...

my theory is that it's just bad manufacturing proccess and the aluminum frame has inner forces that wants to relive itself and bend... only happend in few rare cases.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pshdo:
The reason for bent phones, is in fact quite simple...

- and allmost allways the same...

Just like any other bent phone, eg. the iphone, the Z1 really don´t like to be in a rear pocket at all.

The force from your wight, when you (accidently) sit on a chair is more than enough to bent the phone...

Actually if you have tight pants, and have it in the front pocket, that might also bent the phone when you sit down...

These things might not bent it enough for you to notise the first few times, but then one day you notise it...

Nothing strange in that at all...

- just look at how people use the product...
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moze666:
Pictures is what we need!!!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohamed_Aly:
I think that's the most likely case
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohamed_Aly:
Well he's not my friend .. but Dean and Sam my be useful :D

and I'll attach some pictures from the topic I've read

here they are !!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sucker for sony's:
It is possible for a metal to bend under its own material stress if it has not been machined properly but it only happens in rare cases. My experience with my z1 is a good one, I have accidentally dropped it many times on various surfaces and even my Japanese akita has stood on it! yet it's still in perfect working condition so I don't see how some z1's are bending without intervention.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hasona:
Wow that looks so odd, this guy is either lying about something or something is really odd and I mean REALLY ODD!

I would've expected something of this happening if it was warm and in your pocket while you were biking for example but the guy said he didn't touch which makes that hypothesis incorrect.

I think warranty would protect that because the phone is not suppose to bend by itself!

I still think something smells a bit fishy about his story!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canabz:
Mine has a bend in it noticed my flap not completely flush then thought wtf its bent never put in back pocket seemed like it just happened with me

Not sure if it still water proof now...
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] negrobembon:
Definetly because of your pocket
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moze666:
I always have my phone in my pocket, but no bending at all, this is weird. :)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohamed_Aly:
it's the same thoughts I had .. but let me assure you that this kind of heating can't bend it like this ,, maybe deform it a little bet but it will come to it's original condition "that's of course in case of the aluminum body of the phone was badly engineered and forged"
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohamed_Aly:
Well I'm not sure what the reason is.. And if that's the case.. But if I were you.. I wouldn't put it in water again.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohamed_Aly:
Maybe but I always put it in my pocket.. Never happened
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LJE:
I'd bet the guy either sat on it while it was in his back pocket, or he had it in his front pocket and his jeans were too tight.

He's probably upset that his new toy is now bent and he's doing the old "you sold me a bad phone sony.. It's all your fault" so he can get a replacement.

That'd be my guess
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omegahanggara:
Not really, I've sleep over my phone, my brother's too. No bent at all. ????
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LJE:
That's like saying,

I dropped my phone and it didn't smash, so all Z1s' can be dropped and they won't smash.

Maybe your bed is soft so the phone is safe under you?

Maybe he has a skinny bony ass and he sat on a hard bus seat?

I'm not sure, but I'd bet at least $50 on 2-1 odds that he didn't have a straight phone, went to sleep and woke up with a bent phone.

That's my opinion tho.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aaron_035:
Right. I'm guessing I'm the "other person" the op was referring to. What I was referring to nothing happening to my Z1 is exactly that. I've used my Z1 like how I'll use any phone.

Basically putting in my pocket and walking around. That's the most probable reason for me. Stupid as it may seem. I came to that conclusion as it bent in the way that would fit my erm... Leg to hip joint profile.

What I would suggest you do, is never wear tight fitting clothes and squeeze your z1 in.

I would like to debunk the heating thing cause if it was the case, I believe playing assault 8 till its hotter than the sun, and then leaving it under 15kg of weight would probably bend it back slightly but it was to no avail.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] svelemoe:
This exact thing just happened to my phone. I'm at work right now, but it consists of laying alarm wiring. I do not see how keeping it in my front right pocket can do this. I do not have ANY tools in the front right pocket. I have been playing very resource intensive games at the toilet though, and the phone has been extremely hot periodically these last two days. It turned off while playing Road Trip 2 a few hours ago. Pics later when I get off work.

Sorry for the necrobump, but this was the most relevant thread I could find.

Here's the pics: imgur com/a/UWz0b#0

It's laying on its back. I kept it in my front pocket, with the front to my thigh. I really cant see how it would bend that way. I would have to lean into two things hitting the top and bottom of my phone, while my thigh somehow provides tons pf pressure on the edges of the frame only. And no, my pants are not thight.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ligerblitz:
Seeing the new pics from [MENTION=6024982]svelemoe[/MENTION] , the bend is not in the same place. If it was a design problem would not all the phones have the bends in the same location? I have had mine for a while, and always in my jeans pocket, and I have a very active job where I am outside, always holding over, lifting things, pulling cable and such, but haven't had any damage with my Z1.

When I had my Z though, the screen mysteriously cracked when it was in my pocket while I was sitting. It wasn't broken 5 minutes before when I had it out.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr. Khan:
After use for 9 months and smashed several times, no bent.

Why are you so trust issues? Think of a few tens of thousands of users xperia z1, why only a few people complaining. [emoji3]
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] svelemoe:
I worked in a hardware/lumber store the whole summer with np damage to this phone, so I've been pretty rough with it too. But at this job, where the hsrdest I do is climbing a stepladder, it just bent.

It might be a design flaw spontaneous or not. I have the exact same bend on the charging area as the phone on page 2, it looks like the top of the phone has been lifted parallel to the bottom, the silver trim is bended in the same shape on the front and back. Kind of like '''''''''''''''-----____________ seen from the side.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayuready1989:
since the phone is waterproof its possible there is tension relieved when the aluminum and glass reaches a certain temp
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yulapkan:
But how can you reach that temperature with normal use?

Unless you heat it with a oven, it won't bend I think.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayuready1989:
bad apps lol ex. instagram ... it ran my cpu up to %60 while idle and in my pocket, it gets pretty hot ... got so hot it made my hand sweat
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackSoulxxx:
LOL, bad apps give Snadragon 800 a sweat!! But it's true............. Also my friend have bend Z1 too, he play Real Racing 3 with highest setting, OC, and play until it can boil water :p . So maybe there is some tension.....
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D.Cent:
I'm actually really fed up with my Nexus 4 because of the delayed push notifications. Sometimes I receive messages more than half an hour too late, although Google said they would fix this problem multiple times. I'm now on Android 4.4.2 and the problem never disappeared. I already tried multiple fixes like turning off WiFi optimization or push notifications fixer - they all don't work. The notifications get in all at once when I turn the display on.

I bought my Nexus 4 on 30th April 2013 and the problem never was a big deal for me so far. However, I now work for an IT company and I need to be reachable 24/7 and therefore should not wait for delayed push notifications on Whatsapp, Threema, Telegram, GMail, etc.

I know at least two other people who have a Nexus 4 and they all have got the same problem (newest revision of the phone and latest Android version).

So my question is: what do you think are my chances for returning my Nexus 4 device to Google and either get my money back or get another device (although I don't want another Nexus 4 and I'm not sure if the same problem occurs on the Nexus 5)?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opssemnik:
if you live in a area where google takes care of warranty of the nexus. can be a bit harder(because lg dosent search the phone, i mean they dont look to see if you have blocked bootloader and these things).

returning only for that idk... call to see if google will accept.

if not just install some custom recovery. and format all partitions

then you can return back for the phone not turning on(since it formated every partition lol)
[Galaxy S 5 General] NoteboyTech:
Samsung Knox 2.0 brings two-factor authentication and better sandboxing

-

Any words???
[Galaxy S 5 General] avatar_ro:
Goodbye Knox 0x0 root for ever.\

Bye SAMMY
[Galaxy S 5 General] bdithug:
I read that article this morning. All it means is I'm done with Samsung until they revamp their Knox / warranty policy. When you spend hundreds of dollars on a phone, you should be able to customize the software without voiding your warranty. Samsung is garbage now.

When I buy a computer that is preloaded with Windows, then install Linux to dual boot, I don't void my warranty on it. Why should it be different with a phone?
[Galaxy S 5 General] dandroid13:
Nobody ever said that you can't root or that you lose your warranty.
[Galaxy S 5 General] bdithug:
Are you sure? I'm pretty sure if you trip your Knox counter, your warranty is void.
[Galaxy S 5 General] dandroid13:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50219902&postcount=1983
[Galaxy S 5 General] bdithug:
That was in the EU though. Samsung Canada or North America might have different policy.
[Galaxy S 5 General] CZ Eddie:
I knew six months ago that any new Galaxy phone I upgrade to, will be a Google Play Edition only.

That or the Developer edition. Either should be easier to root/ROM.

AT&T and Verizon are for sure locked down. No AOSP ROM's at all.

Not sure about Sprint or T-Mobile?
[Galaxy S 5 General] bdithug:
Just went to best buy and spoke with a Samsung agent from their Samsung department. Rooting your phone does void your warranty here in Canada and most likely the US as well.

Screw samsung
[Galaxy S 5 General] mymusicathome:
I ditched my s4 before the 4.2 update to avoid Knox. I am no fan of any device I can not root/recovery and then return it to factory state.

Loving life in nexus land.

Sent from my HammerHead
[Galaxy S 5 General] dandroid13:
It'll probably be the same for all except maybe Motorola and Sony dev editions.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Eric214:
Yeah, I said the same thing. I ended up leaving VZW for Tmo (the ETF payoff thingy) and their Note 3 has unlocked bootloader. Basically a developers edition.

---------- Post added at 07:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:29 PM ----------

lol ill repeat myself... thats the same thing I said as well before switching to Tmo and getting their Note 3 which has unlocked bootloader. Basically a developers edition.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Hellscythe:
because you can't brick your computer unless you do stupid things with your motherboard bios or whatever.
[Galaxy S 5 General] xda rocks:
+1.

What is a device that do not provide me the way I wanted it to. I truly believe the very popularity of the Samsung is not just for their heavy Touchwiz UI but it provides the customization to the user to use it as they wish.

I never will let Samsung decide how I have to use my phone and it is me who should think what I have to do with my phone.

All that I say is Samsung S5 is Sorry5, Goodbye5, Sucks5 and Knox -5
[Galaxy S 5 General] Josh McGrath:
I don't see what the big deal about Knox is.?? I don't have it but if I did and I have to do a warranty exchange, I'll hard brick it by flashing a bad rom etc. They can't tell it's been flashed or rooted if it won't turn on right?

Sent from my SGH-M919 using JellyBombed Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S 5 General] GuestX0057:
If they can boot it to download mode they can see the Knox flag so that won't work. And to anyone who said that Knox won't void your warranty in Europe etc.... Are you ready to take Samsung to court just to prove a point? They have voided warranties for custom stuff before and even though many countries have strong consumer laws, you would most likely have to sue Samsung. That would cost more time and money than most people have just to get a warranty repair/replacement.

Plus Samsung isn't the only manufacturer who's doing this. Sony has began locking their bootloaders and it's getting more and more difficult to unlock+root their phones without leaving traces. Same applies to HTC who have an "unlocked" flag for unlocked bootloaders. And LG is catching up etc.

Basically Samsung or not, the days of rooting + flashing without issues are gone. That's just how it is now.

If you want a phone to toy around, get a Nexus or be prepared to take responsibility of your device even if the fault isn't yours.
[Galaxy S 5 General] barondebxl:
I never cared for warranty stuff,as far as I'm concerned, Knox can kiss my a$$.
[Galaxy S 5 General] fzammetti:
True... but cut the wires off your USB charger so they're exposed. do the same on an old power cord, connect 'em and plug it in... oh, wear some rubber gloves while you do this :) "Hey man, the damned thing just COMBUSTED in my hand!"

(Actually, would be better with something like 24V... enough to fry the main board but not enough to generate TOO much outward hints)
[Galaxy S 5 General] skivnit:
Just a out of curiosity how many times you guys used your warranty for one of your phones? I have been owning phones since 2000, and I never used my warranty once..
[Galaxy S 5 General] fzammetti:
I've never done so on the manufacturer's warranty, it's always been on the insurance my carrier offers, I've done that a couple of times. They don't (or at least, never have) cared about root or warranty flags or any of that.
[HTC One X+] ahmadjan0098:
adb sideload ok but finish failed:crying:

checking md5 failed

no md5 found

helpme
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miniskipper:
Hello,

my Moto G shows an interesting behavior:

When i plug the usb cable in and the phone is charging, my ActiveSync-account gets synced normally.

I can see in the logfiles of the server, that it logs in, requests a sync and waits 480 seconds. When the 480 seconds run out, the phone immediately requests another sync. All fine.

But when on battery, the phone seems to "forget" to sync. It may work for 1 or 2 loops, but after that the phone syncs only about 1 time per hour.

Is there some battery-saving setting i may have missed?

I'm on 4.4.2, system-version: 175.44.1.falcon_umts.Retail.en.De

Greetings
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miniskipper:
Today i have restored the stock-image in my phone and updated to 176.44.1 but the issue still exists.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tussky:
Hello,

Yesterday there was an update for the Moto G, I confirmed to do the update. Since then the phone is in a reboot loop. I mean it doesn't matter what ever I do,the phone restart itself in every 2-3 minutes. The phone is rooted.

I've tried to do a factory reset from the setting,however nothing happens when I want to erase the settings. In the bootloader if I chose Recovery or Factory reset,the phone reboots.

I've got a tip that I should remove the update file from the /chace directory,however I don't know how to do so,as the phone keeps reboot itself.

The only place,where the phone is not restarts is in the bootloader.

Is there any way to somehow solve this problem without flash a stock rom ?

Thanks for your help!

Regards,

Péter
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kokonai:
The same here. Help!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mokkami:
You have to press volume up instead of power to choose something in fastboot menu.

Unroot and if used custom recovery go back to stock recovery.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tussky:
How should I do the unroot ? I find this solution,but I can't post the link,as I didn't have 10+ posts... its in the site unlockr and there's an article about moto g unroot.

However I can't enable the usb debug,as the phone restart faster,than I'am able to do this.

Yes I know I have to press volume up,however if I chose recovery it's reboot itself,so I'am not able to select Recovery from the bootloader.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kokonai:
My is rooted and cwm 6.0.4.6

May be we must do something with fastboot command
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyeoncomputers:
my GF's Moto G did the same thing, luckily it was a simple fix.

I had already rooted her stock 4.4.2 and installed CWM Recovery 6.0.4.6.

If you havent installed, CWM or TWRP, then I recommend to do so by fastboot command and the recovery.img.

Here is the forum link to install CWM Recovery for your Moto G:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2563599

So I just Powered Off the phone. Then go back into the CWM Recovery by:

- hold down Volume Down and hold down Power Button for about 4-5 secs

- then let them go and you will see the Fastboot menu

- Press Volume Down (to highlight Recovery)

- then Press Volume Up (to select and go into Recovery, in this case the custom recovery)

- then just Wipe Cache and Wipe Dalvik Cache

- then Reboot Phone.

Done. :)

I think I will install CM11 for her and not have to deal with the stock ROM that gets official updates pushed onto it causing issues like this.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tussky:
I see,however It's not possible on the phone. If I select the Recovery and I press volume up -> phone reboots
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mokkami:
You mean this.

Download Stock image, extract.

Go to fastboot mode and flash following.

If you used Superboot method then use:

if you used the modified recovery method:

Thats strange.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kokonai:
Thanks MAN! It works perfect!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tussky:
Yes, I mean that,so if I follow this guide,then it will help ? I used the followin from modaco site -> Root your Moto G - option 1: Superboot
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mokkami:
[MENTION=1261518]kokonai[/MENTION] OH? I thought unroot is essential?:confused:

I guess u used the modified recovery to root?

At the moment i am confused. But yeah i'm assuming it will work.

Cause if i understand it right, the superboot method is a modified kernel.

So you should flash motoboot.img.

There are several ways now. Either you flash cwm and wipe /cache as described above.

Or you flash motoboot and then , in my opinion, it should work.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tussky:
I used the method to root the phone what is on that site,I followed that description and it worked. I'am not an expert in it,so I just followed PaulOBrien guide,so I can't answer for it for sure.

At this point I'am really desperate as the phone is completely useless, so I don't care even if I had data loss,as I can't access it anymore,nor save it to my PC.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mokkami:
In my knowledge, which seems not to be true anymore, the phone needs to be stock to install any update.

I am not talking about installed apps. It is more about system partition, recovery, kernel and so on.

I would try now to flash the motoboot.img and see what happens.

If this does not work i would flash cmw and try what was mentioned above.

Sure you can go completly stock. But in my view you are not that lost.

I'll stay with you ;)

......but max 5 hours =)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tussky:
Thanks! However I can try it out only after 20 UTC.

However I have an idea,but maybe I'am wrong.

What happens if I try the chace wipe via in command line, I mean:

mfastboot erase cache

This should delete the cache right ? Shouldn't this command remove the problematic update file ?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mokkami:
Oh yeah this should be also an option.

But you'll come again to that point where you wanna install the update?!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tussky:
I want to give it a try. Yes,however I don't have to install the update. But I think I will flash a stock rom,make the update and then re-root the phone.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TechLT:
Thank you guys, I was going crazy with this rebooting problem. So now it is fixed, but how can I get the update? Noway?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tussky:
I was able to enable the usb debugging,and then to start the bootloader. However If I connected the phone and tried to execute the adb reboot-bootloader command it didn't worked. So I restarted the phone and entered into the bootloader,then I've done the following:

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot erase cache

After the first command,the phone rebooted into bootloader,then the second command finally cleared the chace. Now my uptime is more then 8 minutes,so the phone is working great now :)

However I will do the complete process on the weekend,but not now as I'am really tired,but I will flash a stock rom at the weekend.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] secretkloud:
Possible solution...

Just started a thread with a possible solution

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2663205

Hope it helps...
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] noturbru:
Can someone modify evolution x4 statusbar to transparent?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] TheFixItMan:
why would you need to modify it? the evo x4 status bar already has a transparent color changer mod built into it - just use the evo mod app to change the color and transparency of the status bar

also questions go in the Q & A section NOT general section