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[AT&T LG Optimus G] jxcorex28:
Like a dummy I think I deleted something I wasnt suppose to. I tried flashing artmod using philztouh recovery (latest). when I went to flash artmod it was giving me a status 7 installation fail and was talking about needing 5 args but only having 4. so I went back to the mounts/storage and started formating everything except the sdcard and sns but I formated /firmware and tried formatting /persist. Now my phone only boots a few roms IE>...CM 11 M4 and Mokee but the wifi is not turning on at all and there are no sim apn's....I cant use mobile data or wifi whatsoever...I have tried manually entering any apn's I can find to no avail. I should of never used philztouch when I have no idea what formatting /firmware would of actually done to the device....Im guessing I need to return to stock using LGPNT (which is another thing I hope the file itself isnt huge b/c I have a ****ty ass wifi connection that im pulling from air)...I have done just about everything I can possibly think about doing to include trying to restore TWRP roms I had previously back-uped.....Just sat on the vanir boot screen carbon rom doesnt boot whatsoever either nor do PACMan....Im now back with TWRP with efs/sdcard/KK support. I havent changed radios or anything....Can someone please give me a hand so I dont have anice shiny brick
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jxcorex28:
I believe my phone has been N4 Converted...here is what bootloader tells me

Fastboot Mode

Product_Name-Mako

Variant-Make 16GB

HW version-rev-10

Bootloader version-MAKOZ10f

Baseband Version- N/A

Carrier Info- None

Serial Number - Im leaving this blank

Signing- Production

Secure Boot- Enabled

Lock State- Unlocked
[AT&T LG Optimus G] brothaedhung:
I think that just means you have the mako bootloader. Mine says the same thing and I've never converted.

Have you tried restoring your efs partitions? You can if you have an old TWRP backup, or freegee, or they might be sitting on your sdcard.

Maybe flash the at&t jb radio after restoring efs.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jxcorex28:
Ive looked into the EFS back up folder and I see three of em but how can I restore an efs ? I have an old back up of vanir but it never booted and I have two twrp back up's of carbon but they were failed back-ups....I really have no idea how any of this happened ? Its like the phone doesnt even recognize the sim card and wifi wont even turn on whatsoever (3 hours ago everything was working perfectly). It wasnt til I formatted /firmware with philztouch recovery that all of these problems occured....
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jxcorex28:
well i tried finding a copy of the at&t jb radio on your rom thread but codefire.re has told me file not found on mozzila and chrome
[AT&T LG Optimus G] optimusv45:
.. thanked by mistake

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Just use lgnpst to return to stock? If WiFi sucks, just calm down, go to a library tomorrow to download. Learn from this experience, ask questions before you try stuff, and you won't be in this situation again.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jxcorex28:
I dont think the file exists thru codefire.re anymore, unless something is messing up on my end...yeah about that LPGNST, Ive seen a few different threads about that ordeal and really not sure which one to follow...
[AT&T LG Optimus G] optimusv45:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2230994 follow this, read carefully, this tells you everything you need to know. You need to understand the steps before you use it. Ask questions if unsure
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jxcorex28:
yeah I followed that link but it doesnt seem to really be the problem Im having. My phone's not bricked (soft or hard bricked)....a few roms are having a hard time boot (which Im not sure why considering Ive completely wiped the entire phone)...Right now the phone's booting with cm11 M4...The only problem Im having is inability to connect to wife and missing apn list...the phone isnt recognizing the sim card...If I can grab that att jb radio and see if that's the culprit and it doesnt work...Ill give that link a try....Really not sure i the local library allows downloadable content or not...Might be just for surfting...B&N as well as Panera Bread all block downloads, purely net surfing only...
[AT&T LG Optimus G] optimusv45:
If your phone doesn't even see the SIM card, it may be more than a radio issue. Your library don't give a **** what you download, they are paid too little to care.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jxcorex28:
yeah that's what I was thinking as well....just gotta get the phone up and running, expecting calls and what not...Didnt expect all of this to happen....guess you gotta learn one way or another....if i could flash that radio tonight, reboot and see if that's been causing the problems..tomorrow id get started on that LG program...If used something similiar with the LG OpT about 5 years ago (different scenario)
[AT&T LG Optimus G] brothaedhung:
I updated the link in my thread. Should work now.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jxcorex28:
well sound doesnt work now, nor does voice commands or any type of voice anything....so voice, sound, wifi, data....all of this from formating /firmware using philztouch recovery....
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jxcorex28:
brotha you the man....that fixed everything.....it's back up and running again....optimusv (thank you as well for the assistance)....I still dont know what made the phone act that way aftering formatting /firmware....kinda curious
[AT&T LG Optimus G] blake .l:
I had a similar problem trying to install Art Mod rom on my LG OG using Philz touch CWM recovery!!! I switched to TWRP 2.6.3.0 and have not had any problems... Just something about the newer version that don't mingle well with the rom.. if I'm not mistaken CWM 6.0.3.8 works well with the rom also..
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jxcorex28:
I had a problem just a few moments ago trying to use the efs supported/kk TWRP & also philztouch...PT recovery gave me a status 7 and kk supported TWRP gave me an error on mounting /system...I have not used CWM or official TWRP...I'd like to try artmod but I'm still hooked on xposed framework and cm ROMs
[AT&T LG Optimus G] optimusv45:
What is an efs supported/kk twrp and phil... if you're using the right recovery l, flashing the right rom, and still encountering issues. I would recommend just lgnpst back to stock to have a fresh start since the process of going back to stock, rooting and installing recovery for this phone is quite simple
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jxcorex28:
Recovery modified by brothedhung...I just used cwm 6.0.3.8 to try artmod. I wasn't to crazy about the stock experience. Switched back to pa beta...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snobrdr2324:
Hey everyone. I just bought a used Sprint LG G2 and like the phone overall. I am having a few issues, the most annoying one it seems is that when my phone is on my home wifi it is always downloading/uploading. The arrows are active 99% of the time and the only way I can stop it from transmitting data is to disable wifi and it won't do it over the cellular data network. I have turned off automatic syncing and everything I could think of that would transmit data over wifi on my phone. I tried restoring the firmware back to shipping firmware using flashtools and taking all the OTA updates again, I have tried simply factory resetting it as well and then not downloading any apps or logging into anything and it still seems to persist. This is only on my home internet and I have tried 2 different routers now. I go to a large university with a campus wide wifi network and it doesn't do this when I'm on my school wifi. It also doesn't happen when on a friend of mines home wifi network with a newer Linksys router. I cannot figure out why my home wifi data connection is constantly active. I haven't had this issue with any other phone so it is something to do with the interaction of my phone with network or something.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snobrdr2324:
Wow no one has this issue? That must explain why there isn't a ton of results when I google it.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thackoon:
If you download an app called GSAM Battery Monitor, you should be able to see which app is hogging the wifi.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snobrdr2324:
I have gsam and wasn't aware of this feature. I was using another app that said the system was constantly downloading and uploading about 5kb of data at all times. It has to be something network side since its only on my home wifi but I'm not good with wireless networking if it's not a cell network so I don't even know where to start. I tried restoring both of my routers to stock and it didn't fix it.
[Xperia Z1 General] olokos:
My impressions on 4.4 update:

Camera gets pictures faster after getting proper focus compared to 4.3

UI seems a bit smoother - it just feels smoother

Webpages get loaded faster

Data transfer between pc and phone over Wi-Fi without any external apps seems to be a good idea

Nothing new in camera apps. I got terribly disappointed.

We've got the new video editor that has the slow down the video option. That looks like they didn't remove that function from the Z1 or maybe Timeshift Video is coming for us. I'm sure that .681 FW is going to be updated soon as creative app is laggy just like on ported version. Same thing for showing camera apps (change mode from SA to anything else)

Camera apps can be rearranged by tap and hold.

I can't tell about any REAL new features. We've got wifi data transfer and printing. So far I can't see any other features.

Statusbar can't be swiped to change from notifications to toggles. You have to press the toggles button to change to those. It's not really a big thing, but I got really annoyed by that in 10 minutes of 4.4 on Z1.

Camera launches faster.

Summary:

I'm kind of dissapointed by the update. I hoped to get more out of it.

I'll give it a try for a few days though. We'll see if I'd really benefit from the update. (TBH I'm too lazy to do rerooting, restoring backup etc. and I'm a bit curious if there's anyting new here.

Please drop all your opinions/feelings about 4.4 update below.

PS. If you think that this thread is useless - let me know. I'll tell the moderators to delete it.
[Xperia Z1 General] chunlianghere:
may i know did u wipe data?
[Xperia Z1 General] yok3r:
your device gets very hot with this update?
[Xperia Z1 General] negrobembon:
I'm happy we got kit kat early even though we're missing the Z2 features

At least we got the stock kit kat features
[Xperia Z1 General] MobileBritain:
No option to select runtime so no ART :(

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olokos

What did you mean by:

"Data transfer between pc and phone over Wi-Fi without any external apps seems to be a good idea"

Where is this feature ?
[Xperia Z1 General] olokos:
I tried to get kk without wiping data and cache, but I just ended up in bootloop. Maybe that's because I should have wiped cache. Doesn't matter - I made a backup with TWRP.

I can't really tell the difference yet.

Confirmed. That's a bummer.

Multitasking seems to be better now.

Wysłane z mojego C6903 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Xperia Z1 General] olokos:
Xperia connectivity. It's for windows 7+. Z1 basically shows up just like you would have connected it via USB cable in MTP mode. Haven't tested it any further though.

I accidentally thanked you for no reason xD

Wysłane z mojego C6903 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Xperia Z1 General] kkd28:
sound effect bug fixed?
[Xperia Z1 General] dakunclear:
Mine does it's the only issue I have so far and I wiped my device but I'm going to kill my battery and then charge from dead since my battery life with Wi-Fi is crap now
[Xperia Z1 General] MON5TER:
im liking it had it on for the last 4 hours battery use seems a tad better as is the camera

now has anyone created a boot.img with cwm yet so this can be rooted

never developed anything in my life but my fingers are twitching and googling how to's :)
[Xperia Z1 General] MobileBritain:
Where is this feature enabled ?

How do you use it ?
[Xperia Z1 General] MohammadAG:
Anyone's camera no longer focuses?

I'm getting this in logcat:

E/caladbolg( 298): 275221439 excal_idt_ctrl.cpp (688) 10990 E [EXC] [IdtCtrl ] Received error event from FocusDetector
E/caladbolg( 298): 275221685 excal_idt_ctrl.cpp (692) 10990 E [EXC] [IdtCtrl ] Call returnBuffer for HwFocusStats 0xb7d59a80
D/mm-camera-intf( 298): mm_stream_read_msm_frame: VIDIOC_DQBUF buf_index 4, frame_idx 0, stream type 9
D/dalvikvm( 1425): GC_CONCURRENT freed 393K, 14% free 50955K/59036K, paused 4ms+3ms, total 20ms
D/mm-camera-intf( 298): mm_stream_read_msm_frame: VIDIOC_DQBUF buf_index 5, frame_idx 181, stream type 1

FR related, C&J firmware fixed it.
[Xperia Z1 General] reventon_703:
Confirm fixed. C6906
[Xperia Z1 General] thegios:
Lost + button to add more themes.

But big question is...

Anyone could pls explain how localization now works on 4.4.2?

In 4.3 I could have localization thru 3g on and gps off, then I'd turn gos on with a switch when using maps on nav app, and ogff again when finished.

Now all I have is a switch that enables/disables localization and an option with 3 way of working: 1. gps + 3g + wifi, 2. Gps + wifi or 3. gps only.

I am lost... If I choose option 1 than is my gps always on sucking battery? If I choose 2 how can I easily enable gps when in nav app? And if I choose 3 how can I still have google localize me thru wifi when localization is off?

This is so stupid, they should have kept 3g and gps localization separate...
[Xperia Z1 General] mikailmohammed:
Doomlord has 1 already out.
[Xperia Z1 General] khhhhris:
Finally the ability to shoot 4:3 in superior auto
[Xperia Z1 General] MON5TER:
Can you please link it I cannot find it anywhere
[Xperia Z1 General] mikailmohammed:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2632808
[Xperia Z1 General] MON5TER:
ahah thankyou didnt realise he updated the old thread :good:
[Xperia Z1 General] thegios:
Besides the localization question above, how do you add a secind widget on the lickscreen?

Update: never mind, found answers to both questions

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Anyone has found a templerun2 link not working in app drawer?
[Xperia Z1 General] funky0308:
Factory reset will do the job.

Member of Recognized MoonBreakers
[Xperia Z1 General] ghostman2:
Yep, confirmed, after wipe everything with SUS (PCC didnt work for me) now its all fine, i can change lockscreen. :D
[Xperia Z1 General] Distaplia:
This update is just horrible. Once I updated the phone, the media server, and mediascannerservice are draining the battery at a monstrous rate, 50% in less than 2 hours. The phone is basically unusable. Never had this problem before the update. Did anyone else experience this?
[Xperia Z1 General] Rui Oliveira 21:
Did you make a full reset? factory reset??

Btw is there any Central Europe.ftf???
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
reboot and it should be fine for a while

I believe the problem is to do with this sd card memory protection debacle - if I had known about this before I updated I would never have done it

If you use 3rd party apps like me for album (quick pic) movies (mxplayer) poweramp etc and store your stuff on ext sd card then you are going to have problems - all these 3rd party apps can no longer use ext sd and can end up in a media loop trying to update files and manipulate media - e.g. quick pic cannot delete photos - poweramp cannot update album art etc

This is a bad move by google - shameful behaviour

surely they didn't realise the implications

they better fix this

the sooner we have an easy root option the better

I often insert usb memory sticks into my phone to move files around or transfer files for other people - this better still work

angry angry angry
[Xperia Z1 General] Distaplia:
Reboot didn't help, battery still draining as fast as hell. Took the phone off the charger at 7am, by 11am I had 10% battery left.

If what you are staying is true, then a factory reset won't help either, as those apps will drain the battery once I reinstall them?

Should I just delete any app that accesses media? pixlr? mxplayer?
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
No, just do a factory reset, whatever problems you might have will go away. It doesn't have to do with apps, upgrading from JB to KK messes up a lot of internal things as well without doing a wipe.

I left my phone overnight uncharged, went down from 77% to 73%, which is pretty good. On JB I got 1-2% drain overnight, so I will still monitor things as I use my phone over the day.
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
I think you will find one of them is trying to write to the sd card and can't

in the settings you will probably see media download using up the battery, mine is ok for now but that might not last long, you could try changing setting for album art etc not to do automatic downloads

this really is annoying

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sorry but I don't agree, I did an update with PCC and no issues apart from this 3rd party app memory access debacle - most of the apps I use on my phone have become dysfunctional because my music pictures video files are stored on ext SD card - there would not be enough room on internal
[Xperia Z1 General] serajr:
Xperia Xposed KK version will be beleased soon (I hope this weekend yet) with a new KK specific version (v1). I've been working hard on its dev since first z2 4.4.2 leak. For now, all previous features are working on KK SystemUI and Home. Some tweaks are needed yet and also new features will come together, like preference to choose accent colored SystemUI, choose media scanner folder, transparent lockscreen (see through), and so on...

Cheers...
[Xperia Z1 General] feddexx69:
anyone else noticed emojis shown on notification bar are now in color? like when u receive a whatsapp message
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
Oh, I was meaning more for your battery drain. I'm still trying to work out what can and can't work for my SDCard. I have Mxplayer and poweramp and use both but don't get any media download battery drain :confused:. That's why I suggest maybe doing a factory reset, it might fix your problem, you never know.
[Xperia Z1 General] jonmorris:
Ah, yes. Good spot!

Just pause until the 'Quick settings' tab goes white (is selected) and then continue to slide down.

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Is the phone re-scanning for media perhaps? Maybe rebuilding thumbnails etc?

I say this because when doing big updates, you can often find the phone runs hot and does odd things and settles down after a while. Obviously a factory reset will fix things too in many cases, but isn't necessarily required - just some patience.

The changes in 4.4 on reading/writing/deleting stuff on the SD card is a major PITA though. I just hope Google will add a new permission to allow me to give authority to apps I trust to carry on as normal.

I can't believe I can't now go through the SD card in a file manager and delete files I don't need that haven't been removed by the app concerned as I don't have permission, or simply moving files around. Sure, some folders were always protected, but it's ridiculous! Do I have to now do all the SD card management with the phone connected to my desktop, or removing the card to put in a card reader?
[Xperia Z1 General] MisfirGeek:
Regarding Sd card 'issue', I have to say that mxplayer works still fine with movies on the Sd card.

Envoyé de mon C6903 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Xperia Z1 General] dakunclear:
That's cause mxplayer is the best video player to begin with ppl
[Xperia Z1 General] pemith:
nope....i hv been rooted my phone :D
[Xperia Z1 General] olokos:
Guys, I think that many of you are unaware of that - if you move a file manager to /system/app you can use the SD card like on previous android versions. Confirmed by me. Just tested while writing this post. At least with rooted phone and root explorer.

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[Xperia Z1 General] koziakauzu:
You should have look at the android development section. If you are already rooted with recovery (4.3), you can install a rooted fw
[Xperia Z1 General] Fenix:
I have Sony stereo in my car with USB. Before KK when I connect the phone it recognises and starts playing right away. Now I get a message "USB not recognised". Any idea?
[Xperia Z1 General] MohammedFurqaan:
audio through ear receiver

Same here... It's a hilarious bug lol
[Xperia Z1 General] gregbradley:
Just press pause and play it again, then it works fine
[Xperia Z1 General] dexterxda:
Thanks for that great piece of news!!! I preferred the old sound too!
[Xperia Z1 General] ligerblitz:
I like this update...but...my volume is soooo low now. Certain apps like FB messenger play so low, I hardly hear. The music player if i have it at half volume I have to strain my ears to hear anything
[Xperia Z1 General] tuidungrac:
cant power off via power button or power + volume down >"<

camera (manual mode), i cant select SCN

https://mega.co.nz/#!PFBlUZTY!-7CErSDJktUBoX4mBn9NNkciYYw9Tu9T6nXUrhwm9Xw
[Xperia Z1 General] cippi21:
Check the resolution...SCN doesn't work if you have selected 15mp
[Xperia Z1 General] MohammedFurqaan:
That's likely because the volume is being played by earpiece microphone, not through the speaker....try pausing and playing it so that the audio shifts to the speaker.
[Xperia Z1 General] AndroidDan:
I think this might be related to deezer app but when playing music through speaker I lock device sound goes quiet and I unlock back to set volume

Sent from Kitkat On Z1 (c6903)
[Xperia Z1 General] dinomovil11:
have the same problem the sound some times its very low :/
[Xperia Z1 General] Chirag22ster:
I am facing the same issue. Any solution to this? Please help.
[Xperia Z1 General] MohammedFurqaan:
Pause and play

While playing movies on the phone or videos on YouTube, pausing and playing the video is helping me in shifting the audio to the speaker. Try it, it's also helping many guys out there.
[Xperia Z1 General] AndroidDan:
What have sony done to ruin the sound.... Its frustrating me

Sent from Kitkat On Z1 (c6903)
[Xperia Z1 General] MohammedFurqaan:
Enabling widgets on the lockscreen

Go to settings > security > check enable widgets And you are done.Now you can add widgets to your lockscreen.
[Xperia Z1 General] arkhantos:
If that dosent work plug in The Headphones, play a video and remove de Headphones while playng, The video will pause just Press play, that solver for me.
[Xperia Z1 General] AndroidDan:
goin to try a re flash see if it solves issue...
[Xperia Z1 General] babyboy3265:
Considering all the negative comments on the new update, has any1 thought that MAYBE, just MAYBE Sony released the KK flawed, just to make the simple users feel like its time to upgrade to Z2?

Apple did it a while back with their iPad 1... They released IOS 5 for it and made it work really really bad compared to the IOS 4 for iPad 1, and they also made downgrading impossible so that they force people to have a semi dead brick, thus no choice but to buy a new model...

Of Course with Android its not that bad... But even though downgrading is possible, its not really for the simple users... ;)

Thus that flawed update might as well raise the number of Z2 buyers for sure, or alienate Z1 owners as well... Unfortunately they care for short term profits a lot more than for fully satisfied customers :/

I personally will wait for a custom fully working KK... I am with an UB so it would not be hard i guess... :)
[Xperia Z1 General] MohammedFurqaan:
14.3.A.0.747 in testing

Let's wait and watch for an update which will be out soon. 14.3.A.0.747 dated 11th March is already in testing.
[Xperia Z1 General] smithmyth:
i agree, im very disappointed with z1 camera yet, noise photos with low light and faded colors too, noise photo its a big problem,

my old phone nokia n8 the photos are very ver better than z1, sony its terrible, really disappointed with c6943
[Xperia Z1 General] babyboy3265:
Yea man... N8 made amazing pics... Im so sad that mine just stopped working 1 day.. Something happened to the motherboard...And no1 could repair it.. :/
[Xperia Z1 General] dexterxda:
Still there for me ;)