yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] shysparrow:
Hey!

Thanks for sharing.

I'm still on 4.3 (used ur thread for rooting, Thanks!)

Have u managed to Root this as well?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] paulkhim:
im on generic UK but not showing the update via pc companion :(
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Darkimmortal:
Serial numbers play a big role too, my brother got his z1 compact a few weeks after me and he hasn't even received the 2nd 4.3 firmware on PC Companion or OTA
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] paulkhim:
thanks for the info . ill start flashing :D
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Gjole86:
same here, i am still on .114 ..i wanted to make myself a tft backup but nope ..
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] ro_explorer:
Anyone knows the differences of this FTF compared to the first released here? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2686973
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Arthur Hucksake:
I got mine from O2 and it's network locked.

Am I ok to flash this on it?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] SXUsr:
Yes.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] dragon546:
I got mine on day of release from CPW and yet I still don't have the update? Anything I can do to trigger the update
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] brocnical:
Ditto here. I have a SIM-free UK phone bought from an independent retailer and never received the second 4.3 either (in any form). Do you think your network operator affects the OTA update if you bough SIM-free from an non-network-operator? (I'm on O2-UK network). Was your brother also on Giffgaff like you?

As for your 4.4, did you receive an OTA update notification as well as via PC Companion?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Arthur Hucksake:
Hang on... why is this 380mb when the others are usually 980mb odd?

EDIT: Wholy shoot..... glad I caught that in time. The download couldn't have worked properly. PMSL

Nearly flashed that and all.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Darkimmortal:
Yep also giffgaff

He bought from Amazon, while mine was a sony online preorder
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] paulkhim:
could you please take a screenshot in the service then software info? just wanna see the customization version after you've flash the ftf.

thanks
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] zxz0O0:
MD5 is 74E1F5D4249D98C19340E9E380E2400D.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Zoidy:
When you guys upgraded to KitKat without wiping your phone first do any existing apps get removed so they have to be reinstalled?

I ask because I just read that due to the new SD card restrictions done apps could be deleted when the OS is updated to KitKat.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] exp13579:
thanks for sharing!

MD5: 74E1F5D4249D98C19340E9E380E2400D

SHA-1: BA16D14B4B91529777F7A7A0F9331A129DF510D2
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] declassified:
I'm on giffgaff too living in the UK and my z1 compact is unlocked so my question is ' how did you receive the KikKat update? '
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] regular_iain:
Yeah, mine was wiped when I flashed it last night. Lucky I didn't have much on it
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Darkimmortal:
Luck I guess

I was pretty surprised it showed up so soon, .143 took forever
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Captain Sweatpants:
Nothing you can do will trigger Sony updates if you haven't got it you can flash a generic one from the same region
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Zoidy:
I flashed this UK ftf using Flashtool and set it to NOT wipe my data or cache.

The phone is running much faster than 4.3 and I'm definitely liking the changes I've seen so far. No issues for me either at the moment.

Oh and I've answered my question from before, no apps have been deleted.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] CAL7:
I have a rooted, but still locked bootloader, D5503 running stock Sony Jelly Bean (14.2). I want to perform an in-place upgrade to KitKat.

Do I understand correctly that I can use the latest (0.9.15) flashtool and this 14.3 ftf and I'll end up with KitKat and everything else running as before? I see from Zoidy's post that I shouldn't wipe data or cache - should anything be checked to wipe? Should anything be "excluded"? Other steps to protect my phone? Thank you.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Zoidy:
I hadn't roooted by the way. And I believe if you flash a full Sony ftf it would wipe out the previous root. That's how it worked on my old Galaxy S3 anyhow. I'm sure someone else can confirm though.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] leddra2k:
-1 error in flashtools when I flash ftf, very strange! Anyone know why?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] dragon546:
Well I pulled the trigger flashed the update via flashtool so far so good but my phone does get hot
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Darkimmortal:
You'll lose root by simply flashing the ftf
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] declassified:
What were you doing when you received the update on your phone? And where about do you live eg. Which country?

Just asking because I have problems with the download
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] paulkhim:
i think this is Generic Euro not Generic UK
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] declassified:
Just making sure - flashing ftf files are completely safe aren't they? I mean like I wouldn't lose my warranty or anything and it will be as if I officially updated my phone via Sony PC Companion? And also just to make sure there would not be any bugs of any sort apart from the 'sony' bugs from the update (if there are)? And also will I receive future updates through my phone? Thank you

Ps. I do know how to flash them but would anyone just kindly suggest me a method in which I wouldn't lose any data? Thanks again :good:
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] dragon546:
I Followed this guide

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-stock-roms-t2240614

Although it does not explicitly say it's for the Z1 Compact it worked for me. I have not rooted or unlocked my bootloader. Just do the prep work and take it slowly. Also the latest version of flashtool has drivers for the Z1 compact. As to the keeping data one of the screenshots shows what to do to keep your data when you setup the flashtool for flashing.

Good Luck
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Darkimmortal:
All europe firmwares say 'EURO-LTE'
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] paulkhim:
Yes i think they all are. so is this other post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=51260128&postcount=1 , you got the same Customization Version: 1279-4149_R1C.

Don't you think you got different specific region ? as far as i know all the generic UK here in the forum are not getting any updates, even in the Xperia Z1 forum.

Although when i flashed your FTF it runs smoothly and I'm just waiting for a generic Australia then I'll switch to that as i live here in Australia.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Didgesteve:
I would like to try this upgrade to 4.4

Can anyone confirm if ART is working?

What is the battery life like?

Thanks.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] CAL7:
I thought I read that Sony took ART support out of their ROMs. Could be wrong and I hope I am.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] 50sQuiff:
Thanks to the excellent resources on this forum, I just flashed this ROM using Flashtool.

I used all the 'wipe' options and checked the "Remove customizations" box for good measure. I'm surprised to report that battery life is the same or better. The phone is running cool and there are no processes draining the battery. I don't even get stuttering before notification sounds. I can't reproduce any of the reported bugs.

That said, I immediately disable Xperia SmartConnect, Facebook, Sony Image Analyzer and several other 'crapware' processes as a matter of course. Perhaps that's why I've been lucky.

Unfortunately, the camera is still dire. Noisy and grainy as ever. That was the only reason I performed the upgrade. I'd be happy to contribute to a bounty if someone's willing and able to kill the Sony/Android post-processing that destroys final image quality on these phones.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Beso:
Which software 4.4.2 u suggest to flash?

tnx

I insllled flash tool from this tutorial > http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-stock-roms-t2240614

Now i just need a proper ROM :)

P.S. I need stock rom. This one is OK: [STOCK ROM] [FTF] 14.3.A.0.681 Generic UK (unbranded) ?

Tnx

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Is this one the same?

http://www.xperiadownload.cz/index.php/xperiadownload/file/155-z1-compact

Comercial release? what that means?

Tnx
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Gikey1:
I'm curious too, what is the difference between Commerical and Generic. Which is better? Maybe not better in terms of funcionality (or maybe it does matter) but in terms of future updates. Are commercial releases are always and earlier than generic ones? Or maybe they are just last betas before final generic release?

I bought my Z1C in Poland so my 4.3JB was Generic_PL or Generic_CE (I guess). I flashed 4.4 from link above and I'm not quite sure if I made good or bad choice doing this.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Beso:
I flash commercial and it is GREAT
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] kitch9:
Will flashing this FTF affect DRM keys in the TA partition if I've got a locked bootloader?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] trewelu:
I fogot that we will have the generic Australia one. Telstra has 2 month exclusivity, so It probably won't be coming out until mid-end of May. Will you post that ftf and let me know what is the change compared to this one? Hopefully by then all annoying bug in kitkat has been fixed
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] paulkhim:
will do mate :good:
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Zoidy:
Ok, after a week of trying out the generic UK ftf I have 2 issues...

Alert sounds crackling

Camera crashing after one use.

Going to have to try the commercial ftf.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Didgesteve:
Did you do a full wipe before trying 4.4? lots of people have reported no migration problems after a full wipe first.

Camera crashing might mean that you have inadvertently unlocked the bootloader, if you restore the TA partition and re-lock it, the camera will start to work again.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Zoidy:
No, didn't do full wipe as I've never had problems before. And my bootloader is locked and no possibility of unlocking it. I don't have a sim free phone.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Didgesteve:
This was taken from FTF file Android 4.4.2 KitKat firmware 14.3.A.0.681 thread (below)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Zoidy:
I have just used Flashtool to reflash the same generic UK ftf over the top of my current software and this time I only selected to not wipe DATA. Last time I also unchecked CACHE.

Now my camera works fine and the text alert no longer crackles!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] juggamonkey:
Cracked the LCD tonight trying to fix my glass I did 2 of these replacements before and I guess I got over confident or maybe there was more glue this time lol ..well this sucks now what? Does anyone wanna buy it for parts ? Or know where I can get a cheap replacement
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigshotrob22:
How much? Will it have a bad ESN? I want to get one so I can actually test Carbon on it. Someone donated one to me but it was already locked. So maybe I can swap screens and enjoy carbon on it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] juggamonkey:
You would just have to swap the board and I can guarantee it will have a clean ESN I would take 100 shipped pm me if your interested
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigshotrob22:
Nah. I'll think about sending it to mobile tech videos to unlock it for me cheaper. Thanks tho
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] juggamonkey:
Word
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lacoursiere18:
New boards cost about that if not more any how.. I would keep it handy (the board) there are A LOT of people on here that locked themselves out..and could use a 4.1.2 board :thumbup:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] OffTheChainz:
Verizon has started open enrollment for warranty coverage again. So $10 bucks sounds like a great deal for a new phone and stick the old in a box.

Good luck!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lacoursiere18:
Don't let them fool you lol $10 a month then $99 deductible..not worth it to me..I think the best repair/warranty service offered is by BestBuy.. No deductible..I forget how much a month.. But no ?'s asked when needing a replacement;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] OffTheChainz:
Are they offering open enrollement for phones not purchased at BestBuy?

Verizon is and $110 would be the cheapest way to get a new phone replacement.

I bought my Note 2 on ebay last year for $200 and cracked my screen with no warrenty.. called Verizon they have open enrollement right now. Only question I was asked was whats wrong with the phone?"screens cracked" New one in the mail next day..cancel the insurance afterwards if you think it's a rip there's no contract on insurance.

I've never dealt with BestBuy so maybe they can fix it right now cheaper then $110
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lacoursiere18:
No they wouldn't fix it now that it is broken..but I do believe they offer insurance on phones..but a: they either have to purchased there or b: you take it in and they (geek squad) exams the condition of the phone and then decides from there;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tennisjunkie:
I have a question regarding open enrollment for Verizon insurance.. I cracked my screen on 2 separate note 2's and apparently asurion dropped me months ago. Now I came across this thread and was curious as to if the open enrollment is indeed factual. Any idea? Thanks a lot
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] OffTheChainz:
[MENTION=3338575]tennisjunkie[/MENTION] I used this open enrollment insurance about 1 month ago.. He said it was ending in March or April. Call ASAP and I'm curious to know when it ends myself.

Good luck
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] OffTheChainz:
Just called Verizon warranty and they said it ended on March 17th. He said they will have it again in the future, he wasn't sure when. Good luck maybe try mobiletechvideos.com to fix it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tennisjunkie:
Thank you for checking. That is a bummer. I tried fixing one and it was a disaster. Any other options or insurance?? Or am I soL?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] OffTheChainz:
I suggested previously send it to mobiletechvideos.com I haven't used them but there highly trusted by people on XDA for there work and have a clean professional website with fees posted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] roflcoptersoisoi:
Mobiletech does great work. Honestly you can get led combos off of eBay for like 130 and it's super easy to change yourself.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] funnyperson1:
This. I bought the full assembly (AMOLED+Digitizer+Metal Frame) from this guy:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/191076189569

And followed this tutorial (there were some small differences since he used a Global N2):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT-2zrZ_aNo

With some patience and a mini-screwdriver I was able to bring a Note II to like new condition. If you get the full assembly with the frame you should be able to restore the phone to near factory state. I definitely wouldn't try replacing just the glass, or even glass+digitizer without the frame, there's too much risk and you're never going to be able to get the adhesive just right.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] OffTheChainz:
[MENTION=541331]funnyperson1[/MENTION] I thought you had a cheap fix for people with cracked screens :) it's the same price to have a professional do it lol

Heck... I seen a sweet looking mint VZW SCH-1605 - stuck in a simple bootloop on ebay sell for $150 today free shipping ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] roflcoptersoisoi:
Sadly there is no cheap way on the note 2. I mean if you wanna risk doing just the glass and curing loca glue then yea.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] funnyperson1:
roflcopterssoisoi is right, there isn't really a good cheap alternative for the Note 2.

You can replace just the glass and reglue yourself for $30, but it's risky and probably won't come out right (at least I know it won't if I do it).

You can get a professional to replace just the glass for around $125 (that's what MobileTechVideos charges)

For around $80-123 you can replace the lcd, digitizer, and glass but that still requires melting adhesive, prying,and hoping you don't mess up.

For between $120-150 you can get lcd, digitizer, and frame and replace the components yourself. This is what I did and it was pretty easy, hard to mess up.

For $200+ you can have Samsung, MobileTech or someone else replace the screen for you.

For me the decision was easy because the digitizer and amoled were completely dead, otherwise the MobileTechVideo repair for $125 is appealing. Still, for a couple bucks extra and an hour of my time I like the idea of having a like new, non-damaged assembly.

Yes almost all the options are expensive, but a working Note 2 goes for $300+ on Swappa and eBay. If you repair it and resell it, you'll probably get your money back. You could probably repair it, use it until the Note4 is released and still get your repair money back.

If you had another phone to use you could even sell the parts for a cracked Note2 for more than $200 total. The motherboard is going for $150-180 on eBay, selling the cracked screen and other parts may add up to $100+. You could certainly get enough to buy the bootloop N2 and fix it via Odin.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 15935784:
No root for T214 yet ?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] ka3yajr:
i'm sorry for my question. but i want to ask can i install galaxy note pro rom to galaxy note 10.1?

because basicaly they have almost identical hardware?

CMIW
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] benni_1994:
No you can't because they may have a different partition layout and you might brick your device

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[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] ka3yajr:
Oow. Thx for the response.

How about porting it from galaxy note pro or from galaxy note 3 with exynos processor

I am using galaxy note 10.1 sm - p601
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] benni_1994:
Well scrosler (CleanRom developer) has tried it but it is too much work. We will have to wait until Samsung updates our devices :)

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[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] ka3yajr:
Ooo i get it now. Thank you for letting me know.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Inselaffen:
I have just bought a LG G Pad (Non GPE) to replace my old Ipad 2. I have added a Sandisk Class 10 32gb micro sd.

Generally very happy with it except when I try to install any large app such as games, I get an "Insufficient Space" error.

I have installed a few small apps but I should still have space available.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonapunk:
Under storage in settings you need to see what is taking up your space if you have music or videos you need to use file manager and move them to that SD card because we can't install apps onto the SD card unless your rooted and have the mod or molded Rom. But I have several games on mine with plenty of space
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonapunk:
Screen shots
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonapunk:
I can only post the one for now I'll post the other in a min
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NYCguy2020:
Care to share which Rom/mod you use to move apps to SD card?

Thanks!
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Inselaffen:
Nothing really taking up much space
[General Topics] frake9:
first off i would like to say im by no means the most tech person from it. but i have been know to to mod my devices most times cuz im bored and have nothing batter to do. but enough about me and lets talk about my ideal. i have the nexus 5 so i been looking in to how to have wifi calling. two things i notced was a post back when tmobile dodnt have unlited calling and text that wifi calling was taking away there mins and and other was someone tryied usibg his wifi calling and to call some one and was forward to tmobile.

so when someone is using wifi call it most connet to tmobile sevres vai the internet from my limited knowegle it make act some what like a vpn.

i was wondering what about unlock phones from tmobile or the ones that uses it servse does the wifi calling still works or does it call tmobile or just not work.

so what i think it does connect through to the comp throw the internet . it may work just like the free calling apps but insted of the app its just built in to the rom and connects to tmobiles sevres. we are talking software. some one some sould look at the codes of the apps and tmobiles roms. oh i was talking to tmobile and tell said they had to change the code on differnt froms but then again the people from tech supprot really know know what there talking about the just read of the screen and tells them what to tell u.
[General Topics] frake9:
some one i know who has metropcs and there and can now do wifi calling so you sould be able to compare the roms and see what makes it. of and it most likly uses the sims card to help pull up the account. so i was thinking the costome rom could use the apn and the imei or sims card number to connect to the comply you are using at the time.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ironfisted:
Sm - t210r do they light up?
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huntingdown:
They sure do, except the home button. The capacitive keys light up, and in settings you can toggle the duration, (1.5 sec, 3 sec, 6 sec, never, always)
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gr8nole:
Actually, no they do not. They do light up on the 8 inch version but not on the 7 inch T210R.

Sent from my SCH-I605
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huntingdown:
ow, my bad. I thought I once was at the store and that model had lights too. And since the software functions are overall the same on all of em, I just assumed this version had that too. My bad.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ironfisted:
Ughhh. Kinda lame. Oh well
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] del2071:
High to all, first time on this particular forum and feel this will be the first of many issues to come.

After spending many long days/nights writing routines in excel (on a pc) i thought it would be a good idea to get a PDA of some sort so that i now would be able to do calcs on site instead of carrying laptop or going to and from the office.

2 days ago i bought a "O2 XDA Mini S" but when load my excel sheets which have visual basic routines they do not work as it has become apparent that it does'nt support visual basic.

Have looked within this forum for a while but have been unable to find a definite answer to the problem, does anyone know how can upgrade excel so it has visual basic behind excel or would the file size be to large to accept on this phone?

P.s have been made aware of space issues and windows slowing down so if possible would only need the excel upgrade as phone not going to be used for much else I.E only couple .mp3/.wav files and not many pictures, (only got the phone for the excel functions so if cannot get it to work my routines will be as much use a chocolate fireguard)

Thanks to all who have looked and cheers for your time

Del
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] simon_darley:
to put it simply, i would suggest you have three fifths of bugger all chance....

unless it can be converted to some form of dot net then i dont rate your chances...

i may be wrong, lets see what others contribute.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] del2071:
cheers for look but do hope can be done

Del
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] harish:
Use textmaker & planmaker instead of pocket word & pocket excel. U can find it somewhere in the forum.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] anonymousninja:
help me please!!!!!!!!!!!

when i click on run it goes for about half a second before stopping and popping up a notification saying: failed to create "update.zip".

please help me someone
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] jasper s:
same here

i have the same thing, its really annoying as that is what i purchased the app for. i have contacted titanium track about this and will post again when they get back to me.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] masri1987:
same thing here. stil no luck