yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Envious_Data:
I had batch 17 which had cracked on the day sony replaced

I currently have 14w20 which has been from 10-70 deg c and hasnt cracked yet, ive also been fairly man handling the phone

[MENTION=4417516]colts187[/MENTION] try finding someone you know who has the phone and get a feel for it

Personaly i like the phone aside the heating issue which is caused by the firmware (says sony)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tel033:
This 314 isn't the firmware that's supposed to fix the overheating in camera right?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Envious_Data:
It hasnt fixed it but i managed to record for 31 mins

I think the firmware to fix overheating is nexy after this which i thing on the sony talk side a Sony Employee had said 4.4.4 will be coming but i cant find the thread on their site

Results-(minuites)

314: 31 (havent tested more than 3 times)

402: 21 max (13 avarage)

55: 19 max (8 avarage)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tel033:
Ok thanks! I read in the Sony site but it Didn't say if it was going to be in 4.4.4 only next firmware

thanks for the info but I understand you're not running stock fw so it doesn't help much [emoji1]
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colts187:
I saw this forum that was linked in another post and it appears that Sony has yet to weigh in on the issue. It sounds like they NEED a program like HTC has for the first six months of ownership at least. There are some PISSED off people on that forum. This is a bigger issue than I thought.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Envious_Data:
Im on stock firmware

Im going to be sending my Z2 for repair so i have to be stock ;)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colts187:
Here's the link to the Sony forum.

http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z2/Cracked-screen/td-p/690915
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AM Radio:
for those of you with cracked screens, how many of you were using screen protectors?

would putting a tempered glass screen protector (on front and back) help prevent cracks at all?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keithross39:
That makes for interesting reading....beginning to have second thoughts about choosing Sony as my upgrade.....

I would have thought that it'll add very little extra 'anti cracking' protection......if the protector was permanently glued to the screen, then the added 'solid' thickness might help, but these protectors are designed to be removed, so the screen is basically as free to flex (and potentially fracture) as a screen without a protector would be......

My wife says I'm a phone geek....She's probably right :):D
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colts187:
That terrible anti shatter film they used on the z & z1 makes a lot more sense now. Smh
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovemyram4x4:
I cant't say if my screen/back would have cracked if I didn't have the protectors on but neither are cracked while the protectors both are.

I used to use the wet mount protectors because they protected against impacts well(going to switch the back to one after I get my Z2 fixed/replaced so it's not so slippery).

The glass ones definitely aren't as though as the advertise them to be but the will help protect your screen/back. The adhesive will help on impacts even if the protector does survive.

Sent from my D6503 using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deadlineone:
Why should i use one of this disgusting screen protectors? I payed enough so i can expect to use it without any protectors tbh..
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keithross39:
Lol....there's two sides to that particular argument.....

1) the high quality glass used *should* help to minimise the risk of scratching.....

2) the device is a significant cash outlay so you would (understandably) want to protect your investment.....

Most folks will identify with either one or the other of the above statements, and nothing that anybody can say will change their minds.... :D:D

Having said that.....choosing to use a protector in the hopes that it'll lessen the chances of the screen mullering itself shouldn't even have to be a consideration when choosing......

My wife says I'm a phone geek....She's probably right :):D
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RDadd:
Hi,

Just signed up as maybe I could be of some help (or not) to the guy asking about screen protectors. I had one of those expensive (30 quid) tempered glass ones on my Z2, and the screen cracking issue still happened underneath the protector, not a scratch on the protector but on the phones glass itself, its not like a 'smash' crack when it all goes up in a spiders web, its like one hairline crack from the bottom to the top that you cant even feel when you run your fingers over it. So no, screen protectors don't help. (in my case anyway)

Anyway I sent it off to sony repair center last week as per their instructions, and had a week of worry wether or not they would accept it under warranty.. Anyway they did no problems, and I should be getting my phone back 'repaired and fully tested' tomorrow. The thing I'm worried about is will it happen again though?? Or when they do these repairs do they 'fix' the issue, and will it still be waterproof if they've replaced the screen? I'm always careful with phones, but don't want to be worried for the next 2 years that another cracks gonna appear and wrapping it in cotton wool lol

Anyway I spose time will tell.

Rob
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sbooob:
I guess I just broke a new record: 2 days old phone had its front panel cracked yesterday while it was in my pocket.

First thing I had done when I got the phone was rooting, unlocking the bootloader and installing a custom ROM. I guess I'll need to to find a way to reinstall stock firmware and relock bootloader (of course touch screen no longer works, to make things easier...) before using warranty.

I'm not sure I really want to keep this phone for 2 years wondering if/when, the screen will crack once again by itself.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pike888:
So, any conclusion to this? Is it batch-specific or not?

I have been set to buy a Z2, but this topic scared me.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Envious_Data:
Earlier batches have the issue, it seems its less common or non existant in later models
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pike888:
Any specific "border" - like e.g., batches from w21 are much safer than the previous ones?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Envious_Data:
W25 and before

Estimates based on xperia support forums
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pike888:
Thanks!
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Waynder:
mine just cracked... WHOLE back side is cracked... phone didt fall... always in casing.... not a scratch on it... did notice that is rather hotter after updating to 4.4.4

will be interesting to see what will sony service point say....
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Envious_Data:
They for some reason claim lies :'(
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mihailgreceanu:
I own a z2 and my relatives sat on it multiple times bc I forgot it on the couch. I also dropped it on the floor (wood) a few times. Still works no cracks. THere is a youtube video by androidauthority where they drop it very hard and the only problem is a few dead pixels, no cracks. I have a friend who also owns a z2 and he managed to crack it. Unlike samsung and iphone, sony has a thin glass, you will be amazed how thin it is and that s jut it. If you crack it that s basically the digitizer. Samsung and iphone have an extra glass that s why they are ok when they crack. I reccomend using glass screen protector (i also use it just in case). Overall great phone.:good:
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Linuxser:
Hello,

This is the question and the answer on the same post. (I hope I'm posting on the right place)

As you can read from this post and next three pages since, I have problems with persist partition after being formated by accident with CWM

The problem with formating PERSIST partition is that you will kill your wifi. And will not turn on anymore, buttons will look grayed out, etc. There are many threads about, here on XDA.

And of course, you will be unable to re-flash the partition with rsd or fastboot. (Flashing back your original and full stock will not help)

I was pointed to the fix for this accident which is on this post on Atrix HD section. (credit to the guys who helped me)

And thanks to post above I was able to fix my phone´s wifi and bring back to life.

But, after decompress the IMG file of persist partition I saw the WCNSS_qcom_wlan_nv from stock XT925 ROM has only 28 KB. So small compared with Atrix file. On the post fix above you will find the same file but with 1.7 MB

I tested the fix using both. And any file will work. The one from Atrix thread or the one from your own persist partition or the ones here.

Brief instructions:

You have to copy the file WCNSS_qcom_wlan_nv to the persist partition on home root, aka /persist

(Don't worry if you see an empty folder)

View attachment 2661839

Then. Apply the permissions as follows

View attachment 2661840

Then. Restart. your phone will create the rest of the files and links there.

That's it .

Below you will find four files extracted of several Roms. Rename it to delete the words up to W.

However, all files has the same size and same md5. So. Code is the same for each.

Anyway, is up to you.

One interesting thing I watch with this problem is: the MAC Address did not change at all.

You can change between the files and MAC will remain.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magiklune:
hello!

I do not understand because if everyone could fix with this method , I could not . I've tried on es explorer, root explorer, x plore and the permissions part too. but the wifi still gret and i not turn on ... Might you know what this happening? can be the own wifi problem (chip ) into the phone?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Linuxser:
Hi.

What was you triyng for?

Did you lost the file?

Remember this file is for JB.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] zobie:
I think all of you have seen this.. Free program stats from around 25 Mb and keeps on going down even if you completely kill the processes. is there a tool which actually kills the resident dlls and other crap in memory.. Please advice.. i want to get out this habbit of soft reset after couple of days just to bring my memory back up where it belongs ;-)

Cheers

Zobie
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] molski:
Yeah, leaking memory is also one of the very few things I hate on my Wizard ;)

I also would like to know if there is a Memory Cleaner that works like it should and not only kills open programs.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] igadgetman:
Had problem also. But the Internet Exploder was to blame. I had the history settings to 30 days. Which is the default. Back to 0 days and everything was hunkydory again.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] rambo6:
I had problems with memory too. I had less than 1MB of storage memory left. So I went from a custom 2.17 ROM to Mr. Clean AKU 2.3 and changed the Registry setting for IE as follows:

; IE Cache to storage card

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]

"Cache"="\\Storage Card\\Temporary Internet Files"

I've used this ROM for a week now with lots of programs. I have an average of 25 MB of storage free and the system is fast.

I have experienced no problems whatsoever.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] zobie:
If i don't even open the IE will it still be a memory hog?? i don't understand that.. I can understand that if i use IE all the time it will cause problems but if i don't even use it why woud my memory drop with time. Cans omeone please explain. I am not trying to offend neone here but just wante dto know. I can definitely try the reg settings. Please let me know.

Thanks

Zobie
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Koksie:
Don't confuse ROM with RAM and storage with program mem. I think the topic starter referred to his RAM mem becoming less every day, resulting in low program mem and slow operations, needing a reset to clear the RAM and speed up the device.

The IE cache is stored in ROM and will only fill your storage but not slow down your device.

memory leaks are unfortunately a standard issue with PPC devices, I have always suffered from them on both WM 2003 SE and Wm5 devices. For me a soft reset now and then clears it up, but I find it an annoying "feature" as well.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] zobie:
I think like Windows its the In Memory DLLs which are the culprit. I wonder if there can be tools for detailed view of memory for Xp why not WM5.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] zobie:
BUMP !!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] J-Mac:
What are the "In Memory DLL's"? Never heard of such a thing.

The memory that slows your device is the addressable application memory, which is a total of 32 MB. You cannot change that or add to it.

Think of it as the same as the Virtual Memory (VM) in Windows XP on your desktop. Every application you open reserves a bit of this virtual memory. Some apps willingly give it up when they close - some that are not as well written do not. A soft reset when you see the device slowing is about all you can do.

My only other advice is that skinned applications - particularly Today screen plugins - use up this addressable memory very quickly. This includes Wisbar Advance2, PocketBreeze and iLauncher, and any weather program. If you are running these, you will always have similar issues. Find an acceptable mix of skinned apps that you must have, and try doing without the rest just to see how it treats your device's memory.

And if you want to see what processes are running, and how much memory they are using, try MemMaid by Dinarsoft or SK-Tools. Great programs.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] markgamber:
Amen. I wonder how much is held in reserve by the system in case you start the app again? Real Windows has been doing that for a long time, I wouldn't be surprised if micro Windows did it as well. Kind of reminds me of years ago when NT would report how it actually used memory and the end result was there was almost zero bytes "free" because all memory was always used for something, it didn't let anything sit around doing nothing. But since users didn't get it, MS wrote the taskman and so on to report something as "free memory" even though it wasn't really free. Finally, a lot of apps were designed to hide, not close, when you select the "X". If one of those task manager apps just blows the app away, does it bother cleaning up after the app which wasn't given the chance to clean up after itself by closing correctly?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] J-Mac:
Take a look here to learn about what you really see in task manager regarding memory/cpu usage.

http://tinyurl.com/l57w8

Depends on which task mamger you are using; some use the WMClose command instead of the Kill command. Big difference!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] zobie:
Tools Like Memmaid SK-Tools don't allow you to identify rouge elements in memory which nolonger have a parent process running. It is those elemts which eat up the memory. I have SPB tools to actually close the application but even then the memory keeps on falling. I guess there is no tool as of today like Taskmanager or even RAM Optimizer for PPC. A Tool like RAM Optimizer would check for the elements which are residing in RAM and are no longer being used. XDA developers can surely write something using the .NE Framework.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] gmaugham:
Do you happen to know of a couple that use the WMClose command? I've used HandySwitcher most recently and MagicButton in the past, but have no idea which method(s) they use.

Thank you.

Geoffrey
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] jt_armstrong:
There must 40 threads on this topics by now. I concur with J-Mac that today plugins are mostly to blame. I use Journal Bar and perform a soft reset roughly every other day. To help the situation I also use 2 programs which I find invaluable - The first is Smartskey which allows you close a program rather than minimise it (its a free download on this forum). The second is SK Tools Free up RAM application which works reasonably well but only delays the enevitable soft reset. It's effectiveness decreases the longer the device remains active.
[General Questions and Answers] dhman06:
I'm sorta new to all the android baseband and technical terms, but I've noticed some weird things with 2 roms that I flashed on my phone. Even though the developer says both roms are using the same baseband and kernel when I flash the rom this weird thing happen:

For one of the roms my phone is just fine, but when I flash the other rom my phone says, "Baseband unknown" even though everything else is the same.

Why is this happening even though the developer says both roms are using the same baseband and kernel. Any help?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] aweosomeabhijeet:
​

You've already messed up with your phone.
Now if something happens don't point your finger to me.
All I can do is to laugh at you, as loud as possible.
So always keep in mind that you do changes by your choice.
Thank YOU

Downloads :

MEDIAFIRE

How to get TWRP?

1. You must be rooted.

2. You must have bootmenu installed. Get it here

3. Boot into bootmenu, select Recovery >> Custom Recovery

4. Flash TWRP.zip

5. Reboot.

6. Redo step 3. (Step 3 only)

Some screens :cyclops:

Video Tutorial :

[YOUTUBE]OwATYbtiNb0[/YOUTUBE]​

Credits :

Me :p

The TWRP team

The cyanogen team

And everybody I forgot to mention here.

Changelog:
1st April - Initial Release
4th April - Permanent TWRP, no more booting everytime, video tutorial added.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zhalx:
epic work from you again for community.

keep up the great work in all our xt's limitation. ;) (y)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] inyong1:
Thank a lot for all your great work for us [MENTION=4881390]aweosomeabhijeet[/MENTION].

By the way, will you make bootmenu version for this TWRP and/or for cwm_temp v6.***?

Update (reports):

Backup and restore success both on permanent and temporary twrp.

[youtube]5L6hhVdQTFA[/youtube]​
[Miscellaneous Android Development] flopezm:
thanks again aweosomeabhijeet:good::laugh:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] rootdefyxt320:
[MENTION=4881390]aweosomeabhijeet[/MENTION]

You got your XT530 fixed :) Have you been able to use Tassadar's kexec-hardboot patch on your kernel? I'm stuck with so much school work that I have no time to start on it.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] aweosomeabhijeet:
[MENTION=345440]rootdefyxt320 [/MENTION]

Yes got it fixed. But, not able to implement it. I'm not able to build kexec module. The C compiler refuses to work. I think the problem is because of using 32-bit machine.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] rootdefyxt320:
I'm using a 64-bit machine, (You know my computer specs :))
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ufinopantesco:
Great. I ll install soon :)

Inviato dal mio XT530 con Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] trandai09:
Hi,

i got problem when root samsung galaxy gear. i can't go to Recovery Mode by Press and hold the power button for 3 seconds to select Recovery Mode.

how can i go to recovery mode and install rom?

please help me
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Muffycheeks:
Do you have a custom recovery?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Brendo:
There is a video in tutorials thread
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] animatechnica:
Seems to be missing some steps

First hold power button until you see power off/restart option, dont release power button instead keep holding power button until you see 'rebooting...' message, then release button,wait until recovery is shown then use power button to step through the options. Once recovery is highlighted, press and hold power button again for about 3 seconds to select that option.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] DrNicket:
Still missing step(s)

Now start tapping the power button 3-5 times fast.

simply pressing power at this stage will just reboot (continue). You need to either press and hold power for a beat or rapid press to get it to jump to next option.

That should get you there.

Good luck!
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] trandai09:
I have custom recovery and install to gear already.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] trandai09:
i did but after press power to highlight recovery mode and press power 3 second gear appear "installing system apdate". after that the gear go to normal mode mean touch dock to connect to phone
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] DeibyBoy:
The same thing happened to me, i think its happened because we have to downgrade our gear, i dont know

Enviado desde mi SM-N900P mediante Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] DrNicket:
You just have to keep tapping
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] inuitsdh:
the same problem here i have rooted the gear flashed the recovery file with Odin and installed the null_27 .zip with wondershare evertime i put the gear into recovery it reverts to installing system update i have tried these procedures at least 6 times still no go my gear is on a V700XXUBNC1 software anyone with a solution

cheers

Steve
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Brendo:
For starters, 27 is ancient; you need null 23

Check the tutorial threads on how to get things working. All your answers are there
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] inuitsdh:
Thanks for the answer will check a few more tutorials and threads
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] inuitsdh:
Thanks for the heads up I have my GG now rooted and flashed with null 23 anyone have issues with the GG getting hot and I mean very hot
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] aftabaskani:
can you tell me how did you get to recovery mode, please?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nazem:
Hey I don't really know how to do it myself so could anyone make a flash able zip of the new moto boot? Thanks
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaco81:
my buddy copied the actual boot animation for me.. i can dropbox it for u... but its up to u to make it work with the N4...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nazem:
Awesome, I'll figure out a way to make it work hopefully. Although I have no idea how. Anyways yeah could you Dropbox it?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fr3quency:
Using Root Explorer (or any other root file manager) navigate to /system/media and set permissions to this:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dEris:
That's if it's the correct resolution, otherwise it will not work.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

[DEVICE : N⁴] [ROM : crDROID] [KERNEL : STOCK-OTG]

[LAUNCHER : NOVA] [CARRIER : T-MOBILE]

[SCREENSHOT : MAR.25.2014]

​
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fr3quency:
I remember using a higher resolution bootanimation when I had my S2 9100
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dEris:
It won't work, trust me. It has to be the right resolution. That's why bootanimations have to be ported over.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

[DEVICE : N⁴] [ROM : crDROID] [KERNEL : STOCK-OTG]

[LAUNCHER : NOVA] [CARRIER : T-MOBILE]

[SCREENSHOT : MAR.25.2014]

​
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loniu86:
So where is the link to dropbox with that bootanimation?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nazem:
Ok guys so I found the apk, you can download it from here.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yn3op5jg23el3gf/com.motorola.moodles-1.apk

I extracted it and found a folder called boot animation. Then I compressed it to a zip. Now do I simple replace that with the original bootanimation.zip?

EDIT**

The moving the .zip didn't work. It just shows the aosp boot animation.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smile_hh:
Can give a boot animation link? Or download address?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loniu86:
Ok, I think I'm done this bootanimation. It's fully working on ours devices. Enjoy!

https://mega.co.nz/#!vpInkQqJ!Q3ay6SkWxRF-2mmzqLnkRUNQcRvh_a46Lqv4v_Z4if4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nazem:
Thanks man it works perfect!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandy-achar:
Isn't moto X same resolution as nexus 4? Why would u need to port it. Just download the one from moto X, push it to system/media. I think it should work.