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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
If it was a corrupted IMEI issue then it should not come back when the xxlso modem is flashed.. And also not sure why it goes to unknown when any other modem is used.. Could there be any physical damage to the sim tray? Dropped the phone?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RODLON:
I have no backup of efs... I had one "nandroid" but deleted it after everything was okey...

I could delete the efs folder, so this unknown problem will turn a known one :victory:

I dropped the phone a very few times, maybe in one of those something broke a little and has increased more with the usage? (the disconnections from the network became spontaneus and progressively).

I found this other thread, I could try the same but I can't find the original GB firmware, every link I find is in hotfile.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
Check in Samsung-updates.com firmware section. There are 2 GB roms there..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RODLON:
I found a efs backup from may 2012, probably auto-created when first installed ICS.

I flashed the stock GB rom and restored it following this tutorial for my .tar.gz file, but didn't work, so the device may be lost. I only have 3 more backups: boot.img, data.ext4.tar and system.ext4.tar. I guess they are useless to fix this...

Thay you for you support!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rrv_nov:
[Q] Can any one Update direct link for "VOLT WF07 3rd Anniversary Ultimate Edition"?

Hi

Could any one provide direct link for "VOLT WF07 3rd Anniversary Ultimate Edition" ROM

the 2 links provided under "PIT STOP" takes to some japanese/Chinese web page where it asks for login

Request you to update me if it is already been provided some where else

It would be nice have our own links

Raj
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redelmos:
I wanted to experiment a bit with rooting. I guess I wasn't extremely informed. Anyways, I used the Guru reset(I can't post outside links) , and I guess did not have the matching software. My touchscreen does not work, I tried to do the OTA update like suggested but after the restart to install the update it said the update failed. Now my Wi-Fi is stuck "turning on" so I can't try to run the update again. I don't know what to do, and I can't find it. I don't know what else to include so that you can help me but if you have questions I'll answer to the best of my knowledge.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redelmos:
(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.56.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 4T.24.3218.09

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON

(bootloader) serialno: HT361W903656

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product: m7_ul

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064

(bootloader) modelid: PN0712000

(bootloader) cidnum: CWS__001

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4179mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-c6bbb6d4

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
1- edit your post and remove IMEI (that shouldnt be shared publicly)

2- since you are S-On you need to relock your bootloader using fastboot oem lock then you can use this RUU.EXE:

RUU_M7_UL_K44_SENSE55_MR_Cingular_US_4.18.502.7_R10_Radio_4T.24.3218.09_10.26.1718.01L_release_356565_signed_2.exe

note that your bootloader will say RELOCKED not LOCKED, the only way to set it back to LOCKED is if you are S-Off. but the phone will be completely stock after the RUU, so unless you're selling the phone or going for warranty, then RELOCKED shouldnt matter.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redelmos:
It worked, Thank you! I've ran multiple RUU exes and I've tried some .zips but all of them were the wrong version I guess. I've been working on this for around 4 days now, and this is a huge load off my mind.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
:cowboy:

if all is good now, can you also edit main thread title to include [SOLVED], thanks
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redelmos:
I'm not sure how to edit the title.

Edit: Never mind, it was in advanced, but I also don't know how to delete posts or else I would have deleted this.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
edit the first post -> at the bottom of the edit window, click Go Advanced, and then you can edit main title :)
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fengsam:
I have a 8x(620e) soft bricked after updating wp8.1.Then It bootloop so I do hard reset.Finally it stuck at black with two gear.I try to downgrade it through the instruction（http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2137556）,failed.It says 'image version less than device version',but htc8s can downgrade by flashing ruu.so I think there is a check by HTC not MS to avoid downgrading. Anyone can help me?anyway thanks.

my bootloader message:

security unlocked

PM232**** P S WP8 I

SBL1-1.0.21009.0

SBL2-1.0.21009.0

SBL3-1.0.21009.0

RPM-1.1.03078.0

TZ-303.000.241

UEFI-0.0.3030.0(175731)

OS-4.12.707.01

eMMC SMS 14910MB F-15

CID-11111111

Radio-1.20b.32.19.04_15.67b.32.19

MSM8260A v3.2.1-p1 0X707910e1

Krait:Nom Q6:Slow VDDCK:Slow 0X400

TOUGN FWS1:1195017.13106.41434467

Vdd_dig - 0.5v, 0X4
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ceesheim:
Looks like you have a developers phone , 2 things :

1) security unlocked

2) CID-11111111

thats why I think its a dev phone and that explanes why you can't downgrade.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fengsam:
help

I confirmed that imei is US and flashed asia rom and updated to gdr3 before,so i think it likes the normal phone.In my mind,a dev phone may be more free than normal,but I can't do nothing.Anyway,thanks for your reply.
[General AOKP Discussion] perrymike15:
So recently (this afternoon) I got an lg g2 that came rooted. I quickly flashed CM 11 and started using it only to realize that I wasn't getting lte. I called ATT to get a bigger plan for lte coverage and the gave it to me. They told me to restart my phone and test the internet. I rebooted it and texted it but had no luck and I was getting no WiFi. After a while of troubleshooting w/ ATT the person gave up and opened a technician case. After the call I checked my APNs and noticed it was default on ATT LTE. I changed it to ATT PHONE and restarted the phone, and this gave me HSPA+ but no higher. I've tryed many things and just can't seem to get any LTE or even HSPA when I use the default ATT LTE APN. Somebody please help me get some 4g lte going!! Thanks so much and sorry for being a noob of this site!
[General AOKP Discussion] MarcLandis:
This forum is for AOKP not CM.
[General AOKP Discussion] perrymike15:
Oh I'm very sorry I was an idiot and thought cm was based off akop (no sarcasm intended)...can you direct me to a cm 11 forum? It would be even better if it was on XDA
[General AOKP Discussion] pete4abw:
If your phone is not an AT&T branded phone, you will not get LTE. You must add a munged IMEI with an AT&T factory code or copy the IMEI of an in store phone and add that to your account. Then use your phone as normal. This has nothing to do with CM or AOKP.
[Xperia Z1 General] allinkiran:
Can someone post pic samples with LB and UB and how much the quality decreases?

Also if I unlock the bootloader and relock it after restoring TA, would Bionz work again normally?
[Xperia Z1 General] HellRoot:
And will relock without ta be equal to relock with ta?
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
wait whaaat...I thought Sony fixed the ULB camera and it's the same as the locked BL one now?
[Xperia Z1 General] HellRoot:
Just tested my unlocked with an locked.. Not much difference :)
[Xperia Z1 General] fer2503:
can you post the example? thanks :)
[Xperia Z1 General] zyxel25:
what i know is only the BIONZ will not work when you UB even if you restore your ta. correct me if im wrong.
[Xperia Z1 General] HellRoot:
This is from mine with unlocked... Zoom in and compare the noise with your own... :)

Sorry that I can't give a picture from a UB and lb but I compared it to a friends picture during day and not that much difference...

Both were taken with superior auto.
[Xperia Z1 General] fer2503:
i can't see anithing. But for a really comparsion we have to make the same photo in the same light after few minutes or the test doesn't have any result. If anyone can do this we can see if there is any difference. Maybe [MENTION=3783716]showlyshah[/MENTION] can help us
[Xperia Z1 General] HellRoot:
Better?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/y8qira7s50kj1wv/DSC_0095.JPG

You should be able to get a feel of the quality... There is a difference but it is not major :)

But yes.. Two pictures in same environment would be better :)
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
Nooooo.... :( I thought that was fixed with the 4.4 update. That sucks big time if it's true (that I can't restore it with my TA backup).
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
Look at the bright side, you can make the screen look much better if you have UL

Sent from my Xperia Z1
[Xperia Z1 General] eclyptos:
Then the pics will look good on phone only, if you will use them on PC you will see the difference.
[Xperia Z1 General] minifamilie:
There's really no chance to have a full working cam with UL???
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
I can notice a noticable difference in noise levels in my photos in lowlight with UBL vs LB. It's quite a bit worse. In daytime it's not that much different, but in lowlight it's evident that it's not as good. I might relock my bootloader now, the camera is a really important feature to me :\
[Xperia Z1 General] Hani88:
Even after relocking the BL you already lost your DRM keys like what happened to mine, so I think the result will be the same.. are there photo samples in lowlight to compare between UB & LB ???
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
I got confirmation from another person in the Unlock bootloader thread that if you restore your TA backup you get back BIONZ. I already relocked my bootloader and there is an immediate difference in camera quality. Unfortunately I don't have any low light shots...i was too stupid to take some before relocking :\ . I do have some outdoor shots though that I'll compare with tomorrow.
[Xperia Z1 General] HellRoot:
And if we relock without ta then we are..... Or?
[Xperia Z1 General] minifamilie:
Perfect! So if we relock with TA-Backup everything will be like nothing ever happended :good:
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
Then you're out of luck, sorry. The TA backup should've been done when the bootloader was locked, you lose it when you unlock the BL. You can still lock your BL without your TA but none of your DRM keys come back.
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
Here's a quick comparison between unlocked bootloader vs locked bootloader in outdoor light. Overall there's not much difference, but LB is slightly better, especially in the colors and sometimes in sharpness. Where there's a big difference is in low light, UBL pictures have horrible sharpness and noise, LB is much better but unfortunately I don't have comparisons for those...

First image is unlocked bootloader, 2nd image is locked bootloader. Using 8mp superior auto for both. Time is slightly different, so slightly different sun angles but not by much.
[Xperia Z1 General] Furma:
just wanted to say that my Z1 takes AWFUL pictures (situation improves by using 3rd party camera apps, but not by much)

i have unlocked bootloader and pictures are grainy as hell - they are not crisp, if you zoom in you see huge dots

awful just awful

didnt make a TA backup so i cant go back to using BIONZ processing - i dont even remember if i had better quality pics with locked bootloader cause i unlocked it not long after i got my Z1..
[Xperia Z1 General] Hani88:
yeah I meant that if u have TA backup you will be able to get it back.. and I did the same stupid as well and I don't have a backup for my TA parition ..

thanks for uploading and I'm waiting for low-light photos for LB & UB if it's possible

---------- Post added at 09:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:29 PM ----------

A previous thread talking about the same issue

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2643859

And I think it will be fixed as well as the X-Reality issue with UB has fixed

---------- Post added at 09:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:39 PM ----------

R u on kitkat??
[Xperia Z1 General] Furma:
yes i am on 4.4.2

but it was the same on 4.3 and 4.2, multiple roms
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
Sadly I don't have any lowlight photos to compare but it's definitely worse in UBL. Easily noticeable. That's the reason I reverted back to locked BL. I could do with outdoor shot quality but lowlight shots suck in UBL for me.
[Xperia Z1 General] Rafe:
According to Sony, only previous ROMS to .290 (4.3) loses BIONZ engine;

"Known issues

To unlock the Xperia ™ Z1 boot loader, you must make sure your device is on software build 14.2.A.0.290 (Android 4.3) or later. Unlocking the boot loader on earlier software versions will stop the camera functionality.

Some customers with unlocked boot loaders have experienced problems When They are accepting upgrades over the air (FOTA - Firmware upgrade Over The Air). For customers que have unlocked the boot loader, please do not accept any over the air upgrades. For additional information, check out the hints and tips from the community on the XDA forum. "

http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/

Besides, I did not notice any difference between photos taken with BL and UL. I have many photos taken prior to the UL and compared with the current, the difference is only the conditions in which photo was captured.

There are two UL shots attached, taken in very bad light conditions, see for yourself.
[Xperia Z1 General] Hani88:
but If revert back to locked BL it will be the same because you lost your TA partition permanently.. can you confirm that the photo quality is depending on the BL status not the TA partition existing and DRM keys ??? so anyone can revert back to locked BL even without TA partition to get back the BIONZ magic again ??
[Xperia Z1 General] HellRoot:
I would love to know that too... Because then I would probably also relock the bootloader :)
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
You can backup your TA partition and restore it when you relock the BL. I cannot 100% confirm whether BIONZ has to do with DRM, but in my experience photo quality is better in locked BL especially in low light. That would indicate photo quality is tied with DRM keys in TA partition.
[Xperia Z1 General] HellRoot:
Are you able to test with and without TA?
[Xperia Z1 General] Hani88:
No, unfortunately I didn't back up my TA partition :(
[Xperia Z1 General] HellRoot:
I did not either.... But if it will work again and there is noticeable difference i will relock
[Xperia Z1 General] Hani88:
Great !! I'm a happy none DRM keys user now.. I lost them permanently

do you have two LB photos to compare them with these two UL photos ???

---------- Post added at 06:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:38 PM ----------

yeah this is the question.. are the photo will be better (as well as before ) If we relocked it without DRM keys ?? .. but for me CWM recovery for me is more important than getting better photos quality.. I installed CWM as a custom Kernel and the phone won't boot again if I relocked it
[Xperia Z1 General] HellRoot:
Just because the camera works does not mean that the bionz chip will process the images with ub... Or that it will with lb without ta.
[Xperia Z1 General] Rafe:
Following photo captured with BL (attached)

There is no visible improvement or loss in photos captured with UL or BL, at least in my Z1 (C6943). And no confirmation that we lost the BIONZ processing.

I prefer to believe that Sony says, until proven otherwise.

Cheers
[Xperia Z1 General] Wolfbreak:
Isnt BIONZ Hardware?
[Xperia Z1 General] KWOKSFUNG:
Guys i heard that photo quality go worse when unlock bootloader apply on all Xperia devices

so maybe it's not bionz

and an expert called [MENTION=3783716]showlyshah[/MENTION] seems trying to fix it

as he made X-reality working on unlocked 4.3, he might be able to give full photo quality on unlock bl as well

how's ur progress bro??
[Xperia Z1 General] fer2503:
anyone can make a comparison with kitkat for UB and LB?
[Xperia Z1 General] HellRoot:
It is.. :)
[Xperia Z1 General] Hani88:
Exactly :).. thanks so much :)
[Xperia Z1 General] Rafe:
According to Sony and this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2642608

Sony remove all restrictions, read the opp!

Cheers!
[Xperia Z1 General] KWOKSFUNG:
Only removed restriction for X-reality, but not photo quality

if u read the last pages of that thread, u will know
[Xperia Z1 General] Rafe:
This is the point! There's no prove of loss in photo quality and no info from Sony that we lost Bionz.
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
I will attempt to re-unlock by bootloader over the weekend and take some photos, and then relock it, restore TA and take same photos and compare. I am 75% sure there is a difference in quality based on my own experiences especially in low light. Photos were very blurry in UBL and sharp in LB, but I'll take some comparison shots to test.
[Xperia Z1 General] fer2503:
thanks. We wait for your test :)
[Xperia Z1 General] Rafe:
I did the same test with my Z1 and did not detect differences in the pictures. But do your tests and tell us later!

Anyway, I sent emails to Sony asking about it. As soon as they respond I post here.

Cheers.
[Xperia Z1 General] KWOKSFUNG:
Maybe not bionz

actually most xperia devices will have photo quality decreased after bootloader is unlocked

if u wanna test it, please use 20mp so the difference might be more significant
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
Yeah it just might be a placebo in my head that I'm thinking :). I should've taken pictures when i had UBL instead I have to re-wipe everything and do it again :\. Oh well, at least we'll definitely know if there's a difference or not.
[Xperia Z1 General] HellRoot:
Also worth mentioning.. When taking pictures in low light they get processed.. Not like the Z which takes a picture equal to what you see on the screen :)
[Xperia Z1 General] Hani88:
I saw that BIONZ is working on UB

Yes I'm sure BIONZ is working on UB

because I tried camera ZOOM fx app and the stock camera app to take the same photo in low-light

in Camera ZOOM FX the photo is much noisy than the stock camera app

the brown wood around the sofa is very noisy in Camera ZOOM FX and it's not much noisy in the stock camera app so that I believe that the Bionz X processor with adaptive noise reduction is working well on UB :)
[Xperia Z1 General] shteren:
ok, here is my 5 cents...

i do belive the quality goes down a little on UB, first picture is SA mode LB, second is manual mode LB, third is SA on UB and forth is manual on UB.

i think the first two are better, plus the SA came out better than the manual ? thats on 681, but i think camera didn't change between 757 and 681.

i use TWRP to restore locked and unlocked bootloaders so i did all 4 pictures at the same time.

try to zoom in on the white flower box on the top left of the picture, gives a good idea about sharpness.
[Xperia Z1 General] fer2503:
you make a really awesome comparison. What we can see is that in unlocked bootloader we loose the massive noise reduction from sony that removes a lot of details from the pictures, that explains why the LB pitures smaller in MB (less details=less MB) I prefer the unlocked bootloader ones, because we have more details and we can apply the noise reduction after with photoshop if we want. With the sony ones we loose a lot of details.
[Xperia Z1 General] shteren:
perhaps, if you look at the wall in the left side it stands out, the LB pictures have the colors there right, while the UB has a lot of red and blue spots which is awkward.

i'm not much of a photoshopper myself so i prefer the LB ones, but there is defenetly a difference.
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
Bumping up the thread a little bit. I unlocked the BL again and managed to take these 2 pictures about 5 min apart with flash. I messed up the LB pictures for the others so this is the only real good comparison I have. No contest, Locked bootloader is much better. UBL has much more random noise in the picture that BIONZ seems to take care of in LB.

Locked BL:http://i.imgur.com/L8ZaIak.jpg

Unlocked BL:http://i.imgur.com/bHZ4WSY.jpg
[Xperia Z1 General] fer2503:
had you shot at same iso in manual mode?
[Xperia Z1 General] Wolfbreak:
I dont get it isnt BIONZ Hardware? How can unlocking BL remove Hardware :D
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
Yes. Both were shot with 400 ISO.

[MENTION=2822871]Wolfbreak[/MENTION]: Yeah, maybe if you unlock the BL the picture is still processed through BIONZ however BIONZ doesn't actually make any enhancements/adjustments to the picture. For that you need the DRM keys which are removed when unlocking. So the the picture is still 'processed' through the hardware but it doesn't actually do anything.
[Xperia Z1 General] Wilson Lam:
Is it same for lock-BL and Re_lock-BL :confused::confused:
[Xperia Z1 General] shteren:
Absolutly, if you did a good TA backup and you restore it properly there is no difference between never unlocked and re-locked phones.
[Xperia Z1 General] Wilson Lam:
My z1 now is in Re_lock status , with no TA restore (cause i haven't did the backup) and i take 2 shot , the left one is shot in SA mode, right one is shot in manual SCN (night)

DSC_0294

F2 1/16 sec ISO2500

DSC_0295

F2 0.77 sec ISO200

my question is : compare the photo of Unlocked BL in #53 (which is in Unlocked status) ,if the Drm keys is really matters , how come a picture with ISO2500 will have less color noise than that photo ?:eek::eek:
[Xperia Z1 General] pranii23:
Z2 vs Z1

http://blog.gsmarena.com/sony-xperia-z2-vs-z1-camera-comparison/

Camera in Z2 had better software.

We need to wait for someone to port entire Z2 libs n processing or SONY needs to give an update to camera !
[Xperia Z1 General] shteren:
first of all we have a full Z2 camera port working for Z1 kitkat, look in the apps section.

second they might have used pre KK Z1, picture quality was improved in KK in my opinion because the new algo's they used for Z2 were brought to Z1.
[Xperia Z1 General] Luinwethion:
There is no quality difference between UB or LB.

Before Android 4.3 the camera didn't work with UB, because Bioz was disabled when unlocking the bootloader, Bioz is nothing more than the image processing engine from Sony, software library with algorithms and drivers to process the picture and get the best quality of the raw input., it's not a fancy super processor or a magic thing, it's just software.

With Android 4.3 and later you can now unlock your BL without disabling Bioz, (again, if you disable it, the camera won't work), and it works just as fine with UB and LB.

Also 3th party apps uses the Sony image processing, the only way on avoiding that is doing tricks like Camera 5V does, it saves the low resolution picture from the live feed to get some effects, like longer exposure time.

The difference in the pictures can be due light, software version, and another few variables.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2643859 < more info.
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
There's definitely a difference in quality. I'm not saying BIONZ Is disabled, obviously it's not otherwise the camera won't work, but it's possible that bionz still needs some DRM keys to process the image fully for noise reduction and things like that.

I've unlocked, relocked and unlocked my bootloader again, taken many photos each time and compared them, and I've noticed the difference. I always use manual mode with the same ISO, and the pictures are taken immediately before and immediately after I unlock the BL, so there is no difference in lighting at least indoors. There is definite noise in the darker areas that LB camera takes care of, but doesn't seem to be removed/processed in UBL.